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The medical team at Children's National Hospital is at the forefront of implanting biventricular pacemakers for improving cardiac function in children with cardiomyopathy. Physicians resynchronize the heart to improve cardiac function, as well as the patient's clinical status.
A cardiomyopathy signifies a poorly functioning and frequently dilated heart. Severe cardiomyopathy results in heart failure because the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs.
The causes of cardiomyopathy in children include:
When a heart is dilated from a cardiomyopathy there may be alterations to the electrical conduction through the ventricles, resulting in a conduction delay or bundle branch block. Thus, it takes longer for the electrical signal to spread throughout the ventricles. When a conduction delay is present, the right and left ventricles do not contract at the same time. Their contractions are not synchronized. Dyssynchronous contraction of the ventricles leads to further worsening of heart function and increased dilation of the ventricle. A vicious cycle may ensue.
Dyssynchronous contraction of the ventricles may be due to causes other than a dilated cardiomyopathy. Specifically, pacing the right ventricle results in delayed spread of conduction from the right ventricle to the left ventricle. This dyssynchrony due to pacing, over a long time, can result in worsening of heart function and ventricular dilation.
A potential therapy for the condition of cardiomyopathy associated with dyssynchronous contraction is cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Resynchronization therapy involves a device, a type of pacemaker, in which electrical impulses are delivered to the heart to help correctly time or "resynchronize" the heart's contractions. This is done by using the device to stimulate the left and right ventricles at nearly the same time to restore the coordinated pumping action of the heart.
Successful CRT may help, along with medications, to alleviate the symptoms of heart failure. These symptoms include difficulty breathing, especially when lying flat or when active, rapid breathing, swelling in feet and legs, and decreased energy. Over a long period of time, CRT may even help the heart return to its normal shape and size.
Multiple clinical studies have demonstrated that CRT helps decrease symptoms of heart failure, improve functional status, and reduce mortality in adult patients with heart failure. The causes of heart failure in children and young adults tend to be different from adults. Nevertheless, some limited studies have demonstrated that CRT helps to improve heart function and improve symptoms in pediatric patients with various diagnoses.
A CRT device consists of two parts, much like a pacemaker. The pulse generator and the leads. The pulse generator contains the battery and computer circuitry of the device. The battery supplies the electrical impulses that stimulate the heart while the circuitry controls the amount and timing of these impulses. Leads are insulated, flexible wires that attach to the heart and carry the electrical impulses from the pulse generator to the heart muscle. Typically, a CRT device has three leads: one in the atrium, one in the right ventricle, and one on the left ventricle.
Implanting a CRT device is very similar to the implantation procedure of a pacemaker. Typically, a small incision is made in the left upper chest under the collar bone and a "pocket" is created under the skin. The leads are then inserted through the incision into the vein under the collarbone. With the help of fluoroscopy or live action X-ray, the leads are then positioned in the heart. One lead is passed into the right ventricle, one lead is placed in the right atrium, and one leads is guided into the coronary sinus. This vein is on the back surface of the left ventricle. The lead in the coronary sinus contacts the surface of the left ventricle through this vein.
Once in place, each of the leads is tested to make sure they sense and pace the heart appropriately. The leads are then attached to the pulse generator which is then placed into the pocket in the chest. The incision is closed and a sterile dressing or glue is applied to the scar. The procedure is typically done under general anesthesia so the patient has no discomfort during the procedure.
For patients that are too small to have leads in their vessels or in certain patients with congenital heart disease (specifically, those with unrepaired holes in their heart or those with single ventricle defects), the leads are placed on the outside of the heart (epicardial approach). This is done by a cardiac surgeon in the operating room. Three leads are still involved: one on the right atrium, one on the right ventricle, and one on the left ventricle. For epicardial devices, the leads are attached to the pulse generator which is then placed below the muscle in the upper abdomen. This procedure is also performed under general anesthesia.
A CRT device that is only a pacemaker is sometimes called a biventricular pacemaker. Occasionally a patient with heart failure is also at risk for having life threatening arrhythmias. In such cases, a CRT defibrillator or biventricular ICD (implantable cardioverter defibrillator) may be indicated. Such a device is exactly the same as a biventricular pacemaker except that the lead placed in the right ventricle has an added defibrillation coil and the pulse generator is slightly larger. Thus, a biventricular ICD will serve both as a biventricular pacemaker and as an ICD.
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It'd be great to see vibrant older women with active sex lives on TV; but from the looks of two (admittedly short) clips (embedded after the jump), Cougar Town is going about it all wrong.
Here are the glaring problems with what we can see so far:
- 1. The use of the word "cougar." It's clichéd, it's lame, it's undignified. It smacks of predatory desperation. As Salon's Rebecca Traister wrote in April, "How sad and backward that we have to give it a nickname, animalize it as if it's outside the boundaries of civilized human behavior, make it a trend, pretend that Demi Moore invented it. That's not progress, and it's not a step forward for women." 'Nuff said.
- 2. Bad jokes. From the tiny bit seen in clips below, Cougar Town is not funny! Courteney's character says to a friend over the phone, "Why so pissy?" The woman answers: "I'm fat." UGH. Really? Courteney says: "No, you're not," and the woman replies, "I am. I woke up fat!" "I don't buy it," Courteney says, and then goes to the window to look at her friend who lives next door. She sees the woman in a purple nightgown and deadpans, "Wow, you look like a whore." "Thank you!" the woman enthuses. This is just the beginning. Said neighbor is super reluctant to have sex with her husband. Ha? Later, Courteney's son thinks she is hitting on him because she is talking to him while holding wine. Hilarious?
- 3.Where's the empowerment? Courteney's character makes this speech to a male neighbor: "You know what drives me nuts? Your wife moved out what, a week ago? And you're already sexing up sorority girls. But nobody cares, because when a 40-year-old guy gets divorced, all your friends are like, 'Way to go, tiger.'" She's making a point — albeit one that been made TIME AND TIME AGAIN, that there's a double standard for how older men and older women are seen. But there's no new twist, new insight, or skewering of this double standard. Maybe it's coming later? Still, one of the rules of writing for the screen is show, don't tell. Oh, and in this scene, the man replies her rant by asking, "When's the last time you got laid?" Instead of kneeing the dude in the nuts or saying, "Right, because if a woman is angry she clearly hasn't gotten enough dick," Courteney's character seems to think that yes, maybe this is the problem. Groan.
- 4. Preposterous casting. Courteney Cox is 44 and gorgeous. Beautiful face, amazing body, and in possession of millions of dollars to designate solely for upkeep. As Allure blogger Erin Flaherty points out about Brooke Shields: "Sometimes an attractive woman is just an attractive woman." When you look at Courteney, do you think, "That's what a typical American 'cougar' really looks like"? When the male neighbor says, "Maybe what really drives you nuts is that you couldn't bag a young stud if you tried," you have no choice but to roll your eyes so hard they get stuck up in your brain. She looks almost exactly like she did when she was on Friends, which is to say: Hot. The only way a "young stud" wouldn't find her sexually attractive would be if he were gay. And even then, second base seems like a possibility.
