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COLUMBUS, OH – As the presidential race heats up in Ohio, President Barack Obama took to the state the same day as Mitt Romney to urge young people to vote -- and to hammer his rival's positions on foreign policy and cuts to popular government programs.
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President Barack Obama greets supporters after speaking during a campaign event at the Oval at Ohio State University October 9, 2012 in Columbus, Ohio.
Telling a crowd of about 15,000 at Ohio State University to take advantage of Ohio's early voting period, Obama said, "Grab your friends and grab everybody in your dorm, grab your fraternity or sorority" and go to a polling place after his speech, adding that buses waited around the corner to shuttle voters there.
Obama's appearance here comes at the end of a three-day trip that consisted mostly of fundraising events in California, while Romney, who arrived here this afternoon, will hunker down in the state for the next three days, making up for his previously light footprint here.
At Ohio State, Obama also decried Romney's foreign policy speech Monday during which he criticized the president's policies and said he would have kept a troop presence in Iraq.
"If (Gov. Romney) got his way, those troops would still be there," Obama said. In a speech yesterday, he doubled down on that belief. He said ending the war was a mistake," Obama said.
The president also added some new embellishments to his now-routine warnings that Romney would cut funding for PBS programs like Sesame Street.
"He's decided we're going after Big Bird. Elmo's making a run for the border – and Oscar's hiding out in a trash can. And Governor Romney wants to let Wall Street run wild again, but he's going to bring down the hammer on Sesame Street," he said.
To hammer home the point, rapper will.i.am, who performed before the president arrived at the event site, blasted the Sesame Street theme song over the public address system.


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SANTA ROSA (CBS SF) — St. Joseph Health of Sonoma County officials Thursday said a thumb drive containing the X-ray records of more than 33,700 patients was stolen during a burglary at an outpatient radiology facility in Santa Rosa earlier this month.
The thumb drive containing 33,702 patient records was taken from a staff member's locker at the former Redwood Regional Medical Group's office at 121 Sotoyome Drive on June 2, St Joseph Health spokeswoman Katy Hillenmeyer said.
The medical group joined the St Joseph Health network on April 1 and the back-up records of X-rays between Feb. 2, 2009, and this May 13 were going to be transferred from Redwood Regional to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital's electronic medical records system, Hillenmeyer said.
Information on the thumb drive included the patient's first and last names, gender, medical record number, date of birth, date and time of service, area of the body X-rayed, the X-ray technologist's name and the radiation level required to produce the X-ray in compliance with patient safety standards, Hillenmeyer said.
The stolen information did not include patients' Social Security numbers, financial information, insurance data or diagnoses, she said.
St. Joseph Health reported the theft to the California Department of Public Health on June 9 and an internal investigation by St. Joseph Health and Santa Rosa police is underway, Hillenmeyer said.
St Joseph Health reported the theft, discovered on June 3, to the Department of Public Health within the allowable five-day business period, Hillenmeyer said. St. Joseph Health used that time to make sure there was no scenario other than a burglary to explain the missing thumb drive, she said.
St. Joseph Health officials also had to be sure of the number of patients affected and eliminate any duplicate X-ray records.
"We did a detailed analysis of the records to give an accurate account of the number of patients and what records were in the thumb drive," Hillenmeyer said.
No other imaging records other than X-rays were on the thumb drive, she said.
"I know of no reason to suspect it was taken by an employee," Hillenmeyer said.
She said food in the break room also was taken during the burglary. The thumb drive had been placed inside a zipper pouch in the unlocked locker so it wouldn't be misplaced.
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital is mailing personal letters this week to all patients affected by the theft.
Hospital officials have no indication that any of the patients' information has been used in an unauthorized or improper manner, but as a precaution and courtesy, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital is offering credit monitoring and identity theft protection services to the affected patients at no cost for one year, Hillenmeyer said.
"We take our obligation to protect patients' privacy very seriously, and apologize for any concerns or inconvenience to patients and their families that this causes," said Todd Salnas, president of St. Joseph Health in Sonoma County.
"Following this burglary, we immediately heightened security measures and training at our new Sotoyome Drive facility, and are committed to preventing such an intrusion from happening again," Salnas said.
Patients or their families affected by the records theft may call a hotline staffed by Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital representatives from Kroll, a global leader in risk mitigation and response that the hospital has commissioned to help the patients.
The experts are available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CDT at (866) 779-0488.
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We're making some changes here at Sku's Recent Eats. No, I haven't yet sold to the Shanken Group and changed the name of the blog to The Sku Aficionado. My changes are much less drastic and sadly, much less lucrative, but there are changes nonetheless.
The End of Whiskey Wednesday
When I started the blog it was principally a food blog with a whiskey post every Wednesday. As the blog has evolved, I find I have more to say about whiskey than food, and I no longer want to confine my whiskey posts to a mere one day per week, so while we will still have whiskey on Wednesdays, we might have whiskey Mondays or Thursdays. For that reason, I'm retiring the title of Whiskey Wednesday (and don't worry, food posts will continue as always but, hey, I'm trying to stay healthy here).
New Lists
A few months ago, I moved my Complete List of American Distilleries and Brands to a new page. I've now added another page entitled List of American Whiskeys which is an alphabetical list of all of the currently available (in the US) American whiskey brands and who makes them. It's largely the same information as the distilleries and brands list, but listed by whiskey brand name instead of by distillery/company, and with a bit more speculation about what is actually in the bottle.
I've also combined all of my whiskey links into a links
page. I will try to do the same for my food links as well.
My next project will be to try and come up with an FAQ page that combines some of the random FAQs from former posts that I have listed now.
Thanks to all my readers for their patience with my low-tech blog. If anyone has suggestions (or if Shanken finally wants to cut me a check), please feel free to email me or leave comments.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Blog Changes
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From wardrobe malfunctions to busted bathroom doors, athletes, fans and journalists jumped on social media to share Sochi's most viral moments. Most had little to do with winners, losers or medal counts.
Take a look at some of the best social media stories from the 2014 Olympic Winter Games:
1. Journalists' complaints
The most-shared Winter Olympics story came from the Washington Post, according to NewsWhip.com, a site that tracks trending news. The Post's story about journalists live-tweeting their hotel horror stories attracted over 442,000 Facebook interactions (likes, shares and comments combined) and prompted a flurry of #SochiFail coverage all over the web, including the Twitter account @SochiProblems. Apparently, brown sink water and broken elevators ahead of a global event that cost the host country $51 billion really gets people talking. Jimmy Kimmel also jumped on the bandwagon, enlisting Olympic luger Kate Hansen for a hoax video showing a "wolf" wandering the athlete's Sochi hallway.
