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For Fed Presidents: Hope Springs Eternal in the Spring
Is Another Taper On Tap?
As the Fed gets ready to meet this week, here is what some of the Fed Presidents have been saying about inflation, employment, the weather and the possibility of another taper of quantitative easing (QE).
Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher (hawk)
Knock off the QE already! The Fed has printed enough dollars, the problems in the economy are caused by the weather and Congress
Perennial hawk Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher, has never been a fan of QE, calling it "monetary cocaine". Speaking in Zurich in last week Mr. Fisher said "As soon as feasible, the Federal Reserve should stop large-scale asset purchases entirely." Mr. Fisher noted that QE "has had limited efficacy, especially in terms of helping unemployment."
Mr. Fisher weighed in on the weather and offered this prognosis: "What is sometimes a headwind can become a very strong tailwind."
So perhaps instead of blaming the weather for poor economic performance the Fed will be crediting the weather for robust economic performance in the future.
Clearly frustrated that $4 trillion of Federal Reserve dollar printing has not led to strong economic growth, Mr. Fisher placed the blame on Congress and lashed out at that dysfunctional legislative body in a recent speech: "If the fiscal and regulatory authorities that you elect and put into office to craft taxes, spending and regulations do not focus their efforts on providing incentives for businesses to expand job-creating capital investment rather than bicker with each other for partisan purposes, our economy will continue to fall short and the middle-income worker will continue being victimized, no matter how much money the Fed prints."
According to Mr. Fisher, if only Congress would have just taxed and regulated better, then we might have received some real benefits from the $4 trillion the Fed printed as part of QE.
Mr. Fisher is a voting member of the Fed's policy panel this year.
St.Louis Federal Reserve President, James Bullard (moderate)
No worries, the economy is growing
James Bullard remains optimistic about the economy despite the downward revision to fourth quarter gross domestic product. "I'm not sure it makes me any less optimistic about 2014," Bullard said. Mr. Bullard also seemed happy that the core inflation was revised higher and perhaps hopeful that inflation will increase more to get to the Fed's target 2% rate of inflation.
The Fed, while blowing asset bubbles seems oblivious to the deleterious impact that inflation (even single digit annual inflation) has on an economy and consumers.
Mr. Bullard is not a voting member of the Fed's policy committee this year.
Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Charles Plosser (hawk)
Keep up the measured tapering. Employment is only being held back by the weather
Mr. Plosser is encouraged by the recent economic data and jobs numbers but believes these reports are not enough to increase the pace of the tapering of QE. "It would have been nice, from my perspective, had we started at a faster pace" Plosser said last week. "Given the fact that we've embarked on measured reductions, it's important to give some certainty or at least clarity to the markets on what we're doing," Plosser said. "It's OK to continue at 10 billion. The hurdle rate for change is pretty high in either direction."
Plosser also noted that the weak job gains in December, January and February were probably due to the cold weather. "All three of these numbers most likely reflected in part the effect of the unusually severe winter weather." he said.
Mr. Plosser is a voting member of the Fed board this year.
Chicago Federal Reserve President, Charles Evans (dove)
The economy will continue to grow-the weather set it back recently and we need more inflation!
Chicago Fed President Charles Evans in a speech last week expressed optimism about the economy saying that growth will probably accelerate to 2.5 percent to 3 percent this year now that the winter weather that harmed first quarter growth is almost over. For Mr. Evans its full speed ahead with the Fed's plan to taper. "We have got a pretty high hurdle for altering the tapering plan." Evans said "I am still in the camp that thinks this (weather) is transitory. We have got better momentum ahead of us."
Mr. Evans also spoke of measuring the health of the employment market and its influence on monetary policy in terms other than just the unemployment rate. "We are going to have to come up with a different language formulation that doesn't mention 6.5 percent," he said. "That is why I say I expect it will be a qualitative description. It ought to be something that captures the fact that it is going to continue to be low well past the time that we change the language because that is what we currently say."
Mr. Evans, like Mr. Bullard, also spoke in favor of greater inflation to get the economy moving in a speech two weeks ago. "The surest and quickest way to get to the objective is to be willing to overshoot in a manageable fashion." Evans said. "With regard to our inflation objective, we need to repeatedly state clearly that our 2 percent objective is not a ceiling for inflation."
Mr. Evans does not have a vote this year.
New York Federal Reserve President, James Dudley (dove)
We need to remain accomodative and keep an better eye on the labor market
Mr. Dudley recently was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal. During the interview Mr. Dudley indicated "We don't really have a really good sense" of what factors influence the drop in the unemployment rate. Mr. Dudley said. "I think that tells you have to look at a broad array of indicators rather than just focusing on the unemployment rate." Indeed, Dudley's New York Fed have created new tools to analyze the job market in ways that take into account more than just the unemployment rate.
Here is a look at the new Fed charts. The chart will display a variety of factors that influence the employment markets including: unemployment rates, employment, hours worked, labor demand, labor force participation, job losses, wages, and labor market mismatches.
While its encouraging to see the Fed realize that the health of the labor market can't be viewed solely through the lens of the unemployment rate, there is not much the Fed can do (or has done) to create a healthy labor market other than to wind down QE and allow the free market to dictate interest rates. Ironically, the Fed has sold the concept of QE as being designed to help the labor market.
In a speech last week Dudley also remained optimistic about the prospects for the economy, prediciting GDP growth above 2.25 percent which he believes cautiously will boost the labor market. "This implies, in turn, that the current, highly-accommodative stance of monetary policy will remain appropriate for a considerable time to come." Dudley said.
Mr. Dudley is a voting member of the Fed this year.
What Will Happen at the Fed March Meeting
Heading into the March Fed meeting the Fed Presidents, hawks and doves alike are optimistic and agree that the economy is improving and therefore tapering QE and eventually ending it is justified. All this rosy talk will probably lead to another taper of QE of $10 billion. This will bring the monthly Fed dollar printing to $55 billion – still a massive amount of stimulus that will be pumped into the economy (a rate of $660 billion annually).
