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Le Meridien to Debut in Chicago Metropolitan Area with the Signing of Le Meridien Chicago - Oakbrook
Le Meridien to Debut in Chicago Metropolitan Area with the Signing of Le Meridien Chicago - Oakbrook Center
Following $20 million Interior and Exterior Transformation, Le Méridien Chicago - Oakbrook Center to Open in January 2014
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYS: HOT) today announced the signing of Le Méridien Chicago - Oakbrook Center. Located in Greater Chicago directly adjacent to Oakbrook Center, one of the most prestigious shopping destinations in the United States, the 10-story building is set to undergo a $20 million transformation prior to its 2014 debut. Owned by RockBridge and managed by Wischermann Partners Inc., Le Méridien Chicago - Oakbrook Center will combine timeless, chic design with sophisticated offerings.
"We are excited to bring Le Méridien to Chicago as part of our plan to accelerate the expansion of this dynamic, global brand across North America," said Allison Reid, Senior Vice President of North America Development, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. "Le Méridien Chicago - Oakbrook Center will mirror the style and sophistication of metropolitan Chicago and attract both business and leisure travelers who appreciate the brand's creative flair and upscale comfort."
Located 18 miles west of the Chicago loop, along the Interstate 88 corridor, Le Méridien Chicago - Oakbrook Center will serve as a hub for both business and leisure. The hotel is just steps away from large corporate offices, luxury boutiques and highly sought after restaurants, making it a destination of choice for visitors to Oak Brook and other western Chicago suburbs.
"We are excited about the opportunity to expand our strong relationship with Starwood Hotels, with our second Le Méridien project," said Jim Merkel, President and CEO of RockBridge. "The comprehensive renovation and rebranding of the hotel, coupled with the strength of the Starwood system, will position Le Méridien Chicago - Oakbrook Center as the premier hotel in the market."
Le Méridien Chicago - Oakbrook Center will boast a spectacular new outer façade, a new arrival experience and completely reimagined public spaces. The ninth floor will feature a proprietary new bar and restaurant concept with a variety of meeting spaces. In addition, Le Méridien Chicago - Oakbrook Center will offer a spacious fitness center outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment and a roof-top terrace. The hotel's 172 rooms and suites, including a presidential suite and two spa suites, will be refurbished and feature the signature Le Méridien Bed.
"Le Méridien has undergone a significant brand transformation in recent years, and the opening of Le Méridien Chicago - Oakbrook Center will be another milestone in our accelerated global growth," said Brian Povinelli, Global Brand Leader, Le Méridien & Westin. "With the strongest portfolio ever in the brand's forty year history, we're thrilled to introduce Le Méridien to greater Chicago, offering a distinct and compelling experience for our guests."
Le Méridien Chicago - Oakbrook Center will showcase the newly developed Le Méridien Hub™ experience, which re-interprets the traditional lobby into a social gathering place. Le Méridien Hub offers both guests and locals a creative atmosphere where contemporary, curated artwork sets the environment. Le Méridien Hub further builds on the brand's award-winning arrival experience and coffee culture, curated by Le Méridien brand's Cultural Curator Jérôme Sans. Le Méridien arrival consists of four elements: large-scale artwork in high impact areas to reset the mind and stimulate dialogue and curiosity; the sensory experience, illustrated through Le Méridien signature scent, sound and use of light, creating a unique and distinctive atmosphere; UNLOCK ART™ programme, featuring LM100 ™ artist designed key card collections that not only offer access to the guestroom but also to Le Méridien affiliated contemporary cultural centers in the city; and a 24-hour soundtrack curated by Sans.
"Our goal is to create memorable guest experiences by pairing exceptional product design and functionality with a service culture of excellence," said Paul Wischermann, President of Wischermann Partners. "Oakbrook Center is the perfect location for us, and we very much look forward to engaging with our local retail neighbors, extending the lifestyle experience to Starwood's strong upper-upscale and luxury customer base."
For more information, please visit www.lemeridien.com.
About Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts
Le Méridien, the Paris-born hotel brand currently represented by 100 properties in more than 40 countries, was acquired by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYS: HOT) in November 2005. With over 80 of its properties located in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Le Méridien provided a strong international complement to Starwood's then primarily North American holdings at the time of purchase. Since then, Le Méridien has gone through a brand re-launch, which included a large scale hotels product consolidation as well as redefining its brand strategy. By appointing a full-time Cultural Curator - French arts-provocateur Jérôme Sans - Le Méridien transformed numerous guest touch points, thus bringing unique and interactive experiences to its guests. Plans call for dynamic expansion of Le Méridien Hotels and Resorts within the next five years, concentrating in the U.S., Latin America, and Asia-Pacific markets, including destinations such as India, Thailand and China. Le Méridien recently opened new hotels in Istanbul, Oran, Arlington (Virginia, USA), Coimbatore (India), and Koh Samui (Thailand), and will open in the next 12 months in Bali, Atlanta, Cairo, Ho Chi Minh City, Dhaka, Qingdao and Zhengzhou, China and Mahabalehswar, India. For more information, please visit www.lemeridien.com or www.facebook.com/lemeridien.
About RockBridge Capital
RockBridge Partners was formed as the equity platform of RockBridge Capital, LLC. RockBridge provides capital to the hospitality industry through its Hospitality Funds and focuses on both debt and equity investments. The principals of RockBridge have formed and managed eight investment funds totaling nearly $1 billion, across multiple platforms with both institutional and private investors. Focused on creating value for their hotel operating partners, RockBridge invests first mortgage, mezzanine, and equity capital in hotels throughout the U.S. Since 1992, RockBridge has invested in over 300 assets nationwide with aggregate transaction capitalization of nearly $5 billion. For additional information about RockBridge, visit www.rockbridgecapital.com.
About Wischermann Partners, Inc.
Wischermann Partners, Inc. is a national hospitality firm, focused on the operations of upper upscale and luxury hotels. Recognized by clients, peers and industry experts, Wischermann Partners brings a unique mix of knowledge, experience and insight to hospitality management, development and acquisitions. Currently, Wischermann Partners operates a hotel portfolio of more than 2,200 rooms. For more information about Wischermann Partners, please visit www.wischermannpartners.com.
(Note: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities regulations. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and involve risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated at the time the forward-looking statements are made. These risks and uncertainties are presented in detail in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although we believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained or that results and events will not materially differ. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.)
Ashley Chapman
Global Public Relations, Le Méridien
Courtney Marzahn
Susan Magrino Agency for Le Méridien
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GENEVA, NY – The Wittenberg Tigers were held to a season-low 135 yards of offense in a 35-10 loss to Hobart College in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament.
Wittenberg's previous low yardage total in 2012 was 254 yards in an Oct. 6 loss to Wabash. The offensive output was the lowest for the Tigers (10-2) since a 27-6 loss at Wooster in the 2008 season finale.
High winds, swirling snow showers and a wind chill in the low 20s hampered the Tigers (10-2), who a week earlier had thrown for 346 yards and five touchdowns in a thrilling come-from-behind first-round victory over Heidelberg. Junior quarterback Reed Florence (South Charleston, Ohio/Southeastern) completed 13-of-28 passes in the game for 109 yards, but just one covered more than 20 yards.
The Statesmen contained Wittenberg's passing attack primarily by bottling up Florence, who scrambled to great effect a week earlier. He was sacked three times and intercepted once as the Tigers managed just 26 yards rushing in the game. The Tigers were playing without the North Coast Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year, freshman tailback Jimmy Dehnke (Canton, Ohio/Massillon Jackson), due to injury.
Despite the obstacles, it wasn't until the fourth quarter that the seventh-ranked Statesmen (12-0) took control. Hobart piled up 286 yards and five touchdowns on the ground, but over the first 30 minutes of the game, those figures were just 74 yards, including a 30-yard scoring run by quarterback Nick Strang in the second quarter.
