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The Standard Model successfully describes all of the elementary particles we know to exist and how they interact with one another. But our understanding of nature is incomplete. In particular, the Standard Model cannot answer one basic question: Why do most of these elementary particles have masses?
Without mass, the universe would be a very different place. For example, if the electron had no mass, there would be no atoms. Hence there would be no ordinary matter as we know it, no chemistry, no biology and no people. In addition, the Sun shines thanks to a delicate interplay among the fundamental forces of nature, which would be completely upset if some of those force particles did not have large masses.
At first sight the concept of mass seems not to fit into the Standard Model of particle physics. Two of the forces the model describes – electromagnetism and the weak nuclear force – can be described by a single theory, that of the electroweak force. Scientists have subjected the electroweak theory to many experimental tests, which it has passed with flying colours. However, the basic equations of the theory seem to require all elementary particles to be massless.
Scientists needed a way out of this conundrum. Several physicists, including Peter Higgs, discovered a mechanism that, if added to the equations, would allow particles to have masses. This is now known as the Higgs mechanism. Integrating it into the Standard Model allowed scientists to make predictions of various quantities, including the mass of the heaviest known particle, the top quark. Experimentalists found this particle just where equations using the Higgs mechanism predicted it should be.
According to theory, the Higgs mechanism works as a medium that exists everywhere in space. Particles gain mass by interacting with this medium. Peter Higgs pointed out that the mechanism required the existence of an unseen particle, which we now call the Higgs boson. The Higgs boson is the fundamental component of the Higgs medium, much as the photon is the fundamental component of light.
The Higgs boson is the only particle predicted by the Standard Model that has not yet been seen by experiments. The Higgs mechanism does not predict the mass of the Higgs boson itself but rather a range of masses. Fortunately, the Higgs boson would leave a unique particle footprint depending on its mass. So scientists know what to look for and would be able to calculate its mass from the particles they saw in the detector.
Experimentalists might find that the Higgs boson is different from the simplest version the Standard Model predicts. Many theories that describe physics beyond the Standard Model, such as supersymmetry and composite models, suggest the existence of a zoo of new particles, including different kinds of Higgs bosons. If any of these scenarios turn out to be true, finding the Higgs boson could be a gateway to discovering new physics, such as superparticles or dark matter. On the other hand, finding no Higgs boson at the LHC would give credence to another class of theories that explain the Higgs mechanism in different ways.


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Clay Carskadon, 71 - March 23, 2011
Clay Bryan Carskadon, 71, of Columbus, formerly of Gothenburg, died Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at Columbus.
Services took place Monday, March 28, at the First United Methodist Church of Columbus with the Rev. Bill Ritter officiating.
Carskadon was preceded in death by: his parents, Clay and Marjorie Carskadon.
Survivors include: his wife, Janice Carskadon of Columbus; daughters—Sandra Carskadon (Bryan) of Genoa, and Kim (Mike) Moore of Cedar Rapids; a son, Rodney Carskadon (fiancee Rose) of Columbus; two sisters—Beverly Taylor of Akron, OH, and Maedene (Robert) Brewster of Lincoln; a brother, Curtis Carskadon of Gothenburg; mother-in-law, Evelyn Teall of North Platte; six grandchildren and one great-grandson; numerous nieces and nephews.
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GONZALES — Sheriff's detectives arrested four Ascension Parish residents following a week-long investigation into a heroin distribution ring, the Ascension Sheriff's Office reported Friday.
Detectives who searched the Gonzales residence of Craig Encalade Jr. on Wednesday discovered heroin and marijuana that were packaged for sale, Maj. Kevin Hanna said in a news release. Detectives also seized prescription pills, a loaded handgun and drug paraphernalia.
Encalade, 27, of 2704 S. Remy Robert Road, was booked into the Ascension Parish Jail on several counts of drug possession and distribution, as well as illegal carrying of a weapon.
Sheriff's detectives also arrested Amy Hughes, 36, 7212 Ernest Floyd Road, and Teya Young, 23, 2704 S. Remy Robert Road, both of Gonzales; and Randall Millet, 25, 47868 Amite River Road, St. Amant.
Hughes, Young and Millet, who were in Encalade's residence when detectives arrived, also were booked on drug possession and distribution counts. Millet faces prosecution on additional counts of illegal weapons possession and prior charges of theft of goods, careless operation and resisting an officer.
All four suspects remained in the parish jail Friday in lieu of bond, which was set at $160,342 for Encalade, $10,342 for Hughes, $26,118 for Young and $146,710 for Millet, according to the news release.
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Flyers sticking with Emery for Game 2 vs Rangers
NEW YORK — Steve Mason isn't quite ready to return to the net for the Philadelphia Flyers.
Despite being on the ice for a second straight day, Mason declared himself out of Game 2 against the New York Rangers as he continues to work his way back from an undisclosed upper-body injury he suffered in a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Apr. 12.
Mason won't even serve as the Flyers' backup to Ray Emery in Sunday's game, which features a 12:20 ET puck drop, though he insisted that this isn't a setback in the grand scheme of things.
"It's all part of the process. I think we're doing everything we can to treat it the proper way and as much as it's frustrating, everybody understands it's going to be a process," said Mason. "We need a little bit more time. When is the next game after tomorrow, Tuesday? I'm going to make that my goal. I'm going to make sure that I get as much rest as possible to make sure that I get back to 100% and ready to help the team rather than be a liability out there."
The Flyers are looking to regroup from Thursday's 4-1 loss that saw them give up four unanswered goals, including three in the third period and two on the power play.
"Fine. I thought he looked good, looked sharp," said Flyers head coach Craig Berube, when asked about Emery, who made 32 saves in Game 1. "Those third period goals were power play goals that there's not much he can do on them, in my opinion. We've got to do a better job."
Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault wasn't interested in going to in-depth about any possible adjustments that his team might make in Game 2.
"Five-on-five, there's a couple areas, as far as getting more situations in front of their net," said Vigneault. "I thought we had some good looks last game, but I think we can be better. I'm not going to give you the rundown on what we talked about but we talked about a few areas where I believe we can be better."
Rangers centre Brad Richards, who had a goal and two assists on Thursday, is expecting a bigger push from the Flyers on Sunday.
"They're going to be a lot different," said Richards. "We have to match that or even more. This is where we have to realize that the level is going to go way higher and we can't get caught resting on Game 1. It's a whole new game and it's going to be a whole new speed and intensity level and we've got to rise to that."


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How Labor sees IT
Last week in this column I had a look at the IT policies and record of the Coalition parties in the run-up to the federal election. I was critical of what I believe to be the many shortcomings in IT policy over the life of this Government.
But would the ALP do any better? As with the Coalition, there have been a few announcements during the campaign but the main thrust has been apparent.
One key difference between the two parties is the way the portfolios are distributed. The Coalition lumps IT and communications together, while the Opposition separates them. Both Senator Kate Lundy, the Opposition's spokeswoman for information technology, and her opposite number, Senator Helen Coonan, are also responsible for the arts. Lundy has sport as well.
I asked Lundy why one dedicated ministry covering IT and telecommunications, which are increasingly related, would not be preferable.
"The communications ministry is mainly about regulation," she says. "We don't believe it to be a natural fit with IT." The Coalition dismantled the Department of Information Technology in 1996 and since then communications issues, mainly to do with the sale of Telstra, have dominated, she says. "There has been little concentration on IT."
Lundy came in for some criticism recently over Labor's announced policy of transferring resources for IT innovation and industry development to an IT section in the Department of Industry. Lundy believes her position has been misunderstood.
Labor will work with the Department of Industry to streamline policy and program initiatives, she says. "Under Labor, IT will remain a distinct portfolio, with our industry development policy co-ordinated across government."
I can understand what she says about communications being separate but I still believe being responsible for sport and the arts dilutes IT's importance.
My next question to the senator was about broadband. Australia's lack of adequate bandwidth is the single biggest constraint in the use of IT.
This is the problem of mixing up communications and IT, Lundy says. ADSL is being promoted because it runs on the existing network.
Under the ALP, she says, "this mutual agenda" will disappear. "We will not sell off the rest of Telstra, which means we can open it to true competition. That will do more than anything to bring true broadband to Australian users. We should aim for true nationwide broadband, which means better technology than ADSL, within 10 years."
Another key point of difference between the ALP and the Government is in its attitude to jobs moving offshore. The Coalition has adopted what Helen Coonan calls a "light touch" approach. The ALP will not prohibit or legislate against offshore trends but will do more to ensure it does not harm Australia's IT industry.
"It's about putting Australia's interests first," Lundy says.
The cornerstone of the ALP's IT policy is its plan to promote the IT industry. "IT should be a part of every portfolio, because IT affects every aspect of the economy," Lundy says. "That means everything from schools to purchasing, so that the benefits of IT can flow to every part of our society."
Filter out the electioneering, and some key policy differences emerge. An ALP government would be more interventionist, would not sell Telstra, would try to integrate IT policy with other areas of government. After the manifest failures of the past decade, maybe it's time for a new approach.


