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LONDON — A new treatment strategy has shown promise in helping to transform HIV into a curable infection.
Preliminary research published this week in The Lancet medical journal outlines how scientists used an anti-convulsant drug to awaken dormant HIV hiding in the body, where it is temporarily invisible but still dangerous.
HIV infection is incurable because current drugs only work when the virus is multiplying, which occurs only when it is in an active cell. However, HIV sometimes infects dormant cells, and when it does, it becomes dormant itself.
While the virus poses no threat in its resting state, the sleeping cells sporadically wake up, reactivating the virus and causing it to multiply. Patients must continue to take medications for the rest of their lives so they can fight the virus when it comes out of the reawakened cells. Only if every last infected dormant cell is wiped out — or the virus purged from these cells — can patients stop taking medication and be virus-free, experts say.
Figuring out how to clear this reservoir of latent infection, or whether that's even possible, is one of the hottest areas of AIDS research.
'It's a first baby step'
Over the last few years, a handful of drugs have been shown to decrease the size of the dormant HIV pool, but they were subsequently abandoned because their effect was either too weak or the side effects too toxic.
The latest drug, valproic acid, shows more promise, said Dr. Warner Greene, director of the Gladstone Institute for Virology and Immunology at the University of California, San Francisco.
"It's a first baby step, showing that maybe the use of (this type of drug) — far more likely in combination with one or two other agents — might be a viable approach for tackling this latency problem," said Greene, who was not involved with the research but is conducting similar studies.
"The idea, if we could ever do it, is to purge every latently infected cell. Treat patients for probably two or three years, they'd be able to come off their antiretroviral therapy and they'd be virus-free," he said.
The study, led by Dr. David Margolis at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, tested the ability of valproic acid to reduce the number of infected dormant cells.
Four patients on standard therapy were given the pills to take twice daily for three months. The size of this pool of infected dormant cells decreased by 75 percent in three out of the four patients, the study found.
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"This finding, though not definitive, suggests that new approaches will allow the cure of HIV in the future," Margolis said. "It's a significant conceptual move forward."
Impressive first try
Margolis said he believes the drug reactivates the virus inside a dormant cell, either waking up the cell with it or killing it.
Dr. Jean-Pierre Routy, a professor at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, who also studies the dormant HIV issue, said Margolis' results were an impressive first try.
"It's enormous for just three months' treatment to have such an effect," he said, adding that the findings merit urgent further study. "I think it's very exciting news."
However, other experts were less optimistic.
"It's extremely unlikely that this approach would work," said Dr. Robert Siliciano, a professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University who was one of the scientists who discovered the dormant infection problem in the mid-1990s. "It assumes something about the mechanism which we don't know is true. The mechanism may involve other issues that are not affected by this drug."
"It didn't get all the cells. That's probably because it's not really targeting the right mechanism for latency," Siliciano said. "It's got to be a 99.9999 percent reduction to be useful. When you stop the drugs the virus explodes back so quickly, even if you had one latently infected cell left, in a matter of days you would be back to where you started from."
Siliciano said he also doubts the valproic acid approach will solve the problem because it's likely HIV lies dormant in other types of cells that scientists have not discovered yet and tackling those reservoirs may require a completely different approach.
"It's a little bit premature to be talking about a cure for HIV," he said.
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Stephen L. Miles
A product of the public school system of Baltimore City and counties.
B.A. Degree University of Maryland
JD Degree University of Maryland School of Law
Graduate special Prosecutorial College Northwestern Law School
Steve's complete education in undergraduate school and law school was paid for entirely by Steve as he worked full time while doing this and supporting his family. A work ethic early learned.
Admitted to practice law in following courts:
- All District Courts in the State of Maryland
- All Circuit Courts in the State of Maryland
- Maryland Special Court of Appeals
- Maryland Court of Appeals
- U.S. District Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
Growing Up
Raised in Baltimore City and Baltimore County Steve attended public schools and both the City of Baltimore and Baltimore County. He knows his community. His dad was killed in WW ll so early on he knew what it meant to work hard and help his family.
Steve's brother is a professor at New York University and his sister a special education teacher.
Steve is married with four children. He has two children from his first marriage and he and his present wife, a lawyer in the Attorney General's office of the State of Maryland also have tow children.
Legal Background
Steve is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law. While attending law school, in addition to working full-time in the retail world, he held numerous law clerk positions and in fact was the first Law Clerk in the States Attorneys Office in Baltimore County where he drafted all of their criminal indictments.
Upon graduation from law school, the States Attorneys Office recruited Steve. Unlike the vast majority of new hires at this position Steve was assigned to the Circuit Court level, and for three years prosecuted major felony cases. During this time he prosecuted hundreds of cases and tried well over fifty jury trials.
Upon leaving the States Attorneys Office, Steve then went to work with well-known defense attorney, Russell J. White. Mr. White, knowing a good thing, shortly thereafter formed the law firm of White & Miles. After several years, Steve struck out on his own forming The Law Offices of Stephen L. Miles. For the next twenty years, Steve grew his firm into one of the largest and most highly regarded personal injury and criminal defense firms in the state of Maryland. In 1999 Steve merged his firm with the law firm of Saiontz and Kirk and the law firm became known as Saiontz, Kirk, & Miles.
Steve, missing the close personal contact that he first experienced with his clients in his early years, decided to resign from Saiontz, Kirk, and Miles, and reopened The Law Offices of Stephen L. Miles.
Awards / Community Service
The Governors Salute to Excellence to Stephen L. Miles for his support of the House of Ruth
"In honor of the time, talent, and personal effort which will assist the battered women and their families throughout Maryland, outstanding service and significant contributions to the betterment of your community and the great State of Maryland."
Comedy Benefits – Hosted and sponsored comedy nights to benefit The House of Ruth providing all food and beverages to those who bought tickets so that 100 % of proceeds would go to the House of Ruth.
Coached little league Baseball and Basketball
Award for service in the legal aid program of Maryland
Moot court Judge University of Maryland Law School
Member Committee to elect sitting Judges of Circuit court and Director of their marketing campaign.
Award from Baltimore Ravens Disability Awareness Program and the City of Baltimore's Therapeutic Recreation Department, "In recognition of your years of continued service and enhancement of the lives of the physically challenged."
Award – From the Sabbath School Department of Berea Temple S.D.A. Church.
"In grateful appreciation for your outstanding and dedicated service to the community of Baltimore"
Award – From United States Coast Guard Yard for volunteering to Baltimore Coast Guard Officers Association
Mr. Miles has had numerous articles written about him and his law practice in the Baltimore Sun, USA Today, The City Paper (ten page feature article), and the Daily Record.
The Daily Record, the leading legal newspaper that all lawyers and Judges in the state subscribe to for their legal news assigned a reporter to spend several days with Mr. Miles and write a feature article about him and his legal work. After spending time with and observing Mr. Miles, the Daily Record has this to say about the Law offices of Stephen L. Miles.
- "His life is ruled by an old-fashioned work ethic."
- "He demonstrates a surprising professionalism."
- "His manner of speaking is clear, frank and intelligent."
- "He knows exactly what he is doing."
