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Peart accepted the opportunity, "almost too good to pass up," to work with the Penguins again and be a part of the Consol Energy Center project. His experience with new facilities includes American Airlines Center in Dallas, Reliant Stadium in Houston and the San Francisco 49ers' proposed stadium.
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The opportunity gained him a job at KQV Radio in production of Penguin games. He moved to the team when it took radio rights in-house, and he worked in corporate sales during the early 1990s and two Stanley Cup championship seasons. During this time, Peart obtained a master's in public management at Carnegie Mellon University and started working for SMG, where he sold sponsorships for arenas, stadiums, convention centers and other venues in the company's western region. He later served as a vice president with Southwest Sports Group and professional teams including the Dallas Stars, Houston Texans, and San Francisco 49ers. He recently he ran his own consulting company.
Peart is planning for six to eight founding partners at the Consol Energy Center. The long-term, seven-figure deals will allow companies to sponsor entry gates, concourses and other "landmark" areas and to host interactive exhibits, such as a planned all-time team zone and hall of fame. He says that economic conditions continue to limit traditional sponsorship categories, and that his team must seek nontraditional sponsors and develop new ways to create value for companies that invest. "Here in Pittsburgh, we're fortunate that sports are such an important part of the region." Peart notes that the city has been more resilient than other parts of the country and that the only sports naming rights deal completed in an 18- to 24-month period was the Consol Energy Center.
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which 1 should i get obviously the mpg of the diesel will b better but i want to enjoy the car i drive day to day
A lot depends on your driving style and habits. Diesels offer a TON of torque at low RPMs, which is good for most cut-and-thrust around town traffic, but would be less involving out on backroads, where BMW`s high-winding petrol engines really come to life.
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I prefer 330D instead of 330I because I used to have 530i and 530d, simply 530d much more faster and give more driving pleasure with much more torque.
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- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
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Will she EVER eat???(41 Posts)
Dd is 12m and is breastfed. Food is so hit and miss. We did blw with a tiny bit of spoon feeding. She doesn't entertain breakfast or lunch and sometimes will eat dinner. Generally shows no interest in food. She bfs around 4-5 a day and sleeps through the night. At the moment she is very poorly with an upper respiratory viral infenection and has not eaten a thing since Saturday and has upped her bfs. Whilst I completely understand that she doesn't want to eat right now, I can't help worry that she will ever eat again. It's bad enough trying to get her to eat when she is well, but now she is like this I can't see her ever eating again. Seriously I am so worried now and can't take anymore. I don't know where to go from here. Normally we all sit down to eat together and I put the food infront of her with cutlery and she explores and no pressure. Nothing goes in and if it does its a tiny amount. I've tried sitting her in my lap and letting her take from my plate but she just throws it everywhere and probably thinks its a game. I can't keep living like this. Please surely someone has some advice for me x
Thank you for all your support. I really appreciate it. Can someone post a link to the book please "help my child won't eat". I've looked it up and not too sure which one to buy. I had an awful time with my 2nd dd and all of this is bringing back the trauma. I don't mind nursing but I can very anxious when she then begins to show less interest in that too. She still hasn't eaten a thing. Dd is bf'ing less too. She has lost of a pound now. Stupid doctors don't care about her eating so I feel very alone on this
Gina, I would say that a pound is quite a bit of weight to lose. Is there any way you can see another doctor?
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Hi there's a link above, I tried to link to it up thread but don't think it worked, so hope this one does.
It' s by Carlos Gonzalez btw.
Gina if this bringing back the awful time you had before, I would speak to a BFC about how you are feeling and what is going on now. Try the national Breastfeeding helpline. If she is bfing less now could you take her back to the GP? Is she showing any signs of dehydration?
As of Friday she was 27lbs 3oz. She now is 26lbs. So that's 1lb 3oz lost since she stopped eating on Saturday! She is still producing wet nappies, but very little mind you and there are still tears! How long is it ok for her to go without "food"? She has fed from me about 4 times so far all being quite small Feeds!
Thank you for the link to the book, I've just bought it
It is fine for her not to eat solids until she's feeling better, you'll know when she is because she will want to play. If you are really concerned about her weight and general state please go back to your GP today.
Her not eating solids really isn't an issue when she is this poorly, what you really need to address is te fact that she doesn't seem to be getting better and your feeling about her not eating solids. I don't mean that in a bad way either, just think you have got the refusal of solids a little out of proportion due to your previous experiences and would benefit from talking to someone about it.
When you weighed her, was it on the same scales she was weighed on previously?
I have a set of scales at home. Dd2 had reflux and her weight gain was very poor. I weighed her on Friday on the same scales I weighe her today!! She definitely seems better than she was yesterday! She wants to play and isn't so clingy. I give up going to the GP as they never have anytime for you anymore.
It is such good news that she is feeling a bit better, and good for you too as it gives you a little break. You could always try her with a snack of raisins or a biscuit this afternoon and she how she gets on, it'll be less stressful for you both than trying her with a meal first.
I'd stop weighing her though as it seems to be making your anxiety worse. Lots of children lose weight when they are ill and recover. my ds used to go like a bag of bones everytime he had tonsilitis and soon put weight back on.
She seems a very bright and sensible little girl. She knows that BM is the best thing to make her better and you should too
26 lb for 12 months is a very good weight indeed.
I agree that you probably need to stop weighing her and get some support from the Health Visitor or someone in regard to you anxiety.
Very pleased that she's feeling better today.
Gina, I hope you will take this in the right way but I do remember from your previous threads that you were quite anxious about quite a lot of things. As others have said, is there anyone that you could talk to?
No offense taken showtunesgirl. My anxiety stems from dd2 and her reflux. We were in and out of hospital for a year and it was very traumatic for the whole family. Dd2 not suffers with chronic constipation and is on movicol. When dd3 came along I failed to live each day and was always on edge waiting for something to go wrong. It subsided when dd3 was 4 months or so, as you probably realised I wasn't posting anymore! I'm not normally an anxious person it only appears when my dd's stop eating for whatever reason. I guess I don't want ds3 going in the same direction dd2 went in.
I'm glad your dd is feeling better. It's completely understandable that you feel the way you do, it can make you feel so helpless when they're ill and you just want things to be back to normal. I think that jilted is right, they are resilient and do instinctively know what they need. It is so so hard when you''re in the midst of it though. I hope you get some improvement tomorrow.
Yes, your anxiety is completely understandable. Have you considered CBT, it should help you come to terms what has happened and hopefully stop you going into anxiety overdrive if dd3 stops eating solids again.
Firstly ds was like this, hardly ate any solids at 12 mo but just started eating overnight at 15 mo. I tried lots of stuff to get him to but he just did it all by himself. What a relief it was!