2. Door jam
U.S. bobsledder Johnny Quinn rocketed to Internet fame before the Games even started. After taking a shower at his hotel bathroom, Quinn found himself locked inside because of a jammed door. Alone, and with no phone to call for help, Quinn punched a hole through the door and climbed out. He then took to Twitter to post a photo of the hole-y act, which has been retweeted over 29,000 times. "With no phone to call for help, I used my bobsled push training to break out," Quinn tweeted. Later, he got stuck again, this time in an elevator, and had to pry the doors open. His reward: the hashtag #Quinning.
3. Ashley Wagner is not impressed
It's the face that launched a thousand memes. American ice skater Ashley Wagner, who was clearly unimpressed by the judges' score for her performance in the team short program, made a face and muttered a profane word that reflected her disgust and disappointment. Her reaction was caught on camera and the image spawned memes comparable to those inspired by McKayla Maroney's famous smirk at the London Games.
4. "Girls" just want to have Olympic fun
Speaking of memes...An anonymous Tumblr user — an admirer of HBO's cult-favorite "Girls" — photoshopped images of lugers, figure skaters and ski jumpers, by swapping in the face of actress Zosia Mamet in character as Shoshi Shapiro. "Magic," tweeted "Girls" creator Lena Dunham of the "Shoshi Games."
5. The Olympic ring that wasn't, but Russia still gets lucky
It didn't take long for online retailers to cash in on the now-famous Opening Ceremony gaffe, where a lonely snowflake failed to materialize into one of the five Olympic rings. Hours after the incident, T-shirts that featured four opened rings and a dinky snowflake started appearing online for purchase. The busted ring has also inspired its own share of Internet memes. Of course, those watching in Russia took in a flawless ceremony, courtesy of doctored footage. No one could dispute, though, the phenomenon that was the Russian Interior Ministry Police Choir's rendition of Daft Punk's "Get Lucky."
6. Dad the wingman
OMG! Brett West's suggestion for fans of his luger son Tucker caught the attention of single women all over the Internet. In a "Today" show interview, Tucker's dad played wingman, saying "To all the young ladies out there, Tucker is very single." He encouraged viewers to reach out on Facebook and said Tucker would respond to every message. The hashtag #TeamTucker proceeded to shower the Internet with sweet tweets from legions of adoring fans. The flattery will come in handy since West finished 22nd overall in the luge run.
7. Oshie mania
Hours after hockey hero T.J. Oshie helped Team USA beat Russia in an epic preliminary game, the St. Louis Blues center amassed an impressive 130,000 new Twitter followers. Even President Barack Obama chimed in, tweeting, "Congrats to T.J. Oshie and the U.S men's hockey team on a huge win!" Too bad the president's advice to "never stop believing in miracles" couldn't help the team make the finals.
8. Puppy — and wolf — love
American slopestyle skier Gus Kenworthy nabbed a silver medal then accolades for a heart of gold. The 22-year-old tweeted a series of photos flanked by puppies in Sochi, where local authorities were reportedly killing stray dogs to clear the streets ahead of the Games. But Kenworthy teamed up with Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska to open shelters outside Sochi, and postponed his trip home to facilitate puppy adoption efforts. The photos were retweeted thousands of times, one of which came from Miley Cyrus, who became a fan after the Olympian's display of puppy charity. Another Sochi Olympics social media darling, luger Kate Hansen, teamed up with Jimmy Kimmel on an elaborate hoax to convince the world there was a wolf stalking her hallway.
9. The wardrobe malfunctions
Millions flocked to NBCOlympics.com to watch a clip of Russian speed skater Olga Graf unzipping her skating suit down to her belly button moments after she won a bronze medal. The Olympian had forgotten while trying to cool down that she had nothing on underneath. Besides winning Russia's first medal of the Sochi Games, Graf also took the prize for first Sochi wardrobe malfunction. Next a Swedish slopestyle skier drew the world's snickers when his baggy pants got the best of him — falling to his ankles during competition. Canadian bobsledder Christopher Spring owned his fashion faux pas. He coined the hashtag #powerbelly to describe how his suit exploded during a try-on session. But arguably the biggest clothing (or lack thereof) story of the Games was the brouhaha over a Lebanese skier's topless photoshoot for an Austrian ski calendar three years before Sochi. After Lebanon's Sports and Youth Minister ordered a probe into the photographs and the skier, Jacky Chamoun, apologized. Still, other Lebanese women rallied to Chamoun's defense. Dozens reportedly stripped down in solidarity with her for a social media campaign called "I'm Not Naked" using the hashtag #StripForJackie.
10. Todd Lodwick's amazing videobomb
NBC's Randy Moss provided a serious update on U.S. Nordic combined skier Todd Lodwick's injured shoulder — and had no idea the Olympian was standing behind him and making faces the whole time. Added bonus: once Moss ended the standup and realized he'd been videobombed, he smacked the skier on his hurt shoulder.
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We can picture it now: "That was inspirational, but I suggest dinosaur arms."
Lady Gaga will be a guest judge on an upcoming episode of "So You Think You Can Dance," executive producer and longtime judge Nigel Lythgoe told Popeater.
Gaga is scheduled to appear on an episode of the talent competition later this season.
Lythgoe said Gaga has acheived what he hopes the Fox show's contestants can acheive, according to Yahoo's Reality Rocks blog.
"What she will do is give great advice on how to handle yourself, how to be creative with what you do, and how to be a fabulous performer," he said.
The young woman with tall shoes and no pants made her debut as a reality TV show mentor on the most recent season of "American Idol," according to Popeater.
She wasn't exactly a Simon Cowell-type judge.
"I'm not interested in judging them. I'm here purely to be a friend," Gaga said. "I just want to give them senses of inspiration and confidence, and help them bring out what is special about them."
On "Idol," Gaga told contestant Haley Reinhart to make her performance more interesting by adding drama.
"Give them a little 'I'm crazy, and I'm a laugh away from a tear,'" she said.
Selected Reading: PopEater, Yahoo blog Reality Rocks
Lady Gaga to Guest Judge on "SYTYCD"
So you think you do good monster claws?
We can picture it now: "That was inspirational, but I suggest dinosaur arms."


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Jackson Browne (born Clyde Jackson Browne; October 9, 1948) is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician who has sold in excess of 17 million albums in the United States alone.
