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Britain's Andy Murray meets world No. 1 and 2011 champion Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon's Men's Singles final on Sunday, marking the third final in the last four Grand Slams that the world's two top players will go toe-to-toe.
During a fortnight of seismic shocks, scattered seeds and bandaged knees there remained a sense of inevitability that Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray would walk out on Centre Court to contest the Wimbledon final on Sunday.
For the third time in the last four grand slams the two men born within a week of each other and whose careers have followed the same trajectory will go toe-to-toe for major silverware.
Their rivalry is fast over-taking the one between Swiss great Roger Federer and Spanish warrior Rafa Nadal, whose early defeats in the tournament are already fading memories.
World number one Djokovic leads their series 11-7 but they have never met at the Wimbledon championships and, despite the Serb's one title here in 2011, Murray is arguably the better grasscourt player, if only by a tiny margin.
He beat Djokovic on Centre Court in the Olympic semi-finals last year, going on to claim gold against Federer.
That breakthrough released the beast inside the 26-year-old Scot and a few months later he claimed his first grand slam title by edging Djokovic in an gripping U.S. Open final.
Murray lost to Djokovic in this year's Australian Open final but now he has the Serb in his sights on his home turf as, for the second year in succession, he stands within one victory of ending Britain's 77-year wait for a Wimbledon's men's champion.
Last year's defeat in the final by Federer proved a watershed moment for Murray.
He said himself this week that 12 months ago he was happy to be in the final. Now, he expects to win it.
"I might wake up on Sunday and be unbelievably nervous, more nervous than I ever have been before," Murray said after reaching his seventh grand slam title by dousing the fire of Polish upstart Jerzy Janowicz in Friday's semi-finals.
"But I wouldn't expect to be."
Murray is on a 17-match winning streak on grass, taking in last year's Olympic gold rush and his victory at Queen's Club but Djokovic presents the most formidable of obstacles.
Greatest retrievers
One of the greatest retrievers the game has ever seen, the six-times grand slam champion reached the last four in cruise control but needed every gear on the cog to subdue the magnificent Juan Martin del Potro in the longest semi-final ever played at the All England Club.
The intensity of that match was such that Murray's legions of fans, the 15,000 in centre Court, the thousands queuing to watch on the hill (surely soon to be named Murray Mount) and the millions sat in front of their TVs will be searching for a chink in the Djokovic armour.
They will probably be disappointed as Djokovic has proved time and again that he can play two titanic matches back to back, notably when he beat Murray in a lung-bursting five-set semi-final in Melbourne in 2012, then beat Nadal two days later in the longest grand slam final ever.
"I'm not the first time in this situation," Djokovic, who has reached his 11th grand slam final, told reporters.
"I was in worse situations actually before, like in Australian Open 2012, or some occasions where I managed to recover, managed to win the title in the final, managed to feel fresh and play another six hours.
"I'm ready and I'm looking forward to that."
Djokovic knows the vast majority of the crowd will be roaring on Murray but is relishing playing in an atmosphere he said would be "loud" if it goes to a deciding set.
"He's a local hero. He has a big chance to win Wimbledon after a long time for this nation. People will be supporting him," Djokovic said.
"It's not the first time that I've been in a similar situations when I played against local players.
"I know what I need to do. I'm ready for it."
The two friends, whose relationships has become more professional now that they are contesting the sport's top prizes, are so well-matched there are no short cuts to victory.
Both are rock solid from the baseline, possess stinging returns of serve, move with supreme athleticism and have a bottomless reservoir of self-belief.
With temperatures expected to climb into the high 80 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday and neither player prepared to cede an inch of turf, the final will be one of hard graft and perspiration but ultimately decided by moments of inspiration.


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Back in 1995 when he was a flamboyant musician with few political aspirations, Michel Martelly quipped that he'd dance naked atop Haiti's National Palace if elected president – a move emblematic of many Haitians' low esteem for the post.
Now president, instead of dancing on the building, he'll be trying to rebuild it – physically and symbolically. The white palace still lies in ruins more than a year after a magnitude-7.0 earthquake toppled thousands of buildings in the capital and killed at least 300,000 people. Haiti's challenges include nothing short of rebuilding a nation plagued by poverty and dependent on foreign aid, an immense task for any country. For Mr. Martelly, a political novice with little support among the elite, the task will take on added difficulty.
Yet, in a country long failed by its leaders, Haitians opted for the carnival performer over establishment candidates. When it was announced in March that Martelly had beaten former first lady Mirlande Manigat, a respected career academic, by a 2-to-1 margin, Haitians gathered in front of the electoral council office and sang, "The country is for you. Do what you like with it." Haitians inaugurated Martelly on May 14. Many seem optimistic that he can succeed where so many before him did not.
"Haitians have a lot of hope that the Martelly government can be different," says Chavannes Jean-Baptiste, founder of the influential Peasant Movement of Papaye, a rural grass-roots organization.
Haiti became the world's first officially independent black nation when it revolted against the French in 1804. But decades of corruption and mismanagement had turned it into the Western Hemisphere's poorest country by the time of the January 2010 earthquake. Three decades of dictatorial rule by François "Papa Doc" Duvalier and his son, "Baby Doc," beginning in 1957, were followed by a dizzying succession of coups d'état. Current President René Préval is the first elected leader to successfully complete two full terms without being chased from office.
Enter Martelly. The son of a petroleum-plant supervisor, he grew up in a strict middle-class family and went on to become the brash kompa singer "Sweet Micky," famous for mooning the crowd and for his crass lyrics. His music won him fans at home and abroad among the diaspora – Haitian-American rapper Wyclef Jean gave him a cameo on an album and endorsed him for president – providing an immediate support base during his campaign as an outsider who could challenge the status quo.
What he lacks in support among the political class he makes up for in backing from the United States, the nation's largest aid donor. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton flew to Haiti in January to ensure Martelly advanced to the March 20 runoff after allegedly fraudulent first-round results knocked him out. She welcomed him to Washington last month for his first postelection trip abroad.
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"Change is coming May 14," he said in Washington. "My focus … is to revive and modernize Haiti's economy as its new president and provide free access to education, moving people out of tents by jump-starting reconstruction and focusing on the agriculture sector. In short, it's a new day for Haiti."
Education is technically free in Haiti. But fewer than 1 in 4 Haitians has graduated from high school or university, according to the Haitian Institute of Statistics and Informatics. To pay for an overhaul, Martelly would like to tax international money transfers and phone calls. He has also pledged to pursue new foreign loans and invest in agriculture to cut back on shocks from food inflation – up 36 percent worldwide in the past year. Haiti imports most of its food, including 80 percent of its rice, once grown in abundance. Poor Haitians have resorted to eating small cakes made from dried mud when prices for rice and other staples are high.
"The two things he has focused on – education and agriculture – are the most important areas for many Haitians," says Mr. Jean-Baptiste. "As president, we want him to uphold those promises."
The lofty agenda will prove challenging. "I think it's going to be very difficult for him to accomplish some of his goals," says Charles Henri Baker, a prominent Haitian businessman and two-time presidential candidate. "The big challenge initially will be parliament."
Negotiating the sharp-elbowed world of Haitian politics will require the help of experienced handlers, says Michael Shifter, president of the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington. "The problem is really that he's completely inexperienced," says Mr. Shifter, who met with Martelly in Washington last month. "The first major obstacle is just establishing a government that works. If he can put a good team together, that alone would be a major accomplishment."
To head his transition team, Martelly named as an adviser Daniel Supplice, a US-trained ethnologist and sociologist who held various government positions from 1973 to 1986 during the Duvalier regime. With most of Martelly's team still unnamed, observers wait to see who he taps for prime minister – a key position that could set off political jousting with the outgoing president's party, INITE (Unity), which will likely control parliament and have a say in choosing the candidate.
The outgoing president has said INITE lawmakers will work with the Martelly administration. If that promise turns out as empty as Martelly's vow to dance naked on the palace, Haitians may be left wanting. "Haiti has been this way for a very long time," Jean-Baptiste says. "In reality, changing it is not easy."