The other thing I wanted to say is, I hope it doesn't sound too rude and presumptious, but the level of anxiety you have over her not eating again seems over the top. I also recognise that level of worry. It is upsetting when they are ill and totally understandable to feel so stressed with what you've been through with dd2. I had post traumatic stress and it means I often over react and presume the absolute worst is going to happen. It is not a nice thing to live with. Maybe talk to your gp or hv if they are any use?
That book is great too.
How are things now Gina?
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Discussion in 'Fantasy Sports Central' started by Superstarov, Aug 7, 2006.
Yeah, go Milan Hedjuk! You can win me this round with a great game! Just don't pass to Suckic.
Man, I debated between picking up Patrick Sharp or Gary Roberts last night. I ended up picking Sharp and he went 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1. Roberts had 2 PPA and a PPG today.
The other guy you grabbed did ok for you though. My two "rent a players" got nothing. It comes down to one game tonight. Sparky Anderson of the Tigers used to say that there is no pressure in the World Series. That's the fun part. The pressure is to win the championship series to get into the series. I think maybe he is right. I'll be checking stat tracker all night. LOL.
I meant to rent some players last night but I got stuck in something else and forgot. Besides, even if I lose to Woody, there is always the 3rd place game!
Nothing wrong with 3rd place...but losing to Woody? If someone doesn't beat him we are gonna hear... all summer looooooooooooooong!
I've not learned how to play rent-a-player. NO wonder I have so few guys playing, and you all have guys all over the place. I'll learn how to do that for next year. This year, I'll just have to go with the girls I brought to the dance. As far as giving you a hard time all summer, I would'n do that. I'M FAT, BUT I HAVEN'T STARTED SINGING YET!!!! (and I'm a GOOD singer)!!!
Suckic just scored. Unless Hedjuk goes crazy, I'm done like dinner. Congratulations Woody. You kicked my butt, you talked solid smack and you are doing great in your first ever fantasy sports season.
Well, it looks like I'm done too. Congrats Tater, good luck in the next round.
Thanks Jammer. Its not over yet my friend, there is still a period of hockey to play and as Bezeach learned last week, your team is deadly up to the final minute. I'm glad we got to battle it out, and assuming I win, I know I was lucky to get by you. Your boys put up a hell of a fight. I was really nervous when you bombed me with SHGs and SHAs. Lucky for me my goaltenders woke up just on time. Anyhow, you got some revenge by kicking my tail in the NCAA tourney. I guess our next battle will be on the baseball diamond. Your team against my 12 shortstops.
LET THE WILD RUMPUS BEGIN!!! I still can't believe I'm in the finals. Talk about luck!! Do the finals last TWO weeks??? It looks like it from the dates on the brackets. I don't think I can put up with Taters comments for that long. With his high-powered offense and air-tight goalies, I'm definitely at a big disadvantage. I'll have to rely on superior cunning and management, as well as the weak level of competition, to pull out a victory.
Given the choice between Woody and Tater, I will pull for Woody because as insufferable as he will be in the offseason, Tater will be worse.
No Woodrowskio, for YOU the finals will be over by this Thursday! Seriously Woody, our teams are even. Your group is scary. If I have an advantage, I sure don't see it. Brodeur by himself may beat me. The ONLY advantage I have over you is the fact that Roscoe wants you to win. He never gets his way.
Just remember, I'm in the fantasy baseball league with you guys this summer. I'll have many, many opportunities to talk smack. (And I probably will!!).
OK, that's not even fair. Between the 2 of us, we had ONE player playing tonight. And he posts a shutout.... for Roscoe.
As Marty Morninwheg said, "The bar is high". OL' DOM STILL HAS IT!
Wow Jammer, nice game by Turco last night. That is keeping you in this. But I think my big guns have woken up, Crosby, Malkin and Modano. You're gunna have to score some PP goals or pick up some SH wildcards to beat me! The depressing thing is that I think my team will put up good enough #s to win the championship round. :(
Yeah, Turco might have saved me. Now I need my big guns to start producing. I'm considering making one of them a healthy scratch to send the team a wakeup call. Jagr has been dead weight for me for about a month now.
It's funny, but sometimes I really think stuff like that.:nerd2: My goalies were incredible last night. Kipper won 1-0 in a shootout (Made me happy I drafted him #3 overall) and Nabokov only gave up one goal in a victory. Woody's guy Brodeur did well too. Unfortunately, my scoring was almost non-existent and lucky for me, Woody's was nothing to write home about either so I'm up 7-5. My guys had been red hot so I was expecting this. If they don't break out of it soon though, my hopes for another championship banner will be shattered. I'm the number one seed, but really I think Woody is the favorite. For the year, he lead the league in more categories than anyone else. It's going to be a tough battle, but I'm just happy to be here. I know I would have had an equally tough road against Bezeach, Jammer or Roscoe.
Nice night was a great night for goalies across the league. I'm too lazy to count, but there were several SOs posted and a couple of 1 goal performances.
No wonder my offense did so crappy!
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The first Group 1 of Stradbroke Handicap Day at Eagle Farm Racecourse this afternoon has been won by the Gai Waterhouse-trained favourite Romantic Touch who beat home the 12 other two-year-olds in the 2013 JJ Atkins field to take out the lucrative Brisbane Winter Racing Carnivalclassic.
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If I was to remove a load bearing wall I realize that a beam has to take its place. A beam consisting of 2 2x10's need to obviously be vertically supported. I have seen some people use a couple 2x4's on each side and create pocket for the beam to sit in but is that really sufficent? Wouldn't you need a column in the center of the beam? Also, do the supports need to extend all the way down to the foundation?
Yes and no.
How wide is the span, what is the weight above it?
What you are proposing is called a header. A basic header of doubled 2x10 (or sometimes called 4x10, and usually has 1/2" plywood in between to make up for width of 2x4 plate), can only support one floor and an unused attic/roof, and it can't span more than 5-6 feet. It needs 2 jack studs (studs that go under the header) and one king stud on each side of the header. Jack studs support the header and king stud contains the header. 2x10 header with natural wood lumber can't do any more. Engineered wood header (usually called LVL) can do a little more.
Support for this load must be connected by building materials that are solid and can't be crushed (no soft shims like cedar and no wet wood that shrinks dry). People sometimes forget that there is a space in the joist bays and sometimes even between the wall and plates. The load must be connected down to the foundation with no interruption.
You see that I'm beginning to write a book. In your case, I would suggest a lot more research/self education and a help from a builder/architect/building inspector/engineer.
so the 2x4 supports need to extend all the way down to the foundation, which in my case would be the basement? Now if the supports are already sitting on an exterior wall would they still need to extend all the way down since the exterior wall itself is sitting on the foundation.