Coming to prominence in the 1970s, Browne's political interests and personal angst have been central to his career, resulting in popular songs such as "Somebody's Baby", "These Days", "The Pretender", "Lawyers in Love" and "Running On Empty". In 2004, Browne was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by his friend Bruce Springsteen. The same year, Browne received an honorary Doctorate of Music from Los Angeles' Occidental College for "a remarkable musical career that has successfully combined an intensely personal artistry with a broader vision of social change and justice".
Browne was born in Heidelberg, Germany, where his father, an American serviceman, was stationed. Browne's mother, Beatrice Amanda (née Dahl), was a Minnesota native of Norwegian ancestry. Browne has three siblings: Roberta "Berbie" Browne who was born in 1946 in Nuremberg, Germany (Nuernberg) and Edward Severin Browne who was born in 1949 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His younger sister, Gracie Browne, was born a number of years later. Browne moved to the Highland Park district of Los Angeles, California, at the age of 3 and in his teens began singing folk music in local venues like the Ash Grove. He attended Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California, graduating in 1966.


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May 07, 2014
Book Review - Knit Kimono Too by Vicki Square
From elegant linen sleeveless tops to big thick warm coats, this book contains garments that have had their design genesis in the timeless lines of Japanese kimonos. Featuring some new textured stitches, lace coveralls, warm cables, interesting surface embroidery as well as some quite simple garter stitch patterns, there is something here for all ages and interests. One design harks back to the Heian period, (794-1192) when the colour palette of your fashionable 12 layer kimono was determined by your rank in society as well as by the season, eg soft pale greens in spring, deep purples and grays in winter etc. a lovely book to read through and maybe to knit something from! Wendy
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Technically? This is not actually illegal in (most parts) of D.C., I learned tonight, after a quick spin around the Interwebs, spurred on by some of you who questioned the legality of such an activity. (And by the way, thanks for the welcome back from all peeps who have NOT forgotten me after all!)
But even though it's not illegal doesn't make it smart. Most of the time.
Here's my rationalization:
a) Most pedestrians are moving faster--way faster--than I am.Or, more correctly, I have no helmet actually WITH me when I need one.
2) I'm only going a short distance.
iii) I have no helmet.
Take last Saturday, for instance. We strolled about a mile down the hill from our cozy nest to this lovely restaurant for brunch in Cleveland Park. I had some shopping to do afterwards down in Dupont Circle, about 3 miles or a few Metro stops away. But it was such a gorgeous day, I couldn't bring myself to head into the bowels of the earth to ride the Metro. So I hopped on a handy Bikeshare, and boddabing, Bob's your uncle.
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OK, so technically? I do have a helmet, but I don't want to have to schlep it everywhere just in case I need it.
So, as I was swimming tonight (swimming, yes!) I started thinking. "What I need," I thought, "is a helmet that I can fit into my backpack. Or my purse. If I carried a purse. Which I don't. I need a smaller, more compact helmet. Like a folding helmet. Or, even better, a collapsible helmet!"
For some reason, this made total sense to me at the time.
Now, however, in the comfort of my bed, several hours later, I'm sensing there just might be a flaw in my thinking.
I just bet you there's a market for this.


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MIAMI – Edwidge Danticat has a favorite maxim in her native French Creole. "Piti piti, zwazo fè nich li" means "Little by little, the bird builds its nest."
"There are so many life lessons in that one short phrase," she said. "It's also great for writing, because that's exactly what you do — build a world, word by word."
If that's so, the Haitian-American author has feathered a treeful of nests over the past two decades. After vaulting onto the literary scene at age 25 with "Breath, Eyes, Memory," Danticat has published several works of fiction and nonfiction, edited two anthologies and racked up awards, including a $500,000 MacArthur genius grant in 2009. In the process she's become one of the most widely recognized, outspoken voices associated with Haitian culture in the United States.
Danticat opens this season's Talking Volumes author-appearance series Sept. 25 with her fourth novel, "Claire of the Sea Light," which intertwines the lives of residents of an impoverished fishing village near Port-Au-Prince.
Danticat lives on the border of two Miami neighborhoods, hardscrabble Little Haiti and homey, historic Buena Vista. A minivan sits in the driveway beside her modest stucco house. Inside, the smell of garlic wafts from the large kitchen, where a chicken is roasting and remnants of breakfast bananas lie scattered across the dining table.
The common area is open as an artist's loft. Color-drenched contemporary paintings and tapestries cover the wall space that isn't already occupied by bookshelves and children's drawings, one of which reads "Bom! Bom! Dance party tonight!" A tiny twinkling vision wearing a tiara darts silently across Danticat's living room like a stealthy Tinkerbell. It is the author's younger daughter, Leila, who seems to have channeled her mother's vivid imagination on this day to dress like a fairy princess.
"She knew someone was coming over," said Danticat.
As she points out that the girl shown running in silhouette along a shoreline on the cover of "Claire of the Sea Light" is her older daughter, Mira, Danticat's amiable husband, Fedo Boyer, saunters in the door, ready to assume child-care duties. She met Boyer, also a Haitian native who works as a Creole translator and helps immigrants with legal issues, 12 years ago when both were volunteering in their homeland. Were there instant sparks? "Yes," she says, then laughs.
Family feeling
Though the theme of parent-child bonding runs through much of Danticat's work, it resonates with fierce urgency in "Claire of the Sea Light." On her seventh birthday, Claire, whose mother died in childbirth, is to be given away by her dirt-poor fisherman father, Nozias, to a well-off fabric-shop owner, still grieving over losing her own daughter to a traffic accident. Claire runs away rather than face leaving him. Across town, prominent schoolmaster Max agonizes over how to help his despondent son, Max Jr., racked with guilt over impregnating the family servant years earlier.
"This is my first book of fiction since I've had both my kids," Danticat said, "and to have two little girls sleeping in the next room while writing about another little girl in such distress, it adds a whole new layer, occupying more space in my creative mind."
Ocean waters also play a significant role in "Claire of the Sea Light." Early on, a friend of Nozias drowns after a rogue wave capsizes his fishing boat. Danticat recalls the Haitian sea of her childhood as a place she both feared and revered.
"You had to be careful — someone was always nearly drowning. But it was also healing. My aunts used to put oranges in the fire until they turned black. When they cooled, they would rub the juice and pulp over their achy bodies as a balm and walk into the water."
