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Warren Buffet shares his advice on investing, making money, how to make it, and the market as it changes. Non Fiction.
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Author Alice Schroeder was a noted insurance industry analyst and writer who was a managing director at Morgan Stanley. She first met Warren Buffett when she published research on Berkshire Hathaway; her grasp of the subject and insight so impressed him that he offered her access to his files and to himself. Their friendship and mutual respect make her ideally positioned to write the The Snowball.
Ms. Schroeder was born in Texas, and she earned an undergraduate degree and her MBA at the University of Texas at Austin before moving east to work in finance. She is a former CPA and lives in Connecticut with her husband.
Chapter One
The Less Flattering Version
Omaha, June 2003
Warren Buffett rocks back in his chair, long legs crossed at the knee behind his father Howard's plain wooden desk. His expensive Zegna suit jacket bunches around his shoulders like an untailored version bought off the rack. The jacket stays on all day, every day, no matter how casually the other fifteen employees at Berkshire Hathaway headquarters are dressed. His predictable white shirt sits low on the neck, its undersize collar bulging away from his tie, looking left over from his days as a young businessman, as if he had forgotten to check his neck size for the last forty years.
His hands lace behind his head through strands of whitening hair. One particularly large and messy finger-combed chunk takes off over his skull like a ski jump, lofting upward at the knoll of his right ear. His shaggy right eyebrow wanders toward it above the tortoiseshell glasses. At various times this eyebrow gives him a skeptical, knowing, or beguiling look. Right now he wears a subtle smile, which lends the wayward eyebrow a captivating air. Nonetheless, his pale-blue eyes are focused and intent.
He sits surrounded by icons and mementos of fifty years. In the hallways outside his office, Nebraska Cornhuskers football photographs, his paycheck from an appearance on a soap opera, the offer letter (never accepted) to buy a hedge fund called Long-Term Capital Management, and Coca-Cola memorabilia everywhere. On the coffee table inside the office, a classic Coca-Cola bottle. A baseball glove encased in Lucite. Over the sofa, a certificate that he completed Dale Carnegie's public-speaking course in January 1952. The Wells Fargo stagecoach, westbound atop a bookcase. A Pulitzer Prize, won in 1973 by the Sun Newspapers of Omaha, which his investment partnership owned. Scattered about the room are books and newspapers. Photographs of his family and friends cover the credenza and a side table, and sit under the hutch beside his desk in place of a computer. A large portrait of his father hangs above Buffett's head on the wall behind his desk. It faces every visitor who enters the room.
Although a late-spring Omaha morning beckons outside the windows, the brown wooden shutters are closed to block the view. The television beaming toward his desk is tuned to CNBC. The sound is muted, but the crawl at the bottom of the screen feeds him news all day long. Over the years, to his pleasure, the news has often been about him.
Only a few people, however, actually know him well. I have been acquainted with him for six years, originally as a financial analyst covering Berkshire Hathaway stock. Over time our relationship has turned friendly, and now I will get to know him better still. We are sitting in Warren's office because he is not going to write a book. The unruly eyebrows punctuate his words as he says repeatedly, "You'll do a better job than I would, Alice. I'm glad you're writing this book, not me." Why he would say that is something that will eventually become clear. In the meantime, we start with the matter closest to his heart.
"Where did it come from, Warren? Caring so much about making money?"
His eyes go distant for a few seconds, thoughts traveling inward: flip flip flip through the mental files. Warren begins to tell his story: "Balzac said that behind every great fortune lies a crime. [1] That's not true at Berkshire."
He leaps out of his chair to bring home the thought, crossing the room in a couple of strides. Landing on a mustardy-gold brocade armchair, he leans forward, more like a teenager bragging about his first romance than a seventy-two-year-old financier. How to interpret the story, who else to interview, what to write: The book is up to me. He talks at length about human nature and memory's frailty, then says, "Whenever my version is different from somebody else's, Alice, use the less flattering version."
Among the many lessons, some of the best come simply from observing him. Here is the first: Humility disarms.
In the end, there won't be too many reasons to choose the less flattering version–but when I do, human nature, not memory's frailty, is usually why. One of those occasions happened at Sun Valley in 1999.
Chapter Two
Sun Valley
Idaho, July 1999
Warren Buffett stepped out of his car and pulled his suitcase from the trunk. He walked through the chain-link gate onto the airport's tarmac, where a gleaming white Gulfstream IV jet–the size of a regional commercial airliner and the largest private aircraft in the world in 1999–waited for him and his family. One of the pilots grabbed the suitcase from him to stow in the cargo hold. Every new pilot who flew with Buffett was shocked to see him carrying his own luggage from a car he drove himself. Now, as he climbed the boarding stairs, he said hello to the flight attendant–somebody new–and headed to a seat next to a window, which he would not glance out of at any time during the flight. His mood was buoyant; he had been anticipating this trip for weeks.
His son Peter and daughter-in-law Jennifer, his daughter Susan and her boyfriend, and two of his grandchildren all settled into their own café au lait leather club chairs set around the forty-five-foot-long cabin. They swiveled their seats away from the curved wall panels to give themselves more space as the flight attendant brought drinks from the galley, which was stocked with the family's favorite snacks and beverages. A pile of magazines lay nearby on the sofa: Vanity Fair, the New Yorker, Fortune, Yachting, the Robb Report, the Atlantic Monthly, the Economist, Vogue, Yoga Journal. She brought Buffett an armload of newspapers instead, along with a basket of potato chips and a Cherry Coke that matched his red Nebraska sweater. He complimented her, chatted for a few minutes to ease her nervousness at flying for the first time with her boss, and told her that she could let the copilot know that they were ready to take off. Then he buried his head in a newspaper as the plane rolled down the runway and ascended to forty thousand feet. For the next two hours, six people hummed around him, watching videos, talking, and making phone calls, while the flight attendant set out linens and bud vases filled with orchids on the bird's-eye maple dining tables before returning to the galley to prepare lunch. Buffett never moved. He sat reading, hidden behind his newspapers, as if he were alone in his study at home.
They were flying in a $30 million airborne palace called a "fractional" jet. As many as eight owners shared it, but it served as part of a fleet, so all the owners could fly at once if they wished. The pilots in the cockpit, the crew that maintained it, the schedulers who got it to the gate on six hours' notice, and the flight attendant who served their lunch all worked for NetJets, which belonged to Warren Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway.
Sometime later, the G-IV crossed the Snake River Plain and approached the Sawtooth Mountains, a vast Cretaceous upheaval of dark and ancient granite mounds baking in the summer sun. It sailed through the bright clear air into the Wood River Valley, descending to eight thousand feet, where it started to buck on the mountain wave of turbulence thrown into the sky by the brown foothills beneath. Buffett read on, unperturbed, as the plane rocked and his family jerked about in their seats. Brush dotted higher altitudes of a second ridge of hills and rows of pines began their march up the ridges between ravines on the leeward side. The family grinned with anticipation. As the aircraft descended through the narrowing slot between the rising mountain peaks ahead, the midday sun cast the plane's lengthening shadow over the old mining town of Hailey, Idaho.
A few seconds later, the wheels touched down on the Friedman Memorial Airport runway. By the time the Buffetts had bounded down the stairs onto the tarmac, squinting in the July sunshine, two SUVs had driven through the gate and pulled up alongside the jet, driven by men and women from Hertz. They all wore the company's gold-and-black shirts. Instead of Hertz, however, the logo said "Allen & Co."
The grandchildren bounced on their heels as the pilots unloaded the luggage, tennis rackets, and Buffett's red-and-white Coca-Cola golf bag into the SUVs. Then he and the others shook hands with the pilots, said good-bye to the flight attendant, and climbed into the SUVs. Bypassing Sun Valley Aviation– a pocket-size trailer at the runway's southern end–they swung through the chain-link gate onto the road that led to the peaks beyond. About two minutes had elapsed since the plane's wheels first touched the runway.
Right on schedule, eight minutes later, another jet followed theirs, headed to its own runway parking spot.
Throughout the golden afternoon, jet after jet cruised into Idaho from the south and east or swung around the peaks from the west and descended into Hailey: workhorse Cessna Citations; glamorous, close-quartered Learjets; speedy Hawkers; luxurious Falcons; but mostly the awe-inspiring G-IVs. As the afternoon waned, dozens of huge, gleaming white aircraft lined the runway like a shop window full of tycoons' toys.
