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Global Wage Gap Continues to Widen
New Worldwatch Institute report examines discrepancies among earners and regions as well as the widening gap between wages and productivity
Washington, D.C.—A dual gap has opened in global wage trends. The wages of most workers are falling more and more behind those of top earners, even as average wages are failing to keep pace with labor productivity growth, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital Signs Online service (www.worldwatch.org).Wage trends are heavily influenced by globalization and the economic crisis that caused the ranks of the unemployed to swell from 169 million in 2007 to 198.4 million in 2009, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO). Although the number temporarily dipped to 193.1 million in 2011, a preliminary estimate for 2012 indicates it was back up to 197.3 million, writes report author Michael Renner.
Cumulatively, from 2000 to 2011 global real monthly average wages grew by just under a quarter. But global figures hide considerable regional differences. Wages almost doubled in Asia, whereas they increased by 18 percent in Africa and 15 percent in Latin America and the Caribbean. Wages in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region (which includes Russia) nearly tripled. But this surge came on the heels of economic collapse after the fall of communism, which led wages to contract severely. In Russia, the subsequent growth only returned wages to what they had been at the beginning of the 1990s. In the Middle East, the limited wage data available suggest stagnation during the last decade. In industrial economies, wages increased by a comparatively tiny 5 percent, albeit from a much higher base than in other parts of the world.
Data collected by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for the manufacturing sectors of 34 countries illustrate the tremendous wage differentials around the world. Countries with the highest hourly compensation are primarily found in northern and western Europe; Norway had the highest reported compensation at $64.15 per hour in 2011. Japan and the United States are in the middle of the field, while southern and eastern European countries, most of Asia, and Latin America all have lower compensation. The Philippines has the lowest rate of the 34 countries, at $2.01.
Although not directly comparable due to data gaps and methodological differences, BLS also offers estimates for China ($1.36 per hour in 2008) and India ($1.17 in 2007). The estimate for India covers only the country's formal manufacturing sector, for example. People who work in the informal manufacturing sector account for some 80 percent of India's total manufacturing employment, but they earn substantially less than workers in the formal sector.
Since the 1980s—long before the world economic crisis of 2008—wages in many countries stopped keeping pace with improvements in labor productivity. Trade globalization, the expansion of financial markets, and declining trade union membership combined to erode the bargaining power of workers, and thus less of the wealth produced globally is going to labor compensation while a rising share is going to profits. According to the ILO, average labor productivity in industrial countries increased more than twice as much as average wages did between 1999 and 2011.
Average wage figures mask extremes of wage inequality. There is in fact a growing gap between top earners and the rest of the workforce, especially those in unskilled or low-skilled, temporary, precarious jobs.The ILO finds that especially in English-speaking countries there has been a sharp increase in the salaries and compensation of top corporate executives.In the United States, the top 1 percent of wage earners saw their annual earnings go up by 156 percent between 1979 and 2007.For 90 percent of U.S. workers, in contrast, wages advanced by a much smaller 17 percent during the same period.
"The gap between wages and labor productivity and the rising inequality of wages are developments that raise fundamental questions of fairness in the economy," said Renner, a Worldwatch Senior Researcher. "The extremely unequal distribution of income and wealth that has emerged worldwide has profound consequences, determining who has an effective voice in matters of economics and politics, and thus how countries address the fundamental challenges before them."
Further highlights from the report:
- From 1978 to 2011, CEO compensation (including salaries, bonuses, long-term incentive pay, and stock options) at the 350 largest U.S. companies increased more than 725 percent—compared with just 5.7 percent in average worker compensation.
- Among the 12 initial members of the European Union, Germany was the only country where average real compensation per employee declined in the period 1999–2010.
- CEO-to-worker compensation ratio rose from 18-to-1 in 1965 to a peak of 411-to-1 in 2000, and it was 209-to-1 in 2011.
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After almost 3 years silence, forums being taken over by spam, no announce of new versions, website going down for days, weeks at a time, moving hosts several times, etc etc............. now all of a sudden YEARS later, nnCron is back with a new version!
time to dust off my nncron.tab !!! I don't even know if I still have a backup copy. Hmm nope just checked, and for whatever reason I tossed it. I had literally months of work in the nncron.tab ................... dammit! Well I am excited to see that nnCron is back hopefully to stay this time!
I won't be able to use it in the current incarnation, because I am now running on a Vista x64 system. I will wait until proper service<->controller isolation has been worked in and x64 edition (hopefully) so the program functions like it should. Also before I spend too much time re-learning SP-FORTH I would want to make sure that nnCron is not going to disappear right away again. Which would make me to death

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Dark Matter: Experiment to shed light on dark particles
In a man-made cavern, deep beneath a mountain, scientists are hoping to shed light on one of the most mysterious substances in our Universe - dark matter.
The Gran Sasso National Laboratory seems more like a Bond villain's lair than a hub for world class physics.
It's buried under the highest peak of Italy's Gran Sasso mountain range; the entrance concealed behind a colossal steel door found halfway along a tunnel that cuts through the mountain.
But there's a good reason for its subterranean location. The 1,400m of rock above means that it is shielded from the cosmic rays that constantly bombard the surface of our planet.
It provides scientists with the "silence" they need to understand some of the strangest phenomena known to physics.
Inside three vast halls, a raft of experiments are running - but with their latest addition, DarkSide50, scientists are setting their sights on dark matter.
Everything we know and can see in the Universe only makes up about 4% of the stuff that is out there.
The rest, scientists believe, comes in two enigmatic forms.
They predict that about 73% of the Universe is made up of dark energy - a pervasive energy field that acts as a sort of anti-gravity to stop the Universe from contracting back in on itself.
The other 23%, researchers believe, comes in the form of dark matter. The challenge is that until now nobody has seen it.
Dr Chamkaur Ghag, a particle physicist from University College London, explains: "We think it is in the form of a particle.
"We have protons, neutrons and electrons and all these regular normal particles that you associate building things with. We think dark matter is a particle too, it's just an odd form of matter in the fact that we don't perceive it very readily.
"And that is because it doesn't feel the electromagnetic force - light doesn't bounce off it, we don't interact with it very strongly."
Physicists have called these dark matter contenders Weakly Interacting Massive Particles - or WIMPS.
They believe millions of them are passing through us every second without a trace.
But very occasionally one will bump into a piece of "regular" matter - and that is what they are hoping to detect with DarkSide50.
Inside a house-sized tank, a large metal sphere holds a particle detector called a scintillator.
This container is filled with 50kg of liquid argon and a thick layer of the element in its gas form.
"If a dark matter particle comes in and hits the argon, the recoiling atom gets a kick of energy and it quickly tries to get rid of it," says Dr Ghag.
"In argon it gets rid of it by kicking out light; it sheds photons.
"But it also gives charge: some electrons that are liberated from the interaction site. And those electrons drift up into a gas layer, and when they hit the gas and you get another flash of light."
Until now, the hunt for dark matter has proved elusive.
Some experiments claim to have seen signals of dark matter in the form of annual modulation.
This is the idea that the number of these particles we should be detecting changes as the seasons change.
That's because as the Earth moves around the Sun, it is moving into a stationary field of dark matter - and for half the year it will be moving against the tide of dark matter - just like driving into the rain. But for the other half it will be moving with this tide and less dark matter will hit.
But other researchers have questioned attributing these seasonal variations that have been detected to dark matter.
Other experiments have run for long periods of times without so much as a hint of the stuff.
One, called XENON100, which is also in Gran Sasso, ran for the course of a year, but only saw two "events" - not enough to rule out that this might have been some stray background radiation.
But with DarkSide50, there seems to be a new push to find some answers.
Alongside this experiment, another large detector - LUX - which is in a gold mine in South Dakota in the US will soon be coming online.
And in the next few years, scientists are planning even more ambitions detectors, such as XENON1T and LUX-Zeplin - they are hoping to find the first experimental evidence of these particles.
Aldo Ianni, from the DarkSide50 team, says: "Dark matter is really a major scientific goal at the present time.