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Stratford, Conn.-based Sikorsky's Global Helicopters unit in Horseheads, N.Y. has handed over an S-300C to the University of North Dakota's John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences (UND Aerospace). The university, which has been using Sikorsky helicopters to train students since 1983, will incorporate the S-300 into its training program. Describing the helicopter as dependable and safe, Don Dubuque, UND's fleet manager and director of extension programs, explains that the school uses the S-300C "because it is a good training platform." Ken Polovitz, assistant dean of student services, adds that UND Aerospace has more than 800 students enrolled in helicopter and fixed-wing training programs, "and more and more of them are becoming interested in the helicopter industry as a career track."
The S-300C becomes the seventh Sikorsky helicopter in its fleet. UND Aerospace has three more S-300Cs on order that are set for delivery this year.
In a separate development, Sikorsky has received an order from the National Police Agency (NPA) of Japan for an S-92. The helicopter will carry out search and rescue (SAR) and special-mission operations in the country. Japan's NPA, which has used Sikorsky helicopters since 1996, also operates two S-76Bs for SAR, transportation, utility work and other special needs.


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Trophy Watch: No crazy hardware this week, but the storylines filled in just fine.
In China, Andy Murray was the last man standing at the Shanghai Rolex Masters after beating Roger Federer 6-3, 6-2 in the final. The Scot is now 8-5 in matches against Roger.
Maybe next year's Rogers Cup organizers won't waver on Ana Ivanovic now that she's ended a two year(!) title drought with a victory in Linz over Patty Schnyder. FYI, this Generali Ladies Linz event was the last tourney she won — back in the same year she took the French.
And in Osaka, the other Asian veteran on the tour — Tamarine Tanasugarn — needed three sets to shut down the Kimiko Date Krumm express at the Japan Women's Open. Two snaps to Kimiko, though, who upset both top seed Sam Stosur and third seed Shahar Peer — both of whom have put together solid 2010s — en route to the final.
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Karl Lagerfeld Says Models Are 'Not That Skinny'
(LONDON) -- Karl Lagerfeld, the Chanel honcho who called Adele "a little too fat" and complained about "fat mummies" ruining fashion, is at it again. In an interview this week with the U.K.'s Channel 4 News, Lagerfeld was asked about the fashion industry's influence on women's body image. There was this exchange:
Reporter: "You think it'll be O.K. for women to be fat in the future?"
Lagerfeld: "Unfortunately, yes."
Reporter: "But not O.K. now?"
Lagerfeld: "No."
He then called the subject "ridiculous" and said, "The story with anorexic girls -- nobody works with anorexic girls. That has nothing to do with fashion. People who have that, they have problem with family and things like this. There are less than one percent of anorexic girls, but there are over -- in France, I don't know about England -- over 30 percent of girls who are big, big, overweight."
Eating disorders were long ago proven to be complex issues. In terms of the statistics, Lagerfeld actually isn't that far off, if you apply his numbers to the U.S. Sixty percent of adult women in the U.S. are considered overweight, and just over one-third of those are obese, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the likelihood of an American woman becoming anorexic or bulimic during her lifetime is 0.9 and 1.5 percent, respectively, according to the National Institutes of Health.
But then he went on to say, "The models are skinny but they're not that skinny. All the new girls are not that skinny. You know, there's a new evolution."
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Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen said he will return to Miami after today's game for a press conference tomorrow at Marlins Park will he will apologize for comments he made about Fidel Castro.
"I want to make everything clear. Then people can see me and talk," he said today in Philadelphia.
Here's the video, followed below by an edited transcript.
"I've already talked to people. I think it's the proper thing they can see my eyes and they can ask whatever question they want.
The sooner the better for the ballclub. Not for the ballclub but for me.
"We'll let them know exactly what happened what is going in my mind and what I believe."
(Are you surprised by the reaction this has gotten)
"Not really. I talked to the media in Cincinnati about it. I expected that this is going to happen. I feel bad because … I don't want to say it was out of context but it was kind of a cheap shot. I got to face it.
"Listen, the reason I want to go there tomorrow is beacuse it will make me feel good and I want poeple to feel good about themselves…
"I want peope to look in my eyes, look at my face and see what is going on, tell them what the deal was…
"I feel bad…
"I feel sad. For a couple of days (felt bad in ) the stomach. Not because of what I did but because I hurt a lot of people. I want to get that thing over with. I told the Marlins I want to fly as soon as I can. Tomorrow is the day off. I don't do anything in Philadelphia. I'd rather be in Miami to clear everything up."
(have you spoken to owner Jeffrey Loria?)
"No. I talked to David. I said I want to fly out of here tonight. I think that's the best for everyone…"
(You don't think this will affect your job security?)
"I hope not. But if that happens, hey… (Shrugs his shoulders) I don't think. Why? What is…
"Listen, I'm Latino. I've lived in Miami … I know how people feel about that. Ive got a lot of friends, a lot of players who p[lay for me, They know who I am. They know how I feel. They know what I mean…
"I just talked to Felo (Ramirez, the Marlins' Cuban-born Spanish-language radio broadcaster). The worst, the saddest part of this was to apologize to Felo Ramirez. That was hard. And I did. Face to face.
"And Yiky (Luis Quintana, Felo's radio partner)… He was laughing, kind of like 'Don't worry about it.'..
"But every Cuban-born that I know, they know who I am…
"I have to wear it. I have to face it. I have to grab the bull by the horn and I will tomorrow."
"I feel very guilty about it and very sad and very embarrassed."
He said he will talk to "anybody who wants to be there, man."…
"I only worry about, can I sleep at night? The last three days, no, I couldn't. I couldn't sleep because I know how I feel and I know what I believe. I know what I meant to (say). If people want to believe me, they have the right to not.
"I don't want to put the (Time Magazine writer) on the spot. The interview was about sports, not about politics. And it is what it is.
(about his press conference)
"That's the reason I don't want to make a statement… That's the reason I want to be myself. I don't want anybody on the Marlins, my family… You know a lot of people when they go to do something they have his wife next to him or they have somebody next to him? No. I'm going to be there by myself. And I don't want anybody's support. I want the Cuban people to understand and believe what I say. Because what I've got to say is 100 percent true. And very honest."


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I was at this classy Japanese restaurant 2 days ago accompanying my husband for a bussiness dinner.
This was my first time there, and I'm so lucky that I have a chance to try out the most authentic and delicious Japanese food I've ever try.
The entrance and the enviroment of this restaurant gave me a feeling that I'm going to enjoy the dinner without any hesitation! And yes, I'm right, no regret at all!! Well, it was alittle pricey but it really worth it..:)
Let me show you why it is so special...................
The entrance.....
The costumers there are mostly VIP or under reservation, they seldom take in walk-in costumers. Then the chefs will make sure you'll never have the repeat menu as your last visit! Yes, they do record what you ate!! Specical??...Then you may ask do they have such a long menu??....Ah that's the point! The owner will invite a special guest, a retired Japanese chef from Japan, to train and test out the menu there. Then he'll also create some nice, special, delicious dishes into the menu before he left!!
I'm not so sure how's the menu looks like because I didn't get the chance to peep into it.....and our dinner just started without it!! As I said the chef already knows what he's going to serve us!! From appetizer till the end of the dessert...it was so fullfilling!!
My 1st dish.....the Fruit Salad.
Oh..it was served with their fresh Wasabi, which I never tried before..:)
Then follow by...Senzai San Tei ( a 3 combination main dish)....from the left, the Japanese chives with sesame, then the cow's tougue and follow by a homemade Japanese toufu.
Then the Inari Rolls....
The fried prawns...(pardon me for I've forgotten the name given to this dish)
Baby Sardine served with Japanese mayonaise....this was so good and crispy!!
