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2012 Facilities Master Plan
The 2002-2012 Facilities Master Plan serves to establish a framework for the development of capital projects to support the role, mission, and academic vision of Gallaudet University. This Facilities Master Plan is proactive and responsive, and communicates the key issues of density, adjacency, circulation, green and open space, and the impact of the University upon the adjoining community. The four major goals of the Facilities Master Plan are to:
- Provide a campus plan for the university and the Board of Trustees that articulates the university's vision for the campus.
- Continue to build upon the relationship of the university, the community, and the District of Columbia.
- Provide guidance for the physical development of the campus.
- Fulfill the requirements for the submission of a Master Plan Document to the District of Columbia Zoning Commission.
Gallaudet University has been an active and vital part of the city and both have benefited from the economic, cultural, and educational aspects of this partnership. The relationship of Gallaudet to its neighborhood is important; Gallaudet University is an integral part of the city and the Master Plan approach recognizes the University's desire to continue its role within the community.


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Who Is "Fast" Terry McAuliffe?
It would appear he is nothing more than a lying hustler that knows how to deprive people of their money and raise funds for his Democratic party. He hasn't held office so he doesn't know how to govern but he sure knows how to shuck and jive. With that, he manages to raise funds from fellow lying hustlers to make TV ads that pertain to nothing to make himself look good over his opponent. Watch the movie and read the articles. Tell your friends and low info voters. We need this guy as governor like we need foot fungus.

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The famous Harlem Globetrotters entertained people of all ages at the Neal Blaisdell Center on Saturday, April 26th. It was a day full of pre-game festivities followed by a delightful exhibition game. When the doors first opened, HiTel FCU had a table set up for a drawing to win two side line tickets, and the lucky winners were announced just minutes before the game.
Both our athletic mascots took the court as they were announced as "Honorary Globetrotters Team Captains!" Yoko and Kalea received a certificate of appreciation and had a paparazzi photo shoot with some key members including players, coaches, and their mascot Globbie.


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Rubber expands when heated, allowing tiny air molecules to escape, which may eventually lead to low tire pressure. Oxygen oxidizes when it reacts with other gases, like hydrogen. This means if hydrogen sneaks into your air-filled tire, water will form, and even the smallest droplets of water can lead to wheel corrosion and rust. Nitrogen is a gas that does not support moisture, which means your wheels may experience less corrosion if you choose to fill your tires with nitrogen.
If you're considering outfitting your vehicle with nitrogen-inflated tires or you already have nitrogen filled tires and simply want to refill them, our service staff is available to assist you. We pride ourselves on our efficient, reasonably priced nitrogen inflation services. Our staff will purge your tires of existing air and fill your tires with nitrogen. Just give us a call or contact us online when you need help transitioning from air-filled tires to nitrogen-filled tires.
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2014 ODES Raider 800CC 4X4 UTV. 700 miles and 53 hours original odometer reading. I'm the second owner. It has new rimes ($400.00) and a new battery ($350.00) in 2016. It has a winch in the front, a half windshield, a trailer hitch and a small deep storage area/trunk in the back. The am/fm radio does not work but all gauges and lights work. I think the radio has a blown fuse. It also has an LED (very bright) light bar. Almond in color and it's in very good shape. Pics on e b a y.
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Sheridan is being targeted by another wave of scam artists. The first newly reported scam involves a telephone caller who insists the recipient is being watched by their Internet provider. Sheridan resident, Fred Holwell, said he got a call like this, and the caller identified himself as an employee of Microsoft.
Holwell recognized the call for the scam and handled it appropriately.
Several other Sheridan residents have reported receiving similar calls, which serves as a reminder to be vigilant when giving out any personal information over the phone, and never be shy about checking credentials.
Another scam going around Sheridan comes in the form of an e-mail supposedly from Federal Express informing the recipient they could not deliver a package. The message then prompts the reader to click on a link to print a receipt to claim the package. However, the link actually unleashes a virus that wreaks havoc on a computer.
FedEx officials have confirmed that they do not send e-mails if they're unable to deliver a package. Instead, they leave a note on the door, and after three unsuccessful delivery attempts, the package is sent back.
If you believe you have been the victim of an online or telephone scam, contact the Sheridan Police Department at 672-2413.


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The Philadelphia Eagles have fired defensive coordinator Sean McDermott, a team source said Saturday.
|Under defensive coordinator Sean McDermott, the Eagles allowed 377 points this season, the most since 1974. (Paul Jasienski/Associated Press)
The Eagles later confirmed the move on their Twitter page.
The Eagles don't have a replacement in mind right now and will sort through several potential candidates, according to the source.
The Eagles also used their Twitter page to announce the firing of defensive line coach Rory Segrest on Sunday. Segrest had been with the team since 2006 and served as defensive line coach the last two seasons.
It is a rarity for Eagles coach Andy Reid to fire an assistant or make major staff changes such as this except when losing people to other organizations.
McDermott already is drawing interest from other teams, a league source told NFL Network insider Michael Lombardi on Sunday. McDermott is in line for the defensive coordinator vacancies with the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers, and he's already negotiating with the former.
McDermott joined the Eagles in 1998, coaching the team's secondary and linebackers, then was promoted before the start of the 2009 season when legendary coordinator Jim Johnson was no longer healthy enough to coach.
The Eagles' 21st-ranked defense allowed an average of 216.8 passing yards and 110.4 rushing yards per game this past season.


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It's heating up! In northern areas of the country, there's something bordering on spring finally happening. In more southerly climes, it's just about summer--in temperature anyway. Now is the time to perform some basic shrub care to keep plants healthy and growing.
Here are some tips for proper shrub care.
Hand-Pruning vs. Shearing/ Hedging
There are a few ways to prune a shrub. We're going to focus mainly on shape in this post. (Renewal pruning one type of pruning that you would do to rejuvenate an older shrub, but that's not necessarily a "seasonal maintenance" type of pruning.)
Spring is a good time to hedge shrubs. You use hedge trimmers (pictured, left) to shear or hedge. With this tool you can clip large numbers of thin branches at the same time. You'd trim an evergreen boxwood hedge with this type of tool. Hedging and shearing works best for evergreens with smaller leaves. It is not an ideal type of pruning for deciduous plants because they end up looking boxy and bare. Evergreens with large leaves can look ratty if sheared because the shears can chop the leaves in half.
When hedging shrubs (whether with a power hedge trimmer or hand shears), point the shears down and away from you. Never hold them above your head! Hold the shears at a slight angle so that, after trimming, the bottom of the shrub is slightly wider than the top (a pyramid shape). That will ensure that light reaches all parts of the shrub and will prevent dieback from the bottom up.
Deciduous shrubs respond better to hand-pruning with loppers (pruners with long handles) or hand pruners (pictured, right). Use hand pruners to keep azaleas looking tidy. Grab a branch that is growing out of bounds and cut it back to the center of the shrub. That will allow the other branches to cover up the pruning cut. You can cut back to almost the center of the shrub or cut back slightly inside the outer leaves--just so you don't leave a shaggy end sticking out.
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Prune any spring-blooming shrubs after they bloom. Azaleas, flowering quince, forsythia, and other early bloomers flower on old growth, which means they will set flower buds for next year this fall. If you want to control the size of these plants the time to prune is now.
It's starting to get warmer which means you need to pay more attention to watering.
When you first plant a shrub you'll have to water a little bit every day. That's because the smaller root hairs are regrowing and re-establishing themselves. After a couple of weeks you will be able to cut back to watering deeply a few times a week. Always direct the water at the base of the plant, not on the leaves. Wet leaves are an excellent breeding ground for fungal and bacterial diseases.
Put a fresh layer of mulch down around your shrubs this spring to keep their roots cool and protect them from string trimmers and mowers.
