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Blowing whistles, blowing calls -- it's all in a day's work for an NFL replacement ref.
When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced that he was locking out the refs during their labor dispute, he assured the world that the replacement refs would do "a very credible job." A month later, he's likely having doubts, and even if he's not, the president certainly is.
"Terrible," said President Obama in response to a pool reporter simply shouting "Packers" as he walked from Marine One. "I've been saying for months, we've gotta get our refs back."
U.S. & World
When the history of this labor dispute is written, the final play of Monday night's game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks (see below) could be the moment that broke Goodell's resolve. So let's take this chance to look back at six games featuring nine of worst calls -- two by the league, five by refs and one by a state senator -- of this torturous experiment in labor relations.
Sept. 16, Panthers 35 - Saints 27: It was only hours before kick-off that the NFL realized that replacement ref Brian Stropolo, who'd already worked the Giants-Cowboys Week 1 opener, is a huge Saints fan. Before Stropolo's Facebook page went missing, Deadspin spotted comments on it like, "Hey, now be nice with those yellow flags for our Saints!!" and "That's awesome you get to be an official for a Saints game! I didn't think they would let you since your (sic) from Louisiana."
While the blown calls on the field are the ones that spark all the outrage, it's this sort of nonsense that is totally inexcusable and totally avoidable. If the NFL is going to risk the integrity of their product by bringing in replacement refs, they have to at least make sure they meet the barest minimum of qualifications -- like not being a superfan.
Sept. 9, Cardinals 20 - Seahawks 16: This game featured a replacement ref who had for the previous three seasons been on the Seahawks payroll, reported NFL.com. But it was head referee Bruce Hermansen who made headlines when he granted the Seahawks an extra timeout, because he was a little fuzzy on what exactly a timeout is.
"It was my error," said Hermansen afterward. "We gave [the Seahawks] the additional timeout because of the incomplete pass stopping the clock before the injury occurred. When in effect, the clock has no bearing on the play at all, whether it's stopped or running. We should not have given them the additional timeout."
Sept. 9, 49ers 30 - Packers 22: After the 49ers let fly a booming 61-yard punt, the Packers only manage a paltry 4-yard return, but San Francisco defensive back C.J. Spillman is called for an illegal block--how does a guy on the punting team get called for a block? Who was he blocking and why?
In that same game, the 49ers Aldon Smith get called for unsportsmanlike conduct for removing his helmet -- despite the fact that it was Packers QB Aaron Rodgers who kicked it off.
Sept. 24, Titans 44 - Lions 41: In overtime, with the score tied, Titans QB Jake Locker fired a 24-yard pass to TE Craig Stevens that was originally ruled a catch. The Lions were called for a personal foul to tack on another 15 yards. The catch was subsequently overturned upon review, but in the confusion (of their own making), the refs marked off the penalty from the from the Detroit 44 instead of the Tennessee 44, thereby giving the Titans an extra 12 yards. Seven plays later, the Titans kicked what would prove to be the winning field goal.
Sept. 24, Bengals 38 - Redskins 31: In the waning moments of the fourth quarter and trailing by a touchdown, the Redskins drove from their own 2-yard line to the Bengals' 34 before getting hit with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty that should've cost them 15 yards.Instead, they were moved back 20 yards. Why? Who knows?
Sept. 24, Seahawks 14 - Packers 12: Monday night, the weekly crown jewel of the NFL's schedule, was marred by a blown call on the last play of the game -- one that has probably produced the season's inconic photograph and will be widely cited in American sports history.
With the clock winding down and the Seahawks trailing 12-7, Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson heaved a 24-yard desperation pass into the end zone. Seahawks wide receiver Golden Tate knocked down Green Bay cornerback Sam Shields as Packers' M.D. Jennings leapt for the ball. Jennings made the catch and fell to the ground with Tate, who tried to wrestle the ball away from him and was awarded a game-winning touchdown.
The NFL acknowledged in a statement issued Tuesday that Tate should have been called for offensive pass interference, but the league stood by the touchdown call.
"When the players hit the ground in the end zone, the officials determined that both Tate and Jennings had possession of the ball," the NFL said in a statement. "Under the rule for simultaneous catch, the ball belongs to Tate, the offensive player. The result of the play was a touchdown."
The outcry was wide.
Former President Bill Clinton: "I would not have called that last play the way they did in that Seattle-Green Bay game last night,"
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, via Twitter: "After catching a few hours of sleep, the #Packers game is still just as painful." Usually one to take on unions, he added "#Returntherealrefs."
And Wisconsin State Sen. Joe Erpenbach distinguished himself by tweeting Goodell's phone number.
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As with the landscaping along U.S. Highway 98, the Port St. Joe Redevelopment Agency continues to expand its roots as 2014 approaches.
As with the landscaping along U.S. Highway 98, the Port St. Joe Redevelopment Agency continues to expand its roots in 2014.
With a $3.8 million investment in the community since 2006, the seeds have certainly been planted.
The PSJRA celebrated a successful 2013 last month, capping off a calendar year in which a new downtown banner series was unveiled, the new Billy Joe Rish Parking Lot and deck was completed, a project to construct new sidewalks along Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. finally has the green light and highway landscaping reached the George Tapper Bridge.
With a slide in property values having impacted the Tax Increment Funding � a percentage of property value increases within the boundaries of the PSJRA compared to a baseline year � that supports the PSJRA.
The county and city of Port St. Joe have both seen statute-required contributions to the PSJRA recede in the past few years.
But the agency has nonetheless been able to use those funds to bring more than $1.3 million in active grant funding during 2013.
�We have limited funds and we were diligent in leveraging those funds for grant dollars,� said executive director Gail Alsobrook.
Those grants have also contributed to the effort to move the Cape San Blas Lighthouse into the city as well as fund a documentary of that move as well as master planning for a new bayside park which city commissioners put on the backburner to concentrate on the lighthouse relocation.
The PSJRA has invested $2.5 million into the local business community, for projects from improvements in the neighborhood of North Port St. Joe � added to the expanded agency boundaries in the past five years � to planning and visioning to construction.
The efforts, Alsobrook said, is part of an agency goal to be an agent for improvement in the city.
�Redevelopment is a grassroots organization,� Alsobrook said. �There is nothing between what the people want and what the PSJRA can do.
�The PSJRA board is a product of board development. We have board members that represent the professions that give us the expertise we need.�
That grassroots effort, Alsobrook added, also includes partnerships � with the Gulf County Tourist Development Council on the Reid Avenue historic banner series or the Gulf County Chamber of Commerce on events such as the Salt Air Farmer�s Market.
That collaboration also extends to City Hall, where Alsobrook said she has gained significant assistance from city manager Jim Anderson and Public Works director John Grantland.
In the future, the PSJRA will seek collaboration with the newly-reorganized Downtown Merchants Association.
�We think that is a win for the community,� Alsobrook said.
The final phase of the U.S. 98 landscaping is complete and with the deck installed at the Billy Joe Rish Parking Memorial Parking Lot, Alsobrook said the PSJRA wants to create a community informational center.
�That is all part of our goal to make people want to stop and know what is in the city,� Alsobrook said. �That has been the challenge since day one. We are hoping to solve that to a degree.�
Another ongoing success story is the fa�ade grant program which allows small businesses in the community to apply for funding to improve storefronts.
More than $400,000 has been invested in that program.
�We are very proud of the businesses who have taken advantage of the fa�ade grant program,� Alsobrook said.
With new businesses arriving in 2013 and an uptick in visitors as tourism numbers spiked, the new year provides continuing opportunities for the kinds of investment the PSJRA has made in prior years.
Over three million seeds have already been planted.

