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What a fun summer this has been working with JACK'S Pizza and getting to share some tips on great outdoor entertaining. If you have missed my first two posts, I would love for you to check them out as I have covered everything from the basics of outdoor entertaining to rethinking your outdoor entertaining altogether.
While you are out browsing, be sure to check out the JACK'S Facebook Page or JacksGrilling.com for some fun strategies for outdoor entertaining. You will love their great grilling tutorial and just how easy it is to grill out back with JACK'S Pizza.
Speaking of outdoor entertaining, do you ever do any late night entertaining? We love to spend the later hours in the summer out on our patio with friends. With that in mind, this month, I wanted to share with you some easy tips for making late night entertaining fun for the whole family.
Add A Little Sparkle to Your Patio
It is always nice when you can have friends over in the evening and not have to sit in the dark. Consider adorning your patio or deck with inexpensive twinkle lights to extend the hours of your outdoor entertaining. Just two strands of twinkle lights brightened our entire patio and allowed us to entertain for longer hours outside.
With the patio lit for the adults, have kids capture their own twinkle lights by providing good old-fashioned mason jars with perforated lids (so the bugs can breathe!) to catch fireflies in the evening hours. Encourage the kids to have a contest to see who can capture the most twinkles in the jar. Just make sure to have the kids set their new friends free before bedtime!
Add Glow-In-The-Dark Fun
If there is one thing my kids love in the summer months, it is getting the chance to stay up late and play outside with their friends. You can purchase glow-in-the-dark bracelets and glow sticks at your local dollar store that kids can use to play with as the sun goes down.
A Little Something Sweet
Who doesn't want something sweet after dinner? S'mores are a fun treat to indulge in no matter what hour of the night and a s'mores bar is a fantastic way to spend an evening with friends.
Try a new spin on entertaining with s'mores and prepare them on the gas grill for speedy and delicious results. Set up your gas grill for indirect cooking over medium heat. Simply put eight graham-cracker halves on a piece of aluminum foil and place on the cooler side of the gas grill. Top 4 graham-cracker halves with chocolate and the other four halves with marshmallows. Cover your ga grill and cook until chocolate melts and marshmallows soften. This should take a mere 3 to 5 minutes.
Leave the halves open and allow everyone to add their own fun additions to make their own favorite s'more combination. By doing them on the gas grill, there is no need to tend a fire or worry about kids around it, and it gives you a chance to make a large batch at once.
And A Little Something Savory
While your gas grill is nice and hot from all of your s'more making, consider grilling up some JACK'S Pizza for any guests who could not make dinner. Did you know that you can grill JACK'S Pizza on your gas grill? To learn more about this easy grilling technique just head to JacksGrilling.com to find out how. The "JACK'S Summer Grilling" cooking directions explain how to cook up the same great tasting, crispy-crust JACK'S Original Pizza on the gas grill that the family has come to love from the oven. Consider preparing a few of these delicious pizzas for those late-night guests and enjoy the savings and convenience of affordable pizza at home while you enjoy the company of friends and family.
It has been such a pleasure sharing information about JACK'S Pizza with you and to get to work with this fantastic company this summer, sharing tips and strategies for outdoor entertaining. I am so thankful I had the opportunity to work with them and to share my experience with my readers. I hope you have enjoyed it as much as me!
For more information about how to enjoy JACK'S Pizza on the gas grill visit JacksGrilling.com
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Biodiesel pilot plant set to begin production
Later, the month, a cutting-edge biodiesel pilot plant should be up and producing as much as 60 gallons of biodiesel per hour. The new plant will be able to produce biodiesel not only from soy oil, but from such inputs as corn oil and grease from food processors.
Nelson to lead Study Abroad Center
He studied abroad in his college days. And now Trevor Nelson is working to see that Iowa State students have the same opportunity. Nelson, a native of the United Kingdom who studied in the United States, is the new director of Iowa State's Study Abroad Center.
Agriculture dean Woteki resigns
Catherine Woteki, dean of the College of Agriculture since January 2002, announced July 5 she will resign to take a position with a national food company. Her resignation is effective July 31.
Team test solar car
Iowa State's solar car made a quick test run to southeast Iowa recently. The student solar car team will soon race their car from Texas to Canada.
ISU scientists win R&D 100 Award
Brian Gleeson and Daniel Sordelet of Iowa State University and the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have won an R&D 100 Award for a coating that helps turbine blades hold up to the heat of jet engines.
Political scientist: Day's resignation 'major'
"Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's resignation is a major development for several reasons," says political science professor Robert Lowry. "Not only is this the first resignation by a Supreme Court justice in over a decade, but she is generally perceived to have been the swing vote on 5-4 decisions more often than any other justice in recent years. Replacing her with someone whose views are only slightly different could easily result in a different outcome in close decisions. In contrast, replacing a justice like William Rehnquist or John Paul Stevens with someone whose views are similar, but not identical, would have only a minor effect on the overall balance of the Court."
Roth appointed to national biosecurity board
ISU veterinary medicine professor James Roth has been appointed to the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt appointed Roth to the 24-member that will advise the federal government on ways to promote biosecurity in life science research.
Iowa Public Radio names executive director finalists
Two veterans of public broadcasting have been named finalists for the position of executive director of the newly created Iowa Public Radio. They are Cindy Browne, a Minnesota-based public broadcasting consultant, and John Stark, general manager of KNAU-FM, the public radio station at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff.
Babcock discusses livestock insurance with Senate committee
Bruce Babcock, economics professor and director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, discussed federal livestock insurance programs in June 28 testimony before a Senate committee.
South Korean company commits to research park
Soyzen, a South Korean company that has developed processing technologies to maximize the nutrition of soybean products, will open an office in the ISU Research Park.
Scientists showcase ag biotech research in D.C.
ISU researchers were among 32 teams invited to showcase leading-edge science and technology research to congressional representatives and staff in Washington, D.C. Associate professor of agronomy Kan Wang and research associate Jennifer McMurray demonstrated plant genetic transformation and its applications June 21. The event was sponsored by the Coalition for National Science Funding.
Scientists study ultrasound for brain tumors
An Iowa State research team will study the feasibility of using high-intensity focused ultrasound as a noninvasive way to treat brain tumors.
ISU experts can comment on mad cow disease
Iowa State University experts can provide perspective on the latest developments in mad cow disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
Engineers to protect Madison County bridges
Iowa State engineers are developing round-the-clock monitoring technology to help protect the bridges of Madison County.
Sanderson nominated for ESPY
Assistant wrestling coach and 2004 Olympic gold medalist Cael Sanderson is nominated for the ESPY Awards "Best Male Olympic Performance."
Implosion July 19
The implosion of Knapp and Storms residence halls is scheduled for July 19 at approximately 10 a.m. The date is subject to change by the contractor.
New college
With a ceremonial ribbon-tying, the new College of Human Sciences became part of Iowa State University July 1.
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Wall Street delves into minds of investors
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Tahira Hira, ISU professor and assistant to the president, cites her national research that shows different approaches to investing among men and women. She wants investors to better understand themselves so they can make more informed decisions.
Amber waves of plastic
The Los Angeles Times
American crops could be used in place of many products' petroleum base, some scientists say. "Anything you can make out of petroleum, I can make out of corn and soybeans," says Larry Johnson, director of ISU's Center for Crops Utilization Research.
American Ranchers reliving 2003 worries
The Washington Post
The second confirmed case of mad cow disease in the U.S. doesn't seem to be significantly affecting the beef market, says John Lawrence, ISU livestock economist and director of the Iowa Beef Center.
Scientists: Mad cow in U.S. very rare
Nolan Hartwig, ISU veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine professor, says some 388,000 U.S. cattle have been screened for mad cow disease, so the results suggest the disease is rare in American herds.

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This is my first time posting. I'm a new member, so I apologize if this top has been brought up a million other times already.
I'm really excited that my baby boy (8 months old, born 8 weeks premature) took to breastfeeding. His older brother did not, no matter how hard I tried to make it work. I think I had a much better lactation consultant and support with this second baby.
