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"There has been no breakthrough today," said British Foreign Secretary William Hague after meetings with Kerry and the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Iran.
The trip gave Kerry a chance to ease an espionage dispute with Germany. After meeting with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, both stressed the importance of their cooperation in solving global crises, yet offered little indication they have fully mended ties.
Separately, Kerry spoke by telephone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the escalating Mideast violence. Like the others, he also met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
"We're working, we're working, we just got here," said Kerry, chiding reporters asking about progress as Sunday's meetings wound down.
But the dispute over Iran's enrichment program appeared to be defying the Western foreign ministers' combined diplomatic muscle.
Tehran says it needs to expand enrichment to make reactor fuel but the U.S. fears Tehran could steer the activity toward manufacturing the core of nuclear missiles. The U.S. wants deep enrichment cuts; Iran wants to greatly expand enrichment.
"There is a huge gap" over enrichment, said Hague, in comments echoed by the other foreign ministers.
Steinmeier and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius left Sunday, a few hours after they arrived.
Kerry und Hague stayed on for another day of diplomacy. Still, the dispute and other differences strongly indicated that six world powers and Tehran will need to continue negotiations until July 20 and could decide to extend their talks past that informal deadline for a deal.
Such an agreement would buy time to negotiate a pact limiting the scope of such programs in exchange for a full end to nuclear-related sanctions against Tehran.
"Obviously we have some very significant gaps still, so we need to see if we can make some progress," Kerry told reporters before a meeting with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who is convening the talks.
"It is vital to make certain that Iran is not going to develop nuclear weapons, that their program is peaceful. That's what we are here trying to achieve."
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said "positions are still far apart," and the ministers had come to "try to narrow differences."
Steinmeier said he and other Western foreign ministers had made clear in meetings with Iranian officials that "the ball is Iran's court."
"It is now time for Iran to decide whether they want cooperation with the world community or stay in isolation," he told reporters.
The show of Western unity notwithstanding, Kerry's presence was most important. With the most significant disputes between Washington and Tehran, his visit gave him a chance to discuss them directly with Zarif.
Lower-ranking officials represented both Russia and China, possibly reflecting their view even before Sunday that talks past July 20 are unavoidable.
But Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi suggested any extension would be relatively short, saying "there is not much willingness" by either side to go a full six months. He, too, earlier spoke of "huge and deep differences."
Kerry arrived in Vienna after a diplomatic bounce in Afghanistan, where he persuaded rival presidential candidates to agree to a full audit of their recent runoff election. They also agreed to a power-sharing arrangement.
But the nuclear dispute could prove harder to solve.
Iranian hardliners oppose almost any concession by moderate President Hassan Rouhani's government. In the U.S., Republicans and Democrats have threatened to scuttle any emerging agreement because it would allow Iran to maintain some enrichment capacity.
Outside the negotiation, regional rivals of Iran, including Israel and Saudi Arabia, are extremely skeptical of any arrangement they feel would allow the Islamic republic to escape international pressure while moving closer to the nuclear club.
An interim deal in January effectively froze Iran's program, with world powers providing sanctions relief to Tehran of about $7 billion. The two sides also agreed to a six-month extension past July 20 for negotiations to reach a comprehensive deal if necessary.
Kerry also spoke Sunday with the three European foreign ministers about worsening violence in the Middle East, with each likely to push harder than the American for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
Fabius said a cease-fire "is the absolute priority."
Kerry did not directly address German-U.S tensions caused by revelations about widespread American spying in Germany. "We are great friends," he told reporters, extolling the "enormous" importance of cooperation on the world stage between Washington and Berlin.
Steinmeier was more direct. Calling good bilateral relations "indispensable," he acknowledged recent "difficulties" and urged that relations "revive on the basis of trust and mutual respect."


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Ambit Biosciences Appoints David Parkinson, M.D., to Board of Directors
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SAN DIEGO, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ambit Biosciences Corporation today announced that David R. Parkinson, M.D., has been appointed to the company's board of directors. Dr. Parkinson is a venture partner at New Enterprise Associates, a position he has held since 2012, and a member of the board of directors for Threshold Pharmaceuticals, a publicly-traded oncology company, and Zyngenia, Inc. He served as a director of Facet Biotech through its acquisition by Abbott in 2010.
Prior to joining New Enterprise Associates, Dr. Parkinson was president and chief executive officer of Nodality, a biotechnology company focused on personalized medicine. Before this, he held positions as senior vice president of oncology research at Biogen Idec, vice president of oncology development at Amgen, Inc, and vice president of global clinical oncology development at Novartis Corporation. Dr. Parkinson previously held multiple positions with the National Cancer Institute from 1990 to 1997, including chief of the Investigational Drug Branch and associate director of the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program. He has also served on the National Cancer Policy Forum of the Institute of Medicine and is a past president of the International Society of Biological Therapy. He is a past Chairman of the FDA's Biologics Advisory Committee and member of the FDA Science Board, and is a recipient of the FDA's Cody Medal. Dr. Parkinson received his medical doctorate from the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, with internal medicine and hematology/oncology training at McGill University in Montreal and at New England Medical Center in Boston. He has held academic positions at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas and New England Medical Center at Tufts University School of Medicine.
