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The Youngest Americans to Be Executed
The youngest person executed in U.S. history was Hannah Ocuish (1774-1786) of Norwich, Connecticut. A poor household servant, she had confessed to killing a six-year-old girl named Eunice Bolles.
The Executed Today blog shares the details, most of them taken from the pamphlet that contained the Rev. Henry Channing's execution-day sermon. The only other mentions of the case that Google has found in nineteenth-century books are two local histories and a genealogy of the Bolles family. Apparently the fact that Hannah was only twelve years old didn't worry American authors in that century.
In this article, Prof. Karen Halttunnen describes how the account published with Channing's sermon was structured like a mystery, even though the writer clearly knew where the story would lead. This was apparently one of the first American examples of the whodunit approach to reporting crime.
In 1828, New Jersey hanged a thirteen-year-old named James Guild. Like Hannah Ocuish, he had confessed to killing someone who lived near the house where he worked. The legal process in James's case took longer, several months before conviction and several more for review. The state judges examining the sentence cited the case of William York, described yesterday. But while the British government actually pardoned York in his late teens, New Jersey proceeded to hang James a year after the crime.
The American executed for an act committed at the youngest age was James Arcene (1862-1885). Reportedly he was only ten years old when he participated in a robbery and murder, but escaped and remained at large through his adolescence. He was recaptured and hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas.
The youngest American executed in the twentieth century was George Stinney (1929-1944). At fourteen years old, he was accused of rape and murder in South Carolina. He got a perfunctory trial and died in an electric chair that was too large for him. It appears that George was the victim of, as Justice Clarence Thomas said in very different circumstances, "a high-tech lynching."
Some sources say that in 1927 Florida electrocuted Fortune Ferguson at age thirteen, but others say he was sixteen or seventeen at the time of conviction.
Hannah Ocuish was of Pequot and African ancestry. James Arcene was Cherokee. James Guild, George Stinney, and Fortune Ferguson were all black. In no century has American society executed a white child as young as they were.


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How to Add Apps to the Android Phone Home Screen
You need not live with the unbearable proposition that you're stuck with only the apps that come preset on your Android's Home screen. Nope — you're free to add your own apps. Just follow these steps:
Visit the Home screen page on which you want to stick the app icon, or launcher.
The screen must have room for the app icon.
Touch the Apps icon to display the apps drawer.
Long-press the app icon you want to add to the Home screen.
Drag the app to the Home screen page, lifting your finger to place the app.
A copy of the app's icon is placed on the Home screen.
The app hasn't moved: What you see is a copy or, officially, a launcher. You can still find the app in the apps drawer, but now the app is also available — more conveniently — on the Home screen.
Not every app needs a launcher icon on the Home screen. I recommend placing only those apps you use most frequently.
The best icons to place on the Home screen are those that show updates, such as new messages, similar the icon shown. These icons are also ideal to place in the favorites tray.
You can add apps to the Home screen also by choosing the Apps command from the Home screen menu. Often this command merely skips over Steps 1 and 2 in this section; you still have to long-press the icon and drag it to a Home screen page.


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Today: Apple (AAPL) announces steep drop in profits and margin, but promises to ship $100 billion back to investors. Also: Netflix (NFLX) skyrockets, helping Wall Street gain, but VMware and Juniper fall in late trading.
Apple's profits fall, but it's offering cash to investors
Apple's Tuesday earnings report shows a company that has both positive and negative indicators in its performance, and investors will be left to figure out which one they want to believe in.
On the positive side, Apple again pulled in record sales in the first quarter of the calendar year 2013, while beating analyst expectations for profit and announcing a plan to push $100 billion in cash back to shareholders. On the negative side, its profits were down sharply from the same quarter last year — beating expectations only because those forecasts were pulled down in the past week — while the company's legendary growth margins are rapidly diminishing, and its forecast for the future are for an even steeper decline.
Apple announced a net profit of $9.5 billion in the quarter, or $10.09 per share, on revenues of $43.6 billion, a record for Apple in the January-March quarter. According to Thomson Reuters, analysts expected profits of $9.98 on revenues of $42.3 billion.
However, analysts' forecast declined in the past week — it was around $10.13 a share at the beginning of last week and $10.07 Friday. The profit was also far below the same quarter last year, when Apple brought in $12.30 a share, showing off a glaring drop in profit margin: Apple's gross margin was 47.4 last year at this time, but only 37.5 percent in the first three months of 2013.
Apple's outlook for the current quarter isn't going to cheer investors, either: The company's forecast calls for revenues of between $33.5 billion and $35.5 billion with another decline in gross margin, to between 36 percent and 37 percent.
The weakness is likely attributable to Apple's apparent plan to wait to announce new products until the fall, which CEO Tim Cook hinted at in the company's conference call.
"Our teams are hard at work on some amazing new hardware, software and services we can't wait to introduce this fall and throughout 2014," Cook told analysts and journalists Tuesday.
Until that announcement a few months from now, Apple investors can focus on continuing strong sales of mobile devices and a renewed push to return cash to investors. Apple announced sales of 37.4 million iPhones in the quarter, up from 35.1 million last year, and 19.5 million iPads vs. 11.8 million, showing the strength of the iPad Mini. Mac sales were stagnant — a decent result as PC sales were reportedly horrible in the quarter — and iPod sales took a big drop.
More important for shareholders who were cheering on David Einhorn's one-man campaign to force Apple to return more cash to shareholders, the Cupertino tech giant announced in a separate release that it plans to return $100 billion to investors. The announcement came the same day Apple said its cash on hand had increased to $145 billion.
"We continue to generate cash in excess of our needs to operate the business, invest in our future, and maintain flexibility to take advantage of strategic opportunities," Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer said in the news release.
Apple increased the size of its dividend 15 percent to $3.05 per share and will spend $60 billion buying back shares through the end of 2015.
As if planned to show the up-and-down nature of Apple's announcements, shares shot up more than 5 percent directly after Apple announced a beat on profits and the plans for its cash Tuesday afternoon, then that gain disappeared after Cook said no new products were on the menu until fall, highlighting the poor forecast. The stock closed up 1.9 percent at $406.13 Tuesday, and was trading flat in after-hours action at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time.
Netflix shoots higher in good day for Wall Street
There was no ambivalence from investors after Netflix's earnings report, but analysts still had differing opinions on the Los Gatos video-on-demand company's future. Netflix stock shot higher than $200 a share for the first time in more than a year and a half Tuesday, closing with a 24.4 percent gain at $216.99 after Monday's earnings report showed a gain of 2 million subscribers in the same quarter the company debuted its most high-profile original program to date, "House of Cards."
Still, many analysts are wary of the stock at its current price, and with good reason: As Reuters pointed out, only three stocks in the Standard &Poor's 500 have higher price-to-earnings ratios, with one of those being competitor Amazon.
"Netflix is seeing a bit of an extreme reaction today," Jeff Morris, head of U.S. equities at Standard Life Investments, told Reuters, though he later added Netflix is "putting up good subscriber growth and seems to be delivering on original content."
Other analysts were more effusive, however, with BMO Capital Markets noting that "the company's subscriber base is increasingly using Netflix for a growing share of their viewing trends," and Morgan Stanley concluding that "Netflix is in an enviable position." Even Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter, a noted Netflix bear, increased his price target: It went from $55 a share to $65, however, calling the subscriber growth "an acceleration of subscriptions that would have been sold later in the year."