Anyway, it's super hard for me to want to take my baby in public. For example, we love to experience Disneyland together as a family as often as possible, and even my baby enjoys it immensely! But I feel odd breastfeeding even at a place as diversely populated as Disneyland. I RARELY ever see another mother nursing in the park, unless it's at the baby care center, where they have a private area partitioned off for nursing moms. The thing is, the baby care center is over by the entrance of the park, and on busy days/nights, my baby doesn't want to wait for the hour-long shuffle to the other side of the park for his meal. So I discretely as possible, find a private-ish spot, and I keep as covered as possible, to nurse my little man.
Seems totally normal, right? Last week, though, we stopped by Goofy's playground, meant for small children under the age of 5. I thought that would be a safe spot. My husband even helped me stay covered up as I sat and nursed my baby on a bench, while my older child played.
Maybe it's because I'm a larger lady with large breasts that it creeps people out? I'm not as smooth as other moms when it comes to "whipping it out" and getting a good latch. But when I looked up to watch my older child play, I noticed one grandma just a few feet from me, glaring and shaking her head at me. I ignored her. Later, a couple came into the park, and the husband could NOT stop staring. It was so awkward! What the heck, people?! Did you all not breastfeed your children?!
Does anyone else feel ashamed while nursing in public? I REFUSE to nurse my baby in a bathroom stall... but it is getting harder as my baby gets older and he wants to pop off the nipple so he can see what is going on around him!
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It takes a village to develop a product package.
An RIT village consisting of graphic designers, packaging students and industrial designers has grown out of two distinct neighborhoods—the College of Applied Science and Technology and the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences.
Multidisciplinary teams from both colleges work together as part of the Packaging Design course to repackage some of the most recognizable consumer products.
Repackaging products is as much about enhancing a brand as it about distributing products effectively. Before even opening a package, so many decisions have gone into the design.
The students' projects are about making those decisions.
The class is a coordinated effort bringing together right-brain and left-brain talents, a scenario the students will certainly face in business after graduation. Project teams have at least two representatives each from packaging science, industrial design and graphic design. Once a product is selected, teams research the company, the product, its market reach and how the current package is made.
Each new design must detail the distribution process, including how it incorporated sustainable materials into the package itself, and how multiple packages can be shipped with less of an environmental impact.
"All we are doing is offering the students a chance to see that there's a lot more that goes into this than their aspect, and hopefully it reflects more of what is expected as a brand owner," says Karen Proctor, professor of packaging science and one of the three faculty members leading the collaboration. She and Lorrie Frear, associate professor of graphic design, joined their respective classes in 2008. A year later, Alex Lobos, assistant professor of industrial design, and his students joined them.
"What we've noticed is each of these three disciplines is an expert in a certain part of the lifecycle, and we realized if we were not working together there would be a gap in some of those areas. I think students appreciate what the other disciplines have to bring," Lobos says.
The corporate clients they have worked with over the past four years, such as American Packaging Corp., Wegmans, Colgate-Palmolive and Kraft, have also come to appreciate the students' work. This year, Sun Corp., one of the largest distributers of home cleaning products, will participate. Many more have reached out to the faculty to have their products revamped by the student teams.
"They are all leaders in the industry, and we feel fortunate and lucky to be working with them, and apparently they feel the same way," Lobos says. "After presentations, sponsors have commented on the quality of work created by the teams, much of it on par with high-profile agencies the companies use to do similar work. Students have gotten jobs on these specific projects. They have it in their portfolio, and people know they can hit the ground running."
Proctor agrees. "Our companies are awed and intrigued by the ideas. Is one group going to be hitting a home run? That would be nice, but the reality is, it's all the ideas behind it."


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(Reuters) - The two brothers suspected of carrying out the bombing of the Boston Marathon have been identified as Chechens. The motives for the attack are not clear.
Their home region in southern Russia has been the focus of two wars, in which Chechnya has sought to break away from Moscow, and a guerrilla conflict.
Here is an overview of major attacks on Russian soil since the beginning of the first Chechen war in 1994:
June 1995 - Chechen rebels seize hundreds of hostages in a hospital in the southern Russian town of Budennovsk. More than 100 people are killed during the rebel assault and a botched Russian commando raid.
January 1996 - Chechen fighters take hundreds hostage in a hospital at Kizlyar in Dagestan, a neighbor of Chechnya in southern Russia, then move them by bus to Pervomaiskoye on the Chechen border. After being pounded by Russian military, most rebels escape but hostages are killed.
June 2000 - Five suicide bomb attacks, carried out by Chechen rebels, on police stations and Russian army bases in Chechnya kill at least 54 people.
October 2002 - 129 hostages and 41 Chechen guerrillas are killed when Russian troops storm a Moscow theatre where rebels had taken 700 people captive three days earlier. Most of the hostages are killed by gas used to knock out the Chechens.
February 2004 - A suicide bombing kills at least 39 people and wounds more than 100 on an underground train in Moscow, in what police say is the work of Chechen separatists.
June 2004 - Rebels seize an interior ministry building in Ingushetia, near Chechnya, and attack other points in lightning raids. At least 92 people are killed including the acting regional interior minister, Abukar Kostoyev.
September 2004 - 331 hostages - half of them children - die in a chaotic storming of a school in Beslan, after it is seized by rebels demanding Chechen independence and an immediate end to the war.
November 2009 - A bomb blast derails the Moscow/St Petersburg Nevsky Express train with about 700 people on board. At least 26 people are killed and 100 injured. Chechen rebels claim responsibility.
March 2010 - At least two blasts strike Moscow metro stations during rush hour, killing 40 people.
January 2011 - At least 36 people including eight foreigners are killed and more than 130 injured in a suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, Russia's biggest. Islamist insurgent Doku Umarov later claimed responsibility for the last two attacks.
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Quote: Specifically, I'm looking for a correlation between such hand formations and internal energy cultivation.
Quote:Thanks BP... I have Liang Shou-Yu's book and so far that is the only reference I have found that has this, albeit, with very little surface level detail. In Zhan Zhuang, one trains with holding contradictory forces in 6 directions, engaging the kua, the spine and the dantien, amongst other things. How does hand formations relate to this?
Quote:I'm not too concerned about the mudras themselves. I'm not so sure these things are "spontaneous" as harlan suggests. Hand mudras are specifically taught as part of the esoterica of kundalini yoga, shingon buddhism, as a means of cultivating spiritual energy for the specific purposes of enlightenment.When I see the founder of Aikido in various qigong "meditation postures", chanting the kotodama (mantras) etc. etc., I begin to wonder.... granted some of this comes directly from Shingon via Omoto-kyo (which is supposedly Shinto-based).But what I'm actually curious about is how this knowledge is common in yoga, buddhism (and buddhist qigong), as well as ninpo. What's the link?
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5 Ways to Use up Leftover Corn on the Cob
Got leftover corn on the cob? Besides eating it cold (one of my favorite breakfasts, actually!), there are lots of tasty ways to use up corn, from topping a simple pizza to adding it to your scrambled eggs.
1 The Basics: Need to know how to cook corn on the cob? Check out this easy how-to.
2 Cornbread: To bump up the corn factor, add 1/2 to 1 cup of kernels to your favorite cornbread recipe or try this one for Double Corn Bread with Smoked Mozzarella and Sun-Dried Tomatoes.
3 Salad: Throw cooked corn kernels into any green salad or a composed salad like this Chilean-inspired salad. Or combine with tomatoes and mint to make this fresh Summer Corn Salad.
4 Pizza: Yes, you can top a pizza with corn! This Southwestern Pizza with Black Beans and Corn comes together really quickly.
- 5 Scrambled Eggs: Add some summer flavor to your breakfast with this recipe for Scrambled Eggs with Fresh Corn, Goat Cheese & Tomatoes.
- 6 Salsa: For a great accompaniment to corn chips or tacos, mix sweet corn kernels into this spicy-tangy Tomatillo Salsa.
How do you like to eat leftover corn on the cob?
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SEATTLE -- Putting drug users in prison is the most costly and least effective way to fight drug abuse, according to a study supported by a coalition of doctors, lawyers and pharmacists.
"We need to shift from a punitive legal model to a public health model," said Fred Noland, a Seattle lawyer who prompted the policy review.
