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I was advised by technical support at that site that I must disable Zone Alarm to view their videos.
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The University of Florida Center for International Business Education & Research and the Warrington College of Business Administration will host a conference on the impact, problems and issues related to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). Additional sponsors include the University of Florida Levin College of Law, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), University of Florida Center for European Studies and the Institute for International Commercial Law (Pace University). The conference, which takes place Nov. 11-12, will be held at the Hilton-UF Conference Center on S.W. 34th Street.
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"The only thing worse than losing someone you love is never having someone to love that you can lose."
"Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw."
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In Which Fox & Friends Debates the Health Care Debate
Gretchen Carlson knows that not agreeing with "facts" is an American Right. Nancy Pelosi wants to destroy that right, by calling for reasoned, informed debate instead of red-faced shouting. What would Paul Giamatti do?
That is basically what happens in this Fox & Friends clip, though, as always, a simple textual description of the words spoken does not do justice to the fever dream quality of it all. If health care protesters were here to defend themselves they would agree that both sides are being un-American, Gretchen says.
And Brian Kilmeade wants to know if anyone "rented John Adams from HBO." In that film, all the founding fathers do is show up and yell at each other, at town halls! Who can forget the scene where a bunch of old, unemployed commoners crash the Constitutional Convention to shout at Paul Giamatti about how they read in a pamphlet somewhere that the bill of rights will allow their slaves to abort white babies with government money, or something, and besides, JEFFERSON WAS SECRETLY BORN IN FRANCE.


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Sony Xperia Z price puzzle starts to fall into place: it won't be cheap
0. phoneArena posted on 14 Jan 2013, 05:40
After the first pricing indication for the upcoming Sony Xperia Z appeared in the form of a 528 pounds sterling (~$850) offer from Clove UK, now two more price points for a SIM-free device show up...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 4557; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
No one thought this device is going to be cheap.
4. wendygarett (unregistered)
Still not affect my consideration to get it tho :)
2. MeoCao (unregistered)
800 usd? fair price.
25. JC557 (Posts: 1863; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)
Considering what the iPhone goes for off contract the Xperia is a decent price for a somewhat rugged phone.
3. pyradark (Posts: 888; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
i ready my $900(Php40K) for this.. 1 year of being poor just to have this baby wohooo cant wait
7. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
Pinoy! :)) I'm sure this will come to philippines by the time s4 is announced. would it make you think twice? :)
27. pyradark (Posts: 888; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
N-O!! hahaha, no matter how outdated the specs are,
the Looks will never be outdated with Sony
Xperia P Owner :)
31. XiphiasGladius (Posts: 813; Member since: 21 Aug 2011)
Surely it'll arrive around May or June, Spec's will be outdated then if compared sa SGS4 no doubt. But that phones overall design. is iDrool worthy! Just look at it, Man ang ganda!
26. motty (Posts: 84; Member since: 13 Dec 2012)
Bulok na to pagdating sa pinas, nakakaloka
5. Basharhd99 (Posts: 97; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
although this is expensive, i won't change my mind , IM GONNA BUY IT
6. franzscorp (Posts: 5; Member since: 07 May 2012)
Bring it on!
8. NeB89 (Posts: 3; Member since: 03 Jun 2012)
In Belgium you can pre-order the Sony Xperia Z for €649.99 and you get a Smartdock DK26 with it. It's due to be delivered 18th of february. This is the same price as the Galaxy S3 and Note II had when they launched here.
9. _Bone_ (Posts: 2155; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
No thanks - I prefer the Oppo Find 5 with same specs, same screen, same camera, better design and better battery for some $300 less. I mean for crying out loud, you can almost buy 3 Nexus 4s for one Xperia Z. That's Sony's idea to get back on the mobile map?
11. _Bone_ (Posts: 2155; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Unpopular as expected. Wonder why anyone prefer this beast over the better priced yet equally packed and built Oppo or Huawei. All are great, but with big difference in price tag.
15. spiderpig2894 (Posts: 597; Member since: 10 Jan 2012)
Oh puhlease! Sony is like.no.other
You can't easily compare their products to some Chinese phones. Sony has the QUALITY that never dies.
17. _Bone_ (Posts: 2155; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Fanboy much?
22. spiderpig2894 (Posts: 597; Member since: 10 Jan 2012)
Im just saying the truth
12. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
Same specifications doesn't mean same hardware!
Does Oppo Find 5 supports 4G?
Does Oppo Find 5 has microSD Slot?
Does Oppo Find 5 has 2.2MP Front Facing Camera?
Does Oppo Find 5 is dust and water resistant?
Does Oppo Find 5 has FM radio?
Do you will trust Oppo over Sony?
Talking about LG Nexus 4 prices, in different countries different and prices.
13. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
Does Oppo Find 5 has such thing like a Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2 ?
Sony Xperia Z is a bit smaller device but display is the same size 5" !
Also have you saw Oppo web pages? I have no words...
18. 007akshay (Posts: 37; Member since: 20 Jun 2012)
hey man where is sony n where is oppo.................u r lik comparin gold n s**t.....lol..:p
19. _Bone_ (Posts: 2155; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Oppo is on the rise baby, but I guess one needs to justify burning the extra couple of hundreds, nothing unusual about that, just ask the you know which group. ;)
Oppo BTW is a high-end blu-ray device maker in a position where they cannot make cheap-azz devices with the logo selling the product, the product needs to sell itself, and that's pretty good pressure to release something solid at a fair price point. $800 for a phone is anything but.
21. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
Sorry, but Oppo even don't have a good international web page so about what trust and support we can talk about...
23. _Bone_ (Posts: 2155; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Bad webpage :"( haha!
No phone is worth burning $800 (especially as it costs some $250 for the manufacturer, $300 with marketing, packing and support), but be my guest if you wanna pay more than twice for a shiny logo, not gonna tell you not to.
24. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
I agree, it is not cheap, but we were talking about the specifications and Sony Xperia Z has better specifications and quality.
"Bad webpage :"( haha!"
There is nothing funny, if they are even unable to creat good global web page, then about what customers service and responsiblity we can talk about???
28. pyradark (Posts: 888; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)
10. VJo003 (Posts: 360; Member since: 11 Mar 2012)
Quality is never cheap
Unless you are Google
14. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
With out contract price well in this to case sony material have the same build feature as Nasa space shuttle. Sorry forgot the name of the material.
16. spiderpig2894 (Posts: 597; Member since: 10 Jan 2012)
Oh damn. The price is going to rival iPhone5 32GB in the Philippines.
Still, Xperia Z! I don't want to be a "SHEap" person.
20. andro. (Posts: 1999; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
No matter what the intial mad sim free prizes given online,the general price through carriers will be always the same as current handsets. This phone will be between 500 - 600 euro pay as you go and between 250-150 euro on 18 or 24 month contracts respectively,its always the case.
29. papss (unregistered)
That is quit expensive if they want to take some market share.. They can't sell on their quality alone in afraid.. Still one sexy phone though


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Former Ugandan Child Soldier Ricky Richard Anywar to Speak at Clarkson University
Rebuilding a War-ravaged Community in Northern Uganda
Former Ugandan child soldier Ricky Richard Anywar will speak on "Rebuilding a War-ravaged Community in Northern Uganda" at Clarkson University on Tuesday, July 3.
Anywar will share his experiences helping to rehabilitate, re-integrate, and empower orphaned youth, children and young mothers and building a sustainable community in Pader, northern Uganda, which was devastated by Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army.
Anywar's talk will be from 10-11:30 a.m. in Bertrand H. Snell Hall (hill campus) Room 330. Light refreshments will be provided.
The event is free and open to the public, but due to limited space, RSVP by Monday, July 2, to firstname.lastname@example.com or 315-268-2300
Anywar is founder and executive director of Friends of Orphans (FRO) in Uganda, which works to reintegrate child soldiers into their home communities, train internally displaced persons in conflict management and resolution, increase food production, and foster sustainable development through enterprise. Read more about FRO at http://frouganda.org .
Clarkson University is working with FRO to help establish a community-based radio station in Pader. As part of the School of Business' global business programs, a group of Clarkson students visited FRO and the site for the proposed radio station in May.
Anywar is the recipient of several awards, including the Harriet Tubman Freedom Award from Free the Slaves, and the Humanitarian Award from World of Children for his outstanding work in rebuilding his community. He has been recognized by the International Research Exchange Board for his accomplishments.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
[A photograph for media use is available at http://www.clarkson.edu/news/photos/ranywar.jpg .)