The rest of the market also succeeded Tuesday, with all three major U.S. indexes gaining more than 1 percent. The SV150 index of Silicon Valley's largest technology stocks outperformed them all, with a gain of 1.4 percent that included LinkedIn advancing 5 percent and establishing a new all-time high.
VMware, Juniper descend after weak forecasts
Wednesday may not be as good for Silicon Valley, however, as two large companies took a dive in after-hours trading following earnings reports outshined by Apple.
Palo Alto software company VMware's earnings report showed falling profits and a weak forecast for the current quarter, pushing stocks down nearly 7 percent in late trading.
Sunnyvale networking company Juniper announced better earnings growth, but also had a gloomy outlook for the current quarter, and its share price fell by more than 6 percent in after-hours action.
Silicon Valley tech stocks
Up: Netflix, SolarCity, SunPower (SPWRA), LinkedIn, AMD, Nvidia, Workday, Intel (INTC), Apple, Yahoo (YHOO), eBay (EBAY), Tesla, Cisco (CSCO), Go
Down: Zynga, Gilead, HP, Oracle (ORCL), Yelp
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: Up 35.78, or 1.11 percent, to 3,269.33
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: Up 152.29, or 1.05 percent, to 14,719.46
And the widely watched Standard & Poor's 500 index: Up 16.28, or 1.04 percent, to 1,578.78
Check in weekday afternoons for the 60-Second Business Break, a summary of news from Mercury News staff writers, The Associated Press, Bloomberg News and other wire services. Contact Jeremy C. Owens at 408-920-5876; follow him at Twitter.com/mercbizbreak.


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A father and two children died, and five other children were seriously ill overnight Monday, after being contaminated near Cairo by an object described as radioactive, Egyptian police said.
Officials from the electricity ministry and the Atomic Energy Authority of Egypt have since retrieved the undisclosed object from the family home after encasing it in a lead container, officials in the area added.
Neighboring homes in the village of Mit Halfa, 10 kilometers (six miles) north of the capital Cairo, were evacuated overnight Monday but the authorities there insisted there was no danger to residents.
The family had inadvertently taken the object home with them from a sandy area where they had found building materials they planned to use to make home improvements, the police said.
The father, Fadl Hassan Fadl, a 61-year-old agricultural worker, died Monday night on the way to a hospital in the surrounding Qalyubiya area while his teenage son died en route to a medical center in Cairo, police said.
A teenage daughter died early Tuesday in a Cairo hospital where the five remaining children were in serious condition, they added.
The police gave few details of their symptoms other than to say that they had suffered from an extreme rash and fever.
However, a laboratory technician, interviewed at the Cairo hospital where the patients were being treated, cast doubt on whether they had suffered radioactive poisoning.
"Radiation causes bone marrow inhibition. This has not happened according to the lab tests," said the technician who did not give his name.
He gave no other details on the patients' condition.
It was not immediately possible to reach officials at the Cairo-based atomic energy authority where, officials say, the suspect object was taken for tests.
Egypt has a nuclear reactor 60 kilometers (35 miles) from Cairo at the Inshas Nuclear Research Center, where medical and other studies are carried out.
It was not clear whether the authorities suspected the object was linked to the reactor or some other source -- CAIRO (AFP)
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MOSCOW—Russia banned imports of a wide range of U.S. and European foods on Thursday in response to Western sanctions, confronting Russians with a type of economic isolation largely unseen since the Soviet era.
(McDonald's update: Russia steps up the pressure on McDonald's).
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Kandahar mayor gets GPM membership
Kandahar mayor gets GPM membership
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): The mayor of southern Kandahar City has been awarded membership of the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM), an official said on Tuesday.
GPM works for capacity building of mayors and makes strategies and policies for cities' development.
Kandahar municipality spokesperson, Zamari Sargand, told Pajhwok Afghan News Eng. Rokhan Walasmal became the first mayor in the history of Afghanistan to be honoured with GPM membership.
He said Walasmal's GPM membership would positively impact the Kandahar municipality's activities. He said the development would enable the municipality to present a real picture of Kandahar City to international organizations and get budget for important projects.
Sargand said Rokhan also possessed membership of the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) and the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI).
Kandahar citizens are acknowledge development activities in the city attributed to the mator.
Haji Abdul Hadi, who lives in the first municipal district, told Pajhwok Afghan News not only the municipality's revenue increased under Rokhan but development activities also accelerated.
He said right now development projects costing millions were ongoing and in progress in Kandahar city. He was happy the mayor's GPM membership would connect Kandahar city to other cities of the world0.
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Red Alerts
Redhead Day Facebook Page
Revenge of the Redheads
Redhair Day 2013
Are You Carrying the Redhead Gene? (Discovery news Jan 28 2013)
Don't missNicole Giladi's beautiful "Little Redheads Across America" photo book.
Book tells why Mom is tickled pink to have a little redhead (USA TODAY, March 10, 2010)
Cardinal Rules (from Boston Globe, March 10, 2010)
The Pain of Being a Redhead (NY Times Aug 6, 2009)
Redheads' Extra Pain May Cause fear of Dentist (CNN July 31, 2009)
The Redheads
Hair color is one of the most variable phenotypes in the human population, and is often associated with individual's ethnic background and geographical origin. Natural hair color ranges from black, to blonde, to red, and everything in between. Red hair is the rarest color among all, accounting for only 1% of total human population. The majority of redheads are concentrated along the edges of eastern and western Europe, particularly in Scotland and Ireland. It is estimated that around 4% of the European population are red headed, while as much as 13% of the Scottish and 10% of the Irish are red headed. In Ireland, an estimated 40% of the population are red hair carriers. In the United States, 2 percent of individuals have naturally red shades of hair, making US the single country with the largest population of redheads (~6 million).
The Red Hair Gene
Of course there isn't a real red hair gene. There is a gene that comes in many versions (variants), some of which lead to red hair. This gene is called MC1R. Like any other gene, the MC1R gene has the instructions for making a protein. In this case, the MC1R protein. One of the MC1R protein's major jobs is to turn red pigments into brown pigments. Therefore this means that everyone makes red pigments in their hair, and it is the amount of brown pigments that dictates one's hair color. Only people who have versions of MC1R protein that do not make brown pigments builds up the red pigment, and so have red hair.
Since we have two copies for most of our genes--one from mom and one from dad, both copies of your MC1R gene need to be the red hair versions (two r alleles) to become a redhead. People with one red hair copy and one regular copy of the MC1R gene still make enough brown pigment and are normally not redheaded.
The Science of The Red Hair Gene
The MC1R is one of the key protein in regulating pigment production in human hair and skin. It is a member of the G-protein-coupled receptor family, and functions at the surface of special pigment producing cells called melanocytes to regulate pigment production in mammals. Differences in human skin and hair colors are due to variations in the amount of different types of melanin (pigments) and are primarily determined by genetics.
