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Shanghai GRAND SLAM | 30 April - 5 May 2013
Shanghai, China, April 29, 2013 – Defending Shanghai Grand Slam champion Todd and Rogers and his new partner Ryan Doherty of the United States will compete as top seeds in the men's Qualification Tournament here on Tuesday.
Rogers, who had clinched consecutive gold medals on the sand of Shanghai Jinshan in the last two years with Philip Dalhausser, started the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour season with Doherty before settling for the 17th place in the season-opening Fuzhou Open last weekend.
Dalhausser will also return to Shanghai following a successful opening with new teammate Sean Rosenthal in Fuzhou where they were crowned in their first tournament together.
After the withdrawal of Olympic silver medallists Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego, Brazilian reserve team Vitor Gonçalves Felipe and Evandro Gonçalves Oliveira Júnior entered the Main Draw, joining Pedro Solberg Salgado and Bruno Oscar Schmidt, and Ricardo Alex Costa Santos and Álvaro Morais Filho while Hevaldo Sabino Moreira and Thiago Santos Barbosa will play in the Qualification Tournament.
The Dutch duo of Jon Stiekema and Christiaan Varenhorst have also withdrawn from the Shanghai Grand Slam because of Stiekema's finger injury.
Switzerland (Sebastian Chevallier and Mats Kovatschmove) moved from the Qualification Tournament to the Main Draw to replace the Dutch team, because the Netherlands have no reserve team and Brazil and Germany already have three teams in the Main Draw. Switzerland are also above Austria on the QT ranking because of their NF ranking (best points of their best players, not the actual team).
A total of 32 teams will take part in the Qualification Tournament, which is set to kick off at 9 am local time on Tuesday.
The seeds are based on the individual players' points tally while the top eight teams from the Qualification Tournament will join the 24 Main Draw teams starting on Wednesday.
The double gender Shanghai Grand Slam is the second event on the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar and the first of ten Grand Slams of the season.
The Men's Main Draw technical meeting will take place on Tuesday evening (local time).
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Plavins finding his feet with new partner Peda
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60. Re: Anyone else had a repeat 8mb brick on 320 ssd AFTER firmware update.whatsupdoc Apr 21, 2012 2:09 PM (in response to IvanEfimov)
Just got my Envy 17 on Tuesday of last week, it came with firmware version "365" (I am assuming the latest available for a recent build). Interesting that when I downloaded and installed the latest Intel SSD Toolbox (3.0.3), it detected that superfetch was enabled from the factory? Hmm...so Intel Toolbox recommended that this be disabled, which I promptly let it do automatically. However, haven't had any problems with the Intel 320 thus far. Windows Experience Index gives the Intel 320 a 7.6 on my Envy 17.
61. Re: Anyone else had a repeat 8mb brick on 320 ssd AFTER firmware update.nviator Apr 28, 2012 2:32 PM (in response to whatsupdoc)
My 160GB 320 SSD drive just got hit by this bug and I had already applied the latest firmware ~7 months ago that was supposed to prevent this from happening. The drive now appears as BAD_CTX 130 and has 8mb capacity. FIX THIS !!!!
62. Re: Anyone else had a repeat 8mb brick on 320 ssd AFTER firmware update.nviator Apr 28, 2012 2:40 PM (in response to nviator)
I forgot to descibe the symptoms. I was browsing some folders in windows explorer when that window stopped responding. I waited a minute and it was still unresponsive, so I opened a new one and the entire explorer (including taskbar) stopped responding and ctrl+alt+del / ctrl+alt+esc weren't doing anything, but notepad was working, I could type on it (I already had it open before this happened).
I noticed the HDD led was fully on, and waited until it turned off completely to reboot the computer by holding the power button. At the next boot the hdd was bricked.
63. Re: Anyone else had a repeat 8mb brick on 320 ssd AFTER firmware update.Grendel Apr 30, 2012 3:44 PM (in response to Grendel)
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I deployed eight or nine 320 series SSDs back in july/august '11. All were updateted to the 362 firmware. At this time three of these have failed, all during the last three weeks:
1. 320 120GB retail, broke two days ago. Was installed in a HP laptop running XPx86sp3. Drives showes excessive End-To-End errors in the SMART status and won't boot the OS. Data could be taken off altho the drive was reluctant to give it up. RMA was approved w/o hassle.
2. 320 40GB retail, bricked about three weeks ago. Serial BAD_CTX 0000013F. Was installed in an older P4 desktop running XPx86sp3. The machine was running 24/7 unattended w/ very little disk activity.
3. 320 120GB OEM, bricked about two weeks ago. Serial BAD_CTX 00000130 Was installed in a Shuttle Intel based system running W7U64sp1. The machine was running 24/7 unattended w/ very little disk activity.
No. 2 and 3 disks were restored w/ the secure erase feature of the SSD Toolbox (3.0.1). There was no apparent reason why the disks bricked, both machines are on UPSs and have new PSUs. All powersaving was turned off. As of now I don't know what I'm going to do with these...
FWIIW, since that message I had two more 320 drives go south on me (8MB bug.) Both are 80G drives (one retail, one OEM), both had XP x86 installed on them, very different hardware tho (one C2Q 775, one P4 system.) Both drives were reanimated using the SSD Toolbox (3.0.3) The only thing common in all 4 bricks I can see is that these systems were running more than 24hrs between reboots on average. I have two 320 SSDs left that haven't bricked so far, both are installed into systems that only run for a few hours per day. (Actually I just replaced one of those disks w/ a 520, hoping that it will be more reliable.)
From my experience with the 320 drives -- STAY AWAY !! Your system will brick, it's just a matter of time.
64. Re: Anyone else had a repeat 8mb brick on 320 ssd AFTER firmware update.Jim May 1, 2012 2:34 PM (in response to whatsupdoc)
Hi whatsupdoc,
In Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Vista, Superfetch tracks and copies your most frequently used applications to system memory to reduce load times. Superfetch is based on the similar Prefetch feature available in Windows XP. Superfetch/Prefetch is not needed on an Intel SSD and should be disabled for optimal performance.
65. Re: Anyone else had a repeat 8mb brick on 320 ssd AFTER firmware update.laidbackdood May 13, 2012 10:55 PM (in response to Jim)
My 120Gb 320 Series SSD also just died on me with the same issue as everyone else. I have two of these drives that are no more than 3 months old retail boxed versions which supposedly have the fixed firmware. I just backed up everything from the other drive. Has anyone recieved a solution to this issue?
66. Re: Anyone else had a repeat 8mb brick on 320 ssd AFTER firmware update.nomad_fj May 22, 2012 7:34 PM (in response to nomad_fj)
Update. As I still had the "8mb SSD" I decided to do a secure erase and it came back to life. In the meantime my notebooks motherboard died. I couldnt find the exact same motherboard so I got the next gen up which thankfully was still compatible with the chasis/cpu/ram. So I replaced the mb and also put in the ssd. Installed os and apps; Its been more than a month and have had no problems at all. Even had a sudden power loss when the battery came loose as I had not put the holding clips in corretectly when I took the notebook apart. It booted up fine.
Perviously the SSD died just a few days after installation. So either the secure erase did something or there was some issue with the older motherboard. I would suggest everyone here to try to put your ssd in a newer machine to see if it make a difference.
