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Despite this down, there were numerous ups. Amidst a war
of words with NVIDIA, Intel forged
ahead with its upcoming discrete graphics offerings, set to take on NVIDIA
and subsidiary ATI, owned by its chief microprocessor competitor, Advanced
Micro Devices (AMD). Intel also was pleased to see a strong
Centrino 2 launch with many partner products, after concerns stemming from
some initial
glitches and delays.
Intel now has even more
good news -- the company just announced a strong quarterly report.
With reports from competitor AMD, Google Inc, International Business Machines
Corp and Microsoft Corp all coming later this week, Intel set the bar
high. It reported a 25 percent rise in profit, thanks to healthy notebook
processor demand. It also beat expectations with its forecasted revenue.
The only disappointment in the report was in the gross margin, which fell
slightly below the middle of Intel's projected target range. This is
thought to be again fueled by the same thing that boosted profits -- strong
demand for cheap notebook computers.
Some are critical that despite the otherwise strong report the gross margin is
a sign of weakness for Intel. CRT Capital Group analyst Ashok Kumar stated,
"The concern on the Street was that demand may be falling off the cliff.
We've seen that in the handset market. So at least as Intel's results and
outlook goes, we're not seeing similar weakness in the PC market."
However, even Kumar couldn't deny that Intel did well over the quarter, despite
this troublesome indicator. He added, "The only mild disappointment
was in the gross margin line due to a higher mix of low-end notebooks, but
overall I think the result was a surprise on the positive side, given the macro
He argued, "I think right now investors are looking at technology as a
glass that's half-empty and not half-full, but relative to other sectors, the
negative earnings revisions in technology have been more mild. And if we
can navigate through seasonally weak summer months, we should get a seasonal
tail-wind for the technology sector."
Intel's Chief Executive Paul Otellini on a conference call with analysts
cheered the good news and added, "Demand for our leading-edge computing
products around the world continues to be strong, with revenue and unit
shipments towards the high end of the seasonal norm."
Chief Financial Officer Stacy Smith told Reuters said the strong demand will
continue in the second half of 2008, "The demand signals we're seeing are
pretty strong."
Intel remains successful in the face of a key shift -- with notebooks finally
surpassing desktops in sales, a feat long predicted. This year notebook
sales for the year are expected to indeed pass desktops for the first
time. Intel seemingly confirmed this saying that for the first time in
excess of 50 percent of all the processors it shipped were mobile
processors. CFO Smith remarked, "It's a pretty important
Tough times may be ahead as Intel weathers the FTC storm and attempts to carve
out a spot in the discrete graphics market, but it seems in good shape to meet
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Styling Steps
1. Apply Mousse
Apply styling mousse to damp hair, using your palm as a measuring guide, and evenly distribute it along the hair shaft. Styling mousse will add hold and can help achieve better results.
2. Part to the Right
Using the corner of your comb and standing in front of a mirror find the middle of your right eye and then drag the comb straight up slowly until you reach your hairline and then continue back in a straight manner to achieve an even right part. A side part is great for longer face shapes because it creates the illusion of width.
3. Use a Large Radial Brush
A large radial brush is usually used on long straight hair types or to smooth out wavy or curly hair textures. When selecting a radial brush, always use one with a pure bristle as this will not tear or damage the hair.
4. Blow-dry the Back Under
To blow-dry under, start at the nape/back and place your brush under the section of hair close to the nape. With the dryer held up over the hair, pull the brush from the roots and continue to the mid length's, keeping the blow-dryer following over the top. Once you reach the ends, curve them under. Repeat this step until the section is completely dry.
5. Blow-dry the Sides Under
To blow-dry the sides, take out a small section of hair from the front and clip the rest of the hair away. Next, place the brush under the section and then pull the brush and hair forward around your face (this curving motion creates body). Place the hair-dryer on top of the brush until you reach the ends and then turn the ends under. Repeat until dry.
6. Use a Medium Radial Brush
A medium radial brush is used on medium to long hair types to smooth out wavy or curly hair textures or to add body to straight hair. When selecting a radial brush, always use one with a pure bristle as this will not tear or damage the hair.
7. Blow-dry Bangs Forward to the Left
To blow-dry your bangs to the side, clip the back and side sections up, leaving just your bangs out. Place your brush beneath your bangs, holding your hair to the side and remembering to hold the tension between your hair and brush. With your blow-dryer on a low setting, apply heat by starting at the roots and make sure to stretch your hair out to the ends. Repeat until your hair is dry.
8. Blow-dry Hair Under to the Left
Take a section of your hair no wider than the diameter of your brush. Place your brush under and at the roots of your section. Then with your blow-dryer above, drag the brush up through the mid-lengths and ends of the hair following with your blow-dryer and pulling the hair to the left. Repeat until your hair is completely dry.
9. Blow-dry the Top Under to the Right
Take a section of your hair no wider than the diameter of your brush. Place your brush under and at the roots of your section. Then with your blow-dryer above, drag the brush up through the mid-lengths and ends of the hair following with your blow-dryer and pulling the hair to the right. Repeat until your hair is completely dry.
10. Wax Hair Down at the Back
Apply some wax to your fingertips and then pull through the ends of your hair in a downward motion to achieve a sculptured look. Pinch clumps of hair in different directions for a messier result.
11. Style Sides Down Using Wax
Using a small amount of wax, work it through the mid-lengths and ends in a downward, pinching motion. For added texture, apply more pinching and more wax.
12. Style Bangs to the Left Using Wax
Apply wax to your fingertips then drag through your bangs, sweeping the hair to the left as you go. Pinching the ends will create soft texture.
13. Lift Roots Using Wax
Apply some hard wax to your fingertips and then rub it into your roots while lifting your strands for soft volume.
14. Apply Smoothing Shine
Apply a very small amount of smoothing shine to the palms of your hands and then run it through the mid-lengths and ends of your hair. Be careful not to add any to the roots or a large amount to any section of the hair as smoothing shine can be very heavy on the hair, weighing it down and making it appear oily.
15. Apply Hairspray
To finish, apply a minimal amount of hairspray from an arms length distance to the top, sides and back. Take care not to use too much or you will end up with a white, flaky residue which looks like dandruff.

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Former U.S. Central Investment Officer Joins Corporate America
Former U.S. Central Corporate FCU investment officer Dave Filby has joined the $3 billion Corporate America Credit Union in Irondale, Ala., as its vice president of investments.
Filby joined the 500-member corporate in early January, his new employer said. "Anything investment-related is my responsibility here at Corporate America," Filby said in its announcement Wednesday.
"I'm anxious and eager to get us moving forward. I'm currently putting together an investment strategy and that strategy will be put into action very soon," Filby said.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Filby had been director of assets and liability and before that portfolio manager at the failed, one-time $35 billion U.S. Central in Lenexa, Kan. His profile said he ended his nearly 12 years there by working with the NCUA to help assess risk and evaluate liquidation strategies.
U.S. Central was seized by the NCUA in 2009. Its successor, U.S. Corporate Bridge, was liquidated three years later.
"When you help build a $30 billion investment portfolio and are instrumental in unwinding a $30 billion portfolio you gain much insight and experience. Dave became even more educated, informed and enlightened throughout the process," said Corporate America CEO Pete Pritts, who joined the Alabama corporate last fall.
"He's been through the economic ups and downs and he's very qualified and capable to manage our investment portfolio. We are fortunate to have him at Corporate America," Pritts said.


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Occasionally, children who have chronic middle ear fluid with symptoms of pain or hearing loss, or repeated ear infections that don't respond to antibiotics may require surgery. Surgical treatment can help to relieve pain caused by pressure from chronic fluid build-up in the middle ear. Surgery can also help to restore hearing loss related to fluid build-up, which can help prevent delayed speech development in children.
During myringotomy, a small incision is made in the eardrum and fluid (blood, pus, and/or water) is removed from the middle ear. The fluid is often cultured to determine which antibiotics will be most effective in destroying the bacteria causing the infections. In cases of chronic otitis media, a small tympanostomy tube is also inserted in the middle ear to help keep the hole open and air pressure in the middle ear normal. This surgery is most often done on children, but is sometimes done on adults as well.
