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Once again we are going to witness an event this Sunday that may become violent. Innocent people may be hurt. And the negative press for religious Jews could not be much worse.
Albert Einstein once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same experiment twice and expecting different results.
I am not going to accuse anyone of being insane. But I have to wonder how rabbis who many consider to be the greatest leaders of our generation can ask their adherents to protest the next appearance at the Kotel by the Women of the Wall (WoW) and not expect it to turn violent. Even if the chances are low – is it worth the chance?
Nor can I understand the stridency by which WoW insists on making their point. Two stubborn groups at odds with each other in matters of religion is a sure prescription for confrontation. The history from which we are supposed to learn will be ignored.
As most people who have been following these events know, WoW shows up at the Kotel every Rosh Chodesh to pray by using male modalities such as wearing a Talis and Teffillin; and bringing a Sefer Torah (Torah scroll) to read from. Although last month they avoided reading from the Torah in acquiescence to a request by Religious Services Minister, Naftali Bennett – they plan to resume doing so this Sunday.
As much as I believe that many members of WoW are sincere in their desire to pray at the Kotel in this manner, I don't think there can be any doubt that this is more about asserting feminist rights than it is about prayer (especially by WoW leaders like Anat Hoffman). They have found a clever way of doing this by technically not violating Halacha.
But I am hard pressed to believe WoW's leaders did not think this would upset the sensibilities of the vast majority of Jews who do come there to pray in traditional ways. If they were truly sincere only about prayer and did not want to be provocative they would have respected tradition and found an area of the Kotel that was out of the way and not as disruptive.
It is indeed provocative for WoW to act in this manner in any traditional environment. This is certainly true at the Kotel, which is so near to the place where the holy of holies existed in the Temple era. Does their right to wear a Talis and Teffilin override the almost certain violence it will bring to this holy place? Do they really need this 'Mexican standoff'? Is it worth it? Do they think their stridency is what God desires of them?
I understand that some women need to do more than simply pray. They need to wrap themselves in something tangible – like a Talis and Teffilin to boost their sense of holiness. But in the end – using a male modality to generate that feeling is not what God intends for women… or He would have mandated those artifacts for them too.
How sadly lacking are these women in their Jewish education if they cannot generate the proper feelings for prayer that millions of women over the millennia have had without those artifacts.
I can't predict the future. But my guess is that this type of thing is so out of the mainstream that it will not stand the test of time and eventually go the way of the Dodo Bird. I have to ask, how many religious women of any denomination would opt for this method of prayer?
Which is why I have been saying that we should just ignore them. Yes they are somewhat disruptive and annoying in their once a month appearance. But it is my true belief that this monthly occurrence will not last in perpetuity. It will fizzle out.
If the Charedi world will let it.
But they apparently refuse to let it happen. They have instead declared war on these women… and insist on making a public spectacle out of it. They are going to once again show up in massive numbers at the Kotel this Sunday to pray. The claim is that they just want to show how many people do not approve of WoW's behavior and also to physically crowd them out. The JerusalemPost quotes the Yated Ne'eman who put it this way:
"A mass prayer service will be conducted at the Western Wall in order to express the outcry of faithful Judaism against the severe injury to the holiest and most beloved place of all of the Jewish people, and in so doing to declare… that the Jewish world will not be quiet and will not be reconciled to the humiliating conspiracy to turn the remnant of our holy sanctuary into a Reform temple and a media spectacle, God forbid,"
And then they said the following:
"(Worshipers) are requested not to be dragged along after the provocations whose only purpose is to harm the community of worshipers, and to behave according to the path of the holy Torah and to sanctify God's name.
First they approve of theYated making a provocative statement like calling WoW's actions a 'humiliating conspiracy' and then they expect protesters not to get violent. They have even asked that only married Yeshiva students should come in order to minimize the potential for physical conflict.
Sure… That'll work! The same way it did last time they called for peaceful prayer. Which was last month. Need I remind anyone how well that turned out for them?
I hope I'm wrong. I hope that this will turn out to be as peaceful as the organizers hope it will be. Perhaps there will even be members of WoW that will be inspired by such a massive turnout for prayer and join them. Perhaps there will be no violence or shouting names at the Women of the Wall. But I am not going to hold my breath. I tend to look at history and learn from it.

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Hello! When it comes time to lay up a moped for the long winter's nap, I've found a technique that will keep the fuel tank and carburetor very clean and help get things off to a smooth start in the spring. This will be particularly helpful if your bike has an in-frame fuel tank, a design not known for easy accessibility and cleaning.
You'll need a couple of fold-top sandwich bags and some sturdy rubber bands. Round up a medicine dropper and a measuring cup and that completes the equipment list.
When you're returning from the final ride of the season, turn the fuel petcock off a short distance from home so whatever fuel is downstream from the petcock will be consumed and not left behind to gum things up. There'll probably be a very small quantity of gasoline lurking in the carburetor bowl, but we'll deal with that momentarily.
Once you're done riding, remove the gas tank cap. Disconnect the fuel line at the petcock, connect a short length of fuel hose and route it into a gas can, then open the petcock and drain any remaining fuel. Make sure to also switch the petcock from On to Reserve to empty as much fuel as possible.
Next, take the measuring cup and mix approximately one cup of gas line antifreeze with Sta-Bil and Marvel Mystery Oil. Some owners may prefer other brands. The choice is yours.
Now, take the medicine dropper, extract a very small dose of the ingredients you've mixed together and shoot it into the carburetor's fuel line fitting. This will keep the bowl clean and prevent freezing over the winter.
OK, turn the petcock to Off, then pour the remainder of your potion into the gas tank. It's also not a bad idea to give the tank a healthy shot of fogging oil. If that stuff will protect cylinders, it should protect the insides of gas tanks as well. Now, install the cap, then take one of the plastic bags, wrap it closely around the cap and secure it with a rubber band. In a few minutes you'll notice the bag has expanded somewhat. This is a good sign. It means the tank is air tight and your potion is fermenting, so to speak. And, after a short while, you'll see the bag contract and shrink around the gas cap. This is another very good sign. The tank is under a vacuum and no air is entering.
On my bike (a Tomos Sprint A55) I like to seal off the air box intake port where it enters the opening in the frame. A small piece of plastic wrap and a rubber band work nicely here. If you like you might use the sandwich bag and rubber band to cover the air intake at the carburetor. It all depends on convenience and accessibility.
While we're at it, I also use the plastic bag/rubber band approach to cover the end of the muffler/tailpipe. This prevents bugs and critters from taking up residence in the exhaust system.
When spring arrives I remove the rubber bands and plastic bags. I drain the potion from the moped's tank and dump it into the car's tank. (A little upper cylinder lube won't hurt any.) I then mix a gallon of ethanol free gasoline with semi-synthetic 2-stroke oil, and into the moped's tank it goes.
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Brewers duo defies odds to reach All-Star stage
Gomez revamps hitting approach; Segura soars after trade to Milwaukee
NEW YORK -- Shea Stadium is a parking lot now. Carlos Gomez's memories from there are not.
As the Brewers All-Star outfielder sat at a media table down the street at Citi Field on Monday and talked with reporters about his days here, the memories were fresh.
This is where he made his Major League debut six years ago, a 21-year-old top prospect and one of the prizes of the Mets' farm system. It was the biggest moment of his career, the product of four years of work up the developmental ladder, but there was something missing from it.
His parents, Carlos Sr. and Belgika, couldn't be there. They were stuck in the Dominican Republic.
"My first big league game, they weren't here because they didn't have a visa," Gomez explained.
As sweet as the moment was for him, it was emotional not to have his parents with him for it. Now, he has a chance to make up for it, and then some, joining Jean Segura as the two players representing the Brewers in Tuesday night's All-Star Game here.
"I have the opportunity to bring my parents and brothers along with my wife and my kids. That means a lot to me," Gomez said. "Now, finally I'm in the big game, an All-Star, and to be around them with the best players in the game, it's really proud for me. ...
"It's like a kid when they get a lot of new toys. I'm really tired but I'm really excited. I can't wait to get on the field. And when they mention my name to go to the line [for introductions], I'm going to put on my hat and point to my family."
He feels like a kid again, but his growth as a player since then to get back there has been massive. For those who remember him, he might well be a different player.
He was a gifted speedster and leadoff hitter coming up, swiping 105 bases over a two-year stretch in the Mets farm system before that 2007 season. He carried that style into the first five years of his Major League career, but carried a low batting average and on-base percentage to counteract it.
It was around this point last year when things changed for him. Gomez is batting .288 with 28 home runs and 78 RBIs since last year's All-Star break, including .295 with 14 homers and 45 RBIs this season.
If speed and defense got him to the big leagues with the Mets, his all-around play brought him back to New York.
"In the past, everybody looked at me like a speed guy, try to hit the ball on the ground and bunt. Now I don't try to do that," Gomez said. "Now I step to the plate, and every time I think I can hit a home run to center field. That's my approach, and everything has come together.
"From this time last year to now, if you look at my numbers, it's really amazing, almost 30 home runs and 80-90 RBIs in almost 600 at-bats total. Why not continue to do that approach?"
That's not a dig at the Mets, Twins or anybody else along the way. He has no hard feelings toward the Mets for trading him, he insists. He's actually thankful the way matters turned out.
"I mean, for that time, six years ago, it was the best for me to leave," Gomez said. "I'm a part of the trade for Johan [Santana], to get the best pitcher in the game at the moment, and Minnesota needed a center fielder. That's the reason I had to go to Minnesota. But if that's not coming, I'd probably still be here, because I'm the one franchise guy and they really liked me and they were going to give me the opportunity. But it's the business, and I go to Minnesota and get the opportunity there for two years and now I am in Milwaukee.
"To be back in New York is really fun. ... I'm really proud to be here to represent my team, the Milwaukee Brewers, and the National League. I say, thank you, God, for giving me the opportunity."
To an extent, Gomez's Brewers and All-Star teammate can relate. A year ago, Segura was still in the Angels' farm system, a highly rated shortstop prospect whose path to the big leagues had a roadblock. Zack Greinke's trade out of Milwaukee brought Segura into an organization that needed him.
He not only had a Major League spot, he had an organization willing to give him ample time to learn. His .325 batting average, an NL-high 121 hits, including eight triples and 11 homers to go with 36 RBIs have sped up the process.
"It's special," Segura said. "A couple years ago, I'm in the Minor Leagues trying to get to this point, and now look at where I am right now. I'm in the big leagues. I've made the All-Star team. This is amazing. This is like a dream come true."
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I bought this convertible laptop after my previous purchase of a Dell XPS 13 9350 died and had to be returned to the manufacturer. This laptop had the slight compromise of no USB type-C port, and only 8GB of RAM, rather than 16, but had the benefit of a convertible OLED screen.
The OLED screen is just amazing – the colours just pop from the screen, and it's so bright, that even with the glossy screen it's perfectly usable outside. Inside, in a dull room, you really don't need it on any brighter than 20%. You can also view the screen from almost any angle, but you get a yellow tinge when you're almost level with the edges. It's a quad HD screen, and no matter how close I get, I still can't make out a single pixel. It's also always nice when you power on a laptop for the first time and you can see that there are no dead or stuck pixels.


