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I sighed, and squared my shoulders just a bit more, "Yes, while I'm almost certain this is influenza, we're not treating routinely with Tamiflu. It only shortens the duration of illness by a very small time, less than a day. And for healthy kids like yours, it does not seem necessary for prevention of any of the complications of influenza."
"But I was here last week with his brother," she retorted, "and we saw Dr Feelgood, and he said that it was essential that we start the treatment immediately!"
"It is true that if you are going to treat with antivirals that you need to start within the first twenty-four hours. The CDC, however, has released guidelines regarding which patients need to be treated. For children, that is primarily those under two years of age and those with co-existing conditions like asthma which predispose them to complications. Again, little Billy here is seven and perfectly healthy, so he does not require the medication."
"Then why did Dr Feelgood prescribe it for his brother? He's healthy, too, but he got the medicine, and he got better faster because of it."
"I really shouldn't say why Dr Feelgood did what he did, because I haven't seen your other child. But the CDC is not recommending routine antiviral treatment of healthy schoolchildren."
"So what am I supposed to do? Just let him suffer? You didn't even do a test! How do you know it's influenza? Dr Feelgood at least tested him! You're not doing anything!"
"I haven't been doing the tests since they have proven rather inaccurate. In short, if I test Billy and the test is negative, I'm not going to believe it because his symptoms are so classic for influenza and he has a brother with the flu. So if you are not going to believe the test result, and if it's not going to change your management, why do the test?"
She started gathering her things. "I just can't believe this. You are doing nothing for my son, who is clearly desperately ill. You're the worst doctor I've ever seen and I am never coming back here. This whole thing has been a huge waste of time. Why did I even come in here if you weren't going to help us?"
"You could have called his pediatrician, you know," I added, "seeing that it's a Monday morning. I'm sure they would have made time to see him."
"He would have given us the Tamiflu, too!" she shot back.
He probably would have, I thought to myself as I went back to the nursing station and picked up the next chart. It was a whole family checking in because they were exposed to the flu, and they wanted Tamiflu prophylaxis. Seems their neighbors had been exposed, and Dr Feelgood had given the whole family prescriptions.
Note to self: next time I see Dr Feelgood, I'm going to kick his ass so hard his prostate's going to get impacted in his esophagus.
Only problem is that there isn't just one Dr Feelgood. I'm surrounded by them. In the ER, in the primary care offices, and (especially) in the urgent care centers. I understand why docs do it: you see a patient who looks absolutely miserable, and you want to do something for them. You want to make them better. And there's a drug for this! It's even got "flu" right in the name! So you know it's gotta do something! Right? It's the hardest thing in the world for a doctor to do when you see someone legitimately ill: to put your hands in your pockets and back slowly away from the patient. I'm not immune. I confess: in moments of weakness I have written a couple of Tamiflu prescriptions that were not indicated, just because I felt bad for the patients.
Still, it's maddening to see how many docs are out there flaunting the guidelines. Patients talk to one another, they see the inconsistencies in treatment, and they get mad. And the docs who are doing the right thing and following the best practices are the ones that get grief over it. It really ticks me off.
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Team Notes:
- Duke advanced to the NCAA Tournament Final Four for the 15th time in school history and 11th time under head coach Mike Krzyzewski. The Blue Devils will head to Indianapolis where they are 2-0 in the NCAA Tournament, winning the national championship with victories against UNLV and Kansas in 1991.
- Duke is now 5-1 all-time against teams from the Big 12 conference in the NCAA Tournament. Sunday marked the first ever meeting between Duke and Baylor. The Blue Devils have a 41-8 record all-time as a No. 1 seed in the tournament.
- Duke is making its 15th straight NCAA Tournament under head coach Mike Krzyzewski and 26th in his 30 overall seasons. Krzyzewski extended his NCAA record for tournament wins to 75. He is now 75-22 (.773) all-time in the NCAA Tournament, the second highest winning percentage among coaches all-time.
- The Blue Devils improved to 33-5 on the season. The 33 victories are the fifth most in a single season by a Duke team, one more than the win total of the 1990-91, 1997-98 and 2005-06 teams.
- Jon Scheyer, Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith became just the second trio in school history to each score at least 600 points in a season. Smith joined Scheyer (690) and Singler (667) on Sunday, passing the 600-point mark with 628 points. The only other trio to accomplish the feat was Jason Williams (746), Carlos Boozer (638) and Mike Dunleavy (605) in 2001-02.
- Five different Blue Devils recorded at least five rebounds, marking the sixth time this season Duke has had five different players with at least five rebounds in a game.
- Two different players scored at least 20 points for Duke, the 16th time this year that two or more Blue Devils have scored at least 20 points.
- The 11 made three-point field goals give the Blue Devils 10 games with 10 or more made treys.
- For the second straight game and 15th game overall Duke made at least 20 free throws.
- Duke improved to 28-2 when outrebounding its opposition. The 23 offensive rebounds in the game were tied for second most this season and mark the sixth time the Blue Devils have collected 20 or more offensive rebounds.
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- Freshman Andre Dawkins was 2-of-2 from
three-point range in the game and has made two or more treys in 10 games this
- Freshman Mason Plumlee recorded his 10th game with five or more rebounds.
- Plumlee also had
two assists, the seventh game he has notched two or more assists.
- Sophomore Miles Plumlee had seven rebounds
for his 21st game with at least five rebounds.
- Senior Jon Scheyer has started in 45 consecutive games and is one of 22 players in school history with 100 or more career starts.
- Scheyer played in his 142nd career game, ranking him sixth on Duke's career games played list.
- He set the Duke single season record for minutes played, passing Shane Battier's total of 1,363 minutes in 2001. Scheyer has now played 1,395 minutes this season, playing all 40 minutes in six games this year.
- Scheyer tallied his 16th game with 20 or more points this season and now has 31 career games with at least 20 points.
- The double-figure scoring game was the 36th of the season for Scheyer and his 112th career game with at least 10 points. His 36 double-figure scoring games rank tied for fifth most in a single season with Shane Battier, Jason Williams and J.J. Redick while his 112 games are fifth most, one more than Mike Gminski and Grant Hill.
- Scheyer extended his streak to 31 consecutive games with a made three-point field goal and leads the team with 104 treys this season. He is just the eighth Duke player to make 100 or more three-point field goals in a season. He has made five or more treys four times this year.
- With his five free throws, Scheyer has now made 600 in his career, ranking third on the school's career free throws list.
- For the 11th time this season, Scheyer recorded five or more rebounds.
- Junior Kyle Singler extended his consecutive starts streak to 65 games, the longest current streak on the team. He now has 107 career starts as one of 22 players in school history with 100 or more career starts.
- The five points were a season low for Singler, who only has four games this season with under 10 points. His previous low was six points against Connecticut. It was the first time in his career he failed to make a field goal.
- Junior Nolan Smith scored a career-high 29 points, surpassing his previous best of 24 points. He previously scored 24 points against Boston College, Gonzaga and Charlotte this season.
- He reached the 20-point mark for the 16th time this year and 17th career game. He tallied his 34th game this season with 10 or more points and now has 57 career double-figure scoring games.
- The four made three-point field goals, the seventh time this season he has made three or more shots from long range.
- Smith notched his 13th game with at least two steals.
- Senior Lance Thomas tallied nine rebounds, giving him eight games on the year with eight or more rebounds.
- Thomas also matched a career high with two assists, the 13th time he has had two assists in a game.
- Senior Brian Zoubek finished the game with nine rebounds and in his 15 games as a starter is averaging 9.4 rebounds per game. In the four NCAA Tournament games, Zoubek is averaging 10.0 rebounds per game with 36 rebounds in his last three games.

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NBC's Chuck Todd spoke exclusively with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Thursday.
He made the comments in an interview with NBC's Chuck Todd, part of which aired Thursday on NBC's Nightly News.
Romney would not say if he is any closer to making a decision or if he had made a decision. Influential conservative writers Paul Gigot, of the Wall Street Journal editorial page, and Bill Kristol and Stephen Hayes, of the Weekly Standard, have called for Romney to pick Congressman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., the House Budget Committee chairman.
Romney's comments about "vision for the country" and adding "to the political discourse" certainly fit the mold of what the conservative writers have called for. Someone like Ohio Sen. Rob Portman would be seen as a governing pick. But there was no mention of governing.
Of course, Republicans have said for a year that this is "the most important presidential election in our lifetimes." And President Obama has also called this election a stark choice.
