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Due to surprisingly popular demand, I've created a webpage just for this insanity. It's down on the right sidebar, listed with my other specialty page on history stories.
As always, you guys sent in A LOT of stuff. I'm only going to post a few at a time. So if yours isn't up today, don't worry. It likely will be in the future.
And now it's time for (drumroll please):
One of you wrote that you have a free GPS service, which occasionally posts screen ads. And when you drove by an Olive Garden restaurant, you got this:
Artisanal, by definition, means "hand made by a skilled craftsman". As much as I like Costco, somehow I don't think their mass-produced pizza fits that category.
Even fast-food giant Wendy's is doing it. They also get bonus points for putting another overused annoyance, "panini" onto the same menu page.
With your artisanal breakfast you'll want coffee...
Some of you, however, may prefer to stay home and prepare meals with artisanal kitchen appliances (in great colors, too!)
But don't eat TOO much or you won't fit into your swimsuit!
And if all this artisanal crap makes you want to vomit, maybe it's time to head for the toilet.


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When one Australia man realized the Google Earth car—as in, the one that takes the footage you see on Google street view—was about to cruise through town, he did what anyone else would do: He and his girlfriend decided to pose for the camera. By getting busy on the side of the road.
Hey, why not?
"I sped up, overtook the car then posed with a Corona in hand," says the anonymous man featured in the almost unbelievable photo above. "I pinned the location in Maps to remember where it was to later check but never found it.'
The image recently turned up on Reddit and has since been censored by the good old folks at Google. And while the photo op was totally staged, let this be a lesson to us all: Before you you pull over to get frisky, make sure the Google car isn't anywhere in the vicinity.
Unless, of course, you're totally cool with the whole world watching you do the nasty. (Who are we to judge?)
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The homelessness rate in Hennepin County is at a five-year high — a trend putting pressure on area shelters.
The region's low vacancy rates for affordable housing and a drop in federal funding for programs to prevent homelessness are factors in the increase in people seeking shelter.
Minneapolis City Council Member Lisa Goodman (7th Ward) is planning to discuss the homelessness problem facing the city and the region on Nov. 27 at the beginning of the Council's Community Development Committee meeting.
City and county officials are now using two new overflow shelters for the homeless — one at First Covenant Church, 810 S. 7th St., and another in North Minneapolis at the River of Life Church at 2200 N. Fremont Ave.
"We are absolutely full now at the Drake, People Serving People (PSP) and [Sharing & Caring Hands]," Hennepin County Commissioner Gail Dorfman said.
She added that Hennepin County desperately needs new shelters for unaccompanied youth and that there has been no help from hotels to house families.
Matthew Ayres, project manager for the Office to End Homelessness in Minneapolis and Hennepin County, said community leaders continue to promote programs that have been useful in matching the homeless with housing and other services. One such program is Project Homeless Connect — a one-stop shop of services where 1,000 volunteers help serve up to 2,000 people in one day. The next scheduled event is on Dec. 10 at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
Another program is known as Top 51 — an effort to identify homeless people who are frequent and long-term users of shelters.
"We looked at the top 51 users of shelters and targeted those folks," Ayres said. "Nine have been housed already and 17 are engaged in getting benefits and working on housing outcomes. It's a two-year pilot. We're three months into it. What that does is open up shelter spots for other folks."
Community leaders are also trying to reach the homeless who haven't accessed shelters.
"Most people who are homeless are not in shelters," said Monica Nilsson, director of Community Engagement for St. Stephen's Human Services. "They are sleeping on people's floors, they are sleeping in vehicles, they are sleeping outside and they are moving around. Right now we have so many people in shelters that all we can focus on are the families or individuals in shelters. We don't have the capacity to deal with folks who aren't in shelters."
Nilsson has a team of six full-time street outreach workers who try to provide resources for people experiencing homelessness.
People Serving People, a homeless shelter at 614 3rd St. S., has seen a spike in the need for beds for several months.
"We've been serving more than 100 families every night," People Serving People CEO Daniel Gumnit, said. "… We are seeing a greater than 40 percent increase from 2009."
Gumnit said there's been a lot of collaboration between government officials and nonprofit leaders to fight homelessness.
"I would hate to see what the numbers would look like if there wasn't this type of cooperation in communication between the city, Hennepin County, state of Minnesota and the nonprofits," Gumnit said. "The amount of interaction and communication and the work we are doing collectively is pretty unique."
Catholic Charities' new facility Higher Ground on Glenwood is also at capacity.
"The shelter is full every night," Tracy Berglund, director of Housing and Emergency Services at Catholic Charities, said. "It generally fills up around 7, 7:30, 8 at night."
Higher Ground has a model in place to get people out of shelters and into housing. The building has 171 shelter beds, 80 pay-for-stay beds and 74 single-room occupancy, supportive, housing units and 11 affordable efficiency apartments.
"The pay-for-stay shelter is $7 a night or $42 for a week," Berglund said. "The idea is that if folks get used to reserving for a week in advance, that will help them pay rent in the future. So once folks in pay for stay shelter find housing in market rate housing, we will pay out in rent or deposits the amount that person paid in for shelter services once they show us a lease."
She said it has been a very successful program with moving people into next step housing and then creating open space for other people who need it. Berglund also said that there are four units left of the 85 permanent supportive housing.
Eric Mueller is studying journalism at the University of Minnesota.


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In Today's Edition of "Who Dressed Him?!"…
January 9, 2010
…we have a double billing of '04 and '08 Olympics teammates LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony.
–No, no, absolutely not, LBJ. The mini-vest is actually kind of all right in its own way, but the gloves and those shoes? No.
–Navy pinstriped suit with purple checked shirt and Joseph's technicolor dream tie? Did Melo get dressed in the dark? Come on son.
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Prince George Has His First Christmas Lunch at the Palace
The celebration included about 40 members from the House of Windsor, but no Prince Harry
A landmark for Prince George on Wednesday – his first Christmas party with the royal family.
He was taken by his parents the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Buckingham Palace for lunch with most of the extended Windsor clan.
Joining the young family was nanny Jessie Webb, who sat in the back of the Range Rover as William drove through the palace gates.
On hand to coo over the baby were plenty of other youngsters, too.
One of William and Kate's bridesmaids, Lady Louise, 10, and her brother James, 6, were there, as was the newest royal family baby: Lord Freddie Windsor and his wife Sophie's daughter, Maud.
William and Kate's vehicle was the last to arrive for the lunch, observers tell PEOPLE. But the proud parents were all smiles when they left, with Kate waving to onlookers on the way home.
Missing from the festivities at the palace this year was Prince Harry, who is on his way back from the South Pole, where he and other teams successfully made an icy trek for charity last week.
The party is an annual affair for the entire family, with more than 40 people at the lunch. A smaller gathering will be held on Christmas Day at the Queen s country home in Norfolk, Sandringham House.
William s cousin Princess Beatrice, just back from New York (where she visited sister Eugenie), was driven to the palace by her father, Prince Andrew, while the pregnant Zara Phillips and her mother, Princess Anne, were also among the lunch crowd.


