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Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2019
A Critical Patch Update is a collection of patches for multiple security vulnerabilities. Critical Patch Update patches are usually cumulative, but each advisory describes only the security fixes added since the previous Critical Patch Update advisory. Thus, prior Critical Patch Update advisories should be reviewed for information regarding earlier published security fixes. Please refer to:
Oracle continues to periodically receive reports of attempts to maliciously exploit vulnerabilities for which Oracle has already released fixes. In some instances, it has been reported that attackers have been successful because targeted customers had failed to apply available Oracle patches. Oracle therefore strongly recommends that customers remain on actively-supported versions and apply Critical Patch Update fixes without delay.
This Critical Patch Update contains 319 new security fixes across the product families listed below. Please note that an MOS note summarizing the content of this Critical Patch Update and other Oracle Software Security Assurance activities is located at July 2019 Critical Patch Update: Executive Summary and Analysis.
Please note that since the release of the April 2019 Critical Patch Update, Oracle has released two Security Alerts for Oracle WebLogic Server: CVE-2019-2725 (April 29, 2019) and CVE-2019-2729 (June 18, 2019). WebLogic Server customers are strongly advised to apply the fixes contained in this Critical Patch Update, which provides the fixes for the previously-released Alerts as well as additional fixes.
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Several vulnerabilities addressed in this Critical Patch Update affect multiple products. Each vulnerability is identified by a CVE# which is a unique identifier for a vulnerability. A vulnerability that affects multiple products will appear with the same CVE# in all risk matrices. A CVE# shown in italics indicates that this vulnerability impacts a different product, but also has impact on the product where the italicized CVE# is listed.
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Product releases that are not under Premier Support or Extended Support are not tested for the presence of vulnerabilities addressed by this Critical Patch Update. However, it is likely that earlier versions of affected releases are also affected by these vulnerabilities. As a result, Oracle recommends that customers upgrade to supported versions.
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We need two fresh, clean and uncluttered WP pages. One Home Page and an Interior which both synergizes with our logo and attached photo's. These pages must project confidence and personality in equal proportion.
Our target audience companies are both well established Metal Mining and Oil&Gas production companies. Our Target groups are straight talking, conservative engineering types, who are aged between 40 – 55.
We need two fresh, bold, self-confident WP pages with a subtle Australian feel. The website has got to feel personal and that's why the attached photo focus on people.
The Home page. You need to select only one picture which includes the guys in front of the computer. This will help you frame the concept. To help a little more i've include an example of a websites home wireframe. Unless you have something more impressive, this might be a good place to start.
I also need a way to increase our creditability as we have 14 years of experience, including an affiliations area like the below mentioned example will help with this. May You have an other way? Subtle mention the "We have 14 years experience in Honeywell Process control Systems"
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As a manufacturer of on-board components, we continue to provide customers with products based on a foundation of solid technology, backed by high quality and reliablity.
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Sunday, March 8, 2009
The Arthur Murray (Dance) Party with guest Johnnie Ray (1955)
Posted by Kliph Nesteroff at 12:00 AM
Labels: 1955, arthur murray dance party, don pardo
3 comments:
- Paul Evans said...
I had hit records and performed on the Arthur Murray Dance Party in 1960. Would the TV tape of my performance be available anywhere on-line?
Paul Evans
"Seven Little Girls (Sitting in the Back Seat".
- January 10, 2011 at 9:25 AM
I was the "bubble boy" on the April 1st, 1957 television show. Does anyone know how I can find a copy?
- March 24, 2011 at 4:12 PM
My understanding is that "The Arthur Murray Dance Party" is now property of Dick Clark's organization. This is the 100 year anniversary of Arthur Murray's Dance Studios, and I know that Arthur Murray International has been trying to negotiate something with Dick Clark's company. But it is not available in the public right now.
- February 1, 2012 at 1:51 PM
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Born in Indianapolis, he teaches architecture in Princeton since 1962. His architectural works include the Portland Building and the Humana Building, the extension of the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Newark Museum. He created the best-selling 9093 kettle for Alessi. Michael Graves died in 2015.


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The U.S. First Lady, who has stuck to a palette of red, white and blue since she arrived in the city this morning, opted for an ensemble from the resort 2013 collection of American label J Mendel for an early evening reception at Buckingham Palace.Oh? But what's this, further down:
Mrs Obama performed a further outfit change right before the Opening Ceremony began. She was seen viewing the dazzling spectacle (above) wearing a lime green blazer over the top of a simple white blouse.Lime green! Lime green, you say? Unpatriotic!
Speaking of fashion colors and the opening ceremony... why was the Queen of England wearing black gloves? (Photo at the link.) She had this brocaded pink/peach-colored dress and a matching feathery hat, but black gloves. In summer! She also looked incredibly grouchy. I found it hard to enjoy the show, myself, because I was constantly distracted by thoughts about how the Queen must feel about it. All those people, all those flashing lights, and loud music, including Queen blasting "just gotta get out... just gotta get out..." And then those black gloves. It's as if she thought the place was going to be grimy — too dirty for her — and the gloves were a precaution against the attachment of any commonness.


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INDIANAPOLIS – Legendary coach Harry Marra has been named USA Track & Field's 2012 Nike Coach of the Year, USATF announced Wednesday. Marra will be honored during the Jesse Owens Hall of Fame ceremony on Saturday, December 1, as part of the USATF Annual Meeting in Daytona Beach, Fla.
The combined events coach for the Nike Oregon Track Club Elite, Marra coached 2012 Jesse Owens Award winner Ashton Eaton to two world records, a World Indoor title and an Olympic gold medal in 2012 – all in just three competitions.
"Coach Marra's passion for the sport of track & field goes beyond what he does with athletes on the track," said USATF CEO Max Siegel. "He is a person who truly gives back and works to grow our sport. It was great to see him and the athletes he coaches enjoy the unprecedented success they achieved this year."
"This year has been great," Marra, 65, said. "Getting an award like this is a direct reflection on the athletes. For me being the age I am, thanks needs to go to every athlete I have coached and to all the mentors I had as a young coach and athlete coming up. I'm also very thankful to Nike and to USA Track & Field."
Eaton's 2012 season will mostly be remembered for the world record he set in the decathlon at a rain-soaked Hayward Field at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Ore. He set world decathlon records in the 100m and long jump in the process before running a personal best in the 1,500m to set the world record of 9,039 points. Eaton then went on to London and claimed Olympic gold. His season also included setting the world record for the third consecutive year in the heptathlon in winning the World Indoor title and winning a USA Indoor championship in the long jump.
"Coach Marra has proven to be a true athlete-centered coach," said Nike VP, Global Running/Track & Field Sports Marketing John Capriotti. "His ability to get his athletes to perform at their peak level speaks to his technical expertise and also his ability to work as a partner with an athlete to break new barriers. He has been among the best in the world for years and will continue to be for years to come."
"Ashton had a great year, and the biggest thing to me is that he handled things extremely well," Marra said, who also spent ten years as the head track and field coach at San Francisco State and ten years as the USA national decathlon team coach. "Looking back on Ashton's season I thought maybe I would be considered for this, but it was nothing I expected. I am in this for the kids. If it happens great, but I am here for the athletes I coach. As a coach I never put myself in front of the athletes."
"Sometimes I wonder if I'm working as hard as coach Marra," Eaton said. "He is at the track at least an hour before Brianne (Theisen) and I setting up our day. He knows everyone in the sport and knows everything about the multi-events. He helped me become the greatest athlete in the world. He's such a great guy and devotes so much of himself to us that I want to do well for him."
Marra's top athletes also include NCAA indoor pentathlon record holder Theisen, Paul Terek, Sheldon Blockburger, Bart Goodell, Paul Foxon, Brian Brophy and Steve Koel.
The Nike Coach of the Year Award has been given annually since 1998. A list of past winners can be found here.


