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Homeopathics may be controversial, but I can say from experience now that I would recommend them. After a lot of my Lyme treatments, I find it difficult to know whether a specific herbal tincture, medicine or even food has a direct effect on a symptom or condition. But recently after a second jaw surgery, (one where the surgeon cut open the inside of my mouth and drilled out infected, diseased bone) my doctor recommended I take Body Mend, a homeopathic solution that is taken a few drops at a time every 10 minutes the first day, every 30 minutes the second day, and every couple hours the next. He also prescribed a bottle of Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Vicodin). To my surprise I had absolutely no pain after the surgery, or the day after, or the day after that. And I didn't even need to take any Vicodin! On top of that, the morning before my surgery, I slipped on a few concrete garage steps and fell on my side. My entire left leg ached all day, but the morning after the surgery that pain was gone too.
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I usually start a new Help Me! on Facebook in the morning. If you don't yet see one for today, feel free to use yesterday's. Older posts don't expire so we can continue to use them as long as needed until we get your problem solved.

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Paenibacillus is a genus of facultative anaerobic, endospore-forming bacteria, originally included within the genus Bacillus and then reclassified as a separate genus in 1993. Bacteria belonging to this genus have been detected in a variety of environments such as: soil, water, rhizosphere, vegetable matter, forage and insect larvae, as well as clinical samples. The name reflects this fact: Latin paene means almost, and so the Paenibacilli are literally almost Bacilli. The genus includes P. larvae, which is known to cause American foulbrood in honeybees, the P. polymyxa, which is capable of fixing nitrogen and therefore is used in agriculture and horticulture, the Paenibacillus sp. JDR-2 which is known to be a rich source of chemical agents for biotechnology applications and pattern forming strains such as P. vortex and P. dendritiformis discovered in the early 90s, which are known to develop complex colonies with intricate architectures as is illustrated in the pictures. ⁕ Picture 1: A colony generated by P. vortex sp. bacteria. The colony diameter is 5cm and the colors indicate the bacteria density. The bright dots are the vortices described in the text.
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A genus of GRAM-POSITIVE ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS in the family Paenibacillaceae.
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"Help me! Please! Anyone!?!?" a voice cried from out in the darkness, the cold air blowing thru the woods with mud on the ground from the recent rain that had fallen just out side of the Nephillem encampment. The voice that was crying out for help was that of a neko hybrid named Vivian. She once was a lovely human being who could of had her pick of the males that she wanted to court or toy with. Sadly though at the age of 10 she was taken from those that she cared about the most. Not knowing if they are alive anymore after the raid on her city.
A radiant City filled with those that would dance, sing an enjoy the splendors of the world that was around them in harmony. At least the upper end of the city where she was raised. The other half was a dark, vile and disgusting place to be, definitely somewhere you don't want to get caught walking around in. unless you care to have your valuables ripped off of your bloody corps right after death. There is no telling what will happen on the southern most end of Saint Amber.
Vivian was enjoying herself with a few friends in a lounge for those that wanted to mingle an eat the wonderful fruits of the lower classes labor. One of the friends that she had was a young man who was the next crown prince of Titan, he was everything that Vivian could ever want in a male to take care of her young if an when she had any. He was to be hers, not by law but by the family arrangement some time ago. There had never been any problems with the two families. Both of them were fairly wealthy and could very possibly over throw the current leaders of the city. Sadly, the young male was killed from his heroism.
He had died trying to save his betrothed, the girl he had loved... Vivian. From the Nephillem who had started an attack upon the city. They felt that it was a divine right to purge the city for what it was. To make it anew home for not only themselves but for the creatures they had been housing for thousands of years. Part of which were human experiments. There had been a few more raids going on at that time, but no one knows why.... But only a certain few had been hand picked by the so called "Righteous Beings," over the millions of years. Could be the blood line or it could be for status to use over other parts of the world.
'Why me though....' the hybrid thought to herself for a moment, laying in the cold mud, feeling the vapors of mist over come her body. Her breath was slowing as her eyes began to close. Soon she would have to move an find out where she was at officailly. Using her tails as pillows, her body aches for the medications that the nephillems were using on her to keep the hybridization stable to co-exist with her mortal body. The changes were rapid. The supple tan flesh became light brown fur with tan markings, those resembling stripes.
Her newest addition to the body before she escaped was the two tails. One that looked like it was dipped in gold an the other into the pitch black of the night. Both were added to see if the balance and the body could be restored after adding genetically modified chromosomes to the mortal girl.
Vivian's hair had also changed, along with her eyes. the hair that was upon her head became lighter and fuller, more of a pain to deal with. Also her eyes became red, more of a crimson color so to say, instead of her beautiful dark brown eyes. Her mortal ears grew into a feline shape and was modified to be that of a feline too. Basically if you could combine a human and a Neko being, you have Vivian. But she also has her injection sites. 8 on the back, going down her spine and 2 on each arm and legs.
'I'm a monster, I once was the jewel of Saint Amber.... Now no one will save me nor even look at me.' were Vivian's last thoughts as she drifted off into slumber. Never forgetting that she had to move on as soon as she could before the Nephillem figure out her whereabouts.
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By Georgia Temple
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Rebecca McClure's interest in art dates back to a childhood spent drawing in her mother's studio and visiting art museums.
"My mom would be painting, and we'd be drawing. That was just a big influence," said the artist, who is the daughter of Midlanders Karen and Spencer Beal. "It really started with my mom. She would take us to museums, expose us to art and culture. I'm really grateful. I feel really blessed because of that. So we've always been around it. It was kind of natural for me to develop that interest. I didn't really get serious about it until college."
While in college, she attended Lorenzo de' Medici School in Florence, Italy.
"That's when I really started getting interested in oil painting," said McClure, whose works are hanging at the Museum of the Southwest through March 8 as part of the 2009 Contemporary Series. "I really loved the figure and drawing. After I got into oil painting, I finished with my illustration degree, and I began taking workshops with David Leffel and Sherie McGraw. David's a big influence for me. He's considered a master of today, so I feel really blessed I was able to attend one of his workshops."
In 2004, she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Sigma Cum Laude in Illustration, with a minor in Art History from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Since then, her work has concentrated on animal portraiture commissions and still lifes. Her animal portraits are painted from photographs while her still lifes are created from life.
