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|View Poll Results: Your Favorite Gundam Series is?
|Mobile Suit Gundam
|Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
|Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
|Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
|Mobile Fighter G Gundam
|Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
|Mobile Suit Gundam X
|'∀' Turn A Gundam
|Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
|Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
|Other (Explain)
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|2005-12-21, 19:36
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Turn A Gundam is the best hands-down.
Tomino brings humanity back to an age of innocence. The curiosity and wonder with which the characters explore the possibilities of the "Lost Technology" is as beautiful as the child-like terror with which they regard the tragic events of the "Dark History." The simple fact that there was only two Gundams in the entire series, and that the weapons systems werent fully understood until the end is impressive. Tomino was able to tell a story without gorey overkill / spam-killing ( I'm looking at you Gundam SEED )
The concept of the Dark History unifies all of the various Gundam Series by arranging them as different periods in humanity's past, and the homage paid to each of those series is tasteful and not overdone for glitz or glamour. Such as the main bad guy, Gym Ghingnham, being a decendant of Uso Evin from Victory Gundam, who was himself decended from a love-child of Nanai Miguel and Char Aznable; the main bad guy of all that is Gundam. Gundam Wing found a more direct heir in Corporal Corin Nander, who apparently experienced the horrorific power of the Wing Zero Gundam before being put into cryogenic suspended animation for 'bad behavior.' Countless other references bring all the series together in the viewer's mind, stirring up memories of all the series simultaneously, enabling the finale to conclude the entire Gundam Universe. All true fans of Gundam who have watched all of the other series should know what I am saying, and should understand how good it feels to have everything settled, once and for all. That the purpose of the Gundam, bringing peace, finally made good on its promise.
Turn A Gundam...is definitely the best.
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|2005-12-21, 21:55
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As for my rankings, I usually like to put the limited series (Ova's) and the normal series in different categories because of episode count, but this time I'll excuse that rule...
(Have yet to see G-Saviour, F-91, old skool SD Gundam series and MS Igloo...Currently on ep 28 of Victory)
1) Turn A Gundam (Not only top G-series, top 10 anime of alltime IMO...Characters, Atmosphere, Music, Development and the MS are all genious, especially the TURN X which is a brilliant MS that only Tomino could give life to)
2) 8th MS Team (The grittiness and realness of the series is unmatched)
3)Gundam X (Should be put in between Victory and Turn A, should be apart of the UC, too bad EVA overshadowed such a great series that examines Newtypes and puts closure to their existence)
4)Zeta (The coldness that is war, the truth of what it really is and that's... Death)
5)CCA (Char at his worse, Rau Le Creset seems to be an even more extreme version of Char from this movie...Char is my favorite maskguy and probably my favorite Gundam character, yet he was wrong for his stance and it's a pity he didn't realize it until the end)
6)MSG (loved it, but then I saw that some others were even better thanks to better animation and budgets)
7) Gundam Wing/Endless Waltz (Only Gundam series that deals with the philisophical aspects of war exclusively, you see non-sensical banter, I see great, epic exchange of ideals and dialouge unlike any other G-series and did I mention the action which is second to none in volume)
8)Gundam SEED (great re-telling of MSG, with incredible mask-guy and plenty of good drama that's done aswell if not better than any other G-series)
9)Gundam 0083 (This probably would be higher if Nina Purpleton wasn't so annoying--The Gundams in this series are visually imposing especially Gundam PHYSALIS and it's atomic bazooka)
10)G Gundam (As much as this gets criticized it never tried to be something it wasn't and had a very compelling underlining plot)
11)GundamZZ (Gundam Voltron!! Yay!! I think Tomino started to smoke marijuana during the first half of the series, and i didn't mind much...)
12)GUNDAM 0080 War in the pocket (not great, but not bad...Had it's moments)
13)Gundam Seed Desinty (The biggest waste of potential I've ever seen in all my years of watching anime...only Tenjou Tenge* can compare and I actually still liked that series)
14) SD Gundam Force (I enjoyed that show on many levels, mostly chronic ones , but it still sucked although it was cute)
Like I said I'm just halfway thru VICTORY and if it keeps on it's current pace, I'd likley put it right under CCA as of now...
*I bring up Tenjou Tenge for comparison because it's the only other series that suffers from one of the same problems as GSD and that's letting the old cast suck the life out of the series...
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|2005-12-21, 22:51
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1. ZZ its makes me laugh even though it is cheeys at times... but i like how Judai was developed especailyl toward the end.
2. Wing is good cuase even nobodies get to make long drawn out speccehs tooo... plus i like it's politicalness//
3. Turn A has loveable characters, but no Haman or mashima goodness...
after that, it really don't matter...
MSG is otu side of the list cause i never add originals (cuase they tend to be the best...) Msg's ending had me on the edge of my seat..... well most of the time to be truthful.. Msg has the somethign abotu it that no other series can ever compare.... in my book, animation is never a factor...
|2005-12-21, 23:04
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Turn A Gundam all the way. Like said Turn A is a very character driven show. There is a lot of great action but the action isn't just there for action sake. In fact some of the best moments of the show aren't even the combat aspects of the show. Turn A vs. Turn X has to be one of the most interesting and surprising fights in Gundam. Though
|2005-12-21, 23:07
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@Crusade Basically animation never matters to me either...But given the fact Gundam is a franchise that because of it's longevity is gonna have animation differences unlike stand-alone series i enjoyed (Fist of the North Star for example) i think considering the animation can be valid...I loved MSG, but when i saw the animation of Zeta i was more in love...and when I saw the gritty battles of 8th MS that mirror some great battles in MSG with much better animation I considered that in my opinion...
|2005-12-22, 00:25
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Out of the they ones Ive seen and finished.
1) Gundam SEED
2) Gundam 0080
3) MSG 0079 movies 1-3
4) Gundam Wing
5) Gundam 0083
6) Chars Counterattack
7) Gundam SEED Destiny
I havent watched V Gundam yet but I have it on my comp. Im going through Zeta right now and I still need to finish MS 08th team.
|2005-12-22, 00:41
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i would like to ask if V Gundam is worth the download? i'm having a hard time cuz the character looks to young"12Y"
|2005-12-22, 01:29
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Like I said tetsuo69 I'm on ep 28 and it's even more depressing than Zeta so far...It is told more from the eyes of children which makes it even more of a tragic tale...The mobile suit designs once again are fresh as in most Tomino series...And despite the death there's an uplifting feel to the series (especially the OP and END songs)...The only reason I would suggest waiting is because the DVD eps are only up to ep 6 on IRC, which means you'll have to watch the older fansub versions which I know some people here couldn't bare, but I'm a different breed i guess...If your like me and don't care as long as it's watchable I'd watch it right now, especially if you've seen Turn A or were about to see Turn A, because I'm finding out that Victory probably should be considered the prequel to Turn A, but I won't know for sure until i finish watching it...
|2005-12-22, 02:00
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victory is WAR, but belivable.. the chracters are touching, but they emphasisi on death and such... and during the fianll abttle it seemed liek both sides were giving thier all.
