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The Black Men Reading group will hold its celebration of Black Women's Voices from 6:00-8:00 on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. The event will feature poet Jessica Care Moore and singer Kiana Marie, and will take place at the Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC), 2001 Plymouth Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411.
Jessica Care Moore is an internationally renowned poet/publisher/activist/rock star/playwright and actor. She is a five-time winner on Showtime at the Apollo, was featured on hip-hop mega-star Nas' "Nastradamus" album, and was a regular on Russell Simmon's HBO Series, Def Poetry Jam.
Kiana Marie, an aspiring singer/songwriter, appears on Beyonce's "I Am" World Tour DVD, performing the "Single Ladies" dance. She has also performed with veteran artists Bruce Henry, Daryl Beaudreaux, Dan Ristrom, and Kathleen Johnson. Her song "What You Do" features Stokley Williams of Mint Condition.
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ISSI Announces Fiscal Third Quarter 2012 Conference Call
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISSI), a leader in advanced memory solutions, today announced that it will host its earnings conference call on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the Company's financial results for the fiscal 2012 third quarter ended June 30, 2012.
To access ISSI's conference call via telephone, dial 888-855-5428 before 1:20 p.m. Pacific time on July 25, 2012. The participant pass code is 6136453. A telephone replay will available for seven days after the event by dialing 888-203-1112. The replay pass code is also 6136453. Additionally, the call will be available as a live and archived webcast from ISSI's website at http://www.issi.com.
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ISSI is a fabless semiconductor company that designs and markets high performance integrated circuits for the following key markets: (i) automotive, (ii) communications, (iii) industrial, medical, and military, and (iv) digital consumer. The Company's primary products are high speed and low power SRAM and low and medium density DRAM, and with its acquisition of Si En, the Company also designs and markets high performance analog and mixed signal integrated circuits. ISSI is headquartered in Silicon Valley with worldwide offices in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, China, Europe, Hong Kong, India, and Korea. Visit our web site at http://www.issi.com.
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Hellraid shows off first gameplay
Techland has debuted the first gameplay footage for the "first-person slasher" Hellraid. The trailer takes us through some grimy castles to do battle with supernatural beasts, who are naturally vulnerable to swords for some reason.
As previously announced, the game lets you play as a Warrior, Rogue, Paladin, or Mage, and we see a bit of swordplay and magic in this trailer. It will also feature the standard RPG elements you might expect, like looting, questing, crafting, armor customization, and so on. Check out the first look below.
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Even in colorectal cancer patients with wild-type KRAS mutations, there was no increase in overall survival time or in the time it took before cancer progressed when Erbitux® (cetuximab) was added to FOLFOX or CAPOX chemotherapy. More tumors got smaller with Erbitux treatment, but there was an increase in both serious gastrointestinal toxicity and severe skin rash when the drug was added. Patients with tumor mutations in any of three genes — KRAS, BRAF, or NRAS — had poorer survival.
Personalizing Personalized Medicine
On Monday, April 25th, Fight Colorectal Cancer held a free patient webinar that tackled the somewhat complex but fascinating topic of personalized medicine. Personalized medicine is what the cancer community calls treatments that are tailored to each patient's genetic makeup. It is the future of cancer care and in some cases, it is already making a big difference in the ways patients are treated. You can learn about these cutting edge treatments and about emerging findings in an archive of the webinar below. Our thanks to Carolyn Grande, CRNP, AOCNP for leading the discussion. She a phenomenal educator on this topic and a member of our Medical Advisory Board. She graciously …
Leading GI Cancer Researcher Updates Patients
Last night, Dr. Edith Mitchell of Thomas Jefferson University Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia, PA, updated colorectal cancer patients on the latest research and treatment news in an online webinar. Dr. Mitchell highlighted the most important news for colon and rectal cancer patients to come from the 2011 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium held in San Francisco last month. She answer such questions as… "Can doctors determine the chances that my cancer may return?" "Can my doctors determine if I need chemotherapy?" "Does Avastin or Erbitux benefit my stage III cancer treatment?" "Are there any promising new treatments on the horizon?"