Never make a mulch volcano! Pull the mulch away from the stems of the shrub. A three inch layer of mulch is enough to keep the roots cool and moist.
Most shrubs don't require deadheading but if you remove the spent flowers from rose bushes, butterfly bushes, hydrangeas or other reblooming shrubs, you'll get more flowers and the shrubs will stay tidier.
When deadheading roses always cut back to just above a leaf with five leaflets, ideally a leaf with a bud that is on the side of the shrub facing out.
Spring is also the time to fertilize spring-flowering shrubs such as azaleas and rhododendrons. Those are acid-loving plants that will respond well to fertilizing with Holly Tone or another formulas specifically for plants that grow well with a lower soil pH.
If you have hydrangeas that you want to bloom blue or pink, this is a good time to add lime (for pink blooms) or aluminum sulfate (for blue flowers). (It can take awhile for the pH to adjust.)


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Nearly a year after 27 people were displaced from a major Oak Street arson, clean-up work on at least one of the scorched properties has finally begun.
Nearly a year after 27 people were displaced from a major Oak Street arson, clean-up work on at least one of the scorched properties has finally begun.
On Tuesday, crews from Stonington-based Coastal Roll-Off Containers arrived at 11 Oak St. with a large receptacle, signaling the start of remediation efforts at the downtown site that was one of three severely damaged in the March 25 fire.
City Blight Enforcement Officer Ed Martin said the parcel's owner recently obtained a demolition permit to begin work there, and officials are eager to see the debris removed
"We hate the look of it ourselves," Martin said. "We're being aggressive with it and doing everything we possibly can."
That includes levying nearly $5,000 in fines to the owner of 7-9 Oak Street for not responding to violation notices sent by the city, Martin said.
Residents of the area prompted leaders to publicly address the issue during a One City Forum last Saturday, where City Manager Alan Bergren said improving the parcels was a top priority.
"Something has got to be done," he said. "They're eyesores and don't do anybody any good."
Part of the reason it has taken so long for clean-up efforts to begin is because of the lengthy arson investigation that followed the blaze. In July, police arrested four people in connection with the crime.
Laura MacDonald, 45, of 401 W. Thames St., Norwich, Nicholas R. Fauquet, 18, of 38A McKinley Ave., Norwich, Matthew Markham, 18, of 287 Laurel Hill Ave., and Jonathan O. Ortiz, 24, no known address, are all charged with two counts of first-degree arson, third-degree burglary and first-degree criminal mischief.
Martin said insurance claims on affected properties have been settled, clearing the way for debris removal.
"We would love to get it cleaned up as soon as possible. I don't like any blight. That's why I took the job," Martin said.
Elizabeth Belisle, who lives on Boswell Avenue, said she's glad to see the city taking action, though her home is a distance from the Oak Street property.
"It doesn't bother me because I'm not next door, but it's an eyesore, and I'm glad to hear about it" being cleaned up, she said.


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Most managers have heard from their company leaders that leadership talent is-or will shortly be-a scarce resource. They also have heard that it is the responsibility of every manager to help the organization prepare for the future and groom tomorrow's leaders.
To prepare, most companies invest in identifying and cultivating high-potential employees-talented, bright individuals who exhibit the right blend of skills and behaviors indicating their potential to move up in the organization and perform effectively as leaders. This practice is essential but not always well executed. So, what is the best way to develop "high potentials" into leaders? What should managers do to ensure that high potentials stay on track?
Identifying High Potentials
Many managers struggle to identify their high potentials. Do they base their assessments on current performance? Intelligence? Drive and determination?
The most common misidentification of high potentials results from confusing high performance with high potential. Not all top performers have the potential to succeed at higher levels. A manager of a small team may produce great results, largely through being technically gifted and intimately involved in the team's tasks. If asked to manage a division with multiple teams working in diverse areas, however, that same manager may have neither the skills nor the desire to successfully manage the team leaders.
Clearly, current performance is an important consideration; it's rare that marginal performers will be classified as high potentials. But managers must also sort through external factors that impact success, such as market conditions and competitive challenges. Better yet, it's important to find people with track records of success in a variety of situations and business climates. In fact, the greater the number of challenging situations a person has encountered successfully, the greater the chance that he or she has learned valuable lessons that can fuel future performance.
Ironically, some of the qualities most indicative of high potentials also can signal potential performance problems.
In a recent study conducted by Personnel Decisions International, 27 percent of individuals identified by their bosses as high potentials also were identified by the same bosses as having a high risk of career derailment-a likelihood that the person would fail in a specific role because he or she reached a plateau of performance, quit or was fired. This means managers believe that one of every four high potentials may never reach his or her potential.
The most common profile for high-potential leaders likely to derail is someone smart, driven and accustomed to pushing through obstacles to meet ambitious goals. This same hard-driving, risk-embracing style that gets leaders noticed for high performance also can cause them to experience problems with their colleagues. They are more likely to derail at some point if they don't learn to show respect for other people's perspectives and to incorporate other people's opinions to gain their commitment, even if they get the results their bosses want to see.
Other derailment patterns include leaders who have brilliant ideas and solutions but aren't consistent in being able to implement their ideas through others.
Managers should be mindful of how they treat high potentials in two particular areas. First, managers need to recognize that most top performers are rewarded for their results, not necessarily for the manner in which the results were achieved. If two top performers achieve the same result, they are often given the same reward, even if one achieves it through building and aligning a team and one achieves it by pushing with brute force. In fact, the more forceful individual, who apparently succeeds quickly by working on his or her own, is sometimes given greater rewards and encouragement than the team builder who learns lessons that will have even greater value in subsequent roles.
Second, top performers generally consider their work style to be effective. Even if their role changes, they are often averse to changing or modifying their behavior. They have received high praise and recognition for performance and understandably believe that they will be most effective if they continue to follow that approach.
These traits that suggest possible derailment are not necessarily problems as much as they are clear indicators of exactly what an individual needs to be coached on to be successful at the next level and beyond.
Provide Proper Training
To ensure that high potentials reach leadership ranks, managers need to work with employees to decrease the risk of derailment and create plans that foster development of needed skills and behaviors.
There are four steps managers can take to decrease risks for derailment:
- Accurately identify high potentials in your department.
- Provide clear expectations in terms of valued behaviors.
- Provide individuals with specific feedback on how well their performances and their behaviors (what they do and how they do it) meet expectations.
- Make sure rewards such as promotions and bonuses don't send mixed messages. Reward high potentials for both the results and the methods used to achieve the results.
High-potential leaders often advance quickly and may not learn some of the basic lessons that others learn simply from having more time in each position. That's why it's important to be explicit about expectations and styles with fast-rising leaders.
When current leaders take the time to measure and identify high potentials and work with each individual to create a custom development plan, these individuals can transform potential into realized leadership performance.
David B. Peterson, Ph.D., is senior vice president and practice leader at Personnel Decisions International's coaching services in San Francisco.


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Our Ascent Jacket is the definitive waterproof shell for the enthusiastic trekker or hill walker.Read more…
Reliable. Dependable. Adaptable.
These are the sort of qualities which describe a good walking companion - so why not apply them to your choice of jacket?
Our Ascent Jacket combines all these benefits and more besides.
It's constructed using our advanced Barricade™ technology in a 2-layer construction with a rugged polyamide face fabric and a mesh liner combining breathability with total wet weather protection – even in challenging, humid conditions. The outer fabric is treated with Durable Water Repellency™ to ensure that water beads up on the surface of the fabric and stops it wetting out. This is really important because breathable fabrics rely on a humidity differential to work. Moisture vapour transmission is highest when it's warm and humid on the inside and cold and dry on the outside – if the surface of the fabric is wet, then breathability is inhibited. Our DWR™ treatment ensures that doesn't happen.