I will post another update in a few months time.
67. Re: Anyone else had a repeat 8mb brick on 320 ssd AFTER firmware update.roman_pearce May 24, 2012 3:01 PM (in response to nomad_fj)
Still brickin' on my iMac. Try to avoid filling the drive. Problems appear at every level (hardware, OS) when boot drives are more than 75% full. Time machine saved my skin this time. To unfreeze the drive and do a secure erase, I booted XBMCbuntu from xbmc.org, and did suspend and resume. Big thanks go to a random guy on the internet for pointing that out! No other Linux livecd I could find would resume properly, meaning the alternative is to rip apart the iMac.
68. Re: Anyone else had a repeat 8mb brick on 320 ssd AFTER firmware update.ssgtjoesow May 25, 2012 7:39 AM (in response to gregstarns)
Ok. After reading all the post about ths issue and having 7 out of 120-1300 drives fail, finding out that they have about a 15% failure I am getting very nervous about the drives we have installed. I have sent an email support call to Intel. Our company is big enough that we can put a little weight behind it so we shall see what happens. I have saved this post to my favorites and will update as often as I hear from them. Wish me luck.
69. Re: Anyone else had a repeat 8mb brick on 320 ssd AFTER firmware update.gokica Jun 21, 2012 5:49 AM (in response to gregstarns)
Recently I bought a 320 G3 SSD since I thought that the 8mb bug was resolved with the latest firmware. Now I see that it is not so.
I would appreciate if Intel would provide the definitive instructions on the drive maintenance in order for us to avoid the bug if this is possible.
I see that power saving options were in question but people who had disabled these options in the OS and were properly shutting down their computers still faced the bug. People with UPS and new power supplies also.
Last note was that the drive should not be filled more than 75% of its total capacity. Is this true?
Intel, it is your call.
70. Re: Anyone else had a repeat 8mb brick on 320 ssd AFTER firmware update.juswong Jun 21, 2012 9:13 AM (in response to gregstarns)
I posted this elsewhere on the forum, but thought I'd add my voice to the collective outcry here.
I suffered the same fate. Original SSD failed, and returned for a new 160 GB Intel 320 SSD with updated firmware. This one just 8mb bricked on me. Initial symptoms: Computer froze when accessing files, mouse was still working but explorer was not responsive, ctrl-alt-delete did not work, the suddenly the mouse froze as well. Forced to hard reset. System recovered but simple access of files would cause the freeze again. Upon multiple resets (due to computer freeze during the Intel SSD toolbox SSD health diagnostic), the hard drive bricked into 8mb. This is a faulty product. I want a different model if I should have to return this drive. Intel shouldn't keep giving us the same model with the same problem again and again.
71. Re: Anyone else had a repeat 8mb brick on 320 ssd AFTER firmware update.harlekin Jun 22, 2012 10:52 AM (in response to gregstarns)
I just had my second repeat brick after the recent firmwareupdate. Win bluescreened (random error), after the reboot no disk was found.
As I have gone through all of this before, I was back to restoring an full disk image within 10 minutes, restore is on its way as I'm writing this. But this time, the most recent full disk backup I have was more than 6 weeks old. Thats more than a month of (noncritical, as those files are backed up redundantly) dataloss.
For those who don't already know how to "revive" the intel 320 after the 8mb error, get a "Parted Magic" bootdisk. Follow this tutorial ( How to securely erase an SSD drive | How To - CNET ) to secure erease the disk. Two modes will be supported (last query) use both, one after the other. Reboot the machine with Parted Magic, check if the disk is recognized as a "full size of your drive" disk.
Turn off your system, reboot with the bootdisk of whatever fulldisk backup software you used and restore the saved image.
My last crash with the same error and also full data loss was on the 21.09.2011 (you can find the full report here: http://communities.intel.com/message/140827 ), so almost exactly nine months ago. Again, last time I also already had the newest firmwareupdate applied.
I'm confirming a repeat full data loss after the supposed "fix" of the problem. How Intel was able to negotiate this into anything else than a full blown media scandal, I don't know. That there is no fix up to this date, I do.
Don't buy Intel - they never addressed this error properly, never fixed the problem, but had articles in all media outlets that stated the opposite. Then closed down the old support threads, so that the whole thing could be forgotten.
72. Re: Anyone else had a repeat 8mb brick on 320 ssd AFTER firmware update.Bobmitmen Jul 16, 2012 9:18 AM (in response to gregstarns)
Well...I have the issue solved, at least for me! The solution: I replaced my 320 series 300 GB SSD with a Samsung 830 series 256 GB SATA III drive. Performance is better...Magician software far more advanced than Intel toolbox and the drive doesn't have a history of failure!!! My Intel 320 series sits in a box, doing nothing. Total waste of $$$, but my data and reliability is far more important. For SSD...Intel won't see another penny of my hard earned cash.
Look around...great deals on Crucial and Samsung drives all over the place. Don't sit and wait for your drive to brick again...
73. Re: Anyone else had a repeat 8mb brick on 320 ssd AFTER firmware update.harlekin Jul 16, 2012 10:50 AM (in response to Bobmitmen)
I already did so, two days after I've posted the last reply, I also replaced the 320 for a Samsung 830 series. Happy ever after. Intel contacted me via PM a few days after my posting to get a few details on the setup I used (nothing special, business line laptop), but never followed up on the reply I gave them - so I have to assume that this was just another case of applied "make believe" to keep you occupied with the thought, that they would care.
They did so in the past, proactively managing expectations of other sufferers of their product, which then went nowhere, you can look it up in this very thread.
So yes the SSD branch for Intel is just a cash in scheme on a "reliability play" regarding their brand. Their products always were subpar, overpriced, and now in the second generation - faulty. Don't buy them.
They have succeeded in spinning the press, that the problem had been solved, and thats about all they put any worthwhile effort in. Oh yes, and btw. it still remains a lie.
There is nothing else to say.
74. Re: Anyone else had a repeat 8mb brick on 320 ssd AFTER firmware update.Bobmitmen Jul 17, 2012 12:26 AM (in response to harlekin)
Actually there is! As a 320 series owner and frequent purchaser at Newegg, Amazon and a few other etailer sites...I write reviews. I will, over the next few days, write reviews telling purchasers to avoid all Intel SSD's. The 520 series is also problematic. Intel did NOT fix the issues with the Sandforce controller...they are masking that as well...read the forums. I think it high time that we consumers tell the story and keep others from giving up their hard earned cash to faulty products. Shame on Intel

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Yeah I've watched it and I liked it but after looking into it a bit I'm kinda surprised that they choose that particular ending. Although if you're going to teach a hard lesson that one could definitely hit home. Not intending to segway but I would like to see anime where if the source material has multiple endings or story branches etc I think they too should be added to the anime based on it at some point. I'd want to see all of the alternates anyway. School Days is a good example of this scenario.
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anyone know if there is an ending in the game that gets ALL the girls pregnant?
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There IS one were both Sekai and Kotonoha get pregnant, I'm not sure about the other girls like Otome or Setsuna.
And yes, in the games it is more difficult to
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get a bad ending, though there's NO shortage of them, lol.
