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Free radicals (coupled with cells' decreased production of antioxidant enzymes) cause buildup of damaged proteins that can be toxic to immune cells
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have uncovered one of the mechanisms by which aging may compromise the ability of the immune system to fight infections and respond to vaccines.
The study, conducted in aging mice, shows that administering antioxidants may help reverse this loss of immune function. (The findings were published online July 13 by Cell Reports.)
"Aging is known to affect immune function, a phenomenon known as immunosenescence, but how this happens is not clear," said study leader Laura Santambrogio, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology and microbiology & immunology at Einstein. "Our study has uncovered several ways in which aging can worsen the body's overall ability to mount an effective immune response."
• All cells generate chemicals called free radicals as a normal part of metabolism.
• These highly reactive, unstable molecules can readily damage proteins, lipids and other cellular components through oxidation (the reaction between oxygen and substances it comes in contact with – as with rust formation on a tin can).
• Healthy cells keep "oxidative stress" in check by producing several enzymes that are scavengers of free radicals.
• But in aging, increased production of free radicals – coupled with cells' decreased production of antioxidant enzymes – causes a buildup of damaged proteins and other molecules that can be toxic to cells.
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The current study is the first to examine whether age-related oxidative stress compromises the function of a type of immune cell called dendritic cells.
"Dendritic cells are known as the 'sentinels of the immune system' and alert the rest of the immune system to the presence of microbial invaders," Dr. Santambrogio explains. "When you are exposed to viruses or bacteria, these cells engulf the pathogens and present them to the immune system, saying in effect, 'There's an infection going on, and here is the culprit – go get it.'"
Dr. Santambrogio and colleagues isolated dendritic cells from aging mice and found that oxidation-damaged proteins had accumulated in those cells and had caused harmful effects. For example, oxidatively modified proteins hampered the function of endosomes, the organelle on dentritic cells where pathogens are inactivated.
When the mice were injected with a potent antioxidant in the abdominal cavity daily for two weeks, some of the effects of oxidative stress were reversed.
This finding has implications for designing vaccines or therapies for humans, especially the elderly, whose weakened immune systems increase their susceptibility to infections and cancer, and reduce vaccine effectiveness.
"Many elderly people respond very poorly to vaccination, so perhaps a cycle of therapy with antioxidants before vaccination might improve their immune response to vaccines," Dr. Santambrogio notes.
Source: Based on Cell Reports journal press release, Jul 17, 2012


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One week before the tragic murder-suicide, the WWE had reported on its website that WWE owner Vince McMahon was "presumed dead." The company even sent out a press release addressing the issue, but in reality, this was nothing but a storyline designed to create as much controversy as possible. Several legitimate news sites may have reported McMahon�s demise, but anyone who had watched Monday Night Raw -- or indeed, read the press release in full -- that evening would have been certain that the "death" was staged.
With these circumstances in mind, as the news appeared on WWE.com on June 25, 2007 that Benoit and his family were dead, the story was met with shock but skepticism by those in the wrestling community. Sure, the language of the article was more serious than it had been a week before, but questions remained about its authenticity, until TV cameras found their way to the Benoit mansion in Fayette County, Georgia, and the all-too-real crime scene.
Though it was impossible to be anything but horrified by the tragedy itself, one could at least be thankful, then, that the WWE hadn�t stooped to convincingly portray a wrestler�s death, as a means of garnering attention. Though they had flirted with vulgar storylines in the past, including a heavy exploitation of Guerrero�s death, at least they when it came to reporting of news, the articles on scripted storylines were easily separated from those telling the morbid truth.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, however, WWE.com reported the following on its website: "Jeff Hardy was found unconscious in a stairwell at his hotel in Boston today, and was rushed to the nearest emergency room. Due to privacy issues, WWE is not releasing the name of the hospital. WWE.com will have more information if it becomes available." Known for having real drug issues in the past -- including one in 2007 which is believed to have scuppered a World Title run -- the buzz among fans at the TD Banknorth Garden (the site of the Survivor Series) later that night was that Hardy had overdosed.
As it turned out, the report on WWE.com was all storyline, a fraud which served only to reintroduce the character of Edge to television. But the serious tone of the WWE�s statement marked the first time that the company had deliberately misled fans into believing that a performer�s life was in genuine danger -- and all for the supposed benefit of late pay-per-view buys. On the live broadcast of the show, WWE even took glee in stating that CNN and ABC news had reported the incident.
Professional wrestling has a long history of storylines where the nefarious heel would injure the beloved babyface, to build for a match at an arena or on pay-per-view. Such angles may be portrayed as real, but when taking place in front of the cameras, and being broadcast on television, there is no doubt that the various shenanigans are all part of a wrestling story. When told well, the resulting "feuds" are often what makes wrestling such a popular pastime.
But the latest angle by WWE was far from entertaining, nor was it done with the intention of being so. It was an attempt to deliberately frighten, and was designed specifically to play upon the fears of Hardy�s fans, many of whom, considering his past, harboured real concerns for his life upon hearing this "news." All of this from a company that has just opened a new website for children, and has changed all of its television output to a "PG" rating, too.
In the furor of the Chris Benoit tragedy, British wrestling historian John Lister (along with UK Sun journalist Simon Rothstein) calculated that an incredible 104 wrestlers had died between 1997 and 2007, without reaching so much as their 50th birthday. A shocking percentage of that figure were due to drug abuse.
So while Sunday thankfully saw Jeff Hardy prove to be alive and well, the death of any dignity that the WWE once had faded to black, like the last blink of one of those 208 eyes.
The heartbreak of losing Pillman, Guerrero et al was bad enough. No-one needed the WWE playing the death card for the sake of a few extra bucks.
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Life as an Elite Controller
Memories of Bonnie G.
January 10, 2012
Bonnie Goldman was a remarkable human being who has left us to continue her good works in another sphere. She leaves a lasting legacy, not only in the form of this awesome website or her incredible articles and interviews with cutting-edge HIV-research scientists and people living with HIV, but through her acts of kindness, inspiration and mentorship, too. I am devastated by the news of her untimely death to yet another deadly-stalker: breast cancer. As I grieve her loss, my thoughts turn to celebrating the many wondrous ways Bonnie touched my life over the five short years we knew one another.
Radio Hope
November 28, 2011
Opportunities to speak to mainstream media representatives about the wonder of HIV controllers are few and far between; when they do happen, they are typically oriented to the scientific perspective, and are rarely centered on the personal one. Imagine my surprise, then, when an invitation arrived to discuss my journey as an HIV controller from the personal point of view with Dr. Howard Gluss, a psychologist from Southern California, on his radio program called "Life With Dr. Howard Gluss."
On-the-Air: My First Radio Interview -- "Have You Heard of HIV Long-Term Nonprogressor?"
February 7, 2011
Josh asks thoughtful questions throughout the hour-long interview and, with Bob Marley tunes as a backdrop (great choice, Josh!), we discuss a wide range of subjects that include basic information on how HIV works to dismantle the human immune system, how our immune systems fight infection, current therapies and novel approaches to therapies, therapeutic vaccine development, the recent revival of the 'cure' word, information on recent discoveries related to protective genetic markers and other control mechanisms within the HIV Controller and/or Long-Term Nonprogressor community, and the 'functional cure' we represent. At the end, I share the collective hope of my unique 'tribe' to contribute to the end of the AIDS epidemic. Originally entitled "Have You Heard of HIV Long-Term Nonprogressor?", this interview will be re-broadcast at noon on March 10, 2011, under the title "Have You Heard of HIV Controller?", in honor of the sixth annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
Marvels, Milestones and Mom: The Ups and Downs in a Year of Functional-HIV-Cure Research
December 6, 2010
This blog entry is dedicated to my sweet Mother, Marguerite Aletha Murchie, born August 3, 1917, died September 1, 2010, who always said, "Where there's a will, there's a way."
The Alphabet Soup of Immune Control: ADCC Antibodies, (Memory) B-Cells, Elite Controllers and Exposed Sero-Negatives -- Will They Amount to Z?
