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New Facility to Support Expanded Workforce as Company Moves Forward Five Late-stage Development Programs to Commercialize Four Drug Candidates
PHILADELPHIA, PA, December 12, 2012 — Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC, a Philadelphia-based pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapeutic products, today announced the opening of its new environmentally friendly corporate headquarters in Philadelphia's Navy Yard Corporate Center. This milestone is part of the Company's long-term growth plan as it advances its late-stage pipeline of lower dose submicron non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) towards commercialization.
"The success of Iroko Pharmaceuticals mirrors the growth and transformation of the historic Philadelphia Navy Yard itself, a place we have called home since founding this company five years ago," said John Vavricka, President and CEO of Iroko Pharmaceuticals. "Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our talented employees, we have made tremendous progress towards our mission of developing pain management therapies that address unmet needs of patients through the application of innovative technology. With a robust pipeline of multiple late-stage drug candidates, the future for Iroko is bright and our new headquarters will enable us to achieve our potential through the pioneering spirit of our employees."
The 56,412 square foot, four-story facility is built to be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold-certified and applies sustainable design principles to key LEED categories, including energy and atmosphere, materials and resources and indoor environmental quality. Built predominantly with locally-sourced materials, the state-of-the-art facility will serve as the company's global headquarters. The building was designed to accommodate about 180 employees at maximum capacity.
"Iroko represents a growing presence within Philadelphia and The Navy Yard's business landscape, and provides critical economic momentum to the region by triggering job growth at an important time," said Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter at the Iroko opening ceremonies.
Iroko is at the forefront of developing lower dose submicron NSAIDs, using proprietary SoluMatrix™ technology, designed to provide effective pain relief at lower doses than existing commercially-available NSAIDs. NSAIDs are among the most widely used medications for treating pain and inflammation, however, many currently-available formulations have been associated with significant dose-related safety concerns.
"Iroko was built on an ambitious yet simple vision, which is to bring meaningful therapeutic improvements to patients and physicians by utilizing scientific innovation to optimize widely-used and trusted medications," said Osagie Imasogie, Iroko Chairman and Senior Managing Partner of Phoenix IP Ventures. "Our new headquarters is symbolic of the huge strides we have made as a company in five short years and demonstrates our commitment to building a strong future for our company and our local community."
About the Philadelphia Navy Yard
The Navy Yard is a 1,200 acre, dynamic urban development, offering the Philadelphia region a unique and centrally-located business campus with an uncompromising commitment to sustainability. The Navy Yard is home to over 120 companies and 10,000 employees in the office, industrial, manufacturing, and research and development sectors, occupying 6.5 million square feet of real estate in a mix of historic buildings and new LEED® certified construction. In its master developer role at The Navy Yard, The Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation's (PIDC) Real Estate Group manages all aspects of the property's management and development, including master planning, leasing, property management, infrastructure development, utility operation, and structuring development transactions.
About Lower-dose Submicron NSAIDs
The risk of adverse events, including ulcers, gastrointestinal bleeds[1], and cardiovascular events[2] associated with currently marketed NSAIDs is higher among patients receiving higher doses and longer duration of treatment[3]. Iroko is at the forefront of the development of lower dose submicron NSAIDs – novel formulations of NSAIDs that are designed to potentially provide effective pain relief at lower doses than existing commercially available formulations. These submicron NSAIDs are being developed using iCeutica, Pty Ltd SoluMatrix™ technology, licensed to Iroko for exclusive use in NSAIDs. SoluMatrix™ alters the pharmacokinetic absorption properties of NSAIDs by reducing drug particles to finer particles that are at least 10 times smaller than standard NSAID drug particles, thereby enhancing the drug dissolution and absorption properties.
About Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Iroko is a pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapeutic products. The company acquires, develops and maximizes the potential of currently marketed products on a global basis through focused selling and marketing efforts and product-life-cycle management activities including development of new formulations that meet patient needs. In addition to Iroko's marketed products which are marketed in 48 countries, the company has a robust pipeline with several late-stage NSAID submicron technology candidates using the proprietary SoluMatrix™ platform. For more information, visit www.iroko.com.
About Phoenix IP Ventures
A fully-integrated Private Equity and Venture Capital Fund which specializes in life sciences, principally in the pharmaceutical sector, the Firm acquires intellectual property protected assets that meet its criteria for value maximization. Phoenix IP Ventures works in collaboration with major players in the financial community to scale its own proprietary investments in transactions identified and managed by the Firm.
Lisa Gray, Phoenix IP Ventures/Iroko Pharmaceuticals, 267-765-3233
Media Contact: Jessica Donnelly for Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC, 212-798-9819
[1] Rahme E et. al. (2001 Aug). Cost of prescribed NSAID-related gastrointestinal adverse events in elderly patients. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 52(2): 185–192.
[2] Howes LG. (2007 Oct.) Selective COX-2 inhibitors, NSAIDs and cardiovascular events – is celecoxib the safest choice? Ther Clin Risk Manag, 3(5), 831-845
[3] Risser A. (2009 Dec). NSAID Prescribing Precautions. Am Fam Physician. 80(12):1371-1378.
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Barbara & Donald
Barbara Collier and Donald Mitchell's Honeymoon Registry
Fiji Islands
|This is a sample registry
"Well Wishes" From Our Family & Friends
|"Cindy and I wish you much happiness in your new marriage. Congratulations and best wishes for a long and happy life together.
- Phil and Cindy Eichenholz
|"Congratulations! So happy for you!"
- Mike &Rae-Ann Daniel
|"You have too much fun to have to worry about cooking. You remind me of myself and Bob. You are truley soul mates!"
- Renee
|"Best wishes and a lifetime of happiness."
- Kevin and Andi Damron
|"Congratulations and Best Wishes on a wonderful life together."
- Diann and Tim Litsch
|"Congratulations on the beginning of your new life together. We didn't want ya'll to go hungry or thirsty while in fiji."
- Mira Healthcare - Horizon
|"Congratulations! You all are two fine, lucky people. Wishing you nothing but the Best!"
- Mackenzie and Jason Crockett
|"So happy for you guys!! Have a great trip!"
- Brian and Amy Woods
|"To a great couple! Have a wonderful time in Fiji."
- Mack and Sandra Griffith
|"We hope you have a wonderful honeymoon to kick off your new life together! We wish you many years of happiness ahead."
- Sarah and Wayne
|"Congratulations! So happy for both of you. Hope there are many years of happiness. So with this meal realize we wish we were there with you for the evening. But cheers to y'all. Hope you enjoy."
- Michael and Betsy Swoner
|"Congratulations and Best Wishes for a lifetime of love &happiness!!!"
- Donna Scott
|"Congratulations! We wish you the best and happiness forever!!!"
- Neil and Dana Neal
|"Wishing you many years of happiness!"
- Dan and Dean Akin
|"Nothing but best wishes!"
- David and Carolyn Brown
|"I am so disappointed that I cannot attend.
I wilsh you the most wonderful day and the best
life together!"
- Love, Paula
|"Barry and I are so incredibly happy for the two of you and wish you God's blessing on your marriage and life together, as well as safe travels on your honeymoon."
- Barry and Terry Brasfield
|"We wish you lots of happiness together. We will not be able to join you on your wedding day, but our thoughts and best wishes will be with you. And hope to see you soon - for a session of food, drink and merrymaking."
- Hanna and Jerzy
|"Bobby and I love happy hour.....best time of the day. Wishing you a long, happy marriage:)"
- Lenee and Bobby Allison
|"Have Christmas drinks on us and later enjoy a relaxing massage on your honeymoon."
