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As the Buffalo Bills turn their attention to a Week 3 showdown with the Miami Dolphins this weekend, let's talk about the team from a playing-time perspective. Every week, we update our 2015 snap counts page with the totals from the previous game and the year-to-date figures, and a few things stand out about how coaches are utilizing players this early in the season.
Shady on schedule: Despite playing at less than 100 percent with a hamstring injury that left him questionable on last week's injury report, LeSean McCoy has taken the vast majority of the Bills' running back snaps through two weeks. He's coming in at 69.5 percent participation, while rookie Karlos Williams is way back at 27.5 percent. As long as McCoy stays healthy, that workload split should remain in that wheelhouse for the foreseeable future, despite Williams' early-season success.
Harvin usurping Woods: Throughout the preseason and straight into the regular season, the Bills have listed both Percy Harvin and Robert Woods as starting wide receivers. Right now, however, Harvin is a bigger part of the offense, taking 96 snaps (73.3 percent of total) in the first two games, compared to Woods' 81 (61.8 percent). Both rank among the top five Bills skill players in terms of play-time participation, so Woods shouldn't feel neglected, but it's nonetheless interesting that Harvin - who is playing well - appears to be the true second receiver on this roster.
Edge-rushing overload: Flash back to 2013, when Rex Ryan understudy Mike Pettine was running the Bills' defense. Jerry Hughes was still a part-time player, while Mario Williams played a whopping 87.2 percent of snaps. Jim Schwartz tweaked that in 2014, relying more heavily on rotation, with Williams and Hughes playing in the 71-72 percent range. Through two games this season, Buffalo's pass-rushing duo has each played 94.5 percent of snaps. It'll be interesting to see if those two players start to receive more in-game breaks at some point; for now, they've basically been on the field constantly.
Down on Duke: Duke Williams was the Bills' third safety in 2014, and played well enough to draw praise from Donnie Henderson as a projected starter earlier this offseason. When Corey Graham moved to safety full-time, however, Williams became an afterthought, and now his situation has worsened, as Bacarri Rambo has taken 102 snaps as compared to Williams' 12 as an injury fill-in during the first two games. Ryan even called him out as a liability this week. If he's forced into action in Week 3, he may be playing to keep his job.
Special teams staples: It's always interesting to keep track of which players are seeing a lot of playing time on special teams, because it lets you know which squad members are highly valued by the club even if they're not involved on offense or defense. The Bills have seven players that have played on at least half of the team's special teams snaps so far this season: running back Boobie Dixon, wide receivers Marcus Easley and Chris Hogan, tight end MarQueis Gray, edge rusher Randell Johnson, cornerback Ron Brooks, and safety Duke Williams. Right now, those are your core special teams players.


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The Malaysian Parliament is currently in session. Those interesting in watching these proceedings live can do so here.
First off, a shout out to Kasthuri Patto for asking the Education Minister to answer regarding the Pos Tohoi Orang Asli school tragedy. I will personally admit that I had forgotten that it is now 7 months after and no actions nor any word has been said regarding this.
Now, regarding the Dual Language Programme (DLP) launched by the ministry of education, which allows parents to volunteer their kids into learning subjects in English.
First off, our government has already delayed the implementation for the requirement for an English pass in the Secondary Assessment Certificate exam – that is the translation for what you might know as SPM.
And Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid believes that this delay – along with the implementation of the DLP – is still in line with the Education Blueprint which was hotly debated years before.
“(The DLP) is not a change in language policy, it is in line with the need to improve our English in line with the education blueprint, in line with the Education Act of 1956 as well as other education regulations and does not undermine the Federal Constitution,” he said in Parliament today.
But this was questioned by Datuk Dr Mohd Khairudin Aman Razali (Kuala Nerus) who said it was bringing back an old issue with regards to the earlier implemented (and then undone) Teaching of Mathematics and English in English or PPSMI.
His thoughts were seconded by Mohd Idris Jusi (Batu Pahat) who said there were those who viewed the DLP as “sneaking in PPSMI through the back door”.
“Past research has shown that the PPSMI after a few years of implementation only increased our English assessment by 4 percent,” he said, adding that there was also the fact that “teachers and students were not competent enough”.
Before we go any further, there is utmost respect to Idris being a former teacher for a duration of 8 years in the 1970s and 1980s.
Mahdzir replied that what the ministry has done was to look at the importance of what is needed in the future.
“After 50 years of independence, there are now two groups; one who says that we need English, and another that says we don’t need it,” he said.
However, the minister added that there was an increasing push for better English throughout the region.
“Take China as an example, they are sending their students to improve their English. But whatever the conditions, we will hold on to our language,” he said, adding that the DLP was a “just a programme, and not breaking any set policy nor laws whatsoever”.
Parliament is now in recess till 2:30 PM.
My personal thoughts are that the DLP does not stop students with parents who continue to wish that their kid learns in Bahasa Malaysia. It is, after all, their decision.
Thus, one has to ask, what is the harm and foul in having parents who wish their kids to learn in English get their wish?
Where is the rationale? If you do not agree, you have the choice, if you agree, you have a choice as well.
I personally do not see this as being a measure of who will be a better person in the later years, or as a given advantage in the future of our students’ studies.
But I will point out one fact; a lot of research has shown that being bilingual is good for the human brain. I’m not sure if this extends further if you are a polyglot, but this is scientific fact that even the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has said is worth considering.
At the same time, learning English will grant better access to the curious students out there to understand and read more information that is widely available on the Internet and even in books.
That stupid Japan/France comparison
Now of course, there will be morons who say that foreign nations can do without English therefore we can too. Well, here’s the catch for those who take Japan and France as examples.
Firstly, all published media in those nations are in Japanese or French. They even have translators who take everything online and translate it into their language to make it accessible. This includes research papers, books – both fiction and non-fiction.
So, would Malaysia like to do the same?
Similarly, diplomats and even their politicians speak in their native tongues in foreign events. Thus, is Malaysia willing to do the same by having our ambassadors followed around by a translator at every foreign office?
Would the Opposition be willing to fork out money from their next shadow budget to show how serious they are about this Bahasa Malaysia political fetish of theirs?
Thus, I will side with the government on this one by saying if our students and teachers are incompetent in English, ask for assistance.
And quite honestly, if this call for assistance goes out, then I hope that the NGOs such as PAGE will get together with the NUTP to come up with a plan to make teachers more competent in English, as Idris himself said was lacking.
On the other side, parents need to play a more active role instead of just bickering over how important it is to speak Malay, and look at what English has to offer. Analyse the pros and cons of actually having your sons and daughters speaking a foreign language.
Read up instead of making an emotional decision based on words of a forked tongue politician, and make up your minds.