July 23, 2010
This blog entry wraps up my series of reports highlighting several abstracts presented at the XVIII AIDS Conference in Vienna on the most recent studies of "HIV Controllers (HCs)" and "Long Term Nonprogressors (LTNPs)" -- a unique group of HIV-positive individuals whose immune systems or genetic make-up contribute to remarkable suppression of the virus without aid of antiretroviral medications.
Natural Killer Cells Are Prominent Factors in Control of HIV
July 22, 2010
I was designated an "elite controller" of HIV in 2004, when few of us were identified and information on our spontaneous and mysterious control of the virus was hard to find. I had just passed the 12th anniversary of my diagnosis by then, and was extremely curious to know what was going on -- was I going to get sick, was I going to die? My own doctor, a specialist in HIV, could not give me an explanation, and Google searches on HCs or LTNPs were not productive either, because I tried.
Protective Genes Play Crucial Role in Defense Against HIV
July 21, 2010
This year marks two milestones for 1) the number of abstracts submitted for presentation on this subject, and 2) the number of international collaborating clinical research teams -- such as the "CASCADE Collaboration": team members from France, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. The abstracts are representative of eight groups working together across many disciplines and institutions to unlock the mysteries of viral control. In fact, in the many years I've been following developments on this field, I've never seen as many abstracts or so many countries contribute -- last count was 16 -- to the body of knowledge being accumulated on the HC/LTNP group. It's tremendous!
Special Protein Contributes to Control of HIV Infection in Elite Controllers
July 20, 2010
As many of you may know, I am a publicly visible member of a small minority of HIV-positive people who control the virus in as-of-yet unexplained ways; we are called "HIV controllers" (HCs) and/or "long-term nonprogressors" (LTNPs). In addition to participation in 13 separate clinical research studies in the United States, I have established the Zephyr L.T.N.P. Foundation to link members of this community to studies, provide support services and to maintain the topic of HCs/LTNPs in the public view. As of today, only 1,725 of us have been identified worldwide, and each of us contributes valuable clues toward a better understanding of the human immune response to HIV. It is our collective hope that, through our contributions to science, we may help to advance the development of a therapeutic vaccine for HIV/AIDS, as well.
Out of the Mouths of Babes: The Therapeutic Vaccine Question
March 9, 2010
For many years now I have donated blood, cells and tissue to several clinical research studies on both coasts of the United States. I do so because I have an extraordinarily robust immune response against HIV infection. As I understand it, once these 'anti-HIV' responses are defined, there is a high probability my contributions to science may assist in the development of a therapeutic vaccine to treat people living with HIV/AIDS.
HIV Controllers Speak: Our Link to a "Functional Cure" for HIV
December 14, 2008
Not all HIV-positive people are alike in their ability to control HIV. An estimated 1 in 300 HIV-infected persons around the world have a mysterious ability to control their HIV. Their viral loads and CD4 T-cell counts remain in the normal range without their having to take any HIV medications. Researchers call these individuals "long-term non-progressors."
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Loreen Willenberg
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Loreen Willenberg, a resident of California, has survived HIV infection since 1992. She is part of a tiny group of people with HIV that scientists call "elite controllers." What is an elite controller? It's someone with HIV who has never had a detectable viral load, although they have never taken HIV meds. She also has an astonishingly high CD4 count and has never experienced any adverse health effects from HIV. Loreen considers it her responsibility as an elite controller to help other people with HIV, which is why she's currently participating in three clinical studies in which researchers are trying to understand how people like Loreen actually control the virus. In fact, she's created a new organization for people like her called the Zephyr Foundation.
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February 7, 2011 - On-the-Air: My First Radio Interview -- "Have You Heard of HIV Long-Term Nonprogressor?": A Blog Entry by Loreen Willenberg
December 6, 2010 - Marvels, Milestones and Mom: The Ups and Downs in a Year of Functional-HIV-Cure Research -- A Blog Entry by Loreen Willenberg
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Daily log, June 26
Tiffin reports
A 400-block North Washington Street person reported Monday afternoon an attempt was made to enter a garage overnight.
A 1600-block West SR 18 woman reported Monday night money had been stolen from her residence.
A 200-block Miami Street person reported early Tuesday morning $180 had been stolen.
County reports
Scott E. Wise, 48, of Tiffin, was charged with obstruction for an incident Feb. 2.
A 1000-block East TR 58 man reported Tuesday morning someone stole a trailer for his tractor overnight.
Fostoria reports
Bertha Rumschlag, 49, of Fostoria, was charged with aggravated menacing and persistent disorderly conduct Monday.
A shoplifter was reported Monday night at Kroger, 126 W. High St.
A break-in was reported early Tuesday morning in the 200 block of West Tiffin Street.
An officer was requested for assistance by the Seneca County Humane Society Tuesday afternoon at a residence in the 300 block of South Poplar Street. According to the report, 11 dogs were inside the residence, and feces and urine were all over the floor.
County accidents
A single-vehicle rollover accident was reported Monday afternoon in the 6000 block of TR 113. One person was transported to Mercy Tiffin Hospital.
A motorcyclist struck a dog Monday evening near CR 34 and TR 76. A person was transported to the hospital.
McCutchenville fire, New Riegel EMS and the Echo unit were called to a single-vehicle accident Monday afternoon on TR 113.
Green Springs fire and the Echo unit were called to an accident Monday evening at CR 34 and TR 76.
Tiffin firefighters were called to 77 Greenfield St. Tuesday morning for an unintentional detector activation.
Tiffin EMS had one squad run Monday afternoon and one squad run Monday night.
Clinton fire had a squad run Monday night.
Kansas fire had a squad run Tuesday morning.
Bascom fire had a squad run Tuesday afternoon.
Fostoria Municipal Court
Ashlee N. Banks, 718 Circle Dr., seat belt violation, $75; Susan A. Platt, Bascom, assured clear distance, $125; Curtis J. Ailes, Jr., Findlay, seat belt violation, $75; John H. Cockie, 224 Cleveland St., speed, $114; William L. Fox, Alvada, speed, $120, seat belt violation, $45; Jill A. Altman, Arcadia, speed, $120; Adam M. Correll, 238 Elwood Ave., dog at large violation, $90; James L. Mathias, Findlay, head lights violation, $125; Lawrence D. Rusk, Fostoria, changing lanes without regard to safety, $125, off-truck route violation, $65; Chad E. Patterson, Fostoria, stop sign violation, $125.
Matthew C. Brickner, Alvada, stop sign violation, $125; Heather Babb, Arlington, speed, $123; Valentino R. Orosco, Alamogordo, NM, off-truck route violation, $125; Don C. Harvey, Findlay, speed, $120; Eric J. Roberts, 400 N. Main St., Apt. 208, improper turn violation, $125, seat belt violation, $45; Alyssa Moran, Louisville, speed, $111; Kevin G. Reinhard, Fostoria, seat belt violation, $75; Cassie K. Baker, 461 W. Lytle St., Lot 128, seat belt violation, $75; David M. Schmidt, Northwood, traffic control device violation, $125; Anita F. Conrad, Findlay, speed, $141.
Terrie E. Gribble, Perrysburg, improper backing violation, $125; Carolyn K. Patterson, VanBuren, speed, $120; Geneva D. Moore, 320 E. Tiffin St., speed, $114; Katrina R. Drake, Fostoria, failure to yield right of way, $125; Carl W. Daniel, Attica, seat belt violation, $75; Connor E. Conley, Tiffin, speed, $123; Tara M. Kelbley, New Riegel, assured clear distance, $125; William Waltermyer, 1521 N. Countyline, Lot 122, disorderly conduct, $115; Richard B. Smith, Fostoria, disorderly conduct, $115; Randy L. Smith, Fostoria, disorderly conduct, $115.
Joshua J. Farias, 522 N. Poplar St., passenger seat belt violation, $65; Kristy L. Lambright, 522 N. Poplar St., seat belt violation, $75; Rachael M. Sarreshteh, 480 Park Ave., failure to control, $125; Tina M. Hartley, Findlay, speed, $120; Austin J. Bower, Deshler, speed, $135; Mattison M. Burns, 1023 Dillon Circle, red light violation, $125; Markasha R. Craddolph, 867 Columbus Ave., improper/prohibitive turn, $125; Daniel J. Marker, Jr., 614 S. Poplar St., seat belt violation, $75; Myranda L. Geisler, Findlay, speed, $147; Courtney M. Whitta, 118 Fall St., expired tag violation, $125; Sally E. Fey, Burgoon, speed, $111.


