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Horoscopes by Holiday: Week of April 19
by Holiday Mathis
This is the first week of this year's solar transit through Taurus, and thoughts about how we can make our corner of the world more beautiful start to churn. Aesthetics are important during this transit. Though simple elegance has an appeal, somehow getting to that involves buying more stuff. Through the week, the planets play with our ideas about wealth. Quality trumps quantity. More is not always better — but better is always better.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You strongly influence the groups you are a part of. Situations may seem to call for restraint, but that is because no one takes the initiative to make things memorable. Being too appropriate is dull. Show all the exuberance you feel. Dare to smile, to be the first to offer a hug, to stand out as a happy person.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Though you are doing a good deed for someone, pay attention to why you are doing it. Eliminate any motives that have to do with ego gratification because you might not be acknowledged for this one. However, once you follow through for all of the right reasons, the act will bring you great joy and good fortune.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You will feel warmly toward mankind in general this week and will be extra fond of your core group. You greet people like long lost friends you haven't seen in years. The special treatment is much appreciated. There is an opportunity that arises from the sense of connection you create. Leo is especially lucky.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your new motto: back to the basics. Projects have become convoluted, with too many cooks in the kitchen. Work has grown more complicated than it has to be, and the same goes for relationships. You'll unravel a problem or two before Wednesday and form a new plan to honor your original intention.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You'll make extraordinary arrangements. There may be a difference of opinion about how the plans should be executed. You are tempted to defer to the wants of others because they seem more urgent than your own. However, this may set a precedent of subtle manipulation. Stand up for yourself to prevent future trouble.
THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS: You are definitely not interested in coasting through this year, though you could if you wanted to. Instead you are compelled by risky ambitions and dreams of transformation. And though the next three weeks are far from comfortable, you emerge as the person you wanted to be, and that is so worth it. A loyal partner will be by your side. When you make an effort to understand this person's way of communicating, the relationship is stress free. Travel in August and October is wonderful.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You are committed to a project because the people involved matter to you. They're like family, and they make you want to do your best. When the project wins, you all win. Put in the hours necessary to make it happen and keep up the stellar P.R. You'll be instrumental in attaining a lucky break for the entire team.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There's a knotty little issue in your personal life. You don't have all the facts. You don't know the whole story. And here's the thing: You never will. You have to go with the feeling that this scenario is giving you. That's better than intellectual knowledge anyway. When in doubt, take the gentle, loving route.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your imagination is vibrant, especially in regard to your view of yourself. Dare to be fanciful and even overly confident in your self-estimation. You'll say something in a moment of pretense that actually sounds true and indeed could be true with a little bit of effort. This is indisputable: You are capable of greatness.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Your dream is still alive, though it's lying dormant under a blanket of doubt. You will have astounding mental clarity this week. You will shine a light on the untrue beliefs that held you back and build new pathways of logic — a whole belief system that supports you in your pursuit of a fantastic goal.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Plan a big fete. Celebration is in order. The reason may not be obvious, but when you think about it, you will realize that you have much to be merry about. Let friends in on your good fortune — there will be many who want to be. The joy in your heart multiplies when you have someone to divide it with.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There are a million things you want to do: projects to finish, places to see, people to meet. You are afraid of being too scattered, but in fact, the wild variations of focus make your life better this week. Stay encouraged. Note: You are not working in a linear fashion so don't expect linear results.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You can be proud of who you are, the things you've overcome in your life and the relationships you have forged. When it comes to the physical you, you might be more critical. Whatever gripe you have with your body, let it go. Forgive yourself and move on. Your flaws are beautiful, too, if you'll only believe it.
Holiday Mathis is the author of "Rock Your Stars."


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The election is over and everyone is holding their collective breath to see what will happen during President Barack Obama's second term. We are again looking at a Democrat Senate and a Republican House with a couple of shifts in party seats, which could lead to the same partisan bickering scenario that we've witnessed with sorrow during the last four years.
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In his concession speech, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called for a meeting of minds and an end to dissension. Obama also called for an end to political gridlock to move the country forward. Will that happen? It is difficult to predict what our economic future holds unless we can be certain of cooperation between the parties.
