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An American Reunion to Skip
- Christian Hamaker Contributing Film and Culture Writer
- 2012 6 Apr
DVD Release Date: July 10, 2012
Theatrical Release Date: April 6, 2012
Rating: R (for crude and sexual content throughout, nudity, language, brief drug use and teen drinking)
Genre: Comedy, Sequel
Run Time: 113 min.
Directors: Jon Hurwitz,Hayden Schlossberg
Cast: Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Seann William Scott, Tara Reid, Mena Suvari, Eddie Kaye Thomas, John Cho, Jennifer Coolidge, Eugene Levy, Ali Cobrin
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following review contains discussion of mature and explicit subject matter. Parents, please be advised.
The East Great Falls class of 1999 is back. Did you miss them? No? They sure did miss each other, as American Reunion shows.
The guys and gals of American Pie have decided to have a thirteenth class reunion, and you're invited to join them as they reconnect with each other and attempt to revisit—and possibly recreate—the high-school antics that launched this teen-sex franchise well over a decade ago. The characters are older if not much wiser in this sequel, and so are the jokes.
Jim Levenstein (Jason Biggs) is married to high school classmate Michelle Flaherty (Alyson Hannigan, TV's How I Met Your Mother), but something's amiss in their relationship. Things aren't going too well in the intimacy department. While sitting in bed together, the two pursue their own activities: Michelle calms their fussy child while Jim works on his laptop. When Michelle heads to the bathtub, leaving Jim alone on the bed with his computer, he pulls out a tube sock, clicks on an Internet porn site, and . . . yes, it's that kind of movie. The kind where the man's child walks back into the bedroom during his father's act of self-gratification. The kind where the father hurts himself trying to conceal his action, and, when he heads to the bathroom for a bandage, discovers his wife masturbating in the tub.
That's all in the first few minutes of American Reunion.
The story that follows has Jim and Michelle trying to reconnect with each other by spending a weekend away at Jim's childhood home. His dad (Eugene Levy, Astro Boy) still lives there, and has kept Jim's room as it was in high school, complete with pornographic magazines in the drawer of Jim's bedside table. (If you're guessing that Jim's dad will walk in on him just as Jim is checking out the centerfold, then you're way ahead of the movie.)
There's another reason for the weekend getaway: a thirteen-year reunion for Jim and the class of East Great Falls. The teens are now adults, some more successful than others, but they're eager to reconnect. There's sportscaster Oz (Chris Klein), architect Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), world traveler Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) and put-upon temp worker Stifler (Seann William Scott, Cop Out). Some of them have unsettled feelings about the women they knew in high school—back when they made a pact to lose their virginity before they graduated. They're no longer virgins, but Oz still pines for Heather (Mena Suvari), Kevin wonders what might have been with Vicky (Tara Reid) and Finch can't live down his reputation for sleeping with Stifler's mom (Jennifer Coolidge, TV's 2 Broke Girls).
If there's a message among the predictably "outrageous" gags in American Reunion, it's delivered to Jim by his father, who cautions that although married couples become moms and dads, they need to remember that they're also husbands and wives. They need to maintain intimacy even through the disruptions that come with parenthood. But no sooner is that core message uttered than the film returns to the low humor the American Pie series is known for.
The cast plays these familiar characters well, but the material doesn't exactly call for them to stretch their acting muscles. Nor does the movie contain a single memorable image, although no one who's interested in these movies will be scrutinizing the technical aspects of the filmmaking.
American Reunion is about what you'd expect from a franchise well into its second decade—a teen sex comedy about characters that long ago left their teenage years behind. At moments in American Reunion, the characters show signs that they're ready to grow up. Isn't it time for the movie's potential audience to do the same?
- Language/Profanity: Lord's name taken in vain; several crude references to male and female anatomy; explicit sexual language can be heard on Internet porn sites that a married man views; multiple uses of the "f" word; several verbal references to masturbation and premature ejaculation.
- Alcohol/Smoking/Drugs: Several scenes of drinking, including a birthday party where the birthday girl has just turned 18; a man and woman share a joint.
- Sex/Nudity: A married man looks at Internet porn sites and discovers his wife masturbating in a bathtub; later he looks at a Dr. Phil Web site with the title, "Is Your in a Sexual Life in a Rut?"; a wife takes off her top and is seen in her bra; a character who's just turned 18 and who is drunk removes her top and comes on to a married man, who ends up carrying her, unclothed above the waist, while she's unconscious; bikini-clad women have bottoms that expose most of their buttocks; a woman bends over, and her thong-like underwear is shown between her legs; a man rubs a picture of a woman on his crotch; a man slaps women's behinds; a man's penis is shown; pornographic magazine covers are shown, and characters look at the inside pages; jokes about homosexuality; gay characters discuss their sexuality and kiss each other; nude male backsides are shown; a woman in her underwear gives a man a massage in bed; erotic dance moves; a T-shirt reads "Orgasm Donor"; implied oral sex; a woman grabs a man's crotch.
- Violence/Crime: A man defecates into a cooler as a form of retaliation, and another man reaches into the cooler and removes his feces-covered hand; men jump off a roof; men fight a group of younger boys.
Marriage/Religion: Married characters are tempted with infidelity; one couple decides they need to spend more time in the bedroom; advice is offered that when people become a mom and dad, it's important that they don't stop being husband and wife; a reminiscence about Hebrew school.
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1. Background
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The AA plc and our Data Protection Officer
We're the AA PLC, Fanum House, Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 4EA. We are a data controller of your personal data. If you have a product or service with us, the AA company or companies which provide that product or service is the data controller and they are named in your product or service terms and conditions (usually at the start). The AA Group of companies means AA PLC, together with any entity in which AA PLC directly or indirectly has at least a 50% shareholding and where we act in support of the AA Charitable Trust for Road Safety and the Environment.
We have a dedicated data protection officer ("DPO"). You can contact the DPO using the details below or by writing to the above address, marking it for the attention of the DPO or going to Contact Us.
2. What kinds of personal information about you do we process?
Personal information that we'll process in connection with all of our products and services, if relevant, includes:
- Personal and contact details, such as title, full name, contact details and contact details history
- Your date of birth, gender and/or age
- Your nationality, if needed for the product or service
- Details of beneficiaries, such as joint policy holders, named drivers, beneficiaries of our products or services
- Family members (if relevant to the product or service)
- Records of your contact with us such as via the phone number of our breakdown service and, if you get in touch with us online using our online services or via our smartphone app, details such as your mobile phone location data, IP address and MAC address
- Products and services you hold with us, as well as have been interested in and have held and the associated payment methods used
- The usage of our products and services, any call outs and claims and whether those claims were paid out or not (and details related to this)
- Marketing to you and analysing data, including history of those communications, whether you open them or click on links, and information about products or services we think you may be interested in, and analysing data to help target offers to you that we think are of interest or relevance to you. Offers may include our car, insurance, financial services, connected car, travel and any of our other products and services
- Vehicle information, such as make and model, faults, repairs and repair costs. Offers may include our car, insurance, financial services, connected car, travel and any of our other products and services
- Telematics and driving information about your vehicle (including assessing and predicting faults or issues), driving style (including recommending improvements and assessing risk associated with your driving style), location and routes taken (for example, if you have Car Genie)
- Driving school assessment, including feedback and analysis of your instructor
- Information about your use of products or services held with our business partners, such as insurance policies, mortgage, savings or financial services and products
- Information we obtained from third parties, including information about insurance risk, pricing, claims history, instances of suspect fraud and usage history
- Personal information which we obtain from Credit Reference Agencies and Fraud Prevention Agencies (see the section on 'Fraud Prevention Agencies' below), including public (for example, defaults, CCJs) and shared credit history, financial situation and financial history
- Fraud, debt and theft information, including details of money you owe, suspected instances of fraud or theft, and details of any devices used for fraud
- Criminal records information, including alleged offences, for example if you apply for car insurance
- Information about your health or if you are a vulnerable customer
- Information about your property, such as location, value, number of rooms, property type and building work you've had done
- Financial details about you, such as your salary and details of other income, details of your savings, details of your expenditure, and payment method(s)
- Details about all of your existing borrowings and loans, if relevant
- Information about your employment status, if relevant
- Information about your property occupier status, such as whether you are a tenant, live with parents or are an owner occupier of the property where you live at the time of your application
- Your residency and/or citizenship status, if relevant, such as your nationality, your length of residency in the UK and/or whether you have the permanent right to reside in UK
- Your marital status, family, lifestyle or social circumstances, if relevant to the product (for example, the number of dependents you have or if you are a widow or widower)
- Information we buy or rent from third parties, including demographic information, vehicle details, details of outstanding finance, vehicle claims history, marketing lists, publicly available information, and information to help improve the relevance of our products and services
- Insights about you and our customers gained from analysis or profiling of customers
- Where relevant, information about any guarantor which you provide in any application
- Third party transactions; such as where a person other than the account holder uses the service, information about that person and the transaction
- Tax information, if relevant (for example, for savings accounts)
