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Smith & Nephew Launches Regranex360™ - a New Support Network for Patients Using REGRANEX® (becaplermin) Gel, 0.01%
Oct 08, 2013, 11:45 ET from Smith & Nephew
FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Smith & Nephew (LSE:SN, NYSE: SNN), the global medical technology business, today announces the introduction of Regranex360™, a comprehensive new program to support patients in the U.S. using REGRANEX™ Gel. REGRANEX Gel is the first and only FDA-approved platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) therapy indicated as an adjunct to good ulcer care for the treatment of lower extremity diabetic neuropathic ulcers.1
"We are very pleased to introduce the Regranex360 program as part of our ongoing commitment to offer evidence-based biologic therapeutics along with best-in-class provider and patient support programs to the wound care market," said Rob Bancroft, President of Smith & Nephew Biotherapeutics. "In particular, we are delighted to streamline and enhance the REGRANEX Gel patient experience with a program designed to help each individual stay on track with their treatment."
Regranex360 is a full service online portal designed to simplify the prior authorization and product acquisition process. In addition, to promote compliance and adherence to REGRANEX Gel, Regranex360 provides each patient with a care coordinator they can contact via phone throughout their entire course of therapy.
Regranex360 is simple to use and access. Clinicians submit enrollment forms either through Regranex360.com or via fax. Regranex360 then obtains prior authorization approval and forwards the prescription to an appropriate pharmacy. A patient care coordinator will contact the patient to schedule delivery, provide education and answer any questions about treatment. Patients can also contact the Regranex360 hotline with any questions during their course of therapy.
Regranex360.com is available to prescribers and patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; the hotline, 1-888-REGRANEX (734-7263) is accessible Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 7:00pm EST.
In addition to the Regranex360 program, Smith & Nephew Biotherapeutics has also launched a new REGRANEX Gel Web site (www.Regranex.com) that highlights features of the product, including clinical research, provides a dosing calculator and offers additional tips for patients.
Important Safety Information
WARNING: INCREASED RATE OF MORTALITY SECONDARY TO MALIGNANCY An increased rate of mortality secondary to malignancy was observed in patients treated with three or more tubes of REGRANEX Gel in a post-marketing retrospective cohort study. REGRANEX Gel should only be used when the benefits can be expected to outweigh the risks. REGRANEX Gel should be used with caution in patients with known malignancy.
Indications and usage: REGRANEX (becaplermin) Gel, 0.01% contains becaplermin, a human platelet-derived growth factor that is indicated for the treatment of lower extremity diabetic neuropathic ulcers that extend into the subcutaneous tissue or beyond and have an adequate blood supply. REGRANEX Gel is indicated as an adjunct to, and not a substitute for, good ulcer care practices.
Limitations of use:
- The efficacy of REGRANEX Gel has not been established for the treatment of pressure ulcers and venous stasis ulcers
- The effects of REGRANEX Gel on exposed joints, tendons, ligaments, and bone have not been established in humans
- REGRANEX Gel is a non-sterile, low bioburden preserved product that should not be used in wounds that close by primary intention
REGRANEX Gel is contraindicated in patients with known neoplasm(s) at the site(s) of application.
In clinical trials, erythematous rashes occurred in 2% of patients treated with REGRANEX Gel or placebo; none occurred in patients receiving good ulcer care alone.
Please see Full Prescribing Information with Boxed Warning and Important Safety Information at www.Regranex.com.
About Smith & Nephew Smith & Nephew is a global medical technology business dedicated to helping improve people's lives. With leadership positions in Orthopaedic Reconstruction, Advanced Wound Management, Sports Medicine and Trauma, Smith & Nephew has around 11,000 employees and a presence in more than 90 countries. Annual sales in 2012 were more than $4.1 billion. Smith & Nephew is a member of the FTSE100 (LSE: SN, NYSE: SNN).
References: 1. REGRANEX Gel Prescribing Information.
Forward-looking Statements This document may contain forward-looking statements that may or may not prove accurate. For example, statements regarding expected revenue growth and trading margins, market trends and our product pipeline are forward-looking statements. Phrases such as "aim", "plan", "intend", "anticipate", "well-placed", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "target", "consider" and similar expressions are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from what is expressed or implied by the statements. For Smith & Nephew, these factors include: economic and financial conditions in the markets we serve, especially those affecting health care providers, payors and customers; price levels for established and innovative medical devices; developments in medical technology; regulatory approvals, reimbursement decisions or other government actions; product defects or recalls; litigation relating to patent or other claims; legal compliance risks and related investigative, remedial or enforcement actions; strategic actions, including acquisitions and dispositions, our success in integrating acquired businesses, and disruption that may result from changes we make in our business plans or organisation to adapt to market developments; and numerous other matters that affect us or our markets, including those of a political, economic, business, competitive or reputational nature. Please refer to the documents that Smith & Nephew has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including Smith & Nephew's most recent annual report on Form 20-F, for a discussion of certain of these factors.
Any forward-looking statement is based on information available to Smith & Nephew as of the date of the statement. All written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to Smith & Nephew are qualified by this caution. Smith & Nephew does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect any change in circumstances or in Smith & Nephew's expectations.
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102 KAR 1:270. Statement of member account.
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 161.310(1) requires the Board of Trustees of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration of the funds of the retirement system and for the transaction of business. This administrative regulation establishes standards for the content and procedures for the distribution of statements of members' accounts.
Section 1. Each member shall be provided with a statement of his or her account. Each member's statement shall contain the following information if applicable:
(1) Date of birth;
(2) Member identification;
(3) Total service credit accrued or purchased; and
(4) Total member contribution and interest accumulation.
Section 2. Each member shall be provided on at least an annual basis a statement of his or her account. This statement shall be provided to the member by mail delivery or by secure electronic means. Additionally, letters reflecting account status shall be mailed to inactive members with vested benefits who request a refund of their accumulated contributions and interest. In addition to the information listed in Section 1 of this administrative regulation, the letter shall inform the member that refunding the account shall result in the member forfeiting a retirement benefit to which the member would otherwise be entitled. Letters shall be mailed to each member's last known home address prior to payment of a refund of contributions. (28 Ky.R. 2751; eff. 8-12-2002; 40 Ky.R. 2320; 2675; eff. 7-7-2014.)

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Vice President Joe Biden made an emotional pitch in Manhattan on Friday for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's plan to give New Yorkers 12 weeks of paid leave to care for newborns or a sick or dying relative, describing the idea as a matter of basic decency.
Biden appeared with Cuomo and hundreds of labor officials at a rally at the McBurney YMCA.
"How do you choose between leaving the bedside of your dying son or daughter who doesn't want you to leave . . . to go to work because if you don't go to work, you may not be able to turn the lights on?" said Biden, whose son Beau died of cancer last year.
In his State of the State speech this month, Cuomo proposed an employee-funded paid family leave program.
To fund the program, which would start in 2018, employees would be subject to a payroll deduction of up to 60 cents a week. They would be paid 35 percent of their salary during their leaves.
By 2021, the payroll deduction would increase to $1 a week, and workers would get 50 percent of their salary while on leave.
Speaking in front of a sign reading "Fight for Paid Family Leave," Cuomo said middle class employees feel they are "replaceable commodities." He described the lack of paid family leave as a "rampant economic injustice that degrades the worker."
Cuomo recalled the death last year of his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo.
"This time is precious," Cuomo said. "You need to say the things that need to be said — time to dry the tears."
Senate Majority Republicans and some state business groups oppose Cuomo's plan, arguing it would hurt employers.


