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Atypical offseason had Price off kilter in 2013
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- David Price pitches like he's playing video games and has all the cheat codes.
He's that good.
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- David Price pitches like he's playing video games and has all the cheat codes.
He's that good.
The angular left-hander dominates Major League hitters like only a handful of pitchers in the game can. Excellence has been his mantra since he reached The Show for good in 2009. Not only is Price a gifted athlete who has labored to develop his craft, he's a true No. 1 starter, he's won a Cy Young Award (2012) and also has finished second for the coveted pitching honor ('10). He'll likely add more "Cy's" before completing a career on track for Cooperstown.
Given who Price is and who he can be, 2013 wasn't his cup of tea.
After going 1-4 with a 5.24 ERA in his first nine starts, Price went on the disabled list with a triceps strain that caused him to miss 44 games. The lefty returned strong and finished at 10-8 with a 3.33 ERA and four complete games. While those are strong numbers for most, they did not measure up to the high bar he had established. On top of that, the Rays' ace thought 2013 would be his last season with the team. But he weathered the offseason storm of rumors about where he might end up, only to return right back where he started, with the Rays.
"I think there were some reasons why [what happened in 2013] occurred that way," said Rays manager Joe Maddon, noting that Price had to deal with Cy Young obligations as well as thoughts of getting traded. "So there's a lot of residual angst working right there."
Price is a details-oriented guy, and he's smart. So when looking at 2013 in the rearview mirror, he realized one thing he did not do the previous offseason was going through his usual regimen at Vanderbilt University, the school he attended before the Rays selected him with the top pick of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft. Instead, he found himself on the road a lot trying to work out the best he could while he fulfilled his obligations as a well-decorated Major Leaguer.
"I wasn't concerned about it, but that doesn't mean I didn't get on him," said Vanderbilt baseball coach Tim Corbin, who remains a father figure to most of the 20 to 25 former players who work out at the school in the offseason. "I'd say to him, 'Where the heck are you? You need to be here.' Even though I knew he couldn't be here, that didn't stop me from getting inside of him, letting him know this is where he should be."
Corbin believes in the value of the offseason experience at Vanderbilt, which goes to the heart of what Price was missing out on prior to 2013.
"This is just an extension of their life," Corbin said. "And while they're in their professional life, this gives them a domain they can come back to and work out. So it adds to their routine. It keeps their routine. I think for a young man, young person, who is out of college, there's that area of time, some instability where you don't know where to go. You don't know whether to go home or to the site you work out at. It keeps them grounded, because they hold each other to a certain standard."
Despite missing the full Vanderbilt experience prior to the 2013 season, Corbin felt like Price handled his situation well, because "there were a lot of people pulling him."
Of course, Price figured out the obvious by jumping back in with both feet this past offseason to be with his Vanderbilt family. And this year, Price let Corbin know he was watching.
"When I went home for Christmas, David was sending me photos of them working out and saying, 'Where are you?'" Corbin said. "And he knew where I was, but he just wanted me to know they were out taking care of the facilities while I was gone."
Price allowed that his offseason went a lot smoother than his disjointed previous one.
"I wasn't doing nearly any of the things I was doing last offseason," Price said. "So it was a lot easier for me. Last year that was all on me. I'd never really been in that position before, and now I have. I understand what everybody talks about after you win an award like [the Cy Young], the offseason, everything they have going on for you. It's tough to get your normal routine down. Hopefully I can get back to that point again and improve on that next year."
Rays pitching coach Jim Hickey believes Price arrived to camp "a little more determined" this season.
"He isn't going to let what happened last year happen, for sure," Hickey said. "You can just tell a little bit of a difference in the attitude and the way he's just bouncing around out there. I think for him, it was just a huge relief to see that he's still a part of the team, to see what we've done with the team. And that we are putting a team together that can win and he can be a part of it."
Manager Joe Maddon believes Price is entering "that era of five or six years of the best pitching" of his career.
"Even if he doesn't throw as hard as he used to, although he'll show that, the ability to pitch and know what to do, I think is going to permit him with his competitiveness, over the next five years, to be as good as he can be," Maddon said. "He repeats his delivery and his bottom half is so good, that's where his command comes from. He continues to understand himself better. This next window of five years can be pretty spectacular."
Clearly, Price's numbers weren't as good in 2013 as they were the previous season, but he did manage to learn a valuable lesson.
"Throw strikes, use your defense," said Price, who only walked 13 batters in 131 2/3 innings following his return from the disabled list last season. "That's something I've always talked about. But last year, that's what really happened. If you can pound that strike zone, get those hitters in swing mode, just use your defense. I used to want to strike everyone out. Now I'm OK with striking out four, five, six guys and going seven or eight innings. I'm cool with that."
In addition to a lesson learned about pitching, Price also seems to be embracing the philosophy in camp to not let the pressure of playing the game exceed the enjoyment.
"I enjoy everything about this game," Price said. "I love being out here with all of these guys. This is my dream come true. If I can be blessed to be able to come out here for my job, I really have no complaints. I'm definitely very happy to be here, and I really didn't think I was going to be here at this point last year. I'm just excited to be here. So I don't think there is anything for me to be unhappy about."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com.


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The Home of DIY Handyman: 7 Maintenance Items to Keep Your Home Free of Major Costs Later
Welcome to another blog, the Home of the DIY Handyman.
One thing I relate to my DIY customers is the importance of keeping up with the maintenance items, basically the honey-do handyman list updated regularly. Maybe you have home handyman jobs that got put off for the time being. Is it because your home handyman didn't know how or where to start? It is always a good idea to keep a pad of paper handy and keep track of the honey-do chores. Then, before hiring your favorite handyman why not walk about your house, inside and out, to see what needs repair. Taking care of the basics will save you stress, time and money. This list of repairs is something the DIY can handle, with a caution to getting up on the roof! Please be extra careful up there.
7 Home Maintenance Items:
1. The Roof: By all means take care of the roof. Gravity pulls water down and into your home. Little things will become big things and cost more later. Look for loose shingles, attic leaks, loose mortar on chimneys. If you cannot do it yourself hire a roofer or a handyman.
2. Leaks are never good. Running, leaky faucets and toilets need immediate attention, that is unless you enjoy paying a high water bill. Get those fixed before major expense is incurred and repairs increase in cost. A jump in your water bill is never good, and in most places water and sewer rates are increasing. Also, depending on the leak it can lead to mold, wood rot and severe water damage.
3. Caulking: Check for missing or moldy caulk around your tub and shower. Chances are you already know if this is a problem area in your home. Keeping everything watertight will save you a bundle, so be sure to repair any caulking failures. But don't stop there. Check the exterior surfaces around windows, doors, siding and wherever water and insects can penetrate.
4. Electrical: Many homeowners wait too long when it comes to electrical problems. This puts homes and families at risk for electrical fire. If you have any of these issues, call in a reputable electrician or handyman.
5. Drafty doors and windows: Improperly sealed windows and doors will bring cold air inside during the winter and let cooled air out in the summer, costing you big bucks on your energy bill. An energy audit can tell you where your leaks are and how to seal them up.
6. Heating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Experts say 60 percent of service calls result from systems with dirty air filters. It is a good idea to change air filters regularly, say three to four times a year. It can save you up to $100 each year on your energy bill. Plus you and your family breathe easier with cleaner air. Many heating and air conditioning companies offer maintenance plans, look for an affordable one if you notice problems.
