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Holy irreverence! Worship centered on the magical or miraculous not worthy of God
A man walks into a wedding in Cana. His mom says, "Do something nice for the young couple, Honey," so he turns 180 gallons of water into wine. "Jeez, now we've got a Party!" his mom says, but his dad overindulges,and the next morning has a honking headache. Joseph's wife, very solicitous, says, "Honey, is there anything I can do?" Joseph answers, "Yeah, I'd just like a glass of water — but keep the Kid away from it!"
Does that offend you? I hope not, didn't mean to. Some people may consider the joke blasphemous or scandalous — I just think it's irreverent. We need a certain amount of irreverence in religion these days. In an age just barely holding on to rational thought, we can't afford magic to again hold sway.
True story: Where is the head of John the Baptist? Five churches and one mosque claim they have it. In the Middle Ages, there were only three, and Rome mediated a solution by throwing out one, acknowledging one and ruling that the third was the head of J.B. as a young man. Yep. There are also two places that claim rights to the right hand of the Baptizer–his baptizing-of-Jesus hand, of course, since he couldn't have been left-handed! Could he? Maybe one of the right hands was his as a young man, too. I think John B. was a prophet, but with his clown costume and staring down of bees for their honey, would have very successfully been marketed like a ride at an amusement park — Six Flags Over Jerusalem.
Prophets in the Jewish and Christian scriptures, even today, are those who tell us what God really thinks of all this. Why do we worship? The bullpen of Amos, Hosea and Isaiah, the last being the one Jesus stole from most, tell us of a God who kept asking, "Why are you here? Why are you bugging me? Clear off!" God clearly was unimpressed with our sacrifices of one animal after another. The bargain, as God saw it, was when we "burned" (BBQed) the offering, God got the blood and the smoke, while we got brisket. And incense, don't get God started. It makes my wife nauseous, too. God can't take it seriously, whether it's a punk stick in a bowl of Unitarian Universalist sand, or pumping out of a Catholic or Orthodox pot, the priest making moves like "Round the World", "Overhead Lasso," or behind the back and through the legs. Watch the sparks fly on that one.
No to magic where you find it. Yes, alcoholic person, you can get high on communion wine. No, lady, hosts don't bleed, unless you bite your lip. The miracle is that you might manage to cut yourself on something they try to convince us is bread. You can believe in a Real Presence never defined as physical; lots of things can be real but not physical. The Savior does not intentionally appear in a crinkled tortilla, a crumpled garage door or double latte. Mary only appears at ugly churches, where she asks "Build me a beautiful church on this spot!"
I don't have space or ability to explain everything; indeed, I leave lots of room for mystery. But the reason we come to worship is not to buy off or please God, or to earn treasure. We come to enter into the Reign of God on earth, and to discover, as Dominic Crossan calls it, the "Social Shape of the Generous God." God does not need our worship. God loves us no matter what we do, otherwise that's not God. We cannot make God love us any more than God does, nor can we do anything that will make God love us less. Please don't tell the children, but there's nothing you can do to make God stop loving you. And we are totally free to respond, and return that love. Or not. No conditions, no payback. That's free will.
Human beings found and find places of worship because we need them. We need to give to the poor first, and each other. This is the place where we see, enter and experience the Reign of God. It is our Fortune, Treasure, Holy City, Promised Land, the place where God Holds Sway, a Dwelling for us both inside and outside of human, sinful Empire. Irreverence is holy and divine, and lets us see, as Buddha said, "When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky!"


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Microsoft wants to make Sesame Street interactive.
We're not talking about Sesame Street video games (though they're doing that too). They also want to make the show—filmed puppets and all—a TV show that a kid standing in front of their TV can interact with.
You don't have to imagine what interactive Sesame Street would look like. Microsoft made a "vision" video of it. You can see that right here. But because it's a "vision" video, it's not really all there. We're seeing Microsoft's dream version of what this would look like, all dependent on a TV tethered to an Xbox 360 and a Kinect visual/motion/audio sensor.
Microsoft is trying to make this vision reality. If they nail it, well, I bet we'll see plenty more TV shows that can react to us. Microsoft's already getting the National Geographic in on this too.
I'm hoping they'll make comedies that get funnier if the Kinect senses that I'm not laughing at the show's jokes.


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Tammy Craddock, far right, owner of Jubilations in Columbus, how to use Girl Scout cookies in new cheesecake recipes with Troop 40 Scouts Ivye Yeatman left, and Raylee Alford. As a result of the recent partnership, Thin Mint, Caramel deLites and Peanut Butter Patty cheesecakes are being featured on Harvey's dessert menu through the month of March. Photo by: Courtesy Photo
March 18, 2009
In an innovative blending of tastes -- and a sterling example of non-profit and commercial collaboration -- popular Girl Scout cookie flavors inspired three new Jubilations cheesecakes this month and are featured on Harveys'' dessert menus in Columbus, Starkville and Tupelo.
It all began when members of The Heart of the South Girl Scout Troop 40 in Columbus suited up in hair caps and plastic gloves on a recent Monday at Tammy Craddock''s Jubilations'' kitchens on Gardner Boulevard in East Columbus. The girls were eager to explore using tried-and-true cookies in new cheesecake recipes.
For 90 years, the annual Girl Scout cookie campaign has taught girls and young women marketing, budgeting and goal-setting skills. All proceeds from cookies sales remain in local areas to support troops, events and other activities for the Heart of the South Girl Scouts, a United Way agency.
"Tammy talked to them about her career and how she got started as a baker," said Lee Alford, volunteer troop leader. "She was very informative and encouraging for young girls entering the business world."
"I think the hardest thing for the girls was putting on those hair nets and taking their jewelry off," laughed Craddock. " I wanted to show them that if a women decides to do something, if she wants to work hard enough, then you can accomplish whatever you want to try. I also want them to know it isn''t easy."
Craddock has been featured in numerous publications for her entrepreneurial success in turning a hobby into a thriving business and marketing her specialty cheesecakes to restaurants and grocery outlets. The former high school teacher''s mentoring of the Scouts enhanced their understanding of taking an idea to market.
Hands on
After a thorough briefing in health regulations, Craddock and the bakers-to-be discussed which and how much of certain ingredients would be most likely to produce the tastiest desserts.
"We had a lot of input," said Cadette Laura Stevens. "She asked us what our favorite flavors were, how we thought they would work in the cheesecake, what kind of crust would work. She told us how she started in her own kitchen and made all the cakes herself; that was really cool how she did that. It shows that it is possible ... "
Thin Mints, Caramel deLites, Peanut Butter Patty, Lemonades, Shortbread and Peanut Butter Sandwich cookies were used to create new cheesecakes. From planning, mixing, decorating and, finally, to the oven, the Scouts were involved in the production. Each new recipe was recorded.
Exciting development
Only a day or two after the baking session, the troop learned John Bean of the Eat With Us Group -- the umbrella organization that owns Harveys, The Grill, Sweet Peppers Deli, Bulldog Deli and Park Heights -- would feature the Thin Mints-, Caramel deLites- and Peanut Butter Patty-flavored cheesecakes in Harveys'' Columbus, Starkville and Tupelo locations through the end of the month.
"It was exciting!" said Cadette Scout Sarah Hern. "It was great of John Bean to do it, and I think it really helped us to sell cookies."
