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In early September, P&W-supported writers Alma García, Felicia González, and Emily Pérez read at Columbia City Gallery in Seattle as part of a collaboration between visual and literary artists. Project codirector Lauren Davis describes the event.
On a hot summer evening in Seattle, four writers presented new works responding to Rooted: Latino/a Artists' Connection to Native and Adopted Lands, an art exhibit at Seattle's Columbia City Gallery. The exhibit, a partnership between Columbia City Gallery and La Sala, a nonprofit Latino/a artists' network, brought together regional visual artists and writers exploring themes of roots, family, identity, and home.
"For those of us who migrate to a new home, we not only carry our culture and customs but also the sense that we are being, or have been by generations past, uprooted; replanted," said Juan Alonso-Rodriguez, curator of Rooted. Inspired by the theme of the exhibit, writer Wendy Call invited José Carrillo, Alma García, Felicia González, and Emily Pérez to create new works responding to select artworks from the gallery exhibit.
The gathering crowd fanned themselves with gallery postcards while listening to flute music played by José Carrillo. Laughter filled the room as the crowd of artists, writers, observers, and people from the neighborhood welcomed each other. The Columbia City Gallery, a community-based arts cooperative, provides a vibrant arts center in the heart of South Seattle and supports a wide range of cultural programming for the diverse neighborhood.
As the final strains of music faded from the air, the writers gathered in front of the crowd with the Rooted art exhibit as their backdrop. First to read was Emily Pérez. Her poems "When Needed" and "Dear Dove" responded to paintings by artist Blanca Santander, images of dreamy earth goddesses rendered in bright colors. She finished her delicate set with the poem "Ambition," inspired by images of clouds by photographer Eduardo Nuñez.
"Hello, my name is Alma García, and I'll be your fiction writer tonight," the next writer announced upon taking the floor. García, exploring a series of screen prints by Boris Gaviria, read the short story "Harvest," which depicted a day in the life of Octavio and Licho, two apple-farm workers in eastern Washington. Gaviria's crisp images of stacked apple crates and farm trucks gave illustration to the sights, sounds, and smells of the world García's characters inhabited.
The next writer, Felicia González, stirred the muggy room by requesting the audience stand up and come closer to view a series of small drawings by Arturo Artorez. The group formed a semicircle around the artwork, while Gonzalez stood in the middle of the room and read her poem "Stranger in a Familiar Land."
The evening concluded with the magnetic José Carrillo reading a suite of four short poems "Rooted: in Four Movements," inspired by the works of painter Consuelo Murphy and printmaker Gloria Garcia.
At the Rooted reading, four writers brought visual artwork to life in new ways. Reciprocally, the artwork provided a focal point for listeners' eyes while the spoken words transported their minds. The blend of words, art, music, and community was a perfect union on one of the last warm days of the Seattle summer.
Photos: (Top, from left to right) Writers Felicia González, Alma García, José Carrillo, and Emily Pérez. Bottom: Alma García (right) with artist Boris Gaviria, whose work is behind them. Credit: Donna Miscolta
Support for Readings/Workshops events in Seattle is provided by an endowment established with generous contributions from the Poets & Writers Board of Directors and others. Additional support comes from the Friends of Poets & Writers.


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Seattle folks who were up for a little scare this Halloween season were in luck this past weekend. For the past three years, two families, the Petries and the Griffins, team to create an unforgettable haunting experience they call Nightmare on My Street. Aside from being a spooky treat for Halloween fans, the event raises money for the Seattle Children's Hospital.
Because this is Electronic House, you can bet we're interested in the tech parts as much as the creepy parts. One of the creators, Brett Griffin, is the owner electronics integration company Architechtronics and provided the tech know-how for this creep show. In addition to spiders, zombies and things with axes, this haunted house includes Control4, Sony projectors, several flat screen TVs, Buttkicker bass transducers, Panasonic network cameras, automated lighting control and more.
On October 27th the event raised $2,210 for the Seattle Children's Hospital uncompensated care. That's the most the event has raised in the three years it's been held. On Halloween night the families plan a "lights on" walk through for neighborhood kids.
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You can also follow the fun on the event's Facebook page.
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Description: In "Safety Not Guaranteed," three employees of Seattle Magazine head to the scenic, seaside community of Ocean View, WA to find and profile the man behind a bizarre and hilarious classified ad looking for a partner to travel through time. Darius (Aubrey Plaza) is a disillusioned live-at-home college grad, who interns at the magazine. Along with her fellow intern Arnau (Karan Soni), a studious Biology major working at the magazine to diversify his resume, and their hard partying boss, Jeff (Jake Johnson), the threesome set out to discover and write a story about the mysterious person behind the preposterous ad. The mismatched trio land in Ocean View with no more than a PO Box number to guide them in their investigation, but no sooner have they checked into their hotel than Jeff abandons the job to track down a long lost love interest who lives in the beach community. Darius asserts herself as the lead reporter and finds their subject, Kenneth (Mark Duplass) - an offbeat character - stocking canned goods at the local grocery store. Darius' disaffected attitude serves her well, perhaps for the first time ever, and she quickly endears herself to Kenneth as she poses as a candidate to accompany him on his mission. Kenneth is leery of Darius' motives and is not entirely convinced that she isn't working for the 'secret agents' that are tracking his every move, but through a series of training exercises she begins to gain his trust. And while the absurdity of their mission is without question, the dedication and skill that Kenneth puts into his preparations are no laughing matter. Jeff meanwhile tracks down Liz (Jenica Bergere), his fling from his teenage years, and though she does not embody his fond memories, they reconnect. He opens his heart to her, and is ultimately surprised at her response. As Darius gets pulled further into the strange world of Kenneth, Jeff begins to realize his regrets, and does everything he can to make sure Arnau doesn't let his youth slip away. Changing the past, preventing the future, altering the present - the mission is different for everyone, but the power to hope for something better is universal.
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Offical Website: http://www.safetynotguaranteedmovie.com
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because I just got back from a LARP.
It was a pretty standard (by Swedish standards anyways) fantasy LARP with humans and elves and orcs and stuff. The setting was a small village in the tiny land that the evil empire had conquered. Naturally there was a rebel alliance plotting to drive out the evil conquerers. I was playing a local merchant who secretly sold information on the rebels to the evil army, but due to the incompentence of the evil guys everything went to hell and I was executed by the rebel scum.
Then I came back as a vengeance seeking zombie and hacked down my killer before I was rekilled by some demon possessed dude.
Then I made a new character, a fantasy hippie, got drunk and almost laid by one of the orcs.


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Therapy for Infertile PCOS Patients Ovulating Under Clomiphene Citrate or Metformin
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00502229
Recruitment Status : Withdrawn
First Posted : July 17, 2007
Last Update Posted : April 9, 2013
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Several data demonstrated that both clomiphene citrate (CC) and metformin are two safe and valid first-step options to induce ovulation in infertile anovulatory PCOS patients. Notwithstanding a high percentage of patients ovulate under treatment, only ~40% and 60% of subjects obtain a pregnancy after CC and metformin, respectively.
For these patients, controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) followed by intrauterine insemination (IUI) could be the next therapeutic step before assisted reproductive techniques since IUI improves significantly the fertility in couples with unexplained infertility. Furthermore, to date it is not defined if COS should be obtained using the same ovulatory agent (CC or metformin) or switching the treatment to gonadotropins.