7. Sump Pumps. Maybe you have a sump pump in the lower level of your home. It is a good idea to have this checked for proper operation, do this annually. Sump pumps will seize and fail to operate and it always seems to happen in an emergency. If you do not have a battery back up then by all means get one. Flood damage is messy, moldy and can force you out of your home if too sever. Get an annual inspection from a handyman plumbing expert and check the batteries. Today, most battery backups come with a warning signal if the battery is low or weak. In northeast Ohio visit Housecalls Handyman Services and ask about their Home Maintenance Specials.
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This is a remarkably pretty deck, drawn from the Italian version of the art nouveau tradition, more often known as Liberty, which relies heavily on intricate patternings of plants and leaves considerably more than it does upon the familiar stained glass effects more popular in Britain and the US.
It is a Lo Scarabeo publication, drawn by Antonella Castelli. She more recently worked in collaboration with Laura Tuan on the Angel Voices oracle. In keeping with most of the LS decks, the titles of cards appear in several different languages and the accompanying booklet, written by Riccardo Minetti, is printed in English, French, Italian, Spanish and German. The card stock is the usual high standard we come to expect from LS.
The Majors follow the usual pattern, and Minor Suits are Chalices, Pentacles, Wands and Swords. Courts are Knaves, Knight. Queens and Kings The symbol of the suit repeats in the lower right hand corner of each of the pip cards, but is often not incorporated into the artwork of the main image.
The Images themselves are startlingly intricate and detailed, executed primarily in gentle pastel shades. All cards contain images of people mostly female. There is a certain amount of nudity, and some of the cards hint toward sensuality though this is never made explicit.
None of the cards are truly particularly evocative of the interpretations of the cards themselves often you are reliant on a close study of the facial expressions and gestures of the figures for your only hint as to its meaning. For this reason Id steer beginners firmly away from the deck.
The accompanying booklet does not really do a great deal to meet with conventional meanings either for example the 8 of Wands is defined as Butterflies hunting is a symbolic activity, representing creative strain, hopes and plans.
However if you appreciate the Liberty style, and are already conversant with the cards, you could get an enormous amount from working with this deck. I also suspect that if you are conversant with the language of flowers you might find fresh insights into the mind of the creator, for the use of individual blooms is extensive.


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Addressing Parents' Concerns: Do Multiple Vaccines Overwhelm or Weaken the Infant's Immune System?
Recent surveys found that an increasing number of parents are concerned that infants receive too many vaccines. Implicit in this concern is that the infant's immune system is inadequately developed to handle vaccines safely or that multiple vaccines may overwhelm the immune system. In this review, we will examine the following: 1) the ontogeny of the active immune response and the ability of neonates and young infants to respond to vaccines; 2) the theoretic capacity of an infant's immune system; 3) data that demonstrate that mild or moderate illness does not interfere with an infant's ability to generate protective immune responses to vaccines; 4) how infants respond to vaccines given in combination compared with the same vaccines given separately; 5) data showing that vaccinated children are not more likely to develop infections with other pathogens than unvaccinated children; and 6) the fact that infants actually encounter fewer antigens in vaccines today than they did 40 or 100 years ago.
One hundred years ago, children received 1 vaccine (the smallpox vaccine). Forty years ago, children received 5 vaccines routinely (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, and smallpox vaccines) and as many as 8 shots by 2 years of age. Today, children receive 11 vaccines routinely and as many as 20 shots by 2 years of age (Table 1). The increased number of vaccines given to children and the increased percentage of children receiving vaccines have resulted in a dramatic decrease in the number of vaccine-preventable diseases. Most young parents today have never seen many of the diseases that vaccines prevent. As a possible consequence of these trends, recent national surveys found that 23% of parents questioned the number of shots recommended for their children,1 and 25% were concerned that vaccines might weaken the immune system.1
Because most parents receive information and recommendations about vaccines from their doctors,2 and because these recommendations carry substantial weight with parents,3,4 providers must be knowledgeable when addressing parents' concerns. This article will provide health care professionals with information about the effect of vaccines on the infant's immune system and the capacity of the immune system to respond safely to multiple vaccines.
The Neonatal Immune System
Neonates develop the capacity to respond to foreign antigens before they are born. B and T cells are present by 14 weeks' gestation and express an enormous array of antigen-specific receptors.5 Although the fetal immune system has the potential to respond to large numbers of foreign antigens, few foreign antigens are present in utero, and cells of the immune system are, therefore, primarily "naïve" at birth.
Passively Acquired Immunity
The neonate is, in part, protected against disease by maternal immunoglobulins (Ig). Maternal IgG is transported across the placenta before birth and maternal secretory IgA is present in breast milk and colostrum. These passively acquired antibodies provide protection against pathogens to which the mother was immune. However, protection provided by passively transferred antibodies is short-lived. Passively acquired maternal IgG declines during the first few months of life,6 and most infants are not breastfed beyond several months of age.7 More importantly, maternal antibodies offer limited immunologic protection when compared with protection afforded by an infant's active immune response.
Active Immunity
Neonates are capable of generating both humoral and cellular immune responses to pathogens at the time of birth.8,9 Active immunity in the newborn includes the full range of B-cell responses including the production of IgM, IgG, and secretory and monomeric IgA, as well as the development of helper T-cell (Th) and cytotoxic T-cell responses.8,9 In addition, neonates can produce specific Th-cell subsets, including Th1-type cells that participate in cell-mediated immune responses and Th2-type cells that are primarily involved in promoting B-cell responses.8,9
The development of active humoral and cellular immune responses in the newborn is necessary to meet the tremendous number of environmental challenges encountered from the moment of birth. When children are born, they emerge from the relatively sterile environment of the uterus into a world teeming with bacteria and other microorganisms. Beginning with the birth process, the newborn is exposed to microbes from the mother's cervix and birth canal, then the surrounding environment. Within a matter of hours, the gastrointestinal tract of the newborn, initially relatively free of microbes, is heavily colonized with bacteria.10 The most common of these colonizing bacteria include facultative anaerobic bacteria, such as Escherichia coli and streptococci, and strict anaerobic bacteria, such as Bacteroides and Clostridium.10 Specific secretory IgA responses directed against these potentially harmful bacteria are produced by the neonate's intestinal lymphocytes within the first week of life.11
Functional Differences Between Infant and Adult Immune Responses
Although infants can generate all functional T-cells (ie, Th1, Th2, and cytotoxic T-cells),8,9 infant B-cell responses are deficient when compared with older children and adults. Infants respond well to antigens (such as proteins) that require T-cell help for development. However, until about 2 years of age, the B-cell response to T-cell-independent antigens (such as polysaccharides) is considerably less than that found in adults.12 For this reason, infants are uniquely susceptible to bacteria that are coated with polysaccharides (such as Haemophilus influenzae type b [Hib] and Streptococcus pneumoniae).