The King County Bar Association conducted the one-year study and won support for it from the Washington State Bar Association, the Washington State Medical Association, the King County Medical Society and the Washington State Pharmacy Association. But in a Nov. 5 letter to the state bar, King County Prosecutor Norm Maleng expressed reservations about the study, which was publicly released on Wednesday. "The report ultimately concludes that we should eliminate criminal sanctions for drug users, abusers, manufacturers and traffickers, but it offers no other alternative," Maleng wrote.
Noland and others emphasized that the report does not call for decriminalizing drugs entirely. It says while simple possession should not result in jail, it still shouldn't be legal. Although it does not say what kind of sanctions should be imposed, it mentions court-required treatment, fines or contempt citations. Jail -- which costs $25,000 a year per inmate -- hasn't worked, the report says.
A state bar association resolution calls for retaining criminal sanctions for conduct that puts others at risk, such as violent behavior, driving under the influence or providing mind-altering drugs to minors. But jailing drug users has not deterred them, the study says. Drug use has increased, the state's courts are clogged and its prisons are overflowing with people arrested for drug possession, said Ken Davidson, a governor of the state bar association.
"We don't pretend to have all the answers," said Noland, adding, "We're all very aware this is a very difficult political subject." The report said Washington's sentences for possession and sale of drugs are more severe than in many other states. And its punishments for small sales are longer than for assault and robbery.
But Maleng said doing away with criminal sanctions for drug use could result in more drug abuse. And drug courts, which offer offenders the chance to avoid jail if they follow a strict treatment program, have been successful because the threat of jail deters users from reoffending, he said. Noland said, "There's a counter-argument that treatment that's provided voluntarily is much more effective than treatment a drug court imposes." Noland pointed to initiatives passed in California and Arizona in recent years that ended jail for most possession cases. Arizona spent $1 million in 1999 on treatment and supervision of 390 inmates kept out of prison under its new law. Imprisonment of those inmates would have cost $7.7 million, a study by Arizona's court administrator's office found.
Bills are expected to be introduced in the Legislature in January to reduce sentences for drug possession and possibly also for small sales. "We're going to support anybody who proposes to drastically reduce or eliminate altogether jail sentences for simple drug possession," said Noland.
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Friday Mack Attack, 3/06/09
This week I'm macking on: The output of feature articles on new play producing organizations in Philadelphia. A couple of weeks back, I wrote this piece on PlayPenn for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Now, the Philadelphia Weekly's J. Cooper Robb is covering 1812 Productions' embrace of new work by local playwrights, and the Philadelphia City Paper's Mark Kofta is covering the Philadelphia Theatre Workshop's PlayShop Festival, also a showcase for Philly dramatists. And that's not even the whole picture. I've said before, this is a pretty exciting time to be working in and around Philadelphia theaters; it's even more exciting that now a whole lot of other folks are saying it too.
This week I'm hating on: All the the calls for a boycott of the Israeli Batsheva Dance Company's performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, which opened March 4 (review here). The protest is called "Dancing on the Graves of Gaza," with a tagline that reads,
"1,300 dead, 5,000 wounded, and 50,000 left homeless, this is no time for dancing."
Of course, if you've arrived here through ArtsJournal's portal, you're probably already convinced that there's probably no better time for dancing in Israel and the Palestinian territories than now. You have to be either a complete fundamentalist or a complete fool not to recognize the importance of the arts during a time of national strife--whether they are used for healing, protesting, exploring, or simply uplifting the spirits of the dispirited. Even more frustrating than the Palestinian Campaign for the Cultural and Academic Boycott of Israel's (PACBI) enthusiasm for this wrongheaded action is news that Batsheva Artistic Director Ohad Naharin has said publicly that he "opposes the violence in Israel." In recent performances, along with examining Middle East politics through movement, the company used music by Israeli Arab composer Habib Allah Jamil. Talk about a missed opportunity.
Meanwhile, Michelle J. Kinnucan, in a widely circulated article on the topic, calls Batsheva "an Israeli apartheid dance troupe," condemns Naharin for having served in the Israeli army (military service is compulsory for all citizens in Israel), and proceeds to make the inflammatory assertion that punishment for resisting service is far more lenient in Israel than, "in Germany in the 1930s, say." Yeah, I guess it would be.
Reaction to Batsheva's performance isn't an exact parallel to reaction over Caryl Churchill's Seven Jewish Children, since that play takes an obvious anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian stance. But they do have this much in common: both suffer from attacks by the ignorant and implacable, and foes on both sides would do well to ruminate over Naharin's idealistic, yet inspiring statement:
"We do what we do out of love, out of passion, because we are crazy, not because we have a role or because we are supposed to lead anyone, but through dance and art, we can show people that new solutions and new ideas can be better than old ideas and old solutions."
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Minnesota Wild goaltender Josh Harding has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
The Wild made the announcement Thursday and said he is undergoing treatment for the disease.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with Josh and his family following the news that he has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis," said Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher in a statement Thursday. "Josh's competitive fire has led him to a successful career in the NHL and we know he will approach this new battle in the same manner."
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, unpredictable disease of the central nervous system. It is thought to be an autoimmune disorder, which means the immune system incorrectly attacks the person's healthy tissue.
MS can cause blurred vision, loss of balance, poor coordination, slurred speech, tremors, numbness, extreme fatigue, problems with memory and concentration, paralysis, and blindness and more. These problems may be permanent or may come and go.
Harding posted a record of 13-12-4 with two shutouts and a 2.62 goals-against average in 34 games last season. He has appeared in 117 games over six seasons with the Wild.


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Upon the recommendation of the continuing holders of Pamplin chairs— professors Curtis Johnson, Janis Lochner, and Arthur O'Sullivan—President Barry Glassner has named David Campion the Pamplin Associate Professor of History.
Campion, whose research focuses on the British Empire, modern Britain, Ireland, and South Asia, and imperialism and decolonization, has taught at Lewis & Clark since 2002. In addition to his distinguished teaching, he has excelled in his mentorship of students and his service to the campus community, including his work as director of Academic Awards and Fellowships.
"[W]e see in Dr. Campion an individual who would fit into the existing Pamplin Society, with its commitments to excellence in teaching, scholarship, fitness, and integrity, as few else at the College would," the continuing Pamplin chairs said in a letter to Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr., the creator of the endowment that sustains the Pamplin chairs program and Pamplin Society. The chairs added that because Campion "is already so highly regarded by peers and students … he would hit the ground running."
The continuing chairs' recommendation is also supported by Dr. Pamplin and endorsed by the Faculty Council of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Campion, a Georgetown University graduate, received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 2002. A onetime naval reserve officer, he has served as a U.S. Department of Education Fellow specializing in South Asia. His research and teaching have been recognized and supported by organizations including the William J. Fulbright Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Andrew J. Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Institute of Indian Studies. He also received an Arnold L. and Lois S. Graves Award for teaching excellence in the humanities in 2006. His publishing career includes scholarly articles, essays, and book reviews, and he has recently submitted a book manuscript for publication.
Campion succeeds Stephen Dow Beckham as a Pamplin Chair.
"David is wonderfully suited to carry on the legacy of Stephen Dow Beckham as a dedicated and inspiring teacher who truly makes a difference in the lives of the students he mentors," said Jane Atkinson, vice president and provost.
In its programs and through the achievements of its members, the Pamplin Society promotes attention to the challenges and rewards of leadership in a global society and to the College's responsibility to the greater community. Membership is offered to the four Pamplin faculty chairs. Membership is the among the highest honors a student can receive at Lewis & Clark; seven new student members are invited annually as they begin their second year at the College.
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i can imagine that you are extremely grateful that your cousin, Mrs. Dell, documented her research in book form. Hopefully, more families will have considerate members who will research and document/publish their findings. I was fortunate, also, to have a distant family member, Elizabeth A.Grinton publish Treasure Troves in 1996, documenting her years of researching Judith Barber (Surry and Wilkes Co., NC)and extended family history.