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"This band better be good."
At the risk of someone breaking a wine bottle over my head, I must confess that pretty much the only thing I know about GoodFellas is the "funny how?" scene made famous by actor Joe Pesci. The musicians from Androgynous Mustache are much better acquainted with the film, and the songs director Martin Scorsese used throughout it. They'll be presenting Covering The Goodfellas Soundtrack tomorrow night (Tuesday, March 13th) at Quenchers Saloon.
Androgynous Mustache is a Chicago-based group with a rotating and expanding group of musicians. As the slogan, "Covering the music others dare not," suggests, this isn't a typical nostalgia or modern hits type of copy band. Androgynous Mustache brings Soundtrack Serenade to Quenchers on the second Tuesday of each month. Past shows have included The Best Of John Hughes, Anchorman, Pulp Fiction, and Dazed And Confused. They've also covered artists like Warren Zevon and Roky Erickson's 13th Floor Elevators. Tomorrow night's line-up for the GoodFellas soundtrack includes core members guitarist-vocalist Neal Alger, keyboards player-vocalist Mark Winkler, bassist vocalist Charlie Short, and drummer Chris Anderson.
Singer-guitarist and musical chameleon Phil Angotti, who has channeled Paul McCartney, The Bee Gees, Squeeze, and other acts in his own tribute shows, will be joining forces with Androgynous Mustache for the first time, along with additional guests, Aaron McEvers on saxophone and Ben Bell Bern on trumpet. Holly Senchak is the only female vocalist listed on the event's Facebook page, so it looks like she'll be covering Aretha Franklin's "Baby I Love You," along with "Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)" by The Shangrilas. Senchak's on-the-mark portrayal of Courtney Love impressed a lot of people at The Abbey Pub's Halloween tribute weekend last year, so it will interesting to see how she handles The Queen Of Soul and one of the quintessential 60s girl groups.
The other GoodFellas soundtrack tunes likely to be covered are "Rags To Riches" by Tony Bennett, "Sincerely" by The Moonglows, "Speedo" by The Cadillacs, "Stardust" by Billy Ward & His Dominoes, "Look In My Eyes," by The Chantels, "Life Is But A Dream" by The Harptones, "Beyond The Sea" by Bobby Darrin, "Sunshine Of Your Love" by Cream, "Mannish Boy" by Muddy Waters, and "Layla" by Derek And The Dominoes. In addition to those songs, Androgynous Mustache will perform material that was used in the movie but didn't make it onto the soundtrack. Throughout the night, the movie GoodFellas will be shown on TV screens, and there will be prizes for answering trivia questions.
All this for just a $5 cover charge. The show starts at 9:30 PM. Quenchers is located at 2401 N. Western Avenue in Chicago.


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Chris Sanders' first directed thing in a decade, Call of the Wild, coming in February. Live action rather than animated, but I am excited! Also has John Powell composing!
Neat! Been way too busy to go out but I wanna try to see it soon.
Celebratory escape from the womb anniversary!
And once again, happy birthday !!! ~~~~
And again, happy birthday !! <3
5 months without even one post... I can't speak for the rest of the Park but I personally wish you'd go back to being more active (have thou forgotten what thy red star means?) - especially in the music section! I remember one discussion about prog rock where your post had the punchline being 80s sellouts Asia so I wish you'd do shit like that again!
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Happy birthday to you, tatermoog!
Thank you :)
The main story quest gets really stupid and full of filler, by the way, just warning you. It's a really great game when you're not in levels 30-40 for the MSQ, but it gets really unfortunate there. There's also some just absolutely stupid shit before the final dungeon where you have to go get soup fixings for some idiot soldiers and other worthless stuff despite world ending shenanigans right around the corner. Everything is pretty great other than the awful main story and how dragged and bad it gets versus how interesting or fun it should have been.
But yeah the crafting is great and gathering is really rewarding (Fishing is the best one by far, it's way more developed than the other two).
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Stephen Colbert may have won NASA's poll to rename a module on the International Space Station, but NASA doesn't really want to go through with it. Instead, they might just name a toilet after him.
Despite beating out Serenity by more than 40,000 votes, NASA still has the right to choose the name on its own, and Colbert might just not have the, well, gravitas necessary for the job. But hey, he still gets something! They're talking about possibly naming the new toilet being delivered to the station "Colbert," so at least something up there will get his name, even if it's just where the astronauts go to drop a deuce. [MSNBC]


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Washington State Week: Q&A With CougCenterPosted by Connor Pelton on August 5th, 2012
As part of our Washington State week, we wanted to reach out to the guys at CougCenter for their takes on the upcoming Cougar basketball season. Kyle Sherwood was kind enough to spend some time with us and give us his thoughts.
Rush The Court: How do the Cougars plan on replacing players like Marcus Capers, Abe Lodwick, and Faisal Aden?
CougCenter: Easier than you'd think. Capers, Lodwick and Aden were all high-character guys and great team leaders, but for the most part they were all one-dimensional players. Those players meant a lot to WSU, but I think this current roster is the first one that really fits into how Ken Bone wants to play. The 2012-13 team is loaded with athletic wings who can create space and hit shots from long-range, so we're going to replace those guys by running…and running…and running..?
RTC: CBI time! Washington State played four games in three different tough road environments (well, as tough as CBI crowds can get), and ended the tournament with a 4-2 record and runner-up finish. Overall, was this a good experience for the team?
CC: Well, Capers and Lodwick meant so much to the program that it was worth playing as long as they wanted to keep going. The team had really turned a corner around the beginning of February, but it wasn't showing up in the win column. When they started advancing in the CBI, it wasn't just that they were winning, it was how dominating they looked. It was nice for the players to see the work they had put in to turn their season around pay off with such lopsided scores. I think we all would've liked a tournament win (because you know WSU would hang a flippin' CBI banner), but the team got what it needed from its success in the first four games.


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Sebastian Lecourt, PhD
2011 Yale University, Ph.D. in English Language and Literature
2003 Macalester College, B.A. summa cum laude in English
Research concentrations
Nineteenth-century British literature; religion and secularism; world literature and transnationalism; literature and the sciences; the history of literary theory.
Function within the Center
Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study Konstanz (August 2014–July 2015)
research project "The Genres of Comparative Religion, 1815–1947"
Selected Publications
"Idylls of the Buddh': Buddhist Modernism and Victorian Poetics in Colonial Ceylon." PMLA (forthcoming).
"The Mormons, the Victorians, and the Idea of Greater Britain." Victorian Studies 56.1 (Autumn 2013): 85–111.
"'To surrender himself, in perfectly liberal inquiry': Walter Pater, Many-Sidedness, and the Conversion Novel." Victorian Studies 53.2 (Winter 2011): 231–53.
"Matthew Arnold and Religion's Cosmopolitan Histories." Victorian Literature and Culture 38.2 (September 2010): 467–87.
Norman Vance, Bible and Novel: Narrative Authority and the Death of God (Oxford, 2013). Nineteenth-Century Literature (forthcoming).
Kirstie Blair, Form and Faith in Victorian Poetry and Religion (Oxford, 2012). The Wordsworth Circle (forthcoming).
Lene Østermark-Johannson, Walter Pater and the Language of Sculpture (Ashgate, 2011). Victorian Studies 55 (2012): 141–43.
Marjorie Wheeler-Barclay, The Science of Religion in Britain, 1860-1910 (Virginia, 2010). Victorians Institute Journal 40 (2012; online).
Joshua Landy and Michael Saler (eds.), The Re-Enchantment of the World: Secular Magic in a Rational Age (Stanford, 2009). Religion and the Arts 15 (2011): 184–86.
Peter Melville Logan, Victorian Fetishism: Intellectuals and Primitives (SUNY, 2009). Religion and the Arts 14 (2010): 349–52.


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General Background: Coach Trahant was born in Arlington, and attended Washington-Lee High School, where he played basketball. He graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in Sports Management. During the 2010 AAU season, Chris tied the knot with Jennie; he works in Arlington for a IT Defense Contractor.
Coaching Experience: Coach Trahant will be returning for his fifth season with the Matrix, all in a coaching partnership with Nick Cannon. Coach Trahant and Nick switched roles in 2010 and 2011 will be Coach Trahant's second season as a Matrix head coach. In addition to the past four Spring seasons with the Matrix, Coach Trahant coached during the 2007 and 2008 summers for the Matrix, as well as the 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 Winters for the Arlington Travel Basketball program.
Coaching Philosophy: Coach Trahant is a firm believer in fundamentals and court awareness. Both he and Coach Cannon believe in stressing individual skills that can translate to the team effort. Additionally, both coaches believe in the importance of good defense. If a team can play sound defense, they can create offensive opportunities while weakening their opponent's confidence.
Being a good teammate is very important as well. Coach Trahant feels that a cohesive team will produce better results than a group of players - regardless of talent. Coach Trahant encourages his players to develop their knowledge of the game, and to be the aggressor.
Herm Edwards once said, "You play to win the game." Coach Trahant is a strong believer in winning, but understands the importance of good sportsmanship, having fun, working hard, and improving.
Above all, Coach Trahant believes in being a good teammate, giving full effort, and having fun. He considers a successful season to be one that includes all of those attributes.
Coach Trahant can be reached at:
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The beauty of your house and the furniture in it go hand in hand; better quality and look of the furniture creates a better room. However, selection of furniture for your house may give you a harsh time; perhaps you might have sleepless nights because you're up to decide the design and architecture of the piece for your home.
Our conclusion is that you can use the benefits of each of these methods. You can select your furniture line from the websites of your favorite manufacturers - or even better, select a reputable local dealer and check out all the suppliers it offers. A good dealer will offer products from good American furniture manufacturers such as those mentioned above.
Make your choices online, giving yourself some options or alternatives then visit the home furniture showroom of the dealer concerned. Check out the items you have selected live, and if they seem fine, pay for them. You get the benefit of online selection and offline live viewing and payment security!
- Michael S. Ely
- March 22,2019
When buying furniture you will likely have a few questions to ask. How do you do that online? Have you ever tried to get a quick answer online? They do not exist! One of the strengths of buying from a home furniture showroom is that you can ask the questions you want to ask, and you get an instant answer.


