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As the heat broke and the rain fell in Salt Lake City on Saturday night, a tight knit crew of snowboarders cruised over to the Tower Theater in support of some of the guys they see at the skateparks, watering holes, and surrounding mountains all the time. It just so happens that those guys are some of the best snowboarders in the world, and every winter they work with an elite crew to come up with a snowboard movie that pushes the sport year after year.
After an introduction by Absinthe's Justin Hostynek, the new movie, Resonance, took to the screen and legitimately blew the minds of the audience. The international cast of Resonance crushed spots worldwide – from literally blocks away from the theater, to remote backcountry zones in the far reaches of the world. Loud screams were heard as locals Cale Zima and Bode Merill's names flickered before their parts.
Keep your eyes peeled for the DVD which should be hitting your local shop any day now!

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Born on July 21, 1899, in Garrettsville, Ohio, Harold Hart Crane began writing verse in his early teenage years, and though he never attended college, read regularly on his own, digesting the works of the Elizabethan dramatists and poets Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Donne and the nineteenth-century French poets Vildrac, Laforgue, and Rimbaud. His father, a candy manufacturer, attempted to dissuade him from a career in poetry, but Crane was determined to follow his passion to write.
Living in New York City, he associated with many important figures in literature of the time, including Allen Tate, Katherine Anne Porter, E. E. Cummings, and Jean Toomer, but his heavy drinking and chronic instability frustrated any attempts at lasting friendship. An admirer of T. S. Eliot, Crane combined the influences of European literature and traditional versification with a particularly American sensibility derived from Walt Whitman.
His major work, the book-length poem, The Bridge, expresses in ecstatic terms a vision of the historical and spiritual significance of America. Like Eliot, Crane used the landscape of the modern, industrialized city to create a powerful new symbolic literature. Hart Crane committed suicide in 1932, at the age of thirty-two, by jumping from the deck of a steamship sailing back to New York from Mexico.
Selected Bibliography
The Complete Poems and Selected Letters and Prose (1966)
The Bridge (1930)
White Buildings (1926)
Letters (1952)


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This weekend, as I sat struggling between end of the semester deadlines and wanting to write a particular blog, I became aware that I suddenly had guests in my apartment. The warmer weather has woken up the ladybugs. Every room I went in one of them seemed to be following me. Since ladybugs are a sign of good luck, and as someone who tries not to annoy the Universe whenever possible, I've found myself talking gently to the ladies and ushering them out the window or guiding them to one of my plants on the windowsill when it seemed a little cold out.
At the same time I was also trying to write a blog that just wasn't happening. Every word seemed forced. Nothing flowed together. I need to remember, that when this happens it is almost always a sign that this is not the piece I am meant to work on this week, that there is something else I need to say instead. The essays that I write that get the best responses, the ones that have people writing to me telling me how much they needed to hear what I was saying; those are the pieces that are almost no work at all. Those are the pieces that just flow, if I can just be patient and open to what's happening around me.
So the ladybugs reminded me once again of one of my favorite movies of all time, Under the Tuscan Sun! If you've ever experienced a certain amount of unexpected heartbreak in your life, and you've seen that movie, then you just nodded your head in agreement. Almost four years ago when I found myself very unexpectedly divorced and living in a tiny apartment in downtown Bangor, that movie and a bottle of wine got me through some rough nights. (Yes, an entire bottle, don't judge me, they were small bottles)! While sitting here in my little apartment, (in a building which oddly does contain a large number of middle-aged divorced people), the dream of running away to Italy, purchasing a villa, and starting over was just what I needed at the time! Or course the part about the brief love affair with the tall, dark, handsome, young Italian man didn't hurt either!
The story was, by the way true! It is the memoir of writer Frances Mayes, which only goes to prove my theory that those of us who write personal stories are really on to something because truly you can't make this shit up. Don't get me wrong, fiction is wonderful and entertaining and all that. However for me, truth, real stories, our stories, are much more amazing, and damn scary, than any work of fiction we could ever imagine. Which makes sharing them with you, as vulnerable as that makes us sometimes, always worth it!
The lesson in Mayes' story that stuck with me, however, that I couldn't seem to shake to write the blog I was going to write, is about the ladybugs. If you have never read the book or watched the movie I'll fill you in. Frances, the lead character, is at a crossroad in her life. Her marriage is over, her career is stalled, and she's lonely and looking for love. She is trying so hard to force a life, to make it her way, but she meets with frustration at every corner. Her new eccentric friend Katherine tells her a story. She tells her that when she was a little girl, she used to spend hours chasing ladybugs in a field and never catching them, then one day she stopped chasing them, she relaxed, she fell asleep in the field in the warm sunshine and when she woke up, ladybugs were crawling all over her.
This is the lesson that so many of us have such a hard time learning, and it continues our conversation about learning to let go, about giving up control. We think, we plan, we come up with back up plans and then we expect the whole damn world to cooperate with our plan. You know what, they almost never do. Spouses, children, bosses, friends and lovers never fully cooperate with our plans. It turns out they have plans of their own! Our trying to insist that this is the way life is supposed to be only results in tension and heartbreak for all of us. I've learned the hard way that I can't control everything around me and I don't need to. I can just let go. I can stop focusing on the "what ifs" and the "if onlys." I can be open to new, unexpected things. I can be patient and just see what happens. I can wait for the ladybugs.
I needed that reminder lately. The last few months have been more than a little overwhelming. Oh, don't get me wrong, they have also been wonderful. I have a new job I love and a circle of people in my life that are more amazing than I could have ever dreamed up on my own! Yet, it's also been a time of great change. Some days I am inpatient, I want to be further ahead than I am, I want to move faster, find out what the ending is and I want it to be the ending I wrote! Why I get that way I don't know! Experience has shown me over and over again that if I can just wait it out, if I can take it one day at a time, the unexpected experiences are always the most rewarding, the most rich, and the most satisfying.
The ladybugs reminded me this week that I can't force my future, that things worth having, and people worth knowing, are always, always worth waiting for.
What's so amusing to me lately is that if someone had told me, back when I was heartbroken, newly divorced and almost without hope, what today would be like, I would have laughed. If someone had shown me my life, the way it is right now, I would have never believed it. I would have never expected the people, the places and opportunities that have come along. It would not have made sense to me at all, but right now, right now it makes perfect sense. Even on the days I'm not all that happy, when things aren't always going my way, I am at least satisfied, I am at peace. I can be content wherever I have landed.
So this week, the ladybugs and I will be hanging out in the sunshine in my apartment, practicing our patience, waiting for warmer days and appreciating the surprises that life has in store for us. Life, like writing this blog, is so much better when I don't try to force it, when I just let it flow. By the way, the title of this included some stuff I may not have actually mentioned. Well, I learned a long time ago that if I put something catchy in the title, you're more likely to keep reading. That doesn't necessarily mean I lied to you, or that it's not in here somewhere, if you read between the lines. It just means the ladybugs and I have decided we've got to keep some secrets, after all!


