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Indian Companies Are Finding Drug R&D Pitfalls
A brief article in The Economic Times (January 2, 2012) entitled "Zydus, Eli Lilly drug discovery deal off" got very little notice, but may represent a new trend. Three years ago, the Indian company Zydus Cadila signed a research pact with Lilly to collaborate on novel drugs to treat cardiometabolic disorders. The deal had the potential to be worth up to $300 million if Zydus Cadila achieved specific milestones and compounds passed key steps in clinical development. While not a lot of information was given for the dissolution of this collaboration, I found the following comment interesting:
"Developing a new drug from scratch is getting more expensive due to increased regulatory scrutiny and high costs of clinical trials. Lowering costs through a partnership with an Indian drug firm was one way of speeding up the process, but the success rate has not been very high."
Much has been made of the growing investment in R&D being made by Western pharmaceutical companies in places like China and India. Initially, this work was meant as a way to get laboratory work done more cheaply. However, about a decade ago, Western companies turned to their outsourcing partners to tap into their scientific talent and to broaden their search for new medicines. This blended well with the ambitions of these countries to become bigger players in the lucrative global pharmaceutical market. A few years ago, this trend was discussed by Pete Engardio and Ben Rissing in a Business Week story entitled "Big Pharma's R&D Booster Shot" (June 11, 2008) which focused on India and highlighted the proliferation of deals, such as India's Glenmark Pharmaceuticals liaison with Lilly and Ranbaxy's drug-discovery alliance with Merck. The authors acknowledged that, while Indian firms were unlikely to compete in the development of new medicines overnight due to the long drug discovery-development timeline, they were clearly on the path to be eventual competitors.
But the Indian firms are now discovering how difficult this business is. The Zydus Cadila – Lilly example is not unique. Similar disappointing stories can be told for the early diabetes drugs that Dr. Reddy's Laboratories licensed to Novo Nordisk and Novartis, or Glenmark's anti-asthmatic compound that was licensed to Forest Laboratories. However, these setbacks shouldn't be thought of as a failing of India's nascent pharmaceutical efforts. They just provide further evidence of how challenging drug discovery is, no matter where it is done.
However, there could be at least one concern with India's emerging drug pipeline. In his article "India Perseveres as Drug Discoverer" (Chemical & Engineering News, October 31st, 2011), Amruthanand Nair shows a table listing the drug candidates in advanced development from several major Indian firms, including Dr. Reddy's, Glenmark, Piramal Life Sciences and Sun Pharma. Of the 10 compounds listed, many are mechanistically related to agents that are already on the market or they are in classes where previous compounds have had little or no success. It is hard to imagine that any of these agents will be blockbusters without long-term and expensive clinical studies that would differentiate them from current therapies. Do these small companies have the internal resources to carry out such studies? If not, they will need a major pharma partner to do this. And this comes back to the "developing a new drug from scratch" quote above. It is entirely possible that, as happened with the Zydus Cadila – Lilly deal, Western partners will be dissolving these deals unless there is compelling evidence that the compounds generated will meet not just regulatory scrutiny but also the very high hurdle that now exists for compound differentiation.
When it comes to drug discovery, the Indian pharmaceutical industry is still in its infancy. It will be awhile before the "eventual competitor" status will be realized.
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Later this year, Seafood City, a California-based supermarket chain specializing in Asian cuisine, will open a new store in Concord, near San Francisco's Bay Area. In its new location, Seafood City will benefit from high visibility on Diamond Boulevard, a trade population of 133,430 within a five-mile radius and average household incomes of $88,184 per year. But the supermarket chain won't be building a new store. Instead, it will take over a 61,833-square-foot former Circuit City box it recently bought from the Red Mountain Retail Group, a Santa Ana, Calif.-based retail developer, in a $10,280 transaction.
Meanwhile, over on the East Coast, Safeway Inc., a Pleasanton, Calif.-based supermarket operator, is looking into opening one of its new lifestyle stores in Towson, a community of 53,401 in suburban Baltimore, with a median household income of $64,313. In June, Bohler Engineering, a civil engineering firm with an office in Towson, reportedly filed for approval from Baltimore County to allow Safeway to move into a space formerly shared by bankrupt house wares retailer Linens 'n Things and computer seller CompUSA.
These are just a few examples of the growing trend of supermarket chains (along with discounters and some fitness clubs) taking over some of the vacant big boxes that have cropped up on the retail landscape because of mass closures by Circuit City, Linens 'n Things, CompUSA and other category killers. What the deals getting done have in common is that grocers are picking off the choice locations first--high-traffic sites on busy intersections and in dense, urban markets with higher than average incomes, older than average demographics and higher than average education levels.
Many retailers "went out of business and it had nothing to do with their locations and that left vacancies available in some very desirable areas," adds David J. Livingston, a Waukesha, Wis.-based supermarket consultant.
The trend is benefiting landlords as well. The roster of typical big box tenants continues to thin. Most big box chains are not expanding and there are few new concepts on the horizon as others deal with bankruptcies, closures and liquidations. In this climate, grocery stores have become an attractive option.
For example, last year's liquidations of Circuit City and Linens 'n Things delivered close to 1,300 empty boxes to the market. Closings by chains including CompUSA and Home Depot left even more stores vacant. From the first quarter of 2008 to the first quarter of 2009, the vacancy rate in the big box sector jumped 280 basis points, to 7.3 percent from 4.5 percent, according to research from Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services and the CoStar Group. At the same time, the absorption rate moved from negative 230,733 square feet to negative 1,057,687 square feet.
"Before, the landlords would have multiple parties knocking on their door. Now they are lucky to get [one] interested retailer," notes Alvin Williams, principal of Excess Space Retail Services, a Huntington Beach, Calif.-based real estate disposition and lease restructuring firm. And today, that retailer has become a supermarket.
Everything old is new again
There are a number of reasons big boxes can become a great real estate opportunity for grocers. In addition to inheriting strong locations boasting good demographics, taking over existing buildings means grocers don't have to deal with the headaches of getting permits for new construction. For new stores that can take months, especially in the Northeast, where approval processes are notoriously lengthy.
Moreover, given today's market environment, supermarket chains can strike very favorable deal terms with landlords desperate to fill vacancies. According to the Marcus & Millichap and CoStar report, average rents for big box spaces have fallen 4.5 percent from the first quarter of 2008 to the first quarter of 2009, to $11.30 per square foot. Anecdotally, some brokers say rents are even more attractive than that. In Dublin, Calif., an unidentified local grocery operator has been considering buying or leasing a 58,588-square-foot Circuit City, according to Deborah Perry, a broker in the Walnut Creek, Calif. office of Colliers International. That Circuit City space is expected to fetch between $14 per square foot and $16 per square foot—as much as 20 percent below market rate rents at the beginning of 2008.
And the rents are not the only thing that landlords are willing to negotiate on. "More important with grocers are term options and specific use exclusives in the center," says Williams. "The landlords are much more flexible. That's occurring in most major marketplaces, almost regardless of who you are. If you are a national credit tenant right now, there are all kinds of opportunities out there for you."
However, there are also some challenges in retrofitting former big boxes for grocery use. Most major supermarket chains tend to have stores ranging from 45,000 square feet to 60,000 square feet—larger than some of the spaces on the market. For example, former Circuit City locations are in the 30,000 square foot to 40,000 square foot range and some are as small as 10,000 square feet. So grocers may have to adapt concepts or pass on spaces that don't fit existing prototype sizes. There is also the issue of parking. Supermarkets need a parking ratio of approximately 5 to 1, notes Perry, and big box sites might have been designed to accommodate fewer cars than that.
For both of these reasons, many of the grocery stores that are going into former big box locations are smaller concepts or offshoots of larger discounters that specialize in grocery. For example, Williams' firm has been helping British grocery operator Tesco's Fresh & Easy concept look for vacant boxes. Unlike traditional supermarkets, Fresh & Easy typically prefers 10,000-square-foot stores. (However, it is now considering some locations between 30,000 square feet and 40,000 square feet.)
Other companies considering smaller stores include Culinaria, an offshoot of Schnuck Markets which recently opened in St. Louis, and Urban Fresh, a Jewel-Osco concept which opened in Chicago last year, according to Matthew Casey, president of Matthew P. Casey & Associates, a Clark, N.J.-based supermarket real estate consultant. The first Culinaria totals 30,000 square feet of space while Urban Fresh inhabits 16,000 square feet.
Meanwhile, Developers Diversified Realty, a Beachwood, Ohio-based shopping center REIT, recently signed a lease with Sprouts Farmers Market for a former Circuit City location in Culver City, Calif. The Phoenix-based chain operates stores under 26,000 square feet. Developers Diversified is currently working on another lease and has executed a sales agreement for some of the remaining boxes in its portfolio, according to Paul W. Freddo, senior executive vice president of leasing and development with the firm. "We do have significant interest from supermarkets and specialty grocers in our available space," he notes.
As of year-end 2007, Circuit City stores accounted for 1.2 percent of Developers Diversified's GLA and Linens 'n Things for 0.5 percent.
In addition, discounters including Wal-Mart and Big Lots have also been looking at big boxes for their smaller, grocery-centered concepts. Last year, for example, Wal-Mart launched Marketside, a convenience-sized grocery store, at four locations in Arizona. Marketside locations measure approximately 15,000 square feet—about the same size as Tesco's Fresh and Easy concept. And this May, Columbus-based Big Lots opened its first Polaris store, which will be built around grocery products at the Polaris Towne Center in Polaris, Ohio. The 35,000-square-foot store is located inside a former Linens 'n Things building. Altogether, Big Lots plans to open 45 new stores in 2009.
"We continue to get a lot of activity from discount retailers that carry groceries, including Dollar General, Big Lots and 99 Cents Only," says Williams. "Maybe for every five deals they signed last year, they are doing one this year. But the retailers that are out there are looking at this as an opportunity to upgrade their leasing portfolio where they can."
Looking for the prime spot
Landlords still have to keep in mind, however, that urban boxes will be a lot easier to move than suburban ones. Livingston, who recently completed a market study for a grocery chain that is considering moving to a former big box location, says the tenant will be looking for a trade area with income levels above $100,000 per year, average age above 30 years old and education levels above Bachelor's degree. The Dublin site that Deborah Perry is currently marketing would fit these criteria—average household incomes in the five-mile radius are at $125,691 per year and daytime population totals more than 117,000. That's why more than one retailer has expressed interest in the space. But a vacant box in a secondary or tertiary market with less spectacular demographics won't attract a lot of attention.
"There is a lot of very unique, once in a lifetime real estate opportunities [out there] because of what's going on," says Williams. "Having said that, there's certainly not an overwhelming amount of leasing activity."