Hobart led 7-3 at halftime and then scored on the opening drive of the third quarter. Wittenberg answered with its best drive of the game, marching 60 yards in six plays as junior tailback JaVanh Sanders (Las Vegas, Nev./Centennial) scored from three yards out.
The Tiger defense stopped Hobart on its next drive, setting the stage for the key sequence of the game. It started with a mistake on the ensuing punt return that flipped the field position. After junior defensive tackle Josh Montgomery (Reynoldsburg, Ohio/Reynoldsburg) blocked a field goal, Florence fumbled and the Statesmen punched the ball in two plays later to take a 21-10 lead.
Wittenberg never got the momentum back as Hobart's rushing attack took over. The Statesmen completed just one pass in the second half – on a reverse option pass on the second play from scrimmage in the third period – but they wore the Tigers down with scoring drives of 56 and 62 yards in the fourth quarter.
"I thought our guys played hard," said Head Coach Joe Fincham. "There's no doubt that there were a handful of plays that made the game a lot different than what it could have been. We just didn't make the plays when we needed them."
For the game, Hobart had 362 yards of total offense. Fincham offered praise to his defense, which was led by a trio of players with nine tackles each – junior linebacker Spencer Leno (Massillon, Ohio/Massillon), junior linebacker Evan Killilea (Columbus, Ohio/DeSales) and junior safety Heath Eby (Medina, Ohio/Cloverleaf).
Sanders picked up 47 yards on 16 carries and 35 yards on four receptions to account for a majority of Wittenberg's offensive output. Junior wide receiver Desi Kirkman (Lima, Ohio/Central Catholic) added five catches for 33 yards.
Hobart advanced the national quarterfinals for the first time in program history. The Statesmen will take on St. Thomas (Minn.) on Saturday, Dec. 1.

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RETIREMENT isn't something that takes up a big space in my life plan.
I plan to continue working and playing golf at a very vigorous pace until I am about 85 years old (a very long way off). Then, approximately one day after I realize I cannot get the golf ball airborne any more, I will die peacefully in my sleep.
After the briefest moment of silence in history, my friends will begin a thunderous stampede to claim all of my golf equipment.
I haven't had an idle moment in so long, I wouldn't know what to do with it. So, might as well keep busy with work … and spend the rest of the time carping about how little time I have for playing golf.
Add a few hours of sleep and I have all 24 hours of the day accounted for. I'm sure that's not the desired cup of tea for a lot of people, but it works for me.
MANY OTHERS look forward with great anticipation to the day they walk out of the office for the last time and tell the boss to give them a kiss where the sun doesn't shine. They have worked hard most of their adult lives and now they look forward to doing the other things – traveling, fishing, volunteering, spending all day/every day with their spouse.
Ok, three out of four choices aren't bad.
Maybe they will buy a huge RV and drive around the country. Maybe they will buy a boat. Maybe they will sell everything, take a vow of poverty and climb the mountains of Nepal in search of the true meaning of life.
Sounds pretty idyllic, doesn't it?
NOT FOR THREE PEOPLE who took up a fair amount of my thought process over the last week. They apparently have the same aversion to retirement as me.
The first is Bernard Hopkins. His nickname is The Executioner. But don't look for him to be sending any heinous criminals to their just reward. All of his executions are performed within the confines of the boxing ring.
Hopkins is the Light Heavyweight Champion of the World. He also was the Middleweight Champion of the World from 1994 to 2005.
If you are doing your math fast enough, by now you are realizing that Hopkins must be very old for a boxer. In fact, he is the oldest boxer. And on March 9, 2013 he broke an amazing record for the second time – becoming the oldest boxer to hold a recognized world championship – at an astonishing age of 48.
He was honored at the annual Philadelphia Sports Writers Association banquet last Monday and announced, 'I'm not done yet. There's still a lot of steam left in this engine.'
Hopkins doesn't understand the concept of retiring. He thought about it a couple of times, but keeps climbing back into the ring.
SPEAKING of climbing back into the ring … that brings me to the next two people who have occupied my thoughts lately.
The first is former Norristown police chief Russell Bono. Last year he retired after a stellar 42-year-career on the Norristown police force. For many, that would have been enough.
And, for a while, it seemed that was the case with Bono.
He took up the game of golf and spent a huge chunk of his week trying to conquer the most difficult game in the world.
Then Eileen Behr resigned as Montgomery County sheriff and Bono's phone started ringing off the hook. Friends encouraged him to throw his hat in the ring for the vacant position. It was a decision he considered for only a short time before answering the call.
His nomination received the endorsement of the Montgomery County Commissioners and Governor Tom Corbett. His approval by the Pennsylvania Senate seems certain.
The only thing uncertain is the question of what made Bono leave the golf course for the rigors of running the sheriff's department in a major county.
As it turns out, Bono is a much better cop than he is a golfer. And he missed the life within the law enforcement community.
'It's in your blood,' Bono explained. 'I realized how much I loved police work and jumped at the opportunity to get back in.'
THE STORY of Bono's return is a complete parallel to that of one of his old friends.
Carmen Pettine was police chief in Plymouth Township for many years. He also retired to a life on the golf course and seemed quite happy.
Until he received a call from Haverford Township. That was about three years ago and the sudden departure of the Haverford chief left the township in a bind. It was going to host a U.S. Open in June of 2013 and they desperately needed an experienced person to handle the impending major security challenge.
Pettine took the job and immediately found himself involved in a scene that required the organizational expertise of the D-Day Invasion.
He was dispatched to the U.S. Open Championship at Congressional in Bethesda, Maryland in 2011. His assignment was to observe and learn from the security operation there. He could be spotted easily. He was the one with his eyes popping out of his head and his jaw drooping near his chest.
To say the least, the operation was an overwhelming one.
And that was nothing like what would face him at Merion. Pettine was in charge of the most daunting traffic, crowd control and security issue in U.S. Open history. And he handled it in grand fashion.
BOTTOM LINE – don't look for the foursome of Bernard Hopkins, Russell Bono, Carmen Pettine and Yours Truly to be spending our retirement years with a regular tee time at one of the local golf courses. If we play any golf, we will have to find a way to squeeze it in between job assignments.
Some people just don't know how to retire.


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Hummer, the gas-guzzling, muscular icon of the American road, has been sold to a Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer.
General Motors and Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery finalized the deal on Oct. 9. Although financial terms were not disclosed, sources said GM got $150 million for the brand and related assets. GM said in its bankruptcy filing last summer the Hummer brand could be sold for $500 million or more.
The deal gives Tengzhong an 80 percent stake in Hummer while a private Hong Kong investor, Suolang Duoji, will recieve the other 20 percent. The investors will also have access to Hummer's well-established U.S. dealer network.
The deal must still be approved by U.S. and Chinese regulators.
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Multilingual files uploader
We need a widget that allows the upload of files in a multilingual scenario. Here we spec out only a multilingual uploader for image files, though it can be extended later to handle other file types.
We used grids and added a multilingual row to them.
The first image, at the top to the bottom, is the common grid with a file already uploaded.
The second one is the multilingual popover visible. This will happen when users mouse over the grid row or (if we are concerned about mobile devices) when they click on the multilingual icon. We can add a help text inside a notification and present to users after their first upload to tell them about those details. Note the multilingual popover action (delete all), so users can delete an item and it's localized versions with just one click.
The third one is the state of the grid if any localized data is missing. Note the exclamation icon at the side of the multilingual one. This is a suggestion that we can use or not. If we use we can use to all other multilingual widgets.