In her artist's statement for the exhibition at the Museum of the Southwest, McClure said of her work: "My goal is not only to create a likeness of each subject but to capture a sense of a pet's personality, spirit and energy. In the case of a still life, my intent is to create mood and mystery through the use of dramatic light and shadow. Light has always been fascinating to me; as it falls across a scene it creates beautiful relationships and patterns connecting one object to another with its subtle nuances.
"Although my work is representational, I approach each piece with a sense of abstraction. The challenge exists in creating a likeness while not concentrating on every hair or minute detail. Once I have suggested the major forms, I use details to highlight the important areas of each subject. Whether I am painting a still life, portrait or landscape, I love the challenge of bringing my vision to life with classical realism."
Now a resident of Carrollton with her husband, native Midlander Christopher McClure, she still has many relatives, in addition to her parents, living here.
"Lots of aunts and uncles live in Midland - Barry and Nancy Beal and Kelly and Chrys Beal and Carty and Linda Beal and lots of cousins," said McClure, noting her husband has an aunt and uncle in Odessa, Linda and Mike McClure, and a grandmother in San Angelo, Glenda Smith.
"Actually most of the portraitures were Midland commissions," said McClure. "Molly is Emily and Kevin Blonkvist's German Shorthair. Camo is Debra and Fred Westmoreland's Bengal cat. You know how cats are in charge of you, you are not in charge of them. I think he's looking at you like 'Look how handsome I am.'"
Showing her work at the Museum of the Southwest provided McClure with "the opportunity to explore other subjects," including landscapes and spending more time on still lifes.
"I've always been interested in still lifes, and I love painting from life. You get a different experience seeing it right in front of you versus seeing it in a photograph. So, for me, it was really about the visual concept. … It all goes back to how the light moves across the different objects and how it creates relationships between those objects."
The 2009 Contemporary Series, "Imagination and amp; Initiation," at the Museum of the Southwest, 1705 W. Missouri Ave., will feature five solo exhibits by artists of varied style and approach to provide insight into their personal journeys. McClure's exhibition opens the series and may be viewed Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. through March 8. Her exhibition opened with a reception for museum members.
"It was really good to see so many people I hadn't seen in a long time," McClure said. "I'm really grateful to my past supporters that they were kind enough to let me borrow their paintings for the show and also the museum, Cristi Branum and Tom Jones, for the opportunity to show my work for the first time to a large audience."


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The sadness of the Jewish community over Gen. Eisenhower's death at 78 was expressed in statements issued by the major Jewish organizations. All of them focused on Gen. Eisenhower's role as commander of the Allied armies who liberated Europe from Nazism and on the compassion and understanding he showed the survivors of the holocaust. "Having seen the fruits of bigotry in the liberated death camps of Nazi Europe, he dedicated his life to the struggle against injustice, persecution and slavery," one statement read. One American Zionist leader declared, "His friendly intercession in behalf of the survivors of the holocaust, and his cooperation with many of the refugees in their desire to emigrate to Palestine, contributed to the upbuilding of what is now Israel."


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Since we are talking about Martians, you may have heard about a famous radio program Orson Welles broadcast in 1938 about a Martian invasion. It caused a national panic because it was presented as if it was actual news broadcast of a real new event and people who tuned into the program after it had started and missed the announcement about it being a play thought it was the real thing! It caused such a panic that Congress held hearings and passed new laws prohibiting simulated news broadcast which might be mistaken as the real thing from ever being done again.
Well in 1975 ABC broadcast a TV movie about this called "The Night That Panicked America" which pretty accurately portrayed what happen that night. The movie switches back and forth between showing the actors doing their parts in the radio studio and how various people of the public who think it's real are reacting to it.
Well I found out that there is a copy of it on Youtube now. The technical quality is not the best and it even contains commercials but if you have a couple hours to kill- it's a pretty fascinating look at how it was in the "Golden Age" of radio before TV:
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(Un)Intended Consequences: Uncertainty, Inflation and Inflexibility
Present policies may be sowing the seeds for the next financial crisis. Despite recent market optimism, we believe present interventions could produce significant future adverse and unintended consequences. Rather than curing the patient, the present initiatives may be overprescribing the patient with medication that cause significant side effects (and leave a bad taste in the mouth).
Prior steps taken by policy makers and central banks seem to have by and large succeeded in stabilizing financial institutions and avoiding a disorderly collapse in markets around the globe. That said, we take great issue with the continued level of intervention in the markets and the "spend at any cost" mindset that appears to predominate Washington and the Federal Reserve (Fed). In our minds, much of the present policies and initiatives, while well intentioned, will have significant unintended consequences and only serve to cause further dilemmas down the road.
Bad Businesses Saved at the Expense of Good
Incentives are sorely needed that reward responsible, efficient businesses, not policies that restrict them. In our opinion, present policies are inefficient and likely to foster a deterioration of "good" business models, a situation that may, in itself, precipitate further government spending to get the private sector functioning properly again. Intuitively, if we know the government will intervene regardless when an economy enters a downturn or recession, one would think the government would like resources to be re-allocated from inefficient market participants to more efficient ones. Indeed, efficient markets ensure that in most economic downturns strong businesses tend to strengthen their industry position while weaker, less efficient players fall to the wayside. Yet there are many situations where we see the exact opposite currently taking place.
In Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s annual letter to shareholders, Warren Buffet bemoans the implications of government intervention within Berkshire's competitive landscape. He notes that, perversely, those entities that receive government funding are at a distinct funding advantage over higher credit-rated businesses that did not. It appears we are now in a world where bad business models are rewarded with cheap government funding at the expense of those good businesses that never undertook the risky investment decisions their now-bailed-out counterparts did. By not relying on government funding, these "good" businesses now must raise capital in a risk-averse marketplace, where much of the liquidity has fled to "safe" government bonds and T-bills. As a consequence, these businesses are subject to much higher funding costs than those that receive government funding. To many, it is deplorable that bad business models should be saved at the expense of good businesses, but this is just one unintended consequence of present policies.