- "Miles is articulate and well prepared."
- "Within his firm, there is an excellent division of labor among secretaries, lawyers, and paralegals."
- "Again, the efficiency is startling ……. The man is focused, careful, and professional."
- In describing what takes place around the office, The Daily Record has this to say, "There's no chaos, no frantic searches for files, notes and client names. This man is not winging it."
- In referring to his DWI practice the writer states, "The Law Offices of Stephen L. Miles represents 50 drunk drivers in court every month. Miles represents the vast majority (at present Mr. Miles will be representing each one) personally."
- "And he can pull out all stops in front of a jury if he has to." Shortly before Christmas, Miles won a jury trial in Howard County Circuit Court. His client had been arrested for driving while intoxicated based upon a field sobriety test – he failed to walk the proverbial straight line. The client insisted, however, that he'd had only two beers before the police pulled him over.
- Miles subpoenaed a waitress who had served his client the two beers and even the restaurant manager who produced the check to confirm the story. And on cross examination of the arresting officer, Miles made it clear to the jury that his client had been pulled over on the left hand shoulder and forced to walk the line next to the speed lane, a frightening and difficult task for anyone, regardless of sobriety. The jury acquitted.
- United States Coast Guard
- University of Baltimore Law Panel
- Various Public Schools
- Life skills lecture to the University of Loyola Men's Basketball Team
- Life skills lecture to the University of Maryland Men's Basketball Team
- Former talk show host WCBM radio – During his seven years of talk show on WCBM radio, Mr. Miles would donate money each week to a different charitable cause and would personally match dollar for dollar the contributions given by his listeners.

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Joseph Epstein
In a Cardboard Belt!: Essays Personal, Literary, and Savage
Boston: Mariner Books, 2008
Poking about in the $1 bins at the Strand, I uncovered several copies of a recent book by Joseph Epstein, a collection of essays, In A Cardboard Belt! I recalled reading him in places like Commentary and The New Criterion, but since I haven't found such outlets tolerable for years, he seems to have slipped from my radar screen. So, I took the plunge.


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M3AAWG develops special initiatives and supports industry-government cooperative projects that we determine will make a significant difference in fighting online abuse. Our special initiatives include:
M3AAWG-LACNIC Partnership
The Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Center has joined M3AAWG and will be attending our meetings and participating in M3AAWG committees and ongoing projects. LACNIC is the convening forum for the LAC Network Operators Group; LACSEC, the region's Network Security Forum; and LAC-CSIRT, the regional Computer Secuirty Incident Response Team forum. As part of the mutual partnership, M3AAWG has also joined LACNIC and will be participating in their meetings to engage with these service providers and online security communities.
India Anti-Abuse Working Group
India has a large user base subject to high levels of spam and malware. M3AAWG is sharing our members' experience and industry best practices, hosting local meetings and providing other materials to help stem online abuse in the region.
The Voice and Telephony Abuse SIG
The M3AAWG VTA SIG leverages and expands M3AAWG expertise to mitigate abuse issues related to the convergence of the Internet with voice and telephony technologies. The VTA SIG also hosts global workshops at M3AAWG general meetings with participation from various government, policy and technical organizations that are cooperating in the work against robocalls, caller-ID spoofing, voice phishing and other issues.
The Anti-Bot Code of Conduct for ISPs
The ABCs for ISPs is a cooperative industry-government initiative released by the U.S. FCC CSRIC Working Group #7 in 2012. Many M3AAWG members actively contributed to the code's development and M3AAWG also provides a list of network operators that have demonstrated their commitment to working against bots and malware by supporting the code.


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Triple M Entertainment has secured Steve Louw and Big Sky who were the support act for the 1998 Rodriguez tour of SA (they feature in the acclaimed movie "Searching for Sugar Man").
The band play De Waal Park this Sunday 3rd Feb. – Special guest is Mark Haze, who Steve saw perform earlier this season at De Waal Park and remarked that it would be great for Mark to come and guest with his band on the show this Sunday at 4pm.
"Mark has a great voice and it would be fun to play with a young star at a venue that lends itself to doing great collaborations on stage."
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Shivering Songs Mixtape
The overwhelming success of the inaugural Shivering Songs festival in Fredericton made it apparent there was a demand for folk music in beautiful, quiet settings.
Part of Fredericton FROSTival, Shivering Songs began in 2011 when the New Brunswick chamber-folk group, The Olympic Symphonium, curated a weekend of music in their hometown of Fredericton as a way of celebrating their third album.
This year, the festival will take place from Jan. 23 to Jan. 26. The festival brings quiet music to beautiful, intimate venues, using the Wilmot Church as their main stage. Other venues include the Fredericton Boyce Farmer's Market, The Capital Complex and the Cedar Tree Cafe.
Brendan Magee, Shivering Songs co-organizer, put together a playlist of festival headliners along with the tunes he recommends.
January 23-26, 2014
Various venues in the heart of downtown
Tickets available HERE
Kathleen Edwards – Soft Place To Land
- Gentle pop songs with searing emotional content. Ornate and sincere. A frequent collaborator with a brilliant resume, see: Bon Iver, Blue Rodeo and Bryan Adams.
Ron Sexsmith – Right About Now
- Legendary songsmith. Uniquely affecting songs that distil the pitfalls of being human. Hefty praise from fans, critics and folks like Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello and John Hiatt.
Christine Fellows – Mlle. Stenno
- Winnipeg songstress and master interdisciplinarian. Expertly combines music, visual mediums, choreography and film into her highly decorated works, scores and spectacles.
Paper Lions – My Friend
- Fast rising PEIslanders producing some of the catchiest songs to ever emerge from this part of the world, see: My Friend, Philadelphia, and Travelling. Infectious, swooning and melodic.
Thom Swift – Circle Of Boots
- A rootsy New Brunswick mainstay who's played across the globe and shared the stage with acts like Rosanne Cash, John Hiatt, John Mayall, Guy Davis, Bill Frissell and Ray Bonneville.
Rose Cousins – For The Best
- One of our absolute favorite songwriters, and a sweetheart to boot. Rose put out one of the best records on the planet last year. Do yourself a favor and pick up We Have Made A Spark!
Alan Jeffries & 50 Shades Of Blue – Big Spike Hammer
- Hootenanny, plain and simple. An upbeat mix of traditional, modern, and original bluegrass. The hallmark of our Bluegrass Brunch. Just what you need on a haggard Sunday morning.
Share – The Great Before
- Ever changing and always charming. Unaffected yet intensely affecting. These shrewdly crafted, discerning songs have been sadly absent for the last few years… until now!
Steve Poltz – Silver Lining
- World renowned songwriter. Famously co-wrote Jewel's timeless ballad "You Were Meant For Me." Notoriously *great* live show that's equal parts frenzied, hilarious and sincere.
Jennah Barry – 4×4
- One of the brightest young talents to emerge from our region in a very long time. Writes with knack and know-how of someone far beyond her years. Feeling that leaves you reeling.
Bidiniband – Last Of The Dead Wrong Things
- Music on a whole different level – just what you'd expect from the Rheostatics frontman / only person to be nominated for a Gemini, Genie and Juno, as well CBC's Canada Reads.