Myringotomy is usually done under general anesthesia or sometimes with topical application of an anesthetic. This procedure can be done with a laser, although any additional benefits from this procedure (laser-assisted tympanic membrane fenestration) remain unproven. No stitches are used in the incision. Complete healing without complications should occur within 4 weeks.
The adenoids are tonsil-like structures located in the back of the nose, invisible to usual methods of examination of either the nose or throat. When adenoids are large, children tend to mouth-breathe, and they may snore at night. Many children with enlarged adenoids have a nasal-sounding voice because of obstruction. The eustachian tubes open into the nose close to the adenoids, and their opening may be blocked when adenoids are enlarged. Blocked eustachian tubes are among the causes of chronic otitis media.
When there are other reasons for removal of adenoids (primarily severe snoring especially with accompanying sleep apnea ), then adenoidectomy may reduce the frequency or duration of ear infections. Even in the absence of strong evidence, some surgeons recommend adenoidectomy as a primary treatment for chronic otitis media, usually along with myringotomy and placement of tubes.
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Lecturer, General Faculty
Director, Immigration Law Clinic
J.D., Northeastern University School of Law, 1996
A.B., Bowdoin College, 1983
Doug Ford is an immigration attorney at the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville, Va., and the director of the Immigration Law Clinic at the Law School. He is coordinator of the Legal Aid Pro Bono Immigration Project, a partnership with the law firm Hunton & Williams and the Law School's Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center.
Ford has previously worked as a policy analyst for the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants in Washington, D.C. He has also worked as a senior research associate and deputy director of Bosnia Projects with Physicians for Human Rights.
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Plight of migrants 'scandalous'
Charities working with migrants in Calais are being overwhelmed by rising numbers using the town as a base to cross the channel, it has been claimed.
A French volunteer spoke as dozens of migrants marched through the streets of the French town in a noisy protest demanding human rights protection.
There is rising anger at the rising number of migrants flocking to Calais which has long been used as a staging post to try to reach the shores of Britain.
But recent months have seen a big increase in their numbers and clashes have erupted between rival African migrants.
The disorder and large influx, mainly from African countries including Sudan and Eritrea, have led the mayor and deputy mayor of Calais to make direct appeals for UK help.
Pascal Froehly, a volunteer at a migrants' charity clothes shop in Calais: "There was a time, two to three years ago when we served 100 people. Now we just cannot face it any longer. My assessment is that there are around 800.
"The only people who try to help them are volunteers and they are tired. They are tired elderly, unfit and they just cannot face it any longer.
"I have seen men women and children sleeping in the snow. I have seen people running on lorries. It's scandalous."
The issue was further highlighted this week after dozens of migrants tried to storm a ferry bound for Britain. Riot police were deployed after up to 100 people breached security and tried to run up the ramp of the cross-Channel ferry.
The migrants were foiled from getting on board the MyFerryLink-operated Berlioz vessel when the crew raised the ramp and turned a fire hose on them.
T oday Kent Police Roads Policing Unit said three men were arrested on suspicion of illegal entry to UK.
The unit tweeted the first man was found on the M20 motorway hanging onto the underneath of a mobile home, before being handed over to the Home Office.
Two further males were later detained on suspicion of the same offence after hanging from the underside of another mobile home, the unit said.
Mr Froehly said: "This is Europe. You call yourself civilised and you allow women and children to walk around unprotected on the street. It's that bad."
He appealed to Prime Minister David Cameron to offer help, adding: "We are giving in to the pressure and we cannot face it any longer. So please, if you have a heart, you English people, and I know you have a heart, there are many things you can do, organise a humanitarian camp the way it's done in others parts of the world because the situation demands such measures."
The protest in the town saw migrants waving banners, one saying "where are our human rights?" another "we are against eviction".
Locals in Calais stood in shop doorways and peered out of windows as the march wound its way through the town centre.
The migrants alleged police brutality against them, with some claiming to have suffered broken hands and legs.
In a statement handed out to journalists signed "the migrant communities in Calais", they said: "Migration is not a crime and each and every one of us has reasons why we had to leave our countries and our families and why we are here now.
"Europe is always talking about human rights and freedom but we cannot find this here.
"This is why we want to demonstrate and bring our demands on the streets."
One migrant, 21-year-old Ethiopian Obsidan Umer, who has been in Calais for two months, said: "I'm sleeping rough in a forest at the moment and I only have one meal a day.
"I'm always very hungry. I'm not happy here. Me and my people need food and we need shelter. It's not good for us here.
"The people of Calais do not like black people. I had to come here. In Ethiopia, people were being killed, including my own brother.
"I'm desperate."
Another migrant, Zerat Ters, 35, from Eritrea, who arrived in Calais two weeks ago, appealed to the UK to take people like him in need.
He said: "I want to go to the UK because I speak English and I think I could have a better life for myself there.
"It's very bad here. There must be more than 1,000 migrants here and there are problems. But if you go without food and shelter people will go bananas.
"It's not because they are animals. They are tired, hungry and they want somewhere to live. It's obvious you are going to get some angry people.
"There are not large numbers going to the UK. Some choose to go to other countries, including Germany and Sweden.
"Not everyone is trying to get to the UK. I think the numbers of migrants looking to go to the UK is very small."


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Principal Proposed Natural Treatments:
Other Proposed Natural Treatments
- Black Tea
- Calcium
- Chitosan
- Cranberry
- Hops
- Myrrh
- Probiotics
- Propolis
- Sanguinaria
- Sorbitol
Cavities, technically called dental caries, are caused by a bacteria called Streptococcus mutans . This bacteria lives in the mouth and thrives on sugar and other carbohydrates. In the presence of carbohydrates, S. mutans produces acids that dissolve the enamel of teeth, causing cavities.
Strong evidence indicates that fluoride toothpastes help prevent cavities. These toothpastes are so widely used, in fact, that water fluoridation is probably of little to no value except in poorer, less developed countries where use of fluoride toothpastes is not so universal. 23
Fluoride rinses may offer some additional benefit. 16 However, there is little to no scientific support for the use of the much more expensive, professionally applied, fluoride varnishes. 2
Principal Proposed Natural Treatments
Double-blind studies enrolling almost 4,000 people, mostly children, have found that the natural sugar xylitol can prevent cavities. 3-8 These trials used xylitol-sweetened gum, candies, or toothpaste. The best evidence regards xylitol gum. One study suggested that gummi bears may be an effective alternative method of administering xylitol to children. 24
In one of the largest of these trials, researchers tested gum sweetened with various concentrations of xylitol and/or sorbitol against gum sweetened with sucrose and a control group receiving no gum. 4 This 40-month trial was completed by 861 children. Gum containing 100% xylitol reduced the incidence of cavities the most. However, all of the xylitol and sorbitol gum groups showed significant reductions in cavities as compared to the control group. In contrast, the children receiving sucrose-sweetened gum had a slight increase in cavities compared to the control group.
A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 1,677 children compared a standard fluoride toothpaste with a similar toothpaste that also contained 10% xylitol. 8 Over the 3-year study period, children given the xylitol-enriched toothpaste developed significantly fewer cavities than those in the fluoride-only group. Studies in adults and children have shown similar results for xylitol gum and candy. 6,9
Another series of studies suggests that children acquire cavity-causing bacteria from their mothers, and that regular use of xylitol by a mother of a newborn child may provide long lasting protection to the child as well. 10-12
Xylitol is thought to prevent cavities by inhibiting the growth of the Streptococcus mutans bacteria. 13
For more information, including dosage and safety issues, see the full Xylitol article.
Other Proposed Natural Treatments
Another sugar substitute called sorbitol may work as well as xylitol for the prevention of cavities in children. 3 However, xylitol appears to work better than sorbitol for preventing cavities in adults.
Friendly bacteria ( probiotics ) have been proposed for the prevention of cavities, on the ground that they can fight harmful cavity-causing bacteria. 17 The best evidence regards a probiotic product called Lactobacillus GG (LGG). In a double-blind, placebo controlled trial, 594 children aged 1-6 years old were given either normal milk or milk with LGG had been added. 14 After the 7-month trial, the results showed significantly fewer cavities in the children receiving LGG.
