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Syracuse takes down No. 1-seeded Indiana
Michael Carter-Williams added 24 points for the Orange
The Verizon Center was a house of horrors for Syracuse on March 9 when the Orange lost by 22 points to host and Big East rival Georgetown.
But back here less than weeks later, No. 4 seed Syracuse punched a ticket to the East Regional final and the Elite Eight with a 61-50 victory over No. 1 seed Indiana on Thursday night.
To make it even sweeter, chants of "Let's go Orange" filled the arena as John Thompson Jr., the former Georgetown coach, looked on from press row as he worked the game on national radio.
Syracuse (29-9) got 24 points from Michael Carter-Williams, Brandon Triche added 14 and C.J. Fair had 11 points and nine rebounds.
Indiana (29-7) was led by local product Victor Oladipo, who had 16 points. Christian Watford scored 13 and Cody Zeller had 10 points and nine rebounds for the Hoosiers.
Syracuse, which led by 18 points late in the first half and 34-22 at halftime, saw its lead cut to 34-27 on a basket by Oladipo early in the second half.
Oladipo's 3-pointer trimmed the lead to 38-32 with 14:10 left, but the Orange took a 51-37 lead on a 3-pointer by Carter-Williams with 9:05 to go and Triche scored to make it 56-40 with 5:37 left.
Syracuse's James Southerland hit two free throws with 1:45 left to make it 60-46 as Indiana fans began to head to the exits.
Syracuse will play No. 3 seed Marquette, which beat No. 2 seed Miami 71-61 in the first game Thursday at the Verizon Center, on Saturday for a trip to the Final Four.
Syracuse led by 18 points late in the first half before Watford hit a 3-pointer to make it 31-20 with 1:31 left.
After a basket and free throw by Fair made it 34-20, a basket by Indiana's Will Sheehey trimmed the Syracuse lead to 34-22 at the break.
Carter-Williams had 12 first-half points to lead all scorers, and his team made 14 of 30 shots from the field (46.7 percent). Triche added eight points in the first half.
Indiana was limited to 19 first-half shots from the field and made only seven while committing 12 turnovers against the tough Syracuse zone defense.
The Orange had just six turnovers in the first half and put intense pressure on the Hooisers with seven steals and five blocks.
Oladipo scored seven first-half points.
NOTES: Oladipo, a junior averaging 13.6 points, played in high school at DeMatha Catholic in Hyattsville, Md., just a few miles north of the Verizon Center. "I won a couple of city championships with DeMatha, won a couple of AAU championship games here, and there hasn't been a lot of hoopla," Oladipo told reporters Wednesday of playing at the Verizon Center. "My family has been fortunate to come out and watch me play because they live so close." ... Indiana reserve junior guard Maurice Creek is from Oxon Hill, Md. ... Syracuse freshman reserve Jerami Grant, son of former Washington Bullets player Harvey Grant, also played in high school at DeMatha Catholic.

