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North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue (D) on Tuesday insisted that voters should cast their ballots against the state's discriminatory constitutional amendment restricting marriage to "one man and one woman" because it was "about taking away rights."
While Perdue continues to be against marriage rights for North Carolina's LGBT population, the governor insisted that Amendment One was "not about gay marriage."
"This is our Rosa Parks moment in North Carolina because it's about taking away rights of people, civil rights," Perdue told MSNBC's Chuck Todd on Monday, noting that the wording of the measure went far beyond just restricting the rights of LGBT North Carolinians.
Experts warn (PDF) that the amendment could strip children of unmarried parents of health care coverage, interfere with the ability of unmarried couples to visit each other in the hospital, take away domestic violence protections for unmarried women and cause some unmarried seniors to lose benefits like pensions, health care and Social Security.
"The extreme folks that have been running the General Assembly, the legislature, this new Republican group have spent this past year, not on jobs, not on moving us forward and education," Perdue explained. "They've messed around in our bedrooms and our classrooms, and the people of North Carolina, I hope, are sick of it and stand up and vote 'no' on this amendment."
"We have a very clear statute on the books that defines marriage in North Carolina as being between a man and a women, so today's vote — though some extremists have labeled as about being between a man and a woman — it's about civil rights, it's about taking away rights of North Carolinians."
"Chuck, this hurts our brand," she added. "Our state has been known around the world as a progressive leader, as an inviting state, a hub of business and opportunity. This is bad for business."
Todd pressed Perdue on the "awkwardness" of being against the amendment and also against marriage equality.
"Y'all can continue to scratch your head for another 48 hours," she shot back. "It's very important to me that the folks in North Carolina who have not cast their ballot understand that this constitutional amendment takes away a lot of civil liberties, civil rights. It is not about gay marriage. That is not what this is about. We have a statute on the books. So for the voters of North Carolina, don't be confused. Go in there and vote 'no.'"
Last year, Perdue released a statement on her website explaining that she would vote against the amendment because it would "harm our state's business climate and make it harder to grow jobs," not because everyone deserved equal rights.
"I believe that marriage is between one man and one woman: That's why I voted for the law in 1996 that defines marriage as between one man and one woman, and that's why I continue to support that law today," the statement said. "But I'm going to vote against the amendment because I cannot in good conscience look an unemployed man or woman in the eye and tell them that this amendment is more important than finding them a job."
Public Policy Polling's final survey before polls opened on Tuesday indicated that voters supported the amendment by a 55-39 margin. Polls are scheduled to close in North Carolina at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Watch this video from MSNBC's The Daily Rundown, broadcast May 8, 2012.
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(h/t: Politico)

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Goodies for Your Pet
by Michelle Sieling on Jan 30, 2009
In case you dont already know, Cheengoo is a Korean word meaning "friend" or "companion, very fitting for a pet, and of course, very fitting for a pet store where you can find things to spoil your pet. After the thousands of hours of camaraderie that you share with your pet, it only seems fitting you should pamper them, but its much better when you can do it at a fair price.
Owner Liz Paik is not only is the day-to-day manager of the store, but she is also the designer of the many hand-crafted dog and cat collars, leads and harnesses that youll find here, which are actually made in house. Lizs background is in graphic and web design and some of the great patterns are even created by her. Simple yet playful designs like Autumn, Carousel, or Candy Dots come in dog ($30-$40) and cat collars ($15), or leashes with convenient hooks that make it easy to loop around your waist or to a pole ($40-$46). They even carry hard-to-find gentle collars for narrow-headed dogs like whippets ($34). Not just Lizs creations, but the majority of items available for sale in the store are locally designed and produced.
As I mentioned, there are many affordable, cute and stylish items that can be found throughout the store. Puppy toys include a pink bear from Jax & Bones ($15), a Simply Fido non-toxic sheep ($18) or a boiled wool tug toy from A Cheerful Pet ($17). When your little buddy needs a place to rest its head, theres a Bowser Eco-Futon (runs from $59 for small up to $86 for large). Whats special about these beds are that they are super soft, yet actually made of an Eco-tech fleece fabric, which is constructed from polyester fibers made from recycled plastic (PET) pop bottles.
Tiny pets that like being carried or need to be kept in a safe place in public can be snuggly secured in the Pawpoose ($39), which comes in a range of styles, including pretty pink flowers or rough-and-tumble military camouflage. If you feel the need to outfit your dog further, you can choose from a range of options, including the Hip Doggie Urban Ski Vest with furry hood ($43 for small up to $46 for large) or the Camo Skull Mohawk Hoodie ($33 for small).
A little more expensive but great for those who tire of ugly cat scratch posts are the very sleek and stylish Marmalade Pet Care: Modern Cat Cardboard Furniture in various geometric shapes and sizes ($42-$130). Other unique items include the Life Celebration, a tribute to the passing of a pet ($29) or the specially designed Cheengoo Bird Bowl from Lollipop Potter ($38).
There is also a selection of food tucked away in the back, such as the raw food made by local company Small Batch which provides a 1 lb batch diet for either cats or dogs ($5) or chicken necks ($4).
Animal causes are near and dear to Lizs heart. In the past shes been a foster kitten parent volunteer at the San Francisco Department of Animal Care and Control (ACC), an organization responsible for the citys stray, injured, abandoned, neglected, and mistreated animals, as well as for the enforcement of all state and local Animal Control and Welfare laws. One percent of all sales at Cheengoo go to Animals Asia, a Hong Kong-based charity dedicated to ending cruelty and restoring respect for all animals in Asia. And of course Liz has her own little furry companion. On my visit to the shop I got to meet her very protective Abi, a Chihuahua/Yorkie mix who let out a feisty grrruff! whenever any stranger came near the store.
Every month Cheengoo hosts a Bark and Wine event at the store on the last Friday of the month. Coming up in February are pet portraits and in March, a possible adoption event. Contact the store for more details.
If you dont live in the neighborhood, I recommend public transportation as parking is almost impossible. But if you cant make it there, you can still shop at Cheengoo online at www.cheengoo.com.
by Michelle Sieling on Jan 30, 2009


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To Stephanie.
Hi! I'm Lena. Today is Teacher's day in Korea. But, In America doesn't have teacher's day!! You know, I don't speak well at English. My wish is to speak English well. So, I want to learn English a lot from you. I can understand your talk, but I can't answer with your question. Please help me!!
Anyway, I will do what I can.
When I met you first, I was scared. Because, You are my first yellow hair foreigner in Korea. I think, You are very good teacher in academy. Another Class, we can speak Korean to Teacher. But aren't you. I must speak English to you, so I can improve my speak in efficiency. Thank you, Stephanie!
– Lena –
You know what, Lena. You are only 12. You speak just fine at English. Thank you for the best present someone can get on Teacher's Day.


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First and for most, thank you Kak Lyna for inviting us to 1Superkids Family Day. Eksaited saya bab-bab nak bermajlis sosial nih. *Fuhh ayat!* Majlis sosial. Ok.
Abes tu, nak merasa events spesis Malaysia Tatler magazine tu adalah far from possible, so yang macam ni pun kira dah bagus dah. Ada juga orang nak invite ShilaShower. Ekekekekekke.
Unfortunately, I didn't get the chance to visit each booth that was opened during the day as Adam was clinging on me. He refused to sit in his stroller and he was just like a little koala clinging to a eucalyptus tree. Aiyayayayayaya....
So we just walked around, said hye to people whom I think I know *agak-agak ikut firasat, ahahahha*, took pictures and decided to go back before Adam gets cranky for not getting his Nenenenen! *mana dia belajar cakap nenen ni, all that we know, semua orang bahasakan Susu or Milk* Aiyoh.
Anyway, we enjoyed the day so much. Kown gembira dengan nasi beriyaninya, Adam dengan belon freenya and ShilaShower dengan bergambar sana-sininya. :) So, that's a complete package for my one happy family.


