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Bloomberg is reporting on the claims of a Japanese tabloid magazine SPA! saying that the Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, was stopped back in July by airport security at the Kansai International Airport in Japan. Jobs was reportedly trying to transport Ninja throwing stars onto his private plane before heading back to the United States from his family vacation.
blockquote>"A security scan at Kansai International Airport, near Osaka, detected the weapons inside the executive's carry-on luggage in July as he was returning home to the U.S. from a family vacation in Kyoto, the Japanese magazine reported, citing unidentified officials at the airport and the transportation ministry. Jobs said it wouldn't make sense for a person to try to hijack his own plane, according to the report. He then told officials he would never visit Japan again, the magazine reported. Apple declined to comment."
An airport spokesperson did confirm that a similar incident did take place at the end of July but would not name the persons involved. They did state that the passenger did discard the throwing stars and noted that both private and public passengers are subject to the same security measures throughout the airport.
UPDATE: Apple has responded:
"Steve did visit Japan this summer for a vacation in Kyoto, but the incidents described at the airport are pure fiction. Steve had a great time and hopes to visit Japan again soon."
[Bloomberg, response via Digital Daily]


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Mcmennamins provides mason jars in their hotel rooms too.
Canning jar related question here: I've got a couple yeast starters going in gallon jugs that I want to put away inthe fridge and not worry about for a while. Probably going to put them in jars but what's the best way to sterilize jars/lids? Just boil, cool and pour the yeast in? I obviously can't get the yeast hot enough to vacuum seal it. Ideas?

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FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite Blood Glucose Test Strips by Abbott: Recall - Erroneously Low Blood Glucose Results from FDA Medwatch
: Abbott is initiating a voluntary recall of 20 lots of FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite Blood Glucose Test Strips in the United States. These lots of test strips may produce erroneously low blood glucose results when used with both "FreeStyle Blood Glucose Meter" and "FreeStyle Flash Blood Glucose Meter" [neither of which have been in production since 2010], as well as the OmniPod Insulin Management System.
When the test strips are used with the newer FreeStyle brand meters including FreeStyle Freedom Blood Glucose Meter, FreeStyle Lite Blood Glucose Meter and FreeStyle Freedom Lite Blood Glucose Meter, the blood glucose test results are not affected. Testing with the FreeStyle InsuLinx Blood Glucose Meter is not affected by this action, as FreeStyle InsuLinx Blood Glucose Meter uses FreeStyle InsuLinx test strips.
BACKGROUND: The affected test strips are from lots that hold expiration dates from between May 2014 and March 2015, and can be located in the Firm Press Release.
RECOMMENDATION: The company is notifying healthcare professionals, pharmacies, distributors and customers about the recall; customers affected by this action are instructed to call Abbott's diabetes care customer service at 1-888- 736-9869 for a replacement of the affected test strips at no charge.
Healthcare professionals and patients are encouraged to report adverse events or side effects related to the use of these products to the FDA's MedWatch Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program:


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VIDEO: Daily Zap for games played June 15
Report: Bulls looking to make blockbuster move | Report: Sixers taking extended look at Wiggins | Orlando a big fan of Smart's intangibles | Report: Heat's Allen mulling retirement | Nowitzki makes pitch for Anthony
No. 1: Report: Bulls looking to make deals to upgrade lineup — If the just-completed 2014 Finals have taught other NBA teams anything, it's that building a team like the Spurs — one replete with superstars and solid, dependable depth — is the way to go in today's NBA. The Chicago Bulls have apparently taken notice and are willing to part with just about anyone not named Derrick Rose, writes Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times:
According to several NBA sources Sunday, the Bulls have been actively looking to improve the starting lineup at almost any cost, with Derrick Rose the only untouchable player — and not by choice.
"They are looking to exhaust as many assets as it will take,'' one source said of general manager Gar Forman and head of basketball operations John Paxson.
But the source said it was "doubtful" whether that meant the long-rumored departure of coach Tom Thibodeau could come into play.
Carmelo Anthony is still Plan A as the Bulls and the rest of the NBA await to see if the Knicks forward will opt out of his contract. But the Bulls are more active in their pursuit of Kevin Love than initially rumored. Also, don't rule out LeBron James coming into play again if the four-time MVP opts out of his deal.
No. 2: Report: Sixers taking long look at Wiggins — The 2014 NBA Draft is one of the most anticipated events on the season calendar and is just 11 days away this morning. As such, expect teams in the lottery to start getting a better and longer look at some of the top names in the field — a practice that obviously applies to the Philadelphia 76ers. According to Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports, the Sixers are taking a long look at former Kansas University star Andrew Wiggins:
The Philadelphia 76ers are getting an extensive look at mutually interested ex-Kansas guard Andrew Wiggins during a team visit, sources told Yahoo Sports.
Wiggins flew to Philadelphia and arrived Sunday night and is slated to work out for the 76ers on Tuesday, sources said. The 6-foot-8, 200-pounder is also scheduled to get a tour of Philadelphia and other key sites on Monday. The 76ers own the third pick in the NBA draft, and Wiggins would be excited to play for them if selected, a source said.
Wiggins also is scheduled to visit the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have the No. 1 overall pick, on Wednesday, and the Milwaukee Bucks, owners of the second pick overall, on Friday. Those visits with Wiggins are just one day as opposed to the three days he's spending in Philadelphia. The 76ers have not scheduled workouts with other elite draft prospects such as ex-Kansas center Joel Embiid, ex-Duke forward Jabari Parker or Australian guard Dante Exum.
The 76ers also own the 10th overall pick in the draft, which is June 26 in Brooklyn, N.Y.
No. 3: Magic a big fan of Smart's intangibles — Former Oklahoma State standout Marcus Smart was thought to be a top prospect in the 2013 Draft, but opted to return to school for a sophomore season. While Smart's 2013-14 campaign in college was filled with ups and downs, he's in the 2014 Draft now and may have a big fan in the Orlando Magic, writes Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel:
Orlando Magic executives love Smart's intangibles. They value his leadership, toughness and competitiveness so much that they might select him fourth overall in the 2014 NBA Draft on June 26.
In fact, the Magic might have drafted him with the second overall pick last year if Smart had decided to go pro after his freshman season at Oklahoma State. But Smart chose to stay in college for one more year. The decision was a shocking one; the 2013 NBA Draft was one of the weakest drafts in years, and Smart would have earned a salary of almost $4.8 million as a rookie if Orlando had taken him.
During a road game Feb. 8 against Texas Tech, and with the Cowboys just seconds away from their fourth consecutive loss, Smart hustled back on defense to prevent a fastbreak dunk. He contested the shot, and his momentum propelled him into the crowd. Smart stood up, heard something from a heckling fan, and confronted that fan.
The fan then said something else, and Smart shoved him.
The fan, a Texas Tech supporter named Jeff Orr, denied using a racial slur, but he acknowledged that he had called Smart "a piece of crap."
Smart apologized and received a three-game suspension.
"He understood immediately where he was wrong," Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford says. "He understood he needed to learn from that. It was just a situation where his competitiveness probably got the best of him in that split second. He learned so much from it, which he will tell you. But is that a reflection of him as a person or of his character? Anybody that's been around him for an hour or 30 minutes will tell you, 'Absolutely not.' "
NBA teams asked Smart about the incident when they interviewed him at the NBA Draft Combine last month in Chicago.
"Just like I told them, it's something that happened that's in the past," Smart says now. "I'm not proud of it, but I'm trying to move on from that. I've got bigger and better things to look forward to in my life, and if I'm too busy looking in the past, how can I see what's in front of me in the future?"
No. 4: Report: Heat's Allen mulling retirement — The Miami Heat already knew during The Finals that they'd have to find a roster replacement for Shane Battier, who is retiring. Could there be another key roster hole opening up on the Heat? According to Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com, sharpshooter Ray Allen seemed to be mulling retirement after the Heat fell in Game 5 of The Finals last night:
Ray Allen hopes to decide in the next few days if he wants to continue his career or retire after 18 seasons.His contract with the Miami Heat ended when the San Antonio Spurs beat them 104-87 in Game 5 of the Finals on Sunday night.
"I've had a great career, I'm content with what I've done," Allen said. "It's hard to think past this moment. In the next couple of days I'll think about it and see where my true heart lies."
"One thing is for certain, to [make retirement decision] on my terms is the most important thing," Allen said. "Whether that is me retiring, staying here or going somewhere else it will be on my terms. I've made it to this point and I felt great that I have the choice to make it for myself."