"David brings to Ambit extensive medical and industry experience in oncology, which we believe will bring an appropriate perspective for Ambit at this stage," said Michael Martino, President and CEO of Ambit. "We look forward to his contributions toward the development of quizartinib and the rest of our pipeline."
Added Dr. Parkinson, "I look forward to serving as a director and working with the board and management team to help advance the potentially important new therapeutic agents in the Ambit pipeline."
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When someone voluntarily engages in sporting events or athletic activities, the primary assumption of risk doctrine will bar a personal injury lawsuit to recover for injuries sustained from conduct or conditions which are inherent in that activity. An interesting case involving assumption of risk and injuries sustained by a road cyclist was decided on May 19th by the Second Department - Cotty v Town of Southampton, 2009 NY Slip Op 04020.
The plaintiff was a member of a bicycle club which engaged in long-distance rides. On the day her injuries occurred, she was the last cyclist in a group of eight riders cycling on a public road during a 72-mile ride. She indicated in her deposition that the road was not smooth and had potholes. In fact, at the time, a construction company had replaced asphalt in a trench along the edge of the road so that a conduit for a water main could be installed. Two layers of asphalt were to be laid to fill the trench to bring it level with the existing roadway. However, at the time of the accident, only one layer of asphalt had been laid. This left a lip approximately one inch deep, parallel to the length of the road where the existing road and the newly paved section met. This lip was not marked in any way.
The plaintiff had previously ridden on that same road about 20 to 30 times, and as recently as two to four weeks before the accident. She was aware of the construction on the road. The roadway had no shoulder. She was riding about one to two feet from the edge of the road, and approximately 1 to 1 1/2 wheel lengths behind the cyclist in front of her. They were riding at a speed of 17 to 18 miles per hour.
The bicyclists in the front of the pace line then began a "hopping" maneuver with their bicycles to avoid the "lip" in the road. However, the rider in front of the plaintiff unsuccessfully attempted the maneuver, and fell in the path of the plaintiff's cycling. The plaintiff thus swerved and slid into the road where she collided with an oncoming car.
The plaintiff sued the Town, the construction company, and the Suffolk County Water Authority which contracted for the work. The defendants moved for summary judgment arguing the plaintiff had assumed the risks commonly associated with cycling.
The Second Department denied the defendants' motion allowing the plaintiff's action to proceed to trial.The Court rejected a broad application of the assumption of risk doctrine to all forms of leisure activities. It indicated that the doctrine was not designed to relieve a municipality of its duty to maintain its roadways in a safe condition. The Court then contrasted previous cases in which the cycling took place on paved roads or paths with cases involving mountain biking on unpaved trails. The Court noted that assumption of risk was applied in the mountain biking case, but not in the cases involving paved surfaces. The difference of course was that in mountain biking it is reasonably foreseeable that the unpaved nature of the trails is exactly the appeal and challenge of the activity, and thus, participants assume risks associated with riding on rough surfaces. But this is, according to the Court, was not the case with cycling on paved surfaces.
The Court also rejected arguments by the defendants that the plaintiff was cycling too closely.
The Court concluded stating:
In sum, it cannot be said, as a matter of law, that merely by choosing to operate a bicycle on a paved public roadway, or by engaging in some other form of leisure activity or exercise such as walking, jogging, or roller skating on a paved public roadway, a plaintiff consents to the negligent maintenance of such roadways by a municipality or a contractor. Adopting such a rule could have the arbitrary effect of eliminating all duties owed to participants in such leisure or exercise activities, not only by defendants responsible for road maintenance, but by operators of motor vehicles and other potential tortfeasors, as long as the danger created by the defendant can be deemed inherent in such activities. We decline to construe the doctrine of primary assumption of risk so expansively.
I think the Court missed a critical consideration in its analysis. The Court focused on the risk presented to the plaintiff by the lip in the roadway, or generally the condition of the roadway. By that was not the only, or, in my belief, the main risk that was present in the circumstances and which precipitated the plaintiff's injuries. The plaintiff was cycling in a pack of 8 riders over long distance and at a relatively high rate of speed. And most crucially, the plaintiff was 1 to 1 1/2 wheel lengths behind the cyclist in front of her. Although not explicitly indicated in the court's opinion, it is apparent that the cyclists were riding in what is known in road cycling as a "pace line." This is a formation in which the cyclists follow each other in close formation so as to "draft" off each other to reduce wind drag, and thus, save energy. This is a technique which requires a considerable degree of skill, constant attention, quick reflexes, and a great deal of confidence and trust in your fellow riders. And it is one of the primary pleasures and challenges of road cycling.