The Ascent jacket features two large hand pockets which are situated high enough to clear most rucksack hip belts. The zip toggles feature a tactile rubbery coating to help you get a grip when it starts lashing down and means you don't to fumble around removing gloves to find the toggle. The zip itself lives behind a substantial storm-flap, folded over to prevent water ingress and secured with a sturdy popper.
There are two internal pockets: one is inside the storm-flap but outside the main zip and doubles as Packpocket™. Not only can you pack the jacket in it for convenience when you travel, it's large enough to take an OS map. There's a second internal chest pocket inside the main zip and both are mesh-lined to maximise breathability.
We've given the lower arms, elbows and shoulders tough abrasion resistant panelling to protect the fabric from rucksack straps and general wear and tear.
The hood is adjustable, providing a snug fit with unimpeded visibility. The peak is stiffened and wired for extra protection and the whole thing rolls away neatly into the microfibre-lined collar.
Adjustable cuffs and a draw cord at the hem allow you to fine-tune the fit and adjust the ventilation to suit the conditions.
The definitive shell for the keen hill-walker and outdoor enthusiast. With understated good looks and no-nonsense style, it's perfect for general use too. If you only want one waterproof to cover all your needs, this is the one to go for.
Our barricade™ waterproof technology achieves an initial Hydrostatic Head (waterproofness rating) of 20,000 and a Moisture Vapour Transmission rating for breathability of 20,000 g/m2/24h - a very balanced position.
A further Durable Water Repellency™ finish boosts water repellency of the fabric surface and maintains 80% of its effectiveness after twenty washes.
A sound choice for complete waterproof protection and good breathability for active outdoor use - but where the very lowest weight and smallest pack size is not critical. Polyamide options offer durability and abrasion resistance.
The Durable Water Repellency™ treated, water repellent face fabric and the waterproof-breathable membrane are bonded together. A loose lining protects the membrane and wicks away moisture.
Washing Instructions
Caring for your Rohan Barricade™ waterproof will improve its performance and longevity. Simply machine wash your item at 30C with a gentle non-biological, liquid detergent. We recommend a second rinse to remove all traces of detergent from the fabric. Don't use fabric conditioners, dryer sheets, stain removers or bleaching agents as these can impair the fabric performance. Garments may be drip dried. To rejuvenate the finish tumble dry your waterproof on the coolest setting, ensuring it is fully dry to complete the process.
Your Barricade™ waterproof has a Durable Water Repellency finish on the surface of the fabric. Over time, with wear and exposure to the environment, this can degrade, stopping water beading up on the surface of the jacket. Cleaning your waterproof will help maintain the finish. If necessary a re-proofing product, such as Rohan Proofer Wash In, may be used to restore the DWR. This can be used in your wash cycle and is activated by a cool tumble dry.
100% polyester with waterproof Barricade™ membrane technology and 100% polyester lining.
Weight: 700g
Pack Size: 1,920ml
Drying Time: 10 hours
Cutting down windchill can make more difference to your comfort and safety than the amount of insulation you are wearing. Garments that carry this icon are Highly Wind Resistant.
Wet clothing transmits body heat nearly twenty-five times faster than dry. All clothing with this symbol is guaranteed to be totally waterproof. And highly breathable membrane technology means that you won't get wet from inside either.
Pocket science at Rohan is all about precision and detail of design, but most of all, it's about keeping your most important stuff safe at times when losing keys, passports and wallet is more than just an inconvenience. We use several different methods – whichever is the most appropriate. Some pockets are completely hidden with micro zips, some are touch and close with roll-over tops and some are high quality zips.
Good design is more often about what to take off than what to put on. And clever design is about giving one feature two functions, that's why many Rohan garments feature an internal mesh stretch pocket that doubles as a Packpocket™ for easy storage.
Conventional waterproof fabrics cannot adapt to the changing weather outside and the changing micro-climate inside. Barricade™ is different, it is dynamic and responds to your body temperature and the humidity of the surrounding environment. The sweatier and steamier things get inside, the better the membrane works and the more vapour escapes.
Our durable water resistant finish, which forces water droplets to 'bead up' and run off the outside of the jacket, is designed to remain at 80% efficiency – even after 20 washes.
We were the original lightweight revolutionaries. Back in the 1970's we realised that cutting weight without losing performance meant that you can take less and do more. Everything we make is engineered to achieve this.
Low pack size is a benefit whether you're packing for a day's walking or for the trip of a lifetime. We continually scrutinise fabric specification and garment construction to minimise the packed size of our clothing. The actual pack size is tested and listed.
All Rohan clothing is designed to be very fast drying – as much a benefit for unexpected downpours as anything else. It's easy to wash and often needs no ironing. Almost all garments will dry overnight, meaning you can take less with you. We test every item and list its drying time.
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The A-Team (2010)
The A-Team Synopsis
The A-Team follows the exciting and daring exploits of a colorful team of former Special Forces soldiers who were set up for a crime they did not commit. Going "rogue," they utilize their unique talents to try and clear their names and find the true culprit. Liam Neeson (Taken), Bradley Cooper (The Hangover), mixed martial arts champ Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, and District 9 sensation Sharlto Copley, are The A-Team.
The A-Team Release Date
In Theaters June 11, 2010
The A-Team Credits
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Liam Neeson, Sharlto Copley, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson , Jessica Biel, Patrick Wilson, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz, Gerald McRaney
Written By: Joe Carnahan, Brian Bloom, Skip Woods
Directed By: Joe Carnahan
Produced By: Stephen J. Cannell, Spike Seldin
MPAA Rating: [ PG-13 ]
Distributor: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
External Info: The A-Team Official Website
Latest The A-Team News
Mr. T's Opinion On The A-Team Movie Is, Of Course, Incredible
You'd think almost six years between the failed attempt at turning The A-Team into a film franchise would be enough to bury the hatchet between fans of the original and those who tried to resurrect it. In the case of Mr. T though, it's never too late to call them out.
Mike Reyes May 19, 2016
Mr. T's Opinion On The A-Team Movie Is, Of Course, Incredible
The A-Team 2 Was Going To Showcase This Badass Vehicle
Joe Carnahan's The A-Team didn't do well enough critically or financially to warrant the development of a sequel - but that doesn't mean that the filmmakers behind the first movie didn't have some ideas for a follow-up. As it turns out, one of those ideas was to totally revamp the titular group's classic wheels, and now we know exactly what it would have looked like:
Eric Eisenberg Mar 09, 2015
The A-Team 2 Was Going To Showcase This Badass Vehicle
Joe Carnahan Says We Won't See An A-Team Sequel, But There Could Be A Narc 2
Thanks to movies like Smokin Aces and The A-Team, Joe Carnahan's career took kind of a weird turn over the last six years, but with The Grey he's finally back to his roots. The gritty survivalist drama is the best movie that he's done in years, dating back to the film that really launched his career: 2002's Narc.
Eric Eisenberg Jan 10, 2012
Joe Carnahan Says We Won't See An A-Team Sequel, But There Could Be A Narc 2
Summer Movie Wrap-Up: The Biggest Winners And Losers Of A Weird Season
What can we learn from a summer with so few superhero movies, so many flops and very little that will be fondly remembered by the time the air gets cool? Believe it or not, there are a few trends to be found
Katey Rich Aug 17, 2010
Summer Movie Wrap-Up: The Biggest Winners And Losers Of A Weird Season
80s Series The Fall Guy Is The Next To Become A Movie
OK, there's reviving the 80s for profit, and then there's just scraping the bottom of the barrel. The A-Team might not have been the classiest entertainment the decade had to offer
Katey Rich Jul 02, 2010
80s Series The Fall Guy Is The Next To Become A Movie
Why This Summer's Movies Are A Bust And How To Fix It Next Time
It's no secret that, up until the release of Toy Story 3 last weekend, the summer of 2010 had been a massive disappointment. Box office totals are down and suddenly
Katey Rich Jun 24, 2010
Why This Summer's Movies Are A Bust And How To Fix It Next Time
Weekend Box Office - 80s Remake Theme Weekend A Toss Up
It was an 80s remake celebration at theaters this weekend with not one, but two blasts from the past debuting on the big screen. Both The A-Team and The Karate Kid
Scott Gwin Jun 13, 2010
Weekend Box Office - 80s Remake Theme Weekend A Toss Up
Watch 4 Awesome Minutes Of The A-Team
Do you like yelling, explosions, tattoos, fires, one-liners, more explosions, louder yelling, Bradley Cooper looking dreamy...
