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Kim Armor is the CFO of Comcast Ventures, Comcast's venture capital arm. In Armor's words, the company specializes in "invest[ing] in innovative business that represent the next generation of entertainment, communication and digital technology." Occasionally this overlaps with the sports world. The Comcast Ventures portfolio includes companies such as fantasy sports site FanDuel and Vox Media, SB Nation's parent company.
Armor put her sports-business connection to the test in picking her NCAA tournament bracket for GE's CFO Bracket Challenge for charity. Rather than make picks based on instinct, she devised a formula. We asked Armor to explain that formula, as well as discuss her business experience and charity of choice, Girls Leadership Institute. Below, her answers, and her bracket. (Interview condensed for length and clarity.)
I notice you have a few picks highlighted in yellow. I believe that's because you used an interesting selection method?
I did apply a mathematical formula to make my picks for every round. But in the rounds where the numbers were the same for each school, I had to choose one of the criteria to dominate over the other. In the [highlighted] instances, the two matchups had the same score. So I [picked] based on what I felt were the important criteria for that round.
Can you talk a little more about this formula?
Sure. I thought it would be interesting to take a look at selecting the picks based on how we look at selecting investments. [At Comcast Ventures] we see a lot of companies, and we need to evaluate different investment opportunities. And there are a lot of different considerations applied to our thinking about entrepreneurial startups. Competition, business model, market size, exit opportunities, valuation; there's a whole list of things that we think through in making investments.
So what I did here was I selected the following criteria: team (number of years starting lineup has played together), defense ability (combined team height), business model (points scored minus points allowed), valuation (RPI), competition (strength of schedule), exit opportunity (number of players going to the NBA from that school). And for my last [variable], for the first two rounds I looked at how close the school was to where they were playing, for the fan equation, because the fans can have a big impact on the outcome. I ranked each school from 1-4 within each of those categories, and [adding] them all up, your highest score can be a 28. So that's how I did each round. I just looked at the total number of points that I had established for that school and made my pick.
Overall, this [method] didn't lead to any picks that would look crazy at first glance. For your Final Four you have Florida, Wisconsin, Duke and Villanova, and none of those teams are lower than a 3 seed in their region. The main difference I see in this bracket from a lot of the [other CFOs] is you have Villanova coming out of the East region and Duke coming out of the Midwest, rather than Michigan State and Louisville. They are lower-seeded teams but are the hot picks at the moment. I'll definitely be interested to see how [your model] fares.
Yeah. [Laughs] It's all a gamble.
Pivoting away from the bracket discussion, another thing we're focusing on in these Q&As is the intersection of sports and business. I'm curious about the parallels between the sports world and business world. Have you taken note of any parallels like that in your career?
Oh, absolutely. The reason I chose to do the bracket this way was because there are so many parallels. Team is really important when you're building a business and building a company, how everyone works together. It's the same thing in the starting lineup of any sports team. From a financial standpoint, when you're looking at opportunity investing in a business or building a business, you're always looking to grow your revenues and grow your profits. And it's kind of the same thing in sports. You're looking to get the high score, you're looking to be at the top of the pack, giving up less points. I think all of that is very parallel to how business operates.
I've asked nearly every CFO about this and one thing several have said is there are a lot of [sports] cliches that get used [in business scenarios]. It turns out that they're cliches for a reason; there's a lot of truth in them. For example, "quarterbacking" a project.
A lot of sports is about leadership; it's the same thing with business. And also in sports when a team is down and out, and you have to come back and you have that great quarterback or that coach who's motivating the players to go out there, you have the same thing within companies. All companies go through different life cycles, and you need that champion and that leader that everyone wants to follow [to] move forward. And I've seen that consistently throughout my career.
One more thing: I'd like to hear about the charity you're playing for - what it is, and why you chose it.
My charity is GLI - Girls leadership Institute. Their mission is to teach girls the skills to know who they are, what they believe and how to express it, empowering them to create change in their world. My daughter is a freshman in high school, and she's involved in the organization. That's my passion.
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Buffett Is 'On the Prowl' for Large Berkshire Acquisitions
Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said he's "on the prowl" for large acquisitions after railroad, energy and some manufacturing subsidiaries posted record earnings in 2011.
Berkshire is seeking "to purchase some large operations that will give us a further boost," Buffett said today in his annual letter to shareholders. "We now have eight subsidiaries that would each be included in the Fortune 500 were they stand-alone companies. That leaves only 492 to go. My task is clear, and I'm on the prowl."
Buffett, 81, has spent more than $35 billion on takeovers since the end of 2009 as operating units generated cash. The billionaire investor, who doesn't pay dividends to Berkshire shareholders, bought a maker of engine additives in September and a railroad in 2010. Buffett is focusing on acquisitions and buying publicly traded stocks because current yields on bonds, he said, aren't enough to compensate for the risk of inflation.
Bonds and other bets tied to currencies are "among the most dangerous of assets," Buffett said. Interest rates "do not come close to offsetting the purchasing-power risk that investors assume."