Here's more of the exchange on picking a vice president.
CHUCK TODD: What do you want your running mate to say about you? What do you want your selection to say about what kind of president you're going to be?
MITT ROMNEY: I don't think I have anything for you on the V.P. running mate. Other than I-- I certainly expect to have a person that has a strength of character, a vision for the country, that, that adds something to the political discourse about the direction of the country. I mean, I happen to believe this is a defining election for America; that we're going to be voting for what kind of America we're going to have.


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Of all of the complaints over state/church entanglement received by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, none has received more complaints from our membership than the inscription "In God We Trust" on currency.
To learn more about how a religious motto supplanted U.S. secular heritage, read on and see the links below.
The Freedom From Religion sued the federal government in 1994 to have "In God We Trust" removed from currency and as our national motto.
The motto was put on all paper currency by an Act of Congress in 1955. The phrase was chosen as our national motto by an Act of Congress in 1956. It first appeared on paper currency in 1957.
The Foundation lawsuit was dismissed by a 10th-circuit federal judge on the grounds that "In God We Trust" is not a religious phrase. The Foundation appealed the dismissal.
Foundation Lawsuit Challenges "In God We Trust" Motto
Freethought Today, June/July 1994
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In God We Trust Appealed To High Court
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I am no longer "a musician in remission"
When I started this blog, it was to vent my spleen about things that matter to me. Though music was the first subject, and my past work as a public servant trying to help Louisiana recognize the importance and economic impact of music spawned many posts here, I've almost never discussed my musical career. In fact, the only blurb about my band was back in 2008. But it's time to change that.
I spent 15 years as a full time musician in a Lafayette, LA-based band called Bas Clas. The name is from a Cajun insult for people deemed "low class." There's a long story behind that and I recommend our Facebook page for the best version. This band was my full time profession from 1976-91. I lived, breathed, ate and slept that musical life. But in 1991 the stresses and struggles and the lack of money finally caught-up with us and we disbanded. I did not play my guitar for the next 9 years. My fingertips had no callouses and I cared not a bit about my "career" in the music business. And when I blundered into my job at the Louisiana Music Commission I knew I could do it without conflict.
For more than 20 years I've described myself as "a musician in remission," and joked that I generally had it under control, though it flared-up now and then, and that music was no longer ruining my life. Well it's time to sing a different song.
This week and next, Bas Clas is not only playing again, but we are also spending an entire week recording at Dockside Studio. Hell, we're even getting press.
When I withdrew from my musical path, my eyes opened about the desperation and frustration that drives many artists to complain and be unhappy. While at the LMC, a standard line I dispensed to frustrated fellow musicians was, "Play music because you love it. If you are unhappy, quit. And don't complain, because you'll find little sympathy." I still believe that. In fact, in this latest incarnation of my musical life, I live by this: "If it's not fun I don't want to do it." This attitude has been occasionally met with mixed reviews by some of my friends. But I mean it.
So off I go with my band/family to explore our musical horizons. We're going to spend 9 days playing music. And it's going to be fun.


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Purchase - 87, Farmingdale State - 62
Purchase, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State men's basketball team fell, 87-62, at Purchase College last night, in Purchase, N.Y. The Rams now stand at 13-9 overall, 12-5 in the Skyline Conference, while the Panthers improved to 18-4, 14-3 in conference play.
Purchase jumped ahead early, holding a 20-11 lead midway through the first half. Leading by nine with 6:41 to go before halftime, the Panthers closed on a 17-9 run and took a 41-24 advantage into the break.
In the second half, Purchase shot 52% from the field and outscored Farmingdale State 46-38. The Panthers were 11-for-22 from behind the arc.
Farmingdale State was led by guard junior Joshua Smith (Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park) who scored 17 points and had eight rebounds. Junior forwards Robert Adon (New York, N.Y./A. Philip Randolph) and Davon Henry (New York, N.Y./Wadleigh) each scored eight points.
Senior forward Marvin Billups (Chester, N.Y./Monroe-Woodbury) and senior guard Michael McNair (Valley Cottage, N.Y./Nyack) each shot 7-for-11 from the floor, scoring 18 and 19 points, respectively for Purchase.
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Vonn races to 2nd straight Lake Louise hat trick
LAKE LOUISE, Alberta – Lindsey Vonn completed a sweep of World Cup races at Lake Louise for the second straight year.
Vonn won Sunday's super-G in a time of 1 minute, 22.82 seconds. She also won two downhill races over the weekend for the hat trick.
American teammate Julia Mancuso was second in the super-G in 1:23.25, while Anna Fenninger of Austria was third in 1:23.27.
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St. Luke Physicians Clinic will have the same care and providers but under a new name as of June 2.
It and Marion Family Physicians will join in a new clinic called St. Luke Medical Clinic located at 537 S. Freeborn St.
Doctors including Dr. Don Hodson and Dr. Paige Hatcher, and advanced practice nurses Melissa Batterton and Jaynette Miller will be available to see and treat current and new patients.
Hours will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday with a walk-in clinic open from 8 to 9 a.m. Monday through Friday.
For more information, contact manager Tammy Snelling at (620) 382-3722 or St. Luke Hospital and Living Center at (620) 382-2177.


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Our NYC pop-up shop collaboration with GQ opened its doors last night. In town from Seattle, our men's team was there nabbing comp drinks, celebrity spotting, and enjoying some immaculate menswear shopping. More coverage to come, but for now, here's a first look at what went down opening night at the GQ & Nordstrom Men's Shop.
UPDATE: The online pop-up shop is now live. Check it out.
CFDA Award winner Michael Bastian.
The library curated by NYC's best, Dashwood Books.
Aziz Ansari and our event specialist, Flavia.
Custom Ping-Pong table.
Street-style sensei Nick Wooster.
"Warby Parker has the coolest glasses at an accessible price point." —Tommy Fazio
Field Scout designer Ryan Hartman, Russell Westbrook of the OKC Thunder,
and one of our national merchandise managers, Tina.
Mimosas and pinball.
All in all a good night. More pics to come.
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CAA Football could return to divisions
Richmond, VA – The addition of Elon University in the 2014 season creates the possibility of CAA Football returning to divisional alignment, commissioner Tom Yeager said Thursday.
Elon, which announced on Thursday it will join the CAA upon leaving the Southern Conference, will give the CAA 12 schools for football.
The CAA has undergone significant change in recent years and James Madison remains a candidate to move up to the FBS ranks.
This season, CAA Football will be one division of 11 teams.
The conference used two-divisional alignments for the 1993-98 and 2004-09 seasons.
"That's going to be the big topic of our discussions when we get to our meetings in 10 days or so. We're going to be very regionally, I'll put it that way," Yeager said.
"But we play eight conference games, which means you don't play everybody every year any how. We're going to come to a decision about what makes the most sense for everybody. And because of the costs involved, that usually (involves) playing people that are closest to you and that are of greatest interest to your fans both home and on the road."
Should the eastern seaboard conference remain 12 teams in 2014, the six northern-most schools will be Albany, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Stony Brook and Villanova, and the six southern-most schools will be Delaware, Elon, James Madison, Richmond, Towson and William & Mary.
"We're going to be creative to make the best kind of scheduling decisions for our schools," Yeager said. "It might be something that's a lot better than just dividing it right down the middle and going six and six."


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To save time, if that's the only thing you want to tweak, you could just do a crop render of only the cactus. I think that is OK with the rules of the contest. If you're using GI, just remember to give some GI prepass padding.- Oshyan
Hmm, I'm not sure that will fix it, but worth trying in a crop I guess (definitely don't re-render the entire thing just to test these changes). I think what's actually odd are the black stripes down it, almost looks like a texture issue, though it may just be dark shadows or something. I'm not sure, but it's a bit odd. Maybe just not the best model?- Oshyan
20+ hours? You don't need a very big image to win. What system do you work on and what are your detail specs?


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FITCHBURG -- Everyone is familiar with the phrase "There's no 'I' in team," but for now, at least, Victoria Gates will be representing Fitchburg in a team of one.
The Fitchburg High School sophomore, 15, has been racing for five years overall and competing in the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference for the last three years with a Northampton-based cycling team called J.A.M. Fund.
This year, however, the rules changed.
Now, to compete in national events, students must be sponsored by their schools. Gates, a top-10 cyclist in the league, wasn't about to let the fact that her school didn't have a cycling team slow down her path to becoming a professional rider.
