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Pioneering sportscaster Charlton described as a gentleman of the industry
TONY Charlton's talents were as boundless as his generosity, his mastery of broadcasting evident not simply in the words he found to mark the most dramatic and solemn moments. He is remembered as a mentor to many, and a true gentleman at a time when the description had a depth to match his rich voice.
Charlton, who died on Monday aged 83, will forever come to David Parkin's mind when he hears a football coach lambas-ting his team. ''I can still hear him saying, 'Never finish a media conference or statement without giving your players hope','' Parkin said of Charlton, who advised the former Hawthorn premiership captain on how best to present himself when Parkin began a long coaching career.
He became a cherished friend, one Parkin believed he was farewelling at a lunch organised by Lindsay Fox more than a year ago, as bowel cancer took its toll. ''He's shown amazing courage to survive as long as he has.''
Fox, who met Charlton when the trucking magnate was an aspiring footballer at St Kilda in the 1960s, describes him as one of the most remarkable people he has ever met. ''I couldn't use a better would than love - you loved Tony,'' he said.
Charlton's decision only last week to honour a commitment to Brownlow Medallist Neil Roberts was typical, Fox remarked, of a man who never stopped doing for others to his own detriment, and who refused to accept all accolades.
The middle-distance runner best known for his sense of sportsmanship, former governor John Landy, described Charlton as someone who was always willing to help all kinds of charities and sporting organisations, without expecting anything in return. His philanthropic work for The Alfred hospital and the Flying Doctor Service in particular was widely hailed on Monday.
''Above all I remember him as an incredibly giving person, always willing to help,'' Landy said.
''Just a mighty man,'' is how legendary footballer Ron Barassi saw him. ''He wasn't just an expert and an original at his craft - he had lots of courage and a very strong sense of right and wrong. He was a good friend of Norm Smith, which is a recommendation.''
An interview with a tearful Smith, after his sacking as Melbourne coach in 1965, was one of many highlights in a broadcasting career that spanned more than 50 years. Charlton's contribution to the craft sits proudly alongside that of his father Conrad, an ABC pioneer, and that of his brother Michael, who was a Four Corners original and later a mainstay of the BBC.
Tony Charlton's own credits were many and varied. He started out on radio with 3AW in 1952, covered the 1956 Olympic Games for Channel Nine and a year later called the first televised VFL match for Channel Seven.
Littered around his sporting life were work as a golf promoter and tournament director, and in advertising, which led to presenting TV shows ranging from square dancing to hit parades, and ultimately working on Stanley Kramer's film, On the Beach. At Nine, he went live from Cheviot Beach to inform viewers of the grave fears held for prime minister Harold Holt, and for a time replaced Mike Walsh as host of the Today Show.


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Thermo Fisher Scientific Selected by Leading Dutch Biotech Company to Supply Maybridge Fragment Library for Key Research
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LOUGHBOROUGH, England - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has been selected to supply compounds from its Maybridge Ro3 2500 Diversity Fragment Library to a leading fragment-based drug discovery firm based in the Netherlands.
ZoBio, a spin-off of Leiden University, focuses on the development and commercialization of biophysical technologies that enable new approaches to drug development and selected the Maybridge fragment library on the recommendation of Dr. Edward Zartler, CEO of Quantum Tessera Consulting LLC. Dr. Zartler was consulted to identify and purchase the most suitable targeted screening library for ZoBio's structure-based discovery needs, selecting the Thermo Fisher library for its broad range of pharmacophores.
With more than 10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Zartler is an internationally recognized expert in fragment-based drug discovery and editor of the book, "Fragment Based Drug Discovery: A Practical Approach." He evaluated several options before selecting the Maybridge collection.
ZoBio has begun using the Maybridge library to design its own compound collection targeted to an epigenetic drug target. The collection will enable ZoBio's customers to pursue and expedite fragment-based drug delivery.
"The entire Maybridge 2500 collection is Rule of Three (Ro3)-compliant and exceptionally well-curated with greater than 95 percent purity assurance and guaranteed solubility of 1 mM in aqueous phosphate buffer solution," said Dr. Zartler. "ZoBio assembled its 250 fragment library by virtually screening against a pharmacophore model. It was easy to triage and accept molecules because Maybridge has already done a tremendous job of removing chemically suspect molecules. The breadth of chemical diversity and the depth of compounds to choose from allowed them to rapidly put together a robust, diverse and structure activity relationship-compliant library."
Maybridge compounds are ideal for development beyond the initial screening assay. Of the approximately 400,000 pharmacophores in the World Drug Index, 87 percent are expressed by the Maybridge Ro3 2500 diversity fragment library.
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Some organizations play music on loop to interrogate individuals into submission. Others simply do it to test out a new radio format. On Friday (March 14th), a San Francisco radio station began playing Nelly's "Hot In Herre" on repeat and has yet to stop. KVVF/KVVZ has been playing Nelly's 2002 hit on repeat in a move known in the radio broadcasting industry as "stunting". The act of "stunting" consists of a radio station playing a song uncharacteristic of its format to prepare for a transition to a new format. KVVF/KVVZ is transitioning from "Latino Mix" to "Hot 105.7″.
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That Would Be In The File
6 comments:
- Willow Cove said...
That movie still creeps me out.
- February 22, 2013 at 9:07 PM
- Jay's Shadow said...
Ha! I just got done watching the first one.
- February 22, 2013 at 10:04 PM
- girl6 said...
i guess it's not in the file, huh
i think he's talking about Fr. Walsh... : D
i remember reading in Ava Gardner's
bio,when she tried to break up with George, he threw booze on his face, then set it on fire...
& Ava had to put the fire out!!!..
i Don't know how i feel about that... : D
- February 23, 2013 at 11:02 AM
- Rot said...
NO! That's why you always have to separate the artist from the art.
I started watching something about Tom Baker being horrible to work with and I screamed and turned it off.
I just don't want to know.
- February 23, 2013 at 12:02 PM
- girl6 said...
you're Right...
i Always want everything to be peachey & rosey... : D
& George's face just looked totally fine afterwards...
burn free..
figures, huh...lucky dude!!!
tom was sorta a primadonna...
he had ALL that genius baggage to tote around...
i'll Always <3333 him..no matter
- February 23, 2013 at 12:32 PM
- Unknown said...
God, I love that movie, and him in that movie, and especially Brad Dourif in that movie...
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Esquire Network Announces Second Season Of Hit Series "Team Ninja Warrior"
Los Angeles, CA - Esquire Network continues to expand on one if its most popular franchises, "American Ninja Warrior," with a second season of the hit competition reality series "Team Ninja Warrior." This season will feature an expanded 16 episodes which will include the debut of a five-part special event, "Team Ninja Warrior: College Edition" (wt), featuring top college competitors going head-to-head against rival universities.
"Our success last season made it clear that viewers love watching these amazing competitors battle against each other on the course, and as we move into season two, we will continue to raise the bar on the competition as teams are even more driven to conquer not only the course, but each other," said Matt Hanna, Executive Vice President Development & Production, Esquire Network. "Now with the introduction of our college edition episodes, we are bringing some of the most famous college rivalries to life as only Esquire Network can as these schools go head-to-head for the ultimate Ninja bragging rights."
