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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) announced its Presidential Honor Roll recipients, with 130 Georgia College student-athletes making the list, a school record. The program honors all student-athletes with a GPA of 3.0 or higher for the 2013-14 academic year.
For the seventh season, the PBC divided the group into four levels by GPA, as all students between 3.00 and 3.24 are Presidential Scholars, 3.25 to 3.49 are Bronze Scholars, 3.50 to 3.74 are Silver Scholars and 3.75 to 4.00 are Gold Scholars.
Georgia College placed third in the 14-member PBC with its 130 recipients. Young Harris College took top honors with 157, edging UNC Pembroke by one honoree. YHC has 14 varsity sports and UNCP has 16, compared to Georgia College's 11.
The 130 is a school record for the Bobcats, the previous high being 109 in the 2007-08 season. This also marks just the second time the total number of Bobcat honorees has eclipsed the century mark.
Bobcat baseball had the most with 24 student-athletes on the list. Soccer was second with 21, also owning the department's second-best per-roster ratio at 81 percent (21/26). Third in overall student-athletes listed was softball with 18, a whopping 90 percent of the roster (18/20) leading the department in that category. The third-best ratio of 80 percent went to women's basketball, landing 12 of their 15 on the roster. All 11 varsity sports had at least half of the student-athletes on its roster make this prestigious list. Georgia College had 30 Gold Scholars, 30 Silver Scholars, 32 Bronze Scholars and 38 Presidential Scholars.
A list of the scholars follows, separated by sport:
Baseball [24]: Gold Scholars - Sean Brophy, Dallas Draviczki, Joe Scott, John Welborn, Trent Wildermuth; Silver Scholars - Mason Colquitt, Steve Hazel, Michael McKinney, Henry Rowland, Jack Spear, Brandon Spivey; Bronze Scholars - Zach Chandler, Colton Montgomery, Ryan Mossman, Stuart Rich, Jonah Stephens, Christian Wonders; Presidential Scholars - Clay Ardeeser, John Davis, Taylor Hinshaw, Rob Hogenkamp, Colby Houser, Brandon Purcell, Brady Walsh.
Women's Basketball [12]: Gold Scholars - Shanteona Keys, Sarah Miller, Kate Palo, Christina Thomas, Kayla Upchurch; Silver Scholars - Saidat Ogbemudia, Mckenna Rushton; Bronze Scholars - Lindsey Reed, Belinda Schaafsma, Abby Slocumb; Presidential Scholars - Enisha Donley, Thresia Elskamp.
Men's Basketball [9]: Gold Scholars - Robert Armstrong, Royal Thomas; Silver Scholars - Will Clifton; Bronze Scholars - Ryan Blumenthal, Aaron Robinson; Presidential Scholars - Terrell Harris, Matt Polyne, Alex Reid, Larrentis Thomas.
Women's Cross Country [7]: Gold Scholars - Bekah Houston, Rachel Pasko, Taylor Roeck, Whitney Sweet; Silver Scholars - Madeline McCane, Elyse Renshaw, Meghan Wetterhall.
Men's Cross Country [8]: Gold Scholars - James Ryden; Silver Scholars - Matt Tippins, Michael Ziegler; Bronze Scholars - Paul Orr; Presidential Scholars - Tucker Forbes, Dylan Price, Matt Sutton, Michael Warrick.
Golf [9]: Silver Scholars - Harry Lambert; Bronze Scholars - John Barfield, Victor Monte, Harrison Stewart; Presidential Scholars - Conner Albright, Nicolas Falkinhoff, David Hemann, Ryan Trocchio, Tyler Tucker.
Soccer [21]: Gold Scholars - Anna Barrow, Ally Barys, Lizzie Brenner; Silver Scholars - Rebekah Autry, Taylor Cornelius, Liz Franco, Alex Giles, Lindsey Knott, Lindsey Lawrence, Susan Lotyczewski, Rachel Overley; Bronze Scholars - Abby Dalton, Erin Griffin, Kacey McInerney, Marissa Medina, Allyease Schwartz, Annie Stephens, Madeline Tully; Presidential Scholars - Jessica Catapano, Kessler Matheson, Emily Wilhelm.
Softball [18]: Gold Scholars - Marisa Boyette, Savannah Chapman, Natalie Lampert, Whitney Okvist, Camille Tracy; Silver Scholars - Faith Flanders, Mikayla Sparks, Frankie Walls; Bronze Scholars - Kristen Brooks, Whitney Horton, Kristen Humphries, Lacey Najafi; Presidential Scholars - Emily Hammond, Danielle Knight, Abi LeRoy, Carly Lewis, Becca Olson, Cassidy Rice.
Women's Tennis [5]: Gold Scholars - Macy Polk, Ivana Marevic, Cristalei Polk; Silver Scholars - Sarah Murray; Presidential Scholars - Camille Clausse-Pujo.
Men's Tennis [5]: Gold Scholars - Kyle Kinsler; Silver Scholars - Anton Waern; Bronze Scholars - Alex Nolley; Presidential Scholars - Mattia Campus, Taylor Powell.
Volleyball [12]: Gold Scholars - Rachel Reynolds; Silver Scholars - Lauren Johnston, Blake Willoughby; Bronze Scholars - Ella Anastasiades, Caroline Ham, Caroline Long, Miller Howard, Rachel Rice; Presidential Scholars - Sydney Stripling, Ashley Savransky, Kaitlyn Lattimer, Danyelle Drummond.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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a) be of satisfactory quality within the meaning of the Sale of Goods Act 1979; and b) comply in all material respects with the specification for them as set out in the Company's catalogue or other published specification current at the time that the order for the Goods was accepted by the Company.
7.2 The Company will not be liable for a breach of any of the warranties in condition 7.1 unless: a) the Buyer gives written notice of the defect to the Company within 14 days of the time when the Buyer discovers or ought to have discovered the defect; and b) the Buyer returns the defective Goods properly packed, carriage paid to the Company's premises at the address given in condition 1.1.
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Below is the link to the on-going Book Bucket List and a background on what it's all about. Please take a look and help me decide which book I should read in July to satisfy this mini-challenge. You can vote in the poll below until June 30th, 2017.
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Mayor Coleen J. Seng invites the public to the dedication and ribbon-cutting of Stephen C. Schleich Park at 4 p.m. Wednesday, September 8 at 34th and Ridge Park Drive. The four-acre park is named for the late Stephen C. Schleich, a Lincoln native who was the co-owner of HOME Real Estate and President of its Land Development Division. The Schleich family donated funds, equipment and labor for the park, which includes play equipment and a half-court basketball facility.
Speakers at the dedication will include Mayor Seng; Gerald Schleich, Stephen's father; Mike Eckert, a Schleich family friend and former employee; and Lynn Johnson, Director of the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department.