The Buffetts followed the trail blazed by earlier SUVs a few miles onward from the airport to the tiny town of Ketchum on the edge of the Sawtooth National Forest, near the turnoff to the Elkhorn Pass. A few miles later, they rounded Dollar Mountain, where a green oasis appeared, nestled among the brown slopes. Here amid the lacy pines and shimmering aspens lay Sun Valley, the mountains' most fabled resort, where Ernest Hemingway began writing For Whom the Bell Tolls, where Olympic skiers and skaters had long made their second home.
The tide of families they were joining this Tuesday afternoon all had some connection to Allen & Co., a boutique investment bank that specialized in the media and communications industries. Allen & Co. had put together some of the biggest mergers in Hollywood, and for more than a decade had been hosting an annual series of discussions and seminars mingled with outdoor recreation at Sun Valley for its clients and friends. Herbert Allen, the firm's CEO, invited only people he liked, or those with whom he was at least willing to do business.
Thus the conference was always filled with faces both famous and rich: Hollywood producers and stars like Candice Bergen, Tom Hanks, Ron Howard, and Sydney Pollack; entertainment moguls like Barry Diller, Rupert Murdoch, Robert Iger, and Michael Eisner; socially pedigreed journalists like Tom Brokaw, Diane Sawyer, and Charlie Rose; and technology titans like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Andy Grove. A pack of reporters lay in wait for them every year outside the Sun Valley Lodge.
The reporters had traveled a day earlier to the Newark, New Jersey, airport or some similar embarkation point to board a commercial flight to Salt Lake City, then raced to Concourse E's bullpen to sit amid a crush of people waiting for flights to places like Casper, Wyoming, and Sioux City, Iowa, until it was time to cram themselves into a prop plane for the one-hour bronco ride to Sun Valley. On arrival their plane was directed to the opposite end of the airport next to the tennis-court-size terminal, where they witnessed a crew of tanned young Allen & Co. employees dressed in pastel "SV99" polo shirts and white shorts welcoming the handful of Allen & Co. guests who were arriving early on commercial flights. These were instantly recognizable among the other passengers: men in Western boots and Paul Stuart shirts with jeans, women wearing goatskin-suede jackets and marble-size turquoise beads. The Allen staff had memorized the newcomers' faces from photographs supplied in advance. They hugged people they had gotten to know in years past as if they were old friends, whisked away all the guests' bags, and led their charges off to the SUVs lined up steps away in the parking lot.
The reporters went to the rental-car desk, then drove to the Lodge, by now acutely conscious of their lowly status. For the next few days, many areas of Sun Valley would be marked as "private," blocked from prying eyes by closed doors, omnipresent security, hanging flower baskets, and large potted plants. The reporters would lurk around the fringes, excluded from the interesting things going on inside, noses pressed against the bushes. [1] Ever since Disney's Michael Eisner and Capital Cities/ABC's Tom Murphy had dreamed up a deal to merge their companies at Sun Valley '95 (the way the conference was often referred to–as if it had engulfed the entire resort, which, in a way, it had), the press coverage had grown until it took on the artificially giddy atmosphere of a business version of Cannes. The mergers that splintered off from Sun Valley, however, were only occasional calves from an iceberg. Sun Valley was about more than making deals, though the deals garnered most of the press. Every year the rumors sizzled that this company or that was working on a deal at the mysterious conclave in the Idaho mountains. Thus, as the SUVs rolled one by one into the porte cochere, the reporters peered through the front windows to see who was inside. When someone newsworthy arrived, they chased their prey into the lodge, brandishing cameras and microphones.
The press quickly recognized Warren Buffett as he stepped out of his SUV. "The DNA of the conference had him built into it," said his friend Don Keough, chairman of Allen & Co. [2] Most of the press people liked Buffett, who went out of his way not to be disliked by anyone. He also intrigued them. His public image was that of a simple man, and he seemed genuine. Yet he lived a complicated life. He owned five homes but occupied only two of them. Somehow he had wound up having, in effect, two wives. He spoke in homely aphorisms with a kindly twinkle in his eye and had a notably loyal group of friends, yet along the way he had earned a reputation as a tough, even icy dealmaker. He seemed to shun publicity yet managed to attract more of it than almost any other businessman on earth. [3] He jetted around the country in a G-IV, often attended celebrity events, and had many famous friends, yet said that he preferred Omaha, hamburgers, and thrift. He spoke of his success as being based on a few simple investing ideas and tap-dancing to work with enthusiasm every day, but if that was so, why had nobody else been able to replicate it?
Buffett, as always, gave the photographers a willing wave and a grandfatherly smile as he walked by. They captured him on film, then began peering at the next car.
The Buffetts drove around to their French-country-style condominium, one of the coveted Wildflower group next to the pool and tennis courts, where Herbert Allen housed his VIPs. Inside, the usual loot awaited them: a pile of Allen & Co. SV99 logo jackets, baseball caps, zip fleeces, polo shirts–every year a different color–and a zippered notebook. Despite his fortune of more than $30 billion–enough to buy a thousand of those G-IVs parked out at the airport–Buffett liked few things more than getting a...
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Every 4 hours you can place Blingtron 4000 down and he lasts 10 minutes. Anyone of your faction that is level 80 or higher can take this daily quest
You receive Blingtron 4000 Gift Package, which will normally gives you Vendor Trash, Potions, Alcohol, and/or Fun Items.
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The Rolla Rural Fire Protection District (RRFPD) recently received word from the Insurance Services Office (ISO) of homeowner and business rate decreases within the Fire District.
The RRFPD went through testing and review of its facilities, training and equipment in the last year by ISO. ISO also looked at water supplies, firefighters and their training, upkeep and testing of fire fighting apparatus and equipment, and dispatch centers.
RRFPD's Public Protection Classification was a 10 if over 5 road miles from a RRFPD fire station and with most companies an 8 if within 5 road miles of a RRFPD station. Stations are located at 1575 East Lions Club Drive in Rolla, 10830 Private Drive 2074 off of Highway V to the northeast of Rolla, and 18953 South Highway 63, south of Rolla.
Now, if you are located within 1,000 feet of a hydrant and within 5 road miles of a RRFPD station you are a Class 4. If you are within 5 road miles of a RRFPD station, but NOT within 1000 feet of a hydrant, you are a Class 6. It will still be a Class 9 or 10 if further than 5 road miles from a Rolla Rural Fire Protection District station.
"From what we are told, this will be a savings of 6 to 7% per Class Number decrease in the cost of your homeowner or business insurance policy," said William R. Mason, chairman of the fire district board. "Thus, if your Homeowner's Policy was $1,000 a year last year, this year it should be about $880 or less depending on the company, if you went from a Class 8 to a Class 6. It could be about $760 if you go to a Class 4. The savings on the Homeowner's Policy should be more than the tax you pay for fire protection. A few insurance companies had already put our taxpayers in a lower class as they rate due to zip codes not fire districts."
These rating decreases have come about since the Fire Department went from a dues paying Association to a Tax District. The changes can be directly seen due to hundreds of hours of training, record keeping, continual upkeep and testing of the fire equipment, from the dedicated time and efforts of the volunteer men and women of the Rolla Rural Fire Protection District. The RRFPD is manned each weekend by the volunteers to reduce dispatch times. The eventual goal of the RRFPD is to have paid full time fire personnel manning the station 24-7 for immediate response to emergencies in the tax district.