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Beaver Lake, the close at hand and diverse water attraction for a half-million Arkansans, has a new feature.
Walleye fishing.
After 10 years of stocking baby walleye by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in the 31,700-acre lake and after careful monitoring of these fish, the conclusion is that walleye are doing well in Beaver and apparently are there for the long run.
"We are seeing good evidence of reproduction in the lake, and this is in addition to the ones we are stocking," said Ron Moore, district fisheries supervisor for the Game and Fish Commission.
Beaver Lake is one of five major impoundments in the White River system. It is the farthest upstream. The other White River system lakes are Table Rock, Bull Shoals, Norfork and Greers Ferry. Until recently, Beaver was the only one of the five White River lakes that didn't have fishable populations of walleye.
Greers Ferry especially but also Bull shoals, Norfolk and Table Rock have reputations for producing large walleye. Beaver is joining them.
"A fellow called me not long ago and asked what the (Beaver) lake record was for walleye," Moore said. "We don't keep lake records. He said he had caught a 13 1/2-pound walleye."
Moore said he and his staff have brought up several walleye weighing 10 pounds or a little more in their sampling work.
The Arkansas record for walleye is 22 pounds, 11 ounces, and it came from Greers Ferry in 1982, caught by Al Nelson of Quitman.
Like the other white River lakes, Beaver is deep with mostly clear water and many pockets, fingers, tributaries and forks. There could be a difference with the use of various areas on Beaver in comparison with the other lakes. Moore said Beaver's walleye are being found in the middle and lower sections of the lake, and there is evidence some spawning is taking place in the rock riprap areas close to the dam.
Walleye on Greers Ferry and the other lakes are known for making spawning runs up the gravel-bottom feeder streams.
Anglers on Beaver are catching walleye with a variety of lures and baits.
Minnow-type lures, jigs, crank baits and spoons are all being used. So are live minnows and nightcrawlers. Some experienced walleye fishermen like to use nightcrawler harness rigs, which combine the live worms with accessories like spinner blades.
One reason for walleye popularity in Beaver and other waters is the superb quality of their meat on the table. White, firm and "sweet," walleye meat is usually a favorite for any Arkansas who has dined on it.
Beaver Lake was completed in 1965 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the purposes of flood control and electricity generation.
Early in its life it became a home for striped bass, stocked to make use of the deep, clear waters that were not conducive to native fish like black bass, crappie, catfish and bream. A major striped bass fishery developed on Beaver Lake with a number of marinas and professional guides specializing in stripers.
The downside to stripers is that they do not reproduce in the Arkansas waters except in the Arkansas River system. Striped bass are on a put-and-take basis. Young fish are stocked into the lakes where they grow to catchable sizes.
But walleye reproduce on their own, although supplementary stocking of baby fish is done to help the numbers increase.
Joe Mosby is the retired news editor of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Arkansas' best known outdoor writer. His work is distributed by the Arkansas News Bureau in Little Rock. He can be reached by e-mail at email@example.com.


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Freeze-thaw cycle is cause of rockfall at Mount Rainier
The ongoing process of freezing and thawing led to the rockfall from Mount Wow that destroyed a pickup truck and is forcing managers to relocate the parking area at the end of Westside Road at Mount Rainier.
That is the assessment of Scott Beason, geologist at Mount Rainier National Park.
The rockfall took place on the morning of May 15, and forced the closure of the road for almost one month. The road reopened June 14.
In that time, Beason and other park staffers walked among the boulders that came to a rest on the roadway, and he flew in a helicopter to determine where the boulders broke away from on the side of 6,040-foot Mount Wow.
An estimated 8,500 cubic feet of Ohanapecosh Formation andesite broke away from 4,000 feet up the mountain. About half of it made it all the way to the road a quarter mile away. One boulder was large enough to make a crater 8 feet wide by 3 feet deep. Another boulder, which did not make it to the road, measures about 30 feet wide by 20 feet long by 5 feet high.
The rock is from the Oligocene age, making it about 30 million years old.
"I haven't seen an event like that since I started here in 2004," Beason said. "But if you look at the source area, this is something you should expect. When you look at the talus field, you know it's happened before in the mountain's history.
"It's just a freeze-thaw situation," he added. "It seems like this year was a pretty intense freeze-thaw cycle. It seems like there has been a lot of rock fall this year. I don't if it's because it is something we're looking for or if there is an increase in activity."
During the helicopter flight, however, there was no indication there would be more rocks coming down in that area.
Still, Beason said, geologists are recommending park managers move the parking area lower on Westside Road.
The road is currently barricaded just south of the Dry Creek crossing to prevent cars from parking in the rockfall zone. Visitors who want to hike up the old roadway have to park south of the barricade and walk through the rockfall zone.
In the coming weeks, a permanent gate will be installed just north of Dry Creek to allow room for vehicles to turnaround. New signs will mark the parking area, and more permanent signs will be installed warning of the rockfall hazard zone and advising people to proceed through the area with caution.
Beason said there has been some discussion of leaving some of the boulders where they came to rest.
"There were some pretty big rocks there. When you see that in the field, you think 'There's a lot of power behind these things,'" he said.
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The persistently high dollar is being blamed as the main culprit behind Australia failing to attract Asian expatriates.
Despite Australia's proximity to Asia and Canberra's official policy of closer engagement with the region, more Asian expatriates are choosing to live in the US, Britain and Canada ahead of Australia, according to HSBC's survey of more than 5,000 expatriates.
''[The] strong dollar is actually a double-edged sword, for those people who are coming here to work, it is great earning in a strong currency,'' said Graham Heunis, head of retail banking and wealth management for HSBC Australia,
''For those who are coming here to study, it has exactly the opposite effect,'' he said.
The survey suggests that Asian expatriates are moving to developed countries such as Australia for more employment and education opportunities, 44 per cent and 36 per cent respectively.
This finding is at odds with the broader expatriate movement pattern, only 11 per cent non-Asian expatriates surveyed indicate education opportunities as the motivation of moving to another country.
Mr Heunis said the number of students studying in Australia dropped by as much as 12 per cent since dollar reached parity. He warned Australia should not be complacent about attracting Asian talent to study and work.
''Where we are falling behind is we are not getting these students studying here,'' he said.
''People with Asia experience are not in our companies, that means we have less understanding of Asian investors' motivations, their customs and languages.''
The bank estimates that the bulging Asian middle class will grow to 1.9 billion by the end of the decade.