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American Heroine Harriet Miers Is Now Lobbying for Our Friends, the Pakistanis
Half-Supreme Court Justice Harriet Miers, whose brilliant legal mind was simply too supple to be confined to the nation's highest court, has gone onto a stellar career trying to influence Congress on behalf of foreign agents—including the ones that probably protected Osama bin Laden for a decade.
After boldly declining her nomination to the Court, Miers went on to work for the law firm Locke Liddell & Sapp, which lobbies for the Embassy of Pakistan, the ruling Pakistan People's Party, and President Asif Zardari. According to her filing with the Department of Justice's Foreign Agents Registration Act database [pdf], she was tasked with "promot[ing] better understanding of [Pakistan's] recent political, social, and economic developments." Right about now, she's probably focusing on convincing U.S. officials that Pakistan's security service had no idea that bin Laden was living a leisurely bicycle ride away from its premiere military academy. Pakistan chose its counsel wisely. The lady is a dynamo.
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Valve has been dipping their toes into distributing non-games on Steam for quite a while. Gabe Newell at LinuxCon 2013 said that they are dissatisfied with families needing to manage multiple content silos, and they would like everything to be accessible everywhere. This can be interpreted as a "situation: there are now 15 competing standards" environment, but it seems to be more in the context of "I have all my content on my PC, why can't I bring it into my own living room?"
We later saw this manifest as Steam In-Home Streaming for PC games. For videos, according to the Streaming Video on Steam FAQ, "In-home streaming is not currently supported". Still, this seems like it will be their method of getting this content out to arbitrary displays in the future. Also, I have to wonder how Valve's historical practice of distributing purchases made from other stores will play into this whole situation.
For now, Valve has been adding more and more content to their service. It started with a few documentaries and low-budget films, including a video from the publisher of the game Hotline Miami. Now we are seeing the Mad Max franchise including the summer film, Mad Max: Fury Road available on the service. Steam doesn't need to have every movie right now if it wants to survive. They don't have to justify their actions to a board. They do, and they experiment with how it works and why.
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First impressions usually count for a lot, correct? Well, my first impression of a Grado product was not all that positive. I had a small LAN party at my house one night and I invited over the audio lead for Ritual Entertainment and got him set up on one of the test machines. He pulled out a pair of Grado SR225 headphones and plugged them in. I looked at them and thought, "Why does this audio guy have such terrible headphones?" Just like most others that have looked at Grados the first time, I thought these were similar to a set of WWII headsets, and likely sounded about as good. I offered my friend a more "gaming friendly" set of headphones. He laughed at me and said no thanks.
The packaging is relatively bland as compared to other competing "high end" headphones. Grado has a reputation of under-promising, yet overperforming.
I of course asked him about his headphones that he was so enamored with and he told me a little bit about how good they actually were and that he was quite happy to game on them. This of course got me quite interested in what exactly Grado had to offer. Those "cheap looking" headphones are anything but cheap. While the aesthetics can be debated, but what can't be is that Grado makes a pretty great series of products.
Grado was founded by Joseph Grado in 1953. Sadly, Joseph passed away this year. Though he had been retired for some time, the company is still family owned and we are now seeing the 3rd generation of Grados getting involved in the day to day workings of the company. The headquarters was actually the site of the family fruit business before Joseph decided to go into the audio industry. They originally specialized in phonograph heads as well as other phono accessories, and it wasn't until 1989 that Grado introduced their first headphones. Headphones are not exactly a market where there are massive technological leaps, so it appears as though there has been around three distinct generations of headphone designs from Grado with the Prestige series. The originals were introduced in the mid-90s then in the mid 2000s with the updated "i" series, and finally we have the latest "e" models that were released last year.
The company also offers five different lines of headphones that range from the $50 eGrado up to the $1700 PS1000E. They also use a variety of materials from plastic, to metal, and finally the very famous wood based headphones. In fact, they have a limited edition Grado Heritage run that was made from a maple tree cut down in Brooklyn very near to the workshop where Grado still handcrafts their headphones.
That townhouse in the middle? That is where the vast majority of Grado headphones are made. Not exactly what most expect considering the reputation of the Grado brand. (Photo courtesy of Jonathan Grado)
I was sent the latest SR225e models to take a listen to some time back. I finally got to a place where I could just sit down and pen about my thoughts and experience with these headphones.
Walmart Will Convert DVDs and Blu-rays to VUDU Digital Copies
Subject: General Tech | March 14, 2012 - 03:34 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: walmart, vudu, ultraviolet, ripping, movies, hd, dvd, digital
Walmart Offering DVD Disc to Vudu Digital Copy conversion for cheap, but there is a caveat.
(Preface) Despite the iron fist fighting innovation and locking down media that is the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act), many tech savvy people have employed certain programs and disc drives to rip their physical DVD and Blu-ray collections to digital files that can act as backups and can be easily streamed around the house or over the Internet when you are out and about. The movie studios definitely do not like this practice; however, there is little that they can do about it (and as far as opinions go, they shouldn't). Slowly but surely the world is prodding them with a giant stick of common sense and they are starting to wake up, however. Many DVDs and Blu-rays now come with digital copies that can be unlocked and played via Itunes or Windows Media Player. (Sure, they are DRM'ed but it is a step in the right direction.)
And even more recently, several movie studios have started experimenting with the idea of stream-able copies of physical discs using their Ultra Violet DRM. The official description of Ultra Violet is as follows.
"UltraViolet (UVVU or UV for short) is an an ecosystem for interoperable electronic content. It's a branded set of specifications and agreements along with a centralized rights clearinghouse that allows retailers to sell movies that play on UltraViolet-compatible players and services."
Needless to say, the official word isn't too helpful for those not studying law or marketing (heh). Basically it is a set of standards (including DRM) that other services and retailers can follow and sell access to a library of digital movies from participating movie studios. The standards specify that Ultraviolet movies should be download-able to UV compliant devices; however, at time of writing only streaming devices are commonplace. The way Ultra Violet works is that certain physical disc purchases will have a code that can then be used to redeem a digital copy that can then be streamed to PCs, TVs, and other supported devices (which they estimate at around 300+ devices).
Walmart's approach is a bit different than that but follows the same Ultraviolet DRM and standards. The new Walmart Entertainment conversion service will allow customers to bring in their DVD or Blu-ray collection and for a $2 a disc will be given access to a digital version of that film through their subsidiary company VUDU's movie service. Because Walmart has a deal with the appropriate studios, they are able to convert the movies for a small fee and without needing to rip the discs. Instead, at the Photo Center, employees will examine the discs, then find the matching movie (if there is one, of course) on the VUDU service and add it to the customers VUDU account (or create a new account if they do not already have an existing VUDU account). According to Walmart, the movies will be available for streaming within a few minutes of activation, and customers will be allowed to keep their physical discs.
Further, customers will be able to upgrade their DVD's to an HD (not Blu-ray quality but better than DVD) VUDU copy for $5 (or $3 more than a standard conversion). The wording of the press release is a bit ambiguous but seems to suggest that DVD to SD VUDU and Blu-ray to HD VUDU count as "standard conversions" due to their "equal conversions" description. Only DVDs to HD will be at the higher priced conversion (we'll get clarification on this, so stay tuned for an update).
As mentioned above, there are a couple caveats to this new conversion service. Mainly, the digital copies are (currently) only stream-able, meaning a constant internet connection is required. This point may be moot in a few months when downloads are allegedly going to be supported by Ultraviolet DRM, but at the time of writing still exists. Also, there is the fact that the files are DRM'ed, meaning that customers are out of luck if VUDU shuts down their service or they do not have Ultraviolet approved devices. The major negative that tech savvy people are likely to bring up is that the service costs money for DRM protected files when they are able to rip their DVDs and Blu-rays on their own for free and do whatever they want with the non-DRM'ed files. Finally, the service is further limited by studio support and VUDUs catalog, meaning that they may not be able to convert all of your collection for DVDs or Blu-rays that are not available on VUDU.