The Caramel deLites cheesecake contained crushed Caramel deLites with added caramel and chocolate syrup and a cookie/graham crust, topped off with toasted coconut, Alford explained. The girls'' Thin Mints recipe contained added creme de menthe with mini chocolate chips and a Thin Mint crust and crushed Thin Mints on top. The Peanut Butter Patty cheesecake has crushed Patties with added chocolate syrup and a crust made from the Shortbread cookies, Alford said.
Sarah''s younger sister, Reagan, spoke of the experience with Craddock. "Her working with us was a lot of fun; it helped us grow more. She kind of showed us what to do, but she really let us do it on our own and use our own ideas."
"We are so grateful to everyone involved for their support," Alford stressed. "This project was a wonderful example of community collaboration and girls taking an active role in leadership and discovery!"
Jan Swoope is the Lifestyles Editor for The Commercial Dispatch.
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Editing text on the iPad can be a total pain. Say you want to insert a word in the middle of sentence. You have to tap just so or you'll stick it in the wrong spot. A guy named Daniel Hooper thinks there needs to be a better way, showing off his idea for a superior alternative in the video above.
His improved keyboard would let you select text by holding the shift key as you swipe. You'd be able to drag to move the cursor, or drag with two fingers to move it faster. The methods he demonstrates could make for a faster, more user-friendly keyboard.
But he doesn't want to keep the idea for himself, and he's not selling any kind of product. He suggests that you should send Apple a bug report to tell it you're unhappy with the keyboard, encouraging it to work on a fix. Who knows if Apple's listening but Hooper has been told that Apple looks at it as a problem, so maybe we'll see something different in the next big update to iOS. [iDownloading via Engadget]


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Enjoy a classic adventure in the Galapagos
As we fly from Quito to the Galapagos Islands, located in the equatorial water of the Pacific Ocean, we suddenly find ourselves in a very different world. As we board our vessel, the M.Y Grand Queen Beatriz, and follow in the footsteps of Charles Darwin, we start to encounter nature at its finest. This is indeed the Galapagos journey with something for everyone.
- Start
- Quito, Ecuador
- Finish
- Quito, Ecuador
- Destination
- Ecuador
- Style
- Peregrine
- Theme
- Adventure Cruising, Wildlife
- Code
- Physical rating
- Trip rating
- 10 reviews
- Ages
- Min 15
- Group size
- Min 1, Max 16
Why you'll love this trip
As you board your vessel, M.Y Grand Queen Beatriz, and follow in the footsteps of Charles Darwin, you will encounter nature at its finest.
Explore the islands from on deck, on foot and in the water, no doubt with your eyes open for your next unique sight.
You'll encounter giant Galapagos tortoises, blue-footed and masked boobies, pelicans and frigate birds, as well as land and marine iguanas, sea lions, fur seals and perhaps dolphins, whales and sea turtles.
Is this trip right for you?
Although we don't ask travellers to complete a Physical Participation Form for this trip, we do ask that you read through the trip notes carefully to ensure that this trip is right for you. You'll need to feel comfortable with the included activities and with moving about the boat. The cabins and communal areas of the boat are spread over four decks, and the steps between the decks are steep.
You will be entering and exiting a Zodiac boat (panga) during wet and dry landings and when returning from snorkelling. Although the waters we sail are usually calm, there are times when the sea can get rough and choppy. Steady sea legs (and a sturdy stomach) are needed when walking around the boat during bad weather. Rain or shine, your trusty crew will always be on hand to assist you.
A typical yacht/boat for sixteen travellers is equipped with eight cabins each with ensuites. They are designed to maximise living area space, so sleeping quarters can be a bit cramped. That being said, the adventure and exhilaration of an authentic Galapagos trip more than makes up for any discomfort.
While at sea and when exploring the islands, you may be exposed to the sun for large parts of the day. It's important to use sun protection and drink plenty of water.
Please note that while there is an itinerary in place, some changes may occur due to the weather or because of direction from the local authorities. This can happen with little notice so please be prepared for potential modifications to the route or activities. A sense of humour and flexibility will ensure you have a fun, relaxing trip through this beautiful part of the world no matter what happens.
All of our Galapagos tours begin and end in Quito which is located approximately 2850 metres above sea level so you may experience some altitude sickness.
Grand Queen Beatriz
Experience the 'Enchanted Islands' in our new custom-built yacht, the Grand Queen Beatriz.
A welcome meeting will be held in the evening at either 5pm or 6 pm when you meet others travelling with you on your cruise to the Galapagos Islands. Please check with hotel reception or check the reception notice boards for the time and place of the meeting for your trip. As today is an arrival day, you can arrive at any time as there are no activities planned until this important meeting.
If you can't arrange a flight that will arrive in time, you may wish to arrive a day early so you're able to attend. We'll be happy to book additional accommodation for you (subject to availability).
Quito sits at high altitude under the towering Pichincha volcano. It is a beautiful city, arguably one of the most beautiful in South America. The city stretches along the valley and is surrounded by the Andes. The Old Town of Quito is awash with history, with more than 30 churches to explore, and a number of fascinating museums. La Compania de Jesus is considered to be the most beautiful and ornate churches in the Americas. The city's oldest street, Calle La Ronda, is well worth exploring.
As this trip spends very little time in Quito, we recommend you spend a few extra days before or after your trip to experience all the city has to offer. You may even wish to explore further beyond the city and visit Otavalo, Cotopaxi, the Cloud Forest or the Equatorial Monument.
- Hotel Le Parc, Quito (1 night)
Meals IncludedThere are no meals included on this day.
Special InformationQuito is located at 2850 metres above sea level. At this altitude you may experience some of the milder effects of altitude sickness, such as dizziness, insomnia and a shortness of breath. If so, we recommend you avoid any strenuous activity. Please see the "Medical & Health Information" section for more details.
A US$20 per person transit card is payable on departure at Quito Airport and a US$100 per person national park entry fee is payable on arrival on the islands. Please have cash on hand for these transactions as credit cards are not accepted.
The flight to the Galapagos will make one stop in Guayaquil to pick up other passengers. (Total flight time is about 3.5 hours).
On arrival in the Galapagos you will be met in the arrivals hall and then transferred to your motor yacht, M.Y. Grand Queen Beatriz, anchored a short distance away in Baltra Island. Once on board you'll be assigned your cabins, meet the crew members and have a welcome briefing and safety drill before getting to know your naturalist guide and fellow travellers over a delicious lunch.
Your first stop in the afternoon will be Punta Carrión, located on the eastern side of the Itabaca channel that separates the islands of Baltra and Santa Cruz. This is a shallow and protected cove, ideal for your first snorkel and swim in the Galapagos! From a boat ride, wildlife is plentiful - keep your eyes peeled for occasional sights of blue-footed boobies, Galapagos herons, great blue herons and underwater swim among rays and white-tipped reef sharks.
Tonight, enjoy a welcome cocktail and crew presentation on board.
Estimated travel time/distance:
Baltra to Punta Carrion: 1.5 hours (10 nautical miles)
Punta Carrion to Isabela Island (Puerto Villamil): 9 hours (64 nautical miles)
- M/Y Grand Queen Beatriz (1 night)
Included Activities
- Isla Santa Cruz - Punta Carrion - Snorkelling (1 hour)
Meals Included
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
Special InformationToday is predominately a long travel day with an early morning start. Your first activity on the islands will not commence until after lunch.
Please note the airline we use to and from the Galapagos Islands is unable to provide gluten free snacks. If you require a gluten free diet, we recommend you carry your own snacks for these flights.
Please note that there's a US$5 fee to be paid upon landing on Isabela Island.
