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If all goes according to plan on the Aug. 4 election day, Linda Phillips hopes the result is that you don't see her in any of the reporting on election night.
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland makes a persuasive argument against de-annexation legislation now being considered by the state Legislature, providing a long list of figures to show it would devastate the Bluff City.
The Hall-of-Fame coach was speaking on ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike," his team sitting on the outside looking in on this year's NCAA Tournament because of his university's own imposed ban:
Memphis City Council members approved Mayor Jim Strickland's slate of 12 division chiefs and directors Tuesday, Jan. 5, at the first council meeting of 2016. And Strickland defended the pay raises for some of those positions compared to the salaries those appointed positions paid in the Wharton administration.
Among coach Josh Pastner's favorite refrains: "You gotta make shots."
The University of Memphis made few shots in its 86-76 loss at No. 24 South Carolina on Saturday, Jan. 2, going 19 of 61 from the floor for an atrocious 31.1 percent. So awful was the Tigers' shooting from the floor that it rendered the 30 of 36 performance (83.3 percent) from the free-throw line a footnote.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Valley Authority is rewarding employees for helping boost the utility's income above $1 billion last year.
TVA directors voted Friday to allow the agency's 10,900 employees to share in some of those record earnings, the Chattanooga Times Free Press (http://bit.ly/1HewbVr) reported. The directors approved payments of $113 million, or an average year-end bonus of $10,367 per employee.
They were but a few words, yet they seemed to capture the mindset of the University of Memphis basketball program's high-expectation fan base.
"Get back to like it was," said former Tigers guard Jeremy Hunt.
The whispers are already out there. How much job security does Ken Whisenhunt really have with the Tennessee Titans?
It seems a little soon for message boards and talk radio to be discussing the ouster of the Titans coach, but such is life in the coaching fish bowl when you lose games that should go into the win column, like the Titans have done in their past two games.
The identity of the Memphis City Council that will take office in January with six new members was still in flux at the end of a very long and frustrating Oct. 8 election night.
The races for four of those six open seats and the seat now held by an appointee to the council are going to a Nov. 19 runoff election – one week before Thanksgiving.
Expectations. That's the word that drives all sports narratives. Remember the record of Josh Pastner's first University of Memphis team, the ragtag bunch that was left over after John Calipari exited for Kentucky?
When the Bona Fide Blues Festival takes a set of stages in Overton Square and the Cooper-Young neighborhood next month, it will mark a return that's been a long time coming.
But it also will offer something new.
Scott Sharpe recently was named chief administrative officer of the Shelby County District Attorney General's office following the departure of longtime CAO Priscilla Campbell.
Shelby County Election Commissioners have certified the Memphis election ballot for Oct. 8.
These are the names to appear on that ballot for the 15 elected offices.
The commission met hours after the noon Thursday, July 23, deadline for candidates to withdraw from the ballot if they wished.
It's not the Final Four. In fact, it's not even a November nonconference game against some directional school.
It's an alumni game being played at the little campus gym at the University of Memphis. And it's sold out.
Look back to look ahead. That's what former University of Memphis basketball players Jeremy Hunt and Willie Kemp are trying to do with the first alumni game, scheduled for Saturday, June 27, at 6 p.m. at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse, 495 Zach Curlin St.
Any professional baseball player can tell you about the stigmas he has to fight. For one guy, it might be that he doesn't hit with enough power. And for another it might be that he doesn't make consistent enough contact.
With about a month left in his term as chairman of the Shelby County Democratic Party, Bryan Carson resigned Saturday, Feb. 21, after a confrontation behind closed doors with the party's executive committee over his handling of the party's bank accounts.
Romance means something different for everyone, but most people can agree that if there is low lighting, soft music, a charming companion and something delicious to eat, you've already got the makings of one outstanding evening.
KNOXVILLE – There's nothing like going into the offseason on a high note. The Vols will be riding the momentum from the resounding 45-28 victory against Iowa in the Jan. 2 TaxSlayer Bowl through the end of recruiting season, winter workouts, spring practices and into the summer months.
The Tigers' problems are solved. Or at least they are when they make 11 threes, shoot 52.4 percent from long range, and almost 80 percent at the free-throw line.
So let's reframe things: For a night, this was how the University of Memphis got around their worst habit – giving the ball to the other team.
In the aftermath of the Memphis Tigers' season-opening loss to Wichita State, new information has come to light:
For starters, junior point guard Kedren Johnson, who transferred from Vanderbilt to run the Memphis offense, has told coach Josh Pastner he'll be in basketball shape by the Bradley game (that's Dec. 6) or a little bit later.
The 2014 election year began in January with dissent from the floor.
At the end of the Shelby County Democratic Party's annual Kennedy Day fundraiser in January, former Memphis City Council member and state Rep. Carol Chumney, who was not among the speakers, challenged the party establishment from her table to do more to support women running for office.
A new season brings optimism – or marketing, if you want to be cynical about it – but also some reflective truth-telling.
Go back to this time last year for the University of Memphis basketball team. They were going to be really good, or maybe even great, because of the four senior guards. Those guards – Joe Jackson, Chris Crawford, Geron Johnson and Michael Dixon – were going to be leaders, defensive dynamos and 3-point sharpshooters.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Former state Rep. Joe Carr, who in August won 41 percent of the vote in his primary challenge of U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, says he is mulling a bid for chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Valley Authority's president and CEO could earn more than $1 million extra this year.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press (http://bit.ly/1smQm6m) reports the agency's board voted unanimously on Thursday to raise Bill Johnson's salary and performance pay after the 60-year-old attorney met all of TVA's targets for 2014.
Lamar Alexander and Gordon Ball were on the same campaign trail but different races at about this time 36 years ago.
The tag "Hip Donelson" evoked plenty of snickers, eye rolls and snarky comments when it first appeared. After all, the local joke goes, Donelson's known for hip replacements – not hipsters.
Nine losing candidates from the August elections are contesting the results in a Shelby County Chancery Court lawsuit.
The lawsuit was filed Sept. 2 by Democratic candidates Joe Brown, Henri Brooks and Wanda Halbert; judicial candidates Mozella Ross, Kim Sims, Kenya Brooks, J. Nathan Toney and Alicia Howard; and Doris Deberry-Bradshaw, who ran in a state House Democratic primary.
1972: Wattstax at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum – a concert to mark the seventh anniversary of the Watts riots in Los Angeles by Stax Records that was a high point for the Memphis-based record label and featured a day-long bill of Memphis soul and funk and gospel from the stadium stage with Isaac Hayes headlining.
Dr. Jason Williams has joined the staff of Memphis Obstetrics & Gynecological Association PC, where he will focus on women's health care issues, including prevention, diagnosis and management of many general medical conditions. As an OB/GYN, he specializes in general obstetrical care, infertility, pelvic disorders, and prevention and detection of diseases such as breast and cervical cancer.
Democrats have retained their seven-vote majority on the new single-district Shelby County Commission that takes office Sept. 1.
That and the re-election victory of Democratic incumbent Cheyenne Johnson in the race for Shelby County Assessor of Property were the only bright spots for a divided local Democratic Party that lost every other countywide partisan elected position to Republicans in the Aug. 7 county general election, just as they lost every countywide position to Republicans four years earlier.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen held off Thursday, Aug. 7, the most serious electoral challenge he's faced since winning the Congressional seat in 2006, in the form of attorney Ricky E. Wilkins.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen has taken the early vote over challenger Ricky Wilkins in the hard fought Democratic Congressional primary on Thursday's Shelby County election ballot.
The Memphis Bar Association poll of attorneys on the judicial races on the Aug. 7 ballot shows 16 percent to as high as 38 percent of the attorneys participating have no opinion in many of the judicial races.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Talk about a cosmic caffeine jolt. The International Space Station is getting a real Italian espresso machine.
