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The Resource Development Committee educates alumnae about the needs of the college through:
- Communicating the financial needs of the school.
- Expanding the base of financial support upon which the success of the institutions depends.
- Increasing the percentage of alumnae that contribute financially to the institutions during each fiscal year.
- Developing and implementing stewardship strategies that demonstrate appreciation for alumnae participation.
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The Physics of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable
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Weatherall, a doctoral student in physics and math at the time of the 2007–2008 financial crisis, delves into the question of how physics and finance came together. In clear, lively prose, he traces the evolution of the mathematical ideas behind derivatives and hedge funds, from the early papers of a student working on the floor of the Paris Bourse at the end of the 19th century to the late fractal geometry founder Benoît Mandelbrot's thoughts on the randomness of cotton prices. Weatherall argues that the blame for the financial collapse lies not with sophisticated mathematical models but with those who misused them. Economists and physicists must work together to prevent future crises.


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The Edwin H. Mookini Library at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo hosts A Night in the Stacks 2010: Creating Legendary Friends with Caren Loebel-Fried, on Friday, November 19, from 5:30-9 p.m.
The community is invited to this fun-filled fundraising event, hosted by UH Hilo Chancellor Donald Straney, Interim Chancellor Noreen Yamane of Hawai'i Community College and Mrs. Esther "Kiki" Mookini, widow of Edwin H. Mookini. Honorary co-chairs are former Mayor Harry Kim, former Chancellors Ed Kormondy and Rose Tseng, and former county Parks & Recreation Director Julie Tulang.
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The Anderson County Lady Bearcats recorded a 59-45 win over Ironwood Ridge of Tucson, Ariz. Friday to advance to the championship game of the Orange County Clash tournament in Anaheim Cal. Anderson will play Eastlake, Washington in Saturday's final.
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By ROBBIE NEISWANGER
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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas forward Michael Sanchez had never made a 3-pointer in his career. He had only attempted two of them, with the last coming in the 2009-10 season.
So guard Mardracus Wade, half joking, told the senior before the game if he had a good look he should load up and let one fly Wednesday night. That's exactly what happened.
"I was happy for him," Wade said. "He made it. It was kind of funny at the same time."
Arkansas' long-range shooting — beginning with the first 3-pointer of Sanchez's career — played a big role in its 97-64 win against Mississippi Valley State on Wednesday night.
The Razorbacks (5-1) knocked down a season-high 11 3-pointers in front of an announced crowd of 6,700 in Bud Walton Arena, leaning on strong perimeter shooting and a disruptive defense to hand the Delta Devils (1-6) their most lopsided loss of the season.
Wade led the Razorbacks with a career-high 20 points, which included 4-for-6 shooting from long range. Guard Julysses Nobles added 16, going 3-for-5. Six different Razorbacks combined to make 11 of 22 on 3-pointers.
"We were taking good shots and hitting them," Nobles said. "As we kept hitting them, we kept shooting them and they were falling."
Arkansas made eight of its 3-pointers during a first half in which the Hogs shrugged off any notion of looking past the Delta Devils toward Saturday's game at No. 8 Connecticut.
Sanchez's surprising shot gave the Razorbacks a 7-0 lead. Nobles made two straight a little later, then Mardracus Wade knocked down his first to give the Razorbacks an 18-3 edge.
"We started off with energy," Arkansas coach Mike Anderson said. "The first group really got us going. We were making shots, sharing the basketball, making the extra pass. ...
"The focus was there. I was really impressed with our focus at the beginning of the game."
Arkansas did have to survive a spurt from Mississippi Valley State, which played at Notre Dame, North Carolina, South Carolina and DePaul during its first six games. The senior-oriented team put together a 12-0 run to cut Arkansas' advantage to 20-17 midway through the half. But Wade ended the stretch with a basket, sending the Hogs on an 11-0 spurt.
The sophomore went on to score 15 of his game-high 20 points in the first half, helping the Razorbacks take a 47-30 lead to the locker room. He made 6 of 7 shots in the half.
"He's playing with a lot of confidence," Anderson said. "He puts the time in, so he's having an opportunity. If you notice, the shots he's getting he's in rhythm. We're making that extra pass and we're getting him in positions where he can knock the shots down. Good players, they knock it down."
Arkansas never let the Delta Devils crawl closer than 16 points in the second half, rolling to its third straight win. It also was the 15th straight nonconference win in Bud Walton Arena, dating back to Jan. 5, 2010.
Wade and Nobles were among five players to score in double figures Wednesday. Freshman Davonta Abron scored 13 points, while guards Rickey Scott and BJ Young added 11 apiece as Arkansas eclipsed its season high for points and shot a season-high 59.3 percent.
But Anderson said the Razorbacks also were solid defensively, too, forcing 15 turnovers with its pressure. It included a 35-second shot clock violation and a backcourt violation. MVSU's mistakes led to 20 points.
"I thought our pressure was great. It was cumulative. It affected them on their shots," Anderson said of MVSU, which shot 31.7 percent in the loss. "Their shots were a lot shorter there at the end. The pressure is not about just stealing the basketball. It's about disruption. We did an excellent job of that."
Arkansas now can look forward to its first road trip of the season — and a daunting one at that. The Razorbacks will play the Huskies in the SEC/Big East challenge on Saturday.
It's the first game against a ranked opponent this season and the first leg of a two-game road trip. Arkansas is eager for the opportunity after taking care of MVSU.
"You've got to look at the opponents you're playing now," Nobles said. "You can't look past them and try to go to a big team. So we just came out there focused and tried to prove a point, try to tell everybody we're ready."


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Steven Spielberg Wanted to Direct James Bond Film
"Skyfall" was released earlier this month and has already grossed $708 million globally, making it the highest-grossing James Bond film ever and on track to possibly break the $1 billion mark.
While promoting "Lincoln," Steven Spielberg was asked whether he would be interested in ever directing a James Bond installments. The director replied: "I went to producer [Cubby Broccoli] and I asked if I could do [a James Bond film] and he said, 'No.' I've never asked again. Instead, I made the 'Indiana Jones' series."
He was then asked if he had the chance to see "Skyfall." "I've seen it once and I'll see it a second time," he said.


