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A look back at all of the exciting news stories of 2012.
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of three stories, the first two looking back at 2012 and then, on New Year's Day, a third story looking ahead to 2013.
2011 was a year of powerful news stories:
In January, 11 people perished in a series of accidents that turned Interstate 75 over Paynes Prairie into an inferno when fog and smoke combined to reduce visibility to near zero.
In June, Tropical Storm Debby turned major drought conditions across North Central Florida into flooding all over the region, especially along the Suwannee River and in Live Oak.
In November, while Alachua County voted solidly to re-elect President Obama, voters locally elected three Democrats to the Alachua County Commission, while Gainesville Republican Ted Yoho unseated longtime Congressman Cliff Stearns.
Here's a closer look at the news of 2012:
University of Florida
The University of Florida started the process of hiring a new leader in 2012, along with making another round of budget cuts and suffering other setbacks with the state.
UF President Bernie Machen's retirement follows a year in which new university facilities were opened and efforts to expand online courses continued. The year also saw controversies over issues such as computer science cuts and fraternity hazing.
These stories helped define 2012 at UF:
THE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH: Machen announced in June that he was retiring by the end of 2013. A search committee worked through the rest of the year on details such as the qualifications sought in candidates. Interviews and the selection of a new president were delayed until January.
TUITION DEBATE CONTINUES: Gov. Rick Scott vetoed a bill that would have let UF and Florida State University seek higher tuition increases for meeting certain benchmarks. Scott subsequently created a task force that recommended freezing tuition for degrees that are highly sought by employers. Machen and other state university presidents pledged that they wouldn't seek tuition increases next year if they received an equivalent amount in performance-based funding.
GATORCARE FOR ALL IS VETOED: Scott also vetoed legislation that would have let UF opt out of the state health care plan and self-insure all of its employees through GatorCare. UF still is moving forward with GatorCare for about 20,000 employees of its affiliates and others already outside the state plan.
BUDGET CUTS STIR PROTEST: UF made $38.2 million in budget cuts as protesters called for the university to tap reserves. A plan for cuts to the computer and information science and engineering department led to an Internet-driven outcry, leading the plan to be reversed.
TWO FRATS ACCUSED OF HAZING: Members of two UF fraternities, Alpha Phi Alpha and Kappa Alpha Psi, were charged with misdemeanors in separate hazing cases involving paddling or striking pledges. UF suspended both chapters for three years, took other action against members and is considering measures to discourage hazing.
UF's PRESENCE AT LAKE NONA: UF held the grand opening of its research and academic center at Lake Nona. The $53 million, 106,000-square-foot building includes the Orlando campus of the UF pharmacy college and centers that house research into aging and new drug treatments. It is part of a Medical City development that includes new children's and veterans hospitals, research institutes and the University of Central Florida's health sciences campus.
REITZ UNION TO BE EXPANDED: UF trustees approved a $2-per-credit-hour building fee increase to help fund the J. Wayne Reitz Union's renovation and expansion. The $75 million project includes a 100,000-square-foot expansion at the site of the union's colonnade and a 75,000-square-foot renovation to the existing union. It is expected to be completed by summer 2015.
UF EXPANDS ONLINE: UF announced that it was partnering with the online education company Coursera to provide free online courses. UF also is expanding paid online programs as the state considers whether to establish an online-only university or take other steps to expand online offerings.
FACULTY RAISES: UF increased faculty salaries by 3 percent to offset the state's new requirement that public employees contribute the same amount toward their retirement plans. The university also is ending the practice of paying departing employees for unused sick leave.
LABORATORY SAFETY: A laboratory explosion caused chemical burns on a graduate student's face and other injuries. Work was suspended in the lab, which also was the site of an explosion the previous year that injured another grad student.
ASIAN ART WING: The Harn Museum of Art dedicated its new Cofrin Asian Art Wing. The 26,000-square-foot addition tripled the amount of space the museum dedicates to Asian art.
4 AT UF AMONG TOP BUILDINGS: The American Institute of Architects' Florida chapter announced that UF's Baughman Center placed third in online voting for the top buildings in the state. Three other UF buildings made the top 100: The Florida State Museum, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house and University Auditorium.
The election
With a high-intensity presidential race and hotly contested local races, the November election season this year was hectic and high-stakes.
The Alachua County Commission solidified a progressive majority in the election, while a Gainesville veterinarian pulled off a surprising upset in his Republican primary against experienced elected officials.
Here are the top election stories from 2012.
YOHO WINS SEAT IN CONGRESS: U.S. Rep.-elect Ted Yoho bested longtime U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns and former state Sen. Steve Oelrich in the Republican primary election for the congressional seat this year. Yoho beat Stearns by 831 votes. This was the veterinarian's first time running for an elected office.
THREE DEMOCRATS ELECTED: With three Alachua County Commission seats up for grabs this November, some Republicans saw a chance to elect a conservative majority to the traditionally progressive board. But a trio of Democrats — Commissioners Mike Byerly, Charles "Chuck" Chestnut IV and Robert "Hutch" Hutchinson — won their respective races. The Alachua County School Board's District 4 seat was also up for election. Voters elected Leanetta McNealy to the position over incumbent Barbara Sharpe.
NO TO 'FIX OUR ROADS:' While voters resoundingly approved a continuation of the current one-mill school tax, they defeated the "Fix Our Roads" referendum, which would have levied a 15-year, three-quarters-cent sales surtax to pay for road repairs throughout Alachua County. The Gainesville City Commission opposed the initiative. Joining the roads tax in defeat was a Gainesville annexation referendum, which voters of the unincorporated portion of Precinct 40 rejected with about 90 percent opposition.
FIRST LADY PAYS A VISIT: Michelle Obama visited Gainesville in September during the campaign season. She gave a speech at the University of Florida's O'Connell Center to a crowd of about 10,750 and also visited Girls Place, which offers programs for economically disadvantaged girls. Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, also visited the area. She stopped by David's Real Pit BBQ's east Gainesville location in October. A crowd of between 175 and 200 waited outside for the chance to see Romney.
LEGISLATIVE RACES: The 32-year streak of having an Alachua County resident in the Florida Senate ended. Under newly drawn district maps, Clay County Republican Rob Bradley was elected to District 7.
In the House, Gainesville Republican Keith Perry won a second term. Perry defeated Democrat Andrew Morey in a race for the newly redrawn District 21. Former Alachua City Manager Clovis Watson Jr. won the District 20 race.
TURMOIL IN MARION SHERIFF'S RACE: The controversy and dispute over the Marion County sheriff's race stretched to Gainesville.
Bill Cervone took over the investigation into the sheriff's race between Republicans Dan Kuhn and Sheriff-elect Chris Blair after Brad King, the state attorney in Ocala, recused himself. King said he sought to avoid a conflict of interest because of his professional relationship with Kuhn and Blair when the candidates were higher-ups at the Sheriff's Office.
HINSON-RAWLS, POE ELECTED: In the spring 2012 election, Lauren Poe and Yvonne Hinson-Rawls were elected to the City Commission. For Poe, this was the second time around. He had previously served from 2008 to 2011 before losing a re-election bid. For Hinson-Rawls, this was her first time holding elected office.
They succeeded Jeanna Mastrodicasa and Scherwin Henry, who had both hit term limits.
Law enforcement
CARNAGE ON INTERSTATE 75: Eleven people died in a string of fiery crashes on Jan. 29 involving about 20 vehicles on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, after smoke from a brush fire on Paynes Prairie combined with fog to reduce visibility to near zero.
Some witnesses described hitting a wall of smoke so thick they could not see the car in front of them, and then hearing collisions and the screams of the trapped and dying.
After the accidents, a Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation faulted FHP actions and policies in the decision to close and then reopen I-75 before the Jan. 29 crashes, and made several recommendations.