- Mom and Roy, Wayne and Wendy
|"Enjoy "Drinks At Sunset" for Christmas, but save them for your honeymoon. Then while your in Fiji celebrating your marriage, enjoy a "Meal prepared by Caretaker of the Villa" on us. Congratulation to you both. We love you."
- David, Karen &Family
|"Congratulations and enjoy! We can't be there in January to celebrate with you in person, but we'll be cheering for you! We wish you all the best and happy holidays as well -"
- Sarah and Virginia
|"Best wishes to the both of you!!!! So very happy for you both!!! Have fun scuba diving, I know you guys will have a blast!!!"
- Debbie Richmond
|"Congratulations! Have a great time in Fiji and have a few drinks on us.
p.s. We still have a bottle of wine waiting for the two of you!"
- Love, Greg &Billie Jo
|"Congratulations Don and Barb:
We wish you both a wonderful life together and every possible happiness. We can't wait to celebrate joining your lives as a couple. We know how much you love to Suba Dive, so this is our gift to you. Enjoy and have fun!!"
- All our love Dad and Mary-Ellen
Thank You for visiting our honeymoon bridal registry and wedding website. We decided to use this honeymoon bridal registry to allow us to pre plan all the wonderful things we want to do on our dream honeymoon. If you have any questions about how our honeymoon bridal registry works, please contact a honeymoon registry specialist at 858-433-1506 and they can help with our wedding registry list. Again, Thank You so much for using our honeymoon bridal registry and wedding website. Most of all, thank you for being part of our wedding and helping us have the romantic honeymoon and wedding we've always imagined.
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Kawasaki V-Twin engine
Fully pressure-lubricated, twocylinder Kawasaki engine with oil pump and oil filter. Powerful and quiet.
Electric engagement of cutting blade/s
Easy engagement of cutting blade/s; simply pull the switch on the control panel.
Hydrostatic transmission with locking differential
The pedal operated hydrostatic transmission offers a smooth, variable forward and reverse speed while the standard automatic locking rear differential increases traction while cutting on slopes or wet grass.
Pedal-operated hydrostatic transmission
Speed and direction are managed by pedals, which lets you keep both hands on the steering wheel, for optimum driving control.
Reinforced Cutting Deck
The stamped cutting deck is reinforced with heavy flat-stock steel for added strength and durability on the leading edge and trim side. (48" shown)
Adjustable sliding seat
Unique seat platform automatically changes height as seat is moved forward or rearward to optimize operator position.
Reinforced cutting deck
The steel reinforcement bars on the edges of the cutting deck gives improved durability.
Powerful air stream
The ventilated Air Induction cutting deck gives an extra powerful air stream for outstanding cutting and collecting of grass as well as leaves.
"Step-through" ensures comfortable and easy mounting and dismounting.
Visible fuel level
Transparent fuel indicator makes it easy to check fuel level.
Deck Wash Port
Connect your water hose to the port to clean the underside of your deck.
BioClip® kit/cover accessory
Makes it possible to convert your mower to BioClip®, which means that the grass is cut into small pieces that quickly decompose and return to the lawn as fertiliser, also making the lawn more drought resistant.
Dual draglinks
Gives tighter turning radius and improved manoeuvrability.
Makes the tractor more visible and allows you to work when it's dark.
Safety switch under seat
The tractor is equipped with a safety switch under the seat. If the driver leaves the seat the engine and cutting deck are automatically switched off.
Air Induction
Our innovative Air Induction mowing system draws clean air from the top and bottom of the deck, enhancing air flow which results in greater grass lift and superior cut.
Cruise control
Allows the tractor to maintain consistent speed, even in rough terrain.
Easy-access fuel cap
Refueling doesn't require engine hood to be opened.
Hour meter with service minder
Indicates when it's time to service your mower.
Adjustable sliding seat
Adjustable while seated; seat moves forwards and backwards.
Anti-scalp wheels
The cutting deck is equipped with anti-scalp wheels, which reduces the risk of scalping when cutting uneven lawns.
Fender-mounted cutting height adjustment
Convenient fender mounted deck lever is spring assisted for easy operation.
Powder-coated Deck
Powder-coated deck for improved durability and corrosion resistance.
Pivoted front axle
Pivoted front axle provides driving comfort and superior access even in hilly terrain.
Water hose connection
Facilitates cleaning of the cutting deck. Attach the hose, turn on the water and start the engine and you will get a cleaner deck. For optimum results, clean the mower directly after use.
Heavy cast front
Heavy cast front axle provides superior balance and stability, even with a collector.
Robust steel chassis
Built on a robust steel chassis, ensuring maximum durability and sturdiness.
High Back Seat
The high back seat offers added comfort and support while mowing. Can be supplemented with armrests.
Wide tyres
Wide tyres put less pressure on the ground and facilitate superior access.
Protects the front of the tractor effectively.
Ergonomic steering wheel
Comfortable steering wheel, angled for optimal driver's position.
Collector accessory
Available for selected models in two or three bin format (subject to deck size).
Cup holder
Cup holder for refreshments while mowing.
First-class cutting deck
For maximum performance and efficiency.
Reverse Operating System (ROS)
For improved safety. The ROS disengages the cutting blades when driving in reverse.
Accessories are available
Our versatile tractors can be fitted with accessories, for example, tilt trailer.
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|Engine name
|FR Series
|Power output
|13.42 kW
|Power output
|18 hp
|28 Ah
|Power/fuel type
|Fuel tank volume (with reserve)
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|Cutting width
|107 cm
|Anti-scalp wheels
|Seat material
|Front-End Protection
|Tube Bumper
|Hour meter type
|Digital with pre-programmed service intervals
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|Steering wheel type
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|BioClip® kit/plate
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|Sound and Noise
|Sound power level, guaranteed (LWA)
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|Sound power level, measured
|99 dB(A)
|Sound pressure level at operators ear
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Obama won, but Obamacare didn't
During the campaign, President Barack Obama minimized discussion of his first term's most consequential new law: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or what's commonly referred to as Obamacare.
That was no accident. Undoubtedly, the campaign knew that Obamacare is, as it always has been, deeply unpopular with the American people. In fact, Obamacare epitomizes the public's greatest concerns about this administration: the massive expansion of government and failure to deliver a new era of post-partisanship to Washington, since the law was jammed through using a party line vote and every available legislative trick. Bringing up health care risked stirring the passions that fueled the tea party's rise and the Democrats' defeat in 2010.
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Yet, research conducted by the polling company, inc./WomanTrend for Independent Women's Voice (IWV) shows that health care was an important concern for Americans on Election Day. The president was reelected in spite of voters' lingering distaste for Obamacare, and the health care issue will remain a critical issue for voters moving forward.
Just a quarter, or 26 percent of those surveyed by the polling company on Election Day supported implementing Obamacare completely. Even less than half (48 percent) of self-identified Democrats want full implementation, suggesting that the health care law remains a liability, even within the president's party.
Forty-three percent of voters surveyed want Congress to either "just repeal the law" (30 percent) or move toward repeal, while pursuing other measures - including defunding, amending, and blocking - to prevent its implementation (13 percent). Another quarter (23 percent) favor amending the law, rather than full repeal.
Jobs and the economy was the hands-down winner (at 41 percent) as the issue most often cited by voters asked what issue was most important for determining their vote. But health care was the second most often cited issue (at nine percent), followed by "government programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid" (eight percent), and "government spending," both of which could include concerns about Obamacare.
When asked specifically about the role health care played in determining their vote, two-thirds (67 percent) of voters said it was "very important" that the candidates they supported want to "repeal and then replace" the new health care law. Only five percent of voters thought this was "not at all important." Indeed, on this measure, 2012 voters echoed 2010 voters in identifying Obamacare as a key symbol of government overreach.