One issue that proves to be a priority with both parties is the expiration of the Bush tax cuts. If this occurs, the maximum rate will increase to 39.6% from the current rate of 35%.
With the expiration of the Bush tax cuts possibly on the table, here are other tax-related changes that might be coming down the pipeline next year that should be taken into account when financial planning:
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). Tax law changes affecting the Alternative Minimum Tax will become an issue when more middle class folks are roped into this additional tax. Currently, the tax code includes many non-refundable personal tax credits, such as the dependent care credit and residential energy credit, among others. Claiming these credits may push an individual into the AMT. The Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 extended current law to allow most non-refundable personal tax credits to be claimed against the AMT so that families continue to receive the full benefit of these tax credits.
Hopefully, the alternative minimum tax will be addressed to help alleviate the tax burden on the middle class. This tax was intended to level the playing field and to assess an additional tax on the rich as a foil against their tax strategies that enabled them to pay less than their fair share. Somehow the original intent became muddied and as the years rolled on, income levels to which the tax were subject were never adjusted for inflation. Instead of hitting the wealthy, the cuts began hitting Middle America. Perhaps our Congress persons will consider including capital gains as a preference item for the AMT. After all, it has already been disclosed that many wealthy Americans pay a mere 15% in taxes simply because that is the current capital gains rate. If capital gains income were thrown into the mix to calculate AMT, those effective tax rates will certainly rise.
Capital gains. Speaking of capital gains, another initiative that may be introduced as part of reworking the tax code is to raise capital gains rates from 15% to as high as 23.8%. Opponents cry that capital gains rates must remain at 15% to encourage investment while supporters argue investors will forever invest whether the capital gains rate is 15% or 50%. A wise investor will shape the investment to suit his needs and consider the tax liability in his or her calculations. An investor has more important motivational considerations than a tax rate.
The lesson here is to review your portfolio with an eye to changes that will likely occur in 2013. Consider selling appreciated stocks in order to take advantage of the current low capital gains rates. Put off paying for deductible expenses until 2013 when the deduction will be more to your advantage, and consult your tax pro to design a tax plan that works for you and minimizes your taxable income.
Bonnie Lee is an Enrolled Agent admitted to practice and representing taxpayers in all fifty states at all levels within the Internal Revenue Service. She is the owner of Taxpertise in Sonoma, CA and the author of Entrepreneur Press book, "Taxpertise, The Complete Book of Dirty Little Secrets and Hidden Deductions for Small Business that the IRS Doesn't Want You to Know." Follow Bonnie Lee on Twitter at BLTaxpertise and at Facebook.


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Meet Buffy, she loves her mom's cooking and a good beard, but then again, who doesn't?
Name: Buffy
Age: 23
Location: Ohio
Body Mods: Tattoos.
Heroes: My mother.
Gets Me Hot: On men- beards, big hands and nice arms. On women- nice boobs, usually big and tattoos.
Favorite position: Depends on my mood.
Into: Music. Sports. Summer time. Sunshine. Laughter. Nature. Camping. Taking walks. Food. God.
Not Into: Lying. Cheating. Stealing. Shopping. Loud annoying people. Country music.
Makes Me Happy: Being naked. Getting tattooed. Summer time. Beards. Seeing people i love being happy. My mom's cooking. Red bull. Cigarettes. Good music.
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Basketball is the biggest loser in Donaghy v. NBA
Years from now when we look back at ex-NBA official Tim Donaghy's book 'Personal Foul,' what will we say it accomplished?
Donaghy's bank account will no doubt benefit. The book, released last week, has everything a bestseller is made of – intrigue, deceit, cover-up, even a David vs. Goliath overtone as he combats the big, bad NBA. It's fascinating. It feeds into the If-I-go-down-you're-going-down-with-me culture the public salivates for. Moreover, it feeds into the favoritism stereotype NBA referees have had to fight off seemingly forever. Critics of the league's officiating will love it.
But don't mistake this for Jose Canseco's book, which helped spark change in how baseball players are tested for performance-enhancing drugs, thereby cleaning up the game. This is not that. If you find a better test for steroids, you can catch the cheaters. If you scold NBA officials, change some rules and implement more watchdogs, will it mean what would have been the next offensive foul suddenly becomes a defensive foul? Not necessarily. And last I checked, not necessarily doesn't spur progress-making, game-improving change.