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Now the audiences are assured that if it's an Aamir Khan production it's worth watching. Though the Kiran Rao-directed Dhobi Ghat was not for the masses, the movie has got it takers and is doing unexpectedly well in the metros. This small-budget film has collected around Rs 8.75 crore over its first weekend.
Dhobi Ghat with sterling performances from its cast and touching story-line is made at the cost of mere Rs 5 crore, but its weekend breakdown tells a winning story. The approx collections were Rs 2.85 crore approx on Friday, Rs 3.20 crore approx on Saturday and Rs 2.70 crore approx on Sunday.
Coming to Yamla Pagla Deewana, the movie is going great guns in the north. As per reports, it had a great second weekend with business of around Rs 8.50 crore approx. This takes the film's collection to Rs 43 crore plus in ten days.
Rani Mukherjee and Vidya Balan continue to woo the audience with their No One Killed Jessica. The movie is running in its third week and had a decent second weekend of around Rs 6.25 crore approx which takes its two-week business to Rs 25.75 crore. It is now declared a semi hit.


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-David Mein
Do you think you might be melancholic? Does this description match you?
Melancholic people are often perceived as very (or overly) pondering and are both considerate and very cautious. They are organized and schedule oriented, often planning extensively. Melancholics can be highly creative in activities such as poetry, art, and invention – and are sensitive to others. Because of this sensitivity and their thoughtfulness they can become preoccupied with the tragedy and cruelty in the world and are susceptible to depression and moodiness. Often they are perfectionists. Their desire for perfection often results in a high degree of personal excellence but also causes them to be highly conscientious and difficult to relate to because others often cannot please them. They are self-reliant and independent, preferring to do things themselves to meet their standards. One negative part of being a melancholic is that they can get so involved in what they are doing they forget to think of other issues. Their caution enables them to prevent problems that the more impulsive sanguine runs into, but can also cause them to procrastinate and remain in the planning stage of a project for very long periods. Melancholics prefer to avoid much attention and prefer to remain in the background; they do, however, desire recognition for their many works of creativity.
How about phlegmatic?
The phlegmatic temperament is fundamentally relaxed and quiet, ranging from warmly attentive to lazily sluggish. Phlegmatics tend to be content with themselves and are kind. Phlegmatics are consistent, they can be relied upon to be steady and faithful friends. They are accepting and affectionate, making friends easily. They tend to be good diplomats because their tendency not to judge and affable nature makes reconciling differing groups easy for them. Phlegmatics prefer to observe and to think on the world around them while not getting involved. They may try to inspire others to do the things which they themselves think about doing. They may be shy and often prefer stability to uncertainty and change. Their fear of change (and of work) can make them susceptible to stagnation or laziness, or even stubbornness. They are consistent, relaxed, calm, rational, curious, and observant, qualities that make them good administrators. They can also be passive-aggressive.
These are descriptions of the melancholic and phlegmatic personality types taken from the Wikipedia article on the four temperaments. The other two are Sanguine and Choleric. I took these two temperaments because, according to the Wikipedia article, melancholic people are also known as "task-oriented introverts" and phlegmatic people are also called "people-oriented introverts."
The idea of the four temperaments comes from the days when physicians thought humans were filled with four types of fluids or "humours." The theory, of course, is no longer taken seriously by the scientific community, but you will find blogs and websites where people discuss these different personality types and identify with one or another. Personally, I think I have more of a melancholic personality.
There is nothing scientific about this particular system of categorizing personality types, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with it. We no longer believe that different personality types are the result of an imbalance of humours, but the theory of the four temperaments was an early attempt at explaining something we all intuitively understand; basically, that some people are like this and other people are like that. Science has gotten better at explaining why people are different, but the fact that we are different isn't exactly news.
I brought up the four temperaments because I think there is too much talk about the science behind introversion and extroversion. I don't mean to disparage the science behind it, but we are always learning new things, and two thousand years from now, the way we talk about the brain will no doubt sound just as silly as theories of humours sounds to us.
On the other hand, I do mean to disparage your understanding of the science (and by you, I mean anyone who isn't an actual doctor or psychologist). I've read various articles, including the part of Susan Cain's book, Quiet, that discusses the science behind introversion, but that's a far cry from the four years (or more?) it takes to get an actual degree in the field.
By saying all this, I don't mean to imply that science knows nothing, or that it's pointless to learn about a subject if you're not going to become an expert in it, but rather that we shouldn't take this whole "introvert" stuff too seriously. Of course, reading about the psychology behind introversion is interesting as a way of understanding more about ourselves and how we work. I know it's also usually very liberating to find out that there's nothing wrong with being quiet and that introversion is just another personality type.
The important thing to keep in mind is that the science changes and we still don't know everything about how the mind works, but it's never been a secret that people are simply different, and there's nothing wrong with that.


text: The new conceptual torch light designed by Slovenian designer Tilen Sepic, is something that has been picked straight out of the sci-fi movies. The whole idea of the concept as per the designer is to produce a working light without the hassle of shadows being reflected in the object. The device is supposed to be worn like a glove around the wrist and the light is emitted through the white LED which is a part of the device. from Torch White LED Light Glove