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South Dakota Loses at Kansas, 31-14
About the only thing Charlie Weis has proven he can do in 13 games as head coach at Kansas is beat teams from South Dakota.
Weis' Jayhawks have won just two games in the past 12 months, one against South Dakota State last September, 31-17, and now a game against South Dakota, 31-14, Saturday night in Lawrence.
Kansas outgained USD 390-286 in total offense, even though the Coyotes held the ball more than five minutes longer.
The Jayhawks appeared to get an early break, when they partially blocked punt in the first quarter, but the Coyote defense gave up just nine yards on the ensuing drive, forcing KU to give it back on downs.
That seemed to spark the USD offense, which had gone three and out of its first two possessions. The Coyotes put together a nine play drive, keyed by back-to-back runs of 14 and 13 yards from running back Jordan Roberts and quarterback Josh Vander Maten, setting up a Vander Maten to Drew Potter 2-yard touchdown pass, and it was 7-0 South Dakota. Vander Maten and Roberts both finished with more than 70 yards rushing on the night.
Kansas needed less than three minutes to tie it up, as the Jayhawks used a 25-yard pass from Jake Heaps to Tony Pierson to get inside Coyote territory, then two plays later, Heaps connected with Josh Ford for 22-yards to get it down to the USD 1 yard line. James Sims took it in from there to make it 7-7.
The two teams then traded turnovers. KU's Keon Stowers picked off an Aaron Swift pass and appeared to score a go ahead touchdown, but an illegal blocking penalty wiped the score off and gave the Jayhawks the ball on their own 42.
Kansas appeared to to be on the verge of taking the lead eight plays later, but Sean Bredl forced a Sims fumble on the USD four yard line.
When the Coyotes were forced to punt moments later, Miles Bergner got off a poor kick and Connor Embry returned it to the USD 9.
Two plays later, Kansas took advantage as Heaps hit Justin McCay for 5 yards to make it 14-7 at the half.
The Coyotes got the ball to start the second half, but after a three and out, Kansas strung together 12 running plays, with a Sims' 6-yard run capping a 71 yard drive, eating up nearly six minutes, and it was 21-7 Jayhawks. Sims finished with 94 yards and two touchdowns.
The USD offense finally started clicking in the second half on its fourth possession, as a mixture of runs and passes led to a ten play, 74-yard drive, with Vander Maten going the final nine yards to cut the KU lead to 24-14.
But it took Kansas exactly 90 seconds to go up by 17, as Tony Pierson, Brandon Bourbon, and Sims each had carries of 13 yards or more, and Bourbon's 8-yard run made it 31-14 with 5:59 left.
USD only had the ball one more drive, but managed only 18 yards on seven plays, and the Jayhawks got it back and ran out the clock.
The Coyotes fall to 1-1. Kansas is 1-0.
South Dakota has next Saturday off before playing at Northern Arizona, September 21st at 6:00pm.


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Ice Dawgs Silence Havre Boo Birds
On Saturday the Ice Dawg high school team traveled to Havre for a pair of games against the Ice Hawks. As is normal in Havre, the games were hard-fought, physical affairs that saw a parade of players from both benches make their way to the penalty box.
Unfortunately, Glasgow ended up on the wrong side of the score, being defeated 5-1 in the first game. The Dawgs' lone goal came on the power play from Ryan Padden with an assist being credited to Sam Schultz.
On the bright side, even though Glasgow committed 11 penalties, it held the Hawks to only one power play goal. Clearly the penalty kill unit was working just fine.
Harley Eliason made 38 saves in the loss.
Game 2 saw the Ice Dawgs come onto the ice to a chorus of boos from the home crowd. Clearly this reception motivated the Dawgs as they jumped out to an early lead, outscoring the Hawks 3 to 1 in the first period.
Padden, Connor Simensen and Braden Barstad were credited with the goals, with assists going to Barstad/Schultz, Padden/Wyatt Mattfeldt and Padden once again.
In the second period, both teams scored twice, allowing the Ice Dawgs to maintain their two-goal lead. Padden continued his productive ways with an assist on Barstad's goal as well as an unassisted goal with three seconds left to close out the period.
Havre scored early in the third to draw within one goal of the Dawgs. Glasgow was able to kill four penalties in the third to maintain the lead, including a late one from the goaltender Eliason when he took exception to the actions of a Havre player crashing the net.
Padden scored unassisted with 1:19 left to put the Ice Dawgs up by two. Havre pulled their goalie for the numerical advantage but were unable to capitalize.
The Ice Dawgs took the 6-4 win on rival ice – silencing the boo birds from Havre. Eliason made 35 saves in the win and Padden had a 6-point game with the hat trick and three assists.
Glasgow will face Havre once again on home ice Dec. 14 at noon and 6 p.m. at the Valley Event Center.
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No, this story isn't going where you think it's going. It's actually going somewhere sensible, somewhere more video game developers - and artists in particular - should go.
"I've nothing against big tits - I'd rather have my head resting on a pair right now - but if you're going to try and stimulate someone on different levels, there's better ways to do it", Ninja Theory's Tameem Antoniades told PSM3.
"If you look at the stars in movies, the women people find really attractive are often not the ones with the biggest tits. You've got to be attractive on a different level."
"We did that in Enslaved with Trip. People loved her, not because she had big breasts and high heels, but because she felt like someone who could be your girlfriend. That to me is more attractive than a prostitute walking around with a big gun. Not to demean prostitutes - it's a valid form of commerce."
It's something I'm constantly disappointed with when putting together my Fine Art features. Seeing so many talented artists designing female characters with proportions and outfits that even comic characters would blush at does nobody any good whatsoever.
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Hull City have vowed to ruin Jose Mourinho's return to Stamford Bridge after the newly promoted outfit were paired with Chelsea on the opening day of the season.
It will be Hull's first game in the Premier League in over three years, and midfielder David Meyler insists they can upset Chelsea.
Arsenal forward Gervinho has hinted he would be open to joining Marseille during the transfer window.
Gervinho is a reported target for the French club, and says he is flattered to be linked with a move to the Stade Velodrome.
Cesc Fabregas claims he is steadily becoming one of the best players at Barcelona.
The former Arsenal captain believes he is getting better all the time, and has seen his game improve since moving to the Camp Nou.
Manchester City face a possible reunion with former striker Mario Balotelli during pre-season.
City will play AC Milan in the semi-final of the Audi Cup in Munich next month.
Tottenham are reported to have placed Porto forward Jackson Martinez at the top of their transfer wish list.
Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas wants to recruit another goalscorer before the deadline, and may raid his former club to do so.
Manchester United midfielder Shinji Kagawa was on target for Japan on Wednesday night, but could not prevent them from falling to defeat against Italy.
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Left Unchecked, Violence against Girls Will Morally Doom Efforts to Reach Millennium Development Goals
UNICEF Says Girl Victims of Violence Still Treated as Criminals; Panellists Tell Harrowing Stories of Turning to Prostitution, Trading Sex for School Grades
While more Governments were adopting laws and policies to address the multiple forms of violence against girls, those youths still bore the heaviest burden of the failure to secure equitable development for all as victims of female genital mutilation, rape and both commercial and sexual exploitation a scenario which, if left unchecked, would morally doom efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals, the Commission on the Status of Women heard today.
In a panel discussion to evaluate the implementation of agreed conclusions on the "Elimination of discrimination and violence against the girl child", adopted by the Commission at its 2007 fifty-first session, Saad Houry, Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), decried that the root causes of violence against the girl child still did not receive enough attention in policy, programme development and resource allocation.
In a keynote address, Mr. Houry said that too often, girl victims of violence were treated as criminals imprisoned in cases of rape and deported in cases of trafficking, which only exposed them to more systemic and physical abuse. Despite some growth in social services, their needs went largely unmet, particularly in the case of adolescent girls, who often married early and suffered from anaemia due to malnutrition. They excused wife beating, just as their elders had done. They were also less informed than adolescent males about the dangers of HIV/AIDS. Programmes to engage boys were too few and too limited in their focus.
Gains had been made, he conceded, applauding the formulation of new codes in Turkey to criminalize marital rape, calls by the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights to enforce national laws that protected women from violence, programmes in India that engaged men and boys in reducing gender violence, and more general statistics showing that the incidence of female genital mutilation and cutting had fallen, in part because of increased Government action.
"While direction of change is to be celebrated, its pace is not," he declared, reminding participants that countries would be failing morally if they measured pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals by statistics only. Key actions must include empowering women to be role models for girls and expanding programmes for men and boys. Further, the ability of adolescent girls to transition to secondary education must be ensured, and their access to health and judicial services greatly improved. Perhaps most importantly, power relations in communities must be transformed. A better understanding of social norms and how they affected decisions was needed in order to define better policies.
Next, the Commission heard presentations by three young women who were part of a girls' delegation of Plan International. Taking the floor first, Ika, a 19-year-old from Java, Indonesia, recounted the story of Rose, whose unemployed father had forced her into prostitution. When she became pregnant, she moved in with her grandmother, fearing expulsion from school, ostracism by her community and disbelief among the police. She was eventually forced to marry one of her father's gambling friends and leave her baby behind. Rose's story was one of many she had heard, Ika said. To turn the tides, education systems that built strong character were badly needed. In a broader sense, children's rights regulations must be integrated into school systems, she said.
Following her remarks, Ya Marie, an 18-year-old from Sierra Leone, spoke about violence against girls in Freetown, saying it was common for male school teachers to treat girls as if they did not belong in society. Girls were often beaten for coming to school late and refused entry into the next academic year if they did not have sex with their teachers. "They must trade sex for grades," she said. In the streets, girls were subjected to all forms of violence, especially at night and especially by groups of boys who chased them down for sex. Afterward, girls sometimes entered prostitution, as they feared reprisal from their families and communities. She hoped Governments present today would work to end such violence by addressing poverty and enacting laws to promote gender equality.
Rounding out the discussion on a positive note, Lil Shira, a young woman from Cameroon, described a project that trained children to use technology to raise awareness about issues affecting their communities. A digital map had been created, which used a global positioning system that highlighted specific needs. By way of example, she told the story of a girl who had been forced into early marriage by her father to repay a family debt. Immediately, she said, the community informed the mayor and the divisional officer and, along with the Traditional Council, one of the highest authorities, they confronted her father. In the end, the father was penalized and forced to sign an agreement ensuring that the girl would finish school. "All that happened because the girl spoke out."
When the floor was opened to interactive dialogue, participants thanked the three young panellists for being strong role models in their communities and applauded them for their courage in sharing their experiences. "We support these civil society and youth-led efforts," one delegate said.
Speakers asked whether it was best to target teachers, parents or students to ensure girls' safety in schools. Girls were good advocates for their peers, some said, and asked what had motivated the panellists to become involved in girls' rights issues. One speaker asked panellists how to improve statistics-gathering on violence against girls in schools and how the United Nations and other actors could enforce Security Council resolutions on children and armed conflict. Another delegate wondered if the international community was too focused on punishing perpetrators, but remiss in addressing root causes.
Government delegates shed light on their challenges and successes in eliminating discrimination and violence against girls. Representatives of civil society and Government alike lamented the rising incidence of rape among young girls, numbering in the hundreds of thousands in their societies, inadequate regulations to punish perpetrators of those crimes, and lax enforcement.
But they also pointed to steps by university officials to protect young women from sexual harassment on campuses and efforts to teach students about the harmfulness to society at large of such harassment. One speaker said programmes in Nordic countries intended to instil in men a greater sense of responsibility about respecting women and women's sexuality as a way to prevent rape, encouraging those to be replicated elsewhere.
Another participant implored the Committee to pool resources with other United Nations bodies addressing the needs of the girl child, in order to maximise the effect of the Organization's actions.
In response, Mr. Houry said statistics on violence against girls were lacking because much of the violence happened in the home and went unreported due to shame among families and teachers alike. Violence was not confined to the developing world; it was a universal problem. It was not enough to have national laws; judges and police must be trained, support must be given to victims and harmful social norms must be tackled.
Ms. Shira added that girls should be able to claim their rights and speak out, to compel the general public to reflect on issues concerning girls and come up with possible solutions.
Participating in the discussion were the representatives of Italy, Jordan, China, Guatemala, France, Portugal, Cameroon, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Sweden (on behalf of the Nordic countries), Qatar, Canada, Gabon, United States, Indonesia, Paraguay, Pakistan, Thailand, Senegal, Philippines, Angola, Israel, Switzerland, Ghana, Cuba, Egypt, South Africa, Zimbabwe, India and Mexico.


