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ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AngioDynamics (Nasdaq:ANGO), a leading provider of innovative, minimally invasive medical devices for vascular access, surgery, peripheral vascular disease and oncology, today announced it has exercised the option to purchase certain assets of Microsulis Medical Ltd. The transaction brings to AngioDynamics leading microwave ablation technology and its worldwide distribution rights. Microsulis, based in Denmead, England, is a medical device company specializing in minimally invasive, microwave ablation technology for the coagulation of soft tissue and has systems in more than 80 hospitals world-wide. Microsulis developed the Accu2i pMTA microwave ablation system for percutaneous use, which utilizes a single, high-power, high-frequency 2.45 GHz saline-cooled needle that delivers significant advantages to clinicians and patients, including faster and larger soft tissue ablations. The device was CE Marked in February 2010 and 510(k) cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in August 2010. In December 2012, Microsulis was granted 510(k) clearance by the FDA to market an upgraded Accu2i pMTA applicator. In March 2012, AngioDynamics and Microsulis established a strategic relationship granting AngioDynamics exclusive distribution rights to market and sell the Accu2i pMTA microwave ablation system in all markets outside the United States from May 2012 through December 2013. The agreement included the exclusive option to purchase substantially all of the global assets and certain liabilities of Microsulis, including its microwave ablation technology and worldwide distribution rights. "This transaction strengthens AngioDynamics' position as the clear market-leading innovator in the $250 million global tissue ablation market, with a complete offering of thermal and non-thermal technologies that includes microwave, radiofrequency and the NanoKnife System," said Joseph M. DeVivo, President and Chief Executive Officer of AngioDynamics. "The nine months we've operated with Microsulis under the strategic relationship initiated in March 2012 has further proven to us this technology is the most innovative microwave system on the market today. Our thermal ablation business, which generated $23 million of global sales in fiscal year 2012, has been flat over the last three years. With the addition of microwave, we expect sales to grow an average of 20% annually over the next three years at margins that are nicely accretive to our overall business. We look forward to launching the second generation Accu2i pMTA applicator in the U.S. shortly after the transaction closes."
Under the terms of the definitive agreement, AngioDynamics will acquire certain assets of Microsulis Medical for an upfront cash payment of $10.0 million, and $5.0 million on December 31, 2013, utilizing cash on hand. AngioDynamics will also assume up to $1 million of liabilities. Microsulis stakeholders could also receive additional cash consideration, based on Microsulis' performance over the next nine years. The transaction is expected to be neutral to the Company's fiscal 2013 non-GAAP earnings and accretive to fiscal 2014 non-GAAP earnings. Subject to customary conditions, AngioDynamics expects to close the transaction by the end of January 2013.About AngioDynamics AngioDynamics Inc. is a leading provider of innovative, minimally invasive medical devices used by professional healthcare providers for vascular access, surgery, peripheral vascular disease and oncology. AngioDynamics' diverse product lines include market-leading ablation systems, fluid management systems, vascular access products, angiographic products and accessories, angioplasty products, drainage products, thrombolytic products and venous products. More information is available at www.AngioDynamics.com. Trademarks AngioDynamics, the AngioDynamics logo and NanoKnife are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of AngioDynamics Inc., an affiliate or a subsidiary. Safe Harbor This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements regarding AngioDynamics' expected future financial position, results of operations, cash flows, business strategy, budgets, projected costs, capital expenditures, products, competitive positions, growth opportunities, plans and objectives of management for future operations, as well as statements that include the words such as "expects," "reaffirms," "intends," "anticipates," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "optimistic," or variations of such words and similar expressions, are forward-looking statements. These forward looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Investors are cautioned that actual events or results may differ from AngioDynamics' expectations. Factors that may affect the actual results achieved by AngioDynamics include, without limitation, the ability of AngioDynamics to develop its existing and new products, technological advances and patents attained by competitors, future actions by the FDA or other regulatory agencies, domestic and foreign health care reforms and government regulations, results of pending or future clinical trials, overall economic conditions, the results of on-going litigation, the effects of economic, credit and capital market conditions, general market conditions, market acceptance, foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, the effects on pricing from group purchasing organizations and competition, the ability of AngioDynamics to integrate purchased businesses, including Navilyst Medical and its products, R&D capabilities, infrastructure and employees as well as the risk factors listed from time to time in AngioDynamics' SEC filings, including but not limited to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2012. AngioDynamics does not assume any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason.
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|2013-03-04, 14:17
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Have some salt
But yes, the whole thing is arbitrary. In order to separate ourselves from everything else, that is what humanity must do-- make exceptions for itself.
|2013-03-04, 14:42
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
And also since you brought up the "hotness of Asian women" I also want to point out that we have men and women here.
I realize racism exists but I don't think you are going to find that on your typical anime board. I would not be heavily involved in a fandom that I felt was racist against anyone.
Are there some anime fans unreasonably obsessed with Japan who think Japan is some type of paradise, well yes. But sometimes it is hard to understand the grass always seems greener on the other side. I don't think this is a reflection of anime fandom as a whole though.
As for not liking anime well that is your prerogative. Perhaps you just have not seen any titles that appeal to you or perhaps it just isn't your thing. As long as you are not rude about it I don't think you have to justify your feelings.
|2013-03-04, 14:47
|Link #23
Junior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: San Diego, CA
Age: 29
No one denies that people from different parts of the world look different or have different genetic affinities. The way I see it, the real fundamental problem with the traditional concept of race has nothing to do with whether differences exist and everything to do with how we demarcate and categorize these races. In simpler language, where does one race end and the other begin, and who belongs to which race? Also, how many races exist, and what constitutes a race to begin with?
Take African people for example. We colloquially sort them into one racial group, but as mentioned earlier they are not homogeneous. Let me demonstrate a few examples of Africa's various phenotypes:
Southern African
Central African
Central African again
West African
West African again
Northeast African
Now are all these women the same race, or should we sort them into different races based on variations in facial features and skin tones? You see the problem now?
|2013-03-04, 14:49
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|2013-03-04, 14:57
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|2013-03-04, 14:59
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I'm Eurasian (half Chinese/half European American), but since all my peers were white I got the constant idea that I was more Asian than otherwise. But when I studied abroad, I realized that I was ultimately far more "American" than I had imagined, and now that I interact with far more Chinese and assorted East Asians, not only do I feel distinctly Western, but that is what I will be seen as by the Asians even after they know my background. There have been people I know who have shitty English but still insist on speaking it to me even after I've made it clear that I can understand them perfectly in Mandarin. It's because to them an American has to be spoken to in English, and I am an American in their eyes. I've gotten used to it by now but it's still a bother.
The thing that's weird though is that some Chinese I've met seem to treat me totally differently than before once they figure out I can understand their language. It's like "oh you can speak Chinese awesome I can talk to you normally now". Also, I get the feeling that some or a lot of the Chinese feelings of cultural superiority only make "sense" if it's done in the Chinese language.
Anyhow, yeah I do get the impression that the average white person at least in America (and in Europe too) has more respect for East Asian race and culture than for the browner, southern peoples. Mostly it's because of which representatives of the culture they meet or hear about. When you are raeding articles about Japanese companies developing robots or earthquake-proof buildings, or how China's urban population is skyrocketing, it's easy to have more respect for them than the guys in Afghanistan who are shooting at our troops or the HIV-stricken nations of central and southern Africa. Domestically we see Asians do exceptionally well in school and they are overrepresented in higher education, whereas blacks seem to live in the poorer parts of town and the Mexicans are the guys who do all the work that nobody else is willing to do. So it's totally feasible for those who are less concerned with issues of race or correctness to get a higher opinion of Asians.
|2013-03-04, 16:03
|Link #27
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Somewhere in a distant patch of green staring into the luminous starry sky.
1. Compliance : According/Yielding oneself to rules or standards relative to the individuals impressions. EX: A boy feels he will get his ass spanked if he disobeys his mother who is demanding him to take out the trash .
2. Conformity: Tendency of an individual to shape/mold their standards,ideas, and beliefs according to how they view the world and how that perspective corresponds to their nature.
EX: A timid child who is weak in spirit wants to fit in with other people. He feels that in order to do so, he needs to change or at least act like others do.