Doug Norrie Jun 10, 2010
Watch 4 Awesome Minutes Of The A-Team
Don't Blame 11 Screenwriters For The A-Team's Faults; Blame A Fox Exec
The entire piece is full of zingers, and whether it's actually fair to blame everything on Young-- who seems like a slimy easy target-- it's incredibly fun reading
Katey Rich Jun 10, 2010
Don't Blame 11 Screenwriters For The A-Team's Faults; Blame A Fox Exec
The New A-Team Is Too Violent For Mr. T
I'm seeing The A-Team tonight and hoping against hope that it will be the kind of ridiculous escapist fun that this summer has sorely lacked so far. Unfortunately there's already someone around to rain on my parade, and it's Mr. T.
Katey Rich Jun 09, 2010
The New A-Team Is Too Violent For Mr. T
Six New A-Team Stills: This Plan Is Still Coming Together
If you've seen the new clips released earlier this week, you might already be thinking what I'm thinking-- The A-Team may well be the surprise hit of the summer
Katey Rich Jun 04, 2010
Six New A-Team Stills: This Plan Is Still Coming Together
They're Trying to Fly That Tank: Big Fun In 8 New A-Team Clips
If you're not already savvy to the fact that The A-Team is going to be the most fun you're going to have at the movies this summer, then these four new clips will certainly enlighten you
Will LeBlanc Jun 03, 2010
They're Trying to Fly That Tank: Big Fun In 8 New A-Team Clips
Go Behind The Scenes Of The A-Team With Candid Footage
Here you'll find real behind the scenes footage from The A-Team. This isn't a pre-packaged featurette but rather a series of fairly candid actual behind the scenes shots
Josh Tyler Apr 27, 2010
Go Behind The Scenes Of The A-Team With Candid Footage
International A-Team Character Posters
Fox has unveiled a brand new set of character posters for The A-Team… which aren't in English. Presumably these will show up with an American font at some point, but they're far too cool to wait
Josh Tyler Apr 26, 2010
International A-Team Character Posters
Summer Movie Preview: Blockbuster Movies You Can't Miss
Summer's coming and when it kicks off with Iron Man 2 this May, there's no looking back. The exciting thing about this summer movie season is that, unlike the last few years, it's relatively free of sequels and shockingly
Josh Tyler Apr 21, 2010
Summer Movie Preview: Blockbuster Movies You Can't Miss
The A-Team's First Poster
They A-Team may specialize in the ridiculous, but there's nothing ridiculous about their movie's first ever poster. Released this morning along with the trailer it's a pretty simple shove the casts' faces
Josh Tyler Apr 01, 2010
The A-Team's First Poster
New A-Team Trailer Tops The Old One In Sheer Crazy
It's rare to see an action movie that's both so insane and packed full of characters who so enjoy it being insane. I never actually thought I'd fall for this movie, but at some point-- I think it was when Liam Neeson
Katey Rich Apr 01, 2010
New A-Team Trailer Tops The Old One In Sheer Crazy
The Losers Gets Pushed Back To A Week Before A-Team
Ever since the trailer for The Losers came online last month, people have been trying to figure out exactly where it differs from The A-Team. Both are about special forces betrayed by their own government, both have their tough action stars, and both have their eye candy (Saldana vs. Biel, pick a side).
Eric Eisenberg Feb 11, 2010
The Losers Gets Pushed Back To A Week Before A-Team
A-Team Director Explain's B.A.'s Lack Of Jewelry
What else is there to say about the A-Team movie? It seems like another bad call modern reboot, but it will likely be a whole lot of mindless fun, especially since it's being directed by Joe Carnahan
Tim Gomez Jan 21, 2010
A-Team Director Explain's B.A.'s Lack Of Jewelry
Joe Carnahan Wants To Make Man Vs. Wolf Movie After A-Team
But given his storied history with projects staying in development forever, Carnahan has something of a back-up plan in the other two projects. If not [The Grey], Killing Pablo's always going to be up there for me,"
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First Official A-Team Cast Photo
Are there A-Team purists still out there terrified of how this might go, or is this image enough to change your mind? Rampage still isn't wearing any gold chains, but otherwise this looks pretty solid to me
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Have you had your doubts that UFC fighter Quinton "Rampage" Jackson is cut out to play B.A. Baracus in the A-Team movie, stepping into the shoes that Mr. T made immortal? Well, rest assured that all it has taken is a haircut to get Jackson in perfect shape
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I find myself somehow surprised that The A-Team is actually filming, given how long we were hearing rumors about who would direct it and who had been cast, and how recently names like Sharlto Copley and Jessica Biel were thrown into the mix
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We have our first ever look at the brand new A-Team and, unfortunately, B.A. does not have a Mohawk. Instead he has a hat, under which he's bald. But he still has the beard and I suppose Mohawks are kind of 80s anyway
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Jessica Biel Also Aiming For The A-Team
The trades say that Biel will play the ex-girlfriend of Bradley Cooper's character, Faceman, while Liam Neeson and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson remain as the other members of the elite squad. None of this casting is official yet, of course
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Weston bicyclist dead after Bethel hit-and-run
Thomas Steinert-Threlkeld: Business journalist took up biking after knee injury 20 years ago
BETHEL -- The bicyclist who was trapped under a car after an accident on Route 302 Sunday has died, according to his wife. Police are looking for the driver of a second car, which fled the scene.
Thomas Steinert-Threlkeld, of Weston, a business journalist and avid bicyclist, was killed in the accident, police said.
His wife, Kayte Steinert-Threlkeld, wrote in a Facebook posting on Monday: "My dear husband, Tom, an avid and experienced bicyclist, was killed yesterday in Bethel ... in what apparently was a hit-and-run accident," she wrote. "Our only consolation is that Tom was doing what he loved to do, riding his bike on a beautiful day and taking photos -- and did not suffer."
Bethel Police Sgt. Stephen Pugner said Sunday that two vehicles were believed to be involved in the accident, which occurred shortly before 2:45 p.m. on Dodgingtown Road, also known as Route 302, near the Old Hawleyville Road intersection.
Steinert-Threlkeld was trapped under one of the vehicles and had to be extricated by firefighters, according to radio scanner transmissions from emergency personnel at the accident site. The second vehicle left the scene, police said.
The road was closed immediately after the accident, but reopened about four hours later.
Scanner reports initially indicated the vehicle that fled may have been a black Mercedes SUV. Newtown police reported stopping one matching that description in the vicinity of Route 302 shortly after the accident.
But after determining the SUV had no damage, they recorded the operator's information and let it go.
Steinert-Threlkeld, 59, was editorial director at B2B Publishing and editor-in-chief of Edge of the Road, a website for cyclists. He was a journalist who wrote about how technology is used to achieve business goals, according to his profile on LinkedIn.
A former business columnist and technology reporter for the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in Texas, he founded Baseline Magazine in 2001. He and his team subsequently won the Grand Neal Award from the American Society of Magazine Editors for and investigation that uncovered a series of deaths in Panama resulting from a faulty piece of software developed by a St. Louis company.
His wife told DallasNews.com that Steinert-Threlkeld took up cycling 20 years ago, when knee problems forced him to give up running.