3. What is the source of your personal information?
We'll collect personal information from the following general sources:
- From you directly, and any information from family members, associates or beneficiaries of products and services
- Information generated about you when you use our products and services
- From a broker or other intermediary (for example, comparison site) who we work with to provide products or services or quote to you
- AA Group companies if you already have a product with them, have applied for one or have held a one previously
- Business partners (for example, financial services institutions, insurers), account beneficiaries, or others who are a part of providing your products and services or operating our business
- From other sources such as Fraud Prevention Agencies, Credit Reference Agencies, other lenders, HMRC, DWP, publically available directories and information (for example, telephone directory, social media, internet, news articles), debt recovery and/or tracing agents, other organisations to assist in prevention and detection of crime, police and law enforcement agencies
- We buy or rent information about you or customers generally from third parties including demographic information, vehicle details, claims history, fraud information, marketing lists, publicly available information and other information to help improve our products and services or our business
4. What do we use your personal data for?
We use your personal data, including any of the personal data listed in section 1 above, for the following purposes:
- Assessing an application for a product or service, including considering whether or not to offer you the product or service, the price, the risk of doing so, availability of payment method and the terms
- Managing the product or service you have with us
- Updating your records, tracing your whereabouts and recovering debt
- Managing any aspect of the product or service
- To make automated decisions on whether to offer you a product or service, or the price, payment method, risk or terms of it
- To perform and/or test the performance of, our products, services and internal processes
- To improve the operation of our business and that of our business partners
- To follow guidance and best practice under the change to rules of governmental and regulatory bodies
- For management and auditing of our business operations including accounting
- To carry out checks at Credit Reference and Fraud Prevention Agencies pre-application, at application, and periodically after that
- To monitor and to keep records of our communications with you and our staff (see below)
- To administer our good governance requirements and those of other members of our AA Group, such as internal reporting and compliance obligations or administration required for Annual General Meeting ("AGM") processes
- For market research and analysis and developing statistics
- Assessing and profiling aspects of your vehicle (including faults), driving style (including recommending improvements), location and routes taken (if relevant to your product or service)
- For direct marketing communications and related profiling to help us to offer you relevant products and service, including deciding whether or not to offer you certain products and service. We'll send marketing to you by SMS, email, phone, post, social media and digital channels (for example, using Facebook Custom Audiences and Google Custom Match). Offers may relate to any of our products and services such as cars, roadside assistance, money and financial services, insurance, travel, member offers ("Member Benefits") as well as to any other offers and advice we think may be of interest
- To provide personalised content and services to you, such as tailoring our products and services, our digital customer experience and offerings, and deciding which offers or promotions to show you on our digital channels
- To develop new products and services and to review and improve current products and services
- To comply with legal and regulatory obligations, requirements and guidance
- To provide insight and analysis of our customers both for ourselves and for the benefit of business partners either as part of providing products or services, helping us improve products or services, or to assess or improve the operating of our businesses
- To share information, as needed, with business partners (for example, financial services institutions, insurers), account beneficiaries, service providers or as part of providing and administering our products and services or operating our business
- To facilitate the sale of one or more parts of our business
- To enable other AA Group companies to perform any of the above purposes
- To process any donations made to the AA Charitable Trust
5. What are the legal grounds for our processing of your personal information (including when we share it with others)?
We rely on the following legal bases to use your personal data:
- Where it is needed to provide you with our products or services, such as:
- Where it is in our legitimate interests to do so, such as:
- To comply with our legal obligations
- With your consent or explicit consent:
- For a public interest, such as:
a) Assessing an application for a product or service you hold with us, including consider whether or not to offer you the product, the price, the payment methods available and the conditions to attach
b) Managing products and services you hold with us, or an application for one
c) Updating your records, tracing your whereabouts to contact you about your account and doing this for recovering debt (where appropriate)
d) Sharing your personal information with business partners and services providers when you apply for a product to help manage your product
e) All stages and activities relevant to managing the product or service including enquiry, application, administration and management of accounts, illustrations, requests for transfers of equity, setting up/changing/removing guarantors
f) For some of our profiling and other automated decision making to decide whether to offer you a product and/or service, particular payment method and the price or terms of this
a) Managing your products and services relating to that, updating your records, tracing your whereabouts to contact you about your account and doing this for recovering debt (where appropriate)
b) To perform and/or test the performance of, our products, services and internal processes
c) To follow guidance and recommended best practice of government and regulatory bodies
d) For management and audit of our business operations including accounting
e) To carry out searches at Credit Reference Agencies pre-application, at the application stage, and periodically after that. Where you have been introduced to us by a broker or other intermediary they may do these searches on our behalf
f) To carry out monitoring and to keep records of our communications with you and our staff (see below)
g) To administer our good governance requirements and those of other members of our Group, such as internal reporting and compliance obligations or administration required for AGM processes
h) For market research and analysis and developing statistics
i) For direct marketing communications and related profiling to help us to offer you relevant products and services, including deciding whether or not to offer you certain products and service. We will send marketing to you by SMS, email, phone, post and social media and digital channels (for example, using Facebook Custom Audiences and Google Custom Match
j) Subject to the appropriate controls, to provide insight and analysis of our customers to business partners either as part of providing products or services, helping us improve products or services, or to assess or to improve the operating of our businesses
k) For some of our profiling and other automated decision making
l) Where we need to share your personal information with people or organisations in order to run our business or comply with any legal and/or regulatory obligations
a) For some direct marketing communications
b) For some of our profiling and other automated decision making
c) For some of our processing of special categories of personal data such as about your health, if you are a vulnerable customer or some criminal records information
a) Processing of your special categories of personal data such as about your health, criminal records information (including alleged offences), or if you are a vulnerable customer
6. When do we share your personal information with other organisations?
We may share information with the following third parties for the purposes listed above:
- AA Group companies and service providers
- Business partners (for example, financial services institutions, insurers), account beneficiaries, or others who are a part of providing your products and services or operating our business including the Bank of Ireland (UK) plc, Northridge NIIB Group Ltd, trading as Northridge Finance and Marshall Leasing Ltd, trading as Marshall Leasing.
- Governmental and regulatory bodies such as HMRC, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority, the Ombudsman, the Information Commissioner's Office and under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme
- Other organisations and businesses who provide services to us such as debt recovery agencies, back up and server hosting providers, IT software and maintenance providers, document storage providers and suppliers of other back office functions
- Credit Reference and Fraud Prevention Agencies (see below)
- Market research organisations who help us to develop and improve our products and services
7. How and when can you withdraw your consent?
Where we're relying upon your consent to process personal data, you can withdraw this at any time by contacting us using the details below.
8. Is your personal information transferred outside the UK or the EEA?
We're based in the UK but sometimes your personal information may be transferred outside the European Economic Area. If we do so we'll make sure that suitable safeguards are in place, for example by using approved contractual agreements, unless certain exceptions apply.
9. How do we share your information with credit reference agencies?
To process your application, we'll perform credit and identity checks on you with one or more credit reference agencies (CRAs). Where you take insurance, financial or credit services from us we may also make periodic searches at CRAs to manage your account with us. To do this we'll supply your personal information to CRAs and they will give us information about you. This will include information from your credit application and about your financial situation and financial history. CRAs will supply to us both public (including the electoral register) and shared credit, financial situation and financial history information and fraud prevention information.