Astronauts of all nationalities – but especially the Italians – have long grumbled about the tepid instant coffee served in pouches and drunk with straws 260 miles above Earth. The pouches and straws aren't going away, but at least the brew will pack some zero-gravity punch.
Whether it will prove to be a telling remembrance or not, news of the Grizzlies selecting guard UCLA shooting guard Jordan Adams with the No. 22 overall pick in Thursday night's NBA Draft was largely met with mild disdain, sweeping indifference and a dash of tilt-your-head curiosity.
Former Shelby County Commissioner Deidre Malone will challenge incumbent Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell in the August county general election after winning the Tuesday, May 6, Democratic mayoral primary.
With less than eight minutes left in a game his team was clearly going to lose, No. 7 came onto the court to audible cheers and applause.
Welcome back, Adonis Thomas, Philadelphia 76er (at least for now).
Memphis City Council member Lee Harris is challenging Democratic state Sen. Ophelia Ford in the August primary for District 29, the Senate seat held by a member of the Ford family since 1975.
So, how best to categorize the 2013-2014 season for the Memphis Tigers basketball team?
Great? Not even coach Josh Pastner has settled on that word.
Respectable? It was much more than that. You may be tired of hearing Pastner say it, but it is true the Tigers stayed in the national rankings until the final Associated Press poll right before the NCAA Tournament.
RALEIGH, N.C. – Senior guard Geron Johnson had guaranteed the Memphis Tigers would win two NCAA Tournament games. But in the wake of their 78-60 loss to top-seeded Virginia Sunday night in the round of 32, Johnson looked a reporter in the eye and offered a revised declaration.
RALEIGH, N.C. – The pressure valve that at times seems to control life for the Memphis Tigers had opened in the form of a 71-66 victory over George Washington in the NCAA Tournament's round of 64.
RALEIGH, N.C. – Senior guard Michael Dixon Jr. once thought his college basketball career was done.
You know the story. From Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year at Missouri to being exiled after sexual assault allegations that never became more than that, never turned into actual charges.
Memphis made the Final Four. Seriously, you can stop worrying about the first game this Friday against George Washington University.
The Tigers joined American, Michigan and national champion Dayton in the annual Academic Performance Tournament's Final Four, as played out by Inside Higher Ed. In this tournament, the winners are based on the Academic Progress Rate, the NCAA's multiyear measure of a team's classroom performance.
Memphis coach Josh Pastner admitted the loss was "embarrassing."
Senior guard Geron Johnson said, "I'm disgusted with myself," and vowed not to watch the rest of the American Athletic Conference Tournament at FedExForum that continues with the semifinals Friday, March 14, without the Tigers.
Through a 31-game regular season and an 18-game grind in the American Athletic Conference, the University of Memphis never lost back-to-back games. It's a notable achievement.
But now that the single-elimination season has started, it also is an irrelevant statistic going forward unless the Tigers have the misfortune to lose their first AAC Tournament game Thursday, March 13, at FedExForum against Connecticut, and then lose their first NCAA Tournament game a week later.
The five Memphis seniors talked about their college basketball careers and they sounded older, wiser. And although nobody used this word, maybe a little scared about what might, or might not, come next.
One of the six Shelby County Commission incumbents seeking re-election this year was effectively elected to a new four-year term in a new district with the noon Thursday, Feb. 20, filing deadline for candidates in the May county primaries.
When the Memphis Tigers missed 15 of 17 threes against Southeast Missouri State, the players and coach Josh Pastner said not to worry. And they had a 77-65 victory in that game to back them up.
But two weeks later, they again went 2-for-17 from long range at FedExForum against Cincinnati (11.8 percent, for the record) and wound up on the wrong end of a 69-53 score.
Memphis-based guitar maker Saint Blues Guitar Workshop is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2014 and is marking the occasion in part with the introduction of several new guitar models.
In addition to putting on some events later this year, Saint Blues is launching a 1984 Bluesmaster reissue guitar model that will be a replica of the company's first Bluesmaster. It will be part of Saint Blues' Workshop Series, the company's high-end line of guitars.
The Tigers' first home game in the American Athletic Conference started with great promise. When guard Joe Jackson dunked to finish off a fastbreak and give the Tigers an 8-2 lead over Cincinnati, FedExForum was rocking.
Every special season has critical mileposts along the way. The Tigers' first came in Stillwater, Okla., where, again, they weren't up to the challenge of a ranked opponent in Oklahoma State. Thus, the Tigers and their coach returned to harsh criticism in Memphis and waited for the next opportunity.
The Grizzlies just started a six-game homestand with a loss – their fourth in a row at FedExForum.
Seems The Grindhouse has turned into a fun house for visiting teams this season as they have gone 5-3 against the Grizzlies.
Looking back at a few quotes from the once 11th-ranked Tigers at their preseason media day, in light of the embarrassment that was their recent 101-80 loss to No. 7 Oklahoma State:
Senior guard Geron Johnson: "One (free-throw) attempt a game last year, I mean that's terrible if I'm supposed to be some tough guy." He shot one free throw – and missed it – in 24 minutes in Stillwater.
An Austin Nichols dunk off a turnover and a Shaq Goodwin assist; a Joe Jackson driving layup; a Geron Johnson "wow" backwards dunk on a fastbreak off a Jackson steal and assist; and a Michael Dixon jumper off another Jackson steal and assist.
An Austin Nichols dunk off a turnover and a Shaq Goodwin assist; a Joe Jackson driving layup; a Geron Johnson "wow" backwards dunk on a fastbreak off a Jackson steal and assist; and a Michael Dixon jumper off another Jackson steal and assist.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Janet Yellen made clear Thursday that she's prepared to stand by the Federal Reserve's extraordinary efforts to pump up the economy when she's chairman, if that's what it needs.
A year ago in this exhibition matchup, the University of Memphis trailed at the half and beat Christian Brothers University by 11 points.
But Friday night, Nov. 8, at FedExForum, the Tigers defeated CBU 92-63 and nobody had to play more than 22 minutes as Memphis coach Josh Pastner mixed and matched his lineups throughout the game.
Conference USA's Powers That Be, which is funny just to type, were not happy when the University of Memphis left for what eventually was named the American Athletic Conference.
The best indication of this?
Every player has his favorite spot on the floor, that go-to place where everything seems to slow down, where the player most feels like himself even amid the chaos.
But maybe more important when you are a much-hyped, homegrown University of Memphis freshman is to have that special place off the floor. A retreat, where in this case young Austin Nichols can make the world spin a little more slowly and turn down the volume on all the outside noise.
Four senior guards. Nine new faces, seven of them belonging to freshmen. A new league, the American Athletic Conference. And a home schedule that will feature games against league foes Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville and Temple, and non-conference opponent Gonzaga.
As good as last season's University of Memphis basketball team was – and it won 31 games and got through to a second game in the NCAA Tournament – there is a sense this season's team can be better.
In the midst of a rather joyous press conference to announce that the NCAA had cleared guard Michael Dixon to play for the Tigers this season, coach Josh Pastner detoured to a story about Navy Seals.
Notifications from the NCAA tend toward the bad news, but on Wednesday, Sept. 4, University of Memphis coach Josh Pastner and guard Michael Dixon got good news: He has been cleared to play for the Tigers this season.
Priscilla Williams has joined Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South as director of marketing and special events. In her new role, Williams will work to increase the organization's visibility, funding and branding.
Technically, they are next season's Tigers basketball team. Truthfully, University of Memphis basketball is never out of season.