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state filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of a Kennewick gay couple denied service at a flower shop for their upcoming wedding.
The lawsuit is in response to a March 1 incident in which Barronelle Stutzman refused to provide flowers for Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed's wedding, despite the two men being longtime patrons of her shop — Arlene's Flowers and Gifts in Richland, about 200 miles southeast of Seattle.
Thursday's lawsuit is the second legal action taken against Stutzman. Last week, Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit.
Ferguson had sent a letter in March asking her to comply with the law, but said Stutzman's attorneys responded saying she would challenge any state action to enforce the law. Her attorney, Justin D. Bristol, has said he expects to take the legal battle to federal court and argue Stutzman's refusal of service based on the First Amendment's right to free speech.
Stutzman was not available at her flower shop Thursday. A message left at Bristol's office was not immediately returned.
While Washington voters legalized gay marriage this past November, protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation were codified in 2006, in one of the first initial pushes to expand civil rights to the gay community.
"The refusal to sell flowers to the couple is a disturbing reminder of the unequal treatment that gay men and women have experienced over the years," said ACLU of Washington legal director Sarah Dunne in a statement. "When a business serves the general public, the business owner's religious beliefs may not be used to justify discrimination."
Ingersoll and Freed had been customers of Stutzman for years and she knew the two men were in a relationship. But once Ingersoll informed her they were getting married, she told him she wouldn't sell him flowers, the lawsuit said.
"The shock and hurt, it took Rob back," Freed said Thursday, who added the incident happened on Ingersoll's birthday. "We had friends over. We told them what happened. We watched their surprise and anger."
Freed said the couple is ready for a long legal battle. They have been together for nine years and plan to wed in September.
"The florist discriminated against us as a result of our sexual orientation. Because we're a gay couple, she chose not to serve us. We feel like that's something she should not be allowed to do," Freed said.
The lawsuit, filed in Benton County Superior Court, seeks a court order barring her from discriminating against customers on the basis of sexual orientation and damages for violation of the couple's rights as well as unspecified damages.
Under state law, it's illegal for businesses to refuse to sell goods, merchandise and services to any person because of their sexual orientation.
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How difficult in this year, when the fourth Sunday of Advent falls only one day before Christmas Eve, to maintain any sense of waiting for the Feast of the Incarnation. It is appropriate that the readings for this Sunday are so pregnant with hope and anticipation; they mirror and magnify the excitement that comes with true waiting, knowing we are on the cusp of experiencing God's unlimited love made manifest to us once again. The birth images in these readings are unmistakable and create a sense of imminent labor.
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Micah 5:1-4a
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Micah names Bethlehem as the place that will "bring forth" the one who will deliver Israel, the one who will protect and feed his flock, the one of peace. In the letter to the Hebrews, Christ foreshadows his own passion ("Sacrifices you have not desired, but a body you have prepared for me") even as he announces his coming as something that has already occurred. And in Luke, the pregnant Mary rushes eagerly to meet the pregnant Elizabeth, and John the Baptist "leaps for joy" in her womb. Perhaps it is perfectly fit that the Christmas Vigil should be the next day.
As tempting as it is to flood this day with Christmas carols, a bit of restraint can make the following feast even richer in its fulfillment.
The origins of "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" are debated widely, with dates of the creation of its text varying from the ninth century to the 12th. The music has also been attributed to early chant of the eighth century, to a 15th-century processional song. What is undeniable is the spare, haunting and powerful strength of these "O" antiphons. The beautiful "O" sound at the beginning of each verse creates a passionate yearning for the coming of the Christ in all his mystical variations -- "Wisdom," "Rod (Root) of Jesse," "Dayspring," "Key of David." To dare to sing this unaccompanied (with good choral or cantor leadership) or with a simple woodwind on this Sunday will make the bells and brass of Christmas even richer.
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Conference Session 159
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15 August 2012 08:30 - 09:30 | Room: Session Room 1 | SI
Plenary Speaker: Siva Vaidhyanathan
Siva Vaidhyanathan is a cultural historian and media scholar, and is currently the Robertson Professor in Media Studies at the University of Virginia. From 1999 through the summer of 2007 he worked in the Department of Culture and Communication at New York University. Vaidhyanathan is a frequent contributor on media and cultural issues in various periodicals including the Chronicle of Higher Education, New York Times Magazine, The Nation, and Salon.com, and he maintains a blog, www.googlizationofeverything.com. He is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio and to MSNBC.COM and has appeared in a segment of "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart. Vaidhyanathan is a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities and the Institute for the Future of the Book. In 2011 he was appointed chair of UVA's Department of Media Studies.
In March 2002, Library Journal cited Vaidhyanathan among its "Movers & Shakers" in the library field. In the feature story, Vaidhyanathan lauded librarians for being "on the front lines of copyright battles" and for being "the custodians of our information and cultural commons." In November 2004 the Chronicle of Higher Education called Vaidhyanathan "one of academe's best-known scholars of intellectual property and its role in contemporary culture." He has testified as an expert before the U.S. Copyright Office on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
He is noted for opposing the Google Books scanning project on copyright grounds. He has published the opinion that the project poses a danger for the doctrine of fair use, because the fair use claims are arguably so excessive that it may cause judicial limitation of that right.
Vaidhyanathan was born in Buffalo, N.Y., and attended the University of Texas at Austin, earning both a B.A. in history and a Ph.D. in American studies.
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by John McClaughry
"Our state and federal constitutions protect our rights and liberties and a republican form of government – but they are continually endangered by judicial usurpation and judicial acquiescence in novel enlargements of government power."
The United States Constitution, adopted this week in 1787, was rightly described by Prime Minister Gladstone (1887) as "the most remarkable work… to have been produced by the human intellect at a single stroke… in its application to political affairs."
Our written Constitution is the rulebook for the ordering of political society. It defines the purposes for which it was written, the frame of government, the method of election of the President and Congress, and the powers bestowed by "we, the people" upon the Congress, the Executive, and the Judiciary. The Bill of Rights, added in 1791, has become a great charter of individual liberty for Americans.
A key principle is that once adopted, the Constitution shall be amended only by a prescribed process – never by "usurpation". As President Washington said in his Farewell Address, "If in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way in which the Constitution designates; but let there be no change by usurpation… it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed."
After adoption of the Bill of Rights, two more amendments were approved in 1804, dealing with court jurisdiction and election of the president. From then until the Civil War, the Constitution remained intact. Since 1866 the U. S. Constitution has been amended fifteen more times.
The first threat to the Constitution today comes from judicial usurpation – the growing tendency of judges to fashion enforceable constitutional rights from thin air. This too often happens both at the Federal and the state levels.
In Vermont, there are two recent, flagrant examples of judicial usurpation. One was the sudden discovery by the Supreme Court, in 1996, that the Vermont Constitution required that public education be financed from substantially equal revenue bases.
For over two hundred years no one had ever suspected such a requirement lurked in the Vermont constitution. The justices, without even a trial, instructed the legislature to come up with a new school financing scheme (Act 60) based only on the perceived (by the justices) need for a progressive school finance law that no legislature was, up to that point, willing to vote for.
The other recent judicial usurpation in Vermont was the Supreme Court's discovery in 2000 that the constitution prescribed that same sex couples were entitled to marry, or at least enjoy "all or most" of the privileges of marriage (civil unions). In doing so, the Court stripped from the elected legislature the power to make the laws, and instead mandated that the laws be made to satisfy the liberal social theories of the justices. (In 2010 the legislature lawfully enacted same-sex marriage.)
A future opportunity for usurpation might well come with a lawsuit based on the theory that, as declared by Gov. Shumlin and the Vermont Worker's Center, "health care is a human right". So far the legislature has stopped short of labeling health care as anything more than a "public good".
That suit will presumably be filed when Gov. Shumlin's Green Mountain Care Board denies expensive care to a very sick Vermonter, on the grounds that even hundreds of millions of new tax dollars simply won't be enough to pay for all the care everybody wants (plus the salaries of all the bureaucrats administering the system), and the Board reasonably relegated the plaintiff to the "do not treat" category.
The U. S. Constitution is one of limited and specified powers. Another continuing threat comes from courts agreeing that Congress can constitution ally do most anything it wants unless explicitly prohibited (like quartering troops in private homes without permission – the Third Amendment.)
This trend was stalled, perhaps only briefly, when a 5-4 majority of the Supreme Court held in June that the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce does not extend to requiring people to enter interstate commerce and purchase a government-approved insurance policy, under the pains of suffering an IRS-enforced penalty. (A different 5-4 majority in the same case held, however, that the Federal government can impose a special tax on a person for not having a government-approved insurance policy.)
For those who love and revere a free society governed by constitutions of the people's own making, the never-ending task is to discipline judges' intent on replacing the requirements of constitutions with their own social and political theories and expansive concepts of "rights". An associated task is to replace legislators, presidents and governors who think they can inflict any legislation they choose on the American people, without regard to the constitutions that limit their powers.
Unless citizens persist in protecting the constitutions, and demanding their observance from presidents and governors, legislators and judges, the day will come when usurpation will have made them irrelevant, and we shall have ceased to be a constitutional republic of free men and women.