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Delmon Young Can Earn $600,000 In Bonus Money By Not Being A Fat Mess
On Tuesday, the Philadelphia Phillies signed Delmon Young, noted anti-semite and worst player to ever win the ALCS MVP, to a one-year, $750,000 contract. Today, we learned that Young's contract has one very peculiar stipulation. From the AP:


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By Sephanie L. Church, News Editor û The Horse, Sept. 2005
"I wasn't leaving," said Lucien Mitchell, 40, who stayed behind in New Orleans for nearly a week caring for 22 carriage horses and mules after Hurricane Katrina ripped through the city, destroying structures and lives, and leaving water that overwhelmed levees and produced catastrophic flooding. "If you love animals like I love animals, you'd stick with it, too. We did what we had to do to save them."
Mitchell is a hero to many horse owners and enthusiasts after he overcame dangerous conditions to save as many of the horses and mules that he could from Charbonnet Mid-City Carriage Company last week. Twenty-seven of the animals were evacuated prior to the storm coming and the waters rising. But before the trailers could get back, 22 animals ended up stranded in chest-high water, and Mitchell and Darnell Stewart, 34, another Charbonnet employee, weren't going to let the horses perish.
"We got them out right after the storm and kept them in the walls of the stable," said Mitchell. On Tuesday night, Aug. 30, after realizing how rapidly the water was rising after the levee broke, Mitchell and Stewart began moving the horses out to higher ground at a nearby park, sometimes swimming along with the horses in the rapidly rising water.
"After the storm passed, the water was up, and we were hauling animals, one at a time, in chest-high water to the park. He's short, I'm shortàit was really rough," said Mitchell. "It took us hours--a couple of them stayed in the stalls because they were the biggest horses--they are Percherons--until the next day. Darnell's personal horse, (Brandy, a tobiano Paint that had been moved to Charbonnet from another stable before Katrina to be evacuated with the others), was also left in the barn, so we turned him loose (into the courtyard)."
Once the mules and horses were in the park, Mitchell and Stewart began tending to their needs. "We had them tied to the park fence and gave them enough rope so that they could eat," Mitchell added. "We had feed buckets from the stable and we were keeping them fed and watered and exercised, and we'd let them graze. I was walking in chest-high water and carrying feed and making sure they ate."
The fresh water came from five-gallon jugs that were obtained from National Guard members on an Interstate bridge on the outskirts of New Orleans. "We rode up on the bridge and pulled them back in a roll cart," explained Mitchell. The two took turns sleeping on a bridge at the park, "playing lookout," since New Orleans residents were continually trying to take the horses and mules.
A "dragging incident" described by The Horse in an earlier story was one of Mitchell's more adrenaline-filled moments. "People were trying to take animals to try to get to safety and cutting them loose," described Mitchell. "While we were fighting to get them back, one of the mules took off with me. Tootsieàshe's a strong mule, a very strong mule. I'm about 155 pounds soaking wet, so you can imaginewhat I looked like--I was waterskiing!"
Mitchell managed to lead Tootsie back fairly close to the park, then he climbed on Fidel, his favorite horse, in order to get her the rest of the way into the park. "He acted like a champion," said Mitchell. "I guess I'm partial to him--he helped me out of that."
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Five days into the nearly week-long vigil, Stewart rode Brandy to go look for help, but saw no chances of them getting the horses out of New Orleans. On his return trip, he injured his foot on some underwater debris. Stewart knew he needed medical attention, so he returned to the Interstate bridge for help. "Brandy swam for two hours trying to get to high ground," Stewart said. When he got to his destination, "I stopped and sat down and tied him up to a rail on the Interstate and waited and waited forever. (Brandy's) knees were busted up pretty bad from falling down in the water and hitting the curb."
Stewart was flown to San Antonio for medical treatment and Mitchell retrieved Brandy. Stewart was frustrated that he had to leave the horse and Mitchell during his brief stay in San Antonio, "I wanted to come back and see my horses."
About this time, things began looking bleak for Mitchell at the park. "I ran out of food except for a package of hot dogs, but I stuck it out. I wasn't leaving; I knew that," he said. "They tried to rescue me twice and I said, 'If you can find a way for the horses to go with me, I'll go, if not, I'm not going.' "
One horse had already died in the park. "I was single handed at the end and was drug a few times--I just hung in there," said Mitchell.
The Rescue
Help arrived Sunday, Sept. 4, around 3 p.m. CDT, when Louis Charbonnet (owner of the carriage company), Mitchell's father Lucien Mitchell Sr., and other Charbonnet employees arrived with rigs.
"I had just prayed and hoped, and I seen the boss coming in with the trucks and trailers," said Mitchell. "We had only had communication with the police--we lost our cell phones and other phones the first night."
The 21 remaining animals were loaded on the trailers and brought to the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, La. One horse with a history of health problems died on the trailer, and another horse was down and in shock on its arrival and had to be euthanatized.
"When they came to get us, I was glad to see my father again, glad to get the animals out, glad to be alive," Mitchell said. "I'm sorry I lost three thoughàI was trying to get them all out.ö
The 19 surviving carriage horses and mules joined another 27 that had been evacuated to safety prior to Katrina's landfall. All 19 survivors from the Sunday rescue are medically stable. "Brandy's a little stiff, but I think he's going to make it," said Stewart. "We've been treating his kneesàhe's my barrel racing horse and my parade horse. He's been my partner, and he's a hero now.ö
"We worked together the whole time," added Mitchell. "The whole crew works like a family. Mr. Sheldon made sure I had a home to stay in, and we're all in the house (Mitchell, his father, and Stewart in east Baton Rouge). We've just been sticking together like family. I hadn't heard from some of my family, then I did...everyone's OK now, and so I can rest."
Both Mitchells and Stewart are lifelong New Orleans residents with nowhere to live in the long-term. "Finances would help, anything they can spare, it doesn't have to be much," said Mitchell about their current plight. "The business is gone. All three of us are in the same house and running out of money and food."
When The Horse thanked Mitchell for taking time to talk to us, he replied, "I was talking to mules for sevendays, so talking to a human is a blessing."
Mitchell was surprised to hear that many readers had contacted The Horse,
wanting to help him and to praise him for his service. "It wasn't about being a
hero or nothing like that," said Mitchell. "It was just the love of an animal,
and I wasn't going to leave them at all. I own two horses of my own with my dad,
and we can't find them---we're still kind of shook up about that."
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Wii U Resident Evil: Revelations Will Feature Off TV Play
Capcom sure is happy keep remaking the one good Resident Evil video game from 2012 to try and wash the taste of Resident Evil 6 out of everyone's mouths.
In the next issue of Official Nintendo Magazine, the publication will exclusively reveal new details on Resident Evil: Revelations for the Wii U. The Nintendo 3DS title was also just recently announced to be ported over to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 as well.
According to Nintendo Insider, the article inside the magazine covers all the changes coming to the Wii U version, including the ability for Off TV play. Revelations will be compatible with the GamePad and the Wii U Pro Controller, allowing players to enjoy the game the way they want. The GamePad will display a map, and allow for inventory management when used in conjunction with a TV.
"All of the lighting effects and filters have been rebuilt from the ground up, which improves the general quality of the environments. If you've played the 3DS version, the difference should be apparent in the first 10 minutes of the game," producer Tsukasa Takenaka told ONM.
Now that you have three more options for playing Resident Evil: Revelations, which console will you use to play the HD remake?