One very preliminary study found suggestive evidence that use of a toothpaste containing the herb sanguinaria (bloodroot) plus fluoride is more effective for cavity prevention than fluoride alone. 18
Weak evidence hints at benefits with chewing gum that contains chitosan . 20 Cranberry juice has also shown a bit of promise, 19 as has a special extract of hops called "hop bracts polyphenols." 22
One study failed to find benefit through the use of calcium-rich chewing gum. 21
Other natural treatments advocated for preventing cavities, but that lack any meaningful scientific support, include black tea , myrrh, and propolis .
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Aebersold for EveryoneJamey Aebersold/Arr. Blair - Heritage Music Press
Aebersold for EveryoneJamey Aebersold/Arr. Blair - Heritage Music Press
Now everyone can get in on the fun of improvising! Peter Blair has taken eight of Jamey Aebersold's improvisation exercises, staples of jazz pedagogy throughout the world, and written complete jazz arrangements for flexible ensembles! This is a great collection to introduce students at the easy and medium-easy levels to important stylistic and improvisatory concepts, whether they play bari sax or viola! The charts are arranged in a four-part plus rhythm section format, so you can assign a player to one of two parts, allowing many options for performance. The charts are based on exercises from Jamey's books, Volume 1 (How To Play Jazz); Volume 24 (Major and Minor) and Volume 88 (Millennium Blues). The great thing about these charts is they are incredible for teaching, yet they sound so good! Your audience will think they're just hearing a super jazz tune! The Teacher's Guide is designed to assist teachers with little or no jazz improvisational skills and includes extensive rehearsal suggestions as well as a play-along CD for student use.
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First Tech FCU Touts Improved Housing Market, Tech Sector for Strong 2012
Growth in several areas including loans and assets helped First Tech Federal Credit Union boost its net income in 2012 by 51% over 2011's figure.
The $5.6 billion credit union in Palo Alto, Calif., reported 2012 net income of $62.8 million. Total assets rose 9.3% to $5.6 billion, with total loans rising by 15.6% to $3.3 billion, according to First Tech.
The credit union said it is also well-capitalized with total reserves of $537.2 million, resulting in a prompt corrective action capital ratio of 9.57%, which compares to the NCUA's well-capitalized standard of 7%.
"During 2012, First Tech benefitted from the continuing economic recovery, strong growth within the U.S. technology sector and an improving housing market," said Gregory Mitchell, president/CEO of First Tech. "Our strong financial performance is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our more than 800 employees who maintain a single-minded focus of delivering an exceptional experience for our members."
First Tech said its 2012 results rank the credit union in the top tier of all U.S. credit unions based upon loan growth and asset quality and the top quartile based upon total earnings. The credit union said it will reinvest its 2012 earnings into the credit union.
"We expect this reinvestment to provide us with the resources needed to continue delivering competitively priced share and loan products for our members while also making significant technology and process investments that will allow us to better meet the needs of our members and their families," Mitchell said.


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Busting the myth of advocacy
Wrapping up our three-part "Advocacy 101" series, Amanda Morgan-Mootz and Taylor Gleason of World Vision's advocacy team debunk some common myths about what advocacy is and is not.
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Each week on the Discovery Channel's popular series Mythbusters, special-effects gurus run scientific validity tests to prove whether popular rumors, myths, movie scenes, or internet videos are plausible. This week, we've decided to bust a few myths of our own as we continue our Advocacy 101 series.
When I was 2 years old, I thought there was a monster living under my bed. There wasn't. In the same way, we often imagine advocacy as scarier or more difficult than it really is. We assume it's reserved for those who run in political circles, or that it's a lost cause -- when we really just need someone to come and shine a light on it long enough for us to realize it's not as daunting as we imagined it to be.
To help us overcome our fear, let's put advocacy to the test and debunk some common myths.
What advocacy is not:
– Advocacy is not only for professional lobbyists.
– Advocacy is not walking down the street with a bull horn.
– Advocacy is not rioting in a demonstration or protest rally (rallies are activism, which sometimes has its place, but it's not always effective advocacy).
– Advocacy is not the same as fundraising or donating to charity.
Ways that you can advocate:
1. Start talking.
Sure, it's NFL preseason and your Pinterest boards are full of hot topics, but our daily conversations with coworkers and friends can have more impact than we realize. If God is moving your heart about a particular issue, tell someone else about it. It's that simple. The more your passion shines through, the more likely they'll be to follow your lead!
2. Pray.
Prayer isn't the sum total of advocacy, but it is the right foundation. Since God is the giver of justice and the author of power, why wouldn't we first ask Him to show us how to act and to lead the way before us as we seek to influence powerful decision makers? Both prayer and advocacy require persistence, so train yourself in the closet before you march the halls of Washington.
3. Use social media.
Did you know that 100 percent of U.S. senators have Twitter accounts? Many of them are also on Facebook. In our digitally social era, you can directly message or tweet your representatives to get their attention; they're literally a click away. Follow @WVUSAdvocacy on Twitter for important updates and ways to make the most out of your social media channels.
4. Get on the phone.
You use your phone every day anyway, so why not take a few minutes to make a phone call that can make a difference? It only takes phone calls from just 10 people in one day for a member of Congress to take notice of an issue. Find your representative's phone number, or call 202-224-3121 to have an operator connect you directly.
5. Send a letter or email.
More than 10,000 bills and resolutions are introduced in Congress every year. Writing a quick letter or email to your representatives about a specific issue will help them take notice, and it encourages them to act. Try it right now by using this form to ask your members of Congress to support the Water for the World Act.
6. Meet your representatives.
It may sound intimidating, but you have more access to elected officials than you realize, and the most effective advocacy -- by far! -- happens when you build a relationship with your representative. He or she likely has a local district office in your city and spends time there specifically to meet with constituents like you. You don't have to be an expert to ask your representatives to take action on an issue you care about. So grab some friends and schedule a meeting!
7. Add your name.
There is strength in numbers! Signing a petition, when strategically timed and delivered to the right decision-makers, can sound an alarm to those in power that an issue is urgent and that a large number of people they represent are asking for action.
What do all of these options have in common? Action. If you think you can't be an advocate, prove the myth wrong and take some small steps right now. We have lots of tools to help you.
Visit Beyond 5 to join a community of advocates who are using their influence to help stop preventable child deaths, and take action today.


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With the exception of a few sporting
models -- IS-F, LFA
-- Lexus is known to most as a purveyor of well-built, boring,
tomb-like silent luxury vehicles that do battle with the German
luxury trifecta: BMW, Mercedes, and Audi. However, Lexus is now
looking to change its stodgy image.
News reports that Lexus wants to beef up its performance
image to better compete with its more sporting rivals. The IS-F was
the tiny spark that showcased Lexus' ability to rub elbows with the
best performance machines from Germany, while the LFA is the
veritable flame thrower that represents the very best that Lexus has
to offer both from a powertrain and technological standpoint.
However, the luxury marque wants to
spread this performance DNA to the entire lineup according to Lexus
product development head Kiyotaka Ise. "Up until now, Lexus has
been about calm, stable luxury," Ise noted. "From now on it
will be more about agility and response, really feeling the braking
and acceleration."
Although it seems unlikely that Lexus
will be able to do much to make the Camry-based ES float like a
butterfly and sting like a bee, the RWD-based LS and GS seem like
prime candidates for a "soul" transplant, while the smaller
IS (minus the "F") is already mostly there when it comes to
sporting intentions (how about throwing in a manual for the IS350?).
In other Lexus news, the company is
going to expand its lineup of hybrids by introducing a new one with
each model revision. For example, when the next generation ES is
launched next year, a hybrid variant should come tagging along (the
current ES doesn't have a hybrid variant despite the fact that the
lesser Camry is available with such a powertrain).
"Compared to Mercedes or BMW,
hybrid technology is a key application in the Lexus," Ise aded.
"That's the most easily understood difference in the brands."
Currently, Lexus offers the HS
250h, GS 450h, RX
450h, and the LS
600h L. The CT
200h hatchback is coming to the U.S. next spring.
Toyota's official
Twitter page also revealed that six new hybrid models will be
released before the end of 2012. There is no word on how many of
those vehicles will be Lexus-branded models.