The NBA is partly to blame. Every season coaches and players talk openly about how rookies aren't cut any slack when it comes to fouls. That's bias. A former coach chatted me up about how a bad relationship with an official could mean a night of not getting the benefit of the doubt on some calls while on the flipside, a good relationship with an official could be beneficial. That's bias, too.
Why does Superstar Player A almost never foul out, yet Journeyman Player B picks up fouls by the bushels? How can Bad Reputation Player A and Squeaky Clean Reputation Player B say the same derogatory thing to a referee, but Player A is more likely to pick up the technical foul?
Traveling is treated the way baseball treats the turn at second base on a double play, which is to say there's, um, leeway. The palming rule had to be tightened down and become enforced more often. And should a player feel so comfortable with the gray-area nature of the rules that he can stand up and seriously justify a 'crab dribble?' What the heck is a crab dribble?
It's all a problem.
Then there's the sport itself. Basketball has the biggest collection of judgment calls of any big-time professional sport. Fouls, the biggest and most consistent call, are largely subjective. That puts referees at a distinct disadvantage.
And it gets worse when one year a perimeter defender can have an out-stretched hand on the offensive player, but in effort to increase scoring, the next year that maneuver is a foul. So now the definition of what a foul even is continues morph. I know pass interference when I see it. I know the infield fly rule when I see it. A foul, however, leaves a bit too much up for discussion.
And where there's gray area mixed with human nature, there can always be a Donaghy. The NBA says there's just one and no more are in the pipeline.
According to NBA commissioner David Stern, Donaghy's "allegations have been fully investigated by the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office and the government completed its investigation, finding that the only criminal conduct was that of Mr. Donaghy."
But just because no other official's transgressions rose to the level of criminal conduct doesn't mean there isn't a single modicum of truth to what Donaghy alleges. But what's the endgame here?
It's sad, because basketball is truly a great sport and the NBA is a good league that unfortunately has a sketchy reputation with its fans over the way it officiates games. But it seems none of what we've seen and heard, or have yet to see and hear, can lead to what we're all ultimately looking for:
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This Positive Life: An Interview With James Bender
December 3, 2010
Welcome to This Positive Life! We have with us James Bender. In the late '80s, James, a heterosexual former Navy soldier living in rural Mississippi, believed what most Americans thought at that time: HIV was a gay white male disease. But James tested positive in the summer of 1987, and he quickly realized that this epidemic affected everyone. Instead of choosing to live in silence about his status, he decided to speak out and educate his community. This father and AIDS advocate talks candidly to us about the difficulty of being one of the first African-American men to test positive in his county; the stigma and discrimination facing people living with HIV in the South; and why he never grows tired of talking about HIV.
Let's start from the beginning. When did you find out you were HIV positive?
Aug. 15, 1987.
And so when were you tested? Why did you decide to get tested?
Well, I became sick with a fever of 100-plus for about two weeks, and it never would break. So I went to the doctor. And they ran a series of tests on me for about three weeks, and finally, they asked me: Could they do an HIV test?
And what did you say?
"Sure, I guess."
Did you think you were at risk?
I knew something was wrong, but I didn't know what. With the way my body was feeling, I said, "Why not?"
And so you got the results, and they said, "OK, James. You have HIV." What did you think?
Well, the first thing that hit my mind was: "Why me?" But then I thought about it: "Why not me?" Again, I thought about the lifestyle that I lived before. So it made me think.
What were the things that you were doing?
Well, I was very promiscuous. Sex -- I was having unprotected sex with women, and some of them were one-night stands. Some of them, I never saw again.
So you weren't too surprised. So you identify; you're a heterosexual man.
The way that the media talks about HIV, it doesn't necessarily include straight men in that conversation, especially during the time that you tested positive. So did you even think that straight men could even contract HIV?
Well, no. Because, like you were saying, when it was in the early years, they were saying it was a white, gay, male disease. So I knew I wasn't gay; and I wasn't white...
So you thought you were OK.
What did you do after your diagnosis?
Well, I went and took an HIV/AIDS 101 class, educated myself. And then I just started educating people around me.
"I stayed depressed, probably, for a couple months. Then I decided that I'd get educated; I could either fight the disease, or let it take me out. And I decided to fight it."