We'll use this information to:
- Assess your creditworthiness and whether you can afford to take the product
- Verify the accuracy of the data you have provided to us
- Prevent criminal activity, fraud and money laundering
- Manage your account(s)
- Assess payment methods available to you
- Trace and recover debts
- Make sure any offers provided to you are appropriate to your circumstances
We'll continue to exchange information about you with CRAs while you have a relationship with us. We'll also notify the CRAs about your settled accounts. If you borrow and don't repay in full and on time, CRAs will record the outstanding debt. This information may be given to other organisations by CRAs. The identities of the CRAs, their role as fraud prevention agencies, the data they hold, the ways in which they use and share personal information, data retention periods and your data protection rights with the CRAs are explained in more detail on our website.
When CRAs receive a search from us they will place a search footprint on your credit file that may be seen by other lenders.
If you're making a joint application, or tell us that you have a spouse or financial associate, we'll link your records together, so you should make sure you discuss this with them, and share with them this information, before lodging the application. CRAs will also link your records together and these links will remain on your and their files until such time as you or your partner successfully files for a disassociation with the CRAs to break that link.
10. How do we share your information with Fraud Prevention Agencies?
There are more details about how credit reference and fraud agencies use your personal data here.
11. What should you do if your personal information changes?
You should tell us so that we can update our records using the details in the Contact Us section of our website. We'll then update your records if we can.
12. Do you have to provide your personal information to us?
We're unable to provide you with our products or services if you do not provide certain information to us. In cases where providing some personal information is optional, we'll make this clear.
13. Do we do any monitoring involving processing of your personal information?
In this section monitoring means any: listening to, recording of, viewing of, intercepting of, or taking and keeping records (as the case may be) of calls, email, text messages, social media messages, in person (face to face) meetings and other communications.
We may monitor where permitted by law and we'll do this where the law requires it, or to comply with regulatory rules, to prevent or detect crime, in the interests of protecting the security of our communications systems and procedures and for quality control and staff training purposes. This information may be shared for the purposes described above.
14. What about other automated decision making?
We sometimes make decisions about you using only technology, where none of our employees or any other individuals have been involved. For instance, we may do this to decide: whether to offer you a product or service, to determine the risk of doing so, the price we will offer, whether to offer you credit, what terms and conditions to offer you, assess lending, insurance and business risks, or to assess what payment methods we can offer you. We may also do this using data from other parts of the AA, including product or services details (including usage of them or claims made) and telematics data captured including on your vehicle, driving behaviour and location information.
We'll do this where it is necessary for entering into or performing the relevant contract, is authorised by laws that apply to us, or is based on your explicit consent.
15. For how long is your personal information retained by us?
Unless we explain otherwise to you, we'll hold your personal information based on the following criteria:
- For as long as we have reasonable business needs, such as managing our relationship with you and managing our operations
- For as long as we provide goods and/or services to you and then for as long as someone could bring a claim against us; and/or
- Retention periods in line with legal and regulatory requirements or guidance.
16. What are your rights under data protection laws?
Here is a list of the rights that all individuals have under data protection laws. They don't apply in all circumstances. If you wish to use any of them, we'll explain at that time if they are engaged or not. The right of data portability is only relevant from May 2018.
- The right to be informed about the processing of your personal information
- The right to have your personal information corrected if it is inaccurate and to have incomplete personal information completed
- The right to object to processing of your personal information
- The right to restrict processing of your personal information
- The right to have your personal information erased (the "right to be forgotten")
- The right to request access to your personal information and to obtain information about how we process it
- The right to move, copy or transfer your personal information ("data portability")
- Rights in relation to automated decision making which has a legal effect or otherwise significantly affects you
You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office which enforces data protection laws: https://ico.org.uk/. You can contact us using the details below.
17. Your right to object
You have the right to object to certain purposes for processing, in particular to data processed for direct marketing purposes and to data processed for certain reasons based on our legitimate interests. You can contact us by going to the Contact Us section of our website to exercise these rights.
18. What are your marketing preferences and what do they mean?
We may use your home address, phone numbers, email address and social media or digital channels (for example, Facebook, Google and message facilities in other platforms) to contact you according to your marketing preferences.
You can opt out of any email or text marketing by following the unsubscribe links. If you receive a marketing call from us, you can ask the person who called you to opt you out. You can also write to us at AA PLC, Fanum House, Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 4EA, marking it for the attention of the DPO. Or send us an email on our Contact Us page – choose 'Using our services' and then 'I want to opt out of marketing messaging'.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy notice, or if you wish to exercise your rights or contact the DPO, you can contact us by going to the Contact Us section of our website. Alternatively, you can write to AA PLC, Fanum House, Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 4EA, marking it for the attention of the DPO.


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Lyrics: Traditional
Music: Traditional
Playd by the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band. Thanks to Matt Schofield for checking the lyrics.
As my boat draws near the harbor
Knowing soon that you'll be mine
But if another has you darling
I'll go drifting with the tide
I have crossed the great wide ocean
I have waited for the time
But if another has you darling
I'll go drifting with tide
A long, long time has passed my darling
Since that night you made the vow
I know my heart would break with sorrow
If you should say it's over now
I'm in love with you my darling
And I'm praying you'll be mine
But if you change your mind my darling
I'll go drifting with tide
|Jerry Garcia Recordings
|Recorded By
|25 Oct 1987
|Pure Jerry 3: Lunt-Fontanne: Best Of The Rest
|Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band
|21 Oct 1987
|Ragged But Right
|Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band


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RIP OB Marshmallow Wars – 1985 to 2013
The Ocean Beach Town Council hopes to bury the OB Marshmallow Wars this July. And the group says: "Rest in Peace, OB Marshmallow Wars" – you lasted from 1985 to 2013, and now it's time to bury you.
The Town Council is calling on community members to sign their "Pledge" to "Mallow out". Plus they're looking for volunteers for the Peace Patrol that will collect marshmallows in the hours leading up to the Fireworks show. The OBTC will also be devoting part of their next meeting on June 25th on the campaign to end the marshmallow as a weapon and destructive device in OB.
Here's what the Town Council says about their campaign (from their website):
Another beautiful OB summer is just around the corner. With the warm weather, gorgeous natural scenery, and OB's classic beach-town vibe, tourists and locals alike will soon be flocking to our shores.
That's why it is so important for the OB community to always put our best foot forward and keep our visitors coming back year after year. The 4th of July is one of those days when we have the opportunity to show off all that OB has to offer to thousands of tourists. However, over the last few years, we have seen first-hand the trouble caused by the unregulated tradition of the "marshmallow war" after the fireworks show.
Last year, the Ocean Beach Town Council responded to an overwhelming call from OB residents and business owners to put an end to the "war." Residents asked the Town Council to take action because bystanders – including a child and a senior citizen — were injured in the melee, businesses were damaged, and more than 2,000 pounds of trash were left behind on the beach and Veterans Plaza. The cleanup cost thousands of dollars and the negative publicity lasted for days. Our resolution calling for an end to the "war" passed by unanimous vote.
Here's the Resolution:
END the 4th of JULY MARSHMALLOW FIGHT
Whereas, the Ocean Beach Town Council is a non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to the betterment and welfare of our community.
Whereas, the Town Council Board of Directors recognizes the annual 4th of July marshmallow fight is a tradition that started as a friendly rivalry between two Ocean Beach families involving a small group of people and no significant property damage.
Whereas, the annual 4th of July marshmallow fight has devolved into a rolling, violent altercation in which some bystanders have been injured and had their property destroyed.
Whereas, the 2013 marshmallow fight desecrated the Ocean Beach Veterans Plaza, left thousands of pounds of marshmallows on the streets and beaches, damaged clean-up equipment, and made the intersection of Newport and Abbott virtually impassable.
Whereas, the 2013 fight resulted in negative attention and harsh criticism from tourists, local business owners and media outlets, and prompted hundreds of Ocean Beach residents to call for the permanent end of the marshmallow fight.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Ocean Beach Town Council Board of Directors calls for the continuation of the annual 4th of July fireworks show but an end to the marshmallow fight. It is further resolved that the Board will call upon San Diego Police to enforce the City's littering and vandalism laws, and target any individual seen throwing potentially harmful objects in public areas on the 4th of July.