It is a valid point; however, it should be noted that while it is rarely enforced, the DMCA makes ripping DVDs and Blu-ray discs illegal (because the programs need to break the encryption to copy the video to the computer). Also, the Walmart service does have the benefit of cheap HD upgrades for your DVD collection at $5 a pop versus $20+ for Blu-ray versions, and it is a heck of a lot faster than waiting for the Handbrake transcoding queues to finish!
In the end, the new DVD and Blu-ray disc to digital conversion service is not perfect; however, it is a step in the right direction and a decent option for anyone that does not have the time or knowledge to rip their own DVD or Blu-ray collection. For example, this is something I could see my family members using as a good way to backup their collection and prevent the situation where their kids favorite movie will no longer play because they stepped on it and threw it like a Frisbee (and the ensuing tantrum hehe). And if they get to the point where the files are no longer DRM'ed I would definitely consider it because of the time saved in converting and cheap HD upgrade (there have been very few movies I've spent the extra money on to get the Blu-ray version whereas I'm less selective about cheaper DVD purchases).
Verizon And Coinstar Backing New Subscription Redbox + Streaming Movie Service
Subject: General Tech | February 6, 2012 - 12:27 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: verizon, subscription service, redbox, movies
Netflix has stood at the top of the hill for quite a while now as the streaming and disc subscription service of choice despite the price hikes and Warner Brothers' stupidity in regards to the 56 day waiting period to get a DVD (although it takes only an hour to pirate...). They may have a new contender later this year; however, because, Verizon and Coinstar (the company behind Redbox) are teaming up to create a joint venture that will launch a new subscription service offering physical discs through the Redbox kiosks and streaming and download-able movies through Verizon.
The new joint venture will launch the product portfolio in the second half of 2012, according to Verizon. Further, the joint venture will be a limited liability company with Verizion holding a 65% stake and Coinstar holding a 35% stake. Neither company was willing to go into details on how much the subscription would cost or how exactly it would work at this time due to "competitive concerns." They did dole out a few small bits of information about the service, however.
Verizon's President of Consumer and Mass Business Markets Bob Mudge talked confidently about the new streaming service during a conference call to the press where he talked about putting Verizon's large Fiber to the Home (their FIOS service), DSL, and Wireless 4G LTE networks to work to deliver streaming services "to all consumers across the US" whenever they want and on the devices they want to use. Meanwhile, Coinstar will be using the thousands of Redbox kiosks in malls, grocery stores, Wal-Marts, Walgreens, and gas stations to deliver physical discs to consumers throughout the US. They are planning a single source, multi-platform, national product, and will be releasing more details as they get closer to the launch window.
It is certainly interesting, and the streaming subscription space could really use healthy competition and companies with enough weight to throw around to muscle the studios into entering the 21st century with increased streaming licenses and better contract deals. Redbox has recently revolted against Warner Brothers' 56 day waiting period in favor of obtaining the movies through other means, so the studios are not exactly friendly to renting discs much less streaming rights. Here's hoping that the new joint venture can become profitable and serve as further proof that providing a subscription service is a viable revenue stream to studios while being affordable to consumers. A commenter on another forum suggested that it would be a great idea for Verizon to incorporate the streaming service into its FIOS plans as a value add, which is a move that would certainly spread adoption and give the company a quick influx of users!
Do you think Verizon and Coinstar (Redbox) can take on Netflix?


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First Ever Live Show on October 6th in Berlin
Boys Noize at LA's HARD Festival 8/3 + NYC's Electric Zoo Festival 9/2
Boys Noize announces his third album Out Of The Black to be released on October 2ndworldwide via his own label Boysnoize Records. The first rousing track from the album called "What You Want"
Alex Ridha – aka Boys Noize – is a Berlin-based producer, DJ and label owner who started producing and DJing at a very early age and is known internationally as a one of the most valued electronic artists (Independent Music Award in 2010 and 3 consecutive times Best Electronic Artist on Beatport).
The new album perfectly bridges the gap between his previous two efforts Oi Oi Oi andPOWER; providing the requisite in-your-face electro bang of classic Boys Noize on tracks like "What You Want", "Rocky 2" and "XTC", or more melodic songs like "Ich R U" and "Reality". At a time when mainstream electronic music, particularly the pervasive cultures of EDM and dubstep, have moved dance music out of the clubs and into the stadiums, Ridha is quick to acknowledge the old school house and acid records that shaped him as a DJ; the very same records that continue to bubble up as an influence on Out Of The Black.
Boys Noize is proud to bring a full live show to the stage for the first time on October 6th in Berlin, at the start of an extensive 25-city European live tour (dates below + more to be announced soon).
Alex Ridha is at the heart of Boysnoize Records and BNR Trax that involves a roster of over 100 releases by more than a dozen different artists (Spank Rock, The Faint, Mixhell, Strip Steve, Le1f, Housemeister and17-year old SCNTST etc). Along releasing two long players Oi Oi Oi and POWER with contemporary anthems "&Down," "Don't Believe The Hype" and "Jeffer" he's had numerous releases with Mr. Oizo (aka Handbraekes), Erol Alkan, Jarvis Cocker and more.
Boys Noize has been on the forefront of remixing indie artists like Feist's "My Moon, My Man," long before it was a custom to remix non-dance tracks. Other remixes range from the likes of David Lynch, N.E.R.D, Depeche Mode, Snoop Dogg, Daft Punk, The Chemical Brothers to name a few. Having worked with Scissor Sisters, Gonzales,Spank Rock, Santigold and Kelis, the highly sought after producer, is ready to show the world his best work to date.
Boys Noize Live (*) and DJ Dates:
8/03 – Los Angeles, CA (USA) @ HARD Festival
8/31 – Las Vegas, NV (USA) @ Haze
9/01 – Mexico City (MEX) @ Auditorio Blackberry
9/02 – New York, NY (USA) @ Electric Zoo Festival
10/06 – Berlin (GER) @ Columbiahalle *
10/09 – Glasgow (UK) @ O2 ABC *
10/11 – Dublin (IRL) @ Academy *
10/12 – Manchester (UK) @ TBA *
10/13 – London (UK) @ Coronet *
10/17 – Zurich (CH) @ Maag Halle *
10/18 – Geneva (CH) @ Salle des Fetes de Thonex *
10/19 – Lille (FR) @ Fantastic Festival *
10/20 – Nantes (FR) @ Stereolux *
10/23 – Oslo (N) @ Rockefeller *
10/24 – Stockholm (SWE) @ Arenan *
10/25 – Copenhagen (DK) @ Vega *
10 /27– Vienna (AUSTRIA) @ Gasometer *
10/28 – Bologna (IT) @ Link *
10/31 – Milan (IT) @ Limelight *
11/01 – Lyon (FR) @ La Sucriere *
11/02 – Paris (FR) @ La Cigale *
11/03 – Toulouse (FR) @ Le Bikini *
11/04 – Nimes (FR) @ Paloma *
11/08 – Madrid (SP) @ Arena *
11/13 – Amsterdam (NL) @ Paradiso *
11/14 – Cologne (GER) @ E-Werk *
11/15 – Hamburg (GER) @ Docks *
11/17 – Munich (GER) @ Kesselhaus *


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Internet Casinos Inc. (ICI), the world's aboriginal online casino, started operating from August 18, 1995, with 18 altered games. Since again added than 1,400 websites, mostly domiciled in baby Caribbean islands, acquire accustomed acceleration to an industry that grosses over $3 billion a year. In actuality no business on the Internet earns added acquirement than online gambling. Out of the estimated 14.5 actor online gamblers, about 30 per cent are from Asia.