- 5. There is a way to present older, desperate, needy, messy women and have it be funny — and it's been done, on a show called Absolutely Fabulous.
But judge for yourself: Two Cougar Town clips below.
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How "Green" is Sarah Palin? Not very (unless you count her experience).
Before women get too excited about the nomination of Sarah Palin to the GOP Presidential ticket, they should pause long enough to take a look at her record. Political pundits have focused on her cred as a social conservative. But where does she stand on the environment? This summary compiled by Grist.org tells all:
* She favors oil drilling on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the calving ground for thousands of migratory caribou. The Refuge is considered sacred wilderness by environmentalists, biologists and millions of Americans. Even McCain opposes drilling here. Her response? Bring on the derricks!
* She opposed a statewide ballot initiative to prohibit or restrict new mining operations that could affect salmon in the state's streams and rivers.
* She sued the Interior Department over its decision to try to protect the polar bear by listing it as a threatned species.
* She opposes a windfall profits tax on oil companies, even though most of their profits come from drilling on public land that you and I and every American citizen own.
* She faces an immediate conflict of interest in developing national energy policy: her husband is an oil production operator for BP on Alaska's North Slope.
* She believes intelligent design should be taught along with evolution in science classes.
Says Carl Pope of the Sierra Club, "Senator McCain has lost any chance of having a balanced or moderate ticket with this choice and has instead opted for the same, business-as-usual reliance on the outdated oil companies that has been the hallmark of the Bush-Cheney administration. On the third anniversary of the hurricane that knocked loose oil rigs and spilled millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf Coast that is bracing for another hit, McCain is sending a terribly indifferent message by selecting a candidate who only repeats Big Oil's talking points."
The only thing "green" about Palin is her level of national and foreign policy experience.


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Two hurt in wreck near Southeast Middle School 7-month-old in car seat OK
Published 12:00 am Friday, September 27, 2013
SALISBURY — A driver and her female passenger were seriously injured Friday night when their Ford Expedition careened across Peeler Road, jumped a curb at Southeast Middle School and went into a grove of trees.
A 7-month-old infant in a rear-passenger car seat appeared to be OK.
Emergency responders from the Rowan Rescue Squad and Bostian Heights Fire Department had to free the injured adults, who were pinned under the crushed dashboard of the 1997 Expedition.
The woman passenger appeared to have broken legs and a broken arm. The woman driver was in and out of consciousness. Medical helicopters flew the victims out separately after landing at the middle school.
At the wreck scene, Trooper D.T. Sloop said he wasn't sure to which hospital the helicopters were headed. No identities were available Friday night.
Sloop and two witnesses said the Expedition, traveling east from the vicinity of Interstate 85, veered off the road on the right, struck the mailbox at John Hill's home, came back onto the pavement and crossed Peeler Road.
The vehicle continued out of control to the left, jumped the curb of the middle school's driveway entrance and continued into the woods, where it struck some trees.
"Boy, it was a big bam," Hill said of when the Expedition hit his mailbox and sent it flying into his neighbor's yard.
The SUV also struck a no-truck-turnaround sign posted at the school driveway, and barely missed guy wires to a corner utility pole.
"They brought the little baby out first," Hill said, reporting the infant looked to have no injuries.
Rescue workers peeled off at least one door in freeing the two adults. Hill said he was sure the accident happened at 7:05 p.m., because he was preparing to watch the Atlanta Braves on television.
"You can see the skid marks across the road," he noted.
Sam Hillian, a custodian at Southeast Middle, saw the Expedition hit Hill's mailbox and ran out of the school as the vehicle continued out of control.
"I was running out of there when they hit the tree," he said.
Hillian didn't think the vehicle was speeding.
"It seemed like it might have been a blow-out," he said. "I hope it was a blow-out."
Hillian said he left the school building so fast he forgot to pick up his cellphone. He hurried back to the school to call for help, but residents in the area already had placed a call, he said.
Near the accident scene, on the school's message sign out front, Hillian's name is prominently displayed as the employee of the month.
Contact Mark Wineka at 704-797-4263.


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Shell Pakistan opens two New Fuel Stations in Lahore
Dec 20, 2017
Lahore, December 20, 2017: Shell Pakistan Limited inaugurated two fuel stations in Lahore, one located on Maulana Shaukat Ali Road while the other is situated on Gulshan-e-Ravi Road.
These fuel stations will offer a wide range of fueling options that include motor gasoline, high-speed diesel, Compressed Naturel Gas ('CNG') as well as Shell's premium fuel launched last year, Shell V-Power. Both sites will also offer a range of Shell's engine oils and lubricant products for vehicles, as well as a car-wash area.
Speaking at the inauguration, Mazhar-ud-Deen, General Manager Retail, Shell Pakistan said, "These site openings are in-line with our aim of expanding our retail network and offering high-quality fuels and engine-oils to meet the growing energy demands of our customers".
Haroon Rasheed, General Manager Global Commercial (Lubricants), Shell Pakistan also shared Shell's vision of "expanding the range of services offered at Shell's fuel stations to cater to an array of needs that customers have – both for fuel and non-fuel items."
These two sites will cater to local commuter traffic which primarily consists of light vehicles including passenger cars and bikers.
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Shell Pakistan Limited is the largest international oil marketing company in Pakistan, with a network of over 780 fuel stations across the country. Shell has a 15% share in the white oils market in Pakistan, and remains at the helm of industry-wide efforts to advocate for world-class technical standards for the oil marketing sector in Pakistan and to assist the Government in deregulating the sector.
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Official: 'Gold Rush' Is On in Myanmar
Myanmar Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin Encourages American Investment in Country
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NEW YORK, September 25, 2013 — Myanmar's top diplomat urged American companies to "join the gold rush" in his country, opening an Asia Society forum on Myanmar's economic future. "The door for business opportunity has been closed for four decades," said Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin. "That door is now wide open. It's a gold rush."
The U.S. has treaded more cautiously than many in Myanmar — it ranks 13th of the 32 nations now investing there — but U.S. officials insist that corporate enthusiasm is strong. USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah told the gathering that dozens of U.S. companies had asked to join his recent trip to Myanmar, though he acknowledged the need to "knock down barriers" to investment — corruption and bureaucracy in particular. The question, as Shah put it, is, "Can the ministries change fast enough?"
The forum, "Responsible Investment in Myanmar's Future," hosted by the Asia Society and sponsored by the McKinsey Global Institute, brought leaders of the governments of Myanmar and the U.S. together with global leaders from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.
Tom Freston, principal of Firefly3, board chairman of the ONE Campaign and Asia Society trustee, cited a "historic opportunity" in Myanmar, a country he has been visiting for decades. Freston noted a parallel to the recent renaissance of several African nations — "nations that have gone down the road that Myanmar's going down now" — and which have lured significant investment and seen spikes in economic growth.
Today's event was a long time in the making, for the Myanmar delegation, and for the Asia Society itself.