The assumption of risk doctrine applies to both the conditions inherent in a particular activity as well as the conduct of the participants. By focusing merely on the lip in the road, the court seems to have neglected the particular way in which the cyclists were riding. The cyclists did not have to be riding so close to each other. They did not have to be riding at such a high rate of speed (particularly on a road undergoing construction). And the riders did not have to attempt the "hopping" maneuver over the lip in the road. It was in fact the failure of the rider in front of the plaintiff to execute the maneuver which precipitated the plaintiff injuries. There is in fact nothing in the Court's opinion which indicates that the rider in front of the plaintiff failed to execute the maneuver because of the lip. The Court in its decision stated that the issue of whether the plaintiff was following too closely to the rider in front of her was an issue of comparative fault, which should be decided by a trier of fact. I believe this is incorrect. It was not merely the plaintiff who was following too closely. It appears that it was the whole group who were riding in this manner. Thus each individual member of the group had to have a great deal of trust or confidence that the rider in front of them did not make any sudden, unexpected, or risky maneuvers which could put the whole group at risk. I submit that this was the risk that each individual member of the group assumed.
It may be that the defendants did not sufficiently develop the record, or advance this particular argument to the Court. Nevertheless, I believe the Court could have taken a closer look at the manner in which the cyclists chose to ride.


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This week, thousands of people gathered outside the Irish Parliament to protest the death of a young pregnant woman who died in a hospital from blood poisoning after doctors refused to perform a life-saving abortion, reportedly on the grounds that "this is a Catholic country."
Since the death of Savita Halappanavar on Oct. 28, outrage in Ireland and the rest of the world has steadily gathered force, and on Wednesday, demonstrators outside Parliament held candles as a minute's silence was observed to commemorate the 31-year-old. Some wept while others expressed anger. "I have a heartbeat too!" one sign read.
On Oct. 21, the Indian-born woman went to Galway University Hospital with a back pain. She was 17 weeks pregnant. At the hospital, doctors told her that she was miscarrying but that the ordeal would be over in a few hours. Instead, according to her husband Praveen, Savita went on to endure four days of "agony" during which time she asked repeatedly that the pregnancy be terminated.
Doctors, however, told her that because there was still a fetal heartbeat, Irish law would not permit the termination of the pregnancy, he said, and that, "this is a Catholic country." Savita protested, telling doctors, according to her husband, that "I am neither Irish nor Catholic." But was told again that there was nothing medical staff could do while the fetal heartbeat remained.
The next day, Savita became visibly ill, shivering and vomiting, and the fetal heartbeat stopped during the following afternoon. Doctors then removed the fetus and Savita was taken to intensive care where she deteriorated rapidly, suffering multi-organ failure a few days later, dying in the early hours of Oct. 28. She had contracted a form of blood poisoning as well as an E. coli infection, a pathologist found.
Speaking from Karnataka in southwest India, where he had taken the body of his young wife to be cremated, Praveen was adamant that if Savita's pleas for a termination had been listened to, she would have survived.
"How could they leave the womb open for days? It was all in their hands and they let her go," Praveen said. "How can you let a young woman go to save a baby who will die anyway? Savita could have had more babies."
The appalling events, first revealed in The Irish Times on Nov. 14, have led Irish news bulletins and have been reported across the world, catapulting the most divisive issue of Irish life—abortion—right to the top of the public and political agenda, exactly where the Irish government doesn't want it.
Ireland has among the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. It remains illegal under the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, though referendums in 1983 and 1992 have allowed for protections for pregnant women seeking information about abortion services abroad and wishing to travel for abortions. A High Court ruling in 1992 also stated that abortion was legal in cases where there was a threat to the life of the mother—and not simply the health.
The fussy legal language complicates what is sometimes a life-or-death situation. In Savita's case, the fetus had a heartbeat, though it would clearly not live. At the same time, the mother's health was clearly at risk but the doctors ran the risk of prosecution if they intervened and terminated the pregnancy.
Coincidentally, a report commissioned last year about how the government should respond to a European Court of Human Rights ruling obliging Ireland to provide abortions in situations when a woman's life is threatened, was submitted the evening before news of Savita's death broke.
The larger of the two government parties, Fine Gael, has said it will not countenance legal abortion in Ireland. The smaller, the Labour Party, is avowedly pro-choice.
Solving what has become a political and, more significantly, a moral morass will be paramount for the government in the coming days. Both domestically and internationally, pressure has been mounting. Expressing its concern over the case, the Indian government has said it will closely monitor the two investigations into Savita's death, which were announced this week by the Irish authorities.
In solidarity with the Halappanavar family, a demonstration calling for improved legislation is planned to take place this weekend in Dublin. It is expected to be one of the largest demonstrations on the streets of the Irish capital in decades.


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There's mosquitoes on the river, Fish are rising up like birds
It's been hot for seven weeks now,
Too hot to even speak of, Did you hear what I just heard?
Say it might have been a fiddle or it could have been the wind
But there seems to be a beat now I can feel it my feet now
Listen here it comes again!
There's a band out on the highway, They're high steppin' into town
It's a rainbow full of sound, It's fireworks, calliopes and clowns
Everybody dancin' C'mon children, C'mon children, Come on clap your hands.
Sun went down in honey and the moon came up in wine,
You know stars were spinnin' diy, Lord
The band kept us too busy we forgot about the time.