Buffett's letters are reviewed by investors for insight into his views on the economy, markets and corporate governance. Since last year's letter, Buffett invested $5 billion in Bank of America Corp. and took a stake of more than $10 billion in International Business Machines Corp. Lubrizol Corp., the engine additives maker, was acquired for about $9 billion.
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Operating earnings last year rose to records at each of Berkshire's five biggest non-insurance units. Railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe, toolmaker Iscar Metalworking, Lubrizol, industrial conglomerate Marmon Group and power producer MidAmerican Energy Holdings produced pretax profit of more than $9 billion.
"Unless the economy weakens in 2012, each of our fabulous five should again set a record, with aggregate earnings comfortably topping $10 billion," Buffett said. Berkshire bought MidAmerican in 2000, Iscar in 2006 and Marmon in 2008 as Buffett made the company less reliant on insurance operations.
Employment in the U.S. hasn't kept pace with a "steady and substantial comeback" in the economy, according to the billionaire. The housing industry "remains in a depression" and his prediction last year on the timing of a recovery in residential property was "dead wrong," Buffett said. In February 2011, Buffett said the rebound would start "within a year or so."
Housing 'Depression'
This "hugely important sector of the economy, which includes not only construction but everything that feeds off of it, remains in a depression of its own," Buffett said. "I believe this is the major reason a recovery in employment has so severely lagged the steady and substantial comeback we have seen in almost all other sectors of our economy."
Pretax profit in 2011 at Berkshire's carpet-maker Shaw, insulation provider Johns Manville, Acme Brick and MiTek, a maker of building products, was $513 million, "similar to 2010," Buffett said. That compares with $1.8 billion in 2006.
"Our housing-related companies sputter," Buffett said. Employment at these Berkshire units has dropped to 43,315 from 58,769 in 2006.
Buffett said Bank of America will need years to clean up the "huge mistakes" made by the company's management prior to Brian Moynihan's promotion to CEO in January 2010. Moynihan has made "excellent progress," Buffett said, as he works to move beyond losses tied to home loans. Buffett said he had sympathy, in some cases, for lenders hurt by foreclosures.
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"Large numbers of people who have 'lost' their house through foreclosure have actually realized a profit because they carried out refinancings earlier that gave them cash in excess of their cost," Buffett said. "In these cases, the evicted homeowner was the winner, and the victim was the lender."
Buffett said he made a "big mistake" a few years ago when he spent about $2 billion buying bonds in Energy Future Holdings Corp., the Texas utility formerly called TXU Corp. Berkshire wrote down the holdings by $1 billion in 2010 and $390 million last year as natural gas prices declined. The bonds are now carried by Berkshire at their market value of $878 million.
"If gas prices remain at present levels, we will likely face a further loss, perhaps in an amount that will virtually wipe out our current carrying value," Buffett said. "Conversely, a substantial increase in gas prices might allow us to recoup some, or even all, of our write-down. However things turn out, I totally miscalculated the gain/loss probabilities when I purchased the bonds."
Succession Planning
Buffett and Vice Chairman Charles Munger, 88, are preparing Berkshire for its next generation of leaders. The company has hired Todd Combs and Ted Weschler to help manage investments, and directors have selected a candidate to take over as CEO, Buffett said in the letter, without identifying the manager.
The board is "enthusiastic about my successor as CEO, an individual to whom they have had a great deal of exposure and whose managerial and human qualities they admire," Buffett said. "Do not, however, infer from this discussion that Charlie and I are going anywhere; we continue to be in excellent health, and we love what we do."
Berkshire has two "superb back-up candidates," Buffett said.
Last year, before the departure of energy executive David Sokol, Berkshire said it had identified four company managers as possible CEO successors and that one had been singled out "should a replacement be needed currently."
Berkshire began buying back stock for the first time under Buffett last year as the billionaire bet the shares were undervalued. The company slumped 4.7 percent in 2011 in New York trading while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index was little changed. Berkshire has climbed 4.6 percent since Dec. 31, while the S&P 500 jumped 8.6 percent.


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If you turned the NBA playoffs into a true showcase of the league's best teams, and if you based it on today's standings, you'd put together a 16-team tournament with 10 teams from the West and six from the East.
And it would be more fun than the tournament we're going to get.
Radical realignment in the NBA -- or radical unalignment -- is not going to happen anytime soon, but it seems like an idea worth pursuing. The league is on such an upswing, and the product is so far superior to what it was 10 years ago, that it makes sense to tweak the playoffs to have the greatest impact and attract the most viewers.
No, the world can't be perfect. And yes, there will always be a team or teams that get jobbed.
But there's no reason Portland's collection of young talent, assuming it keeps itself above .500, should be sitting home during the playoffs so bland teams such as Philadelphia, New Jersey or even Atlanta can soil the other side of the bracket.
The idea of the Blazers' core -- Brandon Roy, Travis Outlaw and LaMarcus Aldridge -- getting the experience of playoff basketball the year before Greg Oden steps onto the court would serve as a pretty cool initiation.
And there's even less reason Denver, with the spectacle of Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson, should be home watching despite winning nearly 60 percent of its games. If the Nuggets don't make the playoffs, it's going to be seen as one of the most significant failures in recent NBA history, but it's mostly a failure of geography.