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Welcome. Here you will find mostly my personal stuff; the tags to the right should help you narrow your search if you're here for beer, polo, or to pat a dog on the head.
More pieces can be found in my blogs:
Faux Postage – philatelic rarities and absurdities
Read, Seen, Heard – art, books, incense, postcards, tea & more
Skaneateles – the character and characters of a lakeside village
Silver Bay – stories and photos from Silver Bay on Lake George
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New reggae songs from Urban Dread's new self titled release have been added to the site.
The new CD includes contributions from reggae artists Santa Davis, Stevie Verhault, Zeb, and Jay Lawsen.
Get the new reggae music CD.
The bands' sound maintains the roots of reggae music while crossing over with their unique original urban style.
People leave Urban Dread shows with a new found interest in the style of music that Bob Marley pioneered years ago.


text: It's nearly impossible to walk through a department store without a cosmetic salesperson handing us the latest wonder cream. It is safe to say that most of us are in search of the next miracle to keep us looking young. With that being said, there are products we can and can't live without! I reached out to a few friends to find out what products they would be hard pressed to live without. Take a look at the products that make them feel and look good!


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Palestine v. Nuclear Iran: Quid Pro Quo for Israel?BY Herschel Smith
11 years, 4 months ago
Rahm Emanuel's ego is writing checks that our bank account can't cash.
Thwarting Iran's nuclear program is conditional on progress in peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, according to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
Israeli TV reports said Monday that Emanuel made the comments in a closed-door meeting the previous day with 300 major AIPAC donors.
Last month, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Israel that it risks losing Arab support for combating threats from Iran if it rejects peace negotiations with the Palestinians.
Clinton said Arab nations had conditioned helping Israel counter Iran on Jerusalem's commitment to the peace process.
We've been through this before. The Palestinians don't want a state. When they discuss "the occupation," they mean the very existence of Israel. Progress on "peace negotiations" is an impossible goal with one party seeking the destruction of the other.
So Israel is supposed to show progress, the Arab nations are supposed to pressure Iran, and Iran suddenly decides to relinquish its nuclear program? This is their plan? That's it? This, after recent news of the continuing obfuscation of issues surrounding the nuclear program? This plan has no chance of succeeding. Amir Taheri has outlined the most recent instances of Iranian hegemony, weaving together a tapestry of an ideology bent on domination.
For all who believe that the existence of Israeli nuclear weapons and the prospect of mutually assured destruction is a deterrent to Iranian nuclear ambitions, Norman Podhoretz slammed the door on that by explaining why, from a geographical standpoint, the situation in Israel has no analogue to any other region of the world.
… even Ahmadinejad's predecessor as president and the current Speaker of the Assembly of Experts, the Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, known far and wide as a "moderate," has declared that his country would not be deterred by the fear of retaliation: "If the day comes when the world of Islam is duly equipped with the arms Israel has in its possession . . . application of an atomic bomb would not leave anything in Israel, but the same thing would just produce damages in the Muslim world."
Quite literally, a first strike in Israel in or around Tel Aviv and several other major population centers would end Israel as we know it. The Muslim world can withstand a strike from Israel if there is anything left with which to strike, because there are more Muslims and they live in a larger surface area – so we are told by the Iranian authorities.
Rahm Emanuel has no business claiming that he or the Arab states can accomplish anything with Iran, and the Israelis have no business listening to him. There are other options such as pressing for regime change from within, but even the democracy programs within the State Department have fallen victim to disinterest. Most Israelis support direct military action with or without the endorsement of the U.S. This is good, because they are likely to go it alone, sooner or later.


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Illustration: Karl Hilzinger.AFTER five years in the wilderness – and a few false starts – the equities market could finally be on the road to recovery, with the reporting season expected to give it a further gee-up, assuming no unforeseen setbacks.
It is a message that is being promoted by investment banks as they start to pump out pre-reporting season notes. Brokerage Citigroup wrote on Tuesday: "If we're right and the reporting season is reasonable, it should give further impetus to the market, though it has run hard lately, and partly on some encouraging signs about the results. But we still expect the market to go higher through the year, with our S&P/ASX 200 target of 5200 for end 2013, as moderate earnings growth returns in full year 2014."
A return to equities is being driven by falling interest rates rather than any improvement in the economies of Europe or the US, or Australia for that matter.
In Australia, one year term deposits are yielding around 4.2 per cent pre-tax, which is low in comparison to stocks such as Telstra and the banks. To put it into perspective, Telstra is yielding 6 per cent fully franked even after its shares jumped more than 80 per cent in the past two years. NAB is trading on a fully franked yield of 7 per cent despite its shares rising 20 per cent in the past few months.
If the Reserve Bank cuts official interest rates next week or next month, term deposits will fall further and the switch to equities will gather momentum. Macquarie Equities recently observed that Australians were taking the view that "lower interest rates via lower mortgages rates will be the catalyst that shakes Australian households out of their GFC-induced malaise and finally drive the upswing in earnings per share growth that has been so absent this market (ex-resources) over the last three years".
Since November the ASX 200 has shot to its highest level in 21 months on fatter volumes. In the US the market is just shy of hitting an all-time high largely because investors haven't had the choice to put their money in the bank because interest rates are so low.
It is a similar story in the UK with billions of pounds pouring into equities in the past three months, resulting in the FTSE rising 6 per cent this year.
Back home the rally continued after the release of NAB's latest business survey, which showed confidence rose in December. The flurry of activity was undoubtedly caused by an element of panic buying from investors wanting to get in on what some are calling the beginning of a bull market.
For this reason, this profit season will be more important than most as it will provide what Goldman Sachs refers to as a "reality check as to whether recent market optimism is suitably placed" and the extent to which prices have run ahead of fundamentals.
After a number of rallies in recent years, which couldn't be sustained, investors have become wary of equities, particularly after a string of shock profit downgrades along with falling commodity prices and rising costs.
The truth is high yields have brought investors back to the market rather than great strategy or great management. If anything, analysts don't see much in the way of earnings growth in 2013. According to Goldman Sachs: "We see little reason to expect much positive earnings surprise through the reporting season, with domestic economic momentum remaining poor, and perhaps even weaker than the data suggests given the recent hot and dry weather conditions. If anything, we expect modest downside risk to earnings forecasts consistent with the trends seen through the October-November AGM season."
Macquarie Equities believes the profit season presents "real risk" to those share prices that have risen in anticipation of an improving growth outlook, but to date none is evident.
Most investment banks identify a handful of companies that will surprise on the upside, and others that will disappoint. Citigroup identifies 10 stocks that it believes will surprise this reporting season. On the upside, it believes IAG, Myer, Santos and McMillan Shakespeare will do better than consensus. Those that face downside risk include Leighton Holdings, Cochlear, as it faces the roll-off of foreign exchange hedge gains, David Jones, Woodside Petroleum and Origin Energy.
Whatever the case, the most likely trend is companies relying on cost cutting and productivity gains to bolster margins and lift underlying growth.
In the past few months a list of companies have flagged cost cutting as a way to improve profits. Rio Tinto, Boral, QBE, Bluescope Steel, Fortescue Metals and numerous others have joined the chorus of cost cutters.
But at the end of the day punting on the direction of the stockmarket is fraught with risk. With a federal election looming and a mixed bag of economic data pouring out both locally and globally, there will no doubt continue to be some hiccups along the way.
The original release of this article first appeared on the website of Hangzhou Night Net.


