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Paris Hilton & Shirtless River Viiperi: Miami Pool Pair!
Paris Hilton shows her relationship with new boyfriend River Viiperi is still going strong while spending time at the pool on Saturday (December 8) in Miami, Fla.
The 31-year-old television personality wore a one-piece bathing suit while the 21-year-old model went shirtless for the afternoon in the sun.
The day before, Paris and River showed some PDA and shared some kisses while taking a dip in the pool.
"Day 2 by the pool with my gorgeous Blonde @ParisHilton #LifeisPerfect," River tweeted.
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Former Rim of the World volleyball standout Sonja Newcombe, a senior outside hitter for the University of Oregon, has been named the Sports Imports/AVCA Division I National Player of the Week.
She earned the award after leading the Ducks to two key conference wins, recording their first sweep of then-No.14 California since 1990 and their first victory against then-No. 5 Stanford since 1989.
Newcombe started out the week with a double-double drilling 13 kills out of 22 attacks with only one error, hitting .545 – her second highest mark of the season. She also tallied 10 digs, two aces, one assist and one block in the outing.
She continued the week with another impressive double-double, contributing 26 kills, good for a .362 clip, while adding a career-high 24 digs, three assists, two blocks and an ace in a win over Stanford.
For the week, Newcombe averaged 4.38 kills, 4.25 digs and 5.50 points per set, while turning in a .412 attack percentage. This is the third time an athlete from Oregon has earned the Sports Imports/AVCA Division I National Player of the Week award and marks the second time Newcombe has received the honor, the last coming on Oct. 7, 2008.
On the season she has 241 kills, 157 digs, 39 blocks and 15 service aces for the Ducks (14-3).
Anyone that saw her in her playing days at Rim isn't surprised at her success on the national front with a prominent Division I program.


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Neurotropin to Treat Chronic Neuropathic Pain
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00006289
Recruitment Status : Terminated (difficulty in the recruitment of patients)
First Posted : September 22, 2000
Results First Posted : June 21, 2016
Last Update Posted : August 22, 2017
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|First Submitted Date ICMJE
|September 21, 2000
|First Posted Date ICMJE
|September 22, 2000
|Results First Submitted Date
|June 4, 2013
|Results First Posted Date
|June 21, 2016
|Last Update Posted Date
|August 22, 2017
|Study Start Date ICMJE
|September 2000
|Actual Primary Completion Date
|June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00006289 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Brief Title ICMJE
|Neurotropin to Treat Chronic Neuropathic Pain
|Official Title ICMJE
|Neurotropin for Acute Dental Pain and for Chronic Neuropathic Pain
|Brief Summary
This study will examine the effectiveness of the drug neurotropin in treating chronic pain after injury to a limb or a large nerve.
Two groups of patients will participate in this study: patients with complex regional pain syndrome type 1, or CRPS-I (also called reflex sympathetic dystrophy) and patients with complex regional pain syndrome type 2, or CRPS-II. CRPS-I is pain that develops after relatively minor injury to an arm or leg, but lasts much longer and is much more severe than would normally be expected. CRPS-II is pain resulting from injury to a large nerve. Candidates will have a history and physical examination, blood tests, and electrocardiogram. Participants will undergo the following tests and procedures:
Patients with CRPS I and II will receive an individualized regimen of physical therapy and standard treatment to control their pain. In addition, they will receive neurotropin or placebo tablets for 5 weeks, then no trial medicine for at least 1 week, and then the other trial drug for the next 5 weeks. That is, patients who took placebo the first 5 weeks will take neurotropin the second 5 weeks and vice versa. Neither the patients nor the doctors will know who received which drug during the two intervals until the study is over. Patients will complete questionnaires about their pain, quality of life, and ability to perform daily living activities. They will have various tests to measure pain (such as sensitivity to heat and cold, to an electric current, to a mild pin prick, etc.); to provide information about changes in their condition (such as tests of range of motion of joints and limb size); to measure blood circulation and sweating in the arm or leg (such as measurements of blood flow to the limb, skin temperature, and sweat production), and other procedures.
|Detailed Description
|Patients with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), re-named Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, type I (CRPS-I), have chronic, post-traumatic pain that spreads beyond the distribution of any single peripheral nerve without evidence of major peripheral nerve damage. A similar disorder, Causalgia, re-named CRPS-II, presents with clear evidence of nerve injury. No successful drug treatment exists for these disorders. Neurotropin is a non-protein extract of cutaneous tissue from rabbits inoculated with vaccinia virus. Neurotropin has been used extensively in Japan to treat RSD and other painful conditions; however, the drug has not undergone clinical therapeutic testing in the United States. This protocol is to carry out double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover studies about clinical efficacy of Neurotropin for acute pain in dental outpatients and for chronic pain in outpatients with CRPS-I or II.
|Study Type ICMJE
|Study Phase
|Phase 2
|Study Design ICMJE
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Condition ICMJE
|Intervention ICMJE
|Study Arms
|Publications *
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
|Recruitment Information
|Recruitment Status ICMJE
|Actual Enrollment ICMJE
|Original Enrollment ICMJE
|Actual Study Completion Date
|June 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date
|June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Eligibility Criteria ICMJE
CRPS patients are referred with a diagnosis of CRPS-I or CRPS-II in one limb only, based on pain (1) that is post-traumatic and spread beyond the region of the injury; (2) has persisted for more than 2 weeks; and (3) is associated with swelling, altered skin color or skin temperature, altered sweating, allodynia or hyperesthesia or limitation of active movement. Atrophic changes in skin, hair loss or nail changes, or disuse atrophy of skeletal muscle may be present.
Both sexes are to be studied.
All ethnic and racial groups can participate.
Patients must be willing to return to NIH for follow-up evaluation under this protocol.
Pregnant and lactating women are excluded.
Based on the oral surgeon's postoperative diagnosis, any extraction which is classified as producing unusual surgical trauma will result in exclusion from the remainder of the study.
Dental subjects will also be excluded if they are not adequately sedated by midazolam alone and require intraoperative administration of an opioid drug such as fentanyl, administration of greater than 14.4 ml of local anesthetic (2% lidocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine), or postoperative administration of a steroid for possible injury to the inferior alveolar nerve.
Patients referred with CRPS-I or CRPS II who have abnormal screening test results or who have non-traumatic disorders to which pain may be attributed (gout, malignancy, arthritis, etc.) will be excluded.
Any patients who have had ablative procedures for treatment of their neuropathic pain disorder will not be eligible for inclusion in this study.
Patients who have a positive HIV result will be excluded.
Subjects with obviously impaired mental capacity that precludes informed consent and ability to provide adequate self-ratings are to be excluded.
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers
|Contacts ICMJE
|Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
|Listed Location Countries ICMJE
|United States
|Removed Location Countries
|Administrative Information
|NCT Number ICMJE
|Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE
00-NR-0200 ( Other Identifier: NIH )
|Has Data Monitoring Committee
|U.S. FDA-regulated Product
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|IPD Sharing Statement
|Not Provided
|Responsible Party
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) )
|Study Sponsor ICMJE
|National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
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|Investigators ICMJE
|PRS Account
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
|Verification Date
|August 2017
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I HAVE LEARNED -By Jim
My animals have taught me
to not see breeding, pedigrees, colors, physical or personality
oddities. They expect to be accepted for who they are and
'improvement' can only be accomplished through love and
They don't assume or
anticipate. They have no sense of elapsed time and they live for the
moment. They respond to kindness and they immediately recognize a
loving spirit. They react to how they are treated and always respond
appropriately. They don't judge and they forgive.
Their communication is
natural and direct, without subterfuge or cunning, and every
movement has meaning. They notice everything and live by their
senses. They don't rely on other's opinions and they do nothing for
the sake of appearances.
They respect their elders
and would die for their young. They maintain a hierarchy for
survival, not for prestige or arrogance. They are good to
themselves. They own nothing, accumulate nothing, and are rich in
their simplicity their needs are pure sustenance, and their love and
loyalty are without restraint.
They do nothing to damage
the Earth or threaten our environment.
As an imperfect human who
respects their perfection, and that of all animals, I can only
wonder if 'dominion over the Earth' was granted to the wrong
species. And I consider it the supreme human arrogance to suggest
that animals do not have souls. How can we flawed humans claim to be
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Barnstable, the top-ranked team in Massachusetts, held only a 13-7 lead at the half over heavy-underdog Falmouth in the 125th edition of this old rivalry | Full Cape football coverage
HYANNIS — Barnstable, the top-ranked team in Massachusetts, held only a 13-7 lead at the half over heavy-underdog Falmouth, a two-win team, in the 125th edition of one of the state's oldest high school football rivalries.