"He got on the bike and never got off," she told DallasNews.com.
A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday at Cobb's Mill Inn, a restaurant near the family home in Weston, DallasNews.com reported.
Police are asking anyone who may have seen the accident or who has information about it to call either Pugner or Cpl. James Christos at 203-743-5500.


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What's the optimum heart rate for the various triathlon distances? We don't have the exact answer, but what we do have, are the results from thousands of triathlon moves in Movescount. Taken together, they give a pretty good picture on what heart rate you should aim for.
You don't have to have the experience of a world champion getting ready for the Hawaii Ironman to pace your next triathlon right. With the insight we have gathered from over 10,000 triathlon moves in Movescount you can race smarter in your next event.
The longer the race the more conservative you have to be in your efforts. That's a no-brainer. But how much easier do you have to take it? The average heart rates in different triathlon distances look like this:
The median average heart rates in different triathlon distances
However, these average HRs don't really tell all that much. So we dug a little deeper and compared the heart rates to the athletes' maximum heart rates. Here are the average HR figures displayed as percentages.
The median average heart rates displayed as percentages of maximum heart rate (% HR max) in different triathlon distances
Now this is more helpful! If you have done a shorter triathlon and wish to race a longer one, you can compare your heart rates to the averages to give you guidance. If you have finished an Olympic distance triathlon with an average HR of 80% HR max, which is roughly the average, you can expect to race at around 78 % HR max in a half distance race.
A triathlon is by no means easy to pace. American triathlete and triathlon coach Brett Blankner says that the key to success is knowing how long the race will take you, understanding the difference between aerobic and anaerobic capacity and being smart on the bike.
You can read the whole article about pacing a triathlon here.


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Those who have a loved one or friend with dementia are invited to attend this group. Caregivers meet in Room 360 to share support, advice, and resources. Meanwhile, their loved one with dementia MAY attend group in room 361.* Those with dementia work on various activities intended to strengthen their cognitive and verbal skills.
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Golden Fan and Crystal Statement Drop Earrings with Bookpaper Bead Accents
These gorgeous, elegant, bohemian style earrings are made with golden metal fan accents and yellow swarovski crystals. Handmade book paper beads are created from reclaimed, salvaged antique and vintage books.
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Lake O'Hara from Odaray, 1936
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Emigrating from England in 1912, Walter Phillips settled in Winnipeg and soon established himself as a skilled and distinguished watercolourist and printmaker. Phillips travelled extensively, but the Prairies remained home and the source of most of his imagery until the 1940s, when he began teaching summer classes at the Banff School of Art in Alberta. He resettled in Banff permanently in 1948. Phillips' able handling of his medium blends an older tradition of watercolour landscape painting with contemporary sensibility. Lake O'Hara from Odaray exhibits the carefully crafted, jewel-like luminosity perfected by earlier English-born watercolourists, like Frederic Bell-Smith, who had been drawn to the Rockies. At the same time, the vibrant and clearly delineated areas of colour in the WAG work show the influence of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, filtered through Post-Impressionist design.
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The things that advisors love about independent broker-dealers also give rise to the problems that make survival difficult in the channel, according to a Cerulli Associates report released Monday.
"Unfortunately for IBD firms, the very features that draw advisor interest in the channel create conditions that make profitability challenging in the best of times and nearly impossible when times are bad," reports Cerulli, a Boston-based research firm with a focus on asset management, in its second-quarter 2012 "Focus on Independence Issue" in The Cerulli Edge: Advisor Edition.
Indie broker-dealers recoup only thin margins, which in turn are forcing a focus on true differentiation between firms. IBDs' promises to advisors of generous payouts, flexibility and high service levels are putting added pressure on IBDs trying to win advisors to their particular model, the report says.
By its nature, the indie BD channel of more than 1,000 firms offers advisors freedom in how they can operate their practices—and each one of these firms creates hundreds of variations and nuances for the support they offer to advisors who affiliate with them, Cerulli notes.
The report lists six segments that are now operating within the indie BD space: 1) institutional BDs such as LPL and Cetera; 2) insurance legacy firms such as Princor and Proequities; 3) aggregators such as NFP Securities; 4) niche firms; 5) true IBDs such as Commonwealth Financial Network and Cadaret Grant; and 6) extremely small boutique firms, none of which were named.
"At the heart of the equation is the revenue split between the firms and the advisors and the explicit and implicit levels of service offered by the firms," according to the report.
Cerulli projects continued growth of the IBD channel, but with a growing gap between big and little firms, according to Scott Smith, associate director. (Meanwhile, a recent Tiburon Strategic Advisors report predicts that several of the wirehouse brokerage firms will soon be entering the independent broker-dealer market.)
"The largest firms, which are able to truly capitalize on economies of scale, will be able to further develop industry benchmark platforms, allowing them to service a broad range of advisors. The smaller firms will likely be able to increase their share by better aligning home-office priorities with the advisor base," Smith predicts in a statement.
The Cerulli report foresees that independent advisors' revenue by 2015 will be comprised of 58% asset-based fees and 34% commissions. Today, revenues comprise 47% asset-based fees and 46% commissions. Currently, 51% of IBD advisors consider themselves to be a fiduciary at all times.
Smith contends that the need to adopt an overtly fiduciary approach to client relationships will be a difficult challenge for all IBDs because the process will require greater oversight of advisors.
"For an IBD, the core challenge is balancing the independence of its advisors with the firm's ability to create scalable solutions," Cerulli reports. "Though advisor independence is fundamental to the value of IBD firms, each additional option given to advisors has the potential to create additional expenses. This, in turn, either reduces the IBD's margins or lowers the percentage of revenue passed on to advisors."
Adding to the challenge for IBD firms is their tendency to attract experienced advisors with formed opinions about how to run their practice. While this reduces the need for IBDs to focus on skill development, it also creates greater resistance to a firm's help on fine-tuning an advisor's practice.
"This will present challenges, but to grow their businesses moving forward, IBDs must look for opportunities to truly advance their advisors' practices, rather than trying to wrestle profit from their current model while allowing advisors to do whatever they feel is best or easiest for themselves in the short term," said Tyler Cloherty, senior analyst at Cerulli and co-author of the research, in a statement.
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- Introduction
- Possible Symptoms of Early Stage ADC
- Possible Symptoms of Middle Stage ADC
- Possible Symptoms of Late Stage ADC
- What Is ADC?
- The Symptoms of ADC
- How Does HIV Cause ADC?
- Incidence
- Diagnosing ADC
- What If I Think I Have ADC?
- Treating ADC
- Treating the Symptoms of ADC
- What If Someone I Care For Has Symptoms or Was Diagnosed With ADC?
- Conclusion
Dementia is a brain disorder that affects a person's ability to think clearly and can impact his or her daily activities. AIDS dementia complex (ADC) -- dementia caused by HIV infection -- is a complicated syndrome made up of different nervous system and mental symptoms. These symptoms are somewhat common in people with HIV disease.
The frequency of ADC increases with advancing HIV disease and as CD4+ cell counts decrease. It is fairly uncommon in people with early HIV disease, but it's more common in people with severely weakened immune systems and symptoms of advanced disease. Severe ADC is almost exclusively seen only in people with advanced HIV disease.
ADC consists of many conditions that can be of varying degrees and may progressively worsen. These conditions can easily be mistaken for symptoms of other common HIV-associated problems including depression, drug side effects or opportunistic infections that affect the brain like toxoplasmosis or lymphoma. Symptoms of ADC may include poor concentration, forgetfulness, loss of short- or long-term memory, social withdrawal, slowed thinking, short attention span, irritability, apathy (lack of caring or concern for oneself or others), weakness, poor coordination, impaired judgment, problems with vision and personality change.
Because ADC varies so much from person to person, it is poorly understood and has been reported and described in many conflicting ways. This publication will shed light on some of these issues as well as the available treatments for ADC.