In its own report, the FHP blamed the drivers for the crashes and not its own actions.
In August, 11 notices of lawsuits were sent out from attorneys based in Gainesville, other Florida cities and Georgia who are representing people injured in the crashes and relatives of those killed.
In October, the Florida Department of Transportation said it would spend $3 million to erect on I-75's stretch across the prairie Intelligent Transportation System devices with message signs and full camera coverage, as well as infrared type cameras.
BIKER DIES IN HIT AND RUN: Rebecca Harris, 20, died on July 11 at Shands at the University of Florida, succumbing to injuries from a June 23 hit-and-run accident in which she was struck while crossing Southwest 16th Avenue on her bicycle.
Jessica Paige Becerra, a 22-year-old UF alumna, was arrested in connection with the accident, and the State Attorney's Office upgraded the charges against her as a result of Harris' death.
Becerra is accused of striking Harris just before 1 a.m. on June 23 as Harris was in the crosswalk on a bicycle on Southwest 16th Avenue near Archer Road, according to police. Harris was crossing Southwest 16th Avenue going north in the crosswalk when she was struck by a "white sedan-type vehicle," which didn't stop, police reported.
Police were unable to locate Jessica Paige Becerra in Gainesville and eventually obtained an arrest warrant, and Becerra turned herself in.
ARREST IN HAILE RAPE: Authorities cracked one of the most notorious unsolved crimes in recent memory with the arrest of a man they say committed a vicious sexual attack on a female jogger in Haile Plantation in 2008.
Andrew Payne Jr., 38, was arrested in Willacoochee, Ga., east of Tifton, around 10 a.m. on July 17 by a posse of law enforcement officers.
On May 21, 2008, a woman jogging on a trail near the intersection of Southwest 46th Boulevard and 94th Street, near the entrance to the Indigo Square neighborhood in Haile Plantation, was surprised by an armed man at about 6:30 a.m.
Investigators say the man grabbed and beat her, sexually battered her and escaped before another person heard her screams for help.
Alachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell said the big break in the case came when the FDLE crime lab sent a report on DNA evidence obtained at the crime scene. The case was helped by advances in DNA technology over the past four years.
UF STUDENT KILLED, FRIEND CHARGED: The search for missing UF student Christian Aguilar started small, on the side of a rural road in Gainesville, north of U.S. 441. His family trudged through dirt paths and called his name.
Then it got bigger. Friends of Aguilar's came from South Florida on buses, and media trucks came with them.
A onetime friend turned rival, Pedro Bravo, was charged with murder.
According to a police report, he changed his story three times. He told police he beat Aguilar for 15 minutes and left him on the side of the road in the final version. Information trickled out, and the search continued.
Eventually, police announced Bravo's murder charge even though no body had been found. The rescue turned to a recovery. Two hunters found Aguilar's body on Oct. 12 in the woods of Levy County. Bravo pleaded not guilty to the charges.
AFTER 20 YEARS, COLD CASE SOLVED: A DNA match between a hair and a mouth swab led authorities to believe they solved the 20-year-old murder case of Elizabeth Foster, whose body was found in the woods near a former U.S. 441 restaurant in south Gainesville in 1992.
The Sheriff's Office has said that Paul Eugene Rowles, 64, who is imprisoned in Miami, sexually battered and killed Foster.
Lt. Todd Kelly said a swab of evidence taken from Foster was resubmitted for DNA analysis, and it was found to match a hair that had been taken from Rowles in a different case.
CONVICTION IN JEARICKA'S DEATH: On Oct. 5, a jury found Dontavious Copeland guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Jearicka Mack after deliberating for a little more than an hour.
A judge sent the 18-year-old to prison for life with a mandatory sentence of 25 years.
Jearicka was shot in May 2011 outside a birthday party at the Lion's Club on North Main Terrace in Gainesville. The Gainesville Police Department said Jearicka was an innocent bystander outside the club after the party ended when fights broke out between rival gang members.
MOTOCROSS DEATH AT GATORBACK: One racer died and many were injured at the Thor Winter Olympics, an annual motocross event held at Gatorback Cycle Park in Alachua.
This year, the amateur motocross event — also known as the Mini Olympics, or Mini O's — was marred by tragedy when 16-year-old racer Jantz Grodzicki, of San Diego, was taken off life support at Shands after he suffered a severed spine and head injuries in a Nov. 23 crash at the competition.
Although Grodzicki was the only participant who died, many other riders were taken to the hospital with severe injuries.
Dr. Mark Scarborough, a 21-year veteran with Shands, said 26 people between the ages of 8 and 25 were treated at local hospitals for injuries they suffered at the Winter Olympics. Twenty-three of those patients were 20 years old or younger, Scarborough said.
The issue of water
Water — the lack of it, too much of it, the use of it, the cleanness of it — was much on the minds of residents of North Central Florida in 2012.
A DROUGHT TO START 2012: The year began with an ongoing scarcity of water. Aquifer levels were low throughout much of the region in part because of drought dating to 2011 and in part because more water is being pumped out for drinking, cooking, bathing, watering lawns and watering crops.
Groundwater levels also were declining.
Megan Wetherington, a senior engineer with the Suwannee River Water Management District, said in April that the annual flow along the Santa Fe River was the lowest of any year-long span since data first were collected in 1927.
Lakes in the Interlachen and Keystone Heights areas, once popular recreation spots, had little, if any, water.
Both the Suwannee River and St. Johns River water management districts had watering restrictions in place.
A DELUGE FROM DEBBY: In midyear, Tropical Storms Beryl and Debby paid a visit. Debby, in particular, stayed a while and deluged the region with relentless rain, leaving much of downtown Live Oak under water.
30-FOOT RISE IN TWO DAYS: The Suwannee River at White Springs rose an astonishing 30 feet in about two days because of Debby. Widespread flooding swamped low-lying homes and land in parts of Suwannee and Columbia counties, including an area along the Santa Fe River floodplain near High Springs.
Some residents were stranded for weeks, unable to get to their homes or forced to use canoes and kayaks. Water damage to homes required interior walls and floors to be gutted.
For those not flooded, the water was welcome in that it replenished rivers, lakes and — in some areas — the aquifer. But experts said that it might not have a lasting impact if another drought occurs.
Experts also have said increased consumption, including municipal pumping in Jacksonville, is sucking water out of the aquifer in North Central Florida and causing some springs to dry up. The two districts are now jointly working to study the issue.
CUT IN FUNDING: But the water management districts have had their budgets slashed by the Florida Legislature, which could in turn mean less money for research.
Districts have been examining ways to cope with the cuts, including the possible sale of some of the land they purchased for conservation of water quality and flood control.
ADENA RANCH: In Marion County, the debate over water use by a proposed cattle operation, Adena Ranch, spurred a major controversy when it initially sought a permit to use as much as 13.3 million gallons of water daily for its irrigation operation. It later cut that request to 5.3 million gallons a day.
Environmentalists and residents near the farm said the withdrawal of so much water would hurt the flow of nearby Silver Springs, which already was suffering from low flow from the drought and existing water use.
A decision on the permit has not been made.
In Gainesville's medical community, expansion was the theme of several of the biggest stories of 2012:
NORTH FLORIDA REGIONAL EXPANDS: North Florida Regional Medical Center is scheduled to wrap up the $62 million expansion of a new wing that began in 2009 next summer. The four-story addition will include a new neonatal intensive care unit, a neuroscience wing and an expansion of cardiovascular services, and add 92 patient beds.
ADDICTION RECOVERY CENTER OPENS: The UF&Shands Florida Recovery Center opened a new addiction recovery center in July in the former Marriott Residence Inn on Southwest 13th Street. The center houses accommodations for 120 people, family and group therapy sessions, and 12-step education and outpatient services for recovering individuals enrolled in programs for addiction and eating disorders.