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These unintended consequences create a heightened level of uncertainty in the marketplace that does not foster investment. Combined with a lack of clarity from the present Administration, it is no surprise that many investors seem to abstain: which industry is next to receive preferential treatment; which will suffer; who is next to be bailed out; which accounting standard is next to be reversed; what are the tax implications of such unprecedented spending?... the list goes on. Without clarity, investors become risk-averse, curtailing investment and reinforcing any downturn. Yet the lack of clarity provided by the Administration is pervasive. Just observe any of their recent news conferences - call us cynical, but all we seem to hear is "we're going to do this; we're going to do that" with no definitive explanation of what "this" or "that" actually is. More often than not, "this" or "that" is followed by rousing applause (almost appearing as if this were a queued applause track, or if some cryptic meaning were imbedded in the text that we're not aware of). A classic is the perpetual reiteration that "we'll go through the budget line-by-line". Despite the lack of substance one thing seems crystal clear: the government is going to spend, whatever the cost. The problem is that "whatever the cost" quite rightfully scares the hell out of many, ourselves included, because "the cost" may transpire to be much higher than anticipated.
Not only are the government's intended actions unclear, but many policies quite simply don't make sense to us. Take the relaxation of mark-to-market accounting rules. Many financial institutions have been criticized (and quite rightfully so) for the opaqueness of their balance sheets; the lack of transparency being a key factor in creating risk-aversion amongst investors. With low confidence in financial institutions prevalent throughout the marketplace, one would think it counterintuitive to allow these firms to lie about the true value of their holdings (perhaps lie is too strong a word - mislead, stretch the truth, "guess-timate"). Yet, ironically, the government now allows this opaqueness to proliferate through the relaxation of mark-to-market accounting rules.
Inflation and Inflexibility
Given that the Fed's printing press has been working overtime, there has been a lot of foreboding talk around pent up inflationary pressures recently. The threat of inflation is definitely front of mind for us, but more worrying is the idea that the Fed may actually want to induce inflation, and moreover, should inflation break out, the Fed may be incapable of reining it in, in-light of its present initiatives.
Many consider Fed Chairman Bernanke's speeches, publications and testimonies in Congress to be critical of the Fed's actions in being too hesitant to allow inflation during the Great Depression. Indeed, Bernanke and the Fed may wish for inflation today. Inflation bails out those with debt, and by any measure U.S. consumers are saddled with it. We have touched on this topic before (please see our prior newsletters "Bailout Economics - Politics of Self Destruction" and "Reflation Investing - Which Currencies Benefit"). Suffice to say, in our assessment, this would be a very dangerous route for the Fed to embark on. Should a rise in inflation happen to be greater than anticipated, we believe the Fed's present initiatives will severely hamstring its ability to mitigate it.
The Fed's announcement to purchase as much as $1.25 trillion dollars of agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) not only creates significant latent inflationary pressure (to put the massive size of this program into context, the total size of the Fed's balance sheet before the crisis began was approximately $870 billion), but also inherently creates an unprecedented level of inflexibility at the Fed. Should the level of inflation exceed expectations, we are concerned that the very purchase of MBS assets may render the Fed incapacitated in addressing such a situation. As opposed to traditional Fed purchases (and most recent initiatives), MBS assets are relatively illiquid and much longer-term. Hence the Fed will find it very difficult to unwind the positions it is presently building, not to mention the fact it has pledged to hold them until maturity. As such, we have growing concerns that the Fed will have its hands tied should inflation break out - especially if the rapidity of accretion is extreme - it seems unlikely the Fed could significantly tighten monetary policy without causing yet another collapse in economic spending, while large-scale sales of these assets may drive yields up, hampering a recovery in the housing market.
Another consequence of the Fed buying Treasury Bonds and agency securities is that the prices of these securities, in our opinion, no longer reflect free market dynamics. As a result, rational buyers may consider these securities overvalued and reduce their appetite to buy them. If foreign buying is reduced as a result of the Fed's interference in the markets, it may have negative implications for the U.S. dollar. This threat does not only apply to foreign buyers. At a recent conference of institutional foreign exchange traders we attended, there was a discussion that U.S. based investors are increasingly seeking to protect against U.S. dollar currency risk. If U.S. investors progressively move assets abroad, that may obviously also have negative implications for the U.S. dollar.
We believe present actions create more questions than answers. While we don't have a crystal ball, all these initiatives make us rather concerned about the future state of the U.S. economy. Present policies may very well portend the next financial crisis...
In an upcoming analysis, we will expand on the discussion on what governments and individuals can do to seek more sustainable wealth. We believe any reform should focus on incentives: let the free market, not government credit facilities, decide where the money flows. We will also resume our discussion on how the U.S. dollar and other currencies may develop as the dynamics amongst policy makers around the globe play out. We already discussed what we call bailout economics; whether there are any hard currencies left; potential depression currency plays; as well as who may benefit as the world tries to reflate. To be informed as we continue these discussions, subscribe to our newsletter at www.merkfund.com/newsletter.
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The Nigerian government has dropped bribery charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and oil field services giant Halliburton Co. after a settlement was reached, according to local news reports.
Under the settlement, Halliburton agreed to pay $250 million in fines, the reports said.
Halliburton, with dual headquarters in Houston and Dubai, confirmed through a spokeswoman Friday that the charges had been dropped but declined further comment.
Press reports out of Nigeria and circulated here said former President George H. W. Bush and former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III intervened in the case on behalf of Cheney, who was CEO of Halliburton from 1995 to 2000.
But John Williams, a Houston-based spokesman for Baker with the law office of Baker Botts L.L.P., denied the pair had any involvement in the situation.
"There's no nuance to this," he said. "It's absolutely untrue."
The charges relate to money paid to Nigerian officials by a private company called TSKJ, in which KBR, a former Halliburton subsidiary, was a partner. The payments were intended to help with construction and expansion of a huge natural gas project in the Niger Delta called Bonny Island.
In early 2009, KBR and Halliburton agreed to a $579 million settlement with the United States government to settle Foreign Corrupt Practices Act charges. But other governments in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, France and Nigeria have pursued their own investigations.
On Sept. 3, the Nigerian government filed criminal charges against TSKJ and member companies, including KBR, for conspiring to make improper payments to public officials.
Though Halliburton spun off KBR in 2007, it agreed to indemnify the engineering and construction firm if more fines resulted from the Bonny Island project.
Halliburton on Friday had not yet made any filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission noting any charges related to a Nigerian settlement.


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The third trend was a proliferation of demonstrations of upgraded "smart TV" platforms, basically a variety of approaches to bringing new kinds of content to your living room. In addition to "linear" programming from cable or satellite providers, these systems aim to combine over-the-top content from services like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu Plus, along with social networking content from Facebook and others, on-demand services and even general purpose Web surfing. Moreover, some of those services have added voice- and gesture-based navigation.
