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may not look like scams, but they all lead to the same
thing. The scammer will pay by check (cashier's check/money
order) for more then the pet is worth, then they will
ask you to send them back the difference in money. A
couple weeks later you find out the check was fake and
the bank will take it out of your account. This scam
can be set up several ways.
key points for pointing out a scammer:
1. Doesn't care much about the pet, just the transaction.
2. Says they will use their own shipper.
3. 95% of the scammers are from overseas (Nigeria, Israel, South Africa)
4. Pays you more then the pet is worth, then asks for the difference in money back.
Email: [email protected]
Date Caught: 8/18/2010
IP Address: 18.104.22.168
Host Information: 126.96.36.199
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(visited by Gordon Spence)
03-Oct-2003 -- Well, this is it, after completing this visit I will have personally have visited all of the land based points in England. A feat that I don't see anyone else repeating any time in the foreseeable future - why? see http://www.confluence.org/confluence.php?lat=55&lon=-3
We left 51N 03W and headed back in the general direction of home along the A303 through the lovely rolling countryside of Southern England past the ancient wonder of Stonehenge - see this site or this other site
I had printed off the detailed map from this site and we followed the "southern" loop around the cp. Stopping on this loop at exactly 2W show a long trip down a steep hill and through fields with cattle in. Must be an easier way.
Carry on round the loop and up the left hand side (see the map) and we found a track that looked like it went much closer. This was barely wide enough for the car. After about 400 yards it opened into a large field, the track carried on to locked gates.
We parked up and I set off on foot. Stopping at the gate I took the general location shots that make up this panoramic sweep. The field has been harvested in the last few weeks, all that remains are bits of stubble and chaff.
A further 400 yards into the field and I am on the spot. Success! I have completed an entire country! All 17 land based points. For a few minutes I just stand in the complete silence and take in the magnificent views while thinking about some of the other visits....
...I then took the four compass point pictures. Pic 2 - North, Pic 3 - East, Pic 4 - South and Pic 5 - West. The GPS montage provides the evidence.
I now move onto completing the next country on the list - Wales.


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Nick Newell wants MMA fans to see him as a talented fighter, one skilled enough to fight for a championship and headline a nationally televised card.
He knows he'll be judged on so much more.
Newell has defeated every fighter he's faced inside the cage, becoming a submission specialist en route to a lightweight championship bout — and an inspiration to all who watched him topple the odds and become one of the top fighters outside of UFC.
Newell was born with only one fully developed arm, due to a birth condition known as congenital amputation. His left arm stops about three inches past the elbow. He has become known in MMA circles as one the one-handed fighter. Newell would rather just be called, champion.
"I feel like being the one-handed fighter isn't what defines me," he said. "It's just a part of who I am. It's the part that sticks out and people want to pay attention to. But when they actually see me fight, they'll know it's so much more than that.
"I don't feel like I have something to prove because I have one hand. I've already proved if you work hard, you can accomplish anything with the right drive and work ethic."
Newell (11-0) fights World Series of Fighting lightweight champion Justin Gaethje (11-0) on Saturday for the Las Vegas-based promotion's debut on NBC. Newell won the Xtreme Fighting Championship's 155-pound belt in December 2012 before relinquishing the title to move to the WSOF.
"It's something that makes me unique," he said. "Some people like that, some people don't. But it's something I have to deal with."
One who doesn't, UFC President Dana White. White said last year that Newell would never fight in UFC, the biggest MMA promotion on the globe, saying, "I don't know, fighting with one arm is just craziness to me."
The 28-year-old Newell, 5-foot-10, 155 pounds, insisted he was happy in WSOF and brushed off White's comments.
"They're too worried about what people would think more than they're worried about having the best fighters in the world," Newell said. "I was a free agent and World Series of Fighting gave me a great offer and I'm happy."
Raised in Milford, Connecticut, Newell refused to let his disability serve as a roadblock toward his athletic pursuits. He wrestled in high school — losing his first 17 matches, by his count — before becoming a regular winner. He later captained the Western New England College wrestling team.
"It was the kind of thing where if they lost to him, they'd be ashamed about losing to a kid with one arm," Newell's college teammate, Brian Myers, said. "It's almost like losing to a girl, almost. But I found it rather difficult to wrestle him in practice. His elbow was pretty exposed and it was too his advantage because he could legally strike you with it like it was his hand."
Like so many college roommates, Newell and Myers were glued to the TV every Monday night to watch WWE's "Monday Night Raw" and UFC's "The Ultimate Fighter."
Myers gravitated more toward sports entertainment — using the ring name Curt Hawkins he'd become a tag team champion performing for WWE. Newell was hooked on every choke, kick, and submission in the brutal MMA circuit.
"I was like, what is this? I have to learn this," he said.
About graduating college, he walked into the Fighting Arts Academy in Springfield, Massachusetts, to seriously pursue the sport. Trainer Jeremy Libiszewski never hesitated working with a one-handed prospect.
"I said, 'Here are some gloves and let's go. Let's start working on stuff,'" he said. "It wasn't a big deal."
Newell never attempts to strike someone with his left arm, using jabs to shake his foe, often trying to snare him in a guillotine choke.
He'll be on display when NBC airs its first MMA event. Newell has made enough of a name for himself that he struck up a friendship with one-handed former major league pitch Jim Abbott. Newell once camped out over a dugout as kid to meet his childhood hero. Now, he's the one who's become a role model, and is active in several charity foundations, most notably the Lucky Fin Project.
"I feel weird calling myself an inspiration," Newell said. "Life itself is inspiring enough. Everyone has their own struggles and challenges."
If he keeps winning, his next obstacle will be convincing White that he's earned a shot in UFC.
"Nick's going to keep winning and UFC will have no choice but to use him," Myers said. "He's not a freakshow; Nick's the real deal. If he keeps winning, how can he be ignored?"
Newell hoped it was easier to ignore one hand when there's gold around the waist.
"I know that it's the biggest fight that I've ever had," Newell said. "NBC, biggest network in the world. I'm headlining, I'm fighting for a title. I get to do all three in one shot. But when it comes down to it, there's no extra pressure. This is my time."