There will be no suspense for Heat forward Shane Battier. He made his retirement official Sunday night.
"I've given everything I can to the game and I don't have any more to give," Battier said. "And I'm OK with it."
VIDEO: Ray Allen comes up with a nice steal during Game 5 of The Finals
No. 5: Nowitzki makes pitch for Anthony — Based on the most recent reports over the weekend, returning to the New York Knicks doesn't seem to be too high on All-Star Carmelo Anthony's wish list this summer in free agency. The speculation will continue to run rampant from now until the opening of the free-agent market on July 1, so why not add the Dallas Mavericks to the mix? According to Ian Begley of ESPNNewYork.com, Mavs superstar Dirk Nowitzki made a bit of a pitch to Anthony over the weekend:
Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki has made a public pitch to recruit Carmelo Anthony to Dallas.
"If Carmelo would really love to come here, we'd love to have him," Nowitzki said in an interview on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas.
Anthony is under contract for next season but is expected to opt out of the final season of his deal with the New York Knicks and test free agency this summer.
The Mavericks, Chicago Bulls and Houston Rockets are teams Anthony would consider, sources told ESPN.com's Marc Stein. Miami Heat officials also have started to explore their options in trying to create enough financial flexibility to land Anthony in free agency, ESPN.com reported last week.
Dallas is projected to have as much as $30 million in cap space this summer.
Nowitzki, who led the Mavericks to an NBA title in 2011, said that he would have no problem coexisting with Anthony, the No. 2 scorer in the NBA last season.
"Listen, I think I've showed over my 16 years that I can play with anybody," Nowitzki said. "The only tough season I think we've had is when we had [Antawn] Jamison and Antoine Walker and myself who are all three kind of the same four-men, but other than that I think I've shown over my career that I can play with anybody. I'll adjust, whether I have to get out of the way or go to the corner more, post up, pass. I'll do whatever, really, that needs to be done out there to win or for this franchise to be a winner."
SOME RANDOM HEADLINES: The Bucks have workouts scheduled this week with Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker and Joel Embiid … Wolves big man Ronny Turiaf wants to visit every country in the world … The Spurs have become the new team of Texas … Should the Heat re-sign Michael Beasley this summer? This fella says yes … Latvian forward Kristaps Porzingis has reportedly backed out of the 2014 Draft … Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov is reportedly NOT interested in selling the team …
ICYMI of The Night: The 2013-14 season is officially over and the San Antonio Spurs reign supreme. Relive some of their best moments from the Game 5 clincher with our Phantom Cam …
VIDEO: Relive the best moments from Game 5 of The Finals in super slow-mo


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Neil Young's biographer goes to court
By Jonny Whiteside
WHEN NEW YORK writer Jimmy McDonough interviewed Neil Young for the 1989 Village Voice feature "Too Far Gone: Fucking Up with Neil Young," McDonough had no idea what his subject had in store for him.
In an auspicious moment of candor, Young announced, "The farther you go into this abyss called 'obsession,' the more dangerous it becomes. It's like a drug. You can completely lose touch with your family, the people who count on you, people who would do anything to help you."
Young was so impressed with McDonough's resulting article that he asked the journalist to pen liner notes for a forthcoming 25th-anniversary CD anthology. That project was so successful that Young invited McDonough to serve as his authorized biographer.
At that point in his career, McDonough was one of the best music writers in the nation. Almost single-handedly responsible for reintroducing the public to presumed-dead R&B-jazz balladeer Jimmy Scott via his groundbreaking Voice cover story, McDonough characteristically used the money from the story to pay for a Scott demo session; not long after, the singer had a Warner Bros. contract and a chart-topping album.
McDonough's writing is tough, probing, full of street-hustler style, yet hits with a cerebral impact. He was ready for a challenge, and Young magnanimously offered him a free hand with the biography, typical of the singer's renowned image as an unfettered, purely creative force. Young consented to sit for five consecutive days of interviews and would have no approval over McDonough's work, save for passages dealing with specific members of his immediate family.
With this assurance, McDonough committed himself to "devote his exclusive services and full time" to the book, and a lucrative deal was struck with Random House in August 1991. The contract was a $350,000 deal; the initial advance topped $100,000, with $85,000 going to McDonough and $20,000 to Young. McDonough relocated to the West Coast in 1991 to begin research, which is when I first met him. Although Jimmy left California in 1993, as a fellow biographer, fan, and pal, I watched his blunt style and relentless technique with no small fascination.
"Jimmy's a wild man, and he obsessed on [the book]," says attorney George Hedges, who helped finalize McDonough's initial agreement with Young.
After years of painstaking work and exhaustive research fleshed out by no less than 300 interviews--and supported by a loan of some $50,000 from Young--McDonough produced Shaky: The Authorized Biography of Neil Young, personally handing the nearly 800-page manuscript over to a seemingly pleased Young in 1998.
"The day Jimmy delivered the manuscript to Neil," Hedges says, "he called me and said, 'I feel good about it, it's really gonna happen. I feel so relieved.' "
Random House, too, was eager to publish, but soon found that matters would not go exactly as planned.
In December of the same year, Young's representatives, without explanation, abruptly announced that he would block publication. No one saw it coming. Random House spent the next year trying to reconcile subject and manuscript, but eventually chose to capitulate, citing in an April letter to McDonough both Young's "sabotage" and the fact that the biography was contracted as an authorized--not unauthorized--project. Then the publishing house asked for the return of the nearly $200,000 it had by then already paid McDonough and Young.
On May 1 of this year, McDonough's attorneys filed a $1.8 million suit against Young, seeking publication of the book and charging the rock star with, among other things, fraud and breach of contract.
The suit McDonough vs. Young, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleges that over a period of several years, "McDonough devoted himself to writing the biography. While doing so, he was repeatedly assured by Young that the musician would abide by his agreements with McDonough, and that McDonough should trust that Young would allow the biography to be published. Young repeated these assurances to McDonough . . . even on the day the manuscript was delivered to Young.
"In December 1998, however, Young revealed himself to be a contradiction in terms, using the wealth and power he had accumulated from his musical and business success to squelch publication of the Biography. Unilaterally and without contacting McDonough, Young, through his handlers, repudiated his agreements with McDonough and with Random House Inc. . . . without ever stating a single specific objection to any material in the Biography. But for Young's actions, Random House Inc. would have published the Biography."
THOROUGHLY weird stuff, but from the start, the entire project was unusual. Young not only insisted that McDonough agree to donate 25 percent of his earnings to the Bridge School in the Bay Area (which Young founded), but also insisted that McDonough submit to physical examinations so Young could take out a $350,000 life-insurance policy--with Young (or his designee) as beneficiary.
Merely negotiating the 13-page agreement was difficult--and McDonough, a notorious hard-nose, didn't make it any easier. At one point, wrangling over a detail with Young's representative, Irwin Spiegal Osher, McDonough admits he cried, "Go ahead! Do it--and I'll blow my goddamn brains out all over your cheap fucking white shoes." Calls to Osher were not returned.
It is perhaps McDonough's very doggedness, his refusal to be intimidated (by Young's chronic rescheduling of agreed-to interviews and by numerous clashes with the singer's unctuous handlers), that led to this mess.
While the nature of Young's role is mystifying, it's not completely out of character. As longtime personal manager Elliot Roberts (recalling the occasion when Young quit Buffalo Springfield, excoriated Roberts as inept, and then almost immediately rehired him to oversee his solo career) told The New York Times, "I thought, 'Wow, cool--this guy is as devious as I am.' "
The manuscript of Shaky is under lock and key, but Hedges, to whom McDonough supplied a copy, describes it as "a real serious effort to get inside what makes Neil Neil. It's not a puff piece, which is apparently what he wanted but never said--I sat at the table and looked Neil right square in the eye. Outside of the fact that Neil's been involved in some pretty juicy things in his life, no, this is not a Kitty Kelly kind of a deal; it's a legitimate biography, the product of a lot of very hard work. As I understand it, the response from Random House on the book was very, very positive."
In a January 1999 letter Random House attorney Diana Frost wrote to Young attorney Osher, she called the book "an important and artistic biographical work that they expect will receive a positive reception from a wide audience." (Frost refused comment, and calls to the book's editor, Bruce Tracy, were not returned.)
