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Trekking in Lucca is the best way to admire the many beautiful historical and architectural landscapes scattered throughout the territory.
The long walks are a pleasant way to enjoy the atmosphere of the city that has a very special bond with its countryside, having been one of the essential stops along the Via Francigena. The pilgrims on their way towards Rome were eager to honour the wooden crucifix of the Volto Santo (Sacred Face), still preserved in the Cathedral of San Martino.
The enchanting "walls promenade" will let you see the old town, its narrow streets, towers and churches from atop while strolling along for about four kilometres.
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A bit of luck and a gift from a serviceman's
family member helped save six U.S. service members currently deployed in
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Fessenden used a
basic RC truck with an attached wireless video camera able to scout ahead while
out on patrol. After loaning the truck to a different unit, the little RC
vehicle set off a 500-lb. IED blast triggered by a hidden trip wire.
Since he first
received the device in 2007, it helped locate multiple suspected IEDs
designed to cause as much devastation as possible. Staff Sgt. Fessenden's
brother and shop friend plan to try and create a new truck that can be shipped
for use in Afghanistan.
It may sound silly that a small RC toy truck is being
used to detect IEDs, but troops on the ground are willing to accept any help
they can. Techniques have ranged from trained dogs to sniff out IEDs to
better intelligence from locals that run the risk of repercussion from the
The U.S. Air Force continually uses
high-resolution cameras to try and locate IEDs, while ground troops use metal
detectors and similar devices to find IEDs. Growing use of unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) has also helped identify insurgents planting roadside
bombs, along with pinpoint precision strikes to destroy the munitions.
Insurgents routinely use IED attacks -- including booby-trapped
items and bodies -- before sometimes launching small-arms attacks on soldiers.
Unfortunately, soldier amputations from Afghan IED
attacks have
dramatically increased as soldiers dismount armored vehicles to carry out foot
Using cell phones, devices with on-off switches,
or connecting wires to set off IEDs, insurgents are very familiar with U.S.
patrol tactics -- an important lesson to military officers trying to stifle the
catastrophic damage from IEDs.
U.S. lawmakers and Pakistan are already testing
the boundaries of a weary relationship with growing concern that about 84
percent of ammonium nitrate used in IEDs comes from two Pakistani plants.
Questions related to IED attacks should remain a
major topic as the number of killed and wounded by these sometimes
sophisticated devices continues to increase.


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Mancos, Dolores and Dove Creek began the track and field season last Saturday at the Delta Invitational.
Dove creek recorded a sixth-place finish on the girls side with 52 points, edging Dolores' 51. Mancos was 12th with eight points and finished seventh on the boys side with 35. Dolores placed ninth with 26.
For Dove Creek, Corissa Guynes won the girls 100- and -300-meter hurdles at 17 seconds, 47 tenths of a second and 50.22. Shelbie Knuckles was the runner-up in the 100-hurdles (18.52).
Madison Young was third and fifth in the shot put (30-03.25) and discus (87-09).
Cassie Lard paced the Dolores Lady Bears, winning the triple jump at 32-10. Teammate Mindy McCracken was just behind Lard in second at 31-05.75. Lard also placed fifth in the 200-meter dash in 28.56.
Michelle Kline was third-place in the 400 at 1:05.
Moki Youngquist was runner-up in the boys 110-hurdles for Dolores at a time of 16.65.
Mancos' Conner Jankowski raced to a fifth-place time of 25.05 in the boys 200, while Ro Paschal was fourth in the 800 (2:22.88).
Justin Burton and Asa Kearns were fifth and sixth in the 3,200 at times of 12:19.70 and 12:37.66, respectively.
Dove Creek and Dolores will compete Saturday morning at the Mickey Dunn Invitational in Grand Junction.
Mancos will head south to Farmington, N.M., to participate in the Piedra Vista Invitational at 9 a.m.


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NVIDIA has the fastest single GPU for the desktop in the GTX 285, a 55nm die-shrunk version of its predecessor the GTX 280. However, ATI has been able to gain a larger market share due to aggressive pricing and ramping of smaller geometries. This has led to price pressure on NVIDIA, especially in the performance mainstream segment.
NVIDIA's original GT200 chip -- which is used in the GTX 280 and GTX 260 -- is too big, too costly, and consumes too much power to be used effectively in a mobile solution. NVIDIA has already switched to TSMC's 55nm process from the baseline 65nm node to deal with these issues for the GTX 285, but it is still not suitable for the majority of laptop users. Battery life is too short, the cooling fan is too loud, and the cost is too much.
One solution was to begin manufacturing on the 40nm bulk process like ATI has done. According to our sources, NVIDIA's attempts to produce a die-shrunk 40nm GT200 chip were "disastrous at best". Design problems became evident, since the GT200 was originally designed for the 65nm node. Two shrinks in a row without a major redesign was just too much for NVIDIA, and our most recent information from Taiwan is that the first 40nm chips from NVIDIA will be in the GeForce 300 series.
Without a power efficient GT200 based GPU solution for the mobile or mainstream value markets, NVIDIA is rebranding the 55nm G92b chip yet again to meet these critical segments. The original 65nm G92 chip was used in the GeForce 8800 GT, but you can only do so much with an older design. The chip was respun as the G92b with a 55nm die shrink, and is currently used in the 9800 GTX+. All G92 chips are only DirectX 10 capable, and will not support the full feature set of DirectX 10.1 or DirectX 11 that will come with Windows 7.
The problem is that many consumers will pick up a GTX 280M or GTX 260M thinking that it is the same or similar to the GTX 280, when it is actually just a 9800 GTX+.
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While it is possible to have a urinary tract infection (UTI) without any symptoms, most people notice symptoms.
Symptoms of a urinary tract infection include the following:
- Increased frequency of urination
- Feeling of urgency to urinate
- Burning or pain while urinating
- Itching in the genital area
- Urinating only small amounts of urine at a time
- Pain over the area of the bladder (the pubic area or lower abdomen) or in the lower back
- Pain along the sides under the ribs (back and flank pain)
- Blood in the urine, or on the tissue after wiping following urination in women
- Cloudy looking urine, possibly with pus
- Unpleasant smell to urine
- New onset of incontinence (inability to hold the urine during the day or night)
The following symptoms suggest that the infection has gone up into the kidneys, a more serious problem:
- Fever, chills
- Severe pain in the lower back
Children (babies in particular) may have less common symptoms of UTI, such as:
- Irritability
- Difficulty feeding
- Incontinence
- Loose stools, diarrhea
- Nausea, vomiting
- Slow weight gain (failure-to-thrive)
Older people may have more vague symptoms of a UTI, such as fatigue, confusion, loss of appetite, or trouble walking.
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Strive for the stars and beyond with these star shaped promotional stress balls.
Reach for the stars and show your patriotism by giving this great patriotic USA Star Patriotic Custom Stress Ball to your customers and employees.
Help your company logo and luggage get spotted with this imprinted luggage tag in 5 standout colors to choose from.
The star shaped custom stress ball is a perfect way to squeeze away stress, and boost productivity while promoting your brand all at the same time.
This apple shaped promotional hot/cold pack is filled with non-toxic gel beads that stay hot or cold.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away! The stock apples on this Fidget Spinner Custom Stress Reliever is a unique way to promote a stress-free environment in schools and healthcare!
Star Shaped Promotional Microfoil Balloons can be star players to help promote your company, product or event.
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Small Businesses Hit by Hurricane Sandy to Receive $19 Million in Grants
More immediate and long-term help for small businesses still building in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy is on the way through $19 million in emergency grants, according to the SBA.
The agency said funding was made available as part of a package approved by Congress in January to meet the demand for SBA assistance.
Through these funds, SCORE, Small Business Development Centers and Women Business Centers will help provide long-term small business rebuilding strategies, as well as help small businesses through the SBA lending process. Services include free expanded counseling, training and technical assistance, the SBA said.
In the first phase of counseling and technical assistance funding, $5.8 million is being distributed to SBA resource partners in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, West Virginia and Puerto Rico.
The SBDC and WBC funding awards are as follows:
- Connecticut, $527,000
- Delaware, $118,000
- Massachusetts, $76,000
- Maryland, $36,000
- North Carolina, $18,000
- New Jersey, $1.38 million
- New York , $2.39 million
- Pennsylvania, $410,000
- Rhode Island, $71,000
- Virginia, $7,000
- West Virginia, $46,000
- Puerto Rico, $19,000
SCORE will receive $704,000 to fund its chapters in the affected areas, the SBA said. During the second phase of funding, $13.1 million will be issued through these resource partners to provide long-term small business recovery and expansion, with a focus on building creative community-based partnerships, according to the agency.
As of April 11, the SBA said it had approved more than $2 billion in disaster loans to aid residents and businesses impacted by Hurricane Sandy.