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The 23-year-old, who finished top scorer in the recent European Under-21 Championships, currently plays in the Dutch league for NAC Breda.
Blackburn chairman John Williams told the Lancashire Telegraph: "The Dutch lad is someone that [manager] Mark [Hughes] likes. I know that he admires him a lot."
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Permafrost is highly responsive to climatic fluctuations at several temporal
and spatial scales (Nelson and Anisimov, 1993). Evidence of spatially extensive
episodes of permafrost thawing and poleward contraction has been documented
(Halsey et al., 1995; Anisimov and Nelson, 1996b; Anisimov and Nelson, 1997;
WASI, 1997). Depending on regional climate and local biological, topographic,
and edaphic parameters, pronounced warming in the high latitudes of Asia could
lead to thinning or disappearance of permafrost in locations where it now exists
(Anisimov and Nelson, 1996a). Poleward movement of the southern boundary of
the sporadic permafrost area is likely in Mongolia and northeast China. Large-scale
shrinkage of the permafrost region in boreal Asia also is likely. In northern
regions of boreal Asia, the mean annual temperature of permafrost, hence the
depth of seasonal thawing (active layer thickness), will increase (Izrael et
al., 1999). The perennially frozen rocks will completely degrade within the
present southern regions (ICRF, 1998). The development of thermokarst and thermal
erosion because of perennial thawing and increase in the depth of seasonal thawing
of ice-rich grounds and monomineral ice accumulations is a critical process
in permafrost regions of boreal Asia (Izrael et al., 1999). The change in rock
temperature will result in a change in the strength characteristics, bearing
capacity, and compressibility of frozen rocks, generation of thermokarst, thermal
erosion, and some other geocryological processes (Garagulia and Ershov, 2000).
In response to projected climate change, four main economic sectors in permafrost
regionssurface and underground construction, the mining industry, heating
energy demand, and agricultural development will be affected (ICRF, 1995,
1998; Anisimov, 1999). Because large quantities of carbon are sequestered in
the permafrost of boreal peatlands and tundra regions (Botch et al., 1995; Ping,
1996), changes in distribution of frozen ground and systematic increase in the
thickness of seasonally thawed layer are likely to result in the release of
large amounts of CO2 and possibly methane (CH4) into the
The permafrost area on the Tibetan Plateau has an average altitude of about
5,000 m and is one of the several regions not significantly affected by direct
human activities. Because of this area's thermal and moisture conditions
are on the edge of the ecological limitations of vegetation, it is believed
to be highly sensitive to global warming (Zhang et al., 1996). The boundary
between continuous and discontinuous (intermittent or seasonal) permafrost areas
on the Tibetan Plateau are likely to shift toward the center of the plateau
along the eastern and western margins (Anisimov and Nelson, 1996b).
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The $819 billion stimulus package passed by the House on a party line vote contains at least one provision that could prove helpful to cotton producers and other segments of the U.S. cotton industry.
The bill, which was approved by a vote of 244-188, contains an amendment mandating that textile and apparel products purchased by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration be made with 100 percent U.S. content.
The amendment, offered by Rep. Larry Kissell, D-N.C., extends the current Berry amendment (named for Rep. Marion Berry, Democrat from Arkansas) program to the Department of Homeland Security but only would cover prospective procurement of uniforms and other textile product for TSA workers by the U.S. government.
"We would like to thank Congressman Kissell in particular for offering this amendment which has been long sought after by the textile industry," said Anderson Warlick, chairman of the National Council of Textile Organizations. "The Kissell amendment will provide an important stimulus to the U.S. textile and apparel manufacturing sector.
NCTO officials and other members of a coalition of textile manufacturing and producer organizations also thanked Reps. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., David Price, D-N.C., John Spratt, D-S.C., Howard Coble, R-N.C., and Mike Michaud, D-Maine, for support in securing passage of the amendment.
"The Kissell amendment will immediately help textile and apparel companies because it will cover all uniforms purchased by the Transportation Security Administration employees," said Auggie Tantillo, executive director of the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition.
"This program can be expanded by the Obama administration to cover other DHS agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Immigration Service — nearly 100,000 uniformed employees in all — and we will be asking the president to make that change."
The Kissell amendment does not require any additional taxpayer money because it involves programs that are already in place and which are already fully funded, according to Karl Spilhaus, president of the National Textile Association.
The amendment must be included in the Senate version of the American Economic and Recovery Act. The Senate is expected to consider an even larger stimulus package this week.
"Now that the House has added this critical amendment to the stimulus package, it is incumbent upon the U.S. Senate to adopt it too. We look forward to working closely with our friends in the Senate to make sure that this happens," said Kevin M. Burke, president and CEO of the American Apparel & Footwear Association, another member of the coalition.
"Enactment of the Kissell amendment will have an important impact on jobs across the United States because textile and apparel companies often rely on sales of uniforms and other textile products to the government to provide critically needed employment and production," said Ruth Stephens, executive director of the U.S. Industrial Fabrics Institute (USIFI).
"It should also be noted that the Kissell amendment was carefully crafted so as not to violate any U.S. trade agreements or obligations," said Larry McClendon, chairman of the National Cotton Council and a cotton producer and ginner from Marianna, Ark.
The U.S. textile and apparel sector has been hit particularly hard by the economic downturn with 60,000 jobs lost during the past 12 months. In the past year, 44 textile plants have closed, including 14 in North Carolina, 10 in South Carolina, four in Georgia, seven in Alabama, and seven in Virginia.
U.S. cotton producers, who once shipped 60 percent or more of their crop to U.S. textile mills, now must export from 60 percent to 70 percent of their output to foreign textile mills, primarily in Asia.
The Berry amendment requires the U.S. Defense Department to buy certain products, judged essential to military readiness, with 100 percent U.S. content and labor. These products include clothing and other textile items, specialty steel, and food. The Berry amendment ensures military readiness through an active defense-industrial base and provides a reliable domestic source for certain vital goods during war times.
Preserving the Berry amendment is the highest priority, but efforts should be made to expand the Berry amendment to include other national security agencies, according to members of the coalition of manufacturers and cotton producer organizations.
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Model Theory Seminar Sebastien Vasey
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Title: Quasiminimal structures and excellence. Part 3
Abstract: A recurring theme in model theory is upward transfer of a property, using only information about countable structures to derive information on all uncountable structures. For example, knowing that an Abstract Elementary Class has no maximal countable model lets us deduce it has an uncountable model. A generalization of this fact was proved by Shelah in a milestone paper, where he showed how to obtain existence of models of an $L_{\omega_1, \omega}$ sentence at $\aleph_n$ using a property of systems of countable models index by $n$-dimensional cubes that he called $n$-goodness. A class where $n$-goodness holds for all $n$ is called excellent. It turns out that excellence implies existence of arbitrarily large models, and much more. The concept of excellence got renewed attention, when Boris Zilber used it to study Schanuel's conjecture for the complex numbers. Zilber studied quasiminimal classes that had to satisfy several requirements, including a version of excellence. Until recently, it was unclear whether the excellence requirement was necessary. In this series of talks, I will present a result of Bays, Hart, Hyttinen, Kesälä and Kirby that shows it is not: Excellence holds for free in quasiminimal classes. I aim to make the talks reasonably self-contained and use only minimal backgroud.
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The number of farms in the United States has grown 4 percent and the operators of those farms have become more diverse in the past five years, according to results of the 2007 Census of Agriculture released today by the USDA's National Agriculture Statistics Service.
"Through the census, we're able to take the aspects of agriculture that make it most unique -- the numbers and the people -- and incorporate them into the most accurate profile possible of U.S. agriculture," said Secretary Tom Vilsack.
"The Census of Agriculture is far more than a tally of numbers. It's a reflection of the people -- and their livelihoods -- behind those numbers ... truly the People's Department at work. And it's a guide to putting dollars and resources into programs and services that will serve the people well in this century."
The 2007 Census counted 2,204,792 farms in the United States, a net increase of 75,810 farms. Nearly 300,000 new farms have begun operation since the last census in 2002. Compared to all farms nationwide, these new farms tend to have more diversified production, fewer acres, lower sales and younger operators who also work off-farm.
In the past five years, U.S. farm operators have become more demographically diverse. The 2007 Census counted nearly 30 percent more women as principal farm operators. The count of Hispanic operators grew by 10 percent, and the counts of American Indian, Asian and Black farm operators increased as well.
The latest census figures show a continuation in the trend towards more small and very large farms and fewer mid-sized operations. Between 2002 and 2007, the number of farms with sales of less than $2,500 increased by 74,000. The number of farms with sales of more than $500,000 grew by 46,000 during the same period.
Census results show that the majority of U.S. farms are smaller operations. More than 36 percent are classified as residential/lifestyle farms, with sales of less than $250,000 and operators with a primary occupation other than farming. Another 21 percent are retirement farms, which have sales of less than $250,000 and operators who reported they are retired.
In addition to looking at farm numbers, operator demographics and economic aspects of farming, the Census of Agriculture delves into numerous other areas, including organic, value-added, and specialty production, all of which are on the rise.
The 2007 Census found that 57 percent of all farmers have Internet access, up from 50 percent in 2002. For the first time in 2007, the census also looked at high-speed Internet access. Of those producers accessing the Internet, 58 percent reported having a high-speed connection.
Other "firsts" in the 2007 Census include questions about on-farm energy generation, community-supported agriculture arrangements and historic barns.
The Census of Agriculture, conducted every five years, is a complete count of the nation's farms and ranches and the people who operate them. It provides the only source of uniform, comprehensive agricultural data for every county in the nation.


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I feel like quitting. My last 5 practice tests went 168,168,168,168,171. Last night - 163. Had it been the real deal, I wouldnt be going to law school. (Ive got a 3.16) It wasnt a bad night or anything, I just caught some tough breaks on top of the usual mistakes. Anyone else experience this? The gravity of this test and the possibility of an 8 point swing scares me to death.
a 3.16 and a 163 would definitely get you into a law school. don't cry because you're not top-10 material, most people aren't.