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01. Harry's HouseThese songs were recorded in the spring of 1975.
02. Edith and the Kingpin
03. In France They Kiss on Main Street
04. Sweet Bird
05. Shades of Scarlett Conquering
06. Shadows and Light
07. Dreamland
08. Boho Dance
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Baseball now has a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in place for the next five seasons. And there are a number of changes in the new CBA that could have a big impact on the Rays, and most are negative. Let's take a look…
More Wild Card Teams
Each league will now have two Wild Card teams (although this might not start until 2013), that will compete against each other in a one-game, win-or-go-home playoff game for the right to face one of division winners.
Adding a Wild Card team now means as many as three teams from one division can make the playoffs. That's good news if you are playing in the same division as the Red Sox and Yankees. But it also means the Rays season could be over sooner if they don't win the division. Most big payroll clubs are better suited for one-game playoffs as they almost always have at least one $20 million super-pitcher.
Super-Two Arbitration
Typically players become eligible for arbitration after three years. However, a small group becomes eligible if they are close to the three-year mark. These guys are called Super-Twos. And whenever the Rays wait until June or later to promote a player, it is often because they are trying to avoid Super-Two status down the road.
Well, now more players will be eligible for Super-Two status. That means the date for promoting players and avoiding the Super-Two label will be even later in the year, possibly as late as August.
So, will the Rays just say "screw it" and promote their top prospects earlier in the year, or will they wait until the end of the season now? Our heart wants the former, but our gut says the latter. And in hindsight, the Rays may have known this was coming, and that is why Desmond Jennings was called up so late this season.
Free Agent Compensation
Remember this past summer when the Rays had 12 of the first 89 picks in the draft? Well, that is not going to happen again as the compensation system has been almost entirely eliminated except for the most elite free agents (starting next winter).
In addition, even elite free agents won't have compensation if they are traded during the season prior to free agency. So there is even less hope for the Rays trading for a superstar during the season, as there will no longer be two draft picks coming with that player.
Limits on Draft Spending
All teams will now have a limit on the amount of bonus money they can give to draft picks each year. Teams that pick higher in the first round will be allowed to spend more than teams picking later in the first round. If a team goes over budget, there is a heavy tax and the possibility that they will lose draft picks.
This one could really hurt the Rays who like to over-spend in the draft. This is especially true after the first round where they can entice high schoolers to forgo their college scholarship. After all, overspending in the draft is a lot cheaper than overspending in free agency. So now, the top players in the draft may end up in the hands of the big budget teams more than ever as those teams won't fear the tax.
Revenue Sharing
There won't be a tax on teams falling below a salary-floor, but there are now stricter limits on exactly how teams can spend their revenue-sharing money (e.g. money can't be used to pay off debts). Also, teams must now provide more specific details on how the money is being spent. In other words, gone are the days of teams receiving revenue-sharing and just sticking it in their pocket.
More importantly for the Rays, a team's payroll must be 25 percent higher than the amount of revenue sharing received. This could potentially impact the Rays in some years. If the Rays revenue-sharing take is $35 million (a rough estimate), their payroll would have to be at least $44 million. Last year it was $41.9 million.
Also, teams can only receive revenue-sharing if they are one of the 15 smallest markets. The Rays are safe here.
More Replay
Replay will now be used to determine if a ball was fair or foul and also to determine if a player caught a ball. This will hurt Rays fans simply because that means fewer animated and entertaining arguments by Joe Maddon. We'll miss those.
Teams may soon start scheduling double-headers as a way to shorten the season and keep the World Series out of November. And as a result, teams will be allowed to add one player to the active roster for double-headers. This will be a welcome relief for the Rays who often have to play roster roulette in order to work in a starting pitcher from the minors.
- No international draft, and a limit on bonuses for international players.
- No more major league contracts for draft picks. This was used by the teams to spread out the money spent on a draft pick and by the players as a quicker route to the big leagues (uses up minor league options sooner).
- Player are now required to attend the All-Star game unless injured.
- There is now HGH testing, although it sounds pretty weak (requires just cause).


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President Barack Obama said Thursday that extremists used an anti-Islam video as an excuse to assault U.S. interests overseas, including an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.
President Barack Obama said Thursday that extremists used an anti-Islam video as an excuse to assault U.S. interests overseas, including an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.
The president's comments came as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faced questions from members of the House and Senate about the Sept. 11 attack on the consulate in Benghazi in a series of closed-door classified briefings on Capitol Hill.
Republicans have accused the Obama administration of misreading the assault as the outgrowth of widespread demonstrations in the Middle East over the video. They insisted it was a terrorist attack, a term White House spokesman Jay Carney used on Thursday. Obama did not use the phrase.
"What we do know is that the natural protests that arose because of the outrage over the video were used as an excuse by extremists to see if they can also directly harm U.S. interests," the president said at a candidate forum on the Spanish-language network Univision.
Asked if that meant al-Qaida, Obama said, "We don't know yet."
"We will focus narrowly and forcefully on groups like al-Qaida, the ones that carried out the 9/11 attacks. Those forces have not gone away," the president said.
Clinton also announced that, in line with federal law, she will appoint an independent panel to look at circumstances of the attack in Benghazi that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and there other employees. The so-called Accountability Review Board will be chaired by retired diplomat Thomas Pickering, she said.
Democrats and Republicans emerging from the briefings provided some details about what the administration is still piecing together — who was responsible, how much of it was planned and what was the security.
Joining Clinton at the back-to-back briefings were Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter.
Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said it was "clearly a terrorist attack," but mortars weren't used until six, seven hours into the fight.
"So it seemed like an armed gang that seized an opportunity," Smith said.
Both Smith and Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersburger of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said there was no evidence to suggest that the local Libyans at the consulate colluded with the attackers.
Published reports suggested that Sufyan bin Qumu, a former detainee at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who was transferred to Libya in 2007, was involved. Lawmakers asked about Qumu at the briefing.
"But not directly related to the attack, but as someone who's in that region," Smith said. "They're attempting to establish whether or not he was connected to the people who made the attack. He's certainly a person of interest."
Investigators have found no evidence or intelligence to suggest Qumu was at the conflict, leading it or organizing it, according to a U.S. official, speaking anonymously because he was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly.
Senate Republicans expressed frustration with the information provided at the sessions and disputed the administration's assessment.
"There's increasing amount of evidence that this was a coordinated attack by terrorists," said Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a member of the Foreign Relations Committee. "The movie wasn't the catalyst for this, the catalyst was radical Islamic extremists that wanted to attack the United States and saw an opportunity to do it in Benghazi."
One of the harshest critics of the administration, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, scoffed at the administration's argument that the video set off the assault.
"I'm stunned that they thought this was some kind of spontaneous demonstration," McCain told reporters.
In testimony Wednesday, Matthew Olsen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, called the incident a "terrorist attack."
Carney echoed that point on Thursday.
"It is, I think, self-evident that what happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack. Our embassy was attacked violently, and the result was four deaths of American officials," he said.
Associated Press writers Kimberly Dozier and Donna Cassata in Washington contributed to this report.


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Bill Richardson, Tom Ingui and Tom Beach do not know each other, but they have a lot in common. And each should be thankful this Thanksgiving, as all three were recently saved by quick-thinking health club staff and club members, some of whom had just attended life-saving classes.
Richardson was saved in a Minneapolis-area LA Fitness last month by personal trainer Chris Ransom, who says he had just learned CPR a few weeks prior. Richardson, a 55-year-old marathon runner, suffered a heart attack caused by two blocked arteries.
"They call what I had 'the widow maker' because most people don't survive that," he told FOX TV station KMSP.
Ingui, 75, suffered cardiac arrest last month in an Anytime Fitness in Riverside, CA. Assistant manager Noel Basilides and another club member stepped in for the rescue, using CPR and an automated external defibrillator (AED).
"What's really crazy is I took my AED, CPR class one week ago," Basilides told FOX station KTTV in Los Angeles.
Beach, 66, suffered a heart attack last month at Club Fitness in Rehoboth Beach, DE, the Cape Gazette newspaper in Lewes, DE, reported. Misty Cunningham, a registered nurse, and Andy Manning, a state park ranger and CPR instructor, came to Beach's aid using the AED that Club Fitness Manager Ben Wynne grabbed from behind the front desk. Manning shocked Beach with the AED; Cunningham performed CPR.
Beach began to regain consciousness and was taken to a local hospital.
"I call them my CPR angels," Beach said of Manning and Cunningham. "I had two people in there who knew what to do and how to do it."
Beach, Ingui and Richardson aren't the only ones feeling thankful these days.
"I'm just thankful that I had the opportunity that was given to me to learn the basics of saving someone's life," Ransom said.
"It's one of those moments in life I'm so proud to have had," Cunningham said. "For [Beach] to come around and be alert by the time EMS got there … that's pretty profound. I feel blessed to have gone through it."