"I decided this is a big part of my schedule and I wanted to keep it that way, so I made a proposal to my school," Gates said.
Accompanied by Athletic Director Ray Cosenza, Gates appeared before the School Committee on Feb. 4 and found them very supportive of her idea to create a Fitchburg High Cycling Team -- only fitting for the city that is home to the Longsjo Classic. In fact, they want her to grow the team over the next few years.
"I'm excited for her," Cosenza said. "By doing this, it allows her the opportunity to continue to compete because cycling is not a sport that schools sponsor here in Massachusetts."
He said Fitchburg Public Schools are always happy to help students to achieve goals they are passionate about.
The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association, or MIAA, does not have any cycling teams, he said, and it is not a sanctioned sport.
The cycling team at FHS will almost be more like a club, Cosenza said, which means minimal costs for the school system, because it will not be providing bicycles and other equipment to students who decide to join. He said there would be some cost associated with assigning an adviser to oversee the team and creating uniforms -- designed by Gates -- that would likely be used only by those entering competitions.
Cosenza is excited to see the school try something new, and with good reason.
Fitchburg High School is now the only public high school in Massachusetts -- and possibly New England -- with a cycling team recognized by USA Cycling, the organization that oversees competitive cycling across the country and is responsible for identifying, training and sending cyclists to represent the U.S. in the Olympics and other international competitions.
The only other high school cycling clubs in the state belong to a few private preparatory and boarding schools, such as Groton School, Deerfield Academy and Phillips Academy in Andover.
Only a handful of other public high schools scattered throughout the country have cycling clubs recognized by USA Cycling.
Gates is both happy to be able to continue competing nationwide and have a chance to bring something different -- and healthy -- to her peers and share her love of cycling with them, so that it might spark an interest in them, as well.
"High school is a good place to start," she said. "People are always saying they wish they started younger and this is a really good time to start."
Gates said she has learned a great deal through cycling, from nutrition and healthy eating to the importance of physical activity and keeping her body conditioned, to organization, preparation and time management. Scholarships are also a very good possibility, she said.
Superintendent of Schools Andre Ravenelle called Gates an impressive young woman, and said her initiative couldn't have been better timed with the revival of the Longsjo Classic after a two-year absence. The bike race is named after hometown Olympian Art Longsjo.
"She's going to be out there riding in national races representing Fitchburg," he said. "It's a way to start a real cycling club at the high school. We could really be the ones to carry on the Longsjo tradition through the schools."
Gates has her eye on this year's race. She's raced in the Longsjo twice before in the Main Street criterium, the first time at age 11.
It was the Longsjo, in fact, that helped to pique her interest in racing.
Despite having kept the training wheels on her first bicycle for two years, Gates blossomed as a cyclist with the gift of a mountain bike at age 10. Her uncle and legal guardian, Tony Fedirko, a racer himself, would take her out biking on trails, and she became intrigued about the various disciplines of the sport. Road biking came next.
"It kind of just took off from there," Gates said.
Fedirko raced in the Longsjo for several years, and later brought Gates to that and other races each year to watch.
"I think a lot of it comes down to some of the tradition here in Fitchburg with the race," he said.
These days, Gates rides a Focus Mares CX 1.0 carbon fiber frame cyclo-cross bicycle, and says this discipline -- a combination of road and mountain biking -- is her favorite.
Most recently, in January, she placed sixth in the Cyclo-cross National Championships in Wisconsin, and has placed within the top three in several races all over the country, competing with grown women.
"I enjoy racing with people who are a little older than me because they challenge me a bit more," she said. "They know a lot about teamwork because they're in college teams."
In road biking, Gates ranks as a 4, the lowest category in a 1 to 4 range, but she ranks as a 2 in both mountain biking and cyclo-cross. She's poised to cross over from amateur to elite rider by the end of the next cycling season, and will likely enter college already at the top of her game.
"She's a lot further along than I'd ever thought she would be," Fedirko said. "She's going to be racing against professional women this fall, basically."
"It was clear to me she is very motivated, and I get the impression she will achieve whatever she sets her mind to," said Cosenza.
Gates and Fedirko said the school system has been very understanding regarding her racing schedule, and the honors student has been responsible in requesting work early and bringing it along with her to complete it in time. Fedirko often drives her bike out to race locations -- bikes don't fare very well in planes, says Gates -- and she flies out to minimize the missed schooldays.
While races and the transportation to and from them can be expensive, along with all of the equipment, Gates doesn't want the associated cost to be a factor that deters anyone from trying out something they might end up loving.
Coaches and several-thousand-dollar bikes are not necessary, she said. The absolute basics are a bike suited to the cycling discipline one is interested in -- road, mountain, cyclo-cross or bicycle motocross (BMX), for example--a helmet, a jersey, padded gloves, padded shorts and water bottles, Gates said.
Cosenza said students for whom cost is an issue would not be turned away from the team.
"We have a big community. I'm sure with a little bit of help, we could help some kids out," he said.
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Apps to Save The Planet
The Environmental Protection Agency is saving Earth one app at a time.
The Light Bulb Finder, a mobile phone application that helps homeowners pick more energy-efficient bulbs, was the overall winner of the Environmental Protection Agency's Apps for the Environment challenge.
Second-place finisher was Hootroot, which lets users calculate the carbon footprint of a trip using different modes of transportation. The app tacks onto Google Maps' database and looks similar to the standard directions app in Apple iOS devices.
EPA launched Apps for the Environment in June 2010, challenging contestants nationwide to use agency data to build a tool that addressed one of seven priorities, according to Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, including reducing the effects of climate change, improving air and water quality, and making environmental equality a larger part of the social justice debate.
The agency chose five winning apps from 38 submissions. In lieu of prize money, the winners' apps will be promoted on EPA's website and they can sell the tools in other venues.
Apps for the Environment is part of a governmentwide push to farm out government-generated data to the public so that entrepreneurial developers can use it to create nonprofit or profit-making software, mobile apps and other tools. The repository Data.gov has uploaded 1,575 data sets in the past year.
Government data have been used to build successful apps for the insurance and financial industries, among others. Federal agencies also have built many of their own apps in the past two years.
- Joseph Marks
Border Security 2.0
The Homeland Security Department plans to open bidding on a 10-year contract to replace a failed $1 billion border surveillance project.
Whereas the now-defunct Secure Border Initiative network consisted of a one-size-fits-all installation along the southwest border, the new integrated fixed towers contract calls for structures equipped with wind-resistant ground radars and surveillance cameras that already are available on production lines, supporting power generation and devices capable of displaying captured images and data. This arrangement will provide Customs and Border Protection agents with a full view of illicit border crossings, drug trafficking and other criminal activity.
DHS officials are looking for commercial products that can be deployed immediately. In addition, vendors must provide maintenance and support.
Auditors in November 2011 slammed the department's $1.5 billion border security plan, saying, among other things, it didn't include a believable price estimate.
- Aliya Sternstein
Up in the Air
The Army's Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle was supposed to take to the air last spring. But, that's now, er, up in the air, and the Army Space and Missile Defense Command has gone mum on when the football-field sized airship will take its first flight. The LEMV is to hover over a battlefield with a mess of sensors for up to three weeks, though no one has ever explained how the Army will feed its crew. The Naval Research Laboratory uses its only blimp, the MZ-3A, to test sensors, and program man-ager Steve Huett says, "you can operate an airship for 40 percent of the cost of fixed-wing aircraft or helicopters." That works only if the airship gets airborne.
- Bob Brewin
Moon Shot
NASA is planning an unmanned test flight of its Orion space capsule in early 2014. In a notice on the Federal Business Opportunities procurement website, the space agency said the orbital flight is "key to providing test data that is critical to influence design decisions and validate Orion spacecraft systems in flight environments that cannot be duplicated on the ground."
Orion is designed to carry astronauts to the moon and possibly Mars.
The agency said this flight will test the entry, descent and landing functions, including the heat shield, propulsion, guidance, navigation, control and parachute recovery systems of the Orion capsule, designed to carry four astronauts on deep space missions, and return to Earth with an ocean splashdown, as the Apollo moon missions did.
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Despite a disappointing lack of photographic evidence, The New York Post reported Tuesday that a court officer spotted Los Angeles Clippers star Lamar Odom fast asleep on a courthouse bench during a custody hearing over his two children with ex-girlfriend Liza Morales.