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Offering seeds at the lending library is the very manifestation of potential. With just a flick of the library card, anyone can collect instructions for a plant (the seed) and instructions for helping the seed grow (a gardening book). In addition to seeds and gardening guides, library staff and volunteers who know a great deal about local gardening are on hand. They will not, however, tend your garden for you.
Offering seeds at the lending library is the very manifestation of potential. With just a flick of the library card, anyone can collect instructions for a plant (the seed) and instructions for helping the seed grow (a gardening book).
Sadly, seeds and a book are not a complete garden. There are a few essentials the library does not carry. For starters, gardens need soil with organic content, which much of our town is pretty lean on. Water is crucial. A container might be in order, and possibly some tools. Patience, luck and persistence help tremendously. You may need a buddy, too, because if you leave town without having someone look after your plants, you will come home to something like Carthage after the Romans, with nary a whiff of vegetation remaining. Last but not least, because this is a seed lending program, you need commitment and follow-through to let some plants go to seed, collect the seeds and return them to the library.
If all that starts to sound daunting, hang on to your sun hat—there is more good news. ABC Seed Library has additional resources, going far beyond the printed and e-printed instructional materials. They are also hosting a series of garden-related events, including Master Gardener Q&A on Saturdays, introduction to seed starting, how to create a wildlife habitat, home composting, seed saving and food preservation. More topics will be announced in the future. These events are free and open to the public; all you really need is to know where and when to show up. Check the library website for the details.
Brita Sauer, Juan Tabo Branch Manager and seed librarian, says there are plans for a demonstration garden right there in front of the Juan Tabo Library building, so visitors will be able to see exactly how all this works. When asked the obvious question—Why does the public library have seeds?—Sauer identified a combination of motivating factors. "It's trending in libraries right now. Libraries are expanding with community interests to stay current as a public resource, and gardening is big. People are a little divorced from the food chain, and this is a way to reconnect." She may have understated by calling this a trend. A list provided by California's Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library puts the number of US seed libraries at nearly 250, with many more globally. New Mexico alone hosts at least seven seed libraries, including one in Rio Rancho and one in Albuquerque. Sauer went on to describe the cycle of planting and saving seeds as a different type of local history. This is a literal manifestation of the notion that history is written by the winners: Only plants which survive to the end of this season and make seeds of their own will be part of next year's garden. Further, when you return seeds to the library, what has grown in your yard this year could grow in the yards of many other library patrons next year.
Gardening has a long tradition as a community activity, and the seed library offers us a new way to create community while exploring gardening. Sauer observed that attendees of the seed library events "come together to discuss gardening ... and everything else." Experienced gardeners and first-timers share information freely and generally have a good time getting to know each other. Those with gardening and seed-saving experience are encouraged to get involved, including donating locally collected seeds to the library. Even if you have a "brown thumb" and your soil is 90 percent goatheads, the Seed Library is ready to help you learn to garden. Begin by digging up your library card.


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History has left its footprints across Central Java , an area rich in culture and tradition descending from a powerful Hindu and Buddhist past, and more recent Islamic influences. Due to its colorful past, Central Java has become the place it is today--a beautiful area full of modern amenities yet still retaining its tranquility and peace.
Under the Syailendra and Old Mataram Kings in the 8th and 10th centuries the early Javanese culture flourished, and it was during this period that Borobudur temple was built. On the 10th century, Majapahit kingdom based in East Java began to gain dominance. After the fall of Majapahit, Demak in 15th century, and Islamic based kingdom, started to rise.
New Mataram kingdom appeared on the 16th century. However Dutch came to this area then and began to colonize it. Even after Indonesia proclaimed its independence, Dutch still tried to take over, in vain.
Central Java became a province in Indonesia on July 4, 1950.Entry
An extensive network of good roads and railway links major cities and villages. Airport both in Semarang and Solo and the major seaport in Tanjung Emas, on the North of Semarang and a natural harbor in Cilacap provide national and international access. Door to door travel minibuses are available to and from Java and Sumatra Island.
People & Culture
Also known as the center of Javanese culture, Central Java is mostly populated by Javanese. Solo and Jogjakarta are still the center of two Javanese kingdoms that are still respected even until now. Needless to say, the Javanese still value tradition.
Chinese, Arabian-Indonesian, Sundanese can also be found in this province.
Every city has its own culinary specialties. When traveling around be sure to visit a nearby restaurant and bring along a camera to capture the unique dishes!
In Semarang for instance, try the lumpia, this spring roll is best served hot with a hot chili or sauce. Bandeng presto, made of milkfish, is also delicious and nourishing.
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Jl. Madukoro Blok BB/1D Semarang 50144
Phone. (024) 7608570-2, 7613180, 7613181
Fax. (024) 7608573
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I am this week at the Jersey Shore celebrating a cousin's 50th wedding anniversary. We toasted, they talked, their children shared anecdotes, and what I realize is, it's the little things that keep a family connected.
It's finding that special juice that one likes and getting them one for their very own. It's the touches. And the ability to lean a head on the other's shoulder. It's the whispered I love yous. And the laughs when there is chaos. And the commitment to the very simple, but not always easy act of being kind. It's the knowing that the other is there when you need them and the knowing when to walk away in silence. It's the big support group that surrounds the union and gives them a chance to regroup. It's the willingness to let it all show – the tears, the laughs, and everything in between. It's the being there for the big things and the little things too, and knowing that in 50 years it's not all fun and games but it's satisfying nonetheless. It actually can be mostly joy. It's the being there for each other, the serving as witness to life's ups and downs. And the willingness to sigh, forgive, let go and move on. It's the daily gratitudes for the things big and small and the willingness to sometimes look beyond a singular act or mood, and see the reason behind it – be it fatigue or hunger or overwhelm. And it's the hug that says, "I'm here when you need me."
It's inspiring to see a couple together this long who still feels such love for each other and who are still so demonstrative about it. And to see the trickle effect of their big love on all the people gathered here at their party, young and old. It inspires us all to love bigger, truer and to appreciate the people that are right under our noses. I want to celebrate 50 years one day. And in the meantime I'm going to try to celebrate one year, month, week, day at a time.


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The fossil was discovered in present-day Kansas. CAT scan and X-ray synchrotron microtomography were used initially to examine the fossil skull, revealing a dense, symmetrical object inside -- the brain. Further work at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France was able to show features as detailed as the optic nerve. We'll talk about the project and what it tells researchers about the evolution of the brain.


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MLB trade rumors: Drew leaving Red Sox, report says
Free agent SS Stephen Drew will not re-sign with the Boston Red Sox, according to ESPNBoston.com.
"There are a number of teams willing to make multiyear offers for his services beyond anything Boston would do," the report says.
Drew, who turns 31 in March, played for the Red Sox in 2013 on a one-year, $9.5-million deal. He hit .253/.333/.443 with 13 home runs and eight triples while playing solid defense. But he struggled at the plate in the postseason.
Agent Scott Boras says several teams are interested in Drew.
"Obviously, if you want to win, and you want a middle-of-the-diamond player - and a lot of really, really good teams need upgrades in the middle of the diamond - he's got a very active, very large market," Boras told ESPNBoston.com.


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The applicant must submit the application or petition to the Secretary of the Commission in accordance with filing procedures posted on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov.
(a) If the applicant seeks to protect any portion of the application, or any attachment thereto, from public disclosure, the applicant must make its filing in accordance with the Commission's instructions for submission of privileged materials and Critical Energy Infrastructure Information in § 388.112 of this chapter.