The Fed Has Printed More Dollars in Four Years Than the GDP Growth During That Period
If the ostensible purpose was to help the economy, five years of QE has been an abject failure. GDP growth has been less than the $4 trillion of QE the Fed has thrown at the economy (or the too big to fail banks), with GDP growing just $1 trillion from Dec 2010 to Dec 2013.
The March Fed meeting will also be the first one chaired by Janet Yellen. She will need to have a taper under her belt to enhance her credibility and the Fed's to show that they are not just mad money printers but have carefeully considered the benefits and can now exit QE as the economy is improving (but for the weather).
We predict, however, when faced with any type of financial uncertainty or crisis, real or imagined, whether it is weather related or originates in the Ukraine, Germany, China or in the United States, Ms. Yellen will pull the magic ring from her pocket and hit print.
The Fed's next policy making committee will meet on March 18-19.
Spring begins March 21.
Further Reading:
Janet Yellen and Negative Interest Rates
If Russia Sells its U.S. Treasuries Will The Fed Buy Them?
How Russia Could Set off an Inflationary Spiral in the United States
Five Long Years in the Fed's Potemkin QE village
To Continue or Not To Continue Tapering – Fed Presidents Muse
Market Drop Won't Impact Fed's Taper Decision
Fisher: The Fed Needs to Get off the Monetary Cocaine
The Fed Starts Talking About its Decision to Taper QE
Fisher: QE Could Ignite a Bubble
More Taper Talk From the Fed Presidents
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Ora E. Holland, the oldest known living Oklahoman, celebrated 112 years of life Saturday with friends and family and all of the spunk of her past several birthdays.
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Holland was born in Missouri on Dec. 24, 1900, to a farming family. The third of 12 siblings, Holland has outlived them all.
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|Scott is a highly experienced health leader in New Zealand with over 15 years working in senior health management positions particularly across the home-based, aged residential care and primary care sectors. Scott is the Chief Executive Officer of the New Zealand Health IT Cluster and also holds voluntary board positions at Harbour Sport and North Harbour Basketball Association. Scott holds an MBA (Distinction) from the University of Waikato and is a Fellow of the NZ Institute of Management. He and his wife, Anna, have lived in Albany for the past 10 years and Scott sees his involvement in the Health Link North Board as being an opportunity to utilise his knowledge and expertise to assist with benefitting the health and wellbeing of the people living across the whole of the Health Link North area.
|Lorelle is currently Health Promotion Services Manager for Comprehensive Care/Waitemata PHO (Primary Health Organisation). Lorelle has a Bachelor of Social Science Degree, Certificates in Conflict Resolution and Community Work, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Public Health, and has worked in the North Shore community in several roles since 2004. Lorelle joined the PHO in 2008, coming from the North Shore Community Health Voice coordinator role, and prior to this undertook a short term contract with Raeburn House, and carried out research with refugees and migrants on the North Shore. A change of direction in 2000 led Lorelle to tertiary study after many years in the corporate sector. Lorelle has lived on the North Shore for 30 years and has been active in a number of community roles during this time, including currently as a Trustee with the North Shore Women's Centre and YES Disability Resource Centre.
|Jennie trained as a nurse at Barts hospital and completed the Diploma in Nursing at London University. After holding several senior nursing positions at Barts and working as a community nurse/social worker, Jennie qualified as a Nurse Teacher and then taught at the City University in London (held jointly with Barts), University of Edinburgh and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. In 1979 Jennie arrived in NZ and worked in nurse teaching and management roles including a private hospital company and the Alzheimer's Foundation Auckland. Jennie held 3 different managerial positions at the Human Rights Commission. Jennie worked as the Coordinator of the Elder Abuse Prevention Service for Age Concern North Shore for the seven years before she retired. Jennie holds a Masters in Health Science from AUT. Jennie is on the Board of Age Concern New Zealand and was a past member of Waitakere Community Law Service and past member of PHARMAC's Consumer Advisory Committee.
|Allison Roe is a prominent New Zealand athlete and is well known for setting world records and for winning the New York and Boston marathons in 1981. Allison has since enjoyed a successful business career balancing home life as a wife and mother with the demands of her own business ventures. Her special interest and research around healthy life styles is recognised in NZ and overseas.
Allison's governance experience includes Board member, Waitemata District Health Board,the North Shore Hospital Foundation, the Health Sponsorship Council and a board member on the Devonport-Takapuna Community board.
|Matua Ben is based in Kaiwaka and is a senior Minister of the Ratana Faith and a registered Marriage Celebrant. Ben supports initiatives in health. Previously, Ben was the Operations Manager/Cultural Advisor to the Te Hana Community Development Charitable Trust. Currently, Ben is the Kaumatua on the Te Hana Te Ao Marama Taumata Council and he is actively involved in Maori Health services for Ngati Whatua (Te Ha O Te Oranga o Ngati Whatua). He is also Kaumatua Maori Advisory to the Coast-to-Coast Practice, as well as the Kaumatua for the FGC (Family Groups conference) with Child, Youth and Family, and Health Link North. He is a voluntary worker for social services, health, youth work programs, police support and whanau support.
|Dianne brings a knowledge of Primary Care to the Board and represents the rural sector of North Rodney.
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|Margaret is a long standing resident of the Hibiscus Coast who has lived in Orewa for over fifty years. She looks forward to the opportunity to bring her experience of the health and wellness sector as well as grass roots community experience to the Health Link North Board.
Margaret held the role of co-ordinator for Rodney Health Link for five years. The contacts made over that time with Waitemata DHB, Primary Health Care organisations, non-government organisations and community groups in the Rodney area are an asset to Health Link North as it establishes itself over a much larger area.