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- Oct 22:
- Police: Definitive link between May abduction try and murder of Jessica Ridgeway
- Oct 20:
- Jogger choked 8-year-old boy near Ketner Lake in Westminster in May
- Westminster police: Cross could lead to Jessica Ridgeway's killer
- Oct 13:
- Investigators follow all leads to find Jessica Ridgeway's killer
- Crowd, purple balloons celebrate life of Jessica Ridgeway
- Oct 12:
- Police moved quickly in first hours of search for Jessica Ridgeway
- Boulder experts offer tips on talking to kids in aftermath of Jessica Ridgeway murder
- Officials: Body is that of missing Westminster child Jessica Ridgeway
- Long search ends: "Justice for Jessica" as hope turns to grief
- Oct 11:
- Jessica Ridgeway case makes Longmont parents think twice about letting kids walk to school alone
- Jessica Ridgeway search: Westminster police say body found is not intact
- Jessica Ridgeway search: FBI asks for help finding suspect who fits profile
- Oct 10:
- Maine police one of many agencies investigating Jessica Ridgeway tips
- Parents ruled out as suspects in search for Jessica Ridgeway
- Oct 9:
- Hundreds attend vigil for Jessica Ridgeway in Superior park
- FBI probing link between Wyoming kidnapping and Jessica Ridgeway case
- Jessica Ridgeway's dad: I just want to find my daughter and bring her home
- Jessica Ridgeway search continues in Superior, Westminster today
- Oct 8:
- Jessica Ridgeway case: Neighbor noticed backpack on Superior street night before
- Dual prayer events to be held for Jessica Ridgeway in Superior, Westminster on Tuesday
- Jessica Ridgeway search expands to open space areas surrounding Superior
Several hundred police officers are expected on Monday morning to continue searching Superior's Rock Creek neighborhood for missing 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway of Westminster after getting the best lead so far in the case.
The search shifted more than six miles to Superior this afternoon after a resident found a backpack containing a water bottle that he reported has the girl's name written on it.
"Obviously, it gives the investigation something to go on," said Westminster police spokesman Trevor Materasso.
Materasso, at a late afternoon news conference, said detectives believe that the backpack is Jessica's, but declined to discuss its contents or verify that it contained a water bottle with the girl's name on it as reported by the man who found it.
A Superior resident e-mailed the town's listserv shortly after 1 p.m. today with a message bearing the subject line "Children's Back Pack Found." The message reads: "Found this morning on the side walk at Andrew Drive and Alpha Court. Water bottle has 'Jessica Ridgeway' name on it. Come and get it."
Materasso said the resident who found the backpack didn't recognize the name of the missing girl, but when someone replied to his original e-mail pointing out its significance, he immediately called 911 to report the discovery.
Materasso said detectives interviewed residents in the area to try to determine how long the backpack had been on the sidewalk in Superior, which he said is 6.4 miles from where the girl was last seen on Friday. Police are asking parents to talk to their children to see if they have any information about the backpack.
In case the police need help searching, Rock Creek resident Shannon Knobel set up a Facebook page: "Superior / Rock Creek Residents to help find Jessica Ridgeway" to mobilize volunteers.
Jessica — blonde, blue-eyed, 4 feet, 10 inches tall and 80 pounds — was last seen wearing jeans, a black jacket and glasses described as pink and purple.
Today, a bloodhound from Jefferson County was on scene trying to search the area off any scents on the backpack, Materasso said. Police had closed roads around that area to all non-residents, while officers were searching trunks of residents' cars going into the neighborhood. All the roads now are reopened.
"This has forced us to create some inconveniences to the residents of that Rock Creek subdivision," Materasso said.
As she was waiting in a line of cars to get home, Christine Wiedinmyer said the original tip was e-mailed by one of her neighbors, and she, too, saw the backpack on the sidewalk around 8:15 this morning as she was headed out. She said it didn't really strike her at first because there often are children's bikes or toys left about in the neighborhood.
She said her husband currently was being interviewed at their house by FBI agents because he, too, saw the backpack.
"It's horrifying," Wiedinmyer said. "I want to get home. My daughters are so worried."
Aldo Gurmendi was stopped, too, while trying to return home this afternoon with his family.
"I have three daughters, so I'm kind of freaking out," he said.
Norm Zrubeck, who lives in Spanish Hills off South Boulder Road, was turned away by police when he tried to drive into Rock Creek in Superior to watch the Broncos game with his son.
"They said, 'You can't go in the neighborhood because of an investigation,'" Zrubeck said.
Of the possibility that the search is connected to the missing Westminster girl, Zrubeck said, "I hope they catch whoever did it or it helps in her recovery."
Police, bloodhounds and volunteers have been working to find the girl, who disappeared after leaving her home in the 10700 block of Moore Street on Friday.
On Saturday, more than 800 volunteers searched through muddy fields in chilly temperatures as they examined every open space in the surrounding neighborhood.
Jessica's mother, a night shift worker, told police she last saw her walking toward school Friday morning. She reported the girl missing later in the afternoon when she woke to find a phone message saying Jessica hadn't arrived at Witt Elementary.
No evidence points to any family involvement, officials said. Jessica's father attended a child-custody hearing in a Missouri courtroom on Friday and police don't believe the custody issue is related to her disappearance.
To report a tip, call 303-658-4336 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Denver Post contributed to this report.


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Waist lines begin to broaden with the mere mention of the holidays, but for East Morgan County Hospital Chef Peter Sisneros, the feasts soon being prepared by families throughout the county can be delicious and healthy.
During November's monthly edition of the EMCH Good 4 You Healthy Cooking Class, Chef Sisneros will present a variety of mouth-watering alternatives to traditional holiday cooking, while introducing cooks in attendance to various recipes with a healthy twist on traditional holiday items such as stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce and even pumpkin pie.
"We'll also give advice and ways to stay healthy through holiday dinners as well as to develop a healthier strategy in approaching the day," Sisneros explained.
The class, to be held at the hospital's Brush Banner Bistro on Thursday, November 15 at 6:30 to 8 p.m. will arrive just in time to help family chefs and those with an affection for food to deck their Thanksgiving tables with a wealth of hale and hearty options to make both guests and indulgers alike indulge, without all the fat, salt and sugar.
Those interested in the culinary experience can contact EMCH at (970) 842-6200 or 842-6752 for more information on this and upcoming classes, hosted each third Thursday of the month with a different theme.
Classes are free to those currently enrolled in diabetes education and cardiac rehab classes offered at EMCH, but will cost $10 for others.
Below are a couple of Chef Peter's recipes.
Cranberry Orange Apple Relish
This simple relish is probably my favorite part of the meal; sometimes I will eat this in place of dessert. It goes wonderfully on a leftover Turkey sandwich
- 2 cups washed raw cranberries
- 2 skinned and cored tart apples
- 1 large, whole (peel ON) Orange
- 1 to 2 cups granulated sugar * (depending on how sweet you would like your relish to be)
**Experiment with spices such as Cinnamon or Nutmeg. Try adding chopped nuts or a splash fruit flavored liqueurs for more variety.
Rinse Cranberries, Oranges and Apples well.
Cut apples and oranges into small pieced that will fit into a food processor.
Using the pulse feature on the food processor chop all ingredients to a small dice size roughly 1/8" diced. The food processor will not produce uniform sized pieces but this is OK.
Combine all ingredients together in a re-sealable storage baggie and allow the flavors to marry together for a couple of hours in the refrigerator.
Maple Glazed Sweet Potatoes.
I love to use this recipe in place of the sticky sweet candied Yams.
- 3-4 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into bite sized pieces
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup; use real maple syrup and not the flavored corn syrups commonly used for pancakes.
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- Freshly ground pepper, to taste
Mix Syrup, Butter, Lemon Juice, Salt and Pepper together and whisk vigorously to combine all ingredients.
Pour syrup mixture over potatoes and toss well to ensure they are well coated.
Spray a baking dish with an non stick pan spray.
Place potatoes in dish and cover.
Bake at 325 degrees stirring occasionally for about an hour or till potatoes are soft.


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Zelnick was addressing an analyst's question on how to avoid watering down a franchise with annual releases but still foster innovative development on a regular basis. The chairman said Take-Two would be roughly on a biennial schedule for game releases if it didn't have to worry about fostering creativity in game design.
"I would say, probably, roughly an every-two-year schedule would be optimal. And if you look historically that has been largely the case with GTA, and I'd expect we'd apply rougly the same strategy to BioShock because BioShock is shaping up to be a very important franchise," Zelnick said in response to an analyst's query. "I don't want to say more than that about BioShock because I certainly don't want to jinx it, but I feel awfully good about where that's going."
Another analyst asked Zelnick about the sell-through numbers for BioShock, since the company has revealed shipment numbers of 1.5 million, but not retail sales. Zelnick would only say Take-Two thinks BioShock is "one of the fastest selling games in video game history."