Young's reasons for rejecting the manuscript, according to McDonough's attorney Henry Gradstein, were that Jimmy delivered the manuscript in "an untimely fashion"; that he had delivered it to Random House without Young's personal approval; and, finally, that he was simply not going to give his approval.
Gradstein counters that the manuscript's lateness was in fact owing to delays caused by Young's own refusal to schedule promised interviews. And, he continues, in any case Random House had previously granted McDonough's requests for extensions of delivery deadlines. Finally, he says, Young had no approval rights (save over passages dealing with the aforementioned immediate family).
Barring a settlement (active discussions are ongoing), the case should go to trial in spring of 2001. Gradstein is "absolutely certain" McDonough will prevail, while Young's attorney Lee Phillips insists that Young has "appropriate defenses and possible counterclaims."
MUCH of the dispute revolves around the following clause in Young's agreement with McDonough: "Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if Neil prevents Jimmy from completing and delivering the manuscript to the Publisher, then the entire Indebtedness will be Neil's obligation and he shall discharge the same and hold Jimmy free and harmless therefrom. This shall be Jimmy's exclusive remedy from Neil."
Young contends that this, in conjunction with the language granting him approval over passages relating to members of his family, gives him "the right to prevent release." As Phillips explains it, "You can see that [the clause] indicates that it's . . . his exclusive remedy against Neil, so in other words . . . he can't complain if the end result is that the book doesn't get published. He can keep the money, and Neil's got the liability with Random House.
"If there's one comment about the family and Neil disapproved it, that comment then has already been delivered to Random House. Why have an approval right to prevent it from going out to the public . . . if that person has delivered it to the public?
"I mean, the fact is, it was done," Phillips continues. "If it said some terrible thing, and you said, 'I disapprove,' and he said, 'OK, I'll take it out,' then it would only be known to Neil and Jimmy. But if you deliver it to Random House and then deliver it to Neil the next day, Random House and all their editors and everybody else . . . that sentence is in there. And that's the reason why I think a lot of this problem came up."
Wait, there's more: Young's attorneys are also claiming that he has approval rights by alleging that McDonough failed to meet the already-extended Random House deadlines, creating a breach "frustrating the purpose and intent of the agreement" and "independently granting Young the right to prevent" publication. So, it's a back-and-forth exchange of legal interpretation, the deviltry of language on the one hand so clear, yet on the other so ambiguous--depending on which side one favors--that it is apparently best left for Judge Richard C. Hubbell to reconcile.
Still, to some, the situation couldn't be clearer. "It's horrible what Jimmy's been through," says Hedges. "It's so kind of insanely arrogant and malicious--it's unthinkable. The whole situation is just mind-numbing, the way Neil led him on; he was just playing with him--playing with a life, his trust, everything. I mean, Neil is notorious, but this is crazy--it's like being in the belly of the beast. There's a kind of arrogance to celebrity, and this is just a very raw, vivid example of it."
This article originally appeared in the L.A. Weekly.
From the November 2-8, 2000 issue of the Northern California Bohemian.


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Nobody ever said that marriage is easy.
Private Life is Jane Smiley's rather dry take on marriage as seen through the eyes of the women of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is filled with husbands that are, at best, benevolent dictators and, at worst, contemptible egomaniacs that see their wives as little more than housekeepers to be slept with on occasion. There are very few happy women in Private Life and, with the possible exception of Mrs. Kimura (a Japanese immigrant to America), none of them are married. For these women, marriage is a crapshoot and, by the time they figure out if they have won or loss, it is too late to ask for a second roll of the dice.
It is telling that two of the most accomplished women in the novel, and probably its happiest overall, are women who choose not to marry: the Kimura daughter, who works with her midwife mother, and Dora, a successful newspaper correspondent and friend of the book's main character, Margaret Mayfield. The other women eventually, sooner for some than for others, come to see their marriages as more burden than blessing.
Private Life opens in 1942, just as Margaret Mayfield locates what is left of a Japanese family she has grown close to during her years in coastal California. The Kimuras are living in a horse stall at the closed-down racetrack where they, along with hundreds of others of Japanese descent, have been interned on the orders of the federal government. What particularly hurts Margret is the role played in their arrest by her husband, the self-declared-genius, astronomer, and unofficial physicist, Andrew Jackson Jefferson Early. By 1942, Margaret knows that her husband is more fool than genius and she regrets the lifetime she has squandered in his company.
Smiley tells Margaret's story in a series of flashbacks of five-to-ten-year intervals, beginning with her childhood in rural Missouri where she grew up with her two sisters and two brothers. Life was cheap in nineteenth century Missouri; women died during childbirth, men in war, and both sexes frequently succumbed to illness and accident. The Mayfield family is often visited by tragedy and, at age 27 already dangerously close to spinsterhood, Margaret will marry more out of desperation than of love. If only she had known what was to come of her marriage to Captain Andrew Early.
Andrew Jackson Jefferson Early is a man with a high opinion of himself, one who never considers the possibility that he might be wrong on any scientific question or issue of the day. He makes a good initial impression on those he seeks to impress but cannot control his emotions or tongue if challenged. Finally, having burned one bridge after another behind him, he brings Margaret to the observatory at Mare Island's U.S. Navy base and shipyard where he will work for the next several decades. It is on Mare Island and in Vallejo, California, that Margaret will proceed to waste the rest of her life alongside the man she comes to realize is insane.
This is not an easy book to read, despite its interesting theme and look at early twentieth century California history (including the San Francisco earthquake of 1906), because of the degree to which it gets bogged down in the details of Andrew Early's misguided scientific theories. Those who make it through those pages, however, might feel it was worth their effort in the end.
Yes, nobody said that marriage would be easy. According to Jane Smiley, it might just be impossible.
Rated at: 3.0
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Private Life
Posted by Sam Sattler at 3:19 PM
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It is a shame that you say that this is not so easy to read as I must say that it sounds as though it deals with fascinating themes.ReplyDelete
Thanks indeed for sharing
I don't like all of Smiley's stuff, but this seems like it would be right up my alley.ReplyDelete
Hannah, it might just be me. I almost always find Smiley somewhat difficult to read...slow to the point that I have to re-read whole paragraphs when my mind starts to drift.ReplyDelete
Bybee, I'm not much of a Smiley fan and have ever really been impressed by one of her books...guess which one?ReplyDelete
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Editor's note: John Avlon, a CNN contributor and senior political columnist for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, is the author of "Independent Nation" and "Wingnuts." He won the National Society of Newspaper Columnists' award for best online column in 2012.
(CNN) -- This week on The Big Three we say bye bye to Michele Bachmann; comedian Russell Brand joins us (naked, apparently) to talk about his column condemning group-blame in the wake of the brutal beheading of a British soldier; and Dean and Margaret offer their take on a commencement address for the Class of 2013.
First, one of the most polarizing figures in American politics decided not to run for re-election this week. I think I heard church bells ringing in reaction. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann was briefly an icon of the tea party movement and even pursued an ill-advised presidential campaign that resulted in numerous -- and ongoing -- ethics investigations.
Bachmann used her 15 minutes of fame to divide and demagogue our national debates, routinely accusing opponents of being anti-American and parroting conspiracy theories from her congressional pulpit. Her frequently fact-free accusations made her a favorite on the far-right, but interestingly it is liberal Democrats like Dean who already think they're going to miss her the most, while Margaret sees her departure as a win for reforming the Republican Party.
Russell Brand is best known as a British comedian and TV/film star, who, in addition to co-starring in the upcoming animated film "Despicable Me 2," is also a Solzhenitzyn-quoting, part-time essayist. In the wake of the barbaric beheading of a soldier in London, Brand wrote an essay in The Sun called "Blame this on madness...not Muslims."
Dean was particularly touched by the effort to defend the Muslim community from the ugly passions stirred by group blame. Brand's perspective is that mental illness is more at fault in the attack than the influence of radical Islam and that root causes must be analyzed, as well.
While I agree with Brand's assertion that we can't let extremists determine the terms of debate for the rest of society, especially when their goal is to take us off center by inspiring further hate and distrust, I'm not convinced that taking troops out of Afghanistan would stop terrorism -- and, unlike Brand, I think that evil exists. But it's a lively, thoughtful conversation -- especially considering that Brand informed us afterward that he conducted it naked looking in a mirror.