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The Kelpies
An oft-photograpahed modern marvel in Falkirk, Scotland. These are the Kelpies, a monument to the (literal) workhorses of the Forth and Clyde canal from a long distant era. As usual, though, these things are never designed with photography in mind: minimalist images are a challenge here. 2014
Campsie Sunset
A sunset view of the Scottish lowlands, looking east from the Campsie Hills. If i was younger and / or fitter, I might have climbed up a little further, but this little rocky pass offered a handy foreground for this image. 2013.
Blue Train
To rail enthusiast, this is the cab of a electric multiple unit. To the uninitiated, this is the glorified "Blue Train", the commuter unit closely associated with suburban train services in greater Glasgow for a generation or two. Class 303 was seen in the sheds at Bo'ness, Scotland, 2014
Summerlee Winter
The gates to the Summerlee Heritage Park in Coatbridge, Scotland. This shot was taken in 2009, during the heavy snow event dubbed "the big Freeze", which was to be surpassed the following year!
The Summerlee Heritage Park is a gem in the heart of Scotland. A large tribute to the industrial era of Scotland from more than a century ago. The gates here were seen under a reasonably substantial blanket of snow in Coatbridge, 2009.
Coatbridge Crane
This view of the museum piece crane in the Summerlee Heritage Park acts as a handy frame for a view of St. Andrew's Church at the top of Baird Street in Coatbridge. 2009.
This is the steam locomotive #62712 'Morayshire', waiting to depart on the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway, Scotland, 2014.
Campsie Stream
A seemingly insignificant little stream, but I used to play in this rocky (and quire slippy) stream in the Campsies during the summer when i was a boy. Central Scotland, 2013
Glasgow Queen Street
Glasgow Queen Street station dates back to 1842, but I'm not sure just how far back the the old station roof goes to. A major fixture in Glasgow city centre. 2009
New Lanark Railings
New Lanark is a magnificently preserved old mill town in Lanarkshire, Scotland. This image has some more personal significant as my sister's wedding reception was held in these buildings! 2012
Falls of Clyde
These are the Falls of Clyde,aA raging torrent on the River Clyde near New Lanark, Scotland. The water is generally only a trickle, but on one or two days of the year, upstream water extraction (for hydro) ceases and it is returned to its natural state. 2012.
New Lanark Architecture
The terraced buildings are amazingly well preserved in New Lanark. A real glimpse into Scotland's not to distant past. Lanarkshire, Scotland, 2012
Colourful Glasgow
Anderston Quay on the River Clyde, Glasgow, 2015. I wish the wind had been a little calmer that night, to better capture the reflections from this vibrant waterfront.
The Clydeport Crane, standing proudly in Anderston Quay on the River Clyde, Glasgow, 2015. This is an important landmark in Scotland, and it fits in well with the more modern development growing up around it.
Glasgow Night Sky
The wind was enough to produce this nice long exposure effect in the sky over Anderston Quay on the River Clyde, Glasgow, but it was a little too much to see some nice reflections in the water. 2015.
Clydeport and the Squinty Bridge
This is, what is locally known as, the Squinty Bridge on Anderston Quay on the River Clyde, Glasgow, 2015. It's generally lit up quite nicely, right along the arch, creating this subtle effect.
Anderston Quay
The Armadillo, the Hydro, and Clydeport are an inescapable trio, lit up on Anderston Quay on the River Clyde, Glasgow, 2015. I love that Glasgow has decided to light up these structures like this - a magnificent sight in the Second City of the Empire.
River Clyde at Night
This is the Hydro (the newer of the auditoriums) and Clydeport, standing proudly on Anderston Quay on the River Clyde, Glasgow, 2015.
Coatbridge Artifacts
A collection of old signs in the grounds of the Summerlee Heritage Museum, Coatbridge, 2009. On reelection, though, I'm not sure just quite how old these are - were they created for the museum itself?
Hydro and Clydeport
It was an overcast summer's afternoon in Glasgow and I had a ten stop filter with me, which made this scene ripe for a back and white conversion. This is the River Clyde, with the Clydeport Crane and the new Hydro in the foreground. Glasgow. 2016
Clydeport on the River Clyde
With a little wind and the subsequent absence of any reflections in the river, I went for a little different approach to editing this Clydeport image, trying to capture some of the warmer colours and boosting the contrast. Glasgow, Scotland. 2016
Tram 1017
This is Tram No. 1017, a vintage vehicle which runs of a short route in the Summerlee Heritage Park in Coatbridge, 2016.
Coatbridge Central
The old station building at Coatbridge Central station is a fixture in the town, even if it has been a generation since it served that purpose. Lying unused these days, it still brings back memories of the dark and dingy tunnels which accessed the platforms all of those years ago. 2017.
Coatbridge Fountain
Another well known sight in Coatbridge: the town centre roundabout. The Airdrie Savings Bank is now closed and the fountain has been repositioned. Very much changed from just a couple of generations back. Scotland, 2016.
Blair Drummod Ostrich
Taken at the Blair Drummond Safari Park, near Stirling in Scotland. 2017.
Summerlee Heritage Park
What Summerlee does, it does well. That includes this vintage cobbled and electrified tram route, which takes visitors down to the mock coal mines at the bottom end of the site. Coatbridge, 2017.
Summerlee Heritage Park Tram
I'm well familiar with this sight, as my parents live directly across the street. So, i get plenty of opportunities to visit Summerlee Heritage Park, and to photograph this tram. This is a textured image, purposefully stained to create a more vintage look. Coatbridge, 2017
Loch Lomond
This is Cameron House, on the banks of Loch Lomond in central Scotland. Only six months after taking this shot, the hotel would suffer a devastating fire. Hope they can find a way to rehabilitate it. This image was taken from an excursion ferry on the water. 2016.
Sunset over the Campsies
The Campsie Hills, a well known landscape that looks out over central Scotland, serving as a gateway to the Scottish Highlands. This image was taken during the snowfall of Christmas 2017, just as the sun was setting, creating the warm glow.
Frozen Home
This a shot of the canals at the back end of the Summerlee Heritage Park. The December 2017 ice and snowfall had created less than ideal conditions for these swans, seen here searching for some open water. Scotland 2017.
Picturesque Coatbridge
The Summerlee Heritage Park is home to some very picturesque sights, set right in the middle of suburban Coatbridge. The wintry scene clearly helped to set this scene, shot in December 2017.
On the Move
This was as close as I dared to get to these swans as they searched out open water amongst the ice and the snow in Coatbridge, 2017. Taken in the Summerlee Heritage Park. Love the way the image captures the falling snow in this one.
Icy Panorama
This is a panoramic composite - of five different images - taken during the winter snow in Coatbridge, at the Summerlee Heritage Park in Scotland. Note the two swans heading straight for the open water in the canal. 2017.
Frozen Canal
A snow bound canal at the back end of the Summerlee Heritage Park in Coatbridge Scotland. Love the way the safety ring is the only splash of colour in this scene, dominated by the falling snow. Scotland. 2017.
Icy Hideaway
Not sure what the use this little out-house for in the Summerlee Heritage Park - but the splash of green colour sure did make for an interesting subject during the snowfall of December 2017 in Coatbridge, Scotland.
River Clyde
This is a 20 second exposure (f/8) and using a 10 stop filter of the Clydeport Crane on the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. I loved the way the light of the setting sun fell on this old structure. 2017.
I just love the way they light up the Hydro on the River Clyde in Glasgow. It makes for such an interesting background, set against the sunset and the Clydeport Crane. Just glad the wind was so calm, creating these nice reflections. Glasgow, 2017.
A 2.5 second exposure (f/10) of the 'Squinty Bridge' in Glasgow. I just loved the way the pinks on the lit up arch worked against the pastel blues of the sky (just after sunset). 2017.
Taken just after sunset, this image shows the BBC and STV television studios nicely lit up on the River Clyde. This image was actually an afterthought, taken as i was walking back to my car. Glad I turned around to take a look! Scotland, 2017.
One of my favourites from my hour and half long stint on a very cold River Clyde in December 2017. The wind was so calm that it enabled these nice reflections of the Armadillo, Hydro, and the Clydeport Crane. Scotland, 2017. This is an HDR image, using a 1 second exposure as the base image.
I wanted to catch a sunset shot with the Hydro and Armadillo lit up, but prior to that happening, the setting sun lit up the banks of the River Clyde quite magnificently. Glasgow, Scotland. 2017.
Glasgow University
Glasgow University quandrangle and Cloisters, at the Bute Hall, Scotland, 2019.
The Glasgow University Cloisters
The Quadrangle
Glasgow University at the Bute Hall, Scotland, 2019.