The 10-0 Red Raiders wiped away any worries that may have been growing among their fans on the beautiful, sun-splashed Thanksgiving morning. They scored three third-quarter touchdowns and raced to a 39-14 victory before around 5,000 fans at Leo Shields Memorial Field.
The unbeaten regular season is just the fourth in Barnstable's history, the first since the Red Raiders 1995 Super Bowl champions went 11-0.
"It's definitely an accomplishment and I'm proud of what we've won but we want a legacy bigger than that," said senior quarterback Nick Peabody. "We want to win a Super Bowl."
The Red Raiders play Lincoln-Sudbury Tuesday night in the playoffs. Time and site will be announced today by the MIAA.
Last year, L-S beat Barnstable 14-13 in the playoffs, denying the Cape and Islands a fifth Super Bowl team.
Barnstable has won four straight holiday meetings with the Clippers, and leads the overall series 60-57-8. On Thanksgiving, the Red Raiders lead 43-39-4.
For a long while Thursday morning, the buzz was more about a Falmouth possible upset rather than the playoffs.
"It's unbelievable," said Falmouth coach Steve Femino, whose Clippers finish 2-8. "For a half, for our kids to rise to the No. 1 team in the state, being down just 13-7, it was an unbelievable feat they were able to pull off. For the last four years, this is the closest it has been at halftime.
"These kids work hard," he said. "They deserve to be in a game like that.
In the end, Barnstable had more athletes and better players and that won out."
Peabody, who received an offer from Princeton last week, completed 12 of 16 passes for 170 yards and three TDs. He also had a 1-yard TD run.
Junior Hayden Murphy rushed for 164 yards on 13 carries and senior Tedaro France caught three passes for 71 yards and a TD and also had a 12-yard scoring run.
Devon Green and Ronni Zampani each rushed for 58 yards for Falmouth, and junior quarterback Jack O'Rourke threw for a pair of scores while completing 8 of 11 passes for 126 yards.
"Falmouth gave us their best shot," Barnstable coach Chris Whidden said.
"We knew they were going to give us their 'A' game. They knew this was their last game and they came out guns blazing. We held off their best surge and ultimately able to wear them down at the end.
"We realized it would be tough, we didn't know how tough. Thankfully we were able to withstand it."
Barnstable talked about its lack of execution in the first half, and wiped away any thoughts of that in the second. The Raiders received the opening kick and covered 77 yards in 1:16. Murphy's 57-yard run a sweep began the drive, and a six-yard pass from Peabody to Dylan Morris made it 19-7.
Again, Barnstable had trouble with extra points — Dereck Pacheco made three of his six attempts.
Falmouth was forced to punt, and Barnstable went on another scoring drive, this time 80 yards in 2:14. A 46-yard bomb to Jamie Burke pushed Barnstable into Falmouth territory. Peabody and France connected on a 37-yard TD pass, with France catching the ball near the right sideline at the Falmouth 5, turning left and outracing the defenders into the end zone for a 25-7 lead.
Falmouth's Green took a wicked hit from Derek Estes to cough up the kick return, with Barnstable's Johnny Hardy recovering.
Four plays later, France swept left and cut it back for a 12-yard touchdown. Pacheco's kick made it 32-7 at the end of 3.
"In the second half we put it together a little bit," Peabody said. "Big plays have kind of been our mantra all year. We said at halftime they were a scrappy team and playing hard but they can't sustain it forever. We said we needed a good first drive, we did that. From there, we just started to click."
Backup quarterback Kristian Lucashensky, a junior, scored on a 22-yard keeper for Barnstable early in the fourth as the lead expanded to 39-7.
Devon Green completed the scoring on a 43-yard pass-and-run from O'Rourke.
The first half was a completely different story.
Barnstable had only 121 yards of offense and was lucky to lead 13-7. Peabody hooked up with Manny Perry for a 13-yard TD for the first quarter's only score. O'Rourke found Darion Bartihogue for a 6-yard score early in the second to tie the game at 7. Peabody scored on a 1-yard keeper with just 1:34 left in the half and the Raiders held a 13-7 lead at the half.
"I thought we did some things different defensively to try to frustrate them and I think we did that for a short amount of time," Femino said.
"I think we were a little flat and they came out with a lot of energy," Peabody admitted. "It's a rivalry game. You never know what to expect. They brought some pressure. We just made some mistakes — one guy here, one guy there not executing. Me, a bunch of times. That can mess it up."
After the win, Peabody preferred talking about his team rather than Princeton.
"I got an offer last week so I'll definitely take a hard look at that," he said. "I love the school. I just want to get done with this season first.
"It's been the greatest season of my life. I love all these guys. We've got a job to do. We've got to win two more games."


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In November, actress Jaimie Alexander proved to us that the quickest way to get people talking about you is to wear a dress that gives people a clear view of body parts that are more frequently kept clothed. This, of course, came several months after Gwyneth Paltrow accomplished the same feat in a super-daring sheer gown. Now Paris Hilton hopes to hop on that same fame train, wearing a dress that manages to outdo both of its predecessors.
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For a Diddy-hosted pre-Grammys party in Hollywood, the star selected a black turtleneck gown with heavily sequined black panels that covered some parts of herself while also showcasing the top-notch work of Hilton's waxer. She completed the daring look with an enormous suicide roll and sparkling ear cuffs.
Do you like this look, or do you think some things are better left kept under wraps? Let us know in the comments!
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For Release: Thursday, May 1, 2014
May 3 Marks the Season Opener for Many Popular Warmwater Sportfish
Muskellunge Fishing Season and Regular (Harvest) Season for Black Bass Open June 21
The state fishing season for walleye, northern pike, pickerel and tiger muskellunge opens Saturday, May 3, marking the opening of most of New York's freshwater sportfish seasons, state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens announced today as part of Governor Cuomo's NY Open for Fishing and Hunting Initiative. Catch and release fishing for black bass (largemouth and smallmouth bass) in many waters across the state and the special trophy black bass season on Lake Erie where anglers can take one 20-inch or longer fish per day also begins May 3.
Bass anglers should check the New York State Freshwater Fishing Regulations Guide (link leaves DEC's website) to ensure that the water they desire to fish is open to catch and release angling. Anglers are reminded that the muskellunge fishing season and the regular (harvest) season for black bass open on the 3rd Saturday in June, which is June 21 this year.
"Governor Cuomo's NY Open for Fishing and Hunting Initiative recognizes the immense value of New York's sport fishing industry," said Commissioner Martens. "Waters such as Lake Erie, Oneida Lake and Lake Champlain are routinely ranked by national magazines and fishing organizations as providing some of the best fishing for largemouth and smallmouth bass in the nation. However, the quality warmwater fishing New York has to offer goes well beyond these species. New York also has excellent muskellunge, northern pike and chain pickerel populations for anglers to enjoy, along with excellent fishing for yellow perch, sunfish, and crappie."
Channel catfish, a popular sportfish in southern and midwestern states, are abundant in many of New York's larger lakes and rivers, provide a very tasty meal and are generally underutilized by anglers. Other popular springtime targets include yellow perch, sunfish and crappie. These species are common throughout the state and provide easy fishing for even beginner anglers. A complete listing of 2014 warmwater fishing hotspots recommended by DEC biologists as well as tips and locations for catching big channel catfish and panfish are available on DEC's website.
While chain pickerel and tiger muskellunge are consistently active most of the year, walleye and northern pike fishing can be particularly good in the cool water conditions of early spring. Due to stocking and other DEC management efforts, walleye are now found in more than 140 waters throughout the state and quality fisheries exist in every major watershed. Advice for catching walleye can be found on DEC's website.
Use Baitfish Wisely
Anglers using fish for bait are reminded to be careful with how these fish are used and disposed of. Careless use of baitfish is one of the primary means by which non-native species and fish diseases are spread from waterbody to waterbody. Unused baitfish should be discarded in an appropriate location on dry land. A "Green List" of commercially available baitfish species that are approved for use in New York State is now established in regulation.
In most cases, these fish must also be certified as disease free. Personal collection and use of baitfish other than those on the "Green List" is permitted only on the water from which they were collected, and may not be transported overland by motorized vehicle except within one of three defined overland transportation corridors. Review the baitfish regulations webpage for details. Anglers are also advised not to dump bait water into the water they are fishing as this practice may spread aquatic invasive species and fish diseases. If it is necessary to refresh bait water, do it at home or on dry land prior to fishing.
Preventing Invasive Species and Fish Diseases
Anglers are also reminded to be sure to clean, dry or disinfect their fishing and boating equipment, including waders and boots, before entering a new body of water. Boaters should be particularly conscious of plant materials that can attach to boats and trailers and should be sure to drain all water holding compartments before leaving a water body. This is an important way to prevent the spread of potentially damaging invasive plant and animal species (didymo and zebra mussels) and fish diseases (Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia and whirling disease). Methods to clean and disinfect fishing gear can be found on DEC's website.