Hosted by comedian Matt Iseman and former NFL player Akbar Gbajabiamila, the upcoming season of "Team Ninja Warrior" will once again feature some of the biggest names from the "American Ninja Warrior" franchise, while "Team Ninja Warrior: College Edition" will consist of teams pulled from some of the most historical and deep-seeded collegiate rivalries. The dual running course, which will be highlighted by even more challenging obstacles this season, incorporates speed, human agility, skill and a whole new strategy of racing. Both sets of teams will be comprised of three people – two men and one woman – who will battle it out on this amped-up version of the world's most intense obstacle course.
The debut episode of "Team Ninja Warrior" set records as the most watched series premiere with A18-49 in Esquire Network history, as fans tuned in to see their favorite top contenders join forces to take on the mother of all obstacle courses as a team. Throughout the season, the series continued to captivate audiences, peaking at the finale which ranked as the 2nd most-watched original telecast in network history with Total Viewers as team "Party Time" – featuring rock-climbing legend Brian Arnold; Jake Murray, a young protégé of Brian's who trains extensively with his group; and stay-at-home-mom Jennifer Tavernier who became a break-out star on "American Ninja Warrior" – took home the trophy and title of the first winners of "Team Ninja Warrior." Currently the season overall ranks as Esquire Network's most watched original series in network history with Total Viewers and most-watched debut season with A18-49.
"Team Ninja Warrior" is executive-produced by A. Smith & Co. Productions' founders Arthur Smith and Kent Weed (Hell's Kitchen, The Dunk King, Ellen's Design Challenge), along with Brian Richardson as executive producer. The series is a spin-off of "American Ninja Warrior" which is based on the "Ninja Warrior" format from Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc., and is a co-production between Esquire Network and NBC.


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Opponent #3: IUPUI Jaguars, November 18th, US Cellular Arena
Ron Hunter spent a very large portion of the past two decades as head coach of the Summit League's IUPUI Jaguars. So it was a bit of a surprise when the noted good samaritan took his feet down to Georgia State of the CAA last spring. His replacement, Todd Howard, spent 16 years at IUPUI as an assistant and associate head coach, so the Jaguars have been prepared for this for awhile, but it's still a surprising move outside of Indy. The Jaguars are set at most positions and, unlike the Huskies who also went through a coaching transition, aren't expected to fall off.
– Key player: Alex Young. The senior wingman does it all for IUPUI. At 6'6" and 200 lbs., Alex Young is an iron man for the Jags. Young rarely comes off the court, averaging 31.6 minutes last season as a junior. The hometown wing was first on the team with 19.7 ppg in 2010-11, and no player in the country comes into this season having scored as many points as Alex Young, who has 1,633 to his name already. Head coach Todd Howard had this to say to IUPUIJags.com. "He's worked tremendously on his perimeter game and is one the premier slashers in the nation. Plus, he's really focused on all the other ways to score, whether it be putbacks, getting to the (free throw) line and finishing in transition. In the jump from his freshman to sophomore year, we talked a lot about finding extra opportunities to score."
– Wanted: dimes. Starting point guard John Ashworth, who led the team with 96 assists last season, has departed. That leaves a hole to fill in the starting lineup. Stephen Thomas could move from shooting guard over to the point, but that just moves the hole over to shooting guard. That role could be filled by Sean Esposito, the junior who scored the most amount of points outside the starting lineup. Sophomore Donovan Gibbs could also be that guy for the Jaguars if they wanted to go big, moving Young down to shooting guard.
– Sophomore Surge. IUPUI players in the past have blossomed as sophomores. Alex Young did it, now San Antonio Spurs George Hill did it, and so did a slew of others. Among the crop of sophomores-to-be, Donovan Gibbs looks to be the one to make the jump. With an opening on the wing, Gibbs has the opportunity to move himself into major playing time this season.
– Long, athletic, fast. They definitely have big bodies – Cameron Loepker, a junior center who started at IUPUI, left, and came back, is 6'9" and 275 – but their real strength is long, quick athletes. Christian Siakam led the team with 6.9 rpg but was extremely athletic in the paint doing so, grabbing 108 offensive rebounds on the season. P.J. Hubert, Marcellus Barksdale, Nick Kitcoff, Gibbs, and Lyonnell Gaines provide Howard with a lot of long bodies to throw at Milwaukee's taller players. IUPUI has a lot more height than the average Horizon League team.
The Jaguars have been paced by Young, but fell victim to UALR 75-70 on Tuesday night. The game was well-played, but the Jaguars couldn't gain an edge on UALR inside the paint, being outrebounded 38-30 and giving up 12 second-chance points.
IUPUI guard Stephen Jackson was out of the first game but played against UALR. Overall, the Jags are shooting well but are not getting to the line as much as they'd like.
In the early season, with the talent level they are bringing into the Cell, this is the stiffest test the Panthers have faced thus far.
Tip-off is 7 p.m, but join PantherU.com for a pre-game meal at Major Goolsby's at 5 p.m. Some IUPUI faithful are going to join us and it's always a good time when fans from opposing teams can get together in good fun.
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In truth, Islamic holy days are just an opportunity for Islamis jihadis to kill even more--even more Moslems:
Bombings in and around Baghdad have killed at least 15 people, just a day after a wave of attacks during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha resulted in Iraq's highest death toll this month.
The latest violence on Sunday targeted Shia Muslims, much like the shootings and bombings a day earlier, with the spate of attacks shattering a relative calm despite announcements by authorities that they would boost security during the four-day Eid break which began on Friday.
Our world would be safer if Islamists rather than American liberals felt the need to put "COEXIST" bumper stickers on their cars.


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The NEW "Chimera Flu" ( "Mexiflu" / "Swine Flu" / H1N1) Possible Pandemic
Posted by Admin on April 29, 2009
I have been following this story for a few days now, reading articles in the media, reports from various countries, and government agencies, official CDC & WHO reports, etc… And, I will fully admit that I'm STILL trying to get a clear handle on exactly how much of a threat this NEW VIRUS really is as I know many others are as well.
You may notice that in the title of this post I have called this new virus a "Chimera Flu" – credit to my daughter for the name. The papers today are reporting that many are rejecting the "Swine Flu" name for a variety of reasons. This is a GOOD thing, because "swine flu" doesn't accurately describe this new disease and how it is spread, and it is causing undue panic regarding the sale of pork food products.
Another unintended consequence of labeling this as "Swine Flu" is that it is creating a false sense of security among pig farmers, and others in rural areas because "old fashioned pig flu" has been around for AGES, can't be transferred to humans except by direct contact with the infected animal, and the prognosis really doesn't differ from being infected with a "regular" Human flu virus. [I have heard people on the internet making comments such as, "Why are people so worried, I had Swine Flu as a kid growing up on the farm and its no big deal" — not what you want people thinking in regards to this NEW VIRUS].
The whole "name thing" has personally been bugging me for some reason ever since I found out this was a combination of several genetic components of usually geographically isolated swine flu strains, the North American Avian Flu, and a Strain of Type "A" Human Influenza. Clearly we are NOT dealing with a normal mutation of "Old Fashioned Swine Flu".
To my great relief, the governments of various countries are calling for a "name change". The US is starting to use the scientific identifier of H1N1. Honestly, there are so many different influenza strains out there, and they all have "HN" numbers I don't think this is a good idea either — too easy for the average person to confuse it with other "regular" flus, or non-human infecting flus. Using the H1N1 identifier is fine for scientists and researchers, but I think a "common name" would serve the public well at this point in time. [Israel has called this the "Mexican Flu" which is in keeping with traditional naming schemes — where a virus is first identified is usually how it's named – like the 1918 Spanish Flu was. However, due to the political correctness portion of our world, I don't think that will be considered "PC" enough. Again why I am suggesting a name like "Chimera Flu" (which does give the proper impression that this is a genetically mutated virus containing several different "unrelated" virus markers).