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New York, NY (PRWEB) May 01, 2014
Manufacturing Talk Radio™ will broadcast live from Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday, May 5 and Tuesday, May 6 at 10:00 a.m. (PDT) to cover the annual Institute of Supply Management® conference, ISM2014. Hosts Tim Grady, Executive Producer, and Lew Weiss, founder and CEO of Manufacturing Talk Radio will interview purchasing and supply industry executives at booth #104 on the ISM exhibit floor at the conference center of the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino.
Guests at 10:00 a.m. on Monday will be Linda Rigano, Executive Director, Media Relations, ThomasNet and M.L. Peck, Vice President of ISM to discuss exciting developments announced at the show. At 10:30 a.m. Tom Greco, Vice President, and Kirstin Carty, Audience Outreach Manager with ThomasNet.com will discuss the new developments with the website, http://www.thomasnet.com.
At 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, guests will be Brad Holcomb, chair of the ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee to discuss the latest Purchasing Manager's Index number and the update of the Semi-Annual Economic Forecast, followed by Mr. Tom Derry, CEO of ISM, to discuss the major shifts that will occur within the industry as the baby boomers retire and the millennial generation becomes 75% of the industry workforce.
"The annual ISM conference, ISM2014, will attract over 2,500 supply and purchasing industry professionals to hear keynote speaker T. Boone Pickens, the oil and gas entrepreneur, and Mark Zandi, Chief Economist of Moody's Analytics, as well as other speakers cover best practices, innovative ideas, software trends, talent development, business acumen, risk management and the generational workforce shift from baby boomers to millennials in the supply and purchasing industry," said Lew Weiss, co-host of the show.
"This industry touches many other industries, both upstream and downstream as well as non-manufacturing, that the annual ISM conference is of real importance to businesses across America," added show host Tim Grady.
About MFGTalkRadio.com™
Manufacturing Talk Radio is "the voice of manufacturing globally", the only manufacturing B2B talk radio show broadcasting live across the Internet to industry listeners from the shop floor to the C-suite. Show host, Tim Grady, and co-host, Lew Weiss, present breaking news, talk about business trends, and discuss economic forecasts in the manufacturing industry for small, medium and large manufacturers, their suppliers, vendors and customers. The show can be heard through any computer or smartphone around the world by going to http://www.mfgtalkradio.com.
About ThomasNet.com®
ThomasNet.com®, part of Thomas Industrial Network, Inc. is the leading platform for supplier discovery and selection of OEM, MRO and other products and services. The platform serves procurement professionals, engineers, plant and facility management and other buyers from corporations, educational institutions, government agencies, the military and small businesses. It also serves manufacturers, distributors, and service companies throughout North America who want to connect and do business with these buyers. Buyers of industrial products and services can connect to ThomasNet News from ThomasNet.com®.
About ISM
Institute for Supply Management® (ISM) is the first supply management institute in the world. Founded in 1915, ISM's mission is to enhance the value and performance of procurement and supply chain management practitioners and their organizations worldwide. By executing and extending its mission through education, research, standards of excellence and information dissemination — including the renowned monthly ISM Report On Business® — ISM maintains a strong global influence among individuals and organizations. ISM is a not-for-profit educational association that serves professionals with an interest in supply management who live and work in more than 90 countries. ISM offers the Certified Professional in Supply Management® (CPSM®) and Certified Professional in Supplier Diversity® (CPSD®) qualifications.


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October 21, 2008Everyday
Considering everything that's going on in this world (economically and otherwise), we know that it can feel a little frivolous to focus on things like fashion. After all, the turmoil that we feel when struggling to put together a suitably professional outfit every morning is peanuts compared to the unrest going on around the globe. That said, when you're ready to take a rest from reading headlines and enjoy a bit of escapism, we're here to help with our newly restocked closet. We hope you'll enjoy the pieces we're excited about, whether that's Supersocial's amazing pumpkin Adri Jacket ($159), Jeffrey Campbell's Studded Qui Flats ($95), or Forever 21's Fab Feather Wallet ($7.50), which is available in a few colour combinations. We particularly concentrated on sleuthing out the best budget-friendly products for our Under $100 section, so don't miss our excellent finds in that department-even if you're just window shopping!
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says officials expect the fuel shortage that has led to long lines and short tempers to continue for days.
He said Sunday that authorities aren't "100 percent sure" when the shortage will end but that it's a short-term problem.
Cuomo says the fuel delivery and distribution problems from Superstorm Sandy are easing and that more gas is coming to the area and will be distributed.
He urges people to not use their cars if they don't have to and not to hoard fuel.


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Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh is the incendiary writing machine hailing from Dublin, Ireland. He's writen several amazingly miraculous books including Ecstasy, Glue, Porno, Filth, The Acid House, Bedroom Secrets Of Master Chefs, Marabou Stork Nightmares and his most well known work Trainspotting, which was subsequently made into a movie starring Ewan McGreggor.
His newest book is a dashing collection of short stories with the genius title "If You Liked School, You'll Love Work." He's known for writing in the phonetic Scottish dialect with passages like: -How ye daein? Eh? Well, that's us in another final. Disnae seem two whole years since the, eh accident, but enough ay that. Another final! One-nil. Darren Jackson. Ah didnae go masel mind. Tony wis thair. Ah wis gaunny go, bit ah nivir goat a ticket. Saw it oan the telly. Like ah sais, one-nil. Darren Jackson, barry goal n aw. Tony made up a tape ay the commentary, like ah sais, a tape eh made up. Eh Vet?- He's an extremely meticulous and prolific writer and if you aren't familiar, you should really check him out.
He rocks.
Garrett Faber: What was school like for you?
Irvine Welsh: The school I went to was pretty crap; it was in the housing project where I lived. Academic aspirations were very low, but it was great socially because all your friends, the other kids from the neighborhood went to the same place.
GF: Did you go to dances and everything? Prom?
IW: We don't (or didn't then) do things like prom and dances. At the end of primary aged eleven we had the 'qually' or qualifying dance. You took a girl and bought her chips after and got a kiss. Secondary school was less innocent - you were regarded as weird if you hadn't popped your cherry by fourteen.
GF: Had you popped your cherry by fourteen?
IW: I only got it half-up and never came. It counted at the time.
GF: Did you feel like school helped shape your writing at all?
IW: Yes. It shaped everything.
GF: How do you feel about the school system, how would you reform it?
IW: Yes, I'd abolish private education and have everybody in a state school with no religious instruction except to burn churches.
GF: Can you show me the last thing you've written, minutes ago, hours ago, doesn't matter when, just the last thing you've written, an excerpt?
IW: There had been a plague of fruit flies, I had remembered somebody talking about it on the local news, but this morning I saw the evidence with my own eyes for the first time. It was impressive. The longer you live the less life can surprise you, but this was crazy. The beasties kept coating the windshield and the wipers couldn't keep up. I had to stop on a number of occasions to clean them off. - Sometimes you're the fly, sometimes you're the windscreen, Arthur observed from behind his shades, not in any great hurry to help out.' - I wrote that about 15 mins ago.
GF: What books inspire you to write?
IW: I believe that there are different types of books that make you a writer. Books like Moby Dick excited my imagination. Ones like William McIllvaney's Laidlaw showed me that people from my social milleau could be writers. In Britain literature is still culturally the preserve of the upper middle classes, the public school and Oxbridge elite: so if you don't have that background the idea of being a writer is strange. Then there are the books that make you think: this is a pile of fucking shite, I could do better than that.
GF: How do you go about naming your books?
IW: I usually get the title first then decide what its about. I liked the title Trainspotting for a while, it seemed ironically junkie. It never did to anybody else, well, not at the time. I loved Marabou Stork Nightmares as a title, and Filth. The only time I never had a title in mind was when I wrote Glue. That's a shit title for a book.
GF: What was the first bit of writing you've ever gotten paid for, and how much?
IW: I wrote a section of what would be Trainspotting for a magazine called New Writing Scotland and I think I got £500. I was delighted, and I think its probably the biggest high I had as a writer.
GF: What section of Trainspotting was published first?
IW: The Last Day of the Edinburgh Festival.
GF: When it comes to writing, what do you feel is the best thing you've ever written? What is your legacy?
IW: You always believe that what you're writing at the moment is the one that's best. I don't know about legacy - I never think further than a couple of weeks ahead.
GF: Have you ever been censored or edited by your publishers?
IW: Never censored, every writer gets edited - that's what the publisher is there for. I've never been told that there was something I couldn't or shouldn't be writing about.
GF: How would you describe punching someone in the face, as if you were writing the scene for a story?
IW: It would depend on the characters motivation for punching someone; ie: assault or self-defence, in sport in the ring, the relationship between the assaulter and the assaultee would be paramount.
GF: Okay, say that the punch is an assault punch, a little nerdy kid losing his temper and swinging at an obnoxious bully, how would you write that punch?
IW: I would make the punch feeble and insipid and the bully laugh and then torture, batter and humiliate the nerd as usually happens in real life.
GF: Do you like Hunter S Thompson, Chuck Palahniuk, Bret Easton Ellis, and Neil Gaiman's works? Out of those others, pick one book each and tell me what you liked about it.
IW: Hunter S Thomson - Fear And Loathing. - We've all been there. That was myself and Sandy McNair hitch-hiking through Britain one summer. Took us months to get 500 miles.
Chuck Palahnuick - Choke - I love Victor's scam, but I could pick any CP novel equally.
Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho. One of the funniest novels ever written. Every time I read that section when Bateman's in the
resturant with the gold embossed business card and his friend produces a better one, I just errupt.
GF: What authors are you into now?
IW: I'm re-reading all the George Orwell books I read in my youth. Keep The Aspidistra Flying is such a great book about money, art and love. Another very funny book.
GF: What sort of regular jobs did you have?
IW: Loads and loads of them. I was never cut out to last too long in the nine-to-five. I was a television repair man, a builder, a mover, a property developer, a waiter, a cook, a kitchen porter, a Housing manager a club promoter and an Industrial Training consultant. There are a few more I can't recall.
GF: Do you believe in magic and voodoo?
IW: No, but I believe that ideas and individuals have the power to mesmerize.
GF: What do you mean by "Mesmerize'? What experiences have you had with those things?
IW: I watched people put spells on others - take their money and their life from them.
GF: What did you think of Hellblazer, and John Constantine?
IW: Is it still going? I remember it started in Swamp Thing by Alan Moore. Liked the character, but comics I tend to get into over a few weeks then leave for year then play catch-up again. Haven't seen any Hellblazer in years.
GF: What is your favorite 3 course meal?
IW: I'd start off with snails, then medium rare steak and finish on a Creme Brulee. Hopefully it would be in Paris, Lyon or Provence.
GF: What was the last idea you got for a story?
IW: Two people stuck in an elevator together. I got the idea from thinking about somebody I wouldn't want to be stuck in an elevator with.
GF: Where do you get your characters from? Would you ever write a comic book?
IW: They tend to be composites of real people. I was once going to work with an artist to turn my novel Marabou Stork Nightmares into a graphic novel, but we never got it together.
GF: Have you ever been haunted by ghosts?
IW: When we were kids we used to play around an old house down by Silverknowes beach that was reputedly haunted. There was dead cat strung up in one of the rooms. Not supernatural, but it seemed that way at the time.
GF: What do you do in your free time, besides writing, I read in an interview that you don't have a cell phone and you don't drive?
IW: I'm travelling a lot. My wife is American and we have a place in Florida so we move back and forth over the Atlantic a lot. I try to
keep fit, running, boxing and tennis. I don't drive but I did get a cell phone a few years back. In fact, I've got four now, Florida,
Chicago, Dublin and Edinburgh. But they're generally always switched off.
GF: Have you ever actually done heroin? Why do you think so many people get into drugs in the first place?
IW: Yes, I'm an ex-addict. I think when people are bored and rootless drugs will always win by default. They can also be a great buzz and people love a great buzz.
GF: What are some good alternatives to the drug buzz, what other types of buzz are as good as the drug buzz?
IW: I don't really do drugs now, I'm too old. I liked the drugs buzz best though, but getting punched in a boxing ring can be strangely exciting.
GF: Do you follow American politics? Who would you vote for in this upcoming election?
IW: Yes. I'd vote for Barack Obama.
GF: Do you feel like this current generation is more worse off than the previous one, all the 80's babies should come into thier own soon, do you think we're too jaded to save the world?
IW: I think it's going to shit fairly quickly now and each generation, except the super rich, will be worse off than the previous one.
GF: What are some of your current bad habits?
IW: Sometimes, if I'm working on something, I can go for days without washing or shaving. It's not very nice for the people around you.
GF: Did you have a dog growing up?
IW: Sandy the alsatian/border collie cross. A nice dog but a bit of a mentalist.
GF: Do you have any other artistic talents? Do you paint or take photos?
IW: I do both these things but they are recreational rather than serious artistic endeavours.
GF: What was the last new album you were really stoked on?
IW: Republic of Loose - Aaagh.
GF: What would you want your tombstone to say?
IW: Snarl, Grunt, Welshy ya cunt.
GF: Do you believe in heaven and hell and purgatory and things like those?
IW: Yes, heaven is a warm day at Easter Road, hell is a wet afternoon at Tynecastle.
GF: Have you ever witnessed a miracle?
IW: Yes. A friend fell out off a window and dropped 50 foot. He got up and walked away without a scratch on him.
GF: Do you like slacks or jeans better?
IW: It depends. Slacks for a night out in a club or wine bar, with my wife, jeans with my pals in a dirty pub.
GF: Have you ever fired a gun?
IW: Only on a practice range.
GF: What's the closest you've ever come to death?
IW: I've had loads of shaves - probably the worst one was being out off a double decker bus that blew over turning on a motorway bend.
GF: Are you happy?
IW: Yes. I'm at a good place in life right now.