For decades Myanmar — Burma, as it was known until recently — lived in a dark age of repression and economic isolation. Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the National League for Democracy were pariahs; Ms. Suu Kyi spent the better part of two decades under house arrest in her villa in Rangoon (now Yangon). The Asia Society played a role in bringing the opposition and the ruling military junta together, and the fruits of that effort were evident a year ago, when Ms. Suu Kyi and President Thein Sein came to the U.S. and made their first public appearances at Asia Society venues.
One year later, Myanmar's leaders were back at the Asia Society, making their pitch.
"We have so much to offer," said Zaw Oo, economic advisor to Thein Sein, before launching into a list of Myanmar's strengths — its rich natural resources, long coastlines, and bountiful labor pool, among others. "What we need is to show quick and tangible benefits to our people."
For every opportunity, Myanmar has a challenge to match. Poor infrastructure, pervasive corruption, and ethnic conflict, to name a few. Panelists also spoke of the need to better coordinate international aid and investments. Asia Society President Josette Sheeran, who moderated the session, said the management of significant public and private aid risked becoming "like pushing a bowling ball through a straw."
Still, optimism carried the day, not least because, as Sheeran noted, Myanmar is "a country that captures people's hearts." Added Freston: "It's one of the last great new markets on earth."
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Regis Amends First Quarter 2013 Form 10-Q
Regis Amends First Quarter 2013 Form 10-Q
-Increases Non Operational Gain $9.9 Million-
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regis Corporation (NYS: RGS) , the global leader in the haircare industry, whose primary business is owning, operating and franchising hair salons, announced today that the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 requires amendment. The Company determined that $24.0 million of non-cash foreign currency gain related to the sale of its investment in Provalliance during the three months ended September 30, 2012 was understated by $9.9 million.
Although this correction does impact the Company's reported GAAP net income and earnings per share for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, it represents a non-cash gain, and has no impact on the Company's previously reported operational or non-GAAP net income and operational earnings per share for the quarter then ended, and has no impact on total shareholders' equity as of September 30, 2012. The Company filed a Form 8-K, Item 4.02, in connection with this amendment.
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Regis Corporation (NYS: RGS) is the beauty industry's global leader in beauty salons, hair restoration centers and cosmetology education. As of September 30, 2012, the Company owned, franchised or held ownership interests in approximately 10,000 worldwide locations. Regis' corporate and franchised locations operate under concepts such as Supercuts, Sassoon Salon, Regis Salons, MasterCuts, SmartStyle, Cost Cutters, Cool Cuts 4 Kids and Hair Club for Men and Women. Regis maintains ownership interests in Empire Education Group in the U.S. and the MY Style concepts in Japan. For additional information about the company, including a reconciliation of certain non-GAAP financial information and certain supplemental financial information, please visit the Investor Information section of the corporate website at www.regiscorp.com. To join Regis Corporation's email alert list, click on this link: http://www.b2i.us/irpass.asp?BzID=913&to=ea&Nav=1&S=0&L=1.
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Pope Francis Establishes Vatican Commission Amid New Money-Laundering Scandal
Pope Francis has established a new Pontifical Commission that will examine the Vatican's financial institution, amid concerns of new problems surrounding the Roman Catholic Church's bank.
The Vatican leader explained that the Commission will consist of at least five members, who will be charged with gathering accurate information on the legal position and various activities of the Institute for Religious Works, also known as IOR.
"The Commission is to collect the documents, data, and information necessary to the performance of its official institutional duties," the pontiff announced on Wednesday, according to the Vatican Radio.
"Workplace confidentiality and other restrictions established by the juridical system shall not inhibit or limit the Commission's access to documents, data, or information, except as subject to the norms that protect the autonomy and independence of the Authorities that are engaged in the supervision and regulation of the Institute, which shall remain in force," he added.
The Associated Press reported that Pope Francis' announcement came following a new money-laundering probe surrounding the Vatican bank, which was founded in 1942 by Pope Pius XII, raising further questions about the nature of the financial institution which manages the pensions of thousands of the Vatican's employees. BBC News added that the bank has 114 employees and $7.1 billion in assets.
Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican's spokesman, confirmed on Wednesday that Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, a senior Vatican official, has been placed under investigation for alleged money-laundering by prosecutors in the southern city of Salerno. Scarano, who has denied any wrong doing, has also been temporarily suspended from his position at the Vatican at the Administration for the Patrimony of the Apostolic See.
Last year, leaked documents revealed significant levels of dysfunction and allegations of corruption that plagued the Vatican's bank, leading a number of cardinals to ask for a wholesale reform to the bureaucracy.
The new Commission will now report directly to Pope Francis with information and recommendations about the bank, though no timeframe has been given for when it is expected to complete its work.
The Council of Europe's Moneyval committee is expecting a progress report from the Vatican in November that will explain the steps it has taken to meet the international financial transparency standards. The Roman Catholic Church passed the Council's first test last summer, but received bad grades for its bank and its financial oversight agency.
AP noted that some in the Catholic Church have questioned whether the Vatican even needs a financial institution such as the IOR, and whether its activities are in line with church teachings.


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Victims group passes up Qld gun panel spot
A VICTIMS support group says it doesn't mind being overlooked for a Queensland government advisory panel aimed at changing gun licensing laws.
The Newman government initially announced a six-member panel, made up of pro-gun lobbyists and gun shop owners, to look at ways to cut red tape faced by gun owners when renewing licences.
The Queensland Police Union was later invited to join after it criticised the government for stacking the advisory panel with people linked to the gun lobby.
Union president Ian Leavers said he would accept the invitation, but more needed to be done to balance the panel.
He said the inclusion of Pistol Shooting Queensland and Queensland Homicide Victims Support Group would "provide a full spectrum of views".
But the support group's general manager Ross Thompson says he doesn't see a need to be included on the panel.
Mr Thompson said Police Minister Jack Dempsey rang him on Wednesday and explained the panel would not discuss relaxing gun laws, only cutting the bureaucracy around renewing licences for already approved gun owners.
"We don't need to be involved in that part of it, because he (Mr Dempsey) guaranteed me that the laws were not going to be changed, it was not going to soften anything at all," he told AAP.
"I feel quite satisfied with the answer I got."
Premier Campbell Newman said the government would make gun laws tougher, particularly for people who carry concealed weapons or sawn-off shot guns.
But he said the panel's main focus would be making things easier for legal gun owners.
"At the moment there's a lot of red tape and bureaucracy for people who are law abiding gun owners," he told reporters on the Gold Coast on Wednesday.
Now, unfortunately for me, this is in on the otherside of the country in another State (and gun laws are basically State based), so any changes won't benefit me directly. But I am happy to see that this is being raised and addressed in this country and hopefully other States will follow the lead in making things easier for "law abiding gun owners".
Source: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/victims-group-passes-up-qld-gun-panel-spot/story-e6frfku9-1226460794035 emphasis mine.


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There are lots of things that can make a person happy. A sunset. Contemplating a full moon. Chatting with friends. Reading a good book. Watching a baseball game. Enjoying a favourite meal. Playing Monopoly with the kids. Sitting on the Malecon* with a guitar, half a litre of run and breaking down the musical offerings of Joaquín Sabina or Pablo Milanés
Some are happy when they go to the theatre on the weekend. Or to the cinema. Talking in a park with their other half. Or walking round their neighbourhood, their home town. It doesn't take a lot to make us happy.