The Board is willing to assist the City by executing a comprehensive public relations campaign in advance of the holiday advising people that the fight has been cancelled and warning that police will be citing lawbreakers. Further, we request that Ocean Beach businesses stop selling marshmallows, marshmallow-firing devices, T-shirts and other paraphernalia that promote the fight. We also call upon OB residents to respect the wishes of their neighbors and not participate in July 4 activities that do not contribute to the beautification and welfare of Ocean Beach.


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SUNRISE, Fla., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bioheart, Inc. (BHRT.QB) will present an update on 12 years of clinical data on MyoCell for treating heart failure at the 8th Annual Conference on Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease January 23-25th, 2013 @ Columbia University Medical Center - http://celltherapy.crf.org/register.html - Course Director, Warren Sherman, M.D.
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Howard J. Leonhardt, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Bioheart, will present data from clinical trials sponsored by the company since 2001.
In Phase II/III clinical trials stage in the U.S. for muscle stem cells for treating advanced heart failure, Bioheart's MyoCell is believed to be the only cell type able to create new contractile muscle in heart scar tissue. Phase II/III Part I interim results demonstrated 95.7 meters improvement in exercise capacity in Bioheart MyoCell patients over placebo (-4 meters) in a double blind randomized study. This compares to -4 meters for CHF drugs, 16 meters for CRT pacers, 53 meters for cardiac stem cells, 52 meters for adipose derived cells and 10 meters allogeneic bone marrow derived cells.
Leonhardt will also provide a look at new generation improvements brought forward to enhance cell transplantation by Bioheart which include: SDF-1 gene transfection, electrical stimulation – see http://www.myostimpacers.com, repeat injections, and nutrient hydrogel.
Founded in 1999, Bioheart is one of the original cell therapy companies. Since that time, more than 400 heart failure patients have been enrolled in various myoblast therapy clinical trials worldwide. 84% percent of Bioheart MyoCell treated patients have improved while only 16% have worsened. In placebo and control groups 69% of patients have worsened.
130 more patients are needed to complete the randomized, double blinded, placebo controlled MARVEL trial. MyoCell is a muscle-derived stem cell therapy designed to populate regions of scar tissue within a patient's heart with new living cells for the intended purpose of improving cardiac function and quality of life in chronic heart failure patients.
About Bioheart, Inc.
Bioheart is committed to maintaining its leading position within the cardiovascular sector of the cell technology industry delivering cell therapies and biologics that help address congestive heart failure, lower limb ischemia, chronic heart ischemia, acute myocardial infarctions and other issues. Bioheart's goals are to cause damaged tissue to be regenerated, when possible, and to improve a patient's quality of life and reduce health care costs and hospitalizations.
Specific to biotechnology, Bioheart is focused on the discovery, development and, subject to regulatory approval, commercialization of autologous cell therapies for the treatment of chronic and acute heart damage and peripheral vascular disease. Its leading product, MyoCell, is a clinical muscle-derived cell therapy designed to populate regions of scar tissue within a patient's heart with new living cells for the purpose of improving cardiac function in chronic heart failure patients. For more information on Bioheart, visit www.bioheartinc.com, or visit us on Facebook: Bioheart and Twitter @BioheartInc.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Former FIFA executive committee member Worawi Makudi is at the Court of Arbitration for Sport challenging his ban for forgery ahead of a Thailand soccer federation election.
Makudi said outside the court on Thursday he was "very confident. I didn't do anything wrong."
The former Thai federation president appealed against a 3 1/2-year ban by FIFA that expires in April 2020. He was also fined 10,000 Swiss francs ($10,100).
FIFA's ethics committee found him guilty of forgery, falsifying documents, and not cooperating with investigators.
Makudi was alleged to have altered federation statutes before his 2013 re-election campaign.
He was convicted in a Bangkok criminal court, though said on Thursday that case was resolved in his favor.
"You know very clearly that the court in Thailand already decided I won the case, OK?" he said.
Makudi was a long-time ally of Qatar's Mohamed bin Hammam when sitting on FIFA's ruling committee for 18 years until 2015. He was voted out by Asian federations.
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Bill Davidson Estate In $2 Billion War With IRS
June 24, 2013
Bill Davidson, the late owner of the Detroit Pistons, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Guardian Industries — one of the country's largest private companies — had a reputation for being aggressive. The Pistons aggressively built two championship teams under his watch and was inducted into the NBA's Hall of Fame in 2008. His businesses thrived through his management. But the IRS now says Bill Davidson was too aggressive in his tax-reducing estate planning techniques.
The IRS recently filed a petition in US Tax Court in Washington, D.C., claiming that Bill Davidson Estate owes up to two billion dollars in taxes. Yes, that's two Billion — with a capital "B". How could any individual rack up such a large tax bill?
Davidson, like many wealthy people who worry about estate taxes, gave away assets through gifts, trusts, and other transfers to his wife and other family members. The IRS says that he undervalued the worth of these assets. They feel his reported net worth of around $3 billion was really much higher — perhaps in the neighborhood of the $5.5 billion figure that Forbes reported his new worth to be in 2008.
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I have a prediction: Not only will online education eventually be as good as offline education, it will be better.
The honeymoon is over. People are writing about how online education will never replace offline education. I'd like to challenge that view. Not only will online education eventually be as good as offline education, it will be better.
Saying that online education will never be as good as offline is like taking one look at a Model T, saying that it's unsafe, and urging everyone to switch back to horses.
The reason online classes will eventually be better than offline classes is simple:
We can measure and respond to students' behavior much more easily and quickly when education is digital than when it is analog.
On the other hand, what makes for a good teacher in a classroom setting? A good teacher is someone who can:
- Come up with compelling content that explains complicated topics
- Take in a lot of information about how students are responding to that content
- Adjust the style based on that information quickly
A good teacher
A good teacher can see the look in a student's eyes and tell immediately whether a particular topic is resonating or not. He or she has the ability to reiterate a point and respond to questions in real time. That's what we mean when we say that an in-person classroom experience is more "personal." It's hard to imagine online education being able to match that anytime soon.
But let's suspend disbelief for a second. In theory, a computer can take in vastly more information than a human can and respond to it much faster. According to Scientific American, two years ago the fastest computer could store almost ten time as much data as the human brain and process it almost four times as fast.
Imagine what a good teacher could do if he or she knew where exactly a student was getting confused during a lesson. Or how long it took that student to complete an exercise. Or even the student's physiological responses to the content (say, for example, by tracking heart-rate or eye movements via webcam — forget about the creepy-factor).
There are a handful of education startups already tracking some of this data. But they've barely scratched the surface of how to use it to make education more compelling.
This brings me to my second and more pressing point:
The biggest problem with in-person education is that it forces a linear, one-size-fits-all teaching style.
In any classroom, there will be some students that are behind and some that are ahead.
Even the best teacher in the world must deal with this tradeoff. It boils down to the following question: Should I slow down to help more students understand, or speed up to cover more material?
And so they inevitably end up settling on a pace and an educational approach somewhere in the middle.
Personalized Learning
Online education can solve this problem because it allows for personalized learning. Educational content and style can adapt to a particular student and that student's response to a particular lesson.
Imagine a world in which no one person experiences the same class in the same way. One that adjusts a lesson on computer programming depending on whether a student already has previous experience with programming, or is a total beginner. Why not use concepts a student may already have to allow them to learn something faster?
One in which the way the material is delivered is different depending on whether the student is an auditory, a visual, or a kinesthetic learner.
One in which the order of the lessons themselves are rearranged. (Or A/B tested!)
Or one that can identify early that a student might get stuck in an upcoming lesson. Then takes him or her on a learning detour to reinforce important concepts. This could avoid frustration that might otherwise lead to abandonment.
Actually, you don't have to imagine this world, because Salman Khan is already doing it with Khan Academy (watch 13:35 if you're not yet sold on the value of personalized education).
Finally, advancements in online education allow teachers to treat classes in the same way that startups treat products.
Learning online is not a failure
There are tons of amazing tools out there for A/B testing, onboarding, gamification, email campaigns, measuring user satisfaction, and so much more that startups use. Why not apply the same tools to education? It's going to happen, it's only a matter of time.