Which is a sideways segue to commemorating the end of another college year. Yes, its commencement address season and already words of wisdom are being dispensed on college campuses across the country by the likes of Stephen Colbert, President Obama and Wolf Blitzer. The millennial generation is coming of age and we debate whether the "everybody gets a trophy" ethos (plus the uphill economic climb) has left them well prepared for life after college.
Dean orates a commencement address of his own, while Margaret and I dispense our advice (you have to be willing to work hard if you want to follow your bliss). Plus, I trot out a dimly remembered quote I like: "The only place where success comes before work is the dictionary." Our collective consensus slogan: Ladies and gentlemen of the Class of 2013: Lower your expectations.
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Egalet to Present at BIO CEO & Investor Conference
Feb 08, 2013, 08:30 ET
MALVERN, Pa., Feb. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Egalet Ltd., a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing safe, effective and abuse-deterrent medications, announced today Bob Radie, president and chief executive officer (CEO), will present at the BIO CEO & Investor Conference on Tuesday, February 12 at 9:15. Mr. Radie will review the company's patented technology and pipeline of abuse-deterrent opioids that are nearing phase 3.
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Egalet has pioneered one of the world's first erosion-based delivery technologies to enable the controlled release of drugs through gradual erosion of a tablet. In addition, the Egalet® technology, a novel, patented drug delivery platform, was designed to prevent easy extraction and to deter the abuse of medications via known routes of abuse, including chewing, snorting, and injecting. The uniquely shaped, patient-friendly tablet consists of matrix and can add a shell or coat. By altering the composition of the shell and matrix, a variety of extended-release formulations can be produced. The technology offers a predictable and tailored pharmacokinetic profile, lacks a significant food effect and alcohol dose dumping, and can be used with a broad range of opioids and non-opioids. Egalet has extensively filed patents to protect its inventions covering both the technology and product-specific patents. Please visit www.egalet.com for more information.
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Kevin and I needed to get in some miles; it's less than two months before we head to France and tackle some nasty climbs. Would have been nice to do a Santa Cruz run,
but school work for Kevin meant he had to get back at a reasonable hour, so we set out to do the loop I did April 21st (I think)- Over Old LaHonda to Pescadero, Bean Hollow and south on Highway 1 to Gazos Creek, return to Pescadero via Gazos Creek and Cloverdale. Food. Cokes. Mix more Cytomax.
Up to that point, things went reasonably well. Kevin was running into some pain issues from his kidney (isn't this getting to be pretty stale news about now?) so he was just barely hanging onto my wheel as we rode into a stiff headwind, but kept it to himself until we were just about ready to leave Pescadero, saying he wanted to pack it in, call home for someone to pick him up.
Fun. I talk him into heading to San Gregorio before calling for the broom wagon (in racing, the broom wagon "sweeps" the back of the race, picking up racers who've abandoned), since it would be much easier for someone to come straight over 84 looking for us, rather than have to figure out Stage Road etc. He makes it, painfully, we call from San Gregorio, then head east on 84 for the intercept. I figured La Honda, and sure enough, just past La Honda, the broom wagon appears.
Waaaaay too soon for me to pack it in though! Can't even believe my wife asked the question. As if she doesn't know after 34 years? Just 50-something miles by that point, none really hard, it was time for me to finally shake my legs loose, which I did, getting a new personal best for upper section of 84 up to Skyline.
77 miles, "only" 6200ft of climbing, so it didn't even meet the definition of a "tough" ride (needs 1,000ft of climbing per 10 miles). The original plan had been to head up Los Lobitos Cutoff and Tunitas, which would have been 1000ft more… still not enough! Maybe next weekend…


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No. 1: Report: Stephenson headed to Hornets — The Charlotte Hornets opened free agency by taking a big swing at landing restricted free-agent swingman Gordon Hayward of the Jazz, but Utah matched the Hornets' offer sheet last weekend. Swing No. 2 appears to be a success for the Hornets this time, though, as they have agreed to terms on a three-year deal with Indiana Pacers standout (and unrestricted free agent) Lance Stephenson, as first reported by Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer. This marks a big loss for the Pacers — who had the best record in the East last season — but there had been talk that contract negotiations between Stephenson and Indiana had broken down of late. Bonnell has more on the move for Charlotte:
Following an all-night negotiating session, the Charlotte Hornets have come to an agreement to sign Indiana Pacers shooting guard Lance Stephenson, the Observer has learned.
Under terms of the agreement, Stephenson will make $9 million in 2014-15 and $9 million in 2015-16. Stephenson will get a slight raise in 2016-17 if the Hornets pick up the team option.
Stephenson fills an obvious need, as the Hornets were weak offensively at the shooting guard and small forward positions. The 6-foot-5 Stephenson had a breakthrough season statistically, averaging 13.8 points, 7.2 rebounds and 4.7 assists. He also shot 49 percent from the field and 35 percent from 3-point range.
However, he has a quirky personality that seems to have limited his market when he became an unrestricted free agent July 1.
The Pacers had offered Stephenson $44 million over five seasons, and reportedly did not come off that number. Stephenson thought he was worth considerably more.
But the question becomes how Stephenson's quirkiness might play out once he signs a lucrative contract extension. He famously blew in opponent LeBron James' ear in the playoffs. He was fined for flopping this season and was charged with 14 technical fouls, fourth-most in the NBA.
It is not the Hornets' habit to take frequent risks on high-maintenance players. Trading for Stephen Jackson worked out for two seasons before they traded him on to the Milwaukee Bucks. Now they have drafted P.J. Hairston, a player who lost his NCAA eligibility over improper benefits and who recently was cited for punching a teenager during a pickup game at a Durham YMCA.
Hornets owner Michael Jordan has said one of his team's greatest strengths last season was the character of the players on the roster. Did that embolden the front office to pursue Stepehenson? Is Stephenson now a threat to that chemistry?
Certainly the Hornets faced competitive pressure in the Eastern Conference. The Cleveland Cavaliers improved dramatically with the addition of James, so that's a non-playoff team in the East that now looks like a post-season lock. While the Heat lost James, they weakened the Hornets with the signing of Josh McRoberts.
It's possible the Hornets would have struggled just to make the playoffs this season without upgrading the roster with a move like Stephenson.
No. 2: Reports: Wolves, Warriors re-open trade talks; Thompson likely out of any deal — The list of teams interested in trading for Minnesota Timberwolves superstar Kevin Love is believed to be small and short, with names such as the Celtics, Cavaliers and Warriors believed to be in the mix. As many front-office types are out in Las Vegas for Summer League, the trade talks surrounding Love and the Warriors have picked up steam as The Associated Press and ESPN.com's Marc Stein report:
First, here's the AP's take on what's happening with Love:
Timberwolves president and coach Flip Saunders was seen talking to Warriors general manager Bob Myers at the arena on Sunday as the teams look to bridge the gap that caused discussions to stall. The Warriors have been reluctant to include shooting guard Klay Thompson in any package, which has been considered a deal-breaker for the Timberwolves.
There were no signs that the Warriors were ready to change their position on Thompson. New Warriors coach Steve Kerr is keen on pairing Thompson with Steph Curry in the backcourt that has become known as the "Splash Brothers," even as he acknowledged earlier in the summer that he would like to add a power forward with shooting range.
So far, the Wolves and Warriors have discussed swapping Love and veteran shooting guard Kevin Martin for David Lee, Harrison Barnes and a future draft pick. That hasn't been enough for Saunders, who has been adamant that that 24-year-old Thompson be the main piece to come back.
The Wolves also have talked to the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have LeBron James coming back home to play next season. A three-player core of James, Love and Kyrie Irving would immediately make the Cavaliers a favorite in the wide-open Eastern Conference, but Cavaliers GM David Griffin has refused to part with No. 1 overall pick Andrew Wiggins to land Love.
The Timberwolves have demanded Wiggins be a part of the deal, which has put those discussions at a standstill.
Saunders has said he'd have no issues keeping Love, making a couple of moves to improve a roster that finished 10th in the West last season and trying to make a playoff run to convince the face of the franchise he should stay in Minnesota.
And here's Stein's report, which says that Thompson absolutely will not be a part of any Warriors-land-Love swap:
The Timberwolves and Warriors have continued to discuss a Kevin Love trade, but the teams remain unable to agree on the framework of a deal, with Golden State still unwilling to include Klay Thompson, according to sources close to the process.
Sources told ESPN.com that Wolves owner Glen Taylor and Warriors counterpart Joe Lacob have maintained a level of dialogue on a potential trade of Love to Golden State, which sources insist would have been clinched by now had the Warriors — at the behest of new coach Steve Kerr — relented on their refusal to part with Thompson.