Zeta is war, but lame war, with noone worth carign about.. the final battles weren't that great...
|2005-12-22, 02:30
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that's my pick too 08th ms team gave me everything i wanted in a gundam ova/movie/series. character development, great story, in uc era, great action, drama. very happy puppy after watching it
|2005-12-22, 02:42
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It isn't an entirely fair pick for me, since I've only watched bits of Gundam X, the entire Gundam Wing series as well as Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny only, but my vote goes to Gundam Seed for its music, animation and plot. Had I watch more of the older series, though, I might change my mind.
|2005-12-22, 03:45
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Since I haven't completed watching all Gundams, as of now, I voted Gundam Seed because it was the first Gundam show that definitely attracted my attention. However, if I haven't watched the Gundam Seed, I will choose Gundam Wing. I like those battle scenes, graphics, mobile suits, music and the characters development. Trowa is the one I like the most and then the kindest with a bit psycho mid-Eastern prince (can't remember his name). Unfortunately, Gundam Wing does not have so much romance as in the Gundam Seed. Heero never kisses Relena. The story of Gundam Wing had been constantly shifting that confused me which side was actually the enemy.
|2005-12-22, 04:13
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I have seen the original MSG, Zeta, ZZ, Wing, X, and SEED.
I liked SEED but not as much as I liked Wing, mostly because Wing was the first Gundam series I have watched and it will always hold a special place in my heart, but it is not the best for me.
I had a hard time picking between MSG and Zeta. I loved MSG with its retro Gundam, dated animation and all. But for an anime that was shown in 1979, it was ahead of its time. Amuro's space battles were awesome.
Zeta Gundam... Man I loved the ending. Even if it was full of plotholes near the end, I enjoyed the story very well. I also liked the final battle between Camille and Scirocco. It also has the best cliffhanger ending I have ever seen. Besides, Zeta Gundam looks cooler than Destiny Gundam.
So I think I'll go with Zeta. But they're equally close.
BTW, I would love to see Victory Gundam. It's not licensed as far as I know so can someone please tell me where to get it?
|2005-12-22, 10:14
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Having seen almost all gundam series(except G and saviour) I would place my little ranking as such(I like every series in different ways, although some are clearly on a higher level) and I won't rank OVAs/movies on their own...:
1)The original MSG: It's story, character etc are some of the best, although I'm a sucker for the whole "feeling" of it, and it spawned some great OVAs.
and Victory Gundam, I'm a sucker for tragic deaths but it's action parts, story and characters aint' bad either.
2)Turn A Gundam: While abit slow at times and I don't generally like the "setting" , it's animation, character development and story is top notch tough.
And ZZ gundam, even if it might not make much sense story wise and is obiously "split" between it's humour/serious parts, it just got some great characters and of course one bad ass "last" battle where the great Gundam pilot in a wastly superiour suit aided by newtype ghost powers gets BEATEN by Haman whom is not even using her own suit to it's full potential...
3)Zeta Gundam, it's good but I didn't get any good feel for any characters in it and the last battle was way too hyped on these boards...
Still worth to watch, having some of the most wicked mobile suit designs shared with ZZ.
4)Wing Gundam, it's rather average but get plus points for beeing abit like the original transformers(I'm shot! Again! Ouch, this hurts...stop that!), some nice designs and pilots who are not complete cry babies.
Gundam SEED, my first Gundam show I watched and while having a FEW good parts it's characters are just...silly mostly and the battles are a drag to say the least...
And EA trashing doesn't make it much better...
5)Gundam SEED Destiny, utterly crap, really...it's just below average on all parts, story, characters, designs, combat...
I don't think you can really compare movies to full series, as they often build on series themself and don't make much sense without watching/reading the series first.
I never understood why so many here often says "That series is the best because it was the first I saw", is there some rule that says that it has to be good just because one happened to see it first? My own bitching about SEEDs combat made SRB force me to see some UC shows which got me hooked...
I'm just curious about that "first show" thing...
|2005-12-22, 10:21
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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ive seen mostly all Gundam series and i still like Seed the most
after all its an anime and i cant expect it to be nonfiction like most non Seed/Destiny Fans seem to say its the reason why they dislike it. i just find it silly cuz in end U.C had its downs just like in C.E
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FC: Regions and Rivers of | By the students in Mrs. Ballard's 2nd grade class 2009
1: Table of Contents Georgia Performance Standards..........page 2 What is a Region? .................................................page 3 Blue Ridge Mountains .......................................page 4 Piedmont ...........................................................................page 6 Coastal Plain ................................................................page 8 Valley and Ridge ......................................................page 10 Appalachian Plateau ............................................page 12 Ocmulgee River .........................................................page 14 Oconee River ...............................................................page 15 Altamaha River ............................................................page 16 Savanna River .............................................................page 17 St. Marys River ............................................................page 18 Chattahoochee River ..........................................page 19 Flint River ...........................................................................page 20
2: Georgia Performance Standards: SS2G1 The student will locate major topographical features of Georgia and will describe how these features define Georgia's surface. a. Locate all the geographic regions of Georgia: Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau. b. Locate the major rivers: Ocmulgee, Oconee, Altamaha, Savannah, St. Marys, Chattahoochee, and Flint.
3: What is a region? A region is an area that has some shared features. Stores are divided into regions, called departments. The Deli department has meat and cheese. The shoe department has shoes. The electronics department has phone cards, TVs, music, movies, and electronic stuff. The garden center has gardening stuff. When land is divided into regions, it is like a store with some common features of the land. Georgia has 5 regions. They are Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Valley and Ridge, and Applachian Plateau. | By Caitlin
4: Blue Ridge Mountains The Blue Ridge Mountains are in the northeastern part of Georgia. Georgia's highest mountains are in the Blue Ridge mountains and some of the state's rivers begin in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The highest point in Georgia is Brasstown Bald Mountain. | By Brian
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6: Piedmont The land in the piedmont is mostly hilly with forests. Wood from the trees in the forests is used to make boxes, barrels, and other things. Most of the people in Georgia live in the piedmont. Seven of the state's ten largest cities are in this region. The cities are Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Athens, Macon, Roswell, Marietta. | By Deya
8: Coastal Plain The coastal plain is mostly flat land in southern Georgia. The coastal plain is the largest region in Georgia. Farmers grow pecans and peanuts in the coastal plain. The sandy soil in this region allows Pine and Oak trees to grow. | By Alea
10: Valley and Ridge The Valley and Ridge region is in North Georgia. A ridge is a strip of high land. Most ridges are rocky and covered with forests. Even though the area is rocky and forested, the soil is good for farming. Farmers in this region grow fruit, such as apples. People hike and camp in this region. | By Keili
12: Appalachian Plateau The Appalachian Plateau is in a small corner in Northwest Georgia. The Appalachian plateau is fairly flat highland. The area also has mountains. The temperatures in the northern region are lower than in the southern part of the state. People build vacation homes here to enjoy the cool weather of the highlands during hot summer months. | By Kayla
14: By Tyler | Ocmulgee River There are many rivers in Georgia. The Ocmulgee River runs into the Altamaha River. It is about 255 miles long. It has a gentle current and is the main drainage for a large section of the Piedmont and coastal plain of central Georgia.
15: Oconee River The Oconee River begins in Hall County, Georgia, and ends where it joins the Ocmulgee River. It is 170 miles long. "Oconee" means "people/place or nation" ("O") of the "skunk" ("Conee") in Creek Indian language. By Jesse
16: Altamaha River | By Mason | The Altamaha River begins where the Oconee and Ocmulgee Rivers meet. The Altamaha River flows eastward for 137 miles where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
17: Savannah River | By Zeinith and Jonathan | The Savannah River is a major river in the southeastern United States, forming most of the border between the states of South Carolina and Georgia. The cities of Savannah and Augusta are located along the Savannah River.
