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Firefighter William "Bill" Warneke, 25, who resided in Avra Valley, was one of the 19 wildland firefighters who passed while fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire on Sunday.
A representative with the North Tucson Firefighters Association says Warneke was a first-year member of the elite Granite Mountain Hot Shot crew, based out of Prescott.
He earned an Associate of Applied Science degree in Fire Science in 2012 from Pima Community College. He also served in the Marines for four years.
His body and those of the others have been taken to the Maricopa Medical Examiners Office in Phoenix.
Fellow firefighters gathered in tribute outside the office as the procession of vans arrived.
Warneke is survived by his wife, Roxanne, who is pregnant with the couple's first child.
Roxanne and family are being assisted by local fire fighters and chief officers of the Prescott Fire Department and the Incident Management Team.
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Information Collection and Use
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Epsilon International collects and stores the information you provide to us through our Sites. For instance, you provide information to us through registration and other forms we may ask you to complete. This may include such personal information as your name, the company you work for, business title, postal address, email address, telephone number, marketing preferences, and other information. Epsilon International collects only the information necessary to process a request you make to Epsilon International.
In addition, Epsilon International automatically collects certain information from your computer, such as your web browser, IP address and pages visited on our Sites.
Epsilon International Information Use Practices
Epsilon International will not use your information except as described in this Policy in effect at the time of collection. As this Policy is revised, we note the new effective date above. If Epsilon International identifies new material purposes for the information already collected from you, we will seek your express consent prior to using the information for any new purpose.
Epsilon International uses the information we collect to fulfill requests you have made to Epsilon International. We may also use your information to make our Sites easier for you to use and to inform you of service and product updates, new products and other related information from Epsilon International.
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WHS RemoteApp 2011
I would like to introduce everyone to a completely new Windows Server Solutions (WSS) add-in that was released today called "WHS RemoteApp 2011" (for use with Windows Home Server 2011, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, or Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials), "WSE RemoteApp 2012" (for use with Windows Server 2012 Essentials), or "WSE RemoteApp 2012 R2" (for use with Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials). If you are at all familiar with any of my other WSS add-ins, then you will feel right at home with the new add-in. It works just like my other add-ins, except that your users are not limited to the use of a single server-installed application (or application suite). Instead, you can grant your users individual access to pretty much any application that is installed on your server. Here is a more thorough explanation of the new add-in:
WHS RemoteApp 2011 makes it possible for administrators to deliver remote applications (referred to as "RemoteApp programs" or simply "RemoteApps") to their users. Specifically, WHS RemoteApp 2011 enables a straightforward publishing process that allows applications installed directly on the server to be provided to users, allows RemoteApp programs to run side-by-side with local programs, and offers integration with a custom "launcher" application to make it simple for users to find and launch RemoteApp programs.
RemoteApp programs are programs that are accessed remotely through a special type of Remote Desktop Connection, and appear as if they are running on the end user's local computer. Instead of being presented to the user in the desktop of the server, as with a traditional Remote Desktop Connection, the RemoteApp programs are integrated with the client computer's desktop, running in their own resizable window, with their own entry in the taskbar. If the programs use notification area icons, the icons appear in the client computer's notification area. Any popup windows are redirected to the local desktop, and local drives and printers can be redirected to appear within the RemoteApp programs. Many users might not be aware that a RemoteApp program is any different than a local program.
WHS RemoteApp 2011 provides administrators the ability to group and personalize RemoteApp programs and make them available to individual end users via the WHS RemoteApp Launcher application. WHS RemoteApp 2011 improves the user's experience, opens new avenues for program deployment, and reduces the amount of administrative effort required to support these programs.
Users can run published RemoteApp programs in a variety of different ways:
• Locally from the server's Launchpad application that is installed on their computer.
• Remotely from almost anywhere using the server's built-in Remote Web Access website.
• Locally or remotely from Mac, iOS, Android, and Windows RT computers and devices (See: Connecting From Mac/iOS/Android/Windows RT)
To get you up to speed with the new add-in, I'll walk through the publishing of a simple application like Paint. However, any application that can be installed directly on the server, and is Remote Desktop compatible (i.e. that will run as designed from a Remote Desktop Connection) should work just fine though. Both 32-bit and 64-bit applications are supported.
After installing the add-in on both your server and on all of the computers on your network (see the ReadMe.txt file included with the download for complete step-by-step instructions on how to install the add-in), start the server's Dashboard application and click on the new "WHS RemoteApp" item in the navigation pane.
On the "Users" subtab, select (highlight) the user you want to be able to access WHS RemoteApp 2011 and click on the "Allow access to WHS RemoteApp" task in the Tasks pane. Repeat the process for each user you want to be able to access WHS RemoteApp 2011.
Now that your users have been allowed access to WHS RemoteApp 2011, you will need to publish one or more RemoteApp programs for the allowed users to use. Again, we'll stick with publishing just the simple Paint application in our example.
Click on the "RemoteApp Programs" subtab, and then click on the "Publish RemoteApp programs" task in the Tasks pane.
In the Publish RemoteApp Programs wizard that opens, select (check) the RemoteApp programs that should be published for use by the allowed users. If a particular program isn't listed, you can click on the "Add Another Program" button, and browse for the program that you would like to have added to the list of available RemoteApp programs.
Click Next, and either select, or type the name of the group in which you want the list of RemoteApp programs to appear. If you do not want the list of RemoteApp programs to appear in any group, leave the RemoteApp program group field blank.
Confirm that the list of RemoteApp programs to be published is correct, and click Publish.
Back on the "RemoteApp Programs" subtab, you can see that the RemoteApp program (Paint) was successfully published, and added to the list of published RemoteApp programs (under its chosen "Accessories" group).
Once the RemoteApp program has been published, you can view and/or edit the RemoteApp program's properties by selecting (highlighting) the published RemoteApp program in the list of published RemoteApp programs, and clicking on the "View the RemoteApp program properties" task in the Tasks pane.
On the first panel of the RemoteApp Properties wizard that opens, you can edit the general properties of the RemoteApp program (such as changing its name, adding command-line parameters, changing its group assignment, etc.).