They're a band beyond description, Like Jehovah's favorite choir
People joining hand in hand While the music played the band, Lord
They're setting us on fire.
Cray rooster crowin' midnight, Balls of lightin' roll along
Old men sing about their dreams, Women laugh and children scream
And the band keeps playin' on.
Keep on dancin' thru the daylight, Greet the mornin' air with song
No ones's noticed, but the band's all pack and gone. Was it ever there at all?
But they keep on dancin' C'mon children, C'mon children, Come on clap your hands
Well the cool breee came on Tuesday, And the corn's a bumper crop
And the fields are full of dancin' Full of singin' and romancin'
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YORK HAVEN, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania man says his emotional support alligator helps him deal with his depression.
Joie Henney, 65, said his registered emotional support animal named Wally likes to snuggle and give hugs, despite being a 5-foot-long alligator. The York Haven man said he received approval from his doctor to use Wally as his emotional support animal after not wanting to go on medication for depression, he told Philly.com.
"I had Wally, and when I came home and was around him, it was all OK," he said. "My doctor knew about Wally and figured it works, so why not?"
Wally was rescued from outside Orlando at 14 months old and is still growing; Henney said Wally could be 16 feet long one day. Henney says Wally eats chicken wings and shares an indoor plastic pond with a smaller rescue alligator named Scrappy.
Wally, who turns 4 this year, is a big teddy bear, in Henney's words. The cold-blooded reptile likes to rest his snout on Henney's, and "he likes to give hugs," he said.
The alligator has never bitten anyone and is even afraid of cats, according to Henney.
Henney acknowledged that Wally is still a dangerous wild animal and could probably tear his arm off, but says he's never been afraid of him.
Henney's background also indicates a comfort with creatures like Wally. He hosted a show called "Joie Henney's Outdoors" on ESPN Outdoors from 1989 to 2000, according to the York Daily Record.
Henney frequently takes Wally out for meet-and-greets at places like senior centers and minor-league baseball games.
"He's just like a dog," Henney told a woman at a recent outing to a senior center. "He wants to be loved and petted."


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Diabetes can affect individuals of any age, including infants and children. Knowing that your infant has diabetes can be really frightening. But by learning how to perform glucose testing and give insulin, you can help your child to grow up healthy. The first thing you need to do, though, is to keep your own stress level down. Your baby can sense if you feel anxious, so it is up to you to be as brave as your little one.
Medical experts say that Type 1 diabetes is the form of the disease most often diagnosed in infants. More commonly known as juvenile onset diabetes, this autoimmune disorder prevents the body from producing enough insulin, a hormone needed so that cells can break down glucose for energy. Type 2, or non-insulin dependent diabetes, can also affect infants. Insulin resistance is the primary cause of Type 2 diabetes. As a result, both insulin and blood sugar levels in the body continue to rise. Certain medical conditions or genetic disorders, such as Down syndrome and Turner syndrome, can cause this type of diabetes as well.
The American Academy of Pediatrics tells parents to contact their child's pediatrician immediately if she shows any of the following symptoms. Crankiness, sweating, trembling, paleness and bluish tinge to the lips or fingers are symptoms that an infant might be hypoglycemic. A glucose test should be performed, as treatment may be needed if the infant's blood sugar is too low. A baby's brain development requires a continuous supply of glucose. Therefore, parents must carefully manage their child's diabetes. Likewise, when an infant's glucose levels climb too high, hyperglycemia means that your infant may not be getting enough insulin in combination with how much you are feeding her. While infants often display no symptoms of abnormally high blood sugar, sometimes a baby with hyperglycemia may become dehydrated or show signs of frequent urination.
An infant's feedings must be balanced with his insulin intake in order to reduce the chances of him developing hypoglycemia. Because infants and young children have high metabolisms and an immune system, which is not yet fully developed, dehydration is a major risk. Since an infant depends on a parent or other caregiver for feeding, getting adequate amounts of fluids is necessary for preventing dehydration, which can lead to ketoacidosis, or worse yet, diabetic coma. Ketoacidosis is a serious condition that occurs when acids known as ketones build up in the blood when the body does not get enough insulin. However, effectively managing an infant's diabetes can prevent complications such as these from occurring. Disease management is critical, as studies indicate that individuals with Type 1 diabetes are at greater risk of eventually developing other autoimmune disorders. According to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, a growing body of research suggests that some of the same factors, which cause diabetes may well cause other disease processes related to the body's immune system.
Low glucose levels in infants can be easily treated. A sweet drink like apple juice usually provides the carbohydrates needed to return a baby's glucose levels to normal. But if blood sugar drops so low that an infant goes into insulin shock, unconsciousness can occur. In this case, it may be necessary to administer glucagons to prevent brain damage and diabetic coma. Severe hyperglycemia also can lead to diabetic coma, which is potentially fatal. Lack of insulin causes an infant's blood sugar to rise, leading to diabetic ketoacidosis, which produces an excessively high level of ketones in the baby's blood and urine. Should this happen, your child's physician will need to adjust insulin dosages to bring glucose levels within the normal range.