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Tango Steakhouse & Sushi Bar
Owner: Sandra Miccio
Address: 326 John Ringling Blvd., Sarasota
Phone: 554-4916
Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., daily
Known for: Great steaks, duck, lamb and wonderful sushi
Website: tangosteakandsushi.com
Soft-Shell Crab
Lightly floured and sautéed crisp — flavored by a cream tarragon dijonaise. Serve with wild rice and mixed vegetables.
3 each soft shell crab
2 ounces olive oil
2 ounces hi-gluten flour
1/4 cup dijon mustard
1 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon fresh tarragon
1/2 cup white wine
1 tablespoon shallots
Salt and pepper to taste
Dijonaise sauce
1. Make white wine and shallot reduction.
2. When ready, add mustard and tarragon — whip until boil, add cream, reduce heat to medium cook for 15 min.
3. When reduced, add salt and pepper, when cream is uniformed it's ready to serve.
Soft-shell crab:
1. Heat 2 ounces olive oil in sauté pan.
2. Flour soft-shell crab. Heat for 3 minutes and turn over.
3. Cook an additional 3 minutes. When golden brown and crispy, plate and top with dijonaise sauce.


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Subscribe to the Town Talk email edition
Subscribe to the email edition of Town Talk and we'll deliver you the latest city news and notes every weekday at noon.
News and notes from around town:
• The recent presidential debate has drawn attention to a couple of threats facing America: a large yellow bird on the loose and the excessive borrowing from the Chinese that allows this bird to roam free.
I have a particular interest in the second part (more on that another day), but I am amazed that another Chinese threat to America isn't receiving tons of headlines: Chinese lanterns.
Surely you are aware of Chinese lanterns. They basically are a miniature, paper version of a hot air balloon, fueled by an open flame that burns inside the paper sack-like contraption.
Or, another way to describe them, is that they are the Chinese Air Force. The U.S. invests in Stealth Bombers, and the Chinese invest in paper lanterns. At least that is what I was convinced of this July 4 as several of them flew over my house, leaving me to worry about whether one would land in my extremely dry weed patch formerly known as a yard.
Evidently, city of Lawrence leaders have become wise to this Chinese plot. Well, maybe they haven't adopted that exact position, but they are looking to outlaw Chinese lanterns. (They actually call them aerial luminaries, but they commonly are marketed as Chinese lanterns at fireworks stands.)
Fire Chief Mark Bradford has expressed concern that the lanterns are a fire hazard. He notes that the flames on the lanterns can easily burn for 15 minutes and that in dry, windy conditions (also known as summer in Kansas) they create a real fire hazard.
So city commissioners at their Tuesday meeting will be asked to pass an ordinance banning aerial luminaries in the city. Lawrence already has a ban on most fireworks, but aerial luminaries aren't considered a firework.
According to a city memo, Wichita, Derby, McPherson, Emporia and Kansas City already have bans on the aerial luminaries.
Commissioners meet at 6:35 p.m. on Tuesday at City Hall.
• You know what a flaming, flying luminary really could interfere with? Your plans to drink a fresh glass of milk underneath your gazebo that sits atop your roof.
If you are confused, perhaps you haven't driven through the intersection of 19th and Mass. lately. There is a gazebo atop the roof of the two-story commercial building that houses the Iwig Dairy store.
The gazebo had generated some questions from readers, so I contacted the folks at Iwig. But no, the gazebo doesn't have anything to do with the Iwig store. Instead, there's an apartment above the store and the rooftop gazebo belongs to the apartment's residents.
No, I don't know if rooftop gazebos are just something you can put up on a multistory building or not. A city official said they were looking into it.
But while we are here, it seemed like a good time to check in on how the unique Iwig Dairy store is doing. The store, which opened in February, may be looking to make some changes, it seems.
Dairy owner Tim Iwig said he has heard concerns about the 19th and Mass. location and, in particular, how difficult it is for motorists to get in and out of the spot.
"People do complain about the location in Lawrence," Iwig said. "But tell me a better location, and I'll sure look at it. I'm all ears, because we're open to a move."
Iwig, though, said small affordable retail space on either Sixth or 23rd streets can be difficult to find, and he previously has expressed concerns about how past attempts at markets in downtown have fared.
The dairy — which milks its herd in nearby Tecumseh — is going through a bit of a transition period. Since the Iwig store opened in February, the company has pulled all of its milk out of Lawrence grocery stores, except for The Merc.
Iwig said he had hoped to keep the milk in the local Hy-Vee stores, but had to drop the stores during the heat of the summer when the production of his 60-head of milking cows slowed down significantly.
Iwig confirmed that the Lawrence retail store will play an awful big part in determining whether the more than 100-year-old family dairy will remain in business for the long haul.
The dairy has a retail store in Topeka that is doing well, but Iwig said he has been surprised that the Lawrence location has not taken off better, given the city's reputation as a place that loves local food.
The Lawrence store is trying to create a niche as a local foods store, not just a place to buy milk. In addition to the Iwig milk and ice cream, the store also sells Kansas-produced eggs, jams, jellies, salsas, meat and other items.
The company had hoped its location near the new Dillons at 17th and Mass. would be a benefit. The thought was people would do the bulk of their shopping at Dillons and then stop at the Iwig store for some local items. But an employee of the Iwig store said sales had dropped significantly since Dillons opened.
"I don't want to be negative here, because we're happy to be in retail in Lawrence," Iwig said. "I just want more people to come out and see us."
• Lawrence gasoline station owner Scott Zaremba is getting more attention than either a rooftop gazebo or a flaming balloon these days.
Zaremba this week was quoted in an article in The Wall Street Journal about the growing debate over E-15 ethanol. As we previously reported, the Zarco 66 station at 1500 E. 23rd St. in July became the first station in the country to begin selling the new E15 blend of gasoline.
The gasoline has 15 percent ethanol, which is more than the 10 percent ethanol levels found in most gasoline. The EPA in June approved the E15 ethanol for use in all light duty-vehicles manufactured since 2001.
But as The Wall Street Journal article emphasizes, there is quite a disagreement in the gasoline industry about whether convenience stores should start selling the E15 product.
Even though the EPA has approved the fuel for use in vehicles made in 2001 or later, the auto manufacturers have not yet said that is a good idea. Ford and General Motors, according to the article, have said E15 is safe for their 2013 fleets, but they haven't recommended it for earlier models.
The EPA, according to the article, has conceded E15 "may be more corrosive than other fuels and emits a hotter exhaust, which could cause leaks or increased wear in vehicles that weren't designed to handle it."
But Zaremba told me that E15 now makes up 20 percent of his stations' fuel sales, and he hasn't had a customer report a problem yet.
He said there are two factors in play about why people are raising a concern over a vehicle performance. One is the auto manufacturers are trying to give themselves another piece of legal cover for the multitude of lawsuits they face every day related to the performance of their vehicles.
But the second factor, Zaremba believes, is Big Oil. The big oil companies don't want to see more ethanol used, he said, because it would mean less use of their product.
"We're talking about very big business here," Zaremba said. "If the oil companies could delay this from taking off for even just another year, think how much that would mean in terms of dollars to them."
Zaremba is now selling the E15 in eight stations, including all the Zarco stations in Lawrence, Ottawa and Olathe. He said the fact the feedstock for ethanol — generally corn — is produced locally is a big selling point for him.
"If we can have a transportation economy that is produced locally, I don't know if there is anything better that we can do than that," Zaremba said.
The Wall Street Journal article, though, reports the effort is moving pretty slowly. Most of the major convenience store operators the Journal chatted with don't have plans to add the E15 fuel.
Zaremba, though, said he think attitudes eventually will change.
"Everybody thought the world was going to end when E10 fuel was introduced, and it didn't," Zaremba said.
• If ethanol isn't your preferred flavor of alternative fuel, maybe electric powered cars are.
The city of Lawrence is set to apply for a grant to install a new electric car charging station in one of the city parking garages downtown.
The city will have to pick up the $3,000 in installation costs, but a grant program is offering to give the city a charging station for free.
If the city wins the grant, the device will be installed either in the Riverfront garage near City Hall, the Ninth and New Hampshire Parking Garage or the new parking garage that will be built next to the Public Library.
If approved, the charging station will be installed by the end of 2013.
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New Commercial Flight School Graduate- Leonardo Satria
Perfect job Leonardo on passing our commercial pilot training course with flying colors! Leonardo just completed his FAA CPL training with our flight school, graduated, and passed his FAA exams and CPL check ride! Excellent work Leonardo, we wish you the best of luck with your future pilot career!
Leonardo is seen here with his certified flight instructor Bryan Meyers.
Date: 9/5/2014
Flight: FAA Commercial Pilot License (CPL)
Click here to see more of our flight school graduates – Commercial Flight School Graduates


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Belt Maker Helper
Assist in forming and packaging abrasive belts.
What does a Belt Maker Helper do?
Assists in forming and packaging abrasive belts, performing any combination of following tasks: Brushes adhesive onto splice lap area of end of abrasive-coated strip and holds end of strip in position on press bed. Helps to wind abrasive belts into compact coil, by hand, and wraps coil in moistureproof plastic film, places plastic-wrapped coils in boxes, and seals boxes with tape. Inserts metal spindle through core of roll of abrasive-coated material, hooks overhead hoist chains to ends and moves roll along rail from storage to work area. Presses hoist control button to lower roll, positioning spindle on rack.