The neonate is capable of mounting a protective immune response to vaccines within hours of birth. For example, neonates born to mothers with hepatitis B virus infection mount an excellent protective immune response to hepatitis B vaccine given at birth, even without additional use of hepatitis B virus-specific immunoglobulin.13–15 In addition, BCG vaccine given at birth induces circulating T-cells that protect against bacteremia and subsequent development of miliary tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis.16–18
The young infant is fully capable of generating protective humoral and cellular immune responses to multiple vaccines simultaneously. Approximately 90% of infants develop active protective immune responses to the primary series of diphtheria-tetanus-acellular-pertussis, hepatitis B, pneumococcus, Hib, and inactivated polio vaccines given between 2 months and 6 months of age.19
To circumvent the infant's inability to mount T-cell-independent B-cell responses, polysaccharide vaccines (Hib and S pneumoniae) are linked to proteins (ie, diphtheria toxoid, diphtheria toxin mutant protein, tetanus toxoid, or meningococcal group B outer-membrane protein) that engage the infant's Th-cells. By converting a T-cell-independent immune response to a T-cell-dependent response, conjugate vaccines can be recognized by the infant's B-cells. Conjugate vaccines, therefore, induce protective immune responses in infants that are often greater than those found after natural infection.20
Severely immunocompromised children (specifically, those with T-cell defects) who receive live viral vaccines (eg, measles or varicella vaccines)21,22 or live bacterial vaccines (eg, BCG vaccine)23,24 may develop disseminated infections with these attenuated pathogens. However, the only live vaccine that was routinely given in the United States in the first year of life, the oral polio vaccine (OPV), has now been replaced with inactivated polio vaccine. Therefore, children do not receive their first live viral vaccines until about 12 to 15 months of age. Most children with severe T-cell deficiencies (eg, severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome) will have been identified by 6 to 8 months of age.24,25
However, many children with immunodeficiencies respond well to live viral vaccines. Because the risk of severe infection is greater after natural infection with wild-type viruses than immunization with highly attenuated viruses, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that certain immunocompromised children should receive live viral vaccines. For example, children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection without severe T-cell deficiencies (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention class N1 or A1 and age-specific percentage of CD4+ lymphocytes greater than 25%) should receive the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR), and varicella vaccines.26–28 Immunizations are well-tolerated by this subset of HIV-infected children and confer protective immunity.29,30 Immunization with live viral vaccines has also been demonstrated to be safe and effective in certain children with malignancies and in children following bone marrow transplantation.31,32
Some parents may be concerned that children with acute illnesses are, in a sense, immunocompromised, and that they are less likely to respond to vaccines or more likely to develop adverse reactions to vaccines than healthy children. Alternatively, parents may believe that children who are ill should not further burden an immune system already committed to fighting an infection. However, vaccine-specific antibody responses and rates of vaccine-associated adverse reactions of children with mild or moderate illnesses are comparable to those of healthy children. For example, the presence of upper respiratory tract infections, otitis media, fever, skin infections, or diarrhea do not affect the level of protective antibodies induced by immunization.33–37
Data on the capacity of vaccines to induce protective immune responses in children with severe infections (such as those with bacterial pneumonia or meningitis) are lacking. Although a delay in vaccines is recommended for children with severe illnesses until the symptoms of illness resolve, this recommendation is not based on the likelihood that the child will have an inadequate immune response to the vaccine. Rather, the reason for deferring immunization is to avoid superimposing a reaction to the vaccine on the underlying illness or to mistakenly attribute a manifestation of the underlying illness to the vaccine.26
Infants Have the Capacity to Respond to an Enormous Number of Antigens
Studies on the diversity of antigen receptors indicate that the immune system has the capacity to respond to extremely large numbers of antigens. Current data suggest that the theoretical capacity determined by diversity of antibody variable gene regions would allow for as many as 109 to 1011 different antibody specificities.38 But this prediction is limited by the number of circulating B cells and the likely redundancy of antibodies generated by an individual.
A more practical way to determine the diversity of the immune response would be to estimate the number of vaccines to which a child could respond at one time. If we assume that 1) approximately 10 ng/mL of antibody is likely to be an effective concentration of antibody per epitope (an immunologically distinct region of a protein or polysaccharide),39 2) generation of 10 ng/mL requires approximately 103 B-cells per mL,39 3) a single B-cell clone takes about 1 week to reach the 103 progeny B-cells required to secrete 10 ng/mL of antibody39 (therefore, vaccine-epitope-specific immune responses found about 1 week after immunization can be generated initially from a single B-cell clone per mL), 4) each vaccine contains approximately 100 antigens and 10 epitopes per antigen (ie, 103 epitopes), and 5) approximately 107 B cells are present per mL of circulating blood,39 then each infant would have the theoretical capacity to respond to about 10 000 vaccines at any one time (obtained by dividing 107 B cells per mL by 103 epitopes per vaccine).
Of course, most vaccines contain far fewer than 100 antigens (for example, the hepatitis B, diphtheria, and tetanus vaccines each contain 1 antigen), so the estimated number of vaccines to which a child could respond is conservative. But using this estimate, we would predict that if 11 vaccines were given to infants at one time, then about 0.1% of the immune system would be "used up."
However, because naive B- and T-cells are constantly replenished, a vaccine never really "uses up" a fraction of the immune system. For example, studies of T-cell population dynamics in HIV-infected patients indicate that the human T-cell compartment is highly productive. Specifically, the immune system has the ability to replenish about 2 billion CD4+ T lymphocytes each day. Although this replacement activity is most likely much higher than needed for the normal (and as yet unknown) CD4+ T-cell turnover rate, it illustrates the enormous capacity of the immune system to generate lymphocytes as needed.
Children are Exposed to Fewer Antigens in Vaccines Today Than in the Past
Parents who are worried about the increasing number of recommended vaccines may take comfort in knowing that children are exposed to fewer antigens (proteins and polysaccharides) in vaccines today than in the past.
Table 2 summarizes the number of proteins and polysaccharides contained in routinely recommended vaccines administered over the past 100 years. Although we now give children more vaccines, the actual number of antigens they receive has declined. Whereas previously 1 vaccine, smallpox, contained about 200 proteins, now the 11 routinely recommended vaccines contain fewer than 130 proteins in total. Two factors account for this decline: first, the worldwide eradication of smallpox obviated the need for that vaccine, and second, advances in protein chemistry have resulted in vaccines containing fewer antigens (eg, replacement of whole-cell with acellular pertussis vaccine).
Children Respond to Multiple Vaccines Given at the Same Time in a Manner Similar to Individual Vaccines
If vaccines overwhelmed or weakened the immune system, then one would expect lesser immune responses when vaccines are given at the same time as compared with when they are given at different times.41,42 However, the following vaccines induce similar humoral immune responses when given at the same or different times: 1) MMR and varicella,43,44 2) MMR, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP), and OPV,45 3) hepatitis B, diphtheria-tetanus, and OPV,46 4) influenza and pneumococcus,47 5) MMR, DTP-Hib, and varicella,48 6) MMR and Hib,49 and 7) DTP and Hib.49
Achieving similar immune responses by giving vaccines at the same time at different sites may be more easily accomplished than by combining vaccines in the same syringe. Challenges to giving many vaccines in a single injection are based partly on incompatibilities of agents used to buffer or stabilize individual vaccines.50
Do Vaccines Increase the Risk of Other Infections?
Vaccines may cause temporary suppression of delayed-type hypersensitivity skin reactions or alter certain lymphocyte function tests in vitro.51–57 However, the short-lived immunosuppression caused by certain vaccines does not result in an increased risk of infections with other pathogens soon after vaccination. Vaccinated children are not at greater risk of subsequent infections with other pathogens than unvaccinated children.58–60 On the contrary, in Germany, a study of 496 vaccinated and unvaccinated children found that children who received immunizations against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, Hib, and polio within the first 3 months of life had fewer infections with vaccine-related and -unrelated pathogens than the nonvaccinated group.61
Bacterial and viral infections, on the other hand, often predispose children and adults to severe, invasive infections with other pathogens. For example, patients with pneumococcal pneumonia are more likely to have had a recent influenza infection than matched controls. Similarly, varicella infection increases susceptibility to group A β-hemolytic streptococcal infections such as necrotizing fasciitis, toxic shock syndrome, and bacteremia.63
Current studies do not support the hypothesis that multiple vaccines overwhelm, weaken, or "use up" the immune system. On the contrary, young infants have an enormous capacity to respond to multiple vaccines, as well as to the many other challenges present in the environment. By providing protection against a number of bacterial and viral pathogens, vaccines prevent the "weakening" of the immune system and consequent secondary bacterial infections occasionally caused by natural infection.
