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Transplant Nurse Practitioner
The transplant nurse practitioner meets all patients before they are admitted into the program and assists the transplant physician with many aspects of patient care.
Transplant Nurse Coordinator
The transplant nurse coordinator works with the transplant team, including caregivers, to ensure that all tests and treatments are planned, scheduled and carried out. The transplant nurse coordinator educates patients about transplant care and helps coordinate home, office and hospital care.
Nursing Care
Experienced oncology registered nurses are responsible for planning care with patients and families. These nurses have special training in care for patients who are receiving a stem cell transplant, including chemotherapy administration and managing potential side effects.
Clinical Research Associate
This clinical research associate is a certified clinical research professional with special emphasis on stem cell transplant. The associate is responsible for program data management, patient follow-up and submission of information to the Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant Registry.
Oncology Social Workers and Cancer Counselors
Oncology social workers help with facilitate communications with the health care team and assist with needs such as housing, transportation, medication assistance programs and filing disability claims. Cancer counselors can also help cancer patients, their families and friends cope with the emotional effects of cancer on their lives. Oncology social workers and cancer counselors can be seen whenever they are needed: before, during or after transplant. These services are provided by Providence at no charge to the patient or family.
An oncology dietitian meets with all patients before transplant. The dietitian understands the nutritional requirements of patients undergoing treatment and can answer any questions about diet.
Pharmacists experienced in chemotherapy and other medications used during transplant are available to patients at the hospital.
Physical Therapists
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Welcome to our Music homepage and thanks for your interest in music at GHC!
We are very excited about the growth of our music program, and especially our two new music degrees. Beginning in the fall of 2014, GHC will offer courses leading to associate of arts degrees in music and in music business.
The Associate of Arts in Music degree includes 42 hours of academic core courses and 18 hours of music courses in theory, ear training, applied lessons, and ensemble participation. GHC offers applied lessons is a wide variety of instruments, voice, and composition. GHC also offers concert band and jazz/pep band for instrumentalists, and concert choir for vocalists. The AA-Music degree is especially designed for those who plan to transfer to a 4-year school to complete a bachelor degree in music education leading to a career as a music teacher.
The Associate of Arts in Music Business degree is similar to the above, with 42 hours of core courses, 12 hours of music courses, and 6 hours of business courses. The AA-Music Business degree will help prepare students for careers in arts administration, music production, private music teaching, music retail, and other music and arts related vocations.
The GHC music program is designed with three types of students in mind:
• Students who want to earn a 4-year music degree but need to stay close to Floyd and Bartow Counties
• Students who want to earn a 4-year music degree but need to begin music study in a nurturing (and less expensive!) environment before auditioning for a larger school
• Students who do not plan to pursue a music degree, but want to develop their musical skills for lifelong enrichment
Of course, all GHC students are welcome to take music courses and participate in ensembles whether or not they intend to pursue a music degree.
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- Music Theory I-IV, 3 hours each. The courses in music theory explore the question, "How does music work?" Students learn to identify keys, scales, intervals, triads, chords, chord progressions, and are introduced to musical forms and compositional techniques. Three semesters are required for the AA-Music degree and two semesters are required for the AA-Music Business degree. There is no prerequisite for Music Theory I.
- Aural Skills I-IV, 1 hour each. These courses (sometimes called Ear Training) help students improve skills in sight reading, sight singing, music recognition by listening, and music dictation. One semester of Aural Skills is required for both AA music degrees. There is no prerequisite for Aural Skills I.
- Applied Lessons, 1-2 hours each semester. Private instruction is offered on all woodwind and brass instruments, percussion, piano, voice, and composition. An applied lesson fee is charged to help offset the cost of one-on-one instruction.
- Music Fundamentals, 3 hours, is 'Music Theory Lite.' It's a course primarily for non-music majors who are interested in exploring music for personal enrichment. The course includes introductions to music reading and song writing.
- Music Appreciation, 3 hours, is a course that explores the history of western classical music and also provides an introduction to jazz, Broadway, and other musical styles. It is available as a traditional classroom course on all campuses and also in DVD format. For more information about the DVD course, please contact Robert Adams at email@example.com.
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First images from Phoenix Mars lander
ESA completed a key step in its ongoing support to NASA's Phoenix mission, when signals from the Phoenix Mars lander recorded by Mars Express were successfully received at ESA's Space Operations Centre (ESOC), Darmstadt, Germany. NASA has just made the first few images available.
The signals from Phoenix were monitored by Mars Express between 01:21 - 01:47 CEST on 26 May during the lander's critical entry, descent and landing (EDL) phase. They were received by the European spacecraft via the Mars Express Lander Communications (MELACOM) system.
For more images returned by Phoenix, please see The University of Arizona's Phoenix image gallery.


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Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University Athletics Department has announced the appointment of Chad Berryhill as the school's new men's and women's tennis head coach, effective immediately.
A Ferris State alum, Berryhill takes over the Bulldog program following two successful years as the assistant men's tennis coach at NCAA Division I Central Florida where he recently helped the Knights haul in the nation's 17th-ranked incoming recruiting class for 2012-13, according to the Tennis Recruiting Network (www.tennisrecruiting.net). The program's most recent class also ranked first in Florida over traditional state powers such as Florida, Florida State and Miami.
Along with his duties as the head men's and women's tennis coach at FSU, Berryhill will also serve as the head tennis professional at the FSU Racquet and Fitness Center in addition to directing the tennis camp program. He replaces Alex Palladino, who departed FSU in May after five seasons at the helm.
"I've known Chad since his days as a student and followed his success closely," said FSU Associate Athletics Director Jon Coles. "He is a proven winner and an up and coming elite collegiate coach who we're grabbing at the right time.
"His success and ties with junior college and international players will allow him to recruit high-level competitors who will make an immediate impact. With Chad on board, I'm extremely excited about the future of Bulldog Tennis as we continue to build off this past year's men's league tournament championship," he added.
While at Central Florida, Berryhill helped the program earn a top 75 overall national ranking in NCAA Division I men's tennis. During his first campaign at UCF in 2010-11, the Knights faced one of the nation's toughest schedules by playing 10 nationally-ranked opponents. Seven players also earned spots on the Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll.
"We are very fortunate to have Chad joining our staff," said Derek Ameel, who serves as the director of FSU's Professional Tennis Management (PTM) program. "As an alumni of our PTM program and successful college coach at the Division I level, he brings with him the unique understanding of the synergy required for this position and the experience needed to grow our tennis teams, PTM program and racquet facility. I believe Chad will be a tremendous asset to Ferris and the community of Big Rapids."
Berryhill, who's certified by both the United States Professional Tennis Association and the Professional Tennis Registry, graduated from Ferris State in 2005 with a degree in marketing and professional tennis management. He also earned a masters degree in physical education from South Florida in 2009.
"I'm excited about this tremendous opportunity to come back to Ferris State and the Big Rapids community," Berryhill said. "This position will allow me continue to coach collegiate tennis at a high level and have an impact on young lives and the tennis industry. It was an easy decision because Ferris is such a special place."
Berryhill arrived at UCF after an impressive five-year tenure (2005-10) developing one of the top programs in the country as the women's tennis head coach at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa. He led the Lady Hawks to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Championship in 2008 along with national runner-up finishes in 2006, 2007 and 2009. His final team posted a 18-5 mark in 2010 and placed third nationally with one of his players, Olivia Howlett, claiming the singles national championship and being chosen as the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Player of the Year.
Hillsborough won four consecutive Florida Community College Activities Association state titles under Berryhill. Nine of his junior college players went on to sign with four-year schools and 10 were tabbed as NJCAA All-Americans. Six players claimed ITA All-America laurels, four players were chosen as NJCAA Academic All-Americans and three received ITA National Player of the Year recognition.
While at Hillsborough, Berryhill received 2008 NJCAA National Coach of the Year honors and was twice named the ITA Region IV Coach of the Year. He served as the ITA's NJCAA Women's Ranking Chair and led his program to five ITA Small College National Championships. Additionally, he was the HCC Tennis Complex Operations Manager.
Before moving to the junior college ranks, Berryhill spent four years overall as a high school coach in Michigan, including three years as the head boys coach at Big Rapids High School. He was recognized as the 2004 Michigan High School Regional Coach of the Year for his efforts on the prep level.