Were you depressed initially? Sad?
Yeah. I stayed depressed, probably, for a couple months. Then I decided that I'd get educated; I could either fight the disease, or let it take me out. And I decided to fight it.
So were you just scared, "I'm going to die? There's nothing I can do."
No, not really. Getting that diagnosis made me discover my faith, and then I just turned it over to God. It was another three years before I started medication.
So you took AZT?
I took AZT in the '90s. I started in '90 and took it till '95, when it gave me neuropathy so bad.
So when you were diagnosed, who did you disclose to?
Well, no, because I told everybody.
You told everybody. And you lived at this point where? In Mississippi?
I lived in the Deep South, near Hattiesburg, which was a very country-like town. And I was probably one of the first blacks to test positive there. And it was kind of hard at first. But then I had to fight a lot of discrimination and I had a lot of adversity.
In what way? What discrimination did you have to deal with?
I saw how my ancestors felt. But I felt like nobody wanted to be around me. People, when I'd go to their house, you could smell the Clorox. Or, where everybody else got china, I got a paper plate.
They were afraid.
Right. Because they weren't educated, but once I educated them, it changed.
This was '87, Deep South. Stigma central. How did you even have the courage to be able to educate people?
Well, I promised my dad. I told him what had happened and he said, "Well son, [you need to] educate yourself so you can educate others so they won't have to go through what you went through." That was probably the driving force, because I definitely wanted to learn more about it because I was living with it. I needed to know how to take care of myself. When I was diagnosed, they gave me three years. Of course, that was 23 years ago.
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I've burned enough brain cells attempting to rationalize why once again I must write this week's column on Memorial Day. I even received e-mail from a reader asking, "Dr. Joe, why not write something different on Memorial Day?"
I thought deeply about his inquiry; Anita Brenner has already addressed the issue in her column, so what do I hope to accomplish? Will it make a difference in the lives of readers whether or not they attend the ceremony? Does it help the nation and the lost soldiers? Do my words promote peace? Will the memory of J.P. Blecksmith and Todd Bryant linger any closer to our hearts? Are my words merely a door to lock out the ghost of Vietnam? Do I write for the soldiers who can no longer speak?
If I were to guess, I'd say yes to all of the above. There's a compulsiveness that consumes my will and directs me to such thoughts. So, here's a story that as far as I'm concerned defines the method of my madness.
When I was a young lieutenant in Vietnam, I'd often visit the battalion aid station to cheer up convalescing Marines and pass out treats that I had stolen from Army supply areas. After a short visit, it's customary among Marines to conclude our dialogue with, "Semper Fi Marine" meaning always faithful. It's from the Latin, Semper Fidelis. It's the motto of the Corps, but can be traced back to 16th century England.
One afternoon a young Marine asked me, "Sir, do you know what Semper Fi means?"
"Corporal, I studied Latin for four years; of course I know what it means, always faithful!"
"Sir, it means a lot more than that," he said.
He went on to explain that the real meaning lies in the belief that regardless of circumstance no Marine would ever desert him or any other Marine. Or for that matter, any brother or sister of arms in time of need.
"Sir, it's our code; it's our honor," he said.
That evening I wrote his words in my journal titled "1970" and highlighted, "Always Faithful is our code of honor."
So, dear reader, allow me to respond to your inquiry.
I have no choice but to write these thoughts. I write them for you, for me, and for those who can longer speak. I took an oath to bear true allegiance to both the living and the dead and not desert them, no matter what the circumstance. Always faithful is my code of honor. Thus, writing these words to ensure the continuance of their memory is necessary for my salvation. I cannot speak for you; however, in John McCrae's poem, "In Flanders Fields," we are given the same challenge that the young Private Ryan (Matt Damon) was given by Capt. Miller (Tom Hanks) before he succumbed from his wounds: "Earn this!" Subsequently, in the words of McCrae we are admonished not to forget the lost soldiers, "If ye break faith with us who die we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders field."
I have vivid memories of the young Marine and his interpretation of Semper Fidelis. Maybe it was the tattoo that he wore on his arm. Chiseled under the Eagle Globe and Anchor it read, "Death Before Dishonor." It was the alchemy of that moment that imprinted the importance of never leaving anyone behind, even if you hold them only in your memory.