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A New Picnic Quilt
Better late than never, I've finally finished my family's new picnic quilt. I started this one as part of a blog hop last May. That's May of 2012. I ended up spending a lot of the summer working on book stuff and then I wasn't motivated to work on a picnic quilt in the winter, and well, you know how it goes. (right??) So the quilt top sat and sat until a day before our trip up to the lake for the 4th of July.
This quilt is a simple 16 patch, with the individual squares measuring 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" cut. The fabric is a mix of Maude Asbury's Crabtastic line and fabrics from my stash.
The quilt ended up pretty big (for me) at 80" x 80". I really wanted to use fabric from my stash for the backing and binding, so I chose a black floral from Denyse Schmidt's Chicopee for the backing and a text from Architextures for the binding. I'm hoping those will both hide the dirt a bit as we take this quilt out for some serious use at the beach and park. I quilted it loosely with wavy lines about every 2 inches.
We already tested it out while watching the fireworks over Lake Michigan on Thursday evening, and it was just perfect for the job. I can't wait to take it along for the rest of Summer!


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Royalton Wesleyan Cemetery New Brunswick, located along the Maine – NB border Wicklow Parish, Carleton County, New Brunswick The Burial Location of IRA MILLER and Lucy TURNER Ira MILLER was born on 05 Jul 1835 in New Brunswick. He married Lucy Ann TURNER. They were married on 13 Jan 1861 in Simonds Parish, Carleton Co., [...]


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Proms 2011: Strange new sounds
How will commissions from a trio of contemporary composers measure up? Nick Shave finds out
In a recent backstage chat with the young conductor Nicholas Collon – he of Aurora Orchestra/Horrible Histories Prom fame – about what makes his orchestra a success, he told me a lot of it comes down to fulfilling a need for surprise: 'At an orchestral concert people too often know what they're going to get,' he said. 'You have to challenge their expectations.'
I couldn't agree more, so it's good to report that along with the tried and trusted favourites, surprising new sounds have been emerging from the Proms over the past few days. Thursday saw the UK premiere of Austrian composer Thomas Larcher's Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Ilan Volkov – Matthew Barley and Viktoria Mullova the soloists.
Rain deterred many from turning out – the Royal Albert Hall was only a third full – but it was worth braving the downpours to hear it. The Double Concerto is written specifically for the Hall: it throws motifs, like glitter, into the air, and watches them catch the light as they fall into its dark, empty spaces.
As such, it demonstrates Larcher's unique ear for colour – these were instrumental combinations (accordion, electric zither, and Larcher himself on prepared piano) and textures that you won't hear anywhere else. But it also shows his awareness of accessible styles – the meditative writing of Arvo Pärt, and emotive minor-chord combinations of film soundtracks, for example.
What Larcher couldn't have predicted, however, was the way in which the percussion would leap, unwanted, into the foreground. Though it was written for the Hall, I'd like to hear this piece performed live again but in a different acoustic.
I can't say the same for Georges Aperghis's Champ-Contrechamp, a BBC commission that was given its world premiere by the London Sinfonietta under David Atherton at Saturday's matinee at the Cadogan Hall. Full marks to its solo pianist, Nicolas Hodges, for his composed way of turning fidgeting, repetitious dissonant figures into absurdist gestures.
But what started out as fertile idea – a musical analogy to the technique of filming dialogue with shot and reverse shot – turned into a please-will-someone-make-this-stop cacophonic problem.
Thank god for Harrison Birtwistle, whose Angel Fighter – a UK premiere – descended from the heavens to bring a real sense of drama to the Cadogan Hall. Birtwistle wrote the piece after seeing an illustration of the duel, as told in Genesis, between Jacob and the Angel, and the resulting work, with combative brass and dramatic exchanges between countertenor, Andrew Watts, and tenor, Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts, was an invigorating slice of brilliance. Lloyd-Roberts was outstanding.
I look forward to catching the world premiere of Kevin Volans's Piano Concerto this evening….
Nick Shave writes for The Guardian and is contributing editor of BBC Music Magazine. A regular reviewer and blogger of the Proms, he can usually be found at the Royal Albert Hall with only seconds to spare, breaking into an ungainly powerwalk somewhere between the ticket collection desk and the stalls
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Cold snap expected into Saturday
A cold snap will continue to chill the Bay Area over the next few days, with freeze warnings that could last into the weekend, forecasters said Wednesday.
A small weather system coming down from the Gulf of Alaska will bring a 40 percent chance of showers Thursday morning, said Steve Anderson, a forecaster with the National Weather Service.
"Cold air is going to be following right behind it, coming right from Canada, so it'll be cold, breezy and dry through the weekend," Anderson said.
Lows in the North and East Bay valleys will dip into the 20s, and even areas near the bay will see overnight temperatures around 40 degrees. Highs won't escape the low 50s anywhere, and a blustery wind will make it seem colder, Anderson said.
"No need for umbrellas," he said. "Just remember to dress warm."
In the North Bay, garden enthusiasts will have to bundle up any fragile plants or flowers that can't be carried inside to protect them against freezing early-morning temperatures.
A freeze warning was in effect in Napa, Sonoma and Marin counties and portions of the East Bay on Thursday morning, when temperatures were expected to stay below 32 degrees for several hours before sunrise. A frost warning, which means below-freezing temperatures are likely for a short time, was in place in the South Bay.
Freeze and frost warnings aren't issued much more than a day in advance, but Anderson said temperatures Friday and Saturday morning should be similar to Thursday's lows.
People can also seek refuge from the unusually cold weather at winter shelters. The San Francisco Interfaith Council has a rotating schedule of churches that provide shelter from Thanksgiving to the end of February. St. Boniface on Golden Gate Avenue is open nightly from 6:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. until Feb. 3.
In Oakland, St. Mary's Center provides a nightly winter shelter program through April 30 at 925 Brockhurst St. Contra Costa County provides a rotating winter night shelter program through May. People interested in a shelter space can call (925) 435-2074.
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Canadians are getting together to show their true colours.
November 12 marks the start of National Bullying Awareness Week in Canada. This year's theme "stand up," encourages Canadians of all ages to acknowledge that bullying exists, but it's also important to strive for change.
Kids Help Phone has put together a 30-second video featuring some of Canada's biggest names in the music industry, including Pierre Bouvier from Simple Plan, Jacob Hoggard from Hedley, and hosts from both MuchMusic and MTV Canada.
Throughout the black and white video clip, artists hold uplifting phrases about hope and bullying, with a special cover of 'True Colors' playing in the background. Under the name Artists Against, a group composed of Jacob Hoggard, Lights, Pierre Bouvier, Fefe Dobson, Kardinal Offishall, Alyssa Reid, and Walk Off The Earth have created their own version of Cyndi Lauper's classic 'True Colors,' according to MuchMusic.
The video itself is quite similar to the one created by bullying victim Amanda Todd in September, as she held up cue cards telling her heartbreaking story. The 15 year old's suicide a month later became a horrible reminder for Canadians, and the world, of the terrible potential results of targeted bullying.
As of Tuesday, 100 per cent of the proceeds from a "True Colors" iTune purchase will go to Kids Help Phone.