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The surest way to gain lots of reputation on Stack Overflow- ask questions
Can there be a badge encouraging answering a certain ratio of questions?
As I understand it, we have the reputation system on SO mainly for two reasons
- Reward helpful users
- Indicate a user's experience level
The second item tends to work pretty well most of the time. However, I have noticed occasional extreme disparities between a user's reputation level and experience. This usually occurs in questions but can also occur in answers.
When I notice this, I usually look at the user's page. In every case (in my limited experience) the user has ~10:1 question:answer ratio. In extreme cases I've seen 300-400 (or even 1000) questions with zero answers.
Example: This user has asked ~ 1800 questions and this is their most recent one
The main reason I ask is because I hate wading through horrible questions when I could be answering good ones and I have to at least READ the question before I can determine its quality. It's true that it's just more work - but SO isn't a job. The less work I have to do to find good questions (that deserve an answer) the more questions get answered. And the less cluttered and easier to use the site is.
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Yield explainer: The importance of income
What is yield?
Yield is the income return on an investment. In its simplest form, if you pay money into a bank account the bank pays you interest on the cash.
How is yield calculated?
Yield is most often expressed in percentage terms based on the investment's cost, its current market value or its face value, which makes it easier to compare the attractiveness of assets.
For example, if you buy a share worth £10 and it pays a dividend of £1 then the yield is 10%.
What is the difference between yield and return?
Yield is usually paid in the form of interest or a dividend on a quarterly, half-yearly or annual basis and ignores the capital value of an investment.
Returns take into account the capital value of an asset as well as the dividend and interest payments.
Why has income become so important?
Interest rates in most developed countries are now at or near historic lows. That means interest earned on money paid into banks and cash ISAs or invested in money markets is negligible.
Traditional sources of supposedly "safe" income, such as US, UK and German bonds, have now become prohibitively expensive to buy, while higher-yielding bonds are often deemed too risky for a conservative investor. The result has left investors hunting for good affordable yield.
Where can investors find yield?
Source: Thomson Reuters Datastream as at 10/06/2015
Source: Thomson Reuters Datastream as at 10/06/2015
Why is equity income such an important source of yield?
Equity yield can be variable whereas bond yield is fixed. In an inflationary environment, the real value of your dividend payment from your bonds will diminish over time, whereas companies have the ability to increase dividend payments.
Over long periods of time the biggest part of total returns comes from yield, when dividends are reinvested.
Why can't I just buy the asset with the highest yield?
Investors should treat high-yielding assets cautiously. Higher yield often means more risk.
The second part in this series will explore where yield opportunities lie within European and UK equity markets.
Investors should research their investment thoroughly and consult their financial adviser.
Please remember that past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated. The value of investments and the income from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the amounts originally invested.
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Graham Colton promotes Acoustic for Autism Volume 2.
Recorded October 11, 2012, backstage at The Red Room, Cafe 939, Boston, MA, USA.
Five For Fighting
Like most fledgling musicians, John Ondrasik (aka Five For Fighting) grew to be successful – radio play, an appreciative audience, rubbing elbows, and maybe even collaborating with heroes who inspired him. Thanks to impactful No. 1 hits such as "Superman" and "100 Years," Ondrasik has certainly had that success and been able to establish himself as a working — and, importantly, evolving — artist. But he's also accomplished a great deal more during the 15 years of his recording career.
Ondrasik used his formidable position — more than 2.5 million albums sold and stature as one of Billboard magazines Top 5 Adult-Contemporary artists of the 2000s — as a launching pad that's taken him well beyond the charts. In 2012 he's a philanthropist and an in-demand public speaker. "I'm very lucky," Ondrasik says. "For over a decade I've been able to make my living as a songwriter and be able to practice my craft. I could've been one of those guys who, yeah, had some potential, wrote a few good songs but never was allowed to have that public hearing. I DID have the gift of being heard. I caught the falling star. Obviously you have to do the work and have the tenacity to face the hurdles along the way — everything has to align,. Then, if it does, you can embrace success as an opportunity to do something even more with it."
Cowboy Junkies
Cowboy Junkies were formed in Toronto in 1985 after guitarist and songwriter Michael Timmins and long-time friend and musical partner, bassist Alan Anton, recruited Michael's sister, singer Margo Timmins and brother, drummer Peter Timmins to join them. For more than 20 years, Cowboy Junkies have remained true to their unique artistic vision and to the introspective, quiet intensity that is their musical signature, creating a critically acclaimed body of original work that has endeared them to an audience unwavering in its loyalty. Their music chronicles a creative journey reflecting the independent road the band has elected to travel. Cowboy Junkies have appeared on countless major television shows in North America from Saturday Night Live to Late Night with David Letterman and The Tonight Show. Their music has been featured in dozens of television programs and feature films.
The Wailin' Jennys
The Wailin' Jennys are Ruth Moody, Nicky Mehta and Heather Masse – three distinct voices that together make an achingly perfect vocal sound. Starting as a happy accident of solo singer-songwriters getting together for a one-time-only performance at a tiny guitar shop in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, The Wailin' Jennys have grown over the years into one of today's most beloved international folk acts. Although known primarily as an acoustic outfit, The Wailin' Jennys have a wide range of musical backgrounds that have formed their musical sensibilities. Soprano Ruth Moody (vocals, guitar, accordion, banjo, bodhrán) is a classically trained vocalist and pianist known as an accomplished, versatile singer of traditional and Celtic music. Mezzo Nicky Mehta (vocals, guitar, harmonica, drums, ukulele) was nominated for a Canadian Indie Music Award. Alto Heather Masse (vocals, upright bass) is a Jazz Voice graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, and is a regular guest on A Prairie Home Companion. With their varying backgrounds, each of the Jennys is unique in their individual expression. Together they forge a unified folk-pop sound all delivered with the irresistible vocal power of three.
Joy Dragland
"Minnesota winters," is what Joy Dragland credits as her first musical influence. "You couldn't go anywhere, and it was so dark and quiet. For months on end, all I had to entertain myself was my own imagination." Joy was born in Minnesota, studied English in Wisconsin and wrote her first albums-worth of songs by age 19. Her self-produced solo record, "Soften the Blow", was released in 2010. Joy continues to write, produce and perform, based out of Brooklyn, NY and she's currently working on a solo record to be released late 2012.
1996 brought us eBay, DVDs, the concept of Global Warming and Wheat the band – Scott Levesque, Brendan Harney, Ricky Brennan and Kenny Madaras. They began playing in the Boston area, and grabbing the attention of local fans and writers, ultimately leading to world tours and a global fan base – receiving critical acclaim from Melody Maker, Q, Rolling Stone and Spin among others. Wheat has shared the stage with artists including The Flaming Lips, Liz Phair and John Mayer and have influenced artists including Snow Patrol. Wheat is always trying to find new and unique ways of delivering the love song.


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The Daniel Plan focuses on the core food groups of healthy carbs, healthy fats, healthy protein, healing spices, drinks, and super foods. And The Daniel Plan gives an easy guideline to use for any meal:
"Then God said, I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth
and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food."
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Telephony is the technology associated with the electronic transmission of voice, fax, or other information between distant parties using systems historically associated with the telephone, a handheld device containing both a speaker or transmitter and a receiver. With the arrival of computers and the transmittal of digital information over telephone systems and the use of radio to transmit telephone signals, the distinction between telephony and telecommunication has become difficult to make.
Internet telephony is the use of the Internet rather than the traditional telephone company infrastructure and rate structure to exchange spoken or other telephone information. Since access to the Internet is available at local phone connection rates, an international or other long-distance call will be much less expensive than through the traditional call arrangement.
On the Internet, three new services are now or will soon be available:
- The ability to make a normal voice phone call (whether or not the person called is immediately available; that is, the phone will ring at the location of the person called) through the Internet at the price of a local call
- The ability to send fax transmissions at very low cost (at local call prices) through a gateway point on the Internet in major cities
- The ability to send voice messages along with text e-mail
Some companies that make products that provide or plan to provide these capabilities include: IDT Corporation (Net2Phone), Netspeak, NetXchange, Rockwell International, VocalTec, and Voxspeak.Among uses planned for Internet phone services are phone calls to customer service people while viewing a product catalog online at a Web site.
You can now add telephone capabilities to your computer by adding a telephony board, available for under $300,that combines the functions of modem, sound board, speakerphone, and voicemail system. A telephony board is often integrated into new machines targeted for small business and home office users.
A Telephony API (TAPI) is available from Microsoft and Intel that allows Windows client applications to access voice services on a server and that interconnects PC and phone systems. Both Microsoft and Netscape provide or plan to provide support for voice e-mail.


