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Etan Kalil Patz was born October 9, 1972, declared legally dead in 2001) was an American boy who was six years old when he was abducted and killed on May 25, 1979 in the SoHo neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. His murder helped launch the missing children movement, which included new legislation and new methods for tracking down missing children, and spawned the "photo on a milk carton" campaigns of the early 1980s. He was the first missing child to have a photo on a milk carton. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan designated May 25—the anniversary of Etan's disappearance—as National Missing Children's Day in the United States.
The case was reopened in 2010 by the Manhattan District Attorney's office. In 2012, the FBI excavated the basement of the alleged crime scene near the Patz residence but discovered no new evidence. Pedro Hernandez—a suspect who confessed— was charged and indicted later that year on charges of second-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping. In 2014, the case went through a series of hearings to determine whether or not Hernandez's statements before he received his Miranda rights were legally admissible at trial. His trial began in January 2015 and ended in a mistrial that May, when one of the 12 jurors held out. A retrial began on October 19, 2016, and concluded on February 14, 2017, after nine days of deliberations. The jury found Hernandez guilty of murder and kidnapping.
The first boy to appear on a milk carton 1979
On the morning of May 25, 1979, Etan left his SoHo apartment at 113 Prince Street by himself for the first time, planning to walk two blocks to board a school bus at West Broadway and Spring Street. He was wearing a blue captain's hat, a blue shirt, blue jeans, and blue sneakers. He never got on the bus.
At school, Etan's teacher noticed his absence but did not report it to the principal. When Etan did not return home after school, his mother Julie called the police. At first, detectives considered the Patzes to be possible suspects but quickly determined they had no involvement. An intense search began that evening, using nearly 100 police officers and a team of bloodhounds. The search continued for weeks. Neighbors and police canvassed the city and placed missing-child posters featuring Etan's portrait, but this resulted in few leads.
Etan's father Stanley was a professional photographer and had a collection of photographs he had taken of his son. His photos of Etan were printed on countless missing-child posters and milk cartons. They were also projected on screens in Times Square.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. officially reopened the case on May 25, 2010. On April 19, 2012, FBI and NYPD investigators began excavating the SoHo basement of 127-B Prince Street, near the Patz home. This residence had been newly refurbished shortly after Etan's disappearance in 1979, and the basement had been the workshop and storage space of a handyman.After a four-day search, investigators announced that there was "nothing conclusive found."
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. officially reopened the case on May 25, 2010. On April 19, 2012, FBI and NYPD investigators began excavating the SoHo basement of 127-B Prince Street, near the Patz home. This residence had been newly refurbished shortly after Etan's disappearance in 1979, and the basement had been the workshop and storage space of a handyman.After a four-day search, investigators announced that there was "nothing conclusive found."
On May 24, 2012, New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly announced that a man was in custody who had implicated himself in Etan's disappearance. According to The New York Times, a law enforcement official identified the man as 51-year-old Pedro Hernandez of Maple Shade, New Jersey, and said that he had confessed to strangling the child. According to a 2009 book about the case, After Etan, Etan had a dollar and had told his parents he planned to buy an ice-cold Coca-Cola to drink with his lunch.At the time of Etan's disappearance, Hernandez was an 18-year-old convenience store worker in a neighborhood bodega. Hernandez said that he later threw Etan's remains into the garbage.Hernandez was charged with second-degree murder. According to a New York Times report from May 25, 2012, the police at that time had no physical evidence to corroborate his confession.
On December 12, 2012, Hernandez pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one count of kidnapping in a New York court.In April 2013, Harvey Fishbein, a Legal aid criminal defense lawyer for Pedro Hernandez, filed a motion to dismiss the case, citing that Hernandez's "confession in one of the nation's most notorious child disappearances was false, peppered with questionable claims and made after almost seven hours of police questioning".The next month, however, Manhattan State Supreme Court Justice Maxwell Wiley ruled that the evidence was "legally sufficient to support the charges" and that the case could move forward. He also ordered a hearing to determine whether the defendant's statements could be used at trial.
Hernandez had a hearing in September 2014 about whether his statements made prior to police giving him his Miranda rights were legally admissible at trial. This would be influenced by whether or not he felt free to leave during the time before he was informed of his Miranda rights. The hearing was also to determine whether or not he understood the significance of the Miranda rights and was competent to waive them when he did so. This was significant because it would decide whether any statements made after that point by Hernandez were legally admissible at trial. The actual truth or falsehood of the statements was not the focus of the hearing;rather, the question of the statements' truthfulness was to be discussed in the trial, which began on January 5, 2015.
The case resulted in a mistrial in May 2015 due to a hung jury, which was deadlocked 11 against 1 for conviction.A retrial began on October 19, 2016, in a New York City court,with jury deliberations in February 2017.On February 14, 2017, Hernandez was found guilty of kidnapping and felony murder.Sentencing is scheduled on February 28. Hernandez faces up to 25 years to life in prison.


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Founding member of group caught his finger in an electric anchor, according to reports
INXS guitarist Tim Farriss says he's "overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and well wishes" following news of an accident that may threaten his career.
The 57-year-old guitarist has revealed he may never play properly again after severing his finger in a boating accident.
Farriss caught the ring finger of his left hand in an electric anchor while working on his boat near his home in Fairlight, Sydney, on January 24, according to Australia's Daily Telegraph. He has undergone two lots of surgery attempting to reattach the digit, but has been left with permanent damage.
According to local reports, he described the situation as "horrific" in an email to his bandmates and manager, and stated, "I don't know if I will be able to play properly again." A Facebook post to fans (below) described it as a "nightmare".
INXS' manager, Chris Murphy, said Farriss was undergoing physiotherapy. Murphy said: "He is getting the best possible care and we hope with time he will regain movement in his finger. This was a terrible accident, we are all here to support him."
Farriss' INXS bandmates include his brothers, Andrew and Jon. A founder member of the group, he has played with the band for more than three decades. The group's last album was 2010's 'Original Sin' and they officially retired in 2012.