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We went to nearby Baginton for this years Heritage Open Day. Within a short distance there were several sites, including the Electric Train Museum and Bagot's Castle, neither of which are normally open to the public. We also visited Airbase, where they had a selection of vintage aircraft on display.
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"I don't remember not loving turkeys," said Frank Reese, owner of the Good Shepherd Turkey Ranch. "My father told me that when I was real little, 3 years old, I begged to see the turkeys before anything else at the State Fair." While fellow students wrote with pride and affection about the family dog, Reese's first grade school essay was entitled "Me and My Turkeys."
"I fed and watered the poultry, gathered eggs in the mornings and evenings, and, at dawn, let the birds out of the barn where they roosted overnight," Frank said of his childhood on his family's farm in Kansas. Come July and August, he recalls, "Dad had me walk the turkeys to the fields so they could eat the grasshoppers that came when it was hot and dry." The Reeses never needed to spray crops for bugs.
Today, on his own Lindsborg, Kan. pastures, Frank breeds old lines of standard-bred turkeys like the ones he knew growing up. His turkeys are derived from birds he received from breeders of the 1920s and 1930s. Norman Kardosh, known as "The Turkey Man" of the poultry world, became Frank's mentor and friend years ago, passing on his wealth of knowledge and strains of Narragansett, Blacks and Slates. In time, Frank received Bourbon Reds from Sadie Lloyd and Bronze turkeys from Cecil Moore. The lines he conserves date from the 1800s. "These strains are the oldest continuous strains of standard-bred turkeys in North America," he said. The birds are born of exacting breeding programs that have preserved the genetic purity of their ancestors. The offspring of Frank's breeding flocks are pasture-raised by a network of family farmers handpicked for their commitment to conscientious husbandry.
Marion Burros, a writer for The New York Times, and Heritage Foods USA, a marketing company that specializes in products from independent family farmers raising heritage breeds under good welfare conditions, first brought Frank and his farmer colleagues into the public spotlight. Heritage birds, they say, taste the way turkeys used to taste before factory breeding and raising "denatured" the birds.
Before my visit to Good Shepherd Turkey Ranch, I'd known turkeys only from a distance-from the viewpoint of a child riding in the family car past flocks of large white birds raised outdoors along Minnesota country roads. Local farmers let their turkeys roam on the range, supplying small, movable wooden shelters to protect them in bad weather. Today, most of those farms have contracted with agribusiness giants and confine their birds inside permanent buildings year-round. Minnesota now raises more turkeys than any other state.
At Good Shepherd, Frank placed a turkey in my arms. She was robust and feather-soft and too heavy to hold for more than a minute. His turkeys crowded close to me and followed my path, and I marveled at how sturdy and stately they appeared while parading from place to place. Nearby, other birds dust-bathed in soft dirt under the pines, foraged for food in the pasture or nested in straw-lined boxes. There is ample land for them, and Frank rotates the pastures to maintain healthy soils and vegetation.
Frank's turkeys only lay eggs in season and are never force-molted. Poults are introduced to the outdoors through sunlit porches attached to their shelter.
At 8 to 10 weeks of age, they are moved to pastures where they graze, forage and fly about during the day, then settle onto roosts under the shelter of a canopy at night. Unlike their factory-farmed counterparts, the birds are never de-beaked or de-clawed. Nor are their skeletal systems deformed from breeding programs that select for fast growth and enhanced breast meat. "My mission is the preservation of these old breeds. It is a labor of love," he said.
From an animal welfare standpoint, the Good Shepherd Turkey Ranch is impressive. Only standard-bred turkeys—popularly known as "heritage" birds—are guaranteed to have a normal skeletal structure, growth rate, metabolic system and lifespan. The stressful process of artificial insemination is not required because they still can mate naturally, unlike "modern" turkeys who are so disabled that they could not reproduce and survive as a species without human intervention.
Under the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) husbandry standards program, turkeys must meet the American Poultry Association definition of standard-bred or the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy definition of heritage birds (which has recently been reinforced by the US Department of Agriculture in its rendering of the word "heritage" for labeling and marketing turkeys). This requirement prevents disabilities that result from selection for unnaturally rapid weight gain and other production-related characteristics. All species must be given the opportunity to engage in positive social interactions and perform instinctive behaviors essential to their health and well-being. After witnessing these principles at work on Reese's farm, AWI is pleased to endorse Frank and the network of farms who share his mission.
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American Poultry Association: www.amerpoultryassn.com
Good Shepherd Turkey Ranch: www.reeseturkeys.com
Heritage Foods USA: www.heritagefoodsusa.com
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Throughout the 2012 presidential election, Murray Energy CEO Robert Murray used his employees as a political tool to try to defeat President Obama. Murray allegedly forced miners to attend a pro-Romney rally without pay and to contribute to Republican candidates. He announced layoffs at mines in Ohio and Utah, claiming that Obama's "war on coal" has cost jobs and hurt his business.
But months after blaming Obama for layoffs, Murray Energy is looking to hire back workers. Alec MacGillis reports this includes mines in Ohio and Utah, which had announced layoffs in the days following the election. At the time, Murray claimed the "drastic time" forced "survival mode layoffs":
"It's opened back up…they're hiring people," said Gary Parsons, a former superintendent at the mine who worked there for five years before being laid off with the announcement of the shutdown last summer. Parsons himself has not been called back, and is planning simply to retire early, but he said he had talked to several locals who were taking steps to get hired back on. He said he did not understand why, after the big headline-making closure last year, things were perking up at the mine. "I don't know what's going on," he said. "They said they was going to close the mine down."
Another former Murray employee confirmed that operations were picking back up at Red Bird West. "They've called back some hourly folks. They're definitely starting it back up."
Company officials maintain the rehiring is part of a reclamation project that can go on for several years, but they may have up to 43 people working at the Ohio Red Bird West operation after originally laying off 56.
Either way, the result is far from Murray's prediction that the election would precede layoffs throughout the coal industry. Generally, cheap natural gas is driving down demand for coal, not Murray's favorite targets, environmental protections and taxes.