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Date: Sat. 5 Oct, 2013 7:00 pm
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the things that keep a lot of people from working happily on a notebook is that
many of them lack the screen space people get used to with a home or office on
a desktop.
there are a few ways to get a larger screen on your notebook. You can use
an external DisplayPort or HDMI monitor and there are some portable USB monitors as well. Another
option has surfaced from a company called gScreen known as the
SpaceBook. The notebook is the world's first dual display 17-inch notebook.
Each of the 17-inch screens has a 1920 x 1080 resolution and they sit side by
side on the notebook. The machine allows you to 50% more work done than on a typical
17-inch notebook. The screens can be had with a glossy or a
matte finish. The notebook weighs in at about ten pounds making it about three
pounds more than the typical 17-inch notebook computer.
Inside, the machine features Windows 7, a Intel Core i7 processor with quad
cores, 8GB of memory, and a 500GB HDD. A discrete NVIDIA GPU is
included and the machine has a webcam, HDMI output, and a Super DVD drive.
customer can also get the Trade-Back program free on the notebook. This program
allows the user to trade their current SpaceBook in for a 50% discount on a new
SpaceBook when the next version launches.
Microsoft's, Ben Rudolph reviewed the SpaceBook, stating, "...when I run
across something that's truly groundbreaking, something totally unique and
never seen before, I get excited. Like really, really excited. And that's
exactly how I felt when I first got to use the gScreen... SpaceBook. The
SpaceBook is unlike any laptop before it. Rather than have a single display, it
has two that slide out from the center to create and amazing panorama display.
Both panels are 17" full HD (1920 x 1080) glass, available in either a glossy
or matte finish. It's a really amazing design that's really functional; the
panels slide open and closed very easily."
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UnifiedSessionsManager is a unified and simplified interface for the use and management of local and remote sessions on physical and virtual machines. It provides management of distributed and stacked virtual machines, management of desktops and workspaces on multiple monitors, seamless access to all types of sessions, and support of encrypted connections using SSH.
phpVirtualBox is an AJAX implementation of the VirtualBox user interface written in PHP. As a modern Web interface, it allows you to access and control remote VirtualBox instances. Much of its verbage and some of its code is based on the (inactive) vboxweb project. It was created for people who prefer not to have to log in to their headless VirtualBox host to administer their virtual machines.
vidma is a utility for manipulating virtual disk images. It can show basic information about the image or resize it. Resizing is done by in-place modification of a file holding the image or by creating modified copy of such file. The only currently supported format is VDI (Virtual Disk Image), mostly used by VirtualBox.
The virtualbox-COM Ruby gem is a library that provides a low level Ruby binding to the VirtualBox API, allowing anyone to control VirtualBox from Ruby code. It can create, destroy, start, stop, suspend, and resume virtual machines, and also list virtual machines, list hard drives, network devices, etc.
A small, powerful, and really fast Web server for Linux.
A portable cross-platform library and a set of applications for chiptunes playback.


text: seriously, what were your expectations? some of the people who are fans of this team act as if we are some type of "elite" team and we are not. Teams who are not expected to make the playoffs perform exactly how this team has performed this season. The sooner some of you realize this, the sooner you will be better off.


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BleachBit deletes junk to recover disk space and maintain privacy. It rids your system of old junk including cache, Internet history, temporary files, unused locale files (better than localepurge), logs, and cookies. Designed for Linux systems, it wipes clean 50 applications including Adobe Reader, Bash, Firefox, Flash, OpenOffice.org, Opera, Real Player, Skype, and more. It shreds files so that they cannot be recovered, and it wipes free disk space to hide insecurely deleted files. It offers both a simple PyGTK GUI and a command line interface for automation.
CK-ERP is an accounting, educational, MRP, ERP, and CRM system that runs on top of multiple middlewares. It comprises 32 modules - Contact Management, Customer Relationship Management, Customer Self Service, Vendor Relationship Management, Material Requirement Planning, Warehouse, Inventory, Service, Accounting Ledger, Bank Reconciliation, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Purchase Order, Sales Order, Quotation, POS for Cashier, POS for Manager, Human Resources, Staff Self Service, Payroll, Administration, Internationalization, Access Control, Data Import, Teacher, Counsellor, Student, Applicant, Family, Registrar, Edu Administration, and Volunteer Management.
Chora is built upon the Horde Application Framework and provides a read-only browser interface to any number of version control repositories. Advanced features include a visual branch view of the repository's history, pretty-printed output, annotation, patchsets and basic statistics.
You are captain of the cargo ship Chromium B.S.U., responsible for delivering supplies to our troops on the front line. Your ship has a small fleet of robotic fighters which you control from the relative safety of the Chromium vessel. Chromium B.S.U. is a fast paced, arcade-style, top-scrolling shooter. It uses OpenGL for graphics, OpenAL/SDL_mixer for sound effects, GLC/FTGL for text rendering, and glpng/SDL_image for texture loading.
If you have a pre-determined quota from your operator of how much packet data you can use in a month, it's a pain to first find the Logs application, open the packet data counter, then try and work out how much data you have left from the amount used so far. Data Quota shows two simple bars: one showing how much of the data for this month you have used, and one showing how much of the month has elapsed. This lets you tell at a glance if you've been using data up too quickly or slowly, so you can be more (or less) frugal.
FusionForge is a collaborative development environment that gathers in one single place several tools useful for development teams: communication tools (forums, mailing-lists, news, etc.); development tools (bug/patch trackers, project management, source control systems, etc.); and community tools (file releases, software categorization, Web site hosting, etc.). It is the continuation of the free software version of GForge, based on the codebase that was maintained in parallel to the proprietary GForge AS version.
GMAMEUI is a front-end for MAME on Linux. It helps the user play and configure arcade games more easily. GMAMEUI is an enhancement of GXMame, fixing a number of long-standing bugs, including adding support for SDLMame in preference over the now-obsolete X-MAME. New UI features were also added.
Develop hybrid intelligent software agents and agent applications in Java.
A small, powerful, and really fast Web server for Linux.


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JFTP is a graphical FTP client that allows you to transfer files securely over the Internet using FTP and SFTP. It includes support for all basic and advanced FTP tasks, support for SSL with 128-bit encryption, multiple concurrent FTP sessions, a secured favorites manager, and a certificate manager. Internationalization and localization is fully supported, and multiple deployment options are available, including standard installation, a Java Applet, and Java Web Start.
Specially designed to secure paperless trading companies and organizations that put privacy and traceability in the heart of their problems of exchange, LinShare provides a simple, intuitive solution. It allows employees to upload files into their space. It can share files with internal or external collaborators. It offers several features to securely exchange files. It has integration with Outlook and ThunderBird, document preview, and directory integration.
GoAnywhere Gateway acts as an enhanced reverse proxy that provides an additional layer of network defense. It allows your trading partners to connect to GoAnywhere Services without having to open incoming ports into your private network or store sensitive information in the DMZ. GoAnywhere Gateway is certified VMware Ready. GoAnywhere Gateway serves as a transparent interface between external clients and GoAnywhere Services without exposing sensitive files and the private network. This is an essential solution for meeting strict security policies and complying with state privacy laws, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOX, and GLBA.
Serv-U FTP Server is a Web, mobile device, SFTP, and FTPS file transfer server. It handles hundreds of GBs per day and thousands of users. The advanced Web interface permits transfer of multiple, large files in a single operation. It supports mobile devices including iPad, iPhone, and Android, as well as IPv6, FIPS 140-2, and more.


