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I wanted to share the story with whoever is interested to know:
About two years ago my wife (Ansku) and I thought that we should get ourselves cats as we both love cats. We decided that instead of getting kittens like most people, we try to get some grown-up cats looking for a home. I asked my friend , Riku Voipio (who has 2 cats himself) and he told me that one of his friends, Mikko Tuomela was looking for someone to take his cats as he had to leave to US for education and couldn't take them with him. Soon we were introduced to these two very nice cats, Ostikka and Pentu. Ostikka was 12 years old at that time and Pentu was 8. While both cats are very social, Ostikka just loves to meet new people and isn't the least bit shy. He came to our lap immediately and asked to be scratched on his belly and purred. Pentu kept on hiding during our first "meeting" with him because he got spooked of someone peeking through the window earlier.
I must admit, at that time I was a lot more interested in Pentu than Ostikka. Not to say that I didn't like him but I wasn't as fond of him as of Pentu. Anyways in the end, we were given the honor of being the
Ostikka had medical problems right from the time he got him but nothing fatal. He mostly was supposed to follow a particular diet to loose weight. Even though old, he was a very happy cat who had a very positive attitude towards life. Then came the Christmas week and he stopped eating and kept himself hidden. We consulted many vets but ultimately it took the best cat specialist in town (Teija Viita-aho) to find out what was wrong with him. I don't exactly know what the disease really is but something to do with pancreas being out of balance. We had a few weeks from hell where he had a tube attached directly into his oesophagus and we had to feed him every 1 hour through that tube. At that time both me and my wife had a full-time job so it was very difficult and many people at that time thought it it might be time to let Ostikka go but we managed to pull through and Ostikka sprang back to life soon.
We still had to give him meds twice a day but that was a very small price to pay to see him in good health and enjoying his life. More than an year later, Ostikka was still doing very well and Ansku even started to take him out every day the weather permitted. That is something he really loved to do. Many times he would go to the door and keep meowing, asking to be taken out. We took Ostikka for a routine check and they said we have been doing a very good job with him and we should keep it up. They also told us to come back after a few months for his dental care.
So a few months later, this cat seem to be still doing well but one thing we noticed was that he wasn't able to eat wet food (that used to be his favorite) and could only eat dry food. We take him to the vet for the dental care and another checkup. We had to leave him there for about 3 hours and when we came back to pick him up, the vet has a very bad news to tell us: He's likely to have a tumor in his intestines and unfortunately its incurable.
We took him home and hoped that coming lab reports will tell us that theory is not correct. We kept trying to contact the vet after that but she was way too busy to call us back. The only time she called was when I was in a meeting and somehow my phone never registered that call. A few days passed and in the meanwhile Ostikka's condition got worse after returning from the vet: He would hide away and not eat at all. Finally after a few days on a Saturday, the vet called Ansku and told her the bad news that lab reports are very much consistent with her theory. Based on that and the symptoms he had been showing lately, she insisted that he be put to permanent sleep on the same day.
We of course didn't like that idea at all and decided that we get a second opinion. We asked another vet, who does house calls, to come over and provide a second opinion. While she didn't offer a very different opinion, directly observing Ostikka she said there is no hurry to put him to permanent sleep. She asked us to keep observing him and try to get him to eat. This was on last Saturday (26.05.2012).
While observing, we did everything we could to make him feel good. The pain killers he was getting did help him for a few hours and enabled him to have some fun or at least try his best but since he still couldn't eat much. He kept on getting even weaker and didn't have energy to do much. It was very obvious that he was in a lot of pain most of the time. So yesterday, we both came to the conclusion that its time to let him go and relieve him of his pain.
Neither me nor Ansku could get any sleep last night. While Ansku had to go to work, I took a day off and remained awake to get an appointment from the vet to perform the euthanasia this evening and keeping Ostikka as happy as I could until his time comes. I fried/warmed him chicken every now and then as that's what he likes the best in food, took him outside for a walk, let him on the Balcony whenever he showed interest to go there and scratched him as long as he liked it. I also wept a lot. Here are some videos I recorded of him on his last walk outside (These videos won't probably be visible so if you are reading this on planet GNOME so if you are interested, please click the blog entry link):
Around 18:00, Mikko came and brought with himself a fish that somehow got Ostikka so interested that he wanted to eat it while it was still in the plastic wrapper. That was Ostikka's last supper and I'm glad that he really enjoyed it. Here is the video of him munching on the fish:
Then Ansku came back from work to spend some time with him before the vet arrives. He got lots of scratching from everyone before the vet arrived and he was seemingly liking it.
Then the vet came and did what needed to be done. It was a weird coincidence that Ostikka's brother, Kisu had died a few days ago (from a very different disease) as well. Mikko's mother has a small land reserved for pet burials so we took Ostikka's body there and buried him next to his brother:
Since we wanted him wrapper around a clothe, my last gift to Ostikka was my GSoC t-shirt from last year.
It felt really really sad to come back to the house and only find one cat greeting us at the door. We go to the other room and keep expecting Ostikka to be there, starring back at us. It feels very very bad.. I really had no idea that I have fallen so much in love with this Feline.
P.S. I couldn't come-up with a good title for this post as Ostikka was so unique that nothing summarizes him better than his name. Unfortunately that is only understandable to people who knew him.


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TECHNOSENSUAL: where fashion meets technology
Fashion of the Future at quartier21/MuseumsQuartier Vienna
Jun 15-Sep 2, daily, 10:00-19:00, free admission
The exhibition "TECHNOSENSUAL: where fashion meets technology" presents electronic textiles and wearable technologies created by international haute tech couture designers. The exhibition will open on June 14 at 20:00 at freiraum quartier21 INTERNATIONAL with a performance by Bart Hess to kick off the "MQ Summer of Fashion".
Participants include Lucy McRae (NL/AU), Bart Hess (NL), Studio Roosegaarde (NL), Joanna Berzowska (CA), Ying Gao (CA), Maartje Dijkstra (NL), V2_lab (NL), Philips design (NL), Django Steenbakker (NL), Pauline van Dongen (NL), Nancy Tilbury (UK), Valerie Lamontagne (CA), Anouk Wipprecht (NL), Bogomir Doringer (NL), Rein Vollenga (NL/DE), MoNo (CA/NL/AT), Jane Tingley (CA), Marius Kintel (AT), Melissa Coleman (NL), Karina van Heck (NL), Ricardo O'Nascimento (BR/IT), Local Androids (NL), Nicky Assmann (NL), KOBAKANT (AT/US/JP), Aoife Wullur (NL) Meg Grant (NL), Anja Hertenberger (NL), Daniel Schatzmayr (AT), Aduen Darriba (NL), Graham Smith (CA/NL), Beorn Lebenstedt (NL), Benoit Maubrey (US/FR), and Frederick Baker (AT). Some of them will be living at the MQ in the coming months as quartier21 Artists in Residence.
The exhibition curated by Anouk Wipprecht features garments that combine fashion and technology while expanding the possibilities of contemporary fashion design. These smart textiles are equipped with electronic components such as sensors and LEDs or are made out of innovative and futuristic materials. The interactive engineering of the pieces in the exhibition gives visitors a chance to experience haute tech couture first hand.
Performances, lectures, workshops for kids and teens, as well as a symposium are part of the extensive program accompanying the exhibition organized in collaboration with monochrom, TONSPUR für einen öffentlichen Raum, the youth organization Bund Europäischer Jugend/Junge Europäische Föderalisten (BEJ/JEF), the University of Applied Arts Vienna, and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Stage design students from the University Mozarteum Salzburg are responsible for the exhibition design.
The exhibition is part of the quartier21 exhibition series freiraum quartier21 INTERNATIONAL in cooperation with the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, the Dutch Embassy in Austria, the Mondriaan Foundation (NL), and other partners from Austria and abroad.
Bart Hess: Liquified
Maartje Dijkstra : Reflecthor_2,Photo Igor Kruter
Lucy McRae : Becoming transnatural
collaboration between Bart Hess and HeyHeyHey: STRP, Mutants
Bart Hess: Liquified 3
Philips design: Philips Bubelle dress
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As asset managers and asset owners seek a greater universe of investment options, emerging markets and frontier markets are increasingly appealing. While these markets bring new opportunities, they also bring new challenges. Operational areas that are generally well established, tightly controlled and routine for developed markets might be anything but in these markets.
This investment trend in emerging and frontier markets will likely continue to accelerate and evolve, which is why it is critical for an asset manager to take a thoughtful approach to selecting the right custodian—one that brings the knowledge, skills and client service models to help successfully navigate this uncharted territory.


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By Jennifer Clark
(Reuters) – Chrysler Group LLC was forced to file paperwork for an IPO by its second-biggest shareholder on Monday, escalating a spat with main owner Fiat SpA (FIA.MI) which said it could scale back its commitment to the U.S. automaker.