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There are a lot of Hollywood memoirs out there, and most of them are, well, junk. "Written" by a star of the moment, they convey carefully market-researched, harmless or deliberately "controversial" stories designed to make you buy not only the book, but whatever other products the star is shilling.
The View from the Bridge, Nicholas Meyer's 2009 account of his involvement in Star Trek, is different.
That's mainly because Meyer himself is different. He was a novelist before turning to filmmaking; his breakthrough Sherlock Holmes pastiche, The Seven-per-cent Solution, remains one of the best of that questionable genre. He also had no prior interest in Trek, which makes it ironic that he wrote and directed two of the best (II: The Wrath of Khan and VI: The Undiscovered Country) and co-wrote the most successful (IV: The Voyage Home).
Meyer describes his life leading up to Trek in quick strokes, including his directorial debut, Time After Time (a neat film in which HG Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to modern San Francisco). When he gets to Trek he settles in to describe the process in detail, from working with an established cast to changing the very core nature of Trek itself. He doesn't diss, and he doesn't dwell on gossip, but there's definitely a sense of how difficult it is for someone with his own vision of things to operate in an established universe. Some things don't quite ring true (his claim that he had no knowledge of the influence of CS Forester's Horatio Hornblower on Gene Roddenberry's original creation), but overall he doesn't let himself off the hook for mistakes big and small (he owns up that David Marcus' preppy sweater at the climax of Wrath of Khan was ill-advised).
He's also, at all times, thoughtful about what he's done. There's a fascinating passage late in the book where he re-evaluates the conspiracy at the heart of The Undiscovered Country in light of the events of 9/11.
The View from the Bridge is unique in the annals of Trek memoirs for being extremely well-written by its actual subject (no "with" credit appears after Meyer's name). It's also a clear, easily-understood and fun description of how movies get created. Teen male readers who are into Trek will love it.
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If a Blah were convinced of a prized possession being down a man's gullet, he/she would tell him he had sheer "gumption" sending "bumf" down his throat. Now, while the dictionary shows "gumption" to mean "the quality of being sensible and brave enough to do the right thing in a difficult situation", the Blah dictionary holds that it is the "quality of being cheeky, brazen and having the sheer gall to do the wrong thing in any situation."
My mother's vocabulary would be down to 50% if the word gumption were taken away from her. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Gumption, and the Word was Gumption. A phone call from my mother is filled with anecdotes about the sheer gumption of the drunken woman labourer who ran amuck in the nude, the gumption of my boisterous dog who gave her a black eye and the gumption of the person who left a single slipper on the road and disappeared.
"Bumf" in a normal (archaic) dictionary refers to unwanted or uninteresting printed matter such as governmental forms, legal documents, The Times of India, junk mail, promotional pamphlets, Bangalore Mirror's Sexpert column etc. The Blahs have adapted the word to explain away any otherwise inexplicable junk. Bumf is a very handy term. It saves you the time and energy of having to supply long explanations about say, the contents of a drawer. "What's in the drawer? Oh, just some bumf." Nobody ever attempts to question any more. You never question bumf. You just accept it. "Some bumf" is good enough. It effectively qualifies everything from a speckle of food on someone's chin to the putrid carcass the dog dragged in to the strange greeny-grey mold on an abandoned vegetable in the refrigerator.
Bumf is not to be confused with another Blah word "bum fluff". Bum fluff refers to a scraggly pre-pubescent-type mustache. This word belongs to my maternal uncle, who maintains that such weak attempts at a mustache resemble the "hair on a bum". I have never worked up the courage to ask anything further.
And if you happen to touch some bumf (or bum fluff for that matter), make sure you wash your hands with the "bum soap". That's right. The bum soap – the bar of soap placed on/near the wash basin meant for washing of hands. I'm not sure just how it came to be referred to as "bum soap". I suspect my father coined the term and we children, thoroughly amused, adopted it. My mum faced the embarrassing consequences of such learning when my brother Scion once hollered from one end of the supermarket, "Hey, Ma! Do we need bum soap?" He remained oblivious to the stunned expressions of fellow shoppers while my mother tried unsuccessfully to bury herself in a sack of wheat flour while muttering something about God smiting firstborns. When he, convinced his mother was hard of hearing, shouted again about the lack of enough bum soap in the house, my mother responded with "Grr Wolf! I heard you the first time."
"Grr Wolf!" for the Blahs is an expression of extreme exasperation. Attaching a growling animal to the otherwise meek and mild "Grr" sort of drives home the point apparently. No vulgar expletives for us Blahs. Grr Wolf usually works for just about any sort of aggravating situation. The need for stronger or cruder cuss words or commonplace vulgar expressions does not arise. However, for a particularly sticky situation, we do resort to the much harder hitting expletive "Shit 'n molasses".
Now, I am not sure how exactly this expression came about. But I suppose having shit in your molasses or shit and molasses are both bad things. "Shit 'n molasses" is a Blah Code Red.
A "shit 'n molasses" moment would be the opposite of a Blah "door you" moment. "Door you" is an expression of affection. Now, we aren't exactly the most emotionally expressive family. Everyone keeps a stiff upper lip during any sort of upheaval, which would leave normal families blubbering a bit like the ones in Indian television soaps. However, as a kid, this was the one expression of affection we resorted to. When I was four, I would exchange "Good nights" and "Door Yous" with my folks last thing at night and then spend the next few minutes staring at the door, wondering what that plank of wood had to do with anything. It took me a few years to realise it was just a Blah way of saying "I adore you".
The expression works for us. In fact, they all do – all these somewhat unique expressions. I door them all and no one can tell me any differently.


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Before I get started, a Mid-Cycle Refresh typically happens when after a Subaru model has been mostly unchanged for 3 years. In it's 4th year of production, Subaru makes a few changes to the interior, exterior, and options to update it. These changes stick around on the car the following year and then, as per that 5-year Cycle that nearly every Subaru follows, the entire model is redesigned and changed. As an example, the 2012 Subaru Impreza marked the start of it's 4th Generation design. It received it's Mid-Cycle Refresh in 2015 (new front bumper and some interior changes) and was replaced by the 5th Generation Design in 2017. Imprezas built in that 4th Generation can share nearly all of their parts between 2012 and 2016 (5 model years).
As of this article being written, the Subaru Legacy, Subaru Outback, and Subaru WRX/STI are all due for a Mid-Cycle Refresh. This makes sense since they were all redesigned as 2015 models, so the new 2018 models mark the time for a refresh. In the case of the Legacy and Outback, these changes mostly bring aesthetic revisions to the front end and interior. The new bumper skin on each model is more aggressive and have redesigned headlights to go along with them. Inside, both vehicles receive a new radio display that is very similar to the new 2017 Impreza released at the end of last year. The new Harman-built radios utilize Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for improved smartphone integration. The displays are also larger and look nicer than their 2015-2017 counterparts.
While the 2018 WRX and WRX STI retain the current radio offering, the rest of the redesigned items are similar. A new front bumper for both the WRX and WRX STI sharpens the exterior look along with new wheels and new brakes available on both. The WRX can get a Sport Package that upgrades stopping power and the WRX STI receives larger Brembo brakes (as well as 19" wheels to house them). Inside there are a few aesthetic revisions, including a leather wrapped center console lid (JDM versions had this standard before). The console display has also been updated to be similar to that of the 2017 Impreza display. Gauge cluster designs are slightly different and there's a factory option for STI models to get Recaro front seats. The WRX looks to retain it's headlight housings that have separate turn signals below them while the WRX STI's turn signals are now integrated into the headlight housings.
These Mid-Cycle Refreshes signal that 2018 and 2019 will be the last two years of these designs before the Legacy, Outback, and WRX/STI make their way to the Subaru Global Platform in 2020. Not all Subarus have followed this cycle to a "T" though. The obvious exception has been the Subaru BRZ, which didn't get a notable refresh until 5 years into it's age. Also, the 2008-2014 Subaru WRX STI managed to have a refresh in 2011 but hung onto it for a longer period of time, so the formula isn't a guarentee. Granted, both the WRX and BRZ are lower-production cars that don't get as much of the market's attention as the mainstream Impreza, Crosstrek, Forester, Legacy, and Outback. Time will tell for the enthusiast models, but for everything else, this is a easy way to measure what's ahead for Subaru.


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Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will be open to the public.
Name of Committee: Advisory Committee for Pharmaceutical Science and Clinical Pharmacology.
General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and recommendations to the agency on FDA's regulatory issues.
Date and Time: The meeting will be held on April 14, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Hilton Washington DC/Silver Spring, The Ballrooms, 8727 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD. The hotel phone number is 301-589-5200.
Contact Person: Anuja Patel, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (HFD-21), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane (for express delivery, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1093) Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-7001, FAX: 301-827-6776, e-mail: email@example.com, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area), code 3014512539. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting. A notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications that impact a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Therefore, you should always check the agency's Web site and call the appropriate advisory committee hot line/phone line to learn about possible modifications before coming to the meeting.
Agenda: On April 14, 2010, the committee will: (1) Receive presentations from the Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) on a proposal for revision of the bioequivalence (BE) approaches, specifically to discuss the addition of a limitation on point estimates; (2) receive presentations on an awareness topic to highlight some issues associated with product instability (failure of a marketed product to meet stability specifications through the expiration date), and the potential research needs to address those issues; and (3) receive and discuss presentations from Office of Pharmaceutical Science (OPS) on the regulatory challenges of drug-induced phospholipidosis (excessive intracellular accumulation of phospholipids, a kind of fatty molecule, due to the use of certain drugs).
FDA intends to make background material available to the public no later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, the background material will be made publicly available at the location of the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be posted on FDA's Web site after the meeting. Background material is available at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee link.
Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before March 30, 2010. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Those desiring to make formal oral presentations should notify the contact person and submit a brief statement of the general nature of the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses of proposed participants, and an indication of the approximate time requested to make their presentation on or before March 22, 2010. Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. If the number of registrants requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may conduct a lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled open public hearing session. The contact person will notify interested persons regarding their request to speak by March 23, 2010.
Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised that the agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical outlets.
FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special accommodations due to a disability, please contact Anuja Patel at least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee meetings. Please visit our Web site at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.htm for procedures on public conduct during advisory committee meetings.
Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).Start Signature
Dated: March 8, 2010.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-5264 Filed 3-10-10; 8:45 am]