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Geez, you really do want to believe her this time. I mean there is nothing healthy or good for our democracy to see such factional infighting in any Governing party.
Alas I naively believed her when she said that "there would be No Carbon Tax under a government I lead" because I just thought that once she said it and it was on the public record that she would not be so bold or stupid as to break that pledge.....
Well, as they say, the rest is history and so is she and her party come the next election because you just cannot believe that she will be able to command and control a caucus in which one in three members have lost faith in her leadership, plus the fact that she has lead such a disastrous government so far and that the people have not forgiven her for stabbing their PM in the back.
Rudd may not have been any better a choice to lead this country -- I still remember all of the mistakes that he made -- but one thing is for sure, he was the peoples choice and deserved the chance to fight it out with Abbott..... that is democracy!
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Warren Buffett added shares of Wells Fargo to Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio for the ninth straight quarter in Q2 2013, bringing the billionaire investor's stake in Wells to 8.7% of the bank's stock, according to regulatory filings this week.
The investment of Berkshire (BRK.A), of which Buffett is the chairman, in Wells (WFC) now totals almost $20 billion, Bloomberg reported. The Wells stake is the largest holding in a value-focused portfolio that includes more than $15 billion in Coca-Cola Co., $11 billion in American Express and $12 billion in Buffett's one technology sector stock, IBM.
"The Wells Fargo holding has surged by about 60% to 463.1 million shares in the five years through June 30," wrote Noah Buhayar for Bloomberg, citing regulatory filings. "Buffett hasn't added to AmEx and Coca-Cola since the 1990s. He built the IBM stake beginning in 2011."
Wells Stock Up 26% in 2013
Wells Fargo stock is up 26% this year. As of June, the bank is the No. 1 small-business lender, auto lender, mortgage originator and commercial real estate originator, according to a Wells presentation at a Morgan Stanley financials conference on June 11. On the advisor side of the business, in late July the company said that it added 34 teams and some $5.4 billion in assets under management to the bank's independent-advisor channel during the first half of 2013.
In the second quarter of 2013, Wells Fargo's Wealth, Brokerage and Retirement unit reported revenue of close to $3.3 billion, up 10% from the year-ago period and 2% from the prior quarter, partly due to higher asset-based fees.
Buffett and his deputies also put money to work in cars, oil and satellite television in second-quarter 2013, making it Berkshire's most heavily stock-invested quarter since 2011, The Financial Times reported. Berkshire increased its holdings in General Motors and also made new investments in Dish Network and the Canadian oil company Suncor Energy.
"The billionaire investor, for decades a proponent of the long-term attractions of stocks, made the investments in a period when the U.S. stock market surpassed its previous high set in 2007," wrote Dan McCrum in the Financial Times. "The rising market helped push the value of Berkshire's stock portfolio to $97 billion on Thursday, accounting for more than a third of the conglomerate's $287 billion market capitalization."
Berkshire's Q2 Beats Expectations
On Aug. 2, Berkshire Hathaway reported a 46% jump in earnings for the second quarter, saying the sizable increase reflected a $322 million gain in investments and a $300 million gain in derivatives. Net earnings totaled $4.5 billion for Q2 2013, or $2,763 per share, versus $3.1 billion in Q2 2012, or $1,882 per share. Analysts' expectations were for profits of $2,170 per share, according to Thomson Reuters.
To be sure, Berkshire's expectation-beating second-quarter performance must be putting a smile on Buffett's face. Earlier this year, Buffett's letter to shareholders within Berkshire's 2012 annual report expressed disappointment with the company's performance last year.
"When the partnership I ran took control of Berkshire in 1965, I could never have dreamed that a year in which we had a gain of $24.1 billion would be subpar," Buffett wrote in his 21-page letter. "But subpar it was. For the ninth time in 48 years, Berkshire's percentage increase in book value was less than the S&P's percentage gain (a calculation that includes dividends as well as price appreciation). In eight of those nine years, it should be noted, the S&P had a gain of 15% or more. We do better when the wind is in our face."
Read Warren Buffett's Son, Peter, Fires Shot at 'Charitable-Industrial Complex' at ThinkAdvisor.


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This Blog focuses on Ancestor Stories, both the stories themselves about my family's ancestors and discussions of where they come from and how to prepare and share them. These stories may be non-fiction or fiction – we will always tell which is which, of course. Also see my KINNICK blog and The HOMEPLACE Series Blog, left sidebar, scroll down.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Sharing Memories Sunday - Appril Eileen Smith
Sharing Memories Sunday - Appril Eileen Smith
The primary memory of our first six months in Schenectady, as I was struggling to learn this new, high level, Traveling Auditor game, was on the home front. Nancy was pregnant with our third child, due in 1968 (first one, 1960; second, 1964). Unfortunately, she was a Rh Factor baby. She decided to come early, on December 23, 1967. However, her little heart was not up to the strain her 'conflicted' body put on her. All the remedies easily available today had not yet been developed by medical science at that time.
Appril Eileen Smith died on Christmas morning, December 25, 1967.
We buried her in Schenectady, where she was born. However, a few years later, when it was apparent we would never live there, again, we brought her little casket back to Iowa, with the metal marker, to the Union Township cemetery near Coon Rapids, near where my Dad was buried. When Mom died, in 1999, we decided to buy our own gravestone, for future use, near theirs, and mounted the metal marker on the back of our stone (rather than have the grass grow over it).
Families are Forever! ;-)
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It's interesting. I really don't remember very much about this time period other than a little about walking to school and playing with friends. It was probably my age.ReplyDelete
Having moved twice in three years may have played a role, as well... at that age. ;-)ReplyDelete
I didn't know/remember that she was 'early'...how early was she born from her due date??? I think all I 'remember' was from seeing the film on Christmas morning..ReplyDelete
She wasn't due until into 1968. ;-)ReplyDelete


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The same hypothetical leveraged positions expressed as a percentage gain or loss...
When I first started writing this post this morning, the only other bond markets getting hit were Portugal's. After the aforementioned downgraded, I would assume we can expect significantly more activity. As you can, those holding these bonds on a leveraged basis (basically any bank that holds the bonds) has gotten literally toasted. We have discovered several entities that are flushed with sovereign debt and I am turning significantly more bearish against them. Subscribers, please reference the following:
- Leveraged European Entities from a Sovereign Risk Perspective - retail
- Leveraged European Entities from a Sovereign Risk Perspective - professional
To date, my work both free and particularly the subscription work, has shown signifcant returns. I am quite confident that the thesis behind the Pan-European Sovereign Debt Crisis research is still quite valid and has a very long run ahead of it. Let's look at one of the main Greek bank shorts that we went bearish on in January:


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COMSOL Thermal Model for a Heated Neural Micro-Probe
This project utilizes the heat transfer module of the COMSOL Multiphysics environment to model the effects that an ohmic heating probe will have on neural tissue. The model quantifies the thermal impact of active components embedded on a neural micro probe by solving the Penne's bioheat equation with an external MATLAB function to determine the heat generation along the length of the probe. The resulting model can be used as design tool for developing novel neural probes that include light and heat sources and active cooling. In order to demonstrate this utility an ohmic heating probe is designed for a particular temperature excursion. The ohmic heating probe will be fabricated and used in subsequent experiments to validate the computational model.
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There's truly no place like home! And despite the August temperatures, hometown do-gooders loved being back to their H-town social routines, even turning out in the hundreds for a Saturday luncheon-the Woman's Hospital of Texas' 10th Annual Labor Day Luncheon and Fashion Show. The "Wizard of Oz" themed gathering included a shop 'til you drop bazaar, a style seminar by Holly Thompson, and, lastly, a fall fashion show by stylist Todd Ramos.
Lovelies like Ursaline Hamilton, Amy Lee, and Alicia Smith followed the yellow brick road to the Omni Houston ballroom, where more than 20 local boutiques showcased their autumn must-haves (i.e. fifty shades of gray clutches, demure pearls, and studded cuffs). While Thompson gave the 411 on transitional dressing – incorporate leather elements now -Ramos brought out the inner sexpot in schoolmarm's uniform (fitted pencil skirts paired with pointed shooeties and cat winged spectacles). Chairs Linda Russell and Michelle Smith credit their supportive friends and shopaholics (10 percent of pop-up shops' sales were donated to the NICU Family Support program at The Women's Hospital of Texas) for making this March of Dimes benefit an end of summer success.