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Wow. TT and co aren't messing around. Read here. Tramon Williams signed a new 4 year extension worth a reported $33 million (though PFT contends it's worth $41 – I think they're wrong). He receives a $6 million signing bonus and $11 million is apparently guaranteed. His average of $8.25 million per year will make him the 4th highest paid player on the team.
Sometimes contract issues can cause a divide in the locker room – I don't think that will happen here. Tramon has had a fantastic year, seemingly getting better with each game. While Jenkins and a few others may feel somewhat unloved, it's tough to overlook the job Tramon has done at cornerback. Not only has he shut down other top flight WRs, but he's been a solid return guy, he's stayed healthy, and I'd even argue that his ability to cover great WRs has opened things up for Woodson to roam and wreak general havoc. Good signing – he's a good cb. Now, let's just hope he doesn't suffer from the contract-just-signed=performance-decline syndrome that affects so many players.
On another note – Chillar and Havner have both been placed on IR. That does hurt our LB depth but I don't think Chillar was ever fully back anyway, frankly. In fact, Zombo kept his starting job despite Chillar being back – which is an indication to me that the coaches knew Chillar wasn't 100%. (If he were, he'd have been starting).


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Due to the popular request of the pantless-style Knife 1v1 functionality. It has been successfully implemented on Dust2. A Menu will appear for a full 5-6 seconds that you have to opt into the knife round.
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Spring is brief, usually lasting April and May. Change is very rapid, and plants can spring into bloom in a day. However, because of melting snow, the season tends to be damp everywhere. March-early May is probably not the best time to visit Finland.
Summers are long and sometimes surprisingly hot, with temperatures of 85 F/29 C not uncommon. Daylight lasts about 3 am-11 pm. In fact, at midsummer in Helsinki, there may be almost complete daylight. Some people have difficulty sleeping. Fortunately, most hotels and apartments are fitted with lightproof blinds.
Fall is short but beautiful, with wonderful displays of foliage on the trees. The colorful part of Finnish fall is called ruska. When the skies are clear, temperatures can fall rapidly at night, though this is less noticeable in the city itself.
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The Wednesday, February 10th Library and Information Technology Forum features Rebekah Grow and Sarah Bosarge speaking about "Turnitin: more than just a plagiarism checker." Please join us in the Spencer F. and Cleone P. Eccles Health Sciences Education Building, Room 3515B at 12:05-1:00 p.m.
Program Description: Turnitin Originality Checking & Plagiarism Prevention is a web-based solution that lets educators and students check written work for improper citation or misappropriated content. The University has had a license for the last four years. This forum explains WriteCycle, a new feature of Turnitin. WriteCycle is the only complete, web-based solution for managing writing assignments via multiple phases of feedback and revisions. WriteCycle, GradeMark, and PeerMark are three interrelated tools that greatly accelerate the learning process, involving students in their own development, freeing instructors from the burden of tracking papers, and promoting critical thinking, while maintaining academic integrity. Rebekah will provide a demonstration of all three tools.
Rebekah Grow is Course Management Lead at the Technology Assisted Curriculum Center (TACC) on campus. She has been with TACC for almost 11 years and on campus for 14 1/2. She assists faculty by training them on course management systems such as Blackboard and Moodle, as well as how to integrate technology into their courses. Visit TACC at http://www.tacc.utah.edu.
Sarah Bosarge is a doctoral student in Communication and a graduate writing instructor for the University Writing Program. Since fall semester 2008, she has been teaching a hybrid section of Writing 2010. She has also taught first-year writing at BYU, SLCC, and Boise State University.


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Lawyer presses case to bring Manziel to Houston
When it comes to NFL quarterbacks, atypical has become the new prototypical.
As proved Sunday, a team doesn't need a 6-5, 230-pound Peyton Manning to win a Super Bowl. It can win with a 5-11, 206-pound Russell Wilson.
Which means, a growing segment of Texans fans insist, a team can win with Johnny Manziel.
It's true Wilson and Manziel are similar in size, mobility and leadership skills. Wilson is more controlled on the field, doing no more than necessary with his legs, avoiding mistakes, and giving the Seattle Seahawks' defense a chance to close out games. He also is more mature off the field.
He also is four years older than Manziel and a two-year NFL veteran. Those who contend the Texans should use the No. 1 draft choice in May on Manziel believe he will develop similarly to Wilson, having already shown growth on and off the field at Texas A&M.
You can argue either way. But it's difficult to argue with Manziel's leading advocate, Tony Buzbee, not because his case is stronger than anyone else's but because, well, it's hard to argue with him.
History of persuasion
The man whose name is on the door at the Houston-based Buzbee Law Firm has made a good living at arguing, winning more than $1 billion in verdicts and settlements, including the largest jury verdict against BP.
Manziel is not a Buzbee client. Buzbee's interest in Manziel is as a graduate of Texas A&M, a member of the university's board of regents, and a fan of the Aggies and Texans.
He could present his case personally to Bob McNair. They live virtually across the street from each other in River Oaks. But although adjectives used by the New York Times to describe Buzbee's courtroom demeanor include "mean, ambitious, tenacious and fire-breathing," he is too polite to knock on the Texans owner's door. Besides, he said in an interview, he wouldn't think of telling McNair how to run his football team any more than he would expect McNair to tell him how to run his law practice.
Buzbee has taken his "Draft Johnny Manziel" campaign public with 12 (for 12th man - get it?) billboards around Houston, a website and a Facebook page.
As part of his opening statement on draftjohnnymanziel.com, Buzbee wrote: "Drafting Johnny Manziel would give the Texans the talent boost the team so desperately needs at the quarterback position. The so-called traditionalists need to wake up and realize that the prototypical NFL quarterback is changing. The 6-5, stand-in-the-pocket quarterback is becoming a thing of the past. There are now quarterbacks who can do it all - throw accurately, extend time in the pocket and run if necessary.
"The modern quarterback in the NFL must first and foremost be an athlete. There is no athlete in football like Johnny Manziel. Winners find a way to win. Johnny is a winner. Johnny Football is what the Texans need. Don't blow it, Bob."
Most comments on the Facebook page support that position.
"If they don't draft him, they are nuts," said one.
"In 15 years, people will be talking about how that was the best decision the Texans ever made," said another.
"Yo quiero JF," said another.
No quiero, said others.
"Draft Johnny and I'll be a cowpokes fan," said one.
"He's just a lot of hype," said another.
Some of the page's viewers argued with each other.
"Manziel is not Bill O'Brien's style of quarterback," said one.
"I am already thinking O'Brien is an o-loser then," responded another.
Order in the court.
'Just a big fan'
Buzbee started the campaign because he believed it would be fun. He doesn't expect McNair, O'Brien or general manager Rick Smith to be swayed by him. In fact, he would be disappointed if they were, considering his football experience ended after high school in Queen City.
"I'm just a big fan," Buzbee said. "It's something I share with my wife and my sons."
But he is more loyal to the Aggies than the Texans, acknowledging he would not have made similar efforts on behalf of Vince Young when the Texans had the first draft choice in 2006.
"He's a UT guy," Buzbee said.
Buzbee, however, said he is sincere in believing Manziel is the right quarterback for the Texans.
As for naysayers who claim Manziel has too many liabilities, Buzbee said he shouldn't listen to them any more than a butcher's son should listen to those who say he can't become a lawyer.
The butcher's son who became a lawyer admitted he has a personal agenda. He has enjoyed attending A&M games so much the last two seasons, he'll probably follow Manziel wherever he plays.
"And I don't want to go to Cleveland,'' he said.