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This is the 9th set of documents in the batch I purchased at an antique store in Kingston Ontario July 27, 2012. For details, see Found! Treasure Trove of Land Documents from Ontario Canada
It is dated 17 January 1903 and is for $500.00 on the SW 1/4 of Lot 8, Concession 9, Richmond Township, Lennox & Addington Co. Ontario
Details show the full names are Irvine S. Jackson and his wife Margaret J. to James T. Wilson
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Businesses, organizations and residents are encouraged to enter
Promote your business, organization, or community in the 2012 Niagara River Region Scarecrow Display. Artistic interpretations of a variety of scarecrows will line the main streets of Lewiston, Sanborn, Ransomville and Youngstown from Oct. 1 through Halloween. Organizers invite your business, organization or resident to create a scarecrow to display along the main streets in the Niagara River Region.
Eligible applicants include a) private business owners/staff, b) community and civic organizations, c) not-for-profit agencies, d) schools, colleges and universities and e) residents of the four participating communities.
Judging will take place the week of Oct. 15 through 19 and is based on creativity, originality and quality of workmanship. Prizes include first place, chosen in each of the four communities as well as one overall prize of "Best in Show" for the entire Niagara River Region. The entry fee is $35 and entry forms, rules and procedures are available at the Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce office (100 N. Third St.)
Completed entry forms should be submitted to the Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce no later than Sept. 28.
More than 50 scarecrows are expected to be on display throughout the four communities during the month of October. For more information, contact the Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce at 716-754-9500, or email [email protected].
Last year, the overall winner was "Rachel Rake" created by Warren's Village Hardware, located at 185 Portage Road in the Village of Lewiston. Additional winners from 2011 include: Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater, created by the Sanborn Area Historical Society; The Scary Shopper created by Melloni's Market Place; Blue Streak created by First Niagara Bank of Ransomville; and Piper's Sleepy Hollow created by Pipers' Village Inn.


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LONDON (AP) — Standing on Fulham's field next to the River Thames, Shad Khan quickly discovered that the issues Premier League owners must tackle extend far beyond soccer.
On his first full day running the London club, the trickiest questions Khan had to face were not about the cash available for new players, or goals for the upcoming season.
The pressing issue locally for the owner of the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday was about Michael Jackson.
Yes, the late "King of Pop."
A statue of Jackson sits outside Fulham's Craven Cottage stadium, commissioned after the star's death in 2009 by Mohamed Al Fayed in one of the most contentious decisions of his 18-year ownership.
Now that the Cottagers have been sold, might the statue be removed?
Khan hesitated.
"I've been an owner less than a day," he said, searching for a diplomatic response. "We have to preserve and respect history, but we have to move forward. I'll reflect on it and listen to the fans, then decide."
There's no decision to be made, according to Al Fayed.
"Michael Jackson will stay — it's part of the deal," the Egyptian said, before adding with Khan in ear-shot: "Are you listening to me about Michael Jackson? You promise now? Otherwise ... I will take your moustache off."
The moustache has been Khan's trademark since 1972 as he built his fortune in the automotive industry after moving to the U.S. from Pakistan. He bought the Jaguars in 2011 and now Fulham in a deal thought to be worth more than $200 million.
As Fayed bid farewell to the club he took from the third tier into the Premier League, the former owner of the Harrods department store donned a fake moustache to pose for pictures with Khan on a day of rare scorching heat in London.
The takeover was wrapped up swiftly ahead of Fulham's Aug. 17 opener at Sunderland as the 84-year-old Al Fayed heads into retirement.
But it was the NFL that first enabled Khan to establish a sporting bond with London. The Jaguars will play regular- season games at Wembley Stadium for four consecutive seasons starting with an Oct. 27 meeting against the San Francisco 49ers.
"We obviously have the commitment to London with Jacksonville so I was looking at that," Khan told The Associated Press, discussing the takeover in Fulham's locker room.
"I have watched Fulham and I know the history and I've been to a game here. I just thought about contacting Mr. Al Fayed about a month or so ago just to talk to him, and one thing led to another."
Khan's takeover means six of the 20 current Premier League clubs have American ownership, including four with links to NFL teams.
Aston Villa's Randy Lerner sold the Cleveland Browns last year, the family of Arsenal's Stan Kroenke own the St. Louis Rams and the Glazer family controls both Manchester United and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Khan said the abuse directed by some United fans at the Glazers over the debt they added to the club did not give him any reservations about buying Fulham.
"They have a right to express themselves," Khan said. "But on the other hand, I think the world of the Glazers. I think they have done a great job with Man U, so there might be a little difference of opinion."
Khan said his takeover preserves Fulham's debt-free status and hopes the association with the Jaguars will help to attract sponsors to the Cottagers.
"Certainly Jacksonville coming to London, that helps getting sponsors, but I'd love for Fulham to come to Jacksonville," he said, speaking beneath midfielder Kerim Frei's jersey.
Khan avoided making any lavish claims about how much of his fortune — estimated by Forbes magazine to be $2.9 billion — will be invested.
There were also no outlandish targets set for manager Martin Jol, whose team finished 12th this year in its 12th consecutive season in the Premier League.
Jaguars president Mark Lamping, who has become a director at Fulham, told the AP that Khan "has a philosophy of "hire the best people you can" and then expect results.
Khan made sweeping changes at the Jaguars after the first season following his $760 million-takeover ended in a franchise-worst 2-14 record in 2012.
"Virtually everyone on the football side has been replaced, along with over half of our roster," Lamping said. "When you don't achieve to the level you expect ... you owe it to your fans who have made an emotional commitment to your team to make changes."
And Lamping warned that the Jaguars ownership will act as decisively at Fulham.
"Give them the resources, allow them to make decisions, then hold them accountable," Lamping said.
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LXDM is the lightweight display manager aimed to replace gdm in LXDE distros. The UI is implemented with GTK+. It is still in early stages of development.
The lxdm package is available in the official repositories or lxdm-gitAUR is available in the AUR.
Currently, lxdm provides an lxdm.service file. Enable it like any other systemd service:
# systemctl enable lxdm
The configuration files for LXDM are all located in
/etc/lxdm/. The main configuration file is
lxdm.conf, and is well documented in its comments. Another file,
Xsession, is the systemwide x session configuration file and should generally not be edited. The other files in this folder are all shell scripts, which are run when certain events happen in LXDM.
These are:
LoginReadyis executed with root privileges when LXDM is ready to show the login window.
PreLoginis run as root before logging a user in.
PostLoginis run as the logged-in user right after he has logged in.
PostLogoutis run as the logged-in user right after he has logged out.
PreRebootis run as root before rebooting with LXDM.
PreShutdownis run as root before poweroff with LXDM.
Default session
It can be specified which session will be loaded when the users select the 'Default' session from the session list. Note that the user setting takes preference over global setting.
/etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf and change the session line to whatever session or DE is desired:
Example using xfce:
Example using openbox:
Example using GNOME:
This is useful for themes that have no visible session selection box, and if experiencing trouble using autologin.
Per user
To define an individual user's preferred session, simply edit his/her respective
~/.dmrc to define the selection.
Example: user1 wants xfce4, user2 wants cinnamon, and user3 wants gnome:
For user1:
[Desktop] Session=xfce
For user2:
[Desktop] Session=cinnamon
For user3:
[Desktop] Session=gnome
To log in to one account automatically, without providing a password, find the line in
/etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf that looks like this:
Uncomment it, substituting the target user instead of "username".
This will cause LXDM to automatically login to the specified account when it first starts up. However, if one were to log out of that account, one would have to enter its password to log back into it. To avoid this, delete the password:
$ passwd -d USERNAME
Shutdown and reboot commands
Shutdown and reboot commands can be configured in
/etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf by adding the [cmd] section:
[cmd] # reboot command reboot=/usr/bin/systemctl reboot # shutdown command shutdown=/usr/bin/systemctl poweroff
Tips and tricks
Adding face icons
A 96x96 px image (jpg or png) can optionally be displayed on a per-user basis replacing the stock icon. Simply copy or symlink the target image to
$HOME/.face. The gnome-control-center package supplies some default icons suitable for the lxdm screen. Look under
/usr/share/pixmaps/faces after installing that package.
Simultaneous users and switching users
LXDM allows multiple users to be logged into different ttys at the same time. The following command is used to allow another user to login without logging out the current user:
$ lxdm -c USER_SWITCH
If you use the Xfce desktop, the Switch User functionality of its Action Button panel item specifically looks for the gdmflexiserver executable in order to enable itself. If you provide it with an executable shell script
/usr/bin/gdmflexiserver consisting of
#!/bin/sh /usr/bin/lxdm -c USER_SWITCH
then user switching in Xfce should work fine also with LXDM.