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|Vishal Rishi migrated to New Zealand 13 year ago from India. Vishal has been working in the public health sector from last 12 years in New Zealand and an ongoing contributor to the health sector whilst addressing determinants of health at various levels i.e transforming Research into practice by contributing to the health research centres across NZ, leading national campaigns, initiating several community development projects, working along with the social sector & grassroot communities. Vishal also brings along learnings from his involvement in the Asian Health sector in New Zealand. Currently, Vishal is working as Program Manager for The Asian Network Inc. (TANI), a pan-Asian community organisation whose aim is to ensure that people of Asian background enjoy optimal quality of life and wellbeing in New Zealand. TANI bridges the gap between health service providers and grassroots Asian communities. As a part of his current role, he is actively involved in advocating for the advancement of Asian New Zealanders by having a representation at Boards & committees of various significant NGO's, regionally and nationally. Vishal has recently represented New Zealand in the 3rd Commonwealth Emerging Pacific Leaders Dialogue (EPLD 2014). Both selections were based on his outstanding contribution to the NGO sector in New Zealand. He was also successfully selected to be a part of 12 member New Zealand delegation to the Young Core Leaders of Civil Society Development Program in 2012. Vishal has successfully completed Masters in Finance & Management and also pursuing his PGDiP in Development Studies. Vishal will bring all his learnings to the Board, especially in relation to Asian health & wellbeing issues and approaches to engage with Asian community and health workforce.
|Tony is the Director of the Men & Family Centre South Kaipara.He joined the M&FCSK in 2011 in an operations role and moved into the Directors position a year ago when the role was vacated.Tony has a varied background in both the manufacturing and social sector.Before beginning work in Helensville Tony worked with Man Alive, Western Abuse & Trauma Services and Western Refuge in Waitakere as Project Manager for their Collaboration Project and undertook a variety of projects for Man Alive.The foundation for that work was laid undertaking social and evaluation research with Phoenix Research and Synergia across a number of different health initiatives.Prior to thathe worked extensively in the manufacturing sector in both operational and marketing roles.He has been a resident of Swanson for 25 years where he and his wife Beverley have been active in the local community.Having recently sold their home on the edge of the Waitakere Ranges they are preparing plans for the building of a new home in Helensville and will move to live in the area in October.
|Monterrey has been a community pharmacist for 16 years and has a passion for evidence based nutritional medicine, which encompasses all healthcare choices right for the individual, whether it be lifestyle, nutrient, conventional medicine or bioidentical hormones. She works together with clients and their other health professionals to help educate and improve health. She has further trained in Nutritional and Hormone Medicine, most recently with (and current member of) Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (ACNEM.). She is also on the Scientific Advisory Council for the Centre Of Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research and a current member of The Australasian Integrative Medicine Association (AIMA) so she can keep up to date and work with like-minded colleagues here and internationally. She gives seminars on nutritional medicine topics including women's health and perimenopause.
|Greg Sayers has been appointed by the community, through elections, to both the Rodney and the Hibiscus & Bays Local Boards of Auckland Council.He is very approachable and gets along with people from all walks of life and is keen to advance the work of Health Link North. Greg holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a New Zealand Institute of Management degree. He is a Rotarian and believes in giving back to the community, and he is a keen yachtsman. He has held a number of senior executive positions. He's acted as the independent Chairman for three different family owned New Zealand exporting companies . Such a broad background is ideal for balanced decision making and we welcome Greg to the Board.


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SHANGHAI, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China-Biotics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHBT) ("China-Biotics", "the Company"), a leading Chinese firm specializing in the manufacture, research, development, marketing and distribution of probiotics products, today announced that the Company's 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held on Friday, March 5, 2010 at the Company's executive offices in Shanghai, China. The Company's board of directors has established Friday, January 8, 2010 as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting. Management expect that the definitive proxy statement for the meeting will be mailed to stockholders on or about Friday, January 15, 2010.
The time and venue of China-Biotics' Annual Meeting is as follows: Date: Friday, March 5, 2010 Time: 10:30 a.m. (Shanghai Time) Venue: 5th Floor, Block 15-1, No. 999 Ningqiao Road, Jinqiao Export Processing Zone, Pudong, Shanghai, 201206, The People's Republic of China.
Stockholder proposals must be received by the Corporate Secretary no later than December 31, 2009 in order to be considered for inclusion in the Company's proxy statement relating to the meeting or to be presented at the meeting. Any such proposal should be mailed to: Corporate Secretary, China-Biotics, Inc., 5th Floor, Block 15-1, No. 999 Ningqiao Road, Jinqiao Export Processing Zone, Pudong, Shanghai, 201206, The People's Republic of China.
China-Biotics' executives will provide an investor presentation to discuss the Company's growth strategy, business outlook, and financial performance. The Company's management and Board members will also accept questions from analysts and investors.