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Mitsukurina owstoni
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Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898
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Common Name(s):
Odontaspis nasutus Bragança, 1904
Scapanorhynchus dofleini Engelhardt, 1912
Scapanorhynchus jordoni Hussakof, 1909
Scapanorhynchus owstoni (Jordan, 1898)
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. and Van der Laan, R. (eds.). 2018. Catalog of Fishes: genera, species, references. Updated 29 March 2018. Available at: http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catelog/fishcatmain.asp.
|Taxonomic Notes:
|There is a single extant species in the family Mitsukurinidae.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
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|Date Assessed:
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|Duffy, C.A.J., Ebert, D.A. & Stenberg , C.
|Kyne, P.M., Cavanagh, R.D. & Fowler, S.L. (Shark Red List Authority)
This species is assessed as Least Concern because although apparently rare, it is widespread in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans and is only infrequently taken in deepwater fisheries. It has a sporadic distribution with most records from the Northwest Pacific (Japan, Taiwan) on the upper continental slope. May also be mesopelagic. It is likely to be found in more locations than previously known as deepwater surveys are undertaken in other regions or as deepwater fisheries expand globally. Taken in deep bottom-set gillnet, bottom longline and trawl fisheries; rarely surface drift nets. Also entangled in deepwater fishing gear. Recorded from depths of < 30 m (occasional) to > 1,000 m with reported landings of adults rare suggesting most of the adult population is unavailable to existing deepwater fisheries.
|Range Description:
|Most goblin shark records come from Japan. All Japanese records have been made between Tosa Bay and Boso Peninsula (including Sagami Bay, Suruga Bay, Izu Islands), despite similar fishing gear being used throughout the Japanese Archipelago (Yano 2003). In April 2003 an exceptionally large number of goblin sharks (reportedly 100 to 300) were captured off northwest Taiwan, an area they had been previously unknown from.
The species is likely to occur in more locations than presently known as surveys are undertaken in other regions or as deepwater fisheries expand globally.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Australia (New South Wales, South Australia); France; French Guiana; Guyana; India; Japan; Mozambique; New Zealand; Portugal (Madeira); Senegal; South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape); Suriname; Taiwan, Province of China; United States (California)
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Atlantic – eastern central; Atlantic – western central; Atlantic – northeast; Atlantic – southeast; Atlantic – southwest; Indian Ocean – western; Indian Ocean – eastern; Pacific – southwest; Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – northwest
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|Reported landings from Tokyo Canyon show no trend in abundance (Yano 2003).
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|This is an apparently rare and consequently poorly known upper slope, possibly mesopelagic species. Maximum size is estimated to be 540 to 617 cm total (TL) using regression analysis based on photographs of a specimen taken in the Gulf of Mexico (Parsons et al. 2002). Males are mature at 264 cm TL; female size at maturity is unknown. Pregnant females are unknown but like other Lamniformes the embryos are probably oviphagous and litter size is likely to be small. The smallest known free-swimming individual was about 88 cm TL.
Individuals less than 300 cm TL are occasionally reported inshore or near the surface over deepwater at depths <30 m, and occur to at least 979 m depth. Individuals larger than 300 cm TL have not been collected shallower than about 270 m depth. Maximum reported depth is 1,300 m, however, it is unclear if the specimens referred to in this record were taken on the bottom or in the water column as the trawl was deployed and/or retrieved. The largest reported specimen was tangled in a crab pot at about 1,000 m depth. Most reported captures are of small juveniles taken on or near the bottom over the outer shelf and upper slope. In Tokyo Canyon peak catches of goblin sharks in bottom-set gillnets occur between 200 to 300 m depth. A seasonal peak in catches occurs between December and April, with secondary peaks reported in July and September in some years (Yano 2003). Total catch is low with a maximum of about 30 individuals a year reported. The fishery takes mainly small juveniles less than 150 cm TL. The largest specimens taken in this fishery exceeded 200 cm TL and were also immature (Yano 2003). Goblin sharks collected at similar depths off New Zealand, South Africa and France (Bay of Biscay) have also been juveniles suggesting that the bulk of the adult population occurs outside the depth range, or is otherwise unavailable to most deepwater fisheries.
Their anatomy suggests goblin sharks are a non-vertical migrating mesopelagic species. Although poorly known their diet also suggests a mesopelagic habitat. A large goblin shark taken near the surface off California had been feeding on squid. Juveniles (<150 cm TL) taken off Kaikoura, New Zealand, and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, had been feeding on midwater crustacea (including Macrocypridina castanea rotunda), unidentified teleosts, and squid (including juvenile Teuthowenia pellucida).
Goblin sharks were unknown from Taiwan until 2003, when an exceptionally large number (> 100) were reportedly caught off the northwest coast over two weeks in April by a number of fishers. These captures were reportedly made around 600 m depth, following a strong earthquake centred in the area. One fisher reportedly stated that most of these sharks were male. No measurements or other data are known to have been recorded; however, an unconfirmed length estimate of 350 to 400 cm TL for some specimens was reportedly based upon the size of several jaws (M. and M. Kazmers posting on the Archives of firstname.lastname@example.com, 12 July 2003).
|Major Threat(s):
The goblin shark is a rare bycatch of deepwater fisheries with most captures around Japan. In an unusual occurrence, an exceptionally large number (> 100) were reportedly caught off the northwest coast of Taiwan over two weeks in April 2003 by a number of fishers.
Taken in deep bottom-set gillnet, bottom longline and trawl fisheries; rarely surface drift nets. Also entangled in deepwater fishing gear. Most reported captures are juveniles suggesting that the bulk of the adult population occurs outside the depth range of, or is otherwise unavailable to most deepwater fisheries.
The jaws are sought after by collectors. The jaws of most of those goblin sharks landed in Taiwan during April 2003 were reported exported to the USA. Prices vary with the size and quality of the jaw, and range from US$1,500-$4,000.
|Conservation Actions:
|No conservation measures are in place for this species.
|Duffy, C.A.J., Ebert, D.A. & Stenberg , C. 2004. Mitsukurina owstoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T44565A10907385. . Downloaded on 20 September 2018.
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The latest on Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts in New Jersey and New York:
— The main utility on New York's Long Island, the Long Island Power Authority, says that more than 14,000 homes and businesses still lack power but that most should have it back on by Wednesday. An additional 38,000 won't because of lingering flood damage.
— New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo orders an investigation into how utility companies prepared for and reacted to the storm.
— An attorney files a lawsuit claiming negligence by LIPA and contractor National Grid. It seeks unspecified damages and class-action status.
— New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn calls for more buried power lines, generators at gas stations and other measures to help prepare for future storms.
— Rationing efforts end in New Jersey end but continue in Long Island and New York City, where Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he'll leave the system in place "for a while."
— Cuomo announces expansion of the gradual reopening of a major auto tunnel linking Brooklyn and Manhattan. Cars will be allowed in one tube of the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, until recently known as the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, running one way during rush hours.
— Officials say more than 100,000 gallons of diesel fuel have been recovered after a spill in Arthur Kill, a waterway between New Jersey and Staten Island. They've been using skimmers, a boom and other materials to clean up the 378,000 gallons that spilled.
— The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved more than $127 million in individual assistance in New Jersey in the two weeks since the storm hit.
— Bloomberg announces seven new disaster-relief centers opening in hard-hit areas of New York City, including Queens' Rockaway section, Staten Island and Brooklyn's Coney Island. They'll offer assistance to those still lacking power, heat and hot water and will help people applying for emergency aid and seeking advice on repairs.