No. If you are on the sole plate of the foundation, you already have full support. And how much load a double 2 x 10 can support is completely dependent upon the applied load. This type of header is used on openings bigger than 5 feet all the time. Consider a Bay Window. Your sole plate needs to extend under your supporting studs, so you aren't sitting on end grain.
So anytime you add a beam the support must always extend to the foundation no matter what?
Actually what needs to happen is the vertical load needs to be transferred efficiently to the foundation. It is the easiest and most straightforward thinking to extend the support down to the foundation. In the even the vertical load from above cannot be transferred straight down another method must be used. In your case though you are already above the structural component of your concrete so the load can be applied perfectly vertical.
Does there need to be a center support like a lally column? And if one of the supports is not on a foundation wall you would have to cut a hole in the floor and extend the 2x4's down to basement floor? Would you have to dig a footing for that? Would you use just a regular bottom plate on the 2x4 and anchor it to the concrete basement floor?
Those are a lot of what if's. If you can't post a drawing, sketch, picture, or something illustrating the situation at hand then the best thing to do is pay the money and have a residential structural engineer come out and take a look at it. He/She will be able to diagnose the issue and give you the proper solution.
well what would you do? If its not sitting on a foundation wall your saying it needs to come all the way down to the basement, right? At that point what happens?
Center support will depend on the span and loads above it.
And if the vertical supports are not on a foundation wall, they shouldn't just sit on a basement floor. Typically a basement floor is only a few inches thick, which is not strong enough to support a vertical point load. You will need to open the concrete floor, dig a hole and poor a footer for the post.
Not sure if "footer" is the right term. Had a brain fart when I was typing this.
and should i use the 2 2x4's as the post to be anchored in the footing since that is what was used for support in the first place?
I'd think for most small applications, 2 2X4's would be sufficient, but that is a guess. Ultimately, the size of the post required will be determined by the load.
That is why it was suggested to get a structural engineer to have a look and do the calculations for you.
There are a whole world of possibilities. You will need to have equal support all the way to a foundation. If you are saying that 2 2x4 jack studs will be enough to support your beam and the loads your beam is transferring then yes 2 2x4's will be able to take that load and transfer it to the lower lever. As was stated before, depending on the amount of load you are transferring to the slab, it may or may not require you to demo and place an additional footer support. size of footer and rebar requirements will also depend on the amount of load transferred.
Still we need more information to help you. You are opening up an exterior wall but you haven't told us where you are, what your live/dead/snow loads are. How far you are planning to span. Is this a ranch, two story, condo? If you truly want help then you should start opening up about what you are really trying to do.
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Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu says the club could take legal action against whoever leaked details of Neymar's controversial transfer and contract to the press. Last week, El Mundo and other Spanish news outlets attained both court documents and details of the Neymar's contract, leading Bartomeu and director Raul Sanllehi to announce a total of 86.2 million ($117.6 million) euros had been paid to the player's father, Neymar Sr., and his former club, Santos.
The deal, which was initially announced as having
cost 57 million euros ($78 million), is currently being investigated in Spanish court over a possible "diversion" of money; the courts are targeting in particular Barca's
confidentiality agreement with Neymar's father that precluded the club from revealing the transfer's details.
Bartomeu says Barca is now building a case against those
responsible for publicizing the private details of the transfer to the press. "About the leaks to the press of Neymar's contract. ... I have told our lawyers to follow the subject, and if
there is anything, to lodge a complaint. We will get to the bottom of it, whether it is a person, a group, a legal practice or a media publication that has published false figures."
Meanwhile, Jordi Cases, the Barcelona member whose petition sparked the investigation, says he will not withdraw the initial complaint, despite earlier reports claiming that he would.
When asked if he thought his complaint had forced the resignation of Rosell, Cases told Sport that he feels more information about the case has yet to come out. "There must be something
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Dog adoption saves lives. Adopt a dog and you'll have a friend for life! Contact us, or contact another local humane society, animal shelter or SPCA.
We are dedicated to finding the best possible home for all Dobermans that come into our adoption program. Be assured that the decisions and recommendations regarding surrendering or adopting a Doberman are based primarily on what is in the best interest of the dog and are guided by many years of experience with this special breed. We care as much about the quality of life for all Dobermans in our program as we do our own dogs.
Dobermans in our program are never kenneled and live in private homes with foster families who evaluate the doberman for temperament and behavior traits so we can make recommendations on the best type of home for our dogs.
FEES TO ADOPT-All dobermans are fully vetted, altered and micro-chipped in our program.
Under 1 year: $400.00
1 to 8 years: $350.00
Over 8 years: $150.00
The adoption process requires a home visit by a DRM volunteer prior to meeting any of our Dobermans. All adoptions require a signed contract by the adopter-if adopter can not care for the adopted doberman any time in its life it must be returned to Doberman Rescue Minnesota.
- All Dobermans must live indoors as family members. Under no circumstances will we place our Dobermans into a home where they will be forced to live outside, or to serve as "guard" dogs.
- All adoptive homes must be within a reasonable distance from the Twin Cities metro area for home visits and follow up care.
- Adopters MUST be at least 21 years of age and independent (i.e. not living at home with parents, etc.).
-Adopters must own the property where the adopted dog will reside. We find it is difficult for renters and landlords to find home owners insurance, which means suitable renting units for dobermans are not available. Far to often we get dobermans surrendered from people who rent.
- It is our policy not to place male Dobermans in homes with resident male dogs. Male Dobermans, in general, have rather pronounced dominance issues with other male dogs and the successful integration of a male Doberman into a family with other male dogs is relatively rare. There are, more often than not, problems occurring with such placements so we have simply made a policy not to risk this kind of placement. Please Google this behavior in male Dobermans.
- It is our policy not to adopt rescue Dobermans out to homes with existing intact dogs (male or female).
- We will not place our rescue dogs in homes with children under 6 years old. We set these limitations, not because of aggression issues with our dogs, but because Dobermans are generally large, active dogs and can easily knock down or run over a small child, causing a serious fall. Any injury to a small child may cost the dogs life and we can not risk this for our dobermans.
- All Doberman Rescue dogs are placed under a contract which we strictly enforce. It requires, among other things, that the owner keep the dog up-to-date on vaccines, heartworm prevention, medical care, yearly veterinary exams and completion of an obedience course with the new doberman. We also require that if the new owners should not, for ANY reason, be able to keep and care for the Doberman, the dog MUST be returned, by the owner, to Doberman Rescue Minnesota. NO EXCEPTIONS.
- Fencing is preferred or secure containment. We require adopters to have a secure, safe area in which the dog can have adequate room to exercise in a safe environment. Under no circumstances will we place dogs in environments where they will be kept tied (no cables or runners) or in small pens or kennels out doors.
