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Salazar planning to meet with API board members
US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar plans to meet Mar. 19 with the American Petroleum Institute's board, which includes chief executives of several major oil companies, he said Mar. 16.
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WASHINGTON, DC, Mar. 16 -- US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar plans to meet Mar. 19 with the American Petroleum Institute's board, which includes chief executives of several major oil companies, he said Mar. 16.
"My message to the oil companies will be simple: They are, and will remain, an important part of our energy future. We need to move forward together to build a common energy plan for America," he told reporters in a teleconference from Denver before boarding a plane to Washington.
"It's important to listen to everyone on the future of energy in America. Certainly API and its members have a stake in this. The oil and gas industry is a very important part of our energy future. Having a direct dialogue with them, giving them a chance to hear where I'm coming from as secretary of the Interior, and hearing their concerns matters to me," Salazar said.
He said several majors, such as BP PLC and ConocoPhillips already are working on clean-energy programs. "We have several areas of common ground, despite the shots you hear from both sides," he said.
API said it looked forward to speaking with Salazar about industry's role in the nation's energy future. "Especially during this tough economic environment, we need to work together on a comprehensive and realistic energy policy that encourages, not discourages, the development of all domestic energy production, including oil and natural gas," it said.
A busy week
The meeting will be part of a busy week for Salazar, which also will include a Mar. 18 trip to New Orleans for the next Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale and a Mar. 17 appearance before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to discuss US conventional and renewable energy resource development plans.
Salazar said he is establishing development of renewable and alternative energy sources on US public lands as a DOI priority and as a component of a comprehensive national energy strategy to help the US reduce its dependence on foreign oil.
"Oil, natural gas, and coal will play an important role in meeting our nation's energy needs for many years to come. But our long-term economic, environmental, and national security depends on our ability to lead the clean energy revolution. Our traditional energy resources are a bridge to our clean-energy economy of the future," he said.
The strategy includes following an active oil and gas leasing schedule, according to Salazar. He said DOI will hold more than 40 major sales on public lands in 2009, which are expected to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for American taxpayers as well as billions of barrels of oil and trillions of cubic feet of gas to help meet US energy needs.
He noted that the US Bureau of Land Management has held seven onshore oil and gas lease sales in the last seven weeks, offering 830 leases covering almost 1.2 million acres in the West and selling 326 of them, totaling 254,000 acres, for more than $32 million in revenue. BLM will hold another 32 onshore oil and gas leases around the country in 2009, Salazar said.
Revenue sharing
Salazar said the US Minerals Management Service's Mar. 18 lease sale in New Orleans would offer 6,548 blocks covering 35 million acres in the Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area and would be the first of two gulf lease sales scheduled this year. This week's lease sale includes the so-called "181 South Area," which will share federal offshore leasing revenue with coastal states for the first time, he pointed out.
Salazar also said a provision in legislation authorizing the upcoming lease sale which he helped write when he was in the US Senate directs 12.5% of the revenue directly to the Land and Water Conservation Fund's stateside grant program to protect open space and build parks. "It is America's first permanent conservation royalty of its kind, and I look forward to talking about it and President [Barack] Obama's vision for LWCF during my visit to the Gulf Coast," he said.
"We need a comprehensive energy plan that includes all aspects of energy, including oil and gas production. With respect to the ups and downs of gas prices, that really is a reflection of the failure of the US for more than 40 years to seize the opportunity to create our own energy independence here at home," Salazar said.
He said he has heard from producers that increasing royalties from production on federal lands would be unfair. "My response is that we have a responsibility to the American citizens who own public oil and gas resources to maximize the returns on their development," he said.
"Many concerns are being raised. The fact is many things in Washington are not being handled as they were in the past. President Obama and his administration have turned the page, and some people and groups may not be happy," Salazar said.
"We have an effort under way to look at royalty reform and terms for oil and gas leases. All the issues are on the table, and we will work through them as the year unfolds. We need to make sure the American citizen gets the best possible return. My second priority is to make sure that we develop funding similar to what's being used in Wednesday's lease sale for the Land and Water Conservation Fund," he said.
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Q. Ever "popped" a friend's beer in a tavern? Better be a good friend. –Flounder
A. You sound like you hang with a classy crowd, Flounder. Here's how it works: Some poor sucker sets down his unfinished longneck on a table or the floor, and along comes a wiseacre who thunks down his own bottle onto the rim of the bottle beneath, which now erupts like Vesuvius. What probably happens is that a sound wave is unleashed inside the liquid, creating high and low pressure zones. Inside the low-pressure regions, activated microbubbles suddenly expand like mad, creating the wet whooooooosh!
Q. You run into an old friend, an astronomer, and she tells you her marriage has gone sour. "Joe and I make love now only once in a blue moon. And I mean that literally." From this, how cold would you say their lovebed has grown? M. Hubble
A. "Once in a blue moon"– a phrase that has been around at least 400 years, according to folklorist Philip Hiscock– has at least two common meanings: One is the second full moon occurring in a calendar month, which happens roughly once every three years.
The other meaning signifies an actual bluing of the moon's (or sun's) appearance. Ordinarily the moon looks white or yellow, or maybe orange or red when low in the sky.
But blue moons are rare indeed– brought on by particles of volcanic dust or forest fire ash being released into the atmosphere. These particles, to cause bluing, must be of a certain rare critical size, as occurred in 1950 in Alberta, Canada, when airborne oil droplets from forest fires blued the moon as far away as Scotland.
Either way, you can assume your friend's marriage bed needs some heavy stoking.
Q. For you sexual literati, what's the "Coolidge effect"? F. Leghorn
A. The story goes that when U.S. President Calvin Coolidge's wife spotted a rooster mating repeatedly, she said to her guide, "Tell Mr. Coolidge about that."
When informed of the remark, her husband asked: "Was this always with the same hen?" Told that it wasn't, he retorted: "Tell that to Mrs. Coolidge."
Thus the "Coolidge effect"– a biological fact refers to the extra stimulative power of a novel mate for humans as well as other species.
Q. There's a baby babbling away in a carriage right outside the United Nations Building. Could a linguist tell what language Mom and Dad speak? B. Huey
A. Not before age six months, when all "phonemes" (vocal building blocks) of all the world's languages are still evident. But as baby nears talk take-off, "foreign" phonemes are dropped from the babble repertoire. Now a trained ear could identify baby's language-to-be.
Q. It hovers in mid-air, it's a startling vision, few people have seen one, most can't explain it, it's not a UFO. It's a "floating finger sausage." Ever lay eyes on one? R. Serling
A. Point your index fingers toward each other about 5 inches in front of your eyes, with the tips half an inch apart. Now look between and past your fingers to the wall beyond. Can you see the disembodied chunk of finger, sausage shaped, with a nail at either end, floating between your fingertips? "Retinal disparity" creates the illusion, says Hope College psychologist David G. Myers, with your right eye seeing a slightly different view from your left eye, more pronounced for nearby objects. This is used in making 3-D movies and "Viewmaster" 3-D scenes, where a pair of cameras set a few inches apart simulate depth perception.
Observe that you can wiggle the sausage or shrink it or enlarge it by shifting the distances to and between your fingertips. But you can't cook it.
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Update: NIJ has published the results of the multisite evaluation of HOPE. Learn more in the article
Rigorous Multi-Site Evaluation Finds HOPE Probation Model Offers No Advantage Over Conventional Probation in Four Study Sites.
The HOPE program — Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement — is an experimental probation program that emphasizes the delivery of "swift and certain" punishment when a probationer violates conditions of probation.
Read about:
Hawaii HOPE Program OutcomesView larger version and text description.
