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Labetalol is an alpha- and beta-blocker drug used to lower
high blood pressure during pregnancy. It is sometimes
given in the hospital setting, either through a vein (intravenously,
or IV) or by mouth. Some doctors also prescribe labetalol by mouth for daily
outpatient treatment of high blood pressure.
Labetalol decreases heart rate and blood
flow, which lowers blood pressure.
Labetalol is used to:
Labetalol must be used with caution in pregnant women who
diabetes, kidney or liver disease, an overactive
thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism), or a slow heart rate.
Labetalol is usually effective for
the control of severe high blood pressure at the end of pregnancy or during
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have:
Call your doctor if you have:
Common side effects of this medicine include:
In rare cases, labetalol may slow the heart rate of a
fetus. To prevent this from happening, the mother's blood pressure is monitored carefully and
the amount of medicine given is reduced if necessary.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
Labetalol lowers blood pressure
quickly. For this reason, both mother and fetus are closely monitored during
its use.
Blood pressure medicines are usually not used to treat
mild high blood pressure during pregnancy. Mild high blood pressure does not
usually cause problems for the mother or the baby.
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
When you are pregnant or breast-feeding, do not use any medicines unless your doctor tells you to. Some medicines can harm your baby. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, herbs, and supplements. And make sure that all your doctors know that you are pregnant or breast-feeding.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
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CitationsCunningham FG, et al. (2010). Pregnancy hypertension. In Williams Obstetrics, 23nd ed., pp. 706–755. New York: McGraw-Hill.
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Call for international and intersectoral mobility 2016-2017 Jun 01, 2016
Hasselt University encourages the international and intersectoral mobility of its junior researchers and wants to promote international contacts between research groups. Due to financial support of the Flemish Government, the doctoral schools of Hasselt University are able to award travel grants to PhD students and postdoctoral researchers for participation in a summer school or a short research stay abroad. Also, PhD students and postdoctoral researchers can be awarded intersectoral mobility grants for research conducted at and in collaboration with non-academic institutions.


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Some weekly favorites (a visual journey)
Gorgeous film photo shoot by Nicole... (even more here)
Orla room photographed by Roland Bello seen at A Merry Mishap.
Giraffe envelope liner + vintage stamp photo from All Stripes.
Letter poster series from the 90s created by Johnson Banks via Swiss Miss > Letterology
Variety of animal cards from the MOMA via Simple + Pretty.
A outrageously cool paper cut out map of Paris... by Famille Summerbelle.
This music video 'Actor Out of Work' by St. Vincent makes me wonder what it would be like to cry and get angry on que.
Cute little matchstick candles portable and convenient from Fred Flare (via Bumble Design)


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Lessons From DIG
I spent today at London's 5th annual DIG (Digital Interactive & Gaming) Conference along with about 1500 others. The conference is divided into 3 tracks. One for game developers, another for web developers, and another for students interested in game development.
Here are some random things from the conference.
The concept of an independent device lab, which is a place where various devices are available, such as iPhones, iPads iPad minis, android phones, android tablets, windows 8 phones, surface tablets, xboxs, etc. The idea is to provide hardware for independent developers to test their apps and web pages on. Larger developers can have all this in house, but its not so easy for smaller ones.
Graphics improvements in video game design have been impressive over the years. But now video game graphics are so realistic that improvements are going to have to be made more on game play and content.
Game developers often get so caught up in their current project that they lose sight of how tech is developing, and tech change is happening faster all the time. It is easy for game developers to underestimate how fast change happens. So they should act in the present, but think in the future. That's a good lesson for lawyers too.
And for an bit of trivia, Red Bull was developed for truck drivers, but they were not successful selling to that market. So they looked at who their initial buyers were – which turned out to be kids in raves trying to stay awake – then directed their marketing to that audience. Apparently early marketing efforts included leaving empty crushed Red Bull cans in strategic places so people would think that was what others were drinking.


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There are some topics that are specific to certain regions. For instance; in Brazil there is a specific technology called "Nota Fiscal Eletrônica NFe" (something like electronic invoice), which is regulated by the government. I'm sure there are quite a few technical questions about it.
I enjoy Stackoverflow and I'm sure there are plenty of Brazilian programmers here. I think there is no need to discuss NFe related topics in English, as it would be of no use to English speaking non-Brazilians.
In short, I'd like to talk specific subjects in Portuguese here, without violating the rules. Any ideas for how this can be achieved?


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Dixons Group's websites for Currys and PC World are among the worst online shops for electrical appliances, according to a new study by consumer rights group Which?
Out of the 25 sites listed by the research, Currys and PC World came joint 22nd, with only Asda and B&Q rated worse as places to buy electronics online.
The poor placing is par for the course for Currys, as it came 18th out of 20 sites listed last year.
Customers were happy enough with the stock at the two Dixons Group sites, but they lost out on price, delivery and website usability.
A Dixons Retail spokesperson told The Register: "We are disappointed to be so low on the list as we aim to provide a good service to our customers, but we recognise that there are areas we can develop and are currently working to improve a number of aspects of our websites."
The best place to buy electrics online is still John Lewis, the top site in that category for the last three years and also the second best place to shop for anything online, according to the poll.
The Which? respondents that rated John Lewis said its website was easy to use and had good stock. They also appreciated the store's after-sales service.
"I reported an item faulty after a few months of use and John Lewis apologised and replaced it without argument," one respondent told Which? "I've bought other electrical products there in the past with the same problem-free experience."
Amazon was next in line for the top online electronics shop, followed by Richer Sounds, 7 Day Shop and Apple. Unsurprisingly, Apple was given the thumbs-up on stock, delivery and usability, but received the lowest mark for price of any the top five.
The best overall online shop for goods was Liz Earle, followed as mentioned by John Lewis, with Amazon next and fourth place a tie between Abe Books and Lakeland.
The 14,671 respondents to the poll told Which? the main reason they shopped online was that "it's cheaper and easier to compare prices".
Price was the deciding factor in where to buy for most people, with a third of folks giving it as their top priority. All the coverage around security is also sinking in with consumers, as a "secure website" was voted by 29 per cent as the main issue.
Delivery issues were a major irritation for all of the respondents. Around 40 per cent of shoppers found paying a high price, or indeed any price, for postage and packing annoying, while 38 per cent of respondents get aggro over not being able to choose a specific or suitable delivery time. ®