- There is an adoption fee for most Dobermans. $150-$400. Occasionally, we may have a senior or special needs dog whose fee will be reduced. The adoption fee is used to partially offset the substantial costs incurred in the rescue and medical treatment of the Dobermans. All dogs are spayed or neutered, have been vaccinated against rabies, distemper and parvovirus, have been tested for heartworm (and treated if testing positive), are on monthly heartworm preventative, have been dewormed if intestinal worms are present, are microchipped for identification (microchip registration remains in the name of Doberman Rescue Minnesota after adoption to insure the long-term safety of the dog), and each has been evaluated for temperament while living in a private home with a family. We require our adopters to enroll in an obedience class with their new Doberman. This is helpful in building confidence for both dog and owner. It is not the same to "train" your dogs yourself versus taking them to a formal class. Dobermans need socialization, structure and way to stay active and out of trouble. Obedience, agility, or a form of structured training is highly desired for every Doberman through out the dobes entire life. These are working dogs that do need a job and an owner that will be committed to offering activity to them on a daily basis.
- By filling out and submitting an application to DRM, you are not committed to an adoption. The application ONLY serves to help our staff best match the right dog with the right home.
Step 1: Decide if the Doberman Pinscher breed is right for you. The best way to make this decision is by doing your research !! There is a lot of information out there. A really reliable resource is the Doberman Pinscher Club of America website. They have wonderful resources that can give you insight on the Doberman.
Step 2: Do you have the time and energy. There are many great things about Dobes; they love to be with their owners, and they love to play. One quick way to make a Dobe emotionally depressed is by leaving them alone too long. Doberman Pinschers are ultimate companion dog that like to stay busy and near its pack !! See Breed Info.
Step 3: Are you willing to take the time to train. Regardless of the age of the Dobe you adopt it's a good idea to attend obedience classes. This is a great opportunity to bond with your dog and to teach him/her what your expectations are.
Step 4: Complete our online application. Your application will be reviewed and you'll be contacted to set up an in home interview.
Step 5: Take a few days to decide on which dog will be appropriate for your home. Please be patient as all volunteers have a full schedule with work and family. These steps are taken to make sure all of our foster dogs will be going to a safe and loving home and the family is confident about the decisions they make when choosing a dog.
All dobermans in our program are up to date on vaccinations, micro-chipped and spayed or neutered.
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Doctors note increase in type 1 diabetes in children
Some children with flu-like symptoms are being diagnosed with something much more serious.
Kelli and Gemi Ozdemir are the parents of three children. Earlier this year, their oldest child, Ella, started drinking a lot of water, eating without gaining weight and, at the advice of a friend, they took her to the doctor.
"We're sitting there talking to some people, 'Hey, Ella's drinking a lot of water and eating and going to the bathroom like crazy. Neither of us knew the symptoms," the Ozdemirs said.
It has been almost six months since four-year-old Ella and her parents found out life as they knew it was changing. Ella was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, a disease with no known cure, that requires insulin injections and constant monitoring of her blood sugar.
According to Dr. Tamara Hannon, a pediatrician at IU Riley who specializes in the treatment of type 1 diabetic children, kids like Ella, who show no outward sign of being sick, have something mapped in their genes to develop diabetes. However, to set the disease in motion requires a push
"Flu viruses could all be possible targets for what might tip somebody over the edge," Hannon said.
The symptoms of type 1 diabetes are similar to common colds, vomiting, headaches and fever. Just this week, Riley Hospital has seen a number of newly-diagnosed type 1 diabetic children that had been to their family doctor with flu-like symptoms, but were sent home, only to end up in the emergency room with dangerously high blood sugar levels.
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With the help of a blood glucose meter, Ella tests her own blood for sugar at least four times a day. The kids that are landing in the emergency room have blood sugar levels six-to-seven times higher than Ella's controlled levels. Without insulin to control the level, type 1 diabetes can lead to coma and eventually death.
"But clearly, something is going on to lead to a rapid increase of type 1 diabetes. It's not secondary to obesity," said Hannon.
Doctors tell Eyewitness News type 1 diabetes is growing faster than type 2, which is commonly known as adult onset diabetes. If you have concerns, call your doctor and, if there is a history of type 1 diabetes in your family, there is a screening process that is being partially conducted by doctors and researchers at Indiana University called TrialNet.


text: Martin Collins - Unregistered November 19, 2007 1:29 PM This confirmation by Tost means that Sebastian Vettel will stay at Toro Rosso. Sebastian Vettel would have been a good choice for McLaren. Two young and energetic drivers sometimes makes a good pairing. But that is no longer up for speculation. Sebastian Vettel will race at Toro Rosso next year. This leaves more doubts for Hamilton and McLaren in 2008. It will be hard to win any championships with one McLaren driverr!!! 0 agree 0 disagree


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Just as nature abhors a vacuum, you imagine Charles Darwin would abhor "bore draws", more for the fact they persist in football today despite the game's evolution since the 19th century.
One of the biggest criticisms of football, particularly from the proponents of constant gratification games such as basketball and AFL, is its lack of goals. Who plays for 90 or even 120 minutes without so much as scoring? What a waste of time, effort and money.
They're not always boring – take last week's stalemate between Chelsea and West Ham – but they tend to be the exception.
In the second half at Stamford Bridge, an announcement came over the PA: "Could the owner of the bus, registration W-H-A-M 11, please move your vehicle. It is blocking the goal."
Not really. But as much as Chelsea blazed away, they couldn't pierce the Hammers' back four, who hurled themselves like human sandbags before an advancing Panzer division. The shot count was staggering: Chelsea 39, West Ham 1. Goals 0.
Jose Mourinho later accused West Ham of playing "football from the 19th century". He might have been thinking of the 1980s. Had it been the 19th century, the scoreline might have been more like 5-5 or 9-1.
For all its popularity, the EPL has one of the highest incidences of goalless draws of Europe's big leagues: one nearly every 10 games. A glance at the 19th century shows things haven't changed much.
Bore draws (percentage of games played)
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Manchester City are doing their best to kick down those defensive walls on their way to a record season. It's frightening to think some of their fringe players (in the £20-£30 million bracket) are just starting to hit form and gel in Manuel Pellegrini's dream team.
The EPL, meanwhile, is splitting into two mini leagues, with half a dozen teams in contention for Europe, and the rest being dragged into what looms as the biggest relegation battle in history. The goal differences are telling. Not even Tottenham, in fifth, are in the black, while from eight down are in the red or close to it. All largely thanks to Man City.
Back the '90s, the old NSL tried to spice up stalemates by staging penalty shootouts after all drawn games with an extra point for the "winners" but it felt contrived and didn't take.
There is another alternative: dispense with points altogether and base the league table solely on goal difference. It could work in tournaments too, in the first round at least.