We have all had happy moments. Even though you might have lived all your life in a country where due to its inefficiency, it does everything possible to embitter your existence, right from waking up in the morning.
We see how material shortages cause an unhappy marriage in Havana. Today they are meant to be filling a dozen buckets with water from the tank to wash: the pump motor in the building is broken.
As if that wasn't enough, due to one of the many repairs to the electricity grid in the area, there won't be any power from 9am to 3pm. The bread in the state rations is more acidic than ever. There's no way you can eat it.
Breakfast was just a coffee. Well, if you can call that substitute bulked out with peas, "coffee". Before morning is over, "those damned Cuban circumstances" have added a dose of bile to the liver.
Later comes the other odyssey. Getting on a city bus to go to the park to amuse the kids this Sunday. Two hours at the stop. Hand-to-hand combat to get on the bus. Shouts, bad smells and the kids crying and uncomfortable.
At this moment you call for the heads of the leaders. You want to get a rubber boat to Florida. And angrily wonder why Cubans put up with such a bad government.
But the hatred, like the happiness, is also passing. You get to the Maestranza park, with an impressive view of El Morrow, and despite the sun and the lines your kids are happy again.
When it's better a drenching downpour lets loose. On the run. The umbrella is half broken and they all arrive soaked, but happy, at a hard currency cafe. The kids look at the display case and want an ice cream snack or a chocolate Nestles.
"We don't have enough money" says the father sharply. "Not even enough to buy a packet of M&Ms". And he ends up feeling frustrated and unhappy again.
He wants the earth to swallow him. For his lack of money. He detests the regime's inability to make two currencies work: one that counts but you don't get paid in it, and the other useless, with which you can't buy good treats for your kids.
At night-time, a more or less decent meal. The ration of chicken arrived yesterday. Rice, red beans, salad. And a delicious little custard tart. A good spread for a family that is used to only getting to eat pork on the weekends.
When the couple goes to bed, relaxed in the half-light, they ask themselves, "Are we happy in Cuba?" They discuss it and come to the conclusion they're not. They want another way of live. And they dream.
"When can we change this old furniture that came from our grandparents? Or fix the house? Or buy a 42 inch TV. Watch foreign channels? Have a computer? Surf the internet? Be able to eat, right now, what we want and not the repugnant fish croquettes?
The couple can't even think of having a new car. With the heat it's better to have an air conditioner. They prefer an efficient public transport system. Streets and parks that are lit and clean. And drinkable water in the pipes 24 hours a day.
They recognize that the Castro brothers won't bring the change they desire. The optimum would be a slate of politicians with new ideas, honest and transparent, who rotate in power and work for a civil society, tolerant and without repression. But, where are these future politicians?
Perhaps it's asking a lot. Since their future and that of their children lies in leaving Cuba. They believe they would be happier off of the island.
The British actor Charles Chaplin once said "true happiness is the closest thing to sadness". Perhaps this is what he was talking about.
Translator's note:
*The stone wall along Havana's seafront.
Translated by: Alex Cook
August 8 2012


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Is there an extension of maximum entropy probability distributions for function spaces?
For $\mathbb{R}^n$ and discrete spaces, there is much literature about this problem under names such as "non-informative priors", "maximum entropy distributions", "Jeffrey's priors", and the like.
There is an extension to locally compact topological groups, where the Haar measure $U$ takes the place of the Lebesgue measure, and one looks for measures $P$ minimizing the information divergence, $$D(P||U):= \begin{cases} \int log \frac{dP}{dU} dP, & \text{ if } P\ll U; \\\ \infty, & \text{else.}\end{cases}$$
However, I've found little about this in the infinite dimensional setting. Can the concept of maximum entropy priors be generalized to (some class of) function spaces, or is the idea of entropy fundamentally incompatible with spaces that are not locally compact?
- This is a repost from this statistics stackexchange thread which got no answers.
- There is an infinite dimensional generalization of the "min- entropy" $H_\infty$, though this is a different concept from the "minimum entropy" $\text{min } H$.


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Story of a Horticulturist
HEATHER WILL-BROWNE, 59, likes to get her hands dirty when bringing Epcot's International Flower & Garden Festival to life.
"I'm responsible for coordinating the installation of all the plants in the theme parks and water parks on the 40-acre Disney property as well as making sure the colors of the flowers, hanging baskets and containers are harmonized. I also co-manage the nursery."
"My coordination of the Flower & Garden Festival is only about 30 percent of my job, but I'm already thinking about ideas for next year's festival!"
Will-Browne, whose title is horticulture area manager, cultivated a a love of plants during childhood visits to her grandfather's orchid farm. In 1971 at the age of 17, she started her first job at what is now Casey's Corner restaurant in the Magic Kingdom. Admiring Disney's gardeners at work, she longed to join them. But at that time there were no women gardeners.
"When Disney eventually built the nursery, I was allowed to help out there. They had to cut men's clothing down to fit me."
"I was a gardener for over 20 years. Then I was a foreman in the nursery. And then I was made a planner, and I got to wear a dress. I've never worn pants since. Even in my dress, I still do hands-on planting."
"Timing the blooms is the most nerve-racking part of the Flower & Garden Festival. We've done it so many times that timing is becoming less of an issue. But every time you change a crop, timing gets a little harder."
"You would think the most challenging topiaries in the festival would be the main entrance showcase, which is the Fab Five—Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto and Goofy, who is 20 feet tall this year. It's actually the tiny fairies. They have to be perfect. You can't have a fairy with hips or a head that's too big. To create them, it takes people sitting there for hours with hot glue; no one would ever know these little fairies take so long."
"Because the festival is so long (this year it runs through May 19), it spans a cool season and a warm season. We usually start out with cold-hardy plants like violas and pansies and plant a completely new crop halfway through the festival."
"That's what I love most about gardening—it's always changing. There's always something new coming along. I have a variety of plants at home—orchids, a vegetable garden. If I go away, my husband has to stay home and water the plants. That's usually the first thing I ask him when I call, 'Did you water the bonsai?'"
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The season is freshly over. The moments shined and while we have a long ways until November – as well as a significant news cycle in the immediate future including: ASU coaching hunt, Ivan Rabb and the Cal(?) Five Stars, NCAA's head of officiating change, NBA decisions.
But maybe we can take a second to reflect. In January, I noted 12 things to watch during this Pac-12 season, let's revisit.
Reading instructions: The headlines are as written in January. The blurbs are today's insights.


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Clouds and showers were quick to invade overnight and will linger for the next few days in South Florida.
Wednesday will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers and highs around 81. The showers will be isolated Wednesday night as temperatures go down into the lower 60s.
The cold front responsible for the shift in the pattern will stall out, keeping the unsettled pattern into Friday. This front is strong enough to trigger showers but won't be drawing a dramatic cool down to South Florida.
In fact, just in time for the weekend, the forecast brings 80s and sunshine back to the area.