Adding Erbitux to First Line Chemotherapy Helps Advanced Colorectal Cancer Patients with Wild Type KRAS
Does adding Erbitux to chemotherapy help people whose colorectal cancer has spread beyond the colon or rectum to distant body sites? The answer is yes, according to a pooled analysis of two large randomized clinical trials comparing chemotherapy alone to chemotherapy plus Erbitux® (cetuximab). However, benefits depend on whether or not patient tumors have mutations of two genes, KRAS and BRAF. Previous studies have shown that only patients with normal or wild type KRAS get any benefit from EGFR inhibitors Erbitux or Vectibix™ (panitumumab) so a combined analysis of the CRYSTAL and OPUS studies looked only a outcomes in KRAS wild type tumors. In addition, the research team studied the …
No Benefit Adding Cetuximab to Chemo for Stage III Colon Cancer
Adding Erbitux® (cetuximab) to standard chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer didn't improve patient outcomes and added more side effects. All of the patients in the NO147 trial had cancer that had spread to their lymph nodes and had surgery before beginning chemotherapy. They had normal or wild-type KRAS genes in their tumors.They were randomly assigned to FOLFOX chemotherapy for 6 months or FOLFOX plus Erbitux. The trial was closed before the planned number of patients were enrolled because an analysis showed that there was no benefit to the additional Erbitux and continuing the trial would not help patients.
Erbitux Plus Chemo Can Make Liver Mets Surgery Possible
Chemotherapy and Erbitux® (cetuximab) reduced liver tumors from colorectal cancer enough for patients to have them removed surgically. Although their cancer was initially too extensive to be surgically removed (resected) chemotherapy combined with Erbitux allowed about a third of patients to have surgery that completely removed all visible signs of liver tumors. Tumor shrinkage occured in about two out of three patients, despite which chemotherapy was used.
Stage III Cetuximab Trial Closed
It doesn't help patients to add Erbitux to FOLFOX chemotherapy after surgery for stage III colon cancer a data monitoring committee for a clinical trial testing the new treatment has decided. Because the analysis showed that patients were not benefiting from adding Erbitux to FOLFOX chemotherapy, the trial has been closed according to a news release from the National Cancer Institute.
Colorectal Cancer News in Brief: October 2
Briefly: More colorectal cancer patients experience severe rash from Erbitux than other cancer patients, and significantly more men and younger people have severe rash than women and patients over 70. Where you live in the United States makes a big difference in your risk of being uninsured from more than 40 percent of people living in Houston to a little more than 3 percent of those in Worchester, MA. A new method of testing cancer drugs directly on fresh tumor tissue may speed drug development by reducing the need for the earliest human testing.
Early Tumor Shrinkage Points to Good Erbitux Outcomes
Patients with advanced colorectal cancer whose tumors have gotten smaller six weeks after starting treatment with Erbitux had a much longer time before their cancer got worse and almost twice the overall survival as patients whose tumors didn't shrink. Patients in the BOND study had already gotten worse on standard chemotherapy and were receiving either Erbitux® (cetuximab) alone or in combination with irinotecan. CT scans for about a third of them showed at least a 10 percent decrease in the size of their tumors six weeks into treatment.


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Premiere of 'Mumbai Mirror'
Vimala Raman, Shah Rukh Khan, Sachiin Joshi
Shah Rukh Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Sunil Shetty, Sonu Sood and other celebrities were present at the premiere of Sachiin Joshi's 'Mumbai Mirror'.
"I play the character of a police officer in the film; he is a little psycho. He fights for violence against women. 'Mumbai Mirror' is a full on masala film and is really entertaining. I am excited and confident that we've made a good film and audience will definitely love it," said Sachiin Joshi at the premiere.
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Glendale Police have arrested three people for first degree murder and armed robbery in connection to a drug deal gone bad early Saturday morning.
Police say four suspects, 19-year-old Josh Rasmussen, 19-year-old Justin Whitley and 21-year-old Justin Drennan and a 17-year-old male, planned to rob another 17-year-old of money and drugs during a drug deal. They met about midnight Saturday in the area of 6400 W. Behrend in Glendale.
During the drug deal, the 17-year-old male pointed a BB gun at the 17-year-old who was supplying the drugs. In return, the second teen displayed a handgun and shot the other teen – in what appears to be self-defense. That teen later died at a hospital.
Rasmussen, Whitley and Drennan were taken into custody. They are facing murder charges because a murder occurred during the commission of a felony, even though they didn't pull the trigger. Their fourth accomplice is deceased.
The 17-year-old shooter was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and released to his parents. Charges will be submitted to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office for 2nd degree murder and drug-related counts.