"Excuse me, are you OK?" the officer asked Odom when he found the 6-foot-10 Clippers forward napping on a hard wooden bench outside the room where lawyers were discussing the case. "I need you to sit up," the officer said.
Odom must have a lot on his mind. The 33-year-old married Kardashian clan member and reality TV star Khloe Kardashian in 2009 after a whirlwind four-week courtship. At the time, Odom had just separated from Morales, his longtime girlfriend and mother of his two children, Destiny and Lamar Jr.
On the same day, The Daily Beast published Morales' account of her relationship with Odom.
"I don't think I'll forget the tight knot I felt in the pit of my stomach the morning I received the text message with three simple words on the screen," Morales said. "It read "I'm getting married" and it was from the man I'd spent more than 10 years of my life with."
"How could the man who'd constantly given me reason after reason for why we couldn't get married just yet now be ready to tie the knot so quickly? There aren't words to explain how I felt that day," she added.
Morales said she and Kardashian had a "very pleasant meeting" just once for the sake of her children.


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FREDERICK COUNTY — Convicted murderer Erika Sifrit is hoping for another day in court after her lawyers filed a motion for appeal in the Frederick County Circuit Court.
Sifrit, who was tried and convicted in 2003 for killing two Ocean City tourists, hopes to reveal to jurors in a new appeal she was a "needy" woman who "lacked the capacity to act as a rational adult" during the murders.
Sifrit and her husband, Benjamin, both originally from Hollidaysburg, Pa., were tried in separate trials. Erika Sifrit received a life sentence plus 20 years incarceration for her role in the killings of Virginia residents Martha Crutchley and Joshua Ford, whose dismembered bodies were found in a Delaware landfill in 2002.
The appeal filed this week, however, claims the sentence is "unlawful and unconstitutional and should be vacated for violating her Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights."
The motion goes on to claim that the defense failed to convey in the trial that the Sifrit marriage "clearly did not involve a co-equal, two person team of anything, much less two co-equal criminals." The document goes on to call Sifrit's husband, Benjamin a "volatile, manipulative, and psychotic man, who abused her psychologically to the point that she lacked the capacity of a rational adult and became so extremely dependent on him that she would do anything that he requested."
Both Benjamin and Erika Sifrit have filed motions for appeals since their convictions, the most recent being Benjamin's appeal in late August of 2008, before his attorneys withdrew it just a week later.
According to the filing, her lawyer Robert Biddle claims that, "trial attorneys never explained to jurors the depth of her mental illness and the effects of the psychiatric drugs (Paxil and Xanax were found on her purse when she was arrested.)"
The motion cites other reasons for a new trial including the lack of "exculpatory" evidence in the first trial, that her defense team wrongly advised her to waive her right to remain silent and take part in a pre-polygraph interview with two Secret Service agents after being taken into custody, but what seems to be the major claim in the appeal concerns Ms. Sifrit's mental state.
The appeal reads: "Trial counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate Ms. Sifrit's personal background- most importantly her history of mental illness." Had the information been obtained, there is a substantial possibility that the outcome of the verdict and/or the sentence would have been affected."
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Rhodes Adds Three Goals and an Assist
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Sophomore attacker Kerri Fleishhacker helped the Yale women's lacrosse team build up a big lead early in the game Wednesday afternoon at Bryant, scoring four goals in the first half. Then, after Bryant had battled back to tie the game late in the second half, Fleishhacker came through again. Her free position goal with 5:59 left -- her fifth of the day -- wound up being the game-winner as Yale came away with a 14-13 victory. Senior attacker Devon Rhodes added three goals and an assist, while junior attacker Jen DeVito had four assists.
In a battle between two teams known as the Bulldogs, the weather Wednesday put both teams to the test. At some times it was raining; at some times it was snowing; at all times it was cold. Yale (2-2, 0-1 Ivy League) utilized a wide variety of offensive styles to claim an early 10-4 lead.
"We scored on the fast break, we scored on the slow break, and we scored on our settled offense," said Anne Phillips, Yale's Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Women's Lacrosse. "Everything that we've been working on worked in the first half."
Bryant did not have its first offensive possession until nearly five minutes into the game, but the home team made it count. Midfielder Kimberley Sniffen put Bryant up 1-0 -- but that wound up being her team's only lead of the day.
Yale's first big run started when freshman defender Kate Walker caused a turnover and grabbed the ground ball in the Yale end. Down at the other end of the field, Fleishhacker spun off her defender in the 8-meter arc and tied the game 1-1 at 22:05.
"Kerri's a very dangerous shooter," said Phillips. "We have been trying to get her to mix up her shot selection. She is doing a better job of changing the planes on her shot. She's got a sidearm release that is tough for a goalie to read, and she's got a very hard shot."
Yale scored off another Bryant turnover two minutes later, as DeVito fed freshman midfielder Kelly Anne Sherlock in front of the cage.
Sophomore midfielder Erin Magnuson got the draw control, enabling Fleishhacker to score again just 24 seconds after Sherlock's goal. And sophomore midfielder Cathryn Avallone chased down the next draw control, enabling Sherlock to score her second goal of the game to put Yale up 4-1 and prompt a Bryant timeout at 18:36.
Bryant stopped the Yale run with a free position goal by midfielder Lisa Vendel at the 15:04 mark. Vendel tacked on another free position goal less than a minute later to shrink Yale's lead to one before the Blue went on another run.
Junior goalkeeper Erin McMullan helped stop Bryant's momentum by denying a free position shot with less than 13 minutes to go. Yale went right down the field and scored, as Rhodes fired one in and DeVito assisted.
Fleishhacker finished off her hat trick right after she finished serving a two-minute yellow card, putting Yale up 6-3 at the 8:48 mark. A minute later, Magnuson drove and drew a double team before dishing to Fleishhacker to extend the lead to four goals. A draw control win by freshman midfielder Nicole Daniggelis helped Yale score again quickly, as Rhodes set up Sherlock while Bryant struggled to get its defense in place.
Rhodes created her own shot next, driving in from the side of the cage and putting Yale up 9-3 at the 6:11 mark.
Bryant then had one free position shot hit the post and another one blocked. On the third free position attempt in the sequence, the Yale defense shut down the initial drive by midfielder Kate Keckeisen but Vendel was able to take a pass and follow up with a goal that ended Yale's run at five straight goals.
Yale got right back on track with a goal at 3:47, as Daniggelis scored and DeVito assisted. But a Yale turnover enabled Bryant to score 11 seconds before halftime, pulling within 10-5.
Bryant then reeled off three goals in the first five minutes of the second before Yale began its first extended offensive possession of the half. Magnuson drove to draw Yale's first free position shot of the game and converted it into a goal at 21:46.
But Bryant (1-3, 0-0 NEC) would not go away. Three goals for the home team in a span of slightly more than four minutes left the score tied 11-11 with less than 15 minutes to play.
With the pressure mounting, Yale got a crucial free position goal from freshman midfielder Lauren Wackerle after Bryant was whistled for a three-second infraction on defense.
After Bryant tied the game again, a Yale turnover gave Bryant the chance to take the lead … but Bryant turned the ball right back over to Yale, fouling Wackerle in the process. With 10:47 to play, Rhodes buried a feed from DeVito to make it 13-12 Yale.
DeVito already has eight assists this season, just one less than she had all of last year. Rhodes is now up to 14 goals, leading the team in that category and in points (18).
After a shot by attacker Lauren Descalzo hit the post, Bryant once again tied the game when attacker Haley Bloom scored her fourth goal of the game (all in the second half) with nine minutes to play.
Bryant then got the draw control, but Wackerle caused a turnover and Yale set up on offense. Rhodes scooped up the ground ball after her own shot was denied by Bryant goalie Brianna Watt, and Yale eventually got the ball to Fleishhacker. Fleishhacker drove to goal to earn the free position shot, which she fired low past Watt to put Yale up 14-13 at 5:59.
Yale only had three free-position shots all game -- Bryant had eight -- but a three-for-three performance wound up making a difference in the game.
"Those were huge 8-meter goals from Erin Magnuson, Lauren Wackerle and Kerri Fleishhacker," said Philips. "We didn't get as many chances as Bryant did, but we needed those to win the game. They were huge pressure plays and our players delivered under pressure. They showed poise and they executed."