18: St. Mary's River | By Gavin | The St. Marys River forms the boundary between Georgia and Florida. It drains part of the Okefenokee Swamp. The St. Marys River is 90 miles long. It begins in the Okefenokee Swamp and ends at the Atlantic Ocean. The river serves as the southern most point in the state of Georgia. | By Gavin
19: Chattahoochee River | By Chandler and Sarah | The Chattahoochee River runs from the Appalachian Mountains of northeastern Georgia, near the Carolinas, to the southwest to form the southern half of the Georgia/Alabama state line. The river flows through many towns and forms many county borders. The name Chattahoochee is thought to come from a Creek Indian word for "painted rock" - possibly referring to the many colorful rocks along the riverbed.
20: Flint River | By Luke and Brianna | The Flint River begins as ground seepage on the southern side of Atlanta. It flows mostly south to the southwestern corner of Georgia. It is one of only 40 rivers in the nation to flow over 200 miles without being stopped. In April 2009, American Rivers declared the Flint to be one of the ten most endangered rivers in the country, due mainly to plans for a dam on it.


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Volume 1 of the original fantasy graphic novel Ravine, by Stjepan Sejic and me, will be released in comic stores on Feb. 20, according to the latest update we've received. Ravine introduces an expansive new fantasy world, one Stjepan has been dreaming up for the past decade. The book is at press right now.
Volume 1 checks in at a hefty 160 pages, with more than 120 sequential pages, plus almost 40 pages of extras, including maps, character bios, a glossary, an illustrated prose story, and historical entries. It's certainly the biggest package of original material I've ever been involved with, and absolutely the best work of Stjepan's career. All for $15!
The Amazon listing indicates the book will be available to ship from them on March 6:
We're planning on releasing Volume 2 this summer. Hopefully the reception … in other words, the sales … for the first two volumes will allow us to continue the series to completion. Ultimately, we're planning on a total of 12 volumes. Here's a look at some more art from both Volume 1 and Volume 2.


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Injustice: Gods Among Us trailer features Raven
A new video featuring Raven, or Rachael Roth if you prefer, for Injustice: Gods Among Us has been released. It's embedded below, and was originally posted on GameTrailers, but we can't seem to find the link now. Game's out on PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360 in Europe and North America on April 19, and […]
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Report: Modern Warfare 3 scooped, details outed
Kotaku has a massive scoop on Modern Warfare 3, which the site says is coming out November 8. So, without further ado, let's get to it.
Raven CoD contributions mentioned in designer job ad
Singularity developer Raven Software's long-rumoured association with the Call of Duty series seems to have been confirmed by another informative job listing.
LinkedIn profile turns new Bond game rumours up a notch
Give the old rumour anthill another stir; a Raven employee's LinkedIn profile has added fuel to the speculation fire that a new Bond game is forthcoming.
Singularity video shows the Time Manipulation Device's deadlock function
Activision has released a new trailer for Singularity, featuring the deadlock function of the Time Manipulation Device, and how it slows the momentum of moving objects. It's below the break, courtesy of BigDownload. Also, those who pre-order Singularity from Amazon will get an exclusive Singularity graphic novel, penned and illustrated by David Atchinson, Christopher Morrison, […]
Singularity gets new trailer, June 29 release date
Raven and Activision gave FPS Singularity a date of June 29 through a new video released for the game. It's below the break, courtesy of GameTrailers. The time traveling shooter was originally scheduled for fall 2009, but was delayed into Q1 2010 due to Modern Warfare 2's release. Last month, an internal memo from GAME […]
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Activision has released Wolfenstein on Steam and Direct2Drive. It can be yours for $49.95. If you want it, go get it.
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Endrant Studios has detailed the multiplayer aspects of for Wolfenstein, and the multi-part includes eight maps, three classes, unlockables, veil powers, and other goodies. "Players can enter the veil dimension and use veil powers much like the ones BJ has access to, as well as all the standard weapons and items," said Endrant's Matt Wilson […]
Singularity screens start to shine
Raven's decided to join in the Comic Con fun today, releasing new screens of the now-delayed Singularity. They're on Shacknews. The shooter's looking sharp, what with its killing and time manipulation, and whatnot. It's out next March for 360, PS3 and PC.
Wolfenstein release date changed to "week of" August 17
id Software and Raven have delayed Wolfenstein a few days. The initial release date was August 4, now it has been pushed to the "week of" August 17. "In order to facilitate a simultaneous global release window for id Software's Wolfenstein, Activision has realigned the game's release date for the week beginning August 17th," the […]
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An interview with Raven's Eric Biessman regarding Wolfenstein has revealed that our hero, B.J. Blazkowicz, will remain a man of few words in this installment. Basically, he will only speak when he feels it's important. "B.J. definitely is a man of few words, and while we expanded on this a bit, we also wanted to […]
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Wolfenstein trailer and info to be shown tomorrow night, site and new shots live
A new Wolfenstein trailer will be popping up during tomorrow night's episode of GameTrailers TV. Raven will be showing "exclusive first-ever look at the new Wolfenstein in action". The half-hour special gives you a glimpse of the bosses, gameplay, cut-scenes, and the usual interviews with development staff. Technically, GameTrailer TV episodes are posted on Saturday […]
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If the Singularity trailers posted earlier weren't enough to curb your time warp cravings, new shots and details from the latest issue of PC Zone should be welcome. The game's protagonist is US Air Force pilot, Nate Renko, who starts out in 2010 on his way to some strange Soviet island. Things go awry from […]
New Wolfenstein to release this summer
The next Wolfenstein game will release this summer, Acti Blizz confirmed last night. The Raven shooter will release for PC, PS3 and 360. Again following the adventures of B.J. Blazkowicz, the shooter combines all the Nazi horror stuff the series is famed for. Only a good thing. For the rest of the new from last […]
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(Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration is studying unconfirmed reports that a widely used class of diabetes drugs, which includes Merck & Co's Januvia, may cause inflammation of the pancreas and pre-cancerous changes to the pancreas.
The agency, in a notice on its website on Thursday, said this is the first time it has communicated potential pre-cancerous links to the medicines, known as incretin mimetics.
The drugs for type 2 diabetes also include Victoza from Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk and Onglyza from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and AstraZeneca Plc.
Patients should continue taking their medicines as directed until speaking with healthcare professionals, the agency said. The FDA said it is investigating findings from academic researchers that highlighted the potential risk.
"These findings were based on examination of a small number of pancreatic tissue specimens taken from patients after they died from unspecified causes," the agency said.
The FDA has asked the researchers to explain how they collected and studied the specimens and to provide tissue samples so the agency can further assess any possible risks.
In the meantime, the FDA said it has not reached any new conclusions about safety risks of the class of drugs.
The agency noted it has previously warned the public about acute pancreatitis, including fatal and nonfatal cases, seen with the medicines. Package insert labels for the class of drugs already warn about risk of the potentially dangerous inflammation.
"It's too early to tell, but we'll keep an eye on it," Edward Jones analyst Judson Clark said, when asked about the significance of the potential safety issues in Thursday's FDA advisory.
But Clark said he did not expect any immediate changes in prescribing habits for the drugs because the pancreatitis risk is already noted on the drug labels.
The class of medicines, which mimic a natural hormone called incretin, prompt the pancreas to release insulin when blood sugar is rising. They are approved to treat type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes which usually develops in adulthood and is closely linked to obesity.
Merck's Januvia and its related drug, Janumet, had combined sales last year of almost $6 billion, making them by far the company's biggest product franchise. Onglyza and a related drug called Kombiglyze had sales last year of $709 million.