This being the summer, talk from practice sessions at the Finch Center is mostly for the good. People are excited that coach Josh Pastner finally appears willing to really use the press. People are encouraged by the early positive reports on freshman big man Austin Nichols (Briarcrest). Tiger Nation is, well, so glad. Not to mention excited for the school to begin play in the new American Athletic Conference after finally exiting downtrodden Conference USA.
Less than a year ago, guard Michael Dixon was a preseason second-team All-American selection by The Sporting News after a junior season at Missouri in which he averaged 13.5 points and 3.3 assists. Off the bench.
Tigers coach Josh Pastner likes to talk about how there are three parts to the college basketball season. The University of Memphis aced their final run through the Conference USA regular season (going 16-0 in Part 1).
On Saturday, March 9, the Tigers finish out the regular season at FedExForum against UAB. We know if they win this game, they will have a perfect 16-0 record in the last season in Conference USA. We also know it will be the last time Tigers fans get to see senior D.J. Stephens play – dunk – in a home Tigers game.
So Josh Pastner's latest post-game conference is just about to start, this one after a 93-71 victory over Central Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 13, a game the Tigers led by as many as 34 points.
Depending on your perspective, it was lavish praise that spoke to the Tigers' potential still there for the realizing and great NCAA Tournament victories still there for the taking.
Or, depending on your perspective, it was an unintentional indictment of a college basketball team that so far has majored in underachievement and of a basketball equation where the sum is always less than its individual parts.
EmergeMemphis has announced its new board of directors officers for 2013.
The officers include chairman Scott Fountain, senior vice president and chief development officer for Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp.; immediate past chairman Amy Howell, CEO of Howell Marketing Strategies LLC; secretary Joey Dudek Jr., attorney with Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada PLLC; and treasurer Joe Lyons, chief financial officer with True Temper Sports.
There are several ways to measure the magnitude of a college basketball game. First, will the outcome echo through the rest of the season and resonate with the NCAA Tournament Committee come March?
Each year, a Chicago firm called Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. publishes a tongue-in-cheek report on the nation's lost productivity during March Madness.
Last season, the Grizzlies made the playoffs and even earned home-court advantage for their first-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers.
Last season, the Tigers made the NCAA Tournament after winning the regular season and tournament Conference USA championships.
Darla Williams has been promoted to health care administrator at Senior Care Management Solutions. In her new role, Williams will play a critical role in overseeing and customizing clients' daily care plans to fit their specific needs.
Licensed clinical social worker Courtney Ciaramitaro has joined Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal School as school counselor. She will work primarily with middle school students.
Hometown: Memphis
Megan Gatewood has been promoted to marketing director at Methodist Healthcare. In her new role, Gatewood is responsible for developing and overseeing marketing strategies for Methodist's adult hospitals, outpatient services and physician practices.
Bill Burtch, founder and president of full-service management consultancy firm Harmony Coaching & Consulting, has received the Professional Certified Coach designation from the International Coach Federation, becoming the second PCC in Memphis. Burtch, who also holds the Senior Professional in Human Resources designation, focuses his consulting work in executive/team coaching, professional development training and human resources consulting.
Investor Warren Buffett admitted in his annual letter to shareholders recently that he was "dead wrong" in his early 2011 prediction that the housing market would have begun recovery by now.
NASHVILLE (AP) – A proposal that would require agencies to verify that applicants for public benefits are legal residents has passed the Senate.
The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Jack Johnson of Franklin was approved 29-2 on Monday. The companion bill was to be heard on the House floor later in the day.
NASHVILLE (AP) – A bill seeking to require local and regional planning commissioners to file interest disclosures with the Tennessee Ethics Commission was met with last-minute resistance in the House on Thursday.
Memphis music icon Willie Mitchell was honored on what would have been his 84th birthday last week with a Tennessee state historical marker at his Royal Studios.
On Thanksgiving Eve, we drove to the airport to pick up my stepson, one of whose flights had been delayed, so it was after 10 by the time he emerged from baggage claim. All being hungry, I drove to Cooper-Young, thinking we could easily get in at the recently opened Alchemy at 10:30.
Fourteen Burch, Porter & Johnson PLLC attorneys have been included in the 2011 edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers magazine.
Every season has a first game. But this was not a perfunctory tip to an ordinary season. This one felt different, felt like the first act of a play that could have the ultimate, dramatic, ending.
Months from now, no one will remember all the particulars from the University of Memphis' 97-81 victory over Belmont on Tuesday, Nov. 15. People will forget that Will Barton, Wesley Witherspoon and Joe Jackson all went for at least 20 points, that the game started at 11 a.m. on a Tuesday (to accommodate ESPN) and that outside FedExForum it was a gray, rainy day.
MEMPHIS (AP) – Will Barton scored 23 points and Wesley Witherspoon added 22 to lead No. 10 Memphis past Belmont 97-81 on Tuesday.
"Memphis," the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, took New York by storm where it started a successful run two years ago.
In Memphis, the popular musical's namesake city where this weekend at the Orpheum Theatre it kicked off an 80-week tour, it may have to work a little harder to resonate with audiences.
Edward Brucker III has joined McManus Reilly Financial Foresight as investment and insurance adviser.
Hometown: Tucson, Ariz.
Education: Master of business administration from University of Phoenix
British singer-songwriter James Blunt has filmed a brief video of himself praising Gibson Guitar Corp., the embattled guitar maker whose Memphis and Nashville facilities were raided last month by federal agents.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Imagine a nation without the Postal Service.
No more birthday cards and bills or magazines and catalogs filling the mailbox. It's a worst-case scenario being painted for an organization that lost $8.5 billion in 2010 and seems headed deeper into the red this year.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is renewing an old fight with the business community by insisting that $400 billion in tax increases be part of a deficit-reduction package. His proposals have languished on Capitol Hill, repeatedly blocked by Republicans, often with help from Democrats.
New Sears CEO Lou D'Ambrosio has a lot of work to do.
But with appliance sales weakening, a small resurgence at Kmart faltering and Sears stores continually lagging, where to start?
The answer, analysts say, is the same as it's been for years: pour money into better-performing stores while closing flailing locations, freshen up house brands like Kenmore and bring in new brands to entice shoppers.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Americans are paying more for food and gas, a trend that threatens to slow the economy at a crucial time.
So far, the spike in such necessities hasn't stopped businesses from stepping up hiring or slowed factory production, which rose in March for the ninth straight month. Still, higher gas prices have led some economists to lower their forecasts for growth for the January-March quarter.
Mary Catherine Tagg, director of operations for Destination King, has received the "Rising Star" award at the fifth annual Association of Destination Management Executives Achievement Awards.
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The skeletal dysplasias (osteochondrodysplasias) comprise a heterogeneous group of disorders that are characterized by generalized abnormalities of skeletal growth and development. Of approximately 125 well-described skeletal dysplasias, about 50 are clinically apparent and identifiable at birth. The prevalence of these dysplasias in the newborn is quite frequent and has been estimated to be between 3–4.5 per 10,000, and the overall frequency of skeletal dysplasias among perinatal deaths to be about 9 per 1,000. Over the past 23 years we have acquired an enormous experience in the International Skeletal Dysplasia Registry with skeletal dysplasias diagnosable at birth or earlier. More and more cases referred to the registry over the past 2 years have been diagnosed as abnormal by ultrasound during the second trimester. The results of our evaluation of almost 400 fetuses and stillborn babies with reference to detailed prenatal history and postmortem evaluation including radiographs, chondro-osseous morphology and even some biochemical and molecular studies are presented. The most common disorders diagnosed were osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), thanatophoric dysplasia, campomelic dysplasia and achondrogenesis type II. Twenty-two types of neonatally diagnosable skeletal dysplasias are discussed together with potential fetal (second trimester) ultrasound findings, the number of fetal ultrasound cases referred to this registry, the number of total cases of that disorder sent to our registry, and the inheritance pattern of that skeletal dysplasia. This information should prove helpful in the evaluation of future cases ascertained by ultrasonography in the second trimester.