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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. The Chinese "paper" brides and sons who came to this country in the past century present a special challenge in Chinese family history research, said Jeanie W. Chooey Low, a genealogist.
She spoke to more than 200 people who filled the Chinese Culture Center auditorium March 30 in San Francisco's Chinatown to learn how to find their roots. The date was chosen to coincide with Qing Ming, the time of the year when Chinese traditionally remember their ancestors.
Sponsored by the Chinese Historical Society of America, the Chinese Culture Foundation and the San Francisco Multi-Stake Public Affairs, the family history workshop featured genealogists from the Chinese-American community and from the Church's Family History Center.
The paper brides and sons, said Mrs. Low, came as members of other families to escape restrictive immigration laws. Once here, they did not easily tell their children the stories of their immigration out of fear of discovery. Thus, many of the true life stories were not passed on to children.
She discussed her own family searches and pointed out some of the difficulties Chinese Americans face in getting started with research, including not being able to speak or read the Chinese language.
Mrs. Low explained that getting these stories from the older generation requires careful listening, asking questions and being attentive to the stories that come from those questions. In her slide presentation, Mrs. Low showed how photographs, tombstones, even clothing, can give clues to the family history and location of ancestral villages. Her book, China Connection, has many examples to help for those just getting started in Chinese family history.
Mel Thatcher of the Family History Center in Salt Lake City spoke of the resources available through the Family History Centers and on-line through the computer. He explained that the Personal Ancestry File (PAF5) can be purchased or down loaded from the Internet and is now in many languages, including Chinese.
Church member Grace Wong Kurtz, originally from Singapore, planned and introduced the program. Melissa Szeto, executive director of the Chinese Historical Society of America; Hon Seng Cheng, executive director of the Chinese Culture Foundation; and Camilla Smith, multi-stake director of public affairs, each welcomed the participants and explained the importance of the workshop to their organizations.
Chinese-speaking and English-speaking missionaries from the California San Francisco Mission were volunteers at the event.

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Authors:Zoltán Langmár, Balázs Langmár, Márta Király and Zoltán Mátrai
There is probably nobody in Hungary who does not know the name of József Béres; however, only a few will be aware what powerful commitment and perseverance lay behind his results. József Béres has acquired ever lasting merit in Hungarian trace element research and his fair and decent life that always radiated deep humanity is an example not only for those involved in scientifi c research or in the healing professions but also for those who “simply” would like to draw strength for the struggles of everyday life. The unwavering perseverance of the modestly dressed man who gained his knowledge by hard diligence as well as the honest desire to help those in need is a quality József Béres had; thus, his life is exemplary for all of us. When researching this brief essay, I relied primarily on biographical and other data associated with his research that had been generously provided by his family.

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The Rockets clinched their first Southwest Division title since 1993-94 and the second seed in the Western Conference playoffs after James Harden’s triple-double led Houston to a 117-91 win over the Jazz.
“It's a blessing. The regular season was great but whatever happened in the regular season we've got to put that behind us. This is a whole new season and we've gotta come out ready to go,” Dwight Howard said.
Harden’s 16 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists marked his fourth triple-double of the season, tying the franchise record for triple-doubles in a season held by Hakeem Olajuwon.
“Accompanied by a great. Hakeem's obviously a hall-of-famer. So, I'm just trying to do things to win games, help my teammates win,” Harden said.
In addition, Harden hit two three-pointers to give him 308 on the season, which falls just one short of tying the franchise record of 309 made by Aaron Brooks in 2009-10.
The win also pushed Houston’s season record to 56-26, which is the third best record in franchise history.
“It's a great accomplishment for this franchise. We have some young players that haven't achieved that yet in their careers. This milestone was something that we set out to do before the season. We earned it. With all that being said, now we know the task at hand and what's ahead of us,” Jason Terry said.
The Rockets took off in the first, shooting a blistering 11-20 (55%) in the quarter. They also held the Jazz to just 28% field goal shooting in the first half.
Rockets reserves Corey Brewer and Josh Smith led the bench scoring. Brewer had 14 points (his 38th double-digit game off the bench in 55 games for the Rockets) and Smith tallied 13 points (his 35th double-digit game off the bench in 48 games).
“We had a bunch of different guys really contributing. I thought the guys played well as a group. Josh came in and gave us a big lift. Brew was running. We got stops and got a big lead,” Kevin McHale said.
The lead continued to build in the third when it got as high as 39 – the largest lead they’ve held in any game this season.
In addition, the Rockets again hit double digit three-pointers and extended their NBA-record to 56 games this season with 10+ threes made (previous record: 51).
The Rockets will host the Dallas Mavericks in the first game of the first round at Toyota Center on Saturday at 8:30 p.m.
“Dallas will be tough. Rick is a helluva coach and they've got a good team. We're going to have to play how we play and attack them. I'm sure it will be a good series,” McHale said.