That's why it's frustrating to hear people brush off online education as a failure that will never amount to anything. Let's see the current batch of online educational classes and platforms as what they really are: a first attempt.


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The RAC Anti-Theft Storage System. | Storage device for sidearms keeps them safe and locked.
Posted on September 17 2018
By Scott M. Bruner | PoliceOne.com February 19th, 2010
Police departments looking for a solution to keeping their officers and firearms safe, protected and away from the hands of criminals and children, may want to check out the RAC: Anti Theft Storage System. The RAC is a locking system designed to provide officers with immediate access to their sidearms, while making it impossible for perpetrators to get their hands on them.
The locking arm for the RAC swivels a full 360-degrees while the locking post passes through the trigger house. The RAC can handle most standard firearms including many Glock, Sig, and Smith & Wesson models, including the .357. It can withstand up to 4,300 pounds of pressure and boasts a patented, mounting set-up to prevent tampering. The RAC can be installed at the station or in a patrol car, within the trunk or glove compartment. It can also be built to specification for specialty vehicles.
Photo Courtesy US RACThe RAC: Anti-Theft Storage System can be installed at the station or in a patrol car, within the trunk or glove compartment. It can also be built to specification for specialty vehicles
"Using the security key for the safety lock, I opened the device, inserted and locked down my personal Sig Sauer P220…The lock proved to be impenetrable... The weapon was virtually inaccessible by an unauthorized user and totally inoperable," Michael Barrett of the FBI said. "Yet, utilizing the key for the security lock, in seconds I was able to unlock the device and have it available for use in the event of an emergency."
In addition to securing issued weapons, the RAC can be used to secure confiscated firearms as well. The RAC comes in a number of sizes, as well as a 5-inch configuration for securing multiple weapons. The standard is a 3-inch model, while the FBI uses a 5-inch to secure AR-15s and the Remington 870 in unmarked vehicles.
It has been tested by the Consumer Protection Safety Commission and passed all of the commission's trigger and cable lock tests. It is also included in the list of approved firearm safety devices of the California Attorney General's office.
The device was originally designed for personal use and safety, invented after an innocent child was shot with an unsecured weapon. The device has quickly found its way into law enforcement and military applications, however, providing a singular means for keeping firearms out of the hands of perpetrators. It is now used in 13 law enforcement agencies including the Los Angeles and Detroit police departments


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Gina Bridget Cyphers - Victim
December 28, 1995
721 West Cloud #54
Salina, KS
At about 12:12PM, on December 28, 1995, Officers of the Salina Police Department and Salina Fire Department paramedics were dispatched to 721 West Cloud #54, Salina, KS in reference to a homicide. The victim, Gina Cyphers, 24 years of age, was found by her live-in boyfriend, Jimmie Anderson.
Gina had dropped her 15 month old son, James, off at a First Methodist Church at about 9:00AM for the "Morning Out for Mom's" daycare program. She was to return at 11:30 to pick James up, but she did not return. Daycare personnel called Jimmie at work, at which time he went home to check on Gina. He found her body and called police.
A Governor's Reward is being offered in the amount of $5000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for this crime.
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Heng-Chang Chen (Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Edif. PRBB, Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain )This artwork called "While virus is maturing" (31.5x29.5 cm) was painted by oil (REMBRANDR) on the canvas. The idea of this painting is to present a transient state while a virus is being a mature form in the final stage of its life cycle. As envelope proteins are not fully covered a whole viral particle, we are easily to see the internal structure of a virus.


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And you thought Frodo had it hard. In what is shaping up to be a battle of Tolkienian proportions, the tiny remains from Flores, Indonesia--paleoanthropology's hobbit--have once again come under attack.
Most paleoanthropologists believe that the hobbit belongs to a new species of human, Homo floresiensis. But now comes word that the specimen used to define the species--a largely complete female skeleton known as LB1--appears to have had some dental work. If so, it would mean that, rather than being an 18,000-year-old representative of a new species, the hobbit was just a modern human with a growth disorder that left it with a brain the size of a grapefruit, among other odd traits, which is what critics have argued all along.
Maciej Henneberg, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Adelaide in Australia contends on the basis of photographs that LB1 had a filling--and possibly a root canal--in its lower left first molar (technically known as the M1). He believes the tooth was drilled and the cavity filled with a kind of dental cement that was used by Indonesian dentists in the 1930s.
Henneberg shared the photos he studied with several fellow attendees at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists held recently in Columbus, Ohio. He pointed out the color of the alleged filling, which differed from that of the enamel. He also noted that the putative filling appeared to be more worn than the surrounding enamel.
Henneberg says he initially made these and other observations three years ago, but did not want to go public until he had a chance to verify them with the original remains. He has yet to see the bones, but decided to air his theory because it has become increasingly apparent that he may never get the opportunity. (A request to do so was denied.)
Hobbit defenders pooh-pooh the claim. Paleoanthropologist Peter Brown of the University of New England in Armidale, Australia, who led the initial analysis of LB1, says his own photograph of the occlusal (chewing) surface "shows there is no filling. There are no dental materials or dentists who can color match and hide a cavity in a molar to the degree that would be necessary."
Brown has also examined CT (computed tomography) scans of LB1's teeth, which reveal normal, bifurcating roots in the M1. "The CT scans, when combined with the detailed occlusal view, totally refute Henneberg's claim," Brown asserts.
Charles Hildebolt, a paleoanthropologist at Washington University in St. Louis, has also been working on the Flores material and has obtained his own CT scans. "We think that it is highly unlikely that any type of filling material is in the mandibular left first molar," he said in an e-mail. "The defect in the mandibular left first molar does not have the appearance of a cavity preparation made by a dentist in that the defect is shallow, is nonretentive and is not extended in an apical direction interproximally. There is no indication of tooth decay in any of LB1's teeth."
He adds, "if for some reason, a temporary filling were placed in LB1's mandibular left first molar, we should be able to see some indication of it in the CT images, but we cannot--all that we can see is a defect that resembles other defects on LB1's teeth where the enamel has worn away and the dentine is exposed."
Paleoanthropologist John Hawks of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who was present when Henneberg made his case, notes on his blog that Brown's CT scan "has rather poor resolution (typical of medical CT scans), and cuts through the lingual cusps of the lower M1, not the buccal (cheek) cusps which appear to have been most affected by the irregularity." He says an x-ray would be more convincing.


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"Chapter 15: Advancing the Work of the Lord," Teachings of Presidents of the Church: George Albert Smith (2010)
"Chapter 15," Teachings: George Albert Smith
Chapter 15
Advancing the Work of the Lord
God directs His work, and He calls upon every member of the Church to participate in moving it forward.
From the Life of George Albert Smith
When George Albert Smith was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1903, Church membership stood at just over 300,000. By the end of his service as President of the Church, it had surpassed 1 million. President Smith rejoiced in such growth because it meant that the message of salvation was reaching more and more people. "How happy we should be," he said to a general conference audience in 1950, "not that we have increased in numbers in the organization that we belong to, but that more of our Father's children, more of his sons and daughters, have been brought to an understanding of the truth, and are coming into his organization that he prepared to teach us the way of life and lead us along the pathway of eternal happiness."1
Between 1903 and President Smith's death in 1951, the Church faced many challenges to its progress worldwide. Events such as World War I, World War II, and the Great Depression (a widespread economic crisis) severely limited the number of missionaries that could be sent abroad. Despite these difficulties, George Albert Smith remained confident that the Church would continue to grow and realize its destiny to "fill the whole earth" (Daniel 2:35). In 1917, at the height of World War I, he told the Saints: "I do not become discouraged because this truth does not find its way more rapidly. On the contrary I see in the events of today the hand-dealing of an all-wise Father to prepare the way for the spread of the gospel that he has restored to the earth in our day."2
While the first half of the 20th century saw significant challenges, it also brought new technologies that President Smith believed would further the Lord's work. He was a strong proponent of the aviation industry and saw it as a way to fulfill his travel assignments as a General Authority more efficiently. He also supported the Church's use of radio and television to take the word of the Lord to a broader audience. "We ought to regard these [inventions] as blessings from the Lord," he said. "They greatly enlarge our abilities. They can indeed become blessings if we utilize them in righteousness for the dissemination of truth and the furtherance of the work of the Lord among men. The great challenge facing the world today lies in the use we make of many of these inventions. We can use them to destroy, as we have sometimes done in the past, or we can utilize them to enlighten and bless mankind, as our Heavenly Father would have us do."3
In a general conference address in 1946, President Smith prophesied about the use of such technologies: "It will not be long until, from this pulpit and other places that will be provided, the servants of the Lord will be able to deliver messages to isolated groups who are so far away they cannot be reached. In that way and other ways, the gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord, the only power of God unto salvation in preparation for the celestial kingdom, will be heard in all parts of the world, and many of you who are here will live to see that day."4 [See suggestions 1 and 4 on page 166.]
