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Josh Clinton: Hey girls.Shana Wall: Hello.Jennifer McCall: Hi. JC: How are you doing?SW: We're a little sad today, but otherwise good.JC: Alright, cool. So I wanted to start first by asking how you became friends?SW: Jen and I met through a mutual friend a few years ago. She is also married to one of my oldest friends that I have known since the first grade.JC: Awesome. Were you both fans of The Amazing Race before you got on the show?JM: Absolutely. I had seen almost every episode and The Amazing Race is by far my favorite reality show.SW: I'm a huge fan of The Amazing Race and am thrilled to have been able to participate in the show. I'm a big fan.JC: Cool. I'm interested to know what the longest you two have been together before you did the race? Did you do any traveling together before this?SW: We did not do a lot of traveling together, we did a lot of traveling separately. So this was probably a lot more new to us than the rest of the teams. JC: So have you spent a lot of time together elsewhere?SW: We definitely spend a lot of time together, but we never traveled together before. JC: Okay. Going into the race, were either of you worried that fighting during the race might cost you?JM: Not at all. When Shana and I went into the race, we understood what each other wanted, we agreed on our strategy, we both help each other out in bad situations, we lift each other spirits, and we both depend on each other when we were at our lows. And that is what we did.JC: Yeah. Did you plan to use your sex appeal as strategy in the game?SW: When we said that we were going to "flirt our way through the competition" or said we cared about what we looked like or all of those things, that definitely was part of our strategy but not in the way people probably think. We were using our looks and the way people perceive us to have people think that we weren't a threat. To have people have their guards down around us a little more, thinking that all we cared about were our looks. We played that up, put on our makeup, and talked about how that is all we cared about intentionally in front of people. We knew they weren't going to take us seriously and knew they weren't going to think that we posed a big threat. That absolutely worked in our favor, worked exactly how we thought it would for the first couple of episodes until people realized. We were masking our athleticism, the fact that we had traveled extensively, and that we are smart. People just underestimated us, and then they became very aware of those facts after the first couple of episodes when we came in sixth and then tied for second in the second episode. They realized that we were a force to be reckon with and we were contenders to deal with. At that point, our strategy changed a little bit because that was no longer effective.JC: Right. At the beginning of this season, it looked like Ari and Staella were being set up to be the villains of this season. How did you think you were going to be portrayed on the show?JM: Well nobody wants to like the blondes. I don't think anyone wants to like the blondes in any season. I even think the beauty queens, up until the 7th leg, weren't really liked. I think that we were targeted as the villains as well. We were projected as these good looking, LA girls, that lived the high life. That is not who we are really. That was all a story told by the show that worked for them, and that's how the setting was set. JC: So you don't think you were portrayed accurately on the show then?SW: No, we don't. JM: Well no...SW: Not extremely. We weren't slandered on the show or anything. We said the things we said, we did the things we did, but definitely the perception of us is not the reality of us.JM: I mean, yeah, they would ask me if I thought I was the prettiest girl on The Amazing Race, and I said yeah, but I don't think I am at all. I don't tell people that I am this gorgeous girl. I'm not like that. I'm really a humble, honest person. But on this race we are supposed to be gorgeous and looking great. Yes, I try to look the best that I can, but that's because I'm trying to better myself. Better who I am, what I'm all about, and how I feel about myself. But all of that helps with my confidence. But I understand. Looking at Shana and I, I would have thought the same perception as well. The story works with us, it really does. SW: I think we both went into it thinking we wanted to look our best, we wanted to look our best all the time, but we wanted to look our best on the race, but our best came from having no makeup on and not caring. That all goes out the window once you start racing. The vanity just goes. We never put on our makeup other than some lip gloss. We just didn't. We were racing, racing, racing. You're not showering and you don't smell good or look good. You just don't care. JM: You're a mess. I mean my dad called me, because he said he never saw me look so bad. SW: Right, it's a race you can't think about it.JM: Yeah, I told my dad it's race, you are not supposed to look good.SW: Our minds are boggled how Dustin and Kandice were able to put on their makeup. We didn't have a mirror, all of that just went out the window.JM: Yeah, and any little bit of downtime we had went towards researching or looking or running or... SW: ...washing our clothes or whatever.JM: We just didn't have time for that.JC: Yeah. Why do you think an all-female team has never won The Amazing Race then?JM: I believe that's the case because the strength and agility of a man and a woman team is hard to compete with. I think that me and Shana could have won this race. I think our biggest downfall was not what was perceived on the show, in that we were arguing all the time, but really it was because we just couldn't get anywhere. Men generally have really good sense of direction, and I must say at the beginning of this show, Shana and I were kinda alienated from the other teams. But we put ourselves in that place. We didn't want to align with anyone, and just kinda kept to ourselves. But men have a comradery and the men in the teams kinda bonded together. Jason bonded with Azaria, who bonded with TK, who bonded with Nathan. It's kinda hard when you have teams bonding like that and can help each other get through until the pit stops. Then, you have us doing it all on our own. I'm not trying to say that this is in all cases, but women can't really navigate as well.SW: Generally speaking, men get around better and navigate better. So that is one of things. I think in terms of the physical aspects of it, Jen and I proved that we were as strong if not stronger than some of the teams with men on it. JM: Yeah, Shana hoisted that furniture faster than most of the men. Watching the show back, she did it fast at the roadblock at the end. SW: And I did it by myself. Everyone else switched. All of the guys didn't do it on their own. JM: We didn't know we could switch, but also on the roadblock on the last leg, Shana did that in about 15 minutes. Nicolas was standing there for two hours and 15 minutes. I do think we could have won this, but the navigating...SW: The navigating really got us. JC: Right. Lets go back to the "U-Turn" decision. You both had different thoughts on using it on Jason and Lorena. Was there any discussion at all about using it, because it looked like Shana just decided for the team?JM: Well when we got on the bus, Shana said that we were going to "U-Turn" Jason and Lorena, because they said that there was a "U-Turn" ahead. I had expressed at that time that I didn't think we should use it on Jason and Lorena. So that started the discussion. Once we got there, and she thought she saw Jason and Lorena behind us, it made a little more sense that we needed to "U-Turn" them, if they were right behind us because they could have easily caught up. But I think Shana has some stuff to say about this. SW: No, I think that is right. I mean we are in a game and the bottom line is we did it and we stand by it. I think it was the right decision, since we did make it through that episode. Everyone is going to disagree and have their own opinions when are dealing with two separate people, but we had disagreements about a lot of things during the whole show. But we also supported the decisions that we made and didn't argue any more or less than anyone else. Everyone else was going through the same stuff. Someone had to make the decision, but we gave it 150% and we stand behind all of our decisions. JM: Also, I could have told all the teams that "it wasn't me, it was Shana. Shana wanted to do that." But I didn't do that. I specifically told Shana that once we decided to use the "U-Turn", as we were running, I said "I will stick by you and I'm not going to throw you under the bus. I'm going to say that it was my decision as well." And that is what I did. I didn't go around saying that it wasn't really my decision. I didn't say that. We decided...SW: You did. You did tell some teams that.JM: No, I didn't. After like five minutes of him asking me why I did that, I finally said that it wasn't all my decision. But only after talking for like five minutes, I didn't just go and say that to everyone. That wasn't my intention at all. I just think that when we were in the van, we decided that you can't get anywhere on this race if you are arguing all the time. We need to make a decision, and at the beginning of this race we decided that if we did scream, one of us would have to give in and we would just have to go for it. I mean, be it on a "Detour" or a "Roadblock" or whatever we decided to do it, we knew we both had to be in on it. And that is what we tried to do the whole race.JC: Yeah. Would either of you say that you made a mistake on