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David Kolb is a psychologist and educational theorist who is perhaps best known for his theory of experiential learning. In addition to developing a theory that outlined how experiential learning takes place, Kolb is also known for his learning style inventory that remains quite popular among educators today.

Best Known For:

Experiential learning theory

Kolb's learning styles

Kolb's learning style inventory

Brief Biography:

David Kolb was born in 1939. He earned his undergraduate degree in 1961 from Knox College. He then went on to earn his Ph.D. in social psychology from Harvard University. Today, he is a Professor of Organizational Behavior in the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.

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Kolb is an American psychologist and educational theorist. He is perhaps best known for his research on experiential learning and learning styles.

According to Kolb, experiential learning is a process by which knowledge results from different combinations of grasping and transforming experiences. We can grasp experience two different ways; through concrete experience and abstract conceptualization.

People can then transform experience in two ways; through reflective observation or active experimentation. This process is often portrayed as a cycle.

Kolb's theory of experiential learning also serves as the basis for his four learning styles. Each of the four learning styles is characterized by strengths in two of the four major steps of the learning cycle.

People with a converging learning style prefer to learning through abstract conceptualization and active experimentation.

Those with a diverging learning style prefer concrete experience and reflective observation.

The assimilating style is associated with abstract conceptualization and reflective observation.

The accommodating learning style is linked to concrete experience and active experimentation.

While learning styles remain a fairly controversial and oft-debated area within psychology and education, Kolb's theory has emerged as one of the most popular and widely used.

Selected Publications:

Kolb, A. Y., Kolb, D. A. (2011). Kolb Learning Style Inventory 4.0 Boston MA: Hay Group.

Kolb, A. Y., Kolb, D. A. (2010). Learning to play, playing to learn : A case study of a ludic learning space (1 ed., vol. 23, pp. 26-50). Journal of Organizational Change Management.

Kolb, A. Y., Kolb, D. A. (2009). In Armstrong, S. J. & Fukami, C. (Ed.), Experiential learning theory: A dynamic, holistic approach to management learning, education and development (pp. 50). London: Sage Publications Handbook of Management Learning, Education and Development..

Kolb, D. A., Boyatzis, R. E., & Mainemelis, C. (2000). Experiential Learning Theory: Previous Research and New Directions. In Perspectives on cognitive, learning, and thinking styles. Sternberg & Zhang (Eds.). NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Kolb, D. A. (1984). Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.

References:

Weatherhead School of Management. (n.d.). Faculty – David Kolb. Retrieved from http://weatherhead.case.edu/faculty/David-Kolb/


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I have 5 hard drives in front of me here. A new 8.5gig WD, A 2.5gig I acquired from an old job, an old 420 (I think?), and two or three SCSI's. Now, first of all, the SCSI's are all old Mac HDs. As far as I know, there's nothing proprietary about them, in fact, one is labeled Conner Periphs (40mb!). So, I assume that they should work with my Adaptec SCSI adapter. Someone warn me if I'm wrong! Second, is there a way I can combine the smaller drives into a more useful partition under 98? I mean, a 40 meg HD isn't even good for swap files (too slow), but if three drives worked as a single partition, well, that efectively triples the amount of heads and should make a fairly decent unit.
P.S. Eisen, that whole 1960's engine story sounds familiar... Deja Vu! -Chip


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*Finds it lame that Dento didn't get to battle twice. Is it REALLY that hard? -_-*
Anyways.....BEST PART OF THE EPISODE!
Pod lying on the floor with a big overdramatic spotlight XDDD
Also, they got their shoes/pant legs right~ ^^
I want Dento to be my teacher...NAO.
Oh yeah also that random sparkling light in the beginning that shone on Dento and Pod was jelly X3


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|Joey Mazzarino
Merry Monster is a Sesame Street monster who first appeared in season 23. Merry is known for being loud and sometimes obnoxious. Her roar is louder than that of Chicago the Lion.
She sang "That's the Letter O" with Queen Latifah and Prairie Dawn.
Book appearances
- Merry Christmas, Everybody! (1993)
- Bright and Early with Elmo (1994)
- My Name Is Oscar the Grouch (1994)


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A firewall is a dedicated appliance, or software running on computer, which inspects network traffic passing through it, and denies or permits passage based on a set of rules.A firewall can help prevent bad packets from entering your Mac.Leopard ships with two firewall engines: the original BSD IPFW, which was present in earlier releases of Mac OS X, and the new Leopard Application Layer Firewall. Unlike IPFW, which intercepts and filters IP datagrams before the kernel performs significant processing. Application Layer Firewall operates at the socket layer, bound to individual processes. The Application Layer Firewall can therefore make filtering decisions on a per-application basis. Crackers love to run automated applications that can scan thousands of computers (including your Mac) for open ports that can be exploited. To ensure that random individuals do not gain unauthorized access to your Mac, you should enable Mac OS X's built-in firewall. It will close your Mac's open ports and disallow random network scans.
Here's how to turn on and configure your Mac's built-in firewall:
1. From the Apple menu, select System Preferences. Click on Sharing.
2. Select the Firewall tab. If your Mac's firewall is turned off (it will say "Firewall Off" if it is), click the Start button to turn it on. Trust us, you do want your firewall turned on!
3. Now click the Advanced button. You have three options here: Block UDP Traffic, Enable Firewall Logging, and Enable Stealth Mode. We suggest that you select the Enable Stealth Mode check box. It doesn't have many side-effects, unless you want people to be able to perform stealth scans of your Mac.
4. Click OK to save your changes. Close Systems Preferences. Your Mac is now protected by its built-in firewall!


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Geomajas WMS layer is a plug-in for Geomajas that allows access to WMS servers for displaying layers and getting feature information for points in a layer.
WMS layers can now cache tiles. A security bug with proxied layers (potentially allowing unauthorized access) has been fixed. There are some bugfixes.
URL: Web Map Service layer (WMS) | Geomajas


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WASHINGTON - Federal agent Jeff Novitzky returns for a third day of testimony today in the Roger Clemens perjury trial, while behind the scenes Clemens' lawyers sought to strike the testimony of former teammate Andy Pettitte.
Last week, Pettitte testified that Clemens told him he had tried human growth hormone, only to say under cross-examination that he might have misunderstood Clemens. As expected, Clemens' lawyers filed a motion asking that the jury not be allowed to consider the conversation between the two pitchers.
Pettitte said that it was "fair" to say that there was a 50 percent chance he misunderstood Clemens, his friend and one time mentor.
"The court should not allow the jury to consider an alleged 'admission' that has all the weight of a coin flip," Clemens' lawyers wrote in a filing this morning, before the resumption of the trial.
Clemens is accused of lying to Congress in 2008 when he denied using HGH and steroids.
Meanwhile, the government will conclude its re-direct questioning of Novitzky, an agent with the Food and Drug Administration. He has already been questioned by the government and cross-examined by Clemens' lawyer.
Last week, Novitzky described the physical evidence he had collected from Clemens' former strength coach, Brian McNamee. Prosecutors will try to prove the evidence shows the former baseball pitcher used steroids and human growth hormone.
Clemens' lawyers have said they will contend that the evidence has been tainted and contaminated.
McNamee is expected to testify later this week, perhaps as early as Tuesday.