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Even though it's not an electronics company, Bridgestone (the tire maker) is one of a handful Japanese firms that has been experimenting with e-paper in recent years. Last October, Bridgestone claimed the bragging rights for the world's first flexible e-book reader. And a few days ago, the company showcased the newest version of their e-paper, now named QR-LPD (Quick Response Liquid Power Display), during an industry expo in Tokyo.
Bridgestone says their e-paper has a number of advantages over similar (glass-based) products. It's apparently safer (made of plastic), thinner (flexible), and lighter – next to offering "memory capability" and a relatively wide viewing angle. The only problem at this point is that the QR-LPD can display black-and-white images only.
In the video embedded below, the Bridgestone representative shows a prototype of a pretty cool-looking touchscreen e-paper that can display color images. The company now also appears to be ready to commercialize the technology (it wasn't back in October last year), starting with smaller screens first.
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Weiss acknowledges opportunity of homestand
DENVER -- First-year manager Walt Weiss has emphasized keeping the Rockies even-keeled, but it is hard not to look at the schedule and see the 10-game homestand that opened Friday night as an opportunity.
The series are against the Cubs, Marlins and Brewers -- teams toward the bottom of their divisions, and all considered "sellers" as the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline approaches. Weiss acknowledged the importance of the homestand, but more in the vein of his club -- which at 46-50 entering Friday's game against the Cubs is a contender mainly because no one has taken control of the National League West -- than the opponents' issues.
"It's important for the fact that we're at home, and we have to play well at home," said Weiss, whose club is 26-21 at Coors Field. "We did that well early. We need to get back to establishing some dominance at home, and it's an opportunity to do that right away.
"I don't want to get caught up in saying how many games we have to win on this homestand. You've got to be careful getting too far ahead or getting caught up with what's happened. But it's a nice opportunity we have here, opening up this 10-game homestand."