License Requirements
All anglers 16 years of age and older are required to have a fishing license to fish the freshwaters of New York State. Licenses can be purchased by phone at 1-866-933-2257 or on-line (link leaves DEC's website.) On-line Licenses can be printed from a home computer. Anglers who purchase by phone will receive a confirmation number to use immediately as proof of holding a license until their actual license is received in the mail. Licenses can also be purchased from the numerous license issuing agents located throughout the state (town and county clerks, some major discount stores and many tackle and sporting goods stores).
Where to Fish
Anglers searching for places to fish should visit the DEC's fishing site on its website. An interactive map of public fishing locations can also be found on the DEC website at http://www.dec.ny.gov/pubs/42978.html.
NY's Open for Fishing and Hunting
Governor Cuomo's NY Open for Fishing and Hunting Initiative is an effort to improve recreational opportunities for sportsmen and women and to boost tourism activities throughout the state. This initiative includes streamlining fishing and hunting licenses, reducing license fees, improving access for fishing and increasing hunting opportunities in New York State.
In support of this initiative, this year's budget includes $6 million in NY Works funding to support creating 50 new land and water access projects to connect hunters, anglers, bird watchers and others who enjoy the outdoors to more than 380,000 acres of existing state and easement lands that have gone largely untapped until now. These 50 new access projects include building new boat launches, installing new hunting blinds and building new trails and parking areas. In addition, the 2014-15 budget includes $4 million to repair the state's fish hatcheries.
This year's budget also reduces short-term fishing licenses fees; increases the number of authorized statewide free fishing days to eight from two; authorizes DEC to offer 10 days of promotional prices for hunting, fishing and trapping licenses; and authorizes free Adventure Plates for new lifetime license holders, discounted Adventure Plates for existing lifetime license holders and regular fee Adventure Plates for annual license holders.


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Cisco Unity Connection Provisioning Interface (CUPI) API -- User Template Transfer Options
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|API Overview
Index of All CUPI Documentation
About Transfer Options
Every user template with a mailbox has an associated call handler template, and thus transfers options. Transfer Options are also referred to as Transfer Rules.
For information on minimum software required with this API, see Cisco_Unity_Connection_Provisioning_Interface_(CUPI)_API_--_Basic_User_Template_Information#Minimum_Software_Version
Listing and Viewing
The settings on each transfer option can be read by the GET command. Perform the following steps to list the transfer options for a user template:
Step 1: Do the following GET command to list all the user templates:
Step 2: Do the following GET command to list the user template of your choice represented by the <usertemplate-id>:
Step3: The following URI is the response from the above GET command:
Step 4: The following URI is the reponse from the above GET command:
Every user template and call handler template has three transfer options:
- Standard
- Off Hours
- Alternate
Each transfer option can be accessed through a GET request:
- https://<connection_server>/vmrest/callhandlerprimarytemplates/<objectId>/transferoptions/Alternate
- https://<connection_server>/vmrest/callhandlerprimarytemplates/<objectId>/transferoptions/off%20Hours
- https://<connection_server>/vmrest/callhandlerprimarytemplates/<objectId>/transferoptions/Standard
TimeExpires is the field that determines if a transfer option is enabled or disabled. To enable a transfer option, TimeExpires must be set to a future date, which is the date that the transfer option will expire (be disabled). To disable a transfer option, simply set TimeExpires to a date in the past. Also, if TimeExpires is set to null that means it is enabled indefinitely (however, note that currently CUPI offers no ability to set this field to null). TimeExpires is always treated as GMT. Any required time zone conversion is the responsibility of the client.
Action is the field that determines if the transfer option will transfer calls to an extension or directly to the greetings. The Action field is a custom type. A value of 0 denotes that the call will be sent directly to the greetings. A value of 1 denotes that the call will be transferred to an extension.
Several settings are specific to how the transfer option should transfer the call (assuming that the Action is set to 1):
- TransferType
- Extension
- TransferRings
TransferType determines whether the transfer will be released (a value of 0) or supervised (a value of 1).
Extension indicates the extension that the call will transfer to.
TransferRings is the number of times Connection will ring the extension before it considers the call a ring-no-answer (RNA), and pulls the call back to play the greeting. This value is only used when the TransferType is set to 1 (a supervised transfer).
UsePrimaryExtension is a boolean that is a bit of an oddity. When the value is set to true, the Extension is set to the primary extension of the user. However, note the following caveat when using this field: if UsePrimaryExtension is set to true and the Extension field is set to a value in the same PUT, an error will be thrown. Because setting UsePrimaryExtension to true causes the Extension field to be set to a specific value, you cannot also explicitly set the Extension field in the same PUT; one or the other can occur, but not both. An error will also be thrown if UsePrimaryExtension is set to false and no value is given for the Extension field in the same PUT. In other words, if you set UsePrimaryExtension to false, you must provide a new Extension in the same PUT.
PersonalCallTransfer is a boolean that determines whether personal call transfer rules will be used instead of the basic transfer rules. If PersonalCallTransfer is set to true, then instead of using any of the settings of this transfer rule, the call will be sent to the personal call transfer rules of the user to be acted on. If PersonalCallTransfer is set to false, then the basic transfer rule is used. If you are using personal call transfer rules, set this to true; otherwise, leave it set to false. It's that simple.
Note that you cannot use CUPI to create transfer options.
To enable the Alternate transfer option until March 9, 2020, you would use the following PUT request:
To disable the Alternate transfer option you would do a PUT request with the TimeExpires field set to a date in the past as in this example:Example 1
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <TransferOption> <TimeExpires>1976-03-09 00:00:00.0</TimeExpires> </TransferOption>
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The Zygomycota contains approximately 1% of the described species of true Fungi (~900 described species; Kirk et al. 2001). The most familiar representatives include the fast-growing molds that we encounter on spoiled strawberries (Figure 1) and other fruits high in sugar content. Although these fungi are common in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, they are rarely noticed by humans because they are of microscopic size. Colonial growth and the taxonomically informative asexual reproductive structures Zygomycota produce are typically studied after culturing on various agar media. Direct microscopic observation of suitable substrates is required for those species that either have not or cannot be cultured. Fewer than half of the species have been cultured and the majority of these are members of the Mucorales, a group that includes some of the fastest growing fungi.
Zygomycota are defined and distinguished from all other fungi by sexual reproduction via zygospores following gametangial fusion (Figure 2A,B) and asexual reproduction by uni-to-multispored sporangia (Figure 3A,B) within which nonmotile, single-celled sporangiospores are produced. The phylum comprises at least seven phylogenetically diverse orders. Monophyly of the phylum and interrelationships among orders are currently under intensive investigation using multilocus DNA sequence data. This introduction to the Zygomycota does not include the order comprising the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, the Glomales, because it has been elevated to the rank of phylum, the Glomeromycota (Schüßler et al. 2001). One other group, the Microsporidia, were previously considered protozoa, however, DNA, biochemistry, and morphology suggest these highly reduced, obligate, intracellular parasites may have evolved from a zygomycete-like ancestor (Keeling 2003).
Figure 2. Sexual reproduction. (A) Scanning electron micrograph of gametangial fusion in Mucor mucedo. (B) Highly ornamented zygosporangium of Mycotypha africana. (From O'Donnell 1979).
Figure 3. Asexual reproduction. (A) Scanning electron micrograph of unispored sporangia of Benjaminiella poitrasii and (B) dehisced multispored sporangium of Gilbertella persicaria releasing sporangiospores. (From O'Donnell 1979).
Zygomycota are arguably the most ecologically diverse group of fungi, functioning as saprophytes on substrates such as fruit, soil, and dung (Mucorales), as harmless inhabitants of arthropod guts (Harpellales), as plant mutualists forming ectomycorrhizae (Endogonales), and as pathogens of animals, plants, amoebae, and especially other fungi (all Dimargaritales and some Zoopagales are mycoparasites). A number of species are used in Asian food fermentations, such as Rhizopus oligosporus in the Indonesian staple tempeh, and Actinomucor elegans in Chinese cheese or sufu (Hesseltine 1991).
Conversely, some species have a negative economic impact on human affairs by causing storage rots of fruits (particularly strawberries by Rhizopus stolonifer [Figure 1]), as agents of plant disease (e.g., Choanephora cucurbitarum flower rot of curcurbits), while other species can cause life-threatening opportunistic infections of diabetic, immuno-suppressed, and immuno-compromised patients (de Hoog et al. 2000). In addition to some Mucorales that attack immuno-suppressed humans, several species of microsporidia cause serious human infections. Some zygomycetes are regularly isolated by veterinarians from domesticated animals in tropical and subtropical regions of the world, including the US gulf states.