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|As cool as it is to be nostalgic about an artist's past, you don't have to hold onto it. Especially since there are people like C.R. Stecyk creating works in the now with even more punch than they had 30 years ago - a trait that can only be attributed to the character of a true artist. In fact, he's just made a new experimental film named "FIN", that's packed full of the elements of culture and spirit which have always fascinated Stecyk and his fans.
The film will be premiering at H Space Gallery on February 8th and if you think it's going to be a regular old screening, think again - since Stecyk and the creative team at Hurley will be fully transforming the space into an old movie theater. I'm talking a floor to ceiling installation that will be 110% unforgettable. Not to mention that "Fin" will continue to evolve even after its screening - taking on a life as a limited edition clothing run and web series.
If you don't know who C.R. Stecyk is, all you have to do is open up practically any skateboarding magazine and point to any page knowing that what you're seeing wouldn't exist without his vision of how to the capture the radical images and lifestyles that forever inspired our imaginations. From his Dogtown Articles in the 1970's, to his recent exhibit of posters at the Art In The Streets exhibit at MOCA - the man is just unstoppable. And so the film based on the lives of the z-boys he made part of history might have been called Lords Of Dogtown, but Stecyk was and is still most definitely the king.


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Amos Miller Chef Profile
Country Cook
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About me
I have eaten and cooked almost every cuisine around the Mediterranean and the adventure continues. I am more to the 'comfort food' (with a touch of fusion) side of the kitchen than the molecular gastronomy or haute cuisine side.
As a Research Chef, I experiment with, and spin off of great approaches to the tried and true recipes I find, working to incorporate as many elements as possible from my tidy piece of paradise in Michigan - Walnut Ridge Farm - into products for Walnut Ridge Farm Foods, Inc.
My line of unique and exciting condiments - SouthWest Brand Pepper Sauces - is on the market. Email me to learn more at [email protected] and at http://swbpeppersauce.com I'd love to hear from you!
For me, food is a special dialect - the language of it's people.
We nourish, sustain, excite, stimulate and bring joy into the world by our efforts in the kitchen and by sharing the fruits (vegetables and meats) of our labors.
My motto is: "cooking well is it's own reward". www.facebook.com/ChefAmosMiller
& www.facebook.com/WalnutRidgeFarmFoodsInc 'LIKE' me there!
Cooking Influences
Paula Wolfert, Jacques Pepin, Wolfgang Puck, Alice Waters, Thomas Keller, Gordon Ramsay, Daniel Boulud, Tom Collichio, Austin Leslie, Pack Wong, Amanda Freitag, my West Virginia and Texas roots, and my Dad, Bill.
Awards, Honors and Societies
American Culinary Federation (ACF);
Research Chefs Association (RCA);
Personal & Private Chef Association (PCA);
National Restaurant Association (NRA);
Michigan Restaurant Association (MRA);
Slow Food USA
Additional Services
Research Chef, Personal Chef, Special Event Chef, Consultant
Favorite Cookbooks
- Les Halles Cookbook (Anthony Bourdain)
- An 'inside baseball' cookbook
- Complete Techniques (Jacques Pepin)
- Indespensible to the kitchen
- Villa Table (Lorenza De'Medici)
- Awesome Italian classics
- Chez Helene House of Good Food Cookbook (Austin Leslie)
- The Creole kitchen gets no better
- The Cooking of Southwestern France (Paula Wolfert)
- Ultimate French country fare
- Couscous & Other Good Food from Morocco (Paula Wolfert)
- Ultimate Moroccan cookbook
Chefs I recommend
- Amanda Freitag (New York, NY)
- A great chef & an exceptionally fine person
- Rick Bayliss (Chicago, IL)
- Like Wolfert, a Master culinary anthropologist
Restaurants I Recommend
- Kiki's Bistro (Chicago, IL)
- Truly a French Bistro / awesome wine cellar
- Risky's (Ft. Worth, TX)
- BBQ Heaven - They have it all!
- da Mario (Rome)
- Tuscan - never had a bad meal in over 50 visits to Italy
- Erie Cafe (Chicago, IL)
- The Lenzi family's joint is a carnivore's dream
- Le Cave di Maiano (Florence, Italy)
- Rustic Tuscan - excellent!
- Foxtail (Los Angeles, CA)
- Antonia Lofaso, Exec Chef 'nuf said.
- Truluck's (Dallas, TX)
- Amazing quality seafood creations by Exec Chef Brian Wubbena
- The Red Apple (Chicago, IL)
- Absolutely outstanding buffet restaurant. From the Black Angus in the beef dishes to the world's lightest pierogis, value far exceeds cost
- July 13, 2021i really like your A BAKED POTATO rec ipe i love baking 1 potaot it is good to me thnak yu
- July 13, 2021hi AMOS i would like to be friends but i dont know how can you please help me this iv very new and sary to me
- February 27, 2019Hello Amos,My wonderful adopted mother would make a Swedish breaded bread that had cardamom crushed seeds that made the most wonderful taste and smell.Looking for any "OLD"recipes since Mama was born 1894 so looking for handed down info.Thanks for help.
- March 11, 2017Just in case this message didn't go through I'm adding it here. Thanks.1 reply
Amos!!!! You're a man after my own heart! I would love to have the cookbooks. If you'll lend me a bill I'll even pay for them and shipping. Here is my address
Martha A Cheves
4768 Old Lantern Way
Charlotte, NC 28212
I started working on Think With Your Taste Buds - Chicken but decided to let the readers have the recipes for free so I list them on my site. When time permits I want to do TWYTB - Pork, etc.
Again thank you!!!!
- July 13, 2021hi thank you for this
- December 26, 2013Merry Christmas Amos!
- August 18, 2013I was interested to see g your quote from Clementine Paddleford, I've just finished reading a book about her that I acquired at a church sale. Had never heard of her - and as a dedicated foodie and recipe book\collector could not help but wonder why. I am , after all, 75 years old.
- July 1, 2013Nazzareno1 reply
Good morning, Amos.I look forward to trying some of your recipes! If you like to share some of my Maltese traditional recipes just send me a message.
- January 15, 2017I would love you have you share some of your favorite Maltese recipes.! If you want to-mail them to me, send them to [email protected]. Sorry I am so late in responding, but I want you to know I deeply appreciate your offer and hope we might stay connected. best regards!
- October 11, 2012Amos,
Your Ultimate Carrot Cake Recipe was the best that I have ever had. Also thank you for the nice comment that you put on my page. It was really nice. I am hopping to be adding some more recipes soon. So come and see in a week what new foods that I have! - Samantha Howard
- June 19, 2012Very Nice of you from gdaklah @ yahoo . com
- May 10, 2012Chef Amos, I just came across your meyer lemon marmalade and boy it made me drool. I am a lover of citrusy (if there is any such word) home-made marmalade...thanks for sharing.
Will try and message you soon (only if I manage to get meyer lemons at this time of the year)
- March 10, 2012Great recipes, Chef.2 replies
I really enjoy reading your recipes and how you illustrate preping and executing them.
How did you get the photos to show up step-by-step for individual recipes? I didn't see any special instructions on how to do this via CES.