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The Faurot Opera House opened as an opera house in 1882. The builder was Benjamin C. Faurot. In its later years, the Faurot Opera House was used for plays, vaudeville and movies, until it closed permanently in June 1934 when under the management of Warner Bros Circuit Management. Warner Brothers used the auditorium for storage until the mid-1940's. The Faurot Opera House was demolished in 1953 to make way for a Kresge's drug store.
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The Faurot Opera House in Lima is listed in the 1897-98 Julius Cahn Official Theatrical Guide, an annual for roadshow managers. The theatre is listed as having 1,200 seats, was on the ground floor, had a proscenium opening of 31 feet wide X 35 feet high, with a stage 40 feet deep. There was both gas and electric illumination and the house orchestra had 9 members. Lima's newspapers were the Gazette and the Times. Local hotels for show folk were the Faurot House, Lima, French House, Burnett, Harrod and Hoffman. The theatre manager was H.G. Hyde. Lima's population in 1897 was 25,000.
This article is from the Lima News dated 7/30/52:
Faurot Building, Lima Landmark, Doomed in '53
The S. S. Kresge Co. announced Wednesday that the 70-year-old Faurot building will be razed in 1953 to make way for a new building to house Kresge's Lima outlet. John S. Hollister, real estate representative for the firm, said, "Things are not definite as yet, but Lima should have an imposing structure at Main and High Streets next year." He said the proposed new building is definitely on the company's schedule for 1953. Kresge leased the familiar landmark in 1946 and announced plans to raze the old four-story opera house. Hollister said that shortages of materials and later the freeze on commercial building have delayed construction plans until now.
Tenants of the Faurot building have received notice to vacate by Dec. 31. Hollister said that razing of the building should start shortly after the first of the year. In 1946 company plans called for a $500,000, air-conditioned, two story building. Plans have been revised, but not materially, Hollister indicated.
Kresge negotiated a 25-year lease in 1946 with the Maire Bros, owners of the building. Two 10 year renewal options were signed at the time of the lease. The Faurot opera house, once the largest between New York and Chicago, was built by Benjamin C. Faurot in 1882. It was one of the finest in the Midwest. Faurot sold the building a few years later when he entered the railroad business. The Maire Bros. purchased the building from John D. Rockefeller in 1902.
At one time opera patrons from all over Ohio came to Lima. It was the only stop between Pittsburgh and Chicago for traveling opera companies. The elaborate theatre was the scene of legitimate shows, vaudeville and movies until June 1934, when it closed permanently. Later Warner Bros. Inc., leased the theatre portion of the building as a storeroom, but that lease expired prior to 1946.
The Faurot Opera House's architect was Oscar Cobb of Chicago, already notable for his theater work in the Midwest.
Local publications claim that architect David Belasco copied the theater layout and design for his Stuyvesant Theater (later renamed the Belasco Theater, architect George Keister) in New York City, which opened in 1907.
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Release Date: Oct. 21, 2016
Director: Barry Jenkins
Starring: Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders and Alex Hibbert
Genre: Drama
Rating: R for some sexuality, drug use, brief violence, and language throughout.
Grade: B+
"Moonlight" is a groundbreaking film — the first film with an all-black cast and the first LGBT film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Can't deny that. But, while "Moonlight" is a well-composed film with great acting, I can't help feeling disappointed after months of buildup. As a film, it's good, and I'm happy that it's been so well-received by mainstream audiences because we do need more diverse representation in cinema. But as a gay film, it's really nothing special. The plotline is predictable, and this story… it's been done. Maybe not this artfully, but it's definitely been done. It's broken into three distinct chapters, which represent three stages of one man's coming-of-age. "Little" shows Chiron's (Alex Hibbert) childhood years, where he seeks refuge from school bullies and his drug addict mother (Naomie Harris) with a mentor (Mahershala Ali) who tells him that it's okay if he's gay. Next up is "Chiron," which depicts Chiron's (Ashton Sanders) teen years and the problems that amplify therein. Finally comes "Black," which shows Chiron (Trevante Rhodes) as a miraculously-ripped grown man who is still haunted by his first (probably only?) love. The movie I would have liked to see would focus on Chiron as an adult and really develop that character — a tough, intimidating drug dealer in Atlanta who has had just one sexual experience (with his high school crush, Kevin, years ago). Flashbacks to his childhood and adolescence could help flesh out his background, but a central narrative to come back to would have given the movie a lot more direction.
'King Cobra'
Release Date: Oct. 21, 2016
Director: Justin Kelly
Starring: Garrett Clayton, James Franco and Christian Slater
Genre: Crime, Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Grade: A
I can't begin to tell you how excited I inexplicably was for this movie. Gay porn, murder, and an all-star cast including the cute male lead from Disney's "Teen Beach Movie." That's all I need in entertainment, really. "King Cobra" is based on the true story of Brent Corrigan (aka. Sean Paul Lockhart), played in the film by the dreamy Garret Clayton. Corrigan is infamous for his successful career in gay porn that began when he was well underage. (Spot the Brent Corrigan reference in my review of "Schoolboy Crush" here!) "King Cobra" chronicles Corrigan's ascent to pornstardom and his struggles to escape from the grasp of the Cobra Video studio and its lecherous owner Bryan Kocis (called "Stephen" in the film and portrayed unnervingly by Christian Slater). When Stephen refuses to let Corrigan out of his contract, rivals from another porn studio (Keegan Allen of "Pretty Little Liars" fame and James Franco) plot to do whatever it takes to get Stephen out of the way so Corrigan can perform with them. I would say this movie is about 85 percent gay porn, 10 percent murder and 5 percent plot development, which is the perfect equation for any movie. It's campy and creepy, and if you're into that, you should definitely watch "King Cobra."
Release Date: July 10, 2015
Director: Sean Baker
Starring: Mya Taylor, Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Karren Karagulian
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Rating: R for strong and disturbing sexual content, graphic nudity, language throughout, and drug use.
Grade: A+
"Tangerine" is phenomenal, and it's just the kind of offbeat buddy/revenge comedy we totally needed in our lives. The film received major buzz following its premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival because the entire thing was (amazingly) filmed using only iPhones — particularly impressive considering how cool the cinematography is and how well it captures this Hollywood neighborhood. But even more remarkable is the engaging storyline. "Tangerine" follows two trans women who work the streets near the iconic Santa Monica and Highland Donut Time shop: Sin-Dee (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez), fresh out of prison and on the hunt for her cheating boyfriend Chester (James Ransone), and her best friend Alexandra (Mya Taylor), who just needs to make it to her big singing gig at Hamburger Mary's that night. The day's adventure is thoroughly entertaining, and the glimpse into the lives, friendships and relationships of the characters is really wonderful. I even equally enjoyed the subplot that follows Razmik (Karren Karagulian), a married Armenian cab driver and frequent customer of Alexandra's. Other background characters are portrayed by real-life Instagram stars and Viners found online by director Sean Baker (a lot of the film's kinetic soundtrack was sourced from Vine and SoundCloud as well). In the end, "Tangerine" is a compelling film that proves big-budget frills aren't necessary when you have charismatic characters and a unique story to tell.
Release Date: April 24, 2015
Director: Patrik-Ian Polk
Starring: Julian Walker, Mo'Nique and Isaiah Washington
Genre: Drama
Rating: R for sexual content, language and some drug use – all involving teens.
Grade: D+
This movie is… really not what I was expecting. With stars like Mo'Nique and Isaiah Washington topping the bill and a strong story to work with about a gay black teenager growing up in Baptist Mississippi, I expected "Blackbird" to be a solid and impressive melodrama. Much to my surprise, it's actually quite goofy. Campy, even. Which is — at times — enjoyable (I liked the high school drama club preparing to present a gay version of "Romeo & Juliet"), but — at times — very stupid. Julian Walker is not at all convincing or compelling in the lead role of Randy, and Kevin Allesee as Randy's older love interest Marshall gives me the creeps every time he appears onscreen. The strange subplot about Randy's missing younger sister is unnecessary and seems added on as an ill-conceived afterthought. But worst of all, the entire film is spoiled in the final moments when Randy dreams up a "vision" that tells him the exact details of the entire rest of his life. Whose idea was it to end the movie like that? Because it's absolutely terrible. I don't know what happened, but I feel like "Blackbird" was a really wasted opportunity.


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Montero back to work with Rainiers in Triple-A
HOUSTON -- Jesus Montero has been reinstated from Triple-A Tacoma's disabled list and resumed playing for the Rainiers, going 1-for-5 with a triple in his first game back on Thursday before sitting out Friday in Fresno.
The plan for Montero is to play designated hitter and first base the remainder of the season as he returns from surgery on a torn meniscus in his right knee. After starting the season as the Mariners primary catcher, he was headed for a position transition even before his surgery.
Now he'll skip catching completely, with the Mariners hoping he can regain the offensive prowess that made him one of baseball's top hitting prospects when he was acquired from the Yankees two years ago.
"We just want him to find his swing," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "We are not asking him to catch any more this year. It's going to be first base and DH. So just be more consistent offensively. We know what his upside is and we know what he is capable of doing. We want him to go to the ballpark each and every day and look to be better offensively.
"He's been through a lot this year. It's all part of developing as a human being, as a man, as a baseball player. It's very rarely an easy trail. I'm sure he understands that more than he did before."
Montero, 23, hit .260 with 15 home runs and 62 RBIs last year in 135 games for Seattle, but was batting just .208 with three homers and nine RBIs in 29 games when he was demoted in May this year. In eight games with Tacoma, he's hit .242 with no home runs and three RBIs.