During his time at FSU, Berryhill twice served as president of the PTM Student Association and held internship assignments as the director of tennis at the Brynwood Country Club in Milwaukee and with the Michigan State Nike Tennis Camps in East Lansing. He's also worked at the Court One Athletic Club in Lansing and served as the Director of Tennis for the Harvard Summer Camp along with being the administrative director and developmental coach for the renowed Tennissmith School in Tampa.
Berryhill takes over a men's tennis program that won the school's first Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Tournament Championship since 1999 this past spring. FSU has reached the NCAA Tournament four of the past five years in men's tennis, including this past season when FSU upset 37th-ranked Lewis (Ill.) in the first round.
The Bulldog women's tennis program most recently reached the national tournament in back-to-back seasons both in 2009-10 and 2010-11. They posted a 20-5 mark two seasons ago while placing second in the conference standings with a 9-2 league record.
"I'm looking forward to working with both programs on an every day basis," Berryhill said. "One of our first goals will be to repeat as the conference champions on the men's side and I hope to continue to elevate our program on both sides back to where we are competing year in and year out for championships."
"Chad has trained under the world's best coaches and will add the intellectual and physical requirements so desperately needed in today's college circles."
- Vic Braden, Legendary Coach & Tennis Research Expert
"I'm so pleased to hear that Chad Berryhill is returning to Ferris State to coach the men's and women's tennis teams. Chad was the Director of Tennis for The Tennis Academy at Harvard several years ago and helped move the quality of our teaching forward remarkably. I don't think you could find a better combination of skills for Chad's additional role in the development of coaches in the Ferris State tennis program. He brings a warm personality, great technical skill, and considerable administrative expertise to this new position, and we wish him and Ferris State the best of luck in moving forward."
- Dave Fish, Head Men's Tennis Coach, Harvard
"I was very happy to hear that Chad is returning to his roots and was hired as the Men's and Women's Head Coach at Ferris State. Chad is a rising star in this profession of tennis. He has the unique ability to not only do a great job with both the teams, but be a great mentor for those who have aspirations of becoming coaches themselves. Chad has a real love and passion for the game. Because of this passion, he has worked tirelessly to become a great coach. His work ethic and knowledge of tennis will have a huge impact on not only his student-athletes, but everyone in the community. He is the ultimate team player both on and off the court and will be a great asset to Ferris State."
- Steve Denton, Head Men's Tennis Coach, Texas A&M
"Great news for tennis! Chad Berryhill, a graduate of Ferris State's unique tennis management program, is returning to his alma mater as the new Men's and Women's Head Tennis Coach. In addition to coaching the teams, Chad will have a significant role in the development of the next generation of tennis teaching professionals in America. Our game needs individuals like Chad Berryhill. He is a total package coach and has a skill set, both on and off the court, that far exceeds the industry norm. I spent five years with Chad and know he is one of the most knowledgeable and competent coaches in all of college tennis."
- Steve Smith, Tennissmith School
"Chad will bring a tremendous amount of passion and coaching experience to the Men's & Women's tennis programs. As a graduate of Ferris State, Chad also has a vested interest in seeing the varsity tennis programs, tennis camps, PTM program, and the racquet facility programming succeed and grow. I look forward to welcoming Chad back to campus and working with him to keep Ferris State as a dominant tennis program within the GLIAC and a leader within the tennis industry."
- Collin Cadwell, Administrative Assistant, Ferris State PTM Program
"Chad was a great addition to our staff and extremely valuable due to his past head coaching experience. He's had the opportunity to work with and learn from Steve Smith, who is one of the most well-respected tennis instructors in the country. He's an excellent teacher and has great leadership skills."
- Bobby Cashman, Head Men's Tennis Coach, Central Florida
"We are very fortunate to have Chad joining our staff. As a Ferris Professional Tennis Management Alum and successful college coach at the Division i level, he brings with him the unique understanding of the synergy required for this position and the experience needed to grow our tennis teams, PTM program and racquet facility. I believe Chad will be a tremendous asset to Ferris and the community of Big Rapids."
- Derek Ameel, Professional Tennis Management Director, Ferris State University
"Chad Berryhill will be a great addition to Ferris State University and the Professional Tennis Management Program. Beyond being a graduate of the PTM program, Chad has had the pleasure of working with Steve Smith and the Tennis Smith School in Tampa. In my opinion, he has been through two great learning experiences to further his career. I know that Chad will be passionate and dedicated to improving his students and getting the tennis teams back on the road to success. Chad Berryhill is a winner and a fine talent and will do a wonderful job as coach of the teams and as the Head Tennis Professional."
- Matt Davis, United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) Illinois President, FSU PTM Graduate & Tennis Professional
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Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University Athletics Department has announced the appointment of Chad Berryhill as the school's new men's and women's tennis head coach, effective immediately.


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The unity continues... Obama has incorporated former Clinton policy director Neera Tanden into the campaign. Tanden "will help coordinate the domestic policy process under Heather Higginbottom, the campaign's Policy Director," according to an Obama campaign release.
VIDEO: Joining Hillary Clinton at a rally in Unity, N.H., Barack Obama says, "I've admired her as a leader; I've learned from her as a candidate. She rocks." Watch his entire speech.
Also joining the campaign is Melody Barnes, who currently serves as the executive vice president at the progressive group, Center for American Progress. Barnes will have the title of Senior Domestic Policy Advisor.
"Barnes also served as Chief Counsel to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy on the Senate Judiciary Committee," the campaign notes in its release. "In that role, she helped to fight for civil rights, women's health and reproductive rights, shape commercial law and religious liberties laws, and review executive branch and judicial appointments."
*** UPDATE *** From a March memo penned by Tanden on Obama's economic plan: "The contrast could not be clearer -- on Monday, Senator Clinton announced a detailed, specific plan to address the housing and credit crisis. On Tuesday, Senator McCain announced that he had no plan. And today, Senator Obama offered just words." Added at the bottom of the memo, research on how much money Obama has taken from various finance groups.
And, of course, there was health care: "By choosing to forgo a mandate, it's not universal," said Neera Tanden, Clinton's policy director. "It will leave 15 million Americans uninsured. Even with a generous subsidy, millions of Americans will not get health insurance."


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Live Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe T20
BAN vs ZIM T20 Live HD Streaming Online TV Telecast
Date: Wednesday, Jan 20, 2016
Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 3rd T20 Preview
Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 3rd T20 will be played on Jan 20, 2016 at 03:00pm in SANS Khulna Stadium.
Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe T20 series is a chance for both the teams to experiment ahead of the World T20, but neither side could fiddle too much during the first T20, which Bangladesh won in a manner that reflected the growing quality gap between the sides.
Mashrafe Mortaza was happy to see Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah vacate higher batting spots and use their experience well to steer Bangladesh to a win, but said he would have liked to use Shuvagata Hom's offspin at some stage. Shuvagata also failed with the bat at No 4. It wasn't new for the experienced batsmen to be doing their job, but seeing them adapt to new roles was pleasing for Bangladesh's captain.
Zimbabwe's experienced duo of Hamilton Masakadza and Vusi Sibanda starting superbly with the bat but the likes of Elton Chigumbura, Sikandar Raza and Malcolm Waller were unable to capitalise on the 101-run opening stand. Zimbabwe will also be unhappy with their fielding effort, with Sibanda dropping Sabbir Rahman at a crucial stage. Masakadza said he was happy with the bowling attack's display despite missing Tinashe Panyangara's control at the top.
There are likely to be changes in both sides in the second BAN vs ZIM T20, even if it doesn't mean personnel changes as much as batsmen and bowlers assuming new roles. But no matter what the team managements are trying, the first T20 was proof that both sets of players weren't forgetting two fundamental roles while playing T20 cricket: providing entertainment and enjoying themselves. It came down to the last eight balls in the first game, and if the second T20 goes down to the wire it won't be a huge surprise.