At this point, Glendale Police are not releasing the names of the juveniles involved.
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In just five short weeks, Draw Something has reached over 30 million downloads and holds the number one spot in the App Store. For those unfamiliar with the game, you choose one of three words to draw for your partner. If they guess your drawing correctly, you are awarded some coins (for in-game prizes).
Then, they draw something and you have to guess it. This goes back and forth until one fails to correctly guess a drawing. There are no points. There is no winning. Users must work to work together since there isn't a point in sabotaging one another. The game keeps track of how many turns you go without failing to correctly guess a drawing. Again, you aren't rewarded for doing well. If the counter starts over, you don't lose anything. (via app advice)


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The debate about Graham Hancock's talk
Please use this space to comment on the debate around Graham Hancock's TEDx talk, as described here:
Closing Statement from TED
Thanks to all who participated in this conversation on TED's decision to move Graham Hancock's talk from YouTube to TED.com. It was scheduled as a 2-week conversation, and has now closed. But the archive will remain visible here.
We'd like to respond here to some of the questions raised in the course of the discussion.
Some asked whether this was "censorship." Now, it's pretty clear that it isn't censorship, since the talk itself is literally a click away on this very site, and easily findable on Google. But it raises an interesting question about curation. Should TED play *any* curatorial role in the content it allows its TEDx organizers to promote? We believe we should. And once you accept a role for curatorial limits, you have to accept there will be times when disputes arise.
A number of questions were raised about TED's science board: How it works and why the member list isn't public. Our science board has 5 members -- all working scientists or distinguished science journalists. When we encounter a scientific talk that raises questions, they advise us on their position. I and my team here at TED make the final decisions. We keep the names of the science board private. This is a common practice for science review boards in the academic world, which preserves the objectivity of the recommendations and also protects the participants from retribution or harassment.
Finally, let me say that TED is 100% committed to open enquiry, including challenges to orthodox thinking. But we're also firm believers in appropriate skepticism, or critical thinking. Those two instincts will sometimes conflict, as they did in this case. That's why we invited this debate. The process hasn't been perfect. But it has been undertaken in passionate pursuit of these core values.
The talk, and this conversation, will remain here, and all are invited to make their own reasoned judgement.
Thanks for listening.
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Mar 24 2013: Please spread the word to tune into the daylong Live Stream at http://TEDxWestHollywood.com on April 14. It's themed the same way White Chappel was, with its own roster of outstanding people, and is being barraged by the same attackers who went after Sheldrake and Hancock: http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/oy-vey-tedx-continues-the-woo-now-with-more-self-help/. How torqued it becomes to try to draw the line between pseudo and real science, and, for that aspect of the TED process, a better criterion for a TED talk would be to appreciate anyone who can make a brilliant case about anything!
Mar 24 2013: I looked at the programme and speakers and was shocked. Nothing "TED lke" here just a load of self promoting lightweights pedaling their books, training schemes. etc
Personally I dont need to hear from Marianne about her new book THE LAW OF DIVINE COMPENSATION: On Work, Money and Miracles.
Pandelis P.Mar 25 2013: Peter, your views are surprisingly closeminded. Do you realise that in our present state of affairs, where money drives research and forms the mainstream scientific views, there is a danger that all scientific advancement will be sponsored projects for the interest and marketing plans of large corporations? As this is inevitable for areas which require funds, at least lets be more open to ideas. No real harm can be done. If you don't want to then just don't watch the talks. Also, because you seem a bit biased, it would be good for you to check out a very well made site, skeptiko.com . It tries to bring closer the materialistc and more spiritual (or non-local/quantum mechanical) views of the cosmos.
Mar 25 2013: Then, Peter Martins, you and your buddies might want to walk on by without further comment, and avoid trying to protect everyone you don't know against themselves. Your protection would be anything but welcomed. I know well the work of no less than four of the "self promoting lightweights" you mention who will deliver fabulous TEDx WestHollywood talks, and they're *anything* but what you've dismissed. I'd stack their work up against anyone's anywhere in the world as the best available among anyone's perceptions and delivery of reality. They were decades ahead of TED in observing and creating new paradigms. But TED has done some larger things. Thus they need each other.
And I don't have to be the only one to opine those things, as the TEDx WestHollywood presenters already had their work accepted, reviewed and applauded by many, including people much smarter and more compassionate than you or I. TED isn't the only organization in the world which has a corner on the market for realities.