(b) If required, the applicant must submit information specified in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of § 33.3 or paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) of § 33.4 on electronic recorded media (i.e., CD/DVD) in accordance with § 385.2011 of this chapter, along with a printed description and summary. The printed portion of the applicant's submission must include documentation for the electronic information, including all file names and a summary of the data contained in each file. Each column (or data item) in each separate data table or chart must be clearly labeled in accordance with the requirements of §§ 33.3 and 33.4. Any units of measurement associated with numeric entries must also be included.


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Officers named for Mostly Bluegrass Society
The Mostly Bluegrass Society has named Jim Caulder as its president for this year. Willis Alston was selected as vice president and Tom and Ellen Freeman were elected as new directors.
The Mostly Bluegrass Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of traditional music performed live. The group meets from 5:30-8 p.m. every Friday at the Shallotte Senior Center.
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People's #1 fear when shaking the hand of a robot: having it mash their digits like Popsicle sticks. Two Stanford grad's solution: coat the robo-hand in the same material used in touch-screen phones to give it a precision grip.
Stanford University grad students, John Ulmen and Dan Aukes, have designed and built just such a four-fingered manipulator. Well, not so much built as printed— each of the four, tri-jointed fingers was produced using a 3-D printer before being wrapped in the touch-sensitive "skin." This allows the robot to recognize when its grip is strong enough to not drop what it's lifting but simultaneously prevent it from getting... over-enthusiastic.
"We've taken advantage of these [smartphone tactile display] technologies," said Pablo Garcia, an SRI robot designer and project design lead, "and we're banking on the fact they will continue to evolve and be made even cheaper."
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
Cost of New Hepatitis C Drug Too High: Experts
Some health care experts are questioning whether a recently-approved hepatitis C drug is worth $1,000 a pill.
The price set for Sovaldi by manufacturer Gilead Sciences Inc. makes it a "low value" treatment in comparison to the cost of using older drugs, the California Technology Assessment Forum voted Monday, the Associated Press reported.
Using Sovaldi instead of current hepatitis C drugs would boost California's drug costs by $18 billion to $29 billion a year, according to the fourm, which is an insurance industry-associated group that gauges the cost and effectiveness of new treatments.
A final report on Sovaldi is expected to be released by the forum next month, along with its conclusions about another new hepatitis drug called Olysio, from Johnson & Johnson.
Sovaldi, which was approved late last year by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is taken once a day and cures between 80 and 90 percent of patients. Previous standard treatments for hepatitis C required taking up to 12 pills a day, which is effective in about 75 percent of patients, the AP reported.
While Sovaldi was enthusiastically received by doctors due to its convenience and better results, some health providers and patient groups are starting to question its cost. A 12-week course of the drug costs $84,000, and some patients need to take two courses.
State Medicaid providers should deny coverage for the drug until Gilead lower the price, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation said in January. It said that the drug's price "will unnecessarily drive up health care costs and limit access to potentially lifesaving care," the AP reported.
"AHF believes that the price Gilead is charging for Sovaldi is not remotely justified. For one, it is exponentially more expensive than medications for other severe chronic conditions," the group said.
For example, the cost of Sovaldi is 1,100 percent more than the $80 per pill that Gilead charges for its most costly HIV drug, Stribild, according to the foundation.
Gilead provides financial assistance to patients who aren't able to afford the drug and related insurance costs, a company spokeswoman told the AP. She added that many private insurers are already covering the drug.
7 Million Americans Have Artificial Joints: Study
More than two percent of Americans, or seven million people, have artificial hips or knees, a new study says.
Among people over age 50, five percent have a new knee and more than two percent have a new hip, according to the findings presented Tuesday at a meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Associated Press reported.
Each year in the U.S., people receive more than 600,000 knee replacements and about 400,000 hip replacements. However, this is the first study to examine how many Americans currently have joint replacements.
"They are remarkable numbers," study leader Dr. Daniel Berry, chairman of orthopedic surgery at the Mayo Clinic, told the AP.
The number of Americans with joint replacements is expected to rise as the population ages. One reason for the increase is that people have become less willing to put up with painful joints and know that joint replacements can help them, Berry said.
The number of knee replacements among Americans ages 45 to 64 more than tripled over the last decade, and nearly half of hip replacements now are in people younger than 65, according to federal government data.
Joint replacement is not for "anybody who has pain in the joint," Berry told the AP. He explained that it won't help people who have arthritis-related pain and stiffness but no joint damage.
People need to try exercise, medicines and weight loss before they consider joint replacement, Dr. Joshua Jacobs, chairman of orthopedic surgery at Rush University Medical Center and president of the orthopedic surgery association, told the AP.
Medicare Drug Plan Changes Withdrawn by White House
Proposed changes to the Medicare prescription drug program have been withdrawn by the Obama administration after strong opposition from patient groups.
The changes would have included removal of three classes of drugs -- antidepressants, antipsychotics and immune system-suppressing drugs used in transplant patients -- from a special protected list that guarantees seniors access to a wide number of important medications, the Associated Press reported.
It was estimated that the changes would save a total of $729 million by 2019. However, the proposal met heavy resistance from patient groups such as the National Alliance on Mental Illness and the National Kidney Foundation.
In a letter to Congress on Monday, Medicare administrator Marilyn Tavenner said the White House will not proceed with the changes, the AP reported.


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Band Concert Set for April 8 at Washington Pavilion
The Augustana Band and the Augustana Wind Ensemble will perform a Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 8, at the Washington Pavilion's Mary W. Sommervold Hall.
Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for non-Augustana students and seniors. Tickets are free for those with a valid Augustana ID. Tickets are available at www.augietickets.com.
The concert will feature student soloists Michael King, oboe, and Joanna Qualm, flute, and will include a guest performance by the Heartland Handbells under the direction of Jack Mohlenhoff.
The concert will also feature the Augustana College/Community Concert Band.
The Augustana Band and Wind Ensemble are under the direction of Dr. Bruce T. Ammann and The College/Community Concert Band is under the direction of Dr. Paul R. Schilf.
The Augustana Band performance will include the following selections:
- Fanfare for Saint Cecilia by Philip Sparke
- Beyond the Horizon by Rossano Galante
- Lincolnshire Posy by Percy Grainger (ed by Frederick Fennell)
The performance will include a guest appearance by the Heartland Handbells.
The Augustana Wind Ensemble performance will include the following selections:
- Concerto for Oboe in C by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Movement 3 orchestrated by Christopher Walker
Michael King, senior, oboe soloist
- A Symphony of Fables by Julie Giroux
II. The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Joanna Qualm, senior, flute soloist
The Augustana College/Community Concert Band performance will include the following selections:
- Reverberations by Brian Balmages
- American Flourish by Robert W. Smith
- Eye of the Falcon by Ed Huckeby
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Original Batmobile from TV series sells for $4.2M
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The original Batmobile from the 1960s television series has sold at auction for $4.2 million.
A spokeswoman for the Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. in Scottsdale, Ariz., says the winning bidder has not been disclosed following Saturday's auction.
The 19-foot-long black, bubble-topped car was used in the "Batman" TV show that starred Adam West as the Caped Crusader.
The car's owner — famed auto customizer George Barris, of Los Angeles — transformed a one-of-a-kind 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car into the sleek crime-fighting machine. On the show, it boasted lasers and a "Batphone" and could lay down smoke screens and oil slicks.
Barris' publicist says his client is pleased with the auction result.
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Last year in the U.K., Carol Morley released Dreams Of A Life, a documentary about a woman who died in her North London apartment and was not found for three years. No one came looking. Police found her skeleton amongst Christmas presents yet to be wrapped.