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Make it Easy for Your Fans to Find You Online
Choosing a band or artist name that is search engine optimized (also known as SEO) can help your career down the road. Yes, many bands have managed to achieve success in spite of unsearchable band names (the band Girls come to mind), but why not make it easy on your fans and choose a name that is easy to search for and find?
Many musicians have discovered (the hard way) that an unsearchable band name can hurt sales, reduce concert attendance, and frustrate fans.
And it's not just major search engines like Google and Bing that you should be concerned about. A poorly chosen band name can make it hard for fans to find your music on iTunes, your videos on YouTube, and your band profiles on social networks like Twitter and Facebook.
Below are some dos and don'ts for choosing an SEO friendly band name. Just remember, these are only suggestions. The key to music success will always be rooted in hard work and great music with mass appeal.
SEO DON'Ts
Don't Use Everyday Names, Words or Phrases
Unsurprisingly, common names and phrases are searched for online quite often. So it's difficult to place at the top of search results for these terms. Avoid band names like Blue, Harmony, Hot and Cold, or Ice Cream. These sorts of everyday names and phrases present an uphill battle for good search results.
Don't Get Too Creative with Spelling
Using creative spelling will actually increase your search engine ranking, but only if your fans spell your name correctly. Take the band Gorillaz. Gorillaz fans know how the band name is spelled and therefore don't have a problem finding the band online. But if I heard of Gorillaz from a friend, and didn't know they used an "z" instead of an "s," I might search for "gorillas" with an "s" and find myself knee-deep in articles about big hairy apes.
Don't Use Special Symbols %@#!
Do you know how to put an umlaut over a ü when you type it into a search engine? Chances are, a good portion of your fans don't. Many special characters will be unrecognized or ignored by search engines. Also some special characters can be misinterpreted by computer programs as code and it can cause errors. Keep this in mind before you name your band: <Bl@st%>
Don't Piggy Back
If you name your band The Katy Perry Experience you may get some traffic from Katy Perry fans who stumble upon your site, but that doesn't mean they're going to buy your music. Collateral traffic isn't always the best quality. Also, popular news about Katy Perry may often supplant your good rankings and there's always the possibility you get sued or the world gets tired of Katy Perry.
SEO DOs
Use More Than One Word
A single word band name will only be easily searchable if your band name is very unique such as Jamiroquai of Fugazi. But a unique band name can be hard to spell. Why not use a cool juxtaposition of a few common words such as Arcade Fire, Daft Punk or Kings of Leon? This way you can have a unique name that almost anybody can spell and easily find.
Test Your Band Name in Google
Let's say I'd like to call my band 'Unicorn Bluff.' Let's search for that name in Google. For a more accurate result, I'll put "Unicorn Bluff" in quotes so that Google only searches for those two words strung together. In this case, there are only 307 results for "Unicorn Bluff." The top results are related to a unicorn poster. This looks promising. There are no Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, or music related results on Google's first page of results. My only concern with this band name is that "unicorn" has been a popular word in recent years for band names. So I might also do a search for "unicorn band" to see what my competition looks like.
Research Your Domain Name
A good domain name that is close to your actual band name will make it easier for people to find you online. If my band name is Unicorn Bluff, my ideal website is www.unicornbluff.com. Unicornb-forever.net would be less-than-ideal because it does not contain both keywords of my band name and it may be hard for my fans to remember.
If at all possible avoid using a dash in your domain name. It's easy to forget things like dashes when you are typing in a domain.
If my first choice wasn't available, I might go with:
You could also go with "www.unicornbluff.org, or .net, but I would try to get a .com if possible. People are so acostomed to .com they will type it in without thinking.
Make sure to check on the availability of domain names while you do your research. A good domain name will make it much easier for your fans to find you.
Trademark Your Band Name
Once you've found the perfect SEO friendly band name, you should trademark it so nobody else can lay claim to it.
Is your band name SEO friendly? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
Register a unique domain name and build an awesome band website with HostBaby
Further Reading
Behind the music: What's in a band name? -The Guardian


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Say hello to summer and good-bye to spring. Six more games and we say good-bye to interleague play.
Twins won last two over the weekend to take the series, 3-2. Contrasting losses for the Phillies.
The offense was alive Saturday but the bullpen imploded. Last time the Phillies led by five or more runs in the ninth inning at home and lost was April 20, 1961. The Milwaukee Braves scored five in the top of the ninth to tie and won 7-6 in 11 at Connie Mack Stadium.
Sunday, the offense was limp again and Doc lost as he gave up four runs. In Doc's six losses, the Phillies have scored a total of nine runs.
Yesterday is gone and tomorrow is another day, another game as the Indians stampede into Citizens Bank Park for three games. Limited tickets are available for Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
Then, this weekend, the Blue Jays visit Philly to end interleague play. Remember, the games were originally scheduled for Toronto and moved to Philly. The Phillies will play at home but be the visiting team. More on that later this week.
Manager Mark Parent and his Lakewood BlueClaws clinched the South Atlantic League North Division first-half title with a 6-3 win yesterday.
The BlueClaws were 4.5 games out on May 30 but went on a 16-5 run to end the first half.
Remember this name: Jonathan Singleton. He's an 18-year-old first baseman who was selected in the eighth round a year ago. He homered twice and drove in five of the six runs. He began the season in extended spring training and then was sent to Lakewood. In 37 games there, he's hitting .373, nine homers, 41 RBI, 22 walks and 26 strikeouts. He'll turn 19 in September.
This will be Lakewood's third playoff appearance in team history. The two previous times, 2006 and last season, they wound up winning the league championship.
MLB Network
Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard will be interviewed by Bob Costas at 8 o'clock tonight. The show was actually taped a week or so ago.


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Welcome to Running Shoes Guru!
Why a Running Shoes Guru Blog ? Whether you run to get back or to keep in shape, to race short or long distances, to raise money for a cause or just because you like it – choosing the right running shoe can make your running experience a joyful, rewarding one. On the other side, chosing the wrong shoe can introduce you to a whole new galaxy of pain, blisters and injuries.
Your unique physical characteristics, from gender to body weight, from the shape of your foot to the biomechanics of your running gait together with the distances and surfaces you run on – all require different help from your footwear to support you, protect you and make you run at your best.
Sports companies are constantly developing new shoes and new technologies to help you run at your best. Information though can be overwhelming and misleading.
The purpose of this blog is to help both the novice and the experienced runner find their way to the best running shoe for their needs, by reviewing the latest offering from sports companies and giving clear and simple explanations of the characteristics and technologies of the shoes, as well as tips and advice on how to pick the right shoe for you!
Follow Running Shoes Guru regularly, and you'll become a running shoe expert in no time!
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New Roots Charter School
Faculty, staff help launch a sustainability-focused school.
There's about to be a new K-12 school in Ithaca, thanks in large part to the efforts of a committed group of IC educators. The school has a unique mission based on systems thinking for a sustainable future, and aims to prepare young people to be successful in a rapidly changing local, regional, and global economy. Its broad, interdisciplinary curriculum uses the study of the natural world and community sustainability as organizing themes.
New Roots Charter School will begin accepting students next year; a downtown location will mean students are connected to the community with easy access to service and experiential learning opportunities.
Ithaca College's Partnerships in Sustainability Education program was a catalyst for the development of New Roots, one of the first fully integrated models of sustainability education at the secondary level in the nation. PSE, a collaboration between Ithaca College and EcoVillage at Ithaca (EVI), was established by a National Science Foundation Grant in 2002, then incorporated into IC's operating budget in 2006–7. The mission of PSE is "to foster sustainability thinking and practice at IC, at EVI, and in the surrounding region."
"We haven't quite seen a school like this before," commented a member of the SUNY Board of Trustees who sits on the Committee on Charter Schools before the board voted on New Roots' status. "This is new and different, and that's what we're about. . . . We'll watch this one with great interest."
Ithaca College faculty and staff members are key players in the new school. The lead applicant and founding principal of New Roots is Tina Nilsen-Hodges, an IC lecturer. Jason Hamilton, associate professor of biology and core faculty member of the environmental studies program, is chair and former provost Peter Bardaglio is vice chair of the board of trustees, which also includes Roger Richardson, associate vice president for academic/student affairs and dean for the first-year experience; Kathryn Caldwell, assistant professor of psychology; and Granger Macy, associate professor of management in the business school. IC recruitment web writer and content coordinator Elise Nicol is website programmer.