A bet can be placed in minutes. Anyone with a acclaim agenda can set up an adopted bill annual with a bank site, abrogation them chargeless to abode bets on antic contest like Wimbledon, cricket, horse antagonism and Formula One, or accompany a basic bank to play aperture machines, roulette, blackjack, poker etc. Companies like Flutter and Betmart acquire bets on annihilation from who is traveling to win the Nobel Cost to whether Madonna is accepting a annulment or not. Bets can ambit from a nickel to bags of dollars and according to whether you win or lose the bulk is automatically adapted to your account. The final antithesis can again either be mailed to you or larboard for approaching bets.
The law apropos to online bank in India needs to be accepted aural the country's socio-cultural context. At the outset, gambling, although not actually banned in India, does not accept accurate advance by action makers. The Indian organized bank industry is estimated to be account about US$8 billion. While acrimonious laws acquire arrested the admeasurement of casinos and top artery gaming centres as in abounding added countries, barring the accompaniment of Goa, the action business charcoal the a lot of column accepted anatomy of gambling.
Though bank is not illegal, it is a awful controlled and adapted activity. Modern India is a quasi-federal Constitutional capitalism and the admiral to appoint are broadcast at the federal as able-bodied as the accompaniment levels. Bank appearance in List II of the Constitution of India, this implies that the accompaniment governments acquire the ascendancy to achieve laws in adjustment to adapt bank in the corresponding states. Thus, there is no individual law administering bank in the absolute country. Altered states acquire altered laws administering bank in accession to the laws that acquire an appliance beyond the country. While some states acquire banned lotteries, added states acquiesce accompaniment government lotteries marketed and broadcast in added action arena and announcement states through clandestine entities.
Regulation of gambling
The courts acquire authentic bank as 'the transaction of a amount for a adventitious to win a prize'. The ascendant aspect of accomplishment or adventitious shall actuate the attributes of the game. A bold may be accounted to be bank if the aspect of adventitious or luck predominates in chief its outcome. As a result, Indian courts acquire captivated that action on horse antagonism and a few agenda amateur are not gambling. The appropriate to undertake the business of bank and lotteries is not advised as a axiological appropriate adequate by the Constitution of India. It may about be acicular out that the accompaniment government run lotteries accomplish cogent contributions to the accompaniment coffer of several accompaniment governments and the Union government, and appropriately there is a attrition to complete prohibition.
The afterward legislation is pertinent to gambling:
The Accessible Gaming Act, 1867
This Act provides abuse for accessible bank and for befitting of a 'common gaming house'. This Act aswell authorises the accompaniment governments to achieve laws to adapt accessible bank in their corresponding jurisdictions. The chastening legislations in corresponding states acquire been adapted in accordance with their action on gambling. However, this legislation does not acquire any absolute appulse on online bank unless a advanced estimation is accustomed to the analogue of accepted gaming abode so as to cover basic forums as well.
The Indian Arrangement Act, 1872 (ICA)
The ICA is a codification awning legislation that governs all bartering affairs in India. Beneath the ICA, a wagering arrangement is the one which cannot be enforced. The Act lays down; 'Agreements by way of action are void, and no clothing shall be brought for convalescent annihilation declared to be won on any action or entrusted to any getting to accept by the aftereffect of any bold or added ambiguous accident on which any action is made'. Gambling, action and cost amateur acquire captivated to be wagering affairs and appropriately abandoned and unenforceable. While a wagering arrangement is not illegal, it cannot be activated in a cloister of law. Thus, the courts will not absorb any could cause of action that arises out of a wagering contract.
Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998
This Act provides a framework for acclimation lotteries in the country. Beneath this Act, the accompaniment governments acquire been accustomed to advance as able-bodied as prohibit lotteries aural their territorial jurisdiction. This Act aswell provides for the address in which the lotteries are to be conducted and prescribes abuse in case of aperture of its provision. Lotteries not accustomed by the accompaniment acquire been fabricated an answerability beneath the Indian Chastening Code. Several non-lottery arena states, like Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, acquire banned the auction of added state-government lotteries beneath this Act.
Indian Chastening Code, 1860
Section 294A deals with befitting action office. It says that whoever keeps any appointment or abode for the purpose of cartoon any action not getting a Accompaniment action or a action authorised by the Accompaniment Government, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a appellation which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
And whoever publishes any angle to pay any sum, or to bear any goods, or to do or abstain accomplishing annihilation for the account of any person, on any accident or accident about or applicative to the cartoon of any ticket, lot, amount or amount in any such lottery, shall be punished with accomplished which may extend to one thousand rupees.
Internet gambling
The law accompanying to bank is aswell applicative to online gambling. All bank affairs are advised to be wagering affairs and it is not accessible to accomplish such affairs beneath the ICA, abundant above.
As acicular out earlier, the online action is the a lot of accepted anatomy of internet bank in India. A lot of companies business and distributing or administering accompaniment government-sponsored lotteries through the internet are not accustomed to advertise their casework in the states that banned lotteries. In a lot of cases, these marketers and distributors absolute their online casework to consumers who are association of the states area a action is permissible. Notwithstanding the actuality there has been no appear case of aperture by any aggregation announcement online lotteries, a lot of of these companies (as a safeguard) seek an adventure from their consumers apropos to their residence.
There acquire been instances area one accompaniment has banned the action of added states, including online lotteries. In a contempo case, the Karnatka Top Cloister upheld the accommodation of the Karnataka government to accomplish itself a 'lottery chargeless zone' by arty a ban on lotteries of all added states, including online lotteries beneath the Lotteries (Regulation) Act 1998. The accompaniment government, in this case, directed the cease of the terminals and kiosks affairs the online lotteries.
Enforcement over adopted jurisdictions
If the websites are hosted and operated from alfresco India, it may be difficult for the Indian authorities to affair any charge to abutting them down or prohibit their admission after application its blocking admiral beneath the ITA. The authorities acquire little to anguish about, as Indian adopted barter laws do not admittance remittances alfresco India for bank accompanying activity, such as the acquirement of action tickets, football pools and sweepstakes. As a result, a bank website hosted alfresco India aiming at accepting money from aural India cannot do so through acknowledged channels.
Online bank charcoal a awful adapted area with acutely bound horizons to grow. While the present authoritative framework makes it difficult for adopted bank websites to ambition barter in India, the India-based companies can alone deliver and bazaar state-government lotteries online in acceptable territories. The common ascendancy with the government to block bank accompanying websites and the impossibility of administration gambling-related affairs added abash the affairs for the industry.


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UPDATE: The 2010 Yamaha Fazer8 ABS has officially been released.
It would seem that Yamaha Motor Europe is getting a little particular about what people call their new 800cc naked street bike. Dubbed the "Fazer8" by the tuning fork brand, Europeans seem to be more comfortable calling the new Fazer by the previously agreed upon naming method: the FZ8 Fazer. "Whoa, wait, slow down there padre!" says Yamaha.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
US President Barack Obama apparently believes that he knows better than Israel's democratically elected leader what is best for the Jewish state.
In further evidence that US-Israel relations will remain on the rocks for the foreseeable future, a prominent American columnist revealed this week that President Obama has been repeatedly stating that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is leading Israel toward isolation.
Jeffrey Goldberg, national correspondent for the Atlantic, wrote on the Bloomberg network that when Netanyahu recently announced plans to build new Jewish homes in Judea and Samaria in response to provocative Palestinian moves at the UN, Obama didn't even bother getting angry.
Goldberg noted that an "inured" Obama simply started telling people that "Israel doesn't know what its own best interests are."
The entire affair is representative of Washington's typical reaction to the failing Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
When Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas went to the UN in November to unilaterally seek recognition for a Palestinian state outside the framework, and in violation of, signed agreements, Obama opposed the move, but refrained from accusing Abbas of harming the quest for peace.
When Netanyahu responded by approving increased Jewish settlement construction, the White House was all too clear that the Israeli leader was hindering peace efforts.
This double standard has been a long-standing feature of the peace process.
Obama's remarks and the timing of their publication can also be seen as an attempt to influence Israel's upcoming election and scare Israeli voters from choosing Netanyahu.
Netanyahu's challengers are already playing on fears that he will damage vital US-Israel relations at a time when the Jewish state needs Western support in its nuclear face-off with Iran.