Shares of Merck were down 1.1 percent at $44.08, while Bristol-Myers shares were down 0.8 percent at $38.18 on Thursday afternoon on the New York Stock Exchange. Shares of AstraZeneca were up 1 percent at $46.31, also on the NYSE. Novo Nordisk shares closed down 1 percent in Copenhagen.
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Passive venting solution needed.
How do you manage the air flow to properly ventilate an attic when one soffit is low and the other somewhere in between low and high? I have a cape with an almost full length dust pan on the rear. Original venting from back in 79 included 2 small (12" x 12") gable vents and 4 each front and read rectangular (12" x 3") vents in the soffits. Ice dams have always been a problem so now the old shoe maker is finally going to fix the problem. You know, the shoe maker's children have no shoes, well energy auditors suffer from a similar affliction:).
Now that I'm slowly making improvements I find myself halfway between the old design and a new design, which was going to be lots of soffit venting and a full ridge vent, and I would probably keep some gable venting, TBD. The new siding went on the front a year ago with extended rafter tails with a full 10" perforated vinyl soffit, about 30 times the previous vent area, take that Mr. ice dam.
Currently I've extended the rear rafter tails and have the fascia and soffits removed, but the roof with its ridge vent will be delayed until next year. Then I started thinking, are those little gable vents going to be adequate for this winter with all of this additional soffit venting? A quick trip up onto the rear staging with some smoke confirmed my fears. The rear soffits are exhausting warm air, Arghh! That is definitely not what I want for ice season.
Note, I have some known heat loss and air leakage issues inside I can address which will certainly help.
My problem is two part. One, I need a temporary solution to get me through this winter, and two, what is the best design for a final solution, and hopefully incorporate as much of the temporary work into the final product, I'm cheap?
Let's review the problem. With my rear soffit vents just a couple of feet below my undersized gable vents, the new excessive ventilation area in my low front soffits (9' below my gable vents) has shifted my neutral pressure plane (NPP) below those rear vents. Remember, as you increase a leakage area, or vent area, the NPP moves towards the increased opening. So, following Dr. Joseph Lstiburek's advice is not working in my situation.
"3) Put more vents down low than up high
This is where the code tends to have it wrong. You want more entry points at the perimeter than exit points at the top."
It's not that Dr. Joe's advice is wrong, it is just that it doesn't apply to mixed height soffit vents and I'm assuming the problem gets even more complex when you add in multiple height exhaust vents such as ridge, gable, or other.
Here's my proposed solution, which I can patch in for temporary and incorporate into my completed project. This isn't cast in concrete, that's why I'm here. The now oversized front soffit vents enter mostly into two accessible small front attics, separated by a set of stairs. I can add an upper vent to the gable ends of each of these small attic spaces and then a restrictor in each rafter bay to limit the air flow up through the slope to the top attic. By limiting the air flow, I will shift the NPP upwards. These slopes are well insulated and have minimal leakage areas so a reduced air flow should be fine. I will also replace the two existing small gable vents with large triangular gables vents, trying to maximize the high vent area, again, shifting the NPP upwards. I will then do another smoke test to confirm whether or not I have achieved my goal of cold air flow into those rear soffits. Comes spring and a new roof, I would like to use a single sided ridge vent to minimize rain issues and further shift the NPP towards the top adding some margin to my venting strategy. Basically, I'm being forced to put the majority of my high vent area well above my low vent area and restrict my lowest of my low vents.
The searching/reading I have done has provided no guidance for how to balance the venting when multiple intake and exhaust heights are involved, beyond isolating attic areas so each area can function by itself. But, even that solution doesn't deal well with a cape such as mine or the typical salt boxes out there.
Any suggestions or comments?
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I am kinda of surprised no one else jumped in, so here is my .02 from a separate convo I had with Bud.
The cheapest quick fix to help ensure air flow out through the gables & eliminate ice dam issues (seeing it is wintertime) is to place a cheap box fan in the attic & direct it towards a gable vent. For thermostat control you could consider using one for heat tapes - just make sure the thermostat is located outside & not inside the attic where it may not kick on properly.
While I know Bud falls under the "it doesn't matter crowd" he should go with only a ridge vent or enlarge the gable vents & possibly adding a cupola assuming he wants a ventilated attic. The optimal fix for this (based on I never want air flowing out through a mid) is a hot roof system.
Of course the one needed fix (no matter which system) is air sealing all the penetrations between the floors & attic spaces.
First off, most ridge vents are practically worthless. Air cannot go up, go through a filter mesh similar to a home air filter, then make a 120 degree turn (depends on roof pitch), flow DOWN, then make another 120 degree turn before going back up. Whirlybird style vents will more the most air per sqin of free area than any other passive solution. You can FEEL the air blowing up through the vent, there is only one 30 degree turn (depends on roof pitch) and the spinning vent impeding airflow. While standing in the attic you can see light coming through the vent, which means air can actually get out. Wind is the biggest determining factor of airflow direction, not heat rising. If the wind is over 10 MPH air will come OUT of the soffit vents on the side of the house the wind isn't blowing into.
Open up the soffits and put a few whirlybird vents up there, you will have PLENTY of airflow.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't consider "Whirlybird style vents" as being passive and neither is wind driven ventilation. Passive venting is the bottom of the barrel, the least effective method of moving air in and out of our attics. But if we design it correctly it provides us with a base value of ventilation, beyond which everything else is better.
Using both gable and ridge vents, it is my intention to increase the upper vent area to a point that will shift the neutral pressure plane to a position above the rear soffits and thus allow cold air to flow into both front and rear soffits. My reason for posting is to see if others have considered the issues of mid-height vent areas and how they balance (or unbalance) the vent areas.
Ridge Vents don't actually allow any air to go through, so the neutral pressure point is wrong anyways. If you are thinking of the low pressures involved in the hot air rising theory, is there really enough to overcome the pressure drop on he HVAC style filter? How many inches of water column does the hot air floating up produce?
Again you are presenting your opinion, where's the support?
The static pressure in an attic is calculated in the same way as stack effect in a house. The reduced equation (close enough for discussion) is:
p (pa) = ▲t (F°) x ▲h (ft)
This is the total available pressure which sets up as a positive pressure at the upper vent and a negative pressure at the lower vent with a NPP somewhere in the middle.
I can estimate the air flow, but what we lack is how much is necessary. The old 1/150 number seems to be unsupported, especially with today's tighter homes.
I accept that you aren't pleased with ridge vents, so what are you proposing? Not every home is going to install a whirlybird or two.
Besides the above problem, one of the reasons I started digging into attic venting was to exclude or support the use of power venting. I haven't formed a final opinion/s, but I do realize now just how low the static pressures are. Uniquely, even with these tiny pressures, the venting works.
Again, what do you propose all homes should be using for attic venting?
The tiny pressures aren't enough for the ridge venting to work, it simply doesn't. The only way a ridge vent has a possibility of doing anything is by the wind going across the top of the roof pulling a vacuum, and that's only if the ridge vent is the externally baffled type and doesn't have too much internal resistance. Of course the ridge vent needs to be perpendicular to the dominant wind direct for that to happen.
I will definitely be running a smoke test on my ridge vent when installed, but that will wait for spring. I agree it will have minimal flow, but it is a path and it does have a pressure across it.
One observation that supports that ridge vents do work is the problems that surface when the roofer leaves them covered. Kind of a backwards confirmation that air gets out somehow, be it wind or static pressures. So it isn't a case that ridge vents don't work, but that their static contribution may be less than advertised or anticipated.
Glad someone else is questioning the standard practices that we all too often blindly follow.