Danticat spent most of her childhood living with her uncle, a minister, and his wife in Haiti, after first her father, then her mother, moved to New York to find work when she was a toddler. She joined them there at age 12 and attended the science-focused Clara Barton High School, where she initially planned to become a psychiatrist. While pursuing a master's degree in creative writing at Brown University, she worked in the school's financial-aid office by day, writing "Breath, Eyes, Memory" by night. In 1994, she accompanied filmmaker Jonathan Demme to Haiti to help him with a documentary.
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At 44, Danticat's dewy skin is unlined, her demeanor serenely grounded. In the muggy, mid-day Miami air, her translucent purple silk tunic magically retains an unwrinkled elegance as she walks slowly past a row of the brightly colored "gingerbread"-style storefronts typical of her homeland, Caribbean adaptations of French and Victorian architecture.
A vendor steps out of a doorway and urges her to buy one of his cellphones. She politely rebuffs his suggestion with a "Maybe later," and sails on. Observing her measured speech and sure movements, it's difficult to imagine her getting ruffled about anything, ever. But she still frets, she says, about writing.
"I get crazy with doubt, just wrought with anxiety," she said. "I want to ask people, did you understand this or that, did everything come across?"
Going home
She also gets stirred up —in a different, deeper way — by U.S. immigration policies as well as the continual political corruption and environmental destruction in her homeland. Though not an overt focus of "Claire," these issues have been front and center in previous works. The titular character of her third novel, "The Dew Breaker," is a man who tortured and killed his countrymen under the tyrannical Duvalier regime, but who now mingles peacefully among other immigrants in the United States.
Danticat returns to Haiti, where her husband's mother still lives, at least twice a year. Especially since the devastating 2010 earthquake that killed an estimated 85,000 Haitians and left hundreds of thousands homeless, she has tried to sustain international attention on the country's continuing woes.
Despite digging into the dark side of the Haitian ethos in some of her writing, she says she gets a good reception, such as when she was the guest of honor at the national book festival a few years ago. But as one who no longer calls the country home and speaks with barely a trace of an accent, she sometimes experiences tension with those who have remained there, she said.
Another well-known writer with Caribbean roots, Dominican-American Junot Diaz, is Danticat's friend and fellow immigration activist. He jokes about the two of them being "nerds of color" together — "except I'm not as much into sci-fi as he is — ha!" she said. Diaz calls her "profoundly sensitive, compassionate and simply one of the best storytellers alive. She has mastered the depth and complexity that you need to render the human believable in literature."
Joëlle Vitiello, who teaches French studies at Macalester College in St. Paul, assigns "Breath, Eyes, Memory" in one of her classes, and has met Danticat. She sees the author as being remarkably, quietly generous in her encouragement and championing of other writers. As Haiti's best known cultural export in the United States, she said, Danticat also serves a secondary role that is perhaps more influential than her artistic status: "Everyone here thinks of Haiti as poor and violent, but in her writing she really brings back the pride and beauty of the country and its people."
Faith in humanity
Danticat still attends a Protestant church in Little Haiti every Sunday, where she sings the same songs from the church of her childhood. But she sees her faith as something broader.
"Haiti is a very spiritual place," she said, referencing vodou, the Caribbean religion that blends Catholicism with mysticism and West African animism. "I model my faith after the people I grew up with, not as a prescribed belief but an ability to envision a hopeful future even after facing extraordinary obstacles."
Danticat showed early writing promise in an essay she wrote at age 14, just two years after she began to learn English. In it, she tells of the traumatic move from comforting, familiar Haiti to foreign New York, to live with parents she no longer knew and brothers she'd never met. At school, she was taunted by students who said Haitians were stinky, filthy and had AIDS.
"If only those who abuse us would ask, perhaps we'd explain that it's not our fault that we are intruding on their existence," the essay concludes. "We'd plead with them to accept us and accommodate us, not make life miserable for us. Because yes, we are strangers. Unfortunate strangers in a world full of strangers."
Thirty years later, through the tales she tells, Danticat has become a major force in linking such cultural strangers, bridging gaps in understanding along the way. This doesn't, however, influence her stories to turn out happy for everyone in the end.
"I had written an alternate, sadder ending to Claire's story," she said. "It's hard for me to write a hopeful ending because I want to be true to reality. And when reality is brutal, it's not an easy decision."


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Sept. 17 is D-Day for the drug Avastin; that's the day the FDA decides its fate.
Avastin (bevacizumab) works by interfering with blood supply to cancer cells. It's been used to treat advanced cancers — breast, colon, lung, kidney, or brain. In 2008, the FDA gave Avastin a conditional, accelerated approval for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer after its manufacturer touted the results of studies it had sponsored showing that women using Avastin lived longer without disease progression than women using only traditional chemotherapy drugs. The plan was that further studies would probably show similarly good news, and the drug would then be permanently approved.
Unfortunately, this was not the result of the next set of trials. These later studies didn't show much difference between patients who did or did not take Avastin. And side effects were revealed to be quite problematic, including bleeding, complications with wound healing, abdominal perforation, and hypertension.
But many women who have been on Avastin, and who are certain it has been integral to their survival, are speaking out. Some accuse the FDA of playing hard and heavy with the drug because of its high cost (about $96,000 per year for each patient, versus about $12,000 for traditional chemotherapy). While doctors could still prescribe Avastin, even if metastatic breast cancer is no longer specifically listed as an indication for its use, the issue is insurance. If the drug is used "off-label," most insurance companies will probably stop reimbursing for its use, leaving the patient to try to foot the huge bill.
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In 2012 as a high school senior, Derrick Nash led the state of Michigan in rushing. In February, the running back signed a National Letter of Intent to play his college football at Central Michigan in what he called "the greatest moment in my life." Three months later, Nash received the worst news of his young life.
Leukemia, diagnosed following a trip to the emergency room for what was thought to be mono or the flu.
The prom, his graduation ceremony and even his first year of college football have been replaced by chemotherapy sessions at University Hospital in Ann Arbor. The good news is Nash was told by doctors that "everything would be fine. I would be able to get better" and play football again after sitting out the 2013 season.