Golden State, however, knows it now has serious competition for Love, with the rejuvenated Cleveland Cavaliers known to be interested in trading for the All-Star power forward.
Minnesota could elect to wait to see if offers improve for Love as the pool of available free agents continues to dwindle, but an increasing number of rival executives expect the Timberwolves to trade him before next season starts, given how well known it is around the league that he intends to become a free agent in July 2015.
The Wolves risk losing Love without compensation if they don't deal him before the league's annual trade deadline in February.
No. 3: Parsons clarifies comments about Rockets — We reported in the Shootaround yesterday how new Dallas Mavericks forward Chandler Parsons felt "offended" by how the Houston Rockets — his former team — treated him in free agency. With his new deal with the Mavs freshly signed and locked in yesterday, though, Parsons sought to clear up how his words may have been taken during a conference call with reporters:
Chandler Parsons sought to clarify Tuesday his comments of a day earlier in which he said the Houston Rockets had offended him, stopping short of an apology while expressing gratitude toward the team that brought him to the NBA in the 2011 draft.
Parsons said the opportunity the Rockets gave him by making him a restricted free agent when they declined a $965,000 option for next season was "crazy when you look at it that way."
"That's why I'm so grateful for them," Parsons told reporters on a conference call. "They really did me a solid by letting me out a year early, and I'm assuming that the plan was to do this and not let me hit the unrestricted market next year, so they could lock me in."
Parsons said he was surprised when the Rockets then declined to match the Mavericks' three-year, $46 million offer sheet but that he had "no hard feelings at all."
"I thought that was the plan going forward but they were going to," Parsons said. "(The structure of the contract) really put pressure on them and didn't give them any flexibility for their future if they did match it. They decided what they felt was best for their future. They told me to go and get my best individual contract. And we both did what we felt was best for ourselves."
"I didn't mean to sound ungrateful or disrespectful in any way," Parsons said of his comments to Yahoo! Sports. "I just simply meant that I was offended that they didn't view me as a core piece of their team going forward and they didn't view me as a third star that could win championships there. That was what I meant by offended.
"I hope I didn't hurt anybody's feelings and I hope there's no hard feelings there, because I had a great time in Houston. I created a lot of memories there and have nothing but love and respect for the organization, the coaching staff and my teammates. But it's just offensive when they're publicly saying they don't have a third star and they're going after a third star when I was right there in front of them."
No. 4: Kidd may let Antetokounmpo play some point guard next season — If you were to make a list of things to be excited about last season for the Milwaukee Bucks, you wouldn't need a big sheet of paper to do so. But perhaps foremost on that list would be Giannis Antetokounmpo's development and the all-around skills he flashed in his rookie season. With new coach Jason Kidd at the helm this season, he might let Antetokounmpo take on some minutes at point guard in 2014-15, as he told our own Scott Howard-Cooper:
The Bucks and their new coach are not hiding it. They are not disguising the long look of Antetokounmpo initiating the offense as some test drive in the safety of summer league, not downplaying the Greek Freak with the ball in his hands, some in the first game and a lot in the second, Monday night in Thomas & Mack Center against the Jazz, as Kidd experimenting to learn more about his players.
Milwaukee is serious about this for the regular season, maybe even as the starter at the point. Antetokounmpo is serious about this.
At the very least, even if the idea goes bad in 2014-15 and the Bucks stick with Brandon Knight and Nate Wolters as conventional decisions, it just became a long-term subplot in Milwaukee. Antetokounmpo, having measured at 6-9 and 190 pounds last September and 6-10 ½ and 217 pounds at the end of the season, growing into a starting point guard, possibly and maybe even likely 6-11 by then. That doesn't even get into imagining the day of the 7-foot point guard.
"We've seen it in practice, and so when you see a player's comfort level with the ball no matter what size, we want to see it in game action and we slowly have started letting him have the ball and running the offense," said Kidd, bound for the Hall of Fame as a point guard.
"With the group we have right now, with B-Knight and Giannis, we have additional playmakers and when we have that on the floor, it makes the game easy. We'll see how the roster shakes out, but we're not afraid to play him at the point, as you see."
Antetokounmpo at point guard and Knight at shooting guard would be a strain because neither have great range, but would work because Knight could defend the point guards and Antetokounmpo the bigger opponent in the backcourt. Then it could be Parker, Ersan Ilyasova and Larry Sanders in the front court.
"Whatever coach wants me to do," Antetokounmpo said. "If he tells me to do that, I'm going to do that. If he tells me to be on the wing and to be aggressive on the wing, I'll be aggressive there."
No. 5: Silver opens up on Sterling, replay options, possible midseason tournament — Earlier last month, word came out that the Clippers had been sold to businessman and billionaire Steve Ballmer, thus taking control of the team out of hands of Donald Sterling and his family. But since then, court dates and legal proceedings have slowed up any sale of the team. As our Steve Aschburner reports from yesterday's NBA Board of Governors meeting, the sale of the team might not happen before 2014-15 tips off — at least that's the word from NBA commissioner Adam Silver:
It's possible Donald Sterling still will own the Los Angeles Clippers next month. It's even possible, NBA commissioner Adam Silver acknowledged after the league's Board of Governors meeting here Tuesday, that the publicly disgraced Sterling and his estranged wife Shelly still might own the team when the league opens training camps in October for the 2014-15 season.As troubling as that might be in terms of public perception, given Sterling's racially bigoted comments back in April, and as incendiary as that could become as an issue with the NBA's players, Silver said the methodical pace of the probate trial in Los Angeles between the Sterlings could further delay the Clippers sale to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
"No, I cannot say it with certainty, and I cannot say it with certainty because it's in the hands of the probate court," Silver said.
"I can say with certainty, we are doing everything in our power to move Donald out as an owner in the NBA. If the probate ruling doesn't go in our favor, we'll recommence our procedures under termination."
And based on Sterling's broken relationship with the league and his plan to sue the NBA for $1 billion, another courtroom decision could thwart or delay any forced transfer beyond the tentative Sept. 15 deadline.
"It's possible that some court would step in and stop us," Silver said during the news conference. "I think it's highly, highly unlikely because we are absolutely acting within our rights. And I think what's transpired in probate court so far has made it even clearer that we're acting not only within our rights but doing what is right and appropriate in this situation."
Silver touched on a variety of topics that flowed from Tuesday's four-hour meetings and other league sessions going on in Las Vegas this week:
- The competition committee met for 10 hours Sunday and Monday, discussing the draft lottery, the playoff system, conference and division structure and details of the centralized replay system to be used starting in 2014-15. Silver said a trial run would start in September using WNBA games.
- The popularity of the summer league in Las Vegas – with attendance up 25 percent, Silver said – has the league open to ideas for a greater role in the nation's gambling capital. One possibility, mentioned without details as a brainstorm from the competition committee: A midseason tournament of some sort.
- Negotiations of the NBA's national TV contracts continue, with Silver expessing confidence that relationships with the current partners would be maintained, perhaps with some additions.
VIDEO: Watch the entire NBA Board of Governors news conference
SOME RANDOM HEADLINES: After Carlos Boozer was waived via the amnesty provision yesterday, there are only seven amnesty-eligible players in the NBA now … Journeyman forward Anthony Tolliver has reached a deal with the Phoenix Suns … The Wizards added to their frontcourt after reportedly agreeing to a three-year deal with Kris Humphries … Speaking of the Wizards, veteran forward Al Harrington intends to play next season … Ex-Thunder forward Ryan Gomes held a workout for NBA and European teams in Las Vegas … Grizzlies guard Nick Calathes had his contract guaranteed, ensuring his Memphis return next season … Mavs forward (and free agent) Shawn Marion isn't sweating where he'll sign next … Caron Butler signed with the Pistons because of the 'challenge' it presents … Portland's youngsters have looked mighty impressive at the Las Vegas Summer League
ICYMI of The Night: Here's a lesson, kids … don't stop to tie your shoe when the ball is about to be inbounded. Or else, you might see someone do to you what Will Barton did to the Hawks yesterday …
VIDEO: Will Barton sneaks in, steals the inbounds pass and makes the no-look layup


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A versatile athlete out of Franklin Road Academy, Doug Page will join the Golden Eagle roster as a runningback/tight end after piling up more than 4,500 yards of offense and 41 touchdowns as a ball carrier, passer and receiver. He played his sophomore season at St. Thomas High School in Houston, Texas, before finishing up his final two years at FRA. He helped Franklin Road to the second round of the TSSAA playoffs as a senior, the first appearance for the school in the state tournament in 14 years. As a senior, Page rushed for 1,508 yards and 16 touchdowns and passed for 447 yards and four TDs. His junior season netted 667 rushing, 755 passing and 151 receiving yards. At St. Thomas, he had over 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns in just five games. He was a first-team All-State pick and the Region Player of the Year on his way to playing in the Toyota East-West Tennessee All-Star Game. He plans to major in engineering.