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i'm +1 to focus. Actually the things I want to focus are CORS (quite done module dale observations), make couchdb more OTPish (including rebarification) and plugins. On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Jan Lehnardt <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > On 06.11.2012, at 18:37, Noah Slater <email@example.com> wrote: > >> Octavian, I think Jan was just saying that Futon.Next should be part of our >> current focus. >> >> The 1.3 release is orthogonal. We cut it when we cut it. :) > > Correct, thanks for the clarification! :) > > Jan > -- > > > >> >> On 6 November 2012 17:06, Octavian Damiean <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >> >>> Quick question. Apparently I misunderstood something in the first meeting >>> because I was thinking that Futon.Next is such a if it's ready for 1.3 we >>> ship it if not then in 1.4. >>> >>> I'm asking because Futon.Current can do everything necessary at the moment, >>> which makes Futon.Next a non-stopper in my opinion. I'm just asking, not >>> trying to discuss or propose anything. >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Noah Slater <email@example.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I think this is a great initiative Jan. >>>> >>>> I am sure there are a few people right now who are thinking "Hey, but I >>> am >>>> working on X, and Jan didn't mention X, so is X important? Or is Jan >>>> telling me I shouldn't be working on X?" Well, I understand that. As it >>>> happens, I am working on the docs, and Jan didn't mention them. >>>> >>>> But I don't think the idea is that anything not on the list is >>> unimportant, >>>> or that if you're working on something else, then you should stop. Just >>>> that we need to have a regularly updated list of our current PROJECT >>> LEVEL >>>> focus. >>>> >>>> And so, with that caveat out of the way... >>>> >>>> Jan, as this is your initiative, can I ask you to start a page on the >>> wiki? >>>> We should document this. >>>> >>>> I think the wiki page should probably have three things on it. A list of >>>> our current focus areas. An archived list of previous focus areas. And a >>>> list of areas to focus on in the future. >>>> >>>> I think we should also review this monthly. Each month, review the >>> current >>>> focus areas, see what has been done and what has not. Archive the list. >>>> Create a new one for the current month. And decide on whether we want to >>>> add any other items. This should be a dev-level decision making process, >>>> perhaps in the first IRC meeting of the month. >>>> >>>> A monthly email to both user and dev, along with general project status, >>>> might be a good thing to come out of this too. >>>> >>>> Thoughts? >>>> >>>> >>>> On 6 November 2012 15:47, Jan Lehnardt <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey all, >>>>> >>>>> I'm trying something new here. Please send any feedback you might have. >>>>> >>>>> DISCLAIMER: I won't keep anyone working on or discussing anything. All >>> I >>>>> want is find a way to make us all more productive. >>>>> >>>>> * * * >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> With that out of the way: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Let's Focus! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> My hypothesis is this: >>>>> >>>>> This group, dev@, has a limited amount of time and attention to move >>>>> CouchDB forward. We have so many important things to do that it is very >>>>> hard for us to say "no" to any one thing that is brought up. >>>> Historically, >>>>> whenever there is a surge of activity, we (myself definitely included) >>>> tend >>>>> to bring up more issues than we can work on at a time and as a result >>> we >>>>> end up doing less than we could. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> My proposal to solve this: >>>>> >>>>> Say "no". >>>>> >>>>> More specifically, we need to learn to say "no" to things that, while >>>> they >>>>> are definitely important, are not important enough "right now" and >>> should >>>>> be deferred to a later time. >>>>> >>>>> For example, currently I think our most important topics are: >>>>> >>>>> - Get CORS and docs into shape that we can merge them to master/1.3.x >>>>> - Ship 1.3.0 >>>>> - Help the Futon.Next folks out as much as we can to build & deliver >>>>> Futon.Next. >>>>> >>>>> At the same time, there are many more discussions going on that are >>>>> distracting us from the points above done. >>>>> (This includes my Plugins Proposal, I am clearly guilty of this.) >>>>> >>>>> Note that the list above is a strong "in my opinion", your shortlist is >>>>> likely to differ and that's great. We as a group need to figure out >>>>> together what the things are that we care about *and* that we can care >>>>> about at any one time. >>>>> >>>>> This includes things we discuss on dev@, in the weekly meetings, >>> patches >>>>> we request reviews & comments on. >>>>> >>>>> I strongly believe that when we can agree on a short list of things we >>>>> care about, and get them done, and *then* move on to the next few >>> things, >>>>> we'll get more accomplished than we do right now. >>>>> >>>>> * * * >>>>> >>>>> It would be illusionary to imagine a fully sequential workflow, so I >>>> won't >>>>> pretend we should try to achieve that, we'll always have things going >>> on >>>> at >>>>> the same time, some by different group members, some by the same >>> people. >>>> I >>>>> also don't suggest to add a layer of classical project management. Some >>>>> discussions are broader (BigCouch merge, source reorg) and need more >>>> time, >>>>> others should be resolved quickly. And to reiterate the disclaimer, I >>>> won't >>>>> keep anyone from working on or discussing anything at any time. >>>>> >>>>> All I suggest is that we, as a group, are a little more mindful about >>> the >>>>> things we can handle at any one point. This will change depending on >>> how >>>>> much time each of us can spend in a given week or month. I hope over >>> time >>>>> the list of things we can do at a time grows, as we add more members to >>>> the >>>>> dev team (hello Futon.Next folks! :) >>>>> >>>>> * * * >>>>> >>>>> In practical terms, I'll be asking the questions "is this relevant >>> right >>>>> now?" and "should this be on our short list of things to care about?" a >>>> lot >>>>> more often, and I hope, given you agree with the broad strokes above, >>> can >>>>> do the same. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for your time and attention! >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Jan >>>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> NS >> >> >> >> -- >> NS
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The mythmongers in Tea Party land and millions more Americans seem to prefer fiction to fact.
Based on a mid-April New York Times/CBS News poll of about 1,600 adults, we learned that 52 percent of Tea Party supporters believe "too much has been made of the problems facing black people." Could it be because 89 percent of the Partyers polled are white? They also have above-average incomes: 31 percent of Tea Partyers earn more than $75,000 a year, as opposed to 26 percent of all poll respondents. A cool 68 percent of Tea Partyers consider themselves middle-class or above. And they're very angry about government spending. As one woman says, "I'm sick and tired of them wasting money" (though she probably doesn't want her Medicare or Social Security touched).
If the Tea Partyers think too much is made of problems facing blacks and too much is being spent, can we conclude, ergo, that they think blacks are getting too many handouts? If so, they would not be alone. And they would also be mistaken. In the 1970s their predecessors' prevailing wisdom was that welfare moms drove Cadillacs and luxuriated in government largesse while others (substitute hard-working white folks) were kept from the cookie jar.
So let's set the record straight—for then and now.
One way to see whether blacks are getting too much attention is to look at how funds from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the stimulus package) were distributed among racial groups. Arloc Sherman, a researcher at the Washington-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, who checked about 25 percent of the stimulus outlays that went directly to households, found that for every dollar of government benefits—such as for child tax credits, extended unemployment payments and a hike in food stamps—about 64 cents went to non-Hispanic whites, 16 cents to Hispanics, 6 cents to others and 15 cents to non-Hispanic blacks. The percentages roughly correspond to the different groups' numbers in the population—hardly a windfall for blacks.
The Tea Partyers probably just don't like the poor, period—or that the government provides them with benefits. Although 15 million Americans are out of work and haven't found jobs for months, 73 percent of Tea Partyers think benefits encourage the poor to remain poor. But if they cared to look, they'd see that the wealthy get far more benefits than do those with low incomes. In 1978, when economist Joseph Pechman at the Brookings Institution scoured the federal budget, he found that all programs for the poor totaled $47 billion, while those for middle- and upper-income groups—mostly in the form of tax write-offs—ballooned to $158 billion, more than three times more.


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Benjamin Light: I now have two real credit cards, so I won't have to use my debit card everywhere. I feel like such an adult now.
Kitty Ravenhart: I nearly never use my credit card. It may not change your behavior as much as you think.
Peanut St. Cosmo: Yes, it definitely does make you feel like an adult. But its so easy to get carried away spending when you don't keep track like you do with a debit card. Be careful with those things.
Benjamin: Oh, I plan on using my CC everywhere I would normally use my debit card, then I'll just pay it off every month. My intention isn't to be able to spend money I don't have, just to use a CC with fraud protection instead of putting my own bank account at risk.
Marco Sparks: You need to start saying "I'm gonna charge that shit!" everywhere. Like an adult.
Kitty: It's true. That is what adults do. I mean, I don't personally, because I'm not an adult, but I've seen it done.
Benjamin: Yeah, I suppose I've just read too many articles about card skimmers and online sites getting hacked.
Peanut: I'd pay good money to be somewhere with Benjie as he says, "I'm gonna charge that shit." Preferably somewhere really *classy* like Sizzler.
Benjamin: heheheh
Marco: People charge the shit out of things at Sizzler.
Peanut: I fucking hope so!
Marco: When your boyfriend Jonathan Franzen goes to Sizzler he tells them to "Charge that shit!"
Peanut: Oh fuck me, I hope so! I'd have a whole lot more respect for him!!
Marco: I had such a great response to this but I don't think I'll post it. It's a bit dirty, and you have to love before you can be relentless, or suicidal. The punchline involves Franzen not fucking Peanut at Sizzler, but letting her sit at his booth with him while his girlfriend gets up to get another plate of shrimp. Yada yada yada, if someone plays their cards right: fingerbang.
