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ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball | 22 - 27 July 2014
Long Beach, Calif., July 24, 2014 - The US$1-million ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball is "Beach Volleyball under the Big Top - Tour, Other Organized Opportunities and Performances."
Starting with the opening pool play rounds Wednesday in the FIVB World Tour Grand Slam on Alamitos Beach in this southern California port city, the event can be called a "three-ring" circus highlighted by the participation of the world's best Beach Volleyball players competing for the $70,000 first-place prizes for each gender along with evening concerts Friday and Saturday.
When promoting the event, the local organizers have publicized the event as "much more than a Beach Volleyball tournament. It's a week-long festival celebrating all things beach, including sports, music, culture and community."
In an article earlier this week in the Los Angeles Times and at the player's technical meeting Tuesday, event promoter said "this event is by far and away bigger than any beach volleyball event that's ever been staged in the United States, without question. We want to use what's best about Southern California and the beach lifestyle to create a truly compelling, fully-integrated sports and entertainment experience. It starts with bringing the best in the world together for high-stakes competition, and it ends with the whole beach lifestyle at the highest level."
With the FIVB World Tour returning to the United States for the second-straight year after a 10-season hiatus, the ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball's $1-million ranks one of the seven richest Beach Volleyball tournaments in the history of the sport where men's international competition started in 1987 and the women's in 1992.
Five of the previous $1-million events were held at FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2005 (Berlin), 2007 (Gstaad, Switzerland), 2009 (Stavanger, Norway), 2011 (Rome) and 2013 (Stare Jablonki, Poland). Last week in The Netherlands, the first FIVB Grand Slam event featured a $1-million event where first-time gold medal winning teams from Brazil (women) and Poland (men) shared the $70,000 first-place prizes.
With international television coverage for the FIVB World Tour growing each year, the 2014 ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball will also feature 17 hours of coverage by NBC Sports Group and Universal Sports Network in the United States of action here Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Olympic gold medalist and veteran play-by-play commentator Chris Marlowe will call the action from Alamitos Beach. Marlowe will be joined by beach volleyball Olympian and three-time All-American Kevin Wong, who will serve as an analyst.
The ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball will also feature 4- and 6- person tournaments on Friday and Saturday where the competitors that are eliminated early from the FIVB World Tour event can also form their own teams to participate with local and regional teams.
When speaking at the player's technical meeting here Tuesday, Armato encouraged the FIVB World Tour entries to participate. "Several of you did it last year and found it to be fun," said Armato, who headed the American domestic tour (2001-2009) and has represented such professional athletes as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O'Neal and Oscar De La Hoya.
In addition to the "fun" competition where prizes will be award, American Olympians Barbra Fontana and Holly McPeak held an "elite" training camp for "up-and-coming" women's Beach Volleyball players. Hundreds of young children from area recreational clubs were in attendance Wednesday watching the action, exercising and gathering autographs.
"What a fun day for the kids," said a couple that had traveled over a 1,000 miles from Ottawa, Canada to watch the competition. "Once we heard that the event was going to be played again in southern California, we scheduled our vacation time since this was the only international event close to our home. We love the sport and enjoy the competition."
Ali Koepke Loper, a former collegiate Volleyball player at the University of Colorado where she played with former FIVB standout Rachel Wacholder Scott in the mid-1990s, traveled from San Clemente Wednesday with her son (Jack, 8) and daughter (Quinn, 7) to the event to watch the action and visit with friends. "Outside of visiting with friends, I wanted to expose my children to the event and Beach Volleyball. Unlike other professional events, we can meet the players and get autographs. That's the sport – up close and personal.
With one end of the ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball center court featuring a stage, the schedule for Friday, Saturday and Sunday will feature musical entertainment as the week-long Beach Volleyball festival celebrates "all things beach," including sports, music, culture and community involvement." Here is the musical lineup,
• 4 p.m. - Ryan Cabrera
• 6 p.m. - Bleachers (Jack Antonoff from Fun)
• 6:45 p.m. - MAGIC!
• 1 p.m. - Katy Tiz
• 3 p.m. - Eric Hutchinson
• 5:30 p.m. - SomeKindaWonderfull
• Key Matches. - DJ Irie at Center Court
• Key Matches. - DJ Irie at Center Court
"At ASICS, we have a tremendous passion for the sport and culture of beach volleyball, and we're thrilled to continue as title sponsor of the celebrated ASICS® World Series of Beach Volleyball for a second year," commented Kevin Wulff, President CEO of ASICS America Corporation in a press release. "This tournament is the crown jewel of the Federation Internationale de Volleyball and our continued support for the event, and standout athletes like Kerri (American Olympic and world champion Walsh Jennings), further solidifies our position as leaders in the beach volleyball space."
As scheduled and being played on Alamitos Beach this week, the ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball is truly a three-ring circus under the Beach Volleyball Big Top - Tour, Other Organized Opportunities and Performances."
28.07.2014 11:15:37
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Women's elite eight ready for quarterfinals and semis in Long Beach
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Akers applies authentic accentuate
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24 Men's teams set for Long Beach single-elimination rounds
25.07.2014 04:46:58
Women's field reduced to 24 for single-elimination rounds in Long Beach
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13 Women's duos win first two of three rounds of Pool Play Wednesday at Alamitos Beach
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Men complete first of three rounds of Pool Play at Long Beach
23.07.2014 23:13:28
Researcher reaps rewards
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ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball, a $1,000,000 FIVB Grand Slam in Long Beach
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Finding Stars on Alamitos Beach
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Talking Stats: 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour - July 21
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2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour ready for more highlights in record-breaking year

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These are cracking me up. Eventually, I'll get tired of posting them, but not yet.
And you know, if I can get serious for a minute, here's why I turn this shit into posts sometimes. An old friend of mine, who's never seemed quite on board with the it's-okay-to-be-fat stuff but tolerates it because she's known me for 20-odd years, e-mailed me today and said, "Kate, I read some of the online comments on CNN. I see now why the world needs you to speak out. Please keep it up." Of course, I do not recommend that anyone read comments at CNN, YouTube, Broadsheet, etc., for just that reason — but seeing the level of "discourse" around anything fat-related can be a real eye-opener for those who don't get just how nasty and sophomoric the weight bigots routinely are. (Or that they never know the difference between "your" and "you're.")
With that, Douchemail the Second:
Subject: You're very uplifting CNN appearance!
Sucked balls. Now I know how you really look and sound like. Ugh! Very unattractive.
yours truly,
Heart disease (I'm just around the corner and I'm going to get you fatty!)


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Chinese Taipei Wins Its Way to 2013 Little League Baseball® World Series
Chinese Taipei Wins Its Way to 2013 Little League Baseball® World Series
For the 28th time in the 67-year history of the Little League Baseball® World Series, Chinese Taipei will bring a team to compete in South Williamsport, Pa.
On Sunday, June 7, the Chung-Ping Little League from Taoyuan County, Chinese Taipei won the Asia-Pacific Region Tournament in the Philippines, topping the team from Korea, 11-2, in the championship game. This is the first time that Chung-Ping will compete in the Little League Baseball World Series, and third time that a team from Taoyuan will represent Chinese Taipei in South Williamsport. With 17 Little League Baseball World Series Championships, Chinese Taipei holds the record for the most banners won in the history of the World Series. The last champion from Chinese Taipei was Fu-Hsing Little League from Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei, in 1996.
Chung-Ping went a perfect 6-0 to advance through the Asia-Pacific Region Tournament, which featured teams from 12 different countries in two, eight-team pools. Chinese Taipei defeated Hong Kong (China) to reach the championship game, and Korea defeated the Indonesia team, to face Chung-Ping in the championship game. Learn more about the Asia-Pacific Region Tournament.
"Chinese Taipei is one of the most recognized team names at the Little League Baseball World Series, and we're excited to welcome them back to South Williamsport again this year," said Patrick Wilson, Little League Baseball and Softball Senior Vice President and International Tournament Director.
The Ching-Ping Little League team will represent Chinese Taipei and the Asia-Pacific Region at the 2013 Little League Baseball World Series.
Chung-Ping is one of three teams from Chinese Taipei that will compete in the nine World Series events. Teams from Chinese Taipei will also represent the Asia-Pacific Region in the Junior League Baseball World Series and the Big League Baseball World Series. View a complete schedule and results from all of our Little League World Series.
The 67th Little League Baseball World Series begins on Thursday, Aug. 15 in South Williamsport, Pa., with the Championship Game scheduled for 3 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 25. For more information on the series and to follow the action live, visit llbws.org.