"It will help us understand a big fraction of our Universe that we don't understand at the present time. We know there is dark matter - but we have to understand what this dark matter is made of."
Fruitless search?
Professor Stefano Ragazzi, director of the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, hopes that the first glimpse of dark matter will be in his research facility.
"There is competition amongst different experiments - so when you compete you prefer to win rather than coming second or third," he explains.
"The feeling is that dark matter could be just around the corner, so everybody is rushing to be the first to find it."
However, he admits that there is always the chance that these experiments may find nothing at all - and dark matter may not be in the form of WIMPs.
Professor Ragazzi says: "We may find that we have the wrong hypothesis… [dark matter] may be something completely different.
"But it may be even more interesting not finding dark matter than finding it."
In the next few weeks DarkSide50 will be fully kitted out, the surrounding tank flooded with purified water, and then the scientists will have to watch and wait.
But Dr Ghag says despite the uncertainties, the potential reward of finding dark matter would be huge.
"If we did find dark matter, then we'd have done would be to solved one of nature's best kept secrets. And that would have been to have figured out what a quarter of the Universe is made of," he explains.
"That would be a revolutionary discovery - it would change our understanding of the Universe, the way it formed, and the way it will evolve."


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Yale PRs
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Mile 4:18.86
3000m 8:20.22
5000m 14:54.08
Steeple 8:54.15
High School PRs
1600m 4:27.62
3200m 9:33.45
2011-2012: Cross country captain…Eighth in the 3000-meter run at HYP…Sixth in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the Sam Howell Invitational; 16th at the Penn Relays…IC4A and NCAA East Regional qualifier in the 3000-meter steeplechase…Ran on the 4x800-meter relay team at IC4As…Eighth place at IC4As in the 3000-meter steeplechase, earning All-East distinction.
2010-2011: Outdoors, placed 44th in steeplechase at NCAA Regional ... Qualified for IC4As in steeplechase … Took third in steeplechase at Heps … Won steeplechase for second time at Harvard-Yale … Ran PR of 8:54.15 at Larry Ellis Invitational, setting No. 4 all-time Yale outdoor record … Competed in 3000m at indoor Heps and IC4As … Won 3000m at Giegengack Invitational in indoor with season best … Consistently ran among Bulldogs' top seven during cross country … Was Bulldogs' No. 3 runner at NCAA Regionals.
2009-2010: Competed in steeplechase at outdoor Heps and IC4As … Took second in event at Harvard-Yale … Indoors, competed in 5000m at indoor Heps … During cross country, ran as Yale's number four runner at Heps and was Elis' sixth finisher at NCAA Regionals.
2008-2009: Just missed scoring in the steeplechase at Heps with his seventh place finish … Ran 9:18.87 and won Harvard-Yale dual meet in the steeplechase … Indoors, ran 15:27 in the season opener 5000m and 8:38 at HYP in the 3000m … During cross country, was Yale's sixth man at both Heps and NCAA Regionals … Ran the 10th-fastest freshman time ever at Van Cortlandt Park.
High School: Starred at E.C. Glass High in Lynchburg, Va., and placed eighth at the Virginia state meet in cross country his senior year.
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My second great-grandfather Isaac Turner is my only ancestor (so far) to have fought on the Union side during the Civil War. My family is filled with Southerners, so it came as quite a shock when I found his index card in Ancestry's Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 a couple of years ago.
I eventually got his entire pension file from NARA and it told quite a story, not so much about Isaac and his military career, but about his family and the hardships they endured after his death.
But this was his pension file, not his active military file. I have yet to find that file, as it is not available at Ancestry, Footnote or FamilySearch Record Search. But I think it will appear in the not-too-distant future.
Why do I think it will soon be available? Because early this morning I found several original (compilation 1890) documents concerning Company E of the 4th Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment, Isaac's old unit, at the Internet Archive's Allan County Public Library collection!
I had previously set up an RSS feed for this site, and this is the title that appeared yesterday and that I found when I got home from work at 2AM:
Compiled records showing service of military units in volunteer Union organizations [microform] (Volume Reel 0190 – Compiled records showing service of military units in volunteer Union organizations – TENNESSEE Fourth Infantry, Fourth Mounted Infantry, Fifth Infantry, Fifth Mounted Infantry, Sixth Infantry, Sixth Mounted Infantry, Seventh Infantry, Seventh Mounted Infantry, Eighth Infantry, Eighth Mounted Infantry, Tenth Infantry Co. A, East Tennessee National Guard Capt. Beaty's Independent Scouts (Mounted) TEXAS First Cavalry Second Cavalry Second Cavalry (1 Year, 1865) Gen. Hamilton's Body Guard, Cavalry Vidal's Co., Independent Co., Partizan Rangers, Cavalry)
Wait a minute! Did I just see Tennessee Fourth Mounted Infantry???
I did!
And this is one of the images that I found when I clicked on the title:
This file has over 1300 pages. There is a search box but it really doesn't work too well. So I'll have to browse each page to find any actual mention of Isaac, although I think this file only deals with the individual military units, not the individual soldiers. My initial find of 6 pages shows places and dates of service for the 4th Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment. What a wonderful find!
For the past couple of weeks, this RSS feed has been showing various 1850 Federal Census state files. I haven't been too excited about this data, since it's already available at Ancestry ($$$) and FamilySearch Record Search (free). But Civil War documents that I haven't seen anywhere else… now that is exciting!
In fact, I just checked the feed again this morning (sleep, what is sleep?) and now it is showing Index to War of 1812 Pension Application files!
Pardon me, I'm drooling again… 🙂
(By the way, to set up an RSS feed for the ACPL Collection at the Internet Archive, go to this page and click on the RSS icon that's just a little way down the page. DO IT NOW!)


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Sioux Falls Police say they conducted a compliance check on Wednesday of more than two dozen off-sale alcohol businesses, and came away with one violation.
Detectives say 27 businesses were checked, and the one making a sale to an underage person was the Shop N Cart East, at 4301 East 12th Street.
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A collection of essays exploring issues of identity and the global church in the post-colonial era, from the perspectives of Chinese and American evangelicals.
Trade Information: LPOD
Available as: Paperback, PDF
Specifications: 229x153mm (9x6in), 256pp
Published: April 2012
Specifications: 258pp
Published: May 2012
In May 2008 over a dozen evangelical scholars (Chinese and Western) from the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan came together to address issues of Christian and evangelical identity. This inter-cultural theological conversation was entitled "Beyond Our Past: Bible, Cultural Identity, and the Global Evangelical Movement".
This collection of papers from the conference demonstrates that evangelicalism possesses the historical assets and hermeneutical and theological tools to contribute to the global church and to address the significant theological and cultural issues arising out of a post-colonial context. Questions of evangelical identity in China and around the world are addressed from the disciplines of history, biblical studies, and systematic theology/contextualization.
Richard R. Cook, Associate Professor of Mission History and Global Christianity at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois.
David W. Pao, Professor of New Testament and Chair of the New Testament Department at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois.
An important volume for both church circles and academic scholars, After Imperialism touches off the issue of evangelicalism that connects the world, yet also creates conflicts between peoples in the history of Christianity. It represents the valuable fruits of a unique meeting of historians, theologians, and Bible scholars on the two sides of the Pacific Ocean. Their dialogue contains reflections, challenges, and deliberation of the Protestant missions in China in the past and also in the future. It makes a major contribution to the new horizon of study in this field while examining old ones in scholarly light. Peter Chen-Main Wang, National Central University, Taiwan
This book initiates a new, fertile conversation between biblical reading and understandings of modern Chinese history, informed by social science and post-colonial theory. Richard Madsen, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
This volume helpfully outlines some ways in which imperial readings of the Bible and Christian history have led to the inexcusable importation of Western divisions into Chinese church life. Lawrence Braschi, in Church Times, 30 November 2012
... opens a way to overcome missionary paralysis for fear of propagating or capitulating to neo-colonialism. Beau Pihlaja, in Theological Book Review, Vol 24, No 2
[After Imperialism] is good in pointing out the pietistic and dispensational views of many of the unregistered churches and the false Western expectation that the growing church in China has political democracy as part of its vision. Ray Porter, in Evangelicals Now, August 2013
After Imperialism is thus best appreciated for what it represents: an early attempt to bring together two different conversations. Hopefully the participants behind After Imperialism will reconvene again soon, providing readers with an opportunity to appreciate more recent Chinese appropriations of global evangelicalism as well as the ways in which Chinese Christian identity can and will shape the nature of global evangelicalism on into the future. Andrew Kaiser, in The Expository Times, Vol 125, No 5


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Avoid Feeling Overwhelmed
Most veteran quilters admit to a lifetime love of fabric. That love, however, doesn't necessarily make it easy to choose fabrics for a quilt or to add to a fabric stash. In fact, the wealth of fabrics that greets you when you enter a quilt shop may delight you at first, but often you're quickly bewildered by the seemingly limitless possibilities.