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Monday Night Concert Series
Presented by the Mt. Prospect Community Band
- Date: 07/10/2017 7:30 PM
- Location: Veterans Memorial Band Shell
411 S. Maple Street
Mount Prospect , Illinois 60056
- Introduction: Grab a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy music under the stars at the Veterans Memorial Band Shell every Monday Night from June 19 - July 31.
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Beautiful music fills the air as the Mt. Prospect Community Band performs new themes each week. Grab a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy music under the stars. Concerts move indoors in the case of rain. This is a program of the Mt. Prospect Park District. For more information, visit mppd.orgReturn to full list >>


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Picture three big, white, handsome cruise ships lined up along San Francisco's Embarcadero.
While you're at it, visualize yourself striding up a gangplank, a happy seagoer in the Bay Area cruise craze.
Now hold that thought. San Francisco is not yet a departure port for cruises in the way that, say, Seattle is.
But that could change with the maritime welcome mat laid out in late February. The opening of San Francisco's new James R. Herman Cruise Terminal promises a classy welcome to cruise passengers and issues an invitation to the cruise industry's new megaships, which this terminal can accommodate.
Just how big? Some behemoths built in recent years are up to 1,200 feet long -- that's almost four football fields -- and can carry 5,000 to 6,000 passengers. Most ships, however, will carry only half that many.
What also has changed is the greeting that awaits visitors. After sailing under the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, passengers will stroll down the gangplank into the new terminal, where floor-to-ceiling windows serve up a live, panoramic postcard of one of the world's most beautiful cities, complete with Coit Tower, Telegraph Hill and the Transamerica Pyramid.
But cruise passengers will have to save their oohs and aahs for early 2014, when the terminal interior at Pier 27 is completed (in the meantime, ships will continue to use the terminal at Pier 35). For the next eight months, the new terminal's 60,000 square-foot empty space is in the hands of its first occupant, America's Cup, which is also the economic force that kick-started the terminal's construction.
This summer, the bay will brighten with speeding sails of the world's fastest ships, 72-foot wing-sail catamarans. America's Cup Park -- akin to an Olympic Village for sailing teams, race officials and media -- will liven the new cruise terminal and several adjacent piers. The races kick off July 4 to Sept. 1 with the Louis Vuitton Cup. The 34th America's Cup finals are Sept. 7-22.
America's Cup organizers pledged as much as $100 million to the city of San Francisco for port and harbor improvements, and the James R. Herman terminal, with its $90 million price tag, got a chunk of that. A 2.5-acre waterfront park, Northeast Wharf Plaza, will be built beside the new terminal, adding waterfront recreation space and a good spot to gawk at a docked cruise ship.
The contract with America's Cup pushed decades of discussion to an action plan, said Peter Dailey, deputy director of maritime for the Port of San Francisco. With the new terminal's capability of accommodating the largest of ships, "We'll stay in step with the industry for the next 50 years," he said.
Bring it, cruise lines
One more thing the James R. Herman Cruise Terminal will accomplish -- actualizing the dream of the former port commissioner for whom the terminal is named. During his lifetime, Herman was a vocal proponent, urging the city to honor its maritime roots and again make San Francisco one of the world's great ports.
Building a new terminal is the first step. The next is to persuade cruise lines that starting a voyage in San Francisco -- not just stopping here -- is a good plan. More departures from home port would be a boon for Bay Area travelers. Monique Moyer, the port's executive director, said cruise lines have been checking in to discuss possibilities.
A major obstacle to San Francisco's becoming a major cruise embarkation port is geography -- the Pacific Ocean doesn't offer numerous destinations in the way the Caribbean does. And unlike East Coast ports -- a week's sail away from Europe -- San Francisco to Asia is a long haul.
Itineraries that currently make port calls in San Francisco follow routes to Alaska; the California Coast; Baja, Mexico; the Pacific Northwest; Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia; Hawaii; plus a few to Tahiti. Those itineraries, plus a few world cruises and Panama Canal cruises, account for the 66 cruise ships making calls in San Francisco in 2013.
On the plus side, it might not be hard to persuade cruise lines to consider San Francisco as a departure port. The Bay Area is a sophisticated travel region and also home to retiring baby boomers with money to spend. South American itineraries might be popular here, given the elimination of the cost and time of flying to Miami.
Call it home
One company embracing San Francisco's maritime makeover is Princess, which is relocating its Grand Princess here from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The ship, which arrives here March 16, is a gem. When it was introduced in 1998, it was the largest ship at sea, with 700 balconied cabins, back when 951 feet was really something. Thanks to a multimillion-dollar makeover in 2011, it is now outfitted with more dining and entertainment options, including movies shown poolside, Leaves Tea Lounge and Library, and One5, a late-night nightclub.
Home port status does not mean that Grand Princess will be hanging around. Typically, it will only be in port a short day between voyages, arriving at 7 a.m. to offload passengers, then loading a new set and embarking on its next sail at 4 p.m. Itineraries include Alaska; California Coastal; Wine Country Coastal; and a cruise to Hawaii, Tahiti and the South Pacific.
Like all cruise ships arriving this year, Grand Princess will be ushered into Terminal 35, the old terminal. The terminal, built in 1914, is bleak -- a windowless, unheated steel building that has all the charm of an empty aircraft hangar. Still, Pier 35 has history that dates back to the golden age of cruising, when around-the-world journeys were fashionable for the wealthy.
And it won't be scrapped anytime soon. When more than one ship visits San Francisco at the same time, that extra terminal will come in handy.
Anne Chalfant is a former travel editor for Bay Area News Group and author of the app "Cruise! A Guide for Ships and Trips." ___