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Blender is a free 3D animation studio. It includes tools for modeling, sculpting, texturing (painting, node-based shader materials, or UV mapped), UV mapping, rigging and constraints, weight painting, particle systems, simulation (fluids, physics, and soft body dynamics and an external crowd simulator), rendering, node-based compositing, and non linear video editing, as well as an integrated game engine for real-time interactive 3D, and game creation and playback with cross-platform compatibility.
TML turns text into HTML using a wiki-like markup. Unlike txt2tags, TML does not support multiple output formats (although there is some support for word documents through a separate project). HTML tags may be freely mixed into the source where desired. The output is easy to read and supports table-free CSS layouts. .include files can be used to insert blocks of code such as Google ads that appear on multiple pages. The code was written with technology normally used for software compilation for faster, more accurate parsing.
Greenhorn displays documentation strings directly from the source code itself, which is handy if you use or write your own modules whose documentation is not keeping pace with development. It uses the PyGTK treeview widget to display a tree diagram of modules in a window. Clicking on individual modules displays . __doc__ strings and sub-modules or functions. Source code can also be browsed, if available, using Python inspect.
soft66 is a library and related command line tools for controlling the Soft66AD series of SDR receivers from Kazunori Miura JA7TDO. This enables users of these software-defined radio receivers to tune and use them under Linux. There is also a patch to enable support for this in Linrad.
Janus is a platform designed to deal with the implementation and deployment of holonic and multi-agent systems. It is based on the CRIO organizational metamodel. The concepts of role and organization are supported as first-class entities. Janus provides a comprehensive set of features for developing, running, displaying, and monitoring multi-agent-based applications. The platform also natively manages the concept of recursive agents (holon or agents composed of agents). It can also run threaded and non-threaded agents without using the organizational and holonic API. It provides features equivalent to those of TinyMAS or MadKit.
A tool to retrieve Revelation-stored passwords from the command-line.
The most POSIX compliant and fastest known implementation of a tar archiver.


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Adenhart had the talent, character to be great
Four years after pitcher's death, we are left to wonder what he might have achieved
By Lyle Spencer / MLB.com
ANAHEIM -- Four years ago to this day, a golden future was taken from a wonderful young man and two of his friends, leaving one severely injured survivor. The impact of a vehicle driven by a man charged and convicted with driving under the influence destroyed a thousand dreams when it crashed into a sedan carrying four young people at an intersection in Fullerton, Calif.
April 8, 2009, was the last full day of Nick Adenhart's life. He was 22, just getting started with the Angels. The career of one of baseball's brightest young talents ended a few hours after he'd pitched six shutout innings, illuminating all of his promise, against the Athletics in front of his home fans at Angel Stadium.
Soft spoken and polite, lighthearted and generous of spirit, Adenhart was the kind of guy a father would have loved to see his daughter bring home for dinner. His loss remains incalculable.
Jered Weaver has become one of the game's best pitchers, the Angels' ace. His ascent to elite status began in earnest that 2009 season as he coped with the tragedy. Weaver carries with him every time he goes to the mound the memory of his buddy Nick, who was about to be his roommate when his life ended that night in the horrific crash that also claimed the lives of Courtney Stewart and Henry Pearson. Jon Wilhite made a remarkable recovery from multiple injuries.
When Weaver starts a game, he etches "NA" in the dirt on the back of the mound before he throws his first pitch. The pain of a loss this profound never goes away. The Halos named their annual Pitcher of the Year award for Adenhart, and Weaver has won it each year. That feels perfectly right.
Adenhart and the Angels' beat reporter for MLB.com had grown close. It was a natural bond, rooted in common interests and time spent during the languorous hours of Spring Training. Adenhart would saunter outside the clubhouse at Tempe Diablo Stadium, headphones on, digging his favorite sounds, and lounge on a picnic table. We'd sit and talk about pitching, about life, always about his family.
There was something irresistible about this young man from the East Coast who was destined for great things on the West Coast.
Adenhart was from Williamsport, Md., and he was Baseball America's Youth Player of the Year in 2003, one of the premier high school talents in the nation. But Tommy John elbow surgery in high school caused him to be available in the 14th round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft. The Halos snapped Adenhart up, signed him to a $710,000 contract and waited for him to heal.
Adenhart's professional history on the websites is brief and does his talent no justice. He made four Major League starts, struggling to find his confidence in his brief exposure to the big leagues in 2008. Adenhart went home after the season and did extensive video study of the styles of former greats such as Greg Maddux, Roger Clemens and Sandy Koufax. He was determined to find a comfort zone in his delivery and erase the disappointment of those struggles with his command.
His 2009 spring was an eye-opener. Everything seemed to come together. He was starting to resemble David Cone, one of his favorites as a kid. Adenhart nailed down a spot in the rotation. There was no doubt in the reporter's mind he would emerge as a staff anchor, alongside Weaver, for years to come.
And then it was over. The music died a few hours after the game Adenhart had dreamed about, his big breakthrough.
How good would Adenhart have been if his career had played itself out? No one can answer that. He was not allowed to fulfill his destiny.
When I first began watching Nick closely in the spring of 2008, I saw a remarkable resemblance to Bob Welch when he was a young Dodger. I recall writing that and then discussing it with Nick. He was genuinely interested in hearing about players from earlier times, what made them tick.
I told him about Don Sutton, who made it to the Hall of Fame with tools very similar to those Adenhart owned. Sutton put his fastball where he wanted it and had a big over-the-top curveball. He was a serious student of the game, absorbing everything he could. It went a long way in making Sutton the durable craftsman he became across two decades.
That was the type of pitcher Adenhart could have become. Adenhart had a quality changeup to go with a 92-to-94-mph heater and a 12-to-6 curve. Concealed by his easy, almost nonchalant personal style was a burning desire to be great. It was reflected in his eyes and found in his words, in private.
I cherish our time together, how thrilled I was to watch Adenhart reach for the stars in that final performance. He pitched through trouble spots like a cool veteran, confident and in command. From the heart.
Before that game, I was talking with Howie Kendrick when Nick walked past on his way to the training room and gave me a look that told me everything. He was ready. We'd discussed the day before how he'd matured, how he'd cleared all the hurdles.
After the game, after his interviews were finished, Adenhart tapped the blue-green sweater I was wearing and told me he liked it. I assured him I'd find one for him.
Nick Adenhart was a baseball player, to the core. It meant everything to him, along with his family. As a person, he was as good as it gets.
Lyle Spencer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Your doctor will ask you about your symptoms, and medical and family history. The abdominal, pelvic, vaginal, and/or rectal areas will be carefully examined. Your doctor may recommend different tests in order to identify tumors and confirm diagnosis.
Suspicion of Bladder Cancer
If you are having urinary symptoms, your doctor may conduct certain tests to identify abnormalities. These may include:
Urine tests check for the presence of blood, infection, or other abnormal cells in the urine. They may help identify or eliminate noncancerous causes of symptoms.
Cells found in the urine can also be examined to look for the presence of abnormal or cancerous cells. Cell testing (called cytology) will also help determine if the abnormal cells are from the bladder or other areas of the urinary tract, like the kidneys.
Blood tests may identify markers in the blood. For example, tumor markers or specific blood proteins may be elevated in the presence of cancer.
Imaging tests may be used to look for the presence of tumors. They can also help assess their size and location. Some tests use contrast material to highlight structures so images are more clear and detailed. Imaging tests may include:
Diagnosis of Bladder Cancer
A bladder biopsy is done during cystoscopy. Cystoscopy involves passing a small scope through the urethra and into the bladder. Contrast material may be used to highlight cancer cells. During a biopsy, suspicious tissue is removed so it can be examined under a microscope. This is the only way to confirm a diagnosis.
Staging of Bladder Cancer
If bladder cancer is confirmed, results from completed tests and new tests will help determine the stage of cancer. Staging is used to identify characteristics of the tumor that will help determine the prognosis and treatment plan. Factors that play a role in staging include how far the original tumor has spread, whether lymph nodes are involved, if cancer has spread to other tissue, and microscopic cellular details.
Bladder cancer is staged from 0-IV.
- Stage 0—Carcinoma in situ—A very localized group of abnormal cells are found in the innermost lining of the bladder.
- Stage I—Cancer cells are found in the bladder's deeper tissues, but not in the bladder's layer of muscle or any lymph nodes.
- Stage II—Cancer cells have spread to the bladder's muscles, but not in any lymph nodes.
- Stage III—Cancer cells have spread through the muscular wall of the bladder to the layer of tissue surrounding the bladder OR possibly to the reproductive organs, including the prostate gland. No lymph nodes are involved.
- Stage IV—Cancer cells have spread to the tissue that lines the wall of the abdomen and/or pelvis. There may be cancer cells identified within lymph nodes and/or in distant locations, such as the liver, lungs, or bone.
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TR-1 (i) NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust PLC
2. Reason for the notification State
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments No
which may result in the acquisition of shares already
issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights No
Other (please specify): Yes No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification Brewin Dolphin Limited
obligation (iii):
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) N/A
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the 27 January 2012
threshold is crossed or reached if different) (v):
6. Date on which issuer notified: 30 January 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 13%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering
shares to transaction (vii)
if possible the Triggering
using the ISIN transaction (vi)
Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting
of of of rights (ix) rights
Shares Voting shares
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
(x) (xi)
Ordinary Shares 7,717,878 7,717,878 N/A N/A 7,707,132 N/A 12.9614%
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)
Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of
financial date (xiii) Conversion rights that may be voting
instrument Period/ Date (xiv) acquired if the rights
is exercised/
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
7,707,132 12.9614%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):
BREWIN NOMINEES LIMITED A/c CHARITY - 468,291 SHARES; 0.7875%
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting N/A
13. Additional information: FIGURES BASED ON
14. Contact name: Gill Keppie
15. Contact telephone number: 0191 279 7605
Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (xvi)
A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the
notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
Phone number
Other useful information (at least legal representative for
legal persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)
Full name
Contact address
Phone number
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with
the person
or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information
Mark Pope, Frostrow Capital LLP, Company Secretary (0203 008 4913)
i. This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed
with the competent authority.
ii. Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying
the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate.
iii. This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the person
acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for
in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in
DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments
entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached,
as appropriate.
In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the
following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires the
voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the
natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for
consideration the voting rights;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding the
collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and
declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateral
under these conditions;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a life
interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rights
attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights
when the life interest is created;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking and,
provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1, under
DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those situations, the
controlled undertaking;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of the
shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited
with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the
deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that controls the
voting rights;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he can
exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given
his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights
at his discretion.
iv. Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should
be the full name of the shareholder or holder of financial instruments who is
the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2.
v. The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on
exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the
case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement.
The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the
acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect
(see DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event
took effect.
These dates will usually be the same unless the transaction is subject to a
condition beyond the control of the parties.
vi. Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification, In
case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%, please
state `below 3%'.
vii. If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold , the notifying
party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that
the new holding is less than 3%.
For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of
individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually
crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into,
introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.
viii. Direct and indirect
ix In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached `direct
holding' and voting rights `indirect holdings', please split the voting rights
number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is no
combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.
x Voting rights attached to shares in respect of which the notifying party is a
direct shareholder (DTR 5.1)
xi. Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect shareholder (DTR
xii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party
should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new
holding is below 3%.
xiii date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the date when
the right to acquire shares ends.
xiv If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the period-
for example once every three months starting from the [date]
xv. The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings
through which the voting rights are held. The notification should also include
the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlled
undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds 3% or
more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is intended to
cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking.
xvi. This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.
xvii. Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the
shareholder or the natural person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 and
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Tell us which character do you like.. and why?
Dont just go for badass people like Sasuke, Naruto , Madara ..
My favorite character is Sasuke .. because he beast , he dont give a fuvk haha, and he keeps the manga interesting!
My other favorite character is Shino... he sticks too hisself ,and laid-back.