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- 1994-11
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- 2. Departments of Radiology and Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, Calif., USA


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Helen Sisson, 72, of Canyon died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007, in Amarillo.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Memory Gardens Cemetery with Dr. David Lowrie, pastor of First Baptist Church of Canyon, officiating. Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Directors.
Helen Sisson was born Oct. 24, 1934, to Alex and Opal Hopkins in Steelville, Mo. Growing up as a child, her family finally settled in Gallup, N.M., where she graduated high school and where her children were born. She then moved to Roswell, N.M., where she raised her children. Helen later moved to Carlsbad, N.M., where she attended New Mexico State University, receiving an associate degree as a registered nurse. She retired from Guadalupe Medical Center where she worked as an emergency room nurse. After retirement she moved to Canyon to be with her family.
China painting was her passion. Helen's devotion and love to her children and grandchildren was exceptional as well as her faith in God.
She was preceded in death by her parents of Gallup; a brother, Dale Hopkins; and a sister, Patty Hopkins.
Survivors include a sister, Alicia Travis and husband Buddy of Athens; a brother, Rex Hopkins of Colorado City; a daughter, Cathy Parker and husband Omer of Canyon; two sons, Charley Radcliff and wife Debbie of LaConner, Wash., and Shawn Radcliff and wife Aliina of Aztec, N.M.; four grandsons, Lee Parker of Adrian, Randy Parker of Garden City, Kan., and Nicholas and Jarrett Radcliff of Aztec; two granddaughters, Jennifer Ivey of Vega and Jessica Arnold of Bellingham, Wash.; and two great-grandsons, Johnathon and Jerimiah Arnold of Bellingham.
Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 24, 2007
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VOX Creative Art Series
This semester, celebrate all things literary with the VOX Creative Art Series, featuring poetry readings, a play, a bookmaking workshop, a party, and more.
Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of English and Modern Languages, VOX Arts and Literary Magazine, and the International English Honor Society Sigma Tau Delta present a semester's worth of events focused on the written word. From homemade books to poetry readings and more, the VOX Creative Art Series has something for everyone.
Handmade/Homemade Exhibit, Bookmaking Workshop, and Reading
Exhibit: Month of March at Mortola Library
Bookmaking Workshop: March 11, 1:50 p.m.–3:15 p.m., Butcher Suite
Reading by Lee Gough: March 11, 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m., Butcher Suite
This mini-exhibition includes handmade, homemade, and letterpress chapbooks; one-of-a-kind editions; and broadsides. Exhibitors include Megan Burns, Jody Gladding, Lee Gough, Caren Hegna, Janice Lee, Zarmina Rafi, Linda Ryan, Robbin Ami Silverberg, and Kate Van Houten. Poet and multi-disciplinary visual artist Lee Gough will read from her new work and provides a bookmaking workshop. She is the author of Mary and Shelley's Fair Copy Book, a chapbook Future Occupations, as well as many informal artist books.
Poet Anne Shaw
March 25, 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Lienhard Hall, Room 25
Poet Anne Shaw will read from her new book Dido in Winter. The reading will be followed by a discussion with the audience about her work. Shaw is the author of two poetry collections: Dido in Winter and Undertow, winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Prize. Her poems and reviews have appeared in journals including Harvard Review, Black Warrior Review, Denver Quarterly, The Los Angeles Review, The Kenyon Review, and New American Writing. She currently lives in Chicago, where she studies sculpture at the School of the Art Institute. Her work can be found online at www.anneshaw.org.
Blood Wedding
April 26, 1:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Center at Purchase College
Pace students attend Purchase Performing Arts Center's production of Federico Garcia-Lorca's Blood Wedding. Lorca's gorgeous, poetic tragedy explores the mystery of love and questions the social rules of civilized life. For information on joining the trip, contact Professor Heather Bryant at email@example.com.
VOX Arts and Literary Magazine Launch Event and English Department Celebration of Writing
April 29, 12:15 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Butcher Suite
VOX Arts and Literary Magazine hosts a fantastic end-of-semester event. Join us for lunch, literary readings, prize announcements, copies of the latest issue of VOX Arts and Literary Magazine and the English Department's Celebration of Writing. This semester's launch will feature student writers from the last two issues. Pace alumna Amanda Cerreto will read from her young adult novel, Fall from Grace. This event is co-sponsored with Sigma Tau Delta and the Department of English and Modern Languages.
All events are free and open to the public. Special thanks to the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of English and Modern Languages, VOX Arts and Literary Magazine, and Sigma Tau Delta. For more information about these and other events, contact Debra Poe, PhD, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Pace is pleased to announce the appointment of Jonathan H. Hill, DPS, as Dean of the Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, effective July 1, 2016.
A New Dean for Seidenberg
Do you remember your transition to college life? Wish there was something someone had told you? Know a special Pace perk that could benefit the Class of 2020? Let's hear it!
In Hindsight
Dyson Biology Professor Erika Crispo shares how to study for success, why she can't be bothered with a career in law or politics, and what makes her so passionate about animals and her area of research.
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Apr 27, 2011Music may lack the crazy ambition of his previous acts or some of the unexpected goofiness of the Gang's debut, but it's still a modest pleasure and a fine addition to Svenonius' catalog.
Mar 14, 2011Svenonius' cockeyed worldview is much easier to take, and his jokes that much funnier, when he's not lecturing audiences.
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If you have troubles since the update to WordPress 4.5 please read this post before opening a new thread.
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Hey, just installed the theme but I don't see the shop , cart, checkout links at the top per your video.
Why I'm getting duplicate pages?March 23, 2012 at 7:43 pm #68860
Hi dnoray,
I took a look at the site and it seems you have it figured out. Make sure you download the most recent version of the theme from Themeforest as you have an old version there and a number of bugs have been fixed since then.
DevinMarch 24, 2012 at 8:20 am #68861
Hi Devin, I'm new to WordPress and I don't think you you understood my questions:
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Thanks, dnorayMarch 26, 2012 at 6:30 am #68862
1) The shop navigation (including shopping cart, checkout, log in, etc.) displays fine on the right side (not sure what "the shop link" is though). If you want to add categories to the menu you can use the menu bilder (Appearance > Menus) – maybe you need to activate them ("Screen Options" tab located near the right top corner > tick/check the box next to the Product Categories).
2) You can use the wp editor (Appearance > Editor) to edit the theme files. You need to edit footer.php to adjust the footer code.
3) It depends on your configuration. If you use the dummy data configuration you probably use a dynamic template. You can modify it by going to Abundance > Template Builder and select the "Frontpage" template.March 26, 2012 at 9:04 pm #68863
Thanks for your reply, I did not use the dummy data config so how do I edit the frontpage otherwise?March 26, 2012 at 11:14 pm #68864
Hi, I figured out how to edit the "Frontpage" but I can't get rid of the LOGOS at the bottom of the page.March 27, 2012 at 7:49 pm #68865
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Which I'm sure many of you all did, http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070906/46481_id.html?.v=1copy and paste in case the link doesn't work. Its a new remediation company. Who knows, might make a nice acquisition for ECOL. Cool concept in any case.
In-situ treatment using a wide away of surfactants has been around for a number of years. It is a useful technique, but also has its limitations. It's also not realy anything new. I think that if ECOL wanted to be in the in-situ treatment market, then they would have entered it quite a while ago.
Maybe they haven't been in the in-situ market because they know its been in-effective up until now. Any strong mangement team with foresight will see opportunities to expand their product line and services. Here is a good quick example...GE didn't stick to just making household appliances. Google is far more than the original search engine... I could go on and on with examples.