WORK TOWARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: University of Florida officials announced that the new entrance and lobby to the Shands Hospital for Children will feature a two-story atrium. The project will cost $8 million to $9 million and is the latest step in the transformation of the east end of Shands into a pediatric center. Shands plans to spend about $100 million over the next several years to more fully develop the children's hospital.
SEVEN SHANDS SPECIALTIES CITED: Shands Hospital for Children received high marks in a number of specialties from U.S. News & World Report magazine. Shands ranked 13th in diabetes and endocrinology, 24th in cardiology and heart surgery, 26th in gastroenterology, 27th in nephrology, 31st in pulmonology, 33rd in neonatology, and 49th in neurology and neurosurgery.
SHANDS FAMILY MEDICINE AT MAIN STREET OPENS: A new, $8.2 million UF&Shands Family Medicine at Main medical facility opened in June, giving residents in east Gainesville an option for primary care and many other services. The facility provides services in adult and pediatric comprehensive care, orthopedics and sports medicine, dermatology, podiatry, OB/GYN services, prenatal care and ultrasounds, social services, lab tests, stress tests and X-rays.
TRANSPLANT PROGRAM REINSTATED: The pancreas transplant program at Shands at the University of Florida reopened in October, after a 14-month closure that was prompted in August 2011 by three surgeons leaving unexpectedly. Two new surgeons joined the faculty this summer, and the United Network for Organ Sharing approved the program's reactivation on Oct. 22.
MENINGITIS IN MARION COUNTY: Twenty-two patients in Florida contracted fungal meningitis from tainted drugs from the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts, in a nationwide contamination scandal involving 308 patients in 17 states. Fifteen of Florida's patients were in Marion County, three of whom died.
The Florida Department of Health advised all 1,038 Florida patients who received shots of tainted methylprednisolone acetate to get a checkup six weeks after injection.
FAMILY MEDICINE AT JONESVILLE OPENS: Shands at the University of Florida opened a new primary medicine clinic in Jonesville on Nov. 1. It offers comprehensive care for patients ages 5 and older, health maintenance checkups, preventive health care counseling, immunizations, sports physicals and women's care. The team also can perform minor surgical procedures such as skin biopsies and lesion removals.


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Devious Maids star Grant Show and his wife, The Campaign actress Katherine LaNasa, welcomed a baby girl on Tuesday, E! News reports. Daughter Eloise McCue Show was born at 5:21 p.m., weighing 6 pounds and 3 ounces. "We are truly blessed to have such… Read more


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Brainstorm type sites that I have used before allow users to rate the ideas themselves, but the current maemo.org implementation appears to only allow rating the solutions. Whilst this is nice to see which solution would be preferred, it does not give a clear indication of which ideas are considered the most useful/important by the community. A further issue with the current system is that if you do not propose a solution to your idea, you can't get any votes at all. Rating of the idea itself should be the most obvious option available to a viewer, and solution ratings should be kept but given less emphasis.
Add voting for the actual ideas
Posted on 2009-06-22 15:04 UTC by F Random. Status: Implemented, milestone: Fremantle, Categories: maemo.org.
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The idea rating would be shown on all pages where the idea is shown, similar to http://www.ideastorm.com/ and http://www.windows7taskforce.com/
The solution ratings would only be shown within the idea page, as the solution only matters to those people who are interested enough in the idea to click on it.


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ROCKVILLE, MD--(Marketwire - Jan 30, 2013) - MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of the market research report "Small Animal Imaging (In Vivo) Market - By systems and reagents [Micro-PET, Optical Imaging, Micro-MRI, Micro-SPECT, Micro-Ultrasound, Micro-CT & Multimodality/Hybrid Imaging Modalities] - Competitive Analysis & Global Forecasts to 2017" to their product offering.
Small animal imaging is increasingly being implemented in the research studies from the late stage studies to the clinical phases. Imaging plays a significant role in the assessment of specific drug candidate or treatment regime, in phenotyping and understanding the pathophysiology of various diseases. Technologies used for in vivo small animal imaging allow longitudinal evaluation of disease as well as of drug therapy within the same animal, thus increasing efficacy and decreasing animal numbers used in research studies.
The overall small animal imaging (in vivo) market is valued at $790 million in 2012, and is estimated to grow at an annual growth rate of 14.5% over the next five years. The growing market shows preference towards new technologies such as hybrid systems -- PET + SPECT + CT, SPECT + MRI and PET + MRI for the range of advantages offered by them over traditional standalone techniques. The global small animal imaging (in vivo) market has witnessed challenging and dynamic market conditions in terms of government funding/grants and technological advancements in the last five years. Small animal imaging (in vivo) industry has witnessed numerous technological advancements over the last two decades and it is expected to continue with the same trend in future to solve the present challenges and meet the demanding needs of the market.
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So my DVD drive in the new laptop appeared to be dead. It didn't appear in the "Computer" list with my hard drive, I inserted known good DVDs and CDs that worked on other laptops and no go. Device Manager showed that the driver couldn't load, so I removed it and reinstalled it. No go.
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Animals In Print
The On-Line Newsletter
From 7 July 2008 Issue
I was born today. One of 10. My daddy was very famous.
I have lots of half brothers and sisters. My mother is
very famous. Since she got famous, she has only had
puppies. No more loving hands, no more fun trips ů
just puppies. She is always sad when they leave her.
I left home today. I didnĺt want to go, so I hid
behind my mama and my three litter mates that were
left. I didnĺt like you. But one day they said I would
be famous. I wonder; is famous the same as fun and
good times? So you picked me up and carried me away,
even though you were concerned about me hiding from
you. I donĺt think you liked me.
My new home is far away. I am scared and afraid. My
heart says be brave. My ancestors were. Did they go to
good homes like mine?
Iĺm hungry because I canĺt eat too much because it
will be bad for my bones. I canĺt bite or snap when
the children are mean to me. I just run and play and
pretend I am in a big green field with butterflies and
robins and frogs.
I canĺt understand why they kick me. I am quiet, but
the man hits and says loud things. The lady doesnĺt
feed me good things like I had with my mother. She
just throws dry food on the ground, then goes away
before I can get too close for touching and petting.
Sometimes my food smells bad but I eat it anyway.
Today I had 10 puppies. They are so wonderful and
warm. Am I famous now? I wish I could play with them,
but they are so tiny. I am so young and playful that
it is hard to lay here in this hole under the house
nursing my puppies. They are crying now. I am so
hungry. I scratch and worry my fur. I wish someone
would throw me some food. I am also very thirsty.
I now have eight. Two got cold during the night and I
couldnĺt make them warm again. They are gone. We are
all very weak. Maybe if I take them out on the porch,
we can get some food.
Today they took us away. It was too much trouble to
feed us and someone came to take us away. Someone
grabbed my puppies, they were crying and whimpering.
We were put in a truck with boxes in it. Are my babies
famous now? I hope so, because I miss them. They are
The place smelled of urine, fear and sickness. Why was
I here? I was beautiful, like my ancestors. Now I am
hungry, dirty, in pain and unwanted. Maybe the worst
is unwanted. No one came though I tried to be good.
Today someone came. They put a rope on my neck and led
me to a room that was very clean and had a shiny
They put me on the table. Someone held me and hugged
me. It felt so good! Then I felt tired and laid over
the last one who cared.
I am famous now. Today someone cared
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The Catalina Vera Hostal is an oasis in Port d'Andratx. Its location is unbeatable, in the midst of nature and just a few steps from the picturesque and lively promenade of the town.
