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In last week's blog, I noted that POET will work with equipment manufacturers to help speed the process of getting corn cob harvesters into fields around its Project LIBERTY facility in Emmetsburg, IA. Well, if you're in the Emmetsburg area on Nov. 3, you might want to attend the Project LIBERTY field day.
This event will feature live demonstrations of pre-commercial corn cob harvesting equipment. Project LIBERTY Director Jim Sturdevant says that there have been significant advances not only in the development of cob harvesting technology, but also in incentives for farmers to benefit from the new revenue steam that corn cobs will offer.
Sturdevant will provide more insight on the developing cellulosic ethanol industry in the upcoming December edition of Farm Industry News. The article will feature an update on cellulosic ethanol demo and pilot projects and how plans are progressing for commercial-scale production plants.
The Nov. 3 event at Project LIBERTY in Emmetsburg will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will feature morning and afternoon rounds of equipment demonstrations separated by lunch and a short program. To see a documentary about POET's pilot cellulosic ethanol plant visit www.poet.com/cellulosedocumentary.htm.
AGCO Awarded Grant for Hay Project
In other news, AGCO, maker of tractors, combines and windrowers, has been awarded a grant of up to $5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to show the viability of a hay product as a means to supply high tonnage biomass feedstocks to cellulosic biofuel producers. The project will be focused on the efficient collection and transportation of biomass to biofuel plants.


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Sonoita, Arizona has a population of 837.
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The median household income for the surrounding county is $38,802
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Located at the crossroads of U.S. Highways 82 and 83, Sonoita is home to Arizona's wine country, where many vineyards produce a variety of colorful and award-winning wines. The soil around Sonoita and the neighboring hamlet of Elgin is nearly identical to that of Burgundy, France, and the countryside is characterized by rolling grasslands, blue skies, wide open spaces, numerous vineyards, cattle ranches, pronghorn antelope and magnificent mountains. The strongest economic base is in ranching, but the area also experiences tourism dollars and local vineyards contribute to the economy.
Sonoita and neighboring Elgin are known for their small wineries – a great way to spend the day enjoying beautiful scenery while sampling award-winning wine. The Nature Conservancy's Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve is a first-rate bird watching location for spotting more than 250 different species of birds. Parker Canyon Lake, south of town, offers fishing and camping. Patagonia Lake State Park, not far from town, is another wonderful spot to enjoy fishing, camping and boating. Annual events in Sonoita include the Blessing of the Vineyards, the Santa Cruz County Fair, the Sonoita Rodeo, Santa Cruz County Horse Races, the Grass Ridge Horse Trials annual competition, the Quarter Horse Show at Sonoita Fairgrounds (the oldest such show in the nation), the Alpaca Shearing Day and Fiber Festival at Heartland Ranch, and the Blessing of the Harvest in Elgin.
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bladeRF - the USB 3.0 Superspeed Software Defined Radio
An Open EducationbladeRF is a Software Defined Radio (SDR) platform designed to enable a community of hobbyists, and professionals to explore and experiment with the multidisciplinary facets of RF communication. By providing source code, thorough documentation, easy to grasp tutorials, and a place for open discussion modern radio systems will be demystified by covering everything from the RF, analog, and digital hardware design to the firmware running on the ARM MCU and FPGA to Linux kernel device drivers.
A Software Defined Radio platform should not end at the hardware, which is why there is such a strong emphasis on documentation and tutorials. Starting with basic radio architecture and spanning into modulation techniques, high throughput USB Linux kernel driver design, basic telecommunication coding schemes, and MIMO, the platform aims to be the perfect tool for learning modern software radio design.
Powerful and PortableThe bladeRF is a fully bus powered device that does not need to be plugged into an outlet for normal operation. For users who wish to do host processing, USB 3.0 SuperSpeed is the ideal high throughput, low latency interface that brings the PC closer to the antenna than ever before. For those looking for a standalone solution, the bladeRF accepts a 5V DC input and operates autonomously using the FPGA for signal processing.
Professional Quality, Amateur PriceProfessionally designed and verified, bladeRF prototypes were inspected through X-Ray superimposed layouts (pictured on the left), and put through rigorous physical and electrical stress tests to ensure high quality mass production builds. Ultimately, this makes the bladeRF a high quality, low-cost Software Defined Radio capable of capturing 40MHz 12-bit full duplex quadrature samples in realtime.
A Full Solution in a Single PackageOut of the box the bladeRF can tune from 300MHz to 3.8GHz without the need for extra boards. The current open source drivers provide support for GNURadio among other things, allowing the bladeRF to be placed into immediate use. This gives the bladeRF the flexibility to act as a custom RF modem, a GSM and LTE picocell, a GPS receiver, an ATSC transmitter or a combination Bluetooth/WiFi client without the need for any expansion cards.
Total ControlThe bladeRF was designed from the beginning to be highly integrated and fully reprogrammable. This means more than just providing source code to modify the host software. The USB 3.0 (Cypress FX3) microcontroller firmware is available to modify, as is the Altera Cyclone IV FPGA VHDL, bringing developers as close to the RF transceiver as possible.
All the pieces were written, designed, and documented to not only teach but encourage modification at each level from the host software all the way down to the FPGA logic. The bladeRF allows for the USB 3.0 microcontroller and FPGA to be reprogrammed through JTAG or directly via USB. With freely available tools and development suites provided by the hardware vendors, the bladeRF's FPGA and USB 3.0 microcontroller firmware can be easily modified.
More Than Just RFThe functionality and openness of the bladeRF encourages people to use the platform as more than just an RF transceiver. The FPGA can act as an accelerator of any type from turbo decoding to video transcoding. The bladeRF can be easily adapted for use in custom embedded projects due to its low power requirements and the flexibility offered by the FPGA, FX3, and expansion port. For inquisitive developers, the platform can be used as a USB 3.0 and FPGA development kit.