True, in-situ has been around for a number of years...a number of years where there has been no effective way to remediate up until now. The list of reasons why it has been ineffective is a long one. Verutek has overcome all of the limitations in an environmetally sensitive way. You can make the case for just about every new technology spanning every industry that there were always predecessor's to that technology that had limitations. Just because in-situ has been around doesn't mean its effective. I encourage you to educate yourself on the process and understand why, up until now, in-situ technology has been a joke. Being quite knowledgeable on the subject, I jumped at the opportunity to invest in Verutek. They've proven their technology works...far better than was expected. The only question with this company is their ability to execute business sales and educate businesses on why prior technologies are worthless and dig and haul is way too expensive. This company has vast potential and could be a $20 stock in a couple of years. I don't see it going much lower than the $2-$3 range


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Born: May 31, 1942 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Died: May 1, 2001
High School: Atkins in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
College: New York University
Draft: Cincinnati Royals, 4th round (8th pick, 33rd overall), 1964 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 17, 1964
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Music Today the Stranger Suggests
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(MUSIC) There are no Fishbone haters, only unrealized fans who haven't seen them live. To the lucky diehards I've met in the pit over the years, seething to the punk-funk ecstasy of "Bonin' in the Boneyard": See you at Studio Seven (wherever that is). To the rest of you who don't know what you're missing: After two decades of horn-drivin', bass-slappin', heavy-soul madness, the L.A. septet are still one of the greatest live bands around. (Studio Seven, 110 S Horton St, 286-1312. 8 pm, $15 adv/$18 DOS, all ages.) JONATHAN ZWICKEL


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Apparently we misunderstood: The New 52 doesn't refer to the number of titles DC Comics publishes each month but rather the number of times each title changes creative hands. That's what it seems like sometimes, what with firings by email, quitting on Twitter, rehirings and more. The general impression from behind-the-scenes tales is that the New 52 is in chaos. However, the end product might suggest DC is actually somewhat holding it together.
Creative changes are nothing new; turnover is inevitable. The key is how that turnover is managed. The ideal is to have a long and satisfying run by a cohesive team smoothly transitioning to a new team. Lord knows that doesn't always happen, and we've certainly been hearing about it not happening recently.
With all of the news of creators coming and going, or going before they even get there, it's easy to get distracted from the results of the finished product. So, I decided to take a look at a sampling of DC's New 52, from its launch in late summer 2011 to today, and see how the stability of various titles was affected by creative changes. For my survey, I looked at the Justice League family of books, which includes the flagship Justice League, as well as Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Arrow and others generally associated with the JLA that haven't had a big Hollywood movie.
Here in Memphis this week, September finally turned the corner into fall. High temperatures are mostly in the 70s, the air is getting crisper, and the sky is turning a paler blue. Unlike July or August, when October and November seem far in the future, a nice September makes December that much easier to imagine.
In September you start to settle into the routine which will take you through the winter — and that's apparently true as well for the New 52 superhero books. Let's get on with it, shall we?
Ivan Reis and Joe Prado head to Justice League with December's Issue 15, and I for one am happy. Although I like Jim Lee fine, I think Reis is better-suited to big, multiple-character action. It's hard for me to explain the distinction, so consider this: How would "Sinestro Corps" or Blackest Night have looked if Lee had drawn them? Reis manages crowds quite well, and Justice League should be crowded.
Also, while I've been rather down on Justice League of late, the expanded roster (teased over a year ago) and the Atlantis-centered storyline make me optimistic that the book is … well, doing what I'd like it to do, which is being a showcase for, and gateway to, the larger superhero universe. So, well done, solicitation!
Captain Atom, Resurrection Man and Voodoo will end in September, joining Justice League International in DC Comics' second wave of New 52 cancellations. As the publisher announced last week, four new titles — Talon, Sword of Sorcery, The Phantom Stranger and Team 7 — will launch as part of the "Zero Month" initiative.
In short, four series end, four series begin, and in October the title count returns to the magical 52 and balance is restored to the DC Universe.
The solicitations also reveal that September's DC Universe Presents #0 will feature Blackhawks' Mother Machine, Hawk and Dove, Mister Terrific and O.M.A.C., all characters whose titles ended in May, underscoring comments made last week by Co-Publisher Dan DiDio that, "if a series does go away, we want to make sure we have a proper place for the characters."
Think of it as the 2012 version of the Cancelled Comic Cavalcade, only this time with all-new adventures that the solicitation text promises will "play out across the entire New 52." It's a 64-page issue by the likes of DiDio, Cafu, James Robinson, Rob Liefeld and Marat Mychaels.
Note that there's no sign of Static or the Men of War crew, who were also set adrift in the New 52's first wave of cancellations. Perhaps there will be room for those characters, alongside Captain Atom, Resurrection Man and Voodoo, in an upcoming issue.
At first I wasn't especially excited about too much in DC's February solicitations. However, the more I looked around, the more optimistic I became. Six months into the New 52, some connections are starting to gel, and their interactions (well, as far as what you can glean from the ad copy) seem more organic. As always, there were a few pleasant surprises in the collected editions, and some details from which to spin hopeful speculation.
But enough with the purple prose — let's hit the books!
The gee-whizziest news of the February solicitations has to be the digital-first format of Batman Beyond Unlimited. I have not been the quickest to adapt to digitally-conveyed comics, mostly because my personal technology level hasn't caught up. However, I do read a number of webcomics, as well as newspaper strips online, and if the price were right, I'd gladly sample BBU's features on my computer before picking up the print version. Having Dustin Nguyen and (yay!) Norm Breyfogle involved doesn't hurt either.
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In many ways, for longtime DC superhero readers, this is the first week of the rest of our lives. This is the week the first batch of New-52 second issues come out, and as such, this week the New 52 stops being a September-specific gimmick. We all know the second issue is where the rubber meets the road. Accordingly, in conjunction with a look at December's titles, here's where I am after a month of first issues.
Back when the September solicitations came out, I listed 37 books that I was planning at least to try:
Action Comics, All-Star Western, Aquaman, Batgirl, Batman, Batman And Robin, Batwing, Batwoman, Blackhawks, Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, Catwoman, DC Universe Presents, Demon Knights, Detective Comics, The Flash, Frankenstein: Agent Of SHADE, The Fury Of Firestorm, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Green Lantern: New Guardians, Grifter, Justice League, Justice League Dark, Justice League International, Men Of War, Mister Terrific, Nightwing, Red Lanterns, Resurrection Man, Static Shock, Stormwatch, Supergirl, Superman, Swamp Thing, and Wonder Woman
Whether by accident or design, this week was dominated by female leads (four, not including Starfire in Red Hood) and Bat-titles (four including RH; five if you count Birds Of Prey). It is tempting to say the woman-led titles ran the gamut of experiences from A to D, but thankfully it is a little more complicated than that. As you might expect, the week produced issues of varying quality, although I found something to like about each one. Sometimes it was harder to find that one thing, though….
Naturally, SPOILERS FOLLOW.
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In theory, the DC Universe Presents anthology has a longer lease on life because its sales can't be judged fairly on the basis of only one arc. I suppose that, given Deadman's relationship with one of Hawk & Dove's headliners, that book's readers might be interested in this one. By and large, though, the audience for this title is made up either of DC stalwarts waiting for a good Obscure Character X story, or (less likely, I'd say) impulse buyers. Such an approach might have been a great way to introduce a totally new character within the context of the New 52, and piggyback that feature on the rest of the relaunch's popularity — but I'm not surprised DC chose Deadman, fresh off Brightest Day.