Bangladesh Players List vs Zimbabwe (BAN vs ZIM 3rd T20)
1 Imrul Kayes, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Mahmudullah, 4 Mohammad Shahid, 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Sabbir Rahman, 7 Nurul Hasan (wk), 8 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 9 Arafat Sunny, 10 Abu Haider, 11 Mosaddeque
Zimbabwe Players List vs Bangladesh (ZIM vs BAN 3rd T20)
1 Chamu Chibhabha, 2 Hamilton Masakadza, 3 Richmond Mutumbami (wk), 4 Sean Williams, 5 Malcolm Waller, 6 Sikandar Raza, 7 Elton Chigumbura (capt), 8 Luke Jongwe, 9 Graeme Cremer, 10 Tendai Chisoro, 11 Neville Madziva
BAN vs ZIM 3rd T20 Weather & Pitch Condition
The Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium (SANS) surface has the feel of a typical Khulna pitch and with shorter boundaries, the team batting first should be able to score 150-160. Dew will be a factor, possibly from around 4.30pm, so the team batting second will have some advantage.
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Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe T20 series 2016 will be live telecast on GTV (Gazi TV).


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Bryce Bennett, Lila Lapanja named to Alpine Junior Worlds team
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association named a group of 15 elite athletes to compete at the 2013 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championshis, including Bryce Bennett of Squaw Valley and Lila Lapanja of Sugar Bowl and Diamond Peak.
Competition is scheduled for Feb. 19-28 at Le Massif and Mont Ste Anne, Quebec.
Each athlete heralds from top USSA club programs across the country. Notably absent from the roster is Mikaela Shiffrin, who will remain in Europe to focus on the World Cup, where she is leading the slalom standings. Defending World Juniors downhill and combined gold medalist Ryan Cochran-Siegle also will miss the competition due to a season-ending knee injury.
Medals will be awarded for downhill, super G, giant slalom, slalom, a traditional combined team event and the Marc Hodler Trophy for overall team performance.
"The base of our national team is the outstanding club programs that help boost our U.S. athletes to the next level as a part of our national development system," said Patrick Riml, U.S. Ski Team alpine director. "Junior Worlds are a great opportunity for these athletes to get big race experience amongst the fastest young athletes in the world.


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After that first set, hey, who's up for some more? (No upsets, but hey: Stanford totally came to play.) And by "more," we mean "endless nonstop lunacy for the next 72 hours." Four more this afternoon, all coming to you from Mr. Shanoff, whom we hope you enjoyed from the first set of games.
Here's the schedule:
• Washington State Vs. Oral Roberts
• Texas A&M Vs. Pennsylvania
• Butler Vs. Old Dominion
• Georgetown Vs. Belmont]
So, stick with us, particularly if you're stuck at work and would desperately like to talk to someone about Belmont.
5:17: And that's it for the early- and late-afternoon games on Day 1 of Round 1 of the NCAA Tournament! Thanks for sticking with me all day. It's been a ton of fun. Don't forget you can always catch me over at www.danshanoff.com. Enjoy the rest of the Tournament, everyone!
5:15: Continued from the entry before: All I know is that I've gone 7-0 to start a day before (as I will today) — and crashed and burned in the night set. If you pick all the favorites, you will NEVER remain perfect.
So today's 7-0 start for the favorites (and no great finishes) simply makes it THAT much more likely that we'll see some upsets or great finishes soon. Hopefully tonight.
(But if I have any hope of staying perfect, it better be VCU over Duke.)
5:10: As this session of the live-blog winds down (be sure to come back tomorrow afternoon, noon-ish, for MJD goodness!), I don't want it to be as dejected and hopeless as that last live-blog entry makes it seem.
The best news is that the Tournament has a way of evening things out: Like flipping a coin "heads" seven times in a row, you know that at some point, you'll get a "tails."
Similarly, you know — either tonight or tomorrow afternoon or tomorrow night or sometime over this first weekend — there WILL be an upset or a thrilling finish. Most likely, more than a few.
When? Where? To whom? Who knows? But that's where the fun is.
5:05: The Aggies seem to have things in hand, and we're facing a very serious reality: Of seven afternoon games — nearly a quarter of the Tournament's first round — not a single upset happened.
More than that, not a single game had a thrilling finish. When neither of those two things happen, it erodes what makes the Tournament special: Either (a) the Unexpected or (b) the Thrilling.
4:57: And Vandy and GW are underway in the 5 p.m. ET Game That No One Ever Sees. (Unless you're on the West Coast or have CSTV or MMOD.) I always pitied the fans whose teams were put in this game. No buzz whatsoever. And considering that GW has ZERO points at the first TV timeout, probably deserved.)
As a Northwestern alum, I have to root for Vandy, because that's as close as Northwestern is ever going to get to the NCAA Tournament. No, Duke doesn't count. And I would have said Stanford, except even fans of Northwestern — WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT — don't want to be associated with Stanford right now.
4:49: Just when the nation tunes in, fully attentive, Penn is falling apart — and Texas A&M is turning it on (10-0) run. But this should scare the hell out of anyone (cough!) who has the Aggies going deep in this tournament.
(That's a good question, actually: Couldn't a great team have a particularly tough time against a specific first-round/early-round opponent without actually being as vulnerable, long-term, as that result suggests? Without anything quantitative to point to, it seems like every Final Four team inevitably finds some trouble in at least one first-weekend game.)
4:41: After a day of minimally competitive games, no truly fantastic finishes and zero upsets, we finally have some drama, if only for the moment. I'll take it. This is what we've been sitting around all day for.
With the Butler-ODU and Georgetown-Belmont results both foregone conclusions (and no other games on the afternoon schedule until the classic 5 p.m. ET game no one watches), the entire country settles in to focus on this one game. Let's hope Penn keeps it close enough to keep it interesting.
4:38: We've been talking about this all day, but everytime that "Entourage" DirecTV ad comes on, it's another death knell to that show's cachet. (As if it didn't evaporate a season ago...)
I need Gatorade AM sponsoring my blog. Like now. (Uh, please?)
4:35: Penn is back in it. They've dropped the Butler game to jump to the A&M/Penn game. And Gus Johnson is calling the game! It HAS to have a thrilling ending!
(In case you missed the early-afternoon live-blog, I think Johnson is the best play-by-play guy in the NCAA Tournament. I would pay quite a bit of money to have him call my weekly rec-league game. "Shanoff with the baaaaaaaalllllll.... HE'S GOT IT! THE SLIPPER STILL FITS! THE SLIPPER STILL FITS!")
4:31: Interesting that Butler calls a time-out having earned SO much momentum on those 3s.
AD WATCH: Buffalo Wild Wings is apparently attempting to counter Hooters' positioning as "the place for boobs" with positioning as "the place for dudes watching sports."
ODU is falling apart right before our eyes. Scoreless for four minutes heading into the under-8 timeout...
4:26: Wazzu over Oral is a final. Georgetown is a virtual W over Belmont. Who hasn't lost a game yet? (By the way, that can fall apart SO quickly. Like tonight. Or tomorrow. Definitely tomorrow.
Butler has their biggest lead heading into an ODU timeout.
4:23: AJ Graves' family owns a plubming company. And he "drained" that 3. Groan. That wasn't me; that was the paid TV analyst...
4:21: There has been enough game action to pay attention to that I have restrained myself from blatant self-promotion, like telling you to check out www.danshanoff.com as part of your daily blog rotation. OK, the TV time-out on ODU and Butler is over... back to games...
4:16: OK, we're down to one game that matters in this late-afternoon grouping — Butler and Old Dominion, which has sized up as a toss-up since the moment the bracket pairing was revealed. Will we finally get a game that goes down to the final seconds? Hopefully. (But with both teams as mid-majors, it lacks the oomph of a traditional "small" over "big" — or even 12 over 5 — upset. But who am I kidding? I'll take it.)
4:14: I'm ready to call the Wazzu win over Oral. If Wazzu gets to 65 points, it's a done deal. (And the Cougars have looked really impressive against a pretty damn good Oral team.)
4:11 Stop the presses! Exercise...might keep you from getting sick?!?! No shit!! Tell me more, James Brown! Tell me more, Katie Couric! And they wonder why CBS Evening News performs like Stanford...
4:06: Another annual NCAA Tournament phenomenon. When CBS leaves your locally broadcast game with 15 minutes to go, the game has been "called."
4:05: Roy Hibbert playing against the Belmont players is like that kid in 6th grade who was 6-foot-3 and the rest of us were 5-3. In an analogue, I was shaving that early. (My face, thank you... my face.)
4:01: The crushes on Georgetown's Jeff Green are well-earned. That guy is a joy to watch.
3:55: Why can't some master TV programmer at CBS just flick fans around from game to game? They wouldn't even need to SAY they were doing it — give fans credit that we'd know that we're watching a new game. If I could have one one-day-a-year job (besides live-blogging the Tournament here), I would want to be given free rein over the "live look-in" power.
