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Size: 4.5 acres
Species focus: Channel catfish put-grow-and-take.
Partner: Orange County
Target constituency: Neighborhood residents
Amenities: Located in Barnett Park, this pond has 2 baited fish areas (marked with signs), an aeration system, 100% shoreline access and three wooden bridges. Barnett Park (located behind the Central Florida Fairgrounds) provides many recreational opportunities besides fishing including ball fields, pavilions, basketball courts, Frisbee golf and a kid's playground. For information on Barnett Park, call the park at 407-836-6248.
Fishery: The Lake is annually stocked with channel catfish. Largemouth bass, bluegill, redear sunfish (shellcracker), warmouth and blue tilapia are other fish that may be caught.
General Fishing Tips: For channel catfish try fishing chicken liver, night crawlers or hot dogs on the bottom. Good areas to try are on the island that has the ceramic frog (which is how the pond got its name) or anywhere you see bubbles coming up from the aeration diffusers. These are the deepest areas of the pond and the catfish like to school up near them. Small bluegill are abundant and can be caught using a small hook with pieces of bread dough or worms around the bridges and "Baited Fishing Area" signs.
Regulations: A 14 inch minimum size for largemouth bass (5 fish bag, only 1 greater than or equal to 22 inches), 50 fish bag for panfish (no size limit).
Size: 7 acres
Species focus: Channel catfish put-grow-and-take
Target constituency: Greater Orlando residents and visitors
Amenities: Located in Bear Creek Recreational Complex behind Cypress Creek High School, this is a great place to take the family for their first fishing trip.
The FWC and Orange County has partnered to create 100% bank access by removing nuisance vegetation (primarily torpedo grass) around the pond's perimeter. The pond also has two baited fishing areas (marked by sign), an aeration system and two wooden bridges. In addition to fishing, Bear Creek Recreational Complex has ball fields, an activity center and a kid's playground. For information on Bear Creek Park call the park at 407-254-9040.
Fishery: The Lake is annually stocked with channel catfish. Although it is managed for channel catfish it has the highest density of largemouth bass of the URBAN PONDS. While not frequent, there have been documented catches of bass in the 5 - 8 lb range with one 12 lb "monster" falling to a fluke a few summers ago. Most of the bluegills caught are less than 6 inches, however, occasionally one is captured greater than 8 inches. In addition to the fish mentioned above, a redear sunfish (shellcracker) shows up in the creel once in a great while.
General Fishing Tips: Try fishing chicken liver or night crawlers on the bottom near the "Baited Fishing Area" signs or off the bridges. The areas around the culvert pipes are good places to catch largemouth bass and small bluegill. Try live minnows under a float for the bass and small pieces of bread dough or worms on a hair hook (# 12 - 14) for the bluegill.
Regulations: A 14 inch minimum size for largemouth bass (5 fish bag, only 1 greater than or equal to 22 inches), 20 fish bag for panfish (no size limit), 6 fish bag for channel catfish (no size limit), possession of cast nets is prohibited. For convenience, lake regulations have been posted in an informational kiosk at the pond.
Size: 5.5 acres
Partner: City of Winter Park
Amenities: Found just north of Orlando in the City of Winter Park, this pond is beautifully aquascaped and has 100% bank access, a water fountain, fishing pier, 2 baited fishing areas (marked with signs), an aeration system and a wooden bridge.
Lake Island Park has spacious grass areas, ball fields, a recreational center, kid's playground and work out trail. For more information on Lake Island Park, call City of Winter Park Parks and Recreation at 407-599-3334.
Fishery: The Lake is stocked annually with channel catfish. It also has small bluegill, redear sunfish and blue tilapia. Of all the URBAN PONDS it has the least abundant largemouth bass population.
General Fishing Tips: Chicken liver fished off the bottom in areas near the aeration diffusers (where the bubbles come to the pond's surface) or the "Baited Fishing Area" signs are a good place to start. Also try the point where the Orange Cana Lilies are planted next to the fishing pier. For bluegill, redear and the tilapia try small pieces of worm on a hair hook (#12 - #14) fished off the wooden bridge.
Regulations: A 14 inch minimum size for largemouth bass (5 fish bag, only 1 greater than or equal to 22 inches), 50 fish bag for panfish (no size limit).
Partner: City of Orlando
Target constituency: Neighborhood residents.
Amenities: Located in Demetree Park, this productive "circular" water body (maximum depth 8 feet) is equipped with a fishing pier, good bank access, transplanted vegetation, an aeration system and two baited fishing areas (marked with signs). It also has a walking trail around the pond as well as a children's playground. For information on Demetree Park, call City of Orlando Parks at 407-246-2283.
Fishery: Like all the other ponds it is annually stocked with channel catfish. Bluegills less than 6 inches are abundant and after Bear Creek, it is the next best URBAN POND to catch a bass. Redear sunfish, brown bullhead and blue tilapia are the remaining fish species available in Lake Santiago.
General Fishing Tips: For channel catfish stick with chicken liver or night crawlers fished off the bottom. The fishing pier and the shoreline to the right of the pier (looking at the water from the pier) are some of the more productive spots. Bluegill can be caught using small pieces of worms and crickets on a #10 or #12 hook fished under a small bobber. The edges of the pads are almost always productive.
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Antec NeoPower 650 Review
To the educated masses, power supplies are the necessary evil close to the top of the build list when specing out a new machine. Unfortunately, for the rest, power supplies seem to be an afterthought in the build process and often, what little budget is leftover gets used on a sub-par power supply or a case/power supply combo. I have seen too many posts in the forums from users complaining of system instabilities only to have it boil down to a weak or underrated power supply. With today's power hungry components, having a quality power supply with enough overhead to run efficiently is more important than ever.
Closer Look:
The Antec NeoPower 650 comes in a glossy gun metal and orange themed box touting quiet computing, customizable power, and support for dual graphics card on the front of the box. The back of the box lists some specs and connector info. The sides of the packaging list additional information about the NeoPower 650.
Opening the box reveals efficient packaging, utilizing an egg crate for protection of the NeoPower 650 The cables are packed separately on top with the NeoPower 650 nestled at the bottom. Getting it out of the box shows the bag of component cables, the Antec NeoPower 650W power supply, users manual, 5 year warranty, bag of screws and the power cable.

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Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) Troubleshooting Guide -- Creating a PDF
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This article provides step-by-step instructions for creatiing a PDF from one or more articles in the ACE Troubleshooting Wiki. Before you create a PDF, you must have a Cisco.com account and you must log in to Cisco DocWiki.
Creating a PDF of the ACE Troubleshooting Wiki
To create a PDF of the ACE Troubleshooting Wiki, use the following steps:
- If you are not already logged in, log in to the Cisco DocWiiki using your Cisco.com username and password. Click ***log in*** at the top of the page to access the Login page.
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Review: Apple iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G (16GB/32GB/64GB)
Company: Apple Inc.
Website: www.Apple.com
Model: iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G
Price: $629-$829
Compatible: PC/Mac
Pros: An impressively built tablet computer, featuring a clean industrial design borrowed from Apple's MacBook Pro computers, internal components derived largely from its iPod touch and iPhone pocket devices, and stable, multi-touch software. Runs over 150,000 applications, thousands of which have been optimized for this device, offering iPod-equivalent sonic performance, better than iPod- and iPhone-quality visual performance, and 10+ hour video/Wi-Fi battery life unmatched by any current-generation Apple product, or most competitors. Superb for book and periodical reading, strong for web and video viewing, more capable of content creation than iPods and iPhones. Supports 720p HD video playback. Unlike standard Wi-Fi version, connects to 3G cellular networks and requires no long-term contract. Achieves nearly 9-hour battery life under 3G torture test conditions, and offers assisted GPS for enhanced navigation capabilities.
Cons: Cannot serve as a standalone computer; in addition to iTunes dependence, horsepower is presently shortchanged by limited, iPhone-class multitasking that forces all third-party applications to occupy and waste entire screen; lack of camera similarly limits value for video communications. Screen dimensions are sub-optimal for movies, including HD content. Confusing battery charging requirements and slow iTunes synchronization. Initial iPad-optimized applications, as well as Apple's strategy for performing and selling color digital publications on the device, need additional work. In addition to anti-glare, anti-fingerprint screen film, most users will need new in-car, docking, and/or speaker accessories. AT&T network substantially underperforms relative to device's speed capabilities, making uploading sluggish and limiting data capabilities for both audio and video streaming purposes. Rather than supporting inbound or outbound tethering, cellular data plans are sold separately from iPhone data services, forcing most iPhone users to choose between one device or the other.