Technical Specifications:
- Fully bus-powered USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Software Defined Radio
- Portable, handheld form factor: 5" by 3.5"
- Extensible gold plated RF SMA connectors
- 300MHz - 3.8GHz RF frequency range
- Independent RX/TX 12-bit 40MSPS quadrature sampling
- Capable of achieving full-duplex 28MHz channels
- 16-bit DAC factory calibrated 38.4MHz +/-1ppm VCTCXO
- On-board 200MHz ARM9 with 512KB embedded SRAM (JTAG port available)
- On-board 40KLE or 115KLE Altera Cyclone 4 E FPGA (JTAG port available)
- 2x2 MIMO configurable with SMB cable, expandable up to 4x4
- Modular expansion board design for adding GPIO, Ethernet, and 1PPS sync signal and expanding frequency range, and power limits
- DC power jack for running headless
- Highly efficient, low noise power architecture
- Stable Linux, Windows, Mac and GNURadio software support
- Hardware capable of operating as a spectrum analyzer, vector signal analyzer, and vector signal generator
High speed, low latency and increased power delivery over a single cable: USB 3.0 Superspeed is the perfect interface for a wide bandwidth radio front end to modern computers. The Cypress FX3 microcontroller is the ideal solution with a powerful ARM9 processor and enough bandwidth to saturate the full duplex 5Gbps USB 3.0 link.
An Altera Cyclone IV FPGA provides the interface between the FX3 and RF transceiver. This FPGA has single-cycle access embedded memory, hard 18x18 multipliers for dedicated DSP and many general logic elements ready to be programmed.
From bits to RF, the LimeMicro LMS6002D is a fully integrated RF transceiver. Made to power picocell stations, this transceiver is capable of handling anything from simple FM audio to the latest 4G LTE standard to whatever the future may hold.
The bladeRF's design has been tested and verify to meet our very high standards. At peak RF performance, the bladeRF can occupy 28MHz of bandwidth over its operating bandwidth without any significant spurs.


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Board OKs tuition freeze for Oregon undergrads
By STEVEN DUBOIS
Of the Associated Press
PORTLAND — After years of sharp tuition increases, Oregon undergraduates have finally gotten a break.
The state Board of Higher Education on Friday officially approved a tuition freeze for the upcoming academic year.
The freeze for in-state undergraduates resulted from last fall's "grand bargain" between Gov. John Kitzhaber and the Legislature. Kitzhaber got more money for education while lawmakers won pension cuts for government employees and a bill that restricted most Oregon counties from regulating genetically engineered crops.
It's the first time tuition has remained in check since 2001. Back then, it cost less than $4,000 in tuition and fees to attend one of Oregon's seven public universities. The average has since jumped to more than $8,000 — far outpacing the rate of inflation.
"In the 90s, the students actually pushed a freezer down I-5 from Portland to Eugene, requesting that the Legislature freeze tuition, which they did," said Jay Kenton, the interim president of Eastern Oregon University. "There were a number of years in the 90s where we had no tuition increases for resident, undergraduate students. But then we had large, double-digit tuition increases after that. It's been kind of cyclical."
The meeting marked the beginning of the end for the higher ed board, which will eventually cease to exist amid Oregon's shake-up in higher education.
The University of Oregon, Oregon State University and Portland State University have established their own institutional boards, and those panels will approve tuition rates next year. The higher ed board will approve tuition for the other four universities in June 2015. The institutional boards to be formed at those schools will take that responsibility in 2016.
"I was hired by your predecessors on this board, and six months later the governor fired all of them; I'm sure those are unrelated events," joked OSU President Ed Ray, who was hired in 2003 and is the longest-serving president in the university system. "It's worth noting that none of you got fired for hiring my colleagues, so you obviously did a great job."
Also Friday, the board extended Western Oregon University president Mark Weiss for one more year. He considered retiring, but agreed to stay on for 2014-15 as the school establishes its institutional board. The new board will have the power to hire and fire presidents.
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This Web page aims to provide information about Malignant Hyperthermia (MH), testing procedures to diagnose MH and treatment options. This information is intended for patients and their families.
"Malignant" = injurious, tending to cause death"Hyperthermia" = higher than normal temperature
Malignant Hyperthermia is a rare, inherited condition. Affected persons can experience life threatening complications ("MH crisis") when they are exposed to certain anesthetics ("trigger agents") used to put patients to sleep for surgery.
Treatment for a MH-crisis is available with a drug called dantrolene. However, effectiveness is greatest when given early.
Children of an affected person have a 50% chance to inherit this condition from their parents.
Testing for MH-susceptibility is available. This is very important in individuals who experienced a MH crisis as well as in close relatives of affected people.
If a patient is known to be MH-susceptible,safe anesthesia agents will be usedand the risk of a MH-crisis can be avoided.
In 1960 two anesthesiologists from Australia, Drs. Denborough and Lovell, wrote about a puzzling case in a medical journal. They described the case of a young man in his twenties who was involved in a car accident and broke his leg.
In the hospital it was determined that he would need a surgical procedure to get his leg fixed. When talking to his anesthesiologist prior to the surgery, the young man was very adamant about not being "put to sleep" for this surgery because several of his close relatives had previously died under mysterious circumstances while receiving general anesthesia with ether. However, he was assured that ether would therefore not be used for his anesthesia. Rather, his anesthesiologist planned to use a just recently introduced new drug, halothane that had the reputation of being safer than ether.
Approximately 30 minutes after the patient was asleep and surgery had started, the patient was noted to be very hot to the touch, the urine was found to be of an unexplained brownish color, and blood tests revealed a severely deranged metabolism. The procedure was quickly terminated, the patient was packed in ice for his markedly increased body temperature and then observed in the intensive care unit. Fortunately, the young man survived this incident without any long-term complications.