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It happens that next year 2011 is prime, while outgoing 2010 is highly composite in the sense that the number of its distinct prime factors is 4, maximal possible for a year $< 2310$.
Let me denote by $s(n)$ the number of distinct prime factors of $n$ and note that $s(2011)=1$, $s(2012)=2$ and $s(2013)=3$. I wonder whether there is a rigorous argument or some heuristic considerations to show that, for each $k\ge1$, there exist (infinitely many integers) $n$ satisfying $s(n+1)=1$, $s(n+2)=2$, $\dots$, $s(n+k)=k$.
This can be thought as a generalization of the infiniteness of primes ($k=1$), but I ask this question for curiosity only.
Happy New Prime Year 2011! (Please do not count the exclamation mark as factorial.)


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I recently joined a networking group. The results have been eye-opening. I participate not only for my business but also to bring value to our client base. Here is a sampling of what has come our way so far: three new clients, a website copywriter, experts at search engine optimization and Internet radio advertising with enough added value to make me wonder why I hadn't been doing this already. All of that with a user-friendly price tag. And I'm just getting started.
I was speaking with health club owners recently who had just joined the chamber of commerce. I asked them how it was going. After some stuttering and stammering, they said they "have the book" and they are sending e-mails. Oh.
Many health club salespeople claim to be good at networking or say they are very involved in local functions that bring others together to network. But are they really? Most are seeking the low-hanging fruit. Done right, being part of a networking group will provide you with an abundance of leads and new resources to grow your health club business.
Take the time to seek out networking groups in your area. Here are some of the reasons you should get involved with a local networking group (or even two or three of them).
- Meet people in your trade area. By participating in a networking group, you walk away with new contacts after each and every meeting. What better way to meet people than to attend a networking event with people who are seeking the same thing you seek? You have an opportunity to give your 30-second commercial, share with your audience what you do and share what kind of leads or anything else you seek. The key to successful networking is the "one on one," which is where you meet with others in the group to learn about each others' business and how you can help. Just imagine having 30 to 50 local business people telling your story to others and even doing business with your health club.
- Establish local business relationships. Many fitness facility operators struggle with establishing these relationships, and many are ineffective at networking for business referrals, instead creating a social relationship. That's not necessarily bad. Establishing a social relationship can be just as valuable to you as an immediate business relationship because it creates trust and establishes integrity, which are two of the most crucial business traits you can have. Don't rush into a networking group and expect immediate referrals. If you do it right, the business aspect (referrals) will come. Follow the advice of Zig Ziglar, who says, "Help enough people in the world get what they want, and you'll get what you want."
- Support your local community. Many local networking groups put on community events and support nonprofit chapters by leveraging the ability to bring other people together. If you are looking for ways for your health club to be active in the community at many levels, networking groups can often lead you to some unique opportunities.
- Become a leader. Many networking groups exist, which means you can get several of your staffers involved. Some will do better than others, but working with networking groups provides great experience in areas such as public speaking. Many opportunities exist within established networking groups that allow for your health club staff to take more of an active role in the group and assume a leadership position. Taking on more tasks and responsibilities in the networking group can enhance how you lead others when you get back to your health club.
- Have fun. Networking groups have a "can-do" attitude and a friendly approach. The purpose of networking groups is to meet others with the same goals, enhance business relationships and establish your health club on the business scene while having a good time. If you have fun with a mindset to serve, you will excel in these groups.
Jim Thomas is the founder and president of Fitness Management USA Inc., a management consulting and turnaround firm specializing in the fitness and health club industry. With more than 25 years of experience owning, operating and managing clubs of all sizes, Thomas lectures and delivers seminars and workshops on the practical skills required to successfully build teamwork and market fitness programs and products.


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There's a song, I can't remember by whom or about what. In it however, there's a line that talks about what we'll tell our grandchildren… "Back in my day, there was an obesity epidemic. It was horrible, Pork chops and pumpkin pie everywhere."
In El País, Javier Cercas writes on the qualities of silence. He tells a story about a meeting between Borges and the famously reserved Italian novelist Italo Calvino in Seville in 1984, at a conference they were attending. Calvino's wife, Chichita was an Argentinian, and an old friend of Borges, who was, by this time, completely blind. The two of them, like true porteños, dived straight into conversation, and it was a while before Chichita mentioned to Borges that her husband, Italo, was also present. Yes, replied Borges, I know. But how, said Chichita, when he hasn't said a single word? I recognized him by his silence, said Borges.
I read this last month, while spending a few days in Spain, where I visited the beach near Llança quite late most afternoons. At this time of year, mid-June, most of the beachgoers are locals, and I was alarmed to notice the numbers of obese Spanish children and teenagers. Whereas, living in Britain, we have become accustomed to this, and have lived with it continuously since the nineties at least (if not from the days of Billy Bunter) in Spain it has been a radical and a rapid transformation. When I first visited Spain in 1959 (where I spent my third birthday at the house of the Langdon-Davies's in Palamós) it was still in the cycle of post civil-war poverty, before the influx of mass tourism. Then there was the transition, after 1975, and the hedonistic explosion of social life in the cities; then the property boom, and the rocketing of house prices. When I returned to Spain in the mid 1990s every other car was a BMW or a 4 x 4, and everyone was up the gunnels with debt (as they still are) and now, inevitably, the country has reached the final and definitive stage in the establishment of a global economy: the children are fat.
So, as I read the newspaper, I cannot avoid the sight of a group of pudgy 11 year olds, munching Pringles and gobbling Magnum ice creams, all washed down with cans of Red Bull. How depressing this sight is. Ten years ago, when we lived here and my children went to the local school, these same kids would have been content with a ham or cheese sandwich, an orange and a bottle of water. I acknowledge there is a massive tendency for people to overrate the benefits of the past, but this is no exaggeration. The change towards childhood obesity is visible and has been incredibly swift. I cannot see the Spanish footballers of the future emulating Xavi, Iniesta et al, if they follow a diet of this kind.
Yesterday was the last day my younger daughter Rhiannon spent as a teenager. She and I went shopping at the supermarket together and she chose a few items, which she kept separately, in her own basket. As she went to pay I saw that in it were two cartons of Pringles, half a bottle of Gordon's gin (a birthday present for her best mate) and two packets of Jelly Tots. Could the paradoxical state of being a teenager ever be more eloquently expressed, caught between the comforts of childhood and the terrors of adulthood?