In this view, the aim of the present study will be to evaluate the best management of infertile PCOS patients ovulating after CC or metformin.
|Condition or disease
|Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Infertility
|Drug: Clomiphene citrate, metformin, highly purified urinary FSH
|Phase 4
Infertile PCOS patients who ovulated under CC or metformin without pregnancy achievement will be enrolled and treated with three trials of COS plus IUI. All patients will be randomly allocated into two different groups (groups A and B). In group A, COS will be obtained using the same ovulatory agent (CC or metformin) employed in the previous ovulatory cycles, whereas in group B using gonadotropins in a low-dose step-up regimen.
All patients eligible will undergo baseline assessment consisting of anthropometric, hormonal, and ultrasonographic evaluations. During the study, the clinical and reproductive outcomes, and the adverse experience will be evaluated and the will be analyzed also categorizing the patients according to ovulatory agent used for COS (CC or metformin).
Data will be analyzed using the intention-to-treat principle and a P value of 0.05 or less will be considered significant. Continuous variables will be analyzed with the unpaired t test and general linear model for repeated measures analysis with Bonferroni test for the post-hoc analysis as required. For categorical variables, the Pearson chi-square and Fisher's exact tests will be used. Cumulative pregnancy rate, our primary end-point, will be calculated by the Kaplan-Maier method, and the differences between the two groups will be assessed with the log-rank test. Cox proportional-hazards model will be used to calculate the hazard ratio for new pregnancy in both groups.
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|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|What is the Following Step to Improve Fertility in Infertile PCOS Patients Ovulating Under Clomiphene Citrate or Metformin? A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study.
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|January 2010
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2011
Active Comparator: Group A
Continuing treatment
Drug: Clomiphene citrate, metformin, highly purified urinary FSH
Active Comparator: Group B
Drug: Clomiphene citrate, metformin, highly purified urinary FSH
- Pregnancy rate [ Time Frame: one year ]
- Ovulation rate Abortion rate Live-birth rate Adverse events [ Time Frame: one year ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 35 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (using NIH criteria)
- Anovulatory infertility (using WHO criteria)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age <18 or >35 years
- Severe obesity (BMI >35)
- Neoplastic, metabolic, hepatic, and cardiovascular disorders or other concurrent medical illnesses
- Hypothyroidism, hyperprolactinemia, Cushing's syndrome, and non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- Current or previous (within the last six months) use of oral contraceptives, glucocorticoids, antiandrogens, antidiabetic and anti-obesity drugs or other hormonal drugs
- Intention to start a diet or a specific program of physical activity
- Organic pelvic diseases
- Previous pelvic surgery
- Suspected peritoneal factor infertility
- Tubal or male factor infertility or sub-fertility
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00502229
|Pugliese Hospital
|Catanzaro, Catanzaro, CZ, Italy, 88100
|Principal Investigator:
|Stefano Palomba, MD
|Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro
|Principal Investigator:
|Francesco Orio, MD
|Department of Endocrinology, University "Federico II" of Naples
|Principal Investigator:
|Achille Tolino, MD
|Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University "Federico II" of Naples
|Responsible Party:
|Stefano Palomba, Associate Professor, University Magna Graecia
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00502229 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|July 17, 2007 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|April 9, 2013
|Last Verified:
|April 2013
Keywords provided by Stefano Palomba, University Magna Graecia:
Clomiphene citrate
Controlled overian stimulation
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Genital Diseases, Male
Genital Diseases, Female
Ovarian Cysts
Ovarian Diseases
Adnexal Diseases
Gonadal Disorders
Endocrine System Diseases
Citric Acid
Hypoglycemic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Calcium Chelating Agents
Chelating Agents
Sequestering Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Estrogen Antagonists
Hormone Antagonists
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Fertility Agents, Female
Fertility Agents
Reproductive Control Agents
Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators


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So, does their definition technically cover finger-nails (note: I use mine to cut through tape on boxes)? What about my fists, head, elbow or feet? Hell, a simple ball-point pen is capable of being a very deadly weapon in my hands. Do they allow forks in the cafeteria? Also, those textbooks make quite good bludgeoning devices.
Can we just get over ourselves and finally realize that everything can be used as a 'weapon,' stop trying treat only the symptoms and begin focusing on the cause of attacks? I don't know the answer, but it certainly isn't removing the 'weapons.'
Add another request for the 'Sad but True' button!
Also: "accidental mistakes" are the best kind. Also, the only kind.I've made many deliberate mistakes in my life; mainly it's to keep from sounding as though I'm correcting everyone else's speech. I've also been known to make an honest mistake; one where the mistaken accepts something as truth when it's later revealed to be false.
One of the issues with the Steam trading is that many games also involve some form of registration of the CD-Key on the developer/producer/distributor's website. This means that those companies would also need to be willing to allow the game to transfer to another account.
However, I sincerely agree with your thoughts about the price of new games on the PC. I've purchased somewhere close to 200 titles in the last two years on Steam. Not a single one was over $30 with the vast majority under $15. I can wait several months to play a title, but am thankful for those that purchase the games at the full starting price. They are the ones that keep the ball rolling for the development of better games. I like to add a "me too" once the games have been played, tested and patched so I know full well what to expect from a game.
"The sad thing is that if you ask the "average" uninformed citizen in the US if "terrorists and child abusers" should have the same rights as him or herself they would say no."
"Americans no longer trust their government, and, in my opinion, won't settle until the House is cleaned of the roaches now infesting it."
"I wouldn't subscribe to AT&T's service. They'll probably still have [data usage] caps".FTFYAnd, I agree. Their caps would probably be something like 300 GB/month. In other words, full speed for a whopping 40 minutes. Oh, and that's just down, their upload speed will probably be only 1 Mb/sec; can't have other people distributing content easily...that's AT&T's business model.
Sadly, the trolls would then just start posting comments without replying. They might even use that tic-tac-toe symbol or the loopy-tailed-a. Kids these days; who knows, next they might start leaving out letters, or worse, replacing them with similarly shaped numbers and symbols to avoid filters.
Nice pants, but they seem to be hangin' awfully low. That there is probable cause, spread 'em!
Of course, now GEICO has an "e-insurance card" on your phone so you can easily hand over your phone to the officer during a traffic stop along with your license. If they're nice, they'll just hand it right back, but they might just take it back there to the cruiser to fill out their paperwork*.**
* Paperwork - electronic or paper document designed to contain any and all data gleaned from the accused.
** Feel free to use that sentence as an example of how to use they're, there and their.
"I would pay for services that allow me to watch stuff without having to download them."
I hate love hate to be a nitpicker, but everything you see while on the internet has been downloaded to your computer. You couldn't possibly stream a video without the images being downloaded to your machine. This is why the whole "copying is stealing" argument is laughable. If it were true, then I've been stealing websites for at least the last 20 years. The entire internet literally relies on file sharing for it to work.
Don't believe me, go an look at your temporary internet files folder in Windows. The files might be hidden or look like they aren't images, videos and html pages, but they can be opened as such.
Wait just a moment. I thought DC has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country; yet, you use their homicides as an example? Maybe you just couldn't find any other nice maps breaking down deaths by guns, but still. Doesn't that just go to show that gun control doesn't work? Make it illegal to carry a firearm in public and you literally guarantee that law-abiding citizens will not have protection from criminals in public. Even worse, put up a 'gun-free' sign and you've just advertised that there's minimal protection in that area.
Back on topic, it is quite telling that the publication hired armed security for their office. Why not a security force trained in hand-to-hand combat or equipped with tazers? Did this security carry high-powered assault rifles or did they simply have sidearms? I hate when people say that a simple handgun couldn't stop a madman with an assault rifle. It's like they believe the guns themselves fight it out instead of the people using the weapons. Also, most times, all it takes to stop the madman is a show of force (not even the firing of another weapon).