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Department of Surgery faculty members, both physicians and scientists, are world-renown in their subspecialties. Faculty members are passionate in their clinical care and research practices, as well as being mentors for medical students and trainees. The department also invests significant funds to provide protected time and lab space for junior faculty to perform research.
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Complicated gallstone disease: diagnosis and management of Mirizzi syndrome Surg Endosc. 2017 05; 31(5):2215-2222. . View in PubMed
Surgical Management of Chronic Pancreatitis Indian J Surg. 2015 Oct; 77(5):453-69. . View in PubMed
Laparoscopic Hand-Assisted Parenchymal-Sparing Resections for Presumed Side-Branch Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2015 Aug; 25(8):668-71. . View in PubMed
Surgical transgastric debridement of walled off pancreatic necrosis: an option for patients with necrotizing pancreatitis Surg Endosc. 2015 Mar; 29(3):575-82. . View in PubMed
The minimally invasive approach to surgical management of pancreatic diseases Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2012 Mar; 41(1):77-101. . View in PubMed
EUS-guided fine-needle tattooing for preoperative localization of early pancreatic adenocarcinoma Gastrointest Endosc. 2009 Jan; 69(1):176-7. . View in PubMed
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Improved prediction of outcome in patients with severe acute pancreatitis by the APACHE II score at 48 hours after hospital admission compared with the APACHE II score at admissionAcute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation. Arch Surg. 2002 Oct; 137(10):1136-40. . View in PubMed


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Roche's Luca La Porta shares his views on new technologies, digital's impact on providing better health outcomes and the future of IT as a business value creator.
Can you give us background information on your career?
Music was my passion and I started my career as a musician. I founded and ran a recording studio and music school – an unconventional start to a long career in IT! At the same time I studied a Science & Technology degree and in 1999 my wife introduced me to the 'Internet revolution' – she was working at Accenture at the time. This interested me and changed my career focus significantly. I developed a successful e-commerce solution for online orders and an innovative research solution aimed at the pharma industry with Roche as one of my clients. I joined Roche full-time in 2013 and have since managed large transformation programs in the EMEA region.
Digital technologies continue to have a significant impact on the life sciences industry, resulting in better patient outcomes. In your view, what are the major benefits that digital brings to Roche?


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Wheeler has bumpy Citi Field debut in loss
Right-hander serves up two homers, allows five runs in 4 2/3 innings
NEW YORK -- The daydream of any Mets fan was to sit at Citi Field on a brilliant sunny Sunday afternoon, drink in one hand, David Wright bobblehead in the other. On the mound would be Zack Wheeler, still dealing deep into his Citi Field debut.
The reality was something far less utopian. Under dreary gray skies and a few moments of drizzle, backup catcher Anthony Recker threw batting-practice fastballs in the ninth inning Sunday. It was that type of game for the Mets, who never recovered from Wheeler's struggles in a 13-2 loss to the Nationals, their most lopsided defeat of the season.
"Certainly," manager Terry Collins said, "it was not how we scripted it out to be."
Though Wheeler cruised through a perfect first inning, peppering the strike zone with upper-90s fastballs and whiffing the first two men he faced -- snapshots of his vast potential -- trouble struck when Adam LaRoche smashed his first pitch of the second off the facing of the Pepsi Porch in right field. Wheeler appeared to unravel after that, walking Jayson Werth and giving up RBI hits to Ian Desmond, Kurt Suzuki and Denard Span.
Werth launched another solo home run off Wheeler in the third, who settled down briefly before putting runners on the corners with two outs in the fifth, which ended his afternoon. In his third career start and first at Citi Field, Wheeler gave up a total of five runs on six hits and two walks, striking out five.
"I'm starting to learn the hard way that you can't get away with mistakes up here," he said.
The key, Wheeler said, was a complete absence of fastball command. He pointed to that same issue last time out in Chicago as well, though it was overshadowed by the Mets' subsequent revelation that they believed their young starter was tipping pitches.
Unlike that night, the Mets on Sunday could not take Wheeler off the hook for his first loss. Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez was simply too good, retiring eight straight after Wright' first-inning walk, then setting down another nine in a row after Wright's leadoff double in the fourth.
An inning after a stalled comeback attempt in the seventh, the Nationals jumped on Brandon Lyon for four doubles, a walk and Suzuki's two-run homer, obliterating any chance of late magic. By the ninth, Recker was pitching in an effort to save the bullpen.
Most of the 33,366 fans in attendance were gone by then, which made plenty of sense. They had poured into Citi Field in large part for their first glimpse of Wheeler, the starting pitcher everyone has been crowing about for the better part of two years. What they saw was an unfinished product -- a reminder that aces do not always reach the big leagues as ready-made as Matt Harvey did. Wheeler all but admitted it himself, puzzling over why his fastball command abandoned him.
"I don't care who you are," Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman said. "When you get behind in this league, it doesn't matter if you throw 100 like Harvey or 80 like [Jamie] Moyer. It's tough to pitch when you are behind."
Zimmerman went on to say the same thing most hitters do: "As far as stuff goes, he has a chance to be very good." That's why Wheeler is considered one of the primo prospects in all of baseball, the type of player who can develop into an ace. He's just not there yet, as the 10 walks and nine runs over his first 16 big league innings clearly demonstrated.
Though Wheeler succeeded in his debut in Atlanta, his five free passes were troubling. A week later, the Mets determined that Wheeler was tipping pitches, prompting a private tutoring session this week from pitching coach Dan Warthen.
All parties are confident that the issue is resolved, but Collins wonders if all the tinkering -- arm slots, glove positions and the like -- adversely affected Wheeler in Sunday's game. By the middle innings, his signature upper-90s fastball was down a few ticks, prompting a fair bit of concern as the Nats teed off on him.
The key, Collins said, will be for Wheeler to ignore all the voices and extra scrutiny, which come with the territory of being a top prospect. Only then will he be able to realize his still-immeasurable potential.
"This guy's been here two weeks, and all of the sudden, we're trying to tweak something," Collins said. "That's not very fair. You've got to go let him be himself -- try to let him understand that you've got to throw strikes, but you've got to be yourself out there. The rest of it will end up getting all worked together."


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Fox Nation's Self-Debunking Attack On The Chevy Volt
Fox Nation has a post up suggesting there is something "FISHY" about record sales of the Chevy Volt:
The post excerpts the first four paragraphs of an article from TheStreet about concerns that the Volt's sales numbers may have been skewed by fleet purchases by GE.
But it doesn't look like the folks at Fox Nation actually read the linked article -- the entire point of the story is that those concerns were off-base and that fleet purchases were only 5 percent of the Volt's sales:
As high gas prices dominate the headlines and pain at the pump multiplies, General Motors' Chevy Volt is finding more consumers willing to buy into the plug-in electric hybrid vehicle concept.
In fact, initial concerns that the record sales number posted by the Chevy Volt in March was driven by a big fleet purchase from GE were premature and didn't reflect just how quickly the Volt's fortunes shifted in March.
It's fair to say the Volt ran right over those cautious assumptions. Between the high gas prices and headlines about a Volt battery fire earlier this year possibly receding from the consumer landscape, the sales picture improved.
The Volt -- a month after GM temporarily shuttered production of the car -- reached sales of 2,289 in March, 50% higher than December 2011, which previously was the vehicle's best month since launch. More importantly, only 160 of the purchases were by fleet buyers, while 2,129 Volts were purchased by retail car buyers. The fleet buying was only 5% of Volt sales.
I suppose the motive here is drawing clicks from the Volt-hating Fox crowd, which has been told that the Volt is worthy of conservative scorn, for some reason.
Back to the drawing board, Fox Nation.


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May I ask why? I'm very much interested in a different perspective on it, if you're willing?
Let me start off by stating that I am Team Jacob. I never wanted Bella and Jacob to be a couple (I knew it was never going to happen) but I like him much more than I like Edward.
I also like my female protagonists to be strong and independent, and IMO, Bella is not.
It's difficult to stand up to people we love. In that scene she did; she had some back bone. She was upset with Edward because he lied about something she deemed important and want to blow off some steam by riding with her friend who she hadn't seen in months. That's it. Edward screwed up, she got mad. She forgave him and all was well. Couples argue. I don't think it's as big of a deal as everyone makes it out to be.