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Housed in a former locomotive engine shed, Lokschuppen in Rosenheim, Bavaria is known for its regularly changing exhibitions and ranks among the top ten exhibition venues in Germany.
Its success is founded on the concept of creating thoroughly researched interactive exhibitions for families, experts and school groups. All of the exhibitions are unique and tailored specifically for Lokschuppen, and are complemented by an extensive and high-calibre educational programme.
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America will get to hear from its newest "American Idol" at this year's July Fourth celebration on the National Mall as Phillip Phillips makes his comeback performance following kidney surgery, organizers say.
In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press ahead of Monday's announcement, the 21-year-old from Leesburg, Ga., said he was excited to visit the nation's capital for the first time. Phillips, a bluesy guitar man, said he's been focused on recovering from a serious kidney surgery since "Idol's" finale in May.
Phillips has revealed he was in crippling pain from a kidney blockage that made it hard to stand at times during parts of the "Idol" season and was undergoing a series of surgeries during breaks in the competition. His right kidney wasn't functioning properly, he said, but it didn't require a transplant.
Phillips hasn't performed since his "Idol" victory. Instead, he's been focused on recovery.
"I'm getting better each day, so that's a good thing. I'm just walking around, getting my strength back together," he said in an interview from Los Angeles. "It was tough, you know, those first few days, but I'm getting to where I can pick the guitar back up and write a little bit."
His travels to California and soon to Washington are the farthest Phillips has ever traveled from his Georgia home, he said.
The singer's best memories from "Idol" are the friendships he made, which he hadn't expected, he said. And being on stage for the first time is something he'll never forget.
"You know, I was so scared to death and, in the end, not knowing if I was going to puke before I went on stage," he said. "It was just terrifying. I get terrified every time, but that was just huge."
In Washington, Phillips will perform his hit single "Home" for an expected audience of more than 300,000 from the lawn of the U.S. Capitol before the annual fireworks. The show is broadcast live on PBS and NPR. Phillips will join Matthew Broderick, country singer Josh Turner, "Smash" star Megan Hilty, composer John Williams, U.S. Olympic athletes and others at the concert, along with the National Symphony Orchestra.
"It's probably the biggest thing I've ever done besides 'American Idol,'" he said. "I'm just excited to get out there and do my first real live performance since everything that's been going on."
While in the nation's capital, he won't have much time to look around, but he can always come back to play tourist. Soon he'll be starting the "American Idol" tour and heading into the recording studio to turn out an album as quickly as possible.
"It's going to be a busy, busy summer," he said.


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President Obama will soon be getting his BlackBerry back, following an upgrade that encrypts call and texts to Top Secret level.
The BlackBerry 8330 will use the SecurVoice solution from The Genesis Key cryptographic company, according to reports in The Washington Post.
SecurVoice is advertised as being "the world's first completely secure voice, data and video encryption", and is capable of meeting the National Security Agency's Top Secret Security certification and FIPS 140-2 Validation certification.
Cross-platform security
"With the recent foreign cybersecurity threats, it is important that the president has a BlackBerry that is completely secure at the top-secret level," said Gary Elliott of The Genesis Key.
As well as making the phone itself secure, SecurVoice can apparently disable lost phones, replace encryption keys and create secure conference calling.
The phone is currently with the NSA, where its encryption is being tested against federal standards, and is expected to be given to the President within months.
While waiting for the ungraded BlackBerry, President Obama has been using a standad BlackBerry handset attached to a NSA-supplied hand-held Windows PDA called the Sectéra Edge that can handle encrypted voice and data traffic.
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1. Coban N, Gokcen C, Akbayram S, Calisgan B. Evaluation of Platelet Parameters in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder : Elongated Collagen-Adenosine Diphosphate and Collagen-Epinephrine Closure Times. Autism Res ;2019 (May 11)
Changes related to the serotonin system play a key role in the etiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Although we know that platelets are associated with the serotonin system, their relation to ASD has not yet been elucidated. In this study, we aim to investigate platelet parameters in children with ASD. Forty patients with ASD according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5) and 30 healthy controls were included in the study. A complete blood count was done to measure parameters relating to platelet morphology. Moreover, prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) were evaluated. Lastly, platelet functions were assessed with a platelet functions analyzer 100 (PFA-100) device by measuring collagen-ADP and collagen-epinephrine (EPI) closure times. There was not a significant difference between the groups in terms of platelet count, mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width, plateletcrit, PT, or aPTT parameters for ASD patients when compared to the control group (P > 0.05). However, MPV in severe ASD, as quantified by the Childhood Autism Rating Scale, was found to be significantly lower when compared to mild to moderate ASD (P = 0.047). Moreover, in terms of platelet functions, the elongation in collagen-ADP and collagen-EPI closure times were significantly higher for the ASD group (P = 0.044). These results may suggest an impairment in platelet functions rather than in platelet morphology for children with ASD. Considering these results, further investigation of thrombocyte functions in the ASD may lead to a better understanding of the pathogenesis of ASD and to the development of our limited knowledge of this disorder. Autism Res 2019. (c) 2019 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. LAY SUMMARY : Serotonin is a chemical that is found in brain as wells as in blood cells that function in blood clotting in the human body. There are problems related to serotonin in brains of people who have autism. Thus, blood clotting cells may also be affected in people who have autism. In this study, we compare blood clotting functions of children with autism with that of healthy controls.
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2. Gasser BA, Kurz J, Dick B, Mohaupt MG. Steroid Metabolites Support Evidence of Autism as a Spectrum. Behav Sci (Basel) ;2019 (May 9) ;9(5)
Objectives : It is common nowadays to refer to autism as a spectrum. Increased evidence of the involvement of steroid metabolites has been shown by the presence of stronger alterations in Kanner's syndrome compared with Asperger syndrome. Methods : 24 h urine samples were collected from 20 boys with Asperger syndrome, 21 boys with Kanner's syndrome, and identically sized control groups, each matched for age, weight, and height for comprehensive steroid hormone metabolite analysis via gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Results : Higher levels of most steroid metabolites were detected in boys with Kanner's syndrome and Asperger syndrome compared to their matched controls. These differences were more pronounced in affected individuals with Kanner's syndrome versus Asperger syndrome. Furthermore, a specific and unique pattern of alteration of androsterone, etiocholanolone, progesterone, tetrahydrocortisone, and tetrahydrocortisol was identified in boys with Kanner's syndrome and Asperger syndrome. Interestingly, in both matched samples, only androsterone, etiocholanolone, progesterone, tetrahydrocortisone, tetrahydrocortisol, and 5a-tetrahydrocortisol groups were positively correlated. In the Asperger syndrome group, all metabolites showed a positive correlation. In the Kanner's syndrome group, 5-a tetrahydrocortisol with androsterone showed a positive correlation. Conclusions : Due to differences in the level of alteration, the premise that Asperger syndrome is on the mild side of the autism spectrum and that Kanner's syndrome is on the severe side is supported, but alteration patterns yield different phenotypic expressions.
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3. Gyawali S, Patra BN. Autism Spectrum Disorder : Trends in research exploring etiopathogenesis. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci ;2019 (May 11)
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition in which affected individuals have difficulties while interacting and communicating socially, and repetitive behaviors. It has a multi-factorial etiology. Various risk factors including genetic and environmental influences have been explored while trying to understand its causation. As older evidence was suggestive of a high heritability, a majority of research focused on finding the underlying genetic causes of autism. Due to these efforts, there have been advances in the knowledge of some of the genetic factors associated with autism. But a recent trend also shows an increasing interest in exploration of various potential environmental triggers. These efforts have brought us closer to understanding the elusive disorder more so than ever before. The current paper discusses the recent trends in research exploring the etiopathogenesis of Autism Spectrum Disorders. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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4. Hickey EJ, Nix RL, Hartley SL. Family Emotional Climate and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. J Autism Dev Disord ;2019 (May 10)
Little research has examined family emotional climate in the context of having a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The goal of the current study was to determine how the emotional quality of family subsystems (parent-child and parent couple relationships, for both mothers and fathers) combine to create various classes of family emotional climate and to identify predictors of class membership in 148 families of children with ASD. The emotional quality of family subsystems was assessed using Five Minute Speech Samples from mothers and fathers. In total, 148 families of children with ASD (86% male) aged 6-13 years were included in analyses. About one-third of parents did not have a college degree and more than two-thirds were of non-Hispanic White origin. Latent class analysis revealed that 43% of the sample was characterized by high levels of warmth and low levels of criticism in both the parent-child and parent couple relationships ; 12% of the sample was characterized by low warmth and high criticism in both sets of relationships ; and the rest of the sample was divided among three additional classes of emotional climate characterized by different configurations of warmth and criticism across both sets of relationships. Parent level of broader autism phenotype and child emotional and behavioral problems were associated with emotional climate class membership. Implications for interventions are discussed.
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5. Pezzimenti F, Han GT, Vasa RA, Gotham K. Depression in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am ;2019 (Jul) ;28(3):397-409.
Depression is both common and impactful in youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and is swiftly growing in recognition as a major public health concern within the autism community. This article is intended to provide a brief overview of the prevalence, impact, presentation, and risk factors associated with cooccurring depression in children and adolescents with ASD. Clinical guidelines for the assessment and treatment of depression in the ASD population are offered in line with the small existing evidence base.
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6. Tripi G, Roux S, Matranga D, Maniscalco L, Glorioso P, Bonnet-Brilhault F, Roccella M. Cranio-Facial Characteristics in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). J Clin Med ;2019 (May 9) ;8(5)
Background : Cranio-facial anomalies frequently occur in neurodevelopmental disorders because both face and brain are derived from neuroectoderm. The identification of differences in the facial phenotype of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) may reflect alterations in embryologic brain development in children with ASD. Methods : we evaluated 33 caucasian children with ASD using a 2D computerized photogrammetry. Anthropometric euclidean measurements and landmarks located on the soft tissue of the face and head, were based on five cranio-facial indexes. Relationships between anthropometric z-scores and participant characteristics (i.e., age, Global IQ, severity of autistic symptoms measured using the CARS checklist) were assessed. Results : Cephalic index z-score differed significantly from 0 in our ASD group (p = 0.019). Moreover, a significant negative correlation was found between Facial Index z-score and CARS score (p = 0.003) ; conversely, a positive correlation was found between Interchantal Index z-score and CARS score (p = 0.028). Conclusion : our measurements shows a dolichocephalic head shape which is not correlated with autism severity. Importantly, two craniofacial markers were significantly correlated with autism severity : increased orbital hyperthelorism and decrease of height of the facial midline. These data support previous findings of craniofacial anomalies in autism spectrum disorder suggesting an "ASD facial phenotype" that could be used to improve ASD diagnoses.