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Forum Post: Senator Says Politics Have Reached Civil War Levels
Posted 4 years ago on Sept. 27, 2013, 6:29 p.m. EST by Narley
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Senator Says Politics Have Reached Civil War Levels.
As the clock ticks down toward a possible government shutdown, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, isn't holding back. On the Senate floor before 10 a.m. Friday, the senator gave a speech describing how American politics have reached the level at which "a small group of willful men and women who have a certain ideology"—read: the tea party and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas—have been able to take over the congressional budget debate in the last week. "Since they can't get their way," Harkin said, "they're going to create this confusion and discourse and hope that the public will be so mixed up in who is to blame for this, that they'll blame both sides." This isn't just congressional business as usual, Harkin said. It's much, much more dire: It's dangerous. It's very dangerous. I believe, Mr. President, we are at one of the most dangerous points in our history right now. Every bit as dangerous …. http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/senator-says-politics-have-reached-civil-war-levels-20130927
I believe the Senator is correct. I would even go further and say the American people are so strongly divided that wide spread violence is possible if it continues the current course. The hate between the varying ideologies seems to be reaching a level we probably haven't reached before. It's more than heated debate. It comes across as pure unadulterated hate for those whose don't agree who you. I visit several internet forums, both liberal and conservative. The hate I hear borders on vicious, I mean just pure hate.
So my question is can the people work things out before we come to blows? Is it really possible for us to stop hating long enough to just talk to each other. Just my two cents.


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Food Flashback: New York City in 1938
What was the local New York food scene like in 1938? A collection of archived photographs in the Museum of the City of New York provide some clues. From lobsters at the Fulton Fish Market to a fruit pushcart on a street corner, it's a fascinating look at our shared food experiences.
Read More: Museum of the City of New York Photo Archives
(Images: Sol Libsohn from the Collections of the Museum of the City of New York)


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I kind of feel bad for America's children, kind of. You see, growing up in my house, the evening news was a given, five nights a week. Dinnertime was always 5:30 P.M. You had to be home, no questions asked. If you were late, you had better have a really good excuse. On school nights, dinner was followed by homework, while starting at 6:00 P.M. my father would commandeer the television to watch the local and national news. At the time, we had four options, and one was PBS in really poor quality.
Writing this makes me realize how much of my youth involved being forced to watch something I did not choose. I am the youngest of nine, which topped out at seven living in the house at the same time during my formative years. I could tell you anything that was happening on Dallas or Knots Landing. I knew who Luke and Laura were and understood when my mother and sisters would talk about them as if they were neighbors. However, when it came to real TV drama, you had to look no further than the news.
My first memories include the much-talked-about clumsiness of President Gerald Ford and the 900-plus people drinking the
"Kool-Aid" in Guyana. The latter, of course, being the image most burned into my brain. I believe at 9 years old, it both frightened and enthralled me. The idea that so many people could let one person direct them to take their own lives was weird and thankfully far away. I don't recall anyone in my family trying to fully explain the breadth of the scene at the time, but I do remember knowing it was bad.
Throughout the years, my household changed for various reasons and, I should take this moment to point out, never included cable television (to be blamed on my father's tight wallet). The routine of watching news continued for years to come. I'm sure I didn't realize then how it was shaping my career path. I learned to be inquisitive. I was even voted biggest gossip in my high school, an honor I wear proudly now as a badge of my journalistic abilities but at the time completely mortified me.
Once I hit college and started hanging around those crazy folks who had CNN and Headline News, I was love-struck. I said, "That's my calling," and immediately changed my major from secondary education, never looking back. When they brought the first Gulf War into our living rooms—well, not mine but someone else's—I was smitten.
I know it makes me sound somewhat old, but here's why I worry about the kids today. There are so many choices on television. If you meet a family that doesn't have cable, you'd give them the stink eye. There are few families that sit down and have dinner together and then turn on the TV the way we used to.
Every time a big event happens, e.g., September 11, those of us in the industry think, Well, this is going to change things for good. It wasn't long afterward that we returned to doing stories about fallen starlets stumbling drunk out of limos with no knickers on and waterskiing squirrels. I blame the attention span brought on by the so-called MTV generation. If I can't blame that, I have to blame parenting, and if I can't blame that, I have to blame an oversaturation of "news" on cable TV. It makes me think that someone down the road is going to look back and say, "The first thing I remember seeing on the news is when Lindsay Lohan went to jail."