What Is ADC?
ADC is characterized by severe changes in four areas: a person's ability to understand, process and remember information (cognition); behavior; ability to coordinate muscles and movement (motor coordination); or emotions (mood). These changes are called ADC when they're believed to be related to HIV itself rather than other factors that might cause them, like other brain infections, drug side effects, etc.
In ADC, cognitive impairment is often characterized by memory loss, speech problems, inability to concentrate and poor judgment. Cognitive problems are often the first symptoms a person with ADC will notice. These include the need to make lists in order to remember routine tasks or forgetting, in mid-sentence, what one was talking about.
Behavioral changes in ADC are the least understood and defined. They can be described as impairments in one's ability to perform common tasks and activities of daily living. These changes are found in 30-40% of people with early ADC.
Motor impairment is often characterized by a loss of control of the bladder; loss of feeling in and loss of control of the legs; and stiff, awkward or obviously slowed movements. Motor impairment is not common in early ADC. Early symptoms may include a change in handwriting.
Mood impairments are defined as changes in emotional responses. In ADC, this impairment is associated with conditions, such as severe depression, severe personality changes (psychosis) and, less commonly, intense excitability (mania).
How Does HIV Cause ADC?
While it is clear that HIV can cause serious nervous system disease, how it causes ADC is unclear. In general, nervous system and mental disorders are caused by the death of nerve cells. While HIV does not directly infect nerve cells, it's thought that HIV can somehow kill them indirectly.
Macrophages -- white cells that are prevalent in the brain and act as large reservoirs for HIV -- appear to be HIV's first target in the central nervous system. HIV-infected macrophages can carry HIV into the brain from the bloodstream. Test tube studies offer these hypotheses about how macrophages may help destroy nerve cells:
- An infected macrophage in the brain may shed a particle on HIV's outer coat (called gp120), causing damage to nerve cells.
- HIV's TAT gene, which helps produce new virus, detaches from HIV and circulates in the blood, causing toxic effects in nerve cells.
- The macrophage itself releases a number of substances that, in excess, can be toxic to the brain. Some examples are quinolinic acid and nitric oxide, among an array of other signal molecules. These can bind to nerve cells and cause cell dysfunction or death. Research has found higher levels of quinolinic acid and other markers of cell activation in the CSF of people with ADC.
- HIV infection of other brain cells, including astrocytes.
Anecdotal reports indicate that there are fewer people with ADC since anti-HIV therapy became standard. People who develop ADC today tend to be "sicker" than those who developed it before the use of anti-HIV therapy. One early study from England supports this theory.
The British study found that only 2% of people with AIDS taking AZT developed ADC from 1982-1988, compared to 20% of those not on AZT. The incidence of ADC dropped from 53% in 1987 (before the arrival of AZT) to 3% in 1988 (after the arrival of AZT).
Early in the epidemic, many new AIDS cases were attributed to ADC. These newly-diagnosed people often had ADC but no other AIDS-related condition. Many doctors report that they are no longer seeing people who have just ADC. It has increasingly become a disease of late-stage AIDS when people suffer from multiple infections.
Diagnosing ADC
Three tests are required to diagnose ADC accurately: a mental status exam, one of the standard scans (CT and/or MRI) and a spinal tap. These may also help tell ADC apart from other brain disorders like toxoplasmosis, PML (progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy) or lymphoma. Care should be taken, however, as ADC may occur along with the symptoms of other brain disorders. Diagnosing both conditions at the same time can be more difficult.
The main way to detect and evaluate ADC is through a mental status exam. The examination is designed to reveal problems like short- or long-term memory loss, problems with orientation, concentration and abstract thinking as well as swings in mood. Imaging of the brain with scans (like an x-ray) is also used. Certain lab tests can also be useful like examining cerebrospinal fund (CSF), obtained by a spinal tap (also called lumbar puncture).
CT and MRI scans are routinely used in the detection of ADC. CT scans are x-rays that use special beams to produce detailed images of organs and structures within the body. In people with ADC these scans usually show signs of destroyed brain tissue. MRI, or Magnetic Resonance Imaging, is a sensitive brain scan that is used when CT findings are not conclusive. Results from both of these tests are helpful in ruling out other causes for the symptoms.
Tests of CSF may help determine if someone has ADC, but they are not conclusive. Mostly they're used to rule out other causes of the symptoms of ADC, and that's why they're important. Many people with ADC have higher levels of certain proteins or white blood cells in their CSF. However, not everyone with these levels turn out to have ADC. Also, people with advanced ADC are generally more likely to have higher HIV levels in their CSF, although people with no symptoms of brain disorders sometimes have high HIV levels in their CSF.
What If I Think I Have ADC?
Don't be afraid to tell your doctor or any other providers that you suspect something is wrong. If you don't have a doctor or need help finding one, contact local AIDS organizations for help in getting one. They can also help you find a doctor for a second opinion if you need one.
Keep a small notepad with you and write down your symptoms whenever they occur. This information will greatly help your doctor to help you.
Build as much support as possible, including friends, family and professionals. Although it's possible to treat ADC successfully, it may take awhile for some symptoms to go away.
Treating ADC
The best therapies to treat ADC appear to be anti-HIV drugs, and high-dose AZT is the most studied drug for it. However, many specialists contend that how well a potent regimen controls HIV reproduction overall is more important than the actual drugs used in the regimen. This may or may not include using standard, or even high-dose, AZT as part of the regimen.
Generally speaking, creating an anti-HIV regimen with the extra goal of treating ADC follows three basic principals:
- Start a potent regimen (usually 3 drugs) to decrease HIV levels to below the limit of detection of viral load tests;
- In people who have used anti-HIV therapy before, consider the prior therapy history as well as information from anti-HIV resistance tests;
- If possible, use anti-HIV drugs that cross the blood-brain barrier as part of a combination therapy regimen.
It's believed -- based on findings that high-dose AZT (1,000-1,200mg/daily) can cross the blood-brain barrier and effectively treat ADC -- that an anti-HIV drug that crosses the blood-brain barrier might help prevent or treat ADC. To date, AZT is the best understood treatment available for ADC. Several groups have reported improvements in cognitive functions with AZT as well as prevention of HIV infection of the brain. Larger doses (1,000mg compared to the now-standard 600mg per day) of AZT appear to be necessary for treating ADC. However, high-dose AZT may present problems since many people with HIV, particularly those who are the sickest, are often unable to tolerate its side effects.
While AZT may be the most researched drug for treating ADC, other anti-HIV drugs that cross the blood-brain barrier may be equally useful. These include -- in addition to AZT -- d4T, abacavir, nevirapine, amprenavir, atazanavir and to a lesser degree indinavir and 3TC. Efavirenz has not been shown to cross this barrier to a significant degree, but some experts speculate that it may be useful in treating ADC.
Anti-HIV therapies are best used in combinations. It may also be important to consider a drug's ability to cross into the brain when constructing an effective regimen. For information on developing long-term strategies and creating potent anti-HIV therapy regimen, call Project Inform's Hotline at 1-800-822-7422 or email a question.
Treating the Symptoms of ADC
Psycho-active drugs are often used to treat the symptoms of ADC. These include anti-psychotics, anti-depressants, anxiolytics, psycho-stimulants, anti-manics, and anti-convulsants. These drugs do not treat the underlying cause of ADC, or even stop its progression. However, they may ease some of its symptoms. Haloperidol (Haldol) is often used for easing ADC symptoms, though it has many side effects. People with ADC are sensitive to Haldol, so small doses of 5-10mg daily should be used to avoid severe side effects.
Ritalin (methylphenidate) has been used with success in people with ADC to ease apathy and to increase energy, concentration and appetite. Daily doses of 5-10mg are often sufficient.