In the next panel of the RemoteApp Properties wizard, the RemoteApp program can be limited so that only selected users can see it when using WHS RemoteApp.
Lastly, you can associate the RemoteApp program with a file type. Doing so takes over the file type association on the user's computer, allowing them to easily open local files of the specified type with the program that is installed on the server.
After you have finished publishing, grouping, and personalizing your RemoteApp programs, your users can access them from the server's Launchpad application that is installed on their computers.
From the Launchpad application, click on: "Add-ins" -> "WHS RemoteApp" -> "WHS RemoteApp"
Enter the user's server account logon name and password, and click on the sign-in button.
The WHS RemoteApp Launcher application will start, making it simple for the user to find and launch published RemoteApp programs.
Since many users might not be aware that a RemoteApp program is any different than a local program, the WHS RemoteApp Launcher adds itself as a notification area icon so that your users can identify when a RemoteApp session is active. Double-clicking on the notification area icon will activate the WHS RemoteApp Launcher window, while right-clicking on the notification area icon will display the following popup menu (where users can change various settings, disconnect, or log off the active RemoteApp session, etc.):
When your users are away from the local network, they can continue to access WHS RemoteApp remotely from almost anywhere using the WHS Remote Web Access gadget on the server's built-in Remote Web Access website.
There's a fully functional 21 day evaluation period available, so go and try it out for yourself. I hope that everyone enjoys the new add-in as much as I do. And as always, please do let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.
More Information, Screenshots, and Download (WHS RemoteApp 2011)
More Information, Screenshots, and Download (WSE RemoteApp 2012)
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Oil coming out of the ground in the Fort Berthold Reservation accounts for 2% of the production in all of the U.S.
And that number is expected to grow...
About 1400 oil and gas employees and leaders from the Three Affiliated Tribes are at a Tero seminar in Bismarck learning what the development means for them.
"In 2007 the first well was drilled near Parshall. It meant game on. We were sitting on this bakken reserve," says Chairman Tex Hall.
Today 20% of the state's oil comes from within the reservation.
850 wells are producing 175,000 barrels of oil a day.
Chairman Tex Hall says he expect 3,000 wells to be producing 300,000 barrels in the next six years.
The increasing predictions have the tribe looking to expand the refinery they just broke ground on this month.
" We will need a bigger refinery, so look at getting bigger refinery. Doesn't make sense to ship it down the road. There will be less of a footprint to refine it here. We already have a 20,000 barrel facility, it just has to be bigger," says Hall.
The refinery is the first ever tribal refinery to be built in America.
The facility near Makoti is set to be producing fuel in 2015.
In addition, construction has started on a trans loading facility to ship oil on the reservation by train.
Those are only a couple of the investments being made due to the oil activity.
Hall says, "the tribal council passed 2014 budget. New apartment complex in Newtown and one at Four Bears. In addition putting $10 million into tribal housing department. Several million dollars will be added and it will be that way for the next 3-4 years."
But the Three affiliated tribes are also saving and sharing the oil revenues...
Hall says, "we put together a $200 million trust fund and we have a tribal trust fund that's at 50 million now, that will be for tribal projects like to build a hotel and apartments. And we will keep adding to it."
Hall says of the 13,250 tribal members only 4500 landowners directly benefit from the oil activity on the Fort Berthold Reservation.
Hall says his main concern is the time it takes for oil companies to get permits to drill on tribal land.
He says the shutdown was detrimental to activity and many rigs threatened to move into Montana.
Senators Heitkamp and Hoeven have been working with the BLM and BIA to improve the permitting process.
Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions. More>>


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Kathryn Bigelow is an artist of singular talent. As a film director/producer, she has crafted a singular body of work that challenges genre norms and offers viscerally stunning portraits of characters and conflicts resonant to contemporary culture.
Two time Oscar winner Bigelow most recently directed and produced the critically acclaimed, multi-Oscar-nominated Zero Dark Thirty, starring Jessica Chastain and written by Mark Boal, which chronicles the decade-long manhunt for Osama bin Laden. More than 200 top ten lists honored the film, which went on to receive five Oscar nominations, including for Picture, Actress and Screenplay.
For Zero Dark Thirty, Bigelow won Best Director honors from both the New York Film Critics Circle (the second time only in that group's history a director has won for back to back films) and the National Board of Review. Additionally she was nominated for the second time by the Directors Guild of America. The film received four Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress (Drama), which Chastain won; a Best Picture nomination from the Producers Guild of America; and a Best Original Screenplay win from the Writers Guild of America for Boal.
In 2009, her direction and producing of The Hurt Locker earned her two Oscars, for Best Picture and Director. Chronicling an unseen side of the Iraq war while revealing the soul-numbing rigors of the modern battlefield, the film was hailed by Time's Richard Corliss as "a near perfect movie," and deemed "a classic of fear, tension and bravery which will still be studied twenty years from now," by the New Yorker's David Denby.
The Hurt Locker was written by Boal, produced by Bigelow and Boal, and was honored by critics on over 250 top ten lists. It garnered numerous additional accolades and awards, including Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture and Best Director, a Best Picture win from the Producer's Guild of America, and a Best Director win for Bigelow from the DGA. The film was nominated for 9 Academy Awards and won 6, including Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Screenplay.
Bigelow's second feature, which she directed and co-wrote, was the stirring, instant cult classic Near Dark. The film was critically lauded as a "poetic horror film." Bigelow subsequently directed the hit action thriller Point Break, which starred Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze. Executive produced by James Cameron, Point Break explored the perilous extremes of a psychological struggle between two young men, and the film endures as an oft-imitated classic action/thriller classic.
With the release of Strange Days, starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, and co-written by James Cameron, critics began to assess Bigelow's filmmaking in a new light, with Roger Ebert calling it a "technical tour de force," and the NY Times' Janet Maslin describing it as "a troubling but undeniably breathless joyride." In the film, Bigelow explored the unsettling prospects of computer-generated virtual reality and the impending new millennium.