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By Trae Green
Big 12 Campus Correspondent
During the early innings of each University of Kansas baseball game, KU's closing pitcher - senior right-hander Jordan Piche' – anxiously bides his time in the Jayhawk bullpen, trying to focus on the opposing hitters and find any possible advantage to exploit when it comes time for him to take the mound.
"I've got about six innings to see how the hitters are reacting to different off-speed pitches and fastballs," Piche' said. "It takes my mind off of having to go warm up. I try to relax as much as possible, but that's pretty hard."
Even with the constant efforts to keep his mind from wandering away from the task at hand, there is one reoccurring early-inning thought that the reigning Big 12 Newcomer of the Year can't seem to shake. The feeling of being in the bullpen and taking in the scene and atmosphere of the game he loves causes Piche's mind to sometimes slightly drift into a period of disbelief while reflecting on his journey to where he is today.
Piche's recollection begins approximately two years ago, transitioning from a stage of not being sure he was going to get the chance to continue his career after playing in junior college, to jumping ahead to 2013 when he was a member of the All-Big 12 Conference First Team and finally skipping ahead to the current season where, in his second and final go-around, he is one of three team captains at Kansas.
Despite being a four-year letterwinner, being named an all-conference honoree three times, and nabbing an all-state selection after his prep campaign had concluded at Resurrection Christian High School in Greeley, Colo., Piche' had drawn no collegiate offers to prolong his career following his senior season. At the time, being overlooked by baseball programs wasn't necessarily a big deal for Piche'.
"I didn't get recruited for baseball or anything through high school," Piche' said. "It was just something I liked to do."
After mulling over his options, Piche' decided he wasn't quite ready to give up baseball just yet and opted to sign-on at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa. It didn't come as a surprise when Piche' chose to commit to play at Indian Hills; he wanted to embrace the opportunity to have the chance to play alongside his baseball role model and older brother, Jonathan, who is currently serving as an athletic trainer for a minor league hockey team. The Piche' brothers anticipated spending quality time together while participating in something they both enjoyed doing. What they didn't quite anticipate was the number of games or experiences the two of them would end up tacking onto Jordan's career.
"My brother was a big influence for me, he was that good role model and that good player that I looked up to," Piche' said. "He went to the junior college I went to as well. That really kept me in it for sure and it made my decision to go through with baseball for college."
Baseball at the junior college level is a grueling time commitment that takes a certain dedication and drive to be able to succeed. The JUCO ranks proved to be tough on Piche', but it ultimately turned baseball into one of his true passions while also instilling a work ethic that helped get him to the position he is in today.
"Junior college practice is rough; it's really long, five-six-seven hours of the day you're playing. It's definitely a grind of a season," Piche' said. "At the same time trying to stay consistent with pitching was fun for me. I found it difficult and (there was) a new challenge in it. With practice being so long and so many reps, you become a better player pretty quickly."
As his freshman season progressed, Piche' started to notice small improvements he was making on the mound. He recorded 30 strikeouts and only four walks in 33 innings pitched.
"I think my freshman year I really made that jump. I was kind of a late bloomer for sure for pitching," Piche' said. "I realized my velocity was going up and I was maturing into my own body by working out and everything."
As he, his teammates and his coaches started to notice the improvements being made, Piche' really began to strive to keep getting better in a hope to continue playing after his two years of eligibility at Indian Hills had expired. There was only one problem - not very many others were taking notice. There were once again no offers to choose from.
With the help of his older brother, the two began their own recruiting service for Piche'. Any spare time they got away from the field or the classroom was dedicated to contacting programs in a hope to extend the younger Piche's stay on the diamond.
"I sent so many emails out. I remember sitting in my dorm room and saying, 'Hey coach my name is Jordan.' I sent them my stats and told them I was interested in their program," Piche' said. "I did numerous emails like that and my brother helped me put all of those emails together in a formal way."
Piche' didn't garner very many responses during that first year. However, that didn't make him want to give up on his goal. Instead it made him hungrier to give even more effort to succeed at what he had set out to do.
With one year of eligibility left at Indian Hills, Piche' hadn't made any backup plans if baseball didn't work out. He was 100 percent dedicated to getting noticed and instead of hanging up his cleats, he sold himself to the sport. With persistence and an eye-opening sophomore campaign on the mound, heads began to turn in his direction. After sending updated emails with his sophomore stat line of a 7-2 record with a 2.21 ERA, 58 strikeouts and only eight walks in 89 innings pitched, Piche' began drawing interest from the places that had once glanced over him.
"Sure enough my sophomore year I got quite a bit of interest back from universities and different schools in the area," Piche' said. "It was just a matter of who comes across you and who you're interested in."
There was one midwestern school that ended up reaching out and capturing Piche's interest over all others.
"I remember the day that Ritchie (Assistant Coach Ritchie Price) called me. That was just awesome and a surreal moment - The University of Kansas is calling me. Just talking to him was a surreal moment and also humbling," Piche' said. "I remember talking to him and their interest level was high for me because they needed a pitcher in the back end to fill that spot."
The rest became history.
In his debut season for Kansas in 2013, Piche' appeared in 32 games, pitched 64.1 innings and finished the season 6-4 with a 1.68 ERA, 12 saves, 49 strikeouts and 10 walks. He streaked to 25 appearances without allowing an earned run during the season and collected a handful of accolades. That list was long, highlighted by being named to the ABCA All-Midwest Region Second Team and 2013 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team. Along with being selected to the 2013 All-Big 12 First Team, Piche' was also honored with the conference's Newcomer of the Year award.
Even with all of the success from the previous season, Piche' still approaches the game today with that same chip on the shoulder, blue-collar mentality that landed him at Kansas and gave him the honor of being named a captain his senior season.
"I definitely didn't expect to be a captain. Work ethic really does pay off," Piche' said. "If you have a good work ethic and you really work hard, you're going to find success and I think that's what happened for me."
In his quest to best his personal numbers, as well as the team goals on the field goals for this season, Piche' once again noted work ethic as the key to sustaining and building upon his achievements from last season.
"I want to play off of the same role I had and just keep rolling with the momentum that I created for myself last year," Piche' said. "I would like to top the numbers that I had last year. There are a lot of things that I could have fixed last year that I think we really refined this offseason."
Fast forward back to the current season; the reminiscing process is temporarily put on hold. As the innings wear on and Piche' gets the call to start getting loose to trot out to the mound to decide the game, the thoughts that had been drifting in and out of his head for the past couple of hours suddenly cease. They will return, but for now it's strictly business.
Familiar thoughts of determination and motivation to succeed once again fill his head. The same tools for success Piche' used to get the opportunity to close out games for the Jayhawks are now put behind every pitch he winds up to throw.
"Having the ability to throw in that situation really pumps me up, I find a peace in it. Once I'm on the mound I lose myself," Piche' said. "I'm not thinking. I can go back after the game and it feels like I blacked out. It's a surreal moment that I lose myself in."
After the last pitch is thrown and the final out has been recorded, the weight of the moment along with his overall experience with baseball catches back up with him. Piche' can't help but welcome those positive thoughts of success back into his mind after another game has been completed."Being able to do what I did last year is still kind of shocking for me. I catch myself in the moment too," Piche' said. "It's just a really surreal, humbling moment that you don't really picture. It's something you can dream about, saying you want to be successful in Division I, but (you ask) 'How successful can you really be?' I look back on it and it's kind of like a fairy tale for me."