The film's press materials and many of its critics posit it as an urban dweller's caveat — "Would anyone miss you?" — reminding us of the suffocating isolation possible even in a dense, social capital like London. But the talk surrounding the story barely hints at its most haunting detail: The television was on. For three years it chirped away, as programming changed and major news broke and Joyce Vincent rotted.
What unfurled and accumulated in that room — years of sound and light, records of London and what London was watching — that is the only possible analogue to the nightmarish cultural overflow of DOOM's music. Every album breathes with a distinct personality, each a shapeshifting assemblage of personage and programming that sounds more like a kind of miraculous hyperlinked sound collage than rap.
A London-born recluse himself, Daniel Dumile's path led him through New York and Atlanta — two rap meccas — from near-homelessness to the shelter of a metal mask. Along the way, he seemed to absorb everything around him. Having grown out of the most prolific period in rap music to date, starting roughly in the mid- to late-1980s, he experienced firsthand the sparkling wave of young, intelligent New Yorkers with politics that didn't overwhelm the soul of party music. He would collect and later reuse audio from cartoons, monster movies, news bulletins, and countless other sources. After a record label dispute and the death of his brother Subroc, killed crossing the Long Island Expressway, DOOM disappeared, resurfacing years later with a stocking over his head, and then always the mask. Part gladiator, part The Fantastic Four's Dr. Doom, it became a barrier, a platform for reinvention, a shield from the industry that he claims badly deformed him.
His lyrical feats go unmatched for sheer idiosyncrasy and insight; beyond rap enthusiasts, many of his strongest supporters are (perhaps unsurprisingly) writers and jazzheads. DOOM may not be the first rapper you'd throw on at a party, but he's definitely the only one to be "the supervillain cooler than a million / I'll be chillin' / still quick to slice squares like Sicilians." His references come from just about everywhere, but he prefers street language, old sayings, and things you can purchase at a bodega.
A master of "the microphone, beats, or the wheels of steel," he has constantly swapped out his tools and collaborators, avoiding revision and instead choosing reinvention. Beginning with his brother, he has worked with the entire spectrum of the rap universe, with the exception of any true "luxury" rapper. After KMD, he moved into totally different territory, often producing and rapping alongside members of the mysterious collective M.I.C. (Monsta Island Czars), crafting beats that favored oddly chopped samples, psychotically left-field source material, or simply unpleasant sounds. He became MF Doom, then MF DOOM, then simply DOOM, with a host of aliases along the way.
And the samples themselves — they're almost more indicative of a DOOM song than DOOM's voice. They come from everywhere. You might suddenly recognize a "Kon Karne" background voice on a Frank Zappa record. And there's an Anita Baker piano riff. You'll find yourself falling asleep to a Godzilla movie, or was it Take Me To Your Leader?
It used to be that stumbling upon DOOM's samples was your only experience of him outside his music, but these days he's everywhere. Just after the release of JJ DOOM, at a moment when he's never been so forthcoming about where he is (London), what's happening (having a hard time getting back to the US after a customs mix-up), or what he's working on (finishing a new Madvillain album and the long-awaited DOOMSTARKS collaboration with Ghostface Killah), we go back to rediscover a little bit of the mysterious romance that keeps us thinking about DOOM. As his collaborations are so omnipresent as to be ubiquitous, we had to limit our coverage to full-length albums with DOOM rapping throughout, that were definitively not just beat libraries or production forays on M.I.C. records.
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Monday, 15 February 2010
But I digress…!
You gotta love that commercial.
The only way to accurately explain how important the Hollies are is to provide a little historical perspective. So I beg your indulgence for a moment for what will seem like a digression but actually isn't.
Don't worry the whole thing's only like ten minutes so it's not bad.
First of all every ten, twenty years, it's probably a good idea to put this night in perspective.
You know, a lot of us in this room have been doing what we do a long time. We can't help it, I guess, if we take it all at least a little bit for granted. Sometimes some of us don't even show up. And we can't help but feel a little disappointed now that the business is pretty much artistically, financially, and spiritually bankrupt. With a few exceptions. And I say a few exceptions so you can pretend you're one of them.
It's temporary probably, a cycle type thing we hope. There's lots of great new bands out there and hopefully we can find a way to create an infrastructure to support them. But we can't help be a little jaded. A little cynical about what's going on, right?
So it's good once a year that we stop for a minute.
And think about what we do. And this is it.
This is our best night, right?
The Grammys, nice people, good show, a lot of fun but, with all due respect, it's mostly bullshit.
The American Music Awards, nice people, a lot of fun, mostly bullshit.
But this Hall Of Fame thing really has just a little bit of bullshit. On the bullshit scale, this is pretty good. As frustrating as it can be. This is as good as it's gonna get. We should respect it and enjoy it.
Because this night makes us think about what we do. And when you rise ABOVE the bullshit for a minute, you realize something that day to day we don't think about often enough. And that is this-
This thing we do, it's beautiful.
Making music, creating art, inspiring people…motivating people…making people feel good…helping them understand a little bit about life, helping them get through the day…feel a little less confused…a little less alone. What Andrew Loog Oldham called the Industry of Human Happiness. It is truly a divine craft that we work our hands in.
Of course we didn't have any of these big ideas when we started. Frankly most of us were just trying to get laid. Maybe get a little famous. Maybe get a little rich. But mostly it was the pussy. And of course trying to avoid having to work for a living. Something really went wrong with that one! I don't want to name any names.
We are a strange combination of troubadours, court jesters, rabble rousers, and magicians, catching and communicating the mystical mystery of music. This would be a wonderful job in any era. But those of us who have lived in the time of what will surely be remembered as a Renaissance Period are truly blessed. I sincerely believe the 20-year period from 1951 to 1971 will be studied and analyzed for hundreds of years to come.
It may sound crazy but I actually believe history will be divided into the pre-60′s, and post-60′s. Because the '60′s was the birth of consciousness. Everything changed. And not all for the better. We're still struggling with the fragmentation that inevitably comes with cultural changes THAT profound. Civil Rights, The Sexual Revolution, Women's Rights, Gay Rights, Questioning One's Government, the Explosion of the Teenage Marketplace, The Anti-War Movement, Computer Science, the introduction of Eastern Religion and thought to the West, the concept of a Global Community, the radical realization that our Constitution wasn't finished, and a new mass media to tell us all about it.
Which included a terrific little magazine called Rolling Stone by the way.
These massive cultural changes both liberated and divided us. And our culture is still searching, still hoping to regain some common ground.
But for a moment our generation was very much as one.
And it was Rock and Roll that provided our common ground, our means of communication, our education, our means of venting our frustrations, our strength against the fear of growing up. It gave us hope and faith and somehow instilled in us a belief that there would be a future. It replaced everything our parents, our schools, and our society had taught us, and it would become our common religion.
The Disciples and Missionaries of this new religion would, for my age group, first come from England. We called it the British Invasion of 1964/'65. Ironically, as it would turn out, they would introduce us young Americans to what would eventually be recognized as a new art form, that much to our surprise, was born right here in our own country.
An art form born to serve the needs of a new species of humanity called the Teenager. Chuck Berry and Bob Dylan would add the eloquence and the specifics, but we didn't need anything more than Little Richard. He opened his mouth and out came liberation.
These unlikely missionaries from England would change society's perception, and history's evaluation, of the Rock and Rollers of the 1950′s completely. Their status would change from temporary teenage circus freaks passing through town as an amusing diversion helping kids get through those awkward years from adolescence to adulthood, to Pioneers of that New Art Form. Pioneers that were in fact instinctive creative geniuses whose work will be celebrated forever.