3. Actor-Observer Bias: Attribution of our own actions to external factors, while attributing the actions of others to internal factors. EX: http://psychology.about.com/od/ainde...r-observer.htm
4. Dunning-Kruger Effect : The cognitive inability of an unskilled individual to recognize their own mistake. Generally mistaking their incompetence as competence higher than others. Simpler meaning : They suffer from illusory superiority.
5. Collective impression: The tendency of a person to feel greater "credibility" towards a certain idea from experience to somehow seem "correct" or right. EX: A person is unsure about a statistical fact in class. The teacher does a poll about what is the correct answer. More people answer yes about a certain answer. So the person feels that the most popular answer is correct. The meaning of "collective impression" extends to greater aspects, but that's left to the reader to decide.
How do these meanings apply to racial division? Well people within our society have given themselves to instinct rather than logic. I honestly feel as if these same people who have manifested themselves through cultural/social groups are judging and condemning others through a prejudicial bias. They act on "impressions" rather than the truth of matters. When you look at all different kinds of ethnic or social groups throughout the world, you can see that these people look at others with a clear selective standards. Inclining themselves towards their native groups of "comfort". It's not simply race that the masses adhere to judge. In all aspects of life, you see people who act upon their impressions to satisfy themselves. Whether its gossip to sate their vanity, giving an obligated charity, or forced ideals ( aka middle east and their religious prosecution ).
If humans took the first step to humble themselves just enough to listen properly to what other people feel, we would be a great leap closer to cooperative peace. I'm not religious but this bible quote is applicable to the masses. Proverbs 12:15, which states: "The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice. I haven't bothered to go in depth about human nature as a lecture is boring however...
Well this is only an opinion from me. Take it as you will.
A personal story of me. I don't state this with arrogance in mind, but I'm handsome. But... my inner personality at a younger age was timid. To the extend it could possibly referred to as a social phobia. I was a VERY shy person. Now imagine a mystery guy who rarely talks, has a positively impressionable build, has a deep voice, and seems serious all of the time (wearing glasses also ).An Ikemen in American society. Basically rumors started spreading based on the impressions of the masses. That I was some badass ninja, extremely intelligent, and a master martial artist. Because of this, I never truly got anyone to understand me, leaving me severely depressed. Soon when i opened up as I grew up, people began to say "oh, your a normal person" and left me alone. Now that I think about it, aren't people naturally inclined towards the "different" or "abnormal" when it piques their interest? Especially when they themselves refuse to act how they truly feel because of their yearn to act within the clutches of conformity.
A quote from Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson:
"A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else, to-morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another. "
|2013-03-04, 16:04
|Link #28
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: My cozy room
As a half Japanese half Irish, who moved to the U.S. as a child and have been living here for a while, I don't see the supremacy favor towards Asians (japanese or whomever). I see them being criticized and not really cared about (at least in the 3 schools I've attended thus far). I think like every other culture, people find things they like about it or find interesting, like the food and some of the entertainment. And like others have said before, most of the anime enthusiasm here seems to be with young people and their flare for shounen stuff. So I don't think I see much (or any) favor towards the Japanese, or any regards to them as the most intelligent/best race outside the west.
I think it's only because over there, the media/products and what not are plausible and satisfying to people of the 21st century living in an upscale 1st world country. Media that can be enjoyed and digested through our computers, tvs, and smartphones.
I have to say though, as a huge fan of music, and the (idm-hate the godawful term) subgenre of electronic music, with all the crazy beats and rhythms, I do have a pretty big interest in African music, rhythm, and culture in that area. You find a ton of awesome rhythms, instruments, composition techniques, etc in african music/dance. I also think African art's cool too so you know...
And yeah, just don't get caught up in arguments with immature wacks over the internet. They're not worth your time.
|2013-03-04, 16:31
|Link #29
Master of Coin
Join Date: Mar 2008
Asian girl/boy bands are no where near as mainstream compare to the coolness of gangster rap.
Seriously, think of the LAST TIME you saw a U.S Movie with Black people in it, now think the last time you saw a movie with a ASIAN MALE lead(not female as-white-guy's girlfriend).
I am absolutely astounded to think White folks idealize Asians. Sure, there are some who are anime fans, but overall I get is fear (for "taking our job), lack of interest (I cannot be attracted to asians), or education (If you don't have all As, you are not Asian)
Being black in this country has better culture, better support by the government (an Black person can have score 350 less to the average asian male on the SAT to get into a school), better EVERYTHING.
Edit: also, Anime is a sub-culture, and not a very large one at that. Compare that to say...Hollywood. And in Hollywood's eyes, an Asian male is non-existent. A black person bring big bucks. And why do they do? Because being African is a lot more mainstream than being asian.
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|2013-03-04, 16:54
|Link #30
癸亥 (guǐhài)
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ
Age: 35
i'm not sure if this thread is about anime or races stuffs anymore...lol.
from my experience from the U.S. Army, everyone in my unit was making fun of
my accent, calling me name because i'm like the only Vietnamese (asian) around.
i often receive the nickname "TINY" because i'm not big and strong as them. i know
they're just messing around, but it does hurts my feeling a bit.
everyone else that wasn't asian wherever didnt get that dumb treatment like i did.
but anyways, black people are getting a lot of attention in the U.S. and i have no
problem with that at all. if anything, i have lots of respect and look at them as role
model because most of them in sport are VERY powerful people. making me go
"wish i have that kind of strength."
|2013-03-04, 17:27
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Visual Dream Panire
Princess Mononoke is an Animated Film/Movie created by Studio Ghibli (watched all of Ghibli myself).
Although the animations are around the same, the main point of watching an Anime is usually a totally different experience than watching an Anime Film/Movie.
First off, I would need to know what kind of genres you like, to give you examples of Animes for you to decide whether to watch them or not.
Possibilities: Romance, comedy, action, drama, mecha, harem, supernatural, sci-fi, slice of life, and so on.
I hope I can help out as much as I can.
Personally, I'm a huge fan of Anime, but it depends on person and his/her interests.
|2013-03-04, 18:38
|Link #32
Feeling comfy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 44
The title can possibly be reworded to bring greater clarity and focus to the discussion. For example: "Have Asians and their cultures been over-idealised in anime (and manga)?"
The key lies in drawing a line between pride in one's heritage and ethnic/cultural chauvinism, which, if left unchecked, leads to outright bigotry.
The same pressures are being felt in my own country right now. Over here, we are also seeing an increasing backlash against recent immigrants who are seen to be "stealing" our jobs, our homes or even our husbands and wives! Many Singaporeans who feel this way deny that they are xenophobic. They say they are only concerned about preserving the Singapore identity. But what they don't realise is that by thinking this way, they have already begun the slippery slide towards bigotry and xenophobia.
People don't become "bigots" overnight, after all.
If we insist on seeing things as a case of "Us" versus "Them", then what chance is there of new immigrants ever feeling welcome enough to want to integrate into their new home?
|2013-03-04, 18:55
|Link #33
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: East Boston, Massachusetts
Age: 29
Of course, there is a shared 'European' heritage that is reflected in the western tradition relating to Cro-Magnons, Indo-European migrations, the Roman empire, Christianity, etc... and I don't mean to downplay that. I still think those connections exist, but I far prefer thinking of people in terms of ethnicity rather than watering down the very unique identity of different ethnic groups by putting my focus more on race.
Tangentially, I do think there is a more scientific approach to race relating to shared genetic characteristics, but I think the "color" based approach to race is patently fictional, unprovable, and stupid. By this viewpoint, the peoples of Africa, Papua New Guinea, the Andaman Islands, and Australian Aborigines are all members of the same race... which is an absolutely indefensible position.
Also, from my perspective, I do have lots of fascination with my heritage... but I am also fascinated with pretty much every group out there. The differences between ethnicities, their different cultures and histories, intrigues me to no end. I don't think there needs to be any 'superiority' element to it (though I'll admit I indulge in thinking about powerful Gaelic warriors on horseback when I'm trying to motivate myself to lift heavy in the gym... history nerd for life ).
|2013-03-04, 20:08
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Location: New York
I apologize in advance for this but I call BS on this thread, you have almost zero interest in anime, your whole purpose in creating this thread is a "why do you like Asian culture more than African culture" wine.