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A new service allowing you to create your own radio station, shareable with friends, and made up with as many, custom-created and personalized music-channels as you like has made its public debut in the last few hours.
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text: Always looking for cool peeps to hit the lake with us. We usually hit Lake Anderson in Morgan Hill, CA. We try to go during the week as there is much less traffic (It's a smaller lake, but great during the week.). It is a deep reservoir so it makes a nice wave and the water settles down quick. We usually surf since I have a bad back and cannot wakeboard much anymore. We still do wakeboard/skate/whatever anytime someone wants to. Everybody we know just works all the time, seems to be the culture here for people to have more than one full time job... We are from Texas originally and don't believe in working more than one job, even if it means we have to sleep at a homeless shelter so we can afford to pay for indoor storage and gas for the boat. I never ask for gas money the first time out, it is up to you after that if you wanna go again and chip in a little for some go juice that's great. We have a good cooler so just bring your own towels and beer if you want it. I don't drink much but could care less if anybody else wants to. Anyway, hit me up if anyone wants to meet up before it gets to cold to be enjoyable.


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A Notice of Intent to Levy from the IRS strikes fear into the hearts of most Americans!
Recently, an individual with some tax problems contacted me and asked if John Benson, author of Taxation by Misrepresentation, and I could help him with his tax troubles.
He sent me a trove of documents exchanged between him and the IRS, among which was a Notice of Intent to Levy with a VERY SHORT fuse.
John asked me to respond, and I did.
In a very few days, I drafted for this individual a Memorandum in Support of his request for a Due Process Hearing.
The individual told me, in several phone calls that he, I and the NSA (apparently) shared, that this Memo stated more clearly, more succinctly and in a more logical sequence the truth about income-tax laws, procedures and regulations than anything he had ever read in his 50+ years of life on this planet.
If what he claimed about this Memo is true, then there are probably millions of folks who might like to see what is contained within it.
You and I know that the main stream media (MSM) is not gonna alert millions of Americans to this information.
So, I am calling upon those of you who may choose to read the Memo to send other Americans to this website, www.no1040tax.com, and let them decide whether or not they are interested in this and similar materials available here.
To make this Memo available to all who have any interest, I have set it up so that everybody can pay or contribute whatever they choose, even "zero," if they don't choose to contribute or are simply not in a financial position to do so.
Please, rather than sending your copy to your friends, direct them to my website.
One last thought: While I authored this Memo on my own, its substance is based largely on John's research, as set forth in his Book, Taxation by Misrepresentation.
John, like George Washington, has not only grown gray in service to his Country, he has also gone legally blind. He has slight tunnel vision remaining in his right eye.
He has chosen to use nutritional supplements to regain his health and has made considerable progress, including slow recovery of some sight in his left eye, from which he had seen nothing for over 10 years.
He, like me, lives way below the poverty line on Social Security.
Therefore, ALL the funds that you may choose to contribute for this Memo go straight to John and will be used by him to regain his health.
For those of you who like what you read and can afford to be generous, I am grateful and know that John will be, too!
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Public forums on social media may enable Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers to study environmental cancer risks virtually, bringing the scientific community closer to understanding the impacts of modern population migration patterns on cancer risk.
Public forums on social media may enable Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers to study environmental cancer risks virtually, bringing the scientific community closer to understanding the impacts of modern population migration patterns on cancer risk.
Over the next four years, Georgia Tourassi and Songhua Xu in ORNL's Biomedical Science and Engineering Center will use such information to try to answer a question that has puzzled experts for decades: What environmental factors change the risk of various cancers when people move from one geographic region to another?
The ORNL researchers hope the endless supply of case studies available online and in newspapers will enable them to develop a framework that will help epidemiologists narrow future studies.
"There is a general movement to see how we can use social networks to not only help epidemiologists discover and monitor the spread of infectious diseases, but also answer a large range of epidemiological questions specifically related to cancer," Tourassi said. "Plenty of studies strongly suggest that many answers we get through expensive clinical trials are similar to those we get quickly by mining online media. If we demonstrate that social media can be used to answer epidemiological questions, we will have set the stage for this line of research in the cancer scientific community."
Epidemiology studies and clinical trials on cancer are typically time consuming, expensive and complex, and major breakthroughs have been stalled for the past few years. This lull has prompted the National Institutes of Health to fund 38 research teams who proposed high-risk creative projects that aim to answer 24 of the most provocative questions in cancer research.
The ORNL research duo's four-year grant is worth more than $1.6 million and will allow them to design cyber informatics tools that can search for, read through, and translate large amounts of online information.
Xu, an expert on web intelligence and online contents mining, will tailor the programs to filter out reliable stories on breast and lung cancer — creating a tool that acts like an army of computer analysts constantly collecting and processing information.
Linking these stories with publicly available environmental data and mining them using artificial intelligence will allow the ORNL team to search for associations between changes of migration-influenced environmental factors and cancer risk. Each phase of the project will be reviewed by the Oak Ridge Institutional Review Board to assure proper protections are in place for information that is mined and used in their research.
Collaboration with clinical specialists, cancer environmentalists and biostatisticians from Brown University and the University of North Texas will help ORNL researchers interpret the associations they discover.
"ORNL will have a very critical role to play when it comes to this type of research because of its unique computing resources and scientific capabilities," Tourassi said. "This research fits perfectly with DOE's mission of scientific discovery from big data, ensuring that its resources are put to good use to advance the public good."
NIH's Provocative Questions initiative program aims to engage a diverse range of scientists in an exercise that will define and solve perplexing questions in cancer research. For fiscal year 2012 $18 million were distributed to research teams.


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Broadway took the threat of the mammoth storm seriously, with theater owners canceling all Sunday evening and Monday performances of shows like "The Book of Mormon" ''Once" and "Mama Mia!" long before a drop of rain fell in Times Square.
"The safety and security of theatregoers and employees is everyone's primary concern," said Charlotte St. Martin, executive director of The Broadway League, which represents producers.
Forecasts called for rain late Sunday or early Monday, and subway and public transportation service is to be halted Sunday evening, potentially stranding theatergoers. Refunds will be made available from the point of purchase.
Off-Broadway shows including "Stomp," ''Bad Jews" and "Golden Child" were also canceled Sunday night. Most matinees on and off Broadway stayed open. Mondays are usually very light on Broadway, with most shows having that as their day off.
Some Broadway shows had no evening shows scheduled Sunday, including "Cyrano de Bergerac," ''Annie," ''Chaplin," ''Enemy of the People," ''Once," ''Jersey Boys" and "Nice Work If You Can Get It."
It was the most disruptive storm for the theater community since the threat of Hurricane Irene in late August 2011 prompted producers to cancel matinee and evening performances on Saturday and Sunday. While that hurricane mostly fizzled over New York, every show lost money because they were mostly limited to five or six performances that week.


