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Kim Junsu fans stepped up once more to show their love for the talented star.
On October 29 at the Korea Musical Awards, in which Kim Junsu went home with the best actor award, the hallways of the Olympic Hall was seen filled with various congratulatory rice wreaths from fans all over the world.
The rice wreaths came from fans from Japan, China, southeast Asia and all around the world with encouraging messages. In all, some 200kg of rice were collected for charity in Kim Junsu's name which were seen stacked along with various bouquets of flowers.
Kim Junsu fans previously collected and donated 790kg of rice for the premiere of Kim Junsu's musical Mozart while the premiere of his musical Elisabeth brought in a whopping 2.68 tons of rice.
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In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Lord Jason Mallister slew Rodrik beneath the walls of Seagard and drove his men back into the sea. It was the only time in three hundred years that the bell in the Booming Tower of Seagard was rung.
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Posted 15 January 2013 - 03:44 PM
I finally found a donor vehicle for the swap. I've been looking for over a year with zero luck. The local yards have had slim pickings for anything with an EJ in it. Where I live, anything imported is few and far between. Found a '93 Legacy L Wagon, with 233k miles. Guy hit a deer going 75mph. Radiator and passenger side fender/bumper got trashed. I believe that there might be a blown HG(s), since the spark plugs were all white. Got the coolant system operating, and have driven it around. Even with the Automatic Tranny, it still has some get-up-and-go in it. As I prepare to tear it out, I would like to have some advice on what maintenance I should do to the motor. I'm already planning on:
1. New Gaskets (heads, oil pan, f/r mains, Cams, valve covers, etc..)
2. New Oil Pump
3. New Water Pump
4. Reconditioning Heads
5. New Timing Belt kit
6. New Plugs/wires
Should I open up the block? I have done compression tests, and I'll include the numbers:
Cylinder 1: 165, 162, 165
Cylinder 2: 160, 160, 160
Cylinder 3: 165, 165, 165
Cylinder 4: 165, 165, 165
The FSM lists the range between 156 and 185 psi. Numbers look good, but experienced advice will help. I know any motor at that mileage could be ready to blow. My first impulse is to try and do this as quickly and cheaply as possible. Since I have to get a new clutch, and adapter plate, I was thinking that I could "make up" costs on NOT opening the block. Will I just be wasting time by not completely rebuilding? The local machine shop won't do rebuilds on Subaru motors (will only do the heads), so that makes me apprehensive to attempt it on my own.
Looking forward to any advice!
Posted 16 January 2013 - 12:19 AM
And at 233K, bearings are always a risk and considering the lack of availability of a spare motor, I'd have a back-up plan (i.e. save up enough to build/import another one, or find a shop that can bore/deck subaru blocks)
But those bottom ends are pretty stout and given the stock-usage of the car and in a significantly lighter application, you should do just fine.
EDIT: for safety's sake, you can have an oil analysis done on the old oil and cut open the old oil filter an look for any bad signs (or lack there of)
Posted 16 January 2013 - 10:22 PM
But those bottom ends are pretty stout and given the stock-usage...
EDIT: for safety's sake, you can have an oil analysis done on the old oil and cut open the old oil filter an look for any bad signs (or lack there of)
What exactly would I be looking for? Also, what about injectors?
Thanks for the help,
Posted 18 January 2013 - 07:24 AM
The only things I'd suggest changing are the typical tune-up items, simple things like vacuum lines, fluids, and maybe new plugs and wires if you think you need them. But since it runs fine now, I'd be hesitant to screw with it. But when you do the swap, be sure and get an XT6 clutch cause you'll need the stronger pressure plate. I think Exedy makes one now that's up to the task. Normal aftermarket XT6 clutches apparently aren't as strong as the original, and it used to be that the dealer was the only place to get one, and it's like $300!
Posted 18 January 2013 - 10:08 AM
I think Exedy makes one now that's up to the task. Normal aftermarket XT6 clutches apparently aren't as strong as the original, and it used to be that the dealer was the only place to get one, and it's like $300!
Shoot. I didn't know that the Exedy clutch was the ticket. I am awaiting on a Sachs kit to be delivered... I normally drive like a grandmother though... Hopefully it won't be a waste of money...
Thanks for the help!
Posted 18 January 2013 - 10:14 AM
Edited by Cyfun, 18 January 2013 - 10:21 AM.
Posted 18 January 2013 - 10:30 AM
You did order an XT6 clutch, though?.
It is an XT6 clutch kit.. I used a Sachs brand clutch for my Toyota Supra swap. Seems to be holding up alright...
Thanks for the help
Posted 18 January 2013 - 12:08 PM
My buddy uses the same clutch in his with EJ25.
Don't abuse it (ride it) and it will last just fine.
Posted 18 January 2013 - 01:17 PM
It is an XT6 clutch kit.. I used a Sachs brand clutch for my Toyota Supra swap. Seems to be holding up alright...
Thanks for the help
XT6 pressure plates are no longer available, even from the dealer. They'll list a clutch, but its not an actual XT6 clutch.
What you have will work fine, just make sure you grind the flywheel to XT6 spec., thats where you'll get you're extra clamp pressure. Next time you need a clutch, just ask for a EA82 4wd wagon clutch. Mine is holding up fine and I'm turning 31's
Posted 18 January 2013 - 01:41 PM
Posted 18 January 2013 - 09:00 PM
No kidding? I wonder if the guy who did the swap on my car did something wrong, cause even when I had 26" tires and was just climbing a steep hill, the clutch would slip like crazy with my even touching it.
After Gloyale spoke up in my thread here, I just don't see the reason to even look for a XT6 clutch....I mean, why run a hard to find, harder to get part, when 4wd clutches work great and they're everywhere.
I've never run an EA82 spec. flywheel behind an EJ, but that's what I'd expect it to do. When you regrind to XT6 spec., your taking over a 1/16" off the pressure plate mounting surface, so there's a bit of difference there. I didn't even use a new clutch when I did mine, however it did get changed out by one of the PO's. I'm guessing it had %50 left. Roasting 31's isn't a problem at all for me, but after destroying both front CV's doing it, I won't do it again...soon:grin:.. It might be worth your while to pull your motor and check things out.
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Under construction: An architect's vision of the lobby of the new museum
As a highlight to the MGH bicentennial year, the hospital will open the Paul S. Russell, MD, Museum of Medical History and Innovation, named in honor of longtime MGH physician Paul S. Russell, MD, a pioneer in the field of transplant surgery and chair of the MGH History Committee. Currently under construction on the corner of North Grove and Cambridge streets, the museum will be a two-story building, including a rooftop garden, that will serve as a "gateway" to the hospital campus for patients, visitors and the community.
"I know going way back that people have been interested in having a museum, and now is the perfect time to open one since the MGH is celebrating its 200th anniversary," says Russell. "There is so much to tell and a great sweep of interest, not only on the clinical side but also on the research and community side -- specifically around how the hospital has continued its tradition of caring for its neighbors, which today can mean in our community or around the world."
To help share the rich past and exciting future of the MGH, the museum will feature rotating exhibits based on thematic topics. Peter Johnson, director of the Russell Museum, offers insight into several of these themes.
"Each exhibit will have a general theme, such as the founding of the MGH on the idea that Ôwhen in distress every man becomes our neighbour," says Johnson. "Another theme would be the idea that the campus itself reflects the innovation and evolution of patient care and medical practice. When one looks at the buildings from both an architectural and anthropological standpoint, it is apparent that they were designed to reflect the current understanding at that time -- whether it be convalescing in a patient room or performing surgeries in a medical theater."