The grid add action will first add an item into the primary locale (the required one). This is a little different from the other multilingual controls, but it's necessary so we can avoid validating user actions after something it's done. I think that's important to keep the feeling that actions inside the grid are saved in real time, so anything that's not possible to be done should be forbidden. This will also avoid a lot of extra work, like deleting files already uploaded if user cancelled the action instead of saving, etc.
After adding an item for the primary locale, users can add multilingual versions by clicking the grid add action again and choosing to add a localized version of the existing item inside the grid. If they don't want to upload a localized version of an existing item, they can just do the normal upload.
Users can add localized versions of existing items also interacting directly with the localized rows, what I think it will be a lot easier. Once they upload an item for the primary locale, a multilingual row will be visible and they can mouse over and interact with the other localized rows.
If there is no item to show for the interface locale, then we can present the item for the primary locale but with a different background, so this and the flag of the primary locale will make it clear to users that the data for the current locale is missing.


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This UNESCO-endorsed "New Songs for Peace" project is intended to encourage people to think about peace, talk about peace, and write a new song that we will collect and self-publish in a book. These new songs will promote peace, cultural acceptance and understanding for those who work towards peace throughout the world.
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Welcoming Madrid hotel, near Urtinsa Industrial Estate and Alcoron station, with free WiFi and breakfast included
Located next to the A5 motorway, Holiday Inn Express® Alcorcon offers free on-site parking. Alcorcon train station is a 10-minute walk away, and several metro stations and bus stops are within an easy stroll, getting you to central Madrid in no time. International flights at Madrid–Barajas Airport are less than half an hour's drive away.
The hotel is an eight-minute walk from the Tres Aguas commercial centre and 10 minutes' drive to Madrid Zoo Aquarium. Marvel at word-class art at the Museo Nacional del Prado and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, or wander through bustling public squares like Puerta del Sol and Plaza Mayor. End the day by sampling the city's famous tapas.
Host events for up to 20 people in the hotel's fully equipped meeting room. There's free WiFi throughout the hotel and a 24-hour Business Centre. Urtinsa Industrial Estate and Casa de Campo convention centre are both less than 10 minutes' drive away.
Cheerful rooms feature satellite TV, sofa beds and work desks. Make a coffee in your room, then get set for the day with an included Express Start Breakfast. Relax with a glass of Spanish wine in the bar, then ask the friendly staff for local dining options.
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B6 SLIM TN Monthly-Weekly-Daily Dot Grid Booklet
B6 SLIM TN Monthly-Weekly-Daily Dot Grid Booklet
This printable booklet is for Traveler's Notebook in B6 SLIM size (4.33in x 7in when folded).
This set includes 1 printable undated booklet, good for 1 month, with 5 weekly sets.
• Cover & Back Page
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• 1 Month on 2 Pages Spread in Sunday to Saturday AND Monday to Sunday formats
• 5 Sets of Week at a Glance Page followed by 7 Daily Dot Grid Style Pages
• Notes Pages (at back)
Total of 48 pages. Requires 12 sheets of paper to be printed double-sided, stapled and folded. File is arranged in BOOKLET STYLE order. Please see printing instruction below.
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1. Print the cover & back page file in thick paper or cardstock.
2. Print the inside pages using letter size or A4 paper (file names are marked with PAPER SIZE name - a4 or letter, always use the appropriate file). Make sure the print scale setting is in 100% or "actual size", NOT "fit to page".
3. Print all the odd pages first. Flip the paper then print the even pages at the back. Page 2 should be at the back of page 1, Page 4 at the back of page 3 and so on.
4. If using a printer with double-sided printing function, skip step 3, and just check the double-sided option or "print on both sides" option. Make sure that the "flip on the short edge" is checked.
5. Stack the printed paper including the cover page. Fold in the middle. Staple at center and cut using the crop marks as guides. Alternatively, you may also cut the papers individually first using the crop marks as guides before stacking and stapling.
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Well, there has been countless amounts of requests for me to do a lesson on a chibi version of a certain performer that is a "wizard" when it comes to singing "naturally". If you picked up on those two quotes I left as clues, you should already know who I'm about to submit a tutorial on. Right now, I will fill the many requests, on "how to draw chibi Selena Gomez", step by step. To tell you the truth, I'm honestly surprised that I don't have a chibi version of her already. I mean, I did a chibi on Taylor Swift, Hannah Montana, and a few others that came out to be really nice. I absolutely love drawing chibi characters especially when they are of famous people like actors, actresses, musicians, and other entertainers. This is one of my favorite chibi drawings because of how pretty, and cute Selena Gomez looks chibified. I hope you can tell that this is supposed to a chibi version of Ms. Gomez. The drawing took me about two hours to complete, which means it should take you only twenty minutes from start to finish. Anyways, I think you should like this lesson on "how to draw chibi Selena Gomez". I will be back a bit later so try and stay online. If you have to leave because you have school tomorrow, just come back then, and see what I uploaded new. Peace out people!
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DeMint PAC considers helping Akin
ST. LOUIS — Sen. Jim DeMint's political action committee is torn over whether it should put its big bucks behind a risky bet: Todd Akin's Senate candidacy against Sen. Claire McCaskill.
With Akin declaring on Tuesday that he's staying in the race, the DeMint's PAC is polling its donors to ask if they should dump precious resources behind a conservative congressman who has been abandoned by much of his party. And DeMint officials are making their pitch in terms favorable to Akin, calling him a "true conservative who is more interested in joining the fight than the club" and whose election could determine the balance of power in the Senate.
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In a memo to donors Tuesday morning, Matt Hoskins, executive director of the Senate Conservatives Fund, said "circumstances have changed" since the uproar immediately following Akin's damaging remarks about rape. Akin is staying in the race, and Hoskins says it's still "winnable."
"So this brings us to the question of what SCF should do and we want to know what you think," Hoskins said. "Knowing that Todd Akin will face Claire McCaskill in November and the race could decide control of the Senate, should the Senate Conservatives Fund endorse Akin and help him raise the support he needs to win?"
At a St. Louis, rally flanked with several dozen supporters behind him Tuesday, Akin said defiantly he now has one mission: making McCaskill a one-term senator.
"A lot of people in politics say, 'Can you win?" he said, prompting his supporters to shout, "Yes!"
"When you do the right thing, you end up winning anyway," he said.
If DeMint's PAC dumps money into the Akin campaign it would be going where the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the Republican National Committee and Crossroads GPS have refused to go. All three of those groups vowed not to put another dime into Akin's race after his comments last month that "legitimate rape" rarely leads to pregnancies because female bodies can shut them down.
Akin's campaign seems eager for the money, and circulated the DeMint memo, asking supporters to vote in an online survey where DeMint's PAC raises the question of getting involved in the Missouri race.
The potential Akin-DeMint alliance comes as Republicans in Washington and Missouri are entering a new phase with the six-term congressman and his controversial Senate candidacy. After his damaging remarks on rape and pregnancy — for which he apologized — Mitt Romney on down to rank-and-file Republicans and conservative pundits called on him to drop out of the race before the Tuesday deadline. But Akin has withstood the pressure campaign, and his name will be on the November ballot.


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If form holds, here's how I see the BCS bowls shaping up:
BCS Championship: Alabama vs. Louisiana State. LSU's defense is so scary fast. I can't pick against any team that has only given up two offensive touchdowns in a game twice all year, and none since a 47-21 win at West Virginia, Sept. 24.
Sugar Bowl: Houston vs. Michigan. Losing its SEC's anchor, Sugar gets first at-large pick and will likely take red-hot Michigan, with its 10-2 record and a massive fan base that hasn't been to a BCS bowl since the Rose Bowl after the 2006 season.
The Sugar will pick its second at-large team after the Fiesta Bowl and will likely take unbeaten Houston, the top-ranked team from a non automatic-qualifying conference.


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- System Preferences -> Security -> Firewall -> Advanced -> "+" -> GrassGames' Cribbage
The same goes for Windows firewall - you should allow the game full access.