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Exclusive: Official Washington never likes to admit a mistake no matter how grave or obvious. Too many Important People would look bad. So, the rationalizations never stop as with the Libyan fiasco, observes James W. Carden.
By James W. Carden
In recent weeks, the Washington Post’s Cairo bureau chief Sudarsan Raghavan has published a series of remarkable dispatches from war-torn Libya, which is still reeling from the aftermath of NATO’s March 2011 intervention and the subsequent overthrow and murder of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
On July 2, Raghavan reported on what amounts to Libya’s modern-day slave trade. According to his report, Libya is “now home to a thriving trade in humans. Unable to pay exorbitant smuggling fees or swindled by traffickers, some of the world’s most desperate people are being held as slaves, tortured or forced into prostitution.”
The numbers help tell the tale. “The number of migrants departing from Libya is surging,” writes Raghavan, “with more than 70,000 arriving in Italy so far this year, a 28 percent increase over the same period last year.”
On August 1, Raghavan returned to the pages of the Post with a disturbing portrait of life in Tripoli, reporting that: “Six years after the revolution that toppled dictator Moammar Gaddafi, the mood in this volatile capital is a meld of hopelessness and gloom. Diplomatic and military efforts by the United States and its allies have failed to stabilize the nation; the denouement of the crisis remains far from clear. Most Libyans sense that the worst is yet to come.”
Raghavan notes that “Under Gaddafi, the oil-producing country was once one of the world’s wealthiest nations.” Under his rule, “Libyans enjoyed free health care, education and other benefits under the eccentric strongman’s brand of socialism.” It would be difficult not to see, Raghavan writes, “the insecurity that followed Gaddafi’s death has ripped apart the North African country.”
Taken together, Raghavan’s reports should come as a rude shock to stalwart supporters of NATO’s intervention in Libya. Yet the embarrassing fervor with which many embraced the intervention remains largely undiminished – with, as we will see, one notable exception.
An Upside-Down Meritocracy
Anne Marie Slaughter, who served as policy planning chief at the State Department under Hillary Clinton, emailed her former boss after the start of the NATO operation, to say: “I cannot imagine how exhausted you must be after this week, but I have never been prouder of having worked for you.”
Five months after the start of NATO operation against Gaddafi, Slaughter went public with her approval in an op-ed for the Financial Times titled “Why Libya Skeptics Were Proved Badly Wrong.” Proving, if nothing else, that the foreign policy establishment is a reverse meritocracy, Slaughter holds an endowed chair at Princeton and is also the well-compensated president of the influential Washington think tank New America.
President Obama’s decision to intervene received wide bipartisan support in the Congress and from media figures across the political spectrum, including Bill O’Reilly and Cenk Uyghur.
Yet the casus belli used to justify the intervention, as a U.K. parliamentary report made clear last September, was based on a lie: that the people of the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi were in imminent danger of being slaughtered by Gaddafi’s forces.
The report, issued by the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, states that “Despite his rhetoric, the proposition that Muammar Gaddafi would have ordered the massacre of civilians in Benghazi was not supported by the available evidence.”
The report also noted that while “Many Western policymakers genuinely believed that Muammar Gaddafi would have ordered his troops to massacre civilians in Benghazi … this did not necessarily translate into a threat to everyone in Benghazi. In short, the scale of the threat to civilians was presented with unjustified certainty. US intelligence officials reportedly described the intervention as ‘an intelligence-light decision.’”
Even as it became clear that the revolution had proved to be a disaster for the country, the arbiters of acceptable opinion in Washington continued to insist that NATO’s intervention was not only a success, but the right thing to do. It is a myth that has gained wide purchase among D.C.’s foreign policy cognoscenti, despite the judgment of former President Barack Obama, who famously described the intervention as “a shit show.”
A full year after the commencement of NATO’s campaign against Gaddafi, former NATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder and NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stravidis took to the pages of that reliable bellwether of establishment opinion, Foreign Affairs, to declare that “NATO’s operation in Libya has rightly been hailed as a model intervention.”
According to Daalder and Stravidis, “the alliance responded rapidly to a deteriorating situation that threatened hundreds of thousands of civilians rebelling against an oppressive regime.”
In 2016, a Clinton campaign press release justifying the ill-starred intervention, claimed “Qadhafi and his regime made perfectly clear what their plans were for dealing with those who stood up against his reign, using disgusting language in urging his backers to cleanse the country of these rebels. This was a humanitarian crisis.”
Astonishingly, the campaign “Factsheet” goes on to assert that, “there was no doubt that further atrocities were on the way, as Qadhafi’s forces storming towards the county’s second biggest city.” Yet there is, as both the U.K. parliamentary report and a Harvard study by Alan J. Kuperman found, no evidence for this whatsoever.
“Qaddafi did not perpetrate a ‘bloodbath’ in any of the cities that his forces recaptured from rebels prior to NATO intervention — including Ajdabiya, Bani Walid, Brega, Ras Lanuf, Zawiya, and much of Misurata — so there was,” writes Kuperman, “virtually no risk of such an outcome if he had been permitted to recapture the last rebel stronghold of Benghazi.”
Nevertheless, the myth persists. Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Shadi Hamid, the author of Islamic Exceptionalism, continues to insist, against all evidence, that the intervention was a success.
“The Libya intervention was successful,” says Hamid, “The country is better off today than it would have been had the international community allowed dictator Muammar Qaddafi to continue his rampage across the country.”
In this, Hamid is hardly alone. Left-activists in thrall to a Trotskyite vision of permanent revolution also continue to make the case that NATO’s intervention was a net positive for the country.
In a recent interview with In These Times, Leila Al-Shami claimed that “If Gaddafi had not fallen, Libya now would look very much like Syria. In reality, the situation in Libya is a million times better. Syrian refugees are fleeing to Libya. Far fewer people have been killed in Libya since Gaddafi’s falling than in Syria. Gaddafi being ousted was a success for the Libyan people.”
That danger in all this is that by refusing to learn the lessons of Libya (and Kosovo and Iraq and Syria) the U.S. foreign policy establishment will likely continue to find itself backing forces that seek to turn the greater Middle East into a fundamentalist Sunnistan, ruled by Sharia law, utterly hostile to religious pluralism, the rights of women, minorities and, naturally, U.S. national security interests in the region.
[For more on this topic, see Consortiumnews.com’s “Hillary Clinton’s Failed Libya ‘Doctrine.’”]
James W. Carden served as an adviser on Russia policy at the US State Department. Currently a contributing writer at The Nation magazine, his work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Quartz, The American Conservative and The National Interest.

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Monday, March 03, 2008
About the book:
"Not a safe world." How many times had she heard it over and over again? Well, it is not a safe world and Dara Murphy Brogan knew it better than most, which is exactly why she had tucked herself away on a desert mountaintop. Now it was just her, the voice inside her head and the boxes of hastily packed odds and ends—all that was left of her pathetic excuse of a life. Hadn’t she chosen the desert because it was barren and brown and dead looking and far, far away from anyone who may have seen the news? So what was this, this trespasser, this interloper, this whacked out earth mother doing dancing outside her window? Celebrating life and the Spirit in a way Dara never could have dreamed. Until she opened her door and met Jane Cameron.
This story is amazing. Strange in some ways, yet incredibly insightful in others. Have you ever met someone who was very guarded and stand-offish, almost skittish? The main character, Dara, is this type of person. As you delve into her life you begin to understand the complexity of her issues and her need for a savior. Dara is so lost. Then she meets Jane, the wacky earth-mother who is not as crazy as she seems at first. I loved experiencing Dara's quest for her biological mother. Her deep pain and misplaced guilt shows how truly devastating abandonment can be to a child, especially if the person who left is the mom. Dara learned a lot about herself and grew through the course of the story. She set aside her own needs to help others, yet still had this wall around her heart. But a nagging voice in the wind would call to her, especially when her pain seemed the most out of control. That still small voice is one we all need to tune into. It just might turn our lives around if we do.
To Dance in the Desert was published by Cook Communications and was released in May 2007.