Xscreensaver can also perform this task. For more, see the Xscreensaver#LXDM article.
The LXDM themes are localized in /usr/share/lxdm/themes
There is only one theme provided with LXDM, namely Industrial. To display the background file wave.svg which is part of this theme, make sure you have librsvg installed.
There are 2 themes provided with lxdm-gitAUR. ArchStripes and ArchDark. You can configure them on /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf in theme=theme_name


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Mission: Singapore first and leading E-commerce website for Party Decorations,Weddings, Dessert Tables, Birthday Parties, Baby Shower and Events. We provide creative and fun decorations for all special occasion with diverse product range.
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This is a story of boy meets girl, and you should know upfront, this is (almost) a fairytale.
"He's got a heart of gold! He never stop learning." – Nizz on Adrian
"She's the Mrs. Incredible. There's nothing she can't do." – Adrian on Nizz
In 2012, these high school sweethearts tied the knots after dating for ten years. Unlike Disney princesses, they have to go through all sorts of pain in wedding planning. The aha-moment was when they realize, "this simply has to be a better way!". Hence, they took the plunge to become entrepreneurs and Give Fun was born (before their baby boy–Jayden)! They do not sell party packages, but the possibility to make them.
The idea, in hindsight, sounds almost too simple: giving fun to people. Executing it wasn't a piece of cake. With a humble beginning at home, they started filling their online shop with rainbow-coloured balloons and party decors, which allows you play with. This visionary couple also believe that party planning doesn't have to come with a hefty price tag.
Nizz and Adrian definitely put up a good fight while juggling between their day jobs and this 'baby' start-up. After umpteeth sleepless nights, Nizz made the first move by quitting her day job as a banker. Three months later, Adrian gave up professional engineering and joined his wife. Who would've known? Give Fun then quickly morphed into a full fledged business and became a darling in the event industry.


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Paying for Your Pregnancy: Resources for Expectant Moms Living With HIV in the U.S.
November 17, 2012
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- General Health Care Costs
- Pregnant Women and the Affordable Care Act
- Prenatal and Postpartum Care
- Taking Time Off: New Parents and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Food and Nutrition Programs
- Additional Tips for Covering the Cost of a Positive Pregnancy
Pregnancy is one of the happiest times in a woman's life. There's a lot of joy in motherhood. Unfortunately, along with the joys can come a lot of concerns, many of them having to do with money: Where can I go for quality, low-cost prenatal care? How will I eat right on a shoestring budget while I'm pregnant? What if I'm having trouble affording care, but I make too much money to qualify for many support programs?
Your local HIV/AIDS service organization is a great place to start in your search for affordable services that fit the needs of pregnant women living with HIV. As part of their historic commitment to serving whole families affected by HIV/AIDS, especially women, many community programs funded under Part D of the Ryan White CARE Act will cover or connect you to prenatal care. But even if you don't qualify for Ryan White programs or community food banks, there may still be assistance out there for you.
This article spotlights some valuable programs and resources you can use to help cut some of the costs of a healthy pregnancy.
General Health Care Costs
Program: Medicaid
Description: Medicaid is a federally funded, state-run program for people who do not have health insurance, or do not have enough coverage. There may be special eligibility for pregnant women and infants in your state.
Who is eligible? The federal government has a set of general guidelines for eligibility. You must either be categorically needy (having an income at or below 133 percent of the federal poverty level) or medically needy (making too much money to qualify based on income, but meeting other expanded-eligibility requirements due to pregnancy). Individual states may have additional requirements for eligibility, so check with your state's Medicaid program before you apply.
What you need to have before you walk in the door: Proof of pregnancy, proof of U.S. citizenship or non-citizenship, and proof of income.
What you can expect: You should receive a list of providers that accept Medicaid. Medicaid will cover all costs associated with pregnancy, delivery, and any complications up to 60 days postpartum. It will also cover prescription medications, including your HIV medications.
Program: AmeriPlan and Other Discount Medical Plan Organizations
Description: Discount medical plan organizations (of which AmeriPlan is the largest) offer discounts on medical, dental, vision, chiropractic and pharmaceutical services. They negotiate with providers to offer services at discounted prices. It is not an insurance plan or medical organization.
How does it work? You pay a monthly fee for a health and dental program based on your and your family's needs. You receive membership cards for each person in your household. Present your card at the time of service at one of the providers that is within the network and pay the discounted price for services rendered.
Will you qualify with HIV? Since this is not health insurance or a health organization, your HIV status should not be a factor.
|Pregnant Women and the Affordable Care Act
Check out some of the changes to the U.S. health care system that may be of particular interest to expectant mothers living with HIV:
Read more, or watch a video, about pregnancy resources under the Affordable Care Act.
Prenatal and Postpartum Care
Program: March of Dimes
Description: In addition to providing information on how to have a healthy pregnancy, the March of Dimes also provides free prenatal care in selected states. Bonus: The prenatal care comes to you, to cut down on travel expenses. Check your local chapter for more details.
Program: Planned Parenthood
Description: Planned Parenthood has over 800 care centers across the U.S. It provides prenatal care, pregnancy planning services, counseling and postpartum services. Many of its services are free or low cost, and Planned Parenthood accepts Medicaid.
Will you qualify with HIV? Planned Parenthood physicians are trained in HIV care and can help you manage your HIV medications and pregnancy in a healthy way.
|Taking Time Off: New Parents and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Here in the U.S., we may not be sitting pretty with multiple months of paid maternity leave as in most other developed countries, but as of 1993, at least we have FMLA!
FMLA is a federal law securing 12 weeks of time off with newborns for parents who qualify, without their having to worry about being fired for it. If your job doesn't offer any (or enough) maternity leave and you're in a position to take unpaid leave after giving birth (and/or before, since prenatal bed rest can be covered), FMLA may be the way to do it.
Not everyone qualifies -- you have to have been working for your employer at least 25 hours per week, for a year minimum, and your company must be large enough to employ 50 people in a 75-mile radius, among other caveats. Take a look at the employee guide on the right, and talk to your boss or your company's human resources official to see if time off through FMLA might be a good fit.
Food and Nutrition Programs
Program: The WIC Program
Description: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, also known as the WIC Program or simply WIC, is a federal program that funds state-level agencies to assist women and their children in getting vouchers, checks or cards to purchase nutritious foods from participating vendors, including some farmers' markets.
Who qualifies for WIC? Women who are pregnant or in the postpartum period, and children up to age 5, all qualify for the program. Your income must be at or below 185 percent of the U.S. Poverty Income Guidelines ($41,348 for a family of four). Also, you must be determined to be at "nutrition risk" by a health professional due to a nutrition-linked medical concern.
Program: SHARE Food Program and SHARE Food Network
Description: Serving the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S., these non-governmental programs offer food packages (enough food to last between two weeks and a month) for a low cost and a couple of hours of volunteer service. They are usually in selected churches, community centers, etc. These are not national programs, but you may be able to find a similar program in your area.
Who qualifies to participate in SHARE? Anyone who is willing to pay the low cost (as little as $20) and volunteer the hours can participate. This program is not income based.
|Additional Tips for Covering the Cost of a Positive Pregnancy
Candace Y.A. Montague is a native of Washington, D.C., and covers HIV news all around the District. She has covered fundraisers, motorcycle rides, town hall meetings, house balls, Capitol Hill press conferences, election campaigns, protests and an International AIDS Conference for The D.C. Examiner.com, emPower News Magazine, the Black AIDS Institute and TheBody.com. One of her two master's degrees is in community health promotion and education. She is also an educator and a mother of two.
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I agree. About 25% of my students come into lessons with some trainer kite experience (i.e. good kite control, good intuitive feel for steering the kite, basic understanding of wind window, comfortable with the pull of the kite, etc). Without exception these people progress faster. In fact it should be every new kiters goal to fly a trainer kite until they are bored out of their mind and can fly it instinctively without looking at it in a wide variety of conditions.Brent4336 wrote:frankm1960 wrote:
If you go to your first lesson never having flown a kite before that might not be such a bad thing.