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Sketch [help] Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Sketch [help]" InfinitymemberMember #Joined: 09 Dec 2000Posts: 211Location: austria, graz Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 10:00 am I am working on a sketch... but I have a problem... I never understood human anatomy and I'm having problems with it now, too. You can see what I ahve so far... but I don't know how I should draw the body now, would be nice if any of you could help me out. anyways here's what I got so far. ------------------ Why are you looking at me? I'm just a Signature. Back to top v1510nArymemberMember #Joined: 31 Dec 2000Posts: 611Location: London , England Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 10:13 am Get 1 of those woodenmen, or look at your own arm that sure helped me but using the Woodenman and looking at your picture it actaully depends on what perspective your going for, I think we might need more of the arm but then again i'm only 14 .: | v1510nAry | :. Back to top InfinitymemberMember #Joined: 09 Dec 2000Posts: 211Location: austria, graz Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 1:34 pm I don´t know where to get one of those. But anyways do you know some tutorials on this? ------------------ Why are you looking at me? I'm just a Signature. Back to top [Shizo]memberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 3938 Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 1:43 pm Woodenmen.. you mean Stiffy Jittz? Ehhe Find a photo of human in the pose that you wanna draw. Then sketch out very rough and pale outline of the human you're gonna draw. Then refine from there. Redraw parts you don't like,. ------------------ nothing really matters to me Back to top InfinitymemberMember #Joined: 09 Dec 2000Posts: 211Location: austria, graz Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 1:48 pm I have a picture for the pose the only problem is that the part with the arm is very dark and I can't see how it is looking like. Anyways this will be my first sketch of a body, only drew technical things or heads yet no complete bodies. ------------------ Why are you looking at me? I'm just a Signature. Back to top Klayhamnjunior memberMember #Joined: 29 Dec 2000Posts: 16Location: Ra'anana, Israel Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 2:12 pm Ya, indeed - human bodies are quite tough to draw... I find female bodies even harder to draw than male bodies... But it all depends on the level of realism you are aiming at. The more realistic you go - the more accurate and REAL it should be - therefore - more research and more practice. I can only tell you this - so far, without any connection to the body - The GUN - doesn't fit with the arm... If you look at it for a second you will notice this guy is like, holding it tight IN FRONT of his arm, and not in the same plane with it... It's like the gun is goes around the arm as a snake... Try to fix that, and maybe make the gun longer so it sits nicely on the arm... I'm in desperate need for better realistic skills, so in fact i'm going TOMORROW to purchase a GOOD PILE of books And some pencil sets... Anyway - you're on the right direction. Hopefully - both of us will improve soon! ------------------ ------------------------ I can't draw! Klayhamn Back to top Duckman2memberMember #Joined: 09 Nov 2000Posts: 232Location: Savannah Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2000 3:24 pm Woodmen blow goats, go out and do some figure drawing from live models and then buy some books to go along with the classess. Some recomendations are the entire series of George Brigeman's books they're cheap less than six bucks each on Amazon, Drawing lessons from the great masters by Robert Beverly Hale, And Anatomy Lessons by the Great masters by Terence Coyle a student of Hale. and draw your own arms and hands. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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This was to be one of a number of LGBT events that Adam was to perform in. There were a few rumours (wishful thinking) about that stemmed from Adam's tweet that A Deeper Love might be a new inclusion in his set. Thinking back to Sydney's Mardi Gras I did wonder whether he was going to really let loose and perform in the true spirit of the event, codpiece and all. In one of most ridiculously loud outfits you'll ever see him wear, with gladiator-type sandals, (I'm guessing it was his personal take on Miami Vice fashion) he was honoured with the key to the city of Miami. How the fuck he managed to pull that outfit off is anyone's guess but against all logic, he's never looked more fabulous, and positively glowed. Here's my playlist of his set:
After the earlier suit I'm ever so slightly disappointed that his outfit for the performance is comparatively conservative. I mean, if there's a time and place to get all creative with Zodiac-style OTT bare-chest with spray-on-leggings and said codpiece then this is surely it? He's opted for a leopard print T-shirt under a sleeveless leather top and black combats with glittery blue belt. He's without a live band and although he's joined on the tiny stage by dancers Johnny and Terrance, it does affect the energy somewhat. When there's a backing track that can't be adjusted around him during the performance, the freedom to ad-lib is limited.
A remix of NCOE is played after Adam's introduction so I do wonder whether he missed his cue and was originally meant to perform it. He starts with Trespassing and from the off, he's fierce and crotch-grabby. There are variations in the melody as he opts to go for some lower notes but the ringing glory note belt is magnificent. Naked Love is next and I can't quite tell from the sound quality whether the backing track has been remixed into something less pop and more beat-driven dance. Terrance and Johnny bring on a couple of topless guys to gyrate around, making this altogether a lot saucier than usual and Adam mischievously gives one of them a nipple-tweak. It looks like Johnny has more fun with his than Terrance though. A very celebratory and joyful performance. Next up is Pop That Lock sung with attitude and Adam proves he has the moves. The big notes are fantastic once again. I find WWFM a rather surprising choice with which to end the set. The energy of this one is a step down from the others and Adam is on his own. He comes up with yet another lovely new way to sing "I need a second to breathe, Just keep coming around". Timely fireworks come in just at the crescendo as he wails his way to the finish.


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CLINTON — To many people here on Whidbey Island, Washington state's newest ferry is more than just a ship.
The Tokitae, as it's called, is the fruit of their labor in a local shipyard. It promises riders slightly shorter ferry lines. And it's a floating awareness campaign for endangered resident orca whales.
Hundreds of admirers stopped by the Tokitae, docked near the Clinton ferry terminal, for a welcoming ceremony on Sunday.
"Now we are breathing life into the steel and giving it a soul and making it a ship," interim state ferries director Capt. George Capacci said.
Transportation officials and shipbuilders offered up applause lines to an audience gathered in the car deck. Members of the Swinomish Inidian Tribe and Samish Indian Nation performed blessings.
The Tokitae is scheduled to start sailing this summer, as part of the state's 23-ferry fleet.
The $144 million ship was christened in March at Vigor Industrial in Seattle. While Vigor built the hull, much of the structure above deck took shape at Nichols Bros. Boat Builders in Freeland, a short drive from the Clinton ferry terminal.
Numerous other contractors had pieces of the job. All told, about 500 workers participated.
Walk up the steps from the Tokitae's car deck, not yet reddened by rust or blackened by exhaust, and you start to notice differences from the current fleet.
The angle of the stairs is more gentle, making for an easier climb. The stairwell gives ample space for people to pass in either direction. As a fire-proofing measure, the corridor is walled off from the car decks.
The new ferry promises to be more efficient, easier to maneuver, safer and cheaper to maintain than any others in the state fleet, said Chris Morgan, a vice president with Vigor.
The 144-car Olympic Class vessel will replace the Cathlamet, which is being moved to the Vashon Island route so the state can retire a ferry built in the 1950s.
"We build these vessels for a 60-year life cycle," Capacci said. "It will allow us to replace some of the vessels that are 60 years old."