Wintersleep – Zones
- One of our greatest exports. Masters of eerie, songs lush with rural ghosts and forgotten landscapes. Ethereal and otherworldly. Five drastically different, yet equally brilliant albums.
John K. Samson – The Last And
- Prairie poet and the front-man for cult classic outfit The Weakerthans. John's solo work is a blend of hymns for the departed and evocative works for the living. Folk at its finest.


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MySAP CRM: The official guidebook to SAP CRM 4.0
It is imperative to establish effective sales processes. Working together with marketing, sales order processing, and service, the goal of sales business processes is to establish and enhance business relationships with customers. Learn about sales functionality in mySAP CRM, including planning, implementation, and management activities in this chapter from The official guidebook to SAP CRM 4.0 from SAP PRESS.
The second phase of the customer interaction cycle is devoted to sales. In close coordination with marketing, sales order processing, and service, business processes in this area aim to establish and enhance business relationships with customers. The following planning, implementation, and management activities are supported by the mySAP CRM sales solution.
Figure 7.15 shows that sales represents an individual, closed cycle within the customer interaction cycle. However, on a daily basis, the various stages of a business process rarely continue directly one after the other. Complex requirements, as well as disruptions and dependencies, frequently have to be addressed in the individual phases. Additionally, there are individual cycles within each phase which in and of themselves consist of planning, action, and analysis. Interfaces between sales management and other business areas, but also for partners and competitors, must equally be taken into account. Information and data about orders and sales prospects, and sales organizations, teams, and territories, come into play in the planning phase. At this stage, strategies are developed—possibly with the support of the marketing order—to provide the sales representative with all the necessary instruments and information required to reach a successful conclusion. After the conclusion of a contract, all contract details are recorded and can be used for analysis and evaluation. On this basis, planners and decision-makers can, for example, determine which products were successful in which regions, how often "opportunities" became orders, and in which segments additional sales resources or initiatives are required.
Figure 7.15: Sales in the Customer Interaction Cycle
Integration of All Interaction Channels
Sales can be successful today only if the high communication demands of potential and existing customers are met. This is true in particular for the interaction channels supported. Nowadays, almost everyone can be contacted via the Internet and mobile phones. It goes without saying that customers also expect this type of interaction from their suppliers. Furthermore, customers want to be able to choose their communication channel freely. They might, for example, place an order over the Internet today, then call up tomorrow and, in the event of making more critical decisions and dealing with higher purchase prices, expect direct contact with the field sales representative.
The greatest challenge here is the ability to change interaction channels as a process is running. For example, a customer places an order over the Internet, but calls the very next day to increase the quantity ordered. This is the moment of truth that will determine whether customer reach a reality. Does the employee in the call center have the same information as the customer? Or does the employee have to ask again for all the information that the customer entered the night before on the Internet? The call center employee who has access to all sales order data before starting the conversation can seamlessly continue the interaction that began the night before on the Internet.
In mySAP CRM, all interaction channels are integrated on the basis of a joint dataset. Every employee has access to the information required for each individual customer interaction in a consistent and complete form.
Sales Planning
Sales organizations can focus on customers, customer groups, and products that generate profit through effective sales planning, simulation, and forecasting, for example with regard to sales volumes, profit margins, visit frequency, and so on. This helps the sales department to make existing customers more profitable customers, and to decide which sales prospects could become potential profit-generating customers.
The following sales planning functions are available with mySAP CRM:
Planning can take place top-down or bottom-up. With top-down planning, requirements are specified right down to the smallest sales unit. In contrast, bottom- up planning condenses plan figures upward along the sales organization hierarchy. Structure information from Territory Management is used for bottom-up planning. Bottom-up and top-down planning, together with individual planning for individual customer contacts and activities, constitute the best prerequisites for lasting sales success. Sales planning is supported by sales analysis figures. This means that it is possible to determine, for example, which products were successful in which regions, and which customers contributed the most to profitability. On the basis of this information, you can forecast sales figures and make decisions regarding the assignment of individual sales employees.
Read the rest of this excerpt and download Chapter 7:
mySAP CRM—Applications Interaction Cycle
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To purchase the book and others in the series, please visit SAP PRESS.
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Passenger vehicle sales in particular nosedived with even the market leader, Maruti Suzuki India registering a marginal single- digit growth in June 2017. Other carmakers either faced a decline or toed the line with a wafer thin growth.
However, carmakers are bullish of witnessing positive sentiments in the market starting July that will see the industry notching a double-digit growth during 2017-18 on the back of price reductions post GST.
In the commercial vehicle market, the medium and heavy commercial vehicle segment has started reflecting signs of recovery as the after effects of the pre-buying due to the enforcement of the BS-IV emission norms from 1 April started wearing off.
Light commercial vehicles have continued on their growth trajectory but OEMs experienced both hits and misses in the overall CV category sales due to the impact of the impending GST.
In the two-wheeler market, OEMs are eyeing the benefits of a unified market post GST imposition. Two-wheelers continued on their growth path and with a slash in prices based on engine displacements, the two-wheeler segment below 350cc should see a robust growth.
PVs in a catch 22 situation
Domestic sales of the country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India plunged to a low single digit of 1.2 percent in June 2017 at 93263 units. The company had sold 92133 units in June 2016 in the domestic market and a total of 98840 units the same month.
The carmaker had grown 15.5 percent during May 2017 in the domestic market.
Maruti Suzuki sold a total of 106,394 units in June 2017, up 7.6 percent over June 2016.
Exports accounted for 13131 units a step up by 95.8 percent during the month under review.
The best performer for the carmaker was the utility vehicle segment where the Vitara Brezza, Gypsy, S-Cross and Ertiga are clubbed. It grew 43 percent during June 2017 to 13879 units. It was followed by the mid-size category where the sales of the Ciaz sedan were up by 41.1 percent to 3950 units.
The Ciaz that comes in a mild hybrid option may soon face the GST after effects as hybrid vehicles will become costlier with a 43 percent tax structure under the new tax regime.
Earlier they were privy to financial incentives available to hybrid and electric vehicles under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles scheme of the Centre.
The Maruti compact cars spanning the Baleno, Swift, DZire, Ignis, Ritz and Celerio have also slowed down to a growth of 1.3 percent at 40496 units during June 2017.
The Mini segment cars Alto and Wagon R continued to post a decline of 7.9 percent in June 2017 at 25524 units. They were followed by the van segment including the Eeco and Omni that de-grew 6.7 percent at 9208 units.
In comparison, domestic sales in the first quarter (April-June) of 2017-18 were up 14.3 percent at 368431 units and exports down 0.1 percent at 26140 units. Total sales were up 13.2 percent at 394571 units.
Hyundai Motor India (HMIL), reported domestic sales of 37,562 units for the month of June 2017. The country's second largest car manufacturer and the largest passenger car exporter de-grew 5.6 percent during June 2017compared to sales of 39,807 units posted in June 2016.
A saving grace was the single-digit growth of 4.1 percent during H1 January-June 2017 with domestic sales of 2,53,428 units .