Fiat, which owns 58.5 percent of Chrysler, wants to take full control and buy out the rest of the stock owned by the United Auto Workers trust fund, but has balked at the more $5 billion being demanded.
In response, the UAW trust exercised a right enshrined in Chrysler's 2009 government-financed bankruptcy to go forward with an initial public offering, stepping up pressure on Sergio Marchionne, chief executive of both automakers, to reach a deal.
Bankers and analysts view the filing as a move by the UAW trust to extract a better offer from Fiat and many wager an IPO will never take place.
Fiat responded angrily in the filing, which raises critical questions about when and even if Marchionne can merge the two companies to form the world's seventh-largest auto group. The Fiat-Chrysler alliance was one of the centerpieces of the Obama administratio's 2009 restructuring of the U.S. auto industry.
"Fiat has informed us that it is reconsidering the benefits and costs of further expanding its relationship with us," Chrysler said in its S-1 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Chrysler added that Fiat is also reconsidering the terms on which the Italian automaker will continue to share its technology, vehicle platforms, engineering expertise and other resources with Chrysler.
"Fiat is saying that Chrysler is worth less if we do't get that full integration," said Richard Hilgert, an analyst with investment research firm Morningstar. "It's a shot across the bow of the UAW."
The IPO, which for the purposes of calculating the regulator's registration fee was estimated at up to $100 million, will be underwritten by JPMorgan (JPM.N). Marchionne said in mid-September that if an IPO happens, it is likely to take place in the first quarter of 2014.
Chrysler did not say how many shares will be offered in the sale. The UAW trust fund intends to use the proceeds to pay for medical benefits for blue-collar Chrysler retirees.
Under Marchionne, Chrysler has mounted an unlikely comeback that has pushed its valuation to around $10 billion, according to some analyst estimates. The U.S. automaker is now propping up Fiat's bottom line, rather than the other way around.
Chrysler's success has complicated Marchionne's efforts to buy out the fund. The more than $5 billion price tag pushed for by adviser Brock Fiduciary represents the highest possible payout under the terms of the bankruptcy agreement.
Last week, Marchionne hired former U.S. auto task force leader Ron Bloom, chief architect of Chrysler's 2009 bankruptcy restructuring, to advise Fiat in its negotiations.
Bloom was instrumental in convincing the UAW to accept a stake in Chrysler as part of the bailout package. He also is advising Detroit retirees in the Detroit municipal bankruptcy.
Chrysler and Fiat currently are forced to manage their finances separately, even though they are run by the same executive team. A full merger would make it easier – but not automatic – to combine the cash pools of the two companies, giving Fiat more funds to expand its product lineup.
Chrysler, based in suburban Detroit, had cash and cash equivalents of $12.2 billion as of June 30. Its net profit in the first half of the year fell 21 percent to $764 million from $966 million in the previous year.
Chrysler remains heavily reliant on North America, which accounted for 90 percent of vehicle sales in the first half of 2013. It added that its lineup of smaller, less expensive cars are not as competitive as its larger, more profitable vehicles.
"Despite our recent financial results, we have not yet reached a level of sustained profitability for our U.S. operations," Chrysler said in the S-1 filing.
Monday's IPO filing reflects the unusual set of events that shaped the restructuring of the U.S. auto industry.
The UAW trust, a type known as a voluntary employee beneficiary association, or VEBA, was created in 2007 as a way for General Motors Co (GM.N), Ford Motor Co (F.N) and Chrysler to offload their obligation to pay retiree healthcare benefits.
The trust was initially supposed to be funded with cash. But as part of the 2009 financial crisis, it agreed to take stakes in GM and Chrysler in lieu of cash.
"The Chrysler IPO is a textbook example of the difficulties that can occur when debt is converted into an ownership stake, as it was during Chrysler's bankruptcy," said Jack Nerad, executive editorial director and market analyst of auto research firm Kelley Blue Book.
The IPO filing comes the same day GM bought back preferred shares held by the UAW trust for about $3.2 billion.
The trust is carved up into three separate accounts that pay for medical benefits for GM, Ford and Chrysler retirees. The trust is barred by law from using the assets of one account to defray costs of another.
(Addtional reporting by Jennifer Clark in Milan; Editing by Steve Orlofsky, Andre Grenon, Ken Wills and Edwina Gibbs) (Reprinted from Reuters)


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—After an Ivy League title and a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2008 last season, the Harvard men's tennis team has retooled by adding four freshmen to the roster for the 2012-13 campaign.
"We're pleased to welcome these four outstanding young prospects to our squad this year," said The Scott Mead '77 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Tennis David Fish. "We lost three starters from last year's Ivy Championship team, but still have a great nucleus. We hope that several of these new guys will step up just as last year's freshmen stepped up, and give us the strength throughout the lineup to challenge again for Ivy honors and beyond."
Conor Haughey – Freshman – Wellesley, Mass./St. Sebastian's School
Seven-year letterwinner in tennis at St. Sebastian's School … Finished USTA junior career ranked No. 12 in New England in singles and No. 6 in doubles … Led St. Sebastian's to the New England Team Championships for the first time in history in 2012 … Played number one singles and doubles for five years … Received All-Independent School League (ISL) honors three times … Earned the Boston Globe MVP award for tennis in 2012 … Class vice president for three years … William P. Judge Scholarship award recipient … Also played football and hockey at St. Sebastian's … Grandfather, Philip Haughey '57, lettered in football, basketball and baseball ... Uncle, Philip Haughey, Jr. '84, lettered in wrestling … Sister, Christy Haughey '14, is currently on the field hockey team … Mother, Ellenann Haughey, captained the Holy Cross tennis team.
Nicky Hu—Freshman—Palo Alto, Cali./Palo Alto High School
Played number one singles all four years at Palo Alto High School … Team captain as a junior and senior … Won the Maestro Award for Individual Performance in tuba … Other interests include music … Sister, Christina Hu, won the Division III NCAA individual title in 2009 and 2010.
Siu Fai Kelvin Lam – Freshman – Hong Kong/Diocesan Boys' School
Played six years on Diocesan Boys' School tennis team … Two-year team captain … Helped Diocesan Boys' School to six consecutive Inter-School Tennis Competition Division I team championships … Ranked No. 1 in national junior ranking and No. 3 in national open ranking … Won two singles titles and three doubles titles on ITF World Junior Circuit … Reached doubles final at GB1 Asian Closed Championships in 2011 … Became the second-youngest player from Hong Kong to play in a singles rubber (16 years and 67 days) at 2010 Davis Cup ... Represented Hong Kong at 2009 East Asian Games in men's doubles … Also enjoys badminton and traveling.
Nicholas Mahlangu – Freshman – Henderson, Nev./Green Valley
Four-year letterwinner in tennis at Green Valley High School … Nationally ranked in top 100 in USTA boys 12, 14, 16 and 18 divisions … Ranked as high as No. 29 in USTA boys 18 division … Received 2011 USTA Legends Award and was also named 2011 USTA Player of the Year … Named USTA Nevada Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2011 … USTA Serves Certificate of Merit for Academic Excellence, Leadership and Tennis recipient in 2012 … An outstanding participant in 2012 National Achievement Scholarship Program … Greater Las Vegas Scholarship Program recipient in 2012 … Other hobbies include computer software, mathematics, chemistry, physics, photography and digital art.


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|Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 2 Subwoofer
|Thursday, 16 April 2009
The compact but powerful subwoofer from Bang & Olufsen, the BeoLab 2, is perfect for any surround sound setup or home theater in need of high-quality bass. It uses ICE power amplification technology to keep itself cool while emitting a powerful sound from its 850 Watts of power, with peaks at 2 kilowatts. It is designed to be as rounded and curved as possible, to minimize the sharp sounds that can occur from sharp corners and joints.
The bass level can be adapted to the speaker's surroundings using manual filters, so you'll get high-quality low tones whether it is placed on the floor in a corner or in the open space of your home theater. Vibrations are reduced on the BeoLab 2 in two ways: by the creative engineering of two facing passive loudspeakers which cancel each other's vibrations out, and the use of the thick rubber base which cushions the subwoofer from the floor. The stylish casing comes in aluminum and white coating.
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Offering a rare opportunity to see more than 80 works from the distinguished collection of a Smith alumna, this exhibition charts the use of drawing by some of the most accomplished artists from the Renaissance through the Romantic period, focusing mainly on Italian and French art from the 16th to the early 19th century.
An ardent supporter of museums in both the United States and abroad--and widely known for her discernment, connoisseurship, and generosity--the collector has built her world-class collection over a 16-year period. Her devotion to the study of drawings and her willingness to lend works from her collection to public institutions has significantly expanded the available knowledge on these treasured works of art. Drawn to Excellence includes only a portion of the collector's private holdings, emphasizing the strength rather than breadth of her collection. The objects were also selected to dovetail with an art history course that will be offered at Smith in fall 2012 (Please see Program Highlights.)