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There are several types of thyroid cancer:
- Papillary carcinoma (most common type)—It usually grows very slowly and often spreads to lymph nodes in the neck. If caught early, this type of thyroid cancer is often curable.
- Follicular carcinoma (second most common type)—It usually stays in the thyroid gland, but can spread to other parts of the body, such as the lungs and bones. It does not usually spread to the lymph nodes. If caught early, this type of thyroid cancer is often curable.
- Anaplastic carcinoma (rare form of thyroid cancer)—It quickly invades the neck and other parts of the body and is often fatal.
Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC)—This cancer develops from cells in the thyroid gland called C-cells.
MTC often spreads to the lymph nodes, lungs, or liver before a thyroid nodule has been discovered. There are two types of MTC:
- Sporadic MTC
- Familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC)
- Thyroid lymphoma (rare type of thyroid cancer)—Many cases occur in people who have a disease called Hashimoto thyroiditis .
Cancer occurs when cells in the body divide without control or order. Eventually these uncontrolled cells form a growth or tumor. The term cancer refers to malignant growths. These growths can invade nearby tissues including the lymph nodes. Cancer that has invaded the lymph nodes can then spread to other parts of the body.
It is not clear exactly what causes these problems in the cells, but is probably a combination of genetics and environment.
Risk Factors
Thyroid cancer is more common in women, and in people aged 30 years and older. Other factors that may increase your chances of thyroid cancer:
- Diet low in iodine
- History of radiation to the head, neck, or chest, especially in infancy or childhood
- Family history of thyroid cancer
- Obesity
- Enlargement of the hands, feet, and facial features— acromegaly
- Sjogren's syndrome
- Exposure to radioactive fallout from nuclear accidents or exposed to nuclear testing area during childhood
Thyroid cancer may cause:
- A lump in the neck, usually over the thyroid
- Neck pain (sometimes going up to the ears)
- Hoarseness
- Difficulty swallowing
- Difficulty breathing
- Persistent cough
- Enlarged lymph glands in the neck
The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will also be done. This may include a careful examination of your neck to look for lumps or abnormalities.
Tests may include:
- Blood tests
- Thyroid scan
- Ultrasound
- Fine needle aspiration
- Biopsy of thyroid tissue
The physical exam, combined with all of your test results, will help to determine the type and stage of cancer you have. Staging is used to guide your treatment plan. Like other cancers, thyroid cancer is staged from I-IV. Stage I is a very localized cancer, while stage IV indicates a spread to other parts of the body
Cancer treatment varies depending on the stage and type of cancer. Options may include:
- Thyroidectomy —Removal of all or part of the thyroid gland.
- Radioactive iodine therapy —Large doses of radioactive iodine are used to destroy the thyroid gland and thyroid cancer without affecting the rest of the body.
- External radiation therapy —To kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation is directed at the tumor from a source outside the body.
Because the exact cause of thyroid cancer is unknown, early detection and treatment lead to better outcomes. Your doctor may recommend screening tests if you are at high risk for thyroid cancer. For example:
- Have a thyroid exam every 3 years if you are aged 20-39 years old
- Have a thyroid exam every year if you are aged 40 years or older
Since exposure to radiation is a major risk factor for thyroid cancer, you should:
- Avoid unnecessary exposure to radiation.
- If you have been exposed to radiation of the head, neck, or chest, have frequent checks for thyroid cancer.
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TOULOUSE, France (AP) � The gunman who claimed responsibility for France's worst terror attacks in years was buried Thursday in a Toulouse cemetery, ending a tortured debate over what to do with the body of a man the president called a "monster."
France is still reeling from the killings of three Jewish schoolchildren, a rabbi and three paratroopers that revived worries about Islamist extremism and shook up the French presidential campaign.
Mohamed Merah, a 23-year-old Frenchman, was buried Thursday in the Muslim section of a cemetery in the Toulouse neighborhood of Cornebarrieu. About 20 men attended the ceremony, hiding their faces from reporters gathered outside.
"It's all over. We aren't talking about it anymore. He is in his grave," Abdallah Zekri of the French Muslim Council, or CFCM, said afterward.
Those attending the ceremony were mostly young friends of Merah's from the housing projects where he grew up, Zekri said.
Zekri, who was present for the burial, led protracted negotiations in recent days with Merah's family, Algerian authorities and Toulouse authorities over where to bury him.
Police say Merah filmed himself killing seven people in a spate of attacks earlier this month. Merah, who espoused radical Islam and said he had links to al-Qaida, was shot in the head after a standoff with police last week in the southern city of Toulouse.
His brother is in custody on suspected complicity and police are looking for a potential third man who might have helped.
Merah's father said that he wanted Mohamed buried in a family plot in the Medea region of Algeria, a solution that seemed to satisfy French officials uncomfortable with the question of what to do with his remains.
With that plan in mind, Merah's body was brought to the Toulouse airport Thursday, and his mother had been expecting to accompany it to Algiers on a flight later in the day.
But Algerian authorities refused for "reasons of public order," Zekri said.
Plans were made to bury Merah at the Muslim cemetery in Toulouse � but the Toulouse mayor objected and tried to delay it another day. Sarkozy, on the campaign trail for next month's presidential elections, intervened.
"Let him be buried, and let's not create a debate about this," Sarkozy said.
Under pressure from the central government in Paris, the mayor relented, and agreed to an evening internment.
Attention will now focus on the investigation.
Merah's brother has been handed preliminary charges of alleged complicity in preparing the killings, though his lawyer insists that Abdelkader Merah had no idea what his brother was plotting.
Abdelkader Merah told investigators that a third man helped the Merah brothers steal a motorbike used later in the killings, two police officials said Thursday. Merah did not give the name of the other man.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be publicly named.
The shootings were the worst terrorist attacks in France since the 1990s and have revived concerns about homegrown Islamist radicals carrying out violence. Merah traveled to Afghanistan and Pakistan and said he received weapons training there.
French Muslims have worried about a backlash after Merah's attacks, and French leaders have urged the public not to equate Islam with terrorism.
But concerns about radical Islam are high, and the government on Thursday banned a string of international Muslim clerics from entering France for a conference of a fundamentalist Islamic group.
Also Thursday, a former nuclear physicist went on trial in Paris on accusations of plotting attacks with the North African wing of Al-Qaida. But his defenders say he only sent some angry emails and fear he may be unfairly linked with the Merah case.
In a separate, apparently unconnected development, Indonesia's anti-terrorism chief said a French militant is the chief suspect in last week's blast at Indonesia's Embassy in Paris.
The suspect is Frederic C. Jean Salvi, who allegedly spent several years studying with Islamic militants in Indonesia, anti-terrorism agency chief Ansyaad Mbai told The Associated Press in Jakarta.
The package bomb that exploded March 21 did not cause any injuries or major damage.


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A warm summer and late storms in the past few months briefly opened a channel in the Arctic ice big enough to allow a ship to sail to the North Pole, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Wednesday.
PARIS A warm summer and late storms in the past few months briefly opened a channel in the Arctic ice big enough to allow a ship to sail to the North Pole, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Wednesday.
The agency said satellite images showed "dramatic openings" over an area bigger than the British Isles in the Arctic's sea ice, which normally stays frozen all year.
"This situation is unlike anything observed in previous record low ice seasons," Mark Drinkwater of ESA's Oceans/Ice Unit said in a statement.