These kinds of navigation systems are coming from many players, including cable companies and their suppliers in the infrastructure business (Cisco came to the show to demo its next-generation Videoscape platform for cable networks); television manufacturers; and OTT set-top box companies like Roku, Apple TV and the various OEMs producing boxes based on Google TV.
Lost in the shuffle here is one of the industry's pioneers: TiVo.
"There's a maelstrom in the media world," TiVO senior VP for global business development and strategy Naveen Chopra said in an interview last week in Las Vegas. "There's a massive amount of inconsistency on how to solve this problem for consumers."
Chopra says he would make a "fundamental distinction" between those who have figured out how to include pay TV channels in their UIs (like TiVo), and those who are developing around that (most of the others). He contends most of the competition lacks the ability to deliver true integration between pay TV content and OTT programming - the issues are around things like the ability to include DVR and VOD programming in searches, or requiring to move back to the cable UI to access linear content. (Roku last week announced a deal that will allow integration of some Time Warner content on its box, in a key step in the right direction.) Without that kind of integration, Chopra contends, the OTT boxes are "really difficult for people to use." Naturally, he contends that TiVo offers "the most elegant and comprehensive way of combining both of those worlds." He notes that Roku's Time Warner Cable deal bring them a little closer – but that they still lack the ability to do things like access the cable-box DVR or pause live TV.
Most of these smart TV services, he contends, requires "too many sacrifices for the average consumer." TiVo, he says, is focused on putting the pay TV world and OTT content into a single search, single navigation experience. What people do not want to have to do, he says, is switch back-and-forth between the set-top box UI and the smart TV UI. "They'd like you to believe you can overcome content access issues with features," he says, "but experiences tells us otherwise."
TiVo has been raking in cash lately from a series of patent infringement lawsuits over the company's IP on digital video recorders. But Chopra notes that the company isn't simply cashing checks; TiVo is spending over $100 million a year on R&D to develop the capabilities offered by the TiVo service – but he adds that historically the company has been depleting cash to fund the research effort. But he adds that the company this year expects to continue to spend aggressively on R&D while turning EBITDA positive.
TiVo has piled up $634 million in cash, and could see that total increase considerably depending on the outcome of pending litigation against the two leading U.S. set-top box manufacturers. The company's case against Google's Motorola Mobility unit – which goes to trial in May; a case against Cisco is expected to reach the trail stage early in 2014.
TiVo CEO Tom Rogers said in an interview in Las Vegas that the company thinks the odds of a win in the Motorola case are high, considering that both AT&T and Verizon settled infringement cases with TiVo – and both were relying on Motorola set-top boxes. Also worth noting: the Motorola and Cisco cases will be heard in the same court that heard the telco cases.
While you can still buy a TiVo box at retail, Rogers notes that the company has been pushing its way into more deals with cable operators, and now has licenses with 9 of the 21 largest U.S. pay TV services.
Sporting a market cap of just $1.5 billion, there is frequent speculation that TiVo could be a takeover target.
Rogers doesn't back away from the idea that the company could be a juicy acquisition play. "There's a lot of strategic interest in TiVo, there always has been," he says. "There are tons of strategic players that understand our accomplishments." He won't say if there have been any serious talks, but does says that "as any public company should and will do," they intend to drive shareholder value and would consider any potential offers.
With an increasingly intense focus on navigation on televisions, don't be surprised in 2013 is the year TiVo is put into play.


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Wedge sneakers seems to be a bit of an oxymoron in fashion. Sneakers are supposed to be flat and comfy for lots of walking, whereas wedges are usually the complete opposite. In the US, there seems to be a lot of bad press for how ugly wedge sneakers are or even how it's a trend gone bad. So as much as I initially agreed with the reviews and the whole strange concept behind a wedge sneaker, I decided to give them a try last fall…and I have to admit, I secretly love mine! Here in Asia, they are everywhere as they are not ONLY a fashion trend, but a NECESSITY for us petite under 5'9 model-height women! On the weekends when I want to walk around the city, be comfortable, but still have a little height and feel a little more feminine, my wedge sneakers are the first things I grab. So before you knock 'em, you may want to try them. Oh, and what's more fun than velcro, ha!
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Jacket – OLD NAVY, Similar here and here
Sweater – OLD NAVY
Denim – EXPRESS
Collar Necklace – ANTHROPOLOGIE, Similar
Earrings – Vintage Cameo
Bracelets – J. CREW; Alex and Ani Script Initial Bracelets; Vintage gold chain, Similar
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Sunglasses – KAREN WALKER
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Continuing the mission of the highly successful first AGI conference (AGI-08) that was held at the University of Memphis in March 2008, AGI-09 will gather an international group of leading academic and industry researchers involved in serious scientific and engineering work aimed directly toward the goal of artificial general intelligence.
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The Philadelphia Eagles released DeSean Jackson in basically simultaneous fashion as reports came out about possible gang affiliation. The Eagles were rumored to have been trying to trade Jackson for the past month.
I'm not here to talk about whether it's true or not that Jackson is affiliated with a gang. I'm sure the Eagles did their due diligence and came away feeling concerned enough to not want him on the team any longer.
Losing Jackson's on the field production what hurts most, and losing him without any kind of trade compensation is like getting kicked in the nuts after being slapped in the face.
It may be a knee-jerk reaction, but I can't help but think of the media's role in not getting any compensation via a trade.
Sure, the Eagles have had the past two-and-a-half weeks to work out a deal and may have even had at least one offer on the table from the Jets that would have netted a fourth and fifth rounder.
And, it's true that if you break down the situation, the fault of why the Eagles ultimately cut Jackson comes down to Jackson himself. If there were no questions of gang affiliation and whatever else, he'd still be an Eagle.
However, it seems to me that what transpired today may have gone down something like this:
– Media digs for hidden reasons as to why the Eagles want to get rid of Jackson and after putting the pieces together and gathering relevent information from the police, they determine that could be the main reason behind the Eagles' decision to move on.
– Media then contacts the Eagles for a statement and, in effect, gives them the heads up that they will be running with this story.
– Eagles know that once word gets out of their concern about possible gang affiliation, his trade value goes right down the toilet and leaves them no other choice but to release him.
– Story breaks, Jackson released…at basically the same exact time.
Link to story with confirmation that the Eagles were, in fact, contact regarding the information it contained is right here.