The story was good honestly, but I wanted to kill the main character soooo much
I liked it. I don't see why people hate it so much or say how "scary" or "crazy" it was because it wasn't to me. I liked how the anime kept it real. No girl (Kotonoha) would put up with that stuff and there are real girls who would do anything to get someone's man (Sekai). All the anime really showed was how the world works sometimes and how it can happen in high school.
fucked up anime, had a nice boat though.
It started of good, but after I'd say around episode 5 the anime really started to get on my nerves a little bit.
The ending was fucked up that I agree with, but then again that's what Makoto get's for sleeping around. Seriously you don't want to piss women off in that fashion
Just enjoying life! Anime and Games are my passion.
I was traumatized particularly with the ending, but after all, I still think it was a good anime. I mean, the opening part was really good, it had some pretty good music (it had like 6 ending songs if I remember well), but at like episode 6, it started to get really dramatic. It's definitely not for everyone. Should be in the ''Seinen/Mature'' category
I find it difficult to really enjoy a show that has no likable characters whatsoever, but I did get curious as to just how much things were going to spiral out of control.
Let's just say that I will never get those scenes from the last ep out of my head! They should've put a warning before the last episode....
Waiting for life to become interesting....
Seeing your topic title I already start with laughing.
I have read the manga too but there's a little less mature content in it than the anime.
It was an okay anime that delivered one of the most memorable endings in anime, ever.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?
Absolutely horrible, so many people warned me to see it but I did anyway. One of the worst decisions I've made was to watch School Days.
I felt extremely heartbroken for Katsura, although I didn't expect shit to hit the fan so hard..
Gives you such a wake-up call on your normal Harem, slice of life anime o.o
I've heard about that game being completely nuts in the ways of inconsistent decision making system.
I really did like how it ends in the worst way possible it could have.
EDIT: Wow, so many replies already to this post, I didn't realise that CrunchyRoll's community was this lively! :)
Good and well made anime, but feel terrible for having watched it.
Living with the Parum of manliness, mennnnn!!
I for some reason felt extremely wierd afterwards, (Yes, I felt rather emotional afterwards). But this wasn't the kind of teary emotional feeling that you would get from watching something like Clannad/Clannad Afterstory. I just felt extremely....wierd...>_>


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- "Crap, sonny. Low grade crap. I've always fancied printing money. It ain't too hard. I've been doing it on a small scale for years. We just need some good quality plates."
- ― Earnest Kelly
Spilling the Beans is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City given to protagonist Tommy Vercetti by Print Works operator Earnest Kelly from the Print Works in Little Havana, Vice City.
Tommy buys the Print Works, having memories of working with his father on this type of business when Tommy was young. Earnest Kelly, the original owner of the print works, suggests that printing money is the profitable thing to do. He heard of rumors of a money counterfeiting syndicate operating in the state but odoes not know anything more. Tommy heads to Malibu Club to meet Kent Paul who is good with rumors. After a slight ruffle, Paul tells Tommy that the boss of a shipping company at Viceport knows about the syndicate. Tommy heads down to Viceport and gets into a gun fight with a gang guarding the ship. After acquiring the information he needs from the boss, he heads back to the Print Works.
Mission Objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Go and meet Kent Paul at the Malibu Club
- Go to the Chartered Libertine Lines boat at the docks
- The Shipping Officer will have the information that is required
- Get the information back to the Print Works
- The song that can be heard playing in the background during the Malibu Club cutscene is "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson. The song is also featured on the in-game radio station Flash FM. In the 10th anniversary version for the game, this background track was replaced by "Obsession" by Animotion, which can be heard on the in-game radio station Wave 103.
- Interestingly, while "Billie Jean" was removed from the radio for the PS4 version, it still can be heard in this cutscene.
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In nature, environmental reinforcers elicit approach behaviors that are evolutionarily advantageous to the organism. These biological mechanisms help the organism define the nature of its environment by learning to distinguish between potentially helpful and harmful stimuli. Dopamine neurons originating from the ventral tegmental area and substantia nigra serve important roles in behavior, as well as cognition, motor activity, motivation, attention, learning and reward. The presentation of unexpected rewards stimulates a transient release of dopamine from terminals, which may encode a teaching signal. This increase in dopamine release is initiated by a burst-pause firing pattern of the neuron, which in turn is supported in part by potassium channels located on dopamine neuron dendrites. These channels include both GIRK (G-protein coupled inwardly rectifying potassium) and sK (calcium activated potassium) channels. GIRK and sK channels are the effectors of important G protein coupled receptors including GABA, acetylcholine, norepinephrine, and glutamate. The sensitivity to such neurotransmitters is regulated by the co-release of neuropeptides, including endogenous opioids, endocannabinoids and corticotropin releasing factor (CRF), which are believed to be important for tuning behavioral sensitivity to arousal, avoidance and stress.
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The Fibonacci sequence is the series of numbers 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, .... Formally, it can be expressed as:
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f ib1 = 1
f ibn = f ibn−1 + f ibn−2
Write a C program using the fork() system call that that generates the Fibonacci sequence in the child process. The number of the sequence will be provided in the command line. For example, if 5 is provided, the first five numbers in the Fibonacci sequence will be output by the child process. Because the parent and child processes have their own copies of the data, it will be necessary for the child to output the sequence. Have the parent invoke the wait() call to wait for the child process to complete before exiting the program. Perform necessary error checking to ensure that a non-negative number is passed on the command line.


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US: The government plans to re-launch the 15-month-old federal map sharing website Geoplatform.gov this spring with a new set of user communities similar to those on the government data repository Data.gov, an official said.
The user communities will be organised into 17 themes outlined by the Office of Management and Budget, including soil, property, inland water, oceans and transportation, said Interior Department Geospatial Information Officer Jerry Johnston.
Agencies will also be able to share and store geospatial applications inside the revamped site, Johnston said. He was speaking at Esri's Federal GIS conference. Esri is the largest government vendor for digital mapping systems.
The idea for Geoplatform.gov sprang in part from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, when agencies had difficulty sharing crucial mapping information with each other and the public because their maps were often hosted in proprietary data centers.
Johnston is a member of the Federal Geographic Data Committee, which is managing the Geoplatform site. The committee has made some improvements in information sharing, he said, but many agency maps are still behind firewalls.
The committee has focused on sharing as much information as possible between Geoplatform.gov and geographic data posted to Data.gov, Johnston said. Ultimately, federal mappers will be able to load information and mapping applications once and make them accessible across both sites, he said.
The two sites will also share a single metadata catalogue so users can search for mapping information on both sites at the same time, Johnston said.
Agencies are increasingly using digital maps to help formulate policy, for instance by laying maps of endangered species habitats, watersheds and human populations on top of each other to determine where to focus conservation efforts.
Some agencies have also built map-based applications such as an Agriculture Department tool that locates the nearest store that accepts food stamps.