The human MC1R is highly polymorphic, with over 2 dozen SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphism) identified so far, making it one of the most highly variable genes in human. Among the different MC1R variants, several have been shown to have strong associations with red hair and pale skin (and are referred to as the r allele or the red hair allele throughout this website). Most redheaded individuals are either homozygous or compound heterozygous for these variants. Still several other variants were known to have weak associations with the red hair color. Hair color is determined by the amount of two pigments called eumelanin and pheomelanin that are in your hair. The amount of eumelanin in your hair gives you a range from blonde to black—a little eumelanin and you are blonde, an intermediate amount, brown, and a lot, black. Pheomelanin gives red color to the hair. The more pheomelanin in your hair, the redder it is. So hair color is a mixture of how much eumelanin and phomelanin is in your hair. For example, strawberry blonde is a little of each, auburn is some eumelanin and pheomelanin and a redhead is very little eumelanin and lots of pheomelanin.
The amounts of eumelanin and Pheomelanin present in your hair is genetically determined by the action of your MC1R. However, several versions of the MC1R gene either do not convert phomelanin into eumelanin or do so very poorly. A copy of regular MC1R gene keeps most human from being redheads. Current theories on inheritance of hair color besides red, can be found here.
With the increase of migration and inter-ethnic mixing, it is said to become harder for two redheads (or carriers) to form family and have children. As a result, the redhead population will gradually decline over the next 100 years. However, the number of redheads might decline, the frequency of red hair genotypes (recessive r alleles) should remain fairly constant in the population from generation to generation.


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Mel Knight necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 79 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a small "green" company starting out in the organic skin care business.
Our goal is to provide skin care products that are luxurious, good for the body, and environmentally responsible for the planet (right down to our operating practices).
I started this company because I love lotions, creams, perfumes, fancy soaps and all that fun stuff, and I wasn't finding a product to meet my needs. I also wanted to help educate people on the benefits of switching to organic skin care products, but without preaching or requiring a radical change to someone's routine.
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Our primary consumers are women between the ages of 25 and 40.
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Sophomore Caitlin Watson skippered the A-division team
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BOSTON, Mass. The Harvard sailing team notched its first regatta win of the season, taking first-place in the Professor Stedman Hood Trophy regatta, hosted by Tufts from over the weekend. The Crimson would also compete in the Women's Regis Bowl hosted by BU, taking 13th.
A lack of wind on Mystic Lake limited the Hood Trophy competition to four races in each division. Senior Brendan Kopp and sophomore Sarah Pierson had banner days for the Crimson, sailing to a pair of first and second-place finishes, completing the regatta with six points for the top spot in the A-division. The B-division pairing of seniors Emily Lambert and Alexandra Jumper held their own during the weekend, capping off a strong regatta with a second-place finish on the final-race of the event securing 25 points overall and a fourth-place finish in their group. The Crimson took top honors in the regatta accruing 31 points beating second-place Tufts by eight. Yale finished in third place in the regatta, totaling 54 points overall.
At the Women's Regis Bowl as the A-division team of sophomore Caitlin Watson and senior Caroline Lowe scored 65 points to secure ninth-place in the division. Sophomore Isabel Ruane would helped lead the B-division squad to a 13th-place finish with 87 points overall. The Crimson finished the day with 151 points total while Dartmouth took first place.


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23 Kan. App. 2d 311
No. 75,355
ROGER C. RUTSCHMAN, Appellee, v. KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Appellant.
An individual is required under K.S.A. 40-3118(d) to have his or her insurer file a verification of insurance with the Division of Vehicles after that individual enters into a diversion agreement for driving under the influence and his or her driving privileges are not restricted.
Appeal from Reno District Court; WILLIAM F. LYLE, JR., judge. Opinion filed December 27, 1996. Reversed.
James G. Keller, of Kansas Department of Revenue, for appellant.
James S. Oswalt, of Hutchinson, for appellee.
Before BRAZIL, C.J., ELLIOTT and GERNON, JJ.
GERNON, J.: In this appeal by the Kansas Department of Revenue (Department), the Department contends the district court misconstrued K.S.A. 40-3118(d) in ruling that Roger Rutschman was not required to have his insurer file proof of insurance with the Division of Vehicles (Division) after he entered into a diversion agreement.
On November 30, 1994, Rutschman entered into a diversion agreement in lieu of a DUI prosecution. His driving privileges were not suspended, either as a part of the agreement or in any other manner.
In January 1995, the Division sent Rutschman a driver's license suspension order, indicating that his driving privileges would be suspended if his insurance company did not file proof of his insurance with the Division by February 4, 1995.
Rutschman subsequently filed a request for a hearing to determine whether he was required under K.S.A. 40-3118(d) to present proof of his insurance to the Division. The Department subsequently advised Rutschman's attorney that it was the Division's position that 40-3118(d) required an insurance verification on behalf of any person who has entered into a DUI diversion agreement and that no hearing would be provided. Rutschman then filed a petition for review with the district court and obtained a stay of the driver's license suspension order pending the determination of whether he is required under the statute to file evidence of insurance with the Division.
The district court ultimately found that the Division could not require Rutschman to file a proof of insurance because his driving privileges were never suspended and, therefore, he would never become eligible for reinstatement. The Department appeals. We agree with the Department and reverse.
The relevant portion of K.S.A. 40-3118 provides:
"(d) In addition to any other requirements of this act, the director [of vehicles] shall require a
person to acquire insurance and for such person's insurance company to maintain on file with the division
evidence of such insurance for a period of three years from the date such person's driving privileges are
otherwise eligible to be reinstated after such person has been convicted in this or another state of any of
the following violations:
. . . .
(2) violating K.S.A. 8-1567 [the DUI statute] and amendments thereto, or violating an ordinance of any city in this state or any law of another state, which ordinance or law declares to be unlawful the acts prohibited by that statute;
. . . .
"For the purposes of this act, the term 'conviction' includes pleading guilty or nolo contendere, being convicted or being found guilty of any violation enumerated in this subsection without regard to whether sentence was suspended or probation granted. A forfeiture of bail, bond or collateral deposited to secure a defendant's appearance in court, which forfeiture has not been vacated, shall be equivalent to a conviction. Also entering into a diversion agreement in lieu of further criminal proceedings on a complaint alleging a violation of the offense described in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall constitute a conviction for the purpose of this act." (Emphasis added.)
Rutschman focuses on the language of K.S.A. 40-3118(d) which states that insurance verification must be filed "for a period of three years from the date such person's driving privileges are otherwise eligible to be reinstated after such person has been convicted." He argues this language indicates that verification is only required when an individual's driver's license is actually suspended. Rutschman reasons that since his license was never suspended as a result of the diversion, the requirements of K.S.A. 40-3118(d) do not apply to him.
The Department maintains the language that Rutschman relies upon merely describes when the verification should be filed with the Division. It claims the statute clearly indicates that a person who enters into a diversion agreement is required to file proof of insurance because diversions are counted as convictions for purposes of the Kansas Automobile Injury Reparations Act, K.S.A. 40-3101 et seq.
Rutschman agrees that K.S.A. 40-3118(d) is unambiguous. However, he misinterprets the plain language of the statute. The pivotal wording in the statutory language that Rutschman relies upon is "are otherwise."
A court must give words in common usage their natural and ordinary meaning when interpreting a statute. Bank IV Wichita v. Plein, 250 Kan. 701, 705-06, 830 P.2d 29 (1992). The word "otherwise" is commonly defined as being in another manner or circumstance. Webster's New World Dictionary 959 (3d college ed. 1988).