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Q: Will the Fed's latest moves to keep interest rates low and expand the money supply stimulate the economy enough to produce much more job creation?
Panel's answer: Yes 1, No 7
Marney Cox, San Diego Association of Governments
Answer: NO
The results from Quantitative Easing 1 and QE2 have been disappointing and unexpected; and now the Fed wants to make QE3 open ended. For example, banks are holding nearly $2 trillion of past QE as excess reserves, rather than lending the funds out to stimulate the economy as the Fed expected. I question the pragmatism of a third QE when it is not at all clear that the first two worked. If (on paper) the Fed's QE policies are going to work (stimulate the economy) they should be pared with a spending plan, or a fiscal policy. Now that's something worth debating.
Kelly Cunningham, National University Systems
Answer: NO
Since QE 1, 2 and Twists were so ineffective, how will QE3 be any better? Prolonging a diseased economy by essentially printing money only does more harm than good. We cannot keep artificially stimulating the economy by borrowing from the future. Hiring employees is an investment in the future. Uncertainty over government's greater role in the economy fundamentally continues to stifle economic growth. Over-reliance on low interest rates, borrowing and consumer spending is not the prescription for a healthy economy. The market needs to be allowed to correct misallocations from government intrusions. Additional stimulus only inhibits the process.
Alan Gin, University of San Diego
The Fed's action will have some impact, particularly on the housing market. There are signs the housing market is firming, as prices are rising in many markets. This is largely due to record-low mortgage rates, and the Fed action extends those rates and may even push them lower. A rebounding housing market means more jobs in construction, real estate, furniture and appliance manufacturing, etc. But the Great Recession showed the limitations of monetary policy. Interest rates can be driven down, but the Fed can't make people borrow money or banks loan money. A more direct stimulus through fiscal policy would have a bigger impact.
James Hamilton, University of California San Diego
The policies will help a little, but it's a mistake to think that measures like the ones the Fed just announced are going to solve all our problems. The main thing the Fed can do is avoid the prolonged deflationary environment that Japan was stuck in for several decades. I think policies like the one just announced will help make sure that doesn't happen. There may be a little more stimulus to housing from the Fed's latest measures. But those who expect that this will bring about dramatic improvements, just like those who worry that this is going to cause runaway inflation, are simply wrong.
Gary London, The London Group Realty Advisors
This stimulus is not a weapon of mass destruction. The consensus is that the Fed had to act, and this is the only act they have. It can't -—in and of itself -- be sufficient. This latest move should be better viewed as a message to Congress to legislate. While we shouldn't hold our breath on this, Congress must address fiscal issues as well as any other legislation designed to improve economic growth by adding jobs, improving consumer confidence, revising the tax codes, etc.
Norm Miller, University of San Diego
But not because of the low rates, since they are already low. What the markets desire more than anything is certainty and stability and by announcing low rates through mid-2015 the Fed is sending a signal that these low rates will stick around for quite a while. At the same time the benefit to housing, and corresponding job creation, will be muted unless lenders and regulators ease up on the ultra-conservative approaches to underwriting. When inflation does kick in, the Fed will need to raise rates quickly or simply allow the disruption of higher inflation benefitting assets like real estate and gold and crashing the bond market.
Lynn Reaser, Point Loma Nazarene University
Taken together, the Fed's efforts to hold down long-term, particularly mortgage, interest rates, will give the economy only a modest boost. Perhaps the greatest impact will be on stock prices. Housing and construction jobs are likely to see little lift since the problem in the mortgage market is the difficulty in qualifying for a loan, not the rate. In fact, many potential buyers will have little incentive to rush into a purchase if rates are not expected to rise any time soon. The Fed cannot solve all of the economy's problems and it should not try.
Dan Seiver, Reilly Financial Advisors
There will be a positive impact on job growth, since lower long-term interest rates do stimulate spending by businesses and consumers, provide a boost to the construction sector, and weaken the dollar, which stimulates exports. However, the Fed is fighting fiscal policy (which is becoming less expansionary), and a cautious household sector still paying down debt. So the result of the Fed action will be to create a little more job growth. The risk is not inflation, which remains quiescent, but rather that the stimulus will drive up stocks now, but not spill over to GDP and employment until six to 12 months from now.


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Lindsay Lohan's upcoming film, in which she stars opposite porn star James Deen, has delivered its first trailer. Not to damn it with faint praise, but it promises to be her best leading role since "Mean Girls."
"The Canyons" is a film "about the dangers of sexual obsession and ambition, both personally and professionally, among a group of young people in their 20's and how one chance meeting connected to the past unravels all of their lives, resulting in deceit, paranoia, cruel mind games and ultimately violence," according to the official synopsis.
Lest you dismiss "The Canyons" as nothing more than lowbrow schlock, it's directed by Paul Schrader, who wrote and/or directed such classics as "Affliction," "Taxi Driver" and "Raging Bull," and was written by Bret Easton Ellis, author of "American Psycho" and "Less Than Zero."
That doesn't mean "The Canyons" isn't lowbrow schlock, but it might be more. And it co-stars Gus Van Sant, lest the whole thing doesn't seem random enough.
The trailer is wildly over-stylized, and feels aggressively seedy, but it still looks way more interesting than the trailer for Lohan's Elizabeth Taylor film for Lifetime, "Liz & Dick."
"The Canyons" doesn't yet have a release date, but Lohan last week saw a cut of the film, eliciting "Some tears, some hard words, some kisses but that's life in Lindsayland," according to the film's Facebook page. "Sometimes the movie gods smile. Sometimes you get lucky."


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I had occasion to talk about Bessel functions and mention the Frobenius method in my PDE class and I realized that I do not have any mention of this in the book. This was the section I did not quite get to when teaching at UCSD, so it never got written. Well, worry no more. I've written up a draft version of the section. This will appear in the next version of the book whenever I make it, though if you do have comments, do let me know. It's good to catch typos or make changes now.
This brings the number of pages to 307 together with new delta function section and the number of exercises to 521. Yay!
This also made me realize that Genius did not have Bessel functions implemented. They were actually easy to implement as MPFR has them done. At least for integer orders and real values anyway. Then as my current working directory of genius was such a mess with trying to include LAPACK, I decided to remove LAPACK for now from the genius git. I think what I will do is link to the fortran version at some later point. It seems like the fortran LAPACK is available almost everywhere, so it should not be a bad new dependency. Much easier than trying to make the beast compile cleanly inside genius. Anyway, so Bessel functions will be in Genius, which I think I ought to make a release of soon as there are a bunch of other small changes to set upon the world.


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Mitac Technology has announced that it is showcasing the latest offerings from Getac's rugged solutions including the Getac PS535F, a next generation fully rugged GPS PDA featuring an auto-focus camera, altimeter and E-compass, as well as the new 9212 and 9213 series of durable notebooks.
The 9212 and 9213 series of durable notebooks feature magnesium alloy casing, built-in TPM and fingerprint reader, while the notebooks also provide safeguards against accidental drops and resistance to vibration, shock and water spillages.
The PS535F is designed for GIS surveying applications across different sectors, including utilities, oil and gas, forest patrol, and surveying and mapping of geology and mineral resources. It boasts a 300g lightweight design, eight hours operational battery power and has been built and tested to withstand rigorous everyday use and use in harsh environments. Compliant with MIL-STD 810F and IP54 the Getac PS535F safeguards against frequent drops and exposure to water, dust and extreme temperatures. A built-in 3-megapixel auto-focus camera enables instant visual data capture in the field, and the VGA touch screen display with sunlight readable technology enhances the viewing quality of graphic intensive files and detailed maps.
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Even with the addition of a trio of late recruiting signees, first-year Colorado coach Jon Embree found space to place three veteran walk-on players on scholarship:
Senior defensive ends David Goldberg and Tony Poremba, and sophomore long snapper Ryan Iverson.
Goldberg (6-feet-1, 245 pounds) and Poremba (6-1, 230) have in-state ties. Goldberg earned Class 3A all-state honors for Aspen High School in 2005. Poremba was born in Denver and earned 5A all-state honors at Cherry Creek.
Iverson, from Newport Beach, Calif., handled snapping duties for all 63 punts last fall as a true freshman.
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The obsession with "Iron Man 2" began when the first trailer dropped. You know, the one featuring Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow flirting up a storm before he jumps off a plane and flies into a convention.
But many of theater-goers at the record box office weekend must have wondered, what happened to that scene? Was it just a mirage?
Actually, after all its playful promise, it ended up on the cutting room floor. Director Jon Favreau said he wanted to introduce Iron Man on the expo stage instead of flirting with Pepper Potts on the plane before sky-diving into expo.
"That was something that was a great image and we love the scene," said Favreau. "But we had two different versions of it and because of the pacing and the way that we reveal Tony Stark it felt really good to flow into the drop down and reveal him for the first time on stage."
Favreau added that "often times in the editing rooms" these decisions are made.
It was news to Gwyneth Paltrow who looked stunned sitting next to Favreau at the press day when she heard the news.
"Gwyneth is just finding out the scene was cut, Jon," Robert Downey Jr. added with a laugh. "You might be a little more sensitive."
Don't worry Gwyneth and fans of the scene. Favreau promised the scene would end up on the DVD. Somewhere.