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By Tim Kelly
TOKYO (Reuters) - In a presentation beamed to Panasonic Corp offices around the world last week, company president Kazuhiro Tsuga stunned middle managers with the blunt message that their bonuses would be cut by more than a third.
A couple of hours later, he warned investors in Tokyo that Panasonic would lose close to $10 billion in the year to March as it writes down assets and restructures - taking cumulative losses at the 94-year-old firm to nearly $25 billion in five years. Tsuga branded the maker of Viera TVs a "loser" in consumer electronics.
Tsuga's move, and its execution, mark him out as a bold leader who is not averse to taking the tough decisions to turn around Panasonic. With local rivals Sony Corp and Sharp Corp, Panasonic is battling something of a death spiral of crushed demand in an anemic global economy, intense competition, a bloated business portfolio and weakened finances.
Karl Roberts, managing director at AlixPartners, said the mobile gadgets market, a near-duopoly of Samsung Electronics and Apple Inc, is a "winner take all business," but the hope for rivals is that product life cycles can turn over fairly quickly.
"The question for all companies who are not Apple or Samsung is what are their prospects for those distinctive market place developments. What everybody's after is how do we get to that durable success that companies such as Apple have achieved."
Tsuga, 55, who has a liking for muscular cars, preaches survival through tough love.
He warned his managers that businesses failing to earn margins of at least 5 percent would have no place in a re-modeled Panasonic, according to a person at the company who was not authorized to speak about the closed-door broadcast.
After a long career in research and development, Tsuga was appointed to his first senior managerial post only four years ago. That relative inexperience, along with his bluntness, could be among his trump cards, breaking the mould of a Japanese management culture that is reluctant to let individual businesses sink.
His promotion to the top job just four months ago is a bold move by Panasonic, which is Japan's biggest commercial employer with 300,000 staff churning out everything from light bulbs and bicycles to TVs, robotic hair washers and air conditioners. His ultimatum to kill off weak units and beat a path away from consumer electronics to household appliances, car batteries, solar energy and lighting, sets him on an alternative restructuring route to his rivals.
"Tsuga is an unusual person, and I mean that in a good way," said Tetsuro Ii, CEO of Commons Asset Management, a Tokyo-based fund which doesn't own Panasonic stock. "He looks like someone who can get things done."
Under Kazuo Hirai, Sony is doubling down on consumer gadgets, building a future around cameras, games and mobile devices, while Sharp's new chief Takashi Okuda sees survival through convincing Apple and others to buy its advanced power-saving screens, and beefing up capital and customers through a tie-up with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry.
"Japan's consumer electronic makers were great in the 1990s and then lost it," said Mitsuhige Akino, chief fund manager at Ichiyoshi Investment Management in Tokyo. They all now face the same challenge: to restructure and "build products that will sell around the globe," he added.
Tsuga's house cleaning, including not paying a dividend for the first time in more than six decades, comes at a price.
Panasonic shares, already bumping along at multi-decade lows, slumped by almost a fifth on the huge loss forecast, wiping $3 billion off its market value and prompting Standard & Poor's to cut its credit rating to close to junk. On Tuesday, the stock touched its lowest since early 1975 - when Tsuga was still at college.
While the survival of Japan's three big TV makers is not guaranteed, Tsuga's no-nonsense approach to turning around a sprawling electronics giant has been well received by some, with Goldman Sachs reaffirming its 'buy' rating on Panasonic shares and JP Morgan analyst Yoshiharu Izumi saying the writedowns are a sign of a "major shift in corporate mindset".
Tsuga joined Panasonic in 1979 with a degree in biophysical engineering, and was given the job of getting machines to talk with voice synthesizers. His first project was working on an electronic version of the Chinese board game, Go.
For the next 29 years, he was in research and development, building up a portfolio of patents, but developing little management experience. In 1986, he earned a master's degree in computer science from the University of California, Santa Barbara - and drove a Ford Mustang convertible, associates say.
His shift away from cloistered research centers began in 2003 when he was asked to lead talks with competitors and Hollywood studios on establishing a Blu-ray standard for DVDs.
"Tsuga honed the toughness that is indispensable to a manager," during that time, Noriko Fukuoka, an engineer who worked with him, said in a recent in-house magazine interview, adding that Tsuga can "come across as blunt".
In 2008, Tsuga was put in charge of automotive components - just months before the Lehman Brothers collapse tipped the global economy into recession and battered global car sales.
Tsuga's management inexperience was clear in those early days, said an executive who worked with him then. "He was not seen as someone pegged for the top," he added, asking not to be named due to the personal nature of his comments.
As orders dried up, Tsuga toured struggling automakers in the United States and Europe and, in a nod to Panasonic's biggest customer, he bought a Volkswagen Tiguan sport utility vehicle. His appeal, and a cost-cutting drive that eliminated a swathe of middle managers, returned his division to profit within a year. After a stepping-stone year heading the audiovisuals unit, where he shut plasma screen production lines, Tsuga had moved into pole position for the top job.
Installed behind the president's desk, with a large globe alongside, he swiftly slashed headquarter staffing to just 150 from 7,000 to speed up decision making. By April, he wants to have identified almost three dozen of Panasonic's 88 businesses for closure, sale or merger.
Seeking out low productivity units, Tsuga may tackle the industrial devices business, which includes semiconductors, switches and motors. It employs around a third of Panasonic's workforce but brings in only a fifth of sales.
Analysts say the 25 billion yen ($310 million) in cost cuts Tsuga has so far set out for next year aren't enough. He will have to at least quadruple that number, said Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Eiichi Katayama.
"We are waiting eagerly to see a demonstration of Tsuga's management capabilities."
(Additional reporting by Reiji Murai; Editing by Ian Geoghegan)


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First came the sordid details of Alexis Bellino's first marriage and divorce, now more details are starting to come out about the Real Housewives of Orange County star and her husband Jim Bellino.
Interestingly enough, tonight's episode of the hit show will focus more on the couple's creepy relationship. I came across the following story from the site – AbsurdtoSublime which details the extent the Bellinos went to in order to appear on the show and become famous. This allegedly came from a reliable source –
"Alexis and Jim did everything they could to get on this show. They bought a house from Jeana and befriended her. They bought a car from Simon and befriended him. Alexis joined Gretchen's gym and befriended her. They watched the show every week since it's been aired and tried to get as many connections as possible. I do have to say, it worked. Though it was expensive! Fancy houses and luxury cars aren't cheap. Hope they feel it is worth it."
Very interesting. There's another story out about Jim Bellino's past and businesses endeavors. The show simply lists Jim as being a business man with little mention of the exact type of businesses he operates. There have been numerous reports that Jim owns a pawn shop.
