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Despite slumping sales due to the Plavix patent expiration, drug giant Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY) beat the Street on Thursday by logging an 8.6% increase in fourth-quarter profits.
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Shares of the blue-chip company ticked lower despite the stronger-than-expected results and in-line guidance for 2013.
Bristol said it earned $925 million, or 56 cents a share, last quarter, compared with a profit of $852 million, or 50 cents a share, a year earlier.
Excluding one-time items like a $392 million tax benefit, the company earned 47 cents a share, down from 53 cents a share a year earlier. Analysts had been calling for EPS of 43 cents.
Bristol's revenue slid 23% to $4.19 billion, narrowly topping the Street's view of $4.12 billion. U.S. net sales tumbled 38% to $2.2 billion, while international sales gained 6% to $2 billion. Gross margins dipped to 74.3% from 74.9%.
"With regulatory approvals for Eliquis and Forxiga, and good operating performance in the fourth quarter, Bristol-Myers Squibb had a strong finish to an important year of transition," CEO Lamberto Andreotti said in a statement. "In 2012 we continued to effectively execute our strategy, and continued to build the post-Plavix portfolio and operating structure that provide a solid foundation for our future growth."
Looking ahead, Bristol forecasted non-GAAP EPS of $1.78 to $1.88 on global sales of $16.2 billion to $17 billion. The midpoints of that full-year guidance, EPS of $1.83 on revenue of $16.6 billion, is mostly in line with the Street's view.
Bristol's sales continue to be impacted by the May 2012 patent expiration of blood-clotting treatment Plavix, which suffered a 97% plunge in fourth-quarter sales to $49 million. Other drugs helped pick up the slack, including an 11% jump in sales of Abilify, a 13% gain for Baraclude and a 47% leap for Yervoy.
Bristol said its marketing, selling and administrative expenses fell 6% to $1.1 billion in the fourth quarter, while its research and development costs gained 7% to $1.1 billion.
Shares of New York-based Bristol fell 0.43% to $34.75 early Thursday. The stock had been up 7% so far in 2013.


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2. Governments (and war) go social. The 2012 election generated record-breaking activity on Twitter, and more recently, the Israel Defense Force and Hamas military used the platform to communicate to international government officials and the public about the violent Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As citizens in the U.S. and around the world demand increased transparency from governments, officials at every level from local to national will turn increasingly to social media to stay connected with their constituents. Social media will see an increase of political conversations in 2013, driving its adoption as a news source for citizens, traditional media, and the government.
3. The reputable journalist is revived. The rise of blogging and social media has increased the volume of online news and the speed at which it's available, often at the expense of responsible reporting. Misinformation and rumors can spread quickly and trigger considerable backlash, especially when a news organization compromises accuracy in the name of speed (as evidenced by CNN and Fox News's memorable misreporting of the Supreme Court ruling on health care reform). The citizen journalist's 15 minutes of fame are running out and information-overloaded consumers will demand a higher standard of reporting in 2013.
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Quinlan to be in court Tuesday
Framingham man charged with kidnapping, sex assault
Quinlan to be in court Tuesday
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. —
A Framingham man is scheduled to be arraigned today in Framingham District Court on kidnapping and sexual assault charges, The MetroWest Daily News reported.
Police arrested Jonathan Quinlan, 42, at his 1 Kendall St., apartment on Friday at 6:57 p.m.
Police spokesman Lt. Ron Brandolini said most of the arrest reports were not available on Monday. He said the incident involved an assault on a woman who delivered a pizza to Quinlan.
Quinlan denied the allegations, and said he never touched the woman, the lieutenant said.
Police charged Quinlan with kidnapping by confinement, indecent assault and battery on a person older than 14 and simple assault and battery. He was being held at the police station.


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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont has become the first state to let people without health insurance see how much they would pay to get coverage through the federal health overhaul beginning next year.
The state released proposed rates Monday. Examples show that a family of four with an annual income of $32,000 would pay $45 a month out of pocket. A single person making $40,000 would pay $317 a month.
Vermont's rates aren't expected to affect other states'. Andy Hyman of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation says every state is expected to release theirs over the next month or so.
Vermont embraced the federal health overhaul from the outset and hopes to go further. The state is setting up what would become the nation's first single-payer health care system, to be implemented in 2017.


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Just when you think the slow-moving crackdown on the Occupy Denver encampment encampment along Broadway and 14th Avenue in the city center couldn't become any more absurd, it becomes even more absurd.
One day after police were quoted in The Denver Post assuring residents that the new anti-camping ordinance would be enforced, a department spokesman said police would now give campers a "grace period" before enforcement.
"We just want to make sure folks are aware of it before we begin enforcing it," Detective John White told the Post's Jeremy Meyer.
Can he be serious? Denver's anti-camping ordinance is the most publicized and debated new law adopted in this community in years. If that debate doesn't constitute fair warning, then nothing would.


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Good morning Vlek- I think your name means just Spot- like the kitty 2 days ago. You must be spiritual brothers because both of you had a rough start in life but it all changed when you met the right human
Now you are a house and stable kitty with plenty place to roam and lots of animal and human friends.
I send congratulations over to the Netherlands- it sounds as if a big party is recommended for Vlek and his friends