• USA Today talks with Supergirl co-writers Mike Johnson and Michael Green about their approach to the relaunched title, and provides a five-page preview of the first issue, which goes on sale Wednesday. "We're really excited about the opportunity to hand this book to a female reader who is into things like The Hunger Games," Johnson says. "This is a strong character with her own point of view."
• Writer J.T. Krul will be replaced by Keith Giffen and artist Dan Jurgens on Green Arrow with December's Issue 4. The news comes just days after John Rozum announced he's leaving Static Shock.
Following yesterday's Twitter-thon of artwork from DC's "New 52″ titles, several more tweets featuring various pages from various books hit today — including another puzzle by David Macho that revealed the above Grifter art by CAFU.
Follow the hash tag #52splash for more, or check out additional pieces after the jump.
Although it seems like DC's big relaunch announcement came out an eternity ago, it actually took the publisher less than two weeks to roll out the 52 titles and their creative teams for the big relaunch/reboot/overhaul coming in September. Now that the cats are out of their respective bags, I thought I'd see where various creators and characters will land after the reboot.
So I went back through DC's August solicitations to see who was writing or drawing what, and tried to map everyone to their post-relaunch project — if they had one. However, looking at DC's August solicitations, there seem to be several fill-in issues, so where appropriate I tried to map the most recent ongoing creative teams to their new projects (for instance, I consider Gail Simone and Jesus Saiz the regular creative team for Birds of Prey, even if they aren't doing the last two issues before September hits). Keep in mind that I just went through the ongoing series and skipped over all the miniseries … of which there are a lot, what with Flashpoint winding up in August.
It's also worth noting that although several creators didn't appear in the "big 52″ announcements, that doesn't mean their tenure with DC is necessarily over — some, like Frazer Irving, have said they have future projects that haven't been announced. So I tried to note where creators have talked publicly about their post-relaunch plans with DC (or lack thereof, as the case may be). The same could probably be said for some of DC's characters as well. Or, as Gail Simone said on Twitter: "Again, September is NOT THE END. There's still plans for characters that we haven't seen yet."
So let's get to it ….
(This starts out cynical, but it gets better.)
DC's superhero line is essentially an intellectual-property farm. Every new issue cements the company's hold on its existing characters and/or introduces new characters for future exploitation. If, by some chance, a particular story turns out to be Art, so much the better. The important thing is to maintain those property rights.
Accordingly, it's rare that a character is "retired," a la Jack "Starman" Knight or Tommy "Hitman" Monaghan, when his story has reached a stopping point. A little while back I wrote that maybe the New Teen Titans had reached their own peak at the end of Marv Wolfman and George Pérez's original run. Originally I wanted to revisit that, and list a few more titles which perhaps might have benefited from similar retirements. Let's do that, at least briefly….


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What's The Matter With Arsenal?
Two weeks ago, Arsenal was still in the running for a hypothetical Grand Slam of titles. It was in the final of the League Cup. It was one game removed from the quarterfinal of the FA Cup. It had beaten mighty Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16. And in the Premier League, it was in second place, four points behind Manchester United, with a head-to-head clash coming up at home on April Fools' Day.
Over the past few years, despite playing some of the best European soccer this side of Barcelona, Arsenal has not won a trophy since capturing the FA Cup in 2005. The omens here were good.
But two weeks can be an eternity in soccer. Arsenal was upset by Birmingham City in the League Cup final. It then crashed out of the Champions League, falling 3-1 at Barcelona. And it was eliminated from the FA Cup on Saturday, following a 2-0 defeat at Manchester United. This setback was even more painful considering its opponent fielded a lopsided team, with just five regulars and three defenders playing out of position in the midfield. All that is left for the Gunners now is the Premier League.
If Arsenal doesn't win the English title, it will be six years without silverware, which is a serious drought for any top European side. To explain this period of underachievement, other clubs may point to financial difficulty, managerial instability or simply sub-standard players. None of this applies to Arsenal.
The club has consistently turned a profit in recent years, and it's the fifth-highest-grossing club in soccer, according to Deloitte and Touche's "Football Money League" report. Arsene Wenger has been the manager since 1996, and he has near-total control over soccer operations. And during much of this drought, Arsenal had the third-highest wage bill, though it has now slipped to fourth. Most important, the club consistently played well: entertaining, attacking, creating and converting plenty of chances.
Of course, the notion of what constitutes good soccer is a source of eternal debate. But if you value a positive possession-oriented style, technically skillful players and teams that please the eye, then Arsenal have few peers. So why the lack of trophies?
The conventional narrative is that Wenger's teams are soft and that he is too stubborn to deviate from his utopian vision of the game—how it should be played and how teams should be assembled. There is little question that his early sides were physically more imposing. Over the past decade, most teams have gotten bigger, while the average Arsenal regular today is more than an inch smaller than in 1998, when Wenger won his first title. They were generally more aggressive, perhaps a function of the legendary back four he inherited from his predecessor, the no-frills George Graham. His detractors say that Arsenal plays "pretty soccer," which means that sometimes, they lack the go-for-the-jugular Plan B. Rather than occasionally booting it long to see what happens, or peppering the net with shots, the Arsenal trademark is an obsession with passing to create the perfect goalscoring chance. From this Wenger will not deviate.
Wenger hasn't splashed the cash like most of his competitors, either. Since the drought began, Arsenal has a positive net-transfer spend of around $25 million. According to the website TransferMarkt.de, its rivals are all squarely in the red: Manchester United (negative $80 million), Liverpool (negative $150 million), Tottenham Hotspur (negative $275 million), Chelsea ( negative $332 million) and Manchester City (negative $582 million). By any measure, keeping a team competitive in those circumstances is a phenomenal achievement.
Yet the curious thing is that Wenger has long insisted his lack of spending comes by choice, not by some kind of edict from above. His philosophy dictates investing in youngsters, mostly from abroad—often, he acquires teenagers before they are fully developed and adds the finishing touches himself. He also prizes value signings from mid-level clubs, like Bacary Sagna (picked up from Auxerre) or Laurent Koscielny (who arrived from Lorient). He has never been shy about selling his star players for the right price. Indeed, Arsenal's positive transfer balance is as much a result of clever selling as it is shrewd buying.
The end result, critics say, is a team that plays well and represents a cash cow for its shareholders. It also ends up sacrificing results to its manager's obsessive dogma.
But that's not entirely fair. The margin between success and failure, especially in a low-scoring sport like soccer, is tiny. During this so-called drought, Arsenal has reached three cup finals, including the 2006 Champions League final, while regularly finishing in the top four. And in this time period, Arsenal battled against rivals that were not just better-funded, but manned by some of the greatest managers in history: Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti, Rafa Benitez and, of course, Sir Alex Ferguson. All these managers have won multiple European trophies.
While turning the Gunners into one of the most distinctive and admired brands in the game, Wenger has won three league titles and four FA Cups at Arsenal. Hindsight is always 20-20, but sometimes droughts like this one are mere statistical quirks—and nothing more.
A Coaching Change To Win the Future
On Monday, Bayern Munich announced that its manager, Louis van Gaal, would be leaving at the end of the season. The decision came after three consecutive defeats that eliminated Bayern from the German Cup and effectively knocked the club out of the title race. (It's currently fourth, 16 points from the top of the table.)
The club's decision to part ways with the Dutch manager is somewhat debatable. Van Gaal did come within 90 minutes of winning a historic Bundesliga-German Cup-Champions League Treble last season. On the other hand, Bayern's results this year have been poor, and the relationship between van Gaal and upper management reportedly was strained.