NIJ-funded researchers evaluated HOPE to determine if it worked and results were positive. Compared to probationers in a control group, after one year the HOPE probationers were:
As a result, HOPE probationers served or were sentenced to 48 percent fewer days, on average, than the control group.
These results were generated using a randomized controlled trial. Researchers used a risk assessment tool to select 493 men and women who had an elevated risk of violating the terms of their probation through drug use, missed appointments or reoffending. Two-thirds of these were randomly assigned to be HOPE probationers and the remainder (the control group) were placed on probation as usual.
The researchers then compared how the two groups were doing at three months, six months, and 12 months.
Read the full evaluation,
Managing Drug Involved Probationers with Swift and Certain Sanctions: Evaluating Hawaii's HOPE (pdf, 67 pages).
HOPE starts with a formal warning, delivered by a judge in open court, that any violation of probation will result in an immediate, brief jail stay.
Before HOPE, probationers in Hawaii typically received notice of drug tests as much as a month ahead of time. Under HOPE, probationers are given a color code at the warning hearing. Every morning, they must call a hot line to hear which color has been selected for that day. If it is their color, they must appear at the probation office before 2 p.m. for a drug test.
If a HOPE probationer fails to appear for the drug test, a bench warrant is issued and served immediately. A probationer who fails the random drug test is immediately arrested and within 72 hours is brought before a judge. If the probationer is found to have violated the terms of probation, he or she is immediately sentenced to a short jail stay. Typically, the term is several days, servable on the weekend if the probationer is employed; sentences increase for successive violations.
HOPE differs from other programs by:
The HOPE program is strongly grounded in research that shows that crime generally is committed by people for whom deferred and low-probability threats of severe punishment are less effective than immediate and high-probability threats of mild punishment.
"Swift and certain" punishment for violating terms of probation sends a consistent message to probationers about personal responsibility and accountability. Research has shown that a swift response to an infraction improves the perception that the sanction is fair and that the immediacy is a vital tool in shaping behavior.
Although the central idea of HOPE is common sense — certainty and swiftness work better than severity — the challenge was how to turn that idea into a reality in the face of scarce resources.
Because only a small fraction of HOPE probationers receive mandated treatment, the program can afford to use intensive long-term residential treatment, rather than relying primarily on outpatient drug-free counseling as most diversion programs and drug courts do.
The researchers call this flexible and targeted approach to drug treatment "behavioral triage." They found that HOPE's behavioral triage has several advantages over an assess-and-treat model:
If treatment is mandated, a HOPE probationer must abstain from drug use (not merely comply with an order to appear for treatment) to avoid a prison term; this, the researchers found, positions the treatment provider as the probationer's ally in the effort to stay in out of jail.
Hawaii HOPE's Impact on WorkloadLarger version and description.
In addition to evaluating the effectiveness of HOPE in reducing violations, the researchers also performed a process evaluation. As part of that evaluation, they looked at HOPE's impact on the workloads of probation officers, judges, prosecutors, public defenders and court staff.
The researchers also surveyed general perceptions of HOPE among the probation officers, judges, prosecutors, public defenders and court staff.
Overall Perception of Hawaii HOPELarger version and description.
Overall, probation officers, probationers and defense lawyers were enthusiastic about the program. Probation officers had the most favorable view of the program, with nearly 90 percent expressing support for HOPE, followed by judges at 85 percent. Court employees had the most negative general perceptions of HOPE (50 percent); the researchers surmised that this could be due to increased workloads without the countervailing benefit of directly observing improvements in probationer behavior.
Initially, judges gave varying "doses" (the lengths of jail sentences ordered for probation violations), which caused some discontent among probation officers and probationers. But the variation in sentences decreased after the judges learned that research showed no correlation between the length of the jail term and subsequent violation rates.
Although the HOPE project holds promise, a number of questions can be answered only with more carefully controlled research. Such questions include:
To address some of these questions, BJA and NIJ have partnered to replicate and evaluate the Hawaii HOPE model in four jurisdictions that vary widely in population, density and geographic location — Clackamas County, Ore.; Essex County, Mass.; Saline County, Ark.; and Tarrant County, Tex. The Research Triangle Institute and its partner the Pennsylvania State University will conduct the evaluation to determine the impact of HOPE in reducing probationer re-offending and identify the likely challenges and costs a jurisdiction should expect when implementing the program. Results should be available in 2015.
[note 1] During their first two months in HOPE, probationers are randomly tested at least once a week. Good behavior through compliance and negative drug tests is rewarded with an assignment of a new color associated with less regular testing.
[note 2] See, for example, Harold G. Grasmick and George J. Bryjak, "The Deterrent Effect of Perceived Severity of Punishment,"
Social Forces 59(2)(1980): 471-491;
Raymond Paternoster, "Decisions to Participate in and Desist From Four Types of Common Delinquency: Deterrence and the Rational Choice Perspective,"
Law and Society Review 23(1989): 501-534;
James Nichols and H. Laurence Ross, "Effectiveness of Legal Sanctions in Dealing with Drinking Drivers," Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving 6(2)(1990): 33-55;
Faye S. Taxman, David Soule, and Adam Gelb, "Graduated Sanctions: Stepping Into Accountable Systems and Offenders,"
Prison Journal 79(2)(1999): 182-204;
Edward Rhine,
Reclaiming Offender Accountability: Intermediate Sanctions for Probation and Parole Violators, Laurel Lakes, MD: American Correctional Association, 1992;
David Farabee,
Rethinking Rehabilitation: Why Can't We Reform Our Criminals? Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute Press, 2005.
[note 3] M.A.R. Kleiman, "Controlling Drug Use and Crime with Testing, Sanctions, and Treatment," in Philip B. Heymann and William H. Brownsberger, eds.,
Drug Addiction and Drug Policy: The Struggle to Control Dependence, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001: 168-192;
A. Harrell and J. Roman, "Reducing Drug Use and Crime Among Offenders: The Impact of Graduated Sanctions," Journal of Drug Issues 31(1)(2001): 207-232.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – After taking two-of-three games against Morehead State, the Tennessee Tech softball team will look to keep things going in non-conference play as they travel to Lipscomb Wednesday, and Belmont Thursday.
The Golden Eagles begin the week with a single-game against the Lipscomb Lady Bisons. Tech is 11-8 all-time against Lipscomb, but the Lady Bisons have won three of their last four meetings against TTU, including a pair of wins last season.
Lipscomb currently owns a 27-17 record, which included three 1-0 victories in its last three games. The Lady Bisons are led by Mollie Mitchell at the plate, who has driven in a team-high 36 runs. In the circle, Whitney Kiihnl has paced the Lipscomb rotation as she has amassed an 18-9 record.
The opening pitch is set for 5 p.m.
Tech wraps up its non-conference schedule Thursday with a doubleheader at Belmont, beginning at 4 p.m. Thursday's doubleheader was originally scheduled for March 2, but weather put the games on hold. Tech is 24-2 all-time against Belmont which includes a pair of shutout victories last season.
The Bruins stand at 10-37 on the season and are currently on a six-game losing streak, including a pair of loses to UT Martin. The Belmont offense has run through Ashley Byers this season as she has hit nine home runs and has 28 RBI.
The opening pitch is set for 4 p.m.
Fans who cannot attend the games can view the livestats through the links below:
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Lew also argues against piecemeal approach to funding government.
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has a brief op-ed in Friday's USA Today arguing the need for Congress to raise the debt ceiling without reservation before the Oct. 17 deadline. The fallout of the United States not being able to pay its debts will likely be far-reaching although Lew's op-ed speaks in terms more broad than specific.