Fleishhacker became the third Yale player with five or more goals in a game this year, joining Rhodes (six in a 19-12 win at Quinnipiac) and Avallone (five at Quinnipiac).
After those offensive heroics, the game had to be sealed by some big defensive plays. Yale momentarily had possession of the draw control after Fleishhacker's goal, but Keckeisen came away with it for Bryant. Sniffen's sidearm shot hit the far post with four minutes to play, but Bryant maintained possession. When attacker Nicole Britton attempted a feed from behind the cage, though, McMullan intercepted it.
With 3:30 to play, Yale headed down the field and set up to run the stall. Phillips called time with 2:41 left.
"We expected Bryant to pressure, and we wanted to make sure we either had the last shot or that there were no more shots for either team," Phillips said.
Bryant began pressuring the ball carrier with 90 seconds left, resulting in a Yale turnover and a chance for the home team to tie up the score.
Bryant hurried to set up on attack, but Walker came up with a big play to end the possession. She reached out to get a piece of a pass near the 12-meter arc, knocking it to the turf. After some anxious moments with the ball loose in the Yale zone, junior defender Kallie Parchman emerged with the ground ball and quickly got it to sophomore midfielder Christina Doherty. Yale finished off the clear and ran out the final seconds for the win.
"Kate Walker made a great play knocking the ball down," said Phillips. "Kallie Parchman got the 50/50 ball and passed it to Christina Doherty, who handled the ball with great composure under a lot of pressure. Finally we killed the clock."
Yale visits Hofstra Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
Report by Sam Rubin '95 (firstname.lastname@example.com), Yale Sports Publicity
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I just completed an order for 8x10" matte prints of these photographs to see how they turn out. If they look good, I will be one step closer to setting up a little picture shop. Feeling good!
Also, while selecting which ones I wanted to experiment with, I realized I had never put up the pictures from last summer's Sasquatch Festival on my Flickr, so I uploaded them just moments ago. Many fun memories in those! I had really hoped to go back this year, but it sold out almost immediately (no wonder! Look at that lineup; Wilco, Beach House, The Head and the Heart!). They make me long all the more for the summer days ahead.
*It should be noted that I couldn't think of a title for this post, so I asked Kai. He responded, "Ummmm, you should title it... It's a Picture." Makes sense.


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Update 7:50 a.m. PST: To include new information from FBI that suspect may not be source of the leak.
The FBI has accused a man of copyright infringement for allegedly uploading to the Web the feature film "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" last spring.
Gilberto Sanchez, 47, was arrested in the Bronx, N.Y., early Wednesday morning by FBI agents without incident, law enforcement sources told CNET. A spokeswoman from the FBI's Los Angeles field office, which led the investigation, confirmed the arrest.
If convicted, Sanchez faces up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or twice the gross gain or gross loss attributable to the offense, whichever is greater.
When the feature film from 20th Century Fox was leaked to the Internet in April, it caused panic in Hollywood because the movie, which reportedly cost $100 million to make, was not scheduled for theatrical release until May. The fear was that Internet distribution of an unauthorized copy would hurt ticket sales.
By the time the movie screened in theaters, the unauthorized copy had been watched 4.1 million times, according to market researcher BigChampagne.
"We're supportive of the FBI's actions," said a Fox spokeswoman. "We will continue to cooperate with law enforcement officials to identify and prosecute those who illegally steal our creative content."
According to a copy of a grand jury indictment that was unsealed last week in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Sanchez is accused of uploading the film to file-sharing network Megaupload.com under one of his online aliases, which include "theSkilled1" and "SkillyGilly."
The indictment does not say, however, how Sanchez allegedly obtained a working copy of the film and FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller declined to provide those details. She did say that the agency has not ruled out more arrests. What this means is that Sanchez may not have been the source of the leak.
The copy that made the rounds online was rough. Many of the computer-generated graphics had not been inserted yet and the cables holding actors to simulate flying were visible.
The major studios say that films being leaked to the Web is a huge problem, and they have gone to great lengths to increase security. In this case, when the film first leaked, executives at Fox said they were confident that the person who leaked the movie would be caught because of forensic marks on the film copy.
Watermarks are inserted into varying film copies so that they can be identified and any leaks can be traced.
However, some proponents of content sharing claim that such leaks and the publicity they stir actually help ticket sales by building interest in a movie prior to its release--provided that the film is any good.
"Wolverine" ended up making at least some money. It cost about $100 million to make, and worldwide grossed almost $375 million in ticket sales, according to to Numbers.com, which tracks box office sales.
In 2003, a New Jersey man pleaded guilty to copyright infringement charges after uploading the superhero film "Hulk" to the Web weeks before its theatrical release. In that case, the man was sentenced to six months house arrest and ordered to pay a $7,000 fine.
Below is the meat of the indictment
The grand jury charges:
[17 U.S.C. § 506(a)(1)(C) and 18 U.S.C. § 2319(a), (d)(1)]
On or about March 31, 2009, in Los Angeles County, within the Central District of California, and elsewhere, defendant GILBERTO SANCHEZ, also known as ("aka") "theSkilled1," aka "SkillfulGil," aka "Skillz101," and aka "SkillyGilly," did willfully infringe the copyright of a copyrighted work by the distribution of a work being prepared for commercial distribution, by making the motion picture "X-Men Origins:Wolverine" available on www.Megaupload.com, a computer network accessible to members of the public, when he knew and should have known that the work was intended for commercial distribution.
SDCC, the biggest convention ever, had a very small start: What started as a gathering in a basement has exploded into one of the world's biggest cultural blowouts.
Spider-Man: Far From Home a perfect Endgame epilogue: Swing back into the MCU with Tom Holland's Peter Parker in this joyous globetrotting adventure.


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I get a dozen or so messages a month on this topic. I've written about it in numerous postings and spoken about it in several podcasts, but still the email comes.
One of the real bugaboos for anyone, regardless of gender, is living up to our own expectations of sexual performance. So many things can get in the way, literally and figuratively, of fully enjoying ourselves and/or pleasuring our partners.
The arousal stage of our sexual response cycle is particularly vulnerable to a disruption. And when there's trouble there, there's no hiding it. A limp dick or a dry pussy can put the kibosh on all festivities that we may have hoped would follow.
However, performance anxiety can strike any of us, regardless of age, and at just about any point in our sexual response cycle. This is a particularly galling when it seems to come out of the blue. And regaining our composure can be more far more difficult than we imagine.
Today we will be focusing on male performance anxiety. I'll address female performance anxiety at a later date.
Here's Bob, he's 26:
Doc, this has never happened before. But I couldn't get it up tonight, and this chick was H.O.T. Now I'm not gay at all, but I haven't had sex in about 3 years because I was locked up…so I masturbated pretty regularly, about 3 or 4 times a week. But I can't figure out why I was soft… the only thing I can think of is I ate clams tonight and I've never had them before. Could it be that or should I get checked out?
It weren't the clams, darlin'! And I don't think you need to get "checked out" either…at least not right away. If you could back away from the situation a bit and stop freaking out, I think you'd discover the source of your problem all on your own.
Here's the thing—while you were out of commission there in the slammer, you relied, as you say, on jerking off. Okay, cool. We all do what we gotta do. Now the first time you try to score after your release…you go soft. This tells me you have a mild case of performance anxiety. We all get that from time to time.
There's probably nothing wrong with you or your johnson. You just got the jitters first time you tried to get you some after being away, that's all.
The anticipation of boning this H.O.T. chick—fueled by some predictable self-consciousness; what with just getting out of the big house and all—pulled the plug on your wood. No surprise there, right?
What I don't want to see happen is for you to replay the incident over and over in your mind's eye til that's all you can think about. If you do, this proverbial molehill will become a mountain. You'll then bring all this anxiety to your next encounter, setting yourself up for even more disappointment. You can see how this shit can snowball? If you interpret every less than satisfying encounter as a failure, your fears will become self-fulfilling. You'll begin to avoid partnered sex and you'll develop a full-blown sexual dysfunction. And your self-esteem will take a nosedive, too.
If you're preoccupied with your performance, it's less likely that you'll be fully present during sex with a partner. This pretty much fucks up your sexual responsiveness and any hope for spontaneity. Why not just relax into the whole sex thing and not try to prove your manhood with your pecker?
Then there's Steve with a slightly different take on this meddlesome problem:
My partner and I have been together for just over 3 years now in a monogamous relationship. I am the top and he the bottom. Our problem is not premature ejaculation on his part, but his inability to have an orgasm at all. No matter what I try and even if he masturbates, sometimes it is impossible to get him to cum. Is this a medical issue? Have you ever heard of this?