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When my sister-in-law asked me to make a cake for her son's first birthday party, I asked her what kind of cake she wanted, and she said she wanted a plane or a dog. When I clarified that I wanted to know what kind of flavor she wanted, she said that it was up to me.
My husband and I spent some time debating the merits of vanilla and chocolate until it occured to me that it would be fun to combine them. While marbled cakes are always delicious, I thought that a Chuck-E-Cheese birthday party would be the perfect opportunity to try out something more playful: Cookies & Cream Cake.
In this cake, crushed Oreos (cream and all) are folded into a vanilla cake batter. When baked, the chocolate cookies soften a bit and the cream melted into the cake. I actually used Trader Joe's Jojos instead of Oreos - I'd like to say that it's because the absence of hydrogenated oil makes it a healthier alternative to Oreos, but that would be like saying that fidgeting is a better form of exercise than watching T.V. The real reason is that there are vanilla bean specks in the Jojo cream, which makes it seem fancier to me - probably because I'm too much of a cheapskate to buy my own vanilla beans. Though adding cookies to cake batter is a small and simple step, it's enough to bump a cake from boring to novel.
This cake is more dense than cakes made from boxed cake mixes - my husband's family likes their cakes to be "hefty" (in the words of my father-in-law). However, if you like your cakes to be fluffier, you can take your favorite recipe (or vanilla cake mix) and just fold in some cookies.
Some notes about the pictures:
- If you would like to make an airplane cake, Wilton has very thorough instructions, as well as stencils for the propeller, wing, and tail. I did not want to buy their paisley pan, so I just cut the cake into the shape with a serrated knife and brushed away the crumbs with a pastry brush. Also, I used light blue for the windows instead of black - there's just too much food coloring involved in making black frosting.
- This slice of cake above is a couple days old, so it looks very dried out. Your cake will look more moist when it is fresh. I just included this so you could see what it looks like with cookie bits in it.
Cookies & Cream Cake
Adapted from Baking Bites
2 1/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cup sugar
10 tablespoons butter, room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 eggs, room temperature
3/4 cup whole milk
12 crushed Oreos
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 pan.
In medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt. In large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla. Beat in eggs one at a time, fully incorporating the first one before adding the next.
Stir in a third of the flour mixture. Stir in half of the milk. Stir in half of the remaining flour mixture. Stir in the last of the milk. Stir in the last of the flour mixture.
Bake for 27-32 minutes (depending on your oven and what kind of pan you're using). Let cool.
Quick Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
(I doubled this to frost and decorate the cake and cookie attachments)
1/2 cup butter, softened
4 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup milk
Beat butter until fluffy. Add vanilla, milk, and half of the powdered sugar and beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add the rest of the powdered sugar a little bit at a time until it reaches your desired consistency.
(I read that adding the powdered sugar really slowly - a couple tablespoons at a time - helps the frosting to firm up without needing as much sugar. I have yet to test this technique.)


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I finished! This is my second miniature furniture, in that tempo furnishing the entire home will take me minimum two years :) First, the bed had to be white, then white and pink and finally is yellow and white. Judge for yourself which version is better :)
Łóżko ma opcje 2 w 1, można spać raz na górze, raz na dole :)


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This year for McCall's birthday, she got a photo-shoot for her birthday. She loved every minute of it and is of course a natural at posing! What happened to my little girl? She is growing up way too fast - - she looks like a young lady now! Love you McCall! :)
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Spencer & Grant
Off to Idaho Falls for Columbia's very first State Play-Off Game
Weather was a little chilly during warm ups, but not too bad
By the time we took the field, it had started to snow
And it didn't stop!
BLIZZARD the entire game!
Boys were FREEZING -- couldn't run our pass offense
They had to shovel the field at half time
My awesome #12 playing in his last game as a Wildcat
Hugging coaches after the game
Everyone telling the seniors good-bye
Spencer talking to his senior teammates after many years of GREAT football together
First Columbia State Team - - EVER!
Spencer & Grant after the game
They got to play one game together - - neat experience!
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Here are the cards I received in return:
Nicko Riesgo is an interesting card (and a name that rhymes!). He never appeared in an MLB game as a Met, but had one decent season playing for their single-A Florida league team. I think that this 1991 Bowman card is noting that accomplishment.
He would make it to the majors with the Montreal Expos in 1991. His first of only four game appearances was a contest between the Expos and the Mets. He recorded his only MLB hit off Frank Viola that game. He would go hit-less in his other three appearances and after that he was pretty much bounced from team to team. He would never reach the big leagues again. He would later become a replacement player with the Boston Red Sox in 1995 during spring training while the players were on strike.


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Jamboree - Meet the Speakers: Lisa A. Alzo, M.F.A.
Lisa is the author of nine books, including the award-winning Three Slovak Women, and hundreds of magazine articles. She has been published in Ancestry Magazine, Discovering Family History Magazine, Family Chronicle, Family Tree Magazine, Reunions Magazine, NGS News Magazine, Western Pennsylvania History Magazine, and The Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly. Lisa is a contributing editor for Family Tree Magazine and teaches online courses for Family Tree University and The National Institute for Genealogical Studies. She is a frequently invited speaker for national conferences, genealogical and historical societies, and webinars. An avid genealogist for more than 22 years, Lisa also chronicles her family history adventures on her blog, The Accidental Genealogist. Visit <http://www.lisaalzo.com> for more information.
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|Before she got tired, she was a happy girl!
|Kisses for Mommy
|The coolest guestbook ever. This tree was full with fingerprints by the end of the night!
|So cute of Granpa, unfortunately Haven wouldn't cooperate for this one!
|Sisters :)
|They like each other a little bit. :)
|Roomies & Besties!
|How handsome is our bro in this pic?!
|Bozzy & his blue-eyed grand-baby :)
|The AWESOME food spread, thank you Raglins!
|Proud parents!
|Sweet Nonna came in from Memphis!
|What a cute couple! :)
What a wonderful evening! If only Haven could have hung in there a little longer so I could have had a longer stay, but oh well. It was such a great show and we are all so proud of Aunt Rissa! She even sold some pieces! Cha-ching! :) I didn't take any pictures of the rest of our weekend with the family but it was glorious. I love my sweet family!