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O.K im gonna keep this short because your just repeating your self now.
I have no problem with you believing in God or bieng part of any religeon. However you need to understand that just because you do. It does'nt give you liscence to go around preaching that we as non believers are all evil. Thats when you come in to conflict with people like me. By calling me evil you've now opened your self up to attack. The last thing you want because i will do exactly as i have been. Make you realize that your religeon is no more than in instrument used to keep you under control. As long as your under control someone else is in power. Making you no more than a willing participant to your own slavery. You've been brain washed. Why cant you see it? Im not saying it to piss you off. Its true.
So if you dont want this kind of attention then leave those who dont want to believe out of your little rants. Faith in someone who does'nt exist is'nt exactly a strong possition to start a one man crusade.
No, you are not evil. Just your religion (and it is spelled RELIGION-USE SPELLCHECK!!). In fact the Scriptures plainly say "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God". In other words, ALL HUMANS, have sinned. You, me-ALL OF US. Despite what your religion tells you, humans are sinners- people who fall short because they have a rebellious will that puts them in conflict with the will of God.
The wars,hate, e.t.c is a RESULT of this innate inability to OBEY God. It CAN NOT be changed by social programs, psychology, 12 Step Programs, trying to be nicer or kinder-ONLY BY GOD!
Your argument is not with me-it's with God. Untill you perhaps someday come to FULLY understand that by your own will or effort you CAN NOT be "good" , you will continue to be, AS ALL HUMANS ARE, by definition, evil. Your religion simply takes God out of the equation and make YOU God, as if you were the Creator of this wonderful Universe and final arbiter on the moral order that should be the basis of sane living in a sane and truly good society.
The only difference between you and I is this: I ADMIT I am a sinner, and that I NEED God to help me because I am incapable of NOT being this way. I am human and this means as a human being I was born with the innate desire, tendency and INABILTY NOT to sin. When i do wrong, I promptly admit it to God, ask forgiveness and seek to amend it by asking forgiveness from whom I have wronged. I then ask God to help me not to do it again because, being human, it is my nature to do evil.
I have a challenge for you: If you can be good with God then tell me this: Are you able to NOT do some thing you consider wrong, even when you KNOW it is wrong? Have you not done things, over and over again, you KNEW was wrong but STILL did it? The answer is yes, because YOU are enslaved to sin and CAN NOT, of your own free will and power, FREE YOURSELF!
No, you as all of us are a slave- a slave to sin. Only God can begin to allow you to be released from your bonds. Untill then you will remain today, tomorow and FOREVER...A SLAVE!
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The Krewe of Centaur Rode Proud at Saturday's Mardi Gras Parade in Shreveport [PHOTOS]
The Krewe of Centaur showcased amazing floats, great costumes and no small amount of Mardi Gras beads at their annual Mardi Gras parade in Shreveport this past Saturday (February 2). We were lucky enough to have the chance to ride in our own Townsquare Media Shreveport float during the event, taking in the sights and sounds of the estimated 200,000 people who showed up to party.
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The leaders of University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University and Davidson College joined a White House education summit on Thursday made up of schools and philanthropies that pledged to take new steps to help more low-income students succeed in college.
"We wouldn't be in higher education if we didn't believe higher education is critically important to the success of the country," North Carolina State Chancellor Randy Woodson told the gathering. "And we can't be successful if the only people accessing our education are those with financial means. So we've just got to continue to work hard to help young people see their future."
A key part of North Carolina's new commitment to college access was a new $10 million grant for the College Advising Corps from the John M. Belk Endowment of Charlotte to increase the number of young college graduates who serve as advisers in rural high schools across the state.
UNC-CH has been a part of the advising corps, but the new initiative brings in participation from North Carolina State and Davidson, which will place students in the program for the first time.
The three schools also stepped up with other pledges.
University of North Carolina Chancellor Carol Folt said that her school would expand the Chancellor's Science Scholars Program, a program that aims to promote diversity in science, technology, engineering and math courses. The university also pledged $4 million over four years for a program to help low-income, first-generation students graduate.
"We're adding a pretty substantial financial commitment to do all that, but we'll think of other ones as well," Folt said.
Davidson said it would work with The Posse Foundation, a nonprofit group that identifies and trains student leaders, to recruit and educate a group of 50 students from Miami over five years. The school plans to provide full scholarships and faculty mentors. North Carolina State's pledge included plans to work with ASPIRE, a program that helps rural students prepare for the ACT and SAT tests.
President Barack Obama said the commitments presented Thursday were "an extraordinary accomplishment, and we didn't pass a bill to do it." But he said that more needed to be done.
"There is this huge cohort of talent we're not tapping," Obama said, citing research that shows that only 30 percent of low-income students enroll in college after high school and, by their mid-20s, only 9 percent earn a bachelor's degree.
With officials from 80 colleges and 40 businesses and philanthropies in attendance, the president said he talks about education from personal experience.
"I grew up with a single mom," he said. "She had me when she was 18 years old. There are a lot of circumstances where that might have waylaid her education for good. But there were structures in place that allowed her then to go on and get a PhD."
To bolster his point, he said of first lady Michelle Obama, who also attended the conference, "Michelle's dad was a shift worker at the city water plant. (Her) mom worked as a secretary. They didn't go to college. But there were structures in place that allowed Michelle to take advantage of those opportunities."
The commitments the White House received from schools and foundations fill an 89-page document. They include efforts to help high-achieving, low-income students get into schools that are a good match and extend them support until they graduate. The also hope to increase the pool of students getting ready for college and help low-income students prepare for the SAT and ACT tests.
Initiatives include a plan by the College Board to offer four college admissions fee waivers to low-income students who take its SAT test. There's also a $65 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and $30 million from the Helmsley Charitable Trust to help more students complete degrees in science, technology, engineering or math.
Another effort calls on schools to hold summer enrichment programs, expand financial aid and take other steps to recruit low-income students.
"Despite education's ability to level the playing field, there is, simply put, great inequality in our nation's schools today," said College Board president David Coleman.
He said a recent study showed that at the 193 most selective colleges and universities, 66 percent of students were from the top 25 percent in income and only 6 percent were from the bottom 25 percent.
"That is not because there is not great talent" in every income group, he said.
Michelle Obama told the audience that she'd make education her focus for the three remaining years of her husband's term and beyond. She praised the attendees for finding new ways to help disadvantaged students navigate financial aid and identify schools where student have a chance to be successful.
Both Obamas attended elite private universities. The first lady, who graduated from Princeton University, said the school had programs that helped her succeed and that then, as now, advising, mentoring and other efforts are "simple steps that can determine whether these kids give up and drop out, or step up and thrive."
"The truth is that if Princeton hadn't found my brother as a basketball recruit, and if I hadn't seen that he could succeed on a campus like that, it never would have occurred to me to apply to that school, never," she said. "And I know that there are so many kids out there just like me – kids who have a world of potential, but maybe their parents never went to college, or maybe they've never been encouraged to believe they could succeed there."


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Montevideo Man Pleads Guilty In Weapons Case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A militia member indicted in what the FBI once characterized as a terror plot to blow up a west-central Minnesota police station has pleaded guilty to weapons charges.
Twenty-five-year-old Buford Braden Rogers of Montevideo entered his plea Friday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.
Rogers pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a firearm illegally and one count of possessing an unregistered destructive device, namely "two black powder and nail devices."
Two other counts, including charges related to possessing two Molotov cocktails and a pipe bomb, are expected to be dismissed at sentencing.
Judge Ann Montgomery ordered Rogers to remain in custody until sentencing. A date has not been set.


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Each November you see them in every yard, political campaign signs. Then after the election, well...into the trash they go. Here is an idea, that will help lower your utility bill each summer...convert these campaign signs into well...solar cookers.
Solar cookers are neat. They can be expensive, or inexpensive if you use recycled materials. You can make them out of cardboard, and glue potato chip bags on the inside (aluminum mylar). Why potato chip bags, well they reflect sunlight much better than aluminum foil.
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Until the forum has shown its competency with the statistics that I gave which showed that blacks target whites for violent crime I am not responding any more.
I am not responding any more.
The idea that you are freethinkers remains as illusory as the validity of empiricism.
A Jesuit priest is a very queer type of person. He is not a normal priest or monk. He is, if he has taken the fourth vow, a sworn assassin. This order was created by the Vatican to destroy the Protestant Reformation and to destroy the cultural and financial well being of Protestant nations, by infiltration, class warfare, racial liberation theology and if needs be, assassination.
In short, it's an excuse so that he can justify not responding. It might be one thing if he'd just be honest about his reasons for withdrawing - that he's tired of continuous argument, or that it's not getting anywhere - but he's not. He's just catering to his own prejudices, anyone who argues with him must not be competent, otherwise they wouldn't be arguing because they'd agree with him.


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When you live in a rental house you have three options...
1. apply to redecorate to your taste
2. decorate around the existing decor
3. apply the art of distraction.
I have taken the third option for my very brown '70's kitchen. The landlord wasn't keen for us to paint (would have been very expensive anyway) and I didn't want to change my style for a temporary home, so distraction it had to be. Luckily these colourful Ñanduti are just the thing! Ñanduti , or spider-web lace, is one of Paraguay's traditional crafts and I just love the incredible detail and intricate designs.
The design is first sketched onto paper and then transferred onto a linen cloth stretched over a wooden frame. Fine cotton thread is used for the weaving and once finished, the lace is carefully cut away form the line cloth and then starched.
|My favourite corner of the kitchen - gorgeous Ñanduti lace and my Nespresso machine!
I purchased my Ñanduti from The Trading Circle which is an initiative to help women in Asia, Africa and South America trade out of poverty - such a great cause.
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ASHTON, Idaho — The Atchley farm in eastern Idaho is 15 miles from Wyoming and 45 miles from Montana at the end of the Snake River Valley.
"My grandfather homesteaded here in 1901. My grandmother homesteaded nearby in 1902. Later they married and combined farms," Clen Atchley says.
Today the main crop is seed potatoes, but they also raise hybrid seed canola and cattle. It's a family farm; daughter Laura runs the potato operation and son-in-law Clay Pichard handles the cattle operation.
"My wife Emma grows the first generation of potatoes in the greenhouse. The next year we plant them in the field as nuclear generation, and increase them to up to G-2 and sometimes G-3," Clen says.
The seed comes from the University of Idaho.
"They have a gene bank of more than 300 varieties," Emma explains. "The university produces plant tissue cultures as a service to the potato industry."
It can take as long as four years to produce the final seed product. Most of the crop is under contract to farmers in Idaho, Washington and Oregon before it's planted.
"With each variety we grow several generations in the field and keep them separate in storage to make sure we don't mix up generations or varieties," she says.
"The certification process for seed potatoes is intensive, run by Idaho Crop Improvement Association, an independent third party," Laura says. "We go through two visual summer inspections; they walk through the fields, marking potential viruses. ... They look for signs of disease, bacteria, chemical damage from spray.
"When we harvest potatoes in the fall, samples from every lot are sent to Hawaii to be tested for any viruses they might have," she says.
"When we load them on trucks to send to growers at planting time, a federal-state inspector is here, cutting potatoes, looking for diseases, making sure the potatoes are making the grade we sold them at," Clen says. "Potatoes are a 13-month-per-year program because we're planting and shipping at the same time."
"We grew 900 acres of seed potatoes, some wheat, and 850 acres of hybrid canola last year. To grow canola seed, you plant males and females. It requires a hive of bees for every acre of canola to pollinate the crop," Clen says.
"We plant a row of males and the equivalent of 2 rows of female plants, and use a grain combine for harvest. You swath the female plants and use beaters to grind up the males so you don't get any of that seed," he explains.
They grow some alfalfa hay for their cattle.
"We've been increasing our cow numbers so we no longer sell much hay," Laura says. "We have 30 registered Charolais cows and the rest are mainly Hereford-Angus crosses." Most of the cows are wintered on a ranch they bought near Hollister in southern Idaho, where there's less snow. They can graze through winter with just a little protein supplement. The older cows and heifers stay on the farm and are fed hay.
She and Clay have two children — Catie 5, and Carter 2. The kids like to tag along, and Catie is starting to drive the feed pickup. The whole family loves what they do.
Clen says his daughter got the same "genetic defect" he got from his dad and grandfather — a love of farming. "We just can't get away from the potatoes!" he says.
Clen and Emma Atchley
Founded: Early 1900s
Crops grown: Seed potatoes, seed canola, wheat, cattle
Acreage: 5,000 acres