This southern coast of turquoise blue waters has the largest area of beaches in the Galapagos. You will visit Las Tintoreras, where from the viewing walkway you can look down into this narrow channel to see a colony of white-tipped reef sharks swimming and sleeping, and the occasional playful sea lion among them!
Blue-footed boobies and penguins, marine iguanas and crabs also make their home here.
Enjoy a nice long walk on a gravel path through 'Ahh-ahh' lava flow and see plenty of marine iguanas. The natives of the islands call white sharks 'tintoreras', hence the name of this spectacular site.
In the afternoon we visit the Arnoldo Tupiza Tortoise breeding center. We have a leisurely walk through a coastal lagoon, where you might see Flamingos. This mangrove-lined path leads to Isabela's Giant Tortoise Breeding Center (Arnoldo Tupiza) where you'll observe giant tortoises in all stages of development. Here you can see the five sub species of tortoises from Isabela Island, some of which are bred in captivity.
You will then have the choice for optional swimming at the beach or out for some shopping in Puerto Villamil.
Estimated travel time/distance:
Isabela Island (Puerto Villamil) to Post Office Bay: 6 hours (40 nautical miles)
- M/Y Grand Queen Beatriz (1 night)
Included Activities
- Isla Isabela - Las Tintoreras visit (1.5 hours) - Dry Landing
- Isla Isabela - Arnolda Tupiza Tortoise Breeding Center including Flamingo Lagoon (2 hours) - Dry Landing
Meals Included
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
Today is also one of your finest opportunities to see pink flamingos and other water birds wading in the lagoons, including pintails and stilts. Just offshore, the Devil's Crown is an old eroded volcanic cone and a popular roosting site for seabirds such as boobies, pelicans and frigates. Red-billed tropicbirds can also be seen nesting in the rocky crevices.
The centre of the cone is an outstanding snorkelling spot, perhaps the most remarkable in the entire archipelago, full of sea lions and colourful fish.
You will go ashore at Punta Cormorant where the sand is made up of fine olivine crystals, a glassy volcanic mineral, giving the beach an olive-green colour. It is the best place to see Galapagos sea lions.
Estimated travel time/distance:
Post Office Bay to Punta Cormorant: 0.5 hours (3 nautical miles)
Punta Cormorant to Puerto Ayora: 4 hours (32 nautical miles)
- M/Y Grand Queen Beatriz (1 night)
Included Activities
- Isla Floreana - Post Office Bay - Walk (1.5 hours) - Wet Landing
- Isla Floreana - Punta Cormorant walk (1.5 hours) - Wet Landing
- Isla Floreana - Devil's Crown snorkelling (1 hour)
- Isla Floreana - Post Office Bay snorkelling (45 mins)
Meals Included
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
Our final excursion will be a visit to the Santa Cruz Highlands. We travel through the agricultural region and into the misty forests where we can see the Unique Scalesia cloud forest, get up close to the dome shaped giant tortoises in the wild, different species of Darwin finches and possibly the world famous woodpecker and warbler finches as well as vermillion flycatchers.
This is your final excursion before you return to the airport in Baltra for your flight back to Quito. As you will be leaving the boat this morning, please remember that if you have enjoyed the services provided by your guide and crew, a tip would be very much appreciated by them. As a guideline we recommend each passenger consider US$15 per day for the crew and US$10 per day for your guide. You can leave tips in envelopes that are placed in your cabin on the last day of your journey.
Upon arrival in Quito Airport you will be transferred back to your hotel for an overnight stay.
- Hotel Le Parc, Quito (1 night)
Included Activities
- Isla Santa Cruz - Highlands Visit (3 hours) - Dry Landing
Meals Included
- Breakfast
Special InformationToday is predominately a long travel day with an early morning start. There will be a short morning activity before our mid-morning flight back to the mainland. The flight back to Quito is not due to arrive until late afternoon getting back to the hotel in time for an optional final group dinner.
Meals Included
- Breakfast
Special InformationAll travel times/distances and activity durations are approximate only and subject to change.
Meals5 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 3 dinners
TransportMinibus, Boat, Plane, Zodiac
AccommodationHotel (2 nights), Overnight boat (3 nights)
Included Activities
- Isla Santa Cruz - Punta Carrion - Snorkelling (1 hour)
- Isla Isabela - Las Tintoreras visit (1.5 hours) - Dry Landing
- Isla Isabela - Arnolda Tupiza Tortoise Breeding Center including Flamingo Lagoon (2 hours) - Dry Landing
- Isla Floreana - Post Office Bay - Walk (1.5 hours) - Wet Landing
- Isla Floreana - Punta Cormorant walk (1.5 hours) - Wet Landing
- Isla Floreana - Devil's Crown snorkelling (1 hour)
- Isla Floreana - Post Office Bay snorkelling (45 mins)
- Isla Santa Cruz - Highlands Visit (3 hours) - Dry Landing
Dates & availability
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Important notes
Your group will be a mixture of Peregrine booked passengers and other international like-minded travellers from our sister company Intrepid Travel.
Before checking in for the flight from Quito to the Galapagos, there is a US$20 transit fee that needs to be paid. On arrival in the islands you must pay the US$100 national park fee to enter Galapagos National Park. If your voyage visits Isabela Island, there is also a US$5 fee to be paid on arrival at the island.
When booking, please make sure that your name is spelt correctly, and that you book using the name in your passport (particularly if you are recently married). If you are issued a new passport with a different number between the time that you book and the time you travel, please take both the old and new passports with you.
Should you have a special diet requirement (for example vegetarian, celiac, vegan, severe food allergies) it's essential that you inform us or your agent of the specific details at least 10 days prior to departure, in order to make sure the chef on board the boat or on the island can request the necessary food supplies.
The minimum age on this trip is 15. Please note that triple cabins are not available. If travelling with a child, the child will need to share with one of the adults, and the other adult will share with another adult passenger, or pay a single supplement.
Please note that from June to August the water is rougher than usual. Consequently travel times will be longer than usual. If you suffer from seasickness you may want to reconsider travelling during this period.
Electricity in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands is 110 - 120V and requires US plugs so you may need to take an adapter.
Wi-Fi is not available on the boat at all whilst in the Galapagos Islands. There is limited access on the bigger islands of Santa Cruz, San Cristobal and Isabela and there may also be internet cafes for you to use if there is time.
Like Wi-Fi, mobile phone coverage is pretty non-existent whilst travelling around the islands. Again, you may find that you have limited service when you are closer to the bigger islands.
There is a satellite phone on board, for the use of shipboard staff, in case of emergency.
We do not offer diving as a part of our Galapagos program and due to our internal safety policy our leaders are specifically prohibited from recommending or assisting with booking this activity.
Essential trip information
Want an in-depth insight into this trip? Essential Trip Information provides a detailed itinerary, visa info, how to get to your hotel, what's included - pretty much everything you need to know about this adventure and more.View Essential Trip Information


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Moose::Cookbook::Meta::Recipe1 - Welcome to the meta world (Why Go Meta?)
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You might want to read Moose::Manual::MOP if you haven't done so yet.
If you've ever thought "Moose is great, but I wish it did X differently", then you've gone meta. The meta recipes demonstrate how to change and extend the way Moose works by extending and overriding how the meta classes (Moose::Meta::Class, Moose::Meta::Attribute, etc) work.
The metaclass API is a set of classes that describe classes, roles, attributes, etc. The metaclass API lets you ask questions about a class, like "what attributes does it have?", or "what roles does the class do?"
