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December 3, 1958
UNITED STATES of America
JERROLD ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, National Jerrold Systems, Inc., Jerrold-Northwest, Inc., Jerrold-Southwest, Inc., Jerrold-Ohio, Inc., Jerrold Mid-Atlantic Corporation, and Milton Jerrold Shapp
The opinion of the court was delivered by: EGAN
In this civil action, the plaintiff, United States of America, has alleged violations of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C.A. § 1, 2) and the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C.A. § 14). The gist of the complaint is that the defendants require operators of community television antenna systems to purchase equipment on a total requirement basis and to purchase Jerrold equipment exclusively, and to subscribe to defendants' engineering service as a condition of obtaining any equipment manufactured by the defendants.
After a general denial of these allegations, the Government served interrogatories upon the defendants which were answered. The defendants then filed 26 interrogatories, of which numbers 1, 5 and 11 were answered and objections were filed to the remainder. Subsequent to the filing of the objections, the defendants, at oral argument, temporarily withdrew interrogatory No. 26.
The basic contention of the Government in objecting to the interrogatories is that the information desired is privileged since it would require divulging the names of confidential informants and complainants.
The Government feels that to supply these names at present will result in the defendants' taking possible economic reprisals against these people and that this will prevent the Government from securing them as witnesses at the trial.
This argument is countered by the defendants who claim that they do not seek the names of informers but only information relating to the various offenses alleged to have been committed by them and the persons involved therein. The defendants also state that the mere assertion of privilege by the Government standing alone is not enough, and since privilege is based upon public policy, the Court must weigh the interests involved herein.
This problem has arisen frequently in civil anti-trust cases and the claim of privilege can only be determined on the facts in the particular case. The Government, in this type of litigation, even though it is subject to discovery rules, is acting in its sovereign capacity. However, it is for the Court to determine whether or not a privilege exists. Mitchell v. Roma, D.C.E.D.Pa.1958, 22 F.R.D. 217.
Generally, it is the character of the information sought that determines and controls whether a privilege exists. When the information sought relates to the details of the case against a defendant which will eventually be brought out at trial, as is the case herein, such information should be given.
The Government here is not asserting an absolute or general privilege as was stated in United States v. Kohler Co., D.C.E.D.Pa.1949, 9 F.R.D. 289, but is willing to supply the names of witnesses thirty days prior to trial or such other reasonable time as the Court may direct. While this may not be a complete waiver of the privilege position taken by the Government, it would seem that the Government is still attempting to limit the discovery time period. This may not only hamper the preparation of the defendants' case but may result in the eventual delay in the trial.
The Court feels, upon consideration of the arguments advanced, that the defendants are entitled to the information requested. In the case of United States v. Shubert, D.C.S.D.N.Y.1951, 11 F.R.D. 528, the Court directed the Government to answer interrogatories stating the names of the persons involved in the charges made by the Government and that the defendant was entitled to know the transactions on which the Government will rely to sustain the charges, which is similar to the interrogatories asked here. Therefore, plaintiff's objections to interrogatories numbers 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 are overruled.
Plaintiff has objected to interrogatories numbers 3 and 4 on the ground of irrelevancy since they relate to the use of antenna equipment in other fields, such as apartments, hotels, military reservations, etc. However, interrogatories should not be disallowed on the ground of irrelevancy unless the inquiry is clearly outside the scope of the case. This question may have some bearing on the issue of the dominance of the defendants in the community antenna field and the availability of equipment and is not clearly beyond the scope of this case.
As to interrogatories numbers 22 and 23, plaintiff claims they are irrelevant because they relate to the identity of individuals who refused or were unwilling to comply with Jerrold's alleged demands, but were able to continue or maintain an antenna system. This question certainly relates to the very issue involved herein, namely, the alleged violations, even though these individuals may not have been the victims of the defendants' alleged acts.
Therefore, upon consideration of the briefs and oral arguments, the Court overrules plaintiff's objections to defendants' interrogatories and directs that an answer be filed within 30 days from the date hereof.
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Abdul Sattar Makandar was having a tough time in Saudi Arabia. As a truck driver working for Al Suroor United Group, he was neither being paid his promised salary nor being allowed to go home. On 12 March, he decided to share a video of himself on a social activist's Facebook page, pleading for help. Unfortunately, matters would only go on to take a turn for the worse.
The video, where 35-year-old Makandar tearfully speaks of his desperation has gone viral.
"I have been in Saudi Arabia for the last 23 months, and have applied for leave to come home over five months ago. But my employer is not letting me go home... My employer doesn't give me a proper salary, neither does he give me money for food," Makandar said, with tears flowing from his eyes.
Social activist Kundan Srivastava, who shared the video on his Facebook page, has now deleted the video, when he heard that Makandar was allegedly arrested on 14 March by the Saudi police under a law that prohibits 'spreading misinformation' on the internet.
"On the same day, I received an email from Makandar's employers demanding the online video be removed, and a fresh video be posted featuring the driver stating that his firm was his saviour. We complied with all the demands hoping that Makandar would be released and return to India soon," Srivastava told The Hindu.
Yes! I'm a human rights activist, believe a human is my family member and humanity is my family. I apologies on behalf...Posted by Kundan Srivastava on Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Makandar was released from prison on Thursday afternoon, but, shockingly, was arrested again in the early hours of Friday.
"From friends in Khobar city, I found out that Abdul is lodged in prison again and the charges against him remain uncertain," Akif Sheik, a friend of the driver's, told The Hindu.
[#OperationMadad] Today I am in a lot of pain, I am being cheated by company Al Suroor United Group, Saudi Arabia. I...Posted by Kundan Srivastava on Friday, 18 March 2016
Makandar's employer, the Al Suroor United Group, strongly denied the story. BBC reported: "They say they he was eligible for leave after two years of service and that he's about six weeks short of that milestone. They also say he's been paid on time and even given a bonus, and that he could resign from his job at any time."
Srivastava met Makandar's family, his wife and four children, who are begging the authorities to help them bring him home:
I met Abdul Sattar Makandar's family member including his moth...