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Need for Speed SHIFT (PlayStation 3) review
"Those who have been listening to the hype should be well aware of EAs intent to push the series deeper into simulation gaming. But this doesnt mean that SHIFT is going to compete with Forza and Gran Turismo far from it. In fact, the game is somewhat of an arcade/simulation mix that could appeal to gamers who were never quite satisfied with the work of Turn 10 Studios and Polyphony Digital."
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Alyssa Milano must have "Charmed" her fiance – the couple wed in New Jersey on Saturday, People reported.
According to the mag, the actress and Hollywood agent David Bugliari tied the knot at the groom's family home.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Bradley Cooper: Hollywood's 'Hangover' Heartthrob!
The two met in 2006 and became engaged last December.
Alyssa reportedly wore a custom gown from designer Vera Wang and walked down the aisle while John Lennon's "Imagine" played.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Alyssa Milano
"We wanted a wedding that was reflective of who we are as a couple," the star told the mag.
She paid tribute to her Italian heritage with a family-style dinner that she said was intended to capture the feeling of her family traditions.
"My Italian family still eats Sunday dinner together every week," Alyssa said. "We wanted to capture the same feeling with people passing around beautiful bowls of food and talking and laughing."
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Surprising Former Couples
In town for the wedding was Bradley Cooper, a friend of the groom's – though there's no report on whether he brought a date. The "Hangover" star recently returned from a Spanish sojourn where he was spotted kissing and cuddling with Renee Zellweger.
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When it comes to replacing your roof, you must decide whether to pay for it out-of-pocket, or to go through your home owners' insurance carrier. Since roof replacement is a major part of why many people have homeowners' insurance policies, filing a claim is the most common route. However, if you do choose to file a homeowners' insurance claim for roof replacement, be aware that there are several factors involved in the claim process. For this reason, it is important to do your research in order to understand what to expect when preparing for a roof replacement insurance claim. Continue reading to review some of the most frequently asked questions regarding roof replacement and insurance claims.
My Check is Less Than The Cost to Replace My Roof. Why?
An insurance adjuster reveals his estimate for the cost of your roof, but then makes two major deductions: your deductible and depreciation / betterment. Continue below to learn the meanings behind them.
What Do All These Insurance Terms Mean? Betterment, Depreciation, RCV, ACV?
Depreciation is the loss of value in an asset, as a result of age, wear, and tear. In contrast, betterment is a term that refers to an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility. The current retail cost to replace the total amount of damaged or defective roofing materials is called the replacement cost value , or RCV. The actual cost value is abbreviated as ACV, and represents the actual cash value of a roofing system. The ACV takes into account general depreciation. For instance, if a roof that is meant to last 50 years becomes totaled from hail after only 25, if the RVC is $ 30,000, the ACV is only $ 15,000. This depreciation is usually paid once a final invoice is submitted.
The Adjuster's Estimate Does Not Seem Accurate. Is it a Final Estimate or Can I Dispute it?
A final estimate from an adjuster is not necessarily set in stone. If an estimate from your roofing company is different from your adjusters, there is no need to worry. It is important that your roofing contractor and your insurance adjuster communicate on several areas of concern, in order to reconcile some of the discrepancies in the final estimate. If you are compelled to dispute certain depreciations, you would need to file a claim within the company, work your way up through the chain of command, and present your evidence as to why the depreciation estimates are inaccurate or unreasonable. It helps to have your roofing contractor assist you with these types of claims because they can provide professional documentation of what they think is a fair resolution.
In Total, How Much Will it Cost Me to Replace My Roof?
With homeowners' insurance, you will only be paying the deductible and any upgrades you choose. You might have to pay for the entire roof replacement upfront, and then get reimbursed for it through a check sent by your insurance carrier. Some insurance companies operate this way to avoid fraud.
I Found a Roofing Company That Says They Will "Cover My Deductible." Is This Legitimate?
No one should pay your deductible except for you. If a roofing company advertises that they will "cover your deductible", it is an unethical and improper way of doing business. A reputable roofing company will never advertise this. Furthermore, a sign allowance can be a disguise for a "cover your deductible" scam. If they offer a referral fee, in order for it to be legitimate and ethical, the fee must be the same whether a roof is purchased or not. Also, it must be reported as taxable income.


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Visualizing Spatial Data – Toggling map layers
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Last time I showed you how to add a PushPin to your map control. But what if you want to toggle that (or any other) layer in your map control?
The reason I wanted to do this, is that I want to allow the users of my report to toggle different layers in the map control. That way, you can pre-build all the different layers you think your users need into a single report, and just let them toggle the layers themselves. That saves you a lot of time building a report for every single combination of layer-types.
Multi-layer map control
In order to keep it simple, I used the report from my previous post. Specifically, the version with the standard PushPins. And the only layer I want them to be able to toggle, is the PushPin layer on top of the basic map.
Creating a parameter
Because your want to present an easy solution to your users, I want to create a Boolean parameter that they can use to toggle the PushPin layer. To create this parameter, right-click on Parameters in Report Builder, and choose "Add Parameter":
In the general options window, make sure you fill in a Parameter Name, a question for your users (so they understand what they need to do), and a Data Type (in this case a Boolean, that's either True or False):
Because you don't want to keep your users waiting if they open your report, you might want to give the Boolean a default value. You can do this by adding a default value to your Boolean:
By doing this, the Boolean is True by default. So the user doesn't have to pick a value if he runs the report for the first time. This might come in handy if you need this as an extra feature in your report, and not a feature you need to configure before the report shows your data.
Now you need to configure your map layer to use the parameter you created to toggle it. Double-click on your map control, and once you see the Map Layers menu on the right, you can do this by right-clicking on "Layer Data":
Now click on Visibility, and under Layer visibility, click the last option, and press the Fx button:
In the Expression window, fill in the following expression:
Now if you run the report, you'll see the Boolean appear in the top bar of your report. By default, it'll show the PushPins:
And if you change the Boolean to False and press "View Report", you'll see the may without PushPins:
With a little help from my friends…
This post isn't just written by me, but also with the help of Valentino Vranken (Blog | @ValentinoV42. He helped me out on Twitter, because my expression didn't work as expected. So Valentino: I really appreciated your help! Thank you! 😉


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Australian Kazaa fans can now no longer use or download the P2P application.
As an apparent deadline for the addition of copyright filtering technology came and went yesterday without such a change apparently being made, Kazaa owner Sharman Networks was forced to stop distributing its software to local users.
Anyone accessing the Kazaa website was told: "To comply with the orders of the Federal Court... use of the Kazaa Media Desktop is not permitted by persons in Australia. If you are in Australia, you must not download or use the Kazaa Media Desktop."
Sharman Networks' message to users
The 5 December deadline was much touted by the Australian music industry, but it remains open to interpretation as to whether Sydney-based Federal Court Judge Murray Wilcox meant that Sharman must implement anti-infringement filtering technology by that date or risk being shut down.
Certainly, the music industry has latched onto that date, and is now looking to have the court declare Sharman in breach of Judge Wilcox's order.
The Register's analysis of the court transcripts suggest it is not, but since Sharman was ordered by Judge Wilcox in September to refrain from "authorising Kazaa users to do in Australia any of the infringing acts, in relation to any sound recording of which any of the applicants is the copyright owner, without the licence of the relevant copyright owner", the company has clearly decided discretion is the better part of valour, and to wait for its appeal to come to court.
Sharman was told that Kazaa Media Desktop would not violate the order, provided it implement a "non-optional key word filter" system to weed out works owned by the music industry companies it had been sued by. Such a system was to be supported by Sharman and the music firms, but while the latter wanted Judge Wilcox's filtering system to be implemented, Sharman said it wanted to use Audible's Magic technology instead, which it maintains is more robust and more efficient. The downside: it will take longer to implement, and the music industry doesn't appear impressed.
Some observers have suggested the industry simply wants Kazaa shut down, and would rather it close than implement a copyright maintenance scheme.®


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So, fun and silly things that have happened recently...
This last Saturday, we were all gathering up for our weekly raid. And us druids (there are 3 of us) discovered we were all in Tauren Town and started our usual dance party!
The bear in the left is my fellow healing druid, the bear on the right is our druid tank and I'm the bear in the middle, though my name is not the one that I'm dancing under. There is another bear standing right there, butt facing the camera.
So, we start to giggle over vent (we are all women) and soon, people are flipping over to their druid alts to come conga line with us.
By the end, we had quite the little line going. And I was giggling so hard that I thought I was gonna have to leave the room.
So, that's what we had at the end. It was pretty funny. People were flying in just to look. Good times.
Then, last night, we went out to dinner with our best friends. It was decided that we'd go and try a bear run in ZA when we all got home. We did, and we got a bear with like 10 minutes to spare. So we went back in again tonight. After the run, I teleport back to Org and while talking to them in Vent, I start running in circles. And that's when I realize that my little moonkin hatchling looks like she's confused and wanting to get out of the circle that I'm making...
So, this is what I do when I'm bored. I run circles around my pets to torment them. I also fly loops around Org. And see how many things I can fit under as a bird.
Anyway. Those are good things. And these are reasons I love this game.