It would not make a huge difference to the standings across Europe. In the EPL, free-scoring Liverpool would jump to second and Spurs would slide down to ninth, again thanks to City. In the Netherlands, Twente would go second, just a point (goal) off leaders Ajax instead of being two games adrift.
Why bother then? The real difference would be in how teams respond. Goals would become points. A hard-fought draw, especially a goalless one, would be pointless for a relegation-threatened team, and teams such as Twente and Liverpool would be rewarded for their superior strike rates.
Attack would be paramount, buses and barricades withdrawn, and catenaccio old hat. Initially it might translate into crazy scorelines but that would be preferable to more bore draws.
We're not sure if Charlie Darwin ever got to see West Brom play before he shuffled off this big blue ball but Football Darwinism can be a wonderful thing when the protagonists are given, or acquire, wings. Players and managers will always find ways to exploit or circumvent new rules to gain an edge, with often unforeseen results.
Take the offside rule. It has been tweaked only three times since 1863, each time with interesting results.
In its first incarnation, any attacker in front of the ball was offside so there were eight-man forward lines and an awful lot of one-out dribbling. (Just watch the great Charles Charlie Charles in action.)
The three-man offside rule was soon introduced, and the passing game was born. This led to a golden age for football until the mid 1920s, when Newcastle United perfected an offside trap so effective it was literally a game changer.
Their back three lined up just inside their own half, and made it virtually impossible for opponents to launch an attack. Other sides soon adopted the tactic, and the game became a farce with play compressed into a few metres either side of halfway with two walls of players kicking the ball into each other amid a flurry of flags and whistles. Something had to give.
It did in 1925, when the two-man offside rule was introduced, and the goal tally increased a whopping 50 per cent the following season. That rule has stood the test of time largely unchanged until the recent introduction of passive offside.
The back-pass rule and increasing wins to three points to discourage draws were all designed to promote attacking play, ie goals. The game's guardians never act in haste, and when they do they usually get it right.
Some suggest the goals themselves should be enlarged because they were devised at a time when the likes of towering City keeper Costel Pantilimon might have made his fortune in the circus, not between the sticks. People have grown since then, evolved even. Bigger goals might be a bit drastic (and expensive) but the next move, whether it be technological to reduce offside errors that deny goals, should encourage more scoring.
For now, the ball remains at the feet of the football gods. Will they pass or shoot?
Spray of the week
"He can't take it because we've outwitted him. I love to see ... Jose jumping up and down saying we play rubbish football. It's brilliant when you get a result against him. Hard luck, Jose."
Big Sam Allardyce makes his point after West Ham pinched one at Chelsea.
Chant of the week
His name's Cheick Tiote and he loves the Toon,
His name's Cheick Tiote and he loves the Toon,
Everyone needs a nutter in the middle,
Everyone needs a nutter ... (repeat)
Newcastle United fans salute their spiky Ivorian midfielder to the tune of Cornershop's Brimful of Asher.


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The fastest human powered skiers in the world have one thing in common that they aren't necessarily telling you about. No, it's not EPO or having the aerobic capacity of a mutant. All of the fastest randonnée racers (and many other experienced ski tourers) all hot wax their climbing skins, both to improve glide and to keep snow from sticking to the skins in transitional conditions. What works for them will work at any speed – that means it'll help you, too.
Didn't we say you were supposed to use Nikwax Ski Skin Proof or Black Diamond Glop Stopper bar wax for that? Sure, those are both great products that work well when used properly. Nikwax Ski Skin Proof is a DWR (Durable Water Repellent) spray that you can apply to your skins at home between trips, and it dramatically reduces the amount of water that can soak into the skin fabric and freeze. BD Glop Stopper is a bar wax that's also effective when used as a preemptive measure, though most people don't break it out until snow is clumping on their skins – at that point water has already gotten under the skin fibers. Glop Stopper can be used with varying degrees of effectiveness in the field and carrying some isn't a bad idea, but hot waxing can be used in conjunction with both of these methods and simply makes your skins work better.
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3. Apply the wax by rubbing it directly onto the skin plush heavily and in both directions. BOTH DIRECTIONS? Doesn't this trash the plush? No, the plush is very resilient, and you want the wax under the fibers, trust us. Pre-heat your wax iron to typical wax-melting temperature, between 130˚C and 140˚C (248˚F - 284˚F), and iron the surface of the skin just like you'd iron wax into your ski bases. Iron from tip to tail only and keep the iron moving at all times, at a speed of about 1-2 inches per second.
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What are the dates in 2010 and 2012?
November, 2012 inherited. Sold in January, 2012
Further, did you inherit the condo as the result of your mother's death?
You list Argentina...........are you a US citizen and are you talking about US taxes?
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I did until it was sold. It was my main address.
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You don't owe any income tax on that;
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If I got CDs from the inheritance as well. Do I pay taxes on that. I thought you could avoid that if it was within a certain amount.
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While it has been evident for a couple of years now that McAfee was neglecting the network security space by not having a firewall in their portfolio, acquiring Secure Computing is not the move for McAfee.
A story: I had been at Gartner for a little over two years when I was called to attend a strategy session at Network Associates' HQ in Santa Clare. The other network security analysts and I had discussed beforehand the advice we were going to deliver. When I told the top execs of the company that they should EOL (end of life) their "flag ship" firewall, Gauntlet, I was totally relieved to see the heads nodding around the boardroom table. They had confirmed what I already knew. The proxy firewall product did not hold a candle to the stateful inspection firewalls from Cisco, Checkpoint, and Netscreen.
What ensued was trial by fire as I proceeded to take Gauntlet off the Firewall Magic Quadrant. NAI's marketing team went ballistic; they called upper management at Gartner to get me to leave them in. They scheduled a call with the VP of marketing. He was travelling in Europe at the time. He told me in no uncertain terms that not only was Gauntlet the most "Visionary" firewall but they had the best "ability to execute" of anyone in the industry. Rather than being removed I should put Gauntlet as the "Leading" firewall. All I could do was say "talk to your executive management". Gartner stood firm, Gauntlet was taken off the Magic Quadrant, and NAI proceeded to divest themselves of Gauntlet, CyberCop, PGP, and Network Sniffer, and re-brand themselves as McAfee after their flagship AV product.
The next year I was called to NAI HQ again. In probably the most satisfying moment as an analyst I asked "What am I doing here? You don't have any network security business anymore." Well, they were on the acquisition path. I made my recommendations in a single Power Point slide. It was titled: "If you want to be an enterprise security company". From left to right I recommended they acquire Entercept, Intruvert, and Foundstone.