The call also revealed two delays from previously predicted development schedules for Team Bondi's hard-boiled PS3 action game L.A. Noire and Rockstar Leeds' Beaterator--a PSP music game collaboration with hip hop producer Timbaland. Both titles are now expected to ship in Take-Two's fiscal year 2009, which begins in November 2008.
"Right now we're just pushing out the release date, and we'll be more specific as we have more information," Zelnick said. "We are continuing to develop the titles, and I think our decision was driven in part by the fact that we have such a strong release schedule for '08 and a pretty robust one."


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If you've been to Summit or Grand counties lately, you've seen the effects of the largest and most catastrophic pine beetle infestation in decades.
As the Rocky Mountain News recently reported, "Every large, mature lodgepole pine forest in Colorado and southern Wyoming will be dead within three to five years," based on projections from the U.S. Forest Service. The Rocky further reported that the outbreak, which began in 1996, has infested 1.5 million acres of trees, culminating in an unbelievable 500,000 additional acres in 2007 alone.
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NORTHPORT | Tuscaloosa County Schools Interim Superintendent Dan Butler said Friday he's willing to talk with the Northport City Council about its idea to create a separate school system, but he said he believes the nine schools within the Northport city limits should remain in the county system.
NORTHPORT | Tuscaloosa County Schools Interim Superintendent Dan Butler said Friday he's willing to talk with the Northport City Council about its idea to create a separate school system, but he said he believes the nine schools within the Northport city limits should remain in the county system.
"Northport is not something different from Tuscaloosa County," Butler said. "It's a part of us."
At a work session Thursday, Northport officials said they wanted to conduct a feasibility study to see how creating a separate school system would impact the city financially.
Northport Mayor Bobby Herndon said the Council had talked about the idea for years privately, but the city wasn't in the financial shape it's in now when the idea first came up.
"Northport is doing so well right now as far as growth, economic stability and businesses that never looked at us before are looking at us," Herndon said. "We just want to get a feel to see if it would be beneficial for our 25,000 citizens to have their own school system. When business and retail comes to visit cities they always ask how the school systems are.
"Tuscaloosa County is a good school system, my kids went through it, but we just want to evaluate to see if it's economically feasible and beneficial for us to have our own system. We've made no commitment to getting one. We just want to see if it would help grow the city and help serve its citizens."
Nine schools are located in Northport — Collins-Riverside Middle, Crestmont Elementary, Echols Middle, Faucett-Vestavia Elementary, Flatwoods Elementary, Huntington Place Elementary, Matthews Elementary, Northport Elementary and Tuscaloosa County High.
They represent about one-third of the county's 33 schools and collectively account for 5,243 of the county's 17,788 students.
Parents at Collins-Riverside Friday had mixed feelings about the possible breakup.
"I think its a great idea as long as they can afford it," said Shannon Eady, mother of a eighth-grader.
Carla Henry, also the mother of an eighth-grader, said she'd rather the Northport schools stay in the county system.
"It's been like this since I was in school here, and there's nothing wrong with it," she said.
Lance Kendrick, father of an eighth-grader, said he thinks it's a good idea as long as the curriculum doesn't change.
Butler, the interim superintendent, said he was shocked by the proposal and didn't understand why Northport's leaders felt the need to separate from the county system.
"The question I have is, 'Why?' " Butler said. "With the kind of bargain they're getting here, 'Why?'
"I was surprised because I had never dealt with this topic. The second reason I was surprised is because of the quality of education the children are receiving now. Why would the citizens of Northport want to increase their taxes to receive certainly no greater of an education than they're getting now?"
Seven of the nine Northport schools made Adequate Yearly Progress — annual statewide academic goals — last school year. The only schools that did not meet their AYP goals were Collins-Riverside and Tuscaloosa County High. Collins-
Riverside is in year one of AYP school improvement, which means the school hasn't met state academic standards for at least two years consecutively. Tuscaloosa County High is in year four of AYP school improvement.
Herndon said the citizens of Northport have contributed $250,000 annually in taxes to the Tuscaloosa County School System and its citizens have given the system generous donations.
He said it's time for the city to look at possibly taking care of its own instead of contributing to the entire county.
"We want the people of Northport to be able to make decisions that concern the people of Northport," Herndon said. "Northport should be in control of Northport.
"This is not something we're going to jump into. We will investigate because we don't want to do anything ... that will hurt our city. This is part of our comprehensive plan."
Michael Sibley, director of communication for the Alabama Department of Education, said all that's required for Northport to create its own school system is for the city to have at least 5,000 people living within its municipality. Northport has a population of about 25,000.
Sibley said the city would not have to buy the schools within its borders from the county unless that's stipulated in a separation agreement between the two groups. The city would, however, have to pay off any remaining debt on the schools.
Danny Higdon, chief school financial officer for the Tuscaloosa County Schools, said the only Northport school that still has debt is Tuscaloosa County High, at $6.3 million.
Higdon said the Northport school system would be allocated a portion of the countywide 1-cent sales tax to help fund its schools, but the city would still have to come up with 10 mils of property tax to match the education funds the state would provide them. The county's 10-mil match for fiscal year 2013 was $1,081,132, Higdon said.
Butler said Northport would also need to find a way to transport its students. He said the county has 193 bus routes and transportation costs are high.
Northport isn't the only city in the state that's broken away from a county school system, or at least considered it.
On Oct. 17, 2011, the Alabaster City Council voted to break away from Shelby County Schools.
According to The Birmingham News, the biggest issue the Alabaster faced was getting a solid revenue base, which is something that's been a struggle for the Tuscaloosa County School System for years.
Marty Handlon, the mayor of Alabaster, said Friday that to meet the Alabaster School System's financial needs, the city increased sales tax by 1 percent and dedicated that amount to education.
For the county schools, the removal of nine schools and more than 5,000 students would cause the system to lose state funding. Higdon said the state gave the system about $71 million in FY 2013 to pay the salaries and benefits of teachers, principals, assistant principals, counselors, librarians and one career tech director.
If the system loses students, it will lose state-funded teachers.
"The teachers go with the students," Butler said.
Another possible issue the county system may face is the loss of some of its school board members. Four of the county's seven board members represent Northport's schools — the Rev. Schmitt Moore, James Barnett, Gary Mims and Gary Bonner.
Since Northport would need its own school board, Butler said he's not sure if that would cause the Tuscaloosa County Board of Education to lose a few of its members since the board would represent fewer people and a smaller area.
The county school system would also have to re-zone.
"Here's something they should consider," Butler said. "We have students who live in the police jurisdiction of Northport, but not in the city limits. They go to Northport schools. So, would those kids who've attended Northport schools all their lives be forced to leave?"
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Community members impacted by the West Fork fire complex are invited to a meeting Wednesday to get updates and ask questions, the fire team said in its online report Tuesday. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at Creede High School, 308 La Garita St.
The three fires — West Fork, Windy Pass and Papoose — have consumed 109,049 acres and are 19 percent contained. The blaze is 14.5 miles northeast of Pagosa Springs and started June 5 after a lightning strike.
On Monday evacuation orders were lifted for several communities. Wirtz Property, Rio Grande Reservoir), S Lazy U/Wilderness Ranch and Hermit Lakes are all still under a mandatory evacuation.
Although the next few days are expected to very dry and warm, residents are being warned of upcoming monsoon rains that will increase the risk of flash flooding and mudslides.
Some 727 personnel are working the fire, including nine hand crews, 32 fire engines and 10 helicopters.
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Augustine Seulean, 95, was born in Anderson, Ind. August 16, 1917 and passed away in Medford, Ore. March 4, 2013. He was the son of Andrew and Catalina (Oltean) Seulean who came from Romania to the United States in 1912. He was predeceased by his parents and two brothers, George and Valere, and little sister, Anna Seulean.
Augie graduated from Anderson High School in 1936 and from Butler University in Indianapolis, Ind. in 1941. During WWII he spent over four years in the U.S. Army. After the war he returned to Anderson and his former employment with Delco Remy, Division of GMC, as an internal auditor.