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Monaco Minister briefed on joint successes during INTERPOL visit
LYON, France – Minister of State for Monaco, Michel Roger was briefed on recent law enforcement successes involving the Principality and other INTERPOL member countries during his visit today to the world police body's General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon.
During discussion with the country's highest ranking government official, INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble highlighted the organization's Project Pink Panthers as an area where Monaco has made a significant contribution to successful global law enforcement cooperation.
The project, created in 2007, centralizes information relating to hundreds of suspected international jewel thieves linked to more than 300 robberies in 27 countries since 1999, with the value of stolen jewellery estimated at more than EUR 350 million and has already let to arrests across the globe, including in Monaco.
Other recent successes include the recovery by Italian carabinieri of a number of high value paintings stolen from Monaco thanks to their inclusion in INTERPOL's Stolen Works of Art database by the National Central Bureau in Monte Carlo.
With the origins of INTERPOL rooted in the first International Criminal Police Congress organized and held in Monaco in 1914, the possibility of Monaco hosting the 2014 INTERPOL General Assembly, to mark a century of international law enforcement cooperation was also discussed.


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A post at the popular web outlet suggests that the Pistons should pursue Jose Calderon, and offer Corey Maggette and Austin Daye in return. I certainly, for one, hope that Colangelo is not contemplating such a move.
Having said that, a deal that would center around Kleiza/Pietrus for Maggette might make sense for us, giving Maggette a chance to make another run at his carreer, and bringing to Toronto that coveted explosive wing player who is not afraid to penetrate to basket. Bring the discussion on.


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This week in new hires, new leadership appointments were announced by BlackRock; Mary Justice was named Seattle market leader for the Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank; and Citi Private Bank welcomed Keith Gertsen.
Also, Betterment brought in Mike Ma and Daniel Egan, and Charles Chen joined 20 Gates.
BlackRock Announces New CFO, Other Leadership Appointments
BlackRock announced that Gary Shedlin, a long-time strategic and financial advisor to the firm, will join on March 11 as senior managing director and chief financial officer. He will work with Ann Marie Petach during a transition period and succeed her as CFO after BlackRock reports its Q1 earnings results. Shedlin will also become a member of the global executive committee; he will report to Laurence Fink, chairman and CEO.
Petach is joining BlackRock Solutions as senior managing director in the client solutions business, where she will help to develop critical client relationships and business initiatives with a special focus on solutions offerings for public and private pension funds.
Shedlin joins from Morgan Stanley, where he is vice chairman, investment banking, and a managing director in the financial institutions group. He has spent more than 25 years advising companies in the financial services sector, including as chairman of the financial institutions group at Citigroup and managing director and co-head of the financial institutions group at Lazard.
Mary Justice Named Seattle Market Leader for Private Client Reserve
U.S. Bank announced that Mary Justice has been appointed greater Seattle market leader for The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank. In her new position, she will lead a team of wealth management professionals providing investment management, private banking, trust and estate services and financial planning to high-net-worth clients in the greater Seattle area.
Justice brings more than 25 years of experience consulting with and leading teams who work with HNW individuals, families and foundations to her new post. Before joining, she was with Marsh, where she led asset protection consulting and insurance services as senior vice president for the Pacific Northwest region. She also has held senior management positions with U.S. Trust, Union Bank Wealth Management and the Laird Norton Trust Co.
Keith Gertsen to Join Citi Private Bank
Citi Private Bank announced that Keith Gertsen will join the firm as a managing director and the team leader in Greenwich, Conn., effective March 18; he will report to Paul Hubert, global market manager for the eastern region. In his new role, Gertsen will leverage his 22 years of capital markets experience and have responsibility for new client acquisition, managing key client relationships and shaping a hedge fund and alternative investments strategy.
Betterment Adds Chief Growth Officer, Director of Behavioral Finance & Investing
Betterment announced that it has hired two key executives, Mike Ma and Daniel Egan. Ma will serve as chief growth officer, responsible for driving the firm's customer acquisition strategy and increasing existing customers' investments. Egan will serve as director of behavioral finance and investing, tasked with the behavioral and investing components of the firm's mission to ensure clients achieve their goals and invest optimally.
Ma was formerly head of retail advertising and prospect marketing at the Vanguard Group. Under his leadership, Vanguard successfully combined ROI-based marketing effectiveness with the best of digital advertising and creative brand campaigns. Egan was previously a behavioral finance specialist at Barclays.
20 Gates Management Appoints Charles Chen
20 Gates Management LLC announced that Charles Chen has joined the firm as a managing director and chief investment officer. In this position, he will be responsible for the oversight and expansion of the firm's presence in specialty asset management. He will report to Hans Bald, CEO.
Chen most recently was president and CIO of Newfleet Asset Management. He has more than 18 years of experience in trading, structuring and investment management. Prior to Newfleet, he was CIO at Securities Finance Trust Co., where he headed the asset management division. He has also been a portfolio manager at Credit Suisse First Boston, managing the credit portfolio of its investment banking division. He has also held various positions at C-Squared Capital Management, Chubb and MBIA.
Read the Feb. 13 New Hire Roundup at AdvisorOne.