The metaclass system also lets you make changes to a class, for example by adding new methods or attributes.
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Many of the MooseX modules on CPAN implement metaclass extensions. A couple good examples include MooseX::Singleton and MooseX::AttributeHelpers. For a more complex example see Fey::ORM or Reaction.
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BLOOMINGTON -- Informational
meetings for the 2013 Penguin Project McLean County production of
"Peter Pan" will be on Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. in U-High's Stroud
The Penguin Project is a
group of individuals who take to the stage to perform a modified
version of a well-known Broadway musical. This production is unique,
however, because all of the roles are filled by individuals with
disabilities. Performers with disabilities are paired with same-age
peer mentors who support them throughout the rehearsal and
performance schedule.
For more information, contact Tricia Stiller at 309-242-0290 or
Barb Wells at 309-434-2260.
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4 cups diced seedless watermelon
1 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 dash salt
1/4 cup cold water
1 (.25 ounce) envelope unflavored gelatin
1 cup chilled heavy cream
Combine the watermelon, sugar, lemon juice, and salt in a large mixing bowl; stir to coat evenly. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Blend the mixture in a blender until smooth; return to the bowl.
Pour the cold water into a saucepan. Sprinkle the gelatin over the cold water; let stand 1 minutes. Place the saucepan over low heat; cook for 2 minutes. Stir the gelatin mixture into the blended watermelon mixture. Add the heavy cream; beat with an electric hand mixer at medium speed until the mixture is fluffy.
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(Reuters) - Polycom, which competes with Cisco in videoconferencing, hopes to move ahead of the pack with its new cloud-based product in a market it says will be worth $12 billion by 2015.
Videoconferencing is on the brink of widespread adoption as technology moves from expensive and complex boardroom products to technology that allows video communication on desktops, smartphones and tablets, and vendors are scrambling for their piece of the pie.
"Video is becoming more and more mission-critical, but it has not been taken up massively because of interoperability issues and inconsistent user experiences," said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, president of Products and Services at Polycom.
Polycom said on Monday that its RealPresence CloudAXIS Suite addresses those problems because it will let customers add anyone on Skype, Facebook, Google Talk and other business video applications to their video conferences from a browser via a hyperlink.
The product will be available to service providers and large businesses by the end of the first quarter, but Polycom will be running limited trial runs in the current quarter, the company said.
Polycom has been at pains to fend off larger rival Cisco, which dominates the videoconferencing market with its Telepresence virtual conference rooms, and competitors that offer free technology such as Microsoft's Skype, Google and Apple's face time.
The success of the cloud-based product is vital to Polycom, which still generates most of its revenue from hardware-based systems as it shifts to a software-based model while rivals muscle in on its turf.
That transition is expected to impact earnings over the next 12 to 18 months, analysts have said.
At the same time, rivals such as privately held companies Blue Jeans Networks, Vidyo and Avaya as well as business software maker Citrix are making inroads with their own technologies.
However, Forrester Research analyst Philipp Karcher said Polycom's product was impressive even if it was not the game changer Polycom claimed it is.
"It is an evolution," Karcher said, adding that there was a lot of interest in browser-based video conferencing but that Cisco "is also moving very aggressively into the web browser paradigm with WebEx and WebEx."
Polycom's announcement may also be a preemptive move to make itself more independent of Microsoft, which is a key user of Polycom products in its Lync corporate video, email and messaging product.
It is still unclear how Microsoft will incorporate Skype, but Polycom has acknowledged in its annual report the risk that its products could be replaced by Skype.
Mizuho Securities analyst Joanna Makris has said an integration of Skype into Lync would mean "game over" for Polycom.
Polycom's Ramakrishna said the product announcement did not change the company's relationship with Microsoft, which was "a key strategic partner."
Reporting By Nicola Leske; Editing By Ryan Woo


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Project Diva F is an enjoyable music game starring popular virtual idol Hatsune Miku. And like most games these days, there are more than a few Easter eggs for those paying attention. Moreover, as Project Diva F is a game made by Sega, many of these Easter eggs are callbacks to other Sega-related products.
My personal favorite of these is in the video for the song "Remote Control" which begins with vocaloid Rin playing her Sega Dreamcast. But soon she discovers her Dreamcast controller (with mic attachment—you know, for the ultimate experience) can control her brother Len as well. And thus she begins to make him dance with the power of Sega.
Another of these fun little callbacks is the video for the song "Online Game Addicts Sprechchor" in which Hatsune Miku is controlling her avatar in the Sega-owned MMO Phantasy Star Online 2. Of course, Miku, being the titular diva that she is, has her avatar give a concert in the game.
Better still, for anyone needing a bit more Inception in their lives, the Project Diva F video for "Online Game Addicts Sprechchor" has actually been aired on the giant screen in the main plaza inside of Phantasy Star Online 2 (where the video itself is set) for all the players to see.
Check out the video above to see these videos in all their HD glory.
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f was released on August 30, 2012, for the PlayStation Vita in Japan. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F was released on March 7, 2013, for the PlayStation 3. There is currently no word on a Western release.
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Three days ago, Hasheem Thabeet and a few Oklahoma City Thunder teammates—including Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and Serge Ibaka—hung out for some kind of outing. Thabeet posted a photo of the group on Instagram. That part isn't a story. Kendrick Perkins complaining about not being invited, however, is.
You might not be able to see the comment on Thabeet's photo on a computer, but you can with a mobile device if you load all comments. If you can't do that, we've screencapped Perkins's complaint (sixth one down).
That definitely seems to be the real Kendrick Perkins. Why would you not invite Perk, guys? That's messed up.
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Hundreds of Iranian men took to the streets of Tehran on Wednesday to demonstrate their anger over Iran's collapsing currency and deteriorating economic conditions. The chanting protesters marched to a major market area, where riot police had attacked suspected black-market currency traders.
The Iranian currency has lost more than one-third of its value since last week. Iran's government is blaming the plunging rial on currency traders and pressures from Western enemies. The U.S. State Department says the rial's decline is the result of international sanctions imposed over Tehran's disputed nuclear program.
At the same time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed even tougher sanctions as a tactic this week — and the right-wing leader seemed to be de-emphasizing the military option.
To discuss these developments, Global Journalist was joined by two experts that have written extensively about Iran's nuclear threat and the possibility of a pre-emptive attack on the Islamic republic's nuclear facilities.
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Even though HIV/AIDS has been influencing American cultural production since the 1980s, only in the last ten years or so has the Ransom Center begun to acquire collections with materials documenting the effects of the pandemic.
One recent acquisition that highlights the consequences of the disease on African literature is the Charles R. Larson collection of African and African-American literature. Larson is a professor of literature at American University, as well as a writer and editor. His papers include correspondence and manuscripts by Yvonne Vera (1964–2005), the prolific Zimbabwean novelist and short story writer who died of AIDS in 2005.
In 1987, Vera moved to Toronto, where she lived with her husband and earned her undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees at York University. She tested positive for HIV in 1989, and wrote her first short story, "Independence Day," in 1991. "I want to be a writer who can give you the illusion that you have two hearts," Vera said in a 2002 interview with Grace Mutandwa. "My tales are tragic, rather than sad, meaning they have a catastrophic force. Some writers can give you two heartbeats—one for the beauty of the words, another for the event. I want to be a writer who can give you the illusion that you have two hearts."