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How generous of you to expect Gene "I'm ready for my closeup Mr. DeMille" Robinson to not be tempted to wear Look At Me! vestments. I am one of many liberals who find Gene's pursuit of every mike and lighting check undignified and narcissistic. His tenure was unhelpful to say the least.
The color combo, however is awfully snappy and is featured in the spring 2011 Boden catalog!
- March 19, 2011 at 4:24 PM
This is not the good bishop's fault, I don't think. This picture is from a service at Grace Cathedral a few years back and is part of their standard (horrible) garb. You can see the altar frontal in the foreground...
- March 19, 2011 at 5:41 PM
He may not be better than that.
- March 19, 2011 at 11:10 PM
Was he at least in New Hampshire?
- March 20, 2011 at 2:01 PM
as a gay man, I am insulted by this whole thing... if we're gonna be represented in the episcopate can we at least be presented well? Being gay is not an excuse for heterodoxy! Good liturgy, and right teaching of the Gospel and reverence for the Lord are demanded from everyone in pastoral care. Shame on you for betraying the church and making all homosexuals look bad!
- March 20, 2011 at 3:29 PM
It's bad, but not cringe-inducing. After all, at least it has crosses on it so that it could be mistaken for Christian and not syncretic baloney. (Then again, if you told me it had the "Tolerance" bumper-sticker embroidered in the part concealed, I'd believe you.)
- March 21, 2011 at 9:21 AM
- Auriel Ragmon said...
I wish more of the frontal was shown.
The chasuble wasn't bad, what I could see of it, but which liturgical color does it represent? Green, blue (the BVM is not really au courant in anglicanism, is she?)
and are those crosses part of it or just dangling?
I couldn't figure it out. Please explain!
Rdr. James
- March 21, 2011 at 7:17 PM
You know that Gene Robinson is not married to a gay man because no gay man would let his spouse out of the house looking like that...
- March 22, 2011 at 2:10 PM
PREACH sister!
- March 22, 2011 at 4:40 PM
- Steve Martin said...
A guy who lives in open, unrepentant sin, is better than that?
It's bad enough for himself, but he leadeth his flock astray.
Not good. The silly outfit ought be the least of his worries.
- March 22, 2011 at 8:35 PM
As someone who knows Gene Robinson as both a pastor and a friend, I consider him to a holy and very spiritual human being. The people of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire elected him as our Bishop not because he was gay, but because of his holiness and decency as a human being. Gene did not ask to be thrust into the limelight, but would become the spokesman of the disenfranchised people of our society which, in many cases, includes the LBGT community. If memory serves me correctly, that's Jesus was about also. He didn't hang with the rich CEOs or religious bigwigs. He befriended the poor, the handicapped and other outcasts.
Granted, this is a pretty awful chasuble, but a bishop will generally wear the home church's vestments. That's the case here. Gene is actually pretty conservative when it comes vestments.
- March 23, 2011 at 9:41 AM
And here's poor little 20th-century me (yes, I am just SO behind times) thinking that fairies in general were said to have good taste and abhorr violence ...
Now, this piece of whatever-it-is is just violent bad taste.
Pompous Ass
- March 24, 2011 at 5:50 AM
Doesn't he have shoes to match this outfit?
- March 24, 2011 at 1:31 PM
Oh, for Pete's sake. Lighten up, the lot of you. If you can sing "Just as I am, without one plea" with even a shred of honesty, you can understand the humility required of any bishop to be gracious and wear whatever chasuble matched the frontal or whatever church s/he happens to be visiting. Especially Gene, who happens to be quite conservative, even for progressives, but especially for liberals.
- March 24, 2011 at 8:18 PM
- Steve Martin said...
No matter how kind and decent a person is, if they advocate sin, especially in position of church leadership, they are headed for big trouble.
And worse yet, they are leading others there, also.
- March 25, 2011 at 11:09 PM
If a bishop is supposed to be 'humble' enough to wear something that matches the altar vestments, it would be nice if the parish clergy were 'humble' enough not to decorate their altars like monuments to the Lord Bad Taste or whatever they are worshipping that week.
- March 30, 2011 at 2:04 PM
- Bob Chapman said...
Bishop Robinson wears the kit given him by the home team, which isn't always bad.
- April 1, 2011 at 11:32 PM
I've been in plenty of churches where things were done in the name of the Lord Good Taste, which still isn't always in the name of the Lord your God. No need to get political here, though! I enjoy looking at bad liturgical vestments just as much as anyone. Agnus Dei, miserere nobis.
- April 4, 2011 at 10:00 AM
songsterct - winning an election for bishop is no indication of holiness or competency.Gene was running in every election that came his way to become the poster boy for gay ordination. His grandstanding at Lambeth was the opposite of humility. 20,000 people leave TEC each year - lots of us are liberal. We're sick of an obsolete, preening hierarchy..particularly those with bad taste. And having hung out with Gene during an EYE event,I saw a lot of bad taste that week.
- April 8, 2011 at 10:43 PM
Bet the shoes were faaaaabulous.
- June 1, 2011 at 6:22 PM
People, people...All Saints Pasadena, not Grace Cathedral...
- April 13, 2012 at 3:37 PM