In cases of severe behavior disorders, anti-psychotics like thorazine and mellaril can be used to control agitation. Lorazepam (Ativan) and diazepam (Valium) may also be used for sedation and controlling anxiety. Other drugs include perphenazine (Trilafon), thiothixene (Navane), molindole (Moban), and fluoxetine (Prozac) with bupropion (Wellbutrin).
Many of the therapies listed here may have potential drug interaction with commonly used anti-HIV therapies as well as therapies to treat or prevent HIV-related conditions. For more information about drug interactions, call Project Inform's National HIV/AIDS Treatment Hotline at 1-800-822-7422 or email a question.
What If Someone I Care For Has Symptoms or Was Diagnosed With ADC?
Help them access the proper diagnosis and treatment.
Understand that loss of mental and emotional control is terribly frightening for most people, even if it's only moderate or short-term. However, be honest about their symptoms as you offer support and encouragement to establish trust.
Because mood changes and memory problems are common with ADC, you may encounter resistance while trying to help. Helping the person you care for to write down their symptoms in their own handwriting, as they experience them, can sometimes encourage them to seek medical care.
Professional caregivers, like home health aides, are sometimes needed to care for people with severe ADC or ADC that doesn't respond to treatment. Seeking this kind of support is sometimes the best way to help those you love.
Caregiving for someone with memory and behavioral problems can be overwhelming, especially if it's over a long period of time. There are support services in many cities for those who care for others with life-threatening illnesses.
New treatments for ADC are desperately needed. It's also important that new anti-HIV drugs be fully evaluated for their usefulness in treating ADC. At the same time, promising drugs that may work to treat the underlying causes of ADC also need to be investigated.
This material has been produced as a result of a collaboration between Project Inform and Gay Men's Health Crisis. For more information about Project Inform, call the Project Inform Hotline at 1-800-822-7422. For more information about Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York, call 212-367-1451. Special thanks goes to Dr. Richard Price of University of California's San Francisco General Hospital, Neurology Services and Dr. Justin McArthur, Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology at John Hopkin's University in Baltimore for their editorial support.


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DBH, "At some level, it is even tempting to think that since strict materialism is among the most incoherent of superstitions - one that has never really asked the question of the being of things in any depth or with any persistence, or one that has at best attempted to conjure that question away as a fallacy of grammar - it is incapable of imagining any conception of God more sophisticated than its own. The materialist encounters an instance of unjust suffering and, by a sort of magical thinking, concludes from the absence of any immediately visible moral order that there must be nothing transcendent of material causality, in much the same way that certain of our more remote, primitive ancestors might have seen a flash of lightning in the sky and concluded that some god must have flung it from on high. In neither case (though in the latter case the reasoning is somewhat more rigorous); and in neither case is the god at issue much more than an affective myth." -Doors of the Sea, p. 10
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I think the end conclusion was that she "badly mishandled classified info".Originally Posted by COWBOY
So that is what was "hashed out". The concern about her "private" server was specifically in relation to that, and that statement by the FBI was and is considered direct validation of the original complaint and concern.
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In my National Review print edition article right after the election (behind a subscriber wall, alas), I suggested the House pass a bold tax reform bill right away, and send it to the Senate. Heck, I added, "the House GOP could even just pass Simpson-Bowles, and rightly say they are passing the plan President Obama's own commission recommended."
I am happy to see this idea is catching on. Mary Katherine Ham likes the idea over on Hot Air today. I agree with MKH that Simpson-Bowles is not perfect, but let us always remember the perfect is the enemy of the good. So I think MKH is right about the politics of this if the House GOP did it:
Cue the Democratic infighting. The president has been avoiding this plan like the plague since his own commission finished it, but it is still his commission. Rejecting it out of hand to allow liberals to continue living in debt denial might be a move so irresponsible as to make even the press notice. Republicans would demonstrate they know the calculus in Washington has changed, but that doesn't mean they must make a flagrantly irresponsible deal when a more responsible one is available.
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I am required to award stars to movies I review. This time, I refuse to do it. The star rating system is unsuited to this film. Is the movie good? Is it bad? Does it matter? It is what it is and occupies a world where the stars don't shine. -- Roger Ebert
That quote makes me laugh every time I read it. Ebert's disgust helped make the reputation of I Spit On Your Grave, and I'm sure it won't exactly hurt Tom Six's The Human Centipede, either. With the exception of some blood, pus, teeth removal and the European fascination with coprophagia, the film rarely gets much more visually repellent than the shot above. In fact, the feces remain internal to the newly created tripartite body, not shown. But suggestion is enough for creating effective horror. And Six gets a lot of mileage off what his morbid conceit suggests. This is a high (some would say low) concept film that does little more than logically follow the initial premise to its terminal conclusion. Aesthetically, the film is edited along the dialog and looks like DV porn downloaded from the Web, i.e., strictly amateurish. However, the idea of linking people along their gastrointestinal tract is inspired. It combines fear of cosmetic (unnecessary, commercial) surgery with the existential problem of being a mere organ in the social body (to the point of altering one's body to fit the organizational ideal).
The primal horror here isn't like losing one's sense of self to the Borg or alien body snatchers, but retaining a full sense of individuality while having to consciously suppress it in order to make the composite body work. It's the bureaucratic evil that Kafka's heroes always failed in struggling against, with the metaphor being physically realized. Dr. Heiter (Dieter Laser, playing the Bond villain par excellence) is a self-admitted misanthrope who's a mad scientist version of Fordist industrialism. When the individual units in his creation keep him up at night by making too much noise (think Union organizers), he makes plans to remove their vocal chords (think efficiency expert). He loathes the individual. As he explains to Lindsay (Ashley Williams), the victim closest to escaping, the most willful pit bull became the center piece in his dog centipede. As a sick joke, the frontal position goes to a Japanese tourist (Akihiro Kitamura) who can't speak a word of English (or German) to his conjoined American companions (the tail is played by Ashlynn Yennie).
Why does Heiter perform such a macabre experiment? Because he's evil. Regardless of whether there's any socio-ideological significance to the horror (I contend there's always such significance to any horror that works) or how inept the filmmaking, he's a great cinematic creation. The way Laser delivers American colloquialisms ("hey, man") in a queasy German accent is dark comedic perfection, achieving the lunacy of Udo Kier, Klaus Kinski and maybe even Peter Lorre. Pace Ebert, there's at least one star shining. Laser has my highest recommendation.


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Monday, 10 June 2013 09:55 AM
As Mexico gets ready to unleash a battery of regulations to curb the power of telecoms mogul Carlos Slim, the government is sending clear signals that it will not shy away from breaking up his business if necessary.
Ever since President Enrique Pena Nieto's government unveiled a landmark antitrust bill in March allowing regulators to make dominant phone and television companies sell off assets, many Mexicans have questioned whether it would go that far.
Increasingly, though, officials say that option is no idle threat against Slim, who has held sway over the Mexican telecommunications industry for the best part of a generation.
By 2010, that domination had made him the world's richest man. The 73-year-old Slim kept that title until last month, when a sell-off in shares of his giant phone company America Movil helped cut his wealth to about $70 billion and put him behind Microsoft's Bill Gates in the top spot.
The dumping of America Movil stock was fed in part by uncertainty about Slim's companies under Pena Nieto, who took office in December vowing to break the hold that a few families have maintained over key areas of Mexico's economy.
America Movil's local fixed-line and mobile phone units, Telmex and Telcel, have for years used legal injunctions and appeals to thwart attempts by the state to cut them down to size.
The reform, approved in Congress and due to be signed into law by Pena Nieto on Monday, aims to strip away much of that legal cover, create a stronger regulator and set new, tougher rules to help competitors catch up.
To do that, a new regulatory body known as Ifetel is likely to make Slim's companies share infrastructure and create a tariff regime that makes the billionaire charge rivals less to access the vast phone network he operates.