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Guest Opinion: Women Tend to Sabotage Retirement Savings
In my experience, women sabotage their future financial security because they're more concerned with running out of money in the short term than running out of money later in life. Day-to-day financial matters come first, such as paying for their children's school expenses and activities, as opposed to saving for their own retirement.
When it does come to retirement saving and planning, women ask me, "Am I saving enough for retirement?" Often my answer is, "No, not enough." This happens for a variety of reasons, and I've heard every excuse in the book as to why women haven't saved or planned for their retirement. They feel they can't afford to. Other outstanding debts are more important, such as paying off student loans or credit card debts. They have a mortgage to pay down and a couple of car payments. They've been busy raising kids and not working; thus, not contributing to a 401k plan or accumulating a pension plan. Their spouses deal with their finances, and they are out of touch with what they have in assets.
The No. 1 trend I've seen more and more of is happening when women go through a divorce. A large number of women will give up their half of the couple's retirement funding in order to keep their house and children. These women, of course, are only looking at the immediate future and not their long-term financial future.
These trends must change. Women must take control of their own financial future and begin planning for retirement to avoid any missteps along the way. I ask my female credit union members the following, and would encourage you to ask yourself these questions as well:
- What is your financial dream?
- What does your ideal retirement scenario look like?
- What are your current investment assets?
- What are your current outstanding debts?
- If married, is there an earnings gap between you and your spouse?
- Have you been out of the workforce for any point in time?
- Are you planning and saving to reach your financial dream/ideal retirement scenario?
- What is your strategy to reach your financial dream/ideal retirement scenario?
- Have you assessed what you will need and want during your retirement?
The answers I receive to these questions reveal that some women have given up their financial identity. This is an important issue that needs to be remedied because women frequently outlive their male spouses, and then will only receive a portion of their spouses' retirement plans. In addition, if their spouses had started taking social security benefits early, then that will affect the amount the widows receive as well. Often women forget that their spouses' Social Security decisions play a role in their financial security as well.
I challenge all credit unions to help their female credit union members reclaim their financial identity by asking them:
- Do you know what kind of accounts you have and where the money is located?
- Do you have an inventory of your investments and savings accounts?
- Do you have balances on those accounts and know what their purpose is?
- Do you know what to do if your spouse suddenly passes away?
- Do you know where you stand financially?
If they can't answer these questions, or draw a blank look, then I encourage them to find-out. As a credit union, you should encourage both partners in a marriage to be present during investment and retirement planning discussions, so both spouses are financially educated and can answer these questions, too.
Women live longer, have lower-paying jobs, take time off to raise kids, and have smaller retirement funds saved, so it is important credit unions recognize these factors, and then help women build an investment portfolio that can deliver retirement income for years to come. Especially, given women typically are more conservative in their investment selections when they do invest, yet, are more active in their retirement than men.
At your credit union, be sure you're taking into account women have different financial needs then men, and then, embrace it by taking a different approach to women's investment and retirement needs.
Anna Kamp works at Anheuser-Busch Employees' Credit Union in St. Louis as a financial adviser with CUNA Brokerage Services.
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yeah I also understand JVs role with this team he is still young and will have move opportunities in the future.
Also, this doesn't necessarily mean anything, but JV even looks more active on the bench in this game. Might mean nothing. I think it's a good sign because I was afraid of him getting to feel disengaged. In fact, that was my biggest fear about limited minutes, more than caring about development. Can't build your game much in 2 weeks, so I really just want this experience to build his confidence.
Songaila's played great this tournament. It's hard to believe he doesn't have a job as a solid role player in the NBA.
it would be nice to see a frontcourt rotation of Kleiza Songaila and Valancuinas get some extended minutes.
Jonas starts the 3 quarter benched. -_-
Their offense is generally smoother without a C on the floor
It looks like it's getting away from them a bit....
anyone? 3rd quarter now... not looking good
"I may be wrong ... but I doubt it"
nice shooting... NOT. you can't win againts anyone if you shoot like this as a team
UGH that mozgov dunk on Jonas
JV back in, and instantly with the classic Amir Johnson weak foul
Another dunk, but not really his fault, there's no awareness for help from other guys....
I mean, he hedged hard and did what he was supposed to do on the pick. Usually someone drifts into the paint to stop that easy pass, because there's no way anyone can make up that ground that fast after hedging.
The one good thing, coaching-wise, about putting JV into this bigger lineup is that it really seems to have junked up the game a bit, so maybe Lithuania can take the momentum away when they put a more normal lineup back in.
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Negrin, 44, had a pretty good life including a steady job with the
Transportation Security Administration. However, when he
stepped into a full body scanner during a training session and it
revealed him to have rather
small genitalia, he quickly became the butt of his supervisor's
jokes.Filled with rage at the insults to his manhood, Negrin
confronted his boss in the airport parking lot, armed with a police
baton. He struck the man on the arm and back. A police
report describes, "[Negrin] then told victim to kneel down and
say 'your sorry'. Victim stated he was in fear and complied
with [Negrin]."Surprisingly, Negrin made no attempt to
flee following the attack. He showed up at work the next day,
acting as if nothing had happened. He was promptly arrested.
He was booked into the Miami-Dade jail. He was wearing his blue
TSA shirt at the time of his arrest.The incident raises
serious questions about the full body scanners that the Obama
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money to roll out at airports across the country.Homeland
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concern.Beyond the privacy concerns, there's also concern
over the efficacy of the new scanners. British experts say that
the scanners are virtually
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powders or liquids, and would be unlikely to detect plastic
weapons.Despite these concerns the U.S. and British
governments are charging ahead with plans to roll out the
controversial devices. It looks likely that the U.S. may soon
implement a no-scan-no-fly
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This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Homicides in Chicago, 1965-1995 (ICPSR 6399)
Principal Investigator(s): Block, Carolyn Rebecca, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority; Block, Richard L., Loyola University-Chicago; Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
These datasets contain information on every homicide in the murder analysis files of the Chicago Police Department for the years 1965-1995. For the victim-level file, Part 1, data are provided on the relationship of victim to offender, whether the victim or offender had previously committed a violent or nonviolent offense, time of occurrence and place of homicide, type of weapon used, cause and motivation for the incident, whether the incident involved drugs, alcohol, gangs, child abuse, or a domestic relationship, if or how the offender was identified, and information on the death of the offender(s). Demographic variables such as the age, sex, and race of each victim and offender are also provided. The victim-level file contains one record for each victim. Information for up to five offenders is included on each victim record. The same offender information is duplicated depending on the number of victims. For example, if a sole offender is responsible for five victims, the file contains five victim records with the offender's information repeated on each record. Part 2, Offender-Level Data, is provided to allow the creation of offender rates and risk analysis that could not be accurately prepared using the victim-level file due to the repeating of the offender information on each victim record. Offender variables were reorganized during the creation of the offender file so that each known offender is associated with a single record. A majority of the variables in the offender-level file are replicas of variables in the victim-level file. The offender records contain demographic information about the offender, demographic and relationship information about the offender's first victim (or sole victim if there was only one), and information about the homicide incident. Information pertaining to the homicide incident such as location, weapon, or drug use are the same as in the victim-level file. In cases where the offender data were completely missing in the victim-level data, no offender records were generated in the offender-level file. The offender-level data do not contain information about the victims in these cases. Geographic variables in both files include the census tract, community area, police district, and police area.
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Block, Carolyn Rebecca, Richard L. Block, and Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Homicides in Chicago, 1965-1995. ICPSR06399-v5. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-07-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06399.v5
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Subject Terms: criminal histories, demographic characteristics, homicide, murder, offenders, police departments, relationships, victims, weapons
Smallest Geographic Unit: city, census tract, community area, police beat, police district
Geographic Coverage: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- 1965--1995
- 1968--1996
Unit of Observation: individuals
Universe: All homicides in the murder analysis files of the Chicago Police Department from 1965 through 1995.
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Earthlings, mark this date: On October 10, 2010, the "mothership"
dropped its first successful pay load from space. Virgin
Galactic, the company currently developing a commercial and tourism
spacecraft, reported on
its website that SpaceShip
Two, VSS Enterprise, successfully delivered its first crewed
space flight on Sunday. The historic flight, piloted by Pete
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The WhiteKnight Two mothership. The WhiteKnight Two released
the VSS Enterprise at an altitude of 45,000 feet. The
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Charlotte June Pyle was born in Cortez on Nov. 3, 1920, to Ray and Mable (Hanks) Chadwick. She passed away on Jan. 26, 2013, in Springdale, Ark. at the Circle of Life Hospice at the age of 92. She had been living with her daughter, Myrna, in Rogers, Ark. for the past six years.