If you must have the ridge vents installed, take a CLOSE look on how it's constructed. The airflow between designs varies, some are able to take advantage of the wind more than others. None of the ridge vents will provide significant airflow based on neutral pressure plane theory alone..
Note, I forgot the constant in the pressure equation. Should be:
p (pa) = 0.007 x ▲t (F°) x ▲h (ft)
According to your formula, how hot does it have to be in a standard 8' tall attic in order to develop a static pressure of .05" across a ridge vent?
How much static pressure does the filter, 120 degree turn, and internal baffling of a typical ridge vent create and an what airflow rate?
Point is, if the ridge vent is working the filter will get dirty. Once the filter is dirty, the ridge vent is rendered worthless. It's a gradual process the homeowner won't notice in most cases. the filter must be either cleaned (wont happen in most homes) or eliminated for ridge vents to be a long term viable solution.
If my conversion to pascals is correct, that would be a static pressure of 20 pa, 10 high and 10 low, which isn't going to happen, about 360 F° for a ▲t.
If a ridge vent is contributing nothing in a static environment, then how best to vent our attics in a hot southern climate? I'm going to assume strong objections to whirlybirds as they just look like they will leak and one that is built extremely well would cost a lot more than the el-cheapos we see most often.
Thinking outside the box, we see cooling towers, is a ventilation tower out of the question?
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Next week I will be in Buenos Aires for a fashion event!!
I will have time to shoot around the city and maybe shoot a bit of Tango!…and perhaps some polo players!!
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Also, are there any cultural elements (like Tango) that I can't miss?
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France – Americans Christian Vande Velde (pictured) and Tyler Farrar will lead a deep Garmin-Transitions squad at the upcoming Tour de France. The nine-man roster was announced for the July 3-25 stage race, and it's clearly a team that can shoot for both stage wins and a high General Classification.
Farrar, one of the world's fastest sprinters, will be backed by two fast lead-out men—New Zealander Julian Dean and South African Robbie Hunter—as he tries to score his first Tour de France stage win. Veteran David Millar will also be a key asset in helping the team control things in the sprint stages.
Also joining the team is four-time U.S. Time Trial Champion David Zabriskie, who will be racing the new Felt DA in the time trials. For the mountains, Vande Velde will have the support of Canadian Ryder Hesjedal, who won a stage at the 2009 Vuelta a España and showed great form in May with a stage win at the Tour of California.
Rounding out the squad are classics strongmen Martin Maaskant of The Netherlands and Johan Van Sumeren of Belgium.
It looks to be one of the strongest Tour teams ever for the Garmin-Transitions boys, cheer them on starting July 3!
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Not all films are peaches and cream, and sometimes that's intentional.
Hard to watch and hard to love. Films that promote difficult filmmaking, the kind that festers in your mind after viewing it. Whether it is disturbing, abnormal or downright confusing, it's always worth checking some of these out.
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Please correct me if inaccurate, but if wsa:ReplyTo sent and wsa:Action omitted (assume all headers mU=false, then the message is not a WS-A message. Therefore, *if* the server chooses to respond then it is not in the context of a WS-A message, i.e., wsa:Reply is out-of-context in terms of WS-A. The server's choice of endpoint to respond to has nothing to do with WS-A in this case. -- Matt Long MV Squared Technologies firstname.lastname@example.com 901-848-2640 --------- Original Message -------- From: "David Orchard" <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: "David Hull" <email@example.com>, "Martin Gudgin" <firstname.lastname@example.com> Cc: "Katy Warr" <firstname.lastname@example.com>, firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: RE: LC 76 - What makes a msg WS-A? Date: 14/07/05 15:00 It seems to me that you can't pick and choose which headers to support. If there are any insufficient ws-a information (like contains a replyTo but no Action) then none of the ws-a processing can be invoked. It's not a smorgasborg. Dave From: email@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On Behalf Of David Hull Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 1:41 PM To: Martin Gudgin Cc: Katy Warr; email@example.com Subject: Re: LC 76 - What makes a msg WS-A? Martin Gudgin wrote: I agree with your analysis of the three steps. I don't see why we want to mandate a fault in such a case. The client gets to decide whether he wants a fault or not based on whether he marks the header mU='true' or not... What would happen to the [reply endpoint] in this case (or rather, these cases, as mU may be true or not)? Would it be used as a reply address? Would it be silently ignored? Something else? In the first case, it seems strange to follow WSA rules but not complain about a missing mandatory header. In the second case, it seems less than robust to silently ignore a field that would otherwise have a significant effect on processing. Not sure about the third case. Gudge From: David Hull [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: 14 July 2005 21:21 To: Martin Gudgin Cc: Katy Warr; email@example.com Subject: Re: LC 76 - What makes a msg WS-A? Martin Gudgin wrote: Well, one could argue that the endpoint that accepts WS-A messages and the one that accepts non-WS-A message are not actually the same endpoint despite the fact that they're listening on the same URI, I suppose... Sure, but the multiplexing still has to be done one way or another. I'm still not seeing why the endpoint can't use the following sequence of steps; 1. Does the message contain a wsa:Action header? 2. If the answer to question 1. is 'Yes' then look for other wsa: * headers and populate abstract properties as appropriate. 3. If the answer to question 1 is 'No' then process the message using normal SOAP rules (including raising mU faults if there are any other wsa:* headers marked mU='true' ) That will not produce a fault if a message contains an explicit wsa:ReplyTo (with no mU) but no wsa:Action, right? The test in step 1 fails and we go straight to step 3. So it's OK iff we don't want a fault in such a case. My understanding is we do want a fault in such a case. Gudge From: David Hull [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: 14 July 2005 20:58 To: Martin Gudgin Cc: Katy Warr; firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: Re: LC 76 - What makes a msg WS-A? Martin Gudgin wrote: Why is it a problem if a message which doesn't have wsa:Action in it is NOT subject to 'validation' (what does that mean, BTW) by the receiver? Yeah, I'm not comfortable with the terminology either. The question is, should a WSA compliant endpoint throw a fault if it gets a message with (say) a [reply endpoint] and no [action]? If I understand right, you're saying that (straightforwardly), it should. That's certainly how I'd interpret the current core. Section 3 (specifically section 3.1) says that [action] is required (i.e., its cardinality is (1..1)), so the only question (and the one I think Katy was asking) is, when does section 3 apply? There appears to be consensus that endpoints should be able to accept both old-style and new-style requests without problem. This means that such an endpoint must be prepared to accept messages with no wsa: headers at all -- contrary to as strict reading of section 3. In particular, such an endpoint should not fault if wsa:Action is absent unless other wsa: headers are present. In such a case, section 3 does not apply universally, and we want to be able to say when it does and doesn't apply. So what's the best way to say this? We can't use abstract properties, since they may be defined even if there are no wsa: headers in the incoming message. So we have to look at the incoming infoset. In short, an endpoint capable of handling both styles should apply the constraints in section 3 if the incoming SOAP message contains any wsa: headers, and should follow the pre-WSA behavior otherwise. This is fine as long as the underlying transport binding doesn't synthesize wsa: headers that aren't explicitly there. Otherwise, we'd need some other way of figuring out if the sender meant to use WSA. Does that make more sense? I believe this is a long-standing and thoroughly discussed issue. If you were thinking of something else, let's sort that out first. Gudge From: David Hull [mailto:email@example.com] Sent: 14 July 2005 20:29 To: Martin Gudgin Cc: Katy Warr; firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: Re: LC 76 - What makes a msg WS-A? Martin Gudgin wrote: OK, I'm confused. Why do you conclude that the answer to my question "Given that the wsa:Action header is mandatory, isn't it the presence of that header?" is 'No'. I would have come to the opposite conclusion; I have an endpoint that