the show? And if you did, what was the biggest mistake you made on the race?SW: We don't think we made any big mistakes. I mean, in hindsight, there was this whole "Fast-Forward" that no one saw because no teams chose it. In hindsight, if we had chosen the "fast-forward", we would have finished first. But the problem was we were the last team to get to the "fast-forward" and it was a hour or so away from the other "detour". So we chose not to do it, because we figured if we were the last team there someone else probably had chosen it already. And if we chose it and got there and saw that we had to drive some place else, we definitely would have been off the show. After realizing no one chose it, of course, we wouldn't have done that. We would have chose that and would have ended up in first place. But we didn't know that, so we did make the right decisions based on what we knew. I think we made all of the decisions we could have made. I think the only thing I would say was the stilts and the counting, the last one, we would have excelled at the stilts and would have done that more quickly than the counting.JM: I feel like if I could change anything in the race, I would change the comments that I had made on the train ride in Africa. I loved Africa, and I feel like I was culturally and spiritually inspired by Africa. And I think the things that we were saying, were really how we were feeling about ourselves. It nothing to do with the train ride or Africa or the people of Africa. It was taken completely out of context and based on those thoughts I would have rather not even joked around about anything. Shana and I were bantering between ourselves. It had nothing to do with the way they were editing it at all. JC: Right. Did either of you learn something about your partner that you didn't know before you did the race?JM: Absolutely. I didn't know that Shana was as determined as she was. I didn't know she was as strong as she was. She inspired me the whole race to better myself and to push myself that much harder. The drive and determination that came from inside of her, I didn't know where that came from. She had bronchitis the majority of the show, so when you have bronchitis you are tired and she wasn't eating as much. I still don't know where she got the fuel from. SW: Thank you. That's really nice. The same thing with Jen. She could wrap her brain around things like she drank that camel's milk. She did that camel challenge and never lost her composure or lose her cool. She did it and drank the milk, and never once complained about it. That milk was brutal, but she just did it and kept walking. Jen said "don't say the word camel to me!"JM: We didn't say the word 'camel' for a couple of weeks afterwards.SW: But she did it and didn't complain about it. That's the kind of things that I was impressed by, because I literally don't think I could wrap my brain around the fact that I had to drink that. So I am appreciative that she did it. She was really good with those kinds of things. JC: Alright, very cool. Well that is all I have for you. Thanks for your time and good luck with everything.SW: Thank you!JM: Thank you so much!
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Austin Briggs: "Feeling, intellectual craft and passion"
"I have difficulty with all sorts of things on the craft level that I feel I should not have difficulty with. I make the broad assumption that I can do anything even though very often I can't."
Looking at this diverse selection of work by this tremendously talented artist, one can't help but be impressed by the humility of such a statement. After all, Briggs was not a founding faculty member of the Famous Artists School for no reason.
Briggs' friend, the artist Howard Munce, said of the artist: "As I look back... I'm re-impressed by his special ability to say things that stuck and to cause his listener to reach beyond the banalities of shop talk and glib appraisals. Articulate, intelligent people do that to you. He was both."
"Beyond that of course, was a walloping talent."
We'll spend a whole week looking at more of Austin Briggs' work later on this year, but I thought this brief glimpse might be just the tonic to inspire us as we begin our new year.
My thanks to the five TI list members who provided the scans above and the articles from which I took today's quotes: Drazen Kozjan, Michael Lark, Brian Postman, Josh Sheppard, and Tom Watson.
My Austin Briggs Flickr set.
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Austin Briggs is a great way to start the year!ReplyDelete
Welcome back, Leif!
- Michael Lark12:03 PM
A walloping talent, indeed. I can look at Briggs' work forever, and it constantly inspires me. I just wish my own art had the energy and - for lack of a better word - BALLS that his stuff has.ReplyDelete
What a pleasant coinky-dink. I was just reading last night in an Italian book on the art of Alex Raymond that Austin worked for Alex as an assistant starting with his early newspaper strip "Secret Agent X-9". It said he then went on to ghost for Raymond on the occasional "Flash Gordon" and "Jungle Jim" strips. The author said it was the common opinion that Austin "Bud" Briggs worked mainly as an inker for Raymond. Apparently the illustration assignments were few and far between for Briggs during the Depression which lead him to drawing for the pulps and later meeting Raymond at a cocktail party (I can't imagine there being cocktail parties in post-Depression America!).ReplyDelete
That first quote was a doozy. Thanks again for all you do, Leif.ReplyDelete
Happy New Year!
- James Gurney4:16 PM
My favorite Briggs quotes are from the introduction to his Famous Artist Master Course: "If the modern illustrator is a good artist, he will make good pictures...Through his pictures the illustrator speaks to the readers of the magazines, newspapers and books of his time. His pictures will be exciting and successful only to the degree that he has learned to see, to react--and to express--what he observes and feels.ReplyDelete
"I have difficulty with all sorts of things on the craft level that I feel I should not have difficulty with. I make the broad assumption that I can do anything even though very often I can't."ReplyDelete
My god...I thought I was the only one who thought like this. Maybe it's that drive to do better for oneself.

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This lesson is based on the National Register of Historic Places nomination for Las Vegas Mormon Fort (with photographs), materials from Nevada State Parks, and other sources in Nevada and Utah related to the fort and the expansion of the Mormons. The lesson was written by Dr. Linda Miller, a retired secondary social studies teacher and adjunct at the Community College of Southern Nevada. The lesson was edited by the staff at the Teaching with Historic Places program and historians in Las Vegas. This lesson is one in a series that brings the important stories of historic places into classrooms across the country.
This lesson was produced in 2005, the 100th anniversary of the founding of Las Vegas and the 150th anniversary of the building of the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort.
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Dexter Whittemore & Sons was a general store in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, that produced and sold palm-leaf hats and clothing during the nineteenth century. They distributed palm-leaf and cloth to women on local farms, who produced the hats for store credit. The collection contains accounts with the women who produced the hats. One letter from a friend of the Whittemores, Roxana Stowell, discusses her work braiding hats for sale in Dexter Whittemore's store. In June 1835 she wrote:
Mr. Whittemore I should like to know how you turned your hats if you sold them. We should like to braid a few for you this season if you want them and we can find out what kind you like. Will you write and let us know the price and shape of your hats. Be particular so that we can know how to braid a very few for you if we should think it is best. We have been, and are now braiding but the time for selling them is almost over for this season, as we cannot sell any except custom hats. We have sold them from 25 to 50 [?] scents apiece [sic]. We shall not probably braid a great number but we wish you to write as soon as you receive this and let us know about this and be very particular.


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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred hearing on Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines' plea challenging Karnataka High Court's order to deposit around Rs 185 crores with the Income Tax Department as tax deducted at source (TDS) from its employees' wages.
A bench headed by Justice D K Jain deferred the hearing for four weeks after senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the airlines, submitted that "serious negotiations are going on between the company and investors".
The Airlines has challenged the December 5 order of the high court directing it to deposit 50 per cent of the Rs 371 crore to IT department. It had also asked the company to furnish bank guarantee for the remaining amount within six weeks.
The company contended in its petition that the amount due is much less than the demand made by the IT Department and the department had not given it a proper opportunity to hear its case.
It said the Department had issued notices without providing the company reasonable and sufficient opportunity of being heard.
The Department had claimed that the company had illegally withheld the revenue even after deducting the said amount from various sources, including by way of TDS.