President Smith understood that the work of the Church is successful because it is the Lord's work, and he taught the Saints that the opportunity to participate in that work is a blessing the Lord offers each member of His Church. During the first general conference after he was set apart as President of the Church, he said: "I realize the great responsibility that is upon my shoulders. I know that without the help of our Heavenly Father, the organization with which we are identified cannot be successful. No man or group of men can make it successful, but if the members of this Church will continue to keep the commandments of God, live their religion, set an example to the world, [and] love their neighbor as themselves, we will go forward, and increasing happiness will flow to us."5
Teachings of George Albert Smith
There is ample opportunity for every member to participate in the work of the Lord.
The responsibility for the conduct of this work does not devolve alone upon [the President of the Church], nor upon his counselors, nor upon the quorum of the Apostles; but it devolves also upon every man and woman who has been baptized by the servants of God and become a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. … We cannot shift the responsibility if we would; our Father has placed it upon our shoulders, and we must round them up and help to carry it off triumphant.6
I believe in you, my brethren and sisters. I have confidence in your faith and in your integrity. … Each of you also [is] responsible to [the Lord] for the promotion of this work, as are those who preside over you. I cannot say, "Am I my brother's keeper?" I cannot shift the responsibility … , but standing in the ranks of the children of our Father I must bear my portion, I must carry that part of the load that the Lord places upon me, and if I shirk, then I realize that I forfeit the blessing that would come to me by obedience to the commandments of our Father.7
How anxious we should be to go about doing good. It is a slothful servant who waits until he is commanded in all things. [See D&C 58:26–27.] Our Heavenly Father expects us to magnify our calling, no matter where it may be, no matter how humble our lot in life may be.8
It is not necessary that a man should be a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, or the Presidency of the Church, in order to obtain the greatest blessings in the kingdom of our Heavenly Father. These are but offices required in the Church, and there are many faithful and devoted men worthy to fill these offices whose time and talents are needed throughout the Church. … Remember that in the ranks and throughout the Church there is ample opportunity for every man and for every woman to do something for the blessing of their fellows and for the advancement of the work of the Lord.9
There is a disposition on the part of some who hold the priesthood and of some who hold positions in the Church, to neglect sacrament meetings and other important duties, and to confine their labors to some special calling. They may be officers and teachers in the Sunday School, and when they perform their Sabbath school labor, consider that sufficient; or, they may be [Young Men or Young Women], or Primary, or genealogical, or welfare workers, or have some other such assignment, and if they discharge their obligations in that regard they consider their whole duty done.
Much as we love and bless all such for the great service they render, we are obliged to remind ourselves that it is required of all of us to live by every word that proceedeth from the mouth of our Father in heaven [see D&C 84:44]. Generally speaking, special assignments do not relieve us of our other obligations; and special meetings do not usually replace or supersede the general meetings of the Church. And quite beyond our special obligations and assignments, we are expected to conduct ourselves day by day as Latter-day Saints in the broadest meaning of the term, so that if we see distress or want, or need of advice and counsel on any occasion, we should forthwith act as servants of the Lord in very deed.
And then there are those who accept nominal membership in the Church but who seem to feel themselves exempt from rendering any kind of service. But sooner or later they find themselves uneasy in their hearts, and doubtful in their thoughts, as we all do when we fail to do what we know to be our full duty. A man who is living in accordance with the gospel of Jesus Christ is never in doubt about its success; but the man who neglects his duty, who fails to keep his covenants, loses the Spirit of the Lord, and then he begins to wonder what will become of Zion. …
Whenever you are doing your full duty, you will know, as you know that you live, that it is our Father's work, and that he will bring it off triumphant.10
Can you not see how a marvelous work and a wonder has been going forward? Can you not see how we as individuals have only contributed our mite, but the multitude has united, and the word of the Lord has been disseminated among the children of men; not in a militant way, but in kindness and in love, with a desire to bless all mankind?11 [See suggestion 2 on page 166.]
Opposition will not stop the progress of the Church, because it is the work of God, not of man.
The Church began with only six members. It has grown day by day in spite of the opposition of the adversary. But for the powerful arm of righteousness, but for the watchcare of our Heavenly Father, this Church would have been crushed like a shell long ago. However, the Lord has said that he would safeguard us, and has promised us protection if we will honor him and keep his commandments.12
The growth of this Church has not come because it was popular. It has been in spite of the opposition of the wise men of the world; it has been in spite of the opposition of religious teachers, and it has continued to gather here and there choice spirits who have lived in such a way that they could comprehend the truth.13
I have been reading a journal of my grandfather, George A. Smith. … I have read his personal experiences, some most painful and others miraculous. In his youth he was sent out to preach the Gospel of our Lord. His was the experience of other men who have been called to the ministry. Those of evil minds made false accusations against him and his associates but he continued faithful and the Lord vindicated them and magnified them in the eyes of the people and gave them a testimony of the divinity of this work that was so positive that no task was too difficult for them to undertake for the dissemination of truth.
Grandfather was among the group sent to England to preach the Gospel in 1839. There the adversary sought to discourage them in every way. Their journals written at the time disclose the fact that they were misrepresented by evil men and attacked by evil spirits, but the Lord preserved them and they performed a great labor. Eight of the Quorum of the Twelve were there at that time. Among those called to go to England were men without means to pay their way but they started from their homes on foot. Due to prolonged illness one of these men was too weak to walk two miles to take a stage coach but was helped that distance by a friend. They had faith in God; they knew that this was his Church and so they went their way and friends not of the Church were raised up to give them money and pay their passage across the ocean, where they delivered their message and many faithful people accepted the truth as a result of their ministry.14
This is God's work. It is not the work of any man. No man or set of men could have carried it forward and made it successful in the face of the opposition of the world. Many times they [who oppose the work] have felt that the end of the Church had come, and each time by the majesty of his power, the Lord has lifted it up, and it has gone forward from city to city, from village to village, from nation to nation.15
I know that there are many problems and there will be greater problems as the days come and go, but the same Father in heaven that led the Children of Israel, that saved Daniel and the three Hebrew children from destruction, the same Heavenly Father that preserved our forebears that came into [the Salt Lake Valley] and established them here, and blessed them and made it possible in the poverty of the people to have this great [Salt Lake] temple and other great temples, … that same Father, your Father and mine, is ready to pour out his blessings upon us today.16
There is no occasion for discouragement. The gospel of Jesus Christ continues to roll forth. We have the promise from our Heavenly Father that it will continue to roll forth. No other dispensation has had the assurance that we have. In the dispensations of the past the Gospel has been taken from the earth. When it was restored in our day it was with the promise that it will never again be taken from the earth or given to another people. So I beg of you who have put your hand to the plow, do not turn back. Serve God and keep his commandments.17
We need not feel anxious about the progress of Zion, for the good old ship will sail proudly on, and those who are faithful and true will land with her safely in the harbor of God, crowned with glory, immortality and eternal life. I have no fear for these aged men and women that have kept the faith. I have no fear for the boys and girls who are walking in obedience to the commandments of the Lord. … But the Latter-day Saints who knowing the will of our Father have not done it, those who hear the teachings of the Lord from time to time and turn their backs upon them, I fear they will not reach the goal unless they turn and repent with all their hearts.18
His work is progressive, we must be active if we would keep pace with it. Every passing year, since the organization of the Church, has seen it grow stronger than the year before. Today the prospect of continual success is better than ever before. More people are learning the truth about us, and our attitude towards them. The prejudice due to ignorance is being overcome, as the light is disseminated among the masses. …
It should be evident to all, and it will be some day, that the opposition to this work would have overcome it long ago if it had not been divine. Let all the world know that it cannot be overthrown, for "it is the power of God unto salvation unto all those who believe." [See Romans 1:16.]19 [See suggestion 3 on page 166.]