Fabrics in the store are often arranged by color and frequently resemble a giant rainbow. Some shops combine the principles of color and value in their displays, organizing all the reds in one area, for example. Other shops display best-selling fabric collections together. Many will group fabrics by type, such as flannels, reproduction, Asian fabrics, or wool.
When choosing your fabrics in the store, stack bolts horizontally to view how fabrics work together and how they will appear when cut into smaller shapes. Stand back and look at the stacked bolts; a view from a distance will give you an idea of how a fabric combination will work. If you need to figure out what's missing, arrange the fabrics by color from light to dark.
To make shopping easier, especially if you aren't able to find all the fabrics at one quilt shop, make a swatch card with snippets of your fabric. Take it with you when you're out shopping. With that in hand, you should be able to fill in the gaps by comparing fabrics in the stores with your swatches.


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HARTSVILLE, S.C.—The Coker College women's basketball team racked up a season-high 83 points in its best shooting performance of the season en route to an 83-42 Conference Carolinas victory over visiting St. Andrews Presbyterian College on Thursday evening in Timberlake-Lawton Gym.
The Lady Cobras (2-6 Overall; 1-2) had to wait over a month after picking up their first victory of the season on December 2 but was able to post a second straight win by torching the nets at 53.3-percent (32-of-60) precision. The Lady Knights (1-6; 0-4) dropped their third straight game shooting 29.3% (17-of-58).
Coker's attack was triggered by a trio of seniors scoring in double figures. Guard Lotta Aaltonen (Rauma, Finland) drained a game-high 19 points while forwards Henna Koponen (Vantaa, Finland) and Kiesha Beavers (Williamstown, N.J.) tallied 16 and 15 points, respectively.
Koponen and senior guard AG Stanciauskaite (Silute, Lithuania) made back-to-back shots in the opening 90 seconds of the contest as the hosts posted the coast-to-coast victory.
Coker slowly extended its advantage in the opening frame. Knights' senior center Kayla Hay (Hanover, Ind.) converted on a basket at the 6:39 mark but it would be the last points of the first half for SAPC. The Cobras went into the locker room on a 13-0 run during that stretch that was capped by a five-foot turnaround jumper in the paint by Beavers in the final minute to give Coker a commanding 41- 16 halftime cushion.
Koponen (5-of-9) and Beavers (4-of-6) led all players at the intermission with 12 and 10 points, respectively, on a combined 60-percent shooting accuracy. The Lady Cobras built its 25-point lead by shooting an impressive 51.5% (17-of-33) in the first period while holding St. Andrews to a chilly 24.1% (7-of-29).
Coker maintained control in the final stanza escalating its lead to 42 points (81-39) in the waning minutes before rolling to the 41-point victory.
Coker harassed SAPC into 26 turnovers that included 15 steals. The Cobras protected the ball well only committing 14 turnovers. Sophomore guard Jasmine Alston (Sumter, S.C.) was held to three points but she provided impact in the other areas of the game with five rebounds, five assists, and four steals. Koponen also had five rebounds and five assists while junior center Maija Castren (Vantaa, Finland) added nine points.
Knights' freshman forward Essence Chism (Garner, N.C.) grabbed a game-high eight rebounds and classmate Kayla McBath (Orlando, Fla.) pulled down seven boards as St. Andrews won the battle of the glass, 34-32.
Senior point guard Jaquese Smith (Raleigh, N.C.) scored a team-high nine points for the Royal Blue & White. Junior forward Lolonda Byrd-Davis (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) netted eight points and sophomore Megan Lee (Chillicothe, Ohio) recorded eight points. Sophomore shooting guard Brittany Roberts (Concord, N.C.) chipped in with five points, five rebounds, and three steals.
St. Andrews wraps up a three-game road swing to start 2010 at Erskine College (Due West, S.C.) in a Conference Carolinas clash scheduled to tip-off at 2 p.m. Coker concludes a two-game home stand on Saturday hosting league rival Queens University of Charlotte at 2 p.m.


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Local Bites is a partnership between TasteFresno and Mayor Swearengin to encourage Fresnans to support locally owned restaurants—it's a simple, yet effective way that we can all have an impact on our local economy!
How it works: Once a month, Mayor Swearengin will dine out at a local restaurant (on her own dime, of course!). You're invited to join, or create your own Local Bites night—to participate, simply make the commitment to dine locally about once a month.
Join us on Tuesday, June 5 for the final Local Bites! We'll be in Tower District at Pinot Wine Bar starting at 6:00 p.m.
Pinot is located on Olive Avenue, next to Tower Theater—see map for directions.


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The most popular baby names in Ireland have been released, with Jack once again holding the top position for the most trendy boys name. For baby girls, Emily secured the number one spot for the first time.
In 2011 there were 840 boys named Jack, while 596 girls were named Emily, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
An old-fashioned favorite which has made a strong come back, Jack has held the top position every year since 2007.
Sophie, Emma, Grace, and Lilly were among the top five names for girls. While James, Sean, Daniel, and Conor were among the top choices for boys.
Celebrities seem to be influencing parents' choices as Mason, the son of celebrity TV star Kourtney Kardashian, saw one of the biggest jumps in popularity.
Also, Lexi, a character from the ABC hospital drama Grey's Anatomy and teenage drama The Vampire Diaries, made its first entry onto the list.
Some key findings include:
-The top five boys' names (Jack, James, Sean, Daniel, and Conor) have made up the
top five since 2007.
-For boys where both parents were stated as being Irish nationals, Conor,
Jack, and James ranked joint first.
- There were four first time entries to the top 100 for boys: Mason, Donnacha,
Tommy, and Zach.
- Jack, Sean, and John account between them for 1,907 boys.
-For girls where both parents were Irish nationals, Emma was the most popular
-The name climbing most places in the year was Michaela, up 86 places in the year after exiting the top 100 in 2005
- In general, the tables show that girls are given a wider variety of names than boys.
According to the CSO figures, there were 74,650 births registered in 2011. In total there were 38,223 boys born and 36,427 girls.
This year's figures represent a 23.3 increase from 2002 when 60,521 babies were registered.


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Exchange Email Settings: Shortcode functions
In the Email Settings, you are provided with shortcode functions to use in both your Admin Notifications and the Customer Receipt Emails.
To add them to your emails, you'll use the following shortcode: [it_exchange_email show=DataToDisplay] After the "show=", you'll enter the name of the information you'd like to display, for example show=download_list will display the customer's list of download links.
Available Shortcode Options:
- download_list - A list of download links for each download purchased
- name - The buyer's first name
- fullname - The buyer's full name, first and last
- username - The buyer's username on the site, if they registered an account
- order_table - A table of the order details. Accepts "purchase_message" option (To show purchase message, use: [it_exchange_email show=order_table option=purchase_message] )
- purchase_date - The date of the purchase
- total - The total price of the purchase
- payment_id - The unique ID number for this purchase
- receipt_id - The unique ID number for this transaction
- payment_method - The method of payment used for this purchase
- sitename - Your site name
- receipt_link - Adds a link so users can view their receipt directly on your website if they are unable to view it in the email correctly.