Lew's plea to Congress is meant to also clear up a number of persistent misnomers about the debt ceiling, which some incorrectly assume allows the government to freely increase spending:
We cannot put our nation in the position of not paying its bills because Congress has refused to raise the country's debt limit. It is important to note that increasing the debt limit does not give the government the ability to spend more money.
An increase in the debt limit simply allows us to pay our bills. Without a debt limit increase, our government will -- in a matter of days -- not have the resources it needs to make good on its commitments.
Only Congress has the power to lift the debt limit. That means only Congress can clear the way for our government to meet all of its financial obligations.
Lew also addresses the House of Representatives's current strategy of passing piecemeal continuing resolutions and forcing the Senate to vote down any a la carte funding measures, stating that the Obama administration's hard line of all or nothing is the only way to avoid morally ambiguous prioritization.
Some claim that the United States does not need to meet every one of its commitments. They argue that the government could pay certain bills and let others go unpaid without consequences.
The United States cannot be put in a position of having to choose which commitments it should meet. How could we possibly decide among supporting our veterans, maintaining food assistance for children in need, or sending Medicare payments to hospitals?


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Remember in grade school when we made heart cutouts and glued them on paper bags? Next, we would tape them on our desks, so that classmates could drop Valentine's Day notes in them. And then the anxiety began. Who's going to give what? Even deciding on which candy for you to give away was important; it represented who you were.
So cute … except when someone doesn't get anything like in the episode of "I Love Lisa" by The Simpsons — Lisa Simpson leaves Ralph Wiggum a "I Choo-Choo-Choose You!" note, which was interpreted incorrectly by Ralph.
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TEXTRON LYCOMING RECIPROCATING ENGINE DIV.,AVCO CORP. v. AUTOMOBILE WORKERS
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DIVISION, AVCO CORP. v. UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA et al.
certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the third circuit
Petitioner Textron Lycoming Reciprocating Engine Division (Textron) and respondentsan international union and one of its locals (hereinafter Union), which represented approximately 500 Textron employeeswere parties to a collective-bargaining agreement that prohibited the Union from striking for any reason and required Textron to notify the Union before entering into any agreement to subcontract out work that would otherwise be performed by Union members. After Textron announced plans to subcontract out enough work to cause roughly one-half of the Union members to lose their jobs, the Union filed the present complaint, which, inter alia , alleged that Textron had fraudulently induced the Union to sign the collective-bargaining agreement, and sought damages and a declaratory judgment that the agreement was voidable at the Unions option. The complaint invoked §301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act as the basis of federal subject-matter jurisdiction, but did not allege that either party had ever violated the terms of the collective-bargaining agreement. The District Court dismissed the complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, concluding that the cause of action alleged did not come within §301(a). The Third Circuit reversed.
Held: Because the Unions complaint alleges no violation of the collective-bargaining agreement, neither this Court nor the federal courts below have subject-matter jurisdiction under §301(a), which confers jurisdiction only over [s]uits for violation of contracts. While a federal court may, in the course of resolving a dispute concerning alleged violation of a collective-bargaining agreement, adjudicate the affirmative defense that the contract was invalid, see Kaiser Steel Corp. v. Mullins, 455 U. S. 72, it has no jurisdiction to resolve such a contention independently of, rather than ancillary to, its power to adjudicate [s]uits for violation of contracts. Here, since the Union neither alleges that Textron has violated the contract, nor seeks declaratory relief from its own alleged violation, §301(a) jurisdiction does not lie. The Unions reliance upon the fact that it seeks a declaration of voidability under the federal Declaratory Judgment Act rests on several less than certain assumptions, Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co., 339 U. S. 667, distinguished, but is in any event inadequate because there is no indication that either party has any interest in the contracts voidability, and hence no case or controversy on this issue giving the Union access to federal courts. Pp. 39.
117 F. 3d 119, reversed.
Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Stevens, OConnor, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed a concurring opinion. Breyer, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.


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No doubt, preparing for law school exams, especially your first set of these assessments, is a challenging experience. But many law students have survived this process not much worse for wear, so don't panic!
As noted here previously, the law library has a variety of study aids available. Here is a sample of some of the other potentially useful resources providing suggestions for exam preparation and writing:
- Westlaw Insider Blog, Preparing for Your First Set of Law School Final Exams
- Law School Academic Support Blog, Posts Related to Exams-Studying
- CALI Lessons, including Exam Taking Skills, Writing Better Law School Exams
- WSJ Law Blog, What Makes a Good Law School Exam Answer? Law Profs Weigh In
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A waitress wants answers from a customer who apparently tried to give her a $200,000 tip.
The waitress, who only wants to go by the name Sara, told local St. Louis, Missouri TV station Fox2 that a party of three people, two women and one man, recently came into her restaurant.
As she delivered the bill, one of the women reportedly told her: "I will be your guardian angel today. You've never seen a person like me. You've never had a table like me. This will change your life."
When the woman left, Sara noticed she had written in a $200,000 tip.
However, Sara was disappointed to find that the bank rejected the exorbitant amount.
She said she hopes someone will step forward and reveal the identity of the fraudulent tipper.
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Spelt Pancakes with Blueberry Compote
It is blueberry season in the Fraser Valley of Vancouver and we get these blue beauties by the flat at least a few times a month. In August we get the large variety that are about almost an inch and a half in diameter.
I made some spelt pancakes which have now completely replaced the original all purpose flour pancakes in my home. The all purpose ones always made me feel grossly full and unhealthy.
Blueberry compote made with some lemon zest, lemon juice, pinch of Mexican cinnamon, blueberries and brown sugar.


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Default. Object has no special positioning; it follows the layout rules of HTML.
absolute (absolute)
Object is positioned relative to parent element's position—or to the body object if its parent element is not positioned—using the IHTMLRuleStyle::top and IHTMLRuleStyle::left properties.
relative (relative)
Object is positioned according to the normal flow, and then offset by the IHTMLRuleStyle::top and IHTMLRuleStyle::left properties.
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Starting in Internet Explorer 7. Object is positioned relative to the layout viewport containing the content. Its positioning and display are unaffected by user panning, but affected by user zooming actions.
page (page)
Internet Explorer 10. Positioned floats only. (The IHTMLRuleStyle::display property must be set to -ms-positioned.) Object is positioned relative to the nearest initial containing block. This may be the browser or application window or a content container such as an iframe. The IHTMLRuleStyle2::bottom, IHTMLRuleStyle::top, IHTMLRuleStyle::left, and IHTMLRuleStyle2::right properties are used to position the element relative to the boundaries of the viewport that the positioned float would normally be placed in (that is, if position:static was set). For more information, see Positioned Floats.
IE11. Object is positioned relative to the visual viewport containing the content. Its positioning and display are unaffected by user panning actions as well as user zooming actions.
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Setting the property to absolute pulls the object out of the "flow" of the document and positions it regardless of the layout of surrounding objects. If other objects already occupy the given position, they do not affect the positioned object, nor does the positioned object affect them. Instead, all objects are drawn at the same place, causing the objects to overlap. This overlap is controlled by using the IHTMLRuleStyle::zIndex attribute or property. Absolutely positioned objects do not have margins, but they do have borders and padding.
To enable absolute positioning on an object you must specify at least one of the IHTMLRuleStyle::top, IHTMLRuleStyle2::bottom, IHTMLRuleStyle::left, or IHTMLRuleStyle2::right properties, in addition to setting the IHTMLRuleStyle2::position property to absolute. Otherwise, these positioning properties use their default value of absolute, which causes the object to render immediately after the preceding elements, according to the layout rules of HTML
Input from pointing devices, such as the mouse, does not penetrate through overlapping elements even if the elements are not visible. This is also true for positioned elements with a negative z-index unless:
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- The parent is positioned (that is, its IHTMLRuleStyle2::position property is set to absolute or relative).