In 1946 he married Anita (Roseberry) Seulean and she and their two sons David (Nancy) Seulean of Ashland, Ore. and Andrew Seulean of Anderson survive him. Also surviving are six grandchildren, Wendy (Wade) Jagger of Syracuse, Ind.; Whitney (Trent) Finley and Wesley (Chad Leslie) Seulean of Anderson; and Sam of Astoria, Ore.; and Kit Seulean and Louie Elizabeth Seulean of Portland, Oregon. The great- grandchildren are Alyssa Finley and Landon and Claire Jagger. Also surviving are a sister-in-law, Fern Seulean and brother-in-law, Phil Roseberry and several nieces and nephews.
Augie attended the Romanian Orthodox church in Indianapolis and the First United Methodist Church in Anderson. He worked as an auditor for Delco Remy Div. GMC for 44 years and was a member of the Society of Certified Internal Auditors. He was a charter member of the Anderson Exchange Club, a Cub Scout and Boy Scout leader, The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Madison County (IN) Historical Society, and the Indiana Historical Society,
Augie was devoted to his family. When his mother had been in the United States for 54 years he took her to her homeland in 1966 to see her sisters and brothers. Loving to travel, Augie and Anita made numerous trips to Europe and he had been in all 50 of the United States. He was an avid reader and a Mr.-Fix-It. He enjoyed the friendship of many and his outgoing personality and friendly smile are greatly missed. A celebration of his life will be at a future time.
Special thanks to (Florica) Janet Anderson and Oregon-family friends Robert, Tonia, Gary, Margaret, Cathy, Tom, and Kelli, and Nancy Joslin of Lapel, Ind. The service and care of hospice is appreciated by the family.
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Here are five events for you to consider this weekend.
From seeing live theater to meeting a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, boredom should be nonexistent for you this weekend, thanks to the beefy lineup of events at your disposal during the next few days.
Here are five events for you to consider this weekend.
1. 'The Producers' musical
New Candlelight Theatre will kickoff the 2013 season with the hilarious Mel Brooks musical "The Producers," which opens tonight and will also be held on Saturday. The show is intended for guests older than 4.
Winners of 12 Tony Awards, there's no better way to celebrate the craziness of live theater than to present this brilliant satire about a famed Broadway producers, his nerdy young accountant and their money making scheme to produce the "worst show on Broadway.
"The Producers" will host show dates through March 17.
WHAT 'The Producers'
WHEN 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25; 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26; show dates run through March 17.
WHERE New Candlelight Theatre, 2208 Millers Road, Wilmington
COST $56 adults $33 children (4 and older)
INFO nctstage.org or 475-2313
2. Delaware Symphony Orchestra concert
Eloquent melodies will embrace The Grand during Delaware Symphony Orchestra's concert tonight and Sunday afternoon.
Led by Delaware Symphony Orchestra conductor David Amado, the concert will include pieces from Engelbert Humperdinck, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Antonín Leopold Dvořák.
As the state's only professional orchestra, the DSO is known for delivering symphonic music to thousands of Delawareans through its classical and chamber concert series, special concerts and education and community engagement programs.
WHAT Delaware Symphony Orchestra concert
WHEN 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25; 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27
WHERE The Grand, 818 North Market St., Wilmington
INFO thegrandwilmington.org or 652-5577
3. French farce 'Boeing Boeing'
Fasten your seat belts for high-flying hijinks when "Boeing Boeing" comes in for a landing on Delaware Theatre Company's stage tonight.
In this 1960s French farce, playboy Bernard juggles the arrivals and departures of his three flight attendant fiancées, each unaware of the other until an old friend's surprise visit causes turbulence. Laughter soars high in this 2008 Tony Award-winning production.
The final show date for "Boeing Boeing" is Feb. 10.
WHAT 'Boeing Boeing'
WHEN 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25; 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26; 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27; show dates run through Feb. 10
WHERE Delaware Theatre Company, 200 Water St., Wilmington
COST $35 (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday previews, and Wednesday matinees: $45 (second and third week for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday shows, as well as Saturday and Sunday matinees); $49 (Saturday evenings)
INFO delawaretheatre.org or 594-1100
4. Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer comes to Hockessin
The Delaware Photographic Society will host accomplished photographer John Kaplan as he'll deliver hope and inspiration with his program titled "Not as I Pictured: A Pulitzer Prize-winning Photographer's Journey Through Lymphoma" on Sunday afternoon at Cokesbury Village.
Kaplan, who won a Pulitzer Prize for feature photography, was at the top of his world when suddenly he was diagnosed with a rare case of potentially deadly lymphoma. Turning the lens on himself, Kaplan's remarkable imagery takes you beyond his despair and through his powerful belief that he can, and must, beat lymphoma.
WHAT 'Not as I Pictured: A Pulitzer Prize-winning Photographer's Journey Through Lymphoma'
WHEN 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27
WHERE Cokesbury Village, Auditorium C, 726 Loveville Road, Hockessin
COST Free
INFO delawarephotographicsociety.org or 764-1363
5. Free flick at Delaware Art Museum
Delaware Art Museum's popular series Silver Screen Sundays returns this weekend with the 1968 flick "Romeo and Juliet." The event is free.
As part of the Year of the Bard, a statewide Shakespearean festival, the Museum will screen contrasting versions of three Shakespeare plays from January through March. Each screening will be introduced by a Shakespeare expert and/or humanities scholar, showing how Shakespeare's text has been absorbed, adapted, and altered to reflect a changing society. You'll enjoy a fresh look at these timeless plays.
WHAT Silver Screen Sundays featuring the 1968 film 'Romeo and Juliet'
WHEN 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27
WHERE Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington
COST Free
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The Christmas lights are up. The cute plastic tree and Santa Claus figurine are on display on the porch – in fact, they're holding up some of the light strings wrapped around the front of the house.
All very nice, except that they're from LAST Christmas, and they've been up all year. In addition to the full boxes of stuff, there's the extra rear bench seat from an 1989 Dodge Caravan, and let's not forget the rest of the Caravan strewn around the side yard …
Hoarders are a major, if little noticed, problem in neighborhoods all around central Pennsylvania. They affect property values and quality of life for the neighbors and generally cause unneighborly friction that spills over into municipal meetings. Believe me, I know of what I speak.
What's a "hoarder"? You'll know it when you see it. My wife and I have particular history with the disorder (and it is a clinical disorder) – we bought our first home from a person who had rented it to hoarders for years. The place was incredible. Nothing can prepare you for piles and piles of things … things you'd never think to keep.
I won't gross you out with specifics. Let's just say that he had an entire car dealership in the place (he had apparently owned one years prior). Everything. Including the big lighted Jaguar sign he must have taken down from the street. Did I mention the Jaguars in the garage buried under a mountain of boxes? We couldn't open the garage door.
Here in Pennsylvania, I see them around. The fences over which a client and I would peek with a sense of dread while showing a home. The ominous piles where you wouldn't expect them. The grim faces of the neighbors.
When the town tries to come down on the situation, they cry foul and threaten to call their lawyer. The community is the big loser in this battle of property rights versus the common good.
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Business magnate Larry Ellison thinks that without Steve Jobs -- "our Edison" and "our Picasso" -- Apple corporation is in trouble.
Larry Ellison was one of Jobs' closest friends. Then again, this is the same Ellison who presided over one of the most idiotic and - for Oracle - disastrous lawsuits in technology history.
Update: A few new tidbits from the interview: Google is "completely evil" because of Java, and the mass surveillance by the US government is "absolutely necessary". So, aside from being utterly delusional (the Google and Java thing), he also does not believe in civil rights, and would much rather everyone give up their privacy and right to free speech.
What a tool. No wonder nobody cares about Oracle.
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The "GAH!" panel reminds me of an Engineer from Prometheus.
I don't like the flashback art. Looks like they're gonna go with the Demon-Man/Keldor hybrid?!
The "GAH!" panel reminds me of an Engineer from Prometheus.
I don't like the flashback art. Looks like they're gonna go with the Demon-Man/Keldor hybrid?!
Hordak looked a bit weird in this incarnation. Overall, the issue was okay, still glossed over a few parts such as how did Keldor lose his face in this incarnation?
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overall i like the origin of skeletor, but what is with Hordak? he looked like a sprigand from Skyrim...
I'm supposing in this new series, the writers are trying to play up Hordak more on the level as Eternia's version of the Devil, I suppose. It is nice to see the writers taking elements from the previous incarnations of MOTU. I think this is the first time the Gar race has been mentioned since the MYP cartoon series and they are still holding to the idea that Keldor is half Gar much like he was in that series.