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Google Summer of Code
How much did the Google Summer of Code program help NetBSD get more quality contributors, and of course, more features?
Jan Schaumann: The Google Summer of Code (SoC) program has been a great opportunity for us to indeed attract some new contributors and get new features/new code. However, I believe that our experience in the SoC has not been necessarily what outsiders of the program might expect.
Bear with me and allow me to elaborate on the history of NetBSD's participation in Google's Summer of Code for a bit.
In 2005, Google started the Summer of Code program. We were lucky enough to have heard about this project early on and were able to participate as a mentoring organization (of only 40 mentoring organizations in total in 2005). Everything happened very quickly, and the whole SoC program organization really required us to be on our toes; within a very short time, we had to put together a list of possible projects, find mentors willing to work with students, etc.
When students applications came in, we were facing well over 100 "serious" proposals (after weeding out a fair number of student applications that were simply inappropriate and/or could hardly be called an application—"Hey, I want to write leet code for the NetBSD. E-mail me!" etc.). We did not know how many projects we would get, so we ranked the applications based on a number of criteria, such as benefit of the contribution to NetBSD, availability of mentors, and probability of getting the project done within the given timeframe. In the end, we were given 8 slots by Google.
Now it may be of interest that we chose two projects in 2005 that were done by people who were already NetBSD developers with commit rights, thus not gaining us any "fresh blood" in these instances. However, the importance of these projects and the quality of the work justified that choice.
In the end, everybody was very satisfied with the outcome of SoC 2005, and we felt we learned a fair bit about the program.
In 2006, the number of mentoring organizations participating in the SoC increased to over 100. This meant, of course, that the students would be spread across more organizations, and that, quite likely, fewer projects would be allotted to us. We therefore tried to focus on applications that were more of direct benefit to NetBSD (while in 2005 we allowed and considered some projects that were somewhat more tangential).
Again, we sifted through over 100 applications of varying quality and were in the end allotted eight projects. That year, we unfortunately had two failed projects (one student disappeared after the midterm payment, another fell sick and was unable to complete his work). We also had, again, two projects that were given to students who already were NetBSD developers with commit rights.
In 2007, there were 130 different mentoring organizations, so "competition" for good student applications was up again. With more time to prepare for this SoC (we learned early on that (a) another SoC would happen and (b) NetBSD would be part of it), we decided to review our proposed student projects (which formed the basis for the overwhelming number of applications).
Our thought process was that the more accurate and precise our suggested projects are described, the more likely it is to get a student application with a high likeliness of succeeding. Therefor, we added a level of difficulty and estimated man-hours to our proposed projects. Based on the previous year's experience in particular with the failed projects, we also raised our requirements.
As a result, we received far fewer applications than in previous years, but with an overall much higher quality. Furthermore, we knew that Google would decide on the total number of slots given to a mentoring organization at least in part based on the total number of applications. (That is, by raising our standards, we somewhat hurt ourselves.) This made it very difficult for us to rank them, as many of the applications looked promising.
In the end, we were given six projects; four were by students who were already NetBSD developers with commit rights.
Looking back at the last three years, I believe that it is fair to say that our greatest benefit from the Google Summer of Code is (unfortunately) not in the number of new developers and regular contributors (two of the students in 2005 eventually became full NetBSD developers with commit rights, while others from 2006 and 2007 might still become developers but have not yet). However, we have gained a lot of cool features and new code, and a lot of the students' work has been integrated into our source tree and is now part of our regular releases.
(The work from this year's SoC may yet have to be integrated.)
It's also important to point out that e thbenefits may not be immediate. That is, at the end of the summer, the code may not yet be ready for import into NetBSD's source tree, but it may have become a foundation for other ongoing work. For example, 2005's "userfs" project later became the foundation for the 2007 " Running Kernel File Systems in Userspace" project and now offers FUSE capabilities in NetBSD.
As usual, all good things take a bit of time to mature and the benefits of SoC 2007 may only become fully obvious during the coming year.
The preparation for the Google SoC has taught us many a lesson about project management, how to align our priorities with students' capabilities, and pointed out some of our shortcomings when it comes to attracting new developers. For example, we have very high demands for quality and reliability, and technically very complex projects; both are obviously inherent of an OS like NetBSD, where it's not easy to justify a SoC slot for simpler or "more exciting" flashy low-impact projects that might be accepted in an organization with different goals.


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SuperMulti Drive Firmware DVR-TD09 Update version 1.02 (Windows 7 64bit, Windows XP 32bit)
About this download
This program will update SuperMulti Drive Firmware DVR-TD09 to version 1.02 and improved the following:
- Readability of the CD-ROM
Downloads Available:
SuperMulti Drive Firmware DVR-TD09 Update version 1.02
File name: EP0000600137.exe
File size: 4.39 MB (4597544 bytes)
File Info
File Name
- To install SuperMulti Drive Firmware DVR-TD09 Update version 1.02
File Version
- 1.02
File Size
Release Date
- 2010-07-02
System Requirements
- Windows 7 64bit
- Windows XP
This update is only applicable for models with Optical Drive model DVR-TD09.
Otherwise, do not install.
To Check:
1. Go to Device Manager
2. Expand DVD/CD-ROM Drives to display Optical Drive model.
1. Download the file to a temporary or download directory (Please note this directory for reference later).
2. Go to the directory where the file was downloaded and double-click EP0000600137.exe.
3. Follow the instructions displayed in the installation wizard.
4. After installation is completed, please restart the computer
To check if installation is successful:
1. Please run packaged installer again
2. If the update was successful, It is unnecessary to update. message will appear.


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NOTE: There is also a village or hamlet named Speen in Buckinghamshire.
Speen is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England. Centred northwest of the largest town in the district, Newbury, Speen has clustered settlements, the largest of which is Speen village (contiguous with Newbury). The others are separated from the town by the A34 road and named Bagnor, Stockcross, Woodspeen and Marsh Benham.
The rural part of the parish is an almost equal mixture of woodland and agricultural fields (including cultivated crops and hay meadow for livestock feed and pasture) and varies greatly in elevation. It has the Reading to Taunton [railway] Line alongside the north bank of the River Kennet as its southern boundary and both banks of the River Lambourn in its north with elevated ground in between. The parish covers 14.53 km2 (5.61 sq mi) and had a population of 2,635 at the 2011 UK census.
The English Civil War Second Battle of Newbury was fought at Speen on 27 October 1644. Speenhamland in the parish, now part of Newbury, was the eponymous home of the Speenhamland system of outdoor (poor) relief.
The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin is late Saxon and is the oldest church in Berkshire. It is the burial place of Giovanni Battista Castiglione (1515–97), Queen Elizabeth I's Italian tutor and servant, who was given the nearby Benham Valence house and park (which is in the parish) in 1570.
Speen was originally an ancient parish which was partly in the Faircross Hundred and partly in the Kintbury Eagle Hundred. Between 1894 and 1974 it was located in Newbury Rural District. In the nationwide reorganization of local government of 1974, it became part of the non-metropolitan Newbury District. In 1998 the Newbury District was replaced by the unitary authority of West Berkshire.
Research Tips
Online Historical References
Nineteenth Century Local Administration
English Jurisdictions is a webpage provided by FamilySearch which analyses every ecclesiastical parish in England at the year 1851. It provides, with the aid of outline maps, the date at which parish records and bishops transcripts begin, non-conformist denominations with a chapel within the parish, the names of the jurisdictions in charge: county, civil registration district, probate court, diocese, rural deanery, poor law union, hundred, church province; and links to FamilySearch historical records, FamilySearch Catalog and the FamilySearch Wiki. Two limitations: only England, and at the year 1851.
During the 19th century two bodies, the Poor Law Union and the Sanitary District, had responsibility for governmental functions at a level immediately above that covered by the civil parish. In 1894 these were replace by Rural and Urban Districts. These were elected bodies, responsible for setting local property assessments and taxes as well as for carrying out their specified duties. Thses districts continued in operation until 1974. Urban districts for larger municipalities were called "Municipal Boroughs" and had additional powers and obligations.
Poor Law Unions, established nationally in 1834, combined parishes together for the purpose of providing relief for the needy who had no family support. This led to the building of '"union poorhouses" or "workhouses" funded by all the parishes in the union. The geographical boundaries established for the individual Poor Law Unions were employed again when Registration Districts were formed three years later. In 1875 Sanitary Districts were formed to provide services such as clean water supply, sewage systems, street cleaning, and the clearance of slum housing. These also tended to follow the same geographical boundaries, although there were local alterations caused by changes in population distribution.