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French Fridays with Dorie finished working its way through all the recipes in Around My French Table last month. We've stretched out le fin by spending the past four weeks celebrating and reflecting on the journey. This week, the long goodbye ends. The charge this week: For the improvisers among us, share an original recipe […]
LYL: Celebration Week #4 — The Grand Finale
by betsyp on June 19, 2015 in for fun
LYL: Celebration Week #3: The Play-It-Again-Dorie Recipe
by betsyp on June 12, 2015 in for fun
As we continue with the "long goodbye", this week's theme is to share your thoughts and musings about the recipe from the book that you have made the most often. Or, that you have made a variation of the most. It may not be your favorite or your AHA recipe but it's the Repeater. Leave […]
LYL: Celebration Week #2: The Never-Doubt-Dorie Moment
by betsyp on June 5, 2015 in for fun, leave your link
The celebration continues! Over the years, we're sure you were skeptical going into one of our recipe challenges and out of the process but emerged on the other side with, not necessarily a favorite or even something you liked making, but with an unexpected nugget. It could have been a new technique, your own bonne […]
LYL: Celebration Week #1: The AHA Moment
by betsyp on May 29, 2015 in leave your link
Now that we've made them all share your favorites! Choose your favorite, loved the most, best recipe in FFWD to share this week and tell us Why! Also share with us your Top 5 favorites list (we know some of you will share more, but that's OK).
LYL: chicken in a pot: the lemon and garlic version
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It's with mixed emotions that we put up the LYL post for our final shared recipe in Around My French Table. How fitting that we finish with the cover recipe: Chicken in a Pot: the lemon and garlic version. We're not saying goodbye to the AMFT adventure quite yet. Over the next four weeks we'll […]
P&Q's: Chicken in a Pot – the Garlic and Lemon Version
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It's time to cook the cover, Everyone, and I hope you all will participate. I made this recipe a week ago and loved it. I followed the recipe as Dorie wrote it and even had a screwdriver at the ready. Have fun with this one. But, if you have problems, issues, concerns or tips, please […]
LYL: Food Revolution Day
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This is the 4th annual Food Revolution Day and the 3rd one the French Friday crowd is participating in. We can't wait to find out what Dorie has taught all of you! Leave your links here.
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To repeat what Mary said in the P&Q post this week, this recipe completes the Fish & Shellfish chapter, which is both good news (especially for Mardi) and bad news. Either way, leave your fishy links here!
P&Q: Seafood Pot-au-Feu
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Good Morning, Everyone, The good news is that Seafood Pot-au-Feu is our last fish recipe. And, the bad news is that Seafood Pot-au-Feu is our last fish recipe. I have only one more P&Q to write. (sad face font) So, any problems, suggestions, questions or thoughts, leave them here. In my gratefulness journal, I am continually jotting […]
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Our last dessert in AMFT! Sigh… Leave your cheesecake tart links here.


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Political Perceptions: Pros, Cons of Paul Ryan
There's been a bit of a boom lately in Rep. Paul Ryan's stock as a potential running mate to Mitt Romney. It started with a column by Stephen F. Hayes and William Kristol of the Weekly Standard, which urged Mr. Romney to pick Mr. Ryan, of Wisconsin, or Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida as the vice presidential nominee.
Their argument for Mr. Ryan: President Obama and other Democrats are going to take aim at Mr. Ryan's budget and Medicare plan, an attempt to rein in federal spending that has become the focal point of the Republican policy agenda in Congress. Why not have Mr. Ryan himself explain it?
But the very boldness that is creating buzz around Mr. Ryan—his willingness to address tough issues in the interest of cutting federal spending—is also causing some nervousness within his party.
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And that underscores the choice facing Mr. Romney as he settles on a running mate: Is identifying himself with Mr. Ryan a way to elevate his campaign and energize the party's base, or to put his campaign in danger?
Mr. Ryan has stirred excitement in the party. At the same time, some Republicans have drawn distance from his plan.
The Montana Republican Party has run ads that highlight Republican Rep. Denny Rehberg's opposition to the budget plan, saying it "could harm the Medicare program." Mr. Rehberg is in a close race for Senate.
Rep. David McKinley, a West Virginia Republican, sent out mailers pointing out his stance against the Ryan budget.
Former Rep. Heather Wilson, seeking a Senate seat in the swing state of New Mexico, held a press conference recently in which she expressed concerns about the Ryan budget, though she declined to specify those concerns.
Sen. Dean Heller (R., Nev.) voted for the Ryan plan twice last year, first as a House member and then when he was appointed to the Senate. But Mr. Heller, who is in a tough campaign to retain his seat, voted against it this year. In a written statement, Mr. Heller said he was voting against the budget plans offered by both parties, since they were brought up for votes knowing that they would fail.
The actions of these GOP candidates come at a time when recent polling on the Ryan plan is scant. More than a year ago, Gallup found public opinion evenly split on whether Mr. Ryan or Mr. Obama had the better long-term plan for dealing with the federal budget.
Mr. Ryan's budget was approved twice by the House in slightly different versions and has served as the party's central policy document. Under the Ryan plan, Medicare would become a "premium support" system, with beneficiaries getting subsidies to buy private insurance or traditional Medicare. It would only apply to Americans who are now under age 55.
Critics say the subsidies would not keep up with rising health costs, ending Medicare's current guarantee of health coverage and squeezing seniors' resources. Mr. Ryan and his supporters say Medicare is heading toward insolvency fast, and that his plan would save the program, protect seniors and lower costs through competition.
They say it's unfair to compare Mr. Ryan's plan to Medicare's current offering, since those offerings are unsustainable.
The Ryan budget also cuts tax rates and takes aim at domestic discretionary spending. Mr. Ryan's office declined to comment.
Mr. Ryan's backers argue that he would energize fiscal conservatives as well as help Mr. Romney in the Midwest, due to his roots there. Republicans hope that Mr. Romney can take Mr. Ryan's home state of Wisconsin, which traditionally backs Democratic presidential candidates, by capitalizing on the voter lists the GOP compiled and other ground work it did to help Republican Gov. Scott Walker beat a recall effort earlier this year.
"Go bold, Mitt!'' urged Messrs. Hayes and Kristol in their column, which called Mr. Ryan the "intellectual leader'' of the Republican Party and the man "who's laid out the core of the post-Obama policy agenda.''
Should Mr. Romney follow that advice, one question is how many other Republicans would "go bold'' with him.


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Behind the Music of Game of Thrones
How the National and the Hold Steady earned their piece of Westeros — and why everyone else in the music industry wants to join them.
The medieval world of Game of Thrones wouldn't be the first place you'd expect to find rock musicians. But increasingly, members of Coldplay, Snow Patrol, and other famous bands can be spotted among the legions of troubadours and troublemakers roaming Westeros, and tunes whistled or sung by characters during various episodes are receiving closing-credits makeovers by the likes of the National and the Hold Steady. So when did the folks behind the HBO show send out raven-borne party invitations to all of these real-world rock bands? With the season-three soundtrack hitting stores yesterday, let's take a look at how the music industry has descended on the show like George R.R. Martin obsessives on a new installment of "A Song of Ice and Fire."
According to showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss, the uptick in big-name musicians getting involved with their adaptation of Martin's books began in season two with the idea that establishing the song "The Rains of Castamere" within the world of the show would pay off enormously later. That disturbing tune, as Cersei explains to Margaery with her usual false sweetness in an episode from this past season, has a rich history; it describes the fall of an immensely wealthy family that dared to rebel against the Lannisters. "Do you know where House Reyne is now?" asks Cersei. "Gone. A gentle word. Let's say slaughtered." The song, known far and wide as a Lannister family anthem, serves as a warning to rival houses. But it's also just insanely catchy. Early in season two, Tyrion whistles it on his way to the small council. Later in season two, Bronn, having learned it from "drunk Lannisters," sings it before the Battle of the Blackwater. This past season, Thoros of Myr sings it while he wanders. And of course, it's played at the Red Wedding, which signals to Catelyn Stark that something is terribly, terribly wrong.