Rakesh Srivastava, director - sales and marketing, HMIL said, "In a challenging market fueled with speculations on the GST tax structure, Hyundai registered its highest ever half year domestic sales at 2,53,428 units with a growth of 4.1percent on account of strong acceptance of super performer brands Grand i10, Elite i20 and Creta in pre-GST business environment. We expect a positive demand pull post the successful implementation of GST in the coming months as industry will witness heightened level of customers' interest in a seamless unified single market."
Home grown SUV maker Mahindra & Mahindra witnessed a drop of 8 percent in total sales to 35,716 vehicles, from 39,009 vehicles during June 2016.
The PV segment (which includes UVs, cars and vans) sold 16,170 vehicles in June 2017 down by 5 percent. The company's total domestic sales stood at 33,861 vehicles during June 2017 down by 3 percent.
Ford India's June domestic wholesales were down 35.06 percent to 6,149 vehicles in June 2017. However exports grew 42.7 percent to 14,679 vehicles.
"GST is a step in the right direction, and expected to strengthen economic growth," said Anurag Mehrotra, managing director, Ford India. "Leading up to this biggest tax reform, the month of June saw moderated wholesales as the industry looked to protect itself from the possible impact."
The company's combined domestic wholesales and exports in June reached 20,828 vehicles from 19,754 vehicles in the corresponding month last year.
Tata Motors reported a 9 percent drop in total sales during June 2017 to 40,358 units Its domestic sales fell by 5 percent to 36,854 units.
"Mixed consumer sentiments in June 2017 towards the implications of GST have impacted the passenger vehicle business while the commercial vehicles business grew on month-on month basis, due to BS-4 production ramp-up," the company said in a statement.
Tata Motors domestic passenger vehicle sales declined by 10 per cent to 11,176 units. The domestic sales of its commercial vehicles stood at 25,678 units, down by two per cent over the corresponding period of 2016.
The domestic sales of its commercial vehicles stood at 25,678 units, down by two per cent over the corresponding period of 2016.
The company's exports declined by 40 per cent to 3,504 units in June 2017 owing to supply constraints.
Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) reported an 85 percent decline in domestic sales at 1,973 units for June 2017. The company maintained that the uncertainty surrounding the GST implementation with regard to passenger vehicles has impacted the retails as the customers are postponing their plan of purchasing the vehicle to the post-GST roll out.
The company had sold 13,502 units in the corresponding period of the last financial year.
Honda Cars India posted a growth of 12.2 per cent in June. Its monthly domestic sales increased to 12,804 units.
"HCIL conducted a price protection in June to those customers who purchase cars before GST roll out in order to counter the sales challenge during pre-GST period. It helped us maintain good sales numbers," said Yoichiro Ueno, President and CEO, Honda Cars India.
"We foresee that the GST rollout, good monsoon forecast and upcoming festive season will further improve the buyers' sentiment."
Ever since the launch of Honda City Facelift and Crossover WR-V the carmaker has seen uptick in sales. Both the vehicles contributed more than 60 percent of the total sales.
|Maruti Suzuki India
|Hyundai Motors India
|Mahindra & Mahindra
|Tata Motors
|Honda Cars India
|Ford India
|Two Wheelers
|Hero Moto Corp
|(Incl. exports)
|Commercial Vehicles
|Ashok Leyland
|Tata Motors
Two-wheelers fare better
With sales of 624,185 two-wheelers in June 2017, Hero MotoCorp grew 14 percent in June 2017 over the corresponding month of the previous fiscal when it sold 549,533 units.
Strong growth in both motorcycles and scooters drove this uptick. The company sold 547,185 units of motorcycles during the month of June, up by 13 percent. Hero sold 77,000 scooters in June, a step up of 22 percent over the corresponding month in 2016.
Hero MotoCorp sold 18,49,375 units in the first three months (April 2017 – June 2017 its highest-ever sales in any quarter. The company's previous highest quarterly sales were in the second quarter (July-September) of FY16-17, when it sold 18.23 lakh units.
Motorcycle volume growth was supported by the wedding season and the in-market activations for Hero's Glamour, Splendor, Passion, HF Deluxe and Achiever models. Scooters gained volumes driven by the '360 degree' Go-To-Market programme along-with the introduction of new upgrades and refreshes earlier in the quarter.
Continuing its growth momentum Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India closed June 2017 with overall sales of 444,713 units in June 2017 with a 4 percent growth. Honda maintained its market share of 26 percent while migrating to GST.
Honda's domestic two-wheeler sales (scooter + motorcycle) grew 2 percent from 407,979 units in June 2016 to 416,498 units in June 2017. Leading scooterization, Honda's automatic scooter sales clocked 271,017 units compared to 265,361 units sold in June 2016.
Honda's motorcycles sales grew 2 percent from 142,618 units in June2016 to 145,481 units in June 2017. Exports jumped by 47 percent to 28,215 units in June 2017.
Yadvinder Singh Guleria, Senior Vice President - Sales and Marketing, HMSI said, "In June 2017, customers preferred to buy Honda Two-Wheelers even though many in the industry offered pre-GST discounts. Starting July 1, Honda is passing on the GST benefit applicable in most of the states to our valued customers who now get significant savings going up to Rs 5,500 depending on the model and the state of purchase."
Hits and misses for CV makers
Commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland has staged an overall recovery in sales during the month of June 2017 growing 11 percent with sales of 12,330 units, according to a company statement.
It had suffered a decline of 8 percent in total sales during May 2017 on the back of the downslide in medium and heavy commercial vehicles.
During June 2017, the growth is led by light commercial vehicles at 29 percent with sales of 3,128 units. M&HCVs have grown 6 percent at 9,202 units.
However during the first quarter (April-June), total sales were down by 9 percent at 28,495 units with M&HCVs contributing the largest drop of 17 percent with sales of 19,877 units. LCVs however grew 21 percent at 8,618 units.
VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd recorded an overall decline of 20.5 percent during June 2017, with sales of 3921 units.
The June 2017 sales figure includes 3885 units of the Eicher brand and 36 units of the Volvo brand.
Eicher trucks and buses sold a total of 3885 units in June 2017 falling 20.4 percent. In the domestic CV market, Eicher trucks and buses posted a decline of 20.5 percent with sales of 3382 units.
On the export front, Eicher trucks and buses recorded total sales of 503 units in June 2017, a drop of 19.1 percent. Volvo Trucks recorded sales of 36 units in June 2017 with a decline of 36.8 percent.
In June 2017, the Medium and Heavy Commercial Vehicles segment of Mahindra & Mahindra sold 700 vehicles. Exports for June 2017 stood at 1,855 vehicles.
Rajan Wadhera, President, Automotive Sector, M&M said, "At Mahindra's Auto Division, while our domestic sales for June registered a de-growth of 3 percent, for the first quarter we grew by 1 percent. Our CVs grew by 17 percent in the first quarter and 12 percent in June 2017. Additionally the M&HCV segment also registered a growth of 35 percent during the month. Our focus has been to minimise channel stocks to reduce the transition losses, on account of GST implementation. We are closely observing GST and strongly believe that once we tide over the initial uncertainties, GST is set to usher in a new era for the economy in general and the automotive industry in particular. Going forward, we expect that our wide product portfolio will drive our growth."