Basting would be the correct word if the juices of the other authors are applied to him while baking next to their glory; supposedly to keep him moist. Certainly, one 'could' bask in such a situation.
I do believe that all credit/debit card transactions are handled through encrypted internet communications. Does this mean that he must turn over his debit card PIN as it is a "password" to an online account? Also, I suppose he can't use a bank ATM without prior permission.
One caveat that I did see was the lifting of these restrictions for "education-related" uses. This could apply to pretty much everything. "I was simply learning about Wells Fargo's online security systems."
They only think they'd make more money if the internet never existed.
Then, I'll have the chicken!
Such hatred I sense in this one. Pwnd in academia was he? Hmm, academic failure leads to self doubt, self doubt to jelousy, jelousy to athletics, athletics to steroids, steroids to rage and rage to the dark side. Teach this one carefully we must.
The whole selling point of the Harmony remote is that you will always have the most up-to-date and largest database of commands for practically every device made. You can't really program the remote without an internet connection because you don't have the entire database of products stored on the remote when it is shipped.
I personally own a One and have purchased a few of the lower tier options for family as extremely well received gifts.
Dark Helmet: What the hell am I looking at?! When does this happen in the movie?!
Colonel Sandurz: "Now". You're looking at "now", sir. Everything that happens now is happening "now".
DH: What happened to "then"?
CS: We passed "then".
DH: When!?
CS: Just now. Were at "now," now.
DH: Go back to "then"!
CS: When?
DH: Now!
CS: "Now?"
DH: Now!
CS: I can't.
DH: Why!?
CS: We missed it.
DH: When!?
CS: Just now.
DH: ... When will "then" be "now"?
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"Try writing down the names of all of the people listed in the credits and paying every one of them too. Whether the director, producer or studio it's only a pass through for all of those people whose creative input it took to make the film."Haven't all those people already been paid for their work? Does the best boy really get royalty checks for all the movies he's been involved in making? Perhaps I should send some money to the waitstaff, cooks, hostesses, bartenders, janitors, managers and owners of the local restaurant 24 hours after my meal when it re-emerges; after all, they helped make this shit possible.


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Has anyone in the USA ordered from this company before? If so, what was the outcome? Thanks in advance for any input.
Wow, I didn't know Rakuten now has international shopping! (For the benefit of anyone reading this, Rakuten is a big (huge) online shopping site, rather like Yahoo! Shopping but much more centralized.) Up till now you had to use a shopping/shipping service like i-TM4U or Tenso. I haven't tried it but looks promising!
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Hi Maki, Thanks for responding. I saw a lot of bento boxes that I want. Many more varieties! This is exciting.
So did I, but then I checked the postage estimates. Changed my mind.
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Checked out the website as well. Excellent variety of bento and accessories but the postage cost as much (or more) than the bento box!
since I live in the UK there's very little I can buy from here apart from various international sellers, so the price difference for me is not so high.
I placed an order yesterday for a sakura bento sold there for $15. The same one is sold in J-box for $32. Unfortunately they're ran out of stock.
I am trying to place another order and keeping my fingers crossed!
Thought I would give you all an update. Since I stayed in Denmark currently, japanese bento accessories are hard to find, so I was really thrilled to find out about Rakuten International. Checked out the website and ordered a bento box and 2 moulds, costing 3030 yen in total. They only ship via EMS, so its 1800 yen for postage. Unfortunately for me, I got taxed when the items arrived, coz the sender's not from EU countries. That's another 3600 yen down. =( So in the end, I'm paying 2+times of the original items' cost... sigh.. Definitely need to curb my spending!
Oh, looks tempting! Maybe next time I have a friend coming from Japan. The yen is quite high for me now.
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I ordered a new bento box from rakuten yesterday. The specific shop is called Sikki. Got charged for tax which I am not sure why (it's only 140 yen in taxes equivalent to 80pence).
The good thing is that they answer pretty straight away every question I make. They're charging 1800 yen in shipping cost because they're using EMS as standard. They said they will ship on the 22 June...The box get personalized with my name ;-) Very tiny box but sooo pretty:
Hello there, I live in the UK too, and I am thinking of buying things from Rakuten. You said you got charged for tax. Do you mean Japanese tax? or you mean the VAT when the product arrived in the UK? What price was stated on the box? I think if Custom duty and VAT need to be paid, the post office will charge a 4 pounds handling fee as well. Do you know anyone who has experienced this? any way to avoid?
Hello Emma
I've been buying goods via the Rakuten portal (which I found out about here) but I've not used the service that sends goods directly to the UK as I have had too many prior experiences of paying customs charges - which you need to pay on the value of the goods AND the cost of postage... the £4 fee you mention is higher than this now.
(this is different from the 5% Japanese VAT equivalent - the 140yen - that was previously mentioned)
Basically, if something is worth less than £18 (about 2,500yen) you shouldn't need to pay any customs or tax. Earlier this year I bought something for 3,500yen and wound up paying £20.40 in charges!!!
Rakuten is useful as it lets me buy from Japanese vendors using a UK credit/debit card. However, I have the item sent to a relative in Tokyo and he sends it on to me via SAL. This is how I avoid the charges.
As customs/vat/royal mail charges are so high and interception is so regular (between 25% and 50% of goods sent to you from Japan with EMS gets intercepted by Customs in my experience), I'd advise you not to buy anything above the 2,500yen threshold. Also, the vendor should take care not to label anything as being more than 2,500yen.
You have a better chance of goods sent by SAL not getting intercepted, but there's never a guarantee of this, and, anyway, the Rakuten International service doesn't use SAL.
My personalised bento box has arrived!!! It is really gorgeous!
The rankuten shop I ordered from is called sikki. They've been really good at answering questions straight away. I would definitely recommend them.
ooh. Will have to save my pennies! (just spent them at ichibankan before they stop selling online).
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It was an incredibly horrible online shopping experience. Shop here ONLY if you want to get screwed on shipping chargers.
My order is about 54USD, with the total weight of 1288g, according to the Rakuten website, the shipping cost to USA should run approximately 30USD. I figure it seems very reasonable so I placed the order. However, the store (HAZAMA) decided to charge me 91USD without my consent. The store (HAZAMA) did NOT bother sending me any email regarding the charges before they ship out the product. I tried to communicate with them but all I get is "it's too late, oh and yes, we have to charge you the shipment from the factory to our facility and the wrapping cost too" This is way too bizarre. How on the earth this kind of scam still exists? I also tried to communicate with Rakuten website, but all I get is a generic email telling me to talk to the store (HAZAMA) directly. These people are not ready for the international presence.
I would try Tenso.com the next time (if you want to that is)...you do get charged a 10% handling fee but they are a bit more English-savvy. I have to say that I have not had any really bad experiences getting stuff shipped directly from several Rakuten merchants.
One time I did have a problem where the package got lost and they claimed it was because 'no shipments were being received into Switzerland' (wtf) but I complained long and loudly (angrily) enough (albeit in Japanese) that they 1. sent out a replacement package, which did arrive and 2. refunded me the whole amount of my order. And...about 3 weeks later I got the first package too, so I lucked out in the end ^_^ Though now I have about 50 donut shaped Scotch tape dispensers I was going to use for Xmas favors rattling around...