We can argue as to whether or not the Eagles would have gotten any compensation, but it certainly appears as if they were trying to, at least. They were said to be holding out for a third round pick, thinking it would eventually come.
If they didn't think they could trade him, he would have been cut a month ago.
Adam Schefter, one of the most respected reporters out there, tweeted that "despite shopping him and finding interest, Eagles have made decision to cut WR DeSean Jackson. Outright. Jackson is now a free agent."
So, they had interest but ended up just cutting him? Why would they do that?
The answer could very well be that they knew the media was going to run with a value-killing story on their most valuable trade chip. There would be absolutely no takers after such a controversy erupted.
Now, whether or not it would be ethical for the Eagles to trade a player with this type of potential issue is another thing. At the end of the day, I'm just disappointed they ended up with nothing for a player as talented as DeSean Jackson.
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I concur wit your thoughts entirely. I believe Chip is used to dealing with young men in college not grown men in the pros. If I were a high value free agent the behavior of the Eagle would be very concerning if approached by the Birds.


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The company that boasts the world's best-selling brand of haggis will close its meat processing plant near Edinburgh with the loss of 1,700 jobs unless a buyer can be found.
The owner of Hall's of Broxburn, which also makes sausages and black pudding, said it has been "unable to identify any viable alternative to the closure of the plant", saying the facility would require too much investment to make it competitive with other plants across Europe.
Peter Barr, UK chairman of Dutch food group Vion, said: "We have done everything in our power to avoid having to take this extremely regrettable action but we have been unable to identify any viable alternative to the closure of the plant.
"Unfortunately, the unsustainable losses which the plant continues to suffer, combined with the challenging economic conditions across all food sectors, have left us with no alternative."
The tens of millions of pounds invested in the site over the years have been unable to stem its "unsustainable losses", he said.
Hall's started in 1932 and has been making traditional Scottish products such as haggis and square sausage for decades at the factory a few miles west of Edinburgh. Hall's haggis is the world's best seller, according to its website.
Vion is still working to find a potential new owner but Barr warned that a phased closure of the site would begin later this month, with an anticipated full closure by February, if a solution cannot be identified.
Scottish finance minister, John Swinney, said the Scottish government and its agencies had done all they could to secure the future of the plant, and were still working to secure a buyer. "All possible support will be made available to staff. Teams have already been on site and resources are in place to help people who are looking at their options for the future. We will also work to address the serious potential impact on the local area," he said.
Broxburn MSP Fiona Hyslop, also a cabinet minister, said: "This is a dark day for Broxburn. Frankly, Vion have a lot to answer for. They have a loyal, skilled and experienced workforce here which they have abandoned, and they have knocked back every effort that has been made by the Scottish government and others to find a solution. This did not have to happen."
Stewart Forrest of the union Usdaw, which has been in talks with Vion, said: "This is disastrous news for the workforce, for the local economy and for Scotland. We have done everything we can to try and find a workable solution to the site's difficulties."


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Winter Salad of Chicory, Orange, Pomegranate & Walnuts
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Author Notes: When winter starts to feel drab and dark — around January — I like to find seasonal ingredients to make a vibrant and cheery salad. This one's full of Vitamin C and other essential nutrients that fortify and restore. —theseasonedtraveler
Serves 2
- 1 chicory, base removed & leaves washed
- 2 small oranges, top and base cut off, side peels sliced off and cut into round slices, and white cores in middle removed
- 1/2 cup walnuts, slightly crumbled
- Seeds of 1/2 pomegranate
- 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon pomegranate syrup (or substitute honey)
- salt & pepper (to taste)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Chop the chicory leaves into thirds and combine in a large bowl with the orange slices, walnuts, and pomegranate seeds.
- For the vinaigrette, mix red wine vinegar, pomegranate syrup, salt & pepper. Whisk in the olive oil until emulsified; taste and adjust seasonings if necessary.
- Drizzle over the salad and serve.
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The Treaty provides for a broad range of cooperation in criminal matters. Mutual assistance available under the Treaty includes: (1) the taking of testimony or statements of witnesses; (2) the provision of documents, records, and evidence; (3) the execution of requests for searches and seizures; (4) the serving of documents; and (5) the provision of assistance in locating, tracing, immobilizing, seizing, and forfeiting proceeds of crime, and restitution to the victims of crime.
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Mathews softball team wins 1-0 in the Division IV Regional Semifinals against Cuyahoga Heights. Meredith Grimes had an RBI single in the bottom of the 7th to win the game.
The Mustangs didn't record their first hit until the sixth inning. Cheyenne Eggins recorded 17 strikeouts while allowing just three hits. Mathews improves to 22-8 overall.
The Mustangs will play the winner of Jackson-Milton and Colonel Robinson. The Regional Final is Saturday at 12 p.m. It will be played at Kent State University.


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Celebrate Root Beer Float Day with some delicious recipes
08/06/2014 12:39pmIt's Root Beer Float Day! These recipes are a must for the summer heat and some much needed family and friend time.
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08/06/2014 8:28pmDorothy was right — there's no place like home. I haven't lived in Oregon since I was 12 years old, but a piece of my heart will always reside there. I still long for overcast, rainy days, rocky cliffs along a chilly shoreline, and canopies of evergreen for miles. When I heard the Eugene Marathon was being moved to July, there was no hesitation. We would all, as a family, run in my childhood home.


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What: The Homewood-Flossmoor High School District 233 Board of Education will hold a special meeting to listen to parents and other community members who wish to express their views regarding the Board's decision to terminate Principal Ryan M. Pitcock with one year remaining on his contract. All members of the community are invited to attend.
When/Where: Thursday, June 30, at 6:30 p.m. in the H-F High School Mall Auditorium
Why: Inquiries into the District Office and on social media and to individual Board members have indicated that parents and other community members would like to share their views and opinions regarding the Board's decision. The best venue to hear community concerns and answer questions that would not violate the confidential nature of individual personnel decisions, is a community meeting. For more information, contact: Jodi Bryant, Director of Human Resources and Public Relations, H-F High School, firstname.lastname@example.com or 708-335-5550.
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Members of the community will have an opportunity to address the Board of Education and Superintendent Dr. Mansfield. Community members will be asked to limit their individual remarks to 3 minutes each, or less, to allow everyone an opportunity to speak. There will be a sign-up sheet upon entering the auditorium for those that wish to speak.