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BOTOX® Cosmetic is a prescription medicine that is injected into muscles and used to temporarily improve the look of moderate to severe forehead lines, crow's feet lines, and frown lines between the eyebrows in adults.
BOTOX® Cosmetic may cause serious side effects that can be life threatening. Get medical help right away if you have any of these problems any time (hours to weeks) after injection of BOTOX® Cosmetic:
BOTOX® Cosmetic dosing units are not the same as, or comparable to, any other botulinum toxin product.
There has not been a confirmed serious case of spread of toxin effect when BOTOX® Cosmetic has been used at the recommended dose to treat frown lines, crow's feet lines, and/or forehead lines.
BOTOX® Cosmetic may cause loss of strength or general muscle weakness, vision problems, or dizziness within hours to weeks of taking BOTOX® Cosmetic. If this happens, do not drive a car, operate machinery, or do other dangerous activities.
Serious and/or immediate allergic reactions have been reported. They include: itching, rash, red itchy welts, wheezing, asthma symptoms, or dizziness or feeling faint. Get medical help right away if you are wheezing or have asthma symptoms, or if you become dizzy or faint.
Do not take BOTOX® Cosmetic if you: are allergic to any of the ingredients in BOTOX® Cosmetic (see Medication Guide for ingredients); had an allergic reaction to any other botulinum toxin product such as Myobloc® (rimabotulinumtoxinB), Dysport® (abobotulinumtoxinA), or Xeomin® (incobotulinumtoxinA); have a skin infection at the planned injection site.
Tell your doctor about all your muscle or nerve conditions, such as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, myasthenia gravis, or Lambert-Eaton syndrome, as you may be at increased risk of serious side effects including difficulty swallowing and difficulty breathing from typical doses of BOTOX® Cosmetic.
Tell your doctor about all your medical conditions, including: plans to have surgery; had surgery on your face; have trouble raising your eyebrows; drooping eyelids; any other abnormal facial change; are pregnant or plan to become pregnant (it is not known if BOTOX® Cosmetic can harm your unborn baby); are breast-feeding or plan to (it is not known if BOTOX® Cosmetic passes into breast milk).
Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal products. Using BOTOX® Cosmetic with certain other medicines may cause serious side effects. Do not start any new medicines until you have told your doctor that you have received BOTOX® Cosmetic in the past.
Tell your doctor if you have received any other botulinum toxin product in the last 4 months; have received injections of botulinum toxin such as Myobloc®, Dysport®, or Xeomin® in the past (tell your doctor exactly which product you received); have recently received an antibiotic by injection; take muscle relaxants; take an allergy or cold medicine; take a sleep medicine; take aspirin-like products or blood thinners.
Other side effects of BOTOX® Cosmetic include: dry mouth; discomfort or pain at the injection site; tiredness; headache; neck pain; and eye problems: double vision, blurred vision, decreased eyesight, drooping eyelidsand eyebrows, swelling of your eyelidsand dry eyes.
For more information refer to the Medication Guide or talk with your doctor.
To report a side effect, please call Allergan at 1-800-678-1605.
Please see accompanying Summary of Information about BOTOX® Cosmetic.
LATISSE® is an FDA-approved treatment to grow eyelashes for people with inadequate or not enough lashes.
Do not use LATISSE® if you are allergic to one of its ingredients. If you use/used prescription products for eye pressure problems, use LATISSE® under doctor care. May cause brown darkening of the colored part of the eye which is likely permanent. LATISSE® may cause eyelid skin darkening which may be reversible. Only apply at base of upper lashes. DO NOT APPLY to lower lid. Hair may grow outside the treatment area. If you have eye problems/surgery, consult your doctor. Common side effects include itchy and red eyes. If discontinued, lashes gradually return to previous appearance.
These are not all the possible side effects of LATISSE®. For more information, please talk to your doctor.
Please see LATISSE® full Prescribing Information.
What is KYBELLA®?
KYBELLA® is a prescription medicine used in adults to improve the appearance and profile of moderate to severe fat below the chin (submental fat), also called "double chin."
It is not known if KYBELLA® is safe and effective for use outside of the submental area or in children under 18 years of age.
Who should not receive KYBELLA®?
Do not receive KYBELLA® if you have an infection in the treatment area.
Before receiving KYBELLA®, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you: Have had or plan to have surgery on your face, neck, or chin; have had cosmetic treatments on your face, neck, or chin; have had or have medical conditions in or near the neck area; have had or have trouble swallowing; have bleeding problems; are pregnant or plan to become pregnant (it is not known if KYBELLA® will harm your unborn baby); are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed (it is not known if KYBELLA® passes into your breast milk).
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Especially tell your healthcare provider if you take a medicine that prevents the clotting of your blood (antiplatelet or anticoagulant medicine).
What are the possible side effects of KYBELLA®?
KYBELLA® can cause serious side effects, including
The most common side effects of KYBELLA® include swelling, pain, numbness, redness, and areas of hardness in the treatment area.
These are not all of the possible side effects of KYBELLA®. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects.
Please see KYBELLA® full Prescribing Information.
The CoolSculpting® procedure is FDA-cleared for the treatment of visible fat bulges in the submental area, thigh, abdomen and flank, along with bra fat, back fat, underneath the buttocks (also known as banana roll), and upper arm. It is also FDA-cleared to affect the appearance of lax tissue with submental area treatments.
During the procedure you may experience sensations of pulling, tugging, mild pinching, intense cold, tingling, stinging, aching, and cramping at the treatment site. These sensations subside as the area becomes numb. Following the procedure, typical side effects include temporary redness, swelling, blanching, bruising, firmness, tingling, stinging, tenderness, cramping, aching, itching, or skin sensitivity, and sensation of fullness in the back of the throat after a submental area treatment. Rare side effects may also occur. The CoolSculpting® procedure is not for everyone. You should not have the CoolSculpting® procedure if you suffer from cryoglobulinemia, cold agglutinin disease, or paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria. The CoolSculpting® procedure is not a treatment for obesity. Ask your doctor if CoolSculpting® is right for you. To learn more about what to expect, visit coolsculpting.com.
JUVÉDERM VOLUMA® XC injectable gel is for deep injection in the cheek area to correct age-related volume loss in adults over 21.
JUVÉDERM® XC and JUVÉDERM VOLLURE™ XC injectable gels are for injection into the facial tissue for the correction of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds, such as nasolabial folds. JUVÉDERM VOLLURE™ XC injectable gel is for adults over 21.
JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC is for injection into the lips and perioral area for lip augmentation in adults over 21.
JUVÉDERM VOLBELLA® XC injectable gel is for injection into the lips for lip augmentation and for correction of perioral lines in adults over 21.
Are there any reasons why I should not receive any JUVÉDERM® injectable gel formulation?
Do not use these products if you have a history of multiple severe allergies or severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis), or if you are allergic to lidocaine or the Gram-positive bacterial proteins used in these products.
What precautions should my doctor advise me about?
What are possible side effects?
The most commonly reported side effects with JUVÉDERM® injectable gels included injection-site redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, firmness, lumps/bumps, bruising, discoloration, and itching. For JUVÉDERM VOLBELLA® XC, dryness was also reported. For JUVÉDERM VOLUMA® XC, most side effects were moderate and lasted 2 to 4 weeks. For JUVÉDERM® XC, JUVÉDERM VOLLURE™ XC, and JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC injectable gels, most side effects were mild or moderate and lasted 14 days or less. For JUVÉDERM VOLBELLA® XC, most side effects were mild or moderate and lasted 30 days or less.
One of the risks with using these products is unintentional injection into a blood vessel, and, while rare, the complications can be serious and may be permanent. These complications, which have been reported for facial injections, can include vision abnormalities, blindness, stroke, temporary scabs, or permanent scarring.
As with all skin injection procedures, there is a risk of infection.
To report a side effect with any JUVÉDERM® product, please call Allergan at 1-800-433-8871. Please visit Juvederm.com or talk to your doctor for more information.
Available by prescription only.
Who may get breast implants?
Natrelle® Breast Implants are approved for women for the following:
Breast augmentation includes primary breast augmentation to increase breast size, as well as revision surgery to correct or improve the result of a primary breast augmentation surgery.
Who should NOT get breast implants?
What should I know before getting breast implants?
What should I tell my doctor?
Tell your doctor if you have any of the following conditions, as the risk of breast implant surgery may be higher:
What are some complications with breast implants?
Key complications are reoperation, implant removal with or without replacement, implant rupture with silicone-filled implants, implant deflation with saline-filled implants, and severe capsular contracture (severe scar tissue around the implant). Other complications include asymmetry, nipple/breast/skin sensation changes, scarring, or wrinkling/rippling. Talk to your doctor about other complications.
Talk to your doctor. For more information or to report a problem with Natrelle® Breast Implants, please call Allergan at 1-800-433-8871. Please also see the patient brochures at www.allergan.com/labeling/usa.html.
Natrelle® Breast Implants are available by prescription only.
The REVOLVE™ Advanced Adipose System (REVOLVE™ System) is used for aspiration, harvesting, filtering, and transferring of fat for aesthetic body shaping. The REVOLVE™ System is intended for use in the following surgeries when drawing fat is desired: plastic and reconstructive surgery, gastrointestinal and affiliated organ surgery, urological surgery, general surgery, bone or muscle surgery, gynecological surgery, thoracic surgery, and minimally invasive surgery.
REVOLVE™ System should not be used by your physician if you currently have any disease that adversely affects wound healing, and poor overall health status.
REVOLVE™ System will not, in and of itself, produce significant weight loss. This device should be used by your physician with extreme caution if you have a chronic medical condition such as diabetes, heart, lung, or circulatory system disease, or obesity.
REVOLVE™ System is designed to remove localized deposits of excess fat through a small incision and subsequently transfer the tissue back to you. Use of this device is limited to those physicians who have the appropriate level of medical education and surgical experience in the appropriate surgical procedures. Results of the procedure will vary depending upon your age, surgical site, and experience of the physician. Results of the procedure may or may not be permanent.
Some common adverse effects associated with fat transfer are unevenness, over- and/or under-correction, tissue lumps, bleeding, and scarring. Potential adverse effects associated with REVOLVE™ System include fat cell death, formation of cysts, infection, chronic immune system response, allergic reaction and inflammation.
REVOLVE™ System is available by prescription only.
This information is not intended to replace a discussion with your surgeon. It does not describe all the potential risks associated with fat grafting procedures. Every patient's situation is different, so please consult with your surgeon to determine if the use of REVOLVE™ System is right for you.
For more information, please see the Instructions for Use (IFU) and User Manual for REVOLVE™ System.
To report an adverse reaction, please call Allergan at 1.800.367.5737.
Most of the SkinMedica® products described on this website are intended to meet the FDA's definition of a cosmetic product, an article applied to the human body to cleanse, beautify, promote attractiveness, and alter appearances. These SkinMedica® products are not intended to be drug products that diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. These products have not been approved by the FDA, and the statements on these pages have not been evaluated by the FDA.
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The story of Amber Miller giving birth hours after finishing Sunday's Chicago Marathon landed on "Conan" Tuesday night.
Host Conan O'Brien told his audience about how Miller, at 39 weeks pregnant, crossed the finish line and began feeling contractions. Her baby girl, June, was born at 10:29 p.m.
Since there was no footage of the feat, O'Brien said, he decided to depict the tale his own way ... with peanuts.
"I thought we would re-enact the marathon mom's amazing story with the help of our Conan Peanut Players."
And so he did. Keep an eye on the "pregnant" peanut and her "baby" nut.
Miller on Monday told reporters she didn't feel tired from the marathon. "What you would expect after giving birth," she said.
Miller's doctor had given her permission to run half of the marathon, she said. She walked the other half, all while her husband kept pace for support.