During her lifetime, she published five novels, a short story collection, and an edited anthology of African women's writing. Vera's novel Under the Tongue (1996) won the 1997 Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Africa region) for best novel, and her last published novel, The Stone Virgins (2002), won the Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa for best unpublished manuscript. She moved back to Zimbabwe in 1995 and served as Director of the National Gallery in Bulawayo from 1997 until 2003.
The Larson collection contains important correspondence between Charles Larson and John Jose, Vera's husband, regarding her life and work. At the time of her death, Vera was working on a novel called Obedience, which remains unpublished. The novel was written before she returned to Canada in 2004, and the fragmented manuscript and deteriorating quality of her writing reflect the AIDS-related cognitive difficulties she was experiencing at the time. The Larson papers contain drafts of the manuscript, as well as notes by Jose about Vera's planned revisions.
Vera's death and the work she left behind are reminders of the literary cost of the AIDS pandemic in Zimbabwe and southern Africa, in particular, as well as worldwide.


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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Krajský súd v Prešove (Slovakia) lodged on 25 June 2019 — LH v PROFI CREDIT Slovakia s.r.o.
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Language of the case: Slovak
Referring court
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Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: LH
Defendant: PROFI CREDIT Slovakia s.r.o.
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Must Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union ('Article 47 of the Charter') and, by implication, the consumer's right to an effective legal remedy be interpreted as precluding national legislation, such as Article 107(2) of the Občianský zákonník (Civil Code of Slovakia) on the limitation of the consumer's right by a statutory three-year limitation period, in accordance with which the consumer's right to reimbursement which arises from an unfair contractual term may become time-barred even where the consumer is not in a position to evaluate the unfair contractual term and the limitation period starts even without the consumer being aware that the contractual term is unfair?
In the event that, despite a lack of awareness on the part of the consumer, the legislation which imposes an statutory limitation period of three years on the consumer's right is consistent with Article 47 of the Charter and the principle of effectiveness, the national court then asks the following:
Is a national practice contrary to Article 47 of the Charter and the principle of effectiveness if, in accordance with that practice, the burden of proof falls on the consumer, who must prove in legal proceedings that the persons acting on behalf of the creditor were aware of the fact that the creditor was infringing the consumer's rights, in the present case that awareness consisting in the knowledge that, by failing to indicate the precise annual percentage rate of charge (APR), the creditor was infringing a legal provision, and must also prove awareness of the fact that, in such circumstances, the loan was non-interest bearing and, by receiving payments of interest, the creditor obtained unjust enrichment?
In the event that question A.2 is answered in the negative, on the part of which persons, among the directors, the shareholders and the commercial representatives of the creditor, must the consumer prove awareness of the matters referred to in question A.2?
In the event that question A.2 is answered in the negative, what degree of awareness must be shown in order to prove the supplier's intention to infringe the relevant financial sector rules?
Do the effects of the directives and the relevant case-law of the Court of Justice on the matter, including DI, C-441/14, EU:C:2016:278, Pfeiffer, C-397/01 to C-403/01, EU:C:2004:584, paragraphs 113 and 114, Kücükdeveci, C-555/07, EU:C:2010:21, paragraph 48, Impact, C-268/06, EU:C:2008:223, paragraph 100, Dominguez, C-282/10, paragraphs 25 and 27, and Association de médiation sociale, C-176/12, EU:C:2014:2, paragraph 38, preclude a national practice in accordance with which the national court reaches a conclusion concerning interpretation in conformity with EU law without employing interpretative methods and without giving due reasons?
If, after applying interpretative methods, such as purposive interpretation, authentic interpretation, historical interpretation, contextual interpretation, logical interpretation (the a contrario method, the reductio ad absurdum method) and after applying the whole body of domestic law, in order to secure the objectives referred to in Article 10(2)(h) and (i) of Directive 2008/48/EC 1 ('the Directive'), the national court concludes that interpretation in conformity with EU law results in a situation contra legem, is it then possible — for example, by making a comparison with relationships involving discrimination or the protection of employees — to accord the abovementioned provision of the Directive direct effect, in order to protect traders against consumers in credit relationships, and disapply the provision of law which is not in conformity with EU law?


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Behind President Obama's surprise brokering of a mending of ties between Israel and Turkey Friday stands a deepening regional crisis – namely Syria – that suddenly trumped the dispute that had soured relations between two key US partners.
US officials say that almost since Mr. Obama arrived in Israel Wednesday the president had been working on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach out to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an effort to repair broken Israeli-Turkish relations.
Just before Obama departed from Tel Aviv's airport for Jordan, the president and Mr. Netanyahu stepped into a trailer, and the Israeli leader placed a phone call to Mr. Erdogan. Obama also took part in the call.
The US officials also suggest that the growing and increasingly worrisome impact the Syrian conflict is having in the region – some aspects are of growing concern in particular to Israel – was a key motivation behind Obama's go-between efforts.
In a statement issued after the phone call, Obama said the United States attaches "great importance to the restoration of positive relations between them in order to advance regional peace and security."
In comments to reporters aboard Air Force One, a senior administration official emphasized the importance the president places on regional cooperation – and in particular on good relations between Israel and Turkey "in dealing with regional security challenges that both of them have a significant stake in."
Netanyahu began his call to Erdogan by telling the Turkish leader that he had been "discussing with President Obama the importance of regional relations, the importance of Turkey-Israel cooperation," according to the US official.
Once-warm relations between Israel and Turkey went into a deep freeze after a 2010 Israeli raid on a Turkish aid ship destined for Gaza that left nine people dead, all either Turks or of Turkish descent. Diplomatic ties were severed, and Turkish rhetoric toward Israel grew increasingly caustic as Israel refused to apologize for the deadly raid. Israel maintained that the raid sought to enforce what it considers a legal blockade of Hamas-ruled Gaza, and that the loss of life ensued after Israeli soldiers were attacked.
In his conversation Friday with Erdogan, Netanyahu apologized for "operational errors" in the military action against the aid flotilla that led to loss of life.
It was still unclear Friday exactly what the two leaders had agreed to in terms of official normalizing of relations. In its first statement on the issue, Netanyahu's office said the two leaders had agreed to normalize relations and to exchange ambassadors. But a later, revised statement omitted any reference to normalization or to exchanging ambassadors.
A statement out of Erdogan's office said that the prime minister has accepted Netanyahu's apology on behalf of the people of Turkey, and that the two countries agreed to conclude an "agreement on compensation" over the flotilla incident.
The US official said only that the phone call was an "important step forward" and that "we do believe that they can cooperate while they have differences."
In tweets released later Friday by the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey had informed Israel "many times" that an apology was a "must" for normalizing relations. He went on to tweet that "all of our demands have been met."
Erdogan said he agreed that "deterioration of the relationship between Turkey and Israel" was particularly "regrettable" because of that relationship's "vital strategic importance for the peace and stability of the region."
The mending of the two countries' diplomatic relations, and Obama's Middle East trip that provided the impetus for the repair work to occur, unfolded in the context of a deepening crisis in Syria with the potential for dire repercussions in both Turkey and Israel.
Allegations early in the week of both sides in the Syrian war using chemical weapons prompted Obama to repeat his "red line" concerning any use of chemical weapons and to declare that such use would be a "game changer" for the US in its approach to the conflict.
Israel has grown increasingly concerned about events in Syria – and in particular about the burgeoning presence of Islamist extremists from around the region, some of whom are already vowing to carry on against Israel once Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad is toppled. Israel is also concerned about the potential for Mr. Assad's arsenal of chemical weapons to fall in the hands of Hezbollah and other militants.