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Monday, August 15
Good morning, TexMessagers. Rick Perry had egg on a stick at the Iowa State Fair. What is your junk food of choice today?
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A few behind-the-scenes details from Rick Perry's campaign launch that you might not have noticed:
★ He didn't wear his trademark boots when he announced his presidential candidacy in South Carolina.
★ He did wear his trademark French cuffs.
★ He wasn't the only candidate to eat "healthy junk food" at the Iowa State Fair. Perry, a fitness fanatic, eschewed the deep fried butter for the healthier hard-boiled-egg-on-a-stick. Joining him on the good eating bandwagon was former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who's watching his weight these days. Newt and his wife Calista also opted for the egg on a stick. But they didn't have as large a press retinue.
★ He was "dress casual" for the State Fair — he said it reminded him of his days running for Texas Agriculture Commissioner. At indoor stops, he's partial to a dark suit, crisp white shirt and tie. Outdoors, he likes sport coat and slacks.
★ He didn't lose his cool when reporters repeatedly pressed him to attack rivals Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann. His favorite dodge vis a vis Romney was that comparing Romney's private-sector experience with his own government experience was "apples and oranges." He kept saying to compare their records as governors: "apples and apples." All in all, it was a fruit salad with a side dish of hard boiled reporters.
★ He's proving (quickly) he can get under the skin of the Obama political team. Responding to Perry's suggestion that Americans would prefer a commander-in-chief who had served in the military — which would exclude President Obama — top Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod retorted: "I'm glad he declared his love (for the USA). Last I checked he was suggesting Texas might secede so this real progress!"
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Texas Tips
Every morning, we offer Texas news you may not have heard and insights from the Washington bureau staff.
★ IS BERNANKE "TREACHEROUS OR TREASONOUS"? Sounding more like Ron Paul than Ronald Reagan, Gov. Rick Perry suggested that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's policy designed to stabilize the U.S. economy could be "almost treacherous or treasonous" and suggested that Texans might want to treat the Republican economist "pretty ugly" if he "prints more money between now and the election." Perry's comments were immediately condemned by a longtime aide to former President George W. Bush, the man who first appointed Bernanke to his job. More>>>
★ POE PRAISES OBAMA … SORT OF. Rep. Ted Poe, R-Humble, gave modest praise to the Obama administration for starting to condition aid to Pakistan based on that nation's progress in fighting Islamic militants. "While this is a step in the right direction, I firmly believe that we must withhold all aid to Pakistan until we are certain that they are working with us, not against us, in the war on terror" Poe said. "Time and again Pakistan has proven to be an untrustworthy ally that is undeserving of American aid." More>>>
★ RON PAUL SAYS S&P DID THE RIGHT THING. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Lake Jackson, thinks the Standard & Poor's downgrade of the U.S. credit rating was a no-brainer. "Anyone who has taken an honest look at the government's fiscal situation, taken into account how Washington works and the direction it is going would have a very difficult time arguing with S&P's decision," he wrote in his weekly web column, "although a strong case can be made that this was too incremental a downgrade and that it took far too long for S&P to admit the obvious." More>>>
★ BRADY WANTS OBAMA TO MOVE FORWARD ON TRADE PACTS. With a major trade agreement between Canada and Colombia taking effect Monday and the unemployment rate remaining frustratingly high, a pair of Republican lawmakers urged swift approval of three pending trade pacts as a way to spur job creation. House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp of Michigan and Kevin Brady of Texas, chairman of the panel's Trade Subcommittee, said the United States is falling behind its global competitors and urged President Obama to submit stalled trade agreements with Colombia, South Korea and Panama to Congress. Brady complained of an "inexcusable delay" in taking a step that would boost U.S. exports. "We must get back in the game immediately by passing all three of our trade agreements before we lose any more jobs," Brady said. More from CQ>>>
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What do YOU think – Are Obama Admin's energy policies helping or hurting the U.S. economy?
About a mile from the birthplace of Jesus. Singing Gloria in a Franciscan church in a cave. (@ The Shepherd's Field)
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In response to Peggy Fikac's report on Rick Perry's visit to the Iowa State Fair, retiredFF wrote:
The Comical Hatchet Job begins !!!!!!!
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Texas Watch
TxPotomac lets you know what stories to look out for today — and later this week.
On Deck: Today
★ The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its monthly data on changes in the prices of non-military goods and services traded between the U.S. and the rest of the world at 8:30 a.m. EDT.
★ The National Defense University will host a discussion between Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at 10:15 a.m. EDT.
★ Rick Perry campaigns in Eastern Iowa, where President Obama also will be traveling.
On Deck: This Week and Beyond
★ Friday. The American Petroleum Institute releases its Monthly Petroleum Statistical Report.
★ Wednesday, Aug. 24. The House Oversight, Investigations and Management Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, will hold a field hearing titled "Preventing an Economic Shock Wave: Securing the Port of Houston From a Terrorist Attack." It is scheduled for 10 a.m. CDT on the fourth floor of the Port of Houston Authority, 111 East Loop North.


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In case you hadn't tried it, DemocraticUnderground.com (DU) is a popular liberal blog, with an occasionally good Religion forum for believers and Nones to try and discuss issues reasonably.
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Following the suggestion of AN's own Steph S., I lurked moar before continuing this series on atheist morals and ethics. I'm glad I did. In addition to the discussion Steph S. started, which I found edifying, I was also…Continue
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Last time: I blazed through the observation that a-theism and an-archy share certain similarities, both in how each word is defined, and how each idea is redefined by its critics in order to dismiss either without addressing the problems each poses for ethics. I concluded by mentioning that these redefinitions serve to cut each idea off from the moral center of the individual. This time, I'll clarify what I mean by that, and introduce my thesis - tentatively one could call this a theory of…Continue
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In today's installment of this new episodic essay, I harangue readers with some thoughts on what I'll call "existential anarchy" from an angry, atheistic point of view. I want to consider the roots of two ideas:
A-theos: without gods.
An-archos: without rules.
Both words are defined by what they lack. Without the missing subject, each object would be meaningless, just as "no-thing" is ill-defined without the implicit missing subject -- the…Continue
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Two members of the University of Rochester's Fraternity and Sorority Affairs (FSA) unit within the Office of the Dean of Students were honored during the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors (AFA) annual meeting in St. Louis, Mo., last month. The AFA is a professional organization for individuals concerned with the advisement of fraternities and sororities.
John DiSarro, assistant director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs at Rochester, was awarded the 2011 Essentials Award for an article he wrote for AFA's monthly e-newsletter, Essentials. DiSarro's article, titled Using Restorative Circles to Resolve a Fraternal Crisis, was included in the June 2011 issue and explored the lessons learned from incorporating alternative dispute resolution processes in FSA's judicial procedures. The Essentials Award recognizes authors who have written thought-provoking pieces that present relevant and practical ideas to AFA members. DiSarro's article was selected from a pool of more than 50.
DiSarro, a native of Bethlehem, Pa., joined Fraternity and Sorority Affairs in 2007 as a graduate assistant while he pursued a master's degree in education leadership and higher education student affairs from the University's Warner School of Education. DiSarro, who is a member of Alpha Chi Rho fraternity, graduated summa cum laude from the State University of New York at Geneseo.
Tara Leigh Sands, the Expectations for Excellence graduate assistant in FSA, received the AFA's Marlin Bradley Ally Scholarship, which covered the registration costs associated with attending the conference.
Sands, a native of New Jersey, joined FSA in 2008 after completing a degree at Western Carolina University. At Western Carolina, she served as a Greek Assistant Resident Director, supervising and training a team of student house managers and managing the Greek Village Budget. She also was a graduate advisor for the College Panhellenic Council, where she coordinated formal recruitment efforts and served on the Greek Life Advisory Committee. Sands, who joined Gamma Phi Beta sorority as an alumnae initiate in fall 2009, is currently pursuing a degree from the Warner School.
Additionally, Monica Miranda Smalls, director of FSA at Rochester and AFA's outgoing president, ended her term by presenting the inaugural Monica L. Miranda Smalls Scholarship. Similar to the Marlin Bradley Ally Scholarship, this award is given to a young professional or graduate student and offsets the cost of attending the organization's annual conference. It is the first scholarship created that gives preference to members of culturally-based fraternities and sororities in an effort to increase access for underrepresented members of AFA.
Smalls, who was inducted as AFA's president in 2010, is a member of two other professional organizations, the NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and the American College Personnel Association (ACPA). She has been actively involved with her sorority, Omega Phi Beta, for 18 years and served as the inaugural chair of the Board of Trustees from 2008 to 2009. Smalls also is enrolled in the educational leadership program at the Warner School of Education.
Founded in 1976, the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors provides support and professional development for its 1,700 members by fostering partnerships across higher education and offering innovative resources and services to those involved in advising fraternities and sororities.