So, for an example, if you set up your Customer Receipt Email like this:
This is what the email they receive will look like:
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Care, Care & Community in Morocco by Stephen Tristan Pickett
I woke up early to the sounds of roosters sounding off and the Adhan (Islamic call to prayer) began to ring out, washing the streets with its verses and gravelly voice, I smiled to myself. It was another morning in Morocco.
I had always dreamed of travelling abroad, and I finally had made it. As a senior in High School with a little bit of Arabic studies under my belt, I chose Projects Abroad's Moroccan programme. I had never met such a diversity of people, including my roommate.
My roommate's name was Mohammed, a Muslim from England. He rolled out of bed, beginning his early morning prayer while I tried to keep my eyes closed. As he finished, I crawled out of bed, gave up on resting any further and began to pack my bag for the day. The group we were part of, the 'two week special' or 'the specials' were going to Fez and the Roman Ruins outside of it, about a three hour ride away.
Mohammed and I showed up with our bags slung over our shoulders and sleepiness still masked over our faces. The rest of the group was almost assembled, each of us having a different way of dealing with the early hours. Youssef, a Bahrain 17 year old from Sweden, could be found spacing out, as his roommate Tommy looked wide awake, discussing some political or environmental or musical topic with the talkers.
The tour bus engine was idling, adding to the morning heat as the sun just began to crease over the Rabat city buildings. Everyone found a seat as we boarded. The talkers stayed awake chatting amongst themselves while the sleepers snoozed as we all made our way out of Rabat. The dusty streets fell behind replaced by beautiful rolling Moroccan vistas as we left the city limits, and I took the time to write in my journal and listen to Dave Matthews nonstop.
Everybody fell asleep in turn, including me. The sound of an engine has always put me to sleep and despite fighting as hard as I could, I fell asleep behind my sunglasses, sitting up and looking completely awake except for the slight drop of my jaw and head. After falling asleep I found out that Asmaa, one of the Projects Abroad staff, and her accomplice, Adil, had been taking pictures of the whole group sleeping.
All of the local staff and guides were amazing but Asmaa was one of the best. A great staff member and even better friend, Asmaa made Morocco one of the greatest things that I have ever experienced. With great care and almost a motherly touch, I believe she made everyone's, not just mine, trip worthwhile and something to remember forever.
As we made it to Fez, the third largest city in Morocco, we all began to awaken. The tour of Fez was amazing, if a little hot. What made Fez such a wonder and exciting part of the trip we made was it had the largest Medina (inner city) in the entire world. From my experience, I would believe that. We apparently only saw about a tenth of the Medina after what felt like several hours of strolling about.
We left the Medina in Fez to travel a short way up one of the nearby hills where a small shop made beautiful and complicated mosaics. Each mosaic was hand made with hours of concentrated hammer and chisel strikes, making small, almost quarter sized bits of coloured tile to fit perfectly inside the lush and intricate design of the mosaic.
After watching them work for a while, we went onto the Roman ruins. The bus ride was much shorter, only forty five minutes or so. We pulled up and quickly started our tour. The tour guide, a short but lively Moroccan, brought us about the ancient pillars and broken walls that made up the breathtaking sight that had thousands of years ago been a bustling and mazelike Roman Town.
We all took pictures of arches that made our jaws drop and scampered through and over fallen walls. The experience was amazing. Like many American students, I had spent many grades studying about Roman life, literature, and architect. To finally walk through it though, that was truly mesmerising.
After an hour or two we packed up and headed back to Rabat. Three hours later, Mohammed and I made our way through the bustling and loud streets of the Rabat Medina, passing beautiful wares and exotic items left and right. The Medina had several shops, all with items that an American couldn't find anywhere in his home country.
Because of people like Asmaa and the great detail that they put into the work they do, Morocco was probably the most amazing experience of my life. From the crowded but eye opening streets of Rabat to the intricate Medina in Fez to even the ruins of a Roman town, everything about Morocco is amazing and foreign.
Stephen Tristan Pickett
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Highlights From Dixie Carter Conference Call – Which WWE Star Would She Sign?
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Here are highlights from TNA Wrestling President Dixie Carter's media conference call promoting Impact Wrestlinggoing live on SpikeTV. Quotes edited for brevity. The full audio will go online in the coming days onwww.WrestleShark.com.
On bringing in Brooke Hogan: "This division is very important to me…for women to get out there and do this, I feel like we have to set a certain standard that needs to be better than anything else that's out there. We have the best female wrestlers on the planet…she has been living and breathing wrestling her entire life…she has gotten to learn and see…I remember being seven sitting there as my dad was talking business. She has always learned from this, she is a big star in her own right. We need somebody to help give them more exposure. She is not going to wrestle. One of the biggest things she will do for us is give the spotlight they deserve."
Biggest Challenge over the last 10 years: "if you're smart you listen to your fans and your criticism, you learn from it and you grow…I am so proud that in just a few short days we will be celebrating our ten years anniversary in this business…I have never been more proud to be associated with something in my professional career. I truly love the men and women who make up our roster…we have achieved so much in ten years. There isn't a person in this call who would have thought we'd be in business ten months, we almost didn't make ten weeks. More importantly right now, where we're going…I look back, we've made a ton of mistakes…both creatively and how we've approached certain things…. I think we're on a very good road…I don't think we've ever produced as quality television as we are right now."
New Format, PPV Plans, three hour specials? "Spike asked us last thanksgiving to take Impact to three hours. We thought quality over quantity…I think we're very comfortable with our programming being two hours. Do we need more programming? Absolutely."
PPV Format: "I'm not a fan of 12 PPV's…we've got some contracts we're looking to negotiate right now…every one will be something new and unique. We're hoping to evolve our PPV's"
Florida's wrestling history and going on the road: "It's interesting, I think there's all corners of the state that have rich history in the westling…as far as Orlando is concerned, I would rather be able to go live and stay there. Ultimately the plan is to go live and on the road…but I wanna be in business in another ten years and having this conversation with you….the touring market is soft right now. The live format will allow us to use the Universal format to it's full capacity and then take the viewers on a greater journey…."
Monday Night Live experiment: "We've got an incredible competitor with a 25 year head start on us…people watch television different from they did in the old Monday night Wars…I practically don't watch any shows during their first broadcast….I think there's going to be a shift in how we look at our ratings…"
WWE's attitude toward TNA? "To not acknowledge competition is ridiculous. Competition is absolutely critical to the success of any business…it doesn't matter what industry youre in, it makes you better, it makes you work harder…"
"Our thought is instead of trying to compete in the same form…lets try to be different, let's try to be unique, try to present our product…wrestling matters…it's not a dirty word. We're very excited about taking whats we do best …"
Wrestling company vs Entertainment company…are you under any pressure to tone down the product? "I think we do take all of those elements very seriouisly and try to present them in the right way, I think it is business as usual….to do something that is sexually offensive for it to be that way is ridiculous…too much blood means nothing, too much language means nothing…whatever happens has got to have meaning."
On their fan interaction: "One thing we do best is give people that personal experience up close. When they walk away, the comments that I read…that's the sentiment that I hear over and over again."
On the number of established stars on the independent circuit: "If it's a guy or a female who already have an established career…yes we are always looking at them. If it's a new person, that's what gut-check does so well…It's great television."
Do you expect the ratings to get better? "I don't expect that, I expect it will help us gain attention quicker in a new timeslot…"
"Created a six month story arc, such a commitment to structure and story…I think that's going to have an effect…it's just going to take some time. It's going to take some time for people to find us in the new timeslot, but it'll happen faster than it would any other way."
Ric Flair and Alex Shelley: "We really work hard to protect the privacy of our performers…with regards to Alex, the door is always open, we would love to see him back with us. With regard to Ric, I cannot say anything further."
Major Changes…the biggest challenge has been follow up. How do you intend to follow this? What would you like to see in the next ten years? "Who kidnapped Samoa Joe, what happened to the Jackie Gayda video tape?…that attention to detail is critical if we are to do our best work. There have been times in the past when we HAVE NOT been consistent in our follow up…being more consistent is going to be critical to our growth…I'm confident we can continue that."