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Feb. 27, 1922 – March 10, 2011
Lois T. Hippenmeyer, longtime Waukesha resident,
died Thursday, March 10, 2011, at her home at the age of 89. She was born
Feb. 27, 1922, in Milwaukee, the daughter of Carl and Anna (nee Keller)
Lois married Charles M. Heyer on June 28, 1941. On
Jan. 2 1965, she married Richard S Hippenmeyer. Lois was very involved
with Carroll College, where she attended school. For many years, she was
the vice president and the interior designer at Tingle and Associates in
Waukesha until her retirement in 1979. She was the second woman to be
elected as an alderman for the City of Waukesha since 1922, when the first
woman was elected. Lois was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in
Waukesha. She served as president of the Spring City Garden Club. Her love
of flowers was evident in her many plantings and the landscaping at her
Eagle River home, including the building of a very large picket fence
around the front of her property. She also designed and was active in the
construction of her kitchen addition. This special place became the center
of many family gatherings and parties for Eagle River neighbors –
referred to as her Peninsula Parties. She will always be remembered for
her zest for life, love of travel, meeting new people and helping others.
She will be missed greatly by her daughter, Stevie
(Dick) Martin of Merrill; her son, Chip (Theresa) Heyer of Waukesha; her
grandchildren, Robin (Chad) Voelker, Randee (John) Blanchard, Jessica
Heyer, Jennifer Heyer, Charlie Heyer and Erika Heyer; and her
great-grandchildren, Ryan, Maddie and Lilly. She is further survived by
her brother, Robert Thalman of San Francisco, along with nieces and
She was preceded in death by her first husband,
Charles M. Heyer, in 1962; her second husband, Richard S. Hippenmeyer, in
1979; and two sisters, Alice Purdy and Marge Brugman.
Lois requested that at the time of her death, a
party be held because funerals were not her thing. Therefore, a
celebration of life reception will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday,
March 26, at Golden Gate Restaurant, 1427 E. Racine Ave., Waukesha.
If desired, memorials are appreciated to the Food
Pantry of Waukesha County, 1301 Sentry Drive, Waukesha, WI 53186; or GRROW
(Golden Retriever Rescue of Wisconsin), P.O. BOX 84, Watertown, WI 53094.
For further information, please call Randle-Dable
Funeral, Cremation and Preplanning Services at 547-4035, or go to www.waukeshafunerals.com for
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The U.S. has regained its status as the top destination of Rolls-Royce cars as the 108-year-old company announced record sales for 2012. Torsten Müller-Ötvös, the chief executive of Rolls-Royce, explains how it achieved this during a global slowdown.
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Monday beer links, musing 12.09.13
by Stan Hieronymus
Tuesday is National Lager Day. I didnt know that either, not until I received a press release on behalf of Anheuser-Busch. It included results of a new survey conducted by the brewer and KRC Research that found drinkers prefer lagers to ales by a large margin.
Key findings include: beer drinkers prefer lagers 2-to-1 over pale ales and 3-to-1 over IPAs and stouts; two-thirds of beer drinkers like the crisp flavor [I added the italics] flavor of lager more than beers with bitter, sweet or fruity flavors; and when it comes to serving style, respondents say enjoying beer in a glass bottle is best (38%), followed closely by beer on draught (32%).
For the press release, A-B head brewmaster Pete Kraemer said: Its great to see excitement for lagers reaffirmed through the survey results. They are the most challenging beers to brew, but also the most rewarding. There is nothing I enjoy more than the light, refined flavor complexity of an American lager.
The press release also points out that lagers account for 75 percent of the beer consumed in the U.S. Those are the facts and thats a lot of beer.
On to other matters:
- The Unbearable Nonsense of Craft Beer A Rant in 9 Acts. Max Bahnson and Alan McLeod simulreleased an excerpt from their upcoming book. You can read it at either spot, with McLeods commentary here, and Bahnsons here.
- The Session #82 roundup posted. Steve Lamond took no time collecting the beery yarns published just Friday.
- Why Do I bother? The lunatic idea that Grodziskie/Grätzer was a sour beer has Ron Pattinson appropriately pissed off.
- What if A-B had spun off specialty division in the 1990s? An interesting bit of history from Brew Hub founder Tim Schoen, who previously worked at Anheuser-Busch for 28 years:
In the 1990s, I was in charge of innovations at A-B, or what we called the specialty brewing group. From that point, I knew there was a groundswell of consumer demand. During that period, I proposed that my group secede from (A-B), and I had a whole plan, moving over to a whole separate building. It was going to be the Specialty Brewing Group Beer Co. It was going to be all crafts and micros. Everyone loved it, but we didnt do it. I still to this day say that if we would have done it, there would be a different landscape out there, at least for my former employer.
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During the 1870's several amendments were added to the National Cemetery Act of 1867 to allow the burial of Union veterans in national cemeteries. In 1872, an amendment was passed to allow "all soldiers and sailors honorably discharged from the service of the United States who may die in a destitute condition, shall be allowed burial in the national cemeteries of the United States."
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Philadelphia National Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Since 1862, more than 3-million burials have occurred in national cemeteries. The purpose of the National Cemetery System remains the same as it did 151 years ago; to provide a proper burial service, headstone, and interment in hallowed ground for veterans, those on active duty, reservists and National Guard members who have, or continue to, serve and defend our country.
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As part of an initiative to create a new school of architecture, the University of Saskatchewan has invited PSU School of Architecture director Clive Knights to speak at "Design Thinking and Teaching," March 17 and 18, one of three symposia on the myriad benefits that a school of architecture can bring to a university and its community. In addition to the symposium on design thinking and teaching, the symposia focus on material and technical innovation, and environment, culture and community engagement. Knights and the other presenters will be discussing the ways in which design thinking offers unique interdisciplinary learning, investigation, creation and research opportunities that are distinct from most others within a university environment and provide a rich educational experience.
Clive Knights, Professor and Director of the School of Architecture at Portland State University, will make a presentation titled "The Communicative Act of Making Architecture." In rehearsing the question "What is an education in architecture?" he will make a case for architecture's vital contribution to culture, through acts of interpretation that gather community around projections of the "good life," and how this ethical challenge has been framed in the birth, formation and pedagogy of a new school of architecture at Portland State University.
Joining him on the panel at the symposium are Dr. Katerina Rüedi Ray and Leslie Van Duzer. Ray is an architect and the current Director of Bowling Green State University's School of Art. Ray has won several international design awards and has participated in numerous art and architecture competitions in the United States and Europe. She has also curated 11 exhibitions and given more than 50 invited lectures on art and architecture. Leslie Van Duzer has been Director of the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of British Columbia since 2010. She is currently developing the groundwork for a new mixed-use, tall wood tower at UBC.
More information about the symposia and the University of Saskatchewan's initiative to start a school of architecture is available here: http://archusask.ca/


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Dec. 29, 2009
Complete Release in PDF Format
The Schedule
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 6:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara at Gonzaga (10-4)
at Gonzaga's McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Series record vs. the Bulldogs - 2-0
Streak - Won 2
Last time out vs. the Bulldogs - W, 59-47 (12/7/08)
Broadcast live on AM 990 and streaming live online by clicking here.
Saturday, Januray 2, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara vs. UC Irvine (3-9)
at UCSB's Thunderdome (6,000)
Series record vs. the Anteaters - 52-24
Streak - Won 6
Last time out vs. the Anteaters - W, 51-38 (2/7/09)
Broadcast live on AM 990 and streaming live online by clicking here.