The meeting will be structured as follows:
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o Community member remarks (2 hours)
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Out of respect for Dr. Pitcock and pursuant to employee confidentiality laws, the Board is unable to disclose, and will not disclose, specific information regarding its decision to terminate Dr. Pitcock's contract or the Boards decision making process. The decision was not based upon a single incident and was completely unrelated to the recent H-F Student Talent Show, in which the Board and Dr. Mansfield were completely supportive of Dr. Pitcock's actions.
In the coming weeks, the Board will begin the process of selecting an interim principal to ensure a smooth administrative transition. In the fall, the board will begin a national, regional and local search for a new principal, at which time it will solicit the participation of students, staff, parents and community members to assist in the selection process. The process will culminate in a recommendation to the Board of Education. The anticipated start date for the new principal will be next year, July 1, 2017.
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American Sign Language Gains Popularity
You might be surprised to learn that according to the Modern Language Association, American Sign Language is the fourth most popular language among college students.
In the past three years, enrollment in American Sign Language has increased by 16%. According to American Sign Language professors, there are a number of reasons for the jump in enrollment.
More and more colleges are allowing American Sign Language to satisfy students' language requirement in lieu of more traditional foreign languages like Spanish and French. Besides looking good on a resume, sign language (like many other languages) is an increasingly functional language, useful for psychologists, interpreters, teachers, nurses, doctors and countless other professions.
I use American Sign Language to communicate with friends at a loud party, on the soccer field where I work with kids with special needs or out at dinner when I want to talk with my mouth full.
In addition, American Sign Languge is recommended for people with language-based learning disabilities like dyslexia. Since it is a hands-on language and it doesn't requre learning to write or read another language, it is an ideal foreign language for those who struggle with their native tongue.
One professor suggested that negative experiences studying a foreign language in high school led students to seek out American Sign Language as an alternative language in college.
As Professor Amy Ruth McGraw of the University of Iowa pointed out in a recent New York Times article, American Sign Language removes any issue students may have had with accent or auditory difficulties since American Sign Language has neither of those components. But, she is quick to note that "if [their problem] was memorizing vocabulary and grammar, this isn't going to be any better."
As more and more colleges waive foreign language requirements, American Sign Language still appears to be a good use of time.
Director of the ASL program at Northwestern University, Dennis Cokely, told The Times "The demand for nationally certified A.S.L. interpreters is huge, and as a freelance interpreter, you can make $40 to $60 an hour." This seems to be a draw for students in a time of economic turmoil.
Sign language has become more and more popular in the past few years. Stephen Torrence's ASL intrepretations of pop songs like Miley Cyrus' "Party In The U.S.A." and other songs have been viewed over 3 million times on YouTube. You can view Torrence's performance of "Party In The U.S.A." below.
Sign language interpreters are available for Broadway Shows. Most notably Alan Champion, who is lauded for his ability to bring the stories of the theater to deaf patrons.
So what exactly is the draw of learning American Sign Language? Just ask Emily Brown, a Wesleyan University ASL student. Says Emily, "It feels more poetic than other languages. It's such a great way to express things you can't quite express verbally."
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The Jamaica Estate sits on a half-acre of private land in a private gated community. With more than plenty of room with 7,800 sq. ft. to offer, this home is three stories with rooms on each floor.
All the furniture in the home is very high-end, with many pieces we have collected from our travels around the world.
As you enter the property you will be greeted by a beautiful waterfall in the courtyard. The Master Bedroom on the top floor is nearly 1000 sq. ft. and is very private and luxurious with a spa like bathroom and a balcony overlooking the Las Vegas Strip.
On the bottom floor sits a pool table, TV and a mini kitchenette with 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. You can also walk out to the pool from this level. The mid-level of the home has two additional bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. The office is also on this level and can have a mattress put in upon request, making it a 7-bedroom home.
The gourmet style kitchen has all top of the line heavy duty appliances with an 8 top buffet bar style seating, all the dishes and cook ware you will need to prepare a great home cooked meal. Should you need or like to treat yourself to a private Chef, we can most definitely have it arranged for you as well.
Everything you will need, shops, clubs, pubs, groceries, Wal-Mart, banking, gas stations, you name it, is less than a half mile from the home. The Las Vegas Strip is a short drive, one straight road at only 4.5 miles!
So come and pamper yourself in this one of a kind lavish estate fit for a King and his Queen.
The interaction with the owner was always excellent. He replies quickly and is so accomodating. We had 12 people stay at the home and it was wonderful how there were gorgeous places in the home and outside to visit with one another. The home is beyond gorgeous! 3 of the rooms have single beds. 6 out of the 8 bathrooms were first class. The other 2 would be excellent for the kids. The location is stellar and I wouldn't hesitate to stay again. Thank you Jamaica Mansion.
I was very impressed with the condition of the house and the excellent service provided by not only employees of the company but the owner himself. We will definitely be renting this house again soon!
While the size of the home worked well for my family gathering, calling it luxurious is more than a stretch. The main level of the home and the master was presentable. The home is dated with outdated decor and bed linens. The entire bottom level of the home which has three bedrooms is dark and cave like. There were plumbing issues with shower heads not working and toilet's not flushing appropriately. One of the bathroom was missing the cover on the tank of the toilet. An August of 2015 review mentioned the plumbing issues and so I specifically inquired as to whether or not the plumbing had been repaired. I was assured that the plumbing issues had been repaired; they were not. There also appears to have been extensive and obvious flooding/water damage in the lower level of the home. There was mold evident in the hallway and in the bathrooms that had not been remediated.
My thanks to Rich for a great weekend.
Rented this house with 10 others to celebrate my wife's 40th. Great base to chill out in the evening and enjoy the outdoor BBQ area and pool, but close enough to the strip to go out and enjoy the sites and restaurants (probably about 10mins away in a taxi). House in a gated, secured area with easy access (you'll need a rental cars though) to Wholefoods, Walmart and other stores.
Massive kitchen and lounge area - so worked well to allow us all to get together, but also have a little bit of peace and quiet to let those Vegas hangovers clear.
Would definitely recommend and hope to visit again soon.