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Hulk Hogan's ex-wife Linda Bollea has been charged with driving under the influence (DUI) following her arrest in October 2012.
The reality TV star, 53, was driving through Malibu, California in the early hours of the morning when police officers pulled over her car and she was subsequently arrested on suspicion of being drunk behind the wheel and driving on a suspended licence.
However, her representative later claimed Bollea only had one glass of Champagne and the effects had been exacerbated by the antibiotics she was taking for an E. coli infection.
She has now been officially charged with two misdemeanour counts of DUI and one misdemeanour charge of driving on a suspended licence, according to TMZ.com.
Bollea will appear in court to face the charge later this month. If convicted, she could face up to 18 months in prison.


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In Africa, where two-thirds of farmers are women, the potential of biofuels as a low or lower-carbon alternative fuel, with applications at the household energy, community and village level, to a national resource or export commodity, has a critical gender dimension. The key question is: how will increased biofuel production affect women?
To look at the impacts on women, one logical approach is to use a computable general equilibrium model that tracks economic impacts of new crops and how patterns of trade and substitution will change. It's important to account for the complexities involved, and rely not on a simple, traditional commodity model but one that tracks the impacts on women through changing prices and demands for crops to be sold on local and international markets. Who gains and who loses as prices change, and as the value of specific crops and of land changes?
In a detailed modeling effort based on the situation today in Mozambique, World Bank economist Rui Benfica and colleagues (Arndt, et al., 2011) found that even with significant land area available, the impacts of large increases in bio-fuels production — which are now under way — will do little to benefit women. This is largely because shifts to export-oriented and commercial agriculture, while they may raise export earnings, often exclude women. Women are often already far over-burdened by work and time commitments to subsistence farming, other income-generating activities and household work, including child care. The CGE model shows that financially profitable bio-fuel expansions may widen this gap, and reinforce this exclusion.
Interestingly, including a focus on primary school education for girls (a good idea already, but one made quantitative in these studies) in skills training programs can address this concern. For many women, however, the same problem remains: there is simply no time to take advantage of new opportunities. Mozambique is an important illustrative example, as its agriculture sector is heavily dependent on small-scale farmers, the majority of whom are women.
Thus, bio-fuel policies — both positive and negative — can lead to attention to issues of gender inequality where planning can play a major role. Our challenge is reflect these shared benefits – food security, economic opportunity, and climate protection, in clear and transparent metrics. By doing so, we can gain insights into the economic realities of poor households.
Do solutions exist that take advantage of new commodities and markets, without essentially pricing poor women farmers out of local subsistence agriculture (or onto even poorer land) and denying them the benefits of added commercial sales? One avenue is work to anticipate these changes – based on the sort of modeling that Rui Benfica and colleagues did – and to issue land certificates to women so that they can more easily hold onto their land if commercial markets begin to encroach on their agricultural holdings.
One potential solution is that applied in Ethiopia, where a system of community-driven and managed land certification has provided women with land-tenure security. This is explored, along with other solutions in a recent book edited by Calestous Juma of Harvard University, The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa (2011).
What else can be done? Agricultural productivity requires an 'enabling infrastructure' beyond the requisite land, seeds, and water. Networks to bring crops to market with minimal losses on the fields and post-harvest (where up to one-third of yields can be lost in some poor nations) are one aspect to consider, as is the use of information technology to warn even the poorest subsistence farmers (often women) of extreme weather, and to help communities find new outlets for their commodities. Another angle is added planning for diversified cropping, including cases where food, feed, and fibre (for durable goods or biofuels) can be grown together in more resilient eco-agricultural systems.
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These provisions are laudable indeed but the scope of this inclusion has been criticized as not going far enough. One study quotes Professor Celio Berman, from the University of Sao Paulo (USP) who concluded that "small family farmers have been invited to participate in the Programme as mere producers of grains [...] the inclusion of family agriculture was idealized in such a way as to favour large biodiesel producers. The use of labour through family farming allows the large biodiesel producer to operate with a larger margin of profit." The paper continues: "A legislative consultant in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, P.C.R. Lima, identified this weakness, stating that ''the current legislation does not establish any incentive for the installation of small units of biofuel production nor for the aggregation of value to the production of raw materials, which will, as always, leave the farmers dependent on the industrial producer." [Garcez and Vianna. Brazilian Biodiesel Policy: Social and environmental considerations of sustainability. Energy 34 (2009) 645–6540]
This is an important point because for one, small farmers too often lack the negotiating skills and conditions needed to procure favorable contracts for their goods and, in the worst cases may even be blatantly taken advantage of. In the Northeast region for example, one refiner is so dominant it produces 90.5% of the biodiesel. This is approaching a monopsony and the farmers stand to lose from competition for their crops [ibid].
I am not claiming that foul play is happening but in a region notorious for its injustices and corruption, these conditions are worrisome. Ideally, any programme that encourages farmers to grow a particular crop should also make provisions for the existence of a market that will absorb those crops at a fair price. Or go even further and provide conditions for the creation of cooperatives to process the crops into finished products, thereby keeping the added value in the hands of the farmers.


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When I was just a kid I remember my Uncle Jim – Dad's younger brother – having a Class 3 firearms permit. He owned both a Colt M16A1 and an MP40 "Schmeisser" machine pistol. While the MP was interesting, especially to a 12-year-old, it was the M16 that attracted and held the lion's share of my attention.
The fact he also owned a .22 rimfire upper receiver for the piece certainly helped; not only with the enjoyment factor, but more notably from a financial standpoint. It was a fun gun – nothing more, nothing less.
That was 35 years ago, and in the time between the Then and Now I haven't so much as slipped a magazine into an AR-type rifle. This status changed recently, however, when I received Remington's latest introduction – the Model R-25. Futuristic in appearance, the mottled green thing lay there in its hard case, ugly as a 1980 Chevrolet Citation.
I didn't know whether to pick it up and fondle it, or poke it with a stick and hope for the best. Fortunately, and after the initial shock wore off, I resisted the urge to simply close the lid and wander away – and I'm glad I did, as I found what Big Green refers to as a "masterpiece of game-dropping performance that will load any camp's meat pole with unrivaled efficiency" to be quite the shooter. Even if I do phrase it a little less dramatically.