[#OperationMadad] I met Abdul Sattar Makandar's family member including his mother, wife and four little children yesterday in his village Karnataka.Sharing their pain with you through the video. After the successful rescue of two brothers Feroz and Joshi Khan, Abdul reached out to me for help on 10th March. I am still working for Abdul constantly for eight days and beleive he will come back to India soon. Abdul Sattar Makandar has been trapped & jailed by Saudi company Al Suroor United Group, Emails and phone calls to Abdul's company didn't receive any response. Abdul's plight made it to the headlines of The Huffingtom Post and the BBC world service.I received many people messages who are trapped by Saudi and will work for them. I would like to request everyone who is trapped by Saudi Arabian, contact me as soon as possible through messages.Attempts by The Hindu and myself contact the Ministry of External Affairs & Sushma Swaraj in Delhi failed. I urge every human being, come forward to support me to save Abdul Sattar Makandar's life.Posted by Kundan Srivastava on Sunday, 20 March 2016
Earlier, when a Saudi sponsor chopped off an Indian maid's hand in October 2015, Sushma Swaraj, Minister of External Affairs, had taken up the matter with the Saudi Foreign Office and asked for strict action.
Confinement and denial of rights are a longstanding problem for millions of migrant workers employed in Saudi Arabia. The country has been a popular destination for skilled and unskilled workers soon after oil was discovered in the late 1930s. But poor working conditions, including isolation and brutality, remain a serious problem.
In 2014, Saudi Arabia signed a new agreement with India, promising a standard contract that included a minimum wage and weekly off. But Vani Saraswathi, an associate editor and strategic adviser at Migrant-Rights.org, said the contract does not address other key human rights issues including mobility, minimum work hours and private access to communication.
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Over the two decades I've been in this field as a journalist I, more often than not, do not react to other writers or bloggers' opinions on subjects – but as I sometimes look over the reports to see whats there I sometimes get frustrated when I see a report so callous, so uncaring, so insensitive to others that it makes my blood boil.
The hyperlink below is to one such blogger – whose opinions below are syndicated by the 'blogger news network'. OK, a nice idea, but with pitfalls of profession being that sometimes non-journalist writers often take liberties with facts they don't or can't even begin to write about because they just don't know. In other words, they are ignorant of the realities of what they are writing about and make cute opinions about topics to get away with filling space.
Nancy Reyes describes herself as a retired doctor. Well, what kind of doctor could be so insensitive to human suffering she just blurts out a line like below:
[] …"The Korean hostages: Part of missionary life no one mentions
Blogger News Network – Here in the Philippines, the NPA specializes in Chinese businessmen. It's a game, and the ransom is small, since China doesn't help them, they only charge "… []
Having covered so many kidnappings I don't even want to remember. I can't begin to think if a real journalist or columnist wrote this the ramifications for such a line would be – one, they would be fired, two, they would lose most of the readers or advertisers they have. Lastly, they would probably get a visit from law enforcement since partly – her article 'gives advice' on who and who not kidnap.
Am I over reacting? NO – I've been to a shallow gravesides when not far from her 'hometown' of Gapan, Nueva Ecija, a mother clutched the rotten body of her son – filled with worms – and cried and screamed. Her son had been kidnapped. I was part of news team and police who had somehow gotten the information from aprehended kidnapper where the child was buried.
The child's only crime was he was mestizo – a Filipino-Chinese. A son a mother loved; a sad fact was that he had ancestors who came from another part of Asia and because of that he was picked up in mall in Quezon City. Then the family begged, borrowed, and sold everything to get the boy back from hoodlums who who were too lazy to find work other than victimizing others. They took money from the family twice – who sold everything they could to get what ever was demanded – they borrowed more the second time.
But still the kidnappers – the vile and criminal men who not only killed the child tortured him – kept him in a septic tank with just enough space for him to stand his head above the filthy water until they decided he was too sick to return so they killed him. Hardly the 'harmless' image Dra. Reyes seeks to portray of the men like these – who have killed hundreds and destroyed thousands of families lives. A number of these people from her own town. But perhaps she doesn't live in Gapan, or in Cabantaun or in the areas she so callously doesn't seem to care about.
I as part the coverage team that dealt with Abu Sayyaf kidnappings had to talk and be the go-between for families of victims of both the Sipadan and Dos Palmas kidnappings. I talked for hours days and weeks with their families – I knew them and still keep in touch in with them – both the family members and victims themselves.
I've gone out with both NBI, PNP, and others search teams – I've been there when most of the time these men – grown men – come back weeping seeing the evils that are often done to the victims of these children, women, old men and old women who are taken by those whose only desire is making easy money. 9 times out of 10 are themselves killed – but masterminds often go away free and clear. Other times, they get away with it for a while but as in life what comes around goes around. They more often than not get what they deserve – but often too late for anyone they happen to victimize.
I don't know why anyone who claims to be a healer can be so hurtful, why a so-called news organization like blogger news network let this get published.
But sadly the fact of the matter is, the topic is written by what in life is often the most dangerous thing – a person with little or no knowledge for the facts who couldn't care less so long as what they write makes a few dollars for the banner ads on the sidebar.
I defend your right to you opinion with my life as others who really do this work for living – journalism, but tell you flatly – you're wrong. Kidnapping is never little thing and crime can never be so gently dismissed as to almost laughingly describe events of human suffering without the proper context the events are in. Please learn the facts and please do keep on writing. But for Gods sake, please do not dismiss something so heinous as this type of crime is as just a joke.
Otherwise that is what you become – a bad joke- with nobody laughing.
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In the wake of 3/11, people are looking increasingly to renewables to provide their electricity. While solar power had been popular even before the disaster, geothermal energy has not reached even a small fraction of its potential. We examine the reasons for this development gap.
In 2010 there were 3.62 million kilowatts of solar electric generation capacity installed in Japan. The nation boasted the largest installed capacity in the world until Germany and Spain began rapid installations in 2004, and is now in third in the global standings (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Installed Solar Generation Capacity
A distinctive aspect of solar electric power in Japan is that a full 80% of it is installed in homes. This is practically the opposite of the ratio in the West, where the majority of solar power is used outside the housing sector, such as for commercial electric power production.
Figure 2: Solar Power Installation by Type (2010)
Japan has been offering subsidies for the installation of home solar power since the 1990s, and power companies have been independently purchasing excess electricity from users on their grids. Support measures like these, along with increasing environmental consciousness, have encouraged the Japanese public to expand home installations. The March 2011 disaster also added new motivation for securing electricity for use during disasters.
The percentage of newly constructed homes provided by the eight largest home building companies that were equipped with electric solar panels reached 52% in 2010, according to a 2011 study by the Yano Research Institute on Japan's solar electric systems market. This still does not mean that the streets of Japan are rapidly being lined with houses sporting solar panels on their roofs, as a considerable percentage of homes are built by small contractors that may be less dedicated to including the technology. But this percentage does seem to indicate a significant shift in the attitudes of Japanese consumers toward solar power.