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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are slightly higher in early trading on Wall Street, even as several big retailers slumped after reporting disappointing earnings.
Shortly after the opening bell Friday the Dow Jones industrial average was up 25 points at 15,259, an increase of 0.2 percent.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index was up four points at 1,655, or 0.3 percent.
The Nasdaq composite, which is heavily weighted with technology stocks, edged up eight points to 3,480, or 0.2 percent.
Northrop Grumman rose 5 percent, the most of any stock in the S&P 500 index, after the defense contractor approved the repurchase of another $4 billion of its own stock.
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Mitch Lies/For the Capital Press
ALBANY, Ore. — After being loaded onto a truck, many Northwest Christmas trees will make one last stop before heading out of state.
They stop for ice.
"It keeps the trees cool and moist and fresher," said Mark Arkills, production manager at Holiday Tree Farms in Corvallis, Ore.
Holiday Tree Farms, like nearly all Northwest Christmas tree farms, hires a company to blow ice over the top of its loads of trees when shipping trees out of state. The practice keeps trees fresh longer, which helps them retain their needles.
"We want to deliver the best product we can to our customers and we want the trees to last until Christmas," Arkills said.
Arkills said Holiday Tree Farms ices just about any shipment going beyond Northern California.
Bob Schaefer of Noble Mountain Tree Farm in Salem said he ices trees that he is shipping farther than 600 miles. Either that or he ships them in a refrigerated container.
Schaefer said growers started icing trees in the mid-1980s when they couldn't get refrigerated trailers.
"It has saved a lot of trees over the years," Schaefer said, "especially those going to warm climates."
Today, many growers prefer icing over refrigerated containers.
The theory is that the air passing over trees in a refrigerated container dries out trees, while the slowly melting ice keeps trees moist and helps them retain their needles.
Holiday Tree Farms and Noble Mountain ice many of their trees through Case Farms.
Farm owner Bill Case, based in Albany, has an icing station in Aurora, as well. He started icing trees seven or eight years ago after being approached by Holiday Tree Farms.
Case already had on hand four ice makers, which he uses to ship sweet corn. The ice makers can pump out 100,000 pounds of ice a day. He decided it made sense to expand into Christmas trees, given that the Christmas tree icing season begins about the time his sweet corn season ends.
Today the business keeps a crew of seven busy full-time for about 10 weeks icing trees.
The crew typically will service about 60 trucks a day, he said, starting in early October, when growers begin shipping Christmas trees to Puerto Rico, and ending in mid-December, when the season comes to an end.
Growers typically vary the amount of ice they'll put in a truck based on how far the load is going. Case said he typically sprays approximately a ton of chopped ice onto the top of a stack of Christmas trees in a truck embarking on a 19-hour trip to Los Angeles.
The practice costs growers around $140 for a ton of ice, but apparently it is worth the expense.
"The customers know the difference," Arkills said.
"The icing really does enhance the freshness of the tree," Schaefer said.
Mitch Lies/For the Capital Press
A worker blows ice over the top of a load of Christmas trees headed to California at Case Farms in Albany. Growers hire Case and other ice companies to blow ice over the tops of trees to keep them fresh on long hauls.


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Despite the absence of diseases like polio, diphtheria, and tetanus in entire communities, some parents remain unconvinced about the importance of immunizations. Yes, it's true that a few children do not respond to one vaccine or another—no vaccine has a record of 100% effectiveness. But depending on the study being cited, childhood vaccines are 85% to 98% effective. That's a remarkable track record, particularly when you take into account the serious nature of many of these infections.
When you have an opportunity to give your child up to a 98% chance of avoiding a disease like chickenpox that can lead to dehydration or pneumonia or a serious illness like whooping cough that can cause seizures, brain disease, and death, that's a convincing reason to vaccinate.
Nevertheless, despite the easy availability and the proven effectiveness of vaccines, some children are still not properly immunized. A few parents are unaware that the initial shots need to be given in the early days and weeks of infancy. Other parents have made a conscious decision to avoid having their child vaccinated, believing one myth or another about the safety of immunizations.
But when children are not immunized, the results can be devastating. Each year, thousands of children in the United States become seriously ill with diseases that could have been prevented with proper immunizations. Immunizations are among the most effective medical interventions of all time. Short of basic sanitation and nutrition, no medical intervention has done more to save lives and prevent disease than immunizations.
Immunizations are the cornerstone of preventive health, and the American Academy of Pediatrics believes strongly that every child needs and deserves the protection that immunizations provide.