3:53: Hmm: I ate lunch in front of the TV and three laptops, each open to MMOD... Go figure. (Oh, stop: I kid 'cause I love.)
3:45: And, yes, ODU and Butler combined for less points than Louisville scored in the first half against Stanford. More fodder for the argument that Stanford was the biggest waste of an at-large bid ever.
3:43: I appreciate all of the emails supporting the notion that the "Entourage" guys completely suck for doing that DirecTV ad. Completely. It's over for them.
3:36: Wazzu and Oral are back in play for the second half, a few minutes in. Wazzu has pulled out in front by 7. Meanwhile, ODU and Butler are racing to see if they can combine to score as many points in one half as Louisville had against Stanford.
3:34: We've got Georgetown-Belmont on the local CBS broadcast here. The Hoyas size advantage is tremendous.
3:30: Remember a few years ago, when you couldn't escape that "I'm a Leader, not a Coach" ad for AmEx featuring Coach K? The front-runner for most annoying (and over-played) Coach K ad is that State Farm ad. I asked this in the early-afternoon live-blog, but really: Do I have to pay extra at that K-camp for the sanctimony?
3:24: 14-12 in the Butler-ODU game at the under-8 TV timeout? Yeesh. Makes Wazzu-Oral look run-n-gun.
3:22: OK, so I take it back that me and four guys from a local playground could do better than Belmont. Even though I'm in Brooklyn, it's the wuss, "gruppy" part.
3:18: Oral and Wazzu in a close one at the half. Worth tuning in for, say, the final four minutes. (Or, perhaps, the final two seconds... if they're anything like the end of the first half.)
3:15: And, thanks to that earlier post, Belmont has now decided to shit the bed. I could find four guys at the playground down the street and have better luck on offense.
3:08: Mark it down. March 15, 2007 was the day that "Entourage" officially turned the corner from cool to scholck. Thank you, DirecTV ad.
(Frankly, the show was always overrated — certainly good, but not nearly as good as it's supposed to be. Kind of like Memphis.)
3:07: It is a moral victory that Belmont is tied with Georgetown at the under-12 TV timeout. The coach just earned the right to call a notably better level of recruiting talent.
3:02: Will just brought up a good point (not to jinx things or anything): Would Belmont beating Georgetown be the biggest first-round upset in NCAA Tournament history?
I said YES. There have only been a handful of 15-over-2 upsets anyway, and certainly none of those 2-seeds had as high expectations as this Hoyas team, which is — by far — THE bandwagon Final Four pick of the Tournament.
3:00: Umm... Belmont? No: BEEELLLMMMONNT!!
2:59: From an email I just got: "Perhaps that Stanford performance is karma paying Billy Packer back for being such a whore for the major conferences. I hope he has fun calling Xavier-BYU tonight."
2:57: AD WATCH. I can't believe they recycled those dudes from the last two year's Cingular ads. Wait: Do they know it's AT&T now?
2:55: It's things like a BANKED 3 that make you start to wonder if Belmont can pull off the upset that would absolutely obliterate 90 percent of pools out there. (That's the percentage of all college hoops fans who have jumped on the G'town bandwagon, right?)
2:54: Back to Wazzu/Oral. If you too can remember watching Wazzu coach Tony Bennett playing in the Tournament for UW-GB Fightin' Phoenix, holler. (This is all part of my nostalgia trip today as I consider that it has been 10 years since I managed NCAA Tournament coverage over at ESPN.com as college basketball editor. 10 years... cripes.)
2:51: Can we all agree that Roy Hibbert is Greg Oden when compared to Aaron Gray?
2:49:G'town/Belmont underway! I said this last week during the Big East Tournament. Georgetown's gray uniforms are in the Top 3 for best unis in college basketball.
2:40: Stanford-Louisville is, mercifully, over. Let the debate begin whether Stanford was the worst waste of an at-large bid of all time.
Meanwhile, from Sacramento, when James Brown says "scrumptious," it makes me tingle.
2:35: Welcome to Part 2 of Deadspin's Round 1/Day 1 Live-Blog. I'm Dan Shanoff, formerly of here, now of here. See the previous "12:20 Game" post for all of that live-bloggish goodness, including a Commenter frenzy about the best regional fast-food.
Anyway, Washington State ("Wazzu") and Oral Roberts (uh..."Oral") are underway. Bring on the thrilling "deliberate" style of play!


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Country Dinner Playhouse demo date is set
The demolition of the Country Dinner Playhouse will begin at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, and take about a week, it was announced today.
Veterans of CDP shows and other former employees have inquired about whether they will be allowed to witness the demo. Onlookers are welcome, but there will be fencing you'll have to stand behind.
The landmark theater at Interstate 25 and Arapahoe Road, which closed after 37 years in May 2007, will become a Restaurant Depot. That's a national food-service wholesaler – a place where restaurants shop.
Restaurant Depot, based in Anaheim, Calif., bought the property from Uhlmann Offices Inc., of Sherman Oaks, Calif., for $4.7 million. It will open as a Restaurant Depot sometime in 2012.
The Country Dinner Playhouse was the second-largest theater in the state by attendance, drawing more than 5 million patrons to the 470-seat theater.


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I've been running around in circles with this and hopefully someone out there has some info they can shed on it.
I am working with trying to translate XSL with XML into xHTML and I am having issues with converting an EXSLT function (exslt.org/regular-expressions) into a Java class that I can call within an .xsl document.
The class that I have (called RegExHelper) sits in the same directory as the XML/XSL documents
In the XSL doc:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:java="http://xml.apache.org/xalan/java" xmlns:regexp="RegExHelper" extension-element-prefixes="regexp" > <!-- bunch of XSL stuff --> <xsl:when test(string(@hideIfHardwareIs)='') or (not(regexp.matches(string($input_doc//inf[@id='5']), string(@hideIfHarewareIs), 'i')))"> <!-- more XSL Stuff -->
Hopefully that little snippet makes sense.
The RegExHelper class has a public static method called matches() that takes 3 arguments. What I get when I try and run it is
Not sure what's going on. Anythoughts?ERROR: 'Error checking type of the expression 'funcall(regexp.matches, [funcall(string, [FilterParentPath(FilterParentPath(variable-ref(input_doc/node-set), step("descendant-or-self", 1)), step("child", 15, pred(=(step("attribute", 18), literal-expr(5)))))]), funcall(string, [step("attribute", 21)]), literal-expr(i)])'.'


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I'm one of the few people who can say they've driven a newer Suzuki Swift on American soil. As much as I like to brag, this sucks. More Americans should have the chance to drive/own/hoon a Swift.
Suzuki's small car disappeared with the Geo Metro in the 1990s, which is unfortunate because it would have been a great car before the Mazda2 and Fiesta introduced capable sub-sub-compacts to the U.S. It's with a little bid of sadness, then, that we bring you these pics of the Suzuki S-CONCEPT. The design study takes the attractive Euro-Swift and dials up the aggression until you can almost smell the equine steroids on its breath.
Giant 18-inch wheels combine with a lower stance and the bright yellow Unique Lightning Pearl Yellow body paint to create a hatch that makes its intentions clear. There's no talk of a drivetrain from Suzuki, but wouldn't a discussion just make you feel worse you can't get it?


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STORM CHASERS Season Premiere Sunday, September 25 at 9 PM E/P on Discovery
(Silver Spring, Md.) It's been a year of historic and tragic loss, unimaginable damage and an earth shattering reminder of nature's force and power. Now get the whole story on this year's record setting tornados as STORM CHASERS returns for an all new season on Discovery Channel premiering Sunday, September 25 at 9 PM E/P.
Extreme meteorologist Reed Timmer, IMAX filmmaker Sean Casey and veteran chaser Tim Samaras are back tracking the monster tornados that made headlines throughout this past spring storm season. STORM CHASERS teams witnessed first-hand the infamous tornado outbreak of April 27, 2011 when nearly 200 tornados were recorded and over 300 lives lost in just a single day. Their exclusive, never-before-seen footage combined with meteorological expertise and years of chasing experience piece together a day unprecedented in history.