The game tries to open a port on your router to help network games connections. However this may or may not be successful.
You can check if the port is being opened properly are by using the Port Map program by Coding Monkeys - here's the Mac download link: (no Windows one yet, sorry)
After you download the program, do the following:
- Start the game
- Select Network Game
- Create a game - this should open a port
- Start the Port Map program that you downloaded
- Press the All UPnP Mappings button
- See if a port has been opened by the game
You can add a port for the game by doing the following (not a bad idea even if a port is listed already):
- Start the game
- Go to Options -> Online
- Note down the port number being used
- Start the Port Map program
- Click the "+" button in Port Map
- Enter the port number in the Local Port field
- Check both TCP and UDP
- Type Cribbage into the Description field
- Press Add Mapping
Now try connecting to people within the game.
Extra things to try:
- There are 2 numbers listed in the online options section within the game - try adding port mappings for both numbers.
- Change your port number in the online options section to a number between 43000 and 53000, then add the mappings again.


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A policy to ban smoking on campus starting in fall 2013 was recently approved by Oakland University administration, according to Robbie Williford, vice president of OU Student Congress.
Williford said both Cora Hanson, environmental health and life safety manager at OU, and Steve Roberts, assistant vice president of finance and administration, came to an OUSC meeting and handed them a notice stating that the non-smoking policy had passed. The policy entails the reasoning for the ban, the new policy, explanation of the policy and procedures to be taken if students and staff decide to disregard the new policy.
Read more in The Oakland Post.
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Associate in Science Degree, Transfer Program
Students in the Computer Science program are educated in the design and implementation of system software. The program provides the first two years of a baccalaureate computer science degree with transfer options that include: scientific programming, systems programming, systems design, computer engineering, and other computer-related disciplines. Graduates of computer science programs commonly seek employment with computer manufacturers or software houses that specialize in system software.
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Hi all.
I'm new in this forum...I'm an Italian 18yrs old boy...then you can imagine that my english is "scolastic", I pray you to excuse me in advance for mistakes and "strange forms" that you'll sure find in my tutorials...I tried to be simple and clear...and without too "italianizations" and mistakes...
Another important thing : I'm a very DISASTER with graphic and design... in fact I use flash at 99% for code and not for graphig...then my tutorials will be more "programmation-side" and not "design-side", please forgive me
IMPORTANT : this tutorial uses components v1 (flash mx), if u use V2 compnents (flash mx2004) you muse change the event syntax and some images won't correspond....I can't ensure that this tutorial will work also with Mx2004...Maybe in future I'll made a new catalog tutorial and it'll be compatible with tha flash versions that will exists at that moment
I wrote this tutorial some time ago, and this is the reason because it isn't about Mx2004
In this tutorial, we'll see how we can create a "little" product's catalog
using Flash, Php and MySql.
We'll have three files:
- config.inc.php, that contains the informations for the connection at the database
- Select.php, that select the product's dates from the database, and return it in a format for Flash
- Catalog.swf, that's the catalog the user will see
The code will be simple, I don't have particular hints to give for this tutorial : - )
Let's start
Weel, we start from the database creation. After, we'll see the php files and, last but not least, the flash part.
1) Well, we're going to create our database. In this sample, I've called the database "catalog" (wow, what original name!)
In our database, we must create a table (products) with some fields...use this query to create the table in your Database
CREATE TABLE products ( id int(20) NOT NULL auto_increment, name varchar(200) NOT NULL default '', quantity int(5) NOT NULL default '0', cost int(5) NOT NULL default '0', description tinytext NOT NULL, colors tinytext NOT NULL, image varchar(200) NOT NULL default '', PRIMARY KEY (id) )
Well done! Now we have a database and its table...but it's empty...Well, we'll insert some informations into the tables : - )
This is an example of query that you can use for insert the infos about a product
INSERT INTO products VALUES (1, 'shirt', 200, 10, 'This is a very nice t-shirt, avaible in all sizes', 'red,darkblue,yellow', 'Tshirt');
Ok, now our database is complete (you can insert a lot of information in the database
In the example we have 5 products in the DB, this is
the query I used to fill it:
INSERT INTO products VALUES (1, 'shirt', 200, 10, 'This is a very nice t-shirt, avaible in all sizes', 'red,darkblue,yellow', 'Tshirt'); INSERT INTO products VALUES (2, 'shorts', 300, 5, 'A pair of nice shirts for you :)', 'red,darkblue', 'Shorts'); INSERT INTO products VALUES (3, 'bra', 100, 10, 'A nice bra...also if it\'s transparent...', 'white', 'Bra'); INSERT INTO products VALUES (4, 'Shoes', 400, 25, 'A pair of very nice shoes, that you can use in every occasion', 'brown, black', 'Shoes'); INSERT INTO products VALUES (5, 'Trainers', 150, 20, 'A pair of trainers, wonderful if you move yourself everyday', 'white,lightblue', 'Trainers');
2 ) Now it's time to create the php files. We'll have two files: config.inc.php and select.php. The first file will be used to contain tha database access informations, the second file is a part of the "hearth" of your little application
2a) config file (config.inc.php)
Now that we've our database, we must connect to it and pick the information...otherwise, how can we have a catalog ?
Well, we'll make the connection using Php.
As said before, the config.inc.php file will contain the database access infos, like this
<? $server = "localhost"; // Database Host (usually localhost) $user = "root"; // Username $pass = "password"; // Password $database = "catalog"; // Database name ?>
The lines are explained in the script: these are the variables that we'll use for the connection at the database
2b) The file that "pick" the info from the database is "Select.php": this files retrieve the info from the db, then returns it in a format readable by flash. This file is called "Select.php"
<? // Include the external file (the variables for the database connection) include("config.inc.php"); // Connect at the Db using the "config.inc.php" variables $connessione = @mysql_connect($server,$user,$pass); // Select the database $database = mysql_select_db($database,$connessione); // The query text (Select all from the products table in our database) $select = "SELECT * FROM products"; // Make the query $result = mysql_query($select); // Count the rows (total result) $rows = mysql_num_rows($result); // For each result while($list = mysql_fetch_array($result)){ // Set some variables, using the info get from the database // $list is the array that contains the Db values // For example $list["id"] is the value of an "id" field in the Db $id = $list["id"]; $name = $list["name"]; $stock = $list["quantity"]; $cost = $list["cost"]; $description = $list["description"]; $colors = $list["colors"]; $image = $list["image"]; // Print in the browser window a string, in a format that Flash can read // (Flash read namevar=value&namevar2=valuevar2....) // We'll see after why we've some "|" print("Total=$rows&Oggetto$id=$name|$stock|$cost|$description|$colors|$image&"); } ?>
I think (and hope ) that code comments are sufficents to explain what the code do...Now, in the browser, with our products, we'll have this result:
Total=5&Oggetto1=shirt|200|10|This is a very nice t-shirt, avaible in all sizes|red,darkblue,yellow|Tshirt&Total=5&Oggetto2=shorts|300|5|A pair of nice shirts for you |red,darkblue|Shorts&Total=5&Oggetto3=bra|100|10|A nice bra...also if it's transparent...|white|Bra&Total=5&Oggetto4=Shoes|400|25|A pair of very nice shoes, that you can use in every occasion |brown, black|Shoes&Total=5&Oggetto5=Trainers|150|20|A pair of trainers, wonderful if you move yourself everyday |white,lightblue|Trainers&
Total is the number of total objects
OggettoN is a string that contains the info about a product
Inside Flash, using Actionscript, we'll divide this info for can use it in the catalog
3) Flash side
We've already finished the Php scripts.
Now we must go on with Flash Mx.
In our Flash movie we'll have some "particular" scripts, pay attention!