Most of the roof space can be dedicated to solar panels (left); a home with a solar electric power system installed (right). (Courtesy Daiwa House Industry.)
A feed-in tariff system that includes solar power has been in effect since July 2012. This system guarantees that, for a fixed period of time, residents can sell the excess electricity that they generate to the power company for a set price. This is meant to enable the commercialization of solar power, despite its high installation price. The FIT system has prompted companies in various industries, not only traditional power companies, to enter the solar power market.
For example, take the famous entrepreneur Son Masayoshi and his new company, SB Energy. Son is the third wealthiest person in Japan according to Forbes, a position attained through his able management of his mobile phone company, Softbank, which won the rights to be the first company in Japan to sell Apple's iPhone. SB Energy, which was founded in October of last year, began operating its first "megasolar" complex, or large-scale generation facility, in July of this year. The construction companies Ōbayashi and Daiwa House Industry are also entering the megasolar market by lining the roofs of their own distribution centers and warehouses with photovoltaic panels.
Convenience stores, which have long been indispensable to the lives of the Japanese, are also aggressively installing solar panels. Lawson, Inc. installed solar power systems on 2,000 of its stores over two years, and is taking advantage of the FIT system to enter the power sales market. As of May 2012, Seven-Eleven Japan has also completed the installation of solar panels in over 1,400 of its stores as part of a comprehensive energy conservation strategy.
There is no mistake that Japan will be using more solar power in the future. But at present, photovoltaics do not even provide 1% of the total domestic electricity supply, and it is still unclear just how high that percentage will rise. In its solar power rollout scenario, the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry predicts that the installed solar capacity of 1.4 million kilowatts as of 2005 will grow by about 20 times, all the way to 28 million kilowatts, by 2020.
Japan has many dormant and active volcanoes, a sign of the latent geothermal energy that lies beneath its territory.
Geothermal energy can be used to generate electricity by pumping the high-pressure, high-temperature water boiling deep underground to the surface and driving turbines with the resulting steam. This generation method uses only the heat of the Earth's magma and produces virtually no carbon dioxide. It also differs from wind power and solar power in that it is unaffected by the seasons or climate and is literally on tap 24 hours a day.
Japan is one of the most volcanic countries in the world, best illustrated by the famous Mount Fuji—which, despite not having erupted for over 300 years, remains a magnificent dormant volcano.
After Indonesia and the United States, Japan has the world's third largest geothermal resource capacity. Three Japanese companies supply some 70% of the global market for geothermal-electric turbines and boast top-level technological prowess in the field. However, in terms of its domestic geothermal power installation base, Japan is floundering at eighth place in the world rankings (Figure 3). Despite being so rich in natural geothermal energy, Japan is failing to make full use of this resource.
Figure 3: Global Installations of Geothermal Power (2010)
Why has geothermal energy not become a major source of Japanese electricity? In addition to the particular problems that geothermal energy faces everywhere—like the long delay between initial investigation and construction, high costs, and development risk—there are other issues to address in Japan.
The Tōhoku Electric Power Co. Yanaizu-Nishiyama Geothermal Power Plant is located near a number of natural hot springs. (Courtesy Tōhoku Electric Power.)
First of all is the fact that about 80% of all geothermal resources are in national or quasi-national parks. Development in these areas is severely restricted in order to protect the environment, and it has been difficult to build power plants there. However, with renewable energy growing in importance in the post-3/11 era, the authorities have revised the regulations to make power plant construction possible inside national parks, with certain conditions attached. In August 2012, the Ministry of the Environment announced an initiative (information in Japanese only) aimed at "realizing green growth" and the "rapid introduction of renewables," which would give geothermal power a significant boost.
Another issue is coexisting with natural hot-spring resorts. Hot springs are common in the vicinity of most geothermal power plants in Japan. The development of this energy resource will be difficult without cooperation from the resort operators, who are worried about the possibility that pumping hot water to generate electricity could worsen the water quality of their springs, or even dry them up completely.
Hot springs are a very important sightseeing resource in Japan. According to the Nippon Onsen Research Institute, as of 2010 Japan was home to 3,185 hot-spring resorts that welcomed over 120 million cumulative visitors annually. The value of a location as a recreational facility or tourist draw is often closely tied the presence of a natural hot spring, and an interruption to a spring's flow would deal a severe blow to the recreation industry in that region. It is no surprise that the owners and operators of hot-spring resorts would be nervous over the construction of a geothermal power plant.
Supporters of the technology note that geothermal power generation uses hot water in a layer of the ground far below the layer that provides a hot spring with its water. Furthermore, they state, the possibility of damage to the springs is low because the water is returned underground after use. But these arguments are not enough to quell the worries of hot-spring operators. At some existing geothermal plants, the power company has managed to assuage these fears and achieve coexistence with hot-spring facilities by providing services like emergency backup power or by helping to develop new springs for recreational use. For both sides to work well together in the future, they will need to pursue this sort of collaboration based on the common goal of effectively utilizing geothermal resources. It will be vital for all parties to share information openly and continually monitor spring conditions.
The FIT system for renewable energy launched in July this year also includes geothermal power. It will be interesting to see whether geothermal energy begins to seriously take off in Japan, buoyed by both this system and the newly relaxed national park regulations.
(Originally written in Japanese by Kimura Ryōji.)
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The show starts with Brock Lesnar and Brock Lesnar coming to the ring. Heyman cuts a fiery promo littered with Biblical references on Seth Rollins. He says that Lesnar isn't leaving tonight until he gets his hands on Rollins.
*Commercial Break*
The Miz sits in for commentary.
MATCH: Ryback vs. Big Show
Big Show dominates early on. Show gets distracted and Ryback takes advantage. He is quickly stopped by Big Show. Ryback hits a Thesz Press but again, Big Show quickly shrugs him off. Ryback finally gains the advantage but gets distracted by Miz.
*Commercial Break*
The show returns with Big Show in control. He hits a powerslam for 2. Ryback fights back with a shoulder tackle. He hits a Meat Hook for 2. Ryback goes to the top but misses with the splash. Big SHow hits a choke slam and goes to the middle rope. Big Show hits an elbow drops. Miz interferes and the ref calls for the bell.
WINNER: Ryback via DQ
Ryback and Big Show beat him up. Ryback takes out Big Show.