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what a suprise, doink
stiil this board pumping ha ha, merck gave up on it for other reasons kids, if they thought there was anything to go forward with they have 100 times r&d than zalicus to have figured out bioavailability, doink, beware of rul6t2 and his pumping fancy schmancy stuff
like i said they lick their chops on these situations, they take it from 7.20 down to the 3's with almost no risk, easy money for them
looks like the 3's this week, they are good at what they do
hmmm, only wednesday and now in the 4's, they have several more weeks to do what they do and walk it down to 3-4 range, there is very little risk to them
zlcs isn't one of them, that is funny, it just went from 7.20 to 5.64 in a couple days and headed into the 4's this week, read my post about pros, was a perfect short situation, and still is
the hedgies (pros) lick their chops on situtations like this, they know there is no news until best maybe november because ceo already stated z160 reults would be later this year, so they have a very certain window to walk this down from 7's to 3-4 range, easy money for the pros, what you say there could be a suprise news, on what? fov1101 has been up for sale for a year with no takers, and there has never been a novartis to P1 for zalicus, pretty good odds for the pros, and oh they do not post on yahoo message boards either, they don't need to - so you say well what about now over 5 the institutions will buy in, for what reaseon? they do not know results of z160 so why would they since it is very risky at best, watch them continue to bleed this over the next weeks (it does not have to be all at once) as they are so good at doing,
are you kidding, after hours and pre market will be nothing compared to the drop when it opens tomorrow, there will be a mass exodus of the thousands of retail investor trying to get some profit from the unexpected run up, should see $4 range very quick
oh i heard somewhere that u are stocklaser or something like that, what is that about, lol
u must be kidding right, it is much to their adavantage to do reverse split, as i have stated several times they want it to happen, get outstanding shares down under 30M, low float, and pps that maybe institutional will buy some, be able to dilute more next year and raise $, comon dude u should know this, time to buy if u want would be in the 50 cent range, oh and again they planed it so results would be after reverse split, get it
you are missing the point, oh well live and learn, hope you are not buying today, lol
50 cent range coming soon, if you want to buy then maybe smarter
the 8-k for reverse split will come after close on a friday that is a no brainer, there are only 3 fridays left for that to happen, will it be today, next friday? like i have posted several times 3 times as many shareholders voted for a RS as did not so it is going to happen, it is what they want to happen, take head
shaking out weak hands on this low volume, that is funny, it is more like they are slowly walking it down to the price it will be when sec filling takes place for reverse split
u know they can't go alone even if z160 shows promise, they have to partner and then another couple years of trials, then in the end IF big IF it goes to market they maybe get 10% of the value of the drug, and you statement that 132M shares outstanding doen't matter is foolish, it is directly related to EPS
good grief jim, this will be back to 50 cent range in a few weeks,
VERY VERY important jim, NOW there are 132 MILLION shares outstanding, if you don't think that is significant u r foolin yourself
what half as many shares when exalgo got approved and that put it around 170 then, so do the math and at current price and nothing even remotley close to market with a partner lets say fair 55-60 cent maybe
is the pps not slowly drifting downward? did the pr of z944 get the stock to go up? is the reverse split going to happen in the next few weeks, has institutional investing not been going downward? a moron would be someone that thinks this will magically jump above a dollar in the next few weeks, going in wrong direction is it not?
stupid? lol, what part do you not get, actually just stating that which has happened, kids these days
they brought back synavive with a new wiz bang formulation as they needed something later stage to promote and dilute shares (raise money), that they did didn't they
then they brought back z160 with a new wiz bang formulation, big pharma did not want it, but they have something again p2 to what?, dilute and raise more money
it is really nothing more than survival at best,
reverse split a given, slow drift to 64-67 range, sec notice of rs then into the 50's
it truely is a rinse and repeat
the VOTES were about 3to1 yes for RS, not talking about the ratio of RS, will be told that soon, such a child u is
slow drift down to 64-67 cent range on low volume, then sec filing of reverse split, then dip into the 50's
kids, there is no more news until earliest November , like i keep saying they voted yes for RS 3to1, and they actually want a RS to happen to reduce SC to under 30M, then start dilluting again, it is how small bios survive


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Seen here is the agarwood that was seized.
IPOH: Twelve people, including 10 foreigners, have been caught for the theft of gaharu (agarwood) in Gerik, about 200km from here.
Perak Forestry Department director Datuk Roslan Ariffin said the 12 men, aged between 25 and 35, were caught between Feb 20 and 22 for possessing several gunny sacks of gaharu, worth between RM400,000 and RM2mil.
"On Feb 20, the Anti-Smuggling Unit (UPP) launched an operation at the Sungai Lebey Bandariang R&R where they found four foreigners carrying four gunny sacks at about 1pm.
"Upon inspection, we found them to be carrying about 90kg of gaharu. They were arrested immediately and handed over to us," he told a press conference here yesterday.
"On Feb 22, the UPP was patrolling along the Gerik-Jeli East West Highway when they chanced upon a four-wheel-drive vehicle driven by a foreigner heading towards Gerik at about 4.30pm."
Roslan said gaharu was also found in the vehicle.
He added that another patrolling team, consisting of the Wildlife and National Parks Department, Royal Belum State Park and the World Wildlife Foundation, discovered two vehicles exiting from an old logging road near Sungai Mendelum on Feb 22 at 8.30pm.
"The patrolling team tailed the two vehicles to Bersia before stopping them for inspection," he said, adding that seven gunny sacks of gaharu and harvesting equipment were found.
"The team arrested seven people, including two Malaysians," he said, adding that there had been eight such cases since 2011.
Roslan said the gaharu were sought-after in the Middle East market.
"The gaharu can be processed to become joss sticks and perfume," he said, adding that there was a trend of foreigners coming into the country to illegally harvest these woods.
"We will continue to monitor the situation from time to time to fight against illegal harvesting of gaharu from our forests," he said.
Roslan added that all 12 suspects had been charged under Section 68 and 84 of the National Forestry Act 1984, where they face a a maximum of RM50,000 fine or jail of not more than five years or both.
He added that the gaharu seized from the operations would be auctioned off once the respective court cases had been settled.
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Results were surprisingHammons will face Hershel McBride in the May 13 election. If he can convince voters in Muskogee, an eastern Oklahoma city with a population of about 40,000, he may have a shot at being one of the youngest mayors in the state. For Hammons, even Tuesday night's election was a victory — he got more votes than he thought he would. Hammons received 1,849 votes, or 42.4 percent, to McBride's 1,697 votes, or 38.9 percent. Hammons and McBride were among a field of six candidates. "It's amazing," said Hammons, who plans to transfer to Northeastern Oklahoma State University if elected. "It's the most humbling experience of my life. "We weren't sure how it was going to go," Hammons said. "When the results came in and we were in second, we felt good. That's all we wanted ... "I went down to the election board, and they said, 'Mr. Hammons, you just won.' I just froze. It was euphoric. I'm not the mayor, but I beat him." McBride served as Muskogee mayor from 2000 to 2006 and has owned grocery and convenience stores for nearly 50 years. "I was surprised. I knew there would be a runoff, but I thought more than likely it might be between me and somebody else," McBride said Wednesday. "He's a nice young man, but when it comes down to it, it will be between one who has experience and one who doesn't."