Drawn to Excellence provides a unique chance to study and compare outstanding examples of draftsmanship as well as a range of styles and uses of drawings by renowned draftsman such as Federico Barocci, Fra Bartolommeo, Francois Boucher, Agnolo Bronzino, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Eugene Delacroix, Jean-Honore Fragonard, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Claude Lorrain, Hubert Robert, Salvator Rosa, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, and Antoine Watteau, among others. Visitors will see examples of first sketches, figures studies, compositional drawings, portraits, landscapes and more, including ten double-sided sheets in which both sides will be visible.
This important collection was first featured in the 2007 exhibition Private Treasures: Four Centuries of Master Drawings, co-organized by the Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
A full-color, soft cover 80-page catalogue will accompany the exhibition and will be available for purchase at the SCMA Museum Shop (in person or on line).
Image Credit: Bartolomeo Cesi. Bologna 1556–1629 Bologna. A Striding Youth Carrying a Bundle of Sticks verso, A Veiled Woman Praying,1591/94. Red and white chalk on blue paper; verso, red chalk. 13 3/8 x 8 5/8 in.; 340 x 220 mm. Private Treasures,cat. 26


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I'm reading this paper, which discusses how Serotonin may be involved in motor functions of mammals: 5-HT and motor control: a hypothesis .
The paper includes the following diagram of the Dorsal Raphe Nuclei (DRN) firing pattern in a walking cat, and cat on a tredmill. Each step is associated with a distinct firing pattern. I'm wandering if the DRN firing pattern, in humans, changes in a similar way in response to voluntary breathing?
After searching wikipedia, I found a line that says:
REM sleep is turned on by acetylcholine secretion and is inhibited by neurons that secrete serotonin. (Psysiology of sleep stages)
I'm interested in dreaming, and at times have practiced entering dreams consciously, from the waking state after laying in bed for a long time. One of the obstacles to entring a dream was seizing control of breathing and starting to breathe voluntarily. This prevented me from entering dreams on a number of occasions, and appears to support the idea that voluntary breathing would affect the DRN. But I'm looking for a more scientifically-validated answer.
Thank you for your input!


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New hymn and tune book : an offering of praise for the use of the African M. E. Zion Church of America
Creator: African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Date: 1889 Contributing Institution: Princeton Theological Seminary Library Subject: Afro-Americans--Music, African Methodist Episcopal Church--Hymns, Hymns, English, Methodist Church--Hymns, and Music Format (Original): Books Language: English Publisher: New York : A.M.E.Z. Book Concern, 1889. Type: Text


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It's hard to believe it's been 50 years since James Bond first hit the big screen and yet this past year had celebrations galore about that fact. First was the release of the blu-ray box set containing all Bond films with extras excluding SKYFALL. Numerous shows were done about the fact. Finally a tribute was paid to Bond this past Oscar night. But the big news concerning Bond this year was a new film, SKYFALL that has just hit DVD shelves.
After the first two outings with Daniel Craig as the titular character, Bond is back and in action like never before. The film opens with the usual chase sequence filled with more action than a half dozen films crammed into about 10 minutes. When it finishes Bond is shot by one of his own team on orders from M (Dame Judi Dench) and falls from a moving train over a high bridge into a roaring river. Cue music and opening credits.
Of course Bond didn't die. If he did then this would have been the shortest Bond film ever made. When the credits finish we find M fighting for the continued role of MI-6 and the need for the spy network set up all these years. It turns out that what Bond was attempting to retrieve (and failed to do) was a hard drive that contained the location and names of all of the undercover spies around the globe. Not only does M suffer that indignation but someone explodes a bomb in her office as well.
Recuperating on some desert island, Bond hears the news and returns to the fold, confronting M in her home. A few details filled in, a new weapon courtesy of a new Q and Bond is off and running. His first lead is the man he was battling on top of the train at the start of the film that results in an extremely well choreographed and filmed fight to the death. The clues lead Bond from Shanghai to Macau and eventually to a meeting with the man behind it all.
Silva (Javier Bardem) has a past with M. He too was one of the high members of MI-6 and a favorite of M. But things went bad (the details of which we learn later) and it appears he has manipulated Bond to this meeting. Bond escapes and captures Silva, taking him back to England. While most of the film up to this point has been setting the stage from here on out it's non-stop action and double crosses resulting in one of the most explosive finales ever captured in a Bond film and one that is more touching than any other.
Visually SKYFALL is an amazing film to watch. The colors of the neon in Shanghai pop off the screen and the action scenes feel as if you are there with Bond in each and every move. Director Sam Mendes isn't known as an action director but he brings a fresh look to the entire film as well as a depth of character to Bond that's rarely if ever been seen.
I saw this film when it was first out and loved it. For Bond geeks there are all sorts of special surprises from locations to items to lines in the film that will make them giddy with glee. Honestly there was at least one moment when I nearly screamed out "YES!" that involves a car. 'Nuff said. For those more recently drafted into the Bond films you'll get all the action you need and a story line that has more depths than most.
Of the three Craig Bond films I'm undecided which I like best but I know it's between this one and CASINO ROYALE. One thing is certain. All are movies that should not just be rented but added to your collection. Bond films are movies that can be enjoyed any time and will be for years to come.


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Fuel your body with well-planned, healthy, nutrient dense foods that also taste great. Meal planning does take some time, but once it is created, you do not even have to think about it. Plus, you don't have to stop for fast food, or eat the same boring meal each night.
More: Turn 5 Main Ingredients Into 25 Dinners
1. Map out your week.
Know which nights you will be working late, what appointments you have, and what night your child has practice. Once you know what you week looks like it will be easy to fit meals into your schedule.
2. Check coupons.
See what sales are in the paper so you can plan your meals off of this.
More: 9 Tips for Eating Healthy on a Budget
3. Keep your freezer organized.
Label and date whatever meals or food items you have saved. Use what you have to help plan your meals for the week.
4. Use a few main items in various ways.
Keep both lunch and dinner in mind. Here are some examples:
- Ground Turkey Meat. This same healthy, protein can be used to make turkey chili for dinner one night, lunches the next day, turkey tacos and turkey burgers.
- Chicken. Prepare chicken breasts to be used in stir fries with brown rice and vegetables, grilled chicken parmesan or homemade chicken salad served with crusty bread.
- Eggs. Make a savory baked egg dish with spinach, feta and garlic. Serve it with a salad. This could last three nights and eggs are very inexpensive.
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maypop necesitaba un nuevo diseño de camiseta y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 96 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
It takes a Village. Auburn, Alabama
I am the gallery owner of The Villager - an art gallery specializing in affordable art and design. I am active in my community and would like a women's t-shirt design that ties the community, the university (auburn university) and our gallery (the villager) together. Our town is known as the loviest village on the plains. Our employees are called The Village People. Our gallery is called The Villager.
Desired target market is early 30's female that lives and works in Auburn, Alabama.
example: 32 year old female that works at the chamber of commerce, the university, or the hospital. She shops at The Villager for creative gifts, is very involved in charity events, active in city planning, is an event planner, supports the high school and university football teams, donates time and money to the humane society, philanthropy boards, and works full time.
The t-shirt needs to say:
It takes a village
Auburn, Alabama
The graphics just need to conview in imagery the combination of the community, the university, and the creative flair of our art gallery.
The community is Auburn, Alabama - a small southern town
The university is Auburn University - please don't use logo's - you can use school colors if you like (orange 172 and blue 289c)


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NHL playoffs -- Devils avoid elimination, beat Kings on late goals
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Adam Henrique scored the tiebreaking goal with 4:29 to play, Martin Brodeur made 21 saves, and the New Jersey Devils beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 on Wednesday night to avoid a sweep in the Stanley Cup finals.
Patrik Elias and Ilya Kovalchuk also scored third-period goals for the Eastern Conference champion Devils, who forced the NHL to put the Stanley Cup back in its crate for another cross-country trip. Game 5 is Saturday night in Newark, N.J.
After two tense, scoreless periods in front of fans hoping to see the Kings win their first title in their 45-year history, Elias scored on a rebound with 12:04 to play, but Drew Doughty scored a tying power-play goal for the Kings just 1:02 later.
Henrique scored on a pass from David Clarkson, and Kovalchuk added an empty-netter.


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This Spring, we've seen several state and school records fall across the network. Check out the athletes that enshrined themselves into the record books this season, and vote for the performance you think best deserves to be crowned top of California. Voting closes Monday, May 22.
Karla Lemus; Jasmine Jimenez; Larissa Cesena and Sarah Ann Frank of Martin Luther King break school shuttle hurdle record.