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Boreel, Adam (1603-1667)
Adam Boreel, Heer van Duynbeke, born 2 November 1603 at Middelburg in the Dutch province of Zeeland, died 1667. He was learned and skilled in Hebrew. His idea of the nature of the Christian church, viz., that it should be an invisible church without organization or sacraments, was refuted by the Calvinist professors Maresius and Hoornbeek. His tract, Onderhandeling noopende den broederlijcken Godtsdienst aangevangen in presentie der vrienden in Amsterdam, and several manuscripts were preserved by Galenus Abrahamsz de Haan. Bock, in his book, Historia Antitrinitarioram, considers him a Socinian, following Sand's verdict.
In Amsterdam Boreel, together with Daniel van Breen and Michiel Coomans, led the Collegiant movement. There he also met Galenus Abrahamsz de Haan, whom he influenced; to that extent Boreel was significant in Mennonite history. Galenus' idea that the true church could be found nowhere on earth was certainly nurtured by the anti-church views of Boreel.
Benthem, Heinrich Ludolf. Holländischer Kirch- und Schulen-Staat. Franckfurt und Leipzig : Gottschick, 1698.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 246.
Hylkema, C. B. Reformateurs. Haarlem : H. D. Tjeenk Willink & zoon, 1900-1902: v. I-II.
Kühler, Wilhelmus Johannes. Het Socinianisme in Nederland. Leiden: Sijthoff, 1912.
Molhuysen, P. C. and P. J. Blok. Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek, 10 vols. Leiden, 1911-1937: v. VI, 163-165. Available online at http://www.dbnl.org/titels/titel.php?id=molh003nieu00.
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BANGALORE (Reuters) - Infosys Ltd., India's No. 2 software services provider, said Ashok Vemuri, a member of the company's board of directors and head of its operations in the Americas, has resigned.
Vemuri, who was also the company's global head of manufacturing and engineering services, was widely considered to be a contender for the top job at the company when current chief executive S.D. Shibulal's term ends in 2015.
Sanjay Jalona, currently the regional head for manufacturing in North America, will take over as the global head of manufacturing, Infosys said in a statement.
(Reporting By Harichandan Arakali; Editing by Sunil Nair)


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By Brian Kuppelweiser
Big 12 Campus Correspondent
Growing up in Hampton, Va., West Virginia running back Shawne Alston wasn't the best player on his high school football team.
As he says it, he wasn't even the second, third or fourth-best player either.
"From my neighborhood, I was probably the fifth-best football player," said Alston about the talent that surrounded him. "I had a lot of friends that were way better than me at football, but they just got caught up doing other things - illegal things - or just flunking out of school. I knew from growing up in the Hampton and Newport News areas what types of things were going on around me. There were a lot of people that fell victim to those things."
For Alston, though, he knew that playing football was something that could give him a shot at a college degree, as well as the chance of proving those around him wrong.
Alston's road to college football began at Phoebus High, where he rushed for 2,278 yards and scored 34 touchdowns during a senior season in which his team finished the year with a 14-0 record and its second-consecutive state title.
Also starring on that team was current Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd, who initially committed to the Mountaineers prior to the duo's visit to the 2009 spring game.
"The biggest thing for me was the fans when I came up here for the spring game," Alston said of the experience. "The fans were really excited about everything that was going on. I came up here with Tajh, and he was getting a lot of love from the fans. I knew I wanted to be a part of that. I also got very comfortable with coach (Chris) Beatty, who was also going to be my position coach at the time."
Soon after his visit to the spring game, Alston received a scholarship offer from WVU. Boyd, however, would decommit from the Mountaineers and leave one of his friends hanging in the balance.
Despite the events surrounding Boyd, Alston remained firm in his commitment to suiting up for the Old Gold and Blue.
"I never really re-thought my decision because I never made my decision based off of Tajh," Alston said. "I made my decision based off my beliefs and what I had seen at the time. A lot of people and a lot of recruiters tried talking to me after Tajh decommitted from WVU. Most people made it a bigger issue than it really was. I gave my word on where I wanted to come to college."
With the recruiting hoopla behind him, Alston began his first year with the Mountaineers - a year that saw him used sparingly in the WVU offensive attack.
Despite the lack of action on the field, Alston focused his efforts on the classroom and heeded the advice of an uncle that once had the opportunity to play college football.
"My uncle went to college and played football, but I think he failed out in his first year," Alston said. "He always told me that when I got to college I had to grind it out during my first year. If you do everything right during your first year, it's easy to maintain the rest of the way. If you start off at the bottom, you will be fighting to get to the top the whole time. He just kept telling me about his experiences that he faced while he was in college, and I was determined that wasn't going to happen to me."
Also helping Alston was the knowledge of knowing precisely which route he wanted to take when he got to school.
"I did a good job of knowing exactly what I wanted to do," Alston said. "Some people in college go two or three years before they figure out what they want to major in or do career wise. I knew I wanted to be in WVU's criminology program because it was something I was around growing up."
With his uncle's guidance and an unwavering determination, Alston exceeded the expectations around him and not only did well in school, but excelled.
He was named a Big East Academic All-Star and to WVU's Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll on the way to receiving his degree in criminology and investigations in just three years.
"It feels great to have that degree," Alston said. "I don't know a lot of people that have a college degree, especially a lot of my friends from back in Virginia. I felt a sense of accomplishment. Growing up, a lot of people told me I wouldn't graduate high school, let alone college. Just to prove those individuals wrong feels great. It felt good to do something with your life and show people that it isn't just about sports."
With one degree already in his possession, Alston has his sights set on another, as he evaluates the opportunity of attending law school after taking a shot at the NFL.
"I have wanted to be a lawyer since I was about 10 years old," Alston said. "I wanted to take the LSATs prior to the season to get law school started, but coach (Daron) Roberts and director of football operations Alex Hammond, who both have law degrees, advised me to hold off until football was finished because it would be quite the workload. I am definitely going to use them as resources when I get involved with law school in the future."
Alston's accomplishments both on and off the field have not gone unnoticed at WVU. Many of his peers and coaches now look to him for his leadership abilities.
"You definitely want to be able to lean on your seniors from time to time," said running backs coach Robert Gillespie. "He can be a voice for the team. At times, guys can get tired of hearing a coach's voice if we are yelling and grinding on them. It's always good to have older guys like him, because he can say 'hey coach, I've got this."
Mountaineers offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh echoed Gillespie's high praise of Alston.
"Shawne is a great running back, and he showed that last year," Bedenbaugh said. "He believes he's the best player on the field and it sounds a little cocky, but it's how you've got to be to be a good player. Shawne brings confidence out there, which brings confidence in everybody else."
In Alston's eyes, though, all of the praise will never be something that will let him forget where he came from or how hard he has worked to get there.
"It feels great," he said. "This past year is really showing that my hard work has paid off. I have always continually pushed myself, and it feels good to see the results of that."