The Tokitae is the first of three planned vessels in the new Olympic Class. The Tokitae took two years to build. The next boat, the Samish, is under construction and scheduled to be finished in spring 2015. The third boat was funded just this year.
The Tokitae has two diesel engines that crank out 6,000 horsepower. At 362 feet, 3 inches long, it has space for up to 1,500 people.
Mukilteo is getting the Tokitae because more cars travel on that route than any other in the system — more than 2 million last year, according to state transportation officials.
The new vessel will hold 20 more cars than the 124-car Cathlamet.
A Whidbey Island couple in their 50s stood in line to tour one of the Tokitae's two wheelhouses on Sunday.
"We really do appreciate it and what it going to do for us on the island," Steve Sloan said.
They hope the added car capacity will cut down on time spent waiting to drive on.
"We sat in a two-hour ferry line yesterday," Tammi Sloan said.
The Tokitae's wider main tunnel also will accommodate more trucks or motor homes.
Open passenger decks at each end of the new ferry will be larger, each about half the size of a regulation tennis court, said Broch Bender, a state ferries spokeswoman.
Visitors for the Tokitae's open house were able to tour a sun deck, which won't be open to passengers during regular service. The ferry system can only afford to staff the runs with a 12-person crew, given current passenger volumes, Bender said. Using the sun deck would require two more crew members.
"Initially it will be closed," Bender said. "If more funding arises, we will open it."
The Tokitae's name comes from a Coast Salish greeting meaning, "nice day, pretty colors."
A state commission picked it in 2012 to honor an orca whale captured in Penn Cove off Whidbey Island. Caught in 1970, Tokitae the whale was taken to a Miami sea park, where she has performed for audiences under the name Lolita.
Lolita is the subject of a multiyear dispute between animal rights activists and the privately owned Miami Seaquarium. Activists have petitioned the government to list her under the Endangered Species Act.
A Whidbey-based whale-advocacy group called Orca Network suggested the ferry's name.
"She's Lolita now, because she's performing," said Howard Garrett, the network's founder. "When we bring her back, she will be Tokitae; she'll be Lolita no more."
In a broader sense, the network hopes the new ferry's name will raise awareness about troubled orca populations in the Salish Sea.
"It just opens the window to the whale's presence in these waters so people will know they live here and appreciate that they live here and will want to help them continue to live here," Garrett said.
The Tokitae is the fourth new ferry built in six years. The three other boats — the Chetzemoka, the Salish and the Kennewick — were built after the 1920s-era Steel Electric Class boats were pulled from the water in 2007 after cracks and corrosion were found in their hulls.
The 124-car Kittitas will continue as the second vessel on the Mukilteo-Clinton route.
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The Peter Kirk scholarships were endowed to commemorate the work of the late Sir Peter Kirk MP, leader of the first British team in the European Parliament. Peter Kirk's commitment to the cause of a unified Europe began early in his life. As a schoolboy during the Second World War, taught by refugees from the Nazi tyranny, and afterwards as an undergraduate at Oxford, he came to appreciate that only a Europe united by consent, rather than by force, could survive external pressures and dangers.
He was a student at Zurich University in the summer of 1946 and heard Winston Churchill deliver his momentous call for a United States of Europe. From then on, Peter Kirk never doubted where his role lay and he was determined to play a part in such development. When he entered parliament in 1955, the youngest MP in the House of Commons, he was soon appointed to the British delegation to the Council of Europe. His experience and profound knowledge of Europeans and their thinking were unique.
He was a Minister in the 1963 and 1970 Governments, and was the obvious choice of the then Prime Minister to lead the first British team into the European Parliament when the United Kingdom joined the European Community in January 1973. His impact never waned and nowhere was his influence more significant than with young people. However busy he was, however full his diary, it was requests from schools and universities which received priority. His effectiveness with the lay in his ability to communicate with, rather than talk to, them. He was never pompous. He died in April 1977, aged 48.
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And by night, they are Shake the Baron, a Connecticut rock band that moved to Brooklyn in 2010 to take advantage of the opportunity and develop in one of the most fertile stomping grounds in the world for new music.
Front man and bandleader Oedel plays guitar and sings; Currier is the shy longhaired bassist; Addison is the straight-headed and focused drummer as Markson fulfills the role of band comedian. He can also play guitar.
They performed and screened their new music video for their album's title track, "Ghost Hits" last weekend at the Glasslands, 289 Kent Ave.
I had a chance to sit down with the band before the show at The Woods, located at 48 S. 4th St. in Williamsburg, for PBR's, Coors Lights, tequila shots and tacos to discuss their new video as well as some of the things that brought them to where they are today.
What is the story behind Shake the Baron?
Matt: The first time we played music together was the two of us (Andrew and Matt) in our freshman year of college at Connecticut College in New London. It was a little folkie, I was playing the djembe drums and he (Andrew) was playing guitar. The next year Max threw some bass into it and the following year we were still a trio.
In our senior year I had been messing around with the drums when I learned of his (Jon) guitar chops, and so he came and sat in and played a show with us, without playing with us actually at all.
Jon: My first week of freshman year at Connecticut College, there was this organization called Musicians Organized for Bands Rights on Campus (MOBROC) who made a practice space that was in a dilapidated barn.
The first week of school I met a bunch of bad musicians playing bad music, all good people, but then I heard good tunes coming from the barn, so I walked over there.
I remember I was a freshman and kind of nervous, and they were giving me beers and they had no idea who I was, and I was spilling beers all over myself because I was probably "freshman drunk." And then we played and it was the end.
What brought you guys to New York?
Matt: We wanted to continue doing what we felt we should be doing.
Andrew: It was really a no-brainer, too. Everybody in our graduating class was like, "Where do we go?" But for us it was never a question.
Matt: We really had a good idea that there was no questioning of that and we were really excited to do it. We just thought, where can we go to be young and creative; and that was perfect. We moved to Bushwick because we could afford it.
Was it difficult to find a place in the city where you could practice?
Matt: The place that we found, we had been looking for a long time. We started our search in late August and continued through September and October. Max and I walked into a place that wasn't finished yet. It had a backyard, had a living space and it had a basement that was a great size for a bedroom and a practice space.
Jon: It ended up being where we recorded a majority of "Ghost Hits." Between me and Andrew's gear, and a couple other engineer friends of ours, we got together a pretty impressive studio. It was an undertaking.
And it was cool because we recorded the drums, the vocals and the bass in the place where we wrote the songs, and that was definitely not the norm.