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DiS doesn't 'tip' many acts these days, but every so often a new band comes along who blow are minds with their particular brand of radiofriendlyunitshifters. THUMPERS make gloriously fizzy party-pop - think early Bloc Party, but with a big grin, glitter and clown-shoes for drum sticks. Actually, try imagining Flaming Lips starting out in a basement, but as a duo formed by two best friends and you're half-way there.
We're not the only ones who are impressed by their early releases as those fine folks of discerning taste at Sub Pop have snapped them up. We've known the band in their previous guises, and thought it high time to catch up with them before they become too big to chat with the likes of us. You can catch them for free at this weekend's GetWinterized party that Converse are throwing. Simply click here to register for tickets.
DiS: Hello chaps! How are you, where are you and what are you doing today (other than replying to questionnaires)?
John Hamson Jr.: Hey, we're good! Today I'm back in Warwickshire (where we both grew up) to go through old photos for a video we're making, as well as finishing album artwork and other bits. I can only assume Marcus is in London writing songs and getting up to no good.
You recently signed to Sub Pop, what tracks would go on side A of your ultimate Sub Pop mixtape?
Great question! but also, fuck. Hard. Let's go with...
- Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick
- No Age - Teen Creeps
- Nirvana - Sliver
- The Rapture - Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks
- The Vaselines - Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam
- Foals - Spanish Sahara
- Postal Service - Such Great Heights
What rarities and lesser known tracks would you throw on the b-side?
Oh twist... I stumbled onto this sub pop band Arlo when I first went to America as a teenager, rooting through record stores, and their first record (which sounded like Weezer's lost blue album) soundtracked an entire summer of bounding around with friends, proudly putting it on at every party I went to. So side b would have to open with the first track on that album:
- Arlo - Forgotten
- Wolf Parade - Call It A Ritual [- call it a revisit]
- Iron & Wine - Evening On The Ground (Lilith's Song)
- The Shins - The Past and Pending
- J Mascis - Leaving on a Jet Plane
- Beach House - I Do Not Care For The Winter Sun
- Washed Out - A Dedication [- isn't exactly obscure but I love this song and it didn't fit on the other side so whaddyagonnado?]
Last time we met was back in February. You had just put out a single and we were watching Blood Red Shoes tear up Shepherd's Bush Empire together. The past few months must have been quite a whirlwind for you. What have been your highlights of 2013?
Ah yeah, that was great to see them triumph at that venue, especially after knowing them for so long and seeing them start out. It's been a really great year for us. Highlights I think have been signing to sub pop which was a childhood dream realised, getting to finish our record with one of our favourite producers and getting to play a load of shows and festivals. One of the big things though was seeing how audiences have reacted to us... we aim to create an uplifting and celebratory atmosphere at our shows, and seeing that begin to happen in the way we had imagined was really something.
Urban Dictionary suggests several different definitions of what a Thumper is. Are you named after bible thumpers, a drinking game, the rabbit with the big butt from Bambi, or the above or something else?
Hahaha yeah good ol' urban dictionary! The name references the heavy drums/rhythm/percussive element of our music, but the word itself has got these associations with the heart as well which are just as useful as references for us I think. We aim to be fullblooded - in terms of lyrics, sonics, every which way - so that works for us.
This isn't your first rodeo. What do you think you've learnt from your past lives in bands and the extra circular activities in Friendly Fires and Noah & The Whale?
Well, where to begin... It's no secret that any band these days has to deal with a lot of stuff that has absolutely nothing to do with the creation and playing of music, and in the case of the band Marcus and I were in previously (and what we went through), all that bad stuff totally derailed any enjoyment of it by the end.. It ruined it. So we had to go away for quite a long while and recharge and figure out separately why we wanted to do this again. So for me, having the opportunity to play with other bands no strings attached was the best way to rediscover the best bits of music. My time with Friendly Fires in particular was a great way to see how a band at that level put together a live show, as well as giving me the confidence to record everything ourselves (Ed Mac produced a lot of their first record with just one microphone) and really explore the studio as a songwriting tool. I learnt quite a bit from my Noah and the Whale experience too (I got fired from them), but that's a story for next time..!
We've learned to trust our instincts way more now (which we definitely learned from making biiiiiig mistakes in our old bands) and that's across the board - from the people we choose to work with to the way we make music. We're much more open now to embracing the imperfections that happen during recording, for example, in a way that we couldn't have let ourselves be before. But that's the great thing about letting recording overlap with the writing process, those spontaneous moments that come from experimenting with a new song get immortalised before you know whether they're good or not.
You must have met some interesting and inspiring people over the years. Is there one lesson or insight you've taken on board that has helped keep you focused and remember what's important?
I think there's a kind of cynicism that can creep into your mindset when you've been in a band for a long time. It's an escape route in a way, the easiest thought pattern available when things aren't going well or whatever. Totally understandable, I guess but it's also uncreative and totally self-defeating. And then sometimes you meet people, especial;y stalwarts of a scene, who are so clear-eyed in spite of all the shit that you know they've been through (because everyone has) that their outlook astounds you. Makes you ashamed at the time but it's hugely inspiring too.
We were in our first teenage rock band and already pretty misdirected when we somehow met John Peel, and he seemed like just such a real person. Focused on all the best that music has to offer. Unbelievably we played two sessions for him. We were in total awe, floating the whole time... His death really affected me and he's someone i still think about a lot. Then meeting Andy Ross who briefly managed our old band right at the end was pretty great. He was someone who had seen it ALL with blur, and was great to just sit for hours on end talking about that time.. it was proper "go on Andy! tell us a story about Graham! please Andy!" all night. legend.
You've been working on your debut album (we presume). What has the process been like, who have you been working with, what instruments will make up the sound palette (feel free to be nerdy with synth names and pedal chat) and what else can you tell us about it? Will Marcus' sisters be singing on it?
Yeah, we finished the record over summer with David Kosten who was always on our list to mix and do additional production. The sessions leading up to being involved with him were these massively intense 3 or 4 day stints recording back where we grew up between my touring commitments with FF. in hindsight, I guess we missed out on an opportunity there to go away and make a new world in a studio for a month or whatever in the more traditional way. Instead, though, I think we legitimately made going back in these stints as immersive as possible in different ways - by trying to involve our hometown environment as much as possible instead of denying where we were and also by, um, barely sleeping. So Marcus' sisters sang on the record, equipment we hadn't seen for years would make an appearance (hello, pointlessly enormous broken 4x12 Marshall cab) and we let being in the area push us to write lyrics about growing up there.
The main breakthrough for us in terms of sounds was how we recorded the drums and layer up all the percussion. There's a lot of triple or quadruple tracking entire drum kits with one mic or stacking up 3 different snares and mixing that with a little bit of programming too. The vocals as well were something we really pushed on and tried to hone a specific sound on.. Marcus's sisters sing on all the tracks as we wanted to reference all that close-harmony 90's r&b stuff. We also roped in Elizabeth and Jeremy from Summer Camp for one track as it really fit the narrative of song.
You're heading to London to play this big Converse shindig. What should people expect from the show and do you have any Arcade Fire-like suggestions for the crowds' attire?
Private scenes made public in piledriving heartswell motion. And trumpets! And I think everyone should dress up pretty damn warm.. you all know everyone is playing outside?!
What have been some of your favourite albums and songs this year?