"STORM CHASERS is a completely adrenalized front row seat to the power of nature and how it fuels the passion of dedicated meteorologists and researchers. This season we are especially mindful of the important work of chasers to improve warning systems," said Clark Bunting, President and General Manager of Discovery Channel.
In addition to the monster storms of Spring 2011, the new season of STORM CHASERS features new chase vehicles including the debut of Timmer's "Dominator 2" and cutting edge research tools such as sophisticated radar equipment and air cannons.
Sean Casey, having successfully completed his IMAX film (Tornado Alley is now playing in theaters and science centers across the country) has now set his sights on another storm chasing first: filming tornados in 3D.
Twistex's newly revamped chase vehicle has all the bells and whistles with new doppler radar and probes but will its leader Tim Samaras alienate the team with his new aggressive style?
The stakes and challenges are clearly high for all three teams. Now the race is on to learn more about these monsters of Mother Nature, improve early warning systems and save lives. Hold on for television's most powerful hour.
About Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is dedicated to creating the highest quality non-fiction content that informs and entertains its consumers about the world in all its wonder, diversity and amazement. The network, which is distributed to 100.8 million U.S. homes, can be seen in 210 countries, offering a signature mix of compelling, high-end production values and vivid cinematography across genres including science and technology, exploration, adventure, history and in-depth, behind-the-scenes glimpses at the people, places and organizations that shape and share our world. For more information, please visit www.discovery.com
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The Best Of Barre Classes: 7 Long & Lean Moves
There are so many bars to choose from (and I'm not talk about the ones that serve vodka tonic). As a barre workout hopping regular, I've come to love each of the different classes signature cocktail (er, I mean exercise).
What qualifies a workout as a "barre" class? Well you would think a ballet barre, but one of the ballerina sculpting workouts below dispels that notion. Most styles have drawn inspiration from The Lotte Berk Method and emphasize the importance of form and alignment when performing low-weight, high rep exercises to sculpt long ballerina-worthy muscles. But that's where the similarities end. From different props, philosophies and structures, here are some of the hottest moves from the top barre classes
The Bar Method
Description: Unlike other Lotte Berk Method spin-offs, The Bar Method's program was designed under the guidance of physical therapists so that each position hits the right muscles right away without impacting underlying joints. It combines the muscle-shaping principles of isometrics, the body-elongating practice of dance conditioning, the science of physical therapy and the intense pace of interval training.
Props: barre, stretching strap, ball, foam block and light weights
Celeb following: Drew Barrymore, Ginnifer Goodwin, Lisa Rinna, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Pacquin and more
Signature move: The Bar MethodTMArabesque (pictured) isolates your glutes and the result is a rounder higher-sitting rear and longer-looking legs.
Stand a full arm's length from your bar or piece of furniture. Then get your feet into position. Here's how: Turn your feet into a wide V by turning our your hips and pressing your heels together. Everyone's turn out is slightly different, so just turn out as far as you can. Keep your hips, knees and feet turned out to the same degree.
Soften both knees and lift one leg (your "working leg"), point your foot and rest it on the floor about 12 inches behind you. Maintain the turn-out in both legs and the slight bend in both knees.
Hinge forward at your hips as your simultaneously raise your working leg upwards until you feel a catch in your seat muscles. Ideally the leg you lifted will come up until it's almost parallel to the floor.
Lift your head and upper torso by contracting the muscles just beneath your shoulder blades. Do not contract your lower back muscles.
Raise your working-side hip about an inch higher than your standing hip and square your shoulders.
Do 40 one-inch lifts for each leg. Be sure to keep your gaze forward, not downward. Your head is the weight you're using to tone your upper back muscles.
Physique 57
Description: Physique 57® offers a modern take on Lotte Berk's training. The class starts with a warm-up using heavy weights (but not too heavy) and less reps followed by a push up series which begins to incorporate all core muscles. The ballet barre is used for the thigh and seat sequencing (muscles will be feeling the burn). The class works on an overload then stretch/recovery format.
Props: barre, weights, playground ball
Celeb following: Kelly Ripa, Emmy Rossum, Lisa Rinna and Sofia Vergara
Signature move: Tri-Cep Can Can
Start in a seated position, arms next to the body, palms on the ground, fingers facing forward.
Lift your seat off the floor and bring one knee towards your chest. As you bend your arms, straighten the leg.
As you straighten the arms, bend your leg back towards your chest. Keep pumping your arms as you bend and kick one leg at a time.
Perform 10-15 kicks each leg.
Core Fusion
Description: Core Fusion is based on the disciplines of The Lotte Berk Method, Pilates, yoga and orthopedic conditioning exercises that strengthen and stretch muscles as well as elevate metabolism for a continuous calorie burn. With a little less emphasize on thighs (but by no means less effective) Core Fusion also stresses abdominal and core work as well as flexibility.
Props: barre, hand weights, yoga blocks, play ground balls and stretch belts
Celeb following: Kyra Sedgwick, Brooke Burke, Cameron Diaz, Heidi Klum and more
Signature move: Second Position Thigh Strengthener (pictured) targets the top of thighs, inner thighs and butt.
Stand with your feet wider than your hips, turned out and knees bent.
Bend your knees to lower your hips down towards knee level, the goal is to get your thighs parallel to the floor.
Lower down and up 20 reps. Move slowly with the goal being not to straighten your legs. To work more advanced, raise your heels and work up on the balls of your feet.
On the 20th rep, hold, brace your core, balance your body and raise your arms up along side your head. Hold for 10 seconds and release. Repeat this set three times.
Ballet Beautiful
Description: Former New York City Ballet dancer Mary Helen Bowers originally launched Ballet Beautiful as a way to improve her performance while recovering from an injury. Drawing on her experience as a professional ballerina, the class builds upon the tenets of classical ballet training to help give non-dancers a long, toned and powerful body shape with beautiful posture-no barre required.
Props: none
Signature move: Ballet Beautiful Swan Arms (pictured) are an incredibly strenuous, yet beautiful exercise to tone your arms, shoulder center, without any weights at all.
Begin either by standing or sitting up straight, pulling in through the stomach and opening the chest.
Pull in through the stomach and open the chest. Keep the neck long and stretch the arms outside, to second position (like a wide bear hug).
Drop and bend the elbows down, lowering the arms. Then lift the elbows and raise the arms from the elbow.
Lower again and lift, keeping lifted through your center and open through your chest. Repeat 30 times.
Description: Barre3 is rooted in yoga alignment and philosophy principles. The technique also draws from Pilates, Lotte Berk, Callanetics, dance and traditional fitness. While all barre classes emphasize form (form is everything!), Barre3 stresses alignment and posture. Most other barre based programs are traditional Lotte Berk inspired programs, but this class only has a few Lotte Berk postures (mainly in the leg work sequence). Using a soft ball to support the back, neck and hips during core work was a huge plus for me (and I've seen a few other barre based classes utilizing this support as well thankfully).
Props: barre, soft 9" barre3 ball, 1-3 pound weights and yoga strap
Celeb following: Madonna
Signature move: The Barre3 Ball Hold is designed to strengthen the back body which is often weaker than the front body while also stimulating abdominal organs and improving digestion. The exercise is inspired by the bridge pose.
Lie on your back, place the soft ball under your feet and bend your knees with your legs pressing together.
Press into the ball as you raise your seat and spine off of the floor just to your shoulder blades and hold. Focus on keeping your shoulder blades wide and rooted on the floor. Try not to squeeze your seat.
Keep your seat soft and press your feet into the ball. Just staying here in balance strengthens your core, seat, hamstrings and calves.
Figure 4
Description: Designed by former professional ballerina Kate Albarelli, Figure 4 draws from classical and contemporary ballet, The Lotte Berk method, Pilates and yoga. What makes it different is the sequencing which is designed to burn more calories and keep the heart rate eleveated. Most barre classes save the tough thigh burners for last, but Figure 4 tackles the tortuous sequence first, right after the ballet warm-up to work.
Props: double barre and floor barre, ring of fire (a Pilates ring), inner thigh ball, karate belt, memory foam cushion and light free weights
Celeb following: The class just launched this April, but it's generating a lot of buzz in New York fitness circles!
Signature move: Muffin Top Melter
Place hands on an arm of a couch (or barre if you happen to have one stored in the garage). Back up until you are hinged forward and in a push up position. Bend both knees softly.
Keeping left knee bent, raise right leg up behind you. Bend the leg in half. Turn the right knee out but keep hips facing forward and keep right knee behind you.