The most-curious part of this announcement was the timing. By informing van Gaal that he won't be seeing out his contract, Bayern has made its manager a lame duck even though it still has plenty at stake this year. The club is still alive in the Champions League, and it needs to rise from fourth to third—or higher—if it wants to qualify for next year's lucrative competition, worth between $30 million and $60 million. This suggest thats while Bayern doesn't believe van Gaal is the right man to take the club forward, the board has enough faith in his professionalism to stick with him, rather than appoint an interim replacement.
Judging from Bayern's 6-0 drubbing of Hamburg on Saturday, the first game since the announcement, the club's board got this one right. At least for now.
— Gabriele Marcotti is the world soccer columnist for The Times of London and a regular broadcaster for the BBC.


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When I attempt to open an excel file from Sharepoint using Google Chrome, I get an error message: that there is an unsupported feature and would I like to open in Excel. If you say yes, then I get another error saying I must have excel and my browser must be configured to open directly from excel in the browser ??? Anyone seen this before ?
Installing the Chrome extension IE Tab did the job for me.
It has the ability to auto-detect URLs so whenever I browse to our SharePoint it emulates Internet Explorer. Finally I can open Office documents directly from Chrome.
This article provides details on browser support for SharePoint 2010 Browser Support Chrome is now supported. Even some MS browsers have limitations. Firefox is also listed as supported.
There are a number of comments on Chrome on various MS sites and others that some features work but not fully supported. For example Cross Browser suport or MSDN discussion


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Big Game Hunter
|Killed 2000 monsters
This, along with All-Rounder, is one of the two big time-consuming, grinding achievements. You have to kill 2000 monsters across all playthroughs; note you do not have to save the game, as all kills will stack. If you really want to grind this out in one location, a good place to do it is at the entrance to the Water Temple, as there are at least half a dozen enemies at the entrance, and you have your entire crew to help. Another good spot to do this is at the end boss, as she will periodically spawn anywhere from 3-10 enemies. Just don't kill her and wait for her to spawn her henchmen, then kill them.
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1. Edward Vaughan the elder of Stockin in the parishnof Presteigne co Hereford...
1. Edward Vaughan the elder of Stockin in the parishnof Presteigne co Hereford gentleman, and Hannah his wife and Edward Vaughan the younger of the same gentleman, son and heir of Edward and Hannah
2. Edward Hill of Stepleton gentleman and Mary Hill of the same spinster, only daughter of Edward Hill
3. Thomas Vaughan of Stepleton tanner and John Adams of Presteigne co Radnor gentleman
Consideration:- a marriage to be had between Edward Vaughan the younger and Mary Hill, a marriage portion to be paid to him, and a messuage and lands of Edward Hill in Stepleton co Hereford already settled on her and the heire of her body, a rent of £20 to be paid to Edward Vaughan the elder and Hannah his wife during their lives and the life of the survivor, in part performance of articles of equal date with these presents
(1) Edward Vaughan the elder and Hannah his wife
(2) Edward Vaughan the younger
(3) Edward Hill and Mary Hill
Release of a capital messuage in Stockin (Edward Vaughan the elder) and all appurtenances in Stockin, Upper Willey and Lower Willey in the parish of Presteigne co Hereford, with the new seat in the gallery in the church of Presteigne (reserving the parlor and buttery adjoining, the two chambers over the parlor, the upper garden and the fruit of the orchard next to the now dwelling of Jane Evans widow, being part of the premises, for the lives of Edward the elder and Hannah, with liberty for their servants to brew and bake in the kitchen of the premises whensoever they have occasion, with such firewood as they shall have occasion to use)
To use of Edward Vaughan the elder and heirs until the marriage and until 2 May following, after to use of Edward Vaughan the younger and Mary his wife for their lives and the life of the survivor, after to use of the heirs of the body of Mary by Edward Vaughan the younger and for want of issue to use of the right heirs of Edward Vaughan the younger, provided that Edward the younger and Mary, their heirs, executors and administrators, shall out of the premises pay Edward the elder and Hannah his wife for their lives and the life of the survivor a yearly rent of £20, half the taxes and payments rated on the premises to be allowed out of it, the first payment to be on 2 November 1722, with right to distrain after 40 days.
Covenant as to title and for further assurance by fine before the end of Hillary term next (the fine to enure to uses as above) and by any other fine or recovery required. Warranty.
Signatures of (Edward) Vaughan, Edward Vaughan, Edwards Hill, Mary Hill, Thomas aughan, John Adams; mark; of Hannah Vaughan
Witnesses:- Thomas Dunne, George Legge, Henry Vaughan (mark), Rodd Pyfinch (mark)
|16 October 1721
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IRVING, Texas (AP) - Tony Romo has now directed decisive fourth-quarter drives in the past two Dallas wins.
The Cowboys don't even want to think about where they would be without the latest successes in a Romo resume also filled with some notable late-game failures.
Dallas just knows this: With Romo's winning drive to Dan Bailey's 35-yard field goal on the final play at the New York Giants on Sunday, the Cowboys are back in control of the NFC East with five games left, starting with a short week before their Thanksgiving game against Oakland.
With the victory, Dallas is tied with Philadelphia at 6-5, has a 4-0 division record and gets the Eagles at home to finish the regular season.


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The tram drivers are all sweethearts
The free trolley is down the street and it can take you to target, the mall, downtown, all the way to Chula Vista. Buses located directly outside campus can take you to the beach or anywhere you want to go, really. It is nice to have a car, though, but not hard to find a ride if you don't.
The fact that we have on campus transportation is an added bonus that I wasn't expecting. It's pretty easy to use our tram service on campus, especially with the mobile school app that can give you approximate times. In terms of getting transportation off-campus, the San Diego public transportation system is pretty close and accessible to campus.
San Diego has terrible public transit, and you need a car. Uber and Lyft are your best options if you do not own a car. Traveling long distance is easy with the San Diego International Airport only 10 minutes from campus, and the Amtrak train station nearby that goes to LA and Santa Barbara.
Trams on campus are good for getting past the hills, but I've never taken them off campus.
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Bringing a car to campus is extremely helpful but not necessary. For students without cars, cabs are easy to get, but they can be expensive; campus trams go to Old Town every hour, and Zipcars are available to rent for a few hours or for a full day. If you think you'll be using public transportation often, the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System sells monthly passes that can be used on buses, Coaster trains, and trolleys. The best advice for freshmen who didn't bring their cars to campus is to make friends with those who did. This enables spontaneous trips to Target or the mall, and is cheaper and more convenient than public transportation.
There are trams that run from East Campus to Main Campus and around West Campus. These trams can be really convenient when you're running late to class, but they can be unreliable. There is an app for iPhones that tells you where trams are at a given time, but there's almost no telling how long the driver will wait at a stop or if he'll go on break before coming to your stop. Most students find that it's easier to walk across campus than it is to wait for the trams.
The shuttle runs throughout the entire campus, and also makes morning and evening runs to Old Town Trolley Station.
(619) 260-4518
On-campus service: Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-11:30 p.m.
Old Town Transit Center: 6:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. (from old Town Transit Center to USD, approximately every half-hour), 3 p.m.-7:30 p.m. (from USD to Old Town Transit Center, approximately every half-hour)
511 (Northern San Diego County)
(619) 233-3004 (Southern San Diego County)
(619) 234-5005
A USD tram runs between the Old Town Transit Trolley Station and campus, so the trolley is a convenient way to get around.
(619) 238-0100 general administrative office
(619) 557-4555 customer service
1255 Imperial Ave.
The Coaster provides daily commuter service between Oceanside and downtown San Diego, and there is a stop a short walk down the hill from USD at the Old Town Center. The Coaster can be a great commuter tool for students who live or work in North County.
(760) 966-6500
810 Mission Ave.
The airport is approximately 6 miles from campus.