The Department, in December 2011, had demanded payment of about Rs 372 crore as TDS from the company for the assessment years 2010-11, and 2011-12 following analysis of records.


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Crosby dissatisfied with NHL labor developments
Frustration over the NHL's labor dispute is boiling over in Pittsburgh.
The NHL and its players' association have not negotiated since talks in New York broke Dec. 6, and another round of separate two-day meetings with the Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service proved futile this week.
Hockey also is seemingly losing its staunchest supporters.
"They didn't even have a face-to-face meeting," Penguins franchise player Sidney Crosby said Thursday. "It is discouraging. For me, it just doesn't make any sense. Why can't they get in the room and keep talking? I don't know what that mindset is or how that's going to help things progress."
Added teammate Matt Niskanen, on break from playing overseas: "Obviously, no one's real happy right now."
An owners' lockout of players hits the 89th day on Friday, and players will miss a fifth paycheck Saturday. No face-to-face bargaining sessions are planned.
From definition and division of future revenue to money provided to honor current players' contracts, the NHL and union have battled over many issues. The latest big one is term of a new labor contract and maximum length of veteran deals.
Games are canceled through Dec. 30, with the Penguins slated to miss out on 17 home games that were each projected by tourism agency VisitPittsburgh to generate about $2.1 million to the region.
Locally based 84 Lumber pours 22 percent of its marketing budget into the Penguins, a company official said.
"That money is contractually bound," said Jeff Nobers, 84 Lumber's vice president of marketing. "A lot of our marketing budget is predicated on the Penguins playing.
"If this is really down to minor issues, as it seems to be, why not just get it done?"
84 Lumber and Trib Total Media are two of 10 founding partners for Consol Energy Center, which opened in August 2010.
Nobers called the Penguins "a great business partner." He said 84 Lumber would not look to recoup any payments through legal action. He praised the recent efforts by Penguins majority co-owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle to work with other moderate clubs in hopes of bridging the gap with players.
No major sponsors have stopped working with the Penguins during the lockout.
The Penguins Pond, a public outdoor rink that opens Friday at Highmark Stadium in Station Square, is sponsored by 84 Lumber.
Nobers said his company is missing out on six radio spots per game in addition to countless mentions of the "84 Lumber broadcast booth" by Penguins Radio Network broadcasters Mike Lange and Phil Bourque. The 84 Lumber contract also provides loge-box seating for employees and boards advertisement space.
New for this season would be a season-long fan appreciation promotion that will pay one season ticket holder $84,000 at the final regular-season home game.
The Penguins declined comment because clubs face a $1 million fine for publicly discussing labor topics without NHL permission. Commissioner Gary Bettman reiterated last week he is worried about backlash from sponsors and fans dissatisfied by a second lockout in eight years. The 2004-05 season was lost to a labor dispute.
"Who you blame is irrelevant," Nobers said, adding he speaks with a Penguins contact every other day. "The end results are missed games, and if it's no season, that's what you're stuck with.
"Nobody anywhere can give you a sense when this will end, if it will end. It's been a strain."
Rob Rossi and Josh Yohe are staff writers for Trib Total Media. Rossi can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 412-380-5635. Yohe can be reached at email@example.com.


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Somehow a part of me, a large part of me, was procrastinating like crazy about starting my treatment. I'm pretty sure it was the usual doubt about my ability to do it on my own and the usual forsaking the man to do it with. Once I embarked on IVF there was no going back and it's a very scary thing. All I could do was wait, live life and hope that I'd feel ready at some point soon. Time really isn't on my side and each month I delayed was another month's deterioration in quality and amount of eggs I could produce. However I decided to wait a period and see how I feel then. A friend visited me from Qatar and encouraged me to go and visit her. It didn't take me long to be seduced by the idea of a week in the sun and hopefully my last exotic adventure for a while. I booked my flight for a few weeks time on a bit of a whim but decided that the break may help me clear my head so that I could come home with more perspective and hopefully feel ready to commence treatment.
I had a great week away, just to be in the sunshine was fabulous, let alone being with a lovely friend who has been incredibly supportive about what I'm doing. It was a healthy holiday which enabled me to continue most of my fertility habits I had developed lately: most mornings I was the only person swimming in the pool, not drinking alcohol was easy out there as practically the whole country is dry and my pal had left her yoga mat out so I could practise a few of my fertility positions daily.
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Strategies for Managing Opportunistic Infections
May 2008
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infects the cells of your body's immune system. It then impairs how they function and eventually kills them over time. This gradually weakens your immune system, and your body then loses its ability to fight disease. While HIV is the cause, most people who die of AIDS do not die of HIV per se. They die from the infections that the body can no longer control due to a weakened immune system. Fairly common infections, which may cause little or no harm in a healthy person, take the opportunity of a weakened immune system to cause serious and even life-threatening disease. This is why they're called opportunistic infections, or OIs.
Dealing with OIs is an important part of a long-term plan for managing your HIV disease. The text over the next four pages explains in detail the different parts of an OI strategy, which includes:
Opportunistic Infections and HIV Disease
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has developed a list of serious and life-threatening diseases, listed in the chart. When these diseases occur in HIV-positive people, they're called AIDS-defining OIs. (AIDS is short for acquired immune deficiency syndrome.) So when a person has an AIDS-defining OI, it results in the diagnosis of AIDS for that person. Another way an AIDS diagnosis occurs is when tests that measure your immune system show that you're at serious risk for developing these conditions. Examples of this include CD4 counts below 200 or CD4 percentages below 14%.
OIs can be fairly common infections, like genital herpes. But not everyone with HIV who has a herpes outbreak is deemed to have AIDS. To the contrary, herpes becomes an OI only when it takes advantage of a weakened immune system to become more aggressive, persistent and harder to treat. So, having HIV and genital herpes isn't automatically considered AIDS; but, having HIV and a herpes outbreak that persists for a month despite treatment is.
It's important to note that nearly any condition or disease can become opportunistic due to a weakened immune system. This is true for people living with cancers or other health problems. But for an OI to be the cause for an AIDS diagnosis, it must be one of the CDC's AIDS-defining diseases in people living with HIV.
However, it's possible for people with HIV to get conditions that are not on the CDC's list. Occasionally the CDC revises its list to include these new conditions. For example, hepatitis C (HCV) disease is not currently an AIDS-defining OI. But more data are showing that people with HIV are at higher risk for more aggressive HCV liver disease. Your first line of defense to many of these conditions is prevention.
Preventing Infections in the First Place
Some OIs can be prevented. For example, people who have never been exposed to herpes can practice safer sex to reduce their risk of getting genital herpes. If you're not infected with the herpes virus, then there's no worry of it becoming an OI or threatening to your health. Project Inform's publication, Sex and Prevention Concerns for Positive People, contains information on how you can prevent many of these infections.
You can reduce your risk of some infections by practicing safer sex. Others can be prevented with vaccines. Still others can be avoided by handling and preparing food more safely or by being aware of and avoiding (when possible) the things that cause disease. This might include not handling birds or cats, even those kept as pets. It may also include using gloves when changing cat litter boxes, or having someone else deal with the litter.
Recently, outbreaks of drug-resistant staph skin infections have occurred. This infection can be spread through casual contact. Because these organisms are resistant to drugs, treatment may require intravenous therapy. Some speculate that in urban areas staph infections may be spread through something as simple as sharing equipment at the gym. Doing something as simple as putting a towel on gym equipment before using it, and not using that towel to wipe sweat from your body, may help you prevent a staph infection.
Preventing exposure to organisms is a great way to reduce your risk of getting an OI. In some cases, however, the organisms that cause OIs are in your every day environment. You may not be able to avoid them, or you may have already been exposed to them.