Game available via Gametracker
Game streaming live online at BigWest.TV
Legends Of The Dome
For years, the Gauchos have been exciting crowds in the Thunderdome. Through the years, legends were made in the 'Dome. Now, five former UCSB standouts are being saluted as "Legends of the Dome." The first legendary womens volleyball star, Roberta Gehlke, was unveiled Oct. 19, 2009. The first men's basketball legend will be unveiled on Jan. 23 before a 7:00 p.m. game against Cal State Fullerton. Three other legends will be introduced this year. The second men,s hoops legend will be unveiled prior to UCSB,s 4:00 p.m. Feb. 13 game against Long Beach State. Women's basketball legends will be honored on Feb. 11 before a 7:00 p.m. game against UC Riverside, and on Feb. 27 before a 2:00 p.m. Blue-Green Rivalry Series game against Cal Poly.
Single Game Tickets Available
Men's and women's basketball single game tickets are now on sale. You can purchase tickets by calling (805) 893-UCSB, visiting the Ticket Office located inside the Intercollegiate Athletics Building on campus or to buy online and print at home, click here.
Purchasing Tickets Has Never Been Easier
The Intercollegiate Athletics Ticket Office now has two parking spaces adjacent to the building and is now open on Saturdays, making it easier than ever for fans to purchase tickets. The ICA Ticket Office will be open from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturdays. The two parking spots, designated specifically for the ticket office, are already available during weekday hours, which are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The Opponents
at Gonzaga, 12/30
UCSB enters Wednesday's game vs. Gonzaga with a 2-0 all-time record, having defeated the Bulldogs last season at home and - oddly enough - upended the Zags on 12/30/99 in Spokane by a 76-58 margin. Gonzaga is led by Heather Bowman, who leads the team with her 15.8 points per game average and 6.8 rebounds per game mark. Last season, UCSB held Gonzaga, then 8-1, to 32.1% from the field and forced 23 turnovers. The Bulldogs are receiving votes in the Top-25 poll. Gonzaga last played on Sunday, defeating UC Irvine, 96-57.
vs. UC Irvine, 1/2
The Gauchos open Big West play with a 2 p.m. game vs. UC Irvine on Saturday. UCSB's 52 all-time wins over the Anteaters are the Gauchos' most vs. any opponent. UCSB has won six straight over UCI with its last defeat an 82-69 setback at home on 2/16/06. Last season the Gauchos had nearly identical victories over the Anteaters - 50-38 on Jan. 8 at the Bren Events Center and then 51-38 on Feb. 7 at the Thunderdome. UCI is led by Mikah Maly-Karros, who is averaging 18.8 points and 10.3 rebounds per game, though she's played in four contests after transferring from LMU.
Slow Start
At 3-8, this marks UC Santa Barbara's slowest start since the 1983-84 season when UCSB went 3-25 overall in Darla Wilson's first season as head coach.
Under .500? No Problem
Regardless of what happens vs. Gonzaga, UCSB will enter Big West Conference play with a record under .500. But, that isn't a concern. The Gauchos will open conference play with a sub-.500 record for the sixth straight season. In that time, Big West play has proved to be the elixir for any woes - UCSB is 66-12 in conference play over that stretch.
Biggest in the Big West
And speaking of UCSB's success in conference play ... Since the 1995-96 season, UCSB is 205-19 (.915) in Big West games.
Double-Doubles, Animal Style
One positive came out of Monday's 47-40 defeat to Idaho - UCSB had two players post double-doubles in the same game for the first time since Jessica Wilson and Chisa Ononiwu did it on March 8, 2008 vs. Long Beach State when Emilie Johnson had 14 points and a career-high 11 rebounds and Jordan Franey added 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Leading Lady
Emilie Johnson leads the Gauchos in nearly every statistical category this season. The sophomore guard leads UCSB in points, assists, steals, minutes played, field goals attempted, free throw percentage and three-pointers made and attempted. The Loomis, Calif. native averages also rank her in the top-10 throughout the Big West including points per game (sixth), assists per game (fifth), free throw percentage (third) and minutes played (first).
Probable Starters
No. Name Pos Quick Notes
10 Emilie Johnson G Leads in all offensive categories but reb.
14 Jordan Franey F Averaging 9.5 ppg & 4.7 rpg - 3rd on team
21 Meagan Williams G 1 of 3 to start all 11 games
32 Margaret Johnson F Has started the past 7 games
44 Mekia Valentine C Has scored in double figures in all but 2
Possible Reserves
0 Bree Richardson G Avg. 9.2 min per game in 9 games
1 Sweets Underwood F Freshman has played in all 11 games
3 Megan Kritscher F/C Has not played in past three games
11 Stefanie Corgel G Made first career basket in 12/13 win
12 Ariana Gnekow G Key bench contributor w/ 2.6 ppg & 3.4 rpg
22 Chris Spencer G 16 min vs. Idaho are most since 12/13
25 Jessie Goble F/C 2 points, 3 rebounds in 9 min on 12/13
33 Destini Mason G One of 5 freshman on team
Climbing the Charts
Mekia Valentine, who ranks in the top-10 in the country with her 4.4 blocks per game average, has a team-best 44 blocks after swatting four more shots at Idaho, putting her just outside the school's top-10 in a single season. Currently Kris Grazzini (1993-94), Susie Matthews (1990-91 and 1991-92) and Patty Franklin (1980-81) hold that spot with 46 blocks in a season.
Swat Team
UCSB is averaging 6.7 blocks per game, which ranks the team in the top-10 in the nation. UCSB has blocked 74 shots already this season and the team is closing in on the school's top-10 in single-season block totals. The Gauchos are on pace to shatter the school's single-season record of 140 (set in 2003-04) while the 1981-82 team is 10th with 101 blocks. Mekia Valentine and Meagan Williams rank first and third in the Big West in blocks per game with 4.4 and 1.5, respectively.
Valentine's Gift
Valentine is shooting a robust 59.3% from the floor, which would challenge the school's single-season record. The current top spot is occupied by Kira Anthofer, who shot 59.6% from the field in 1985-86.
Shooting Stars
In six games this season UCSB has shot over 40% from the field - including twice when the Gauchos shot over 50%. UCSB is hitting 42.1% of its shots this season, which is second in the Big West and sits just outside of UCSB's single-season top-10. The last team to shoot that well was the 2004-05 squad, shooting 44.0% on the season. The odd part is that UCSB is shooting 48% inside the 3-point line while beyond the arc the Gauchos are hitting just 24.1% of their shots.
Williams Watch
Meagan Williams entered her senior season with career averages of 3.9 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. The Sacramento native is averaging 9.0 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, both of which rank fourth on the team. After starting just two games in her previous three seasons, Williams is one of just three players to have started all 11 contests this year for the Gauchos and her 33.1 minutes per game is fifth in the conference. Williams' 1.5 blocks per game is third in the Big West while her even 50% mark from the field is fifth in the conference.
Air Jordan
Jordan Franey posted her first double-double since Dec. 7, 2006 when the San Diego native had 22 points and 12 rebounds in a win over Weber State. The senior forward, who has started all 11 games this season is averaging 9.5 points and 4.7 rebounds per game, which both rank third on the team.