I recently purchased two bentos (a thermal bento and slim 2-tier) from a seller on ebay. My thermal bento was 60 USD with 15 dollars for shipping. The seller had another bento that caught my eye and it was a Thermos brand bento that was the same price and shipping as the thermal one. I decided to google the bento to see if maybe I could find it cheaper since I didn't want to dish out another 75 dollars for a bento.
I found the same bento the Japan version of Amazon.com for only 30 USD. I tried to purchase it but they wouldn't ship the bento to my country. I continued to search for the bento and I found it for even cheaper than Amazon on Rakuten.
I did a bento search on Rakuten and I love the variety of bentos and accessories on there and sometimes its a lot cheaper than the prices on ebay. I don't like that you wont know the shipping price until after you placed the order and they have already charged it to your card. Also with using my debit account I was temporarily charged twice. There was a pre-authorization charge (what they thought the total would be) and then the actual total. That meant two charges were taken out of my balance and the first charge fell off. I didn't have a problem with it but if you don't have enough money in your account for that then that may be a problem.
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CRESTVIEW � Chipley High School sophomore sensation Trent Forrest scored 26 points to lead the Tigers to a 51-42 win over the Crestview boys basketball team Tuesday night.
CRESTVIEW � Chipley High School sophomore sensation Trent Forrest scored 26 points to lead the Tigers to a 51-42 win over the Crestview boys basketball team Tuesday night.
Forrest saved his best for the end of the game as he scored half of his points in the fourth quarter to lead Chipley to the come-from-behind win.
The game was marred by sloppy play and inconsistent officiating in the second half that often seemed to have the calls going the way of the visiting Tigers.
Bulldog coach Greg Watson admitted the Tigers, who improved to 9-1 are a good team. But he placed most of the blame for the loss on Crestview's inability to do the things to win.
"We never got into a rhythm," he said. "We were very stagnant on offense and just kind of sat around and watched Ronnie (Baylark on the offensive end of the court), which is something we can't do.
We missed a ton of layups and free throws -- the front end of one-and-ones -- in the fourth quarter. We missed three just bunny layups with nobody on us late. You are not going to win close games when you miss those."
The Tigers took an early 6-2 lead in the first quarter on the strength of a 3-point play by Zack Cambell and a Forrest 3-point basket with 5:20 left in the quarter.
Crestview's only basket in the first three minutes of the game came from Baylark.
Scores by Jerry Aaron and Josh Hinton pulled the Bulldogs (13-3) even with the Tigers with 4:21 left in the quarter.
A 9-4 Crestview run closed out the opening stanza as Wesly St. Vil scored a pair of baskets, Denzel Ware added a score and Rashad Bess hit a 3-pointer.
Crestview led 15-10 at the end of the first quarter and 26-20 at the half. But Forrest, who only scored three points in the first quarter, was just getting warmed up as he scored six in the second period to help the Tigers stay within striking distance of the Bulldogs.
Tyrome Sharpe scored eight points in the third quarter as the Tigers seized the momentum from Crestview.
Chipley led 36-34 at the end of the third period and rode Forrest to the win in the fourth quarter. Forrest shot seven free throws in the final stanza and the Tigers shot 17 from the stripe in the game while the Bulldogs only shot eight free throws.
Two of the Tiger free throws came on a questionable flagrant foul by Aaron on Forrest. The last two free throws came with five seconds left in the game after Watson was called for a technical foul for expressing his frustration with how the officials called the game.
Baylark led the Bulldogs in scoring with 14 points. Aaron scored 11.
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Darius Gatson scored three of his 13 points in overtime — a go-ahead layup with 13 seconds remaining and free throw with four seconds left — as Sam Houston State defeated UC Irvine 65-63 in a Legends Classic game on Wednesday night.
DeMarcus Gatlin had 15 points for the Bearkats (3-3).
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Adam Folker had 13 points and Will Davis II 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Anteaters (3-3). Folker's layup with 36 seconds remaining in regulation tied the game at 58-all and forced overtime.
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A group of young people from around the world have launched a campaign called Grazie Francesco – Thank You Francis – to send the Pope messages marking the first year of his pontificate March 13.
Thousands of messages from around the world in eight different languages can be read on the campaign's website, which was created by the Argentinian group Lindo Lio and inspired by last summer's World Youth Day Rio.
The messages are taken from Facebook or Twitter and should carry the hash tag #ThanksFrancis, or the equivalent in Italian, Arab, German, French, Portuguese or Polish. Anonymous messages can also be sent via the campaign's Facebook or Twitter accounts.
Grazie Francesco's logo is a basin with hands washing feet, which organizers say represents "the greatest expression of service in the Gospel, and was one of the most representative gestures of Francis in his first month as Pope, when he washed the feet of young inmates on Holy Thursday in March of 2013."
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Alba – Parma
A sprinters' benefit
It's day two and already the riders must tackle the joint-second-longest stage of the race, which is equal in distance to the penultimate one. Heading east from Alba, home of some of the world's most expensive white truffles, stage 2 is flat bar a short climb 30km from the finish. The first rider over the top will wear the 2011 Giro's inaugural mountains jersey, but is unlikely to also celebrate the stage win in Parma, which provides a fitting finale given it will be National Bike Day. Cavendish and other sprinters are likely to be prominent, in view of the dearth of opportunities ahead for them.
Distance: 244km
Highest point: 315m
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"The usual chaos in the morning. All the teams will want to be in the break, so it may take a while for the right one to stick. The last kilometre is technical, so the sprint will be a nervous affair. I'd be surprised if there aren't any crashes."
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It seems that Sophos has declared the most commonly seen virii to be W32/ virii. See the details: http://www.xatrix.org/article1677.html
It would seem that most of these are stopped by most AV software, but even still these propogate with ease. Perhaps educating those that aren't aware is a good way to slow these down and make them a little less common?
Issues I see inherent with this, the average computer goober doesn't really care unless it iimpairs their ability to play solitare or browse the web. Perhaps forced education, kinda like drivers ed would be in order?


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Standards and Guidelines - Y-chromosome Short Tandem Repeat (Y-STR) Interpretation Guidelines - January 2009
January 2009 - Volume 11 - Number 1
Y-chromosome Short Tandem Repeat (Y-STR) Interpretation Guidelines
Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM)
Introduction | Preliminary Evaluation of Data | Designation | Interpretation of Results | Conclusions and Reporting | Statistical Interpretation | References/Suggested Readings
The interpretation of the results of casework is a matter of professional judgment and expertise. Not every situation can or should be covered by a preset rule. It is important that the laboratory develop and implement written guidelines for the interpretation of analytical results. This document provides a framework for the laboratory to develop Y-chromosome short tandem repeat (Y-STR) interpretation guidelines. The laboratory's interpretation guidelines should be based upon validation studies, data from the literature, instrumentation used, and/or casework experience.
Y-STR data may augment autosomal STR results. In some circumstances, Y-STR data might be the only data that can be obtained. It is important to note that a Y-STR haplotype is shared by males from the same paternal lineage. This fact must be taken into account when drawing conclusions.
1. Preliminary Evaluation of Data
1.1. The laboratory should develop criteria to determine whether the results are of sufficient intensity/quality for interpretation purposes using methods appropriate for the detection platform. These criteria should be determined by evaluating data generated by the laboratory.
1.1.1. When quantitative results (e.g., peak amplitude) are used to evaluate STR profiles, the results should be examined to determine if they meet the laboratory's empirically defined analytical and interpretational threshold(s).
126.96.36.199. The analytical thresholds are defined as the minimum and maximum intensity thresholds between which data are reliable for use in allele designations.