People living with HIV should be screened for many OIs when they first find out they're HIV-positive, as part of their early lab screenings. In some cases, this allows people to know if they're already exposed to an organism and helps them learn how to prevent infections they don't already have. (For more information on these types of lab tests, call Project Inform's Infoline at 1-800-822-7422.)
However, in the case of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (also called PCP), it's simply not known how the organism is spread. It's assumed that most people are already infected with it. In that case, preventive treatment is routinely used if your immune system weakens and as the risk for PCP increases. PCP remains the leading cause of death of people with AIDS in the US and is largely preventable.
Treating Infections as They Occur
Project Inform's Opportunistic Infections Chart sums up the Federal Guidelines for treating major OIs. Because HIV replicates more as your immune system battles infections, treating them as they occur is critical not only in dealing with the infections, but also curbing further damage to the immune system by HIV. This is true whether or not the infection is an actual OI. When it comes to OIs, however, and many issues in later-stage HIV disease, diagnosing some infections can be difficult.
One of the biggest challenges in treating OIs is early diagnosis, before they're able to take hold in different organs like the lungs, colon, brain, bone marrow, etc. The earlier something is diagnosed and treated, the more likely treatment will be successful and result in full recovery. This means regular checkups by your doctor (at least every three months) and talking to him or her about your symptoms.
If you experience any new or unusual symptoms and are between doctor visits, make an appointment. Don't wait three months to have something looked at. Keep a health journal or diary, or merely write on a calendar when a new or unusual symptom occurs and record how long it remains. This may help your doctor figure out if a symptom is a drug side effect, a sign of an OI or something else.
Many OIs have the same symptoms, and some infections may be masking others. So, initial treatment may only deal with part of a problem, but not the whole problem. Dealing successfully with multiple infections may take diligence on your part when seeing many doctors and specialists. It's ideal to have your primary doctor take charge, talking with your other doctors to make sure they're talking to each other.
The hardest part of dealing with multiple conditions is that doctors often aren't very good about talking to each other. It can easily become a full time job juggling your appointments as your different doctors order many different lab tests. It's your primary doctor's job to manage all of this, even when he or she is busy. Especially when many problems occur together, preparing for your appointments, writing down your questions beforehand, and having someone like an advocate with you to record the answers is strongly encouraged.
Once a condition is diagnosed, completing your treatment is vital. Also, drugs that treat some OIs may interact with your HIV meds. Any time a new treatment is added to your regimen, it's wise for you and your doctor to assess whether it's safe to use with your other meds and make any necessary dose adjustments.
Preventive Treatment for OIs
OIs are generally not a problem for people whose CD4 cell counts remain stable above 200. It is extremely rare for people living with HIV to die of AIDS when their CD4 counts are above 200. However, as CD4 counts decline your risk for getting OIs increases.
Perhaps the best strategy for preventing OIs is to keep your CD4 counts above 200. Therefore, the Federal Guidelines for using HIV therapy recommend that people consider starting HIV therapy when their CD4 counts are 350 or below. They also strongly recommend treating anyone with symptoms of HIV disease (regardless of CD4 counts) and anyone with CD4 counts of 200 or below. This is because HIV therapy stops HIV from destroying immune cells, preventing the further decline of the immune system.
There are also Federal Guidelines for preventing and treating HIV-related OIs. A summary of these guidelines is available in Project Inform's publication, Opportunistic Infections Chart.
In general, if CD4 counts fall to 200 or below (or CD4 percentage below 14%), people are at increased risk for PCP. Preventive therapy is advised. For people with other symptoms of HIV infection, especially repeated fungal (candida) infections, PCP preventive therapy is often started when CD4 counts are higher, around 300. If CD4 counts fall to the 100-150 range, preventive therapy for toxoplasmosis is recommended for people who are positive for it. If CD4 counts fall to 50 or below, preventive therapy for MAC and CMV is advised. For people who suspect they've been exposed to tuberculosis, preventive therapy is warranted.
Maintenance Therapy
After treating an OI, it's sometimes necessary to take medications for life to prevent it from coming back. This is called maintenance therapy. In some cases, maintenance therapy may be stopped if a person's immune system recovers and sustains its control of HIV with the use of HIV therapy. The guidelines around starting and stopping maintenance therapy are outlined in Project Inform's publication, Opportunistic Infections Chart.
Some people with repeated herpes outbreaks will take long-term anti-herpes drugs to prevent them from coming back. Similarly, some people troubled with repeated fungal infections will take long-term anti-fungal drugs. However, in both cases maintenance therapy is somewhat controversial. This is because these organisms can develop resistance to the drugs, leaving few treatment options if or when a serious infection occurs.
When herpes or fungal infections continue to happen, it may come down to a quality of life issue. Long-term therapy may be the only viable option for a person. Carefully weighing the risks and benefits of these approaches is critical to making the right choice. Some will choose to risk losing viable treatment options to ease the problems of recurrent infections. Others will simply choose to treat these infections as they happen in hopes of preserving the benefits of therapy.
A Final Word on Strategies for Managing Opportunistic Infections
Regardless of where you are in your HIV disease, there are things that you can do to prevent and treat OIs. Preventing OIs applies to people at all stages of HIV disease. It includes:
A plan for treating OIs includes:
List of AIDS-Defining OIs from the Centers for Disease Control
Candidiasis (thrush) of the throat (esophagus, trachea) or lungs
Cervical cancer, invasive and/or recurrent
Coccidioidomycosis, outside the lungs and/or throughout the body
Cryptococcosis, outside the lungs
Cryptosporidiosis with diarrhea that lasts longer than one month
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease of an organ other than the liver, spleen or lymph nodes, including in the eye (CMV retinitis)
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) outbreak lasting over one month, or HSV infections in the lungs/throat
Histoplasmosis, outside the lungs and/or throughout the body
HIV encephalopathy ("HIV dementia" or "AIDS dementia")
HIV wasting syndrome
Isosporiasis with diarrhea that lasts more than one month
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS)
Lymphoma of the brain
Lymphoma -- Burkitt or non-Burkitt type
Lymphoma -- immunoblastic type
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) disease
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) or M. kansasii disease, outside the lungs and/or throughout the body
Mycobacterium disease of unknown type, outside the lungs and/or throughout the body
Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP)
Pneumonia, recurrent
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)
Salmonella septicemia, recurrent
Toxoplasmosis of the brain in people older than one month of age
Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents
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Who is Wilbur K. Woo?
Wilbur K. Woo, Vice Chairman Emeritus of Cathay Bank and Cathay Bancorp, Inc, is a major figure in the Los Angeles business, political, cultural and charitable domains as well as in the Chinese-American community.
He endowed the annual Wilbur K. Woo Greater China Business Conference at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, stating that the gift was, "in gratitude for the training I received at my alma mater many years ago," and adding that the mission of the conference was to promote understanding of the economic ties between the Greater China region and the United States.
Please visit Wilbur K. Woo's biography for additional information.
What is different about this China conference?
The Wilbur K. Woo Greater China Business Conference focuses on the economic and social implications of entrepreneurial growth and the increasing integration between the Chinese and world economies.
The conference provides a collaborative forum in which a unique mix of business and thought leaders, professionals, academics and some of the country's top MBA students exchange ideas, best practices and knowledge about the business trends, challenges and opportunities that are emerging through Greater China's explosive economic growth and increasingly global entrepreneurial vision.
Participants will explore Greater China's growth in dynamic areas such as real estate, finance, healthcare, high-tech and entrepreneurship, and manufacturing.