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After posting in a Bargnani-related thread I was lead to a vision of the healthy Raptors squad ... and I did something dangerous ... I believed. We've had our hearts stomped many times, but sometimes you gotta believe.
If Jose Calderon and Ed Davis can remain as high performing, valuable starters on our club - our bench unit looks like this:
Kyle Lowry
Terrence Ross
Allan Anderson
Andrea Bargnani
Amir Johnson
Toughness, leadership, offense, hustle, distance shooting, penetration, size, speed ... pretty nasty group to throw at opposing 2nd units.
If the starting crew (all of this assuming Bargs and Val return within the month) of Jose, Demar, Landry, Ed and Jonas can keep the game close - we will have the chance to win a lot of games.
-If no one above us falters, we may not sneak into the playoffs - but there is a chance to make some noise.


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Marvell Semiconductor has announced a new hardware/software development kit that uses Linux and puts the complete Linux-powered computer into a wall outlet hanging receptacle no larger than the power supply you see on many consumer electronics devices. The device is called the SheevaPlug and draws only 5 watts of power.
Marvell says that the SheevaPlug draws about as much power as a night light during use and still packs a 1.2GHz Sheeva ARM compatible processing core, 512MB of RAM and 512MB of flash storage. People can buy the devices in single unit quantities for $100, but Marvell says that when bought in bulk, the SheevaPlug can go for as low as about $50 per unit.
The completely open software design makes the system appropriate for use in always-on home automation devices. Marvell says that there are several ARM compatible ports of Linux distributions that are included and already running on the SheevaPlug. Marvell also says that it is committed to providing everything that the community needs to provide the best Linux support.
Marvell's Raja Mukhopadhyay said, "Whatever the community needs to facilitate development, we will provide the critical resources needed to facilitate that."
The SheevaPlug is built around the Marvell 88F6000 Kirkwood SoC that was launched last year, which combines elements of the early Feroceon and XScale architectures. Both of those architectures use implementations of ARMs ARMv5 architecture.
Other features of the small computer include gigabit Ethernet and USB ports. Several retail products are going to be available that use the SheevaPlug design and while Marvell didn't specify dimensions for the device, the retail products give an idea of exactly how small the SheevaPlug is.
The Cloud Engines Pogoplug is one of the products and it measures 4-inches x 2.5-inches x 2.0-inches and allows users to remotely upload multimedia from devices like the iPhone. Other SheevaPlug-based products include the Ctera Networks CloudPlug, the Axentra HipServ, and the Eyecon Technologies Eyecon.
Marvell chose the highest performance 88F6000 SoC that it offers, though detuned it a bit for the SheevaPlug. The 88F6000 is available in 88F6190 running at 600MHz, 88F6180 running at 800MHz, 88F6192 running at 800MHz, and the 88F6281 used in the new device that normally runs at 1.5GHz and is downclocked to 1.2GHz in this application. Marvell says that the 88F6000 Sheeva core can be clocked as high as 2GHz.
The 88F6000 series targets devices like IP home gateways, set-top boxes, home routers, and media servers. Most of the retail products that use the SheevaPlug design appear to be built for media serving.
Whether or not higher performance version of the SheevaPlug will be offered is unknown. The SheevaPlug doesn't take advantage of all the IO connectivity the 88F6000 SoCs offer, which includes dual SATA ports, and PCI Express and SDIO options.


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I recently read the following mini-essay about Satipatthana and its place in Buddhism by Buddhadasa:
...and I can't really find fault with it. I recently read Analayo's study of the Satipatthana Sutta and I was surprised at how little real technique or explanation of practice there was. If the Anapanasati tetrads cover the four focuses of mindfulness, then why were other methods like Mahasi's created, and why are they often valued as more "correct" than the most detailed record we have of the Buddha himself teaching a step-by-step method?
Another common problem is that some people cling to and are stuck on the word satipatthana (foundations of mindfulness) far too much. Some go so far as to think that Anapanasati has nothing to do with the four foundations of mindfulness. Some even reject Anapanasati out of hand. In some places they really hang onto the word "satipatthana." They cling to the satipatthana of the Digha-nikaya (Long Discourses) which is not anything more than a long list of names, a lengthy catalogue of sets of dhammas. Although there are whole bunches of dhammas, no way of practice is given or explained there. This is what is generally taken to be satipatthana. Then it is adjusted and rearranged into these and those practices, which become new systems that are called satipatthana practices or meditation.
Then, the followers of such techniques deny, or even despise, the Anapanasati approach, asserting that it is not satipatthana. In truth, Anapanasati is the heart of satipatthana, the heart of all four foundations of mindfulness. The 16 Steps is a straight-forward and clear practice, not just a list of names or dhammas like in the Mahasatipatthana Sutta. Therefore, let us not fall into the misunderstanding that Anapanasati is not satipatthana, otherwise we might lose interest in it thinking that it is wrong. Unfortunately, this misunderstanding is common. Let us reiterate that Anapanasati is the heart of all four satipatthana in a form that can be readily practiced.
We have taken time to consider the words "satipatthana" and "Anapanasati" for the sake of ending any misunderstandings that might lead to a narrow-minded lack of consideration for what others are practicing. So please understand correctly that whether we call it satipatthana or Anapanasati there are only four matters of importance: kaya, vedana, citta, and Dhamma. However, in the Mahasatipatthana Sutta there's no explanation of how to practice these four things. It gives only the names of dhammas and expands upon them. For example, the matter of kaya (body) is spread out over corpse meditations, sati-sampajanna in daily activities, the postures, and others more than can be remembered. It merely catalogues groups of dhammas under the four areas of study.
The Anapanasati Sutta, on the other hand, shows how to practice the four foundations in a systematic progression that ends with emancipation from all dukkha. The sixteen steps work through the four foundations, each one developing upon the previous, and supporting the next. Practice all sixteen steps fully and the heart of the satipatthana arises perfectly. In short, the Satipatthana Suttas are only lists of names. The Anapanasati Sutta clearly shows how to practice the four foundations without anything extra or surplus. It does not mention unrelated matters.
Basically, as I read more about both camps, I am honestly confused why a sutta that does little more than list subjects of meditation in groups is considered the better frame to base meditation on than a sutta that teaches how to apply mindfulness to the four focuses in depth and detail? I'm not trying to say that the Satipatthana sutta isn't great, but I am uncertain why some have felt the need to create new meditation systems for it while the one taught by the Buddha himself is somewhat ignored!
Thoughts? Criticisms? Things I'm missing?