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Diamond Star Core Remnant Orbiting Pulsar PSR J1719-1438 Detected Suggests EM Plasma Fusion Formation Models for Stars
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DIAMOND IS AN EXCELLENT ELECTRICAL INSULATOR, WITH HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY. At higher pressures with trace amounts of heavy atoms like boron, diamond can be heated to ever higher temperatures, known stable up to 3,000 degrees C, and above. Scientists state "the core of a stripped down star would be mostly carbon, with a dash of oxygen. The mass of the object is under high pressure by its own jupiter sized gravity, likely causing the core to crystallize into diamond, as carbon does inside earth. The core of the star was and still is almost entirely a form of carbon, in this case lower temp diamond. Carbon transforms into complex graphene polymers, nanotubes, and quantum plasmonic graphene dots. Carbonaceous dusty plasmoid dots would form before buckyballs during high temp supernovas, and are likely involved in forming stars by conducting electric currents in protostar jets. These stars like our sun live steadily billions of years, and would not supernova to form pulsars or aka black holes, like the more massive hotter short lived protostars in spiral arms, that explode according to some theories, when they lose their carbon cores and are depleted of hydrogen gas. The role of carbon in the Universe, is highly organized by electromagnetic forces, manifesting as graphene polymer 3D multi-layer plasmonics, carbon nanotubes, that contain buckyballs, and perfectly formed quantum dots aka black holes. Low temp graphene quantum dots have fractal magneto-conductance in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field, with a determined fractal dimension of 1.4 for graphene.
"Transformation of a Star Into A Planet in a Millisecond Pulsar Binary" by Bailes, Staffers
Univ. Manchester scientists state that "99.9% of the white dwarf's mass was removed by the pulsar 600,000 kilometers away, leaving only the stars diamond core orbiting every 2 hours and 10 minutes. Strong EM forces from the pulsar, rather then gravity, attracted the gas away from the white dwarf, leaving only the core. Pulsars are renowned for having incredibly strong EM forces. Diamond cores and neutron star cores likely circulate in galaxies, as nucleation accretion disks, and are reused to form stars on neutral accretion surfaces, when ionized charged plasma attracts charged particles, dust, and gases. The core is not a transformed star nor a planet, which conceals the issue, but a magnificent discovery of what a white dwarf star is made of inside. This however is deeply suppressed… It is obvious that stars form having carbon structured cores. Single layer graphene conducts electricity an order of magnitude greater then bilayer graphene. A semiconductor cannot have only a single layer of graphene. Diamond is an excellent insulator, and is involved in stellar plasma fusion, and not thermonuclear fusion by gravity. Superconduction in a superfluid has been proven in neutron stars. There is no resistance nor friction and perfect electrical current conductivity in a neutron star. Normal stars are not perfect superconductors, and are semiconductors. Obviously electric currents power neutron stars, and not gravity.
Nanometer sized DIAMONDS are believed to be a product of the newborn star. Our solar system meteorites sampled contained only 20 atoms of nanodiamonds, but were expected to be abundant.
The "only thing left" of a huge massive star is orbiting pulsar PSR J1719-1438 about 4,000 light years away. It is a DIAMOND STAR CORE, and NOT A PLANET. Benjamin Stappers says "the rarity of pulsars with planet-mass companions means that producing such "EXOTIC PLANETS" is the exception and not the rule, that requires special circumstances." The deliberate misrepresentation that this carbon star remnant was detected as a planet, is because big-bang gravity collaboration for recognition thrives among the real paid off pseudo-scientists of society who misinterpret results. Electromagnetic star formation and the common abundance of carbon atoms is clearly evident, because these carbon cores are entirely undetectable in outer space, except for this rare special circumstance, where the detection of an orbiting planet sized object orbiting a pulsar aligned with earth was possible. Carbon core stellar remnants obviously fill outer space, and have only recently been detected with new technology. Carbon core star remnants dynamically transform their structures into diamonds, graphenes, buckyballs, carbon nanotubes.. and flourish in outer space conditions, being largely responsible for carrying cosmic scale electric currents, and producing vast magnetic fields shaping and ruling the universe.
|5 nm diameter DIAMOND nanoparticles Metamaterials acoustical wave invisibility cloak by x-ray tomography from acoustically designed nanocomposite metamaterial. Three dimensional structures form by acoustical wave forces, just as supernovas produce shock waves and form carbon buckyballs.


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For a long time, we've been trying to figure out a good solution for storing all of our digital media. To simplify things, and for organization purposes we have been using one of our computers for most everything, and then those folders were accessible from other computers via the wireless home network. The problems with this set-up were these: the main computer is a desktop, so if we want to look at pictures or video, we would need to have two computers powered on, also, with the addition of an HD video camera, the 250GB drive would be filling up rather quickly. So, I began to research our options.
I decided that it was time for us to get a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. You see, the problem for me with a USB external hard drive is that it can only be connected to one computer, and if you want to access the drive from another computer, then you either have to move the USB hard drive, or turn on the other computer. As I did my research, I settled upon the Linksys NAS 200 device (pictured below).
There are many options out there, but this seemed to be the most versatile and cost effective way for me to up our home storage capacity. Some may argue that this is not a 'true' NAS device, but it suits our purposes well. For those who have a Linksys router, this box is the same dimensions as the WRT54G (what we have, although now I am strongly considering an 'N' network...), so they are stackable. The way this guy works is that it hooks up to your router via ethernet connection (RJ-45), and then you can access the hard drives from your home network (note - be sure to have good network security...check). As far as capacity? The sky is the limit! There is actually no built in capacity, you add your own hard drives. There is room for 2 regular EIDE hard drives, and two USB external hard drives (more with a USB hub). Currently, we only are using one of the two slots, and are using a new Western Digital 1 TB hard drive (yes, you read it right, Terabyte).
So, for the past few days/weeks we've been transferring things over to the new drive. We've had it for a few weeks now, but I've been so busy with school that I still haven't gotten everything transferred to it, or the configurations just right, but so far, I am very pleased with the new toy.


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From fresh blankets of snow to sneak previews of what spring will bring, February provided plenty of moments to explore Wisconsin.
Our Instagram community never disappoints and captured countless spectacular photos throughout the month. Check out seven of the amazing shots they shared! Join in on the fun by sharing your photos as you experience Wisconsin using #TravelWI on Instagram – and don't forget to follow us! We'll like our favorites, and you may be featured here next month!
Exploring the Wisconsin Dells Ice Castles
Taking a pet-friendly hike at Mirror Lake State Park
Snowshoeing through Stewart Park in Mount Horeb
Ice Skating at Vilas Park in Madison
Discovering the beauty of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Reveling in the beauty of the Algoma Pierhead Lighthouse
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I had been wanting to fill that treasure chest from the Pirate Hanna set with jewels for a long time - see - I got to meet Captain Jack at Disney World last September and I did a layout for that album where I filled a die cut treasure chest with little sticker rhinestones and I knew I wanted to do the same with this Hanna treasure chest. It was really easy to do - I colored the treasure chest first with my Copics - then I cut it out and cut the top of (don't cut it all the way off - just go to the very edge so it is barely connected to the bottom) - tilt the top to "open" the chest and then just start piling on the rhinestone stickers and be sure to add some to the bottom of the chest so that it looks like your treasure is spilling over. :)
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Learning Dangerously Newsletter #6
If you're new, thanks for signing up! As promised, I'm giving away a copy of THE YEAR OF LEARNING DANGEROUSLY every week to new subscribers. This week, the winner is HM! HM, I'll be in touch. A few years ago, I got to a page in this "Choose Your Own Adventure" book which I call life and opted for the "Homeschool your child" path. We like it pretty well; I mean, we're still at it so it must be working for us. And then there are weeks like this past week where I long to flip back to that decision and go with "Start middle school at any of the many credible options around Los Angeles." It's not that Alice has been especially thirteen; she's a fundamentally sound person. It's not that I'm suddenly flummoxed by how to teach her something; when you're me and your child is taking Chinese and Chemistry, you're fully aware that you shouldn't touch the shiny academic things because you'll break them. No, what's humbling me lately, what's making me look longingly at the parental drop-off line at the local middle school, is the very largeness of what we're trying to do. Are we giving her enough, making sure she's ready to go and do whatever she wants to do, whatever that turns out to be? I'm not saying "What if I don't get my 'I have a child a PRINCETON' bumper sticker!?!?!!" I'm saying what if, with all the best of intentions, we're doing this child a real disservice? What if my love for her is giving me a blind spot the size of the Indian Ocean for something she's simply can't do and Future Alice is going to be really hurt by what Present Quinn didn't notice. Maybe I'm just Wyle E. Coyote, legs bicycling through the air a mile above the desert that second before he looks down and realizes...oh. I can tell you she's happy enough, but I can't know for certain if she's educated enough. And yet I know the things she's doing, and I know the opportunities and responsibilities she's had the luxury of taking on thanks to homeschooling. I know the studies which show that homeschoolers, on average, do better on standardized tests than bricks-and-mortar students. In one small study, the homeschoolers outpaced even their private school cohorts on the ACT. And what if she isn't perfectly educated this day or even this year? Let's assume we're screwing something up and she has a great big gap where some learning should be. I have to have faith that we'll find it and fix it, she'll learn it when it's necessary for something she wants or maybe it wasn't all that critical anyway. I casually said before that she's happy enough, but I have plenty of friends with children the early teen years that are very not happy right now. It's easier to add something to a happy brain than a miserable one. So we homeschool for one more day. All this to say, if you're thinking about homeschooling and wondering if you'd always need to be serenely confident it was the right choice, I'm here to say that at least one homeschool parent is the occasional wreck and the kid still manages to be thriving. Now, to the link of the week, a video which even this mathphobe watched all the way to the end (and learned a few things). It might be a way to helping a visual learner truly understand some rather abstract concepts. As the mother of a girl, it's also heartening to hear STEM materials being taught by what sounds like a confident, happy young woman. And here's my tip of the week for parents of teens, homeschooled or not, who live in Los Angeles; read this: http://www.piercecollege.edu/offices/transfer_center/CROSS%20ENROLLMENT%20POLICY-PROCEDURES.pdf If your teen takes classes at Pierce and earns a decent grade, they can take classes at the highly sought-after UCLA for only $24 a credit. When you factor in that high school students can take up to 11 credits a semester for free, that might be the best bang for your educational buck I've seen in quite a while. Imagine getting their freshman year done before they even graduate high school for a couple of hundred dollars! If your child has their heart set on a particular university, make sure they accept transfers. Have a great week and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to write me at the "Year of Learning Dangerously" page on Facebook. Q
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Meet Bradley from Five Seasons!
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For this month's Hey Bartender, we're excited to feature Bradley Summers of the Five Seasons Restaurant and Brewery in Atlanta! Tell us about yourself! Spare no gory details I am an Atlanta native, born at Northside Hospital some 29 years ago. I grew up in the suburbs spending my childhood days at the tops of […]Continue Reading