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Spyware hackers raid Calif. city coffers
Wild Wild West
Hackers attempted to swipe $450,000 after stealing login credentials associated with bank accounts run by the city of Carson, California. Police are working on the theory that the password for the general fund account was stolen after miscreants planted key-logging spyware onto a PC used by city treasurer Karen Avilla.
All but $45,000 of the stolen money was recovered after city officials spotted a pair of suspicious transfers and notified their bank, according to city treasurer Karen Avilla. Investigators are working to trace the destination of the remaining funds.
The use of malware is beginning to replace spam-vertised phishing sites as a means for crooks to obtain sensitive login information. Normally such attacks are targeted as consumers. Carson City's experiences show large enterprises are also vulnerable. It's unclear whether or not Carson City was targeted by fraudsters.
The two unauthorised transfers involve $90,000 sent to a "Diego Smith" in North Carolina and a blocked attempt to wire $358,000 to a bank in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the LA Times reports. The fraudulent transactions took place on 23 and 24 May, respectively.
"Although officials claim that any losses are covered by the city's insurers, I fully expect the city's insurance premium to rise at the next renewal date," said Geoff Sweeney, CTO at behavioural analysis software specialist Tier-3. Prevention is better than cure, he added. ®


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Veggetti: Does it work?
If you want to get people to buy more kitchen gadgets, come up with a new way to cut vegetables. That seems to be an unspoken motto in the gadget industry. Here's yet another new-fangled veggie cutter that promoters think you can't do without. It's called Veggetti. The hook with this one is spaghetti without the fat and carbs. And like some of its veggie cutting, As-Seen-On-TV cousins that I've tested recently, it promises fast, easy results with a twist.
On March 5 I tested a spiral-cutting contraption called Spirooli. While some of our viewers love it, in my experience, I found it to be messy, cumbersome and more trouble than it was worth. The Chop Magic slicer-dicer I tested on March 26 with volunteer Lisa Marquart was also disappointing. Some veggies took more pounding action to push through the blades. Uniformity, durability and cleanup were also concerns. One plus for the Veggetti is it has no complicated parts, just the double-ended slicing device and an end cap.
From a user-friendly standpoint this one's pretty difficult to mess up. You can only use veggies that fit the slicer, and all you do is twist the veggies through the slicing funnel. Vegetables must be long enough to keep your hands away from the blades inside the funnel opening. I'm not sure what I expected, but with each twist I got long, continuous strands of fresh zucchini that actually did resemble strands of spaghetti.
When the end of the vegetable gets too short, the special cap is designed to help you finish the job by letting you continue to push the vegetable through the slicer without cutting your fingers. That brings me to a limitation. You can't really slice the entire piece of produce. You end up with a two-inch cone of produce you'll either have to cut by hand, use as snacks, or use for some other meal preparation.
Slicing carrots was tricky. First, part of the carrot broke off with all the twisting. And again, after a point, the remaining two inches of carrot was too small to get any more carrot strands. The dense potato took a little more twisting power. The results fell short of long potato strands and were more like longer-than-normal shredded potatoes. But when I sauteed everything and added pasta sauce, I had a tasty bowl of "almost noodles" without the oodles of carbs.
Technically, of course, you're not getting spaghetti at all -- just veggies that look like spaghetti. But, on a scale of 1 to 4, I give Veggetti 3 stars for function. However, I feel $15 is a little steep for what you get.


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29. Against the background of this sweeping
panorama a question arises: can we draw up a specific programme of
initiatives for the immediate preparation of the Great Jubilee? In
fact, what has been said above already includes some elements of such a
A more detailed plan of specific events will call for widespread consultation, in order
for it not to be artificial and difficult to implement in the particular Churches, which
live in such different conditions. For this reason, I wished to consult the Presidents of
the Episcopal Conferences and especially the Cardinals.
I am grateful to the members of the College of Cardinals who met in Extraordinary
Consistory on 13-14 June 1994, considered numerous proposals and suggested helpful
guidelines. I also thank my Brothers in the Episcopate who in various ways communicated
valuable ideas, which I have kept carefully in mind while writing this Apostolic Letter.
30. The first recommendation which clearly emerged from the consultation regards the
period of preparation. Only a few years now separate us from the Year 2000: it seemed
fitting to divide this period into two phases, reserving the strictly
preparatory phase for the last three years. It was thought that the accumulation of
many activities over the course of a longer period of preparation would detract from its
spiritual intensity.
It was therefore considered appropriate to
approach the historic date with a first
phase, which would make the faithful aware of general themes, and then
to concentrate the direct and immediate preparation into a second phase consisting
of a three-year
period wholly directed to the celebration of the mystery of Christ the
a) First Phase
31. The first phase will therefore be
of an ante- preparatory character; it is meant to revive in the
Christian people an awareness of the value and meaning of the Jubilee of the
Year 2000 in human history. As a commemoration of the Birth of
Christ, the Jubilee is deeply charged with Christological significance.
In keeping with the unfolding of the Christian faith in word and Sacrament, it seems
important, even in this special anniversary, to link the structure of memorial with
that of celebration, not limiting commemoration of the event only to ideas but also
making its saving significance present through the celebration of the Sacraments. The
Jubilee celebration should confirm the Christians of today in their faith in God
who has revealed himself in Christ, sustain their hope which reaches out in
expectation of eternal life, and rekindle their charity in active service to their
brothers and sisters.
During the first stage (1994 to 1996) the Holy See, through a special Committee established
for this purpose, will suggest courses of reflection and action at the universal level. A
similar commitment to promoting awareness will be carried out in a more detailed way by
corresponding Commissions in the local Churches. In a way, it is a question of
continuing what was done in the period of remote preparation and at the same time of coming
to a deeper appreciation of the most significant aspects of the Jubilee celebration.
32. A Jubilee is always an occasion of
special grace, "a day blessed by the Lord". As has already been
noted, it is thus a time of joy. The Jubilee of the Year 2000 is meant to be
a great prayer of praise and thanksgiving, especially for the gift
of the Incarnation of the Son of God and of the Redemption which he
accomplished. In the Jubilee Year Christians will stand with the renewed
wonder of faith before the love of the Father, who gave his Son, "that
whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (Jn 3:16).
With a profound sense of commitment, they will likewise express their
gratitude for the gift of the Church, established by Christ as
"a kind of sacrament or sign of intimate union with God, and of the
unity of all mankind".(14) Their thanksgiving will embrace the fruits of holiness which
have matured in the life of all those many men and women who in every
generation and every period of history have fully welcomed the gift of
Nevertheless, the joy of every Jubilee is
above all a joy based upon the forgiveness
of sins, the joy of conversion. It therefore seems appropriate to
emphasize once more the theme of the Synod of Bishops in 1984: penance and reconciliation.(15)
That Synod was an event of extraordinary significance in the life of the
post-conciliar Church. It took up the ever topical question of conversion ("metanoia"),
which is the pre-condition for reconciliation with God on the part of both
individuals and communities.
33. Hence it is appropriate that, as the Second Millennium of Christianity draws to a
close, the Church should become more fully conscious of the sinfulness of her children,
recalling all those times in history when they departed from the spirit of Christ and his
Gospel and, instead of offering to the world the witness of a life inspired by the values
of faith, indulged in ways of thinking and acting which were truly forms of
counter-witness and scandal.
Although she is holy because of her
incorporation into Christ, the Church does not tire of doing penance: before
God and man she always acknowledges as her own her sinful sons
and daughters. As Lumen Gentium affirms: "The Church,
embracing sinners to her bosom, is at the same time holy and always in need
of being purified, and incessantly pursues the path of penance and
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SANDY, Utah – Real Salt Lake defender Tony Beltran is likely to miss Saturday's home opener against New York with a knee injury that he picked up in the opening minutes against the LA Galaxy last Saturday, according to Jason Kreis.
"We'll take a very cautious approach and I would say there's very little chance that he plays this weekend," the RSL head coach told reporters on Wednesday.
Beltran suffered the injury early in RSL's 3-1 win over LA at The Home Depot Center during a collision with Galaxy forward Edson Buddle. The injury is to the posterior capsule at the back of the knee.
"He's got some bruising and some bleeding on the back of his knee," GM Garth Lagerwey explained to ESPN700 Sports Radio in Salt Lake City on Wednesday. "It's real sore and painful right now. Our medical advice is that there's no structural damage. There's no ligament damage. There's no cartilage damage. So he's not risking himself by playing, but it's a painful injury."
Beltran went through limited training on Wednesday and explained that he didn't expect the injury to be serious. His likely fill-in on Saturday is Japanese newcomer Terukazu Tanaka, who could see his first league minutes.
Good news on recovering starters
The rest of the injury news for RSL seems to be much more positive. Kreis is bullish on Álvaro Saborío and Javier Morales, both of whom saw action against LA and could be in consideration to start against New York.
Two other players coming off injuries saw significant action in Tuesday's Reserve League match against FC Dallas. Defender Nat Borchers played the first half and midfielder Jonny Steele went the full 90 in that game.
"[Borchers] came out OK, he was just fatigued," Kreis of the central defender, who didn't see any preseason action following surgery on torn quadriceps tendon. "The injury that he had the surgery on came out well, and now it's just a matter of building match fitness."
Meanwhile, Will Johnson is back from his sports hernia surgery in Germany and is just a few days away from full training.
"[I] feel good," said Johnson. "I'm a week post-op and 10 to 14 days is the timeline for full recovery. I'm about four or five days out and then I should be 100 percent. A week or two of training and I'll be good to go."