PERSONAL: The son of Kurt and Candy Page...birthdate is February 23, 1991...full name is Kurt Douglas Page, Jr...majoring in engineering.


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'The Voice' Recap: Top 4 Artists Revealed, Adam Levine 'Eliminated'
After tonight's installment of 'The Voice' (Dec. 4), only four contestants remain. Tonight's episode brought a few surprises as it solidified the remaining competitors, including performances by pop icons such as Ne-Yo and Matchbox Twenty.
Amanda Brown teamed up with Ne-Yo to deliver a high-energy rendition of 'Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself).' The multi-faceted artist has proven that she can excel in just about any genre, and tonight's performance was no exception.
Christina Aguilera doesn't have any singers left in the competition, but she hasn't let that affect her love for the show in general. "The pressure is kinda off from me and I can kinda be like the rest of America right now," she said, sounding "kinda" relieved. "I'm curious to see who the final 4 will be after today."
According to Blake Shelton, the key to success on 'The Voice' is communication – and what better way to communicate than to collaborate? The first duet of the night featured Terry McDermott and Trevin Hunte as they sang OneRepublic's 'Feel Again.' It was quite a passionate performance, and McDermott showed off his natural star quality.
Later in the evening, Brown and Cassadee Pope joined forces to showcase their version of 'Breakaway' by Kelly Clarkson. It wasn't nearly as powerful as the first duet of the evening, but both singers are strong enough that they were able to mask any major inconsistencies.
As the night progressed, Matchbox Twenty performed their latest single, 'Overjoyed,' backed by Team Cee Lo's Hunte and Nicholas David. David then made yet another onstage appearance alongside Team Adam's Melanie Martinez for a unique interpretation of Fiona Apple's 'Criminal.'
When confronted with the possibility of going home, the long-haired soul singer answered with confidence. "It has been the experience of a lifetime, the opportunity of a lifetime, the dream of a lifetime," remarked David. Here's what his mentor had to say: "Golly, I love this guy, just unconditionally … I just want you to know that no matter what happens, I am in your corner." Shelton added, "I wouldn't be surprised to see Nicholas to move on."
But does America feel the same way? Check below to find out which contestants are still standing.
Team Cee Lo:
• Nicholas David
• Trevin Hunte
Team Blake:
• Cassadee Pope
• Terry McDermott
As you can see, Adam Levine has been eliminated from the competition, but he seems to be remarkably okay with that. "I'm actually very much at peace," he said. "This is but a small sprint in a massive marathon that is life."
Be sure to tune in to the top 4 live semifinals of 'The Voice' next Monday!
Watch Trevin Hunte + Terry McDermott Perform 'Feel Again' on 'The Voice'
Watch Amanda Brown + Ne-Yo Perform 'Let Me Love You' on 'The Voice'
Watch Amanda Brown + Cassadee Pope Perform 'Breakaway' on 'The Voice'
Watch Melanie Martinez + Nicholas David Perform 'Criminal' on 'The Voice'
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BOONSBORO, Md. (AP) - Court documents show that a 16-year-old boy brought two knives and a "kill list" with him to Boonsboro High School during an incident that led to him being charged with second-degree assault.
The victim's father provided the documents to The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown. The boy's case was adjudicated in juvenile court, records for which are not made available to the public.
A report prepared by the Washington County Sheriff's Office shows that the boy had two knives in his possession during the Jan. 15 incident. One was 7 1/2 inches long and another was 4 1/2 inches long.
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Carbon Offset Project
The Kasigau Corridor Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) project" protects over 500,000 acres of forest and brings the benefits of direct carbon financing to Kenyan communities while also securing the entire wildlife migration corridor between Tsavo East and Tsavo West National Parks.
Kenya Airways, through IATA will use the funds collected from the contribution by its customers to the Voluntary Carbon Offset Program to support the Kasigau Project that is run by the Wildlife Works.
The project is located in Voi town in Kasigau Location in the Voi District at the Coast Province in Kenya.
Project Activities;
The project's main activities are;
• Protection of over 500,000 acres of forest so as to secure carbon credits.
• Securing the entire wildlife migration corridor between Tsavo East and Tsavo West National Parks.
• Trickle down the benefits of direct carbon financing to over 100,000 Kenyan communities in form of job creation, education, water catchment projects, agriculture programs, sustainable charcoal initiative, and more.
Project background;
For years, the land between Tsavo East and Tsavo West national parks doubled as home to a slowly failing cattle ranch and the main migration corridor for local wildlife. At that time Rukinga, the community and the wildlife were at odds. Rukinga was a bruised, balding land, barren of wildlife and overflowing with despair. Cattle had grazed the fields into dust, poachers slipped on and off the ranch with ease, and squatters had settled in to farm and build mud-and-thatch huts along the area's critical rainwater basin.
The Solution;
In 1998 Wildlife Works established the Rukinga Wildlife Sanctuary on 80,000 acres of now protected land and did three things to transform the acreage into a wildlife sanctuary:
• began unarmed patrols to remove any snares set for wildlife
• removed the cattle from the land
• established a community works project providing the locals with an alternative income stream in place of poaching and clear cutting
• worked with the community to peaceably move the sanctuary's illegal squatters onto farm land located outside of the wildlife corridor
The Scorecard;
There is proof that conservation efforts are a success. The elephants returned first, followed by the ungulates (animals with hoofs like zebra) and then the predators. There is now a very balanced ecosystem, with 50 large mammal species, more than 20 species of bats and over 300 species of birds and important populations of IUCN Red List species such as African elephants, Grevy's zebras, cheetah and African hunting dogs at the Rukinga Wildlife Sanctuary.
As many as 450 elephants now call Rukinga home, but their numbers can swell to an estimated 2,000 towards the end of the dry seasons in October and March, when it's not uncommon to see elephants and other wildlife congregating around Rukinga's numerous water holes and tanks. For this, The Kasigau Corridor REDD project was awarded the additional distinction of Gold level status by the CCB for exceptional biodiversity and climate benefits.
The Strategy;
The project which is being run by Wildlife Works is working to prevent CO2 emissions, protect the dry-land forests, promote community sustainable development activities, prevent the loss of spectacular biodiversity and protect the area as a wildlife corridor for important indigenous species. In addition, the project aims at expanding the influence of Wildlife Works into the surrounding dry-land forests within the Kasigau Corridor that are under similar threat to Rukinga. Their approach to ensuring long term community support for the conservation of the forests and wildlife is through developing alternatives to slash and burn, such as community based nurseries for provision of agricultural and fuel wood. Other project activities include an organic clothing factory, an organic greenhouse, dry-land farming skills, school construction and bursary scheme and ecotourism. This is the first REDD project in Kenya.
The Kenya based Kasigau Corridor REDD project is the first ever to be issued Voluntary Carbon Units (VCUs) for REDD under the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS), the most widely used carbon accounting standard among projects issuing credits in the voluntary market.
There are six key elements to the Wildlife Work's brand of REDD that make it a successful model. The foundation of it all is job creation.
• Jobs supporting education [children's education, conservation education, community outreach about our projects]
• Jobs making eco-friendly products
• Jobs protecting wildlife [rangers and eco tourism]
• Jobs helping farmers [jajoba and chili project]
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 2, 2009) -- With the momentum of a three-game winning streak and a recent win over Southeastern Conference foe Arkansas, the ETSU men's basketball team will attempt to knock off another SEC member when the Buccaneers faceoff with in-state rival No. 11 Tennessee Wednesday night inside Thompson-Boling Arena.
Tipoff between the Bucs and Vols is set for 7 p.m., and the game will be broadcast by Fox SportSouth.
ETSU (4-3) is off to a solid start this season despite not having the services of senior guard and preseason All Atlantic Sun Conference pick Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) for five of the team's first seven contests. However, Smith returned Sunday to post 14 points against conference foe North Florida, and juniors Tommy Hubbard (Boston) and Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) have continued to play well in Smith's absence.