Not many teams would line up to play the Nuggets in a series, facing the prospect of Anthony's all-around game -- he's probably the best post-up scorer in the league -- and Iverson's unbreakable will. And the way it stands now, nobody will.
That's a shame.
This Week's List
• When your personality has already caused the public to underrate your boxing accomplishments, what do you do? Well, if you're Floyd Mayweather Jr., you give them more ammunition by joining up with professional wrestling.
• I think "You don't want to know" is probably the safe answer: Say you put four bracketologists and four draftniks in a room, locked the door and came back two days later, who would come out alive?
• Maybe because avoiding injury is never the sole purpose of the baseball games: Why are meaningless baseball games in March so charming while meaningless football games in August are so tedious?
• Immutable law of college basketball: The smaller the conference, the better the conference tournament.
• One more immutable law: The more a studio force-feeds a movie down our throats before release, the worse the movie.
• And the law's footnote: The more likely the movie is to include Will Ferrell.
• Just for the heck of it: Fennis Dembo.
• Unsolicited advice for Lou Piniella: Make Carlos Marmol the closer.
• One reason to think your club might be in for a long year: When the big spring training competition is the backup 1B/backup DH battle between Mike Sweeney and Dan Johnson.
• Why everybody just needs to leave it to the professionals: A headline in the sports section of a non-sports Web site read "Broncos Star Arrested," and upon further investigation it revealed not Jay Cutler or D.J. Williams but defensive lineman Marcus Thomas, who started five games last year.
• Sure, but the question I want answered is whether Bruce Bochy had a tough time removing his starter when he had a no-hitter going: The Giants' Noah Lowry had the most amazing pitching line of spring training -- nine walks in one-plus inning against the Rangers on Monday.
• If nothing else, it'll be humorous: So now we know why George Steinbrenner kept young Hank back home to keep an eye on the horses all these years.
• Well, then -- so far so good: Larry Hughes of the Cavs told Lisa Salters of ABC and Brian Windhorst of the Akron Beacon-Journal that " ... some people take this the wrong way, but winning a championship is not what I base everything on."
• Apparently they're not fitness tapes: Michigan women's coach Kevin Borseth, who got a little nutty after losing to Wisconsin, described the task ahead by saying, "Watch 48 more hours of tape, gain another 10 pounds. That's how you get ready for Sunday."
• And finally, thanks, Dad: Kansas 109, Texas Tech 51.
Tim Keown is a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine. Sound off to Tim here.


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Next to skin cancer, prostate cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in men, so it's important for men to be aware of prostate health.
Three tests are used to detect prostate problems: the digital rectal exam, prostate specific antigen and transrectal ultrasound. The DRE and PSA are used for early detection of an abnormality in the prostate. Early detection clearly improves outcome by increasing patients' choices regarding treatment and raising the survival rate.
The DRE is a direct examination of the prostate gland by a physician who can feel the backside of the prostate where most prostate cancers occur. This test should be conducted yearly. The physician cannot feel the entire prostate gland with the DRE, however. If the cancer is deep or in the front of the prostate, it is not palpable through DRE until the advanced stages.
The PSA is a simple blood test that measures the amount of prostate specific protein. So if the PSA number is raised, it can only be caused by the prostate. This does not necessarily mean cancer is the cause. PSA elevation could be caused by enlargement of inflammation of the prostate. Due to the serious nature of prostate cancer, however, your physician should conduct a PSA each year.
If the PSA or DRE is abnormal, your doctor may order a TRUS, an examination that will help the urologist get a complete picture of the prostate gland. The transrectal ultrasound is used in conjunction with an abnormal DRE or PSA. Not everyone needs a TRUS and it does not have to be done at every exam.
The best way to manage the prostate gland is to have your doctor do at least an annual DRE and PSA. Talk to your doctor about these tests. It could save your life.
Dr. Bernhard Mittemeyer is a urologist with the Texas Tech Medical Center.
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Estimation of parameters in the growth curve model via an outer product least squares approach for covariance
In this paper, we propose a framework of outer product least squares for covariance (COPLS) to directly estimate covariance in the growth curve model based on an analogy, between the outer product of a data vector and covariance of a random vector, and the ordinary least squares technique. The COPLS estimator of covariance has an explicit expression and is shown to have the following properties: (1) following a linear transformation of two independent Wishart distribution for a normal error matrix; (2) having asymptotic normality for a nonnormal error matrix; and (3) having unbiasedness and invariance under a linear transformation group. And, a corresponding two-stage generalized least squares (GLS) estimator for the regression coefficient matrix in the model is obtained and its asymptotic normality is investigated. Simulation studies confirm that the COPLS estimator and the two-stage GLS estimator of the regression coefficient matrix are satisfying competitors with some evident merits to the existing maximum likelihood estimator in finite samples.
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1. In a pot, boil water, add salt, and throw pasta in it. Cook until done. Drain and set it aside.