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- Ali Isaac
Junk Food Past and Present | The Diet of Our Ancient Irish Ancestors
"The menu for this evening is pasta or chicken nuggets and chips," I announced, smiling smugly to myself. Two ten year old boys in the house; it was obvious what they'd choose.
"Pasta!" they both chorused, much to my surprise. Dammit, I thought. That means I actually have to make pasta sauce. Whoever heard of kids who choose real food over junk food?
Not that that was a problem. We don't tend to eat much junk food in our family. In fact, I never ate junk food as a child myself, perhaps due to the fact that much of my childhood was spent abroad. I don't think I even stepped into a MacDonalds until I was nineteen.
Nowadays, after Carys's Troubles, we tend to eat according to our blood type. Which, as we are 'O's, is very similar to the paleo diet. And that got me thinking; What did our ancient Irish ancestors actually eat?
What is the first thing which springs to mind when we think of Irish food? Yep, the potato! It appears in everything, Colcannon, Irish Stew, Boxty, Champ, Shepherd's Pie, to name but a few. There's no getting away from it, the Irish love their spuds. But the potato didn't make its appearance until the 17th century, so how on earth did we manage before?
Well, it seems the Irish diet did not change much from Neolithic times until the potato. Meat was their preferred staple.
By Len Rizzi (photographer, original image), reprocessed by Off-shell – File:NCI Visuals Food Hamburger.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56736132
To anyone who's ever read any Irish mythology, there are two huge clues as to their diet; their fondness for hunting, and the value they placed on their cattle.
We know that they chose to hunt on foot with their beloved wolf hounds; they were after deer, maybe even the giant Irish elk, and wild boar. These animals would be roasted on spits made from peeled and pointed hazel rods, or butchered and boiled in their outdoor cooking troughs known as fullacht fiadh.
They also hunted and ate animals we wouldn't dream of eating today, such as badgers and seals.
As for the cattle, in the mythology of the Ulster Cycle, Queen Medb famously went to war over ownership of the great bull Donn Cúailnge , to disastrous consequence. The Tuatha de Danann were renowned for their graceful milk-white cattle, and even in historical times, the various clans often invaded their neighbours' territories to steal their herds, or demand cattle-tribute for previous wrongdoings.
Why were cattle so highly prized? Undoubtedly, they were a sign of wealth, but more than that, they ensured survival.
How so? Well, they were a readily available meat source, of course, but in actual fact, if something is precious to you, you are unlikely to kill and eat it. No, it was all about their produce.
In other words, banbidh, or 'white foods'. They ate a lot of dairy. Butter was highly prized, especially fresh unsalted butter. Sometimes, they flavoured it with onions or wild garlic.
They even had the strange tradition of burying it in bogs, some say to develop the flavour, some say for storage; the true reason is not clear, but examples of 'bog-butter' have been recovered, and may be seen in the National Museum in Dublin.
They drank milk, sometimes fresh or mixed with honey, sometimes soured, even something they called bainne clabair, meaning 'thick milk', which was a cross between regular milk and thick sour cream.
They mixed it with grains to form porridge, and used it in the baking of bread. They also made many varieties of cheese. They also consumed the colustrum produced by cows after calving.
Another strange practice was that of bleeding the cattle, then mixing the blood with barley and seasoning to make black puddings.
The Neolithic people were great farmers. As well as keeping livestock, mainly sheep, goats and pigs in addition to cattle, they cultivated their own crops. Wheat was difficult to grow in the damp Irish climate, but barley and oats were more successful.
All grains were ground by hand on quern stones, and then sifted through nets to produce finer flours for baking. It was back breaking and time consuming work.
There were no ovens, so flat cakes and breads were cooked on flag stones heated up in the fireplace. These grains did not make very good bread, so they were used in porridge mostly.
Barley, however, had a more popular use; it brewed a fairly acceptable ale. called cuirm.
Honey was a very important food, as it was their only source of sweetness. It was taken so seriously, that it had a whole Brehon Law devoted to it, called bechbretha. meaning 'bee judgements'. It concerned such rules as, if a hive swarmed onto another man's land, what portion of the honey produced should be allotted to each man, and was quite detailed and complicated.
Honey was used to sweeten porridge, in baking, to baste roasting meats and fish, and to flavour drinks. It was also used to produce the alcoholic beverage mead, known as mid in Irish (mee).
Apart from apples, fruit and vegetables were not cultivated in Ireland before the 8th century. Much of their fresh foods were gathered in on a regular basis, such as wild berries of all kinds, nuts, watercress, garlic, seaweed such as dulse in coastal areas, about which there were also serious laws, kale, onions and strawberries. Later on, they grew cabbages, carrots, leeks, parsnips and turnips.
The hazel nut was particularly prized for its nutritional qualities. In mythology, Fintan, the Salmon of Knowledge became so wise and highly sought after from eating the hazel nuts which fell into the river from the nine sacred hazel bushes.
He swam down the Boyne and was caught by Fionn mac Cumhall for his mentor, the druid Finegas, yet burned his thumb while cooking it. Although warned not to eat the fish by Finegas, he put his burned thumb into his mouth to cool it, thereby accidentally ingesting the morsel of flesh which clung there, so cheating poor old Finegas out of the knowledge he so desperately craved.
Many types of fish and shellfish were eaten, including salmon. Fionn mac Cumhall and his Fianna were said to have regularly visited Belleek in the autumn to feast on the annual salmon run, and sharpen their weapons there. He is also associated with the River Finn in Co Monaghan, where he caught bream, roach and pike.
Bog butter still in its wooden container on display in the County Cavan Museum.
Various condiments, known as annlann in Irish, were used to flavour their foods, such as lard, olar ( a rich gravy), inmar (dripping), butter, salt, honey, herbs, in fact, anything not considered the main constituent of the meal was called annlann.
Producing food and then cooking it was not a quick and easy task in ancient Ireland. There were no convenience foods, no junk foods. Interestingly, they seem to have been a fairly healthy bunch, on the whole; as far as we can tell, there seems to have been relatively little evidence of obesity and other lifestyle/diet related illnesses.
Perhaps we could learn more from the people of ancient Ireland than stone masonry and star gazing…and by the way, it took me half a pack of salt & vinegar stackers and two glasses of prosecco to write this post!
Oh well, tomorrow is another day…
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Burke's Seafood
For over 30 years, we have built a reputation as the area's leading fish market by offering our customers the freshest, highest quality seafood at exceptional values. We also offer a full menu of fried & broiled seafood available for take out or dine in. Owners Richard and Margaret Burke invite you to come visit and Discover Freshness!


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Breach Security has announced a new release of its ModSecurity plug-in and the open sourcing of its associated Core Rules Set (CRS). ModSecurity is an Apache web server plug-in with extensive logging and auditing capabilities that lets you track all inbound and outbound traffic for your web application. Logging, and its associated amount of detail, can be turned on or off at runtime as needed, and can be triggered by certain conditions (such as suspected attacks) according to rules you create. When breaches are detected, request blocking can be turned on automatically to prevent further attack. ModSecurity lets you define these conditions. The output of the web site traffic auditing is designed to help you refine existing rule sets, or build new ones, to make your application more secure.
I recently spoke with Ryan Barnett, Director of Application Security Research at Breach Security, who told me more about ModSecurity. The rules that power ModSecurity are written in an event-based scripting language that's easy to extend and enhance. Barnett said that Breach Security believes that better security audit data leads to better attack detection and blocking. With this in mind, Breach Security has released the Core Rule Set as open-source under the GPL V2 license as part of the OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set Project. The goal is to leverage the community to improve and extend the CRS more quickly, benefiting the community as a whole.
OWASP, short for the "Open Web Application Secruity Project is a worldwide community of professionals focused on software security. More information on CRS at OWASP.org is available here. The available free CRS scripts, written in a language similar to SNORT, are estimated to be about 80% of what most organizations need to be secure. The remaining 20% comes from modifying the existing scripts and developing new ones specific to the application you're securing. Along with the CRS, Breach Security has added detailed documentation on how each rule works, and how to change them.