Martin Luther King, Riverside, CA
Shuttle Hurdles / 1:07.58 / Paloma Valley Wildcat Relays
Alex Barr Breaks All-Time School Mile Record
Scripps Ranch High School, San Diego, CA
Mile / 4:12.84 / Arcadia Invitational
Marian Ledesma Breaks 33-Year Old School 400M Record
Valley Christian, Cerritos, CA
400m / 58.58 / Brea Relays
Anthony Easter breaks school record in 300M Hurdles
Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Corona, CA
300M Hurdles / Chandler Rotary Invite
Mackenzie Garza Repeats as Valley Champion, Breaks 21-Year Old School Record
Golden West High School, Visalia, CA.
50M freestyle swim / 24.62 / Valley Championships
Nathaniel Tamminga Breaks 3200m School Record
Valley Christian, Cerritos, CA
3200M / 9:46 / Beach Cities Invitational
Three Records Drop at Mt. Sac Relays: Phil Griggs / 400M, Kathryn Hammar, Breanna Fatten, Amanda Sosa and Lauren Peurifoy / Distance Medley Relay, Sarah Al-khalili, Jasmine Jimenez, Sarah Ann Frank and Larissa Cesena / Shuttle Relay
Martin Luther King, Riverside, CA
400M / 49.12, Distance Medley / 12:05, Shuttle Relay / 1:05.57
Morgann Wilson Sets School Record in 100 hurdles
Ramona High School, Ramona, CA
100M Hurdles / 15.74 / Meet vs. Valley Center
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Local favorites looking to expand
"I said to myself, or to the guys, we're a complete brewery now," said Switchback Brewery Company founder Bill Cherry.
Complete because Switchback Ale will soon be available in bottles. For the first year, sorry out-of-towners, the bottles will only be sold in Vermont.
"This is our core, Vermont is what built us, and in that whole first year we've dedicated everything we can get into the bottle, if Vermont wants it, Vermont gets it," said Cherry.
If all goes well, the brewer plans to expand outside the Green Mountain State.
"But we want to do it naturally, and that's what we've done, and we've moved in the New Hampshire and Maine, it really came at the request of the people in those states," said Cherry.
The brewery is heading into its 10th anniversary next week, and celebrating it with the new great pour at the bottling plant.
"You just keep slowly building this very complex piece of machinery that seems simple at the time, until after 10 years you look back and say 'wow, where did this come from?'" said Cherry.
Switchback isn't the only local business with plans. Popular food truck Misery Loves Company will some find themselves in a stationary spot, when they open up at the former Don Pedro's Tacqueria, right in the Winooski Circle.
"We've really enjoyed being a food truck and now the weather is ending, and it's perfect time we've found an awesome space in Winooski," said Nathaniel Wade, co-founder of the food truck.
The new permanent location will serve up the same sandwiches and snacks, but that's not all.
"We're going expand on what we do at the food truck because it's going to be a larger restaurant with a larger capacity," said Wade.
And just like when they serve lunch, they'll do all of the construction work on the new spot themselves.
"We've been in this business for so long, and done it for other people for so long, it's so much more satisfying to do it for ourselves," said co-founder Aaron Josinsky.
Misery Loves Company will not be abandoning the food truck, but the restaurant gives them a chance to serve all year-round. They hope to open the restaurant sometime in November.


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In her position, White develops and supervises a Video Production Department that includes 10 or more student interns. As a group, the VPD films and edits video features highlighting Gaucho student-athletes and coaches as well as athletic department accomplishments for TV, web and video board audiences. In addition to her on and off-camera video duties, White serves as a live field reporter and directs the live video board broadcasts for UCSB soccer games that regularly draw crowds in excess of 5,000 fans. She and her interns also create website video recaps for numerous UCSB athletics events each week.
One of White's most impressive video creations is the weekly television show "Gauchos in Thirty." The show, which airs during the school year in Santa Barbara on KEYT Channel 3, an ABC affiliate, is feature-based and produced wholly in house.
A native of Ventura, Calif., White came to UCSB after serving as Coordinating Producer at Cultural Global Media. In her position, she was responsible for hiring full broadcast crews for domestic and international soccer broadcasts, including MLS, MLL, CONCACAF and NSCAA games. The games aired primarily on Fox Sports.
A 2009 graduate of the University of Michigan, White served as a News Producer, News and Sports Report and Sports Segment Host at WOLV-TV in Ann Arbor from September 2006-May 2009. She hosted "White Out," a man-on-the-street segment asking UM students their opinion on weekly sports topics for "You Say Maize, I Say Blue," a "Pardon the Interruption" type show. During her time at WOLV, White was a weekly sports anchor and specialty segment guest on "Sportsnite," the show highlighting all Michigan sports. She also produced and anchored "Newsfeed," Ann Arbor's only local newscast.
In addition to her time at WOLV, White interned at ABC12/WJRT in Flint, Cumulus Media, Inc. in Ventura and at Fox Sports in Los Angeles.
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Iran will join the U.S. and other members of the United Nations Security Council at the negotiation table next month in what the Obama administration hopes will lead to progress on ending Iranian support for militants that fight Israel, help with Afghanistan and on getting the regime in Tehran to stop enriching uranium, according to reports.
The October 1 event, at a location to be determined, will represent the first time in more than a year that Iran has sat down with negotiators from the U.S., China, Russia, France, the U.K. and Germany.
Iran has said it is willing to discuss elements of its nuclear program and other security and development issues, The Wall Street Journal reported. But it has refused so far to stop enriching uranium or give up its nuclear "rights."
"We plan to address this issue of their not living up to their obligations head on," U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told the Journal. "We are not planning on starting a whole new process here."
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Next week, along with what is expected to be over 9,000 attendees, we'll be in Las Vegas for Autodesk University (AU). Yes, it's an Autodesk vehicle, but it's also much bigger than that.
AU is analogous to a big box store (ironically, it starts on Cyber Monday – December 1) with one-stop shopping for technical software for a broad range of industries – manufacturing, media/entertainment, GIS, AEC, and so on.
If you're coming to Las Vegas for AU, it's always a good idea to know your objectives for attending and what you hope to get out of it. In other words, come with an agenda based on asking the following questions on behalf of yourself and your company looking ahead five years:
- What are you working on now and what do you want to be working on?
- What will be the core competencies of our company and our competitors?
- What technologies are our competitors acquiring and implementing, and are they new or complementary?
- What technologies will emerge and be vital to our business?
- Will our company be able to use methods and technologies from other industries?
- Will our company grow strictly by organic means, or through partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions?
- How will our company's staff differ from todays and what skill sets will be required?
- How will we deal with data – interoperability, legacy, management, etc.?
These are all important questions, because regardless of position today, no company can afford to remain complacent if they hope to remain competitive.
AU is always a good place for monitoring industry and technology trends, market direction, future requirements, industry rumors, and R&D within Autodesk and many of its partners.
AU, like other live software/technology events are great for meeting with Autodesk folks, exhibitors, peers, and potential customers. It's also an opportunity to learn at the myriad industry-specific classes that are offered, as well as unparalleled networking. With all that we do via email, texting, phone calls, Skype, Web meetings, etc., AU is a great venue for face to face discussions and conversations before, during, and after each day's formal events. Some of the best inside "dirt" (ranging from successes to frustrations) we pick up on is outside the confines of the conference itself, and we always look forward to catching up with old friends and meeting new ones.
Always expect the unexpected at AU, because you might just hear, see, or learn something that will drive a solution to a problem, or a new direction for you, your company, and your career.
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Just when you think you know what Kamala is all about, suddenly, you don't anymore. That's one of the secrets to this aggressive, dynamic, ever-evolving group of talented musicians. Kamala plays things in extreme fashion, that's all part of being a thrash metal band. They've been compared to Gojira, Sepultura, Machine Head…


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Stocks closed lower for a third session, as markets remain worried the Federal Reserve may start withdrawing stimulus by curtailing bond purchases later this year.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 8.60 points, or 0.06 percent, to close at 15303.10. Procter & Gamble led the blue chips as A.G. Lafley returns as CEO. Hewlett-Packard lagged after Thursday's 17 percent surge.
The Dow still has not had a three-day losing streak this year.
The S&P 500 shed 0.91 points, or 0.06 percent, to close at 1649.60. The Nasdaq edged down 0.28 points, or 0.01 percent, to finish at 3459.14. The S&P had its biggest three-day drop in over a month.
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SASEBO, Japan—At a training course here, 80 young soldiers are learning to swim, row, dive and jump into the ocean from a helicopter in flight.