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Dinner Spinner
Bring me vicious mustards to pierce the tongue like Cardigan's lancers
Android App of the Week Dinner Spinner is a classic example of the slick and inventive apps that have made the iOS App Store what it is today. It's also a good example of the way those same apps are now migrating to Android.
The idea is blindingly simple and perfect for anyone who - like me - thinks that cooking involves a telephone and knowing the number of a local pizza delivery service.
Make your choices (left) for a damn fine dinner (right)
It offers up meal suggestions based on dish type, main ingredients and cooking time. Line up your three selections, press View Matches and whip out your wok.
The user-submitted ideas for a feed bag are sourced from the Allrecipes website which looks like a decent cooking resource even to an unreformed pie'n'mash wallah like me, though some of the guidelines are clearly not professionally written.
Not sure what you fancy? Try and the randomiser
Each recipe comes with plenty of nutritional information, peer reviews and can be saved as a favourite for future concoction.
If you fancy heading into the culinary Twilight Zone just shake your phone and the three categories do a random spin - pork-based appetiser that takes less than 20 minutes to prep, anyone?
After you get a suggestion (left) you still have to cook it (right)
The whole mix-and-match idea has more merit than you might think. Just to be awkward, I asked it for a soup or stew with chocolate in and it suggested something called Big Game Day Chili, and let me tell you, it's one damn fine chili recipe.
Cough up $2.99 (£1.85) for the Pro version and you get a whole load of handy additional features.
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These include sorting ingredients into types to make it easier to gather supplies while circumnavigating your local Waitrose, synchronising recipes with your web account and scaling ingredient quantities should you need to feed the five thousand.
The icing on the cake is the app's iOS heritage, which shines through at every turn - it's simply a pleasure to look at and play with even if nothing ends up in't pot. ®
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It was an e-mail every John Lennon fan must dream of receiving, and it landed in John M. Borack's inbox a few weeks ago:
"Yoko Ono confirmed you as a friend on Facebook."
Borack, a longtime music journalist, got an invitation last year from his publisher to write a book in honor of what would have been the late Beatle's 70th birthday. After the Fountain Valley resident completed his opus, he hit upon an idea: Why not look up Lennon's equally famous widow on Facebook and add her as a friend?
When she accepted, he was pleasantly surprised. Considering that Ono has the maximum 5,000 friends on the site, though, Borack guessed that she didn't know who he was — and he understood when he sent her a message telling her about the book and didn't get a reply.
"I don't presume my neighbors know who I am, let alone Yoko Ono," said Borack, whose "John Lennon: Life Is What Happens" had its launch party in Huntington Beach on Friday.
Even if Borack doesn't get a thumbs-up from Ono, he's still proud of his volume, which combines text with a slew of photos, record covers and quotes. Moreover, he was proud to get an invitation from his publisher to write another book on Lennon, who, 30 years after his death and 40 years after the Beatles' breakup, still has no shortage of words being written about him.
The last half-decade alone has brought Bob Spitz's nearly 1,000-page "The Beatles: The Biography," advertised as the definitive account of the Fab Four's career; Philip Norman's "John Lennon: The Life," which is nearly as long; first wife Cynthia Lennon's tell-all memoir "John"; and even Peter Doggett's "You Never Give Me Your Money: the Beatles after the Breakup," which details the ex-Beatles' lives after 1970. And then there's the movie "Nowhere Boy," now in theaters, which portrays the group's formative days in Liverpool.
Given all that, what revelations about Lennon — who once dismissed the Beatles as "just a band that made it very, very big" — were left to discover?
Text-wise, maybe not many. But when Mark Moran, Borack's editor at Krause Publications, had the idea for the book last year, he aimed to publish a volume that not only told Lennon's story through words, but also embellished it through art. His company bought historic photos from the Associated Press and Getty Images and consulted records from auction houses that have sold rare Lennon and Beatles memorabilia over the years.
It was one sobering image, however, that particularly inspired Moran to pursue the book. On Dec. 9, 1980, while working for a newspaper in Minnesota, he received a report that Lennon had been shot dead by a stalker the night before outside his New York apartment. The original hard-copy report from the AP appears on one page of "Life Is What Happens."
"I could feel myself shaking a little bit," Moran said, recalling his first reaction. "It really hit me. And then, later, I saw the confirmation of his death, and that was a very profound and shocking moment for me. I saved those pieces of hard copy over the years, actually had them framed. It was a bittersweet memory to have, but I saved them all this time."
When Moran sought an author for the book, he immediately contacted Borack, who has written for Goldmine, a rock magazine owned by Krause, for more than two decades. Borack, the owner of a vast collection of Beatle books, CDs and even bootlegs, blazed through the manuscript in four months.
While Borack is quick to admit that Lennon fell short of sainthood, he tried to avoid the muckraking approach other biographies have taken. Ultimately, he said, he wanted to celebrate Lennon's music and legacy rather than dredge up his flaws.
"A lot of the themes of the songs still ring true — 'All You Need Is Love,' 'Give Peace a Chance,'" he said. "You still hear people expressing those kinds of sentiments. I think the reason John Lennon continues to be a popular name 30 years after his death is that people still believe in the change he was trying to effect."
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An ambitious rescue operation has been put in place by the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (Durrell) , the Ministry of the Environment in Montserrat and the Zoological Society of London, UK to prevent the decimation of Montserrat's threatened "mountain chicken" frog from chytrid fungus.
Chytrid fungus which has devastated amphibians worldwide has been found to be responsible for the death of a large portion of the mountain chicken frog population of Montserrat. Following reports from the Montserrat Department of the Environment (DOE), of sightings of dead animals in March, Durrell conservationists made a trip to the island to investigate.
The "mountain chicken" frog Leptodactylus fallax (red list status CE) is found only on the islands of Dominica and Montserrat. It is one of the world's largest frogs and in Montserrat is found in the Centre Hills. It is sometimes eaten, having a chicken-like flavour, though over-hunting appears to have contributed to population declines on Montserrat. A number of threatened species, including the Montserrat Oriole Icterus oberi, have already been under stress following habitat destruction in the Centre Hills from the volcanic eruptions in 1995 and ongoing to the present day.
The Durrell and DOE investigation discovered that all populations in the North and northwest of the Centre Hills have been killed off and there are just two remaining populations of the amphibians in the north-eastern corner. A similar spread of the infection decimated populations in Dominica in 2002.
On 7th April, 24 frogs, accompanied by the Durrell team, were taken from their natural habitat and flown to the UK. 12 are being cared for at the Durrell's wildlife park on Jersey in the Channel Islands and the remaining 12 are being treated at the Zoological Society of London. A second shipment of 26 frogs was sent on 14th April to Parken Zoo in Sweden. In addition, Durrell will be testing the viability of treating the fungus in the wild, which has never been done before. It is anticipated that the captive populations will be treated and returned to Montserrat within a couple of years.
Durrell have been working in the Caribbean alongside a number of Forestry and Environment Ministries for over 30 years on a number of species conservation programmes including ones for the Montserrat oriole and the St. Lucia parrot. Durrell is an NGO member of IUCN member.
For more information on the mountain chicken infection see http://blog.durrell.org and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7948124.stm


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The Gnathostomata, or gnathostomes, are the majority of the Middle Devonian (c. 380 million years ago) to Recent vertebrates. They differ from all other craniates or vertebrates in having a vertically biting device, the jaws, which consist of an endoskeletal mandibular arch and a variety of exoskeletal grasping, crushing, or shearing organs, i.e. the teeth, and jaw bones. Among Recent vertebrates, the gnathostomes include sharks, rays, chimaeras, ray-finned fishes, lobe-finned fishes and land vertebrates.
Extant gnathostomes fall into two major clades, the Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes. In addition, there are two extinct major gnathostome clades, the Placodermi (Early Silurian-Late Devonian) and the Acanthodii (Latest Ordovician or Earliest Silurian - Early Permian). There may be other fossil gnathostome taxa which fall outside of these four taxa. This could be the case for the Mongolepida, only known from isolated scales from the Early Silurian, and which are provisionally assigned to the chondrichthyans, yet with great reservations.
The Chondrichthyes are characterized by a special type of hard tissue lining the cartilages of the endoskeleton: the prismatic calcified cartilage. Another chondrichthyan characteristic is the pelvic clasper, as special copulatory organ derived from the metapterygium, i.e. the posterior part of the pelvic fin. A pelvic clasper may, however, be present in the fossil Placodermi. Chondrichthyans include two major extant clades, the Elasmobranchii and the Holocephali, and a number of fossil clades (Cladoselachidae, Symmoriida, Xenacanthiformes, Iniopterygia, Eugeneodontida) which may fall outside these two clades.
The Osteichthyes are characterized by endochondral ("spongy") bone in the endoskeleton, dermal fin rays made up by lepidotrichiae (modified, tile-shaped scales), and three pairs of tooth-bearing dermal bones lining the jaws (dentary, premaxillary and maxillary). The Osteichthyes include two major clades, the Actinopterygii and the Sarcopterygii.
The Placodermi are characterized by a dermal armor consisting of a head armor and a thoracic armor. In the thoracic armor, the foremost dermal plates form a complete "ring" around the body and always include at least one median dorsal plate.
The Acanthodii are characterized by dermal spines inserted in front of all fins but the caudal one. They also possess minute, growing scales which have a special onion-like structure, i.e. the crown consists of overlying layers of dentine or mesodentine.