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AIDS conference attendees on downed Malaysian jet
Researchers and activists heading to an AIDS conference in Australia were on the Malaysian jetliner shot down over Ukraine, news that sparked an outpouring of grief across the scientific community.world Updated: Jul 19, 2014 00:53 IST
Researchers and activists heading to an AIDS conference in Australia were on the Malaysian jetliner shot down over Ukraine, news that sparked an outpouring of grief across the scientific community.
Among the passengers were former president of the International AIDS Society Joep Lange, a well-known researcher from the Netherlands, and World Health Organization spokesman Glenn Thomas, based in Geneva.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, heading from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, crashed Thursday with 298 people on board. American intelligence authorities believe a surface-to-air missile brought down the aircraft, but it was not yet clear who fired it.
A precise number of passengers who were bound for the conference could not immediately be determined. The 20th International AIDS conference starts Sunday in the Victoria state capital of Melbourne.
The Academic Medical Center hospital in Amsterdam said in a statement that two of its staff, Lange and his colleague Jacqueline van Tongeren, were believed to have perished.
"Joep was a man who knew no barriers," the hospital said. "He was a great inspiration for everybody who wanted to do something about the AIDS tragedy in Africa and Asia."
Van Tongeren was head of communications at Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development and had previously been an HIV-AIDS nurse, a University of Amsterdam statement said.
Chris Beyrer, president-elect of the International AIDS Society, said if reports of Lange's death were true, "then the HIV/AIDS movement has truly lost a giant."
Nobel laureate Dr. Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, co-discoverer of the AIDS virus and president of the International AIDS Society, paid tribute to Lange in a speech in the Australian capital, Canberra.
"Joep was a wonderful person - a great professional ... but more than that, a wonderful human being," she said. "If it is confirmed, it will be a terrible loss for all of us. I have no words, really, to try to express my sadness. I feel totally devastated."
She later told reporters the conference would continue out of respect for the lives lost: "Because we know that it's really what they would like us to do."
Lange had been working on HIV since the earliest years of the epidemic, participating in clinical trials and research across the world, Barre-Sinoussi said. He had dedicated his life, she said, to "the benefit of mankind."
Sharon Lewin, co-chair of the conference, called Lange a true renaissance man, who also had a keen interest in arts and literature.
"He was passionate about his job and passionate about global health and improving people's lives in low-income countries," Lewin said. "He was quite visionary actually, I think since the very early days of the epidemic and could see what the challenges were that lay ahead."
WHO spokesman Glenn Thomas, who was en route to the conference, was also among the dead, said Christian Lindmeier, spokesman for WHO's Western Pacific region. "Everybody's devastated," Lindmeier said. "It's a real blow."
The International AIDS Society expressed its grief over the news that several of its colleagues and friends were on board.
"At this incredibly sad and sensitive time the IAS stands with our international family and sends condolences to the loved ones of those who have been lost to this tragedy," the group's statement said.
Robin Weiss, an emeritus professor at University College London, said Lange's death was comparable to that of Jonathan Mann, who led WHO's first AIDS department - and who was killed after his flight to Geneva was sabotaged 17 years ago. Weiss noted the AIDS community has grown much larger since then, lessening the impact of any one person's death.
"It's now a much bigger pond," he said. Weiss said that while identities were still being awaited for the other passengers bound for the Melbourne conference, the AIDS community was likely robust enough to bounce back. "It sounds callous but if any of us (working on HIV) are in a plane crash or have a heart attack, it's a loss for the people who know us," he said. "It's a moment of great sadness, but I don't think (Lange's) loss alone sets us back in the fight against AIDS. The momentum to continue is still there."
Dr. Jennifer Cohn of Doctors Without Borders said the AIDS community would honor the loss of their fellow researchers by "re-doubling (their) commitment and efforts to address the HIV pandemic," in a statement.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will deliver an address at the AIDS conference, which brings together thousands of scientists and activists to discuss the latest developments in HIV and AIDS research.
Flags at government buildings across Victoria will remain at half-staff throughout the conference, the state premier said.
House of Representatives Speaker Bronwyn Bishop, who addresses the conference Monday, called for a moment of silence in parliament.
"I know there will be many empty spots" at the conference, Bishop said. "And I think that what we're doing is mourning with all of the world and all that had been lost. And we want to see justice but in a measured way."
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I've written a few posts about the Microsoft-supplied Compatibility View List on the IEBlog, calling out the what, how, and why of the feature. I wanted to take this opportunity to bring the community up to speed on what's transpired since Internet Explorer 8 released back in March of this year and talk a little bit about the future actions planned for the list.
The Story So Far…
Let's start with a quick recap of the feature... by default Internet Explorer 8 displays web content using its newest, most standards compliant mode. The problem is that some of today's web pages expect the older, less interoperable behavior from Internet Explorer , handing this latest version of Internet Explorer code meant for older releases of the browser. The result is web pages that might not function correctly in ways ranging from just looking a bit misaligned to not working at all. During the Beta cycle, we introduced the Compatibility View button, which allowed savvy end-users to resolve compatibility problems they might encounter as described above. Despite all of our activities around site outreach, we saw telemetry data that indicated users still had to use Compatibility View in the course of normal browsing. Of particular concern was button use on popular / critical (banking, government, etc…) sites that users rightfully expected to "just work" in Internet Explorer 8. To give users the best possible experience, we combined telemetry data about Compatibility View button presses with other feedback sources – customer-filed bugs, Report a Webpage Problem data, our own compatibility testing, etc… - to create a list of sites that were likely best displayed in Compatibility View. The list's not enabled by default - users must opt-in to the feature (known simply as the Compatibility View List or Compatibility List, in other documents) as part of the first run experience or later by selecting 'Include updated website lists from Microsoft' at Tools -> Compatibility View Settings. For those that chose to do so, Internet Explorer 8 displays sites on the list in Compatibility View rather than the default "best standards mode". In other words, it's as if the user pressed the Compatibility View button for sites on the list with the benefit that the end user avoids having to first experience a website compatibility failure to make the determination that these particular sites are best viewed in a non-default manner. You can view the list currently available on your Internet Explorer installation by typing 'res://iecompat.dll/iecompatdata.xml' into the browser's address bar.
Compatibility View List Updates Since Internet Explorer 8's Release
Though the originally stated list update frequency was about every two months, we've actually kept a brisker pace, delivering an updated list about every month. There are a few reasons a faster cadence immediately following Internet Explorer 8's release has made sense –
- To be extra-responsive to end-user and site administrator feedback. The Compatibility View List is still relatively new and we wanted to be as agile as possible in responding to list edit requests.
- To align with Windows 7's Release Candidate build. The Internet Explorer team shipped a Compatibility View List update in May specifically to coincide with Windows 7's Release Candidate; prior versions of the Compatibility View List were only available for Windows XP and Windows Vista (and corresponding server versions).
Going forward, we expect to return to the originally stated cadence. A spreadsheet, available from the Microsoft Download Center, provides transparency into the changes that have been made to the list since its creation. The spreadsheet also contains targeted guidance for sites on the list including step-by-step instructions for performing compatibility testing with and without the Compatibility View List active and the list removal process.
Changes to the Site Removal Process in Upcoming Compatibility View List Updates
Since the list's inception, the criteria for site removal has been site owner request (process documented here). Going forward, we're adding a second way that sites can get removed from the Compatibility View List: basic user experience testing.
For several months now, the Internet Explorer team has been doing basic user experience testing for all sites listed on the Compatibility View List. The test methodology is straightforward: in each test pass a tester starts at the home page of a site and examines a set of pages that follows the core user experience for that website. For example, on a video sharing site the core scenarios include watching a video, rating a video, commenting on a video, sharing the video link with a friend, etc… and the tester will browse around the site completing each operation. On each page visited, testers check for visual and functional issues by performing comparisons between Internet Explorer 8 modes (Internet Explorer 8 Standards and Compatibility View) and between browsers. Doing these comparisons aids in determining what working / not working looks like, which isn't always obvious on sites / pages the tester isn't super-familiar with. A grading system tracks the type and severity of problems, ranging from 'no problems found' to 'scenario doesn't work'. Subsequent test passes combine revisiting pages that were previously identified as having compatibility issues as well as augmenting with new pages.
The question of how much of a site one needs to test to determine compatibility is a difficult one. While it's somewhat straightforward to prove the presence of a compatibility problem, it's decidedly
less so to prove the absence of one. In other words, if a tester finds a compatibility problem, there's a problem. But, if a tester doesn't find a compatibility problem, does that mean there isn't a problem or that the tester just didn't visit a page that happens to demonstrate one? By charting the compatibility "scores" of the tested sites over time and by traversing a different set of pages in subsequent test passes, we've grown more confident in our ability to gauge the type of compatibility experiences Internet Explorer 8 users are likely to have independent of the Compatibility View List.