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1- "Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed."
2-"A man's measure is his will."
3- "You [humans] think that you an insignificant, while there is a great universe contained in you."
4- "Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with some people in particular; and know that there are some men in whom Allah, may He he glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal. Remember the reply of the righteous slave to Moses when he said to him: 'May I follow you so that you can teach me what you know about what is right?' He replied: 'Surely you will not be able to be patient with me. How can you be patient about something which you do not understand?'"
5- "If poverty were a man, I would have slain him."
6_ "To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness."
7_ "A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country."
8_ "People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them."
9_ "No one has ever suffered from his people as I have."
10_ "Let me alone, and go in search of someone else.."
11_ "I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle"
12_ "He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome."
13_ "Abstinence from sins is better than seeking help afterwards."
14- "I do not find that piety benefits a man who practises it unless he controls his tongue. Certainly, the tongue of a believer is at the back of his heart while the heart of a hypocrite is at the back of his tongue; because when a believer intends to say anything, he thinks it over in his mind. If it is good, he discloses it, but if it is bad he lets it remain concealed. While a hypocrite speaks whatever comes to his tongue, without knowing what is in his favour and what goes against him."
15_ "Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you die tomorrow"
16_ He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
17_ A fool's mind is at the mercy of his tongue and a wise man's tongue is
under the control of his mind.
18_ A friend is not a true friend unless he protects his brother in three
situations: in his misfortune, in his absense, and at his death.
19_ Be afraid of a gentleman when he is hungry, and of a mean person
when his stomach is full.
20_ During civil disturbance adopt such an attitude that people do not
attach any importance to you - they neither burden you with
complicated affairs, nor try to derive any advantage out of you.
21_ Every breath you take is a step towards death.
22_ Every person who is tempted to go astray, does not deserve punishment.
23_ Fear more the sin when you are out of sight, it is where your witness is
also your judge.
24_ He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
25_ He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always
be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.
26_ If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.
27_ Remember that enjoyments pass while consequences remain.
28_ Submission to Allah's (God's) Will is the best companion; wisdom is the
noblest heritage; theoretical and practical knowledge are the best signs of distinction; deep thinking will present the clearest picture of every problem.
29_ The mind of a wise man is the safest custody of secrets; cheerfulness is
the key to friendship; patience and forbearance will conceal many
30_ This life of ours is a sleep..and when we die we wake up from the sleep.
31_ When this world favors somebody, it lends him the attributes, and
surpassing merits of others and when it turns its face away from him it
snatches away even his own excellences and fame.
32_ When you get ill do not get nervous about it and try as much as
possible to be hopeful.
33_ Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you die tomorrow.


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(Janesville, WI) By Jim Leute, Gazette
Citing Wisconsin's fiscal stability and business climate as advantages over Illinois, Gov. Scott Walker said his state picked up another Wednesday when he signed a bill that allows the transfer of state income tax credits awarded as economic development incentives.
The bill, authored by Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, and Sen. Rick Gudex, R-Fond du Lac, passed the Senate 32-0 and the Assembly 96-0.
As part of its economic development toolbox, the state for years has provided income tax credits if companies meet benchmarks spelled out in economic development contracts.
Forward Janesville, where Walker signed the bill Wednesday, has long maintained that the income tax credits were of little value to many companies because they didn't generate enough income to make the credits meaningful. The group argued that companies involved in the transfer of tax credits would have a relationship that creates jobs and fosters investment on the local level.
For example, Company A might want to lease space from the more established Company B. Company B makes improvements to its facility to accommodate Company A and therefore assumes a degree of risk. As a way to mitigate that risk, Company A—if it doesn't have sufficient income to use awarded tax credits—would transfer them to Company B.
That's what the bill now allows.
"This is important for Forward Janesville but also for other communities across the state where they can take these economic development job credits and make them transferable," Walker said. "It's something that's been on the Forward Janesville and Rock County legislative agenda for some time.
"It's a good day for Forward Janesville, a good day for Rock County and a good day for other communities around the state that want to have more tools in their tool chest when it comes to economic development."
Loudenbeck said the bill would help entrepreneurs, promote existing business expansion and retention efforts and secure new business development investments.
It allows for up to $15 million of economic development tax credits to be re-assigned over a three-year period using a mechanism of pre-approvals and notifications authorized and guided by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. and the state Department of Revenue.
"I appreciate Gov. Walker making another trip to Rock County and for recognizing that this bill was inspired by local economic development professionals," Loudenbeck said.
Walker said Forward Janesville and Rock County 5.0 are doing impressive work. He said two of the organization's three key goals—expansion of Interstate 90/39, tax credit portability and reform of tax increment financing—can be checked off, and the other will be done in a matter of years.
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Trevor Daley and Jamie Benn scored power-play goals, Loui Eriksson added a third-period score and the Dallas Stars beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 on Friday night.
Eriksson gave the Stars some breathing room when he corralled Alex Goligoski's cross-ice pass and fired a wrist shot past Anaheim goaltender Viktor Fasth with 7:14 remaining.
Goligoski, who was a healthy scratch Wednesday in Edmonton, added two assists for Dallas (6-5-1), which earned its third consecutive win.
Nick Bonino scored for the Ducks (7-2-1), who had won four in a row. It was the first regulation road loss this season for Anaheim.
Ducks goaltender Jonas Hiller left after the first period with a lower body injury. He made 14 saves, and Fasth finished with 11 stops.
The Stars' power-play unit struck twice in the first period. It went 2 for 5 overall after managing just one goal on 16 opportunities over the previous five games.
Dallas also outshot Anaheim 28-21, marking the first time this season that it had outshot an opponent.
Daley was strong at the other end as well, disrupting two different breakaways. He helped stop Corey Perry in the first period, resulting in an easy save for Kari Lehtonen, and Kyle Palmieri didn't even get a shot off on his opportunity in the second.
Lehtonen was excellent in goal, making 20 saves.
The Ducks cut the Stars' lead to 2-1 with 4:37 remaining in the second period when Bonino scored for the fourth time this season, re-directing Luca Sbisa's booming slap shot over Lehtonen's shoulder.
Anaheim nearly tied it just over a minute later, but Lehtonen gloved Daniel Winnik's backhander on a 3-on-1 rush.
Dallas got off to a fast start, outshooting the Ducks 8-1 through the first seven minutes, and drawing the first power play when Brad Staubitz was sent off for roughing.
Daley capitalized at 8:48 when his slap shot from the point found its way through a screen and squeezed under Hiller's arm.
Shortly afterward, frustrations bubbled over after a Stephane Robidas slash on Perry went undetected by the officials, incensing Perry and resulting in a fight between the two at 11:02.
Staubitz then speared Dallas rookie Brenden Dillon in the groin at 12:34, earning himself a five-minute major and a game misconduct.
It took the Stars just 25 seconds to cash in on the extra-man opportunity, with Benn collecting his fourth goal in the last three games. He retrieved the puck off the end boards just above the goal line on the left side and fired it from a sharp angle past the scrambling Hiller.
NOTES: D Ben Lovejoy, acquired Wednesday in a trade with Pittsburgh for a fifth-round draft choice in 2014, made his Ducks debut. In 16:20 of ice time, he registered a team-high four shots on goal. . After tallying the only goal in the second period, Anaheim has outscored opponents 12-4 in middle periods this season, while Dallas has been outscored 15-8. . The Ducks have outscored opponents 23-13 during 5-on-5 play this season, the best differential in the NHL. . Dallas has now won seven of the last eight meetings between the Pacific Division rivals.