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Niagara County Republican Chairman Michael J. Norris was unanimously reelected to another term as chairman of the Niagara County Republican Committee Thursday night as more than 125 elected Republican committee members from every town and city committee gathered to organize their local party apparatus.
Norris, who has presided over the party since late 2009, oversees a party that has seen its members win virtually every office in North Tonawanda and Lockport and 11 of Niagara County's 12 towns, as well as 12 of 15 County Legislature seats.
"Being asked to continue leading the Niagara County Republican Party is a great honor - and to be asked to do so by so many strong Republicans, committed to our party and their communities, is truly humbling," Norris said following the unanimous vote. "Our neighbors have put great trust in this party - in its ideals as the party of limited government and lower taxes, the party of personal responsibility and individual rights, and really, still Ronald Reagan's party of 'It can be done.' It's a heavy task leading a party that fights for those principles, but it's a task I'm honored to be asked to take on for another term."
"In the weeks ahead, our party will work to elect Chris Collins to Congress and Mitt Romney to the White House, and to re-elect George Maziarz to the State Senate and Ray Walter and John Ceretto to the Assembly," Norris said. "With so many committed Republicans coming out tonight from every part of Niagara County, our party organization is strong, and I am confident our candidates will continue to see electoral success."
Also elected Thursday night were First Vice Chairman Scott Kiedrowski of North Tonawanda, Second Vice Chairman James Heuer, of Wheatfield, and Secretary Marcus Hall of Newfane.


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The 2010 MLS Cup had a winning formula to it. Last year's final match-up was between Colorado Rapids and FC Dallas. Both were hard working teams that had no high-profile Designated Players on their squads. Both teams were outside the top three teams in MLS, Dallas finished fourth and Colorado was seventh. And they managed to peak come playoff time.
This year's MLS Cup sees two teams that have taken different routes to reach the final. You have the high-profile LA Galaxy and the workmanlike squad of Houston Dynamo.
At the midpoint of the 2011 MLS season, even some of their home fans thought that the playoffs were beyond the Dynamo. Houston had won only three out of their first 14 games and confidence in the side was low.
The season really turned around for them on September 10 when they lost to Sporting Kansas City (the same team they beat in the Eastern Conference final) by a score of 3-0. It was then that Dynamo head coach Domenic Kinnear decided to re-shuffle his line-up by moving 2009 MLS Best XI defender Geoff Cameron from a central midfield role and returned him to the centre of defence.
Houston then went on a nine-game winning streak, ending with a 2-0 shutout of Sporting KC in the Eastern Conference final at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. The 2-0 win was the first time Kansas City had been shut out at home in league play since its home opener on June 9.
With their defence playing at such a high level, confidence began to spread throughout the team. It has really showed in the playoffs, as the Dynamo have scored five goals and allowed just one goal in three postseason games so far.
The Dynamo are playing in their third MLS Cup in six years, and will be looking for their stingy defence to propel them to their third MLS Cup title. They will not be intimidated by playing the final in the home of the Galaxy after defeating Kansas City in front of a rowdy, sold-out crowd.
As for LA, they had another route to the league's showpiece game. The Galaxy knew going into this season that they would host the final at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California. This put more pressure on the club to make sure they made it to the big game on Sunday night. Add David Beckham, who might be playing his last season for the Galaxy and still having lingering thoughts of the 2009 MLS Cup when they lost on penalties to Real Salt Lake in Seattle.
The Galaxy added another key component to the mix by signing Robbie Keane midway through this MLS season, hoping this would be the final piece to their puzzle. LA had Beckham, Keane, and Landon Donovan spearheading their goal to finish first overall during the regular season, which gave them the best chance to reach the final and win the cup…or so they thought…
To their credit, they finished first overall and got a bye in the first round of the playoffs. But the teams they had to face this postseason gave them the most difficult task of reaching their goal. They did overcome New York Red Bulls and Thierry Henry by an aggregate score of 3-1 in a two-leg series. They then had to take on a very good Real Salt Lake team at home, in which they prevailed by another 3-1 scoreline. Finishing first did not give them the easier route to the final, but it did give them the advantage when it was needed. The Galaxy managed to beat the Red Bulls in the second leg at home after going down 1-0 early in the game. And it was made a much easier proposition playing Real Salt Lake at home, rather than having to play at Rio Tinto Stadium, where RSL were almost unbeatable at their Sandy, Utah, home.
One thing in common is the two head coaches. Bruce Arena (LA) and Dominic Kinnear (Houston) have both won the MLS Cup twice as coaches and they bring a winning attitude to their teams. They have taken different paths to get to Sunday night's match, and there is no doubt who the underdog is and who the favourite will be in the final.
Houston will have to use their stingy defence to try and frustrate this talented Galaxy team, hoping to silence a sell-out crowd at The Home Depot Center. Usually neutral soccer fans will support the underdog in a final, hoping the little team beats the big team. But for me, it's hard to root against the Galaxy. They have shown they are the best team during the MLS regular season by finishing first overall, and they beat two of the best teams in New York and Salt Lake in the postseason.
How cruel would it be for the Galaxy to fall at the final hurdle at home after the season they have had…


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Microsoft trying to lock customers into volume deals
Fees to rise after 'manage and deploy' handouts canned
Microsoft has drawn its knife to slice and dice the fees handed to LARs in a bid to drive up the number of signed Enterprise Agreements.
Redmond has already used price hikes to push more customers to renew volume licensing deals in the summer and now it is adopting a tried and tested method in the channel - using compensation to drive behaviour.
From January 2013, the fees that LARs pocketed for deploying and managing EAs will be binned and the money diverted to cough up for renewals.
The LARs contacted by The Channel were still modelling whether the change will impact business negatively, but the first thoughts of one pro-Microsoftie was that admin to manage fees will be reduced.
"It should simplify things," said the LAR, "Microsoft will pay the fee upfront when the renewal is signed so it won't be monthly billing, which was an admin issue".
Another said: "Microsoft is not renewing enough EAs so its finding ways to [drive that business]".
He added it was a little frustrating that the vendor was pushing through the fee alterations a little more than a year after first overhauling the fee structure.
In that change - revealed in February 2011 but not implemented until October - Microsoft slashed fee for EAs by an estimated two thirds, with partners selling to large corporate customers hardest hit.
"Microsoft said it wouldn't change anything, it made changes to the fees in October last year, but they are now making very significant changes again," said a source close to the matter.
A spokesperson for Microsoft sent a tinned statement:
"Based on feedback from LAR and Enterprise Agreement (EA) Direct Advisor partners, Microsoft has shifted funding for a sales incentive called 'Manage and Deploy' into other incentives geared toward driving EA sales priorities." ®