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‘Continuous strike will be launched if power supply is declared an essential service’
September 15, 2017 03:16 pm
General Secretary of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Joint Trade Unions Alliance, Ranjan Jayalal stated that a continuous strike would be launched if attempts were made to quell the ongoing strike.
He explained that yesterday’s (14) talks with the minister in light of the island-wide strike launched by the CEB workers last Wednesday (13) had failed, and accordingly said that the ongoing strike would continue until acceptable solutions were provided.
Ranjan Jayalal made these statements upon attending a special media briefing of the CEB Joint Trade Unions Alliance today (15).
The trade union action in question was taken with regard to a fraudulent fiscal activity worth Rs. 1.5 billion that had taken place during the election on November 27, 2014 which caused a shift in power.
Jayalal then questioned: Even though a circular was issued to instill fear in the workers following the failed talks, did the workers report to duty?
He confirmed that workers had not reported to duty, and added that even if the electricity service was declared an essential service in an attempt to force the workers to report to work, it would not work.

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Smoothened signal transduction is promoted by G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2.
(Mol Cell Biol, 2006-10)
Deregulation of the Sonic hedgehog pathway has been implicated in an increasing number of human cancers. In this pathway, the seven-transmembrane (7TM) signaling protein Smoothened regulates cellular proliferation ...
Catecholamines, cardiac beta-adrenergic receptors, and heart failure.
Beta-arrestin-2 regulates the development of allergic asthma.
(J Clin Invest, 2003-08)
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways that is coordinated by Th2 cells in both human asthmatics and animal models of allergic asthma. Migration of Th2 cells to the lung is key to their inflammatory function ...
Trafficking of G protein-coupled receptors.
(Circ Res, 2006-09-15)
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) play an integral role in the signal transduction of an enormous array of biological phenomena, thereby serving to modulate at a molecular level almost all components of human biology. ...
Level of beta-adrenergic receptor kinase 1 inhibition determines degree of cardiac dysfunction after chronic pressure overload-induced heart failure.
BACKGROUND: Heart failure is characterized by abnormalities in beta-adrenergic receptor (betaAR) signaling, including increased level of myocardial betaAR kinase 1 (betaARK1). Our previous studies have shown that inhibition ...
beta-Arrestin 1 and 2 differentially regulate heptahelical receptor signaling and trafficking.
(Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2001-02-13)
The two widely coexpressed isoforms of beta-arrestin (termed beta arrestin 1 and 2) are highly similar in amino acid sequence. The beta-arrestins bind phosphorylated heptahelical receptors to desensitize and target them ...
Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of a complex between G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 and Gbeta1gamma2.
(Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 2003-05)
G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2) phosphorylates activated G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), which ultimately leads to their desensitization and/or downregulation. The enzyme is recruited to the plasma membrane ...
beta-Arrestin1 modulates lymphoid enhancer factor transcriptional activity through interaction with phosphorylated dishevelled proteins.
(Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2001-12-18)
One aspect of the function of the beta-arrestins is to serve as scaffold or adapter molecules coupling G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) to signal transduction pathways distinct from traditional second messenger pathways. ...
An interview with Professor Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D. Interview by Vicki Glaser.
(Assay Drug Dev Technol, 2003-04)
Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D., is James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and Professor of Biochemistry at the Duke University Medical Center. He has been an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute since 1976. Dr. Lefkowitz ...
Intracoronary adenovirus-mediated delivery and overexpression of the beta(2)-adrenergic receptor in the heart : prospects for molecular ventricular assistance.
BACKGROUND: Genetic modulation of ventricular function may offer a novel therapeutic strategy for patients with congestive heart failure. Myocardial overexpression of beta(2)-adrenergic receptors (beta(2)ARs) has been shown ...

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A Three-Zone Heat Release Model for DI Diesel Engines 940671
Heat release analysis brings out the various phenomena that cause the development of the combustion chamber pressure. A three-zone heat release model computes the rate of heat release and other properties of all the three zones (representing vaporized fuel, unburnt and burnt gas zones) from measured pressure-crank angle data obtained from an instrumented engine. It is a useful diagnostic tool giving a great deal of information about an existing engine. Heat release analyses for five different operating conditions have been conducted for a DI diesel engine. Also, ignition delay, wall heat losses and mass, volume and temperature in each of the three zones have been computed. It is found that the overall quality of the computed heat release rates are strongly dependent on the accuracy of the measured pressure data. The model can be integrated to a high speed data acquisition system for concurrent analysis of the heat release patterns.


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The Si is short in both length and height, the better to fit into tight spaces. The sedan is 2.5 inches longer than the coupe, but otherwise the two models are very closely matched.
Exterior Measurement Comparisons
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We will have a speaker from a US alliance of conservation organisations that are campaigning against the destruction of their country’s forests to produce pellets for Drax and other UK power stations. In the southern US, remnants of highly biodiverse and carbon rich wetland forests are being destroyed for pellet production. And Richard Solly from the London Mining Network will report back from his recent visit to the world’s largest opencast mine in Colombia, Cerrejon, a mine linked to brutal evictions, pollutions and malnutrition amongst local communities. Drax burns coal from Cerrejon and wood pellets from the southern US.
On Friday, 6th February, Transition Town Kingston are hosting a debate on Energy Policy between Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (and the local MP) and Duncan Law from Biofuelwatch:
TTK host a discussion: “Energy for the future – is policy fit for purpose?”
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When? Friday 6th February, 7.30pm – 9.00pm
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Back in 2013, Defra tried to slash air quality monitoring and reporting across England as part of Government’s ‘Red Tape’ challenge. They put those proposals on ice after 18,000 people responded to their consultation, protesting that air quality monitoring and reporting aren’t ‘red tape’ – they’re vital for protecting public health.
During a ‘National Day of Action to Save our Southern Forests’ more that 50,000 US citizens delivered messages to the UK Energy Minister Ed Davey requesting him to end the destruction of forests in the southern US caused by misguided renewable energy policies and subsidies in the UK which are driving the exponential growth of the use of ‘biomass’ to meet EU renewable energy targets.
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Last night campaigners won a significant victory in their battle to stop a highly inefficient and polluting biomass gasifier in Avonmouth. Bristol City Councillors voted to reject Nexterra and Balfour Beatty’s planning application, despite it having been recommended for approval.