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Age is a relative thing.
I was reminded of this at a family reunion near Underwood, Iowa, this past weekend. Besides the grand potluck, homemade strawberry ice cream, cherry picking, balloon toss and clumsy volleyball games there was the opportunity to share family stories and catch up with the wide range of relatives, many of them unfamiliar, that make up the family tree begun in 1920 when Jens and Ellen Andersen left Denmark to start a new life in America.
Prizes were awarded to those who came the farthest (my Uncle Harold, from Florida) and the oldest (my Dad, Jack, 87). That's when it hit me. My Dad will never be the oldest in my family, at least not in my mind.
Though he's lived longer than his own father by more than 20 years and my other grandfather, Jens, by a few years, he'll always seem younger to me than either of them. For whatever reason, I see my grandfathers as old men, probably because they carried the unofficial titles of family patriarchs for all the years I knew them. My earliest memories of my Dad, however, go back to when he was a relatively young pup in his 30s.
I suspect this skewed view of the aging process is common when evaluating people we're familiar with. For instance, my view of former president Ronald Reagan is one of a senior statesman while I see John F. Kennedy as a robust, energetic young leader. But they were pretty much contemporaries, having been born just six years apart. My view of them is doubtless tempered by the fact that JFK was just 46 when he was assassinated while Reagan was nearly 70 when he first took office as president. Consider, too, that Martin Luther King was nearly 12 years younger than Kennedy and never reached his 39th birthday.
Do you see your family tree in a similar way?
Larry Lehmer is a personal historian who helps people preserve their family histories. To learn more, visit his web site or send him an e-mail.
Photo: Jack, Elsie and Liz Lehmer at Andersen family reunion on July 5, 2008. Courtesy of lwlehmer.