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BEIJING (AP) — China reported stronger April trade but analysts said export data were inflated and its shaky recovery might be weaker than it looks.
Exports rose 14.7 percent over a year earlier, up from March's 10 percent growth, customs data showed Wednesday. Imports gained 16.8 percent, up from the previous month's 14.1 percent.
That suggested the world's second-largest economy might be improving after an unexpected decline in growth to 7.7 percent in the first three months of the year from the previous quarter's 7.9 percent.
Analysts say, however, that Chinese export data are unreliable, possibly due to companies submitting inflated prices for their goods to evade capital controls and bring money into the country.
"We believe the strong trade growth is not indicative of a growth recovery," said Zhiwei Zhang of Nomura in a report.
Chinese leaders are trying to nurture self-sustaining growth driven by domestic consumption instead of trade and investment, but consumer spending is growing slowly. That has forced Beijing to rely on state-led investment and bank lending to shore up the recovery, which analysts say could be vulnerable if exports or investment decline.
The weaker-than-expected first quarter numbers prompted the World Bank and private sector analysts to trim forecasts for full-year growth, though to still robust levels of about 8 percent.
Louis Kuijs and Tiffany Qiu of RBS said that after factoring out irregularities, they estimated China's exports rose only by about 5.7 percent in April, about 9 percentage points lower than the reported level.
In a positive sign for the economy, Kuijs and Qiu said they saw no obvious irregularities in import data and no reason to inflate the values of goods.
"Reasonable import growth suggests domestic demand has held up better so far," they said in a report.
Surveys by HSBC Corp. and a Chinese industry group showed China's manufacturing growth weakened in April. HSBC said new export orders fell for the first time this year.
China's export data have been under scrutiny since analysts pointed out last year that they failed to match up with its trading partners' lower figures for purchases of Chinese goods.
Wei Yao of Societe Generale cited the example of Taiwan, which reported a 2.7 percent decline in April imports from China while Beijing said exports to the island rose 49.2 percent — a gap of more than 50 percentage points.
"We continue to notice glaring discrepancies between China and its trade partners' data, and so again suggest caution in interpreting the report," Yao said in a commentary.
Last weekend, the Chinese foreign exchange regulator announced it will clamp down on "serious mismatches" between flows of money and goods to stop attempts to evade capital controls.
After that takes effect, "trade growth will likely slow," said Nomura's Zhang.
A Cabinet statement last month promised to improve the role of consumption as a driver of growth. It pledged changes in medical, pension and other policies but gave no details. Analysts say better funding for social programs will be required to free up household budgets for consumer spending.
April's stronger gains in imports compared with exports caused China's reported global trade surplus to narrow by about 1 percent, though to a still-wide $18.2 billion.
China runs a deficit with most of its trading partners, which supply oil, other raw materials and industrial components, and makes up for it by running large surpluses with its U.S. and European export markets.
China's exports to Europe, hurt by the continent's debt troubles, declined 6.5 percent to $25.9 billion and the surplus with the 27-nation European Union narrowed by 32 percent to $7.9 billion.
Trade with some European countries suffered even bigger declines. Germany's imports of Chinese goods fell 7.2 percent and France's by 6.7 percent.
Exports to the United States edged down by a fraction of 1 percent to $28.1 billion while the trade gap with the U.S. narrowed by 13 percent to $14.7 billion.
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Ark. woman sentenced for chaining girl to dresser
Ark. woman sentenced for chaining girl to dresser
BENTONVILLE, Ark. —
A northwest Arkansas woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after she admitted chaining a 5-year-old girl to a dresser.
Jana Bridgeman previously pleaded guilty to permitting the abuse of a minor, endangering the welfare of a minor and false imprisonment. The Benton County Daily Record reported that Bridgeman was also sentenced Monday to an additional three years in prison for violating her probation.
Bridgeman's lawyer, Billy Bob Webb, said his client has accepted responsibility for the incident. Her husband, David Bridgeman, was previously sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Authorities say David Bridgeman told officers that they chained the girl to the dresser because she sleep walks and had gotten into chemicals in the kitchen.


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A drug offender has been given a 12 month conditional discharge after he was caught stealing.
Chesterfield magistrates' court heard on January 27 how Michael Bean, 30, stole three game consoles from Blockbuster's at Matlock but was caught on CCTV and found with drugs.
Prosecuting solicitor Ian Shaw said Bean stole consoles and also had £20 of methylmethcathinone and £20 of heroin. Bean, of Yew Tree Road, Newark, pleaded guilty to theft and possession of meth and heroin after the July incident. Christopher Perry, mitigating, said Bean is progressing with a drug worker. Magistrates sentenced Bean to a conditional discharge. He must also pay a £15 victim surcharge.


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Officials: Man collected $50,000 in sales tax, didn't send to state
Officials: Man collected $50,000 in sales tax, didn't send to state
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. —
State investigators said a Longwood man collected nearly $50,000 in sales tax at his Seminole County auto dealership, but he didn't send that cash to the state.
William Burden, 44, was arrested on a state warrant accusing him stealing the tax dollars he collected from customers.
The Department of Revenue said he failed to send in sales tax collections between 2009 and 2012.
If convicted, he faces the possibility of 15 years in prison and $10,000 in fines. He may also be required to repay the stolen cash with penalties.
Burden ran Palm Trading Group on State Road 434 in Longwood.