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This smoking blackberry margarita recipe from The Everyday Hostess is scary good for Halloween!
But don't worry, it won't spook your tastebuds -- it's the perfect potion to enjoy after the kiddos are done trick-or-treating!
The best thing about this drink is that it only takes eight ingredients and it's easy to make. Check out the video above and learn how to whip up this tasty beverage this Halloween!
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- 8 blackberries
- 4 sage leaves
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 2 oz tequila
- 1 oz lemon juice
- 1 oz Grand Marnier
- 1 dash orange bitters
- 1 chunk of dry ice
Cocktail shaker and muddler needed
1. Put blackberries, sage leaves and sugar in cocktail shaker and muddle together (if you don't have a muddler, a large spoon will suffice… the idea is to crush the berries and leaves to get the juices out)
2. Add lemon juice, Grand Marnier, bitters and tequila
3. Shake well
4. Place chunk of dry ice in a glass (a little goes a long way here, and use tongs to grab the dry ice! You'll regret touching it with your bare skin)
5. Pour mixture over dry ice for smoking effect
6. Serve with a straw and enjoy!


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Seasonal care for trees & shrubs: Health
Keep a watchful eye for problems that may be developing on the plants in your landscape. Timely prevention is always more effective and economical than reacting to problems once they have developed. Certain samples can be sent to your local Plant Disease Clinic (.pdf) for diagnosis.
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Seasonal care of trees & shrubs: Stem and branch protection
The stems of landscape trees and shrubs may need protection from animals or mechanical equipment, especially during the winter months. Animal damage (feeding or rubbing) can be avoided by placing wire mesh or hardware cloth at least 3" from the stem. Mechanical damage (e.g. lawn mower or weed whip abrasion) can be avoided when a mulch ring (see mulch) or a plastic guard is in place. The plastic guard should only encase the portion of the lower stem that is most likely to be damaged by lawn equipment. As the tree grows the plastic guard will need to be removed and replaced in order to prevent girdling or stem constriction.
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Seasonal care of trees & shrubs: Fertilizing
The recommendations in this chart refer only to nitrogen applications. Before fertilizing your landscape with a complete fertilizer (nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium), contact a soil testing laboratory for a basic soil test [For MN only: U of MN Soil Testing Labratory]. A basic soil test will provide you with readings on organic matter, pH, cation exchange capacity, macronutrients and micronutrients (Smiley, 2003). Soil testing laboratories may offer timing and quantity recommendations for complete fertilizers (N-P-K).
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Seasonal care of trees & shrubs: Pruning deciduous branches
How to prune trees is an excellent publication designed to illustrate the types of pruning that can be done, how pruning cuts are made, when to prune different plants, and more.
Waiting until the plant is dormant is the safest time to do any live-branch pruning. However, unless the tree or shrub is susceptible to infectious disease (e.g., oak wilt, fire blight), removal of weak, diseased, crossing, rubbing, or dead limbs can be done throughout the year if needed.
Continue Reading April 4, 2008 at 6:36 am Emily Hanson 5 comments
Seasonal care of trees & shrubs: Shearing evergreen shrubs
Evergreen shrub shearing is a practice that can be used to maintain a geometric and formal shape of the plant. It is important to note, however, that once a shape has been formed yearly maintenance is required to preserve the design.
Continue Reading April 4, 2008 at 6:31 am Emily Hanson 4 comments
Seasonal care for trees & shrubs: pruning evergreens
Removal of weak, diseased, or broken branches, along with double leaders or dead evergreen branches can be done at any time with little consequence to tree health. "Conifers may be pruned any time of year, but pruning during the dormant season may minimize sap and resin flow from cut branches" (Bedker et al., 1996).
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UTEP wide receiver Jordan Leslie was arrested Sunday after allegedly threatening a fellow student. He was charged with one count of unlawful carrying of a weapon and one count of making a terroristic threat.
From Jesse Martinez of KFOX14:
The incident happened around 3 p.m. Sunday on the 800 block of W. University Avenue. According to the University of Texas at El Paso Police Department's website, "a student reported that another student had threatened him with serious injury. Officers responded and a pistol was located inside the suspect student's vehicle."
Leslie's arrest is currently the latest entry in the UTEP police log.
The reason for the "terroristic threat" is unknown, but what does that even mean? The Texas Attorney General's office offers a definition:
Terroristic Threat is a penal code offense (Section 22.07). A person commits the offense of Terroristic Threat if he or she threatens to commit any offense involving violence to any person or property with the intent to place a person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury. Penalty: Class B misdemeanor.
I feel like "terroristesque" might be a little more elegant, but that's just me.


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Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler may be struggling at Soldier Field lately, but it looks like his wife is doing just fine - when it comes to matchmaking.
Former reality star Kristin Cavallari teamed up with "The Steve Harvey Show" to help a woman find true love at a Bears tailgate in an episode that aired Wednesday.
Cavallari was the surprise matchmaker for Colleen Hurley, of Chicago, during the "taildating" experiment, despite admitting to having been to a tailgate just once before.
U.S. & World
"You know it's not that often that I actually get to come out to a tailgate, but yeah these are my people, this is like my family so we're gonna have fun," she said.
"I may not know sports, but I know Kristin and I know she's married to Jay Cutler and I know he plays football," Hurley said after meeting Cavallari.
"Tailgating is great because the ratio is perfect. I'd say it's about 90 percent men to about 10 percent women, so the odds are in her favor and listen, this is my element, she's gonna be in good hands with me," Cavallari said.
The two met Bears fans and 'The Hills' fans alike, posing for photos and even trying one fan's pineapple he said had been "marinating all night long."
The quest appeared to be successful, as Hurley met a doctor and received a pair of tickets to a Bears game, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The segment was filmed before one of two postseason games at Soldier Field, both of which the Bears lost. The Bears also fell to the Philadelphia Eagles in the home opener on Monday night, in which Jay Cutler was one of several players to leave with injuries.
A thumb injury is expected to sideline the quarterback for two to three weeks.


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The Hypochondriac's Handbook
Publisher's Summary
Sure, everyone gets sick sometimes, but do you realize that plenty of those folks also die slow, unpleasant deaths from diseases that stumped even the experts at top-notch (still privately run) hospitals? That's right: There are plenty of illnesses that even physicians have never heard about. Nodding Disease, Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, and Cutaneous Horn (yes, you grow a horn) are all featured here in pithy, energetic entries. You won't have to worry about socialized medicine if you have this book - even if your doc could see you within a month, you might die due to his ignorance.
Lucky for you and your loved ones, Ian Landau (who has no medical training but is a hell of a researcher) includes descriptions of each disease Background and history, how to diagnose yourself and others, suggested treatments, prevention methods. The book is not for the faint of heart, as it probably could cause cardiac arrest. (And you ain't coming back from that without Ian's help.)
It's funny because it's true. Hypochondriacs live in fear of sickness, imagining exposure to deadly contagion or being victimized by medical malpractice. Although not possessed of a background in medicine, author Ian Landau has painstakingly researched and outlined the direst details any hypochondriac could hear. Rare diseases and their bizarre symptoms are described in this efficient guidebook in creepy detail. Pictures are provided for oomph. Landau also provides clear confirmation that some diseases remain untreatable, and that others are yet to be identified. The data here provokes real laughs, nervous giggles, and downright horror. The title The Hypochondriac's Handbook: Syndromes, Diseases, and Ailments that Probably Should Have Killed You by Now startles the listener awake. Narrator Robert Blumenfeld walks the line between funny and terrifying.