Good luck.
Really? IMHO its all about kite control. tons of people have loads of boardsports experience and it does eventually come into play, but at first its all about kite control.
Not sure how time spent on a trainer or any small traction kite can be a negative.
About 10% of my former students had wakeboarding experience, and many of them were astute enough to get a trainer kite. They progress the fastest for sure. People with snowboarding experience do pretty well too if they have had trainer kite experience.
In any case "kite control" is the #1 priority no matter what the relatable board skills are. I tell students that it would be a waste of time to try to get them onto a board until they have the prerequisite kite skills AND safety skills (QR/leash release, water safety, self rescue, etc.). I make these comments with well over 500 lessons in my past including having taught with C kites from 2004 and with the most recent LEI's currently on the market)
I find it to be an interesting misconception when people say "just use the instructors gear so you can crash his stuff and not yours". We do use my gear MOST of the time, however sometimes it's very useful for the student to have at least a partial lesson on their own gear to familiarize themselves more with his own safety systems, kite characteristics (flying, launching, landing, etc). But in fact, by the time I am done teaching with the trainer kite and some supervised flying/body dragging with an appropriately large LEI my students rarely crash the kites violently "tomahawk style", if at all, because they have learned good enough kite control not to, and also understand when releasing the bar is a good alternative, (which obviously was not possible with the old C kites).
It's possible to learn by yourself - but it really does not make sense anymore when there are lots of good instructors, with the risks of injury, with the risk of causing other harm that can lead to bans. I wish people would not encourage the idea of self teaching for that reason alone. It's a good investment (to take lessons) - something that you will value for the rest of your life.


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MSc ICTs for Development / Overview
Year of entry: 2018
- Degree awarded
- Master of Science
- Duration
- 12 months (full-time); 27 months (part-time)
- Entry requirements
Applicants should have a Bachelors degree with a minimum classification of Second Class Honours Upper Division (2:1) or its international equivalent. Admission of candidates who do not meet this criterion may be approved if satisfactory evidence of postgraduate study, research or professional experience can be provided. Please contact the School's admissions office for further guidance.
Please submit the following documents with your application:
- Copies of official degree certificates and transcripts of your previous study, showing the subjects taken and grades obtained. If these documents are in languages other than English please provide official translations.
- Two written references, signed by the referee and on official headed paper.
- A personal statement detailing why you wish to study the course, your experiences, what you can bring to the course and any other information that you see as relevant to your application
- Your CV
- Copies of English Language Certification, e.g. IELTS, TOEFL or Pearson test score report.
- Number of places/applicants
- Approximately 100 applications are received and 10 new students registered on the course.
- How to apply
- Apply online
The deadline for applications is the 31st August 2018; later applications are considered at our discretion. Please note that we receive a very high number of applications so the course may be closed to new applications before the final deadline given.
Course options
|Full-time distance learning
|Part-time distance learning
Course overview
- You want the long-term capabilities in both development and informatics that you need to become an ICT4D champion
- You would like to benefit from the staff and experience of Manchester's world-leading Centre for Development Informatics
- You are interested in our programme of overseas field visits that enable you to build up your real-world experiences at no additional cost
Open days
For entry in the academic year beginning September 2018, the tuition fees are as follows:
MSc (full-time)
UK/EU students (per annum): £11,000
International students (per annum): £19,500
MSc (part-time)
UK/EU students (per annum): £5,500
International students (per annum): £9,750
The fees quoted above will be fully inclusive for the course tuition, administration and computational costs during your studies.
All fees for entry will be subject to yearly review and incremental rises per annum are also likely over the duration of courses lasting more than a year for UK/EU students (fees are typically fixed for International students, for the course duration at the year of entry). For general fees information please visit: postgraduate fees . Always contact the department if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.
Self-funded international applicants for this course will be required to pay a deposit of £1000 towards their tuition fees before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. This deposit will only be refunded if immigration permission is refused. We will notify you about how and when to make this payment.
The School of Environment, Education and Development is offering a number of scholarships for 2018 entry. For further information please click here .
Manchester Alumni Scholarship Scheme offers a £3,000 reduction in tuition fees to University of Manchester alumni who achieved a 1st and are progressing to a postgraduate taught masters course for September 2018 entry (terms and conditions apply - please contact us for further information).
See also the University's postgraduate funding database for more funding opportunities.
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- School of Environment, Education and Development
- Contact name
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- Telephone
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- firstname.lastname@example.com
- Website
- http://www.seed.manchester.ac.uk/
- Academic department overview
See: The School .
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The University of Manchester is regulated by the Office for Students (OfS). The OfS aims to help students succeed in Higher Education by ensuring they receive excellent information and guidance, get high quality education that prepares them for the future and by protecting their interests. More information can be found at the OfS website.
You can find regulations and policies relating to student life at The University of Manchester, including our Degree Regulations and Complaints Procedure, on our regulations website.


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MS04-028.A redirects attempts to access web pages of certain banks to spoofed pages, with the aim of logging information entered by the user in these pages.
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MS04-028.A does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.


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SYDNEY (AP) — Police fined one of Australia's richest businessmen and a top television executive 500 Australian dollars ($468) each on Friday for a high-profile street fight in an exclusive Sydney beachside suburb.
Media across Australia have published photographs and video of casino mogul James Packer and his longtime friend David Gyngell, chief executive of Nine Entertainment, punching and grappling with each other outside Packer's luxury apartment at Bondi Beach on Sunday afternoon.
New South Wales state police launched an investigation in response to the media reports and public criticism of the violence, although no one made an official complaint.
Police said in a statement that both men had been issued with a criminal infringement notice for offensive behavior. They can either pay the fine or fight the charge in court. Neither man could be immediately contacted on Friday for comment.
Police had been considering more serious charges of assault and affray. A conviction for array — an offense that usually involves a public disturbance with a threat of violence — can carry a 10-year prison sentence, while an assault conviction can result in up to five years in prison.
Photographs of Packer after the fight show he had a black eye and swelling to the left side of his face. Gyngell released a statement on Tuesday taking blame for the fight because he had gone to Packer's home "in an angry mood."
Police had invited both men through their lawyers to make statements. Assistant Police Commissioner Mark Walton on Wednesday would not say whether either had accepted the invitation, adding police could not compel them to be interviewed.
Brendan Beirne, the photographer who reportedly sold his photographs for more than $200,000 after News Corp. outbid Gyngell's television network for the images, said he had provided investigators with his pictures as well as a sworn witness statement.
Packer, 46, is chairman of Crown Resorts and has interests in casinos in Australia, Macau and Manila. Forbes lists him as Australia's third-richest person worth an estimated $6.6 billion.
Gyngell, 48, and Packer have been friends since high school and have been the best man at each other's weddings. They issued a joint statement Monday saying that they remained friends.
An angry Gyngell's car was blocking the driveway when Packer arrived at his apartment after flying home from Jerusalem. The pair fought for several minutes while Packer's driver and bodyguard attempted to separate them.


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Skip to comments.Asthmatics Beware: The Government May Ban Your Inhaler
Posted on 01/27/2006 3:07:55 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Eco-terrorists have struck again. Not in the dead of night, to be pursued by diligent agents of the FBI, but right out in the open, in a public meeting, under the auspices of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
On January 24, one of those ubiquitous FDA panels of "outside experts" voted, by an 11 to seven margin, to recommend that FDA ban non-prescription, over-the-counter asthma inhalers, used routinely by millions of asthma-sufferers to control the symptoms of their debilitating condition. As frequently noted in the press, while such recommendations are not binding, they are most often adopted.
The issue for the panel is not drug safety. It is not drug efficacy. It is the environment.
The inhalers proposed for extinction are used to treat mild to moderate asthma attacks by opening air passages. They work by propelling a measured dose of the drug epinephrine (or another bronchodilator) into the lungs. Unfortunately, the propellant is made up of chlorofluorocarbons, the dreaded CFCs.