*Commercial Break*
MATCH: Brie Bella vs. Paige
Paige dominates until Brie jars her neck off the top rope. Paige goes to the outside. Back in the ring Brie gets a 2. Brie chokes Paige on the middle rope. Nikki tries to clock Paige but she moves and Brie gets hit instead. Paige rolls her up for 2. Brie fights back. Paige gets distracted by the numbers game. Brie hits a face buster for 3.
WINNER: Brie Bella via Pinfall
*Commercial Break*
MATCH: Sheamus vs. Roman Reigns
Sheamus gets the advantage early on. He hits a slam followed by a knee drop for the 2 count. He goes to the middle rope but gets pulled down by Reigns. Sheamus is sent to the outside and driven into the barricade. Back in the ring, Sheamus fights back and sends Reigns to the outside.
*Commercial Break*
The show returns with Sheamus in control. Reigns fights back with a series of clotheslines. He hits the dropkick from the outside and gets back in the ring to deliver a Samoan drop. He goes for the Superman Punch but Sheamus fights back and hits a back breaker for 2. Reigns fights back and hits a Superman punch. The lights go off and Bray Wyatt comes out. Reigns runs up the ramp and delivers a Superman Punch. The man he punched is revealed to be a decoy. Reigns gets counted out.
WINNER: Sheamus via Count Out
Randy Orton comes out and hits an RKO on Sheamus.
Triple H is shown talking to Rollins backstage. He says he needs to capitalize on any mistakes and weaknesses Lesnar may have. He says that Rollins needs to call out Lesnar tonight.
*Commercial Break*
Rusev comes out and yells about Lana. Ziggler and Lana come out and fire back at Rusev. Rusev beats up Ziggler with his crutch.
*Commercial Break*
MATCH: Dean Ambrose vs. Bo Dallas
Ambrose and Dallas go back and forth. Ambrose gets caught in a rear chinlock. He fights out but is taken down with a clothesline. Ambrose fights and hits a bulldog. He hits an elbow from the top rope. Ambrose hits Dirty Deeds for 3.
WINNER: Dean Ambrose via Pinfall
*Commercial Break*
MATCH: R-Truth vs. King Barrett
The match is a seesaw in the early minutes. Barrett is sent outside. Truth follows but Barret fights back and throws him into the ringpost. Back in the ring, Barrett applies a chinlock. He hits a big boot for 2.
*Commercial Break*
The show returns with Barrett still in control. Truth fights back with a scissors kick for 2. Barrett fights back and goes for the Bull Hammer but gets rolled up for 2. Truth goes to the middle rope but gets caught with the Bull Hammer for 3.
WINNER: King Barrett via Pinfall
*Commercial Break*
Rollins comes to the ring with J&J. A video package plays highlighting The Authority's assault on Brock Lesnar from last week. Rollins then calls out Lesnar. Lesnar and Heyman come out with a fire kit. Lesnar removes 2 axes from the trunk. He takes the axe to J&J's new Cadillac. HE then beats everyone up.
*Commercial Break*
MATCH: Lucha Dragons vs. New Day
The Lucha Dragons dominate Xavier Woods. Woods fights back and tags in Big E. Kalisto hits a huge corkscrew off the middle rope for 2. New Day tries to cheat but the Lucha Dragons send them outside and hits two swanton bombs from the top.
*Commercial Break*
The show returns with New Day in control. Big E hits a slam on Kalisto followed by an elbow. Big E applies an abdominal stretch and tags in Kofi. Sin Cara comes in and hits a middle rope moonsault. He climbs the top and hits a swanton for 2. Sin Cara catches Kingston and hits a northern lights with a bridge for 2. New day is sent to the outside. Lucha Dragons go for dives over the ropes but get caught. In the ring, New Day hits their finisher for 3.
WINNERS: New Day via Pinfall
*Commercial Break*
The show returns with John Cena getting on the mic. A video replay from Beast in the East airs showing Owens losing the NXT championship to Finn Balor. Cena announces that the open challenge for the US Title is still on. Kevin Owens comes out and insults Cena. He accepts Cena's challenge. Cesaro comes out and tells Owens to stop whining. He reminds Owens that he would have been the US CHamption if it weren't for Owens' interference. Owen's retreats.
MATCH: John Cena vs. Cesaro
Cesaro gains the advantage with an uppercut. Cena rolls out of the ring.
*Commercial Break*
The show returns with Cesaro in control. Cesaro hits a massive vertical suplex for 2. Cena reverses a slam and plants Cesaro on his face. Cesaro reverses an AA into a DDT for 2. Cena rolls out of the ring and Cesaro hits a double foot stomp from the apron. Back in the ring, Cesaro locks in a rear chinlock. Cena gets out but a kick to his gut earns Cesaro a 2 count. Cesaro applies a submission hold.
*Commercial Break*
The show returns with Cesaro hitting a huge backbreaker for 2. Cena regains the advantage and goes for the 5 knuckle shuffle. Cesaro catches him in a crossface. Cena gets him on his shoulders but gets rolled up for 2. Cena hits a drop toehold into the STF. Cesaro gets to the bottom rope. Cesaro gets out of another AA and hits a series of gutwrench suplexes. Cesaro goes for the swing but Cena reverses to a DDT for 2. Cena climbs the ropes but gets knocked outside with a dropkick. Cesaro follows and hits a running European uppercut. Back in the ring Cesaro climbs to the top. He goes for a flying crossbody but Cena rolls through into an AA. Cesaro gets out and goes for a powerbomb but Cena hits a hurricanrana. Cesaro fights back and hits a corkscrew European uppercut from the middle rope for 2. The action pours outside and Cesaro hits a fall away slam into the barricade. Cena fights back and throws Cesaro into the time keeper's area.
Back in the ring Cena climbs to the top. Cesaro hits him with an uppercut. Cesaro goes for a superplex. Cena fights back and hits a flying leg drop for 2. Cena goes for another AA but Cesaro counters and hits the huge European uppercut. Cena plays possum and hits the AA for 2. Cesaro comes out of nowhere with a Cesaro Swing and steps through into the Sharpshooter in the middle of the ring. Cesaro transitions into a cross face. Cena reverses into an STF. Cesaro lifts Cena into a suplex for 2. Cena goes for the springboard stunner but Cesaro catches him with a Neutralizer for 2. Cena goes for a tornado DDT but Cesaro catches him and applies another crossface. Cena gets to the bottom rope.
Cesaro hits the dead lift superplex from the apron for 2. Cena plants Cesaro with a sitout powerbomb for 2. Cena gets Cesaro on his shoulders and climbs the ropes. Cesaro fights back and goes for a Neutralizer but Cena counters and hits the AA from the 2nd rope for 3.