The TO Show
After turning the ball over 29 times, the most this season, UCSB has now committed 230 turnovers through 11 games this season, which is second-most in the Big West. The Gauchos are forcing just 15.0 turnovers per game and hold a -5.91 differential, which is last in the Big West.
Opposites Attract
UCSB is proving to be quite the dichotomy this season when it comes to scoring. The Gauchos rank last in the Big West with their 56.4 points per game average. However its not as if UCSB is getting blown out. Santa Barbara is second in the conference, allowing teams 61.0 points per game and the Gauchos are allowing opponents to shoot just 35.5%, which is best in the Big West.
Not Necessarily "Free"
Last season UCSB set a school record by shooting 75.7% from the free throw line. This season the Gauchos' 63.9% from the charity stripe is eighth in the nine-team Big West.
Stay in Touch With the Gauchos
Three people will keep fans abreast of all things related to the women's basketball team this year through UCSBgauchos.com. Head Coach Lindsay Gottlieb has her own Twitter page at twitter.com/UCSBCoachG and Emilie Johnson and Margaret Johnson both write for the blog "Johnsons' Journal." Each social networking tool can be found on the women's basketball page at UCSBgauchos.com.
The Lindsay Gottlieb File
Lindsay Gottlieb is in her second season as the Gauchos' head coach, and she is just the fourth head coach in UCSB women's basketball history. Last season Gottlieb guided the Gauchos to a 22-10 overall mark (15-1 in the Big West) and the Big West regular-season and tournament championships. Named the Big West Coach of the Year, Gottlieb became the first coach in Gaucho history to win at least 20 games and the Coach of the Year award in her first season - and one of only seven coaches nationwide to do so. Gottlieb led the Gauchos to their 14th consecutive postseason appearance and the team won 20 games for the 12th time in the past 14 years. In her first season at the helm of the program, Gottlieb guided the Gauchos to national prominence, ranking in the top-10 in field goal percentage defense, a top-20 finish in points allowed per game while watching her team set a school record for free throw percentage. No stranger to success, Gottlieb was formerly the associate head coach at Cal, helping the team to a 68-28 (.708) overall mark in her time there. Prior to that, Gottlieb was an assistant at the University of Richmond, where she helped the Spiders to three straight 20-win seasons.


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Last week I talked about 10 freebies that should find a home on every iPad. True, most of the apps I mentioned have iPhone/iPod touch counterparts and are equally essential on the more mobile of the iOS clan, but the apps I will highlight today work best on the pocketable devices for one very good reason; your iPhone is most likely to be always connected.
Whereas with the iPad, even if you've opted for and use 3G, you may decide to rely primarily on WiFi and use your 3G option only when necessary, like when you travel. If you're using your iPhone as it was intended then it must have a data connection, always, and because it's required, apps that make use of that connection suddenly become more useful because they are always available.
So, without further preamble, here are 10 apps that I believe should grace your new iPhone.
Instagram: I've always been impressed with the iPhone's ability to take a decent shot. Even back in the day when I was sporting an iPhone 3G, the pix I took with that phone were of decent enough quality for me to not even think about lugging along a pocket cam.
I have an iPhone 4 now and the pix it can take seldom fail to make me smile. There two reasons why I'm happy with my shots: the first is Camera+, an app that's been around for a while and is a must if you are serious about using your iPhone for photography. The other reason is Instagram.
Taking pix should be a breeze, and sharing them should be breezier, and that's what Instagram is all about. Point and shoot, then use the included filters to jazz up your shots, but the fun doesn't end there. Instagram will let you post your pix for all your friends to see and follow via any number of social sites. Through Instagram you can keep up with friends and family as well. It's a fun concept and works great.
Weather Channel: I mentioned Weather Channel for iPad and felt the app was essential though it seemed to lack some of the features of its iPhone sibling. Well, get the iPhone sibling.
With the app you get a customizable motion radar map, 36 hour and 10-day forecasts, video forecasts for your area, and severe weather alerts. That last one is most important in my book. Tap the severe button and you get a list of currently active alerts and storms in your area. Why this isn't included in the iPad app I'll never know.
Makes no difference, it's in the iPhone app and you should get it.
IMDB: When Apple released iOS 5 it also released an app called Trailers and it is not bad. It'll show you trailers, of course, but it'll also give you showtimes from all your local theaters. The problem with Trailers is that it can be slow when trying the find a movie.
I gave up using the app and went back to my old standby, IMDB.
Here's an app that just works, especially if you are trying to find movie related info. Any movie related info. The app fires up quickly, has a clean interface, and gets the job done without a lot of ceremony. Need to know where a movie is place and at what time? Boom! it's done.
Google Voice: There are time when you REALLY don't want to give someone your mobile phone number, but can still imagine a need to give them some means of contacting you. This is where Google Voice comes in handy.
Get a Google Voice account and you get a useable phone number that you can then give to your shadier contacts. When they call your GV account they can leave a message that GV can translate to text and forward to you. It's a great way to screen calls. The bonus, of course, is that you now have a second phone number you can use on any of your devices, including your iPad.
Anyone who feels the need to keep their mobile number a bit more private should waste no time getting Google Voice.
Flashlight: There's a saying in photography: The best camera is the one you have with you. That's sound logic and applies to many things, including flashlights. Few people carry them, but everyone has run into situations where they wished they had one. With Flashlight you always do.
It's a simple app. Fire it up and you can turn on the iPhone's camera flash, which is just a very bright LED. You can opt to have the LED strobe or flash out and S.O.S., or , if you are into Morse Code, you can manually tap out your message. If you need less light, say, just enough to read a menu in a dimly lit restaurant, then switch to the screen light. It's incredibly handy and you'll thank me for suggesting this one many times.
Dropbox/PlainText: Yep. These two I mentioned last week for the iPad, I'm lumping them into one here because they simply work well together, and they makes even more sense on your iPhone.
Let's say you've recently had an editing session on your iPad, but you are currently away from your larger device and have been struck by a bolt of inspiration. With DropBox you have access to your PlainText file. You can edit away and be secure in knowing that you inspired prose is now safe and sound.
Dragon Go: Those of you with iPhone 4s(s) can ignore this. The rest of you take note. You can now sate your lust for Siri-like interaction with your iPhone by using Dragon Go. It uses the same engine that gives Siri her smarts.
Tap the button and ask Dragon Go where the nearest Starbucks is, and it responds with a list of coffee shops near you. Yeah, it's not as sexy as Siri, but it gets the job done and it's simple to use.
There's also Dragon Dictation, which will translate your speech into text which can then be sent to others via SMS or email. Again, it isn't Siri, but few things are.
NPR News: You've got to have a news app, and NPR News is one of my favorites on the iPhone. It has a clean interface, lists all the top news stories, and gives you the option to either read or listen to each story. I like that.
You also get access to other NPR programs like Car Talk and All Things Considered. You can save stories for reviewing later, save your favorites, and listen to your local public station. Lots of good stuff in an ad-free app.
WebMD: When should you use a tourniquet? The answer may surprise you.