Photo caption: Former Ugandan child soldier and founder and executive director of Friends of Orphans Ricky Richard Anywar meets with Clarkson University students in Uganda. Anywar will speak on "Rebuilding a War-Ravaged Community in Northern Uganda" at Clarkson University on Tuesday, July 3.


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Visitors to the Iowa State Fair can pick up two popular free items in front of the Butter Cow area and at the Iowa Department of Agriculture display in the Agriculture Building, courtesy of Midwest Dairy Association. A new recipe brochure featuring dairy and a flyer highlighting facts about flavored milk are free resources to fair-goers as they stop by to view the exhibits.
The recipes in the Dairy Goodness brochure were contributed by the people behind the dairy products everyone enjoys dairy farmers, and more specifically dairy farm moms. From breakfast to dinner, layered fruit and yogurt cup to baked zucchini ziti, each of the eight recipes comes from the kitchen of a dairy farm mom and carries her seal of approval.
For example, Minnesota dairy farm mom Kristine Spadgenske's recipe for summer fruit and pasta toss features low-fat vanilla yogurt for a sweet and refreshing dressing on pasta salad. The brochure also highlights dairy nutrition, farm-to-fridge milk handling and the care taken by dairy farmers in producing wholesome products. "The folks behind these recipes really understand how wholesome food gets to our tables," says Donna Moenning, senior vice president for integrated communications at Midwest Dairy. "They take care of the cows and the land that produces great dairy products, and they prepare these foods for their own families."
A second free item will help families understand the great nutrition delivered by flavored milk. A flyer shaped like a milk bottle, called "Five Reasons Flavored Milk Matters," outlines key flavored milk facts related to child nutrition. Flavored milk has been the subject of discussion across the country in recent months, and the handout helps outline the importance of flavored milk to kids' health. The fact that children who drink flavored milk have better quality diets and meet more of their nutrient needs than non-milk drinkers is just one reason shared on the flyer.
The items will be distributed at State Fairs across Midwest Dairy's 10-state territory.
Midwest Dairy Association is a non-profit organization funded by dairy farmers to build demand for dairy products through integrated marketing, nutrition education and research. Midwest Dairy is funded by checkoff dollars from dairy farmers in a 10-state region, including Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. For more information, visit www.midwestdairy.com. Follow us on Twitter and find us on Facebook at Midwest Dairy.


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[195] Going for refuge in the manner of taking the saṃgha as the guide means that one's
friends are the noble saṃgha. For instance, if one travels to Lhasa, one follows exactly
what the tour leader [sgar dpon] does, because he is one's guide [grogs]. All others who
do not go there (to Lhasa) or only go part of the way, are not one's guides. Likewise, in
conversation, thinking and behavior, do not imitate [gcig tu mi byed] anyone, ordained
or lay, who distracts you into negative worldly actions of the eight worldly concerns.
[196] Even the śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas are not one's (ultimate) guides. Commit
yourself by thinking, "I will follow exactly the life (style) of the sons of the Victor, the
bodhisattvas. They are my (ultimate) guides. I will not associate myself with people
who lead me away from the path of the dharma." In this way one goes for refuge (to
the three jewels) as the teacher, the path and the guide. This is a very sublime point.
[197] It is not enough to just know how to go for refuge. One needs to receive the refuge
precepts from a master in the right way. Having received them, one must observe the
precepts, which are twofold: the special [thun min] and the general [thun mong]
precepts. The first has three: precepts concerning prohibitions, precepts concerning
obligations, and supplementary precepts.
[198] First, (the three precepts concerning prohibitions): (1) "Having gone for refuge to the
Buddha, I will not consider saṃsāric deities as my permanent refuge and will not
present prostrations or offerings to them. (2) Having gone for refuge to the dharma, I
will refrain from harming and injuring beings, not even in dreams. I will strive to
protect them as much as I can. (3) Having gone for refuge to the saṃgha, I will not
associate myself with real tīrtikas or those who have no faith in my teacher or the
dharma and who slander them.


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Ray's Subs Help Secure Series over Mariners
Rays 11, Mariners 3
Starting today, you will see a different type of blog written by me online. I am about to undertake a few changes to my blog that will throw more opinion and information on the events. I have come to the conclusion from a few people that the paragraphs in the newspapers online, and the ESPN summaries give then the simple stats needed to know what happened on the turf.
I am going to try and dig a bit and offer some opinions and hopefully valuable insight into the game with more personalized writing. I hope you enjoy it more, and let me know how you feel about the renwed look.
I have made a few huge changes this year with the blog with the deletion of my "Good,theBad, and the Ugly" sets, and the Trivia Fact of the Day. I hope it has become a more informative and interesting reasdfor you everyday. Thanks to all my current readers' and welcome to the ones who ramble by the page
Rays Renegade
Today is the last game this season against the Mariners, but this series will have consequences all the way to October 1st for the Rays. Not that the lost first game on Thursday will matter hugely in the standings, but that their young Rookie went down with a pitch to the wrist.
Evan Longoria is thought to be out a minimum of 15 days with a wrist injury. Now is this 15 days retro to Thursday, or starting on Sunday?
This is huge question because of the series lurking in the future for the Rays. If it is retro to Thursday, then Longoria could be back during the L A Angels series at the Trop next week. If not, he wil miss that important series, plus maybe a few in Chicago White Sox series. This is a bad time to have somethingf happen to our offense.
I am not looking past the A's or the Rangers', but we are suppose to be able to hold our own with those two teams. It is the two division leaders that we have to defeat and set a tone for a possible October rematch. We have to set a pressure-filled sneario that they do not want to come to the Trop., or even play this team when they are heating up for the playoff run.
I know the media and the fans have already called for re-enforcements to be acquired or traded for to bolster the offense. But didn't the guys who are our "super subs" do a great job in the 3 games in Seattle? Didn't Willy Aybar hit the ball out of the field a few times? Didn't Ben Zobrist look comfortable at both the plate and in the field? And didn't seeing Rocco in right just make you think about 2006 and what he could do for this team?
The answer to all three questions is yes. The Rays will be fine. Several time this year we have struggled to get going after an injury. But Sunday, didn't we just look like we just reloaded and went hunting for big black bear?
Edwin Jackson, I know you read my blog, you have commented to me before about them and I just want to say to you right now. Just keep doing what you are doing dude. You have come a milliom miles in just a short time and you just have to remember that you will always get better.
With that in mind, will the Jackson-haters please admit that he is beginning to look like the pitcher we have been wanting for our 5 spot all year long. He is getting mucho run support now, and with that support comes the confidience and the ease to pitch his own game without worrying about men on base or getting into a huge jam.
Ask Scott Kazmir or Matt Garza how pitching with a lead can make you put yourself into a different mindset on the mound. How when you have a lead even the walks and swibble hits do not seem to bother you. That when your defense makes incredible plays, you just relax more and trust your pitches.
Edwin went into the game strating his 23rd game of the season for the Rays. He has already now won 9 games, a career high compared to his 5-15 record in 2007.
In his last 9 starts, he is 5-1, and has allowed 3 Earned Runs or less in 8 of those games. He is also 4-0 in last 4 starts. His 3.70 Road ERA is the best on the Rays staff this year. By the way, last year at this time he was 2-11, with a 6.35 ERA.
I would say he has shown the Rays' and their fans' that he is for real, and ready to go for more this year. And you all are calling for him to go to the Bullpen. Come on now, you never take a guy out who is on a roll in baseball. The Rays should stay with the hand they dealt after Spring Training. Jackson lately has been all aces.
In the 6th inning, Carlos Pena hit a shot that will be a postive viewpoint for instant replays concerning Home Run calls and disputed outfield calls. With the Rays up 8-1 at the time, the call would not effect the game, but would have made a point to the MLB brass that this upcoming replay idea might have some firm ground.
In the inning, Pena took a 2-2 count from knuckleballer R A Dickey and deposited it onto the top of the right centerfield wall for a triple. The problem is that the wall has a bold yellow line on it that designates that it is a home run if it hits bavoe that line in the outfield.
To make matters worse, the ball bounced a few times on the said line and then plopped onto the field. A fan looked like he was about to grab the ball, but he did not touch it, so they did not call a ground rule double, but let Pena sit at third base with a triple. The call was blown by the umpiring crew and was a great example of the kind of call that will be made by the review process.
Pena is fighting to regain his power numbers from last season, and that homer would have boosted him into a tie with Longoria for the team lead. Baseball is all about stats, and to have something like that homer taken away from you can be a trying experience. Good thing that homer did not become a game deciding play. It would have been a huge crome for that play to be magnified on ESPN as a game breaker for the Rays.