Where is the conference being held?
The venue for the Wilbur K. Woo Greater China Business Conference is the UCLA Anderson School of Management. The conference has been established at UCLA Anderson with a generous endowment from Mr. Woo in order to promote understanding of the economic ties between the Greater China region and the United States. With its renowned emphasis on entrepreneurship, and its Los Angeles location placing it at the hub of economic interchange between China and the United States. UCLA Anderson is uniquely positioned to host the conference.
Who are the speakers and panelists?
Keynote speakers and panelists include academic and industry thought leaders in the global arenas of real estate, finance, healthcare, high-tech and entrepreneurship, and manufacturing.
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Who should attend?
The conference will bring together business and thought leaders, scholars, and professionals from Los Angeles and China, as well as students looking to network and exchange ideas to advance their understanding of and interests in the Greater China region.
As a Chinese national resident in China, how do I obtain an official invitation to attend the conference in order to obtain a visa?
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America's Tech Demise Greatly ExaggeratedBy Deborah Rothberg | Posted 2006-06-22 Print
Budding IT professionals are not fetching coffee. Amid reports of "brain drain" and waning interest in U.S. IT careers, top tech students are doing innovative summer work.
It was only a few years ago that parents were cautioning their children not to set off into technology careers; the recession after the boom years shattered the sheen on the field, which no longer seemed a safe place to invest one's future.
Economists, politicians and businesses alike began fretting over an anticipated tech "brain drain" and a future where all of America's IT would have to be imported or outsourced.
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Most promising of all is that the students who have returned to top technology programs are, judging by their summer jobs and internships, doing more impressive and innovative work than ever.
These students, taking on summer jobs from Wall Street to Yahoo, startups to the Department of Homeland Security, are applying their computer science knowledge in a host of traditional and non-traditional environments.
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Aneto Okonkwo, a Stanford University senior and Mayfield Fellow, is interning this summer at Presto Services, a service that will allow people to share digital content while offline, intended for the Boomer population.
"My first project involves building and managing a lightweight data warehouse to produce business intelligence charts for our Beta release. On a daily basis, this involves reviewing log files, writing SQL scripts and designing reports that communicate business value.
"My second project involves designing a new e-mail and photo application to complete our existing product line and provide an end-to-end experience for our users. This involves extensive research of existing applications, spec writing, design brainstorming and meetings," Okonkwo told eWEEK.
Okonkwo will pursue a master's degree at Stanford beginning this fall in their Learning, Design & Technology program at the School of Education and said he hopes to later attend business school.
He says he'd like to eventually pursue startup opportunities in international development around improving access to technology in developing countries, which he feels his internship is helping him prepare for.
"It will help to observe many of the growing pains of a startup and observe many key strategic decisions of the company. It will also be helpful to observe the development of the company culture as more people join the team. Finally, I will get the experience of working on my own pieces of the product as this new category is created."
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To Access Your WCSU and Academic Information
WestConnduit is your access to all your academic information. Once you log into WestConnduit, you will have be able to: access class schedules; grades; your unofficial transcript; conduct a degree audit; check Financial Aid information; register online; check your advisor and registration date, plus much more.
To log into Banner Web
Open a web browser and go to westconnduit.wcsu.edu. Click on the Banner (my info) icon.
- Your username is the same as your WestConn (Windows) username (ex: jones013).
- Your password is the same as your WestConn (Windows) password. Note: this password expires every 60 days.
- Click the Login button.
It's as easy as that. If you've forgotten your WestConn password, or your password has expired, you can reset it by clicking on the Click here to reset your password link, or via http://wcsu.edu/password . If you do not have a WestConn computer account, you will need to visit one of the staffed computer centers for assistance. However, if you are registered for only online courses and live a distance from the school, please call 203.837.8467 for information on obtaining an account. The staffed computer centers are located:
- Midtown Computer Center (Ruth Haas Library, main level)
- Student Technology Training Center (Student Center, Room 225)
- Westside Computer Center (Westside Classroom Building, Room 117)
- Campus Center Computer Center (Westside Campus Center, 2nd floor)
Accessing Blackboard Learn for Online Instruction
Western is currently using Blackboard Learn as its on-line course management system. Some courses are online only, some hybrid (online and in-person meetings), and some are "traditional" in-person courses. Although traditional courses are in-person, some classes may have material posted in the on-line environment. Please check with your instructor. Just as with on-ground classes, the work required to complete an on-line course varies by course. The advantage of an online course is that you have greater flexibility in accessing your course work. There's no driving to campus, no parking hassles, and you can work around your life's events. Online classes, however, do require time management skills and discipline.
Whether you are an admitted WCSU student or just a visiting temporary student, once you register for an online course you must set up your WestConnduit account in order to access Blackboard Learn. To set up your WestConnduit account, please visit a University computer lab (listed at the end of this document) or contact the ITI department at (203)837-8467.
Open a web browser, and go to https://ct-wcsu.blackboard.com. The following screen will appear:
Enter your Username and Password, and click Login. Your username and password uses the same log on credentials as your WestConn/Windows account. If your password has expired or you need to reset your password, please visit https://wcsu.edu/password.
My Institution page
This is your "home" page. The main WCSU tab will list all of your courses. Note: not all courses may be populated with information -this is at the discretion of the instructor. The main WCSU tab will also list other information – and the Global Navigation menu will give you quick access to items:
Most 'modules' on the MY WCSU sub tab may be collapsed, modified, or moved – while some are required and cannot be changed. You can customize this page by clicking on the Add Module button, or personalize this page by clicking on the Personalize Page button. Note: The Notifications Dashboard sub tab will give you information about assignments, announcements, etc. from your courses.
Accessing My Course
Click on your course title link in the Course List module. You can modify your display settings by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right corner of the module.
Logging out of Blackboard Learn
Click the Logout button in the top right of your screen. It is important that you log out of Blackboard Learn before you exit the browser.