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PART THREE: Shifting Global Linkages between Energy Users and Suppliers30 May, 2013 | (01 hr)
The underlying trend in energy and commodity prices seems to be only upwards under the influence of gradually rising demand in emerging markets and supply constraints in both renewable and non-renewable energy sources. Increasing energy needs can create opportunities for technology and innovation. For example, the recent increase in shale gas exploitation in the United States is a potential game changer for energy use. At the same time, such energy shocks can have major side effects, positive (such as the emergence of new industrial complexes) as well as negative (such as environmental issues or a diversion of resources away from renewable energy sources).
In addition, the energy and commodity sector remains surrounded by fundamental institutional and political issues that can add to price volatility, such as financial securitization of commodities, and the concentration of supply of precious metals creating market imperfections.
This knowledge series will delve deeper into the factors driving the long term rise in energy costs as well as sources of volatility around the long-term trends. The discussion will focus on major interactions of these industrial trends with the overall economic outlook. A series of 3 webcasts will explore the linkages between energy production and use and the economy and vice versa:
- How do energy price increases and economic growth interact?
- What are global linkages between energy users and producers?
- What are recent trends in energy productivity and energy intensity of major sectors and economies?
- What is the impact of these trends on competitiveness of the U.S. and global economies?
Audience: Those who are interested in the current economic environment globally, with a specific focus on energy and commodities, strategy executives; economists; and business professionals, corporate finance, corporate planning, corporate strategy, risk management professionals.
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Emerging markets such as China increasingly rely on imported sources of energy and fossil fuels while the United States, Germany, and Japan have become relatively self-sufficient or moved toward alternative energy sources. What effect will these changes have on the long-term structure of individual economies and the global economy? Which trends are expected to continue and strengthen in the next 10 years? What are the broader strategic implications of some of these trends?
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Batman's deadly, never-ending tango with the Joker is the series' most iconic, defining conflict. So what happens when the Joker finally pushes his nemesis too far? What happens when Batman decides to end it?
That's the question at the heart of "The Deal," an incredible, incredibly dark fan comic by writer Gerado Preciado and artist Daniel Bayliss. Loaded with equal parts disturbing violence and spiraling philosophical musing, it begins with a great tragedy and ends with a greater one.
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This is a very unexpected result and underscores the richness of this ecosystem. It surely supports a large fishery of some sort that we barely understand if at all. Just because we have just discovered it hardly suggests that it is uncommon.
In the meantime current arctic ice is pretty well within the channel created by the most recent years which is significantly below the long term average up to 2000. There remains no indication that we are facing an actual uptrend as yet.
Long term ice has been deeply reduced although one never seems to get comfortable readings on that. It appears that we may have established a new equilibrium instead that will only trend downward if as in 2007, we have the right combination of winds.
In the meantime we now know that an increase in the extent of one year ice will hugely increase the biological content of the Arctic way more than anyone ever imagined.
Arctic bloom: Record phytoplankton growth found under Arctic ice
Jun 7, 2012 – 4:13 PM ET | Last Updated: Jun 7, 2012 4:22 PM ETMargaret Munro, Postmedia News
Small melt ponds are forming over vast expanses of Arctic ice, like the one shown here in the Chukchi Sea between Siberia and Alaska in July 2011. Scientists say the ponds allow light to penetrate through the underlying ice and help explain the massive phytoplankton blooms discovered beneath the metre-thick ice
The most intense phytoplankton bloom recorded on Earth occurred under the Arctic ice last summer — a finding that has stunned seasoned polar scientists.
"The ice was over a metre thick," says Kevin Arrigo at Stanford University, leader of the international team that reported Thursday finding the massive bright green algal bloom beneath the ice.
It turns out that first-year polar ice — long considered impenetrable to sunlight — can create ideal conditions for growing phytoplankton, the single-celled plants crucial to the Arctic food chain.
"It's like the perfect environment," says Arrigo.
The team was on a U.S. icebreaker smashing its way across the Chukchi Sea between Siberia and Alaska last July when equipment used to measure phytoplankton went "haywire."
"We thought there was something wrong with the instruments," Arrigo told Postmedia News.
Then the scientists made their first scheduled stop to take ice samples and got a good look at the ocean below.
"The water was completely green," Arrigo said. "It was like pea soup."
The farther they ventured into the ice-covered sea for their NASA-funded project to study ice, the more intense the under-ice algae bloom, says Arrigo, a veteran of many trips to the Arctic and Antarctic.
"It was shocking," he says.
Phytoplankton were growing and multiplying at an extraordinary rate under an expanse of ice more than 100 kilometres across, the team reported Thursday in the journal Science.
Arrigo says records indicate it was the "most intense" algal bloom ever seen anywhere on Earth. "We had incredibly high concentrations of algae all of the way down to 70 metres in some cases," he said.
First-year polar ice, which forms over just one winter, is becoming more common in the Arctic due to the recent retreat of much thicker multi-year ice.
While first-year ice was thought to be impenetrable by sunlight, Arrigo says it can actually create optimal growing conditions for algae.
Melt ponds tend to form on top of the ice as temperatures climb in June and July. And the shallow ponds act like lenses, allowing 50% of the light to penetrate through the ice into the water below.
At the same time, the ice screens out UV radiation that can stunt algal growth, he says.
Add the Arctic's 24-hour summer sunshine, and phytoplankton populations under the ice can explode.
Another factor at play is a "striking" change in some Arctic winds in recent years, says co-author Kent Moore at the University of Toronto. More persistent easterly winds are bringing up more nutrients in the Chukchi Sea, which appears to have fed the under-ice bloom.
Thursday's report deals with the bloom under the ice in the Chukchi Sea, but Arrigo suspects algae could be blooming under the ice in about 25% of the Arctic Ocean, including large parts of Canada's North. Anywhere, he says, with shallow water, lots of nutrients and first-year ice.
As the Arctic warms, the scientists say under-ice phytoplankton blooms could become increasingly common, occur early in the season and consume nutrients that would normally feed open-water blooms.
"The real surprise is all these unanticipated consequences of global warming," says Moore.
The shift may benefit some creatures, the researchers say, but others may have difficulty adjusting.
"If you're a seabird planning to get to Chukchi Sea in mid-July to feed, you may be out of luck," says Moore.


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NASA's Messenger spacecraft has now imaged 80 per cent of the surface of Mercury following its second fly-past of the planet on 6 October, meaning that around 95 per cent has been revealed by various missions, the agency reports.
During the latest close encounter, Messenger snapped 1,200 images laying bare 30 per cent of Mercury hitherto unseen by a spacecraft. The above postcard was taken around 90 minutes after its closest approach.
Principal investigator Sean Solomon explained: "The region of Mercury's surface that we viewed at close range for the first time this month is bigger than the land area of South America. When combined with data from our first flyby and from Mariner 10, our latest coverage means that we have now seen about 95 per cent of the planet."
As well as grabbing some nice snaps, Messenger also deployed its laser altimeter (MLA) to probe the Mercury's topography and probed Mercury's magnetosphere, revealing that the latter is "highly symmetric".
Brian Anderson of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory elaborated: "The previous flybys by Messenger and Mariner 10 provided data only about Mercury's eastern hemisphere. The most recent flyby gave us our first measurements on Mercury's western hemisphere, and with them we discovered that the planet's magnetic field is highly symmetric."
Regarding the topographical results, co-investigator Maria Zuber of MIT said: "The MLA collected altimetry in regions where images from Messenger and Mariner 10 data are available, and new images were obtained of the region sampled by the altimeter in January. These topographic measurements now improve considerably the ability to interpret surface geology."
The result of this mapping is the revelation that "unlike the moon and Mars, Mercury's surface is more homogeneously ancient and heavily cratered, with large extents of younger volcanic plains lying within and between giant impact basins", as co-investigator Mark Robinson of Arizona State University put it.
There's more on Messenger's hard-working instrument payload here. It will be busy again in September 2009, during the spacecraft's third and final flyby of Mercury prior to orbital insertion around the planet in March 2011. ®