- March 11, 2012Hi, Cecelia - I feel compelled to respond to a woman wielding two cleavers! Regarding the photos, there were no instructions, per se, for adding them - when I posted a recipe I added the first photo with the posting. Then when the recipe is published, I just clicked on the 'add a photo' under that first one and found I could add three at a time, then caption each one and re-publish. You can post none, 1, or as many as you wish that way. Let me know if this helps. And it is great to connect with you and communicate - I hope we can continue! best regards, Amos1 reply
- March 11, 2012Thank you, Chef Amos, for your response. I will certainly try this. I'm "tech-nav-vy rather than tech sav-vy" ... but I can cook fish! : ) ... Looking forward to more of your recipes. Thanks, again, Cecelia
- March 5, 2012Hi,
Nice of you to join my blog. Have already put several of your recipes in my recipe box.
- March 2, 2012I was reading about the German Rye Bread you reviewed. My oven really sucks in this place and it only heats to 450. I think the thermometer is going sometimes. I would love to back into baking bred as its been years. This sounds like a good one.
- February 22, 2012I found that the second method of boiling an egg works great. The yoks are always done just right and no ring around the yolk. Thanks
- February 21, 2012And I am delighted to be found! Stay in touch if you have any questions or you need a recommendation, and I'll try to help. Join 'Groups' and have fun - this is a great resource and an a culinary adventure just to prowl around, checking out all the very good recipes.
- February 17, 2012I haven't cooked anything Ethiopian in over a year, but I will again eventually. And when I do I'll post a recipe or two. I have only made Injera twice, once successfully. The second time we had to rush out and get Na'an to sub.
- February 16, 2012Been following your desert recipes. My favorite is the carrot cake. Thanks so much for sharing.
Jenny from http://www.organic-cocktail-recipes.com
- February 15, 2012The nice thing is that bruising is not an issue with garlic, so the violent shaking has absolutely no effect except to get one of the kitchen's time-consuming tasks out of the way. However, I urge that you NOT attempt this with your blanched tomatoes...
- February 15, 2012Sort of like Shaken Garlic Syndrome??? That Garlic trick is so cool. I'm gonna try that! For someone to come up with that it must have taken someone pretty fed up and teed off and finally just shook he s--- out of the garlic.1 reply
- February 15, 2012The nice thing is that bruising is not an issue with garlic, so the violent shaking has absolutely no effect except to get one of the kitchen's time-consuming tasks out of the way. However, I urge that you NOT attempt this with your blanched tomatoes...
- February 13, 2012I am incredibly honored that that you decided to give my site a gander. You encompass all the aspects of being at the top of one's game and doing it well. Thank you and I look forward to chatting with and learning from you. You are like a guardian mentor to me.1 reply
- February 14, 2012Hi, Smokin' - Thanks very much. And I'm sure you will find a great number of members who will also be very happy to help you in every way they can. We also look forward to learning from you, so don't be afraid to test the waters, post something and look for that valuable feedback. Thanks, again. Stay in touch - Amos
- January 31, 2012You just down the highway from me , I'm new to this forum and to cooking with a pressure cooker. Look forward to different foods.
- January 28, 2012Good morning, Amos. Hope you're having a great weekend. Thank you for the update regarding the Limpa bread. Take care, and HAPPY COOKING!! :)
- January 25, 2012I love lentils in soup, Amos, and will definitely make your recipe soon! Have a great day! :)
- January 22, 2012Good morning, Amos. Thank you for the info on the Limpa bread and I will look that up again to find it! Presently, five residents (in answer to your question) and staff....
Have a great day, and keep well. HAPPY COOKING!! :)


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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0: Apple's revamped MacBook line
Jordan Golson / Industry Standard: Do Apple's new MacBooks signal a shift on strategy?
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft: 'I'm a PC. A $999 MacBook still doesn't tempt me' (or does it?)
John Murrell / GMSV: Steve Jobs' war on buttons claims another victim
Carol Mangis / Gearlog: Unboxing the New Macbook, Macbook Pro
John Mahoney / Gizmodo:
Next-Generation MacBook Ditches the Plastic, Becomes MacBook Pro Mini — Joining the MacBook Pro, Apple's MacBooks, their best-selling mac ever, also received a complete hardware re-tooling today, with rejuvenated hardware packed inside a brand-new aluminum case, thus putting one of the final stakes …
Discussion: Engadget, AppleInsider, Jarrett House North and Valleywag
Tim Jarrett / Jarrett House North: Notebook lust: the new MacBooks
Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop:
Answers about the new buttonless MacBook trackpad — We have spent some time messing around with the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros, and the number one question we're getting so far is, "How in the world do you use the buttonless trackpad?" — Let me just say first that if you're already used …
Discussion: AppleInsider, Gearlog and Gizmodo
Prince McLean / AppleInsider: Apple unveils new 13" MacBook
Cisco Cheng / Gearlog: Apple's Touchpad and Mouse Clicks Merge
Mark Wilson / Gizmodo: Hands-On, The New Silver MacBook
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Apple finally refreshes Cinema Display: 24-inch, LED backlit, $899 — Another rumor to tick off the list, Apple just announced the 24-inch Cinema Display. LED-backlit, check; Mini DisplayPort, check; $899 list price, check; MagSafe adapter, check. In fact, it has a tri-pronged cable that also includes USB .
Discussion: Gizmodo, Infinite Loop, MacRumors, Macworld, Reuters, Apple, Electronista and TG Daily
Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop: Up-close photos of the new 24" Apple display
Philip Michaels / Macworld: Apple unveils new 24-inch LED Cinema Display
Janette Barrios / Apple: Apple Unveils 24-inch LED Cinema Display for New MacBook Family
Janette Barrios / Apple:
New MacBook Family Redefines Notebook Design — Industry's Greenest Notebooks — Apple® today unveiled an all new MacBook® family that redefines notebook design, and at the same time dramatically lowers the entry price for advanced notebook features including all-metal enclosures …
Discussion: Gear Live, MacRumors, The Apple Core and Macintosh, Mac Apps …
Andru Edwards / Gear Live: Apple updated MacBook Air with NVIDIA graphics, more storage
Jason D. O'Grady / The Apple Core: New notebooks: What Apple didn't announce
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
MacBook Pro first hands-on! — Well you've heard the talk, now check out the pics in the gallery below. Believe it or not, that trackpad isn't as hard to use as you think. The new laptops are shockingly similar to current models, and in here those glossy displays don't seem too bad.
Discussion: Switched
Thomas Houston / Switched: Apple Upgrades Laptops and Cinema Display
Clint Ecker / Infinite Loop:
Hands on with the Macbook/Pro's removable hard drive
Hands on with the Macbook/Pro's removable hard drive
Discussion: AppleInsider and Gizmodo
Adam Frucci / Gizmodo:
New MacBooks Get Glass Trackpad with New Multitouch Gestures, No Buttons
New MacBooks Get Glass Trackpad with New Multitouch Gestures, No Buttons
Discussion: Daring Fireball, Scripting News and Lifehacker
Dave Winer / Scripting News: I would buy an Apple netbook
Apple updates MacBook Air
Apple updates MacBook Air
Discussion: CNET News, Infinite Loop, AppleInsider and Reuters
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News: Amazon shares falls nearly 10 percent, Apple gets no investor love post MacBook
Erica Sadun / Infinite Loop: Which new MacBook is right for you?