How to Roll Back Individual employees from Generate Payslip to Calculate Payroll
The Flow pattern that we used to run whole population Payroll got modified so the Tasks related to the flows got deleted.
All of the tasks under the Payroll Flow was deleted since we revamped the same Payroll Flow by removing all tasks and adding all new tasks.
We are now unable to roll back the employees included in this payroll run, from calculate to generate payslips.
is there a way to roll back entire population either by using individual employees, consolidation group or Flow Instance ID?
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Last night Texas shocked the world with the execution of 54-year-old Marvin Wilson, a mentally retarded man with an IQ of 61. Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2002 ruling in Atkins v. Virginia, which banned executing the mentally disabled, the court refused to grant a stay of execution just hours before the scheduled lethal injection.
While it’s no secret that Texas has an insatiable appetite for capital punishment (Wilson’s death marked the 245th inmate executed under Gov. Rick Perry), the state has gone to extreme lengths to circumvent the Supreme Court’s ban on executing the mentally retarded.
Despite having been diagnosed with mental retardation by a court-appointed neuropsychologist, Texas courts determined, based on unfounded and highly subjective standards, that Wilson was not mentally retarded and therefore was eligible for execution. Texas, unlike any other death penalty state, measures mental retardation using nonclinical standards invented by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Known as the “Briseño factors,” these standards have absolutely no basis in science or clinical application. Instead they were inspired by Lennie Small, the fictional migrant farmworker from the famous novel "Of Mice and Men," written by the late Nobel Prize-winning American author John Steinbeck.
Wilson’s attorney, Lee Kovarsky, told Salon that eight years later, not a single clinician or scientific body uses or even recognizes the “Briseño factors” as valid. “There is no citation to any science or opinion as to where those factors come from,” he adds. In fact, the only reference the TCCA made was to Steinbeck’s Lennie Small:
Most Texas citizens might agree that Steinbeck’s Lennie should, by virtue of his lack of reasoning ability and adaptive skills, be exempt. But, does a consensus of Texas citizens agree that all persons who might legitimately qualify for assistance under the social services definition of mental retardation be exempt from an otherwise constitutional penalty?
Though Steinbeck isn’t around to comment, his family made it clear that they disapprove. In a statement released yesterday morning, Steinbeck’s son, Thomas, joined anti-death penalty advocates in calling on Texas to stop Wilson’s execution. “Prior to reading about Mr. Wilson’s case, I had no idea that the great state of Texas would use a fictional character that my father created to make a point about human loyalty and dedication … as a benchmark to identify whether defendants with intellectual disability should live or die,” declared Thomas. “I am certain that if my father, John Steinbeck, were here, he would be deeply angry and ashamed to see his work used in this way.”
Thomas Steinbeck argued that “His work was certainly not meant to be scientific, and the character of Lennie was never intended to be used to diagnose a medical condition like intellectual disability.”
Though the Supreme Court categorically banned executing the mentally disabled, it left the process of administering the ruling to the discretion of the states. While most state legislatures adopted clinical guidelines to measure intellectual disability, like those set forth in Atkins, Texas failed to pass a single statute on the issue. So in 2004, the Texas Court of Criminal Appealswas forced to establish temporary standards when faced with the death row case of Jose Garcia Briseño.
Instead of using nationally recognized clinical standards, the TCCA invented seven non-clinical and highly subjective measures, known as the “Briseno factors,” which the court reasoned would “define that level and degree of mental retardation at which a consensus of Texas citizens would agree that a person should be exempted from the death penalty.”
By using Lennie, who would qualify as having severe mental retardation, as a yardstick, Kovarsky argues that “Texas has taken the authority they think they’re delegated under Atkins and said that it allows them to exclude people with mild and moderate MR from the exemption,” people like Marvin Wilson. Despite having been diagnosed with mental retardation by a court-appointed neuropsychologist, Texas courts have determined twice under the “Briseño factors” that Wilson is not mentally retarded and therefore suitable for execution.
The “Briseño factors,” which essentially substitute scientific tools with subjective assumptions about mental disability, include whether the inmate is a follower or leader, can lie to protect his/her self-interest, and can respond coherently and rationally. However, according to Kovarsky, “Over 80 percent of people with MR are capable of thinking and responding coherently,” a statistic determined by the American Psychiatric Association.
Kovarsky put it best in a statement following the Supreme Court’s refusal to stay Wilson’s execution, saying, “The Briseño factors are not scientific tools, they are the decayed remainder of an uninformed stereotype that has been widely discredited by the nation’s leading groups on intellectual disability, including the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.”
In Chester v. Thaler, another Texas death row case challenging Briseño and pending before the Supreme Court, the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities criticized the Briseño factors for being “based on false stereotypes about mental retardation that effectively exclude all but the most severely incapacitated.” The AAIDD specifically addresses the use of Steinbeck’s Lennie Small:
Atkins cannot properly be read as suggesting that states retain the right to create sub-classes of offenders with mental retardation based on whether a state believes individual claimants are as impaired as a fictional character (Steinbeck's Lennie). Instead, the Court drew a bright line, protecting alloffenders who satisfy the widely accepted clinical definition of mental retardation and excluding those who could not satisfy that clinical standard.
Without outside intervention, Texas is likely to continue defining mental retardation however it wants, allowing ignorance and fiction to determine the fate of its mentally disabled death row inmates.
As Kovarsky said in response to the Supreme Court’s refusal to grant Wilson a stay, “That neither the courts nor state officials have stopped this execution is not only a shocking failure of a once-promising constitutional commitment, it is also a reminder that, as a society, we haven’t come quite that far in understanding how so many of those around us live with intellectual disabilities.”


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UPDATE: Chicago Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster is denying reports that he has been traded to the Atlanta Braves.
"THERE IS NO TRADE dont know where this info came from!" the 35-year-old righty posted on his official Twitter account Monday.
Multiple reports on Monday had Dempster going to the Braves in exchange for rookie pitcher Randall Delgado, who is 4-9 with a 4.24 earned run average in 17 starts with Atlanta this season.
Dempster is 5-4 with a team-leading 2.11 ERA in 15 starts on the year and has appeared in 534 games with the Marlins, Reds and Cubs during his major league career.
Since Dempster has played in the big leagues for at least 10 years and been with the same team for at least five, he has the right to veto any trade.
Chicago opens a three-game series in Pittsburgh Monday, with Dempster scheduled to pitch the finale.
The non-waiver trade deadline is July 31.
ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Braves, who made postseason an annual event for a 14-year stretch, made a move Monday in which they believe will put them back into the playoffs in third baseman Chipper Jones' final season.
The Braves acquired veteran starter Ryan Dempster from the Chicago Cubs, who is yielding a league-leading 2.11 ERA this season, according to a Braves official with knowledge of the trade. The official spoke to USA TODAY Sports on condition of anonymity because the trade has yet to be announced. He'll be a welcome addition to a team whose starters are yielding a 4.34 ERA this season.
Dempster is in the final year of his four-year, $60 million deal that pays him $14 million this year, and the Braves are expected to try to work out an extension before the season's conclusion.
The Braves, who collapsed down the stretch last year, have made the playoffs just once in the last six years, and haven't gotten out of the first round since 2001. The Braves, 52-43, are 3 ½ games behind the Washington Nationals, who also were pursuing Dempster.
USA Today and TSN contributed to this report.