Then it ends with the Grilled Maki....and some ice cream which I didn't take. I was too full by then...;p
Pardon me with the bad photography here which I've taken with my phone. And another reason with so many people waiting for me to take the pictures of every dish before they can start...opps! Really feel bad....heehee!! Truly I don't know how much was the dinner cost, but roughly it was around rm200-300 per person I guess. But it doesn't matter if the food served was really good right?!....;p
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December marks the beginning of the winter solstice for us in the northern hemisphere. This year that will happen at 6:12 a.m. Dec. 21. That also marks the end of the Mayan calendar, which will just start another cycle. It will flip over to a new baktun that day as it does every 144,000 days, or about 400 years. No astronomical catastrophe will occur like an asteroid or comet hitting the Earth.
We will be more aligned with the center of our Milky Way galaxy at that time, but that happens every winter solstice. Some astrologers and psychics say that we will be more aligned with our galaxy than we were 26,000 years ago, which happens to equal one cycle of precession. That could line us up with extra energy from the center of our galaxy if that is true. We are also located 26,000 light years from the center of our galaxy.
There are several interesting highlights in December well worth braving the cold. Jupiter is at opposition on Dec. 2, the Geminid meteor shower peaks on Dec. 13, and our two largest asteroids, Ceres and Vesta, shine at their brightest in Taurus.
Jupiter reaches opposition on Dec. 2. This will be one of the closest oppositions for the entire 12-year orbit of Jupiter. The King of the planets will be directly opposite the sun from the earth that day, which means it will rise at sunset, reach its highest point at midnight, and not set until sunrise.
Try looking at Jupiter through a telescope in December to peer deeper into its mysteries and to better appreciate one of the family members of our solar system. Just before midnight on the night of the opposition, Callisto and Io will be to the left of the planet, and Europa and Ganymede will be to the right, balancing out the four Galilean moons. Each moon is unique and Europa, with a huge liquid ocean just below its icy surface, has the best chance for life as we know it anywhere in our solar system other than Mars.
The full moon on Christmas Day will pass just below Jupiter and just above the Hyades star cluster with the orange giant star Aldebaran, which marks the face and eye of Taurus the Bull.
We should enjoy an excellent Geminid meteor shower. It will peak on Thursday evening Dec. 13 into Friday morning Dec. 14. There will be no moon to interfere. You could actually see about 100 meteors per hour this year. The Geminids are caused by the dust and debris in the trail of an asteroid called 3200 Phaethon, which is probably the old nucleus of a comet. These particles leave brighter streaks because they are a little denser than the comet dust that creates the other meteor showers. Look into the eastern sky in the constellation of Gemini which is just to the left of Orion and part of the winter hexagon. It will already be above the horizon at sunset, so start viewing the meteors as soon as it gets dark that evening. You can add to the scientific knowledge of meteors by doing a real meteor count to report. Check out skypub.com/meteors and look under advanced meteor observing for more information. Astronomy is one of the few fields where amateurs can always add good information by careful observing that will help the professionals. It is also more exciting to participate at a deeper level to help you understand what you are really seeing when you watch an event like a meteor shower or an eclipse or a transit of Venus.
The two brightest asteroids, Ceres and Vesta, will also be at opposition in December. You can find them in Taurus with just a pair of binoculars. The Dawn spacecraft just visited Vesta and it will reach 600-mile-wide Ceres in 2015. Vesta, at about 400 miles in diameter, is a little smaller than our largest asteroid. Dawn showed Vesta had a bizarre surface with a huge crater showing a giant central peak at its south pole, along with a series of parallel grooves near its equator. Vesta is also a little too small to be completely round, so it is more potato-shaped. It is important to learn as much as we can about these two asteroids because each of them almost became a planet. The strong gravitational force of Jupiter kept that from happening.
Mercury and Saturn have now joined Venus in the morning sky. Look southeast one hour before sunrise on three consecutive mornings between Dec. 9 and Dec. 11, and you will witness the waning crescent moon as it first points out the star Spica in Virgo, then Saturn, and then Venus. By the time of the winter solstice, Venus and Mercury will have sunk lower into the morning sky and they will form a nice triangle with Antares in Scorpius in the southeastern morning sky.
I watched a live feed of the total solar eclipse from northern Australia back on Nov. 13. That was quite an experience, but certainly not the same as being there. The website slooh.com did a great job broadcasting this rare event. Tens of millions of people watched it live on their website. Other websites crashed before the event even started.
Part of the eclipse was overcast, but they did get to see some of the two-minute totality, when the sun was completely covered by the moon. The corona, or atmosphere of the sun, is safe to look at without any filters during this time. There were some beautiful streamers visible in the active corona, which extends beyond the disk of the sun by the diameter of its disk.
It is ironic that the real and subtle beauty of the sun is only visible when it is completely covered by the moon. Remember that the corona is always there, but it is usually overridden by the sun itself. The next live event that slooh.com will cover is the partial lunar eclipse on Nov. 28. Then they will cover some of the Jupiter opposition early in December. You can become a member on this site for a low fee and be able to control large telescopes in the Canary Islands and Chile. Younger people are already very good at technology. Now, with the simple motion of a mouse, they can control a great telescope and get useful data from it. This is a perfect way for anyone to get involved in real science and have a lot of fun learning along the way.
December highlights
* Dec. 2 — Jupiter is at opposition.
* Dec. 6 — Last quarter moon is at 10:31 a.m. EST.
* Dec. 7 — Jupiter passes 5 degrees north of Aldebaran in Taurus.
* Dec. 9 — The asteroid Vesta is at opposition.
* Dec. 10 — The moon passes south of Saturn this morning.
* Dec. 11 — The moon passes south of Venus this morning.
* Dec. 12 — The moon is at perigee, or closest to the earth this evening at 221,876 miles.
* Dec. 13 — New moon is at 3:42 am EST. The Geminid meteor shower peaks.
* Dec. 15 — The moon passes six degrees north of Mars this morning.
* Dec. 20 — First quarter moon is at 12:19 a.m.
* Dec. 21 — Winter solstice occurs at 6:12 a.m. This marks the lowest point of the sun for the year with the longest nights and shortest days.
* Dec. 25 — The moon is at apogee, or farthest from earth at 252,337 miles today. Isaac Newton was born on this day in 1642. The moon passes 0.4 degrees south of Jupiter this evening.
* Dec. 28 — Full moon is at 5:21 am. This is also called the Long Night Moon or Moon Before Yule if it takes place before Christmas.
Bernie Reim of Wells is co-director of the Astronomical Society of Northern New England.
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Shanghai-based Plant to Assemble and Test Flash Memory
Chip Packages for Use In Mobile Phones
SHANGHAI, PR CHINA, Sep. 27, 2007 - SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), the world's largest supplier of flash storage card products, today announced the opening of its production facility in Shanghai, the company's first in the People's Republic of China. Based in Zizhu Industrial-based Science Park, SanDisk Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (SDSS) is expected to play a critical role in SanDisk's worldwide operations as the plant will focus on the assembly and test of its advanced flash memory products for mobile and other consumers in markets worldwide. SanDisk's worldwide operations function will also reside at the Shanghai facility. The announcement was made today at a press conference held at the facility.
The new SanDisk manufacturing plant produces a flash memory-based chip package called System-in-a-Package (SiP), which is particularly valuable in mobile phones where there is limited space due to their small size.
"Shanghai is a strategic location that is close to our supply partners and allows us to stay ahead of the curve as we seek to bring our products to market faster," said Sanjay Mehrotra, president and Chief Operating Officer at SanDisk. "We believe our new state-of-the-art facility will help us to meet the growing demand for storage cards as consumers increasingly use their mobile phones to view photos, listen to music as well as record and play videos."
The new 34,000 square meter facility is a vertically integrated production operation with all test and assembly processes carried out at the plant-from receiving wafers from the company's fabrication sources, or fabs, based in Japan to shipping complete products to customers. The production capacity of SDSS is expected to meet approximately 30 percent of SanDisk's SiP products projected global demand.