Setting the property to relative places the object in the natural HTML flow of the document, but offsets the position of the object based on the preceding content. The following syntax shows how to create superscript text by placing the text in a span that is positioned relative to the remaining text in the paragraph.

The superscript in this name
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Text and objects that follow a relatively positioned object occupy their own space and do not overlap the natural space for the positioned object. In contrast, text and objects that follow an absolutely positioned object occupy what would have been the natural space for the positioned object before it was pulled out of the flow. Placing an absolutely positioned object beyond the viewable area of the window causes a scroll bar to appear. When relatively positioned objects are placed beyond the viewable area, a scroll bar is not shown.
The size of the content determines the size of objects with layout. For example, setting the IHTMLRuleStyle::height and IHTMLRuleStyle2::position properties on a div object gives it layout. The content of the div determines the size. In this case, the content determines the size of the IHTMLCurrentStyle::width.
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|March 19th, 2016, 12:00 AM
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Seba iGoR vs Trix vs ???
Hi everyone (I am posting this question in this sub-forum because, here, I 've found
similar question asked).
Well, without too much yada yada, here is what
lead me to join this forum (others will follow later ).
So far I was skating on many different skates but right now I am
wearing out second pair of Rollerblade Twisters. Those served me perfectly
and I learned a lot on them as well as couple of tricks. I am not pro and I am not
willing to compete but I am aiming to skate like one and to learn harder tricks.
Long story short: I am looking for a new pair of "more serious" skates.
Now, by googling an checking out forums like this one, I came up to Seba
skates and at first sight I like them but I am not really aware of all characteristics
which would lead me to choice. But I do know what I need:
1. As those are expensive (but good quality comes with price),
I'd like to get model which could last for couple of seasons. I am aware they can't last forever,
but I am not really willing to buy them this season and then to have to consider replacement at the end of the next one.
I skate quite often so I'd probably need stiffer one.
2. Somewhat confronting with previous, I'd also like something light as the primary
downside of my twisters is their weight (but on the other side they are rock solid).
So balance between stiffness/weight is important.
3. Purpose: learning and practicing tricks, then trying out slalom, then fitness skating
As far as I could understand, those are coming with integrated or replaceable liner,
but I'd go with integrated as it leads to better control.
That was long I know, I hope someone will have enough patience to read and help me
Thanks in advance
|March 19th, 2016, 06:32 AM
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Better than twisters but not elite level would be a seba high. A hard to break in skate with good reviews and apparentoy exceptional durability.
The standard frames used to be flat on that skate. May be the "deluxe" rockered frames as stock now.
Do you rocker your frames with 76/80/80/76?
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|March 20th, 2016, 03:07 PM
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Well, so far I haven't but that is the plan
once I get appropriate skates.
First get familiar with them, then
start gradually with more advanced tricks
what eventually would involve rockering.
Thanks for your tip, I'll take a look at Highs
as well...seems like solid next step before
hard core pro stuff like iGoR and twisters.
|March 21st, 2016, 09:57 AM
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|March 21st, 2016, 10:13 AM
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The jump between Twisters/FR's to Highs (even High Lights) are quite marginal in my opinion. If you are planning to upgrade the Twisters, I'd say go straight for the carbon boots, otherwise I'd stick with the Twisters for a while longer.
The Trix/KSJ's are the lighter of the two. The Trix/KSJ's has a special cuff design which gives it quite a lot of freedom bending forwards and backwards, which is both a selling point and a deterrent for individual skaters. The iGors are a pair of extremely solid and stiff boots, with much less flexibility around the ankle area.
If you are also impartial to brands, the Powerslide flagship boot, HC Evo are a pair of carbon boots, with weights comparable to the KSJ/Trix. It tends to have a much lower price point than Seba equivalents but the savings depend on where you are from. The HC Evo does not quite look as nice in my opinion and has a normal plastic cuff, however it is still a top quality product and also used by current competitors in slalom.
If you haven't rockered your skates yet - I'd recommend you get to it ASAP. Tricks are much easier to learn on rocker and you'd find the extra maneuverability super useful for your old tricks as well
EDIT: I'm editing to say that it's not a bad idea to jump into an intermediate skate between liner skates and carbon boots. If you are happy with the skates then there is no reason to stop you!
|March 21st, 2016, 04:39 PM
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Currently both Powerslide and Seba (here mentioned models of both) require the same effort for me to obtain.
|March 23rd, 2016, 01:36 AM
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It appears that the weight savings between Trix/WFSC/KSJs (they are all essentially the same boot with minute differences) and the High Light Carbons is only 60 grams for 2 boots.
If you are after the lightest boot, then Hardcore Evo, Trix, WFSC, KSJ or HLC's should all be your best bet (in no particular order).
The advantages of the igor lies in it's stiffness and rigidity, which is preferable for some in doing more technical tricks. I emphasise that this does not necessarily mean igors are better - as others can prefer the flexibility offered by other skates.
You should note that since the High Light Carbons are a relatively new boot, there may not be that many reviews on the skate itself and its potential problems would be more difficult to locate.
|March 23rd, 2016, 02:27 AM
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Hi rssole,
nice to hear that you want to do more slalom skating. I do slalom for recreation and prefer stylish execution over trick count any day.
My comments on TRIX, KSJ, and IGOR:
The TRIX (2014) was my first serious skate. After about 10 months, the inner lining started to wear out (in the heel/ankle area). I used to be careful while putting the skates on, because the same thing has already happened to a friend (with IGOR). That didn't avoid it though. Later I learned that it happens to all my slalom friends. Skates wear, just like cothes wear. Don't expect to get more than one year free of trouble (unless you do just occasional skating).
After getting my liners patched, I was disappointed with the result and realized that it was time for new skates. A perfect opportunity to find the best and most exciting skates, improving on everything, opening a new world, just like what the TRIX did for me when I got them first! So I checked reviews on internet and tested skates from friends.
My highest hopes were on the IGOR, but trying them on was very disappointing. I expected firm support, but the opposite was true. At least on my feet, the IGOR has a looser fit than the TRIX, especially when it comes to lateral support. The stiffness of the IGOR boot does not permit lacing as tight as I want to. It is heavier than the TRIX is (bcs of the wider footbed, slide protectors, heelpad, cuff, larger frame mating plate). Also, the IGOR liners tend to wear out in a similar way like my TRIX. For me the IGOR is all disadvantages, except for the heel pad maybe.
After two weeks of researching and testing, I realized that the best skate for me was actually the TRIX that I already had. So I bought another pair of them, and this time I customized the flat stock frame for a deluxe rockered. I couldn't have been happier with my new skates!!!
Another 6 months later I saw the promo video of the KSJ 2015 edition. I had already tried the WFSC before, and the 2015 editions were said to have an improved liner design. Again I thought that these shiny new skates will add extra fun to my favourite hobby, and ordered them without doing any further research. Again, frame and wheels needed to be switched for better ones.
It was an impulse decision. I don't regret it, but it didn't turn out stellar either. Several months in, I still prefer skating with the TRIX.
KSJ and TRIX are very similar. The KSJ is supposed to weight 40 gramms less (I didnt verify that). My TRIX come in at 1540 gramms each, incl frame and worn wheels and street dirt on them. Both are definately among the lightest skates ever made. Putting the KSJ on is more difficult, because the liner has a rougher finish and my socks keep sticking to it. The stiffness of the boot is identical from toe to heel and up to the ankles. Above the ankle, the TRIX is more flexible than the KSJ. The stiff border at the top of KSJ causes injuries to my legs while fitness skating (but not while doing slalom). In general, the KSJ cause pain while the TRIX do not.