The Schleich family said Stephen, who passed away in November 2000, had a special interest in creating affordable housing and was strongly devoted to the welfare of children. He graduated from Lincoln East High School in 1981, Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1986, and the UNL College of Law in 1988. Stephen, along with other members of the Schleich family, developed more than 60 Lincoln subdivisions including Northridge Heights, the site of the new park.


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Special areas of historical research are manifold. Historians can elect to study a specific period, a school of thought or a personality. The latter area and its relationship to gaining the fullest apprecia-tion of the past is the topic of this essay.
It may be a distinct failing of accountancy to be rather uncon-cerned about its history, and perhaps more so about attempting to preserve the essential records about the human beings who created our present condition. It is the purpose of the biographer to forge these "living links"—to capture the personality, habits, and the role of a person in the interacting environment of an age so that we can trace the events, ideas and institutions of the period to the important human elements.
Norman E. Webster, a twentieth century historian of American professional accounting, felt "that every lasting institution is the lengthened shadow of a person." History, to him, was "the story of the lives of persons in the form of associations and societies." The question that faces the biographer is: "What formed the per-son?"
Often an exceptional person acquires a "public personality," which is perpetuated through stories. The person is usually known for the positions attained or because of a list of notable achieve-ments. As time passes the stories become subordinated to the list of achievements. The further passage of time diminishes the value of even the achievements until finally the personality is only remem-bered by a short biographical sketch and a dated list of accomplish-ments. When such record of a distinguished personality is all that remains, the character and personality of this exceptional person, along with his aims and motivations, are all but lost.
Biography acts to sharpen the perceptions about the subject area under study. Why and how the person acted becomes more mean-ingful as does the appreciation for the entire environment in which the subject lived.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College & State University softball team (9-18, 1-3 PBC) lost a pair of games Tuesday night to UNC Pembroke (15-9, 6-6 PBC) by vastly different scores, losing game one 3-1 and game two 10-2.
The Braves put the first run of the night on the board in the third, but Georgia College answered right away. Third baseman Kelsea Martin (Dacula, Ga.) started the inning with a single, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt, and came around on an error for a 1-1 score.
UNCP put another run on in the fourth on a wild pitch, and added an insurance score on a Morgan Patrick home run in the seventh. Alex Hartshorn tossed the first four innings to get the win, allowing a run and scattering three hits. Caroline Newman got her first save by going the final three hitless. Sophomore Haley Burnett (Columbus, Ga.) fell to 6-8 on the year, going six innings, allowing two earned runs.
Two big innings powered the Braves to a game two win as they had three runs in the third and five in the fourth to pull off the sweep. UNCP recorded 10 hits for their 10 runs. Kayla Smith (Lexington, S.C.) and Martin each recorded RBI singles in the loss. Allison Schwimer (Cumming, Ga.) and Kati Pickowitz (Keller, Texas) each scored runs, Schwimer ripping her third double of the year in the fifth and coming in on Martin's single.
The Braves' Holly Berry recorded two home runs and a double on a 3-for-4 nightcap, driving in five.
Freshman righty Kristi Rodriguez (Marietta, Ga.) dropped to 3-5, going 2 1/3 innings, allowing three earned among her four. Hartshorn (5-1) won this one as well with three innings of work, fanning four with one run allowed.
The Bobcats head to Augusta State University for more Peach Belt Conference (PBC) action Thursday, March 11 at 2 p.m.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Dinosaurs, the Wild West, Space Travel, and the Civil War…
In the year 2202, dinosaurs have been discovered on the planet Cretasus. But these dinosaurs are just as smart as the humans now flocking to their home. Velociraptors trade in alien weapons, leptoceratops guard their desert secrets, and T-rex dynasties protect their nests from egg raiders. Despite the dinosaurs, human pioneers arrive in droves at New Savannah's busy spaceport. Lured by free land, gold, and simple freedom, they yearn for a new life. Their wagon trails soon trudge west on the rutted path of the Tecumseh Trail, bringing new adventures to Cretasus.
Dinosaur Planet: Broncosaurus Rex is a science fiction world setting. The basic premise is that the Civil War did not end as we know it, but resulted in separate Federal and Confederate nations. This state continued into the space age. In the year 2202, an alien planet full of dinosaurs was discovered, opening new mysteries and establishing the world of Dinosaur Planet: Broncosaurus Rex.
Your character could be a bronco rider, riding the dinosaurs for ranchers, farmers, the military, or pure adventure. You could be a soldier: a Union ironclad pilot, a federal sheriff, or a rebel blockade runner. You could be a street fighter come to find your fortune, or a homeworld dissident fighting for freedom. You could be one of the legendary Wild Ones, fearsome humans who leave human company to sleep with the dinosaurs. You could be a Union machinist, always equipped with the latest technology. You could be an idealistic infantryman, a freelance dino hunter, a warp pirate, a Union turncoat, an outer ranges explorer, a dino rustler, or an alien hunter. The world of Broncosaurus Rex is in your hands!


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I wrote the other day that, being Canadian, it's a professional obligation to care about Justin Bieber. He's one of the biggest entertainers on the planet, whether you agree with that or not. Drake is also one of the biggest entertainers on the planet, also Canadian, also a professional obligation, but not nearly as cloying.
Justin Timberlake has said actually that there are two Canadian acts that he believes are the most original in the business right now. Justin on acting is bullsh-t. Justin on music knows his sh-t. And he named Arcade Fire and Drake as the two leaders in the field.
In addition to his sound stylings however, Drake is also going back to actor roots. He was spotted on set in Toronto yesterday shooting a cameo for a movie called Breakaway about hockey. No, not Jimmy Brooks. But it would be hilarious if it was.
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Iraq Contractors Face Growing Parallel War
As Security Work Increases, So Do Casualties
By Steve Fainaru
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, June 16, 2007
As Security Work Increases, So Do Casualties
By Steve Fainaru
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, June 16, 2007
BAGHDAD -- Private security companies, funded by billions of dollars in U.S. military and State Department contracts, are fighting insurgents on a widening scale in Iraq, enduring daily attacks, returning fire and taking hundreds of casualties that have been underreported and sometimes concealed, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials and company representatives.
While the military has built up troops in an ongoing campaign to secure Baghdad, the security companies, out of public view, have been engaged in a parallel surge, boosting manpower, adding expensive armor and stepping up evasive action as attacks increase, the officials and company representatives said. One in seven supply convoys protected by private forces has come under attack this year, according to previously unreleased statistics; one security company reported nearly 300 "hostile actions" in the first four months.
The majority of the more than 100 security companies operate outside of Iraqi law, in part because of bureaucratic delays and corruption in the Iraqi government licensing process, according to U.S. officials. Blackwater USA, a prominent North Carolina firm that protects U.S. Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, and several other companies have not applied, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. Blackwater said that it obtained a one-year license in 2005 but that shifting Iraqi government policy has impeded its attempts to renew.