Johnson explains that another exhibit theme will address how medical innovation can result from times of crisis, such as the inventive medical techniques born out of the need to save lives in suboptimal conditions in times of war.
"As a result of the Cocoanut Grove fire in 1942, the MGH received many burn patients, and during this time advances in burn care were made. Likewise, battlefield medicine draws upon man's ingenuity and creativity to spur on new medical techniques, ideas and advances. The museum will showcase some of these areas of progress as well as the general evolution of medicine at the MGH then, now and in the future."
For more information about the museum, which is slated to open in late 2011, contact Johnson at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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ATLANTA (AP) -- State officials and Gov. Nathan Deal are scheduled to tour Georgia next week to educate boaters on new laws scheduled to take effect May 15.
Officials from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Department of Public Safety and the Governor's Office of Highway Safety are scheduled to speak May 14 and 15 at several marinas to remind boaters that a law passed during the recent legislative session sets a .08 blood-alcohol limit for boat operators, hunters and other sportsmen.
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution came out a few years ago, with a "Mission Pack" that involved rescuing a character who appears in the original Deus Ex during the latter third of the game. That content was exclusive to GameStop pre-orders for a few years, but then Square-Enix decided to sell it as DLC on Steam. A lot of people condemned this practice, and there were some pretty hilarious reactions (look up "Deus Ex Unreal Revolution" on YouTube, I'm at work so I can't link it).
Publishers won't allow this to happen
Yeah, I'm a bit confused because I thought this had become common practice. For a few years now, I've seen a bunch of games where you get some special content (a different outfit, or starting the game with some bonus or special gear) when you pre-order from a specific store. Since it's different "special content" for different stores, you'd have to buy multiple copies of the game to get all of the content. Then, after some period of time, the game releases all of the special gear as "DLC", and then it's also is included in the GoTY edition (or whatever they feel like calling the edition that includes all the updates and DLC).
Is there a difference between that and what we're talking about? I'm not sure I really see the problem. These bit of "special content" are usually kind of stupid, like maybe you start with a extra bit of body armor and some shotgun shells or something.
Plus, honestly, I usually wait until the "extra special edition" is on sale on Steam before I buy games these days. Not that I would expect everyone to wait, but it's kind of great. I avoid the hype machine and get to see what people think after the hype has died down, you get all the DLC, additional content, and bug fixes all at once, and you get it for 40% off or something.
You're obviously an idiot, moron and a troll for not buying a game a year before release date
you'd have to buy multiple copies of the game to get all of the content.
It would appear that publishers are cashing in on people's fear of missing out, but I wonder what proportion of gamers actually shell out the price of a game multiple times just to have two different pre-order items. I also wonder what proportion of gamers just wait for the release then read the reviews or watch "Let's Play" videos before making a purchase decision and "miss out" on the (mostly pointless) pre-order items.
What's apparently happening here (didn't RTFA) according to the summary, is that they are looking to have non-fluff, etc content added specifically to the Gamestop versions of titles - meaning an actual part of the game is exclusive for their version (imagine playing a version of The Witcher for instance, that was missing an entire chapter from your version because it wasn't the Gamestop one).
Daggerfall had custom content and that was 1996. (CompUSA edition had 16 extra quests)
Yes, but as in all of the Elder Scrolls titles, you'd almost never hit all of the quests in the game even in 5 or 6 playthroughs (because funny things happen, like questgiver NPCs dying to randomly wandering monster spawns or overly zealous town guards), so those 16 quests were basically useless fluff.
The only pre-order bonus you should ever give is a discount. I understand the will to preferably "sell-out" pre-order, but all you can really do is give a bigger pre-order discount. All other options are Pandora's boxes.
"Unlockables" should always be in-game content.
"Custom" should be reserved for skins/cosmetics, not content.
Just my 2 eurocent.
FTL. Never had any "iOS specific content". They had announced the new features well before any mention of an iOS port.
Actually, the pre-order bonuses should be something outside the game, like the ones Dishonored did. Tarot cards, a game-themed USB lamp, etc.
Give us something tangible, none of this "exclusive content" crap that's either pointless (different in-game clothing, a slightly-better starting weaon that you won't use past 15 minutes into the game, etc.), or is cool but will be available in DLC/GotY/etc. in six months.
Make it T-shirts, skinned USB sticks, or something else that we might still give a crap about by t
But Dishonored also had several different sets of in-game bonuses depending on which store you bought the game from.
Yes, but none of them modified the game itself in any way, and were not implemented as one-time-use codes. You could easily get most of the items cheaply on eBay or Amazon Marketplace right after the game came out (and still can). Try to reliably get a one-time code (that most people put in right away), and if you do, trust that it's unused (and try to prove that you didn't use it if it's not).
Gamestop is depending on a market with idiosyncratic practices. These practices may themselves seem strange or senseless, but if one is to take these as cultural shortcomings then the fault lies with the consumer, not Gamestop. This is an industry where the cozy relationship between critics and publishers is no secret, where being excited regarding an event consisting entirely of three days of advertisements is considered normal. If this idea seems exploitative, it's only because they're serving a demographic that wants to be exploited.
Well said.
The only way for this kind of abusive marketing to be stopped would be for gamers to boycott the products and vendors, which would be like meth-heads boycotting meth.
Well said.
The only way for this kind of abusive marketing to be stopped would be for gamers to boycott the products and vendors, which would be like meth-heads boycotting meth.
They need not even boycott the products. They could wait for the release of the game, study the game's reception, and then if still excited, buy it. If publishers saw that only a minority a game's sales happened during presale shenanigans, they might start putting that effort into more interesting things.
If I buy a washing machine at Target I don't have to buy it again at Walmart to get the 'cotton' wash cycle, and again at Amazon to get the 'drain water at the end of the cycle' feature.
Gamestop are intentionally causing game content fragmentation that diverts development resource and/or prevents customers cost-effectively acquiring the full game content.
It's stupid, it's malicious and it's why everybody over the age of 30 waits for a steam sale to buy the game and its DLC these days, rather than buying hal
So, there are these consoles called the SNES (Super Famicom), and the Sega Genesis (Mega Drive). Back in those days, we didn't have any of that shit to deal with. Oh, except for the long lines of picking up our copies of Street Fighter and Mortal Combat. Oh the simple days of bliss. All you poor bastards, why do you even bother?
In my day, we have to wait in line for 3 hours for the file servers to recognize our presence and let us start downloading a 7GB compressed game file. 2 hours later when it's downloaded, we get to wait through a 15 minute unpacking process, which is followed by the game double-checking with the same overloaded file servers to confirm that it was downloaded legally. Next up are the 15 day-0 hotfixes and possible a console OS patch. Once that's done, we get to watch a 24 minute unskippable sequence of anim
Be interesting to see what wins. So far masochism looks like it dominates every online game I have ever seen. I remember when City of Heroes launched going rogue, and had Gamestop only gear. I have to think that pissed off veteran players who didn't need to buy the game and people in other countries that didn't get access. Can't imagine that anyone who didn't like Gamestop but played the game was happy about this either.
Anyway look at any MMO's forums.
1 Comment the game is horribly buggy, Response all softw
There's one thing my gaming PC doesn't have: an optical drive. I haven't needed one for the past three years.
Check out the Cooler Master Elite 110. If you know of something even smaller that would still fit a Zotac GTX 750, please tell me. I don't use 3.5" HDDs either.
This problem should solve itself as downloading and cloud-based games take over and game stores disappear. GameStop is closing 120 more locations. [ibtimes.com] Game retailers are going the way of record stores and video rental outlets.