Bigelow then directed The Weight of Water, based on the bestselling Anita Shreve novel, and starring Sean Penn, Sarah Polley, Catherine McCormack and Elizabeth Hurley. Variety described the film as being "Bigelow's richest, most ambitious and personal work to date; imbued with suspense, benefiting from Bigelow's penchant for creating a visual sense of menace and an atmosphere of fear."
Bigelow quickly followed with the big screen action epic K-19: The Widowmaker, starring Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson and Peter Saarsgard. Telling the true story of a heroic Soviet naval crew who risked their lives to prevent a near nuclear disaster aboard their submarine, the film proved to be one of the more critically well-received films of the summer of 2002.
Originally trained as a painter, Bigelow graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute and was invited to study at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. She then entered the graduate film program at Columbia University, where she studied theory and criticism and earned her master's degree. Her professors included Sylvère Lotringer and Susan Sontag, and she worked with the Art & Language Collective and noted conceptualist Lawrence Weiner. She has also taught at the California Institute of the Arts.
For almost five months in 2011, MoMA honored Bigelow's work in both film and the visual arts with a showcase and exhibition entitled "Crafting Genre: Kathryn Bigelow."
Bigelow supports many environmental and animal welfare charities, in addition to the EOD Memorial Foundation, Wounded Warrior Foundation & Naval Special Warfare Family Foundation.


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34 CFR 200.57 - Plans to increase teacher quality.
(1) A State that receives funds under subpart A of this part must develop, as part of its State plan under section 1111 of the ESEA, a plan to ensure that all public elementary and secondary school teachers in the State who teach core academic subjects are highly qualified not later than the end of the 2005-2006 school year.
(i) Establish annual measurable objectives for each LEA and school that include, at a minimum, an annual increase in the percentage of—
(B) Teachers who are receiving high-quality professional development to enable them to become highly qualified and effective classroom teachers;
(iii) Until the SEA fully complies with paragraph (a)(1) of this section, describe the specific steps the SEA will take to—
(A) Ensure that Title I schools provide instruction by highly qualified teachers, including steps that the SEA will take to ensure that minority children and children from low-income families are not taught at higher rates than other children by inexperienced, unqualified, or out-of-field teachers; and
(3) The State's plan may include other measures that the State determines are appropriate to increase teacher qualifications.
(b) Local plan. An LEA that receives funds under subpart A of this part must develop, as part of its local plan under section 1112 of the ESEA, a plan to ensure that—
(1) All public elementary and secondary school teachers in the LEA who teach core academic subjects, including teachers employed by the LEA to provide services to eligible private school students under § 200.62, are highly qualified not later than the end of the 2005-2006 school year; and
(2) Through incentives for voluntary transfers, professional development, recruitment programs, or other effective strategies, minority students and students from low-income families are not taught at higher rates than other students by unqualified, out-of-field, or inexperienced teachers.(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1810-0581)
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(8)(C), 6312(c)(1)(I), (L); 6319(a)(2)-(3); 7801(34))
[67 FR 71729, Dec. 2, 2002]
Title 34 published on 2013-07-01
no entries appear in the Federal Register after this date.
Title 34 published on 2013-07-01
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 34 CFR 200 after this date.


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Make sure you get your tickets early!
The Seycove Family of Schools Auction, Dinner and Dance is the premier annual fundraiser for the four Public Schools in the Mount Seymour Community. Full details here »
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Bachelor of Science in Nursing
The accelerated RN–BSN Program builds upon the Associate of Science in Nursing degree by further expanding knowledge from the liberal arts, sciences, religious studies, and professional practice of nursing. The program integrates the Christian values and moral principles that promote the dignity, freedom, and flourishing of every person. The competent and confident graduates will become leaders and managers who collaborate with clinical partners to care for patients from diverse demographic and cultural backgrounds. These RN–BSN graduates will reshape nursing practice and health policy through research and advocacy to promote safe and quality access to patient care.
Program of Study
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program consists of an academically challenging nursing curriculum integrated with a liberal arts core.
Approval and Accreditation
The RN–BSN program is approved by the Tennessee Board of Nursing.
Tennessee Board of Nursing
Division of Health Related Boards
665 Mainstream Drive
Nashville, TN 37243
(800) 778-4123
The RN–BSN program is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Nursing Education (ACEN).
3343 Peachtree Road NE, Ste. 500
Atlanta, GA 30326
Phone: (404) 975-5000
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As thousands of representatives convene in Phnom Penh today for a donor conference, Cambodia is mulling a draft NGO law that forces associations and non−governmental organizations to undergo an onerous registration process.
While the government says the bill aims to stem crime and promote transparency within these institutions, it doesn't take a lawyer of Atticus Finch's acumen to grasp this as another veiled attempt by Prime Minister Hun Sen to curb dissent and destroy the fabric of civil society in the country.
Over the course of ten years up till the financial crisis, Cambodia appeared to have pulled itself out of the abyss of war and genocide, building a $10 billion economy expanding at an annual average of nearly ten percent per year. But this hollow economic growth has lined the pockets of Prime Minister Hun Sen and his cronies rather than trickle down to the country's citizens. According to Joel Brinkley, a Pulitzer Prize−winning veteran New York Times reporter and author of a fresh book on Cambodia, 80 percent of Cambodians still live without access to basic electricity, water or sanitation, while nearly half of the country's children grow up stunted due to lack of nutrition. Phnom Penh ranks a dismal 154th in Transparency International's 178−nation Corruption Perception Index, and the global economic recession exposed its deep and unhealthy dependence on garment exports.
Economic growth has also coexisted with increasing political repression. Over the past few years, the country's strongman Hun Sen has used the courts against prominent opposition figures, outlawed demonstrations, and restricted free speech and organized labor, turning Cambodia into a de−facto one−party state. He has also whipped up anti−Thai sentiments in Cambodia to shore up his domestic popularity, according to Kevin Doyle, editor−in−chief of the Cambodia Daily who spoke at the Fletcher School last week. Hun Sen, a former Khmer Rouge and currently South East Asia's longest serving leader, already enjoys an iron grip on power, with his Cambodian People's Party (CPP) winning 90 of 123 lower house parliamentary seats in the last election. Like most observers, Mr. Doyle sees Hun Sen's political dominance continuing over the next few years.