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One-hundred-and-fifty years ago, in a climate that saw newspapers sprout up and disappear with the seasons, The Sacramento Bee, then called the Daily Bee, was born. Dedicated to independence and permanence, today The Bee continues to both serve and be a part of this rich community.
Visit our interactive timeline that offers a glimpse of how five generations of the McClatchy family created one of largest newspaper companies in the United States as well as a year-by-year look at news events that shaped this company and the world around us.


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- 7 a.m. – Rally and Breakfast
- 7:30 a.m. – Press Conference
- 8 a.m. – Speak-Out
WHY: This gathering will be the people's answer to a $75-a-plate power breakfast inside the hotel, where health industry and Wall Street insiders will be guests of Crain's NY (the local business publication whose readers ARE the 1%) to talk about how to "Solve Brooklyn's Hospital Crisis".
Enough is enough! Our communities have seen our homes taken by the banks and our public schools carved up into charters — now they are coming after our health care.
Governor Cuomo appointed a special workgroup chaired by Wall Street financier Stephen Berger to recommend fixes for Brooklyn's troubled hospitals. Late last fall, their report called for letting private investors come in to "save" these hospitals and cutting benefits to lower-income employees.
Changes to our health care should be made transparently and democratically. These life and death decisions should be made by the communities who will be affected, NOT by the bankers who caused our problems in the first place, and would profit by the sticking it to taxpayers once again.
- 20% of Brooklyn residents live in poverty. 40% of Brooklyn residents have Medicaid as their health insurance, and another 20% have no health insurance at all.
- One-third of all Brooklyn residents lack a regular doctor, so they use emergency rooms (ERs) when they get sick. 46% percent of all ER visits in Brooklyn could be better treated in the community.
- 6 of Brooklyn's 14 hospitals are almost out of money and in danger of closing: Brookdale (Brownsville), Brooklyn Hospital (Ft. Greene), Interfaith (Bedford-Stuyvesant), Kingsbrook Jewish (East Flatbush), Long Island College (Cobble Hill), and Wyckoff (Bushwick). These hospitals serve low-income communities, where most people have Medicaid or no insurance, and many are immigrants and people of color.
- Gov. Cuomo appointed a special workgroup chaired by an investment banker to suggest fixes for Brooklyn's troubled hospitals. They suggested letting private investors come in to "save" these hospitals.
- Brooklyn is fighting to keep hospitals open in low-income neighborhoods. Meanwhile, the wealthy east side of Manhattan is stuffed with well-connected hospitals that grab public money, but give little care to low-income communities of color.


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DA has now been pastor of our church for ten years. I have made her an anniversary gift, which will be presented at the surprise party for her tomorrow. She needed a white stole; she'd been relying on a borrowed white one all these years. I fashioned if from little 6" crazy quilt blocks, using white-on-white quilting fabric. At the bottom, I appliqued a descending dove. Doves are a symbol closely associated with our church.
Here is the completed stole:
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ASP.NET MVC MvcSiteMapProvider 1.0 released
Back in March, I blogged about an experimental MvcSiteMap provider I was building. Today, I am proud to announce that it is stable enough to call it version 1.0! Download MvcSiteMapProvider 1.0 over at CodePlex.
Ever since the source code release I did back in March, a lot of new features have been added, such as HtmlHelper extension methods, attributes, dynamic parameters, … I'll leave most of them up to you to discover, but there are some I want to quickly highlight.
ACL module extensibility
By default, MvcSiteMap will make nodes visible or invisible based on [Authorize] attributes that are placed on controllers or action methods. If you have implemented your own authentication mechanism, this may no longer be the best way to show or hide sitemap nodes. By implementing and registering the IMvcSiteMapAclModule interface, you can now plug in your own visibility logic.
public interface IMvcSiteMapAclModule
/// <summary>
/// Determine if a node is accessible for a user
/// </summary>
/// <param name="provider">The MvcSiteMapProvider requesting the current method</param>
/// <param name="context">Current HttpContext</param>
/// <param name="node">SiteMap node</param>
/// <returns>True/false if the node is accessible</returns>
bool IsAccessibleToUser(MvcSiteMapProvider provider, HttpContext context, SiteMapNode node);
Dynamic parameters
Quite often, action methods have parameters that are not really bound to a sitemap node. For instance, take a paging parameter. You may ignore this one safely when determining the active sitemap node: /Products/List?page=1 and /Products/List?page=2 should both have the same menu item highlighted. This is where dynamic parameters come in handy: MvcSiteMap will completely ignore the specified parameters when determining the current node.
<mvcSiteMapNode title="Products" controller="Products" action="List" isDynamic="true" dynamicParameters="page" />
The above sitemap node will always be highlighted, whatever the value of "page" is.
SiteMapTitle action filter attribute
In some situations, you may want to dynamically change the SiteMap.CurrentNode.Title in an action method. This can be done manually by setting SiteMap.CurrentNode.Title, or by adding the SiteMapTitle action filter attribute.
Imagine you are building a blog and want to use the Blog's Headline property as the site map node title. You can use the following snippet:
public ViewResult Show(int blogId) {
var blog = _repository.Find(blogIdId);
return blog;
You can also use a non-strong typed ViewData value as the site map node title:
public ViewResult Show(int blogId) {
ViewData["SomeKey"] = "This will be the title";
var blog = _repository.Find(blogIdId);
return blog;
HtmlHelper extension methods
MvcSiteMap provides different HtmlHelper extension methods which you can use to generate SiteMap-specific HTML code on your ASP.NET MVC views. Here's a list of available HtmlHelper extension methods.
- HtmlHelper.Menu() - Can be used to generate a menu
- HtmlHelper.SiteMap() - Can be used to generate a list of all pages in your sitemap
- HtmlHelper.SiteMapPath() - Can be used to generate a so-called "breadcrumb trail"
The MvcSiteMap release can be found on CodePlex.
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1 Corinthians 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned,t but have not love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;t6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.