Right now I am working on a "Focus Page" for the "Chimera Flu" which will contain a vast amount of resources, links, quotes, statistics, and information on a wide variety of different topics that pertain to viruses themselves, the scientific makeup of this new virus, resources for official information (like the CDC and WHO), "alternative" resources for "chatter" in the medical community, links to media articles, and government releases, and agencies, and more…
I will even be discussing some pretty plausible theories on the Who's, Why's and How's that accompany this event — many of these theories at this point are honestly very plausible, and the people discussing these things are using reasoned arguments and solid facts to support them — it's honestly fascinating stuff… Of course, there are some theories that I personally don't think have much weight, but I'll include some of those too, so readers can make up their own minds…
At this point there is not much anyone who is not a research scientist, medical professional, or working for some goverment agency, or the media can really do about this besides help each educate each other, and to stay informed. If you have links to information on anything regarding viruses, mutations, pandemics, and media articles you think are worth sharing, please consider dropping me a note via the comment section below this post. All comments are moderated, so even if you don't see your comment show up on this page, it doesn't mean I won't include your information with credit on the "Focus Page(s)" about this topic.
If you do decide to share information, I respectfully request that you supply a citation as to the source of the information — especially if you are supplying a quote, please include the name, occupation/position/title of the person commenting, and employer, date and a link to the article, or resource it appeared in. This will save me a LOT of time because then I can easily double-check the info. before I include it.
It's never a good idea to panic – it always leads to mistakes, which can lead to undue suffering in any situation. Please remember when researching this subject on your own that we truly don't know what we're dealing with yet — it's too soon to tell. It's just one of those things (like a smoking volcano) that is a good idea to keep tabs on. While this new virus certainly has our attention, again, panicking will do absolutely no good. Remember those lists of "emergency preparation" that FEMA released shortly after Katrina, so people were better prepared for natural disasters and other emergencies? Well, it's a good idea to check on your survival supplies, or start gathering some if you haven't already.
Remember even if this "Chimera Flu" turns out to be way less serious than it looks, that doesn't mean having these preparatory items is a bad idea, or a bad investment. My mother and grandmother both made sure to keep a well-stocked pantry, because as they always said, "You just never know" (Raising a family during the depression and WWII taught my Grandmother a lot of things about keeping a family safe during hard times. My mother grew up during WWII, and living on a farm preparedness was just a way of life…
I will include much more on this subject on my Focus Page.
I am aiming for at least a partial publication within the next 24-36 hours depending on how much time I need to spend on some other projects I have going at the moment (we homeschool, and with keeping the house in order it maay take me a bit to get everything organized.
Right now our famly is (somewhat) enjoying a 'bitterweet' time off work my husband has right now due to what they are calling a "temporary" layoff. If you are the praying kind, we would definitely appreciate prayers and good wishes for my husband's job situation — he's applied to seemingly every shop in our area, and NO-ONE is hiring right now.
He is also looking at a possible weekly commute to Chicago where we have relatives, and he has more job contacts (he is a Journeyman Precision & Prototype Machinist/Tool & Die Maker with 18 years experience, and a wide variety of skills). While a commute would be hard on our family, it may become a necessity, and I really would prefer not to have a "long-distance" marriage even if just for a while… So please pray my husband can find a job locally, or that somehow his old shop gets some new contracts in (half of his shop is "at home" right now, so prayers for his co-workers and their families, and anyone experiencing layoffs right now would be a good thing to pray about as well…).
One more prayer request; Praise God, my family just got over a NASTY flu they caught at the beginning of this month, and all of them (my 4 kids and husband) are all feeling almost 100% again. I however, caught a severe Bronchial Infection about 5-7 days after they got sick. Thanks be to God that I was able to "nurse" my family before I fell ill… I was put on some strong antibiotics, a steriod, and given an inhaler, and the excruciating pain I felt went away after a few days.
The doctors tell me I have some "lingering irritation" but the infection is gone – Again THANK GOD! [I have a real compassion for asthma sufferers and those with chornic respiratory illness… I have given birth without drugs, and the pain I felt when my bronchial tubes spasmed when I TRIED to cough felt like someone was trying to rip my lungs right out of my chest, and I really don't know anything scarier than feeling as if you cannot breathe!]
Just this last Monday, our 9 mo. old "kitten" who had been suffering from an upper respiratory infection (that he coincidently(?) came down with at the the same day as the rest of my family), we had to rush back to the vet. He wasn't eating, although he was still drinking and he was literally "wasting away". We tried every kind of food imaginable and resorted t feeding hi with a syringe like a baby, but there was really nothing we could have done to help him. They ran a bunch of blood tests and it ws discovered he had feline leukemia, and he had already entered a "multiple organ failure" stage with white blood cell counts lierally "off the chart", so we hd to mke the heartbreaking decision to have him put to sleep. I truly believe God has a special place for our beloved pets, so another prayer I would request is that he has found his way across that "rainbow bridge", and also that God would comfort my children as they moun the loss of our "kitten", Hobbes.
One more prayer request… On Monday night, even though I thought I was dealing pretty well with the death of our cat, I ended up in the ER with an "uncontrollable heartrate" that was hovering around 150 (those who exercise will realize this is at the very top of the "recommended heart rate" for exercise, and I wasn't exercising!). I was also having trouble communicating to my family as to how I was feeling — it was quite scary. At the ER they checked me for all possible complications from my bronchial infection (chest X-Ray, CT scan with & without dye), and they checked my heart and monitored it (I think they did several ECGs, and some EEGs, too — talk about being hooked up with wires to all sorts of machines – it felt like I was "strapped in"!). Anyway, after they ruled out blood clots, stroke, heart attack, etc… I was also very dehydrated when I arrived at the ER with a very low potassium count, so they did some other blood tests and I got rehydrated through and IV. After that they gave me some pretty strong sedatives so I could sleep till morning, and they could 'keep an eye on my heart', even though eventually we all came to the conclusion that it was a most likely a "prolonged panic attack", that I didn't "catch" before it started… They were going to also keep me till morning so we could do a "just in case" stress test on my heart, and again they had given me some sort of seative and i did become quite drowsy.
Unfortunately, just as I was finally dozing off an infant came in screaming and crying. You could tell the baby was in some sort of pain and distress, and despite my sedated self, the Mom i me wanted to jump up out of that bed and go help "save the baby"…. LOL It ws at that point they decided that going home and getting rest might be a better idea as my heart rate started to climb again when I heard that baby… [Prayers that that child is OK now — it sounded bad whatever was making he/she cry like that…]
Anyway, I'm following up with two separate doctors – my regular MD, and a highly recommended psychiatrist (just in case). We are still running blood tests (fasting tests) and a few other tests checking for a whole bunch of other physical ailments just to rule everything out that could physically be causing my high anxiety level – and especially the problems I had with communicating. Please pray those come back "clean". One thing I'm a little worried about is that I could've had a "mini-stroke". I have a history of migraines and such and some of the latest medical info. I've seen was a study that showed a possible link between the two. I'm also working with my (Pain Specialist) Orthopedic Surgeon for my back problems so prayers there will help too! PRAISE GOD that I do have some wonderful medical professionals for a "support team". I feel very blessed in that…
Sorry, I really didn't intend for this personal section/prayer request to be so long. I guess it could be considered "therapeutic" for me to write all this out, so thanks for your patience and listening…
Time to get to work on that "Focus Page" (and get the girls started on their daily lessons). Thanks in advance to any readers who want to submit information, as I stated above it would be greatly appreciated. I've got a pretty long list of notes, and links, and such, but the more information the better, IMHO.