188.8.131.52. The interpretational threshold, the minimum intensity threshold that an allele must meet to be included in a biostatistical calculation, should be defined.
1.2. The laboratory should develop criteria to evaluate internal lane size standards and/or allelic ladders.
1.3. Controls are required to assess analytical procedures.
1.3.1. The laboratory should establish criteria for the evaluation of the controls used in the testing, for example, reagent blank controls, amplification blank controls, female positive controls, and male positive controls.
1.3.2. The laboratory should develop criteria for the interpretation and documentation of results based on evaluation of the controls.
1.4. A laboratory using Y-chromosome STR multiplexes that contain redundant loci should establish criteria regarding the concordance of such data.
2.1. The laboratory should establish criteria to assign allele designations to appropriate peaks or bands.
2.1.1. Locus Designation: The laboratory should establish criteria to address locus assignment for alleles.
2.1.2. Allele Designation: The laboratory should designate alleles in concordance with the recommendations of the DNA Commission of the International Society of Forensic Genetics.
126.96.36.199. Whenever possible, allele designation should be based operationally on the number of repeat units contained within the allele and by comparison to an allelic ladder.
18.104.22.168. The designation of alleles containing an incomplete repeat motif (i.e., an off-ladder allele falling within the range spanned by the ladder alleles) should include the number of complete repeats and, separated by a decimal point, the number of base pairs in the incomplete repeat (e.g., DYS385 15.2 allele).
184.108.40.206. If an allele falls above the largest or below the smallest allele of the allelic ladder, the allele should be designated as either greater than (>) or less than (<) the respective ladder allele, or when appropriate, extrapolation can be used.
188.8.131.52. For some duplicated loci, the alleles cannot be assigned unequivocally to a defined genetic locus. In concordance with recommendations of the DNA Commission of the International Society of Forensic Genetics, the results should be treated as a genotype (e.g., DYS385 11–14).
2.2. Artifacts can occur and should be noted. These may include, but are not limited to, the following: pull-up, stutter, incomplete nontemplate nucleotide addition, and nonspecific female DNA amplification.
3.1. The interpretation guidelines should include criteria to determine if an observed peak is a true allele as outlined in Section 2.1. The laboratory should define conditions in which the data would lead to the conclusion that the source of the male DNA is from either an apparent single male or two or more males of different paternal lineages. This may be accomplished by an examination of the number of alleles at each locus and the peak-height (or band-intensity) ratios at those loci that exhibit locus duplication such as DYS385.
3.1.1. Apparent Single Male Contributor: A sample may be considered to represent a single male haplotype when the observed number of alleles at each locus is one and the signal intensity ratio of alleles at a duplicated locus is consistent with a profile from a single contributor. All loci should be evaluated in making this determination. It should be noted that individuals have been typed who exhibit multiple locus duplications at loci other than DYS385.
3.1.2. Mixtures with Major/Minor Male Contributors: A sample may be considered to consist of a mixture of major and minor male contributors if a distinct contrast in signal intensity exists among the alleles. All loci should be evaluated in making this determination.
3.1.3. Mixtures with a Known Male Contributor(s): In some cases, when one of the male contributors (e.g., the victim) is known, the genetic profile of the unknown male contributor may be inferred. Depending on the profiles in the specific instance, this can be accomplished by subtracting the contribution of the known male donor from the mixed profile.
3.1.4. Mixtures with Indistinguishable Male Contributors: When major or minor male contributors cannot be distinguished because of similarity in signal intensities or the presence of shared or masked alleles, individual males may still be included or excluded as possible contributors.
3.2. The laboratory should have guidelines for the interpretation of partial profiles (i.e., profiles with fewer loci than tested) that may arise from degraded or limited-quantity DNA or from the presence of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) inhibitors. Occasionally, deletion of a portion of the Y-chromosome or a primer-binding site mutation can result in the failure to detect one or more Y-STR loci.
4.1. The laboratory should prepare guidelines for formulating conclusions resulting from comparisons of evidentiary samples and known reference samples.
4.1.1. General categories of conclusions are inclusionmatch, exclusion or nonmatch, inconclusive or uninterpretable, and no results.
4.1.2. Comparison of haplotypes cannot distinguish between males from the same paternal lineage; therefore, inclusions need to be qualified.
5.1. Y-STR loci are located on the nonrecombining part of the Y-chromosome and, therefore, should be considered linked as a single locus. A Y-STR database must consist of haplotype frequencies rather than allele frequencies. The source of the population database(s) used should be documented. Relevant population(s) for which the frequency will be estimated should be identified. A consolidated U.S. Y-STR database (http://usystrdatabase.org) has been established and should be used for population frequency estimation. A number of other Y-STR haplotype frequency databases exist online. (See available listing on the NIST [National Institute of Standards and Technology] STRBase Web site at http://www.cstl.nist.gov/biotech/strbase/y_strs.htm.)
5.2. In reporting matches, haplotype searches of the population database should be conducted using all loci for which results were obtained from the evidentiary sample. In cases where less information is obtained from the known sample, only those loci for which results were obtained from both the known and evidentiary samples should be used in the population database search.
5.3. The basis for the haplotype frequency estimation is the counting method. The application of a confidence interval corrects for database size and sampling variation. Reporting a haplotype count without a confidence interval is acceptable as a factual statement regarding observations in the database.
5.3.1. If a confidence interval is applied, the following example calculation could be used:
184.108.40.206. The haplotype has not been previously observed in the database:
The formula for calculating the upper 95 percent confidence limit in this case would be
where n is the size of the database.
126.96.36.199. The haplotype has been observed in the database:
The formula for calculating the upper 95 percent confidence limit in this case would be
p + 1.96[(p)(1-p)/n]1/2
where p is x/n, n = database size, and x = the number of observations of the haplotype in the database.
5.4. For Y-STR mixtures that cannot be deconvoluted, calculations may be performed for the probability of exclusion and likelihood ratios.
5.5. If both autosomal and Y-STR data are collected on a sample, the product rule may be used to combine the autosomal STR genotype match probability and Y-STR haplotype frequency information.
5.6. It is recognized that population substructure exists for Y-STR haplotypes. Studies with current population databases have shown that the FST values are very small for most populations. Thus the use of the counting method that incorporates the upper-bound estimate of the count proportion offers an appropriate and conservative statistical approach to evaluating the probative value of a match.
6. References/Suggested Readings
Balding, D. J. Weight-of-Evidence for Forensic DNA Profiles. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2005, pp. 99–101.
Ballantyne, J., Fatolitis, L., and Roewer, L. Creating and managing effective Y-STR databases, Profiles in DNA (2006) 9(2)10–13. Also available: http://www.promega.com/profiles/902/ProfilesinDNA_902_10.pdf.
Buckleton, J., Walsh, S., and Harbison, S. Nonautosomal forensic markers. In: Forensic DNA Evidence Interpretation. J. Buckleton, C. M. Triggs, and S. J. Walsh, Eds. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2004, pp. 299–331.
Budowle, B., Adamowicz, M., Aranda, X. G. et al. Twelve short tandem repeat loci Y chromosome haplotypes: Genetic analysis of populations residing in North America, Forensic Science International (2005) 150:1–15.
Budowle, B., Jianye, G., and Chakraborty, R. Basic principles for estimating the rarity of Y-STR haplotypes derived from forensic evidence. In: Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Symposium on Human Identification, 2007.