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Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica Smith & Carpenter, 2004
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|Taxonomic Notes:
|In 2004, Andrew Smith discovered a new species Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica from a sacred grove of the Hanumavilasum Temple on Rameshwaram Island. This species was earlier misidentified by Simon (1885), and Annandale (1907), as Poecilotheria fasciata from the Island and later Gravely (1915) misidentified this as Poecilotheria striata from Pamban on Rameshwaram Island.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Critically Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Siliwal, M., Molur, S. & Daniel, B.A.
|Spector, S. & Mason, T. (Terrestrial Invertebrates Red List Authority)
This Critically Endangered species is now restricted to a few tamarind, casuarina and mixed dry deciduous tree and palm plantations on the island of Rameshwaram and on the mainland close to the island. The entire estimated extent of occurrence is less than 100 km², with the actual area of occupancy being less than 6 km². The species has been recorded from eight subpopulations and less than 15 severely fragmented locations. Natural vegetation is almost completely lost. Spiders from one location were recently lost when the entire tamarind plantation of five hectares was razed for constructing government quarters. The species is CR due to restricted distribution, and continuing decline in area, quality, populations and mature individuals.
|Range Description:
|Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica is endemic to the Ramanthapuram district, southern India. It is reported from Rameshwaram Island and Mandapam area on mainland at an altitude of less than 50 m. The extent of occurrence encompassing known and inferred distribution is around 100 km², while the area of occupancy is less than 10 km².
|Countries occurrence:
Native:India (Tamil Nadu)
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|Eight subpopulations in 13 severely fragmented locations. Subpopulation size varies from four individuals to 78 individuals depending upon the size of the plantation (Manju Siliwal pers. obs.). The densities are high in some tamarind plantations compared to casuarina or palm plantations.
|Current Population Trend:
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|The species was found in plantations like tamarind, palm, coconut and casuarina. They are also frequently seen in human habitations, especially in thatch-roof houses and huts. Mature females have been observed nesting every year and the maximum number of spiderlings seen with a single mother is 52. Mortality rate amongst the spiderlings is high due to cannibalism and natural predation. The male survives for only one breeding season after maturity, rarely up to the second breeding season. Females show nest fidelity as they have been observed in the same tree holes over three years, unless they have been disturbed or physically removed.
|Major Threat(s):
|Loss of plantations due to developmental activities, small size of the habitat fragments, small population size, persecution and fragmentation are major threats. Due to increased tourism, in the course of a single year (2006) two plantations were razed of which one was observed to have at least 70 individuals. All the spiders were killed by the loggers while razing the plantation. Due to their skewed sex ratio, and the difference in maturity rates between males and females, small populations with less than 5,000 individuals have a very high probability of extinction within the next three to four decades (S. Molur and B.A. Daniel, pers. comm. from running a simulation model (Vortex)). Although not found extensively in pet trade, a few adult males and females along with subadults and juveniles were taken out of the country.
|Conservation Actions:
|The spiders occur in private plantations only and are not subjected to any protection laws.
|Siliwal, M., Molur, S. & Daniel, B.A. 2008. Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T63562A12681695. . Downloaded on 23 September 2018.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 9, 2005) - East Tennessee State's women's tennis team swept the Appalachian State Mountaineers 7-0 Saturday afternoon at the ETSU tennis courts. The Bucs improve to 17-6 overall, 7-2 in the SoCon, while the Mountaineers drop to 6-10, 2-6.
The Bucs started off with a win of the doubles point. Olya Batsula (Minsk, Belarus) and Gemma Halim (Jakarta, Indonesia) won their match against Meg Dlugos and Jill Parsons at No. 3 8-4. Then Sandie Knight (Adamstown, Australia) and Elena Volobueva (Barcelona, Spain) finished at No. 2 to decide the point with a win over Victoria Moody and Alexandra Grate, 8-3. At No. 1, Masha Ilina (Kyiv, Ukraine) and Sylwia Ziolkowska (Warsaw, Poland) defeated Lyndsey Free and Salem Kirven to complete doubles action with an 8-5 final. With their wins, Knight, Volobueva, and Halim stand at 25 doubles wins on the season and are tied for second on ETSU's single season doubles wins top ten list.
Success continued for the Bucs in singles action as the Bucs picked up all six points. Batsula quickly finished her match at No. 4 against Ann Pierce 6-0, 6-1 for the first point and Ilina followed with a win over Kirven 6-2, 6-3. Knight then picked up the clincher at No. 1 with a win against Free, 6-1, 6-2.
"I'm glad we won today 7-0," said Head Coach Steve Brooks. "We have one more match to go in the SoCon and we're looking good. Hopefully, in two weeks any weaknesses we have we will work out and improve on before heading into the tournament."
Up next for the Bucs is their final regular season match against Wofford next Saturday, April 16 before the SoCon Tournament. Match time is set for noon following a special Senior Day ceremony to honor the ETSU women's tennis team captain and lone senior Halim.
"Next week we have another tough match ahead of us against Wofford, who beat us last year, " commented Brooks.
East Tennessee State 7, Appalachian State 0
1. Ilina/Ziolkowska (ETSU) d. Free/Kirven (ASU) 8-5
2. Volobueva/Knight (ETSU) d. Moody/Grate (ASU) 8-3
3. Batsula/Halim (ETSU) d. Meg Dlugos/Parsons (ASU) 8-4
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
1. Sandie Knight (ETSU) d. Lyndsey Free (ASU) 6-1, 6-2
2. Masha Ilina (ETSU) d. Salem Kirven (ASU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Sylwia Ziolkowska (ETSU) d. Victoria Moody (ASU) 6-3, 5-7 (11-9)
4. Olya Batsula (ETSU) d. Ann Pierce (ASU) 6-0, 6-1
5. Elena Volobueva (ETSU) d. Alexandra Grate (ASU) 6-0, 6-2
6. Gemma Halim (ETSU) d. Jill Parsons (ASU) 6-1, 6-1
Order of Finish: 4, 2, 1*, 5, 6, 3
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After getting blown out in week 1, the Steelers will try to bounce back against the visiting Seahawks. Neither team looked good in the first game of the season but the Steelers actually probably looked worse overall.
In order to get back on track and keep pace in the division the Steelers must get a win this weekend. Seattle is clearly in a rebuilding mode and the Steelers figure to win big in this one, however nothing is a guarantee. Look for Pittsburgh to establish the run early and mix in play action to keep Ben away from the pressure. Also keep an eye on rookie Marcus Gilbert who will be starting at RT after Willie Colon tore his triceps on Sunday and was put on IR.
On paper this should be a big Steelers win, however they have a lot to prove after last week and Seattle won't just roll over.
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By Anatole Kaletsky
(Reuters) - It's cynical, manipulative and hypocritical, and it looks like it is going to work. How often do you hear a sentence like this, to describe a government initiative or economic policy? Not often enough.
The media and a surprisingly high proportion of business leaders, financiers and economic analysts seem to believe that policies which are dishonest, intellectually inconsistent or obviously self-interested in their motivation are ipso facto doomed to fail or to damage the public interest. But this is manifestly untrue. The effectiveness of public policies and their ultimate desirability is in practice judged not by their motivations, but by their results.
Which brings me to the real subject of this column: the improving outlook for the world economy and why many economists and financiers cannot bring themselves to acknowledge it. Let me begin with a striking example anticipated in this column back in March: the boom in house prices and debt-financed consumption that the British government is pumping up in preparation for the general election in May 2015.
In the British budget announced on March 20, George Osborne, the British finance minister, announced a spectacular pre-election giveaway: a program of highly leveraged mortgage lending guaranteed by the government with the stated intention of pumping up British household debt by up to £130 billion. The enormity of this number can be gauged by translating it into an equivalent stimulus relative to the size of the U.S. economy: $1.7 trillion.
Despite this audacious debt plan, the almost unanimous response among British pundits went something like the following. George Osborne based his entire economic program on deficit and debt reduction. He even started his budget speech with the Cameron government's mantra since it came to power: "You cannot cure debt with more debt." To tempt British consumers into taking on bigger debts would therefore be intellectually incoherent and blatantly hypocritical. And even if Osborne did want to tempt mortgage borrowers he would fail, because people would recognize his efforts as electoral manipulation and refuse to take the bait.
Three months later, this conventional moralizing has proved completely wrong. The British housing market has sprung to life, even though the full lending program does not begin until 2014. A monthly survey of realtors published this week revealed the strongest sales expectations since 2005, and the third best in the series' 15-year record. Home builders' shares are soaring. House prices in depressed regions such as Scotland are rising by double digits for the first time since 2007. And in the affluent areas of London never hit by the housing bust, dinner conversations are turning to how government-backed mortgages might be used to finance vacation homes, investment properties and children's flats.
In short, Osborne's transparently political plan to create a housing and mortgage boom in time for the 2015 election seems to be working already, even before the gusher of credit from the Treasury and the Bank of England has begun.
Assuming this trend continues, and there is every reason to believe that it will, a large part of the new mortgage debt will flow into consumer spending, growth will accelerate, unemployment will fall and Britain will enjoy decent economic conditions by the time the Cameron government faces the voters in May 2015. If a pre-election boom helps to ensure Cameron's re-election, it will obviously be bad news for anyone eager to see a change of government. A housing boom will also raise genuine misgivings in Britain about reverting to property speculation and consumption, instead of rebalancing the economy towards exports and investment as many economists had recommended.
But whether a housing boom proves politically expedient for the Cameron government and whether it is good or bad for the British economy's long-run structure has no bearing on whether it will actually happen. This obvious distinction between what ought to happen and what is likely to happen is one that economists and financiers are surprisingly reluctant to draw.
Similar confusion between moral and analytical judgments can be observed all over the world these days in economics and finance. Many investors on Wall Street believe that stock prices cannot keep rising because they have been propelled by monetary manipulation which they consider irresponsible or immoral. Yet the bull market continues, despite this manipulation or maybe because of it.
Many German political analysts argue that Angela Merkel cannot continue to back the euro because this means saying one thing to domestic voters and another to European leaders and financial markets. Yet the euro survives, despite this hypocrisy or maybe because of it. In Japan, the Abe administration is planning to increase inflation to 2.0 percent but trying to prevent bond yields from rising above 1.0 percent, which can only be done by getting cynically persuaded savers to disregard rational investment strategy. Yet the Japanese economy is palpably improving, despite this cynicism or maybe because of it.
In sum, economic conditions are gradually improving around the world despite government and central bank policies that seem to be incoherent or self-serving in many different ways. But that is the normal course of human affairs. So as the world pulls out of its five-year slump and gradually returns to normal economic conditions in response to limitless printing of money and unprecedented government borrowing, the sentence at the beginning of this article may be worth repeating.
It is cynical, manipulative and hypocritical - and it looks like it is going to work.
(Anatole Kaletsky is an award-winning journalist and financial economist who has written since 1976 for The Economist, the Financial Times and The Times of London before joining Reuters. His recent book, "Capitalism 4.0," about the reinvention of global capitalism after the 2008 crisis, was nominated for the BBC's Samuel Johnson Prize, and has been translated into Chinese, Korean, German and Portuguese. Anatole is also chief economist of GaveKal Dragonomics, a Hong Kong-based group that provides investment analysis to 800 investment institutions around the world.)
(Anatole Kaletsky is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.)