Take right arm up, make a fist and bend the elbow. Keeping right knee bent, lift right hip up while tapping elbow back to the right glute.
Look back at the right side as you perform this. Come back to the original position and do again, never dropping the leg. Repeat for 20 times.
Finish in the open hip bent elbow tapping position and just perform mini taps for 20. 6. Repeat on other side.
Refine Method
Description: Although Refine Method has a barre, it's the most anti-barre class of the bunch. Leaning more towards athletic training with an eye towards aesthetic goals, Refine Method utilizes short, functional interval circuits with resistance rather than the traditional high-rep, low-weight philosophy. The creator, a former New York City Ballet dancer, has her ballerina clientele doing burpees!
Props: barre, proprietary progressive resistance pulley system, sliding discs, weighted balls and kettlebells coming soon
Celeb following: Rockettes, dancers from New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre
Signature move: Core Band Hold (pictured) improves core stability and sculpts a tight midsection. Owner Brynn Jinnette says, "one of the primary functions of your abs is to stabilize your spine, yet, when most people train their core they focus on flexing or moving their spine, as in a crunch or sit-up which misses this important function (and can put stress on your discs)."
Attach a medium weight resistance band to a sturdy object, such as a door. Stand with your shoulders perpendicular to the door holding the band at your chest (stand far enough away that you feel tension).
Soften your knees, brace your abdominals and tighten your glutes. Extend your arms straight forward and hold for 10 seconds, resisting the urge to rotate towards the door.
Perform three 10 seconds holds and then switch to the other side.
Don't live near one of these barres? Most studios offer DVD versions of their workouts.
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Two Hong Kong investment firms have agreed to pay a total of $10.9 million to settle US regulators' allegations of insider trading prior to the takeover of a Canadian oil and gas producer by China's state-owned oil company CNOOC.
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement Tuesday with CITIC Securities International Investment Management and China Shenghai Investment Management.
In July 2012, CNOOC said it was buying Canadian energy producer Nexen Inc. for $15.1 billion. The SEC said that CITIC, China Shenghai and several other firms had confidential information about the planned acquisition and bought Nexen stock before the announcement.
CITIC is paying $6.6 million in restitution and penalties. China Shenghai and eight of its clients are paying $4.3 million in restitution. The firms neither admitted nor denied the allegations.
An attorney for CITIC, Robert Giuffra, said the investment firm had cooperated with the SEC and was pleased to have the matter resolved.
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GHC is required to build GHC, because GHC itself is
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distributions of GHC do just that, but it isn't the best
supported method, and you may encounter difficulties. Full
instructions are in Porting GHC.
GHC can be built using either an earlier released version of GHC, or bootstrapped using a GHC built from exactly the same sources. Note that this means you cannot in general build GHC using an arbitrary development snapshot, or a build from say last week. It might work, it might not - we don't guarantee anything. To be on the safe side, start your build using the most recently released stable version of GHC.
In general, we support building with the previous 2 major releases, e.g.:
- To build 6.8.* you need GHC >= 6.4
- To build 6.10.* you need GHC >= 6.6
- To build 7.4.* you need GHC >= 7.0.1
- Perl
Perl version 5 at least is required. GHC has been known to
tickle bugs in Perl, so if you find that Perl crashes when
running GHC try updating (or downgrading) your Perl
installation. Versions of Perl before 5.6 have been known to have
various bugs tickled by GHC, so the configure script
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Perl should be put somewhere so that it can be invoked
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Happy version 1.16 is currently required to build GHC. Grab a copy from Happy's Web Page.
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Alex is a lexical-analyser generator for Haskell,
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HOUSTON, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. (NYSE: KRA), a leading global producer of styrenic block copolymers, announced today that it plans to expand hydrogenated styrenic block copolymer (HSBC) manufacturing capability in Asia on a stand-alone basis. Locations in the region, including those in China, which were identified during the company's site selection process conducted in 2010 and early 2011, will be the primary areas of focus.
Kraton opted not to extend the previously announced Framework Agreement between the company and Formosa Petrochemical Corporation ("FPCC") which expired, in accordance with its terms, on September 30, 2012. The expired agreement had governed the formation of a proposed 50/50 joint venture to build, own and operate a 30 kiloton HSBC plant at FPCC's petrochemical site in Mailiao, Taiwan. Progress on the HSBC joint venture project had been significantly delayed while FPCC waited initially for environmental permit approval, and subsequently while FPCC sought resolution regarding conditions on which the permit was finally approved in July, 2012. FPCC considered the conditions to be too restrictive and limiting on its overall operation in Mailiao, Taiwan.
"Given the importance of the HSBC expansion in Kraton's future growth plans, we are pleased to announce we are moving forward with a stand-alone HSBC expansion project in the Asia Pacific region," said Kevin M. Fogarty, Kraton's President and Chief Executive Officer. "We believe a significant amount of the engineering and design work conducted to date will be applicable to the alternate location. Moreover, given our significant liquidity and the strength of our balance sheet, we are well-positioned to develop and fund the project on a stand-alone basis," added Fogarty. "Having additional high quality production capability to satisfy our growing customers' future needs is a primary objective for Kraton. In the interim, therefore, we will also explore expansion projects, within our current operating capability, to possibly bridge, if necessary, the timing for the new stand-alone HSBC production."
Presently, it is not possible to estimate with certainty either the project cost or the time-line for completion at an alternate stand-alone location. However, the options under consideration are within existing industrial sites where Kraton should have access to existing infrastructure and utilities, thus minimizing overall project expenditure. In the third quarter 2012 Kraton expects to incur a one-time pre-tax charge not to exceed $10 million associated with the write-off of a portion of project costs incurred to date.
About Kraton
Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc., through its operating subsidiary Kraton Polymers LLC and its subsidiaries, is a leading global producer of engineered polymers and, we believe, the world's largest producer of styrenic block copolymers (SBCs), a family of products whose chemistry was pioneered by us almost fifty years ago. SBCs are highly-engineered thermoplastic elastomers which enhance the performance of numerous products by delivering a variety of attributes, including greater flexibility, resilience, strength, durability and processability. Our polymers are used in a wide range of applications, including adhesives, coatings, consumer and personal care products, sealants and lubricants, and medical, packaging, automotive, paving, roofing and footwear products. We offer a broad range of products to more than 800 customers in over 60 countries worldwide, and are the only SBC producer with manufacturing and service capabilities on four continents. We manufacture products at five plants globally, including our flagship plant in Belpre, Ohio, as well as plants in Germany, France and Brazil, and a joint venture plant operated in Japan.
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Live + 3 Day Ratings: "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." Sees Bigger Playback Gains in Week 2
Based on Live + 3 Day data for the 2nd episode of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the new ABC drama saw significantly bigger TV playback gains than for its premiere telecast. The show surged 51% to 4.92 Adult 18-49 rating (vs. a 3.26 rating in L+SD), up from a 38% increase for its debut telecast. Additionally, the second episode of the show built 39% in L+3 to deliver 12.07 million Total Viewers (vs. 8.66 million viewers in L+SD), up from a 31% increase for its premiere.


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An National Broadband Network (NBN) training centre in Adelaide has been opened today.
The centre will provide free advice to local residents, small-to-medium-sized businesses and not-for-profit organisations about how to use the NBN and its benefits.
It has been funded by the federal government, which provided $639,300 to Adelaide City Council for the centre under the $15.2 million Digital Hubs and Enterprise program.
"These hubs allow all of us to learn about the NBN and embrace the opportunities it presents," Kate Ellis, federal member for Adelaide, said in a statement.
"[The centre] provides a comprehensive and up-to-date training program to help individuals and businesses engage confidently and safely online. It comes hard on the heels of our co-funding of a city-wide Wi-Fi network and complements the council's commitment to make Adelaide a well-connected and engaged city," Stephen Yarwood, Lord Mayor, said in a statement.
Up to 44 communities around Australia have received funding under the Digital Hub and Enterprise program.
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Cuddyer, Garland lead Rockies to series win
DENVER -- Even a veteran and former All-Star like Rockies right-hander Jon Garland is allowed some emotion when pitching under special circumstances -- such as Saturday night, his first start in 22 months.
"There was a lot more there than I was anticipating," Garland said.