But before all, after code (and before code again )...start graphic
Watch the image and try to replace it exactly (or download the fla )
(Comboname and Combocolors indicate the name of the component ; - ) )
Combocolors and Comboname are two "ComboBox" components (avaible in Flash UI Components Set)
The square is a normal shape, but the "white circle" that you see in the figure, is an emptymovie clip, with istance name "object_image"
"Go" and "Ok" are two buttons, picked from "Button Clip Art", a Common Library (if you haven't it, search on Macromedia Exchange,
but you find the "Go" and "Ok" buttons also in the fla
There're 4 text fields: there are all dynamic texts:
In the picture you see the different instance names (name, quantity, cost, description)
Pay attention: description is a multline textfield!
Very well, we made the graphic...ok ok, it isn't so beautiful...but I warned you I'm a DISASTER, no ?
3b) Flash methods
We've 3 available "ways" now: each product should have some avaible colors (in fact, in the database we've a "colors" field when we insert
the possible colors of the product)
Now, Flash Mx can't load Gif using LoadMovie, and the setRGB method envolve also the background of the Jpg (the only image format
that Flash MX can dinamically load), then we can
- 1st method: Create one jpg for every color (example: Tshirt.jpg / Tshirt-red.jpg / Tshirt-darkblue.jpg)
- 2nd method: Load an external swf, that contains the gif (imported using File->Import), and use on it the setRGB method
- 3rd method: Show the product without the colors change
We'll examine all those ways ; - )
If you prefer to use the 3rd method, delete from the graphic the "Combocolors" component and the "Ok" button.
Now, the code can be different if you use 1st, 2nd or 3rd method...when there are some differences, they're explained...otherwise, it means the code works well for all ways
At the first frame in the Flash movie, insert this code
// Create a new LoadVars object, called "catalog" catalog = new LoadVars() // Load the vars from the external Php file catalog.load(php_file) // When the vars are loaded catalog.onload = function(success) { for(this.a=1;this.a<=this.total;this.a++){ // Create an array (ObjectN) for each object in the catalog this["object"+this.a] = this["Oggetto"+(this.a)].split("|") //Add into the combobox the names of the objects in the catalog _root.comboname.addItem(this["object"+this.a][0]) // Create into the array ObjectN a new array whith the avaible colors of the object this["object"+this.a].colors = this["object"+this.a][4].split(",") // Remove the 4th element of the array (The colors now are in the "colors" array) this["object"+this.a].splice(4,1) // Remove "OggettoN", that was a "temporary" object delete(this["Oggetto"+this.a]) } }
The lines are explained, but we must make another explanation, from
When we load the vars from the Php file (in the "catalog" object), we obtain some variables, such as
OggettoN = name|quantity|cost|description|colors|image
(N is a number variable)
This is our "temporary string", for have all informations for a product.
With this code
this["object"+this.a] = this["Oggetto"+(this.a)].split("|")
We create, into "catalog", a newest array (objectN), that contains
the information of the product (with the SPLIT function, we create
an array with this informations
ObjectN[0] = product name
ObjectN[1] = product quantity
ObjectN[2] = product cost
ObjectN[3] = product description
ObjectN[4] = product colors // If you don't want use the colors, you'll have this element, but you don't use it
ObjectN[5] = product image // the name without extension
Now, with this array we can
Add an item (the name of the object) in the "comboname" component, that is the list of the products
And (if you NOT use the method without the colors change) create another array (colors) in the array ObjectN
this["object"+this.a].colors = this["object"+this.a][4].split(",")
We use another split function, because ObjectN[4] is like "red,darkblue,yellow"...using a split function, we'll have, for example
ObjectN.catalog[0] = "red"
ObjectN.catalog[1] = "darkblue"
ObjectN.catalog[2] = "yellow"
We'll see after why we "must" use this "colors array".
Now we can delete the "old" 4th element of the array (the colors list), because we've the colors array
Wiith this line
We remove the 4th element of the array (Attention: if you don't want use the colors, don't write this line)
At the end:
We remove "OggettoN", that was "only" a temporary string for pick the information of an object.
The code on the 1st frame is complete
Rember that if you use the 3rd method (without colors), your code would be only
catalog = new LoadVars()
// Load the vars from the external Php file
catalog.onload = function(success) {
// Create an array (ObjectN) for each object in the catalog
catalog["object"+this.a] = catalog["Oggetto"+(this.a)].split("|")
//Add into the combobox the names of the objects in the catalog
// Remove "OggettoN", that was a "temporary" object
3c) Show product image
Well, now we've to write the code for the "Go" button (near the ComboName).
This button, when is pressed, must show the product selected in the "ComboName"
Now, for each "method" (Image, External Movie or No Color), we've a different code on this button.
We'll see the three different codes
If you use the 1st method (Create one jpg for every color), write this code
on(press){ selected = _root.comboname.getSelectedIndex() // Remove all the elements from the "ComboColor" _root.combocolors.removeAll(); // Insert the first element in the "ComboColor" _root.combocolors.addItem("Select a color") // Load the external image into the movie clip loadMovie(_root.catalog["object"+selected][4]+".jpg","object_image") // Set the informations (name, quantity,...) in the dynamic fields _root.name.text = _root.catalog["object"+selected][0] _root.quantity.text = _root.catalog["object"+selected][1] _root.cost.text = _root.catalog["object"+selected][2] _root.description.text = _root.catalog["object"+selected][3] // Add the elements (colors in the ObjectN.colors array) in the ComboColors for(a=0;a<_root.catalog["object"+selected].colors.length;a++){ _root.combocolors.addItem(_root.catalog["object"+selected].colors[a]) } }
Let's see better some lines of this code
After the remotion of the 4th element of the array ObjectN (in catalog), the 6th element (remember
the array's first element is 0)
became the 5th element (Array[4])...then the "image" field is the 5th element of the array.
With this code we load the external image (that must be in the same directory of the swf) in the movie clip
Another line that I try to explain better is
With this code, we make a cycle, that insert all the colors (the elements in the "colors array" (catalog[objectN].colors , do you remember? ) in the
ComboColors component
I think that the other lines are explained enough.
If you use the 1st method (load external swf that contain a gif), write this code
on(press){ selected = _root.comboname.getSelectedIndex() _root.combocolors.removeAll(); _root.combocolors.addItem("Select a color") loadMovie(_root.catalog["object"+selected][4]+".swf","object_image") _root.name.text = _root.catalog["object"+selected][0] _root.quantity.text = _root.catalog["object"+selected][1] _root.cost.text = _root.catalog["object"+selected][2] _root.description.text = _root.catalog["object"+selected][3] for(a=0;a<_root.catalog["object"+selected].colors.length;a++){ _root.combocolors.addItem(_root.catalog["object"+selected].colors[a], colors_list[_root.catalog["object"+selected].colors[a]]) } }
It's almost the same of the previous code, BUT two lines are different
In fact, if we want load an external movie that contain a gif, we must load an swf and not a jpg.
The swf must be in the same folder of the Catalog.swf file.
The name of the external swf (or jpg, if you use the 1st method) MUST be the
value that there's in the database ("Image" field)
Look also at this line:
_root.combocolors.addItem( _root.catalog["object"+selected].colors[a], colors_list[_root.catalog["object"+selected].colors[a]])
The "bold" string is the "value" parameter that we'll insert in the combocolors. If this parameter isn't specified, the value is the same as the label.
In this method, we must have a value, that's the RGB code of the color.