WINNER: John Cena via Pinfall
Owens attacks Cena after the match but Cena thwarts the attack with an AA.
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On Tuesday, February 12, President Obama gave the first State of the Union of his second term. The only thing about the speech that both parties could agree on was that it was historic. Republicans called it a historic partisan embrace of liberalism, while Democrats praised the President for his bold vision. Yet little media attention has been given to President Obama's boldest claim, his claim that we can create an AIDS-free generation in our lifetime. This would be an achievement on par with the eradication of small pox[1] and would save the 1.6 million people who die globally each year as a result of HIV/AIDS.
In order to achieve this goal, more domestic funding is necessary to identify those with the disease and to get them into treatment. We have the medical tools available to relegate HIV to the history books, if Washington takes action by increasing the funding for the Ryan White Care Act when it comes up for reauthorization later this year. The funding for Ryan White has remained almost constant at approximately $2 billion over the past decade, even though the number of infected Americans has increased by 500,000 over that same span.
When HIV was first documented in the 1980s it was viewed as a gay man's disease, a supposed consequence of a decadent and wild lifestyle. Within a few years, injection drug users were added to the list of those at risk for HIV. This characterization as a disease that individuals caught due to perceived vices led to tremendous stigma that left those infected with little social or political support.
President Obama would not have been able to make his bold claim without the impressive scientific gains made following the discovery of HIV. In 1986, the FDA approved zidovudine (AZT) as the first medication to treat HIV. However, the harshness of the medication meant that for most patients the treatment was effectively a death sentence. AZT required patients to take a dozen pills under very strict conditions. In the context of HIV and AIDS medication, the '80s were a time of great despair.
In stark contrast the '90s saw advancements in the public perception and treatment of HIV that culminated in the President's speech. The 90's saw the advent of protease inhibitors and combination therapies[2] that controlled the spread of the virus and studies proved that HIV medication drastically reduced the likelihood of transmission of the disease from mother to child. The 2000s have seen continued advancements like FDA approval for human testing of an HIV vaccine, the sale of the first in-home HIV test, and the creation of one a day HIV medications. The advancements of the '90s combined with the emergence of advocacy organizations like ACT UP and several high profile disclosures helped bring HIV into the public forum.
Two of the most important HIV disclosures in terms of combating stigma were those of Ryan White and Magic Johnson. Ryan White contracted HIV at the age of 13 after he received tainted blood as part of his hemophilia treatment. As a young, white, heterosexual boy from the Midwest, Ryan did not fit the generally accepted image of someone with HIV. His was certainly not a disease of vice. Ryan spent his final days educating people on HIV and its transmission. In November of 1991, a year after Ryan's death, Magic Johnson disclosed his HIV status. Like Ryan, Magic Johnson's diagnosis refuted the common HIV stereotype. Magic Johnson's life has helped to show the world that HIV is not a death sentence and the path to creating an AIDS-free generation.
On June 4, 1992, Magic Johnson and his wife celebrated the birth of their son, Earvin Johnson III. Both mother and child were given a clean bill of health even though HIV is a sexually transmitted disease. This astounding outcome was achieved primarily because Magic adhered to his HIV treatment. Results from a study conducted by the National Institute of Health (NIH) showed that adherence to HIV medication led to a 96% reduction in the risk of transmitting HIV. This incredible statistic alone could be enough to create the AIDS-free generation, but it is not the only tool we have at our disposal.
The Center for Disease Control estimates that 40-60 percent of HIV infected individuals do not know their HIV status. These individuals are responsible for the vast majority of new HIV infections. If we can get these individuals in treatment, we can save their lives and prevent the spread of HIV. With increased funding and a focus on identification and retention in treatment, we can drastically reduce the number of new infections, and over time eradicate HIV/AIDS. This increased funding would need to be accompanied by public education campaigns to not only spread the word but to combat the stigma surrounding HIV. The eradication of HIV would be a historic achievement that all Americans, regardless of their political views, could be proud of.
– Post by Solomon Banjo, MPP '13
[1] In 1967 15 million people were infected with smallpox, a decade later that number was 0.
[2] These therapies drastically reduced the number of pills taken and were a precursor to one a day treatments.


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- State Usability Standards
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- Usability Testing
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Web pages should be easy to use and content understandable by the average user. The purpose of usability is to design websites that allow visitors to the site to complete a task, solve a problem, express an opinion, or find an answer to a question quickly and easily. The purpose of the website should be self-evident to the user. Poor web page design leads to wasted time, reduced productivity, increased frustration, loss of confidence, inaccuracies, and loss of repeat visits.
Important problems that usability addresses include:
- Irrelevant search engine results
- Site navigation that is inconsistent and not readily apparent to the user
- Use of program jargon, acronyms and bureaucratic language
- Content that is not written for the web
- Difficult to read web pages
Implementing Usability
Usability is an important component throughout the lifecycle of a project. From planning through maintenance, usability principles must be applied to ensure a site is living up to its full potential. Thorough analysis of an existing site and consideration of the site's goals, and understanding users and their needs are critical to kick-starting usability.
Certain usability exercises need to be conducted on existing sites to establish a baseline from which to build.
Testing end users on a site during the development process will help ensure that goals are being met, navigation and content are on track and development work can proceed.
Ensuring a Site Is Usable
Involving users throughout the development lifecycle of the site and incorporating their feedback will ensure usability is properly implemented.
The best way to ensure a site is usable is to conduct user testing with multiple users. Only after the majority of the users accomplish the tasks asked of them during a usability test do you know the site works for your agency. There are some checklists available such as Heuristic Evaluation and exercises that can help verify a site's usability, but nothing replaces real users.
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At a user conference next week in Las Vegas, PeopleSoft Inc. will attempt to demystify customer relationship management with demonstrations of its first-ever "pure Internet" version of software.
Dubbed PeopleSoft 8 Customer Relationship Management, it is designed to relay information about call center, sales force and Internet operations via a Web browser. Earlier versions of CRM software from PeopleSoft and others required special software to get at key information.
It amounts to a $900 million gamble for Pleasanton, Calif.-based People-Soft, which will have to sell CEOs, CFOs, and marketing and sales leaders on the importance of the system.
The new CRM software will be demonstrated June 4 at the PeopleSoft Leadership Summit 2001 at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The conference is for leading CRM analysts and customers of PeopleSoft products.Acquisition leads way
In January 2000, PeopleSoft completed its $433 million acquisition of call-center specialist The Vantive Corp. Since then, it has spent more than $500 million rewriting more than 14,000 user-interface screens and other aspects of its products to facilitate the Web initiative, said Ram Gupta, exec VP-product and technology for PeopleSoft.