But when it mattered, Garland remained cool and helped the Rockies stay hot. Garland forced 11 groundball outs in six innings, and Michael Cuddyer drove in four runs -- two on his second home run of the season -- as the Rockies won their fourth straight, 6-3, at Coors Field in front of 31,133.
Garland, 33, last pitched on June 1, 2011 for the Dodgers -- against the Rockies -- before undergoing a right-shoulder surgery that cost him the rest of that season and all of 2012. This year, Garland went to Spring Training with the Mariners on a Minor League contract and pitched well (1-0, 2.25 ERA in four starts), but their rotation was full, so he received his release and joined the Rockies.
He settled into his return to the mound just in time to provide the groundball pitching necessary to earn his first win since April 20, 2011. Garland held the Padres to two runs on five hits, with two strikeouts and two walks.
His best inning was the fourth, when Carlos Quentin doubled, Yonder Alonso singled and Jedd Gyorko walked to load the bases. Garland forced Alexi Amarista into a high bouncer for a force at second base, then extracted a double-play grounder from Cameron Maybin. Both the key grounders came on sliders, a pitch he used not only to force groundball contact, but to enhance his fastball.
A less-confident pitcher might have been flustered by the bad luck on the Amarista grounder, which bounded off the plate so high that a double play wasn't possible. Garland simply forced Maybin into the double play he wanted.
"It felt like the game slowed down for me, and when that happens, good things turn out," said Garland, who in four career appearances at Coors Field is 2-1 with a 3.81 ERA. "The main thing was I was able to make a pitch, not worry about what [the hitter] was going to do, and get an out. It's something that earlier in my career might have gotten away from me."
One reason Garland is here is a mostly young Rockies staff spent last year letting games spin out of control. That hasn't been the case so far in 2013.
Garland gave the Rockies (4-1) -- who will go for the series sweep Sunday afternoon -- their fourth quality start (six or more innings, three or fewer earned runs against) in five games.
Rockies manager Walt Weiss might have let Garland pitch longer, but he took into account that Garland's last time under game conditions was March 26. Because Spring Training had ended, the last time Garland exerted himself was in a simulated game last Sunday.
"That was another great start from one of our starting pitchers," Weiss said. "There's a lot to be proud of for Jon right there, having been away from pitching that long, competing like that and escaping some trouble in the fourth."
Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki said, "More than anything, you know what you're going to get -- a guy that throws strikes. He's going to get contact and do what we preached about, get groundballs."
Same as they did Friday in a 5-2 victory, the Rockies took advantage of an error by Padres shortstop Everth Cabrera to open their lead.
This time, Dexter Fowler drew a walk from losing pitcher Tyson Ross (0-1), and Cabrera bobbled Josh Rutledge's grounder. Against Padres reliever Brad Brach, Carlos Gonzalez, Tulowitzki and Cuddyer each followed with RBI singles. None were smoked.
"I've got to execute down in the zone more," Brach said. "It's frustrating. They hit it harder and it's an out. They hit it softer and it's an out. I've never seen it [happen] three times in a row."
Cuddyer's opposite-field shot to right in the seventh off Andrew Cashner, which made it 6-2, was the Rockies' 11th homer already. But he said not-so-hard hits like the ones in the fifth are just as important.
"That's the sign of good hitters," Cuddyer said. "Not every time are you going to be able to put the barrel on the ball. But to keep the bat in the zone long enough to fight through, you get balls to dump in, especially in this ballpark because the outfielders are playing deep."
Gyorko's eighth-inning RBI double against Rex Brothers -- which landed beyond the reach of a diving Cuddyer -- cut the Padres' deficit to three runs. Cuddyer actually rolled over his left wrist when he landed. After the game he said that while he didn't think the pain he was feeling was serious, he would see if swelling set in overnight.
The Padres would not cut any further into the lead, as Rafael Betancourt earned his third save with a scoreless ninth.


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Female architects in the north of England are paid less, suffer wider gender pay gap, and less likely to be employed full-time
Within England, the survey revealed a north-south divide in working patterns and pay.
Fewer women in the North work full-time, with 68 per cent of female architects in the north employed full-time, compared with 84 per cent of women in the south – a 16 point gap.
Perception of pay also differs slightly between the north and south of England, with fewer women in the north – just one third of female architects – thinking they would be paid more if they were male, compared with 38 per cent of those working in the south – a five point difference. Both underestimate real differences in pay between men and women in their regions.
Those who work full-time in the North are paid less, with 58 per cent of northern women architects earning less than £32,000, compared with 36 per cent of female architects working in the South of England – a difference of 22 points. In comparison, just 28 per cent of UK male full-time architects earn £32,000 or less.
In Scotland, 87 per cent of women architects surveyed work full-time. Among all Scottish female respondents, 12 per cent think they would be paid more if they were male. The level of response is too low to confirm whether this is true, although just 20 per cent Scottish women architects working full-time report earning more than £37,000, compared with 63 per cent of male full-time architects employed in the UK.
A third of the 926 respondents to the survey are based in London. Thirty-five per cent of architects who filled out the survey are from the rest of the UK, with 8 per cent in Scotland, 11 per cent in northern England, 3 per cent in the Midlands, 9 per cent in southern England excluding London, 2 per cent in Northern Ireland and less than 1 per cent from Wales.
About the survey
More people than ever completed this year's AJ Women in Architecture online survey: 926 respondents took part – 710 women and 216 men.
Fifty-three per cent of all those who responded to the survey are architects, but it was also filled out by developers, PRs, consultants, structural engineers, quantity surveyors, academics and students, giving a broad insight into the way women are perceived across the industry.
The respondents are predominantly young – 80 per cent are under 40. Half of these are architects, including associates, directors, partners and sole practitioners. More than a third are students.
Of the architects who responded, almost a third are based in London; 24 per cent are in the rest of England, 8 per cent in Scotland, less than 1 per cent in Wales, 2 per cent in Northern Ireland, and 4 per cent are based in the rest of Europe.
Interestingly, the number of respondents completing the survey in the USA has increased sixfold, from just four per cent in 2013 to nearly a quarter – 24 per cent of responses – this year. The increase is likely linked to the impact of Denise Scott Brown's interview with the AJ last year, which sparked international coverage of the petition to have Scott Brown retroactively included in her partner Robert Venturi's 1991 Pritzker Prize win.
This survey, now in its third year, is a vital part of the AJ's on-going campaign to raise the status and profile of women in architecture. The data, collected annually, allows the AJ to track progress in perception, equal pay and position over time. The survey also informs the Women in Architecture campaign's focus for the coming year in response to concerns shared by women in the industry.
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A little over a year ago, I wrote:
When conservatives start talking "welfare reform," progressives usually respond one of two ways. We either: (a) start inching towards the exits; or (b) stand in open-mouthed wonder, asking one another "Wait, they're not serious, right?"
In light of recent events, I need to amend my earlier statement. When conservatives start talking about "welfare reform" — especially when they get worked up about extolling or protecting its "success" — progressives had better sit up, pay attention, and speak up. Conservatives are very serious about this; just not in the way you might think.
The Right's Coordinated Conniption Fit
I wrote the words above back in April of 2011, when Paul Ryan invoked the welfare reform of the late 90s to help sell his "Path to Prosperity." Specifically, Ryan claimed that his plan to convert federal Medicaid funding into a block grant that "lets states create a range of options" in determining who's eligible for Medicaid, and how much or how little to spend on it. Shortly afterwards, I launched into a long series on just what Paul Ryan and the Republicans wanted to do to Medicaid.
It's indicative of how far gone the GOP is, compared to just a year ago, that Ryan's statement actually makes sense on some level. At least Ryan was still sticking to a basic conservative principle — state-led innovation, instead of federally-mandated policy. As Bill Scher pointed out, Republicans are apparently willing to abandon their principles where President Obama is concerned.
Now, conservatives are going full-tilt boogie with their latest "orchestrated hissy fit," as Digby calls it (Or, "coordinated conniption fit," as I call it), over new HHS waiver initiative that gives states more of that flexibility conservatives are usually so enamored of.
Conservatives are taking a big risk throwing a hissy fit over the new HHS state waiver initiative to experiment with welfare-to-work methods.