Mehrotra added, "From Shanghai, SanDisk will lead our global drive for ever improving operational efficiency and effectiveness to further strengthen our leadership in areas of product quality, competitive cost and customer satisfaction. The transformation of our supply chain is a strategic step for the next phase of growth for SanDisk."
Randhir Thakur, executive vice president of technology and world wide operations at SanDisk, said, "Our new facility will produce some of SanDisk's most technically sophisticated flash memory products, such as the 4 and 8 memory-die stacks required in high capacity microSD, SDHC™ and Memory Stick Micro™ (M2) cards for mobile devices, with plans to set up a locally based development team for new products. The selection of Zizhu Science Park for our plant location gives us an advantage in recruiting the wealth of talent from neighboring leading universities-Jiaotong University and Huadong University-as well as from the Shanghai area."
Thakur commented, "We would like to thank the Shanghai municipality, Minhang district and Zizhu Science Park for their tremendous support. This support has helped SanDisk establish its presence in Shanghai and build this state-of-the-art facility in record time."
Juha Raisanen, senior vice president at SanDisk, is responsible for managing end-to-end supply chain and overseeing SanDisk's worldwide backend manufacturing operations organization. His office will be located at the Shanghai facility. CK Lin has been appointed general manager of the SanDisk Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. factory.
SanDisk is the original inventor of flash storage cards and is the world's largest supplier of flash data storage card products, using its patented, high-density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., and has operations worldwide, with more than half its sales outside the U.S.
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(Corrects to say private. not public, exchanges and clarifies cost savings is for retirees. Adds quote from IBM spokesman.)
Sept 6 (Reuters) - IBM plans to move U.S. retirees off its company-sponsored health plan and shift them into new private insurance exchanges as a way of lowering costs for retirees.
IBM had selected Extend Health, which is owned by Towers Watson & Co, to provide retirees with new health options for medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage, the company said in a statement on Friday.
The plan, it said, offered IBM retirees more choice and better value than the company could provide through existing group plans.
IBM also said it was hosting meetings with groups of retirees across the country to inform them about the move to the country's largest private Medicare Exchange.
While some retirees may be skeptical, studies showed that the majority of people have a more positive outlook once they were presented with the concept and understood the options available to them through these exchanges, IBM said.
Moving retirees to an exchange allows companies to reduce rising health care costs.
"IBM didn't make this change to save money - it does not reduce our costs," a spokesman said.
Projections indicate that healthcare costs under IBM's current plans for Medicare-eligible retirees would triple by 2020, largely impacting retiree premiums and out-of-pocket costs for retirees, he said. With this move, he added, risks are spread across a much larger group in the private marketplace.
According to the website Alliance@IBM, an employee group, the plan will come into effect starting Jan. 1, 2014.
IBM, the world's largest technology-services company, has been reining in costs to ensure stable profits amid slowing demand for hardware.
At the end of last month most of its staff in its services and technology group was asked to take a week furlough at one-third of normal pay, according to Alliance@IBM.
The company took a $1 billion restructuring charge related to job cuts in its second quarter.
The cuts were taken mainly outside of the United States, a spokesman said at the time, adding about 60 percent were from IBM's services division and 20 percent each from its hardware and software segments.
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Who needs a boyfriend when you've got girlfriends like these? Julianne Hough took a break from her busy work schedule to spend some quality time with her gal pals on a beach day excursion on Saturday, March 16.
"Beachin' with my bitches," she captioned the fun, sun-filled shot, with herself wedged between Nina Dobrev, stylist Riawna Capri, Morgan Johnson and friend Jill. "#friendsarethebesttherapy."
Before their shoreside relaxation, Hough, 24, and her gaggle of girlfriends made it a full-on girls day out by first popping by a hair salon in Beverly Hills.
"Rolling to the beach with a Roller in the hair hahaha," Dobrev, also 24, captioned a photo of herself.
This is seemingly the happiest Hough has been in public since news of her split with beau Ryan Seacrest, 38, emerged late Friday evening. Hours before the news hit that evening, the Safe Haven actress stepped out in Beverly Hills with a glum expression on her face, clad in a black-and-white print dress, leather jacket, sunglasses and a fedora.
Hough has been posting words of inspiration on her Instagram since, including one snap of a quote she stumbled upon on a blackboard at a Coffee Bean on Friday, March 15.
"I can't tell you the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone," the Ed Sheeran quote read.
"Love when these things catch your eyes int he most unexpected places," she captioned the photo.
"It Gets Better," she wrote in another post.
Hough and the American Idol host reportedly split after more than two years of dating because of their conflicting schedules.
"He never sleeps!" one source tells Us of Seacrest's demanding work schedule. The Idol host also has his own radio show, On Air With Ryan Seacrest, and holds red carpet duties throughout the year. "It's a lifestyle she couldn't handle anymore."
"I think this is for good," another pal tells Us of the pair calling it quits. "They both just sort of knew they couldn't do it anymore."
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April 29 – Got Privilege? Get Wise!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 – 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Location: Phoenix Room and Christie Theatre
Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the United States, and has been called, "One of the most brilliant, articulate and courageous critics of white privilege in the nation." Wise, was recently named one of "25 Visionaries Who are Changing Your World," by Utne Reader. He has spoken in 49 states, on over 600 college campuses, and to community groups across the nation. He has also lectured internationally in Canada and Bermuda on issues of comparative racism, race and education, racism and religion, and racism in the labor market.
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Freddie Prinze Jr's Daughter Charlotte Is His Mini Look-Alike!
Those brown eyes, that dark hair. Charlotte is the spitting image of her hunky dad, Freddie. And she's just as cute to boot!
Wow! Another adorable daddy-daughter look-alike! Sarah Michelle Gellar, 33, stepped out with baby Charlotte Grace, 1, in New York City yesterday, March 17, and all we could think about was how much she looks like her daddy, 90s teen heartthrob Freddie Prinze Jr, 35. Right?
She has his hair color, his brown eyes and even his eyebrow shape! Too cute.
Sarah Michelle has returned to work after a two year hiatus and is currently filming scenes for her latest pilot, Ringer.
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SAN JOSE — Tickets are selling briskly for Saturday's UFC on Fox 7 event at HP Pavilion.
More than 12,000 tickets had been sold as of early Thursday afternoon, said UFC Director of Communications Dave Sholler, who added the capacity for the event will be approximately 13,500 seats. He expects brisk sales up to start of the event.
"This whole area up here is big into MMA, and has been for a long time, so it's always fun to come back to San Jose," UFC President Dana White said Thursday.


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Last week, the rover's science team announced that analysis of powder from a drilled mudstone rock on Mars indicates past environmental conditions that were favorable for microbial life. Additional findings presented today (March 18) at a news briefing at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas, suggest those conditions extended beyond the site of the drilling.
Using infrared-imaging capability of a camera on the rover and an instrument that shoots neutrons into the ground to probe for hydrogen, researchers have found more hydration of minerals near the clay-bearing rock than at locations Curiosity visited earlier.
The rover's Mast Camera (Mastcam) can also serve as a mineral-detecting and hydration-detecting tool, reported Jim Bell of Arizona State University, Tempe. "Some iron-bearing rocks and minerals can be detected and mapped using the Mastcam's near-infrared filters."
Ratios of brightness in different Mastcam near-infrared wavelengths can indicate the presence of some hydrated minerals. The technique was used to check rocks in the "Yellowknife Bay" area where Curiosity's drill last month collected the first powder from the interior of a rock on Mars. Some rocks in Yellowknife Bay are crisscrossed with bright veins.
"With Mastcam, we see elevated hydration signals in the narrow veins that cut many of the rocks in this area," said Melissa Rice of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. "These bright veins contain hydrated minerals that are different from the clay minerals in the surrounding rock matrix."