As much as iLounge's editors loved the iPad with Wi-Fi (iLounge Rating: A-)—Apple's first tablet computer—the version we all wanted for ourselves was the more powerful iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G ($629-$829), which was released on April 30, 2010. Though it shares the same physical dimensions and 16/32/64-Gigabyte storage capacities, the Wi-Fi + 3G version adds a major new feature: like Apple's iPhones, the more expensive iPad uses 3G wireless hardware to access cell phone towers, radically expanding the iPad's on-the-road utility. Need to use a big-screen map in your car? Check a restaurant's menu, send e-mails, or reach friends through Facebook on something larger than an iPhone but smaller than a laptop? The possibilities seemed endless—anything you could do from Wi-Fi, you could do with your 3G connection, right? Well, not exactly: as is commonly the case with Apple's cellular devices, the reality of using the iPad in 3G mode falls a little short of the marketing. But the experience is still very good, all things considered.
As expected, the two iPad versions are nearly identical in hardware and iPhone OS system software, details that we previously discussed comprehensively in our review of the iPad with Wi-Fi. We won't revisit all of the numerous similarities here: both versions have the same external buttons, ports, speakers, microphone, and screen, ship with the same applications, and perform identically on Wi-Fi networks. But there are some noteworthy differences between the models in pricing, cosmetics, and internal hardware—changes that potential iPad customers should know about before they choose between the two iPads, or decide to hold off on a purchase altogether.
This supplemental review of the iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G discusses all of the new model's unique positives and negatives in separate sections below. Those looking for common features between the iPads, or details on the standard iPad with Wi-Fi can check out our prior review. Everything you need to know about the new iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G can be found on pages of the drop-down menu below. Enjoy.
Editors' Note: iLounge only reviews products in "final" form, but many companies now change their offerings - sometimes several times - after our reviews have been published. This iLounge article provides more information on this practice, known as revving.


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Do you mean "under" weight or "over" weight?Either way, a fast is not a diet. However, you can always mold it in such a way so as not to cause physical harm to yourself.If you are underweight, then I am sure that pasta, potatoes, rice, etc...will help you add a few pounds!Now, if you are overweight, it's a bit harder, as everything lenten seems to be high in carbohydrates. However, you can focus on nuts, greens, salads, fruits, etc. Or just give up trying to lose weight during the fast and simply keep the fast, with the goal of losing weight afterwards.Remember, there is also no DIET on Feast days! Therefore, you are allowed to eat what you like on Christmas, and then diet like crazy until Great Lent begins!
Ok, what if you can't afford (financially) to completely go vegan? Do priests let you go easy for the first couple of years?
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - University Vacation Weeks? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in University Vacation Weeks? Goto page Previous 1, 2 Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> China (Job-related Posts Only) View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Non SequiturJoined: 23 May 2010Posts: 4723Location: China Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 8:36 pm Post subject: The nearest ATM is at the bank. Back to top it'snotmyfaultJoined: 14 May 2012Posts: 527 Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 2:37 am Post subject: Re: Cash [quote="Non Sequitur"] ETA wrote: The payout guy quite likes to be seen (and it's done in the open office, even outside on the quad in one instance) as firmly in the box seat as far as the laowai are concerned. Sounds just like the guy who pays me, a real little pain in the ***. He likes to try and humiliate the foreigner every payday. I suppose when your life is so small and meaningless you have to get your kicks somehow. His latest little trick was just before the winter break, he'd previously said that he'd pay two months salary (I get a paid months break and it's all in the contract) before the holidays. So in the office on payday he presents me with one months salary, I ask where the other months is and he says "oh, do you need the money" and then makes a big deal about getting the extra money together. All in full view of other people. Sad little man. Back to top Non SequiturJoined: 23 May 2010Posts: 4723Location: China Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 7:48 am Post subject: It's notmyfault You don't work in Dalian do you? Back to top it'snotmyfaultJoined: 14 May 2012Posts: 527 Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:25 am Post subject: @Non Sequitur. No, but I'm up in the north (Shanxi Province). Maybe all these guys swap tips about the best way to humiliate the foreigners, there's probably a website dedicated to it, wouldn't surprise me. Back to top Non SequiturJoined: 23 May 2010Posts: 4723Location: China Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:03 am Post subject: Non Sequitur wrote: The nearest ATM is at the bank. To clarify. The nearest ATM that takes in deposits, is at BOC branch 30 mins away. There are ATMs on campus that dispense cash and show balances. All the students need I suppose. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> China (Job-related Posts Only) All times are GMTGoto page Previous 1, 2 Page 2 of 2 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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How Cookbooks Are Made: A Peek Into a Cookbook Photo Shoot
Have you ever wondered how a cookbook materializes — from delicious idea in a writer's head to spattered pages in your real-life kitchen? It is a long process, and while every cookbook has just one or two names on the front cover, it is always the product of many hands. My own cookbook is still moving through the stages of publication, and I wanted to give you a peek inside the process of creating a cookbook, and of the photo shoot itself. Read on for an inside look at cookbook production, pudding galore, and more spoons than you could ever imagine in one place!
How a Cookbook Gets Sold
My book is called Bakeless Sweets: Pudding, Panna Cotta, Fluffs, Icebox Cakes & More No-Bake Desserts, and it will be released in the spring of 2013. Before we talk recipes, photos, or any other fun stuff, a cookbook has to get sold. Here's how that happened for me.
I realized that many of my favorite desserts (vanilla pudding, tapioca pudding, panna cotta) all fell into this pudding category. Other favorite no-bake desserts did too. That wildly popular strawberry icebox cake? No-bake. So are natural fruit jellies, made with fruit juice and plain gelatin (no Jell-O!). You know what else is no-bake? Tiramisu. My favorite cheesecake. English trifles, fools, and fluffs. That's a lot of favorite in one place.
I also realized that these desserts had some natural advantages. First of all, most of these desserts are naturally gluten-free. Also, they are easy to make, and pudding just has a nostalgic magic. Put homemade butterscotch pudding in front of a crowd of people and watch their eyes light up!
And yet, there was no one book that had all of these favorites in it. It was an oddly wide-open space. I wanted to write a book that folded them all together, and showed how elegant yet easy these desserts could be.
(Looks like someone might have taken a wee bite?)
Armed with all this, I talked to Jenni, my agent, about my book idea. She encouraged me to write a proposal. A proposal tells a publisher what you want to do in the book through showing recipe categories, sample recipes and narrative, and it also tells the publisher what the competition looks like. The secret to a good book proposal is convincing a publisher that the book will sell well! I did research on other books in this same space (not finding much) and wrote an entire section about this in the proposal.
After a few weeks of work on the proposal, my agent sent the proposal to several publishers. All through this process my agent was completely invaluable. She knew what to put in the proposal, and the best people to send the proposal to. She was an advocate and a guide through the whole process.
Stewart, Tabori & Chang was the perfect fit for this book, and after we accepted their offer, I got to work actually creating it!
How a Cookbook Gets Written
A cookbook is a collaborative process, even in writing. Natalie, my editor, suggested recipe and categories I hadn't thought of, and together we developed a list of chapters and recipes. I researched each recipe, then wrote it and tested it out, sometimes many times. It's a great deal of work — more than you can imagine. My house became pudding and dessert-central; every potluck included a couple of icebox cakes and a bowl of pudding! Every cookbook author's experience is different, but I think that we all agree that it's hard work, and the contents of your refrigerator are not quite normal for the year it usually takes to write a book!
After about 9 months, when the recipes and narrative were finished, off it went to my editor for review and changes. We passed it back and forth a few times, catching errors, tweaking wording. A technical editor added metric measurements. And in the middle of all this hard work, we also started talking about the photos.
I drew up a list of about 40 recipes that I thought would photograph well, pulled evenly from all the different chapters. I sent sample shots from my test kitchen, and Natalie and I came up with a final list.
How a Cookbook Gets Photographed
A cookbook photoshoot can happen in all different sorts of ways. They can be simple and short, if you are just shooting the cover of a book. Or they can be long and elaborate, when a book has lots of photos. Mine will have to 40 to 50 finished shots of food, so this meant four days of shooting, and many helping hands. Natalie hired a food stylist, a food stylist's assistant, a prop stylist and her assistant, and a photographer and assistant. That's a lot of people!
When I arrived in New York City (I came for two days of the shoot) I found a bustling crew in a bright studio on one of the highest floors of a building in Chelsea. Being so high up meant that the photographer, Stacy, had daylight all day long.