Editor's note: By "fingerbang" what Marco Sparks clearly meant was: fingerblast. Obviously.
Peanut: Whoa, what? I get fingerbanged by Franzen? I don't know what to say about that… Does he leave his glasses on?
Marco: Well… Of course he does. When you "charge that shit" they give you a receipt and all, but there's tiny print on it. Hard to read. Also, he has trouble reading the directions on all his pill bottles. These days those glasses are practically glued to his face. And don't worry cause he washes his hands like 13 times a day.
Kitty: If she's in a Sizzler at all do you think she cares that the fingers in her vagina have been washed?
Benjamin: This has gone to such a wonderful place.
Kitty: Wait, is the wonderful place Sizzler or Peanut's vagina?
Marco: People will be asking that same question long after we're all gone, Kitty.
And… You're forgetting that he's a famous author. You don't snub Oprah and get your face on the cover of Time magazine AND THEN go fingerbang girls with nasty, dirty fingernails. Ick. No. He's not a member of the goon squad!
Peanut: Oh yes, I care about those fingers, Kitty! Thank god, you can't let anyone who washes their hands less than 10x a day go sticking their fingers in your pikachu. I mean if you had one, you know? Oh Franzen, I'll help you read all your little pill bottles! And defrost your weed you keep in the freezer!!! 🙂
Marco: This…
Benjamin: He looks like he has seen things that cannot be unseen.
Marco: Just be thankful you can't see his hands.
Peanut: They were under a table @ Sizzlers!
…while he was podcasting. And hopefully alone!!
Kitty: I'm going to borrow the pikachu euphemism sometime.
Marco: Right now Jonathan Franzen's girlfriend is folding her arms over her chest and looking at you and your pikachu with a very, very disapproving look, Peanut.
Also, I feel like Cormac McCarthy also eats at the Sizzler, but J-Fran pretends not to see him whenever they nearly bump elbows over by the ice cream machine.
As if dudes aren't confused enough. Now our girlfriends will come into the bedroom at night and say, "Wanna play some Pokemon?" and we just won't get it. Ugh. What the fuck else is new?
Peanut: It's because I have better hair than her, Marco. Oh yes. Take pikachu, I use your mood status: stabby, all the time!
Benjamin: Really? I think "Pokemon" is pretty obvious.
Speaking of mood statuses, I had occasion to be looking at myspace earlier today. I miss all my old over-sharing blogs and current mood settings. 😀
Marco: Jonathan Franzen's girlfriend does have bad hair, you're right. It's like she works at a fucking Wal-Mart or something.
Kitty: That would explain the dinners at Sizzler.
Peanut: Who is this chick? I'll challenge her to a dance off or something? Yes, myspace blogs and oversharing were pretty great 🙂
from here.
Benjamin: Maybe you guys could have a home perm-off.
Peanut: Benjie, my hair is too awesome for home perms.
Marco: But not too awesome for dance offs or getting fingerbanged in a booth in the middle of a Sizzler's. We read you loud and clear.
Kitty: That does pigeon-hole you in a very narrow range of awesome.
Marco: Very narrow.
Peanut: Who doesn't love a good dance off? No lying now…we grew up in the era of a post-Britney/Justin world and their dance off that followed.
Benjamin: You might have, I'm older.
Peanut: Barely. Dick.
Bejamin: ={
Marco: Would Billy Zane be judging this dance off?
Peanut: No Billy Zane, but maybe Paula's available?? If I had a steady pill supply for her anyway. No, I don't watch those dancey idol talent shows.
Marco: They play them on the TVs at Sizzler. You'll be fine.


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TIM HENMAN believes he has developed a mental sharpness which will make him tougher than ever to knock over this season.
The British number one claimed he is feeling strong both on court and in his head after overcoming Mark Philippoussis to win the Australian Hardcourt Championships.
Henman, beat the Australian 6-4 6-7 (8/6) 6-3 in the final in Adelaide, said: "There were a lot of aspects I was very pleased with.
"After losing the second set after a very good tie-breaker, that's when you have to draw on your mental strength and in the third set I played as good as I have played all week."
With the Australian Open beginning in eight days, Henman's preparations could not be going better.
He will bypass tournament play next week to prepare with new coach Larry Stefanki for the grand slam where he has never been beyond the fourth round.
Now 27, Henman's chances of claiming a slam have perhaps never been better. He finished last season as the world number nine and now has a coach who has guided the likes of Marcelo Rios and Yevgeny Kafelnikov to big tournament wins.
Today's final in Adelaide was delayed by 2.5 hours because of rain.
But when the sun finally came out it shone on Henman, whose title win was the ninth of his career.
Victory looked set to come in the second set when he led with a break at 5-3.
He failed to serve out for victory though and Philippoussis, whose 2001 was one of injury torment, edged a tense tie-break to level the match.
"It would have been easy to second-guess yourself and get frustrated and say `Is this going to be my day or not?'," said Henman, who admitted the momentum was with his Aussie opponent going into the decider.
"I felt like I had done everything but win the match in the first two sets.
"But I felt strong physically and good mentally and if anything my game got better and better and I created chances.
"When you boil it all down on some of the big points I played fractionally better. If you look at my first serve percentage, I don't think it has dropped below 70% all week and that is certainly a good sign for me."
Henman broke early in the third set and Philippoussis dropped serve when fighting to stay in the match at 5-3 to hand the title to his doughty opponent.
Nicknamed `The Scud' for his usually fearsome power, Philippoussis was often found wanting when serving.
"I'm very disappointed and I hated giving away service games with double faults," he said.
"I don't mind him coming up with winners but it's just frustrating to make those unforced errors which I shouldn't be making in big matches against top players.
"He played pretty much the way I expected him to play but he was just a little steadier."
Philippoussis now plans to make up for lost time and improve on his current ranking of 80.
"I feel good despite the loss, my knee has pulled up fine," he added.
"I don't care where I am ranked and if I stay healthy and play the way I have been playing I definitely feel like a top 10 player and I feel great out on the court."
Henman was convinced he had beaten a player who was on the way back to prime shape.
"I felt like Mark was a better player early on and I couldn't get into his service games," he admitted.
"But that's the time you've got to hang in there and I got my chances and I took them."


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Volleyball was always clean sport without doping. Do you need to use some steroids to be better volleyball player? Will it help you? Continue reading.
Steroids not only make you bigger, stronger and faster, but they make it so you can work out longer and recover faster, in theory giving you an edge over your competition. But there is a reason that we don't see steroid scandals constantly breaking in our sport and in my opinion, the reason is that this type of cheating wouldn't necessarily help.
I see how it helps in other sports. Getting bigger would definitely help if you are a weightlifter or a football player. Massive strength would help if you were a shot putter or a home run hitter. Increased speed and explosiveness would help if you were a swimmer or a runner. And an inhumanly fast recovery rate would help for the endurance sports like marathons or the Tour de France.
But in volleyball, we're not trying to be the first person over a line and our hitting success is not measured in distance. Volleyball is ultimately a game of skill and control. No amount of jumping high, running fast or hitting hard can result in an ability to work the block, control a dig or place the ball where they're not. Only practice does that.
And finishing a volleyball match doesn't require any great feat of endurance. Even a knock-down, drag-out five set match won't take a well-trained player anywhere near his physical limit. Time outs, lots of starts and stops, substitutions and rally scoring make volleyball matches a test of consistency and concentration more than a test of endurance.
Some say steroids also help with hand-eye coordination, which might be moderately useful in volleyball. But scientists dispute it and even that would only get you in contact with the ball, it would not help you control it.