With the next Compatibility View List update you'll see a new designation for site removal in the tracking spreadsheet – "Removed per Microsoft testing" - indicating that our test passes have not found a compatibility issue for some time and so we're removing that site from the Compatibility View List. We've stated previously that we view the Compatibility View List as a short-term solution and believe that adding this additional site removal criteria helps us achieve this end while at the same time ensuring that users continue to have a great compatibility experience.
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If you thought padded girls' bikini tops and tween pole dancing classes were bad, then well, prepare to have your mind completely blown.
Colorado children's store Kids N Teen sells cute stuffed animal backpacks, pretty princess dresses, and until recently, crotchless thong underwear. (Please excuse me while I go scream "WHYYYY?" from mountaintops.)
Plus: Studio Offers Pole Dancing Classes for Toddlers
Mom Erin French spotted the offending undergarments while shopping with her two children and filmed them with her cell phone. (Video below) "My first initial response was, 'Am I really seeing that?'" French told NBC 9News. "There is one purpose for an item of that nature, and that is not something that we want to encourage for our young girls."
Plus: Pageant Girl Dresses Like Prostitute from 'Pretty Woman'
The storeowner, who refused to reveal her full name to reporters, said that the panties were removed from the store after mall management complained. She defended the store by saying that although it caters to children, 25 percent of its merchandise is geared toward teens. (Oh, crotchless thongs for teens. That's so much better.)
Plus: Is Your Tween Too Sexy, Too Soon?
What totally inappropriate kids' items have you seen in stores?


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When Gov. Jerry Brown was pushing prison realignment, he promised the state's 58 counties wouldn't be left paying the costs.
When Gov. Jerry Brown was pushing prison realignment, he promised the state's 58 counties wouldn't be left paying the costs.
He would go to the voters for the money, he said. He would push for a state constitutional guarantee, he vowed. He would do whatever was necessary, he declared.
It hasn't quite worked out that way. The money has been slow to come and less than what's needed for the flood of criminals the counties must now supervise.
Since October 2011, counties have been incarcerating, supervising and trying to rehabilitate convicted criminals that previously went into the state prison system.
That change, or realignment, was made necessary by a federal court order demanding the state drastically reduce its prison population. Thousands of criminals who otherwise would have gone to prison have been diverted into county lockups, so many that the Brown administration is demanding that the federal court lift its oversight. So far the court has refused, although it has extended until this fall the deadline set earlier for full compliance. But others are making demands, too. The counties.
Assemblywoman Susan Eggman joined three other Valley lawmakers asking for more money to handle the prisoners the state has foisted on them.
The Stockton Democrat along with Assembly Democrats Henry Perea of Fresno, Adam Gray of Merced and Rudy Salas of Bakersfield recently sent a letter to Ana Matosantos, director of the state Department of Finance, asking the state to speed up allocations of money to handle what's become a flood of state prisoners into the county jails.
The 771 inmates San Joaquin County now supervises after release is about 48 percent higher than earlier state projections. The state money flow isn't 48 percent higher, of course.
Brown promised the counties wouldn't be saddled with the additional costs. Even if the counties eventually get the money - and that's a big if - dribbling it out slowly effectively saddles the counties with the costs.
Brown promised. It's time he make it happen. It's time we get the necessary future funds for this locked into law.


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JOOONS. Meet our guest writer of the day, here to give you some wisdom (S&F style). Remember, if you wanna write for us, you just gotta holler at our inbox: firstname.lastname@example.com
"They throw you out like a napkin"
was what my Irooni mother said to me. I was 16, and I had just given my first boyfriend a blow job.
You see, my mom and I did NOT have the typical hushhush "NO MOM WE DONT HOLD HANDS/ NO MOM IVE NEVER TOUCHED A BOY IN MY LIFE" type of relationship. we were actually pretty open with each other—"friends" she liked to call it. BAD DECISION. Trust me, it was not a blessing.
From then on, I was given the impression that sex, oral sex included, was for men. I was just there for decoration, or so I was told. Like most other persian girls, I experienced a lot of guilt through my teenage years.
After every "base" I covered, my friends and I were burdened with questions like "is he USING me?" or "will he break up with me now?"
Instead of thinking about our own modes of pleasure.
"His penis was not big enough"
"He needs to do more dirty talk" (if you're not talking dirty, you're not having good sex– #justsayin)
or just plain and simple…
"He doesn't make me come"
And obviously, when you view your sexuality as belonging to someone else; being someone's toy, or an object of pleasure –>> you give them the power to dictate how you feel.
For instance, when I had sex for the first time, it was quite the circus scene. I was crying, my mom cried, my vagina cried. It was just a big mess. The sex sucked, it hurt, and resulted in me turning into a crazypsychoirooni bitch (sh!t happens).
THEN, SOMETHING MAGICAL HAPPENED: I was introduced to the vibrator. And as a shout out to JAMES BOND &FARRAH–YOU ARE CORRECT. ITS THE ORGASM THAT GETS US GIRLS INTRODUCED TO THE BEAUTY OF SEX. For other girls, it may be a loving boyfriend, or a bomb ass therapist who teaches you that sex is for your enjoyment as well, but I had to learn that from a 6 in. long battery operated machine.
Once I decided that sex was for ME, I had emotion-less, detached sex with some sefid kid and GORGED in it. For once, I felt like a real woman.
Not an object, a decorative piece, or a slut. It was when I was able to have emotionless sex, that I realized my sexuality was mine, and mine alone.
BUT THEN, I got slapped in the fucking face (again, sh!t happens). I got busy with this Indian/Pakistani I-banker (no sex- still kept some level of restraint). As soon as we were done, I put my clothes back on and was ready to leave until he said…….
"Sooooo you don't want to snuggle or anything?"
Wait, what? "uh….am I supposed to want to snuggle??"
"I don't know, I just don't want you to feel like a slut or something"
And that was it. I finally got it.
As much as us girls want to be progressive and have sex cause we like it (not cause we wanna have babies or be in love), guys will continue to think that it has an emotional aspect, that sex is a man's world, that a woman's enjoyment is secondary during sex.
But it also put a lot in perspective for me–I got used to having emotionless sex. My sefid boy from college got me used to hitting it and quitting it in his frat room (SHOUT OUT TO SAAGHI–FRAT AS FUCK), and I got used to putting on my clothes as fast as my first boyfriend would come.
So theres trial and error:
Have sex without emotion with someone who doesn't deserve it?
Sex without emotion with someone who could potentially deserve your emotions?
Realizing your sexuality should be a way for us Persian girls to make sense of sex. Not to abuse it. Or else we'd just be sefid (white) girls.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 178 diseños de 43 diseñadores freelance.
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The reach of the company is national, although its launch will be regional.
The culture of the company is casual; meant to put a friendly face on the practice of law. Approachable and professional.
Our target market is consumers looking for professional legal services. They are the middle of the market; consumers looking for the best value for their hard, earned money. The demographic we are looking to reach is 20-50ish, price conscious, responsible adults. They're social, community-oriented workers and families.
You are free to be creative. We'd prefer something that captures the essence of what we are offering: a market for affordable, quality legal services. LawDeal with an emphasis on the "Deal."
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Foreign cotton production should again fall short of foreign consumption in 2003-04, creating export opportunities for U.S. cotton producers. But U.S. prices must remain competitive for growers to take advantage of the shortfall, according to market analyst Jarral Neeper.
Neeper told attendees at the 16th annual Engineered Fiber Selection Conference in Greenville, S.C., that world stocks — which are already down almost 10 million bales from a year ago — should drop another 2 million to 3 million bales at the end of this year.
U.S. stocks are down 1.3 million bales and should continue to drop into 2003-04, says Neeper, assistant vice president, economics and call pool operations, for Bakersfield, Calif.-based Calcot, Ltd.
Falling world stocks come on the heels of lower world production in 2002. USDA is projecting that world production will bounce back in 2003-04, to about 96.5 million bales. That's a little optimistic, according to Neeper, who is forecasting a 94.8-million-bale world crop for 2003-04.
One reason, "USDA's foreign cotton production figure is based on record yield projections," Neeper explained. "I do believe that Chinese production will be up about 4 million bales from last year, to around 26.5 million bales. But I don't think we'll see record yields in overall foreign production. We've seen bad weather in Uzbekistan. It's been cold and wet in the Xinjiang Province of China. It's been dry in Australia, and Egypt has gotten off to a poor start."
Bright spots for world production include Pakistan, India and Turkey, "which are all off to good starts."
Neeper projects that world consumption for 2003-04 will not change much from the 2002-03 marketing year, when the world consumed 97.8 million bales. His estimate is a little lower than USDA's projection for 2003-04 of 99 million bales.