2. Place a pan over heat, and melt butter in it. Add garlic and sauté until light browned.
3. Throw cream cheese, and allow it to melt. Whisk and incorporate butter into cheese.
4. Then, slowly add heavy cream to it, whisking continuously.
5. Stir in pepper, and parmesan cheese. Mix it well, and allow it to simmer on medium low heat .
6. Pour sauce into pasta. Mix well, and allow it to sit for 5 minutes.
7. Sprinkle parmesan cheese on top, and serve pasta immediately.
Serving size Per servingComplete recipe
Calories 1283 Calories from Fat 885
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 99 g152%
Saturated Fat 50.4 g252%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 265.7 mg88.6%
Sodium 1090 mg45.4%
Total Carbohydrates 68 g22.8%
Dietary Fiber 7.6 g30.4%
Sugars 3.5 g
Protein 32 g63.4%
Vitamin A 69.4%
Vitamin C 2.6%
Calcium 59.5%
Iron 10.3%
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I would love to buy a ethernet connected box that I can store a couple of hard disk in and have it appear as a network drive on my home network? This would be accomplished preferably without having to install any software on a client machine.
I bought a networked one last year but it requires drivers for any machine that wants to use it which is not too bad, but the drivers are dodgy and prevent my machine from hibernating which is a disaster as I use hibernate a lot.
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To answer the OP's question.... Yes, you can shoot the bg robbing the store. That is the legal answer. In Texas, we are authorized to use deadly force when a felonious act is committed on us or a third party, ie. robbery, rape, kidnapping, being held against our will, etc. The key is the we DO NOT know what is going to happen. Legally, you can shoot the robber in the back as he's holding someone at gunpoint because that is a life threatening situation.
Now, just because we can, does not mean we should. I am a firm believer that any citizen being threatened with a weapon, should meet that force with an overwhelming action of force. Thanks to Front Sight, I'd rather act than react.
But, just because Texas law states that I can shoot someone fleeing my home with my property at night time (but not in the day time ), doesn't mean it's what I should do.
I think many of us, including myself, have "hero" thoughts from time to time, and that's ok. It makes me very angry and sick that some crackhead or meth addict can walk in to my neighborhood, my convenience store, and just take what he wants at gunpoint. So, playing it out in my head, is it self-defense or revenge?
I was car-jacked and held against my will for almost 45 minutes while they went ATM to ATM because one ATM was down and one only had $100. Had I not taken action, I probably would not be here today.
Every situation is different. Most robberies end without violence, but from time to time someone, or everyone, gets shot.
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Yup. Isn't it fun to blame Obama for incorrect management practices that
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C'mon. Get real.
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Kraft posits that energy efficiency and non carbon energy can be developed
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Government spending in a model where debt effects output gap
In this paper I present a simple model of government spending where the level of government debt affects the output gap. The structure of the economy is specified such that the output gap has a structural part, which is a function of debt. Based on empirical research, the structural part is assigned a specific functional form. The government faces an optimization problem where they attempt to close the output gap. The optimal change in government debt is found by solving a nonlinear equation. Numerical results show that the optimal change in debt has nonlinear behaviour. The solution to the unconstrained problem is an alternating equilibrium, whereas the solution to the constrained problem is a non linear cycle around the government's upper bound of admissible debt.
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During Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, we celebrate the accomplishments of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, and we reflect on the many ways they have enriched our Nation. Asian American and Pacific Islander entrepreneurs and businesses play a vital role in economic growth, job creation, and community revitalization.
This May, the theme for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) is "I Am Beyond." The phrase captures the aspirations of the American spirit and how Americans of Asian and Pacific Islander descent have always sought to excel beyond the challenges that have limited equal opportunity in America. This year we want to amplify the AAPI voice and highlight the valuable impact the community has made as we go into the 37th year of this celebration of culture. Share your unique story using #IAMBEYOND on social media.
Celebrating Public Service Recognition Week
For Public Service Recognition Week 2014, several of our Commerce employees talk about what public service means to them.
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National Small Business Week to Offer Training Webinars and Online Events, May 12-15
As part of National Small Business Week, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and co-sponsors will be hosting numerous training webinars and online events from May 12-15.
Making It Big: Small Biz Success in a Mobile World
When: 9 a.m. (EDT), Wednesday, May 14
Online: View live online at www.sba.gov/smallbusinessweek
Commerce in the Community: Opportunity Nation Works to Expand Economic Mobility and Promote a 21st Century Workforce
Created on May 5, 2014
Ed. Note: This post is part of the Commerce in the Community series highlighting the work of community leaders and organizations that are strengthening the middle class and providing ladders of opportunity for all Americans.
Below is an interview with Mark Edwards, Executive Director of Opportunity Nation, which he launched in 2011 with a coalition of more than 250 cross-sector partners. This post originally appeared on Commerce.gov
Q1: What is Opportunity Nation?
Opportunity Nation is a national, cross-sector campaign comprised of more than 300 businesses, educational institutions, nonprofits and civic organizations working together to expand economic mobility and close the opportunity gap in the US.
Our work is guided by the belief that the zip code where you are born should not determine your chances in life. If the ability to move up the ladder of opportunity grinds to a halt, we are in grave danger of losing the best of America.
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Happy World Trade Month!
For years, May has been the time to not only recognize the benefits of international trade, but also for organizations around the country to support more American companies competing overseas.