understands WS-Addressing. It receives a message that contains wsa:ReplyTo but no wsa:Action. It generates a fault. Seems pretty straightforward to me. Sure. That is a perfectly straightforward rule. In fact, it's implied by what we say in section 3.3. I thought you were trying to answer the question "When is an incoming message deemed to be a WS-Addressing message and therefore subject to the appropriate WS-Addressing validation?" with (rephrasing the reply as a statement) "It's subject to WSA validation if the wsa:Action header is present." And of course, this clearly won't work, since it specifically doesn't try to validate a message with wsa:ReplyTo and no wsa:Action. If you meant something else, then never mind. It's probably not worth sorting. I have an endpoint that doesn't understand WS-Addressing. It receives a message that contains one or more wsa: headers, it either ignores them or generates a mustUnderstand fault depending on whether those headers are marked mustUnderstand='true' or not. Again, seems pretty straightforward to me. Sure. As I said, we're talking about behavior of endpoints, not properties of messages. As DaveO says, the interesting case is that of an endpoint that wants to accept non-WSA messages without complaint but also handle WSA messages properly. Gudge From: David Hull [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: 14 July 2005 18:02 To: Martin Gudgin Cc: Katy Warr; email@example.com Subject: Re: LC 76 - What makes a msg WS-A? Martin Gudgin wrote: From: David Hull [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: 14 July 2005 16:32 To: Martin Gudgin Cc: Katy Warr; firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: Re: LC 76 - What makes a msg WS-A? Is this really a question of how to support both WSA and old-style HTTP requests on the same endpoint? [MJG] I don't know, I didn't ask the original question. Hmm ... my message was in-reply-to yours, but the question was really aimed more at Katy. Maybe we need BPEL here :-). I.e., if I don't see any WSA headers at all, I assume it's an old-style request and act accordingly, but if I see anything WSA, I follow the rules in section 3? [MJG] I guess one could do that... Well, one should do something to ensure that old-style requests are accepted as such. The tricky bit is that, since MAPs like [destination] and [reply endpoint] can default, a message with no wsa: elements on the wire could still be assigned values for some of its MAPs, since the infoset will still have values for the corresponding elements. [MJG] Which Infoset are you talking about? The XML Infoset has no such values. Sorry, I didn't get that quite right. I was going by section 3.2, particularly the descriptions of wsa:To: This OPTIONAL element (whose content is of type xs:anyURI) provides the value for the [destination] property. If this element is NOT present then the value of the [destination] property is "http://www.w3.org/@@@@/@@/addressing/anonymous". (and similarly for wsa:ReplyTo). I initially misread this as stating that the element defaulted, as opposed to the MAP. So s/since the infoset will still have values for the corresponding elements/since the properties are defaulted in the absence of the corresponding elements in the infoset/. This sort of confusion could be seen as an argument against the two-layered approach (or simply as an argument that I read too quickly). In any case, you can't simply look at the abstract properties and say "some WSA properties are defined, so it's a WSA message". So either we have to drop down to look at the infoset level, and in particular at the non-defaulted elements in the infoset, or we have to find some marker that can't be defaulted away. This is why the [action] property looks significant here. But on the other hand, what if I include a wsa:ReplyTo element and no action? By the "it's WSA iff [action] is present" rule, that's not a WSA message and therefore not an error. This seems wrong. [MJG] Why does it seem wrong? It seems wrong not to fault for a message that contains a wsa:ReplyTo on the wire but not a wsa:Action. Put another way, when would one get a fault for omitting [action]? [MJG] Whenever another wsa: header is present in a message. In other words, the answer to your question ("Given that the wsa:Action is mandatory, isn't it the presence of that header?") is "No." This is why at the Berlin meeting we tried to make sure that all the possibilities were covered for various combinations of the MAPs. I believe we've satisfied ourselves that they are, but perhaps we need to revisit this work? Martin Gudgin wrote: Given that the wsa:Action is mandatory, isn't it the presence of that header? Gudge From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On Behalf Of Katy Warr Sent: 14 July 2005 16:07 To: email@example.com Subject: LC 76 - What makes a msg WS-A? Please could we discuss the following in the context of LC76? When is an incoming message deemed to be a WS-Addressing message and therefore subject to the appropriate WS-Addressing validation? Is it based on the presence of any WS-addressing Message Addressing Property? For example, does a message containing a reference parameter (but no other WS-Addressing information) need to result in a MessageAddressingHeaderRequired? Or, for example, does the declaration of the wsa namespace rendor the message WS-Addressing? 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A Michigan prison surrounded by a Detroit neighborhood will reopen as a temporary detention center for anyone arrested in the city.
The planned summer opening of the Mound Correctional Facility is part of an agreement between the city and state. Officials said the facility will hold 200 people and allow the city to close five lockup facilities currently staffed by officers, which will free up about 40 Detroit officers for patrols.
'This partnership agreement between the city and the state is a significant one that will allow Detroit police officers currently assigned to the lockups to return to neighborhood patrols,' Mayor Dave Bing said Friday in a release.
The agreement comes a few weeks after Bing, U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade and other law enforcement officials detailed an initiative targeting hot spots for crime.
Currently, suspects arrested by Detroit police are held in the five lockups until their arraignments and are later released to the Wayne County sheriff's office.
The Mound Road facility was closed by the state in January 2012. The state Corrections Department will operate the new facility.
Gov. Rick Snyder praised the move, calling it a great example of collaboration between the city and state.
'This cost-effective, common-sense solution allows our respective agencies - the Detroit Police Department and the Michigan Department of Corrections - to focus on criminal justice functions that closely align with their core missions, resulting in more Detroit police officers on the street and helping improve public safety, which is crucial to the continued reinvention of Detroit,' the governor said.
Detroit has one of the highest crime rates in the country. The 386 criminal homicides committed last year marked a 12 percent increase over 2011. Shootings accounted for 333 of the homicides, and that was up from 302 in 2011 and 254 in 2010.
Many parts of the city also have been plagued by carjackings and armed robberies over the past few years.
On March 7, authorities kicked off a crime initiative that focuses on saturating high-crime areas with officers, drug crimes and enforcing traffic laws.


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I'm excited to be at WJXT and to be back in Florida, the state where I was born and raised.
I grew up in Sebring, Florida, and graduated from Florida A&M University with a degree in accounting. But I knew in my heart that accounting wasn't my passion; journalism was.
After graduating, I received an internship at ABC News in New York City. That internship led to a position at WABC-TV, where I worked on the assignment desk and with just about everyone in the newsroom. I also worked as a camerawoman with NY1 News, New York City's local cable station.
I then accepted a position at NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, where I worked with and learned from some of the best in the business.
Before coming to News4Jax, I spent two years at KFSM in Fayetteville, Arkansas, anchoring and reporting. There I reported on everything from deadly tornadoes to Joplin recovery to a plane crash and even got the chance to interview President Clinton.
In my spare time you'll find me singing and hanging out with my family. I have aunts, cousins and more right here in Jacksonville.


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Saturday, December 3, 2011
and another leaf card, Now With Scallops!
Felt leaves machine stitched on paper. Made for November-born friend, Laura. Grabbed my scallop shears this time and gave it a whirl.
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– First Lady Michelle Obama, Washington D.C, Jan. 20, 2013
On March 1, automatic, across-the-board federal spending cuts—also known as the sequester—went into effect. The cuts have consequences for people—especially teachers, young children in low-income families, and students with special needs.