Prince McLean / AppleInsider: Apple debuts new 15" MacBook Pro
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Ex-Google, Yahoo, Facebook employees snub recession, launch Hadoop startup — Recession be damned, a group of top Silicon Valley engineers have come together to launch an interesting startup called Cloudera. Not yet launched, it intends to help other companies adopt a promising software platform called Hadoop.
Discussion: Data Center Knowledge and The Open Road
Rich Miller / Data Center Knowledge: Cloudera: Bringing Hadoop to the Masses
Matt Asay / The Open Road: Microsoft cleared to commit code to Apache
Amr / Amr Awadallah Blog:
The Startup is Cloudera, the Business is Hadoop MapReduce
The Startup is Cloudera, the Business is Hadoop MapReduce
Discussion: OStatic blogs, Furrier.org and Valleywag
Sam Dean / OStatic blogs: Cloudera's Biz Model: Supporting Hadoop
Ben Jones / TorrentFreak:
Bush Signs Draconian Anti-Piracy Law — Over in California, champagne corks are popping. In the offices of the MPAA and RIAA, lawyers turned lobbyists are dancing jigs. In houses all around the US however, people are left dumbfounded by the passage of a bill based on appeasement to big money …
Discussion: Ars Technica, Contentinople, NewTeeVee, MarketingShift, p2pnet, Zeropaid File Sharing … and TG Daily
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica: Big Content gloats as Bush signs PRO-IP Act
Eve Bergazyn / Contentinople: News Bits: Spielberg Pulls a Switcheroo
Chris Albrecht / NewTeeVee: Vid-Biz: Brightcove, Spike TV, Distribution
Matt O'Hern / MarketingShift: Coors vs. Hottrix May Set Precedent for Developers
Jon / p2pnet: Bush signs RIAA, MPAA Bill
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Bush's New Copyright Czar Is Going To Do About As Much Good As His Drug Czar
Bush's New Copyright Czar Is Going To Do About As Much Good As His Drug Czar
Discussion: PC Magazine and Techdirt
Chloe Albanesius / PC Magazine: President Bush Approves 'Copyright Czar' Bill
Michael Masnick / Techdirt: Larry Lessig On How To Save Remix Culture
Fawn Johnson / Wall Street Journal:
Bush Signs Anti-Piracy Bill
Bush Signs Anti-Piracy Bill
Discussion: White House, ReadWriteWeb and Salon
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb: ProIP Act Signed Into Law - White House Gets Copyright Czar
Cyrus Farivar / Salon: President Bush signs into law new "Pro-IP" bill
Motorola Recruiting for "Android Social Networking SmartPhone" Project — An innocuous posting on Coroflot might be indication of Motorola's plans for implementing Android into their hardware lineup. One of our readers sent us a link to a job posting for the Interaction Design Team at Motorola.
Discussion: VentureBeat, IntoMobile, Silicon Alley Insider, Electronista, Ubergizmo and Boy Genius Report
Business Wire:
Intel Posts Record Third-Quarter Revenue of $10.2 Billion — SANTA CLARA, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Intel Corporation today announced record third-quarter revenue of $10.2 billion along with operating income of $3.1 billion, net income of $2 billion and earnings per share (EPS) of 35 cents.
Discussion: Associated Press, CNET News, Tech Trader Daily, Between the Lines and Silicon Alley Insider
Brooke Crothers / CNET News: Intel posts record revenue, but cautions
Sam Diaz / Between the Lines: Intel barely beats for Q3
Joe Weisenthal / Silicon Alley Insider: Intel Beats On Earnings, Though Light On Revenue
Yahoo! Search Blog:
Yahoo! Search Hits the Airwaves — A little over four years ago, we launched our own search engine and became a principal in the search business. Our focus since then has been the same - building the best search experience to give users a fast, easy and intuitive way to get straight to their answers.
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb: Yahoo Fights Back: Launches New Ad Campaign for its Search Engine
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch: Can Yahoo Find New Searchers Through An Ad Campaign?
Nathania Johnson / Search Engine Watch: Yahoo Begins Offline Advertising Campaign for Search
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: New Online, Radio Campaign Promotes 'New Yahoo Search'
Benjamin J. Romano / Microsoft Pri0: Yahoo ad campaign; YouTube search ads; Obama in-game ads …
Jordan McCollum / Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim: New Yahoo Ads Tout Safety, Ease of Use
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
JS-Kit, the widget company for dummies, gets boost — JS-Kit, the Silicon Valley company that makes it easy for bloggers to add comments, polls, product reviews or ratings system to their website, has gotten a boost when it most needs it. — It has raised $3.6 million in a second round …
Discussion: JS-Kit Blog, TechCrunch, Download Squad, The Social, Mashable!, InformationWeek, Paying Attention, The Next Web and ReadWriteWeb
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch: Widget Maker JS-Kit Closes $3.6 Million Series B Round
Christina Warren / Download Squad: JS-Kit raises $3.6M in series B funding
Caroline McCarthy / The Social: App company JS-Kit raises $3.6 million
Allen Stern / InformationWeek: Blog Comment Replacement Service Gets Boost
Ernst-Jan Pfauth / The Next Web: JS-Kit Raises $ 3.6M and welcomes Chris Saad as advisor
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb: Bringing Data Portability to a Website Near You: An Interview …
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
AT&T goes wild with texting, announces four QWERTY phones — If you're into that whole SMS craze and you're on AT&T, you're in luck — four times over. The carrier's gone ahead and announced not one, not two, but four QWERTY-equipped dumphones today, including a dual slider and a Pantech being billed as …
Discussion: AT&T, IntoMobile, textually.org and Electronista
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Nameo: Single-Button Business Card Replacement For The iPhone — A few months ago iPhone application developer Tapulous announced FriendBook, an app that would allow users to hold shake their phones together to exchange contact information - a fun and simple alternative to pocketfuls of clumsy business cards.
Discussion: The Next Web
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten / The Next Web: Nameo: the End of Businesscards?
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Angel Investor Ron Conway Speaks (About His Wise-Up-Silicon-Valley Missive) — Of course, the stock market had to come roaring back and it had to be extra sunny on the very day I was scheduled to have lunch with well-known Silicon Valley investor Ron Conway to talk about the worrisome state of the digital sector.
Discussion: The Drama 2.0 Show
Novell buying Managed Objects for BSM — Novell has agreed to buy Managed Objects, a McLean, Va., maker of BSM (business service management) software. Terms of the deal, announced Tuesday, were not disclosed. — BSM software helps companies map the performance of their IT systems against day-to-day business processes.
Discussion: eWeek
Chris Preimesberger / eWeek: Novell Gets CMDB Through Acquisition of Managed Objects
Vishesh Kumar / Wall Street Journal:
Economic Woes Hit HDTV Sales — Satellite, Cable Providers Could Suffer as Consumers Scale Back on Pricey Purchases — Reeling from a stock-market crash and a looming recession, consumers may finally be putting the brakes on the purchase of pricey luxury items like high-definition televisions.