It would be nice if, in the near future, the writers revisit the events leading up to Keldor's transformation to Skeletor like what kind of betrayal did he evoke that made him wind up wandering around with his face burning away?
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So there clearly is more still to come. Here's the article: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2...-book/1668709/
Imo, the Origin of Skeletor comic really asks more questions than it answers. And continuing the story and bringing He-Man into the picture does nothing but complicate things. Can anyone tell me HOW Keldor got burned? Why?
Don't tell me it'll be addressed in the next "origin".
In all, I'm really disappointed in the series so far. Sucks.
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You had a one-shot for "Masters of the Universe" hit recently -- any more work in that realm of comics?
Yeah, I'm also doing the origin of He-Man, which is coming up with [artist] Ben Oliver. That's really fun because it's like a soft part two to "Skeletor." I think I actually changed He-Man's origin more than I changed Skeletor's. I wanted to really tie the two of them together so you can understand specifically why Skeletor hates He-Man so much. It always felt sort of arbitrary to me that he just hates this kid. "I hate you! I hate you, kid!" I took it and I followed up on a lot of themes of destiny and predetermination that are in the Skeletor one-shot. I'm incredibly excited -- Ben Oliver is such a badass. This past year, I've gotten to work with just the most amazing artists I've worked with ever in my career. It's really exciting.
There are NO MOTU comics coming out in February. The limited series wraps in January, but no signs of anymore one-shots or an extension of the series.
I guess we might find out in the final issue...We'll see if He-Man sets things straight and everyone wakes up in their original forms.
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Great cover. Skeletor and Evil Lyn look amazing.
This issue's artist certainly was doing some fan service in the way Teela was drawn and inked. I thought the new issue was a decent installment. Moving the setting along now a little more.
Holy crap, was that disembodied head supposed to be Hordak?! If it was, a far cry from the Hordak seen in the Skeletor origin one shot.
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Is there a digital comic out tomorrow?
I doubt it. And issue five of the main series comes out next month.
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Although one of the men who admitted setting fire to a Thibodaux restaurant will be recommended for boot camp, the other man who pleaded guilty will likely have to serve prison sentences.
Although one of the men who admitted setting fire to a Thibodaux restaurant will be recommended for boot camp, the other man who pleaded guilty will likely have to serve prison sentences.
Derek Hebert, 22, 143 Richland Drive, Thibodaux, was sentenced this week to five years in prison for the spring Western Sizzlin arson, court officials said. Judge John LeBlanc handed down Hebert's sentenced after giving Donavan Hoffpauir, 18, 928 La. 20, Thibodaux, the same amount of time earlier this month. But the judge said he would recommend Hoffpauir for a six-month corrections boot camp program, according to Hoffpauir's grandparents.
Western Sizzlin, a steakhouse at 411 N. Canal Blvd., remains closed. About 60 people lost their jobs as a result.
Hebert and Hoffpauir both pleaded to one count of simple arson, said Kristine Russell, first assistant district attorney in Lafourche.
The boot camp Hoffpauir may attend is at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, said his grandfather Wayne Elliot, who raised him. Hoffpauir is being processed at another correctional center.
Hebert's family could not be reached Wednesday.
Hoffpauir and Hebert were drinking with friends May 21 when they started talking about burning down the Western Sizzlin, where they used to work, Thibodaux Police said at the time of their arrest. Friends who were with them thought the pair was joking.
Hoffpauir is a "hard worker," who had attended church with his grandparents the day before the restaurant burned down, Elliot said. Although Hoffpauir graduated from Thibodaux High School, he could not attend the ceremony because he was arrested days before.
"You made one decision and ruined your whole life," Elliot said he told Hoffpauir after his arrest.
However, the grandparents helped him make bond months after awaiting trial in the Lafourche Parish jail, and "he was a really different person those two months," Elliot said. "He did what he was told and was very cooperative."
"He says he made a mistake, and he learned his lesson," Elliot said.
Hoffpauir quit his job at Western Sizzlin about four months before the fire, managers said. The company fired Hebert about two years ago after he allegedly punched and broke a glass cooler.
Western Sizzlin owner Jim Keller couldn't be reached for comment about the future of the restaurant.
Although the fire only damaged the outside of the building, near the back, it set off the sprinklers, firefighters said. Water flooded the building and caused part of the ceiling to cave in.
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So the cheap ULE automags arrived. As expected, rust everywhere, but I was really surprised at how good the ULE bodies actually looked.
Problem: I cannot get the front grip frame screw off.
I actually sawed a slot into the front grip frame to stick a piece of metal or something in to get more leverage as the hex parts are partially stripped, but anything I stick in there to try to turn the screw either breaks or bends. That's set that screw is. I'm suspecting rust or something.
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Dr. Larry Norton gave a thoroughly informative presentation on "How Modern Science is Revolutionizing Breast Health" at Living Beyond Breast Cancer's Annual Fall Conference on Saturday, Sept. 29. Here on the Blog, LBBC's Writer and Editorial Coordinator, Nicole Katze, shares her experience oh his presentation at her first ever national LBBC conference.
I've always been fascinated by science. There's a certain kind of satisfaction that comes from knowing how things work or why things happen. And even more exciting – science is the reason there are so many new things to fascinate me. There's always a new finding, always a new idea. You think we've found every species on earth and then reports pour in about a new monkey found in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Maybe most importantly there's biological science. Medical science. Health science. The sciences that break us down as humans into our tiniest molecules and try to figure us out, try to make us better or help us heal. We are complex beings and there is so much happening within us all the time.
On Saturday, Sept. 29, I attended my first LBBC conference and had the opportunity to hear Dr. Larry Norton speak about some of the advances being made in understanding breast cancer. There are, of course, new treatments under study and the recent confirmation that breast cancer has four types – but what Dr. Norton presented was more than that. He talked about cancer cells and genes and DNA and how all of these together may eventually show us how some cancers metastasize and others don't. He called it "serious science."
Complex, yes. But pretty cool, right?
The process Dr. Norton described is known as "self-seeding." In self-seeding tumor growth, metastasis happens in a cycle. Breast cancer cells that gain the ability to travel to other parts of the body – to metastasize – settle in the metastatic site and begin to grow; but then these metastatic cells can cycle back and return to the original tumor in the breast. The return of metastatic cells may help the original tumor grow, and faster. This theory is very different from our understanding of metastasis as a one-way road, in which cancer cells break away from the original tumor, travel to a new location and stay put.
But not all tumors are self-seeding. Dr. Norton explained that tumors that self-seed are driven by certain genes that tend to be present in tumors that may eventually spread. When these genes are active, metastatic cells in other areas of the body seem to be attracted to the original tumor and are drawn to rejoin it.
When it comes to treatment, understanding this process could lead to new targeted therapies that attack self-seeding cells, like anti-mobility agents to stop cells from traveling, or using white blood cells to stimulate the immune system and encourage the original tumor to attack metastatic cells that return. My own interpretation: the more we understand about this process, the closer we are to getting cancer to kill itself.
A decade ago, treatment for breast cancer was leagues behind where we are now. A decade before that, even further. The research Dr. Norton described at the conference may still be in its earliest stages, but it's changing the way we think about breast cancer and its treatment. As Dr. Norton put it, "science is turning over our notion of the disease."
To learn more about LBBC Medical Advisory Board member, Dr. Larry Norton, check out his bio, or search his name on the Living Beyond Breast Cancer's website to read several of his contributions.


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We have a variety of serviced offices available to rent in Marylebone Road, NW1. Each office space is offered at the best rates and suited to your individual needs and requirements.
Versatile meeting space, will comfortably accommodate 6 people and hold up to 8. Boardroom table, formal desk for either hot-desking or interviews and a 2 person lounge area. Refreshments are included in the booking rate however there is a surcharge should you require refreshments served for you. WiFi, telephone, projector, computer and printer are all available. A lovely town garden ideal for clients holding slightly more informal meetings. Their list prices (discounted for clients) are £30 p/h , £95 half day & £195 full day.
This address is a boutique serviced office facility based in the heart of Central London, at one of its most prestigious and sought after locations. Marylebone is famous for its world class shopping and dining. It is also renowned for it's historical, cultural and architectural interest.