"[F]rom the date such person's driving privileges are otherwise eligible to be reinstated after such person has been convicted" clearly denotes when an individual convicted of a violation set forth in K.S.A. 40-3118(d) must have his or her insurer file verification of insurance with the Division. "[O]therwise eligible to be reinstated" means those other circumstances where an individual is convicted of one of the violations under the statute and his or her driving privileges are suspended. However, that wording cannot be read to exclude those situations where an individual enters into a diversion and his or her driving privileges are not restricted. Rutschman's interpretation would render part of the statute meaningless and would clearly be outside any reasonable legislative intent.
The legislature intended for individuals convicted of a violation under K.S.A. 40-3118(d) to have their insurer file proof of insurance for a period of 3 years either from the time their driving privileges are reinstated after being suspended or from the date of diversion of their driving privileges continue to remain in effect. The legislature recognized that such individuals pose a higher risk than other motorists and thus, by requiring proof of insurance, are ensuring these potential risks are sufficiently covered.
This issue is a question of law which involves interpretation of a statute, and, therefore, our scope of review is unlimited. Foulk v. Colonial Terrace, 20 Kan. App. 2d 277, 283, 887 P.2d 140 (1994), rev. denied 257 Kan. 1091 (1995). Given our reading of the statute, we conclude the district court erred in finding that Rutschman did not have to comply with the requirements of K.S.A. 40-3118(d) and reverse.


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This is the Church of S. Pedro, situated in the countryside, a few kms far from Borba. Surrounded by vineyards, it's now a ruin but it's still magnificent outside and inside. Above the door we can still find an inscription with the date it was started: 1570.
The place is magnificent.
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Corry (4508) 2014-02-21 20:15
Bonsoir Ana
Le sentier nous conduit naturellement au sommet de la colline vers les ruines de cette église avec son toit couvert de végétation. Beau point de vue avec une bonne profondeur d'image. Bien fait.
jjcordier (79299) 2014-02-21 22:49
L'église est idéalement placée à un point fort de l'image et les rangs de vignes conduisent notre regard vers elle. Très bonne photo.
emka (138464) 2014-02-21 23:25
Ola Ana,
Magnificent view of this small old church at the end of the path. Great depth. I can see already some flowers, spring is round the corner.
have a beautiful weekend MAlgo
siudzi (34141) 2014-02-21 23:32
Hi Ana,
Like this country scape a lot! The path leads us directly to this old ruined building and build the depth so perfectly here. Nicely saturated colors created a very charming view. Well done!
Have a nice weekend!
mirosu (16313) 2014-02-21 23:38
Hello Ana,
Superb view across the vineyards to stone house on the top. All in superb light and excellent contrast against blue sky. Beautiful image.
Very well done
Wish you a very nice weekend.
willperrett (13410) 2014-02-22 1:36
Hello Ana
A fine photograph. Strong lead-lines escort our eyes through the serried ranks of over-wintering vines to the undisputed subject: the abandoned church. It's placed in the strong thirds position; indeed the whole composition is exemplary. The colours too look natural and unforced (not too saturated!) I expect you took a lot of other images of this building, closer to it probably; but this distant view is a real winner.
carlo62 (80689) 2014-02-22 1:51
Ciao Ana
un paesaggio molto simile a molti luoghi della Toscana, anche se le differenze di coltivazione sono abbastanza evidenti.
Bella la prospettiva creata dai filari ed evidenziata dal sentiero, una bella composizione, con un cielo leggermente macchiato dalle nuvole.
Buon we
BennyV (29770) 2014-02-22 2:25
Hi Ana
Lovely pov that puts the church right at the top in this very natural and gentle scene.
PaulVDV (48400) 2014-02-22 4:21
Hello Ana,
A magnificent vineyard landscape in beautiful natural colours. Very nice with the many yellow spring flowers.
There's also a nice graphical effect on this picture.
The church is beautifully placed on top but not in the center.
Best regards, Paul
Sergiom (114235) 2014-02-22 5:30
Bonjour Ana,
Le regard suit naturellement le sentier entre les vignes vers cette superbe chapelle au milieu du vignoble. La lumière est spectaculaire et fait ressortir le vert du sol. Le ciel est spectaculaire.
Bon samedi
Romano46 (18472) 2014-02-22 5:55
Ciao Ana
bello sia il soggetto che lo stretto angolo di ripresa che lo ha immerso in maniera magnifica nel paesaggio circostante.
Colori e nitidezza contribuiscono anche loro alla riuscita della foto che si fa notare soprattutto per la composizione.
Ciao e buon fine settimana
Kamilutka (8107) 2014-02-22 6:21
Hello Ana,
very charming and pretty little church sitting on the top of the hill is indeed photogenic subject, but the foreground in here is even more captivating. The green path leads an eye through the vineyard towards the ruins and splits the picture into nicely proportioned two parts.
Great light and well handled. Lovely and natural colors.
TFS! Best regards
holmertz (82068) 2014-02-22 7:27
Hello Ana,
A very nice composition where you had positioned yourself in a perfect place to make the ruin look like it is exactly at the top of the hillside. (I suppose there is a distance of at least a few metres.) The green "road" between the fenced in rows of vines leads my eyes perfectly up the hill. You balanced the composition nicely according to the rule of thirds.
Kind regards,
yquem46 (38752) 2014-02-22 9:22
Ola Ana
A nice compo of these vines at winter time, with the long green lane leasing to the house
Good luminosity and natural clear colors
have a nice WE, best regards
No_One (4) 2014-02-22 10:09
Hi Ana,
A very beautiful place, and your capture shows it do well, with the depth being created as we lead through the vines. Nicely placed in the frame Too, the building does look ruined, but no less beautiful for it. Th is one of those shots that makes me wish I was there and could go and explore further.
Thanks as always
chrislo (4097) 2014-02-22 14:43
Hello Ana,
The POV is excellent and it almost creates a symmetrical feel to the shot. I like the view along the rows of vines leading to the church at the top of the hill. These parallel lines make for a strong foreground and the blue sky with the beautiful light clouds complete the picture for me. Well done.
Kind regards,
photographer_sg (6059) 2014-02-23 2:16
Hello Ana
Masterful composition with lovely colours. Great depth and the old church highlighted with perfection. Thanks for sharing and have a great new week.
best regards
karacabeylis (1471) 2014-02-23 6:10
like they are all waiting for the up-coming new season. a beautifully composed scene indeed.
boa (8039) 2014-02-23 9:44
Hi Ana,
i really like vineyards and especially their products:)
I recently visited a wineyard in Argentina by the way. Interesting ruin of San Pedro Church, beautiful situated in the middle of the path. Nice natural light and colors, tfs!
Have a nice evening/
fabbs99 (17179) 2014-02-24 21:58
Hello Ana,
Fabulous shot of the church in the coutryside.Truly exclusive.Excellent pov and sharpness. Very well done ,TFS.
cebe (1491) 2014-02-25 14:04
Hello Ana,
A very nice photo. Simple (few elements) and efficient composition with the path leading the eye to this well placed old church. Pretty blue sky for sure. Nice with the matching dash of green on the roof. When comparing with what I see from my window, you sure have a much milder winter over there!