But unlike many Israeli politicians, Netanyahu knows well that Obama alone cannot turn the US against Israel, and that while the White House may be antagonistic toward the Jewish state, Congress and the majority of Americans lean far in the opposite direction.
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by Michael Slater
The National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) requires states to offer voter registration opportunities at public assistance agencies. Voter registrations at such agencies numbered 2.6 million in l995–96 when the Act was first implemented; the number has dwindled to 528,000 in 2005–06. One simple reason for this drop: A majority of states are failing to comply with the law. Compliance with the NVRA could help up to 2.5 million additional low-income Americans register to vote.
by Michael Slater
Taking a hard look at the politics of voter fraud, this article provides evidence that we are the victims of an organized effort to persuade us that voter fraud is a serious problem. We are advised to ask some tough questions. What's the evidence? Who's making the claim? What's their agenda?
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text: On 06/14/2012 08:29 AM, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: > Reuti, what i mean > > I have used webmin, but I hear mixed reviews about in terms of security > vulnerabilities. I wonder how a python based web framework would work in > this type of environment. Has anyone tried out in ubuntu 12.04 the Metal > as a service (MAAS) stuff? I think there are several different things being mixed in here. Clustering as in Beowulf clustering? Clustering as in building/managing a group of related machines, but not necessarily beowulf? Then you asked about Ubuntu. Ok ... I think we need clarification on what sort of cluster you are talking about ... but I can answer the ubuntu question. We are currently running 2x Ubuntu 12.04 servers in the amazon cloud to handle mail and web for us. Started right before our move to our new digs (c.f. http://scalableinformatics.com/location ), and we are continuing to run it there. Basically this is for seamless continuity more than anything else. Once we get our second network line into the facility, we'll probably "retire" one of these, and use the other as a smaller instance for mail forwarding. Since we are doing this as virtualized instances, we wouldn't do serious/significant resource intensive computing on it. Works great for a web/mail server though. If we were doing hard core computing, we'd go with one of the other instance types. I manage these through CLI. Certificate based ssh access. > > Regards > > Jonathan Aquilina > > > > On 14 Jun 2012, at 12:26, Reuti wrote: > >> Am 14.06.2012 um 10:03 schrieb Jonathan Aquilina: >> >>> What i was thinking is there an easy front end UI that one can >>> install lets say on their normal mac pc to manage their cluster and >>> all sorts of aspects of the cluster. >> >> How do you define "manage"? Remote KVM, installation by PXE, control >> by ipmitools, queue control,... >> >> -- Reuti >> >> >>> Regards >>> >>> Jonathan Aquilina >>> >>> >>> >>> On 13 Jun 2012, at 17:54, Joe Landman wrote: >>> >>>> Bright computing product. Uses their own cluster tools. >>>> -- >>>> Sent from an android device. Please excuse brevity and typos >>>> >>>> Jonathan Aquilina <eagles051387 at gmail.com >>>> <mailto:eagles051387 at gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> Is there something out there that is gui based that can be run from >>>> ones linux mac or win box to easily manage a linux cluster? >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org >>> <mailto:Beowulf at beowulf.org> sponsored by Penguin Computing >>> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >>> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >> > -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics Inc. email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web : http://scalableinformatics.com http://scalableinformatics.com/sicluster phone: +1 734 786 8423 x121 fax : +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615


text: Here is me in Tibet in 2000 at 17,000 feet. I was really sick from the high altitude. The people that lived up there made all their money from tourists who dizzily climbed up the Himalayas to take pictures while dazed on small, very decorated yaks. I wish the photo had not cut off the guy next to the yak. They were really amazing people who lived up there. They were covered in dust and ash which worked well as a strong sunblock and when they weren't taking our pictures, they were meditating. I love this yak. It looks like Ralph!


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The dynamics of cotton pests continues to change from a weevil/worm management system to the bug complexes, according to a report by Mississippi State University Extension entomologist Mike Williams.
According to Cotton Insect Loss Estimates — 2009, which was presented by Williams at the 2010 Beltwide Cotton Conferences in New Orleans, overall losses to insects in 2009, at 2.56 percent, were down from 3.8 percent in 2008.
Alabama reported the highest percent loss to insects at 9.38 percent, followed by Oklahoma, 7.76 percent, Missouri, 6.11 percent and Mississippi, 5.94 percent. All other states reported less than 5 percent losses.
The annual report is based on a survey of state Extension entomologists in the Cotton Belt.
The total of loss and cost of control to insects in 2009 amounted to $491 million, according to the report. The largest loss plus cost occurred in Texas, $104 million, where the majority of U.S. acreage was planted in 2009.
The costs of insect management were $43.79 per acre in 2009, while cost plus loss were $62.68 per acre.
For the second year in a row Lygus, or plant bug, was the most damaging pest of U.S. cotton, infesting 53 percent of all acreage and causing an average 0.6 percent reduction in yield, or 122,500 bales.
The average cost of control for Lygus, which includes the western and eastern species, was reported at $2.81 per acre.
The Mid-South took the biggest hit from plant bugs in 2009. Missouri, 3.71 percent, Arkansas, 2.79 percent, Mississippi, 2.49 percent, Louisiana, 2.14 percent and Tennessee, 1.2 percent, along with Arizona, 1.59 percent, all reported greater than 1 percent loss to Lygus.
The second most damaging pest in 2009, early-season thrips, infested 94 percent of U.S. acreage.
Oklahoma, 5 percent, reported the highest losses to thrips, followed by Kansas, 2 percent, and Missouri, 1.28 percent. All other states reported less than 1 percent. North Carolina and New Mexico reported no losses from early-season thrips.
Heliothines were the third most damaging pest in 2009, with cotton bollworm the dominant species at 79 percent. Heliothine damage resulted in the loss of 91,437 bales of cotton, and the pests infested 54 percent of the U.S. crop.
Alabama reported the highest loss, 3.4 percent, followed by Georgia, 1.8 percent and Louisiana, 1.06 percent.
Bt cotton acreage dropped by almost 500,000 acres in 2009, due to an overall decrease in cotton acreage. Heliothines were sprayed on 1.075 million Bt cotton acres in 2009.
The cost of Bt is estimated at $16.25 per acre for the U.S. crop. This represents about 37 percent of the cost of arthropod management and is the highest cost in arthropod management for 2009.
Stink bugs were the fourth most damaging pest in 2009, with Alabama, 3.9 percent, South Carolina, 1.95 percent, North Carolina, 1.8 percent, Virginia, 1.67 percent, Florida, 1.14 percent, and Mississippi, 1.01 percent, reporting greater than 1 percent losses.
Texas, New Mexico, California, Kansas and Oklahoma reported no losses to stink bugs.
The fall armyworm infested 1.756 million acres of cotton and reduced yields by 19,772 bales in 2009. Eight states reported losses — Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas and North Carolina.
Spider mites ranked sixth in 2009, infesting 1.958 million acres of cotton and causing the loss of 21,842 bales. Mississippi and Tennessee reported losses greater than 0.5 percent. Missouri, California, Arizona, Louisiana, South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina, Florida, Texas and Arkansas also reported losses.
Cotton fleahoppers infested 1.444 million acres of cotton in 2009, with only Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Arizona reporting losses.
Seven states reported losses to clouded plant bug in 2009. The pest infested 417,205 acres in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Louisiana.
Aphids infested 48 percent of U.S. cotton with Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi reporting the highest losses. Aphids reduced yield by 6,224 bales.
Silverleaf whitefly was the tenth most damaging pest in 2009, with infestations reported in Arizona, California, Texas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina.
The boll weevil infested only 112,258 acres of cotton in 2009, with only Texas and Louisiana reporting infested acres. That's quite a drop from the 2.221 million acres the pest infested in 2002. Boll weevils took only 379 bales of cotton in 2009, all in Texas. Eradication costs for boll weevil amounted to $4.34 per U.S. acre.
Losses from all other pests remained almost negligible, according to the survey. Other pests included pale-sided flea beetle, green mirid, beet armyworm, cutworm, looper, bandedwinged whitefly, cotton leaf perforator, grasshopper, saltmarsh caterpillar and southern armyworm.