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One day, I'll have my own site up and running, but it was really scary when I tried to deal with it today (I have a domain name; I may have a host, but I think not; there was enough money involved that I wanted to wait until I can talk to someone who can use a computer better than I), so I cracked and went with a free Wordpress account for now.
My new blog, Glancing Blows (tagline: truths, secrets, and lies in the city by the bay) will be a collection of vignettes about the history, present, and future of San Francisco and all of the little contradictions and oddities that make this city so wonderful. Basically:
Everywhere has a history, but San Francisco's is more tumultuous, more chthonic, than almost anywhere else. Everyone here has an underground group, a shibboleth, a hole-and-corner meeting spot. There are cultures that I will never find, much less understand. Cryptic street art, the Bohemian Club, ships buried in the ground. In this space, I'll try to capture those unknown histories, those secrets, those glimpses you catch when passing a narrow alley or a doorway, on the bus, in the park, on street signs. San Francisco is a place where you can come to get lost or where you can come to find yourself, or anything in between that isn't quite so conventional. This is the edge of the frontier, no matter the direction whence you came, the place where, when we could go no further, we looked up, saw it was good, and put a stake in the ground.
So, that's that. Thank you, again, to everyone who's stayed with me through this small dark age of cop-out link days and video posts. I'm trying to get back on the writing wagon now, and your support and patience has been wonderful. Onward. Upward.


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Nielsen released a recent study that is detailing just how much cord cutting has been occurring in the last 6 years. According to their report, more than 5 million homes in the US don't have get cable or over the air TV service. That number has more than doubled, from just over 2 million homes in 2007. Described as "Zero TV Homes", these households tend to be younger than 35 and have no children. "The main reasons 'zero TV' consumers cite for not having pay TV or receiving broadcast TV are cost (36%) and lack of interest (31%)." So what do these households do for entertainment?
Not surprisingly, most actually own a television set and use it to connect to devices to watch from the internet. Others let their computer screen be their source for entertainment. Cable companies may not be worried as this group represents less than 5% of total US households. Some may still subscribe to a cable company for broadband access only. Still it is indicative of a growing trend. With cost as a primary driver for dropping TV service, they may be harder to win back even as they grow older and have families. With more reliance on internet programming and better programs available online, the interesting movement to watch will be just how quickly this "zero household" group grows.


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A taste of what's to come from Maradona?
It has taken only a week for Diego Maradona's appointment as coach to turn the Argentina national side into something approaching a cabaret.
A squabble over the choice of Maradona's assistant escalated into a saga this week which culminated with the country's plethora of news and sports cable channels splashing the headline "Maradona to quit?" across the screen.
Maradona's impulsive and volatile personality was always going to be a worry in his new job, but few can have imagined that it would have surfaced so quickly and over such a relatively minor matter.
Before being officially confirmed, Maradona had said that his former 1986 World Cup team mates Sergio Batista and Jose Luis Brown would share the role.
Then he back-tracked and said he wanted Oscar Ruggeri, another former team mate famous for his rugged style of defending.
Nobody could quite fathom out why, especially given Ruggeri's dismal recent coaching record.
Known affectionately as Big Head, Ruggeri resigned at Mexico's Tecos UAG after losing his first six games in 2003, then took charge of Independiente in his homeland before resigning four months later after being insulted by fans at a home game.
In 2004 he went to Spanish second division club Elche but was fired after 20 games. He returned to Mexico and joined America, the country's richest club, and this time lasted six matches.
Ruggeri's last coaching job was with San Lorenzo in 2006 where he was again fired after poor results including a 7-1 home defeat by Boca Juniors.
Batista, whose laid-back style and mild temper could have been a useful counter to Maradona's volatility, recently won the Olympic Gold medal with the under-23 team in Beijing. Brown had been working quietly with the under-17 team after a stint with the superbly-named second division outfit Ben Hur.
Argentina Football Association (AFA) president Julio Grondona publicly admitted to personal differences with Ruggeri, at one stage saying: "I don't like his face." That set up a deadlock which at one stage led to the rumours of a possible Maradona resignation.
All this has happened without so much as a ball being kicked. And it's probably only a taste of what's to come.
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Published: 2002/11/23
by Pat Buzby
Live Phish 16: 10-31-98 – Phish
Elektra Records 62809-2
Both the Live Phish sets and the Halloween shows elicit high,
somewhat unfair expectations, and combining the two makes the dilemma
exponentially larger. Those of you who've played in bands could relate to
these questions: how many nights consist entirely of material worth
preserving on disc? And what band could premiere an entire set of composed
songs and have it be worth releasing? (Granted, Phish had performed two
songs from Loaded before, but still.)
A recent Entertainment Weekly sidebar comparing Phish's versions with the
originals points out some other issues with the Halloween series, but misses
some of the benefits. Yes, Phish's vocalists are too innocent to do justice
to Lou Reed. And there is the question of whether to imitate the originals
or Phish-ify them, a matter which the band never fully pinned down. They
get the details of the album right, such as the strange intros of "Sweet
Jane" and "Head Held High", but the jams in "Rock & Roll" and "Lonesome
Cowboy Bill" are pure Phish, with very little to do with the Velvets.
However, it's not too hard to ignore these issues and enjoy the
Loaded disc. It's fun, even separate from the live
experience. And these are great songs (for the most part) and clearly an
inspiration for latter-day Phish, although the comparison on the lyrical
level isn't always flattering. ("New Age", for instance, is what, say,
"Lifeboy" wanted to be.) And there are those jams, which, as usual,
are the main reasons to check into Live Phish.
As for the other three discs… they're all good, though they don't quite
fit into an overall theme (those high expectations again). The first disc
is the best-jammed of the four '98 first sets on CD, despite being the
shortest and sporting the biggest downer (the "Landlady" sections of "Punch
You In The Eye" are horribly botched). It offers two unusually strong
"straight-ahead" jams in "Birds Of A Feather" and "Chalkdust Torture", as
well as state-of-the-art Phish funk in "Sneaking Sally Through The Alley"
and superb versions of "Lawn Boy" and "Frankie Says". The bonus disc from
10-30-98 is a nice touch and offers more fun moments from Phish's own heads
in the "Stash"/"Manteca" transition, as well as the bit where Mike and Fish
keep repeating the final kick of "NICU" while Trey and Page morph into
ambient mode.
As for disc three, it's the most thoroughly experimental Live Phish
since the Tweezerfests of old, and though it's not all successful (in this
reporter's view, the 10/31/95 YEM sports better "dark" improv than this
disc's "Wolfman's"), it is a genuinely gripping effort. In toto, these four
discs offer a bit of many different things rather than a single statement,
but encompass enough newsworthy Phish to be a worthy purchase.