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Big win for Brown
Republican trounces Coakley for Senate, imperils Obama health plan
Republican Scott P. Brown pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Massachusetts political history last night, defeating Democrat Martha Coakley to become the state's next US senator and potentially derailing President Obama's hopes for a health care overhaul.
The stunning, come-from-behind victory caps a dramatic surge in recent days as Brown, a state lawmaker from Wrentham once thought to have little chance of beating a popular attorney general, roared ahead of Coakley to become the first Republican senator elected from Massachusetts since 1972.
With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Brown had won 51.9 percent to Coakley's 47.1 percent. Independent Joseph L. Kennedy received 1 percent.
Coakley called Brown to concede a little more than an hour after polls closed, and the Brown campaign party erupted into jubilant cheers soon after.
"Scott Brown is the next United States senator!'' Brown's daughter Ayla shouted from the stage at the Park Plaza Hotel as the euphoric crowd began waving American flags.
In a race that became the focus of national attention, Brown's win was widely seen as a vote against the president's agenda from one of the most reliably Democratic states. In a particularly ironic twist, Brown may well be the 41st vote to prevent the Democratic-led health care plan from moving forward, though Edward M. Kennedy, who held the seat for 47 years, called health care "the cause of my life.''
And while Brown paid homage to Kennedy, saying "his name would always command respect,'' he spoke against the health care bill as the crowd chanted "Forty-one! Forty-one!''
"I go to Washington as the representative of no faction or no special interest, answering only to my conscience and to you the people,'' Brown said. "I know I have a lot to learn in the Senate, but I know who I am, and I know who I serve. I'm Scott Brown. I'm from Wrentham. And I drive a truck.''
Brown's strength came from the North and South shores, as well as the suburbs in the Interstate 495 belt, including Holliston, Ashland, and Marlborough, where successful Republicans have historically fared well. He ran up big margins in Plymouth and surrounding communities, as well as in Worcester County.
Coakley fared best in liberal suburbs immediately west of Boston, the Berkshires, and in cities such as Lawrence, Springfield, and New Bedford, though not by the large margins required to win statewide.
"I am heartbroken at the result,'' Coakley told disappointed supporters at the Sheraton Boston. "But I know that we will get up together tomorrow and continue this fight, even with this result tonight.''
Toward the end of her speech, her voice cracked as she quoted Kennedy, saying, "The work begins anew, the hope rises again, and the dream lives on.''
President Obama called both candidates last night, congratulating Brown on a well-run campaign'' and telling Coakley "we can't win them all.''
Coakley, after cruising to an easy victory in the primary, began the general election race with seemingly every edge, from name recognition and fund-raising ability to a lopsided advantage in voter registration and the backing of the state's Democratic establishment. She had been plotting a race for US Senate for more than five years.
But Brown marched ahead in the two weeks after the holidays, channeling populist anger at Democratic policies in Washington and capitalizing on Coakley's relatively low-key campaigning. He benefited from an influx of out-of-state activists and excitement among Massachusetts conservatives, who saw a rare chance to send a Republican to higher office.
Coakley's loss is particularly dispiriting for the many women who were energized about the prospect of the state's first woman senator.
Brown will seek to be sworn in as soon as possible, setting up an instant battle with Senate Democrats over when to seat him. Secretary of State William F. Galvin said he will send a letter with the unofficial results today to the secretary of the Senate, who has the authority to decide when to swear in the winner. (Galvin cannot officially certify the results for 10 days, until overseas absentee ballots are counted.)
"I'm ready to go to Washington without delay,'' Brown said last night, with the crowd chanting "Seat him now! Seat him now!''
National Republicans, who played a largely behind-the-scenes role, were giddy, while Democrats were morose.
"I have no interest in sugar-coating what happened in Massachusetts,'' US Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said in a statement.
Turnout overall was brisk, especially for a first-ever US Senate special election that followed a holiday weekend with snowy weather. More than 2.2 million people cast ballots, which matched the turnout in the 2006 governor's race.
Brown's election foiled efforts by Massachusetts Democrats to keep the US Senate seat in the party. The Legislature changed the law in 2004, fearing that Governor Mitt Romney would appoint a Republican if Senator John F. Kerry won the presidency. They changed the law again several months ago, allowing Governor Deval Patrick to temporarily appoint Paul G. Kirk to the seat. Kirk, a Democrat, will remain in place until Brown is sworn in.
Over the past two weeks, the contest between Coakley and Brown took on national implications, drawing outside groups who deluged voters with a flurry of television ads, automated phone calls, mailers, and e-mails, many of them negative.
Brown's campaign courted voters with folksy ads from his kitchen and his GMC pickup. On the campaign trail, he frequently wore a barn jacket over his coat and tie. He often seemed taken aback by his newfound popularity after weeks of stumping at sparsely attended events in bars, diners, and train stations.
In a matter of weeks, that helped transform Brown from an obscure state senator to a giant-killer in the Republican Party. Even as he eschewed the Republican label at times, he reinvigorated the GOP base and has provided national Republicans with a template for the 2010 midterm elections.
Brown tapped into voter anger over both state tax increases and corruption on Beacon Hill, casting Coakley as an insider beholden to the Democratic establishment. And while Brown was embraced by right-wing groups, including activists opposed to gay marriage and abortion, he sought to portray himself as a moderate voice.
Brown supporters said they were put off by Coakley's style and dismayed by the health care debate on Capitol Hill.
"I was disgusted by Coakley's campaign,'' said Tim Macinta, a 34-year-old software developer from Somerville. "She basically took the election for granted, and her ads were misleading.''
After Kennedy's death in August, Coakley was the first to announce her candidacy and was the front-runner from the start. Following her 19-point primary victory last month, she seemed to have found the formula for success that had eluded previous women, including gubernatorial bids by former lieutenant governor Kerry Healey and former treasurer Shannon O'Brien.
But as Coakley stayed off the airwaves and shied away from meet-and-greet politicking, Brown gained notice by running television ads comparing himself to President Kennedy and defining himself as the champion of independent-minded voters.
Brown also, perhaps, capitalized on a sense among some voters that Democrats felt entitled to the seat the Kennedy family had controlled since 1952. In one of his more memorable lines in the final debate, Brown said, "With all due respect, it's not the Kennedy seat, and it's not the Democrats' seat. It's the people's seat.''
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No one ever accused the "Hangover" franchise of trying too hard.
For the second installment in the franchise, the gang of debauched man-children moved from Las Vegas to Thailand. This time, it's back to Vegas for another round of dazed mystery-solving.
The film has been highly anticipated in Sin City, where director Todd Phillips appeared Tuesday at the annual movie-theater convention CinemaCon to plug the film.
Well, "plug" might be an overstatement.
While other directors strutted on stage in suits and presented extended sneak previews of their films, Phillips slid on stage with his sweater sleeves rolled up and played the trailer that has been available on YouTube for days.
"Let's wake this up a little," he said, nodding at Warner Bros. Pictures domestic distribution president Dan Fellman.
In the extended preview, an increasingly unhinged Zach Galifianakis mourns his father and provides nonstop setups for straight men Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms.
The "epic finale" keeps the basic premise of haplessness in the face of mounting alcohol and drug-fueled mayhem. But it appears to have an animating plot this time around instead of jumping off from the after-effects of a wedding-fueled celebration.
John Goodman shows up as a thug who enlists the wolf pack to track down the hedonistic Mr. Chow, played by Ken Jeong. The misadventures lead south of the border to Tijuana, Mexico, and then finally back to familiar Las Vegas.
There's also a point-of-view shot of a giraffe crashing head-first into a freeway overpass.
The original "Hangover" is credited with proving that seriously raunchy humor can sell to a mass audience. In 2009, it became the highest-grossing R-rated comedy of all time.
The second installment, while seen in some quarters as a lazy retread, was another box office hit.
Hangover Part III might pull off the same trick.
It opens Memorial Day weekend against another film that has also gone to great lengths to avoid messing with an apparently winning formula: "Fast & Furious 6"
Phillips dismissed the competition, saying, "come on, it's Vin Diesel," and adding an expletive.
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BoardReader. I had never heard of this site, I've just been getting lots of results from them when I perform Linux and Ubuntu Google searches lately. So I looked a little bit more into it.
The About Us page states:
Boardreader uses proprietary software that allows users to search multiple message boards simultaneously, allowing users to share information in a truly global sense.
Special retrieval and indexing algorithms as well as unique topic relevance ordering rules are but a few parts of what is needed to allow you to view what we affectionately call the 'human experience'.
Here is the ubuntuforums page on BoardReaders. UF is ranking 19 (Apple is 9) and there is an interesting list of the most active threads and members for the week ^^
I am not sure what to make of it for now, but this is another piece of information regarding UF activity.
However, I have a couple of questions.
1- How do they measure activity? I'm not so tech and math savvy, so even if they explained, I may not be able to understand. But I guess it should be explained, so that the results they are displaying can make sense. I suppose it has to do with numbers (posts, incoming and outgoing links, pages views etc..).
2- They provide a ranking page. What is a rank? How is it set up? What does it mean?
3- Is it fame, based on usage? The more a forum is used, the more relevance it has kinda thing?
World Wide Word of Mouth? Is that what ranking is? Please tell me something new.