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In order for a reader to truly engage with a text and begin to connect with it intellectually and emotionally, that text must be treated as a partner in the learning process. One way of making this engagement "hands-on" is for students to annotate, or "mark up," the texts they read. Marking can include underlining, writing comments in the margins, drawing symbols next to different sections, or any other form students find helpful and natural. This is a powerful way to bring home the idea that a text is not sacrosanct, but can be written on, reacted to, and "argued with," and that doing so is the natural habit of all proficient readers. Having students annotate as they read encourages them to be aware of what is going on in their minds as they process the information. Annotation can be a springboard to many other activities that use the reactions of the reader, from class discussion to essay writing.
To demonstrate the technique, the teacher can give students a photocopied text to read during class, with time left over for writing and discussing. This text should be copied in such a way that there is a lot of blank space left around the edges for taking notes. The teacher should read the first few paragraphs aloud to the students, then stop and ask them to take out their pens and "mark up" the text in some way that shows what they thought as they heard the lines. They might underline those lines that seemed most important, put question marks in the margin next to sections they didn't understand, circle words they didn't know, write reactions next to sections that caused an emotional response, or "talk back" to the writer in places where they feel moved to do so.
After giving students some time to try this, the teacher should ask them to share what they have done, with partners or with the class as a whole. It is best to hear from a range of people and collect a variety of responses. Teachers should refrain from judging the responses by deeming particular ones "good" or "bad"; students need to see that there is not a "right" answer. Some teachers might even want to share their own annotations with the class. It is important that teachers note the range of responses in the classroom and use them to make the point that every reader brings something different to the text.
This is a natural starting point for a range of reader-response activities. It reinforces habits that are second nature to proficient readers and shows students that their thoughts and reactions as they read are valuable. The technique can also be used to encourage students who are ordinarily reluctant to speak in whole-group settings; teachers can use it as a "scaffolding" step, preparing students before initiating large-group discussions. This will ensure that everyone has something to contribute. To add an additional step, the teacher can have students pair up before the whole-group discussion to share their annotations with a classmate. These students, by seeing that everyone has something different to say about the text, will be much more likely to venture their thoughts in a whole-class discussion.
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Juniper has gin. Barley makes beer. Behind every bottle of booze you'll find a bevy of botanicals, and fusing the drinks world and plant kingdom into one is botanist, cocktail enthusiast and author Amy Stewart. In her latest release The Drunken Botanist (featured in our January/February 2013 issue) Stewart explores the mysterious and intertwining plant-drink connection through flavorful history lessons, anecdotes and recipes. Here, she chats with us about the crossover between the cocktail and plant communities, why we drink plants in the first place, and the best botanicals for growing your own cocktail garden.
Imbibe: What made you want to combine cocktail culture and the plant world into one book?
Amy Stewart: I've been a botanical writer for a long time, but I've always been a big cocktail enthusiast as well. When I was working on Wicked Plants, I had a chapter called "The Devil's Bartender," which covered how poisonous plants had been used in alcohol over the centuries, and that got me thinking about all the interesting plants that have ended up behind the bar. So I started making a list and it really took off from there.
Any long-forgotten botanicals that you came across that were popular way back when but fell out of favor over time?
Just about anything that comes out of the ground has been put into alcohol at one time or another, and a surprising number of medieval ingredients—like artemesia and wormwood—are still in use today. But one ingredient you don't see much of anymore is maidenhair fern. Jerry Thomas' original Regent's Punch called for a capillaire syrup, which was originally made with maidenhair fern, and people trying to reconstruct vintage cocktails might be interested in re-creating maidenhair fern syrup. It's actually a houseplant, so it's pretty easy to get a hold of, but having also written a book about poisonous plants, I often warn people to be careful with certain ingredients! Maidenhair ferns are very good at cleaning up contaminated soil and will actually pull arsenic out of the ground. That doesn't make them dangerous plants, but it does mean that if it's just growing on a vacant lot somewhere, you may not want to pick it.
Any plants you came across that don't exactly taste great on their own, but transform once in the glass?
Yes! So many of the herbs we use in alcohol are either just barely edible on their own or not a lot of fun to eat. Like sweet woodruff—it's this sweet little nothing plant that looks like a groundcover and has a light vanilla fragrance. It's not something people would eat, but in Germany they make May wine from woodruff harvested in early spring.
So how do you think people first decided that poor-tasting plants would fare better in alcohol?
I think there were two things going on. One was that a lot of these botanicals were used for medicinal purposes. But plants don't keep very well, and dried herbs can lose a lot of their essential oils and oxidize. So if you were an apothecary or early physician, soaking plants in alcohol was an easy way to preserve them. But then some of it was also about hiding the taste of really bad booze. We sort of have this nostalgia for the old days in the cocktail world, but we've never had it better than we do right now.
You've said every great drink starts with a plant. What will we find in your garden and glass?
For the past few years I've been working on a cocktail garden that exclusively grows ingredients that can be used in drinks. Some of those things are pretty obvious—like mint—but even with the mint there's a special cocktail twist. There's this variety of spearmint called "mojito mint" that is grown in Cuba—and as you know we can't just export things out of Cuba anytime we want—but Canadian tourists coming back from Havana have been known to pull a sprig of mint out of there glass and bring it back with them. It's now made its way to the nursery trade and anyone can get hold of it. And then I have all the sort of herbs and edible flowers, peppers and tomatoes, and ingredients for things that I really like to try and make. Sloe gin, for instance, I love, and so I'm growing sloes, and I've got blackcurrants for cassis—basically very cocktail-specific plants that are really fun to grow and don't need a lot of space.
What sort of plants are more forgiving when it comes to planting a cocktail garden?
It's really about what works in your climate and with the space you have. I recently came across these miniature berry bushes that are designed to grow in containers, which is great for making single drinks. But if I was in Southern California or Miami or New Orleans I'd be growing sugarcane—there are tons of heirloom varieties that aren't grown by the sugar industry, but that tropical gardeners know about. Even just having it as a garnish in a Mojito I think would be so cool.
So what are some of your favorite flavor combinations?
I like savory drinks as well as ones that play up more vegetal and spicy flavors. So in the summer I love cilantro, tomatoes, pepper and celery, which are great not just with vodka or gin, but also play well with tequila. I also love fruit in drinks, which is a great way to use up a surplus crop. In summer peaches and bourbon are a favorite combination, and my strawberries, blueberries and raspberries usually end up in any sort of drink that calls for rum.
Any other tips for those hoping to become their own Drunken Botanist?
Obviously grow things that you actually like to drink, but at the same time, be open to surprises. One of the biggest surprises for me was when somebody gave me some red venture celery to plant. I'd never thought I'd wanted to grow celery, but it turns out to be fantastic to always have it on-hand in the garden, and especially one that's such a unique variety. So I think it's about finding things that are uniquely suited to cocktails, but cocktails that you want to drink!
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NBC's moratorium on hard liquor advertising
Statement of George A. Hacker, Director, Alcohol Policies Project, Center for Science in the Public Interest
We applaud NBC's restoration of responsible broadcast standards that, for more than five decades, have provided liquor-free network television and protected young people from promotions to drink liquor. NBC's action sends a message to the entire cable and broadcast television industry – not just to the other national networks – that hard-liquor commercials don't belong on television.
When NBC started advertising liquor in December, it asserted that it would provide leadership for the many local and cable broadcasters that now air liquor ads, often without adequate standards. Now that NBC has returned to its former position of refusing liquor ads, it has finally adopted the best standard. We encourage other television and radio broadcasters to do the same.
NBC's turnaround represents a significant victory for public health and children's advocates, as well as for members of Congress who opposed NBC's "race to the bottom." In particular, we thank Representatives Frank Wolf and Lucille Roybal-Allard for their hard work and for making the protection of children and families their highest priority.
Unfortunately, NBC's action fails to address a whole new category of heavily marketed malt beverages that will be educating young people and others about liquor brands in the coming months. Such brands as Smirnoff, Bacardi, Stolichnaya, Captain Morgan, Sauza, and Jack Daniels, all marketed as malt beverages, will get significant exposure, despite the revival of NBC's liquor-advertising ban.
NBC's action leaves unaddressed the television advertising of America's most popular and destructive legal drug, beer. Real reform of standards for alcohol advertising must include substantial restrictions on the ability of brewers to interest millions of underage persons in their brand names and products. NBC's decision has not ended the debate on televised alcohol advertising. It has only pointed the way toward considering the real problem.
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The Commission compared the Intelligence Community's assessment of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons in Afghanistan before and after Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led invasion of October 2001. We believe that the Intelligence Community correctly assessed al-Qa'ida's limited ability to use these weapons to inflict mass casualties. However, the war in Afghanistan and its aftermath revealed important new information about the level and direction of chemical, biological, and nuclear research and development that was underway. Specifically, we found that:
The Intelligence Community concluded that at the time of the commencement of the war in Afghanistan, al-Qa'ida's biological weapons program was both more advanced and more sophisticated than analysts had previously assessed;
Analytic judgments regarding al-Qa'ida's chemical weapons capabilities did not change significantly as a result of the war;
The Community appears to have been correct in its assessment of the low probability that al-Qa'ida had built a nuclear device or obtained sufficient material for a nuclear weapon. However, the war in Afghanistan brought to light detailed and revealing information about the direction and progress of al-Qa'ida's radiological and nuclear ambitions;
Intelligence gaps prior to the war in Afghanistan prevented the Intelligence Community from being able to assess with much certainty the extent or specific nature of al-Qa'ida's weapons of mass destruction capabilities;
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If I win the lottery Cole I'll but the both of us tickets to see Joni ,we can buy Joni a drink in person . Congrats on the RAISE !