The security industry's enormous growth has been facilitated by the U.S. military, which uses the 20,000 to 30,000 contractors to offset chronic troop shortages. Armed contractors protect all convoys transporting reconstruction materiel, including vehicles, weapons and ammunition for the Iraqi army and police. They guard key U.S. military installations and provide personal security for at least three commanding generals, including Air Force Maj. Gen. Darryl A. Scott, who oversees U.S. military contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"I'm kind of practicing what I preach here," Scott said in an interview on the use of private security forces for such tasks. "I'm a two-star general, but I'm not the most important guy in the multinational force. If it's a lower-priority mission and it's within the capabilities of private security, this is an appropriate risk trade-off."
The military plans to outsource at least $1.5 billion in security operations this year, including the three largest security contracts in Iraq: a "theaterwide" contract to protect U.S. bases that is worth up to $480 million, according to Scott; a contract for up to $475 million to provide intelligence for the Army and personal security for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and a contract for up to $450 million to protect reconstruction convoys. The Army has also tested a plan to use private security on military convoys for the first time, a shift that would significantly increase the presence of armed contractors on Iraq's dangerous roads.
"The whole face of private security changed with Iraq, and it will never go back to how it was," said Leon Sharon, a retired Special Operations officer who commands 500 private Kurdish guards at an immense warehouse transit point for weapons, ammunition and other materiel on the outskirts of Baghdad.
U.S. officials and security company representatives emphasized that contractors are strictly limited to defensive operations. But company representatives in the field said insurgents rarely distinguish between the military and private forces, drawing the contractors into a bloody and escalating campaign.
The U.S. military has never released complete statistics on contractor casualties or the number of attacks on privately guarded convoys. The military deleted casualty figures from reports issued by the Reconstruction Logistics Directorate of the Corps of Engineers, according to Victoria Wayne, who served as deputy director for logistics until 2006 and spent 2 1/2 years in Iraq.
Wayne described security contractors as "the unsung heroes of the war." She said she believed the military wanted to hide information showing that private guards were fighting and dying in large numbers because it would be perceived as bad news.
"It was like there was a major war being fought out there, but we were the only ones who knew about it," Wayne said.
After a year of protests by Wayne and logistics director Jack Holly, a retired Marine colonel, the casualty figures were included. In an operational overview updated last month, the logistics directorate reported that 132 security contractors and truck drivers had been killed and 416 wounded since fall 2004. Four security contractors and a truck driver remained missing, and 208 vehicles were destroyed. Only convoys registered with the logistics directorate are counted in the statistics, and the total number of casualties is believed to be higher.
"When you see the number of my people who have been killed, the American public should recognize that every one of them represents an American soldier or Marine or sailor who didn't have to go in harm's way," Holly said in an interview.
According to the logistics directorate, attacks against registered supply convoys rose from 5.4 percent in 2005, to 9.1 percent in 2006, to 14.7 percent through May 10. The directorate has tracked 12,860 convoys, a fraction of the total number of private supply convoys on Iraqi roads.
"The military are very conscious that we're in their battle space," said Cameron Simpson, country operations manager for ArmorGroup International, a British firm that protects 32 percent of all nonmilitary supply convoys in Iraq. "We would never launch into an offensive operation, but when you're co-located, you're all one team, really."
ArmorGroup, which started in Iraq with 20 employees and a handful of SUVs, has grown to a force of 1,200 -- the equivalent of nearly two battalions -- with 240 armored trucks; nearly half of the publicly traded company's $273.5 million in revenue last year came from Iraq. Globally, ArmorGroup employs 9,000 people in 38 countries.
The company, with headquarters at a complex of sandstone villas near Baghdad's Green Zone, is acquiring a fleet of $200,000 tactical armored vehicles equipped with two gun hatches and able to withstand armor-piercing bullets and some of the largest roadside bombs.
The U.S. Labor Department reported that ArmorGroup has lost 26 employees in Iraq, based on insurance claims. Sources close to the company said the figure is nearly 30. Only three countries in the 25-nation coalition -- the United States, Britain and Italy -- have sustained more combat-related deaths.
A Turning Point
In spring 2004, Holly built the logistics network for Iraq's reconstruction from scratch. The network delivered 31,100 vehicles, 451,000 weapons and 410 million rounds of ammunition to the new Iraqi security forces, and items as varied as computers, baby incubators, school desks and mattresses for every Iraqi government ministry. The network came to rival the military's own logistics operation.
Holly also discovered he was at the center of an undeclared war.
He assembled a small private army to protect materiel as it flowed from border crossings and a southern port at Umm Qasr to the 650,000-square-foot warehouse complex at Abu Ghraib and on to its final destination.
"The only way anything gets to you here is if somebody bets their life on its delivery," said Holly, a burly civilian with a trimmed gray beard who strikes a commanding presence even in khakis, multicolored checked shirts and tennis shoes. "That's the fundamental issue: Nothing moves anywhere in Iraq without betting your life."
The most dangerous link in Holly's supply chain is shipping. It requires the slow-moving convoys to navigate Iraq's dangerous roads. Holly erected a ground-traffic control center in a low-slung trailer near his office in Baghdad's Green Zone. The security companies monitor their convoys in air-conditioned silence, which is shattered by a jarring klaxon each time a contractor pushes a dashboard "panic button," signaling a possible attack.
On May 8, 2005, after dropping off a load that included T-shirts, plastic whistles and 250,000 rounds of ammunition for Iraqi police, one of Holly's convoys was attacked. Of 20 security contractors and truck drivers, 13 were killed or listed as missing; five of the seven survivors were wounded. Insurgents booby-trapped four of the bodies. To eliminate the threat, a military recovery team fired a tank round into a pile of corpses, according to an after-action report.
The convoy had been protected by Hart Security, a British firm that used unarmored vehicles. Within a month, another Hart-led convoy was hit. The team leader informed the ground-control center by cellphone that he was running out of ammunition. He left the cellphone on as his convoy was overrun.
"We listened to the bad guys for almost an hour after they finished everybody off," Holly said.
The attacks represented a turning point in the private war.
Holly vowed he would never again use unarmored vehicles for convoy protection. He went to his primary shipper, Public Warehousing Co. of Kuwait, and ordered a change. PWC hired ArmorGroup, which had armed Ford F-350 pickups with steel-reinforced gun turrets and belt-fed machine guns.
Other companies followed suit, ramping up production of an array of armored and semi-armored trucks of various styles and colors, until Iraq's supply routes resembled the post-apocalyptic world of the "Mad Max" movies.
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ArmorGroup started in Iraq in 2003 with four security teams and 20 employees. It now has 30 mechanics to support its ground operation. "It's a monster," said Simpson, the country operations manager, strolling past a truck blown apart by a roadside bomb.