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Autumn is arriving in full force throughout much of the country, except for the parts of the northern Gulf of Mexico coast where sunny skies haven't been hit with a chill from Mother Nature.
By Alan Clemons, Southern Managing Editor
Leaves already are turning vibrant, beautiful colors in the upper Midwest. I spent this week in central Wisconsin for work and was greeted with stunning golds, yellows, reds, oranges and a nip in the evening air. That turned into a blast by Thursday night, a northern chill sending temperatures into the 30s that made me long for a few more warm days and evenings at home in the South.
Cold weather? Deer season? Perfect time for venison soup!
Perfect time to buy these great insulated hunting bibs, too!
Our good friends over at Food For Hunters have a gaggle of venison recipes we love to provide. They're tasty and this super Deer Camp Soup can be made with venison, elk or whatever favorite meat you'd prefer. Give it a try!
Ingredients– 8 cups water – 2 cups beef broth – 1- 8 oz package of button mushrooms, sliced * Before you leave for your outing, clean the mushrooms with a brush or damp towel. DO NOT stick them in water. Mushrooms are made mostly of water and act like sponges. Slice them and store in a dry, resealable bag. -1 cup of celery, cut up into pieces and blanched * You can blanch celery ahead of time to cut down cooking time while out in the field. You can store in a resealable bag and freeze for later use. -1/2 tbs. garlic salt – 1-1/2 to 2 lbs. deer ring bologna, sliced – 2 (14.5 oz) cans of sliced potatoes; or whole, if you can't find sliced – 1/8 cup fresh Italian flat-leaf parsley, chopped
1. In a medium sized pot, bring water and beef stock to a boil. Cover pot for faster boiling.
2. Once boiled, add the blanched celery, sliced mushrooms and garlic salt.
3. Cover and simmer for about 10 minutes, or until the mushrooms start to turn brown.The mushrooms will shrink in size and look darker in color.
6. Add potatoes and ring bologna into the pot. Simmer for 15 minutes.
7. After 15 minutes, chop up the parsley and add into your soup.
8. Serves six. Cooking time is about 30 minutes. Ladle into bowls and serve this delicious soup to your fellow hunters and campers!
Be sure to visit Food For Hunters for more great recipes!
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text: How VMUG used email to promote premium content service By Karen J. Bannan. Published on October 24, 2013. Four years ago the VMware User Group debuted as an independent organization for VMware users. The group provides online resources and community, webinars, real-time events and other educational collateral and training for those in the IT field. Its main focus, VMUG Executive Director Victor Bohnert said, was engaging VMware users, getting them to download content, sign up for events and access its training. Because it works closely with VMware Inc., the group was able to tap the virtualization software provider's user database and hit the ground running with an email marketing list of about 21,000 prospects. Still, building its database was and remains one of the company's main goals. "Our target is to exceed 100,000 [email addresses] by August 2014," Bohnert said. VMUG also hopes to get more subscribers for some of its premium content, such as its subscription-based discount service called VMUG Advantage, introduced about 18 months ago. At the beginning of this year, VMUG decided to do an email push to gain subscribers for the VMUG Advantage program. While the company's agency Creative I, San Francisco, came up with the design of the email, it was up to Bohnert's team to figure out the messaging—specifically, what might make a prospect who already had a free membership pay $200 to become a member of VMUG Advantage. Previous emails that described the program drew lackluster results, he said. Bohnert's team focused on its most recent member surveys to see what existing members of VMUG Advantage were most interested in. "We knew from those surveys that registration and training are the highest costs for our members, so we led with offers on all our messaging," he said. In the past, the organization had sent out emails focused on cost savings but had not included specific information. The revamped emails, which went out during the first quarter of this year, focused on several specific discounts, including a voucher for a free certification exam and 50% discounts on VMware software. The emails also included a link to a savings calculator that enabled recipients to see how much they would benefit from the program based on which elements—events, trainings, software and certifications—they were already using or purchasing. About 80,000 active VMUG users received the messaging, which had an open rate of 25%. VMUG was able to convert 52 prospects to new subscribers within 24 hours of the email's being sent. Today, the group has about 3,400 subscribers, up from zero in 18 months. "It's an important source of revenue for us, and was well worth the research to reach more subscribers," Bohnert said. Most Popular In this article: BtoBTechnology


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How stoked was I to see this on FBM's blog today? It's not everyday that you see a Helm of Awe Viking shirt in the wild, especially with such a rad group of dudes. Crandall wrote up something on the blog about currency and how times with your friends riding bikes is better than anything money can buy:
"Currency is typically defined as money, dollars, whathaveyou…something that represents value, something you can trade.
I just spent the past 3 weeks in a van with much of the FBM crew traveling the States, visiting friends, riding spots, meeting new friends, sharing good times, etc…
For us the price of a gallon a gas was often more than we spent on meals, eating ramen noodles, store brand soup out of a can, sleeping at friends houses, in parking lots, on the ground, in the van, on a couch.
On this trip the currency was the generosity of good people, our friends, sharing their spots, their floors, their coffee, sometimes a tube to fix a flat tire, sometimes a home cooked meal and shower, and all the time, sharing their awesomeness with us. In return all our friends asked for, without saying anything, was a smile, and a hi five, to the tune of a clicking freewheel or the click and pop of a can opening.
Thanks to everyone we caught up with, for the good times, and the reminder that one of the most valuable commodities is friendship!"
Amen brother. Check out more AWESOME photos from FBM's recent trip here on the blog. Bummed I missed you guys!


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UK Politicians Want People To Have To Apply For A Porn License Before Viewing Online Porn
from the blacklists-don't-work dept
Just as France is looking to implement an internet blacklist, it appears that politicians in the UK are pressuring ISPs to create a blacklist themselves, blocking all porn sites, and not letting anyone access them unless they "specifically request access." In other words, if you want to view porn, you have to first get your porn viewing license. The reasoning, of course, like that behind all clueless internet legislation, is to "protect the children." What's ignored is that if filters really work (and they don't), parents already have the opportunity to use them themselves, without the government stepping in.


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There's long been an on-going joke that motorcycle journalists aren't exactly known to be God's gift to motorcycling when on the track. It would also be fair to say that some of us spend too much time behind the desk talking about bikes, rather out riding one.
Now, we here at Asphalt & Rubber don't get too upset when Ducati doesn't invite us out to warm and sunny Spain to test-ride the new Ducati Streetfigher. We get it…our invitation must have been lost in the mail. However, had we been invited instead of , we're fairly certain video after the jump wouldn't have happened.


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Britney Spears "Gimme More" Music Video Debuts Tomorrow
Britney Spears will supposedly premiere her "Gimme More" music video tomorrow, Thursday on MTV's Total Request Live.
The video was helmed by director Jake Nava (Beyonce and Shakira's "Beautiful Liar") and was shot back in July. We'll see who actually directed this…
Britney's fifth album, due November 13, is rumored to be titled "Piece of Me." Thanks, Patrick!
Pictured: Britney stopping off at an eye doctor for new eyeglasses on Tuesday before pumping up her car up at a gas station in Malibu, Calif.
UPDATE: An MTV rep tells Extra! that Britney will "not [be] premiering" any music video tomorrow. Sadness!!!!!


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Albuquerque New Mexico - Albuquerque Vacation Packages & Hotels
Albuquerque: The Duke City
Dynamic crossroads, From our most ancient civilizations to a vibrant futureAlbuquerque, New Mexico's largest city (pop. 720,000) is one of the most culturally diverse and historic cities in North America. Located on the historic crossroads of the Camino Real, the "King's Road" historic trade route that stretches from South America to northern New Mexico, Albuquerque was founded in 1706 as a Spanish settlement on the banks of the Rio Grande, and named for the Duke of Alburquerque. Many of the original Camino Real buildings and landmarks still stand.
Historic preservation aficionados will have plenty of things to do in Albuquerque, NM. Travel east/west on historic Route 66, taking in the iconic 1950s kitsch architecture. Old Town plaza is a charming, living reminder of the city's regal Spanish heritage and a mecca for those seeking authentic Native American arts, crafts and jewelry. Just a few miles away is cosmopolitan downtown, with its modern architecture, bustling nightlife and bistro eateries. Continue up Central Avenue (old Route 66) toward the University of New Mexico (catch a concert or a Flamenco performance) to the funky boutiques of Nob Hill, the antique shops and hip, yet historic vibe of east Nob Hill.
Heritage Hotels & Resorts has two perfect locations to base your Albuquerque vacation. Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town is in the heart of the tourist district and within walking distance to 7 museums and hundreds of shops and galleries. Nativo Lodge is conveniently located off Interstate 25 near Balloon Fiesta Park and close to the Sandia Mountains.
Visit the Heart of New MexicoTo fully enjoy the city, plan your vacation around any or all of these unique Albuquerque events, such as Balloon Fiesta, world music extravaganza Globaquerque at the stunning National Hispanic Cultural Center, or the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow (one of the nation's largest Native American gatherings). These are but three of a year-round calendar of things to do and see.
Other Albuquerque vacation ideas range from exploring vibrant history and cultural adventures that include nearby pueblos and museums, to dining on unique New Mexican cuisine in historic surroundings. An Albuquerque vacation package is rich in art, culture, foods and traditions. It's an outdoor-lovers paradise from the Bosque forests banking the Rio Grande, extinct volcanoes or the Sandia mountain -- from its foothills to its peak. We boast of our miles of public parks and open space for hiking, biking and enjoying the city's 310 days of sunshine and mild temperatures. Book your Albuquerque, New Mexico vacation packages directly with Heritage Hotels & Resorts for exclusive savings!