Based on the scientific belief that CFCs released into the atmosphere are responsible for ozone layer depletion, they were first banned in consumer aerosol products by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1978. Then, in 1987, the so-called "Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer" sought to phase out CFCs on a worldwide basis. Described, as you might expect, as one of those "landmark" international agreements, the Montreal Protocol has now been signed by more than 180 countries. Subsequently, the U.S. banned all uses of CFCs as of 1996, except for certain "essential" products - medicines such as asthma inhalers.
Even the EPA, which, typically, has been pushing to extend the ban to asthma inhalers for years now, has estimated that inhaler-produced atmospheric CFC emissions is fractional - no more than 1.5 percent of the total. While easily accessible data are scant, we have seen one significantly lower estimate, and it is exceptionally difficult to believe that the tiny puffs inhaled by asthmatics produce CFC exhale of sufficient volume to present a real-world (i.e., not some hypothetical computer-modeled) effect. If such conclusive data, along with transparent methodology by which derived, exist, we'd like to take a look.
Even accepting the most horrific CFC scenarios, we are not talking about 50 million women lacquering big hair with hairspray several times daily or the other consequential uses for CFCs now gone missing except in countries that take a more cavalier (or pragmatic) view of "landmark" international environmental agreements than does the U.S.
We are talking about a medicine that is "essential" to those who use it. Today, the most prominent of the inhalers that would be banned is Primatene Mist, manufactured by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, which estimates 3 million American users.
Yes, there are alternatives, including powder formulations that may be sucked into the lungs without propellants and other aerosols that use recently developed propellants currently not deemed to present environmental problems. But the alternatives are not available without prescription and thus are more expensive, once again posing cost and availability issues for the so-called "little guy," to whose interests some liberal elected officials have recently expressed their undying devotion.
As we understand the Montreal Protocol, it does not absolutely, unequivocally, mandate the ban of CFC products if use is deemed essential and for which there are not available viable alternatives. Wyeth says it needs until 2009 or 2010 to have a substitute, which itself must be approved by the FDA, for over-the-counter use.
If you are an asthmatic, or have an asthmatic in your family, who depends on an over-the-counter inhaler, you might want to call your congressperson. Soon. See how much he or she cares about the "little guy."
HOW did THEY make aspirin? At school?
For the first time in over 10 years, I had to break down and go to the drug store to get one of these inhalers, because I could not stop wheezing after a brisk, two mile hike on Wednesday.
I rarely buy these things, but it made the difference for me of wheezing, staying up all night and calling my doctor, or getting a good nights rest (and oxygen.)
CFC's, the FDA, and these environazi's be damned.
The pharma lobby, acting through Jack Abramoff as usual, is lobbying to have everything we ingest put on prescription. Coming soon: prescription requirements on aspirin, water, and air.
propane could be used as a propellant
I have an Albuterol inhaler but it is by prescription. Albuterol is a controlled drug.
The problem is that albuterol can only be purchased by prescription. Basically, insurance companies make it so you can only buy one inhaler at a time within an arbitrary period. If you happen to: (a) run out, or (b) misplace your inhaler, and (c) its too soon to buy another one feel, yet you an attack coming on, Primatine (or its equivalent) is an excellent fall-back choice.
This has happened to me on occasion, and I have been very grateful to be able to get Primatine easily.
Epinepherine does increase heart rate and raise blood pressure, however, so it is best used sparingly by people with hypertension.
We told em so PING
These people are stark raving bonkers. How the H do asthma inhalers post the slightest risk to the environment? It's not like people with inhalers are squirting them up into the air, for crying out loud. You breathe the entire dose into your lungs. That's why they're called "inhalers".
What a bunch of idiots.
These are the same people that will be jumping on the idiotic California crapola that SHS causes asthma bandwagon.........tough luck.
In addition, many asthmatics WITH health insurance occasionally find themselves having an asthma attack while they don't have an inhaler (left it home, are on vacation, don't usually carry one but need one momentarily, etc.). It's a comforting feeling for ANY asthmatic to know they can pop into any drugstore, plop down $8-12 and get those invisible hands from around their throat. I speak from personal experience
I heard this on Fox News yesterday. I can't believe it.
Millions of people depend on Primatene Mist. I guess the ozone is more important then people's lives.
What a crock the FDA is. I'm sick of them!
your doctor can shorten that period by the way he writes the prescription because insurance companies cannot tell a doctor how to write a prescription....yet.
;No inhalers, no sudafed and coming soon no asprin.
No aspirin. Well the active ingredient in aspirin can be extracted by boiling willow bark. In fact that is how aspirin got started.
So they can't ban aspirin unless they ban willow trees. And since they've already made several other plants illegal who knows..............
I can only assume that most of these folks have never had the feeling that pallet of bricks was parked over their chest. Drugs have come a long way since my first memory of an asthma attack in 1956. Here's hoping the same tx can be packaged without CFCs.
And, of course, don't submit it for insurance coverage.
Right. Have you noticed how these people never exhale? All those CFCs are just absorbed into the bloodstream, I guess. </sarc>
You might want to hesitate before casting that "idiot" stone. :-)
I have encountered the problem of having to use the albuterol inhaler a bit more often than normal during a given month. I've gone to the pharmacy to buy another, and was told the insurance company would not pay for it because they said I should only use a certain number of puffs in a certain number of days.
Yeppers...all the Big Nanny Government types, Republicans and Democrats alike, are loving how we slap prescription requirements on these things. Except for public health risks (such as overuse of antibiotics), there shouldn't be a prescription requirement. As supportive as I am of physicians, there's no reason people should have to shell out the cash to see a doc to get a prescription for many medications.
They can either ban the plant, or try to stop people from extracting it. I think the DEA and FDA (and let's not forget Treasury!) would love to knock on a few doors to go after home-grown "aspirin labs"... :-(
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ARM Announces Ultra Low-Power Physical IP Technology To Drive Next-Generation MCU Devices
Low power physical IP optimized for TSMC 0.18umEmbeded Flash uLL/HDR process enables next generation of energy efficient consumer products.
CAMBRIDGE, UK – July 27, 2009 – ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMH)] today announces the availability of ultra low-power Physical IP libraries to drive the next generation of energy-efficient MCU devices. The ARM® 0.18µm ultra low power libraries (uLL), coupled with the inherent power management advantages of the ARM Cortex™ processor family and the TSMC 0.18µm embedded flash uLL/HDR "high data retention" process provides SoC designers with additional reduction in power leakage up to 10x compared to 0.18um G implementations.
The ARM libraries, combined with the ARM Cortex-M and Cortex-R profile processors, provide a compelling alternative to companies that are accustomed to a multiple MCU system approach. Utilizing an advanced ultra low power, single 32-bit MCU and optimized ARM libraries for the TSMC 0.18µm uLL Embedded Flash/HDR process, designers can increase their design efficiency and lower overall system cost. This powerful combination of physical IP, processor architecture and leading-edge manufacturing technology enables the development of enhanced 32-bit MCUs for automotive, consumer appliance, sensor, lighting, e-metering, smart control and gaming devices.
"TSMC and ARM share a mutual commitment to provide a fully optimized design and manufacturing solution for ultra low power, energy-efficient SoCs," said George Liu, director, Mainstream Technology Business at TSMC. "ARM's unique ability to integrate leading-edge processor architecture and optimized physical IP for our 0.18µm uLL process provides a feature-rich solution for the power-sensitive portable device and automotive markets. This combination forms a compelling value statement for our mutual customers."
"Consumer demand for mobile and embedded devices offering higher performance, enriched user experience and extended battery life continues to increase," said Tom Lantzsch, vice president, physical IP division at ARM. "By utilizing our 0.18µm uLL libraries and Cortex family of processors, companies can now maximize their design and energy efficiencies through a single 32-bit MCU, fully tuned with foundry-specific libraries. This powerful combination of IP accelerates the development of next generation energy-efficient embedded devices."
ARM low-power memory instances and Ultra High Density Standard Cell libraries, tuned for Cortex-M profile-based processors coupled with the ARM Power Management Kit(PMK) provides additional power saving benefits.
The PMK libraries minimize power consumption in several ways. They support dynamic operation of functional blocks at multiple voltages. The power gates and isolation cells enable a sleep mode and ensure fast wake-ups. The libraries are equipped with data-retention flip-flops and always-on cells. Biasing cells provide connections for well back-biasing and reduce leakage even further. All the PMK libraries are designed to achieve optimal power tradeoffs.