So, based only on your one comment, one could easily assume you've made a sweeping generalization - a hand-waving term - which has exactly nothing to do with the real substance of the works you've summarily dismissed without thoughtful investigation and review.
Now, Peter Martins, a rhetorical question for you - meaning I don't necessarily want to see your reply: are you your comments? Are you more than your interpretation in the moment of someone whose work you know exactly nothing about? I'd say you are much more than that. Thus I'd prefer you instead act like a sensible, compassionate person who actually allows for the fact that there will be others in the universe who know more than he does about fields other than his own.
There will be *many* of us who feel and see very similar things to what I've written for you. And we'll see if any of them show up here. But I know they exist, because I've met many of them and talked to others of them on the phone or Skype.
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Payroll employment in March
April 10, 2000
Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 416,000 in March to 130.7 million, seasonally adjusted. This increase included the addition of 117,000 temporary census workers.
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Also, it is likely that some of the March payroll employment gain resulted from a calendar anomaly. This year, there were 5 weeks instead of the usual 4 between the February and March survey reference periods. The last time this occurred was in 1972.
Because this occurrence is so rare, the payroll employment estimates for March cannot be adjusted for the differences in the number of weeks between the survey reference periods, as is done for other months. Thus, the estimates of employment change this month reflect an additional week's growth. This effect is most pronounced in seasonal industries that tend to add jobs at this time of year.
These data are a product of the BLS Current Employment StatisticsProgram. Find out more in "The Employment Situation: March 2000," news release USDL 00-95.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor's Desk, Payroll employment in March on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2000/apr/wk2/art01.htm (visited September 21, 2014).
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In coal debate, the greens see only 1 side
It's pathetic that job creation doesn't play a bigger role. We should better balance jobs and environmental concerns.
Let's start with a fair premise. I hate coal. I have supported anti-coal causes from when I was a teenager and saw the destruction in the Adirondacks from acid rain caused by Ohio power plants. I think that coal is a scourge that causes tremendous health damage and, according to the Sierra Club, which I belong to, kills about 20,000 people a year.
As most of you know, I favor aggressive expansion into natural gas plants as a bridge fuel that can reduce harmful emissions until we develop more economical sources of safe power.
But I watch aghast as the powerful environmental lobby, not content with the huge wins it has had in closing old coal plants here, is now attempting to shut down our own exports to countries still tied to coal-burning power plants, in some cases more than ever, because of the rapid shutdown of nuclear plants everywhere because of the Fukushima tragedy.
This weekend, in a fabulous piece in the New York Times, we saw the stark contrast between the greens in our country who want to shut down coal ports and block new ones vs. the people of a poor Native American tribe who are starved for jobs, with only the coal industry giving them much of an opportunity to work. But we are closing coal plants so quickly in the U.S., especially the ones mandated by President Carter in the late 70s to get off of our OPEC addiction, that those jobs will most surely soon wilt away without exports.
Cloud Peak (CLD), the coal company in question is only one of many that could be hard hit. We know from the fiasco that was the Walter Energy (WLT) stock halt on Friday, as it attempted to raise money to fix its balance sheet, that the stress in the coal patch is now very dire. The only real hope for those employed by these companies is more terminals to ship to the coal-starved Asian nations.
It's not as if we stop mining it and shipping it, they will stop using it. There's plenty of coal that can take up the slack, but our coal is preferred for both its quality and ease of transport. We will simply be exporting more lightly-skilled jobs overseas.
But this trumping of job creation for the poorer and less skilled on behalf of what tends to be the wealthy elites who have few employment fears has been at the heart of this administration's energy program, if you can call it that. I have asked the representatives of this administration a myriad of times if they can choose to balance jobs vs. environmental concerns and they simply refuse to answer in any coherent way. I now fear that the president will say yes to Keystone, but as part of any compromise will put in a carbon tax that will severely hinder our economy and promote more job exporting, this time to the Chinese and Mexico.
There's a cost-benefit to everything. But not when it comes to the greens. They only see the benefits to the skies, not the losses to the workers in what is a country that is struggling to produce enough jobs to put food on the table. There's nothing wrong with exporting coal to China and then demanding that the Chinese do their best to clean the skies if they want free trade. Instead, we will simply stop sending it and other nations will provide it with no quid pro quo at all. It's just a triumph of the wealthy over the workingman, instead of a careful balance that keeps jobs, but also strives for long-term air quality. It's pathetic that job creation doesn't play a bigger role in these incredibly important decisions that lead to incredible hardship for soon-to-be un-gainfully unemployed.