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Today was my final day at the Wren Academy and as I left the school, I had more questions than answers. This is a good thing.
After my first lesson, Ruth and I had a discussion around differentiation and checking progress in the lesson. On the first point, I do differentiate the work for my students lower down the school yet I do not do as much at A Level (I currently teach Politics to the Sixth Form). This is something that I will consider carefully over the next few months as I prepare to teach Unit 2 AS Politics. On the issue of checking progress, there are a few things to ponder. Many of the 'progress checks' I am aware of in terms of lesson observations seem to be an example of performativity rather than a substantive check on learning (hinge questions aside). I say this because learning is not necessarily reducible to a timetabled lesson. However, I also believe that you should know where your students are coming from and where they are now so you can point/push/cajole them in the right direction in the lesson and if there was one thing that came out of my visit to the Wren is that to really help the students and my own teaching, I should have visited a number of their lessons first and read some essays. Something to consider for next time.
I also felt a little dissatisfied because if I had taught the sequence of overview lessons the Russian Revolution to the students at Berkhamsted, I would have set them an essay. This was my fault for not really thinking through the learning process before I arrived and if this is to work well next time, I might suggest a definitive task so I can actually see where the students are and start the feedback process (a genuine collaboration).
The conversation on progress also made me reflect upon the differences in inspection regimes and the issues can be seen through the lens of Liverpool College. Earlier this year, Hans van Broekman the Head of the former independent school (now an Academy) stated that 'joining the state sector has improved our teaching'. You can read his article in the TES here. I'll leave you to make your own judgements about the purpose of the piece yet what came across strongly for me was that before the move, Liverpool College did not think carefully about teaching and learning. More importantly, the changes they have implemented seem to be driven by the inspection regime rather than any substantive notion of what good teaching and learning looks like. For me, this is a dangerous path because if you survey what Ofsted has stated makes good teaching and learning over the last 10 years, you will find that they are consistently inconsistent (although they seem to be doing some hard thinking of late which is very encouraging). What the Independent Schools Inspectorate has been good at is thinking about the learning they encounter and seeing how it fits within the stated aims of the school (which will help Professors Becky Francis and Merryn Hutchings who, rather worryingly, missed out the Independent Schools Inspectorate when they conducted research into the quality of teaching in the independent sector for a Sutton Trust publication) . That is not to say that the ISI system is perfect because it is not (and expect another blog post on this soon). However, what ISI is good at is recognising the accountability/quality assurance processes within the schools it visits. To my mind, Good schools (in all guises) have robust internal accountability procedures because they are driven by their core purpose.
So, as I head off this weekend for some more CPD with 200 other History teachers at the Schools History Project Conference in Leeds, I have a few more questions to consider. A great starting point for further reading and thinking.
I want to thank Ruth, the History team and the other staff members at the Wren for their warm welcome. I would also like to thank the students for their time too. As an A Level group left a lesson today, one of them asked if I was teaching at the school next year. When I replied negatively, the student said that I should. They have no idea that they made my day.


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SF Site, the website of Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine, has a lovely article on "hunting Heffalumps" in sf/f, complete with a wonderfully in-depth review of The Other Half of the Sky!
The Other Half of the Sky, a new collection of women's sf edited by Athena Andreadis, stands as a 443-page refutation of all Heffalump Hunters who have ever marched in self-referential circles while loudly lamenting the inexplicable failure of women to write "real" sf. …I can't think of another anthology out this year that so utterly refutes Paul Kincaid's assertion that our genre has succumbed to intellectual inertia.


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MUSIC: Great Guitars @ The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. They weren't kidding around when they concocted the name for this concert that brings together four of the leading acoustic guitarists of their generation – Martin Taylor, Frank Vignola, Vinnie Raniolo and Peppino D'Agostino – to continue the guitar-supergroup tradition. 8pm. $20, $22, $28 & $34.
MUSIC: Michael Eck @ Steamer No. 10 Theatre, Albany. It's a concert! It's a birthday bash! It's a rare opportunity to catch singer-songwriter-musicman-about-town Mister Eck in his "maximum solo acoustic" mode, as he celebrates his big 50th birthday. 8pm. $15.
MUSIC: Spottiswoode & His Enemies @ Club Helsinki, Hudson. They were the band that opened Club Helsinki in Hudson four years ago, and now Englishman Jonathan Spottiswoode and his musical cohorts return in celebration of their brand-new album, English Dream. 9pm. $18.
MUSIC: Amy Rigby & Wreckless Eric @ the River Street Beat Shop, Troy. As we've been telling you all week – here, here, here, here and here – today is Record Store Day, so if you're a true music fan, please take some time out to visit your favorite record store(s) today, like the Beat Shop, where you can hear some delightful free music by the fab couple of Amy Rigby & Wreckless Eric. With Nippertown's proto-garage-rockers the Mysteios. 1pm. FREE.
MUSIC: Zucchero @ The Egg, Albany. Influenced by rock, soul and gospel music, the Italian superstar has sold more than 50 million records around the world and has racked up numerous awards, including two World Music Awards, six IFPI Europe Platinum Awards and a Grammy nomination. 8pm. $34.
READING/PERFORMANCE: Word Fest 2014 Invitational Slam @ WAMC-FM's The Linda, Albany. Albany Poets, Frequency North and Urban Guerilla Theatre are proud to welcome poetry slam teams from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, as they battle for prizes and bragging rights. 7pm. $10.
MUSIC/ART/FUNDRAISER: "Ramen Noodle Diet: A Benefit Show" @ Albany Center Gallery, Albany. A one-night exhibit/auction benefit show for local college art student in financial need. Live music by Oddy Gato and Dezmatic; live painting by RADICAL!! and MC3. the whole night with light refreshments. Art work up for auction by Jess Cone, Yark, Pat Gaitor, Paul Lowenski, Billy Yager, Neener, Mr.Nerds, Alicia Lea, Tony Iadicicco, Michael Conlin, Andrew Kline, Patrick Porter, Greg Dunn, Emily Dorr, Seamus McCarthy, Kevin Mosca, Sean Mahoney and more. 6:30pm. $2 suggested donation.
MUSIC: Elizabeth Woodbury Kasius & Heard @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs. The New World jazz of composer-pianist Elizabeth Woodbury Kasius blends jazz, classical and world music to create a captivating soundscape. Heard's members also include Jonathan Greene on woodwinds and Bobby Kendall on bass, as well as Zorkie Nelson and Brian Mellick on percussion. With Joy Adler. 8pm. $16 in advance; $18 at the door.
THEATER: "33RPM" @ EMPAC at RPI, Troy. In their semi-documentary work, Rabih Mroué and Lina Saneh reconstruct the final moments of a person's life. A turntable sits on a stack of amplifiers. A telephone is on the floor. A bulky television. Books are scattered about. A laptop and printer, a mobile phone in its charger. Behind looms the wide screen. This performance is void of any actors. 8pm. $18; $13 students & seniors.
MUSIC: The Devil Makes Three @ Pearl Street, Northampton. Rip-snortin' old-timey mayhem. If the Clash had a banjo… With Joe Fletcher. 9pm. $20.
MUSIC: The Rob Skane 3 @ Blessings Tavern, Colonie. Singer-songwriter-guitarist Rob Skane is joined by Mike Lisi on bass and Phil Lanz on drums for a rockin' good time. 9pm.
THEATER: "Bring It On: The Musical" @ Proctors, Schenectady. The stage musical based on the 2000 film about competitive cheerleading. 2 & 8pm. $20, $35, $45, $55 & $65.
MUSIC: Dan Croll @ The Hollow Bar + Kitchen, Albany. The Brit-born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist combines folk elements and classic Paul Simon-like melodies with electronic beats, African polyrhythms and guitar hooks. Indie synth-popsters Panama Wedding open. 9pm.
MUSIC: Rival Galaxies @ Pauly's Hotel, Albany. The intergalactic combo features former members of area acts BEWARE! The Other Head of Science, Oobleck and Skadee. With the Parlor and Charmboy. 9pm. $5.
MUSIC: Palemen @ RPI's Ground Zero, Troy. With Opaque Body, Lés Rhinoceros, Life in Vacuum and Esterhazy. 8pm. $3.
MUSIC: Dr. Jah & the Love Prophets @ the Low Beat, Albany. Apparently nobody wants to celebrate 420 on Easter Sunday, so all the 420 parties – like this one – are taking place today, a day early. 9pm.
MUSIC: Cover to Cover @ the Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. Guitarslinger Connor Kennedy and his crew are back for their monthly complete-album performance, and this time around, it's Radiohead's The Bends in its entirety. 9pm. $20 suggested.
MUSIC: Draw the Line @ the Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield. This is the "officially endorsed" Aerosmith tribute band, in case that kind of thing makes any difference to you. 8:30pm. $22.
MUSIC: Pink Talking Fish @ Putnam Den, Saratoga Springs. Another tribute band? Yup, and this one – led by Eric Gould, the founding bassist of Particle – pays homage to not one, not two, but three bands: Pink Floyd, Talking Heads and Phish. The High Peaks Band opens the show. 9:30pm. $10.
COMEDY: Jamie Kilstein @ the Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy. UPDATE: This show has been cancelled.
MUSIC: Koen Holtkamp @ the Spotty Dog, Hudson. Textural and atmospheric sounds from one-half of Mountains. With Mind Over Mirrors. 8pm. $7.
MUSIC: Keith Pray @ 9 Maple Avenue, Saratoga Springs. With Peg Delaney on piano and Elisa & Greg Vehron on drums and bass. 9pm.
MUSIC: The Williams Percussion Ensemble @ Williams College's Chapin Hall, Williamstown. Performing Steve Reich's "Sextet," Alexandre Lunsqui's "SHI" (performed with chopsticks and metal rods on instruments found in the kitchen and the recycling bin) and Anna Thorvaldsdottir's "aura," a quiet and haunting work full of delicate scrapes and shimmers and performed in the dark. 8pm. FREE.
THEATER: "If All the Sky Were Paper" @ the Janet Kinghorn Bernhard Theater at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs. Lary Opitz directs Best-selling author Andrew Carroll's play about war from the viewpoint of the men and women on the front lines, affected civilians and loved ones on the home front – told through their own letters. 2pm. $12 general admission; $8 students & seniors.
FILM: "Jules at Eight" @ Saratoga Arts, Saratoga Springs. In conjunction with Tuesday's upcoming concert by guitar greats Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge, Saratoga Arts plays host to a movie double-feature that features both musicians; Lage in "Jules at Eight" and Eldridge in the Punch Brothers' documentary "How to Grow a Band." 7:30pm.
MUSIC: The Resonators @ the Saratoga City Tavern, Saratoga Springs. 9pm.
MUSIC: Sonny & Perley @ Taste, Albany. 8pm. FREE.
MUSIC: Rob Fleming @ Carney's Tavern, Ballston Lake. 7pm.
THEATER ON FILM: "War Horse" @ Mahaiwe Perfoming Arts Center, Great Barrington. If you missed the stunning, live-in-person stage production at Proctors earlier this year, this might be the next best thing. 7pm. $25; $18 for students.