According to GossipList, Jim was indicted in 2000 by the Feds for counterfeit autographed sports memorabilia. A source posted the following –
"A James Carlos Bellino, who owned a business called Forensic Document Services, located at 1115 N. Tustin Ave., Orange, CA, was indicted by the Feds in 2000 (3:00-cr-03071-JM: USA v. Bellino) for conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
The accusations involved sales to federal agents of forged sports memorabilia, specifically, baseballs with forged Babe Ruth signatures. The government subsequently deferred prosecution. a short hand way of letting Bellino off without jail time if he paid restitution of almost $30,000, went on probation for a year, and got out of the sports memorabilia business."


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AUBURN, AL (WSFA) - Freshman Jeremy Johnson will make his college debut as Auburn University's starting quarterback during Saturday's homecoming game.
Coach Gus Malzahn made the announcement Friday evening on Twitter. Malzahn said Nick Marshall was not 100 percent after hurting his knee last weekend against Ole Miss.
Malzahn says he has a lot of confidence in Johnson and he is well prepared.
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this sweet loving affectionate cat has showed up in my backyard about 3 days ago. I have been feeding him and caring for him and doing all I can to make him comfortable out there while we look for his owners. He is loving and affectionate and just wants love and attention. I am so hoping to find his owners , He has his claws and I think he is a fixed male. If anyone has any thoughts or ideas of who he might belong to or knows someone who lost an animal please let me know.
I have 2 cats of my own and they are hissing terrible at him which worries me about bringing him in. I made him a make shift outdoor nice place for now but the weather is about to take a turn for the worst and I need to find his home or a home asap.
Bless you for taking care of him. Yes, he does seem like a well cared for pet. Can you post on petluck.ca? If you have a Facebook account people post there and share and share. You never know who is looking. I hope you can find his guardians. The rain is on the way...hopefully he will be able to stay dry and warm at your place. I also have a male cat who would not take well to a "newbie"...you are doing your best...thanks!!!!
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Thank you so much for the kind words.
I have him up on facebook, petluck and craigslist so far I am going to put him on as many as I can to help him.
I wish I knew if he was ok. He seems ok, I ran a flea brush through him and he seemed clean, inside his mouth though i seen some red spots so I am not sure what that could mean, he has a healthy appetite and he likes to be loved and held.
Since he is fixed I am sure he was someone's pet at some point. I just don't know enough about his health to bring him in just yet.
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For now he has a ton of patio furniture to sit on and we've made a makeshift home outside under our porch for him to shelter from wind and rain , we put a big comfy lawn chair there and blankets as well as pillows, clean food and water as well.
We are praying someone is missing this sweet darling.
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Former Liz Claiborne Explores Sale of Juicy, Lucky
The company once known as Liz Claiborne has whittled itself down to a third of its former self. Now it may be whittling down some more.
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Child found hurt at NC motel dies; man arrested
Child found hurt at NC motel dies; man arrested
Authorities say a 4-year-old child has died a day after being found injured in a mountain motel.
Jackson County deputies said the child died Saturday. The child was found by authorities responding to a 911 call Friday at Qualla Motel in Whittier.
Deputies arrested 23-year-old Eric Davis and charged him with child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury. He is being held in jail on a $1 million bond, and authorities plan to review autopsy results on the child and other evidence before deciding whether Davis should face more charges.
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AS A JUNIOR IN 2010-11: All-West Coast Conference Honorable Mention selection … won her first collegiate tournament, the two-round 2010 SCU Colby Invitational with rounds of 75 and 74 … named the West Coast Conference Women's Golfer of the Month for October 2010 ... tied for 6th at the Firestone Grill Cal Poly Invitational shooting rounds of 76, 80, and 75 … tied for 12th at the Circling Raven Collegiate Invitational with a season-low round of 73 followed by rounds of 76 and 77 … finished 14th at the WCC Championships with rounds of 80, 75, and 80 … tied for 28th at the Juli Inkster Spartan Invite shooting rounds of 73, 84, and 76.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2009-10: Named to the All-West Coast Conference First Team after a strong sophomore campaign … finished 10th at the WCC Championships with rounds of 80, 80, and 82 … finished 13th at the Firestone Grill Invitational shooting rounds of 77, 80, and 80 … tied for 23rd at the Fresno State Lexus Classic with rounds of 77, 78, and 74 … tied for 24th at the UC Irvine Anteater Invite with rounds of 77, 79, and 76 … tied for 26th at the Juli Inkster Spartan Invitational shooting rounds of 79, 79, and 73 … competed in all seven events for the Broncos.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2008-09: All-West Coast Conference Honorable Mention as a true freshman … tied for 9th at the two-round Sacramento State Invitational with scores of 80 and 78 … tied for 13th at the WCC Championships with rounds of 78, 82, and 78 … tied for 19th at the Cal Poly Coast BMW College Challenge shooting rounds of 83, 80, and 80 … tied for 21st in the one-round Braveheart Classic with a score of 81 … tied for 23rd in the two round Bronco Fall Invitational with scores of 74 and 81 … competed in all eight events in her freshman season.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2008 graduate of Hawaii Preparatory Academy... recipient of her team's MVP award, Coaches Award and was named Most Improved Player ... participated as the "mulligan player" at the 2008 ACE Hardware Shootout for the Children's Miracle Network, which aired on the Golf Channel ... also played second base on the softball team ... played both golf and softball in the same season as a senior.
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What about the beer?
Last Sunday, I was invited by friends to celebrate the yearly tradition of watching the NFLChampionship play-off games backto back. On the way to the party, I entertained profound and lofty thoughts about the football season officially ending in two weeks. The end of the season presents a problem of monumental proportion that annually rears its ugly head, and this year is no exception.
The problem with the season ending is that without football, a tremendous void is created - particularly on the weekends. Football provides the perfect excuse to spend every Saturday and Sunday afternoon, Sunday night, Monday night, and sometimes Thursday, hanging out with couch potato friends and swilling beer. If you don't believe me, just check out the beer commercials on TV and they will attest to my hypothesis.
I had yet to resolve this serious dilemma when I arrived at my destination. The hosts lived in a well-appointed oceanfront home equipped with the latest giant, flatscreen, high-definition television complete with surround sound. From every corner of the room, the bone-crunching hits, groans, expletives, and thumps were as audible as if our little gathering were on the field itself. The awesome system was custom-built into an entertainment center in a theater room that most film production companies would envy.
I couldn't believe I was actually watching the games from probably the best possible seat on the planet, bar none. The only way to get closer would be to stand in the huddle, on the field, next to the quarterback. In addition, other televisions and monitors had been strategically placed throughout the house so the games could be viewed in other areas where guests might gather. The place was football fan heaven on earth.
When I thought nothing could possibly improve this perfect venue, the hosts served a smorgasbord of tasty delicacies, fine wine, and other libation designed to titillate the palate of the most discriminating epicurean.