Next step for growth: "Tomorrow is the new evolution of where our product is going…I;m just as excited as anyone to see where this is going to take us…It's going to be a journey, I'm excited about that Journey…this is an evolution, we will be evolving over time and I am excited about seeing where that is going to take us.
Was there anything that precipitated this change in direction? "No, it wasn't any one thing…we have some of the greatest characters on television, we just need to …give them free reign to cut loose. I think there will be a whole new slew of viewers who are proud to watch that wrestling show!"
On trying to avoid concussions: "It's a concerted effort and decision on the companies part…when people say wrestling is fake, I'm offended…I see the unbelievable pain these people go through….we've got to try and make what we do as safe as we possibly can."
After the success of Ring Ka King, is there any chance of a UK based promotion or spin off? "We're working on something as we speak. We're hoping to make an announcement very soon."
Lack of X Division: "We've had a lot of injuries which have effected some long term plans we have had…this is not a division you can just put anybody in…it's been disheartening for all of us over the last 12-13 months. Gutcheck, we are specifically looking for X-Division type wrestlers"
Why did TNA decide to bring the Lockdown Cage to the UK Tour? "We wanted to do something different…the UK tour is the beginning to our road to Lockdown…we wanted to give people a first hand live taste of just how exciting those could be."
"The United states fans can go to Univesal at any point…the UK is incredibly special for us, it's trul one of the highlights of the year. It's the first country that has given us a stamp of approval. We will never forget what the UK has done for our business and we will always give back in a big way."
Do you want to tour UK more? "Maybe twice a year or different cities every six months….more fan parties over there…I'd love to see a second tour every year in different cities."
Will we see more talent from the UK appearing on TNA?: "Doug Williams to some extent and Magnus he started on our UK Tour, Mark Haskins the same thing so I hope we do see local talent on this tour. Hopefully we'll continue to pick up more talent on that tour."
Six-sided Ring: "The truth of it is the wrestlers prefer the four sided ring…the more popularity MMA gets then there will be some confusion…We may use it when it's fitting."
Has she noticed a difference with Vince Russo gone? "I think Vince is a brilliant writer, I think he has a great creative mind…sometimes its just time for change, for somebody's life and for their company…I'm very happy with Vince's contribution to the company. I wish him nothing but the best."
"The change isn't Vince related…It's time to look at this with fresh eyes…it's time to take our product to a new level."
On first getting involved in TNA: "I was meant to do this…I was meant for Jeff Jarrett to walk into my life to take a meeting with him…I was blown away by the passion of these people…I just feel lucky to be a part of it."
Biggest contributor to success: "Quality of talent…I happen to think we have the best roster on the planet."
If you overtook WWE, would you hire Vince McMahon? "I'd consider that. I think he would have something to contribute, I'm not sure he would fit into our new structure though [laughs]…I think we already are the better company we're just not the biggest."
"There is always a good time to step back and have somebody come back fresh…try and take there character to another level. The single biggest challenge we have is we have so many people who deserve to be on TV every week. We've got to be more consciences about telling the story the right way."
On the talent and television product: "We're working very hard to make sure that whoever is on the show is on there for a reason…we've been guilty of not doing this in the past."
Who could be the next big star we haven't seen yet? "Where Bobby Roode is going…James Storm, I saw things in him that truly gave me goosebumps. I love the work he is doing. I think Bully is a fantastic example of someone reinventing himself."
Next step? "TNA as a brand we need to expand outside of wrestling…We've had a tremendous 10 years, we've overcome a lot of adversity and I think we are set to have a bright future."
If you could sign one WWE star, who? "The Rock…I think he's great, I love what he does in movies, I love the kind of exposure he brings to wrestling outside of what we do on television and I think that's magic."
From the full time roster: "I dunno, there's a lot of talented people, but I'm pretty content with who we have."
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Wapos Bay
Treasure Of The Sierra Metis
Talon, Devon and T-Bear come across a treasure map made by Sierra Metis, the last of the old-time gold miners from Wapos Bay, and embark on a quest to find a lost gold mine. But the machinations of some older girls on a scavenger hunt and a defective metal detector combine to teach the boys a memorable lesson about greed.
- program length: 22 minutes
- episode #134
Sunday, August 25 at 2:00 am on 12.2
additional airdates
- Tuesday, August 20 at 2:00 am on 12.2
- Saturday, September 28 at 7:00 pm on 12.2
upcoming episodes
- The World According To Devon
- A Time To Learn
- The Elements
- Alls Fair
- As The Bannock Browns
- Guardians
- Catch The Spirit
- All Access
- As Long As The River Flows
- Tricks And Treats
- The Hunt
- A Mother's Earth
- Partic-Inaction
- Going For Gold
- Raven Power
- Lights, Camera, Action!
- Dance Dance
- Raiders Of The Lost Art
- The Wapos Falcon
- The Hardest Lesson
- Dance, Monkey, Dance
- Making It Right
- Patients
- A Time For Pride
- Too Deadly
- Breakin Too
- It Came From Out There
- Time Management
- The Ways Of The Quiet
past episodes
- The Ways Of The Quiet
- The World According To Devon
- Catch The Spirit
- Partic-Inaction
- The Wapos Falcon
- Too Deadly
- Journey Through Fear
- They Dance At Night
- Something To Remember
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The Cree kids of Wapos Bay in northern Saskatchewan love adventure and their playground is a vast area thatÂs been home to their Cree ancestors. Hunting and gathering, dog sledding and shimmering northern lights are part of everyday but so are video games, TV and cell phones. Guided by elders, extended family and their own insatiable curiosity, three children learn how to balance modern life and ancient traditions as their discoveries unfold against the backdrop; winter, spring, summer, and fall. As they explore the world around them, the three children acquire some valuable lessons about respect, cooperation, honesty and tolerance. And of course, they also teach the adults a few things.


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Self drive or transfers in New Zealand?
This article will give you an insight on whether to self drive or take one of many transfer options.
While on vacation in New Zealand and/or Australia we often get asked if it's better to self drive or to include transfers to get from A to B. There are certainly advantages for both options. A concern for some people is driving on the opposite side of the road. Visitors from the US, Europe, a lot of South America, China and other right side driving countries may find the left hand side a little daunting at first, but driving in New Zealand and most of Australia you'll find the roads are relatively quiet and easy to navigate.
Having a driver or guide can take the worry out of this if it's a major concern for you along with the general ease of not having to drive. However if you enjoy driving you'll find some excellent drives particularly in the South Island of New Zealand and the South Coast of Australia – think Great Ocean Rd. With a driver/guide there are a few points to keep in mind, did you want just a driver, or a driver guide who will be able to give you commentary along the way about the surrounding area?
For those traveling with limited English – both New Zealand and Australia have a broad range of foreign speaking driver guides, from Russian speaking guides to Spanish, French and Italian. We have a database of professional guides covering almost all languages, or at least we've been able fulfill all requests to date!
One big positive of self-drive is the freedom you have to explore at your own pace and on your own timetable. This allows for all those stops you may want to make at different sights and locations. A deciding factor on whether you self drive or use the services of a driver/guide can often be cost. The cost between self-drive and driver guide options vary greatly. Self drive usually varies between hire car types and pick up locations. Hire cars can be a simple vehicle starting at approx NZ$60 per day to a luxury BMW SUV or simliar at approx NZ$450 per day. Smart Cars is one company offering luxurious car hire in New Zealand – a fantastic and comfortable way to see the country at your own pace for those wanting a little indulgence with their independence.
Transfers, drivers and guides also come in a range of luxury. As an example Black, Queenstown offers high-end transfers and guiding in luxury vehicles including Bentley's and Range Rovers. A full day with a driver/guide can cost upwards of NZ$1,000 – NZ$1,750+ depending on what was included and how far you want to travel. We use quite a few different operators throughout both countries so dependent on your requirements we'll have a solution for you. Luxury Adventures now also offers transfers and private tours in a 2011 Land Rover Defender 110. This vehicle is ideally suited to those people who know a little about the vehicle and its iconic history and is not everyones cup of tea, but we feel its quite suited to New Zealands rugged lanscape and of course the Luxury Adventures ethos.