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Findings presented today from the Canadian-made Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) on Curiosity's arm indicate that the wet environmental processes that produced clay at Yellowknife Bay did so without much change in the overall mix of chemical elements present. The elemental composition of the outcrop Curiosity drilled into matches the composition of basalt. For example, it has basalt-like proportions of silicon, aluminum, magnesium and iron. Basalt is the most common rock type on Mars. It is igneous, but it is also thought to be the parent material for sedimentary rocks Curiosity has examined.
"The elemental composition of rocks in Yellowknife Bay wasn't changed much by mineral alteration," said Curiosity science team member Mariek Schmidt of Brock University, Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
A dust coating on rocks had made the composition detected by APXS not quite a match for basalt until Curiosity used a brush to sweep the dust away. After that, APXS saw less sulfur.
"By removing the dust, we've got a better reading that pushes the classification toward basaltic composition," Schmidt said. The sedimentary rocks at Yellowknife Bay likely formed when original basaltic rocks were broken into fragments, transported, re-deposited as sedimentary particles, and mineralogically altered by exposure to water.
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Project is using Curiosity to investigate whether an area within Mars' Gale Crater has ever offered an environment favorable for microbial life. Curiosity, carrying 10 science instruments, landed seven months ago to begin its two-year prime mission. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.
For more about the mission, visit: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl .
You can follow the mission on Facebook and Twitter at: http://www.facebook.com/marscuriosity and http://www.twitter.com/marscuriosity .
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- Rock Target 'Knorr' Near Curiosity in Rover's Self-Portrait
- Target 'Wernecke' After Brushing by Curiosity
- Elemental Compositions of 'Yellowknife Bay' Rocks
- Veins and Nodules at 'Knorr' Target in 'Yellowknife Bay' of Gale Crater
- Indication of Hydration in Veins and Nodules of 'Knorr' in 'Yellowknife Bay'
- Hydration Map, Based on Mastcam Spectra, for 'Knorr' Rock Target
- Rock "Tintina" Exposes "Yellowknife Bay" Vein Material
- Hydration Map, Based on Mastcam Spectra, for broken rock 'Tintina'
- Close-up View of Broken Mars Rock 'Tintina'
- Mast Camera and Its Calibration Target on Curiosity Rover
- Filters for Color Imaging and for Science
- 'Raw,' 'Natural' and 'White-Balanced' Views of Martian Terrain
- Using Curiosity's Mast Camera to View Scene in 'Natural' Color
- Using False Color from Curiosity's Mast Camera
- Bluish-Black Rock with White 'Crystals' on Mars
- Bluish Color in Broken Rock in 'Yellowknife Bay'
- Drill Hole Image and Spectra Acquired by Mastcam
- Comparing Mastcam and Laboratory Spectra
- Variations of DAN measurements along Curiosity traverse
- Two Types of Modeling of Subsurface Water
- Variation in Water Content in Martian Subsurface Along Curiosity's Traverse
- Variation in Subsurface Water In 'Yellowknife Bay'


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I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend!
In addition to relaxing and enjoying the sun, over the weekend my friends at GrubKit and I launched a new recipe kit. Following the success of our first collaboration, the Kung Pao Chicken GrubKit, we decided to put together a General Tso's Chicken kit based on the popular recipe from this site.
(Read more about our collaboration with Grubkit here.)
The kit, featuring the classic Chinese-American takeout dish that was first introduced in New York in the 1970s, is aimed at cooks who want a more challenging recipe, but with the ease of having all the necessary ingredients by your side. (We use the best ingredients possible, so rest assured your dish ends up tasting even better than the one at your favorite takeout spot.) The kits also make fantastic gifts. So head on over to GrubKit to take a peak at the General Tso's GrubKit and other Chinese, Thai, Indian, and baking kits!


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For those of us who oppose ObamaCare both on principle and on practical considerations, repeal is the only possible fix we can see. For those who support ObamaCare on principle, the only path is to allow it to roll out completely so its benefits can be fully seen — although it's worth pointing out that even the law's originators in the White House apparently don't agree, since they keep unilaterally delaying full implementation as the law creates more political disasters. Polling shows that the electorate is somewhere in the middle, with a plurality or thin majority wanting fixes now within the framework of ObamaCare to make it better. That includes today's CBS/NYT poll, although the difference between fix and repeal is getting narrow.
Hillary Clinton took aim at that middle ground today. In remarks made to a health-care group in Florida, the presumptive 2016 presidential candidate acknowledged that the law has run off the rails in part, but that Washington should fix those rather than starting over from scratch:
Hillary Clinton backed efforts to alter Obamacare on Wednesday, but also used her remarks to a health care group in Florida to offer a full defense of the sweeping and controversial law.
"I think we are on the right track in many respects but I would be the first to say if things aren't working then we need people of good faith to come together and make evidence-based changes," the former secretary of state and possible 2016 presidential candidate said.
We hear this a lot, but when asked for details from ObamaCare activists about the failures that need correcting, we usually get the talking points about what they thought was bad about the status quo ante. Hillary, though, conceded that the impact of the law on full-time working status and on small businesses needed to be addressed, even though she described the latter as "small business of 50 or more" employees, which would include all businesses that fall under the mandate. (Small businesses with less than 50 employees are not required to provide coverage.)
So what's working right about ObamaCare? Er …
Clinton also singled out certain provisions of the health care law as successful. The former first lady said she supported children under 26 being able to remain on their parents' health plans and that Obamacare allows more people access to preventive care.
The first change hardly required a national takeover of the insurance industry to accomplish, even though it's still of dubious value. In an economy that actually produced above-population-growth job creation, young adults would have an easier time of getting their own insurance rather than making Mom & Dad responsible for their upkeep well into adulthood. Access to preventive care was not a big issue, either; everyone had access to it with or without health insurance, and as the premium spikes in the last few months demonstrate, they don't come free either way.
What's missing from Hillary's list of ObamaCare wins? Oh, items like bending the cost curve downward, insuring the uninsured, and if you like your plan/doctor, you can keep your plan/doctor. The first two were supposedly the primary reason that health-care reform had to take the form of a government takeover of the entire system and forced participation. The third was the promise that a government takeover of the entire system would have no impact on the 85% of Americans who were already insured, with 87% of those satisfied with their health care. Instead, ObamaCare has made the system unstable, more expensive, and made many Americans less able to keep their current providers while seeing more money come out of their pockets for plans they didn't want.
We can talk about mending it instead of ending it, but there simply is no mending it. What's broken is the system itself, because it's based on the idea that government can competently run a command economy. That's what needs to be "mended." By 2016, most Americans will have personal experience with the endemic failure of a command health-care economy, and Hillary will have to find a new position.


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McCardell airs drinking age plan in Atlantic's "Ideas" issue
I came home to my latest issue of The Atlantic earlier this month, started flipping through the magazine, and discovered — lo and behold! — that one of our Middlebury neighbors has a prominent place in the magazine's featured "Ideas: Fixing the World" section. John McCardell — a president emeritus and history professor at Middlebury College — is gaining national attention for his plan to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18. While not quite as humorous as his appearance on the Colbert Report a few weeks back, his brief essay in the magazine is worth a look. McCardell writes:"The way our society addresses this (binge drinking) problem has been about as effective as a parachute that opens on the second bounce. Clearly, state laws mandating a minimum drinking age of 21 haven't eliminated drinking by young adults—they've simply driven it underground, where life and health are at greater risk."McCardell's idea? Teach drinking. Read more here, and check out McCardell's organization at www.chooseresponsibility.org.(McCardell isn't the only Middlebury man to crop up in the pages of the Atlantic recently — back in May, Middlebury College professor Jay Parini contributed "How Historical Fiction Went High Brow", also well worth a read.)


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SUBJECT: Honor Graduate Certificate
The Texas Education Agency allows each public and accredited non-public high school in Texas one "Honor Graduate Certificate." This Certificate shall be presented to the highest ranking graduate in the senior class. Under no circumstances should a student ranked lower than "highest" be awarded this honor. The highest ranking graduate should receive a Certificate and a declaration document authorizing the president of any state-supported college or university to provide a waiver for tuition as specified in the law (Texas Education Code, §54.301). Some non-state-supported colleges and universities may also recognize this award and provide the tuition waiver. Students should present the declaration document to the college or university upon admission and retain the certificate for personal use.