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There are "clean coal" burning applications; They cut down on pollutants and increase efficiency in the process of producing power..The benefits are the efficient part, and the side effects of less pollution to our enviroment..
Many Power Companies are reluctant to purchase the applications, I think mostly because of lack of subsidies and quicker return on their investment dollars or outlays.
It can run a few and up to several million..
We have invested in these "green companies" in the past, "but not at present.."
Mainly because of volitility resting on numbers of orders coming in for the Applications.
And they would sporadicallly get orders from Foreign entities.
I believe that "green incentives" and more tax credits should be given in this field..
But wouldn't probably invest in the companies again.
And also; Yes Virginia, there can be cleaner burning coal in our landscape.
Dave....As of RECENT times....There was a settlement to American Indian Tribes and Nations.
Dealing with the BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs) and the Department of Interior..Underpayments and mis-handling of Funds
The Government and the SCOTUS awarded approximately a little over $7 Billion dollars to Indians of several Tribes/Nations and Indians that were holders of IIMA accounts...
Individual Indian Money Accounts.
It all came from an Indian women from the Sioux Nation, I think Lacota.Starting a Class Action Lawsuit several years back...Unfortunately she died last year..But died knowing that we had won the Lawsuit against the Dept. of Interior and BIA.
The Majority of the payments have been made over the last year or so, and are being finished up this year...The Indian Trust Settlement (as known) has/is paying out about $600-2000 to individual
Indians, depending on their accounts, ages and holdings in past accounts.
Not all Indians receive monies, only qualifiers..
Yes it dealt with Land leases and royalities on various items such as coal and oil/gas,etc..
Mostly mis-handled by the BIA. and bad accounting practices.
Others that were really screwed over by the Coal and Timber Capitalist, were the White people of Appalachia....Of course much of their land and holdings, were taken from the Indian Tribes that used to live in the Regions, until the "Indian Removals" were instituted mostly by Andrew "Harjo" Jackson, the 7th. POTUS in the early 1800s.
"Harjo" is a Muscogee (Creek) indian word, roughly translated as "Crazy".
"The Trail of Tears" removal was not only about Cherokees, but several Nations were involved.
The World doesn't have a problem with FOOD supplies so folks going hungry is simply because folks don't see enough PROFIT in keeping those in Third World Countries with enough to eat. There is simply no connection to Coal and going Hungry. Concerning Coal and Jobs, fact is, there are countless ways to create Jobs. No reason to make coal and jobs connected when today's technology allows for better ways of doing things. Using Coal in third world countries just creates more health issues they can't afford. There are far better ways and far better job types.
Just so I won't be known as a "green Liberal weenie"....We invest in Coal..
It has been a decent investment, except a for recent downturn that has been more than recovered now;
It's pays a nice dividend..
And our Company or investment ships substancial amounts to Asia..
So I don't feel guilty about polluting America as much..
ABS....as I move on to my next level of numbers, I would only have about 19 posts to go..
18 after this one..
Maybe I can get off the addiction this time...??
I'm hoping that I can trust you to slap around some of the morons, imbeciles and cretins and keep them all in-line...It's a tough job, someone has to maintain the duty..
It's time for brunch...So a break from my rambling..
I don't know about Trillions that are owed American Indians...
But I'm sure we would take all that is collected in cannisters across this Nation, that is donated by guilty White and Black people...
But you can help by stopping by some of the many Casinos across the Nation...
They would gladly receive it back, at a "nickel at a time"..
V_L.....As far as your idea about our Ancients in the Americas...It's very hard to agree or disagree.
There are several reasons/theorys in my playbooks..
As far as the fishing aspect...?
The Native Americans taught a lot of Europens how to hunt or fish, otherwise they would have starved to death...
They did not return the favors, by placing or relegating them to the weeds, rocks and wastelands of America...In MY OPINION..
And someone like you will do little or nothing to EVER change my views of the subject..
I highly suggest you read about another 20 books concerning the Subjects and Sagas...
And then travel throughout the Americas.
Not a total retirement ABS, but I find little amusement here as in the past years or even way back many years ago...