I like the extra flexibility of the upper parts of the TRIX. It helps tight lacing and makes the skate fit my foot like a glove. During the first 90 minutes of slalom, I can't feel any significant advantage of either skate. The handling is very similar. During longer sessions, I wish for less flexibility in the upper area of the TRIX. It feels like if the composite materials become a bit more bland after constantly massaging them with slalom bending forces.
On the other hand, the KSJ begin to hurt after an hour, so I rarely keep them on for longer than 2 hours. The extra stiffness is appreciated during some moves, but comes at a price that negates most of its benefits.
All in all, the KSJ can't trump the TRIX for me. My next skate will be a TRIX 2014 again. I can only hope that there is still stock available when my 2nd pair eventually wears out..
My advice for you is:
If your Twisters still are in a somewhat acceptable shape, follow the suggestion given by other posters and rocker them. It makes so much of a difference! Get 4 new wheels and pair them with your 4 most worn out ones. It will feel like completely different skates, all without the pain of a new boot.
Good wheels are Matter Juice F1 80mm. You can complete them with another set of 76mm later, if you decide to keep your old skates. Or you can use them as spare for whatever new skate you will buy.
Before you buy any skates, try them on, and try them skating (borrow them from a friend). A more expensive skate is not necessarily better for you. In the end it depends on your anatomy and skating style.
Rockered setup, quality components (stiff frame, bearings, wheels) and light-weight boots that fit your feet well. This is what you have to look for. The rest is just marketing, hearsay or following what others do.
Skating, and especially slalom, is a very individual sport. Videos, instructors, and friends can help you pick up stuff faster, but in the end you are the one who has to figure out the dynamics of each trick. Much of that works through repetition and self observation. And it comes with a psychological component attached to it. If you believe that modifying your old skates is not good enough for slalom, they will not work for you.
Luckily, the opposite is also true.
Best regards,
|October 20th, 2016, 10:59 PM
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Igor Carbon Cuff on Trix/KSJ
I have read in a couple of places that the Trix Y cuff can be swapped for the Carbon cuff provided on the Igor boot. Is this true? I imagine the Trix would need a pair of cuff nuts installed for this to be possible as the mounting points for the y cuffs are completely different.
I have a pair of The cheaper Trix2 skates and the Carbon cuffs are definitely not compatible.
Being able to choose and change the type of support would be a great option if this is the case with the Trix and KSV skates.
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As the Bills players dressed after a tough loss on the snowy field of Cleveland Browns Stadium, they learned that their flight home was not going to take off from the airport because of the snowstorm. It got worse on Monday when the charter flight was again grounded because of a wide turn on the tarmac which got the the plane stuck in the mud. Instead of a short charter flight back to Orchard Park, the Bills were forced to take a lengthy bus trip along the shores of Lake Erie, plenty of time to dwell on another lost season without a playoff berth.
The Bills travel woes are an excellent metaphor for their season as a whole. Instead of flying high and coming home the easy way, they ran into trouble in Cleveland and came home in decidedly less style - the team stuck in the mud like the landing gear and not going anywhere.
If you've been a Bills fan for more than a few years it was tough to see the Bills lose in the snow. Instead of Jim Kelly and crew dismantling the Raiders or defeating a shivering team from Houston wearing powder blue, the team relied on rookies from California with predictable results – oh how the times have changed.
Being the pessimist I am (I prefer the term 'realist'), I had little hope for the Bills this season. Even before the first of 14 players were placed on IR I thought the team would see about 4 wins this season. The losses of experienced players, the untested youth at many positions and frankly the lack of talent at some positions did not leave me with expectations of greatness.
As the season progressed the news seemed to get worse by the week – players being injured on a weekly basis, conservative game plans, difficult opponents all had me thinking that this was going to be a long season.
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No matter how tantalizingly close the Bills came to becoming a playoff team it was not to be. Momentum and youth only took the Bills so far. The truth of the matter is that they were simply overmatched by the better teams on their schedule. Sure, they were close to beating Dallas, but for the most part their losing margins were predictable. And it all came to an inglorious end in Cleveland on Sunday.
Playing their first game in winter conditions, the young Bills offense showed they have a lot to learn about playing in snowy, blustery weather. Trent Edwards played his first game using gloves to keep his hands from freezing and the results weren't good – he was wildly inaccurate on a number of throws. Beyond that, the California kid looked confused and unsure of himself in the conditions and was unable to move the offense for much of the afternoon.
If Edwards is going to be successful in Buffalo he's going to have to learn how to handle the snow quickly, as will many other players. Perhaps training camp should be moved to Barrow, Alaska this year. There would be less fans and the team may have to hire polar bear lookouts, but think of how easy it would be to get tickets to night practices!
To be fair, the loss to the Browns can't be blamed completely on Edwards. The receiving corps had a tough time running their routes and getting open. While the Cleveland receivers adjusted their routes to accommodate the field conditions, the Bills receivers did not and were slipping and sliding all day.
Defensively the Bills had a tough time controlling the line of scrimmage and stopping the run. Given the weather the Bills had to expect to see more of the Cleveland running game than most but still allowed Jamal Lewis to rack up 163 yards on the ground – not a good showing by the defensive line and the linebacking corps and certainly not good enough to win the game.
So the Bills find themselves shut out of the post season yet again. While that isn't surprising (at least not to people like me), it is painful, especially since the Bills were so close. Its one thing to play poorly and win only a handful of games – then missing the playoffs is expected. But getting close enough to have the playoffs within reach and seeing slip away is painful – "Bills painful" as I call it. We saw this last in 2004 when the Bills controlled their playoff destiny and lost to a squad of backups in Pittsburgh in the last week of the season. That wasn't just painful, it was Bills painful (if you still don't understand the term go back and watch the Dallas game from this season – it'll tell you what that gnawing feeling in your gut is called).
So here I write a piece about the end of the Bills season, something I always knew I was going to write. But the gnawing in my gut is much worse than I expected. I don't know if that's any better or worse than a long bus ride from Cleveland or being stuck in frozen mud, but it hurts and I don't see the pain ending anytime soon.


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The FaceTime app included with the iPhone 4 was one of the most widely welcomes features of Apple's latest idevice. The app made use of the iPhone 4's twin cameras to allow for video chats. Now the same app has been ported to the Mac.
FaceTime for Mac works in very much the same way as its mobile counterpart. The app takes advantage of your Mac built in camera and using your Apple ID you can sign into your online account and hold video chats with other Mac users or contacts with iPhones or iPads.
Starting a chat with a contact is very simple - just click a phone number in Address Book to place a call to a phone, or click an email address to call a Mac or iPod touch. FaceTime will run in the background at all times so you'll always be notified when someone wants to get in touch, but you can turn FaceTime off temporarily if you'd prefer not to be disturbed.
The clean, uncluttered interface is a joy to use, with controls fading out of view leaving the video window the centre of attention. The interface adapts quickly and smoothly depending on whether an iPhone 4 user you are talking with is using the front or back camera on their phone, and the overall experience is a polish affair that exceeds that of many IM clients.
FaceTime is now commercial, retails for $0.99 and no trial version is available.
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So i'm in the process of trying to make the ULTIMATE ANIMAL PLAYLIST! There are just some AC songs that I just have to hear everyday, multiple times a day, that just get me pumped and keep me going, put a smile on my face! What are yours? Here are mine: WE TIGERS The Purple Bottle Brothersport Slippi Tikwid What Would I Want? SKY Winter Wonder Land Winter's Love Street Flash Bat You'll Fly La Rapet Chocolate Girl People Essplode Water Curses Safer That's it. Kind of expected maybe? See, i'm not sure. Because I have no idea what other people's favorite AC songs are. Tell me!