All of that could have been sufficient usage of "The Rains of Castamere," as Benioff and Weiss told Vulture in a joint statement. But they wanted to go further than just giving us snippets and instrumental versions here or there by commissioning a "full, memorable version" of the song that would act as "memorable ending" to the "Blackwater" episode in season two. With that dual purpose in mind, they "tossed around the names of a bunch of artists and bands that we liked and whom we thought would fit the tone of the song." When Florence + the Machine declined owing to another soundtrack commitment, they turned to another top choice: the National. "When we started doing this, it was not known we would do such a thing," Game of Thrones composer Ramin Djawadi (the man behind the show's imitable theme song) told Vulture. "It was us saying internally, 'Hey, it would be cool if we took this theme and had a band do it.' We asked them, 'This is what we're thinking — would you guys be into it?'"
The band was. Since Djawadi had already composed the melody for "The Rains of Castamere" earlier in the season, the National was tasked with fleshing out a full arrangement during a session at his studio."I had done my demo mock-up minus the vocal," said Djawadi. "And then we shaped it a bit, took the instruments out, and the band did their treatment, with a cool vibe to it." The showrunners were pleased, to say the least. "The rich mournfulness of Matt Berninger's voice and Aaron Dessner's understated arrangements fit perfectly with the haunting song Ramin had written," said Benioff and Weiss. "It's impossible to imitate Matt's voice. Go ahead and try it — you'll just sound silly when you drop into that register. But he sounds perfect. Every time we hear him sing 'Rains,' it makes us happy — in a foreboding, melancholy way."
When season three came around, the showrunners decided to repeat their little rock experiment and go a little bolder with the song "The Bear and the Maiden Fair." Again, they wanted a song that could end a big episode, only this time, it would be used as a jarring juxtaposition following a shocking moment at the end of the third episode (Jaime Lannister getting his hand chopped off). Their inspiration? Something any direwolf could admire: the 1981 horror comedy An American Werewolf in London. "We were thinking a bit about the way 'Blue Moon' was used at the end of An American Werewolf in London," said the showrunners, "and this time, we wanted a raucous, rollicking drinking song to jolt people at the end ... for the final effect." Plus, according to Djawadi, everyone in Westeros would know the song in question. "It had to be a fun song, a catchy song," he said, adding that the Hold Steady topped their list. "Once again, we were spoiled with our first choice!" said Benioff and Weiss.
As it turned out, the Hold Steady's Tad Kubler had played pool with Peter Dinklage a few times in Brooklyn. He told Vulture that, despite not being a fan of the fantasy genre (he still hasn't seen the Lord of the Rings movies, for example), he'd tuned into the show initially owing to the personal connection and was surprised to learn that he was hooked. "There's a great line when Petyr Baelish talks about chaos as a ladder, in this intense monologue," said Kubler. "That kind of stuff really drew me into the show." So when Benioff and Weiss called him to ask if his band would be interested in recording a loud version of "The Bear and the Maiden Fair," Kubler knew he wanted in — he just didn't know what that was. "I hadn't read the books, so I faked like I knew," he admitted. "I was like, 'Oh! Of course. That song.'"
During a follow-up discussion with Evyen Klean, the show's music supervisor, Kubler asked, "Do you just want any band, or do you want my band?" He said that Klean assured him the producers were genuine fans of the Hold Steady. "That appealed to my ego," said Kubler. "So of course I was like, 'Sure, we'll do it. Great. Awesome.'" At that point, Kubler felt compelled to admit that he wasn't familiar with the song and asked the Game of Thrones bigwigs to explain what they wanted. "I think 'drunken' was the word they used," he said. "Like 'drunken Pogues.'"
When Benioff and Weiss got the final version of the Hold Steady's "The Bear and the Maiden Fair," they were sitting with George R.R. Martin in Santa Fe, and played it for him on their laptops. "Before the second line was sung, we were all beaming over how great it was," the showrunners said. "By the time the song was over, we'd already finished a bottle of tequila." Kubler chuckles when he recalls the feedback they gave him. "They told me that they were dancing with George R.R. Martin," he said, "so I assumed it involved something like a bottle of tequila."
As thanks for contributing the song, Benioff and Weiss told Kubler that he could come to Belfast and make an appearance on the show — a not-unheard-of notion in the wake of the cameos done by Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol and Will Champion from Coldplay. (At a recent event, Benioff explained to Vulture that both happened because the musicians asked nicely: "Gary came to visit the set because he lives in Northern Ireland — he asked us if he could just come on. And Will came to us and asked the same thing, and we said, 'Of course! We need a drummer for a big scene.'") It's the first time a musician has been invited to appear on the show. "They said, 'We'll give you a sword, and put you in a hallway somewhere," Kubler said. "But I'll see if they can write a cameo for us where we're playing in a pub, and I've got a mandolin, which is one of my least favorite instruments, but hey."
With the precedent now set, expect more bands to be incorporated into Game of Thrones in seasons to come; they're already fielding offers from a flood of indie-rock and alternative artists who have expressed interest in contributing, including Soundgarden, Garbage, the Shins, Band of Horses, Sun Kil Moon, and Portugal. The Man. "Once I started having these conversations, people came out of the woodwork," said Klean. "Bands, managers, labels are calling me all over the place, 'What about this? What about these guys?'" Of course, the allure of HBO money is likely driving some of the outreach by the music industry, but the showrunners maintain the music and cameo appearances will continue to serve the story, not the other way around. Klean said, "We're not chasing bands because we think they're big bands, like, 'We have a bunch of money. Can we get you to do this for us?' It's not about the money. It's about doing something cool for the show."
"Obviously, there's no place but at the end credits to stick [these songs] into the show, but it's an ongoing playground," said Djawadi. "Depending on how the episode ends, whatever that last scene is, there can always be something new."


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Netflix Inc. today reported a $7.9 million profit for the year, despite the online DVD rental company's own predictions that an annual loss was possible.
For the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, Netflix, No. 9 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 guide, reported:
The report sent Netflix's stock price up, reaching $103.26 late today, a 5.6% increase from Tuesday's close of $97.81.
Netflix has been rebounding since it shelved plans in the fall of 2011 to split the company into two divisions, one for DVD rentals and the other for streaming content online. "We added more than 2 million members in Q4 to end the year with more than 27 million domestic members," Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told shareholders in a letter. "Our holiday season was particularly strong, driven by consumers buying new electronic devices, including tablets and smart TVs."
Netflix's move to create original programming, including the Feb. 1 debut of "House of Cards," the "Hemlock Grove" horror series and the fourth season of "Arrested Development," are expected to increase the number of subscribers, Hastings says. These shows will be released on the same day across all of Netflix's markets, he says. "Success with our originals will also enhance the global reputation of Netflix as a source of unique, must-view content," he says.
For the fourth quarter Netflix reported:
For the first quarter of 2013, Netflix forecasts flat net income ranging to a profit of $14 million, and that its total subscriptions will span 28.5 million to 29.2 million.
Netflix is the single biggest retailer ranked in the books/music/video merchandise category in the 2012 Top 500 guide. In 2012, Netflix accounted for $3.20 billion—51.5%—of all merchandise category sales of $6.22 billion.


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Men's Bathroom 'Occupied' in Protest Over China Toilet Inequity
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Women around the world fed up with long lines for the ladies' restroom have a new folk hero: a Beijing college student leading her own version of an "occupy" movement in southern China.
The target of the protest is an unassuming men's bathroom in a public park in Guangzhou, where a group of female activists in their 20s gathered outside this weekend with colorful placards to protest unequal wait times outside men's and women's public bathrooms. As crowds of onlookers began to form, the women began marching inside the men's bathroom to make their point — much to the dismay of the men still inside.