God adjusts conditions in the world so that His work can spread throughout the earth.
[God] has determined that the message that was proclaimed by his servants in ages past, renewed and promulgated by his servants in the latter days, shall be heard, and by the power of his might he will level the conditions of this world and humble the children of men until they are repentant and willing to listen. The truths that we are teaching, that is, the truths that God required us to teach in the world, are finding their way.20
The Lord revealed to one of his prophets that at the coming forth of the Book of Mormon he would commence his work among the nations for the restoration of his people. [See 2 Nephi 30:3–8; 3 Nephi 21:1–14; 29:1–2.] When we realize with what speed the gospel of Jesus Christ may be disseminated now as compared with the year 1830, we can see that the Lord has set his hand and the opportunity to know is offered to men. It will not be long now, until in every part of this world the gospel may be heard through the servants of the Lord proclaiming it in power. Our Heavenly Father will adjust conditions in the world so that the gospel may be preached.21
The Savior said this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come! [See Joseph Smith—Matthew 1:31.] The Lord would not require an impossibility. He is removing the obstructions, and the gospel "shall be preached."22
Zion will be redeemed, and the world, which now misunderstands the work of "Mormonism," will live to know that it is the power of God unto salvation to those who will keep the commandments of our Father. My testimony is that the work grows apace, and that the children of men are receiving "Mormonism" in their souls; that it is the work of our Father. We may be puny and weak of ourselves, but if we will be virtuous and pure in our lives, if we will do what we know to be right, men and women will be raised to continue the work of the Lord, until our Father's work will have been done in the way that He desires. Those who misunderstand us now will know us better. Those who believe we have selfish motives will be undeceived, and our brothers and sisters of the world, who desire the truth and wish to know what the Lord wants of them, will be pricked in their hearts and accept the Gospel. Zion will rise and shine, and will become the glory of the whole earth, the Lord God of Israel has so decreed.23 [See suggestion 4 below.]
Suggestions for Study and Teaching
Consider these ideas as you study the chapter or as you prepare to teach. For additional help, see pages v–vii.
President Smith prophesied that "the gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord … will be heard in all parts of the world" (page 159). What technologies are helping to make this possible? In what other ways are new technologies or scientific advancements contributing to the Lord's work?
As you read the first section of teachings (pages 160–62), think about your current calling or assignment in the Church. How does fulfilling your calling allow you to participate in "the advancement of the work of the Lord"? How do your efforts as a home teacher or visiting teacher contribute to this work? In what ways can we all participate beyond our formal callings and assignments?
On pages 162–64, President Smith bears his testimony that the Lord directs the work of His Church. What experiences have you had to show you that this is true? How does teaching and living the gospel in our homes demonstrate our faith in the Lord's work?
On pages 159 and 165–66, look for things that President Smith said the Lord will do to prepare the way for His gospel to be preached. What evidence do you see that these things have happened or are happening in the world today?
Related Scriptures: Daniel 2:44–45; Joel 2:27–28; Mosiah 27:13; Doctrine and Covenants 64:33–34; 65:1–6; 107:99–100; Moses 1:39
Teaching help: "There may … be times when you do not know the answer to a question. If this happens, simply say that you do not know. You may want to say that you will try to find the answer. Or you may want to invite learners to find the answer, giving them time in another lesson to report on what they have learned" (Teaching, No Greater Call, 64).


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Facebook is helping people know how to dress for an event, a new feature in its seemingly unending evolution that is puzzling because it offers users the chance to hop off the social networking site.
Now when you set up an event on Facebook you can let guests know whether they should wear a jacket, sunglasses or snow boots thanks to an integration with the online weather service Weather Underground, a property of The Weather Channel located at wunderground.com.
You might wonder why Facebook is doing this, since it makes big bucks by keeping users on its own site and looking at and clicking on ads. Is it merely a generous addition in the spirit of simply making its site more helpful and useful? It's doubtful.
In reality, dropping weather info into its Events function is a product of a hackathon, TechCrunch reports. A hackathon, which is a big tradition at Facebook, involves computer programmers and others in the field collaborating on software projects.
Regardless, for anybody not familiar with Weather Underground, this new Facebook feature is a good chance to snoop around on the crowdsourced weather site, which makes great use of a community of weather enthusiasts who like to blog about snowdrifts, droughts, floods and whatnot. And in addition to more weather data that you'd probably ever need, you can peruse millions of uploaded photos of things like blizzards, auroras and cool-looking clouds.
To see the new weather information via Facebook, click on Events under Favorites on the left side of your Facebook page, then +Create Event on the top right. You won't see any weather options quite yet. First, you need to let Facebook know where and when you're holding your gathering, obviously.
Oddly, event organizers then see a line item that details current weather conditions at the stated location — puzzling information considering odds are any event you're setting up isn't being held right now. However, once you send your invitation out to friends (or anybody if you make it public) people who view it will see forecasted weather data for the day of the event, although they might not know it unless they click on the link.
If you're a power Facebook user who really digs weather, you might also check out the Weather Underground Facebook app, which will do things such as post severe weather alerts to your wall and let you see what kind of weather your friends are experiencing in real-time.


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DENVER (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday urged the State Department to give a gender neutral passport to a Colorado Navy veteran who does not identify being male or female in a case that's the first of its kind in the United States.
U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson also suggested he might issue an order forcing the government to do so if it does not successfully negotiate a settlement to the legal challenge by Dana Zzyym, who was denied a passport for refusing to check "male" or "female" on the application.
Zzyym was born with ambiguous sexual characteristics and raised as a boy but later came to identify as intersex and neither man nor woman.
Government lawyers argued that moving beyond two gender choices for passports would upend officials' ability to verify identities and backgrounds because of reliance on drivers' licenses and birth certificates issued by states offering only male and female gender options.
Jackson appeared exasperated at times, saying the State Department needs to catch up to a new era in which gender identification is not as clear as it was in the past.
"A lot of things are changing in our world," Jackson said.
The State Department since 2010 has allowed transgender people to change their gender designation on passports from male to female or vice versa with a doctor's certification.
Australia, Nepal and New Zealand issue passports that do not designate gender and citizens of those nations are allowed to enter the United States.
But the State Department demands that they state whether they are male or female when they are required to apply for U.S. entry visas.
An Oregon judge last month allowed Jamie Shupe to be legally classified as a nonbinary person, neither male nor female. That decision is also believed to be the first of its kind for the country.
Oregon officials are working on a process to allow Shupe to get a driver's license with that designation, said Shupe's lawyer, Lake Parraguey.
Parraguey said many states have similar, simple processes to change people's gender identities, similar to a name changes, and orders like Shupe's will eventually have to be honored by other states.
It's unclear whether a settlement or a judge's order giving Zzyym's a gender neutral passport would have wider ramifications requiring the State Department to grant them to other people, said one of Zzyym's lawyers, Paul Castillo of the Lamda Legal civil rights group.
Lamda has received inquiries from other people identifying themselves as intersex who are following the case closely and hope it will benefit them in getting gender neutral passports, he said.


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On May 15th, pianist Shai Wosner will be performing a brand new Piano Concerto by Michael Hersch. Titled along the ravines, the piece will be making its first ever concert appearance with the Seattle Symphony at Benaroya Hall, Tuesday May 15th at 7:30 PM.
Shai explains how he came upon his interest for the new work. "When I was looking to commission a new work, thanks to the Borletti-Buitoni Trust of London, I was listening to all kinds of music from composers from different generations and I came across a couple of CDs with piano and chamber works by Michael Hersch. It was clear that he was pursuing his own path with a very strong, personal voice. Those pieces seemed to contain an explosive mix of wildness and melancholy".
Wosner is another performer that likes to mix the classics with newer, contemporary works. "Programming is really one of the fun parts of being a musician, in my opinion. It's always nice to fantasize about potential programming ideas, even if, like with any new idea, you may find yourself rejecting it wholeheartedly the next morning. When it comes to recital programs, I try to somehow look for a common thread among the pieces, which sometimes is obvious and sometimes is not. The goal is not so much to include pieces that are similar to each other, but rather a collection of works that are on one hand very different, but that may also resonate, shed light on each other and interact in the context of the program".