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As a dog lover, the tale of Laika always fills me with mixed feelings. On the one hand, she represents a great step forward in space exploration. On the other, she was sent into space with no plans for how she might return. In Avgousta Zourelidi short animated film, however, Laika is a dog who ultimately understands her fate but doesn't wallow in self-pity. Instead, he casts her as a true explorer ready to see the stars.
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This past Saturday was Open That Bottle Night. I'd forgotten about it, until I saw a bunch of tweets on Saturday night. OTBN asks that you take that special bottle of wine you've been saving for a special occasion, and just open it. No occasion is ever special enough, right? I'm particularly bad at hanging onto wine for a special occasion, so OTBN is a good exercise for me, and I never regret it.
Last year we opened a Staglin Family 20th Anniversary Cabernet Sauvignon. This year, we dived into my Pinot Noir collection. Every year I find some small little Pinot Noir vintner and invest in 3 bottles. I know 3 bottles isn't a lot, but it is to my pocketbook. Generally these pinots aren't cheap. Last year, when I met Adam Lazarre and fell head over heels for his Hahn wines, I knew I'd found my pinot investment for the year. Adam, in addition to his winemaking responsibilities at Villa San Juliette, also has his own label that is exclusively pinot noir. I immediately ordered my 3 bottles.
2005 Lazarre Pinot Noir Sierra Madre Vineyard, Santa Maria Valley
~$40 (I can't quite remember), special ordered from The Party Source
This particular pinot, of which there were only 112 cases made, is from Santa Maria Valley. Santa Maria, considered part of California's Central Coast, is one of the state's coolest grape-growing regions and offers one of the longest seasons between bud and harvest. It's a superstar region for both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
Maybe it's because I have a "wine crush" on Adam Lazarre. (Leave me alone. I can still have crushes.) But I've always found his Pinot Noirs to have a bit of sex appeal, and they do tend to send me reeling into hyperbole. This bottle was no exception.
It's a bit young and would benefit from some more time in the bottle. That's fine with me, considering I've got two more bottles maturing in my basement. It also would have benefited from some air. Since I remembered OTBN at the last minute, we pretty much opened and poured at 10 pm on Saturday night. So with our first taste, the wine was still a bit tight. That said, it was still enjoyable, with a lot of earthiness. Our first night with this wine made me think of the Latin dances I learn in ballroom. They are all sexy and just this side of wild, with all of the passion starting at the earth and working it's way up to the hips.
The next night we finished the bottle and it had taken the time to open up a bit. Why do I think I still need to age the other 2 bottles? Because even on night two, this pinot was a bit wild and untamed. It lost a bit of the earthiness and instead was silky, like the perfect lingerie. To continue the ridiculous analogy I started above, our second night with this wine was more like an Argentine Tango, a dance that started in the bordellos of South America.
Adam's wines seem to affect me on an emotional level. As many wines as I drink, that really doesn't happen very often. It's also why I'd give my left arm to afford the Morton's wine dinner next week, featuring Villa San Juliette.
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Until the advent of electric lights, most people found sources of artificial light expensive or even a luxury for their homes. Candles were the most widespread form of illumination in America until the end of the eighteenth century and were part of everyday life. All manner of accessories such as candleholders, candle boxes, candle snuffers and extinguishers would be typical items found in a household inventory. Snuffers, made in a variety of shapes and materials, were scissor-like instruments used for trimming the wicks of candles and lamps. Extinguishers, with cone-shaped caps, were used to put out the candle flame. After Thomas Jefferson's death on 1826, a household inventory listed twenty-six candlesticks and candelabra of silver plate, brass and japanned metal.
When Thomas Jefferson lived at Monticello he preferred to use cleaner burning spermaceti candles, though they were expensive. Other types of candles made from fragrant bayberry, beeswax and tallow were also used in the Monticello household. On winter evenings, one of Jefferson's granddaughters recalled, "When the candles were brought, all was quiet immediately, for he took up his book to read, and we would not speak out of a whisper lest we should disturb him, and generally we followed his example and took (up) a book…"


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Pac-12 M5: 03.28.13 EditionPosted by AMurawa on March 28th, 2013
- Arizona helps get the Sweet Sixteen underway tonight when it faces Ohio State before what is expected to be a largely pro-Arizona crowd at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. While there are plenty of non-monetary reasons why this is a huge game, a big weekend in Los Angeles for Arizona head coach Sean Miller could pay big dividends as he is promised a bonus of $50,000 for an Elite Eight appearance and an additional $175,000 for a trip to the Final Four. All that on top of a $2.2 base salary? Hey, it's good work if you can get it.