Amicalement, Claude
delpeoples (60288) 2014-02-26 2:28
Ola dear Ana
Wow, what a beautifully composed photo, detailing amazing subject-matter. The perspective created by the line of vines, draw the eye deep into the photo and towards the magnificent ruin on top of the hill. Stunning colours, textures and contrasts.
mkamionka (52362) 2014-02-26 3:57
Hi Ana,
Beautiful composition here. I like the vineyard stretching up to the horizon. Great light and colors so well saturated and all natural. It looks like polarization filter. You have perfectly used the road between the vineyards -it is well places and it leads the eye to the lovely church far in the centre. The sky is lovely decorated with some little charming clouds.
Excellent work!
abmdsudi (80640) 2014-02-26 20:28
Hi Ana
The precious sunlight created an attractive image holding it together and a real feel of scale directing all eye to the quaint church on the horizon. It does look extremely inviting shaded by clean blue sky, great depth and lovely touch of green. Indeed a standout shot so well executed, Good work, Congrats.
Best regards
jcpix (14030) 2014-02-27 17:07
Hi Ana,
Quite an illustration in natural perspective, this is a fantastic composition which takes us on a fun little journey through the vineyards. :) Placed ever so justly along the thirds line, the chapel rests as a perfect focal point and centerpiece. The bright blue sky and scattered green fields are a delightful combination of color and element. All in all, this is a most pleasing view and sharply executed image! Very well done indeed. Enjoy the weekend ahead. All the best.
Friendly wishes,
macjake (91679) 2014-02-28 2:19
Hi Ana
I remember this photo from a few days ago, glad to see it again.
wow, thats really cool to see the date of 1570! Imagine how it looked back then!
excellent exposure from top to bottom on this one. the lighting is spot on, and I like the compo you chose to set up the scene so smartly.
This is certainly a place I'd enjoy seeing on my own.
nice shot
claudeD (47742) 2014-03-02 10:32
Hello Ana,
Wonderful picture with an excellent composition and fine depth. I like the colors and perfect sharpness. Very well done.TFS.
With regards from Luxembourg
Didi (61569) 2014-03-11 9:19
Bonjour Ana
Agréable perspective en côte
Ce lieu est magnifique sous cette belle luminosité ambiante
La version large me fait plonger dans le décor
romanaa (8270) 2014-03-25 15:05
Hello Ana,
very beautiful perspective here, the path provides a good lead in to the house that seems to be in the sky.
Well seen and done.
Best regards
npecanhuk (79319) 2015-05-20 3:57
Oi Ana!
Que linda foto!
Excelente qualidade também: nitidez, exposição, cores e, principalemnte, pdv escolhido e composição esmerada!
Parabéns, abaço e até mais,
kiks (12805) 2015-05-20 13:33
Beautiful composition with the vineyards line leading the eye into the unfortunaly ruin of the chapel. Like the color pallet also
Mikas-2011 (401) 2015-05-20 15:04
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After you have invested time determining the amount of money you can afford to spend on a new home, examining the type of mortgage that may be most appropriate for you, and getting a preapproval letter from the lender of your choice, it's time to go house hunting. Begin your home search by driving around prospective neighborhoods, visiting open houses, and using the Web to do a lot of your preliminary legwork.
Many Web sites draw from a central database, also known as the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). The National Association of Realtors has one of these Web sites. In many locales, major real estate companies dominate the marketplace, and their Web sites can yield good information as well.
Pinpointing the key features
Before you get too attached to a certain property, make sure that you have thought through the issues that are most important to you and what you want out of this new home. Consider using the Key Features Wanted in New Home worksheet provided here as a guideline and brainstorm the issues that are most critical when comparing properties. Complete one worksheet per property you are considering.
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You save your time and energy when you allow a real estate agent, empowered with the information in your Key Features Wanted in New Home Worksheet, to locate the properties that best meet your needs. If you have little or no experience buying a home — this is a must! If you are too busy doing what you do for a living and taking care of your family, let a real estate agent work for you.
Find a real estate professional who has extensive experience buying and selling properties in the neighborhoods in which you are most interested. Cruise the neighborhood and jot down the names, phone numbers, and companies of the realtors listing properties; also write down the properties' addresses. Then, when you return home, visit the real estate agents' companies' Web sites, read about the real estate agents, and check out the properties listed. Soon you will discover who the "movers and shakers" are in your target real estate market.


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Attend our monthly events and activities for Marrakech expatriates to get to know like-minded expatriates in real life.
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Fighting Cancer Metastasis and Heavy Metal Toxicities With Modified Citrus PectinMarch 2009
By Joanne Nicholas
Despite billions of research dollars spent every year, cancer remains the second leading killer of Americans. One reason cancer is so lethal is its tendency to metastasize to essential organs throughout the body.
Certain malignancies (like brain tumors) kill by infiltrating into healthy tissues, but the vast majority of cancer deaths occur when tumor cells enter the blood and lymphatic systems and travel to the liver, lungs, bones, and other distant parts of the body.
Unfortunately, there have been few effective approaches to preventing cancer metastasis. The encouraging news is that a specialized fruit polysaccharide called modified citrus pectin has demonstrated unique properties in blocking cancer cell aggregation, adhesion, and metastasis.1
Clinical research shows that modified citrus pectin helps limit disease progression in men with advanced prostate cancer.2 In addition to its cancer-inhibiting effects, modified citrus pectin shows promise in chelating toxic heavy metals that can be so damaging to overall health.3
Here, we'll explore how this novel compound offers such distinctive and protective effects.
What is Modified Citrus Pectin?
The American Cancer Society recommends that adults eat five servings of fruits and vegetables each day in order to help reduce cancer risk.4 One way to get some of the benefits of citrus fruits such as oranges and grapefruits is with modified citrus pectin.
Pectin is a naturally occurring substance found in the cell walls of most plants and especially concentrated in the peel and pulp of citrus fruits (lemons, limes, oranges, and grapefruits), plums, and apples. It was first identified in 1825, but home cooks had long used fruits with high levels of pectin in jams and marmalades because of their gelling properties. While pectin provides little nutritional content, this carbohydrate acts as a beneficial type of soluble dietary fiber.
Researchers attempted to find a process to alter pectin to create a food supplement that would allow the body to benefit from its various health-promoting properties. Recently, scientists have been able to use pH and temperature modifications to break down pectin's long, branched chains of polysaccharides into shorter, unbranched lengths of soluble fiber molecules that dissolve easily in water. The result, modified citrus pectin (MCP), is a substance that is rich in galactose residues, which are easily processed by the digestive system and absorbed into the bloodstream.5 Scientists continue to refine MCP in their quest for a more active and effective agent.
Preventing Cancer Metastasis
Modified citrus pectin is thought to be useful in the prevention and treatment of metastatic cancer, especially in solid tumors like melanoma and cancers of the prostate, colon, and breast. Scientists believe that MCP works by inhibiting two key processes involved in cancer progression: angiogenesis and metastasis.6,7
Angiogenesis is the process in which cancer cells establish their own blood supply to fuel their growth. Metastasis occurs when cancer cells break away from the original tumor, enter the bloodstream or lymphatic system, and form a new tumor in a different organ or other parts of the body.8 Secondary or metastatic cancers often pose more life-threatening circumstances than the original tumor.
As scientists begin to decipher the process of how cells receive, interpret, and relay the signals that recruit them to form new tumors,9 they are focusing their attention on molecules called galactose-binding lectins, or galectins. Galectins are overexpressed adhesion and blood vessel-attracting surface molecules that are thought to be involved in the spread of cancer.6 A growing number of small studies in humans and animals have reported that MCP interferes with the cancer cell's interactions with other cancer cells by acting as a galectin-3 antagonist—that is, an agent that blocks the normal activity of galectins.