Discussion: NewTeeVee
Chris Albrecht / NewTeeVee: Bad Economy Hitting HDTV Sales?
Long Zheng / istartedsomething:
Microsoft survey teases "Oahu": affordable consumer-version of the Surface computer, hypothetically — Would you like your own Microsoft Surface computer but don't own a hotel chain, telephone company, Las Vegas casino, television network or themepark? If so, you need to sign yourself up for some Microsoft market research.
Discussion: Engadget
Donald Melanson / Engadget: Microsoft hints at possible "Oahu" consumer Surface device
Rafe Needleman / Webware.com:
Quicken Online is finally free — Intuit has finally dropped the subscription fee on Quicken Online, its Web-based financial software that competes with Mint, Geezeo, Buxfer, and Wesabe. The company is still selling, as completely separate products, software versions of Quicken.
Discussion: Lifehacker
Adam Pash / Lifehacker: Battle of the Web-Based Personal Finance Apps
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
AOL - Yahoo Merger NOT A Done Deal, Says Time Warner Source* — A source close to AOL told us earlier that Yahoo's acquisition of AOL was a done deal. However, another senior source at Time Warner emphatically denied this. We apologize for the head-fake.
Discussion: Portfolio, Search Engine Land, Wall Street Journal, HipMojo.com, Epicenter and Valleywag
Andrea Chalupa / Portfolio: AOL/Yahoo: Deal Or No Deal? — For weeks now, the blogosphere …
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: Google Negotiates With DOJ To Avoid Suit, Yahoo Continues M&A Dance With AOL
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com: Yahoo! Shareholders to Yang: WTF?
Chris Snyder / Epicenter: AOL-Yahoo Merger Not a Done Deal, Says Our Source
Owen Thomas / Valleywag: AOL cuts Yahoo, even before a deal's done
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
McCain Campaign Sends Letter To YouTube Defending Fair Use — from the what-the...? dept — This is impressive, and somewhat unexpected. It's rather rare to see politicians (other than maginal ones, at least) showing any sort of recognition of fair use.
Discussion: NewTeeVee and Lessig Blog


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Kathy Griffin has revealed that she is undergoing surgery for lung cancer and her doctors are optimistic she "should be up and running around as usual in a month or less."
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The comedian took to Instagram and Twitter Monday to say her cancer was caught early and confined to her left lung. The surgery will result in half her left lung being removed.
"It's been a helluva four years, trying to get back to work, making you guys laugh and entertaining you, but I'm gonna be just fine," she wrote. "Please stay up to date on your medical check ups."
Well-wishers included Jane Lynch, who wrote on Twitter: "I'm beaming out to you all my love and vibes for good health," and Ashley Nicole Black, who wrote: "Praying for you! So many folks got your back!"
Griffin has had a tumultuous few years, including facing backlash in 2017 for taking part in a photoshoot that showed her holding up a fake bloody head resembling president Donald Trump. Her sister, Joyce Griffin, died of cancer in September 2017 and her mother, Maggie Griffin, died in March 2020 after battling dementia.
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A private space exploration company's plans to build a novel moonship to return human explorers to the lunar surface has moved one step closer to reality.
Aerospace giant Northrop Grumman has completed a lunar lander feasiblity study for the Golden Spike Company, which aims to begin ferrying paying customers to the moon and back by 2020.
The study came up with a new design that consists of a descent stage with a surface habitat and a lightweight ascent vehicle dubbed "Pumpkin," all of which would fit inside a 16.5-foot-wide (5 meters) rocket fairing for launch. [Golden Spike's Manned Moon Plans (Photos)]
"This concept has significant operability advantages for surface exploration since the surface habitat can be segmented to isolate lunar dust and provides more space for living and for selecting the most valuable lunar return samples," Northrop Grumman study lead Martin McLaughlin said in a statement.
"We affectionately call the minimalist ascent pod 'Pumpkin' because of its spherical shape and because it returns the crew to orbit after the surface exploration party," he added.
Golden Spike, which was named after the final spike pounded into the United States' First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, aims to send two-person crews to the moon and back by the end of the decade. The company originally pegged ticket prices at $750 million per seat, but revenue from media rights and merchandising could end up cutting that by perhaps 30 percent, officials have said.
The company thinks its services will be attractive to a variety of research institutions, corporations and countries, particularly nations that lack big-time space programs.
Golden Spike officials were pleased with the results of the recently completed lander study, but the company is not locked into building Pumpkin or any of the other components at this point.
"It's revolutionary. We've got the approximate capability of an Apollo lander in roughly half the mass — a huge advantage in terms of the total mass of the system," Golden Spike president and CEO Alan Stern, a former NASA science chief, told SPACE.com.
"We have equal or more habitable volume and have likely solved the problem with too much dust in the cabin going up to orbit," Stern added. "Pumpkin may not be what we ultimately end up with, but it is a huge forward step. No one's really looked at a lander like this. We are pretty excited about it."
Northrop Grumman and its legacy companies — Grumman Aerospace and TRW — built the very first manned moon landers back in the 1960s, for NASA's Apollo program.
SPACE.com Assistant Managing Editor Clara Moskowitz (@ClaraMoskowitz) contributed to this story. Follow Mike Wall on Twitter @michaeldwall and Google+. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook or Google+. Originally published on SPACE.com.


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Santa Rita Church Of The Nazarene
Loving Fellowship Caring Outreach Biblical Encouragement
These Truths We Believe
In one God—the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
The Old and New Testament Scriptures, given by plenary inspiration, contain all truth necessary to faith and Christian living.
Human beings are born with a fallen nature, and are, therefore, inclined to evil, and that continually.
The finally impenitent are hopelessly and eternally lost.
The atonement through Jesus Christ is for the whole human race; and that whosoever repents and believes on the Lord Jesus Christ is justified and regenerated and saved from the dominion of sin.
That believers are to be sanctified wholly, subsequent to regeneration, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Holy Spirit bears witness to the new birth, and also to the entire sanctification of believers.
Our Lord will return, the dead will be raised, and the final judgment will take place.


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Friends Season 2 Episode 8 : The One with the List
Ross is still compelled to make a choice between his childhood crush Rachel and his current lover Julie, and enlists Joey and Chandler's help in making a list of the pros and cons of each. He chooses Rachel, but she finds the list and gets angry with Ross. Meanwhile, Monica gets a job making food with a disgusting synthetic chocolate substitute called Mockolate.
Episode Guide
Season 01
Season 02
Season 03
Season 04
Season 05
Season 06
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Status and Retrieval Options
To view the Status and Retrieval web page, select the View Status and Retrieval Information link on the BSO Main Menu web page. The Status and Retrieval web page enables users to view the status of electronic files submitted for overnight processing.
There are three (3) options for checking file status:
Option 1: Confirmation or Tracking Number
To view the status of an individual file:
- Type the 16-position alphanumeric confirmation number or the eight (8)-position alphanumeric tracking number you received when your file was submitted.
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