This business centre in Seymour Place offers excellent meeting room facilities to accommodate your needs. This centre is a training and development centre offering courses; it has high spec facilities and can help with the growth and training of staff members.
This period building is set back from the main road, offering an unusually tranquil setting. An office space on the 2nd floor is now available, measuring at 22.4 sqm. You will have access through the front door, of which is accompanied with an intercom system. The office space would be suitable for a set up of 4 workstations. The space offers ample natural lighting. Desks are available, but requests will be taken into consideration. All bills are included, with the exception of the phone line. Cleaning for communal areas is also included
Discover floors of coworking and private offices that cater to needs you didn't even know you had. This space is designed to promote productivity whether you're a team of one or 100, and month-to-month flexibility means your space is just as agile as you are. Plus, one all-inclusive rate makes things easy. Any workspace can have a lounge, but this space is decorated with custom murals. Your old office might have had a coffee pot, but this has a micro-roasted coffee bar and fresh fruit water. They've considered every detail so you can focus on your business. Beyond desks, staff, and amenities, find a community of forward-thinking companies and in-house events that connect you organically.
These offices in Crawford Street are set within an imposing townhouse and features over 2,000 square feet of desk space. It can accommodate small start up companies who just require 1 desk or an established company requiring a private office. All rooms at Crawford Street are equipped with high speed fibre internet, kitchen facilities and the usage of a boardroom. Available: 4 person office in prime marylebone only £1600 a month.
Set within Marylebone Station itself, you can enter from the concourse or from outside. A Grade II listed building designed by Metropolitan Workshop, formally the boardroom and ancillary space for the British Rail head office. Private office space and meeting rooms available.
The building near Paddington station recently underwent a refurbishment, and well-appointed serviced office suites from 150 sqft with air-handling and good natural light are offered at affordable prices on flexible terms. The centre also benefits from a marble reception and entrance with two six-person lifts to all floors. You can take immediate occupation with no capital expense, no high overheads, long commitments or administration headaches. All serviced offices are fully furnished and carpeted, and additional equipment is available if required. The centre has just gained the added benefits of having a new large break out area, outside terrace, showers and free bicycle parking.
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These offices are in the renowned Edgware Road in London and are located less than a minute's walk away from Edgware Road Station. The office space is set in a charismatic building with newly finished interior decor and fittings of a high standard. There are 11 desks to be rented out in this office space.
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LONGMONT -- The mother of a teenager who died in a hit-and-run crash on New Year's Eve could choose to sue the city of Longmont and the Longmont police for $2 million because police let the boy go after finding him intoxicated before his death, according to an intent-to-sue notice filed with the city.
Longmont deputy city attorney Ed Yosses said on Friday that city risk management officials have not yet replied to Cara Tedeschi's intent-to-sue notification dated April 23, but he expects the reply to be issued within 30 days.
According to police reports, Jason Grimmer was fleeing a fight between a group of his friends and a group of black men on New Year's Eve when he ran into road on the 2300 block of Main Street and was fatally struck in a hit-and-run crash. Police reported the fight started after Grimmer's friends -- all white teens and men -- had exchanged words and had used racially charged language with one of the black men as he left work. Officers responded to the call and allowed Grimmer's group to move on, but they believe the man, Keenan Morris, called his friends to the area and a fight ensued after officers left.
While most of the police reports related to the investigation are not public because the case remains open and unsolved, the Times-Call found a report in a related harassment case in which one of Grimmer's friends recounted the evening. The man said police knew Grimmer was intoxicated and that he had alcohol on him, but did not ticket him and let him go.
According to the intent-to-sue document, police returned alcohol to Grimmer's possession and did not contact the 16-year-old's family.
"The responding Longmont police officers knew or should have known that Mr. Grimmer's immediate welfare was in jeopardy when they responded to the initial confrontation," according to the document. "The responding officers knew that Mr. Grimmer was an intoxicated juvenile. The responding officers knew that Mr. Grimmer was in the company of intoxicated adults involved in a racially charged confrontation. The responding officers provided alcohol to the decedent and released him into the care of intoxicated individuals."
The document goes on to say that the police had a duty to protect the teen from immediate danger and should have taken him into custody and notified his mother or other guardian and that failing to do so was a "breach of the duty of care."
The hit-and-run case has been long and complicated for police, who initially arrested a teenage girl related to Morris in the hit and run. She spent 11 days in jail but was cleared of the crime. Police do not have a description of the vehicle that hit Grimmer, and no one else has been arrested.
Those close to the investigation have said the case will be reviewed by a grand jury.
Yosses said when the city receives an intent-to-sue letter, officials consider whether to enter into further discussion, reject the claim or enter into negotiations. He said he can't predict the city's response until risk management officials have completed an assessment.
No suit has been filed.
Kevin Carlock, Tedeschi's attorney, said Friday afternoon that the notice preserves the family's right to take legal action at a later date, but they would like to see the results of the grand jury investigation, as-yet unreleased coroner's report, and any additional police investigations.
He added that they are awaiting the city's response to the notice.
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Global Gadget Magazine I4U, Gear Live, and Playfeed Announce Exclusive E3 Podcast And Video Coverage
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I4U Future Technology News, the Premier digital gadget online news publication, is set to bring E3 coverage to a whole new level. Journalists will be on hand to bring unfiltered reports to readers, listeners and video viewers worldwide.
"This years E3 is going to be special, even for non-hardcore gamers," states Luigi Lugmayr, CEO of I4U LLC. "The new consoles will also change home entertainment in the near future."
Our team will produce Podcast and video news reports optimized for multimedia devices such as the iPod, Playstation Portable, and Smart Phones from both the big pre-show press conferences and after show events. Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PS3 and Nintendo's Revolution will all make their debuts this year, and I4U will be there to bring you the latest coverage from the show room floor. Look for interviews with the top names in gaming, new console updates, hottest holiday titles and everything else that matters. Playstation Portable owners can look forward to video coverage downloads formatted exclusively for their console.
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HOW TO: Hack A PSOne LCD Into Your Computer
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I've been wanting to do something neat to my computer for a long time. I thought of etching something into the side window, thought of adding water cooling, I thought of doing a bunch of things. Well, in my search ventures online to find something neat to do I found a really cool mod to do with your PC using a PSone LCD Screen. Jump on down to see how it went.
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Dodgeball.com Acquired By Google
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Cell Phones, Internet,
I have been messing around with Dodgeball.com for a couple of weeks in the Seattle area, and I think the service is pretty cool. I haven't done much more than test it, but I like the idea behind it. Apparently Google liked it to - so much so that they have acquired the company, making Dodgeball.com the thirteenth company that Google has picked up. If you are unfamiliar with Dodgeball's service, it is simple. Sign up is free, and you are then able to send a text message to email@example.com whenever you are somewhere that you want to meet people. For example, if I am at Pike's Place Market hanging out, I can text firstname.lastname@example.com with the message @pikes place. Now anyone on my contact list that happens to be in a 10 block radius will get an email and/or text message which says "Andru is at Pikes Place". Very cool. Dodgeball is available in most major cities. Congrats to Google for picking this one up.
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British Scientists Anti-Gravity Machine
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Misc. Tech,
British scientists have put together an anti-gravity machine which has the ability to levitate heavy stones, coins, and other metals in the air. Using a powerful magnet, the anti-gravity machine uses diamagnetism, which essentially means that you can place non-magnetic object into a powerful magnetic field, which then causes the object to take on a weak magnetic force of its own. While the levitation technology isn't new, it has certainly never been at a point where it could lift objects like lumps of metal and heavy stones before. One step closer to that levitating Segway I have been wanting.
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Google Can Dig Up Personal iCal Information
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Internet, Software,
The Google search engine is a powerful force. We have all heard of the different ways you can manipulate the search field to find things that people would rather keep private. Now it appears that someone has uncovered another security flaw, this time concerning iCal. Now, after talking to Joel it was made clear to me that the user needs to do something in order to get their information out there. Apparently, if you publish your iCal, anyone can view it if they know what to plug in to Google. Check it out for yourself. Click on a result to view the calendar, addresses, appointments, and all. Unfortunately, many users will publish a calendar on the web to share with friends, family, or co-workers, not knowing that it would become available for all to see. Perusing through the search results, you can find personal addresses and phone numbers - things I am sure the users probably didn't mean to broadcast across the interweb.