In effect, if you use this method, in the 1st frame of the movie, you must add a code, like this:
colors_list = new Object()
colors_list.red = {rb:255, gb:43,bb:0,ra:0,ga:100,ba:100,aa:100,ab:0}
colors_list.darkblue = {rb:0, gb:0,bb:153,ra:0,ga:100,ba:100,aa:100,ab:0}
colors_list.blue = {rb:0, gb:102,bb:255,ra:0,ga:100,ba:100,aa:100,ab:0}
colors_list.yellow = {rb:255, gb:204,bb:0,ra:0,ga:100,ba:100,aa:100,ab:0}
colors_list is an object, that contains some colors (colors_name = the rgb values)
The names that you write into the database (colors field) must be EQUALS at that there are in the "colors_list"
You can add or remove all the colors in the colors_list, for example if you want add "white" at this colors_list,
add this line at the script, write this
colors_list.white = {rb:255, gb:255,bb:255,ra:0,ga:100,ba:100,aa:100,ab:0}
We'll see in the code for the "Ok" button the utility of this value
At the end, if you use the 3rd method, the code you've to write is "only" this (obviously, there isn't the code that concern the ComboColos):
on(press){ selected = _root.comboname.getSelectedIndex() loadMovie(_root.catalog["object"+selected][5]+".jpg","object_image") _root.name.text = _root.catalog["object"+selected][0] _root.quantity.text = _root.catalog["object"+selected][1] _root.cost.text = _root.catalog["object"+selected][2] _root.description.text = _root.catalog["object"+selected][3] }
Note that using this method, we'll have only ONE image that represent the product.
Hint : If the product is avaible in different colors, but you don't want show them, you can write the avaible colors in the description
Well, we're near to the end... here the last code
3d) Flash method, 'changes'
If you use the method "whitout colors", your work is finished: the next code is used for "change" the color at the product
Else, if you use one of the another method, go on ;D
We now see the different codes (one for every "method") that we have to write for the "Ok" button (near the ComboColors)
1 - If you want use the image ("1st method"), the code for the "Ok" button is
on(press){ sel_color = _root.combocolors.getValue() loadMovie(_root.catalog["object"+selected][4]+"-"+sel_color+".jpg","object_image") }
It's simple: we've already seen that the 5th element of the array "ObjectN" is the name of the image
that correspond at the product.
You can easly understand that with this code, the movie load ad image, that has a name like product name-color.jpg (eg: Tshirt-red.jpg) (only the image that is loaded when the user click on "Go" button must have a name like procuct name.jpg)
Hint: Take at the jpg image a background color egual at the background color of the Catalog.swf
In fact, with this "method", you must create an image for every color of the product, that will be loaded
when a user select a color from the "combocolors"
Well, for the 1st method we've finished the work
2- If you use the 2nd method, you must write this code for the "Ok" button
on(press){ sel_color = _root.combocolors.getValue() colore = new Color(_root.object_image.object) colore.setTransform(sel_color) }
For understand this code, we must before see how create the external movie, that must have a name like
procuct name-color.swf (eg: Tshirt-red.swf) (only the movie that is loaded when the user click on "Go" button must have a name like procuct name.swf)
The external movie, must have a movie clip (that contains the product's gif, or also a draw made in the movieclip), and the movie clip must have position 2,2
Watct the picture belowfor an example
The movie clip, that contain the gif (in the picture, a t-shirt), is called "object"
Then, remember to "create" the external swf with the "object" movie clip.
Now, watch this code
sel_color = _root.combocolors.getValue()
colore = new Color(_root.object_image.object) // Create a new color object (colore), with "_root.object_image.object" * as target
colore.setTransform(sel_color) // Apply the color object at the movie clip
* Do you remember that we load the external movie (that contains "object" movie clip) is loaded into the "object_image" movieclip? Then,
the movie clip "object" of the external file now is in the "object_image" movie clip
Well, now also this "method" is finished
Remember that with this method, when you change the color, the quality can be "low". Personally, I prefer,
for the "quality" of the various color, the method with external jpg; but this 2nd method is more "fast" for change
the colors that create one image for every color
We've seen the 3 different "opportunity", and now we've finished our work
In the sample *zip, you'll find
You can create the other images.
We're arrived at the end
You find the source codes for this tutorial attached.
I hope you liked this tutorial...and I promise that it won't the last : - )
See you soon, byez and good work everybody
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Kenton Miller served as IUCN Director General from 1983 to 1988 and recently finished a third term as Chair of IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA). He also recently retired as Vice President for Conservation and Development following 15 years of service at the World Resources Institute (WRI).
As mentor to many conservation leaders around the world, Kenton Miller was recognized particularly for his energetic promotion of innovation and learning related to planning and managing national parks and other protected areas. Most recently he sought to raise awareness among park professionals of the growing challenges facing protected areas from climate, social, economic, and institutional changes taking place worldwide.
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As an officer of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and with support from the Rockefeller Brothers' Fund (RBF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Dr Miller headed FAO's Latin American Programme on Wildland Management. He developed and taught graduate programmes in parks and wildland management at CATIE (Costa Rica) and the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources. Experience in protected areas policy, planning and capacity building led to opportunities to consult in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Antarctica.
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Dr Miller played a significant role in the design and implementation of three IUCN World Parks Congresses (1982, 1992 and 2003). Under the auspices of the World Resources Institute, he led the international cooperative effort to prepare the Global Biodiversity Strategy, contributed to the Global Biodiversity Assessment, and played a significant role in the development of the Global Convention for the Conservation of Biological Diversity.
During his career, Miller was awarded the prestigious Schubert Environmental Prize (Germany), two honorary doctorates, the Order of the Golden Ark (Netherlands), and received extensive recognition of his contribution to world conservation. The WCPA Kenton Miller Award for Innovation in Protected Areas Management is presented annually, and will continue to inspire protected area managers to confront seemingly impossible challenges and become conservation leaders in their own right.
"Kenton was a hero in many circles and totally devoted to conservation, said Julia Marton-Lefèvre, IUCN Director General . "The global conservation community has lost one of its greatest champions."
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 157 diseños de 58 diseñadores freelance.
We are a solid group of developers looking to become Twitters standard media file posting service. We offer the ability to anyone with a twitter account to post pictures (pic), videos (vid), documents (doc), audio (aud) and polls (pol). Our goal is to surpass TwitPic.com and we need a great logo that will hold true for what we offer!
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Aug. 8, 2011 - An unlucky collection of tiny changes in the genetic code causes most cases of schizophrenia, a game-changing new study finds.
These "de novo" mutations aren't passed on from parents to their children, helping to explain why so many cases of schizophrenia occur in people with no family history of mental illness.
The finding, by Columbia University psychiatrist Maria Karayiorgou, MD, and colleagues, comes from a "deep gene sequencing" study of 53 people with schizophrenia and 22 people without the condition, and their parents.
"I think it is a huge relief for many of the families affected by schizophrenia to know that there is a clear cause for their disease -- which has been doubted many times -- and that the parents did not pass it on to their child," Karayiorgou tells WebMD.
The "fascinating study" is the tipping point toward a new understanding of schizophrenia, says Michael L. Cuccaro, PhD, associate professor at the University of Miami's Hussman Institute for Human Genomics. Cuccaro was not involved in the Karayiorgou study.
"This is evidence that points us in a different direction," Cuccaro tells WebMD. "There has been a real shift from thinking of schizophrenia as having a distinct genetic cause to seeing it as an accumulation of rare genetic events."
Different Genetic Changes Converge in Schizophrenia
In 27 of their 53 schizophrenia patients, Karayiorgou's team found 40 small changes (single nucleotide variants or SNVs) in 40 genes. The patients had more of these mutations than did the people without schizophrenia. But most importantly, virtually all the mutations in the patients affected the function of a gene.
"I am not sure why these point mutations occur. But the fact we find them in the numbers we do in schizophrenia -- and in autism -- suggest they are an important disease-causing mechanism," Karayiorgou says.
None of the schizophrenia patients in the study had the same mutations in the same genes. Yet somehow these very different combinations of genetic changes result in a single disease.