ArmorGroup operates 10 convoy security teams in support of Holly's logistics operation. The company runs another 10 to 15 under a half-dozen contracts, as well as for clients who request security on a case-by-case basis, Simpson said.
The company charges $8,000 to $12,000 a day, according to sources familiar with the pricing, although the cost can vary depending on convoy size and the risk. For security reasons, the convoys are limited to 10 tractor-trailers protected by at least four armored trucks filled with 20 guards: four Western vehicle commanders with M-21 assault rifles and 9mm Glock pistols, and 16 Iraqis with AK-47s.
The Western contractors, most with at least 10 years' experience, are paid about $135,000, the same as a U.S. Army two-star general. The Iraqis receive about a tenth of that.
"Every time I think about how it was at the beginning, arriving here with a suitcase and $1,000, and there was no one else around, it's just incredible," Simpson said. "Nobody envisioned that private security companies would be openly targeted by insurgents."
ArmorGroup prides itself on a low-key approach to security. Its well-groomed guards travel in khakis and dark blue shirts. The company's armored trucks are adorned with stickers issued by the Interior Ministry, where the company is fully licensed. Holly's former deputy, Victoria Wayne, said ArmorGroup turned down an opportunity to use more powerful weaponry as the insurgent threat increased.
"As a publicly traded company, they didn't want to be perceived as a mercenary force," she said.
But the company is under constant attack. ArmorGroup ran 1,184 convoys in Iraq in 2006; it reported 450 hostile actions, mostly roadside bombs, small-arms fire and mortar attacks. The company was attacked 293 times in the first four months of 2007, according to ArmorGroup statistics. On the dangerous roads north of Baghdad, "you generally attract at least one incident every mission," Simpson said.
Allan Campion, 36, who joined ArmorGroup after 18 years in the British infantry, said one of his convoys was recently attacked three times on a two-mile stretch outside Baghdad. One bomb exploded near the team leader's vehicle, but the convoy managed to continue, he said. Within minutes, another bomb exploded, followed by small-arms fire.
A firefight ensued as the convoy continued through the "kill zone," Campion said.
"We were still moving, so whether you've hit anybody or not, it's very hard to say," he said.
With the insurgents employing more-lethal roadside bombs, ArmorGroup has responded by changing tactics and spending $6.8 million to bolster its armor. Its new armored "Rock" vehicles are built on Ford F-550 chassis and are favored by ArmorGroup because of a V-shaped hull that provides better protection against roadside bombs.
Chris Berman, a former Navy SEAL who helped design the Rock for North Carolina-based Granite Tactical Vehicles, said its main deterrent is its twin gun hatches. "That gives you twice as much firepower," Berman said. "With two belt-fed machine guns in there, that's enough to chew up most people."
'Caught Up in the Mix'
Built on the site of a former Iraqi tank factory, the Abu Ghraib warehouse complex is known variously as Fort Apache, the Isle of Abu and Rocket City, a reference to when rockets and mortars frequently rained down on the compound.
The bleak, windswept facility consists of 64 buildings spread over a 1 1/2 -mile-long and half-mile-wide area; employees of Public Warehousing (now Agility) -- barricaded inside the fortress -- installed a driving range and a small fishing pond for entertainment. The perimeter is protected by double blast walls, guard towers equipped with belt-fed Dushka machine guns and uniformed Kurdish guards who answer to a military-style rank structure and carry AK-47 assault rifles.
Over the past two years, warehouse personnel "probably average four to six KIA a month and six to eight wounded a month," said Leon Sharon, the Falcon Security representative, dressed in a khaki military uniform with a "Falcon 6" patch identifying him as a field commander for the company.
"It's not a game," Sharon said. "People get killed here trying to go home. People trying to come here get killed because they work here. People on convoy escort get killed because of the materiel that we're shipping out of here. Truck drivers get killed because they get caught up in these ambushes. And you have security personnel who end up caught up in the mix. And the work has to go on as normal."
Attacks on Iraqi employees became so common that a trauma center was set up inside the main warehouse. Dozens of Iraqis, fearful of going home after work, live in barracks-style housing in the compound.
Sharon, 61, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is rail thin with a weathered, intelligent face shaped by chain-smoking and four decades of military work. He works out of a small office that is also his bedroom. A humidor sits on his desk. A U.S. flag covers his window. Cartons of Marlboro Reds are stacked behind him near a leather-bound copy of the Koran.
Sharon called Falcon Security a "private military company."
"When you have this many men, you don't manage it as you do a corporation. You manage it very much in the military style," he said. "My men aren't carrying potatoes; they're carrying AK-47s. It's not pilferage we're worried about. It's people storming the walls."
Falcon performs "a military-like role" in Iraq, he said, "with one key exception: We do not, and have no desire to, conduct offensive operations."
But even behind the blast walls, the private and public wars collide, Sharon said. Last year, insurgents attacked a passing U.S. military convoy on a highway outside the gates. Kurdish guards in one of the towers opened fire, killing two insurgents. "The Americans were thrilled," he said.
"All of the work that's being conducted here in Iraq by private security companies would have to be conducted by somebody, and that somebody is U.S. military personnel," he said. "If you had 500 soldiers here, that's 500 less soldiers that you have on the battlefield. And this isn't the only site. There are hundreds of sites around Iraq where you have private security. Where are you going to get this personnel?"
Sharon turns 62 in October. Asked when he planned to leave Iraq, he smiled.
"Last man here, please put the key under the door," he said.
Staff researcher Julie Tate contributed to this report.


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CHICAGO, IL. – Wabash brought the University of Chicago's eight-game home winning streak to an emphatic halt Saturday at Amos Alonso Stagg Field, 49-7.
Wabash scored through the air, on the ground, on a blocked punt, punt return, field goal, and interception to route the host Maroon and improve to 3-0.
"We didn't score any safeties and we couldn't kick extra points but we found a lot of other ways to score," Little Giant Coach Erik Raeburn said. "Special teams had some huge plays. We had some terrible breakdowns on special teams too. But it's nice to get some scores when your offense isn't on the field."
The special team plays were the backbreaker for Chicago. Leading 7-0 after a Wes Chamblee six-yard TD pass from Chase Belton, Nate Scola broke through to block a punt, pick the ball up and rumble 34 yards to make the game 14-0.
Brady Young caught his first TD pass of the year from 12 yards and then Jonathan Horn hauled in a 43-yarder for a 19-0 halftime lead.
If there was any doubt about the outcome it was probably sealed early in the third quarter when Wes Chamblee set a Wabash school record with a 94-yard punt return for the score, 26-0.
Throughout the offensive onslaught, Chicago wasn't going anywhere. The Little Giants held the Maroon to 48 yards rushing and 89 passing.