ARM 0.18µm uLL libraries and PMK are available at ARM's DesignStart™ IP access website, http://designstart.arm.com/. The ARM DesignStart access program offers the most comprehensive online IP library in the industry. The DesignStart program contains more than 10,000 standard cells, memories and interconnects libraries accessible online. Several of the libraries are sponsored by the foundries and are accessible free of charge. In addition, there are industry-proven processor design kits for some of the most popular ARM processor families.
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A Great Find
Read Luke 15:1-10
Jesus said, "I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
— Luke 15:10 (NRSV)
I was at the recycling center, sorting my accumulation of metal cans, glass bottles, newspapers, and plastic containers. To my surprise, I found my lost cell phone in a bag of newspapers and cans. For weeks I had searched the car, the house, and the garden to find it. The cell phone was important for work and personal communication. I had feared it was gone forever and was delighted to have found it.
Even more fervently than I searched for my phone, God seeks us when we are lost. In arrogant self-sufficiency, I wander away as if I do not need God. In stubbornness, I go my own way instead of listening to my Maker. But when I wake up to my foolishness and return to God, repenting of my sinful pride, God welcomes me with delight. Even though I am tempted to condemn myself, the Lord restores me to serving. God cherishes a close relationship with me more than I prize anything I own.
The parable of the lost coin teaches that heaven rejoices when we turn from sin and seek the Lord.
Clifford B. Rawley
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Thought for the Day: The Lord rejoices when we ask for direction and forgiveness.
Prayer: Gracious God, thank you for valuing a close relationship with us. Thank you for cherishing us ordinary people as your own. Amen.
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Have you seen this whitetail deer antler shed photo? It has been rocketing across the Internet this morning.
We do know where or when this photo was taken, and we are only speculating that it is, indeed, from a whitetail. Although it has split G-2s and G-3s, the configuration appears to be more from a whitetail than a mule deer.
Is the shed from a wild deer or a pen-raised whitetail freak? We don't know, but it certainly is one incredible animal nonetheless.
The angle in the photo likely makes the antler appear slightly bigger than it would be in real life, there's no doubting this single shed grosses well over 100 inches.
If you recognize the man in the photo or have information on where and when this shed was found, please click REPLY below and add your insights.


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While I was seated at the grill one August evening, my phone rang. It was a guy who lives about 30 miles away. In early June that year, he had stopped by to perform a service for me. He does fertility tests on bulls and also custom-collects semen from them for A.I. We had one bull checked and collected that day. Since it was time to breed my heifers that week, I needed the product this guy had collected back in June. He gets the job done, then he takes the semen back to his place to run it through the lab, package it and store it in his liquid nitrogen tanks.
Mr. Collector's real name is Max. When I talked to him a day or two after he was here in June, I couldn't quite figure out his accent. His name sounded Dutch, but his accent sounded a bit more Austrian.
Max had taken over the collection and fertility business of a guy who had retired. When I got to his place to pick up the product he was storing for me, a guy who looked like he'd just hit the beach after months of being in his windowless office was waiting on the front lawn. I got out of the truck and was greeted by the beach guy in his shorts and T-shirt. It was Max.
We got the nitrogen tank out of my truck and walked over to Max's camper. The first thing that caught my attention was the fact that Max was barefoot and didn't break his pace as he walked across the gravel. It didn't bother him a bit, but it was making me cringe to watch. We entered the early-1970s camper to find a fairly nice laboratory and work station. Once we got all the product out of Max's tank and into mine, he handed me the paperwork and we headed back to my truck with the nitrogen tank. I grabbed both handles, thinking I'd haul it myself and spare him the walk on gravel. He wouldn't hear of it and took his half as soon as we got out the door of the camper.
Once we got my tank in my truck and secured it, I grabbed a checkbook to pay Max. That's when the conversation really got going. Max mentioned something about "since I came here a few years ago." Then he said something about the six-and-a-half years he'd been in this country. Turns out he came to America from South Africa.
I began to ask a few questions. The bull fertility and collection business is extremely seasonal. The action starts in about February and pretty well winds up by the first part of June or late May. When that's over, Max said he "moves to exotics."
I was a little confused, which must have been obvious.
"Deer. I work with deer. I do A.I. on them and I semen-collect a lot of bucks."
The conversation quickly turned to a point where it was easy to mix up male deer and dollars for "bucks." Max could tell I was interested, so he talked freely with more spark as he went along.
It seems there's a pretty good market for the services of a guy like Max. Let's say you're a rich dude with a captive deer ranch. You're either selling breeding stock or you're letting other rich dudes come to your place (with the super-high fence) to pay you large sums to be able to hunt deer. If they're paying, they don't want some dinky deer. They want a whopper they can brag about to all their friends and make it sound like they were practically Davey Crocket and killed it with their bare hands – rather than the reality of shooting it with a high-powered assault weapon, from the comfort of a La-Z-Boy, inside a climate-controlled tree stand with cable, wireless Internet and its own espresso machine.
Max has a client in Ohio with a really nice buck. The buck has a national reputation for its enormous antlers. It's supposedly the world's largest whitetail. Its deceased father also had an enormous rack and was extremely famous for it. The buck had been in all the national deer and hunting magazines. The client was offered THREE MILLION DOLLARS for the buck. He turned down the offer. (Not that it matters, but the guy is Amish.)
I had to start doing some mental self-evaluations to see if I was suffering from low blood sugar. Did Max just say an Amish guy passed up a three-million-dollar offer to sell his DEER?
Max must have recognized my disbelief. He smiled and said, "Yes, he turned down three million dollars for the deer. Here's why. Each unit of semen from that buck sells for three thousand dollars. Each time we collect, we get a hundred units per collection. Three thousand times one hundred, that's three-hundred-thousand dollars each collection. In a season, we can collect the buck ten times. That's three million dollars in just one year. That's why he wouldn't take the offer of three million dollars for this buck."
I needed a Dramamine IV right then, because my head was spinning something fierce. Here I was, driving all over the place to pick up about 75 units of some bull semen that I would either use on my own cows or sell for maybe fifteen bucks a unit, and this guy is out massaging three MILLION dollars from Bambi's dad each year! Man, I am SO in the wrong business!
The conversation got better from there. Not only does Max collect from bucks, he also A.I.s the does. His territory covers a stretch from the Upper Midwest to the East Coast. One guy from New York wanted him to come out there to breed his three does. Max told him it would cost about $1,400 for mileage alone. The guy had no problem with that, but he wanted to synchronize the heats for the does so they would get bred at roughly the same time. He also wanted to use a CIDR, a device used in A.I. to improve the synchronicity of the animals being bred. They'd all come in heat within a few hours that way. The guy wanted Max to put the CIDRs in for him. Okay, but that's another $1,400 for the trip. Who'd remove them 14 days later? Again, the guy wanted Max. Fine. That'll be another $1,400. Plus, they'd have to wait 60 hours to breed them once the CIDR was removed. That means another trip and another $1,400 for three does. If Max stayed there the whole time, he'd miss a lot of other action throughout the country. Seeing an opportunity and an incentive, the guy said he'd set up a route for Max to breed and collect all kinds of other deer on the East Coast while he was on his way there and back.
Not only did I not know this stuff was going on, I didn't know it was happening so frequently that a guy could spend that much time doing it at so many different locations across the country.
By the time I finally left, I had been chatting with Max for more than an hour. We covered everything from which zoo animals he's collected and impregnated, to some fascinating stories about life in South Africa that you won't hear on Nightline.
Just as I put dinner on the table the next day, my phone rang. The caller was telling me that he had some bad news about the famous bull I owned with him and some other folks. For some reason, the A.I. company that had been marketing the bull had decided to drop him from its lineup. It was probably for data reasons, which is another story entirely. They had some of his semen left, but they would shoot the ownership group a deal for us to buy it back. As of July 31, our contract was up and he was ours to do with as we pleased. I don't know about the other owners, but I know the guy I want involved when we collect more semen.
Now if we could just get the bull to grow some monster antlers . . . Ka-ching! Ka-ching!
Guy No. 2