For the most part this is a very nice house. The location is great. It is starting to show its age. Little things have been neglected over time. For example, two of the showers had plumbing fixtures that were almost broken and barely operable. Our biggest complaint was that the refrigerator took 2 full days to get down to 38 degrees. We were told to put our drinks in a cooler with ice. Really? What about the milk, steaks, deli meat, etc.? All they would have to do is come turn on the fridge two days early...I also paid an extra $100 to heat the hot tub and it never got above 90 degrees. I left the heat on for a full day. Richard told me upon check in that would heat in 30 minutes. Richard was very nice and these minor items did not ruin our vacation but needless to say it was annoying.
This home is absolutely fantastic! Book with confidence. We had 10 guys stay in the home for 4 nights, and everyone had a great time. Everything about the house is just great for hanging out / relaxing / having a good time. The managers are top notch. The first night of our stay, the basement air conditioner wasn't working properly. I texted richard, and I was shocked to see that the owner had an a/c technician at the home in a few hours. He ended up doing a whole overhaul of the A/C in a few hours. I can't imagine how much that bill was! It really says a lot when an owner / manager spares no expense or inconvenience to make sure you're taken care of.
Some minor points worth noting: The house is about a $50 / 20 minute cab ride from the airport, and about 15 minutes from the strip. Do yourself a favor and rent a car while you're there, and don't rely on the cabs.
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Favorite Olivia Pope Quotes
Huck: I think I used to have a family. But I don't remember if they were real or if I imagined them.
Olivia: What do you think?
Huck: I think they were real.
Olivia: Then they were real. Then you had a family.
Huck: They were real.
Fitz: Do you still love me?
Olivia: Does it matter?
Fitz: It matters. Do you still love me? It's a yes or no question. Olivia?
Olivia: I do. But I can't do this anymore.
Olivia: Huck?
Huck: Don't worry. I'm not here to kill you. I'm all killed out today.
Olivia: This is not a fairy tale. This is not the happily ever after. If you're still alive, it's because he still owns you. It's because you're still useful to him. And he's going to find a way to use you against me.
Jake: Liv--
Olivia: Don't feel bad about it. He still owns me, too.
Jake: Hey, hey, don't cry.
Olivia: I'm not crying. I'm trying not to scream. I'm scared.
Fitz: I love you.
Olivia: Stop saying that. You are having me watched. Followed. There are cameras in my apartment. That's not love.
Jake: I came to say good-bye.
Olivia: Jake--
Jake: I loved you. Whatever happens next, I want to make sure you know that I loved you. I love you.
Olivia: You can go.
Fitz: You don't dismiss me.
Olivia: I don't want to talk to you. I am never going to be ready to talk to you.
I don't know what the point is of this, of democracy and freedom and patriotism if there are no white hats. If everyone is evil. If the deck is always stacked. If everyone I love is a monster. If no one is worth saving, what's the point?
Serving the Republic, I always thought it was a good thing, a great thing. True service, a calling. Now I think...I think it eats at you until you are not you anymore, until you are lost. Until you can't remember who you were. Until you forget yourself and all you can see is the greater good. All you can see is God and country and you're so busy being a patriot that you forget to be a person.
Rowan: Re-entry is always hard. You emerged from deep cover. I mean, it wasn't covert ops. You weren't a spy. But I know the feeling. I know it very well. You come back, you re-enter to find the world kept spinning without you. You go to the places you used to go and you see the people you used to see and it's like something is missing. But really, everything is missing. Somehow everything is different. Everything is...
Olivia: Colder. Everything is colder.
[to Fitz] You are going to fix your family because it is not my place. I am at work. This is my job. If this interview turns into a disaster and I will have failed at my job and I cannot afford to fail at my job because it is all I have left.


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Headless iMac Rumored for Macworld Expo SF
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Is this machine the one that Mac fans have been asking for year after year? Let?s hope so. I have long contended that Macintosh OS needs a minimum of five percent of the PC market to remain viable and ten percent to thrive. Without the runaway success of the iPod, Apple would be hard pressed to remain profitable selling just computers. Read more…


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Lauren Manzo has never worn a bikini.
But, having dropped 30 pounds in the last 10 months, the recurring player on The Real Housewives of New Jersey tells Us Weekly this is her new life goal. How did the reality star accomplish the feat?
She underwent lap band surgery in September - "I hated myself... I was depressed," Manzo says - to get rid of the initial 20, had the band loosened in May, went on a strict diet, worked out six days per week ... and then dropped 10 more.
Lauren Manzo before and Lauren Manzo after surgery.
"Getting the lap band was the best thing I've done in my life," says Lauren, who adds she feels "amazing" these days, but also warns of the procedure: "It's not a miracle button that lets you eat whatever you want."
The Bravo star hopes to lose 35 more pounds and credits her strong willpower, along with new skills in the kitchen, for helping her keep the weight off.
"I like food. I can't drink liquid egg whites for the rest of my life. So I've learned a lot of great ways to cook now."


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Chris Garvin received his Masters of Fine Arts from The Ohio State University where he studied painting, his research was further focused at the Advanced Center for Computing and Design. Chris completed additional study at the Harvard Business School's Creative Leaders Program co-sponsored by AIGA.
Garvin came to the University of Georgia in 2014 after serving as Dean of the College of Media and Communication at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Professionally he has previously had an active role as a user experience designer and creative director with his firm Educated Guess Work. A selected list of former clients includes: Vogue, Talk Magazine, Infiniti, The Museum of Modern Art, AT&T, Showtime, Klip, Motorola, National Geographic, Syracuse University and the American Lung Association.
Professor Garvin has spoken internationally on art, design, technology and education. In 2014, his works were published as a contributing author in 72 Assignments: The Foundation Course in Art and Design Today.


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Seven teams will compete in the annual Francis Carter Invitational tennis tournament, which opens 8 a.m. Friday. with first and second-round singles on the Montgomery Bell Academy courts.
"From what I've heard and seen, I think Memphis University School, (Chattanooga) Baylor and MBA appear to have the best chance of winning," Tom Boysen, MBA's second-year coach, said.
Boysen guided his first MBA team to the DII state title last May.
"MUS may have the most talented team, but they are young, and, of course Baylor is always very good," Boysen, who served as an assistant at Vanderbilt for five years under coach Ian Duvenhage before taking the MBA job, said.
MBA finished in sixth place in the DecoTurf national tournament in Louisville in March, then placed third earlier this month in the Rotary Invitational in Chattanooga behind winning Baylor and one point behind runner-up St. Xavier (Ky.)