(Corrigendum: We had mentioned Toyota Kirloskar Motor domestic sales drop as 8.5% instead of 85% in the table. We regret the error.)


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Well, we are right now mining their land to make our current tech upgrades: a new iPhone -- or three -- every year. You'd expect people to be at least a little bit more reluctant to undergo surgery often than to buy a new brick. From an ecological perspective I am not educated enough, but my general impression was that we don't need to urgently stop mining. We need to do it cleaner, and eventually mine from space. Mining is a contribution to the climate change, but not the biggest one. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
An anarchist quasi-state (in the meaning that it is a significant piece of land not under control by another state, sufficiently organized to build complex production lines) could mine from its own land, if it has the necessary resources. If that is not feasible, I don't think there's a reason why an anarchist community cannot trade with others, even with corporations, i.e., we could buy resources.
And if provider of resources is also an anarcho-communist community with compatible values, we could, hypothetically, propose to ally or merge with them, share the resources and produce some of the technology there, and some here, benefiting everyone, including them.


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- Date ListedJune 7th, 2019
- Days on Website225
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In case you haven't received the memo and you live in the North East….. it's going to SNOW!!!! It's not suggested to drive due to the poor visibility and awful road conditions so why not […]
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Tis the Season for Planking!! That's right it's time for a Plank Challenge! I know it's the 2nd of the month BUT there is still time to join in on the ?Planking? Fun!! Just get […]
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I don't know about you but Turkey Day is one of my all time FAVORITE days for so many reasons. What are those reasons you may ask, well I'm so glad you inquired! 1) FOOD….I […]
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America celebrates Thanksgiving in remembrance of the Pilgrims and settling the New World…… Ummm yea that's EXACTLY what I'll be thinking about tomorrow ;). More like America celebrates "It's Ok to wear Yoga/Sweat Pants and […]
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There is a dividing line in the work out world between Cardio and No Cardio. But to be honest I feel like there is a small grey area where a few of us fall, let me break it down.
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Eating Grass Jelly, Why Not?
Hi, Friends of SlimGourmet! Lunar New Year which full of high calories and tasty foods is over. Then, how about your blood glucose level? Or maybe your blood lipid profile, blood pressure, and body weight condition? If you feel any symptoms that lead to high blood glucose, high blood pressure, and high blood lipid profile, you should have consultation with your doctor and start to live healthy.
One of ways to stabilize your health condition is by eating grass jelly. Do you know that grass jelly has many health benefits? Generally, people are aware that grass jelly can be useful in treating fever and digestive problems. However, grass jelly is also having benefit in lowering blood glucose, blood lipid profile, blood pressure, and weight maintenance. It is because of high water and fiber content. In our body, fiber will bond with fat and stabilize blood glucose so it really helpful to people with diabetes, high blood lipid profile, heart disease, hypertension, stroke, and obesity. Besides, grass jelly is also rich of minerals, vitamin A, B1, and C. Grass jelly extract also acts as antioxidants that greater than vitamin E.
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The Dane County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed the resolution to put the legalization referendum on the November ballot! Thanks to everyone who came out in support of legalization!
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Thursday June 21st at 5pm- the Dane County Executive Committee will be meeting to discuss putting the advisory referendum to legalize and regulate cannabis on the November ballot. If the resolution passes the committee it will go to the full
Madison NORML at the 420 Fest!
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Today I have a New Release for you from my friend Simone Beaudelaire. Blood Fever is a vampire romance adventure. I have read this book and loved it.
It is the spring of 1945 and the War in Europe is ending, but in New Orleans's French Quarter, the sultry nights conceal a danger even greater to the future of humanity. Standing alone against this ancient, bloodthirsty evil, scientist Philippe Dumont races against time to cure a disease that resembles yellow fever… but is not.
Budding researcher Daphne Delaney joins Philippe in hopes of preventing an undead despot from launching his own quest for global dominance. Daunting though the task may seem, neither Daphne nor Philippe can grasp the scope of the danger they face, nor of the passion they will find in each other.
From urban New Orleans to the depths of the bayou, Philippe must chase the monster who terrorized his youth to save the woman he loves. But the Vampire King will not rest until both lovers belong to him… for all eternity.
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The Japanese artist Takashi Murakami combines highly refined classical Japanese painting techniques with distinctive Pop sensibilities. Known for his "Superflat" style, directly influenced by manga and anime, the artist creates works that explode with color and playfulness. For the 2015–16 ski season, in collaboration with Aspen Skiing Company, Murakami has produced four unique images, all of which embody his trademark visual aesthetic.
This advanced workshop for teens will cultivate a personal sense of style and brand- and client-responsive design. Throughout the week, we will move independently through all steps of the design process to create a wearable work of art for the 6–8 year old participants in the "Let's Move" Workshop and performance. Prior experience with a sewing machine encouraged.
Mark Grotjahn makes conceptually grounded paintings that collide abstract and figurative elements to unsettle the conventions of each. By continuously combining the seemingly incompatible poles of abstraction and figuration, realism and expressionism, rational logic and intuitive process, Grotjahn stakes a claim for the continued vitality of both abstraction and painting itself. The AAM's exhibition of Grotjahn's work was the artist's first comprehensive museum survey in the US, including work produced from the late 1990s to the present.
In his Perspective and Butterfly paintings, Grotjahn combines varying schemes of one-point perspective—used since the Renaissance to produce the illusion of depth on a flat surface—to create mesmerizing abstractions. By upending the horizon line, the Butterfly paintings float free of perspectival grounding and oscillate between geometric abstraction and spatial illusion. While these works appear at first glance to be rigidly formal and graphic, their surfaces are often layered over underpaintings, which create tonal shifts and textured surfaces that reveal the process of their own making. In a more recent body of Face paintings, Grotjahn builds up complexly layered surfaces on sheets of primed cardboard mounted on linen. The basic elements of painting—line, color, and texture—are gradually worked into these penetrating images.
Grotjahn's mask sculptures extend the artist's idiosyncratic investment in the process and ritual of painting into three dimensions. Five of these masks were on view in Aspen and Snowmass: one on the grounds of the museum and one on each of the four ski mountains. The five sculptures were also featured on the 2011–12 limited-edition ski lift tickets.
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The 2018 Doll Buggy Parade was held Thursday, August 2
The Annual Doll Buggy Parade is a long-standing village tradition in which children of all ages are invited to meet at the corner of School and Church streets at 5:15pm to walk or ride in the one-block parade ending near the Pool. Deck out your bikes, scooters, wagons, strollers and anything else that you ride on (or walk with) in the parade with plenty of decorations. Costumes are encouraged! Have fun! All participants will receive a goodie bag as a thank you for participating. There's no registration. Join your friends and neighbors for a fun family night!
In the event of inclement weather, the parade will be moved indoors to the Village Gym.