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Staff awards honor service to Lamar University
Lamar University honored 110 employees with service awards at Lamar's annual staff recognition program. The Lamar Staff Advisory Council hosted the event April 17 in the Mary and John Gray Library University Reception Center.
Dorothea Titus was recognized with 35 years of service.
Employees receiving 30-year service recognition are Pamela Kay Blankenship, Salvador Costa, Gail Davis, Cynthia Perkins, Jill Rowley and Joy Tate.
Earning 25-year awards are Diane Foreman, Ralpheal Guilbeau, Alma Morrison, Shaw Shang and Sam Tait.
Recipients with 20 years of service are Julie Alford, Lorrie Altom, Hank Brim, Norma Cumbaa, Darlene Harvey, Faye Johnnie-Soileau, Jacqueline McCue, Charla Pate, Kathy Pierce and Lisa Roach.
Honored for 15 years of service are Kathleen Andrews, Travis Bach, Samuel Bridgeman, Doris Cooper, Michael Day, Robert Dudley, Michael Hogan, Rosa Hubbard, Worrick Jackson, Phyllis Johnson, Shannon Jordan, Shannon Klutts, Diana Licatino, Gregory Marsh, Brenda Mendoza, Jason Miller, Camille Mouton, Elton Payne, Charlesella "Patti" Renfro, Jim Ricklefsen, Fay Sands, Jamie Turner, Eddie Tyler, Marsha Williams and Mary Wilson.
Service awards for 10 years of service are Edna Collins, Sandy Craigen, Donald Curl, Brandie Fontenot, Shawn Gray, Paula "Polly" McNeel, Danna Perello, Barbara Price, Gloria Riggs, Edith Robert, Judy Romero, Ronald Savoy, Rosie Sellers, Frances Simpson, Lakisha Thomas, Thanh Tran, Rita Trottman, Enrique "Henry" Venta, Isiah Volrie, Natasha Walker, Karen Corwin Westgate, Sharon Wilkerson and Sharon Williams.
Fifty employees received awards for five years of service: Donald Barlow, Frederick Benham, Rebecca Broussard, Lita Brown, Clinton "Clint" Burges, Erin Burns, Jayna Calhoun, Evie Clifton, Larry Coleman, Robert Corbett, Jewel Courville, Rebecca Cozad, Guy Crossley, Jeff Dyson, Larry Edwards, Rachel Edwards, Hope Etheridge, Melonee Fife, Alice Ford, Katie Franklin, Beth Gallaspy, David Garrett, Stacie Granger, Shana Greer, Alicia Haynes, Keli Hendon, Celine Hodge, Linda Jackson, Tristan Jackson, Rachel Juneau, Theodore Mansfield, Sheree McCartney, Louis Mitchell, Yolanda Monroe, Candice Moore, David Mulcahy, Damion Parker, Cynthia Parra, Kenneth Pickens, William Runkle, Jackie Smith, Erin Tabor, Michael Thompson, Larry Tidwell, Katherine Tristan, Haley Tyson, Claire Wells, Charles Westmoreland, Joyce Wilson and Gloria Young.