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Customisable and adjustable / High-end aluminium finish and slim design mean the TH-WL709HX fits perfectly with any modern flat screen TV. The wireless subwoofer can also be placed anywhere, blend it into the corner of the room or make it a stand out statement. As well as preset sound modes, this JVC sound bar also features adjustable treble and bass control for those with a specific preference, to let you tailor the sound to whatever you're enjoying.
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...if only because ones I have used have always fit me. Not that I am overendowed or anything, but none has ever been too large on me.
Not a clue about what I am writing about; well just go to the article at this link: Condoms 'too big' for Indian men and you will see why I am feeling good about myself. While I feel for them, I have got to say, this article sure made me laugh a long time. In short (pun intended) the article tells just what the title says, most condoms are too big for men in India. Apparently they have what was once referred to as the Irish curse; but now I can just imagine the celebrations that will take place in Ireland.
Now if you think this discovery concerns the Indians all that much, think again. As one was quoted in the article:
"It's not size, it's what you do with it that matters," he said.
"From our population, the evidence is Indians are doing pretty well.
According to the article. that statement was made by Sunil Mehra, a past editor of an Indian version of the men's magazine Maxim. He makes a good point, to him I say: Touché.
All the best,
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If you're interested in checking out Book blogs here for book reviews/recommendations/discussions, I made a directory of WP only blogs on this post - Spotlight on the WordPress.Com Book Bloggers!
*If you have a book blog and you're not on the list, leave me a comment so I can add your site too!
The blog I need help with is randomizeme.wordpress.com.


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This Hello Kitty exhaust pipe shows off a serious cartoon kitty fan. The exhaust pipe is in the shape of the little cat herself, outfitted with whiskers and her signature bow to complete the look.
Whoever did this must be one hardcore Hello Kitty fan to get a customized exhaust pipe on their car. It's pretty cute that this adoring fan would go to such lengths to get a Hello Kitty exhaust pipe on their vehicle, but then again there are definitely folks who would do a lot more for their beloved cartoon character.
Naughty Sanrio Seats
Iconic Kitten Makeovers
17 Hello Kitty Cross-Branding Products
30 Sanrio-Inspired Innovations
46 Hello Kitty Creations
The Kello Kitty Exhaust Pipe is for the Hardcore Fan
- By: Allison LoveAug 27, 2010
References: fyeahstrangefinds.tumblr & cocoperez
References: fyeahstrangefinds.tumblr & cocoperez


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painted June 18, '11
Gullac, this time. Sorry for the amputated arm, bud. Looks pretty wild, doesn't he?
Bonus image: lolFlairé!
I was listening to wacky exciting music when I was drawing these guys, as you can guess. Time to draw more!
I think I should do some LinT fanart soon, since I just re-read the entire thing. If you haven't read it yet, you should right now.
That means… my to-do list for painting includes:
bedroomeyes!Gullac, Teitnl, Flaria, Bayn, Menad, Sangwine and Bactine, Aiden KY, Al'bert, Kirstril and Shlaes, Muila, Yoia, Zemi, and so on. But every time I look at the Zela picture I did yesterday, I am more pleased with it. Huzzah!


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Miscellaneous NEWS
Police 'handcuff' bull
Published by Waleed Fakhroo on December 26, 2009
Police in China handcuffed a runaway bull that was causing chaos through city center streets.
The bull caused traffic chaos in Liuzhou, in southern China's Guangxi province, reports IC Media.
Pedestrians ran for their lives as the bewildered animal charged through shopping areas.
After more than two hours of chasing the terrified animal around the city, police finally managed to catch it.
With the help of passers-by, they managed to restrain the animal – and cuff its front legs to prevent it hurting itself.
"It kept struggling to get away again so we had to cuff it to stop it struggling," said a police spokesman.
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Avg.Rate: ZAR 600.00 - 2000.00
Rating: 4 stars
Pheasant Hill Bed and Breakfast is situated within a 10-minute drive from both Centurion and Rietvlei Nature Reserve. Surrounded by lush landscaped gardens and a swimming pool, all private entrance rooms include garden views. Each spacious room has a modern décor with satellite TV, minibar and a private bathroom with free toiletries. Some feature a flat-screen TV or overlook the pool. Breakfast is served daily in the classical dining room decorated with antique furniture. Other meals, barbecue facilities or breakfast in your room are available upon request. There is a fitness centre and games room for all guests or you walk around the property's extensive green garden. An airport shuttle can be arranged for OR Tambo International Airport, a 30-minute drive away. Johannesburg's centre is 50 km. more


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They are great Hollie hock. I love the door on the tree xx
Verdun you said soon so I went out and did it. My hands were freezing!
Thank you Verdun.
As always this is the place to get answers to any gardening queries
Any advice please as to how I can prune this Dogwood standard ( I think it is)
Can anyone tell me what this tree is. It still has almost all of its leaves. Last spring I pulled off all the previous years leaves so now wonder if it isn't decidu
ous as I had assumed
I used Slug Gone last year. It is non chemical. You don't need much as it really bulks up when you water it. Also they say at the end of the season it improves soil. It didn't totally wipe out the slugs but I didn't have very many to worry about.
Loveto garden- wow just love these pics. How beautiful
Busy- Lizzie- I'm going to have to have another look through my seeds, I'm going to try to copy this
I have ordered a small one. I am intending to grow it (blue) in front of a big yellow version I already have. I hope they look as good together as they do in my imagination.
You say you have a fern- why not add more ferns and grow a fernery (if that's what they are called). As shown on 'The A to Z of gardening- letter F.
I'm trying to create one in a passage down the side of my house.
Welcome Donna. This is such a great site and there always seems to be someone who can help out with any problems xx