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The process of divorce can be challenging for all involved. Traditionally, it involves a divorce lawyer, courtrooms – and expenses that can really escalate. In circumstances where couples feel they can work constructively toward divorce in a less formal, more personal setting, collaborative law divorce may be the perfect solution. Collaborative law allows couples to work with a lawyer acting as a legal counselor who will help them work out more favorable divorce terms in ways that take into consideration specific circumstances. This is a more amicable approach to divorce that can help couples and families separate on better terms, without encountering a great deal of cost.
What Is Divorce By Collaborative Law?
According to a divorce attorney, divorce by collaborative law is an alternative that can be chosen to provide couples with a way to divorce outside of the courtroom as well as take a more active role in planning and defining their divorce. A lawyer who handles divorce advises that this is a good answer for couples who are willing to work jointly with legal professionals to resolve pertinent concerns – such as finances, assets, parenting, and other concerns – to the best advantage of both parties. In a collaborative divorce, the emphasis is on creating solutions that favor everyone, rather than being told what to do by the courts. When necessary, conflict resolution is aided as well with the help of lawyers, mental health professionals, and other experts.
The Benefits of Collaborative Law Divorce
Because there a trial is not planned and all negotiation takes place between the couple and their chosen collaborative law legal team, a divorce lawyer says couples have more control over the process and more room to negotiate and problem solve. Parties are not forced into an agreement; they create one both welcome, making compliance and acceptance much easier. Communication is key and resolutions for the long-term are encouraged. The entire process becomes an individual one based on each couple and their unique needs and concerns, with suitable solutions that avoid causing friction between involved parties.
Collaborative Law Divorce and Families
One of the concerns with any divorce litigation, particularly when children are involved, is how difficult the process is on the children. Frequent and formal meetings with an attorney, appearing in court, and many other parts of the process create stress and resentment between parents and directly affect children as well.
With collaborative law, almost every divorce lawyer says the process is much more relaxed and family-friendly. Meetings with an individual attorney and joint divorce teams are conveniently scheduled to not disrupt everyday life. Negotiations are more amicable and most importantly – are confidential. The entire atmosphere during a meeting is one that encourages parents to work together, create a positive situation for their children by respecting each other, avoid arguments, and remain on a prescribed path to achieve only positive goals. This is well-suited for parents looking at a co-parenting situation, helping them to plan and agree as necessary.
Almost every lawyer agrees that divorce through collaborative law is a respectful, positive way for a couple to end their marriage without causing each other hardships, argumentative confrontations, and having the court system ultimately to making decisions for them. Working with a divorce lawyer experienced in collaborative law is the best way to obtain positive results through a specific process, which starts with the selection of the right collaborative law divorce team to handle the detail!
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text: can anyone help please ?? Sadly due to my divorce I've had to sell my DVC After renting it out quite easily through David if was a hard decision but had to be done. I used Lori at Dvcsales.com and the early process was quite painless and I have most of the money in my account. However us law holds back some of the tax and I'm told I can claim in back from www.irs.gov by completing form W7. It seems so complicated I'm not sure where to start? They want certified copy from the issuing agency of my passport. Anyone know of a tax specialist that I could pay to help me with this? Thanks x


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The new iOs 7 home screen icons are slightly more rounded than previous versions. You can see this easily if you have any icons with a rounded bezel on the icon. When you look at the MoneyWall2 app, you can see that the edges of the white bezel are cut off. A simple way to fix this is to remove the bezel or stroke, and you get something like MoneyWall, which fits in with the overall feel of iOs7 a little better.
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Main Menu - Gluten Free Options
*Farmer's Platter
Papa's Homemade sausage, Hungarian salami, Farmer's cheese, spicy apricot Brie, and Mama's red cabbage salad, accompanied by marinated tomatoes, with toasted house-made bread, handmade crackers and our renowned house mustard.
*Gluten Free option available
*Magyar Krumpli
Deliciously seasoned steak fries made to order. Covered with Hungarian-style shredded Angus beef and sautéed onions, melted Monterey Jack and Cheddar cheese. Finished with sour cream and Anaheim peppers.
*Gluten Free option available
*Chicken Paprikas
Grandma Sophia's traditional recipe of tender chicken in an exceptionally creamy and mild paprika sauce, served over homemade spaetzle (pearl noodles) .
Lite - Heart Healthy also available
*Gluten Free option available
*Beef Porkolt
The Hungarian version of Burgundy Beef with mushrooms, served over homemade spaetzle.
Lite - Heart Healthy also available
*Gluten Free option available
Papa's own special recipe. A mild, garlicky pork sausage complimented with our renowned house made mustard and our traditional sweet and sour red cabbage, accompanied by parsley buttered red potatoes.
Lite - Heart Healthy also available.
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*Szekely Toltott Kaposzta
Mama's delicious cabbage rolls stuffed with lean, well-seasoned ground pork, and rice. This traditional Eastern European dish is topped with sour cream and served with parsley buttered red potatoes.
Lite - Heart Healthy also available.
*Gluten Free option available
*Papa's Choice
Our famous Szekely Toltott Kaposzta (cabbage roll) and Papa's Kolbasz (sausage) with traditional red cabbage, vegetable, and parsley buttered red potatoes.
*Parizsi Szelet
Melt in your mouth Hand cut Pork Tenderloin, dipped in a light batter and fried. Served with Paprikas sauce over mashed potatoes, and fresh vegetable.
Lite - Heart Healthy also available.
*Gluten Free option available
*Pork Medallions
Pork tenderloin sautéed with your choice of Jaeger (mushrooms in brandy sauce), or Maple ( a sweet, spicy maple marinade with tart granny smith apples), served with mashed potatoes and vegetable.
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*Gomba Porkolt
Creamy Hungarian style mushroom sauce of button mushrooms, paprika, white wine, green onions, bell peppers, and cream sautéed to perfection, and served over basmati rice.
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Characterization of Perforin-2, a Novel Anti-bacterial, Pore-forming Protein of the Innate Immune System
Publication Date
Embargo Period
Degree Type
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PHD)
Microbiology and Immunology (Medicine)
Date of Defense
First Committee Member
Eckhard R. Podack
Second Committee Member
Kenneth A. Fields
Third Committee Member
Mathias Lichtenheld
Fourth Committee Member
Gregory V. Plano
Fifth Committee Member
Amjad Farooq
Sixth Committee Member
Olivera Stojadinovic
Pore-forming proteins such as the membrane attack complex (MAC) of the complement system and Perforin of cytotoxic lymphocytes are potent host defense effectors employed by the immune system. These proteins share a structurally conserved domain, MACPF that is responsible for ring formation and membrane insertion of these toxic molecules. The objective of the current study was to identify the function of a third MACPF-containing pore-former of the immune system, Macrophage expressed gene 1 (Mpeg1). Mpeg1 encodes a highly conserved, membrane-bound protein which we have designated Perforin-2 (P-2). P-2 is induced upon monocyte maturation, is constitutively expressed by macrophages and upregulated by lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma). Evidence is presented herein that macrophages employ P-2 to mediate intracellular killing of bacteria. Gene silencing was performed using P-2-specific siRNA which led to uncontrolled Salmonella typhimurium growth. To further characterize the protein, a P-2 fusion protein with a fluorescent tag was transfected into macrophages and analyzed for localization and function. P-2 in macrophages resides in the endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi network and recycling endosomes where it would be available for trafficking to phagocytosed microbes. Combined inhibition of the established bactericidal mechanisms, reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide, with P-2 resulted in bacterial survival equal to that of P-2 inhibition alone suggesting that oxidative pathways of toxicity are downstream of P-2 action. Finally, site-directed mutagenesis of a conserved tyrosine in the cytoplasmic domain of P-2 rendered the protein non-functional in killing against Mycobacterium smegmatis suggesting that phosphorylation of this residue is important for activation of P-2. Therefore, P-2 represents a novel, highly conserved cytotoxic effector molecule expressed by macrophages with important implications for the control of microbial infection and host defense.
innate; bacteria; macrophages; pore-forming; MACPF
Recommended Citation
de Armas, Lesley R., "Characterization of Perforin-2, a Novel Anti-bacterial, Pore-forming Protein of the Innate Immune System" (2013). Open Access Dissertations. 1021.