The NGO law is clearly the latest manifestation of Hun Sen's authoritarian streak. There is a high risk of it being misused to silence dissent, particularly since Phnom Penh can reject new registrations or shutter existing groups without explanation or appeal. Fresh amendments introduced by the government since the draft law was first introduced in December 2010 only make this outcome even more likely. As a result, sixty−two international organizations working in Cambodia, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have called on the government to withdraw the law and for donors to protest it.
Few good options exist, however, for the international community. Cambodian officials have grown accustomed to the pattern of absorbing criticism at pledge conferences, promising to reform and then using the over $1 billion in aid for themselves rather than their people, says Mr. Brinkley. Human rights groups, on the other hand, heckle donors to withhold their greens every year to no avail. Besides, many donors now write off aid as a form of leverage because China is ever−willing to step in for the West — no strings attached. Last year, just weeks after the United States froze military assistance to Cambodia, China pledged millions of dollars in new aid to the Cambodian military.
But setbacks should not lead to cynicism. Cambodia's garment industry is sufficiently reliant on Western markets. In particular, the United States, Cambodia's largest trading partner, can help Phnom Penh integrate into the international order as it diversifies its economy after the crisis. This is leverage that can be exercised to ensure that the NGO law and Hun Sen's future repressive actions do not occur without protest. Cambodia ought to be governed by those that uphold the rule of law, rather than those who misuse the law to rule.


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I know I'm going to sound like that guy that spits in the Twisted Sister video "We're Not going to Take It" but I'm really feeling like MTV has just gone too far. I tuned in for about an hour of the MTV Movie Awards last weekend and couldn't get over the ridiculous amount of cursing and very graphic sexual references.
I know Madonna was pushing the envelope in the 1980s squirming around on the floor in her underwear but this year's movie awards came off as adult programming, not a show for 16-year-olds wanting to see Bella and Edward from "Twilight" kiss. (I couldn't get the stupid videos to load properly so you'll have to click the links to see Christina Aguilera's performance where her back up dancers fondle her and her vaginal region lights up in a heart shape at the end. Also watch one of the stars of "Twilight" curse a blue streak accepting his award."
I was thrilled when Entertainment Weekly's coverage of the MTV Movie Awards agreed with me that there was a ridiculous amount of cursing and way too much graphic sex references.
EW broke it down by the numbers:
50 times a curse word was bleeped
12 times MTV missed the bleep
16 number of pelvic thrusts
12 number of simulated sex acts
Another example that I think is just simply over the line is a new show called "The Hard Times of RJ Berger." It is basically a show all about a teenager with a giant – well you know. It's unbelievably sexual and very adult. Essentially a younger version of HBO's "Hung." And even though when I saw it the show was on at midnight it just seems way too raunchy for a teenager. (Maybe OK for college students.)
I just walked upstairs to get the EW to quote from and MTV happened to be on. The show was "True Life: I'm in the Adult Sex Industry" and the guy was explaining how he was a straight guy doing gay porn because he made more money that way. That seems appropriate for a 16-year-old.
So have I completely crossed over to Old Ladiesville or has MTV crossed a line with content that is just not appropriate for teenagers anymore? Are they aiming more for college students? But you know high school (and younger) are watching it!
June 15th, 2010
7:15 am
wow….i dont know why anyone would ever have MTV on lol…that is the worst channel…i used to watch it all the time…LONG ago…the only shows on there i liked were boiling point and i think that isnt on anymore.,..well..i have had my tv disconnected as my daughter and i never watch it…after my son moved out one day i realized the tv hadnt been on for over a month and freaked that i was paying so much for truly nothing…so we dont even have tv…we watch videos…as for language….that is everywhere…i cant tell you how many times in my job i hear profanity-either from an irate customer or just people talking together…people have no respect anymore….and people do not demand respect so its just going to get worse.
June 15th, 2010
7:31 am
Wow GRITS, I know I've thought about it but haven't tossed mine. I've always wondered how much more productive I would be, but that is a forever-chasing issue.
I was an MTV kid in the 80's. Can still name songs by visualizing the video in my head. It's as close as I'll get to a photographic memory. So I have a little reference.
I personally think MTV is only relevant to those kids who are already on that slope. As an adult, yes it's obvious what the people on there are doing. But it's no different than any other group of people who constantly want attention at all costs.
June 15th, 2010
7:46 am
well i answered jeff and it is lost in cyber land somewhere…..:(
June 15th, 2010
8:16 am
And to think when I was 16, everyone was all worked up over Beevis and Butthead. Seriously, though, if Theresa didn't blog about their shows now and then, I wouldn't remember that MTV is still on the air.
June 15th, 2010
8:27 am
Pssst, Theresa…. let me let you in on a little secret. 15 year old boys with a computer download all the porn they could ever desire – the girls will view it as well (Remember high school, Theresa, someone showed you a porno before you turned 18!). Television is not the problem – it would blow your mind what type of adult stuff Little Johnny is downloading on his old man's work computer.
June 15th, 2010
8:56 am
It's not just MTV, it's everywhere you look. There is no respect anymore, that is correct. Everything is sexual, EVERYTHING….
Just look at the video of the 11 year olds bumping & grinding, shaking and grooving……
I have not watched MTV in YEARS, since they stopped showing videos. I'm on the verge of disconnecting my cable too, except for one or two shows, and I normally record stuff on the DVR. There are too many freaking commercials……and I'm tired of paying for them.
I had my cable cut a few years back, and my daughter and I found so many other things to do to occupy our evenings…..
June 15th, 2010
8:56 am
Or in some cases what the old man is downloading on his work computer.
June 15th, 2010
9:00 am
MTV is pretty much trash. I don't even understand how they can still call it MTV (which stands for Music Television). Do they even still play videos anymore? Why don't they just call it Reality Show Television?
June 15th, 2010
9:00 am
Theresa, I must be in the same category as you! I cannot stand to be around that type of behavior. Thankfully, I just turn it off or switch channels. I'm very particular about what my little guy watches AND what is on when he's around.