If you want to create a thread about African culture that's fine but be honest about it.
|2013-03-04, 21:35
|Link #35
Master of Coin
Join Date: Mar 2008
Is kind of foolish, really. We can all like both, but coming to an anime forum saying "I don't like anime, but why don't you guys like African tribal art" is kind of silly, or down right trollish.
|2013-03-04, 21:50
|Link #36
癸亥 (guǐhài)
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ
Age: 35
^ yeah, i guess anime just isnt his cup of tea. i really wish he listed the name of these shows that
he thought were choppy. maybe he was watching some REALLY bad series...who knows.
|2013-03-04, 21:56
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Mexico
Age: 48
Since this thread started I thought "The OP do not likes anime/manga/japanese culture (nor is interested in suggestions that might change his mind) and has a specific fetish with african women". I mean, come on, I can understand the part about having a fetish (all the posters that know mine are still trying to forget :3 but why go to a forum where you have no interest in whatsoever? It is a waste of time and energy if you do not enjoy the topic covered at large in the message board.
He will be gone before the bubbles of my inexistant beer disappear.
|2013-03-04, 22:16
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|2013-03-04, 23:03
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Join Date: Mar 2006
That said, Asian culture, like many others, is an import/export thing. Unfortunately this has not been true of Africa, but that's due to a huge myriad of reasons that aren't all the result of racism. Especially from an American standpoint, there are big differences in black american culture versus black world cultures. Ditto for blacks in England, which, while I have never been there, are often portrayed in their media quite differently than American blacks. How realistic that portrayal is, I don't know, but then again, I've seen some pretty hilarious and incredibly offensive portrayals of blacks in Japanese culture. Sometimes I wonder how much of it is meant to be offensive though. Or funny.
But you can make this argument for a lot of cultures. The lack of knowledge and the overabundance of stereotypes regarding American understanding of Spanish/Hispanic cultures is staggering. And just from my years of being on many sites with international communities, it's become very easy to spot those who don't really understand American culture at all, beyond our media.
But at least most people are willing to learn. I suppose that's a small hope for humanity.
|2013-03-04, 23:11
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I won't deny that there are some people who think Africans are inferior and what poppycock. But I hesitate to agree with you that Asians are seen as a superior race.
Yes some American youth likes anime, but just think about how many more people like African American culture? I understand your points but I think you should look at this from a different angle to understand why your opinion cherry picks examples.
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Endogenous retrovirus. Illustration by Emilie Clark
Science can be a strange kind of voodoo. Sometimes that's true in a figurative sense — experiments don't seem to work properly unless you click your heels three times, throw a pinch of salt over your left shoulder, and the Moon is in the right phase. Other times its literally voodoo, like when I bring the dead back to life on my lab bench, conjuring up viruses that were buried alive millions of years ago.
I work with endogenous retroviruses (ERV), remnants of viruses that went extinct long ago but that still inhabit the genome of every vertebrate on the planet.
This year, as we celebrate Charles Darwin and his theory of natural selection, I make this assertion: If Darwin had never been born, and if he and others hadn't presented the idea of natural selection so persuasively, the study of endogenous retroviruses would have led us to the ideas of evolution and common descent.
You might think that evolutionary principles would have smacked the scientific community over the head like a sack of doorknobs once the technology to sequence entire genomes was available. And that's partly true: Once we began comparing one genome with another, we would have noticed that humans had genes in common with chimpanzees and turtles; from there, we would have likely surmised that humans and chimpanzees and turtles all descended from a common ancestor.
But similarities among necessary genes could just as easily indicate that a Designer used similar building blocks to create its creatures, like a toddler building giraffes and castles and spaceships from the same bucket of Legos.
But it is the shared "mistakes," like endogenous retroviruses, that would have guided us to evolution.
Normally, organisms carry their genetic information as DNA, which then transcribes to RNA, the temporary messages that cells use to make proteins. Retroviruses, on the other hand, go backward: Their genetic information begins as RNA but must turn into DNA in order for them to sneak into their host cell's genome. Once the retrovirus sets up shop, the host cell thinks the virus is a "normal" gene and dutifully follows the virus's DNA instructions — oblivious to the fact that it has become a replicating machine for deadly viruses.
Endogenous retroviruses are simply retroviruses that stumbled into a germ-line cell (like an egg or sperm) instead of their intended target, and became trapped. If the infected germ-line cell successfully participates in fertilization, then the resulting offspring will have the retrovirus's code stamped into the DNA of its body's every cell, including its germ-line cells. This creates a cycle in which the retrovirus is passed on vertically, from parent to offspring, as long as the lineage survives.
Though endogenization of a retrovirus is a relatively rare event, over geologic time scales of tens of millions of years, "rare" events happen with a certain frequency; consequently, 8 percent of the human genome is clearly retroviral.
So how would ERVs have led us to evolution? Let's say we find an ERV in both humans and chimpanzees. This could have happened by common descent — that is, the common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees had the ERV and passed it on to both species. Or it could have resulted from two independent endogenization events — in which the same retrovirus endogenized in both humans and chimpanzees independently.
To find out which, we first need to figure out if the human and chimpanzee ERV used to be the same kind of retrovirus. We can do that by comparing their genes. Retroviruses are a diverse family of viruses with seven distinct genera, each with a cadre of species, and each with their own defining characteristics. Even within the same species, retroviruses have a lot of diversity, due to mistakes made in turning RNA into DNA.
Because of that diversity, if the genes in the human and chimpanzee ERV look a lot alike, then the ERV probably came from one endogenization event, not two.
But remember that once a retrovirus sneaks into the host cell's genome, it is treated just like a normal cellular gene. This means that it can collect mutations and thus lose the ability to accurately code for viral proteins. (This is precisely what has happened with most of the ERVs in humans: only 46 of more than 34,000 retroviral genes in your genome still have the ability to code for a retroviral protein.) So if the genes in the human and chimpanzee ERV look alike, and they both have accumulated the same random, deleterious mutations over time, we can be even more convinced of common descent.
Finally, we would need to compare the precise location of the ERV in the human and chimpanzee genomes. Depending on their life cycle, some retroviruses tend to insert themselves near active genes, and some tend toward quiet genes for neighbors. But the precise location of insertion within their preferred region is completely random. So if the genes in the human and chimpanzee ERV look alike, and they both have accumulated the same random, deleterious mutations over time, and they have inserted themselves in precisely the same location in humans and chimpanzees, we can be quite confident in saying that this ERV is evidence that humans and chimpanzees have a common ancestor.
Of course, ERVs are not just static landmarks of past genomes, proof of Darwin's big idea. They also actively spur further genomic evolution.
Every gene in your genome is controlled by a promoter — a short sequence that says "Hey! The gene starts here! Start making the messenger RNA here!" Retroviruses need promoters too, but theirs contain repetitive elements that can misalign during cellular duplication, duplicating genes and rearranging chromosomes. Host cells can also turn the tables on their viral guests, stealing the robust promoter of a nearby ERV to make messenger RNA for a cellular gene. Or sometimes cells domesticate endogenized viral genes and turn them into 'normal' cellular genes for a 'normal' function. For instance, mammals wouldn't exist if one of the ERV genes hadn't been tamed for use in placental formation many millions of years ago.
Understanding the evolution of ERVs is necessary for modern medical research. The vast majority of ERV genes are nonfunctional, and few still have the capability to assemble and release viral particles. Yet some still can. Today's scientists monitor wayward ERV activity as a potential cause of numerous diseases like cancer and multiple sclerosis. We now have the ability to reanimate long-dead families of ERVs so we can understand the evolution of our immune system. Bringing conquered, extinct viruses back to life in the laboratory allows us to analyze how previous plagues were vanquished, in the hopes of gleaning clues for curing current retroviral epidemics, like HIV-1 in humans, or KoRV in koalas.
So as we celebrate Darwin, I'll be in the lab performing my scientific séances to keep ERVs from rising from their genomic graves to cause cancer. Darwin and Wallace had no idea what a virus was, much less a retrovirus, much, much less an endogenous retrovirus. But ERVs were locked up tight in their genomes, supporting their theory of evolution.— Abbie Smith is a graduate student studying retroviral evolution at the University of Oklahoma. She blogs at ERV on ScienceBlogs.
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I am beginning discussions on this topic with the hopes of being able to sell enough coins to enable an order of these coins.