The Support and Resources module, located on the MY WCSU sub tab, provides some useful links to tutorials and other resources. Students are always welcome to contact the IT Help Desk at 203.837.8467 or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit one of the staffed computer labs for assistance:
Student Technology Training Center (STTC)
Phone: 203.837.8715
Location: Student Center room 225
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Midtown Computer Center (MTCC)
Phone: 203.837.9232
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Westside Computer Center (WSCC)
Phone: 203.837.8391
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The redness associated with "red eye" is usually caused by dilated or swollen blood vessels. As a result, the surface of the eye looks bloodshot. In contrast to vision problems or pain in the eye, red eye is often less of a concern. However, there are times when red eye may be a sign of a more seriousRead more
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Ptosis (TOE-sis) refers to an upper eyelid that droops and can occur in children or adults. The droop may be hardly visible, or it could cover the entire pupil. Depending on the severity of the droop, it could interfere with vision. People with ptosis may try to lift the eyelids or tilt their heads backRead more
Category: Eye Symptoms
Do you find yourself squinting or closing your eyes in bright light? It could be photophobia or acute light sensitivity. Eyes are designed to respond to light, but certain conditions can create light sensitivity. Exposure to sunlight, fluorescent light, incandescent light and other bright light sourcesRead more
Flashers and Floaters
Category: Eye Symptoms
Many people experience small, dark, cobwebby shapes drifting across their field of vision. These floaters are especially common as people age. Flashes, a similar phenomenon, are quick flickers of light. Both are usually harmless, but, occasionally, can be a sign of serious eye troubles. Causes VitreousRead more
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Few eye issues are as simultaneously subtle and annoying as a twitch that comes on suddenly and/or recurs frequently. A twitching eyelid may not appear visible to the people around you at all, but it can make you feel highly self-conscious and drive you to search for the cause and the cure. Unfortunately,Read more
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Eye pain is not normal and should always be checked by your eye care professional. It is especially urgent if the pain comes with any of the following symptoms: The pain is intense and sudden. Your eye is injured or is being irritated by a foreign object. The pain comes with sensitivity to lightRead more
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Sometimes your eyes don't make enough tears or the tears evaporate too fast because they don't have the right amount of compounds in them. This is called dry eye. Up to 5% of Americans complain of some form of dry eye. Individuals who wear contact lenses or have undergone LASIK or other types ofRead more
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Loss of eyesight and macular degeneration are typically associated with aging. Stargardt disease, however, an inherited form of macular degeneration, commonly affects children and young adults. Also referred to as Stargardt macular dystrophy (SMD) or flavimaculatus, the term Stargardt disease refersRead more
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The term retinitis pigmentosa (RP) refers to a set of degenerative genetic diseases that gradually kill off the light-sensing cells (rods and cones) of the retina, eventually causing blindness. It is a relatively rare genetic disorder, affecting only 1 in 4,000 people. Retinitis pigmentosa can be difficultRead more
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You may have heard of macular degeneration, an age-related condition in which people suffer permanent vision loss due to damage in a part of the retina called macula. But you may not be so familiar with a similar macular condition that also causes vision loss -- even in young people. This condition,Read more
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If you find yourself experiencing blurred or distorted vision that seems to get worse year after year, you may suffer from an irregularity of the cornea known as keratoconus. This condition is infamous for causing astigmatism and nearsightedness that can progress rapidly, calling for constant updatesRead more
Fuchs' Corneal Dystrophy
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Fuchs' dystrophy (pronounced fooks DIS-truh-fee) is an eye disease characterized by degenerative changes to the cornea's innermost layer of cells. The cause for Fuchs' dystrophy is not fully understood. If your mother or father has the disease, then there is roughly a 50 percent chance that you willRead more
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Category: Eye Diseases
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis is a serious disease causing compromised vision and ultimately a total loss of vision. CMV retinitis is typically associated with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). In the early days of the AIDS epidemic, nearly one-quarter of all individuals diagnosed with late-stageRead more
Contact Lens FAQ
Category: Contact Lenses
Can I wear contact lenses? Most people are able to wear contact lenses safely and comfortably. There are contact lenses that correct for nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, and other vision problems. An optometry exam can determine what lenses are appropriate for you. Are contact lenses safeRead more
Colored Contacts
Category: Contact Lenses
Colored contact lenses allow you to temporarily change your eye color whether or not you need to correct impaired vision. In this way, you can create a more subtle eye appearance, wear a crazy design for special occasions, or just enjoy a new eye color. Will Colored Contacts Change the Way I See? Yes,Read more
Bifocal Contacts
Category: Contact Lenses
Bifocal contact lenses are a type of contact lens that combine two different prescriptions in the same lens. One component corrects nearsightedness and the other prescription addresses farsightedness or farsightedness. Several types of bifocal contacts are available; your eye care provider can help youRead more


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The fraud investigation involves a unique set of interview related dynamics. Central to the success of the fraud investigation is the level of specific interviewing knowledge, skill and ability competencies of the interviewer. The fraud related interview has its own set of appropriate persuasive themes, techniques and practices. This course will teach you to incorporate the dynamics of the fraud triangle and fraud diamond to the interview process and to prepare an interview strategy based upon the information received from a fraud investigation.
You Will Learn How To:
Identify the basic constructs necessary for fraud to occur and how they relate to the interview process
Recognize and utilize the dynamics of fraud to gain compliance within the interview
Differentiate between the various components of the Fraud Triangle and Fraud Diamond
Identify interviewing techniques used and best practices in fraud-related interviews
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A personalized, full service, multi-lingual immigration law practice focusing on complex litigation and administrative immigration issues. Representative clients range from large companies to families from Australia to Zimbabwe.
In addition to offering traditional immigration services, we offer strategies for complex immigration issues before the Board of Immigration Appeals and federal courts in addition to advising employers in W-4 and I-9 compliance, servicing stateless individuals, wrongly detained U.S. citizens, filing health and religious waivers, and waivers of the labor certification for those aliens whose work is in the national interest (EB-1 and EB-2 cases).
Traditional Immigration: Non-immigrant visas, Residency through Employment and Family, Naturalization, TPS and DACA.
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In the year 3330BC...
After painstakingly hand-carving a wheel out of redwood--a process that took three months--longtime employee KOR rolls it over to his corporate masters, UG and ZUG, to show off his work.
KOR: Here it is, bosses! My best wheel yet! I've got blisters on my hands that are so big they look like strawberries, and I lost two fingernails. I also smashed my thumb with a mallet so hard the bones popped out of my skin. But it's worth it, don't you think?
ZUG: Nice work, Kor. It's a beautiful wheel. You can roll it over to the Finishing Department, and they'll give you some detailed notes on how you can make it even better. Should only take you a few more weeks.
UG: In the meantime, get those blisters looked at. They seem to be infected.
KOR: I will. Thank you for nurturing me. I do have... um... a question, though.
ZUG: Yes, Kor? You know we're here for you.
UG: We truly do value the work you do for us. You've created many wheels for Ug and Zug's One Stop Wheel Shop, and we've sold every last one.
KOR: Yeah, you have. That's the thing. You see, I just spent ninety moons working on this wheel. Working hard. It doesn't seem fair to me that when you sell it, I only get 25% of the wholesale price. That only comes out to 12% or so of the selling price.
ZUG: But that's what we've always given you, Kor.
KOR: I know. It's just... well... I see some other wheelmakers, indepentdent wheelmakers, who are selling wheels on their own. And they earn 70% of the selling price.
ZUG and UG frown.
UG: I'm afraid we can't pay you more, Kor. The margins are too slim.
KOR: But I've heard you bragging about how you keep breaking sales records, year after year. Your profits are larger than ever.
ZUG: That may be so, but the wheel business has plateaued.
KOR: What do you mean?
UG: He means the tremendous growth we've seen in our market over the past few years is slowing down.
KOR: But it's still growing, isn't it?
ZUG: Yes. But not as quickly.
KOR: I don't believe that. More people are buying wheels than ever before. Just look.
KOR spreads out his hands, indicating the valley below. A valley heavily populated with indiginous peoples, all using wheels.
KOR: They all have wheels. Carts, wagons, baby buggies--that guy has a Humvee with wooden rims. And at least half of those wheels aren't Ug and Zug wheels. Those wheels were sold by the indie wheelmakers, not by middlemen.
ZUG: Where? I don't see anything.
UG: Me, neither.
KOR: But it's right in front of your eyes! Wheel sales aren't leveling off across the board. They're just leveling off for you.
UG: Sales are leveling off because the market has reached its saturation point.
KOR: I think the market is growing, but you're just getting a smaller piece of it because more and more customers are buying wheels from the wheelmakers. You're in denial.
ZUG: Unheard of.
UG: Outrageous.
ZUG: We've had record profits the last five years. How can we be in denial?
KOR: Why don't you share some of those profits with your wheelmakers?
UG: Saturation point. Remember?
KOR: Look, I make the wheels. Not you. I see many of your former employees selling wheels on their own, without you, and making more money than they ever did working for you.
ZUG: But who nurtures them?
UG: Exactly! Didn't I tell you to get your hands looked at because they're probably infected? That's what you get from working your fingers to the bone.
KOR: But I do it to make a living.