Budowle, B., Sinha, S. K., Lee, H. S., and Chakraborty, R. Utility of Y-chromosome short tandem repeat haplotypes in forensic applications, Forensic Science Review (2003) 15:153–162.
Butler, J. M. Recent developments in Y-short tandem repeat and Y-single nucleotide polymorphism analysis, Forensic Science Review (2003) 15:91–111. Available: http://www.cstl.nist.gov/biotech/strbase/pub_pres/Butler2003b.pdf.
Butler, J. M. Y Chromosome DNA Testing. In: Forensic DNA Typing: Biology, Technology, and Genetics of STR Markers. 2nd ed. J. M. Butler, Ed. Elsevier Academic Press, New York, 2005, pp. 201–239.
Butler, J. M., Decker, A. E., Kline, M. C., and Vallone, P. M. Chromosomal duplications along the Y-chromosome and their potential impact on Y-STR interpretation, Journal of Forensic Sciences (2005) 50:853–859. Available: http://www.cstl.nist.gov/strbase/pub_pres/ButlerJFS_Y-STRduplication.pdf.
DNA Advisory Board. Quality assurance standards for forensic DNA typing laboratories, Forensic Science Communications. [Online]. (July 2000).
Dupuy, B. M., Stenersen, M., Egeland, T., and Olaisen, B. Y-chromosomal microsatellite mutation rates: Differences in mutation rate between and within loci, Human Mutation (2004) 23:117–124.
Gill, P., Brenner, C., Brinkmann, B. et al. DNA Commission of the International Society of Forensic Genetics: Recommendations on forensic analysis using Y-chromosome STRs, International Journal of Legal Medicine (2001) 114:305–9 and Forensic Science International (2001) 124:5–10.
Gusmão, L., Butler, J. M., Carracedo, A. et al. DNA Commission of the International Society of Forensic Genetics (ISFG): An update of the recommendations on the use of Y-STRs in forensic analysis, Forensic Science International (2006) 157:187–197 and International Journal of Legal Medicine (2006) 120:191–200.
Gusmão, L., Sánchez-Diz, P., Calafell, F. et al. Mutation rates at Y chromosome specific microsatellites, Human Mutation (2005) 26:520–528.
Hammer, M. F., Chamberlain, V. F., Stover, D. et al. Population structure of Y chromosome SNP haplogroups in the United States and forensic implications for constructing Y chromosome STR databases, Forensic Science International (2006) 164:45–55.
Kayser, M., Brauer, S., Schädlich, H. et al. Y chromosome STR haplotypes and the genetic structure of U.S. populations of African, European and Hispanic ancestry, Genome Research (2003) 13:624–634.
Kayser M., Cagliá, A., Corach, D. et al. Evaluation of Y chromosomal STRs: A multicenter study, International Journal of Legal Medicine (1997) 110:125–133, 141–149.
Krenke, B. E., Viculis, L., Richard, M. et al. Validation of a male-specific, 12-locus fluorescent short tandem repeat (STR) multiplex, Forensic Science International (2005) 148:1–14.
Mulero, J. J., Chang, C. W., Calandro, L. M. et al. Development and validation of the AmpFSTR® Yfiler™ PCR amplification kit: A male specific, single amplification 17 Y-STR multiplex system, Journal of Forensic Sciences (2006) 51:64–75.
National Research Council, Committee on DNA Forensic Science. The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence. 2nd ed. National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 1996.
Prinz, M., Ishii, A., Coleman, A., Baum, H. J., and Shaler R. C. Validation and casework application of a Y chromosome specific STR multiplex, Forensic Science International (2001) 120:177–188.
Schoske, R., Vallone, P. M., Kline, M. C., Redman, J. W., and Butler, J. M. High-throughput Y-STR typing of U.S. populations with 27 regions of the Y chromosome using two multiplex PCR assays, Forensic Science International (2004) 139:107–121. Available: http://www.cstl.nist.gov/div831/strbase/pub_pres/Schoske2004.pdf.
Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM). Short Tandem Repeat (STR) Interpretation Guidelines, Forensic Science Communications [Online]. (July 2000).
Sinha, S. K., Budowle, B., Chakraborty, R. et al. Utility of the Y-STR typing systems Y-PLEX™ 6 and Y-PLEX™ 5 in forensic casework and 11 Y-STR haplotype database for three major population groups in the United States, Journal of Forensic Sciences (2004) 49:691–700.
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Johnson City, Tenn. -- The East Tennessee State Univeristy athletic department today announced that Katie Weiss (Cayce, S.C.) has been hired as the new womens golf head coach.
For the past two years, Weiss has played golf professionally on the SBC Futures Tour and The Players West Professional Golf Tour. She recorded nine top-20 finishes during her professional career. Weiss placed fifth at the Colorado Womens Open in Denver, Colo. and eighth at a Tournament played in Victorville, Calif.
Before entering the professional ranks, Weiss served as the Director of Golf Instruction at the Charwood Country Club in Columbia, S.C. She developed and ran the Charwood Junior Golf School while serving as an assistant coach for a local high school.
Weiss played collegiate golf at the University of South Carolina from 1994-97.
"When I came into this job I had a couple of positions to fill, including a womens golf head coach," ETSU athletic director Todd Stansbury said. "I was determined not to make a long-term decision based on short-term circumstances. After a national search, I felt that Katie was the opportune candidate and would bring energy and experience to this program. I want our womens golf program to compete at the top of the Southern Conference and on a national scale. Katie Weiss can lead us to that level."
The Bucs are scheduled to begin their spring season on March 19-20 at the Chris Bannister/Gamecock Classic in Jacksonville, Ala.


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WASHINGTON — The presidential debate Monday highlighted the underlying political problem facing Mitt Romney when it comes to foreign policy.
On the most substantive questions, in the biggest trouble spots, the Republican challenger had trouble explaining what he would do differently from President Obama. Unlike taxes and spending, for instance, where they have sharp differences on levies for the wealthy and budget priorities, Romney shares many of the same broad goals around the world as the president:
Withdraw from Afghanistan. Prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Help overthrow the regime in Syria without committing the US military. Defend Israel. Even on China, while hurling brickbats on a few specifics, they both want to curb anticompetitive practices.
That left Romney with a strategy of presenting himself as a competent and knowledgeable alternative as commander in chief — a test that he appeared to pass — while basing his argument against Obama on leadership style and themes like projecting American strength. He did not provide specific examples of how he would achieve those goals. Instead, his critiques came in bland salvos.
"It's essential for a president to show strength from the very beginning,'' Romney declared at one point. At another moment he said, "We have not seen the progress we need to have.''
Romney's difficulty developing a specific critique of Obama's foreign policy allowed the president to speak about his own foreign policy accomplishments forcefully and with clarity, relatively unimpeded. Frequently on the attack, Obama seemed to relish taking Romney to school, chastising him for various seemingly contradictory statements made on the campaign trail over the last year.
"Governor, the problem is, is that on a whole range of issues, whether it's the Middle East, whether it's Afghanistan, whether it's Iraq, whether it's now Iran, you've been all over the map,'' Obama said.
Clearly the listless Democratic candidate of the first debate had been left far behind. At times Obama took a tone of feigned exasperation, such as his rejoinder to Romney's oft-stated claim that the US Navy is the smallest it has been since World War I and the Air Force has fewer aircraft since the end of World War II.
The former Massachusetts governor, Obama responded, "hasn't spent enough time looking at how our military works." Then the president launched into what could have qualified as Military 101 to make the case that simple numbers are simplistic.
"We also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military's changed," Obama said, mockingly. "We have these things called aircraft carriers, where planes land on them. We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines.''