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Here's a news flash: the IRS offers a calculation that actually helps consumers. Who knew?
Little surprise, Alicia Munnell, director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, took to the pages of SmartMoney Tuesday to decry the standard 4% withdrawal rate. What is surprising is the alternative she offered—the IRS' required minimum distribution.
Mostly seen as a nuisance for those who don't need it, the RMD forces investors to begin taking a minimum amount of money out of a tax-deferred savings vehicle at age 70 ½. The reasoning is twofold: the IRS wants their tax revenue, and the larger government wants the money in circulation. However, if investors base their non-RMD withdrawal rate on the RMD itself, it acts as a good alternative to the standard (and controversial) 4% rate.
A new paper from the organization Munnell leads shows that the RMD approach "stacks up pretty well against the traditional rules of thumb. Up until now, the three most common rules of thumb have been relying on the income produced by the assets, calculating withdrawals based on life expectancy and adopting the so-called 4% rule. Each has significant problems."
With the first, she notes that using interest only can work for wealthy individuals, but has serious drawbacks for people who lack substantial retirement savings.
"One disadvantage is that people die with their initial assets intact, which may be fine for those who want to leave a bequest, but in other cases unnecessarily restricts retirement consumption," she writes. "Another drawback is that the desire for income may lead retirees to over invest in high-dividend stocks, losing the benefits of portfolio diversification."
Basing withdrawals on life expectancy has two significant drawbacks, she continues. First, the calculation involves applying a sophisticated equation, which may be beyond the capacity of many. Second, retirees face a high probability—a 50% chance—that they will outlive their savings.
Lastly, under the 4% rule, the retiree each year withdraws 4% of the initial balance. The advantage is that the retiree has a low probability of running out of money. The downside is that such a rule does not permit retirees to periodically adjust consumption in response to investment returns, she warns.
"An alternative strategy is to base withdrawals on the RMD rules," Munnell explains. The IRS makes no claim that the RMD, which is designed to recoup deferred taxes, is the basis of an optimal draw-down strategy. Yet an RMD approach satisfies four important tests of a good strategy."
First, like other rules of thumb, it is easy to follow. The IRS stipulates withdrawal percentages based on tables of life expectancies. Second, it allows the percentage of remaining wealth consumed each year to increase with age, as the retiree's remaining life expectancy decreases. Third, as consumption is not restricted to income, the household is less likely to chase dividends and is more likely to have a balanced portfolio. Fourth, consumption responds to fluctuations in the market value of the financial assets, because the dollar amount of the drawdown is based on the portfolio's current market value.
"To determine which real-world strategy would produce the best possible outcome, the paper compares the various rules of thumb, including the RMD approach, with an optimal wealth draw-down strategy," she concludes. "The results show that the RMD approach does about as well as the other strategies and actually outperforms the 4% rule. Given that it also has the four desirable characteristics described above, the RMD approach should be viewed as an alternative viable strategy."


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Wall Street Goes Gaga Over GoPro
Jun 27, 2014 6:46 AM PT
Action camera maker GoPro, which went public Thursday, saw its share prices skyrocket, closing at US$31.34, 30 percent over its asking price of $24.
That was a rare positive note in an otherwise down market, but it has raised questions about the company.
Is the price justified, considering that GoPro has only one product? Is the company able to meet the challenges of going public? What about the competition?
The price is "very speculative," Trip Chowdhry, managing director at Global Equities Research, told the E-Commerce Times.
"People are saying they probably could do something more than we could have imagined, so they could go beyond just images, photos, content and cameras," he continued. "I would say it would be difficult for GoPro to maintain its valuation once the inside selling starts six months from now."
For a Few Dollars More
GoPro had a great 2013, with its Hero cameras capturing nearly 45 percent of the United States market in dollar terms, up from 11 percent in 2011.
Its revenue last year totaled $986 million, up 87 percent year over year, and profit surged 88 percent year over year to $61 million.
These factors could have excited investors, who snapped up GoPro's shares at a pace that saw the company ending up with a P/E ratio of 25, nearly twice Apple's 13.
"Clearly this valuation is not purely based on the business prospects of selling its durable cameras, as most consumer electronics products become commoditized fairly quickly," Asheesh Advani, CEO of Covestor, told the E-Commerce Times.
"The real investor appetite for GoPro is based on the potential to monetize the sharing of all the mind-bending videos filmed by its customers," he continued.
The Potential for Profit
"We believe that the growing adoption of our capture devices and the engaging content they enable position GoPro to become an exciting new media company," GoPro says in its investor FAQs.
"Yes, they have user-generated content," Chowdhry acknowledged, "but is that content going to have a mass appeal? Content which is cool today may not be cool tomorrow."
Most of the content "is enjoyable to hardly anyone outside the person who put it on," he pointed out. "Yes, you can monetize the content -- but who's your ultimate audience? I would say this is building castles in thin air."
Why Else Investors Might Like GoPro
Aside from the popularity and general buzz surrounding GoPro's products, factors that contributed to the IPO's success include the relative dearth of high-profile IPOs, except for Alibaba, and the return of investors' appetite for risk, said Charles Lewis Sizemore, founder of Sizemore Capital.
The P/E ratio of 25 is "expensive but not completely unreasonable for a company going public," because companies go public to raise capital for growth and GoPro is still young, Sizemore told the E-Commerce Times.
Possible Pitfalls
GoPro's Q1 2014 profit was more than halved year over year, from $23 million to $11 million.
This "is not a good sign ... although [it] might have been an anomaly," Sizemore remarked.
Further, the premium valuation is questionable, because "they sell a product that can quickly be copied and commoditized," he said.
Competition is "a big worry" as mobile cameras continue to improve, and "there is nothing [GoPro does] that cannot be copied by a larger competitor," Sizemore pointed out.
Ready for Prime Time?
Is GoPro ready for its public performance?
The company appointed Jack Lazar chief financial officer in February and former Microsoft executive vice president Tony Bates president earlier this month. It also appointed Bates and Dolby Labs Chairman Peter Gotcher to its board, all moves that could be seen as preparation for going public.
"You can bring in anyone, but, if you're a one-trick pony, the question is what can they do beyond what you're doing now?" Chowdhry asked. "I think this is the peak for GoPro."
A GoPro executive was not immediately available to provide further details.


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Topic: Spammers
So apparently a spammer has found his way to our beloved site. I know that Aaron and the Mods know how to do their jobs, so this is not a cry to them to band the offending party(s). But seriously do spammers really think that constantly posting disgusting threads over and over will work in drumming up buisness?
I wonder if there is a way to actually derterr spammers from posting (or getting into the chat room coughdar'mandacough).
It would appear to me that in the past few weeks there have been more spammer activity than there used to be. Any one else feel this way? Or am I imagining things?
In general I know this site is really good when it comes to spamming. It keeps us classy I think, as spamming to me is cheap and vile.
"Suggestion: Electrocution works well. Evisceration and Decapitation are also effective, or um, so I've heard."