Some of the arguements and so-called discussions or some want only to debate, get quite boring and repetitious over the weeks and months..When it has little to do with investing or the articles at hand..
I come here everyday to MSN, to eyeball Markets and check Watchlist's percentages...
The articles I peruse for their content or facts...The comments for consumer sentiment and ideas.
And then a little jousting, because of boredom.
I find to get into more analytical market discussions, or individual stock ideas, is much easier to do elsewhere..
Although some here may be investors in one form or another, many about 60-70%+ find little enjoyment in discussing any specifics for more than a few comments...
Occassionally there may be some comments of ideas of values, but soon commentors get bored or the talk by others goes off track...
And I understand the boredom, but don't always agree with the senseless banter.
The Markets did nicely today..And I'm off to the garden, or mowing one...Maybe both.
There is no actually long term cost benefit to using something that caused to seniors to live a lifetime using records amounts of Medicare because of that use. It's called short term gains for long term pains. Can you actually put a price on your health? Most won't.
"Perhaps if they saw a child die of hunger or they themselves went hungry every day they might rethink their passions."
What the Hell do YOU know about it? Been there? Tried to see it from that perspective or case? Any IDIOT can amass wealth and become an Elitist. The REAL skill comes from having that option but making sure you understand it from inside a pair of it's shoes. The fact is-- we are HOGS of energy. Let's reduce reliance until we increase the science and master intelligent design.
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It is becoming increasingly clear that a clean-slate architectural design of the network protocol stack is an essential target for next-generation IP networks and network routing applications. A major challenge in realizing the required enhanced capabilities in next-generation networks lies in overcoming the current limitations due to the rigid notion of network layering. To address the research agenda of future networking infrastructures, our goal is to achieve a cross-layer communication infrastructure to provide bidirectional information exchange between layers. Enabling programmable interaction with the optical substrate will allow the higher layers dynamic access to the full optical bandwidth. Our goal is to create an intelligent, dynamic, programmable, network and application layer aware optical substrate, where data introspection and optical performance monitoring measurement data can be leveraged for cross-layer communications to impact network routing and performance.
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Even celebs get the blues. And right now, bright, deep and attention-seeking blue shades -- like cornflower, cobalt and electric -- are everywhere. Examples? Miley Cyrus donned a bright but airy blue Pucci ensemble in NYC, while actress Rashida Jones rocked a leather skirt that appeared purplish-blue.
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She reminds me of Amy from Karmin!!! I love this 'vintage' cover of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' Thrift Shop. What do you think? As they say on all of the singing competitions, 'Did they make it their own?'
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Let's face it: K945 does a pretty good job at getting you up close and personal with the hottest artists on the planet! In addition to all the sick fly-aways and trips we give away, we've brought in some of the most amazing artists in the world, for free, with the K945 Listener Lounge.
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Beware of Silent, Stealthy Aggressors
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Submitted by Anonymous | September 28 2009 | Permalink
Thank you for this. I only wish I would have read it before two months ago, when I stepped in to break up my two dogs, who had gotten into a scuffle. It sounded so loud and scary that I went in and tried to separate them with my hands.
The result: A severed tendon in my ring finger, surgery, and two-plus months of recovery. I'm still struggling to properly read them - they don't fight often, but when they do, it sounds like they are going to kill each other!
From what I've read, it sounds like the best option to break it up is to make loud noises to startle them (i.e. pots and pans) or to use water...but I haven't tried those yet. It's just so tempting to jump in and try to separate them when you're in panic mode!
Submitted by Julia Lane | September 28 2009 | Permalink
Thanks for such a thought-provoking post. As a dog trainer, I've seen plenty of "dogs in a blender" moments that (fortunately) were all bark and no bite. The challenge is educating people so they recognize the difference between a little spat versus a true fight. Some of my clients get nervous just seeing two dogs play roughly, i.e. flashing teeth, play growling. I invite them over to watch my five dogs play and learn about canine body language.
On a more serious note, my pit bull mix and my mom were injured by a silent, stealthy Great Pyrenees. They were walking in my semi-rural neighborhood when the Great Pyrenees escaped from her harness in the back of a pick-up truck, silently chased them down and grabbed the back of my dog's head. The Great Pyrenees then froze while still holding onto my dog. My mom had attempted to defend my dog and was bitten in the process by the Great Pyrenees.