Turkey is confronting an ever-growing Syrian refugee population, and worries about being sucked into the conflict, especially if an increasingly desperate Assad is tempted to launch cross-border attacks.
US officials note that the US had been working with Turkey and Israel for at least the last two years to encourage a reversal in their deteriorating relations.
But if Obama was able to pull off his diplomatic coup now, the two countries' deep worries about a common threat – a crumbling and destabilizing Syria – was a good part of the reason.


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HBO has canceled David Milch and Michael Mann's horse-racing drama Luck after the third death of a horse this season. The show had been picked up for a second season and filming was underway, but on Tuesday a horse was injured when she "reared, flipped over backwards, and struck her head on the ground." The on-set veterinarian determined that humane euthanasia was appropriate. Two horses were injured and euthanized during the first season, so apparently HBO was operating on the "Three Dead Horses and You're Out" rule.
While HBO probably renewed Luck due to its cost and star prestige (the show stars Dustin Hoffman), it wasn't turning into a breakout hit the size of Boardwalk Empire or Game of Thrones. This isn't to say that HBO would have gone on in spite of the horse deaths had Luck been a bigger hit, but I don't think any of the network executives are going to be upset at losing an expensive show that had soft ratings. Hit the jump for a statement from the network.
Here's HBO's statement on canceling Luck [via THR]:
"It is with heartbreak that executive producers David Milch and Michael Mann together with HBO have decided to cease all future production on the series LUCK.
Safety is always of paramount concern. We maintained the highest safety standards throughout production, higher in fact than any protocols existing in horseracing anywhere with many fewer incidents than occur in racing or than befall horses normally in barns at night or pastures. While we maintained the highest safety standards possible, accidents unfortunately happen and it is impossible to guarantee they won't in the future. Accordingly, we have reached this difficult decision.
We are immensely proud of this series, the writing, the acting, the filmmaking, the celebration of the culture of horses, and everyone involved in its creation."


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My think tank duties have taken me today to our nation's capital. Washington looks great. Which was enough to make this Californian angry.
I live in the heart of Los Angeles -- the Miracle Mile -- and walk and drive all over town. Even the fanciest LA streets show signs of the recession -- from the potholes to empty storefronts. This reflects a terrible economy, with unemployment north of 12 percent, and budget cutbacks on the state and local level.
Downtown Washington, on the other hand, doesn't show much evidence of the recession. Yes, the unemployment rate in Washington DC is relatively high -- 10.9 percent, higher than the national average. But government and defense spending has been a bulwark against much worse.
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The median home price is now higher here than in Los Angeles -- which, as someone who has lived in both places, is a demonstration of the power of government to distort reality. The fact is, no reasonably sane individual who had a choice would choose Washington's cold winters and humid summers over the glories of Los Angeles weather. And that's just climate. Throw in our superior culture and food, and the fact that we're a lot better looking than they are, and it's a wonder our housing prices aren't twice as high as theirs.
Here's what I find particularly infuriating: California has sent far more in tax dollars to DC than it's gotten back over the past 20 years. This town, which depends on those tax dollars, has refused to do more for cities and states, including Los Angeles and California, during this economic downturn.
Federal officials ought to be embarassed at the gulf between the money available where they live and the stark reality of much of inland California, where unemployment is 30 percent or more and public services have been slashed beyond the bone.


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Greece has come back to the forefront of the markets' agenda over concerns about its debt restructuring package, with fears that the troubled euro zone country may finally default on its debt repayments.
Yet many in the market believe that, even if the deal fails to achieve its goal of getting 90 percent of its bondholders on side (which looks increasingly likely), the effect on markets would be minimal.
The possibility of a default on Greece's debt has hung over global stock markets for many months now.
"Everyone knew it was going to default a year ago," Peter Toogood, head of investment at Old Broad Street Research, told CNBC Wednesday. "Portugal and Ireland will need another bailout too. These are evolving programs of austerity and bailouts."
On Tuesday, Greece made it clear that it would not pay bondholders who refused take part in the debt swap program in an effort to sway those who are still undecided.
Hedge funds are believed to form a large part of the bondholders who are digging their heels in.
If participation falls below 75 percent, the second bailout is likely to fail and Greece could default, leaving its creditors — including the "troika" of theInternational Monetary Fund, European Central Bank, and the European Commission — with hefty losses on its debt.
If Athens cannot sign up the required 90 percent of bondholders needed to push through the debt haircut and bailout, it may have to use new legislation for Collective Action Clauses, or CACs.
In either of these scenarios, credit default swaps, the insurance investors use to hedge against debt defaults, on Greek debt could be triggered — which may spark a feared market panic.
"The triggering of CDS should not be a surprise. It's a mark to reality and the right thing to do, and should be a positive aspect," Padhraic Garvey, head of developed markets rates and debt strategy at ING Wholesale Banking, told CNBC.
There is already "anger" from fixed income managers that CDS haven't been triggered yet, according to Toogood.
"It's incredible and there's an awful lot of anger about it. If CDS are triggered, it means they're worth something," he said.
CDS were last in the limelight at the start of the current financial crisis, when they were blamed for the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers.
A trigger of CDS is already priced into the foreign-exchange market, according to Steven Saywell, European head of currency strategy at BNP Paribas.
He believes that there is potential for the euro to rebound on a successful deal.
The sovereign bond market for Greece and other euro zone countries could also be affected.
"They're a very small component of the market in sovereign bonds, so I don't think it would have a huge impact," Saywell told CNBC. "However, the markets are not going to take anything for granted until this is actually signed."
Fears of contagion spreading to other euro zone countries have colored the negotiations with Greece. Portugal and Ireland, which both took bailouts around the same time as Greece's first bailout, are often reported to be next in the firing line.
"Portugal and Ireland are two very different cases," Harvey said. "Ireland has the confidence of the capital markets. Portugal is still speculative grade and that has led to capitulation selling."
He added: "The Greek deal doesn't necessarily need to have specific ramifications on Ireland and Portugal. For Ireland, it's more about the referendum and for Portugal more about getting the job done internally."


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The United States spends an enormous amount of money developing methods for evaluating whether individual schools are performing well. I think we should spend that money hiring more teachers instead. Honestly, it is relatively easy to tell if a school is good – if it is, the students who attend it will speak of it in glowing terms. Our national obsession with ranking schools tends to neglect this way of measuring school quality. I have not seen data reporting on how students rate their schools. The data I see is based on scores on standardized tests, and these tests are extremely expensive to develop and score. Furthermore, it is a love of schooling that turns young people into that elusive but key commodity – life-long learners. I believe that if we are going to issue report cards for schools then these should be at least partially based on how much students love their schools.
What kinds of schools do students tend to love? In my experience it is the schools whose teachers are given enough breathing room in their day to form relationships with their students. You can't show a student you care about him or her if stream after stream of students enters your room without giving you time to linger and exchange a few words with individual children. It's hard to get to know one student when you teach hundreds of them. It's difficult to develop positive relationships with students when you are asked to teach subjects that are not a comfortable fit with your interests and training. Schools need to work on creating the conditions that allow teachers to form healthy bonds with students.
Lots of different kinds of schools can allow teachers and students to form positive relationships if they make this a priority. Small schools have it easiest – size alone allows a child to be known by the adults in the school. Bigger schools can also be successful if they work at it. They need to group students and teachers into manageable teams, so that students feel connected to a consistent group of teachers who can know them well. Above all, whatever the size of the school, the administration needs to prioritize creating the conditions that will maximize connections. Time in school for teachers to get to know their students is where we should put our money.