Andrew: It was great except for the floods.
Jon: Yeah, while we were recording there were floods sometimes.
Matt: We were lucky because the three of us lived together and we lived in the same place. We live in a building that's just a family, and us being the ones that were not the family, they took us in and they even cook food for us sometimes.
Aside from day jobs, how did you decide to take that risk of playing in a band?
Jon: I just love playing music and being in a band because it's fulfilling to write and perform and work on music with the people whose artistic directions and voices I care about and invest. I also like hanging out with them.
But it's dangerous and short sighted if you're, like, "I'm going to be a rock star and I'm going to make money."
Matt: You just have to understand what it is you want to be doing and then the things you don't want to do. None of us necessarily are the type to be like, "I have this job, I have to go report to this place." It just wouldn't feel right.
You just kind of believe in what your doing and hopefully it falls into place one way or another.
Is it intimidating, or is it just a no-brainer to play music?
Andrew: We've been going at it for so long, and in addition to everything else, it's just hard to fathom not being in a band.
Max: You just flip that switch. Of course I had a feeling of "this is the most insecure thing I could possibly do," but now I don't care.
Has it been difficult to find places to play since moving to Brooklyn?
Jon: You can play at a Bodega. Literally, the other day I played at this place called the Living Bread (2 Knickerbocker Ave.), and that place is a bodega. If you can play at a bodega you can literally play everywhere.
There's a saturation of opportunity and agents, creators. I'm not sure if you can call that positive or negative because there's so much talent, a humungous amount of talent. A lot of people are active, they're aesthetic in aim and I don't necessarily vibe with that, but there's so much out there that you can throw a stone and find a talented group of individuals just doing it for the sake of the craft.
Has this been a good way to collaborate?
Matt: Absolutely. For a while we were playing a lot of the shows with a handful of bands and it was something we could often identify with as these young newbies trying to do something and doing it with other people. At the same time it made it a little more powerful.
Andrew: There's a little league of like three or four bands that we were all down with and we'd play with. Every band that we play with in Brooklyn winds up being like the chillest people on the planet.
Why do you think that is?
Andrew: I think it's just where everybody's coming from. Just being on the trajectory of coming here to make music, there's a similar experience set. There's a band, Howth, now in Bushwick and they're just the nicest people.
Max: The whole thing is fueled by PBR drink tickets.
Jon: Thanks for the two drink ticket - every venue ever!
Is that you're beer of choice?
Andrew: We've actually always been Coors Light drinkers, which is a very serious point.
Tonight you are revealing your new video, Ghost Hits. What happens in the video and how does it represent you as a band?
Jon: Andrew punches me in the face.
Andrew: He had it coming.
Do you actually punch him in the face?
Jon: Yeah, I think I actually called him the chief taco, pizza janitor of the Bushwick Lofts Alliance. (laughs)
Matt: The video itself is a very serious effort and the song is a very serious effort and the song is to show people that this is what we do, we exist like this, we really dig it and hopefully you do too. Check it out.
What is the meaning behind the video?
The film's director Alex Amoling: The video is about that moment in time when you're in a serious relationship when words no longer speak for the people in it. Basically, it's a relationship in turmoil and they bring it metaphorically into a boxing room.
Andrew: We met Alex on the set of our last video and he is an incredible talent. He's the best guy in Brooklyn making films.
Matt: He kind of got to know the band without ever really sitting down and meeting all of us, and then taking our relationships as musicians and telling it to tell a story. The video is a cool way that this guy shows that he knows us.
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Video games have now given the society at least two things: 1) children with better hand-eye coordination and 2) the opportunity for people dressed as Chewbacca to dance to Michael Jackson. Updated with superior video.
The latter was made possible by Ubisoft's Michael Jackson The Experience video game. The November Wii, DS and PSP release based on the King of Pop's music is apparently Star Wars-compatible.
This video, shot at New York Comic-Con, comes from a Ubisoft rep who let me pull the captured moment from his iPhone. Sure, he could have stood closer, but at least he was there. I was at some other wing of Comic-Con either taking pictures of Wolverine comparing claws with The Predator, watching a game demo or something.
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Now the day is over,
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Jesus, give the weary
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Wireless communication developer xG Technology Inc. announced Tuesday that it has received a $1.03 million order from a Texas firm that plans to offer wireless voice and broadband services in Oklahoma.
Assist Wireless LLC, of Fort Worth, Texas, becomes the latest rural telecommunications carrier to deploy xG's xMax technology.
In 2012, the Sarasota-based xG received orders for about $20 million for military applications here and abroad and from rural carriers, among others.
In all, the purchase brings the total announced backlog of orders and reseller agreements for xMax equipment and services to over $30.6 million, officials said.
"We are pleased to see xMax being adopted by a growing number of (Competetive Local Exchange Carriers) and independent telco operators who do not own licensed spectrum but understand the importance of offering wireless Internet-based services to their customers," Chris Whiteley, xG's vice president of business development, said in a statement.
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"We view xMax cognitive radio technology as a new way to grow our existing business, diversifying into new areas such as municipal mobile broadband, schools, hospitals and first responder applications," said Byron Young, Assist Wireless' CEO.
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Coming off a huge road win over Texas A&M-Kingsville that has the University of North Alabama at 5-1 overall, the Lions return to Gulf South Conference play to face long-time rival Valdosta State Saturday at Braly Stadium at 6 p.m..
The Blazers, a pre-season nationally ranked squad, have slipped twice in the early season, losing a road contest at Saginaw Valley State and a home tilt to West Alabama. But VSU brings an overall 4-2 record to Braly Stadium, a 1-1 conference mark and one of the highest scoring teams in Division II.
While Valdosta State was expected to contend for the GSC and NCAA titles in 2012, North Alabama has continued to exceed outside pre-season expectations with its 5-1 mark and four-game winning streak. After all, the Lions entered the season with just five total returning starters and have already played 24 freshmen this season - but they continue to find ways to win.
Valdosta State is averaging 42.8 points per game and has scored a combined 100 points in its last two games. Overall, the Blazers have topped the 40 point mark four times this season.
UNA counters with the top scoring defense in the Gulf South Conference. After allowing a combined 61 points in its first two games, the Lions' defense has given up just two touchdowns in the last 16 quarters and is now averaging allowing just 14.8 points per game.
Valdosta State leads the GSC in rushing (244.2), passing (239.0) and total offense (483.2).