Via the mechanism of galectin-3 antagonism, MCP appears to disrupt the processes that allow cancer cells to communicate with one another. When the MCP molecules bind to receptors on the surface of cancer cells, they block galectin-3 and other molecules from penetrating into nearby healthy tissue to create a new tumor and establish the tumor's blood supply (angiogenesis). In this way, MCP seems to play a role in preventing cancerous tumors from metastasizing and spreading to other organs—one of the main causes of death from cancer.
When MCP interferes with cancer cells trying to form a new tumor, the cancer cells circulate in the bloodstream until they die. By working to inhibit the spread of cancer, MCP keeps the body's immune system from becoming overwhelmed by an increasing cancer cell load.10
Modified Citrus Pectin's Effects in Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in men in the United States. One in six American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that 28,660 men die of prostate cancer annually, with only lung cancer more lethal to men.11 The ACS estimates a five-year survival rate of nearly 100% for men whose prostate cancer is diagnosed and treated at an early stage. But for those men with late stage, metastatic prostate cancer, the treatment options are very limited.
One of the first promising studies to show the potential of MCP to inhibit prostate cancer metastasis was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute in 1995. Laboratory rats were injected with human prostate cancer cells and divided into four groups. The control group received plain water and the other groups received water with varying concentrations of MCP. After 30 days, only 50% of the rats that drank water with MCP (0.1% weight/volume) had any metastases, while 94% of the rats that drank regular water had cancer metastasize to their lungs. The researchers called for further study to determine both "the role of galectin-3 in normal and cancerous prostate tissues" and "the ability of modified citrus pectin to inhibit human prostate metastasis in nude mice."12
In 1999, Dr. Stephen Strum, an oncologist specializing in prostate cancer and a respected member of Life Extension's Scientific Advisory Board, and his colleagues were the first to show the positive effects of MCP on humans with advanced prostate cancer. In a paper presented at an International Conference on Diet and Prevention of Cancer, they reported that five of seven men with advanced prostate cancer and unable to benefit from conventional treatment had a positive response after taking MCP every day for three months or longer. The response was measured by an increase in prostate-specific antigen doubling time (PSADT), which measures the rate at which blood levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) rise. Since PSA is a marker of prostate cancer progression or recurrence, longer PSA doubling time is associated with slower disease progression and is thus desirable. One of the five patients had no increase to his PSA level at all.13
A more recent study led by Brad Guess and Drs. Mark Scholz and Stephen Strum also found that MCP increases the PSA doubling time. In this phase II pilot study of 10 men whose prostate cancer had returned after an initial treatment with surgery or radiation, PSADT increased in eight (80%) of the 10 men after taking MCP for 12 months.14
Dr. Strum told Life Extension, "My clinical experience using MCP in prostate cancer has been that it slows PSA doubling time in the majority of patients taking the standard dose of 5 grams three times per day. Because this treatment is well tolerated, I use MCP in situations where sustained increases in PSA may occur." In a study published in 2007, 49 patients with advanced prostate cancer and few treatment options were given oral doses of MCP powder diluted in water and juice three times a day at eight-hour intervals for a four-week cycle. After two cycles of treatment with MCP, 21% of the patients had a clinical benefit of disease stabilization or improved quality of life; 12% had stable disease for more than 24 weeks. One patient with stage IV metastatic prostate cancer showed a 50% decrease in serum PSA level after 16 weeks of treatment, improving his quality of life and also decreasing pain. "MCP seems to have positive impacts especially regarding clinical benefit and life quality for patients with far advanced solid tumors," the researchers concluded.2
Modified Citrus Pectin and Chelation
Beyond its benefits in fighting cancer metastasis, MCP may have applications in mitigating the health dangers posed by toxic heavy metals. Chelation therapy is a chemical process in which a substance is used to bind molecules, such as heavy metals or minerals, and hold them tightly so that they can be removed from a system, such as the body. Chelation can help rid the body of excess or toxic metals, but it is not known if this reduces artery disease risk. Chelation is used to treat lead and mercury poisoning.15,16
In most instances, chelation therapy involves the infusion of compounds via a catheter placed in an arm vein. This procedure must be done in a clinical setting over a specified course of treatments. In contrast, chelation therapy using MCP is done via the oral route and can be administered to the patient in almost any clinical setting, since the supplement can be ingested anywhere.
A pilot trial evaluating MCP's chelating effects provided evidence that orally administered MCP significantly increases urinary excretion of toxic metals. In a study published in 2006, eight healthy individuals were given 15 grams of MCP daily for five days and 20 grams of MCP on day six. Twenty-four hour urine samples were collected on days one and six and analyzed for toxic and essential elements. The investigators reported that significant urinary excretion of arsenic, mercury, cadmium, and lead increased within one to six days of MCP treatment. There was a 150% increase in the excretion of cadmium and a 560% increase in lead excretion on day six.3 Essential minerals such as calcium, zinc, and magnesium were not seen to increase in the urine analysis, indicating that MCP treatment did not deplete these nutrients.
In a case study report, five patients with different illnesses were given MCP (PectaSol®) alone or as an MCP/alginate combination (PectaSol® Chelation Complex™) for up to seven months. Each one had a gradual decrease of total heavy metal burden, which is believed to have played an important role in the patients' recovery and health maintenance. The patients had a 74% average decrease in toxic heavy metals after treatment. The authors report this is the "first known documentation of evidence" of a possible correlation of positive clinical outcomes and a reduction of toxic heavy metal load using MCP alone or as an MCP/alginate complex. They recommend "further studies be performed to confirm the effectiveness of this gentle non-toxic chelating system as an alternative to harsher chelators in the treatment of patients with a heavy metal body burden."17
Lead toxicity is an ongoing concern worldwide, and the long-lasting effects of lead exposure in children are especially troubling. A 2008 pilot study at the Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China looked at whether MCP® could mitigate lead toxicity in children with high blood levels of lead. Seven children hospitalized with toxic lead levels, aged five to 12, were given 15 grams of MCP (PectaSol®) per day in three divided dosages. Blood serum and 24-hour urine excretion analysis were performed on days 0, 14, 21, and 28. Two patients were released after two weeks, three patients were released after three weeks, and two patients were released after four weeks when their blood lead levels had dropped below the criterion. All of the children had a significant increase in urinary excretion of lead. The authors recommend further studies to confirm the effectiveness and safety of MCP as a lead chelator.18
Scientists believe that the ability of MCP (PectaSol®) to chelate toxic metals arises from a low molecular weight pectin that contains 10% rhamnogalacturonan II molecular side groups, which are known to selectively bind heavy metals with a strong affinity. Subsequently, these metal–pectin complexes are eliminated in the urine.3


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Quantam mechanics sounded outlandish to Einstein,
Is that anything like Quantum Mechanics?
Quantam mechanics sounded outlandish to Einstein,
Is this real?
I have no idea. I was told that this came from a scanned picture taken on 9/11 by someone who sent it to someone who just put a link to it. I cropped it slightly, but I've never seen this angle before. I don't know if it's real, but if it is...