Nonetheless, Neeper believes that USDA's forecast of China's cotton consumption is low at 28.5 million bales. "I think it will be at 30 million bales."
The bottom line for all those following world fundamentals is that world stocks are coming down, to the tune of 34 million to 34.5 million bales of ending stocks at the end of 2003. "That's the lowest since 1994," Neeper said. "The stocks-to-use ratio of about 35 percent will be the lowest since the 1993 crop year."
According to Neeper, another important fundamental is that in 2002, foreign consumers consumed 19.4 million bales more than they produced — which is creating the opportunity for increased U.S. exports. In the new crop year, the deficit will come in at around 12.5 million bales.
So it looks like another year of mushrooming exports is very possible. "This year didn't start out looking as good as last year. But it's gotten better and better. Right now, we're about 100,000 bales above a year ago in shipments and about 250,000 bales ahead in sales."
Neeper believes that U.S. production for the coming year will be close to 17.2 million bales, which is unchanged from 2002-03. "I believe the Southeast will be up 900,000 bales, Memphis Territory, will be down 600,000 bales, the Southwest will be up 200,000 bales, while the Far West will be down 500,000 bales.
"So everything west of Texas will be down 500,000 bales and everything east of Texas will be up 500,000 bales, leaving everything unchanged from a year ago."
Neeper noted that cold, wet weather in the Far West is expected to curtail yield significantly in the region. "I think we're going to be above 1,115 pounds, maybe a little better that 1,200 pounds.
"Also, there's not going to be a lot of ELS cotton out there. We just didn't get a lot planted. Last year, the San Joaquin Valley planted around 215,000 acres. The best estimates this year are 130,000 acres to 140,000 acres of Pima. We're estimating a total ELS crop this year of around 350,000 bales to 400,000 bales. Our total offtake is estimated at around 700,000 bales. We could end up with virtually no ELS cotton at the end of the 2003 crop year."
USDA's projection of 18.8 million bales in U.S. total offtake for the new crop year, which is the largest since 1997, "is a little high," Neeper said. "My export number is 10.8 million bales. Consumption is 7.1 million bales for a total of 17.9 million bales in offtake. That's still a very good number and indicative that we are going to draw down stocks in the United States."
Neeper projects U.S. ending stocks of around 5.3 million to 5.4 million bales, compared to USDA's figure of 4.7 million bales. "I'm not as optimistic as USDA, but certainly we're better than the 7.5 million bales we saw two years ago. We still have a very tight stocks-to-use ratio of about 25 percent, the lowest since 1999."
All this means prices should be a little better, according to Neeper. "How much better is hard to say. Our economy is still iffy. We have problems in Europe. Japan is still hurting. Polyester prices are still competitive. And the dollar still needs to move lower.
Neeper says based on lower projected ending stocks, a large projected exportable supply and the need to be price competitive to meet export projections, "New York should trade at a fairly healthy discount to world prices — an average of about 5 cents."
That could project to an average nearby futures price of between 55 cents and 75 cents, with an overall average for the crop year of 64 cents to 66 cents, according to Neeper.
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With just three games left in the 2014 season, the Springfield Sliders continue to struggle, dropping their sixth straight game to Terre Haute, 4-1, at Robin Roberts Stadium Saturday night.
Starting pitcher Tyler Feece held the Rex to three runs in six innings, but got little run support from his offense, which out-hit Terre Haute but couldn�t get baserunners home. Nick Hellman and Jose Marin relieved Feece.
The Sliders struck first in the bottom of the third inning, when Jake Ingold and Zach Schira hit back-to-back doubles to give Springfield the lead, 1-0. But the Rex responded in the top of the fourth, with Zachary Welz scoring on Jeff Zahn�s double and Manuel de Jesus scoring on a sacrifice fly by Kaden Moore.
Terre Haute added to their lead in the seventh. Moore led off the inning with a single and later advanced to second base on a wild pitch. Matthew Chavarria later hit a single that was mis-handled by right fielder Will Schneider, allowing Moore to score. The Rex struck again in the ninth, with Clayton Smithson�s single driving in Tony Rosselli to make it 4-1.
Zach Schira and Dominick Bregar led the Sliders with two hits each. Springfield is now 8-19 in the second half and 13-44 overall, and will close out their season at home with a pair of games against Danville and the finale against Hannibal.


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That's right, you heard it here- Jalapeño Popper Dip! I love jalapeño poppers and have even tried to make them, which didn't turn out as well as their purchased cousin and were pretty labor intensive. The word labor makes me run the other way. Have you ever made poppers before? Dealing with jalapeños is quite an undertaking as one has to be very careful not to burn their hands or rub their eyes during the process. And frying at home can be messy sometimes. So when I found this Jalapeño Popper Spread on allrecipes.com I was trilled some one had figured out how to deconstruct these little gems and turn it into a dip. I read through some of the reviews and suggestions and developed my own version of the original recipe.
Just look at that thick layer of prebaked crust.
I took this appetizer to a neighborhood gathering last Saturday and everyone really liked it- a lot. They thought it had just enough kick and agreed that if there weren't kids eating it too, that I could have easily added a bit more jalapeño. Can you say new dip sensation? Buffalo chicken Wing Dip it was nice knowin' ya. This is the new It in town. Go ahead and file this one because the holidays and the Super Bowl are right around the corner, you won't be disappointed and I think you and your friends will agree that this tastes just like the real Jalapeño Poppers.
Look at that beautiful golden crust atop a bubbly creamy and flavorful base.
Jalapeño Popper Dip
2- 8 ounce packages cream cheese, room temp
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup shredded Mexican blend cheese
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1- 4 ounce can chopped green chilies
1- 4 ounce can sliced jalapeños- double if you like heat
1 cup panko bread crumbs
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1/2 stick butter, melted
In a food processor add the first 6 ingredients and process until smooth. You do not need to drain either can of peppers. Spread the dip into a greased 2 quart casserole. In a bowl mix bread crumbs and the other 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese. Pour melted butter over top crumb mixture and mix well. Sprinkle crumb mixture evenly over the dip and bake in a 375° oven for about 20 minutes. You want the top to get browned and the dip to be heated through and bubble gently on the edges. Do not over heat this dish or the mayonnaise with separate and you will have a grease puddle in your dip. Serve with Buttery crackers or a sliced French baguette. Serves 8-10.
Update- Nicole from Art and Aioli made this dip and it was a hit at her party. She spiced it up a notch by adding 2 diced fresh jalapenos. So play with your desired heat level and add more or less jalapeno peppers, you can't go wrong!
For other delicious dips and spreads:
Buffalo Chicken Wing Dip
Spinach Artichoke Dip
Jalapeño Beer Queso
Macho Nacho Dip
Very Fun Game: We played this at the neighborhood gathering. Very Fun. Have each person write the name of a famous person, fictional or real, ten total, on a strip of paper and place in a basket. Divide into two teams, we played guys against the gals. Team one goes first. One person has to give clues to the team without revealing the name while the team tries to guess who is on the slip of paper. See how many each team can do in 30 seconds. Tally the score after each round. Rotate clue giver with each round. The team with the most points wins. The guys beat us that night because they stumped the ladies with sports people and famous band members-who the heck is Robert Plant? Oh and if you can't describe the name you drew keep going until time is up. We came up with over 100 names so the game lasted a good hour. Try it at your next gathering.
For tomorrow in Big Red Kitchen– My 3rd instalment of Boston Day Trips- East Boston to Revere and Then Some. See some of the groovy places I visited. Wear your drool bib.
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Minnesota Timberwolves Looking for Luck in the Lottery Tonight
The annual NBA Lottery selection is tonight and the Minnesota Timberwolves have a chance at the top pick. That chance though? .6%.
So you're saying there is a chance?
Technically yes. After news broke out this past weekend about Kevin Love wanting out of Minneapolis, the Wolves will be looking for a bit of luck tonight in the lottery. It's going to take more than that.
The Timberwolves' chances of landing a top three pick is much better at 2.18%. That is much better to get into the top three. The worst pick that Minnesota could fall to is 14. There is a catch though.
Phoenix sits at pick 14. If the Phoenix Suns manage to get a top three pick in the lottery, Minnesota would fall to pick 14. The Timberwolves owe the Suns a first round pick, and is top 13 protected. Meaning that if Phoenix is able to get into the top three, they will also take Minnesota's pick at 14.
Chances of that happening are next to none, as Phoenix has a 1.8% chance of getting a top three pick. Plus, it has never happened where a team slotted 14th has jumped to a top pick slot.
If the Timberwolves don't get jumped by Phoenix, and don't get a top three pick, they will stay at 13. Minnesota also has three picks in round two at picks 40, 44, and 53.