GRITS, you are right, most people just accept the foul language as a part of life. I feel that I deserve more respect than that!
Photius, you are right as well. Kids today have WAY more access to inappropriate things than we did. I think if the parents were more "attentive" and actually looked in on what their kids were up to, the problem might not be as widespread.
A problem that I have is that our culture is just allowing these to happen and are accepting is as normal or ok! Why? Just because it is show biz, entertainment, etc., doesn't make it right. If we continue on this track, we are destined to be another Sodom & Gomorrah (sp?).
June 15th, 2010
9:11 am
I agree that there doesn't seem to be much of a "line" to cross any more. I LOVED MTV when it debuted and throughout my teen years and college. That was when it was really music television! The raunch factor that got us so whetted up came primarily from the music videos, and I even remember some of them being edited or not airing until really late hours. My basic problem with all of this stems from who is supposed to be their core demographic. If it was a station like Bravo or AMC or something, I probably wouldn't have a problem with any of it, but when your entire brand is "teenagers" and you market to teenagers and very young adults, then I think there is some responsibility there. The shows about the guy's giant d*** and documentaries about porn workers don't belong on there. If MTV has taken a turn and decided it's going to be all about the 21-30 demographic, they've done a very poor job in marketing. It's all about teenagers, and their programming specialists want to keep them hooked, so they show this crap. I seriously would NOT allow my kids to watch it if they were under 16. From 16 on -hmmmm -I don't want them getting a constant stream of filth, but I'm not going to freak out over the MTV awards -although they should strive to clean it up a bit. We all know that half the kids watching that were way under 16! This is another reason kids do NOT need tv in their bedrooms! That was one of my biggest peeves when I was a teacher -my students staying up until 3 and 4 AM watching "Real Sex" -or even MTV -and getting no sleep while watching highly inappropriate shows for their age range. Keep tv out of your kid's room so you have control! You know that you cannot rely on the networks or cable channels to care or be responsible. It would be nice if they were and maybe some high level backlash like EW's will help, but ultimately you have to control the tv. On the other end, they just want to make money.
June 15th, 2010
9:36 am
Like others have said, I havne't watched MTV in years..They haven't had videos for long now that most teenagers today don't (probably) even know that that's what they're suppose to be seeing on MTV..I do want my two to be exposed to "everyday" things for some stuff, but I don't think that cursing and sex should be everyday stuff..
June 15th, 2010
9:55 am
Here's how I deal with MTV (and other channels that I find inappropriate). They're blocked on my TV. Sure, my kids are 8 & 7, so MTV isn't exactly their demographic, but I figure they'll be so used to channels not showing up, that it'll just be normal. But I've already had to tell them that there are shows that they can't watch because of the content. More parents just need to say "No" to their kids.
June 15th, 2010
9:55 am
Like other posters, I remember when MTV debuted in the early '80s and actually played music videos! We all knew the VJs' names, and it became a cultural touchstone for us. Obviously things have changed. Our parents may not have appreciated us watching MTV, but compared to the stuff kids see today it was harmless. My 7-year-old doesn't even know what MTV is, and I hope to keep it that way. Kids grow up too fast as it is.
June 15th, 2010
10:22 am
Here is what is surprising to me:
(A) a 40 year old tunes into the MTV music awards
(B) it takes an hour to realize that it offensive
On the other hand I kind of get it, when I got Cinemax, it took me years to realize that Cinemax After Dark was actually a deliberate effort by a company to show soft core porn and sexually provocative programming for the sole purpose of increasing ratings! SHOCKING! Don't worry though, I monitor that programming on a regular basis and I'll check back in with you guys if I ever find it to have crossed the line of good taste. I take my watch dog duties very seriously.
June 15th, 2010
10:33 am
Tiger, you're a hoot! You do know the nickname for Cinemax right? SKINemax (after dark)!
June 15th, 2010
10:40 am
I never really watched MTV in it's heyday, and my kids weren't allowed to watch it when they were growing up, so it's a non-issue. My daughter and I watched a few shows of "Parental Control", but we were both turned off by the utter rudeness of the bum boyfriends/girlfriends, especially when it came to their behavior towards the parents. As my daughter said, in shock, "I can't IMAGINE saying that to someone's parents!!!!!"
I did catch some of the awards show the other night, but got bored with it and turned it off. I just don't find blatant fake sexuality all that interesting, titillating or even provocative. It just seems tired and cheap to me. Eh. I don't understand reality programming (real life's not interesting enough?) and my memories of a music video include Steve Martin in "King Tut". :-) So obviously, I'm not their demographic. No matter how many bows you put on it, trash is still trash.
June 15th, 2010
10:51 am
The writer states, "I tuned in."
See where I'm going with that, Theresa? YOU tuned in. YOU can tune out.
Welcome to Geezerville. Population plenty!
June 15th, 2010
10:56 am
We also have MTV blocked on our TV. I'm not really shocked that the awards show was that raunchy. I thought everything on MTV was aimed at being as raunchy as possible. It's almost become a contest to see how much further they can push the line each year. I don't plan on unblocking MTV when my kids get older because it will probably be completely pornographic by then. (TWG – I hope your young kids weren't home watching MTV upstairs while you were downstairs typing in your blog.)
I also remember when MTV was actually videos. That was back in the golden days of cable when we all thought there was going to be a channel for everything. Now we've discovered that there are lots of different channel names but, in general, they are all devolving into the same 'reality TV'. MTV & VH1 are not about videos or even music anymore. HGTV has moved from decorating and upgrading your home to show about following a couple around as they search for the right house or shows about finding their next 'design star'. Ditto on Food Network – not many recipes mostly competitions. A&E – is 'Dog the bounty hunter' really arts and entertainment? Is 'Pawn Stars' really History? AMC – American 'Movie' Classics – 'Breaking Bad' is not a move or a classic.
I'm not saying that I don't like some of the shows these channels have, just that, when cable originally started there was a thought that each channel would have a specific demographic and would program accordingly. It hasn't turned out that way probably because the payment model changed somewhat. Instead each channel now competes for every demographic which means we end up with fairly homogeneous looking channels with names that don't have much connection to the types of shows they air.