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SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Georgia Southwestern Hurricanes blew into town a day later than planned after inclement weather battered the southern part of the state the day before. With high winds still lingering in Savannah, the Hurricanes were shelled by the Armstrong Atlantic Pirates 14-1 in game one of the series.
Both teams would threaten in the early going of Sunday's game. Armstrong would be the first to do so in the bottom of the first as they would have runners on first and second with only one out. However, GSW starter Trent Franzago would strike out the next two batters to get out of the inning unscathed.
GSW would threaten in the next half of the inning, which began with a Blane Parker leadoff single. After Jarrod Taylor and Chase Young walks and a Randall Sheffield single, the Blue & Gold would have the bases loaded with only one out. This time it was Armstrong starter Ethan Bader's turn to walk away from runners in scoring position. A John Duran grounder to second would give AASU an inning-ending double play.
Unfortunately for the Hurricanes, the Pirates would do more than threaten in the next inning. A lead-off single by R.J. Dennard would be compounded by three separate GSW fielding and throwing errors to give Armstrong Atlantic the 3-0 lead after two innings. All three runs would be unearned for GSW starter Trent Franzago.
The wheels would come off in the fourth inning as Armstrong would tack on five more runs to take a commanding 8-0 lead. The eight-run lead would hold until Randall Sheffield hit one of GSW's two extra base hits on the day in the seventh inning with a solo home run to left field. The Pirates would answer that run with six more by game's end to take home the 14-1 victory.
Armstrong starter Ethan Bader would get the decision in the win. Bader would go seven innings scattering nine hits, giving up one run while striking out seven Hurricanes.
The loss puts the Georgia Southwestern record at 2-15 (1-5 PBC) in the young 2012 season. The series will continue with a double header tomorrow with first pitch scheduled for 11:00 a.m.


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CAMDEN, N.J. - On June 7, the MIT Lightweights earned their seed at the IRA National Championships finishing eighth in a stacked field of EARC competitors. On a sultry Saturday that brought a fog delay and record temperatures, the Lights kept their cool and finished just 3.8 seconds behind Columbia in the Petite Final.
In the morning heats the Engineers faced off against the country's best including eventual gold and silver medalists Cornell and Navy as well as Dartmouth and Dad Vail Champion, Fordham. Midway through the heat Cornell, Navy and Dartmouth took command while MIT battled a determined Fordham squad. Going into the last 400 meters the Engineers stumbled and let Fordham regain a bow deck lead by the finish.
In the final, MIT got another look at Fordham as well as Columbia who were sixth place finishers at the EARC Sprints. Tech had faced Columbia earlier in the season at the Geiger Cup and finished 3.3 back in strong tailwind conditions. On this day, history repeated itself on flat water as Columbia chipped away at MIT over the 2000 meter course, winning the Petite Final in a time of 5:54.1.
"We are developing the skills and horsepower to row with the best" commented head coach Ted Benford. "We have really come a long way and we learned a lot again today. I think next year's varsity got a good look at where we need to be to succeed on the national stage."
Some satisfaction was regained for the young squad by controlling Fordham. MIT took an early lead over the Rams and did not allow them to regain any footing beating them by open water.
This is the first appearance for MIT at the IRA National Championships since 2002 when the Tech finished 10th.
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2. Navy, 5:51.6
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These are the hardest, most challenging, and most perilous games of 2012. According to me.
What is it about truly challenging games that makes them so addictive and so much fun to play, even while we gnash our teeth, rend our garments, and gray our hair in the process?
It's more than just nostalgia; even if our memories of old-school games are littered with fond recollections of dying at Ghouls & Ghosts, Castlevania and Battletoads, there's a reason why the old, difficult games we used to play have stuck with us this long.
Jim Rossignol has struck upon an idea:
Earlier today I was running through my game collection and thinking about what I might like to play. It wasn't Dishonored. Three things other stood out: Day Z, FTL, and X-Com. I began to think about what those had in common which, and what that said about my enjoyment of this year's immersive masterpiece.
And I realised it was this: peril.
Dishonored, he notes, is essentially a power fantasy but in some ways "games are better when they are – and this is a peculiar-sounding phrase – a vulnerability fantasy."
This is a wonderful set of ideas: peril and vulnerability. They mix nicely with tension, risk, and meaningfulness. Hard games, with high stakes, make us care because we are placed in a perilous situation. We're vulnerable and overwhelmed and have to overcome long odds in precarious situations.
"It's something people who play Roguelikes have been explicitly aware of for years," Rossignol continues, "that the more systems a game has for doing horrible things to your character(s), the more interesting the situation is it possible for them to generate."
Many (though not all) of my favorite games this year were full of peril. The most difficult games of the year---those games that fill us with tension and terror and expose us to our own vulnerability---after the leap.
Hotline Miami is a terrifically violent game. You play as a hitman protagonist navigating his way through various missions all of which involve the wanton slaughter of every bad guy in the room.
The game is hard primarily because death comes so quickly. One shot from a gun, one slash of a knife, and you're a goner.
Still, it's not the hardest game of the year. That's because its death mechanic is extremely forgiving, allowing you to respawn infinitely at the last checkpoint. This means you'll die a lot, but you won't have to start over at the beginning. Likewise, there's no horribly wrong decisions you can make. You can't pick the wrong build or upgrade that will come back to haunt you later on.
In other words, no matter how hard the gameplay may be, you can always press on.
(Read my Hotline Miami first impressions post.)
(Dennaton Games)
The first zombie title for Nintendo's Wii U, ZombiU pits players against an undead London. The game utilizes permadeath, meaning you'll never grow too attached to any survivor you play.
The permadeath in the game, however, only serves to separate you from your items and add one extra zombie to your next run. You don't lose mission progress for dying, and start right back up at the safehouse.
What makes the game truly challenging is twofold. First, the Wii U gamepad is used to manage inventory and maps, and in order to search containers or rifle through your pack, you'll need to take your eyes off of the main screen. This leaves you wide open to a shambling zombie.
Of course, any one zombie in ZombiU is no big deal. Five thwacks with your cricket bat and you're on your merry way. Of course, when there's two zombies, that's ten thwacks, and you only have a tiny health bar. Three or more and you'd better run---if you can.
(Read Part One of my ZombiU review.)
Dark Souls is widely hailed as one of the more challenging games of this generation. It launched last year, but its new Artorias of the Abyss DLC and the Prepare to Die PC edition launched this year.
The new content is some of the most challenging in the entire game. This is especially true of the bosses. Artorias, Manus the Father of the Abyss, and Kalameet the black dragon are all among the hardest bosses in the entire game.
Still, if you've gotten the hang of it from hours (days?) spent playing the vanilla version of the game, Prepare to Die shouldn't prove insurmountable by any means. Dark Souls lets you die as many times as you want, and even gives you a chance to regain your souls and Humanity.
(Read my review of the Dark Souls DLC.)
(From Software)
Mark of the Ninja is the best stealth game of 2012. One reason for this is the tightness of its stealth mechanics. The mechanics need to be tight for the game to work, because the non-stealthy route is simply not an option.
Not only do you have point incentives to pass through levels without killing, you really can't stand up to the gun-toting hooligans in the game. If you set off an alarm and try to hack your way out, you'll almost certainly die.
Dying isn't penalized too terribly, but having to restart an entire level that you just painstakingly sneaked through can be downright frustrating.
(Read my interview with the game's developer.)
(Klei Entertainment)
Day Z is probably the most popular PC mod of all time, which is surprising given just how challenging the game is. You play as a survivor during a zombie apocalypse and start out with very few resources and no weapons. Somehow, you need to survive not just the really freaky zombies you encounter, but also other players.
It's a permadeath, survival-based, zombie MMO basically, and you will die and die and die some more before you even begin to get a handle on the gameplay. The fact that other human players can be such threats is perfect for a zombie apocalypse---after all, if The Walking Dead has taught us anything it's that the humans are often the worst villains of them all.
A standalone version of the game is in the works headed by creator Dean Hall and set to be published by Bohemia Interactive.
(Dean Hall)
It's not just the missions that are hard in the XCOM reboot, it's the management of the XCOM project itself. No matter what choices you make, panic is going to start rising across the globe as alien abductions go off unattended. This can mean a drop in funding, so if you spent your cash poorly earlier in the game, you might find yourself staring at a team of rookies that you know won't be able to handle the next big fight.