I have heard nothing but good things with regards to these mock up designs and am now opening up to everyone else an oportunity to pre order (commit) to these.
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The coin looks great Slippery Ill contact you by e-mail to place my pre-order. Is $9.25 the all in price if I were to pick up the coins directly from you, or would I be responsible for shipping from the supplier? If so, any estimate what shipping would come to? Any other fees; taxes for example?
When were you hoping to place the order?
It's been a while since I started this thread, and I have not recieved a lot of responce to this, if you know anyone who may want any of these please ask them to send me an email so I can get this rolling...thanks.
If you have already responded thank you but I need you guys to spread the word if I am ever going to make this happen...Thanks again for everyones help in this project.
The Norman GeoCoin design is great - put me down for 20.
Thanks for the clarification that the price is "all in" including PayPal charge, GST and shipping. I understand that if shipping gets really expensive the price may change slightly.
Ok it seems we only have a few people (35 coins) wanting to order so after Monday I will be opening this up to the world and see about interest in this...
Let me know if you want in on this as it will be a one time order, and who know if or when another like this will ever be done.


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22 September 2009
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Dear Melges 32 Owners and Supporters,
I hope you enjoyed this summer's sailing season and are looking forward to a busy and successful fall.
With winter sailing just 4 months away, Key West Race Week and Miami Grand Prix planning is now in full swing. I want to take this opportunity to touch base once again and get these winter regattas on your racing calendar.
Key West 2010, presented by Nautica and the 2010 Miami Grand Prix, will continue to deliver what you have come to expect from Premiere Racing - top tier competition, professional race management and unique shore side fun. Ten races over five days in Key West and four days in Miami with competition from across the country and around the world make for a truly great start to the winter sailing season. Combined with your Gold Cup in Fort Lauderdale, you have three great reasons to come to Florida.
We hope you are planning to race with us as you have in the past. We are continually updating the logistics and planning pages on the event web sites and the Key West Notice and Conditions of Race is available via this link Notice of Race.
We encourage all who are intending to compete with us in January to submit their entry as soon as possible. As you all know, a strong entry list sets the stage for great competition and builds enthusiasm. Racing sailors contemplating a South Florida campaigns want to be sure that their competition will be strong. Each entry is important and we hope you'll add yours soon. Here are links to the Key West online entry and the entry list: Online Entry and Entry List. The Miami Notice of Race and entry systems will be available later in October.
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Marie, the bromated aspect is great, but Kyrol, as you're aware, absorbs more water, and higher hydration doughs tend to brown slower, so if you go close to the absorption value (most likely around 65%), then your bake time will increase and you'll lose any benefit that you'll be getting from the bromate.I would treat it the way I treat All Trumps, which has a similar protein profile.66% Kyrol33% AP62% hydration
All trumps is a much more widely distributed flour than kyrol. Thats why you hear about it so much more. Where I live (boston area) there isn't even a distributor for kyrol, yet every foodservice provider I know of sells all trumps.
I can prop my stone up a few inches off my Weber and bake it that way instead of using the conventional oven at 550. I had been baking pizzas that way for a while until my old stone cracked, but it was a cheapo from Amazon. I wonder if I could use the kiln shelf (that Scott recommended) on my grill? I'd hate to ruin it, but I do love the pizzas on the grill. That extra heat really does make a big difference...
Norma - thanks so much for the heads up regarding overmixing. I'll keep that in mind. I've been learning more and more about overmixing. When I started making pizza several years ago, I followed Varasano's method of using windowpaning to test if the dough was mixing enough. I'm now moving away from that so I'm trying to mix just past the cottage cheese stage. I hope that works for this dough. Although I know your doing more commercial sized batches and working with a commercial oven if I'm not mistaken...Marie
I've never put my old stone directly on the grill anyhow, so hopefully that will help at least with the bottom not burning. Having the IR gun will really help here too as I've never had the luxury of using one until you referred me to the buying site. I'm looking for stone temps of 700ish?
So you got around to doing the insert? Sweet! Did we talk at all about different size stones or did you cut a piece off your hearth for air flow?My current recipe should work well with a Kyrol blend (66/33)http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,20732.msg206639.html#msg206639It's a bit more water than what I'm recommending for Marie, but you have the luxury of higher temps.Cordierite can vary, but I'm thinking 600 on the floor should put you in the right ballpark for a 4 minute bake- as long as you have the deflection in place for the air to properly flow up and over the pizza.
I baked pizzas on my Weber gas grill using my 3/4 inch pizza kiln stone instead of indoors, with a stone temp of about 630 using IR gun. After 4.5 minutes, the bottom was black! Ugh! I usually bake inside but forgot to preheat and thought this would be quicker. This was my set up - any suggestions? Would I increase the hydration when using my Weber and how can I improve my set up (for airflow?) I think the stone in this pix might be my old one - the one I'm using now looks quite similar, 16 inch square and 3/4 inch thick. I used 66/33 Kryol/AP flour with 62% hydration, 0.5% IDY, 2% salt, 2% oil, and 1% sugar. One night cold ferment..I'm wondering if you can elaborate on the proper deflection that you mentioned above? Marie


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- Jun 5:
- Caribou Ranch, famed Boulder County recording studio, to be inducted into Colorado Music Hall of Fame
- Jul 1:
- Caribou Ranch will close its gates, Guercios focus on rebuilding brand
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- Fabled Caribou Ranch above Nederland sells for $32.5 million
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A selection of albums recorded or mixed at Caribou Ranch:
"Barnstorm," Joe Walsh, 1972
"Chicago VI," Chicago, 1973
"Caribou," Elton John, 1974
"Chicago VII," Chicago, 1974
"Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy," Elton John, 1975
"That's the Way of the World," Earth Wind & Fire, 1975
"One Size Fits All," Frank Zappa, 1975
"Illegal Stills," Stephen Stills, 1976
"Hideaway," America, 1976
"A Night on the Town," Rod Stewart, 1976
"Wired," Jeff Beck, 1976
"Even in the Quietest Moments," Supertramp, 1977
"Simple Things," Carole King, 1977
"Pacific Ocean Blue," Dennis Wilson, 1977
"Nether Lands," Dan Fogelberg, 1977
"L.A. (Light Album)," The Beach Boys, 1979
"To the Bone," Kris Kristofferson, 1981
"Youngblood," Carl Wilson, 1983
A recording for "Bad," Michael Jackson, 1984
"Unguarded," Amy Grant, 1985
Source: Rocky Mountain News
A piece of music history that sits in Boulder's backyard is for sale.
Music producer James W. Guercio is selling the remainder of Caribou Ranch near Nederland -- including the historic recording studio that hosted artists such as Elton John, Chicago, John Lennon, The Beach Boys, U2 and Michael Jackson -- for $45 million, according to an online property listing.
Breckenridge-based Mountain Marketing Associates listed Guercio's 1,600-acre portion of the land.
Guercio has owned the property since 1971, when he purchased more than 4,000 acres for $11.3 million. Guercio, producer for the band Chicago, converted a barn to serve as a music studio where pop and rock royalty produced best-selling albums.
"The writing and recording that took place at the Caribou recording studio resulted in sales of over 100 million albums," Mountain Marketing Associates officials wrote in the listing. "The ratio of albums recorded here that charted or went multi-platinum was possibly the highest in the industry."
After a fire, the studio shuttered in 1985.
In recent decades, Guercio sold more than 2,600 acres to the city of Boulder and Boulder County for $15.5 million. The city and county established open space neighboring Guercio's property and later paid $7.7 million for rights allowing for certain conservation easements on the site.
According to the listing by Mountain Marketing Associates, development rights on the 1,600 acres include the potential for 19 single-family dwellings ranging from 2,000 to 10,000 square feet; a 5,000-square-foot fishing lodge or clubhouse; a 12-stall horse barn; two 1,250-square-foot cabins; and a 3,372-square-foot caretaker's unit.
The site now houses a home, lodge, cabins, barns, the commercial recording studio and outbuildings.
"A conservation easement protects and enhances the ranch while providing the opportunity to construct additional improvements in various locations and in a manner that respects the character of the land," according to the listing.
Officials for Caribou Ranch and Mountain Marketing Associates were not available for comment.
The first 'destination' studio
Caribou Ranch was known as something of a "musical Shangri-La."