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NDSCS presents 2013 Homecoming Honorees
Posted on 9/26/2013
The North Dakota State College of Science will recognize a group of distinguished alumni and friends on October 4, 2013 during the Alumni Awards Recognition at 7 p.m. on the Wahpeton, N.D. campus. Honorees include Terry Goerger, Alumnus of the Year; Max Reinke, Tradition Award; Dale Grosz, Wildcat of the Year; General Equipment and Don Shilling, Friends of the College; Ed and Cathy Uhlich, Parade Grand Marshals; and Sherri Metcalf and Lyle Walen, Commitment to Excellence.
Terry Goerger, Alumnus of the Year, graduated from NDSCS in 1974 upon completion of the Agricultural Mechanics program. After graduation, he began working for the family farming and seed business, which he currently co-owns with his brother, Neil. Goerger is now the president and general manger of Goerger Seed Supply Company, an organization that has been in operation for 57 years. He has been honored by several organizations for his accomplishments and services. Goerger is the recipient of the 4H Key Club National Award, N.D. Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher Award, I Dare You Award and the NDSU Outstanding Agriculturist Award. He has also served as a volunteer fire fighter for the Mantador Rural Fire Department, a N.D. Patriot Guard member, 4H Ambassador and Leader, Cures for Cancer Board Member, NDSCS Foundation 300 Club, Catbacker Club, church cemetery board member, Richland County Spirit of '90s Economic Development Committee, is a member of the St. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church and K of C 4th degree Knight. Goerger and his wife, Carolyn, continue to reside on the family farm in the Mantador area.
Max Reinke, recipient of the 2013 Tradition Award, has been the man behind the NDSCS Athletic Camps for over 37 years. In 1976 he came onto the scene and for the next several years developed the camps into what they have become today. There are now five separate camps: Girls Basketball for grades 6-10, Boys Basketball for grades 6-10, Girls Volleyball for grades 7-12 and two Kiddy Cat camps-Girls Volleyball grades 3-6 and Boys Basketball age four through 5th grade. The primary purpose of continuing the NDSCS Athletic Camps throughout the years has been to educate athletes and to raise money for scholarships. The result? Over $350,000 has been raised for athletic scholarships and donated to the NDSCS Athletic department. Over the years, the NDSCS Athletic Camps have produced over 9,000 young athletes and many stories of parents bringing their child back to participate in the same camp that they themselves had attended years before. This is one of the most gratifying aspects of the many years Reinke has put into the camps and something he truly has enjoyed.
Dale Grosz was nominated as this year's Wildcat of the Year. After serving in the Navy for four years, he enrolled in the Diesel program at NDSCS. Grosz graduated in 1977 with a degree from the Diesel program and again in 1979 with a Business Management degree. He eventually went on to earn his Bachelor's degree from Valley City State College in December of 1996. In 1977 Grosz joined the Coaching Staff at NDSCS and in 1978 took a full-time position in the Diesel department and continued as an Assistant Football and Wrestling Coach. In 1997 he began in his current position as an Admissions Counselor in the Enrollment Services office. Grosz and his wife, Renee, have been married for 36 years and have two children, Joe and Katie.
General Equipment and Don Shilling, General Equipment President, received this year's Friend of the College Award. Both have been long time donors and friends of NDSCS. Over the years, they have been an invaluable resource for when the Diesel department has needed special equipment and/or funds to help the program move forward. Shilling's passion for NDSCS is evident and can be heard every time you have the chance to sit down and talk with him about the Diesel programs or the College in general.
Ed and Cathy Uhlich, Parade Grand Marshalls, have lived a wonderful life together, which fortunately has been intertwined with NDSCS. Ed and Cathy met at NDSCS in 1951 and were married just a year later. Cathy graduated from the College with an Associate's degree in Secretarial Studies in 1951. Ed followed a year later with a degree in HVAC/R Technology. While going to NDSCS, Ed played two years of football for the Wildcats in the pulling guard position. After a brief stay in Garrison, N.D., they moved back to Wahpeton where Cathy became a bookkeeper for her father's business and Ed began a 17-year career using his NDSCS earned skills for Montgomery Wards. He then joined Amoco Oil while continuing his refrigeration and air conditioning business on his own. In 1975 Ed bought out Amoco and created Uhlich Oil. Cathy and Ed are avid Wildcat fans and see just about every home game, whether it's on the court or out on the football field. They are members of the Catbacker Club, and Ed is a long-time board member of the Letterman's Club and has spent the past seven years on the Alumni/Foundation Board. He has been a member of the Jaycees, Chamber of Commerce and has served as the Exalted Leader of the Elks Club in Wahpeton. Ed and Cathy have three children who all graduated from NDSCS: Brian, a 1973 grad, Denise, a 1974 grad, and Will, a 1981 grad. Brian also has a daughter who graduated from NDSCS in 2000.
Sherri Metcalf and Lyle Walen are this year's recipients of the Commitment to Excellence Award. Their support to the Alumni/Foundation and the entire NDSCS campus has not gone unnoticed. Teaming up for the past eight years, Sherri and Lyle have developed a deep sense of pride in the high quality of work that leaves the Print Services department. Being part of a two-person operation, where the day-to-day responsibilities are constantly changing, isn't easy. Sherri grew up in Wahpeton and graduated from NDSCS in 1982 with an A.S. degree in Architectural Drafting and Estimating Technology. After spending a few years as a day care provider and 10 more as a Head Start teacher, she began her career at NDSCS in 2005. Sherri has an artistic talent that can be seen in many of the projects she works on. She and her husband, Marsden, are celebrating 25 years of marriage and reside in Breckenridge, Minn. They have four children: three sons, Dean, Ryan and Cody, and a daughter, Aly. Lyle attended NDSCS and graduated in 1980 with an A.S. degree in Graphic Arts. He worked at Knight Printing for 10 years and another 10 years as a press operator for the Fargo Forum. Lyle is now in his twelfth year at NDSCS. Anyone that has ever worked with him on a project will confirm that friendly and helpful attitude he brings to campus every day. Lyle has three children: Tayler, a senior at Oregon State University, Cassidy, a student at NDSU and Gunnar, a senior at West Fargo High School.
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Worst Couple: Pity & Spittle
She has spent the last 5 years trying to be known as something other than the TV Girl and the ex Mrs Pitt. Bless Ricky Gervais for introducing her as Rachel from Friends. BLESS HIM SO HARD.
Oh and she felt it. Right up the slit in her leg she felt it.
Jennifer Aniston wore another black dress, this time with mismatched breasts and a lot of thigh. Why? Because she's 40 AND FABULOUS! Haven't you heard?
40 and Fabulous! is promoting a new for sh-t movie called The Bounty with Gerard Butler. She had to endure him spraying her all night next to her at their table. She did not seem to be enjoying it much by the time they were introduced on stage. For the cameras however she let her legs do the talking. They are very nice legs indeed. And her body is, as always, the tightest sh-t ever. But the most poignant moment of the evening came when she wistfully looked up at Sandy B, accepting for The Blind Side, and wondered:
Will that ever be me?
Oh honey. You will always have great hair.
Why the Worst Couple? It's HIM. It's his f-cking whining at Billy Bush for making him wait for their interview because they happened to go to commercial. It's his dick splash of a face mugging for the cameras.
Who are you Spittle B? In the presence of George Clooney, what mother-cker, have you done lately?
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Somersworth High teacher arrested after student says he hugged, kissed her
February 19. 2014 5:25PM
SOMERSWORTH - A Somersworth High School teacher has been arrested and charged with three counts of simple assault after a female student told police he hugged her and then kissed her on the neck and hand.
The incident happened Jan. 27, according to police, who arrested Paul C. Blanc, 40, of 123 McKegney Road, Milton, after he turned himself in at the Somersworth Police Department.
Blanc was charged with three counts of simple assault against the student. The charges allege he hugged the student, kissed her on the neck, and then kissed her on the hand. The charges are all Class A misdemeanors, each of which could result in up to a year in jail and or fines.
Blanc was released on $2,500 personal recognizance bail and is scheduled to be arraigned in 7th Circuit Court, Dover District Division, March 6.