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Wonderguy is the supposed "lead" character of each of the stories, which will be centered around his adventures in crime-fighting. Wonderguy is incredibly strong, but his brains do not match his brawn, a fact that is not part of his public perception. He is an immensely popular public figure, even perhaps a bit of a celebrity. His origins are left purposefully vague, although it is clear from the way that he carries himself that he has always had his super-powers.
Principal Willoughby
Principal Willoughby. Miss Willoughby (she currently has no first name) is the principal at Best Elementary School, where Claire and Dillon are students. She acts as an enabler in the story line. She first introduces Claire and Dillon to Wonderguy when he needs mathematical assistance, and will provide them excused time out of class to help Wonderguy when he needs it. She has some connection to Wonderguy that is not immediately clear, but hints of how they know each other appear in the different episodes.
Claire and Dillon
The real heroes of each story are the students, Claire and Dillon. Claire is an African-American student who is wise beyond her years, and not as star-struck with Wonderguy as Dillon is. Dillon looks studious and not too athletic. Both are on the school's academic team, and Principal Willoughby considers them the "best math students in the school". Claire and Dillon are befriended by Wonderguy in the first issue and continue to enlist their help in the following issues via wrist communicators.
Big Guy
The "Big Guy" is Principal Willoughby's boyfriend, and bears a striking similarity in size and hairstyle with Wonderguy (which no one ever seems to notice, strangely enough).
Aerial is a former trapeze artist whose act consisted of her deploying her own portable "trapeze" while free-falling from the trapeze platform. She decides that she can make more money by stealing it and using her high-flying skills to get away. After all, Wonderguy may be strong, but he can't fly, right?
The Cheetah is a geneticist, seeking funding from the leadership of a government research facility to create super-fast soldiers, when they refuse, he has to experiment on himself. He has the speed of a cheetah, but must rest between bursts. He is not a real "bad" guy – he is trying to show he is better than Wonderguy to get the attention of the government scientists.
Miss Garmon
Miss Garmon, Wonderguy's personal secretary, but as we later learn, she is also the sister of Captain Confusion (villain from Issue #1). She will play a pivotal role in the storyline in Operation Comics Issue #6.
Shape Master
The Shape Master was a lazy janitor at the government research facility in town who got fired from his job. While leaving the building, he attempts to sabotage some equipment, and gets "zapped", changing his molecular structure. He can now assume different shapes, mostly geometric in nature, but they are always blue and always have the same volume.
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Сфера деятельности: Retail Field
Тип должности: Permanent
Тип занятости: Full - Time
Место расположения: London
Страна: United Kingdom
Giorgio Armani Cosmetics Full Time Deputy Business Manager - Harrods (40 hours/5 days per week)
Giorgio Armani Beauty is The Hot Premium Brand of the future. We are a leading luxury designer brand in flagship department stores with make-up and service as the competitive advantage.
A Deputy Manager supports their Manager with the day-to-day running of the business while leading by example and embodying the brand and what it stands for. They work with their manager to motivate, coach and manage the team to reach their full potential.
Master Category Knowledge
· Have a full understanding of all Giorgio Armani products and update the team when necessary
· Be aware of competitors' products and activity
· Have detailed knowledge and awareness of the beauty market
· Attend, engage and participate in all brand training, and implement afterwards
Execute Business & Operations
· Assist the Manager in preparing accurate paperwork, and ensuring orders are placed and received.
· Achieve or exceed retail targets, icon and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) targets.
· Assists the Manager in keeping appropriate stock holding levels and any necessary budgets required.
· Offer creative ideas to generate new business; with focus on product launches and anniversaries
· Support Manager in setting individual targets for the team.
· Ensure you and your team abide by store rules and maintain a good relationship with store management
· Using analytical skills to appraise the business' strengths and weaknesses. Devising critical paths with solutions to success.
· Where appropriate, support Manager in conducting annual appraisals for team members.
· Supports the Manager in ensuring smooth and efficient running of the business by establishing correct and regular communication, motivation and delegation of the team.
Drive Selling Process/Techniques
· Ensure you and your team deliver luxury services, inviting customers back for a return appointment
· Generate retail sales through the successful execution of in-store events and strengthen brand loyalty
· Make appropriate, personalised product and sample recommendations
· Ensure you and your team have a strong focus on link-selling and the recruitment of new customers
· Ensure you and your team use confident communication and presentation skills when dealing with customers
· Ensure you and your team maximises selling during heavy traffic periods, ensuring sales floor is supervised.
Foster Service Attitude
· Masters customer profiling.
· Seeks out business opportunities within the community and communicates relevant information to the Manager.
· Ensure the store is a clean and hygienic work area and adhere to hygiene rules
· Show passion for people and products
· Ensure you and your team follow the grooming guidelines to promote the brand image
· Coach peers to achieve their optimum professional development, identifying education needs and ensuring they are met
· Lead by example.
· Share know-how and experience
· Assist Manager in tracking team performance and managing any non-performance
· Offers regular and timely performance-based feedback on team productivity, service levels, product knowledge, selling skills, etc


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I have a rogue with Weapon Finesse.
This allows me to:
When making a melee attack with a light weapon or rapier, you may use your DEX Mod instead of your strength Mod on the attack roll.
Since a rapier's hands datum is 1, I can wield it two-handed and
If you wield it two-handed, add 1-1/2 times your STR Mod to melee damage instead.
In the case of STR=1,DEX=3 with Weapon finesse, is a 2 handed attack always +1.5, or can it be +4.5?


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Desiderata Software has released Jaxcent 2, a freely available Java API for accessing and modifying Document Object Model (DOM) of browsers.
On the server side, Jaxcent works with standard Java servlet containers and provides classes that correspond to elements of the Document Object Model (DOM), and that can be instantiated to match HTML elements existing (or dynamically created) on the page. These classes provide methods for interacting with the HTML elements, and for receiving events originating from the HTML elements, all in Java. In addition to dynamic interactions with the HTML elements, Jaxcent also provides access to the session and application context, as well as entirely automatic session data management.
You don't need to rewrite existing applications to take advantage of Jaxcent. Using Jaxcent, as needed, one or more AJAX features can be added piecemeal to one or more pages without any need to modify the structure or specifics of the overall application.
Jaxcent Version 2 is available for free downloads at www.jaxcent.com.