Disease Management
The American Academy of Pediatrics says that the amount of insulin a baby needs varies according to quantity and timing of feedings, activity levels, and stages of growth and development. Your child's pediatrician will instruct you on the type, dosage and frequency of insulin injections for your baby. As the parents of a diabetic infant, you will be responsible for feedings, monitoring blood glucose levels and giving insulin injections. In some cases, insulin pumps are used for infants and toddlers. While there are both benefits and disadvantages to this method of treatment, an insulin pump eliminates the need for syringe injections. While the American Diabetes Association (ADA) maintains that continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion may be beneficial to infants, more long-term studies are needed. In the meantime, the ADA recommends discussing the advantages of this treatment option with your child's physician and diabetes care team.
When the pancreas produces too much insulin, a genetic disorder known as PHHI (persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy) is generally the reason. Although the condition is rare, it is the leading cause of hypoglycemia in young infants. Babies having this condition can have symptoms such as an enlarged heart and liver. A newborn infant with PHHI may also be considered large for gestational age.
What the Experts Say
Pediatricians tell parents to hold and comfort a child after each glucose test or insulin injection. Remember, your baby does not understand what you are doing. A previous study published in the "Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine" suggests that behavioral interventions by parents seem to reduce an infant's distress at needle injections. Talk to your child in a soothing voice before you deliver a pinprick or administer injections. Try to relax your infant and distract her attention by giving her a pacifier or favorite toy. Never give diabetic care while your baby is in her crib, as you do not want her to associate it with painful experiences. Keep in mind, too, that infants usually require more frequent glucose testing than older children because they cannot tell you if they are experiencing symptoms of abnormal blood sugar levels.
Diabetes During Pregnancy: What is Gestational Diabetes?


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Jailbreak iPhone users have been able to get Emoji, the Japanese emoticons, on their phones for a while now, but you can now get it even without jailbreaking—albeit a slightly gimped version.
Japanese site iPodTouchLab found out that if you import a specially formatted vcard.vcf address book file with the proper Emojis already inside, you'll be able to type out Emojis a chunk at a time, and delete the ones you don't want. It's a gimpy way of doing it, but it's free. Instructions from WinandMac follow:
Step 1. Download the vcard.vcf here.
Step 2. Import it to your address book program. If you are using Windows, you may want to do it on iPhone directly. Send the vcard.vcf file to yourself. Open in on iPhone's Email.app, click the vcf file and import all the contacts.
Step 3. Go into "Settings" > "General" > "Keyboard" > "Japanese Keyboard". Enable the QWERTY keyboard.
Step 4. In notes or any other program you want. Type "emojia", "emojii" or "emojiu" to select those :) icons.
Step 5. Happy Emoji!
If you want to enable Emoji the "correct" way, where you can pick and choose which emote you're typing one character at a time, you can actually go and download Touch Dial Emoji, an app in the App Store that enables this for $5. Or, you can just jailbreak your phone for free, and enable it yourself via a Cydia app.
And yes, anybody with the newest 2.2 firmware can view these, you just need to run through this process if you want to send them. [Win and Mac via Simonblog]
Update: There's another, $0.99 app in the app store here from frostyplace that does the same thing and is $4 cheaper. Thanks Tastyblogsnak!


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Now is the perfect time to buy a home.
The Lawhead Team came across a great article from Credit.com and we would like to share this with you. If you have been waiting to buy a home, now is the time. Call us to start your search!
What Will Waiting to Buy a Home Cost You?
By Shelby Breme – Credit.com – Sun, Jul 7, 2013 8:00 AM EDT
At the end of June, mortgage rates for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage jumped to 4.5 percent, up from 3.9 percent on June 1 — and a notable jump from the historically low 3.35 percent monthly average rate toward the end of 2012. However, while higher rates do mean an increase in monthly mortgage payments, experts are urging potential home buyers not to resign themselves to renting for the next few years just yet — it's still a good time to buy a home.
These moderate increases in payments may still be manageable, particularly if buyers look at less expensive properties, or negotiate a lower price.
For example, the difference in monthly payments for a $200,000 home at 3.9 percent and one at 4.5 percent is just $70.03. If budgeted correctly, this could be a manageable expense.
Rick Allen, chief operating officer of Mortgage Marvel, is one expert who says now is still the time to buy a house. His platform records online mortgage loan applications, about a million transactions a year, which serves as a barometer for how well the housing market is doing. He says that refinances are down, as to be expected with a rate increase, but that "shouldn't scare people off."
"Relatively speaking, rates are still at or near historic lows," says Allen. "A 4.5 percent mortgage is still an incredibly attractive rate at which to finance a home. From a real estate perspective, we're not far off from recent lows, and we're heading to improve real estate values. The combination of those two factors make this still a good time to buy."
As the unemployment rate continues to decline, Allen says we'll see more potential homeowners enter the market as well. Though Allen says "theoretically, rates could go through the roof or back down to the floor" but he personally believes we'll see rates around 5 percent through the end of the year.