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Clinical Trials
Efficacy and Tolerance of the Switch From Enfuvirtine to Raltegravir in Antiretroviral Therapy Regimen in HIV Patients With Undetectable Viral Load (EASIER)
French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Information provided by (Responsible Party)
French National Institute for Health and Medical Research-French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (Inserm-ANRS)
First received: March 29, 2007
Last updated: November 6, 2012
Last Verified: November 2012
History of Changes
Switching from enfuvirtide to raltegravir in the treatment of HIV-infected patients who sustain viral suppression with a combination therapy including enfuvirtide (or : with an enfuvirtide-based combination therapy)
HIV Infections
Drug : FTC/TDF + EFV or LPV/R +T20
Drug : FTC/TDF + EFV or LPV/R
Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Randomized Non-inferiority Study Comparing a Strategy Maintaining Current Enfuvirtide-based Antiretroviral Therapy to a Strategy Replacing Enfuvirtide by an Integrase Inhibitor (Raltegravir) in HIV-1 Infected Subjects With Plasma Hiv-1 RNA Levels Below 400 Copies Per ml.ANRS 138 EASIER
Further study details as provided by French National Institute for Health and Medical Research-French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (Inserm-ANRS):
Primary Outcome Measures
- comparison of the proportions of virologic failure, defined as two consecutive pVL above 400 cp per ml, through 24 weeks in enfuvirtide-maintained arm versus raltegravir arm [ Time Frame: W24 ]
- comparison of time to onset of virologic failure [ Time Frame: W24 and W48 ]
- proportions of pts with pVL under 50 and 400 cp per ml respectively at week 24 and week 48 ; [ Time Frame: W24 & W48 ]
- plasma viral mutations in the event of virologic failure, compared to HIV-DNA archived mutations at baseline; [ Time Frame: virologic failure ]
- change in CD4 levels [ Time Frame: between W0 and W48 ]
- incidence of HIV-related events [ Time Frame: between W0 and W48 ]
- drug plasma and male genital tract pharmacokinetics; [ Time Frame: W24 & W48 ]
- incidence and type of adverse events, including adverse reactions [ Time Frame: between W0 & W48 ]
- proportions of discontinuing allocated treatment strategy [ Time Frame: between W0 & W48 ]
- quality of life and adherence [ Time Frame: W4, W12, W24 and W48 ]
- morphological and metabolic disorders outcome [ Time Frame: between W0 & W48 ]
|Study Start Date:
|May 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Intensification arm
emtricitabine/TDF + efavirenz or lopinavir/ritonavir + enfuvirtide
FTC/TDF + EFV or LPV/R +T20
emtricitabine 200mg/TDF 300mg (1 pill per day) + efavirenz 600mg (1 pill per day) or lopinavir/ritonavir (3 pills twice a day) + enfuvirtide 90mg twice a day
Active Comparator:
Standard arm
emtricitabine/TDF + efavirenz or lopinavir/ritonavir
FTC/TDF + EFV or LPV/R
emtricitabine 200mg/TDF 300mg (1 pill per day) + efavirenz 600mg (1 pill per day) or lopinavir/ritonavir (3 pills twice a day)
Detailed Description:
In patients who have failed under the three main classes of antiretroviral agents (NRTI,
NNRTI and PI) and in whom the control of viral replication in the plasma has ultimately been
achieved with enfuvirtide, the aim is to sustain this virological success for as long as
possible to thus enable satisfactory immune reconstitution, avoid further accumulation of
viral mutations conferring resistance to the drugs and protect the patient from the risk of
opportunistic disease and death.
Indeed, enfuvirtide is the lead compound in the new class of antiretroviral drugs which inhibit the fusion of HIV-1 virus with its target cell. Its in vivo efficacy was demonstrated during the pivotal studies TORO 1 and 2. Despite its efficacy, maintaining long-term treatment with enfuvirtide is nonetheless difficult for patients because of the constraints related to twice-daily subcutaneous parenteral injections. Furthermore, these subcutaneous injections are associated with inflammatory reactions at the injection site in 98 per cent of patients, without any reduction in frequency or severity over time. It is thus critical for patients who are well controlled by enfuvirtide to be able to simplify their treatment by replacing enfuvirtide with another active compound taken by mouth, which would enable maintenance of the virological response and acceptable safety in patients who have usually failed under the three main classes of antiretroviral drugs. A new antiviral compound, viral integrase inhibitor called raltegravir, could be proposed instead of enfuvirtide.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Chronic HIV-1 infection
- Treatment with a well-tolerated combination of antiretroviral drugs unchanged for at least 3 months, including enfuvirtide
- Absence of any uncontrolled opportunistic disease
- No restrictions on CD4 lymphocyte levels
- Plasma HIV-1 RNA below 400 copies per ml for at least 3 months (at least two consecutive tests below 400 copies per ml prior to inclusion in the study, not including that on W -4)
- For women of childbearing age, use of mechanical contraception during any sexual intercourse and negative pregnancy test (plasma ß HCG) at W -4
Exclusion Criteria:
- HIV-2 infection
- Plasma HIV-1 RNA levels above 400 copies/ml on one occasion during the 3 months prior to screening (or the pre-inclusion visit at W -4)
- Poor compliance with antiretroviral therapy current at W -4
- Current treatment with an investigational drug (except cohort ATU)
- Patient previously treated with an integrase inhibitor in the context of a clinical study
- Woman who is pregnant or likely to become so, is breastfeeding or refuses to use contraception
- Multiple drug therapy ongoing or necessary in the foreseeable future for Kaposi's disease or lymphoma
- Treatment with interferon ongoing or necessary in the foreseeable future for chronic hepatitis B or C
- Acute hepatitis whatever the case, or decompensated cirrhosis
- Current treatment with interferon, interleukin or anti-HIV vaccine
- Any condition (including, but not limited to, the consumption of alcohol or drugs) which might, in the investigator's opinion, compromise the safety of treatment and/or patient compliance with the protocol
- Significant biological abnormalities (hemoglobin below 8g per dl, polynuclear neutrophils below 750 per mm3, platelets below 50,000 per mm3, serum creatinine above 3 times the level deemed normal by the laboratory (N), ASAT or ALAT above 5N, serum lipase above 2N) and total bilirubin above 2N (except if the patient is receiving atazanavir or indinavir)
- Concomitant treatments including one or more compounds interacting with UGT1A1
- anti-infective agents: rifampicin/rifampin
- psychotropic/anti-epileptic drugs: phenytoin, phenobarbital.
Contacts and LocationsChoosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision.Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below.For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00454337
Locations Show More
|Service des maladies infectieuses et tropicales Hopital Saint Louis
|Paris, France, 75010
Sponsors and CollaboratorsFrench National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
|Principal Investigator:
|Nathalie De Castro, MD
|AP-HP Hopital Saint Louis Paris
|Principal Investigator:
|Jean M Molina, MD
|AP-HP Hopital saint Louis Paris
|Study Chair:
|Jean P Aboulker, MD
|INSERM SC10 Villejuif France
More Information
|Responsible Party:
|French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00454337 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|March 29, 2007
|Last Updated:
|November 6, 2012
Keywords provided by French National Institute for Health and Medical Research-French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (Inserm-ANRS):HIV-1 infection
treatment experienced
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on June 01, 2020
This information is provided by ClinicalTrials.gov.