TAKE CARE EVERYONE! And, remember — NO PANICKING! 🙂
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State Assembly Republicans elect new speaker
Republican state Rep. Robin Vos of Burlington has been elected the 75th speaker of the state Assembly.
He ran unopposed Tuesday and was elected to the post by his Republican colleagues.
The 44-year-old Vos was first elected to the Assembly in 2004. He served the past two years as co-chairman of the powerful budget-writing Joint Finance Committee. Vos takes over as speaker from Jeff Fitzgerald, who ran for the U.S. Senate rather than seek re-election.
As speaker, Vos will help determine which bills the Assembly takes up and guide its public message. Republicans are expected to hold a 60-39 advantage in the Assembly once election results from last week are finalized.
"My goal is to create a more efficient and effective state Assembly where the debate is vibrant but also relevant," Vos said. "I welcome a free-flow of ideas because I believe the best ideas are the ones reached together."
Assembly Democrats and Senate Democrats were also meeting Tuesday to elect their leaders for the session that begins in January.


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Cissy Houston said her daughter Whitney Houston's marriage to Bobby Brown "wasn't the greatest idea in the world."
Cissy Houston appeared on NBC's "Today" show to talk about her memoir honoring her daughter Whitney Houston, who died almost a year ago. In her new book "Remember Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped," Houston talks about her final moments and memories with the legendary singer.
"I didn't see her that much but we always communicated in some manner," Cissy Houston recalled.
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She also opened up about Whitney's troubled marriage to Bobby Brown, telling "Today's" Savannah Guthrie she "doesn't blame" him. She did however, comment in a later interview with Al Roker that Brown "did hurt her in a lot of ways. ... She was in love, I guess."
When talking about possible interventions, she noted that, "Bad people have good children. ... It's all their responsibility when they get to a certain age to choose their way."
"She was taught, she knew the way," Cissy Houston continued.
In explaining why she wrote the book, she said people had their relationship wrong. "She and I were very, very close. She knew I loved her," Houston said.


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Getting into a car accident was the second to last thing Maggie Lyons expected on prom night. The last thing she expected? Finding out she's part machine.
Turns out, there are a lot of things Maggie didn't suspect. Like the fact she almost died when she was four. And her parents let a stranger replace her broken parts with technology more advanced than anything on the Syfy channel. Or that her geekoid next door neighbor, Tommy, is hiding in the backseat of her car when she runs away in the middle of the night.
But that's just the way her weekend is going.
Now Maggie and Tommy are on the lam in a stolen car, running from the police, the doctor who might be on to her condition, and the bald dude with a seriously bad attitude tailing them. Tommy would give anything to have her newly manifested strength, but Maggie's not so keen--even a simple tickle fight could turn deadly. All she wants is to find her Maker and get her human parts restored. As they follow clues on a cross-country road trip, Tommy totally cramps her style, but he is beginning to distract her from the guy who wrapped his car around a tree on prom night. That's problem in itself--geek love is definitely not a part of Maggie's plan. If only she can find her Maker, maybe, just maybe, she can go back to life as normal.
Then Maggie meets the others like her. Turns out, there's a lot more to be afraid of than winding up under a microscope.
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Weightlessness is a funny thing.
One moment ago, Dean and I were joking about the stupid, lime-green dress his ex-girlfriend wore to prom. His cheeks dimpled when he laughed.
Now his car skids over the embankment. Our bodies are a blur of pink satin and black tuxedo. My insides lurch and jerk, like knots trying to untie themselves. Dean's face is a blank sheet of confusion and me, well, I don't know how I look but I'm sure it isn't pretty.
The free fall ends when we hit the tree. All that remains is pain and panic. And noise. All kinds of noise. Screams, creaks, and cracks from all sides. I can't feel my legs or arms, but I'm standing and screaming and tugging at the crumpled car door.
Dean's stuck. I have to get him out.
Gas fumes sting my nose and burn my chest. I tear the door off the car and nearly tear Dean's arm off, too. He tumbles out and I drag him toward the field. The car explodes, flames consuming it in a burst of red and orange. The force throws us back from the wreck. I sit in the long grass in my tattered dress, barely aware of the hot metal in my hands or Dean unconscious at my side.
I can't tear my eyes away from my left arm.
It's ruined.
The skin is ripped open, gaping from wrist to elbow, but I hardly bleed. I try to make sense of it, but my arm isn't right.


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Investment banks are cutting jobs in equities faster than any other division as revenue recovers at a slower pace than the rest of their businesses and more trading is automated.
Employees on stocks desks fell by 8.5 percent globally in the first nine months of last year, according to a survey by Coalition Ltd., an industry analytics firm. That compares with a 6.6 percent drop in fixed-income workers and a 5.8 percent decrease for origination and advisory functions, the data show.
Banks fired workers in equities after declining trading volume reduced revenue at the same time as the growth of automated stock and options transactions squeezed margins. Trades that require human involvement cost 2.05 cents per share while those done by computer cost 1.08 cent, Tabb Group LLC said. Forty investment banks from Bank of America Corp. to Nomura Holdings Inc. announced more than 68,000 job cuts in 2012, according to data compiled by Bloomberg Industries.
�No matter what happens, the way that the business has been run will be permanently changed by this challenge,� Mike Di Iorio, head of equities at Barclays Capital for Asia Pacific said in Hong Kong Dec. 24. �The sort of changes that are being contemplated in the cash business are changes people were contemplating 10 years ago, in terms of creating a more efficient model and introducing a more thoughtful approach.�
Global banking and markets revenue grew 53 percent in the third quarter of 2012, the first increase in a year, according to data from nine banks compiled by Bloomberg Industries. Equities sales and trading revenue rose 6.7 percent in the same period, the slowest rebound apart from advisory services.
Nomura announced in September that it is folding equities execution outside of Japan into its Instinet Inc., the brokerage it acquired in 2006. The Tokyo-based company�s action may result in 200 job losses, according to a person briefed on the plans.
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc said in January it was exiting cash equities, the trading of common shares on public exchanges, and failed to find a buyer for its European unit. The Edinburgh-based lender sold units to Jefferies Group Inc. as well as ABN Amro Group NV and agreed in April to sell most of its Asia-Pacific unit to Malaysia�s CIMB Group Holdings Bhd., which retained 331 out of about 600 RBS employees in the region.
UniCredit SpA, Italy�s largest bank, said in June it would scale back its central and eastern European equities business. Equity workers will be among 1,600 jobs Morgan Stanley plans to eliminate from its investment bank in coming weeks, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said last week.
The industry�s consolidation goes beyond cash equities into derivatives, James Boyle, head of equities trading in Asia Pacific for Citigroup Inc. said in Hong Kong Dec. 18.
�Before, options market-making, warrants, single-stock options and cash could all run as silos and get decent returns,� he said. Now, �all the banks are looking at it from the efficiency side and how to best serve customers,� he said. �Some banks will even have the same trader running several businesses.�
In Asia outside of Japan, Barclays Plc is combining traditional client-facing equity sales with program and electronic trading under the same managers, Di Iorio said. That change has already been made to units in the U.S. and Japan.