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Brain Changes in Fear
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00047853
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : October 23, 2002
Last Update Posted : November 20, 2019
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The purpose of this study is to use brain imaging technology to investigate brain changes in people exposed to predictable versus unpredictable unpleasant stimuli. Unpleasant events that can be predicted evoke a response of fear, whereas unpredictable, unpleasant stimuli cause chronic anxiety not associated with a specific event. Information gained from this study may help in the development of more effective treatments for anxiety disorders.
When confronted with fearful events, people eventually develop fear of specific cues that were associated with these events as well as to the environmental context in which the fearful event occurred. Evidence suggests that cued fear and contextual fear model different aspects of anxiety. However, studies that examine the way the brain affects expression of contextual fear have not been conducted. This study will use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or Magneto-encephalography (MEG) to compare the brain activity underlying fear brought on by predictable and unpredictable aversive stimuli.
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This protocol examines the neurobiology of fear and anxiety using various approaches. During fear conditioning in which a phasic explicit cue (e.g., a light) is repeatedly associated with an aversive unconditioned stimulus (e.g., a shock), the organism develops fear to the explicit cue as well as to the environmental context in which the experiment took place. Experimental evidence suggests that cued fear and contextual fear model different aspects of anxiety. Studies in patients indicated that contextual fear may model an aspect that is especially relevant to anxiety disorders. However, the neural basis for the expression of contextual fear has not previously been elucidated in human imaging studies.
One important determinant of contextual fear is predictability: contextual fear increases when a threat (e.g., electric shock) is unpredictable, as opposed to when the threat is predictable. The aim of this study is to compare the neural substrates underlying fear evoked by predictable versus unpredictable shocks. Animal studies have indicated that conditioned responses to predictably cued threat and to less explicit threat are separate processes mediated by distinct brain structures. Psychophysiological data suggest that the proposed procedure can differentiate between these two responses. Hence, we anticipate that this procedure will allow us to compare brain correlates of these responses in humans.
Another objective is to study effects of threat of shock on processing and learning of threat cues in the amygdala, the visual and auditory systems, and motivation/reward systems. This will be investigated by means of event-related magneto-encephalography (MEG) and fMRI measurements using various paradigms.
Finally, a last project will examine how pharmacologic manipulation of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) levels with the benzodiazepine alprazolam affects the relationship between GABA concentration (quantified with magnetic resonance spectroscopy, MRS), visual-and auditory-induced gamma oscillations (measured with MEG), and fMRI BOLD response.
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|fMRI Investigation of Explicit Cue and Contextual Fear
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All screening procedures described in this section are conducted under screening protocol 01-M-0254. Subjects must meet the following inclusion criteria in order to participate in the study:
- Male or female volunteers ages 18-50 years old.
- Judged to be in good physical health on the basis of medical history, a clinical MRI scan, and physical examination. Physical exams will be conducted by a NIMH credentialed physician or nurse. Clinical laboratory tests will be ordered based on his/her discretion.
- Healthy subjects judged to be in good psychiatric health on the basis of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-TR. The SCID will be administered by a credentialed NIMH clinician.
- Able to understand procedures and agree to participate in the study by giving written informed consent.
- This protocol (02-M-0321) will include patients with a primary diagnosis (under the clinical responsibility of Dr. Daniel Pine) of generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, SAD, PTSD, specific phobia, and major depression according to DSM-IV.
- Subjects will not be asked to completely stop smoking or drinking coffee during this study because they may experience withdrawal symptoms, which could affect our study results. However, they will be asked to abstain from drinking caffeinated beverage including coffee, tea and caffeinated soft drinks and from smoking for at least 1 hour prior to testing. They will also be instructed not to drink alcohol on the night prior to testing and on the day of testing.
- Speaks English or Spanish fluently (subjects with Major Depressive Disorder, healthy volunteers)
- Speaks English fluently (subjects with Anxiety Disorder)
Subjects will be excluded from the study if they meet the following exclusion criteria:
- Clinically significant organic disease, e.g., cardiovascular disease.
- Clinically significant abnormalities in physical examination.
- Any medical condition that increases risk for fMRI (e.g. pacemaker, metallic foreign body in eye).
- History of any disease, which in the investigators opinion may confound the results of the study, including, but not limited to, history of organic mental disorders, seizure, or mental retardation.
- Have a current diagnosis of alcohol or substance abuse ACCORDING TO DSM IV CRITERIA
- Have a lifetime diagnosis of alcohol or substance dependence ACCORDING TO DSM IV CRITERIA.
- Unless subject is enrolled as a patient, subjects should not have current Axis I psychiatric disorders as identified with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, non-patient edition (SCID/NP).
- If a healthy volunteer, past bipolar depression and any history of psychosis or delusional disorders.
- If a healthy volunteer, first degree relative with history of psychotic disorder such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
- If a healthy volunteer, psychotropic medication within 4 weeks of scanning
- Medications that act on the central nervous system (e.g., Lorazepam, Codeine) and thus may interfere with the interpretation of study results. Specific exclusionary drug classes include but are not limited to: (opioid analgesics, DA receptor agonists, anticholinergics, MAO inhibitors, COMT inhibitors, as well as any illicit substances). In addition, healthy participants may not be on psychotropic medications.
- Pregnancy, i.e., a positive Beta-HCG urine test conducted prior to each experiment session.
- Current or past history of cubital tunnel syndrome or carpal tunnel syndrome for shock studies that use the wrist for placement of electrodes. Cubital tunnel and carpal tunnel syndrome are exclusionary only for diagnosis on same arm as electrodes and are not exclusionary for studies that place shocks on ankles or feet.
- Reynauds syndrome for the cold pressor test experiment
- Color blindness (for the active avoidance task only)
Patients who would be unable to comply with study procedures or assessments.
Patients will be excluded if they have a current or past history of any psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, delirium, dementia, amnestic disorder, cognitive disorder not otherwise specified, any of the pervasive developmental disorders, or mental retardation
Patients (except PTSD) on psychotrophic medications within 2 wees of study visits, or within 6 weeks of study visits for fluoxetine will be excluded.
PTSD patients on psychotropics medication within 2 weeks of study visits will be excluded, with the exception of antidepressants, and benzodiazepines; the preceding two classes of medications will not preclude enrollment for PTSD participants only.
Adverse reactions to benzodiazepines
History of angioedema
High or low blood pressure
History of fainting
A first degree relative with a history of mania, schizophrenia, or other psychoses
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
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|National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
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NFL star William Green motivates students
Former Cleveland Browns running back William Green addressed Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School students Tuesday, Nov. 27, at the school's auditorium to send a message of encouragement and motivate them to make decisions leading to success in life. Green participates in the Bill Glass Champions for Life program and visited the school on behalf of the organization.
Green was born in Atlantic City, N.J. He went to Boston College where he played football and where he is the all-time leading rusher. In 2002, he was a first-round draft pick for the Cleveland Browns, initiating his NFL career. According to Green, he was the MVP for the Browns and the leading rusher his first year on the team. He is 6-feet-2 at 230 pounds and can run the 40-yard dash in 4.3 seconds. A big man with a big heart, Green said after he retired from football he wanted to do something he enjoyed and the Champions for Life program reached out to him.
"I really love it," Green said of the program. "I was one of those kids. My father was addicted to drugs, heroin. …Drugs and alcohol ruined my father's entire life. … He died of HIV and a year later my mother died. … It was really difficult, especially with my mother. When my father died, she was there standing beside me with her arm around me telling everything would be OK, but when she died there was no one there to do that."
Green said he struggled for years to make the right decisions in life. He was separated from his siblings after his parents' deaths. He told the students he just kept telling himself and his siblings that once he got into the NFL, everything would be better. He said after being drafted by the Browns, he realized he had not found a permanent solution to his problems.
"What does NFL stand for?" Green asked students.
"National Football League," the students shouted.
"Well, the other players and I realized what it really stands for and that's 'not for long,'" Green responded.
Green said he retired due to injury and was lucky to have his college degree when his NFL career ended. He told the students that after he awakened from his dream of playing football, it was his education that saved him.
"The degree I got from this university," Green said holding up a Boston College jersey, "is something no one can take away from me. Success in life can only be earned through hard work and dedication. Education is so important!"
Green told the students to set goals and aim high. He said it is important to look at the larger goals in the distance while working to accomplish the small goals. Green, who can bench press 415 pounds, illustrated his point by performing pushups while four different students took turns standing on his back. He had the smallest of the four step onto his back first. Then, he lifted each them into the air with the largest student in the group going last. Green also bent a steel bar over his head. He said the bar represented obstacles, like prison bars or depression students may face in their lives.
"It's time to get rid of the bars," Green told the crowd. "No one's born a winner or a loser. You're all born choosers! It is so important to have a vision in your heart — a big dream. … Look at the larger goal in the distance."
Green said he is proud to participate in the Champions for Life program, which also includes prison ministry. He said he has the platform to help guide the students, and they listen to him.
"When I put that jersey on, they pay attention," Green asserted. "It's a responsibility I was given, and I want to try to make the most of it."
It seems to be working if the LC-M students were any indication. They sat and listened raptly and several were called on to participate in the interactive part of the program. Green said he hopes they got the message.
"No matter where they are, kids have struggles," Green said. "They need to be willing to persevere and push to reach their goals."


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Our internship programs offer an unparalleled opportunity to contribute to the work of the office while at the same time gaining valuable experience. Both the Summer Internship Program as well as the program for students during the fall and spring semesters share many features:
• All internship programs are on a volunteer basis. We make every effort to assist potential interns seeking grants, fellowships or academic credit.
• Our Intake Bureau does accept interns for evening and weekend positions. We will attempt to accommodate those students who may have scheduling requirements.
• We offer opportunities in all bureaus – for descriptions, click on "Divisions and Bureaus" above. We ask successful applicants for input in their bureau assignment, and we do our best to assign the intern to one of their expressed preferences. In fact, candidates who are invited for an interview should be prepared to discuss bureau assignments.
• Interns remain in the same bureau during a summer or a semester. As we expect that our interns will be making a valuable contribution – no "make work" assignments – we feel that both the intern and our office will therefore receive the greatest benefit by concentrating on a single bureau.
• We expect that interns will become an integral part of the bureau to which they are assigned. In the Appeals Bureau, interns will receive research and writing assignments including briefs to be heard by the Appellate Division, Second Department of New York State Supreme Court. In the Investigations Division, interns will become part of teams of Assistant District Attorneys and Detectives. In both the Trial Division and the Major Crimes Division, interns will take part in case preparation which includes witness interviews and possibly a trip to the crime scene. We make efforts for interns to serve as second seats in hearings and trials.
• There are a limited number of positions available in the summer program. In addition, there are a limited number of interns assigned to each bureau. Therefore, many summer assignments become unavailable by early spring.
2020 Summer Internship Program
The 2020 Summer Internship Program formally begins on Monday, June 1, and concludes on Friday, August 7.
Starting on Thursday, June 11, the office provides a weekly intern lunch meeting / presentation. Each week, a Bureau Chief or a senior Assistant District Attorney will explain the workings of their particular bureau. Each year participating bureaus include Homicide Trials, Gang Violence and Hate Crimes, Economic and Environmental Crimes, Special Proceedings, Alternative Sentencing, Immigration Affairs and as well as the DNA Prosecutions Unit.
Application Process
Applications for the 2020 Summer Internship Program will be reviewed starting December 1, 2019. The deadline for applications is February 14, 2020. Applications for positions during the school year may be submitted at any time.
Interested law school and college students should submit a resume and cover letter – no other materials are required. Please submit your application to:
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First Annual National Endowment for the Humanities Plain Writing Compliance Report
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has always attempted to publish documents written in plain, comprehensible English. Our efforts to that end preceded the passage of the Plain Writing Act of 2010, but we have recently intensified them.
We have focused our efforts to date on the writing and editing of application guidelines: the instructions for applicants to our grant programs. We currently administer approximately thirty-five grant programs, a list of which can be found here.
Because we have emphasized writing application guidelines in plain English, Joel Schwartz (NEH's Chief Guidelines Officer, the official principally responsible for writing and editing these documents) is overseeing the agency's Plain Writing initiative. One of his responsibilities is to ensure that the application guidelines are as comprehensible as possible.
NEH launched a new website on April 9, 2012. The website includes a Plain Writing section, to which readers are encouraged to respond.
It would be tedious to list multiple examples of guidelines language that we have streamlined and simplified. But to give you a sense of the sorts of changes we're trying to make, we present two examples, taken from the guidelines for one program: the Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections or SCHC program. In both cases, we have tightened the language. (In the first case, we have also tightened the requirement.)
Old version: "Planning grants focused on exploring sustainable preventive conservation strategies are especially encouraged."
Current version: (see page 2 of the program guidelines PDF, available at the SCHC link above): "Planning grants must focus on exploring sustainable preventive conservation strategies."
Old version: "It is expected that SCHC planning grants would address complex preservation challenges that require an interdisciplinary team to arrive at possible solutions."
Current version: (see page 4 of the program guidelines PDF): "NEH expects that SCHC planning grants will address complex preservation challenges, which only an interdisciplinary team can solve."
To be sure, the guidelines for many NEH grant programs inevitably employ a number of technical terms. For example, all of the individual words "sustainable preventive conservation strategies" are comprehensible, but an applicant would need some technical knowledge—or at least to have been advised by someone with the requisite technical knowledge—to know what a sustainable preventive conservation strategy is, and how to craft one. On the other hand, only an applicant with that level of technical knowledge could write a competitive application.
Similarly, another NEH grant program (Preservation Assistance Grants or PAG program) permits applicants to apply to purchase "environmental monitoring equipment (for example, dataloggers, hygrothermographs, and light meters)." (See page 3 of the program guidelines PDF, available at the PAG link above.) Again, an applicant would need considerable technical knowledge—or to be advised by someone with such knowledge—to know what a datalogger or a hygrothermograph is. But once again, only an applicant with that level of technical knowledge could write a competitive application.
In short, NEH application guidelines inevitably contain a certain amount of specialized, technical vocabulary. But subject to that constraint, NEH has attempted, is attempting, and will continue to attempt to write application guidelines that are as clear and as comprehensible as possible.
Joel Schwartz, NEH's Chief Guidelines Officer, prepared this report.