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catalystdirections necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 62 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
Coral Coast Pharmacies
Read our mission statement for a good feel for who we are:
It's a pharmacy so has a very broad audience. There is significant customer base that are women older than 50.
Logo is attached. We have a very clean corporate style and need to keep with this.
The website should be fresh and vibrant. Our tagline is "Promoting health and happiness" so the website should convey this.
As a large segment of the audience is older persons, the website should be very easy to navigate with big tabs for the menu and reasonable sized text for easy readability. It does need to appeal to younger people too.
Photos can be used in the design, see stock photos provided. We want happy lifestyle photos, not pictures of pills or boring pharmacy stuff.
We'd like a rectangular section for a photo slideshow, it won't use Flash (HTML5 instead) but that's the concept, so we can show several of the hero photos from the stock collection.
The website should have one main navigation bar with the following pages:
- Home
- About Us
- Our Team
- What We Do
- Community Support
- Locations
- Contact Us
This navigation bar needs dropdown menus, so we need a style for these too.
The page you are designing will be the basis for all pages on the website. The main content area is the only thing that will change from page to page.
Website footer needs to show the usual copyright statement and links for the content management system "Register | Login".
Your design should include the following items in the main content area for the home page.
- Two promo boxes, these should include a photo, text description and link to more info. Initially one will be for EasyScript (a facility where the pharmacy keeps scripts on hand and reminds you when repeats are due etc). The second will promote locations and link to the Locations page showing where all the pharmacies are.
- A section to promote the Latest Catalogue showing a small image of the catalogue and link to download the PDF version. This will only appear sometimes when there is a current catalogue so the page needs to look ok with this section missing.
- News items – the latest news in a neat format including photo, title and description. This home page will show 3-5 of the most recent items with a link to view older items.
The current website is fine but we want more life in the design.
We don't like the confusing navigation with some pages at the top and some at the bottom - but the new navigation provided above should solve this.


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Experimental Verification of Formulae for Natural Seiche Frequencies in a Two-layer Fluid with the Free Surface
Theoretical formulae for the natural frequencies of oscillations of a two-layer fluid due to surface and interface seiches are experimentally tested. It is shown that the formulae based on the strict dispersion relation of the linear theory of the potential motion are applicable in a wide range of the natural frequencies. The approximate formulae based on the long-wave approximation are also applicable but in a narrower frequency range, which is particularly typical for the natural seiches.
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School turns away new governors
A Muslim school turned away new governors after the council launched a take-over following persistently poor teaching and management.
Staff at Al-Hijrah School in Birmingham refused to co-operate when members of an interim governing board arrived on Thursday, according to council education bosses.
Birmingham City Council decided to remove the existing governors at the city's only Muslim school, replacing them with its own team, after Ofsted snap inspections revealed a "serious decline" in classroom standards.
The school, in Bordesley Green, is not one of the 25 which have been inspected as part of the city-wide Operation Trojan Horse investigation over allegations of a hardline Muslim plot to seize Birmingham schools.
In a letter to current governor Waseem Yaqub, Peter Hay, the council's strategic director for people, said: "The time for debate is over, the children in Al-Hijrah need governors that govern the school properly."
Referring to the blocking of the new governors on site last week, Mr Hay wrote: "Yesterday, the school and governors did not co-operate with the implementation of the new governing body."
He said the council would try again to install the new leadership on the first day of the new term, urging co-operation from Mr Yaqub and his fellow governors - and making it clear they no longer have any authority to run the school.
Al-Hijrah was placed in special measures after an inspection in December 2013, but after a follow-up visit in April this year Ofsted found "governance remains inadequate".
Among the criticisms, inspectors said the the governing board were "not addressing the key weaknesses across the school".
It said chairman of the board Mr Yaqub had told inspectors he thought the school was being targeted "by a witch hunt".
Pointing to a breakdown in the school's relationship with the council, Ofsted said: "Recent attempts by a local authority officer to visit the school have been thwarted by senior leaders."
The report also revealed the governors had commissioned architects to design a new school building, despite a current budget deficit running at £400,000.
It emerged when the governors were unhappy with those figures, they spent £6,000 on a new audit to double-check the financial position.
Ofsted said the school's improvement plan to dig itself out of financial trouble was "not fit for purpose", but also criticised the council for having "not been able to support or challenge the school".
The school, which caters for four to 16-year-olds, receives taxpayer money as a voluntary aided school.
A Birmingham City Council spokesman said: "Following a series of inspections by Ofsted, which showed a serious decline at Al-Hijrah school that requires urgent improvement, a recent monitoring visit found that there were still continued failings relating to the school's governance, financial stability and its improvement plan.
"The Department for Education (DfE) approved the city council's application to appoint an interim executive board (IEB) and disband the previous governing body, which no longer has any powers or responsibilities in relation to matters relating to Al-Hijrah school.
"On May 22 members of the IEB visited the school, but withdrew when it became clear that staff there were not going to co-operate.
"The IEB will return to the school on Monday, June 2 to meet with staff and parents to inform them of the current situation."


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1972 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 - Outlaw CruiserPosted in Features on June 1, 2008
When you see a rig that says "Outlaw" plastered across it, one might think, "This guy must be a wannabe bad guy, or he thinks he is too tough for his own good." But when we spotted Dan Countryman's ultra-clean Toyota FJ40 on the Rubicon last year, we knew we needed to take a closer look. Querying the subject further, we discovered that the owner, as his surname would imply, was much more a countryman than a roughneck, and the "Outlaw" component of the FJ was the cool billet aluminum grille. The other upshot was that the Outlaw Cruiser turned out to be one of the cleanest cruisers out there.
Regular trips to California's Gold Country in the back seat of his grandfather's '47 Willys planted the seed for his future adventures to the backcountry. In 2000, a friend's aunt was ready to part with her bone-stock '72 Cruiser, replete with the original hubcaps. With a decade of desert racing and working on the pit crew for a Top Fuel dragster, Countryman had a clear understanding of what it would take to build a topnotch rig. Enter the OutlawCruiser.
Stripped to the framerails, the focus became sourcing a laundry list of heavy-duty and reliable parts. On a country road near home, he spotted a couple of old farm trucks in a local vineyard. Dollars changed hands, and he drove away with a high-pinion Ford 1-ton and Dana 60 axles. A list of other parts, including a crate Chevy 350 mill complete with a Whipple blower and 700-R4 tranny were located at local wreckers. Then the UPS guy began to arrive each day bearing booty from ARB, Advance Adapters, Downey, Warn, and Interco. The tub and frame were then cleaned, gusseted, boxed, and prepped for the new drivetrain and suspension.
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Calling in favors and assistance from friends, the project started coming together. The axles were narrowed, and the high-pinion Ford 1-ton, which was originally a front unit, was placed in the rear. To address proper lubrication to the bearings and ring-and-pinion, a custom oil galley was crafted into the housing. With the springs hung and the ARB-equipped axles installed, drivelines were home-fabbed and mated to a 4.3 Atlas II transfer case. The cage and tube fenders were designed by Dan and fabricated by Monkey Bars Off Road. Finishing touches were a custom bikini top from Roman's Upholstery and six coats of custom Outlaw Orange PPG paint. Becoming fully immersed in Cruiser culture, he took it upon himself to design and build a one-piece billet aluminum grille. The grille was so popular with his Cruiser buddies that he started Outlaw Billet Grilles.
If you look closely at the Outlaw Cruiser, you'll see parts from hot rods, drag cars, boats, import cars, and a set of mirrors from a Harley-Davidson. We thought this orange crusher of a cruiser was worth noting. We think you'll agree.