Charlotte went to school in Dolores. On Sept. 8, 1936, she married the love of her life, Warren Pyle, in Monticello, Utah. She was "Momma" to their four children and "Mamou" to her seven grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Charlotte and Warren started their life together living and working at the trading post at Towaoc before the family went into ranching. Then they lived at the ranger station at Beaver where their cattle were during the summer and in the winter near Waterflow, New Mexico where they also had a trading post. They ranched at Thompson Park on Cherry Creek for many years. They lived in Cortez until moving to Globe, Ariz. in 1973. They were there until Warren's death in 2001.
Charlotte's family was her life. She will be remembered for many things, especially for being a wonderful homemaker and fantastic cook. She enjoyed doing needlework, gardening and playing with her grandchildren.
Her parents preceded her in death; along with her husband, Warren; sisters, Lucille Long and Leona Lynch; brother, Lawson Chadwick; son, Lew Ray Pyle; and grandson, Carroll Pyle.
Surviving her are her brother Jerry (Christine) Chadwick of Dolores; her daughters, Dona Cady of Kirtland, N.M. and Myrna Loveless of Rogers; son, Frank (Sandra) Pyle of Dolores; six grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
A service is to be held at the Denton County Funeral Home in Rogers. According to her wishes, Charlotte has been cremated and will be interred in Colorado. The family plans a graveside service when her ashes come home. Memorial contributions may be made in Charlotte's name to Circle of Life Hospice, 901 Jones Road, Springdale, AR 72762.


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If you were born with sickle cell disease, a pediatric (childhood) hematologist is probably directing your medical care. That doctor and the hematology team have been there to support you and your family. They've been there if you had a fever and needed to stay in the hospital or had pain that was too severe to be cared for at home.
Sickle cell disease will be with you throughout your life, in some way or another. As you grow older, you will have questions about how it may affect you in the future. That's a good time to start looking into "transitioning" from your pediatric specialist to doctors who treat adults.
When doctors talk about "transitioning," they mean safely shifting a patient's medical care from a pediatric to an adult-oriented practice. Your new medical "home" could be a sickle cell care center or the office of an adult hematologist.
The key word is safely. You'll need to take lots of steps before you can make a smooth switch to adult health care. Your medical team should be able to guide you in the transitioning process, but here are some good things to know.
Adult care centers are very different from pediatric offices. The biggest change is often the amount of input and responsibility you'll have. As an adult, you're expected to be more involved in making decisions.
It helps to get ready to play a bigger role by being more involved in your health care as a teenager. You can start by:
Somewhere between ages 18 and 21 most patients will need to start going to a medical practice for adults. Often, pediatric doctors are unable to see patients older than a certain age because of an office or hospital policy.
The best time to start seeing an adult hematologist is before you get too old to see the pediatric doctor. This way, if you have questions or if something doesn't feel quite right, there is time to return to the pediatric hematologist and discuss the transition more.
Adult hematologists expect their patients to know more about sickle cell disease than you're probably used to. Obviously they won't require you to know the medical information, but they will assume that you have practical knowledge about living with sickle cell disease.
For instance, your adult hematologist will expect you to:
Because each patient with sickle cell disease is a little different, discuss these questions with your pediatric hematologist before you move on to adult care.
As you meet with your new adult hematologist you will need to discuss your bloodwork schedule and other routine testing. Typically, patients with sickle cell disease will:
Every person with sickle cell disease has a unique life story. Some people have relatively mild disease with only the occasional pain crises. Others may have spent multiple days in the hospital with complications of sickle cell disease.
Most of the symptoms of sickle cell disease do not change from adolescence to adulthood. But it's good to be aware of possibilities, including things like how to manage pain and sexual health care.
One of the well-known symptoms of sickle cell disease is pain (or vaso-occlusive crisis). Pain episodes may change a little with age. For example, young children with sickle cell pain may have belly pain as their most severe pain. In older children and adults, bone and muscle pain is more likely. Adults may not see painful swollen fingers or toes (dactylitis), but arthritis in fingers and other joints may continue through adulthood.
You'll still need to get treatment for pain episodes. But the way pain is treated might seem a little different. As a child, you most likely went to the same pediatric hospital every time you had sickle cell pain. Nurses and ER doctors probably knew you and were familiar with your pain needs and your sickle cell history. Your hematologist may have been on staff at that hospital.
In the adult world, you might need to re-create this relationship with a new emergency room. Some doctors recommend establishing a pain plan with the adult hospital emergency room and your hematology team. Using a pain plan can help the emergency room better treat your sickle cell pain.
If possible, find out if there is a day treatment center for sickle cell disease near where you will be living. This type of health center is trained specifically to help patients with sickle cell pain. Because of their expertise, they may be able to help control your pain faster than a regular emergency room.
The more often you take certain pain medications, the higher a dose you will need to have that specific medication control your pain. Unfortunately, all medications have side effects and people generally have more side effects at higher doses, even if the medicine is barely enough to control the pain. Because of this, doctors generally like to give small amounts of medication to try and avoid side effects.
Many pain medicines will start to work within 30 minutes. So if you are not feeling better within half an hour after getting the medication, let your doctor know. Again, having a pain plan — and letting doctors know what has worked for you in the past — will help in treating your pain.
Children and teens rarely develop leg ulcers from sickle cell disease. Leg ulcers may become more common in adulthood, though. If they develop, you may need creams and even oral antibiotics. Good skin care and avoiding skin damage can help to prevent ulcers.
Sickle cell disease will not prevent a woman from getting pregnant, although it may make getting pregnant more difficult.
If you are pregnant or plan to get pregnant, talk to your hematologist. Pregnant women with sickle cell disease need good medical care because their babies are at risk for being born early. If you're pregnant, you'll want to find an obstetrician (OB) who specializes in high-risk pregnancy.
All pregnant women should take folate to decrease the risk of birth defects. Because folate is used to make red blood cells, patients with sickle cell disease should be on a higher dose of folate during pregnancy.
Sickle cell disease affects sperm development. Men with sickle cell disease can still father a child, but it may be difficult.
One condition that can affect men with sickle cell is priapism (the medical term for a painful erection lasting more than 3-4 hours). Go to the emergency room immediately if you are having a long-lasting, painful erection. It may seem embarrassing, but if priapism isn't treated, a guy may not be able have an erection in the future.
Some men with sickle cell disease have painful erections that last for 1-2 hours. These can be a warning sign that you are at risk for priapism. Talk to your hematologist, who may be able to prescribe medicine to help prevent priapism.
Bedwetting is extremely common with sickle cell disease, but it's not caused by drinking too much water before bedtime. In fact, many people with sickle cell disease who have trouble staying dry at night don't get enough fluids to stay well hydrated. Sickle cell disease makes it difficult over time for the body to reabsorb water in the kidneys, so the body makes lots of urine.
People who wet the bed tend to do it at the same time each night. Setting a timer or cell phone alarm to wake you up so you can use the bathroom may help prevent bedwetting.
Sickle cell disease affects how people fight off infections. Your doctor might prescribe daily antibiotics to help prevent serious infections. Some people who've had their spleens removed need to stay on antibiotics for life.
Even if you're taking antibiotics, a fever may still be a medical emergency. If you develop a fever, call your hematologist for advice right away.
Doctors recommend all patients with sickle cell disease get a meningococcal vaccination. This is a must for people who are going to have their spleens taken out or who plan to live in a college dormitory.
Doctors recommend that everyone get the flu vaccine each year. A flu shot is especially important for people with sickle cell, who are at higher risk of getting flu complications. The live viruses in the nasal spray can pose a risk for people with sickle cell. So you'll need to get the shot (which contains killed flu viruses), not the spray. Your doctor can advise you on this.
Your pediatric hematologist is probably the best person to ask about adult hematologists. Your current doctor will have lots of previous patients who have graduated to adult care and so can point you in the right direction.