For the United States, the benefits of trade have been great, as have our successes. We recently announced that for the fourth straight year, the United States set a record for annual exports in 2013, at $2.3 trillion. That is a 40 percent growth in total exports since 2009.
Behind those exports are millions of well-paying American jobs – a record 11.3 million jobs to be exact. That number is an increase of 1.6 million from 2009.
As more American businesses compete and succeed in the global marketplace, the entire national economy reaps benefit.
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Kids in the Water
June 5, 2000 -- On a recent Saturday morning, a few small children and a swim instructor played ring-around-the-rosy during a preschool beginner's swim class for 3- to 5-year-olds at a YWCA in suburban Des Moines, Iowa. The children stood on a table placed in the shallow end. Sitting poolside, Michelle Quinn watched her daughter Bridget, almost 3, splash around.
This scene is a common one at pools across the country, but parents are advised to take a closer look at all swimming programs for children under age 4, says the American Academy of Pediatrics. That group recently made headlines with a recommendation that children younger than 4 stay away from swimming lessons altogether because they aren't developmentally ready.
"I just thought my daughter would have fun and get used to the water," Quinn says of her 3-year-old. But other parents, says the Academy, may get a false sense of security, thinking that swim programs for the very young -- some of which welcome infants and toddlers -- can teach children to stay safe in the water.
No Way to "Drown-Proof"
"We wanted to make certain that people understand that there is no published scientific evidence that those programs for infants and toddlers are going to make your baby safer," says Barb Smith, MD, a Tucson pediatrician who helped write the swim policy. The Academy particularly wanted to warn parents away from the minority of swim programs that claim to "drown-proof" small children by repeatedly immersing them in water.
Usually children aren't developmentally ready to learn how to swim until age 5, the Academy says, though it admits there is no definitive research on the best age for kids to master the complex skills of swimming. The pediatricians cite a recent study showing that swimming skills are more readily acquired once motor development has reached the 5-year level. The same study found that some children under 4 may pick up swimming skills, but they need more instruction and are limited by their neuromuscular capacity. The group also warns that small children who learn not to fear the water may incautiously try swimming on their own.
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TRIO Upward Bound is a federally funded pre-college program designed to assist low-income and potential first generation to college students prepare for college. In partnership with Sequoia High School, our program serves high school students in the communities of East Palo Alto and North Fair Oaks.
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Students who are interested in joining Upward Bound can download a brochure and Pre-Screening to help us determine if you are eligible for the program. Please turn in these forms to our classroom at Sequoia (248), Woodside (H-3), or mail them to our office at Cañada (22-112).
UB Summer Orientation is on June 11th, with sessions at 9am for Alternative Summer students and 10:30 for New and Returning students! Please contact us to RSVP.
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45th Reunion
View the complete schedule of events
Friday, June 3
7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Class of 1971 Social
Ground Floor and Patio, Glatfelter Hall
Saturday, June 4
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
President's Address and Alumni Awards Ceremony
Ballroom, College Union Building
12:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Alumni Picnic
Ballroom, College Union Building
Have lunch and catch up with classmates under the tent.
12:30 p.m.
Class of 1971 Photo
Steps of Pennsylvania Hall
RAIN: Bream Gym
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Jesus Christ Superstar Presentation and Panel Discussion
Mara Auditorium, Masters Hall
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Alumni Social Reception (ticket requited-included with all class dinner packages)
Location TBA
Catch up with classmates over cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.
6:45 p.m.
Class of 1971 Dinner
Location TBA
Pre-registration required for this event.
9:45 p.m.
Reunion Weekend Fireworks Celebration
Memorial Field
10:00 p.m. - 12:15 a.m.
All Class Party
Ballroom, College Union Building
Come dance the night away with a great mix of rock-n-roll songs! Or relax in the CUB/SUB lobby if you prefer.
The Class of 1971 40th Reunion, June 4, 2011
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Graduation Speaker:
William F. Buckley, Author
President of the United States:
Richard Nixon
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Best Picture Academy Award:
"The French Connection"
Number One Song:
"Joy to the World"- Three Dog Night
Baseball - World Series:
Pittsburgh Pirates d. Baltimore Orioles (4-3)
NCAA Basketball Championship:
UCLA d. Villanova (68-62)
Super Bowl V:
Baltimore Colts d. Dallas Cowboys (16-13)
Interesting Fact:
Quote of the Year: "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!"- Jan Brady of "The Brady Bunch"
Sorted by maiden name
The following members of the Class of 1971 are planning to return for Reunion Weekend. If you would like to add your name to this list please email email@example.com. Please remember to officially register in the spring.
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Ms. Kelly A. Alsedek
Mr. Joseph D. Bardon
Mrs. Barbara Belletti Shames
Mrs. Jill Garvey Bennett
Mr. William E. Bogar
Mrs. Barbara Boothby Sofia
Mrs. Sara Bradley Myers
Ms. Karen A. Burdack
Ms. Jo Ann Burk
Mr. Robert L. Burton
Ms. Karen E. Carolan
Mr. James L. Chemel
Mrs. Barbara Clementz Bobko
Ms. Donna Collinson Fulton
Mr. Wayne B. Cotter
Ms. Mary E. Cowden
Dr. Robert L. Cox
Mr. James K. Critchlow, Jr.