And now, five years later it becomes obvious they have an incomplete portfolio. They must not be getting great advice (or they are not listening to their advisors) because combining two directionless security companies is not a great idea. Maybe "directionless" is too strong but certainly neither company is known for industry thought leadership. McAfee's flagship EPO for managing desktop AV is well regarded but traction for the other products in their portfolio is slow. Secure is still in the process of acquiring Securify, an identity based IDS solution that they thought would help their firewall offerings but would have been a train wreck if they actually went down that path. According to last week's conference call on the merger Secure intends to complete that acquisition. In the meantime Secure raised $65 million in cash from selling their token business to Alladin.
Let's face it, once upon a time through some brilliant lobbying, Secure Computing convinced various branches of the US Military that statefull firewall technology from an Israeli company (Checkpoint) was not secure. The military mandated the outmoded proxy firewall technology instead, creating an instant niche that only Gauntlet (NAI), Cyberguard, Raptor (Symantec ) and Secure's Sidewinder could address. Note that over the years Secure Computing has acquired all of the competing proxy firewall vendors. This is not because of some brilliant strategy on Secure's part but because those firewalls were doing so poorly that Secure could snap them up at fire-sale prices (Gauntlet: I have reason to believe the price was close to zero to get NAI's 3,000 Gauntlet customers). And yes, secure includes statefull inspection technology in their products now as well. So today 25% of Secure's billings come from the US government. While that is an attractive number that could entice McAFee to buy them it also represents a troublesome customer in terms of reliability. All it takes is a protracted budget process in Congress and you miss your numbers for a quarter.
A word on the Cyberguard acquisition for $295 million in August 2005. The press release about the deal stated:
"By combining the companies, Secure Computing will be the leader in the Unified Threat Management market, the fastest growing segment of the IT security market according to IDC..."
Oh yeah? According to the latest IDC report Secure was at number six in the UTM space and I would challenge the claim that Secure Computing is even in the UTM space. Hmmm. Secure also purchased CipherTrust in July 2006 for $273.6 million. That is $568 million in expenditures yet McAFee is buying Secure for $465 million. acquisition of Ellacoya by Arbor Networks fits here.
This deal does not fit my criteria for good business combinations. There are two situations that make sense for an acquisition.
1. Two great companies with complementary products, strong growth rates, and little overlap in channels. I have to admit that the
2. A large company with a great brand and a global sales organization acquiring a small company with great technology. Starbucks acquiring Cloverleaf is an example.
Now, there is the more common reason for acquisitions: to pad the top line so that investors can't tell that the company is not growing organically. While that seems to work for far too many companies I don't think it is a good practice in the long run.
The McAfee-Secure deal does not fit my criteria. There are better opportunities for McAfee out there.
Update: My editor has informed me that my affiliation status needs to be clarified. I am not CEO of Seccom Global. I do not have a relationship with Secom Global or Seccom Networks, the Australian MSSP. I recently decided to breath new life into IT-Harvest, my independant research firm. Full disclosure: I do have vendor customers, as do many research firms. Unlike at least one of those research firms who is very positive about this acquisition, McAFee and Secure Computing are not my clients. If they were my clients I would have advised them not to do this deal.


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Dagoberto Gilb
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Dagoberto Gilb is a writer of fiction who is also recognized for his essays. Born in Los Angeles, he lived as long in El Paso before he moved to Austin. He is the Writer-in-Residence at the University of Houston-Victoria, where he is also the Executive Director of Centro Victoria, its center for Mexican American Literature and Culture. Gilb spent sixteen years as a construction worker, twelve on high-rises as a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners.
Gilb's work has been singled out for many prizes, among them a PEN/Hemingway Award, a Whiting Writer's Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Southwest Book Award, and has been a finalist for the PEN Faulkner and National Book Critics Circle. Much anthologized, his writing is published in many magazines, most recently in Harper's, The New Yorker, Callaloo, and The Threepenny Review.
Selected Bibliography:
The Flowers (2008)
Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas Mexican Literature (2007)
Gritos (2004)
Woodcuts of Women (2002)
The Last Known Residence of Mickey Acuña (1995)
The Magic of Blood (1994)
Winners of the Pass Line (1985)


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Director: Edgar Wright
Writer: Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright
Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Dylan Moran, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis
Quotable: "We have to get out of here. If we don't they'll tear us to pieces, and that is really going to exacerbate things for all of us."
Fun Fact: George A. Romero, the zombie master himself and writer-director of 1978's Dawn of the Dead, loved Shaun of the Dead so much that he put Pegg and Wright in 2005's Land of the Dead as zombies.
Horror-comedies are easy sells for genre heads, offering the requisite gore and frights along with lighter tones and referential gags. Like any other film type, there have been several great ones (Peter Jackson's Dead Alive) and even more terrible examples (Transylvania 6-5000). Shaun of the Dead, the best of them all, came out of nowhere in 2004, striking a perfect balance between clever British humor and legitimately gruesome zombie action.
Though it's accessible enough for anyone with a sense of humor, English director Wright's whip-smart flick sandwiches in as many winks to classic flesh-eater movies as he possibly can, from musical cues to characters names. As any smart bloke would say, Shaun of the Dead is bloody good.


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After posting I went back out to the shop and decided to just pull the manifold and run it through the sandblaster - so I got a good look at what's underneath. Also, I got the nuts off with a little more coaxing so all is well with that. Turns out only two of the bolts in the picture secure the plate - not four. The other two are manifold bolts - which I found out the hard way when the manifold wouldn't budge after I removed all the other bolts. There are two just like it on the other side of the manifold. But they are really deceptive. They have a smaller head and are at an odd angle compared with all the other manifold bolts. Anyhow, looks like I''m out of the woods on this one.
All that is is a dip in the manifold over the exhaust x-over, totally sealed from the innards of the manifold. That plate that bolts on (4 bolts is a little overkill!!) is a little 'oven' with the tubing coiled net the iron so the air is heated before being sucked into the choke mechanism on the carb. You can see the inlet of the tube on the right side of the plate. Really efficient system and much better than the aftermarket electric chokes which don't have a clue what the engine temperature is - they just open the choke on time. Should be really cheap @ the Ford dealer or even cheaper if your auto parts store carries them. They should. If you are running a stock type carb with the hot air choke, it would be silly to not use this hot air choke, it is so easy and cheap to put together. ( that reminds me of a line from Curly Howard on the Three Stooges. As they were being chased around a haunted mansion by a gorilla Curly said, "It would be silly to be afraid right now - and I am feeling really silly!")
To get those rusted bolts out, heat them to white hot(just shy of melting) until you are sure they are heated glowing hot all the way down. Iron will be insulated well enough by rust that it won't get that hot. Quench them with a wet rag and when totally cool, they will back out like new bolts. Well, maybe not that easily but I needed to exaggerate for effect!
Choke heat tubes - how important?