VSU receiver Gerald Ford is a big-play threat and leads the GSC in scoring with eight receiving touchdowns. He averages 17 yards per catch. Running backs Austin Scott and Cedric O'Neal and quarterback Cayden Cochran are threats running the football and each has scored at least three TDs this season.
Offensively UNA continues to rely primarily on the ground attack, averaging 237.2 yards per game. The Lions are picking up just 102 yards per game passing but have had success by hanging on to the football and avoiding penalties. UNA is the 12th least penalized team in Division II, 10th in the nation in turnovers gained and 19th in turnover margin.
The UNA defense has feasted on opponent's passes in recent weeks and now has 12 interceptions. A pick and 93-yard return for touchdown last week by Caleb Massey provided the winning margin in UNA's 21-16 win at Texas A&M-Kingsville.
The series is a storied one, with at least one team nationally ranked in 25 of the 35 previous all-time meetings. In 14 previous battle, both teams were ranked. The Lions and Blazers have played every season since Valdosta State began its football program in 1982 and have also played each other in the NCAA playoffs in 1994, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2010
UNA has won five of the last six meetings in the series and seven of the last 10.
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Federal agencies need secure voice and data connections for their wireless networks and mobile devices. Motorola has recently decided to get into the mobile device management (MDM) business with its Assured Mobile Environment (AME) 2000.
This software suite provides end-to-end encrypted communications through private or public wireless networks on Android devices. AME provides secure voice over IP with FIPS 140-2 certified virtual private network connections and uses the National Security Agency's Suite B IP security. It also uses 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard, the company said.
Lately most agencies are looking to secure their mobile enterprise as opposed to just the devices. AME 2000 will allow network administrators to centrally manage encryption keys as well as other MDM-related tasks.
"Secure mobility is among the U.S. government's top technology priorities," said Paul Mueller, vice president of Motorola Solutions' U.S. Federal Government Markets Division. "The AME 2000 features a familiar Android-based OS experience with layered security, device management and applications that comply with federal guidelines."
For agencies with Android devices in their BYOD environment, secure communication is crucial. AME 2000 gives managers another option.
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Music & Lyrics in association with Churchill Theatre Bromley present Doctor Dolittle. Music & Lyrics in association with Churchill Theatre Bromley present Doctor Dolittle. You've never seen anything like it! Doctor Dolittle returns to the stage in Leslie Bricusse's acclaimed family musical. Based on the popular 1967 film with Rex Harrison, this stage version has music, book and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. From the producers of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, this production promises stunning visual puppetry and fun for all the family. Book, Music and Lyrics by LESLIE BRICUSSE. Based on the Doctor Dolittle stories by Hugh Lofting and the Twentieth Century Fox Film. Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe) Ltd.
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Re: Where do small business owners get their marketing news?LUCKIEST Feb 15, 2012 6:41 PM (in response to myDealCompass)
I turn to the Wall Street Journal.
In the morning, the first paper I read is the W S J, folled by the Times.
Between the two, I get enough info for me and my business decisions.
Re: Where do small business owners get their marketing news?Moderator_PaulR Feb 16, 2012 9:26 AM (in response to myDealCompass)
Reading newspapers is definitely one way to get marketing news, but you are going to find even newspapers are moving large amounts of content online. A quick Google search will bring you lots of options to get the information you are looking for and then you can pick and choose the resources that you like the most. Also I am sure there are marketing related forums and discussion groups available.
Re: Where do small business owners get their marketing news?LUCKIEST Feb 16, 2012 12:15 PM (in response to Moderator_PaulR)
I agree with you Paul
For example:in April 2012, ChicagoSide goes daily, bringing you the best Chicago sports journalism on the web,
with dozens of the city's top writers slugging it out for space.
This is the future of news (in this case Sports),
Re: Where do small business owners get their marketing news?boonodoh Feb 16, 2012 4:02 PM (in response to myDealCompass)
Depending on what you are service/technology you are marketing, try online outlets- such as www.smallbiztechnology.com and contents from www.internetretailer.com. I've talked to several people who do read those periodically to see what the latest trends are.
Re: Where do small business owners get their marketing news?TaylorTax&Books Feb 17, 2012 6:02 PM (in response to myDealCompass)
I have a few solid online approaches. Most times I just google what I want to know. Or I go to my industry's leading magazines (Wall Street Journal, CNN Money, MSN's news website and run a search on articles, sometimes I go to the IRS website, or run a search on various CPA magazines and publications, I also look up local and national accountant and tax preparer networks and membership associations). I even go in some of the forums for different software programs used in my industry and browse or occasionally drop a line. You can take each of the above approaches but gear your searches towards things affiliated with your specific industry.
Re: Where do small business owners get their marketing news?myDealCompass Feb 21, 2012 12:49 PM (in response to myDealCompass)
I appreciate your input guys! We are constantly refining our marketing strategy and the hardest part (probably normal) is tactically allocating resources. We have asked a ton of different small business owners and they all seem to have different sources that they go to for their information. Its like you ask 100 people and get 105 answers. Things are starting to come into focus though, hopefully, and the beauty of the Internet is that you can pivot quickly if needed!
Re: Where do small business owners get their marketing news?Seattle Web Design Feb 21, 2012 3:16 PM (in response to myDealCompass)
I agree with boonodoh, www.internetretailer.com is a great source but there's several more out there.
Re: Where do small business owners get their marketing news?RegAddking Feb 22, 2012 9:14 AM (in response to myDealCompass)
Little paragraphs here and there which give a clue as what's really important e.g. The business sections of serious newspapers and business-dedicated newspapers and magazines.
Like: GDP, interest rates, public debt, oil prices.
When the front page is screaming DISASTER, then we're probably on the mend. When is screams 'BOOM TIME!', it's time to get out.
Re: Where do small business owners get their marketing news?fonzi559 Feb 23, 2012 6:40 PM (in response to myDealCompass)
If u want info on every topic in the small business sector and u want expert advice go to Inc.com and entrepreneur.com...it's free and u learn more than in this website with All repect to others..this website is good but u get more questions answer on other website and even give u tips on starting and keeping competitive...
As a small business owner, where do you get your news on latest trends on marketing? Where do you find out about new technologies or avenues to expand your presence (either through traditional marketing/advertising or through expanding your digital presence)?
As a technology company trying to reach decision makers, I honestly do not know where the majority of small business owners turn to get their information. I look forward to hearing your response!


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No-one is suffering under the doctrine of Islam more than women.
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At this moment, a million women and girls in Britain have been abandoned to illiteracy, forced marriage, so-called honour killings and lives of slavery and abuse under the guise of
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