Determination of which student is named "highest ranking graduate" at each high school is a decision which rests strictly with the local school district. Local school boards should adopt and adhere to a policy that outlines the criteria and the method by which a student is selected as the highest ranking graduate. State law contains no provision that designates the Commissioner of Education or the Texas Education Agency as the decision-making authority in this area.
Please visit tea.texas.gov/HRGforms/ for additional information including instructions for printing the certificate and submitting the verifying documents. Each high school may award a certificate to only one student except in the case of a tie as specified in the Attorney General's opinion below:
An institution of higher education is authorized to issue scholarships to more than one person in any case in which the relevant school district certifies a tie for the title of "highest ranking graduate," pursuant to Section 54.201 of the Texas Education Code, (TEC).
Op. Atty. Gen. 19892-No. MW-529. Please note that TEC Section 54.201 has been
re-designated 54.301 by the 82nd Legislature.
Although this opinion authorizes the issuance of more than one certificate in the event of a tie for "highest ranking graduate," the criteria for identifying such students must be stringently applied. It is the responsibility of the district to establish a selection process that will result in the identification of the single "highest ranking graduate." In rare cases in which more than one student meets the district's criteria for selection, two certificates may be issued; however, in no event will more than two certificates be issued for one high school.
Should you have additional questions regarding this matter, please contact Ron Heinrich in Federal and State Education Policy, email at firstname.lastname@example.com or (512) 936-6060.
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1. Temporary restraining orders are creatures of statute, and our standard of review is plenary.
2. Chapter 61 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated is the Code of Civil Procedure for Limited Actions. The trial court has no authority to issue a restraining order under Chapter 61.
Appeal from Wyandotte District Court; JUDITH KALB, judge pro tem. Opinion filed April 16, 2004. Reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded with directions.
David M. Bryan, of Kansas City, Missouri, for appellants.
Michael J. Peterson, of Kansas City, for appellee.
Before MALONE, P.J., MARQUARDT and HILL, JJ.
MARQUARDT, J.: Clubs, Inc. and Chad Waldrop (collectively, "Clubs") appeal the trial court's decision on an action for peaceable entry and forcible detainer brought by G.L. Macray. We reverse in part, vacate in part, and remand with directions.
On February 26, 2000, Clubs and Macray entered a commercial lease for a 2 1/2 year term, to expire on November 25, 2002. The lease contained an option to renew.
According to Macray's records, by October 2002, Clubs was approximately $24,000 in arrears on rent payments. Macray filed a Chapter 61 action for peaceable entry and forcible detainer. At the same time, Macray sent Clubs a "Notice to Quit." Macray informed Clubs that the lease would not be renewed and demanded that Clubs vacate the property immediately.
Waldrop threatened to burn down the building. Macray obtained an order in October 2002 restraining Waldrop from entering the property.
On October 30, 2002, Macray agreed to delay court proceedings provided that Clubs pay $12,000 cash forthwith and deliver an automobile to Macray to be held until the remaining $12,000 was paid. The remaining $12,000 was due by November 25, 2002.
A hearing was held on November 13, 2002, and Clubs did not appear. The trial court granted Macray a default judgment. Macray was granted possession of the property as of 12:01 a.m. on November 26, 2002, $21,000 in damages, and ownership of the automobile. Due to the prior agreement between Macray and Clubs, the default judgment was set aside. The trial court ordered that Clubs could remain in possession of the property until the time of trial.
In late November, Clubs attempted to negotiate a lease renewal without success. On November 24, 2002, Macray received an $1,800 check from Clubs. Clubs claimed that it was the December 2002 rent payment. The receipt for the $1,800 payment has the words "Dec Rent" written on it. Macray testified that the $1,800 payment was applied to taxes owed by Clubs.
In December 2002, the trial court ordered Macray to return the automobile to Clubs. The trial court stated, "And the $1800 for the December rent will be taken off that $12,000, unless you want to go in another year contract with him. It's going to be your decision." Regardless of the purpose of the $1,800 payment, possession of the property was returned to Macray.
At a January 2003 hearing, the trial court stated that it never found the $1,800 payment was for December rent. The trial court intended to rule that it did not know what the $1,800 payment was for, but if it was meant to be used for taxes, it was too much. Clubs timely appeals the trial court's findings.
It is undisputed that Clubs paid Macray $10,200 as ordered by the trial court, and that Macray returned the automobile to Clubs. Macray contends that this constitutes acquiescence in the judgment and the appeal should be dismissed.
Acquiescence is the voluntary compliance with all or part of the judgment. A party who voluntarily complies with a judgment cannot thereafter adopt an inconsistent position and appeal that judgment. Vanover v. Vanover, 26 Kan. App. 2d 186, 188, 987 P.2d 1105, rev. denied 268 Kan. 896 (1999).
We agree that Clubs complied with the trial court's order regarding the payment of past due rent. The issue herein is whether Clubs' payment extended its lease, giving it a right to continue its occupancy of the leased property. Clubs argues that K.S.A. 58-2502 automatically creates a new year-to-year tenancy by operation of law because of its $1,800 payment to Macray. Clubs maintains that the trial court had no discretion to find otherwise.
At the December 10, 2002, hearing the trial court stated:
"That being said, I tend to believe that the $1800 was for December rent. I'm not going to find, however, that you are bound to this contract, other than I am going to find that there is $1200 (sic) back rent owed to you, Mr. MacRae $12,000, I misspoke -- $12,000 owed to you, that that $12,000 should go to you.
"You should return Mr. Waldrop's car to him. And the $1800 for the December rent will be taken off that $12,000, unless you want to go in another year contract with him."
The journal entry filed January 14, 2003, reads:
"That the Court finds that the $1,800.00 payment was for the December 2002 rent; which said rent was after the expiration of the lease. This payment is to be returned to the Defendants."
The trial judge denied signing the journal entry. At a hearing on Clubs' motion to reconsider, the trial judge noted:
"But I don't believe that I found that the $1800 was payment for December of 2002 rent. I believe that I found I didn't know who was telling the truth as far as what the rent was . . . I don't believe I made it was a finding for rent or for taxes. I just said but if it was for taxes, it was to be returned."
The hearing concluded with the trial court noting:
"I do know that I purposely did not call it rent because it would have kicked in for another year. It would just have brought up this very point. But I do also know that I don't believe I made a determination and I wasn't asked to make a determination on what it was. And I believe -- and we've got a record. But I believe -- and if I misspoke, what I intend to have ruled was that I didn't know what the money was for."
If the $1,800 payment had been for rent, it would automatically create a year-to-year tenancy pursuant to K.S.A. 58-2502. The record on appeal contains a document that designates the $1,800 payment as rent and the owner of the premises alleges that it was used for taxes. This case is remanded to the trial court to determine the purpose of the $1,800 payment.
Clubs also argues on appeal that there is no statutory authority for the issuance of a restraining order in a Chapter 61 case. Clubs believes that the trial court issued the restraining order without proper statutory authority.
Temporary restraining orders are creatures of statute. Given that fact, our standard of review is plenary. See State v. Maass, 275 Kan. 328, 330, 64 P.3d 382 (2003).
K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 61-2801 et seq. establishes the Code of Civil Procedure for Limited Actions. K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 61-2912 enumerates certain provisions of article 2 of Chapter 60 which are adopted into Chapter 61 by reference. The procedure for issuing a restraining order is not found in article 2 of Chapter 60. See K.S.A. 60-903.
However, this is an instance when the principle of expressio unius est exclusio alterius - inclusion of one thing implies the exclusion of another - applies. When legislative intent is in question, we can presume that when the legislature expressly includes specific terms, it intends to exclude any items not expressly included in the specific list. In re Marriage of Killman, 264 Kan. 33, 42, 955 P.2d 1228 (1998).