"I believe so far it was our best game of the year," said defensive lineman Pat Clegg. "In the first half it wasn't if we were going to get in the backfield it was who was going to make the tackle first … in the backfield. So it was a great win."
The defense had six tackles for loss, four quarterback sacks and four interceptions. Maroon receiving star Dee Brizzolara was held to three catches for 37 yards.
The defense played without starting middle linebacker C.J. Gum, out with an injury. Freshman A.J. Akinribade and sophomore Cody Buresh stepped up as starters with eight and six tackles, respectively. Luke Zinsmaster had nine stops, a sack, and a tackle for loss.
"Besides giving up the late score, I thought we played real well," Sophomore Scola said. Scola started at middle linebacker in Gum's absence. "We worked real hard this week on the run. We knew they were going to come out and try to run the ball on us. Buresh and AJ stepped up. We all add to step up with CJ being out. I'm looking forward to having him back next week. With him being out and us playing as well as we did, I can't wait till we get him back because it's going to be even better."
Raeburn was thrilled with the effort of his young defensive stand ins.
"We had some young guys in there on defense, so to play this well with out (CJ) with some really young guys is encouraging," the head coach said. "I think those young guys did a pretty good job. And I thought our defensive line did a good job up front."
Chicago's only score came on a 16-yard catch by Brizzolara to open the fourth quarter, 34-7. Wabash added a touchdown on the ground and David Direnfield's 68-yard interception return with seconds remaining.
One of the few negatives for Wabash was continued penalty problems, 10 for 80 yards with most of those coming in the first half.
Tyler Holmes led the Wabash rush with 60 yards on 10 carries. Horn caught five passes for 77 yards with sophomore Sean Hildebrand catching two for 29. Chamblee had his third straight 100-yard-plus all-purpose game. He finished with 139 total yards.
Belton had an efficient 151 yards passing on 10-of-17 passes and one interception.
Wabash is home Saturday to host the Kenyon Lords for Homecoming.


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Pollution has become a major issue over the years. It has caused death, disease, and many health problems. It is a major concern of our world today and not much is being done to prevent it. If not all, a lot of pollution is caused by humans. There are different types like industrial, agricultural, etc. Many people are realizing now the threat that pollution poses to humans.
There are three main types of pollution. They are land, air, and water pollution.
Land pollution deals with dumps or other harmful substances. Strip mining, digging, and irrigation are types of land pollution also. They aren't as harmful to us but they scar and hurt the land. Landfills are a major source of pollution. Most are infested with disease or with animals carrying disease. Many contain harmful chemicals that seep into the land or gasses that cause explosions or fires. Solid and hazardous wastes are found in landfills and dumps. Solid wastes are the most visible form of land pollution. Every year, humans dispose of billions of tons of solid wastes. Most of our disposal methods cause harm to the environment. Hazardous wastes are substances released into the environment that can cause death or harm to people and their surroundings. These wastes are very hard to dispose of and usually contaminate the environment quickly.
Air pollution is a severe problem.The major sources of water pollution are organic pollution, agricultural pollution, runoff, toxic waste, and thermal pollution. Organic pollution is becoming more and more pressing on the environment, because of the growing population of the world. It's a simple concept, the more people there are in one area, the more waste they will produce. For example, in a city there are so many people that the sewage plants and the environment can't take care of all of the waste and function in its usual manner. The sewage plants do their best, but the secondary discharge that gets into the water supply causes great problems. The excess waste acts as a fertilizer or food source for algae and the growth rate is uncontrollable. Everyone has been in a lake where there is a lot of dead algae on the shore and the water is clouded with algae. This situation is known as eutrophication, where algae growth is out of control and the water becomes oxygen depleted. There are natural cycles of eutrophication in the spring and fall, but the body of water can deal with those amounts. When excess waste is added to the water the body of water can no longer control the growth of the algae and the water soon becomes algae ridden and oxygen depleted. The water becomes oxygen depleted, because the dead algae goes to the bottom and uses the oxygen in the deeper water to decompose, but if there is too much dead algae all the oxygen is depleted. Oxygen from the surface doesn't reach the bottom, because the warmer water is less dense than the deeper cooler water, therefor the warmer water floats on the colder water and they never mix, much like oil and water. Soon the dead algae piles upon itself and makes the lake shallower, until it totally fills in and dries up.
"Air pollution is any visible or invisible substance found in the air that is not part of the normal composition of air. Some air pollution is natural and has always been a part of the earth's history. However, over the past one hundred years or so, pollution created by humans has become a major environmental problem. Natural air pollution has been around for millions of year. Dust and a variety of gases from forest fires, volcanoes, and decaying material in rivers, oceans, and other bodies of water continually enter the atmosphere. Sometimes this natural pollution can have dramatic effects. Air pollution is a major factor in causing humans to get ill. Tuberculosis, bronchitis, heart and chest diseases, stomach disorders, asthma and cancers can all be traced to chemicals in the air. Pesticides and fertilizers release gases and particles into the air which poison people and kill animals."
as a result ,All kinds of things can cause pollution and we can't watch over everything.The government needs to strongly enforce environmental policies in order to resolve the current pollution problems.otherwise we will not be able to find a place to live…
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New weight-loss drug to launch next week
The new weight-loss drug Belviq will be available next week to U.S. adults who are obese or who are overweight and have at least one serious medical condition, such as diabetes or high cholesterol.
Belviq works by stimulating serotonin receptors in the brain linked with feelings of satiety, leading patients to feel full. But don't expect miracles, experts caution. What works for one person may not work for another. And there is still no magic pill.
"It's a tool. None of these drugs are powerful enough to just make you lose weight," said James O. Hill, professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences and co-founder of the National Weight Control Registry. "They have to be part of a lifestyle program."
Studies by Arena Pharmaceuticals show that patients lost 3 percent to 3.7 percent of their weight over a year using Belviq. About 47 percent of patients without diabetes lost at least 5 percent of their weight or more. This is less than Vivus Inc.'s Qsymia, which launched in September. Patients taking Qsymia lost anywhere from 6.7 percent to 8.9 percent of their body weight.
Although approved by the Food and Drug Administration a year ago, Belviq's launch was delayed for months for a number of reasons, including proper classification by the Drug Enforcement Administration. It is a Schedule IV controlled substance, which means it has a low potential for abuse.
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Caltech oceanographer tests new technology at the bottom of the Earth
(PhysOrg.com) -- The field of study of Andrew Thompson, assistant professor of environmental science and engineering at Caltech, presents not only theoretical challenges but logistical ones as well. That's because he is interested in the circulation and ecology of the Southern Oceana cold, remote region near Antarcticaand the role it plays in global climate.