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This article is part of the OWASP Testing Guide v3. The entire OWASP Testing Guide v3 can be downloaded here.
OWASP at the moment is working at the OWASP Testing Guide v4: you can browse the Guide here
The scope of this test is to verify if is possible to collect a set of valid users interacting with the authentication mechanism of the application. This test will be usefull for the brute force testing in which we verify if given a valid username it is possible to find a valid password.
Often the web applications are not properly configured, or we have an application that will reveal when a username already exists on system. In fact, sometimes when we submit wrong credentials to application, we receive a message that username is present on the system, or password is wrong. In other case we receive a defined error message that can be reveal if username is present on system or not.
The information obtained can be used, by attacker, to gain a list of users on system that can be used to attack the web application, for example through a brute force or default username/password.
Description of the Issue
The tester should interact with the authentication mechanism of the application to understand if sending particular request the application answer in a different manner. In some case we can receive a message that reveal if the wrong credential is for an invalid username or invalid password. Sometimes we can enumerate the users sending a username without send any password.
Black Box testing and example
In a black box testing we know nothing about specific application, username, application logic and error messages on login page or password recovery facilities.
If the applications is vulnerable we receive a response message that reveal directly or indirectly the some information for enumerating users.
Testing for Valid user/right password
Record the server answer when you submit valid username and valid password.
Using WebScarab notice the information retrieved from this successful authentication (HTTP 200 Response, lenght of the response).
Testing for Valid user/wrong password
Now, the tester should try to insert a valid username and a wrong password and record the error message server answer.
From the browser we will expect the following messsage:
Using WebScarab notice the information retrieved from this not successful authentication (HTTP 200 Response, lenght of the response).
Testing for a not existing username
Now, the tester should try to insert a not valid username and a wrong password and record the server answer (you should be confident that the username is not valid in the application). Record the error message and the server answer.
If we enter a Not Existing Username we can receive a message similar to:
or message such as : "Login failed for User foo: invalid Account"
The application should response with the same error message and lenght to the different wrong requests. If you notice that the answer are not the same, you should investigate and find out the key that create a difference between the 2 requests. For example:
- Client request: Valid user/wrong password --> Server answer:'The password is not correct'
- Client request: Wrong user/wrong password --> Server answer:'User not regnognized'
The above answers let the client to understand that for the first request we hold a valid user name. So we can interact with the application requesting a set of possible username and observing the answer.
Looking at the second server answer, we understand in the same way that we don't hold a valid user name. So we can interact in the same manner and create a list of valid username looking at the server answers.
Others user enumeration tests
We can enumerate users in other several ways, such as: - Analyzing the error code received on login pages, or recovery facilities - Analyzing URLs, and URLs redirections - Analyzing Web page Title
In some case, for example, we can receive useful information on Title of web page, where we can obtain a specific error code or messages that reveal if the problems are on username or password.
Pay attention The problems with user enumerating is the risk of locking out accounts after a predefined numbers of probe (based on application policy), or sometimes our IP address can be filtered by a dynamic rules on firewall.
Gray Box testing and example
Testing for Authentication error messages
Verify that the application answer in the same manner for every client request of authentication that produce a fail authentication. For this issue the Black Box testing and Gray Box testing are the same concept based on analisys of message or error code received from web application.
The application should anwser in the same manner for every failed attempt of authentication.
'Credentials submitted are not valid'
- WebScarab: Webcarab


It was two minutes into Monday’s game when Kansas coach Bill Self leaned forward to scream out his intentions.
“Pressure it!” he yelled, thrusting his hands in front of his body for emphasis.
KU guard Quentin Grimes couldn’t have been more than 30 feet away from KU’s bench. He was near mid-court, in a defensive stance, giving Iowa State’s Talen Horton-Tucker more than 5 feet of cushion while shuffling to stay in front of the ball-handler.
Self tried again.
“Pressure it!” he hollered louder, his hands whipping even more violently toward the ground.
Grimes didn’t respond. He continued to lay off Horton-Tucker, who flung a soft bounce pass to teammate Marial Shayok with Grimes failing to make an attempt to deflect it.
Self groaned his frustration a few feet away, with the moment encapsulating one of the main reasons for Grimes’ struggles in his worst game as a Jayhawk.
The freshman — projected as a lottery pick coming into the season — was once again playing too passively.
“I see flashes of him doing what we know he is capable of doing,” Self said Thursday, “but I also see periods of time where things don’t go as well, he loses all aggressiveness.”
That was never more apparent than Monday’s 80-76 home victory over Iowa State.
In 19 minutes, Grimes’ box score line was a flood of zeroes. He had one steal, four missed field goals and one missed three. That meant no points, no assists, no rebounds and no blocks while playing almost half the game.
It’s not just a one-game blip, either. One telling stat: Grimes, in 487 minutes, has six steals. To compare, Marcus Garrett had six steals in one game during KU’s road loss at West Virginia last week.
So the challenge remains for Self and the coaching staff. How do you get Grimes to play with more energy? And how do you get him to attack more on the offensive end?
“Whether (the ball) goes in or not, or whether you make a good play or bad play, at least do it downhill and be aggressive,” Self said of Grimes. “We need him to be the version of himself that we know he can be in order for us to have a chance to finish strong this year.”
It’s a delicate balance now. Self said emphatically on his HawkTalk radio show Tuesday that Grimes would remain in the starting lineup for Saturday’s Kentucky game, saying KU’s staff had not wavered on his potential.
Perhaps that was to keep his confidence up. Maybe it was simply to eliminate an unnecessary distraction, as benching Grimes before one of the most-publicized games of the year (with ESPN’s College GameDay in town) would be a sure way to bring more attention to his struggles.
With KU approaching the home stretch of a competitive Big 12 race, though, the reality is that Self doesn’t have much time left to let Grimes play through whatever’s ailing him.
Most advanced stats would indicate KU’s been a better team — to this point — without Grimes on the court. He’s one of only two Jayhawks, along with guard Charlie Moore, whose individual offensive efficiency is below 1 point per possession. Not only that, Grimes ranks 11th on the team in both “Wins share per 40 minutes” and “Box score plus/minus” — two advanced statistics that seek to credit a player for his on-court contributions.
All is not lost for Grimes. He appears to be a decent position defender, ranking as a “very good” player on the that end according to Synergy Sports Technology’s game-tracking logs. That data indicates he’s especially strong in pick-and-roll situations, with an ability to bother opposing guards with his length.
Those tools should allow him to help out more, though. For that to happen, he’d need to play more fearlessly, with less concern about messing up and additional emphasis on attacking to make a play.
He shouldn’t have to search far to see what that looks like. Teammate Ochai Agbaji, after deciding to forgo his redshirt five games ago, has often impacted the game with his enthusiasm.
“I thought he was terrific the other day with his energy, and he comes in firing,” Self said. “You would think that everybody would have that mindset to come in and be aggressive like that.”
The player Self’s referencing most when he says “everybody” can be understood even if it’s not directly stated.
Grimes has upside and a chance at an NBA future. He’s strong, a good ball-handler for his size, and shoots it well enough to be respected, with Self saying Thursday that Grimes had been impressive with his accuracy during KU’s practice earlier that morning.
None of it matters, however, if he plays timidly during games.
His role could shift soon without improvement. Grimes was benched for the first 13 1/2 minutes of Monday’s second half after his poor start, and playing time will be less guaranteed moving forward as Self looks to do whatever is needed to win conference games in pursuit of Big 12 title No. 15.
Kentucky serves as an important audition. Self can give Grimes another opportunity in a big-time atmosphere, seeing how he responds in a game that won’t impact the league race.
After that? It’ll be up to Grimes to prove he deserves to be out there — and do that much more convincingly than his first 19 games as a Jayhawk.


