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At an age when most kids fill their days with naps and play dates, five-year-old Duda Bundchen already has a career as a budding fashion designer. And if her last name sounds familiar, it should — she's the niece of supermodel Gisele Bundchen.
The Brazilian child is partnering with local kids-wear brand Brandili Mundi, for whom she served as spokesmodel last year. Her stint was such a success that the company offered to keep her on until 2013 while also giving her the chance to launch her own collection, which will hit store shelves in July.
So how much design input does the tot actually have? Germano Costa, the commercial and marketing director of Brandili Textil, the parent company to Brandili Mundi, said, "She told us about her preferences on prints, cuts and details, and based on the briefing we received from her we came up with a collaborative collection. The pieces were all approved by Duda, whose romantic inspiration will no doubt catch girls' eyes."
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At least it is for the first time in "Big Brother" history. The CBS reality hit added a disclaimer prior to the airing of Sunday night's episode in the wake of season 15's racism controversy.
"'Big Brother' is a reality show about a group of people who have no privacy 24/7," the disclaimer read. "At times, the Houseguests may reveal prejudices and other beliefs that CBS does not condone. Views or opinions expressed by a Houseguest are those of the individuals speaking and do not represent the views or opinions of CBS. Viewer discretion is advised."
READ: Julie Chen reacts to racial controversy
CBS' disclaimer comes after "Big Brother" made headlines when several houseguests, namely Aaryn Gries and GinaMarie Zimmerman, were overheard using racial and homophobic slurs during the program's 24-hour live feeds. Their comments were later exposed on-air.
This is just the latest fallout from the controversy: Gries, who was overheard making racist comments about fellow contestant Helen Kim, was recently fired by her modeling agency, and Zimmerman also lost her job as a pageant coordinator.
During Sunday's episode, several contestants confronted Gries about her racist remarks, which she called "jokes" that were misconstrued.
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"We certainly find the statements made by several of the houseguests on the live Internet feed to be offensive," the network said in their statement, while host Julie Chen spoke out about Gries and Zimmerman's comment on her daytime show "The Talk." "I have to be honest, the Asian ones hit me the most. It stung," she said. "I took it personally. I'm a human being."


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The Miami Marlins sent OF Christian Yelich to the minors Friday, March 22, after he hit .364 with five home runs and 14 RBIs this spring. He will start the year at Double-A Jacksonville. P Jonathan Albaladejo and C Jake Jefferies were reassigned to minor league camp and P Tom Koehler was optioned to Triple-A New Orleans.
Fantasy Tip: Yelich must prove himself in the minors, but he has a decent shot to make his major league debut. Jake Marisnick, the Marlins' other prized outfield prospect, is older and more advanced, though, so he may see a call-up before Yelich.
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The Miami Marlins optioned P Omar Poveda and P Chris Hatcher to Triple-A New Orleans and optioned P Arquimedes Caminero to Single-A Jupiter. They also reassigned P Jose Alvarez, P Corey Madden, P A.J. Ramos, P Rob Rasmussen and C Jake Jefferies to minor league camp. SP Sean West was outrighted to the minors.
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The Miami Marlins have announced that 22 players, including 11 organizational players, have received invitations to major league spring training camp. Ps Jose Alvarez, Robert Delaney, Chad Gaudin, Gary Glover, Chad James, Corey Madden, J.D. Martin, Rob Rasmussen, Robert Ray, Alejandro Ramos and Elih Villanueva, Cs Jake Jefferies, Luke Montz, Clint Sammons and Kyle Skipworth, INFs Nick Green, Donovan Solano, Terry Tiffee and Gil Velazquez and OFs Kyle Jensen and Aaron Rowand will participate in camp.
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A slogan painted on trucks and taxicabs all over Africa, much beloved by metaphor-hunting authors, reads: NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT. This is true, but some are recurring. Tyranny in Zimbabwe, famine in Niger, a constitutional coup in Togo, rampant corruption in Kenya, protesters shot in Ethiopia, an epidemic in Angola, civil war in Sudan–those are this year's headlines, but if you think you've heard it all before, you have. Martin Meredith, in his new book The Fate of Africa, writes that "what is so striking about the fifty-year period since independence is the extent to which African states have suffered so many of the same misfortunes." Some countries, like Nigeria and Zambia, have gone through cycles of reform and decay. But Meredith's subtitle–From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair–sums up the overall trend. It's hard to imagine now, but in the heady days of the 1960s, much of the continent was no less prosperous than South Korea or Malaysia. While those Asian nations have transformed themselves into economic "tigers," however, gross domestic products across Africa shrank during the last two decades of the twentieth century. Africans are getting poorer, not richer. They are living shorter, hungrier lives.