3225 N. Harbor Drive
(619) 400-2400
1313 National Ave.
(619) 515-1100
Santa Fe Depot is located in downtown San Diego right on the Harbor and is impossible to miss. Amtrak provides daily service to all points north and is great for trips to Los Angeles and all points in between. The ride up the coast to LA is breathtaking, and it should be done at least once.
1050 Kettner Blvd.
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I was very comfortable here. There are comfortable beds with canopy mosquito nets. I got to take an actual hot shower and the bathroom was very clean. There are quite a bit of mosquitoes which I am guessing is due to the hotel's proximity to a dam. However, the hotel will provide you with bug spray. The food is okay...don't get a milkshake. The pork chops smelled amazing and unfortunately, I never got to try them. There is free WiFi here and you can use the business center for a cheap 100 Kenyan shillings per day (about $1 USD). I recommend visiting Carinvore which is right down the street. Don't walk there though! Get a driver. Also, there is a large Walmart-like store across the street. In the parking lot you can buy some awesome souvenirs at a very good price. My friends bought some beautiful purses here and I bought hand-carved animal heads to hang on the wall.
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Feb 15
Fear the Masses presents: CT Metal Goes Acoustic! So its about that time CT.! We can do our own planet of sound/story tellers/MTV unplugged style acoustic show. We have a chance to make CT metal a staple in New England by showing everyone that there's also different sides to all these bands & awesome artist's... Enjoy an intimate evening acoustic with: Fear The Masses Our Own Destruction Jesse from Composing The Apocalypse EMJAY, Matt and Jeremy from E.M.J. And Mother fucking Christian F. Lawrence (Opus solo acoustic) from Dead By Wednesday & formerly G-Soul Admission is $5.00. This event is going to be broadcast LIVE and recorded by Official FN Radio. We hope to release in late spring 2014 a "CT Metal Goes Acoustic: Vol 1" and to make this a yearly event. *This is a 21+ event. The Outer Space is located in "The Space" complex and boasts over 60 beers. Cash bar with ATM on site.
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Fear The Masses new album release party. E.M.J. will be the opening set, and EMJAY will be a featured artist on stage for a song or two. Free copy of the new album with admission!
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Sounds Like: Styles P, Evanescence, Rage Against the Machine, Sheek Louch, Jadakiss
Manager: Sure Sound Studios
Bio: As early as 1997, it was evident that EMJAY was not your typical rap artist. The rap duo Deluzion, which consisted of EMJAY and his late rap partner Malish, wrote music with messages opposing racism, gang life, and substance abuse. His first album, "Warlike Tactics" released in 1999 under the nam...See Full Bio


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And So It Begins
Seen in Westlake this afternoon:
Yep, it's a man decked out head to toe in anti-monorail gear, complete with signs saying "An $11 Billion Mistake," "Whoops," and of course a vintage monorailrecall.com placard. He also had stickers to match his sandwich board, with a red X over a green monorail, and the words "RE•VOTE NOW."
I nabbed two (I felt bad for the guy - most people were sidestepping him, ignoring him, or glaring). First two people to stop by my desk or email me each get one.
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We had a wonderful stay and was well looked after by Najib and Semir. It was like being at home! The Riad is beautiful and very clean and rooms were spacious and had a great Moroccan feel. It was very near to everything in Marrakesh and also was the perfect place to relax and sit on the roof terrace drinking mint tea and taking in the views of the city. We would defo stay here again, they organised us trips to the mountains and gave us honest advice of what to see etc.
They even recommended places for nightlife hotspots and had a great Morocco evening out with the general manager.
If you want to be well looked after and stay in a beautiful traditional place then stay at the DAR NAKHLA.
Thank you
Marios , Will, Fiona and Katy xx
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Toys Today, Servants Tomorrow
By MICHEL MARRIOTT
Published: March 22, 2001
AT the annual Toy Fair last month, the huge annual show in New York where the toy industry promotes its newest creations, robots were everywhere.
Tiger Electronics, a division of Hasbro, showed off no less than two dozen interactive robotic toys that it plans to unleash next holiday season. They include a free-ranging turtle and other automatons for the fish bowl, as well as a gleaming, robotic baby that coos while responding to touch, sight and sound. There were plenty of robotic toys from other manufacturers, too: more dogs than you can throw a stick at, joined by cats, birds, mice, bugs, dinosaurs and even potted plants.
Many of these toys are crammed with sophisticated electronics and software so that they can sense walls or other obstacles. Many can hear and recognize simple speech and respond to commands; some can see, detecting light and even colors. And all of them are capable of movement.
These toys might represent the best of their breed, but they are still only toys. None of them measures up to the vision of robots as powerful, helpful servants as predicted decades ago by scientists and made popular in science fiction, like Isaac Asimov's stories and the ''Jetsons'' cartoon series. While the fair was overrun by toy robots, the relatively modest number of useful robots are mostly tucked away in research laboratories or at work on factory floors.
But robotic toys, experts say, may help usher in the day, in the not too distant future, when more practical, utilitarian robots are common around the house. The clever use in toys of microprocessors, memory chips, sensors, servo motors and advanced software, like the sort that makes voice recognition possible, is pointing the way to vastly more advanced robots that can work with humans without intimidating them.
''Toys are just the tip of the iceberg in what is coming,'' said Wayne Walter, a founder of the Laboratory for Cooperative, Autonomous Microsystems at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Moreover, some experts add, by growing up with robots as favorite toys, a generation of children may more readily accept robotic assistants working among them in the home or office when they are adults.
''These toys are opening the door for broad acceptance of robotics in the same way that Pong and other home computer toys opened the way for computers to be used on a daily basis,'' said Brian Friedman, managing director of Robotic Ventures, a Chicago-based venture capital company that invests in robotics and artificial-intelligence companies.
Nowhere is the influence of robotic toys more pervasive than in the area of robot-human interaction. Here, some robotics experts say, toys might have a few tricks to teach more utilitarian robots of the future about how humanlike they have to act and look.
Like early 20th-century forecasts of flying family automobiles by the 21st century, the walking, talking, mostly anthropomorphic robots in the home, office and factory never materialized. By the mid-1980's, serious talk about a personal robot -- a tireless, intelligent, forever helpful mechanical servant, something to wash the dishes, clean the house, cook the meals, water the plants and watch the children -- had all but vanished.
Instead, Mr. Friedman said, highly specialized robots emerged, often designed to take over repetitive or dangerous tasks. Robots also became popular research projects at universities around the world.
Jeff Burnstein, vice president of marketing and public relations for the Robotic Industries Association, an almost 30-year-old trade group, said that useful interactive home robots were becoming more likely by the day.
''It was a lot more difficult task than what people thought at the time,'' Dr. Walter said. ''It required a lot of these sensors that are only now being developed.''
One day soon, some experts say, robots may not only cook meals and clean the house, but also routinely patrol homes and offices as security guards, act as guide dogs for the blind and assist the handicapped and seriously ill in various tasks. Even attaching robots directly to humans in the form of responsive prosthetic limbs is close to becoming a reality.
''It's coming together,'' Mr. Burnstein said. ''If you get more sophisticated in voice recognition and sensor technology and vision, you are getting to a point where it becomes more likely that you are going to have useful home robots. But there are still a lot of hurdles.''
Pradeep Khosla, a professor of engineering and robotics at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, said the designers of advanced robotics can learn an important lesson from the sudden popularity of electronic toy robots. ''They make these machines human-friendly and take away the intimidation factor,'' he said.
Many of the robotic toys bubble over with virtual personalities -- cute, microchip-based quirks that Andrew Filo, an inventor who has worked closely with Tiger Electronics, calls a ''variation in their emotional states.'' Some can speak or light up in response to certain stimuli; others can act in response to voice commands.