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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – So much for that Masters hangover for Jordan Spieth.
In his first big tournament since the 20-year-old Texan tied for second at Augusta National, Spieth had another bogey-free round Friday in The Players Championship and shot a 6-under 66 to trail Martin Kaymer by one shot going into the weekend.
''Very stress-free,'' Spieth said. ''I'd like to have that the next two days.''
Kaymer tied the course record with a 63 in the opening round - becoming the first player with a 29 on either nine - and his encore wasn't too shabby. He treated the second round like a fresh start, lowered his expectations and capped off his 3-under 69 with a pitching wedge to 4 feet on an island green with a back pin on the 17th hole.
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''Everything is coming together nicely,'' Kaymer said.
The 29-year-old German was at 12-under 132. That matched the best 36-hole score on the Stadium Course at the TPC Sawgrass in 20 years, dating to Greg Norman's record-setting performance. Norman made only one bogey that week.
Spieth hasn't made a bogey all week, though he made a couple of tough chips look easy to keep a clean card.
He was still on the practice range when he saw Kaymer finish at 12 under, a score that felt impossible to catch in warm, blustery weather. The grass remained soft on the golf course, however, allowing players to take aim at the flags.
Some players had no choice.
Adam Scott, in his first tournament as a married man, kept alive his hopes of going to No. 1 in the world this week with three birdies in his last four holes for a 67. That was a 10-shot improvement from Thursday and enabled him to make the cut on the number at even-par 144.
Rory McIlroy shot 42 on the front nine and appeared headed home early until making birdie on the 18th hole to salvage a 74 to make the cut.
Not so fortunate was Phil Mickelson. He missed his birdie attempt on No. 18 and had a 70 to miss by one. Mickelson now has missed the cut in the two biggest events of the year - the Masters and The Players.
''I don't feel bad about the game,'' Mickelson said. ''But mentally, I'm just really soft right now.''
Kaymer and Spieth are having a blast - one because he's playing good golf again, the other because that's all he's been doing.
Kaymer is winless dating to the HSBC Champions in Shanghai at the end of 2011. The more good scores he sees, the more often his name is on a leaderboard, the more confidence he gains. Darren Clarke watched it for two days, referring to him as a ''finely tuned engineer.''
Even so, the former PGA champion is hesitant to look beyond the next day. He knows it's tough to follow a record-tying round with anything remotely close. So he lowered his expectations, figuring anything around par would be suitable, and then kept his distance from the field.
''Yesterday was just a very special day for me,'' he said. ''Even though I shot 9-under par yesterday ... if people want to talk negative about it, I then shot six shots worse. But you can always go in the negative. I see very positive things that I backed up that 9-under par with another decent round.''
Spieth was even better.
He had to scramble for par from short of the ninth green and from behind the 10th green. He hit his stride in the middle of the back nine with two shots that were nearly identical - a 6-iron on the par-3 13th that rode the ridge down to about 4 feet, and a 6-iron from 184 yards on the 14th to 3 feet.
''It was a nice break to land and roll to pin-high, because it was a very tricky pin with quite a bit of slope around the hole,'' he said.
Spieth has said he was proud of how he played the final round of the Masters, even with a two-shot lead with 11 holes to play. His game looks every bit as solid at Sawgrass, a course he had only seen while playing a junior event. He finished second in that one, too.
And that's what keeps him going. Asked he if was getting bored being in contention so much, he smiled and said, ''No, because I haven't won one.''
''You should probably have to win every time in order for it to get boring,'' he said. ''But not even Tiger gets bored.''
Russell Henley didn't make a par over his last six holes - three bogeys, three birdies - for a 71 and was in third place at 8-under 136. Sergio Garcia (71), U.S. Open champion Justin Rose (71), Gary Woodland (71), Lee Westwood (71) and Jim Furyk (68) were six shots behind.
The course appeared to be getting slightly firmer by the end of the day. The excitement figures to start on the weekend.


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Virginia revelers try to flee police, fail A Greensboro police officer shot at an SUV as it drove towards him on South Elm Street in the first hours of the new year. Three occupants, all from different parts of Virginia, were arrested after police tried to stop the vehicle in connection to a reported shooting earlier in the evening, according to the police department. Mandatory investigations are being completed into the officer's use of force, and the suspects are being held in Guilford County Jail.
Resident wakes up to break-in, thwarts it An attempted break-in was cut short when a homeowner on Rowe Street woke up to the sound of breaking glass and subsequently found someone trying to enter his residence through the broken window on New Year's Day around 4:30 a.m., but when the suspect fled when he saw the homeowner. No property was taken. The investigation is ongoing, but the only article of clothing described in the police report is a black hat.
Three women stab, rob victim A woman was walking down English Street near Apache Street when three women approached her and stabbed and robbed her after an altercation on Dec. 26 at 9 p.m. The suspect who stabbed and robbed her is described as heavyset and wearing dark clothing. The injuries are non-life threatening and the victim was transported to the hospital.
Man shot as year draws to close Waller Alston Jr. was shot on Tuscaloosa Street at 7 p.m. on New Year's Eve. Officers with the Greensboro Police Department found Alston lying in the street. He was taken to Moses Cone hospital and later died. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 336.373.1000.


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Ex-Morgan Stanley (MS) financial advisors Marlene M. Fowler and Christopher F. Fowler joined the Houston branch of Raymond James (RJF), the broker-dealer said Monday. This is the second Morgan Stanley team–and the second married couple–to join the traditional employee channel of the firm in the past week.
The most recent husband-and-wife team to move to Raymond James does business as the Fowler Financial Group and has managed more than $70 million in client assets and had annual fees and commissions of more than $700,000.
On Friday, another team including a husband and wife came to Raymond James, which is led by Paul Reilly (left); they are Philip T. Maurer, David M. Kushner and Barbara Maurer. The team, M2K Financial, should move with about $146 million in client assets and annual fees and commissions of more than $935,000.
"Clients are sure to benefit from the Fowlers' years of investment experience and the expertise they bring to our Houston office," said Chuck Zimmerman, Houston complex manager for Raymond James & Associates, in a press release. "They have demonstrated a history of serving the interests of their clients ahead of their own, which fits exactly with the Raymond James client-first culture."
Prior to joining Morgan Stanley—where they were both senior vice presidents—the team spent a combined 29 years at A.G. Edwards, where they managed about $100 million in client assets and had annual revenues of more than $1 million. (They left A.G. Edwards when it was acquired by Wachovia in 2007 and moved to Morgan Stanley.)
"We are so proud to be with a firm that shares our core values of ethical corporate behavior and that has produced 100 consecutive quarters of profitability," said Marlene Fowler, in a statement. "Raymond James has a true client-first business approach, and the firm is clearly focused on helping advisors succeed in their practice."
Given their many years of industry experience, the two new Raymond James advisors should be eligible for a new payout grid being rolled out within the employee channel in October 2013.
Raymond James total advisor headcount in the United States was 5,427 as of Dec. 31, 2012, down 25 from the earlier quarter and up 932 from a year ago, when it had 4,495 reps and had not yet acquired Morgan Keegan. (Without the Morgan Keegan reps, Raymond James' U.S. headcount was 4,558 as of Dec. 31.)


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Couple gets their wedding photos with a tornado in the background
Why are people taking wedding photos in the middle of natural disasters? Is this becoming a new photo fad? Last week we had Josh Newton's photos in the middle of a raging fire in Oregon. Today we got Colleen Niska's photoshot with a tornado as the backdrop.