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Louis Murphy doesn't have to worry about being cut by the Oakland Raiders after all. He has found a team with a much greater need at wide receiver.
|Louis Murphy was traded from the Oakland Raiders to the Carolina Panthers on Monday. (David Stluka/Associated Press)
Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports reported Monday that Murphy is headed to the Carolina Panthers via trade, and NFL Network's Michael Lombardi later confirmed. The Raiders received a conditional late-round draft pick for Murphy, a source with knowledge of the situation told Lomardi.
The Raiders confirmed the trade later Monday afternoon.
It makes sense that the Raiders would get what they could for Murphy. They have Denarius Moore, Jacoby Ford, Darrius Heyward-Bey and great depth at the position.
It also makes sense that the Panthers would add a young, productive player. Murphy led the Raiders' receiving corps with 41 catches and 609 yards as a 23-year-old in 2010. He can be inconsistent, but he has shown big-play ability since entering the NFL. Carolina's wideout group is wide open after Steve Smith and Brandon LaFell.
Acquiring Murphy is a sign that Carolina might not be sure what it has with reserves David Gettis, Seyi Ajirotutu and rookie Joe Adams. Former third-round draft pick Armanti Edwards seems as good as gone from the roster.
Cam Newton needs more weapons around him in the passing game. Murphy is worth taking a flier on.
UPDATE: Murphy later tweeted about his excitement in joining the Panthers.
Thanking God for this opportunity! Super excited to be a part of the @Panthers Organization!! Can't wait!! #letsgopanthers!!!!â Louis Murphy Jr (@murph918) July 24, 2012
UPDATE: Adam Schefter of ESPN reports the Raiders received a conditional seventh-round pick in the exchange.


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Last night's food quiz was the third time that my impossibly round face has appeared on the television.
The first time was in 2003 for University Challenge: the Professionals, and the second in 2005 as 'Er Indoors when my husband got to the final of BBC's End of Story (they showed me failing to catch a frisbee - they wanted to film us interacting, but decided Virtua Tennis 2 was too sedentary. Gits).
So I have the rare privilege of having been grilled by both Newsnight anchors without being a politician which is pretty cool.
It was so much fun to take part in and it just reinforced for me what a complete quiz nerd I am (and that I really like pressing buzzers).
Presenter Kirsty Wark is one of the nicest "celebs" around, and Dictionary Corner's William Sitwell has met me five times now and failed to recognise me each time. Which is nice.
Anyway, if you watched it last night, I hope you enjoyed it, and if you didn't catch it, you can see me pull lots of odd expressions on iPlayer for the next 6 days here.
Much love to my team mates Paul and Donald, and here's to the Epicurian Fails living to fight another day doing something equally silly.
A Question of Taste
Mondays 7.30pm on BBC2
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You'll be hearing from the staff at FOOD52 every week in Too Many Cooks, our group column in which we pool our answers to questions about food, cooking, life, and more.
Have you heard? We're moving into a new office! And as many of you know, moving in Manhattan is a serious feat. We have champagne and all manner of festive foods on the brain for the minute we're done, which brings us to today's question:
What is your favorite special occasion food? (It should pair well with bubbly.)
Lauren: Oysters, hands down.
Merrill: This may sound dated and weird, but I'm going to go with pâté -- any sort, really.
Gheanna: Agree with Merrill -- pâté, cheese, baguette!
Kristy: Oysters!
Maddy: I agree with Merrill and Gheanna -- pâté!
Jennifer: Can I jump on the pâté wagon?
Ryan: I'm in the pâté camp as well. On a thin baguette slice, topped with cornichon.
Marian: Cake!
Brette: An ice cream cone with sprinkles.
Stephanie: Definitely with Marian on this one. Cake.
Lindsay-Jean: Bite-sized anything. Nothing says special occasion to me like tiny morsels of food.
Amanda Li: Cured meats and figs.
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Got this from Lowes for $10.00 down from $110.00 in July 2012.
Still there so I think it will settle. Something is eating the leaves but it looks like it has enough.
Quite happy with this. Considering I just plonked it there because I couldnt think of where else to put it, its sort of fitting in. It has very soft leaves which is nice and isnt struggling as I thought it might.
Not sure if its that happy but its still there and the leaves all look alive.
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The world's largest information security professional body ISO2(pronounced "ISC-squared") has announced the expansion of its online self-assessment tool known as studISCope (pronounced "study scope") to include the Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional CISSP accreditation.
The studISCope tool provides a simulation of the (ISC)2 CSSLP certification exams and also serves as a mechanism for security-focused software developers to pursue continuous self-development, regardless of whether they acquire the CSSLP certification. Questions are developed using the same psychometric evaluation processes as the actual certification exam by (ISC)2-certified subject matter experts. At the conclusion of the simulation, the test taker receives his or her score, providing them with a readiness assessment and focused study plan.
Code-language neutral, the CSSLP aims to stem the proliferation of software vulnerabilities by establishing best practices and validating an individual's competency in addressing security issues throughout the software development lifecycle. The certification is said to cater to a wide range of stakeholders who are involved in the software development process, including not only developers but also business and technical analysts, other software engineers, software designers and architects, project managers, software quality assurance testers, and others involved in the software development lifecycle.
"Talk about security is everywhere right now within the software development world -- and there is a recognition of the need to improve our capabilities, but there is still a lot to accomplish. Moving forward begins with assessment. studISCope should prove valuable to anyone looking to develop some new, very marketable skills in this sector," says Bola Rotibi, an analyst specializing in the software sector as research director with Creative Insight Consulting.