June 15th, 2010
11:08 am
Personally, I find "the real housewives of…" to be pretty pornographic…not in the sexual sense, but more so in the intellectual sense.
And since the real topic is that MTV is a public nuisance, not really a nuisance to the programming being a threat to HER children, because they didn't watch it, she did….I have to wonder if Walsh is into Bakugan Brawlers, Ben 10, or the new gem Generator Rex like my son is. I haven't had a problem with BB or B10, but I drew the line at Generator Rex. I guess I took the same offense with violence that Theresa did with sex and sexual innuendo. But if MTV is offensive and Walsh sits arounds watching Generator Rex, then I see a hypocrisy.
But that's what our society is about now isn't, violence is ok whether it be Luke getting his hand cut off in Star Wars along with the countless good guys and bad guys getting shot and killed while Darth Vader chokes people to death, but we have to draw the line at Han and Leia getting a little freaky in a utility closet of the Millenium Falcon.
Jack Nicholson said it best ……."cut a d*@k off and you get an R-rating, put one in a mouth and you get an X". Good ole Jack.
June 15th, 2010
11:13 am
How come you are just now figuring this out. MTV has been trashy since my children were teenagers and I had to deal with it. That was more than 15 years ago.!
June 15th, 2010
11:16 am
My bad folks on the Nicholson quote…that's the quote I remember, this is what was actually said..
"If you suck on a t*t the movie gets an R rating. If you hack the t*t off with an axe it will be PG."
good ole jack!
June 15th, 2010
11:27 am
Comes down to parenting and how you raise your kids. Too many parents want to be BFF's with their kids and it's hard to tell who the kid is and who the parent is.
Bottom line: Kill your tv. I've read a few "momania" columns and you gals talk and write like teenagers. Grow up.
June 15th, 2010
11:33 am
Tiger, I don't like the BB, but like Ben 10. I haven't watched too much of Generator Rex…maybe I should watch it a little closer?! Hmmm…
Like many of you, I don't particularly care for violence just for the sake of violence (same with cursing, sex, etc.) When my son asks why he can't watch something, I try to give him an honest reason (along with the famous standby of because I said so!)
I never really cared for MTV when it was popular back in the day. I sure don't care for it now! I'm SO sick of reality TV too. We are just about ready to cut our cable down to basically the kid stations.
June 15th, 2010
11:36 am
MTV has always been a bit trashy, no? The only time I watch now is for Nitro Circus. I used to only watch it for Jackass, Bam, and Wild Boyz. They haven't played music for a while, but last time they did, it generally sucked unless it was some rock, which they've turned away from in favor of rap and RB and hip-hop for quite some time. The only good thing about them not doing vids anymore is they don't have the crappy black videos on anymore.
I understand the over-sexualization you witnessed, though I did not see that particular program. That is the state of our youth culture today: Hyper-sexuality. It was Hi-Sexuality shortly ago. The culture is changing very quickly and we are seeing the mores change quickly, too.
If you want to escape it, get rid of your cable television, severely restrict the internet, don't let your kids have camera phones, and only let your children associate with the same kinds of kids.
June 15th, 2010
11:51 am
Censorship is Un American! http://www.theroc.org Long live Ozzy!
June 15th, 2010
11:57 am
Here's a news flash for you… this is what MTV does. They are professional provocateurs. They shock, they poke, they just want to be talked about the next day. They were responsible for Janet Jackson's so-called 'wardrobe malfunction'. Their programming is one endless pandering scream for the lowest common denominator. As a parent, if it's on in your home, you're just enabling them.
Just sayin'.
June 15th, 2010
12:02 pm
I actually have less problem with violence as long as there are Clear good guys and bad guys. Sex, crudeness and cursing in today's shows and movies almost always occurs for no good reason.
I do have to agree a little with Tiger… I don't really understand a 40 year old even wanting to watch the MTV awards. The level of immaturity that the show is obviously going to display would turn me off even if I was *actually* interested in who won what MTV award. I can think of way too many things I'd rather do that watch the MTV awards. (I think cleaning my bathroom would even rank higher…)
At some point you have to give up the "I'm worried about people thinking I'm old" attitude. Once you pass 35, it really doesn't matter how *cool* you think you are; if the person is under the age of 25, they think you are old. If they are under 20, they probably think you are ancient and a fuddy-duddy irregardless of what shows you watch or don't watch.
Also, I'm hoping the last line of the article was sarcastic or mistyped. I would think a porn star documentary is *inappropriate* for a 16-yr-old.
June 15th, 2010
12:08 pm
Please go watch the movies Cabaret and Sweet Charity…both movies made nearly 40 years ago…have suggestive costumes, provacative dancing, story lines that push sexual boundaries…and those movies are considered classic because they clearly 'document' a specific time in the 20th century.
If you do not like it – change the channel.
June 15th, 2010
12:14 pm
Truthfully sexual references and bad language sells….I am in the entertainment business (personal bodyguard) here in Atlanta, Ga. I have worked for country singers, R & B singers, Rappers…Actors etc. The point is most of everything you hear on the radio or see on T.V. is strictly based on ratings and sells. The only way these shows or entertainers are allowed to continue is if consumers back it. I say this to say that many people are commenting how bad these things are but support it by watching….even the comments in here are based on someone actually "TUNING IN" as I so eloquently heard it stated…..by tuning in you are actually secretly as it may seem supporting.. Just my two cents worth
June 15th, 2010
12:19 pm
@Penguinmom….My problem with the hypocrisy between sex and violence is that everyone seems to sit back and get uptight about the depictions of each. Apparently, showing good guys shooting bad guys or beating them in nice clean tidy transactions is ok. To me, that IS the disturbing part. When someone gets shot, or stabbed, or beaten viciously, it's a messy scene and isn't over the second the weapon hits. I think that depiction really anesthestizes youth to the serious awful ramifications of weapons and violence and doesn't accurately depict acts of violence. Quite the opposite, it glorifies it as an act between good and evil.