True, if you're already a great player, jumping higher, hitting harder and reacting faster could give you a slight edge. But those minor benefits certainly don't outweigh the major drawbacks like long-term health effects and getting banned from competition. In the end, it is just not worth it.
source: About.com Guide to Volleyball


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Arrive in Shanghai, the financial and commercial center of China. You will be met by your guide and transferred to the four-star Shanghai Hotel.
Day 2 Shanghai (Breakfast, Lunch)
Full day tour takes you to visit the major attractions including the Yu Garden at the Old Quarter. It was built by the Pan family in the Ming Dynasty. Now it has been restored and become one of the most popular tourist sights in Shanghai. Continue to visit Shanghai Museum, the first museum in China that meets international exhibition standard. It is in the possession of a collection of 123,000 cultural artifacts in 21 categories, mainly the exhibitions of painting, bronze, sculpture, ceramics, calligraphy, jade, Ming & Qing Dynasty furniture, coins, seals, and ethnic artwork. The bronze collection is said to be the best in world.
After a lunch at local Shanghai Cuisine restaurant, you will visit the famous waterfront Bund, the historical street comparable to a Chinese Wall Street where tourists can get a taste of the Shanghai high-life. The rest of the day is free for you to shop at Nanjing Road.
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After breakfast, you will drive to Zhujiajiao and visit the ancient water town. Then drive to the city and visit the M50. If you want to know something about contemporary art in Shanghai, "M50" is the place to come. If time permits, continue to visit Shanghai Fashion Hub.
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Davis, a self-taught guitarist hailing from the New York City area, not only plays the blues - he is also a composer, director, actor and writer. Davis stated he never had the patience to take formal guitar lessons, and instead learned the craft by listening to and watching other musicians. His interest in acting led him to the lead role in the film Beat Street, and on television as Dr. Josh Hall on One Life to Live.


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Marty Carson was born in Mowequa, IL, and grew up in the small farming community of Arcola, IL. He received a B.S. degree in botany from Eastern Illinois University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in plant pathology from the University of Illinois under the direction of Arthur L. Hooker. He began his career in 1980 as a faculty member in the Plant Science Department at South Dakota State University (SDSU), Brookings. After 8 years at SDSU and with a brief stint in private industry, he joined the USDA-ARS in Raleigh, NC, in 1989. In 2002, Carson became research leader and director of the USDA Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul, MN.
Carson's nationally and internationally recognized research focuses on the genetics of resistance to disease with emphasis on quantitative, partial forms of resistance. He has been a leader in applying quantitative genetic theory and methods to the study of host-pathogen interactions and breeding for host resistance. Carson developed a method for evaluating how different models of gene-for-gene interaction apply to pathosystems in which the host and pathogen exhibit quantitative variation for resistance and aggressiveness, respectively. The widely accepted idea that significant cultivar by isolate interactions always indicate gene-for-gene interaction was shown to be incorrect. Extending quantitative genetic theory to the plant breeding problem of simultaneous selection for yield potential and disease resistance, Carson developed, proposed, and demonstrated the efficacy of an alternative method for the efficient improvement of yield and disease resistance simultaneously. Instead of relying on some form of complex index selection, plant breeders could simply select genotypes that yield well under disease stress.
Carson has extensive accomplishments in applied research on a diverse array of maize diseases. He showed that extended latent period length is the major component of partial resistance to northern leaf blight, a devastating disease of maize throughout the world. He demonstrated that increased latent period length can be conclusively measured on seedling plants prior to anthesis and may even be assessed under greenhouse conditions in the off-season, allowing breeders to more efficiently select for partial resistance to northern leaf blight. His research on the sources and inheritance of resistance to anthracnose diseases of maize allowed the hybrid seed industry to rapidly develop commercial proprietary inbred lines with high levels of resistance. A highly resistant inbred line identified in these studies, MP305, has been used extensively by the seed industry as a source of resistance to anthracnose stalk rot. Carson reported the first occurrence in the continental United States of Phaeosphaeria leaf spot of corn. He identified sources of resistance to the disease in U.S. maize germplasm and demonstrated that several popular and widely used inbred lines were susceptible to the disease. The inheritance and the location of quantitative trait loci controlling resistance to Phaeosphaeria leaf spot were determined in the inbred line Mo17. Carson developed a set of near-isogenic maize inbred lines that varied in reaction to Goss' bacterial wilt. When tested in hybrid combination with a susceptible tester inbred, the relationship between disease severity and yield losses due to Goss' wilt was established without the confounding effects of differing plant maturities or plant architecture. Following this study, three inbred lines with superior disease resistance and yield potential of the recurrent parent line were released. Further inheritance studies identified superior sources of resistance to Goss' wilt in early-maturing inbred lines of maize that proved vital to the seed industry in the development of resistant, early-maturing hybrids for the northern cornbelt. Carson demonstrated that variation in aggressiveness among isolates and sibling species of Cercospora zeae-maydis is often the cause of genotype × environment interactions seen in maize gray leaf spot (GLS) trials and that there is no evidence of either species or isolate specificity in response to resistance of maize to GLS.
Carson was the first to demonstrate and quantify yield losses in sunflower due to several largely unstudied diseases. As a result, the potential importance of these diseases to sunflower production is now recognized, and a sound basis for setting priorities in sunflower research programs was established. It was clearly shown that the relatively new disease, Alternaria blight, caused by Alternaria helianthi was capable of causing substantial yield losses in sunflower, whereas foliar diseases caused by A. zinniae and Septoria helianthi were of minor importance. Carson also demonstrated the role of Phoma macdonaldii in the early-dying syndrome of sunflower and the potential resulting losses. The identification of these pathogens and the rapid dissemination of this information allowed plant breeders and others in the hybrid sunflower and corn industries to react to these potential new threats before widespread significant crop damage occurred.
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Portrait of Billie Holiday, from The Carl Van Vechten
Credit: Photographs Collection, courtesy of American Memory Collection
The Second World War had an enormous effect on the development of jazz music, which, in turn, had a role to play in the American war effort. Jazz and jazz-influenced popular music were a rallying cry for U.S. servicemen, and helped as well to boost the morale of loved ones at home, who by listening to patriotic and romantic songs on the radio and on their phonographs were encouraged to wage war on the home front. The U.S.O. helped lift the spirits of U.S. servicemen at home and abroad as it brought popular Hollywood and musical celebrities together to perform for the troops. Jazz musicians also worked throughout the war on patriotic films. There is an unintended tribute to the broad influence of jazz music (and of the many prominent African American and Jewish American jazz musicians) in Hitler's ban, in 1939, on jazz and swing music in Germany.
This lesson will help students to understand the effects that the Second World War had on jazz music and the contributions that jazz musicians made to the war effort. The activities below help students explore the role of jazz in American society and the ways that jazz functioned as an export of American culture and a means of resistance to the Nazis. Gathering together excerpts of important works by both jazz historians and jazz musicians, the culminating activity helps students develop a broader historical perspective on the effects that World War II had on the course of jazz music.
The Jazz Life and American Society in the World War II Era: Focus on Billie Holiday
Divide the class into small groups. Provide each of the groups with one or more excerpts selected from Selected Readings in Jazz History (available as a downloadable PDF). On each page of this downloadable file, there is a different excerpt from the writings of historians, musicians, and biographers. You may wish to provide groups with one or more of the following questions:
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A mother Howler Monkey and her offspring climb the trees in search of food in Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Morning Bugle
A bull Elk bugles to his competition on a slope in Yellowstone National Park.