A high school student did something incredibly selfless and amazing for a former student who happened to be mentally challenged, known as the “Gentle Giant.” ErkanTuna is the handle of the student on imgur that launched a campaign to help a family in need.
Imgur, my high school lost an amazing person. His name is Christian Massey.
He was often referred to as the “Gentle Giant”.
He was mentally challenged. He just recently graduated high school at age 21.
He loved sports. He played as many sports as he could, but he loved football in particular.
He was loved by all and was truly an amazing person.
He was shot to death this week. Over a pair of headphones. Yes, this is absurdly stupid, and the person who did it deserves the worst. They do not know who did it or why they did it. But before Christian died, he explained to the officers that he was shot over a pair of headphones. His family cannot afford his funeral costs. So I’m trying to reach out and help him. If you could please help this wonderful human being’s parents put this amazing human being to rest, it would mean the world to me. His parents cannot afford this funeral and are looking for help. Any amount of donations would be appreciated. If you can help, please use this contact:The Special Olympics ATTN: Christian Massey PO Box 279 Morton, PA 19070-0279 Email: [email protected]
As of last night this heartbreaking story reached enough people to cover the funeral costs!!
From on Imgur: ErkanTuna Imgur! You guys are awesome!! It looks like the funeral expenses have been covered. I thank you all with all my heart. This means a lot.
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Ratnik combat gear enters service, delivery to army beginsMilitary & Defense August 23, 11:16
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MOSCOW, September 01./ITAR-TASS/. All geckos in Russia’s Photon re-entry capsule that landed on Monday died, the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) said.
The sapce agency said the fruit flies “got through the flight quite well, grew and bred”, but “all geckos died, unfortunately”.
The Photon-M4 satellite was launched on July 19, 2014 from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft carried specimens for research of the biological effects of zero gravity and cosmic radiation.
The specimens included geckos, silkworm eggs, dried seeds, fruit flies, and mushrooms. The geckos were part of biology experiments conducted by Russia’s Institute of Medico-Biological Problems on the effects of weightlessness on mating.
Another experiment aboard the spacecraft is designed to measure the effects of microgravity on semiconductor crystal growth.
The spacecraft’s flight time was limited to 60 days. Photon satellites are designed and made by the Progress Rocket and Space Centre for research and experiments in such fields as the physics of weightlessness, space biology and biotechnology, including the affect of outer space on living specimens.
Roscosmos said earlier in the day that the fruit flies “got through the flight quite well, grew and bred” but “all geckos died, unfortunately”.
The first satellites of the series was launched in 1985 and operated for 13 days.
In 2005, the Photon-M2 satellite carried out about 20 scientific Russian and European research programs. The next satellite, Photon-M3, in 2007 performed 45 Russian and foreign experiments.