We believe that the legislature evidenced its expressed desire to adopt only certain Chapter 60 procedures into Chapter 61. It makes sense, then, that the rest of Chapter 60 has not been incorporated into Chapter 61. That would include the provision relating to the issuance of restraining orders.
We agree with Clubs' argument that the trial court has no authority to issue a restraining order under Chapter 61. The restraining order is hereby vacated.
The case is remanded to the trial court to determine the purpose of Clubs' $1,800 payment to Macray.
Reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded with directions.
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By the middle of the third quarter of Sunday's game at Oakland, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles had his brush with football immortality.
|Most TD passes in an NFL game
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|Philadelphia Eagles
|Nov. 3, 2013
|Peyton Manning
|Denver Broncos
|Sept. 5, 2013
|Joe Kapp
|Minnesota Vikings
|Sept. 28, 1969
|Y.A. Tittle
|New York Giants
|Oct. 28, 1962
|George Blanda
|Houston Oilers
|Nov. 19, 1961
|Adrian Burk
|Philadelphia Eagles
|Oct. 17, 1954
|Sid Luckman
|Chicago Bears
|Nov. 14, 1943
Foles' seventh touchdown pass of the Eagles' 49-20 win over the Raiders, tied an NFL record held by Sid Luckman (1943), Adrian Burk (1954), George Blanda (1961), Y.A. Tittle (1962), Joe Kapp (1969) and Peyton Manning (2013).
Showing pinpoint accuracy and playing with supreme confidence, Foles also joined Brett Favre, Donovan McNabb and Tom Brady as the four quarterbacks in NFL history with 250-plus yards, at least four touchdown passes and a perfect (158.3) passer rating by halftime.
Foles didn't slow down in the third quarter, hitting LeSean McCoy, DeSean Jackson and Riley Cooper on touchdowns of 25, 46 and 5 yards, respectively.
With the Eagles up by 36 points in the fourth quarter, Matt Barkley was charged with mop-up duty, ending Foles' bid at a record-setting eighth touchdown pass.
According to Randall Liu of NFL Communications, Foles became the first quarterback in NFL history to toss seven touchdowns and finish the game with a perfect passer rating.
Of all the statistics from Foles' magical day, the most telling is that he had two more passing touchdowns by the end of the third quarter than Michael Vick has accrued all season.
For the second time in four weeks, Foles has forced coach Chip Kelly to revisit Vick's status as the starting quarterback.
Here's what else we learned in Sunday's game:
1. Chip Kelly's offense has befuddled football observers as much as opponents. Fox color analyst Tim Ryan summarized the fickle punditry, acknowledging that he changed his mind about Kelly halfway through Sunday's aerial onslaught. Even though the early-season Eagles became just the fourth team in NFL history with five consecutive games of 430 or more total yards, Kelly's offense continues to be met with skepticism. The problem with this team lies on the other side of the ball.
2. As if it wasn't bad enough that the Raiders couldn't stay competitive with a 3-5 team, the Raiders suffered a pair of injuries that could change their season's outlook. Darren McFadden aggravated his hamstring injury, and Terrelle Pryor was sent to the locker room early in the fourth quarter to have his knee examined. Pryor downplayed the injury after the game, explaining that the testing was merely "precautionary." Rashad Jennings had the best game of his career in relief of McFadden, totaling 176 yards and one touchdown on 22 touches.
3. Oakland receiver Rod Streater showed an extra gear we didn't realize he possessed on a 66-yard catch-and-run, blowing past Eagles defenders. He had taken a backseat to No. 1 receiver Denarius Moore over the past month.
4. The Raiders' defense was exposed after entering this game as a top-10 unit. It couldn't keep up with the Eagles' breakneck pace and suffered multiple breakdowns in coverage. By the time Foles tied the touchdown record, there were still 19 minutes left in the game.
5. Similarly, an Eagles run defense that had been allowing just 77 rushing yards per game over the past month was gutted for 210 yards on the ground. The 29-point margin is misleading in the sense that the Raiders actually out-gained the Eagles, 560-542 in net yards.
6. Rookie tight end Zach Ertz's role has gradually been growing at Brent Celek's expense over the past few weeks. Ertz scored his first career touchdown and posted a season-high five catches.
7. Eagles running back Bryce Brown had his best game and longest run (32) of the season, but still looks slower than last year.
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Bill Doody had two interceptions for Hampden-Sydney, including one inside his own 10-yard line to stop a North Carolina Wesleyan drive in a 21-19 win. He finished with seven tackles, five solo, and had four pass breakups.
Beloit quarterback Brian Maughn made a complete turnaround, going from a 4-for-23 performance against St. Norbert in 2009 to a 28-for-36 afternoon, passing for 357 yards in his Buccaneers' 34-31 win against the Green Knights on Saturday. Maughn led a final drive of 65 yards in seven plays in just 47 seconds to set up Mat Kahl's 22-yard game-winning field goal.
Adrian's turnaround was of a quicker nature. A week after
getting shut out by defending national champion UW-Whitewater, the
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The Merchant Marine Academy defense seemingly did enough to win, pitching a shutout, recording 10 tackles for loss and holding Coast Guard to 107 total yards, including minus-3 rushing yards. But Coast Guard came through on special teams with a kickoff return to open the game and added a 39-yard field goal after a Merchant Marine turnover to account for all the points in a 10-8 win.


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The father of a 16-year-old Chicora boy killed in 2015 in an alcohol-fueled ATV accident says he hopes a multi-million-dollar civil judgment against the man accused of providing the alcohol serves as "a lesson" to other adults.
Charles Buck, the father of Briggs Buck, who was killed the night of Feb. 27, 2015, said the $5.923 million judgment entered Thursday against Steven Rider Jr., 35, formerly of Parker Township, was "symbolic" for him and Briggs' mother, Kimberly.
"We will never see a dime of this," said Charles Buck. "And it's never, ever been about the money. It's more a punishment that we wanted to continue and try to get more justice."
Butler County Court of Common Pleas Judge Marilyn Horan on Thursday ordered Rider — who pleaded guilty Jan. 19, 2017 to two counts of recklessly endangering another person and one count of corruption of minors stemming from Briggs' death — to pay the Buck family nearly $3 million in lost wages, $2.5 million in "punitive damages" and nearly $1 million in other assorted damages.
Rider, who was initially charged with involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of children in addition to the charges to which he pleaded guilty, was sentenced Feb. 22, 2017 to 2 1/2 to 8 years in prison.
Charles Buck, who called his son "a great kid" who is still remembered as a generous friend who transcended social cliques, said he wants the civil judgment to "haunt" Rider "for the rest of his life."
"At least this will be held over his head," Buck said. "I hope the guy can never even get a Sheetz card."
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Sean Bell, No Justice – Now What?
Fifty-plus bullets fired at human beings who have no weapons of their own can only be looked upon as murder and attempted murder – no matter who the shooters are, and just because you miss the intended target, bad aim should not get you off the hook.
[On The Spot]
It is sad to say, a lot of us were not surprised with State Supreme Court Judge Arthur J. Cooperman's verdict.
You have to ask yourself again, what happened to justice?
Let's say we are watching a basketball championship game and the player on team red takes the first shot, and misses. No one remembers that miss. Now there only three seconds left to play the game and team red is down by one point and has the ball for the last shot.
The player shoots and misses and they lose the game. Everyone remembers the last shot and blames the loss on the last shooter. This may be a bad scenario, so go get your own.
The verdict was set to fail when the secret Grand Jury was unable to get murder indictments on each of the five undercover cops who discharged their issued weapon – and did not hold two of them responsible for the first bullet exiting their firearm at all.
No matter what club Sean Bell, Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield were coming from that morning, it is a fact the crime scene was invented from start to finish on Liverpool Street between 94th and 95th Street; in Southeast Queens.