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Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
Service Provider DescriptionThe Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC) was established in
1995 as a repository for scientific data resulting from the
Australian Antarctic Science Program. Data resulting from the
science program is the property of the Australian
Government. However, in the spirit of the Antarctic Treaty's
Article 3.1.c, the Australian Government has made these data
publicly available after two years from the date of
collection. All data within the AADC is discoverable and
described through our metadata system.
The AADC is also responsible for the Australian Antarctic
Mapping Program. The AADC mandate is to provide infrastructure
or base mapping, for example, coastlines, lakes and
contours. Applications layers such as geomorphology are the
responsibility of others. Integrating such application layers
into mapping information is however an AADC responsibility. The
AADC accepts requests for mapping primarily from the science
community and establishes field and Kingston-based programs to
produce digital products that are publicly available through our
metadata system.
The AADC has developed and manages an Antarctic state of the
environment reporting system, called SIMR. This system is based
on environmental indicators, and a standard template for
reporting. Dozens of indicator custodians across a number of
Australian agencies are responsible for data entry and indicator
evaluation. In the process of addressing the three
roles/mandates, the AADC also produces a number of other
products that we hope could be useful to a broad international
Website: http://www.aad.gov.au/
[Summary provided by the Australian Antarctic Division]


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Machine Learning, TDA and the Future of Invention
Jan 23, 2013 5:00 AM PT
Last week Ayasdi came out of stealth mode and told the world it had a new way to analyze big data, and I think the implications for CRM and social are very large indeed. The new way is called "topological data analysis" (TDA) and hearing about it has the feel of hearing about relativity for the first time (or Salesforce.com) and learning that space is curved.
Who would have thought it, but Big Data is not some amorphous mass but something with topology -- an entity with curves and folds and shapes?
Why is that important? Well, understanding the shape of data turns out to be, mathematically, a shortcut to understanding it or to extracting meaning from it. Shapes include clusters, and they can tell us where the interesting bits are.
Consider the implications. No longer does one have to be inspired to ask good questions of data so as to write queries that deliver information. With topological data analysis, you can first identify the interesting clusters of data and then ask what's so interesting about that?
I'll Ask the Questions, Dave
It's a big shift in perspective and maybe philosophy. Certainly, it takes the human race down a notch in its own esteem. Now we don't rack our brains to ask piercing questions of our data -- we have machines that do it better, so we have to stand back and watch.
This may seem odd, but what if there's a bombshell lurking in your data that you were never inspired to ask about? Would the data hold its secrets forever? Well not any more.
Right now, topological data analysis is a very geeky mathematical concept -- just a couple of years removed from Stanford and a DARPA lab -- but the potential it holds is big.
The Next New Age
I believe that the Information Age is winding down, just like the Age of Steam did and just as all "Ages" do. That's not to be feared -- it's something to be embraced. What will take the place of information as the major disruptor and economic driver? Whatever it is, it will have to stand on the shoulders of the Information Age and use the latest and greatest tools.
Part of that means topological data analysis for the simple reason that our ability to exploit discoveries in both pharmaceuticals and oil and gas -- to take two for the moment -- is maxing out.
It costs upwards of US$100 million to drill an oil well in the Gulf of Mexico; it takes a team of people a few billion dollars and a decade to bring a new drug to market. It hardly gets said, but these investments cost the same whether or not the oil well has oil at the bottom of it, and it's the same story if the pharmaceutical comes a cropper.
Those numbers are big -- so big that they represent ceilings to further discovery unless we find breakthroughs that will reduce the costs and the risks of getting it all wrong.
All Roads Lead to Discovery
Already we're seeing topological data analysis crack some amazingly hard nuts, not only in the aforementioned pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, but also in financial services and government. Anywhere there's big data there is an opportunity for topological analysis, and that means the mass of social data we generate too.
People at Ayasdi tell me that when they apply topological data analysis to 20-year-old data from pharmaceutical research, they find new and interesting information. So far, I don't think they've come up with any new drugs, but it's early days.
The market has other entrants too, and while Ayasdi might be taking the highest road to the biggest customers and perhaps the hardest problems, other companies using machine learning are implementing roughly the same idea.
'CustomerDNA' by Any Other Name
Consider Mintigo for example. This company focuses on identifying sales prospects, which is not the same as generating leads, but it's a cool and important idea nonetheless and essential in many industries.
Mintigo analyzes existing customers to build a sophisticated data model of what a successful customer looks like for your organization. This is to say that Mintigo looks at the data surrounding those customers and identifies the clusters of relevant data that qualify them as a match for your company and its products.
From there, it's a simple matter of targeting the machine's model on the general marketplace to see what it drags in. They call it identifying your "CustomerDNA."
Call it "CustomerDNA" or "TDA" or more broadly, "machine learning." Whatever you call it, we're on the cusp of another revolution that simplifies a major headache and reduces the cost of important business processes to manageable levels again. With these as catalysts, can new discoveries and economic growth be far behind?