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By JACKIE RIPLEY
© St. Petersburg Times, published July 4, 1999
TAMPA -- This time last year they were just four 12-year-old Tampa girls who shared a passion for the performing arts. They sang together, danced together, hung out together.
Now, the foursome has been drawn into the whirlwind of the music industry's teen idol dream machine, complete with a major recording contract, a big-name manager and a 32-city concert tour with 'N Sync that starts Wednesday.
All that for a group that has never performed in public and whose first record has yet to reach stores.
"We're really excited," said blond-haired Lydia Bell, one-fourth of PYT (which stands for Pretty Young Things). "We never expected it to happen so fast."
Neither did Lauren Mayhew, Ashley Niven and Tracy Williams, all now 13 and best friends for half of their young lives.
Indeed, who would have thought four girls who decided last year to cut their own demo and shoot for the big time would actually hit it so soon?
"I feel like this group will be big," said David McPherson, senior vice president of artists and repertoire for Urban Music at Epic Records, a division of Sony Music that signed the group to a recording contract.
McPherson said the biggest buyers of records in America are "peers of these girls."
Seeming as much like precocious puppies as professional musicians, PYT blends an innocence with a mature sound, a combination music industry gurus hope will appeal not only to other teens but to their parents as well. "They're what's happening in the teen market," said McPherson.
"They don't sound like normal 13-year-olds because they've been vocalizing all these years," said Cynthia Gries, director of Entertainment Revue, an all-girl troupe in Tampa. "But then you meet them and they're very normal average girlish girls, walking and holding hands like little girls would."
Gries is one of the girls' mentors, having worked closely with them for several years as part of her performing arts troupe.
During a recent recording session at a studio in Sanford, north of Orlando, the girls got together for an impromptu a capella rehearsal of Walk Before We Run, one of the songs that will appear on their first compact disc, set to be released before Christmas. By the time they had segued into Something More Beautiful, their first single, set for release in September, it was clear they needed no help from studio boosts like echo, reverb or overdub.
The girls have recorded original songs but none that they have penned.
"I didn't put this act together; they put themselves together," McPherson said. "You can see these girls and feel automatically off the bat there's something special about them. It's organic, not manufactured."
Earlier this year, Gries brought PYT to the attention of record executives who were in the market for an all-girl group, McPherson said. And while McPherson said he wasn't impressed by the song he heard, he was impressed with the girls.
"I found the songs and worked on them with them," McPherson said.
The girls have performed, individually and together, for the past five or six years in theater, television and radio, but never as PYT. One member of the group, Lauren Mayhew, plays Marah on CBS' Guiding Light and has been testing for screen roles.
"She had to choose between continuing her spot on Guiding Light, which allowed her to continue with a normal family and school life," said Lauren's mother, Sharon Mayhew. "But she decided she might never get a movie role and this gave her the chance to perform with three good friends."
Having a daughter steeped in the world of showbiz gives Mayhew a sense of its ephemeral nature.
"This could go as fast as it came and it could be gone in a year," said Mayhew, who plans to keep Lauren's spot at Berkley Prep so she can keep up with the curriculum. "It can happen so fast but be gone just as fast."
PYT has a pop R & B feel, not too different from the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears -- or their touring partners, 'N Sync. But they can knock out a strong beat while incorporating some of the smooth vocal styles of groups like En Vogue and Boyz II Men.
There's no question that simply having a shot at joining the likes of Britney Spears, 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys is enough to pump up any teenage girl's heart rate, but it's just as likely to cause near cardiac arrest for any parent.
"I have considerable nervousness about all of this," said Will Williams, Tracy's father and an insurance lawyer in Tampa. He is amazed at what he calls the intensity of music industry bigwigs. "They get an idea into their head and they do not hesitate. They take a red-eye flight and they're on your doorstep."
McPherson said he sees a bright future for the group, which might bail out of the 'N Sync tour in mid-August and hook up with Britney Spears' tour. They will be one of a couple of opening acts on the 'N Sync tour.
Having a rainmaker like Johnny Wright as their manager -- he also represents 'N Sync and Britney Spears -- is no small feat.
"It's a big thing," said McPherson, who hooked them up with Wright. "It's extremely helpful to the group."
PYT, it appears, just might be an overnight success.
"This really did happen overnight," said Ashley's mother, Lisa Niven. "They were in the right place at the right time."
McPherson credits Gries for that. "She's the one that's really worked with these girls," he said. "They owe her a lot."
During the summer tour, street teams will pass out sampler cassettes of PYT along with their Web site address so teens can hear snippets of five songs before the single comes out.
Shepherding a group this young through the gantlet of the music industry will be a challenge not only to their parents but to Sony. Producer Tony Battaglia said working with four 13-year-olds is a lot like "working with my 4-year-old daughter, times five."
But Tracy's dad said he's glad she "just turned 13 instead of 18 because with all she's undertaking, she's still very much under our control and supervision."
Ashley's "been looking forward to being another Barbra Streisand since she was 4 and saw her in a movie, but I'll be there," said Dale Niven, owner of Tampa's Bay City Produce. "I'll fly wherever she's going to go, and at all times in the contract there will be two parents with the girls whether it's in Europe, the U.S., wherever."
But between giggles, blue nail polish and the secret PYT handshake, it's obvious they're only 13 and will be away from home, family and friends for a long time.
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My book is Better But Not Well by Richard G. Frank and Sherry A. Glied
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Photings are jottings on photos!
How a same situation brings up different thoughts !
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A leading American newspaper says police and security forces in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk have abducted hundreds of Arabs and Turkmens - sometimes with the knowledge of U.S. forces in the region.
Citing U.S. government documents and victims' families, the Washington Post said the men have been abducted in raids led by Kurdish political parties and the detainees transferred secretly to prisons in Kurdish cities in northern Iraq.
The newspaper says it has obtained a confidential U.S. State Department cable addressed to the White House, the Defense Department and the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad that raises concern about the unlawful detentions and transfers.
Kirkuk is claimed by three Iraqi ethnic groups - Kurds, Arabs and Turkmens. There has been a sharp rise of violence and tension in the oil-rich city in recent months
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The company, known for its team and beach active apparel, plans to launch their 2013 Sand Volleyball Team Apparel line Friday, March 15, 2013. In fact, the entire month of March has been nothing but good news for this penny stock company:
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Currently SMAK is trading at 0.1140 0.0040(3.64%). This stock has the potential to be more, but only time will tell. It seems to be a true stock for the summertime investors. In 2011 it held steady at $0.99 a share, dropping in the Fall of 2011 to $0.51. It picked up steam again last year rising to $0.65 a share, dropping again around the $0.30 mark in the Fall season.
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Owen County woman arrested for trafficking
An investigation by the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) resulted in the September 9th arrest of Bahia Bunge, 29, of Owen County. The investigation developed information alleging Bunge was attempting to traffic drugs into the Putnamville Correctional Facility while visiting an offender on September 9, 2019. As a result of the investigation, more than three dozen strips of suspected Suboxone were recovered.
Ms. Bunge was arrested, and transported to Putnam County Jail pending charges of:
- Conspiracy to Traffic with an Inmate — Level 5 Felony
- Dealing in a Schedule III Controlled substance — Level 5 Felony
- Possession of a Controlled Substance — Class A Misdemeanor
Internal Affairs Lead Investigator James Smith commented, “It’s unfortunate people make the choice to put the health and safety of our correctional staff, other offender’s, and themselves, in jeopardy by trying to smuggle drugs into a correctional facility.” Smith concluded, “We have a zero tolerance policy on trafficking. We will arrest and seek prosecution against any person who attempts to traffic illegal substances into any of our facilities.”
Formal charges will be determined by the Putnam County Prosecutor’s Office. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
About Trafficking:Trafficking in a correctional facility environment is defined as the act of buying or selling of illegal substances or substances which may be legal but are not permitted in a correctional environment, such as the sale or trade of tobacco products.
About Suboxone:SUBOXONE Film is a prescription medicine which contains the active ingredients buprenorphine and naloxone. It is used to treat adults who are dependent on (addicted to) opioids (either prescription or illegal).