The affair was a civilized social event that if photographed, would have been published in one of those magazines you find in the waiting area of an upscale salon.
Even the guests were perfect. They were a study in sartorial splendor. The women's attire was strictly haute couture with designer heads and bodies to match. The men were equally coifed. The scene was like being in a beer commercial. However, there was one difference - there was no beer. Oh no - not at this party. This was definitely not a beer-swilling crowd.
The ladies drank fine wine or vitamin-vodka concoctions from crystal goblets, while the men savored the bouquet of vintage cognac in warmed snifters. The only six-packs found here were in the abdominal areas of people who obviously spent serious time with personal trainers. Nonetheless, the party was still football heaven, only without the beer.
When a beer commercial flashed across the TV screen between plays, it looked as if it could have been shot in the very room where I was sitting. The only difference was that the actors held bottles of beer in the commercial, while at the real party, guests sipped cocktails and wine. The operative word in the previous sentence is "held." I almost forgot, in America, the land of the free, beer cannot be consumed on television, lest people be inspired to actually drink an alcoholic beverage.
It's quite all right to show beautiful people enjoying a party in an opulent setting that is somewhat unrealistic for most working-class folks, as long as they don't actually take a sip from the bottle of beer they are holding with the label conspicuously turned toward the camera so it can be easily read. I guess it's obvious to everybody but me why that would deter people from (Gasp!) drinking beer. I suppose the logic is: As long as the beer does not pass over the actor's lips, viewers will not be encouraged to drink alcohol.
You will see beer bottles raised, but two frames before one touches a human lip, there is a cut to a different scene. Did the writers of this inspired piece of legislation think it would make people buy cases of beer so they could serve it to a gathering of their closest friends and not drink it? Please, say it isn't so. Are they aware that the rest of the civilized world laughs at us because of strange laws like this? If the legislation is working, why do we have so many alcoholics in this country?
Land of the free . . . hmmm . . sometimes I wonder. Maybe beer commercials are scenes from football fan hell? It's a place where friends gather to watch the Super Bowl and they have access to an endless supply of beer. The only rule is, they aren't allowed to drink it. What a nightmare. I guess censorship laws are yet another part of this system we can't understand.


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TUSCALOOSA | It will be of little consolation to Chance Warmack if he slips in the first round of the NFL Draft because of the position he plays, but the former University of Alabama offensive guard just might be the best pro prospect in the country.
TUSCALOOSA | It will be of little consolation to Chance Warmack if he slips in the first round of the NFL Draft because of the position he plays, but the former University of Alabama offensive guard just might be the best pro prospect in the country.
ESPN draft analysts Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay each heaped significant praise on Warmack last week, but McShay's description of Warmack as perhaps the best player available regardless of position was no doubt the most glowing.
"Chance Warmack may be the best player in this draft, forget positions, just in terms of grade," McShay said. "He graded out the highest of any player I did in the preseason. And he's still right there with the highest grade."
Unfortunately for Warmack, offensive guard is not a premium position for NFL clubs, and that means the draft could be well into the first round before a team with a glaring-enough need for a guard sees fit to spend its first pick on one. Kiper said he has graded Warmack as the ninth-best player available in the draft but suggested his position caused him to slide.
McShay indicated the Arizona Cardinals or Buffalo Bills, with the seventh and eighth picks, respectively, might be teams with a top-10 pick compelled to draft a guard.
Another guard prospect McShaw and Kiper described as "elite" is North Carolina's Jonathan Cooper. Both believe it's conceivable for Cooper to be the first guard drafted, but both have rated Warmack slightly ahead of Cooper at the position.
"They are different styles of players. Warmack is a dominant, power guy. Cooper is the athlete, he gets down the field making a block, can pull and trap and do lots of things," Kiper said.
Kiper said another top prospect from the Alabama offensive line, tackle D.J. Fluker, should be a first-round pick as well.
"I would be shocked if come April 25 he's not in the first round mix. I think he's a heck of a football player. People keeping saying, 'Well, he's not a great pass-blocker,'" Kiper said. "Well, at right tackle, if you watch some of those games, against some skilled pass-rushers, he did a heck of a job. He's got incredibly long arms, he's got good enough feet and he's certainly a dominant run-blocker."
Kiper projects Fluker to be chosen by the Chicago Bears with the 20th pick.
Cornerback Dee Milliner is expected to be the first Alabama player drafted, most likely in the top 10 picks. Kiper projects Milliner as the Philadelphia Eagles' choice with the fourth pick.
"Not the elite skill set, but that doesn't mean he won't be a heck of a player. ... You think about where Dee Milliner is right now, as the fourth pick overall to Philadelphia. That's where I project him. Fifth pick to Detroit, sixth pick to Cleveland. That's where he's going to go," Kiper said. "Somewhere in that range. ... He's more fundamentally sound. He's a guy coached well technically by Nick (Saban)."
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At my company, users often had a difficult time locating and connecting to printers near their office or meeting room. To eliminate this problem, I set up Internet printing on our print server and created a map that people can use to locate and connect to printers.
Setting up Internet printing is straightforward. However, to use Internet printing, your print server needs to be running IIS. Our print server is running Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6.0. To enable Internet printing in IIS 6.0, you just need to open IIS, choose Web Service Extensions, select Internet Printing, and click Allow.
Once you've enabled Internet printing, you can get a nice overview of all your printers in the print server's web page at http://PrintServerName/printers, where PrintServerName is the name of your print server. Each printer has a link. Clicking a printer link brings up that printer's web page. As Figure 1 shows, you have options to get detailed information about that printer and options to monitor and manage it.
Figure 1: Sample printer web page (click to enlarge)
If you click the Connect option, then click Yes in the Add Web Printer Connection dialog box, the print server installs the appropriate printer driver and adds the printer's icon to the Printers folder on your computer. You can then use the printer as if it were attached to your computer. Note that if the print server's web page is in a Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) zone whose security settings are set to medium-low or lower, Windows creates a remote procedure call (RPC) printer connection, which is preferred in an intranet scenario. Otherwise, Windows creates an HTTP printer connection.
On the map, which is posted on our intranet, the printer locations are marked with hot spots, as Figure 2 shows.
Figure 2: Map showing the location of printers (click to enlarge)
Hot spots are hyperlinks on an image. They can be shapes (e.g., circles, rectangles) or text. On our map, users can get a brief description of the printer when they hover their mouse over a printer hot spot. When users click a printer hot spot, they're asked whether they want to add a printer connection to that printer. If they click Yes, the print server installs the that printer's driver and adds the printer's icon to the Printers folder on their computer. They can then use the printer as if it were attached to their computer.