Young candidate calls election 'humbling'
People were fed up with what was going on in the city, and they voted me in. "Since I've been in office we've put a lot of emphasis on economic development and it seems to be working." Neophyte mayors bring energy, optimism and idealism to the office, said Rowe. "There is a benefit to being young and a desire to do the right thing," Rowe said. "However, there's a lot to be said about the wisdom life brings."
Runoff setThe office of Muskogee mayor will be decided in a May 13 runoff election. The candidates are John Tyler Hammons, 19; and former Muskogee Mayor Hershel McBride, 70.
Other voteTwo city council seats will also be decided in runoffs that day. Candidates for Ward 2 are Frank C. Borovetz Jr. and Charles Shawn Raper. The Ward 4 runoff foes are Jackie DeWayne Luckey and Barry Alexander Rader III.


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Apart from the bug that set dates when edited jump to jan 2014 there's a bug that the widget doesn't a refresh when a task gets updated.
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About ANA598
Anadys recently initiated patient dosing in a Phase Ib study of ANA598 in HCV patients. In the Phase Ib study, naive genotype 1a and 1b patients are to receive ANA598 over three days at doses of 200 mg bid (twice-a-day), 400 mg bid or 800 mg bid. Ten patients will be enrolled at each dose level, eight receiving active drug and two receiving placebo.
In a Phase I study in healthy volunteers, ANA598 was administered as capsules at single oral doses of 400 mg, 800 mg, 1400 mg, 2000 mg (fed and fasted) and 3000 mg. In addition, a separate cohort received two 800 mg doses 12 hours apart. ANA598 was well tolerated at all doses and there were no serious adverse events or withdrawals from the study, although definitive conclusions regarding product safety and tolerability cannot be made until the results of future clinical trials of longer duration in more patients are known. All reported adverse events were classified as mild or moderate, with no apparent dose relationship. The pharmacokinetic profile demonstrated sustained plasma levels of ANA598 with a half-life of 24 to 30 hours in the fasted state and 22 hours in the fed state, consistent with the potential for once-daily or twice-daily oral dosing.
Preclinical evaluation of ANA598 was completed in the first quarter of 2008, leading to submission of an Investigational New Drug Application (IND) to the FDA, subsequent allowance of the IND by the FDA and initiation of clinical investigation in the second quarter of 2008. In the preclinical program, ANA598 was well tolerated at all doses tested in 28-day GLP toxicology studies. In September, Anadys initiated long-term, chronic toxicology studies of ANA598. If ANA598 is successful in early stage clinical trials, it is anticipated that the acceleration of the
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Not all of us get the luxury of going to a One Direction concert — and especially not three. But luckily for Directioners, we can all watch three consecutive concert right now. And it only takes three minutes!
OK, sure, you don't get to see Harry's headbands or squeal at Zayn's high notes, but the clip speeds up the days-long process that goes behind an arena-sized tour. Most of the time-lapse video shows stage set-up, while the concerts, which last a few hours, are merely a few flickers.
Sun rises, sun falls, and 1D are on again. Thousands of people filter in and out. Now imagine that this three-night stay at London's Wembley Arena (June6-8) as just a small chunk of their Where We Are Tour. The guys and their tour crew do this almost every night.
If that doesn't give you the heebie-jeebies, I don't know what will.


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gFTP Review
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- Application: gFTP 2.0.18
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- Supports the FTP, FTPS (control connection only), HTTP, HTTPS and SSH protocols
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We talked about two FTP clients for KDE so I think it's time to bring in the spotlight one that's popular in GNOME world. (If you have the required libraries you can use it in any graphical environment). The standard FTP client in GNOME is gFTP, which uses the gtk2 library. It has an old school interface that, at the same time, looks smooth. It has all the features you expect from a FTP client and even a little extra. It supports FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH2 and FSP. There is nothing special about the support for the first protocols, but the last two and especially the last one caught my attention.
The Special Features
I used to do secur transfers through SSH, in the command line. To be honest, I haven't really thought about doing this in a graphical client, but now I'm reconsidering things. It can be relaxing and easier to transfer files this way. But the FSP protocol really aroused my curiosity because I didn't know what in the world is *that*. A quick search on the Internet explained that FSP stands for File Service Protocol and that this one is a very lightweight UDP based protocol that is good mainly for running anonymous archives. It is supposed to be bandwidth friendly and at the same time sufficiently fault tolerant. I located a FSP server and used gFTP to connect to it. It was interesting because I had a feeling that it connected very quickly and that the browsing of files was fast. I tried to download a file to see how fast can this be and maybe compare with the classical FTP and HTTP, and... surprise! gFTP skipped the transfer of the file several times. I tried two more FSP servers and this happened again. I guess this feature might be broken and it's a shame because, as far as I know, it is unique.
The Others
Other interesting features include support for FXP and Bookmarks. As a reminder, FXP is a method of transfer from a FTP server to another. A great advantage is that the speed is limited by the bandwidth between the two remote machines. These two features are very common with GUI FTP clients and are supposed to greatly increase the usability of the program. I'm ashamed to admit this, but initiating a FXP transfer took me more time than downloading the data on the HDD and then upload it on the other server. This is because I hardly find out how to connect to two FTP servers in the same time. I'm not saying this program has a bad interface because is not the case but sometimes maybe some very simple tasks require too much effort. For example, I am used to press the first letter of the name of a directory or file in the navigation pane and then the select function to jump at that point. This doesn't happen in gFTP and I find it a little frustrating. Another frustrating thing it that the stop button that should disconnect me, is never active. While you can still use Ctrl+D to disconnect, some users might just assume their session expired and can still remain connected. I hope this bug will be fixed in the near future.