The Bucs and Vols were both NCAA Tournament participants a year ago, and ETSU will have a challenge as it faces one of the nation's top teams.
For more on the game, click on the game notebook link above or read the game notes below.
Buc bits
The ETSU men's basketball team has won three straight games over the last week, a stretch that included a win over dropping SEC foe Arkansas on the road, 94-85, and the team's first conference win over the year 82-56 over North Florida ... The Bucs (4-3), who are now 3-0 at home and 1-3 on the road this sesaon, as they head back on the road for games at Tennessee (Dec. 2) and UAB (Dec. 4) ... ETSU just finished a stretch of six games in 12 days that included road trips to Chattanooga, Morgan State, Louisville and Arkansas, as well as home games against College of Charleston and North Florida ... ETSU had been without the services of preseason All Atlantic Sun Conference pick Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.), but the 1,000-point scorer and team's top returning player came back against North Florida in the team's last game, scoring 14 points in 21 minutes of play ... In Smith's absence, junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) and junior guard Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) have stepped up their games � In fact, Hubbard has posted double-doubles in five of his last six games leading to his selection as A-Sun player of the week ... his week included a career best 32-point effort against the Razorbacks and a game-high 25-point effort in the victory over UNF ... Meanwhile, Tubbs posted a career best 29 points against CofC and 21 against Arkansas, to go with nine rebounds ... Currently, Hubbard and Tubbs lead the team in scoring with 18.3 and 15.3 points per game, respectively.
The series against Tennessee
The Bucs and Volunteers have met 12 times previously, with Tennessee holding the advantage 10-2 ... ETSU's two wins in the series came during the 1989-90 (83-70) and 1991-92 (87-79) seasons ... In their last meeting during the 2006-07 season, the Bucs fell in a close contest 93-88.
Last time out against Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 30, 2006) - The ETSU men's basketball team used a 16-0 run midway through the first half to take a game that appeared headed to a blowout and made it a dog fight with the 21st-ranked Tennessee Volunteers, eventually leading by as many as six points in the second half but ultimately falling to the Vols 93-88 in front of 18,216 fans at Thompson-Boling Arena ... The Bucs (8-6) got a career night from junior forward Andrew Reed (Port Richey, Fla.), who posted personal bests with 17 points and 15 rebounds, while four other ETSU players reached double figures to power the ETSU attack. Sophomore guard Courtney Pigram (Memphis) pitched in a team-high 19 points, while freshman guard Dequan Twilley (Shelbyville) scored a career high 17 points ... The Vols held a lead of as many as 18 points at 35-17 with 6:52 left in the half. At that point, though, the Bucs found their game in a big way, outscoring the Vols 16-0 over the next four minutes to cut the UT lead to 35-33 with 1:49 remaining before the intermission. The teams traded baskets from there and finished the half at 41-39 ...The second half started with a layup by Nuckles to tie the game at 41-41, and the Bucs went on to outscore Tennessee 17-11 for the next six minutes to lead 58-52 with 15:37 left in the game. The Vols answered in convincing fashion at that point with a 24-6 run of their own to hold a 12-point advantage at 76-64 with 9:21 remaining in the contest. The Bucs battled back again to cut the lead to five at 79-74, but were unable to get any closer the rest of the way.
Last time out
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 29, 2009) - Senior guard Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) returned to the lineup and junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) continued his dominating play with his fifth double-double of the season, as the ETSU men's basketball team opened Atlantic Sun Conference play with a convincing 82-56 victory over North Florida Sunday afternoon inside Memorial Center ... ETSU, now 4-3 overall, 1-0 in A-Sun play, got a game-high 25 points and 13 rebounds from Hubbard, while Smith pitched in 14 points and fellow junior guard Micah Williams (Manchester) added 12. The Buccaneers dominated in most every statistical category, out-rebounding the Ospreys 38-28, forcing UNF into 25 turnovers and finishing with a 26-point cushion ... The Bucs blitzed out to a 9-2 lead early in the game, but UNF responded with its own 8-0 run to take its only lead of the contest at 10-9. However, that edge did not last long, as ETSU put together a 10-2 run to go up 19-12 and never looked back ... Smith's return was highlighted by his first field goal of the season, which came after he stole a UNF inbounds pass and raced to the other end of the floor for a slam dunk. Smith's score was only part of a strong first half by the Bucs, which ultimately resulted in a 44-31 lead at the break ... In the second half, things only got worse for the Ospreys, as the ETSU fullcourt pressure kept resulting in turnovers and scores for the Bucs. The Ospreys did manage to get to within seven at 50-43 on a 3-pointer by Jerron Granberry, but ETSU responded by outscoring UNF 11-2 over the next three minutes to build their lead to 61-45. A 3-pointer by sophomore Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) and another by Williams then powered another 10-3 run to make it 71-48 and UNF would not recover.
Hubbard steps up his game, averaging double-double
Much has been written and reported about junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) and his efforts to improve his offensive game, and those strides most recently led to being selected A-Sun Player of the Week ... Already considered one of the best defenders in the A-Sun, Hubbard posted a 32-point and 10-rebound effort in the win over Arkansas and dropped in another game-high 26 in the win over UNF ... He currently leads the Bucs with 18.3 points per game and 10.4 rebounds a contest ... while he has posted double-doubles in five of the last six games, his efforts began to pay off on the offensive end against Chattanooga back on Nov. 17 ... Setting career bests for points (26) and rebounds (13), Hubbard collected his first career double-double against the Mocs ... In addition, he hit his first 3-point shot in three seasons with the Bucs, and didn't stop there -- ultimately finishing with four long-range bombs on the night.
Record setting night from the arc for Bucs
Hitting on 11-of-14 shots from 3-point range against Arkansas, the Bucs put their name in a multiple of record books ... First, those numbers set a new school record for 3-point field goal percentage in a game with a 78.6 percent mark, breaking the previous record of 66.7 percent which had been done three times previously ... In addition, it was the best shooting effort in the "nation" this season for teams taking more than 10 shots in a game ... And it was the best percentage by a team in the A-Sun since Nov. 28, 1999 when UCF was 11-of-14 in a game against South Carolina state.
Tubbs getting it done for the Bucs
When junior guard Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) transfered out of the University of Alabama and came to ETSU, many expected the athletic guard to provide an immediate impact on the offensive end of the floor ... This has been the case ... Against Charleston, Tubbs posted a game high and career high 29 points in the Bucs win over Charleston (11/25) ... He followed that effort up with 21 points against Arkansas ... currently, Tubbs has eclipsed double-figure scoring in five of the Bucs first seven games and is second on the team with 15.3 points per game.
Sollazzo steps up on night ETSU honors Coy
Before the start of the Bucs' Homecoming game against Appalachian State (11/14), the ETSU community honored the memory of former center Seth Coy, who died in a car accident last summer ... His former roommate and friend, Adam Sollazzo (Tampa), now wears Coy's No. 43 jersey and against the Mountaineers he played inspired basketball ... Sollazzo set a career high with 13 points and hit two critical foul shots in the final seconds to get the win.
Bench play critical in win over Mountaineers
With only 21 points of offensive production from its starting five on Saturday, the Bucs got a huge lift from its bench against the Mountaineers ... All three ETSU players to reach double figures -- Adam Sollazzo (13), Justin Tubbs (11) and Sheldon Cooley (11) -- all came off the bench, and the Bucs got a total of 41 from the reserves as a whole ... With injuries costing the Bucs several offensive weapons, look for ETSU to continue to count on the bench.
Preseason polls pick Bucs middle of the pack
The ETSU men's basketball team was picked fourth by the Atlantic Sun Conference coaches and fifth by the league's media in preseason polls release Wednesday by the conference office ... The conference's two most recent tournament champions, ETSU (2009) and Belmont (2006-08) place fourth and fifth, depending on the poll. The Buccaneers edged out the Bruins for the spot from the coaches while the media gave the nod the Bruins. Both teams suffered tremendous losses due to graduation. ETSU must replace Courtney Pigram (Memphis) and Kevin Tiggs (Flint, Mich.), one of the highest scoring duos in the nation a season ago.