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Take my hand and we'll go riding through the sunshine from above
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As each of my parents passed, 3 years apart, I felt more and more like an orphan. It's true that we cry for ourselves being left behind.
Blessings to you both.
Posted 09 February 2012 - 12:04 PM
When MH and I married, "Dad" became not just a father-in-law but a father to me in every way that counted. I knew that his passing would, in a way, be like having to give Da up all over again and Dad passing on the anniversary of Da's death....not easy to handle.
Posted 09 February 2012 - 03:03 PM
The same thing with me.... My father in law also was like my "Dad" here in Texas and lived here with us until he passed. Not on the anniversary though, TG. It was hard enough.
Interesting painting there. I think I "know" it. Is it called "Moon Temple"?
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Life is too short to take seriously, none of us get out of it alive.
Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be.Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.
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It's beautiful there on your posts with the saying. Really fits.
Hope you and MH are holding up today.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Dennis O'Brien rubs his head as he details ailments triggered by the fungal meningitis he developed after a series of steroid shots in his neck: nausea, vomiting, dizziness, drowsiness, blurred vision, exhaustion and trouble with his speech and attention.
He estimates the disease has cost him and his wife thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses and her lost wages, including time spent on 6-hour round-trip weekly visits to the hospital. They've filed a lawsuit seeking $4 million in damages from the Massachusetts pharmacy that supplied the steroid injections, but it could take years for them to get any money back and they may never get enough to cover their expenses. The same is true for dozens of others who have sued the now-shuttered New England Compounding Center.
"I don't have a life anymore. My life is a meningitis life," said the 59-year-old former school teacher who got the shots after having a series of neck and back surgeries, adding that he's grateful he survived.
His is one of at least 50 federal lawsuits in nine states that have been filed against NECC, and more are being filed in state courts every day. More than 500 people have gotten sick after receiving injections prepared by the pharmacy, including about 370 cases of a rare fungal form of meningitis.
The lawsuits allege that NECC negligently produced a defective and dangerous product and seek millions to repay families for the death of spouses, physically painful recoveries, lost wages and mental and emotional suffering. Thirty-seven people have died in the outbreak.
"The truth is the chance of recovering damages from NECC is extremely low," said John Day, a Nashville attorney who represents several patients who have been sickened by fungal meningitis.
To streamline the process, attorneys on both sides are asking to have a single judge preside over the pretrial and discovery phases for all of the federal lawsuits.
This approach, called multidistrict litigation, would prevent inconsistent pretrial rulings and conserve resources of all parties. But unlike a class-action case, those lawsuits would eventually be returned to judges in their original district for trial, according to Brian Fitzpatrick, a law professor at Vanderbilt University Law School in Nashville.
Even with this approach, Fitzpatrick noted that federal litigation is very slow, and gathering all the evidence, records and depositions during the discovery phase could take months or years.
"Most of the time what happens is once they are consolidated for pretrial proceedings, there is a settlement, a global settlement between all the lawyers and the defendants before anything is shipped back for trial," he said.
A lawyer representing NECC, Frederick H. Fern, described the consolidation process as an important step.
"A Boston venue is probably the best scenario," Fern said in an email. "That's where the parties, witnesses and documents are located, and where the acts subject to these complaints occurred."
Complicating efforts to recover damages, attorneys for the patients said, NECC is a small private company that has now recalled all its products and laid off its workers. The company's pharmacy licenses have been surrendered, and it's unclear whether NECC had adequate liability insurance.
Fern said NECC has insurance, but they were still determining what the policy covers.
But Day says, "It's clear to me that at the end of the day, NECC is not going to have sufficient assets to compensate any of these people, not even 1 percent."
As a result, many attorneys are seeking compensation from other parties. Among the additional defendants named in lawsuits are NECC pharmacist and co-founder Barry Cadden; co-founder Greg Conigliaro; sister company Ameridose and its marketing and support arm, Medical Sales Management.
Founded in 2006 by Cadden and Conigliaro, Ameridose would eventually report annual revenue of $100 million. An NECC spokesman didn't respond to a request for the pharmacy's revenue.
While Federal Drug Administration regulators have also found contamination issues at Westborough, Mass.-based Ameridose, the FDA has said it has not connected Ameridose drugs to infection or illness.
Under tort law, a lawsuit has to prove a defendant has a potential liability, which in this case could be anyone involved in the medical procedure. However, any such suit could take years and ultimately may not be successful. "I would not be surprised if doctors, hospitals, people that actually injected the drugs, the people that bought the drugs from the compounding company, many of those people will also be sued," said Fitzpatrick.
Plaintiffs' attorneys said they're considering that option but want more information on the relationships between the compounding pharmacy and the hundreds of hospitals and clinics that received its products.
Day, the attorney in Tennessee, said the clinics and doctors that purchase their drugs from compounding pharmacies or manufacturers could be held liable for negligence because they are in a better position to determine the safety of the medicine than the patients.
"Did they use due care in determining from whom to buy these drugs?" Day said.
Terry Dawes, a Michigan attorney who has filed at least 10 federal lawsuits in the case, said in traditional product liability cases, a pharmaceutical distributor could be liable. "We are looking at any conceivable sources of recovery for our clients including pharmaceutical supply places that may have dealt with this company in the past," he said.
Ten years ago, seven fungal meningitis illnesses and deaths were linked to injectable steroid from a South Carolina compounding pharmacy. That resulted in fewer than a dozen lawsuits.
Two companies that insured the South Carolina pharmacy and its operators tried unsuccessfully to deny payouts. An appellate court ruled against their argument that the pharmacy willfully violated state regulations by making multiple vials of the drug without specific prescriptions, but the opinion was unpublished and doesn't set a precedent for the current litigation.
The lawsuits represent a way for patients and their families to recover expenses, but also to hold the pharmacy and others accountable for the incalculable emotional and physical toll of the disease.
The shots are a common treatment for back and neck pain . A binder of snapshots shows what life is like in the O'Briens' rural Fentress County, Tenn., home: Dennis hooked up to an IV, Dennis in a stupor, bruises on his body from injections and blood tests. He's had three spinal taps. His 11-day stay in the hospital cost over $100,000, which was covered by health insurance.
His wife said she sometimes quietly checks at night to see whether her husband of 35 years is still breathing. "In my mind, I thought we were going to fight this and get over it. But we are not ever going to get over it," said Kaye O'Brien.
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May 2, 2013
Commission votes on elk and antelope seasons
WICHITA – The Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Commission conducted a Public Hearing at the Great Plains Nature Center in Wichita on April 25. Commissioners listened to lively discussion during the afternoon Workshop Session concerning a recommendation by the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism to prohibit the use of vehicles and radios for coyote hunting during the regular firearm deer season (Dec. 4-15 for 2013). The recommendation was intended to aide law enforcement officers curb illegal deer hunting. Coyote hunters attended the afternoon session to express their concerns about losing hunting opportunities. The recommendation will be discussed again at the commission's June 27 meeting in Garden City.
During the Public Hearing, commissioners approved establishing short-term RV parking for a fee of $50 per month at Scott, Meade, Glen Elder, Kanopolis and Webster state parks.
Recommendations for standard season dates for 2013 elk and antelope seasons were approved.
For a complete listing of all 2013 hunting season dates, visit www.ksoutdoors.com and click "Hunting / When to Hunt."