"The marriage of our call center abilities and pure Internet architecture is a defining moment for us,'' Gupta said of 14-year-old PeopleSoft, which last year recorded revenue of $1.7 billion and net income of $145.7 million.
A $40 million marketing campaign, scheduled to run through the end of the year, will include advertisements in such publications as The Wall Street Journal and on business news TV networks.
CRM is indeed a key for all enterprise resource planning vendors, AMR Research Inc. said. The Internet-enabled enterprise resource planning market will grow from $108 billion in 2000 to $264 billion by 2005, driven by product areas such as CRM, the research company said.
Competition abounds
Siebel Systems Inc., SAP AG and Oracle Corp. are among the vendors threatened by PeopleSoft's advance, analysts say.
PeopleSoft 8 CRM's Internet client can reduce IT costs and improve contact with executives stationed around the globe, Gupta said. And it allows corporations to give real-time access to marketing and promotional programs, he said.
Larger beta users include FedEx Corp. and France Telecom. Among midsize users are Carreker Corp. and Polycom Inc.
Paula Casey, director of channel sales and support for Polycom, said her company has invested $500,000 in the technology, the average for a PeopleSoft sale.
"We needed something comprehensive, filling the needs of sales, marketing and channel sales and support,'' Casey said. Polycom provides leads to sales people and extensive information to its channel partners via the Internet, she said.
PeopleSoft 8 CRM represents a step in the right direction, said Steven Gantz, manager of the enabling technologies group of RoundArch L.L.C., developers of CRM systems for corporations. Yet few will use the Internet capabilities for heavy-duty analysis of interactions, he predicted.
"Internet CRM implies customers would want to deploy PeopleSoft apps and access them through Internet channels alone, rather than more stable, protected and high-bandwidth internal environs, '' Gantz said. "This is a strong move for PeopleSoft relative to other ERP vendors trying to provide a consolidated CRM offering, but I do not think it will put them significantly ahead of the rest of the CRM pack.''


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Apply to Become an ESMO Designated Centre
Cancer centres which provide comprehensive services in supportive and palliative care as part of their routine care can apply to receive the ESMO recognition as an "ESMO Designated Centre of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care".
Application criteria and process
Applications will remain anonymous during the review process undertaken by the Designated Centres Working Group. Any oncology department or cancer centre can apply. Size is not important; to be eligible what matters are the quality and the extent of the integration of services.
The criteria for accreditation are based on recommendation from the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on the provision of palliative care for patients with cancer.The criteria reflect the issues of integration (Items 1-2), credentialing (Items 3-4), service provision (Items 5-11), research (Item 12) and education (Item 13). The complete list is included in the application form.
Download the application form (deadline: 15 April 2019)
The centres receiving the certification will be entitled to:
- Use the subtitle, 'ESMO Designated Centre of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care'
- Use the ESMO logo in accordance to the ESMO Logo Policy (marketing/advertising related to the centre itself. No advertising of specific events)
- Be eligible to receive fellows in palliative medicine supported by ESMO grants
- The ESMO designation is valid for three years and the centres can reapply
Programme objectives
- Promote the integration of palliative care services into the existing national cancer care guidelines
- Encourage palliative care education and training for medical oncologists as well as other healthcare professionals
- Expand the cooperation between ESMO and other existing professional medical associations and organisations worldwide in supporting and sustaining palliative care development


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Pretty much all of us (unless we're on an iPad) run Flash to some extent. And that means we are all vulnerable.
Adobe, whether it is because its software is so ubiquitous or poorly engineered, has more patches than a Three Stooges car tire. And like Microsoft, it releases patches on a fixed schedule. And like Microsoft, it tries to be transparent about its issues.
Case in point: Last week a patch came out to block a zero-day Flash cross-scripting vulnerability -- one that left users of Flash Player 10 and earlier open to hackers taking over you machine to crash it or use for misdeeds.
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Hello there! I'm Cass (Or *geocass* on Geocaching.com). I work in IT. Hoorah! I'm pretty much an odd job girl. I do a bit of server admin, programming, web dev, Linux support, Oracle DB admin, PC building, etc. I have a degree in computer science, and computing, techie stuff and gadgets have been very much "my thing" ever since I was a wizz on the ZX Spectrum and coded in BASIC on the Commodore 64 (What? I don't look old enough to do those things? I started VERY young!) I absolutely love my job as I am a complete computer geek. I know this is unusual for a girl, but I am the exception 🙂
I got into GeoCaching in March 2010, we were bored and wanted to do something different so I downloaded the free GeoCaching Intro app onto my iPhone and we went to find our first cache. Since then I've been hooked. I remember when we found 6 caches in a day and I thought "We will never find this many in a day ever again" well, we're now past our 2000th find so as you can imagine we have found quite a few more in a single caching trip!
My promise to you is a well maintained, regularly updated blog. Hopefully full of GeoCaching information that you find useful, including:
- GeoCaching resources
- Websites and software to help you on your GeoCaching travels
- Tips, tricks and advice on GeoCaching
- Details on my caching, biking and camping adventures
- Tutorials on creating creative cache containers
- Reviews on geocaching sites, software, and hardware
- And any ideas as they pop into my head!
Other than "Geeking it up" and Caching I'm a generally a very active person enjoy running and walking. I love photography and having this blog is a great excuse to go out and snap shots on my Nikon D5100. I enjoy listening to music and am very into Heavy Metal and Classic Rock. Led Zep, Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Black Label Society and anything loud are my favorites. 😀 I play electric and classical guitar and when I'm not doing any of the things listed above you'll find me shopping or down the pub having a gossip with the girls! I'm currently studying a Master Degree in Computer Security and Forensics which is quite a handful whilst working and geocaching full-time (hehe!) so occasionally I'll be a bit quiet on the caching front.
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By RICH FOLEY
Have you had your cranberries yet this week? The folks at Ocean Spray are hoping so. Their website claims that 20 percent of the year's cranberry consumption will occur during Thanksgiving week. And they're looking to sell more, whether you care to eat them or not.
The cranberry growers cooperative has a list of "Cranberry Fun Facts" on their site, such as "Legend has it that Pilgrims served cranberries at the first Thanksgiving." Over two hundred years of strife between Indians and settlers followed, but that can't all be the cranberry's fault, can it?
Or there's the claim that "During World War II, American troops required about one million pounds of dehydrated cranberries a year." What the troops required them for, we can only guess.