Sometimes, someone from your hematology team might be able to go with you to your first adult appointment. Or perhaps the adult hematologist can join you at your last appointment with your pediatric hematologist. If this is something you're interested in, talk to the medical team and see how it can be arranged.
If you're living with sickle cell, you've probably seen a specialist at some point — like an ophthalmologist or pulmonologist. If he or she is a pediatric doctor, you'll need to transition to an adult specialist. Your current specialist and your hematology teams (both pediatric and adult) can recommend new specialists and help you make the transition.
No matter how well a person prepares, there will always be a few unexpected questions and bumps in the road. That's OK — transitioning to adult care is a journey, not a single leap. The important thing is to make sure you're always covered, so start thinking about transitioning when you're in your mid-teens.
Reviewed by: Cory Ellen Nourie, MSS, MLSP
Date reviewed: August 2011
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|Sickle Cell Information Center The mission of this site is to provide patient and professional education, news, research updates, and sickle cell resources.
|Adolescent Health Transition Project This is a health and transition resource for adolescents with special health care needs, chronic illnesses, and physical or developmental disabilities.
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3 Ways to Reboot the Old Business Model
What's your business model going to be for the 21st century?
As Ron Shevlin, senior analyst at the Boston-based Aite Group, recently told CU Water Cooler Symposium attendees, it's time for a credit union business model reboot.
Here's why:
- Declining return on equity, which for the financial services industry as whole has hovered at about 8% since dropping from an industry high of 13% to 15% from 1993-2007.
- For credit unions in particular there has been a decline in overall gross income, with revenue falling nearly 4% during a period when membership was actually growing.
- Across the generations three in 10 have simply not been involved in their financial lives. Gen Y at 33%, turned out to be the most highly engaged in their financial lives.
"Those are warning signs and growth, cost reduction and pricing changes aren't going to cut it," Shevlin says. "I don't think today's business model is going to provide the engine to get us back to historical levels of ROE. We as a society have changed and the paradox here is as we become a more highly educated, affluent, self-service do-it-yourself, few of us are actively managing our financial lives."
Shevlin sees three big changes in the financial services industry over the next few years – the death of checking accounts, separation of production and distribution, and a refocus on financial performance – and explains why they represent opportunities for a 21st century business model reboot.
It's time for a new type of account.
- The "de-banked" represent 15 million consumers who have left or are about to leave the traditional banking system.
- New Approach Example: Movenbank's CRED
Created the concept of CRED as an alternative to a FICO score. Result: Consumers have a single account that evolves based not on their credit worthiness but debit worthiness. Blending prepaid, credit and debit capabilities, as their CRED score goes up, customers get additional capabilities that grow with their needs.
"For the first time in 60 years, it's not a given that when individuals reach adult age they will open a checking account," Shevlin says. "There is a new set of consumers, highly educated consumers who are working or if they aren't working it's because they are still in school, choosing to opt out of the traditional banking system, which includes credit unions," he says.
Take a cue from Levis, which has a strong brand, yet distributes its jeans to be sold by others, Shevlin advises.
- Credit unions should make the most of standalone branded marketing programs, third-party products such as Kasasa, and mobile apps.
- Financial mobile apps represent a $1 billion opportunity.
"This concept by and large is a foreign idea to the financial industry, you develop, sell market a core set of products yourselves," the Aite analyst says.
"I don't think your revenue will come from building and developing apps. I think it will come from helping consumers make the decision on which apps they should be downloading and using and taking a cut on those sales," he says.
"A look in the app store, financial apps that start with the letter A run about six pages long. How does a consumer know which financial apps are okay? No one has vetted them. How do they know which apps can be integrated with their financial institution.
"You can help do that and take a cut in those sales. Developers would work with you to get it out to the consumers. So what this becomes is a marketing platform, more service through apps."
Old Moments of Opportunity: Save & Borrow Model
- having a baby
- needing a new car loan or mortgage.
New Moments of Opportunity: Advise & Perform Model
- Given the availability of technology and a new, more highly engaged generation, the financial services industry can add more value.
"We need to get beyond just personal financial management to financial performance management," Shevlin says.
"People need to know how much have you helped them save and tracking that, how is their money doing and what should they do with it?"


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relax is a program designed for the study of the dynamics of proteins and other macromolecules though the analysis of experimental NMR data. It supports exponential curve fitting for the calculation of the R1 and R2 relaxation rates, calculation of the NOE, reduced spectral density mapping, the Lipari and Szabo model-free analysis, study of domain motions via the N-state model (or ensemble analysis) and frame order dynamics theories using anisotropic NMR parameters such as RDCs and PCSs, the investigation of stereochemistry in dynamic ensembles, and the analysis of relaxation dispersion.
Rocket Propulsion Analysis (RPA) is a tool for the performance prediction of rocket engines. By providing a few engine parameters such as combustion chamber pressure, used propellant components, and nozzle parameters, the program obtains chemical equilibrium composition of combustion products, determines its thermodynamic properties, and predicts the theoretical rocket performance. A robust, proven, and industry-accepted Gibbs free energy minimization approach is used to obtain the combustion composition. It can perform analysis of nozzle flows with shifting and frozen chemical equilibrium, optimization of propellant components mixture ratio for maximum specific impulse of bipropellant systems, altitude performance analysis, analysis of nozzle performance with respect to overexpansion and flow separation, throttled engine performance analysis, estimation of test (actual) nozzle performance, and nested analysis: stepping of up to four independent variables (component ratio, chamber pressure, nozzle inlet conditions, and nozzle exit conditions).
HOPSPACK solves derivative-free optimization problems in a C++ software framework. The framework enables parallel operation using MPI (for distributed machine architectures) and multithreading (for single machines with multiple processors or cores). Optimization problems can be very general: functions can be noisy, nonsmooth, and nonconvex, linear and nonlinear constraints are supported, and variables may be continuous or integer-valued.
Kst is a fast real-time large-dataset viewing and plotting tool with built-in data analysis functionality. It contains many powerful built-in features and is expandable with plugins and extensions. It features powerful keyboard and mouse plot manipulation, a large selection of built-in plotting and data manipulation functions (such as histograms, equations, and power spectra), built-in filtering and curve fitting capabilities, a convenient command-line interface, a powerful graphical user interface with non-modal dialogs for an optimized workflow, support for several popular data formats, extended annotation objects similar to vector graphics applications, and high-quality export to bitmap or vector formats,
scikits.statsmodels is a Python package which provides a complement to scipy for statistical computations, including descriptive statistics and estimation of statistical models. The main included model categories are linear, discrete, generalized linear, and robust linear models, and, in time series analysis, AR, ARMA, and VAR. It also includes statistical tests mainly for regression diagnostics.
statsmodels is a Python package which provides a complement to scipy for statistical computations, including descriptive statistics and estimation of statistical models. The main included model categories are linear, discrete, generalized linear, and robust linear, and, in time series analysis, AR, ARMA, and VAR. It also includes statistical tests mainly for regression diagnostics. statsmodels was renamed from scikits.statsmodels.
A menu generation tool for various X window managers.
A Java component for manipulating PowerPoint presentations.


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Should today's public school students all be given a college preparatory education or should we focus on job skills and preparing students for the workforce? Or maybe a little of both? What about civics? Grammar? Technical skills?
At the Reading Club of Durango's meeting Thursday, Lynn May and Mary Jane Basye took a look at American education and the milestones in education that have brought us to where we are today as well as the challenges we still confront in answering those questions.
Basye started with a situation our educators face – everyone is an "expert" about how schools should be run because we all went to school, even though we see it through a prism of what worked and didn't work for us personally.
But understanding the history of American public education helps us see how we have arrived at this stage of No Child Left Behind, rich and poor school districts, and standardized test results – not critical thinking skills – driving educational programs, not to mention all of the other quandaries we face as a community and as a nation.
May analyzed the life and impact of Horace Mann, who is often thought of as "The Father of the American Public School System" because of his efforts in the early to mid-1800s.
Mann, who himself received an excellent education, earning a law degree from Brown University, wielded major influence through his political success as a Massachusetts state representative and senator as well as a founder of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, serving as its president for 12 years.