I never would have heard of Little Richard or Bo Diddley or Chuck Berry or Jerry Lee Lewis or Carl Perkins or Muddy Waters if it weren't for the British Invasion. Forget about Arthur Alexander or Larry Williams. No chance.
It was the English bands that made us aware of the Pioneers' greatness by their own greatness. They introduced us not just to their own extraordinary music, and not just to the global community of new ideas, but to the very idea of a band.
A band.
The singular profound revelation of my life.
The critically important notion that a group of individuals could be stronger together than apart, complementing and completing each other, communicating friendship, brother and sisterhood, and ultimately Community itself.
Where would we be without that?
It is therefore a joy and pleasure to celebrate these artists, those that came before them, and those that have come since, and thank them in this setting once a year.
So here we are thanking the Beatles, the Dave Clark 5, the Rolling Stones, the Animals, the Yardbirds, the Kinks, Herman's Hermits, the Searchers, the Zombies, the Who, Manfred Mann, the Spencer Davis Group, Procul Harum, and the band we celebrate and honor tonight, we're here to thank the Hollies.
In our Renaissance, the best music in the world was also the most commercial. That may never happen again. And few had more wonderful records than the Hollies. For exquisite English Rock harmony it was the Beatles and the Hollies.
They started, as most of the British Invasion did, doing American covers in 1963-Ain't That Just Like Me, Searchin', Stay, Just One Look, You Must Believe Me, putting their own immediately recognizable identity on what were already very good records.
And then came the incredible originals.
My first memory of connecting the band to the song was an extraordinary record called Look Through Any Window, which begins with one of the signature guitar riffs of the '60′s, and one I still can't play properly, played by the Hollies' unsung, very underrated, superb guitar player, Tony Hicks, who's giving a guitar lesson somewhere right now as we speak.
His beautiful guitar texture, along with his third harmony part, would complement one of the great two-voice harmony blends in Rock history with Allan Clarke and Graham Nash, and one of Rock's most inventive and solid rhythm sections with Bobby Elliot, Eric Haydock, and Bernie Calvert, on amazing records like I'm Alive, Bus Stop, Pay You Back With Interest, On A Carousel, I Can't Let Go, Carrie-Ann, Stop! Stop! Stop! and their masterpiece of masterpieces King Midas In Reverse.
Not to mention a whole second life of hits with Terry Sylvester joining the group like He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother, Long Dark Road, The Air That I Breath, and Long Cool Woman.
The Beatles would name their group after the Crickets, the Hollies after their lead singer Buddy, and would arrive on our shores with their British Invasion brothers and sisters just in time to save my life.
It is my distinct honor and pleasure to induct into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-
Alan Clarke, Graham Nash, Tony Hicks, Eric Haydock, Bobby Elliot, Bernie Calvert, and Terry Sylvester, the magnificent Hollies.


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A 3-part series on January 7, 14, and 21
* Generosity
* Benevolence
* Serenity, Insight, and Peace
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and mindstates and cultivating wholesome actions and mindstates. Each one
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This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to egg and/ or milk and its constituents and/or gluten.
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Hacket Hut Walk
Take a 1 1/2 hour walk along beautiful scenery to the Hacket Hut, great as a day hike or overnighter
The track is also used by mountain bikers and is single track in a few places so take care of each other out there. You can take your dog on this one with you if you like.
It is a nice easy 1 1/2 hour walk from the Aniseed Valley up to the Hackett Hut. There are several bridges to cross on the way and a river crossing just as you get to the Hut itself. If the River is low enough and you are clever you may be able to get across this one without getting your feet wet.
The Hackett Hut has a wood burner and 6 bunk beds. There is a river beside the Hut for water, but boil before drinking. There are no cooking facilities in the Hut.
It is possible to carry on another hour to the Browning Hut or to Starveall Hut if you are feeling fit as this is another 4 1/2 hours and can be steep in places. There is also a side walk that can take you to Whispering Falls.
Fantastic as a day return walk or an overnighter. A great walk for a first overnighter.
Please be aware that there are lots of wasps near and around the Hut.
You can buy your ticket to stay there at any DOC centre and also pick up a map and information on your walk.


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Friday, December 10, 2010
Foxy Friday...literally
Foxy Friday...literally
29 comments:
- December 10, 2010 at 7:25 AM
- Daisy said...
How exciting that the fox has returned! I hope she has more kits this year, too.
- December 10, 2010 at 7:41 AM
- The Monkeys said...
What a gorgeous fox! We think she's beautiful!
- December 10, 2010 at 7:45 AM
- A few Good Cats said...
We hope the fox family stays safe and has a good life. There are foxes where we live, too, and our humans have seen them in a local park.
- December 10, 2010 at 8:03 AM
- The Paw Relations said...
How lovely. We hope the fox has another family in the spring.
- December 10, 2010 at 8:49 AM
- crazykittykat1 said...
Ooo dat fox looks purrty. I just found your bloggy and it looks wonderful. Purrrrrrsss
- December 10, 2010 at 8:59 AM
- Team Tabby said...
We have foxes near us too! Our neighbour got a few pics of our local fox family. As far as we can tell only one kit survived this year. They like to keep their den close to our neighbour's horse barn.
Thanks for sharing your pictures!
Mindy, Moe, BonBon, Cookie & Mike
- December 10, 2010 at 9:22 AM
- Kea said...
We think she's beautiful! We hope she finds enough food over the winter and makes it through to Spring!
- December 10, 2010 at 10:02 AM
- The Island Cats said...
Wow! We love all the animals you have around your house! We hope those foxes come back too!
- December 10, 2010 at 10:06 AM
- Hannah and Lucy said...
Great news that you have your fox back - we hope she has some more cubs this year - we love to see the little ones.
- December 10, 2010 at 10:06 AM
- Cory said...
We've never seen a real fox, so we love that we can see your visitor!
- December 10, 2010 at 11:23 AM
- Raymond and Busby said...
How wonderful to live so close to nature. We have a few racoons and skunks but we've never seen a fox. So pretty!
- December 10, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- Lucy the Cat said...
Beautiful! Yes, we hope they stay safe too. It's so beautiful where you live!
- December 10, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- Cat with a Garden said...
She really likes it at your place. She's such a beautiful lady, we can understand very well how much the PM loves to watch her.
Many purrs,
Siena & Chilli
- December 10, 2010 at 4:41 PM
- Katnip Lounge said...
What a blessing to have such beautiful wildlife in your own yard. Mrs. Vixen must think it fine place to raise a family.
We hear coyotes at night, but thankfully they don't come up to the house!
- December 10, 2010 at 5:16 PM
- ABBY said...
Every once in awhile we see our red fox, but it's very rare. We had a sighting of a black bear recently. But we usually only see possums and armadillos and animals like that. It is so wonderful that you've got such gorgeous wildlife near you.
- December 10, 2010 at 6:18 PM
- CCL Wendy said...
I'd take a fox over a weasel any day -- they're just not as -- well -- weaselly!
You must have lots of excitement year round looking out that window, Banshee!
- December 10, 2010 at 6:27 PM
- Sweet Praline said...
I think foxes are beautiful!
- December 10, 2010 at 7:13 PM
- Khyra And Sometimes Her Mom said...
Woo know how much I enjoy watching her and HER fluffy tail!
- December 10, 2010 at 7:35 PM
- MoMo said...
Oooooooooh, what a pretty fox! You be careful though.
We live in the city and so don't see any.
- December 10, 2010 at 8:33 PM
- Ayla and Iza, said...
The foxes are pretty. But are they dangerous to kitties?