- One of the main storylines in that Arizona/Ohio State match-up tonight is the relationship between Thad Matta and Sean Miller. Their friendship goes back to 1994 when they were both assistant coaches at Miami (OH) under Herb Sendek (quick sidebar: isn't it amazing how deep Sendek's coaching tree is? Eight former Sendek assistants are current Division I head coaches, guys ranging from Matta and Miller to John Groce, Jim Christian, Ron Hunter, Archie Miller, Larry Hunter and Mark Phelps) and continued when, after Matta earned the head coaching spot at Xavier, he hired Miller to join his staff for three seasons. Matta eventually moved on to Ohio State, Miller took over the head position at Xavier, and now, almost 20 years after they first met, they will match wits for just the second time ever as head coaches. The first time? The 2007 Round of 32. The stand-alone game on Saturday afternoon, Xavier had advanced out of the #8/#9 game to get top-seeded Ohio State and Greg Oden. And with three minutes left, the Miller-coached Musketeers were on the verge of closing out the heavily favored Buckeyes. A late three by Ron Lewis completed a fantastic Buckeyes comeback and sent the game to overtime, where the favorites wound up pulling away.
- How does Oregon stick close to Louisville tomorrow night? Pacific Takes asked four different bloggers and the consensus was that staying red hot is priority number one, but taking care of the ball against Louisville's pressure, crashing the boards with reckless abandon, and turning the game into a down-tempo defensive rock-fight are among the other suggestions. We'll have our take on that game later in the day, so check back to see RTC's prescription for a Ducks win.
- Bruin Nation got around to listing its possible candidates for the UCLA head coaching job and it is predictably hilarious (seriously, the first dude names Rick Pitino as like his seventh choice as a "short-term solution" – good thing they aren't setting their sights too high). Elsewhere on the Bruins coaching front, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar threw his hat into the ring on Tuesday night on the Jimmy Kimmel show. And, while we're mentioning that, I'd also like to take this opportunity to throw my hat into the ring. Why not? Everyone else is doing it. This thing has just started; the absurdity to which this story climbs probably knows no bounds.
- Up in Pullman, the expectation had been that since there has been no announcement to the contrary, Ken Bone will return as Washington State's head coach next season. But, it wasn't until Tuesday that Bone actually met with athletic director Bill Moos to discuss the future of the program. And the prognosis is… that Bone will return for his fifth season at the helm. Bone's still got three more years on his contract and $2.55 million in guaranteed salary, money that would have been due in the form of a buyout were Bone to have been fired. And, Cougfan.com has five reasons why this was the correct decision all along, in case you were wondering.


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July 2, 2012
On Friday, the High Court ruled that a gay man can challenge Northern Ireland's lifetime ban on blood donations by men who have sex with men. The plaintiff, who was granted anonymity, wants Northern Ireland to adopt the blood donation policy used in other parts of the United Kingdom.
During the 1980s, the UK responded to AIDS by enacting a lifetime ban on gay men donating blood. This policy was amended last November in England, Scotland, and Wales to allow donations by gay men who are homosexually celibate for at least one year. However, Northern Ireland Health Minister Edwin Poots has maintained the lifetime ban, citing public safety.
Papers submitted to support judicial review argue the minister has no legal basis for his position; the policy should be decided by the secretary of state for health rather than devolved to Northern Ireland; Northern Ireland already accepts blood products from the UK where the one-year deferral is in effect; and the minister's position could be affected by bias.
Attorney General John Larkin, arguing for the minister and the department, said Poots is entitled to act as he has. Moreover, the court was told the applicant for review has not remained abstinent and so would not even be eligible for donating blood under a one-year deferral.
The High Court granted review on points about alleged irrationality and compliance with EU law. The case is listed for a full two-day hearing in December.