Though brought up in a Calvinist household, after his family's minister damned Mann's brother to hell because he had skipped Sunday services to go swimming and drowned, Mann lived a Puritan lifestyle but was a humanist by nature. He was worried that the founding fathers had given so many freedoms to America's citizens without making provisions for their civic education.
The brother-in-law of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mann admitted he didn't understand Hawthorne's work and indeed, thought literature in any form was a waste of time. (You can imagine the appalled faces of Reading Club members at that thought.)
Mann once took a whirlwind tour of European schools, coming home particularly impressed by the Prussian school system where the curriculum centered on science and utility. He especially liked the Prussian emphasis on intellectual conversation, problem solving and conceptual understanding, so unlike American education at the time, which was focused on rote learning and recitations.
He thought the practical is always more important than the beautiful or artistic, believed recitations are disastrous and can destroy a child's sense of wonder in a day, and he constantly criticized corporal punishment.
Mann's report about how "superior" the European schools were enraged a group of Boston schoolteachers, who responded with a 144-page letter about how fear is a far better spur to learning than friendship between teacher and student, and how Mann clearly didn't understand teaching methods or have any empirical data about the results of the European educational style.
Another debate we still have today began at this time – local control of schools versus state and federal oversight. Mann's opponents believed that citizens in a democracy are smarter than their government, so local school boards should control curriculum and teacher training, while Mann believed that would only work if those citizens were well educated. Kind of a chicken-and-egg scenario, I'd say.
Basye took a look at the last century of changes and expectations of education. Circa 1900, formal education wasn't considered important for economic or social advancement, so only a small percentage got even a high school education. By 1935, public schools were thriving, although the inequality between white and minority students had deepened, so that in 1935, 54 percent of Southern white students attended high school, but only 24 percent of African-American students did.
And then came Brown versus the Board of Education in 1954, when the Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal.
May and Basye, who team taught at St. Columba Catholic School (May is still there), did a tremendous amount of research for the program, and it showed. The quotes they found to tell the story were incredibly eloquent.
"As I watch videotapes now and think back to that first day at Central High on Sept. 4, 1957, I wonder what possessed my parents and the adults of the NAACP to allow us to go to that school in the face of such violence," said Melba Patillo Beals, about the first day of forced desegregation.
Or the lesser-known case of Joseph Albert Delaine, who filed a lawsuit in Clarendon County, S.C., because buses were only provided for the white children to attend school, passing right by his home. He was fired from his teaching job of 10 years; his wife, two of his sisters and his niece were also fired; his house was burned to the ground; and the church he pastored was stoned and later burned. After men fired at him with shotguns, he and his family were run out of the state.
I've always thought of President Lyndon Johnson as sort of a wheeler and dealer, but his personal experience teaching the children of poor Mexican American laborers informed many of his initiatives.
So here's his quote: "I still see the faces of the children who sat in my classes. I still hear their eager voices speaking Spanish as I came in. I still see their excited eyes speaking friendship. I had my first lessons in the high price we pay for poverty and prejudice right here."
And now, we have come to an era when equal opportunity isn't the goal – equal educational success is how we ensure that every child reaches their potential.
May and Basye also served as hostesses, with the goodies served on school cafeteria trays. I can guarantee no school ever served anything as scrumptious as Basye's hazelnut, white chocolate and raspberry mega-layer cake. Yummy!
Perhaps educator David Tyack said it best: "I do not see any way to achieve a good future for our children more effectively than debating together and working together on how we educate that next generation. Children may be about 20 percent of the population, but they are 100 percent of the future."
Hoping to receive an escape to a tropical beach for their birthdays are Robert Simmons, Jim Bundy, Mary Alice Copeland, Keith Widder, Steve Lavengood, Karen Knudsen, Donna Aubrey, Niki Bryant, Dick Hanlin, Dorothy Shank, Susie Ammann, Connie Matthews and Jane Periman.
Very special greetings go out to Dan Ammann.
Nothing says happy anniversary like a plane ticket to a warm getaway for Victor and Jo Ann Sanderfer and Mike and Donna Stone.


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Talk:20.109(F12) Pre-Proposal: Engineering Viral Magnetic Nanoparticles for Magnetic Hyperthermic Cancer Therapy
- This is a brainstorming page.
You are very welcome to write any crazy / non-crazy / inventive / conventional / knowledgeable ideas or information you may have about our project.
Some key words:
- Magnetic Nanoparticles (MNP)
- Viruses
- Magnetic Hyperthermia
- Bioengineering
What is Magnetic Hyperthermia?
How it works?
Under an alternating magnetic field, MNP releases heat due to relaxation of magnetic moments (hysteresis). This can cause an increase in temperature to the range of 41C to 47C. Since tumor cells are more heat sensitive than normal cells, they will be killed by this thermal dissipation.
Here is an interesting tidbit from a paper I was reading: "In addition to the expected tumor cell death, hyperthermia treatment has also induced unexpected biological responses, such as tumor-specific immune responses as a result of heat-shock protein expression. These results suggest that hyperthermia is able to kill not only local tumors exposed to heat treatment, but also tumors at distant sites, including metastatic cancer cells." (Kobayashi)
Current Research
- Clinical trials in prostate cancer
Current Limitations (This information will help us shape and define the problem.)
(1) To achieve the necessary rise in temperature with minimal dose of MNP.
- In other words, this means:
- High specific loss power / specific absorption rate (SLP) of the MNP.
(2) Lack of knowledge about the metabolism, clearance, and toxicity of MNP.
Biomedical potentials of MNP
- Could be used as early detection for the following using MRI:
- Inflammation
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Atherosclerosis
- Drug Delivery
- Cellular labeling and tissue targeting
- Purifying and separating cells and DNAs
- Hyperthermia
- Transfection by magnetic nanoparticles
- Tissue repair
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Types of Relevant Viruses
1. Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV)
- 18nmx300nm, helical
- Can withstand high temperatures up to 50C for 30mins (conventional hyperthermia involves heating up to 50C from an external source
- Safe for human consumption
- Mann group has active research on it
- 2130 molecules of coat protein
2. M13 Bacteriophage
- 6.6nmx880nm, helical (Length is too long - pose an issue in targeting cells)
- Lots of research done by the Belcher group, including attaching MNPs to M13 for imaging purposes
- We are familiar with the system
3. Cowpea chlorotic mottle virus (CCMV)
- 26nm, icosahedral
4. Cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV)
- 27nm, icosahedral
5. Brome mosaic virus (BMV)
- 28nm, icosahedral
6. Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV)
- 30nm, icosahedral
Current Work in Viral MNP Attachment
Attachment of MNPs to M13 phage for in vivo imaging of prostate cancer
What we propose to do
See flowchart sketch.
We will start with using ferritin (Fe3O4) as the MNP.
Future directions:
- Experimenting with double layer MNP to increase response
- Target other cancerous cells
Potential Issues
- "The actual rotations of the nanoparticles are disordered because the microviscosity of the local environment in cancer cells is not constant, and effective elasticity depends on the binding conditions between nanoparticles and membranes."
- but this is actually present because when treatment is done with individual MNPs, one side of the MNP is always bound to the targeted cell, so direction is never constant!
Future Directions
Useful Resources
- Gupta AK, Naregalkar RR, Vaidya VD, and Gupta M. Recent advances on surface engineering of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and their biomedical applications. Future Medicine. 2007. 2(1), 23-39.
- Bakoglidis KD, Simeonidis K, Sakellari D, G. Stefanou, and Angelakeris M. Size-Dependent Mechanisms in AC Magnetic Hyperthermia Response of Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 2012. 48:1320-1323.
- Great layman's way of explaining magnetic hyperthermia http://trialx.com/curetalk/2012/11/cancer-treatment-multifunctional-magnetic-nanoparticles-for-molecular-imaging-and-hyperthermia/


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Sexual activity is the most likely way to become infected with HIV. People infected with HIV may not look sick. There is no way to tell if your partner has HIV without having been tested. Abstain from sex, or take precautions when engaging in intercourse or any other sexual act that results in an exchange of body fluids.
Suggestions to lower your risk include:
- Use a latex condom and water-based lubricants.
- Limit your number of sexual partners.
- Find out the HIV status and HIV risk factors of potential sexual partners.
- Find out if potential sexual partners have had any sexually transmitted diseases , since these are closely linked to an increased risk for HIV.