This case report led to the recognition of the disease "Malignant Hyperthermia." Numerous researchers worked on this subject after 1960 and were able to obtain an understanding of how this condition "works" and how it can be treated.
Although the initial description of an MH crisis is credited to Drs. Denborough and Lovell (see above), it does not appear that the patient in their report was truly the very first person to experience this complication.
Armed with our current knowledge about Malignant Hyperthermia, it appears likely that similar crisis situations did in fact happen during anesthesia decades before, but at the time were likely not recognized or were attributed to other causes. The medical literature as early as the turn of the 19th century reports on "ether convulsions" under anesthesia. Since today we know that ether is one of the trigger agents that can produce an MH-crisis, these early descriptions of "ether convulsions" under anesthesia may represent in fact some form of an MH-crisis.
Following the initial case report by Drs. Denborough and Lovell, numerous similar episodes were reported from hospitals all over the world. However, compared with the total number of anesthetics given all over the world, this problem occurred very infrequently and therefore proved difficult to study by scientists.
In 1973, a presentation by Dr. Thomas Nelson (now emeritus faculty of our department) on the International Symposium on Malignant Hyperthermia introduced a possible solution to this problem. Striking similarities had been observed between human muscle tissue after an MH-crisis and the muscle tissue from pigs suffering from the so-called "porcine stress syndrome."
Pigs affected by this syndrome were easily affected by stress, e.g., being transported on a truck, then frequently displayed changes in metabolism similar to a MH-crisis and, finally, most of them died. Further, trigger agents produced the same chain of events in pigs. The underlying mechanism that leads to this condition in pigs appeared identical to MH, thus affording researchers with an animal model for the further study of this condition.
It was found very early that MH obviously represented an inherited condition and therefore could "run" in families. Affected people are usually otherwise healthy unless they were exposed certain anesthesia drugs, so-called "trigger-agents" (see below). Also, it turned out that affected individuals did not always experience problems when they first came in contact with trigger agents and that the severity of a MH-crisis could vary. In fact, some patients have had as many as 16 exposures without incidence before they developed an MH-crisis during the 17th anesthetic.
Intensive research using the pig model (see above) led to the discovery that the crucial abnormality in MH lies in abnormal calcium handling in muscle tissue when exposed to certain anesthesia drugs. In normal muscle tissue contraction is brought about by rapidly shifting calcium concentrations between the internal compartments of a muscle cell. In MH-susceptible persons one of the small channels that allows calcium movement between cell compartments functions abnormally in the presence of trigger agents. This basically leads to an overload of calcium in the wrong place and can start a cascade of events that--if left untreated--will frequently be fatal.
Today "trigger agents" are in widespread use worldwide because they generally have excellent safety profiles and allow for safe anesthesia with the exception of MH-susceptible patients. Trigger agents currently available in the U.S. are:
Susceptibility to MH is inherited by a so-called autosomal-dominant mode. This means that siblings, parents and children of a MH-susceptible individual have a 50% chance of also being positive for MH. As one moves further out on the family pedigree of a susceptible person, this likelihood decreases; e.g. uncles, aunts, nephews and nieces would have a 25% chance of being positive, and in cousins this chance would be further reduced to 12.5%.
The fact that MH-susceptibility can thus "run" in families illustrates the extreme importance of informing and testing close relatives if someone in the family has been found to be susceptible
Interestingly, it has also been found that susceptible persons from different families may express slightly different forms of susceptibility. This means that, although they all are at risk to develop a MH-crisis when exposed to trigger agents, the severity of complications may vary. Genetic studies on susceptible patients have shown that the explanation for this variability lies in the fact that several different genes can be responsible for the abnormality in muscle metabolism.
If you are MH susceptible, review our MH Susceptible FAQ.
Dantrolene sodium was initially developed in the mid-70s and approved for medical use in the U.S. in 1979 by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA). Today it remains the only specific treatment available for a MH-crisis. The likelihood of fatal complications from an unsuspected MH-crisis can be very substantially reduced when dantrolene is given early through an intravenous line. Without dantrolene treatment up to 7 out of 10 patients are estimated to die from an MH-crisis; with timely treatment this number can be reduced almost to 1 out of 10.
The exact mechanism of action of dantrolene is still unclear, but it is thought to reverse the abnormal calcium regulation in muscle cells.
Dantrolene is used only in the treatment of an MH-crisis. There is no need for prophylactic treatment in MH-susceptible patients.
At the beginning of the 70s researchers realized that muscle tissue from susceptible humans as well as in the pig model shows an abnormal response when electrically stimulated to contract. Based on these findings a diagnostic test was developed to test whether or not an individual is susceptible to MH.
The testing procedure involves taking a small muscle biopsy (approximately 3 inches long) from the thigh while the patient is under anesthesia. Trigger agents are strictly avoided for this anesthetic in order to not put the patient at risk. Instead, non-triggering agents (general or spinal anesthesia) are used so that even in a susceptible person no MH-crisis can be caused. The procedure must be done on living tissue taken directly from the operating room to the laboratory.
The muscle fibers are then tested in a laboratory where they are placed in a contraction chamber and their contraction response to electrical stimulation is recorded. Further, the muscle fibers are exposed to halothane and caffeine, 2 substances known to increase contraction responses in susceptible patient. However, caffeine (or coffee) is NOT a triggering agent and will NOT cause an MH-crisis in a susceptible person. Elaborate protocols have been developed both in North America and in Europe for the interpretation of this test.
In general, testing for MH-susceptibility is recommended in 2 groups of patients:
Since MH-susceptibility is an inherited condition, researchers are working on genetic testing methods. Genetic screening could be performed on a simple blood sample. However, since the underlying abnormality in muscle metabolism can be transferred by a number of different genes (and multiple mutations), no genetic (blood) test is yet available that could reliably test for all possible gene abnormalities. To date, genetic screening is approximately 35% sensitive and is used for family screenings when a known (biopsy proven) MH susceptible patient wishes to assist family members.