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This beautiful pour over bar, the Clive Stand, is the proud product of Mark Hellweg. Mark put together this bar with input from a local artist/craftsman and feedback from baristas, including myself. The Clive Stand does the same work as any other 3 up pour over bar, yes, but it's more elegant. Allow me to elaborate:
- It's smaller, that saves bar space.
- It looks good, always a plus.
- It's made of salvage wood, that's Green.
- The holes are beveled 60 degrees, that fits those Harios like a glove.
- A little ridge in front of the pitchers centers them under the cone, like a tennis ball on string in your garage.
- My friend Mark invented it, undeniable!
|The real Clive Stand, standing up.
The 'C' shaped side panels are meant to represent Mark's brand, Clive Coffee.
So it is now, with much disappointment, that ask of you; do not buy these products. Thank you.


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Qur'an - Surah Al-Waqiah Recited by Br Haroon Baqai | Click Here to View!
The purpose of the Qur'an Programs at Dar-us-Salaam is to ensure that every Muslim in the community is able to read the Qur'an properly, with the proper pronunciation and rules of reading the Qur'an. Through the Qur'an, Dar-us-Salaam hopes to further its mission of building a role model Muslim community, and to exemplify the Hadeeth of the Prophet, who once stated, "Hold tight to it (the Qur'an) (all of you), (and if you do so then) you will never go astray."
The Qur'an Programs at Dar-us-Salaam prepare Muslims of all ages to memorize and understand the entire Qur'an. Students first learn the basic skills of reading Qur'anic Arabic. Once they have mastered the reading skills, they are guided through the memorization of the entire Qur'an.
Dar-us-Salaam offers a variety of Qur'an classes in order to accommodate different schedules and needs.


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ROCHESTER — Oakland University has hired Jeffrey Konya as its new athletic director.
The school announced the move Monday. It takes effect Aug. 11. Konya is currently the athletic director at California State University, Bakersfield, where he has worked since 2010.
Robby Stewart had been Oakland's interim athletic director since Feb. 1, when Tracy Huth left the position.
Betty Youngblood, Oakland's interim president, says Konya is a veteran leader with a record of "progressively increased leadership responsibilities."
Konya says it's his responsibility to create an environment for athletes to be successful academically, athletically and socially.


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Insurance requirement delayed until April 2014
A provision in the Affordable Care Act health care reform law (also known as Obamacare) that requires most Americans to have health insurance has been delayed until April 1, 2014. The individual mandate requiring Americans to have insurance was originally scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2014.
The first month of open enrollment on health insurance marketplaces has been plagued by glitches and technical difficulties. The problems are impacting healthcare.gov, the federal government site that is handling marketplace enrollment for states such as North Dakota that did not to set up their own marketplaces. The delay will give North Dakotans more time to comply with the requirement to have insurance.
Americans will now have until March 31, 2014 to sign up for an insurance plan to avoid the penalty. Open enrollment for 2014 runs from October 2013 to March 31, 2014. The delay means that everyone who signs up during the open enrollment period will avoid the financial penalty for not having insurance. Americans looking to have a marketplace insurance plan by January 1, 2014 will still need to enroll through the marketplace by December 15, 2013.
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The new oil extraction techniques involve injecting super-heated steam under high pressure deep into the ground, liquefying the hardened, tarry stuff so it can be extracted. Only…sometimes there is a blowout, and the toxic gunk starts oozing out in all kinds of unexpected places. Exactly as is happening in Cold Lake, Alberta, on the lands of the Beaver Lake Cree First Nation.
"This is a new kind of oil spill and there is no 'off button,'" said Keith Stewart, an energy analyst with Greenpeace who teaches a course on energy policy and environment at the University of Toronto. "You can't cap it like a conventional oil well or turn off a valve on a pipeline.
"You are pressurizing the oil bed so hard that it's no wonder that it blows out. This means that the oil will continue to leak until the well is no longer pressurized," which means the bitumen could be seeping from the ground for months.
Would you believe the oil companies are keeping the media and photographers away from multiple blowout sites? Of course you would.
But wait! We Americans don't have to worry — these tar sand extraction blowouts happen around the site of origin. The US gets the benefit of the oil (less the aforementioned pipeline leaks), while Canada poisons itself.
Thanks, guys! This is the season when I see those obscene mega-recreation vehicles tooling around on the highways, and it's nice to know you're willing to murder your beaver in particularly nasty ways, and to kill your majestic trees with toxic chemicals leaching into the ground, all so some smug retired Republican can drive a house down the road.