Another money no object option to consider is helicopter transfers. This is probably the ultimate way to travel in New Zealand and parts of Australia (distances in Australia are far greater and helicopters are often not practical), but does come with some caveats. Weather is the most obvious 'spanner in the works' with helicopter transfers, think no see no fly as a rule of thumb so ideally you should have a driver/guide as a back up if you are considering transferring to multiple destinations via helicopter. Luggage and weight restrictions also come into play depending on how many people are traveling and the type of machine utilised. Also where to land is important and fortunately a large number of properties we utilise either have a heli pad on site or near by. We've taken all of these aspects and many more into consideration when planning our New Zealand helicopter vacation to give you an idea. Beyond helicopter transfers there are private jets. They are usually suitable for longer distances and again there are a lot of factors to consider here and I will detail these in another article.
There are certainly plenty of options when it comes to getting around New Zealand and Australia; it all depends on what suits your personal needs and taste and budget.


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Immunoassay Market by Technology (Enzyme, Fluorescent, Chemiluminescence, Radioimmunoassay) Worth $19.1 Billion by 2018 - New Report by MarketsandMarkets
Immunoassay Market report categorizes the global market on the basis of technology, applications, products, and end-users: http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/immunoassay-market-436.html.
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The "Immunoassay Market [Technology (Enzyme, Fluorescent, Chemiluminescence, Radioimmunoassay), Analyzers & Reagents, Applications (Infectious Diseases, Cancer, Endocrinology, Cardiology), End Users (Hospitals, Laboratory, Academics)] - Global Forecast to 2018" provides a detailed overview of the major drivers, restraints, challenges, opportunities, current market trends, and strategies impacting the global immunoassays market along with the estimates and forecasts of the revenue and share analysis.
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The global market is segmented by technology, application, product (analyzers and reagents), and end user. The global market, by technology, is further segmented into enzyme immunoassay, fluorescent immunoassay, chemiluminescence immunoassay, radioimmunoassay, and others. Enzyme immunoassay accounted for the largest share of the global market in 2012, owing to their long-term presence and high sensitivity. However, the chemiluminescence immunoassay market will see the highest growth in the next five years, which is attributed to the high-throughput and automation offered by CLIAs.
On the basis of application, the market has segments like oncology, infectious diseases, cardiology, bone and mineral, endocrinology, autoimmunity, toxicology, hematology (anemia), neonatal screening, and others. The infectious diseases segment commanded the largest share of 35.2% of the immunoassay market in 2012 due to the high specificity of immunoassay in diagnosing these diseases. Oncology will be the fastest-growing application owing to the high prevalence of cancer diseases worldwide and the development of a wide array of cancer biomarkers.
The Americas is the largest revenue generator for immunoassay, followed by Europe. Both markets have reached their maturity phase of growth and are estimated to register mid single-digit growth rates for the next five years. Asia-Pacific and LATAM are also expected to grow at a rapid pace during the analysis period owing to the urbanization, huge investment opportunities in these immature markets, and the growing numbers of diagnostic laboratories in these regions. The growth of the market will mainly be driven by countries like China and India that provide a large population base for companies. Moreover, increasing healthcare spending and government initiatives will propel the immunoassay market in these countries.
The immunoassay segment contributes about one-fourth to the IVD market and is valued at $13.0 billion in 2013. Immunoassay are characterized by high specificity, sensitivity, and low costs. It is estimated to be the second-fastest growing sector of IVD after molecular diagnostics. The immunoassay market will be driven by factors such as growing incidences of chronic and infectious diseases, increasing aging population, ongoing technological innovations, increasing demand for non-invasive diagnostic tools and techniques, and the identification and introduction of novel biomarkers.
The availability of novel tests based on condition-specific markers and increasing adoption of immunoassay tests in emerging countries are also factors that exhibit growth opportunities for the immunoassay market. There is also an increasing demand for Lateral flow (LF) tests due to the need for immediate medical information and the demand for rapid test results, easy and convenient access, accuracy, and sensitivity. Thus LF tests are driving the immunoassays market.
On the other hand, factors such as the increasing commoditization of certain immunoassay, stringent regulatory approvals, increasing pricing pressures on leading players, and reduction in healthcare budget will restrict the growth of the market.
Roche Diagnostics (Switzerland), Siemens Healthcare (Germany), Abbott Laboratories (U.S.), Danaher Corporation (U.S.), Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (U.S.), Alere, Inc. (U.S.), Sysmex Corporation (Japan), and DiaSorin S.P.A. (Italy) are the key industry participants. The immunoassay market is dominated by established players and is consolidated, with the top 5 players occupying more than 80% of the market. The market offers huge barriers for new entrants as the industry demands high capital investments for R&D and testing and manufacturing of products. Moreover, companies have to follow stringent regulations to get product approvals in various countries.
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Responding to a viewer question about why he's been silent on a just-completed six-month law enforcement investigation into Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility, top Fox News anchorman Bill O'Reilly replied on video, saying: 1) there's no hard evidence Obama isn't eligible; 2) Hawaii newspaper ads proved Obama was born there; and 3) he's just too busy to look into it anyway.
The statements from O'Reilly came in a "Backstage Conversation" piece for premium members of his website posted on YouTube, producing a flood of venom directed at both O'Reilly and Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz.
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Arpaio's volunteer "Cold Case Posse" of attorneys and retired police worked on the investigation, concluding that Obama's birth certificate image released by the White House very likely is a forgery.
NOTE: In case you missed the news conference of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "Cold Case Posse," you can view it here.
O'Reilly had responded to a question from Erin, who asked, "Why did you ignore Sheriff Arpaio's assertion that President Obama's birth certificate is a forgery?"
Said O'Reilly, "Well, because Sheriff Arpaio has not presented any hard evidence to back up his assertion. Secondly, I am very busy. I looked into the birth certificate myself and found out there were two separate birth announcements made in Honolulu newspapers on the day Barack Obama was born. It would be impossible for that to happen unless somebody was conspiratorializing the birth of a little mixed-race baby. If that were happening, then, I guess you could have birth announcements planted. But the odds of that , Erin, are about 29 gazillion to one."
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It's not the first time O'Reilly has address the birth certificate issue. It was about a year ago when he responded to a question about why Obama has a Social Security number that was assigned to someone with a Connecticut address when he never lived there.
O'Reilly said that likely was the result of his father having "lived in Connecticut." But when that statement proved to be filled with holes, the network scrubbed the audio from the website.
"His father lived in Connecticut for several years," O'Reilly had answered, adding that "babies sometimes get numbers based on addresses provided by their parents."
But no evidence has been found to indicate Obama's father ever lived in the state.
In reference to the points raised by O'Reilly, the investigation in Arizona by professional law enforcement officers and attorneys found that the newspaper listings for Obama's birth, which actually came days later, were not reliable.
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The listing in which the Obama birth announcements were published included babies who were born overseas. Also, children as old as 3 were listed as newborns, the investigators documented.
Consequently, the newspaper listings are "not credible" evidence of a birth in Hawaii, according to Mike Zullo, the lead investigator for Arpaio's team.
He told WND today that related evidence still is being compiled and is yet to be released. But he confirmed that "evidence" of an Obama birth in Hawaii because of a newspaper announcement is not reliable.
At ObamaReleaseYourRecords, a blogger pointed out that "at the time of Obama's birth and even still today, under Hawaii law, out of state children and even foreign-born children could/can easily obtain a Hawaiian [Certification of Live Birth.] That also would have triggered the newspaper announcements as they are produced from a list sent by the Hawaii [Department of Health], not the hospital or the parents/grandparents."
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The blogger continued, "As for O'Reilly's claim Sheriff Joe provided no evidence. That is an outright lie and anyone that watches the complete press conference can see that. Notice how O'Reilly fails to mention the forged Selective Service registration?"
At the FreeRepublic.com site, readers seem to be stunned by O'Reilly's response.