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I have a friend who is a jolly shade of bright orange after using too much fake tan. We were shopping for foundation for her and there came the realisation that there were no foundations in luminous, bright orange (unless you want to buy collection 2000 – hey that stuff turns orange on my skin).
Whats a girl to do?
It occured to me then, there are some girls who are proud to be orange, those who are in denial of being orange and those trying to fix it.
If you don't wanna fix it and you want to exacerbate the hue, the way one would scratch at eczema until you bleed, you can always try Tango (yes the fizzy drink Tango)'s new fake tan in true Tango shade.
It will go on sale for £5.99 on eBay soon ( I will post once its up). From what I have seen it is actually ORANGE like the tango man, remember him?
So you go to ask yourself – how orange will you go?!


text: Monday, March 12, 2012 Final Rule Aims to Give States More Flexibility in Creating Exchanges Today, the US Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule offering a framework to help states set up Affordable Insurance Exchanges (Exchanges) that meet their residents' needs by establishing standards for health insurance plans that participate in Exchanges, determinations of an individual's eligibility to enroll in Exchange health plans and in insurance affordability programs, and employer eligibility for and participation in the Small Business Health Options Program. The rule also provides flexibility to states in determining how they will monitor Qualified Health Plan (QHP) networks for sufficient access to services and to ensure ongoing compliance. In the rule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) encourages states to coordinate with state departments to identify tools and strategies to monitor QHP compliance with certification standards, including standards related to network adequacy. APTA commented extensively on this provision in the proposed rule, calling the standard "too broad" and recommending that CMS adopt 4 additional requirements to "ensure that enrollees have timely and geographically accessible care as well as access to sufficiently diverse provider types from diverse health care settings." However, in the final rule, CMS states that it is "… not prescribing specific oversight and enforcement strategies" to monitor QHPs. Additionally, essential health benefits (EHB), which are mandatory and include the category of rehabilitative/habilitative services, must be offered in QHPs. This final rule provides states guidance and flexibility in implementing EHBs in the Exchanges. A separate proposed rule will be issued this year regarding EHBs. Today's rule combines policies from 2 Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) published last summer. One rule, published July 15, 2011, outlined a proposed framework to enable states to build Exchanges. A second NPRM, published August 17, 2011, outlined proposed standards for eligibility for enrollment in qualified health plans through the Exchange and insurance affordability programs, including premium tax credits. APTA will post a summary of the rule on its Web site shortly.