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SIMMONS: Things suddenly looking up for Blue Jays
There is no history to support this, no logic for it to make any baseball sense at all.
But get this — the backs-against-the-wall Blue Jays have the Cleveland Indians right where they want them.
Right where they want them trailing 3-1 in the American League Championship Series and facing elimination again Wednesday afternoon.
This best of seven series, seemingly over after the seemingly lifeless Jays were beaten and beat themselves in Game 3, is now very much alive, against all odds, against almost everything that has happened in the history of the game.
The Blue Jays are alive, with a pulse, with a racing heart, and bats coming, with an opportunity to push this series back to Cleveland — and, who knows, maybe to a seventh game.
It wasn't just a victory for the Jays against the Indians on Tuesday afternoon that changed everything. It was how they won. It was how Cleveland lost. It was the role reversal. It was confidence building. It was the stars coming out to play and those who aren't doing there part. It was Terry Francona, no longer perfect with every decision he made.
And, maybe, more importantly, it was Josh Donaldson, with bat, with glove, with arm, with voice. And now the match-ups favour the Blue Jays.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Jays send their playoff ace, Marco Estrada, to the mound to face a minor-league somebody named Ryan Merritt, who seemed nervous doing interviews Tuesday, never mind starting Wednesday. The Jays players admit they know very little about Merritt but one player who has faced him in the minors said "he's got nothing."
After Game 5 at home, believing there is an after, there is J.A. Happ to pitch in Game 6 against Josh Tomlin and for Game 7, if there is a Game 7, the Jays will go to Marcus Stroman, with the possibility of Aaron Sanchez coming out of the bullpen. If they get that far.
Still a big if. But a possibility that didn't seem likely a day ago.
Getting to Game 5 was a start. A huge start for the on-the-ropes Jays. "It was win or go home," said relief pitcher Jason Grilli. "And we don't want to go home yet."
Brett Cecil, the longest serving Blue Jay, understands. He came to the ballpark Tuesday with so much in flux. His season. Their season. His time with the Blue Jays. His future. All of it so unclear. And from his place in the bullpen he saw Donaldson dive, make a terrific stab at a ball hit by Carlos Santana that would have scored a run, got back to his feet, and ended the inning with a terrific throw.
The Jays led 2-1 at the time. The Santana hit, had it not been taken away by Donaldson, was going for a base hit. That would have tied the game.
Instead it changed the game. Maybe the series.
"They say we feed off the fan's energy, but I think we feed off each other," said Cecil. "He hit the homer and you could tell he was pumped. And we were pumped. And it trickles down to all the players."
Almost everything that went wrong for the Jays in the first three games turned around in the fourth game. They hit a home run, their forte. They made some sterling infield plays, one by Donaldson, one by Ryan Goins, both saving runs. Then they got to the Francona's bullpen, which they haven't really touched through three games. They got two hits off Dan Otero. They got two runs off Bryan Shaw. They got another run off Mike Clevenger.
The Indians had no hits in the final four innings, one hit in the final six innings. The Jays got their first lead of the series and never relinquished it.
"We need the lead," said Grilli. "If we score runs, we win. That's the bottom line. This team is too powerful to stop one it gets going."
Donaldson hit the homer, made the great play in the field and was intentionally walked by Francona in the seventh inning of a 2-1 game. Francona chose to walk the bases loaded and pitch to Edwin Encarnacion, hoping for a double play.
"It's pick your poison," said Russell Martin, the Jays catcher. Encarnacion lined a ball to right centre field that scored a run. The Jays didn't just have a lead, they had a three-run lead. "We needed that. Josh brought his A-game and we needed his A-game. And the rest just followed suit."
Sanchez pitched superbly, lasting six innings. After that, Cecil, Grilli and Roberto Osuna didn't allow a hit in three innings. Encarnacion had two hits and two RBIs. Michael Saunders had two hits. Ezequiel Carerra had two hits and almost had three, were it not for a terrific catch by Lonnie Chisenhall. Kevin Pillar knocked in a run. Ryan Goins was on base twice.
A team win. The return of the Blue Jays. Maybe for a day. Maybe for a lot longer.


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Has garnered nine GRAMMY awards, including Best Classical Composition for Merengue, written for cellist Yo-Yo Ma * First artist to win Latin GRAMMYs in both Classical and Latin Jazz categories * Founding member/conductor of Dizzy Gillespie's United Nations Orchestra * Former Composer-In-Residence, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts with the Orchestra of St. Luke's * Artistic Director, DC Jazz Festival * Recipient of the Frankfurter Musikpreis, John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition, National Medal of the Arts, Living Jazz Legend Award-The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Medal of Honor-The National Arts Club, Nelson A. Rockefeller Award and honorary doctorates/awards from Berklee College of Music, University of Pennsylvania, The Graduate Center, CUNY, Spelman College and the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Works by Paquito D'Rivera include:
Ladies in White (2010) for clarinet, cello and piano
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Gran Danzón (The Bel Air Concerto) (2001) for flute and orchestra
Three Pieces for Clarinet and Piano (1991–1994) for clarinet and piano
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Florida has played in six Elite Eights, five of them under Billy Donovan. Here's how the Gators have played in those:
Florida has played in six Elite Eights, five of them under Billy Donovan. Here's how the Gators have played in those:
Florida 74, Boston College 66
Site: Miami Arena, Miami.
The skinny: Florida's "Find A Way" team found a way again and earned its first trip to the Final Four. Craig Brown hit three straight 3-point shots down the stretch, all on curls around a screen, to propel the Gators to the victory. Brown made 5 of 9 from behind the arc and finished with 21 points. Andrew DeClercq had 16 points and 13 rebounds. After the game, Florida coach Lon Kruger had tears in his eyes as he met with the media.
2000 Florida 77, Oklahoma State 65 Site: The Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y. The skinny: Florida was in control for much of a game that was punctuated by a monstrous slam by Donnell Harvey. Florida got 31 points from its bench in the game. Regional MVP Mike Miller had 14 points for the Gators, who advanced to their second Final Four. 2006 Florida 75, Villanova 62 Site: H.H.H. Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minn. The skinny: It was typical of this team this season in that the Gators got scoring from so many different players. Joakim Noah had 21 points and 15 rebounds while Al Horford had 12 points and 15 rebounds. Florida had 53 rebounds in the game on its way to the Final Four and its first national championship. 2007 Florida 85, Oregon 77 Site: Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis. The skinny: Lee Humphrey scored 25 points on 7-for-13 shooting from beyond the arc, but it was fellow guard Taurean Green who was named the regional's MVP. Green had 21 points and Florida made 28 of 43 free throws to hang on for the win. 2011 Butler 74, Florida 71 (OT) Site: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans. The skinny: Florida led by 11 with 10 minutes to play before Butler fought back to tie the game and send it to overtime. Florida had a chance to win it in regulation, but Erving Walker took a wild 3 that bounced off the rim. Vernon Macklin led Florida with 25 points, but Florida was outrebounded 41-34. 2012 Louisville 72, Florida 68 Site: US Airways Center, Phoenix. The skinny: It was deja vu all over again as Florida couldn't hold an 11-point lead in the last eight minutes. Chane Behanan hit the big jumper to give the Cardinals the lead. Florida had all five starters in double figures but received only five points from the bench.