It took three people and a large stick shoved into the 140-pound Great Pyrenees' mouth to get her to let go of my 65-pound dog. Thankfully, my mom and dog both recovered fully from the incident. The owner of the Great Pyrenees opted to euthanize her because she had been "acting strangely," almost "senile" for the past few months. Very sad.
Submitted by Anonymous | October 9 2009 | Permalink
I have an Australian Shepherd / Australian Cattle Dog mix, about 2 years hold, spayed female. She has nipped a couple of other dogs, without showing warning signs or any growls, etc. before biting. The first dog she nipped when he charged toward me. I'm not sure if this was a defensive action, but it seemed to be. She gave a sudden short snarl, lunge, snap, and then she ran off and seemed to lose interest - at least she didn't seem to be looking to start a fight. The other dog yipped - and then we found a 3 inch slash in his side, which needed emergency stitches.
She did another nip to a dog that passed her in the park - she showed no warning signs but when that dog jogged past her, she ran after for a sharp nip in the flank again. Fortunately this time didn't break skin. This almost seemed to be more of a chase drive, perhaps combined with her heeler backgroud for the biting?
Needless to say, she remains leashed at all times around other dogs now. We have two other dogs, and she's been fine with them. I won't risk her biting another dog. The strange thing is that I still don't feel like she's "aggressive"....more reactive, and with a strong drive, instead. What would you call this?
Submitted by Karen London | October 12 2009 | Permalink
It's hard to say exactly what's going on without seeing it myself, even with your detailed description. It does seem as though your dog did give a little warning in the form of a snarl in the first incident. The fact that she retreated after each bite suggests that she was not interested in inflicting massive damage, which is good. I do consider dogs who bite other dogs enough to cause injury to be aggressive, but you are absolutely right that her reactivity and strong drive appear to be factors. Overall, in answer to what I would call this, my overriding feeling is that I call this a situation in which a very responsible human is making sure that no further injury occurs by using a leash to prevent trouble. Kudos to you!
Submitted by Debbie Casteel | June 1 2010 | Permalink
I have often read with little interest the articles on dog parks,,our community has several and all seem to be well kept and the people and dogs controlled. All that changed for me two days ago. My husband and I decided to take our dogs, a rottie and a scottie to one of the newer dog parks. We have all been there before and had no problems, Our dogs entered and there was the usual sniffing and greeting that goes on and before I could hook our leash on the fence I turned to a see a blue nosed pit bull with my scotties' neck in his mouth and out of nowhere his companion pit bull grabs my boys back end and bites. There was no warning,no growling, nothing, It is a miracle that my husband was able to choke the one that had him by the neck enough that he released him and the other one ran off also. It was the most horrific thing to witness, but I do not blame the dogs. The owner and his young child were unfazed by this and just took their dogs and started to leave. When the police and animal control arrived, they were extremelly empathetic but told me that you enter at your own risk, and that unless we were bit or needed vet bills paid there was nothing that could be done. This was the 2nd time these dogs had been called on for aggressive behavior. You may have your dogs under control, but not everyone does, or even cares if their dogs bite. So my longwinded point is,,be very careful, because you can loose your beloved dog in an instant without any warniing, and no amount of financial compensation can make it right.
Submitted by BWS | July 3 2012 | Permalink
I am retired law enforcement, and made enemies of some less than gentle people. I got a mixed breed puppie, parentage including Doberman, Great Dane, Standard Poodle, G. Shepherd, and Staffordshire Terrier. He was rasied with my children, fed by my wife and trained by me. He was taught respect for the family, and to accept strangers that were introduced to him, and he would not show aggresson toward them although they were watched closely. He was very attuned to my wifes feelings, and if she was fearful or angry all bets were off. My wife came first, then the children, and then me on the protection scale. He was, without being trained completely silent when he did attack. Case in point, I came home one night at 2:30 A M in a strange car, walked to the front door inserted the key and opened the door. The only sound I heard was his toe nails digging in the carpet and called his name. 128 pounds of serious dog hit me and knocked me back against the door casing. His teeth bruised both sides of my jaw and throat, but he did not bite. He did however make a true believer of me. He was able to jump an 8 foot wall, but never jumped over our 5 foot fence, even when he went after a peeping tom that turned out to be a neighbor. The guy got over the fence and with only 87 stitches in bites. In the state we lived in at the time any dog bite caused the dog to be confined for 14 days, and since he would not eat or drink away from the family we worked out a deal. The peeper would not tell which dog bit him, and I wouldn't kill the SOB for peeping at my wife. I did promise to turn the dog out when he was on the street if I ever saw him around our property again. He moved within the month. That was one great dog.