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D'Addario EXP17 Acoustic Strings 10 Pack
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This D'Addario string package includes 10 sets of EXP17 coated phosphor bronze medium acoustic guitar strings. Gauges: 13-17-26-35-45-56.
EXP coated phosphor bronze acoustic guitar strings provide longer life and increased durability coupled with the brightness, clarity, and sensitivity you've come to expect from D'Addario strings. Here is how it works: An ultrafine layer of EXP coating is bonded to the phosphor bronze wrap wire which is then wound onto the hex-shaped core wire. The result is a built-in barrier against the corrosion and wear that can quickly sap the life out of your strings and your sound. And since the EXP coating is cross-linked to the wrap wire prior to winding, the strings sound fresh and bright. New-string tone lasts 3 to 4 times longer than other replacement strings.
D'Addario is the world's largest manufacturer of strings for musical instruments. Many top guitarists won't play any other brand. Regardless of your playing style, D'Addario has a guitar string set that's right for you.
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What is it?
Have you ever just wished you could lift your pen off the paper and see your drawing become a real three dimensional object? Well now you can!
3Doodler is the world's first and only 3D Printing Pen. Using ABS plastic (the material used by many 3D printers), 3Doodler draws in the air or on surfaces. It's compact and easy to use, and requires no software or computers. You just plug it into a power socket and can start drawing anything within minutes.
Oh, and it's also the most affordable way to 3D print… by a looong way! With 3Doodler we're making fun 3D creation accessible to everyone.
How does it work?
If you can scribble, trace or wave a finger in the air you can use a 3Doodler.
As 3Doodler draws, it extrudes heated plastic, which quickly cools and solidifies into a strong stable structure. This allows you to build an infinite variety of shapes and items with ease! Most people will instantly be able to trace objects on paper, and after only a few hours of practice you will be able to make far more intricate objects.
3Doodler is a brand new way of creating objects and artistic works. Whether you are an artist, hobbyist or 3D printing fanatic, we can't wait to see what you 3Doodle!
What can I make with 3Doodler?
There are many ways 3Doodler can be used. 3Doodles can be created as flat forms and peeled off a piece of paper, as freestyle 3D objects, or in separate parts, ready to be joined together using the 3Doodler. The creative opportunities are endless, including:
- Basic 3D shapes and 3D models
- Jewellery, pendants and hanging ornaments
- Decorative art and fridge magnets
- Personalization of everyday objects (iPhone cases, laptops, pens, etc.)
- A mini Eiffel Tower or a soccer pitch for your Lego men
- And much much more…
3Doodler works on almost any surface, including plastic, allowing users to personalize items such as iPhone cases, or anything else they feel like 3Doodling on. 3Doodler can even be used for minor repair work.
3Doodler "stencils"
We're particularly excited about 3Doodler "stencils" - sophisticated print-out stencil kits to help you create awesome objects (like our Eiffel Tower). We'll be making these available online for everyone. Simply print it out, 3Doodle each part according to the stencil and then join them with your 3Doodler. As time goes by we, and the 3Doodler community, will be able to create hundreds (maybe thousands) of stencil kits that can easily be emailed and shared with friends. We'll be hosting these on our website, the3Doodler.com, for anyone to download and use for free.
We're looking forward to seeing what people create and supporting 3Doodler communities everywhere.
The Sellers of Etsy Special
We're collaborating with some fantastic sellers on Etsy, all wire artists, to showcase how 3Doodler can be used to create beautiful objects and pieces of art. We're thrilled to be working with Bud Bullivant, Ruth Jensen (Sparkflight), Nakisha and Ele McKay to bring our vision to life.
Bud and Ruth will be creating a limited edition run of the first professional 3Doodles (see the Seller on Etsy Special Reward above). The ideas are already flowing, and we'll be working together to bring you a truly unique 3Doodle creation from these top artists. The expected size of the 3Doodle is approximately 4 x 2 inches. It will be beautifully boxed and shipped by August.
Nakisha will be producing an exclusive template for anyone ordering a 3Doodler. Created especially for you, the template will showcase 3Doodler's capabilities and allow you to make your very own artist-designed 3Doodles. And we'll be announcing a special collaboration with Ele shortly.
More to come on all of this in an Update! Bud, Ruth, Nakisha, Ele, we're truly grateful for your support!
3Doodler Components & Accessories:
The pen: The 3Doodler pen is 180mm by 24mm. The pen weighs less than 200 grams or 7 ounces (the weight of a typical apple), although the exact weight will depend on the final shell specifications once in production. And we are using a universal power supply, so provided you have the correct adapter for your country, 3Doodler will work just fine on 110v or 240v.
3Doodler is not a toy for children (it's recommended for ages 12+). While the plastic extruded from 3Doodler is safe to touch once it has left the pen, the pen itself has a metal tip that can get as hot as 270C. There is no reason for any user to touch the tip while in use, but safety comes first, and we are creating a video series that will explain how to use the 3Doodler, covering off the different techniques and safety precautions necessary.
The Ink (i.e. ABS/PLA plastic): The 3Doodler uses 3mm ABS or PLA plastic as its "ink" - just like a 3D printer. Each 3Doodler backed on Kickstarter comes with at least one bag of plastic; each bag will contain ten 1ft strands of plastic; and each 1 ft strand produces approximately 11 ft of 3Doodling fun... yes, you read that right, a foot of plastic goes a very long way in the 3Doodler.
ABS is one of the most common plastics around. It's used in most of the plastic stuff around you. PLA is what we call a "bioplastic". It's made from corn, is biodegradable and has a lower melting temperature than ABS. We are offering both choices as each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
We plan to offer plastic sold in strands (making it easy to switch colours and create different styles), but 3Doodler-compatible plastic is also available in 1kg spools from between $30 to $55 from a variety of sources... such as here, here, here, here, and here. And for some stunning PLA have a look here. This is no ink cartridge model!
Fun Fact: The average 1kg spool of 3mm ABS contains approximately 360-370 feet of plastic. That's approximately 3,960-4,070 feet of 3Doodling, or 3 Empire State Buildings with enough to spare for several more weeks of doodling.
The Future of 3Doodling: We have a ton of ideas for add-ons and accessories that will make 3Doodler even cooler, more useful, fun, and generally awesomer (is that a word?). We hope that the 3Doodler will be a big success so that we can share all our ideas and offer you even more 3Doodling fun...
We have a lot we want to tell you about 3Doodler, so we've created an extensive FAQ to answer all of your questions. And we're on standby to respond to any other queries you may have!
*The 3Doodler was created at the Artisans Asylum in Boston. The whole team would like to thank the Artisans Asylum for their help and support. Without hacker-spaces like this, projects such as 3Doodler could not happen. Read more about then Artisans Asylum at http://artisansasylum.com.
*Video music: Instrumental Folk-Pop - I Can't - by Kaila Picard & Mark Zubec
Risks and challenges
We've been working on 3Doodler for almost a year and had initially intended to launch in December 2012. We held back so that we could ensure the prototype worked perfectly (check out the video, it does!) and so that we could speak to more factories (and make related visits to Hong Kong and China). Comfortable that we can deliver this, we're now launching 3Doodler!
Below are a couple of the main challenges we will tackle:
Choice of Factory: As with any physical item there are a number of challenges to getting it right. We have been part of numerous projects that have made it through development, into the factory production phase, and then into consumer hands. While our experiences have helped prepare us to avoid major pitfalls, we have been very selective in our choice of factory, choosing a partner that we know we can work with and that is perfect for our needs. They are large enough to scale 3Doodler, but without being so big that we'll be lost amidst the shop floor, and they have a great development team. We also intend to spend a large amount of time in person at the factory.
Quality Control: Good QC is a major focus of ours. The quantity of orders on Kickstarter will help determine how we handle this. If we receive orders for under 1000 units, we will hand test each and every 3Doodler ourselves at 3Doodler HQ in Boston. If we received over 1000 orders we will carry out all QC in situ at the factory, with the assistance of dedicated QC personnel, and with relayed video footage of each 3Doodler going through testing.
This is about getting the best possible 3Doodler into your hands ASAP. So please go back to the top of the page and pledge now.
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Veteran TV personality Bert Newton is apprehensive but positive as he faces quadruple bypass heart surgery in Melbourne.
Mr Newton, 74, is in Melbourne's Epworth Hospital where he will undergo the five-and-a-half hour surgery at 6am (AEST) on Saturday, according to his employer, the Nine Network.
"I couldn't say I'm scared (but) apprehensive," he told Nine on Friday.
Mr Newton was surrounded by family in his private hospital room but was in good spirits.
"Things like this, it does depend on attitude," he said.
"I think I have a good attitude and a very positive attitude which is important.
"I got a family that I want to be with for a long time."
The star had a heart scare earlier this year in Singapore, where he was performing eight shows a week in the musical Wicked.
He spent a week in hospital where doctors cleared the blockage in the stent in his heart.
It followed a bout of life-threatening viral pneumonia in both lungs last year, but he had to return to hospital in February to have fluid drained from his lungs.
He has been married to wife Patti for 38 years and has two children, Lauren and television actor Matthew, and three grandchildren.
Newton began his showbiz career as a 15-year-old junior announcer on Melbourne radio station 3XY and began his long-term association with the Nine Network in 1959 when he hosted In Melbourne Today.
He soon made regular appearances on In Melbourne Tonight as he struck up a partnership with Graham Kennedy and has been a fixture on Australian television and stage ever since.
He has four Gold Logies and was inducted into the Logies Hall of Fame in 1988.