Pink bollworm infested 81,317 acres of U.S. cotton in 2009. California, Texas and Arizona had infested acres, but no losses. Pink bollworm eradication cost U.S. producers about 26 cents per acre in 2009.
Williams noted that the total losses from insects below 5 percent "continue to reflect the outstanding contribution technology has made to managing pest complexes which long have plagued cotton producers."
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Apply for 2013 Urban Scholars internship program0
The City of Minneapolis is once again offering its internship program for college students interested in public service careers.
Beginning Feb. 15, 2013, the City will accept applications for the 2013 Urban Scholars program, which aims to help young people from diverse backgrounds build their skills for the future, with a focus on careers in public service. Students interested in applying to the program should apply online Monday, March 25.
Students who are enrolled and in good standing at a two- or four-year college or university are eligible to apply. They must also be a permanent resident of Minneapolis, although they can be attending a school anywhere, not just in Minnesota.
The 12-week program is a full-time paid internship experience that runs from May 20 – Aug. 9. Urban Scholars will work in a City of Minneapolis department and also complete a team-based community project that will be presented to government and community stakeholders.
The Urban Scholars Internship and Leadership Development Program is one component of the One Minneapolis Equity in Employment initiative, which aims to close the employment gap in a city and metro area that suffers from one of the highest disparities between white and non-white unemployment in the country. While the City's overall unemployment rate is 5 percent, unemployment among African Americans in Minneapolis is at 18 percent, and the unemployment rate for American Indians is 25 percent.
Last year, eight Urban Scholars were chosen from more than 100 applicants. The students selected worked in key areas of City government, and in the long run, the City hopes to develop a group of young talent who can begin careers in public service, and someday be the next generation of City leaders. The eight scholars were all Minneapolis residents, who were attending colleges across the country.
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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — If you read the tea leaves properly, the way most people did, Dwight Howard choosing the Houston Rockets wasn't much of a surprise.
That doesn't make it any easier for fans of the Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors or Atlanta Hawks to get through the first 48 of the free-agent signing period. Not when they all dreamed about Howard picking them.
But as Sam Amick of USA Today Sports (the man who broke the Howard story last Friday night) explains on Episode 125 of the Hang Time Podcast, it was Houston all the way for Howard … no waffle!
The impact of his choice on the rest of those teams and other free agents was swift, save for Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul, who had already made his mind up by the time Howard selected the Rockets. Once Howard's business was done, though, it set off a weekend of activity that saw almost all of the big names agree to deals before the sun went down Sunday night.
Join us as we dissect those moves, the fearlessness of Celtics boss Danny Ainge, the pickle that Mavs owner Mark Cuban is in with Dirk Nowitzki after two straight summers of missed free-agent opportunities, celebrate Independence Day in the Bahamas, chart our winners and losers, debate the best (and worst) moves of the summer and plenty more on Episode 125 of the Hang Time Podcast: Featuring Sam Amick of USA Today Sports …
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The circus might remain in the Big Apple next year as long as Rex Ryan is coaching the New York Jets, but Tebowmania will have to find a new home.
Wednesday's decision to start Mark Sanchez this weekend against the Jacksonville Jaguars helped confirm what has been obvious in New York for a while. This Jets coaching staff has no use for Tim Tebow.
|Take a look back at Tim Tebow's career.
Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News says the team never seriously considered Tebow to start. Greg McElroy, a 2011 seventh-round draft pick -- and Tebow's SEC rival -- is seen as a more legitimate threat to Sanchez. That says it all.
It's hard to see any way that Tebow will stick around in New York in 2013 unless Ryan is fired. Tebow is due $2.5 million next year, which doesn't sound like much for a backup quarterback, until you realize he's a backup quarterback in name only. If the coaching staff won't play Tebow now, this late in a miserable season, they'll never have a use for him.
Even Ryan and Jets owner Woody Johnson would have to admit Tebow's presence has proven to be a distraction. Mehta reported that Johnson reportedly pushed for McElroy to start Sunday, so even the publicity-loving owner doesn't want to see him start.
Tebow could wind up being released or traded for a late-round conditional draft pick. Crazier things have happened than Tebow having another chance to start elsewhere. (Like Tebow's 2011 season when he led the Denver Broncos on an improbable playoff run.) But this year with the Jets has proven to be a big setback in Tebow's career.
The Broncos didn't want to keep Tebow as a starter. The Jets don't seem to want him as a backup. Tebow likely will be wandering through the football wilderness again soon, looking for a home.
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Chrisatrice69 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 155 designs submitted by 48 freelance designers.
Bar Tag / Bartag / BarTag / http://www.bar-tag.com
Brief Overview: BarTag is a social nightlife tool that will be marketed across retailers, bar owners, bartenders and patrons. Think of us as a Facebook meets SAS. We are a company setting out to revolutionize the inner workings of the nightlife industry. While we are spread across the country, we are based in New York City and draw on deep-rooted Texas influences. As a startup, we need to establish a strong, memorable presence while maintaining a respected and trustworthy image as a long-term business partner.
Our logo should be edgy, but not flashy. It must meet the professional standards of Fortune 1000 companies while at the same time be marketable to the 21-40 consumer demographic. This logo will be incorporated into our web presence, business cards, mobile app and company presentations.
Target Audience: Our role as a company will be as an intermediary between advertisers, nightlife professionals and patrons. Our logo must appeal to the edgy, trendsetting crowds in urban settings such as Meatpacking in Manhattan, Williamsburg in Brooklyn and [mid-town] in Houston. The logo should fit comfortably on hipsters', urban youths' and young professional's smartphones.
Following on the 'edgy, but not flashy' statement above, we must have a professional presence in front of our corporate partners. Help us develop a logo that doesn't turn off the professional crowd but demonstrates a forward thinking mindset. We want our logo to be a muffled scream of excitement.
Requirements: The length of our company name should allow sufficient flexibility to either use an abbreviation, acronym or full spelling. That said, please ensure some derivation of the logo fits prominently in a mobile app setting.
Please stay creative, but logos with animals, multiple neon colors or silhouettes of naked women (or men) won't fit the bill. Please make sure all content is your original creation and avoids trademarked or stock content.
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As a marketing major in the Management PhD program, you will receive specialized training in behavioral, quantitative and marketing strategy domains, giving you the ability to create new knowledge in marketing.
Some of examples of the types of questions you will investigate include:
You will work with marketing faculty members who are committed scholars, nationally known for their research achievements. They are actively engaged with their students, often working jointly with them on various research projects. In addition to the above, our marketing faculty:
The Center for Relationship Marketing (CRM) at the UB School of Management was formed to take advantage of the latest advancements in computer and information technology, database systems and the Internet to enhance the profitability of enterprises. The center houses a rich consumer panel database that tracks purchases of fast-moving consumer goods across two retail chains for more than a million households over multiple years. The database is updated periodically to keep data current. Marketing faculty and students are provided access to this valuable data for their research purposes. Several recent student dissertations have emanated from the data made available by the CRM. Moreover, backed by these findings, faculty and students gain access to front-line managers and provide valuable input into relevant managerial problems.
To facilitate behavioral research, we have a state-of-the-art behavioral lab complete with 12 workstations, containing MediaLab software, and access to Qualtrics software for conducting online surveys.
Several leading research rankings (e.g., UT-Dallas Business School Research Rankings) rate our faculty as among the most productive, nationwide, in the creation of real-world research (in spite of our relatively small faculty size). Faculty research interests include:
Our marketing graduates accept faculty positions at major universities throughout the U.S. and the world, as well as at leading consulting and research firms. Recent graduates have accepted tenure-track positions at the following institutions:
The School of Management's Marketing Department seeks applicants with strong quantitative and verbal skills who have completed or are completing bachelor's or master's degrees in relevant fields such as statistics, economics, engineering, computer science, psychology or business.
Although not a requirement, knowledge/experience in database management (e.g. Oracle/SQL), experimental research and/or survey methodology may prove useful for conducting research and enabling future success in the doctoral program.
All admitted students will receive a full tuition waiver and a graduate assistantship/stipend for four years, subject to satisfactory performance. Fifth year support through teaching assignments is usually provided in most cases.