"He's very busy???" was all one poster had to say.
"Maybe someone should ask him a different question … are you one of the media figures who have been threatened by the government? Arpaio's chief investigator said that major media figures have told him they've been threatened with their FCC licenses being pulled, investigations by gov't agencies, etc. if they utter one little peep about the bc issue," added another.
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The information from Arpaio's press conference, which remains available online, already is being turned into an ebook, Zullo told WND earlier, to ensure people have access.
He said that sources during the investigation told him members of the media were threatened with federal investigations should they continue to report on the birth certificate issue.
"During our investigation, we actually were told [that media] had been threatened with FTC investigations. Commentators [had been] threatened with their jobs," Zullo said.
The threats were so intimidating that some individuals quit their positions over safety concerns for their families, he said.
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The problem became getting the information to the American people, he said, in the face of an intentional media blackout. The ebook provides details from the investigation, the evidence accumulated and the issues that remain for Arpaio and his investigators to pursue.
Readers were not pleased with O'Reilly, with "usar91B" stating, "Bill O'Reilly didn't even watch the presser so he doesn't know even the most basic facts, including the evidence that the posse presented and the response to questions about the birth announcements. … Anybody who claims they don't have time to address the biggest scam in this nation's history is either a liar or too stupid to know up from down. Or has been threatened."
Arpaio has confirmed the investigation will continue, but he could not say exactly where it will lead. He suggested a congressional investigation would be appropriate.
The investigative team has asked Arpaio to elevate the investigation to a criminal probe that will make available the resources of his Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
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The posse says it has identified at least one person of interest in the alleged forgery of Obama's birth certificate.
In fact, Zullo reported, "We have identified the computer manufacture, [and] where that document resided 20 minutes before it was uploaded onto the White House website."
The issue of Obama's birth certificate centers on his eligibility to be president, since the Constitution requires that a president be a "natural-born citizen."
The term is not defined in the Constitution, but at the time the document was written, many experts believe it referred to the offspring of two citizens of the country. Some critics say the place of birth is irrelevant, since Obama has written that Barack Obama Sr., his father, never was a U.S. citizen.
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Alinsky-style leftist ramps up effort to oust Sheriff Joe
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Obama backer arrested for death threats against Sheriff Joe
Justice Department blinks in battle against Sheriff Joe
Anti-Arpaio protesters ousted from meeting
Another protest against Sheriff Joe fails
Obama's harassment of Sheriff Joe
'Resign now' protest against Sheriff Joe fizzles
Sheriff Joe targeted for ouster
Sheriff Joe 'suspicious' of motive behind Obama attacks
Sheriff Joe to Obama: I'll keep doing my job
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text: Education / Students / Student National Medical Association Student National Medical Association The Student National Medical Association (SNMA) is the nation's oldest and largest student organization focused on the needs and concerns of medical students of color. Membership includes over 5,000 medical students, premedical students, residents and physicians. The History Established in 1964 by medical students from Howard University and Meharry medical schools, the SNMA boasts over 40 years of service to underserved communities and medical students. The Community SNMA has 135 chapters based at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools throughout the nation and at some colleges each of which implement educational, outreach, and mentoring activities consistent with the goals of the organization. Chapters belong to one of ten SNMA regions, each headed by a Regional Director. The Regional Director supports chapter programs and oversees a regional medical education conference, as well as other regional activities. The Goals SNMA programs are designed to serve the health needs of underserved communities and communities of color. In addition, SNMA is dedicated both to ensuring that medical education and services are culturally sensitive to the needs of diverse populations and to increasing the number of African-American, Latino, and other students of color and entering and completing medical school. SNMA is also committed to ensuring that students of color are encouraged to consider and prepare for medical and scientific careers. Our community service and mentoring programs provide science appreciation and education, mentoring and academic enrichment to elementary, junior high school, high school and college students interested in pursuing health-related careers. Annually, the SNMA hosts a national Medical Education Conference. Members from all the chapters are represented and events are aimed at educating, empowering, and supporting SNMA's medical student and associate members. The conference also includes programming planned specifically for SNMA's premedical membership. The SNMA is a member of The Alliance of Black Student Professionals. The Alliance is a coalition of black graduate and professional student organizations that strives to advocate for the interests of member organizations, and the members and communities they serve.


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Earlier today we had the opportunity to speak with Captain America: The First Avenger director Joe Johnston (stay tuned for our continued coverage from the interview).
We spoke about some of the challenges inherent in creating a period piece that has futuristic elements, updating a classic character for a modern age, the possibilities for a Captain America 2 and a Johnston-helmed film adaptation of The Winter Soldier, the Bucky Barnes story - and finally, Johnston's interest in a Boba Fett centered film.
Towards the end of our conversation I asked Johnston if his former boss and mentor, George Lucas, had seen the Captain America. The director gave us this somewhat surprising and thoroughly intriguing response:
"You know if he wants to see it, I would show it to him. I'm trying to get George to make a feature based on Boba Fett."
When asked if he would direct the film Johnston said simply, "I would like to, it would be a lot of fun."
Johnston began his career working as a storyboard artist for George Lucas - who recommended that the future director attend his own alma mater, USC film school, and continue to work for him. Johnston accepted the offer and went on to work for Lucas as a designer and visual effects art director on Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. He created the designs for some of the franchise's most beloved characters and vehicles including: Yoda, the Ewoks, The Millennium Falcon, The X- and Y-Wing Fighters, The Imperial Snow Walkers, The Imperial Star Destroyer - and of course: Boba Fett.
If Captain America is the critical and fan success that some are anticipating it will be, will Lucas be more inclined to legitimately explore the idea of:
A) Expanding the Star Wars Universe on the big screen, and
B) Handing over the reins to another director?
Will he feel safer with his character in the hands of one of its original creators, a man who has known him since before he was a college graduate? And will a fan base that has felt burned by the franchise in recent years welcome the opportunity to revisit the world through the lens of one of the most popular supporting characters in the Star Wars universe (and a different director at the helm)?
Finally, could Johnston be the man who will bring Star Wars back to the cinemas? There are certainly a number of unanswered questions and the project is undoubtedly in a nascent stage, but the possibilities are fascinating to consider -- plenty of successful films have sprung from far less fertile ground.
Captain America: The First Avenger opens this weekend beginning Friday, July 22nd.
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How High Can the PSA Go?
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How high can the PSA go? Is it a reflection of how much tumor is present?
Richard Whittington, MD, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, responds:
It is possible for the PSA to go to very high levels. There is no absolute maximum value. In fact, I have seen PSA values over 2000 ng/mL. As a rule of thumb, the higher the serum PSA, the more extensive the tumor, but this is not an absolute rule or a direct relationship. It varies from individual to individual. For example, a man with a PSA of 40 ng/mL does not have twice as much tumor as a man with a PSA of 20 ng/mL. It IS generally true, however, that a man's PSA will go from 20 to 40 when the tumor roughly doubles in size. Each person's tumor makes and leaks PSA at its own rate. Similarly, I have patients with PSAs over 300, yet who are alive without tumor 10 years after receiving radiation and hormones. Having said that, a smaller fraction of that group is alive than out of the group of men with PSAs of 10.
Another factor is that other things can make PSA rise. The first two abnormal PSAs I saw were before the test was approved, and both patients had bad cases of gonorrhea. These men's PSAs were about 100. A bladder infection will make it go up by 4 to 10 points. An injury to the prostate will make it go up. I had one patient who was a long-distance cyclist who told me that his PSA could be elevated by a long bicycle ride. Ischemia (lack of blood flow to tissue) of the prostate can make it go up. It is thought that this may be the cause of the "PSA bounce" (PSA goes up, then back down) that is sometimes seen after radiation, as a result of local scarring caused by the radiation.
One other thing to keep in mind is that tumor that recurs after being treated with hormones generally tends to make less PSA than that same tumor before exposure to hormones. So in a man who has a PSA of 20 and goes on hormones, if the tumor becomes hormone-refractory, it may have the same tumor burden but with a PSA of only between 5 and 15.