A long segment Monday took a detour through domestic policy: teachers unions, energy, taxes, health care, deficits. Again and again, both candidates flipped questions about foreign policy to domestic subjects. Unless you count Romney's statement that America's debt is so bad it puts us on the road to Greece, Romney and Obama scarcely left America's shores for a 25-minute stretch of the debate.
It was obvious that the lure of the economy and domestic problems proved irresistible for two candidates locked in a dead heat and getting their last opportunity to appear in a high-profile live television event before the election two weeks hence.
"It didn't seem to be a foreign policy debate," said Peter Ubertaccio, chairman of political science and international studies at Stonehill College in Easton. "That demonstrates that foreign policy doesn't rank very highly on the concerns of most people.''
The debate, with its focus on a subject of perceived weakness for Romney, carried potential upsides for the Republican challenger if he were able to exceed expectations. The former Massachusetts governor set out to demonstrate a more statesmanlike tone, presenting a more moderate image on foreign policy than he did at times during the Republican primary campaign.
'It didn't seem to be a foreign policy debate. That demonstrates that foreign policy doesn't rank very highly.'
But Obama quickly sought to disrupt that approach by staying on the attack, and Romney appeared to have trouble differentiating himself, said Jeremy Pressman, professor of political science at the University of Connecticut specializing in the Middle East.
"On Iran, Syria, and Afghanistan I think he really struggled,'' he said. "It seemed to be, 'I'd do what the president is doing, but do it better.' "
Pressman also said that Romney appeared to be trying to distance himself from some of the more bellicose statements he has made in the past and the hawkish advisers he has relied on for foreign policy positions – many of whom worked in the previous Republican administration.
"He didn't embrace them," Pressman said. "He was much more restrained."
In March, Romney called Russia our "number one geopolitical foe'' in an interview on CNN, an assertion that Obama mocked in his acceptance speech at the Democratic convention.
In July, a senior Romney campaign adviser said Romney would support Israel if it chose to launch a unilateral strike on Iran to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon. Soon thereafter, Romney tempered that position, saying he respected Israel's right to defend itself. Still, the episode left the impression that Romney was prepared to adopt a far more aggressive and potentially warlike tone in foreign affairs.
With Democrats using such episodes to question whether Romney would embark on unpopular missions like former President George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq, Romney appeared to be trying to strike a more deliberate and cautious tone.
China also proved to be tricky territory for Romney. He has consistently pounded Obama with advertising in battleground states, accusing the president of going soft on China by declining to label the country a "currency manipulator.''
The Obama campaign has struck back repeatedly on Romney's own extensive business investments to China, both while he ran Bain Capital and in Bain-related investments that he continues to hold in his portfolio.
Parrying Romney attacks that he had not been forceful enough on the world stage and toward Iran, Obama was ready with a zinger that skewered Romney on his China portfolio holdings as America was ramping up sanctions against Iran.
"You were still invested in a Chinese oil company that was doing business with the Iranian oil sector,'' he said.Christopher Rowland can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeRowland.


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2012-13: Wrapped up his senior season with a record of 4-0 in singles play and 1-0 in doubles action … ITA Scholar-Athlete … NEWMAC Academic All-Conference … won 6-1, 7-5 against Eastern Nazarene (2/26) at No. 4 … won his match against Salem State (3/21) at No. 3 with a score of 6-1, 3-0 before the match was retired … paired up with Jeffrey Sperling to take an 8-2 win over Springfield (4/25) at the No. 3 spot.
2011-12: Played in six matches as a junior … Academic All-NEWMAC … went 3-2 in singles matches and 1-0 in his lone doubles match … against Endicott (9/29) at No. 5 he won in straight sets 6-0, 6-1 … won both matches in the No. spot against Eastern Nazarene (3/1) and Emerson (4/19).
2010-11: Played in four matches for MIT … went 3-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles … NEWMAC Academic All-Conference … scored a 6-0, 6-0 win over Kristian Biedyl of Salem State (3/29) at No. 5.
Off the Court at MIT: Majoring in aerospace engineering and physics with a minor and concentration in economics … internships: instrumentation for a gamma ray telescope at MSNSM outside Paris, France (summer 2010), satellite ground station software development for Lockheed Martin (summer 2011), worked in Guidance, Navigation and Control at SpaceX (summer 2012) … researched robotic odor localization for the Robust Robotics Group in CSAIL … freshmen leadership program counselor … Baker Leaders mentor … FLP.
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Explore the breathtaking volcanic landscape and charming hillside towns on fly-drive holidays in Sicily.
Choose an economy vehicle, or upgrade to a spacious intermediate or luxury hire car.
British Airways car hire, in partnership with Avis, includes all of the mandatory charges that you'll need to drive away your car in Sicily.
Hire a car in Sicily and enjoy the freedom to explore this scenic island at your own pace. Personalise your itinerary and choose from our range of vehicle types to suit all budgets and individual requirements.
Drink in the dramatic mountain scenery on a day trip to Mount Etna or head to the east coast and explore the charming hillside town of Taormina. Stroll around the medieval streets of this beautiful resort town and admire its second-century Greek amphitheatre. Or take a drive to the north coast and embrace the chaotic nature of Palermo's markets and its impressive Arab-Norman architecture.
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The U Street Corridor is a vibrant collection of shops, restaurants, nightclubs and galleries stretching from 9th Street in the east to 18th Street in the west. It has been the center of Washington's African-American nightlife for much of the 20th century, as well as the birthplace of jazz great Duke Ellington. This corridor became commercially significant when a streetcar line operated there in the early 20th century. During this time, it was known as the Black Broadway and served as a significant cultural and economic center for the city's African-American population (America's largest until overtaken by Harlem in 1920). Following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the area around 14th & U was the epicenter of a violent and destructive riot—a scene tragically replicated in major urban areas across the United States. Following the riots, and the subsequent flight of residents and businesses from the area, the U Street Corridor succumbed to urban blight.
Since the early 1990s Shaw has been hit by a wave of gentrification, prompted by spillover development from then-trendy Adams Morgan and later from Logan Circle. In 1986 the city helped hasten the renewal of the corridor by locating a major municipal building, the Reeves Center, at 14th and U. The transformation that began soon after continues to gather speed with boarded-up commercial buildings being renovated and reopened, and more than 2,000 upscale residential condominiums and apartments constructed between 1997 and 2007.
Nightlife seekers have migrated from Georgetown and Adams Morgan for a slightly older, less raucous scene where the patrons have a bit more money to spend, and the jazz clubs in particular are second to none. Shaw has long been a center of Washington's music scene with the Lincoln Theatre, Howard Theater, Bohemian Caverns, and other clubs and historic jazz venues. Duke Ellington's childhood home was nearby on the 1200 block of T St. The Lincoln Theater opened in 1921, and Howard Theater in 1926.
Get in
By metro
The neighborhood is serviced by the U Street/African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo stop on the Metro's yellow and green lines, with entrances at the the southeast corner of 13th & U St NW, and on 10th Street, south of U.
By bus
Plenty of bus routes service U St, although figuring out where they'll take you can be difficult!
The X3 [45] is a very convenient express route heading west from U St/Cardozo through Adams Morgan to the National Zoo.
#52, #53, and #54 [46] all run along 14th St NW straight from the Mall and up to the Columbia Heights metro stop.
#S1, #S2, and #S3 [47] run up along 16th St NW from the north end of the White House through U St, and on all the way up through Carter Baron and on to Silver Spring, MD.