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Norman Corwin: Lofty idealism, bawdy comedy
By A.J. Langguth When Norman Corwin died Oct. 18 at the age of 101, his obituaries were long and admiring. And woefully incomplete. True, they called him the poet of the airways and marveled that every week he had produced an original play for the CBS network during what was invariably called the golden age of radio. They recalled that when his tribute to the Bill of Rights, We Hold These Truths, was broadcast on the eve of World War II, it ran simultaneously on all of the nation's radio networks. And that when the Nazis were beaten in May 1945, America celebrated with Norman's ode, On a Note of Triumph, and the exalted slang of its opening lines: So they've given up! They're finally done in, and the rat is dead in an alley back of the Wilhelmstrasse. Take a bow, G.I. Take a bow, little guy. The superman of tomorrow lies at the feet of you common men of this afternoon. The obituaries spoke of Norman's winning the One World Award in 1940. (Albert Einstein also got the award, but only later.) The stipend took Norman around the globe, taping interviews with film director Sergei Eisenstein in the Soviet Union, Jawaharlal Nehru in India and Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Japan. Those events were certainly milestones, but none of the respectful accounts of his life included the headline he always said he wanted: Norman Corwin Shot in Bed at 95 by a Jealous Husband. The problem lies with every obituary and eulogy, and it is worse when the departed had reached an advanced age. Then all the joys and vital juices are bleached away to create a candidate for Mt. Rushmore. In Norman's case, the admirable aspects of his character did in fact run deep. Throughout his life, he urged us as Americans to act on the noble impulses of our heritage. He also made time to offer encouragement to the oppressed and downhearted. When Orson Welles was suffering from depression over the butchery at RKO Studios of his film The Magnificent Ambersons, Norman wrote: I should like to reiterate a confidence in you I have long entertained: that your kind of genius cannot be damaged by vicissitudes such as those you have experienced ... that you are at the threshold, rather than at an advanced point of your potential accomplishments. Many such letters were designed to lift the spirits, and some went to lovely women. Norman, though born in New England, was no Puritan. After separating from his wife a stage actress named Katherine Locke Norman felt free to pursue friendships with a number of Hollywood actresses. Any man can have an eye for the ladies. Better still as was the case with Norman when the ladies have an eye for him. His collected letters include examples of his style in such circumstances always decorous, always irreproachable. Norman's earthy side asserted itself in his limericks. He shared with Shakespeare a delight in ribald clowning, and the school of poetry that suited him best was the one popularized by Edward Lear. At parties and for his own amusement, Norman took the mild jest of a Lear limerick and doubled its entendre. After he returned from a trip to Poland, Norman sent a limerick to a friend, Abel Green, the editor of Variety: A cautious young maiden of Gdansk Who suffered from very hot gpansk .... (It would amuse Norman that even in this era of Rupert Murdoch, good taste demands that the final three lines be omitted.) Fifty years ago, at a party given by Bette Davis, Norman went around the room and on the spur of the moment came up with a limerick for each guest. The one for his hostess was not his most inspired, or his bawdiest, which means it can be quoted here: Our passionate yen for Miss Davis Is based on the hope that she'll crave us. If we had our way, We'd get in the hay, And then, O God help us and save us! Norman's admiration for Thomas Jefferson and Walt Whitman was based on their language and unshaken by revelations about their romantic lives. He'd understand, though, why his friends miss him painfully for his lofty idealism, yes, but also for those outcroppings of low comedy. A.J. Langguth's most recent book is Driven West: Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears to the Civil War. He was the editor of Norman Corwin's Letters. Above, Corwin is seen in 2006 at the age of 96.
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A diet rich in leafy green vegetables, fiber, low in fat, and of course, high in calcium (among the other 72 trace minerals, according to Dr. Joel Wallach) is the first step in prevention. Exercise Ð especially strength training, is the second most important step. A properly prescribed program will increase density in the femoral neck and lumbar vertebrae, where it is needed most. This section will concentrate on the most important areas of the body to strengthen, what types of exercises to perform, and the proper progression to perform them in to enhance muscular and bone development.
Section #1 - hip area. Comprising the largest muscles in the body, the hip area is the foremost section to train. The most important types of machines to condition this area are the leg press, and total hip machine. The leg press is a compound exercise, working the muscles of the hip and thigh. The hip machine is an isolation exercise, concentrating the gluteus maximus. These machines are preferable to free weights to start out with because the learning curve is less, and improvements can be made with less chance of injury.
Section #2 - upper body. Working the upper body major muscles (chest, shoulders, back) comprises section #2, and provides resistance to the bones of the upper vertebrae, long bones of the arms, and ribs. Photo #2 illustrates a weight-assisted machine for working the chest area (dip exercises), and the back (pull up exercises).
The most important element of program design for this group is training progression, as the goal is to strengthen weak and porous bone to its natural density. A beginning program would start with low intensity, and more repetitions. It would look something like this:


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Days after PEOPLE magazine (a very reputable mag) reported that two of her kids were expelled from their private school, TLC star Kate Gosselin went on national television and lied denied her kids were expelled, simply stating she decided to withdraw them from their school for some home tutoring.
Kate admitted that her kids were indeed acting out but blamed it on her divorce. Well RadarOnline is now reporting today that not only were Kate's two kids – Alexis and Collin Gosselin – both age 6, kicked out of school for rage issues and bullying other kids, but also for harming an adult.
According to Radar, one of the expelled kids physically harmed an adult at the school not once, but twice! This reportedly created a situation that caused school administrators to believe they had no choice but expel the kid.
While the nature and extent of the adult's injuries are unknown, the situation was severe enough that it contributed heavily to the school's decision to expel the children.
Radar also reports that Kate's decision to go on national television and lie about her kids' expulsion has caused an even bigger rift between she and her ex-husband Jon Gosselin, as Jon knows the truth.
"Both Jon and Kate were sent a letter from the head of school explaining that despite their best efforts, staff had reached a point at which they had to request the children enroll in another program," a source close to the school told Radar. "It's clear Kate did not tell the truth."
As for the kids, sources reveal that they need to be integrated back into private school as quickly as possible because "Alexis and Collin could go to a public school but they would be photographed and harassed."


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We've seen the 'one pane' design before from LG, but on this 32-incher it's particularly effective; a single sheet of glass stretches right across the front of the TV and, with no need for a dedicated border, the illusion is of a 'borderless' TV.
It's not – a black screen surround instead sits under the glass – but an upward curved edge on the TV's top and a simple dark aluminium strip along the bottom helps create a classy, understated look.
Don't think its svelte design means it takes up less room than similarly sized sets, because that's not the case, but the LG 32SL8000 does remain a prime candidate for wall hanging.
We say almost because, although it's less than 5cm deep, the inputs on the back would then be hard to reach. Housed in a slight recess are three HDMI sockets, though the 'side panel' – in reality another recessed area almost alongside – presents a fourth HDMI and a USB port.
Unlike a lot of LCD TVs at this price, the 32SL8000 is packed with features that are as useful as they are easy to operate.
The most impressive is the USB media player, which can display JPEG slideshows set to MP3 music as well as various video files – including DivX and DivX HD.
Less crucial is Bluetooth connectivity for wireless headphones and sending pictures from mobile phone. LG is the only brand that provide Bluetooth, presumably because it's yet to embrace DLNA networking.
Other tech aimed at reproducing HD includes 24p Real Cinema and TruMotion 200Hz, though LG's take on the latter is to provide a scanning backlight alongside a 100Hz filter.
The 32SL8000 32-inch LCD TV also includes Intelligent Sensor II, which takes the ambient light levels in the room and tweaks the TV's brightness accordingly (also saving on energy consumption). In practice it's not really needed; the TV's 'cinema' setting – our preferred viewing mode – proves less bright than any picture produced using Intelligent Sensor II.
Not that any 32-inch TV – even one with Full HD 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution – is ultimately going to be judged only on its suitability within a home cinema setting. We're looking for an all-rounder.
If you do fancy something a little bigger, siblings in LG's SL8000 Series include 32-inch, 37-inch, 42-inch and 47-inch sets, while the step-up SL9000 Series (42 and 47-inch) use Edge LED technology to backlight the panel. All are certified by the Energy Saving Trust.