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answer to Apple's popular iPod family of players was first launched in
mid-November 2006. The $249 player promised
to change the way we socialize with portable audio devices while at the same
time offering the Zune Marketplace which is Microsoft's equivalent to iTunes.
original Zune came in three colors (white, black and brown) and featured a 30GB
HDD, 4" color screen, built-in FM tuner and WiFi connectivity for
"3-day-or-3-play" wireless music sharing. At launch, Microsoft also
made available 100
limited edition hot pink Zunes which quickly made the rounds on eBay for
insane prices. Recently, Microsoft added a fourth official color to the Zune
family: pink.
Apple is already celebrating
100 million iPods sold nearly six years into its initial launch, Microsoft
has more sedate figures for its Zune. Microsoft expects to top the one million mark by
next month and is right now holding on to roughly 2.4% of the MP3 player
market compared to 73.7%, 9% and 3.3% for Apple, SanDisk and Creative
respectively -- all of which have flash-based players in their lineups.
Microsoft may be falling behind in the portable media player
market, but that isn't stopping the company from building
a new manufacturing plant in China to produce its Zune. The plant will
produce a second generation HDD-based Zune and the long-rumored flash-based
second generation HDD-based Zune will be both smaller and lighter than the
Toshiba-sourced first generation model. The new Zune will be new-from-the-ground-up
with Microsoft playing a major role in the design. "There are definitely
some cost efficiencies, but the more important thing from our perspective is
the flexibility and control we have in creating a device from scratch and
making it down to the last component what we want it to be," said Jason
Reindorp, marketing director for the Zune.
Microsoft is also hard at work on a flash-based Zune to take
on the iPod Nano. Flash-based players make up an overwhelming majority of Apple
iPod sales, so Microsoft would be remiss not to follow suit. Microsoft will likely
target the Nano as far as size and weight is concerned. Also expect maximum
storage capacities of at least 8GB (as seen with current iPod Nanos). A 16GB
model shouldn't be ruled out considering fast-dropping NAND flash prices.


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SAA CEO Tenders Resignation
Johannesburg. Monday 8 October 2012. South African Airways (SAA) confirms that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ms Siza Mzimela resigned today. She tendered her resignation to the chairperson of the board of directors, Mr Vuyisile Kona at the airline's head office, Airways Park in Johannesburg. The resignation has been accepted by the board and the shareholder duly informed. She had been with the airline for approximately three years as its CEO.
The company has accepted her resignation but indicated that it could only become effective after at least two weeks. This is intended to allow for a seamless hand over process and business continuity.
The board's immediate focus will be on the completion of a new business approach which, amongst other elements, is intended to ensure that the airline is compliant with the conditions that attach to the guarantee issued to SAA by government. In the interim, all operational decisions relating to the day to day running of the airline will vest in the chairperson, Mr Vuyisile Kona.
Two other general managers, Theunis Potgieter and Sandra Coetzee have tendered their resignations and acting executives have already been made.
SAA would like to assure its customers that the latest developments will not affect the airline business as all of its operations remain intact. The company has different layers of management with strategic and operational competencies and for that reason the airline has no doubt that as a collective, those executive managers will continue to give SAA the necessary guidance and provide required leadership.
The airline views these resignations as a turbulence of a temporary nature which must not be allowed to affect its ability to discharge its core function in a responsible and prudent manner. SAA is a resilient company that has the ability to weather the storms.
SAA would like to wish Ms Mzimela well in her future endeavours and thank her for all the hard work, dedication and commitment she has shown towards the airline. She has made a contribution which her successors will certainly build on.
Website: www.flysaa.com
Twitter: @flysaa
About SAA: South African Airways (SAA) is the leading carrier in Africa, serving 26 destinations across the continent, as well as major destinations within South Africa and internationally from its Johannesburg hub. It is a member of the largest international airline network, Star Alliance. SAA's core business is the provision of passenger airline and cargo transport services together with related services, which are provided through SAA and its four wholly owned subsidiaries: SAA Technical; Mango its low cost carrier; Air Chefs, the catering entity of SAA and South African Travel Centre (SATC). SAA is the winner of the 'Best Airline in Africa' Award in the regional category for ten consecutive years and the winner of 'Service Excellence Africa' for three consecutive years. Mango and SAA hold the number one and number two successive spots as South Africa's most on time airlines.


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4 Lessons Learned From Telesis Failure
As the one-year anniversary of the conservatorship of Telesis Community Credit Union approaches, credit unions may find there are still more lessons to learn from the cooperative's collapse.
Larry Middleman, president/CEO of CU Business Group LLC, a Portland, Ore., business services and lending CUSO, shared those lessons during a webinar Thursday on business deposit trends.
"I'm not trying to pick on Telesis. These are just gems of wisdom to learn from," Middleman told the attendees.
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The NCUA's Office of Inspector General released a report Thursday that outlined a number of reasons why the $318 million Telesis in Chatsworth, Calif., experienced massive financial woes that ultimately led to its death.
Among those cited were investing too heavily in member business loans, failing to properly calculate loan loss allowances, depending too much upon Business Partners LLC, its business lending CUSO, for revenue, and spending too much on operating expenses.
One critical takeaway from Telesis is credit unions shouldn't reach too far, Middleman advised.
"Don't try to reach for volume. The other place is tertiary markets. Those are the small towns away from the metro markets," he explained. "They will be hit the hardest in an economic downturn."
For instance, the area that was impacted the most in Phoenix was "everything around the edges," Middleman said.
A second lesson is understanding that "high yield is there for a reason," he offered.
"Why would a borrower accept a five-and-a half rate in this environment? Because they have to," Middleman said. "When I look at a deal coming into a credit union and it's a hard money loan at 8% to 9% – well, how long has that property been around, what are the odds of success?"
A third takeaway from the failure of Telesis is really examining "actual versus projection," Middleman suggested.
Someone might say "'I'm buying this distressed apartment building. Rents are down, vacancies are high. Here's my projection so I want to get a loan,'" Middleman shared in a hypothetical situation. "Look, I can create projections in an Excel spreadsheet in 15 minutes. Always treat projections with healthy skepticism."
The fourth lesson is exercising due diligence in participation loans, Middleman said.
"Look closely at the appraisals. Try to poke holes in it," he noted.
Finally, credit unions might not want to get caught up in the hype.
"I'm seeing some desperation – 'We have to increase our loan totals or else,'" Middleman said. "I don't know 'what else' is."
CU Business Group, which currently serves 420 credit unions in 44 states and has processed more than $3.5 billion loans since it launched 10 years ago, has watched from afar the demise of credit unions such as Telesis, the defunct Eastern Financial Florida Credit Union and the commercial lending problems at $1.4 billion Texans Credit Union in Richardson, Texas.
Middleman ticked off some of the reasons cited by the NCUA's OIG on why Telesis went under: investing too heavily in member business loans and depending too much upon its business lending CUSO for revenue.
"It was out of control," he said. "The lesson learned over the past five years is don't reach too far."
The California Department of Financial Institutions placed Telesis in conservatorship on March 23, 2012 and the NCUA was named the liquidating agent. Telesis was liquidated on June 1, 2012 and its members, deposits, core facilities and consumer loans were assumed by the $1.3 billion Premier America Credit Union, also in Chatsworth, Calif.