Mrs. Linda Wiggins Curtiss
Mrs. Jane D. Finn
Ms. Dorothy V. Denny
Mrs. Susan Doenges Waring
Ms. Barbara Eames Price
Ms. E. Jane Engel Gallagher
Ms. Carolyn Forster Lauer
Mr. Howard J. Gallagher, III
Mr. Charles W. Gerelus
Lt. Col. Charles H. Gilbert
Mr. Leon B. Glover, Jr.
Mr. David L. Good
Mr. Eugene G. Groff, Jr.
Ms. Luray A. Gross
Mr. Richard A. Hall
Mrs. Barbara Hammer Rosch
Mrs. Deanna Hansen Ditter
Mrs. Barbara Hanson Nixon
Mr. John P. Hardy
Dr. James G. Henderson
Ms. Patricia W. Henry
Mr. Robert A. Hosier
Ms. Barbara G. Hough
Dr. Thomas P. Judd
Mrs. Nancy Kasper Judd
Mr. Stephen D. Kauffman
Mrs. Jill Kelly Drew
Mrs. Elizabeth Kendig Alexander
Mr. John M. Kiehl
Mr. Paul M. Koehler
Mr. Richard C. Krauss
Mr. James N. Kurtz
Ms. Joanne F. Landfair
Mr. Jay J. Levin
Mr. Harold A. MacLaughlin
Ms. Ann B. Malcolm
Mr. Robert E. McKee
Mr. James H. Mellion
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Ms. Susan Niblette Donahue
Mrs. Susanne Olson Cotter
Ms. Bethany Parr-White
Mr. John R. Rosch
Mrs. Maureen Rumsey Brown
Mrs. Carol Saladik Bowman
Mr. Drew C. Salling
Mrs. Margaret Schoenbrodt Sheer
Mr. Douglas T. Schwarz
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AUSTIN (August 2, 2014) The 3rd Court of Appeals has upheld the life sentence of a Central Texas woman who contended her imprisonment for a third felony conviction for driving while intoxicated was improper cruel and unusual punishment.
The court ruled that the lawyer for Rose Ann Davidson didn't properly object to the sentence during her Hays County trial, but a three-judge panel of the court said Friday even if the issue was preserved properly for appeal, her sentence wouldn't be reduced because of her repeated convictions.
When Davidson, 45, was convicted in 2012, it was her third offense since 2008, making her eligible for punishment as an habitual offender.
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Hamish Stuart joined The Average White Band in June 1972. A member of AWB from 1972 to 1982, he went on to work with Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan and David Sanborn. He wrote Atlantic Starr's 1986 hit 'If Your Heart Isn't In It' and songs for Smokey Robinson, Jeffrey Osborne, George Benson and Diana Ross. Stuart joined Paul McCartney's band for McCartney's 1989 comeback album. An all star band includes Ian Thomas, (drums), Steve Pearce, (bass), Ross Stanley (keyboards) and Adam Phillips (guitar).
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Editorial Review of the Bajaj Pulsar 150 bike
The Bajaj Pulsar has been one of the legendary motorcycles Indian soil has ever witnessed. Back in 2001, the original Pulsar created an all new creed of 150cc motorcycle lovers, due to its beefy appearance and raw power. The motorcycle, still carrying much of the silhoutte of the original version, continues to set the sales chart on fire even after being too long in the tooth. It was, and still for many people, is a door to upper performance segments, without sacrificing on the traits of usability and fuel efficiency.
In the present form, one particular thing which still exists even after so many years is the big and chiseled fuel tank, with a crease running in the middle of it to provide a comfortable contour for your knees. The bike features a menacing front end look which has become tad too familiar, with twin pilot lamps at both the upper ends, which Bajaj likes to call 'wolf-eyed headlamp'. The rear body panels are pointed upwards, incorporating a set of vertically stacked LED tail lamps within it. Overall design is now a bit dated if compared to the its other present day rivals, but still carries the butch stance needed for a bike of this segment. The Pulsar 150 was the first 'Made-in-India' to feature a combination of a digital-analog instrument panel, and still carries on the same unit, which includes a digital LCD showcasing a digital speedometer, fuel gauge, odometer and trip meter, coupled up with an analog tachometer. The clip on handlebars look great and are an evolution over the previous generation model. The fit and finish of the motorcycle is decent but do not match that of typical Honda and Yamaha machines.
The Pulsar has always been known as a tractable machine, which has enough power on offer to quench your appetite of performance. To start with, the motorcycle still carries the same 149.2cc motor of that of its previous generation model, though with some minor as well as major tweaks, and is now able to deliver the maximum power and torque ratings of 15.06 PS and 12.5 Nm respectively. The engine may have a gruff note on its operation and refinement levels may not be on par with its rivals from Honda and Yamaha, but the power delivery is punchy enough to give the rider oodles of confidence. The mid-range performance of Pulsar 150 is brilliant enough to be equally confident in both city commuting and highway jaunts.