I asked Shai if he would be bringing the new piece into the studio, and he had this to offer: "We hope to be able to record the concerto in the next couple of years. There are also plans for another solo CD and potentially a concerto CD as well that are being discussed. As far as programming is concerned, I am trying to find 'organic' ways to fit free improvisation into recital programs. There is nothing new in the concept, of course, and it used to be in fact part of tradition. But I am currently looking for a way to combine it with other repertoire in a meaningful way.".
Click here for tickets to Shai's concert with the Seattle Symphony at Benoroya Hall.


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"No one cares what we think!" is a refrain I hear all the time on Jalopnik. I have said it and so have you. "We enthusiasts are a drop in the bucket compared to the Camry and MDX buyers. Our opinions don't matter!"
This year's Detroit Auto Show convinced me that maybe, just maybe, we've been wrong about this. I was genuinely surprised this year by the sheer volume of not just performance cars, but performance cars I would be interested in buying. Maybe they do listen to us after all.
Actually, I'll tell you what they really listen to. It's not your Internet comments, it's how you spend your money.
Last year in the U.S., Subaru and Scion together sold more than 26,000 BRZs and FR-Ses. The Toyobaru twins have been far more in demand than original sales targets predicted. Clearly, the public's appetite for small, affordable rear-wheel drive sports cars is bigger than everyone realized. (I don't wanna say I told you so, but...)
So what did we see out of Detroit this year? Two small, affordable rear-wheel drive cars that seem very squarely aimed at the BRZ and FR-S: the Kia GT-4 Stinger and Nissan IDx, the latter of which dropped in Tokyo but made its American debut in the Motor City.
Yes, both are just concepts at the moment, but the IDx — clearly a kind of neo-Datsun 510 — has been confirmed for production. The Kia seems extremely feasible too, given the strong reaction to it, the fact that Kia is interested in rear-drive platforms with the K900 sedan, and the existence of the Genesis Coupe platform. (I would like to see the GT4 Stinger differentiate itself from the Genesis Coupe in some way if it becomes a reality, though.)
Ever had a Kia as your desktop wallpaper? Me either, until I met this guy. I'm really hoping both of these cars will become a reality and stay as close to their concept designs as possible. I'm feeling a little burned after the WRX Concept debacle last year, but I'm not going to lose faith.
Speaking of the WRX, that and its hotter WRX STI brother were just some of the great performance cars on display — many of them for the first time in the U.S. or anywhere else — in Detroit. They include the new Audi S3 (which I wrongfully called boring; it looks awesome in person), the Corvette Z06, the ATS Coupe, the new Mustang with both a V8 and a four-cylinder turbo, the the Lexus RC-F, the new BMW M235i and M3 and M4, and even a new Golf R.
You know, the Golf R. The hottest Golf that Volkswagen makes. The one nobody in America bought, so they're bringing it back with way more power AND the choice of a manual or a DSG for the first time ever in the U.S. They could have just as well kept it in Europe, but now it's back and probably better than it's ever been.
I don't know. As I strolled Cobo Hall on Monday, this thought kept bouncing around in my brain: "They're listening to us."
Perhaps there's no bigger example of this than the big surprise Toyota brought to Detroit, and that was the FT-1 Concept. Again, just a concept. But Toyota themselves admit that the point of it is to show the world that they don't have to be as boring as they've become, that they can still cook up cars like the Supra.
The proof will be in the pudding, of course. Toyota still has to make one, or something similar to it. But such an extreme, unapologetic sports car concept from Toyota would have been unthinkable a few years ago. Now it's generating all sorts of hype and showing that the people who work at the company still have some fire in their hearts.
So maybe we, the enthusiasts, aren't as forgotten or kicked to the curb as we think we are. Maybe our protests don't fall on deaf ears as much as we think they do. We matter, especially when we let our dollars do the talking.
And if even some of these cars turn real and land on dealer lots in the next few years, we have a lot to look forward to.
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Master's degree students in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine are making discoveries that have the potential to save limbs and reduce kidney failure in diabetes patients.
Led by Khalid Elased, Pharm.D., Ph.D., associate professor, and Nadja Grobe, Ph.D., a research assistant professor, several master's students in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology have published their findings in well-known journals, including the American Journal of Physiology Renal Physiology, PLOS ONE and Experimental Physiology, as first authors or co-authors. They also have presented their research results at national conferences such as the American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, American Society of Nephrology and the European Society for the Study of Diabetes.
Their research focuses on the mechanisms of cardiovascular and renal, or kidney, complications of diabetes. They have found a urinary biomarker, which is far more reliable than the currently practiced method of finding protein in the urine to identify diabetes. They also have found that exercise and diet play a key role in resolving diabetes.
"When people are diagnosed with diabetes, physicians tell their patients to exercise and diet," Elased said. "However, many patients do not follow through with exercise and diet."
As a result, patients end up taking medicine to help with diabetes. While the medicine helps with the diabetes, it also can cause the patient to gain weight.
Elased and his students found that exercise is as good as medication. He said that through exercise, the blood glucose level and kidney function become normal. The urinary biomarker shows that the threat of diabetes has significantly decreased.
"The miracle of exercise has been proven," he said. "Even if you don't lose weight at the gym, you are still doing good things metabolically."
Grobe has been instrumental in training the students in Elased's lab. She has been assisting Elased and the students to set up, plan and conduct experiments. The lab has used a sophisticated way of analyzing urine samples through mass spectrometry, an analytical technique that identifies molecules present in solids, liquids and gases.
The students analyzed urine samples from healthy, diabetic and treated diabetic mice. They identified a protein that is only excreted in those who have diabetic kidney disease or will eventually develop kidney problems.
"The students' findings may lead to the discovery of new noninvasive markers for diabetic kidney disease," Grobe said. "Invasive biopsy samplings may be avoided."
Hari Somineni, one of Elased's master's students, graduated in April 2013 and defended his thesis in May 2013. His first author paper, "Daily exercise training protects against albuminuria and ACE2 shedding in db/db diabetic mice," was published in February 2014 in the Journal of Endocrinology, which focuses on endocrine physiology and metabolism. He also was a co-author of a paper, "Rosiglitazone treatment of type 2 diabetic db/db mice attenuates urinary albumin and angiotensin converting enzyme 2 excretion," in PLOS ONE, an international, peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication.
Somineni, who is now a research assistant at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, also discussed his research at the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association annual meetings.
"We discovered that physical exercise training is effective in improving type 2 diabetes and associated complications, with no compromising side effects," Somineni said. "Physical training programs should be widely adopted into the medical care system."
Originally from India, Somineni came to the United States to pursue a career in science. "My experience at Wright State gave me the confidence to do significant research," he said. "By working alongside others who share the same goals as me, we will make a difference in the lives of many patients."
Laale Alawi is a current student in the master's program. Originally from Saudi Arabia, she did not know much about research laboratory techniques when she arrived. Elased, Grobe and students like Somineni inspired and encouraged her.
She also is researching urinary biomarkers for kidney diseases in type 2 diabetes and hypertension, or high blood pressure. Alawi is working on two papers for publication in research journals.
"I really love this experience," she said. "I'm trying to use every minute to learn more and more."
Like many other students, Alawi views Elased as more than a professor. He is a mentor. "Dr. Elased is patient and inspiring," said Alawi, who would like to work in a research laboratory after she graduates in the fall of 2014. "He believes in me and encourages me in my research."


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In the late 1940s the Turner Manufacturing Company Limited, of Wolverhampton formed a separate company called 'Light Delivery Vehicles. L.D.V. produced the two wheeled 168cc, two-stroke 'By-van' delivery motorcycle. It was equipped with a steel carrying box, which had a capacity of 5.57 cubic feet, and could carry a load of up to 1.5cwt.
Tri-van' had a 3-speed gearbox and had a top speed of 30 m.p.h. with all day cruising at 20m.p.h. It sold new sold for £120
...Unfortunately little interest was shown in the bike and it was only sold in small numbers.
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