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The convergence of Costco and Europe
As we draw closer to our trip, we may have to stop shopping at Costco. Things we wouldn't have looked twice at are now jumping out at us as we walk down the aisles, screaming, "Buy us! You need us!"
The most recent examples: the Motorola Talkabout 2-Way Radios, and the Leatherman Core & Crater c33Lx.
The little walkie talkies almost make sense. We don't have European-friendly cell phones so how do we stay in contact with each other if we stray while shopping or walking around the campgrounds? This pair has 22 channels, 121 privacy codes and 2,620 combinations. Combinations of what, I don't know. But it's got a range of up to 35 miles! (There's an asterisk next to that in the packaging: turns out that range is for ideal conditions.)
Most heartening is this line on the package: "An essential part of any survival kit." Is that the end-game of our vacation? Surviving?
As for the Leatherman Core & Crater: It's basically a Boy Scout knife on steroids. "19 Tools in 1." Looks like it had a role in a Transformer movie. The diagram shows that it is a pair of pliers that turn into a fully-armed F-22. It features "all-locking blades." Goodness knows, you don't want a blade slipping on you. And the Crater tool, I'm not even sure what it's for. But how can you not buy something that has "Blade Launcher Technology"?
It also has, in addition to a very very sharp edge, a bottle opener. That, I get.
I'm guessing this baby won't get past airport security so I'll have to pack it in my suitcase, with the 2-way radios.
I got so distracted at Costco, I forgot to buy the milk.


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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Denver Broncos coach John Fox gathered his players at midfield last month just before they dispersed for summer vacation and gave them his usual admonition about staying out of trouble.
By all accounts, they have heeded that advice not to embarrass themselves or the organization. But Executive Vice President John Elway's top two assistants haven't.
"Just make good decisions, be smart," Fox said that hot June 13 afternoon, a mantra heard across the league as players scattered for some R&R following months of offseason workouts.
One day before, the Broncos brass had learned that Tom Heckert, the former Cleveland Browns general manager, had been charged with drunken driving in nearby Parker just a month after being hired as Denver's director of pro personnel.
The Broncos kept Heckert's June 11 arrest quiet until The Associated Press reported it Tuesday, a day after Broncos director of player personnel Matt Russell, Elway's right-hand man, apologized for his arrest over the weekend on suspicion of driving under the influence stemming from his crash into a police SUV.
The revelation of a second Broncos executive facing DUI charges led the organization to acknowledge a "disturbing pattern of irresponsible behavior" that it vowed to clean up.
Neither Heckert, 45, nor Russell, 40, are expected to be fired, but team President Joe Ellis promised severe penalties separate from any legal consequences. The team has been consulting with the NFL about discipline, and it's expected that both men will also undergo treatment for alcohol problems.
The executives' arrests come at a time when NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell favors stiffer penalties for first-time drunken drivers and the league has strengthened its ties to MADD — Mothers Against Drunk Driving — which participated in the latest NFL rookie symposium.
Restoring respectability won't come quickly or easily, Ellis said.
"We're not perfect. We've made our errors. We admit. You can say we apologized for it — but I think an apology rings hollow when you run into the back of a police car or you're blowing a blood alcohol limit that's three times the legal limit. I don't think fans, I don't think the public, I don't think anybody wants to hear an apology," Ellis told the AP.
"So, I think you have to acknowledge your mistakes and you have to fix them and you have to do that the right way," Ellis said. "There's a lot of things we do. We offer programs, we offer a lot of help, there's a ton of stuff the National Football League makes available to all the teams in an effort for them to avoid this kind of thing. In this case, we had two guys that couldn't do it. And that's just sad. That's too bad. But we're going to move on and our hope is that you won't see this kind of incident from an employee again."
After Heckert's arrest became public, social media blew up with negative comments directed at the Broncos, many of them critical of the team's decision to keep Heckert's arrest quiet. Former center Tom Nalen, who is going into the team's Ring of Fame this fall, called them cowardly in a tweet, although he later backtracked on his radio show.
Like any other business, the Broncos weren't inclined to publicize a DUI charge facing an employee who wasn't a senior executive.
"Well, we handle those things internally," Ellis said. "When they become external, then we deal with them. But we're not in the business of announcing those kinds of things before they need to be addressed. And we were in consultation with the league all along and in terms of internal communication everybody understood it. Everybody that was involved. Everybody that needed to know."
The Broncos haven't faced this kind of backlash since the infamous videotape scandal that led to coach Josh McDaniels' ouster three years ago, after which Elway was brought on board to fix the franchise.
In his quest to return the Broncos to the top, Elway hired John Fox, re-signed Champ Bailey and lured Peyton Manning. Wes Welker was the cornerstone of several high-profile additions to an already star-studded roster this offseason. Combine that with a chip on their collective shoulders from last season's playoff pratfall and Denver was the trendy Super Bowl pick this summer.
Elway had the organization positively aglow until this week.
Now, they're sharing headlines with Aaron Hernandez, the former New England Patriots player who is charged with murder, and the mug shots of Heckert and Russell are serving as unfortunate faces of the franchise during this down time before training camp starts in two weeks.
The fallout could very well affect them on the field in 2013. With penalties expected to be handed down soon, the Broncos figure to be without their top two personnel men at a time when player evaluations are paramount.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league is leaving comment on both cases up to the Broncos, and Ellis said he's not allowed to comment on the process for arriving at discipline decisions. He did say, however, that the Broncos are treating each case separately and he has no timeline.
Asked if discipline might be staggered so that the Broncos aren't without both personnel men at the same time, Ellis said, "I don't think that's part of the equation. I don't worry about that. That's the least of my concerns."
AP Pro Football Writer Arnie Stapleton can be reached at email@example.com or follow him at http://twitter.com/arniestapleton