Kanye West Yeezus; Deptford Goth Life After Defo; FKA twigs' "Water Me"; Kwes' "36"; "Father, Father", Laura Mvula, in fact that whole album; Natasha Khan's "Garden's Heart". We loved Chris Malinchak's "So Good to Me" (extended mix, duh); I think Arcade Fire's Reflektor sounds incredible; Volcano Choir "Byegone"; Atoms for Peace Amok; Julianna Barwick's Nepenthe.
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Melissa Melton
January 8, 2013
Alex Jones appeared on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight last night to deliver a clear message: "You are not going to take our guns."
While Piers attempted to ask leading questions peppered with isolated gun statistics to paint a false picture of reality in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting, Alex educated Piers on the real reason America has a Second Amendment and why it is necessary to preserve it.
Globalism is trying to overthrow our Republic and take over the world.
After stating his position on the banning American citizens from owning semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre, Piers Morgan began his interview with Alex Jones on CNN last night by asking, "Why do you want to deport me?"
Alex's answer? "We did it to point out this is globalism."
The reason our forefathers penned the Second Amendment was to keep the power in the hands of the people and stave off a tyrannical government. America is one of the last bastions of freedom when it comes to private firearm ownership.
Now China is openly calling for us to be disarmed. This is the same country where the communist party killed nearly 77 million people between 1949 and 1987. Why so many? It was easy. They were disarmed.
Indeed, the Obama Administration has now been joined by talking heads from China, Russia, Australia, and, of course, Britain in this massive attack on our Second Amendment.
A Washington Times article from August 24, 2012, discussed, "The Obama Administration Plan to Disarm America" in relation to our president setting the U.S. "on a course for unilateral disarmament" of our nuclear weapons as well.
Disarming America is all part of a bigger plan.
The U.S. government is armed to the teeth against its own people.
Just last week, Infowars reported that DHS just purchased another 200,000 rounds of ammunition in addition to the over 1.6 billion the agency has already bought over the last year.
All the bullets bought will be added to the hundreds of pieces of riot gear, monstrous armored SWAT trucks, bulletproof guard shacks, and 24 predator drones DHS owns. DHS does not fight foreign wars; it is a domestic-only operation. These purchases are not meant to be used engaging foreign enemies in some faraway land. Many people falsely believe that 'Homeland Security' is for securing the homeland.
Protecting the homeland really means maintaining continuity of government, not protecting the public.
And the DHS is just one armed U.S. government entity.
As Alex mentioned to Piers, Operation Fast and Furious was perpetrated by the U.S. government to demonize the Second Amendment in a treasonous attempt to disarm the American people on record.
Again, the Second Amendment was deemed necessary to ensure the balance of power – to ensure government is not the only one with guns. As Alex told Piers, "The Second Amendment isn't there for duck hunting. It's there to protect us from tyrannical government."
Statistics show more guns – not gun control – equals less crime.
Paul Joseph Watson reported yesterday the number of guns in America has increased over the last four decades while serious violent crimes have decreased. The FBI's Uniform Crime Reports show violent crime has consistently plunged over the last five years.
We have also reported that statistics show gun control laws do not prevent crime. While Piers' home country does report less gun murders because of draconian police state citizen disarmament, the U.K. has also been deemed "The violent crime capital of Europe," with one of the highest reported violence rates in the world.
Legal prescription drugs kill more Americans every year than guns.
A 40-year trend is hard to easily dismiss, so gun grabbers like Piers Morgan have to politicize events like the Sandy Hook shooting and isolate and spout a single statistic: the number of people killed in America every year by a gun.
However, guns are nowhere near the biggest killer in America each year.
Here's a huge number no one is talking about: the Food and Drug Administration has admitted legal prescription medications kill over 100,000 people every year. In 2009, the LA Times reported that drug overdoses had doubled over the last decade, had outnumbered traffic fatalities in the U.S., and were fueled by an increase in people who died from taking too many prescription narcotics.
The detrimental effect of pharmaceuticals led into Alex's next two points.
The number one cause of death by injury in the U.S. is SUICIDE.
Firearms aren't the biggest killer by injury in America. As Alex noted, according to a recently released study, more American lives are taken by suicide now than any other type of harm.
Half of all firearm deaths in the U.S. are actually suicides. More guns are fired during suicides than during homicides in America.
Many mass shooters have been on dangerous prescription antidepressants.
Here's another fact the mainstream media isn't talking about: antidepressants, or Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs), have been linked to many of the mass shootings that have occurred here in the U.S. in the past decade.
Infowars has been reporting on shooters with a history of antidepressant use for years. Prescription medications were seized from the Aurora shooter's home. Even suspected Newtown shooter Adam Lanza has been labeled as having a "personality disorder" and a "mental illness," phrases Mike Adams of Natural News points out are typically used to describe people who are prescribed psychotropic drugs.
Side effects on many of these drugs include violent behavior, agitation, mania, hostility, anxiety, mood swings, and suicidal tendencies. In 2011, a Canadian judge even ruled that SSRIs can cause children to commit murder.
Citizen disarmament leads to democide – death by government.
Governments are the greatest cause of unnatural human death in the 20th century. All infamous dictators who have murdered their own people in mass – including Stalin, Lenin, Hitler, Mao, and Pol Pot – disarmed these citizens first.
The Second Amendment is meant to protect us against tyrannical government, but what it ultimately protects us from is death by democide.
Alex: "I'm here to tell you 1776 will commence again if you try to take our firearms."
As Alex told Piers, "Just because there are criminals, I don't lose my guns."
As we've reported again and again, gun control would not have stopped the Sandy Hook shooting or any criminal shooting. Stealing guns to break into a supposedly gun-free zone and murder children…these are crimes. Criminals who commit crimes obviously do not obey laws. That is why they are called criminals. Laws do not prevent crime, they are merely there to punish it.
In the wake of the tragic Connecticut school massacre, we have witnessed an all out war on our 2nd Amendment rights, culminating in Senator Dianne Feinstein calling for draconian anti-gun legislation which Obama says he will put his "full weight" behind.
Bringing up a single, standalone statistic like the number of gun deaths is a ploy to pull on people's heartstrings while ignoring the whole truth about what is really going on here: disarmament.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who was later implicated in the anti-Second Amendment Operation Fast and Furious even attempted to start a campaign to, "really brainwash people into thinking about guns in a vastly different way" back in 1995.
This plan to disarm America in a bid for a total takeover has been in the works for a long time, but exposing this agenda as Alex did on CNN last night is one way to fight this treason and take our Republic back.
Alex's outrage is absolutely justified.
While Alex has garnered criticism for his demeanor on Piers' show last night, America is facing a truly dark hour.
If someone's house is burning down, the time for calm discussion has long passed. It's time to bang on the door, yell and scream, raise the house, and get people to listen to help save their lives.
As Mike Adams' explains, "If our only aim is to remain polite and 'proper,' we will all be quietly enslaved, disarmed, bankrupted and corralled into the dark depths of government corruption and coercion. The time to be polite is over. It's time we all got fired up and called the bluff of the corrupt, criminal elite."
We have to contact our politicians and tell them to uphold our Constitution and Second Amendment.
Even the White House has put up a page to "Share Your Thoughts on Reducing Gun Violence" following the Connecticut shooting to "get something meaningful done." Contact them and let them know this tragedy does not mean they can dismantle the Constitution!
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U.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
It's exactly like Alex said last night, "The establishment knows…no matter how much propaganda, the Republic will rise again when you attempt to take our guns."
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