Late summer storms had fragmented between 5 and 10 percent of the Arctic's perennial sea ice after it survived the summer melt season, ESA said. The agency's satellite images were taken between Aug. 23 and Aug. 25.
"It is highly imaginable that a ship could have passed from Spitzbergen or northern Siberia through what is normally pack ice to reach the North Pole without difficulty," Drinkwater added. Spitzbergen is a Norwegian island in the Arctic Ocean.
ESA said colder autumn temperatures had begun to freeze the sea again and the openings shown in the images appeared to have closed.
The observations coincided with growing concern about a possible link between global warming and extreme weather. They followed other signs that the Arctic has been severely affected.
Polar bears have drowned and receding Arctic glaciers have uncovered previously unknown islands in a drastic summer thaw widely blamed on global warming.
The smallest amount of ice recorded in the Arctic annually fell to less than 5.5 million square km (2.1 million sq miles) in 2005 from about 8 million square km (3 million sq miles) in the early 1980s.
Those changes were "widely viewed as a consequence of greenhouse warming", ESA said.
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said last week that Arctic sea ice was likely to recede this year close to 2005's low. A stormy August slightly slowed the 2006 melt.
"If this anomaly trend continues, the northeast passage or `northern sea route' between Europe and Asia will be open over longer intervals of time, and it is conceivable we might see attempts at sailing around the world directly across the summer Arctic Ocean within the next 10 to 20 years," Drinkwater said.
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The Avro arrow is being talked about in Canada as a viable alternative to the F-35.
Kind of cool, I don't know much about the Avro but it seems to be almost a deity in Canada.
A competitor to the F-35 is probably a good thing as well as a North American competitor to those assholes Lockheed, Boeing and Northrup.
99% chance nothing will come of this but its fun to think about it. A 1950s style fighter in the modern world?
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Formed: 1907
Nickname: Sarı Kanaryalar (Yellow Canaries)
UEFA club competition honours
• none
Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)
• League title: 18 (2011)
• Turkish Cup: 4 (1983)
• Founded in Istanbul by a group of youngsters from the Kadikoy district on the Anatolian side of the city, Fenerbahçe were named after a local lighthouse. Two years later they adopted their familiar yellow and navy blue kit.
• Dominant in the Istanbul Football League, they made their reputation during Allied occupation from 1918, winning 41 of 50 fixtures against French, British and Italian army sides. They developed a big support base, including Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the modern Turkish nation.
• In 1923, prior to the formation of the modern Turkish league, Fenerbahçe went through their entire season without conceding; by contrast in the 1988/89 Super League they scored a record 103.
• The Sarı Kanaryalar won the first modern Turkish title in 1959, beating the team with which they have traditionally vied for local and national supremacy, Galatasaray AŞ. They have since claimed a record-equalling 16 more.
• Brazilian coaches have been important for Fenerbahçe. Between 1972 and 1975, Didi led them to back-to-back league titles, part of a haul of eight trophies in what represents the most successful spell a coach has ever had at the club. In 2006/07, Zico captured the Turkish crown before leading them to their first UEFA Champions League quarter-final appearance the following season.
• In 2011, Aykut Kocaman steered Fenerbahçe to an 18th league title, becoming the first person to win the championship both as a player and a manager.
Club records
Most appearances: Müjdat Yetkiner (416)
Most goals: Aykut Kocaman (140)
Record victory: 7-0 on three occasions, most recently at home against Kayserispor (Süper Lig, 20 February 2005);
8-1 on two occasions, most recently at home against Kayserispor (Süper Lig, 20 November 1994)
Record defeat: SL Benfica 7-0 Fenerbahçe (European Champion Clubs' Cup, 17 September 1975)
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Dubai Conference; 29-30 December, 2014
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Scandal: A Utah Beauty Queen Arrested for Throwing Homemade Bombs...SMH
Kendra McKenzie Gill, a Utah beauty queen has been arrested for allegedly throwing homemade explosives, "at both property and people."
Kendra McKenzie Gill, who was 18 when she won the Miss Riverton pageant June 8, was arrested along with three other people: John Patrick Reagh, Shanna Marie Smith and Bryce Christopher Stone.
According to police, all four admitted to purchasing plastic bottles, aluminum foil and the chemicals necessary to make the incendiary devices. Stone told police that the group was "pranking" with fireworks.
"This goes well beyond a teenage prank," said Unified Fire Authority Capt. Clint Mecham. "They can do a great deal of damage to property," Mecham said, referring to the explosives. "They can sever limbs. They can even kill people."
Gill won the Miss Riverton pageant -- a preliminary event for Miss Utah and Miss America -- beating eight other contestants for a $2,000 scholarship. Gill played a Scott Joplin tune on the piano and chose the platform "Fit to be You," saying "You don't have to look just a certain way... it's about being healthy and happy."
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WASHINGTON – In order to examine the pressing problem of age discrimination in the workplace, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a public meeting to explore the impact of the current economic climate on older workers. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E. The Commission is scheduled to hear from the following invited panelists:
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Panel 2: Legal Issues
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There will be a brief question-and-answer session with EEOC Commissioners following each panel discussion.
In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commission's deliberations. Seating is limited and it is suggested that visitors arrive 30 minutes before the meeting in order to be processed through security and escorted to the meeting room.
The Commission agenda is subject to revision. Additional information about the hearing, when available, will be posted at http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/meetings/index.cfm.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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NASELLE, Wash. (AP) - Passing motorists who stopped to investigate a damaged tree in southwest Washington found two young Oregon girls injured in a car crash that killed their mother, authorities say.
The Washington State Patrol estimates the car driven by 26-year-old Jessica Marie Rath of Astoria, Ore., hit the tree sometime early Wednesday morning.
The crashed vehicle wasn't visible from State Highway 401 south of Naselle.
The 4-year-old girl apparently pulled her more seriously injured 2-year-old sister from the car and covered both of them with a blanket, Trooper Russ Winger said. The overnight temperature was in the low 40s.
Kraai McClure and Scott Beautler were driving by the spot when they stopped to check out the gashed tree trunk, they told KING-TV. They found the woman dead and the little girls huddled in the cold and rain.
Beautler called the 4-year-old a hero.
'We were just doing a deed,' he told KING. 'She saved her sister's life.'
The girls were taken first to an Astoria hospital, where their father met them. The 2-year-old was airlifted to a Portland hospital, Winger said.
The mother had driven Tuesday night to the Hoquiam, Wash., area to pick up her fisherman husband but then headed south when she found out her husband's boat was headed elsewhere, the trooper said.


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Word on the street is Urban Decay's Naked palette is THE palette to own – although I admit I largely blocked it out – just not too interested in neutrals.
However, when I was alerted to it being in stock online – and the price was only £27 (that is fab value for the amount of colours you get plus a mini primer, plus a double ended 24/7 pencil) I just had to order it.
When Mr C saw this, he asked me if it was chocolate and could he share. It is rather Dairy Milk:
You've probably seen this everywhere, well, here it is again! There's a lovely mix of shades, mattes, shimmers, glittery from white to black. Amazing!
I should also add that I do like UDPP and I do like the 24/7 pencils a lot. I would've prefered the golden pencil (baked?) in lieu of the brown one, but hey-ho.
More pics…
I like how logical this palette it. It begins with the palest colour, it begins with the matte, the one you'd apply all over then slowly graduates…
Next 4 move into matte and shimmer golds and browns, the neutral contour shades, the subtle highlights. Darkhorse is a gorgeous brown for daytime contouring.
Last 4 are a bit more wacky – toasted is a shimmer and hustle, creep and gunmetal is a rich dark smoky shade.