In particular, he studies a marine area at the eastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, part of the Weddell Sea. The hostile environment of the Weddell Sea makes long-term research difficult, so he's part of a team that is seeking to monitor the region with autonomous underwater vehicles called gliders. Last month, Thompson set off on a research cruise to deploy three of these new gliders, as well as some surface drifters that follow the currents and can be tracked with global positioning system (GPS) receivers.
"The currents and fronts in this region are important because they determine the transport and dispersal of krillan important part of the ocean food chainand also interact and modify the outflow of dense Antarctic Bottom Water, which eventually sinks to become the densest water in the ocean," says Thompson. "This part of the Weddell Sea is the injection point for krill and these dense water masses into the greater Southern Ocean."
The team, which included researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, the British Antarctic Survey, and from the University of East Anglia in the U.K., collected hydrographic data from the shipsuch as the temperature, salinity, and density of the waterwhen they weren't busy with the gliders.
"We captured the signature of dense Antarctic Bottom Water at the shelf break cascading off the continental shelf," says Thompson, who says the group spent a lot of time keeping the gliders out of the way of iceberg C-19, formed in 2002 on the opposite side of Antarctica. "It originally had a surface area of 5500 square km, but is now about 800 square km. We have some great measurements right in the lee of the berg and see evidence of it significantly disrupting the currents in the region."
The team also successfully tested an echo sounder that they attached to the gliders to measure krill biomass. The echo sounder uses sonar to detect krill swarms in the water column.
"A major purpose of the cruise was to demonstrate the capability of ocean gliders to play a key role in future polar ocean observing systems," he says. And so far, the instruments have shown favorable results. The gliders were deployed on January 23; since then, theyve been collecting samples and reporting data back to Thompson via satellite when they come to the surface every few hours. At press time, the Caltech glider had just completed its 200th dive. It, along with the other two gliders, will be recovered at the end of the experiment in mid-March.
In addition to research success, the crew, which returned to land in early February, had the chance to experience some marine wildlife in their natural habitat. The boat was visited by a number of friendly humpbacks and, while taking measurements from the sea, researchers found a pod of feeding orcas.
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You can find some of the sound card drivers on Vogonsdrivers - here's a link to the specific model hat you have (this is for the OEM model): http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.ph ... enustate=0
Just copy into a folder on your C:\ drive (preferably C:\SGNXPRO) and run the SGPFIG utility (under the Utility folder) to configure.
In your Autoexec.bat file, insert the following command as well: SET SOUND=C:\SGNXPRO
Alternatively, you can also find the driver for the Sound Galaxy NX Pro on: ftp://ftp.aztech.com/support/DOWNLOAD/sg/
Just open the index.txt file to find the folder for your sound card, but it should be the NXPRO folder.
PS: Let me know if you are able to change the IRQ of your sound card from 5 to 7 - I can't seem to change mine (even though the SGPFIG program allows me to, when I reboot and run it again, it's still set at IRQ5).
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Kamerat wrote:Just tested an Avance Logic ALS4000 PCI sound card. Runs fine with games requiring IRQ 2/9. Configured IRQ trigger mode to "Edge" instead of "Level" in ALS4KDOS.CFG.
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Welcome to the official Earth and the Next Society website. It is often said that music is the universal language. If this is true then it is most surely the voice of the human consciousness, particulary the collective consciousness we all share. It is from this perspective that "Earth and the Next Society" is inspired to create music that hopefully inspires others to remember and act upon the inherit wisdom we all share as human beings. Its your move...your time...can you dig it?
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The Bills hosted a road race with a finish on the 50-yard line at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
The Dolphins have adopted a quiet confidence in recent weeks.
The Jets want free labor for their training camp.
Roughly a dozen former Patriots will host a football clinic this weekend in Durham, New Hampshire.
The third suspect in the stabbing of Steelers OT Mike Adams, arrested earlier this month in Florida, has been extradited to Pennsylvania to face charges.
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The Browns and the NFC rookies attending the 2013 Symposium partnered to present a youth football clinic for 150 children.
Could all the changes to the Ravens help them avoid a Super Bowl hangover?
The 911 calls placed from the location of a fight allegedly involving Jaguars RB Maurice Jones-Drew have been released; like the video surveillance from the incident, the audio reveals nothing.
A former Titans cheerleader accused of trying to seduce a 12-year-old boy rejected a plea deal and is scheduled to go to trial on November 12.
Colts S John Boyett still derives motivation from his late sister, who died in early 2011 after a 14-year battle with a brain tumor.
A pair of Texans finished in the top 10 of NFL Network's player-determined Top 100 players.
Broncos president Joe Ellis justifies the new bag policy by calling the Boston Marathon bombing "a game-changer."
Raiders P Chris Kluwe will serve as the grand marshal of the Minneapolis Pride parade on Sunday.
The Chiefs, with only two wins in 2012, nevertheless have five of the NFL's Top 100 players.
CB Shareece Wright is ready to step up for the Chargers.
An Arby's in Richmond, Virginia has reserved a parking space for Redskins QB Robert Griffin III.
Giants LB Aaron Curry hopes the "greatness" surrounding the franchise helps him fulfill his NFL potential.
The Eagles have posted a very early preview of the Week Five game against their division rivals from New York.
The omission of Tony Romo from NFL Network's Top 100 list raised the most eyebrows this year.
The dorm the Vikings have used for training camp since the 1960s is being imploded.
Laingsburg High School will host one of the Lions' youth football camps.
Packers QB Aaron Rodgers and ESPN apparently have buried the hatchet.
Catching up with former Bears RB Raymont Harris.
Saints fans can win a pair of season tickets in a raffle that costs $100 per ticket.
Panthers QB Cam Newton is hosting a 7-on-7 high school football tournament; the winning team gets $2,500 in equipment.
Buccaneers CB Darrelle Revis continues to rehab his knee in Phoenix.
The Falcons rookies got an up-close look at the trophy the entire team aspires to finally clutch.
The stalled L.A. stadium project means that the Rams have less leverage in St. Louis.
The Honey Badger nickname could return for Cardinals S Tyrann Mathieu.
Not every football coach in California has an issue with Seahawks coach Pete Carroll.
An honest worker at the San Jose airport found former 49ers OL John Macaulay's Super Bowl XIX ring in a restroom and turned it over to airport officials.


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Using Will Substitutes to Reduce Estate Taxes
Why would you want to use a will substitute (a legal agreement that transfers ownership upon your death) rather than your will for certain property? Property covered by a will substitute is transferred outside of probate, which may provide you with some significant advantages in the following:
Time. With will substitutes, property is typically transferred immediately upon your death, even if other parts of your estate are just beginning what may be a lengthy probate process.
Money. Will substitutes may save you and your estate some money, depending on whether or not your state's version of the Estate Recovery Act — used to recover certain government-provided health care expenses you may receive — applies to your estate after you die. If the government is trying to grab part of your estate after you die under provisions of its Estate Recovery Act, you may be able to protect property from the government's grasp by using will substitutes rather than your will.