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Immigrants Admitted to the United States, 1972 (ICPSR 8952)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Justice. Immigration and Naturalization Service
This data collection contains information on the characteristics of aliens who became legal permanent residents of the United States in fiscal year 1972 (July 1971 through June 1972). Data are presented for two types of immigrants. The first category, new arrivals, arrived from outside the United States with valid immigrant visas issued by the United States Department of State. Those in the second category, adjustments, were already in the United States with temporary status and were adjusted to legal permanent residence through petition to the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. Variables include port of entry, month and year of admission, class of admission, and state and area to which immigrants were admitted. Demographic information such as age, sex, marital status, occupation, country of birth, country of last permanent residence, and nationality is also provided.
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1) Terrence Ross: Ross needs to play, are we planning to ship him out of the border. Ross + Bargs can probably get us Paul Millsap or a better package of Boozer + Hinrich maybe.
2) Linas Kleiza: Is he healthy enough to play, what's his ordeal. No team will get him if he doesn't play, in terms of offense, we need a guy like Kleiza to comes off the bench for Gay and when it switches to defense, let Fields play.
3) Michael Pietrus: I still remembered back when he was a decent backup SG/SF, whatta hell happened. Can this guy play anymore or he will get waived based on who get in terms of trades.


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By: Carson O'Shoney
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (UTC/The Loop) – This past weekend, the Coachella Music and Arts Festival kicked off the summer music festival season in Indio, CA. The likes of Gorillaz, Muse and Thom Yorke graced the Empire Polo fields and got music lovers excited about the upcoming festival season.
People flock to music festivals in droves for many reasons. The atmosphere of being surrounded by music lovers and having bands play all day and all night attracts many. Getting to see all the bands in one place attracts others. Junior Shahad Zarkani likes festivals because, "it's a very chill way to enjoy music, a lot less stuffy than the concerts I usually go to." Whatever the reason, music festivals are immensely popular are there are many different ones for fans to choose between.
While Coachella is arguably the most prominent music festival in America, it's not on the radar of most Chattanoogans because of its far away location. For this article, we'll be focusing on the music festivals that are closer to home (within a ten hour drive) and more realistic than the festivals out west. There are still plenty of festivals that Tennesseans can easily make it to.
We'll start with the biggest of them all – Bonnaroo (June 10-13). Tennesseans sometimes take it for granted, but people come to Bonnaroo from all over the world. It's one of the biggest and best music festivals out there. And Chattanoogans are lucky, this world-renown music festival takes place only an hour away in Manchester, Tenn. Bonnaroo is the music festival of choice for many Chattanoogans, largely due to this fact. "I would love to try different music festivals, but they're just too far away," said Zarkani. But with the consistently strong lineups Bonnaroo brings, having it be the only festival one attends in a year makes this okay for most. This year's lineup, while a step down from years past, still has a lot of exciting acts to offer – including Jay-Z, Tenacious D, Stevie Wonder and ousted Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien.
If you like camping, hippies and a laid back atmosphere, Bonnaroo is the festival for you. Junior Caleb See will be attending his first music festival this summer, and Bonnaroo's reputation has preceded it. "I'm most excited about the "roo environment" that everyone keeps talking about." Indeed, plenty of people go for the atmosphere just as much as for the music. The campsites are a great home base, and a place to relax with the company of friends in the mornings before each day of music starts. The hippies who populate Bonnaroo, love them or hate them, make it a better place. They make the audience interesting, not just the music. They also promote the Bonnaroo spirit – very laid back and free spirited. Which is the same atmosphere that runs throughout the whole festival. Between the art exhibits of Such n Such and the homemade stores throughout Centeroo to the Ferris Wheel and the air conditioned film tent – There's much more to Bonnaroo than the music.
Bonnaroo is not for everyone, however. Chattanoogans who aren't up for the rough four days of camping and no showers have a local alternative, that happens the same week as Bonnaroo. Chattanooga's Riverbend Festival has been going on since 1981 and has had a host of legendary acts like James Brown, the Beach Boys and Willie Nelson. The festival stretches over nine days on five stages around the riverfront in downtown Chattanooga, and boasts over 100 bands, with a good mix of local and national touring acts. This years lineup includes Sheryl Crow, Alison Krauss, The Charlie Daniels Band and George Clinton. So if you like sleeping in your own bed every night and staying local while seeing some classic acts mixed in with some local flavor, Riverbend is the festival for you. The audience has a wide range, and the environment is a family friendly one. Riverbend is a festival that college students and their professors can enjoy equally. "My favorite part of Riverbend is the opportunity to see so many acts that were big when I was in college," said UTC Professor Chris Dortch. "Bands like Steve Miller Band, America, Earth Wind and Fire, Z.Z. Top. Awesome!"
While Riverbend has been around for a long time and attracts a large audience, it's not as far up the ranks as the likes of Coachella and Bonnaroo, who are both part of what festival goers call "The Big Three" of American music festivals. The third in the group is a storied franchise – Lollapalooza. It's a bit further away from Chattanooga than the others I've covered, but it still attracts a large southern audience. It's hometown since 2005 (after being a traveling festival in the 90s), Chicago, IL, is just over a nine hour drive from Chattanooga, which is a pilgrimage that many Tennesseans make every year – particularly college students. Their target audience is traditionally a bit younger than Bonnaroo and Riverbend, as they include up and coming headliners such as the Killers, Kings of Leon, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Muse and Interpol. This year's appeal to the younger audience includes headliners Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Phoenix and Lady GaGa. But that's not to say they don't appeal to the older music fan as well. This year's festival will mark the first show for the reunited Soundgarden since 1997. The atmosphere isn't up to par with the experience you get with Bonnaroo, but the city of Chicago is just as much a part of the attraction as the music is. Lollapalooza takes place in the beautiful Grant Park in downtown, just blocks from Michigan Avenue. The crowds in the relatively long but narrow Grant Park can be a hassle, but festival founder Perry Farrell (of Jane's Addiction) has promised to expand the festivals limits this year and open it up to allow more room for comfort.
"Some people may be turned off by the corporate sponsorships {at Lollapalooza}, but it's consistently a lot of fun," said Junior Brad Petraline. "Plus, seeing the Chicago skyline in the background of every show enhances the concerts a lot." Lollapalooza is entrenched in the city – it recently signed a contract with the Chicago Parks District to extend their relationship until at least 2018. But due to city ordinances, the festival must end by 10 p.m. every night. Because of this, many of the bands who play the fest do aftershows at various venues throughout the city – adding to the connection the festival has with the city of Chicago. So if you like to get to sleep at a decent hour and like visiting and staying in the middle of one of the biggest cities in the U.S., Lollapalooza is the festival for you.
Chicago's other major music festival is a hipster's dream. The Pitchfork Music Festival happens in Chicago's Union Park, and boasts a consistently great, outside-of the-mainstream lineup. This year's lineup includes the newly reunited Pavement, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, OutKast's Big Boi, Broken Social Scene and more. If your musical tastes are more adventurous than the average music listener, Pitchfork is the festival for you.
For those Chattanoogans who don't want to travel very far for their music festivals, there is another option in the state of Tennessee. Memphis in May's Beale Street Music Festival has been invading the streets of Memphis since the turn of the decade in 2000. The festival boasts a very eclectic lineup year after year, mixing legends like Aretha Franklin, Buddy Guy, Al Green and B.B. King with modern radio rock staples Three Days Grace, Staind, Hinder, Korn and Fall Out Boy, while throwing in high profile hip-hop acts like Snoop Dogg, Three 6 Mafia, The Roots and Fergie with college hipster approved bands like the Flaming Lips, Cat Power, Lou Reed, The Stooges, Band of Horses and Elvis Costello. The festival takes place the first weekend of May in the city's Tom Lee Park, on the banks of the Mighty Mississippi River. Unfortunately, the past five years it has rained the weekend of the festival and creates a muddy mess, but that's just an unlucky streak. If your musical tastes are very wide ranging, Beale Street may be for you. This year's offerings include Widespread Panic, The Flaming Lips, Goo Goo Dolls, Alice in Chains and Earth, Wind and Fire.
This year saw the creation of a new music festival that happens not too far from Chattanooga – Gulf Shores, Alabama's Hangout Music Festival. The only major music festival that currently happens on a beach, the debut lineup includes the likes of the Flaming Lips, John Legend, Ben Harper & Relentless 7 and the Black Crowes. If you're a beach person, this is definitely the festival for you. Even if the lineup isn't as strong as some, being able to experience the concerts while also being able to take a dip in the ocean makes for a fun atmosphere.
Another new music festival making it's debut this year is the LouFest in St. Louis. It's a smaller-scaled festival than most summer happenings, but still boasts a solid lineup. Topping the lineup for Loufest are She & Him, Broken Social Scene, Wilco's lead singer Jeff Tweedy, and Built to Spill. The first year fest happens in Forest Park's Central Field towards the end of festival season, August 28-29. If you like smaller crowds and a less overwhelming festival, LouFest is the one for you.
From one Lou to another, Louisville, KY has a pair of music festivals of its own, though they're very different. The brand-new HullabaLOU Music Festival takes place in the legendary racetrack Churchill Downs, and caters to a more mainstream audience. Acts include Dave Matthews Band, Bon Jovi, Kenny Chesney, Steve Miller Band, Dierks Bentley and the Zac Brown Band. If you're a sucker for arena-sized rock & country, this is the festival for you. Louisville's other summer offering, Forecastle, caters to a much smaller audience, and features the likes of the Flaming Lips, Widespread Panic, Spoon and Drive-By Truckers. It also fashions itself as an art and activism music festival – so if you're culturally and politically minded, this is the music festival for you.
Hopefully this article has helped you on your quest to find the music festival that suits you best. Be sure to drink lots of water, wear lots of sunblock, and have a happy festival season!