I also learned that fresh cranberries bounce. So if you have pet hamsters, give them a few cranberries, a small backboard and basket, then sit back and watch the fun!
And finally, "If you strung all the cranberries produced in North America last year, they would stretch from Boston to Los Angeles more than 565 times." And some people would say that's exactly what should be done with them.
I really shouldn't be making fun of cranberries. I have some in my refrigerator right now. And some cranberry juice as well, that I would enjoy even if their ads didn't make me feel I'd get a urinary tract infection if I didn't drink it.
But the Ocean Spray people obviously realize that many folks would prefer not to ingest their product as they are now offering a series of ideas using cranberries in crafts instead of as food.
For example, the cranberry flower arrangement, where you fill a clear vase 3/4 full with cranberries, add water, then your flowers.
Or floating candles with cranberries, where again you add cranberries to your dish, then water and floating candles.
There are several other crafts and children's projects presented, all designed to get you to buy more berries, even if you have no intention of actually consuming them.
And they still list ideas for edible gifts such as Tex-Mex Cranberry Salsa. Drink enough tequila first and you'll never notice the cranberries.
I'll admit, I'm not all that handy with craft projects and my culinary talents stop short of making my own salsa. But others with more expertise than I in these areas could probably have some fun with these ideas.
Of course, some people are recognized experts at this sort of thing and are liable to get jealous when they think someone else is butting in on their territory. So, as a service to readers, I'll leave you with the top ten signs you're being stalked by Martha Stewart:
10. You get a threatening note made up of letters cut out of a magazine with pinking shears and they're all the same size, the same font, and precisely lined up in razor-sharp rows.
9. You find a lemon wedge in the dog's water bowl.
8. On her television show, she makes a gingerbread house that looks exactly like your own, right down to the licorice fallen down spout and the half-open graham cracker garage door.
7. You find your pet bunny on the stove in an exquisite tarragon, rose petal and saffron demi-glacé, with pecan-crusted hearts of palm and a delicate mint-fennel sauce.
6. The unmistakable aroma of potpourri follows you even after you've left the bathroom.
5. You discover that every napkin in the entire house has been folded into a turkey.
4. No matter where or what you eat, your place setting always seems to include an oyster fork.
3. Twice this week you've been the victim of a drive-by doilying.
2. You wake up in the hospital with a concussion and cranberry stuffing filling your ears.
And the number one sign you're being stalked by Martha Stewart...
1. You awaken one morning with a glue gun pointed directly at your head.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Eat your cranberries, and watch out for Martha.– Nov. 27, 2002


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From the Garden Above
The rooftop garden dictates the menu at Bell Book & Candle, a woodsy-elegant West Village restaurant that says it sources, at peak, 60% of its produce from a tower-based growing system six stories above the dining room.
Co-owners John Mooney and Mick O'Sullivan previously owned a farm in Florida. What they don't grow they source from a Lancaster, Pa., farm in which they are partners, or the Union Square farmer's market, said Mr. Mooney, the chef.
Brunch dishes are on the indulgent side, as brunch should be: zucchini flowers stuffed with a rich goat cheese and mushroom filling ($10); fried oysters napped in green chile buttermilk dressing ($9). Omelettes ($12) are available with egg whites or "pastel" (three whites, one yolk). "I like to do things associated with image," said Mr. Mooney, who also serves a "gin & tonic" wild salmon with lime and juniper emulsion, over caramelized cauliflower ($23).
The cocktails get in on the roof-to-table game, too, such as a vodka-and-agave driven Hanging Basil ($12) made with purple basil from the garden. On the menu, there's a partial list of what Bell Book & Candle grows, including various herbs, four varieties of nasturtium, lettuces and tomatoes. Also noted is the restaurant's policy of charging $1 per person for sparkling and still water "filtered and bottled on the premises."
—Kimberly Chou
Bell Book & Candle is at 141 W. 10th St. between Waverly Place and Greenwich Avenue; 212-414-2355. Brunch served 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.


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Here are tomorrowÂ?s headlines from the South Bend Tribune.
Prosecutor Mike Dvorak and Republican challenger Greg Kauffman will face off in a debate tonight at IUSB.
This will be the only campaign debate between the candidates in the prosecutorÂ?s race.
The debate begins at 7 p.m. and will last 90 minutes.
Staff writer Patrick OÂ?Connell will be covering the event; read his story in SaturdayÂ?s edition of the Tribune.
Forget about what some experts have to say about spending at the holidays.
Although sales are expected to rise about five percent over last season, other experts say consumers should just spend what is comfortable.
Find out what both the experts and local shoppers have to say about the holiday shopping forecast in SundayÂ?s Money section.
The 2006 Heartland Film Festival begins in Indianapolis on Oct.19 and will include a film by Charlie Ebersol.
Ebersol, the son of NBC Universal Sports chairman Dick Ebersol, attended the University of Notre Dame.
The documentary chronicles the work of a South African teacher who set up a school to help teenagers ravaged by abuse, crime and AIDS in a ghetto of Johannesburg.
It is one of five films competing for best documentary and $25,000 in prize money at the festival.
Read more about the documentary and this yearÂ?s Heartland Film Festival in this SundayÂ?s Intermission.
In Sports, get the recaps from tonightÂ?s high school football games across Michiana.
And find out how the first day of practice went for the Notre Dame menÂ?s basketball team.
For the South Bend Tribune, IÂ?m Jamie Loo.


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Ninety years ago today, the first issue of The Christian Science Monitor came thundering off brand new presses in the basement of a building at 107 Falmouth Street in Boston.
Just over 100 days earlier, Mary Baker Eddy told startled officers of her church to "start a daily newspaper and do it at once."
On the overcast day when the 12-page first edition was delivered to her home just outside Boston, Mrs. Eddy said, "This in truth is the lightest of all days, this is the day our daily newspaper goes forth to lighten mankind." So began the remarkable journalistic saga we commemorate with this anniversary edition.
Today, when the newspaper business is struggling to hold readers and ward off a tide of sleaze, the Monitor's continuing mandate to lighten - to shed light upon, to relieve cares or woes - sets forth values unique in the world of journalism.
To mark the paper's 90th anniversary, we are presenting a variety of perspectives on what Earl Foell's page 1 story calls the "triumphant and tragic course" of the 20th century. We also are delighted to share a small sampling of the best work from our past.