Qualified students may be interviewed as part of the admission process.
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JEFFERSON - Dr. Claude Glenn Wilkes, 90, passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2013.
He was born in Jackson County, the son of the late Claude Thomas and Rosa Glenn Wilkes. Dr. Wilkes was a retired veterinarian and a member of the Bethany United Methodist Church. He was a veteran of the United States Army Air Corps, where he held the rank of captain and flew many missions during World War II. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1952 with a doctorate in veterinary medicine.
Glenn Wilkes was a loving patriarch whose love and support sustained his family throughout the years. His love, humor, and gracious spirit will be sorely missed by them. Dr. Wilkes was preceded in death by children, Kenneth Wilkes and Michelle Wilkes.
Survivors include his wife, Nina Jonette "Jo" Castleberry Wilkes, Jefferson; a daughter, Karen Wilkes Hale, Nicholson; son, Charles Thomas Wilkes, Londonderry, N.H.; grandchildren, Claudia Hale-Jinks and Collis Hale; and two great-grandchildren, Charley Jinks and John Jinks.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 29, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Evans Funeral Home with the Rev. Johnny Ray officiating. The burial will follow in the Jackson Memorial Park. The visitation will be held on Monday, January 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Bethany UMC Cemetery Fund, 4659 Brockton Rd., Jefferson, GA 30549, or the St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Evans Funeral Home Jefferson, is in charge of arrangements.
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Carlos Beltran battered his former team with three hits -- including a three-run homer -- and knocked in four runs to help the St. Louis Cardinals take a 10-4 win over the slumping New York Mets.
Allen Craig drove in a pair and Matt Carpenter, Matt Holliday and Pete Kozma drove in a run apiece for the streaking Cardinals, who have captured 11 of their last 13 contests. Jon Jay added a solo homer in the victory.
Despite a four-run sixth inning, John Gast (1-0) had a very successful major league debut. He allowed just three hits in his first five frames of work before ending a six-inning outing with three strikeouts and a walk.
Mired in a horrific funk offensively, New York lost a fifth straight contest and fell for the 13th time in its last 16 games. Dillon Gee (2-5) was charged with six runs -- five earned -- over four innings.
The Mets fell behind 9-0 before John Buck and Lucas Duda drove in a run each. Marlon Byrd added a two-run homer in the setback.
"We've gone through a bad streak and its been two weeks long" said Mets manager Terry Collins. "We can't sit there and hide the fact and try make something positive out of it. We're just not hitting."
The Cardinals offense didn't take long to heat up, with Gee giving up three runs before even recording an out.
Carpenter walked and Beltran reached on a throwing error from Ike Davis. Holiday plated a run with a double to deep center and Craig followed with a two-run single up the middle for a 3-0 Cardinals lead.
Their edge continued to grow two innings later when they plated three more runs on a couple RBI singles.
With runners on first and second, Kozma hit a grounder up the middle to plate a run and after Gee struck out Gast, he gave up back-to-back, run-scoring hits to Carpenter and Beltran to put New York in a six-run hole.
Gee was pulled after the fourth and Robert Carson promptly walked two batters -- one of which was Gast -- upon his entrance. Soon after, Beltran took him deep with a shot well into the left field seats, putting the Cards ahead 9-0.
"Right now I just feel good at the plate," said Beltran. "I'm just seeing the baseball and not thinking about anything, just reacting to what I'm getting."
Gast had posted a 32 innings scoreless streak down at Triple-A Memphis in April, and kept New York off the board for his first five innings of major league work. However, the rookie got in some trouble in the sixth.
After putting runners on first and second, Gast served up an RBI single to Buck. David Wright, who walked the at-bat prior, took third on the hit and scored on a Duda groundout to first before Byrd launched a two-run homer to cap a four-run inning.
Jay's homer in the bottom of the sixth capped the scoring and three St. Louis relievers combined for three perfect innings to wrap up the victory.
Game Notes
New York has totaled 14 runs over its five-game skid and have dropped 11 of the last 14 meetings with the Cardinals at Busch Stadium ... St. Louis went 6- for-15 with runners in scoring position ... It was Beltran's 10th home run of the season.


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Get Ticked Off - From Head to Toe
When warmer spring temperatures beckon kids outdoors, parents should remember to check them for ticks to avoid Lyme disease.
Dr. Greg DeMuri, an infectious disease specialist at American Family Children's Hospital, says Lyme disease can cause flu-like symptoms, fever, fatigue, rash and joint and body aches.
Ticks get the Lyme bacteria by biting wildlife, such as deer, and the bacteria spread when the ticks bite human skin. This treatable disease can have serious long-term effects if it's not detected early in its course.
DeMuri says Lyme disease is quite common in younger people who are more likely to be outside in the spring and summer months.
"Children are lower to the ground, and ticks live in grass and low-lying vegetation and get on the child's body," he says. "Parents should look over the child's skin from head to toe, because ticks can go anywhere. It generally takes 24 to 48 hours for a tick to spread Lyme disease."
DeMuri, who is also an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, says if a tick is found in the skin, it should be removed immediately, preferably with a pair of tweezers.
"Washing the skin or using other remedies such as gasoline, alcohol and petroleum jelly will not work," he says. "You should use tweezers to grab the tick by the head and not leave any part of it in the skin. Forcible removal is the key."
But prevention is always preferable. DeMuri says children can most easily avoid Lyme disease by:
- Tucking their pants inside their socks
- Wearing clothing that is not loose-fitting
- Using repellents such as DEET, which he says is non-toxic.
"There is this public misconception that DEET is dangerous," says DeMuri. "I can tell you in my 15 years in Wisconsin that I have seen well over 100 cases of Lyme disease and serious complications from them, and I have not seen a single case of toxicity caused by DEET. The benefits clearly outweigh the risks."
DEET is found in a number of over-the-counter insect repellents. DeMuri also says picaridin and permethrin can keep ticks away.
"Both are practically odorless, and will last on clothing for a number of weeks," he says.
Untreated, Lyme can cause chronic joint pain and complications to the heart and central nervous system. However, if caught early, the disease can be eradicated with the use of antibiotics.
"It's very unusual to die from Lyme disease," says DeMuri.
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History of Research with Human Subjects: Ethical Steps Forward and Back
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Jason T. Eberl, PhD, is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Affiliate Faculty of the Indiana University Center for Bioethics. His research interests include the philosophy of human nature and its application to issues at the margins of life, and the philosophical thought of Thomas Aquinas. He is the author of Thomistic Principles and Bioethics (Routledge 2006), and has published articles in The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Review of Metaphysics, International Philosophical Quarterly, The Modern Schoolman, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, and Bioethics. He has also edited or contributed to several books on the intersection of popular culture and philosophy, including Star Trek and Philosophy (Open Court 2008), Star Wars and Philosophy (Open Court 2005), and Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell 2008). He received a M.A. from Arizona State University in 1998 and a Ph.D. from Saint Louis University in 2003.
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More than 40 people will be coming to Marion County Oct. 20 as members of the Kansas Explorers Club.
According to Marion County Economic Development Director Teresa Huffman, the group will begin their exploration of Marion County by having lunch at Main Street Café in Durham, arriving in private vehicles.
They will board the Marion County tour bus there and will visit four "secret" locations throughout the afternoon. Their final stop will be at Doyle Creek Mercantile in Florence, where they will have a catered steak dinner in The Corral. They then will be bussed back to Durham to their vehicles.
"[The event] will bring a lot of people here to Marion County," Huffman said. "Hopefully, some of them will stay overnight."
Kansas Explorers Club is directed by Marci Penner, founder of the Kansas Sampler Foundation. Membership is open to all Kansas residents. The club currently has 1,500 members.
"The main thrust is to encourage individual or family travel in the state," Penner said, "but sporadically we do group adventures and bring-your-own-lawn-chair events.
"There is so much to see and do in the state but how do you find out where things are and when they're open?"
A newsletter provides information about places that feature what have been identified as the eight rural culture elements in the state — architecture, art, commerce, cuisine, customs, geography, history, and people — and also about upcoming club events.
For more information, visit http://explorekansas.org.