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Outcomes 4, 5 or 6 require an Advisory Committee review and Director's decision. In any case, the PAG must state its Proposal and reasons in a public W3C document.
After having made every effort to resolve the conflict through options 1, 2, and 3 under 7.5.1, the PAG, by consensus, may propose that specifically identified patented technology be included in the Recommendation even though such claims are not available according to the W3C RF licensing requirements of this policy. The PAG Proposal must explain:
The PAG Proposal must include:
If the Director determines that the PAG Proposal is the best alternative consistent with the W3C mission, the interests of the Web community, and is clearly justified despite the expressed preference of the W3C Membership for RF licensing, then the Proposal shall be circulated for public comment and Advisory Committee review. The Director may also circulate the Proposal for Advisory Committee review without such endorsement. Should the PAG Proposal be rejected, then either sub-paragraph 4 or 5 will apply as appropriate, without further action of the Advisory Committee. Members of the Working Group who are bound to RF terms are not released from their obligations by virtue of the PAG Proposal alone. As with any newly chartered Working Group, new commitments must be made, along with possible exclusions. In order to expedite the process, the PAG Proposal should consider whether additional claims would be excluded under the new charter and include such information in the PAG Proposal.
"Essential Claims" shall mean all claims in any patent or patent application with an effective filing date prior to the publication of the first public Working Draft of the specification and extending until one year and one day after the publication of the first public Working Draft, in any jurisdiction in the world that would necessarily be infringed by implementation of the Recommendation. A claim is necessarily infringed hereunder only when it is not possible to avoid infringing it because there is no non-infringing alternative for implementing the normative portions of the Recommendation. Existence of a non-infringing alternative shall be judged based on the state of the art at the time the specification becomes a Recommendation.
The following are expressly excluded from and shall not be deemed to constitute Essential Claims:
For purposes of this definition, the normative portions of the Recommendation shall be deemed to include only architectural and interoperability requirements. Optional features in the RFC 2119 [KEYWORDS] sense are considered normative unless they are specifically identified as informative. Implementation examples or any other material that merely illustrate the requirements of the Recommendation are informative, rather than normative.
W3C's evolving patent policy has been informed by help, comments, criticism, and occasional rants by W3C Members, many voices from the independent developer and Open Source/Free Software communities, W3C Advisory Committee Representatives, the W3C Team, the W3C Advisory Board, and participants in the Patent Policy Working Group. Those who have participated in the beta testing of this policy, leading up to the W3C Current Patent Practice document, have also made an invaluable contributions to shaping this document in a manner that will help in achieving W3C's mission.
Every participant in the Patent Policy Working Group has made substantial contributions to this document. Since its inception, the following individuals have participated in the Working Group:
Jean-François Abramatic (W3C), Chuck Adams (IBM), Angela Anderson (Nortel), Anders Arvidsson (Nokia), Martin Ashton (Reuters, Ltd.), Carl Cargill (Sun Microsystems), Wanda Cox (Apple Computer), W. Mike Deese (Microsoft), Mark DeLuca (Cozen O'Connor for Microsoft), Don Deutsch (Oracle), Tom Frost (AT&T), Michael Gelblum (Oracle), Mari Georges (ILOG S.A.), Lisa Goldman (Sun Microsystems), Eduardo Gutentag (Sun Microsystems), Toon Groenendaal (Philips Electronics), Michele Herman (Microsoft), Richard J. Holleman (IBM), Ian Jacobs (W3C), Glen Johnson (Nortel Networks), Jerry Kellenbenz (Apple Computer), George Kerscher (Daisy Consortium), Alan Kotok (W3C), Gerry Lane (IBM), Arnaud Le Hors (IBM), Susan Lesch (W3C, Team Contact), Roger Martin (AOL), Bede McCall (MITRE), Catherine McCarthy (Sun Microsystems), Lloyd McIntyre (Xerox), Earl Nied (Intel), Steve Nunn (The Open Group), Scott K. Peterson (Hewlett-Packard), Tony E. Piotrowski (Philips Electronics), Gene Potkay (Avaya), Chuck Powers (Motorola), Barry Rein (Pennie & Edmonds for W3C), Gib Ritenour (Nortel Networks), Michael Schallop (then Sun Microsystems), Kevin Smith (Nortel Networks), George Tacticos (IBM), David Turner (Microsoft), Daniel Weitzner (W3C, Working Group Chair), George Willingmyre (GTW Associates), Helene Plotka Workman (Apple Computer), Don Wright (Lexmark), Joe Young (Xerox), and Tom Zell (Xerox). Invited experts Eben Moglen (Free Software Foundation), Bruce Perens (Software in the Public Interest), and Larry Rosen (Rosenlaw.com for Open Source Initiative) participated and contributed fully.
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Executive Summary
This report describes the results of a postal survey of organizations that applied for FGDC metadata clearinghouse grants over the period 1994- 1999. The main goal of the survey was to evaluate the effectiveness of FGDC's grants program. A further goal was to compare the characteristics of successful versus unsuccessful applicants, as well as non-applicants. Key findings include the following:
Among successful grant applicants:
- 95% indicated that the FGDC grants program had contributed significantly to the success of their metadata projects.
- post-FGDC-grant investment in project development/maintenance averaged $22,000 per annum per applicant.
- more than half of the grant recipients indicated that their FGDC- related project had created spillovers to other organizations (demonstration effects were positive).
- FGDC grants typically covered between 50-60% of project costs for most applicants.
- most applicants were from the government sector, with few from the private sector.
- FGDC grants were ranked highly in terms of their contribution to project success.
- most grant applicants (71%) were first-time applicants.
- all of the successful applicants have established web-based clearinghouses to support metadata dissemination.
- a majority of the organizations that were surveyed intend to apply for FGDC funding in the future.
- most applicants would have proceeded with their projects in the absence of FGDC support, albeit at a slower speed or at a reduced scope.
- 32% indicated that their project would not have proceeded without FGDC funding (most of these applicants operate with very small GIS units).
- the chief benefit of FGDC-funding is that it supports full-scale projects
Among unsuccessful grant applicants:
- unsuccessful applicants typically employed smaller numbers of GIS personnel than successful applicants (this contrast is statistically significant).
- approximately half of the organizations that were denied FGDC funding proceeded with some variant of their original proposal.
- because of their limited in-house resources (GIS expertise), unsuccessful applicants were more likely to seek outside help from professionals in other organizations, including private consultants, academics, and other collaborators.
- most of the unsuccessful applicants intend to apply for FGDC support in the future
Overall, the picture that emerged from our analysis can be summarized as follows.
First, FGDC grants contribute significantly to the development of metadata clearinghouses
among successful applicants. The existence of a critical mass of in-house GIS
specialists appears to be the chief discriminator between successful versus
unsuccessful applicants. Second, projects that were supported by FGDC were in
most cases associated with spillovers to other organizations (demonstration
effects). In addition, virtually all of these projects have been supported by
post-grant investment from within the recipient organization itself. Third,
FGDC grants have improved the in-house technical capacity (or broadened the
range of in-house activities) of many of the grant recipients. Fourth, all of
the successful applicants have created metadata clearinghouses. A substantial
majority of the successful applicants ranked the importance of FGDC support
either highly or very highly. Finally, the main reason that eligible non-applicants
failed to submit proposals was that they were unaware of the existence of FGDC
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A 3 wire device specifically designed for the BMW R1200 LC and R1250
This accessory manager for the BMW R1200 liquid cooled and R1250 series lets you add and configure accessories with ease and without cutting any wires. It's simple and easy to fit additional lights, an air horn, accessories and emergency brake lights that make the bike safer to ride.
Key features
Waterproof and dustproof
One switch manages everything
Integrates additional safety features
Does not void warranty
Plugs directly into CAN-Bus (saves time)
Unobtrusive - fits perfectly under the seat
Easy configuration of software via USB (Windows PC and MAC)
Four individually fused channels
Specifications and components
Waterproof micro USB connector
Battery connection and fuse
Two CAN-Bus connectors
Four high-power outputs (10A continuous / 25A, max 20 seconds)
Product size 55 x 30 x 16mm (2,2 x 1,2 x 0,6")
Easy installation
Download and install the HEX ezCAN software
Install the ezCAN under the seat (Velcro included)
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Use the software to configure the ezCAN via USB (Windows PC or MAC)
Contents of package
HEX ezCAN device
Micro USB cable
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Four stub connectors
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Austin Harms and the Crimson visit Stanford Sept. 23 (Gil Talbot).
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Austin Harms made one save in net for the Crimson, but the Harvard men's soccer team fell by a score of 1-0 at Vermont Sunday afternoon.
The Crimson drops to 2-3 overall, while the Catamounts move to 5-1 on the season.
Harvard managed four shots on target, as Scott Prozeller, Ben Tsuda, Brian Rogers and Zack Wolfenzon hit the net with chances, but Vermont goalkeeper David Ramada turned away those attempts.
In a scoreless first half, Vermont held a 4-3 advantage in shots and a 2-1 edge in corner kicks.
The game remained even in the second half until Yannick Lewis scored off a header at 84:48. Sean Sweeney sent a long throw in, and Lewis leapt to head the ball past Harms and into the net.
The Catamounts led the final count in shots, 10-8, and corner kicks, 6-4.
The Crimson will travel west to play at Stanford Sept. 23, and at Santa Clara Sept. 25.


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Kobe Bryant dished out 12 assists and scored 41 (including the game-tying three at the end of regulation) in a comeback, overtime victory against the Raptors last night—another entry in what has been, despite his team's well-documented struggles, a remarkable individual season. During the postgame, Bryant offered reporters a steely assessment of his grace under pressure:
The key to defending Kobe? A constant, low buzzing noise.
Bryant, who's given us more quotables in the last month than most players do in their entire careers, was candid about more than just bees:
He also recently dubbed himself "Vino," because he improves with age and as "a tribute to his upbringing in Italy." Thus:
Naturally, after a tired Bryant finished performing his usual song and dance for the press, he went home, soaked in an ice tub, and considered the almost unbearable pressure of...wait, no. More puns:
The most likable new personality to emerge from the 2012-2013 NBA season is that of a 34-year old who spent much of his career developing a reputation as a taciturn asshole. Nothing makes sense anymore.