Managing which facilities and items to build, which research projects to instigate, and which missions to accept can be a head-spinning task. Fortunately the menus are easy to navigate, and the whole system is set up in a really intuitive way. That's one less thing to worry about. Which is good, since you'll be worrying about your squad plenty.
Not only can your squad members get knocked out of action for days while they recuperate from injuries, they can die permanently. So that squaddie you ranked up all the way to colonel, who you've put all that time into, and taken to calling by her nickname? Yeah, she can be gone in the blink of an eye. Sometimes it's not even just a bad decision, it's just rotten luck.
The combination of permadeath, challenging missions, and systems management make this one of the most challenging games of the year.
(Read part two of my XCOM review.)
This odd little post-apocalyptic game thrusts you into a future Tokyo bereft of all human life. Now the streets are ruled by animals---dogs, cats, deer, lions, and many others as well.
The game is comprised of two main parts: a Story mode that progresses through the struggles of various animals in their quest for survival and domination; and a Survival mode required to unlock the Story mode's chapters.
Survival mode is the more challenging of the two. Not only does this mode utilize permadeath, you also have to manage a bunch of other impossible factors. Your hunger bar depletes constantly, and if you don't hunt you'll quickly starve to death. Get stuck in a portion of the city without food and no amount of frantic running will save you.
You can play as either a predator or a grazer, but even as a predator there will be bigger animals who can kill you in a flash, or packs of wolves or hyenas or other beasts that can surround and devour you in moments.
Besides that, the clock is always ticking. You age quickly, and need to breed in order to spawn the next generation. Various missions must be completed before a certain age has been reached or they automatically fail.
The whole experience is maddening and wonderful all at the same time.
(Read Part One of my Tokyo Jungle review.)
(PlayStation C.A.M.P.)
Part spaceship simulator, part roguelike, FTL is like no other game I've ever played. You manage your ship in a race against time, pirates, rebel scouts, and various alien races, directing crew and managing systems.
It can get extremely hectic at times. Maybe you run out of fuel and then get overtaken by the rebels; or you get boarded and your engines are shot out and there's fires burning across half your ship and you open the hatches to starve the ship of fire-feeding oxygen only to go too far and kill your entire crew in the process.
In fact, any number of really horrible things can happen. Things can be looking pretty good when suddenly it all goes so very, very wrong.
To make matters worse, you only get one chance. Yes, this is another permadeath game. It's also perhaps the most merciless game on this list. There's no accompanying story mode as in Tokyo Jungle; you can't save your progress and reload like in easier modes on XCOM: Enemy Unknown; in fact, only Day Z comes close. But in Day Z you just manage yourself and your hunger, life, and so forth. In FTL you're managing an entire ship and its systems and resources, as well as a crew.
Any one of these games might be harder or easier depending on your own experience with gaming. For me, FTL is the most legitimately challenging game of the year.
(Read Part One of my FTL review.)
(Subset Games)
Okay, now it's your turn. Tell me how crazy I am, how wrong I am, and what your list would look like. Or, if you have a bone to pick with lists, write me a list of the top reasons you dislike lists. Then we'll talk.


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We are looking for a logo for a campaign in support of statehood for the District of Columbia. The campaign will be called "Where's My Star?" - aiming to make it clear that there are over 600,000 taxpaying Americans who are not represented on the American flag with a star.
>>> We are looking to take the "missing star" concept, and use it as a core part of the logo and theme of the campaign. <<<<<
(In case you don't know, the U.S. flag has 50 stars, one for each state. Our aim is to make the District of Columbia a state – and there for add another star to the flag.)
This issue has been around for a long time, but really needs some new energy and re-branding. We're looking for something "cool" and "cutting edge" - but the logo should also convey action and is "future facing".
You can read more about the DC statehood issue here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distri…_statehood
Our target audience is two fold:
1) Progressive activists across the country who would be supportive of DC statehood -- with an emphasis on the "netroots" – the online organizers, bloggers, and activists.
2) People living in the District of Columbia: This campaign will also be used to motivate and educate the people living in DC to get them to take action on their own behalf.
We'd like to lean towards using the colors of red and white (like the current DC Flag: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distri…mbia_flag), but please feel free to experiment with different shades or additional colors like a deep blue in the US flag…we are not committed to any color scheme.
1. We would want to have the logo incorporate a star, similar to the dimensions on the American flag.
2. The words "Where's My Star?" should also be a part of the logo - don't forget the question mark.
3. We like the way the US Army Logo uses the star - feel free to be influenced by it:
4. We saw this contest, and liked a lot of the designs in terms of colors and capturing the American flag...perhaps some inspiration can be found (but please no stealing!) http://99designs.com/logo-design/co…ople-37910 (see #199)
5. We'd be interested in designs that make it clear this is about getting a new star on the American flag.
6. The theme of the number "51" or the geographic outline of the District of Columbia can be used if appropriate, but it's not required.
Other things:
1. No "Cartoony" logos
2. The design and typeface should be clear, simple and bold. We want something that stands out.
3. While this is for Washington, DC we'd like to avoid any reference to the iconic symbols of the city - White House, Capitol, Monuments, etc. Those are Federal symbols, and this is about the real people and actual neighborhoods of DC - beyond the touristy core.
4. The brand may be flexible and could read "Where's Their Star?" as well, so a design that could handle both would be appreciated.
5. Here are some examples of logos that have some elements we like:
- http://www3.ausa.org/chapweb/tdc/as…y_Logo.gif
- http://speedstowingpdx.nextmeta.com…r_logo.png
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The Cisco bid: To branch out while others retrench
(AP) -- On the surface, there doesn't seem to be much of a connection between the servers that run corporate data centers and a handheld video camera you use to film family vacations. Yet both have somehow become part of the master plan at Cisco Systems Inc.
After growing into one of Silicon Valley's most prominent companies by selling behind-the-scenes computing products, Cisco is now expanding aggressively, using its hefty financial resources to go on the attack while other companies are just trying to survive.
In recent weeks, Cisco said it will start selling servers, opening a new rivalry with longtime partners like Hewlett-Packard Co. and IBM Corp. Cisco also agreed to pay about $590 million in stock to pick up Pure Digital Technologies, which makes the popular Flip camcorders.
Cisco has not been spared by the recession. Its profit declined 27 percent in its last quarter, which ended in late January, and it reported flat earnings in the previous period. It is slashing more than $1 billion in expenses, partly by cutting back on travel and freezing hiring.
Yet it also has $29.5 billion in cash and investments, a solid reputation, a network of product resellers and thousands of sales employees - assets that the company hopes to exploit.
One challenge will be whether Cisco can maintain focus. By the company's own count, it has 28 overall priorities, running the gamut from computer networks in space to "virtual health care."
Even if Cisco doesn't stumble, Cisco's rivals will try to use the breadth of its goals against it.
Mike Banic, vice president of marketing for the switches business at Juniper Networks Inc., a Cisco competitor, said it appears Cisco is focusing more on moving into adjacent markets and less on innovations in its core business.
"Based on what customers are telling us, we are seeing they're becoming a bit distracted," Banic said.
Even so, Banic said Juniper remains wary of Cisco. "We never underestimate them," he said.
Since its founding in 1984, San Jose-based Cisco has become the largest provider of the routers and switches that companies use to send data on the Internet and internal networks. This has been incredibly profitable, and briefly made Cisco the most valuable company in the world in 2000, when its market capitalization topped $500 billion. It hasn't come close to this peak since the tech bubble burst shortly thereafter, and today the company's market value is about $100 billion.
The end of dot-com mania erased almost a third of Cisco's business, as many customers simply went out of business. Back then, the vast majority of Cisco's business involved data-networking equipment.
In this downturn, Cisco is unlikely to find itself so exposed, according to Marthin De Beer, head of Cisco's emerging technologies group. The company has spent most of this decade diversifying into multiple aspects of computing and consumer electronics.
Between 2002 and 2008, Cisco bought 59 companies for more than $13.4 billion. Among the biggest forays, the company acquired Linksys, a maker of home Wi-Fi routers and other networking products, for $480 million in stock in 2003, and Scientific-Atlanta, which makes TV set-top boxes, for $7.1 billion in 2006. It grabbed online conference provider WebEx for $3 billion in 2007.
Cisco is seeking more ways to capture revenue from the data zipping across networks. Rather than just being in the middle, with its routers and switches, now Cisco wants to sell products at more places on the chain.
This accounts for the plan to sell servers, which is part of Cisco's larger strategy for "Unified Computing" - a combination of networking, data storage and "virtualization" technology that makes servers operate more efficiently.