Delayed ejaculation is the difficulty one has ejaculating even with a firm erection and sufficient sexual arousal and stimulation. This problem is not uncommon. For most men, delayed ejaculation occurs during partnered sex more frequently than while masturbating. In fact, 85% of men with delayed ejaculation can usually cum by jacking off. However, in partnered sex, the guy may be unable to ejaculate at all, or only after prolonged partnered stimulation. This problem can be very frustrating and cause distress for both partners involved, as you already know.
What causes delayed ejaculation? Well, it could be a number of things. It could be something as simple as performance anxiety, or inadequate stimulation, or there could be neurological damage.
I don't want to be too reductionist here, but most of us experts believe that the majority of instances of delayed ejaculation aren't physical in nature, but rather are the product of psychological concerns. Simply put, there's a difference between the psychosexual response we have when we are alone and the one we experience with a partner. There's probably nothing wrong with your partner's unit. It's all in his head…or his mind, to be more exact. If I had to guess, I'd say he's got a real bad case of performance anxiety.
When I see this sort of thing in my private practice, I always begin the therapeutic intervention by calling a moratorium on fucking of any kind. This immediately takes the pressure off the couple. From there we begin to rebuild the partnered psychosexual response one step at a time. We begin with sensate focus training (Sensate Focus is a series of specific exercises for couples that encourage each partner to take turns paying increased attention to their own sensations. More about these helpful exercises in the weeks to come.), stress reduction and relaxation exercises. These applications are designed to reduce performance pressure and instead focus on pleasure. The idea is to get them to stay in the moment; absorb the pleasure present without worrying about what is "supposed" to happen.
Finally we address as frankly and openly as possible any fears or anxieties that they may have—as individuals or as a couple. I have the greatest confidence in this method; it succeeds over 90% of the time.
Ok, let's recap shall we?
Overcoming sexual performance anxiety is dependent on five simple things.
- First, a guy needs to be attuned to his sexual response cycle — arousal, plateau, orgasmic and resolution phases. He should know what kind of stimulation he needs at each phase to fully enjoy himself and satisfy his partner.
- Second, the more worried a guy is about a performance issue, the more likely that problem will present itself. A bad experience in the past can often set the stage for its recurrence.
- Third, don't be afraid to talk this over with your partner. Withdrawing from your partner or shying away from sex altogether will only increase the likelihood that the problem will persist.
- Forth, be proactive! Fearing the loss of your sexual prowess or feeling sorry for yourself is counterproductive. Confront the challenge head on. Employ sensate focus training stress reduction techniques and relaxation exercises to help you push past this temporarily impasse and regain your self-confidence.
- Fifth, free yourself from the mindset that your dick is the center of the universe. Your manhood or your capacity to be a great lover does not reside in your genitals. Expand your sexual repertoire. Remember, pleasure centers abound in your body as well as your partner's.
Good luck!


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Summary: Tale of Glorfindel & Erestor in Gondolin. A young warrior and an old scholar learn more from one another than they expected to. Timeline: First Age - Gondolin Characters: Glorfindel, Erestor, Ecthelion, King Turgon, Salgant, Duilin, Egalmoth, Rog, Gildor Inglorion, Laiqalasse Thranduilion, and others as needed. Warning: slash, angst, tragedy, sexuality, abuse, smut, discipline, darkness, and general unhappiness - but, there are a few laughs here and there, so it all evens out. Also, this heavily works off of the original characters and history, but some things are bent and twisted, making it AU. Then again, all fanfic is AU, isn't it?
Categories: Book Verse Slash Characters: Angrod, Aredhel, Balrog, Celebrimbor, Duilin, Earendil, Ecthelion, Egalmoth, Enerdhil, Erestor, Fingon, Galdor, Gildor, Glorfindel, Gwindor, Idril, Legolas, Maeglin, Meleth, Morgoth / Melkor, Orcs/Uruk-Hai, Original Character, Oromë, Penlodh, Rog, Saeros, Salgant, Turgon, Voronwe
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Erotica, Romance, Tragedy
Warnings: AU (alternate universe), Character Death, Graphic Sex, Slash (same sex pairing), Torture, Violence
Series: PPB-AU
Chapters: 113 Table of Contents
Completed: No
Word count: 276261 Read Count: 206416
Unforgettable by Zhie Rated: NC-17 [Reviews - 50]
Published: Jun 18 2006 Updated: Feb 20 2011 [Report This]


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India was in the system of License Raj prior to the reforms in 1991. It began with the Industries Act of 1951, which required an entrepreneur to get a license to set up a new unit, to expand it, or to change the product mix. The purpose of the licensing was to a)to create a planned pattern of investment, b)to counteract monopoly and the concentration of wealth, c)to maintain regional balance in locating industries, d) to protect the interests of small-scale producers and encourage the entry of new entrepreneurs etc. All these were with good intensions, but the way the bureaucracy went about administring the licensing system created a nightmare for the entrepreneurs.
An untrained army of underpaid, third-rate engineers at the Directorate General of Technical Development, operating on the basis of inadequate and ill-organized information and without clear-cut criteria vetted thousands of applications on an ad hoc basis. The low level functionaries took months in futile microview of an application and finally sent it for approval to the administrative ministry. The ministry again lost months reviewing the same data before it sent the application to an interministerial licensing committee of senior bureaucrats, who were equally ignorant of entrepreneurship realities, and who also operated upon an ad hoc criteria in the absence of well ordered priorities. Once that got cleared from licensing committee, it was sent to the minister for approval. After the minister's approval, the investor had to seek approval from import of machinery from the capital goods licensing committee. If a foreign collaboration was involved, an interministerial foreign agreements committee also had to give its consent. If finance was needed from a state finance institution, the same scrutiny had to be repeated afresh. The result was enormous delays, sometimes lasting years, with staggering opportunities for corruption. By the time the backbreaking process of moving files from office to office was completed, many an entrepreneur had lost heart!
Large business houses set up parallel bureacracies in Delhi to follow up on their files, organize bribes and win licenses. If the entrepreneur did finally get started and made success of his enterprise, he was again in trouble. It was an offense punishable under law to manufacture beyond the capacity granted by the license. We became the only country in the non-communist world where the production of goods sorely needed by the people was punishable by law!
Thus licensing fostered monopolies and encouraged uneconomic-scale plants employing second-rate technology in remote, uncompetitive locations. The endless delay in clearing applications discouraged the entry of efficient and honest entrants and rewarded wily, inefficient producers who could manipulate the system. Thus licensing was an unmitigated disaster. We killed at birth any hope for an industrial revolution.
This is pre-reforms in India, but I wonder how it is for an entrepreneur to start up business in India presently. Considering that India is ranked 120th among 178 countries in "Doing Business -2008" report by World Bank, has anything changed atall??


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Sony is currently going through a tough period, with newly instilled CEO Kaz Hirai tasked with changing the firm's fortunes around. Their downfall in sales relating to all of their business sectors is evidenced by today's confirmation of a $2.9 billion loss. While the focus for Hirai is predominately Sony's dying TV business among others, it seems the company's gaming division is also suffering too.
Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter stated in a note that PlayStation 3 hardware sales should continue to lag behind the sales pertaining to Microsoft's platform, the Xbox 360. Furthermore, he also expects Sony to announce another price cut to their console during this year's E3:
We expect hardware sales to rebound once price cuts are implemented, but expect a recurrence of the dip next holiday, partially buffered by some modest contribution from the introduction of the PS Vita in February and the Wii U later this year.
PS3 hardware sales should continue to lag those of the Xbox 360, and we expect sales to trend downward by 10 – 20% monthly, until Sony cuts prices once again, likely at E3.
Additionally, with NPD due to unveil sales data from last month for gaming software sales, Wedbush NPD preview's estimate that March won't be much of an improvement from past months. They expect NPD's sales data will confirm the fourth concurrent monthly decline in the gaming industry via a 23% drop in software sales which amounts to $565 million.
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One way I've found is to treat the setting as if it were a character. Characters in stories have a purpose. They're included to act as foils for each other or as companions that reveal each other's contradictions or ambiguities. Setting can do the same things. Can you imagine Quasimodo hiding in a small wood framed church in the countryside? Isn't the imposing cathedral bell tower and teeming Paris of the late 1400's exactly what helps to make him and Esmeralda so memorable?