Instant replay might not be the savior of the sport, but at times it can redeem a team and it's players by it's simple result.
Rocco Baldelli, how we all missed you since we last saw you play on May 9,2007. That was the last time we saw Rocco hit a ball in a major league game before going on the DL with a plethra of injuires and watching your facial hair expand. Rocco, we never knew how much we missed you until you got up to the plate on Sunday, all clean shaven and stroked that single into left center in the 3rd inning.
How it must have felt like a ton of bricks off your chest to be back in the box again in a major league game and hit that ball for not only your first hit of 2008, but a first RBI in a long time by driving in B J Upton. You looked perfectly calm and at ease in the box Rocco, and we need that from you for the rest of this year. We need to see how much you missed this, and how much you are going to struggle, but succedd this year both at the plate and in the field.
I was there during your Press Conference at Progress Energy and saw the look on your face that you might never set foot on a major league diamond again. I saw the hidden pain and suffering that you want to believe, but that this ailment was winning over you at the moment. I also know and saw the tone of your voice that you wanted to come back, defeat this inner deamon and help this team reach a new high.
Well Rocco, you were on the field when they won their 71st contest, the best in team history. You were also on the field when they won their 70th a few years back and knew the road was only up for this team.
We need you Rocco. We need you to be the smiling guy who came in and stole that certain single from Bryan LaHair in the5th inning to show you still had the wheels and the heart to want to be out there.
But most of all, we want to thank you for becoming the centerpiece of a remarkable story that kids can look up to for years. That while the Rays were sorting out their problems in the infield, and you wanted to play, you were silient and going about your business, not causing stress or friction in the clubhouse or with the team.
We want to thank you for being the model guy who will alsways have a play on this team.
Andrew Friedman, let me tell you something fella, you have a wild knack for finding talent where most do not even think it exsists anymore. We got "super subs", Willy Aybar and Eric Hinske for a pretty penny. We did not trade alot to get Aybar, but he has turned into a clutch performer for this ballclub.
Eric Hinske has always had a bat, but he also has a renewed vigor that on a daily basis he can help this squad reach new heights. With the addition of the inspirational play of Zobrist, and the inhuman work of Shawn Riggans, the bottom of the Rays lineup were superior in this contest.
Not only did the number 7-8-9 guys go 6-14 in this game, with 4 extra base hits,but tney also made key defensive play that help the Rays win this contest. Aybar and Riggans both hit monster shoits to leftfield for homers in this game, but the play of Riggans behind the plate, and Aybar filling in at third made Rays Manager Joe Maddon secure in knowing the Rays will be in great hands during the injury situations.
Hinske will probably get more at bats in left and right during the Carl Crawford injury, and that might actually be a good thing for the Rays. they will be substituting power for speed in this move, but Hinske also has not been slow on the basepaths. We might be scarificing a bit on defense, but with a projected power increase, the Rays should not have any problems in the rst of this roadtrip.


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Saracens 32-12 Sale, Aviva Premiership
Farrell steers Saracens past Sale
January 6, 2013
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Saracens heaped further woe on basement side Sale Sharks with a 32-12 victory in their Aviva Premiership clash at Vicarage Road on Sunday.
Owen Farrell showed perfect timing to demonstrate his worth to Stuart Lancaster ahead of the England coach naming his Six Nations squad on Wednesday with a 22-point haul. In the last-ever Aviva Premiership match to be played at Vicarage Road, Farrell hammered over eight kicks from eight attempts while David Strettle and Charlie Hodgson collected second-half tries to help Saracens to a comfortable win.
The defeat leaves Sale five points behind London Irish at the foot of the table and they only had four Danny Cipriani penalties to show for their efforts. Their defence on the whole was solid, but the same could not be said of their discipline and their attacks were easily blunted by the hosts.
However, they started the game on the front foot and led within five minutes thanks to a Cipriani penalty. Just after the restart, the fly-half got lucky when his kick from inside the 22 was charged down by George Kruis only for the ball to bounce over the dead ball line. But Cipriani soon doubled the Sharks' lead when he belted over a terrific penalty from just inside his own half, although Saracens were to halve the deficit through Farrell.
Saracens' Steve Borthwick looks for support during his side's victory at Vicarage Road © PA Photos
Five minutes later, Farrell brought the score level with another penalty, left-of-centre on the 22-metre line, after James Gaskell was penalised for not rolling away. It was all Saracens at that point and they soon led for the first time with Farrell again deadly from the kicking tee, making a shot from 40 metres. The England man then repeated the trick just a couple of minutes later to extend the gap to six points, with Sale's discipline letting them down badly.
They were to gift Farrell another shot at goal in the 28th minute, one which he did not pass up and despite not threatening the Sale tryline, Saracens found themselves 15-6 ahead. It was to remain that way until half-time with both sides struggling to get out of the middle third of the pitch.
Eleven minutes into the second half, Cipriani brought his team back within six points with a penalty made all the more kickable thanks to some Saracens backchat. But within two minutes, those points were rendered meaningless with Farrell again making it look easy with his sixth penalty, taken from just inside the Sale half.
A rare moment of attacking promise for either side just before the hour-mark then came to nothing when Sale's Kearnan Myall failed to find any support to his left just outside the Saracens 22. But Cipriani was to boot the visitors back within touching distance with an excellent, and somewhat fortuitous, strike from the halfway line which hit both posts before dropping over.
However, Saracens took a huge step towards victory in the 63rd minute - just after bringing on former Shark Hodgson. A strong scrum led to Richard Wigglesworth passing to Hodgson, who with his first touch gave a quick pass to allow Strettle to sprint in under the posts, giving Farrell an easy conversion.
The result was made safe with 10 minutes left and it was roles reversed from the first try as Strettle's deft grubber was simple for Hodgson to pick up and score. Farrell kicked the extras again and the gap was up to 20 points, meaning that Sale were going to go back up to Salford with nothing to show for their efforts.
Following the game, Saracens boss Mark McCall shrugged off concerns about their ability to turn pressure into tries. "We'd like to be scoring more tries and we've done that in certain games in Europe but we were dominant in the first half as well here and that is a good sign.
"We just couldn't go more than three phases without Sale giving a penalty away - that's not our fault - and Owen [Farrell] quite rightly kicked all the penalties to build a good lead so I am not too worried about the tries."
Reflecting on his side's latest reverse, Sale boss Steve Diamond said: "We've just got to stick to what we do in the league and hopefully our endeavour will show. We proved last week against Worcester that we can be competitive right the way through but when you come up against a top four side like this, if you're off your metal in the last 15 minutes they'll make you pay."
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Fall Welcome Address
Robert L. Caret, President
San José State University
August 22, 2002
Framing a Vision for 2007
The slides that have been projected as you entered the room today are but a few examples of the excellence and quality we have achieved as an institution. We have worked hard, accomplished a great deal and have much to be proud of. It is therefore appropriate that I once again begin my annual address by thanking the faculty, staff and students who made this progress possible. Your efforts have provided the foundation from which this institution will continue to evolve and develop. Again, thank you all for your efforts and your commitment to San José State University.
I will begin, as has been my norm, with a general overview of the state of the university.
As is too often the case, I have good news coupled with bad news. I will try to emphasize the good news today. First, the state budget is in trouble again. And, when the state has trouble with its budget, so does our university. The good news, though it presents a challenge, is that we have become an institution of choice for many students who view us as a gateway to Silicon Valley and a gateway to their future. Our enrollments are growing at unprecedented rates.
The slide, from last Spring, projects a growth of approximately 2,700 headcount, academic year (00-01) to academic year (02-03). More recent projections suggest that we will have grown by approximately 4,000 headcount (2,500 FTE) from Fall 2000 to Fall 2002 and that we will break the 30,000 headcount barrier. We are clearly on the move. And, part of the good news is that we are receiving new revenue from the state as a result of this growth.
Unfortunately, because of the state budget, over the last two years, we are only receiving approximately 50% of the funding that this growth calls for. That reality may result in problems with course availability and class size, two variables that we will continue to monitor closely. The limited new funding will be felt in many other ways, for there are many needs and obligations that we are attempting to address.
We will balance our budget, as we always do. But, this goal has been achieved at an expense--the elimination, delay or curtailment of many important initiatives for the campus.
As promised last year, we have added approximately 78 new faculty offices, have continued our program of refurbishing the older faculty offices, have accelerated our CMS implementation, have hired many new tenure track faculty (approximately 60-70/year), staff and lecturers, initiated AIM and MUSE and continue with several ongoing obligations, including CMS there is much progress being made. And, as we come out of this statewide budget slump, we will continue to accelerate that progress in many important venues.