Although hopes are still high to ultimately develop a simpler test in the future, at the present time there is no alternative to a muscle biopsy.
Individuals known to be susceptible to MH can safely undergo anesthesia for any type of surgical or dental procedure as long as trigger agents are avoided. Safe alternatives to trigger agents include a variety of drugs given through an intravenous line to induce general anesthesia, as well as a number of techniques that just numb that part of the body where the surgery is performed (e.g., spinal/epidural anesthesia, nerve blocks).
(Some of the alternative "non-triggering" drugs and techniques, e.g. spinal/epidural kit, infusion pump)
The most important thing is to inform all your health care providers and especially your anesthesiologist if you are going to have any type of surgery. In fact, worldwide not a single patient has ever died from MH when his or her condition was previously known to the medical team and appropriate precautions were taken.
To assure that health care providers will be alerted, it is strongly recommended that all MH-susceptible persons wear a medical identification bracelet.
Copyright © 2003 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Malignant Hyperthermia Laboratory. All rights reserved. Revised: November 2003.
Linda Marion 336-716-7194
This video shows a live Muslce Biopsy and Caffeine Halothane Contracture test (CHCT) performed at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC.
Disclaimer: The information on this website is for general informational purposes only and SHOULD NOT be relied upon as a substitute for sound professional medical advice, evaluation or care from your physician or other qualified health care provider.


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Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx), the Bronx-based non-profit, announced today that Founder and environmental justice champion Majora Carter will be stepping down from her post as Executive Director.
Deputy Director Miquela Craytor has been promoted to fill her rather large shoes and will continue to lead this groundbreaking organization, which is a force for innovation in the South Bronx, and serves as a model for communities across the globe.
Ms. Carter will continue to offer strategic support to SSBx while pursuing a wide array of new opportunities, including her own consulting business focusing on the economic potential of green-collar employment opportunities.
We at the High Line are continually impressed with the work she has done on behalf of her own neighborhood, environmental justice issues, as well as the welfare of communities across the globe. We wish her the best in her future endeavors and are excited to see where Ms. Craytor leads SSBx.
For more articles and info about Majora Carter, check out:
Carter Discusses Need to 'Green the Ghetto' at U.Va. [UVA Today]
Carrying the Olympic Torch, and Protesting It, Too [New York Times]
Biography: Majora Carter [CNN.com]
How the Bronx Turned Green [The Root]


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Having used a number of bluetooth headsets over the years, I can tell you that I generally loathe the technology. For starters, it usually means an add-on item that involves wires snaking around my head and neck, with some sort of cumbersome box precariously latched to the side of my helmet (or worse, permanently affixed). Over the past decade, the technology has gotten better, especially with the popularity and compatibility of bluetooth devices, but I have yet to see an elegant solution in this space. Most of this boils down to the UX.
With leather riding gloves, hopelessly small buttons become impossible to manage, and heaven forbid I am wearing thicker winter gloves. Voice-activated controls are sketchy as well, especially when on a revving motorcycle, and somehow my audible commands to change an MP3 track have me instead accidentally calling ex-girl friend, which only leads to more frantic fumblings for the right button/command combination — keep in mind, this is all while riding a motorcycle at speed on a freeway, an endeavor already with its own set of perils.
At this point in time, I have pretty much given up on a good integrated solution. Established manufacturers don't seem to be answering the call (pun intended) by upgrading their offerings to keep pace with technology, and add-on systems are still cumbersome and inelegant solutions. Yet, I still have the desire for intercity rides where I can listen to turn-by-turn directions, and long highway treks where my Pandora stations could make the miles pass a little quicker.
One small company is helping me keep the faith a this point, as the motorcycle gloves from BEARTek are showing some promise. Devising a glove-based bluetooth controlling system, BEARTek has devised a clever way of controlling one's smartphone while on a motorcycle, making at least part of the connected-rider equation look promising. I have some business notes though…of course.


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Int'l court drops case against Kenyan suspect
Int'l court drops case against Kenyan suspect
Mar. 11, 2013
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A lawyer for Kenyan president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta said Monday the International Criminal Court prosecution of his client for allegedly orchestrating post-election violence five years ago is "utterly flawed" after prosecutors dropped their case against his co-accused for lack of evidence.
However, it remains unclear exactly what effect the dropping of charges against top Kenyan civil servant Francis Muthaura will have on Kenyatta's trial, which is scheduled to start in July.
The shock decision to drop the case against Muthaura was an unprecedented admission of failure by prosecutors and the first time in the 10-year-old court's history that prosecutors have withdrawn charges against a suspect so close to trial.
Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said her hand was forced after witnesses died, were killed or bribed and Kenyan authorities failed to live up to their pledges to cooperate.
Kenyatta's lawyer Steven Kay urged prosecutors to reconsider their prosecution of the man elected president in Kenyan elections a week ago despite the international charges hanging over him.
"In light of what the prosecution has said ... they should consider their position honestly in relation to Mr. Kenyatta," Kay said. "The evidence they are seeking to rely on is utterly flawed ... all their witnesses are utterly flawed."
Kenyatta was charged in 2011 along with Muthaura as a "co-perpetrator" in a plot to attack supporters of their political rivals in the aftermath of Kenya's 2007 elections. Months of bloody clashes between supporters of rival politicians left more than 1,000 people dead and forced thousands from their homes.
Bensouda told judges she was withdrawing all charges against Muthaura, who faced charges along with Kenyatta of crimes against humanity including murder, rape and deportation for his alleged involvement in deadly violence that erupted after his country's 2007 presidential election.
"We do not feel that we have a reasonable prospect of conviction and therefore withdraw the charges against him," Bensouda told judges.