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Feb. 16, 2012
BOSTON — Despite the frenzy, JPK3's not the only game in town. There are currently five candidates for the 4th Congressional seat. Later today, WGBH News' Cristina Quinn will have interviews with the non-Kennedys among them. Here's what they're about in their own words.
Paul Heroux
Age: b. 1976
Hometown: Taunton and Attleboro
Residence: Attleboro
Profession: Master's degrees in public administration, criminology and international relations; writes about foreign policy for the Huffington Post
Political history: None.
Personal life: Engaged, one dog
Platform/slogan: "I am the middle class and I am going to fight for the middle class — for jobs, for education and for a moderate voice of reason in the Congress."
Odd fact: Named "Most Genuine" in his high school yearbook.
Website: paulforcongress2012.com
Social media: Facebook; @PaulHeroux
Source: candidate website
Joseph P. Kennedy III
Age: 31
Residence: Brookline
Profession: Lawyer; assistant district attorney until January
Political history: none
Personal life: Engaged
Platform/slogan: "I believe this country was founded on a simple idea: that every person deserves to be treated fairly: by each other, and by their government."
Odd fact: Co-captain of his college lacrosse team
Website: joekennedy2012.com
Social media accounts: Facebook; G+; @joekennedy; YouTube
Sources: Boston Globe (age, residence, marital status), candidate website
Herb Robinson
Age: High school class of 1970
Hometown: Pine Plains, N.Y.
Residence: Newton
Profession: Engineer at Stratus Technologies
Political history: Ran for Senate in 2011 (left race)
Personal life: Never been married
Platform/slogan: "The socially liberal, fiscally responsible candidate. Say no to big government without saying goodbye to humanity."
Odd fact: Musician; has recorded a CD and donates to the folk venue Club Passim
Website: herbrobinson.us
Social media: Facebook
Sources: candidate website + Facebook page
Sean Bielat
Age: 36
Residence: Brookline
Profession: Major in the Marine Corps Reserve; runs an internet startup
Political history: Challenged Barney Frank for House seat in 2010
Personal life: Married, kids
Platform/slogan: "U.S. Marine, Patriot, Leader, Successful Businessman"
Odd fact: Follows Ayla Brown on Twitter
Websites: seanbielat.com and seanforcongress.com
Social media: Facebook; @seanbielat; YouTube
Sources: Greater Boston interview, Facebook, superpages.com
Elizabeth Childs
Age: high school class of '78
Residence: Brookline
Profession: Psychiatrist
Political history: Commissioner of Mental Health under Romney; member of Brookline School Committee since 2009 and Brookline Town Meeting since 2010
Personal life: Married, kids
Platform/slogan: "Committed to stopping the squabbling in Washington and working for the people because our children deserve a better future."
Odd fact: Owns an Airstream trailer; avid ballroom dancer
Website: childsforcongress.com
Social media: Facebook
Sources: candidate website + Facebook page
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Baylor Professor George Gawrych Honored for Book on WWI Turkish Leader AtatürkMay 8, 2014
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Media contact: Terry Goodrich, (254) 710-3321
WACO, Texas (May 8, 2014) – It may seem that all that can be written about the Great War has been written. But some military leaders have been overlooked, simply out of a lack of translation skills.
George Gawrych, Ph.D., professor of history in Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences, has received the 2014 Society for Military History Award in biography and memoir for his book on the Turkish military and political leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Gawrych's book, "The Young Atatürk: From Ottoman Soldier to Statesman of Turkey," is the first serious publication detailing the life of the military man and statesman.
"Winston Churchill called him a genius," Gawrych said. "He is famous as military commander in WWI, and he was perhaps the most important military commander on the Ottoman side at the Gallipoli campaign."
When the war ended, Atatürk organized a national resistance to the victorious European forces that wanted to divide what remained of the Ottoman Empire. Five years later, he founded the Republic of Turkey and made what were in that time very progressive changes.
"Among his many reforms were changing the alphabet from Arabic to Latin script, abolishing polygamy, and giving women equal rights in divorce, . . . the right to vote . . . and permission to run for office," Gawrych said.
What Gawrych found particularly surprising about Atatürk, "from an American point of view," was his deep interest in the writing and philosophy of Benjamin Franklin, he said. During his primary research, Gawrych came across four pages of notes, written by a young Atatürk while he was still captain, on Franklin's inventions, views on diplomacy and 13 virtues.
With no true study of Atatürk as a military commander turned statesman, Gawrych turned to primary Ottoman sources such as these notes. No other military historian has done what Gawrych did, as the research requires the ability to translate and interpret sources written in both Turkish and Arabic. Sometimes he would take an entire day to read a handwritten one- to two-page document.
About the award, Gawrych said, "you can't dwell on it too long, because there's more to do."
The Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Awards recognize the best book-length publications on military history. The society presents the awards at its annual meeting in the spring after the competition.
Gawrych's book is available for purchase on Amazon.
by Rachel Miller, student newswriter, (254) 710-6805
Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution, characterized as having "high research activity" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The university provides a vibrant campus community for approximately 15,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating university in Texas. Located in Waco, Baylor welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries to study a broad range of degrees among its 11 nationally recognized academic divisions. Baylor sponsors 19 varsity athletic teams and is a founding member of the Big 12 Conference.
The College of Arts & Sciences is Baylor University's oldest and largest academic division, consisting of 26 academic departments and 13 academic centers and institutes. The more than 5,000 courses taught in the College span topics from art and theatre to religion, philosophy, sociology and the natural sciences. Faculty conduct research around the world, and research on the undergraduate and graduate level is prevalent throughout all disciplines. Visit www.baylor.edu/artsandsciences.
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MADRID (AP) — Spanish poet and essayist Jose Manuel Caballero Bonald has won the 2012 Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honor.
Education Minister Jose Ignacio Wert said Thursday the 86-year-old was chosen for the contribution his life-long work has made to enriching Spanish-language literature.
The €125,000 ($167,000) prize generally alternates between Spanish and Latin American writers. Last year, it went to Chilean poet Nicanor Parra.
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First handed out in 1976, previous winners include Carlos Fuentes of Mexico, and Nobel prize winners Mario Vargas Llosa of Peru and Spain's late Camilo Jose Cela.