To answer the blog's question: Yes, in my opinion it is a real shot from 9/11/2001 at 9:02:59 am EDT. Exact point of perspective: not yet mapped below.
As I was told, it was emailed, printed, saved for about 7 years, while the original digital copy was lost, then scanned back in by someone who had printed a copy and mentioned it to me. I asked to see it and asked if they cared if I posted it. All that was cropped was the border of the print out.
The movie featuring one-on-one interviews with victims' family members, and survivors of the attacks and first responders.
NYC In Space: Nickolay Lamm's Wild Illustrations Show Big Apple On Other Planets
"What would Manhattan's iconic skyline look like if NYC were suddenly beamed to another planet? Seven fantastical illustrations by Pittsburgh-based artist Nickolay Lamm suggest it would look, well, pretty different -- and not necessarily in the ways you might imagine.
The illustrations, put together with help from ex-NASA astrobiologist Dr. M. Browning Vogel, show what the Big Apple might look like on each of the other planets in our solar system."
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EBay expects revenue of up to $23.5B in 2015 (Update)
EBay Inc. expects its revenue and profit to keep heading higher in the coming years as its e-commerce business and fast-growing PayPal payments service continues to expand.
EBay Inc. said Thursday that it expects revenue to reach $21.5 billion to $23.5 billion in 2015, up from $14.1 billion in 2012. Analysts are expecting $21.4 billion, according to FactSet.
The company expects adjusted earnings per share to grow by 15 to 19 percent from 2012 to 2015.
It says PayPal revenue will hit $9.5 billion to $10.5 billion in 2015.
In a meeting with financial analysts Thursday, eBay said it is focused on growing its mobile commerce business and other technologies to "enable new experiences for consumers and retailers."
"Led by mobile, a commerce revolution is under way," said president and CEO John Donahoe in a statement, adding that new technologies "will expand shopping beyond conventional store environments and e-commerce sites."
EBay forecast that $300 billion of commerce and payment volume will go through all of its business units in 2015, up from $175 billion last year.
Some investors had been worried about the company's long-term outlook that was expected to be announced Thursday and sent shares lower earlier this week. EBay's stock closed up more than 4 percent at $54.22 on Thursday and added another 17 cents in after-hours trading.
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openclinic necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 301 diseños de 54 diseñadores freelance.
local.gp is a website (to be launched by OpenClinic Pty Ltd) that allows prospective patients to find a GP (General Practitioner, a.k.a. Primary Care Doctor) in their area, whether it be by geolocation or entering an address, clinic name or GP name. The site will provide all sorts of information about GPs and clinics. It is expected in the future that this site will contain features to allow GPs and clinics to provide various information-based services online.
Anyone who wants to see a GP, whether it be their regular GP or a new GP. It will be especially handy for people who are new to an area. Currently, we're only targeting the Australian market. Users would typically be in the 20-50 age bracket.
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Gang of Eight seeks alternative border plan
Sen. Marco Rubio initially praised a border security proposal from Sen. John Cornyn, helping to make it the leading choice of conservatives demanding tighter enforcement measures.
Now others in the Gang of Eight fear Cornyn's plan could sink their entire immigration deal.
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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is beginning to speak out forcefully against the Cornyn language, bombarding the Texas Republican with critical comments from the Senate floor. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is lobbying other Republicans on potential compromises. And Rubio, although he said Wednesday that the Cornyn plan "dramatically improves the bill," is working on a package that others in the Gang of Eight hope could emerge as an alternative.
( PHOTOS: At a glance: The Senate immigration deal)
The fear of some bill proponents: the longer the Cornyn plan hangs out there, the more likely it will become a magnet for Republicans — and accepting anything short of it will be considered a sacrifice. If that happens, then the Gang of Eight won't be able to get the large bipartisan majority that its leaders, including McCain and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), are seeking.
The border security showdown is the first major challenge to the Senate's bipartisan immigration overhaul since it hit the floor this week, dividing the GOP and testing the ability of the Gang of Eight to negotiate a solution that picks up key Republicans without alienating Democrats.
"It's a poison pill," McCain said of the Cornyn plan. "Hopefully we can have an alternative that satisfies some of the concerns without killing the bill. … It's not possible for us to support his amendment as it is presently written because it is a poison pill."
( PHOTOS: 20 quotes on immigration reform)
But with no Gang-sanctioned alternative yet, a number of Republicans — including some viewed as swing votes — are gravitating toward the Cornyn plan. It would block undocumented immigrants from gaining green cards until the government meets certain border security metrics, which Democrats view as so subjective that they may never be reached.
There is grumbling among some Democrats that they're in this bind because Rubio — a key Gang member — made border security an issue by saying it needed to be tightened in order to get 60 Senate votes. Then, the Florida Republican embraced the Cornyn plan when it was announced last week. And on Sean Hannity's radio show Wednesday, Rubio described it as "an excellent place to start in terms of having that conversation."
But when pressed by Hannity to say he wouldn't back reform unless complete control of the border is guaranteed, Rubio hedged.
"The thing I'm trying to avoid is all that ultimatum language because I think it undermines what we're trying to do," he said. "I'm not here to blow anything up. I want to make this thing better."
( Also on POLITICO: Reid warns Republicans on border security)
Throughout the debate, Rubio has sought to publicly align himself with conservatives and keep his distance from the Gang of Eight, even as he continues to privately work with the group. The members have tolerated the seemingly-conflicting messages at times from Rubio because his continued involvement is critical to lining up GOP votes – and the Gang still truly believe that Rubio is committed to the bill and won't agree to changes that gut the delicate compromise.
But the machinations on border security is sharpening the divide, at least publicly, between Rubio and the rest of the group.


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D2L camp Wednesday January 9, 2013
- 9:00-9:30am: Snacks, networking and welcome.
- 9:30-10:00am: D2L Version 10 update. Dr. Plamen Miltenoff, LRS, Greg Jorgensen and Karin Duncan, ITS
– mostly it is visual changes. D2L is now using a lot of collapsing / scroll down bars to navigate. it is more compact
– changes and improvements in different tools: e.g. discussion, rubrics, grades (e.g. export straight to Excel), pager etc
– faculty cannot add tools to the default navbar, but can email email@example.com and request a tool to be added. Faculty CAN take off tool; don;t forget to save
– must post first in discussion
- 10:00-10:30am: Make D2L work for you: discussions and grades in D2L . Dr. David Switzer, Economics
– grades, how to streamline them. copying again and again in D2L can be too timeconsuming. exxporting to Excel, calculating and importing back is easier. Remeber to export a blank D2L grading item, so the template can be set. q/n: when final grades will be able to export straight from D2L to R&R
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-show students in class that surveys are anonimous indeed
- 10:30-11:00am: Organization of D2L Content delivery and student learning. Dr. Lakshmaiah Sreerama, Chemistry
– who to turn for help and ideas: colleagues, tech support, tech insrtruct people, students
– how to organize lectures' content and put it online, D2L in particular
– F2F, hybrid and online. how do we choose and discriminate?
- 11:00-11:30am: Lecture capture and making it available in D2L. Dr. Kannan Sivaprakasam, Chemistry
– online learning, disruptive technology. touched on MOOC, student-center edlearning
– Camtasia. free version of the C Studio 8.0 for Win and Mac. Shareware (30 days). for every min of recorded lecture, will take 5 to 10 min to record it, edit it and prepared it.