We sometimes run into situations where medical advice is needed, but it just isn't available. If you have a medical emergency then call 911, but if the situation isn't serious enough then consult WebMD. It has a symptom checker which asks you a series of questions and delivers a list of possible causes which you can then explore. This will, in turn, give you more information and perhaps questions to ask your doctor on your next visit.
It also provides first aid advice and help with common ailments. WebMD is a great tool to have.
SoundHound: What's the name of the song currently playing on the radio? With SoundHound, you'll know in just a few seconds.
Let the app hear a few seconds of what's being played and SoundHound scours the Internet to find an answer for you. What's even better, if you have that song available on your iPhone it'll point you to it for playing.
It's great app to have a surprisingly useful.
OK, that's a wrap for this week. More free iPhone apps below with direct links.


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Annie's Storage-Rich Kitchen in Germany
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- Name:
- Annie
- Location:
- Freiburg Germany
- Square Feet:
- 41
- Division:
- International
- What makes your small kitchen so cool:
- The best part of our kitchen is the hatch. It really opens the space and makes it feel just a little bit less cramped.
- Describe a challenge you've overcome or a smart resource you've found for your kitchen.:
- Storage! When we moved in, the previous tenant left his very basic kitchen behind. We added a few adjustments, like the spice racks on the roof slant and several extra shelves, that made the kitchen work much better for our cooking needs.
- What's your favorite meal to cook here?:
- A big pot of veggie chili. You can take the girl out of Texas, but you can't take the Texas out of the girl!


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Defensive lineman Vaughn Martin agrees to terms with Miami Dolphins
MIAMI – Defensive lineman Vaughn Martin has agreed to terms with the Miami Dolphins after starting the past two seasons with the San Diego Chargers.
The deal was confirmed Thursday on Twitter by Martin's agent.
The 6-foot-4, 300-pound Martin played end in the Chargers' 3-4 scheme but likely will play tackle in the Dolphins' 4-3 defense.
A native of Jamaica, Martin was a fourth-round draft pick by the Chargers in 2009 and started 27 games the past two years. He missed the final three games in 2012 with a groin injury.


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Meeting of February 25, 2009 - on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Implementation of Title II of the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008
Acting Chairman Ishimaru, Acting Vice-Chair Griffin, and Commissioners:
Thank you for this opportunity to speak on the occasion of the release of EEOC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) implementing Title II of the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act. I look forward to reading the proposed rule you are issuing today and plan to submit formal comments on the rule once I have had an opportunity to review it and consult with our coalition partners.
My name is Andrew Imparato and I am the President and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD). Founded on the fifth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), AAPD organizes the disability community to be a powerful force for change—politically, socially and economically. With more than 100,000 members, AAPD is the largest cross-disability membership organization in the U.S. In the public policy arena, AAPD advocates for policies that advance the goals of the ADA—equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiently.
Prior to joining AAPD in 1999, I served as general counsel and director of policy for the National Council on Disability, as an attorney adviser with EEOC Commissioner Paul Steven Miller, as counsel to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Disability Policy, and as a staff attorney at the Disability Law Center in Boston. In 2002, while the genetic non-discrimination legislation was making its way through Congress, I testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in support of the legislation, noting the difficulties with relying exclusively on the ADA to address discrimination on the basis of genetic information.
I am delighted that the last Congress passed both the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act and the ADA Amendments Act. Read together, these two critical statutes will help to plug a big hole in civil rights protections that was created by Supreme Court and lower federal court decisions interpreting the ADA. I called attention to that hole when I testified in support of GINA in 2002 and last year when I testified before the House Education and Labor Committee in support of the ADA Restoration Act (the original name of the Amendments Act).
As a person with bipolar disorder, a condition that I understand to have a genetic link, I am delighted that GINA will provide protections to my two boys and future generations who may have a genetic predisposition to develop some version of my condition and a host of other conditions. GINA will protect my sons as long as they have not developed symptoms of the condition. Should they develop symptoms, the new provisions in the ADA Amendments Act will now provide protections against employment discrimination based on those symptoms.
As EEOC works simultaneously to issue regulations implementing Title II of GINA and the new ADA Amendments Act, I encourage you to seize this opportunity to not just develop and issue regulations, but to undertake a broad-based effort to educate the disability community and the various disease-specific groups who are directly affected by these laws.
When I worked at the National Council on Disability, we did a series of reports looking at the effectiveness of federal enforcement of a variety of civil rights laws. The major lesson from these reports was that educating the protected class about their rights and how to assert those rights in the face of discrimination is the most effective strategy for ensuring widespread implementation and enforcement of civil rights protections for people with disabilities. I strongly encourage EEOC to look at the broad-based training that was conducted in the early 1990s after passage of the ADA, and fund a new round of training that includes both the ADA Amendments Act and GINA. The other major new law that could be part of such a training, if it were done in partnership with the Department of Labor, is the mental health parity legislation.
As I said, I look forward to reviewing your proposed GINA regulations. With the proliferation of new genetic technologies, I recognize that we are all likely to have access to more and more genetic information about ourselves and our families over time. I think as a society we are still grappling with how to use this information and the potential benefits and risks of undergoing genetic testing.
As I see it, EEOC's job is to do everything in your power to minimize the potential risks that genetic testing could have a negative impact on a person's current employment or future jobs. This can be accomplished by restricting the ability of employers to obtain genetic information, protecting the confidentiality of the information after it is acquired by an employer, and prohibiting discrimination on the basis of the information. In the rulemaking process, I encourage EEOC to interpret the statutory language, including the exceptions to the general rule against the acquisition of genetic information by employers, in a manner that provides the greatest protection for employees and is easy for employees and employers to understand.
EEOC is also uniquely well-suited to look at the interaction between the GINA rules and other workplace non-discrimination laws like the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act. I encourage EEOC the read these laws in a way that provides seamless protection for people with genetic anomalies who are both symptomatic and asymptomatic. The same rule should apply in the workplace for both populations—treat people fairly and evaluate them based on their performance and not based on speculation about how that performance might be affected by a gene-linked condition.
Thank you again for the opportunity to address the Commission at this time of important progress in workplace protections for people with disabilities, chronic health conditions, and genetic predispositions. I look forward to working with you to implement these new laws in a manner that improves employment outcomes for people with disabilities and provides real safeguards for people who are evaluating whether to undergo genetic testing.


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Levomilnacipran Savings Tips
Manufacturer Coupon
Many manufacturers offer programs that will reduce your out-of-pocket costs for this prescription. These programs are free but may have some rules or restrictions, so you'll want to review carefully. When you're ready to use this coupon, simply present the coupon to your pharmacist with a valid prescription for your medication.
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|How do I get the discount?
|Download and print from the program website. You can also print a rebate form for mail-order prescriptions.
|How much can I save?
|You can save up to $100 per fill, after a $30 out-of-pocket expense.
|Do I need insurance?
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You may find that filling a 90-day supply will reduce your total cost for this prescription. As an added bonus, you'll make fewer trips to the pharmacy, saving you time and money.
If you have insurance or Medicare, you may find that you receive lower prices if you fill your prescriptions through your plan's mail order pharmacy. Many insurance plans (and most Medicare plans) are now offering similar rates at a select group of "preferred" retail pharmacies. Some plans may require that you fill through a mail order pharmacy for fills of more than a 30-day supply.