I guess that if you use this program a little you will get used to it and I'm sure it will satisfy all your the needs. Adding bookmarks is very easy, useful and it also has some interesting feats out of the box. A feature that can be very useful when you use FTP transfers a lot and still need the bandwidth for other tasks is bandwidth limiting.
gFTP has an internal program for viewing files. From the options window you can choose to use another one and even one for editing files. This is a nice feature to have and is appreciated especially by web designers and network administrators that connect through SSH. Last but not least I would like to point out the Compare Windows feature from the Tools menu. It can really come in handy sometimes, so don't forget about it.
The Good
Support for multiple protocols is a considerable plus. I like that editing and viewing files is possible. Limiting bandwidth can be crucial sometimes and the support for bookmarks is very nice.
The Bad
Sometimes the interface is not very usable. Some bugs are present, which occasionally crash the program.
The Truth
While it is not as good as KFTPGrabber, its better than Kasablaca. If you just want to transfer files every once in a while you can safely use gFTP, but if you want the best of the best you'll have to move on.


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Eli Manning was at the center of another disheartening Giants defeat Sunday. / Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY Sports
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Eli Manning has long been a fourth-quarter fortress of calm and clutch playmaking.
But not Sunday, not during a season that kept crumbling with Manning's three interceptions on consecutive drives against the type of pressure the two-time Super Bowl MVP has typically ignored in big games.
The quarterback nicknamed "Easy" has been pressing too hard to lift his wounded team, coach Tom Coughlin conceded after a crushing, 36-21 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles that buried the Giants' season.
For a while Sunday, Manning was the reason the Giants showed signs of life. He threw a pair of third-quarter touchdowns to receiver Rueben Randle. The second putting the Giants up 21-19 late in the quarter.
But then Manning and his team came unraveled. With the Giants winning two Super Bowl championships among the past six, neither players nor fans are used to failure on this scale: The Giants are 0-5 for the first time in a non-strike season since 1979.
Manning became the first quarterback since Daunte Culpepper in 2005 to throw 12 picks in first five games.
"It all comes down to the interceptions," Coughlin said. "I honestly believe he's trying so hard to get us a win he's almost put too much on himself. He keeps it all pretty much inside. I'm not making excuses. There were a couple of those plays that were terrible."
Manning, 32, has shunned adversity the way he spun away from New England Patriots defenders to lead late comeback drives that won two of the last six Super Bowls.
"He's practiced really well the last couple of weeks, very much in control of everything," Coughlin said. "I do think he's trying so hard to make something happen, it's just going out the other end."
Coughlin said as much to Manning in the postgame locker room, then shared what he told his quarterback: "He's way, way too good a player to have these kinds of things happen.''
Manning denied his confidence has been affected. But the running game has been anemic and the Giants are 16 of 61 on third-down conversions.
"No, I don't think anything has affected my play," Manning said. "I'm competing and trying to make plays to put us in a situation to win games. I know we can play better. I know I can play better. I've just got to make good decisions. I can't keep turning the ball over."
The Giants face a short week with a Thursday night game against the Chicago Bears and their defense that is known for generating turnovers.
Inside a quiet, virtually deserted locker room, receiver Victor Cruz defended his quarterback.
"You can't blame the guy. He wants to win as bad as any one of us wants to win," Cruz told USA TODAY Sports. "He's out there trying to do everything that he can for us. We just have to keep plugging away."
Veteran right guard David Diehl was asked if Manning is putting too much on his shoulders.
"You could say that," Diehl said. "Obviously, you have to talk to Eli and ask him if that's the situation. All I know is that we need to continue to fight. When we keep him upright and keep him comfortable, he's the best quarterback in the NFL. I have no doubt about that."
But the Manning of those Super Bowl championships is no longer recognizable. And a once-vaunted pass rush had one sack - on Nick Foles, who replaced Michael Vick after Vick tweaked his hamstring, and completed 16 of 25 passes for a pair of touchdowns.
No one saw 0-5 coming after a summer of buzz about the Giants possibly emerging as the first home team to play in a Super Bowl when MetLife Stadium hosts the title game on Feb. 2.
"We have to find a way to right this ship and get some positive momentum going here or you can sulk and feel sorry for yourself and have the worst season ever in Giants history," defensive end Justin Tuck said. "I've never been 0-5 before. I wish I had answers for you."
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By Anthony RhoadsIt was too good to be true. The Atlanta Falcons were headed into the 2003 season with seemingly all the tools it takes to produce the first back-to-back winning seasons in franchise history. Then what happens Saturday against the Baltimore Ravens? Star quarterback Michael Vick fractures his right leg and it looks like he will be out of action for about six weeks. It might be a sign of things to come in the 2003 season. This season might again be a futility-filled year for the Falcons. History is not on the Falcons' side. The Falcons' history is dotted with winning seasons here and there and occasionally the team has even shown glimpses of greatness. As a fan who has followed the Falcons since 1980, I have seen the best and worst the team has had to offer. What long-time Falcons fan could forget 1980? With guys like Steve Bartkowski, William Andrews, Alfred Jenkins, Jeff Van Note, Mike Kenn and Wallace Francis, the Falcons played like champions for much of the 1980 season. They won 12 games, won the NFC West title and were poised to make a serious run in the playoffs. In their playoff game against Dallas, the Falcons had the Cowboys on the ropes and it looked like they were headed to the NFC Championship. But the Falcons grasped defeat out of the jaws of victory when Dallas scored 20 points in the third quarter to win the contest. Yes, it was a crushing defeat but optimism was still in the air going into the following season. One magazine even trumpeted the Falcons as the ?team of the 80s' but it was not to be. The Falcons plummeted again and finished at 7-9 in 1981. The team kind of bounced back in the strike-shortened season of 1982 with a 5-4 record and a playoff berth. The 80s were truly horrendous as the team struggled year after year. The 90s were a little better with playoff seasons in 1991, 1995 and in 1998, when the Falcons went to the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history. But in 1999, the Falcons again reverted back to their losing ways and didn't produce a winning season again until last year with Vick at starting quarterback. Hopefully, the Falcons can bounce back and can get along without Vick for a while. Doug Johnson isn't a bad quarterback and hopefully he can carry the load. He's no Michael Vick but he's a solid player. Maybe this year, the Falcons can make history and produce their first back-to-back winning seasons. The Falcons don't have to be a replica of the 1960s Green Bay Packers or be like the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers and win championships every year but it would be nice to see them at least have a winning season this year. Anthony Rhoads is a sports writer for The Daily and his column appears on Wednesdays. He can reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com.