- December 10, 2010 at 9:13 PM
- Eric and Flynn said...
The vixen looks lovely snoozing in the sun. We have foxes that wander around our fields.
- December 11, 2010 at 3:00 AM
- Mr Puddy said...
Beautiful Vixen but made me worry about you, That fox got the huge fang !!!! Careful Buddy
- December 11, 2010 at 5:57 AM
- Tom, Tama-Chan, Sei-Chan and Bibi-Chan said...
What a fun thought to have a naturalist around, rather than hunters! We fear that foxes are not properly appreciated here in France...
- December 11, 2010 at 7:25 AM
- Cat with a Garden said...
We just read your comment: Happy third blogoversary! That's a mighty long time. We enjoy your bloggie so much, it's good you're posting when there's time.
Many purrs and a happy weekend,
Siena & Chilli
- December 11, 2010 at 9:23 AM
- Marg said...
Oh isn't that great fun having a fox den so close to you. Where our Mom used to live, we had a fox den too and when the babies came, it was so much fun to watch them play. Take care and have a great day.
- December 11, 2010 at 9:43 PM
- Mickey,Georgia , Tillie said...
Oooooooooo!! That fox is very cool :) We have never seen a fox. We hope she comes back too :)
Also. you guys did a neat review for Shoppers.Now we know where to send Mom!! heehee
Purrs Mickey,Georgia & Tillie
- December 12, 2010 at 6:55 PM
- The Creek Cats said...
What a cute fox!!!
- December 12, 2010 at 10:38 PM
- Fin said...
Vixon... that's cute
- December 15, 2010 at 10:42 AM
- Teri and the cats of Furrydance said...
Very pretty to look at...from a good distance. Hope you all stay safe...


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Eurogamer reports that in the third phase, the city states Ul'dah and Limsa Lominsa will open as well.
Some of these details are slightly different than the roadmap that Square Enix laid out earlier this year. It was aiming for a June release of the finalized game, and the fourth phase would have been the one to include PlayStation 3 owners. But, as we noted at the time, all of that was subject to change and the phases have been lasting longer than expected.
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(Second in a series looking at the Detroit Lions' positional needs for the NFL draft which begins on Thursday. Today, the offensive line.)
Martin Mayhew, the Detroit Lions general manager, was not afraid to practically gush about the prospect of drafting offensive tackle Eric Fisher with the fifth overall pick in the NFL draft which starts Thursday.
That does not mean, however, that Fisher can count on being drafted by his hometown team. Fisher played football in high school at Rochester Hills Stoney Creek and then at Central Michigan University.
Two reasons - he might not be available and the Lions could go in another direction such as defensive end or cornerback.
A year ago the Lions drafted Riley Reiff with the 23rd overall pick and he's likely to fill one of the three vacant offensive line starting roles - left tackle, right tackle and right guard. Jason Fox or Corey Hilliard can compete for a tackle spot, while Bill Nagy and Rodney Austin could vie for the guard position.
The Lions chatted with Fisher at the NFL Combine and the Senior Bowl and had him come in as one of their 30 pre-draft prospect visits.
Even if they loved him above any of the other top prospects, they might not have a chance to draft him.
He's widely considered as a top five pick, some have him going first overall. Other draft experts have tackle Luke Joeckel (Texas A&M) going first. Both are expected to go in the top five.
Joeckel didn't visit the Lions, but that is not a deal killer.
Lane Johnson has risen up the charts and is another possibility for the Lions.
In fact, NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock would take Johnson over defensive ends Ziggy Ansah or Dion Jordan if Fisher and Joeckel go in the top four picks.
'People don't talk about it because (Johnson is) not a skill position guy, but he had the freakiest Combine of any player I've seen in 10 years and I think his upside is unlimited,'' Mayock said.
'So you have to decide whether you want Lane Johnson right there, or whether you're going to take a chance on a Ziggy Ansah or a Jordan if he's there. And to me if you're projecting an Ansah or a Jordan, who did not have all that many snaps, I'm going to probably sit there and take Lane Johnson. Because on the other side of the line of scrimmage, Ansah and Jordans, you have questions, also. So if you have questions with all three of them, I think I'm going with a tackle because I need one,'' Mayock added.
While offensive tackle seems the likely direction if the Lions are looking for offensive line help, guard is a possibility too.
Mayhew cracked the door on that chance in his pre-draft press conference discussing how the rookie salary cap changes have made it easier to draft a guard with a high pick.
'The slot that we're in right now is probably $19 (million) to 20 million over the first four years type of deal, which I don't think is unreasonable for a guard, for a good guard,'' Mayhew said. 'So, I think, if ever there was a time for a guard to go early, it would be this year with the caliber of the two guys that are coming out and with the way the rookie contracts are structured right now.'
The two guards projected as first-round picks are Chance Warmack out of Alabama and Jonathan Cooper from North Carolina. Warmack had a pre-draft visit in Detroit.
'I think (Warmack) is certainly a great player. I just think when you look at that position if you can get a (CB) Dee Milliner or a pass rusher against Aaron Rodgers and Jay Cutler and people like that ...'' ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper said in a recent conference call.
'Two quarterbacks in that division, of course led by Aaron Rodgers, you have to go through to get a playoff spot. I think a corner or a defensive end would be the guys to consider,'' Kiper said. 'Warmack is a heck of a player, and it's helping out your running game because he's a great run blocker, and it's helping out Matthew Stafford, but I would be surprised if they didn't take a defensive end or corner.'
Kiper should know better. Mayhew surprised a few people last year taking Reiff and a few more the year before with Nick Fairley at 13th overall.
One thing is for certain with the Lions at draft time, nothing really can be surprising.
The Lions will also look to offensive line help in the later rounds no matter who they draft in the first round.
Guard Brian Winters (Kent State), projected as a second- or third-round pick, also visited the Lions. As did tackles Vinston Painter (Virginia Tech) who is seen as a third- or fourth-round possibility, and LaAdrian Waddle (Texas Tech) who could be drafted in the seventh round or signed as a free agent.
Also Travis Frederick (Wisconsin), the top-rated center who could go in the second round, visited Detroit.
The Lions have a pick in each round with two picks in the seventh round. The NFL draft starts at 8 p.m. Thursday with the first round. It continues at 6:30 p.m. Friday with rounds two and three, and wraps up starting at noon Saturday with rounds four through seven.
Paula Pasche covers the Lions. Follow her on Twitter @PaulaPasche. Read her Lions Lowdown blog at oplions.blogspot.com.