But free-to-p[l]ay gaming is also becoming a serious contender. It solves the problem of gamers who won't buy a game without a demo, it solves the problem of having an adequate online player base, and it solves the problem of gamers who simply won't buy games but who might buy the occasional piece of DLC.
The truth is that Gamestop guaranteed their eventual nonexistence when they dropped games for old consoles. I get that they can't stock everything, but it eliminated my reasons to go in there. I can get all
Game retailers are going the way of record stores and video rental outlets.
Yeah, now if I want to listen or watch something that isn't 6 months old or less my options are either buy it if it is even available or not hear/see it. Boy did we show those dinosaurs, AmIRight?
Any game that has launch day DLC, be it preorder bonus crap or not, I will only buy - IF i bother - when they release the "GOTY edition" with all the content included, at half the price. Or maybe I'll wait till said edition goes on sale at 75% off
If you're impatient and want to have a game at launch, your (monetary) loss.
If you are to patient, it's your (social) loss.
Like talking about last month's tv shows.
If you are to patient, it's your (social) loss.
Like talking about last month's tv shows.
Do you feel that the only art worthwhile appreciating is art created in the last thirty days?
He never said claimed anything of the sort. He simply observed that people like being able to talk about current tv shows and video games.
To answer you directly: sure, some art is worth appreciating more than 30 days after it's created. But this is unrelated to keeping up with current video game trends.
I didn't claim that he claimed anything either. I asked him for his opinion.
You should get a Brave New World quote, but I'm too lazy to look for an appropriate one.
"But I bought the game and I should be able to play it to completion with spending an extra penny."
Game X is coming out soon.
Company Y is going to sell the game.
In order to provide incentive, they mod the game to provide some extra content.
Since moding is expensive for Company Y to do, they outsource it to the makers of Game X who know the game better,
So, what is evil in this scenario (select all that apply)?
A. Company Y shouldn't bundle stuff it sells.
B. Game X makers should provide the mod kit to everyone.
C. Game X makers should prohibit their product from being bundled.
D. Company Y should sell any mod
There is no evil here, only uninformed consumers with a fear of missing out that give a company money for useless in-game items because they don't want to be the only kid on the block that has the blue gun and not the blue and gold gun.
You young gamers have it rough i would say, back when I played Games, ALL the content came on the disk and the Game didn't require a patch every two days. We played a finished product that some company put love into because they themselves were Gamers and wanted to get it right "the first time".
I feel really sorry that you've all just gave up and accepted being ripped off and cheated. It's sad you don't what a good Game really is but I'll give you a hint: It's not Graphics. Multiplayer? We had that too, but
the Game didn't require a patch every two days
They often did require a patch; the patches just weren't forthcoming.
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Spending a few days going in and out of the house to get moved into our new house we got to meet most of our neighbors. We are in early 30 and most of the neighbors are much older than us.
Over the years we would sit and watch this red head girl spend hours in her yard practicing softball, running or other sports. She was not skinny at all more muscle and thick, not fat, on no not fat at all just very athletic. My wife and I would sit and wonder how this girl would be able to run with her breasts as big as they were, she was very attractive and always had on small tops and tight shorts.
One night my wife was going out of town. I figured I would be able to relax catch up on some work and relax in the pool or hot tub. Close to midnight I got in the pool and started to swim some laps when I looked up and there she was standing over me. I was stunned that she was there and tried to stay in the shadows not to let her see that I was swimming naked. She asked if she could go swimming and I thought this could really get me into trouble with my wife and more importantly her father. She said she was just coming back from my belated 18th birthday party and wanted to relax some, before I could say anything she had her cloths off and was standing in the night naked in front of me. My cock grew large with out notice. I knew she was in good shape but I could not believe how tone she was and how young and perfect he soft skin looked not being covered in sweat like I usually see her when she is outside.
Our yard is pretty private thanks to the high trees I planted last year so I did not worry about being seen by the neighbors or her parents. As she slowly walked down the steps in my pool I just watched her move slowly. She came over to me and asked if I liked what I saw which of course I said yes. As she walked closer to me she said I see how you and your wife look and watch me and you both motivate me to want to be good.
As her breast pushed up against my chest I told her I could not believe you this barely legal red head was standing naked against me, she said I want more than that so you better be ready. I have fooled around but for the most part I am a virgin because I am not going to give my self to just anyone. I like that you and your wife look at me and always treated me with respect. Suck on my breasts she insisted and she pulled my head closer to her. I started to nibble on them and she said you can be rough with them I like being bitten. So I started to bite and pull on her massive breasts while my hand reached around to feel her ass something I have watched for so long.
As I guided her to sit down on the top step into the pool I moved my hard cock in between he massive breast and started to stroke my cock bringing it right to her face but not allowing he to suck my cock just yet. I made my way down her flat firm stomach until I reached her pussy it was neatly shaved and red hair like her head, I could not believe that I might be the first man to fuck this pussy, with great care I started to massage it with my finger, I could not believe how tight her pussy was it was fighting to allow my finger inside. With every small push my finger started to win and her moans became loader, I now was finger fucking a barely legal red head and my cock was as solid as it gets.
I looked at her and she said are you ready to taste a virgin pussy. I moved my head down to her pussy and I started to lick it hard as, she started to move her hips and arch her feet out of the pool onto my shoulders which gave me even more easy access to her virgin pussy. As I started to get a good pace going We hear her dad come out and yell for her, Just as I started to stop she grabbed the back of my head and said don't you dare stop sucking my virgin pussy, may dad can look for me all night I am 18 now and plus he can't see in your backyard. So with that I continued to suck her pussy and finally got a second finger into her wet but still very tight pussy. She stated to say she was going to cum and a few seconds later she started to relax on to the concrete, As I started to climb up on her she urged me to suck her wet pussy and make sure all her virgin juices are not wasted as she just watched me suck her pussy. After a few minutes she said she was cold and needed to go inside. Once inside she asked if I liked her pussy, dumb questions I thought but I answered yes anyway.
As I went for a towel I came back and she asked me to sit on the couch and she was going to suck my cock, she quickly moved down to kneel in front of my cock and started to slowly take the tip of my cock into her mouth, I watched this girl that seemed like she was just a kid the other day grow up and now had her swallowing my cock like she was a pro. She would suck them look up at me with her big eyes and glowing read hair and just smile. Saying I have waited along time to suck a cock, she took my entire cock into her mouth once again and started to suck it harder and harder she started to tell me I better shoot deep in her mouth so she could catch all of her first cum from her first cock. A few minutes later I started to tighten up and I told her to prepare to take her first cum and she just smiled as it went down her mouth to the back of her throat. As we layed there she just said that was a great time but get hard fast because I need your cock into my virgin pussy as she started to finger herself and working the juices around the lips of her pussy.
As my cock grows hard again and I start to move on top of her my cock reaches her tight virgin pussy I ask her are you sure you don't want someone your own age or someone your in live with she said no just fuck me hard. With that said I pushed my cock slowly into her virgin red haired pussy and watched her face frown with pain, I could not believe how my cock was getting treated to such a rare thing a tight virgin pussy. I pushed further and I could feel her pussy giving way and then her frowns turned to moans and I knew that I was in and was going to start to pick up the pace. I worked my cock hard and pushed deeper and deeper, as she moaned and yelled at me to fuck her hard, I was so turned on that the sweet innocent polite girl was now yelling me to fuck her hard and work her virgin pussy. I picked her legs up and placed them over my shoulders and tried to climb as close to her as I could I kept of my pace and was not sure how long my cock would last, she told me she was coming and that my cock better give he the pleasure she dreamed about, I thought cock don't fail me now as I pushed my cock in and out of he pussy.