UG: Living, schmiving. You're an artist, Kor. Artists aren't supposed to make a living from their art. They're supposed to struggle and suffer. Besides, you artsy types don't understand the business end of things like we do. Let us handle the dollars and cents. You just worry about making those nice wheels.
KOR: Can either of you explain to me why I should continue to work for you?
ZUG: Easy. The prestige. All of the wheels you create have Ug & Zug carved on them.
KOR: I don't think wheel buyers notice that. Or care.
ZUG: We provide you with your hammer and chisel.
KOR: I can buy those for myself.
UG: What about all the benfits we give you?
KOR: You don't provide any benefits at all. And you only pay me twice a year.
ZUG: We have better distribution than you do.
KOR: Actually, I can reach as many customers with my wheels as you do with yours. See?
KOR takes the wheel he just made and rolls it down the hill.
KOR: And I can get them to market faster, control the price myself, and make much more money per unit sold.
ZUG: So go ahead and leave. There are a thousand wheelmakers willing to take your place.
KOR: Maybe. But for how long? It worked in the past, because you had a monopoly. You don't anymore. There is an entire generation of wheelmakers who won't ever consider working for you because they see no upside.
UG: Look, we know what we're doing. Not only that, there are experts out there who have analyzed our situation and agree with us.
KOR: Who pays those experts?
UG: Excuse me?
KOR: Do you pay them for their analysis and advice?
ZUG: Of course. All experts get paid for their advice.
KOR: A lot of independent wheelmakers have blogs. They don't charge for their advice.
UG: There's a reason for that. They're full of shit and have hidden agendas.
KOR: What hidden agendas?
UG: Impossible to say. Because they're hidden.
KOR: They're sharing their wheelmaking experience with others. Sharing numbers and analysing data.
ZUG: Outliers. Or just plain old liars.
UG: We prefer to hear from the professional experts. The ones who get paid. Who tell us they're experts.
KOR: You don't think that skews the results a little? That perhaps you're paying for what you want to hear? Couldn't the expert be spinning things of sugar-coating them because he relies on you for his livelihood?
UG: Impossible. Our experts have years--hell generations--of publishing experience.
KOR: And what if these experts told you you're going to go out of business unless you immediately triple what you pay your wheelmakers?
ZUG: Then we'd act immediately.
UG: Agreed. By the end of the business day, we'd have found a new expert.
KOR: Look, I've just shown you that reaching customers on my own is as simple as rolling a wheel down a hill. I don't need you. But you need me. And I'm not going to make wheels for you anyore because I can do better on my own. Goodbye.
KOR walks down into the vallet as UG and ZUG watch.
UG: Did something just happen?
ZUG: No. I didn't notice anything.
UG: Me, neither.
ZUG: Want to go count our profits for this quarter?
UG: Sure. Then let's give ourselves bonuses.
ZUG: Now that's innovative thinking! Should we check with some industry experts first?
UG: Why? Wheelmakers Weekly said sales have leveled off. What other confirmation do we need?
ZUG: Good point. Lunch is on me.
UG: That's generous of you.
ZUG: Expense account. We'll charge it to the company. What else are we supposed to do with all this extra money we're making?
UG and ZUG stroll down into the valley, completely oblivious to all of the wheels around them that they had no part in selling.
The End
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Soldier Faces Hearing in Afghanistan Massacre
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) - Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is appearing in a military courtroom in Washington state for the first time on charges that he slaughtered 16 Afghan villagers during a predawn rampage last March.
Bales is scheduled to face a preliminary hearing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Seattle that could last as long as two weeks. Military prosecutors are expected to show video from a surveillance blimp that depicts Bales returning to his remote outpost in Kandahar Province after the killings. Part of the hearing will be held at night to allow video testimony from witnesses in Afghanistan.
The hearing will help determine whether the 39-year-old father of two from Lake Tapps, Wash., faces a court martial. He could get the death penalty.
The massacre left 16 dead, including nine children.
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Zuiker signs 'digital novels' deal
'CSI' creator creates digital hybrid
By MICHAEL FLEMING
"CSI" creator Anthony Zuiker has made a seven-figure deal with Dutton to create a series of three suspense-thriller "digital novels."
Project is a publishing hybrid that broadens traditional book reading into a multiplatform experience that includes filmed components and an interactive social networking site.
At the conclusion of each five chapters, readers will be given codes to log onto a website that will feature two-minute filmed vignettes providing a cinematic bridge to the next five chapters. At the book's conclusion, readers can join an online community in which they can interact with others and hatch characters and storylines. The best suggestions will be incorporated into future titles, Zuiker said.
"I want to give traditional crime novel readers a more immersive experience," Zuiker told Daily Variety. The online component "offers publishing a chance to catch up with the YouTube generation that has lost passion for reading."
Zuiker's first interactive title, "Sqweegel," will be published by Dutton in fall 2009. Series revolves around an ex-FBI forensic investigator who retired early after his entire family was murdered. He becomes a rogue forensic detective, taking on cases that are too grim and graphic for "CSI."
Dutton president and publisher Brian Tart won the deal as seven of the eight publishers pitched made offers, Zuiker said.
Zuiker "is bringing a great deal of creative energy to this project," Tart said. "Think of it as storytelling 2.0."
Zuiker came up with the idea when he set out to write a crime novel and realized he had problems with the traditional format.
"I personally don't have the attention economy to read a 250-page crime novel from start to finish," he said. "I realized that the way I'd like to consume a novel is to be rewarded every couple of chapters by seeing something visual that enhances the narrative."
Zuiker will write a 60-page outline for each book, then supervise a novelist who'll turn it into a 100-chapter book. Zuiker will write and direct 20 "cyber-bridges," the two-minute video segments that supplement the pages.
The footage "will drive the reader ferociously back to the book," said Zuiker. "For instance, you'll watch a live snuff film that figures in the plot, you'll give the killer your phone number, and he'll call you back, and you'll see an analysis of photographic forensic evidence."
Zuiker said the series will seek to bring advertisers to publishing through product placement in the book and the Web portal.
"I learned from TV and Silicon Valley that advertisers want multiple levels of audience engagement," Zuiker said.
Zuiker's budgets for the filmed segments will be too low to hire big stars, but he'll try to land them anyway. He hopes to turn the series into a feature.
Trident Media Group's Dan Strone and Brillstein Entertainment Partners made the deal.


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Ed is a professional magician in Cambridgeshire, with over ten years' experience in entertaining people all over Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, London and Norfolk.
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Detroit: Death certificate or rebirth?
James Clingman, NNPA Columnist | 8/16/2013, 6 a.m.
Will the largest city in history to file bankruptcy receive a death certificate, or will this action result in a new birth certificate for the Motor City? Of course, a city as large and as well situated as Detroit is will not die. Already there are plans for a $400 million hockey stadium, despite all the tales of woe and danger put forth by various media. All things considered, will Detroit's majority population remain black and will black people play a significant role in its economic rebirth?
The answer lies in the hearts of black Detroiters and in their will to do what is necessary to gain ownership and control of a portion of that city's asset base.
Detroit's recent history shows why it is important for blacks in Motown to get on the case when it comes to economic empowerment and self-determination.
In 2004, I participated in an effort, under the leadership of Claud Anderson, to develop and build a black economic enclave. I remember how excited I was at the prospect of Detroit stepping up and leading way for other cities to build similar enclaves and finally move toward true economic freedom.
However after our conference, I also remember the black mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, and a couple of black city councilpersons, supported by some in the Detroit print media, coming out against the plan calling it "divisive," "separatist," and "scary." I recall several articles in which one black councilperson said it would be "a suicidal form of 'reverse racism' and a bad deal for Detroit."