The NBA Draft Lottery happens tonight at 7:00 on ESPN.


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Summary: When Dael, guilty and tormented, came to live with the painted people, he longed for peace and restoration; but without knowing it he made a powerful enemy.
A story of conflict, healing, hate, and love.
Review: I absolutely loved this book. Dael was a much better character to read and I was excited to see him deal with his past so he could get on with life. I could actually relate to him better in this book too. For example:
"Dael-Gah!" the victor thought to himself, remembering his twin brother's name of honor. But Zan-Gah had confronted a lion, Dael reflected. This was only a large pig.
I know what it's like to live in the shadow of a sibling. When I read that, all I wanted was to hug poor Dael. I adored Sparrow as well. I don't think I gave her a fair shot in the second book, but she was wonderful in this one. Koli was a nice, new character and I wonder if he will play a bigger part in future books.
I liked the story far more this time than in either of the other 2 books. I think it does a great job of showing that everyone can be healed of their past, and different environments can affect our growth as people. The part towards the end where Lissa-Na appeared to Dael in a dream was touching. The only thing that seemed out of place to me was this little piece in italics. It was like there was a different person talking and it never appears again. That didn't bother me too much though so I let it slide.
5 howls
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Dael and the Painted People by Allan Richard Shickman
Summary: When Dael, guilty and tormented, came to live with the painted people, he longed for peace and restoration; but without knowing it he made a powerful enemy.
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Japanese Food! Comments, suggestions, feedback!
Well, well, well, I've got to be the luckiest Otaku in my entire area! I was talking on the phone with a lady yesterday in regards to teaching english to Japanese workers on work study and work transfer at a nearby factory (Denso Inc brings Japanese people over from Japan to America to help with some of their stuff since they're a japanese company stationed stateside) and when we got to talking about the one gentleman I'm supposed to tutor after my 2 week orientation she mentioned he was going to Japan. I then offhandedly mentioned jokingly about having him bring back some Pocky and some Taiyaki cakes. Lo and behold she says that I can buy them locally. :eek: So she points me to this small oriental food store on the other side of town I didn't know existed. So I walk in the door and start having a look around and what do I see almost immediately? Pocky in like 9 different flavors!! And then I asked the owner if they had Taiyaki (the little fish pastries with the sweet bean paste) and I'll be darned if they didn't have 4 varieties of that!! :D:D:D:D So curiousity grabbed me and having a basic knowledge of some of the things that go into traditional cooking I took a wander around the store and OMG, they've got everything!!!!
Now all I got to do is figure out what dishes to try making now. :D Since they sell Taiyaki and it's round donut looking counterpart (whatever that's called) I don't have to worry about making my own of that anymore, but I'm stumped what traditional dishes to try making. Or since I'll be tutoring him, I'll get a chance to go visit him and eat with him (hopefully) from time to time. What meals or dishes could I suggest for them to maybe fix for me? I'm definately interested in trying Uden and some Curry Rice, but I don't remember the names of enough of the other dishes to suggest any others. What would you guys suggest?
Well, that's my pronouncement and curiousity list for now. I'm really excited about this because the english teaching and subsequent japanese tutoring may open me up for a chance to go to Japan and teach english too, which would be uber awesome. :D But enough of me, let's hear your thoughts!
Eat Soba. cold noodles. or Sashimi. If you're in japan you gotta eat sashimi.
Ramen noodles = Typically wavy and thin, usually comes with a soup.
Yes, but it is quite popular in Japan, kind of like how ramen is a chinese dish.
This site has some good recipes and ideals for Japanese dishes.
This is basically what I meant, and what I was told when I was in Japan, that is was a Chinese dish adopted by Japan.
BTW, your suggestions sound really good. :D I'll have to try and remember to ask him about those and hopefully get to try some. Oh, and I'd seriously love to chow down on some authentic Japanese Ramen. :D
I like sweets! Japanese sweets are much different than in America.
Um, taiyaki, and hanami dango are my favourite ones~! ^o^
Taiyaki is fish shaped hot cake filled with sweet red bean paste..
and hanami dango is food you eat at cherry blossom viewing in spring.
It comes on a stick with the colours pink, white and green. I like it~!
Dango is easy to make, and very delicious!! You should try it~!
I've been brainwashed by Ayu...must stea, err, eat taiyaki! :D
[QUOTE=Lord Raiden]HAHAHA!!! No.... T_T The closest thing is Ron of Japan's in Chicago. All we have around here is Chinese and Korean restaurants. I live in the great cold northern state of Michigan and for some reason Japanese avoid this place unless they're here to work for Denso. :(
Then you need to come over to Lansing, there is 3 or 4 Japanese restaurants and at least 6 other sushi places, all in all over 30 oriental restaurants in Lansing/East Lansing. Probably mostly because of MSU. But Detroit is where all the Japanese places really are.
The ramen I had in Japan was very very delicious, as much as I like sushi, I just whish that a least one of the was a ramen shop instead. There isn't even one in Detroit either.
Yakisoba is a fried noodle dish. The noodles are available fresh or frozen; they come with little bags of spices to mix into them. You can fry up some of the noodles with some chopped cabbage and maybe other vegetables, and add some meat or seafood if you like. Don't add too much stuff in there unless you have a really big appetite -- the serving sizes for the noodles are very large.
Tonkatsu is awesome IMO. I like breaded pork chops and these are the best breaded pork chops on Earth. The only thing you need are the special Japanese bread crumbs (panko) and some okonomi or tonkatsu sauce. And some pork chops, egg and flour of course. The pork chops should be really thin so that they cook through in a few minutes.
Just do a full breading of the pork chops, using the panko for the last step, and fry them about 4-5 minutes a side (maybe less). I like to fry super hot but it's easy to burn the crumbs that way. The trick is to get the pork cooked before it dries out. If you got this in a restaurant it would be served on cabbage slices 1/2 inch or so wide, with a bit of the sauce drizzled over it, with some rice on the side. It's also served as a combo with...
Curry rice! Curry rice is awesome! Go get the little box of cubes of curry roux, it's easy to make. There are usually instructions in English on the side of the box. It's a matter of browning some meat, sauteing some carrots and potatoes, and stirring up the glop made out of the roux with some hot water. Then you just cook it awhile until everything is tender.
If you use the whole box of roux at once you are going to have a lot of curry rice -- it might be best to cut the recipe in half if you don't have a lot of people to feed. And it's OK to use a little more meat and stuff than the recipe calls for, as it is a little stingy with the meat. Adding the potatoes and carrots is optional but it comes out much better with them than without.
For tonkatsu and curry rice you will need to make some nice sticky rice. Get a nice fresh bag of short-grain rice. You have to rinse it up in a bowl, rubbing the grains together, before cooking. I like to put the rice in a large strainer and then put that in a big bowl, it saves some nonsense when changing the water and draining the rice.
Also, I make onigiri a lot, but now that Im away from the ocean fish is ex-pen-sive! Would anyone know some other salty fillings I could use as a replacement?
For a cheap filling for onigiri... tuna salad is not bad if it's light on the mayo. If you can get pickled plums for a decent price, you can pit those (or not, if you feel like being careful!) and have a very salty and traditional filling. Lots of Japanese pickles (radish, cucumber, lotus root etc.) are salty and would be good.
I give up, why is sushi so expensive???
I've worked in a sushi bar for about 12 months or so in my life, yet there's one thing I could never understand. Why is it so freaking expensive? :frustrated: I mean seriously, why do I pay more for a small portion of raw salmon than I would for a larger portion of cooked salmon? :confused: It just blows my mind that we pay so much for raw fish and rice, even though it's so damn good. :love: Can anyone solve the mystery?
I can answer this from my culinary experience. It's the same thing with Petafors. They're just a small 1" square piece of cake smothered in frosting. What makes them so special is they're a precieved delicacy. Otherwise they're no different than the generic cake you get from the bakery.
So I can take a $1 rectangular piece of cake, $3 worth of frosting, and slice it up into 60 pieces and sell it for $1 each earning $60 off of it. What's difference? Just the shape, presentation and preception. Nothing more. heh. Another way to look at it is to say that you have two wrenches. One says craftsman, the other is blank. Both are exactly identical. Which would you buy? The craftsman obviously, and thus you'll pay more since it's got the craftsman name on it, regardless of the fact that it's identical to the cheaper no name wrench.
You'd be surprised how much buyer preception drives the price of items. Retailers always want to get you for the highest price possible, aka the highest price the market will bear. The higher the precieved value, the higher that price can be.
Hope that was explained thuroughly enough. :)
The only Japanese food I had is Sushi. The cloest Japanese drink I had was Shochu it is called soju in Korea. My mom told me to drink little, that's why I drinked little bit.