The protest's instigator is a young woman, alias Li Maizi, who got frustrated by the interminable wait to use the toilets while attending a conference in Guangzhou. She and her supporters are calling for the government to provide more public toilet stalls for women. She says the protest took about a week (in Chinese) to organize and that her next stop on her journey to promote the cause is Beijing.
In an argument that later circulated on popular Twitter-like microblogging site Sina Weibo, a sympathetic student from the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies told the state-run Guangzhou Daily newspaper (in Chinese) that mainland China should learn from Hong Kong and Taiwan — both of which have passed so-called "potty parity" laws, mandating that greater areas be designated for female toilets.
In Hong Kong, the ratio of male to female public toilet space currently stands at 1:1.5 (in Chinese) . Likewise since 1987, at least 21 states and municipalities in the U.S. have passed similar laws. "[While waiting for the women's bathroom], typically there's no line outside the men's restroom," Li was quoted as saying by local media (in Chinese). "Sometimes I've thought, is it OK for women to just 'occupy' them briefly?"
On average, men take 30 seconds to use the bathroom, according to a Time magazine report about potty parity. Women take 90 seconds.
In response to the protest, a member of the Guangzhou political consultative committee told local media that the city has already launched a plan to increase the level of toilet parity from a ratio of 1:1 to 1:1.5. In recent years, China's launched similar efforts to improve and expand public restrooms, including a $40 million commitment to upgrade most of Beijing's 3,700 public restrooms in time for the Olympics.
Be as that may, the women's protest is finding plenty of traction online. The phrase "Girls take over men's bathroom" topped the list of trending topics on Chinese search engine Baidu on Tuesday. One Chinese artist in Shandong Province was so inspired by the movement that he posted a cartoon he created that depicts a Chinese woman standing atop a porcelain toilet — a red revolutionary flag in hand and a smile on her face.
Meanwhile Sina Weibo has been ablaze with comments on the "Occupy the men's bathroom" movement, some of them delighted, others more chagrined. "People are occupying Wall Street," quipped one Weibo user writing under the handle Teacher KY. "You're occupying toilets. What a loss of face."
CORRECTION: The original headline on this post misspelled the word "inequity"
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By DAVID BAUDER
AP Television Writer
NBC on Wednesday announced its long-rumored switch in late night, replacing Jay Leno at the "Tonight" show with Jimmy Fallon and moving the iconic franchise back to New York.
Fallon will take over in about a year, the switch coinciding with NBC's Winter Olympics coverage next year. Veteran "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels also will take over as executive producer of "Tonight."
NBC made no announcement on who would replace Fallon at the 12:35 a.m. "Late Night" slot, although Seth Meyers of "Saturday Night Live" is considered a strong candidate.
The change at "Tonight," the longest-running and most popular late-night talk show, had been widely reported but not confirmed by the network until Wednesday. NBC reportedly just wrapped up negotiations with Fallon on a contract extension.
Steve Burke, chief executive officer of NBC Universal, said the network is purposefully making the move when Leno is still at the top of the ratings, just as when Leno replaced Johnny Carson at "Tonight" in 1992.
Leno, in a statement, offered his congratulations to Fallon.
Fallon said: "I'm really excited to host a show that starts today instead of tomorrow."
NBC has been quietly building a new studio for Fallon at its Rockefeller Center headquarters. "Tonight" began in New York in the 1950s, but Carson moved it to California in 1972. Starting next year, Fallon, Letterman, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will tape late-night shows in New York. ABC's Jimmy Kimmel and TNT's Conan O'Brien will be the top California-based shows.
New York state recently added a tax credit in its budget that seemed designed specifically to benefit NBC's move East with "Tonight."
While a storied part of television tradition, the network late-night shows find themselves with much more competition now with cable programs like "Adult Swim," smaller talk shows hosted by the Comedy Central duo of Stewart and Colbert, Chelsea Handler and a device–a large number of people take that time to watch programs they had taped earlier on their DVRs.
NBC is worried that ABC's Kimmel will establish himself as a go-to late night performer for a younger generation if the network doesn't move swiftly to install Fallon. ABC moved Kimmel's time slot to directly compete with Leno earlier this year.
But the move also has the potential to backfire with Leno's fans, who did not embrace O'Brien when Leno was temporarily moved to prime time a few years ago.
NBC has long prided itself on smooth transitions but that reputation took a hit with the short-lived and ill-fated move of O'Brien to "Tonight" and Leno to prime-time a few years ago. In morning television, the "Today" show has taken a ratings nose dive in large measure because of anger at how Ann Curry was treated when she was ousted last year as Matt Lauer's co-host.
The Leno-Fallon changeover didn't begin smoothly. Leno had been cracking jokes about NBC's prime-time futility, angering NBC entertainment chief Robert Greenblatt, who sent a note to Leno telling him to cool it. That only made Leno go after NBC management much harder.
The first public effort toward making the transition smooth came Monday night, when Leno and Fallon appeared in a comic video making fun of the late-night rumors. It aired in between each man's show.
John Dawson, general manager for five NBC affiliates that have extensive reach throughout Kansas, said it will be difficult to give up a program that wins its time period by 33 percent.
But he said he believes in Fallon and in NBC's corporate owners Comcast, the nation's largest cable company.
Associated Press television writers Lynn Elber in Los Angeles and Frazier Moore in New York contributed to this report.


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QUESTION: For patients in hospital with acute stroke, does care in a stroke unit (SU) decrease long term mortality and increase independence and the proportion of patients who are living at home when compared with general ward (GW) care?
Randomised (allocation concealed), blinded (outcome assessor), controlled trial with 10 years of follow up.
A university hospital in Norway.
220 patients (mean age 73 y, 51% men) in hospital with acute stroke. Exclusion criteria were deep coma on admission or living in a nursing home before onset of symptoms. Follow up was 100%.
110 patients were allocated to care in a 6 bed SU. The programme was standardised with up to 42 days (mean 16 d) of team based care that included diagnostic evaluation, acute treatment, and mobilisation and rehabilitation from nurses, physicians, and other therapists, with an emphasis on family and patient participation. Functional training and motor relearning were emphasised. 110 patients were allocated to GW care with rehabilitation. After 6 weeks, patients received care from their family physicians.
Main outcome measures
Mortality, functional independence (Barthel index), and living at home or in an institution.
Main results
14 patients did not receive their allocated treatment but were included in the intention to treat analysis. Patients in the SU group had a lower rate of mortality in the first 6 weeks (p=0.03) and this difference was still seen at 10 years (p=0.008) (table⇓); groups did not differ for mortality at 6 weeks to 1 year, 1–5 years, and 5–10 years. Patients in the SU group were also more likely to be independent or partly independent (p=0.01) and living at home (p=0.02) than were patients in the GW care group (table⇓). The groups did not differ for proportion of patients living in institutions at 10 years (5.4% v 4.5%, p=0.75).
After 10 years, stroke unit care for hospital patients decreased mortality, increased being independent or partly independent, and increased the proportion of patients living at home when compared with usual ward care.