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Three institutions on the Museum Campus are hosting a free open house for teens this weekend to draw more high schoolers to the lakefront museums.
The open house, scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, offers Chicago-area teens with school identification free admission to the Adler Planetarium, Field Museum and Shedd Aquarium.
The planetarium has hosted an open house for teens every fall for the past three years, but this is the first time it is joining forces with the Field Museum and aquarium with the aim of increasing attendance and exposure to teen programs, said Adler spokeswoman Jen Furey.
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- Vaccine-induced mucosal antibodies may contribute to reduce sexually transmitted HIV-1
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- Intramuscular and subsequent intranasal administration with HIV-1 vaccine MYM-V101 were safe and well tolerated in humans
EPALINGES, SWITZERLAND--(Marketwire - Feb. 21, 2013) - Results from a randomized study published in PLOS ONE(1) today demonstrate that Mymetic' innovative HIV-1 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1) vaccine is safe and well tolerated and demonstrates a high level of immunogenicity in a Phase I trial involving 24 healthy women. The publication highlights that vaccine-induced mucosal antibodies may contribute to reduce sexually transmitted HIV-1. Mymetics Corporation (OTCBB:MYMX) is a pioneer in the development of vaccines that use the human mucosal system, the body's first line of defense, to prevent transmission of infectious diseases.
Ronald Kempers, CEO of Mymetics, commented: "These results in female volunteers strongly confirm the validity of our innovative approach and represent a major milestone for the development of a prophylactic HIV-1 vaccine capable of establishing an efficient front-line defense at the mucosal level. Preclinical studies in non-human primates already generated extremely promising data demonstrating 100% protection against multiple intra-vaginal challenges with a live virus."
Providing Mymetics obtains additional sources of financing for this project, the company plans to test its prophylactic HIV-1 vaccine candidate in a combined Phase I and II trial to investigate an additional HIV-1 antigen and a further optimized vaccine formulation.
All vaccinated women rapidly developed lipopeptide P1-specific serum antibodies, confirming the high efficacy of the influenza virosome as carrier/adjuvant for inducing a Th2 (T helper type 2) response. This antibody concentration represents billions of molecules of antibodies in the vaginal secretion and it is believed to be sufficient for preventing sexually transmitted HIV-1 within the first minutes or hours following the virus entry in the vaginal cavity.
"The vaccine is designed for blocking the virus passage across the mucosal tissues or stopping early cell infections at the mucosal site from where it could spread and reach other immune organs and destroy the immune system," added Sylvain Fleury, Chief Scientific Officer of Mymetics.
Until the completion of this double blind, randomized, placebo controlled Phase I trial, the capacity of an HIV-1 vaccine to induce mucosal antibodies in the genital and rectal tracts of women after intramuscular and intranasal administrations was unknown. This Phase I study confirms Mymetics' previous pre-clinical study conducted on non-human primates, which was published in February 2011 in the journal Immunity.
About Mymetics
Mymetics Corporation is a Swiss-based biotechnology company registered in the US (OTCBB:MYMX) developing next-generation preventative vaccines for infectious diseases.
The company's vaccines are designed to induce protection against early transmission and infection, focusing on the mucosal immune response as a first-line defense, which, for some pathogens, may be essential for the development of an effective prophylactic vaccine.
Mymetics currently has 5 vaccines in its pipeline: HIV-1/AIDS, Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Malaria and Herpes Simplex Virus. The company's HIV-1 vaccine has completed a Phase I clinical trial in healthy human volunteers. A Phase 1b clinical trial for its Malaria vaccine on children in Tanzania has been completed, while the HSV vaccine candidate is in the preclinical phase. The RSV vaccine candidate is expected to enter a Phase I trial beginning 2014. The Influenza vaccine has finished a Phase 1 with Solvay Pharmaceuticals (now Abbott).
Being 100% privately funded and financed by its main shareholders, the company is currently exploring several new investment and partner opportunities to secure financing to further advance the development of its vaccines.
The link to the PLOS ONE article: http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055438.
For further information, please visit www.mymetics.com.
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(1) Randomized Phase I: Safety, Immunogenicity and Mucosal Antiviral Activity in Young Healthy Women Vaccinated with HIV-1 Gp41 P1 Peptide on Virosomes
Mymetics CorporationRonald KempersCEO+41 21 653 4535www.mymetics.comMedia: Dynamics GroupChristophe LampsSenior PartnerMobile: +41 79 476 firstname.lastname@example.com
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Ubuntu Linux and Windows 8: Head-to-Head at Last
Dec 6, 2012 5:00 AM PT
Canonical may have ultimately changed its mind about "Avoid the pain of Windows 8" -- the slogan that accompanied the original launch of Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" earlier this fall, but like so many deeply compelling notions, it seems to have staying power here in the Linux blogosphere.
That indeed is why more than a few Linux fans have viewed Windows 8 with jubilation rather than dread -- it may, after all, prove to be Linux's next big shot at broader desktop use -- and it's also surely behind an intriguing little story that popped up recently over at PCWorld.
"10 reasons to choose Ubuntu 12.10 over Windows 8" was the name of said piece, and it was penned by two intrepid souls who were apparently not only fearless in the face of a heavily MTBS-afflicted audience, but also fortunate to be in possession of fireproof clothes, so hot were some of the flames that followed.
Both freedom fighters remain undaunted, Linux Girl is happy to report, and it should be noted that there were countless approving sentiments as well among the roughly 100 comments the story generated.
Down at the blogosphere's Broken Windows Lounge, meanwhile, the topic has lingered on more than a few tongues.
'Much Easier and Cool and Free'
"Tricky subject," began Google+ blogger Gonzalo Velasco C., for example. "GNU/Linux users would choose Ubuntu 8.04 before windows 8!" he quipped.
"OK, seriously: Besides security issues, it's all about usability," he explained. "Ubuntu (GNU/Linux) 12.10 is easier and faster to use than MS Windows 8. The desktop environments are not even comparable.
"Ubuntu has a usable bar on the left and top (hidden, part of the time) and a utility to search applications, files and even things in the web," he added. "Windows 8 looks like a giant phone!"
Then, too, there are "the goodies of all GNU/Linux distributions: the way you can search, choose and install/uninstall new applications," Gonzalo Velasco C. added. "It's so infinitely much easier and cool (and free!). I don't understand how some people don't even try a live-CD of a Linux distribution."
'The Better Value'
Indeed, "I think that we have reached the point where staying on Windows is mostly a matter of inertia," Google+ blogger Kevin O'Brien agreed. "Linux is faster, more secure, and requires fewer resources to run. It has better hardware support.
"Even if it were not 'free as in beer,' it would still be the better value," O'Brien added.
"Ubuntu GNU/Linux is not my recommended solution," began blogger Robert Pogson. "Certainly it is far superior to '7' or '8' for all kinds of reasons, mostly centered on not being from M$, with all its control issues."
'There Must Be 50 Reasons'
Still, "I would recommend its root, Debian GNU/Linux, which is FREE and will remain FREE no matter what happens in the markets of the world," Pogson suggested. "The world needs software that works for it, and Debian brings it all together for every kind of use of IT."
Windows 8, meanwhile, "is designed to prevent GNU/Linux from booting, preventing people from changing their OS, limiting use of LANs, crowding out all competition on retail shelves for x86, and so on, nothing of value for end users," he added.
In fact, "there must be 50 reasons to prefer GNU/Linux over '8' -- all of them sufficient for one or more groups of users," Pogson asserted. And "where GNU/Linux appears on retail shelves, a significant number of consumers do choose it -- we saw that all over the world when ASUS brought out its netbook with Linpus GNU/Linux, and we see it in Brazil today, where GNU/Linux outsells M$'s OS at Wal-Mart."
'M$ Does Not Provide That'
Regarding interfaces, meanwhile, "'8' assumes users want to be lost on a flat plane with no widgets, no menus, and no way to find anything," he concluded. "Debian's installer gives you the choice at installation time or any time after installation.
"That's freedom and flexibility, what everyone wants," Pogson said. "M$ does not provide that at any price."
Consultant and Slashdot blogger had a different favorite.
"Windows 8 vs Unity? I'll take neither," Mack told Linux Girl. "Xfce at least doesn't try to rearrange things on me, leaving me free to actually get work done."
'I Want Android on the Desktop'
Robin Lim, a lawyer and blogger on Mobile Raptor, had yet a different take.
"Ten, or even 20, reasons to choose Ubuntu over Windows 8 won't result in a single Linux convert," Lim said. "Instead, it would be more productive to convince Windows to try LibreOffice or GIMP. Once a person get used to software that is compatible with multiple platforms, the free operating system starts to look more inviting."
Nevertheless, "I think that is where Linux is really falling behind," Lim opined. "More and more, I am starting to want to have Android on the desktop. My phone apps are really much better than my desktop apps."
'They Both Stink'
Last but not least, Slashdot blogger hairyfeet wasn't fond of either alternative.
"To quote Austin Powers, 'How about NO, ya loonie!'" hairyfeet began. "They BOTH stink like a rotting corpse." Rather, "there are better choices on both sides of the fence," he said. "On the Linux side you've got Mint, Vector, and PCLOS, and on the Windows side you have Win 7, which is a great OS. Unity stinks just like TIFKAM (The Interface Formerly Known As Metro), it has ads...just like Windows 8, they ignore their customers....just like Windows 8...hey I see a pattern here.
"Congratulations, Shuttleworth -- you've stolen some of the worst traits of MSFT!" hairyfeet added.
"Hopefully by the time Win 7 is EOL, the stupid 'iDevice' craze will have died down and we won't be constantly assaulted by bad cell phone UIs in desktops anymore and we can all just put this sad, sad chapter behind us, just as we did with Unity and Vista," he concluded.