The nine largest global investment banks � Deutsche Bank AG, Barclays Plc, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Citigroup, UBS AG, Credit Suisse Group AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley � announced more than 30,000 job cuts in the first nine months of the year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Deutsche Bank is also considering reducing bonuses for investment bankers by as much as 20 percent on average for 2012, according to four people briefed on the matter. The Frankfurt- based lender is attempting to boost profitability and tie pay more closely to company performance.
Small brokerages that make trades by phone or sell research are finding it harder to earn commissions amid shrinking volume and increased automation.
ThinkEquity LLC, Rodman & Renshaw LLC and WJB Capital Group Inc. closed last year, while Atlantic Equities LLP, the London-based brokerage that provides research on U.S. stocks to European clients, ended a foray into New York. Trading firms from Ticonderoga Securities LLC to Oscar Gruss & Son Inc. have also fired equity traders or shut during 2012.
�It�s still an overbrokered industry and it will continue to shrink,� Alec Levine, an equity derivatives strategist at Newedge Group SA in New York, said in a Jan. 8 interview.
Equity volume is falling around the world. Average daily trading on the Stoxx Europe 600 Index retreated 11 percent last year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Among companies in Hong Kong�s Hang Seng Index, volume slumped 13 percent in the period, while it dropped 4.8 percent on the Nikkei 225 Stock Average in Japan. For companies listed on U.S. exchanges it fell 18 percent, the data show.
In 2011, bond divisions suffered the biggest job losses. The number of equity jobs worldwide fell 2.4 percent, while fixed income headcount contracted 7.4 percent, according to Coalition. The job index includes Barclays, Bank of America, Citigroup, Credit Suisse Group AG, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and UBS.
For Nomura, channeling all equity execution through Instinet saved money, John Adair, head of equities in Asia ex- Japan, and Glenn Lesko, chief executive officer of Instinet in Asia said in a press briefing on Sept. 27. Adair has since resigned, according to two people with knowledge of the situation and Norikazu Akedo is now the sole head of Asia-Pacific equities.
The platforms will continue to evolve in coming months, Citigroup�s Boyle said, and will bring the need for employees with more diverse skills.
�The competitive landscape 18 months from now will be significantly different than it is today and I think we are well positioned,� Boyle said.
�Job functions have changed over the past year and interactions have become much more holistic. We�re training people on different things,� he said. �Sales people are becoming more product literate and traders are developing client relationships.�


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Last of a three-part series.
Canadians abroad have long benefited from what psychologists call "the halo effect": Because of its reputation as a peace-loving, human-rights respecting, tree-hugging land, Canada can do no wrong.
But perceptions in Latin America are changing, say observers here and there, as conflicts pitting Canadian mines against local communities become entrenched and spread across continents, and the line between those companies and the Canadian government becomes increasingly blurred.
"Last week, there were demonstrations outside the Canadian Embassy in Mexico. But it's not just Mexico, it's throughout the region," says Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert, a history professor at McGill University and the coordinator of the McGill Research Group Investigating Canadian Mining in Latin America. "What embassy in Latin America has not been the locus of protests because of a Canadian mine?
"As a country and as citizens of this country we have a serious problem."
Canadian foreign direct investment in mining has nearly doubled in the last five years, from $23.8 billion in 2006 to $45.3 billion in 2011, and half of that was in Latin America.
Barrick Gold has spent $3.7 billion just on its Pascua Lama open-pit mine, on the border of Chile and Argentina, and expects to spend another $5 billion there before it's up and running in mid-2014. Then there's Cerro Casale, 130 kilometres north of Pascua Lama, currently on hold, for which Barrick would need to spend another $6 billion.
But as mining investment has exploded over the last decade, so too have conflicts involving Canadian mines, from the Pueblo Viejo mine in the Dominican Republic, where 25 people were injured in clashes with police in September, to the Pierina mine in Peru, where one person was killed that same month. (Both are mines owned by Barrick Gold, but protests are not restricted to Barrick mines.)
All the while the Canadian government's role in defending, even promoting, mining companies' interests has solidified.
Consider the apparent shift in priorities of the Canadian International Development Agency. Long mandated to reduce poverty in developing nations, critics say it is now targeting resource-rich countries with Canadian aid, especially where mining companies and communities are locked in conflict.
Last year it began a pilot project in Quiruvilca, Peru, near Barrick Gold's Lagunas Norte mine, where local residents have accused the company of contaminating the water supply and expropriating communal lands. CIDA has partnered with Barrick Gold, matching its funding for a $1-million World Vision project to provide loans for small businesses and to foster capacity-building for local leaders.
In development circles, the project, announced by then-minister for CIDA, Bev Oda, raised alarms over the mingling of private and public funds in a project whose result might have been to quell protest. In that light, CIDA's contribution — with taxpayers' money — was seen as a disguised subsidy to Barrick.
By April, however, it appeared the program had backfired. In a letter written to Oda, an association of community organizations from the three provinces in Peru affected by the Lagunas Norte project said it felt "cheated by these and other so-called social responsibility activities" and asked CIDA to stop supporting this type of project. Instead, CIDA should "monitor the activities of this company in our country, and coordinate with the state to ensure human rights of those affected by the mine are protected."
Oda never replied. But the new minister responsible for CIDA, former Toronto police chief Julian Fantino, wrote back in September, saying "more, not less, of these projects are needed if developing countries are to successfully transition to highly productive economies that enable free enterprise and empower free people to participate in global value chains and shape a more prosperous world."
It's a position Fantino has since reiterated, somewhat less eloquently. Canada's aid agency isn't getting into the mining industry, he assured reporters in November, but it is working with companies in developing countries so it doesn't have to "continually bail them out, with their food issues, their education, their health issues and on it goes."
In a speech to the Economic Club of Canada on Nov. 23, he called for an increase in support through CIDA of projects tied to Canadian mining companies working abroad.
"It's a new way of tying aid back to our economic interests, and shifting aid toward natural resource-rich areas," says Jennifer Moore, the Latin America program coordinator for Mining Watch Canada, a non-governmental organization based in Ottawa.
"CIDA used to be seen as a great thing," said Studnicki-Gizbert. "Now it's seen as an arm of the mining industry — do we want that?"Perhaps in response to some of the criticism that it has become too cozy with mining corporations, the Harper government in 2009 established a complaints office of sorts for people in other countries unduly affected by a Canadian mine.
Known as the "Extractive Sector Corporate Social Responsibility Counsellor," its role, as an institution reporting to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, is "to communicate the Government of Canada's expectations regarding corporate conduct, assist companies and stakeholders in the resolution of disputes related to the corporate conduct of Canadian extractive companies (mining, oil and gas) abroad, and assist with the implementation of CSR performance standards." The office has a $650,000 annual budget.
Unfortunately, when it comes to dispute resolution, the counsellor's hands are tied. Marketa Evans, the first director of the Munk Centre for International Studies — built at the University of Toronto and maintained with $41 million in grants from Barrick Gold founder Peter Munk — was appointed CSR Counsellor in 2010. But the government's mandate only gives it the power to investigate complaints as long as the mining company in question chooses to cooperate.
So far, two out of three files the counsellor has opened pertain to mining operations in Latin America, and in both cases, investigations came to an abrupt end when the company refused to participate.