In February, Secretary Arne Duncan testified before the Senate about the negative effects of sequestration. "When the cuts hit, they will hurt the most vulnerable students worst," Duncan said during his testimony. Duncan went on to explain that sequestration would cut Title I by $725 million, affecting 1.2 million disadvantaged students, and risk the jobs of about 10,000 teachers and aides. Other cuts include $600 million in special education, requiring states and districts to cover the cost of approximately 7,200 teachers, aides, and other staff. In Head Start, some 70,000 students could be turned away. "Doing that to our most vulnerable students is economically foolish and morally indefensible," said Duncan.
Sequestration would have a more immediate effect on individuals and schools served through programs like Impact Aid and the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) State Grants. The $1.2 billion Impact Aid Basic Support Payments program could lose almost $90 million under sequestration, a significant blow in the middle of the school year for districts that serve federally connected children, including military dependents and Native American students.
President Obama has provided a plan to avoid these cuts using a balanced approach, and the White House has also released state-by-state reports showing how sequester will impact jobs and middle class families.
For more information:
- State-by-State Reports – Overall Impact
- State-by-State Title I Impact (xls)
- Title I Impact Largest 100 Districts (xls)
- State-by-State IDEA Impact (xls)
- Article: Education Secretary Decries Sequestration
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2013 Quantico Education Symposium
On Feb. 28 the Quantico Marine Corps Base (Va.) hosted its fourth annual Education Symposium to foster educators' understanding of the military family's lifestyle and how it impacts military children. The symposium was an example of how military agencies, local schools, and communities can partner together to support military-connected students.
Col. David W. Maxwell, Commanding Officer of Marine Corps Base Quantico, stated during the opening that "the military child is unique but in the larger context every child is unique, the challenge for educators today is to reach, develop and inspire all children toward success." Dr. Kathleen Levingston, Associate Professor, Old Dominion University, delivered the keynote address, titled Understanding and Responding to Military-Connected Students. She provided an overview of the military culture, military-connected children needs, and examples of support available to educators in meeting those needs. She shared the example of Newport News Public Schools (NNPS). NNPS received a DoDEA grant to pilot the Teaching Education and Awareness for Military-connected Students (TEAMS) program. TEAMS strive to create school settings where every military-connected child is educated by teachers who are well prepared to respond to their needs. The program ensures that new and practicing educators have the awareness, knowledge, and evidence-based competencies necessary to maximize learning for students of military families.
Also featured were Mr. Trevor Romain, best-selling author and illustrator of an award winning series of self-help books for children, who spoke about how educators can support the military child, and Mr. Adrian Talley, the Principal Deputy Director and Associate Director for Education for DoDEA, who discussed, K-12 Partnerships providing concrete examples of how public schools can partner with the local community to enhance the school environment. For more information about the 2013 Quantico Education Summit, contact Quantico School Liaisons at 703-784-4729, or visit email@example.com and www.quantico.usmc-mccs.org.
Briefing Held on Promoting Student Veteran Success on America's Campuses
On Friday, March 8, 2013 former Senior Policy Advisor to Under Secretary Kanter, Dr. Karen Gross, held a briefing on what strategies can be deployed to help ensure student veterans' success on campus. The briefing continued a conversation that began in early January, with the Posse Foundation, on leveraging alternative recruitment strategies to identify veterans for enrollment at selective four-year institutions of higher education.
At the March briefing, the group delved more deeply into the challenges facing student veterans on campus, and accompanying strategies, with a focus on issues such as how to better ensure that student veterans graduate and have the tools needed to adjust to the culture shift from military to academic life. For more information please contact Charles Boyer at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Take 25 Campaign!
DoDEA has distributed information about a series of free webinars, The Take 25 Campaign!, that began March 13. The Take 25 Campaign! encourages parents, educators, and communities to take 25 minutes to talk to children about ways to stay safe, focuses on prevention, and provides FREE tools and resources to help initiate an ongoing dialogue about safety with the children in your community. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in addition to the free webinars, provides event planning guides, and new safety resources. To learn more, visit http://www.take25.org/host.
Month of the Military Child
In 1986 the U. S. Army began the "Month of the Military Child" (MOMC). Now MOMC includes military youth of all branches. During April, designated as the Month of the Military Child, military children are applauded for the daily sacrifices they make and the challenges they overcome by being a part of a military family. The Department of Education, the Department of Defense, the entire federal government and all sectors of our communities are asked to honor military children by providing a variety of resources, programs and opportunities to show their support. There are numerous ways that schools and communities can honor military-connected students during the Month of the Military Child. The Department of Defense Education Activity's (DoDEA) has resources that can be found at their website, http://www.militaryk12partners.dodea.edu/, which includes the Students at the Center guidebook, a research-based grant program, and special education professional development for military-connected local education agencies and school liaison(s) at each military location. These resources will help military-connected students with transition issues addressed by the Interstate Compact and other concerns.
America's Children: An Art and Writing Exhibit by Military-Connected Children
The U.S. Department of Education and the Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) have partnered to mount an exihibit of artwork and writing by military-connected children in the U.S. and abroad at the Department's headquarters in Washington, D.C. The exhibit of about 50 pieces will open with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 3 at 9:30 a.m., and will be on view through April 8. The opening will feature remarks by Mary Keller, CEO of MCEC, Patricia Shinseki, board member of MCEC, and Eric Waldo, deputy chief of staff at the Department, as well as the Marine Corps JROTC Color Guard and student performers—bagpipes, vocals and poetry perfromance—from Mount Vernon High School in Alexandria, Va. A formal ribbon-cutting will close the event in honor of the student artists and their teachers and families, many of whom will attend. The public is welcome to attend the opening, as well as to visit the exhibit. To RSVP for the opening or to make an appointment to visit, please contact Jackye Zimmermann at 202-401-0762.
Five Military-Connected Teens Honored for Resiliency, Leadership and Achievement
On April 11 Operation Homefront will hold its fifth annual award celebration presenting five military-connected students with the Military Child of the Year® Award. The award includes a trip to the nation's capital, Washington D.C., a laptop computer and a $5,000 cash prize. The selectees demonstrate resiliency, leadership and achievement. The recipients representing each branch of the armed services are: Mark Newberry (Air Force); Nicole Marie Daly (Army); Amanda Wimmersberg (Coast Guard); Abigail MaryRose Perdew (Marine Corps); and Alexander Ray Burch (Navy). To read about each recipient and learn more about Operation's Homefront Military Child of the Year Award, visit: http://www.militarychildoftheyear.org/Recipients.
"Purple Up! For Military Kids."
Operation Military Kids (OMK) an organization dedicated to military families, is asking people around the nation to express in a visible way their support of and thank military children for their strength and sacrifices during the month of April. Each state is celebrating MOMC differently. For instance, Indiana OMK, in its their third year of celebrating "Purple Up! For Military Kids," is encouraging everyone to wear purple on April 15. Purple is the color that symbolizes all branches of the military, as it is the combination of Army green, Coast Guard blue, Air Force blue, Marine red, and Navy blue. Visit OMK's website to see what events or activities are happening in your state, http://www.operationmilitarykids.org/public/home.aspx
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Memo to Dan Snyder: Thank you for your stewardship of the Redskins
To: Daniel Snyder, owner, Washington Redskins
From: Gene Weingarten
Re: Your lawsuit against the Washington City Paper because of an unflattering article about you.