As I said earlier, in order to keep our challenges in perspective, I felt it important to focus a significant portion of this year s address on the progress that has been made and will be made and the plans we have for the immediate future. Too often we focus on the challenges before us and do not take the time to recognize some of the hurdles that have been successfully overcome. So, let s take a moment to look at the progress we have made since 1995. First, recall the Points of Pride exhibited at the beginning of this address. Others follow.
Highlights of Recent Construction:
á Paseo de San Carlos
á Heritage Gateways
á Simpkins Athletic Administration Building
á Infrastructure Upgrades I and II
á Moss Landing Marine Labs
á Boccardo Business Education Center
á New Child Care Center
á Student Services Center
á New University Police Department Facility
á Painting of the Central Classroom Building
á Sweeney Hall Refurbishment
á Tower Hall and Morris Dailey Auditorium
á Koret Athletic Training Center
á University House
á New faculty/staff housing (renovated Victorians and former ATO house) [1]
Construction that is soon to come:
á Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
á Campus Village
á Clark Hall
á New Alumni House/Center
á South Campus Planning 2]
If we look at all system-wide capital projects currently in progress, we find that SJSU represents 23+% of that total.
Academic Initiatives:
á 68 New tenure track faculty hired
á 94 faculty offices refurbished
á AIM (Academic Innovation Model) initiated
á Curricular Priorities largely complete
á MUSE (Metropolitan University Scholars Experience) being initiated [3]
á International program expansion (Taiwan, El Salvador, Japan and others)
á Community Service Learning continues to grow
á Program Assessment efforts continue to mature
á Our efforts to eliminate the need for remediation are showing progress
á All university effort to meet new standards for teacher preparation
á Showcase for Learning initiated and being expanded
Looking ahead:
á Honors courses and program expansion
á Joint doctorates in education and engineering in development with UCSC and UCB
á Ten-year WASC Self-Study Visit in 2004-2005
á Five-year NCAA Certification Visit in 2003-2004
á Strategic plan for Athletics
Major Partnerships that have been initiated:
á Cisco
á Cadence
á NASA-Ames Satellite Campus with the University of California and the Foothill-DeAnza Community College District
Much has been accomplished and much more is in progress. We should keep that in mind as we address the new challenges before us. There will always be new challenges.
Before we leave this section, let me digress to athletics for a moment. New NCAA rules require that we meet several new conditions to remain in the 1A category of athletic competition. We intend to meet those challenges and have begun a planning and implementation effort to ensure that we do. We need to recognize that we are a charter member of the 1A club, having been a member for over 50 years. We want to remain in the club because it is right for us to do so and because of who is in the club. This institution needs to be the best it can be, in engineering, business, health sciences, teacher education, all of our programs and majors in the academic arena. And we need to be the best we can be in the athletic arena. It is the academic-athletic linkage that is driving our planning and decision-making, not the athletic component alone.
Five, 10, 20 years or more down the road, the institution we have built will have certain characteristics associated with it. We need to plan with those characteristics in mind. What is our peer group? What characteristics do they exhibit? These are all questions we must address as a campus and we have begun that process in earnest over the last few months.
Let me digress for a moment to mention another important initiative before us this year that is a key component to maintaining our momentum. A California Bond initiative will be on both the November 2002 (Proposition 47) and March 2003 ballots. These two ballot measures will provide much needed construction dollars to all of education in California, both near term and long term. They are vital to the future of California and its students and they are vital to San José State University. I ask that you all take the time to learn about these initiatives, to formulate opinions and to vote when the time comes.
I also feel it important to take a moment to summarize some of what we gleaned from the most recent (2nd) employee satisfaction survey. Detailed summaries of these outcomes have been provided to all divisions and to the university Campus Climate Committee and will be incorporated into the planning that occurs at those levels. The survey tells us that our employees today are more likely to recommend SJSU to a friend then they were 4 years earlier.
They are also more pleased with the increased training opportunities they are provided,
feel better about how they are being treated (though it is not at a level that is needed,
and feel better informed than in the past (though more improvement is needed).
However, though three-quarters are happy, they do not feel we are making progress in serving our customers in ways we need to.
From a campus-wide perspective, we will be concentrating our efforts in four critical areas: communication across campus, recognition of employees, improvements in work environment, including the assimilation of technology, and continued improvements in our HR processes. Each division will work in these four common areas and will select other areas, unique to them, for focused improvement. Our goal is to continue to see improvement in all areas in the survey as we ask for periodic feedback from you.
Communication is one of the areas we need to improve on. Many of you have embraced the Metropolitan University (MU) Mission for our campus. Regrettably, others are still unclear as to what that label means. That dichotomy presents a communication problem. As one small step in helping with that broader understanding, let me mention that the Metropolitan Universities do have a web site on which we share information with each other. I would encourage you to visit the site on a regular basis and to share it with colleagues. You should also know that there is a quarterly journal for the organization and we receive ten copies of that journal and distribute it widely, across the campus. The majority of the copies are then routed to the library where they may be used by the entire campus. Please do take a look at this important publication. It helps us all frame what we do, as a family of institutions, for our respective regions. There are many good ideas, from across the globe, and you might find one or more you would like to see implemented here in Silicon Valley.
I will end, today, with an introduction to what I consider the most important task before us. As we begin the year, we are just five years away from our 150th anniversary as the oldest public university in the west. This is an important milestone and it is not one we should take lightly. I believe the campus must use this opportunity for a complete review of what we are and what we want to be. We need to frame a vision for what 2007 is. 2007 is not the end of our first 150 years. It is the beginning of our second 150 years. Where do we want that next century and one-half to take us? What vision do we want to frame for ourselves? I have asked the Provost, working with the university s Planning Council, to lead that dialogue and to now broaden it by involving the entire campus community.
Let me outline our initial thoughts and ideas. The overarching goal is to provide direction and focus to the campus, to improve quality, to position the institution and to continue to improve our image, and to garner the resources we will need to make the vision a reality.
The planning must begin with our heritage and our fundamental commitments and beliefs, and it must be guided by our institutional vision, a vision that has served us well for many years.
We will focus on education that is transformative and we will nurture an environment in which learning will flourish.
We must continue to attract a world-class faculty and staff and a student body that is well-prepared and hungry for knowledge. We see the main campus growing to 25,000 FTE students and we see the need to develop one or two smaller satellite campuses, one in the north (NASA-Ames) and one in the south (Morgan Hill).
We will continue to be research-directed and will expand our research funding to move into the top 150 institutions nationally. We will develop joint-doctorates, research centers and incubators as part of that research thrust. And, we will continue to develop strong partnerships across all the communities we work with.
The planning also includes our first comprehensive capital campaign for the university. We are in the early stages of discussion for that inaugural and important effort.
What will San José State University look like in 2007, 2017, 2027 and beyond? We must paint an exciting and dynamic vision for ourselves. I have no doubt that together we can do just that. Please join with us in that dialogue and help us frame our plans for the future of our university, the Metropolitan University of Silicon Valley.
Today we begin a new academic year. Today, as they say, is the first step in the rest of our lives. As we take that step, we all need to reflect on the tragedy of September 11th, whose first-year anniversary is approaching. We need to recognize that we all must do everything in our power to ensure that September 11th never occurs again. One of our most important tools in that battle is education--education that provides a broader perspective, education that provides us with the ability to empathize with others, to put ideas and concepts into historical perspective and to find solutions to complex issues. I pledge that SJSU will do its part in helping our students obtain the education they deserve and the education that is core to the society we want for the future. I also pledge to expend whatever energy is needed to achieve the dream we paint in SJSU 2007.
Thank you and have a great year.
[1] The 6 housing units on 8th and Reed are now available and our first tenants have moved in. The old historic houses that the city donated to the university (Thank you Cindy Chavez!) will provide 7 more units, are being re-modeled, and will be available to faculty and staff in October-November.
[2] It is more than the old track. We are looking at the needs for intramural space for students, space for club sports, the needs of athletics, parking needs and the needs of the community. We have established a campus and university advisory group to help with the planning effort.
[3] Our first cohort of MUSE students joins us this Fall with over 100 MUSE faculty and 2 dozen Peer Mentors joining in the effort. A new Spartan Scholars Handbook, focusing on SJSU history, tradition/heritage, and resources has been produced as part of this important new initiative.


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Less than a decade short of 100 years ago, in Chicago, the trial of Leopold and Loeb took place with Clarence Darrow, the famed attorney assigned with the responsibility of defending the two young men.