What matters most to students is feeling valued by their teachers. Teaching style is far less important than the formation of positive relationships. A teacher can be old-school, or full of the latest technological magic – this is not what matters most. I'd like to see schools ranked based on whether their students feel known, respected, and cared for. I am sure that the top schools in such a ranking list would be those that end up creating the life-long learners we seek.


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A few years ago, Dr. Anthony Atala's lab at Wake Forest University got good at making ears. They were growing new ears on a scaffold using patient's cells, because so many soldiers were losing their ears in explosions. Now the Department of Defense has a project that's closer to Atala's heart: making new genitals for soldiers who have stepped on bombs.
Other labs are still moving forward with the ear project for the military. But Atala has special expertise dating back to his days as a pediatric urologist. He's already grown bladders using a patient's own cells, and he's made penises that rabbits were able to put to their proper use, fathering litters of new little bunnies. He hopes to use this expertise to help rebuild the bodies of veterans wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as men and boys injured in car accidents.
Atala is one of the pioneers of regenerative medicine. But the field has taken off in a big way, attracting biotechnology companies, the U.S. military and academic labs, which are working to literally make the blind see and the lame walk again. They're perfecting spray-on skin and aim to mass-produce new body parts using bioprinters based on the jet printers attached to your home computer.
"Right now, the way these organs are made is creating them one by one. By bringing the bioprinting in, we can scale it up," says Atala, whose lab has contracts with the four-year-old Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM), biotechnology companies and private foundations.
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All of this technology is years away from the doctor's office. The most advanced treatments have just begun the very earliest stages of human testing. But all evidence points to the tantalizing prospect of grow-your-own organs and possibly even limbs within a decade or so, and some approaches, such as muscle transplants and spray-on skin, are helping a lucky few now.
Atala's lab in 2006 made the first full organ ever grown and implanted into a human – the bladder – and the rabbit penises were the first solid organs. A new bid from AFIRM caught his eye. It called for experts in rebuilding the lower abdomen, the genitals, the pelvic area and the bladder.
These injuries are among the least talked-about but among the most horrible affecting war veterans. The improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, planted by insurgents across Iraq and Afghanistan blow off feet, legs and arms, and they can especially damage the pelvic areas that are difficult to protect with body armor.
Atala's lab is also working to make kidneys, muscle implants, and even to find ways to get fingers to regenerate on their own. (It has to do with waking up some very powerful DNA that goes to sleep soon after a fetus develops). AFIRM's mission is to align labs like Atala's with others around the country, getting them to collaborate on projects rather than compete. AFIRM currently funds around 50 research labs, including leaders such as the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Rutgers University, the Cleveland Clinic and Rice University.
"We don't really feel that other groups are competition at all," Atala says "Our interest is really to get these technologies into patients. We consider the disease the competition."
Spray-on skin
One area of intense competition – or collaboration – is in spraying on new skin. AFIRM is funding several projects testing a product that uses a patient's own skin cells, so that rejection is not an issue. Old-fashioned skin grafts may close a wound or a burn, but they don't heal prettily. ReCell is a product, more of a process really, that uses a small plug of a patient's own skin, broken down into a soup using enzymes. Cells known as keratinocytes, which give skin its structure, and the melanocytes, which give color, are pulled out, mixed into a liquid suspension and then sprayed over the damaged area.
It's a thin layer but the cells quickly multiply and, if the process is done right, form an even layer of new skin within days. The result is much more natural-looking than a graft.
Skin is easier to heal because it's a relatively simple organ and on the surface of the body. Limbs are more complicated – they are made up of bone, muscle, nerves, connective tissue and also skin.
Labs are taking a more traditional approach in trying to restore limbs, by transplanting them. But even there regenerative medicine can play a role. This is where stem cell research comes in. Stem cells are the body's master cells, and there are several kinds. People have stem cells known as adult stem cells all through their bodies, and they are already partly "educated" to become blood, muscle, bone or nerve cells.
These cells divide and multiply to produce muscle, bones and blood, and they also secrete compounds that help existing tissue and cells regenerate. Some of the projects on AFIRM's wish list include calls for labs that can combine techniques used to build new body parts with the use of stem cells to help them generate and integrate with the rest of the body.
More powerful cells come from embryos that have barely begun to develop. An entire human body, the collection of muscle, bone, brain, blood, nerves and organs, all develops from the ball of just a few cells that forms days after fertilization. Each one of these cells, known as human embryonic stem cells, contains all the coding needed to make every cell type in the body.
Helping the blind see
In January, scientists at Advanced Cell Technology, a company based in Massachusetts, reported they had used some of these human embryonic stem cells to partially restore vision in two legally blind patients. First they "trained" the cells by incubating them in a nourishing soup of chemicals designed to make them differentiate into retinal cells. The stem cells, infused directly into the eye, regenerated cells known as retinal pigment epithelium cells.
One patient said she can thread needles again and another has been able to resume shopping on her own. ACT has since gotten permission to treat more patients with higher doses of the cells, now that they have at least been shown not to cause any harm. They're going after patients with degenerative eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and Stargardt disease. In both conditions the cells in the retina gradually die and patients go slowly and irreversibly blind.
They've treated 11 more patients, says ACT's chief medical officer Dr. Robert Lanza. "In all the patients we have been seeing a very real biological signal," Lanza told NBC News. "We have been very pleased because we are talking about very advanced stage patients, and there's really no treatment for them."
The experiments, known as clinical trials, are strictly regulated. In the early stages of human testing, where ACT is now with stem cells, Stage 1 trials recruit only volunteers with advanced, severe disease who have little to lose. The tests are not aimed at showing whether the treatment works, but to ensure that it doesn't do any harm. Showing efficacy is a big bonus.
"We are far enough along now that we can go into patients with better vision. That is where we think we will see a very dramatic improvement," said Lanza.
It doesn't always go this well. ACT was neck and neck with another company called Geron to be the first to test human embryonic stem cells in people. Geron got there first in 2010, infusing the cells into a young man injured in a car accident, as well as three others. The hope was to regenerate their severed spinal cords. Again, these first patients were treated experimentally only to show the approach was safe and no one dared hope they'd actually improve. And none of them did. Geron dropped its stem cell program in November 2011, saying it wanted to focus on cancer drugs instead.
Lanza said the eyes are a great place to test new treatments because researchers can literally look in there and see what's happening. The spine's a little harder, but other labs are trying to help there, too.
'I was afraid it would be a dream'
Ted Harada had a second infusion of stem cells last month. The 40-year-old former Fedex employee has Lou Gehrig's disease, medically known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. It attacks nerves called motor neurons, gradually and inexorably paralyzing its victims. It's always fatal as patients lose every bit of their ability to move, even to breathe. There's no treatment and no cure.
Harada is hopeful enough to have tried the highly experimental treatment not once but twice. It's painful – surgeons have to cut open his spine and infuse the stem cells right into his spinal fluid. But the last time Harada was treated, he went from walking with a cane to running with his kids – a transformation that made him an instant television celebrity.
"The results I saw were nothing short of miraculous," says Harada, who lives in Georgia and who got treated at Emory University. "Within two weeks I started feeling my legs getting better. I was afraid it would be a dream and I would wake up and it would be gone again."