Zebra Love
You scratch mine, Ill scratch yours. Masai Mara, Kenya
Brave Cat
Cheetahs don't normally climb Acacia trees to tall, as they lack retractable claws and are fragile beasts. Masai Mara, Kenya
Zebra Crossing
A group of Zebras wait for the right time to cross the Mara River, Masai Mara, Kenya
Solo Puffin
An absolutley amazing seabird, the Puffin spends a majority of its life at sea.
Wyle E. Coyote
Gorgeous golden color and fluffy fur adorns this Coyote in Yellowstone National Park
Head Butting
Two male Bison sort out the pecking order on a morning in Yellowstone National Park
Lumbering Through
A bison wanders through the vegetation in Yellowstone National Park
Amidst the Trees
This Blue Grey Tanager scours the jungle looking for its next meal. Bosque de Paz, Costa Rica
Black Belly
The small and ferociously quick Black Bellied Hummingbird takes a rest, Bosque de Paz, Costa Rica
Violet Sabrewing
One of the larger hummingbirds in Costa Rica.
Lift Off
Taking flight, the Great Egret can have a huge wingspan of five feet to carry it aloft. Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Smaller than some of their more colorful cousins, the Aracari is a medium sized Toucan with fiery colors. Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Little Red Wonder
A Red Poison Dart Frog precariously sits on a palm frond in Tortuguero, Costa Rica
White Face
A Capuchin Monkey sits a branch overlooking his territory in Tortuguero, Costa Rica
The Slatey Tail
In the same family as the Quetzal, this Slatey Tailed Trogon shows of its beautiful iridescent plumage. Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Two if by Sea
Two Atlantic Puffins sit on an outcrop of Dyrholaey in Iceland
Icelandic Horses
Beautiful Icelandic horses sporting their signature long mane.
Danger Close
After scaling a tree, this female Lion wandered a little close to our convoy in Lake Nakuru, Kenya
Young Runner
Part of a litter of five, this Cheetah dares not wander to far from its mother. Masai Mara, Kenya
Chaos Crossing
Hundreds of Wildebeests cross the Mara river for access to fresh grazing land, Masai Mara, Kenya
Ox Pecking
An oxpecker sits patiently on the head of a cape buffalo.
The Lookouts
Termite mounds are the Cheetahs favorite mode of scouting in the Masai Mara, Kenya
A Lilac Breasted Roller sits upon an Acacia branch, Masai Mara, Kenya
Eyes On
The close up beauty of the unique Icelandic horse.
The Atlantic Puffin, majestic as is it clumsy, awaits a meal on the cliffs of Latrabjarg.
I am Moose
A well established bull Moose stops to survey his surroundings in Grand Teton National Park.
A bull Moose ponders on his morning walk near Grand Teton National Park.


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A takedown is a champion kill, assist or a turret kill that a champion attains in League of Legends. Takedowns grant the champion gold, and are recorded on the summoner's statistics, found on the summoner profile. Takedowns and the medals they award (shown below) on a Summoner's profile can be used to roughly judge a summoner's skill or experience level.
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- Support champions may earn assists that count towards their takedowns, but they may not get as many as a carry or other player on a team.
- Junglers may earn fewer kills and/or assists early-game, as they spend more time in the jungle than the other roles. While they may earn kills and assists through ganks, the time they spend in the jungle can reduce the number of kills and assists they earn.
- Turret kills are hard to judge. For example, if a whole team is pushing a base only one player can get the takedown for the turret even though everyone helped. Because of this, teammates often playfully compete for the final hit on a turret.
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So...I pulled Seattle's Most.
You are having one of two responses right now. Either a) you already flounced this note or b) are wondering why?
Well, let me tell you. I have the world's most incredible husband who has held my hand and loved me through a lot of things (including fanfiction.) No one in this world believes in me more than he does (not even myself.) It's exactly the kind of support everyone with a dream should have. Since I finished Seattle's Most he's been nagging me about original work. I've been working on something original but he also wanted me to work on tweaking this to be original. So over the last year it's gone through an interesting face lift and plot revision. I did this to placate my husband, originally; however, through a string of events an editor wants to read my manuscript. (Likelihood is that nothing will come of this other than some feedback on what should be improved.) I am really excited for the opportunity though just to put it in someone's hands in it's new form. If you were in the middle of reading it or want a copy of it you can PM me your e-mail address and I will send you a copy.
If this upsets you, I'm sorry. Seattle's Most is my baby and all of you who read it mean the world to me. I know that pull to publish is a hot button topic in this fandom, so I expect I'll hear plenty of opinions.
A/N: I woke up about a month or so ago and I said "I need to write some more Seattle's Most" and so this outtake was born. It's a bit of a future take. A peek into Bella's pregnancy and an expanded version of their happily ever after. Remember I write fluff, so have some faith in me. This is supposed to be fun! But it makes me smile and I hope it does you as well.
For those of you reading This Is My Daddy, I promise it's going ot update just as soon as I unblock myself. It's about half way done already. I'm trying! :)
A/N: I thought these two needed a bit more of a happily ever after and I'm happy to be able to share it with you guys here.
To: Bella Cullen
From: Renee Swan
Sent: February 8, 2012 11:37:15AM
Subject: How are you feeling?
I know that you are screening your phone calls, but I assure you that the last thing your father was trying to do was hurt your feelings. When he made the comment he made at dinner he was simply trying to make you smile. You know that you are the apple of his eye. So please stop ignoring us, I feel like we're going to miss out on everything and see pictures of our granddaughter on Facebook for the first time.
To: Renee Swan
From: Bella Cullen
Sent: Februrary 8, 2012 11:43:02AM
Subject: How am I FEELING?
I assure you that any comment whether made in jest and seriousness about widening doorways to the woman who is nine months pregnant will be taken the wrong way. I apologize for being a little overly sensitive. It is for that reason I have confined myself to the house until the baby deigns to make their 're not going to miss out anything, I promise I will call you when I go into labor or when I force Dr. Perkins to freaking induce me. One week past my due date. I'd pop if anyone would stick a pin in me. I swear I'm going to do that myself if I didn't think it would draw blood. It should also be noted that I don't even have a Facebook.
To: Bella Cullen
From: Renee Swan
Sent: February 8, 2012 11:46:10AM
Subject: Remember your breathing.
Take a slow breath and blow it out like you're blowing out the candles on a cake just like you learned in Lamaze. Don't upset yourself too much, it's not good for you or the baby. This is perfectly normal for a first baby.I was two weeks late with both and your brother you, and I can personally assure you that you were well worth the wait.
All my love,
To: Renee Swan
From: Bella Cullen
Sent: February 8, 2012 11:49:35AM
Subject: Seriously?
Who freaking died and made you midwife of the year?Sorry, I'm breathing now. In with the good pleasant air out with the anger. (It's not really working so I'm going to keep this short) I'll let you know when I go into labor, which probably won't be anytime today or tomorrow or the next day so don't worry about not hearing from the way, I'm totally blaming this week overdue thing on you now.
To: Edward Cullen
From: Bella Cullen
Sent: February 8, 2012 12:06:42PM
Subject: Can you?
Can you possibly pick up vanilla soy milk on the way home. We're out.
To: Bella Cullen
From: Edward Cullen
Sent: February 8, 2012 12:08:01PM
Subject: Of course.
Of course, I can grab it for you, baby. Why don't you have Mrs. C go pick some up for you? It would be faster. We're still in the middle of working through some of the transitions that have to be ironed out, before I'm gone.
To: Edward Cullen
From: Bella Cullen
Sent: February 8, 2012 12:11:57PM
Subject: Really?
Can I just point out that I am still opposed to having a house keeper. Temporary or not. Also, one more completely valid point: you should already be done the baby is supposed to be here last week!