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My fiance and I are friends with this married couple that we have known since high school. We have been in and out of contact but for the last 3 year we have been solid on our friendship...or so I thought. The male friend is best man in our upcoming wedding, we go to each others kids bdays, we do dinners, same softball team, etc. Me and the girl aren't super close like my fiance and her husband but we talk a decent amount and don't have any issues...or so i thought. Tonight is the girls birthday. Last week on facebook she made an invite to her birthday dinner and invited all of our mutual friends. We weren't invited. Not by facebook or text or a phone call. We found out from another friend about it last week and ive been upset all week trying to rack my brain on what the fuck the issue is. So this am I get a text saying hey my husband dropped the ball, im having dinner tonight for my bday let him know if you guys wanna go. REALLY? what do any of you make of this? wtf do i say or do? we obviously didnt go and im really bothered by this.
Maybe he was supposed to ask your fiance and so she thought it was taken care of.
Why didn't she text when she realized you guys weren't at the party? Our friends(especially DH's) always send us a "where you at?" text if we aren't at a get together we were supposed to be invited to
could it have been one of those situations where they thought their so invited you so they thought you were already invited things?
they probably figured that you didnt need an invite or you were last minute invite or something


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Pompey Preview: Donkey on Sunday
With the Sky Live clash at Fratton Park slowly looming, both Joe Kinnear and Tony Adams have had their say on the state of play. The Pompey boss was first to sound off, sensibly summing up the current dog-eat-dog capability of the Premier League, where anyone other than the media whores of the 'Big Four` (spit) can beat each other. Adams said:
"We`ve had Newcastle watched and researched. We`ve looked at them, but there is a thin line between about 14 clubs in the Premier League. Anyone can beat anyone at the moment and we`re all much of a muchness. Newcastle have got some good players, but so have we."
There`s a balance and we`re striving for that balance at the moment. We`ve been very offensive and lost games trying to win them. There`s a positive in there somewhere. I would rather have that situation than a team that shows no passion or no commitment and does not create any chances at home. We`ve been leaving ourselves a bit open so we`re trying to get the right balance."


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Manchester United management were pleased with Ben Amos' loan spell in Norway.
Amos, 20, is expected to join United's senior squad next season.
Keeper coach Eric Steele told manutd.com: "He only arrived back in Manchester last week after a good spell in Norway with Molde FK. He played first-team football there for two months, which has done him the power of good. He will have learnt an awful lot out there about himself and about how to marshal defences and become an organiser.
"That was another step in his development and now we feel he's ready to come back and take up the challenge of performing alongside Edwin van der Sar and Tomasz Kuszczak."


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Further arrests are due over 'sham marriages' in Limerick
A "SIGNIFICANT amount of documentation" was seized by gardai in Limerick city this Wednesday in relation to the first major nationwide investigation into alleged sham marriages.
Two premises in Limerick were raided under Operation Vantage, with the arrest of one person in the city in relation to alleged fraud offences.
By noon this Wednesday a total of 11 people were arrested across the country for a variety of offences under the Immigration Act and Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act. They are being held at Henry Street station in Limerick, Ballyhaunis and Finglas Garda station.
Chief Superintendent Dave Sheahan, head of the Limerick garda division, said that a "significant amount of documentation was recovered in Limerick, which will have to be analysed".
He said while this operation was mainly led by Dublin headquarters, he would expect further arrests in the city.
The male, whose nationality has not yet been identified, remains in Henry Street station, as a result of operations, which the Chief Supt described as "the first of their kind in the country".
In addition, a large amount of computers, memory devices, phones and documents including false identity documents, driving licences and marriage certificates have been seized nationwide. A stun gun and quantities of cash, amounting to some €30,000, have also been seized during the course of the searches.
Operation Vantage was set up this August by the Garda National Immigration Bureau to investigate illegal immigration and identify marriages of convenience.
A large number of searches were conducted across the country by over 200 Garda members, including the Criminal Assets Bureau and Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation, and local units.


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from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A twisted bronze column which stands on the site of the ancient Hippodrome at Constantinople. It was erected at Delphi in 479 b.c. to support a gold tripod. It was removed to Constantinople by Constantino in 330 a.d. The column is composed of three snakes intertwined. The heads have been broken away, but it still retains the inscription commemorative of the Hellenic states which took part in the second Persian war.
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Like MADD draws 300 participants
By Pearl Cantrell
Monitor Staff Reports
CEDAR CREEK LAKEThe inaugural Walk Like MADD event Saturday attracted about 300 participants and more than $18,000 in donations, making it one of the most successful firsts for East Texas.
Prompted by the love of one mother for her teen son, cut down in a drunk driving accident, the event far exceeded expectations.
Ill be happy if we get 100 walkers and raise $5,000, event coordinator Tammi Branch told The Monitor.
It also touched a cord near to the hearts of many in the lake area affected in one way or another by drunk driving.
Assisting her in organizing the event were the Henderson County Sheriff, district attorney and county attorney.
The organizers were able to attract $9,000 in corporate and private sponsorships for the event, including the largest contributor, the Weinstein Law Center in Athens.
The team of walkers raising the most funds was Honeys Bunch, raising more than $5,000. The top fund-raiser, Sandy Bunch, raised $700.
Augmenting the walk was a motorcycle run recruiting the Blue Knights bike club and 50 riders.
In April, Branch formed the Family and Friends of Eric Branch, and with 45 of these, raised more than $1,000 for the 5K MADD Walk in Dallas.
That experience wetted her appetite for bringing a similar event to the Cedar Creek Lake area.
They (MADD volunteers) have supported me and my family with phone calls, books and literature, Branch said. I cant think of anything better to do than to give them back a little of what they gave to me.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving knows how drunk driving threatens families and communities. Consider these staggering statistics:
A drunk driving traffic fatality occurs every 30 minutes in the United States.
Every month, more than 1,000 families have a loved one killed by drunk driving, and even more have someone injured.
At any given moment, American families share the roads with an estimated 3 million drivers who have been convicted of drunk driving at least three times
As many as 75 percent of drunk drivers continue to drink and drive, even after their licenses have been revoked.
A first-time drunk driving offender, on average, has driven drunk 87 times prior to being arrested.
Alcohol-related crashes in the United States cost an estimated $114.3 billion in 2000, including $51.1 billion in monetary costs and an estimated $63.2 billion in quality-of-life losses.
MADD wants all adults to drink responsibly. If going out, designate a nondrinker to do the driving or call for a ride.
Dont let the good times roll over someone and irreversibly cause grief and heartache to countless others.
Its the right thing to do.
City Council delays action to focus on homecoming
Monitor Photo/Kerry Yancey
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Vitamins are organic compounds required in tiny amounts in human diets to sustain life and health. With the absence of vitamins, the human body could become prone to different diseases and variety of syndromes. They are named by letters such as Vitamins A, C, D, K, E and B vitamins group.
The manufacturer of the vitamin will first purchase the raw vitamins in addition to the other ingredients. Mostly, the manufacturers test the raw materials for analysis. If herbs will be added into the vitamin capsule, they are going to be subjected for testing on the identity and potency and it is bacteria-contaminated.
The raw vitamins come in fine powder and don't require preliminary processing. In case the ingredients do not come in fine granules, they must be returned through ground and mill. Some vitamins are pre-blended with filler such as microcrystalline cellulose as it can create a more granule which could further aid the processing steps. Technicians in the laboratory may run the test in matches when they are working with relatively newer ingredients and they determine as well if it needs to be pre-blended.
In order for the vitamins to come in the form of tablet, the precise size is important in terms of figuring out the formula as well as how well it is running in the machine where the tablet will be processed. In some cases, the raw vitamins are milled into the appropriate some for tabletting while in other cases, they require the step for wet granulation. In this technique the fine vitamin powder will be mixed with different cellulose particles before wetting them.
Then the mixture is going to be set for drying and then the formula can be chunks and are sized by running it through the mill. This forces the chunk through the small holes of the desired diameter of granules and these granules will be weighed before mixing them. Once the granules are ready, they are going to be weighed in order for the required weight to be achieved for each ingredient. After weighing, all the ingredients are dumped for mixing. Then it will be followed by the mixture encapsulation and they are going to be compressed into tablets with the coating. The vitamins will be run in the polishing machine.