Charging President Obama with scheming to "gut" welfare reform's mission of moving aid recipients into the workforce is the usual baseless nonsense. The initial announcement itself clearly explains that the waivers from federal requirements are so states can try "demonstration projects" geared toward "improving employment outcomes" which will need " a federally-approved evaluation plan." Further, "failure to meet performance targets" would lead to "termination of the waivers and demonstration project."
Catastrophic Success
In this latest bit of political theater, conservatives claim to to defending the "success" of welfare reform from federal intervention. Of course, it's not true.
Conservatives are taking a big risk throwing a hissy fit over the new HHS state waiver initiative to experiment with welfare-to-work methods.
Charging President Obama with scheming to "gut" welfare reform's mission of moving aid recipients into the workforce is the usual baseless nonsense. The initial announcement itself clearly explains that thewaivers from federal requirements are so states can try "demonstration projects" geared toward "improving employment outcomes" which will need " a federally-approved evaluation plan." Further, "failure to meet performance targets" would lead to "termination of the waivers and demonstration project."
What conservatives are seeking to preserve is the "catastrophic success" of welfare reform.
See, there's the problem with this is that the welfare reform of the late 1990s was not a success. Not unless you're a conservative. And even then it was at best a "catastrophic success" — defined here as "success" that's actually catastrophic for those it's purported to help. That's also what makes it a success. That is, if you're a conservative.
What makes it a success? Well, in a sense, failure. It works if it doesn't work, in other words, especially if it doesn't work for the right people — because the right people are the wrong people. Follow me? No?
If you want a detailed explanation, I recommend Paul Rosenberg's six-part series, "The Myth That Conservative Welfare Reform Worked." Rosenberg lays out the wrong-headed assumptions that drove the 1996 welfare reform passed by a Republican Congress and signed by Democratic president Bill Clinton — a program so punitive that two members of President Bill Clinton's administration quit in protest. He thoroughly debunks, the conservative idea that our welfare system caused the very problems it was intended so solve, and does so in such detail I can't hope to duplicate it here. I direct you to part 2 of his six-post series for that.
As I wrote a year ago, and Isaiah Poole wrote just a few months ago, welfare reform was failure. Brad Plumer supplied the statistics to prove it over a year ago. Welfare caseloads declined from 4.4 million to 2 million. But what happened to those families that states kicked of the welfare rolls?
- 57 percent were working (about 40 percent full-time)
- 26 percent had returned to welfare
- 14 percent had "no employment income, no working spouse, and no cash welfare or public disability benefits." (Presumably some of these families receive other benefits from America's stingy safety net, such as housing assistance, food stamps, or WIC grants.)
Remember — whether it's healthcare reform, jobs, or the economy — progressives and conservatives are almost never talking about about the same thing. That's true when it comes to welfare reform too.
Paul Ryan, in his WSJ op-ed, says that with his roadmap we "strengthen and improve welfare programs for those who need them, we eliminate welfare for those who don't." It curious, because it really does sound like he wants to duplicate the catastrophic success of the welfare reform of the 1990s. The "success" was getting people off welfare rolls, not necessarily improving their condition. It was about reducing the number of people receiving government assistance, not reducing the need for assistance. Simply put, it's fewer people getting help, instead of fewer people needing help.
What makes it a success is also what makes it catastrophic; at least for the people fall from the welfare rolls. Getting people off welfare rolls isn't a good measure of success, because it fails to ask what they fall into. If the answer is "they go to work," the next question is whether they go to work that pays them a livable wage, and whether they go to work that gives them an opportunity to improve their economic status, rather than just barely get by. That's success.
Both Rosenberg and Plummer point out that the 1996 welfare reform failed to lower the poverty rate. The decline in the poverty rate among African Americans actually slowed after 1996. Among single working mothers, the poverty rate actually increased, because the jobs they get are "often precarious; an illness or a broken car can easily mean getting fired, with only a shredded safety net to fall back on." Plummer asks "So what, exactly, did welfare reform accomplish, apart from pushing people who genuinely need assistance off the rolls and saving the government a few bucks?" The answer would seem to be "Not much." Perhaps because that's all it was supposed to do.
A Calculated Campaign of Lies
So, conservatives are lying about Obama "gutting" welfare reform. And while they don't think so, they're lying about the "success" of welfare reform. But conservatives aren't abandoning conservative principles just for the hell of it. Dave Johnson pointed out that Republicans are conducting a calculated campaign of lies. Besides cataloging the Romney campaign's lies, and detailing just how this campaign is conducted, Dave explained the calculation behind the lies.
This is a key thing to get, the Romney campaign believes that they can win this election using lies and propaganda as "truths" to drive their campaign story. They are making the calculation that the right's media machine has become sufficiently powerful for their version of reality to reach enough of the public, and that it is sticking in their minds as "truths!"
They are also making the calculation — so far validated by the media response — that there will be little if any pushback from "mainstream" media. They trust that the media will look the other way, report lies as "one side says X, the other says Y," tell the public "both sides do it," and say this is just par for the course.
The Welfare Distraction
This welfare reform lie comes on the heels of reports that Romney's tax plan doesn't add up. Romney's regressive tax plan and the Republican budget put together would raise taxes on the working poor and the middle-class, and give millionaires another tax cut — without lowering the deficit or growing the economy.
It's said that a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still lacing up its shoes. The welfare reform lie is one that conservatives have kept ready at the starting gate for a while now. This week, following Romney's disastrous trip abroad and news of his tanking favorability ratings, Republicans fired the starting pistol.
This is not a coincidence. It's a distraction, just as calculated and deliberate as Romney's vagueness about his policies. Republicans are a counting on two things: voters not knowing what their policies really are; and voters not believing that Republicans could possibly be as extreme as they've become.
Mitt Romney and the Republicans are being shielded from accountability for their economic plan, because the plan is so extreme that many people just won't believe you when you tell them about it. They think that you have something wrong with you for saying such things! This week I am going to look at the Romney economic plan and the Republican budget that passed the house and Romney has endorsed.
…Many people just can't believe that the Republicans have become as extreme as they have become. As described in a NY Times Magazine story on SuperPacs last month,
For example, when Priorities informed a focus group that Romney supported the Ryan budget plan — and thus championed "ending Medicare as we know it" — while also advocating tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, the respondents simply refused to believe any politician would do such a thing.
This disbelief, combined with a powerful ability to take their own message to the public through FOX News, talk radio, FOX-owned newspapers and their allies, right-wing blogs and many other channels, provides Republicans with cover to advance their plutocratic agenda.
That plutocratic agenda has been spelled out in a budget that would obliterate whats left of the safety net. in the name of protecting and expanding the only kind of welfare that matters: welfare for the wealthy.
That's why they're willing to raise taxes on 113 million working- and middle-class households to spare 345,000 millionaires a surtax so tiny it would amount to 1/50th of their income. It's not even a vote for the 1 percent over the 99 percent. It's a vote for the 0.2 percent, that would cost us about 400,000 jobs.
That's why the $30 million a year the government spends in welfare for those who earn $1 million or more a year never gets mentioned. It's why the tax expenditures for the wealthy — which cost more than what we spend on defense, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and all the other non-defense discretionary programs is never addressed, and is thus sacrosanct while all the other programs above are targeted for cuts.
It all boils down to the Randian notion that the 1 percent contribute the most to the real wealth of society, while the other 99 contributes nothing and merely "leeches" off the mythically "self-made" one percent. But they're the ones who've been getting a free ride for the last decade or so, at great cost to the other 99 percent of us. The one percent is largely made up of Wall Streeters, hedge fund mangers and other financial sector types — who arguably create nothing of social value, but have instead destroyed more wealth than they've created, and caused more misery in a quest to suck even more out of the rest of us.
As maddening as it may be, progressives can't afford to be distracted by the right's latest calculated lie. It's one that's easily proven wrong, and we should call it out as the lie that it is. But we can't merely get bogged down in disproving the right's long list of lies. That's one more thing that they're counting on: that we'll spend so much time disproving their lies again again, that we'll be too distracted to attack their real agenda.
That, for conservatives, would be the ultimate distraction.


text: The rock garden at the temple of Ryōan-ji in northwest Kyoto is thought to be one of the finest Zen gardens in Japan. Totally flat, it is thought to date back to the late 15th century and contains no trees or shrubs. The wall covered by the weeping cherry in this picture is of a type known in Japan as abura-dobei, in which clay has been mixed with rapeseed oil and brine for extra durability.Picture: Alex Ramsay