While Muthaura, 66, is indicted together with Kenyatta, prosecutors argue they have more evidence against Kenyatta and his prosecution should continue.
Muthaura, who was sitting in court, showed no emotion as Bensouda made her statement, but his attorney, Karim Khan, welcomed the announcement.
"It is absolutely justified and I do recognize that this is not only a courageous but a correct decision," Khan said.
While Bensouda stressed that her case against Kenyatta would continue, judges did not appear so sure.
Presiding Judge Kuniko Ozaki said the announcement "will have consequences not just for the case against Mr. Muthaura, but also in some way Mr. Kenyatta."
Bensouda said witnesses in the case against Muthaura had either "been killed or have died since those events and other witnesses refuse to speak with the prosecution."
The Kenyan government, she said, "has provided only limited assistance to the prosecution and they have failed to provide the prosecution with access to witnesses or documents that may shed light on Mr. Muthaura's case."
Bensouda stressed that the decision wasn't linked to Kenya's election last week, in which Kenyatta won the presidency.
"We are all keenly aware of the most recent political developments in Kenya, but these have not ... and cannot have a bearing on the decision that I make as prosecutor," Bensouda said.
Kay said Monday's announcement underscored the necessity for judges to order a review of evidence that prosecutors say proves Kenyatta orchestrated deadly postelection violence.
Kay has argued that the case should be reviewed because a key prosecution witness lied, fundamentally undermining the prosecution case against him and Muthaura.
Bensouda alleged that the witness said he lied after being bribed. Muthaura's lawyer vehemently denied that either he or his legal team had played any role in interfering with witnesses.
Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's founding father, Jomo Kenyatta, and one of the country's richest men, insists he is innocent.
His trial had been scheduled to start next month, but judges last week postponed it until July, saying the defense needed more time to prepare.
Khan asked judges to formally call a halt the Muthaura case in light of the prosecution announcement.
He said his client should be allowed "to get on the plane back to Kenya in the knowledge that the case against him is withdrawn."
In a written statement, Bensouda pledged her "unwavering commitment" to justice for victims of the postelection violence.
"The real victims of the terrible violence in Kenya five years ago are the men, the women, and the children, who were killed, injured, raped, or forcibly displaced from their homes — and whose voices must not be forgotten," she said. "I will not forget them."


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Because what this place needs most is another Goal of X time for Y distance thread.
My story is that in the spring of 2004, after about 4 years of relatively consistent and progressive training and racing, I upped my mileage and had a breakthrough season. One day in May at a local yokel 5K I ran 17 flat. Officially, anyway. The last numbers I saw on the finish clock before I crossed under it were in the 16:5X's and my watch, which I stopped a few meters after the finish line, read 16:59.xx, but the official results said 17:00.00, so there it was. Seriously, point zero, zero. I wish I were kidding. But no worries, I figured. Surely I'd just break 17 at some other 5K that summer or sometime soon. It was a given at that point. A lock. Well, later that summer my running took a left turn and I wound up taking a hiatus from racing and any real training for almost 2 years. When I started back at in in 2006, I'd lost not one step but many, many steps. It took a while and a lot of miles but I'm almost back to where I was.
There were two major pieces of unfinished business from that spring of 2004--a sub 2:50 marathon and a sub 17 5k. I checked off the marathon last October. So here we are. This may all end badly but I figure if I don't give it a serious go this year then I'll only be one year older when I do. Who's with me?
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I've got a fever...
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
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"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
2009 Goals: PR's in 5k, 10k, HM, marathon
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I can't WAIT to watch all this happen!!!
"He conquers who endures" - Persius "Every workout should have a purpose. Every purpose should link back to achieving a training objective." - Spaniel
I'll catch up with you guts in November.
Sack up and run.
Nice, we have some takers. And THUNDER hasn't signed his name yet but he's in.
So I'm basically running Boston as a means to force me through the winter to build the kind of base I'll need and then the plan is to make a serious attempt between May and July, probably going for the glory in mid-July at a local 5K that I've run a few times and is on a flat, certified, loop course around a lake that I run all the time. That's the current plan anyway.
So what's the training plan for post-Boston to get the leg speed down?


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The answers to why Livonia-based direct-marketing and newspaper coupon giant Valassis Communications Inc. — a profitable company with $2 billion in annual revenue — chose to put itself up for sale can be found buried in a labyrinth of public disclosure documents.
Valassis' earnings statements paint a picture of a company facing troubling financial questions about its core products, and management's answer last year was to find a buyer for the firm George Valassis started in 1970 in Oak Park.
The buyer turned out to be San Antonio-based Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., one of the many pieces of New York City-based MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. that's owned by Ronald Perelman, a private equity industrialist estimated by Forbes this year to be one of the wealthiest Americans at $14 billion.
The timeline of the Valassis-Harland Clarke deal's birth is neatly laid out in a long U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing, but that's the limit of public comment by either company, for now, about the acquisition.
Because the $1.84 billion sale announced Dec. 18 is still pending, and isn't expected to close until some time later in the first quarter, no one from Valassis or Harland Clarke will speak about the transaction.
Eric Brielmann of New York City-based public relations agency Joele Frank, which was hired by Harland Clarke to handle media requests, said principals may be able to speak once the deal is complete.
Under the deal, Valassis will become a private company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Harland Clarke. It trades now under the New York Stock Exchange symbol VCI.
Valassis is the 19th-largest public company based in Southeast Michigan, as ranked in the 2014 Crain's Book of Lists as ranked by 2012 revenue. If the sale goes through, it would become the 10th-largest privately held company by revenue in the region.
By the 1990s, Valassis came to own half the nation's coupon market, but saw its core business erode as the daily newspaper industry rapidly began to decline.