Four of the teams from that event will be in Nashville for the Carter. The field includes MUS, Baylor, McCallie, St. Xavier, University School of Jackson, Knoxville Webb and host MBA.
The Big Red lineup includes just one senior, Palmer Campbell, who has played on two straight state championship teams.
The ace is junior Aaron Jumonville. Palmer plays No. 2.
"The two of them play very close matches in practice," Boysen said.
Juniors Andrew Graham and Andrew Karpos play Nos. 3 and 4 singles, respectively, then sophomores Kalyan Chadalavada and Fred Harwell round out the lineup for MBA (9-4).
Singles finals begin 8 a.m. Saturday followed by doubles semifinals, then finals, which conclude the tournament at about 3 p.m.
Saturday is also alumni day at MBA, which will find alums playing the JVs in baseball and lacrosse.


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Loyola students, business professor recognized at national marketing conference
April 13, 2012
The Loyola University New Orleans chapter of the American Marketing Association was honored with the 2011 -12 Outstanding Membership award, and student adviser and marketing professor Michael Pearson, Ph.D., was awarded the AMA Lifetime Achievement award, which has only been presented five times over AMA's 75 years. The awards were a part of the 34th AMA International Collegiate Chapters Conference held in downtown New Orleans late last month.
According to Pearson, the students truly earned the award because of the extraordinary effort expended in reviving a Loyola chapter that had fallen on hard times.
"While I was on sabbatical last year, the group had become relatively inactive and had only a handful of members," Pearson said. "Loyola has always had a strong chapter and a great reputation. These students breathed new life into the organization and basically went from three or four students to more than 30. That's quite an accomplishment."
Now that the Loyola chapter is up and running again, he expects the group to bring back even more awards from next year's conference.
"Considering the success that our chapter has had in the past, the bar is set pretty high. We want bigger awards," Pearson added. "We've been named the top regional chapter in the past, and that's the kind of thing we're really going for. We are out there competing against the University of Texas or Penn State and it's really cool that the little guys from Loyola go out there, take them on and beat them."
Pearson, who has been the Loyola AMA chapter adviser for 18 years, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his continued contributions to the AMA over the last three decades.
"It really is wonderful to receive this award," Pearson said. "I've served on the American Marketing Association's board of directors and even been in charge of running the conference and competitions over the years. So, to be given this award by people I've worked with for such a long time is very special to me."
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Colorado's business economy, based on a monthly survey of business managers in the state, declined in July, according to the Goss Business Conditions Index released Thursday.
The index dropped to 54.8, from 58.7 in June.
An index value greater than 50 indicates economic expansion, while a value lower than 50 indicates contraction.
In May, the index for Colorado stood at 62.8.
However, Ernie Goss, research director for the Goss Institute for Economic Research, was upbeat about Colorado's business economy despite the decline in the overall index for the state.
"For the first half of 2013, the Colorado economy has added jobs at a pace more than double that of the nation," he said.
"Nondurable- and durable-goods producers, especially those linked to construction and vehicle manufacturing, are experiencing upturns in business activity," said Goss.
Components of the Colorado business-conditions index for July were new orders at 52.1; production or sales, 49.6; delivery lead time, 59.4; inventories, 61.9; and employment, 50.7.
Goss noted that in the Mountain States region — which includes Colorado, Utah and Wyoming — a decline in export orders pushed the regional index to 55.1 in July from 58.6 in June.
"As in the last several months, economic soft patches in the mining and agriculture sectors are spilling over into the broader economy," said Goss. "Furthermore, much weaker export numbers are likely to restrain growth in the months ahead.
"Our surveys over the past several months indicate that growth for the second half of 2013 will be positive but down from the same period for 2012."
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Raymond Gilmour, who lives under a false identity in the South East of England, claims he has been left penniless and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder following his work for the security services.
Mr Gilmour was the only witness in the trial of 35 IRA suspects from his native Londonderry which collapsed in 1984.
The then Lord Chief Justice said Gilmour's evidence was "unworthy of belief" but the former agent claims he was telling the truth.
He says his MI5 handlers promised him £500,000, a new home, a pension and psychiatric support for turning on his former associates.
Instead, he says he was provided with modest accommodation, £600 a month for three years and no job.
He says he has suffered from alcoholism and post-traumatic stress disorder and has been left destitute as result of his work with MI5.
Mr Gilmour also says his false identity does not stand up to scrutiny and fears that he could still be assassinated.
He is taking his case to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, a closed tribunal which examines complaints against the security and intelligence services.
Mr Gilmour agreed to become an undercover agent after he was severely beaten by IRA prisoners while on remand in Crumlin Road Prison for armed robbery when he was 17.
Working as an agent for the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) special branch, he infiltrated the republican Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) in 1976, earning £200 a week with bonuses for arrests and weapons finds.
Gilmour moved on to join the IRA in 1980 where he was attached to an active service unit in the Brandywell area of Derry, working mostly as a getaway driver.
He was arrested and released while working with the IRA but eventually his cover was blown in 1982 when police used information he supplied to recover an M60 machine gun.
"I brought the INLA to their knees in Derry, I brought the IRA to their knees in Derry and I saved countless lives," he said in an interview with the BBC.
"If I'm being treated like this after so many years, what do you think people down the chain are being treated like?
"I am living on a knife edge because of my mental health, I have no financial stability, which I was promised - I have nothing."
At the trial in which he appeared as a supergrass, Lord Lowry, ruled that Gilmour was: "entirely unworthy of belief ... a selfish and self-regarding man, to whose lips a lie comes more naturally than the truth".
Mr Gilmour said he was "heartbroken and disgusted" by the judge's comments when the trial he had initiated collapsed.
"I knew I was telling the truth, I was told there were deals struck by RUC men behind the scenes that decisions had to be made that wouldn't be palatable for me, so I was going to be the fall guy," he said.
After Mr Gilmour's testimony, graffiti appeared around Derry saying he would "be got, sooner or later".
He said he continued to be "totally paranoid" that he would be discovered and still keeps a gun by his bed.
The Northern Ireland Office said it would not comment on whether or not a particular individual had been an agent.
Five years ago Gilmour publicly voiced his desire to return home to Derry, asking Martin McGuinness, the deputy First Minister and former IRA commander, for assurances of his safety.
Mr McGuinness said if exiles such as Gilmour wanted to return home, it was a matter for their own judgment and their ability to make peace with the community but Gilmour's former RUC handler advised him not to return.