In the process of cleaning up the engine on the rat project I discovered the metal heat riser tube from the intake manifold to the choke had completely rusted off and there is also a small hole rusted through the plate attaching to tube to the manifold. (This is a 351 M). Here are a couple shots to get you oriented. My questions are 1) will the choke operate at all well without this heat tube, 2) What is below this plate - and do I need to be concerned about debris getting down those holes if I just left it as is (The bolts are rusted in and I'd just as soon leave them alone if at all possible) and 3) if the choke is pretty well toast without the heat tube, am I better off just tossing the whole automatic choke and hooking up a cable to operate it manually - I'll only be driving this car during nice warm weather anyhow - so the choke should only have to operate occasionally.
The first shot is looking across the manifold toward the passenger side with the heat riser plate just above the taped over intake holes. The second shot is a close up of the plate.
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Mumbai: Today is the 83rd birthday anniversary of the legendary music genius singer Kishore Kumar and his millions of fans are celebrating and remembering the brilliant singer around the globe. Amit Kumar, the son of Kishore Da, reveals that had his father been alive today, he would not have liked the song being composed today.
Amit was talking to the media on his father's 83rd birthday anniversary (which is today 4th August). He says that he misses his father a lot. Amit adds that he keeps missing him daily and his day does not start without remembering and missing the legendary singer.
Amit Kumar expresses that whenever he sits to compose something, he remembers his father. Amit then adds that his father used to tell them that when he was gone, you all would remember him. Then Kishore told them that even you would see his glimpses in others but you all would not be able to find him.
Amit Kumar says that he is much proud of being Kishore Kumar's son. Kishore Kumar is the one singer even today all the singers copy his style and try to follow the lines Kishore used to sing on. Even today, whenever anyone wants to give reference of singing, Kishore Kumar's name is mentioned. He was not only a singer but also a musician, actor, director, lyricist and producer.
His entire family gathered at Kishore Kumar's bungalow in Juhu, Mumbai today to celebrate his 83rd birthday anniversary. He was such a genius that no singer can be his clone. He was versatile and he gave many innovations to music and singing. His yodeling is what – no one can do even today's talented singer cannot do as well.
Kishore Da's songs will help him live forever in the hearts of his fans.


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Office 365 overtakes Google Apps as business users' preferred cloud productivity suite
Use of Microsoft cloud suite has risen steeply over the past 12 months, leaving Google Apps trailing, research shows
Microsoft Office 365 has overtaken Google Apps to become the cloud-based business productivity suite of choice for small and larger firms, new research suggests.
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Many IT leaders are increasingly coming round to the idea that sourcing services from one or more providers might be the best way to go. From a cost and resiliency perspective, some workloads might work better in one cloud over another. Or a certain provider might boast some functionality that suits a particular process the enterprise is looking to implement, but falls short in other areas, prompting the company to adopt a mix-and-match procurement strategy. Join us as Computer Weekly takes a closer look at the multi-cloud approach and what providers are doing to capitalise on the trend.
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According to Bitglass's second annual Cloud Adoption Report, Office 365 has passed Google Apps to become the lead provider of email and online productivity tools to businesses over the past 12 months.
This conclusion is based on the results of an analysis of cloud traffic data generated by 120,000 organisations across the globe, and suggests enterprises are becoming increasingly comfortable with moving more of their IT off-premise.
The research shows that adoption of Office 365 has increased by 300% since last year's report, and is now used by 25.2% of businesses, up from 7.7% in 2014.
Despite this, companies are still turning to Google to fulfil their productivity needs, as use of its productivity tools has increased from 16.3% to 22.8% over the same period.
Bitglass said the use of Office 365 seems to be accelerating particularly in enterprises with 500 or more employees, and those operating in highly-regulated industries.
Overall, the cloud security supplier's research shows that nearly half (48%) of organisations now rely on cloud-based email and productivity tools, with EMEA's appetite for off-premise technologies proving bigger than North America's.
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The report's findings suggest 59% of businesses within EMEA now use cloud computing services, compared with 48% in North America.
Nat Kausik, CEO of Bitglass, said the report's findings suggest cloud is becoming an increasingly accepted part of IT life within the enterprise.
"Cloud adoption is at an all-time high and Microsoft is winning over Google," said Kausik. "The surprise is that large corporations, even in heavily regulated industries, are gaining confidence in using cloud apps.
"The increased focus on security, including the emergence of third-party security services from cloud access security brokers, is filling critical gaps, paving the way for broader adoption of cloud apps in the enterprise."
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|Billy Donlon Biography
Courtesy: WSU Athletic Media Relations
Release: 08/01/2010
2013 Horizon League Coach of the Year
On April 14, 2010, Billy Donlon officially took over the Wright State University men's basketball program after four years as the WSU associate head coach, and he has not taken a breath. The eighth head coach in the history of Wright State basketball has become a popular speaker on and off campus with his enthusiastic message--Wright State is the place to be.
He immediately went to work to shape the Raider program for years to come through recruiting, scheduling and hiring the right assistants.
The 2013-14 season saw the Raiders place third in the Horizon League, then advance to its second straight championship game. AJ Pacher was named second team while Matt Vest was placed on the League's All Defensive Team. Vest, Pacher and Cole Darling have all signed professional contracts in Europe to continue their playing careers.The Raiders also received a bid to the College Insider Tournament (CIT) where it advanced to the quarterfinals.
Donlon was named the Horizon League Coach of the Year as his Raiders in 2013, picked to finish last, took the third seed in the League Tournament and finished the season at 23-13, 10-6, tying the school record for Division I wins and advancing to the semifinals of the College Basketball Invitational (CBI). Donlon was also named a finalist for the Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award and the Hugh Durham Coach of the Year Award given to the nation's top Mid-Major coach.
Not one to back away from a challenge, Donlon took his team to Italy in August, 2011 and inked deals to play Ohio State and Florida as well as home games against Cincinnati and Charlotte in the 2011-12 season to form one of the toughest non-league schedules in WSU history. That season included one of his players being named the Horizon League Newcomer of the Year. In 2013, his defense ranked as high as 16th nationally as Cole Darling received All-Horizon League honors.
Donlon, a native of Northbrook, Illinois, outside of Chicago, spent four years on current Clemson head coach Brad Brownell's staff at Wright State. Before coming to WSU in the spring of 2006, he was an assistant for Brownell at UNC-Wilmington for four seasons. During his eight years with Brownell, Donlon helped guide their teams to three NCAA Tournaments, including in 2007 with the Raiders. During the four years at WSU, the Raiders won at least 20 games each season under Brownell.
"Coach Donlon brings a wealth of knowledge and experience as we continue to build our overall program," said Wright State Director of Athletics Bob Grant. "We have great confidence that Billy will bring our program and take Raider basketball to another level of success."