To create a map, you first need to obtain some URLs from the printer web pages. On each printer web page, right-click the Connect option, and choose Copy Shortcut to get the URL. Paste the URLs in a text file. Then, create an HTML page that maps the printers' locations. With a floor plan in .bmp format, it's easy to create a printer map HTML page using Microsoft FrontPage. Using the URLs you copied, create hot spots for each printer location. If you want a hot spot to display a brief printer description when a mouse hovers over it, be sure to add that description to the hyperlink properties. Make sure you have the appropriate security settings on the printer objects.
You can find more information about setting up and using Internet printing in the Microsoft white paper "Printing Effectively with Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) 1.0". For more information about creating hot spots in FrontPage, see the "About hot spots and image maps" web page.


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The Tennessee Valley Authority is the nation's largest public power provider and a corporation of the U.S. government. TVA was established by Congress in 1933 to address a wide range of environmental, economic, and technological issues, including the delivery of low-cost electricity and the management of natural resources. TVA's power service territory includes most of Tennessee and parts of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and Virginia, covering 80,000 square miles and serving more than 9 million people. TVA sells electricity to 155 power distributor customers and 56 directly served industries and federal facilities.
Initially, federal appropriations funded all TVA operations. Appropriations for the TVA power program ended in 1959, and appropriations for TVA's environmental stewardship and economic development activities were phased out by 1999. TVA is now fully self-financing, funding operations primarily through electricity sales and power system financings.
A short history of TVA
President Franklin Roosevelt needed innovative solutions if the New Deal was to lift the nation out of the depths of the Great Depression, and TVA was one of his most innovative ideas. Roosevelt envisioned TVA as a totally different kind of agency. He asked Congress to create "a corporation clothed with the power of government but possessed of the flexibility and initiative of a private enterprise." On May 18, 1933, Congress passed the TVA Act.
From the start, TVA established a unique problem-solving approach to fulfilling its mission: integrated resource management. Each issue TVA faced — whether it was power production, navigation, flood control, malaria prevention, reforestation, or erosion control — was studied in its broadest context. TVA weighed each issue in relation to the whole picture.
From this beginning, TVA has held fast to its strategy of integrated solutions, even as the issues changed over the years.
Even by Depression standards, the Tennessee Valley was in sad shape in 1933. Much of the land had been farmed too hard for too long, eroding and depleting the soil. Crop yields had fallen along with farm incomes. The best timber had been cut. TVA built dams to harness the region's rivers. The dams controlled floods, improved navigation and generated electricity. TVA developed fertilizers, taught farmers how to improve crop yields and helped replant forests, control forest fires, and improve habitat for wildlife and fish. The most dramatic change in Valley life came from the electricity generated by TVA dams. Electric lights and modern appliances made life easier and farms more productive. Electricity also drew industries into the region, providing desperately needed jobs.
During World War II, the United States needed aluminum to build bombs and airplanes, and aluminum plants required electricity. To provide power for such critical war industries, TVA engaged in one of the largest hydropower construction programs ever undertaken in the United States. Early in 1942, when the effort reached its peak, 12 hydroelectric projects and a steam plant were under construction at the same time, and design and construction employment reached 28,000.
By the end of the war, TVA had completed a 650-mile (1,050-kilometer) navigation channel the length of the Tennessee River and had become the nation's largest electricity supplier. Even so, the demand for electricity was outstripping TVA's capacity to produce power from hydroelectric dams. Political interference kept TVA from securing additional federal appropriations to build coal-fired plants, so the utility sought the authority to issue bonds. In 1959, Congress passed legislation making the TVA power system self-financing.
The 1960s saw unprecedented economic growth in the Tennessee Valley. Farms and forests were in better shape than they had been in generations. Electric rates were among the nation's lowest and stayed low as TVA brought larger, more efficient generating units into service. Expecting the Valley's electric power needs to continue to grow, TVA began building nuclear plants as a new source of economical power.
1970s and 1980s
Significant changes occurred in the economy of the Tennessee Valley and the nation, prompted by an international oil embargo in 1973 and accelerating fuel costs later in the decade. The average cost of electricity in the Tennessee Valley increased fivefold from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. With energy demand dropping and construction costs rising, TVA canceled several nuclear plants, as did other utilities around the nation.
To become more competitive, TVA began improving efficiency and productivity while cutting costs. By the late 1980s, TVA had stopped the rise in power rates and paved the way for a period of rate stability that would last for the next decade.
Energy conservation became an economic necessity for homeowners and businesses alike, and TVA became a national leader in promoting energy conservation.
As the electric-utility industry moved toward restructuring, TVA began preparing for competition. It cut operating costs by nearly $800 million a year, reduced its workforce by more than half, increased the generating capacity of its plants, stopped building nuclear plants, and developed a plan to meet the energy needs of the Tennessee Valley through the year 2020.
At the same time, TVA continued to provide its core product — wholesale electric power — competitively, efficiently and reliably. It aimed to set a standard for public responsibility against which private companies could be measured. It also moved to more flexible contracts with its distributor customers to meet their needs in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
In 1998 TVA unveiled a new clean-air strategy to reduce the pollutants that contribute to ozone and smog. Additional control equipment was added to help states and cities in the Tennessee Valley meet new, more stringent air-quality standards while providing greater flexibility for industrial and economic growth in the region.
TVA continued to strengthen its position as an energy leader in price, reliability, efficiency and environmental stewardship as it helped lead the utility industry into the 21st century.
During the first decade of the 21st century, TVA continued its focus on energy, environment and economic development while adapting to changes in its business environment and governance structure. TVA introduced the first green power program in the Southeast when it launched the Green Power Switch® program on Earth Day 2000.
In 2004, the corporate governance structure was changed by Congress for the first time in TVA's history through legislation that established a nine-member part-time board in place of the three-member full-time board. The first directors nominated under the expanded-board legislation took office in March 2006. To meet growing power demand, the last of the three reactor units at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant was returned to service as scheduled in May 2007. The plant was honored the following month with a visit by President George W. Bush, who spoke about the importance of nuclear power in the nation's energy future. In August 2007, plans were approved to complete construction of Watts Bar Nuclear Unit 2. TVA established an environmental policy in 2008 supporting the production of cleaner and still-affordable electricity with objectives to lower carbon emissions and work in partnership with stakeholders to further the region's environmental quality.
On Dec. 22, 2008, a storage pond dike failed at the Kingston Fossil Plant in East Tennessee, releasing about 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash, covering about 300 acres, mostly TVA-owned land, and spilling into the Emory River. TVA, local, state and federal agencies responded diligently. Plans were put into action to restore and improve the affected area and eliminate wet storage of ash at TVA fossil plants.
In 2010, TVA adopted a bold corporate vision to become one of the nation's leading providers of low-cost, cleaner energy by 2020. With this vision, TVA is working to improve its core business in the areas of low rates, high reliability and responsibility, and meet the region's needs for the future through three specific goals:
- Lead the nation in improving air quality
- Lead the nation in increased nuclear production
- Lead the Southeast in increased energy efficiency
TVA is pursuing its vision for 2020 while staying focused on its service-based mission: delivering reliable, low-cost electricity, environmental stewardship, river management, technological innovation and economic development across the region.