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I Two Ways of Looking at Life THE FATHER is looking down into the crib at his sleeping newborn daughter, just home from the hospital. His heart is overflowing with awe and gratitude for the beauty of her, the perfection. The baby opens her eyes and stares straight up. The father calls her name, expecting that she will turn her head and look at him. Her eyes don't move. He picks up a furry little toy attached to the rail of the bassinet and shakes it, ringing the bell it contains. The baby's eyes don't move. His heart has begun to beat rapidly. He finds his wife in their bedroom and tells her what just happened. "She doesn't seem to respond to noise at all," he says. "It's as if she can't hear." "I'm sure she's all right," the wife says, pulling her dressing gown around her. Together they go into the nursery. She calls the baby's name, jingles the bell, claps her hands. Then she picks up the baby, who immediately perks up, wiggling and cooing. "My God," the father says. "She's deaf." "No she's not," the mother says. "I mean, it's too soon to say a thing like that. Look, she's brand-new. Her eyes don't even focus yet." "But there wasn't the slightest movement, even when you clapped as hard as you could." The mother takes a book from the shelf. "Let's read what's in the baby book," she says. She looks up "hearing" and reads out loud: " 'Don't be alarmed if your newborn fails to startle at loud noises or fails to orient toward sound. The startle reflex and attention to sound often take some time to develop. Your pediatrician can test your child's hearing neurologically.' "There," the mother says. Doesn't that make you feel better?" Not much," the father says. "It doesn't even mention the other possibility, that the baby is deaf. And all I know is that my baby doesn't hear a thing. I've got the worst feeling about this. Maybe it's because my grandfather was deaf. If that beautiful baby is deaf and it's my fault, I'll never forgive myself." 'Hey, wait a minute," says the wife. 'You're going off the deep end. We'll call the pediatrician first thing Monday. In the meantime, cheer up. Here, hold the baby while I fix her blanket. It's all pulled out." The father takes the baby but gives her back to his wife as soon as he can. All weekend he finds himself unable to open his briefcase and prepare for next week's work. He follows his wife around the house, ruminating about the baby's hearing and about the way deafness would ruin her life. He imagines only the worst: no hearing, no development of language, his beautiful child cut off from the social world, locked in soundless isolation. By Sunday night he has sunk into despair. The mother leaves a message with the pediatrician's answering service asking for an early appointment Monday. She spends the weekend doing her exercises, reading, and trying to calm her husband. The pediatrician's tests are reassuring, but the father's spirits remain low. Not until a week later, when the baby shows her first startle, to the backfire of a passing truck, does he begin to recover and enjoy his new daughter again. THIS FATHER and mother have two different ways of looking at the world. Whenever something bad happens to him--a tax audit, a marital squabble, even a frown from his employer--he imagines the worst: bankruptcy and jail, divorce, dismissal. He is prone to depression; he has long bouts of listlessness; his health suffers. She, on the other hand, sees bad events in their least threatening light. To her, they are temporary and surmountable, challenges to be overcome. After a reversal, she comes back quickly, soon regaining her energy. Her health is excellent. The optimists and the pessimists: I have been stSeligman, Martin E. P. is the author of 'Learned Optimism How to Change Your Mind and Your Life', published 2006 under ISBN 9781400078394 and ISBN 1400078393.[read more]
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I've been wanting to go to the Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governor's Island for years. It started popping up on the blogs of people who lived in or near the city, and of course the coverage by Bill Cunningham in the Times, especially among those who were really into vintage. But, like most things, every year I would see pictures of and think next year! Next year I will go!
And then I didn't.
I especially always wanted to because generally the second set of summer dates falls the weekend after my birthday and it always seemed like the perfect birthday activity. Never did though, always kind of chickened out because I wasn't sure what to wear or how to get downstate in some delicate outfit, plus I always waited until almost the last minute and then tickets were sold out anyway.
But this year, 2016, this year I turned 30. Somehow it seemed even more fitting given that I would be saying goodbye to my twenties (something I was vaguely dreading but now that it has happened I kind of like, don't care?). Plus I mean, that's a big birthday right? So over the winter I plunked down the money, got two tickets, and we ended up making a weekend of it (because I didn't know which Jazz-Age garment I wanted to wear I brought several in a garment bag and somehow that didn't seem like a good idea to be lugging around the city just for a day).
Dress: Laura's Vintage, Bag: From the now closed Reruns, Shoes: Nine West some years ago, Hat: Also a closed shop many years ago, Fan: picked up at the event because oh god, so hot!
I do feel like some of the popularity around this event has waned, like now that it's become a known even less of the blogger types from the early days go, like a kind of fashion event hipster attitude has sprung up around it, but then who cares ugh all that kind of attitude is dumb anyway! And it was fantastic.
I mean, it was also 111 degrees which was kind of awful, I've never in my life sweat so much. So much that my slip, that my mother hemmed so that it wouldn't show under the black netting of the dress I was wearing, stretched considerably so by the time we got these photos the thing was totally visible at the hemline. Which is fine, no one cares anyway.
The dress in question is one I grabbed from Laura's Vintage (of course, my favorite spot!) over the winter. It's not in impeccable shape, but a few stitches to keep it together and some fusible interfacing made it relatively sturdy. I didn't want to wear something perfect because I knew, given a tear or stain, I would be heartbroken and wonder for years why I wore such a thing!
I was also on the fence because while it is such in ideal print and color palette for late summer, it seems everyone else shows up in breezy pastels. In the end though I was totally thrilled with it and might even wear the whole get-up again, maybe to our local speakeasy (we have one, it's great, but they don't allow pictures ugh).
David was a real-deal true-blue trooper and wore pants, which I can't even imagine, and a long sleeve button up with sleeves rolled. It hardly mattered that we were drenched though, because everyone was.
And everyone was also incredibly nice! We met so many really cheerful and wonderful people who helped with finding the ferry, lending sunscreen, letting us sit on a blanket (we didn't bother bringing any), and a really lovely family gave us their extra drink and meal tickets when they decided to leave early.
Despite the heat and my terrible shoe choice (blisters the size of half-dollars on the soles of my poor feet), it was incredibly fun and I'm already trying to work out how to go in June without spending an arm and a leg and then some on hotels and transportation!
Anyway it was kind of a dream. It's far enough away now that I can't remember what the heat felt like, and I can't wait to go again!


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I actually went to the Nanomedicine briefing for a somewhat shallower reason than the previous post would imply. I sometimes get tired of taxing my brain with new nanofacts, and admit that there is large portion of this field that I will never understand. Still, the sociology of nanoscientists fascinates me, probably because they are such a diverse group and are unaccustomed to being lumped together. When asked, most identify themselves as chemists, engineers, medical doctors, toxicologists, etc. Who among them might be called simply a "nanoscientist"?
When I read the list of presenters, one name stood out: Robert Curl of Rice University, who shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1996 with Harold Kroto and Richard Smalley for their discovery of fullerenes. It's not everyday that you get to meet a Nobel laureate, so I packed up a few of the NISE Net buckyballs and went to the Hill. I'm not sure exactly what I had in mind. One of my colleagues had suggested I get them signed by Robert Curl and spread them around the NISE Network. I guess I thought I could use them as a sort of talking point to introduce myself to him and see if he had ever heard of the project. After the briefing, there was quite a bit of milling around and photo-taking. I'm not sure who the photographers were there for – they could have been part of the Federal Technology Watch team, or following Mike Roco from NSF, or even the Representative from Texas who had so vocally announced himself to his constituency. I noticed Robert Curl had moved toward the back of the room and was hovering uncertainly, so I decided to take the opportunity to introduce myself. I began by mentioning a recent visit to Rice University, and the observation that Houston has emerged as a core research area for nanoscience. Then I brought out the buckyball to show him, and explained that it was one of our signature give-aways (technical term: "tchachki"). He was amused, then upon closer scrutiny admitted what a nice work it was. He said; "We used to give something like this away, but it wasn't nearly as nice." I proudly pointed out the dye-cut nature, the perfectly fitting tabs, and the easy portable nature of the pre-assembled version (and gave some to his colleagues). He laughed and asked, "Who made this?" which gave me a perfect lead into the NISE Network. He perked up more when I described to him the carbon nanotube models NISE Net makes out of black tubular balloons (based on a design by the UW-Madison MRSEC). He shared that one time they got a little crazy on the Rice campus and made what they considered the world's longest nanotube out of chemical modeling connectors. If memory serves, he said it was 400 m long (that's 400,000,000,000 nm). I eventually did ask him to sign one of the buckyballs, but only one. A few weeks later, Robert Curl retired. The Houston Chronicle published a biographical sketch about him, that follows the path of his carrier and discoveries.


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