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A tried-and-true practice, The 2011 NBA Draft Lottery (retro) Diary, with thoughts on the first 14 selections:
?First Round
1. Cleveland (from L.A. Clippers), Kyrie Irving, g, Duke.
*This is the pick the Cavaliers got in the Baron Davis-Mo Williams trade, and it's just the Clippers' luck that it becomes the No. 1 pick in the lottery.
After a few days of speculation, no surprise here that the Cavaliers take Irving, who was great in his freshman season at Duke, albeit if he only played 11 games because of injury. He's not as dynamic as recent No. 1 point guards like John Wall and Derrick Rose, but his playmaking abilities have led some to compare him to Chris Paul.
I'm not sure if Irving will ever be that good, but I don't think there's any way he doesn't become one of the top-10 point guards in the league. This is a step in the right direction for Cleveland, a franchise that desperately needs some hope after last season's LeBron James hangover.
Just a side note, this puts the Cavs in position to trade one of the other PGs on the roster — whether it be Baron Davis, Ramon Sessions or former Longhorn Boobie Gibson.
2. Minnesota, Derrick Williams, f, Arizona.
It's really hard not to fall in love with Williams when you watch him play, because he's so dynamic. If there's one player in this draft who could become a true superstar, it might be him. Only thing to complain about here is that he's sort of in a basketball dark hole in Minnesota now — by all accounts, the worst franchise in basketball. And he lands on a roster that already has a glut of talented forwards: Kevin Love, Michael Beasley and Anthony Randolph. There's also Wesley Johnson, the fourth pick last year. One of those guys will need to be traded to make room for Williams, who projects as a four but could also play the three.
3. Utah (from New Jersey), Enes Kanter, c, Kentucky/Fenerbahce Ulker (Turkey).
Great pickup for the Jazz. Kanter was set to star at Kentucky before the NCAA ruled him ineligible for all of last season, but he showed some glimpses of his talent at the 2010 Nike Hoops Summit, when he scored 34 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.
Kanter's skill set — polished low-post game, soft hands, mobile, good jumper — should complement Derrick Favors and Al Jefferson down low. This gives Utah one of the more formidable frontcourts in the league.
4. Cleveland, Tristan Thompson, f, Texas.
Wow. There were some rumblings of this happening in recent mock drafts, but it's still pretty unbelievable to think about how much Thompson has improved his stock since he officially declared for the draft, when he was a fringe lotto prospect. He might never be a star, but his hustle on both ends of the floor will make him a reliable big man. At Texas, he became known for his defense and his rebounding, but never really got much of a chance to show what he could do offensively, other than put-back dunks and oops. In a NBA offense, and with a really good point guard in Irving, Thompson will have a chance to improve that end of his game in Cleveland.
5. Toronto, Jonas Valanciunas, c, Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania).
Valanciunas could have gone to Cleveland at No. 4, but there were some worries that his expensive buyout could keep him overseas a bit longer. In any case, he'll be a really good compliment to Andrea Bargnani whenever he comes to Toronto. Haven't seen much of the guy (completely forgot to check him out on my most recent trip to Lithuania) but if he's as solid in the post as the experts say he is, Toronto should have a versatile frontcourt attack.
6. Washington, Jan Vesely, f, Partizan Belgrade (Serbia).
This is going to be fun to watch. Vesely plays differently than any European player you have ever seen, with incredible athleticism and the ability to dunk just about anything. YouTube this guy. Then imagine John Wall lobbing oops to him. Vesely won't be the second or third best guy on a playoff-contending team, but he could make up an exciting piece of the puzzle in D.C.
7. Sacramento (traded to Charlotte), Bismack Biyombo, f, Fuenlabrada (Spain).
Two really fun picks back-to-back. Biyombo really won't be good for anything more than shot-blocking and interior defense, but he's good enough at both of them to make up for offensive incompetence. He and DeMarcus Cousins would have been scary in Sacramento, but Biyombo was traded shortly afterwards to Charlotte.
8. Detroit, Brandon Knight, g, Kentucky.
Knight is an intriguing combo guard who fits well with Detroit, assuming Rodney Stuckey is on his way out. Ideally, he's a point guard. This is a steal, Knight could have gone in the top five.
9. Charlotte, Kemba Walker, g, Connecticut.
I'm a fan of Kemba, but just not on this team. Charlotte got big contributions last year from former Longhorn D.J. Augustin, who scored 14 points and dished out six assists a game. Walker, like Augustin, is a smaller point guard, and a scorer who needs the ball in his hands to be most successful. Not sure what this means for Augustin's tenure in Charlotte, because the fans (all 200 of them) might favor Walker, the national champion who has developed a cult-like following. Interesting to note that both he and Augustin were picked No. 9 in the draft.
10. Milwaukee (traded to Sacramento), Jimmer Fredette, g, BYU.
In the name of Joseph Smith, we couldn't have gotten Jimmer in a bigger media market? I need to see this guy either in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Dallas, Miami, Denver or Chicago. The only consolation in this is that the Kings should become one of the more polarizing teams to watch, what with Cousins' temper tantrums and Tyreke Evans' style of play — equal parts exciting and selfish. Jimmer will most likely play off the ball in Sacramento, so, assuming Evans ever passes to anybody, he'll do his damage around the three-point line.
11. Golden State, Klay Thompson, g, Washington State.
Thompson led the Pac-10 in scoring this past season, with 21.6 points a game, so it only makes no sense that he's going to the Warriors, who already have Monta Ellis and Stephen Curry.
12. Utah, Alec Burks, g, Colorado.
Another good get for the Jazz. Burks was one of the premier scorers in the Big 12 this season, and he'll bring some punch to a backcourt that features — yikes — Devin Harris, Gordon Hayward, C.J. Miles and Raja Bell. Burks should start from day one.
13. Phoenix, Markieff Morris, f, Kansas.
Big, mean, reasonably talented, tough, experienced, with a good motor.
14. Houston, Marcus Morris, f, Kansas.
Twins?! All the above, plus a jump shot.