I'd probably chuck in Alvin Row, Bluish, Grass, April and the Phantom, In the Flowers, Fireworks, #1, For Reverend Green, Loch Raven, In the Singing Box, maybe Prospect Hummer, Fickle Cycle and No More Runnin' (these are in addition to my picks already on your list). Don't wanna think of too many more.
[quote="Phantom"]Alvin Row, April and the Phantom, Fireworks, For Reverend Green, Loch Raven, In the Singing Box, No More Runnin' [/quote] Yeah, i'd put those in too! Good picks! I know there are some more that i'm missing too. I love Throwin the Round Ball.
In the Flowers Reverend Green Banshee Beat Did You See the Words Fireworks Grass My Girls Peacebone Bluish Doggy Graze What Would I Want? Sky Purple Bottle Cuckoo Cuckoo Summertime Clothes
hmm, my list might be: Baby Day Mouth Wooed Her The Purple Bottle Taste Water Curses EP Tikwid Pacebone ( << Is there even such a thing? ) Prospect Hummer ( Pandas back ups in this song is very sweet ) I Remember Learning How To Dive In The Singing Box For Reverend Green  (The bands side projects) On A Farm - Panda Bear ( someone on this forum commented on the simplicity of the song and ever since I've really adored it )

[quote="wolftigerrosebud"] Banshee Beat -> Bees (I love how Bees sounds after Banshee Beat) [/quote] do you mean, bees into banshee beat or do you change it up? i personally loooove the Purple Bottle into Bees because its so chill in comparison to the summer energy on the last half of the PB.

It surely is a wonderful trio. Probably my favorite of the album too.
Amazing picks guys, glad to know that my favorites are also favorites of others
IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER! (for your convenience!) : Also Frightened Brothersport College Fickle Cycle For Reverend Green Grass Graze Leaf House Lion In A Coma Must Be Treeman No More Runnin Peacebone The Purple Bottle The Softest Voice Summertime Clothes We Tigers What Would I Want? Sky No idea if they flow together in that order. Those are just my favorites. Huzzah! ^-^
People Street Flash Fickle Cycle Winter's Love I Think I Can Cuckoo Cuckoo We Tigers Cobwebs Chocolate Girl Banshee Beat Taste [i]the first five are in order (greatest to least), the others vary order but the songs never change[/i] I also really really love Native Belle, Another White Singer, Tantrum Barb, What Happened, Alvin Row, Baby Day, April and the Phantom, Pride and Fight,
We Tigers your playlist is perfect! I'd add My Girls though.
[quote="156curses"] (The bands side projects) On A Farm - Panda Bear ( someone on this forum commented on the simplicity of the song and ever since I've really adored it )[/quote] on a farm is actually my favorite Panda Bear song so far
Currently: Banshee Beat Fireworks Water Curses Leaf House Bluish What Would I Want? Sky #1 Daily Routine Did You See The Words Cuckoo Cuckoo We Tigers Penny Dreadfuls Mr. Fingers Bleed
1: Lion In A Coma 2: Safer 3: Kids on Holiday 4: Purple Bottle 5: Winter Wonderland 6: Winter's Love 7: April and the Phantom 8: Fireworks 9: No More Runnin 10: We Tigers This be my top 10 list of, but I love all of Animal Collective's songs, but that is my top 10.
Purple Bottle. Probably the most awe inspiring love song of all time. Honorable Mentions (Other Favorites) Alvin Row, Did You See The Words?, Grass, Fireworks, Cuckoo Cuckoo, Summertime Clothes, Brothersport, Safer, and Fickle Cycle
my favorites tend to cycle through most of their songs depending on my mood, but right now Two Sails On A Sound Ahhhh Good Country Essplode Bat You'll Fly Daily Routine Slippi Bees Leaf House Chores Loch Raven (no particular order)
In no particular order: Ahhh Good Country Alvin Row Kids On Holiday Mr. Fingers Meet the Light Child Essplode Penny Dreadfuls Turn Into Something Fickle Cycle Flesh Canoe De Soto De Son Doggy Working What Happened Tantrum Barb Spirit They've Vanished The Living Toys Chocolate Girl La Rapet Another White Singer The Purple Bottle Screens Bat You'll Fly In the Singing Box Native Belle Hey Light Two Sails On a Sound Slippi Who Could Win a Rabbit Visiting Friends Banshee Beat Chores For Reverend Green Fireworks Derek In the Flowers Also Frightened Brother Sport
#1 is #1 For Reverend Green Taste Fireworks Banshee Beat No More Runnin' Also Frightened Brother Sport Kids On Holiday Street Flash What Would I Want? Sky
Sweet Road Alvin Row April and the Phantom What Would I Want? Sky Leaf House Did You See The Words Fireworks Tantrum Barb Who Could Win a Rabbit (Crack box and studio version) College Hey Light Hey Friend Chocolate Girl Brother Sport My Girls Peacebone Also Frightened We Tigers Prospect Hummer Forest Gospel Doggy Slippi
Spirit they´ve vanished Essplode Hey light Slippi Queen in my pictures The softest voice Visiting friends Grass The purple bottle Tikwid Water curses Baleen sample Chores Cuckoo cuckoo Also frightened Daily routine I think I can Track 5 from Oddsac
I was thinking of my favorite AC songs today. There are some songs that blew me away the first time I heard it more so than others: We Tigers Who Could Win A Rabbit Taste Native Belle/Hey Light The Purple Bottle Turn Into Something Here are others: Winters Love Did You See The Words Brother Sport (Midi Festival 2007) Summertime Clothes (Midi Festival 2007) Guys Eyes Cuckoo Cuckoo (Live @ Malta 2006) Slippi Chores Street Flash Chocolate Girl Alvin Row
Did you see the word Grass The Purple Bottle Banshee Beat In The Flowers My Girls Summertime Clothes Brother Sport Tantrum Barb People For Reverend Green Fireworks Cuckoo Cuckoo Peacebone Leaf House Who Could Win a Rabbit (Also love both versions) What Would I Want? Sky! Water Curses Street Flash Cobwebs <3<3
That's definitely a tough question! After a tonnn of narrowing down, I think mine would look something like this: *Grass *Taste *Did You See The Words? *We Tigers *Summertime Clothes *Brothersport *What Would I Want? Sky *Turn Into Something *#1 *Also Frightened *Lion In A Coma *Derek *Peacebone *Who Could Win a Rabbit *Leaf House *The Purple Bottle *My Girls *Fireworks *For Reverend Green *Street Flash ...I'll stop it there, but those are only half of the favorites! (x
Wow, I really like your avatar. It's Something cool, though I don't know quite what it is. Solid list, btw.
Thankss, it's actually the cover of the Summertime Clothes single 12". I don't quite know what it is either. (:
Swede. It looks like an orange, asparaGus, and a totem pole.
Here's a larger one. Do I spot blue asparagus? [img]http://i56.tinypic.com/24cxk3l.png[/img]
I see assorted fruits and a vase.. and what looks like either flower petals, pills, or... foam packaging peanuts. (x
We could play I Spy with this! Do you see the little rabbit thing, next to the orange? Or the weird eyestalk thing coming from behind the lemon? Those are probably flower petals or pills... don't look like packing peanuts... Woah, did you see the patio heater? Almost missed it.
i always wondered what was going on with the peace bone sing hell! [img]http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/musicblogs/default/animal-collective-prep-peacebone-single--large-msg-118340822245.jpg[/img]
Blown glass?
it always looks like some amusement park ride to me [and then in the video them being at an amusement park re-inforced this even more-so!] or maybe some sort of syko-dalek mushroom?