In 2011, an integrated resource plan, TVA's Environmental and Energy Future, was completed to help guide decision-making for fulfilling the goals to achieve the vision. In November 2011, plans were approved for completing one of the two partially built reactors at the Bellefonte nuclear plant site by 2020. The transmission system achieved 99.999 percent reliability in 2011 for the 12th consecutive year. Since 2010, energy efficiency initiatives by TVA and local power companies have reduced electricity consumption by 765 gigawatt-hours, which is the equivalent energy to power 50,000 area households for an entire year.
TVA affirmed its commitment to improve the region's environment. Under agreements with the Environmental Protection Agency and others in 2011, plans were adopted to retire 18 of TVA's 59 coal-fired units by the end of 2017. Since 1977, TVA has invested more than $5.3 billion in clean air technology, achieving a 90 percent reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions and more than 86 percent for nitrogen oxide emissions. Under the agreements, sulfur dioxide emissions will be reduced further to 97 percent and nitrogen oxide emissions to 95 percent below peak levels. In early 2012, an assessment of the work remaining to complete Watts Bar Unit 2 established a schedule for completion by December 2015.
TVA's economic development efforts continue to support sustainable growth. TVA works with its customers and strategic partners to grow the region's industrial base and support the retention and expansion of existing businesses and industries. Since 2005, TVA economic development support has helped to create or retain more than 300,000 jobs and $32 billion in business investment in the region. TVA's strategic work to attract and retain jobs has earned a top 10 ranking for economic development among North America's utilities by Site Selection magazine, a national publication, each year from 2006 through 2012.
More on TVA history
The New Deal Network website has a wealth of information about the early days of TVA.
The website's partners and sponsors include the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, the Institute for Learning Technologies at Columbia University, and IBM.
The site features photographs and texts—including speeches, letters, and other historic documents—from the New Deal period. One of the primary links is "TVA: Electricity For All." It includes information on the origins of TVA, the people who built the dams, the changes that electricity meant for the region's residents, and Lorena Hickok's "Letters from the Field." (Hickok was a journalist who traveled through the Valley in June 1934 recording her impressions of area residents' reactions to TVA for Harry Hopkins, one of President Roosevelt's closest advisers, and Eleanor Roosevelt.)
For more information on TVA's history, contact Patricia Bernard Ezzell, TVA Historian, by sending an e-mail to her attention at firstname.lastname@example.com or calling her at 865-632-6461.
Read archived issues of the TVA Heritage column here.


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http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100000 ... m-contract
IMO, this is 10 times the move that signing Steven Jackson is.
Decimation wrote:Wow 2 years? That's a shocker to me.
kearly wrote:I don't think Atlanta is much of a contender, but I do think they'll win another 11 or so games next year. Great offense = more regular season wins. Kind of sucks that we draw them in Atlanta next year. It could prove to be a big game in terms of seeding. Atlanta was really tough in their building last year, and knowing the NFL, they'll make it a 10 am game again.
Scottemojo wrote:Decimation wrote:Wow 2 years? That's a shocker to me.
The odds are strongly against him playing two years. this just allows them to roll some of his cap hit to next year as they are a bit against the cap right now.
Seaswab wrote:So we all had to cry for him last year and now he comes back. Typical


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Longtime Deer & Deer Hunting contributor Richard Smith recently won first place in the book category in an annual writing competition sponsored by the Michigan Outdoor Writers Association.
Smith, one of the first members to join the Stump Sitters Whitetail Study Group when it went public in the early 1970s, won the award for the 4th edition of his popular series, "Deer Hunting."
Smith is a former D&DH field editor and one of the most successful whitetail hunters
in modern history.
Richard sells autographed copies through his website, www.richardpsmith.com. Those who are not computer savy or want to pay by check or money order can send payment of $35, which includes postage, to: Richard Smith, 814 Clark St., Marquette, MI 49855.


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NHL notes: Portland poised for NHL bid?
Move over Quebec City, you just might have a little competition.
Following Greg Jamison's unsuccessful bid to meet this week's deadline to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes under the terms of the lease agreement the 'Yotes have with the City of Glendale, there are whispers that a new relocation bid is taking shape.
Not only did a city councilor tell The Arizona Republic this week that a new bid has emerged, but multiple sources have indicated that the new bidder might be Calgary-based Portland Winterhawks owner Bill Gallacher.
According to FOX Sports Arizona, Gallacher could be looking to purchase a controlling interest in an effort to move the 'Yotes to Portland, where an NHL-ready arena awaits.
Working against Gallacher right now is the fact Jamison assured Phoenix fans Thursday he'll continue his mission to purchase the Coyotes under a different plan.
In addition, league commissioner Gary Bettman confirmed the league is dedicated to keeping the team in Glendale.
St. Louis Blues forward Chris Stewart says he picked up a hand injury during a scrap with Columbus Blue Jacket Derek Dorsett Thursday night – but it wasn't from throwing punches.
No, it came as a result of something much grimier – and the 25-year-old insists he has the marks to prove it.
"Yeah, he bit me," Stewart told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "Want to see the teeth marks?"
Although Dorsett denied the claims, Stewart was seen jawing back and forth with Dorsett as the pair went to the sin bin, even pleading his case with officials.
"We were chirping back and forth," Dorsett told the Columbus Dispatch after the game. "I have no idea what he was saying."
Marc Staal, a player who missed significant time last season due to a concussion, is accusing Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin of chopping him in the head.
During the first period of Thursday night's game, after taking Malkin to the ground following a whistle, the New York Rangers defenceman claims the Pens' leading scorer swung his stick at his head.
"He tomahawked me right on top of the helmet," Staal told the Bergen Record. "He dazed me. I don't know how that's not called."
After missing 36 games last year, "dazed" likely isn't a word Rangers head coach John Tortorella wants to hear.
Nonetheless, Torts declined comment Friday, even after video replay showed Malkin's stick flying dangerously high on the play.
The Colorado Avalanche on Friday placed captain Gabriel Landeskog on injured reserve. Landeskog has been out since taking what he termed a "clean" hard hit from San Jose Sharks defenceman Brad Stuart on Jan. 26. "I thought it was a hard hit," he told NHL.com. "I haven't seen it but I think it was a clean hit or felt like a clean hit." … Detroit Red Wings defenceman Ian White is hoping to return from a leg laceration that has forced him out of Detroit's last three contests. "I was skating for a few days now, felt fine," White told MLive.com. "The doctor explained if you fall and that leg jackknifes it'll blow everything up in there." The Wings travel to Columbus Saturday night.


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Montana's 2013 hunting and fishing licenses—including conservation, fishing, spring black bear and turkey, upland game bird, deer and elk hunting licenses—will be available Jan. 14 online, at all FWP Regional offices and from all license providers.