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I saw his face!
He's not her husband.
some doc did a hack job on her tits
she looks 43 but good 43
they talk on his balcony right at the start,& she tells him shes 32, she then asks what he does & he says nothing but search the i/net, she asks how he can afford it, & he says he inherited his money fortunately. he also calls himself a "PERVERT". so now we all know how he manages to do it, LUCKY GUY.
shes to annoying!!!
for being in her 30's I'd bang her and i'm only 24
she is looking well for a 43 year old
She looks glamorous with clothes. Then turns slut naked. Whore during fucking. Princess with cum on her face.
The girl is from Canada and born 1973. I wish Joe shaved his dick and gets some tan.
I would love to hire this girl for a video, any contact info?
Can I marry you....you can fuck other guys thats fine if i can watch
This is the same chic and same session from "nailing my ex-wifes sister." Fake.
lucky basterd :D
Ginger Lea
wath's her name??
lucky dude
smokingggggggggggggggggg milf
for a 33 year old she is fucken hot and i would
this guy should be shot
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$18.39 $22.99
Thank you for checking out G&BAM Apparel!
Check out other Shop www.iloveco.etsy.com to see our 5 Star shop for children's clothing!
1) Select Shirt size & color from drop down:
XS, S, M, or L
**Message me for larger sizes 2XL, 3XL available
If you like a relaxed longer fit this is it! This shirt works great for all sizes!
These shirts are unisex / boyfriend fit and is based men's sizes so please select size based off that!
*Any shirt can be customized! If the shirt style you selected has a custom name, date or saying Please note in comments at checkout your custom saying!
Please refer to the images in listing for extra shirt sizing information
They are unisex so they are basically men's sizing; however the Small and XS seem to fit just a tad smaller than men's.
XS/S Size guide:
-If you are a ladies XS I suggest the X-Small
-If you are Ladies S and wanted a looser fit I suggest the Small.
-If you are a ladies S and wanted a more fitted shirt go XS
-If you are a S/M Ladies I suggest the Small
-If you are a ladies M and wanted a tad fitted shirt I suggest S
-If you are a ladies M and wanted a more relaxed fit shirt I suggest M
Please See shop policies for up to date shipping and processing times
If you have any questions, please message us on Etsy at any time!
Payment is accepted Via Direct Checkout or Paypal Direct Checkout
Once payment is received your order will be processed based off of our current processing times found below.
Once your order has been processed We do not accept refunds
All Items ship via USPS Flat Rate 2-5 Business Days in transit ( Not including processing time).
Once the order is processed the buyer will receive a shipping notification email, along with a tracking number. We are unable to change the address once shipped. If the package says it was delivered and you did not receive it please contact USPS with your tracking number, We are not responsible for lost packages.
7-20 business days all orders via USPS International post.
Just contact me within: 14 days of delivery
Ship items back to me within: 21 days of delivery
But please contact me if you have any problems with your order.
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for:
All of our items are made-to-order, as such we are not able to offer refunds. Please thoroughly review the description before placing your order.
Refunds will not be offered to customers who miselect the appropriate size.
Exchanges may be offered based upon the discretion of the shop owner.
Please message us with any concerns!
♥All pieces are created by hand, so no two items are identical. That's the beauty of the product! Please allow for slight variances from what is shown in the photos.
♥To preserve quality, wash inside out in cold water, no bleach,
turn inside out, and hang to dry.
♥ The V-NECK Tees run small and are very fitted so if you think you might need to upsize please message me asap!
♥ The BOYFRIEND Tees fit like mens sizing, However The Small and XS seem to fit on the smaller side. If you would like to change the size please message us asap!
The sleeves are rolled up for the images, the shirt can also be worn unrolled!
♥The Print is High quality vinyl print and sometimes can be wrinkles in transit, simple pull the shirt inside out and iron it out! Easy!
♥Colors and patterns may differ slightly from computer to computer.
We at G&BAM care about your safety. All our products are people-tested. But some apparel may contain inks and other ingredients that may cause allergic or other reactions in some Skins types.
♥Contact us immediately if your product has or develops a manufacturing defect.
♥Please wash before first use and do not wear if you have had allergic reactions to fabric in the past or if you see a manufacturing defect.
♥Do not wear on broken skin. Consult your physician in the event of any injury.
♥We assume no liability for the misuse of our products, and you by using the products have assumed all risks pertaining to their use. Further, you have agreed to release and discharge us from any and all causes of action, demands, claims, counterclaims, damages, and liabilities of any nature whatsoever, whether at law or in equity, concerning any claimed injury from the use of these products. By placing an order from this store, you accept these terms.
Information I Collect
To fulfill your order, you must provide me with certain information (which you authorized Etsy to provide to me), such as your name, email address, mailing address, payment information, and the details of the product that you're ordering. You may also choose to provide me with additional personal information (for a custom order, for example), if you contact me directly.
Why I Need Your Information and How I Use It
I rely on a number of legal bases to collect, use, and share your information, including:
• as needed to provide my services, such as when I use your information to fulfill your order, to settle disputes, or to provide customer support;
• if necessary to comply with a legal obligation or court order or in connection with a legal claim, such as retaining information about your purchases if required by tax law; and
• as necessary for the purpose of my legitimate interests, if those legitimate interests are not overridden by your rights or interests, such as 1) Providing and improving my services. I use your information to provide the services you requested and in my legitimate interest to improve my services; and 2) Compliance with the Etsy Seller Policy and Terms of Use. I use your information as necessary to comply with my obligations under the Etsy Seller Policy and Terms of Use.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Information about my customers is important to my business. I share your personal information for very limited reasons and in limited circumstances, as follows:
• Etsy. I share information with Etsy as necessary to provide you my services and comply with my obligations under both the Etsy Seller Policy and Etsy Terms of Use.
• Compliance with laws. I may collect, use, retain, and share your information if I have a good faith belief that it is reasonably necessary to: (a) respond to legal process or to government requests; (b) enforce my agreements, terms and policies; (c) prevent, investigate, and address fraud and other illegal activity, security, or technical issues; or (d) protect the rights, property, and safety of my customers, or others.
How Long I Store Your Information
I retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to provide you with my services and as described in my Privacy Policy. However, I may also be required to retain this information to comply with my legal and regulatory obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce my agreements. I generally keep your data for the following time period: 7 years.
Yes we do custom orders! Please message us with what you would like and we will respond asap to any request!
If it is a change of spelling or saying on a current design no need to message us! Note in comments at checkout what you would like. If you would like a proof before it ships, Note: PROOF PLEASE.
All orders are shipped without a receipt and wrapped in tissue. If you would like to add a gift note please note in comments at checkout:
Yes! Please Message us for details.
They are unisex so they are basically mens sizing, however the Small and XS seem to fit just a tad smaller than mens.
-If you are a ladies XS I suggest the X-Small
-If you are Ladies S and wanted a looser fit I suggest the Small.
-If you are a ladies S and wanted a more fitted shirt go XS
-If you are a S/M Ladies I suggest the Small
-If you are a ladies M and wanted a tad fitted shirt I suggest S
-If you are a ladies M and wanted a looser fit I suggest the M
-If you are a ladies L and wanted a semi fitted shirt I suggest M
-If you are a ladies L and wanted a looser fit I suggest the L
-If you are a ladies XL and wanted a semi fitted shirt I suggest L
-If you are a ladies XL and wanted a loose fit I suggest the XL
These shirts are a very slim cut!
I suggest:
1 size up for a fitted shirt
2 Sizes up for a more relaxed fit
They fit a tad small but not enough to go up from your regular size, unless you wanted a looser comfy fit then I suggest going up in size.
60% combed ringspun cotton/40% polyester lightweight jersey
4 oz.
30 singles
fabric laundered for reduced shrinkage
Self-fabric binding on neck and armholes
Tear-away label
(in inches) XS S M L XL 2XL
Yes! Please message me the sizes and colors you would like and I will sent you up with a package deal!
We offer rush shipping!
Please message us with the size, color of shirt/tank and the day you need it by and we will let you know asap!
Sometimes we require a rush fee for the shipping upgrade.
We typically respond to emails at night time so if you message us in the morning expect a answer in the evening! Sometimes we cannot answer all the emails in one night as we get 100+ a day please give us 24-48 hours to respond!