A smell of sugar and cream wafted down the hall, all the way to the elevator. I knew I was in the right spot. I pushed open the door and saw Simon, the food stylist, whisking pudding in a pot on the stove, and his assistant chopping fruit. It's an odd, surreal moment to watch professionals whipping up recipes you wrote yourself!
Deborah had tables laid out with dishes, spoons, and fabric — some from her own collection, but most rented from prop houses.
In the corner, Deborah's assistant was ironing fabric for the next shot, and my editor, Natalie, was talking to Stacy Newgent (she did the photos for one of my favorite books too!).
Each shot was set up carefully — unlike in my own more slap-dash procedure at home. Deborah and Stacy would talk about the dish each pudding would go into. Should it be shown on its own? In multiples? Sliced? Spooned? Smeared? Deborah would mark a dish, clean it up to make sure it was free of dust, then Simon would finish off the food and set it up in the chosen dish. Stacy would position it on the backdrop or surface, and shoot away. She would review on a laptop set up in a dark corner, and then, when she was satisfied, we were on to the next shot!
It was a painstaking process, and even shots that appear casual and natural were actually well-planned out, step by step. It gave me a new measure of respect for the careful eye and the skills each professional brought to the shoot.
What Happens Next?
A few friends have asked me whether they can get my book yet, and I have to say no — there's still nearly a year left before it comes out! Why is this? We are still sorting through photos, working on cover concepts, and laying out the book. There will be time needed for sending the book to be printed, and for the marketing team to create materials and pre-sell the book. It's a long, long process — completely opposite to that of blogging, of course!
And yet, in the end, that long anticipation makes the final moment of enjoying that first moment with a real, solid, beautiful book all that much sweeter.
The People Who Worked on My Book
• Jenni Ferrari-Adler, my agent
• Stacy Newgent, photographer extraordinaire
• Simon Andrews, food stylist
• Deborah Williams, prop stylist
• Stewart, Tabori & Chang, my publisher
A Look at Another Cookbook Photoshoot
• True Brews! Behind the Scenes at the Photoshoot from Emma Christensen, who is also publishing a book next spring!
Related: Best Food Photography Tips From 3 Pro Photographers
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The school is situated on the Anoopshahr Road near Jamalpur Railway Crossing approximately 5 kms from Aligarh Railway Station. The school prepares students for All India Secondary/Sr. Sec. School Examination (Class X/XII) conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Delhi. It also caters for separate residential facilities to Boys and Girls from classes VI to XII. The medium of instruction is English at all levels.
The school has separate well-equipped science laboratories viz. Physics, Chemistry, Biology, computer Science and Mathematics for Secondary/Sr. Sec. level. These laboratories provide opportunities to understand the subject well through experiments done under the supervision of qualified and experienced teachers.
The school has a well established & spacious library. The library has on its shelves a large number of text books, story-books, Encyclopedia, reference books and books on moral values and general knowledge in English, Hindi and Urdu. The library has regular subscription to competitive examination magazines such as Science Reporter, Competition Success Review, journals and periodicals alongwith national/local newspapers. The students avail the library facilities through the library membership card valid for one academic year. The library is fully automated with barcode technology for the issue and return of books using Alice for Window Library software.
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Color Star: Colorful Rugs That Make a Big Impact
Even with white or neutral walls, a room can still feel colorful with a few well-placed accessories. One that can make a big impact on the room is an area rug. Area rugs generally cover a large amount of square footage, and as a result can really make quite a color statement. Here are a few of my favorite children's rooms in which the rug is the star of the show:
1. Ava's Bohemian Bedroom: on Apartment Therapy
2. Emma's Eclectic Handmade Home: on Apartment Therapy
3. Henry's Room: on Say Yes to Hoboken
4. Lee Kleinhelter Nursery: on Simply Seleta
5. Justine & Angus Cook Up Some Style in Toronto: on Apartment Therapy
6. Vivien's Cozy Rainbow Retreat: on Apartment Therapy
7. Nils & Susann's Ramdala Home: on Hus & Hem
8. Matilda's Bold Postage Stamp-Sized Room: on Apartment Therapy
9. Jasper & Wylie's Mellow Hangout: on Apartment Therapy
10. Alice's Warm Modern Nursery: on Apartment Therapy
11. Tiago's Whimsical Wonderland: on Project Nursery
12. Oliver's Crafty Crib: on Apartment Therapy
13. Baby Louie's Nursery: on Everything I Love
14. Tips for a Nice Bedroom: on Family Living
15. A Baby Bachelor Pad with a Bit of Blue: on Apartment Therapy
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The complete set! Designed over a three year span, The Nativity has become one of the best-known cross stitch designs ever produced. Measuring 30 inches tall by 60 inches wide when framed as shown, this is also one of the largest designs ever printed. The Nativity comes in a special envelope containing the six 17 x 22 inch detailed charts required to stitch the design. The package also includes a complete materials list.
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On July 26, 1775, all you needed to deliver the mail was a strong back and a fast horse. In 2013, the tools required to move 40 percent of the world's mail sound more at home in science fiction. Robots, supercomputers, 23 petabytes of digital storage (that's 24,117,248 Gigabytes), and one of the world's largest computer networks help deliver letters and parcels across the globe. Like any organization of its size and profile, the Postal Service regularly sees malicious activity directed at its network. The Office of Inspector General's Computer Crimes Unit (CCU) works closely with the Postal Service's Corporate Information Security Office to investigate and prosecute threats to Postal Service networks and information resources.
Information security is a shared responsibility and we need your help to keep the Postal Service network secure. So as we close out National Cyber Security Awareness Month, we share some simple steps that go a long way toward improving security:
Keep a clean computer – keep your anti-virus, operating system, and software programs updated. Many attacks exploit vulnerabilities in unpatched systems that could be prevented simply by keeping current with updates.
Be wary of emails and websites soliciting personal information or login credentials, even if they look real. Also be suspicious of unexpected emails, especially those with attachments.
Use strong passwords – good passwords use a mix of upper and lowercase letters, and numbers and symbols. Use different passwords for each of your accounts
For our customers, beware of bogus package delivery notification messages and Change of Address websites. Find out about these schemes and how to avoid becoming a victim on the Postal Inspection Service's (https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/pressroom/schemealerts.aspx) page.
For Postal employees and contractors, please stay vigilant and report suspected security incidents or suspicious activity immediately to the Computer Incident Response Team at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 866-USPS-CIRT (866-877-7247).
For more information on how to stay safe online, visit http://www.staysafeonline.org/.
We're here to support our Postal Service customers around the clock and can be reached via the OIG main number at 703-248-2100. You can also report security incidents to us online via the OIG Hotline or at 888-USPS-OIG (888-877-7644).
We welcome your input on information security. If you are a business, how do you educate your employees and customers about the importance of information security? Consumers and employees, are there ways the Postal Service could strengthen their systems?


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|System: Xbox 360, PS3, PC
|Dev: Slant Six Games
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|Release: March 20, 2012
|Players: 1-4 (Online)
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language
by Adam Dodd
Back in 2004, Capcom introduced us to Resident Evil's Outbreak series. Sure, it had its flaws—the multiplayer features were limited and the controls were pretty awful—but despite these issues, the series still gained a substantial following. Fans have been hungering for a third Outbreak game for the better part of a decade, and next year they'll finally get it. Well, sort of.
Operation Raccoon City includes the same eerie atmosphere, zombies, and cooperative gameplay as the Outbreak series, but there are several things that make it stand apart. First off, instead of playing as one of the good guys, this time you're a member of the Umbrella Security Service, or U.S.S., who have been dispatched to clean up Umbrella's mess in Raccoon City. Your mission is to sever all ties that link the corporation to the tragedy in Raccoon City. To do this, you and your team will have to destroy evidence, dispose of witnesses, and even take out familiar protagonists from past Resident Evil games along the way.
The U.S.S. is made up of six playable members, each different from the next in their responsibilities, skills, and equipment. Vector is the silent and deadly type who uses his cloaking ability to do recon for the team. Beltway is the archetypal tank character, complete with bulky armor and proficiency with explosive weapons. Bertha—the soldier who looks like a dominatrix—is the team's medic. She can heal injured squad mates and use anti-viral sprays to slow the progress of the infection, which acts much like it did in Outbreak as your infection level grows over time. The fourth member of the U.S.S. is Spectre, the team's resident sniper and surveillance expert. The other two characters are a little less inspired: Four Eyes, the squad scientist who can reprogram B.O.W.s, and Lupo, who acts as both the team leader and the assault weapons guru.