I'm not sure, why, but I see a melting candle.. Whatever it is, it's pretty. xP
I think it's a patchwork quilt made entirely of vegetables.
Maybe it's a melting amusement park ride made of blown glass and vegetables...
Or maybe it's a melted tricycle-rollercoaster with garbage cans for hands.
..Anything's possible with Animal Collective cover art!
those always have looked like mushroom stems to me. Or maybe they just make me think of them...sitting in a pretty glass cup with purple water..............
I love every album by them as much as the other except for mpp. I also love all live concerts 2004 and earlier. These guys are just too good haha.
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Several researchers from Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center presented abstracts at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2012 in Chicago. Some of those findings include:
HuR and Ovarian Cancer
Silencing HuR may be a promising therapeutic approach for the treatment of ovarian cancer, according to an abstract presented at AACR by researchers from Thomas Jefferson University, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, the Geisinger Clinic and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
HuR is a RNA-binding protein that post-transcriptionally regulates genes involved in the normal cellular response to cancer-associated stressors, like DNA damage, nutrient depletion and therapeutic agents. When triggered by stress, HuR translocates from the nucleus to the cytoplasm where it potently influences translation of key tumor promoting mRNAs by mRNA stabilization and direct facilitation of translation.
Previously, it has been shown that HuR expression is a prognostic marker in ovarian cancers. Thus, researchers tested the effects of manipulating HuR expression levels on ovarian tumor growth characteristics and tested the hypothesis that silencing HuR through delivery of an HuR siRNA would be effective in suppressing the growth of ovarian tumors.
Following treatment of ovarian cancer cells in culture with an adenovirus containing the HuR coding sequence, HuR expression was increased by about 40% above control cells.
In the patient cohort, researchers also detected HuR activation (i.e., cytoplasmic HuR positivity) in twenty-four of thirty four patients (71 percent), providing evidence that the majority of patients have activated HuR.
"These data provide evidence that silencing HuR, even as a monotherapeutic strategy, may be a promising therapeutic approach for the treatment of ovarian cancer," wrote the authors.
Authors of the paper include Janet A. Sawicki and Yu-Hung Huang, of Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Charles J. Yeo, Agnieszka K. Witkiewicz, Jonathan R. Brody, of Thomas Jefferson University, Radhika P. Gogoi, of Geisinger Clinic, Danville, Pa., and Kevin Love and Daniel G. Anderson, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
This work was supported by the Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research.
Radiotherapy and Glioblastoma
Radiotherapy's effect on glioblastoma (GBM) is enhanced in the presence of a heat shock protein and a P13K inhibitor, researchers from the Department of Radiation Oncology reported at AACR.
Glioblastoma tumors frequently contain mutations in the tumor suppressor gene, PTEN, leading to loss of PTEN activity, which causes overactivation of the PI3K pathway, inducing inhibition of apoptosis and radioresistance.
Heat-shock protein 90 (HSP90) is a molecular chaperone that is over-expressed in GBM and that has among its client proteins, PI3K and Akt.
It was hypothesized that dual inhibition of HSP90 and PI3K signaling would additively or synergistically radiosensitize GBM through inhibition of radiation-induced PI3K/Akt signaling, leading to enhanced apoptosis.
Confirming their theory, the researchers found that the response of glioblastoma to radiotherapy was enhanced in the presence of BKM120 and HSP990. Enhanced apoptosis also contributed to the mechanism of cell death.
Authors of the study include Phyllis Rachelle Wachsberger, Yi Liu, Barbara Andersen, and Adam P. Dicker, of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Richard Y. Lawrence, of Jefferson and the Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
This work was supported by a grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
Non-Small Lung Cancer and DACH1
Researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have identified a protein relationship that may be an ideal treatment target for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). They presented their findings at AACR.
DACH1, a cell fate determination factor protein, appears to be a binding partner to p53, a known tumor suppressor, which inhibits NSCLC cellular proliferation.
As cancer develops and becomes more invasive, the expression of DACH1 decreases. Clinical studies have demonstrated a reduced expression of the DACH1 in breast, prostate and endometrial cancer.
In a previous study of more than 2,000 breast cancer patients, Jefferson researchers found that a lack of DACH1 expression was associated with a poor prognosis in breast cancer patients. Patients who did express DACH1 lived an average of 40 months longer.
Genetic studies have identified several oncogenes activated in lung cancer, including K-Ras and EGFR. Given the importance of the EGFR in human lung cancer, researchers examined the role of DACH1 in lung cancer cellular growth, migration and DNA damage response.
For this study, endogenous DACH1 was reduced in human NSCLC, with expression levels of DACH1 correlating inversely with clinical stage and pathological grade.
Re-expression of DACH1 also reduced lung cancer cell colony formation and cellular migration. Cell cycle analyses demonstrated that G2/M block by ectopic expression of DACH1 occurs synergistically with p53.
Fluorescent microscopy demonstrated co-localization of DACH1 with p53, and immunoprecipitation and western blot assay showed DACH1 association with p53.
"DACH1 enhanced the cytotoxcity of cisplatin and doxorubicin, two commonly used drugs for NSCLC," the authors write in the abstract. "Together, our studies demonstrate that p53 is a DACH1 binding partner that inhibits NSCLC cellular proliferation."
Authors of the study include Ke Chen, Kongming Wu, Wei Zhang, Jie Zhou, Timothy Stanek, Zhiping Li, Chenguang Wang, L. Andrew Shirley, Hallgeir Rui, Steven McMahon, Richard G. Pestell, of Thomas Jefferson University, Kimmel Cancer Center and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.


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- Islamist and liberals forces boycott parliamentary elections Saturday
- The turnout is 40% compared with nearly 60% in February's parliamentary elections
- The emir and crown prince send congratulatory messages Sunday to election winners
Kuwaiti opposition groups Sunday declared their election boycott a success after a drop in voter turnout, highlighting a growing divide with the royal family.
The oil-rich nation held parliamentary elections Saturday that were largely boycotted by Islamist and liberals forces.
As Kuwait's official news agency reported that the emir and crown prince were sending congratulatory messages to election winners, opposition groups hailed their boycott as successful.
"Despite the government's media campaign to interfere in the electoral process and their clear criticism of the boycott as a peaceful movement ... the ballot boxes came to prove that the majority of the people reject" the elections, the Popular Committee for Boycotting the Election said in a statement.
Saturday's turnout was about 40% compared with nearly 60% in February's parliamentary elections in which Sunni Islamists and tribal Bedouins made big gains, according to election officials.
In June, the country's constitutional court declared the February elections invalid and re-instated the former government-leaning assembly. Opposition groups are protesting the invalidation of the results and a new voting law, which they say is unconstitutional.
Later in the same month, 35 members of the Islamist-led parliament resigned and demanded a "full parliamentary system."
After weeks of mass protests and following a recommendation from his Cabinet, Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dissolved parliament in October and ordered new elections in December. He also made the unpopular changes to the voting system.
But the Islamists and tribal leaders, who had won in February's elections, formed a bloc calling for a boycott to the elections.
The group has gained popularity among ordinary Kuwaitis frustrated with the disconnect between their elected parliamentarians and government officials who are usually hand-picked by the emir.
The boycott bloc, which calls the newly elected 50-member parliament "illegitimate," has drastically affected the makeup of the assembly.
Certain groups performed well.
Shiite candidates doubled their number by gaining at least 15 seats, the most they've had at parliament. Women, who were allowed to vote for the first time in 2005, also staged a comeback in the new parliament by gaining three seats.
Also, for the first time in Kuwait's history, two powerful tribes -- Al Mutair and Al Awazem -- will not be represented in parliament.