The company sought to diversify, branching into in-store marketing, investing in recent years in digital coupon services, and in June 2012 acquired Silicon Valley digital advertising firm Brand.net for about $18 million.
Valassis' business focus changed almost entirely after buying Connecticut-based direct-mail firm Advo Inc. — best known for it's "Have You Seen Me?" missing-child mailers — for $1.2 billion in 2006.
All the moves were not enough to continuing going it alone, the board of directors decided.
The timeline
The principals may not be talking, but the roots of the pending sale's origin can be found deep within the SEC mergers-and-acquisitions filing required when a publicly traded company is bought.
The origin of the sale can be traced to May 13, when Valassis' board talked about "the possibility of exploring strategic alternatives for the company" and agreed to hire Chicago-based Kirkland & Ellis LLP as legal counsel "as it explored various strategic alternatives," according to the SEC filing.
"The company's performance over the last several years, coupled with changes in the company's markets, uncertain industry trends and challenges posed by increased digital offerings by competitors, caused the board and the company's management to explore various strategic alternatives as discussed below," Valassis said in the form.
The company's most recent quarterly earnings report provides the latest evidence that had the board concerned: Net income for the first nine months of 2013 was down nearly 25 percent, to $27.7 million, compared to the same period in 2012. (For more company financial data, see story.)
Valassis has trimmed its workforce by a few hundred down to 4,300 in the past couple of years to improve its finances. Other cost-cutting measures have included a reorganization of the sales staff and systems.
Still, management decided to sell.
The SEC M&A document filed Jan. 6 about the sale then lists several pages of a chronology outlining Valassis' sale efforts that culminated in the Harland Clarke deal.
The filing shows that Harland Clarke owner MacAndrews & Forbes, through advisers Merrill Lynch, first made contact with Valassis about a possible sale via an unsolicited call to Valassis Chairman Alan Schultz and CFO Robert Recchia in early August. It didn't provide a date.
Valassis and MacAndrews & Forbes entered into a non-disclosure agreement about a potential deal on Sept. 3, and the next day both companies and their advisers met for an upper-management presentation about Valassis as a business.
On Sept. 10, the Valassis board and its advisers met to review the company's situation, its historic and likely future performance in its various sectors.
The five options considered included sticking with the current business plan; selling noncore assets; buying other companies; recapitalizing using existing liquidity and debt capacity; or finding a buyer for the entire company, according to the SEC document.
During the same meeting, Valassis' board decided to approach four private equity firms and three "strategic buyers" that included MacAndrews & Forbes. The other companies were not identified in the form, nor were six other potential buyers that later were added to the process.
Those companies fell away as presentations and conversations were made throughout October. The filing indicates other potential buyers were scared off by concerns about future growth potential and "recent volatility in the company's operating and financial performance."
Valassis decided on Oct. 27 that MacAndrews & Forbes was likely the best buyer and decided to pursue a sale with it, the SEC form shows. From there, more detailed due diligence was performed, including review of nonpublic data.
MacAndrews & Forbes made its first offer, of $32.75 per share, on Dec. 4.
On Dec. 8, Valassis countered with a deal calling for $35 per share, paying of a 31-cent fourth-quarter dividend and arrangement for Valassis stockholders to get a piece of any potential award from $560 million lawsuit under way against the firm's largest rival.
By Dec. 11, the deal was reached in which Harland Clarke would pay $34.04 per share for Valassis and permit the fourth-quarter dividend. Valassis had dropped the lawsuit payout request.
Valassis' board unanimously approved the deal on Dec. 16. It was executed after the close of trading on Dec. 17 and announced the following day.
If Valassis' 14 top executives and directors choose to tender all their shares under the deal, they would be paid a combined $23.8 million.
Schultz, who was Valassis CEO before becoming chairman on Jan. 1, 2012, would lead the pack with $8.7 million, followed by the current president and CEO, Robert Mason, at $4 million.
The buyer
Harland Clarke offers marketing services for the financial services, retail, insurance, health care and tech sectors. It also provides payment services such as creating checks, debit cards, anti-fraud assistance and service centers for the financial industry.
Harland Clarke says it has annual revenue of $1.2 billion.
It said its clients "range in size from major financial institutions and corporate brands to micro-businesses and individual consumers. Within its payment solutions business, Harland Clarke provides products and services to nearly 12,500 financial and commercial clients."
The company says it has more than 3,700 employees nationwide.
Harland Clarke is financing the Valassis deal with cash on hand, but the deal includes up to $590 million in financing for Valassis' outstanding debt.
Lenders include Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC; Credit Suisse AG; Bank of America NA; Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.; and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Street reaction
Wall Street was pleased with the news of the proposed sale: Valassis share prices jumped 21 percent to $34.27 when the deal was announced. On Friday, shares were trading for $34.09.
"We believe the deal values (Valassis) fairly," BMO Capital Markets equity research analyst Dan Salmon wrote Dec. 18 in a note about the sale.
He termed the deal positive.
"We have always been a fan of the under-loved direct mail business, largely because the postal system remains a nationwide marketing distribution system that can reach every household (unlike newspapers where Sunday subscriptions continue to fall)," he wrote.
Salmon expects the deal to result in cost savings for the companies. It's unknown if that could include job cuts.
"We are not overly familiar with Harland Clarke; however, we assume some cost synergies are expected," he wrote. "Valassis had previously announced a $28 million cost savings program at the time of last quarter's earnings, largely coming from a sales force reorganization, which is mostly now complete."
Big deals
The sale is the second 10-figure transaction the company has engaged to save itself.
Valassis, struggling with the same decline in its coupon business in the mid-2000s because of the print industry's struggles and because litigation over what it said was unfair practices by its chief rival, News America Marketing, radically branched out by buying direct-mail giant Advo Inc. in a 2006 deal that stabilized the bottom line.