For less social gamers, there's a single-player story you can play through, but the real meat of the game is the cooperative campaign that can be played with up to four people who work together to survive in a zombie-infested Raccoon City. Naturally, your mission isn't that simple, as B.O.W.s have been let loose upon the city and the elite US Special Ops task force is also out there with the singular goal of taking you and your team down.
To make sure the game retains the series' trademark suspense and dreadful atmosphere, many familiar, albeit ugly, faces will be returning. Hunters, Lickers, Dogs, Tyrants, and even Nemesis will make appearances, alongside the shambling undead that made the franchise so iconic in the first place. To survive in this incredibly dangerous place you'll need to work together, so it's a good thing your skills and equipment have been designed to aid your comrades while also helping you stand apart from the rest of the team.
While the zombies, setting, and many familiar characters and enemies may have returned, Operation Raccoon City is a decidedly different approach to the franchise than both the main series and the Outbreak spin-offs. It again favors action and teamwork over forcing you to solve puzzles or fight to survive with limited health or ammunition. You're more of a powerhouse than you've ever been before. With four players mowing down enemies at once it'll be interesting to see how Slant Six keeps things interesting and challenging over the long haul.
While the game promises the opportunity to alter the Resident Evil timeline, including how the Raccoon City outbreak played out, there are a few longstanding questions that will be answered as well, including UBCS operative Nicholai Ginovaef's true intentions. The darker story stems from the U.S.S. objective to completely remove Umbrella's involvement in the outbreak. You're not just fighting to survive and reveal the truth about what happened in Raccoon City, now you're playing for the other team.
There will also be an online competitive multiplayer mode that pits players against both each other and waves of undead. You needn't worry about this turning out like Resident Evil 5's horrendous Versus mode, since this game was built from the ground up to be a squad-based shooter, whereas RE5 tried to straddle the line between horror and action, with all the poor controls the series is infamous for. Fans will be happy to hear you can strafe and perform executions to quickly remove enemies that stray too far into your personal bubble.
Overall, Operation Raccoon City looks to be shaping up quite nicely. It looks great, the combat so far seems pretty solid, and the idea of messing with the Resident Evil timeline by offing established heroes like Jill Valentine or Leon Kennedy is more than a little intriguing. The only question that remains is whether or not this will end up feeling like a Resident Evil game or an installment in the SOCOM series with a zombified coat of paint splashed over it.
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Sylt Kitesurf World Cup confirmed in the 2009 KPWT schedule
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Sylt, the best and the most beautiful place to hold a kiteboarding event in Germany will be the scene of the Westerland Kitesurf World Cup, scheduled in June, 16th to 21th 2009, 50,000 euros prize money.
This exciting event is the result of a co-organization agreement between Brand Guides Gmbh & Co.KG dealing with Kitesurfing since 2002 and the KPWT (Kiteboard Pro World Tour), World Championship Tour sanctioned by IKA and ISAF, and the world cup of kitesurfing since 1998.
For the KPWT this is the opportunity to visit for the first time in the tour history Germany. Tour promoter Frederic Gravoille explains: For us in global kitesurfing Germany with the myth of Westerland always was a challenge to be visited.
Thilo Trefz, CEO of Brand Guides GmbH & Co.KG, says about it: We experienced now the location for five years with the national tour always with perfect and powerful conditions for the sport in Germany. In this case we can put together the international image of this wonderful destination with the best kitesurfing professionals in the world.
Located in Westerland, the Sylt Kitesurf World Cup will be a great opportunity for the best professional international kiteboarders to gain points for the 2009 World Cup title. A frenetic audit can follow the contest just from across the promenade.
A spectacular prize money of 50.000 euros will motivate the athletes to show their wide range of skills and talents. The competition will cover runs for the Freestyle, Wave riding, Course racing, and Kiteloop World Championships.
Gabriele Weidner / Peter Douven, in charge of the Westerland Tourism Marketing explains: Sylt has leading status for German tourism for us it is important to ensure that Westerland has a dynamic image in the long term. The exiting and expanding new sport of kitesurfing definitely therefore is a great chance to attract spectators and media on international level.


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Six months after Edward Snowden revealed that the National Security Agency was indiscriminately collecting the phone records of Americans and holding on to them for years for possible use in terrorism investigations, a federal judge has rightly ruled that the program probably violates the Fourth Amendment�s ban on unreasonable searches and seizures.
To that we add, enough snooping.
In a powerful opinion released Monday in Washington, U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon castigated what he called an �almost-Orwellian technology that enables the government to store and analyze the phone metadata of every telephone user in the United States.� Yet Leon also noted that the government had not cited �a single instance� in which the data had stopped an imminent attack.
The agency claims it is collecting useful intelligence. Non-terrorist individuals supposedly have nothing to fear � nothing except a government that uses the guise of protecting public safety to justify unchecked Orwellian behavior.
Some congressional members talk about curbing a growing perception that government is channeling Big Brother. President Obama is arguably the most tech-savvy politician in modern history. Yet public outrage from innocent Americans has not sparked a strong enough response from either the legislative or executive branches of government.
Others are calling for a halt as well. Last week a coalition of companies � Microsoft, Facebook, Apple, Google, Yahoo, AOL, LinkedIn and Twitter � set aside their business rivalries and banded together to demand that Congress and Obama reform a surveillance system run amok.
�The balance in many countries has tipped too far in favor of the state and away from the rights of the individual,� the group wrote in an open letter to the White House. �This undermines the freedoms we all cherish.�
Leon is only one judge, and his opinion differs from conclusions reached by other judges regarding the legality of the NSA�s bulk collection of metadata: information about the source, destination and duration of telephone calls. Even as he granted the plaintiff�s request for a preliminary injunction, he stayed his ruling pending an appeal by the government because of �the significant national security interests at stake in this case and the novelty of the constitutional issues.� So this was hardly the last word.
Nonetheless, Leon�s opinion is significant because it takes on � and effectively refutes � the government�s principal argument for the constitutionality of the program: that under a 1979 Supreme Court decision, individuals have no reasonable expectation of privacy in information they turn over to third parties such as telephone companies. In that case, police, over a brief period, had used a device known as a pen register to determine that a suspect was dialing a particular number. That operation, Leon noted, �in no way resembles the daily, all-encompassing, indiscriminate dump of phone metadata that the NSA now receives.�
Moreover, Leon argued, the court in 1979 couldn�t have anticipated the explosion in the use of cellphones and the quantity and nature of the personal information they generate. �Put simply,� he wrote, �people in 2013 have an entirely different relationship with phones than they did 34 years ago.�
At least some members of the Supreme Court recognize that the doctrine of privacy developed in the 1970s needs to be reexamined. Last year, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that the court�s current approach to privacy was �ill-suited to the digital age.� If a federal appeals court were to endorse Leon�s sound reasoning, the Supreme Court would have an opportunity to bring its interpretation of the Fourth Amendment into the 21st century.


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Obama's promises kept… And promises broken… President pins the debt-ceiling responsibility on Congress… Executive recommendations on guns… Keeping track of the cabinet shuffle… Boxer backs Hagel… And a deeper look at Hagel's "openly aggressive gay" comment.
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President Barack Obama speaks during his final news conference of his first term at the East Room of the White House Jan. 14, 2013.
*** Promises kept… : With President Obama's second inaugural address now less than a week away, we took a look at his biggest three speeches over the past five years -- the 2007 presidential announcement speech in Springfield, IL, the 2008 convention acceptance speech in Denver, and the 2009 inaugural -- to checklist what he promised. And, by and large, he accomplished many of his big objectives. Or he mostly accomplished them. He promised ending the war in Iraq. ("America, it's time to start bringing our troops home," he said in his '07 announcement speech.) He promised health care reform. ("Let's be the generation that says right here, right now, that we will have universal health care in America by the end of the next president's first term," he said in that same '07 address.) And he promised quick action in dealing with the financial collapse of 2008. ("The state of our economy calls for action: bold and swift. And we will act not only to create new jobs but to lay a new foundation for growth," he said in his '09 inaugural.) Of course, there is still debate about whether his fixes will work, but the point is: He made a promise and got his vision of a fix.
Chuck takes a deep dive look into the promises President Obama made before his first term – during his campaign speeches and first inaugural address – and compares them to the things the President did accomplish in his first term.