The well designed study by Indredavik et al examines 3 clinically important outcomes 10 years after stroke, a much longer follow up period than most other SU trials. It shows that timely acute hospital treatment of stroke plus early mobilisation, interdisciplinary teamwork, and patient and family participation improve long term outcomes. The authors found a difference in mortality between SU and GW patients 6 weeks and 10 years after stroke. Through neurological stabilisation, treatment of underlying health problems, and very early mobilisation, the SU intervention likely limited the iatrogenic effects of illness, immobility, and hospital admission. The continued difference in mortality between the groups from 6 weeks to 10 years is probably because of the combined acute medical treatment and early rehabilitation. It should be noted that not all studies of acutely ill older adults have shown long term benefits.1
Although the study participants were from Norway, there is some generalisability to populations in other countries with similar sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. Given the exclusion criteria, however, the findings might not apply to some patients who present with the most severe strokes. In discussing the differences in mortality between the groups at 6 weeks, the authors did not describe prognostic variables that affect stroke outcomes. For example, dysphagia, with suboptimal nutritional status, is a prognostic factor for decreased longevity.2 Long term tube feeding is usually associated with severe strokes, poses high risk of secondary complications, and therefore influences mortality.3 Overall, the high 10 year all cause mortality rates may be a reflection of old age; the mean age at inclusion in the trial was 73 years.
The study adds to the growing literature showing that a specialised SU, a standardised acute care and rehabilitation treatment protocol, and interdisciplinary team work reduce mortality and improve outcomes in older adults with acute stroke. These findings are a valuable contribution to the development of SUs and standards of care. As indicated by the authors, further studies that directly compare different types of SUs will advance our understanding of the effectiveness of various models.
Sources of funding: Norwegian Council on Cardiovascular Diseases; The Fund of Cardiovascular Research.
For correspondence:Dr B Indredavik, The Stroke Unit, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Trondheim, N–7006 Trondheim, Norway. Fax +47 73 86 7546.
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Author: Brian Daley
Cover Artist: Dean Ellis
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There's always work for a space-faring freighter captain who doesn't ask awkward questions, and Han Solo quickly got a job that would pay him a cool 10,000 credits. It would also, he discovered as soon as he made planetfall to pick up his cargo, earn him and Chewbacca summary execution. The Corporate Sector Authority could overlook many crimes, but the slave trade carried with it mandatory capitol punishment.
Thanks to the quick thinking of Blue Max, computer-partner of Han's work 'droid Bollux, Han was able to turn the tables on the slavers and free their captives. But he and Chewie were dead broke, with not many prospects in sight.
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Lilly's ramu' has squamous, non-squamous potential
Eli Lilly's Phase III results for its pipeline oncology drug ramucirumab show the company may open up financial and treatment possibilities among non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.
The test included second-line squamous and non-squamous NSCLC patients who were treated with either ramucirumab and docetaxel, or placebo and docetaxel. The company said in a statement that there was "statistically significant improvement in the primary endpoint for overall survival" in the plus-ramucirumab group vs. placebo, as well as a "statistically significant improvement" in progression-free survival in the plus-ramucirumab vs. the chemotherapy-only groups.
This is good news in terms of endpoints, but analysts are divided about what this means in terms of potential market share. The key is Roche's Avastin, which is currently approved for first-line non-squamous NSCLC.
ISI Group analyst Mark Schoenebaum noted in his Wednesday reaction that Roche estimates its share of the US non-squamous NSCLC market is 35% to 40% and that Lilly pegs it at around 20%. Schoenebaum says a non-squamous approval puts Lilly's potential at around $750 million.
Bernstein's Tim Anderson is more optimistic about Lilly's opportunity in the non-squamous market. His reason, as noted in his February 19 analysis, is that "most patients with NSCLC fail whatever first-line therapy they may be receiving," and the analyst sees a potential $1-billion windfall in this one-treatment scenario.
The squamous setting is a significant opportunity, and both analysts note that Lilly left out some critical information in Wednesday's release, such as what the overall- and progression-free survival came down to in terms of time as well as how many of the Phase-III REVEL patients were non-squamous and how many were squamous.
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Coming to the ArenaCome early and use the public transportation is the best advice. Hockey Garden provides loads of things to do and see to the game spectators and others interested to feel the Hockey atmosphere. It is also important to reserve enough time for the security checks.Hockey GardenHockey Garden, in front of the Arena, opens on Friday morning and offers lots to do before the games and serves the game spectators as well as all the others interested about the games. The 1 1,400 square meters metres big restaurant tent is divided to three parts – Café, Food and Sport. On the stage you can see Hockey legends and known Sony Music artists from the Official Leijonat CD. The performance list and the Hockey Garden program will be published on previous day. Hockey Garden serves fans in all age groups and the minors can enter the restaurant accompanied by their parents. Hockey Garden opens its doors always two hours before the first game of the day and closes one hour after the last game has finished.Security checksThe Arena will be opened to public an hour and half prior the game and will be emptied after each game.To make the security checks smooth it is advised that all game visitors leaves home all sharp metal objects, alcohol and wuwuzelasvuvuzelas, which are prohibited in the Arena surroundings. Extra trains and buses for the game spectatorsThere is a limited amount of parking space with fees available so the public transportation is the best option. The commuter and long distance trains stop close to the Hartwall Arena. The State Railways (VR) will operate some extra trains on the game nights.From Helsinki city center centre buses 23 and 69 as well as trams 7A, 7B and 9 will take you to the Arena. Bus routes 22B and 30 will drive extra rounds from the Arena after all Finland games as well as the quarter-, semi- and the final games.Those coming with bicycles should note the limited space availability around the Arena. Good advice is to leave the bike a bit from the Arena and walk the rest.For more information about the extra public transportation during the 2012 IIHF WM http://www.reittiopas.fi/en/ and http://www.vr.fi/en/index.html
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RICHMOND, VIRGINIA -- DO NOT BUY TRAVEL INSURANCE THROUGH ACCESS AMERICA. It have been always suggested that I purchase travel insurance and I have used Travel Insurance for the last twenty years. I have not ever exercised or used the insurance purchased and all my trips went well. My Money was gladly taken.
Recently I purchased a Plan from Access America Travel for a Vacation trip I planned. Well This Time I became very Sick and had to cancel Vacation. I saw a doctor immediately and was urged not to travel. So - I called Access America Travel and planned to utilize my purchased Insurance. It has been ALMOST 4 MONTHS and I have not been paid as of yet. I get letters spaced out a month apart asking me for various Documents. I also get repeated calls requesting the same and have always followed up with specialist asking if there is anything else I can supply. "NO. ALL LOOKS GREAT!!!" the Specialist replies.
I always have the documents and Fax them immediately. Documents are lost or not received by Access America Travel. (So I am told.) Then after I send again and confirm that they have received document they requested. I am then told it may be two weeks before my claim document can be reviewed. Each time the Specialist tells me all is in order and they don't require any more.
Well today another letter (is it a check? – not a request for more information). I am now asked for proof of Deposit on my bank statement in U.S. dollars. They also Indicated that the notice is the second request. (NOT) First one for me. This is the First time they asked for the Deposit, last time that set me back a month they wanted to know how much U. S dollars was refunded when I cancelled the trip. In which I provided a bank Statement. Again I asked the operator "Can I provide anything else?" "NO ALL LOOKS IN ORDER!!!" the Specialist replies.
Two months ago when they asked me to provide a physician's statement in which I had already faxed the specialist slipped at the end of our phone conversation (I asked "Is there anything else?") and she said "Oh yes we would like a bank statement of refund." That probably saved me a month.
THIS IS A BUNCH OF CRAP – I'M NOT STUPID AND I CAN SEE THEIR GAME. I look at the years of travel and purchases and figure I have paid as much as $5000.00. Now I want $1000.00 back. That I am within all LAW guidelines set by Access America Travel. (BUT AM LIVING IN HELL.) Is travel Insurance such a good Idea? NOT WITH ACCESS AMERICA TRAVEL .
Don't use this company – I will spend the rest of my life and every spare moment now to ruin this company. I am blogging/chatting/posting – this company as crooks. Before I buy/sell/do anything now days I Google the name first. Wish I did before I trusted this company.
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA -- My husband and I went on a cruise in October. On the very last night I became ill. Nothing the cruise line did. I have Crohn's Disease and had a flare up due to seasickness. We returned on 10/31/09 (a Saturday) and I submitted my paperwork to my Health Insurance and to Access America. My Health Insurance had to pay first before Access America would cover what the Health Insurance didn't (completely normal).