If the resulting transfer of nonprobate property results in a death tax — whether state, federal, or any other tax — the taxes must still be paid. Will substitutes only help you do an end run around probate; applicable death taxes must still be paid. However, in many cases, will substitutes may reduce your taxes, so work with your accountant and attorney to coordinate your tax strategy with what you plan to do for will substitutes.
You can hold property in a variety of will substitute types, including:
Joint tenancy: This means that you and others have an equal and undivided ownership of some property.
Living trusts: These are a convenient for avoiding additional probates if you have real property like a house, vacation home, or income-producing investment property located in more than one state.
Additional will substitutes include:
Tenancy by the entirety: Similar to joint tenancy, the property's co-owners have a right of survivorship feature that enables property to automatically transfer at the death of a co-owner to the surviving co-owner.
Payable on death accounts (PODs): This simple will substitute form keeps personal property out of probate. You fill out a form at your financial institutions and designate your account beneficiary. After your death, your beneficiary provides the financial institution with a copy of the death certificate and proof of identity, and then collects what is in the account.
IRAs, life insurance annuities, and other assets paid to named beneficiaries
Will substitutes predetermine who gets your property upon your death in one of two ways:
Right of survivorship: Whether you have a will or not is immaterial to the property transfer. If you have a will, the property transfers outside of your will. If you don't have a will, the property transfers outside of intestate succession laws. The surviving joint tenant(s) receive(s) the property.
Beneficiary designation
Joint tenancy, tenancy by the entirety, and payable on death accounts use right of survivorship, while the other will substitute types use beneficiary designations.


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Automotive transients introduction
This video presents a short overview of automotive frond-end and the transients tackled by the frond-end power conversion stage connected to an automotive battery rail.
Automotive transients explained
This section presents a high level overview of automotive board net and the describes the conditions that the the tests simulate. These include:
- Reverse polarity
- Jump start
- Load sump
- Starting profile
- Superimposed ac
Architecting the dc-dc stage for automotive transients
This section presents an approach to architecting the dc-dc conversion stage to handle the transients on automotive battery rail. Following topologies are covered:
- Buck-boost
- Always-on boost + buck
- On-demand boost + buck
- Buck + post boost
Pro/cons of the different approaches are also discussed.
Reverse battery protection
This section presents the different methods of protecting the electronic loads connected to the automotive battery rail in the event of accidental reverse battery connection. The methods covered include:
- Schottky diode
- PFET + discretes
- Smart diode + NFET
Riding out automotive transients using buck-boost dc-dc stage
This section presents the buck-boost dc-dc converter as an effective and efficient solution for the wide vin automotive battery rail. The advantages compared to pre-boost and two stage solutions are presented. Also contains an overview of buck-boost converter and controller offerings convering various current and power levels.
Using high side switches for output power protection & diagnostics
Using eFuses for overvoltage and inrush current protection
Using ideal diodes for reverse battery & current protection
Dual active bridge DC:DC power stage for a level 3 (fast) EV charging station (pile)
High side switches: Driving, diagnosing and protecting loads in industrial applications
What is power muxing?
Driving inductive loads with power switches
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Oracle Health Sciences Clinical One unifies people, process, and data to simplify clinical trials and provide the new capabilities that are needed for the trial of today and in the future.
In the recent Everest Group PEAK Matrix™ 2019 Assessment of Life Sciences Clinical Trials Products, Oracle Health Sciences is positioned as a leader and the highest ranked vendor in Vision and Capability. Everest Group assesses vendors based on their market impact (market adoption, value delivered and portfolio mix) and vision and capability (vision and strategy, functionality, flexibility and ease of deployment, engagement and commercial model and support). Oracle Health Sciences has been adding new innovations to its existing eClinical solutions, enabling the industry to advance clinical trials more efficiently and cost effectively.
"Oracle Health Sciences with its Clinical One platform is focusing on enabling a platform-led future to help life sciences firms accelerate digital transformation. With its emphasis on developing integrated solutions to assist trial design, site management, and patient safety, Oracle Health Sciences emerges as a credible partner for life sciences firms." —Nitish Mittal, Practice Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences Technology, Everest Group.
Oracle Health Sciences helps you get therapies to market faster and detect risks earlier. Oracle offers a complete set of clinical and safety solutions that support critical processes throughout the clinical development lifecycle—from study design and startup to conduct, close-out, and post-marketing.
Oracle Health Sciences Clinical One cloud environment changes the way clinical research is done—accelerating all stages of the drug development lifecycle by eliminating redundancies, creating process efficiencies, and allowing the sharing of information across functions.
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Oracle Health Sciences Data Management Workbench provides the information you need to identify and respond to trial issues early and fast.
Oracle Argus Cloud Service is the market-leading solution for processing, analyzing, and reporting adverse event cases originating in pre- and post-market drugs, biologics, vaccines, and devices. It is fully compliant with the European Medicines Agency's enhanced EudraVigilance system.
Oracle Health Sciences executives describe the complex process of evaluating the safety and efficacy of a new drug and how advanced technology supports the collection, analysis, and reporting of trial data required to bring the drug to market.
The AI Revolution in Multivigilance
Taming the Deluge: How Automation and Real-Time Data Access Will Reshape Clinical Trials
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For a small company like us, Oracle Argus was the only way to go.Timo Toivonen, Vice President, Services, Crown CRO
We have a highly engaged program team… there's mutual trust and a collaborative spirit... I think that's one of the key advantages of using Oracle.Peter Svensson, Senior Systems Supporter, Novo Nordisk
Argus is state of the art. It's considered industry best-in-class by most, so knowing that CSL Behring was on its way to use Argus gave me confidence, I was joining a company that had the right priorities and a good strategic direction.Richard L. Wolf, Senior Director, Global Clinical Safety and Pharmacovigilance, CSL Behring
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Within a very short time, AI will revolutionize case management and signal management allowing safety departments to operate more efficiently and effectively.
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A truly unifed eClinical platform offers common features and functions that support multiple processes across different capabilities. It provides a single source of truth that can be used throughout the clinical trial lifecycle.


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id like to see wales do well against the wallabies. i think they have a faint chance. about 1 in 5. its wallabies b team playing away so nows the time...
id like to see wales do well against the wallabies. i think they have a faint chance. about 1 in 5. its wallabies b team playing away so nows the time...