– Adobe Captivate. use it through the virtual lab. it is not that connvenient. $30 per year for the key server version
-Blue Berry is superior to Camtesia by allowing to draw
– Jing. Free
– Screencast. bandwidh restriction. means that too many students cannot view simultanously the lecture video. Flash-based and this is not compatible with Apple products.
– Mediaserver (media4.stcloudstate.edu) upload zipped folder (SCORM compliant). Need an account, request from Greg Jorgenson.
— Mike from the Adobe Connect participants shared " I've used Screenhunter to captures images (jpg), which is a free software"
– multimedia formats: video, audio, images, animations
– differences between raster and vector graphics. Camtasia will accept only JPG, PNG formats, but not vectorgraphics
- 11:30-12:00pm: Open time for individual projects and problem solving.
Lunch Break
- 1:00-1:30pm: Rubrics and Grading in D2L: opportunities and issues. Dr. Steven Covey, Dr. Ken Miller Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
– Steve: rubrics and grading. D2L is not flexible and we need to adapt our assessment to the D2L capabilities.
– homework and papers, holistic and analytic.
– Amazon Kindle much better for grading online then iPAD.
– separate criteria did not work for Steve, but Ken has his rubrics in different criteria. KISS rule. Properly defines students' expecations. Create a grid of the rubrics and then cut and paste into the D2L rubrics. Also go over with students over the rubrics details.
– Ken: have several levels in rubrics. New Rubric must be "published" and not a "draft" otherwise cannot be linked to grades.
- 1:30-2:00pm: Evaluation using D2L. Dr. William Cook, Biology.
– calibrated peer review.
another way of using rubrics. potential advantage of using this app is to do automated blind peer review. D2L cannot do it that well as this app. handy for large classes and short writing assignments. Contact Joe Melcher (firstname.lastname@example.com) for an account to be created.
crowd control versus really learning the content. The software gives a good feedback what students have actually done (student progress tab).
export callibrated results to D2L
- 2:00-3:00pm: Open time for individual projects and problem solving.
You can also join us via virtual synchronous connection through Adobe Connect at:
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The long epitaph is still legible, "typos" and all.
Aug. 10, AD. 1847
Aged 59 years
& 11 mo.
Gently my Savour, let me down,
To slumber in the arms of death;
I rest my soul on Thee along,
E'en till my last expiring brath.
And now the storm of life is o'er,
And I have entered endless rest,
Where I shall live to sin no more,
And bless Thy name for ever blest.
When from the dust of death I rise,
To take my mansion in the skies;
E'en then shall this be all my plea,
Jesus hath lived and died for me.
The epitaph is from a hymn written by Rev. Rowland Hill (b. 1744, d. 1833), founder and pastor of the Surrey Chapel in London.
According to The Life of Rowland Hill, A.M. by Edwin Sidney (1835), the hymn "was written by Mr. Hill for the comfort of a dying member of his Surrey chapel congregation, who received it a few hours before death."
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Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman recently placed Drew Brees second on his list of the NFL's five smartest quarterbacks, but not for his handiwork against Seattle.
"He makes incredible adjustments during the game," Sherman wrote this week for TheMMQB.com, before admitting that it's not something he's seen firsthand, saying: "He's never done that to us."
When New Orleans fell 34-7 in Seattle in Week 13, the 27-point deficit marked the second-worst defeat in the Sean Payton-Drew Brees era. Asked Tuesday what exactly happened to Brees in that uneven slaughter -- a preview of Saturday's playoff rematch -- Sherman was at a rare loss for words.
"Well, I couldn't tell you. I couldn't tell you, truthfully," Sherman said, per the Advocates's Gary Estwick. "We don't run the most complex scheme. We don't do anything too exotic. I don't really have the answer to that."
That Week 13 tilt saw New Orleans tumble into a 27-7 hole by halftime. The Saints struggled to make up ground, pumping out just 188 yards of total offense, their lowest output since 2003. A measly 147 passing yards for Brees marked his worst day since 2006. An aberration? Maybe, but the Saints signal-caller has registered his seven-worst passer ratings in road games this season.
Sherman acknowledged that Seattle's dominance at home draws partly from a deep look at opposing quarterbacks.
"We study concepts, we study plays, we study tendencies, quarterbacks, their movements," he said. "We're really a very disciplined, film-watching football team. I think when you work that hard, when you study that hard, when you're not out partying and you're spending that time watching film, and getting ready for your opponents, it benefits you."
The Saints had their way against the Philadelphia Eagles last week, but they're walking into a bee's nest this weekend. If Brees can steer his team out of Seattle with a win, Sherman might need to make him No. 1 on that list.
The latest "Around The League Podcast" features a very special in-studio visit from Bears star Brandon Marshall.


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Alexandria Cardigan
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1) The 6th size (48½") should have one extra set of armhole decreases for the back piece so the total sts after all armhole decreases is the 87 sts indicated. This is on page 3, 5th sentence of the 2nd paragraph. That sentence should read for that size "Rep dec row every RS row 8 times more - 87 sts". Before it had said "Rep dec row every RS row 7 times more - 87 sts."
2) For the neckband… In the last paragraph on page 4, the 4th sentence should end with … "p to last 14 sts, pm, work next 10 sts in Dot st, p1, k1, sl1 purlwise, k1 - 178 sts". Before it had said "p to last 15 sts"….
NOTE ABOUT I-CORD EDGING: On the WS (for one edge), you sl the purl st as if to purl with the yarn in front, k1, and sl the purl st as if to purl with the yarn in front. On the RS, you knit normally, sl the purl st as if to purl with the yarn in front, and then knit normally.
You have to give the edge a good tug to make sure the middle purl stitch disappears right up, snuggled between the two stockinette stitches (that are slipped on the WS).
Finished Size: 32½ (34¾, 38, 41¼, 44½, 48½, 52½)" bust circumference. Sample measures 34¾".
Yarn: Fleece Artist Woolie Silk (65% wool, 35% silk) 100 grams/251 yards (230 meters) – 4 (4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6) skeins
Needles: Body and sleeves – US size 6 circular needles. US size 5 needles for hem. Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
Notions: Tapestry needle; stitch holders.
Gauge: 20 sts and 28 rows = 4" in Stockinette. 21 sts and 30 rows = 4" in Dot stitch.
Notes: 1) Worked flat in one piece to the armholes. Back and fronts are then worked separately. Shoulders are seamed. 2) Sleeves are picked up around the armhole and short rows are then worked to shape sleeve cap. Sleeve is then worked in the round to the cuffs.
A kit for the cardigan in many lovely colors is available at One Planet Yarn and Fiber.
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Bears claim Bellamy off waivers, sign Mulligan
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) The Chicago Bears have claimed wide receiver Josh Bellamy off waivers from the Washington Redskins, and signed free agent tight end Matthew Mulligan to a one-year deal.
Bellamy has appeared in eight games over two seasons with Kansas City and Washington, with five kickoff returns for 101 yards and four special teams tackles.
Mulligan, regarded as a terrific blocking tight end, has appeared in 65 games with 24 starts over five NFL seasons. He has 16 catches for 160 yards and two touchdowns during stints with New England last year, St. Louis in 2012 and the New York Jets from 2009-11. Mulligan has also spent time with Miami, Tennessee and Green Bay.
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