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Since its opening in 1992, Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) has hosted groundbreaking scholars from across the world. CAS offers a unique physical and intellectual space for outstanding researchers to freely and critically explore their ideas, accumulating the knowledge required to meet the world-wide challenges of the future.
CAS was first established as a foundation in 1989 by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (DNVA). At its opening three years later, CAS became the first institution in Norway to focus solely on outstanding research.
Since its opening in 1992, the Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) has hosted exceptional scholars from across the world. CAS offers a unique physical and intellectual space for outstanding researchers to freely and critically explore their ideas, accumulating the knowledge required to meet the global challenges of the future.
'A system drained of creativity and curiosity'
Deliberations about a Norwegian Centre for Advanced Study began in 1986 when the renowned sociologist and then-Minister of Church and Education, Gudmund Hernes, wrote a feature article in the daily newspaper Dagbladet.
Describing an education and research system drained of creativity and curiosity by a bothersome level of bureaucracy, the weight of the academic teaching load, and an ever-growing emphasis on the 'usefulness' of research, Hernes observed an urgent need for a centre for basic research in Norway.
In defence of the 'usefulness of uselessness'
Inspired by his experience at the prestigious Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) in Palo Alto, California, located next to Stanford University, Hernes envisioned the potential to establish a similar institution in Norway.
In California, CASBS scholars from different fields came together in an inspiring research environment. For one year, they were able to put aside all obligations other than research. Hernes described CASBS as 'a(n) almost imaginary and … paradisal place'.
In the European context, the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Science, the German Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, and the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study were of great influence when establishing CAS. According to Hernes, such places provide institutional expressions of the defence of what American researcher Abraham Flexner has called the 'usefulness of uselessness'.
Today, these European institutions together with CAS are members of NetIAS (the Network of European Institutes for Advanced Study).
Paving the way for research excellence
CAS is housed on the top and bottom floors of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters at Drammensveien 78 in Oslo. The many successes of CAS fellows have shown that the physical and intellectual milieu of the CAS concept serves its purpose to stimulate new thinking and new ideas. Researchers are allocated bright and spacious offices and seminar rooms suitable for both formal and informal discussions.
As stated in an evaluation by the Research Council in Norway, the success of CAS has paved the way for the Norwegian government to extend its support for outstanding research. In 2003, Centres of Excellence (CoE) were established under the auspices of the Research Council of Norway. Unlike CAS, which operates over the long term, the CoE scheme offers time-limited centres for basic research.
Diversity: From anthropology to neuroscience
An important part of the CAS concept is that it is interdisciplinary and communicates and cooperates across research fields. The most innovative research is often interdisciplinary.
For example, in the 2015/2016 CAS project on Arctic Domestication in the Era of the Anthropocene, participants were from technology studies, history, and anthropology.
The CAS project on the unique Nordic inheritance law from the medieval period to 2020 included researchers working within anthropology, law, and history. This 2014/2015 research project was never intended to be confined to only one year at CAS, however, and this is the case for many of our studies. One research group working on large mammals resulted from thirty-plus years of research on the Scandinavian Brown Bear Research Project.
Many researchers who have spent a year at CAS describe their stay as the most productive year of their career. This is mirrored in the numerous books and articles deriving from research at CAS, not to mention the many prizes awarded to CAS fellows.
The late John Northam was part of one of the first research groups here, and received the Royal Norwegian St Olav's Medal for his lifelong research into and translation of Ibsen's work.
When Professor Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen led one of the three research groups in 2010/2011, they asked questions around the human construction of meaning in and through language; she was awarded the Oslo University Research Prize.
John O'Keefe, who received the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with May-Britt and Edvard Moser, had several short stays at CAS in the late 1990s. At the time, O'Keefe worked with Per Andersen, Richard Morris, David Amaral, and Tim Bliss on what has become a seminal work in the field of neuroscience—The Hippocampus Book (2007, Oxford University Press).
When cultural anthropologist Professor Birgit Meyer was part of a 2014/2015 CAS project, Local Dynamics of Globalization (LDG) in the Pre-Modern Levant, she was awarded the most prestigious prize in the Netherlands, the NWO Spinoza Prize, as well as the Academy Professor Prize of the Dutch Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
In 2015, Professor John Law of the aforementioned research group on Arctic Domestication received the John Desmond Bernal Prize from the Society for Social Studies of Science.
Other prizes awarded to CAS fellows include the Kavli Prize, the Fridtjof Nansen Prize, the Prosvetitel (Enlightener) Prize, the Torsten Janckes Memorial Fund Prize, the Seventh Vasil A. Popov Prize, and the I. K. Lykkes Award.
Indeed, the many successes of our fellows over the years prove that the choice of CAS profile in 1989 was indeed the right one.
More about CAS
CAS launched a new communication platform at the beginning of 2016.
The new website functions as a channel for information for potential future researchers as well as a tool for current CAS fellows. Current researchers at CAS can easily log on and communicate with each other and the administration team, sign up for seminars, and deal with expenses claims, for example.
Through this communication platform CAS also seeks to reach out to the wider public so that the importance of CAS can be emphasised today and for the future. Through interviews, articles, and podcasts about research at CAS, we seek to make the information about the Centre more accessible and understandable.
CAS seeks to be more visible and vociferous about critical thinking, dialogue, and democracy. This is necessary not just to secure a future for CAS for generations to come, but most importantly because CAS has something to offer the public: we also believe that CAS itself will prosper best when engaged in public debate.


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Hey there guys and girls :D
Only 10 actual school days left until summer vacation! :D GEEEEEE!!! I CAN'T WAIT to sleep, eat, sleep,eat, game, blog,game,eat,sleep for 70 or so days :D:D:D
Today I have helped my parents filling out the back of our yard with gravel. (heavy shit :s) And I also cycled 10km in 28 minutes :p pretty happy with the time :)
Oh! And I started watching some anime :D Kenichi The Mightiest Disciple! I've seen it once before, but it's fun.
What's your plans for this summer?;)
Monday, June 6, 2011
Countdown :D
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Plans? Get less fat, more tanned, happier, more money, drunk as a hummingbird (look it up), and swim until my arms fall off.ReplyDelete
be with you, boyfriend :DReplyDelete
Enjoy the countdown, that's very exciting. Well, for me the summer doesn't arrive until about December so just have to deal with the rainy season until then!ReplyDelete
I'm doing lots of stuff in the summer, I'm actually making a list :P anyway, what's the anime about?? x3ReplyDelete
Hehe :D Cool ;pReplyDelete
Mostaza, pretty much the same as me...
It's about a weak guy who wants to get strong. And he become the disciple to some very strong masters... I enjoy it x3
Congrats man!ReplyDelete
I know that feel man,summer feels good!ReplyDelete
congrats! i plan on doing as lil as possible, lots of beach time :) +followingReplyDelete
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Hello--welcome to my blog. My name is Pamela Clarkson. I am an artist who lives and works in San Antonio Texas. I work in oils and love all subject matter. I show my work at the River Art Gallery in La Villita, San Antonio right on the famous Riverwalk. I will be posting my new work and send out a newsletter with comments on each new painting. To sign up for the newsletter e-mail me at email@example.com. Or call me at 210-519-1078.


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Things: 1) slew 2) exemplar 3) decolletage
Verbs: 1) typify 2) debilitate 3) ensorcell
Adjectives: 1) prodigal 2) fractious 3) vainglorious
Abreast of the Situation
Durella stood in front of the mirror in her sitting room and adjusted her decolletage. The neckline of her gown was nearly scandalous with the amount of bosom showing but she wanted it that way. The fractious men she had to deal with would be well ensorcelled by the expanse of milky flesh and would be easier to coerce to her bidding.
Why, they'd practically be salivating, hoping, wishing for a glimpse of more. All it would take would be a sudden movement and she'd spill out of her gown, not that she'd allow that to happen. This wasn't the first time, nor would it be the last, where she'd have to use her assets to make things happen. Never in those times had she ever slipped, much to the various lords chagrin.
She was a master manipulator and well, men were such simple creatures, even noble ones.
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Summer JobHub (Find That Job!)
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Wednesday, 27 June 2012 from 11:00 to 15:00 (BST)
Event Details
Mini workshops and one-to-one support for 2012 leavers every wednesday from 11am to 3pm. Sign in at the Careers and Placements service LB400 (next to the pharmacy).
Wedesday 27th June
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LB400, Careers and Placements Service, College Lane
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The Careers & Placements Service for the University of Hertfordshire offers a range of services to students and alumni to help with career development, employment skills, decision making and preparation for the future.
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- Networking opportunities with employers and alumni
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Once you have tried the other options, we also offer one to one consultations with a Careers Adviser to support you with career planning. Get in touch to find out more.
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