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Braves avoid arbitration with four players
Medlen, Minor, Johnson, Schafer sign, while Kimbrel, Freeman, Heyward do not
ATLANTA -- Craig Kimbrel, Freddie Freeman and Jason Heyward are set to receive significant raises. But each of these players will have to first experience a salary arbitration hearing to learn exactly what the Braves will be paying them during the upcoming season.
The Braves agreed to terms on one-year deals with Kris Medlen, Chris Johnson, Mike Minor and Jordan Schafer before having to exchange salary arbitration figures on Friday afternoon. But they were not able to reach agreements with Kimbrel, Freeman and Heyward, who stood as their only other unsigned arbitration-eligible players.
While the Braves are permitted to continue negotiating with each of their three unsigned arbitration-eligible players, Braves general manager Frank Wren said he plans to take each of these players to a salary arbitration hearing that will be held at some point between Feb. 1-21 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Over the past few seasons, Atlanta has made it known that it is a "file-and-trial club." This means the team plans to go to a hearing if it doesn't reach an agreement before the salary figures are exchanged.
The Braves haven't taken a player to a hearing since 2001, when they won their arbitration case against John Rocker. But the club was planning to go through this process with Martin Prado before he was traded to the D-backs last January.
"Our preference would have been to have all seven signed," Wren said. "I think we made a strong effort to do that. We just couldn't quite get there on the last three.
"At the end of the day, we went well above the recommended salary arbitration numbers for all of our players. Our last offers were well above the recommendation. We tried real hard. We just couldn't get it done."
When the exchanged numbers were released early Friday evening, there was great disparity between the $9 million salary Kimbrel has requested and the $6.55 million the Braves have offered the dominant closer, who has notched 28 more saves (138) than any other Major League pitcher over the past three seasons.
Freeman, who finished fifth in this past season's National League Most Valuable Player Award balloting, has requested a $5.75 million salary. The Braves have offered $4.5 million.
The difference between the numbers relating to Heyward is quite small. Heyward has requested a $5.5 million salary and the Braves are offering $5.2 million to the 25-year-old outfielder.
During a hearing, an arbitrator determines whether the player will gain his request or the amount offered by the club. The process does not lead to the player being awarded a figure between these two numbers.
"I know the way we conduct ourselves in the hearing room and the way we go about it," Wren said. "It's not personal. It's about the numbers. The numbers speak for themselves. You're comparing player to player -- Player A to Player B and the salary associated with that player. It's really not a personal attack on a player. You would hope they would understand this is part of the process."
Medlen agreed to a one-year deal worth $5.8 million. The 2.47 ERA he has compiled since July 31, 2012, ranks second only to Clayton Kershaw among all pitchers who have made at least 40 starts during this span. The 28-year-old right-hander made $2.6 million as a first-time arbitration-eligible player this past season.
Minor's salary will rise from $505,000 to $3.85 million for the upcoming season. The 26-year-old left-hander notched a career-high 13 wins and exceeded 200 innings for the first time while posting a 3.21 ERA in 32 starts last year.
Johnson, who finished second in the NL with a .321 batting average in 2013, agreed to a $4.75 million salary for this upcoming season. The veteran third baseman proved to be quite a value as he made $2.29 million in 2013.
Schafer's one-year deal is worth $1.09 million. The versatile and athletic backup outfielder made $513,000 while hitting .247 with a .677 OPS last year. This was the first time he was eligible for arbitration.
Atlanta entered the offseason with 14 arbitration-eligible players and then opted to not tender contracts to Elliot Johnson, Cristhian Martinez and Paul Janish. Before Friday, the Braves had further whittled that list down by reaching one-year agreements with Jordan Walden, Jonny Venters, Brandon Beachy and Ramiro Pena.


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New: 1940s Blitzkrieg on London & 2012 Blitzkrieg on Gaza: No difference
Anyone who knows anything at all about history can't help but compare the current blitzkrieg Hell currently descending on Gaza with the living Hell that the British endured during the blitzkrieg of London during World War II.
The only real difference between the two seems to be that, although Londoners had the option to send their children to the countryside for safekeeping during WWII, the residents of Gaza have nowhere at all to send their children to get them out of harm's way.
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RBS bonuses at risk as UK intervenes on Libor fines1 min read . Updated: 02 Feb 2013, 09:55 PM IST
RBS may face fines up to £500 mn; govt wants US fines to be paid out of money that would have otherwise been bonuses
RBS may face fines up to £500 mn; govt wants US fines to be paid out of money that would have otherwise been bonuses
London: Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) faces the prospect of scrapping all bonuses for its investment bankers this year to free up cash to pay fines for its involvement in a global interest rate rigging scandal.
The part-nationalized bank, which is expected to face fines of between £400 million and £500 million ($787 million), is under pressure from Britain's finance minister George Osborne to ensure that taxpayers do not suffer as a result.
RBS is expected to be fined up to £100 million by Britain's financial regulator with the rest being paid to US authorities, sources have said. Britain's finance ministry wants the US fines to be paid out of money that would otherwise have gone on bonuses.
"Any UK fine will already go to the public, and the chancellor has made it clear that on this occasion the bill for any US fine should be paid for by the bankers, and not the taxpayer," a treasury source said on Saturday.
The directive will not be welcomed by the bank, which has previously complained about government interference.
Last year, RBS paid out £390 million to its investment bankers. It had proposed reducing the amount paid by between £100 million and £150 million this year to help pay the fines, sources had previously told Reuters.
RBS was rescued at the height of the financial crisis, leaving taxpayers with an 81% stake after Britain pumped in £45.5 billion to keep the bank afloat.
Osborne is taking a tough stance amid public disenfranchisement with the nation's banks, who many still blame for causing the financial crisis and the country's subsequent economic struggles.
"Fixing the Libor market is a symbol of all that went wrong with the banking system over the past ten years. We are now putting those things right," the treasury source said.
Reuters reported on Friday that the part-nationalised British bank was set to be punished for the attempted manipulation of the London interbank offered rate (Libor and other key benchmark rates next week.
RBS could not be reached for comment. Reuters
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Marco Rubio, the stupidest savior of them all
It's the water break that's been getting so much of the attention, because of course for the media it's all about the theatrics, but Republican wunderkind Marco Rubio's post-SOTU rebuttal the other night was nothing if not yet another recitation of the Republican Party's key points of ideological dogmatism. And among them was this gem about why nothing should be done about climate change: "our government can't control the weather."
He repeated it yesterday on Fox & Friends, where of course such ignorance is de rigueur, even more so than on Morning Joe:
The government can't change the weather. I said that in the speech. We can pass a bunch of laws that will destroy our economy, but it isn't going to change the weather.
Unsurprisingly, his statement didn't make any sense, but it seems that his point was that it doesn't matter what the U.S. does because countries like China and India that are "still growing" are "polluting in the atmosphere much greater than we are at this point" and aren't about to stop anytime soon, and besides, any attempt to address climate change would "devastate our economy."
This is ridiculous, of course. There are any number of things that can be done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including market-oriented efforts like cap and trade (that Republicans once supported, back before the crazy took over completely).
But the stupidest part was Rubio's (typically Republican and remarkably ignorant) conflation of climate change and the weather. As Jon Chait wrote:
[W]hat's going on here is that Rubio wants to uphold the Republican position without coming across to non-Republicans as a total yahoo. So he is not directly questioning the carbon-climate link, but instead moving his skepticism to the climate-weather link. Saying "government can't control the weather" sounds plausible enough — a way to take a position that doesn't sound completely insane to audiences but is, in fact, completely insane. In this way, it is the quintessential Marco Rubio utterance.
Yes, completely insane. (Climate change / global warming impacts the weather (e.g., stronger storms), but dealing with climate change isn't about the government controlling or changing the weather.
And this guy's the savior?
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