The ride quality is where the Pulsar 150 still manages to outshine many motorcycles available out there. The suspension setup of telescopic front forks and gas charged rear springs give out a stress free plush ride, even over some big bumps. It is this aspect of the motorcycle which has undercut every other competition of it. Though the front end is a bit heavy, but handling this 150cc commuter from Bajaj is not that ponderous amidst the city traffic. Braking is also on a better side, though a rear disc could have done wonders for it. Overall, at the end of the day, it manages to bring a smile on your face, rather than sweat on your forehead, owing to its comfort and ride factors.
To sum it up, Bajaj Pulsar 150 can be billed as a premium commuter which accomplishes the daily commuting from point A to point B with a quicker pace and comfort as compared to basic commuters positioned below it, without sacrificing much on the fronts of fuel efficiency and maintenance. Its a trustful machine which has made a rock solid reputation in its run for more than one and a half decade, and it is still going strong, even after facing such a stiff competition from its modern day rivals which are far better equipped than it.
Bajaj Pulsar 150 Specifications
Dimension & Weights
|Overall Length
|2055 mm
|Overall Width
|755 mm
|Overall Height
|1060 mm
|Ground Clearance
|165 mm
|Max Torque
|149 cc
|Max Power
|No of cylinders
Weight & Fuel Capacities
|Fuel Tank Capacity
|15 liters
|Dry Weight
|144 kg
|Wheel type
|Tyre Front
|2.75 x 17inches
|Tyre Rear
|100/90 x 17inches
Bajaj Pulsar 150 Features
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|Pulsar 150
|Pulsar 150 Base
|Alloy Wheels
|Electric Start
|Disc Brake
|Helmet Holder
|Auto off Indicator
Bajaj Pulsar 150 Colors
- Pearl Metallic White
- Cocktail Wine Red
- Sapphire Blue
- Ebony Black
Bajaj Pulsar 150 Price
Bajaj Pulsar 150 in New DelhiRs 71,756
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The Pulsar 150, though being a horse of the long race for Bajaj Auto, is now too long in the tooth, with the original design and silhoutte still stuck
Indias leading two wheeler manufacturer Bajaj Auto, already confirmed the launch of refreshed and new Pulsar in Auto Expo. Now some spyshots of the b
Indias leading two wheeler manufacturer Bajaj Auto, already confirmed the launch of refreshed and new Pulsar in Auto Expo. Now some spyshots of the b
Bajaj Pulsar is one name in the two wheeler market of India that always attracted youths, enthusiasts and serious bikers equally. The Pulsar brand ach
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Pros Great looks,
Its a great bike, i really impressed with this bikes style, power n riding. just be a
owner of a Pulsar......
Pros good style
Cons very worst shock absorber
I purchased pulsar 150 on February 2015 from the day one i purchased iam not satisfied
because the shock observer rear side is so worst.. I went to service center total waste as
they just adjust and send me back.. i went nearly 15 times in just 3 month of my purchase
and I made many complaint many times in service center no use........ now iam just using
since i purchased it.. pulsar is having sales only because of name it has created nothing
else.. if u dont belive reach me at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Pros nice bike btter then fz
Cons good looks comfortable is good
pulsar the name is very himpress of the people then price very normal better quality nice
looks and maileage better then fz so my think and advise our side good good good
Pros great look
Cons confortable
just get it man u wil get ur own review... aswum bike
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Purchased Pulsar 150 in March 2016 2000kms driven,
1 Getting mileage of 22 kmpl due to some technical fault in
Carburetor.. visited all the service centers of my district (Chhindwara MP) but no one is able to fix it 2 Chain makes
noice, it needs to be g
bajaj service very poor . i am not happy with bajaj service centra , i am go to service centra in 20time in 2month
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No doubt the Bajaz bikes give more mileage compare to other category bike in 100 to 125cc segment.I would expect it in
150 cc and above.But refine ment of engine is not fine.bikes would vibrate at high speeds.No one say bajaz bike engine
is refined very w
very nice bike looking so hot.............
mst bike.......jo galat bole maa chod do
Bajaj Pulsar 150 PriceRs 71,756
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The history starts before I joined PAG two years ago. When I came onboard Scott Densmore (yes, the EntLib Scott) was experimenting with using the VS Enterprise Templates to make the PAG code-based guidance appear in VS. It was sometimes painful to see Scott trying to put a square peg into a round hole, so to speak. The main problem was that Enterprise Templates were designed to constrain what you can do, not to help you do things in the context of what you have already done. Scott's project was called Daedalus, and it was part of what we called IPE, which stood for In Product Experience.
We concluded that Enterprise Templates did not have what we needed, but we were neither ready to embark on building something else or new what that would be (yet). But here came Shadowfax, and Ed Jezierski (yes, the EntLib and CAB Ed) and I realized, that the architecture of the framework would have been simpler and easier to use, have we had a VS extensibility mechanism that would allow us to manipulate VS solution artifacts at the design time. We had a few initial ides of what that mechanism would look like, and we asked Daniel Cazzulino to build a prototype. This was bit over a year ago. The prototype came out quite interesting and promising, so we decided it was time to give IPE the second chance.