*** … and promises broken: But he also didn't accomplish some of his other goals -- like changing the country's politics, a huge recurring theme in all three speeches. ("On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics," he said in his '09 inaugural.) Or recruiting more teachers when it turns out that about 212,000 teacher jobs have been cut between 2009 and 2011. ("Let's recruit a new army of teachers, and give them better pay and more support in exchange for more accountability," he said in that '07 speech.) And then there are the issues that barely got mentioned in those three big speeches, issues that ironically will make up the bulk of Obama's second term agenda. Guns only received one mention. ("Don't tell me we can't uphold the 2nd Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals," he said in '08 acceptance speech.) Ditto immigration. ("Passions fly on immigration, but I don't know anyone who benefits when a mother is separated from her infant child or an employer undercuts American wages by hiring illegal workers.") And if you believe the increased burden on the government for natural disaster cleanup is related to climate change and global warming, you'll also be disappointed. Looking back at those most important Obama speeches from '07, '08 and '09, the issue BARELY got a mention. Indeed, it's remarkable what was in those speeches and what wasn't.
*** Pinning the debt-ceiling responsibility on Congress: It appears that the chief goal of Obama's press conference yesterday was to pin the responsibility -- and potential blame -- on Congress for raising (or not raising) the debt ceiling. "There's one way to get around this. There's one way to deal with it. And that is for Congress to authorize me to pay for those items of spending that they have already authorized," Obama said. And there's also a reason why the White House decided to abandon the idea of any Plan B (like the $1 trillion platinum coin or the 14th Amendment): They will own part of the chaos if they pursue a Plan B. But by having no Plan B, the Obama White House is trying to ensure that raising the debt ceiling is all on Congress. What's more, Obama seemed to accept that a government shutdown -- and not the debt ceiling -- is the better place to have a fiscal fight. "Well, ultimately, Congress makes the decisions about whether or not we spend money and whether or not we keep this government open… I think [a government shutdown] would be a mistake. I think it would be profoundly damaging to our economy… But they're elected representatives, and folks put them into those positions and they're going to have to make a decision about that."
*** Executive recommendations on guns: Per NBC's Frank Thorp, House Democrats were told yesterday that Vice President Joe Biden and his task force have developed 19 areas where President Obama could use executive orders to institute new gun control policy. The New York Times has more: "Actions the president could take on his own are likely to include imposing new limits on guns imported from overseas, compelling federal agencies to improve sharing of mental health records and directing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct research on gun violence, according to those briefed on the effort."
*** The cabinet shuffle: Yesterday, we learned that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will remain in their jobs during President Obama's second term. So to recap, here are the cabinet secretaries who are remaining:
Napolitano (DHS)
Duncan (Education)
Vilsack (Agriculture)
Holder (Justice)
Sebelius (HHS)
Shinseki (Veterans Affairs)
And here are the cabinet members leaving, plus their nominated replacements if applicable:
Clinton at State (John Kerry nominated)
Panetta at Defense (Chuck Hagel nominated)
Geithner at Treasury (Jack Lew nominated)
Solis at Labor
Jackson at EPA
*** Boxer backs Hagel: Yesterday, Sen. Barbara Boxer -- who is Jewish -- came out in support of Hagel. "After speaking extensively with Sen. Hagel by phone last week and after receiving a detailed written response to my questions late today, I will support Senator Hagel's nomination as Secretary of Defense," Boxer said. "First and foremost, he has pledged without reservation to support President Obama's polices – policies that I believe have made our world safer and our alliances stronger." More: "I asked him about a number of issues – including America's special relationship with Israel, the threats posed by Iran to the world and the treatment of women and gay and lesbian members of our military – and his answers were reassuring and show a sensitivity and understanding of these issues. In addition, Sen. Hagel has pledged to meet with me once he has been confirmed for a more detailed discussion about the Defense Department's efforts to combat sexual assault in the military."
*** "Openly aggressive gay": Yesterday, we took an in-depth look at Chuck Hagel's controversial "Jewish lobby" remark. Today, we examine his nearly 15-year-old description of James Hormel, nominated to be ambassador to Luxembourg, as an "openly aggressive gay." Explaining his opposition to Hormel in a 1998 interview with the Omaha World-Herald, Hagel said: "They are representing America. They are representing our lifestyle, our values, our standards. And I think it is an inhibiting factor to be gay -- openly aggressive gay like Mr. Hormel -- to do an effective job." Later, the Omaha World-Herald noted that Hagel said "he has seen another video clip that showed Hormel at what Hagel called an anti-Catholic event in San Francisco, featuring the 'Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,' a group of male drag queens." Luxembourg is mostly Catholic.
*** Apology accepted -- but not by all: Hagel has apologized for the 1998 remarks on Hormel. "They do not reflect my views or the totality of my public record, and I apologize to Ambassador Hormel and any LGBT Americans who may question my commitment to their civil rights. I am fully supportive of 'open service' and committed to LGBT military families." Hormel accepted the apology, and so did the Human Rights Campaign. "Sen. Hagel's apology and his statement of support for LGBT equality is appreciated and shows just how far as a country we have come when a conservative former senator from Nebraska can have a change of heart on LGBT issues," the organization said. But the Log Cabin Republicans took out a full-page ad in the Washington Post hitting Hagel's record on gay rights. "Chuck Hagel's Apology: Too Little, Too Late," the ad said.
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SOURCE: Helix BioPharma Corp.
October 19, 2010 02:00 ET
AURORA, ON--(Marketwire - October 19, 2010) - Helix BioPharma Corp. (TSX: HBP) (NYSE Amex: HBP) (FRANKFURT: HBP), a developer of biopharmaceutical product candidates for the prevention and treatment of cancer, today announced that it has filed an investigational new drug ("IND") application with the United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") seeking approval to perform its planned Phase II/III efficacy trial of Topical Interferon Alpha-2b in patients with low-grade cervical lesions. Topical Interferon Alpha-2b is the Company's most advanced product in development and incorporates its proprietary Biphasix™ drug delivery technology, designed to offer a superior means of delivering interferon-alpha-2b therapeutically to HPV-infected tissues.
"This is a significant milestone achievement for Helix. We are seeking approval to commence what we intend to be, in conjunction with our planned European Phase III trial, the final pivotal efficacy trial stage of development for Topical Interferon Alpha-2b addressing this important therapeutic indication," said John Docherty, president of Helix BioPharma Corp. "We are hoping that the FDA review and approval process will proceed successfully, since we previously completed a pre-IND meeting with the agency to identify its requirements for this IND filing."
The IND review process typically requires 30 days, during which the FDA will decide if an applicant is permitted to proceed with its proposed clinical trial.
About the Planned Phase II/III Trial
The proposed Phase II/III trial is planned to be a randomized, double-blind, vehicle-controlled study of Topical Interferon Alpha-2b in patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 1 or 2 lesions (CIN 1 or CIN 2 respectively). The intended sample size is 492 female subjects to be randomized in a 2:1 ratio of active to control. Eligible women will be premenopausal subjects aged 18 - 55 years at screening, with histologically-confirmed CIN 1 or CIN 2 on colposcopic directed biopsy at screening and high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection upon the Hybrid Capture® 2 HPV-DNA test. The proposed primary study endpoint will be the resolution of CIN 1 or CIN 2 at month 12, determined by colposcopic directed cervical biopsy together with Pap smear cytology free of ASC-H (atypical squamous cells that cannot exclude high-grade squamous status), AGUS (atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance), LSIL (low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions), HSIL (high-grade intraepithelial lesions), and adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) or adenocarcinoma. The study is designed with a 12-month overall duration, including treatment and follow-up, in order to observe the long-term effects of treatment and to enhance the chances of seeing a positive effect on both the endocervical cervical tissues on biopsy and the ectocervical cervical tissues on Pap smear. Patients will self-administer Topical Interferon Alpha-2b or control every other day except during menstruation until 35 doses are applied over a 10- to 14-week period. This dose and regimen is identical to that which Helix employed in its recently completed Phase II pharmacokinetic study of Topical Interferon Alpha-2b in patients with low-grade cervical lesions. The Company does not currently have an estimated timeline for commencement or completion of this trial, nor its planned European Phase III trial, as conducting these trials will require substantial funding beyond the Company's current resources together with strategic partner support. Helix plans that the results of its U.S. Phase II/III trial and the results of its European Phase IIII trial, if successful, will be submitted together in order to seek U.S. and European marketing authorizations for the product for this indication.