This is the early stage of the recovery of the housing market, and the rising interest rates encourage potential home buyers to be more decisive, and act quickly. As more homes are bought, supply decreases, so prices may rise even further. So if you've been thinking about buying a home, don't lose your confidence, but it may be prudent to act quickly as rates continue to rise.
Article from Credit.com: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/waiting-buy-home-cost-120050545.html


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You all graciously assisted with rocking babies, playing with blocks, blowing bubbles, lunch time, and more importantly, providing our children with the attention that they yearn for.
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The Grateful Dead toured the East Coast extensively in October and November 1970. From October 10 through 31, playing mostly weekends, they criscrossed the East and Midwest, going from Queens (Oct 10) to St. Louis, MO (Oct 24) and back to Long Island for some famous shows at Stony Brook on October 30 and 31. The tour picked up again the next Thursday (Nov 5) for an epic stand at Port Chester, followed by extensive touring up and down the Eastern seaboard throughout November. An alert researcher, however, pointed out that not only are there PERRO tapes from San Francisco with Jerry Garcia dated November 3 and 4, there is evidence of a booked New Riders gig in San Francisco on Halloween weekend. This begs the question: why would Jerry race home that quickly for a tiny gig, knowing he was going to return to the East Coast just 5 days later?
A November 3 AP Wire story, published in many newspapers, gives the answer. Janis Joplin, who had died October 4, had left instructions in her will to throw a giant party for all her friends. The AP story says
'Pearl' Pays For All-Night Party
San Anselmo, CA (AP)
The invitations read "The drinks are on Pearl," and an estimated 200 persons participated in an all-night party paid for by the late Janis Joplin, known to her closest friends as Pearl.
Lyndall Earb, onetime roommate of the 27-year-old rock-blues singer, who died of a drug overdose in Hollywood two weeks ago, said Miss Joplin left $2,500 in her will "so my friends can have a ball after I'm gone."
The scene, Miss Earb said, was The Lions Share, a night spot in San Anselmo. The Grateful Dead and other rock music groups entertained. The tab was estimated at $1,600.
The article appears in a variety of newspapers on November 3 (I used a clipping from the Appleton, WI Post-Crescent from November 7 because it was easier to read). The party could have been no later than Monday November 2, and if it was an all-night party it could not have appeared in newspapers on the 3rd, so that points to an event on Sunday, November 1, extending well into the early morning of Monday Nov 2. Monday is typically the working musician's weekend, so Sunday night is a good time for an all-night bash.
A number of timeline threads fall into place:
- The Dead and New Riders flew home from Stony Brook on Halloween ASAP, because they were going to Janis's wake. They would have known about it some time before, and planned their getaway. Whatever the exact story of the New Riders gig in San Francisco on November 1, it could have fit in with the all-nighter at the Lions Share.
- A Benefit show at Harding Theater in San Francisco on November 2, with Jerry Garcia and Friends, Big Brother, Cleveland Wrecking Company, Ice and Kwane and The Kwan-ditos, whether or not it occurred, now falls into the realm of the plausible
- I am hardly an expert on the PERRO sessions, but it seems the all-star sessions around November 2-3-4 were almost an after party for Janis's wake. At the very least, it explains why all those musicians were in town the same night.
The Lions Share was a tiny club at 60 Red Hill in San Anselmo. It was mainly a musicians hangout. Throughout much of 1970, the house band had been called Nu Boogaloo Express, featuring Mike Finnegan or Bill Champlin alternating on keyboards and vocals, and other local players like Danny Nudalman (guitar) Dave Schallock (bass or guitar) and Bill Vitt (drums), but I do not know if they were still featured there. Local residents like Phil Lesh or Van Morrison regularly hung out or played there.
I doubt the Dead played a formal show, and they wouldn't have had their equipment, but the jams must have been pretty interesting. Of course, no one who was there probably remembers a thing, and the one guy who could have been counted on to tape the proceedings, Augustus Owsley Stanley III, was not available due to a prior booking (at the Terminal Island Correctional Facility in San Pedro).
Update: an intrepid researcher has found a copy of the actual invitation, which puts the Janis Joplin wake definitively on Monday, October 26. The general thrust is still true here, in that the Grateful Dead flew home for the wake, but they did it between St. Louis and Stony Brook, thus answering the question of their activities during that time. It still appears that Garcia, at least, flew back to San Francisco between the Stony Brook and Port Chester shows, based on the dating of the PERRO sessions and the likely performance at the Harding.


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Review of The Age of Augustus by Werner Eck
Eras Journal – Taylor, T.: Review of "The Age of Augustus", Werner Eck
Werner Eck, The Age of Augustus,
Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2003
Isbn 0 631 22958 2
Werner Eck's biography of the founder of the first dynasty of Roman emperors, Augustus (63 BCE – 14 CE), The Age of Augustus was first published in 1998 in German as Augustus und seine Zeit. This 2003 English translation by Deborah Schneider includes additional material by Sarlota Takács in the form of an updated bibliography and an English translation of the Res Gestae, Augustus' own record of his achievements.