"It shows there are very complicated interrelationships between these genes that give rise to these consequences," Cuccaro says.
"The next step will be to find where all these different changes converge," Karayiorgou says. "The convergence is clearly not in the genes themselves. But since the clinical symptoms are the same, they converge somewhere, probably in the neural circuit."
Neural circuits are made up of brain cells that connect to generate brain functions, including perception and behavior. The science of understanding exactly what neural circuits are and how they function is still in its infancy.
Even so, Karayiorgou is optimistic.
"Things are happening now at the speed of light. Our gene sequencing is done, other studies will take place. And now we will look at regions that don't code for genes, because something may be going on there. I think this is going to move very quickly," she says.
Cuccaro, too, is guardedly optimistic.
"I am amazed by this work," he says. "Schizophrenia seemed like a tangled genetic mess. It was so complicated from a genetics perspective. This complicates things further, but moves things in the right direction. And it gives investigators an opportunity to really fully examine these particular genes."
The Karayiorgou study appears in the Aug. 7 advance online edition of Nature Genetics.


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Friendship Based HIV/STI (Sexually Transmitted Infections) Intervention for African American Females
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00109421
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 28, 2005
Last Update Posted : February 28, 2017
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|Condition or disease
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|Behavioral: Project ÒRÉ
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|420 participants
|Intervention Model:
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|PROJECT ÒRÉ: An Innovative Friendship Based HIV/STI Intervention for High Risk African American Females
|Study Start Date :
|November 2004
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|November 2009
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|November 2009
Experimental: Experimental arm
In the experimental condition, the intervention group will receive the half-day Project ÒRÉ intervention. All participants will complete pre-, post- and 3-month follow-up self-administered questionnaires. A subset of groups will participate in a process evaluation focus group immediately following the program.
Behavioral: Project ÒRÉ
Community-based adolescent social network HIV/STI intervention tailored to African American culture
Other Name: ÒRÉ
No Intervention: Attention control group
The attention control group will receive a standard health promotion control program which has been used previously with similar populations. All participants will complete pre-, post- and 3-month follow-up self-administered questionnaires.
- Conduct elicitation research in the study community [ Time Frame: 18 Months ]To conduct elicitation research in the study community to: assess the applicability of the existing Project ÒRÉ intervention modules, modify the intervention for the specific populations that are targeted in the current study, and incorporate local data in the production of three brief videos involving youth in the study community
- Test the efficacy of the intervention [ Time Frame: 18 Months ]To use a group-randomized controlled design to conduct a test of the efficacy of the Project ÒRÉ intervention.
- Conduct a qualitative process evaluation [ Time Frame: 18 Months ]To conduct a qualitative process evaluation to assess the acceptability of the experimental intervention in a new community using a subset of the participants in the experimental condition.
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- Self-identifies as African American
- Sexually experienced
- Willing to participate in a single five-hour workshop and a one-hour follow-up session
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- Ability to obtain permission from parent or legal guardian and assent from minors or consent from those above age of majority
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- Recent homelessness
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|University of California, San Francisco
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94143
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|University of California, San Francisco
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The Audacity of Acting Out: What Our Kids Can Teach Us
Saoirse and Ula are three years apart. Saoirse, 8, is unusually tall, slender, well-spoken, and comes across to grown-ups as particularly well-behaved and extraordinarily poised.
Ula isn't any of those things. At 5, she's about a foot shorter than her sister, demonstrates an ability to move exceptionally heavy objects for a child of her proportions, has a wandering eye, wears glasses, and acts on impulse. I have been mulling over how I am supposed to help her work with that last attribute.
A few days ago, Ula and her best friend Katharine were having a tea party in the living room. Saoirse, who can't help but be admired, adored, and obeyed by all younger children (except her sister), interrupted the tea party with a sing-song announcement: "It's puzzle hour, kids! Now we're all going to put puzzles together!" She proceeded to open up a series of jigsaw puzzles and push aside the tea party. Ula didn't warm to the idea. She began pitching cardboard puzzle pieces at her sister. Katharine joined her.
Saoirse stormed off in frustration, seeking adult intervention. Bob and I didn't yell at anyone. We just helped Saoirse find a quiet space where she could have some alone time free from non-compliant five-year-olds.
Later on, after Katharine went home and we were sitting quietly together with Ula, Bob opened the conversation, suggesting that throwing puzzle pieces at her sister wasn't an appropriate response to the situation, no matter how bossy her sister was being.
He looked to me for back-up commentary. I avoided his eyes and tried not to laugh. "That's right, Daddy," I tried to muster. I covered my mouth so Ula wouldn't see it twitch. But Daddy saw it. And he couldn't control it either. We both burst into laughter. Ula patiently waited for her scolding to resume.
We tried a second time with a few weak platitudes, like "throwing things is never appropriate." Trouble was, Bob and I both agreed that it would be very hard for either of us to resist hurling puzzle pieces in a similar situation. And Ula knew it. "Look," Bob finally said. "We're not really angry with you; but you need to find different ways to express your frustration, ok?" Ula agreed.
So yesterday, Ula and her friend Katharine were playing with a kitchen set out on the porch at the farm. They had a bowl of water for soup stock. Saoirse entered to join the fun, and proceeded to direct the girls as to what they could and could not do with the water.
Ignoring her, Ula picked up a spoon and sipped her broth, then picked up the bowl and had a more satisfying drink. Saoirse proceeded to reprimand her. Ula quietly obliged and put the spoon down. She disappeared for a few moments. Saoirse and Katharine thought nothing of it and resumed play. Without a word, Ula returned to the porch a few minutes later and joined the fun.
But three hours later, Saoirse pushed her digital camera in front of my face. "Look!" She exclaimed.
Apparently, Ula had obeyed Bob's suggestion that she find a different way to express her frustration. This time, she drew upon her artistic sensibilities. She'd taken her sister's camera, deleted some of the images, then used the freed-up space to photograph her naked hiney. The image she'd captured was a close up of her personal vertical smile. Saoirse was only half- heartedly trying to rat out her sister. Mostly, all she could do was laugh and recount exactly how she'd managed to incite the crime.
As a homeschooling mom, I occasionally envy non-homeschooling parents who have the luxury of blaming outside influences for their children's shortcomings. Bad behavior or academic failure can conveniently be the fault of the school bus, other school children, negligent teachers, misspent school resources, misguided school boards, or pinched school budgets. Bob and I have none of those excuses. If our children don't learn successfully or behave badly, the blame falls squarely on our shoulders.
Thus, Ula's behavior falls back on Bob and me. And I am of two minds about how to address it. I suppose I should play the part of "good mom" and have a serious talk with her about appropriate and inappropriate ways of dealing with frustration. I should explain just what I learned in school: it is not appropriate to act out.
But I can't quite bring myself to do this. Deep down, I feel one of the biggest problems with our culture is that we don't act out. We've been so conditioned to "behave appropriately" that many of us have lost the instinct to identify and point out absurdity when it transpires before our eyes.
Here's an example: I delivered a keynote presentation at an organic farming conference this past winter. Before I took the podium, the state secretary of agriculture gave the opening address. In it, he stood before an auditorium packed with organic farmers and told them that if they wanted to have success with their conference that day, and with their businesses in the future, then the first thing they needed to learn was that they should never speak ill of or publicly criticize the conventional food system.
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Here was absurdity. A perfect justification for acting out. Not one person did. Instead, when he finished, he was given a round of applause. I regret that I didn't have the gumption to take the podium and directly call attention to the balderdash we had just been fed. I was too polite. After all, I was raised to not act out. My skills at calling attention to absurdity are above average, but nowhere near as honed as I'd like them to be.