Canada's CRTC To Regulate VOIP
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Internet, Misc. Tech,
Canada's local phone companies were hoping that VOIP services would be left unregulated similar to other Internet services. Instead, what is expected to happen is that the CRTC will bring VOIP under its umbrella which would mean that the large telcos like Bell Canada and Telus Corp. would need to seek CRTC approval for their prices. This means that if they want to slash prices to compete with VOIP services like Vonage and Primus Telecommunications, they need to go through the proper channels to do so. This gives startup VOIP services and easier time of gaining footing, as well as giving cable companies like Shaw, Rogers, and Videotron the ability to compete.
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Yahoo! Music Unlimited Gets It Right
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Yahoo! has made a very bold move in the digital audio download arena. Yahoo! Music Unlimited will bring its users music downloads, similar to services provided by Napster and Rhapsody, for the extremely low price of $7 per month. If you purchase one year all at once, it costs just $60 - that is $5 a month! The music is your standard DRM protected WMA format and can be transferred to portable devices, same thing offered by all the other music stores that aren't called iTunes. It even allows you to share music via Yahoo! Messenger. Comparatively, NapsterToGo costs $15 per month. I have been messing around with the interface for a bit, and it is honestly just a bit buggy. My guess is that they will have their programmers working on a new build throughout the day in preparation for launch tomorrow. $60for one year's worth of music? That just may be too hard to pass up.
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Individualizing Your Site
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The Internet is a crowded place, and as you will notice, it is hard to develop a truly original idea that someone else is not already doing. That being the case, your individuality needs to stem from your own originality. One of your main goals should be to stand out from the pack, positioning yourself in an optimal spot in your marketplace. Here are a few tips on gaining that edge:
- Go with something you know. The more knowledge you have about the sector you hope to enter, the greater the chance that those seeking out that information will find your site to be a resource. If you can prove that you know your craft, you will build credibility and a strong rapport with your visitors.
- Go with something you love. Building on the first concept, if you can develop something that you are not only knowledgeable about, but are also passionate about, you will gain a nice personal fulfillment from your work. The fun you are having will come across in your work to your readers, as you will likely be more excited about the effort required to make it a success. You will also be able to come into contact with others who share your passion, again making your venture that much more rewarding.
- Provide a cost-free resource. Whether you are writing articles or selling merchandise, web surfers are attracted by content which they do not need to pay for. Whether that is an ad-supported RSS feed or a merchandise giveaway, give your visitors a reason to not only be excited about your online presence, but to want to return to see what's next.
- Respect your visitors. The one thing plaguing the internet these days is spam. Your visitors want to know that any information that they give you will not be sold or shared with a third party. Put up a privacy policy, and be sure to explain your intentions. If you can gain your visitors' trust, you will then gain their loyalty.
Developing Your Angle
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Working on narrowing down all the aspects of your online presence can be mind-boggling. While you may have your ideas right on the tip of your tongue, it is very common to come down with a case of the startup "writers block". When this happens, it is always a good idea to grab a pad and paper and start surfing. Find those websites which you want to take after (or take over!), essentially refreshing your market research. Scribble down the taglines that interest you, note down impressive design schemes, and start developing your own ideas based off of this information. One great resource you can use is del.iciou.us, as just about any concept you can think of can be found using tags. Remember, ideas are not something that can be copyrighted, but just about anything else can be. When doing your brainstorming, be sure to respect the intellectual property of those sites you visit.
Windows Mobile 2005 Becomes Windows Mobile 5.0
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Microsoft has finally announced Windows Mobile 5.0, a.k.a. Magneto, at the 2005 Microsoft Mobile & Embedded DevCon. The software looks fantastic - I am most stoked about the upgraded network support with 3G optimization. Other features include a new mobile office suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), a one-handed navigation scheme, improved WiFi, improved BlueTooth, persistent memory to ensure your data will remain safe in the even of battery failure, video calling, push-to-talk calling, external drive support, and USB 2.0. This will all go into the next generation of Windows Mobile Smartphones and handheld devices.
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ROCKFORD - Aldermen are weighing whether homeowners should be required to clear snow from their sidewalks.
The goal is to make the city safer for pedestrians, including children going to school, who are often forced into the streets by snow-covered sidewalks.
"I remember a couple years ago, by Fairview School, I saw a child slip on the sidewalk and fall right in the street by the bus," said Ald. Frank Beach, R-10. "It absolutely put a knife right through my stomach. Thank God the buses weren't moving, but there's a situation where the sidewalks weren't clear."
City ordinance requires businesses to clear snow from their sidewalks by noon the day after snowfall has ceased, but there's no such rule for residents.
The state's Snow and Ice Removal Act "encourages" homeowners to clear their sidewalks, but it isn't required. And those who attempt to clear sidewalks of snow cannot be held liable for any injuries caused by weather conditions, unless the inadequate shoveling was "willful and wanton."
Multiple communities have enacted shoveling requirements for homeowners. In Beloit, for example, residents face a $100 fine if they don't shovel sidewalks after 48 hours.
Past City Councils have debated the issue but ultimately opted against the requirement. Beach said the issue has been brought forward again because he received numerous calls from residents asking for sidewalk-clearing rules after some of this winter's heavy snowfalls. He said the ordinance could be enforced on a complaint basis.
James Millhouse of Rockford said he contacted Beach in 2010 in hopes that the city would adopt an ordinance that requires sidewalk shoveling.
"I used to walk quite a bit, but I hate walking in the streets," he said. "I need to walk to stay healthy, but you're taking your life into your own hands when you walk out in the street."
He hopes the city will consider making homeowners and businesses play by the same shoveling rules, although he said the $100 business fine is too steep for residents.
"I'm 72 years old and I go out and shovel mine every time it snows, and I can't see why other people can't do that," Millhouse said.
Ald. Joseph Chiarelli, R-14, said the calls he's received from constituents have been overwhelmingly against the requirement. He said the city has to consider how to handle vacant houses, rental properties, houses owned by the elderly or disabled, and what do when people are on vacation when a snowstorm hits.
He understands the safety issue but doesn't want to resort to fines, especially if those fines fall on someone who truly needs assistance.
"It's a lose-lose for the city as far as fining people," he said. "People should just be courteous and conscious of the safety issue and really make an effort to clean these sidewalks."
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Photos: Black Forest wildfire
- View more photos from the Black Forest fire near Colorado Springs.
- View aerial images of the Black Forest fire destruction.
- Black Forest residents thank firefighting crews.
- Watch raw video of the Black Forest fire on June 11, 2013
- Watch Black Forest fire evacuees tell their stories.
- Watch El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa talk about the Black Forest fire on June 12, 2013
- Raw video: Mules escape the Black Forest fire
BLACK FOREST — Officials plan to temporarily reopen two sections of the Black Forest fire burn zone Wednesday to allow more residents their first chance to see what's left of their homes.
The fire remained 85 percent contained, but El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa said he expected more containment on Wednesday. The cost of fighting the Black Forest fire has risen to $8.5 million.
"I feel good about the progress we're making," Maketa said at a Wednesday morning news briefing. "We are trying to get people back to their homes."
With the high temperature forecast to reach 89 degrees in Colorado Springs on Wednesday, Maketa said fire crews will conduct a grid walk to confirm the fire is truly snuffed in areas where they think it has been extinguished.
Incident Commander Rich Harvey said overnight crews didn't find "too many smokes," but did find some activity in stump holes and trash bins.
Crews planned to continue mop up work on Wednesday, "continuing to knock the heat out," Harvey said.
Maketa said investigation continues into the point of origin of the fire, and where Marc Allen Herklotz, 52, and his wife, Robin Lauran Herklotz, 50, died.
The fire began at about 2 p.m. on June 11 in Black Forest north of Colorado Springs. It quickly raced through ponderosa pine and shrub oak and has burned 14,280 acres and destroyed 509 homes.
Maketa remains concerned about burglaries in the evacuation zone. He said there are seven under investigation.
Maketa said there are still 937 homes and 9,830 acres under the mandatory evacuation order. About 2,600 people remain out of their homes. During the high point of the fire, almost 40,000 people were evacuated.


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