This same person was quoted as saying, "African Town will actually create a negative environment that will drive businesses from Detroit and create a climate of fear that will eliminate Detroit from serious consideration as a location to develop or grow a business." She concluded, "I am not a hyphenated American. I am an American. This council needs to understand that, so we can make decisions that don't make Detroit an American embarrassment."
Imagine that. Detroit would have been an "American embarrassment" if Africa Town had been developed. What a silly statement. I wonder what she and others think Detroit is now that they refused to develop the enclave. Another question: Why isn't Detroit called an American embarrassment because it has a Greek Town, a China Town, a Polish Town, a Mexican Town, and even a "Corktown" in the midst of an 85 to 90 percent black or African populated city? For a black person, in a nearly all black city, to label black economic empowerment suicidal and embarrassing is absolutely ridiculous.
Let's move on to the current status of the Motor City. It has filed bankruptcy, it still has the poverty and crime, it still has the dilapidated and abandoned houses, and maybe even some political corruption is still going on. However, the Emergency Manager, Kevyn Orr, a black man says, "Detroit can rise again," in his recent Wall Street Journal article. I know there are some Detroiters who don't like the governor's decision to appoint Orr, and they may have a good argument against it but that's not my fight; again, this is about black economic empowerment in Detroit, emergency manager or not. If Orr is right, will black people rise along with the city of Detroit?


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I think that a lot of people on this board would agree that the D-Line is the #1 priority this offseason. I would argue that it goes much deeper than just plugging in a DT or DE here or there. In fact, I don't believe the Seahawks have had a D-Line unit since the days of Green, Nash and Bryant. Sure we had Tez in there along with Sam Adams at times, but there has not been a D-Line UNIT since the 80's. There has been a smattering of good dlineman over the years, but they have lacked the continuity and cohesion that a unit can bring.
The d backs are the Legion of Boom. One could argue that the LBing Corps is almost there. Find a replacement for Hill that is along the lines of KJ and Bobby and they too are a unit amongst themselves.
I remember when Jeff Bryant was drafted a year after Jacob Green. Everyone was asking why, since there was already a high pick on a DE used the year before.
Currently on the D-Line we have Clemons on his 33 year old bad leg. We have Bruce Irvin who may never develop into an every down player. We have Mebane who isn't getting any younger. And finally we have a platoon of guys who may need to be resigned or further developed. Scruggs and Howard are clearly developmental guys. Branch may or may not be resigned and Jones, who knows. If we look at the stre4ngths of the current D-Line going forward, we would have to agree that Mebane is the only solid piece we have.
JS/PC have done a good job of remaking the rest of the team. Its time they focus their attention and completely remake the D-Line. Time to get your turn over every rock mentality going to work your majic on the D-Line. Looking at the LOB and the potential of the LBers, we can see how important it is to build a UNIT and not just plug in guys.


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Even though Melissa Joan Hart has made her exit from Dancing with the Stars (during a double elimination last week), she's not bitter — in fact, she's got warm feelings for plenty of the cast! So who's she rooting for now? "Kelly [Osbourne]. We became good friends, so I'm rooting for her," Melissa told OK! as Lucky magazine hosted their 6th annual Lucky Shops VIP opening party in NYC.
"Joanna [Krupa]'s also a very sweet girl. Mya's an amazing dancer," adds Melissa, "And Donny [Osmond] I've known forever and he's a fantastic performer of course."
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As for any rumors of backstage drama and romance, Melissa insists that everything is quite serene.
"It's pretty calm back there," she reveals. "Everyone likes each other. I think now, even since I've been gone, it looks like they've gotten closer."
Melissa dished to OK! last week after her elimination, saying her only regret is "I promised my three-year-old [son] I was going to be dancing to the song "Bare Necessities" [from Disney's The Jungle Book] next week, and that's not going to happen, so that's a bummer. But I get to go back home to them!" Melissa lives in Connecticut with husband Mark Wilkerson and their two boys.
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Composition: Bronze
The numbers of the bells correspond approximately to the lower outer diameter of the horsebell.
The bell clapper is set exactly on the impact ring and is made of a softer alloy than the bell bronze to ensure a long life of the bell.
Bronze horsebells combine Swiss tradition with more than 285 years of experience from our foundry. The hand-made sand mold is destroyed every time the new bell is born, no matter if it's a # 6 or a # 36. Get an insight into the manufacturing process with fire, metal and craftsmanship: A bell is created (Video Seminar Gold)
The alloy of the bells consists of about 80% copper and 20% tin. The exact recipe is a well-kept family secret, which is known only to the family members of the artist's workshop and has been transmitted by word of mouth for many generations.
Bronze horsebells have been used in agriculture for many years for the protection of the herd. If something is wrong with the animals or if a predator approaches the herd, the farmer, shepherd or alpine herdsman hears this from the sound of the bells and can react quickly. The responsible person finds the animals even in the thickest fog also, if all technical aids already fail.
A peal of bells usually consists of different tuned bells with different sounds. So every peal of bells is unique.
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A bell means protection and keep evil spirits away from the house, yard and loved ones. In addition, anyone who hears the sound of a bell has luck.
Cannons were cast for war purposes, while bells were cast during peacetime. That's why a beautiful bell and the accompanying sound are also a sign of peace and security.
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Why Wyoming?
Wyoming tends to fly low on the radar when it comes to vacations. However, there are several gems that make this state stand out. In the northwestern corner lie Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Teton National Park, which attract tourists in the summer and avid skiers and snowboarders in the winter. As a result of these famous spots, Jackson Hole has flourished.
Wyoming has a low population, clocking in at just over 580,000 people (as of 2014), but the national parks draw a big crowd to Jackson and the Greater Yellowstone area. Yellowstone alone entices about 4 million people per year; the heaviest concentration falls between May and September.
Just recently the Wyoming Office of Tourism launched a new slogan, "That's WY." Focused on bringing up tourism percentages, the slogan highlights all the beautiful, rugged, and wild things Wyoming has to offer.
@roundtheworldgirl takeover 5/5: The Tetons are one of the youngest and most rugged mountain ranges in North America. If you haven't gotten to explore this climbing mecca, it's definitely worth adding it to your list! Big thanks to @eddiebauer for letting me share a few of my favorite images from spring mountaineering trips. It's been a pleasure! PC: @backcountry13 #liveyouradventure #ebcontributor
Brian Ganther, the group creative director at BVK—the Milwaukee ad agency that created the campaign—says, "Wyoming takes Western culture and kicks it up a notch… You aren't going there for an urban experience, although there is a growing amount of good food, music and culture."
#GreatOutdoorsMonth #MountianBiking #Vedauwoo #ThatsWY
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The hashtag has come alive on Twitter and Instagram, with a steady stream of pictures posted online that showcase the adventurous side of Wyoming. Whatever image comes into someone's head about Wyoming, this new campaign is solidifying a positive perception.
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Goosewing Ranch, located northeast of Jackson Hole, provides a perfect slice of Wyoming that is hard to replicate, and not often seen by visitors of the area.
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Aside from being close to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, the ranch sits on the Bridger Teton National Forest and is the perfect entry point into the Gros Ventre Wilderness. (True to its name, the wilderness has remained untouched by all motorized vehicles – accessible only by foot or horseback.)
So if you ask us why you should pick Wyoming, or why you should pick Jackson Hole as your vacation destination, just take a look at this piece of country that is still truly wild. Not many people get to experience our isolated paradise. That's why.