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Welcome to The Korea History Group Blog
Welcome to 우물 안 개구리, the newest addition to Frog in a Well. This new academic group blog is primarily focused on the study of the history of Korea, broadly defined, but some of our contributors will be writing from the perspective of other fields.
This is the sister blog to 井の中の蛙, or Frog In a Well – Japan, focusing on Japanese history, as well as 井底之蛙, or Frog In a Well – China, focusing on Chinese history. The weblog's name 우물 안 개구리 is originally from a Chinese proverb that comes from the writings of Zhuangzi, one of the founders of what we now call Daoism (In the Burton Watson translation of his Basic Writings the story behind this proverb can be found in Section 17 "Autumn Floods" on pages 107-8). A frog tries to convince a turtle to join him in his wonderful well, of which he is a master. After trying to get in and getting stuck, the turtle withdraws and tells the frog instead of how deep and wide the sea is. The frog is left dumfounded. The proverb, which grew out of this Daoist fable, has come to represent a state of limited vision and even ignorance — of not being able to see outside one's own immediate environment.
Our collaborative weblogs here begin from this position of humility, and we look forward to a useful and lively exchange of ideas and perspectives on the study of Korean history.
Our starting contributers are each graduate students or professors studying Korea and have agreed to share some of their ideas, discoveries, and other comments online here. I will invite each of them to introduce themselves so you may learn a little more about their respective interests and background and will then add them to the list of authors in the side bar. Information on how to contact us is also available in a link from the sidebar.
Let us hope that this new weblog, which will eventually be a multilingual Korean and English weblog, will not only make a useful contribution to online discourse about Korean history but also catches the interest of other academics who may have yet made the plunge to share their thoughts and research directly online. For those who are interested, below is a more detailed description of the goals, audience, and content for this weblog.
1) CONTENT – To bring together graduate students and scholars who study Korea on a single group blog to share information about their own research, passing discoveries they have made, and an opportunity to discuss and critique current research and scholarship in our field. In addition to our own research, we may end up posting links to other articles, write reviews of books read or presentations attended, make comments on interesting passages found in the archives, and information on useful resources available to those interested in studying Korea etc.
This is primarily a weblog about the history of Korea but we will be welcoming contributors from other fields or who are working between them. Some of us already dabble in literature, anthropology, and other areas and all of us can benefit from rich interdisciplinary interaction. Also see below under transnational.
2) WEBLOG AUDIENCE – My greatest hope is that our audience will include our peers – other scholars and students studying Korea who will find an interest in what we write and will post comments and criticism to our postings, or even better: will be motivated to continue the discussion online by creating their own weblog or at least makie an effort to bring their ideas online in some format so that everyone has access to it.
Too much of the best research by leading scholars in our field continues to be accessible to only small number of us who can consult expensive online databases and large libraries. Time and time again I have heard academics and students complain about the poor quality of content on the internet related to our fields of research. Until we contribute ourselves, there is little to be gained from such dismissals.
Thus ultimately, while I hope blogs like this will attract scholars and students of history and Korea specifically, the Frog in a Well-Japan and Frog in a Well-China blogs have already shown that there is a large audience of non-specialists out there who are interested in reading our postings regularly and post comments and questions, even when such postings are of a detailed and academic nature.
3) MULTILINGUAL – It is our hope to grow to include a number of contributors who are native speakers of Korean or students/scholars who are studying Korean history in Korea proper or other academic communities which are deeply connected with Korean language scholarship. Such contributors will be welcome to post in Korean and thus visitors who can only read English may at some point not be able to enjoy all the postings on this site. The idea is for contributors to use the language they feel most comfortable with when they write or respond to our postings, despite the sacrifice in readability which this will create for our non-Korean reading audience. The original idea behind Frog in a Well, and indeed the reason I chose this Chinese proverb was the frustration I felt at the fact that many of us studying in the US or outside of East Asia are often ignorant of the newest developments in the scholarship by those active in the Korean language academic communities outside of their own narrow topics of interest. Most of us recognize that there is a growing amount of high quality research in the Korean language that we don't have the time to read or simply don't know about.
It is the hope of many of us that Frog in a Well blogs will eventually have many contributors who are working in a number of academic communities, scholars based in Japan, China, Taiwan, and Korea etc. who know what is going on and who are interested in coming together on a weblog with students/scholars studying the history of this region elsewhere. There needs to be more of this interaction and this blog is one way to do this – but only if students/scholars whose native language is Korean feel comfortable posting and commenting in the language they work best in. Having said that, some contributors (such as is still unfortunately the case for myself) may have no or limited Korean language ability.
4) CROSS-POSTING AND TRANSNATIONAL – Many of us are working on areas that do not comfortably fit into just "Korea". Postings here may include some which are transnational but might be of strong interest to those who want to read about "Korean history". We will settle for the broadest and most inclusive definition possible for our postings. While Frog in a Well may eventually have a specific blog dedicated especially to transnational history focused on the Asian/Asia-Pacific region, for now, postings that may be of interest to readers of the Japan or China blogs that are hosted here at Frog in a Well, may be cross-posted at both blogs so that readers who regularly visit just one can find our postings.
Our homepage displays our Frog in a Well logo, based on a painting by Joseph Y. Lo, who has kindly given us permission to use a modified version of it.
In addition, I have prepared two buttons that you are free to use when linking to us:
11 Responses to "Welcome to The Korea History Group Blog"
[...] Over at Frog in a Well, we are launching our new collaborative Korean history weblog. You can read more about the goals of the site here. [...]
Welcome to the neighborhood. I think of all the three Frog Blogs this is the one I have been looking forward to most. People talking about China and Japan are dime a dozen. Informed people talking about China and Japan are not that much rarer. Korea, as you no doubt know, is a whole different kettle of cabbage. It will be interesting to see how (or, realistically, if) this develops given the limited amounts of Korea-commentary to leach off of. You will have to be a lot more creative dedicated, and intelligent than the China and Japan bloggers. Fortunately, that should not be difficult.
"The proverb… has come to represent a state of limited vision and even ignorance — of not being able to see outside one's own immediate environment."
And so would it be the participating bloggers who have limited vision or are even ignorant, or would it be Korea, about which they write?
I was quite surprised to see the title "frog in a well." Only after looking around a while do I see this (buried deep in the present entry, above):
"I felt at the fact that many of us studying in the US or outside of East Asia are often ignorant of the newest developments in the scholarship by those active in the Korean language academic communities outside of their own narrow topics of interest. Most of us recognize that there is a growing amount of high quality research in the Korean language that we don't have the time to read or simply don't know about."
Fair enough, but I think it is possible there will be "native speakers of Korean or students/scholars who are studying Korean history in Korea proper" who take offense at the title. It sounds very non-native to me and at the very least I think that might hinder the formation of group of participants that includes those who feel more comfortable writing in Korean.
That said, I'm only a wee bit concerned because I like what you are trying to do and wish you the best.
Do you guys read and write classical Chinese?
외국어로서의 한국어교육을 공부하고 있습니다.
인터넷 검색하다가 들어왔는데,
아마 여기 계신 분들께서 한국인인 저보다 한국 역사에 대해서 더 잘 알고 계실 것 같네요.
한글로 쓰는 제 글을 읽고 이해하실 분이 얼마나 되실지 궁금합니다.
하지만 한국 역사에 관심이 있으시니 한국어에도 어느 정도 관심이 있으실거라고 생각합니다.
제가 도움을 드릴 수 있는 일이 있었으면 좋겠네요.
I'm studying 'Teaching Korean as a Foreign Language at a graduate school.
I'm a native Korean.
I was surfing the internet for my thesis research and visited here.
I guess you(the users of this group blog) know about Korean history a lot more than I am.
I wonder how many of you understand my writine in Korean here.
But I think some of you DO have interest in Korean language since you are interested in Korean history.
I hope I could be some help anyhow.
[...] and thus the view from our various respective wells (I needn't remind the reader of the founding goals of this website), be broadened by applauding, indeed multiplying efforts such as Rimjin-gang, and [...]
[…] Today we are launching our new collaborative Korean history weblog. You can read more about the goals of the site here. […]


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The resulting pictures are somewhat similar to what is called "panography" or "Hockneyesque" (after the artist David Hockney).
Simply start the recording in "You Gotta See This!", swipe the scene up, down, left and right with the camera and share the image created by one of the six amazing themes on Twitter, Facebook or by email. Or simply save it to your camera roll for later presentation. "You Gotta See This!" uses the gyroscope of the iPhone 4 (or newer), the iPod touch (4th generation or newer) iPad 2 (or newer) and iPad mini to determine the camera orientation while you record and positions the images it takes accordingly on a flat surface to create the spacial collages.
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March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Did you know that colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States? Colorectal cancer affects people from all ethnic and racial backgrounds and is most often found in people age 50 and up. March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and Affinity Health Clinic would like to give you some information on prevention and early detection. If you feel you need to see one of the gastroenterologists at Affinity or if it is time for your scheduled screening, please contact us and our Affinity Gastroenterology department.
Colorectal Cancer Prevention:
- Be physically active for at least 30 minutes, at least five days a week.
- Maintain healthy weight.
- Don't smoke. If you do smoke, quit now.
- If you drink alcohol, have no more than one drink per day if you're a woman or two drinks a day if you're a man.
- Eat fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
- Eat less red meat and cut out processed meat.
Colorectal Cancer Early Detection - If you're at average risk for colorectal cancer, start your screenings at age 50. If you're at higher risk (due to family history, lifestyle or other factors), you may need to start regular screenings at an earlier age. If you're older than 75, ask your doctor if you should continue to be screened. The best time to get screened is before you have any symptoms.
Tests that find pre-cancer and cancer:
- Colonoscopy - Every 10 years
- Virtual colonoscopy - Every 5 years
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy - Every 5 years
- Double-contrast barium enema - Every 5 years
Tests that mainly find cancer:
- Stool occult blood test (FOBT) - Every year
- Stool immunochemical test (FIT) - Every year
- Stool DNA test (sDNA) - Ask your health care professional because technology is evolving.
Early stages of colorectal cancer don't usually have symptoms, so stay on top of your scheduled screenings. Affinity's gastroenterologists perform all colorectal cancer screenings and you can make an appointment with us today. The chances of beating colorectal cancer when finding it in Stage 1 are 74%. Know the facts and stay healthy!