This thinking also explains the deal for Pure Digital, the maker of the Flip cameras. Cisco wants a piece of the action as people make and share videos on social Web sites - "visual networking" in the words of Cisco's vice president of consumer marketing, Ken Wirt.
"There is a method to the madness here," said Brent Bracelin, an analyst with Pacific Crest Securities, who thinks both moves will drive network traffic and, ultimately, demand for Cisco's networking equipment.
Wirt said Cisco looks for times of disruption. One such instance, he said, is coming from the rise of devices that can connect to each other - to transfer photos or videos from your computer to your TV, for example - and to the Internet. Meanwhile, broadband adoption has soared in recent years, with 57 percent of American adults now having high-speed Internet access at home, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
Cisco is trying to capitalize on this shift with new products it unveiled in January at the International Consumer Electronics Show, including a media hub that can synchronize, store and stream content from several computers and devices.
The current economy is not likely a boon to sales, but Wirt said Cisco is willing to spend the recession building its brand in the consumer market.
"The way we approach these downturns is to prepare for the upturn," Wirt said.
While Cisco's expansion has come largely through acquisitions, Cisco also is developing internal startups under De Beer's emerging-technologies group that began 2 1/2 years ago. One such product is the high-definition videoconferencing Cisco dubs "TelePresence."
Chief Financial Officer Frank Calderoni said Cisco is able to take on so much because of a collaborative management structure that began in 2001. Under this structure, Cisco forms a council around each of the company's priorities, but one leader gets some decision-making abilities.
One such group oversaw the rise of "StadiumVision" - Cisco's video and digital content technology for sporting venues. It began in 2007, when Cisco's CEO, John Chambers, was at a basketball game and saw kids text-messaging on their phones. Chambers decided that Cisco needed to take advantage of digital shifts in sports. He put four executives, including De Beer, in charge of building the company's sports and entertainment board. These executives gathered people and funds from their own departments, and within a year StadiumVision became a $100 million-plus business for Cisco.
Bracelin said he'll be looking closely for signs Cisco is losing focus. One indicator would be financial results that lag the performance of Cisco's peers. But it will be hard to gauge how Cisco is doing for at least the next two quarters, because its core business is being hurt by the tough economy, he said.
Mark McKechnie, a Broadpoint AmTech analyst, sees another challenge for Cisco - the potential to spark conflict with its partners by moving onto their turf.
This could happen with Cisco's entrance into the server market, where it will compete against Hewlett-Packard and IBM. Those companies have long resold Cisco's networking equipment to go along with their servers and computers, but may not be as keen to do so now. HP is already pushing its own networking equipment to customers.
Jim Ganthier, vice president of marketing for enterprise servers and storage at HP, was dismissive of some of Cisco's plans. He said Cisco's Unified Computing idea is "promising a vision tomorrow that we're actually delivering today" through a set of products HP calls "Adaptive Infrastructure."
Ganthier cautioned Cisco to make sure it wants to be in servers for the long haul.
"This is not a market for the faint of heart," he said.
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Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK-B) Warren Buffett is an investing legend, so it's little wonder nearly everyone wants to know his secret. Sadly, Buffett's success is driven by traits that are probably out of reach for you and me: His focus, intelligence, patience, and nowadays, even his reputation.
We can, however, look for stocks that have the characteristics that Buffett looks for at Berkshire Hathaway--and ISI Group's Pankaj Patel has made it even easier by putting together a screen that creates a portfolio from the characteristics Buffett looks for. Patel explains:
To construct this portfolio we adapt the acquisition criteria of Berkshire Hathaway into a series of quantitative rules. Berkshire Hathaway has a unique long-term focus on stock selection and their impressive performance is well documented. The criteria for our stock selection portfolio are above average return on equity (greater than 15%), long-term debt to equity less than 50%, improving profit margin (operating and net), a market value greater than $250 mil, and a Relative Value factor rank of 8 or 9.
Stocks that meet his criteria heading into 2014 include Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN), Aflac (AFL) and LeapFrog Enterprises (LF).
And before you reject such a screen out of hand, consider: since 2000, buying the stocks that meet these criteria at the beginning of each year would have returned resulted in an annualized return of 20.1% versus the S&P 500's 3.8% annual gain. The portfolio also would have outperformed in every year except for one--2007.
Maybe not Warren Buffett, but not too shabby either.
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01439503
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 23, 2011
Last Update Posted : February 21, 2019
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To evaluate the efficacy of the adapted program a randomized controlled trial enrolling 620 eligible African American men who have sex with men (MSM) will be conducted. Men in the treatment condition will be compared to men receiving the control condition comprised of standard of care counseling from the clinic plus a free bag of condoms and water-based lubricants. This two-arm trial will test four hypotheses:
Aim: To test the efficacy of a brief, clinic-based and theory-guided, intervention designed to reduce STD incidence and risk of HIV acquisition/transmission among young African American men (15-29 years old) having sex with men and presenting for STD testing.
H1. Men randomized to receive the intervention will have a lower incidence rate of laboratory-confirmed STDs at each of three follow-up assessments compared to those receiving the control condition.
H2. Men randomized to receive the intervention will report significantly fewer acts of unprotected penetrative sex (penile-vaginal or penile-anal) between follow-up assessments compared to those receiving the control condition.
H3. Men randomized to receive the intervention will report having significantly fewer unprotected penetrative sex partners (for penile-vaginal or penile-anal sex) between follow-up assessments compared to those receiving the control condition.
H4. Men randomized to receive the intervention will report having significantly fewer negative experiences with condom use between follow-up assessments compared to those receiving the control condition.
H5. Men randomized to receive the intervention will demonstrate significantly greater improvement in condom application skills, throughout the 12-month study, compared to those receiving the control condition.
|Condition or disease
|Gonorrhea Chlamydia Trichomoniasis Syphilis HIV Infections
|Behavioral: Intervention
|Phase 2
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|620 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Single (Participant)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Brief, Clinic-Based, Safer Sex Program for Young African-American Men
|Study Start Date :
|September 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|November 25, 2017
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|April 2, 2018
No Intervention: Control
Men receiving the control condition will be comprised of standard of care counseling from the clinic plus a variety of free condoms and water-based lubricants. They will also provide a specimen for STD testing, and receive text message questions for 12 weeks. The text messaging system will be used to collect self-reported dependent variables from men on a weekly basis. Texting will also serve as a constant method of contact between the PD and the enrolled men to remind them of follow-up assessments. In addition, the participants will complete the ACASI questionnaire to assess their sexual behavior, as well as demonstrate their condom application ability.
Experimental: Treatment
Men receiving the treatment condition will receive text messages each week after their enrollment date and this will continue for 12 weeks to collect self-reported dependent variables. Text messaging will also be used to confirm and remind men about the day of each follow-up assessment. Each participant will also provide a specimen for STD testing, as well complete the ACASI questionnaire to assess sexual behavior and demonstrate their condom application ability. These participants will also be provided with a variety of free condoms and water-based lubricants. In addition, men in the treatment condition will also be enrolled in an education program.
Behavioral: Intervention
The intervention will consist of an education program. The education program includes providing the ability to enjoy condom use through improved skills related to finding the right "fit and feel" of condoms, using lubricants that are compatible with latex, negotiating condom use, negotiating sex, and talking with new and existing sex partners about ways to "sexualize" condoms.
- The frequency of unprotected sex rather than frequency of condom use will be used as the primary outcome measure. [ Time Frame: 12 months (per participant) ]This will be achieved through the use of a centralized text messaging service. Once each week (throughout the 12-month observation period) men will receive questions, via text. The data from these weekly questions will be cumulated to form "3-month" variables that correspond with the STD-testing intervals between baseline and the first follow-up assessment and between the first follow-up assessment and the second one (at 6 months), as well as the "6-month" variables corresponding to the STD-testing interval between the 6-month assessment and the final assessment at 12 months.
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Inclusion Criteria:
- 15-29 years of age
- Identifying as an African American Male
- Males must be presenting themselves for STD testing
- Males must report recently (past 3 months) engaging in penile-anal sex with other males as a "top" (meaning the insertive partner)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Males not identifying as African American
- Males older than 29 years of age
- Males that are not patients of the STD clinic
- Males who have not engaged in penile-anal sex with other males as a "top" within the past 3 months
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01439503
|United States, Mississippi
|Mississippi State Department of Health STD Clinic
|Jackson, Mississippi, United States, 39216
|Principal Investigator:
|Richard A Crosby, PhD
|University of Kentucky
|Principal Investigator:
|Leandro A Mena, MD
|University of Mississippi Health Care
|Responsible Party:
|Richard Crosby, PhD/DDI Endowed Professor and Chair, University of Kentucky
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1R01MH092226-01A1 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|September 23, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 21, 2019
|Last Verified:
|January 2019
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Genital Diseases, Female
Neisseriaceae Infections
Treponemal Infections
Spirochaetales Infections
Protozoan Infections
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