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Date(s) - 09/01/2014
7:30 am - 12:30 pm
Jordan YMCA
Event Coordinator
Chris Brelage
Jordan YMCA Youth Triathlon
Monday, September 1, 2014
Sign up for the family 5k – "Mooove with the Cows" after Kids TRI for Kids.
$10.00 donation to Pour House – shirt included
The fun race will take place immediately following Kids TRI for Kids!
Sponsored by Chick-fil-A at the Crossing
Click Here for Registration.
Race Letter 2014
Participation awards for 2014:
First Race – 2014 Kids TRI for Kids t-shirt
Second Race – Water Bottles
Third Race – Sling Bags
Fourth Race – Race Belts
Fifth Race – Trophy
Please note: Changes have been made to the distribution of t-shirts with this years triathlon series. Each athlete will receive a 2014 KIDS TRI for KIDS t-shirt at the first race they participate in only. For each subsequent race, a new award will be received as listed above. Goody bags will be given at each race for every participant! Thank you in advance for your patience as we get the word out and tweek Get Me Registered to reflect the changes.
REGISTRATION: Pre-registration should be completed through www.getmeregistered.com, or go to the link provided on www.kidstriforkids.com. To facilitate registration, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that participants also obtain membership with USA Triathlon at www.usatmemberships.com. USAT memberships will be available on race morning, however paperwork will be required (may be lengthy). A field limit is pre-set at 25 children per age-group per gender. If field sizes are significantly larger, additional waves may be added. To register or renew your USAT membership Click Here.
The cost for participation is $30, but there is a $15 late charge if you don't register on line. There will be no refunds if the race is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
RACE PACKET: Packet pick-up will be held on Sunday, August 31st, from 2-4 PM at The Runner's Forum in Carmel (620 Station Drive, Carmel, IN). It will also be held on the day of event before the first wave starts on the north side of the Jordan YMCA outdoor pool under the Registrations tents . Proof of USAT membership must be provided, or new membership paperwork will need to be completed. Youth USAT membership is $15 for a full year.
PRE-RACE MEETING: A mandatory race meeting for all participants and parent/guardians will take place 30 minutes before the first wave start to race. It will be next to the transition area on the pool deck.
RACE DISTANCES: All distances are approximate.
7-8 year olds: 100 meter swim, 1.7 mile bike and 0.5 mile run.
9-10 year olds: 100 meter swim, 1.7 mile bike and 0.5 mile run.
11-12 year olds: 200 meter swim, 3.3 mile bike and 1 mile run.
13-14 year olds: : 200 meter swim, 3.3 mile bike and 1 mile run.
See links below for up to date course maps and descriptions. Course maps and descriptions will be posted at race site on race day.
TRANSITION AREA: After the mandatory race meeting, the transition area will be closed to all spectators/parents and other non-participants. Participants will place all their biking and running gear in the transition area. Parents and spectators are to keep the gate area between the pool and transition clear for participant's use only during the race. The Jordan YMCA race uses two different transition areas. Any items specific to the run will need to be given to the Transition Area coordinator to be transported across the street to the bike-to-run transition.
START: The first wave will start at 9:00 AM on Monday, September 1, 2014, Labor Day. Each age-group wave will then start in waves according to the pre-determined time intervals.
PARKING: Parking will be available north of Northview Middle School. Access to this lot will be from the traffic light on 86th Street. This parking lot will be a greater distance from the start of the race, but will be closest to the end of the race.
SPECTATORS: Spectators will not be allowed in the transition area once racing has started. Spectators will flow from the pool to the bike and run area through the east pool gate locatd in the southwest corner of the pool.
RULES: This race is sanctioned by USA Triathlon. Participants must know and follow the rules posted by USA Triathlon. Visit www. USATriathlon.org for more information. All participants must wear an approved bike helmet while on the bike.
RESULTS: Results will be posted on the Kids Tri for Kids website, www.kidstriforkids.com.
PRIZES: Prizes/medals will be awarded to the top 3 finishers for each gender in every age group. Finisher ribbons will be awarded to all participants.
DIRECTIONS: DRIVING DIRECTIONS: From I-465 on the north side of Indianapolis, take the IN-431/KEYSTONE AVE exit, EXIT 33. Take the ramp toward INDIANAPOLIS. Turn south onto N KEYSTONE AVE/IN-431 S. After one half mile, take the 86TH ST ramp toward NORA/CASTLETON. Keep RIGHT at end of the ramp and go west on E 86TH ST. After about 1.5 miles, turn LEFT onto N WESTFIELD BLVD. End at 8400 Westfield Blvd Indianapolis, IN 46240.
SWIM: The swim will take place in the Jordan YMCA outdoor 50 meter pool. Participants will be started in waves separated by age and gender. They will swim around buoys placed at either end of the pool.
T1: The swim to bike transition will take place in the parking lot on the north side of the pool.
BIKE: The bike course will leave the north YMCA entrance and turn south on Westfield Blvd for about 300 meters. Riders will then turn left into the Northview Middle School entry road at the traffic light. The participants will ride east back towards the tennis center. Once at the tennis center, riders will turn right, or south, as they make a counter-clockwise loop around the North Central Campus. As riders pass by the front or north side of NCHS, they will turn left or back south heading back towards the tennis center. Before they reach the first tennis court, riders will turn right and head back west towards the front of Northview Middle School, but this time they will be riding past the north face of the building.
Please be cautious of speed bumps and sharp turns. The bike course will be closed to vehicular traffic.
T2: The second transition will be on the Northview Middle School entrance drive on the south side of the property.
RUN: The run will be a ½ mile clockwise loop around the Northview MS soccer field and a small field to the north. 99% of this run course is on grass.
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Throughout my travels in the IT industry, I have seen many database designs and it never fails to amaze me how many systems simply ignore the fundamentals of good design. I am not talking about poor designs from an academic point of view; these sub-standard designs don't work because they are a performance, programming, scalability and maintenance nightmare. One of problems I regularly see is implementing an improper key design in a table. In this article, I will discuss each of the crimes perpetrated against proper key design and each law that was broken. Names will be changed to protect the innocent.
The First Law: The primary key is a unique identifier for each row in a table.
The worst key crime is not adding a key at all to a table. What is amazing is that sometimes this will actually work, but I can predict with almost 100% certainty that it will fail at some point in time. Although it may not be efficient, it is possible to fetch the specific record you are looking for without a key defined. The same cannot be true when trying to update a record. In the old days of OLEDB and ADO, when the database driver could not get any key information concerning the Recordset, it would try to create its own key. How did it do this? A WHERE clause was generated with a condition against every field in the Recordset. This was done assuming there were no duplicate records in the table. Basically, under this condition, you had no idea what data was affected. Perhaps there were valid duplicate records. A single row update could change more than one record. Maybe a value had changed since the last dataset read, so that the WHERE clause would filter out all records and no records would be updated. This was the most inefficient and most error prone and bug ridden method you could devise. Fortunately, this "feature" was fixed in ADO.NET. You cannot update data without a key defined.
The Second Law: The primary key should be immutable.
Here is one quick fix to the unique primary key problem that is not recommended. If you want to read or write to a specific row, that row needs a unique identifier that guarantees you are pointing to the record you want. SQL Server has a handy datatype that seems to suit this purpose quite well. The TIMESTAMP datatype provides a unique, sequential number. This datatype does not really represent a date or time. It simply is an 8 byte number that gets larger as time goes on. Why not stick a TIMESTAMP field at the end of table, define it the primary key and be done with it? There are several serious problems with this approach.
The TIMESTAMP data type was designed to control concurrency on data reads and writes. Every time any field gets updated, this field increases in value to the current server timestamp value. If a table has a TIMESTAMP field, the ADO.NET driver can check this value to see if the underlying data has changed since the data was last read. The database driver can then raise an error if updates are being made or you can use this information to determine if data is stale without having to grab all the record data. Unfortunately, this behavior is the last thing you want a primary key to do.
If you are using SQL Server as a relational database (and I hope you are), then you would have relations defined with primary and foreign keys. You would probably also have cascading updates set against the key value of the parent table. In larger systems, it is not uncommon to have dozens of relationships defined. If a TIMESTAMP was used as a primary key, every time any data update on any field is made, the TIMESTAMP would change. This would cause any related table to cascade the key update. The server may have to update many different tables and indexes to retain data integrity. This is a huge amount of extra work the server has to perform that it is perfectly meaningless and unnecessary. It is not difficult to see how this approach can bring a server to its' knees with moderate traffic.
Primary keys should not change when they are created; they should be immutable. This eliminates the cascading updates problem and also prevents a couple others. By specifying a clustered index in the primary key, the records are physically stored in the order of the index. Retrieving and updating the data is much faster. If the key is changed, then the table becomes fragmented slowing down performance. Using immutable keys is a huge consideration for high-performance databases.
The Third Law – Keys are for the benefit of the computer.
I understand that in the bad old days, bytes were expensive and people tried to get as much information as possible stored in as little space as possible (hence the year 2000 problem). Sometimes old habits are hard to break. We all know that all tables require keys, so why not use some of the data stored in the table as the key? People try to use a natural key based on some data elements unique to the data. I have never seen this work properly.
Determining a unique key is difficult. At some point in time, it may appear you have a good candidate for a key. Later as the system grows, you might realize that data changes cause your key to no longer be unique. Since the key is based in real data, it will most likely change over time causing the previous mentioned problems if the key is not immutable. Finding a single field value that is unique can also be a problem, so multicolumn keys are often used. This is a real pain to work with since you have to provide all the values to retrieve a record or you would have to perform multiple joins to get data from another related table.
The argument I hear for using natural keys is that they are easier to read and have some meaning to them. This is precisely the reason natural keys shouldn't be used. I have seen all sorts of wacky schemes to try and generate keys. A typical scheme to generate a key value might be something like:
where 0234 is the branch number, 098 is a sequential transaction number and 08 is the year. The problems with this are obvious. What if the branch or year changes? What if the company grows and there are more than 999 branches? What if two transactions are inserted at the same time and the both generate the same transaction number? Is this stored as a numeric value or a character datatype? This type of scheme is just asking for trouble. If you are ever tempted to use such a method, smack yourself in the head and quickly forget it. If you need some kind of unique system generated reference number, put that in a different column, but don't use it as you key. You will be saving yourself huge amounts of grief in the present and the future.
Keys are not meant to be readable by humans, they are for the benefit of the computer and the developer. If you want to provide human readable data, create views showing the information that you want, but don't store the data in that way.
An interesting side note: This scheme can support a maximum of 9,989,001 transactions per year for 99 years for a total of 988,911,099 transactions. An arbitrary int identity key can support a total of 2,147,483,647 transactions. You can double this with a clever trick of starting with an identity seed value of -2,147,483,648 and incrementing one each time. The computer doesn't care if the key is negative, it's all just numbers. Assuming you choose to store the natural key scheme in an int field, using an arbitrary key allows you to have over 4 times the transactions in the same storage space.
The Fourth Law – Create efficient numeric keys.
Understand your data. Make your keys the correct size. In the goofy example above was used as a key stored in a character datatype (because you want the leading zero to show up), it would consume 18 bytes if stored in a nvarchar field. If you were half careful, this could be stored in a 9 byte varchar field. A int datatype could store this in 4 bytes quite easily. The int datatype is the best performing type in SQL so it is an excellent choice for a key column. The integer variant, bigint and tinyint are also good choices. Choose the size that best meets your data needs. Since we will no longer be using a coding method or actual data to derive a key value, let the computer do all the work and declare it as an identity column that automatically increments to create a unique, sequential value. SQL Server worries about ensuring unique values so you don't have to. Avoid GUID (uniqueidentifier) datatypes since they are difficult to work with and are only necessary under certain replication scenarios.
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