About CIN 1 and CIN 2
CIN 1 and CIN 2 are potentially precancerous, low-grade cervical lesions detectable upon colposcopic directed biopsy. There are approximately 1.3 million women diagnosed with CIN 1 or CIN 2 lesions each year in the U.S. alone. Currently there are no pharmaceutical (non-surgical) treatments for women with CIN 1 or CIN 2 lesions. Available invasive/surgical techniques to treat CIN 1 or CIN 2 lesions are sometimes associated with serious unwanted side effects for patients including cervical complications with pregnancy and conception. For patients with CIN 1 or CIN 2 lesions, clinical management usually consists of protracted watchful waiting with frequent Pap smears, HPV testing, colposcopy and/or colposcopic directed biopsies, with invasive/surgical techniques generally utilized only in the case of long-term persistence and/or progression after a period of many months. A diagnosis of CIN 1 or CIN 2 leads to frequent physician visits, procedures, and psychosocial stress for the patient. The goal of developing Topical Interferon Alpha-2b is to provide a safe and effective treatment for CIN 1 or CIN 2 at the time of diagnosis, as a proactive alternative to today's often protracted observational management approach.
About Topical Interferon Alpha-2b
Interferon alpha-2b is a potent cytokine that possesses antiviral, immunomodulatory and antiproliferative activities with activity against HPV. Topical Interferon Alpha-2b is a semi-solid formulation of recombinant interferon alpha-2b based on Helix's Biphasix™ platform drug formulation technology. This technology involves the formation of biphasic lipid vesicles for use as a vehicle for administration of a biologically active material encapsulated within the lipid bilayers. Topical Interferon Alpha-2b is under development as a cosmetically appealing cream dosage form that can be easily and conveniently self-applied intravaginally for the treatment of low-grade cervical lesions using a common vaginal applicator.
About Helix BioPharma Corp.
Helix BioPharma Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on cancer therapy. The Company is actively developing innovative products for the prevention and treatment of cancer based on its proprietary technologies. Helix's product development initiatives include its Topical Interferon Alpha- 2b and its novel L-DOS47 new drug candidate. Helix is listed on the TSX, NYSE Amex and FSE under the symbol "HBP". For more information, please visit www.helixbiopharma.com.
Forward-Looking Statements and Risks and Uncertainties
This News Release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information (collectively, "forward-looking statements"), within the meaning of applicable securities laws, regarding the Company's plans for the development of Topical Interferon Alpha-2b in patients with low grade cervical lesions; its intended purpose for Topical Interferon Alpha-2b; its intentions to commence the final pivotal efficacy trial stage of development; its hope that the FDA approval process will be successful; its planned use of the results of both the U.S. and European trials to seek U.S. and European marketing authorizations; and other information in future periods. Although Helix believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Certain material factors or assumptions which have been applied in making forward-looking statements, include, but are not limited to, assumptions regarding the safety and efficacy of Helix's drug candidates; the successful and timely completion and filing of the CTA; the timely receipt of necessary regulatory approvals and appropriate financing and strategic partner support; and that the Company's drug candidates will ultimately be successfully developed and commercialized. Important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, without limitation, that the Company's assumptions may prove to be incorrect; the Company's continuing need for additional capital and for substantial funding beyond its current resources, as well as strategic partner support, to conduct the proposed U.S. and European trials, which are not assured; one or both of the planned clinical trials could fail; the failure of the European trial could have a material adverse impact on obtaining FDA approval; the need for further regulatory approvals, including marketing authorizations, which are not assured; the Company's dependence on performance by its third party providers of intellectual property, services and supplies, including without limitation, clinical trial services and supplies of drug product; the risk that Helix's supplier of interferon alpha-2b may not continue to provide necessary supplies or exercise its commercialization option; the risk that the design or duration, or both, of the planned clinical trial may be different than currently intended; the potential need for further clinical trials beyond those mentioned in this news release which may not occur as planned or achieve expected results; product liability and insurance risks; risks and uncertainties related to research and development, including clinical trial and manufacturing risks; intellectual property risks; uncertainties related to economic conditions; uncertainty whether L-DOS47 or Topical Interferon Alpha-2b will be successfully developed and commercialized; exchange rate risk; and the risk of changes in business strategy or development plans. Investors should consult the Company's quarterly and annual filings, including its latest Form 20-F, with the Canadian and U.S. securities commissions at www.sedar.com and at www.sec.gov for additional information on these and other risks and uncertainties which may affect the Company. Investors are cautioned against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, assumptions, opinions and expectations of Helix's management at the time they are made, and Helix does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statement should those beliefs, assumptions, opinions or expectations change, except as required by securities law.
For further information contact: Investor Relations: Stanley Wunderlich Consulting for Strategic Growth 1 Ltd. Tel: 800-625-2236 ext. 7770 Email: Email Contact Web Site: www.cfsg1.com Media Relations: Richard Stern Stern & Co. Tel: 212 888-0044 Email: Email Contact Web Site: www.sternco.com
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 21, 2013) – The ETSU Athletics Ticket Office is now offering a mini-season ticket pack for ETSU Baseball, known as the "Weekender Pack."
This mini-season plan includes 18 games on the Bucs' schedule, including all 12 home conference matchups this year.
These mini season plans are available without BASA membership for only $70 behind home plate and $40 down either baseline. For more information, or to order tickets, contact the ETSU Athletics Ticket Office at (423) 439-3878 or use the online ticket sales portal at ETSUBucs.com.
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Woe are the not-quite Major League Baseball All-Stars. They have to depend on the kindness of "The Final Vote" fans who already made it clear that they didn't deem 'em Midsummer Classic worthy, but those are the thinkers dictating who gets bonuses and future-contract negotiating clout.
Mind you, these are the same voters who selected Derek Jeter to represent the league even though he's down in the minors rehabbing a calf strain. This is probably why there is no write-in option, lest Paul O'Neill get the nod in right.
So anyway, the American League honorable-mention field consists of Alex Gordon (LF, Royals), Adam Jones (CF, Orioles), Paul Konerko (1B, White Sox), Victor Martinez (DH/C, Tigers) and Ben Zobrist (2B, Rays).
Over in the National League, it's Andre Ethier (RF, Dodgers), Todd Helton (1B, Rockies), Ian Kennedy (RHP, Diamondbacks), Michael Morse (LF, Nationals), and Shane Victorino (CF, Phillies).
Let the shameless PR-gimmick campaigning begin!
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Rolling The Dice
Renesmee's overbearing life takes a sudden turn when she meets Volturi tracker, Demetri. Annoyed with the lack of control her family allows her, they meet up and confide in eachother. While still knowing about Jacob's imprint on her, she overlooks it and an illicit affair forms between the two supposed enemies. Torn between her forbidden love for Demetri, and her friendship with Jacob, Renesmee has to decide. Love or family. Renesmee/Demetri ... Renesmee/Jacob Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or anything that affiliates itself with the book.
1. Off I go
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Chapter 1
Loose ends, they tangle down
And then take flight
But never tie me down
Never tie me down
- Off I Go, Greg Laswell
Cold, still nights usually hold some sort of an oddity. Usually, like in the movies, it meant something bad was about to happen. The thought never crossed my mind as I sat down at my normal bench, in the normal park I visited during the nights that I could get away from my overbearing family.
Many times I had come here before, looking for some sort of salvation, that something would pop into my head; something important I could do with my life. All I had ever known in my short, but long life was rainbows and unicorns, being placed in expensive clothes and lavished with extravagant gifts.
I was getting tired of the constant attention that I was given; I hadn't done anything to deserve it. It may sound as though I am bragging, but everyone had looked to me as some sort of an angel, pure and delicate, since the day I was born.
Eternity was a world that I loathed to use, when, to be honest, I didn't want it; what was there to live for if all you did was move around consistently and either accomplish a high school or college education? I wanted to be more than the spoiled Cullen hybrid.
I was aware of Jacob's imprint, a strong bond that was one-sided, in a way. Since my introduction into the world, I was expected to grow up and marry Jacob Black, the same Jacob Black that was once deeply infatuated with my mother. I wanted to be normal, and being intimate with the man that was once in love with my mother wasn't even close to normalcy. Best friend, he was though, and that was all it would ever be.
I sat cross-legged on the cold, metal and wood bench, and sighed. The leaves on the trees barely moved, and the water in the small pond was like glass, shiny and sharp. I heard footsteps, and then a sudden shift of weight on the bench. I looked to my right and noticed a man, probably in his mid to late twenties, with short, glossy, black hair and pale as snow skin. He was a vampire, and he looked familiar; too familiar.