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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to a stock buy recommendation from New York-based stock analyst group TheStreet Ratings released this week, pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences (GILD) shows first quarter earning increases compared to this time last year across the board that exceed industry averages by a large margin. Leading global nonprofit AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) contends these record earnings come at the expense of patients who cannot access treatment for HIV/AIDS due to Gilead's price gouging.
TheStreet reported Gilead's closing stock price has jumped 76.13% compared to its closing price one year ago, and the group expects the price to rise even higher. Additionally, the group said Gilead's gross profit margin is "currently very high" at 76.90%, another increase from the same quarter last year. Additionally, the company's net profit margin of 27.83% exceeds industry averages. Gilead's revenue growth was up 14.4% from this time last year and again outpaces the industry average growth of 5.4%.
"AHF has repeatedly criticized Gilead and its CEO John Martin – whose income last year was $54 million – for price gouging on its HIV/AIDS treatments, an action that places the drugs out of reach for many patients due to increases in healthcare costs trickling down to government programs and insurers such as Medicare and Medicaid as well as private insurers and programs like the AIDS Drug Assistance Program," said Michael Weinstein, President of AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
Stribild, Gilead's four-in-one combination pill that was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in early September of last year, is the most expensive AIDS first line treatment on the market today at $28,500 per patient, per year, which was 35% higher than the price of their best-selling treatment at that time and is more than most HIV/AIDS patients earn annually.
Already this year, on January 1, Gilead raised the prices of four key AIDS medications by an average of 6%, including the price of Atripla, its best-selling three-in-one combination treatment, the price of which was increased by 6.9% to a Whole Acquisition Cost (WAC) of $1,878.23 per patient, per month. The other three HIV/AIDS medications that saw price hikes are Complera, which was raised by 5.8% to a WAC of $1,936.53; Emtriva, by 5.5% to a WAC of $478.45; and Viread, by 6% to a WAC of $771.39.
A new study released this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine compared the potential economic savings of using generic antiretroviral treatment instead of branded medication like Atripla to the possible reduction in drug efficacy, caused largely by the increase in pill burden that threatens to knock patients off their medical regimen with missed doses.
Though the study found the increased pill burden – requiring patients to take two or three pills daily instead of the all-in-one combinations sold by Gilead – could lead to a potential loss of 4.4 months of life per patient per lifetime, the projected economic savings exceeded a billion dollars in annual healthcare costs. The more affordable generic treatment options are the same medications that have been keeping people living with HIV/AIDS alive in Africa and developing countries like India for decades, as pointed out by AHF President Michael Weinstein in a press statement earlier this week.
"The savings could be as much as one billion dollars per year here in the United States, while the efficacy decreased relatively slightly when using generics," Weinstein said. "Now that Gilead's patents on many key drugs are expiring, the company must lower its prices of drugs like Atripla, Stribild—a four-in-one combination that actually relies on several older Gilead drugs that were otherwise approaching end of patent. In addition, we strongly believe that local, state, and federal governments should use every tool at their disposal to bring down drug prices. As tax dollars ultimately pay for most of these drugs, we extend our call on Gilead for price concessions on these AIDS drugs."
About AIDS Healthcare Foundation
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, currently provides medical care and/or services to more than 183,000 individuals in 28 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region and Eastern Europe. To learn more about AHF, please visit our website: www.aidshealth.org, find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aidshealth and follow us on Twitter: @aidshealthcare.


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Skip to comments.Madame First Lady: Valerie Trierweiler given civil servants and bodyguards
Posted on 05/23/2012 11:57:10 PM PDT by Cincinna
'First girlfriend': Valerie Trierweiler has been given an official title and her own team of civil servants and security
She declared she would not copy the high profile of her predecessor Carla Bruni.
But now Valerie Trierweiler has been given an official title and her own team of half-a-dozen civil servants and bodyguards at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
Despite not being married to the new president Francois Hollande, she will be known as the The First Lady of France.
Ms Trierweiler, 47, a twice-married mother of three, also has her own page on the French presidencys website. An official photograph shows her expertly coiffured with make-up and red nail varnish on manicured hands.
The first couple present themselves as normal in contrast to Miss Bruni and ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy, who were derided for their bling bling lifestyle and love of the limelight.
It is unclear whether she will receive a salary for carrying out her as yet undefined duties.
However the 47-year-old says she intends to continue in her job as a journalist. She has worked for more than a decade for the respected glossy French magazine Paris Match and recently hosted a political news show on cable television.
Mrs Treiweiler has been scorned and appalled in equal measure in France for the coverage she received during the recent state visit to the USA
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Heh.....the french.
Pity she didn't spend that money on a real dress, she looks like she's wearing something one would put on after having just taken a shower...
The dress is completely ill-fitting and unbecoming.
The new President is more concerned with how she looks without the dress, than at what she wears.
Mrs. Obama looks classy and well-dressed next to this "lady".
...and they went out of fashion in Australia 30 years ago!
Whether it's income or height, socialist are obssessed with equality.
Have to admit Michelle looks really good in this photo. AND, she isn't wearing her *teal* shoes, either! Very nice monochromatic suit with matching heels? She's GOT to have a new stylist, or is listening to SOMEONE now!
(Note: She should remember to tuck her skirt when she sits down so the slit doesn't get pressed *up* in the back though).
Oh... and she must have listened regarding the proper way to stand (I remember posting about that YEARS ago!).
Now, someone needs to show Mrs. Trierweiler how to stand properly... Maybe some normal shoes would help so she doesn't have to stand with her feet and shoulders equal? LOL
Thanks Cincinna.
You're right! It looks like a short cotton robe that you'd wear during the summer. I bet there's prettier ones hanging in Walmart.
You won't want to see this picture then:
The shoes and the dress look frumpy and that's all there is to it. Have to admit Michelle looks best I've seen her in that suit.
Wookie needs a girdle with that fat a$$ sticking out....
She's wearing "Spanx"
Being able to appreciate the fact that she looks good (FINALLY - and at least in this photo, and this suit/shoe combo) doesn't mean anyone *LOVES* her by any means... I'm wondering which stylist she's using now, because it can't be the one she used to use, and she didn't do it herself!
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FAO Director-General meets Indonesia's Agriculture Minister
The meeting focuses on marine resources and food security
14 March 2014, Ulaanbaatar/Mongolia – FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva met with Indonesia's Agriculture Minister Suswono on the sidelines of the 32nd FAO Asia-Pacific Regional Conference.
"The meeting with the DG was very productive, strengthening and deepening our long-standing partnership. In particular, the discussion on marine resources development was very interesting for Indonesia, because we are very keen to pursue this further as it relates to our country's food security," Suswono underlined after the meeting with FAO Director-General.
Minister Suswono and Graziano da Silva discussed food security management with a focus on food and agriculture policy making.


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DANE, Wisc. – Wisconsin's divisive governor officially hit the campaign trail for the first time Tuesday, kicking off a statewide tour by speaking at a farm in front of a tractor, as Democrats filed signatures needed to take him on in a recall election.
Republican Gov. Scott Walker has been airing TV ads since November and traveling the country raising millions of dollars to fight the recall effort. But with the May 8 primary just a month away and the June 5 general election two months out, an intense ground campaign in which Walker and his opponents try to reach voters personally is under way.
The recall election spurred by anger over changes Walker pushed through the Legislature last year to effectively end collective bargaining rights for most public workers is the most prominent campaign in the nation after the presidential race. Walker, a national conservative hero, faces only the third gubernatorial recall election in U.S. history.
With his wife and two teenage sons in tow, Walker appeared at a farm in Dane, just 20 miles north of the capital of Madison. He stood in front of a parked John Deere tractor inside a barn and told about 50 supporters the recall is a test of political courage when it comes to which direction the state will go.
"We're headed in the right direction," Walker said. "We're turning things around. We're moving Wisconsin forward."
Retired steamfitter Mike Reynders, 65, of Fort Atkinson, held a sign that said "Union Steamfitters for Walker." Reynders said he supported Walker's proposals, which he said were justified to deal with a $3.6 billion budget shortfall.
"I'm a little discouraged," Reynders said of the recall. "I voted for this man to get four years."
Walker also planned campaign appearances in La Crosse, Eau Claire, Mosinee, Green Bay and Milwaukee. He was joined by Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, who's also the target of a recall election, as are four Republican state senators. One targeted senator, Pam Galloway, of Wausau, stepped down, but the election is proceeding to fill her seat.
Two of the state's best-known Democrats, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, are seeking their party's nomination to take on Walker, as are state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, of Alma, and Secretary of State Doug La Follette. All said they turned in enough signatures Tuesday.
Four lesser known candidates filed: two Republicans, one independent and one Republican running as a Democrat.
The Republican Party recruited fake Democrats to run in all six recall elections, a move party officials said is designed to ensure each one has a primary and the general election for all six is held on the same day, June 5.
Four Democrats and one Republican running as a Democrat filed for lieutenant governor.
The Government Accountability Board was reviewing the papers to determine if all those who filed got the necessary 2,000 signatures.
Also Tuesday, Falk began running a 30-second campaign ad on cable channels across the state, becoming the first of the Democrats to hit the airwaves. The positive ad doesn't mention Walker and focuses on Falk's record as Dane County executive for 14 years between 1997 and 2011. A union-backed group has already been airing TV ads supporting Falk.
Walker said he had no preference on his opponent in the general election.
"Whoever is on the ballot is secondary to the money that's coming in from the unions out of state," he said.