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GPSOLO July/August 2010
How to Avoid the Surprise Attorney-Client Relationship
I am the only lawyer in my immediate circle of friends. Friends and acquaintances frequently ask me casual questions about the law, sometimes not in my field of expertise. I live across the country from my parents and their friends, who also occasionally call me for my opinion on legal matters. I am at the courthouse at least once a week, and people frequently approach me with questions ranging from "where is the law library?" to "where do I file this document?" to "what do I need to write to answer this complaint?"
Over the years, I have learned to exercise restraint in attempting to answer any of these questions (except about the library: it's on the sixth floor on the left). I have nearly been burned more than once after giving casual advice and later realizing the person I advised believed that we now had an attorney-client relationship.
One such uncomfortable experience occurred when I received a telephone call from my father. Years earlier, Dad had attached a number of razor-sharp steel blades to a steel chassis with a sail. He called it an "ice boat." He took it out on the ice that winter and whizzed around at high speed until he nearly killed himself flipping it over in a gale. Fully healed now, Dad wanted to know if there was anyone he could sue.
"Well, Dad," I said. "You can't sue the manufacturer for product liability since you built the thing yourself. There's a pretty good assumption of the risk defense since you decided to go sailing in a gale. And you can't sue God for the weather because he's out of the court's jurisdiction."
Dad was not satisfied. Apparently someone had told him otherwise. I wrote him a letter explaining that I did not think he had a case, but that he should consult a personal injury lawyer. "I am not a personal injury lawyer," I wrote. "I am also not a lawyer in your state, so you are just as likely to get competent legal advice from the cat as you are from me. You should talk to a lawyer sooner rather later in case there is a statute of limitations on your claim." I also included a bill for $50 (which was not paid). Dad has not since raised the subject.
Casual Legal Advice
On a daily basis, lawyers communicate with clients, prospective clients, colleagues, friends, and family. Many conversations are understood by all parties to be between a lawyer and a client. This is not always the case. Lawyers can, in the course of conversation the lawyer believes to be casual, make a statement that can be construed as giving legal advice. The "cocktail advice" example is common: A lawyer is asked a legal question in a social setting, gives an off-the-cuff response, and learns later that someone relied on that advice to his or her detriment and is holding the lawyer responsible.
Another common example for lawyers who are regularly at the courthouse is when a pro se litigant approaches them in the courtroom or in the clerk's office. Such encounters usually start with, "Excuse me, but are you a lawyer? Can I ask you a quick question about my case?" The attorney listens politely, gives a quick word of advice, and then has to fend off numerous follow-up questions as the interrogator seeks a crash course on the practice of law.
There is also the scenario where an attorney-client relationship is notionally contemplated by all parties, but the lawyer is not clear enough that one does not exist. There are numerous examples in the court reporters where a potential client visits a lawyer in her office, leaves incorrectly believing he has a lawyer, and does not discover otherwise until after the statute of limitations has lapsed.
In all three situations it is the lawyer's responsibility to be clear about whether representation has commenced. A layperson may be able to incorrectly give legal advice, but a lawyer has a higher degree of responsibility as a professional. As a lawyer, it is critical not only to understand when the attorney-client relationship commences, but to delineate clearly when this occurs—and when it does not—to the potential client.
Life would be a lot simpler if there was theme music or a gong that would sound when something momentous occurs. Even if there were such a cue, there would be a lot of variation from case to case on when the attorney-client relationship started. Many lawyers take the position that the attorney-client relationship commences only after the attorney agrees to representation. Others say it only occurs after a client interview takes place, a fee agreement is signed, and a retainer or fee deposit check has cleared the bank. Unfortunately, it's more complex than that.
The relationship begins when there is a mutual understanding that the client is going to confide in the attorney and the attorney is going to listen. The attorney-client relationship may commence even if there is nothing in writing. The relationship may commence even if no money has changed hands. Although there must be a mutual understanding that the client has engaged the lawyer and the lawyer has accepted representation, it is the attorney's responsibility to make it clear to the potential client when this has occurred, and when it has not.
Some suggestions:
- Do not give legal advice outside your field of expertise. Although it is obvious to most attorneys that a lawyer who primarily does family law is not qualified to discuss the niceties of intellectual property law, it is not obvious to all laypersons. If you are discussing an area outside your normal field, clearly indicate that fact: "I am not a tax lawyer and I don't know enough about tax law to properly advise you. You should really talk to a tax professional about whether you are properly deducting that expense."
- Do not give legal advice on a situation pending in a jurisdiction where you are not licensed to practice. Rules and procedures, and even statutes of limitation, vary wildly from state to state.
- If you determine the other party already has a lawyer, resist the urge to second guess. The fact is the other lawyer has spent a lot more time on the case than you and is familiar with a lot of facts that the person you're speaking with may not have disclosed. You would not appreciate unsolicited advice from a lawyer telling you how to do your job. Consider that before telling someone that you would handle a situation differently than that person's attorney.
- Make it clear the person may have a legal problem that he or she should consult with a lawyer about. If that lawyer is you, offer to schedule an appointment in your office and discuss what you will charge.
- Encourage the questioner to seek formal advice quickly, especially if there is a statute of limitations affecting a possible claim.
- Always follow up in writing. Reiterate what you advised, your understanding of the facts that you relied on in formulating the advice, the existence of the statute of limitations, and the importance of obtaining competent legal advice.
- Remember that whatever the client told you is presumed to be in strictest confidence. You cannot share juicy gossip with your other friends simply because you learned about it in casual conversation. If the other party reasonably believed the information was subject to the attorney-client privilege, then it was. This is so even if you expressly decline representation.
Unlike personal relationships, professional relationships do not necessarily go away when one party stops returning phone calls. Lawyers must clearly indicate there will be no attorney-client relationship.
When I first hung out my shingle, a gentleman visited me seeking representation. I met with him in my office and he explained to me his belief that the government had installed transmitters in his teeth and was spying on him. He had 20 handwritten pages of information demonstrating why he was a danger to the establishment and why "they" were keeping such close tabs on him. I told the gentleman I could not help him and promised to keep it secret that he had consulted with me.
About a month later I received a phone call from the court. The guy was being evicted and indicated I was his lawyer. He had informed his landlord he had consulted a lawyer and was not obligated to pay his rent. The landlord did not agree. The judge was conducting an eviction hearing and the defendant was asking for a continuance because I could not be present. The court was calling me to determine when I would be available. Here are the thoughts I had in mind during the conversation:
- All I can say to the court is to confirm that I once met with the man, but that I do not represent him.
- I cannot disclose what I discussed with the "client" to the court. It would be a violation of the attorney-client privilege to do so and could harm his case and credibility (such as it was).
- Holy @#$#%& this guy is crazy!
Such a letter can avoid any misunderstanding between you and most potential clients. Your malpractice carrier will, no doubt, be pleased as well.
As with most relationships, communication is key in these interactions. If conversation is turning into professional work, it is the lawyer's responsibility either to put a stop to it or to make it clear that further discussion should take place in a more formal setting. Similarly, when the lawyer has no intention of representing a potential client, the lawyer has the responsibility to communicate that no attorney-client relationship exists.


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A gun control package pushed by Colorado Democrats cleared the state Senate on Monday, as sponsors described it as a needed response to Colorado's blood-soaked history of mass shootings.
One Democrat after another rose Monday to talk about restricting gun rights after last July's shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater. The vote came on the eve of an expected plea by the alleged gunman, James Holmes, who is accused of killing 12 people and injuring dozens more.
The measures approved by the Senate included a limit on the kinds of high-capacity ammunition magazines Holmes is accused of using in the theater shooting. Other measures included expanded background checks on private gun sales and a new ban on gun ownership for people facing domestic violence charges.
Republicans argued in vain that the gun controls would not have prevented the theater shooting, nor the school massacre last December in Newtown, Conn. Some cited the 1999 Columbine High School shootings outside Denver.
Democrats stood firm.
"We can't get back the kids we lost, but can refuse to send them more," argued Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver.
The Democratic gun control package in Colorado is being watched nationally to see how a politically moderate state with a gun-loving past responds to the recent shootings in suburban Denver and in Connecticut.
Only one of the five bills heads to Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper to be signed into law. The remaining four must return to the House for more debate, including the ammunition magazine limit and the domestic violence bill. The House is under Democratic control and will likely approve the measures.
Hickenlooper has said he supports the one bill awaiting his signature, a revived fee for people seeking background checks by gun purchasers. Hickenlooper has also called for expanded background checks and has said he'd sign the magazine limit if lawmakers get it to him.
Republicans tried in vain to stop parts of the gun control package. They argued longest against the magazine ammunition limit.
"It's not going to work, and I hate to say that," concluded Sen. Mark Scheffel, R-Parker. "What it will do is infringe on the rights of law-abiding citizens."
However, Republicans only succeeded in picking off two of the three Democratic defectors they needed to defeat the ammunition limit. They warned that the gun controls are feel-good measures that won't make Colorado safer.
"Which of these bills we've voted on today would have prevented these tragedies?" asked Sen. Owen Hill, R-Parker.
Democrats insisted that lawmakers have no excuse after those mass shootings not to tighten gun restrictions.
"If we fail to do a common-sense measure ... then shame on us," said Senate Democratic Leader Morgan Carroll, whose district includes the Aurora movie theater.
Democratic Senate President John Morse said Monday he was proud that his caucus was promoting measures to reduce gun violence.
"We will make a difference and increase gun safety in Colorado and decrease gun violence," Morse said.
The remaining gun bill headed to the House requires increased training for a concealed-weapons permit. That measure has had support from both parties and is thought likely to clear the House.


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10 Brilliant Likenesses of Artists, Captured by Fellow Artists
Artsy Editorial
Overall: 54.8 x 46.3 cm (21 9/16 x 18 1/4 in.) framed: 75.6 x 67 x 9.5 cm (29 3/4 x 26 3/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Image rights: Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
Impressionist Berthe Morisot studied with Barbizon School painter Camille Corot who taught her how to paint en plein air. Like Marie Bracquemond and Mary Cassatt, the other well-known female painters of her generation, Morisot avoided the urban street scenes and nude figures that male Impressionists depicted. Instead, she painted her daily experiences and observations, focusing on boating scenes, garden settings, domestic interiors, and portraits of family and friends that convey the comfort and intimacy of family life. She exhibited her work alongside Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Alfred Sisley, and married painter Édouard Manet's brother Eugène.
French, 1841-1895, Bourges, France, based in Paris, France


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Licensed to bill: software vendors love virtualisation
Intel's Dave Buchholz runs through the numbers
Video If you thought managing traditional software licences was a challenge, then just wait till you're accessing an Remote Desktop Services-delivered application, on a virtual machine precariously balanced atop a type-two hypervisor. How much should you pay?
Given the state of some vendors' licencing schemes, you might as well throw some arrows at a dartboard to come up with the right numbers.
Danny Bradbury interviews Dave Buchholz, principal engineer in Intel's IT group, to find out why some software firms are three years behind their customers -- and what enterprises can do about it.