On a more modern note, Think how Louis Sachar's Holes would fall flat if those holes were in a lush water-surrounded landscape. Doesn't the desolate setting that the author describes add to the punishment that the delinquents suffer? I was thirsty the entire time I was reading that book and my thirst added to how much I empathized with those kids.
So how about rules for description? I'm not so good at following rules, but I love knowing them and I love being able to follow them because then I can break them real good.
Here are a few that I pay attention to while I'm thinking how to do things differently.
- Include specific and carefully observed detailed. Example: the tree v. the thick limbed oak
- Reveal the innermost workings of your character. Example: She was cold and walked quickly across the busy street. v. Head down, hands shoved inside her pockets, she dodged the cars that clogged the crosswalk.
- Try to include different senses in a scene and never too many: His face was red with anger. v. His face, red with anger and his breath coming in hard pants, he raised both fists.
- Don't turn purple. Leave "It was a horrendously evil sight" where it belongs--with Bulware Lytton's "It was a dark and stormy night."
- Whenever possible kill the adverbs. They lead to lazy, unimaginative writing. Example: He carefully unlocked the door. v. He turned the key in the lock, but stopped with his ear pressed against the door before he inched it open.
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Minutes of the Fifty-Sixth Annual Session of the Salem Missionary Baptist Association held with the Cross Roads Baptist Church Six Miles Northeast of Hughes Springs, Texas. October 2, 3, and 4, 1919." Booklet. Atlanta, Texas: The Citizen Journal Press. 1919
This booklet is part of a collection of family artifacts handed down to me after my grandparents passed away. It is filled with names of people living in the area surrounding Hughes Springs in 1919. It is my hope someone will find their ancestor's name in my transcription. There are 20 pages in the booklet. This post shows pages one and two.
Six miles Northeast of Hughes Springs, Texas
Moderator - J. A. CARAWAY, Daingerfield, Texas
Clerk - H. F. PERSER, Avinger, Texas
Treasurer - G. K. WILLIAMS, Hughes Springs, Texas
The next meeting of this body will be with the Oak Ridge Baptist Church, at Marietta, Texas, on the J. & N. W. R. R., beginning on Thursday before the first Sunday in October, 1920.
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Cross Roads Church, October 2. 1919.The 56th annual session of the Salem Missionary Baptist Association convened with Cross Roads Baptist church at 11:00 o'clock. Moderator and Clerk both present.
House called to order by singing "How Firm a Foundation," and prayer by Bro. J. H. Smith. Song, "Revive Us Again," and again prayer by Bro. G. K. Williams. Song, "What a Friend."
Bros. A.R. Anderson and M. M. Sheets appointees to preach the Introductory Sermon. Both being absent, Bro. J. A. Caraway was appointed to preach the Introductory Sermon. Text, Theme of Missions.
After listening to a very intersting and soul stirring sermon motion prevailed to adjourn one and one-half hours for dinner.
Benediction by Bros. A. J. Finley.
Afternoon Session
House called to order by Moderator. Song, "Take the Name of Jesus With You." Scripture lesson 2nd chapter Phil. and prayer by Bros. James A. Shaddix, after which the
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Association was now declared ready for business.
Called for the letters from the different churches and appointment of Bros. J. A. Caraway, C. C. Smith and W. A. S. Jenkins to read same. After reading the letters we find the following delegates entitled to seat to aid and assist in the work of the Association.
Hughes Springs Church - Rev. A. C. Wood, Rev. James A. Shaddix, Rev. John A. Shaddix, Rev. G. K. Williams, Bros. W. A. Calloway, C. C. Smith, F. N. Brian, Mrs. F. N. Brian, Mrs. Maggie Shaddix.
Union Hill Church - Bros. H. H. Perser, Horace Boon, O. L. Cates, Sisters Bertha Duck, Mabel Williams, Lizzie Whittington and Licena Perser.
Cross Roads Church - Revs. M. H. Finley, J. A. Abernathy and J. S. Caldwell, Bros. H. P. Mason and J. F. Joyner.
Floyd Hill Church - Bros. J. A. Fitts, Aaron Fitts, J. E. McKibben, Sisters Lelia Daniels, Geraldine Daniels and Minnie Wesbrooks.
Friendship Church - Bros. Fletcher Jones, M. B. Watson, M. F. Naron, Sisters Mae Jones and Ina Gibson.
Daingerfield Church - Rev J. A. Caraway, W. A. S. Jenkins, J. H. Smith, J. F. Moon, J. L. Truitt, Sisters D. J. Jenkins, A. S. Kilpatrick, W. A. Traylor and Bro. C. F. Bolin.
Dalton Church - Bros. W. J. Hicks, J. H. Smith, W. C. Pounds, J. R. Waters and W. J. Jarrett.
Cornett Church - Bros. T. C. Lyster, W. T. Blankenship, G. F. Lee, E. C. Rodgers and L. L. Lee.
Avinger Church - H. F. Perser, and wife, W. B. Duncan and wife, J. M. Pierce, Arthur Pierce, and Sister W. H. Griffith.
Bethel Church - Bros. S. L. Fuller, W. Castner, J. A. Penny, Sisters Willie Penny, Lula Sheffield and Esther Penny.
Bear Creek Church - T. C. Glover and wife, C. D. Davis, R. M. Miller, C. E. Clark and W. E. Hill and wife.
Pleasant Grove Church (at Lassater) - Bros. C. M. Chambers, J. P. Davis, Velmer Antle, V. H. Dodd, C. J. Simmons, C. L. Henderson.
Prewitt's Lake Church - Bros. L. H. Foster, L. S. Biddie, Will Hill and A. R. Anderson.
Flat Creek Church - Bros. J. H. Davenport, C. M. Doss, W. D. Tindol, L. A. Myers and R. L. Jordan.


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Network Gives Eliminated Chefs the Chance at Redemption With Companion Digital Video Series "The Knockout"
NEW YORK - June 4, 2014 - Bravo Media turns up the heat in a new culinary competition series "Top Chef Duels" premiering Wednesday, August 6 at 10 PM ET/PT as the network brings back the best culinary talent ever seen on "Top Chef" and "Top Chef Masters" for a gastronomic battle royale of epic proportions. Hosted by celebrity chef Curtis Stone, the newest iteration of the Emmy Award-winning franchise pits eighteen of the biggest, boldest and most talked-about personalities from past seasons against one another in high-stakes cooking challenges designed to test their passion and imagination in the kitchen. In addition to his role as host, Curtis Stone will also anchor the judges' table with Gail Simmons, while chefs Wolfgang Puck and Hugh Acheson along with other special guests will round out the judging panel throughout the series. For a sneak peek, go to: www.bravotv.com/top-chef-duels/season-1/videos/this-season-on-top-chef-duels
In each episode, two chefs will face-off in three rounds of head-to-head battles testing their skill, creativity and speed. Rivalries will be intensified as "Top Chef Duels" ups the ante and allows the competing chefs to each pick one mini-duel based on the other's perceived weaknesses in the kitchen. The third and final challenge of each episode will decide who moves on to compete in the ultimate high-stakes season finale where 10 chefs will be confronted with split second decisions as they lay it all on the line in the greatest challenge of their careers. In the end, only one chef will earn bragging rights and win the $100,000 grand prize and a culinary adventure that will be featured in Food and Wine Magazine.
"Top Chef Duels" will showcase a wide range of guest judges from across film, TV, music and food to round out the panel each week. Special guests include actress Shailene Woodley and musicians P!nk, Scott Ian Rosenfeld, Gary Holt and Rob Zombie. Also featured this season are Andy Samberg along with the cast of FOX's "Brooklyn Nine Nine" including Stephanie Beatriz, Melissa Fumero, Chelsea Peretti and producer Dan Goor, as well as stars from ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" such as James Pickens Jr., Sarah Drew, Camilla Luddington, Jerrika Hinton and Kevin McKidd. In addition, celebrity chef and restaurant owners joining the judges panel throughout the series are Daniel Boulud, Michelle Bernstein, Andrew Zimmern, Josiah Citrin, Paul Liebrandt, Homaro Cantu, Karen & Quinn Hatfield, Ben Pauker, Curtiss Calleo, Suzanne Goin, David Lentz and American food writer and magazine editor James Oseland.