Wait and see. We are very hungry for a Southern scalp right now. We feel we can do it, and that helps.
definitely getting along to be best in the north.
missed opportunity to send a message against that Boks team the other week.
anyway unfortunately i'm an Englishman so my opinions are fairly worthless.
big up NZ in the League final the other week BTW.
as i was watching the Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers (the entire NHL retired Gretzky's number after he stopped playing; no team has a player with his old number on their shirts in their squad) in a bar in Vancouver recently - i fell desperately in lust with a girl in that bar, i must admit to being a sad objectifying prat at this stage - i got chatting to a middle-aged local of Italian heritage who had played for Canada back in the day.
he had been given the opportunity to play for Italy when he was choosing, but declined as they were a lot less good than they are now. (or, for good, read: a decent team.)
that was a regret, but he'd had a time.
he bought me a Guinness and i bought him a glass of red.
ANyway, great to have a rugby thread on Dissensus. I will be doing my usual thing of screaming at the TV while Wales are on.
Different code, but Autralians, watch this and weep. No-one int he south dummies like that (I wait to hear the exceptions to this).
you can only legitimately enjoy rugby if you have nz or welsh heritige. fact.
otherwise you are a cunt.
well done wales/
mind you aus. missing half their players but a good result all the same. they're not mugs anymore.
disappointingly, ricky stuart aside the australians were rather pleased to see the kiwis pull it off in the final.
Pool D - tasty!2011 Rugby World Cup draw:
Pool A - New Zealand, France, Tonga, Americas 1, Asia 1
Pool B - Argentina, England, Scotland, Europe 1, play-off winner
Pool C - Australia, Ireland, Italy, Europe 2, Americas 2
Pool D - South Africa, Wales, Fiji, Oceania 1, Africa 1
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fiji again. Fuck.
Scotland 13 - Wales 26.
Flattering score line for Scotland, I think.
Can't wait for next week.
That was the least tense I've ever felt watching Wales play; even with the last minute pull-out of Ryan Jones, a potentially devestating blow in those circumstances, and minus Gavin Henson and without Hookie, for the most part Wales were beautifully dominant. Only when they relaxed and got sloppy towards the end of the match, did it get at all edgy.
This is a weird experience for Welshman of my age and a bit older and anyone younger, those who grew up in the late 80s and 90s watching the Welsh rugby nightmare unfold, with our elders reeling and regaling us with the genius and beauty of Welsh Rugby in the 70s. And only in Wales was is it so important, so tied to national culture and character, to an almost disturbed and damaging degree. (Welsh football is a fairly squalid affair, cf. Cardiff City.)
It meant that every time Wales played well, it was a slightly uneasy surprise, and inevitably undone by subsequent destruction at the hands of, most gallingly, England, the most soulless rugby nation and earth, and bitter rivals. (I don't like this side of Welsh rugby, actually. Mere disdain would be more elegant.) So, for our generations, to expect a commanding Welsh side to perform with confidence and falir and gusto is a joyful and surprising thing. I don't think any of us believed it was real until we beat France last year and took that second Grand Slam. The first still felt like a fluke, or just luck and guts and imagination bound to fade out. (Which, without Gatland and Edwards stepping in, it would have been.)
It created a ongoing sense of deflation and detachment in the nation's psyche, punctuated by brief moments of absurd euphoria and over-confidence every time we did well. Anyone who remembers the embarrasing false dawns of the Graham Henry era (and heard the radio phone ins on Radio Wales at the time) will know what I mean.
I think Gatland is superb, however, I'm a big fan. He's marshalled a good bunch of players into an almost-great team, and yet kept the players egos tied to terra firma. They have a sense of humility and a keen perfectionism and at their best now, play as a team: for example, today's first half, and the amazing and exciting defence play against France last March (overseen by a low-key and effective Gavin Henson to give him his due).
I liked what Flanker Haskell said today:
He's right. I remember when the Arms Park was pulled down, it was an unpopular thing because there was so much history and sentiment attached to the stadium, and, in fact, it was a really hideous concrete block with no real atmosphere. The Millenium Stadium looks awful from the outside, but inside it's one of the greatest stadiums I can imagine being built. I've been inside once and it's so steep and deep that any Welsh game is an intense experience: the noise of Welsh fans, the hymns and arias, ricochet around it: the acoustics are amazing. And when Wales are on the kind of form they have been for the last few years, it can only be intimidating, even for the All Blacks. That pre-match stand-off late last year is a good example."The atmosphere [at the Millennium Stadium] is incredible," said the Wasps man. "When people ask if I notice the crowd in the game, I usually say no, but in Cardiff you do, especially when Wales are going forward because it's so loud.
Another thing about the Welsh squad, is that in the late 80s and 90s we always looked fat and ugly and lumbering: missing teeth and full of beer and chips. No we have handsome, swarhy backs and charismatic forwards. The 70s backs were like Iberian hunks and the forwards were rude bulldozers: we're getting back to that, at last. A good-looking, hungry team.
Henson needs to sort his shit out, because as an old man he will regret missing out on so many matches at this time, with this team, and its superb coach.
And especial apologies to Shaun Edwards, the Greatest Living Englishman.
And yes, watching this Welsh team is the first time in living memory that it has been possible to be comfortable and slightly blase when following Wales. The defence is astonishing for anyone brought up on 1990s Wales. Millennium Stadium is pretty great, too.
And we still have easily the most rousing national anthem in the world (sorry, France, it's close but no cigar).


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Who needs birthday cake when you can have birthday cardio?
More adults might be choosing to celebrate special occasions with private group exercise classes known as fitness parties. Lena Dunham and Lady Gaga made headlines last year by throwing birthday parties at SoulCycle, and now a Reuters article suggests that fitness parties may be gaining popularity among adults.
Montserrat Markou, owner of JumpLife, a New York-based studio that offers trampoline fitness classes in a night club-inspired environment, says she would have never imagined adults throwing parties at her facility but can understand why they appeal to her clients.
"They feel like they're getting their fitness in at the same time they're in a club," Markou says.
Instead of worrying about fitting in a trip to the gym on a birthday, people are making fitness part of the party, she adds.
JumpLife is not the only company seeing more people passing on traditional party options in favor of more health conscious celebrations. Although most health clubs have traditionally promoted birthday party packages as being exclusively for children, some are beginning to realize the benefits of offering adult parties.
In the Reuters article, Donna Cyrus, senior vice president of programming at Crunch Fitness, New York, says Crunch clubs have expanded their offerings to accommodate everything from birthdays and bachelorette parties to college reunions and divorce celebrations.
"The class is a reason for friends to get together and shed inhibitions for an hour, as well as a great marketing tool and clever use of idle space for the gym," Cyrus says.
It also could be a way for some facilities to shed the image of being all work(outs) and no fun, but will more clubs expand their offerings to cash in on the trend? And more importantly, will people start bringing cake to studios and health clubs?


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The proud traditions, history and language of the Welsh can be seen and felt instantly. You will see road signs and civic buildings display the Welsh language above English, and the nation's flag flies proudly wherever you go. The locals are famously outgoing and sociable, so you'll be making new friends in no time… but the melodic accent may take some getting used to.


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