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Once someone gave my mother a huge tin of tamales (yum!) for Christmas. She wanted to use the tin again, but could not scrub the tamale scent out.
I put about 1/2 inch of lemon juice concentrate in the bottom and filled it up with water. We let it sit overnight, and in the morning washed it again. Presto, the smell was gone!
I've had good luck running jars through the dishwasher to get the labels to unstick. Though you have to fish out the jar when the cycle is finished (not let it sit overnight like I usually do with the dishes). I've found that the labels restick themselves back on if I don't pull them out when they're still hot from the dishwasher!
Lemon juice to remove the smell and olive oil to remove the label!
I go to the blow dryer first. Usually, heating the adhesive lets me pull the label off and then I can scrub the residue.
Smell: I've stuffed newspaper in pickle jars over night and that's always done the trick.
For extra stubborn labels, or any sticky substances a little lighter fluid on an old rag takes it right off.
Whitening toothpaste gets rid off the sticky glue residue, as well as the smell.
Other ideas for the smell: clean with vinegar, and leave a bit of vinegar in it overnight.
I prefer to scrape stubborn glue-gunk off with a razor blade. No chemicals to deal with, and it's really fast.
Just some plain vegetable oil will take off any label if you rub it on and let it sit long enough (like overnight) it peels right off. No elbow grease or special things required.
I also soak with water and vinegar or baking soda but my favorite is stuffing containers with newspaper. It absorbs all smells and the newspaper goes right back into the recycling bin.
Scoring the label with a sharp knife before soaking it overnight really helps.
I just pour boiling water into a jar & let it sit about 10-15 seconds & then grab it with a towel. The hot water makes the adhesive sticky again & the label slides right off.
try coffee grounds it removes odours even from plastic containers. even odour from Folgers containers!!!!
I love reusing my Classico pasta sauce jars because the labels come off very easily: just run the jar under warm/hot water in the sink and start peeling. Then I soak the jars and lids in a big bowl of hot water (not boiling water, but hot water from the sink which, at my place, is scalding hot). After about an hour of soaking, I lightly scrub off the sticky reside and the smell from the jar is gone.
I have yet to figure out how to deodorize the lids, but I decided to store coffee beans in two of my jars and now both jars smell like delicious coffee beans instead of pasta sauce. I keep reusing these jars for coffee bean storage. :)
Excellent article!
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AUSTIN, Texas -- Better Business Bureau advises consumers to do their research before making expensive gun and shooting purchases online. One Coastal Bend area company earned an F rating from BBB and left a string of frustrated customers who paid in full for their products but never received them.
Mike's Gun Sales & Service is an Aransas Pass, Texas, company offering rifles, suppressors and shooting accessories for sale to consumers nationwide on its website,
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Consumers allege they paid an average of $1,500 to this company in advance, some as much $3,900. Unfortunately, some consumers have contacted BBB after their gun or gun related products were not delivered in the expected timeframe, if at all.
Corpus Christi resident Richard Epstein told BBB it's been a year since he paid Mike's Gun Sales & Service $1,300 and he still has nothing to show for it. Initially the company tried to blame the lag on paperwork required by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for approval of the application.
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However, he told BBB that when he contacted government officials to confirm, they estimated the process should take only three months. Additionally, Epstein was told he could verify whether the paperwork had even been filed if he got a serial number. In his last phone call with the company, he asked for that serial number, but never received it.
Nearly 11 months after paying his money, Epstein filed a complaint with BBB. Unfortunately, Mike's Gun Sales & Service did not respond, and he still has received "no refund and no product," he said.
He's not alone. BBB has received five complaints in the last 12 months from consumers who allege this company failed to deliver products when promised, the company has not responded to any of those complaints.
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RT @GeorgeTakei: The only thing that could make the Oscars gayer, @SethMacFarlane, is if I hosted them
The sad state of the industry. Vfx protesters at the oscars.
RT @Slate: Everyone should watch the Oscar winner for best animated short, it really is beautifully done--VIDEO: #Oscars2013
We want more for less. The visual effects community sees red in the wake of Oscar protest and on-air snub
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