To: Bella Cullen
From: Edward Cullen
Sent: February 8, 2012 12:13:01PM
Subject: Breathe, baby.
Take a deep breath. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you.I will stop and get vanilla soy milk on my way home. Do we need Cheerios and bananas as well?
"If one more person tells me to breathe," I grumble as I push myself up off the couch and pause for a moment to give my head a chance to stop spinning and my body to regain it's balance. I honestly had adored pregnancy for the first eight months; it had been good to me and I thought I could conquer the world and all those people who whined and belly ached about it were just looking for extra attention. However, month nine hit and suddenly I was too tired to converse, my ankles had swollen so I was the proud owner of cankles and everyone kept telling me to breathe.
"I'll show them breathing."
"Mrs. Cullen, can I get you anything?"
I look at Mrs. Crisp who was at my side in an instant. Edward thought he was doing us both a favor by hiring a temporary housekeeper to keep me from over extending myself in the weeks before and after the birth of the baby, but honestly, I simply couldn't bring myself to let her do much more than cook and take care of the laundry. If I were being honest, the only reason I handed over those tasks was I was too tired to perform either properly anymore.
"No, nothing. I'm going to run down to the market for milk."
"That's my job. Let me go for you; you want your vanilla milk?"
"No, please, Brittany, don't worry about it. I can handle walking to the end of the block and back even in my whale-like conditions."
"At least allow me to walk with you. What if you went into labor alone on the street?"
Her logic seems flawed to me considering I haven't felt even a single braxton hicks contraction let alone a real one. However, the shooting pains in my legs that the doctor assures me is my siatic nerve are bugging me, so I agree to her condition and grab my purse as we head out of the house. I attempt to make polite small talk as we make our way to the market. I know I'm terrible at this recently, but Mrs. Crisp pretends not to notice as she rambles on about her grandchildren and her own pregnancy.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Of course, what is it dear?" She stood by patiently as I shook the boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios as if one of them just might contain the more and I wasn't going to get cheated out of that.
"Is it normal for them to stop moving?"
"Well, the movement slows towards the end. Is it a lot more significant of a slow than yesterday?"
"The last time I felt her was the middle of the night when Edward was playing the piano to try to convince me to try to sleep again."
"Mrs. Cullen, I actually don't think that's normal. Perhaps you should call your doctor."
Her demeanor is calm and she offers me a serene smile as she takes my purchases from me, but something in her eyes tells me she really believes this could be something so I pull out my cell and make a call, explaining what was going on as I signed for the milk and cheerios and head back up the street as I await the doctor's instructions on the phone.
"A non-stress test. Oooh goody! An hour of laying on an uncomfortable bed, watching bad cable, and then being sent home,." I announce less than gleefully as I hang up and turn towards her, hugging the box of Cheerios to my chest. "Thank you for not telling me to breathe."
"That's Edward's line. Should you call him and let him know what's going on?"
"No, he's stuck for awhile. Would you mind driving me down to the hospital? If it amounts to anything, I'll give him a call."
Missing my afternoon snack when I had a fresh box of cheerios awaiting me on my counter top at home made me just a little —actually a lot— bitter, but the safety of my little girl was important enough that I forgot about my bitterness as I allowed them to make me sticky with goo and hook me up to monitors. I turned on the mindless but amusing banter of Clinton and Stacey and their poor subject of the week.
"Are you sure you shouldn't call Edward?"
Glancing over at the older woman who was fretting with her knitting needles more than she was actually knitting, I finally gave in, reaching for my phone and sending Edward a text to let him know I was in for a NST and to meet me when he was finished.
"You were so anxious you couldn't wait until our appointment Monday?"
"I'm sure it's nothing, but I wanted to be sure and not assume."
Something about the look in her eye as she studied the tape from the machine gave me pause. She was counting and watching the monitor spit out more information.
I can hear the nurse and doctor speaking in hushed tones and I can feel the panic start to rise inside of me.
"Well, looks like we're having a baby today."
"Is everything okay?"
"She's in a bit of distress; her heart beat is dropping when you have contractions. You can feel your contractions, right?"
I'm sure the look of stupidity on my face says it all as I shake my head. "The only thing I can feel is my legs hurt like crazy."
"Then I'd say that's where your contractions are. We're going to move you into a room, break your water, and get going. No need to call everyone and have them up here under foot, but maybe see if Edward can hurry."
It feels as if seconds turn into minutes and minutes into hours; suddenly the walls are closing in around me as they tell me that I'm not dilated at all. I shoot texts off to my family and Edward, not trusting my own voice to speak. Passing my phone off to Mrs. Crisp, I let them hook me up to an IV and listen to the anesthesiologist, Dr. Bible -in a different state of mind his name would make me giggle—as he explains the risks and anything else that can happen if the c-section goes wrong.
Dr. Perkins is by my bedside, assuring me everything is going to be okay and that I just have to focus and remember that this is what's best for the baby. I start to feel on the edge of losing it all as they take the brakes off the bed to roll me out of the room when the door bursts open.
"Edward, you're here."
"Like I was going to miss this?"
"I told you to clear your schedule."
"When will I ever learn to listen?"
Our fingers are entwined once he returns from scrubbing in. The sight of him dressed as if he were walking into a toxic situation makes me giggle and forget about the pain I just experienced when they shoved a giant needle down my back. 'Relax; and 'breathe'they said as if it was no big deal, that they could deal some serious damage with that their needle, but that was all forgotten when they introduced me to the nurse from NICU who would be attending to our little girl.
Laughter nearly bubbles from my lips when they say that I'll feel pressure, because I can't feel anything right now, let alone a little bit of pressure, but suddenly it feels as if someone hooked a vacuum up to me, then a small whimper and then nothing.
"It's a girl and she's beautiful."
"Dad if you want you can come take pictures of her to show Mom."
"She's 5 pounds 13 ounces and 21 inches," another nurse declares, urging Edward towards the baby. Needing to know what they were doing, that she was okay, while I was strapped helplessly to this table almost sent me into an all out panic attack.
To: Rose
She's still in NICU. They
are talking about letting me
try nursing her later today. I'll keep
you updated.
To: Bella
Are you sure there's nothing we
can do for you guys? We'll be up
after work again today. I hope you get
you get a chance to nurse and it goes well.
The pictures Edward sent of the two of you
holding her were precious!
To: Rose
She's so perfect, Rose. I hate how
sick she is. I hate that we only got to hold her
for an hour. I just don't want to let her go.
To: Bella
I know, but she's going to be better and
at home with you before you know it.
Are you sure you don't want me to come
up now?
To: Rose
Edward's here with me and I'm okay. Just
eating lunch and then going back down to
sit with my girl.
Making my way inside the room; nothing can keep the smile from my face as I spot my two favorite girls curled up in the plush velvet chair in the nook of the room. The only light illuminating them is a dim glow from the night light over head. I knew that nook would be perfect for late night snuggling; I only hated that I hadn't been here for it.
The last thing I wanted to do when the call came through of Lawrence's illness was run to the symphony to save the day; however, my ever charitable wife had pointed out that I was the only back up first pianist and it was a charity event.
The performance had gone off without a hitch, naturally. I could perform any of the pieces in my sleep, but I think it was the first time I knew my heart wasn't in it. Because my heart was here with a copy ofOh The Places You'll Go forgotten in her lap and a bundle of perfection tucked into the crook of her arm.
After taking a picture on my phone-I felt like such a girl sometimes, because I didn't seem to be able to get enough pictures of them—I gently pick Gabriella up from her arms, murmuring softly against her sweet smelling hair before checking her diaper and tucking her into her crib. I lean on the side to watch her sleep for a few minutes.