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The fabled lost continent of Atlantis is out there somewhere and you might be the one to find it! Journey through ancient lands on your quest to find Atlantis. Assemble the pieces of curious artifacts – each one pointing the way to an amazing discovery. Atlantis Quest is a journey of unforgettable family fun!
Click on any tile to swap it with an adjacent tile. Tiles may be swapped horizontally or vertically. Match three or more tiles to clear them from the board.
Move artifact pieces towards the bottom of the puzzle by matching the tiles beneath. When a piece reaches the bottom, it is added to the artifact.
Use the Hammer, Shovel, and Sandglass power-ups to help clear difficult tiles. But keep an eye on the timer bar at the bottom of the screen – if it reaches zero, you'll lose a life!


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Robotify.me – update, winners and learnings so far.
A few weeks back we asked our robotify.me early adopters to tell us who were their favourite robots and why they liked them so much. Thanks to everyone who replied. We did this for a number of reasons. Firstly so that we could give away some very exclusive artwork from Mick Marston, our (human) robot artist. And secondly so that we could learn a little bit more from about why people responded so enthusiastically to representations of robots and what particular facets of robotics provoked the strongest reactions.
Happily we had lots of responses leading to a very healthy debate about who should win the prints. We've picked six winners (Magdalene for Henry the vacuum cleaner, Jeremy for Metropolis' Maria, Joakim for Bender, Matt for Wall-e, Tom from Bladerunner's Roy and Adrian for the Golem – your prints are drying and will be on their way soon). A special award goes to Jonathan's three-and-a-half year old son for his personal invention, Fire Robot – Jonathan, we want to know more and we want pictures.
So, there's more on what we learnt, more on all of the winning robots and more of James Mitchell in the video above. If you feel we missed a robot and have a favourite you want to share, please let us know in the comments below and we are still open for robotify.me early adopter beta testing goodness – register at http://robotify.me.


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PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Here is a roundup of newsmakers and their news in brief from Pace University:
Pace alumni Ryan Barone and Meher Islam were featured in the Albany Times Union for their work on a new housing app, RentRedi , which they are using to help create a pain-free renting process. Read the coverage here.
Lauree Ostrofsky '97 has published a book entitled "Simply Leap," an extension of her company, Simply Leap. The company, which helps individuals live their lives to the fullest and overcome fears, celebrated its 10th anniversary this past September. More information on the book can be found here.
Seidenberg School of CSIS professor James Lawler and student Melanie Greene were written up in AHRC NYC about their longtime partnership with the mental disability group. Read the story here.
Dyson College of Arts & Sciences professor Eugene Richie was interviewed by translator Margaret Carson with co-editor Rosanne Wasserman for a February 2017 issue of Words Without Borders. Part one can be found here , and part two can be found here .


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Wooster's Physics Club Recognized for Outreach Efforts
Organization one of only six nationwide to receive the Blake Lilly Prize
WOOSTER, Ohio — The College of Wooster's Physics Club has been selected to receive a Blake Lilly Prize for its enthusiastic efforts to positively influence the attitudes of elementary school students and the general public about physics. Wooster was one of only six clubs chosen from a pool of 700 colleges and universities nationwide. The other five schools were Abilene Christian, Central Washington, Rhodes, Louisville, and Hartnell Community College.
Wooster's club was recognized for its variety of outreach initiatives, which include full-length demonstrations in four areas: (1) forces and motion, (2) air pressure, (3) electricity and magnetism, and (4) waves and optics. Members of the Physics Club visit local elementary schools once or twice a week to perform these demos for students in grades 2-6. Other activities include a Community Science Day on campus each spring.
"These programs have developed a successful reputation, and teachers look forward to the demonstrations every year as an exciting opportunity for their students," said John Lindner, professor of physics and adviser to Wooster's Physics Club. "This is the third time in seven years that our club has won this award (the last two times were in 2007 and 2009)."
Leading Wooster's outreach initiatives this year were recent graduates Lily Christman and Andrew Blaikie, who shared the 2013 Mahesh K. Garg Prize in Physics, which is awarded annually to an upper-class physics major who has displayed interest in and potential for applying physics beyond the classroom. They were joined by classmates Tyler Rhoades and Lorenzo Dumancas, who shared the Garg Prize in 2012. Also contributing were incoming Physics Club President Vanessa Logan and Vice President Danielle Shepherd, who collaborated in writing the winning entry, which summarized the club's outreach efforts.
The Blake Lilly Prize was established by his parents and given in memory of the former Georgia Tech student. The prize is sponsored by the American Institute of Physics Society of Physics Students.


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(Reuters) – Drug developer Depomed Inc (DEPO.O) said it will recall 52 lots of its diabetes drug Glumetza due to the presence of traces of a certain chemical in the tablet's 500 mg bottle.
The recall followed an investigation of a single product complaint of a smell and taste consistent with the chemical, the company said in a regulatory filing.
The chemical compound, 2,4,6-tribromoanisole (TBA), can cause temporary, non-serious gastrointestinal upset when present in amounts detectable by smell, the company said.
The recall does not impact the 1,000 mg formulation, which currently constitutes about 40 percent of total Glumetza net product sales, Depomed said.
This is the second such TBA-related drug recall this year, after Johnson & Johnson recalled more than 53 million bottles of over-the-counter products on complaints of "an unusual odor" in January. The company came under sharp criticism from U.S. health regulators.
Depomed said the presence of TBA may have been resulted from the breakdown of a chemical sometimes applied to wood in pallets previously used to transport Glumetza product bottles to its contract manufacturer in Puerto Rico.
The company said it suspended product shipments of 500mg Glumetza to its customers pending further investigation and was in discussion with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the recall.
It expects to resume shipments in four to eight weeks. The recall is currently being carried out at the wholesaler level, the company said.
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Well, I mean, do you look something like that? I imagine my readers as very good looking. But if you're this good looking, you don't need to wear leggings, you just need to eschew shorts, because, as you know, there is an Althousian veto on shorts (unless it's hotter than 80° or you're engaged in a sport where shorts are required). But should you wear leggings because they are comfortable?
... I know a lot of guys who wear leggings around the home to watch DVDs, lounge around before Premiership games or surf the Internet. But actually on the street, never mind into a nightclub or bar? Yet, the truth is that leggings are way more comfortable than pants and that if we fellows were not all so uptight and worried about our status we would have all begun wearing them a long time ago. So hats off to Castiglioni, and on with the leggings.Hmmmm.... do you know a lot of guys who wear leggings around the house? I think only guys who say "around the home" know a lot of guys who wear leggings around the house. Or guys who can write things like this:
These leggy knits were paired with mercerized cotton jerkins, snug little Rude Boy with manners jackets and Two Tone era skinny ties – a big Milan trend. Marni shoes were also real winners, knobby workerist boots in bottle green or metallic gray with subtle strips of contrasting color like burgundy.And I'm going to assume they look astonishing in leggings, so I say, yeah, get out of the house... the home... in those leggings. You'll look like Romeo... or Baryshnikov:
And if you don't, you know you're not wearing leggings around the... house now. You're wearing sweat pants. And if you go outside: Put on some pants.
ADDED: In the comments Palladian reminds us of the joyous expression leggings unleash. [UPDATE: Photo link went dead, and whatever it was we were "reminded" of back in 2007 is no longer there to jog our memories.]
But don't get carried away:
MORE: It worked for Errol "in like" Flynn: