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Brave New Visions
The promises and perils of imaging the brain
In separate interviews with Lens editor Bill Snyder, Richard Hargreaves, Ph.D., vice president of Imaging at Merck Research Laboratories, and Judy Illes, Ph.D., Canada Research Chair in Neuroethics at the University of British Columbia, describe recent progress in the use of imaging technologies, their potential and challenges to further development of the field. Can imaging lower the cost of developing new drugs? Are there places we shouldn't go?
Hargreaves earned his Ph.D. in physiology from King's College London. At Merck since 1988, he led the biology core for the discovery of Maxalt, an anti-migraine medication, and Emend, which helps prevent chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. Illes received her doctorate in Hearing and Speech Sciences from Stanford University, specializing in experimental neuropsychology. She co-founded the Neuroethics Society, and formerly directed the Program in Neuroethics at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics.
Interview 1: Richard Hargreaves, Ph.D.
Radiotracer imaging such as positron emission tomography (PET) allows scientists to see whether a molecule "engages" its target sufficiently to test for therapeutic efficacy. If the molecule doesn't bind to its target, or saturates the target and yet fails the efficacy test, "then we can move on to a new therapeutic concept," Hargreaves says.
In the early stages of drug discovery and development, imaging "actually increases the attrition in the number of molecules you test," he says. "You actually throw more molecules away to get the best one."
Can imaging reduce the cost of developing drugs?
Built into the cost of any drug are all the failures of the molecules you test along the way. If earlier on you can select the best development candidates, you improve your chances of moving through the development process in a more informed and efficient way.
Remember, too, that making early "go/no-go" decisions also has ethical implications for the human subjects who take part in clinical trials, since fewer will be exposed to potentially ineffective therapies.
If you get it right, you'll bring good medicines to the market faster.
Is imaging improving treatment?
In oncology, PET radiotracers can be used to assess different aspects of tumor physiology, such as glucose metabolism, cell proliferation, angiogenesis (growth of new blood vessels), apoptosis (cell death) and oxygenation.
PET tracers exist for some of these and are well embedded in clinical care. An example is 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), which provides a measure of glucose metabolism. Others, such as 18F-fluorodeoxy-L-thymidine (FLT), which may reflect cell proliferation, are still being validated.
The beauty of being able to track aspects of tumor growth and viability means that you can see very early on after administering an experimental therapy whether it is impacting tumor physiology in any way at all. If it is, then you have a very good reason to carry on and look for tumor regression.
In our oncology projects, we're also looking for molecular imaging agents that can tell you whether people are likely to respond to targeted therapies and how well our drugs engage them.
I think that imaging truly has the opportunity to revolutionize and personalize care in oncology. We're going to see the fruits of that ripen in the near future.
How has imaging improved our understanding of the brain?
Functional imaging has fundamentally changed the way we can question brain systems because we can see them in action. It has given whole new dimensions to many areas of neuroscience such as pain, basic sensory systems, psychiatric disorders and their co-morbidity with other disorders of the central nervous system, cognition, language and neural mechanisms that underlie developmental plasticity and recovery of function.
Imaging studies that help us understand neurodegenerative brain disease can also help pave the way to better health care in the future.
At Merck, we have participated in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), a collaborative consortium between industry, academia and the National Institute on Aging. The goal is to validate imaging tools such as PET and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fluid biomarkers—alongside neuropsychiatric scores—for tracking the progression of Alzheimer's disease in people currently on the best therapies available for this condition.
This is an important study because it will tell us what an aging Alzheimer's disease population looks like in North America today. Once we have an understanding of that, then we have a reference library or baseline that we can use to evaluate whether our new medicines produce true improvements in clinical care by modifying disease progression.
It would be brilliant if you could prevent Alzheimer's disease totally, but just think of a therapy that delays its onset by 10 years. That too would be a phenomenal achievement.
Can these collaborations overcome concerns about disclosure and conflicts of interest?
It's in the interest of the patient, the National Institutes of Health, the FDA, healthcare providers, and all of us in the pharmaceutical industry to move safe and effective new medicines forward efficiently.
We will attempt internally to make imaging agents that validate target engagement for our new therapies and have the desired mechanistic effects. That's proprietary to drug discovery programs. Eventually, when appropriate, we will try to make these agents available to all for research.
When we move into evaluating disease and finding imaging endpoints that chart progression, the story is somewhat different. Here the imaging endpoints are valuable to everybody trying to treat that disease—independent of the mechanism they are using to do so.
In this case there is a very good case for a consortia approach, which combines the efforts of interested pharmaceutical companies with academia and perhaps also diagnostic companies. The goal: defining new surrogates that speed drug assessment and approval, particularly in areas where medical need is poorly met.
I think the ADNI has the potential to be a wonderful example of this approach. We're going to set the "goal posts" for imaging biomarkers and the evaluation of therapies in Alzheimer's disease.
Will imaging increase the emphasis on using drugs to treat disease, or will it help validate behavioral/cognitive approaches as well?
I think the two go together.
The industry spends its time making highly selective pharmacological agents. But if you combine those together with the amazing imaging of brain function, then you can understand the functional/chemical neuroanatomy of health and disease as well.
Functional brain imaging should help you design better therapies—be they pharmacological or non-pharmacological. Indeed, it's already begun to help us understand what the placebo component of responses really is, and to segregate responders from non-responders in the field of pain research.
If brain scans become a practical, reproducible method of predicting risk for disease, what kind of ethical issues will it raise?
Clinically, brain structural imaging is used to assess disease and to make treatment decisions based on prediction of long-term sequelae. I think functional brain imaging has a way to go before it reaches this point.
One concern that has been raised about functional brain imaging in the past is that we may find things that are unexpected, or image things that may be predictive of events or behaviors for which we have no solution or control. This is clearly an ethical issue, and we need to think how to respond in advance.
Do you want to bury your head in the sand and not know, or do you want to develop a strategy or set of rules that can help you deal ethically with the issues that could be raised as you strive, through imaging, to understand brain disease and provide a platform for discovery of better therapies?
The bottom line for me is that many new prognostic and diagnostic medical technologies raise these types of issues. You need to think about them and plan how to respond in advance, or reconsider what you are doing. It's not just science for science's sake.
Is there concern that the field is over-hyped?
It's very visual and so it's very powerful. It tends to get jazzed up. Scientists need to be central in communicating what the functional MRI technique is.
What are its limitations? What are we actually measuring, and how certain can we be about what we see? How has it been validated? If we do the same thing twice, do we get the same answer?
Does the field need standards? Yes, undoubtedly. Let's be sure to use this tool to ask the unique questions that can actually be answered with it, rather than as a more complicated and expensive route to answers that could be obtained more simply and reliably another way. Otherwise, it can be neo-phrenology, can't it?
At the end of the day, we need to use functional brain imaging carefully, and manage our excitement to make sure that we give clear context and boundaries to what we do and what we see.
Interview 2: Judy Illes, Ph.D.
What are some of the ethical concerns about imaging?
What if we could use those data to predict behavior in the future? What if we could in an adolescent predict propensity to aggression or sociopathy or suicide? How are we going to handle people in whom we are able to predict potentially devastating behaviors?
What will it mean to be able to predict the onset of a disease may occur 30 years down the line, especially when there's no treatment? Alzheimer's a perfect case of that. The issues of prediction are immense.
Some hardcore MR (magnetic resonance) physicists who developed this technology would say, 'Nah! Nah! Never!' But I don't know. I think that the evidence is that we haven't been stopped yet in our innovations. It's just a matter of time.
Are there places we shouldn't go?
Is everything allowable as long as it's done ethically? Should there be boundaries imposed on our science because of their new potential real-world applications?
I will argue that limitations on ethically conducted science are not appropriate. It's just part of the human condition to be curious and innovate and push the envelope. But now we have every good reason to couple our ethical thinking with our neuroscience.
I think part of the ethical construction of research is not only good protocols and protection of human subjects, but actually thinking about the downstream implications of the research.
What if you're doing a study of people with schizophrenia and you find a mass? How do you handle that with that kind of population? What about children? What if something comes out and they end up with a result that may be stigmatizing? That could have a lifelong implication.
What if somebody develops a drug that can check addictive behaviors? What kind of interventions are developed and become available? All the more reason to start thinking about the ethics of it. If in fact we can use an imaging technology to predict addiction, then we definitely want to have a response ready.
And to the extent that we continue to do these studies that probe personhood, it's not enough just to say "I'm not going to hurt somebody in my experiments." But it is becoming, I believe, a requirement to think about, "If I find out that there is a locus or loci or network for making race judgments in the human brain, this is how I'm going to handle the information in terms of its dissemination."
Without being too alarmist and certainly without being negative, I do feel that unless we start to introduce a reasonable—not a heavy, but a reasonable—ethical component to the kind of work that we're doing, there are risks of adverse effects on people that then have the adverse effect of potentially slowing down the progress of research.
And so by being proactive, and by trying to address these issues jointly from within the neuroscience and bioethics community, we can get a very good handle on what the issues are and what are the ways that we can empower our science ethically so that we can either prevent the adverse events down the road or at least be able to manage them very efficiently.
What are the limitations of these technologies?
They start at the beginning with the design of an experiment. Any experiment, especially one that probes complex phenomena such as existential decisions, takes some pretty clever design and invariably will reflect—and I don't see how it could not—the cultural orientation and biases of the experimenters developing it.
The way I value something might be very different from the way you value something at Vanderbilt. When we start to probe personhood, we're unequivocally invoking issues of values and culture, ethnicity, so there's a limitation right there.
Another limitation is, as we know, in the statistical processing of the data. The different kind of statistics you do may affect the results, and along with that we don't have a very good handle yet on individual neuro-functionality in terms of blood flow, for example. We're still using group averages, although people are really making some fantastic strides in that domain.
Some investigators are concerned that we're only able to study subsets of certain disease populations. I think of autism, for example, where we have quite a few studies on high functioning autistic children but considerably fewer on those who are low functioning and more difficult to manage, certainly in the context of an MRI environment.
One that I'd add is in the day-to-day variability of physiology that goes into brain measurements. We know that brain physiology changes are different by gender, by stress level, by food level. Again, understanding individual variability is really crucial.
There are definitely limitations to using the knowledge we gain in the laboratory, especially about these incredibly complex phenomena in the real-world setting. But nonetheless, we are measuring them in the laboratory. These laboratory studies are being covered by the press and the word is out in the public domain.
And so we as neuroethicists really have to work closely with our neuroscience colleagues in the trenches to be proactive about aligning the ethical considerations of some of these studies up front in the research design and really trying to anticipate what kind of social impact or legal impact or ethical impact it might have down the road.
We're accustomed to, in many ways, living in a very privileged environment where we publish in science journals and we speak with our colleagues at meetings, and a little bit filters out to the public. But I really believe and our data suggest that we're in a different place now and we have to consider these ethical, legal, social issues to a far greater extent than we ever did before.
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7/19/18 | Vesey said that he has spoken with Quinn, that the two were familiar with each and that he is really excited to him coaching the team.
Vesey signed a two-year deal that has a cap hit of $2.275 million.
6/16/18 |Jeff Gorton told the Boston Globe that Jimmy Vesey needed a bit of a "fresh start" and one of the players that Gorton thinks David Quinn will help.
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Corey Pronman of The Athletic put together his top 10 list of members of the Rangers organization that are 23 and younger.
Filip Chytil (18) is ranked first on the list followed by Pavel Buchnevich (23), Vitali Kravtsov (18), Lias Andersson (19) and Igor Shesterkin (22). (The Athletic)
Pronman says that he thinks Buchnevich's best days are still ahead of him. (The Athletic)
The Hockey News has released their Pool Guide for this season and it has the following projections for the Rangers:
- Pavel Buchnevich: 23 goals, 35 assists
- Kevin Hayes: 17 goals, 26 assists
- Chris Kreider: 21 goals, 25 assists
- Vlad Namestnikov: 15 goals, 25 assists
- Kevin Shattenkirk: 11 goals, 35 assists
- Brady Skjei: 5 goals, 25 assists
- Ryan Spooner: 15 goals, 26 assists
- Mika Zibanejad: 23 goals, 27 assists
- Mats Zuccarello: 18 goals, 48 assists
They project Jimmy Vesey to end up with 37 points, Flip Chytil with 32 and Lias Andersson with 26.
7/24/18 | Penguins coach, and former Rangers assistant, Mike Sullivan said that the Rangers are getting a "really good coach" in David Quinn. (NHL.com)
Sullivan and Quinn were teammates at BU in the late 80s and Sullivan aid that the Rangers are getting a "real competitive guy" that will "build relationships" and get the most out of players. (NHL.com)
He added that Quinn is a "real good coach, a good teacher. I think he's going to bring that to the table at the pro level with the young Rangers team." (NHL.com)
Sullivan said that Quinn's "biggest strength" is how he builds relationships and brings a love and passion of hockey to the rink every day. (NHL.com)
8/15/18 | Quinn said that a captain "emerges" and that the Rangers don't want to "put a burden on somebody" that isn't ready for the role. (NHL.com)
Quinn said that it will take care of itself and that someone will either separate themselves from the pack and show that they should be captain, "or it won't."(NHL.com)
8/13/17 | David Quinn said that talk about who will be the next Rangers captain is "on the back-burner" and he wants to wait until the team is assembled. (MSG)
Brady Skjei said recently that he thinks he will play more minutes this season and that all of the young Rangers have a "chance to step up." (NHL.com)
Skjei said, "we have a lot of guys that can really prove themselves this year, and I'm excited for that." (NHL.com)
He averaged 21:02 overall last season and in the 50 games prior to the All-Star break he averaged 19:57 and in the 32 games after he averaged 22:42.
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Rangers first round pick Vitali Kravtsov scored a first period goal for Traktor in a KHL preseason game on Wednesday.
He scored on Tuesday both in regulation and in a shootout.
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The Hockey News has released their annual pool guide and with it a list of the Rangers top 10 prospects.
- Lias Andersson
- Filip Chytil
- Vitali Kravtsov
- Igor Shesterkin
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Rangers first round pick Vitali Kravtsov scored a first period goal for Traktor in a KHL preseason game on Tuesday.
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Brady Skjei and Vinni Lettieri each scored on Monday in their Minnesota summer league games
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The Athletic's Scott Wheeler put together his list of the Top 50 drafted prospects in the NHL.
The only Ranger to make the list was Filip Chytil at 23. (The Athletic)
On Chytil, Wheeler writes that Chytil projects more as a second line center than a first line center but that he is someone that "loves" to have the puck on his stick and, despite his size, has a "fluid, light stride" and more agility than "you'd expect." (The Athletic)
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Mats Zuccarello scored three goals in the charity game that he and Henrik Lundqvist put together in Norway.
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Henrik Lundqvist said that he hopes Mats Zuccarello is part of the Rangers plans moving forward.(VG)
Lundqvist said that Zuccarello adds a lot to the team on and off the ice and sets an example with his work ethic. (VG)
Zuccarello is entering the final-year of a four-year deal that has a cap hit of $4.5 million.
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Mats Zuccarello's skates for tomorrow's Summer Classic Outdoor Game in Norway feature cartoon versions of Zuccarello and Henrik Lundqvist.
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Chris Kreider said that he is feeling "really good" this summer and is continuing to stay at a lower weight like he did when he returned last season. (Salem News)
- He said in June that he was feeling 110%.
- Kreider missed time due to a blood clot and rib resection surgery last year.
Kreider said that he played at around 230 pounds prior to his injury last season and that now he is under 220 but still feels "really strong." (Salem News)
He noted that the lighter weight could help him be more mobile and "quicker to an extent." (Salem News)
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Henrik Lundqvist and Mats Zuccarello are putting on an outdoor charity game in Oslo. Norway this season.
In addition to Zuccarello and Lundqvist, some of the other NHLers expected to play include Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi, Mattias Ekholm, Derick Brassard, Carl Hagelin, Antti Raanta, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Victor Hedman, Ryan McDonagh,William Nylander, Zdeno Chara, Artem Anisimov.
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Today is the 30th Anniversary of Wayne Gretzky's trade from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings.
Gretzky was traded to LA for a package that included Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, three future first-round (traded to NJ for Corey Foster, Marty Rucinsky, Nick Stajduhar) draft picks and $15 million.
Reports from the New York Times in 1988 indicate that Rangers GM Phil Espositio was approached by Edmonton GM Glen Sather about Gretzky at the draft that June.
Vinni Lettieri scored off the rush tonight in his game in Minnesota summer league Da Beauty League.
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Craig Custance took a look at the Capitals, how their roster fit into five categories and then compared that to the rest of the teams in the Metro. (The Athletic)
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New Rangers assistant coach David Oliver was a 7th round pick of the Edmonton OIlers in 1991 and after playing four years at the University of Michigan, he played half a season for the Oilers in 1994-95.
Oliver then spent the next season and part of another with the Oilers before joining the Rangers for 14 regular season and 3 playoff games at the end of the 1996-97 season.
Edmonton's GM throughout Oliver's entire time in the Oilers organization was current Rangers President Glen Sather.
Henrik Lundqvist is on the ice practicing ahead of this weekend's outdoor charity game in Norway with Mats Zuccarello.
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Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy, who played at BU under David Quinn for two seasons, said that he couldn't be happier that Quinn is now the head coach of the Rangers. (The Athletic)
McAvoy praised Quinn for "the way that he cares" and said that Quinn was around to help him with extra video, one on one meetings and how his game was going.(The Athletic)
He added that Quinn "did so much" for me." (The Athletic)
8/1/18| Jeff Gorton said that Chris Kreider is not a "young player anymore" and that right now he is in his "prime years." (MSG)
Gorton said that because of Kreider's experience and stature with the team he will be a good player for the young Rangers to "lean on" and added that he feels Kreider is "ready for that role." (MSG)
Kreider, 27, has played in 381 regular season games and 77 playoff games in his NHL career.
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Former Rangers associate coach Scott Arniel has joined the Washington Capitals as an assistant coach to Todd Reirden.
He was let go by the Rangers when Alain Vigneault was relieved of his duties as head coach.
Arniel was with the Rangers for the past five seasons as part of Vigneault's staff.
Jeff Gorton said recently that while the Rangers want their "young kids" to make the team and "do well" they aren't going to be putting any of them in a "tough spot."
Gorton said, "if they are not ready we aren't going to put them in, won't force them in there. We will take our time and it's the right thing to do for the players, for the team, for us."
When he was asked at development camp which players he thinks could make the team, he pointed to Filip Chytil and Lias Andersson as well as European free agents Michael Lindqvist and Ville Meskanen.
Gorton added that the Rangers won't stop anyone from making the team if they are "good enough."
Libor Hajek's coach in the WHL, John Paddock, said that he is close to being NHL ready, could compete for a roster spot next season and also has the ability to be a "top-four defenseman in the league for a long-time." (Newsday & NY Post)
- Hajek has said that he intends to make the Rangers out of training camp.
Paddock describes Hajek, a left hand shot, as "low maintenance" and is a "real good, solid, all-around player who does a lot of things well." (NYRangers.com)
He added that Hajek was like a "sponge' and always doing extra work and talking to coaches about how to become a better player. (NYRangers.com)
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Kevin Shattenkirk said that he is "very" excited to play under David Quinn again and said that Quinn "is someone who really fits the bill perfectly for us in what we need to do moving forward."
Shattenkirk said that Quinn had a "huge impact" on his career and helped develop him not just in their three-years together at BU but also at the start of Shattenkirk's pro career in Lake Erie.
He said that Quinn took him as a raw player in college and helped develop him to succeed at the next level. (NYR)
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According to reports out of Russia, the Rangers are interested and possibly willing to offer a contract to Russian winger Sergei Shumakov.
Shumakov, 25, is reportedly holding out from CSKA Moscow due to promises that were not kept and that he has offers from other teams. (Championat)
He is supposed to be heading into the second-year of a three-year deal with CSKA and he had 40 points in 47 games last season.
Mika Zibanejad was Jeff Gorton's answer when he was asked which player needs to take a step offensively this season. (NHL Network)
Gorton said, "Mika has to go to another level offensively for us to compete for a playoff spot." (NHL Network)
Gorton added, "I think he has all the tools, at times he shown he can be a number one center, he can play against some of the better players in the league, defend and offensively push and PP is a threat, he is one guy that really jumps out to me that if he has a big year we should be competing for a playoff spot." (NHL Network)
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Over the weekend the Rangers signed 24-year old defenseman Brady Skjei to a six-year deal worth $5.25 million per season.
On Monday the Rangers signed 26-year old Kevin Hayes to a one-year deal worth $5.125 million.
On Tuesday, the Rangers came to terms with Ryan Spooner, 26, on a two-year deal that has a cap hit of $4 million per season.
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The Rangers have announced that Ryan Spooner has come to terms on a two-year deal.
The deal is worth $4 million per season. (Elliotte Friedman)
Spooner and the Rangers were scheduled to have an arbitration hearing on Saturday.
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With the signing of Kevin Hayes on Monday, the Rangers only have one arbitration case, Ryan Spooner on 8/4, remaining.
According to Cap Friendly, the Rangers have $9.67 in cap space right now but that includes Matt Beleskey, Cody McLeod and Peter Holland up front and Brendan Smith, Rob O'Gara and Steven Kampfer on defense.
On a roster that has all of the above players in Hartford but adds Filip Chytil, Lias Andersson and Neal Pionk, the Rangers have just over $12 million in cap space.
The Rangers currently have 45 contracts signed on their 50 contract list and 69 out of 90 spots taken on their reserve list.
5:42PM: Hayes' contract is worth $5.125 million, a number that Larry Brooks calls "surprisingly high."
5:39PM: Kevin Hayes will avoid arbitration with the Rangers and sign a one-year deal worth just over $5 million. (Elliotte Friedman)
Hayes will be a UFA after next season.
Reports circulated over the weekend that Hayes and the Rangers were running into issues on a long-term deal and that a one-year deal was the most likely solution.
Following the last game of the Rangers season, Henrik Lundqvist spoke about how the last few months of the season were about "learning and new experiences" but that next season is about "winning games and getting back into the playoffs." (NYR)
- Lundqvist said before the end of the season that next season had to be about winning for the Rangers.
Lundqvist said that the Rangers need to set a goal right away that if you are on the team you are there to make a difference. (NYR)
He said that he thinks the Rangers can turn things around quickly with the experience that some of the young players got as well as with other moves the team can make. (NYR)

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Once countywide school board members finished Tuesday, Jan. 29, posing for a picture with outgoing Memphis City Schools superintendent Kriner Cash, the board quickly got back to the emerging details of the coming schools merger.
Susan Stephenson, CEO and co-founder of Independent Bank, has enjoyed a long and successful career in banking.
In the middle of what might be its most experimental season yet, Opera Memphis is attracting curious on-lookers in companies around the country.
Archer-malmo has inked an additional 3,000 square feet in the Cotton Exchange Building, bringing its total footprint in the historic 12-story Downtown tower to 41,277 square feet across six floors.
By the time Crosstown Arts occupies space in the 1.5 million-square-foot Sears Crosstown building, it will have completed a solid test run of promoting arts-based community and economic development in Midtown.
The Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference's legislative agenda for the new session of the Tennessee General Assembly includes a focus on children, sentencing guidelines and the fight against drugs.
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee's second annual Healthy Church Challenge 100-day weight loss competition for churches in West Tennessee is set to get under way on Saturday, Feb. 2.
The Baptist College of Health Sciences is gearing up for a series of open houses over the next several months, with the first set for this Saturday and open to all prospective students. The following three open houses on Feb. 7, April 4 and June 6 will be designed specifically for people interested in the college's RN to BSN (Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing) program, which is tailored for working adults. Students can complete their baccalaureate degree in 12 months.
Do not mention the reality TV show "Toddlers & Tiaras" to pageant producer Renee Horvath of Millington.
The relevance of Overton Square is that it's one of many initiatives the city has in place to make Memphis a better place and a city of choice for the millennial generation.
Memphis Catholic Bishop J. Terry Steib likens the coming changes in two well-known Catholic schools with long histories to a nova.
Shelby County Commissioners approved a $251,958 contract with a Batesville, Ark., bakery that at least for now has a perceived monopoly on baking and distributing large amounts of bread in the region.
Saint Blues Guitar Workshop is launching a new line of affordable, made-in-Memphis guitars.
It is a pleasant lunchtime hour on a recent weekday, and a small gathering of technologists has huddled at Panera Bread in the Laurelwood shopping center for their monthly confab.
Kriner Cash says there were big "distractions" that began just before he became Memphis City Schools superintendent four-and-a-half years ago that created a "perfect storm" for his efforts to "transform" the school system.
Al Gore is coming to Memphis next month to promote his new book, "The Future."
A federal bankruptcy court judge has adopted a settlement on the bankruptcy case involving control of the Beale Street Entertainment District.
Phrases used to describe Cynthia Ham at the Thursday, Jan. 24, American Advertising Federation Memphis meeting included "the Memphis enthusiast," "the art-aholic," "the hostess/entertainer," "a local celebrity" and even "a pushy broad."
There's more than one way to reach the big game.
Josh Pastner adores Conference USA. If he were to put this sentiment to music, he would pick up a guitar and sing C-USA-inspired tributes such as "Hard to Love" and "You Don't Know Her Like I Do." As it is, he will send Valentine's Day roses and chocolates to the league's administrative offices in Irving, Texas.
If Cato Johnson ever decided to leave his position as senior vice president of corporate affairs at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, he could quite possibly become an epic spokesperson for an energy drink. A healthy one, that is.
At the beginning of January, Johnna Bailey began work as immigration attorney for the Community Legal Center, a resource for the working poor.
Kellyn Gowen has joined Renshaw Property Management as marketing coordinator. In her new role, Gowen manages social media, marketing and communications for the company's 800 Mid-South rental properties, serves as a liaison for property owners and real estate agents, and spearheads marketing efforts for vacant properties.
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Part two of a two-part series Commitment is at the heart of all successful nonprofit fundraising. It needs to be developed and sustained. It starts with the organization's leadership – the executive director or CEO, board members as well as leadership level employees and volunteers. The purpose and vision for proposed fundraising needs to be carefully discussed by these parties, ideally through one-on-one conversations with time for challenging questions and clear answers.
Ray's Take Think you have your retirement plan figured out? Here's a sobering report: Fidelity Investments recently predicted that a 65-year-old couple that retired in 2012 would pay $240,000 for health care over the remainder of their lives. Those are expenses in addition to costs covered by Medicare under existing legislation, which could change.
How could I not read the latest David Rosenfelt novel, "Airtight?" How could I not?! The author's very publicist himself sent me an advance reading copy, asking that I do so. That, plus the book starts out with the murder of a judge, and I obviously want that case cracked, right?
The victory of the Ravens or the 49ers won't be all people are talking about after the Super Bowl. After all, there are the commercials, and considering 110 million viewers are anticipated for this year's football matchup, it's no wonder advertisers pony up big bucks. Thirty-second spots went for $3.8 million to $4 million this year – an all-time record, up from $3.5 million in 2012.
Capital makes the world go round – or at least it used to before the recession and our new economic reality took hold. Enacting growth strategies is difficult without capital to invest. This is certainly true for early stage companies that need enough runway to get the business off the ground and then gain momentum to cash flow the business.
Last week we discussed DeNeuville Learning Center, which is an organization that is working to assist women of all backgrounds and cultures in learning the skills needed to make positive choices for themselves and their families. This week let us highlight the importance of infusing positive energy into our community and being intentional to share hope-filled and uplifting stories, like those of our everyday heroes, who are leading by example to strengthen the Mid-South.
November's presidential election clarified a need for bipartisan immigration reform; Republican intransigence on this issue melted away as they watched about 71 percent of Latinos vote in favor of the Democratic candidate.
Lately I've talked with several people who were struggling with the question, "What is the goal of life?" Those of you who know me personally might remember that I have a daughter in college. Therefore, you might be thinking I've been talking with young students home for the holidays. Nope – most people pondering this question were adults well into their careers.
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Kayla Skaggs of Magnolia is the winner of the $500 Gerald T. McCubbin Memorial Scholarship sponsored by Magnolia Bank.
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The United Way of Central Kentucky renewed its commitment to its mission of connecting the community for the common good by investing $364,000 in eight local agencies that serve LaRue County through programs and services in education, financial stability, health and basic needs.
Twelve people have applied for the position of LaRue County High School principal. As of last week, the pool had been narrowed to four candidates by the school's site-based decision-making council.
The city swimming pool will open on June 29, according to Eric DeVary of LaRue County Park and Recreation. The pool will be open every day throughout July and weekends only through August.
The Kentucky State Police is initiating a new proactive program where citizens are now able to text confidential tips from their cell phone. The program, "Text a Tip," is designed to report criminal activity, assist with neighborhood watch and serve as an additional resource for schools and college campuses.
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SOURCE: Highwoods Properties
June 24, 2013 08:00 ET
Sister Building to Highwoods-Owned Two Alliance Center; Now Wholly-Owns Over One Million Contiguous Square Feet in Buckhead
Sister Building to Highwoods-Owned Two Alliance Center; Now Wholly-Owns Over One Million Contiguous Square Feet in Buckhead
RALEIGH, NC--(Marketwired - Jun 24, 2013) - Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE: HIW)
One Alliance Center
$143.4 Million Total Investment, $259 per Square Foot
67% Occupied
Leverage Ratio Remains Under 44%
$63.0 Million of Equity Raised Since May 1st Earnings Call
Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE: HIW) has acquired One Alliance Center, the sister building to Two Alliance Center, which the Company acquired in September 2012. The Company now wholly owns 1,045,000 contiguous square feet of Class A office space in the heart of the Buckhead submarket of Atlanta. On a combined basis, the Company's total investment in One and Two Alliance Center, including planned building improvements, is $278 per square foot, a 15% discount to estimated replacement cost.
The Company's total investment in One Alliance Center is expected to be $143.4 million, or $259 per square foot, which consists of the purchase price plus $2.9 million of planned near-term building improvements and $0.4 million of future tenant improvements committed under existing leases. One Alliance Center is currently 67% occupied and is expected to generate first year cash net operating income from existing customers of $6.2 million, before $1.1 million of free rent. First year GAAP net operating income from existing customers is expected to be $7.0 million. The Company also noted that approximately $0.5 million of acquisition costs will be expensed in the second quarter.
Ed Fritsch, president and chief executive officer of Highwoods, stated, "We are excited to now own both One Alliance and Two Alliance. Alliance Center is one of the most competitively-advantaged locations in Buckhead given its controlled and easy access to Georgia 400 and Peachtree Road, walkability to the Buckhead Marta Rail Station and close proximity to Phipps Plaza and Lenox Square Mall, two upscale malls.
The acquisition of One Alliance more than doubles our presence in Buckhead where we now wholly-own over one million square feet of contiguous Class A office space. This is a rapidly tightening submarket and we forecast leasing at One Alliance to exceed 93% within three years. In addition, we see opportunities to "Highwoodtize" the property and expect to garner operating and leasing synergies by owning both Alliance Center towers through shared parking, shared amenities, shared vendor agreements and customer expansions to name a few."
The Company funded the acquisition of One Alliance Center with proceeds from its ATM program, non-core dispositions and borrowings under its revolving credit facility. No debt was assumed in connection with this transaction. Following closing, the Company's leverage ratio, including preferred stock, remains under 44%.
ATM Program Update
Subsequent to its May 1, 2013 earnings conference call, the Company has sold 1,656,590 shares of common stock at an average gross sales price of $38.60 per share, raising net proceeds after sales commissions of $63.0 million.
Alliance Center Presentation
A brief presentation outlining this transaction can be accessed through the link below or on the Investor Relations section of the Company's web site at www.highwoods.com.
About Highwoods Properties
Highwoods Properties, headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, is a publicly traded (NYSE: HIW) real estate investment trust ("REIT") and a member of the S&P MidCap 400 Index. The Company is a fully integrated, self-administered REIT that provides leasing, management, development, construction and other customer-related services for its properties and for third parties. At March 31, 2013, Highwoods owned or had an interest in 334 in-service office, industrial and retail properties encompassing approximately 35.0 million square feet and owned 649 acres of development land. The Company's properties and development land are located in Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. For more information about Highwoods Properties, please visit our website at www.highwoods.com.
Certain matters discussed in this press release and referenced presentation, such as anticipated total investment, projected leasing activity, estimated replacement cost and expected net operating income of acquired properties, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements are distinguished by use of the words "will", "expect", "intend" and words of similar meaning. Although Highwoods believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from Highwoods' current expectations include, among others, the following: the financial condition of our customers could deteriorate; development activity by our competitors in our existing markets could result in excessive supply of properties relative to customer demand; development, acquisition, reinvestment, disposition or joint venture projects may not be completed as quickly or on as favorable terms as anticipated; we may not be able to lease or re-lease second generation space quickly or on as favorable terms as old leases; our markets may suffer declines in economic growth; we may not be able to lease our newly constructed buildings as quickly or on as favorable terms as originally anticipated; unanticipated increases in interest rates could increase our debt service costs; unanticipated increases in operating expenses could negatively impact our NOI; we may not be able to meet our liquidity requirements or obtain capital on favorable terms to fund our working capital needs and growth initiatives or to repay or refinance outstanding debt upon maturity; the Company could lose key executive officers; and others detailed in the Company's 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent SEC reports.
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Artists Kate Vrijmoet and Holly Ballard Martz, in two distinct stylistic approaches to a common focus — THE HUMAN CONDITION, join together for a unique art exhibit at Aljoya Thornton Place at 450 N.E. 100th St. in North Seattle with a reception on Friday, February 15 from 4pm – 6pm.
The exhibit is open to the public and runs through May 22, 2013. Advance reservations by calling (206) 306-7920 are required to attend the opening reception.
The idea of waking is what draws Vrijmoet's work together. The centerpiece of her work on exhibit is the 6' by 7' "And the vacuum cleaner swallows its bag," which but for the title could be seen as a family swimming pool scene viewed from underwater. Metaphorically, the work reads as chaos in the primordial soup or as the moment of waking from a dream or a spiritual birth. In contrast, Martz' images are flattened, carefully composed arrangements of allegorical symbols navigating an internal dialogue.
Vrijmoet's work has been shown in dozens of publications and exhibitions around the country and internationally, including the 2012 Beijing International Art Biennial at the National Museum of China, the 2010 Ecuador Biennial of Painting Guayaquil where she received a top prize, and in a 2010 solo exhibition at the Center on Contemporary Arts in Seattle. Her published works include New American Paintings 97 and Kate Vrijmoet: Essential Gestures Catalog.
Martz participated in the Artist Trust Edge Professional Development Program, and her works are in the University of Washington Rare Books Collection, the Alexander Gallery in New York, NY, the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas/UNAM in Mexico City, and the Irkutsk Museum of Fine Arts in Russia.
In addition to attending the reception, the artists will give a talk about their works on Wednesday, March 13 at 7:30pm at Aljoya Thornton Place.
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UNIVERSITY OF SWAHILI FOUNDATION is chartered with the Public Registry of Government of Panama under Article 37 of Panama Foundation Law 25 of 1995 (June 12th, 1995- as per Official Gazette No.22,804 of June 14th,1995).
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Very limited Research Scholars are enrolled in our university.
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We are based in Panama but at home throughout the world. With campuses on three continents, researchers in every time zone, and students from more than 120 countries, UOSF truly has a global respective.
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The Ole Miss NCAA saga took another turn on Wednesday. Former football coach Houston Nutt has filed a civil lawsuit against the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation and the University of Mississippi.
The suit was filed at the United States District Court in Oxford.
Nutt is alleging that Ole Miss violated terms of his 2011 severance agreement.
The complaint also alleges: "This action for breach of contract arises from certain false and defamatory statements made by and on behalf of the Defendants in connection with an NCAA investigation of the Ole Miss football program. Determined to deflect and delay the potential damage from the NCAA investigation, and with the knowledge and tacit approval of certain members of the Ole Miss Control Group, Head Coach Freeze, Athletic Director Bjork, and Sports Information Director Kyle Campbell reached an agreement in 2014 to carry out a carefully orchestrated misinformation campaign, the specific purpose of which was to mislead the media, Ole Miss boosters, and potential recruiting prospects about the true nature of the matters that were being investigated by the NCAA. This deceitful strategy involved having Coach Freeze, AD Bjork, and other members of the Ole Miss Athletics Department tell sports journalists "off the record" that the "majority," "most," or "almost all" of the NCAA's allegations were aimed at Coach Nutt and his staff and that the NCAA's charges had little, if anything, to do with Coach Freeze."
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Four of the violations involve assistant coaches that were on Nutt's staff. They're expected to meet with the NCAA committee on infractions in early fall.
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They were five students with nothing in common, faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their high school library. At 7 a.m., they had nothing to say, but by 4 p.m. they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. John Hughes, creator of the critically acclaimed Sixteen Candles, wrote, directed and produced this hilarious and often touching comedy starring Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy. To the outside world they were simply the Jock, the Brain, the Criminal, the Princess and the Kook, but to each other, they would always be The Breakfast Club.see more...
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WASHINGTON & CHARLESTON, W. Va.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--United Bankshares, Inc. ("United") (NASDAQ: UBSI) today announced that it priced 4,330,000 shares of its common stock (the "Common Stock") in a registered public offering.
United intends to use the net proceeds of this offering to provide capital support for the growth of United and for other general corporate purposes. The offering is expected to close on December 21, 2016, subject to customary closing conditions.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC acted as sole book-running manager for the offering.
The Common Stock will be issued pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement (File No. 333-214551) (including base prospectus), a preliminary prospectus supplement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and a final prospectus supplement to be filed with the SEC. A copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement and, when available, the final prospectus supplement can be obtained from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, Attention: Prospectus Department, or by calling 866-803-9204.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the Common Stock in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. Any offering of the Common Stock is being made only by means of a written prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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United has consolidated assets of approximately $14.3 billion with 129 full service offices in West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. United's stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the quotation symbol "UBSI".
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- weakness or a decline in the U.S. economy, in particular in Maryland, Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania, Washington D.C. and West Virginia;
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- further prepayment penalties related to the early extinguishment of high cost borrowings;
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- government intervention in the U.S. financial system and the effects of and changes in trade and monetary and fiscal policies and laws, including the interest rate policies of the Federal Reserve;
- our inability to pay dividends at current levels, or at all, because of inadequate future earnings, regulatory restrictions or limitations, and changes in the composition of qualifying regulatory capital and minimum capital requirements (including those resulting from the U.S. implementation of Basel III requirements);
- higher than expected loan losses within one or more segments of our loan portfolio;
- unexpected significant declines in the loan portfolio due to the lack of economic expansion, increased competition, large prepayments, changes in regulatory lending guidance or other factors;
- unanticipated credit deterioration in our loan portfolio;
- unanticipated loan delinquencies, loss of collateral, decreased service revenues and other potential negative effects on our business caused by severe weather or external events;
- an unexpected decline in real estate values within our market areas;
- changes in accounting policies or accounting standards, including the new authoritative accounting guidance (known as the current expected credit loss (CECL) model) which may increase the required level of our allowance for credit losses after adoption on January 1, 2020;
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- higher than expected FDIC insurance assessments;
- the failure of other financial institutions with whom we have trading, clearing, counterparty and other financial relationships;
- lack of liquidity to fund our various cash obligations;
- unanticipated reduction in our deposit base;
- potential acquisitions that may disrupt our business;
- declines in value in our investment portfolio, including additional other-than-temporary impairment charges on our investment securities;
- future goodwill impairment due to changes in our business, changes in market conditions, or other factors;
- legislative and regulatory actions (including the impact of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and related regulations) subject us to additional regulatory oversight which may result in higher compliance costs and/or require us to change our business model;
- our inability to promptly adapt to technological changes;
- our internal controls and procedures may not be adequate to prevent losses;
- the inability to realize expected revenue benefits from the merger with Bank of Georgetown ("Georgetown") and the proposed merger with Cardinal Financial Corporation ("Cardinal");
- inability to retain customers and employees, including those of Georgetown and Cardinal;
- other unexpected material adverse changes in our operations or earnings;
- the possibility that the proposed merger with Cardinal does not close when expected or at all because required regulatory, shareholder or other approvals and conditions to closing are not received or satisfied on a timely basis or at all;
- the terms of the proposed merger with Cardinal may need to be modified to satisfy such approvals or conditions;
- the anticipated benefits from the proposed merger with Cardinal and expanding United Bankshares' geographic presence and synergies are not realized in the time frame anticipated or at all as a result of changes in general economic and market conditions, interest and exchange rates, monetary policy, laws and regulations (including changes to capital requirements) and their enforcement, and the degree of competition in the geographic and business areas in which the companies operate; and
- diversion of management time on merger related issues.
A detailed discussion of factors that could affect our results is included in our SEC filings, including the "Risk Factors" section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.
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CampInTouch is our secure registration system. You must complete the registration process in one session. It should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. You will not be able to save and restart an online application later.
Before you begin, make sure you have:
- Your Visa or MasterCard, if paying online
- Emergency contact names and phone numbers
You already have a CampInTouch account if you registered for summer 2016, viewed summer 2016 pictures or sent camper emails. Use your CampInTouch login to register a new camper or a returning camper. (If you don't remember your login, click "Retrieve/SetPassword" on the login page to recover it.)
Click the 'Begin your Application' button – and then create a new account with your email and a password of your choice.
Please make sure to save your login information for future use!
After registering your first child and reach the final "Application Submitted" screen, click the "Begin New Application" link. All the information for your first child will be saved as you begin the application for your next child.
The application will assign the person completing the online form as "Primary" parent/guardian and this person will have the main login for the account. You can add additional parents/guardian contact information and email addresses to the account, but the camp will consider the "Primary" person as the main point of contact by default.
You will need to pay a deposit of $350 per session, per child for summer camp. We can process Visa or MasterCard payments, and deposits need to be received before enrollment can be confirmed.
After your application is accepted, all fees are due by Monday, April 2, 2018. To assist in paying your camp balance in a timely fashion, we offer multiple payment options to best suit your needs. The payment plans are as follows:
One payment by credit card now: By selecting this option, you agree that the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) may charge your credit card the FULL TUITION on the Friday following your registration.
Three installments by credit card: By selecting this option, you agree that the URJ may automatically charge your credit card in three payments on Friday, December 1, 2017; Thursday, February 1st, 2018; and Monday, April 2nd, 2018.
Pay by Check: Families registered for the Pay By Check Payment Plan will be sent statements with payments due Mondays January 1, 2018 and April 2, 2018. Please note that all camp fees must be paid in full by April 2, 2018.
Scholarship Applicants: Be selecting this option, you agree that the URJ may automatically charge your credit card $500 per camper on Monday, January 1, 2018 and the balance--adjusted for any award allocations--paid in full by Monday, April 2nd, 2018.
Please note that communications sent from or through CampInTouch to Gmail email addresses often get filtered to a spam folder. Please check your spam folder following registration if you do not receive a confirmation of enrollment. If you still have not received an email, please give the office a call.
You will be contacted by our office within three to five business days.


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Israel Says War Will Continue Even After Hamas Tunnels Are Destroyed, Leaving Future Of Gaza Uncertain
UPDATED: Israeli soldier originally thought to have been captured is now presumed dead. Israel will not be sending a representative to planned peace talks in Egypt. But witnesses report Israeli tanks are withdrawing from Gaza, suggesting that hostilities could begin to wind down.
The Associated Press reports that Israel now presumes that Hadar Goldin, the solider originally thought to have been captured by Hamas after the collapse of Friday's cease-fire, is dead.
Israel's prime minister said on Saturday that his country would continue to wage war in Gaza even after the original objective of destroying Hamas tunnels is completed, Haaretz reported.
Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's attacks on Gaza will "take as much time as necessary" and "exert as much force as needed."
The prime minister's remarks came after the BBC and other outlets quoted an unnamed Israeli official as saying that Israel could unilaterally withdraw from the strip after all Hamas tunnels running from under Gaza and into Israel were destroyed — a benchmark that the Israel Defense Forces are expected to reach within 24 hours.
Israel also made it clear that it wouldn't send a delegation to the latest round of peace talks, which are scheduled to take place in Egypt.
The last peace talks in Egypt, which many saw as a possible avenue for a lasting truce, fell apart after a 72-hour cease-fire declared on Friday collapsed just 90 minutes after it started.
Israel said Hamas fighters ambushed one of its units, killing three Israeli soldiers. Hamas said that it believed the ambush had occurred an hour or so before the beginning of the cease-fire and that it was not holding the missing soldier.
Yet there was some indication that Israel may soon wind down its operations in the strip, with Reuters citing witnesses as saying that Israeli tanks were withdrawing from Gaza.
More than 1,700 people have been killed so far in the 25-day-old war. Upwards of 90% of the casualties were Palestinians, the vast majority of them civilians, including many children. More than 60 Israelis, mostly soldiers, have also been killed.
According to Reuters, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights reports that 520,000 people, or one in every four Gazans, have been displaced by the conflict.
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(T) AT&T Gets FCC Nod
In order to boost 4G LTE markets in the U.S. as well as to free up the nations under utilized spectrum, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved AT&T Inc. (T) – the second-largest wireless carrier in the country to buy Wireless Cellular Service (WCS) and Advanced Wireless Service (AWS) spectrum bands from four companies namely, Comcast Corporation (CMCSA), NextWave Wireless Inc. (WAVE), San Diego Gas & Electric Co. and Horizon Wi-Com LLC.