To switch to 90-day fills, note that you'll need a new prescription from your doctor; a 30-day quantity prescription will not allow 90-day fills.
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Many programs are available from federal and state governments, non-profits, manufacturers, and other organizations to help you get the drugs you need at a reduced cost. Eligibility is often based on income, insurance or Medicare status, and other factors. You'll need to apply through each program, either online, over the phone, or with your doctor's help. The following program is offered by the manufacturer of this drug.
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|Ask your doctor to help you submit an application. You can find the form on the program website, or request one by calling 1-800-851-0758.
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There may be other prescriptions in the same class (that work in the same way) that could treat your condition just as well at a much lower cost.
If you're taking an expensive brand-name-only drug, it may be worth asking your doctor if there are any other less expensive, generic, or over-the-counter options that might work for you.


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Hidden Heroes
CIU Chancellor
I have just returned from a conference in southern Greece where I met with a very special group of missionaries I call "the world's hidden heroes." As I talked, prayed, and ate meals with the hundreds in attendance, and heard their stories, I was humbled to realize that I was rubbing shoulders with people "of whom the world in not worthy." For security reasons, some of them could not even tell me where they were living and serving.
It was the Thirty-Fourth International Conference of the Christian Medical and Dental Associations (CMDA), which focuses on Continuing Medical and Dental Education (CMDE) for the thousands of evangelical medical missionaries who are serving today around the world, often in some of the most remote and dangerous locations. There were 715 (mostly) American missionaries serving in 75 countries at this conference (their largest ever), including doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, physicians assistants, and others connected with missionary health, along with spouses and children. There was no commercial financial support for this conference whatsoever. Many of those attending were highly-skilled surgeons working in primitive areas under stressful conditions with less-than-adequate equipment.
Besides coming together to hone and upgrade their medical skills, these Christian workers also gathered for spiritual refreshment and fellowship. It was my privilege to be the daily Bible teacher for the conference. It was a joy to speak to people with such hungry and receptive hearts. I wish you could have been there to hear these people worship, sing and pray together! Tears flowed freely as people sang and prayed in their native tongue (English), something they rarely get to do in the places where they are serving. My wife, Annette, who is a licensed professional counselor, was with me, and was busy throughout the two weeks, talking and praying with many.
Along with the medical missionaries in attendance, there were also 115 "faculty" who came from North America. These were highly trained and experienced Christian doctors and dentists (from places like the M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., etc.) who paid their own travel and conference expenses so they could teach the medical missionaries about the latest medical techniques and issues. These visiting "faculty" taught 60 break-out sessions and gave 176 lectures.
More than 40 other people from North America paid their own way to come to this conference to provide a wonderful daily musical/worship program, an amazing recreational and spiritual childcare program, and audio/visual/IT support for all the plenary and break-out sessions.
Just before the conference started, three American men involved in medical missionary work in one of the world's most dangerous countries were murdered by radical extremists. These modern martyrs were close colleagues to quite a few of the doctors who attended the conference. We had a memorial ceremony one evening, and at the end asked all those serving in that same country (over 20) to come to the front in an act of re-commitment as we all commended them to the Lord in prayer. One young missionary wife serving in that dangerous country told Annette and me privately, in a very matter-of-fact way, how, not long ago, gunmen stormed their residence and she had to hide in the bathtub with her arms around her small children, fairly certain they were all going to die. She told us how, huddled in that bathtub, she recommitted her life to the total Lordship of Jesus Christ and experienced His presence in a powerful way.
Toward the end of the conference, we gathered around the Lord's Table, remembering His ultimate sacrifice for us, and recommitting ourselves to His service until He returns. It was a solemn and moving experience.
This conference usually takes place in Kenya every two years, focusing mainly on medical personnel serving throughout Africa and the Middle East. However, the conference venue there has become too small, cannot accommodate families, and is located in an increasingly volatile setting (three bombs went off in Nairobi the very week we were meeting in Greece). The Greek conference site was very adequate in size, was safe, and was reasonable financially (though more expensive than Kenya). Knowing that the Greek site was going to cost more, a donor gave a generous gift that covered the registration cost ($285 per person) for everyone attending the conference!
There was a lot of interest expressed in pursuing studies at CIU, both by MKs, and by the medical missionaries themselves. I fully expect to see some of them enrolled at CIU in the future, either via online courses, or at one of our campuses (South Carolina or Germany). Near the beginning of the conference I asked how many of those attending had studied at CIU or were working with CIU grads, and easily one-third of the crowd raised their hands.
Lord willing, in 2015 Annette and I will be ministering at a very similar CMDA/CMDE conference in Thailand for medical missionaries serving in Asia (probably about 500). We eagerly look forward to that time!


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Lyons is a charming small town (population of just over 2,000), complete with regular carnivals, parades and a delightful culinary scene. Lyons boasts a wide array of colorful highlights, including the RockyGrass Bluegrass Festival held each summer, ice skating rinks in the winter, and lots of antique stores for year-round entertainment. And with the great outdoors in your backyard, each piece of Lyons real estate comes complete with easy access to Colorado's majestic landscape.
Formed in the 1880s as a quarry town, Lyons has become famous for its red flag stone, which has been used to build several of the CU buildings, as well as for many construction and landscaping projects worldwide. Many of these quarries are still operating today. The town itself is home to fifteen sandstone structures, and has a strong Historical Society dedicated to preserving these magnificent reminders of the town's origin.
Lyons real estate offers great outdoor destinations to capture the best of Colorado's invigorating climate, such as the "old swimming hole" of the St. Vrain River, situated in one of many nice parks. Hiking trails crisscross throughout the active community, culminating at Heil Ranch and Hall Ranch, providing over 12 miles of multi-use trails and 8,000 acres of back country combined. Nearby Rabbit Mountain offers a breathtaking view of the Continental Divide, and is home to a diverse collection of animal and plant life, including the Golden Eagle.
For even more of an adventure, only twenty minutes away is Rocky Mountain National Park – Lyons' location at the intersection of State Highway 7 and U.S. 36 has earned it the nickname "The Double Gateway to the Rockies". Lyons is also twenty minutes away from Estes Park, making it prime Colorado real estate for those looking for a peaceful, uncongested community just minutes away from some of the greatest sights in Colorado.
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Caption, "Ashford. the estate of Henry Hart Esq. Barbados"; parish of St. John. Shows features typical of a Barbadian sugar plantation yard area in early period. This unique drawing was made by a teen-age girl between 1837 and 1845, several years after slave emancipation. However, the basic settlement pattern of the slave period is still quite evident. The drawing clearly shows major features of the plantation yard, including the mansion house (which still stands although modified over the years) windmill, boiling house, pond (from which slaves and livestock drew their water supplies), and located between the mansion house and pond, the houses of some of the laborers or ex-slaves. For more details on this drawing, see Jerome S. Handler and Frederick W. Lange, Plantation Slavery in Barbados: An Archaeological and Historical Investigation (Harvard Univ. Press, 1978), p. 297, note 3. A photograph of this drawing, with permission to reproduce, was graciously provided to Handler by Mrs. Mildred Hart Higgins, owner of the sketchbook which contains the drawing.


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