- Avoid having sexual relationships with people who are HIV-positive or use injected drugs.
In addition, being circumcised may also reduce the risk of HIV.
Do Not Share Needles or Syringes
Using a needle or syringe contaminated with HIV-infected blood can cause you to become infected. Do not share needles with anyone. Remember that people may not even be aware that they have HIV.
Medications to Prevent Infection
If you are at high risk, talk to your doctor about taking medication to reduce your risk of infection. You may be considered high risk if you:
- Inject IV drugs and share injection equipment
- Have a sexual partner who is HIV-positive
Also, if you have a known exposure to HIV, medications may be given to decrease your risk of getting the infection.
Use Appropriate Safety Precautions for Healthcare Workers or Caregivers
HIV is transmitted through infected blood and body fluids. When caring for patients:
- Wear appropriate gloves and facial masks during all procedures or when handling bodily fluids.
- Carefully handle and properly dispose of needles.
- Carefully follow universal precautions.
- Cover all cuts and sores (yours and the HIV-infected person's) with bandages.
Donate Your Own Blood for Elective Surgical Procedures
Blood products are screened for HIV, but there is still a small risk because tests cannot detect HIV immediately after transmission. To reduce your risk of contracting HIV through blood products, consider donating your own blood for elective surgical procedures.
To Prevent Spreading HIV to Others
To prevent spreading HIV to others if you are HIV-infected:
- Abstain from sex or limit your number of sexual partners.
- Use a latex condom every time you have sex.
- Use a dental dam when you have oral sex.
- Avoid sexual partners who are HIV-infected or injection drug users.
- Do not share needles for drug injection.
- Talk to your partner about any sexually transmitted infections you or your partner have.
- Let your doctor know if you share needles or have sex with someone who has HIV. Your doctor may want to start medication to help prevent an HIV infection from developing.
- Do not donate blood or organs.
- Ask your doctor about contraception.
- If you do wish to become pregnant, talk to your doctor. There are ways to lower your baby's risk of being born infected with HIV.
- If you have a baby, do not breastfeed until you have discussed this with your doctor.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: David L. Horn, MD, FACP
- Review Date: 09/2016 -
- Update Date: 08/10/2016 -


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Doug Smith
http://thestar.blogs.com/raptors/201...small-one.htmlHe's a 6-11 Australian who came to Houston from a career in Europe and Russia last season and averaged 5.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and about 14 minutes a game in 63 games.
He's more depth for the frontcourt and with a contract that pays him $2.5 million this season with a team option at $2.7 million for 2011-12, he's hardly a bank-breaker.
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/...Andersen-5222/Andersen still did a nice job showcasing his excellent skill-level, primarily in the form of his jump-shot, knocking down an array of spot-up, pull-up, turnaround and pick and pop jumpers, in the post, from 18-20 feet, and all the way out beyond the 3-point line.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...17/2744778.htmAndersen posted 19 points on 9-of-14 shooting from the floor (career high)...He made one of his three attempts from downtown and pulled down six rebounds in 25 minutes on the court.
His stats from last year (09/10):
GP Min Pts FG FGA FG% 2Pt 2PtA 2P% 3Pt 3PtA 3P% FTM FTA FT%
63 14.2 5.8 2.3 5.4 43.2 1.9 4.2 45.8 0.4 1.2 34.6 0.7 1.1 68.7
Off Def TOT Asts Stls Blks TOs PFs
0.9 2.4 3.3 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.6 1.9
His offense consists primarily of shooting over people. Decent spot-up shooter and decent turn around jumper in the post. His rebounding and defense needs work. Plays more like a PF than C.
Here's a mix.


text: What if SCEA tries to settle?Lets just say, I want the settlement terms to include OtherOS on all PS3s and an apology on the PlayStation blog for ever removing it. It'd be good PR for Sony too, lord knows they could use it. I'm also willing to accept a trade, a legit path to homebrew for knowledge of how to stop new firmwares from being decrypted.


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|David Mueller, a healthy 31-year-old who died in February after four days of illness caused by Influenza B, is pictured in 2011 with his daughter, Autumn Rose. A campaign to educate the public about the flu and the needs for immunizations has been organi zed in Mueller's name by councils of the Knights of Columbus in the Diocese of Allentown, Pa. Council leaders hope Knights take the effort nationwide. (CNS photo/courtesy Mueller family) (Oct. 15, 2013)
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (CNS) -- "Every Life Matters -- Every Shot Counts" is the focus of the Knights of Columbus' Crusade Against Influenza slated to run in the Diocese of Allentown and beyond concurrent with the flu season.
The crusade began Oct. 1 and is slated to run through May 30, 2014.
According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu activity most commonly peaks in the U.S. in January or February but it can begin as early as October and continue as late as May.
Frank Krakowski, chancellor and past grand knight of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Council 14990 in Hellertown, said the program aims to foster better heath and save lives in communities and parishes. The Knights set up a flu-specific website for use by participating councils and the public: www.flucrusade.com.
Though the program has been launched in the Diocese of Allentown, Krakowski said the Knights hope it will become a national effort.
The program also is intended as a memorial to David Mueller, son of James Mueller, a fourth-degree Knight, and his wife, Sue. David, a healthy 31-year-old, died in February after four days of illness caused by Influenza B. The Muellers are parishioners of St. Joseph the Worker in Orefield.
"Over the years, the Knights have lost so many members to influenza," Krakowski told The A.D. Times, Allentown's diocesan newspaper.
Influenza can be a very serious condition, especially for people in high risk groups -- such as people with diabetes, heart disease, asthma and other lung diseases. Mueller wasn't in one of these groups.
Every year, on average, influenza kills 25,000 to 35,000 people of all ages, although mostly the young and elderly, and it puts 250,000 to 350,000 people in the hospital.
Data shows each year the flu vaccines are approximately 60 to 70 percent effective in preventing or reducing the severity of flu cases.
Krakowski said the Muellers, devastated by their loss, agreed to use David's story as a motivator for people to become more aware of the danger from seasonal influenza, the risks and benefits of receiving a flu shot, and the importance of making an intelligent and informed decision when it comes to opting for or against getting an annual shot.
All 138 councils in northeastern Pennsylvania were asked to be a part of the crusade by hosting flu vaccination awareness events at their own and at least one other church, Catholic or non-Catholic.
Knights are passing out brochures highlighting the serious nature of flu, and the benefits and risks of flu shots. Seniors will get special brochures. And everybody will receive a knights' referral document that entitles them to a free "flu-fighting" gift and an approximately $10 discount on their shot, if paying for it out-of-pocket; otherwise it is almost always covered by insurance.
The program is intended to be a subunit of the national Knights of Columbus "Support for Life" objective, extending every council's efforts beyond the fight against abortion.
Its website contains links to lots of information and includes ways to input a ZIP code and find locations where shots are being given. Occasional tips for fighting the flu will be posted, as well as information on how the project is going. There is a calendar of special events and information on how to make contributions to the flu crusade.
David Mueller's death "is a prime example of just how vulnerable everyone, even healthy young adults -- not just children and the elderly -- can be to the flu," said Krakowski.
"It also reinforces why the CDC recommends 'everyone 6 months of age and older gets a flu shot each and every year.'"
Mueller, a 31-year-old insurance agent and nursing student at Lehigh Carbon Community College, was bowling with friends on a Friday night and celebrating his birthday. On Sunday, he felt ill, went to the emergency room and wound up in intensive care later that day.
That Monday, he was transferred to the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia for additional heart-lung support. His parents were told if he survived, he would almost certainly need a heart transplant. He died early Wednesday morning, Feb. 27.
Besides his father and mother, Mueller left behind a daughter, Autumn Rose, and four brothers and sisters.
"The Mueller family is looking forward to this program's success since it will help mean their son David -- 31, healthy and in no real serious risk groups and who didn't think he needed a flu shot -- won't have died in vain," Krakowski said.
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Quigley is a staff writer at The A.D. Times, newspaper of the Diocese of Allentown, Pa.
Copyright (c) 2013 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (CNS) -- "Every Life Matters -- Every Shot Counts" is the focus of the Knights of Columbus' Crusade Against Influenza slated to run in the Diocese of Allentown and beyond concurrent with the flu season.