Loeb and Leopold developed a strategy to kill and did, in fact, kill a 14-year-old, Bobby Franks. (At the time of the trial, Leopold, at 19, was the youngest person in history to graduate from the University of Chicago, and Loeb, at 17, was the youngest person to graduate from the University of Michigan.) Furthermore, Leopold and Loeb came from two of Chicagos wealthiest and most privileged families. The citizenry of the Midwest was incensed, and it was a forgone conclusion that both young men would receive the death penalty. But did they?
Fifty-five years ago, in the beginning of my career as a psychologist, a district court judge assigned to me the task of reading Darrows summary pleading to the jury. It was an incredible and enlightening defense. At the end of Darrows summary, the press, jury and judge reportedly were crying.
The recent Aurora shootings, along with the Herald headline: Suspect known as a brilliant student (July 21), was one of the dozen or so occasions in my life that I reread Darrows famed defense. I encourage my fellow citizens to read it. I believe it probably will be for you what it has been for me: a rare reading/therapeutic and enlightening experience.
Darrows almost complete summary may be read in: Alvin B. Sellers, The Loeb-Leopold Case, Brunswick, GA: Classic Publishing Co., 1926. Reprints from Making of Modern Law are available on e-book.
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Replay overturns Parra's homer
Umpires award D-backs outfielder RBI double vs. Giants
By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com
PHOENIX -- D-backs outfielder Gerardo Parra had a two-run homer overturned thanks to the use of video replay in the third inning Tuesday night at Chase Field. With Miguel Montero on first, Parra drove a Matt Cain ball deep to right-center. First-base umpire Marty Foster initially called the ball a home run. Before Giants manager Bruce Bochy could argue, the umpires quickly huddled and decided to review the play. The replay system at Chase Field is located to the first-base side of home plate near the umpires' dressing room. After a delay of only several minutes, the umpires emerged and ruled the ball a double. Montero was allowed to come around to score because the umpires ruled that he would have scored had the ball been ruled a double from the start, giving the D-backs a two-run lead in an eventual 10-8 victory. Replays showed that the ball struck the green padding halfway up the outfield wall rather than clearing the wall. D-backs manager A.J. Hinch briefly discussed the call with home-plate umpire Wally Bell. "They got it right," Hinch said. "I just wanted to make sure the run was going to score on their discretion." Parra wound up scoring anyway on a single to left by Brandon Allen.
Steve Gilbert 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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It used to be you had to be a real VIP to get recognized at your favorite restaurant. But now, thanks to new technology, everybody knows your name, your favorite table and maybe even how much you tip. These days it's all being stored in databases for instant access the moment you walk through the door.
"There was a time when it was all in the mind of a maitre de or an owner and they knew what you wanted to eat, what you wanted to drink, all by memory. Now it can be in the computer," said restaurant consultant Clark Wolf, President of Clark Wolf Consulting.
Many restaurants around the country are starting to keep detailed records of their customers in computer databases, ready to pull up and use the moment you walk through the door. The idea is simple-the more they know about you-the better they can serve.
"Who doesn't like to go into a restaurant and be recognized, greeted by name, and maybe shown to their favorite table," said Anne Shepherd, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Open Table.
Open Table is one company that provides database software to restaurants. they say the information collected can run the gamut.
"They might contain dates like birthdays or anniversaries. They could contain notations about allergies or dietary restrictions. Or things like favorite cocktail, favorite bottle of wine," said Shepherd.
But it doesn't always stop there. Experts say these records can also contain information on how much you tipped or how long you stayed at your table. Not every diner wants their details documented. Even the restaurant consultants acknowledge there are privacy issues to consider.
"There's a fine line between knowing all about you for the benefit of giving you good service and being a stalker," said Wolf.
But they insist the intent isn't to be intrusive. it's about using their knowledge to get the customers they want to return.
Wolf said or, "You an also get people to never come back again without them even knowing it. What you do is you make a decisive mistake. If you know they're coming with their girlfriend instead of their wife, you mention the name of the wife. And that person will never come again."
But most of the time, restaurateurs tell us, the data is used to enhance the dining experience.
"Is it a quiet table? Is it a booth? Do they want to be seen in the center of everybody," said Umberto Gibin, Owner of Perbacco.
So how can you tell if your favorite restaurant is keeping tabs on you? Experts say if they are doing it right, you'll probably never know.
"The best way to use data is to make it basically seamless and invisible," said Richard Coraine with Union Square Hospitality Group.
Here's what you can do: Tell the restaurant what you want and be clear about it. Also, if you book online through a website like Open Table or Rezbook, you can add special requests to your reservation which can be on file for future visits.
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SAN FRANCISCO - If you're having trouble remembering your best moments from 2012, turn to Facebook to relive your memories.
The social networking site has launched a "year in review" feature for each user.
[RELATED: See your Facebook "year in review"]
Facebook compiled the top 20 moments for individual users based on the most popular events or posts on a person's timeline. The Facebook memories are listed in reverse chronological order.
The "memories" are chosen based on the most likes, shares and comments. For example, a wedding album or a popular music video could be listed as a top 20 "memory."
What do you remember most about 2012? Share your memories with Local 6 on our Facebook page!
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We've all been wondering for quite some time now who ACGDIASOP is, and I can tell you with some degree of certainty that this is the man himself. Here are the proofs: first off, his name is 'A Colourful Guy' – look at his colourful outfit (it's like when you know a guy wearing sneakers is 'sneaky'). Second and possibly more conclusively, this photo was taken at the FINZ drinks last week. In this blog post from Thursday 4 June he stated "I had a good time and made a grand entrance with two tall, beautiful Sudanese models on my arms. LOL :)". This photo clearly shows a 'Colourful Guy' making a grand entrance with two tall, beautiful Sudanese models on his arms. Proof number three, he certainly seems to be Laughing Out Loud in this photo. His name is Bill Gray and I know absolutely nothing else about him.
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Pirates game in tough loss to Brewers
Bucs fall in 12th inning on Hardy's RBI single to center
By Nick Zaccardi / MLB.com
Hardy hit a walk-off single in the 12th inning to propel the Brewers to a 4-3 victory and a series sweep of the Pirates on Sunday afternoon. Pirates manager John Russell and first baseman Adam LaRoche were ejected before the sixth for arguing balls and strikes. Chris Gomez nearly gave the Pirates the lead in the 12th, only to have his controversial grounder down the third-base line ruled foul.
However, it's hard to fault the umpires when you only manage three runs on 16 hits, leaving 14 men on base.
"[We had] a lot of hits, just couldn't come up with the big one," said Russell, who was tossed for the first time in his debut season as the Pittsburgh skipper. "Gomez misses the ball there down the line the last inning. That would have been a big hit, but both sides had opportunities. It seemed like the home team was going to win this one because they had the last at-bat."
Hardy's single came off Jason Davis, the Pirates' sixth pitcher of the day. Davis (1-4) walked Rickie Weeks with one out, and Weeks stole second to get in scoring position with Hardy up.
"The way it was looking, it looked like it was going to come down the bullpens and see how long it could last," Russell said. "I didn't know if it was ever going to end. ... They were busting all day long, just couldn't get it done. Milwaukee did the same thing and came up with the big hit."
Pittsburgh's golden opportunity also came in the 12th. They loaded the bases with no outs against Carlos Villanueva, but Guillermo Mota (4-5) got out of the jam. With one out, Gomez ripped a grounder past third base, but it was ruled foul. He missed putting Pittsburgh ahead by two or three runs by inches and ended up striking out. Actually, if you ask him, he didn't miss at all.
"[They said] it was foul. I told [third-base umpire Andy Fletcher] I thought it was fair," said Gomez, who saw Fletcher after coming out to play defense at third in the Brewers' 12th.
LaRoche and Russell had more detailed conversations with home-plate umpire Bob Davidson prior to the sixth. LaRoche was called out on strikes on a questionable pitch in the fifth. At the time, he told Davidson he thought it was a poor call, but let it go after a few words. Then, the first baseman saw a replay of the strikeout after the fifth, and let Davidson know just how bad the call was.
"I came back in [the dugout], and he just wouldn't take his eyes off me," LaRoche said. "So I held up my hands, told him it was a foot outside. We exchanged some more words, I turned around to go sit down, and he started walking toward the dugout. I came out, and that was it."
Russell then came onto the field to back up LaRoche and was separated from Davidson by second-base umpire Mike Reilly. Russell got his two cents in before being tossed.
"The altercation happened, we got Adam under control and it was over," Russell said. "Bob continued to agitate the situation by coming toward our dugout and yelling. I didn't think that was right."