Sifting through the century and this paper's role in it triggers an immense appreciation for the talent and selfless dedication of Monitor employees who went before us. We are equally grateful for the staunch support of loyal subscribers - including some who have been on the rolls continuously for more than 50 years - who have stood by Mrs. Eddy's beloved paper through sunshine and storm.
While grateful for the Monitor's past, we are focused on its future. In this space, we want to share something of our vision of the role we want the Monitor to play in readers' lives. Our relationship with readers is based on shared goals or values.
News organizations are driven by the values they bring to the decision of what is important in the world and how reporters should cover it. The Monitor's distinct voice is a direct result of the powerful mandates set forth for Monitor journalism by Mrs. Eddy.
In her lead editorial reprinted above, Mrs. Eddy set the Monitor on a path of unselfish public service through journalism. That is a major part of what the paper's founder meant when she said the Monitor should, "injure no man but ... bless all mankind."
Another value we cherish is journalism that exhibits - spreads - the finest qualities. Mrs. Eddy wanted Monitor journalism to be characterized by qualities such as justice, mercy, fairness, and purity. To her, they were laws of God the paper was "to spread undivided."
No denomination owns justice, mercy, fairness, and purity. They have universal appeal. So from its first issue, the Monitor has drawn readers from all religious and economic backgrounds who respond to the nature of our journalism. In a recent focus group, for example, a medical doctor told us his local paper contained more news of violence and sex than he thought was healthy for his children. So he subscribed to the Monitor and stopping taking his local paper.
Today, three quarters of our readers are not members of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, which owns this paper. Over our 90-year history, important contributions - and three of our six Pulitzer Prizes - have come from journalists who loved the Monitor's unique approach but were not members of the church that publishes it.
In 1908, the Monitor was virtually alone in seeking to serve an audience dispersed across the US and overseas. Now there are several high quality national papers including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times. All are published by corporations whose financial resources far outstrip ours.
A reporter recently asked us why anyone should subscribe to our paper when a person could get the national edition of one of our well-funded journalistic brethren. It is a thought provoking question.
What, specifically, are we offering that can't be found elsewhere? It is a matter of our approach to journalism. The Monitor strives to prove its utility by:
Gathering and reporting the news in a manner that never injures but always seeks to help those it covers while offering an unflinchingly honest view of the world. The Monitor seeks to provide balance, fairness, and insight in every story but without the tone of personal attack that sometimes creeps into the columns of other papers.
Providing coverage whose compassion and concern reach around the globe with a focus not just on policies but on the lives of individuals. In January, the Monitor will add an office in New Delhi, bringing the total number of international bureaus to 12. The Monitor devotes a higher proportion of its editorial resources to what mankind is doing outside the US than any other North American paper.
Showing respect for readers by taking special care what we bring into their homes. While there is no subject the Monitor cannot treat, language and images are edited for an audience in the home.
Demonstrating in our writing that decency does not have to be dull - a journalistic meal of oat bran, spinach, and liver.
Operating on the conviction that no situation and no person is beyond hope. As a result, our correspondents are encouraged to seek solutions to the problems they uncover.
Valuing readers' time by offering reports that are concise as well as compelling.
Providing an independent journalistic voice at a time when most news organizations are part of larger corporate empires. This gives the Monitor an unusual degree of freedom to pursue the news without partiality or bias.
While we strive to achieve these goals in each issue, there is room for considerable modesty about our attainment of them. However, given the public's oft expressed desire for journalism that appeals to the best in us rather than the worst in us, the continuing need for the Monitor is undeniable.
We do not know what direction newspapers will take 25 years from now. However they change, content will matter most. The need for news reported with integrity, compassion, and hope will persist despite changes in technology. It is a need to which the Monitor will always respond.
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Jason Sobel
ESPN Senior Writer
Don Byers has already heard all the cinematic comparisons. About how his story is part-"Old School," part-"Caddyshack," and a whole lot of "Back to School."
He insists, though, that there's at least one minor difference between himself and the Rodney Dangerfield character from that last cult classic who left the business world to return to college and perform the triple lindy.
"I'm not a diver," he deadpans, then offers his infectious laugh.
Byers is a golfer -- and this spring, the 61-year-old will be a collegiate golfer, competing alongside teammates four decades younger than him at Bellevue University in Nebraska...
61-year-old to play for college golf team
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61-year-old to play for college golf team
Most of us would probably also be eligible in a similar vein. Dare to dream my friends, who knows maybe someday you too can make a mockery of collegiate sports, higher education, and you know, the overall spirit of competition.
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Re: 61-year-old to play for college golf team
This is my new goal in life. Play collegiate golf when I retire.
Keep it short stupid.
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Hmmmm. The wheels are spinning in my head right now.
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I think your Titleist affiliations would make you ineligible and put your new school on probation.
I will stand in the fairway, I want to be out of your range.
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I didn't finish my novel this year for NaNoWriMo, but I did complete my very first quilt for my niece Kait living in Italy with her MP husband.
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Bruce Levenson was the head of the ownership group controlling the Atlanta Hawks NBA franchise from 2002 until 2015 when the franchise was sold to a consortium headed by Forbes billionaire Tony Ressler. Two years after the sale of the Hawks, Levenson and his fellow former owners in the Atlanta Hawks Basketball & Entertainment LLC are still fighting to close an insurance claim made regarding the termination of the contract of Hawks General Manager Danny Ferry.
The claim remains unpaid by insurance giant AIG after almost two years following the dismissal of Ferry two days before the final sale to Ressler's consortium was completed. Ferry had signed a six year contract in 2012 and reached an agreement to terminate his contract, which Bruce Levenson and his fellow former owners believe should have been covered under the terms of the insurance policy they took out with AIG to protect their organization against unfair dismissal and constructed dismissal claims.
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Bruce Levenson believes his organization followed the details of the insurance policy in informing AIG of claims being made by Danny Ferry following his departure from the Hawks franchise.
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The most authoritative and benchmark publication on the Indian agriculture – the Handbook of Agriculture – is now available in its latest revised and expanded sixth edition. The Handbook is an information product of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) – the apex body in the country responsible of agricultural research, education and extension. Celebrated for its authenticity, accuracy and wider coverage of topics, the Handbook is a big success since its first publication in 1961. About two lakh copies have been sold so far and is increasingly becoming more and more popular especially among the agriculture students, scholars, researchers, policy-makers and scientists.
Popularly dubbed as 'knowledge bank of Indian agriculture', it is prepared and published by Directorate of Information and Publication of Agriculture (DIPA), ICAR with contributions from authors who are the top authority in their respective field of expertise.
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