My Health Insurance finally got around to paying most of the claim last week and I received the check on Thursday 12/10/09. I faxed in a copy of the check and the benefits form in on 12/14/09. They called today to update me and told me a check was sent out on 12/15/09. I received the check *today*. They were fast (faster than my own Health Insurance) and very nice. They are a bit more pricey than others, but they do great work and have a wonderful track record. I would recommend Access America Travel Insurance to anyone who is traveling on an expensive trip.
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA -- Based on a recommendation on Delta Airlines' website I purchased travel insurance from Access America. Subsequent to purchasing the ticket my wife received a diagnosis of cancer from the findings of a routine medical examination. We had no reason to expect this diagnosis, otherwise I would not have spent $461.80 for the ticket and $26.55 for the travel insurance. Today I received a denial of claim for refund of the ticket purchase from Access America, citing my wife's cancer as a preexisting condition. As far as I'm concerned, Access America is a bunch of crooks and Delta Airlines is nothing more than a shill for their con.
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA -- What they're going to do is send some limited information by mail, but leave out the exclusions list, which they'll send by email... relying on SPAM FILTERING to hide their long list of exclusions from the customers. Then when you file a claim they'll state "within 7-10 business days of receipt, we will contact you if further information is needed" but they won't. They'll make you contact them and then give only part of the information you need, thereby creating more delays and frustration, and hope the frustrated customers simply give up.
If you do follow through, they'll eventually send some more information by email asking for further information from you which reveals the hidden PDF file with all the exclusions. They will find a way to avoid payment, create delays, and rely on SPAM FILTERING to assist them in their unethical endeavors to rip off customers.
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA -- I purchased travel interruption insurance from Access America because my husband is chronically ill and I knew there was a chance he would not be able to travel. Unfortunately, that is exactly what happened and when I tried to get my money refunded, it became apparent this company is deceptive, fraudulent and nothing more than a bunch of scammers. They never told me they would not cover a pre-existing medical condition. In fact, their website leads you to believe that is what their product is for.
When I filed the claim, they still never told me it was going to be denied. Instead, I had to fill out numerous pages, have the doctor fill out 2 pages and then send it in. I checked numerous times on the status and all I could get was "it's pending" or "it's in review." They finally sent me a letter saying they want another physician statement from a different doctor! It was just another stall tactic because they clearly had no intention of paying and they have carefully trained their staff to avoid giving out the information consumers need. They told me that since he had been to the doctor less than 120 days prior to travel, they won't cover the condition.
I tried explaining that chronically ill people generally go to the doctor at least every 30 days. And... since when aren't chronically ill people supposed to travel?? Who needs a break more than them?? Clearly they are discriminating against sick people... or are using that as another excuse not to pay. Do not buy Access America Travel Insurance - it's a waste of your money!
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA -- I purchased a travel insurance policy after purchasing an airline ticket to visit my family out of state. Twelve days after the purchase my granddaughter was scheduled for surgery on the day I was scheduled to return home. My family needed my support and presence and I thought it would be covered by the insurance. I changed my flight and stayed for the surgery. The doctor filled in all (and I repeat all) of the required paperwork for the claim and I submitted it to the insurance company requesting the $150.00 change fee.
It was denied on the basis that it was a pre-existing condition. How can unanticipated surgery be a pre existing condition. We had no idea that this would happen, I was going out for a graduation for another granddaughter. What is the purpose of travel insurance that excludes everything. Is it just another way to get money from unwary consumers? They did not even offer to return the premium. Has anyone else had problems with them?
BIG SCAM COMPANY. I bought the insurance while printing my e-ticket, I got sick on the checking line and couldn't take my plane. I file a claim and they refused to pay because the food poison that I got was consider "pre-existence" - how in the world something you eat early can be consider "pre existence." I appealed but it was a waste of time.
The email answered for my appeal was cold, rude and hopeless... They just want your money, they told me in a few words "appeal all you want, complain to any agency you want... we will not reverse our decision." So what a way to lose $285.00. I learned my lesson. Next time I will research and read review, before I buy anything at all. DO NOT BUY FROM THEM.
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA -- Well my story is simple. I live in China and bought my tickets early to get a good deal. I have had problems before so this time I got trip insurance. What a waste of money. I was told my legal reason was not a legitimate claim. My wife denied her Visa to America. Sorry but how in the hell is that not a valid legal reason. She can't even board the air craft. They told me it was not a good enough reason. What a rip off. Avoid this place like the plague.
Here is a list of things on their general exclusions list. The following events: any problem or event that could have reasonably been foreseen or expected when you purchased your plan, an epidemic or pandemic, natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, fires and floods, air, water or other pollution, or the threat of a pollutant release, nuclear reaction, radiation or radioactive contamination, war (declared or undeclared), acts of war, military duty, civil disorder or unrest, terrorist events, financial default, unlawful acts. So if where you're going to has just been blown up with dirty bomb you're just SOL.
DAYTON, OHIO -- Access America Travel Insurance Company practices are discriminatory and improper. I bought travel insurance, Policy Number **, to cover the cost of my flights between Dayton, Ohio and California. The insurance covered valid reasons for coverage, such as illness. I became very ill with Depression and its causation of physical illnesses, four days before the trip. My claim number is **.
After waiting 3 months I received both an email and a letter dated February 12th. I was denied coverage because Access America Travel Insurance Company stated they... do not cover mental illnesses as well as physical illnesses resulting from a mental illness. I have filed a complaint with the Ohio Department of Insurance for this improper and I believe illegal discrimination by Access America.
I paid over $300 for trip insurance from Access America for my husband, myself, and our 4 year old for a trip in June 2004 to Aruba we had planned. I subsequently got pregnant in a high risk pregnancy and was advised by my doctor not to fly. This was provided to Access America in writing.
They are still, after several weeks so far, "reviewing my personal claim only" with their Management team but out and out denied my husband and son and basically said there is no reason why my son and husband can't go on the trip alone to a foreign country with a wife 8-9 months pregnant at home on what will probably be bed rest at that point. Access America and these types of unethical practices is exactly what has put our country in the difficult times we are in.


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There are thousands of cooking blogs -- each week, we bring you highlights from the best. This week, a blog that makes you want to take a vacation and eat, make, read.
Whether it's from your cutting board or your beach chair, you know it's officially summer when all you want to do is eat ... make ... read. So here's a blog where those things reign supreme. They're even in the name of the blog: eatmakeread. This Brooklyn-based bloggeuse is a graphic designer by day (no surprise there) and a "maker, baker, and blogger" by night. And the fruit of her moonlighting gig is this seasonal, consequently now summery, blog where we're supping our way through her pleasant posts.
Amidst her Jekyll & Hyde of a work life, she has also found time to launch a food quarterly called Remedy, now in its fifth iteration. Who doesn't love an innovative newcomer to the ever-changing landscape of food journalism? We can't wait to get our strawberry-stained hands on a copy.
But back to the blog. From the red, white and blue of the summer berries that currently dot this self-professed polka-dot lover's site (look up ... she's not kidding!) to her happy hour column, eatmakeread makes you want to stop, drop and picnic. We're definitely packing her Brown Butter Cornbread with Farmer Cheese and Thyme to go with our (homemade!) bucket of KFC Wings (click through a must -- as we don't want you thinking we endorse anything fast food anywhere near food52.)
Settle in with a good summer book -- you know, lite content -- and a glass of Basil Plum Fizz from her bottomless drink menu. We're busy scouring the market for those early summer gems with an arrow loop-sized window of a season destined for her Sour Cherry Pie: as American as apple but with a pucker perfect for the fourth of July.


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