Before the umpires became the story, starter Paul Maholm matched dominant Brewers left-hander CC Sabathia in innings (six) and pitches (96). Maholm gave up 12 hits and two runs, but managed to go six innings for the 20th straight start, becoming the first Pirate to do so since Rick Rhoden in 1986. He took the accomplishment in stride.
"[That's] me doing my job, nothing else," Maholm said. "That's what's expected. That's what I expect out of myself. It has a lot to do with the defense picking me up and no high pitch counts. That's something you go into every outing trying to do."
Mike Cameron (5-for-5) hit a tie-breaking solo homer off reliever Denny Bautista to put the Brewers ahead, 3-2, in the eighth, which brought in ex-Pirate Salomon Torres for the save chance. Luis Rivas led off with a single and later scored the tying run on a pinch-hit single by Nate McLouth, making his first appearance of the road trip after recovering from a stomach virus.
Matt Capps pitched a perfect ninth in his first outing since coming off the disabled list. The Brewers, who have taken 12 straight from the Pirates at Miller Park, come to PNC Park next weekend. For Maholm, the 12 hits were a season high, a number he can't replicate and expect to win his next start.
"I get to face them again next time out, so hopefully [I'll] draw up a new gameplan," Maholm said. "I don't think the 12 hits will survive again."
Nick Zaccardi is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Brenda Douglas; and two brothers, Danny Cauley and Michael Cauley.
Survivors include her husband of 45 years, William Campbell of Dardanelle; one son, Billy Wayne Campbell and wife, Shannon, of Bella Vista.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at Cornwell Chapel in Dardanelle with Revs. Charles Johnson and Ricky White officiating. Burial will be in Ware Chapel Cemetery in Dublin.
Pallbearers include Brad Cauley, Lance Cauley, Dale Roper, Harold Roper, Drew Case and Grady Hunnicutt.
Honorary Pallbearers are Matthew Cauley and Alvin Walker.
Arrangements by Cornwell Funeral Home, Dardanelle.
Online guest book and condolences at www.cornwellfuneralhomes.com.


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Content We Love: Johnnie Walker's Social Camera
From Beyond PR
By Kristin Roach, PR Newswire
Preparation for a trip is a lot like writing a press release. How? You want to make sure you get things right – so you do some research and use that information to turn your vacation into the trip of a lifetime. Or, the press release of the decade. Your excitement is real, you've planned for it, and it's going to be incredible. Who knew press releases could be so…cool?! http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/johnnie-walker-launches-the-spice-road-inspired-by-travel-and-made-exclusively-for-travellers-180966531.html
Eye-catching. Intriguing. Those are the first words that came to mind when I read this Johnnie Walker press release. What's so cool about this release? Lots of things! But what stands out most notably is that they tell a story using photos and social media.
The headline: Johnnie Walker Launches The Spice Road, Inspired by Travel and Made Exclusively for Travellers
It catches attention. Without a great headline, you could be losing potential readers. Keep it punchy. Keep it interesting. In this case, the headline attracts a variety of readers, from world travelers to whiskey connoisseurs and even those in between. Ask yourself this: Would you want to read this press release? Would you "click" on this content? You want your headline to have a BAM! factor. This is a good rule of thumb to follow to make your release stand out.
The photos.
After the headline, the photos are the first thing your eyes are drawn to. Did you know that by including visual offerings in your press release, you can get almost 10 times the views logged by plain-text counterparts? That's significant. And this release has two photos. They complement each other and Johnnie Walker helps set the tone for the release with their images. Kudos!
The social media.
We live in a social world. Releases are shared and talked about socially. Johnnie Walker is out there navigating the world to find different trade routes and flavors. And they want you to join them – in the social sphere. Not only did they give you a handle to follow, they went a step further and gave you a #hashtag to include in your own crafted tweet. Think of this as an invitation: Come join the conversation with the hashtag! Let's talk on Facebook! See what we're up to via our Instagram photos!
Whether it's sharing drinks or sharing tweets, Johnnie Walker is the tour de force with photos and social media. So now that we've touched on the highlights of what makes this release so catching, let's talk about you. You're a business or an organization — How do you make your content social? What gets people talking about you? With almost everything we do now finding a place in the social world, from coupons to customer service, you want to make sure that you're utilizing all potential tools to get that BAM! factor.
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- Singapore Grand Prix - FP2
Vettel quickest again in FP2
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Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time of FP2 in Singapore as once again he and Lewis Hamilton looked the men to beat in practice.
Hamilton and Vettel were both immediately quickest in the opening half hour of the session as times were set on softs, and when the field switched to supersofts Vettel was the last of the front runners to set a time and was quickest with a 1:48.340. That left him 0.311s clear of Jenson Button and over half a second ahead of Fernando Alonso.
It was Button's team-mate Hamilton who would have been Vettel's closest challenger, however, as he was set to set a time considerably quicker before he ran wide in the final two corners and lost a lot of time, eventually ending up 0.7s slower than the pace-setting Red Bull. Mark Webber was also ahead of Hamilton with a 1:48.964 as Red Bull displayed improved pace on the high downforce circuit.
The two Force India's were competitive with Paul di Resta sixth quickest and Nico Hulkenberg seventh - both with a second of Vettel's time - and ahead of Nico Rosberg, Felipe Massa and Romain Grosjean.
Bruno Senna caused a red flag just before the halfway mark of the session when he got too close to the wall on the exit of turn 19 and broke his left rear suspension. The car then snaked up the road before coming to a rest on the apex of turn 20. Marshals attempted to push the car away but the damage meant a mobile crane was required and the session was red flagged for five minutes.
The incident highlighted why there has been a safety car in each race so far in Singapore, displaying just how difficult it is to remove a stricken car from the circuit quickly and safely.
A number of other drivers made smaller errors - with the likes of Sergio Perez running wide at turn 14 and just stopping short of the barrier - but the most spectacular was Kamui Kobayashi, who spun in turn 18 and somehow managed to avoid the wall. He then allowed the car to roll back under the grandstand to turn 19 before spinning round again to continue.
While competition at the front appears close between Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari, there is an interesting battle developing at the back of the grid as Marussia looks to be strong against Caterham. Timo Glock was 0.4s quicker than the fastest Caterham of Heikki Kovalainen, while Charles Pic also outpaced Vitaly Petrov.


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Unlike the Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I., that just began operating as a casino in June, Elias Patoucheas, president of Claremont Cos., envisions a first-class destination gambling resort facility at his headquarters in Bridgewater.
Unlike the Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I., that just began operating as a casino in June, Elias Patoucheas, president of Claremont Cos., envisions a first-class destination gambling resort facility at his headquarters in Bridgewater.
"I've been talking to the world's largest gaming operations and we believe this would be a fabulous site being that it's in the proximity to Cape Cod and Rhode Island with easy access to the Boston suburbs," said Patoucheas.
Patoucheas, whose company primarily develops hotels and apartment buildings, declined to identify who those big casino organizations are, but he's received very positive feedback for a potential partnership.
With 170 acres, Patoucheas said, the location is perfectly situated at the crossroad of Interstate 495 and Route 24.
In addition to gaming, Patoucheas said he imagines a hotel, retail stores, restaurants and entertainment at the facility if his group were to win the region's one gaming license.
That's different from Twin River Casino, which has gaming tables, restaurants and entertainment but lacks hotel accommodations.
Patoucheas said he was pleased when the Massachusetts Gaming Commission decided to consider commercial developers in April. While it's not a guarantee the casino license won't go to the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, the commission opened the door to commercial developers as the tribe's plans to build a casino in Taunton have been stalled since legislation was passed in 2011 that gave them a leg up to develop a casino in southeastern Massachusetts.
The day the state's expanded gambling law was passed in 2011, commercial developer KG Urban, which hopes to build a casino in New Bedford, filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a provision that granted a federally recognized tribe a period of exclusivity in southeastern Massachusetts, freezing out commercial casino developers.
KG Urban spokesman Andy Paven said the group intends to continue with its litigation.
The partners for their New Bedford proposed project, which Paven identified as a destination casino facility, don't have concerns with the recent expansion of Twin River Casino.
"It was a known entity," Paven said.
Elaine Driscoll, spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, like Paven, said the expansion of Twin River was a known factor for some time, and the commission leaves it to the applicants to do their own research.
But the interest in developing casinos in the state, Paven said shows that Massachusetts has a very viable market.