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EDMONTON -- There was no telling how long the dog had been bobbing in the ocean in the waters off Cancun by the time he was rescued.
By then, he had so much salt water in his ears and in his stomach — to say nothing of his other injuries and medical issues — no one imagined he would even survive.
Survive he did, though, and eventually made his way to Edmonton — and straight into Jannet Talbott's heart.
Talbott first saw the dog she named "Wilson" — after the basketball cum companion who shared a deserted island with Tom Hanks in the movie Castaway — on the website of a local animal rescue organization known as WHARF, or Whitecourt Homeless Animal Rescue Foundation.
If the photograph of the pooch stole Talbott's heart, the accompanying story practically broke it in two.
Talbott called me after I asked readers last week for stories from people who have adopted pets from Mexico, where homeless dogs roam the street by the hundreds and have to fend for themselves.
When fishermen in the port towns come in with their catch, the dogs sneak onto the boats to scavenge for fish guts and whatever else they can find.
Sometimes they're still hiding on the boats when the fishermen put out to sea again, and, when they're discovered, are simply tossed over the side.
And so it was with Wilson, who is thought to have been paddling around in the water for days by the time he was spotted and pulled onto the boat that rescued him.
He was taken ashore in Cozumel and handed over to a local animal shelter where, exhausted by his ordeal, he slept for nearly a full week.
Barely 10 pounds, he was thought by the vet to be a cross between, of all things, a Pomeranian and a golden retriever. The vet also guessed him to be about eight years old, unheard of for most street dogs, whose life expectancy is somewhere between two to four years.
Wilson had never been vetted before so his nails had grown under his feet and his dew claws into his hind legs. He had a serious infection in his eye that necessitated its removal and was also grappling with a host of maladies that required medication.
He was, in short, a perfect candidate for WHARF.
"We take the really bad cases, the ones that are really special needs," says Ashley Lee, who runs the non-profit organization with her sister, Tessa.
They also own a gourmet pet bakery in Edmonton called Food Dish Wishes, where they sell a wide variety of homemade pastries and ice creams using all natural ingredients.
In addition to helping cats and dogs close to home, WHARF started reaching out a couple of years ago to help abused and abandoned animals farther afield.
The sisters joined forces with a group called Cats and Dogs International, or CANDI, which transfers homeless cats and dogs from Playa del Carmen and Cancun in an effort to help them find their forever homes here in Canada.
"We have a really good adoption rate," says Ashley.
She says the mixed-breed dogs that come from Mexico, in addition to being meek, are incredibly affectionate, and so appreciative of getting a second chance at life.
Talbott knows that first-hand. She adopted Wilson in June, and he has since become her shadow.
She says he fits perfectly into her family, which also includes two cats, a horse and a big golden retriever named Riley.
Riley has his name on an all-natural supplement powder Talbott developed in 2006 in collaboration with friend and master herbalist Rainer Geertz. Intended to contribute to the overall health of cats and dogs and boost their immune system, Riley's Legacy Inc. exceeded all their expectations.
Three years ago she entered into a licensing agreement with Pet-tek who markets the product and sells it in specialty pet food stores across Canada.
Last month, Wilson underwent surgery to remove some abscessed teeth — the nerve was exposed on one of them — and had his ears flushed out.
"Now we're starting with a clean slate," says Talbott. "For the first time, likely in his life, he is pain free. I'm already seeing a difference, even though he still has stitches in his mouth.
"My heart gets bigger every day because of him. I have so much respect for his courage, and his will to live. I made him a promise: You will have the life every day that every animal deserves; you will receive love on a daily basis."


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His work has played a critical role in the development of safe, effective treatments and innovative research into the needs of young people with emerging mental disorders, notably psychotic and severe mood disorders. He has also played a major part in the transformational reform of mental health services to better serve the needs of vulnerable young people.
Professor McGorry was a key architect of the headspace model and has been successful in advocating with colleagues for its national expansion. He has successfully advocated for the establishment of a national early psychosis programme based on the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre model. He is frequently asked to advise on youth mental health policy both nationally and internationally.
Professor McGorry has published extensively in the specialist literature, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of Early Intervention in Psychiatry. He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and the current President of the Society for Mental Health Research, and the President-Elect of the Schizophrenia International Research Society.


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Heiress Tamara Ecclestone has done a Demi Moore as she posed topless to show off her baby bump - and said she cannot wait to slump into her pyjamas each day.
And she said despite her pregnancy, she has still not bought any maternity wear - instead opting for her usual designer gear in bigger sizes or stretchy materials.
In an interview with Hello! magazine she said: "During my pregnancy, it's been my favourite thing to come home at whatever time of day and change into my PJs."
Tamara, 29, is expecting her first child in the coming weeks, a baby girl, with her businessman partner Jay Rutland.
"I haven't bought any maternity clothes - I just wear my stretchy garments or buy the next size up. I've been lucky because I've not grown that big. All my rings still fit and I can wear my heels," said the socialite, who recreated Moore's famous cover shoot for the magazine.
She said her father Bernie Ecclestone, the F1 supremo, was among the first people to be told a baby was on the way.
"Dad said 'of course, another girl in the family - more handbags'. He loves kids," Ecclestone added.
"It might sound crazy, but I feel in tune with my baby and talk to her all the time. I know she can hear me, so she'll definitely recognise my voice when she's born."