Finally she cried and moaned out that she had cummed and it was just at the nick of time, I told her I would pull out so not to cum in her virgin pussy with no condom on but she said don't dare I want to feel cum shoot to the back of my pussy and I know you and your wife can support a child it my virgin pussy gets pregnant on its first cock encounter.
With that said I shoot my load deep as I held her hips and drove my cock for one final deep push, a part of me wanted to get this barely legal red head pregnant and that thought brought my cock to become even harder. It was going on 3 am now and just as I asked her if she had any regrets my phone rang and it was my wife. I told her she had to be quiet and she said why I told her to call us around 3 am so I could tell her how lucky she is to have a loving supporting man to fuck anytime.
My only regret is that last weekend when I turned 18 you did not see your wife's pussy licked by a younger barely legal red head. With that she grabbed the phone from my hand and told my wife we are going to bed so I can feel what it is like to sleep with a man. We will see you in the morning when you join us. As we layed there in bed I could not believe what just happened and what was just said.


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Maine election study panel to meet to prepare report, which is due Feb. 1
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) � Now that its schedule of hearings is complete, a panel that's looking to correct problems in Maine's election process is starting work on its report.
The five-member Commission to Study the Conduct of Elections in Maine meets Friday at the secretary of state's office in Augusta to begin drafting its report.
The commission's findings and any recommended legislation must be presented to the Joint Standing Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs by Feb. 1.
The panel was appointed in May to study the voter registration process, voter participation and how elections are conducted. A series of public hearings were held around the state to help the commission better understand how Mainers view the state's voting process and how they think it can be improved.


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Ubi_NL writes: "In today's ruling of Playboy (via publisher Sanoma) vs Dutch blog Geenstijl, the court ruled that hyperlinking to copyrighted material was itself infringement of copyright. The court ordered the blog to remove all links to the infringing links (court ruling in dutch). How this ruling fits into the supreme court ruling that hyperlinks cannot by themselves infringe copyright is still to be discussed, possibly in an appeal. An interesting detail of the case is that the anonymous source that pointed Geenstijl to the images did this from an IP address within the Sanoma organisation..."


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2012 Heumphreus Lecture Addresses Foot Shape, Shoeing of Lame Horses
December 7, 2011
Veterinarian and equine lameness expert Sue Dyson of England's Animal Health Trust is a featured speaker at the 2012 Heumphreus Lecture.
Certified Journeyman Farrier Chris Gregory will demonstrate shoeing strategies for lame horses at the School of Veterinary Medicine on January 28, 2012.
December 7, 2011
Renowned equine veterinarian Sue Dyson and noted farrierChris Gregory are the special guests for the 26th Annual Charles Heumphreus Memorial Lecture Saturday, January 28, 2012. Faculty cordially invite veterinarians, farriers and other interested members of the public to attend the event, which takes place from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. in 170 Schalm Hall on the UC Davis campus.
Equine lameness expert Sue Dyson, MA, VetMB, PhD, DEO, FRCVS, co-author of the award-winning book, Diagnosis and Management of Lameness in the Horse, will present two talks: "Is There a Relationship between Foot Shape and Lameness?" and "How to Recognize Low Grade Lameness." The lectures will take place from 9:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
Farrier and author Chris Gregory, CJF, FWCF, will demonstrate "Basic Shoeing and Forging Options for Lame Horses" from 1:30 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. These demonstrations are limited to 40 participants.
About Doctor Sue Dyson
Sue Dyson is Head of Clinical Orthopaedics in the Centre for Equine Studies of the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket, England. She runs a clinical referral service for lameness and poor performance, attracting clients from all over the United Kingdom, Ireland and continental Europe. Dyson qualified from the University of Cambridge in 1980 and following award of a Thouron Scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania, she completed an Internship in Large Animal Medicine and Surgery at New Bolton Centre. She then spent a year in private equine practice in Pennsylvania. Dyson was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) for a thesis entitled "The Differential Diagnosis of Shoulder Lameness in the Horse" and earned the RCVS Diploma in Equine Orthopaedics by examination. She was awarded a PhD by the University of Helsinki.
Dyson is frequently sought after to lecture internationally, and she has published widely on equine orthopaedics and diagnostic imaging. In addition to her book, she has published more than 190 refereed papers in scientific journals relating to lameness and diagnostic imaging in the horse. She is co-author of standard veterinary texts on lameness, radiology, scintigraphy and MRI, and is internationally recognized as a leader in her field.
Dyson is a past president of the British Equine Veterinary Association. She has competed in eventing and showjumping at a high level and has produced three horses that have competed successfully at European and World Championships and Olympic Games.
About Chris Gregory
Chris Gregory, CJF, FWCF, is the co-owner of the Heartland Horseshoeing School in Lamar, Missouri and author of the book, Gregory's Textbook of Farriery.
A professional horseshoer since 1987, Gregory is one of the most trusted names in farriery and hoof-care education. Through his commitment to improve equine footcare, more than1,000 students have graduated from his horseshoeing programs. A sought-after educator, clinician and lecturer, Chris has appeared at farrier and equine footcare events across the United States and around the globe. Gregory holds several academic degrees in addition to his farrier credentials, including a master's degree in human resource development.
An American Farrier's Association Certified Journeyman Farrier, Gregory has received the organization's Jim Linzy Outstanding Clinician Award twice and the Outstanding Farrier Educator Award three times. He is also a fellow in a distinguished guild known as the Worshipful Company of Farriers.
Who is Charles Heumphreus?
The Charles Heumphreus Memorial Lecture, the first endowed lecture series established in the School of Veterinary Medicine, honors the memory of Charles Heumphreus, the school's farrier from 1967 to 1985. The presentations address foot disorders and related lameness issues in the horse. Each year, the lecture is arranged by clinicians of the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Faculty member Sarah Puchalski, Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, is the chair of the 2012 event.
Thanks to the generous support of individuals and organizations over the years, admission to the Charles Heumphreus Memorial lectures remains free of charge. However, to help sustain the level of excellence for which the Heumphreus Lecture has been known for more than 20 years, we ask that participants consider making a contribution of $50 or more. Your gift will help us continue to present the exceptional speakers and programs that benefit all of us in the equine industry
Please make check payable to: UC Regents for the Charles Heumphreus Memorial Lecture Fund. You can bring your contribution to the lecture or mail it to: School of Veterinary Medicine, Office of the Dean - Development, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616.
Veterinarians may earn up to three hours of continuing education credit by arrangement.
For more information about continuing education credit, contact:
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The countdown to Christmas is on. Shoppers are out trying to get those last minute gifts to put under the tree, and with the big crowds flocking to the shopping malls it can get crazy.
The people definitely showed up at Parkway Place Mall in Huntsville on Friday. Shoppers filled the stores to get those last minute gifts, and the traffic inside and outside was massive.
"It looks busy and it's packed the way it is on Black Friday, but as far as hustle and bustle and personalities, people seem to be in really good spirits," said Group Marketing Director Jana Kunar. "At this time of the year, it always gets really busy, and with this weekend having an extra weekend before Christmas it's even busier."
A busy time that can make the joy of giving not so joyful for shoppers like Sonya Ott.
"There was sickness in our family, so that slowed me down," she said. "I normally don't like to wait this long because it's kind of stressful. I've been struggling, but I've got it done now."
Not everyone is in the Christmas spirit, but shoppers like Keith Norrie say people should just chill out.