In a continuation of the competition, Bravo will add to its award-winning slate of companion digital video series with "The Knockout," which gives eliminated chefs a chance to claim a spot in the "Top Chef Duels" finale on-air. Hosted by Wolfgang Puck, each week the most recently eliminated chef from the series will compete against the incumbent Knockout champion. The winner of that battle moves on to face the next eliminated contestant, but in a twist on the format of "Last Chance Kitchen," a chef only needs to win one battle to qualify for a place in "The Knockout" online finals. However, the more battles a chef wins, the better his/her chances of earning a spot back on the show. Only the ultimate winner of "The Knockout" will re-enter the "Top Chef Duels" Championship finale.
Episode 101: Richard Blais (Top Chef Chicago runner- up and Top Chef All-Stars winner) vs. Marcel Vigneron (Top Chef Season 2 runner up)
Episode 102: Shirley Chung (Top Chef New Orleans finalist) vs. Brooke Williamson (Top Chef Seattle runner up)
Episode 103: Mike Isabella (Top Chef All-Stars runner up) vs. Antonia Lofaso (Top Chef Chicago finalist)
Episode 104: CJ Jacobson (Top Chef Miami contestant) vs. Stefan Richter (Top Chef Season 5 runner up)
Episode 105: David Burke (Top Chef Masters Season 5) vs. Takashi Yagihashi (Top Chef Masters Season 4)
Episode 106: Tiffani Faison (Top Chef Season 1 runner up) vs. Dale Talde (Top Chef Chicago and Top Chef All-Star contestant)
Episode 107: Nyesha Arrington (Top Chef Texas contestant) vs. Jen Carroll (Top Chef Las Vegas finalist)
Episode 108: Stephanie Izard (Top Chef Chicago winner) vs. Kristen Kish (Top Chef Seattle winner)
Episode 109: Kevin Gillespie (Top Chef Las Vegas fan favorite) vs. Art Smith (Top Chef Masters Season 1)
Episode 110: Championship Finale
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Protecting the Eyes in Allergy Season
So what else can allergy sufferers do to stop looking like they've been weeping for weeks? Driving with the windows closed and being aware of pollen counts can help keep the allergen exposure down. If a trigger gets the upper hand, artificial tears products can keep the eyes lubricated and offer some relief.
Persistent symptoms may require prescription allergy eye drops such as Patanol and Zaditor that stabilize the mast cells and keep them from wreaking havoc on the conjunctiva. Oral antihistamines can also help; and allergy shots can reduce the overall allergy load.
"Sometimes when symptoms are severe, you have to throw the kitchen sink at the patient," says Kim, who regularly lectures optometry students at the University of Waterloo on allergic conjunctivitis.
"Those medications are all considered to be quite safe, and they all work differently, so it's not wrong to use more than one at a time."
For the most part, Ken Hegan skips the medications and just toughs out his symptoms every spring and summer. He envies people who don't feel like scratching their eyes out every year when the nice weather rolls around. Still, through all of his tears, he can see a silver lining.
"It's a good excuse if you cry in front of a woman," Hegan deadpans. "I can cry at the end of a romantic comedy and say, 'It's just my allergies.'"
Treating Eye Allergies
- Prescription allergy eye drops such as Patanol and Zaditor stabilize the mast cells in the eye.
- Nasal corticosteroid sprays such as Avamys help treat nose and eye symptoms.
- Oral antihistamines such as Aerius and Reactine (Zyrtec in the U.S.) reduce overall allergy symptoms, as can leukotriene receptor antagonists such as Singulair.
- Allergy shots can help to reduce symptoms and the immune response.
- Preservative-free saline drops such as Refresh and Tears Naturale can help to lubricate the eye and flush out the pollen.
- Saline nasal sprays can help to lubricate the nose and flush out pollens, which can help reduce eye symptoms.
- Cold compresses can soothe the itching and burning.
Lifestyle Tips
- Avoid your allergy triggers as much as possible.
- Stay indoors during high pollen counts: typically in the morning, and on dry, breezy days.
- Close car windows when driving to keep pollen out.
- Keep the bedroom as allergen-free as you can.
Sources: Allergists Dr. Harold Kim and Dr. Paul Keith
See Also
- Outdoor Allergies Resource Hub – a compilation of our best.
- 10 Ways To Beat Pollen.
- Stinging Insect Allergies – when is it a serious reaction?
First published in Allergic Living magazine, Summer 2010 edition.
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Is the Brunello Cucinelli rugby shirt made of cashmere?
It's interesting to note that this post of Thom Browne's BG shop has been up for a few days and no one has made any disparaging remarks…! Could it be that it's because it looks great?
Where are all those who think and agreed with Alan Flusser that Thom Browne is "childlike and "irresponsible"? Maybe the TB debate is thankfully and finally over…(though probably not)
I think it is because most people that have a problem with TB have never been to see any of the product firsthand.
Does everyone see how long the pants are?
Well, I respect Thom Browne as much as the next guy, but it could also be that the clothes aren't on any people in these shots. After all, on a form the proportions don't really come through.
The room looks great as to the photos. Particularly the Cucinelli shot. That couldn't have been easy to get. There isn't exactly much space to back up there.
I always enjoy your photos of Bergdorf. Nobody does a better job of merchandising. The place is pure style. Thanks!
i agreed with alan flusser's take on thom browne's new line but my comments were rejected.
these two new suits may look normal but i would still stick with my neopolitan style.
I like TB but this photo does not properly represent his style nor the brand itself.


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An unexpected outbreak of Legionnaire's Disease in Erie and Niagara counties in the past two months has health officials searching for the cause, so far unsuccessfully.
In Erie County, there were 38 reported cases in June and 18 so far in July, spokesman Peter Anderson said. Last year, there were only five cases in each month.
"We typically see more cases of Legionnaire's Disease in the summer, but this year, there has been much more than usual," said Gale R. Burstein, Erie County health commissioner.
Although the number of cases in July so far reflects an increase over past years, it also reflects a decrease by nearly half from June, she noted.
"We're hopeful that this is a trend of a decreasing number of cases," she said.
Niagara County had 16 cases in June alone, followed by three more this month, according to Kathleen Cavagnaro, director of nursing services for the Niagara County Health Department. The county averages six cases of what's officially called legionellosis in a whole year,
Legionnaire's Disease is a bacterial illness that causes pneumonia, which can be treated with certain antibiotics. Smokers, elderly people and people with chronic lung conditions are especially susceptible.
"It is not something you catch from people," Burstein said. "It's through inhaling water droplets, through air conditioners or swimming pools."
Hot tubs that are not properly cleaned and disinfected can become contaminated with the bacterium, according to information from the Erie County Health Department.
Cavagnaro speculated that the wet summer weather might have something to do with the spike in legionellosis cases. She said the bacterium can be found in rain puddles.
"Usually, it's not enough to make you sick," Cavagnaro said. "Usually, people who get legionellosis are immuno-suppressed or have diabetes."
Six of the 16 Niagara County cases in June had such risk factors, according to a report Cavagnaro presented to the Niagara County Board of Health.
"All of our cases have been hospitalized. There have been no deaths," she said. "The most cases have been in the Town of Lockport."
But cases also came from the City of Lockport, Gasport, Sanborn and Niagara Falls. The first case of legionellosis in Niagara County was reported June 9, and the total steadily mounted for the rest of the month, with no more than two new reports on any single day. The last case, so far, was reported July 17.
In Erie County, the greatest number of cases have been in Buffalo, which has the biggest population, Burstein said. Cases have been spread throughout the county, with the greatest number in areas with the biggest populations, she said.
Despite numerous interviews with those affected, the Erie County Health Department has not been able to identify any commonalities among the cases, she said.
"There doesn't seem to be any sort of connection we could put our finger on," she said.
Likewise, Niagara County officials have been unable to identify any common source of the bacterium for the current crop of patients, Cavagnaro said. The county and state health departments are investigating.
Legionnaire's Disease got its name from a July 1976 outbreak at an American Legion convention in a Philadelphia hotel. Twenty-five convention attendees, mostly older men, died within a week of returning home, and more than 130 were hospitalized. The eventual death toll was 34, out of a total of 221 cases.
The source of the bacterium was found to be the cooling tower for the hotel's air conditioning system.
A similar respiratory disease, called Pontiac fever after the Michigan city where it was first identified in 1968, also comes from a strain of the same bacterium.
Warm water, in particular, is a breeding ground for the bacterium.
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