No regrets buying this kit at all £27 wouldn't even buy you one Chanel quad so this is amazing value and very useful for smoky or natural looks. I don't like overly large palettes, I HATE cardboard palettes but this is not as big as I thought it would be; it's quite long but slender.
Did you get your hands on this palette or will you skip it?


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- How can I uninstall CafeSuite / CafeStation?
- How to remove unused/old workstation from the computer list?
- CafeStation asks me for the authorization code when starting up, what should I do?
- I am already a user and have a valid license but when i tried to log in the software told me that the trial version has expired. I am not using the trial version, what is wrong?
- Is it possible to bypass the window pop up asking if u want to accept cash or debt before printing the receipt, so when the customer ends his/her session, the cashier automatically print a receipt without asking anything?
- What is the default operator username and password?
- How to install CafeStation to start automatically without asking for login and password?
- How can I create the product and service groups?
- How to make periodical discount rates that change automatically?
- How to add the screen capture panel?
- Can I use CafeStation on restricted Windows account? When I try to execute CafeStation from a limited user profile it fails with a message that it is unable to open 'codes.dat' file.
- What does it mean that system policy is greyed? Why there are three possibilities for system restrictions in client setup?
- How can i convert the report to MS Word?
- How can i edit the reports?
- How to set password on each operator?
- How to disable maintenance mode for operators?
- I made mistake when I filled member time - can I cancel recharging?
- Is there a way to turn my computer into self service internet cafe where customers will just buy timecodes, log in to use the computer and after time expires, the server will automatically free the computer without anyone controlling the server? There will be no personnel to click the Free button.
- How to change group of some computers?
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How to change group of some computers?
Workstations can be assigned into groups in CafeStation. Each workstation in group shares the same configuration and charging rate.
To assign workstation to another group please:
- select workstation in CafeStation
- click menu List/Edit computer
- type different Group name and click OK
Now to change client settings for this group please:
- select the same workstation in CafeStation
- go to menu Program/Client setup
- newly created group should be selected as current Configuration on
the bottom of the settings window
- edit settings and press OK to save this group
Program will create a new ini file corresponding to the name of the
group and also update CafeAgent.ini file as the last saved
configuration. This configuration will be used for all PCs that belong
to the same group.
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Marine protection for the Gulf of California
Geographical location:
Latin America/Caribbean > Central America > Mexico
The small subtropical sea between the mainland of Mexico and the Baja Peninsula is the Gulf of California - a large inlet once fed by several rivers, including the mighty Colorado River. A series of dams upstream in the United States has reduced the flows into the gulf to a mere trickle. Water pollution and overfishing also threaten the gulf, which supports rich marine life, including the endangered Vaquita porpoise, blue and fin whales, and a number of marine turtles.
WWF and its partners are working to ensure that at least 15% of the Gulf of California is managed as marine reserves to protect threatened species and help replenish economically important fish stocks.
The location and elongated form of the Gulf allows for climatic and ecosystem diversity that extend from Sonoran and the Baja California deserts to tropical forests in the South, with the Sierra Madre Occidental (one of the 2 main mountain ranges at 2,000m above sea level in Mexico) bordering the East of the terrestrial portion.
Rocky shores mark the central and lower Baja coast and occur around nearly all Gulf islands. Hundreds of miles of gently sloping sandy beaches, interrupted by short stretches of rocky headlands characterize the mainland. Both coastlines have numerous coves, bays, lagoons, and estuaries bordered by mangrove swamps and salt marshes.
With 3 of the 5 states bordering the US, the region is considered a natural location for international traffic routes and tourism development. The service industry includes 2,532 services such as restaurants, bars, and night clubs. In addition the Gulf has a total of 60 marine ports (15 commercial, 20 fishing, 17 tourist and 8 ports for petroleum activities). All tourist areas are accessible by land through the terrestrial highways and in some cases through the international and national airports in the principal tourism sites such as La Paz, Mazatlan, San Carlos-Guaymas, Los Cabos and Puerto Peñasco
The great diversity of topographic and bathymetric features of the Gulf of California has produced a variety of habitats and an outstanding richness of marine life. Although it represents only 0.008% of the world's seas, the Gulf harbours 34 species of marine mammals, almost 900 tropical and temperate species of fishes, 5 species of marine turtles, 4,839 known species of marine macro-invertebrates and 626 forms of macro algae.
Much of this marine life is endemic to the Gulf, including 79 species of fish, 749 macro-invertebrates, 62 marine macro algae, some coral species and one marine mammal. Many of its deep waters life forms are still unknown.
The Gulf region supports about 530 bird species (170 of which are sea and shore bird species) and provides nesting, feeding and breeding sites for residential and migratory birds. The wetlands and coastal lagoons along the Eastern coastline and the Baja California Peninsula are part of a vital intercontinental migratory corridor between North and South America - the Pacific Flyway - with more than 260,000ha of mangrove ecosystems.
More than 800 islands and islets, known worldwide because of their beauty and the remarkable richness of the waters surrounding them, house a large number of endemic reptiles, mammals and cacti (50% of the total are endemic species).
They house important breeding colonies for birds, such as Herman's gulls and elegant terns, blue footed and brown bobbies, brown pelicans, and serve a function as resting and foraging areas for many migratory birds, and important breeding rookeries of California sea lions.
In 1992 WWF began work in the Gulf of California, sponsoring research studies on island seabirds, sardines, anchovies, and other gulf species. This led to an intensive analysis of small-scale fishery activities in the Grandes Islas. Maps developed in cooperation with local fishermen are now part of a database and help WWF analyze the political, social, economic, and ecological implications of managing the area's fisheries.
The Gulf of California ecoregion Action Network Programme, launched in 1998, developed a shared conservation vision for the Gulf. The result was a series of conservation actions which jointly with CIMEX, Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (FMCN), CBC - Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and other major alliances (California Sea Grant College (CSGC), and ALCOSTA, was intended to impact at truly ecoregional scale, optimizing efforts and resources and sharing projects and responsibilities in order to influence decisions at the highest levels.
- An ecoregional conservation and sustainable development action plan for the Gulf of California is completed and operating.
- At least 15% of the marine area of the Gulf is legally protected and effectively managed as marine reserves.
- The spiny lobster and jaiba (blue crab) community-based fisheries in the Gulf of California and Baja Peninsula are certified through Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).
- Watershed management to ensure freshwater for environmental use.
- Sustainable management and recovery mechanisms for the remaining populations of species of special concern (vaquita, marine turtles, sharks and rays).
- Communication and environmental education campaigns to support conservation targets.
The Gulf biodiversity priorities portfolio is used to guide investments in conservation and the development of environmental policy tools as the ecological zoning plan for the Gulf of California.
At the same time WWF and its partners developed advocacy activities to capitalize the take out of the shrimp bottom trawling fleet in the Upper Gulf reserve exploring the intention of the CANIPESCA to work together with Conservation International (CI) and WWF for the sustainability of the industrial fisheries.
Currently WWF in the Gulf has consolidated strong steps toward the conservation at an ecoregional level. A powerful base has now been established with information and planning to create a foundation for policy impact and platforms. This provides a solid support to get a more active agenda focused on more and measurable conservation successes in the future.


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SAN DIEGO, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BMR) announced today the signing of two new leases for 15 years with Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) at its Science Center at Oyster Point property in the heart of the South San Francisco, California life science submarket. Life Technologies, a global biotechnology company, will fully occupy 200 and 180 Oyster Point Boulevard, comprising approximately 204,900 square feet of laboratory and office space.