I just want you to know you have my full support in this matter, as I support everything you have done during your stewardship of the Redskins. You rock. I wish you good health and long life and hope you run the franchise for many, many years to come. I say this with utmost sincerity as a lifelong fan of the New York Giants.
I know you are taking some criticism today from carping media types. They seem to think that you are not only behaving like a petty, vindictive bully but also that you are being strategically stupid - by bringing a vast new audience to a three-month-old, otherwise-obscure alternative-media piece, which can be found here.
I understand why you were upset by this article. By unkindly focusing only on the negative aspect of your ownership, the author, Dave McKenna, is suggesting that you are an avaricious, imperious, conscienceless plutocrat with callous contempt for the fans; a man whose Napoleonic, pouter-pigeon swagger conceals a doofus-like understanding of the game and whose pernicious, autocratic meddling has consigned the team to perpetual mediocrity and its players and coaches to a perennial state of harrowing anxiety, all of this starting virtually from the moment you arrived and continuing to this very minute.
This could cause a casual reader to conclude you are the most malign and incompetent owner in the history of organized sports, which is completely unfair. Because of his agenda, McKenna fails to contextualize all of this - neglecting to mention, to use just one obvious example, that former Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott used to let her dog poop on the playing field.
But I digress. The point I want to make - and I think I can speak not only for myself but for all Giants fans - is that you have been very, very good to us, and we appreciate it. It's not easy being an ardent supporter of a football team. In this sport, the cliche is mostly true: On any given Sunday, any team can defeat any other team. Such is the nature of this game, which is so often influenced by injuries and so often subject to the effects of intangibles like momentum. This keeps the devoted fan in a constant state of stress. You can't take any win for granted.
But thanks to you, twice a season we can. Nothing is certain, of course, but when a Redskins game approaches, we at least know that we will be facing a team in spiritual disarray, whose players have been assembled largely by whim and impulse and ego, coached by a person as insecure as a teenage girl at a prom, with a nose zit.
It helps. It helps a lot.
After another losing season in which your recently acquired $78 million over-the-hill quarterback got benched and your corpulent $100 million defensive lineman simply refused to play, it is heartening to see you focusing your resources on trying to punish a newspaper.
Yes, it may be a dreadfully arrogant and stupid thing to do. But the point is, you seem to want to do it. And believe me, what makes you happy makes me happy.
Gene Weingarten is a columnist for The Post's Sunday magazine. His e-mail address is email@example.com.


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My Dining Room Empire strikes again.
Lest you think all is pretty and creative in my world, let me set the record straight. That is a piece of batting wrapped around our artwork. I've pushed the table to the side, therefore constantly hitting my head on the ugly light fixture. The table is covered with: quilt blocks, a craft kit, computer, mailing information for the bee blocks below, placemats and napkins for dinner, morning tea, my blood pressure monitor, some paperwork of Hubby's, books of the girls, and some very pretty freesias.
And here are the bee blocks I worked on that day:
Improv curves for Christine, inspired by Malka.
Some anything goes blocks for Valerie. I was on a curve role so I tried my hand at these.
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Taking a break from jelly beans, I tried several Limited Edition Junior Mints Pastels. Limited Edition, like it's a box of Star Wars collectibles.
These were another out of a bag of beaten up and forgotten Easter candy in better shape than they should be. Sure, a few of the round bites stuck to the inside of the box and some smacked of cardboard, but they were surprisingly edible.
Like Sweetarts Jelly Beans, they were quickly addictive without being a top shelf seasonal candy choice.
The downfall to the Pastels was the smooth shell. It had an artificial white chocolate taste which was like eating cake decorations or stale Smooth & Melty Mints. They did melt in your mouth, but I didn't want them to. In all fairness the stale taste was most likely due to my general mistreatment of Easter sugar.
The familiar chilly filling made them disappear from the aging box, but still no sticky thumbs up. The unappealing smooth shell had pretty robin's egg blue and chick yellow colors, perfect for the season, but ultimately tanked the candy.
I'd seek out their Peppermint Crunch or stick to the original.


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Coagulation Laboratory
Clinical investigation of hemostasis in dogs and cats with naturally-occurring disease processes is facilitated by the state-of-the-art equipment housed in the coagulation laboratory at the Foster Hospital for Small Animals at Tufts University. A recent study performed at Tufts (JAVMA: Fenty et al.) used thromboelastography to document hypercoagulability in dogs with immune-mediated hemolytic anemia prior to therapy with prednisone. Certainly this population of dogs is known to experience severe thrombotic complications, at times despite aggressive anticoagulation.
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Brigitte Bowers: Drought cycle drying up the dreams of suburbia
To grow up in California is to be raised in a place that is always going into a drought, in the middle of a drought, or just coming out of a drought.
It is impossible to live in this state without a keen awareness of water, but that awareness is on the same cycle as our droughts – we care deeply about water only one-third of the time, when we must face the reality that it is not the unlimited resource we would like it to be.
I frequently hear people in Merced County acknowledge that we live in a desert, though such statements are almost always tempered by the reminder that our particular desert is irrigated.
I do not often consider what living in a desert really means, but what it means is this: We get an average of 12 to 13 inches of rain each season, though this year we have gotten just less than 5. In a typical year, we have about three months with temperatures in the high 90s.
By comparison, the Sahara, which is the hottest and one of the drier deserts on earth, has an average annual rainfall of 4 inches. It has four months of temperatures in the low 100s.
Still, it is the dryness and scorching sun of the Central Valley that I fell in love with when I moved here about 35 years ago. I liked how everything seemed to move slower, like honey pouring out of a pitcher, during the hot months of summer.
The pace of the long days never seemed to pick up speed, even at twilight, because the heat was always there. It pressed down and forced everyone – kids riding bikes near Applegate Park, pedestrians crossing Main Street, waitresses taking orders at the Barbecue Pit – to conserve their energy.
Driving around Merced for the first time, I admired the post-Korean War neighborhoods with their single-level ranch homes spread out on large lots with sprawling green lawns.
My parents had recently moved to a home on East 20th Street, a place built in the 1950s on a quarter-acre lot. There was a pool ("Olympic-sized," my father said, though this was not, in fact, true) and grass.
It was my parents' dream home, the prize at the top of the ladder, and when my husband and I were able to purchase our own property in the 1990s, I wanted a home modeled on what my parents had bought in 1981.
When we moved into our house on an acre, the front yard was already planted with grass but our back yard was knee-high in weeds. If we had been smart, we would have seen those weeds for what they were – native plants.
We might have found a way to incorporate a landscaping scheme without a lawn, using hardscape and trees and maybe even the weeds best suited to this environment. But instead we planted grass. We put in a sprinkler system.
I did not think about water then. I did not worry about our well going dry, though everyone else around us for 3 square miles had wells on acre lots, too. I could only imagine a home surrounded by an expansive lawn, one that harked back to my parents' house on East 20th, a home built for an era that was 40 years in the past.
Now, in 2014, half of our front lawn has turned dry. All of the landscaping – the fescue grass, the Lady Bird Johnson roses – is dying because we have decided not to water our yard this summer.
I wish I could say our decision came from an intent to lessen our personal environmental impact, but it did not. It came simply from fear. I am terrified of getting up one morning, turning on the faucet to brush my teeth, and watching in horror as the last few drops of water from our well sputters out and slides down the drain.
However, meteorologists are predicting that next year we will have an El Niño winter, which could mean 12 inches of rain for Merced, and possibly more. California will be coming out of another drought, and for many of us, our concerns about water will conveniently disappear.


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