The first involved an Excellon Resources mine in Durango, Mexico, where the company was accused of illegally occupying lands, affecting the water supply and denying workers the right to unionize. The second cited McEwan Mining's Los Azules mine in Argentina's San Juan province — where Barrick's Pascua Lama mine is being developed.
In the McEwan case, two local environmental groups filed a complaint to the CSR counsellor in July, presenting satellite imagery of glaciers being affected by McEwan's exploration activities, including of mining roads cutting across some of the glaciers.
At the end of November, having reviewed the evidence, Evans issued a report recognizing the two groups as legitimate stakeholders, and proposing mediation. That's when McEwan promptly withdrew from the whole process, and the file was closed.
Repeated calls to the CSR counsellor's office were not returned.
Asked to comment on whether the office was an effective means of resolving such conflicts, a spokesperson for DFAIT referred The Gazette to a written statement.
"Through our Government's Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy, we want to help these companies remain world leaders and continue creating jobs and opportunities in Canada and abroad," wrote Caitlinn Workman. "The Counsellor contributes to problem-solving through her review and advisory functions."
Moore, of Mining Watch Canada, doesn't blame Evans per se, but rather the government for not giving her the resources or range of powers necessary to properly address the conflicts arising.
"She can't investigate, make policy recommendations, apply or suggest sanctions," said Moore, who says the government should create a true ombudsman's office that is independent. "The CSR counsellor was a political invention of the Canadian government to give the appearance of having an office of complaints but instead falls far short … especially where egregious human rights and environmental damage are involved."Despite domestic and international calls to bring Canadian mining companies under control, DFAIT, National Resources Canada and CIDA seem increasingly supportive of their interests.
According to Moore, Canadians are both subsidizing the mining companies and profiting from them, through pension plan and group investments in Canada's mining giants — sometimes knowingly, sometimes not.
Following the defeat of Bill C-300 — the Responsible Mining Bill — in 2010, Moore and other advocates are now supporting a private member's bill, introduced in February by MP Peter Julian, that would allow foreign citizens to take their grievances of human rights abuses and environmental degradation to Federal Court.
"A lot of Canadians would be scandalized to think our public sector funds and efforts are directed oversees at some of the most predatory companies," Moore said. "We shouldn't be making our living at the cost of other people's future and well-being."
If we are to salvage Canada's reputation, says Studnicki-Gizbert, the federal government must establish in people's minds the difference between the Canadian government and Canadian companies, and show that the government is holding them accountable.
"Instead they're doing the exact opposite."
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Bawarchi is a small, vegetarian steam table Indian spot in Culver City where you can get good Indian food at a great price. For a mere $8, you get to choose one of two rices, one of three breads and three main dishes from the steam table, along with a small salad, pappadum and raita. There must be a dozen main dishes to choose from, and they change with some frequency (the labels on the steam table seem to change somewhat less often, so it helps to ask what the dishes are). The day I was there I tried a nice jackfruit dish, paneer in cashew sauce, saag with corn and a lentil dish. All of it was nicely spiced, though not too hot, and tasty. Good food at a great price is hard to beat.
Bawarchi Indian Kitchen
10408 Venice Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 836-8525
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Something funny that Rich Mullins once said was that he didn't listen to Christian radio because there was an absence of good breakup songs. It is a little unfortunate that Christian singers sometimes have those songs where it's unclear if the "you" is God or the singer's girlfriend. Christians have a tough time with love songs too sometimes. Seems ironic though when a Spin Magazine writer visited Cornerstone and referred to worship music as "Jesus is my girlfriend" music.
It is unfortunate that what is presented as Contemporary Christian Music doesn't cover the full extent of who we are as people. It's also true there is a time and place for everything. Of course singing Brown Eyed Girl at church is probably not going to go over real well.
The reason why Christians should write love songs for their girlfriends or spouses is because you have Song of Solomon in the Bible. Not to mention that God instituted marriage in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve. Not only that but Christians are referred to as the Bride of Christ. Which could be misunderstood incredibly today, but really means that Christ's love for us is so much greater than our love for our spouses.
I think the type of love song that a Christian artist might write is different from "Since You've Been Gone" or "Hot N Cold". It's probably best not to suggest anything that could be interpreted as immoral.
A song like "Kiss Me" by Sixpence is playful and innocent, but it was never going to be nominated for a Dove Award. The New Testament says repeatedly to greet one another with a holy kiss. Now obviously the context was different, but the lyrics were "Kiss me down by the broken tree house" and not anything overly sensual.
I don't really know what the answer is in terms of getting Christians to write better breakup songs. But I do think that there should be less ambiguity about whether a song is about the Lord or your significant other. I think people should give up on the top 40 when they're down because there is no true hope found in those songs. The Bible actually has better breakup songs, many of them written by God. Just read the book of Hosea. But the difference between God's breakup songs and the world's breakup songs is that God's have the hope of a restored relationship.


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Firstly I apologise for the lack of Newcastle team, I ran out of time. I did have a final XI, but I think it could be improved on, so I am going to save it for another time.
I have managed to beat any time delays and present you a QPR side. It's pretty poor, and up there for worst team so far. But anyway here it is…
Paul Jones
Welshman Jones, joined Saints in 1997, following namesake Dave from Stockport County. He installed himself as first choice and went on to make nearly 200 appearances for the club before being displaced by Antti Niemi. He became the first goalkeeper in FA Cup history to come off the bench in a final when Niemi was injured in 2003, and gained 50 Welsh caps. He had a loan spell at Liverpool in 2004 before re-joining his first club Wolves after seven years as a Saint. He played for Watford and Millwall before joining QPR in 2006. He played 26 times for the R's before heading into non-league football and retirement.
Fitz Hall
'One Size' only left Loftus Road this past summer having spent four season's at the club and falling out of favour with Mark Hughes. Hall played the best part of 100 games for Rangers having signed in 2008. Previously had one season at St. Mary's in 2003/04 but failed to nail down a starting position. Now playing for Watford, Hall also made the Saints v Latics side.
Neil Ruddock
Larger than life (in more ways than one) Londoner Ruddock joined Saints in 1989, having started his career at Spurs and then with Millwall. He was a firm favourite with the fans at The Dell, with his 'no nonsense' defensive style, bags of character and the ability to put a penalty away (though it was a couple of misses that led to Le Tissier being put on pens). He rejoined Spurs in 1992 and played a season there before moving to Liverpool. He headed to Loftus Road for a loan spell in 1998 before playing for West Ham, Crystal Palace and Swindon Town. He is now forging a career on the reality television circuit!
Mark Dennis
The original 'Psycho' Londoner Dennis began his career with Birmingham City, before moving to The Dell in 1983. Dennis was and still a highly popular figure amongst Saints fans, who appreciated his combatant style of play. Despite numerous sending's off and suspensions, Dennis played over 120 times for Saints and made into 'cult hero' status, for his antics on and off the pitch. Dennis signed for QPR in 1987, having fallen out with Saints boss Chris Nicholl, he stayed a season at Loftus Road playing just over 20 times. Dennis then moved to Crystal Palace before retiring in 1990. Now the Director of Football at Winchester City.
Nigel Quashie
Perhaps one of the biggest victims of Saints disastrous 2004/05 campaign, Quashie is often unfairly described by Saints fans despite some decent and certainly committed performances. Quashie began his career with QPR in 1995, staying three seasons before moving to Nottingham Forest. He stayed in the East Midlands until 2000 when he joined Portsmouth and became a key figure for the club as they rose to the Premier League. In January 2005 he crossed the divide, and followed Harry Redknapp to Saints. Quashie captained the side and led from the front, but the club were relegated, and he subsequently moved to West Brom the following January. Since 2007 Quashie has played for West Ham, MK Dons, Wolves and QPR again before heading to Iceland where he currently plays for BÍ/Bolungarvík.