Concurrently, the company also announced that it has reached agreement with Elan Corporation, the current tenant at The Science Center at Oyster Point, on an early lease termination at The Science Center at Oyster Point which will be effective simultaneously with the Life Technologies leases. Pursuant to the agreement, Elan will pay BioMed Realty an early lease termination fee of $46.5 million.
Commenting on the new relationship with Life Technologies, BioMed Realty's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Alan D. Gold , remarked, "We are delighted to have the opportunity to serve the real estate needs of Life Technologies, a pioneer and worldwide leader in biotechnology, in the Bay Area. Their Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technology was foundational to mapping the human genome and their recent introduction of the Ion Torrent semiconductor sequencing technology promises to revolutionize genetic sequencing for scientists involved in every stage of discovery research. They were recently ranked in the top ten on the list of the World's 50 Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company magazine, and we look forward to supporting their growth and innovation for years to come."
In addition, BioMed Realty announced that it acquired The Campus at Lincoln Centre in Foster City, California from Life Technologies for approximately $37.0 million, excluding closing costs. BioMed Realty intends to redevelop the 19-acre site, currently encompassing seven buildings and approximately 280,000 square feet, which may be significantly expanded through the redevelopment process.
According to Kent Griffin , President of BioMed Realty, "The redevelopment of The Campus at Lincoln Centre provides the opportunity to expand our footprint and presence on the peninsula in the San Francisco Bay area to deliver an optimal environment for life science organizations and long-term value for our stockholders."
As a result solely of the early lease termination income and the related charge-off of accrued straight-line rents and lease intangibles from the Elan lease, the company's 2013 net income and funds from operations (FFO) available to common shares are expected to increase approximately $22 million and $35 million, respectively. Approximately 60% of these amounts are expected to be recognized in the first quarter of 2013, with the balance expected to be recognized in the second quarter of 2013.
FFO is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure used in the real estate industry to measure and compare the operating performance of real estate companies. A complete reconciliation containing adjustments from GAAP net income available to common stockholders to FFO for 2012 and definitions of terms are included in BioMed Realty's earnings release issued on February 5, 2013 and available in the Investor Relations section of the company's website at www.biomedrealty.com.
About BioMed Realty Trust
BioMed Realty delivers optimal real estate solutions for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, scientific research institutions, government agencies and other entities involved in the life science industry. BioMed Realty owns or has interests in properties comprising approximately 13.2 million rentable square feet. The company's properties are located predominantly in the major U.S. life science markets of Boston, San Francisco, Maryland, San Diego, New York/New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Seattle, which have well-established reputations as centers for scientific research. Additional information is available at www.biomedrealty.com.
Forward-Looking Statements – BioMed Realty
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation: failure to manage effectively the company's growth and expansion into new markets, or to complete or integrate acquisitions and developments successfully, including the acquisition and redevelopment of The Campus at Lincoln Centre; general risks affecting the real estate industry (including, without limitation, the inability to enter into or renew leases, dependence on tenants' financial condition, and competition from other developers, owners and operators of real estate); adverse economic or real estate developments in the life science industry or the company's target markets; risks associated with the availability and terms of financing, the use of debt to fund acquisitions, developments and other investments, and the ability to refinance indebtedness as it comes due; failure to maintain the company's investment grade credit ratings with the ratings agencies; reductions in asset valuations and related impairment charges; risks and uncertainties affecting property development and construction; risks associated with downturns in foreign, domestic and local economies, changes in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, and volatility in the securities markets; ownership of properties outside of the United States that subject the company to different and potentially greater risks than those associated with the company's domestic operations; risks associated with the company's investments in loans, including borrower defaults and potential principal losses; potential liability for uninsured losses and environmental contamination; risks associated with the company's potential failure to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and possible adverse changes in tax and environmental laws; and risks associated with the company's dependence on key personnel whose continued service is not guaranteed. For a further list and description of such risks and uncertainties, see the reports filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Stagnant Wages Are Crimping Economic Growth
Employers Seem Wary to Raise Pay
Americans are spending enough to keep the economy rolling, but don't expect them to splurge unless their paychecks start to grow.
Four years into the economic recovery, U.S. workers' pay still isn't even keeping up with inflation. The average hourly pay for a nongovernment, non-supervisory worker, adjusted for price increases, declined to $8.77 last month from $8.85 at the end of the recession in June 2009, Labor Department data show....


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TMIT is driving production of multimedia development of stories to improve patient safety in hospitals. Certain broadcast programs will be shown globally, and then will be made available to hospital leadership and front-line performance teams. Stories will include consumers, front-line caregivers, clinical and non-clinical leaders of hospitals, and international subject matter experts. The series of "arc to action" stories will be told to inspire both community and hospital leaders to act locally.
The goal is to save lives, save money, and deliver value to the community through extraordinary impact by improving ordinary things.
To open the Hospital Leaders Toolbox, click here.
Trailers and summaries of the upcoming documentaries in this series:
Surfing theHealthcare Tsunami
Healing Moments
Greatness By Accident
We are creating inspirational documentaries highlighting "extraordinary impact through ordinary things." They will be hosted by movie actor Dennis Quaid, who will use the story of his twins near-fatal medical error as a way of engaging audiences. A series of short "arc to action" stories will be told. Each story will open with a challenge and then tell how caregivers overcome such challenges with practices that everyone can adopt. The target demographics are consumers and hospital leaders. The objective will be to inspire the audience to act in their own communities or at their own hospitals.


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Yahoo has confirmed what we reported last night: Hackers broke into a Yahoo server and found a file with more than 400,000 unencrypted email addresses and passwords.
The hackers, from a group called D33ds Co, posted the 18-megabyte text file online.
Here's the statement:
At Yahoo we take security very seriously and invest heavily in protective measures to ensure the security of our users and their data across all our products. We confirm that an older file from Yahoo Contributor Network (previously Associated Content) containing approximately 400,000 Yahoo and other company users names and passwords was stolen yesterday, July 11. Of these, less than 5% of the Yahoo accounts had valid passwords. We are fixing the vulnerability that led to the disclosure of this data, changing the passwords of the affected Yahoo users and notifying the companies whose users accounts may have been compromised. We apologize to affected users. We encourage users to change their passwords on a regular basis and also familiarize themselves with our online safety tips at security.yahoo.com.
Yahoo bought Associated Content in 2010 for $100 million and renamed it Yahoo Voices. The site, which allows amateur writers to sign up and get paid for articles, has contributed to Yahoo's local-news efforts.
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Bank of America Corp. agreed to pay a settlement of $16.65 billion over its mortgage lending, capping a legal odyssey that has dogged it since the depths of the financial crisis.
The deal resolves a government investigation that stems largely from the bank's purchases of Merrill Lynch & Co. and Countrywide Financial Corp. as they teetered in the housing crisis.
The settlement amount is the largest ever reached between the U.S. and a single company, and is approximately equal to the Charlotte, N.C., bank's BAC, +0.20% total profit for the past three years. Bank of America has spent more than $60 billion on legal woes stemming from the financial crisis, and the latest settlement would push the tab to close to $80 billion.
The settlement could provide a turning point for Bank of America: Chief Executive Brian Moynihan, who has spent much of his 4 1/2 years as CEO wading through litigation, has told investors and analysts this is the last of the big, lingering financial-crisis problems.
In negotiations with the Justice Department, the bank's lawyers argued the firm was being unreasonably punished for the actions of Merrill and Countrywide, which together issued most of the questionable mortgage securities at the center of the probe.