While other studios were anchored amid the hustle and bustle of cities such as Los Angeles and New York City, the state-of-the-art facility at Caribou Ranch was nestled in an idyllic, lush valley and enveloped by calmness and crisp mountain air.
The property that became Caribou Ranch was homesteaded in the 1860s by Sam Conger, who later discovered Caribou Mine.
At one point in time, the property served as the largest privately owned Arabian stud farm.
Four motion pictures, including the 1966 remake of "Stagecoach," were filmed on the ranch, which landed in the hands of Guercio -- then a young Chicagoan known for producing for bands such as Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears -- in the early 1970s.
Guercio told the Rocky Mountain News in 2008 that he was growing frustrated by how the union rules were affecting how he was producing music in New York and L.A. and that he sought a refuge to foster the creative process.
While stranded at Denver's Stapleton Airport in 1969 with Texas entrepreneur Layton Humphrey, Guercio recalled a ranch previously owned by his uncle, according to the Rocky Mountain News article. That ranch, Guercio said, became part of a subdivision called the Caribou Ranch Country Club Estates.
Guercio would buy the property two years later.
Guercio and crew were still in the process of converting an old barn to a music studio when Joe Walsh, who had just formed the band Barnstorm, popped by Caribou Ranch. The eponymous "Barnstorm" was the first album cut at Caribou.
During the following years, the ranch attracted the likes of Elton John -- whose album "Caribou" was named after the ranch -- as well as Stephen Stills, Dan Fogelberg, Supertramp, Billy Joel and The Beach Boys.
Chicago would record five albums there and film a couple of TV specials.
Caribou Ranch was the first "destination" studio, said G. Brown, the Denver Post's music critic for 26 years.
"That's really the context for Caribou," Brown said. "It's certainly one of the biggest, if not the biggest, part of our music cultural history."
Ranch was 'almost too nice to record'
Caribou Ranch was isolated, but the bands had the run of the place, which boasted a gourmet kitchen, an extensive video library and plenty of activities such as snowmobiling, horseback riding and fly-fishing, Brown said.
John McEuen, a member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, told the Daily Camera in 1985 that sometimes "it was almost too nice to record."
"We'd be standing around the studio asking, 'Where's the harmonica player?' -- 'He's fishing.' 'What about the bass player, can you get him off that horse?' 'Will the singer be through swimming in time to do these overdubs?'" McEuen told the Camera at the time.
After enjoying a heyday in the 1970s, Caribou Ranch gained competition as other destination studios were built in castles or on islands, Brown said.
The recording and mixing continued at Caribou up until the mid-1980s. The last artists to record there included Michael Jackson, Amy Grant and Yes, according to Camera archives.
On March 2, 1985, a space heater sparked a fire that would extinguish Caribou Ranch's studio operations.
Caribou Ranch was an integral element in the music of the 1970s and the growth of Colorado's music scene, Brown said.
To honor that heritage, Caribou Ranch will join Joe Walsh and Dan Fogelberg as members of the Colorado Music Hall of Fame's Class of 2014.
Caribou Ranch also is the subject of a feature film now in the pre-production stages.
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Taxpayers of Warwick: On Dec. 15, 2011, my letter to the Warwick Beacon asked this question: Can anybody in this city of Warwick please tell us, what is the total funded and unfunded debt of Warwick? Well, it is seven months later and there has been no answer by those who should know. Their silence is deafening and understandable.
Dear overburdened and financially abused taxpayers, here is my best estimate that represents the total exposure, which is the debt and unfunded obligations for all the departments in the city of Warwick. In my opinion, the figure is approximately $857,635,000.
Please turn off the lights before getting on Route 95.
Eugene A. Nadeau
Let's just throw numbers out there to scare every one. From what I read things aren't that bad. The Fire, Police, and Municiple are all signing contracts that show a lot to me because Warwick is far better financially than Woonsocket, Central Falls, Providence, etc... and those people are continuing to take cuts in their wages/benefits and not getting raises etc.. So I commend them for the tough choices they are making because however you feel about them they have families to support too!!!! Not to mention in Warwick do we have the murders, shootings, and crime like they have in other cities??? In particular Providence. If some day God forbid you need to call a rescue, they are right there. Or, what about house fires, they knock those down in no time! As far as the other employees of the city. Aside from what appears to be problems at the DPW, which I believe they are cleaning up things (no pun intended), we have great city workers. I feel my taxes are going to services that I use. I know some communities where the taxes are even higher and for less services! You have to pay a fire fee, or pay for garbage pickup, but still pay high taxes. We have a nice fireworks display on the 4th. I just wish the city was better to look at. Too much litter and trash, especially down at the parks and beaches. The police should get on that law and start handing out tickets for littering!
How did you come up with that figure?
Michael- Stop sucking up to the Mayor and run as a Democrat...
Everybody sucks up to the Mayor. Lemmings!
Thats why the numbers have not been released even after citizens plead for them.
Because the Mayor has enough people like these dim wits to have his back for him.
Thank-you Eugene for getting the figures out, I'm sure they are close enough and these other citizens don't understand the importance of them.
They only understand what the Mayor wants them to understand.
They don't want to go against the Mayor when EVERYBODY is behind the Mayor.
That would mean a lot of explaining they would have to do to a lot of people so it's easier to simply go along with the Mayor.
Scott will someday move on leaving the next Mayor to deal with it.
And when it gets too bad to deal with he will leave to persue being Governor or something else to that effect.
People are worse than ignorant, they are uninvloved. Thank-you for all you do.
How in the world can anyone be criticle of Mayor Avidesian when you look around and see how most of Rhode Island's cities are
on the verge of bankrupsy. Warwick has been blessed with members of both a caring police and fire department, the members of which want to see their city regain it's financial stability and avoid increasing taxes to do so. I salute all the members of both departments who voted to re-
linguish a pay raise, in their upcoming contracts, for three years in order to hold the tax line. I challange the teachers to do the same.
I am especially proud of the retired members, who are in the oldest pension... pension # 1, that consists of many senior citizens who, over the years made both departments the finest in the state, bar none. Many of these elderly retirees are sickly and pay for their own
health plans, with no COLA and no paid health benefits.I consider myself a lucky person to be living in Warwick.


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Justice Department to Spend up to $550,000 on LinkedIn Recruiting
The professional networking ads will draw more qualified attorneys, department officials say.
The Justice Department plans to spend up to $550,000 to recruit attorneys and interns to its criminal division using the professional networking site LinkedIn, contracting documents show.
The money will go to job ads targeted at the most qualified attorneys on the 150 million member site and to tracking the rate at which qualified applicants click on those ads and apply for jobs, according to contracting documents posted on Dec. 17.
The LinkedIn strategy should free up time for the department's recruiting staff which will be able to spend less time searching out applicants and reviewing resumés from less qualified attorneys, the document said.
The contracting document is a brand name justification that explains why the government plans to use LinkedIn rather than competitively bidding the contract to other job sites. The justification describes LinkedIn as the only site that offers professional networking among active and passive job candidates rather than a simple job board.
About 22 percent of online Americans use LinkedIn and the site is especially popular among college-educated and high income Americans, according to a study released on Monday by the Pew Research Center.
The proposed contract will be for one year with an option to extend the contract up to three more years. The $550,000 price tag is for all four years of the proposed contract.
Government agencies have turned to social network advertising several times in the past to reach out to job applicants and other constituents. A division of the Veterans Affairs Department committed $3 million over the past two years to Facebook ads alerting veterans to benefits they may be eligible for but aren't receiving.


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Businessman collects rents on condemned, unavailable units
Multifamily homes at 25 Rogers Ave. and 75 Fourth St. are among the dozens of properties in Norwich that stand condemned and empty. The Rogers Avenue home was flooded when pipes burst. The Fourth Street property has no running water and structural issues.
Even though the buildings are uninhabitable, the owner, Zane Megos, has taken rental deposits from would-be tenants over the last three years, an investigation by The Day has found.
Nine people, since 2009, have claimed they paid Megos nearly $25,000 in cash deposits and rent for apartments they never were able to live in, either because the units were in condemned buildings or were not owned by Megos or his partner and therefore unavailable.
Some of them worked minimum-wage jobs or were disabled. Some had to borrow from their parents and friends to come up with the down payments, or find roommates to share the costs.