"They really need to remember some of the things that are going on in the world at the moment and just put it into perspective," he said.
As the countdown to Christmas nears and buyers dash through the stores for deals, Ott has this holiday advice.
"Just remember the reason for the season," she said. "The stress is not worth it. Just enjoy the time while you have it because another year is already over."
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On this anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford is unveiling an updated Operation Reunite list of names now that several military medals have been returned to veterans. Operation Reunite is the program that links veterans and their families with any unclaimed military medals, awards, and military artifacts that have been transferred to the treasurer's Unclaimed Property Division. Rutherford launched Operation Reunite in 2011, shortly after taking office.
Rutherford recently returned two Purple Hearts to a woman in Rockford whose family earned the medals, and returned a Bronze Star to veteran Tommy Fenton of Mt. Vernon.
"I don't have many better duties as treasurer than to reunite a military medal with a veteran," said Rutherford. "It is my goal to return each and every one of the medals and awards that belong to these veterans or their heirs." The list of names is printed on the Operation Reunite brochure, which can be found at www.treasurer.il.gov.
"If anyone recognizes a name on the list, please let us know," explained Rutherford. "While we have a city connected to the names of most of the medals, and perhaps even a last known address, enough time has passed that the address is no longer valid. To find a hint about the veterans' new address, or the whereabouts of the veterans' families, would likely allow us to reunite these medals with the rightful owners." The email address for the Unclaimed Property Division is email@example.com.
The vault located beneath the Illinois State Capitol contains thousands of lost of forgotten valuables, including nearly 200 military artifacts, which includes medals, belonging to the men of women who have served our country. The valuable military awards span more than a century of American conflict, including one medal that dates back to the Spanish American War, circa 1898. Other items include service records, dog tags and commendations from World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
The Illinois State Treasurer's Office came to be the caretaker of these military artifacts after they were lost or forgotten. Often, a veteran of the armed forces or a family member has stored these objects in a bank's safe deposit box and forgotten about them over time. Banks eventually relinquish stewardship of the contents of these boxes to the treasurer's office. The treasurer then serves as the custodian for these items, storing and protecting them in the state vault under the Capitol until they may be reunited with whom they rightfully belong.


text: Actually, the Dance Battle System was less funny to me if only because it reminded me of the one promised feature they still haven't delivered on. Remember the dance studios that were supposed to come with Wrath of the Lich King? They pruned that feature away even before Beta, but it doesn't mean we've forgotten all about it. In fact, this latest gag might've been Blizzard's way of poking fun at themselves for failing to deliver on their promise.


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Austerity measures: reaching the limit?
The government had been adamant: there would be no more taxes in 2014. But now it says it needs to find an extra 6 billion euros. Also this week: François Fillon, who was Nicolas Sarkozy's prime minister for 5 years, announces his intention to run for president in 2017, a move that could hurt Sarkozy's own chances of a comeback.
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- Denis Demonpion, Senior Writer, Le Nouvel Observateur Magazine.
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New York University, 59
Farmingdale State, 48
Farmingdale, NY � In a game that saw 57 turnovers and a low scoring first half, the Farmingdale State women's basketball team ran with NYU tonight, but fell short in the second half, falling to the 16th ranked team in the nation 59-48. NYU remains unbeaten at 5-0 with the victory, while Farmingdale suffers their first loss of the season and stands at 3-1 overall.
The Rams led by 10 points, 19-9, with 9 minutes left in the first before NYU went on a 15-4 run by way of eight Farmingdale turnovers to take a 24-23 halftime lead. In the second, the Rams continued to score and held the Violets lead to five points or less until the 8-minute mark when NYU senior guard Adrienne Rochetti (Vineland, NJ/Sacred Heart) hit a jumper to push the lead to seven. Farmingdale sank four free-throws to cut the lead back down to three, but the Violets ran away in the final six minutes for the 11-point victory.
Both teams had three players in double figures. For the Rams, sophomore guard Ashley Ruballo-Kline (New York, NY/Newburgh Free Academy) led with 13 points and eight rebounds. Junior center Mercedes Miller (New York, NY/Manhattan Center) finished with 12 points, nine boards and four blocks. Junior guard Dankery Perez (New York, NY/Manhattan Center) had 12 points.
NYU's sophomore forward Jessica McEntee (Flushing, NY/Archbishop Molloy) registered the games only double-double of 10 points and 18 rebounds. Senior forward Stephanie Ryba (New Britain, CT/New Britain) finished with 15 points and Rochetti totaled 12 points and five assists. Senior forward Karen Bachman (Avon, CT/Avon) grabbed 11 boards and blocked three shots.
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'Pacific Rim' trailer offers robot vs. kaiju action on a massive scale
Charlie Hunnam as Raleigh Becket and Rinko Kikuchi as Mako Mori in "Pacific Rim." (Warner Bros. Pictures)Link
Charlie Hunnam as Raleigh Becket and Rinko Kikuchi as Mako Mori in "Pacific Rim." (Warner Bros. Pictures)Link
Idris Elba, left, as Stacker Pentecost and Charlie Hunnam as Raleigh Becket in "Pacific Rim." (Warner Bros.)Link
Idris Elba as Stacker Pentecost in "Pacific Rim." (Warner Bros.)Link
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Guillermo del Toro, director of the upcoming film "Pacific Rim," at CinemaCon 2013 on April 16 in Las Vegas. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/Associated Press)Link
Spectacle, you say? The new trailer for Guillermo del Toro's "Pacific Rim" delivers it on a massive scale, with out-of-this world creatures and towering robots duking it out on land and in the ocean, all while bathed in stunningly beautiful blue and gold light.
Due in theaters July 12, the film, which Del Toro co-wrote with Travis Beacham, takes place in a near future, after a race of giant alien monsters has invaded our world via an inter-dimensional portal, prompting mankind to build equally enormous robots called Jaegers to defeat them.
The hulking mechanized weapons are manned by an elite team of pilots, including Charlie Hunnam's Raleigh Becket and Rinko Kikuchi's Mako Mori, who represent humanity's best line of defense against the beastly threat.
The new clip explains "Pacific Rim's" monster premise in a little more detail, but it's the sheer scale of the imagery on display that's especially remarkable, with the robots and kaiju duking taking center stage.
"What we went for is a very, very romantic look," Del Toro told Hero Complex earlier this year. "I wanted to have a lot of crazy rain, wind, all the drama of an Emily Bronte movie in a high-tech movie."
The latest "Pacific Rim" trailer debuted May 11 at the fourth annual Hero Complex Film Festival in Hollywood, where Del Toro took the stage for a Q&A between screenings of two of his most personal films, "The Devil's Backbone" and "Pan's Labyrinth."
We'll begin posting video segments soon from the wide-ranging Q&A, in which Del Toro talked not only about "Pacific Rim," but also projects including his planned take on "Justice League Dark" and a pilot script for his adaptation of Naoki Urasawa's "Monster" manga series for HBO.
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OMAK Santa Claus will visit several neighborhoods tonight, the second of his three night tour greeting area children and collecting donations for area food banks.
Tonight, Santa (Don Burford) is expected to start on the north side of downtown near Ash and Apple streets and move south through the city.
Beginning about 5:30 p.m., the Omak Fire Department will be providing an escort for about the first 90 minutes of travel. Firefighters will be blaring their siren along the way.
After that, cars leading Santa's way will honk horns heralding the jolly ol' elf's approach.
"Listen for the horns and siren and you'll know when Santa is nearing your area," coordinator Roger Harnack said.