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Friday, December 14, 2012
Patient education offers comic relief
HEALTHY LAUGHS: Leamy and Sikora
Susie and Ray are gearing up for the holidays in vastly different ways. Ray is frazzled and worried and isn't properly taking care of himself. Susie on the other hand feels prepared and positive about the upcoming season. She even starts an impromptu dance party in her kitchen as a way to unwind and laugh with her family. At quick glance, it's easy to see which life is the best to emulate. And that's just what the MGH Diabetes Education Program hopes its new comic series provides patients – quick and fun educational tips to help them on the path to a healthier life.
"It's a great way to tackle wordy topics," says Chrisanne Sikora, the diabetes program's project manager for social media. "When you receive a lot of information, sometimes your eyes start to glaze over – it's a lot to take in all at once. With this type of educational material, people can see immediately what the end goal is – things like they should eat more slowly and chew their food – they know that this is behavior they should model. The visual format helps get that point across quickly."
The idea to incorporate comics into patient education materials was sparked when someone mentioned that Catherine Leamy, a web developer in the MGH Laboratory of Computer Science, was a cartoonist in her spare time. "I've been drawing my whole life for fun," Leamy says. "Using comics in the medical field is really starting to take off and gain more momentum. There is so much potential because it helps people quickly identify emotions and also helps those who may have low literacy."
The creative process began earlier this year when Sikora and Leamy met to brainstorm potential topics that would work well told in the comic format. When faced with naming the characters, they reached out to the MGH community for suggestions – which resulted in Susie and Ray officially being brought to life. With the initial two comics available on the Diabetes Education Program's blog, "Diabetes Views," Sikora and Leamy are now in the process of working on the next comics in the series.
"I really like to create comics where people see themselves in the characters so they can really relate to the topic and see that it is reasonable and doable," Leamy says. "I want them to go away thinking, 'This is simple. I can do this.'"
For more information, visit http://mghdiabeteseducation.wordpress.com.
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I strongly suggest you read this nice summary of what is going on with the Texans by Alan Burge, "Texans on short list of teams not acquiring new players via free agency." One reason I like it is because it disposes nonsense ideas you some times hear on sports talk.
Some thoughts I would like to add to it:
* Redskins/Cowboys penalties. Right before free agency was supposed to start, the NFL announced that the Redskins and Cowboys were going to get penalized $46 million in cap space over the next two years for allocating too much salary to last year's "uncapped" year. The teams have rightfully filed a grievance. The purpose of the uncapped year along with no salary floor was to encourage both the owners and players not to get to that year without having a new deal in place. The players would get penalized with no salary floor, and the owners would get penalized for no salary cap that theoretically would lead to runaway salaries.
But the runaway salaries didn't happen, and the NFLPA claimed the owners were colluding.
I wondered why the Texans didn't engage in salary cap tricks that could have put more salary into last year's pot. Why they acted as though they had a salary cap even though they didn't. Theoretically, that could have made retaining Mario Williams and other upcoming contracts a greater possibility if you front loaded their contracts to incentivize them not to test free agency. The Texans repeatedly talked about working within an internal budget (which in some ways made sense if you assumed the cap would return the following year). And I guess why they restructured current players last year in order to acquire Johnathan Joseph and Danieal Manning was because whatever the spirit of the cap rules were going to be, they risked getting the smack down by the league like the Redskins and Cowboys did.
* Salary Floor Free Agency. I don't know why some people are so angry about the Texans off-season so far. When did they think the Texans were going to play for last year's (difference-making) free agent splash? If you are prioritizing, they kept Arian Foster and Chris Myers, both players that make the transition to next year easier, and had to make hard choices with other players.
It was particularly hard when a number of teams used last year to not spend at all. Next year's salary floor will be fairly high, so for some teams, they can spend like they are playing with Monopoly money. Meanwhile, the credit card statement just came in for the Texans spending last year.
* The Off-Season Isn't Done. So there's that.
* Mexican Breakfast. Though the business aspects of the NFL can be unpleasant, most of the time Mexican breakfast is not. Very few days can't be improved by a breakfast taco or the like. One of the best parts of living in this part of the world is proximity to quality Mexican food, and more specifically to quality Mexican breakfast. Some cities have palatable Mexican food but maybe not breakfast options.
What I would like to ask kind readers is suggestions for
1. Their favorite places to get Mexican breakfast and why.
2. Suggestions of places that serve all-day Mexican breakfast. I love all day Mexican breakfast but sadly know of only a few that make it an all day option. It's sad if you are trying to get to a place before they stop serving breakfast and you whiff. Yeah, I know if that's your worst problem you have it pretty good but at that moment you get the "Sorry no more breakfast" response, it's such a Charlie Brown getting the football pulled by Lucy moment. The places I know that do all day Mexican breakfast are Berryhill's, Torchy's, Cha Chos, Buffalo Grill. That is an anemically short list. In a city this large, there has to be more restaurants who are friends of Mexican breakfast eaters. So if you know of more, please let me know.
3. Oh, and if you have Texany stuff to talk about, this is the place. Comments make the off-season go faster.


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June 12, 2006
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Andrew Silva, formerly the head women's water polo coach at Marist College, has been named assistant coach for the men's and women's programs at UC Santa Barbara, it was announced Monday.
Silva spent the past three seasons at Marist, the first as an assistant before taking over the reigns of the program in 2005. The San Luis Obispo, Calif., native was named 2006 Metro Atlantic Athletic Association Coach of the Year after leading the Red Foxes to the eight-team NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. Last season Marist won a school-record 23 games - 10-better than the previous mark set in 2005, also under Silva - and won its first-ever MAAC title by upsetting No. 1 seed Wagner in the conference championship match on April 30.
"Andrew has a proven track record of excellence, having turned around the Marist program in a short amount of time and leading them to the NCAA Tournament," UCSB men's head coach Wolf Wigo stated. "He brings a wealth of coaching experience and will be a good fit for both programs at UCSB. [Women's head coach] Danielle [Altman] and myself are both very excited about working with Andrew."
Silva began his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater, San Luis Obispo High School, immediately after graduating in 1996. In 1999 he was hired as the boys' and girls' varsity coach, helping rebuild both Tiger programs. He guided the girls' squad to consecutive top-10 division rankings and a Northern League title in 2002. In Silva's second season at the helm, the boys' team made their first playoff appearance in four years. Many of his players at SLOHS went on to successful collegiate careers at the Division I level.
As a player, Silva was an all-league goalkeeper for the Tigers and helped lead his squad to consecutive CIF playoff appearances. He earned a Bachelor's degree in political science from Cal Poly in 2002.
Silva replaces Kevin Witt, who left UCSB after two seasons to pursue playing opportunities with the U.S. Senior National Team.


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Known most recently for touring with Nelly Furtado, Dave currently resides in Toronto where he teaches and maintains a constant performance schedule locally.
He attended the Berklee College of Music, studying with Victor Mendoza, John Ramsey, Skip Hadden and Ed Kaspick, and in 1993 following his studies, he moved to Halifax and broke into the scene with such artists as: Dutch Mason, Brett Ryan and Wayne Nicholson.
5 years Later, Dave found himself living in Toronto performing with the likes of: Sass Jordan, Alannah Myles, The Kings, Rik Emmett and most recently, Grammy award-winning pop star: Nelly Furtado.
While being on the road with Nelly, Dave has also performed with Justin Timberlake and Timbaland. He has had numerous television appearances worldwide, including Jay Leno, David Letterman, Regis & Kelly, Much Music, MTV, The View, Carson Daly, Extra and Concert for Diana and was featured at the Montreal Drum Festival 2004 and 2007.
He has also appeared in articles in Drums Etc. (Cover Story), Modern Drummer and DRUM! Magazine. He is an active player, educator and clinician.
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