The days that had followed her birth had been some of the scariest of my life. Hearing the doctors say how sick she was, that we needed to sign off on a blood transfusion immediately had nearly ripped the heart out of my chest on the spot. We had watched her for two full days feeling completely helpless as she laid in that bed with all the tubes coming out of her, just waiting for the moment when they could promise she'd be okay, and to be able to actually hold our daughter for the first time. Watching Bella hold her for the first time, even with all the tubes it was the biggest turn around.
A pair of arms slid around my waist and a head rested sleepily against my back. "You look awfully serious. Everything okay?"
"Yeah, of course. I was just thinking about when she was born."
"Those were the longest seven days of my life; I still, I feel like I should have known something was wrong sooner."
"No, Bee, you heard Dr. Perkins. You made all the right calls and you saved our sweet girl. You were perfect then, and you are now."
"I don't believe that's what you were saying last night when I was shoving you out of the bed to feed her."
"Okay, I may not have thought you were so perfect last night, but even the moments that make me grumpy you're still my entire world."
"And you're ours. I still can't believe how perfect she is. I could watch her just sleep for hours."
"It's cause she got that perfect thing from her Momma."
"You're a cheeseball, but you're lucky I love you that way," Bella whispered as she kissed me softly, leaning up on her toes to brush a kiss over my lips. "Why don't you take me to bed so I can just you just how lucky you are."
No more words needed to be spoken in that moment as I scoop my beautiful wife up and carry her down to our bedroom. I never imagined my life taking the road that it did to find love, but I know that I couldn't be any happier. My girls are my entire world and my wife is right, I'm very lucky. The luckiest man in the world.
What'd you think? Like it? Love it? Hate it? Confused? Let me know, I'm DYING to know...Seriously! :) Reviews are like cookies and I'm on a diet so I'll take all the calorie free cookies I can get!
ETA: For those of you curious Gabriella was severely anemic when she was born. After two blood transfusions she was completely healthy and didn't have any more issues. We faced this same issue with my oldest daughter and they ran about a million tests as to the cause and still don't have any idea. :) But she's four, healthy and sassy and I assure you that Gabriella had the same luck.


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Presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome (POHS) is a distinct clinical entity that is characterized by peripheral atrophic chorioretinal scars, peripapillary scarring, and maculopathy. [1] Vitritis is typically absent. This condition is believed to be secondary to exposure to Histoplasma capsulatum, although this fungus rarely has been isolated or cultured from an eye with the typically associated clinical findings.
Epidemiologic findings link the fungus to this condition. Based on skin tests in the United States, a similar geographic distribution of the fungal infection and POHS exists. Histoplasmin skin testing may exacerbate the ocular condition. Visual loss in POHS is secondary to the development of macular choroidal neovascularization (CNV).
H capsulatum is a dimorphic pathogenic fungus that often grows in soil around old chicken houses and areas harboring bats, such as caves. Large numbers of spores are dispersed into the air when contaminated soil is disturbed (eg, spelunking, raking). Exposure occurs when spores are inhaled.
In a normal host, the initial infection is usually asymptomatic or feels like influenza. In a few patients, a chronic cavitary pulmonary disease may follow. In immunocompromised patients, a progressive, life-threatening, disseminated form can occur. Following initial infection, hematogenous spread to the rest of the body, including the eye, can occur. A focal granulomatous choroiditis is thought to occur. This phase seldom is observed in humans.
In an experimental nonhuman primate model, inoculation of the organism via the carotid artery results in an active choroiditis. These foci are observed as discrete, round, yellowish choroidal lesions. Six weeks following inoculation of the organisms, isolating the organisms by any histologic techniques was not possible. The inflammatory response probably destroyed the invading organisms. With time, the lesions resolve, leaving the typical "punched-out" atrophic scars that disrupt the Bruch membrane (see Physical). Reexposure to the histoplasmin antigen may account for the enlargement of old scars and the emergence of new scars.
Visual loss in POHS is secondary to the development of CNV. Pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF) was found to have an inhibitory effect on ocular neovascularization. Another peptide, vascular endothelium growth factor (VEGF), is a well-known ocular angiogenic factor. The balance between antiangiogenic factors (eg, PEDF) and angiogenic factors (eg, VEGF) may determine the growth of CNV. This CNV usually grows in the subretinal space in a sheetlike fashion, not in the sub–retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) space. As the CNV grows, reactive hyperplastic RPE tries to surround and envelop the CNV. If successful, the CNV usually involutes.
Why CNV arises is unclear. Based on a case of a pregnant woman who developed a macular detachment during the third trimester, some propose that a type of vascular decompensation caused the CNV. [2] A lymphocytic choroidal infiltrate usually is found near histo spots. Some hypothesize that an allergic reaction to Histoplasma antigens is an important stimulus for CNV growth. A few propose that the infectious granuloma secondary to the fungus is responsible for CNV growth. Others state that damage to the Bruch membrane by itself is a strong stimulus for CNV.
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Presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome occurs in endemic areas of the United States, including the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys (Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi) and parts of the mid-Atlantic region (Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia). Approximately, 200,000-500,000 new infections occur annually. [3]
In an endemic area, 90% of patients with POHS had a positive histoplasmin skin test. In Maryland, 4% of those infected with histoplasmosis had POHS. [4, 5, 6]
Peripheral atrophic scars were present in 2% of people living in endemic areas; disciform scars were found in 0.1% of people. [7]
A clinical entity indistinguishable from POHS has been reported in a series of 10 patients from a nonendemic area, the Pacific Northwest. These patients tested negative to a lymphocyte stimulation assay with H capsulatum. Unlike series from the Midwest, all patients were female; 50% of them were myopic. The authors speculate that an atypical mycobacteria might be responsible for this entity. [8]
H capsulatum is endemic in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. No reports of POHS from these areas have appeared in the literature. However, certain areas of India are endemic for systemic histoplasmosis. [9] Three cases of POHS were recently described in India. [10]
Patients with clinical findings indistinguishable from POHS have been reported in areas where H capsulatum is not found. These reports suggest that other agents can cause similar fundus findings as POHS. In the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, a clinical syndrome indistinguishable from POHS has been described. In the Dutch series by Suttorp-Schulten et al, a large number of female and myopic patients were reported. [11] Given that H capsulatum is not found in Europe, some European colleagues have proposed to change the name from POHS to multifocal choroidopathy. Other cases from Brazil and Morocco have also been described. [12, 13]
POHS is an uncommon cause of visual loss.
The incidence and the prevalence in the blind population in Tennessee were reported to be 2.8% and 0.5%, respectively.
Histoplasmin skin testing reveals that African Americans and Caucasians living in endemic areas are infected equally by H capsulatum. No difference is apparent between the prevalence of peripheral histo spots between these 2 groups. Caucasian patients are more likely than African Americans to develop macular CNV.
Some reports suggest an increased prevalence of POHS in patients with human leukocyte antigen B7 (HLA-B7) and human leukocyte antigen DRw2 (HLA-DRw2). Patients with HLA-DRw2 are more likely to have peripheral histo spots and disciform scarring, whereas patients with HLA-B7 are more likely to have peripheral histo spots.
No apparent gender predilection exists in the Midwest and the mid-Atlantic series according to Smith et al. [14]
In the series from the Netherlands by Suttorp-Schulten et al and in the series from the Pacific Northwest by Watzke et al, women seemed to be affected to a greater degree. [11, 8]
Presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome usually affects patients aged 20-50 years; the average age is 35 years.
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TORONTO, CANADA and NEW YORK, NEW YORK--(Marketwired - Jan. 20, 2014) - Intertainment Media Inc. ("Intertainment Media" or "Company") (TSX VENTURE:INT)(OTCQX:ITMTF)(FRANKFURT:I4T) is pleased to provide a corporate update to its shareholders. The key components of the update cover internal programs, new business initiatives, portfolio investment companies, capital, Annual General and Special Meeting and investment / divestiture programs.