With Twin River Casino down the highway from the SouthCoast, the possibility of Raynham Park getting a slots parlor, debates to bring casino gambling to New Hampshire and two major casinos over the border in Connecticut, Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan said the climate for successful casinos in Massachusetts is a different environment than in 2010 when the city was close to a deal with the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe to build a casino on 300 acres that's now the site of the bio-park.
"Locally, it's saturated," said Flanagan.
Fall River had a head start to bring a casino to the city, but the deal was derailed when Gov. Deval Patrick failed to sign the casino bill in 2010, Flanagan said.
"If it had gone ahead, we'd be opening the doors to a casino now and creating 3,000 to 5,000 new jobs," Flanagan said.
In the past two years, Flanagan said, he's been approached by developers pitching plans to bring a casino to the city, but so far nothing has been solid.
"It would have to be something special to attract patrons and tourists," Flanagan said.
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It finally happened: the self-styled "hottest band in the world" was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Recent interviews with current and former members of KISS led fans to believe that some battle royal might break on the stage at the Barclays Center in New York, where the Rock Hall induction ceremony took place tonight (April 10). In fact, it was an unexpectedly warm moment — almost shockingly so.
Before the founding members of the band took the stage, Tom Morello introduced them with a speech that raised the roof, proving that the man can inspire awe without a guitar in sight. Morello usually reserves his passionate speechmaking for matters of politics, but he was in full-on preacher mode when extolling the virtues of a band that, as he said, wasn't always easy to be a fan of.
"Impact, influence and awesomeness: KISS had all three in spades!" he yelled, getting the audience to its feet. "What Elvis and the Beatles were to past generations, KISS was to us!" He continued, "Tonight proves that the critics and the high school bullies were wrong and we were right!"
In one of the surprises of the night, Gene Simmons took the mic and uttered these rather rare (for him) words: "We are humbled."
He was referring to Morello's speech, but, after all of the controversy of the band's induction, he did seem (relatively) humbled. He'll surely deny this in the interviews that will likely follow over the course of the next few days, but it was a touching moment watching him speak about Ace Frehley ("his guitar playing has often been imitated but never equalled"), Peter Criss ("nobody else has that swing and style") and his longtime partner Paul Stanley ("You couldn't ask for a better partner!").
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I am new to rabbits and like to know about keeping a rabbit with out a cage, I do not like animals caged and as Yuki chan is part of my family I want he/her to roam free in the house, which she does, but the problem is I am trying to toilet train her and failing, he/she is going everywhere, I spend most of the day running after her cleaning up..
I have a litter tray and have put a tissue with her pee on it in the tray, she goes to the train, looks and then takes off and 10 minutes later I am cleaning up again. Is there any way of training with out caging ?
Thank You
Edited ... Today Yuki chan has been doing "Binkies" and "Sprinting" about the place .. also she has been "softly biting" my feet... I know Binkies and sprinting means :
She went in the litter box a few times and I was happy, droppings are sill every where , but from about 2000hrs last night she decided enough of the litter box and was peeing all over the place my living room now smells of vinegar.
Last night I was really tired as not sleeping for nearly 2 days watching over my little girl, so last night put barriers around her house and put Yuki chan behind it ... OMG one very angry baby rabbit, Yuki chan was not a happy bunny. I had her litter box, hay, food, water everything there and she decided PAYBACK ...
I woke up this morning at 0600 and went to let her out .... she never used the litter box once anything that was dry last night is now drowned wet with pee, she pulled out all the hay and made a complete mess of the area ... she must have done laps in her water bowl because it was almost empty of water, the pellets in the food bowl were everywhere also .... today I am not a happy Bunny Slave ....But I do love my little girl.!
Right it is now 0711hrs and I need a strong black coffee.
And having her caged/penned does not make her LESS a part of the family. It is for her safety, the same way you would use a baby-gate to protect a young toddler from falling down the steps, or going into an unsafe room. When very young, rabbits need to be limited, just like children. If you let your 2 year old human baby run around with no guidance or boundaries, you WILL have problems.


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Curtis: Beats cancer, debuts with Yanks
Rookie outfielder was diagnosed with testicular cancer at 15
I was 15 years old when I was diagnosed with testicular cancer. We were in the car going to school, and I was experiencing discomfort, so I asked my mom to take me to the doctor. Within a minute of starting the checkup our family doctor said, 'Wow, we have a problem here.'
Before I knew it, I was on the way to nearby Seattle for more tests. After seeing a couple of doctors and undergoing another couple hours of tests, I was told I had cancer. Surgery was scheduled for the next morning.
Obviously, a lot of thoughts were going through my head at that point. I didn't know what was going to happen, I didn't know if I would be all right. At that age, I was obviously familiar with the word cancer, and I knew how serious cancer can be. I also had a general idea how many people it affected both in the U.S. and all over the world.
But when you're that young, you can be a little naive at first. I figured I was healthy on the whole and that this couldn't stop me. But at the same time, it was scary, and I was very scared. It really hit my parents the most, but they were really strong; they were really there for me along with my friends. That support group is what helped me the most. I knew I had a lot of people looking out after me.
Coming out of surgery, we didn't know right away whether it was a success or not. The doctor was great. He told me they had taken out the tumor, and they found that it had extended to the veins in my stomach area by my lymph nodes.
They said they thought they'd gotten it all but recommended chemo right away. But they also said I had the option to wait and find out before I started that chemo. We decided on the less invasive approach because they said they thought they got most of it.
So I would come back every week for CAT scans. I would have a lot of blood work, and I would take a lot of X-rays. Each week my blood levels were going down and my CAT scans were looking good. Eventually, I started to feel more relief and began to believe maybe we did get it all. Then I got to the point where I would got to the hospital every other week and get back to doing everyday stuff. Once I started getting back into my routines, I felt better about everything. I felt I had a pretty good chance of beating it.
During my recovery I received a special gift in the mail: A book and a note from Lance Armstrong. It was a great feeling to have someone like him reach out to me. It was pretty cool. I had always followed him and his career. The way he overcame his cancer was very inspirational. I still have the book.
It took me about three weeks after the surgery before I started playing baseball again. I wasn't experiencing any side effects, health-wise, and baseball was really important to me, so I started playing again. It gave me something to look forward to, and it helped me take my mind off the cancer. I used baseball as my escape that entire summer.
I've been able to keep playing baseball, and now to get to the big leagues for the first time this season is incredible. Playing for the Yankees has been a truly amazing experience. You look around the locker room and see All-Stars and guys who have won five world championships. It is such a storied franchise and to come up and to be part of it is special.
Right now, it's still very new. I'm just trying to play my part, to do my role, and to learn. As a young guy I'm fortunate to have so many more experienced guys here to learn from.
Yankees rookie outfielder Colin Curtis has been cancer-free for 10 years. The 25-year-old from Issaquah, Wash., was a fourth-round draft pick by New York in 2006, and he made his big league debut on June 21 before collecting his first hit one night later.
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Texas guard Gibbs to transfer
Texas freshman guard Sterling Gibbs says he is transferring after a freshman season of battling to get playing time.
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Gibbs says he's leaving because of family reasons but did not elaborate in a statement released Tuesday by the school. The statement doesn't say where Gibson will transfer, but says he will finish the spring semester at Texas.
Gibbs played in 30 games for the Longhorns last season, averaging nearly 8 minutes and 2.6 points.


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Discussion in 'Fan Art' started by Vektor, Mar 21, 2006.
sincerest apologies to all involved...
Is it trying to make a right turn?
Haha, nice.
You know... I kinda like the amber nacelle cap look.
The last screenie makes me expect Colin Baker's head to fly at me any second.
The amber bussard collectors make me feel as if I have a color deficiency.
Never noticed that before.
That old coot's been driving with his turn signal on for light-years!
Well done, largo.
LOL... I thought I had seen everything, largo! Funny... you should see the glove compartment on this thing!
I'll echo someone from a page or two back in that I think the nacelles would look awesome with the bussards colored more along the lines of TOS's caps (pale coral-ish color) than the TNG red.
This is looking terrific - I'm really hoping it won't lose its sleek purposefulness being freckled with portals and escape pods. This has to be the most beautiful Starfleet ship, bar none; I think you've really shown the 'authorized' designs a thing or two, Vektor (no offense intended, Rick Sternbach - there's nothing that says something has to be 'beautiful' to be a great design!).
I've become increasingly concerned about that myself. The Citizen and I are just beginning to hash out surface details, windows, panel lines, escape pods, etc, but I would like to find a way to reduce the usual "clutter" and maintain more of TMP-era sleekness.