The move changed Valassis from a coupon company to a mainly direct-mail firm. Coupons are now less than 10 percent of revenue.
Valassis paid $1.2 billion, or $33.02 a share, for Advo and assumed refinancing of $125 million in debt from the company.
To finance the deal, Valassis used an $870 million senior secured credit facility from a variety of lenders, $540 million in senior notes due in 2015, and cash.
This isn't the first time Valassis has been sold: Founder George Valassis sold the company in 1986 for nearly $400 million to Sydney, Australia-based Consolidated Press Holdings Ltd., which took it public in 1992.
Legal wrangling
Valassis has battled with News America in courtrooms nearly as much as in store aisles, and that cropped up in the sales negotiations.
In 2009, Valassis won a $500 million legal settlement stemming from the end of several long-running court cases with News America, a marketing company owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
The litigation over business practices isn't over.
Valassis in November filed another lawsuit in federal court in Detroit against News America, alleging unfair, unethical and anti-competitive practices under state and federal antitrust laws.
Valassis accuses News America of not playing fair in the in-store marketing and bundled newspaper coupon business. It's seeking $560 million.
Similar litigation was settled in 2009 with News America paying Valassis $500 million and agreeing to distribute Valassis products for 10 years. A state jury also found News America guilty that year and ordered it to pay Valassis $300 million.
In its new lawsuit, Valassis accuses News America of continuing its old ways despite the prior verdict and settlement: "When battling a Goliath, sometimes a single stone is not enough," Valassis wrote in its filing.
News America filed a motion on Dec. 19 asking for the case to be dismissed, but a hearing has not yet been scheduled on the matter.
During the negotiations with Harland Clarke, Valassis sought to have any potential legal settlement divvied up among current shareholders — a request Harland Clarke refused and Valassis dropped.
Bill Shea: (313) 446-1626, [email protected]. Twitter: @bill_shea19
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly described George Valassis as "the late George Valassis." This version of the story is correct.


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ORANGE BEACH, Ala. Concordia University captured its first women's soccer national title Saturday, using its stifling defense to defeat Westmont College 1-0 for the NAIA championship.
Hannah Scott's goal in the 65th minute proved to be the difference. The senior from Milwaukie High struck from the top of the goal box, finding the top corner of the net for her sixth score of the season.
The Cavaliers, who were ranked No. 1 at the end of the regular season, had made the finals three times, coming up short in 2004, 2008 and 2011.
This time, the Cavs came through, capping a 22-1-1 season in which they allowed only seven goals and scored 70.
The national title was the Northeast Portland school's second in athletes. The 2011 Concordia women's track and field team captured the NAIA outdoor crown in 2011.
Concordia finished the 2013 women's soccer season on an 18-game winning streak.
As was usually the case, Concordia dominated the play and the attack on Saturday. The Cavaliers outshot Westmont, from Santa Barbara, Calif., 24-4.
Cavaliers goalie Olivia Brock need to make only one save, while Warriors goalie Lindsey Smith was credited with six stops.
Westmont, which was ranked No. 4 in the NAIA poll, finished with a 17-2-5 record. Westmont had played Concordia to a 0-0 draw at Westmont on Aug. 30. Westmont reached the final by beating Northwood of Florida 7-6 on penalty kicks on Friday.
Concordia won its semifinal game Friday 1-0 in double overtime, with Scott scoring in the 103rd minute to beat 2012 national champion Lindsey Wilson of Columbia, Ky., 2-1.


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Keratitis refers to aninflammationof thecornea. Infection of the cornea is called infectious keratitis. It is the most serious complication of contact lens wear and can cause blindness.
Bacterial keratitis is the most common type of infectious keratitis. Overall, bacterial keratitis is among the least frequent complications of wearing contacts. But it is much more common in people who wear the lenses overnight.
Even though the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved some extended-wear lenses for 30-day use, many eye doctors recommend that people remove them every day.
In rare cases, viruses and fungi may cause keratitis. A germ that is often present in tap water causes a form of keratitis that is increasingly seen in contact lens wearers, especially those with soft lenses.
Noninfectious causes of keratitis in contact lens wearers include:
- Injury (from a blow, scratch, or foreign object).
- Chemicals, including those in contact lens solutions.
- Physiological factors, such as an allergic reaction to deposits on the lenses.
If you wear contact lenses and you have a painful, red eye, you may have infectious keratitis. Remove your lenses, and call your doctor immediately. You'll need antibiotic eyedrops to help treat the infection. Symptoms of bacterial keratitis may include:
- Pain and redness in the eye.
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- Decreased vision.
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Auto dealership employees give stray parakeet new lease on lifeBy LARISSA MULKERN
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May 03. 2013 12:44AM
TILTON - Anyone missing a parakeet? Employees at the AutoServ of Tilton automobile dealership have been caring for a small green parakeet since it fell out of the sky, hit a dealership window and dropped into some bushes nearby last week.
Dealership employee Kamal Gosine said the parakeet stayed in a makeshift cage for a couple days while he was fed and nursed back to health.
Another employee has since taken the parakeet home, where his family is caring for it unless someone steps in and claims it.
Gosine said the parakeet was injured and squawking when first found. He brought the bird inside, fed it some bread and water and by the next morning the bird was better and chirping.
Had it not been rescued and brought indoors, Gosine said the bird likely would have perished outside.
"We have some nice hawks around," he said.
The parakeet is listed in the Lost and Found category on Craigslist, photo included. Gosine said workers have tried to find the owner, through Facebook and via the Craigslist ad. But so far, as of Thursday, no one has claimed the lost pet.
AutoServ of Tilton is located on 40 East Main Street in Tilton, across from WalMart.
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The Programme is headed by an Executive Committee composed of one representative from each Member country and Sponsor organization, while the management of the individual projects is the responsibility of project managers (Operating Agents) who are selected by the Executive Committee.