I couldn't say that I was frightened to have his presence around me, but it was quite awkward to say the least. He looked over to me, and his crimson eyes locked with my milk chocolate ones; goose bumps snaked their way across my arms.
"You are a tough one to find Ms. Renesmee, almost like your mother." The man said with a small smile on his beautiful face, and for a moment I was shocked; he was the most perfect thing that I had ever witnessed, and suddenly I realized who he was. He was one of them, a Volturi. I knew I should have run, but I was drawn to him, almost magnetically.
"Excuse me?" I said innocently, trying to act like I didn't know who he was; he didn't buy it.
"Please Renesmee, don't act coy with me, you know exactly who I am." He said, his smooth voice flowing over my body like tidal waves.
"Demetri." I whispered, looking back at the tracker who was probably ready to pounce and drain me any second. His smile widened as he took in the fact that I, indeed, did remember him, but who could not? My hands started to shake and I was shivering, scared at what was going to happen next. There was no way in hell that I could ever escape him; he would always find me.
"I assure you, Renesmee that you are not in any danger."
"How am I supposed to trust you?" I asked.
"You just feel it."
"That's not enough."
"I just want to talk to you."
"And then, what? Kill me like you wanted to do nine years ago?" I said, and it had come out more harsh than I had expected.
"Renesmee, I am not proud of the things I have done in the past, and the things I am going to do in the future, but it's what I have to do. Ever since I was changed my loyalty had belonged to the Volturi, and while I don't specifically enjoy killing another person, human or vampire, but it is my job, and I don't have a choice." He said.
"Why are you here?" I asked.
"Every two years three or four guards are allotted exactly two months for vacation, and we can go wherever we want. You know, so we don't go insane being locked up in a castle and let out between missions." He said, and for some reason, some stupid, idiotic reason, I believed him.
"And so you decided that during your vacation, instead of raveling the world, you would rather talk to me, Renesmee Cullen?"
"Well, actually, I came to be one with Forks, Washington and try to understand why you and your, family like it so much, but while I'm here, I would like to keep talking to you." He said, his eyes pulling me in with just one look.
"I'll think about it, but while I'm still here, what do you want to talk about?" I asked, and a smirk appeared on his face.
"How's your mutt? Last time I was here, he seemed pretty protective of you." He said, and annoyance flashed through me.
"Don't call him a mutt! He has a name, it is Jacob and we've been best friends since I was born." I said, my eyes glaring at him.
"Sorry princess, don't get so damn defensive, and that's all you are, right? Best friends?" He said and leaned in closer to me; I inched myself away a little bit.
"What? Are you going to try something?" I teased. Oh my God, I'm actually having a conversation with Demetri Volturi, greatest tracker, malicious killing machine. He laughed, and then leaned more on his side.
"Just seeing what you would do." He said and grinned, his white teeth glistening as the light from the moon hit them.
"I'm not easy, if that's what you're thinking."
"What makes you think that you're so great anyway? I would never take advantage of a lady, no matter what the situation may be, thank you very much." He said. I smirked at him.
"Oh that's right; you are way too much of a gentleman, not enough of a man." I shot back at him, giggling the way I shouldn't. He raised an eyebrow, and put his hand on my knee, slowly inching its way up my thigh. I gasped and toppled off the chair, my ass landing on the wet grass.
"I'm very much a man, Renesmee, and by the way, shouldn't you hate me? It seems as though little Nessie has the art of flirting down to a tee." He said.
"Well, I can't have old men touching me, and I am not flirting."
"I'm only twenty-eight, well...in appearence."
"I'm nine."
"No, you definitely are not." He said, his eyes roaming my twenty-one year old body. I suddenly felt guilty and self-conscious, guilty because I was having fun with my almost killer and enemy, clearly breaking the Cullen family's biggest rule, and self conscious because he was basically eye fucking me.
"Are you done?" I asked, and he looked up at me like a little boy getting caught taking a cooking before dinner.
"Oh. Sorry." He said, switching to shy mode.
"Well, if that is it, I should be going now. Bye Demetri." I said and got off the bench, and into the cold night air.
"Hey what about meeting up and talking again!" He shouted, causing me to turn my head back towards him.
"I think it would be best if we stay away from each other, you know, because of my family. They are quite protective, as you already know." I said, and almost instinctively, he smirked at me as if to say he didn't even care.
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Carroll returns to Nats on minor league deal
Washington, DC (SportsNetwork.com) - Infielder Jamey Carroll was among eight players signed by the Washington Nationals to minor league contracts, the team announced Friday.
Carroll spent the 2013 season, his 12th in the majors, between the Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals and batted .211 with 11 RBI in 73 games.
The veteran utilityman, who turns 40 on February 18, returns to the organization in which he began his pro career. Carroll was drafted by Montreal in 1996 and broke into the big leagues with the Expos in 2002, and played four seasons with Montreal/Washington before heading to Colorado in 2006.
Over 1,276 career major league games with six different teams (Montreal/Washington, Colorado, Clevland, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota and Kansas City), Carroll owns a .272 average with 13 home runs, 265 RBI and 74 stolen bases.
Also inked to minor league deals, all of which include invitations to spring training, were pitchers Manny Delcarmen and Clay Hensley, infielder Mike Fontenot and catcher Chris Snyder. Each possesses extensive major league experience, though only Snyder appeared in the big leagues of that group in 2013.
Washington also signed pitchers Gabriel Alfaro and Daniel Stange and infielder Brock Peterson.


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Loyola press release - March 6, 2012
Brooks Zitzmann, LMSW, staff counselor at the University Counseling Center in Loyola University New Orleans' Office of Student Affairs, has been selected as an Excellence Award Bronze Honoree by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. The NASPA Excellence Awards were created to recognize student affairs practitioners who develop transformative, innovative and data-driven programs. Zitzmann was recognized for her work with Loyola's Advocacy Initiative in the category of violence education and prevention, crisis management and campus security. She received a personalized certificate and has been featured in NASPA's monthly newsletter, The NASPA Forum, and on the NASPA website.
M. L. "Cissy" Petty, Ph.D., vice president for Student Affairs and associate provost, commends Zitzmann for her accomplishment, stating, "Through the initiative, Brooks brought together both Jesuit values and university resources to address a significant campus need. The Advocacy Initiative reminds us that being men and women with and for others takes courage and commitment."
Loyola's Advocacy Initiative is a collaborative, innovative approach to addressing the long-standing, pervasive issue of sexual violence on college campuses. Sexual assault can have far-reaching impacts on individuals and in communities in many ways. The initiative aims to connect victims who are current students at Loyola University New Orleans to campus and community resources in order to promote emotional and/or physical healing and to increase support for continued academic and interpersonal success. The Advocacy Initiative also provides invaluable training to students, staff and faculty who decide to become sexual assault advocates. For more information about Loyola's Advocacy Initiative please visit http://studentaffairs.loyno.edu/counseling/sexual-assault-victims-advocate-list-1st-responders-5.


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Activists: Clashes break out near Syrian capital
Updated at 1:16 p.m. ET
(AP) BEIRUT - Syrian troops clashed with army defectors in several areas near the capital Damascus in the first significant battles there since President Bashar Assad's forces regained control of the suburbs weeks ago, activists said Friday.
The fighting came just hours before tens of thousands of people held protests in many Syrian towns and cities after Friday prayers, the activists said. The protests spread from the northern city of Aleppo, Syria's largest, to the central regions of Hama and Homs, southern province of Daraa.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees activist groups said security forces opened fire at several demonstrations killing one person in the northeastern city of Hassaka and wounding several people in Aleppo.
An amateur video posted online showed hundreds of people marching in the northern city of Raqqa shortly before they came under fire forcing them to run for safety. Demonstrations then could be seen carrying away at least two wounded people.
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Syria's Foreign Ministry said in a letter sent to the heads of the United Nations and the U.N. Security Council Friday that Damascus will continue its crackdown and at the same time will cooperate with Kofi Annan, the envoy charged with trying to help end the violence in Syria.
The statement came hours after Syria's strong ally Russia said it has encouraged the Syrian government to cooperate with Annan and urged the West to do the same with the Syrian rebels.
Also Friday, Turkey urged its citizens in Syria to return home, saying some consular services will be halted in Damascus next week. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that developments in Syria have brought about serious security risks for Turkish citizens and they are "strongly urged to come home."