Eck opens with a brief first chapter introducing Augustus' self-representation of his reign in the Res Gestae – essentially a catalogue of achievements – and a contrasting assessment presented by second century CE Roman historian Tacitus, of Augustus as a duplicitous, power-conscious and power-hungry individual.
Chapters 2 to 6 contain a straightforward, chronological narrative of the young Octavian's (later Augustus) rise to power, from his emergence on the public stage as the heir of Julius Caesar, through the civil wars in alliance with Marc Antony and Lepidus against Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius to his eventual falling out with Marc Antony and subsequent defeat of the combined forces of Antony and Cleopatra, leaving Octavian as master of the Roman world in 30 BCE. The narrative is lively and easy to follow, managing to convey the essential events of a very politically complex period.
Once Octavian has emerged as the sole power in the Roman world, the book breaks from a straightforward chronological narrative to focus on key topical aspects of his reign. Two chapters focus on the gradual creation of a constitutional basis for Octavian's power and his assumption of the name Augustus. In his own propaganda, Augustus claimed that he "restored the Republic" after the civil wars via this process. In contrast, Eck argues that this restoration was largely illusory due to the very firm foundation on which Octavian's power rested: his command over several provinces and the bulk of the Roman army, his incomparable financial resources, and a vast network of clients who supported him. Eck argues that the term "emperor" is not applicable to Augustus, who was ratherprinceps, or first man in the state – the chief difference from the Roman Republic was whereas under the Republic there were several principes, now there was only Augustus.
In a chapter entitled "The Princeps and Elite", Eck deals with Augustus' relations with the Senate and its members. Eck argues that while Roman Senators continued to occupy the positions of power and responsibility that they always had, the death of rivalry for political leadership due to the insurmountable position Augustus held led to the Senate seeking to take initiative, instead taking their orientation from Augustus.
The government of Rome itself and the provinces is dealt with in Chapter 10, "The Practical Implementation of Political Power: Governing the Empire". This chapter focuses largely on building programs; the creation of new offices to address particular issues, such as the corn supply of Rome; the public post and provincial governorships.
Perhaps emphasising the crucial role that the military played as a basis for Augustus' power, two chapters are devoted to military matters, the first "A Standing Army", looks at how Augustus maintained the loyalty of the armies under his command and dealt with issues such as the settlement of veterans. In the second chapter, "War and Peace: Expanding the Empire", Eck argues for a principally expansionist policy under Augustus and provides summary details of the various campaigns of expansion fought during Augustus' reign, principally in Germany, Spain and the Alpine region.
Chapter 13, "Rome, the Augustan City", outlines in brief the Augustan building program in Rome itself. The descriptions of the buildings themselves are quite summary.
The penultimate chapter, "The Quest for Continuity: The Succession", outlines Augustus' attempts to create a dynasty by enabling a relative to succeed to his position of power. Augustus' attempts in this regard were continually frustrated by the premature deaths of those he was building up to be in the position of his successor until Augustus settled on his stepson, Tiberius, who succeeded to power on Augustus' death in 14 CE.
In the final chapter, "Augustus' Death and the Future of Empire", Eck details Augustus' death and mausoleum and provides his final assessment of Augustus' legacy:
"He founded the res publica in the form of a monarchy, granted a new political status to the provinces and achieved a solid peace for most of the empire. None of his successors as ruler of the Roman empire could present a similar balance sheet. And what statesman of later ages could enter into competition with him?" (p. 125)
Few would, I think, disagree.
Unfortunately, what would otherwise be an excellent introduction to the period is marred by some minor flaws. First and foremost is the lack of referencing. While a considerable amount of scholarship clearly underlies each page, except where occasionally discussed in the text itself, there is almost no reference at all to the sources, whether primary or secondary, upon which the content of the book is based. "Modern scholars" (eg, p. 113) are mentioned, but almost never by name. While the bibliography is certainly useful, this lack of referencing will be a source of frustration for specialist readers. In the absence of a glossary, non-specialists, without an elementary understanding of the Roman constitutional system and perhaps even the outline of late Republican history, may also struggle at times to fully comprehend parts of the text.
Furthermore, while most of the areas that one would expect a political biography such as this to deal with are covered by the book, there are some surprising omissions. One of the most notable being any discussion of Augustus' social legislation, particularly that of attempting to encourage marriage and child bearing, through a system of rewards and penalties, and which punished adultery. The former is not discussed at all and the latter is mentioned only as a source of embarrassment for Augustus due to the indiscretions of his daughter, Julia.
In conclusion, the book is well written and highly readable. It deals concisely with many complex issues and provides a generally comprehensive and balanced assessment overall of Augustus and his achievements.


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Resident status will be assigned under the following conditions:
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In the previous post, we discussed the origin of the 2 deg C threshold for dangerous impacts of climate change.
An example is happening at Copenhagen. The Association of Small Island States (AOSIS) and the Caribbean nations are lobbying for establishing a warming limit of 1.5 C rather than 2C. The real-world value of setting a temperature threshold notwithstanding, the AOSIS position demonstrates that the acceptable limit of warming is a value judgment based on scientific results rather than an immutable law of nature.