Donlon, a former UNCW star, played an integral role in the success at Wilmington and Wright State. Donlon returned to his alma mater after completing a professional playing career in Germany and coaching stints at American and St. Peter's.
During his time in the coaching ranks, Donlon has worked in all areas of coaching, including floor coaching, scouting, planning practice, recruiting, scheduling and public relations. The exuberant 33-year-old has been a major part of every area, especially during the four seasons as the Raider assistant, posting an 84-45 overall record. WSU's league record of 49-21 set a new four-year mark for Raider teams.
Over this period, he has helped develop four all-league players, four named to the all-defensive team and two selected to the newcomer team as well as Horizon League Player of the Year DaShaun Wood in 2007.
Donlon received one of the Colonial Athletic Association's most prestigious honors in his senior year. He was selected as the recipient of the Dean Ehlers Award for Leadership, presented annually to the player who embodies the highest standards of leadership, integrity and sportsmanship through academic and athletic achievements.
Donlon began his coaching career as an assistant at American in 1999-00 and then moved on to St. Peter's for one season in 2000-01.
Donlon played professionally in Bourg en Bresse in France and with the Avitos Giesssen team in Giessen, Germany. In May 2001, he returned to the court as the starting point guard for the Irish National Team.
Donlon Year-by-Year at Wright State
"Bill Donlon is what so many student-athletes should look for in their future coach. He not only knows the game, but is able to teach it. The poise, basketball IQ, and work habit he had as a player is now an everyday part of his coaching philosophy. I love to talk basketball with Bill whenever I see him!"- John Beilein, Head Coach, University of Michigan


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Thursday, May 29, 1997
Safety 1st,
Safety 1st made a name for itself convincing America's parents that even child's play has its risks. Perhaps this maker of child safety products should have made some safety gear for its investors, too. After topping out at $32 in the fall of 1994, this stock has left stockholders battered and bruised.
The recent trouble began last June. After gobbling up a number of smaller companies, management began to feel queasy at the thought of so many products leading to so little profit. So the company decided to write off $13.8 million in assets in an effort to reduce and refocus its product offerings. That sent the stock tumbling from $13 to $7.
A profitable third quarter propped the shares up. But the shares were banged up again following the December 12th pre-announcement of a loss for the fourth quarter due to another restructuring -- this time, a pre-tax charge of $32.7 million.
Goldman Sachs was hired to "explore various alternatives to enhance shareholder value," leading to some speculative volatility around year-end. But a January 24 announcement that the loss for the fourth quarter would be larger than expected left investors sobbing as the shares skidded to a painful March low of $5.
Safety 1st, based in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, develops and markets child care products, particularly safety gear like stove guards, toilet lid locks, covers for bathtub spouts, and backseat baby mirrors. The company also offers a line of home security hardware products. After making an initial splash with those once ubiquitous "Baby on Board" signs for car windows, the company has expanded its offerings to include over 375 products (down from 650) sold in 600 different SKUs, or "stock keeping units" (down from 2,300), through 2,500 retailers.
In the fourth quarter alone, the company eliminated 350 products representing about 20% of sales ($20 million) but just 4% of gross profit. Its remaining products accounted for $86 million in sales for FY96 and generated the highest gross margins and lowest customer return rates. The company expects $20 million in sales of new products introduced this year, down from $33 million last year.
Income Statement
12-month sales: $98.1 million 12-month income: ($46.3 million)* 12-month EPS: ($6.47)* Profit Margin: N/A Market Cap: $45.9 million (*Includes non-recurring charges) Balance Sheet Cash: $1.7 million Current Assets: $39.9 million Current Liabilities: $64.2 million Long-term Debt: $0.2 million Ratios Price-to-earnings: N/A Price-to-sales: 0.5
When aggressive growth leads to a major product write-off, additional charges are often not far behind. Sometimes managers are just not as smart as they think they are, and it takes a while for them to admit it. The anemic third quarter results did little to dispel a skeptic's doubts. The December announcement of more charges should have been enough to predict that Safety 1st was headed for trouble.
Making a child's world a little bit safer can make a parent feel good. Plus, it's not too expensive. So Safety 1st has found a nice niche. Whether the company can manage its business, though, is another question. The company did name a new chief operating officer in February. And CEO Michael Lerner said he was pleased with first quarter 1997 results as "sales to date are tracking in line with our plan." Still, revenue dropped to $24.3 million from $32 million in the year-ago period as earnings per share sank to $0.03 from $0.24.
The analyst earnings estimates look a little too screwy to rely on: $0.21 per share for FY97 (one analyst projecting break-even results, another projecting $0.42 per share) and $0.25 for FY98 (one analyst), with long-term growth of 15%. In its best years, Safety 1st turned in profit margins over 9%. Those days are gone, but if the company can manage half-decent margins on around $100 million in sales, the shares could have some room to recover.
At the moment, though, Safety 1st has negative net tangible assets (total assets less total liabilities and goodwill), putting the company in danger of being delisted from Nasdaq's national market; however, Nasdaq can be awfully lenient with its children. But if the stock were to be dropped from the national market, investors might seek safety first by jumping overboard.
-Louis Corrigan (firstname.lastname@example.com)


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As expected, Wilson Ramos was officially placed on three-day paternity leave as his wife is due to give birth to their first child. To take his spot for the next few days, Sandy Leon was recalled from Class AAA Syracuse. Leon was hitting .212/.306/.331 in 34 games with Syracuse. He served two stints already in the majors this season when Ramos was hurt.
Jose Lobaton is starting and Gio Gonzalez is pitching. The Nationals face right-hander Zack Wheeler.
1. Denard Span, CF
2. Anthony Rendon, 3B
3. Jayson Werth, RF
4. Adam LaRoche, 1B
5. Ian Desmond, SS
6. Bryce Harper, LF
7. Asdrubal Cabrera, 2B
8. Jose Lobaton, C
9. Gio Gonzalez, SP
1. Juan Lagares, CF
2. Daniel Murphy, 2B
3. David Wright, 3B
4. Lucas Duda, 1B
5. Eric Campbell, LF
6. Travis d'Arnaud, C
7. Chris Young, RF
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|Daughter had a problem with her fridge which originally appeared as a defrost timer problem. Replaced the timer, and then the fridge and freezer were not cooling. After unplugging it for a few days I noticed water under it. Plugged it back in and temperature cooled to -5F within a day. Freezer temp increased to +4F over the next few days but appears stable. The fridge temp is good 28-34F depending on setting. Looking at picture, my evaporator coils after a couple days looks like the picture attached here. Heavy frost buildup at the bottom. Defrost heater resistances appear ok but I'm a little confused. Bottom heater resistance was 20 ohms and the top was only 6 ohms? Any ideas?


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