Megos has used ads on Craigs list and in newspapers, as well as roadside signs, to attract tenants. Some never see the units other than pictures posted online. Megos often has taken the cash deposits in meetings in the parking lot of a West Side doughnut shop.
The Day's investigation included numerous interviews with past tenants, would-be tenants and city and state officials. It included a review of several Connecticut Small Claims Court cases and one complaint to the state attorney general's office.
In an interview last week at the New London office of his attorney, Harry Traystman, Megos said the prospective tenants were aware that the apartments were not going to be available immediately because of needed renovations. In some cases, he said, the renovations were delayed by problems with contractors, and the prospective tenants then changed their minds about renting the apartments.
Megos said "it's a normal practice" in real estate to ask for down payments before apartments are ready to be occupied. He said that allows him to offer specific amenities, such as carpet or paint color choices.
"We've decided we're not doing that anymore," Megos said. "We gave people their money back. ... It's just simpler."
The people interviewed by the Day said they either have not been reimbursed or have received only partial payments and now are seeking the rest of their deposits.
Unable to get their deposits back, the prospective tenants turned to city agencies, the Better Business Bureau and the attorney general's office, only to be referred to city police or Small Claims Court. Norwich police would not tell The Day whether they are investigating, and none of the complainants who have won court judgments have been reimbursed.
Megos said he and his business partner, Bishop Taylor, decided in March they no longer will advertise for apartments that are not immediately available.
"No one ever gets their money back," said Millard Norton one March afternoon as he removed his belongings from an apartment in the building at 75 Fourth St. The Greeneville building was condemned in September, one week after Norton began living there, but city inspectors said it was "unoccupyable"- without running water - when he moved in.
Megos said he is still challenging some of the court filings. He has more than $15,000 in judgments against him.
"Zane will obviously comply with any court order to make payments," Traystman said. "In my opinion, his integrity is above reproach."
Megos said last week that a Craigslist ad on March 16 touting a "gorgeous apartment" at 25 Rogers Ave., which has been condemned since Jan. 2, 2009, was the last ad placed for that house.
He plans to renovate 75 Fourth St. - with a new $70,000 mortgage and renovation permits secured - and then turn his attention to 25 Rogers Ave. to complete that work before taking new deposits.
Low rent, nice view
Soncherie Silvan and Phillip Dudley were living in separate apartments at the Lincoln Park complex for seniors and disabled people in Preston. Both have kidney disease that requires frequent hospital trips.
In the summer 2011, Silvan agreed to take in her 17-year-old niece from Louisiana. Children are not allowed in the senior housing, so Silvan needed to move out. She found listings for Norwich apartments by Megos on Craigslist. To help her out, Dudley agreed to join them and share an apartment and expenses.
Megos took them to 25 Rogers Ave. The apartment seemed to be undergoing renovations, so Silvan and Dudley each put down a $1,000 deposit in October 2011.
"I'm telling you, it was the most beautiful scenery you've ever seen," Silvan said. The house overlooks the Thames River south of Norwich Harbor, with a direct view of the Mohegan Sun Casino fireworks during the summer.
"He has the most reasonable rents in town, so you jump on it," Silvan said.
But there was a problem: The building, condemned in 2009 while it was owned by Wells Fargo Bank, had broken pipes that had flooded it. Megos' company, DECO Drive LLC, purchased it that September.
In fall 2011, with the apartment they wanted at 25 Rogers Ave. not yet available, Megos offered to store Silvan's and Dudley's belongings in a vacant downtown Norwich building owned by Taylor, his partner. Silvan and Dudley said they couldn't wait and asked for their money back and found an apartment on Maple Street.
Megos said Silvan and Dudley were aware that the apartment would not be ready immediately, but they became inpatient. Megos gave Silvan $1,000 back on Nov. 2. He said he had been renovating the place to her specifications, including installing carpets and removing trees.
Silvan acknowledged receipt of half the $2,000 and said she was supposed to receive the rest in January, when she said Megos told her "I'll see you in court."
Silvan and Dudley filed a complaint with the state Small Claims Court on Feb. 19 against Megos and Taylor for the entire $2,000. A hearing is set for May 22.
Meeting at Tim Hortons
Unsolicited by Silvan and Dudley, "The People's Court" and a similar show, "Judge Mathis," have sent them letters asking them to appear on television. That led to a chance encounter and more allegations about dealings with Megos.
On the day the first Fed Ex letter arrived, Silvan was surprised and excited at the celebrity notice.
Sherrell Barlow, who lives upstairs, heard the commotion and came down to see her new neighbor. Silvan started to explain her experiences with Megos.
"The same thing happened to me!" a surprised Barlow said.
Barlow said that in 2010 she saw a roadside sign on which Megos was offering apartments for rent. He told her he had rent-to-own opportunities, and Barlow felt this would be her chance at the American Dream. He showed her a house on Bos well Avenue, another on Laurel Hill Avenue, and 25 Rogers Ave., the same condemned building he would later show Silvan and Dudley.
She liked the house at 288 Laurel Hill Ave., at the time owned by FC Stony Point LLC of New York, and paid what she had, $400, as a deposit. It wasn't enough, Megos told her. She gave him another $350 and agreed to meet him in the former Tim Hortons doughnut shop parking lot on Route 82 to sign a lease and paperwork.
Barlow said she got worried when she met the owner of the Boswell Avenue house, who said it was not for rent. She asked Megos for her deposit back.
Megos had given Barlow a one-page, refund of deposit request form dated March 23, 2010, but she had never signed it. She didn't like provisions in the letter, one of which stated: "I understand that this is a request for a refund and does not obligate the Landlord to release any money to me." Barlow said she did not get her money back. She called the Better Business Bureau and made a complaint to Norwich police.
Police referred her to Small Claims Court, but Barlow said she couldn't afford to go to court. She threw out her receipts and gave up.
Kate Kennedy was living in the Fairhaven Building at 24-28 Broadway when it was suddenly condemned on April 28, 2009, for numerous code violations, unsanitary and unsafe conditions. Desperate for a new apartment, Kennedy saw Megos' office sign a couple of doors up at 54 Broadway and went there hoping she could find a new apartment quickly. Megos did not own 54-56 Broadway.
She gave him a $1,300 deposit for an apartment upstairs from his office. But she quickly had to find a new place, as the owner of the building objected that she was dealing drugs, Kennedy said. Megos then offered her an apartment at 25 Rogers Ave., the condemned building that he wouldn't own for another five months.
On April 29, 2009, Kennedy made her first payment to Megos for 25 Rogers Ave, and they agreed she would move in that July. Kennedy turned over her $370 Fairhaven relocation check from Norwich Human Services to Megos as part of her deposit.
Then Kennedy was arrested on June 25 for selling drugs. She spent seven months in prison and was placed on parole for five months. When she got out, she made new payments to Megos for 25 Rogers Ave., believing she was paying in advance for months' worth of rent and that Megos was using the money to renovate the apartment.
Kennedy said she planned to concentrate on setting up a new business as a personal trainer, having graduated from the National Personal Training Institute in New Jersey.
But the apartment never became available. After paying a total of $7,393.66, from April 2009 through September 2010 and bouncing between living with her mother and a friend, she told Megos she had to move in by Nov. 1, 2010.
"That's when he stopped taking my calls," she said, so she hired attorney Chuck Norris.
Kennedy filed a complaint in Small Claims Court and won a judgment of $7,393.66 on Feb. 7 of this year. She has not been paid.
"For people who make minimum wage, that's half their year's income," she said. "Thankfully, I have good jobs and can make ends meet."
Megos said he plans to file a motion to reopen Kennedy's case and "will put up my defense in court." He said Kennedy "disappeared" when she went to jail, and he held the apartment for her. After she made additional deposits upon her release, she then changed her mind, he said, and no longer wanted the apartment.
Kennedy, 27, lives in New London with her 7-year-old son. She works three jobs, including her full-time job as a personal trainer at Work Out World in Norwich.
She juggles schedules and prays her car won't break down, as she leaves for work after placing her son on the school bus, then darts home in time to take him off, make dinner and get ready for her next job. Neighbors' children know when Kennedy is cooking, and she always has enough for them. "I'm always cooking," she said one evening. "When I get stressed out, I cook."