These undercover cops, Michael Oliver, Gescard Isnora, Marc Cooper, Michael Carey, Paul Headley, Hispolito Sanchez, Lt. Gary Napoli and two female officers, knew nothing about these three men before deciding to unleash a barrage of bullets into the vehicle they were in.
Fifty-plus bullets fired at human beings who have no weapons of their own can only be looked upon as murder and attempted murder – no matter who the shooters are, and just because you miss the intended target, bad aim should not get you off the hook.
Are we to believe, someone said, "Go get my gun," and these undercover cops were scared and in their mind a crime was going to happen?
What if these victims had turned out to be off duty Court Officers or Correction Officers or Armed Security Guards or armored carriers' guards? What if they were the sons of NYPD members, or politicians or my sons or your sons? Does it matter?
Hearing words does not give any law enforcement person the authority to shoot, to reload, and shoot again.
It's been a while since I lost respect for the criminal justice system. I do not have to hang out in Judge Cooperman's neighborhood to question him about the verdict, because it is greater than he.
This verdict was no different from the thousands of verdicts that are cast each week. We have turned away from a wicked system that has been reintroducing slavery across this country, since the so called, "Emancipation Proclamation."
In part, Judge Cooperman writes in his verdict, "…prior inconsistent statements, inconsistencies in testimony among prosecution witnesses, the renunciation of prior statements, criminal convictions, the interest of some witnesses in the outcome of the case, the demeanor on the witness stand of other witnesses and the motive witnesses may have had to lie…."
Somewhere I read, impartiality "implies that judges must not harbor preconceptions about the matter put before them and that they must not act in ways that promote the interests of one of the parties." [Karttune v. Finland, (387/1989), 23 October 1992, Report of the HRC, vol. ll, (A/48/40), 1993, at 120, para. 7.2]
For Judge Cooperman to believe the defendants' account of the incident, when in fact they could not even remember firing their weapon minutes after the shooting is preposterous. According to Cooperman, "… the people's ability to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt and had the effect of eviscerating the credibility of those prosecution witnesses. And, at times, the testimony just didn't make sense…."
What about the facts and the killing?
How could these witnesses' testimonies "make sense," out of a crime that did not make sense from the beginning? There was no gun found at the scene. How did a bullet go 80 feet in the air? Why was 50 plus bullets fired at a moving vehicle? Did any of the undercover cops have more than two drinks with alcohol? Did the undercover cops who had, "two drinks," shoot their weapon? Who can make sense of this?
Will we ever know how Judge Cooperman came to his decision?
"This court must determine what the facts are, apply those facts to the applicable law, and render a verdict," Cooperman writes. But, what is applicable law? What happened to the penal law, which these defendants were charged under? What jurisdiction was Judge Cooperman operating under? Did Bell, Guzman and Benefield have standing under that jurisdiction?
In the case of Rosser-El v. United States, which alleges – "2/3 of the members of the House of Representatives present to vote did not approve the proposed 14th Amendment on June 13, 1866. Rather, the case alleges that the proposal was three votes short of approval. As a result, the case alleges that the 14th Amendment is not valid, thus meaning blacks do not truly have U.S. citizenship or equal protection under federal law," and state law as well.
State Supreme Court Judge Arthur J. Cooperman made it very clear to the African-American community not to look or expect any justice in his court. Cooperman went as far to explain his reasoning before the verdict. In fact, verdicts such as his have been a plague on the African American community since slavery.
"Accordingly, the court finds each defendant not guilty," Judge Cooperman says in his verdict. Many have responded to the verdict on the street. Here is a comment I heard upon stepping out of the court house: "Those murderers got away with murder. One cop shot 31 times and walked; this is bullshit; total bullshit."
Cooperman prejudged each witness who came before him to tell what they knew and remembered the best way they could. Clearly, Cooperman's verdict appeared to be perceived way before April 25th.
Some of us want to believe the New York State Criminal Justice System is really blind. To understand what happened in the Sean Bell, Joseph Guzman, and Trent Benefield case; and other cases across this country, you have to first read the 1991 "New York State Judicial Commission On Minorities Report."
The long wait to hear a verdict that can be viewed as criminal and reckless, raises some serious Human Rights and Constitutional issues, which resulted in civil rights leaders and a few politicians calling on the federal government to review Judge Cooperman's verdict in the interest of justice.
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Achoo! Under the right conditions, a sneeze or cough can spread sickness far and wide. All it takes is for one infected person on a plane or in a crowded room to pass the condition to dozens, maybe hundreds more.
Most of us understand how a virus spreads and epidemics begin. But few use that knowledge when communicating to reach a larger audience. By making your communications more contagious, or "sticky," you can increase their impact, longevity and spread.
The 1918 Influenza epidemic was the deadliest plague in history. It killed more people in 24 weeks than AIDS killed in 24 years, more in a year than the Black Plague in a century.
According to The Great Influenza by John Barry, the virus had humble beginnings. It started in isolated Haskell County, Kansas. Soldiers on leave caught and brought it to the 60,000 men at nearby Fort Pierce. Aided troop movements, it circled the globe and killed 50-100 million people in 18 months.
Information moves even faster than disease. Within minutes the entire world knew about the 9/11 attacks. Media helped initially, but word-of-mouth spread it around the globe in minutes. That's because 9/11 was the ultimate sticky message, one quickly shared by friends, family and coworkers.
Going Viral
Viral videos also show how quickly information spreads. Unfortunately, the odds of creating a successful viral video are miniscule. In fact, Advertising Age columnist Bob Garfield recommends you don't even bother trying.
"Fishing for rainbow trout? If you catch one," he writes by way of analogy, "it'll probably weigh 2 pounds. You will not catch a 42-pound rainbow trout. Oh, it's been done…and it's conceivable somebody will hook another one. But it won't be you. "
Fortunately, you don't need a viral video or 9/11 to make sticky messages. With a few simple tips, your media releases, direct mail and website will be more likely to cling.
Money magazine provides an opportunity to compare the stickiness of different messages. Five health nonprofits placed ads the magazine. None were outrageous or "went viral."
But the Alzheimer's Association's ad was better and incorporated elements of all six criteria needed to create a sticky and more memorable message.
Six Steps to Stickiness
How do you get "sticky?" Authors Chip and Dan Health offer six recommendations in Made to Stick. Elements of each can be seen in the Alzheimer's Association ad above.
- Simplicity – Strip your ideas to their core elements.
- Unexpectedness – Being different captures and holds someone's attention.
- Concreteness – Specificity makes your message easier to process and remember.
- Credibility – Are your spokespersons believable?
- Emotion – Connect beyond facts and figures.
- Stories – Are memorable and effective teaching tools.
While no guarantee (not all seven-footers play in the NBA), incorporating these elements will make your messages more contagious. Like sneezing on a crowded airplane.
Popcorn Problem
The Center for Science in the Public Interest had a problem: How to convince the media and public about the unhealthiness of movie popcorn (37 grams of saturated fat per serving).
That's a tall order. Americans are inundated with messages on healthy eating. How could CSPI break through the noise, and get noticed, with nothing more than dry fact (37 grams of fat)?
They called a called a press conference with the following message: A medium-sized movie popcorn contains more saturated fat than a bacon and egg breakfast, a Big Mac and fries for lunch, and steak dinner with all the trimmings.
And just in case the reporters missed the message, each item was carefully laid out on a table for comparison.
The story contained nearly every element of stickiness. The result? CSPI generated national media coverage and public awareness. More importantly, their sticky message mobilized the public to demand healthier popcorn options at the movies.
Information spreads like a virus. The stickier your message, the more likely you'll create an information epidemic.
Creating "sticky" communications is not difficult. It starts with knowing your audience, what you want them to do ("call to action") and what motivates them to act.
Then, following the Six Steps to Stickiness, you can generate communications that people will read, respond to, and pass along to their friends, co-workers and loved ones and others.
A barrier to creating stickiness is often an unwillingness to be "unexpected." The good news is that you don't have to be outrageous to get noticed.
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