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Confederate Monument, Bentonville Battlefield, Four Oaks
The monument is a granite column with a broad trapezoidal base on which the names of the Confederate dead from the Battle of Bentonville are inscribed. The column is topped by a cannonball-like sphere. It marks a mass grave containing approximately 360 Confederates who died at the Battle of Bentonville, March 19-21, 1865.
Front: IN MEMORY OF / THE CONFEDERATE/ DEAD / ERECTED UNDER / THE AUSPICES OF / GOLDSBORO RIFLES / OCTOBER 10, 1894.
Left: ON THIS SPOT AND / IN THIS VICINITY / WAS FOUGHT / THE BATTLE OF / BENTONVILLE / MARCH 19, 1865.
Right: TWENTY THREE OF / THOSE BURIED HERE / HAD THEIR LAST HOURS / SOOTHED BY THE / LOVING CARE OF / JOHN HARPER AND / HIS NOBLE WIFE / AMY A. HARPER.
Rear: Nor shall your glory / be forgot While Fame / her record keeps. Or / Honour points the / hallowed spot Where / Valor proudly sleeps.;
Names inscribed around the base: Everett King, Co. B, 1 N.C. Batl'n / G.C. Taylor, Co. A, 1 N.C. Batl'n / M.J. Taylor, Co. B, 1 N.C. Batl'n / Arnold Rabon, Co. C, 1 N.C. Batl'n / Duncan Brown, Co. A, 1 N.C. Batl'n / J.A. McPhaul, Co. A, 1 N.C. Batl'n / Jacob Sours, Co. D, 1 N.C. Batl'n / Capt. R.G. Rankin, Co. A, 1 N.C. Batl'n / T.J. Blount, Co. A, 61 N.C. Reg't / Zac Ellis, 1 N.C. Batl'n / Marx E. Cohen, Harts Battery, S.C. /
J.R. Stringfield, Co. C, 6 Ga. Reg't / J.W. Glover, Co. F, 6 Ga. Reg't / S. King, Co. H, 27 Ga.Reg't / T.J. Nail, Co. H, 27 Ga. Reg't / A.B. Williams, Co. A, 34 Va. Reg't / F.M. Williams, Co. C. Ark / Allen Lansdown, Co. E, 23 Ga. Reg't / G.S. Beavers, Ga. / D.B. Nolger, Co. K, 39 Ala. Reg't / Lieut. George M. Stoney, 1 S.C. Reg't /
Col. R.M. Saffell, Tenn / Columbus Gilliam, Co. F, 1 Tenn Cal / E.A. Smotherman, Co. D, 45 Tenn Reg't / J.H. Edwards, Co. B, 26 Tenn Reg't / Capt. R.P.H Heacock, Co. A, 30 Ala Reg't / Capt. J.A. Latham, 40 Ala Reg't / Lieut J.W. Layermer, 42 Ala Reg't / Lieut Edmund Pettus, Ala / J.M. Moon, S.C. / Charles T. Quigley, Co. B. 2 S.C. Reg't Art / John M. Leathe, 1 S.C. Reg't Art /
Harley Nance, Co. K, 1 N.C. Batl'n / W.E. Read, Co. D, 13 N.C. Batl'n / Allen Wooten, 10 N.C. Batl'n / James F. Chambers, Co. B, 40 N.C. Reg't / H.J. Taylor, Co. H, 40 N.C.reg't / L.B. Flack, Co. G, 50 N.C. Reg't / T.J. Hampton, Co. K, 50 N.C. Reg't / J.A. Thomas, Co. B, 40 N.C. Reg't / Lt. Col. Edward Mallett, 61 N.C. Reg't /
North Carolina Historic Sites
March 20, 1895
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"Confederate Dead Monument," The Historical Marker Database, HMdb.org, (accessed February 18, 2011) Link
"In Honor of the Gray," The News and Observer (Raleigh, NC), March 22, 1895, 1-4 Link
"North Carolina Civil War Monuments," North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, (accessed January 23, 2012) Link
"The Bentonsville Monument," The News and Observer (Raleigh, NC), March 21, 1895 Link
Confederate Veteran 2 (1894), 335 Link
Confederate Veteran 3 (1895), 231 Link
Crow, Amy Beth. "Confederate Memory and the Making of the Solid South in North Carolina: the Goldsboro Rifles' Bentonville Monument, 1894-1895," Masters' Thesis, (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 2002)
Goldsboro Rifles, Bentonville Monumental Committee
Rev. J.J. Harper gave a prayer at the dedication. General (and former Governor of South Carolina) Wade Hampton attended the unveiling, accompanied by 13 young ladies in military dress (one for each Confederate State).
The memorial is on Harper House Road (Local Route 1008), east of Mill Creek Church Road, on the left when traveling east.
Other memorials at Bentonville Battleground include Bentonville Battlefield Memorial, Texas Soldiers Monument, North Carolina Confederate Soldiers, General Joseph Johnston, Civil War horses, 123rd Regiment New York State Volunteers, and Union Monument.
The column sits in a grassy area, in close proximity to other memorials at Bentonville Battlefield.
T.H. Bain was in charge of the procuring the monument.


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The latest trailer - aptly titled "Story Trailer" - seeks to explain a bit of the background behind the world of Injustice. Joker has apparently destroyed Metropolis, Superman and Wonder Woman are subjecting mankind to an iron fist rule ala Red Son, and Batman seems to be the freedom fighter trying to bring order to the chaos. All in all, your typical alternate world DC plot.
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Injustice: Gods Among Us will launch on April 16 for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii U.


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(Corrects paragraph seven. Van Beurden is head of downstream, not head of upstream)
* Shell abandons its output target, keeps financial ones
* Move puts company in line with others in the sector
* Takes $2.2 bln charge for weak production of US liquids
* Profit miss is "disappointing", CEO Voser says
* Nigeria thefts, disruption could cost country $12 bln/yr
* Shares down 5 pct; Exxon also reports lower profits
By Andrew Callus
LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Rising costs, oil theft in Nigeria and weak U.S. shale liquids production have hurt profits at Royal Dutch Shell, adding both to upward pressure on spending and to uncertainty on output growth.
These pressures prompted outgoing chief executive Peter Voser to abandon the company's target to deliver 4 million barrels a day of production by 2017. They also resulted in a $2.2 billion charge against the group's U.S. shale business.
Voser's abandonment of output targets brings Shell into line with other oil companies, and shows how the industry is struggling to translate investment into oil.
Voser called the company's second quarter result, published on Thursday, "disappointing." But he said a financial target to achieve $175-200 billion of cash flow from operations for the period 2012 to 2015 was intact.
The company's stock fell 5.0 percent - a big drop by the standards of normal trading day in Europe's biggest oil company - as analysts geared up to cut annual profit forecasts. The shares ended the day at 21.33 pounds, down 4.7 percent.
Shell said it took a $700 million hit for Nigeria thefts and other issues in the country - which it said cost Nigeria itself $12 billion a year - and for the tax impact of a weakening Australian dollar. Shell has put more of its Niger Delta activities up for sale.
"Higher costs, exploration charges, adverse currency exchange rate effects and challenges in Nigeria have hit our bottom line," said Voser, who is due to retire and be replaced by downstream chief Ben van Beurden at the end of this year. "These results were undermined by a number of factors - but they were clearly disappointing for Shell."
Adjusted second quarter net earnings on a current cost of supply (CCS) basis came in at $4.6 billion, down from $5.7 billion a year ago and below analysts' expectations of around last year's figures.
"There are mitigating factors, but we would expect our forecasts to fall by about 5 percent," Investec analyst Neil Morton said in a research note.
Including adjustments, Shell's CCS result was lower still at $2.4 billion, mainly due to the $2.2 billion charge for liquids-rich shale properties in North America. Shell said this reflected exploration and appraisal drilling results and production information that was not as positive as previously hoped.
These assets are also under a review now which will lead to divestments and a refocusing of investment into fewer plays, with growth potential, Shell said in its statement.
Shell vies with U.S.-based Chevron for the world No. 2 spot among listed oil companies behind Exxon Mobil. Exxon also reported lower profits on Thursday.
Shell's results came in the same week as disappointing results from rival BP and on the same day as smaller Italian group was forced to cut its output target - partly because of Nigerian troubles.
In Nigeria, Shell's share of onshore production has fallen to 158,000 barrels a day in the second quarter from 260,000 in 2012. Overall, Nigeria's production has dropped by 500,000 barrels a day over the past few years to around 2 million.
Shell has been selling Nigerian onshore assets where most of the problems lie and said in June it would sell more Niger Delta assets. On Thursday it said it would be getting rid of about 80,000 to 100,000 barrels of production in this way. Oil industry sources pointed this week to four blocks that are for sale.
Shell's net capital spending will be higher in 2013 at $40 billion up from the $34 billion flagged early in the year, finance director Simon Henry said, as a result of some final investment decisions that have been taken since.
This is also because the company's deal to acquire Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) assets from Repsol may close earlier than anticipated in the second half of this year. Shell's $120-130 billion net capital spending target for 2012 to 2015 is unchanged.
Additional reporting by Simon Falush and Tricia Wright; Editing by Louise Ireland and Jane Merriman