The statement said the Turkish embassy in Damascus will remain open. On Thursday, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain had said they will close their embassies in Syria, months after they withdrew their ambassadors from Damascus, the state-run Saudi Press Agency said.
The clashes in Damascus suburbs highlight the shifting nature of the Syrian conflict, with rebel fighters igniting new fronts soon after the regime turns its attention elsewhere.
The Observatory said the clash in Tal, on the outskirts of the capital, lasted until the early hours of Friday. The Observatory and the LCC said there were also clashes in other areas near Damascus, including Dumair and Qatana on Thursday night.
Both groups also reported clashes between troops and army defectors known as the Free Syrian Army in the eastern oil-rich province of Deir el-Zour that borders Iraq. They said one person was killed.
They also said that troops shelled the rebel-held central town of Rastan, just north of Homs, killing one person.
Syria's state-run news agency SANA said troops clashed with gunmen in the village of Kfar Nobol and Hazazin in the northern region of Jabal al-Zawiya where army defectors have had a presence since last summer.
In early February, Assad's troops launched a major military campaign during which regime forces put the suburbs surrounding the capital under government control. The attack on the Damascus countryside was followed by a regime offensive to expel rebel forces from the Baba Amr district of Homs and Idlib in northern Syria.
Assad's year-old crackdown on the uprising has killed more than 8,000 people, the U.N. says.
Syria-based activist Mustafa Osso said there were casualties in the Damascus suburbs clashes but he didn't have the exact figures.
"Every time the regime controls a specific area we witness clashes in new regions," Osso said. "It seems that this is the strategy of the Free Syrian Army."
The Foreign Ministry said in its statement carried by state-run news agency, SANA, that the Syrian government "is going ahead with its duty to protect its citizens, disarm terrorists and punish them."
The government is also going ahead in seeking "a political solution for the crisis Syria is passing through in coordination with special envoy Kofi Annan." The statement referred to last year's abolishing of a decades-old state of emergency law, allowing the formation of political parties and drafting a new constitution.
Annan, the former United Nations secretary-general who is the joint U.N. and Arab League special envoy, met twice with Assad last weekend and made proposals to end the bloodshed. Annan, who made no progress toward a solution, is scheduled to brief the U.N. Security Council later Friday about his efforts to end the crisis.
The Syrian uprising began in March last year with mostly peaceful protests in a number of the country's impoverished provinces. As security forces violently suppressed the protests, the uprising escalated into an armed insurrection.
On Thursday, tanks and snipers besieged opposition areas, including the southern city of Daraa where the uprising began last March, touched off by the arrest of a group of youths who scrawled anti-regime graffiti on a wall.
Western and Arab countries have struggled to stop the bloodshed by calling on Assad to step down and imposing sanctions. Many in the opposition say only military aid can stop the killing and bring Assad down, but no countries are openly arming the opposition.
France on Thursday rejected weapons requests by the Syrian rebel forces, saying that arming the Syrian opposition could lead to catastrophic civil war.


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'Prisoners' tops box office with $21.4 million
NEW YORK (AP) — The more adult-oriented fall movie-going season got off to a strong start over the weekend, as the Hugh Jackman kidnapping drama "Prisoners" opened with a box office-leading $21.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The Warner Bros. thriller, which also stars Jake Gyllenhaal, is among the first fall films with Oscar aspirations to open in theaters. It was a strong debut for a serious, R-rated drama that cost about $46 million to make.
Following the robust business for "Lee Daniels' The Butler" (now up to $106.5 million in six weeks for the Weinstein Co.), the large audiences turning out for adult fare bodes well for Hollywood's coming awards season.
Directed by Denis Villeneuve, the nearly 2 ½ hour-long "Prisoners" is about the working-class families of two young girls who are abducted. In a story heavy with allegory, Jackman plays a father willing to cross moral lines for justice. Gyllenhaal stars as the small-town police detective trying to navigate the case.
Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., said the audience was 74 percent under the age of 50. The film, he noted, was launched "very similarly" to Warner Bros.'s October-released "Argo," which, like "Prisoners," premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and then the Toronto International Film Festival.
In limited release, two other adult-oriented films opened well. Ron Howard's Formula One tale "Rush" opened with a $40,000 per-theater average in five theaters. And the romantic comedy "Enough Said," which co-stars James Gandolfini in one of his final performances, took in a per-screen average of $60,000, opening in four theaters. Both films expand next week.
"Prisoners," ″Rush" and "Enough Said" have all received good reviews.
"A few years ago, people were saying that the adult drama is dead," said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. "We're just seeing a change. Now we're finding that intersection between good movies that are also generating big box office."
Last week's top film, "Insidious: Chapter 2," slid to second place for FilmDistrict. The horror film made $14.5 million in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. It has made $60.9 million in two weeks domestically.
The Chris Brown dance film "Battle of the Year" opened poorly for Sony Pictures' Screen Gems, taking in only $5 million.
Warner Bros.'s 3-D conversion of "The Wizard of Oz" made $3 million, opening on 318 IMAX screens.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released on Monday.
1. "Prisoners," $21.4 million ($500,000 international).
2. "Insidious: Chapter 2," $14.5 million ($3.5 million international).
3. "The Family," $7 million ($1.5 million international).
4. "Instructions Not Included," $5.7 million ($9.6 million international).
5. "Battle of the Year," $5 million.
6. "We're the Millers," $4.7 million ($9.6 million international).
7. "Lee Daniels' the Butler," $4.3 million ($2.2 million international).
8. "Riddick," $3.7 million ($9.4 million).
9. "Wizard of Oz," $3 million.
10. "Planes," $2.9 million ($7 million international).
Estimated weekend ticket sales Friday through Sunday at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak:
1. "The Face Reader," $22.3 million.
2. "Smurfs 2," $14.1 million.
3. "Turbo," $12.3 million.
4. "Elysium," $10.3 million.
(tie) "Despicable Me," $10.3 million.
6. "The Conjuring," $10.1 million.
7. "We're the Millers," $9.6 million.
(tie) "Instructions Not Included," $9.6 million.
9. "Riddick," $9.4 million.
10. "White House Down," $9 million.
Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.
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Gavin Rossdale Addresses Romance Rumors with Marilyn
Gavin Rossdale has spoken out about a part of his past that he hasn't addressed before.
The 44-year-old rocker chatted with Details about the rumors of his relationship with gender bending British pop singer Marilyn. Check it:
Last year, the cross-dressing pop singer Marilyn revealed that he was romantically involved with you in your teens – an assertion Boy George first made in 1995. Why haven't you talked about those claims? I think at the outset there was a sort of fear�"that was right at the beginning of Bush, and I didn't want it to be part of it. It felt like a cheap shot, so I was like, "I'm not getting involved." I've never wanted to appear closed about it. It's not something I've talked about really because it's always been in the glare of a tabloid world. It's just one of those things: Move on. When you're 17, Jesus Christ. I don't think there's anything strange about any form of – you're learning about life. It's a part of growing up. That's it. No more, no less.
So it was just a one-time experimentation? Yeah. That was it. You have to know what you like, and I know what I like.
Gavin's interview appears in the November 2010 issue of Details, on newsstands Tuesday, October 19!


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Free safety Ed Reed's admission that he has been playing with a torn labrum in his shoulder hasn't hurt the Ravens greatly on the field, but it could hit the organization in the wallet.
That's because the NFL announced Friday that it had fined the Buffalo Bills $20,000 for violating the league's policy on reporting injury information.
Specifically, Buffalo had not listed defensive end Mario Williams on its injury reports despite his public revelation on Oct. 3 that he had been playing with a sprained wrist. Although the injury had not prevented Williams from playing in games and participating in practices, the NFL ruled that his injury should have been disclosed.
That doesn't appear to bode well for the Ravens after Reed told a 105.7 The Fan Wednesday night that he has a torn labrum in shoulder – a development first noted by Pro Football Talk. Reed has not been listed on the team's injury reports.
The league confirmed Friday that it was investigating the matter, and the Ravens said in a statement that it was "aware that they are reviewing practice and game video." Coach John Harbaugh maintained that the team has "probably 25 or 30 guys that have things like that, things that they can play through that don't cost them any time, practice-wise or game-wise."
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coltraning wrote:I was there and it was an incredible night. The oracle was rocking like I've never seen it - everyone on their feet the last 5 minutes. It was as if everyone was exorcising the ghosts of dungmurphy and embracing the new athletic and fiery members.
That alone makes the trade worthy. Everybody is excited about this team again... how can some analyst keep saying we got worse?. Amazing.