However, just like this complaint today from TWG, the depiction of sex as anything other than an ultimate act of love and respect is deemed to be detrimental to society and sending a bad message to our youth. But the funny part is this, look around you and at the TV shows parents are watching (Desperate Housewives, soap operas, Grey's Anatomy), and the sex is pretty much being portrayed in a way this is accurate to how the adult population of the US is acting. Without concerns for love and respect.
So maybe that's the real problem. We watch MTV and we realize that behaviour is closer to reality that we are comfortable with, and we really want our entertainment to have nothing to do with reality.
Ask yourselves this, if somehow your 7-8 year old got ahold of the remote control someday without you around and had access to the full range of TV programming, would you rather you walked in on him or her watching the MTV music awards or the opening sequence to "Saving Private Ryan" where they invaded Normandy?
June 15th, 2010
12:25 pm
I had to laugh at this post because it rang so true for me. I used to watch MTV during my high school/college days, but haven't watched in a while. I decided to flip over to the MTV movie awards, mainly because they were premiering the Harry Potter trailer. Anyway, after about 15 minutes I muted the sound and waited for the trailer. As soon as they aired it, I tuned out.
I told my mom the next day "either I am getting old or MTV has just gone way over the top with its crudeness" I guess its a little bit of both, huh??
It is disturbing to think teens and tweens are watching this crap, but it is not all MTV's fault. Like so many have stated here, if parents don't want their kids exposed to this type of material, they need to monitor what comes into their household. It's not up to MTV to police your children. If you don't like it, do what I plan on doing…don't watch!
June 15th, 2010
12:30 pm
You are finally noticing the problem with MTV? This channel has been worthless since they decided to stop showing videos and start showing porn-reality. Sad that they now own CMT and will likely be doing the same.
June 15th, 2010
12:31 pm
stopped watching mtv when they stopped showing videos and TRL, and I am in my 30s with two daughters.
June 15th, 2010
12:32 pm
MTV has been degenerate from its inception, so where's the news? Why do you have it on at all? Are you trying to find ways to destroy your children?
Immorality and sleaze are not signs of progress, but are as old-fashioned as Sodom and Gomorrah. Progress involves moral progress. Be progressive.
June 15th, 2010
12:39 pm
Yes, yes, of course MTV has gone to far. Get rid of all this Rap nonsense and play some Slim Whitman and maybe ABBA.
June 15th, 2010
12:55 pm
You're foolish if you think MTV is anything more than porn for teenagers. Having one's explitives beeped is actually "cooler" than dropping F-bombs. You want to know how I solved the problem? I got rid of cable. No TV in our house. We watch an occassional DVD, otherwise my 10 year-old reads, writes, rides a bike or plays baseball with other kids. I was at a friend's home this weekend and her daughter was watching the endless loop of the Awards show, and I was amused when some foul-mouth loser started chanting "F**K BP!" Yeah, and F**K YOU for driving a "tricked out" Escalade, or Hummer, and trucking your stage accross the country in a wagon train of semis. MTV is to teenagers what the Disney Channel is to toddlers. The question you should ask is, have you gone too far in allowing your children to be exposed to such crap.
June 15th, 2010
1:00 pm
Most everything Hollywood-related is pure trash and definitely inappropriate for kids. But then again, the agenda Hollywood pushes is exactly what most Americans find offensive, but watch anyway…kinda like sneaking a peak at the accident while driving home.
June 15th, 2010
1:13 pm
It doesn't surprise me at all. MTV had been going downhill since they started introducing "original" programming back in the early to mid-90s, with Beavis and Butthead and other similar dreck. I was right at the target audience level when the show aired, and I hated it. I loved watching MTV when it was just music videos. Their game show "Remote Control" was pretty good, but otherwise any "original programming" was garbage. The only thing they've had recently that was even remotely entertaining was the TV show "Pimp My Ride". While the show had no real entertainment value, it was still interesting to watch those guy put all sorts of stuff in the vehicles you couldn't even *dream* of putting in a vehicle. I think the most amazing thing they'd done was put a pool table in the bed of one pickup truck, and have the bed of another pickup raise up at a 90º angle, with several monitors mounted behind a sheet a plexiglass.
I agree with what others have said. Sex, violence, and foul language is everywhere. Sexual innuendo has even made it into commercials that would be shown at times when the entire family is watching. Take a look at the Axe product commercials. Another one that sticks in my mind is the commercial for a razor blade where anything that comes into contact with the man's face instantly turns into a splash of water, including when a scantily-clad woman, in a highly suggestive pose on the bed, hits him with a pillow.
June 15th, 2010
1:15 pm
Interesting, a few weeks ago the topic was about John cheating and Kate…. Now it's about MTV and porn.
Momania needs to focus less on what's on her flat screen and be………..a mom.
June 15th, 2010
1:18 pm
It's not just MTV – TV has a whole is fairly trashy.
Where else but the good old USA can someone crash a Whitehouse State Dinner, and then get her own TV show…….unbelievable.
June 15th, 2010
1:25 pm
MTV is a joke. They have sold their soul to make money and it's pretty obvious. The only people that watch MTV are uninformed people who don't have a clue. I bet you that most of MTV's viewers are Obama supporters.
June 15th, 2010
1:32 pm
MTV isn't about music; it's about trash culture. Jersey Shore, the mostly-staged awards shows, 16 and Pregnant…MTV is fast food entertainment. Any decent parent should limit their teens' viewing of the channel, not because of language or sex, but because of the lack of intelligence behind it all. I'd rather have my kid watch Californication or The Tudors and at least get a dose of smart and deliberate adult programming.
June 15th, 2010
1:36 pm
If you limit your child's tv viewing, keep in mind they can watch it somewhere else. Forbidding something makes all that much more alluring. Trust me, if it's banned in your home, they will find it somewhere else.
June 15th, 2010
1:37 pm
MTV is blocked on my TV. I don't fill my child's stomach with dirt and filth and I won't let his mind be filled with it either. I am waiting for the day when we can choose which channels we get, instead of having to accept "packages". Many of these networks and stations will disappear.
June 15th, 2010
1:39 pm
WOW! Just watched that Christina performance. Kiss on my ? That is awesome! I would totally! However I wouldn't let my daughter watch that.