The Programme's work is enhanced through collaboration with other IEA Programmes (Energy Conservation in Buildings and Community Systems Programme, Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme, and SolarPACES Programme) and solar trade associations in Europe, North America, and Australia.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) was established in 1974 as an autonomous agency within the framework of the Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to carry out a comprehensive program of energy cooperation among its 25 member countries and the Commission of the European Communities.
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- Serves: 10 people
- Calories per serving: 225
Even if kids pick them out, much of the mushrooms' immune-building benefits are steeped in the soup. Ingredient tips: Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce and roasted Hatch chilies come in small cans, often already chopped. Use corn chips with sesame seeds for extra calcium.
Wheat-free, soy-free, nut-free, dairy-free
- Heat oil over medium heat in a large, heavy pot or Dutch oven. Add onions and garlic and cook for about 10 minutes. If mixture gets dry, add a little water and stir occasionally. Cool a few minutes.
- Working in batches, purée tomatoes in a food processor with onion-garlic mixture. Return to pot. Add broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and add mushrooms. Simmer 30 minutes or more (flavors will blend more the longer it simmers).
- When ready to serve, place desired amounts of avocado, spinach, peppers, and goat cheese in bowls and ladle soup over all. Top with crumbled chips
PER SERVING (with 2 tablespoons avocado, 1/4 cup spinach, 1/2 teaspoon chipotle, 11/2 tablespoons goat cheese, and 4 chips): 225 cal, 46% fat cal, 12g fat, 4g sat fat, 10mg chol, 8g protein, 24g carb, 5g fiber, 660mg sodium


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Wed, 04 May 2011 10:01:34 -0700
The Texas Rangers designated P Ramon Aguero for assignment Wednesday, May 4.
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|Rangers | Claim Ramon Aguero
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The Texas Rangers have claimed P Ramon Aguero off of waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates and are sending him to Class AAA, according to Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates reassigned OF Andrew Lambo, RP Danny Moskos, 2B Brian Friday, P Aaron Thompson, OF Alex Presley, SS Chase D'Arnaud, P Jeff Locke, P Ramon Aguero, OF Gorkys Hernandez and P Tony Watson to minor league camp, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's Rob Biertempfel reports.
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|Pirates | Sign Andrew McCutchen, 26 other players
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The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to one-year contracts with OFs Andrew McCutchen, Garrett Jones, John Bowker, Gorkys Hernandez, Alex Presley and Jose Tabata; IFs Neil Walker, Steve Pearce, Pedro Ciriaco and Josh Rodriguez; C Jason Jaramillo; and Ps Evan Meek, Brad Lincoln, Charlie Morton, Chris Resop, Ramon Aguero, Jose Ascanio, Michael Crotta, Kevin Hart, Chris Leroux, Jeff Locke, Daniel McCutchen, James McDonald, Bryan Morris, Danny Moskos and Tony Watson, Thursday, March 3, according to The Sports Network.
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The Sports Network reports the Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms on one-year deals with OF Delwyn Young, OF Jose Tabata, OF Garrett Jones, OF Brandon Jones, OF John Raynor, OF Gorkys Hernandez, OF Brandon Moss, OF Lastings Milledge, OF Andrew McCutchen, C Jason Jaramillo, OF Steve Pearce, 3B Neil Walker, 1B Jeff Clement, 3B Andy LaRoche, SS Argenis Diaz, SP Donald Veal, P Ronald Uviedo, SP Ross Ohlendorf, P Daniel McCutchen, P Charlie Morton, P Bryan Morris, RP Evan Meek, P Chris Jakubauskas, P Kevin Hart, RP Joel Hanrahan, RP Jose Ascanio and P Ramon Aguero Tuesday, March 2. Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed.
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Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:18:22 -0800
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Dejan Kovacevic reports Pittsburgh Pirates 3B Andy LaRoche and P Ramon Aguero will be among 42 players to attend the voluntary minicamp next week in Bradenton, Fla.
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Rob Biertempfel, of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, reports the Pittsburgh Pirates added P Brad Lincoln, P Bryan Morris, P Ramon Aguero, P Chris Jakubauskas and OF Gorkys Hernandez to their 40-man roster Friday, Nov. 20, protecting them from the Rule 5 Draft.
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|Eagles | Brasher attending practice
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Bob Brookover, of the Philadelphia Inquirer, reports recently retired Philadelphia Eagles defensive line coach Tommy Brasher attended practice Sunday, July 23, and will remain with the team through the first full week of training camp. Pete Jenkins took over from Brasher when he retired.
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Sun, 09 Jul 2006 10:00:47 -0700
Geoff Mosher, of The News Journal, reports Philadelphia Eagles DL Brodrick Bunkley enjoys working for defensive line coach Pete Jenkins. Bunkley said, "He'd probably kill me if he heard me saying this, but it's good to work with an older guy. I played against some of the guys he coached at LSU. Those guys, I saw their work ethic and I knew you had to bring some good intensity against them." Jenkins' plan for the defensive line is to generate more pressure up front and be fierce against the run. This would allow defensive coordinator Jim Johnson to become more selective with his blitzes.
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Nick Fierro, of the Easton Express Times, reports Philadelphia Eagles DL Trent Cole believes defensive line coach Pete Jenkins' methods for shedding blockers will make a big difference in the 2006 season. Cole said, "We do a lot more hand movements and stuff, and a lot more pass rushes and stuff. There's a lot of hand combat involved. It's been working well. I've seen changes in my game since we've been with coach Jenkins. So it's been great for me. I think it's going to help us get to the quarterback more. The one thing I've improved on is getting my hips around. I'm using my hands a lot more and using a lot more hand combat that Jenkins has showed me. We do it every day, so it's natural to me now."
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The Philadelphia Eagles have announced the team has hired Pete Jenkins as their defensive line coach.
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