Santa hopes to work his way completely through the downtown and South Omak areas tonight, halting tonight's activities before 9 p.m., he said.
On Thursday night, he plans to cover Okanogan, starting about 5:30 p.m. at the Okanogan County Public Utility District on Elmway and working his way south. The Okanogan tour is expected to end in the vicinity of Virginia Grainger Elementary School.
The tour kicked off Tuesday night in the North Omak neighborhoods, where children flocked to street corners to greet the jolly ol' elf.
"About 100 children - young and old - came out and met Santa last night," Harnack said.
Santa traversed several streets, stopped at the new Pioneer Lane apartments and hit the Wildwood subdivision.
Along the way, he and his elves collected several bags and boxes of donations for area food banks.
Anyone missing Santa's tour can catch him Saturday night in downtown Omak after the Twilight Parade. And those wishing to make donations to area food banks can drop off non-perishable items at The Chronicle, 618 Okoma Drive.
Last year, more than two pick-up truck loads of donations were collected for food banks.
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JANESVILLE, Wis. — Paul Ryan is busy preparing to face off next month with Vice President Joe Biden, lugging around briefing books, cramming on foreign policy, and trying to mesh his views with those of his new running mate, Mitt Romney.
But here at home, in the House district Ryan has represented for 14 years, he is facing a different threat: Rob Zerban, a silver-haired former county official.
Ryan is running for reelection to Congress —
On Wednesday, Ryan is launching a $2 million ad campaign for his congressional reelection, spending money to retain his current job even as he seeks to upgrade to a new one.
Ryan's local opposition is tougher this year than any since he first won the congressional seat in 1998. Still, Zerban is the clear underdog. He is desperate to get Ryan to agree to a debate sponsored by a local website and radio station.
So far, Ryan hasn't managed to work it into his schedule, and may simply submit responses in writing.
"I feel he should be back in the district to debate me," Zerban, a Democrat, said between sips of beer at an Irish pub in Madison, after a day so long that he apologized at the interview's conclusion for not being more energetic. "I mean, if he's going to be running for both offices, then he certainly has a duty and obligation to the people of the First Congressional District to fulfill the obligations of this race as well — and I think that's debating me."
On Election Day, voters in the district will have the unusual opportunity to vote for — or against — Ryan twice on the same ballot.
In running a dual campaign, Ryan is hedging his bets, as many candidates before him have done. In this case, if he and Romney fail to win the White House, he can, with the defeat of Zerban, remain a strong conservative voice in Congress.
If they weren't political rivals now, Ryan might be able to ask Joe Biden for a little advice. Biden in 2008 ran to become vice president and to retain his US Senate seat in Delaware. Because he won the former job, he had to give up the latter.
Ryan had to file paperwork by June 1 to appear on the congressional ballot, and the ballots were finalized the next week. It wasn't until Aug. 11 that he was tapped as the GOP vice presidential nominee, too late to remove his name from the ballot (unless, state election officials told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, he dies before the final ballots are printed about 50 days before the election).
Ryan's two-course campaign is highlighted throughout his hometown. On some lawns, voters have written "vice president" onto his green congressional campaign signs. In the conference room of Ryan's campaign headquarters here, there are two maps: one of his congressional district, the other of the United States.
"He can walk and chew gum. He does invest — and has invested — so much in the district," said Kevin Seifert, his congressional campaign manager. "Voters have longer memories than 80 days. They'll remember the 14 years of representation, not just the few days he won't be able to be here."
Seifert said the campaign will run TV and radio ads, and Ryan will spend time in the state — largely because it is a battleground state that the Romney campaign is hoping to put in play. On Wednesday, for example, Ryan is holding a town hall meeting in De Pere, Wis., which is north of his congressional district but could help mobilize voters for the Romney campaign.
The television ads that Ryan will begin running on Wednesday could be an indication that he is concerned about preserving his current seat — or worried about his reputation back home — but it is also a way for Ryan to bolster his name in a key state for the Romney-Ryan ticket.
As to whether Ryan has any plans to debate Zerban, Seifert says, "It's unclear what's going to happen. It just depends on what his responsibilities are and what the dates are."
The local Patch.com website, partnering with WGTD radio station, is planning a debate at a local community college on Oct. 25. On Tuesday the hosts issued invitations to both campaigns. Zerban's campaign has said he would participate, even if it meant rearranging the schedule. Ryan's campaign hasn't confirmed his attendance.
In earlier discussions with the Ryan campaign, debate organizers had discussed holding the debate on Oct. 11. But that day, it turns out, will be when Ryan is debating Biden in Danville, Ky.
"We're just hoping both candidates show up," said Heather Asiyanbi, editor of Mount Pleasant-Sturtevant Patch. She said it was still unclear what would happen if Ryan doesn't agree to attend the debate.
Zerban, a onetime caterer who served two terms on the Kenosha County Board of Supervisors and was recruited to run by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, is focused on many of the same issues locally as Democrats are nationally. He brands Ryan "an out-of-touch political insider," his politics "disingenuous," and his budget plans "radical."
Zerban is also trying to personalize some of Ryan's proposals for deep budget cuts and dramatic changes to programs like Medicare.
"This race is deeply personal to me," he said. "I grew up in a household that was a single-parent home. My mom struggled to keep the roof over our heads. I benefited from eating surplus commodity" food that was offered needy families, "government cheese if you will. I got free lunch and milk at school. I was able to get an education because I qualified for Pell grants and Stafford loans."
"These are all programs that Paul Ryan and the GOP are trying to gut, get rid of," he added.
Since his first race in 1998, Ryan hasn't had a significant challenge. He was so friendly with Jeffrey Thomas, who challenged him four times, that they would reportedly carpool together to campaign events. During his 2010 race, Ryan spent more than $1.4 million, compared with less than $10,000 by his Democratic opponent, John Heckenlively.
Zerban said his contributions have increased from national donors since Ryan was chosen, although he has trailed badly in the money race. The most recent federal reports show that as of July 25 Zerban had about $525,000 compared with Ryan's $5.4 million.
Zerban — who had been running against a Republican policy wonk but is now running against a potential vice president — doesn't seem quite sure what to make of it.
"There are more camera crews running around," Zerban said. "It's funny — I had a dream that Channel 12 was looking for me the other day, and I was hiding from them."
"That's sad," said his communications director, Karthik Ganapathy.
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Since its beginning inside Jean Moulthrop Hoogstra's home, Four Seasons Compassion for Life has provided patient-centered hospice care for the community.
This year instead of a black-tie fundraiser, Four Seasons will hold a 35th Birthday Bash Saturday in Flat Rock, complete with music by Kat Williams, local craft beverages and cuisine, and a pi�ata raffle.
Founded and incorporated in 1979 by a group of volunteers, Four Seasons was first known as Hospice of Henderson County.
"A group of people got together and were concerned about the treatment of people at the end of life and the need to do it differently than were doing it in this country," board Chairman Dot Moyer said. "A number of places were responding to that movement across the country, so it started as a group of volunteers that got together, and started bringing comfort care to people when they were dying, working with doctors and nurses."
In 2003, Four Seasons saw roughly 30 patients a day for hospice care and today sees closer to 300 a day.
"It's been a dramatic increase to the point that for the past 10 years, we've had the highest death service ratio, which is the percentage of people in the area who die who have been served by our hospice," Moyer said. "We have had the highest death service ratio for Western North Carolina for 10 straight years."
Four Seasons now serves seven counties in Western North Carolina. Moyer said Four Seasons' mission is to make sure that anybody who needs compassionate end of life care is served by the organization.