Ula demonstrates what developmental specialists would probably identify as typical impulse control issues of a five-year-old. I can't help but consider it a gift. Maybe throwing cardboard puzzle pieces or mooning a camera are considered inappropriate responses in an adult world. But I think they were relatively reasonable choices for a five-year-old. Ula is learning to identify absurdity. Saoirse is learning to negotiate her power as a result. As the parent, I choose to step back and let them play it out, and I accept full accountability for this choice.
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Not satisfied with just regulating the design of air conditioners, battery chargers, boilers, ceiling fans, dehumidifiers, dishwashers, dryers, freezers, furnaces, heat pumps, light bulbs, refrigerators, toilets, and washers, the U.S. Department of Energy is cracking down on shower heads. In the words of the federal plumbing police: "It has always been the Department's view that when Congress used the term 'any shower head' it actually meant 'any shower head.'"
By this they mean that the statutory limit on the maximum flow of a shower head does not reflect the amount of water from each shower head in a plumbing apparatus, but the total from multiple shower heads in any one shower.
For nearly two decades, the department has treated each shower head in a fixture as, um, a shower head. However, the DOE last month notified shower head manufacturers that the flow restriction now applies to an entire shower fixture, and not just individual shower heads.
The low-flow mandate, prescribed in the Energy Policy Conservation Act of 1992, is a measly 2.5 gallons per minute (gpm) at 80 pounds per square inch of water pressure. (A dramatic reduction from the luxurious cascades of 5 gpm or even 10 gpm from shower fixtures that Americans once were permitted to enjoy.)
To demonstrate the agency's regulatory muscle, DOE General Counsel Scott Blake Harris recently fined four shower head makers $165,104 for failing to demonstrate compliance with the shower head diktat.
Word of the crackdown has been conveyed via the department's Showerhead Enforcement Guidance, which states, in part: "We cannot reconcile the view that a showerhead with multiple nozzles is actually multiple showerheads."
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Community Film: TEN/
In case you missed it, or want to share it with others, check out the Oxford Film Festival's 3rd annual community film, Ten.
TEN from UM Media Documentary Projects on Vimeo.
A documentary short by Joe York To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Oxford Film Festival, the University of Mississippi's Media and Documentary Projects Center teamed up with the festival to create a documentary film starring 10-year-olds from the Oxford/Lafayette County community discussing the joys and trials of being 10 years old.
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So here's my request to you, let us know what you want to read about. Because, contrary to popular belief, it's not easy to come up with the stuff that graces the posts of The Ranter, regardless of how easy Greenfield makes it seem. Let's be honest, the offseason is too damn long for us to come up with original stuff every day. Hell, it took me ten minutes to come up with the idea of doing a Rant with no idea other than asking for Rant ideas. Brilliant! Thank you!
Do you want more G-Men Origins? Who do you want 'The Chronicler' to immortalize next? Classic G-men characters like '24 Karat Hornung' or newer heroes like 'The Green and Gold Surfer'?
Do you want G-Men Nemesis Rants? 'The Grey Ghost', 'Rodeo Clown', and 'The Weeper'?
Do you want more in-depth draft analysis? A mock, mock if you will? For example: would you rather draft Mel Kipers freak-show hair in the first round, or trade down and draft the idiot, over-reactive Jets fans that always make the draft hilarious to watch?
Do you want more interviews with other Packers bloggers? I know Alex Tallitsch and Brian Carriveau really set the bar high, but I think we can get to know some of these people who spend their time writing for the interwebs about all things Packers. Any specific questions you want asked?
Do you want to know how many times Robert rode the mechanical bull outside Stadium View after the Packer/Viking game this year? And why? Or as I like to call it: "Adventures in Tailgating". Sorry, no Elisabeth Shue…at least not THIS year.
Do you want more Guest Rants by wordsmiths like Lony Olec, D the Dragon, or The Company Man: John Johnson (Ted Thompson's #1 Fan)?
Do you want something so crazy, that it would violently tear at our sanity, and make us laugh hysterically?!?!? I'm not that clever, so the topic will have to come from you.
Do you want me to stop being lazy and just think up stuff on my own? Fine, but tell Greenfield he has to buy better beer then, the Duff's is just leaving me sluggish.
If you've got an idea or want to have your voice heard and responded to, leave a comment or send an email…it's a long offseason, so we will get to it. If not, Robert is Director of The Ranter Complaint Department.


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We bring together scientists, teachers, programmers, web developers, artists, and writers to collaborate on the development of educational software and curriculum materials.
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Students build 3D models of cells from colorful clay, from the inside out, organelle by organelle. They let the model dry, slice it open, and examine the cross sections.
The activity is meant to encourage spatial-functional thinking and hands-on learning while using terms in discussions, instead of simply memorizing vocabulary outside of experiential context.


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Dave Boling: World Cup showcasing skills of Sounders' Dempsey, Yedlin
Since newspaper headlines would never exaggerate such a thing, the United States 2-2 draw with Portugal in the World Cup on Sunday was officially a nationwide "heart-breaker."
After having listened to the doomsday predictions of U.S. national coach Jurgen Klinsmann, it might seem a surprise that there's been such coast-to-coast dismay over a draw with the talented Portugal team.
Didn't he warn everybody that U.S. chances were grim?
Good thing his players didn't listen to him.
Surely not Seattle Sounders FC players Clint Dempsey, team captain, and apparently not DeAndre Yedlin, who responded to his first World Cup action with impressive late play against Portugal.
The win over Ghana in the group-stage opener, and the draw with Portugal, has set up the U.S. with a chance to advance to the Round of 16 with a win or tie in Thursday's game against Germany.
To get four points in their first two games is probably better than expected, but relinquishing the 2-1 lead in the fifth minute of stoppage time left the team's fans feeling as if they'd just been hijacked on the way to the celebration party.
It's easy to explain the interest of American soccer fans, since the World Cup is starting to pick up an Olympics feel to it, as a quadrennial merging of patriotism and athleticism.
ESPN's ratings for the first week of game broadcasts was up 26 percent from the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
But it's especially true in Seattle, because Dempsey, now known as Captain America or Captain Marvel with the national team, was brought in by the Sounders in an attempt to lift them to championship level.
Yedlin, meanwhile, is the home-grown talent who led O'Dea High to three state prep titles, and at a mere 20 years old, is the second-youngest player on the men's national team.
Dempsey on Sunday scored his second goal in two games – his fourth in eight World Cup contests. He surely solidified his reputation as the prime force on the national team.
He proved himself a worthy team captain by not only playing big, but by playing tough. A rugged Texan, Dempsey kept playing through a broken nose (taking a shin to his face) in the opener against Ghana, despite having his nostrils jammed with cotton to stop the bleeding.
Although it reportedly caused trouble breathing during the week, Dempsey played 87 minutes against Portugal in 85-degree heat and 70-percent humidity.
His goal in the 81st minute put the U.S. up 2-1 and triggered the premature celebration among the fans.
Yedlin got on the pitch in the 72nd minute against Portugal and showed the world what Sounders fans have come to expect from him – world class speed. While most of the opponents had been tiring through the steamy evening, Yedlin appeared turbo-charged, with fresh legs.
His speed to the corner allowed him to collect a lead pass that he centered on Dempsey's scoring play. After being tipped around in front of the goal, Dempsey finally knocked it home with his chest.
In the 95th minute, Portugal's Silvestre Varela brought the score to a tie, although it felt to so many like a loss.
Recognizing the value of Yedlin's speed, Klinsmann moved him up to right midfielder from the right-back position he generally plays with the Sounders.
It paid off at a time when the Portuguese were dragging.
Klinsmann gave him specific kudos afterward "… not only because he's one of our biggest talents, a youngster coming through the ranks, but because he has the qualities to make an impact in a game right now, in this World Cup, which he did."
Klinsmann capped his assessment of Yedlin with this: "It's fun to watch that kid."
Sounders fans could have told him that.


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