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Netflix Watches Piracy Sites to Picks Its Flicks
Well, that makes sense.
Well, this is kind of obvious but interesting to hear spoken by an actual Netflix employee: Netflix monitors piracy to figure out what's popular. "When purchasing series, we look at what does well on piracy sites," says Kelly Merryman, VP of content acquisition. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings recently said Netflix's availability in Canada contributed to a dip in piracy nationwide; that claim's been disputed. Hastings still has the ol' "Netflix is so much easier than [using BitTorrent] ... you don't have to deal with files, you don't have to download them and move them around. You just click and watch" on his side, though.


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DALLAS (AP) — President Barack Obama is honoring the presidency of George W. Bush, at the dedication of the Bush library in Dallas.
On a day when politics was set aside, the president described his Republican predecessor as a "good man" and as a leader who demonstrated strength, resolve and compassion.
Obama called the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center a "Texas-sized party" befitting the former president.
All five living American presidents are gathered in Dallas for the dedication. Obama says that's a pretty exclusive club — but it's more like a support group for the men who have held an incredibly difficult job.
The president says, "It's impossible to truly understand the nature of the job until it's yours."


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Tom Orry, Editor - God of War: Ascension, PS3
I love God of War. It's one of the few series I've 100 per cent completed, so Ascension has been on my "must play once it's released" list for quite some time. The game has been given pretty mediocre reviews (for a title from such a popular series), and I can kind of understand why. While the opening hour is pretty spectacular and the visuals that follow are brilliant too, I'm finding the combat quite tedious at the moment due to some tough difficulty spikes. Despite this, I'm sure I'll play through to the end and see some amazing sequences, but maybe it's time for the studio to try its hand at something new, yet equally epic.
Unless they want to remake God of War 2. In fact, do that. Remake God of War 2.
David Scammell, Deputy News Editor - Tomb Raider, Xbox 360
I know it sounds crazy, but I've felt far more compelled to play Tomb Raider's multiplayer than I have to get involved with the single-player. Don't get me wrong: Tomb Raider's multiplayer isn't particularly special - it's essentially Uncharted's MP under a different guise - and is plagued with problems and annoyances, like unpredictable weapon recoil, awkward animations and ropey visuals. But it's inoffensive fun, and a complete surprise given the frosty reception it received on its reveal.
The campaign, then. What I've played so far (which admittedly is little beyond the opening hour) hasn't left me as dazzled as I'd been hoping for. Its production values stun and its visuals and atmosphere doubtlessly impressive. But on the flip side, I feel like the game has been holding my hand a little too much, with early level design that largely involves me holding up and mashing the odd QTE. Lara's comfort in her ability to go from a young, innocent adventurer to trigger-happy killer jars awkwardly with the game's tone, too. It's a fairly typical approach to early-game design, I suppose, and I'm told that it branches out right around the corner. But at the moment, whether Tomb Raider will manage to sink its hooks into me like Lara's arrowheads in an islander's skull is still undecided.
Steve Burns, Reviews and Features Editor - Civilization V, PC
Last week I made the mistake of buying Civ V. Not that it is a bad game; it's just that I've been doing little else but playing it. And when I'm not playing it, I'm thinking about it. I may write a song about my addiction. But I probably won't. Because that would interfere with playing Civ.


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Selected topic course descriptions may change from semester to semester. Please consult the Schedule of Classes for more information regarding this course.
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- Must be enrolled in one of the following majors: Chemistry (509), Adolescence Ed: Chemistry (441)
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Wind Energy Symposium Dec. 9
The first ISU Wind Energy Symposium, on campus Dec. 9, will feature energy, industry and university experts. Researchers, policy makers, industrial leaders, anyone with an interest in energy is invited to attend. Register online.
Turkey talk
Frequently asked food preparation questions (and answers) available from ISU Extension can save your Thanksgiving dinner.
ISU researchers introduce higher-yielding soybean varieties with improved oil
ISU's soybean breeding program has introduced four soybean varieties for 2009 planting that will result in higher yields for farmers.
ISU's Mayberry wins Rachael Ray competition
ISU junior Madison Mayberry has won Rachael Ray's "Hey, Can You Cook?!" TV competition. The 21-year-old Orange City native's final challenge included rolling pie crust, preparing butternut squash, and dressing a turkey in a "Thanksgiving Throwdown." Then, Mayberry had to create an original meal from Thanksgiving leftovers in just 25 minutes. Among other prizes, Mayberry has won a trip to Paris, four days of classes at the world-famous Le Cordon Bleu culinary arts school, and a kitchen full of new appliances -- and she doesn't even have a kitchen. Mayberry will make a future appearance on the Rachael Ray Show to do her own cooking segment.
University hours over Thanksgiving break
Iowa State classes are in recess Nov. 24-28, and university offices will be closed Nov. 27-28 to observe the Thanksgiving holiday.
Geoffroy: ISU developing plans to handle possible reversion
In a Nov. 20 letter to Iowa State faculty and staff, ISU President Gregory Geoffroy said officials are developing plans to handle a possible budget reversion, should one by required by the downturn in state revenues. Geoffroy added that "Iowa's economy is in relatively better shape than many other states, where much larger budget cuts already have been enacted."
Mathematics On the Road Experience 2009 tour set to improve college math preparation
Faculty from the ISU mathematics department have created Mathematics On the Road Experience (MORE) 2009 -- an informational program they plan to take to 10 Iowa Area Education Agencies (AEA) next year to help prepare Iowa students better for the rigors of university level math.
Greenbowe is named Iowa's Professor of the Year
For his emphasis on teaching and learning, Tom Greenbowe, a professor of chemistry at Iowa State, was named the 2008 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Iowa Professor of the Year.
Political journalist and author Ron Suskind to speak at Iowa State Dec. 4
Ron Suskind, a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and best-selling author of books about politics and international affairs, will speak on Thursday, Dec. 4. "Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism," will be at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Union Great Hall. It is free and open to the public. His most recent book examines the consequences of America's failing moral leadership in an age of terrorism and nuclear weapons.
Nanocoatings boost industrial energy efficiency
Scientist Bruce Cook at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory is leading a research effort to develop ultrahard, low-friction coatings for hydraulic pumps and cutting tools that can dramatically reduce the equipments' energy consumption.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Iowa State experts can discuss economy, recession-related topics
ISU faculty and staff members are available to share their expertise on numerous topics related to the country's current economic crisis.
Iowa State experts project a rough holiday retail season
Both Meghan O'Brien, an economist with ISU's Regional Capacity Analysis Program; and Joydeep Bhattacharya, an associate professor of economics, project a decline in retail sales this holiday season, with smaller businesses feeling more of the economic pain.
Iowa State researcher develops biofriendly candle wax that burns cleaner
An Iowa State University researcher has developed a new soy wax that burns cleaner, produces nontoxic smoke and is renewable.
Iowa State physicists part of research team testing Nobel-winning theory
Iowa State's Soeren Prell is analyzing data from an experiment that tests a theory that won a share of this year's Nobel-Prize in Physics. The theory and the data help explain why the universe is made of matter.
ISU Pappajohn Center seeks entries for statewide new venture biz plan competition
Iowa students who want to compete in the 2008 Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition have until Friday, Dec. 12, to file an "intent to compete" form with one of the five Pappajohn centers for entrepreneurship -- Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, the University of Northern Iowa, North Iowa Area Community College and Drake University.
Iowa State researchers to develop national energy/transportation model and plan
James McCalley, an Iowa State University professor in electrical and computer engineering, is leading a research team that's developing new and better infrastructure designs for the country's energy and transportation systems. The research team will consider all of America's energy options, including biofuels, wind, hydro, tidal, geothermal, nuclear, coal, hydrogen, solar, biomass, natural gas and petroleum, together with new and old freight and passenger transportation technologies.
ISU professor hits his stride as an artist for new children's book and murals
Chuck Richards is reaping the success of his newfound passion as a children's book author and illustrator. The art and design associate professor's book, "Critter Sitter," was published recently, just as he delivered to the University of Iowa Children's Hospital the last of four commissioned paintings based on an earlier book.
Vote for Cy
Vote for Cy in the Capital One National mascot of the Year competition.
In the news
Black Friday a 'non-event'?
Dubuque Telegraph-Herald
The Friday-after-Thanksgiving race for shoppers may be less about the deals and more about the traditional dash, says Meghan O'Brien, an economist with ISU's Regional Capacity Analysis Program. "The expectation is built in for retailers that this is going to be a rough holiday season. Even the more optimistic estimations are still abysmal," O'Brien said.
Violent video games linked to child aggression
In the new study, Distinguished Professor Craig Anderson and his colleagues looked at how children's and teens' video game habits at one time point related to their behavior three to six months later.