Patient services include hospice care, palliative care and bereavement services including HeartSongs, a youth bereavement counselling program.
"To do that we employ an extensive patient team, which includes medical professionals, social workers, chaplains, bereavement counsellors, alternative therapists and other specialties as needed," Moyer said. "We also conduct research, run a Center for Excellence which trains medical professionals from around the country and give back through the Zambia Partnership, which provides support and training to medical staff in Zambia."
Four Seasons consults with other hospices across the country and has been awarded the Circle of Life Award by the American Hospital Association as the top hospice in the nation.
"For a little area like Henderson County, we are very lucky to have this fantastic hospice," Moyer said. "We have an incredible group of doctors; we were one of the first hospices in the country to have our own staff doctors."
One of Four Seasons' fast-growing services is palliative care, which Moyer said is offered to anyone with a life-limiting illness and includes compenents such as case management, pain control and a general team approach to the patient's care.
"We probably have around 800 patients a day and of those, 550 might be palliative care patients, and these are patients that have debilitating illnesses and usually they've got a number of different illnesses," Moyer said.
She added that palliative care teams specialize in dealing with patients with multiple chronic illnesses.
"Moving into palliative care, we were also one of the first (providers of hospice care) to go into that and are considered a national leader in palliative care," Moyer said. "In fact, Dr. Janet Bull just got recognized as one of the top 30 visionaries in palliative care along with, believe it or not, Mother Teresa and Ronald Regan."
Moyer said it's exciting to see Four Seasons' growth.
"And it's exciting to see that we've been able to really adequately serve our community," Moyer said. "...We're pretty lucky that we've got this."
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Since its beginning inside Jean Moulthrop Hoogstra's home, Four Seasons Compassion for Life has provided patient-centered hospice care for the community.


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By Michael Aneiro
Longtime junk bond guru Martin Fridson of FridsonVision LLC, who had grown pretty bearish on the asset class during its recent run-up, sounds another warning this week: junk bonds could return just 1.4% a year through 2016, and "something extraordinary would have to happen" for the high yield market to earn its average coupon (currently 5.84%, down from 6.11% at the end of 2012) over the next four years:
At today's yield, "earning the coupon" through 2016 represents the best possible outcome, rather than the base case.
In a typically well-documented and math-heavy Fridson argument, he finds a parallel period of low corporate bond yields from the first half of the 20th century. Factoring in the market's heady returns in recent years and comparing the current period to the earlier one, Fridson finds a meager 0.77% expected annualized return for a buy-and-hold portfolio of high-yield index bonds through 2016, rising only to 1.4% when calculating four-year rolling returns. Here's Fridson:
An expected return of only 1.4% per annum defies the conventional wisdom, as embodied by Wall Street's nearly automatic forecast that high-yield bonds will earn the coupon (i.e., generate a return approximately equivalent to the beginning yield) over the coming year. However… if "approximately equivalent to the beginning yield" is defined as coming anywhere within 200 bps of the beginning YTW, the high-yield total return has earned the coupon only three times in the last 33 years. It is not even correct to expect the market to earn the coupon on average over the next four years…. Although the sample size of this analysis is small, there appears to be a greater tendency for the actual return to undershoot the expected return by a large amount than to overshoot by a large amount.
Several charts and equations later, Fridson suggests that the most optimistic case for the 2013-2016 expected annualized return is 6.22%.
A return of 6.22% would qualify as earning the coupon, based on the year-end 2012 YTW of 6.11%. This is not the most likely outcome, however, but rather the most one can reasonably hope for. An annualized return as high as 6.22% through 2016 would probably require the Fed to maintain its low-interest-rate policy throughout that period. Investors who instead expect the non-investment-grade yield to follow its historical pattern of reverting to the mean should set their total-return sights much lower.


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A parent of a White Oak Elementary School student filed a lawsuit in Grundy County Circuit Court Tuesday over allegations her daughter was sexually assaulted by another student on a school bus.
According to the complaint, a mother, whose full name was withheld because of the nature of the case, is suing substitute bus driver David Hazeltine and the Illinois Central Bus Company.
The woman is alleging that, on Aug. 30, her 7-year-old daughter was riding the bus home when a fellow minor sexually assaulted her.
The complaint states that the child should not have been seated next to her daughter because of a incident that occurred the previous year in which the student wrote on her daughter's arms with a permanent marker.
The complaint also states that the daughter yelled at the other child to keep her hands to herself and get away, and Hazeltine allegedly reacted to her screams and getting up out of her seat by issuing a disciplinary write-up for her actions.
In the count against Hazeltine, the complaint states it was his duty to prevent the sexual assault from occurring and alleges he failed to monitor the bus adequately, to recognize the situation and to stop the assault.
Two counts against the Illinois Central Bus Company allege that the company is liable for Hazeltine's actions and that it was negligent in failing to tell the temporary driver that the two students should not be seated together and failing to ensure the student, who was previously disciplined, was not seated next to the woman's daughter.
The woman is suing for her daughter's personal and emotional injuries, medical and treatment expenses. She is seeking at minimum $50,000 plus the costs of the suit, as well as a jury trial.
She is being represented by attorney John V. Schrock of Joliet.
Officers sued for excessive force
In an unrelated case, Joliet man is suing two Minooka Police Department personnel he claims used excessive force during an arrest.
According to the complaint filed Tuesday, Nov. 6, in Grundy County Circuit Court, Dennis Bavilacqua is suing Officer Mathew Juras and Sergeant Christopher Chiaventone for a Sept. 25, 2011 incident.
Bavilacqua alleges that on that date, Juras and Chiaventone arrested him for domestic battery in the parking lot of the police department, using excessive force that caused him to sustain injuries.
Bavilacqua is seeking at minimum $50,000, plus the cost of the suit, for the cost of medical expenses and treatment, pain and suffering and being unable to attend to normal affairs.
He is being represented by John V. Schrock of Joliet.


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Peacock strikes out 14 for Senators05/13/2011 10:53 PM ET
By Danny Wild / MLB.com
It was Friday the 13th, but by the time Brad Peacock was finished, 14 was the real unlucky number for the Richmond Flying Squirrels.
Peacock enjoyed one of his most dominant starts of an already impressive season, recording a career-high 14 strikeouts over seven innings as the Double-A Harrisburg Senators beat Richmond, 5-2.
"It felt great, I've never done that before," Peacock said of his strikeout total. "I'm glad I could do it at this level. I felt great out there."
The Miami native fanned one in the first, two each in the second and third, then struck out the side in the fourth. He rang up another victim in the fifth, two more in the sixth and struck out the side again -- all swinging -- in the seventh.
Until the seventh, however, Peacock wasn't even aware of his strikeout total. Once he realized, he amped it up a little more for what he figured would be his final frame.
"I didn't even notice, to tell you the truth, until the last inning when I came out. I sorta wondered how many I had," he said. "I knew I was coming out for my last inning, so I kinda sucked it up."
His only other double-digit strikeout performance came on April 20, 2010 when he fanned 10 over five innings for Class A Advanced Potomac. In fact, Peacock said he wasn't much of a strikeout pitcher until last year.
"Last year and this year," he laughed. "It's just been working well."
Peacock shares the Eastern League lead with 56 strikeouts over 42 1/3 innings. He posted consecutive nine-strikeout efforts on April 17-22 and totaled 14 over his two previous starts.
What's been the key pitch?
"My curveball was working great and I was definitely able to locate my fastball well, but the curve was my strikeout pitch tonight," said Peacock, who also worked in some changeups to set up the fastball. "They were swinging at them in the dirt, so they were helping me."