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Applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) are being accepted for funding in fiscal year 2010 from now through Jan. 15, 2010, at USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) offices throughout California. Conservation cost-share programs provide financial and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers for natural resource improvements.
Two parts of EQIP have an extended sign-up period, the organic initiative and combustion engine emissions reduction initiative. These two facets of EQIP are only in their second year and producers may need extra time to enroll. The engine emissions reduction portion has $13.4 million available and the organic initiative has $2.4 million available. Sign-up is open until Jan. 29 for both special initiatives.
"All farm bill programs provide agriculture producers an incentive to improve the environment and the functionality of their operations, but EQIP is our flagship conservation program," says NRCS State Conservationist Ed Burton. "Combined with technical assistance and conservation planning, EQIP has had a crucial impact on California's farms and ranches."
In fiscal year 2009, California NRCS worked with farmers and ranchers on $77 million of conservation contracts, setting a new record high in the state. The contracts covered a broad spectrum of natural resource enhancements including increasing irrigation efficiency; nutrient and manure management on dairies; grazing land management; riparian buffers and wildlife habitat; wetland protection; forest management and more. Assistance can be in the form of structures and conservation "hardware" such as irrigation or manure management facilities, as well as incentive payments for proper management to achieve environmental benefits.
Applications for EQIP are accepted year around. However, for initial funding consideration during fiscal year 2010, applications received by Jan. 15, will be given first priority. To view EQIP information, visit to the California NRCS Web site: www.ca.nrcs.usda.gov/programs.


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MET Cinderellas: Jennifer Lopez & Anne Hathaway
Am surprised Anne Hathaway was able to leave the event unscathed, without a knife wound in her side, a gift from Jennifer Lopez for essentially wearing the same dress.
It was the same dress.
Different designers but it was the same dress.
Cinderella dress. Princess dress. Cotillion dress. The same dress.
Lara wrote to me this morning: You're gonna hate it because I know you will, but I'm a sucker for that sh-t.
Of course she's right. These dresses are not my favourite. I just don't find them particularly exciting. How hard can it be? Walt Disney invented it.
Oscars? Fine. Whatever.
MET Gala? It's lazy.
On JLo this is expected these days. Her Zuhair Murad is about as original as a Romantic Comedy. For Anne Hathaway however, having evolved past those Diary movies, given that with her youth and her vibe she really does have so many options, this gown was not an inspired choice. And, while we're at it, very very Carrie Underwood. Both actually were very, very Carrie Underwood. It's a question they should all ask.
Would Carrie Underwood wear it? Pass if yes.
Photos from Wenn.com and Stephen Lovekin/Gettyimages.com


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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's anti-graft commission has for the first time arrested a top leader of an Islamic-based party on corruption charges.
Corruption Eradication Commission spokesman Johan Budi said Thursday that Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq, leader of the Prosperous Justice Party, was arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes to secure a government contract for PT. Indoguna Utama, a meat importer.
Prosperous Justice is Indonesia's largest Muslim-based party and is part of the coalition government.
Budi says Ishaaq was taken into custody late Wednesday, two days after two company directors and Ishaaq's aide were arrested at a hotel in Jakarta. Investigators confiscated US$103,000 in cash found in a car belonging to the aide.
Ishaaq has denied wrongdoing. Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, is plagued by graft.


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Naomi doubles at Cannes
As noted earlier, the Cannes line-up was released today and includes two films featuring Naomi Watts. She is the headliner in Woody Allen's latest You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger with Anthony Hopkins, Josh Brolin, Freida Pinto, Antonia Banderas, and more and she stars as Valerie Plame opposite Sean Penn's Joe Wilson in Doug Liman's Fair Game which, if you followed in the news or if you've read her book, you'll probably be quite eager to see. Both films are being buzzed about for awards. Some say both Watts and Penn could earn nominations as Plame and Wilson. Early chatter about their performances is very, very positive. Did you love them in 21 Grams? That movie kicked my ass.
So here's Naomi in New York with Liev Schreiber, their sons Sacha and Samuel and their nanny enjoying some downtime before promotional responsibilities. She's actually had quite a full schedule lately having just finished work on Jim Sheridan's haunted house movie (which I'm convinced is not exactly what it seems) with Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz and there are at least 2 more on the go. Maybe time for some lighter material? Naomi is great, yes, but she's like the Sarah McLachlan of movies. Always in pain.
Photos from PPNY / GSNY/Splashnewsonline.com


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A Younique Party Is as Easy as Sharing a Link with Your Friends!
- Your Party Host
Sharing the things you love comes naturally. Sharing your love of Younique is not only fun, but also rewarding! Introduce your friends to their new favorite cosmetics by hosting your own Virtual Party, and earn a little something extra for your generosity. There's just too much to love about Younique to keep it all to yourself. Let the Party begin!


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Welcome to the Priess Lab
The Priess Lab is located at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. FHCRC is located on the shores of Lake Union in Seattle, Washington, USA, and is a two-hour drive from Mt. Rainier.
Our lab studies the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system to understand the mechanisms that control development from a single-celled embryo into a complex, multi-cellular organism.
Please explore the links to the left to learn more about the people and projects that make up the Priess Lab.


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ROCHESTER, Minn., Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson says his son U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s diagnosis of bipolar disorder has "been a challenge," but he is "getting good treatment."
The reverend spoke with Politico Thursday after the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota issued a statement earlier this week stating the Democratic Illinois congressman is receiving treatment there for bipolar II disorder. He has been in treatment there since July 27.
"It's been a challenge," the elder Jackson told Politico. "Jesse has the bipolar thing. It slips up on you. If you bleed, you get a Band-Aid. If you break a leg, you get a splint. This is a combination of forces that we had not seen."
When asked about when his son, who took a medical leave from Congress June 10, would return to work, Jackson said: "The thing about it is, you cannot attach a timetable to it. He has to grapple with, all of us in some sense have to grapple with, the challenges of bipolar and depression and the time we're working through. He's getting good treatment but you cannot ... put a timetable. When will he be back? Well, we don't know. We wish he never would have gone."
Meanwhile, former Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., said he traveled to Minnesota to visit the younger Jackson, a longtime friend.
Kennedy said the meeting Thursday made it clear to him the congressman had been "dealing with a deep depression," which has affected him physically.
Kennedy -- who once received treatment for depression and addiction at the same facility -- told NBC News he tried to reassure Jackson about his political future.
"I tried to emphasize there is a future," Kennedy said, pointing out Jackson can serve as an "inspiration" for "showing people this is a serious issue that should be dealt with like any other medical condition."
Kennedy said Jackson deserves credit for making progress and encouraged him to stick with the treatment even when he feels pressure "to get out" and get back to work.


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Jo Sharp Cardigan
Originally uploaded by theacolman
You've asked and I've ignored. Or, maybe I was just drinking and forgot?
anyways, I've put off the writing up of this one for a year now - but, for the faithful, the patient, the vaguely annoyed few of you that have been wondering if you'll ever get the pattern -- Why yes, you will. And in plenty of time so you can use this as your In Between Sweater before summer. Or your Nighttime Sweater in summer.
However, I'm going to do a little yarn research before I post the final pattern.
I know there have been some mixed reviews on the Soho yarn. It does separate easy, and it definitely grows a little over time. But it's lovely and soft and drapey. So I'm looking for any feedback on what you might think are good subs - also soft and drapey. My gauge is 4.5 sts per inch. On #6 needles. I can adapt the pattern for a 4 or 5 sts per inch sub pretty easily.
I'm a big fan of Cotton Fleece, but not sure on the drape. I haven't used Bamboo yarn yet, but if it's on gauge, that might also work well. I know Rowan has a ton of gorgeous cottons, but have to work through the gauges and see what's the best choice.
So that's my week ahead. My other design project is a fall number, so I'll get this puppy out first, while you're all perhaps in the mind to knit it.
As for booze, I saw an article in the paper today all about Pink Ladies and it's got me thinking about trying one of those. . Tomorrow just happens to be a Ladies Big Birthday Dinner at No 9 Park - and hey, it's one of the two specific restaurants they mention you should go to if you want to get that exact drink. Who am I to argue?