And the effects did gradually wear off, Harada says. "All of a sudden I started noticing fatigue in my legs," he told NBC News. "I started noticing trembling, shaking in my legs. If you do a lot of weight lifting you know that rubbery feeling your legs get when they are spent?" That's how he felt.
In August, Harada got a second infusion of stem cells, which are made by a company called Neuralstem, this time in his neck. "There were a lot of reasons to think this could not safely be done. The spinal cord itself is very precious real estate," says Dr. Eva Feldman, a neurologist at the University of Michigan who is working on the ALS trial. "You are putting a needle into the spinal cord."
Feldman admits that researchers on the trial don't fully understand what the cells are doing. In animals, she says, they form new connections with damaged motor neuron cells in the spine. "They essentially nurture the sick cells into health," she said. They secrete compounds known as growth factors that nourish the cells in the spinal cord. "They go in there and clean it up so that the whole environment looks less inflammatory … We are not letting the fact that we don't fully understand how they work prevent us from using them."
Harada thinks he may already be feeling something but admits it might be wishful thinking. Trained nurses will measure his muscle strength to see if the new treatment has helped. "I am determined and relentless for them to utilize me as their guinea pig to figure out what is helping me and they can translate this into helping all the other cases of ALS," says Harada. "I don't want to provide false hope."
That's one thing that worries Dr. Paul Knoepfler, a professor of medicine at the University of California Davis. "There are a lot of clinics sprouting up, offering people stem cell treatment for anything that might be ailing you," Knoepfler said in a telephone interview. "Some of these pop up in a strip mall, even. They might charge $20,000."
Yet few, if any, have any real medical credibility, says Knoepfler. "For the most part, the science just isn't there and yet people are talking about spending a whole chunk of their life savings and the clinic could be totally bogus," he said.
"We are worried not only for specific patients, but it may tarnish the whole field generally if we have patients getting hurt or even killed by so-called stem cell treatments."
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BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™) 6 is now available in the BlackBerry App World™ storefront as a free download for you and your business to take advantage of and it will come preloaded on the latest BlackBerry® 7 smartphones from Research In Motion® (RIM®), including the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900 and 9930, BlackBerry® Torch™ 9810, 9850 and 9860! This latest version of RIM's globally popular instant messaging and collaboration app contains some exciting advanced features – here are a few of the highlights I'd like to tell you about.
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The concept of BBM connected applications for business brings the platform to a whole new level of value. As these features begin to appear in new applications, I'm confident that opportunities to share information, improve workflow, and conduct business socially will only increase.
Here are a few examples of currently available BBM 6 connected applications: Huffington Post, Telemap Navigator, Unvired Workflow for SAP, and PowWow. There are many more available in BlackBerry App World, as well as many more on the way.
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I've personally found the collaboration features especially useful in my day-to-day work. With BBM 6, it's now easier to share items with your contacts including calendar items, voice notes, and locations. For example, if I've changed the location of a meeting that I'm hosting, it's easy for me to let my contacts know by sending an updated invite as well as my current location. Sharing both files and links has become easier as well. Finally, as mentioned, when using a BBM- connected app with a friend, you can easily chat with them while staying within the app.
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Are you the tech-savvy one of your group, or do you know someone who is? Now you can recommend collaborative apps to your BBM friends and colleagues with ease. Simply invite a BBM contact to use the app with you, and if they don't currently have it, they will be prompted to download the app to their BlackBerry smartphone. This is a great way to collaborate, and easily get everyone up to speed on the latest tools.
BBM 6 is a big part of the lives of many BlackBerry smartphone users today. As I said, we're excited to provide even more functionality in this app. Some things are better shared!
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The 4th Division in Belgium is split into nine sections. RWDM now play in the Brabant Province version. That's how far they've fallen, but at least this season they've picked up 31 points so far, with two games left. Now then, what about this particular match and that pitch. Well, I'll let Stephane Lievens take up the story:
Asse-Zellik are the "biggest" club in the division. They have played as high as the 1st Provincial division 5 years ago, but due to lack of money (as always), they've fallen on hard times recently. They are the only team of the division with some kind of "stadium", well a ground with one stand, a big club house and some terraces that is. On Sunday, they had to win and wait for other results to go their way to be champions of the division, which eventually happened as they beat us 5-2and results elsewhere went their way.
Them winning was a good thing for us because beer was free after the game in the club house (I literally had to flee 2 hours after game, god knows what state I would have go home if I had stayed much longer...). Asse is a town of 30,000 about 15km from Brussels. The local side SV Asse merged in 2002 with neighbours Zellik Sport to form FC Asse-Zellik 2002.
As for this match, when we arrived, it was not raining but you could see that the pitch was already in a bad condition. Then after about 15 minutes, it started to rain very heavily for about 30-45 minutes, the pitch rapidly became some kind of swimming pool. At no point did the ref think about calling it off.
We were also certain that it would last until the end whatever because of the hard winter we've had, there has been a lot of postponed matches already and the season is now running two weeks late. The FA really can't "afford" to postpone anymore matches if they want to complete the season (as in the lower leagues, there are also play-offs due to be played, which are also lasting two weeks or so). After half-time, the rain stopped but the playing conditions didn't improve much.
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|You might remember that Eli Manning (right) helped the Giants upset Tom Brady's Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.
Eli Manning believes he's in the same class as Tom Brady.
Wait, what?
Eli isn't even the best quarterback in his own family, ranking some place below Archie, Peyton, Cooper and Ma Manning -- though, according to scouting reports, she has quite a gun.
On one hand, you want your quarterback to be confident in his abilities -- even if he's somewhat oblivious to the fact that he isn't in Brady's class. Seriously, does Eli not realize that throwing interceptions is a bad thing?
The flip side is that you want your quarterback to be somewhat humble, maybe laugh off the selection and say, "Hey, that is for you fellas to decide. I do not get paid to make those judgments."
And then there's me, who loves when Manning makes statements like this because it affords me the opportunity to churn out another Pick Six column, which -- judging by the comments section -- is something many of you look forward to every day.
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6. Thought the finale of "Lost" made perfect sense
Everybody, it seemed, was either left confused or let down by the finale of "Lost." Not Eli, though. He thought the conclusion was lucid, poignant and totally knocked it out of the park.
5. Believes college athletics is about the student athletes
When news of the Miami Hurricanes football scandal broke, Eli was indignant about the whole thing, as he believed college football players actually go to school to get an education and that college football was more than a feeder to the pros. I know: Crazy, right?
4. Believes the NBA will have a season
This probably should be higher on the list, because it's completely misguided. But what Eli should remember is that the NBA lockout is totally different from the NFL lockout. The biggest difference being that people actually care about the NFL.
3. Believes Sammy Hagar's Van Halen was better than David Lee Roth's Van Halen
If you ever want a true test of a person, ask them which version of Van Halen they prefer. Anybody who prefers the Sammy Hagar years clearly isn't worth your time. In fact, I once broke up with a girl over this.
2. Believes the Yankees aren't evil
Eli has played in New York for too long, but anybody who isn't on board with believing the Yankees are the most evil franchise in sports -- rivaled only by the Red Sox and Celtics -- truly is kidding themselves. Eli has a better chance of being better than Brady than thinking this is true.
1. Believes "The Decision" was a good idea
Even LeBron James couldn't agree with that sentiment. And with the way he fades in big games, you have to believe he's some sort of kindred spirit of the Manning family.
Eli also believes that Adam Rank is talented. If you do, you can join the Rank Amateurs via Twitter or via Facebook. Be sure to catch the latest on the Dave Dameshek Football Program.


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