Some Local Notes:
What a wild night for Jordan Hamilton, who was drafted by Dallas then traded to Portland then traded to Denver. The Nuggets got a steal here. He's no Carmelo (though, with his shot selection, he might think he is) but he'll pour in anywhere from 10 to 25 points any given night. If you're wondering why Hamilton, who was projected to be a lottery pick, slipped all the way to No. 26, it's because Texas basketball coach Rick Barnes apparently told inquiring NBA front offices that Hamilton was "uncoachable."
Cory Joseph was not only drafted by the nearby Spurs, but he also served this whole city a whopping plate of crow. Blasted by many when he came out, including myself, Joseph must have put together some really strong workouts for a diligent-scouting team like the Spurs to want him. With George Hill being traded to Indiana tonight, Joseph should be Tony Parker's backup this season. Good for Cory.
The Spurs also get SDSU's Kawhi Leonard, who was picked No. 15 and then traded from Indiana in the Hill trade. Nicknamed "The Human Avatar" by his college teammates because of his huge hands, Leonard will give San Antonio the perimeter defense presence it hasn't had since Bruce Bowen.
Who is your steal of the draft? Who might be the biggest bust?


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Get your morning sports fix with Bobby Curran, the award-winning voice of University of Hawaii football and men's basketball. The breakfast menu includes a full line-up of sports talk, headlines, game analyses, prize giveaways and interviews with some of the biggest names in local and national sports. ESPN 1420 is your home for the best insight on sports in the islands, and it all starts with The Bobby Curran Show!
Bobby Curran has been involved in Hawaii's sports community for more than 30 years. He is a multiple-time recipent of the "Hawaii Sports Broadcaster of the Year" award, as recognized by the National Sports Media Association. Bobby is the play-by-play voice of University of Hawaii football and men's basketball. He is also the creator of the NAPA Auto Parts Ultimate Sports Trivia Challenge, one of ESPN 1420's most popular annual events.
Bobby is married to his wife, food writer and radio personality Jo McGarry. Bobby and Jo have two sons: 15-year-old Max and 13-year-old Finn. Both boys are themselves big-time sports enthusiasts (Max plays basketball and plans to play football, while Finn plays basketball and is an avid golfer).


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Wines from Spain Book - Received!
Thanks to an offer that Days That End in "Y" came up with, I ordered the Wines From Spain book.
This book is *really* good. It's clearly marketing material, but it's not afraid to talk about what's wrong with regions or the Spanish wine system either. It tells you which regions are still trying to gain a foothold in the world of wine as well as talking about how overly complicated the rating system has become as Spain tries to compete on a world level.
It has great information on all the territories as well as excellent examples from the wineries there with ratings and approximate bottle costs, including which distributor in the US you could buy it from.
Easily and far and away one of the best free books I've ever recieved and it rivals many of the books that you would purchase on the subject. Go get yours now.
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Mr. Speaker, we heard a lengthy dissertation on the costs of addressing climate change, but what greatly disappointed me was that we did not hear one second of discussion by my colleague across the way about the costs of not acting on climate change. The longer we delay, the higher the costs rise, including, as the member would like to go on and on about, the cost of the carbon tax.
There were two measures that the Conservative government promised. When Jim Prentice was the minister of the environment, he said there was going to be cap and trade, but after 10 years in power, nothing had happened. One thing the Conservative government actually did was put in place an eco-energy retrofit program, which was oversubscribed and very popular because it helped to bring down the costs for people who could not afford to pay their energy bills. What did it do when it was over? It yanked the program.
Could the member speak to exactly what measures he thinks are useful and why he is not also equally concerned about the fact that the costs to address climate change are rising, given that for 10 years the Conservative government did not act and the Liberals are thinking about acting?


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Violin Teacher
Robert T. Murphy, a McNair Fellow, began violin studies in Columbia, SC. He received his Bachelor of Music in performance, and a Masters of Music in violin pedagogy and performance.
He studied violin with Myron Kartman, Bernard Zinck, Katherine Rapaport, and string pedagogy with Darcey Drexler and Mimi Zweig. He has played in masterclasses for Jamie Laredo, the Cleveland Duo, and Robert Hanford.
Mr Murphy has played with the Denver Philharmonic China Tour Orchestra, Thalia Symphony(principal second violinist), Kenosha Symphony, Festival City Symphony, Youngstown Symphony, West Virginia Symphony, and has collaborated with such artists as Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Hootie and Blowfish, Crystal Gayle, and Al Jarreau.
He has attended the festivals of Spoleto Music Festival USA, the Brevard Music Festival, the Mid-America Chamber Music Institute, Milwaukee Chamber Music Festival, and the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra at the Eastman School of Music.
As a string orchestra educator and violin pedagogue, he has taught orchestra at Whitefish Bay Middle & High School Orchestra, the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, and many of his former students are studying at major conservatories and universities. He has given masterclasses, and has adjudicated for many music festivals and competitions throughout the United States and China.
Mr. Murphy currently teaches 4th -12th grade strings at the Seattle Waldorf School, first violinist with the Everett Philharmonic, and is the principal second violinist with the Cascade Symphony Orchestra. He also enjoys reading books, trying new restaurants, bowling, hiking, and attending Seattle Sounders games!


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Shedding Light on Black Holes
Seminar | February 26 | 9-9:30 a.m. | Barrows Hall, Radio broadcast, ON-AIR ONLY, 90.7 FM
Fatima Abdurrahman, PhD Candidate, Department of Astronomy; Andrew Saintsing, PhD Student, Department of Integrative Biology
Tune in to The Graduates this Tuesday for an interview with Fatima Abdurrahman from the Department of Astronomy at UC Berkeley. Fatima is a PhD candidate whose research is focused on finding blackholes. She talks about how difficult it can be to see something that, by definition, gives off no light. She also discusses how she uses powerful telescopes to observe distant objects in the night sky and why the process can be less than fun despite the fact that it takes her to Hawaii.
The Graduates, featuring graduate student research at Cal, is broadcast every other Tuesday on KALX 90.7 FM. Past episodes are available to listen and download free on iTunes or online. This episode of The Graduates is hosted by Andrew Saintsing, a PhD student in the Department of Integrative Biology.
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The Sledge has enabled me with unprecedented flexibility in shaping new sounds on the fly, while maintaining all of the versatility only a digital board can offer. It has quickly become one of the centerpieces of my creation process both on tour and in the studio.
Pier Luigi Salami is a pianist, keyboardist, composer, and producer.
A dedicated leader of original projects such as the modern jazz ensemble PLS.trio, and an in-demand session musician both in studio and on the road, Pier's versatility can be appreciated in the music he writes as well as the wide range of projects he is called to be a part of. Spanning from jazz to hip/hop, electronic music, and everything in between, his recent studio, touring, and writing credits include such artists as Chris Brown, Tyga, Emel Mathlouthi, Amy Vachal, and Chloe Angelides.
Born in the north of Italy in the late 80s, Pier moved to Boston to study at Berklee College of Music, from which he graduated with honors in 2010. Most recently he was a finalist in the solo instrumental section of the 2015 "Made In NY" Jazz competition. His PLS.trio debut release "East River" received a nomination for both Best Debut and New Release at the 2015 NPR Jazz Critic Poll, and a 5-star review on All About Jazz. Pier currently lives, records, and plays in New York when not on the road.