Why 1.5 degrees C, rather than 2C? The argument is based on the effect that sea level rise (and storm surge height) and coral reef degradation from bleaching and acidification would have on the economy and society.
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2C or not 2C: Copenhagen and global temperature threshold (Part II)
In the previous post, we discussed the origin of the 2 deg C threshold for dangerous impacts of climate change.
Posted by Simon Donner at 10:36 a.m.
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- bigcitylib said...
I have heard that the 2 deg limit was chosen by Western countries because only at above 2 deg do those same Western countries start to really notice the ill-effects. The island countries want a lower threshhold because they are ALREADY feeling the ill-effects but, well, it sucks to be a poor island country,doesn't it? Can't really source that argument, but I have heard it made in a couple of different places.
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in this article, I will guide you on how to root and install twrp on Poptel P9000 Max after bootloader unlock. There are various reasons to root Poptel P9000 Max.
For example, you want to remove the FRP lock from it. Installation of custom ROMs and removing pre-installed OEM apps.
Poptel P9000 Max 3 Root – TWRP- Unlock Bootloader
For the ease of my readers, I have divided this method into different parts.
In the first section, we will talk about Poptel P9000 Max 3 Root Pros and cons.
The other part is the necessary tools and pre-requirements to install the "twrp and root Poptel P9000 Max".
And in the last part, we will guide you on how to unlock bootloader install twrp and root Poptel P9000 Max.
Poptel P9000 Max 3 Root Pros And Cons:
|Installation of custom ROMs
|It can brick your device
|Removing pre-installed OEM apps
|No more warranty
|Ad-blocking for all apps
|Tweaking risks
|Installing incompatible apps
|Update and OTA problems
|More display options and internal storage
|CPU Clocking can hard brick your phone
|Greater battery life and speed
|Making full device backups
|CPU Clocking and more tweaking
Pre-requirements To Root Poptel P9000 Max 3
1. Before going to 'Root Poptel P9000 Max 3' you need to take all your messages, photos, and apps from your current smartphone.
Most smartphones automatically make a backup in the background, in case something happens. But to make sure you take everything to your device, you need a full backup.
How To Backup Android Phone Before Root
2. Download Universal ADB Drivers
4. Download SuperSU by Chainfire from
5. Download Magisk Manager from
Unlock Bootloader of Poptel P9000 Max
1. Connect your Poptel P9000 Max Device to the computer, in Fastboot Mode. You can reboot your device to fastboot using the command in ADB terminal:
adb reboot bootloader
2. Now, open the Adb Terminal in PC, and then just enter this command:
fastboot oem unlock-go
fastboot oem unlock
3. your device will be reboot automatically. Now, you can Root Poptel P9000 Max, as the bootloader of your device is already unlocked.
How To Install TWRP on Poptel P9000 Max
1. Enable the developer settings on your Poptel P9000 Max Device.
2. Navigate to the Settings -> About and then find the 'Build Number ', and then tap on 'Build Number' for 7 times, this will enable the developer settings on your device.
3. Open the command prompt in computer/ ADB Terminal, and simply type the command:
adb reboot bootloader
4. Now copy the TWRP.img file downloaded in prerequisite section, to the same folder where ADB and fastboot binaries are located. Rename the file to 'twrp.img' and then enter this command:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
fastboot reboot
5. And reboot your device.
How To Root Poptel P9000 Max [Magisk-Supersu]
Via Supersu
1. To root Poptel P9000 Max Via Supersu download & Copy the SuperSU.Zip files on your internal storage or SD card.
2. Restart your Poptel P9000 Max into the recovery.
Turn off your device.
Press & hold the Volume Down + power button, at the same time for about 5 seconds.
3. Click Install and scroll down and choose Update superSU and swipe to confirm flash.
4. Once the installation is finished, click on Reboot System to reboot your phone.
5. That's it ! you have successfully 'Root Poptel P9000 Max via SuperSU'
Via Magisk
1. To root Poptel P9000 Max via Magisk Copy the Magisk.zip file on your internal storage or SD card.
2. Restart your Poptel P9000 Max into the recovery.
3. Turn off your device.
4. Press & hold the Volume Down + power button, at the same time for about 5 seconds.
5. Click Install and scroll down and choose Magisk.zip and swipe to confirm flash.
6. After install complete press the return key. Select reboot to restart the phone in normal mode.
7. install the apk file "MagiskManager.apk"
8. Now you have successfully Root Poptel P9000 Max via Magisk.
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- Did you read and understand the Full Guide Before root Poptel P9000 Max?
- Are you willing to risk facing and trying to fix the disadvantages of rooting your device?
- Have you made a backup for your device before it is attempted to be rooted?
If your answer to these three questions is a 'yes', then you should be ready to handle rooting your device and facing the consequences and benefits.
If your answer is 'no' to all three questions, then you should probably think a few more times before you take the leap. Or leave out rooting your device altogether.