That's some seriously high praise Ptrope and I thank you for it, but I'm gonna have to go with the TMP refit myself. Of course, the Grandeur takes a lot of inspiration from the refit, as well as the Ent-D, the Ent-E and even a smattering of Voyager. Standing on the shoulders of giants.
Very cool ship!!!
And Go Cubs!
The escape pods being different colored never made much sense to me anyways, they could easily be the same color as, and flush with, the hull and only discernible from a seam around them.
Well, there's nothing that says that "escape pods must be under yellow hatches," is there? In fact, there's very little COMPELLING reason to have them in any location which is visible from outside of the ship.
There are plenty of ways of providing "escape capability" for the ship. Anything from using lots of shuttlecraft, to having little "torpedo tube coffins" with hybernation support, to having rooms of the ship itself (complete with their local hull skinning) slip out. I know you don't get to decide every detail of this ship, but if it IS going to have escape pods in the conventional sense, maybe you can try having multiple pods which launch from a single hatch (sort of a "subway cars launching on rails" concept?).
One possibility might be to "hide" escape pod hatches by making them a subtle color/specularity/something variance of the hull's main color, rather than making them stick out like a sore thumb. I'm not sure why they should be colored differently than the main hull anyway.
^^^ I like that idea. (That's what I always figured that "rust ring" on the upper surface of the TOS Enterprise saucer was... a ring of lifeboat hatches flush with the hull surface.)
To that end you could just outline the pod doors with white and red striped lines like is done on modern aircraft and ships. Just an idea.
I think the point behind the visible lifeboat hatches was to have justifiable detail on the hull. No one wants Star Wars-style nurnies all over a Starfleet ship, but there's an instinctive need in SFX people to give us little details for scale reference and to break up smooth surfaces. So in later Trek productions, there's a search for excuses for details ... escape pod hatches, phaser emitters, photon torpedo launchers. Sensor palettes, tractor emitters, transporter arrays -- until eventually we get ships like the 1701-E and 2009 Enterprise that are practically covered with nurnies.
Can I just say Vektor, I love this design, it's indeed series/movie quality... but I think the photon tubes at the front of the saucer section are a bit overkill. There's already so many weapons platforms in your design. It's a neat area for some nice detail, well cut out without being a distraction, I just think it could have another use like a sensor array or small forward shuttle bay, although that sounds a bit boring and just as redundant I guess. Mabye an open atrium with windows accross the front edge with skylights, or some other observation deck configuration.
This is more or less the direction I'm leaning in. I want to keep the escape pods, I just don't want them to be quite so obtrusive as they are on, say, the Sovereign class.
The idea of distributed escape pods is more logical to me than shuttlecraft alone. All it takes is a few good hits on the hangar bay or key access ways leading to the bay to doom large numbers of the ship's crew to destruction. By the same token, coffin-style escape pods seem like overkill and not very conducive to long-term survival. I think lots of escape pods designed to hold 6 or 8 people spread around the ship make the most sense, and I like the stacked escape pods concept for keeping the number of external hatches down.
I had a similar idea, though I envisioned those as blow-away hull plates that would expose the lifeboats underneath. I may still do something like that on my Modified TOS Enterprise model.
It's a thought, but I don't think red and white—or black and orange—stripes would help much in reducing the obtrusiveness of the escape pods unless they were very small scale. I haven't ruled something like that out, though.
Undoubtedly true, although I would dispute the last point. The new Enterprise from Trek '09 was relatively sleek and uncluttered, compared to the Sovereign class and most other late 23rd century designs anyway.
They're not photon tubes, they are "Wyvern cannons," a kind of cross between the Defiant's pulse phasers and the huge phaser cannon on the Enterprise-D from the TNG finale. The heavy armaments are consistent with its mission profile, which requires a ship capable of single-handedly projecting the power of an ordinary task force of two or three ships. It has a couple of other surprises along those lines in store as well.
Oh... Can you make a ship that's all atriums, observation decks, and amphitheatres (with puppets)?
That's the Enterprise -D.
This runs into the same problem as shuttlebay only escape. If the first pod in the system jams for some reason, all the pods behind it are doomed. Sea going vessels avoid this for the same reason.
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Asafa Powell's doping hearing adjourned after two days
Former 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell must wait for the conclusion of the doping case against him after a two-day hearing in his native Jamaica was adjourned, reports said.
Powell failed a drugs test at the Jamaica national trials last June, when the banned substance oxilofrine (methylsynephrine) showed up in his system.
Powell, 31, is battling to clear his name of a deliberate offence and has faced the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) on Tuesday and Wednesday in Kingston.
The Jamaica Observer newspaper reported on Wednesday evening that Powell's case had over-run its allocated two days and would resume on February 12 and 13.
Powell's fellow Jamaican sprinter Sherone Simpson also faced a JADCO hearing last week, and that case too over-ran and will reopen next month, on February 4.
Powell has won gold medals in the 4x100m relay at the Olympics and World Championships and held the 100m world record before his compatriot Usain Bolt.
He ran 9.88 seconds last year, but failed to make the Jamaican team for the World Championships.
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Bet on Yanks to go all in on pitching
At Winter Meetings in Vegas, Cashman to woo arms beyond CC
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
By the time general manager Brian Cashman checks into his Bellagio suite on Sunday, more than three weeks will have passed since Sabathia first looked at what would be a record-breaking contract for a pitcher -- a pact reportedly surpassing six years and $140 million, putting the big left-hander in pinstripes.
Having identified adding two of their three top starting pitching choices from the free-agent market as an ideal scenario, that will put the Yankees in place for both A.J. Burnett and Derek Lowe. While no official offer has been made to either pitcher, Cashman figures to be in contact with the pitcher's agents, Derek Braunecker and Scott Boras respectively, in Las Vegas.
In the closing days of the regular season, Cashman and manager Joe Girardi both spoke optimistically about wooing free agents to New York, but both cautioned that it would be a two-way street. That prognostication has come true, and even though Cashman said it is still "early in the process," the Yankees are hoping that flexing their financial muscle will help to smooth over some of the holes they need to fill.
"We're going to do what we do every year, and that's try to field a championship team," co-chairman Hal Steinbrenner said recently. "That's not going to change. We know that we've got some weaknesses, and we're going to fix the problems as best we can. If that means spending money, obviously that means spending money. The philosophy has not changed."
But throwing around some cold, hard cash may not be the end-all solution. With Sabathia not leaping immediately at the record pact from the Yankees, it is believed that Genske will wait to see at least what the marketplace offers for his client, who may not have New York at the top of his list.
A California product who is thought to favor the West Coast, Sabathia also thoroughly enjoyed his experience pitching for the Brewers in the National League, noting how he could wear his spikes in the dugout every game because he never knew if he'd be involved somehow.
If the East Coast is an issue, Girardi said that he would be more than happy to help a free agent tour New York on a sell job, pointing out the professional side of pitching in the new Yankee Stadium as well as the personal side of area schools, leafy suburbs and acclimating families to the tri-state region.
That's all a bit premature, however, until the Yankees determine if their offer matches the player's interest. They don't know yet, though there may be more to report once the teams and agents mill within viewing distance of the Bellagio's famous dancing fountain show.
"That's why you go through the process," Cashman said.
The pitching bottleneck has not stopped the Yankees from seeking activity on other fronts. Last month, first baseman Nick Swisher was acquired from the White Sox in a package deal involving Wilson Betemit, providing the Yankees with additional versatility.
If Opening Day was right around the bend, Cashman said the Yankees could pencil Swisher in at first base, but he also has the ability to play all three outfield positions -- part of the reason that Cashman had been hot on a trade for Swisher since the General Managers Meetings early in November out in California.
While Swisher is not intended to fill the center-field void currently expected to be split between Melky Cabrera and Brett Gardner, he provides Girardi with another flexible option just in case the Yankees make a push to add yet another hitter.
Cashman has promised to remain engaged with the entire free-agent market, though the Yankees project as long shots to be in hot pursuit of sluggers Mark Teixeira or Manny Ramirez.
Even with approximately $80 million in salary coming off the books from 2008, the Yankees' intent is to make their biggest investment on starting pitching, believing that their inconsistent offense from last season was a fluke and will be corrected.
That could come through better health from performers like Jorge Posada -- who began a throwing program on Monday -- Hideki Matsui and even Alex Rodriguez. Also of value would be a more consistent approach from key players like Robinson Cano, who is showcasing his tweaked hitting form in the Dominican Republic.
In this late-developing Hot Stove season, the Yankees have been content to play it patient, up to this point. But there's no telling what could happen once the action meets the bright lights of Vegas, where the Yankees figure to come ready to play.
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.