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Millions of pounds in public funds are being spent building a UK broadband network that will not be fast enough to deal with the internet needs of the future and may have to be replaced, the House of Lords has warned.
The government's internet strategy and the way it is awarding £530m of public funds to extend connections to rural communities have been criticised as flawed and liable to widen the digital divide by the Lords communication committee, which on Tuesday published the findings of its six-month inquiry into the state of the nation's broadband infrastructure.
"The spectre of a widening digital divide is a profound source of concern which requires the government to address its origin with greater vigour than we believe is currently the case," the committee said in its report.
Urging ministers to set out an even bolder vision for broadband policy than is currently the case, the committee said that BT was the only company likely to end up winning the public funds being awarded via the BDUK process to develop rural broadband, and that it was designing a network that would stifle competition and not be future proof.
The report said: "[BT] is planning to use this public funding to invest in … technologies which may meet the speed targets set by the government, but which looking beyond 2015 are both relatively constrained and liable to necessitate an expensive phase of upgrade, if not outright replacement in the future."
It suggests instead that the government should look at the cost of creating a national network of "fibre hubs", essentially boxes placed within every town and village which are connected by fibre to the wider internet.
These hubs would allow the many local broadband networks being created by rural communities around the UK to plug into BT's pipes, at a set price and with a standard interface.
The community networks could then use fibre, or wireless technologies for particularly remote houses, and would be owned by the companies that install them, introducing greater competition and more investment from the private sector in Britain's broadband network.
These hubs would, according to the committee, bring better connections more quickly than BT could manage on its own.
As things currently stand, the Lords committee claimed that government subsidy was being used to fund a new world in which there might be less competition than there was over copper – reinforcing BT's market power.
According to the report, the UK should be laying the groundwork for a day when each home is connected to the internet via its own fibre line, just as each home currently has a copper wire all the way to the exchange.
Fibre is capable of carrying many hundreds of times the amount of information that copper can, and "point to point" fibre is considered by many experts as the only future proof solution.
The consumer broadband explosion was made possible after BT agreed to let other companies such as TalkTalk or BSkyB "unbundle" its copper and take over individual lines by installing their own equipment in its exchanges.
This allowed them to make a bigger profit and differentiate their services – for example, by offering tiers of speeds.
BT's fibre network cannot be unbundled because it runs fibres from the exchange to the street cabinet. It then relies on copper wires to take the signal the rest of the way, or where fibre is used a new line runs to the premises.
A BT spokesman said: "A shared network is essential if the maximum number of homes are to be reached with fibre. That's because it maximises your bang for your buck.
"Point to point fibre may be the preferred option of some, but it would require the taxpayer to foot the associated £28bn bill, something that isn't going to happen in the real world. Every internet service provider can access BT's network on equal terms so none of them will have a competitive advantage."
The committee was also critical of the national speed targets, which are for every home to have access to a minimum of 2Mbps and 90% of the country to have 24Mbps by 2015.
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My Debut as a Guest Blogger (sorta)
One of my internet friends, Gary Taylor @ GENDADS, generously used a comment of mine in a post discussing one of the hidden dangers of public "leadership."
Thanks to TIVO, Carolyn and I completed our interaction on true legacy reported in my last post, then went back to the "60 Minuutes" piece on Nelson Mandela. What an extraordinary man. The last 15 seconds spoiled the story, though. The last few words still has me pondering.
Mandela knowingly sacrificed his children and abandoned them to real suffering to save the "millions who suffered as well." I know, sadly, leaders in missions and ministry who were on call to save the world and lost their children.
I got this reply from a friend whose blog, "A Pauper in the Court of the King". I urge you to slowly read through his short, deep, clear piece. What he says is far more central to godly family life and legacy.
"Gary, you raise a very good point. The clear answer from scripture (the example of Eli the priest is a case in point) is that if you fail in your family – you fail period. God never calls a man to win the thousands at the expense of his family. Your first ministry is at HOME and if you fail there you are absolutely disqualified from leadership in the church of the Living God (Titus 1:6, 1 Tim 3:4-5)
The first and primary congregation that a man (EVERY man) is called to pastor and serve is the one born in his own home when he and his bride say "I do". To ignore, slight, or fail here is to build with wood, hay and stubble which WILL be borne away in the judgment fire (1 Cor 3:10-15). To "lead" others without shepherding your own family is merely performing for the praise of men.
May God have mercy on me so that I might be found faithful in my home even if it means being derelict everywhere else. – The Pauper"
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Economic development victories take lots of patience, official says
Aug. 12, 2010 at 3:12 a.m.
Large-scale projects like Victoria's incoming manufacturing plant don't happen by accident.
The economic development process is all about creating relationships, maintaining relationships and persevering.
The Victoria Economic Development Corp. first learned about Caterpillar's project about nine months ago, when real estate company CB Richard Ellis brought it to the organization's attention, said Dale Fowler, president of the development corporation. The organization keeps in contact with 30 or 40 real estate companies like Ellis, he said, because they often generate such leads.
Other leads come from the Texas governor's office of economic development and tourism, while the VEDC pursues others on its own.
Local partnerships are just as important.
Every city and county department, as well as entities such as Workforce Solutions of the Golden Crescent and the Victoria Regional Airport, contributed to the Caterpillar project, Fowler said.
They might not have known which company was looking at the area, he said, but they contributed information Caterpillar requested. That helped keep Victoria within the company's radar.
"The reality of this is they do this on a routine basis," Fowler said. "But this time it paid off."
Companies maintain a list of factors they're considering when locating in a city, and that varies from entity to entity. Several aspects of Victoria caught Caterpillar's eye, said Jim Dugan, the company's chief corporate spokesman.
The city's proximity to highways, the barge canal and railways came into play, while training possibilities at the Victoria College also helped.
Available workforce also contributed to the decision, he said.
"It's a fairly large puzzle, and a lot of pieces fit into it," Dugan explained.
Not every lead results in businesses setting up in Victoria, however.
Many projects evaluate the city but don't locate here, Fowler said, and many such projects never come to fruition at all.
The process is confidential, however, so the public rarely hears about developments until they are set in stone.
That often leads to criticism from individuals wanting to see proof of the VEDC's efforts, he said, but it takes patience. When the right project comes in, the organization goes after it.
"Just because it's not in the press doesn't mean there are not good things going on in Victoria," Fowler said.


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