Whether that will be enough remains to be seen, said Jose Ignacio Peralta, deputy minister for communications and transport, one of the architects of the reform.
He stressed that the legislation gives authorities the power to totally reshape the industry, from ordering the sale of assets to possibly breaking up companies completely.
"Even if it's true that asymmetric regulation will help improve competition, it's probably going to do so in a gradual way that needs to be accelerated. The possibility of asset divestment is in the constitutional text," Peralta told Reuters.
Through America Movil, which has more than 260 million wireless subscribers across the Americas, Slim controls around 80 percent of Mexico's fixed-line market, and some 70 percent of mobile phone traffic.
Meanwhile Televisa, the broadcaster run by Emilio Azcarraga, has over 60 percent of the TV market. Like Slim, it has used all legal means to keep the competition at bay, but could also soon feel the bite of a more testing regime.
After years of domination by the few, Peralta likened Mexico's telecommunications industry to a building that needed to be "demolished" and rebuilt "brick by brick."
Ifetel is due to be created in the next three months and will then have another 180 days to rule which companies are "dominant." America Movil and Televisa are the prime candidates. If the regulator then decided such firms had abused their power to stay on top, their Mexican operations could be broken up.
When asked how that could work, Peralta said he had recently discussed the carve-up of phone giant AT&T and oil colossus Standard Oil with a U.S. government official.
"When talking about divesting assets, it means very similar things to what the United States did in these two cases, which, I insist, would depend on the regulator's decision," he added.
John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil was divided into 34 firms in 1911, while the U.S. government split AT&T, which grew out of the company Alexander Graham Bell created in 1877, into a long distance provider and seven regional "Baby Bells" in 1984.
Both companies had become bywords for monopolistic power when they were taken apart, with U.S. authorities arguing they were impeding the emergence of new players.
Most experts agree competition increased after the state intervention, though subsequent consolidation of the marketplace means that much of the original companies' power now resides in their largest successors, Exxon Mobil Corp. and AT&T Inc.
In Mexico's case, an argument often cited against break-up is that it is far from certain that anyone will step in to pick up the slack if the biggest players are humbled.
"The one thing we don't want is to have companies that don't invest enough," said Jorge Nicolin, a former head of Mexican telecoms regulator Cofetel. "It would be stupid to affect those who are investing if there aren't others who want to do it."
Devising a way to weaken dominant incumbents while encouraging as much new investment as possible will be an awkward balancing act for Congress when it starts to draw up secondary legislation to implement the telecoms law this summer.
America Movil has said it expects to be materially affected by the anti-trust bill and Chief Executive Daniel Hajj stated in April that the company was likely to be declared "dominant."
Speaking on condition of anonymity, another Slim executive said the government was serious about allowing regulators to make full use of the new powers the law had created.
Slim's closest telephone rival, Spain's Telefonica, is optimistic the new measures will quickly enable Mexico to weaken America Movil's hold on the market.
Some competitors believe Slim and Televisa are so strong that it will not be possible unless they have to give up assets. However, the prospect of forced divestitures has fanned concerns that the state could be accruing too much power.
Enrique Yamuni, chief executive of cable TV operator Megacable, said making more room for the competition, not expropriating the biggest players, should be the government's aim.
"The main objective of the law is for the market to grow. And the second is that the forces are evened out," he said.
Ermilo Vazquez, head of regulation at Slim's fixed-line rival Axtel, said ordering a break-up would be a tough call, but one that could help to make the sector more competitive.
"They did it in the United States with AT&T and the Baby Bells. It's definitely a tool the government is recognizing can be used to unlock the potential of the market," he said.
Since Slim took control of former state phone monopoly Telmex at the start of the 1990s he has gone from strength to strength, building an empire from the Americas to Europe that spans mining, department stores, banking and television.
By 2013, Forbes estimated his personal fortune to be worth $73 billion, equivalent to about 6 percent of Mexico's gross domestic product. But his hold on strategic sectors gives him even more clout in how the economy operates.
Mexico has long talked about reining in Slim. But the conservative administrations in office between 2000 and 2012, when the full extent of his influence was unfolding, had no majority in Congress and struggled to pass strong legislation.
Pena Nieto also took power without a majority, but he did so at the head of a party with a point to prove.
Having ruled continuously between 1929 and 2000, the Institutional Revolutionary Party was written off as a corrupt, tired relic by critics during its years in opposition.
Eager to show that the PRI alone could break the political deadlock, Pena Nieto immediately struck a deal with the main opposition parties to shake up Mexico in areas where there was broad consensus for change. Slim was soon in their sights.
If the government did break up his phone business, history would have come full circle. It was the PRI's then-president Carlos Salinas who oversaw Telmex's privatization in 1990.
When Slim took on the company, he built up the national phone network and helped put Mexico ahead of Brazil in the race to modernize information technology in Latin America.
To begin with, his firm was protected from competition, and it quickly took a firm hold of the marketplace. Major wireless investors Verizon and Vodafone turned their back on Mexico in 2003 and the industry's development began to lag.
By 2011, the number of mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people had fallen far behind Brazil and much poorer countries like Paraguay, Honduras and Bolivia, World Bank figures show.
Last year, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development published a study that argued Slim had overcharged Mexicans by $13.4 billion per year between 2005 and 2009 for phone and Internet services due to a lack of competition.
The OECD also found that Slim's profit margins were nearly double the average in the 34-nation organization. America Movil vigorously rejected the report, saying it distorted the facts.
What is certain is that Slim's profits are not what they were. The EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) margin at America Movil has fallen every year since 2009, when it peaked at 41.2 percent, according to the company's annual reports. Last year it stood at 33.7 percent.
Televisa, meanwhile, has long been the commanding presence in Mexican television. However, it has lost about a third of its market share to rival TV Azteca since Azteca's owner Ricardo Salinas, chairman of conglomerate Grupo Salinas, bought a network of government-owned TV stations in 1993.
To take on Slim, Salinas and Televisa formed a partnership in cell phone operator Iusacell last year. But Iusacell has so far struggled to make a dent in Slim's dominance, and losses at the company hurt Televisa's latest results.
Worryingly for Televisa, the telecoms shake-up may also present Slim with the chance to move into Mexican television, which the government has kept him out of so far.
To fight Slim on his own turf, Televisa needs to exploit the space created by the government with the telecoms law.
To improve network coverage, the bill aims to free up wireless spectrum from the 700 MHz band, which could let smaller players enter into or extend operations in mobile telephony.
Yet the greater part of the spectrum is due to remain under state control, which has raised fears that investment in the network will be weak, holding back growth in competition.
That could raise pressure for a break-up.
But some senior lawmakers are wary about going that far.
"I think we're better off regulating the firms energetically than breaking them up," said Federico Gonzalez Luna, head of the radio and television committee in the lower house of Congress. "(A break-up) will be very complex and could take a long time."
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Mail Bonding: Arizona State sleeper pick to get in title mix
Each week, Sporting News college football writer Matt Hayes will take questions for his Mail Bonding column:
Q: Last year you said Baylor was your sleeper pick to play in the national title game. While that looked good for a while, it fizzled out. Any pearls of wisdom for next season?
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Hayes: How about Baylor again? Or better yet, how about Arizona State? The Sun Devils return seven All-Pac-12 players, including sleeper (there's that word again) Heisman Trophy candidate QB Taylor Kelly and star WR Jaelen Strong.
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The schedule sets up with critical home games against Pac-12 South Division favorite UCLA (Thursday night) and North Division favorite Stanford at home, and a critical (for impressing the CFP selection committee) non-conference game against Notre Dame also in Tempe, Ariz.
The Sun Devils miss heavyweight Oregon this fall in the schedule rotation, and their toughest road game (at USC) comes 10 days after playing UCLA on a Thursday night.
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