Higher usage of smartphones and tablets coupled with limitation of spectrum are continuously putting huge pressure on AT&T's network. So, in a bid to improve its spectrum shortage the company planned to acquire T-Mobile USA – the third largest carrier in the country. However, the deal failed to get FCC approval as it might give rise to unhealthy competition across U.S. telecom industry.
While at the same time Verizon Wireless, which is the largest telecom operator of the nation is continuously expanding its 4GLTE markets. At present, Verizon Wireless has more than 470 4G LTE footprints as compared to AT&T's 125 4G LTE markets.
In order to expand its 4G LTE coverage as well as to catch up with the nation's largest carrier, AT&T is aggressively buying spectrum of 2.3 GHz band from these companies which holds unused AWS and WCS spectrums. Acquisition of these spectrums will allow AT&T to bring at least 82% of the country's population under its radar, covering nearly 48 states.
We maintain our long-term Neutral recommendation on AT&TInc. Currently, it has a Zacks#3 Rank, implying a short-term Hold rating on the stock.
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Open Thread: Friends and Family and Everyone Else
Here's a place to talk about the relationships in your life whenever you want.
Friends, how often has this happened to you?
You meet a dude in the lobby of your building. He looks sort of vaguely familiar, but not familiar enough to be someone you actually know. You figure he's a regular visitor to the building or something, so you might have seen him around.
But then, he says, "Lesley?" And you nod, suspiciously. And he says, "Hey, I'm Joe.*" And extends his hand.
A little confused as to how this guy knows your name, you shake his hand and politely say, "Hi Joe, it's nice to meet you."
Then you think, um, I probably should have said nice to SEE you, because this guy seems to know who you are so you might have maybe met him before OH NO IT'S HAPPENED AGAIN.
"Oh, we've met," Joe says. He seems annoyed. He is the building manager and has been for several years. You've communicated via email and phone loads of times and met him in person more than once. You're just a total screwup who panics when people try to greet you and you weren't expecting to run into them.
You're visiting the offices of your publisher a couple weeks after your book is out. You are being introduced to several people you've only spoken to via email, and of course you're forgetting half their names immediately because you need to do that thing where you use a person's name with them three times to remember that's their name, and you're meeting SO many people in rapid succession that this is impossible.
Still, you feel like you've got your "Great to finally meet you!" schtick down so it sounds natural and easygoing so it's probably OK. You can always individually ask people their names later and try to make it silly and self-deprecating that you forgot.
Eventually you are brought into an office and you launch into "GREAT TO FINALLY MEET YOU," while the woman you are meeting is saying, "So nice to see you again, how have you been?" Because she is the executive director and you met her last year and actually had a conversation together during the cocktail hour prior to the event where she was presenting you and a bunch of other people with an award for being neato feminists. Really kind of an important thing for you to remember.
You cover for it by laughing really loudly and pretending she didn't hear you because you were both talking at the same time and maybe you should consider moving to a cave or a mountaintop or a different planet and never speaking to any other human ever again.
The first example above actually happened to me yesterday. Given the frequency with which I introduce myself to people I have already met -- often people I have met more than once -- you would think that it would get less embarrassing with every instance, but somehow I manage to find it freshly mortifying each time.
And I do it a lot. I do it in professional instances (I have attempted to introduce myself to people at xoJane's parent company that I have met more than once, more than once), I do it in social situations (sorry, person I have met very briefly at least three times at local events, I swear it's not personal, I am just terrible), I have even done it with my husband's extended family (which, in my defense, is huge and sprawling and overwhelming to a person who grew up with four or five blood relatives I saw on a regular basis).
As much as I hate that I do this and would like to stop, it seems unavoidable; it is worst when I meet people in noisy and busy social events, but I've done it even when things were quiet and there was no one there except me and the person I was forgetting I'd met.
Face blindness -- otherwise known as prosopagnosia -- is a real neurological condition in which individuals have difficulty perceiving and recognizing faces, even faces of family members, or their own reflection in a mirror, in some cases. (Weirdly, last year Brad Pitt told Esquire magazine that he thinks he has prosopagnosia, which led to a little flurry of popular articles on the subject.) Obviously this issue can have some significant social effects on those who deal with it, and many people compensate by remembering other attributes of people, like how they walk, their hair, or the sound of their voice.
This is not my problem, however. Unlike most people with prosopagnosia, I am quite capable of recognizing someone's face as familiar, I simply can't always draw the necessary line between their face and how I know them.
I have no problem recognizing and placing people I know well -- I have spotted friends whom I haven't seen in years in cities where neither of us live and known who they were immediately. This is really only something that happens to me with people that I am only slightly acquainted with.
Near as I can figure, it seems to be a matter of context: just running into someone I know in a place where I don't expect to see them -- like a neighbor I talk to all the time, but at the Home Depot instead of in the workout room in my building -- sends my brain into flailing spasms of trying to place them. It's almost become a self-fulfilling cycle, as now when I run into someone I recognize but I can't immediately recall who they are, my brain goes directly into panic mode, and the resulting internal cacophony makes remembering them more difficult still. Then I find myself sort of doing that sneaky awkward detective thing in asking them open-ended questions and looking for clues, which I'm sure makes me seem like a totally non-creepy and healthy human being.
Worse yet, sometimes I can remember the person's name as well as their face, but I can draw no connections to how I know them. This happens more often in professional contexts, and there have been a few cases in which I have surreptitiously googled people while I was talking to them to figure out how we know each other.
Is this normal? I am aware that I may sound like a total crackpot here. BUT I AM JUST TRYING TO BE SOCIAL LIKE A REGULAR PERSON.
I also feel a lot of guilt when this happens. Growing up, my father was a stickler for first impressions, and he instructed me emphatically and often on the importance of a firm handshake and good eye contact, and I actually agree that these things are generally pretty common to those people who live as semi-functional and successful social beings. So when I am trying to be all "Hello, it's nice to meet you!" *smile* *eyeballs* *impress* and then I screw it up, I feel ashamed in a way that I never feel about anything else.
Still, while I fully realize it may come across as rude to whomever I've forgotten for the third time, I promise you that I am not consciously being rude. I am not blowing you off or being a jerk. It has nothing to do with how memorable you are. You're very memorable and awesome and special. I am a weirdo with a panic brain. Be patient with me, as however uncomfortable you are made to feel by my forgetfulness, I am probably feeling way more horrified by it than you are.
Anyone else? Is there a cure? Or should I just restrict all my social interactions to the internet for the rest of my life? It's definitely easier to secretly google people from here.
* Not his real name, obviously. I don't remember it anyway.