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By: Kiki Keane and Rachel Womek
It's that time again, time to talk about our weekly goals. For better or for worse (usually for worse) today proves no exception.
Rachel's goals were to: 1) Read and finish at least two books 2) Watch at least one movie 3) Research vaccinations 4) Practice photography
Rachel read only 1.5 books this week. Goal nearly accomplished but not quite. She did watch one movie: Alien. The last two goals she failed at miserably. She also failed at the majority of our joint goals; with the exception of one ("Don't Panic"). Before you know it she'll be off exploring the galaxies towel in one hand Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster in the other!
Kiki's goals were to: 1) Read two books and 2) Watch a couple of movies.
Kiki read a few pages here and there in a couple of different books. She also watched a couple of movies: The Mirror Has Two Faces, Casino Royal and The Bourne Identity. As far as the collective goals go, Kiki studied a very little bit of Arabic and failed miserably at everything else. Especially the "Don't Panic" goal. Kiki has managed to make panicking-about-stupid-things into an art form. For some reason she can nearly drive herself and her friend off an icy road and nearly off a cliff and not bat an eyelash, but going to work is not only panic inducing, but vomit worthy. She really, really needs a new job.
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Rachel: 1) Research vaccinations 2) Practice photography (No problem since I'll be at the WP Conference!) 3) Finish both Cakes and Ale and A Universe From Nothing! 4) Start Passport Application 5) Watch one movie!
A lot of goals but I (Rachel) had to carry over the ones I completely ****ed up on!
Kiki: 1) Don't panic (hahaha) 2) Finish my book club book 3) Watch a movie 4) Find a new job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ellumen Inc., which specializes in electronic health records integration and digital medical imaging, successfully made its first attempt to climb into the Fast 50 this year.
The company, based in Arlington, Va., came in at No. 50 with federal sales of $5.53 million in 2009 for a compound annual growth rate of 63.7 percent over five years.
Ellumen's strong growth was fueled "by a little bit of luck, a little bit of foreplanning" and also keeping a tight focus on its core business areas of health care IT and health care data exchange, said William McCollough, principal, chief scientist and one of the company's founders.
"We were able to land some long-term contacts and [other] smaller contracts along the way that allowed us to keep to our growth rate," he said.
Those contracts included two five-year contracts from the Veterans Affairs Department with a combined value of about $27 million. The company also has won some smaller awards from the Defense Department's Military Health System.
As a result, McCollough said he expects Ellumen to maintain a 60 percent aggregate growth rate in 2010.
"Our company operates the world's largest health data exchange," he said, managing millions of patients' health care record exchanges between VA and DOD systems.
"Clinicians and doctors throughout the world use [the exchange] on an everyday basis to help the DOD guys transition into the VA, to share patient information at shared clinics," he said. "Our software and services support all that."
Founded in 2004, Ellumen was previously known as CPS Healthcare.
Its first contracts came from the Air Force for imaging systems development and integration. They led to image data-sharing projects for DOD and VA in 2006.
"We are now starting the process of diversifying into other health care IT arenas," McCollough said, citing potential work with the Health and Human Services Department and various state agencies.
Ellumen has about 35 employees, but its continued growth will require more technologists and engineers, he said. With that in mind, the company recently moved into larger offices in Arlington, Va.
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The Beckman High School Astronomical Society recently held its first weather balloon launch. A few hundred Beckman students and staff members came out to watch the launch of the helium-filled balloon on the school track.
Several hours later, the students used a GPS tracker to locate the weather balloon once it returned to Earth 70 miles away in northern San Diego in the Palomar Mountains.
The students made the long hike through the mountains to recover Beckman 1 and were able to retrieve videos and images from the smartphone on board.
According to Beckman science teacher Tracy Scott, the earth science and oceanography classes are studying atmospheric energy and meteorology, which ties in with the weather balloon launch.
"The purpose of the project was not only to get some weather data and see the curvature of the Earth, but also to start a new trend at Beckman," said Diogo Oliveira, president of the Astronomical Society at Beckman.
He hopes the weather balloon launch will spark an interest in science in other students.
The club looks forward to future scientific projects and events that take will place on campus, as well as the interesting information and footage that will come from the release of Beckman 1.
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