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Gemcitabine Hydrochloride, Dasatinib, and Erlotinib Hydrochloride in Treating Patients With Pancreatic Cancer That Is Metastatic or Cannot Be Removed by Surgery
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01660971
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : August 9, 2012
Last Update Posted : February 5, 2020
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|Condition or disease
|Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Recurrent Pancreatic Carcinoma Stage III Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v6 and v7 Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v6 and v7
|Drug: Dasatinib Drug: Erlotinib Hydrochloride Drug: Gemcitabine Hydrochloride
|Phase 1
I. To determine the maximum tolerated dose (also phase II recommended dose) of the combination of gemcitabine (gemcitabine hydrochloride), erlotinib (erlotinib hydrochloride) and dasatinib in patients with advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
I. To determine the safety profile of the combination of gemcitabine, erlotinib and dasatinib.
II. To evaluate the response rate and response duration of advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma treated with dasatinib, erlotinib and gemcitabine.
III. To determine progression-free survival and overall survival for this group of patients.
IV. To determine the utility of advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques to assess in vivo effects of therapy (changes in tumor vascularity, cellularity).
V. To assess the use of serum markers as predictors of response and outcome.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of gemcitabine hydrochloride and dasatinib.
Patients receive gemcitabine hydrochloride intravenously (IV) over 30-60 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15, and dasatinib orally (PO) once daily (QD) and erlotinib hydrochloride PO QD on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 30 days and then every 4 weeks thereafter.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|19 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase 1 Study of Gemcitabine, Dasatinib and Erlotinib in Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Carcinoma
|Actual Study Start Date :
|July 30, 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|September 6, 2017
Experimental: Treatment (gemcitabine, dasatinib, erlotinib)
Patients receive gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 30-60 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15, and dasatinib PO QD and erlotinib hydrochloride PO QD on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Drug: Dasatinib
Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Erlotinib Hydrochloride
Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Gemcitabine Hydrochloride
Given IV
Other Names:
- Maximum tolerated dose of gemcitabine hydrochloride and dasatinib given together with erlotinib hydrochloride, determined by incidence of dose-limiting toxicity graded according to NCI CTCAE v 4.0 [ Time Frame: Up to 4 weeks after completion of study treatment ]
- Overall survival (OS) [ Time Frame: The time from enrollment until the time of death due to any cause, assessed up to 6 years ]The OS curves will be estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method. Median OS and its 95% confidence intervals will be estimated.
- Progression free survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: The time from enrollment until the first occurrence of radiographic or clinical evidence of disease progression or death due to any cause, assessed up to 6 years ]The PFS curves will be estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method. Median PFS and its 95% confidence intervals will be estimated.
- Response rate, assessed according to RECIST [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]The response rate and its 95% confidence interval will be calculated using the exact binominal method.
- Response duration [ Time Frame: The time from when measurement criteria are met for complete response or partial response (whichever is first recorded) until the date that recurrent or progressive disease is objectively documented, assessed up to 6 years ]The response duration for the responders will be summarized using mean, median and standard deviation.
- Serious and other significant adverse events (AEs), graded according to NCI CTCAE v 4.0 [ Time Frame: Up to 30 days after completion of study treatment ]The patient incidence of AEs will be summarized by preferred term, severity and relationship to study drug. Cross tabulations will be provided to summarize frequencies of abnormalities.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Cytologically or histologically confirmed pancreatic adenocarcinoma (excluding islet cell or ampullary tumors) that is metastatic or unresectable
- Measurable disease as defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1
- Patients may have received prior chemotherapy for advanced disease as long as it did not include gemcitabine; if patients received prior adjuvant therapy including gemcitabine, patients must be > 6 months from the last dose of gemcitabine; patients must have recovered from side effects of prior therapy to grade =< 1 as measured by National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version (v) 4.0
- Patients may have received prior radiation presuming > 4 weeks since last dose and measurable disease outside the radiation field
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 1
- Anticipated life expectancy of greater than 3 months
- Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL
- Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL
- Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
- Total bilirubin < 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic pyruvate transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal OR =< 5 x institutional upper limit of normal when liver metastases are present
- Creatinine within normal institutional limits OR creatinine clearance >= 60 mL/min/1.73 m^2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal
- Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
- Patients must be able to swallow pills
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier (with the exception of alopecia and neuropathy); no radiation is allowed on study
- Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents
- Major surgical procedure within 4 weeks of treatment
- Patients with known brain metastases
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to dasatinib, erlotinib or gemcitabine
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
- Pregnant women are excluded from this study, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with erlotinib or dasatinib
- Patients with immune deficiency are excluded
- Patients on potent cytochrome P450, family 3, subfamily A, polypeptide 4 (CYP3A4) inducers and inhibitors
- Malabsorption syndrome or other condition that would interfere with intestinal absorption
- Other active malignancy (with the exception of locally treated non-melanoma skin cancers)
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients who are on combination antiretroviral therapy
Patients may not have any clinically significant cardiovascular disease including the following:
- Myocardial infarction or ventricular tachyarrhythmia within 6 months
- Prolonged corrected QT (QTc) > 480 msec (Fridericia correction)
- Known ejection faction less than institutional normal
- Major conduction abnormality (unless a cardiac pacemaker is present)
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01660971
|United States, Tennessee
|Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center
|Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232
|Principal Investigator:
|Dana B Cardin
|Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center
|Responsible Party:
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2012-01290 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
GI 1173 ( Other Identifier: Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center )
9043 ( Other Identifier: CTEP )
P30CA068485 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|August 9, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 5, 2020
|Last Verified:
|December 2019
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Digestive System Diseases
Pancreatic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Erlotinib Hydrochloride
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Enzyme Inhibitors
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Protein Kinase Inhibitors


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BBCActive English Language Learning (formerly BBC ELT) operates through licensing arrangements with publishing and distribution partners worldwide.
The BBC Active catalogue comprises new English language learning brands in media such as print, audio, DVD, VCD, video. These include: Ozmo, a major English learning property with DVD/video series and a range of books, audio and learning components for young children; Goal, a 13-part television drama combining football and English learning, again with a full range of components in print, audio and DVD format; and Search, a 26-part drama for adult learners, also with fully integrated multi-media components.
This award-winning team works with leading ELT authors, consultants and producers to develop multiple media products designed for adaptation into local versions in particular markets. The range of the BBC Active English language portfolio ensures that language learners of all ages and ability can learn English, with materials developed to suit the self-study and home learning environments at different ability levels and across the segments of children, teenagers and adults.
BBC Active is seeking to further develop licensing relationships with partners worldwide and in diverse consumer channels - from retail and direct marketing to partworks, magazines and newspapers, from digital to online and mobile media.
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....also a tad cold, but cool!
The party chats up the subject of shines and soon the talk of where to find more arises.
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