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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Human rights officials are calling for the suspension of a trial of more than three dozen people who say they were tortured after being arrested for taking part in protests in Kazakhstan.
"In order to show that there is a zero-tolerance policy toward torture in places of detention, the trial should be suspended contingent on an impartial, independent and thorough investigation into these allegations," said Mihra Rittmann, a Central Asia researcher for Human Rights Watch in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
The defendants face charges including arson, looting, assault and "inciting social discord" during demonstrations in December. Sixteen people died after police opened fire on protesters in the town of Zhanaozen, in Kazakhstan's oil-producing region of Mangistau.
Among those on trial in Mangistau's capital of Aktau are oil workers who had been outspoken in their demands for better pay and conditions, as well as leading opposition politicians.
During the trial, which began March 27, some defendants have told of being beaten, partially suffocated with plastic bags, deprived of sleep and threatened with rape during their detention.
"Most of the 37 defendants have been through [torture]," said Galym Ageleuov of the Almaty-based human rights group Liberty, who has been monitoring the court proceedings in Aktau.
Mr. Ageleuov added that 10 of the defendants have bullet wounds and one is suffering from tuberculosis contracted in while in detention.
What had started as peaceful demonstrations by oil workers who been on strike since May 2011 transformed into riots on Dec. 16 in the town square, where celebrations marking Kazakhstan's 20 years of independence were due to take place.
The events in Zhanaozen are seen as the most significant public unrest in the country's post-Soviet era, during which time President Nursultan Nazarbayev's rule has been virtually unchallenged.
Andrei Grishin, a journalist working with the Kazakhstan International Bureau on Human Rights and Rule of Law, says the government is using Zhanaozen as an excuse to target opposition politicians.
"Why not use it against those who have long been a thorn in the [government's] side?" he said. "Zhanaozen is a great opportunity to get rid of these people."
After the Jan. 15 parliamentary elections in which Mr. Nazarbayev's ruling Otan Party won more than 80 percent of the vote, protests erupted in the economic center of Almaty and the capital, Astana, over the government's handling of Zhanaozen and accusations of electoral fraud and human rights abuses.
The protests have become a monthly event, with the next planned for Saturday.
"The concerns that are coming out in these rallies address the arrests of political opposition activists who are being charged with inciting social discord, [using] an over-broad and vague law that Human Rights Watch believes can be used to incriminate activity that is protected under international human rights law — [such as] freedom of speech issues," Ms. Rittmann said. "[The rallies also] raise concerns about the investigation … as well as the trial itself."
Human Rights Watch reports that many of those taking part in the rallies this year have been arrested and placed under administrative detention for short periods of time, or fined.


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New London - Klewin Development is proposing to build a grocery store and 40 apartments on a 3-acre parcel of city-owned land at the intersection of Bank and Howard streets.
Klewin Development, with offices in Groton, has been talking with the city about plans for an 18,000-square-foot grocery store, with market-rate and affordable housing units above.
Kyle Klewin, a member of Klewin Development, was granted prime developer status last February for the site. He is asking for an extension on the developer status and will make a presentation to the City Council Monday night.
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The company is partnering with Sheldon Oak Central and the Women's Development Corp. for the project. The partners have applied for a $250,000 pre-development loan from the DECD. The money would be used to fund design engineering, environmental review, cost estimates, financial analysis, legal and financing fees.
"They've gotten to a point where they can roll out their plans to the public and the council and get support for them to continue," said Tammy Daugherty, the city's director of development and planning.
Preliminary sketches show a three-story rectangular building with the entrance to the grocery abutting the sidewalk at the intersection of Bank and Howard, and the entrance to the residential portion on the opposite corner. The two upper floors have one- and two-bedroom apartments, but the square footage is not shown. The design shows a parking lot for about 70 vehicles, with an additional 20 spaces on Bank Street.
Construction would be completed in January 2015.
"The project will create jobs, housing and needed services for the residents of New London, while removing a vacant lot in a valuable area in the city," Klewin wrote in an Oct. 16 letter to Ned Hammond, the city's economic development coordinator. " ... we feel a project such as ours will spark further development in the city by creating positive momentum in the City of New London."
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In February, when Klewin was named the preferred developer, Kyle Klewin called the lot the "probably the best site in New London."
Klewin did not say which grocery store could be located at the site, but said he is with a prospective tenant with two similar locations in New London County.
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Jadzia Dax Appreciation
Throughout Trek fandom, one character I see repeatedly shit on is Jadzia Dax. Apparently she's boring and Terry Farrell is an incapable performer that can't act for toffee. Not only do I disagree (And find the comments about Farrell's acting baffling!), but behind Kira Nerys she's probably the second best female character in all of Star Trek. If we're all honest, the women in TOS and TNG were dull window dressing and calling them characters seems like an insult to the concept. Later shows have no real competition either apart from Seven of Nine, who isn't quite as well developed, nor are her interactions with the rest of the cast as interesting to watch.
After my recently rewatch, I'm a very big fan of the character. The concept of the Trill and the Jadzia character in particular allowed the show to explore matters of identity/consciousness in relation to memory which is always a good sci-fi avenue. Unlike Troi's pointless telepathy, Jadzia's past lives and the effect this had on the character were very well explored. Episodes like Rejoined and Facets let DS9 delve in to a territory of more conceptual science-fiction, something the show would otherwise have severely lacked. It's my favourite Trek series but DS9 is much more about the human condition, characterisation and politics than the science and speculation. The character of Dax bought that on board and was one of DS9's few successes in that regard. Usually the more traditionally Star Trek "concept" episodes tended to fall flat, with the notable exception of The Visitor.