Peacock also got some help from Stephen King, who had an RBI single in the second and delivered a two-out two-run single that snapped a 1-1 tie in the sixth. Derek Norris, the Nationals' top catching prospect, slugged his second homer of the season in the eighth before Jonathan Tucker scored from second on an infield hit in the ninth.
The 23-year-old Peacock was Washington's 41st-round pick in the 2006 Draft. He said he was drafted so late, he didn't even become aware until later on. The Nats followed him through junior college and he eventually joined the organization a year later in the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League.
Through seven games, including six starts, in his fifth pro season, Peacock is 5-1 with a 2.13 ERA that ranks fifth in the league.
"I definitely have a lot of confidence now," he said. "Everything is working well."


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Meant to provide a buffer between developed land and the pristine waters of Saint Joseph Bay, the SJB State Buffer Preserve has much to offer of its own. It is home to an unique ecosystem that lies in the transition zone between wetlands and pine flatwoods. In this fire dependent system, one can find an abundance of rare plant life. Dr. Jean Huffman takes WFSU-TV producer Rob Diaz de Villegas into the wiregrass to look for rare and endangered plants, in particular, the Chapman's Rhododendron. For more information, visit In the Grass, On the Reef.


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Tuberculosis: Latest MSF Updates
- Fighting Tuberculosis: A Global Health Emergency
- MSF Research Shows Need for Expanded Use of DR-TB Drug Combo
- High TB Prevalence Countries Must Meet New Treatment Standards
- Governments Must Step Up the Use of Newer Drugs
- New Report Reveals Governments are Failing to Prioritize Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most deadly infectious diseases in the world. Each year it kills 1.5 million people with nearly another nine million suffering from the disease, mainly in developing countries.
In 2015, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treated 20,100 patients for tuberculosis. And MSF is also trying to bring attention to the growing problem of drug-resistant tuberculosis, or DR-TB, in part by asking people to sign its DR-TB Manifesto calling on more research and better medications to assist patients enduring the disease.
TB is often thought of as a disease of the past but a recent resurgence and the spread of drug-resistant forms makes it very much an issue of the present day and age. Today, TB is one of the three main killer infectious diseases, along with malaria and HIV/AIDS.
Though the global death rate from TB dropped 45 percent in in the years between 1990 and 2013, there are still crucial gaps in coverage and severe shortcomings when it comes to diagnostics and care options.
Furthermore, we are currently seeing an alarming rise in cases of drug-resistant and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB and MDR-TB) that do not respond to the customary first-line drugs.
MSF has been fighting TB for over 30 years. We provide treatment for the disease in many different contexts, from chronic conflict situations, such as Sudan, to vulnerable patients in stable settings such as Uzbekistan and the Russian Federation.
What Causes TB?
TB is caused by a bacterium (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that is spread through the air when infected people cough or sneeze.
The disease most often affects the lungs but it can infect any part of the body, including the bones and the nervous system.
Most people who are exposed to TB never develop symptoms, since the bacteria can live in an inactive form in the body, but if the immune system weakens, such as in malnourished people, people with HIV or the elderly, TB bacteria can become active.
Around 10 percent of people infected with TB will develop active TB and become contagious at some point in their lives.
Symptoms of TB
Symptoms include a persistent cough, fever, weight loss, chest pain, and breathlessness in the lead up to death. TB incidence is much higher and is a leading cause of death among people with HIV.
Diagnosing TB
The research and development (R&D) of new, more effective diagnostic tools and drugs for TB have been severely lacking for decades.
In countries where the disease is most prevalent, diagnosis has depended largely on one archaic test for the last 120 years—smear microscopy, the microscopic examination of sputum, or lung fluid, for the TB bacilli.
The test is only accurate half of the time, even less so for patients who also have HIV.
This means that too many patients start treatment late, if they start it at all.
Children, who often cannot produce sputum, urgently need a new diagnostic tool, especially since they are particularly vulnerable to dying if they develop active TB.
A promising new diagnostic test, Xpert MTB/RIF, was introduced in 2010 and MSF has used it in many of its programs since. It's not applicable to all settings, nor is it effective for diagnosing children or patients with TB that occurs outside of the lungs (extra-pulmonary TB), so MSF continues to call for further R&D in diagnostics for TB.
Treating TB
A course of treatment for uncomplicated TB takes a minimum of six months. When patients are resistant to the two most powerful first-line antibiotics (rifampicin and isoniazid), they are considered to have MDR-TB.
MDR-TB is not impossible to treat, but the drug regime is arduous, taking up to two years and causing many side effects. XDR-TB is identified when resistance to second-line drugs develops on top of MDR-TB. The treatments for XDR-TB are limited.
In many places where we work, supervising all TB patients during their treatment is difficult to impossible. So, to help patients complete their treatment, MSF has introduced more flexible strategies.
MSF treated 20,100 patients for tuberculosis in 2015, of which 2,000 were MDR-TB cases.
The MSF Access Campaign works to improve access to medicines and stimulate the development of urgently needed treatments. MSF Access Campaign.
An archive of MSF's scientific articles available free, with full text and in an easily searchable format. MSF Field Research website.
In 2003, seven organizations from around the world joined forces to establish DNDi, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative.
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This morning, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued its latest report on the international trade gap and it was an encouraging snapshot of the U.S. economy. Specifically, data showed that the U.S. trade gap narrowed during the month of December, to a deficit of $38.5 billion—exports rose to $186.4 billion, while imports fell to $224.9 billion. That figure was significantly better than the revised $48.6 billion deficit recorded during the month of November and far lower than the consensus expectation of a $45.4 billion deficit. When broken down into individual components, the trade gap figure is just as uplifting, as several sectors of the economy contributed to the latest improvement. Specifically, the increase in exports from November to December reflected: a $3.8 billion increase in industrial supplies and materials; a $0.3 billion pickup in foods, feeds, and beverages; and a $100 million increase in other goods. This offset minor setbacks in the capital goods and automobile vehicles, parts, and engines exports, which registered respective declines of $400 million and $300 million.The latest report in which exports rose by $8.6 billion—a significant improvement from recent quarters—is clearly an indication that the U.S. economy did much better in the final quarter of 2012 than last week's initial GDP estimate of 0.1% contraction suggests. We would not be surprised if next month's reading of fourth-quarter 2012 GDP was revised to show some growth. The latest trade gap figures, along with recent better-than-expected reports on manufacturing and nonmanufacturing activity, are encouraging signs that GDP growth will improve as 2013 progresses.For all of 2012, the U.S trade gap fell by 3.5%, to $50.4 billion. Specifically, exports of goods were up $66.7 billion from 2011, while exports of services were $632.3 billion, up $26.4 billion from 2011. Meantime, imports of goods were up $67.2 billion from 2011, while imports of services were $437.0 billion, up $9.6 billion from 2011. The narrowing of the deficit was helped by a fall in petroleum imports, which fell to their lowest levels (in volume terms) since 1997. Overall, while the trade deficit shrank in 2012, it grew with China. However, even the trade report with Asia's largest economy had a silver lining, as it showed that U.S. exports to the Asian powerhouse rose to a record high. The trade deficit with the European Union increased, while the surplus with Brazil grew in 2012.
All in all, the latest trade gap data were an heartening sign for the U.S. economy, and another indication that the dour GDP figure issued last week before the December trade gap data were available may have been overly pessimistic. Our feeling is that the fourth-quarter GDP estimate issued next month will be revised to the upside.


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