Inigo Idiakez
Spaniard Idiakez arrived in England with Derby County in 2004 having forged a career in La Liga with Real Sociedad, Oveido and Rayo Vallecano. He played at Pride Park for two seasons, building an impressive reputation as an attacking midfielder. When George Burley took over at Saints in 2005 it didn't take him long to go back to former club Derby for Idiakez and Gregorz Rasiak. The Spaniard couldn't quite recreate his Derby level performances and ended up going on loan to QPR in March 2007, he stayed at Loftus Road a month and was back in the Saints side on his return. Ironically he missed the decisive penalty to send his former club Derby to the final in the 2006/07 Championship playoffs. Rejoined George Burley as his assistant at Apollon Limassol in 2011.
Jason Puncheon
Current Saints winger Puncheon has had a turbulent time at St. Mary's, having gone from zero to hero in his two years at the club. He signed for Saints in January 2010 from Plymouth having played for MK Dons and Barnet as well as the Devon side. He made an immediate impact to the Saints side, but soon took exception to being dropped for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. During his fall out with the management of the club he had loan spells with Millwall, Blackpool and then Premier League QPR but he couldn't seal a permanent move away from St. Mary's. Puncheon swallowed his pride, returned and has been one of Saints best performers this season in the Premier League, scoring in the reverse fixture with QPR earlier in the season. Saints fans are now sweating on him being offered a new contract!
Frank Saul
Essex forward Saul played for hometown club Canvey Island as a youth before signing for Spurs in 1960. Saul started his career at White Hart Lane in style, as part of the 60/61 double winners and went on to make well over 110 appearances for the North London side, before they used him as part of the deal to sign Martin Chivers from Saints. His career never took off at Saints, scoring just two goals in 46 appearances and he moved back to London and QPR in 1970. He scored four goals for the R's and ended his career at Millwall.
Iain Dowie
Dowie started his career playing for various non-league clubs before being spotted by Luton Town in 1988. He spent three seasons with the Hatters before earning a move to West Ham. Things didn't quite go to plan at Upton Park and Dowie joined Saints in September 1991. The Northern Ireland forward had four seasons at the Dell scoring 30 goals. He was sold to Palace in January 1995 and only stayed until the end of the season, returning to West Ham. He signed for QPR in 1998 and ended up playing in defence. He had a brief spell as caretaker manager at Loftus Road in 1998, and was given the job permanently ten years later in 2008, but lasted just 15 games.
Peter Crouch
Many expected Crouch to make a return to Loftus Road this January and link up with Harry Redknapp again but it wasn't to be. Crouch's career effectively took off when he signed for QPR in 2000 from Spurs. His performances for the R's in the 2000/01 season saw Pompey pay £1.5 million for him, and his season at Fratton park earned him a big money move to Aston Villa. Something didn't go to plan at Villa and he was labelled a flop, lasting just two seasons before heading to St. Mary's. Crouch was a revelation for Saints, but his goals couldn't keel them up and he was on the move again in 2005, heading to Liverpool for £7 million. He lasted three seasons at Anfield and subsequently played for both Pompey and Spurs again, and now Stoke City.
Dexter Blackstock
Blackstock was signed from Oxford United and put into the Saints Academy in 2003 when he was 17. He was given a baptism of fire in the 2004/05 season starting games during an injury crisis. Blackstock did well and even got on the scoresheet in the local derby against Portsmouth, but as other strikers were brought in, his chances became limited and he moved to QPR in 2006. Blackstock had three seasons at Loftus Road, before heading to Nottingham Forest where he still plays now.
So there it is, probably not the best team you are ever likely to see, or one that will play particularly nice football, but with Puncheon crossing for the three big lads up front there is goals in it!


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Clint Follette joined Boston Consulting Group in November 2006. He is a core member of the Energy practice and leads the firm's petrochemicals topic. At BCG, Clint has acquired experience in a variety of industries, with an emphasis on energy sectors including downstream oil and gas and petrochemicals.
During his time at BCG, Clint has worked with oil majors, independent refiners, national oil companies, midstream companies, and other energy industry players on a broad range of topics including corporate strategy, R&D strategy, market entry and market growth strategy, product marketing strategy, and operations improvement.
Clint has worked on other projects in wind, power, and biofuels, as well as projects outside of the energy sector in health care, telecommunications, transportation, and education.
Prior to joining BCG, Clint spent three years at ExxonMobil Chemical in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as a research engineer.


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Pan-fried chicken with tomato & olive sauce
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal353
- fat17g
- saturates3g
- carbs11g
- sugars9g
- fibre4g
- protein41g
- salt2.15g
- 2 tbsp olive oil
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- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 small onion, halved and very thinly sliced
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- 2 garlic cloves, shredded
- 400g ripe tomatoes, finely chopped
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- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
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- 6 pimiento-stuffed green olives, thickly sliced
- 300ml chicken stock
- generous handful basil leaves
Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan, then season the chicken and fry, flattest-side down, for 4-5 mins. Turn the chicken over, add the onion and cook 4-5 mins more. Lift the chicken from the pan and set aside. Add the garlic to the pan, then continue cooking until the onions are soft.
Tip in the tomatoes with the balsamic vinegar, olives, stock, half the basil and seasoning, then simmer, stirring frequently, for 7-8 mins until pulpy. Return the chicken and any juices to the pan and gently simmer, covered, for 5 mins more, to cook the chicken through. Serve scattered with the rest of the basil.


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It's been over a week since Yoselyn Ortega, the 50-year-old former nanny who worked on New York City's Upper West Side, allegedly stabbed two of the small children she cared for before trying to kill herself with the same knife.
Ortega, still in the hospital, has a lawyer and is refusing to answer questions about 2-year-old Leo and a 6-year-old Lucia Krim, but law-enforcement sources told the New York Post that she's already lucid enough to talk about some of the issues she had with their parents: chiefly, that she didn't want to do additional housework to make extra money.
"She said something like, 'I'm paid to watch the children, not clean up and do housework,' " a law-enforcement source said of Yoselyn Ortega's statements to cops after she woke up from a medically induced coma Sunday.
"There was friction between her and the family."
In Ortega's brief statement to police, she said her employers had arranged to give her an extra five hours a week in housekeeping work to help her make more money, law-enforcement sources said.
But she griped that the new schedule interfered with her doctor's appointments. "They were asking her to clean, to do housework. She was unhappy about that," the source added.
Apparently, the Krims had told Ortega - who was struggling with financial issues - that her work had been slipping and that they would replace her if she didn't shape up. Which sounds harsh in light of subsequent and tragic events, but is also how pretty much all employer/employee relationships go. There must be more to the story.
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I don't know bout y'all, but I am so bad about deciding what to make for dinner. It usually goes something like this:
Noon-"Hmm.. did I take out meat for dinner tonight? Nopers. Dang!" or "Shoot, I want to make _______, but didn't get __________ ingredient to make it tonight. There's another stop after school."
So… today I decided to make a menu and a list accordingly, go to store and be prepared! (Not my typical M.O.)