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There are three main types of fee-based mutual funds, each with pros and cons.
To help make sense of all this, here's a quick overview of each type.
Class A Shares
For these types of funds, you pay most of your fees upfront. For instance, if you plan to invest $10,000 in a Class A share, you might have to pay an upfront fee of $575. As a result, your initial investment will be reduced to $9,425 on day one. However, Class A shares usually have the lowest ongoing expenses.
Class B Shares
These do not have an upfront fee. So, if you have $10,000 to invest, you can invest the full $10,000. However, Class B shares carry higher ongoing expenses. Also, it carries a back-end fee if the investment dollars are removed within an agreed upon period of time. This back-end fee is usually a declining percentage that's reduced every year—for instance, 5% the first year, 4% the second, etc.
Class C Shares
Like B shares, these do not have an upfront fee. However, Class C shares do carry the highest ongoing expenses. On top of that, they also have what's called a level load—an annual fee (usually 0.25%) on the net value of the fund.
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While it might seem like Class A shares cost the most, over long periods of time they are usually the least expensive. By paying all your fees upfront with a Class A share, the money in your fund is allowed to grow virtually uninhibited by extra fees.
On the other hand, while Class B and C shares might seem like they'll save you money, they more than likely won't. Without charging an upfront fee, these shares require you to pay higher ongoing expenses that cut into your returns.
Typically, you should stick mostly with Class A shares—those with most of the fees upfront. Dave invests for the long-haul, and Class A shares are usually the best fit for a long-term strategy.
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NEA sends urgent plea to Congress
Do the right thing for students; pass the Keep Our Educators Working Act
WASHINGTON - May 04, 2010 -
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel joined U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), AFT President Randi Weingarten and concerned teachers and parents today on Capitol Hill to urge Congress to make education jobs funding a priority.
"As educators continue to face layoffs across the country, we must remember what this means for our students and their futures," said National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel. "Massive class sizes, less attention to individual student needs, fewer services—all mean our children won't receive the education they need. How can we give our children a world class education when teachers and other education personnel are in unemployment lines instead of in classrooms and schools?"
From left: NEA. Pres. Dennis Van Roekel, AFT Pres. Randi Weingarten, Rep. George Miller (D-CA) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
In keeping with past recovery efforts under the Administration's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), Harkin, chair of the Senate Education Committee, recently introduced the Keep Our Educators Working Act, which would provide $23 billion to extend the already successful State Fiscal Stabilization Fund. According to Harkin, the bill, cosponsored by 25 Senators, would offer a one-year influx of money to fund state and local education jobs. In addition, Miller, who is chair of the House Committee on Education and Labor, has included funding for education jobs in his Local Jobs for America Act.
"This country is about to face a massive wave of layoffs in our schools and institutions of higher learning that could weaken our economic recovery and cause serious damage to our education system," Harkin said. "This bill is an investment in our kids, in our economy and in our future."
"Chairmen Harkin and Miller have introduced bills that will save or fund hundreds of thousands of education jobs, and ensure that millions of America's students will not be penalized or shortchanged because of the nation's economic woes," said Van Roekel. "When educators lose their jobs, our children lose too."
All across the country, educators are speaking out for education and kids. Join the discussion on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/speakupforkids.
For more resources on education funding, please go to http://www.nea.org/funding. For more information on saving educators' jobs, visit http://www.educationvotes.nea.org/. Follow us on twitter at www.twitter.com/NEAMedia
To read NEA Today's coverage of the event, click here. To watch it on YouTube, click here.
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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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- Reverse Fountain Cytoplasmic Streaming in Rhizopus Oryzae
- Diné Research Practices and Protocols: An Intersectional Paradigm Incorporating Indigenous Feminism, Critical Indigenous Research Methodologies and Diné Knowledge Systems
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Currently Java is making its way into the embedded systems and mobile devices like androids. The programs written in Java are compiled into machine independent binary class byte codes. A Java Virtual Machine (JVM) executes these classes. The Java platform additionally specifies the Java Native Interface (JNI). JNI allows Java code that runs within a JVM to interoperate with applications or libraries that are written in other languages and compiled to the host CPU ISA. JNI plays an important role in embedded system as it provides a mechanism to interact with libraries specific to the platform. This thesis addresses the …
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This is Skullgirls, a game we've only previously whispered about. It's a gorgeous 2D fighting game, and the only fighters are girls.
That's it, no boys allowed. You should leave the catfighting and handbag jokes at the door, too, because as cute as it looks, Skullgirls also looks like a serious fighter.
Initially a two-man project, Skullgirls is now also being worked on by Reverge, a studio set up by former Pandemic staffers after the Battlefront developers went belly-up.
It's apparently been doing the convention rounds for a while now, with the eventual aim to get the game in "both consoles and arcades".
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Highway 84 runs from Santa Fe to Colorado. About forty minutes north of Santa Fe, the highway cuts a paved path through Ohkay Owingeh, a Native American reservation, and the roadside becomes dense with fast-food outlets, outposts of national grocery chains, Walmart, and billboards for Ohkay Casino, Hutch and Norma Naranjo's sprawling midcentury home is set about fifty years back from the road, a shrine to the tug-of-war between new ways and traditional ones. In the backyward Mr. Naranjo built two hornos (behive-shaped adobe ovens). Inside the house, a handmade wreath of dried chiles hangs on one wall and a string of made-for-tourists ceramic peppers on another. A naïve painting of St. Francis hangs not far from a cluster of the dream catchers that the couple and their two grown children fashion from string, feathers, and yarn, just as their Pueblo ancestors did.
"We go to church one Sunday and dance the traditional dances the next," said Mrs. Naranjo. A retired social worker, she gives cooking classes and does a little catering. But she spends most of her mornings working the two-acre minifarm where she grows vegetables from seeds that have been passed from one Pueblo generation to another for at least a thousand years. "The history of our people is in those seeds," she says. In the evenings, when her husband builds hornos on the terraces of hotels and McMansions, Mrs. Naranjo visits the elderly women in Ohkay Owingeh, who remember life and cooking when it was closer to the land, and collects their recipes and food stories. "Our history lives in our hands as well," she says.
Mrs. Naranjo moves with the efficiency of a modern professional as she smooths cornmeal paste on damp cornhusks. Tiny white kernels from several ears of heirloom corn, and diced green chiles and squash, along with a thick, bloodred chile sauce and shredded fresh cheese, are lined up in small stainless-steel bowls at the head of her tamale assembly line. She notes that tamales were stuffed with rabbit, venison, pork—whatever people had. Vegetable tamales were a fine way to make use of the gardens' overflowing crops.
She swathes the dough, sprinkles filling, folds, ties, and places the tamale bundles on a rack set over water in a big enameled pot. From time to time, she glances out the window to the backyard, where her husband is feeding small, dry sticks into this new four-by-four horno. Her smaller tamales are, she says, her only concession to modernity: "People love the little ones as snacks, and Hutch and I love them in these green chile stews we make in the horno."
- Yield
- Makes about 36 small tamales
- For the husks and tamale dough
- One 8-ounce package dried corn husks, approximately 48 individual husks
- 3 cups masa harina (preferably Maseca brand)
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 vegetable oil or fresh lard
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- About 1 1/2 cups warm water
- For the filling
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 3 cups diced peeled calabaza, zucchini, or summer squash, in 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 cup Red Chile Sauce
- 2 cups fresh chico corn kernels or other small, sweet corn kernels
- 4 to 6 roasted green chiles (canned or fresh), seeded and thinly sliced into 2-inch-long strips
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella or other fresh mild cheese
- 1. To prepare the husks: Separate the bundle into individual husks, place them in a pot of warm water over medium-low heat, and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes, until soft. Remove from heat, place a plate on top of the husks to keep them under water, and soak for 1 hour.
- 2. Meanwhile, prepare the dough by placing the masa harina in a large bowl. Knead in the butter. Add the vegetable oil. Add the salt and baking powder and knead to continue thoroughly. Add the water, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring or kneading after each addition, until the dough is slightly pliant and rather pasty. Cover and set aside.
- 3. To prepare the filling: Warm the vegetable oil in a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add the squash and cook 1 to 2 minutes, shaking the pan so that each side of the squash toasts slightly. Transfer to bowl.
- 4. To assemble the tamales: Pat the cornhusks dry and cut into 4-inch squares. Cut some of the husks into thin strips for tying the tamales (cut at least 40 strips). Spread 1 tablespoon of the dough in the center of a husk square to create a 2 1/2-inch square. Brush a little chile sauce over the dough, sprinkle on a little squash, and then a little corn. Lay a piece of green chile on the middle of the filling and sprinkle with cheese.
- 5. As if covering a small package with wrapping paper, fold the sides of the husk toward the center, then the ends. Tie the bundle with a husk strip. When the tamales have been assembled, place upright on a steaming rack over boiling water. Cover and cook for 20 minutes. Serve as an appetizer or with a green chile sauce.
Reprinted with permission from One Big Table: A Portrait of American Cooking by Molly O'Neill, (C) 2010 Simon & Schuster


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Would you like a Sunday morning pick-me-up from Josh McDowell?
The Internet has given atheists, agnostics, skeptics, the people who like to destroy everything that you and I believe, the almost equal access to your kids as your youth pastor and you have… whether you like it or not.
Yes. And it makes me so happy.


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The St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Guild re-elected its current slate of officers for the coming year during its annual luncheon held April 21, at Stella Maris Hall. Officers are Carole McMahon, president; Carol Fischbein, vice president; Pat Young, corresponding secretary; Jane Vorel, recording secretary; and Rhonda Browning, treasurer.
Guest speakers were Wendy Dawson and Arline Napiecek. Dawson was recently elected Northern Deanery director of the Venice Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. She spoke about the National Council of Catholic Women program and its activities.
Napiecek discussed the recent memorial prayer service held at St. Mary's for people who lost loved ones during the last two years.
This was the final Guild meeting of the season — the next meeting will be held in October. However, the Christmas Bazaar Committee will be meeting regularly this summer.