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Proof if need be that you gringos will buy anything
Continental Gold (CNL.to): Interesting news from Buriticá
This from the leading expert on Colombia's mining scene, Paul Harris of The Colombia Gold Letter. It starts like this:
"Continental Gold received widespread support Friday for the development of an underground gold mine at Buritica, Antioquia during a public hearing held as part of its environmental license permitting process. Some 700 people participated at the public hearing at which the majority of registered speakers, including town mayor Humberto Castaño, voiced support for the project, with many..."
Full report right here. Go read.
The Friday OT: Ólafur Arnalds, Alice Sara Ott: The Chopin Project; Reminiscence
A remarkable and beautiful piece of music and video.
Youtube here.
A Flash update...
Standing up to bullies, Porter Stansberry edition
Now that's what I call a site visit report
Brent Cook Dishes Out The Dirt
With a title like that, maybe he's looking to take over IKN. He's welcome to it, frankly.
Anyway, it's all on this 10 minute Kitco vid featuring Cambone.
El Tambor in Guatemala: "This is a dog licence with the word 'dog' crossed out and 'cat' written in in crayon"
*it's spelled like that on the van
Great post on Joe Mazumdar's speech "Don't get fooled again." Lot of good advice in there, thanks. One of my favorites: "Keep looking at every new press release [from a junior] and see if it negates your thesis." It would make sense too, that in the junior mining world, generally speaking, every new piece of information points to INCREASES in odds of that project failing. Most press releases will negate your thesis, since most projects fail. Instead most investors come at each press release with confirmation bias and try to make the facts fit their theory or explain why they are already up 25% in the stock and its the next 10 bagger. I've done that once; once and never again! Your blog and the Ottotranslator have certainly helped me sharpen up and its paid off considerably, in both dollars made and in an even greater amount of dollars avoided being lost. I can't stress that enough, avoiding big losses is really the name of the game over the long haul. Anyway, keep 'em coming!
A quick list of 3q16 financials...
...according to the crazy views and biased, uneducated opinions of your humble scribe after first scans of a bunch of 3q16 financials from producing miners, filed between last night and this morning:
- Torex: Good. Not my fave for non-ops reasons, but undeniably good economics at the mine and it's now delivering well
- B2Gold: Good (see previous post)
- Kinross: Crappy (and before you point to the impairment, the Maricunga snafu was their own fault, the hit is a real one and not just accounting)
- Wesdome: Reasonably good, though "difficult conditions" for the Kiena drilling is a slight bummer...patience needed I suppose.
- McEwen Mining: Mediocre, will the market give Robbie Mac his usual free pass?
- HudBay: Good, impressive costs reductions, but still not making enough money to pay down the debt significantly.
- Great Panther Silver: You mean it actually managed to deliver a quarterly net profit for once? Okay, not much of one either, and did you see them slip in the paperwork for an equity raising late last week, all quiet and under cover? No? Well I did. Jeesh you gringos will buy anything...
Other names, no opinions. Have a pleasant morning.
Is Yamana Gold (YRI.to) (AUY) going to do the decent thing...
Chart of the day is...
The Chicago Cubs
One hundred and eight years.
B2Gold (BTG) (BTO.to) 3q16 financials
UPDATE: The NR is out.
The Yamana (AUY) (YRI.to) gold robbery at Jacobina: Reuters says 2,000 oz gold
Don't Get Fooled Again
*The smart and handsome one of the Exploration Insights pairing
Joyous news! The TSX Venture now accepts four letter symbols
- Prime Uranium Mining Prospectors
- Direct Uranium Mining Prospectors
- Sulfide Copper Automated Machinery
- West Africa Nickel and Kaolin
- Salvador Honduras Iron and Titanium
- Associated Rhodium Scandium Enterprises
UPDATE: That didn't take long.
Reader C: "Ferro Uranium Queensland-Unlimited"
And more...
Vancouver Inbred Lithium Extortionists (particularly like that one, J)
Porter's Indiscreet Mining Protips
Javanese Uranium Nickel Korp
Local-Interest Energy Solutions
First International Banking Syndicate
Though I remind readers who have offered several ideas on a certain acronym that K92 got there first :-)
Chart of the day is...
If you needed proof that Brazil Resources (BRI.v) is a total bullshit scam from start to finish...
- Is it the framing of Titiribi as economic?
- Is it calling the mystery CEO "Adam" (now...seriously...that's funny)
- Is it the U$3,000 discounted price for joining now, saving you U$2,000 from the normal price?
Yamana Gold (AUY) (YRI.to) has a reported 20,000oz of gold stolen in Brazilian robbery
- No news release
- Nothing in the 3q16 report and MD&A
- Nothing in the Conference Call last week.
Catching up with the Filipino Pair Trade
- On September 27th, OGC closed at $4.05. Right now it's at $4.08, up 0.7%
- On September 27th, BTO closed at $3.38. It's now $3.99, up 18.0%
UPDATED Giustra's paid lackey Keith Schaefer pumps Lithium X (LIX.v)
You can spot the Frank Giustra paid monkeys from a mile away, they all sound the same. Today's the turn of Keith Schaefer and the mailer sent to his list this morning entitled "This Energy Market Desperately Needs Supply", which warbles on about how lithium is the fuel of the future etc etc and then, when you get to the end, the real purpose of his bullshit is revealed:
"That has me excited about a new lithium company—one with prime assets, an award-winning geologist and a board that has built and sold junior companies before. Now they are focused on lithium and are raising millions of dollars very quickly.
What's more, the biggest catalyst of its short life is happening within the next 30 days.
You can throw a baseball from their property to a producing well at North America's largest producing lithium asset. They have the water rights. They have the drilling permits.
This company will be getting back their own very first drill results within 30 days—setting the stage for a potential re-rating by the Market.
In two days I'll give you the name and symbol—for free."
- In two days time Schaefer's pumping LithiumX (LIX.v) for his paymaster Frank Giustra. It's what market whores do for money. They sleep well at night afterwards, too.
- Expect the other current Giustra performing monkey, Tommy Humphreys of CEO.ca, to get all breathless and onanistic about LIX in the days to come too, this is going to be another Frank Giustra full-court press pump to sheep retail as the main man unloads more shares.
UPDATE: The thrust of the above is still correct and Shaefer is still a paid whore and a Giustra lackey, but it seems I may have got the vehicle wrong this time so this update is necessary. A. Reader kindly puts me right with a mail that includes this (slightly edited to protect both innocent and guilty)
It's not LIX they are pumping, it's AAL
5 reasons1) The "Award Winning Team" is all AAL talks about.2) The "Stone's Throw Away From Producer" fits AAL.3) He talks about a new company.4) The big one, in the teaser he said they have water rights in Clayton Valley. Fact is, there is only one junior stock with water rights there and that's AAL.5) AAL just announced drilling and drilling results to come in over the next 30 days.
Maybe too much traveling? :-)
So thanks for that kind reader "M", always appreciate being set right by smarter people than I. And yeah, definitely agree about too much travelling.
Shutting stable door after horse bolts, Primero Mining (PPP) (P.to) edition
A question for Joseph Gallucci of Dundee Capital Markets...
Zimtu trying to peddle worthless assets to desperate juniors? Say it ain't so!
Even a three cent stock like BZ.v has a little self-esteem.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Oct 31, 2016) - Benz Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE:BZ) ("Benz" or the "Company"), announces the termination of the Option Agreement (the "Agreement") with Zimtu Capital Corp. ("Zimtu") to acquire up to a 100% interest in the Lithium project ("Property") located in the province of Newfoundland & Labrador.The decision was made following non-satisfactory results of the detail due diligence investigation of the property, and minimum requirements to meet standard closing conditions.
Come the revolution it's the David Hodges of this world who will be first up against the wall.
K2 fires another broadside at Asanko Gold (AKG)
1. Not getting the gold
• Asanko appears to be mining significantly less gold compared to the Definitive Project Plan (DPP), despite mining more material
• The gap between the DPP and actual results has grown to an estimated 84koz
• In Q3, we believe the Company mined deeper than plan down the high grade 'throat' of the orebody, and yet the gap continued to widen substantially
2. We believe the reason Asanko is experiencing a gold shortfall, is because much of it is not there
• In line with our original thesis, we believe negative gold reconciliation is the cause of Asanko's under-performance to date
• We do not believe the Company's selective "reconciliations" are representative of the aggregate problem
• Asanko should have the aggregate data to discredit our initial thesis, we find it unusual that they are not showing it despite vocally contesting our work
3. Not getting the cash
• Asanko's2016 free cash flow is unlikely to come close to the DPP forecast of $91M
• The Company needs to generate $124M of FCF in H2 2016 to meet this target according to our estimates
• The Company needs to generate $164M of FCF in H2 2016 to meet what we estimate is a more appropriate benchmark given their accelerated mining activities
• We believe Asanko will experience a year 1 FCF shortfall ~30% the size of their total original Phase 1 NAV of $412M (5% DCF, $1,300/ozgold)
4. To mitigate the likely resource issues we perceive at Nkran, we believe Asankowill have to:
• Mine the ore bearing zone at ~2x the rate initially planned
• Defer waste stripping obligations
…If Asanko adopts this approach, it has the potential to significantly shorten Nkran's mine life
UPDATE: The full K2 report can be found here.
Tahoe Resources (TAHO) (THO.to): Ellen Moore exposes the company BS on Escobal
In Edie Hofmeister's piece ("One View: Criticism of Tahoe Resources' Escobal mine biased, unfounded", Sept. 14), she invites critics to visit its mine in San Rafael Las Flores, Guatemala to understand what is really going on. Not only did I visit, I worked in the region for several years and served as an international observer at the Sábana Redonda referenda or "consulta" that Ms. Hofmeister references in the piece. I joined national and international observers who were present for this vote as they have been at all of the more than 70 referenda on mining that have taken place across Guatemala since 2005.In the article, Hofmeister upholds Sábana Redonda as the "only reliable vote in the area" – convenient, given that every other vote in the region has overwhelmingly rejected Tahoe's mine.Tahoe's ongoing attempts to delegitimize local decision-making processes is disrespectful of Guatemalans' democratic practices. Tahoe has filed and supported lawsuits challenging the municipal votes against its project in an attempt to prevent the population from exercising their legitimate right to decide their future. In response, Guatemala's highest court ruled that municipal authorities not only have the right, but the responsibility to convene such votes and to make decisions according to their results.In San Rafael las Flores, the pro-mining mayor prevented a municipal-wide vote on the Escobal mine. Local leaders who had collected signatures demanding a referenda were slapped with unsubstantiated legal charges by Tahoe employees or people associated with the company. Undeterred, citizens organized village votes instead, carrying out eight before a state of siege, likened to martial law, was declared by the government in May 2013.Sábana Redonda was the ninth village vote and the only one that took place after the siege. The community is located next to the mine and many people who live there benefit from mining-related employment. Having provided third-party observation for many referenda, I can confidently say that the vote in Sábana Redonda was carried out in the same manner as other local votes — on all subjects, not just mining. Schoolteachers served as election officials, and votes were cast using a paper ballot inside a booth just like in the U.S.However, the fact that the vote was 55 to 45 percent is not, as Ms. Hofmeister implies, a demonstration of support, but rather a testament to the polarization of one of the communities that has received the most direct economic benefit from Tahoe's operations.Tahoe's crumbling social license is well-documented. September 2015 elections reaffirmed or brought to power six pro-consultation mayors, most of whom campaigned on platforms anchored by opposition to mining and refusal to accept royalties. Bolstered by the court's decision upholding the legitimacy of the votes, citizens near Tahoe's operations continue to demand referenda, and mayors point to the results as grounds to refuse royalties.It's true that the communities surrounding the Escobal mine are not financially wealthy. What Tahoe does not understand is that people's dignity, clean water and livelihoods are not for sale.
Question: Why is Kirkland Lake (KLG.to) up today?
Answer: There's a chance Makuch gets booted out.
End of Q&A session. (Though heaven help the company if Ferrari Kev is the mystery interloper).