The D.C. Circulator Woodley Park-Adams Morgan-McPherson Square Metro Station "Green" line runs Su-Th 7AM-midnight, F-Sa 7AM-3:30PM. It has two stops on 14th St, one at U and one at Massachusetts just west of Logan Circle. It comes up from downtown, and goes north through Columbia Heights and Adams Morgan and then on to Woodley Park.
By car
By car, the main streets are 14th, R, 9th, and Florida. North Capitol is a good and relatively uncongested artery heading north towards Maryland and the Beltway. Avoid driving on U St, because it is very congested (that is, even more congested than the rest of these streets). On-street parking is possible on the quieter side streets, really any time of the week, although if you are not familiar with the area driving in is definitely not recommended. Throughout Shaw, and really throughout most all of north-central D.C., smash-and-grab robberies of parked cars are more common than you'd like.
Friendship Heights and Georgetown have a lock on the capital's conventional, high-end shopping, but U St is the place for the more funky, local, boutique shopping that you probably never expected to find in D.C. The same goes for the 14th St art gallery scene, which has by far the most exciting contemporary exhibits in the city. If you are up for some seriously exotic shopping, head down 9th from U to sample the various Ethiopian video/record stores and food markets (and don't miss the delightful Convention Floral at 1920 9th St NW).
The two blocks of 14th St just above Rhode Island Ave in recent years have become the center of D.C.'s high-end contemporary art scene. In the late 80s and early 90s the area was better known for buying drugs, but today it's already host to some world-class exhibitions.
Shaw is a great place for two types of food: Soul and African. Especially African. Little Ethiopia on 9th St just south of U is incredible, offering excellent meals, often less than $10, of a quality that you would be hard pressed to find anywhere else outside of Addis. There are some 200,000 plus Ethiopians in the area, the largest population anywhere outside the motherland, and this is the epicenter of their community. (To brush up on your Ethiopian dining etiquette, see the overview article.)
Given how stylish this neighborhood has become in recent years, it's a bit surprising that it lacks any high-end restaurants—perhaps it's because they can't compete with the excellent ethnic restaurants? But if that's your kind of dish, you can get it just west in Dupont Circle, just south in the East End, or look in some of the upscale clubs.
U St is a post-1968-apocalyptic strip no more. In the past fifteen years it has recaptured its former glory and then some—this is the place in the city for live music. Its clubbing scene is not as popular, nor as trendy, as those of nearby Adams Morgan or Dupont, but it can be a really nice change of pace from those. It's a bit older, less caffeinated, and dare one say it, more sophisticated. R&B dance parties draw the neighborhood folks, fashion-forward, and Howard University crowds; the indie rock clubs draw the hipsters and punks; coffee shops draw the communists; and the jazz clubs just bring anyone who appreciates a night of world-class and sophisticated music.
Music venues
Live music finds its home in Shaw, particularly around U St. The Black Cat (at 14th and T) and the 9:30 Club (at 9th and V) are two of the city's most prominent music venues, playing host to plenty of national rock and hip hop acts.
Coffee shops
Most options are towards Scott Circle in the southwest of Shaw to obtain that much sought-after advertising blurb, "close to the White House and downtown." But anywhere in that area really is a good place to be, since you'll be near metro stops, principal D.C. restaurant/nightlife scenes in Dupont and U St, and yes, the White House. It's also a pretty neighborhood with a lot of Victorian architecture—there are some very good small hotel/B&B options here.
Stay safe
Many locals have an impression of Shaw as being somehow very dangerous and run down. Rest assured that this impression is either outdated or just uninformed—it's as safe as Adams Morgan, and being, as it is, home to an impressive share of the city's high-end shopping and nightlife, it most certainly is not run down. That said, this is D.C., and the North Central neighborhoods are all places that have a significant problem with muggings, particularly around the nightlife districts.
U St is a fabulous nightlife destination, one of the best in the city, so plenty of visitors to the area will be here well after dark, and need to remain vigilant (especially after drinking). If you are in a group of three or more, you are unlikely to have any problems. If you are not, avoid walking on dark side streets; even some more well-traveled areas like 9th St and parts of Florida Ave can get a little too quiet after midnight. Drunken club goers stumbling out of the 9:30 Club and Black Cat are often targeted for petty theft—keep an eye on your belongings, and remember to refocus your alertness upon leaving the club. And the bums, while annoying, will usually stop bugging you if you keep up your pace and just give them a polite smile and a "sorry."
The good options for surfing the internet in this area are coffee shops. If you don't have a laptop, you are actually out of luck—the Shaw Branch Library is closed for renovations, and won't open until Spring 2010.
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For me, the ThinkPad has a timeless design. I've said it before and I'll say it again, black will always be the new black, no matter how many silver, titanium, red or pink pretenders make their way onto the market. While others have accused the ThinkPad of being staid and dated, I see it as sleek and stylish, in the same way that a 1973 Porsche Carrera 2.7 RS is always going to look stunning, even when placed next to something modern like an Audi R8. Put simply, great design stands the test of time and if it ain't broke, don't fix it! And when it comes to design, Lenovo's latest extension of the ThinkPad brand manages to look even more sleek and stylish than any ThinkPad before it.
I have always been a fan of the ThinkPad X series notebooks, which have traditionally combined ultra-portable form factor and weight with the bullet proof, robust design that's synonymous with the brand. However, when Sony launched the VAIO VGN-TX1XP, the ThinkPad X series machines started to look less attractive. What Sony had done was create an ultra-portable machine that was thinner and lighter than pretty much anything else available, but had somehow still managed to squeeze in an optical drive, while empowering it with over seven hours of battery life. Sony continued to develop the TX series, eventually evolving it into the VAIO VGN-TZ11MN which won the Notebook of the Year award here at TrustedReviews. Meanwhile Apple decided to get into the ultra-portable game with its woefully under-featured MacBook Air, meaning that Lenovo really had to pull something special out of the hat to compete. Luckily, that's exactly what it did.
It may only be April, but the ThinkPad X300 is already looking like a strong contender for Notebook of the Year 2008, and I don't say that lightly. It's somewhat coincidental that the review of the ThinkPad X300 comes so soon after the Sony VAIO VGN-TZ31MN, which many see as its main competitor, although in higher spec TZ31VN form. I'm not completely convinced that the X300 really plays in the same ballpark as Sony's TZ series though, and in reality this latest Lenovo has a lot more in common with Sony's larger, but no less stylish SZ series of notebooks, like the VAIO VGN-SZ61VN.
Before I get too caught up with comparisons though, lets look at the basics that make up the X300. Unlike previous X series ThinkPads, the X300 doesn't sport a 12.1in 4:3 aspect ratio screen. Instead the X300 comes equipped with a 13.3in widescreen display, and I have to say that it's far better for it. I know that while IBM was still carrying the ThinkPad brand, it was very wary of moving away from the 4:3 aspect screens, mainly because corporate users tend to be set in their ways, and are often scared of change. Lenovo on the other hand, saw the writing on the wall a couple of years back and moved the ThinkPad into the widescreen age, initially with the Z series, but eventually rolling it out across the model ranges.


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Seven Deaths Confirmed in Arkansas
Authorities have now confirmed seven deaths in Arkansas after a severe storm
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Man Arrested In Tainted Letters Mailed To President and Senator
CORINTH, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man is under arrest in the mailing of allegedly tainted letters to the president and a senator. Paul Kevin Curtis is said to believe he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts on the black market. Authorities are waiting for definitive test results on a substance in the letters.