No running water
In December 2011, Racheal Perry, 22, was leaving her husband and needed to find a home fast for herself and her 3-year-old daughter. She found a "beautiful" apartment at 75 Fourth St. pictured on Craigslist and called Megos.
Although Perry works full time at Thomas G. Faria Corp. in Montville, she didn't have the $1,785 for advanced rent and security deposit. Her mother, Donna Butler, borrowed from her 401k retirement fund and a family friend loaned the rest. Perry met Megos on Dec. 27 at the then-vacant Tim Hortons doughnut shop and paid $1,190 in cash. On Jan. 7, she paid another $595 in cash.
"It struck me as strange" to pay in cash, her mother said, "but some landlords prefer cash because sometimes checks bounce."
Megos gave her a lease with the name Meyers & Bailey and receipts for the deposits. Then Megos told the women that repairs to the apartment were being delayed because a contractor had "stiffed" him, Butler said.
The women were supposed to meet Megos again on Jan. 24 in the Tim Hortons parking lot - now a Five Guys restaurant - on Route 82. Megos didn't show up.
Butler at one point drove to 75 Fourth St. to see if the repairs had been made. She was met by Laurel Edwards in the driveway. Edwards told her Megos owed her $1,000.
Edwards moved into an apartment at 75 Fourth St. last August. Although the building had not yet been condemned, Assistant Building Official Greg Arpin said no one should have been living there. Edwards and her three children, now ages 14, 12 and 10, lived there for a month with no running water. Megos told them "it was coming." But the building inspectors came before water was restored. Edwards came home from work Sept. 16 and found yellow caution tape surrounding the house.
Inspectors were surprised to find people living in the house - with no running water, a rotted three-story rear wooden stairway and other violations. Arpin declared the stairs unsafe after he thrust his flashlight through a rotted board with little effort. He condemned the building.
With no place to live, Edwards called Megos.
"He said they did that because they had to fix the back stairs," she recalled, and he said it would be resolved by that afternoon.
She had paid Megos $1,785 in total, and he returned $500. Now, she wants the rest and said she plans to file a complaint in Small Claims Court. She paid $70 a month to put her belongings in storage and had to move in with her mother.
Edwards said Megos was supposed to meet her at the Tim Hortons parking lot on a Monday, but he didn't show up.
Unlike the would-be tenants who paid deposits or advanced rent to Megos but never dwelled in the apartments, Edwards was eligible for relocation funds from the city of Norwich for a new apartment. She received $370 from Norwich Human Services, and the city placed a lien on the house at 75 Fourth St. for the amount. She also filed a complaint with Norwich police.
Norton, Edwards' brief neighbor at 75 Fourth St., had lived there for only one week before the place was shut down. Norton had seen an ad on Craigslist for an apartment in Taftville at the end of June 2011 and said he paid Megos $3,000 as a deposit. But Megos told him that apartment wasn't ready.
"That's his favorite saying - two more weeks," Norton said. Norton said Megos used his comp points at Mohegan Sun Casino to put Norton up in the casino hotel and then for a short time at a motel in Groton owned by Megos' friend.
Then in September, Megos said Norton could move into 75 Fourth St. until his Taftville apartment was ready.
He did, even though the apartment had no water. He went to a friend's house for showers. He filled jugs with water to flush the toilet.
A week later, the inspectors came and shut the building down. Norton wants his deposit back, but isn't holding out hope.
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Review Group Week #294 - Aquaman #1
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by Punchy » Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:32 am
We've got another DCnU #1 for this week! It's Namor The Sub-Mariner #1!
Aquaman #1
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The superstar creators from BLACKEST NIGHT and BRIGHTEST DAY reunite to take AQUAMAN to amazing new depths!
Aquaman has renounced the throne of Atlantis – but the sea will not release Arthur Curry so easily.
Now, from a forgotten corner of the ocean emerges… The Trench! A broken race of creatures that should not exist, an unspeakable need driving them, The Trench will be the most talked-about new characters in the DC Universe!
Zero has next week's pick and has chosen Animal Man #2
If you would like to join the group, it's easy. Just post a review and I'll add you to the member's list. As long as you stay active, eventually it will be your turn to make a pick.
With $4 comics becoming the norm, the economy being what it is and the growing popularity of mail order services the Review Group recognizes that it's becoming harder and harder to commit to participating each and every week. As long as you can post one review per calendar month you will stay in the member's list. It doesn't matter if you post your review the week of it's release or if you post it later. There is no such thing as a "late" review.
The only request I make is that if you don't plan on posting a review or if you're going to be posting late is that you drop a note in the thread so that I can keep track of who is active and who isn't. The Spreadsheet of Doom is thorough, but it can't read your mind.
Comics are to be scored on a scale from 1-10. 1 being suck, 10 being a damn good comic. Beyond that, there's no right or wrong.
If it's your week, you must announce your selection by 5pm EST the day Diamond releases it's shipping list. If you do not announce your pick at that time, I will add a poll to the thread that will remain open until 12pm EST so that the group can make the selection for that week. (If you're seriously MIA, I'll probably put the poll up sooner) To ensure that you know it's your week, I will PM you when Midtown's list goes live on Thursdays. Also you'd better keep in mind the Amber Atoms rule, if your pick isn't reviewed by 2 or more people you will be exiled from the Group for 1 year. Our definition of a single issue comic is limited to comics listed at $3.99 or lower, anything above that is off limits. Also, to prevent utter filth being chosen deliberately, the Weird Worlds Rule has also gone into affect. Any book scoring a new all-time low (2.12 as of today) will not count as a miss if people wisely choose not to purchase it. Any poor soul who did review the book will earn a free pass on a book of their choice.
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by Punchy » Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:36 amI do so hope that Mammon, Foolbreaker will be reviewing this week.
by Punchy » Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:16 amA little bit of housekeeping, the following posters have not posted reviews for 3 straight weeks; AMS, Zero, Kerny, False Prophet and GLX. If you don't pop in and explain why or review Aquaman #1 you'll lose your spot in the rotation!
Amoebas and Mike Mercury, you haven't reviewed for 2 weeks, so your names are in red too. Mercury, are you really quitting?
by Mammon, Fool Breaker » Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:49 am
#1 Aquafan WILL be reviewing this.
by Punchy » Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:52 am
by Amoebas » Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:27 pmI was hoping this would be a good book. I didn't expect it to jump to my top 3 favorites of the New 52.
Aquaman tries to fit in with the surface dwellers and despite his best efforts, it just doesn't work as the people in eastern Massachusetts (and elsewhere one would assume) figure him to be a joke. Still, he's committed to trying and vows to remain on land, giving up his throne. Meanwhile some nasty creatures from beneath the ocean emerge - and are hungry.
There's plenty of laughs (at Aquaman's expense) but I get the feeling the humor could finally turn towards respect for the Sea King again - and with whatever the hell these "Trench" creatures are, that turnaround could come quick.
I loved that Arthur is giving up on Atlantis. I've never been a fan of my heroes being rulers - and let's face, Atlantis only has so many stories to tell before it gets boring. Kudo's for making Aquaman a land lubber!
And a big HELL YES! for the "created by Paul Norris" in the credits. I this would happen more and more often.
Writing - 9
Art - 9
Overall - 9
by guitarsmashley » Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:57 pmWhere is Bluestreak? I demand him back.
by Punchy » Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:19 pm
He hasn't posted a review for 3 weeks either, if he's not careful he'll lose his spot in the rotation too!
by Comic_Doctor » Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:44 pmAll the solicits for Aquaman #1 had turned me off this series before it even started. I hate the look of those new creatures from the deep. Luckily the story barely had those creatures in it, but they were set up for a nice issue #2.
Geoff Johns did a nice job playing up how lots of us look a Aquaman - as the joke hero from old Justice League. But Johns also made sure to show that Aquaman can be a bad-ass. I didn't know he was pretty much bulletproof, and could leap tall buildings in a single bound though. I like the changes.
The art was very good, and lots of character emotion was conveyed in facial expressions. Of course the storytelling aspects were well done too.
Now that I've seen some of these deep sea creatures in action, I'm kind of looking forward to seeing how this first arc plays out.
GRADE 7.5 of 10
by Starlord » Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:52 pmI can't wait to get my hands on this one tomorrow.
by BlueStreak » Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:53 pm
I'll post a review this week.