Pinterest is so, so wonderful! Not only does it inspire my craft desire, but it is like the world's biggest and most diverse recipe collection. Just click on the pic to go to the site with the recipe. I have vowed to make all these new and fabulous things this week:
Baked Cheese Stick Bites with Grilled Asiago&Spinach Brats and Barbecue Hamburgers (because my kids won't eat those yummy brats), and Baked Zucchini Chips
Cheese Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Grilled Chicken Breast with green beans and rice
Crock Pot Pork Chops with Parmesan Mashed Potatoes with corn on the cob and salad
Ham and Cheese Crescent Roll Ups with the Potato Bacon Casserole listed below
Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches with fruit salad and spinach salad
Potato Bacon Casserole with the Ham and Cheese Crescent Roll Ups listed above
Friday night is "Fend for Yourself Friday" -one perk of having teenagers! I plan to use leftovers for lunches at school for myself.
Do you make a weekly menu and stick to it? We shall just see how it goes.
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by Patricia Kime
The Food and Drug Administration announced Monday it is requiring the antimalarial drug mefloquine, once marketed as Lariam in the U.S., to carry the agency's strongest warning on the drug's potential neurological and psychiatric side effects.
he so-called "black box" warning is designed to inform patients of potentially dangerous and permanent side effects.
After an extensive review, the FDA found that neurologic side effects such as dizziness, loss of balance or tinnitus can "persist or become permanent" as a result of taking the medication
"Neurologic side effects can occur at any time during drug use, and can last for months to years after the drug is stopped or can be permanent," the announcement noted.
Those taking mefloquine also may experience psychiatric side effects such as anxiety, depression, hallucinations or paranoia, according to the new FDA warning.
If a patient develops either neurological or psychiatric symptoms, they should stop taking the drug and speak with their physician, the FDA recommends.
Mefloquine has been controversial since its commercial introduction in 1989. The drug is known to cause hallucinations, psychosis and delirium in a small percentage of users.
In 2002, questions arose as to whether it played a role in a string of violent deaths and suicides among several soldiers and spouses at Fort Bragg, N.C.
In 2004, a cluster of 11 U.S. troops developed symptoms of dizziness, uncontrollable eye movements and vertigo that made it difficult for them to walk steadily. The only common thread among the nine men and two women that federal health investigators could find was mefloquine, prescribed to the troops to prevent malaria.
In 2012, an Army preventive medicine expert published a case study of a Navy sailor who developed brain damage as a result of taking the drug.
The drug's side effects also have been discussed in connection to the behavior of Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who pleaded guilty in June to the murder of 16 Afghan civilians in March 2012.
In April 2012, the FDA received notification from the maker of Lariam, the brand name of mefloquine no longer sold in the U.S., that a patient taking the medication "developed homicidal behavior and led to homicide killing 17 [sic] Afghans."
The report, obtained July 5 by Military Times through a Freedom of Information Act request, stated:
"It was reported that this patient was administered mefloquine in direct contradiction to U.S. military rules that mefloquine should not be given to soldiers who had suffered traumatic brain injury due to its propensity to cross blood-brain barriers inciting psychotic, homicidal or suicidal behavior."
An FDA adverse event report does not mean the medication caused any health problems; it indicates only that patients developed symptoms while using the product.
But the black box warning is a clear indication from the FDA that more research is needed to understand the drug's toxicity, said Dr. Remington Nevin, a former Army tropical disease specialist and leading researcher on mefloquine neurotoxicity.
"These warnings make it clear that the drug can permanently injure the brain, and that mefloquine brain injury needs to be considered alongside TBI and PTSD as a signature injury of deployment. The military has known of mefloquine's neurotoxicity for over a decade, but denied that troops could suffer from it long-term," Nevin said.
From 2010 to 2011, the military health system wrote 14,420 prescriptions for mefloquine, down from 55,766 from 2007 to 2009.
The drug remains popular for distribution among special operations forces because it is taken weekly rather than daily.
In 2009, the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs issued a policy listing mefloquine as a last-choice malaria preventive in areas where strains are resistant to another drub, chloroquine, behind doxycline and atovaquone-proguanil.
The memo stated that in cases where a service member had a history of neurological or mental health disorder, mefloquine should be used with caution only in areas where the malaria strain is resistant to other medications.
In January 2012, just months before the Kandahar massacre, Dr. Jonathan Woodson, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, directed the Army, Navy and Air Force and the commander of the Joint Task Force National Capital Region Medical Command to provide his office with all data and policies related to mefloquine.
FDA officials said they will continue to evaluate the drug's safety "communicate with the public again if additional information becomes available."
Source: Army Times
url: http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130729/BENEFITS06/307290029/FDA-puts-black-box-warning-mefloquine
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The First Amendment is getting another legal workout, this time for its role in social network platform Facebook.
If a user clicks 'Like' on something, it should be deemed protected free speech -- just like standing on a street corner and declaring something in public, according to Facebook.
FB has filed a brief in a Virginia case where a sheriff's deputy 'liked' his boss' political opponent's page. His boss later fired him. The deputy, Daniel Ray Carter, sued, saying that his 'like' was protected by the First Amendment.
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The judge in the case didn't see it that way, saying "that merely liking a Facebook page is insufficient speech to merit constitutional protection," according to an excerpt posted on CNET.
Carter has appealed the ruling -- and that's when Facebook weighed in with an amicus brief:
Contrary to the district court's understanding, liking a Facebook page (or a non-Facebook website) is speech: It generates verbal statements and communicative imagery on the user's profile (or timeline) page – i.e., a statement that the user likes a particular page, accompanied by the page's icon – as well as similar statements and imagery in the news feeds of the user's friends. In this case, by liking the Adams campaign's page, Carter ensured that the slogan, "Jim Adams for Hampton Sheriff," would appear alongside Adams' photo on Carter's Facebook profile … Carter also triggered an announcement on his friends' news feeds and on the campaign's page itself that he liked the campaign's page. Any visitor to Carter's profile would have been able to see the candidate's photograph and campaign slogan. Carter's use of Facebook to "convey his message" was "speech" within the meaning of the First Amendment.
[Click here to read the entire brief.]
As social networking continues to disrupt just about everything it touches -- much like the internet, in general -- the real-world social institutions, like courts, will have to address that what people do on these platforms is a way of communication (read speech) for people. A new language that will not only perist, but grow.


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Jon Hamm's recent online war of words with reality TV star Kim Kardashian was a bit of a surprise. His "Mad Men" cast mates backing him up, less so.
The cast of the AMC drama appeared on the "Today" show this morning, and there was no avoiding Hamm's infamous comments. In an Elle UK magazine interview, Hamm complained that "stupidity is being celebrated" in American culture, and used Kardashian as an example of how "being a f***ing idiot is a valuable commodity."
Kardashian fired back via Twitter, calling Hamm's comments "careless."
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"I don't think they were careless. I think they were accurate," Hamm told "Today" host Matt Lauer.
"It's a part of our culture that I certainly don't identify with," he continued. "And I don't really understand the appeal of it other than in a sort of car crash sensibility, and it's not something that I partake in or enjoy, but it is what it is, and here we are."
Hamm's co-star, Vincent Kartheiser, spoke up to support Hamm.
"I agree," said Kartheiser. "He said it very eloquently. I agree with everything he said. I think our society enjoys to turn on the television and see someone who's maybe awful and they can say, 'Maybe I'm not as terrible as that person.' "
"Mad Men" returns with a two-hour premiere on Sunday at 9 PM ET on AMC
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