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Heart Disease Medication Overview
High blood pressure and cholesterol medications can help manage heart disease. Find out how they work.
Reducing and controlling blood pressure and cholesterol levels is very important in treating heart disease.
But for many people, lifestyle changes like getting regular exercise, eating a healthy diet, and reducing stress are not enough to control high blood pressure or high cholesterol.
In these cases, taking heart medication to lower blood pressure or cholesterol is an important part of heart disease treatment.
Controlling High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure means that the blood inside your arteries — the blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood away from your heart to the rest of your body — is under too much pressure.
This increases the work your heart needs to do, which is bad for heart disease.
If your doctor decides you need medication to get your high blood pressure under control, these are the common types of medications that might be used:
- Diuretics. Sometimes called water pills, these drugs make your kidneys excrete extra salt and water. This increases the amount of fluid you urinate and that brings down the pressure inside your arteries. Diuretics are often used with other blood pressure and heart medications. Common generic and brand names of diuretics include: chlorthalidone (Hygroton), chlorothiazide (Diuril), furosemide (Lasix), hydrochlorothiazide (Hydrodiuril), and spironolactone (Aldactone).
- Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. An ACE inhibitor lowers blood pressure by expanding the size of blood vessels. This allows blood to flow freely and reduces the stress on your heart. An ACE inhibitor is often used as a heart medication in people who have heart failure. Common generic-brand name examples include: benazepril (Lotensin), captopril (Capoten), enalapril (Vasotec), ramipril, (Altace) and lisinopril (Zestril).
- Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs). These medications relax blood vessels by blocking the effects of a hormone in your body that causes blood vessels to become narrow. Medication names include: candesartan (Atacand), irbesartan (Avapro), telmisartan (Micardis), losartan (Cozaar), and Valsartan (Diovan).
- Calcium channel blockers (CCBs). This type of heart medication is used to treat chest pain, abnormal heart rhythms, and high blood pressure. It works by keeping calcium out of heart and blood vessel cells, which results in a lower heart rate and more relaxed blood vessels. Some common examples are amlodipine (Norvasc), diltiazem (Cardizem), Verapamil (Calan), and nifedipine (Procardia).
- Beta blockers. These heart medications work by blocking certain types of nerves that supply the heart, causing the heart to slow down. As the heart beats with less force, blood pressure goes down. Beta blockers are often combined with a diuretic. Some of the more common examples are atenolol (Tenormin), metoprolol (Lopressor), nadolol (Corgard), propranolol (Inderal), and bisoprolol (Zebeta).
- Alpha blockers. These medications block nerve impulses that go to blood vessels, causing them to relax, which lowers blood pressure. Common alpha blockers include doxazosin mesylate (Cardura), prazosin hydrochloride (Minipress), and terazosin hydrochloride (Hytrin). An alpha blocker may also be combined with a beta blocker to slow down the heart and relax blood vessels. These drugs are sometimes used to reduce serious high blood pressure in the hospital.
- Centrally acting drugs. These drugs act directly on the brain to reduce nerve impulses that increase heart rate and blood vessel contraction. Examples include alpha methyldopa (Aldomet), clonidine (Catapres), guanabenz acetate (Wytensin), and guanfacine hydrochloride (Tenex).
Side Effects of High Blood Pressure Medications
There are many side effects associated with high blood pressure medications. Your doctor will try to find the combination that controls your blood pressure at the lowest dose and with the least amount of side effects.
Side effects that are common to many types of blood pressure medications include:
- Headache
- Dizziness
- Nausea
- Drowsiness
- Anxiety
- Palpitations
- Constipation or diarrhea
- Weight gain or loss
- Cough
- Skin rash
Medications That Treat Cholesterol
If you have heart disease, it is very important to control your cholesterol levels. Lowering cholesterol may also lower your risk for getting heart disease.
Here are the most commonly prescribed cholesterol medications:
- Statins. These drugs work by preventing the formation of cholesterol in the liver. Common statins include atorvastatin (Lipitor), lovastatin (Mevacor), pravastatin (Pravachol), rosuvastatin (Crestor), and simvastatin (Zocor). Side effects of statins include stomach or gas pain, muscle pain or weakness, constipation, and liver damage.
- Fibrates. These drugs work better at lowering triglycerides than lowering cholesterol. Fibrates activate a gene that breaks down triglycerides and increasing levels of good cholesterol. Fibrate medications include bezafibrate (Bezalip), fenofibrate (Lofibra), and gemfibrozil (Lopid). Side effects include upset stomach, anemia, gallstones, and diarrhea. These medications may increase the effects of blood-thinning medications.
- Resins. These medications work by causing your liver to make more bile. Since bile binds to cholesterol, it causes less cholesterol to be free in your blood stream. Common resins include cholestyramine (Questran), colestipol (Colestid), and colesevelam (Welchol). Side effects include constipation, indigestion, and dizziness.
- Niacin. This B vitamin can lower cholesterol by reducing the production of blood fats in the liver. Niacin can reduce bad cholesterol as well as triglycerides and increases levels of good cholesterol. Niacin must be given by prescription for this purpose — the over-the-counter dietary supplement form of niacin is not considered safe or effective for reducing blood fats. Side effects include flushing, itching, and upset stomach. Niacin can also cause liver damage and it may increase blood sugar in diabetics.
Heart medications often include drugs to control high blood pressure and cholesterol.
If you have heart disease, learn as much as you can about your disease and work closely with your doctor to find the right combination of medications and lifestyle changes.