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Issue 20: Beloved
Includes Beloved, Severe Weather, and Shoot From the Hip.
Fall 2009
In this issue, we first present selections from the theme Beloved, with photos of loved ones from every corner of the world, and our community's heartwarming conversations about them.
Next up, it's Earth + Wind + Fire + Ice + Rain: We look at how JPG members captured the power of nature in photographs submitted to our theme Severe Weather.
Finally, we feature the best of Shoot From the Hip: It's all about leaving the viewfinder behind, embracing energy and imperfection, and being able to get the shot on the sly.
Plus, houses of the heartland, selections from our Photo Challenge: Stripes, and much more!
We love Issue 20's awesome contributors...
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The Mannheim Regional Court in Germany has thrown out two lawsuits between Apple and Samsung, adding to the pile of discarded lawsuits between the two companies.
One of the two suits dismissed on Friday was filed by Apple against Samsung asserting its slide-to-unlock patents in the iPhone, while the other dismissed lawsuit is the third Samsung 3G patent lawsuit in a row to be dismissed. Unsurprisingly, Samsung was displeased with the decision, telling the BBC that it planned to appeal. "We will continue to assert our intellectual property rights and defend against Apple's claims to ensure our continued ability to provide innovative mobile products to consumers," the company said.
Apple did not publicly comment on the decisions but pointed the BBC to a previous statement wherein the company accused Samsung of "blatantly copying" its hardware and UI designs used in the iPhone and iPad. And, as noted by FOSS Patents, this is just the beginning—only four of at least 14 Mannheim court cases between Apple and Samsung have been ruled on so far. (There are at least six left from Apple against Samsung alone.) Is anyone getting patent suit vertigo yet?


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The new financial rescue plan may not work and could even make things worse because it plunges the US further into debt and it is designed by the same people who failed to forecast the crisis and take measures, legendary investor Jim Rogers told CNBC Tuesday.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will unveil a long-awaited package of measures to help the financial sector at 11 am New York time.
But Rogers said Geithner, who was president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, "has been dead wrong about everything for 15 years in a row," and so was President Barack Obama's economic advisor Lawrence Summers, who acted as Treasury Secretary at the turn of the century.
"It is mind-boggling to me," Rogers told "Squawk Box Europe."
"If I were on your show 15 weeks in a row and was wrong, you'd probably never invite me back. These guys have been wrong year after year after year consistently and here they are making the same mistakes again. This is not going to solve the problem, it's going to make it worse."
Video: click here for the first part of CNBC's Jim Roger's interview and here for the second part >>>
He said he was not contemplating investing into financials, as bankruptcies were still possible, and banks were still trying to find out how affected they were by the crisis.
"What's happening is they've all panicked, cutting back everything, trying to see what they've got," Rogers said.
Big companies such as AIG (NYSE: AIG) or Fannie Mae (NYSE: fnm) as well as other US banks don't know how to value their assets, he said.
"Everybody is frozen, trying to figure out ok, what are we worth, what do we do?"
In addition, the recent shifts towards protectionism are harmful, Rogers warned.
"This is very dangerous, that's what caused the great depression in the 1930s. If it happens again, then you'd better sell all the stocks, you'd better sell a lot of everything and bunker down," he said.
"We already have a lot of social unrest developing. If protectionism comes back, you'd better be really, really careful," Rogers added.
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This Field Generator and Amplifier is the invitation for ease in vulnerability. It is designed for those who are experiencing greater-than-usual sensitivity, and is perfect for those who never give themselves time for themselves. This generator and amplifier is for anyone seeking support for personal change and receiving.
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The Immortal Rann began coding Immortal Face Lifts after she recorded the 14 channeled sessions - Confessions of a True Immortal. The Immortal Rann is a conscious channel that introduces the Immortal Lifestyle through the comparison of mortality and immortality- mortality being the lifestyle of dying; and immortality being the lifestyle of living. Utilizing the tools of Living, the Immortal Rann brings her listeners' various mortal energies to the surface and clears them through her own encoded modality. Each track doubles as class and individual energy session, set up to clear limitations and fears; and bring within reach- the keys to immortality. (Follow this link for more on Confessions of a True Immortal.)
After Confessions of a True Immortal, Rann began coding Immortal Face Lifts. These energetic face and body lifts are not about changing bad looks into good looks as much as they are about transforming appearances. Each Immortal Face Lift has specified coding for infusing joy into your embodiment, opening energetic gateways to restore access to all of you, re-sequencing physical evidence of mortality into regeneration and living, or promoting personal and professional success.
Immortal Face Lifts are light- no touch energy sessions are designed and coded to operate in the highest interests of you and your body at the time of their activation. Each Immortal Face Lift has it's own energetic signature, and every session is unique and appropriate for supporting your own personal and physical evolution. Immortal Face Lifts may be activated as individual and group sessions.
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Due to the coding of Immortal Face Lifts, locked physical charges are neutralized throughout your body and face. This results in changes in your appearance and non verbal feedback which is recognizable by yourself and others. Your face and body will be more expressive, and your energy will experience clarity, ease, and flow. Others may not be able to describe the difference, but they will perceive your changes.
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Generators & Amplifiers activate a series of fields around your body to shift the ways other perceive you in order to create greater ease in your interactions with the world around you.
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*Oneness Is Everything makes no guarantees or promises in regards to the effectiveness or outcomes of energetic facelifts.
Rann, thank you from my heart for developing and sharing the Mortal ReGenesis Face & Body Lift! What an amazing experience! All should know that it is very tangible, experiential and I had discernible results.
Right after the treatment, my husband (who I had spent the entire day with but had gone out on an errand) returned home. Within ten minutes he suddenly said "wow , you look lovely this evening". Instant feedback, and after 17 years of marriage, remarkable!
In the days since, I have been experiencing many signs of a shift. Muscles tensing in my face and jaw, the muscles in my back feel as though I did a heavy session at the gym, plus thirsty, thirsty, thirsty!
I have also been sleeping extremely deeply and waking up feeling very clear, grounded and in my body...very present.
Can't wait to see how the shifts unfold further, it was really fun too. Thanks again Rann!
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When the process began I immediately felt the energy entering my fields, and it was particularly noticeable around my forehead. I could actually feel my face lifting. I was easily guided by your loving intention into a healing space, and enjoyed the whole session.
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Banks' Role in Commodity Business Faces Scrutiny
Senators Are Told That Banks' Practices Are Boosting Materials Costs
WASHINGTON—Banks' ownership of oil pipelines, metals warehouses and other commodity assets poses a significant risk to the financial system while imposing extra costs on companies and consumers, lawmakers and witnesses said at a Senate hearing.
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Gioiello Castagno Chesnut Nonino
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Best served chilled to 10C in an iced glass with an open tulip shape. A few minutes' oxygenation by resting in the glass will open up the aromas and increase the nose/palate harmony. The spirit is intensely individual with a scent of spices and the character of the underlying chestnut blossom honey, but with increased elegance.