Takoyaki is the best thing in the world and if you never heard of it I am deeply sorry to say that you are DEPRIVED...
isn't onigiri usually just an umeboshi with gohan and nori wrapped around it.
Nothing is wrong with Korean restaurants, that is, unless you're hungry for Japanese food. ^_^;;
japanese candy is horrible. it isnt good. it just sucks.
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Mar 15, 2011
BRISTOL, Tenn. - Once again weather has forced schedule changes for the King College baseball and softball teams.
The Tornado's home baseball contest with Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) University for Tuesday has been postponed due to rain. The two will play on March 30 with the same 3 p.m. start time. The Lady Tornado's softball doubleheader at Lees-McRae (N.C.) College originally scheduled for Wednesday has been moved to Thursday with the same start time for game one at 3 p.m.
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How To Turn On An ATX Power Supply Without A Motherboard
Guide by: Bryan McDaniel
Created on: October 1st, 2004
Price: Up To $15 USD (Or more if you have to buy a soldering iron)
Wether you need more power to run extra components, or you're just looking to test some things outside of your case, it's sometimes needed to turn on a power supply without having it connected to your system.
Today, I'll guide you through two different methods of accomplishing this, and believe it or not, both methods are extremely easy. :) Just keep in mind, that you will most likely void your warranty, and OverclockersClub (and especially me) take absolutely no responsibility for damage to your equipment or if you electrocute yourself.
PSU Basics:
As most of you probably know, you cannot simply plug in a PSU to the wall and turn it on. The PSU needs a connection to the motherboard to be told to turn on. When you press the power button on your case, it jumps the green wire to a ground, telling the PSU to turn on. When this "jump" is broken, the PSU shuts off.
The green wire on ATX plug is the "power on" line and is pin #14. The standard ATX plug will also have seven ground, or black wires.
Needed Equipment:
Since we'll be going over two different ways, I've broken this down by Method 1 and Method 2. Since a PSU is pretty obvious, I'm not listing that.
Method #1:
- A piece of wire
- Wire Stripper / Knife
Method #2:
- Two Peaces of wire
- A Single Pole, Single Throw switch (SPST)
- Wire Stripper / Knife
- Optional Items:
- Solder
- Solder Wick
- Soldering Iron
- Needle nose pliers
Getting it To Work – Method #1:
The first method, and the easiest, takes just a minute or two.
Before you begin, make sure your PSU is powered off and unplugged. Please keep in mind, that capacitors inside your PSU store enough current to kill (or at least make you feel uncomfortable). While we will not be working inside your PSU, keep safety in mind.
The first thing we want to do is to take a piece of wire, and strip off the coating on each end. Half an inch should be more than ample.
Now that the wire is stripped on each end, stick one end of the wire in the PSU's green wire connector, and the other end of the wire in any of the PSU's black connectors.
That's all there is to this method! The PSU can now be turned on or off using the power switch on the back of the PSU.
It is common for people to use paper-clips to jump the green and black wire in the same method as described above. While a paper clip will work, I highly discourage doing that.
Getting it To Work – Method #2:
Method #2 is a bit more in depth, cost more, but IMO is the better route to go. - Especially if you will be using this PSU inside your case to run a TEC, H2O setup, CCFLs, or other components.
For my system, I choose to solder the connections together on my switch, this is optional, but will help ensure a good connection.
As with Method #1, make sure your PSU is powered off and unplugged. Please keep in mind, that capacitors inside your PSU store enough current to kill (or at least make you feel uncomfortable). While we will not be working inside your PSU, keep safety in mind.
The first thing to do is to cut two pieces of wire to the length you need. Depending on how you will be situating this PSU and switch, your wire may only be a few inches or a few feet long. - For this project, I've actually used two different colored pieces of wire.
Next thing to do is to strip both pieces of wire on each end. Again, about half an inch should be enough.
Now, loop one end of each wire through one of the terminals on the switch. Needle nose pliers can be used to make a nice, tight loop around the terminals.
Optionally, you may chose to solder these connections in place. Make sure you are using a non-lead based solder to avoid lead poisoning. ;)
Now we need to connect the switch to the PSU. Simply plug one wire from the switch into the PSU's green connector and the other wire into any of the black connectors. It doesn't matter which one of the black connectors you use, and it doesn't matter which end of switch is connected to which wire. All that matters is that one wire is connected to green, and one is connected to black.
That's it, your PSU should now turn on or off simply by flipping the switch.
There you go, two simple methods to turning on your ATX power supply without having it connected to a motherboard. Being able to do this has been extremely helpful to me as a reviewer, however it also comes in handy if you run a high power Thermoelectric Cooler (aka TEC or pelt) that requires the use of a 2nd PSU.
There are a number of things you can do now to improve the look of the switch. Here's a few ideas:
- Mount the switch in a project box, or drive bay.
- Use a Military Style switch, suchs as the ones sold at FrozenCPU, SVC, Xoxide, or a number of other places.
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Is there such a thing as a "perfect" crossover? Probably not, but the 2012 Volvo XC60 comes pretty close.
Excuse our enthusiasm but when it comes to styling, safety, performance and available features, the XC60 scores a lot of points.
The styling is definitely eye-catching and there are three models: 3.2, T6, and R-Design wrapped around four trim levels, Base, Premier, Premier Plus, and Platinum. Our advice? Go through those models and trim levels with your Volvo dealer to outfit your XC60 the way you'll want it.
The interior of the XC60 is lavish, comfortable, and has intriguing styling. The front seats are supportive, especially in the R-Design model and the dashboard is very cool, with a floating trim-line center panel unlike anything you'll see elsewhere.
The quality of materials is very good with a distinctive gauge cluster and instrument panel that puts everything where it belongs, including a standard 7-inch information and entertainment display. It's not a touchscreen but instead uses a steering wheel mounted controller. It's not always as intuitive as we'd like but it works fairly well once you're used to it. We really like Volvo's clever airflow controls, plus iPod/USB/Bluetooth connectivity is standard in every XC60.
The rear seat is roomy enough for most adults and has a unique 40/20/40 split. Fold it down and there's a generous 67.4 cubic-feet of cargo space—cavernous for a crossover.
And even with the rear seat in place, there's still over 30 cubic-feet of space back there.
And don't forget to compare the XC60 with its closest crossover competitors like the Audi Q5, which is a bit smaller inside than the XC60 but measures up just about everywhere else.
The BMW X3 was recently redesigned with a strong turbo engine and offers slightly better fuel economy than the Volvo's 3.2-liter engine, while the Cadillac SRX was also freshened up for 2012 and finally has performance to match its appearance.
The base engine in the 3.2 XC60 is a 3.2-liter, 240-horsepower inline 6 mated with front wheel drive. It's ok, but ultimately an underachiever. The all-wheel-drive T6 or R-Design models are our choice, with either a smooth and powerful 300-horse Turbo 6 or a 325-horsepower Turbo 6. All XC60's come with a six-speed automatic transmission.
The R-Design is one quick crossover, but if fuel economy really matters, it may not be your best choice. Even the other inline sixes aren't mileage-masters either.
The XC60 does, however, pack in seven passive restraints and earn five-star government crash ratings in every test category except rollover resistance—not surprising in a crossover with a higher center of gravity.
The prices for the three XC60 models, before tacking on the options, range from $33,300 for the 3.2 up to $43,700 for the R-Design. And like we said, you'll have a long list of optional features waiting for you to check off at the dealership. The XC60's powertrain is covered by Volvo's 4-year, 50,000-mile warranty.
The 2012 Volvo XC60 is a premium crossover that you'll find little fault with. It has looks, comfort, space, performance, so there's not much missing here. That's as close to perfect as you could expect from any crossover you're considering.


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Well, this is a shame.
According to Liverkick.com, K1 legend and two-time UFC veteran Semmy "Hightower" Schilt has been forced to hang up his gloves after being made aware that he is suffering from a serious heart condition, the specifics of which have not yet been made available.
While rumors of Schilt's impending retirement have been circulating ever since the near 7 foot kickboxer announced that the Glory 4 Tokyo: Special 2012 ~ New Year's Eve tournament — which he successfully claimed by defeating Daniel Ghita via first round TKO in the finals — would be his last, fight fans were still holding out hope that Schilt would make a quick turnaround on his decision as fighters are wont to do.
Unfortunately, the recent diagnosis has officially closed the door for one of the greatest (if not the greatest) heavyweight kickboxers of all time. Schilt retires with a 42-6-1 kickboxing record and a 26-14 MMA record to his credit, as well as 5 K1 Grand Prix titles and the claim of being the final K1 Super-Heavyweight Champion.
We here at CagePotato would like to wish Semmy the best of luck in his future endeavors and hope that he is able to overcome whatever ailment is currently afflicting him in the safest, most timely manner possible.
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