Our initial design objectives where quite lofty (aren't they always?), and we asked the Whitehorse team to help us investigate if we should use the MDF (Meta Data Framework). This is how Stuart Kent ended up working with us for a couple of months and greatly contributed to the articulation of the key GAT concept; the recipe. It was about May last year when we prototyped enough of the design to start a development project. In PAG-speak it means that you assemble a project team and you push the project acceleration pedal all the way to the floor. The project was named IPG, which stands for In Product Guidance, and the team members were Tom Hollander (product management), Bill Loeffler (program management), Daniel Cazzulino and Oscar Calvo (development) , Ashish Babbar (testing) and your truly (architecture). The rest is, as they say, history, but this history has a few interesting twists and turns worth mentioning.
Once we realized that we were building a VS extensibility machines, we was time to go to VS team and "confessed". Our VS brethren didn't like a number of the details (parts of user experience in particular), but they did liked our ideas in general, so they assigned a, Stephanie Saad (VS core program management), to be our "guardian angel". Although not an important project milestone, this was to me a very important moment. It was the first real indication that we were up to something interesting. Over the course of next few months Stephanie helped us tremendously. In particular, when we were integrating recipes with new VS templates and we needed a few changes in VS core (aka DCRs).
Another interesting twist was deciding what GAT really was. Was it a piece of guidance, was it a product, or was it something in-between? This is where the Whitehorse team helped again. Julia Liuson, the Whitehorse team Product Unit Manger, and Jack Greenfield (yes, the Software Factories Jack), offered a home fo GAT under the emerging tools initiative. This is why you can find GAT on the VS workbenches site, next to DSL SDK.
Coming up with the "official" name was surprisingly hard. Until late in the project we were working on what we called "Recipe Framework" and what is now called guidance packages, we called recipe clusters. When confronted with the unavoidable need to give "it" a proper name, we proposed VS-IGT, that stood for VS Integrated Guidance Toolkit. I liked the name quite a bit, but techies have little to say when it comes to selecting names of things we release to communities. The marketing folks have a lot to say, and then did not like VS-IGT. After running around a number of circles, Tom finally worked out a compromise, and GAT got its name.
The last interesting tidbit (one day I will ask Stuart to write his side of the story) is that about mid way through the project (it was fall by then) the DSL SDK team and us realized, that independently we crated very similar text templating engines. Daniel wrote the GAT's T3 (stands for Text Template Transformations) and Gareth Jones form the DLS team wrote their nameless engine. The two engines were remarkably similar, so we decided to merge them. The review (Beta2) version of GAT still has T3 inside, but the Whidbey version will have the shared T4 engine (Stuart added one more T to out three Ts, so unless you know this bit of the project history, the name makes little sense).
Well, this is my recollection of what was worth sharing about the project. If I missed anything or anybody, my team member will certainly catch the omissions and blog about it.


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Created by Tokihiko Matsuura, the romantic comedy centers on Ginji Kusanagi, a young boxer who, on his way to his first date with Minako Sasebo, is involved in a terrible accident, causing his spirit to be separated from his body. An angel of sorts informs Ginji that he can be reunited with his body, but only after he lives out the life of an animal. Remembering Minako's favorite animal, he chooses to be reincarnated as a penguin that eventually escapes the zoo only to be found by the girl of his dreams.
Tuxedo Gin was serialized in Japan from April 1997 to February 2000 by Shogakukan's Shonen Sunday, and published in North America beginning in 2003 by Viz Media. The adaptation will be produced by Principato-Young's Paul Young and Peter Principato, Viz Media's Jason Hoffs and Shogakukan's Ichiro Takase.
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Bundle up against the cold of your climate or air conditioning with IndieRoyale's latest thrifty stack of games.
The Snowstorm bundle currently contains six games, all of which have a sci-fi theme: Resonance, Hinterland, RoboBlitz, StarDrone, Project Aftermath and RobotRiot.
Although Stardrone is the only one I've heard of before today, there's a good mix of strategy, action and adventure to be had, so there's probably something for everyone. The package also includes three soundtracks, and if you pony up more than $8 you'll also score Pixeljam's Planeteri album.
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Coming 9th Annual Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco: September 24-25, 2016
Call for entries open for the 9th Annual Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco. To submit your film, please visit Submit Film, or click here.
Call for entries open for the 9th Annual Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco. To submit your film, please visit Submit Film, or click here.
To pay a homage to the father of sound in Iranian cinema, Abdoulhossein Sepanta [1907-1969], who also made Lor Daughter, Shirin & Farhad…we named our award after his name and presented 'Septanta Award' in various categories for the first time in 2013. We will continue this tradition by presenting this award to the participating filmmakers every year.
If you like what we do, to continue bringing the best of independent films made by or about Iranians from around the world, support our efforts by sponsoring, advertising, and your contributions. We, Iranians, need to have a strong voice in our host country by unity and representing the best talents any community can offer. This support can be in variety of ways but for sure it benefits the Iranian community.
Our new website, which you are visiting right now, was created by Ali Tassavor of Nika Labs and his talented team. We encourage you to use their expertise for your marketing and web designs. They are based locally but can be reached from anywhere they are needed.
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