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Whitefire Great Pyrenees might be new to breeding but we're not new to the breed. We've had Great Pyrenees since 1993 when we got our first pyr (a rescue dog) and from there things just took off. We've had many dogs over the past 13 years as a kennel and family, however Randy grew up with the breed from the time he was 2-years old.
Our brood bitch, Elura (Pompier Glacier Lilly), comes from the Poste de Pompier Great Pyrenees kennel in Mendocino County California. They are well known and respected for breeding dogs of sound body and temperament. We are basing our breeding program on the same philosophies and principals so that the dogs we produce will be able to serve as a family companion (pet), livestock guardian dog, family farm dog or show dog.
We've not gone into breeding Great Pyrenees lightly, it's taken us 13 years to get to this point. We've taken many workshops and classes, participated in puppy evaluations based on the books by Pat Hastings, for approximately 10 litters of pyrenees dogs and a couple for other breeds, which covers the correct structure and temperament tests for a correct dog. We've also been mentored over the past 13 years by those longstanding in the Great Pyrenees breed. In addition we show our dogs so that we can stay competitive with our dogs in the show ring and the area.
As a family we've been very active in Great Pyrenees rescue for the past 10 years with 8 plus of those years being the director in charge of the program. (www.gprnc.org) We've had the opportunity to see literally hundreds of dogs and have learned countless lessons, tactics and tips for evaluating, training and caring for a Great Pyrenees dog.


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Singer Lauryn Hill, who pled guilty back in 2012 to three counts of tax evasion, has been sentenced to spend three months in a federal prison after failing to file tax returns on the $1.8 million she earned between 2005 and 2007 — even though Hill claims that she's already collected some $970,000 towards the debt.
Her attorney asked the judge for mercy based on Hill's charity work and her six children, but the court wasn't swayed by that or Hill's own statement, in which she compared her situation to slavery.
"I was put into a system I didn't know the nature of … I'm a child of former slaves. I got into an economic paradigm and had that imposed on me," the Fugees singer explained. "I sold 50 million units … now I'm up here paying a tax debt. If that's not likened to slavery, I don't know what is."
Neither tactic worked and Hill was sentenced. She is expected to report to a yet-unknown prison on July 8. After she does her time, Hill will serve an additional three months of house arrest and nine months of "supervised release."
Hey, it's better than what Wesley Snipes got.
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Cancer cells subvert these signaling and developmental pathways to alter phenotype or proliferative cues. One key factor in pancreatic development that may also be important in human pancreatic neoplasia is Sonic hedgehog (Shh). Shh is a secreted signaling protein essential in regional specialization of the foregut endoderm, where restriction of Shh is functionally critical for normal pancreatic development. We find that Shh is abnormally expressed in pancreatic adenocarcinoma and its precursor lesions. The role of Shh misexpression was better defined in transgenic mice in which Shh was misexpressed in the pancreatic endoderm. These mice developed abnormal tubular structures that resembled human precursor lesions with high-grade dysplasia. Moreover, these tubular structures also contain mutations in K-ras and overexpress Her-2/neu, two genetic mutations found in the early progression of human pancreatic cancer. These data suggest that Shh may have an early and critical role in the genesis of this cancer.
Hedgehog signaling also remains active in pancreatic cancer cell lines. Inhibition of the Hedgehog pathway in xenografts made from freshly resected human pancreatic cancer specimens in vivo induced apoptosis and blocked proliferation. These data suggest that Shh and its pathway are important in the maintenance of aberrant proliferation and tumorigenesis, and may provide a novel therapeutic target.
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas (IPMNs) are increasingly recognized cystic tumors characterized by mucin production, a prominent intraductal component, and by malignant potential. Histologically, IPMNs may demonstrate a spectrum of cellular atypia ranging from minimal mucinous hyperplasia to frank invasive carcinoma. Although they have been clinically well described as a unique entity of pancreatic tumors, the molecular and genetic background underlying this disease is not completely understood. We are currently identifying chromosomal aberrations which may contribute to neoplastic developments in IPMNs.
Our laboratory has an ongoing interest in linking inflammatory states such as pancreatitis to pancreatic cancer formation. Inflammatory states have been linked causally to many cancers, including pancreatic cancer. Shh appears to be activated early in response to inflammation. We are investigating the role of NFkB and other proinflammatory mediators in Shh activation.
In collaboration with Yuval Dor of the Melton Laboratory, Harvard University, we have been looking to identify the progenitor cells for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Ductal adenocarcinoma is the most common type of primary malignancy of the pancreas. Despite the ductal phenotype of most human pancreatic carcinomas, there is still considerable debate regarding the cell origin of this tumor, and it remains an important unanswered question. Recent advances in conditional transgenic technology have provided tools for conclusively determining the cell lineage in mice using targeted gene recombination. Genomically tagged mice will be subjected to pancreatic cancer induction. Cell-type-specific tags will finally allow determination of initiator cells for pancreatic cancer.
Hereditary pancreatic cancer comprises up to 10% of pancreatic cancer cases. Prior work has identified multiple mutations that are associated with hereditary pancreatic cancer, including those forms associated with pancreatitis. We have identified a unique family, Family Pancreatitis/Pancreatic Cancer (Family (P/PC), which demonstrates pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer due to a previously uncharacterized genetic mutation. The mutation is transmitted in an autosomal dominant fashion, has a high penetrance, and places affected members at a significantly greater risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Current studies include characterization of the family and their diseases, identification of methods with which to risk stratify those affected members, create a screening protocol in order to identify tumors in their resectable and preneoplastic stages, and identification of the locus and gene resulting in disease.
In mice Shh misexpression in the pancreas results in the formation of mucinous atypical epithelial structures that resemble certain features of PanINs; however, in this model no cancers were identified. These early studies suggest that Shh may be sufficient for initiation, but insufficient for progression to cancer. Inactivation of p16 is found in virtually all pancreatic cancers. The role of p16 is thought to involve progression but not initiation since p16-/- mice have normal pancreata. While we hypothesized that the combined effect of Shh overexpression and the p16 knockout would result in progression of the pancreatic neoplastic phenotype, we instead discovered that the PdxShh;p16-/- mice displayed normalization of the acinar, epithelial and endocrine compartments. These changes are associated with an increase in progenitor marker expression, suggesting that the combination of overexpression and the p16 knockout might stimulate or maintain a progenitor population.
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BeMac PayGate API
Barron McCann is a UK provider of IT products focusing on information security and payment processing. PayGate integrates directly into internal Accounts, ERP or CRM systems that need to process payment, direct debit and SWIFT Messages. The SOAP API offers calls that enable application developers to access all the features of PayGate. Messages can be provided to PayGate either as individual transactions or in bulk format. API documentation is not publicly available.