Over the past 14 months, management with guidance from its Board of Directors has spent a considerable amount of its time and energies devoted to reducing expenditures, moving from investment to execution, building key programs, like Yappn and Ortsbo's Customer Care initiatives and divesting of assets, including itiBiti, and Ad Taffy, Poynt and Tunezy and most recently announcing the proposed sale of Magnum Fine Commercial Printing Limited for an aggregate CDN $1.5 Million. The sales of itiBiti, Ad Taffy, Poynt and Magnum will continue to provide Intertainment with cash flow from payments of sale notes. With the divestitures completed and in the case of Magnum, underway and continuous expense review, the focus is concentrated on developing business programs for the Company's assets and investing in the creation and support of new initiatives.
Internal Programs and New Business Initiatives
The board and management have had ongoing discussions on how to best provide continued support and develop resources for Ortsbo as there is a considerable amount of opportunities within its business sector. The Company continues to evaluate internal and external opportunities for Ortsbo Inc. (www.ortsbo.com) and Mr. Anthony R. Pearlman, President and COO of Intertainment Media, upon his return from managing the sale of the Poynt technology and integration to the purchaser, is now focusing his primary energies on growing Ortsbo's Canadian and US operations and revenue generation. Mr. Pearlman has extensive experience in the Telecom and Business Processing Outsourcer (BPO) space, having previously held the position of President at Enghouse Systems in Toronto. Mr. Pearlman's mandate is to expand the key offerings of Ortsbo within the global Customer Care arena and build the core revenue and to continue to pursue stand alone strategies for the business unit. Mr. Pearlman will also continue to hold his positions at Intertainment Media Inc.
Intertainment is expected to continue to expand its current incubation activities throughout fiscal and calendar 2014 and has been reviewing a number of new activities in the US, Canada and overseas. Given the divestiture of certain assets and the continued reduction in ongoing expenses, the Company has been evaluating a number of new technologies and social engagement programs. These include opportunities in the areas of eCommerce, Social Media, 3D Technologies, Online Entertainment, Data Analytics, Advertising and Branding and Language Services. The focus for the Company is to find, support through investment, internal development and acquisition and ultimately create ongoing revenue and / or exit value for these enterprises, which are next generation programs showcasing leading edge technology and social solutions that have significant opportunities to scale revenue and value. As an established leader in this area, having sold 4 properties at a profitable level in 2013 and in the process of a further portfolio exit and valuation exercise on others, the Company has proven experience in this sector.
Portfolio Investment Companies
Intertainment Media has a number of key Portfolio investments in technology, social media, online advertising and graphic services.
Yappn Corp. (OTCQB:YPPN) (www.yappn.com) is a US public company and a major asset opportunity for Intertainment Media focused through its technology programs and language services platform to enable people and brands the ability, through social, eCommerce and communications programs to communicate without a language barrier. Mr. David Lucatch, CEO of Intertainment created the premise for Yappn in late 2012 and has spearheaded the development and its management as CEO. Yappn's business and technology programs are developing at a rapid pace with recent partnerships and Mr. Lucatch has spent a considerable amount of his time and energy engaging in Yappn business advancement. The Board of Directors of both Intertainment Media and Yappn Corp. believe that this process is paramount to the success of the program and to the value of the asset. Mr. Lucatch currently remains CEO of Intertainment Media and is working with the Board and management to evaluate all activities at Intertainment Media as Yappn's business continues to develop. Intertainment currently controls 70 Million shares in Yappn, with direct ownership of 42 million shares. These shares become free trading, and a potential long term source of income, after March 28, 2014.
Cap That™ (www.capthat.com), an Intertainment Media non-controlling minority interest portfolio investment which has patent pending photo and video capture technology, continues to create a buzz in the marketplace by introducing its technology into the entertainment, music, sports, gaming and user generated sectors. Recently, Cap That™ entered into a master licensing agreement with Disney Music Group which has paved the way for recent launches of Cap That™ powered sites for notable artists such as Demi Lovato (www.capdemi.com), and Lucy Hale (www.caplucy.com) who currently has the #1 country song on iTunes. In the upcoming weeks, Cap That™ will also be launching a Cap That™ powered site for Ubisoft's Assassin Creed video gaming property. Cap That™ will continue to introduce artist websites featuring its technology and expects to be announcing more strategic and content related partnerships in the near future.
Lexifone (www.lexifone.com), which Intertainment Media owns a non-controlling minority interest, recently launched Lexifone 2 which offers natural and real-time translation for several major languages and dialects, including 3 versions of English (Australian, U.K. and U.S.) French (Canadian and European), German, Hebrew, Italian, Mandarin (Chinese and Taiwanese), Portuguese (Brazilian and European), Russian and Spanish (European and Mexican). The new version of Lexifone processes voice as it hits the airwaves and doesn't require speakers to change their voice patterns or to stop to press buttons along the way and is based on patented technology that leverages computation linguistics / linguistic optimization. Lexifone is working with government agencies, hospitality organizations and communications companies increasing its sales channels. Intertainment Media is working with Lexifone to explore commercial services that enable voice recognition and translation for entertainment and social communications through Yappn and customer care programs through Ortsbo.
Itibiti Ventures (www.itibiti.com), to which Intertainment sold its full ownership stake in 2013, retaining up to 40% for $3 Million plus a liquidity event feature, manages and operates core telephony technology that brings brands and consumers together. Itibiti continues to accelerate its business, growing revenues significantly this past year. Itibiti is now creating new channels of content and brand opportunities and is expected to continue to grow its business in 2014, creating potential ongoing cash flow and note repayment opportunities for Intertainment.
theAudience, (www.theAudience.com) to which Intertainment Media owns a non-controlling minority interest portfolio investment, continues to grow significantly as it manages the social presence of hundreds of celebrities reaching about a billion people each month. Intertainment has agreements to develop managed language services initiatives with its portfolio companies such as Yappn and theAudience for their clients. Program initiatives are currently underway.
Intertainment will provide additional updates to its continued investments as information becomes available.
Capital Investment and Annual General Meeting
Intertainment Media has developed a number of channels for ongoing capitalization for its business and continues to engage discussion in the development of a long term, minimally dilutive investment program both with Investment banks and asset managers and debt holders. The Company believes that this program, coupled with its ongoing activities and potential divisional success will provide the Company with strong long term capital opportunities which will foster and help to increase its incubation activities. The Company remains confident in its long term capital strategy and investment program and its ability to continue to execute its business operations.
The Company announced that its Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders will be held on February 28, 2014 at 9:30 am Eastern at the Sheraton Parkway Hotel and Conference Centre in Richmond Hill, ON.
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About Intertainment - www.intertainmentmedia.com
Intertainment is one of Canada's leading technology incubators and is focused on developing, nurturing and investing in both North American and global technologies and companies that provide technology solutions for brands and consumers alike. Intertainment also owns and operates a number of key properties and has investments in leading edge technologies and social media platforms, including Magnum, Ortsbo, CapThat, theAudience, Lexifone, Shiny Ads and Yappn Corp (www.yappn.com). For more information on Intertainment and its properties, please visit www.intertainmentmedia.com
Intertainment is headquartered in the Toronto, Canada region, with offices in New York, Los Angeles and San Mateo, CA and is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "INT" (TSX VENTURE:INT) and in the US on the OTCQX Market under the symbol "ITMTF". Intertainment is also traded in Europe on the Open Market (Regulated Unofficial Market) Frankfurt Exchange under the symbol "I4T".
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