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Olympic champ Jansrud prevails in World Cupi super-G
KVITFJELL, Norway — Olympic champion Kjetil Jansrud of Norway overcame tricky racing conditions on his favorite home course to win a World Cup super-G race on Sunday ahead of Switzerland's Patrick Kueng.
Jansrud, who won gold in super-G at the Sochi Olympics last month, finished 0.26 seconds ahead of Kueng and 0.33 clear of Olympic downhill champion Matthias Mayer of Austria.
It was a third career World Cup win for Jansrud, who also earned a bronze in downhill at Sochi, and all of those victories have been in this Norwegian resort of Kvitfjell.
American Travis Ganong was confident after placing third in Friday's downhill and fourth in Saturday's downhill. But he was hampered by a late starting number — 28 — and the snow was falling hard when he failed to finish his run. Countryman Andrew Weibrecht, silver medalist in super-G at Sochi, was seventh and Bode Miller 12th, despite being faster than Kueng on the first two time splits.
Jansrud's win followed his victory in Friday's downhill, while Mayer took his second podium of the weekend after a third place in Saturday's downhill.
"Alpine skiing is not a sport where you can just turn up and win. There's a lot of people fighting for the victory all the time," Jansrud said. "Being able to grab two out of three is something extraordinary. It's a fantastic weekend for me."
Racers contended with overcast skies and visibility was made worse by persistent snowfall.
Several failed to finish, including Italy's Christof Innerhofer — a silver medalist in downhill at Sochi — and Czech skier Ondrej Bank, who had a heavy fall.
Hopes for a home podium double were dashed when overall World Cup leader Aksel Lund Svindal finished .44 behind in fourth place.
However, it was enough for Svindal to clinch the super-G title — he leads Kueng by 107 points with one super-G race remaining — and extended his overall lead to 77 points over two-time defending champion Marcel Hirscher. Svindal has already clinched the overall downhill title.
The 28-year-old Jansrud, who grew up near the course, has 14 career podiums, five of them in Kvitfjell.
Two years ago, he was on the podium for three straight days: Winning a super-G, finishing second in downhill and third in another super-G. Jansrud missed out on another home hat trick because he finished fifth in Saturday's downhill.
The 29-year-old Kueng secured a third podium finish of the season — he won a super-G at Beaver Creek and a downhill at Wengen — and fifth of his career.
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It was just a coincidence that the attack on the Benghazi consulate occurred on the anniversary of 9/11. We were told that it was really a "protest turned violent" over an anti-Islam video that had exactly seventeen views on YouTube, being uploaded two months before, averaging less than one view per day.
CIA director David Petraeus towed the party line and parroted this ludicrous YouTube story, backing up Obama in testimony to Congress.
At least until we found out that there was no protest.
At least until we found out that Obama had known it was a terrorist act in less than an hour with emails going directly to the White House Situation Room.
At least until we found out that the Obama administration had a live drone feed of the entire seven hour attack.
Then we found out the two former SEALS and then CIA operatives Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were told to repeatedly "stand down" and not help Ambassador Chris Stevens and the other Americans. But they disobeyed a direct order and went anyway, saving over twenty Americans, but paying with their lives.
Petraeus towed the party line with the video but refused to fall on the sword and say the CIA gave this stand down order, thus implicating that it was Obama who had denied help to both the consulate and CIA annex which later came under attack.
And when you cross a Chicago thug like Obama, payback is swift and lethal.
Petraeus needed to be taken out—but after the election—and before he was scheduled to testify under oath this time to Congress about what he knew about Benghazi.
Petraeus' resignation had nothing to do with an affair. In fact, the affair had been over for months. The FBI had been investigating literally thousands of emails that Petraeus had sent to his former paramour, biographer Paula Broadwell, for longer than that and could have dropped the guillotine months before if they wanted to.
It was rather about paybacks and keeping the American people in the dark about the real reason Petraeus had to be kept quiet about Benghazi: gunrunning. Gunrunning of tens of thousands of Libyan weapons to the al-Qaeda-linked Syrian rebels.
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RALEIGH, N.C. — State troopers say a Raleigh man thrown from his car after an accident crawled inside the wreck and kept himself warm before passers-by found him.
WRAL-TV reports passers-by called 911 Saturday morning after finding the wreck in north Raleigh. They found a man alone in the car and wrapped their coats and blankets around him until emergency personnel arrived.
Troopers said the man, identified as Ryan Truelove, couldn't tell them exactly when or how the wreck happened. However, troopers believe he had been outside for several hours.
The patrol said Truelove suffered extensive injuries when he was ejected from the car, but his injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.
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A painting by leading Scottish colourist John Duncan Ferguson is set to go under the hammer at Bonhams in Edinburgh next month.
The work, entitled The Rainbow, is expected to fetch in the region of £70,000 to £100,000 at the Scottish Art sale on Thursday, December 3.
The Rainbow was painted during Fergusson's 'Highland Tour' which he undertook in 1922 with his closest friend, John Ressich.
Embarking from Glasgow via Milngavie, they headed up the east coast to Aberdeen and then inland to Pitlochry, Loch Ness and over to the west coast, where they sailed around Skye. After heading to the Black Isle, they turned for home via Perthshire. Favourite spots included Loch Laggan, Arisaig and Loch Shiel, and some of his most topographical paintings to date were inspired by locations such as Glen Isla, Killiecrankie and Craig Coinach.
The trip produced 15 paintings which Ferguson worked up from sketches on his return and which were shown in his first solo exhibitions in Edinburgh and Glasgow the following year.
Bonhams head of Scottish Art, Chris Brickley said, "The Highland Tour paintings are remarkably positive and uplifting, but The Rainbow may also come as close to symbolism as he ever ventured.
''The location has never been identified and the work has a 'visionary' quality which at the time was completely unmatched in modern Scottish painting."


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Last night I, as I'm sure many of you did also, had the pleasure to watch Barry Levinson's documentary, "The Band That Wouldn't Die." The 60-minute film, part of ESPN's "30 for 30" documentary series, was a wonderful depiction of Baltimore's loss of the Colts, and subsequent years of futile efforts to get the NFL back in town, using the Baltimore Colts Marching Band as a centerpiece. (See trailers and rebroadcast schedule information here)
This piece was the absolute best that I've ever seen on the subject. Head and shoulders above what ESPN did last year with their "Greatest Game Ever Played" documentary on the 1958 NFL Championship, and better still than any short 5-10 minute segments that local B'More channels have put together in the last 25 years.
I am 27 years old. I have no memory of the Baltimore Colts. I've heard the stories countless times, and at this point I fell pretty squarely in the "get over it" category regarding the Colts' move to Indianapolis. The way Levinson told the story though, really articulated, better than anyone ever has, what losing the Colts meant to Charm City. I had heard stories about Robert Irsay – he was a drunk, an idiot, a lunatic. However, I wouldn't have known the guy from Adam, had you shown me his picture. The footage Levinson included, of Irsay being too drunk to open the door at BWI Airport, and his subsequent expletive-filled press conference/tirade/tongue-lashing of the Baltimore media, during which he declared that he had no intentions of "moving the god damned team," was something I had never before seen. I know now why my father's and grandfathers' blood boils at the mere mention of the name Irsay. I understand why it seems like so many in Baltimore are unable to "get over it," despite having a great new NFL team to root for. And I HATE that drunken moron more than I ever have, for denying me the opportunity to root for the same team that men in my family and city did for 30 years.
As I heard one radio announcer put it today, (and I'm paraphrasing) "it's like losing a family member. Everyone loses family members, but that doesn't mean you love new additions to your family any less. Such is it with Baltimore and the Colts and Ravens."
The story of the Baltimore Colts Marching Band, their 13 years of limbo, and their re-branding as Baltimore's Marching Ravens, is a tale of civic pride and love that should be required viewing for any fan, of any sport, in any city.
If you didn't catch it the first time around, make sure to clear your schedule or set your DVR for one of the times listed at the above link. You'll be glad you did.
Thank you, Barry Levinson.