Big questions surround Bucs entering 2009-10
With the loss of seniors Courtney Pigram and Kevin Tiggs -- one of the most dynamic offensive duos in the country -- the Bucs have a lot of questions to answer on the offenisve end of the floor this season ... Having averaged 78.1 points a game a year ago, which ranked 21st nationally in all of Division I play -- ETSU has lost 44.0 of those points to graduation when one includes now departed senior Greg Hamlin in that trio ... In addition to the losses on offensive, the Bucs' 13-man roster includes just eight players who have experienced actual floor time in college ... The other five players are either true freshmen, redshirt freshmen or walk-ons.
Big questions surround Bucs entering 2009-10
With the loss of seniors Courtney Pigram and Kevin Tiggs -- one of the most dynamic offensive duos in the country -- the Bucs have a lot of questions to answer on the offenisve end of the floor this season ... Having averaged 78.1 points a game a year ago, which ranked 21st nationally in all of Division I play -- ETSU has lost 44.0 of those points to graduation when one includes now departed senior Greg Hamlin in that trio ... In addition to the losses on offensive, the Bucs' 13-man roster includes just eight players who have experienced actual floor time in college ... The other five players are either true freshmen, redshirt freshmen or walk-ons.


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Dewmar acquired services of three firms to assist in the rebranding, repackaging, relabeling and improved graphical design of its flagship beverage; HBS Media, Dominant Design Group and Advertising Arts Studios. HBS Media, a Dallas, TX based firm, is responsible for providing Dewmar with a mood board to give them an idea as to how the new Slow Motion Potion logo, background and can color texture will work together. "HBS Media's strengths are in urban brand design that leads to global consumer awareness," says TK Kelly, creative designer and president of HBS Media. They have been working with Dewmar for over 3 years and have had an official partnership as announced in aSeptember 2013 press release.
Dominant Design Group, a Las Vegas, NV based firm owned by successful entrepreneurs Austin and Zachary Hurst, is responsible for establishing the Slow Motion Potion brand identity on a global scale. Currently, the Hurst brothers' firm, Dominant Design Group, is responsible for brand marketing and re-launch of the Hostess Twinkie in all of the Walmarts worldwide by revitalizing the image of the famousTwinkie the Kid branding strategy.
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DDg is a 14-year creative agency with an international group of brand professionals housing work for over thirty Fortune 1000 customers. Jump-started in the year 2000 by twin brothers Zach and Austin Hurst, in Kansas City, DDg presently stands to redefine the way brands speak to consumers with freelance designers all over the globe. We consider ourselves a dynamic, tactical team of well-seasoned, high-precision branding experts. We work as a professional unit to create moving brand results. Rooted from pure entrepreneurship, DDG's founding team brings "the best of both worlds" in brand guidance as well as business leadership. For more information, visit their website athttp://www.dominantdesign.net
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June 3, 2010; Washington, D.C. – NPR has appointed Jeff Perkins, Managing Partner at Huntbridge, Inc., as its Vice President and Chief People Officer. In this senior management role, Perkins will lead the development of NPR's human resources, talent management strategy, and will play a central role cultivating a constructive, supportive and effective corporate culture. Perkins will join NPR on July 6, 2010, reporting to SVP of Strategic Operations and Finance Debra Delman, and working closely with NPR's senior leadership group.
"Jeff brings deep experience in human resources and an extensive media background to NPR," says Delman. "I'm delighted to have him on board to help us achieve our ambitious goals."
Perkins adds, "NPR is a natural fit for me: a world-class media outlet bringing information, news, music and viewpoints about an endless variety of topics to audiences both on-air and online. I look forward to working with this very talented team of people in a city I have long called home."
Perkins comes to NPR from Huntbridge, Inc., a human resource and consulting firm he founded. Before founding Huntbridge, Perkins held several prominent positions in media companies. He was SVP at Fox Interactive Media, a division of News Corporation, where he led a team of 65 and oversaw the hiring and on-boarding of more than 1000 employees in 26 countries and 11 businesses. Previously, Perkins held several highly visible positions with AOL Time Warner, including Director of Human Resources for AOL International; VP of Human Resources for AOL, CompuServe and Netscape; and SVP of Human Resources for AOL Europe. Prior to AOL, Perkins served as Manager of Staffing - North America for AC Nielsen, and later he became Director of Human Resources for Nielsen International in Europe.
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LOS ANGELES -- UCLA Anderson faculty and staff gathered in the Faculty Lounge yesterday to honor faculty for outstanding teaching, research and service. Honorees were selected by the Teaching Improvement Committee consisting of David Lewin (chair), Randy Bucklin and Bob Foster. Dean Judy Olian also recognized Professor Charles Corbett for three years of service as Faculty Chairman. Randy Bucklin will assume this role in July. She also thanked Sandy Jacoby for his service as Vice Chairman. He will be succeeded by Sushil Bikhchandani.
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The Research Committee consisting of Mike Hanssens and Francis Longstaff selected Miguel Unzueta as the winner of the Eric and "E" Juline Faculty Excellence in Research Award recognizing excellence in research among the school's assistant professors.
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UCLA Anderson School of Management is among the leading business schools in the world. UCLA Anderson faculty members are globally renowned for their teaching excellence and research in advancing management thinking. Each year, UCLA Anderson provides a distinctive approach to management education to more than 1,800 students enrolled in its MBA, Fully-Employed MBA, Executive MBA, Global Executive MBA for Asia Pacific, Global Executive MBA for the Americas, Master of Financial Engineering, doctoral and executive education programs. Combining selective admissions, varied and innovative learning programs, and a world-wide network of 37,000 alumni, UCLA Anderson develops and prepares global leaders. Follow UCLA Anderson on Twitter at http://twitter.com/UCLAAnderson, or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/uclaanderson
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Type: Defect
Status: Closed
Priority: Major
Resolution: Duplicate
Affects Version/s: Release 1.3, Release 1.4
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Environment:Reproduced on Ubuntu using Sun Java 1.6, OpenJDK 1.6, and Sun Java 1.7
Create the following four-line file, shell_example.clj:
;; simple example of call to sh that causes jvm to hang after print
(require '[clojure.java.shell :as shell])
(shell/sh "ls")
(println "jvm should exit after this, but it doesn't")
java -jar clojure-1.3.0.jar shell_example.clj
After the message is printed, the jvm doesn't quit. It just sits there. I have to hit Ctrl-C to force the jvm to quit.
This happens on 1.3 and the most recent code in github as of 3/26/2012. I imagine the jvm is waiting for a thread that hasn't terminated, but the code in the sh function doesn't look like it's doing anything obviously wrong. I'm too much of a newcomer to Clojure to dig any deeper.
My workaround right now is to do (System/exit 0) to force the jvm to quit.
Thank you for your work on Clojure, it's simply an amazing language.
Jeff, this occurs in any Clojure program where certain threading mechanisms are invoked. In your case, clojure.java.shell/sh uses future, which causes threads to be created that then sit around for about 60 seconds after everything else quits, and the main Java process does not exit until that happens. Another way to get the program to exit quickly is to call (shutdown-agents), but that isn't any more convenient than (System/exit 0), nor is there any obvious way you can tell as a newcomer that you should be doing this.
The ticket CLJ-124 is marked with status "Approved" at this time, which leads me to believe that perhaps soon there will be a change made to Clojure such that this situation will change.
This behavior is now documented on clojuredocs.org for future, and both pmap and clojure.java.shell/sh refer to future for details.
This ticket is effectively a duplicate of
CLJ-120 regarding shutdown properties after use of future/agent (sh uses future). Can't see any purpose in leaving this open.


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On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration advised against using Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir) oral solution in premature babies, which can cause severe or possibly fatal health problems, and in all babies younger than 14 days. There is no safe, established dose for babies younger than two weeks, whether premature or full-term, FDA said.
The Kaletra oral solution contains alcohol and propylene glycol, and the inability of premature babies to eliminate propylene glycol can lead to adverse events, including "serious heart, kidney or breathing problems," said the notice to health professionals. FDA has received reports of serious problems in premature babies receiving Kaletra.
"Because the consequences of using Kaletra oral solution in babies immediately after birth can be severe or possibly fatal, the label is being revised to include the new warning," stated the notice. "The use of Kaletra oral solution should be avoided in premature babies until 14 days after their due date, or in full-term babies younger than 14 days of age unless a health care professional believes that the benefit of using Kaletra oral solution to treat HIV infection immediately after birth outweighs the risks. In such cases, FDA strongly recommends monitoring for increases in serum osmolality, serum creatinine, and other signs of toxicity."
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