June 15th, 2010
1:45 pm
Welcome to the liberalization of America. Some call it progression, but there's nothing progressive about it. I locked MTV off my cable two years ago when my kids were 5 and 3 so if it ever comes up, we just dont get that channel. Filth and sluttiness sells while the government and ACLU stand by so no ones right to free speech is violated. Meanwhile our children are brainwashed to think its okay for a 2 year old to smoke and for 10 year olds to have sex in class. Again, I thank all the liberals out there.
June 15th, 2010
1:57 pm
I must be a card carrying member of oldladiesville because i have never approved of MTV and would never allow my kids to watch it, either. It has always seemed so crass to me.
June 15th, 2010
1:58 pm
MTV hasn't contained appropriate programming for teenagers or younger for years! Heck, as a Christian, most of their programming isn't appropriate for me, and I'm a 50-year old adult! Sadly, this is another example of Hollywood not just merely reflecting society's values, but helping to change society's values (for the worse), due to their position of influence with teenagers. (And the MTV executives know that.) I have 2 teenagers, and trust me, their age group absolutely pays attention to what is shown and said on that cesspool of a network. Any parent who allows their kids to watch most of the programming on MTV ought to turn in their parent card! Shame on them!
June 15th, 2010
2:01 pm
The MAIN reasons I dropped paid tv and switched to Netflix was because of MTV, BET and VH1. I do not want my daughter watching that crap, at least not at home. At friends homes, I am aware that she sees it from time to time. Those channels went too far very long ago and never came back. Reality TV has become the most raunchy thing on cable. I was already teetering on dropping because that dumb Flava of Love, I love New York and other garbage, but that Tila Tequila crap a couple of years back was the straw that broke the camel's back. I can't believe the question was even asked…..
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If You're Not Involved in a Singles Ministry
- Thursday, March 08, 2012
All of that is to say this: God is not limited in his working through your life to reach others by whether or not you are involved in a singles ministry. He is bigger than that.
So let me challenge you to unshackle whatever needs to be virtually unshackled so that you are ready to go wherever God is taking you. Sure, he may have you be a part of a singles ministry at some point. But what if he doesn't? What if he takes you somewhere completely "crazy" or to a place in your life that everyone else thinks is not "right" or "normal" because it doesn't fit with their (or your) concept of singleness?
As believers, we are led by the Spirit who searches all things, who is from God and who connects us with the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:10-16). I hope you will free your mind up today, as God leads, so that it can be enveloped in the mind of Christ. What does he want for your life? Where is he guiding you? What special outreach opportunities does he want to bring forth that may or may not involve a singles ministry?
This is a great question that you have asked and leads me to believe you are very conscientious and truly desire to serve the Lord most effectively in your current season. So press on and remember this: your involvement in a singles ministry or not, God's kingdom on earth will prevail.
HE is … Cliff Young, a Crosswalk.com contributing writer and a veteran single of many decades. He has traveled the world in search of fresh experiences, serving opportunities, and the perfect woman (for him) and has found that his investments in God, career and youth ministry have paid off in priceless dividends.
SHE is … Laura MacCorkle, Senior Editor at Crosswalk.com. She loves God, her family and her friends. Singleness has taught her patience, deepened her walk with the Lord and afforded her countless (who's counting anyway?) opportunities to whip up an amazing three-course meal for one.
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Hello everyone, new events in the Straight but Not Narrow realm, We, meaning the team, Heather, Andre, Matt, and of course my mother (Because she is a bloody legend) will be traveling on a adventure from our Los Angeles home base, up perilous west coast, to foreign and mysterious San Francisco for "It Gets Indie" benefit concert.
If your unaware of what "It Gets Indie" is it's a concert for the It Gets Better foundation and the Trevor Project. The money raised will go to these two programs for gay youth. Both great projects and who we think are doing amazing work.
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Now your probably going "Cool, I wanna meet the 20 something year old hipster whos brainchild is It Gets Indie." Meet Noah Hornik. Noah is a 13 year old 8th Grader and an inspiration, he is doing what we at Straight but Not Narrow have been encouraging young people to do and we are very excited to get up to San Francisco and talk with him.
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Targeted drugs such as imatinib (Gleevec) and erlotinib (Tarceva) have been tested against brain cancer, but few patients have benefited. A new study offers a possible explanation for the disappointing results and suggests that using the drugs in combination may be a more effective strategy against the deadly disease.
The researchers found that brain cancer cells may simultaneously activate a number of proteins on the cell surface called receptor tyrosine kinases, or RTKs. These proteins relay growth-promoting signals into cells, sustaining their survival. RTKs have become popular drug targets because they are frequently overactive or mutated.
By simultaneously turning on a number of RTKs, cancer cells may reduce their dependence on any one, and thereby improve their chances of survival, the researchers reported online in Science on September 13. They first observed the phenomenon in cells from patients with glioblastoma and then in other major cancers.
"We have found that a number of RTKs are simultaneously activated in virtually all the cancer cells we've examined," says Dr. Ronald DePinho of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, who led the study. "When one is blocked another can step in and sustain the survival signal."
What may matter most in treating the disease is to reduce the overall level of these abnormal signals in cells, he adds.
The findings support the growing view that some RTKs are more or less interchangeable, and they may help explain the feeble clinical responses when RTK inhibitors are used against solid tumors, the researchers say. Even when the drugs elicit an initial response, most cancers eventually progress and patients need additional therapies.
Glioblastoma is usually fatal within a year of diagnosis. More than 100 clinical trials over the last decade have not improved survival, with brain cancer, with the notable exception of temozolomide (Temodar) for a subset of glioblastoma patients. The lack of progress stems from not knowing which genes are involved in the disease.
Dr. DePinho and his colleague Dr. Jayne Stommel were searching for RTKs that drive glioblastoma when they uncovered the multiple coactivated RTKs. Some of the kinases, such as EGFR and Met, were known to play a role in the disease, but others were not.
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This study is timely because many scientists are looking at the networks of RTKs and the pathways they control," Dr. Laterra continues, "and they are finding evidence of close crosstalk and interplay among the pathways."
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