March 1 begins the new 2013 license year for Montana hunters and anglers.
Late season river and ice anglers and some hunters are reminded, however, that a 2012 license must be used through Feb. 28. New licenses for 2013 do not become valid until March 1.
Most 2013 licenses will be available on the FWP webpage at fwp.mt.gov, click "Buy A License".


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Becoming a college student is an exciting time that brings many adjustments and challenges. Students come to the Wellness Center to talk with us about their feelings, concerns and choices they face during their college years. We are here to listen, support, and help you to make the most of your educational experience.
Why Visit the Wellness Center?
You do not have to have severe problems to come to the Wellness Center. The Center is available for supporting students who may be dealing with a variety of levels of concerns and needs — whether it be a single check-in session to address a situational issue or a more committed, developmentally focused therapy to address more complicated concerns, build effective coping, stress and self-management skills, establish and maintain healthy self-care, enhance resiliency, address self-sabotaging patterns, reduce risks, recognize and maintain healthy choice making and enhance meaningful, more secure connections with others. We also are available for crisis consultations, assessments and referrals.
The Wellness Center is For Everyone
In addition, we strive to foster a healthy, caring college community that serves the personal development of its members. The Center recognizes the value of diversity in the JSC community —embracing and celebrating the range of ethnic and racial backgrounds, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, socio-economic backgrounds, and physical and mental abilities of the Johnson State College community.
Free and Confidential
We frequently meet with students, faculty and others who are worried about students, friends, or roommates. We can help understand what the problems might be and how the concerned other can intervene. These and our other services are confidential. Wellness Center services are covered via JSC institutional support, so students have no insurance or co-pay fees.
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In the event that a crisis occurs after our regular business hours, students usually seek assistance from Residence Hall staff who connect them with the local Community Mental Health Crisis Services at 802-888-4914, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. or at 802-888-4231, 4 p.m.- 8 a.m. & weekends


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U.S. stocks rose, giving the Standard & Poor's 500 Index its best weekly gain since July, as results from Google Inc. topped estimates and speculation grew that the Federal Reserve will delay cutting monetary stimulus.
Google rallied 14% to surpass $1,000 a share for the first time after reporting third-quarter sales that beat analysts' projections. General Electric Co. added 3.5% as demand for industrial products boosted earnings. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. surged 16% to a record as customer traffic rose. UnitedHealth Group Inc. slumped 3.7%, extending yesterday's 5.1% slide after the insurer reported sales that fell short of analyst estimates.
The S&P 500 added 0.7% to 1,744.50 at 4 p.m. in New York, extending an all-time high. The gauge has rallied 2.4 in the past five days, for its biggest weekly advance since July 12. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 28 points, or 0.2%, to 15,399.65. About 6.6 billion shares changed hands on U.S. exchanges, 12% higher the three-month average.
"People are looking at earnings but they're also looking at what they think is going to happen next," Sarah Hunt, an associate fund manager and analyst who helps oversee $4.5 billion at Purchase, New York-based Alpine Woods Capital Investors LLC,said in a phone interview. "After this political problem no one is expecting this to happen again in January. People are just looking for a little bit of a better economic backdrop to continue what's been a pretty decent environment for stocks."
Taper estimates
The S&P 500 closed yesterday at a record of 1,733.15 after Congress ended the standoff over the federal budget and borrowing authority. The 16-day government shutdown government reduced growth by 0.3 of a percentage point this quarter, economists said in a Bloomberg News survey.
The slower growth and delayed reporting of economic data will prevent Fed policy makers from paring the monthly pace of asset buying until their March 18-19 meeting, according to the median of 40 responses by economists in the survey conducted yesterday and today. Economists had expected the central bank to reduce purchases to $80 billion last month, according to a Bloomberg survey before the September meeting.
The Fed stimulus has helped propel the S&P 500 up by more than 150% from its March 2009 low. The gauge has surged 22% this year and jumped to its previous intraday record of 1,729.86 on Sept. 19, a day after the central bank unexpectedly delayed tapering.
Data delay
Investors will have to wait until Oct. 21 to get the next snapshot of economic activity, when data on sales of existing homes is released. The September U.S. jobs report, originally scheduled to be released on Oct. 4, will be issued on Oct. 22. The report was delayed by the partial shutdown. October employment data will come out on Nov. 8, rather than Nov. 1.
A report today from China showed the world's second-largest economy grew by 7.8% in the July-September period, accelerating for the first time in three quarters, as Premier Li Keqiang spurred factory output and investment. Industrial production advanced in September by 10.2% as predicted by economists.
"The numbers out of China are supporting markets today after recent disappointing data," Plassard said. "While sentiment is still positive, the rally may be short-lived as the debt-ceiling issue will come back to haunt us again soon."
In the absence of U.S. economic reports, investors have been watching third-quarter corporate earnings. Thirteen S&P 500 companies released results for the period today. Analysts have raised their forecasts for profits and now forecast an average increase of 2.5% for all companies in the gauge, according to estimates compiled by Bloomberg today. That compares with an expected gain of 1.4% as of Oct. 11.
Earnings scorecard
Earnings at the 100 companies that have reported so far grew by an average of 4.4%, while sales gained 2%. Some 70% of the companies have topped analysts' profit estimates, while 56% have beaten on sales.
Gains in the S&P 500 have averaged 1.1% in the first four weeks of earnings seasons since 2003, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That's about twice the usual four-week gain in the index.
"My concern would be on a very short term basis that some companies are going to use the drama of the past couple of weeks as a pretext to lower the bar," Matthew Kaufler, a portfolio manager at Federated Investors Inc. in Rochester, New York, said by phone. His firm oversees $363.8 billion. "Even if there is some weakness to forward guidance, I think that's going to get shrugged off and we're going to finish the year pretty strong."
Volatility sinks
The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, the gauge of S&P 500 options prices known as the VIX, sank 3.3% to 13.04 today, the lowest since August 14. The gauge plunged 17% in the past five days for the biggest weekly decline since March.
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Worldenterer1 wrote:I feel like bullying could be easily solved in many cases by the victims just bucking up and showing that they won't take s**t from anybody.
lucidinthe sky wrote:I don't think that's the solution. First of all, not everyone is in a position to able to do that successfully. And even if they can, they shouldn't have to.
I was picked on in school just about every day for quite a while. Then one day I kicked the shit out of a couple of kids. O.K. yes they left me alone after that, but that is not the solution. If people want to live like animals, fine, we can put them in cages.
So, they left you alone? Sounds like a solution to me! Why don't you think so?
I know it wont work for everyone, which is why I made a point to say "in many cases". Also, if you try living your whole life like some kind of superior being and avoid anything that might resemble "living like an animal", you might not enjoy things as much.
Why would you ever want to put someone in a cage!?