I'll retake things over after 52apolooza wraps up. I really appreciate Punchy stepping up.
by BlueStreak » Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:53 pm
I'll post a review this week.
I'll retake things over after 52apolooza wraps up. I really appreciate Punchy stepping up.
by GLX » Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:59 pmI forgot that this was this week's pick. I pondered on either getting this, Demon Knights or JLD, but ended up with JLD.
by Punchy » Thu Sep 29, 2011 5:08 am
I considered putting your name in red but I didn't want to face the wrath you normally reserve for Newton
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Fort Washington Estates celebrates 40th anniversary
Fort Washington Estates celebrated its 40th anniversary Oct. 3 at 4 p.m. with a ceremony inside the continuing care retirement community.
In attendance for the event were state Sen. Stewart Greenleaf, R-12, and wach Shamberg, campaign manager for state Rep. Todd Stephens, R-151, speaking on his behalf, who each presented citations celebrating the anniversary.
According to Marvin Mashner, president and CEO of ACTS RetirementLife Communities, the facility opened in 1972 under the original name Open Door Estate. As a part of the ACTS Retirement-Life Communities, it's a place for seniors 62 and above that combines residential apartment living with long-term care services, including assisted living and skilled care residences.
The facility was founded on the basis of providing a better life for the aging population.
"It's been a blessing both to our area and to the nation. I go to almost all of your facilities on a regular basis during the year as well as some other facilities and it's very hard to compare or to match what is provided here in this facility," Greenleaf said.
Shamberg joked that while the facility was celebrating its 40th anniversary, he hadn't even celebrated his 25th birthday.
"An organization thrives because every part of that organization works together and pulls its own weight," Shamberg said. "I look at a place like Fort Washington EVWDWHV DQG , GHfiQLWHOy VHH that here. … I think a big congratulations goes to each and every one of you."
The ceremony began with a welcome from Elmer Heiland, executive director of Fort Washington Estates, before an opening prayer by the Rev. Dr. Alfred Muli and a brief history of the facility by Mashner. Afterward, dinner was held for the residents and guests in celebration of the event.
"We are proud to be the fiRVW $&76 FRPPuQLWy, DQG we are proud of our Fort," said Carole wacharias, president of the residents association. "Living here is like having a large extended family and lots of preparations have been made for tonight and we're excited, so as they used to say in my early years, in the '60s, 'Let's party.'"
Shirley Howles, who has been a resident at Fort Washington Estates for a year, said it was a big decision to move to the community after work- ing 29 years teaching preschool. She said she was torn between retirement communities in Rochester and Syracuse, but the residents and staff made her feel welcome from the moment she stepped through the doorway. She said the community is a nice, wonderful place. She said her friends always point out how everything always feels new and nice.
Resident Harry Broadbent said while he's only been at Fort Washington Estates for 14 months he's glad he made the move.
Broadbent began to get choked up as he said "this is the closest thing to heaven on Earth. The love shown by residents and staff, it makes me emotional."
Celebrating Fort Washington Estates' 40th anniversary are, front from left, residents Annlouise Devenney, Carol Zacharias, president of the residents association, Harry Broadbent, Shirley Howles and George Saurman; rear from left, Jeff Kaighn, ACTS...
Zach Shamberg, center, from the office of state Rep. Todd Stephens, R-151, presents a House resolution to Fort Washington Estates on its 40th anniversary. Accepting is Carol Zacharias, president of the residents association, and Marvin Mashner, ACTS...


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Paul Eskritt to Oversee Forest River Ore. Plant
November 26, 2012 by Bob Ashley · Comments Off on Paul Eskritt to Oversee Forest River Ore. Plant
Former Fleetwood Entrprises Inc. executive Paul Eskritt has been named general manager of Forest River Inc.'s towable production facility in Dallas, Ore.
"We are doing a little bit of reorganization," said Eskritt, 52.
Eskritt succeeds Gary Denton, who now heads up sales of Forest River's Wildcat Maxx travel trailers and fifth-wheels in the Southwest region of the country. "Gary's really good on the sales side, so it makes a lot of sense," Eskritt told RVBUSINESS.com.
Eskritt, formerly president of Fleetwood's RV Group until July 2009, became a consultant with Navistar RV in November 2011 serving as acting vice president of motorhome operations until September.
While with Navistar as acting vice president of operations Eskritt oversaw the transfer of Monaco and Holiday Rambler motorhome production in Coburg, Ore., to Navistar's facility in Wakarusa, Ind., which grew from 90 production employees to over 500 by the time he left.
Besides the laminated fiberglass Wildcat Maxx, Forest River builds Salem/Wildwood and Cherokee Grey Wolf wood-and-aluminum travel trailers at the Dallas plant. Salem/Wildcat also are built in a Forest River facility in Elkhart, Ind.
Eskritt said his goal at Forest River will be to increase the company's penetration in the Northwest and Southwest regions of the U.S. and Western Canada.
"We are trying to grow our dealership base," Eskritt said. "When you look at the marketplace, I think we have a lot of opportunity. Western Canada is still a great market and there are a number of areas that we need to go after in the Northwest."


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First it was the "You're always on the computer" crisis. The missus arrived at the conclusion that you, dear reader, were stealing her dear husband away with enticements of badinage. I pointed out the obvious flaw in her argument.
"Sweet, be reasonable" I told her. "Nothing would induce the dear reader" (still you) "to touch me with a barge pole, considering that he or she is a discerning person, leave alone steal me away".
"Shut up Naren". The missus belongs to the rare breed of people who can tell their spouses to shut up as part of the same argument in which they (the rare breed of people) are complaining that they (the spouses) are not talking enough to them (the rare breed of people).
The upshot of the whole thing was that I was not allowed to use the computer, except as a paperweight, in the time that I was at home.
I can take the rough with the smooth. We are philosophers, we Shenoys are. Putting on the brave front, soldiering on in the face of adversity.
I started using the computer in the loo.
This lasted about two days and we had another one of those painful interviews.
"Do you want a divorce?" asked the missus.
Considering that, with the possible exception of my mother and my maternal aunts, everyone agrees that I am a plugugly best not seen first thing in the morning, my chances of ensnaring another, even a tenth as charming as the missus are pretty close to zero, I replied in the negative.
"Very well then, my little teddy bear. Stay away from the internet"
And so it has been. I do snatch a few moments of internet in the time that she is not watching (as is the case now) but they are always moments of trepidation.
The second crisis is "The Boys Growing Up" crisis. My little boys, the apples of my eye, are now 16 and 14 respectively and have acquired much sass and attitude. They give BackChat. And even worse, they make Jokes.
The backchat itself is quite entertaining as long as I'm allowed to watch from the sidelines. It's the Jokes that puts me on the spot every now and then.
Apparently she caught one of the lads chuckling to himself and put him under the lights. He told her that the joke was something his brother had told him. Here is the joke in its entirety.
He: Let's have magical sex
She: It sounds wonderful. How do you mean
He: We have sex and you disappear in the morning
I have to admit that I laughed. What else was I supposed to do?
"You boys are all the same. Tasteless jokes. That is not a good thing for teenage boys to talk about. I want you to give them a dressing down"
And so I look forward listlessly to the prospect of ticking off the boys for the aforementioned transgression, knowing deep in my heart that they're laughing at me. And to make matters worse, they're not even afraid of me. They've never been.
You know why I like Airtel Customer Service? I'll tell you why. I can't yell at my customers. They'll stop giving me business. I can't yell at my suppliers. They'll stop giving me material. I can't yell at my employees. They'll just find someplace else to work. I can't yell at the missus. I don't know what will happen but I can't. And the boys? They just laugh when I try to yell at them. So I call up Airtel Customer Service whenever I have a problem with service and they listen to everything. They apologize for everything too.
"I'm getting very poor signal quality"
"We're extremely sorry sir. Let me look into it"
"I have IMPORTANT calls to make and your signal quality is VERY poor"
"We're extremely sorry sir. We'll look into it"
And so on, for the next five minutes or so. I keep letting off about signal quality and they keep apologizing. Extremely therapeutic.
There it is then. My deepest confession on da internetz yet. And between you and me, there are days when I complain about the signal quality when there is nothing wrong with it.
Isn't that depressing?