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Credit Union 1 Offers to Bail Out Illinois Lawmakers
Illinois state legislators may miss their monthly paychecks on Wednesday, a tactic by Gov. Pat Quinn to convince lawmakers to meaningfully address the state's massive pension debt.
If that happens, Credit Union 1 in Rantoul, Ill., is prepared to bail them out with low to no-interest rate loans.
Quinn announced on July 24 that he would use his line-item veto power to zero out the $13.8 million budget for legislative salaries and leadership stipends, eliminating the state's ability to issue the next round of monthly paychecks.
The tactic is designed to "hit them in the wallet," the governor told the Chicago Tribune. Quinn also will suspend his own salary until the debt problem is resolved.
Legislators who are members of Credit Union 1 with direct deposit qualify for a 0% loan equal to half of their $5,800 monthly salary for the duration of 60 days, according to Paul Simons, president and CEO of the $750 million credit union. Those who are not credit union members qualify for similar terms, but the loan will be treated as an unsecured loan at 10% interest.
Credit Union 1 serves several SEGs, including State of Illinois employees, but the program is only available to legislators. It's also not the first time the credit union has come to lawmakers' rescue, Simons said.
The program was instituted during a similar state budget crisis in 1991, then resurrected in both 2007 and 2009, Simons told Credit Union Times. The effort is similar to other emergency loan programs that kick in during labor negotiations, employer shutdowns and other times when groups of members find themselves without a steady paycheck.
Loan payments to the credit union also are suspended during such periods, Simons says.
The program, which has to date attracted only a handful of participants, is in keeping with the credit union's commitment to members and does not reflect a political position within the current situation, said Simons.
"There is no way we want to get involved in the dispute," he added. "We're just trying to help our members."


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have become a major issue for Amazon in many U.S.
states, but the online retail giant isn't afraid to turn its back on those
pressuring it to collect.
A few
years back, Amazon filed
a lawsuit against the state of New York because NY tried to
collect taxes from out-of-state transactions through Amazon. More recently,
Texas State Comptroller Susan Combs charged Amazon $269 million in unpaid sales
taxes on online sales. This led to Amazon's decision to close a distribution center and cancel further plans to
expand operations in the state.
certain states are going after Amazon mainly due to the fact that the
retailer's affiliates operate within these states, and because they need a way
to offset huge budget deficits, they're not the only ones who have a bone to
pick with Amazon. Brick-and-mortar competitors like Best Buy and Sears also
want to see the retail giant collect taxes because
they see Amazon as having an unfair advantage.
Amazon is
cutting loose from more U.S. states that continuously
pressure the retailer to collect taxes. For instance, Illinois
just passed a new law that requires online retailers to collect taxes if they
have affiliates in the state. Amazon's answer to that is to cancel affiliate
programs in the state of Illinois.
addition, both Texas and California are considering bills that would tax online
sales. Amazon made it clear that it will simply continue to drop affiliates in
U.S. states if the states continue down this path.
will continue to drop states who pass those affiliate laws, from the affiliate
program," said Chief Executive Jeff Bezos. "In the U.S., the
constitution prohibits states from interfering in interstate commerce. The
sales tax collection is very complicated. The right place to fix this is with
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Does anybody know if this pick is lottery protected? Not trying to be smart but the way things are going for the heat an if more injuries happened this might be a factor. Plus the pick gets better by the day.
Does anybody know if this pick is lottery protected? Not trying to be smart but the way things are going for the heat an if more injuries happened this might be a factor. Plus the pick gets better by the day.
It's top-15 protected.
LINKToronto Raptors: Receives Miami's 2011 first-round pick (top-15 protected) via Chris Bosh trade on 7/10/10.
Ok so some of us want the Heat to do bad, but not too bad.
The interesting aspect is that Miami even thought about protecting the pick and then @15. Such confidence?
Whether or not he remains on the Heat? Bosh will always be a big, ru-paul, sulking loser. Its putting a smile on my face that he sneaked away from us
Was wondering this on the weekend. No way it will be that low, but would be nice to get a high teens pick out of this.
raps pick - brandon knight
heat pick - CJ leslie
I thought it was top 14 protected - essentially as long as the HEAT make the playoffs the pick goes to TOR.
2011 first round draft pick to Toronto
Miami's own 2011 1st round pick to Toronto (top 14 protected in the 2011 draft). If Miami's pick is in the top 14 picks in the 2011 draft, then Miami will instead send cash to Toronto [Miami - Toronto, 7/9/2010]
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its funny how your NBA villians change from year to year... for the longest time, the lakers were my most hated team ever.. then the boston big 3 happened, and i wanted nothing more than to see kobe annihilate them...
now, i pray to god that the heat lose enough to only get the 7th or 8th seed and earn the right to get bullied out of the playoffs by boston in the first round
its like sleeping with a known whore even though you fully know you're going to get herpes just to piss off your ex-girlfriend................. and its totally worth it.
I think the more interesting question is this: Bosh had already committed to Miami regardless of receiving a max deal or not, why would Riley trade these picks away especially given that there was a good chance the Toronto pick would be a lottery pick. I surmise that he did this because Bosh has a big mouth, and the NBA would have launched an investigation if Toronto or Clevland had requested it.
The way they're playing right now, man, I'd like to keep their picks. I don't care what kind of injuries you have. Other teams have injuries as well. The reality is that they are not gelling. The EGOs are so massive. Pacers beat them in their own house and with Haslem gone for the year, this is a team in trouble. I can understand if this happened in game # 70 where everyone is on the same page. Unfortunately we're not even at 25% yet and they are now experiencing problems. Bosh proved to be softer and LeBron seems like he's losing patience.
The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority. - Martin Luther King
Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
I laugh at the quotes from LBJ about just wanting to get back to having fun.
I guess he thought fun was stupid routines for introductions, winning 60 games during the regular season, and dancing on the sidelines during blowouts only to choke come playoffs.
Do not get me wrong LBJ is a great player - obviously - but maybe it is time to get the ball out of your hands a little more, post up a little more, play a little tougher D. Just my thoughts which add on a $1 gets your a coffee although coffee is free at McDonalds right now I heard on the radio.
(even though it is) I wonder what kind of coffee the young gunz like better tims or mc dics? lol
They all had their fun in the off-season. I'm happy to see them doing worse than everyone expected. I'm not sure why everyone was so hot on this team. As experts, they should have seen the holes in their roster and the fragility with which each plays.
So Sad..
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