Also, Farrell's performance is quite strong. She delivers the technobabble in a more convincing way than the majority of Trek performers and manages to balance the mature intelligence and fun-loving part of the character very well. Hell, I'd say she's more convincing than Avery Brooks in the early seasons, who didn't really hit a consistent characterisation in his performance until Season 4 when he became amazing. Farrell's performance strikes me as a lot more confident, directional and assured.
While we're on the subject, I also recently listened to The Orb podcast's Jadzia Dax episode which I thought articulated pretty well the success of the character.
Sure, I have some issues with the character's journey. She was given too many Klingon related plotlines, romance of the week episodes and her death was a fucking insult.. but otherwise she's a terrific character. The fact I see her get more hate than Uhura, Troi and Dr. Crusher strikes me as highly absurd, so surely there must be other fans of this unconventional, layered experiment in Star Trek characterisation out there?
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Abso-bloody-lutely! Please can I be vice-chairman of the Jadzia Appreciation Society...
I agree that Farrell is a solid actress - the fact that the writers gave her some duff episodes (such as "Meridian") doesn't alter this. I think she makes the "old soul in a young body" element of her character very credible with that certain quirky irony she has. Many people have seen that quality as arrogance which I've never understood - to me it merely conveyed the kind of amused detachment and indulgence which an individual with the experience of several lifetimes behind her would necessarily feel towards the comparative "children" surrounding her.
I also like her friendship with Sisko; it's real, it works well, and it's refreshing to see a friendship between a male and a female character that doesn't automatically and inevitably turn into a romance (even if they did start the friendship as both males - which adds another quirky and interesting perspective to the mix as she'll sometimes talk to Sisko "man-to-man").
She's courageous, she's sassy, she's initelligent. Plus she is drop-dead gorgeous.
What else could one possibly want in a woman? Maybe all the detractors are just jealous that they don't look like her (if female) or will never get to sleep with anyone who does (if male).
I agree her death was a shame and a bit rushed - she deserved to go out fighting.
However as I understand it the actress was ready to leave the show, she had other engagements and didn't want to do another year, so they had to find a way to write her out.
As for the Klingon storylines - well there were a few but I must admit those were usually my favourite Jadzia episodes. It makes sense with Curzon's very involved past history with them, and I've always seen Jadzia as possessing a good deal of the Klingon "let's go and kick arse" attitude. I particularly like "Blood Oath" where she insists on following three old friends along on their vengeance mission.
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I really like her interactions with all the cast. While Jadzia was certainly a very chilled out, enlightened character she was never smug about it like some TNG characters and always sought to enrich the lives of those around her.
I actually really like Ezri so I dunno if I'd have kept Jadzia on for S7 but she definitely deserved a better death than by the hand of some random pah-wraith. I do think there is something to be said about giving characters pointless deaths as most people in real life die pointless deaths with no greater significance or sacrifice, but I wish she'd had a more interesting exit. The character was awesome and deserved a lot more.
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I always loved her smile. Her calm was a good contrast to Kira's irritability.
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I like Jadzia, too. She's strong, beautiful, good humored, smart, and warm-hearted. I love Sisko calling her "old man." The depth of their friendship really came through.
I wish they didn't kill her character. They didn't have to. She's a Starfleet officer and could have just been transfered off the station to another posting. That happens to people in armed forces all the time. While I do like Ezri, I like Jadzia more.
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I like her, too. It does seem like the writers didn't usually know what to do with her, and I think Farrell succeeded very well in some episodes but not as much in others. But I really liked her as a character.
I thought her scenes with Kira brought out the best in the character, and in Farrell's performance. Their scenes in "The Siege" are really wonderful. Jadzia was adorably grumpy without being bitchy, played the "Old Man" card without it feeling forced, displayed her competence as a Starfleet officer as well as her lighthearted feminine side ("what do you think of the nose?"). I wish more episodes managed to make her personality shine so much.
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Jadzia is probably my favorite female character in all of Trek. All her qualities that were already mentioned above made her a very likable and believable character.
I think she was the best female character on DS9. I know so many people really love Kira, but I just couldn't stand her. My friend told me I was being too harsh on her since she did have to live with the Cardassian occupation, but to me she always came off as whiny and annoying and I couldn't get past that.
That's why I love Jadzia and even though I knew she would die (a friend accidently spoiled it when we were talking about DS9 and I said I really liked Dax and he's like "which one?") but I think everything about her, except that BS death she got was fantastic.
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I prefer Kira but Jadzia is still a firm favourite and a brilliant character in a very different way to Kira. She's the type of character you could only get in science-fiction but is also a very well developed character as a person.
Uhura in the reboot films is defined by her ability to take her top off or pull gooey faces whenever Spock is around whereas Jadzia, Kira and Ezri were very strong women not defined by their men.
I ordered the Lives of Dax novel off Amazon for a penny. Excited for it to arrive.
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I love jadzia and didn't like her replacement as much but yes her death was rubbish.
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I'd task any Jadzia hater to name a better regular female character in any other Trek show. It just aint cricket.
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I liked Jadzia a lot, even though my opinion on her has kind of softened over the years. If there was one thing I liked about the Orb episode was that Chris and Matt pointed out how subtle Jadzia had to be, as I think the point of the character wasn't necessarily to spotlight Jadzia, but just Dax as a whole. If you look at it from that perspective, what Farrell brought to the character was pretty creative, and it also makes what DeBoar did in the seventh season with Dax that much more meaningful.
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I agree with Teacake, different opinions and all that. I do think that some people go over the top in their personal attacks against Farrell for leaving the show.
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I personally think it was daft leaving one of the best TV shows ever to go to some bland, mediocre sitcom but that's show business and these things happen. These people don't owe us anything and are just doing their jobs.
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I wonder why terry farrell doesn't do much acting work anymore?
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