The decline of an entire continent confounds our preconceptions about human advancement. The economist Jeffrey Sachs points out in his recent book The End of Poverty that our Hegelian notion of linear progress is relatively new. For most of history, humans lived miserable existences and couldn't expect better before the afterlife. But since the Industrial Revolution the situation has improved, and not only in the rich countries of Europe and North America. Between 1981 and 2001, Sachs says, hundreds of millions of people, many of them in Asian nations like China and India, emerged from extreme poverty. But a billion have been left behind, most of them in Africa. "The greatest tragedy of our time," Sachs writes, is that one-sixth of all humans still live a dollar-a-day existence, scraping by on the margins of starvation.
How can one continent be so out of step with humankind's march of progress? Everyone agrees that Africans are desperately poor and typically endure governments that are, to varying degrees, corrupt and capricious. The dispute is about causes and consequences. One group–call it the poverty-first camp–believes African governments are so lousy precisely because their countries are so poor. The other group–the governance-first camp–holds that Africans are impoverished because their rulers keep them that way. The argument may seem pedantic, but there are billions of dollars at stake, and millions of lives. The fundamental question is whether those who are well-off can salve a continent's suffering, or if, for all our good intentions, Africans are really on their own.
Recently, the poverty-first crowd has been making a lot of noise. The weekend before the July G-8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, millions of people watched as pop stars in cities around the world played concerts organized by Africa crusader Bob Geldof. The event's platform–forgive Africa's debts, increase its development aid, end trade policies that undermine its exports–echoed the recommendations of Sachs, the antipoverty movement's house economist. A Columbia University professor and an adviser to Kofi Annan, Sachs has lately become a favorite brain of the US Weekly set: Bono wrote his book's introduction, and he recently starred alongside Angelina Jolie in an MTV special about their travels in Kenya. The celebrity endorsements amplify Sachs's serious argument that for too long, rich countries have done too little to help the poor. At the end of the Gleneagles summit, world leaders announced that they would increase global aid by about $50 billion by 2010. Sachs says the poor need much more, right away: about $75 billion a year, half of it for Africa. "I reject the plaintive cries of the doomsayers who say that ending poverty is impossible," he writes.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Reliever Francisco Rodriguez joined the Orioles before Wednesday's game in Kansas City still a little surprised he was suddenly wearing a Baltimore uniform after having been acquired in a trade.
Trade rumors had him linked to a lot of teams, and "Baltimore was not one of them, so it was pretty much the same thing as when I was traded from the Mets" to the Brewers in 2011, Rodriguez said from his corner locker in the clubhouse at Kauffman Stadium. "So it was a shock, but at the same time happy."
The 31-year-old right-hander, acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for infield prospect Nick Delmonico, now finds himself with a contender.
"Hopefully, I can take some pressure off the guys a little bit and help them out the best I can," Rodriguez said. "I've been used to a heavy workload. To me, it's normal. Hopefully, my experience can bring another piece to them and set up more roles. And help them out a little more."
Orioles manager Buck Showalter didn't shed much light on how Rodriguez will be used in the bullpen.
"He's going to be used to get outs," Showalter said. "We have 27 outs before they score more runs than we do, and they're all important. He's got a pedigree and a background, and he's been in the fire a lot. Anytime you can add one of those guys, hats off to our minor league staff and minor league development people to produce a player worthy of bringing him back."
Rodriguez figures to be a late-inning arm — he was 1-1 with a 1.09 ERA and 10 saves with the Brewers, emerging from a minor league deal to become the team's closer — but Jim Johnson's job is not in jeopardy.
Asked whether Rodriguez could get save opportunities on days when Johnson is unavailable, Showalter said, "No more than Darren O'Day or Tommy Hunter, or if the matchups are right, [Brian] Matusz or [Troy] Patton, [Jairo] Asencio if it fits.
"I feel comfortable that we have a lot of people capable of doing it," Showalter said. "He knows and our guys know what he's here for, and it's another good 'what if?' You can't pitch every day, so there are days when a win presents itself and you need to have other weapons."
Rodriguez started the season late, signing a minor league deal with the Brewers in mid-April before receiving a call-up in mid-May, so he said he's fresher than in past years.
"I started late and played winter ball," he said. "I only have 24 [2/3] innings. Usually by now, [I'd have] 50 to 60 innings, so [I'm] definitely a lot fresher. And hopefully that will be beneficial now.
"It's been a strange year for me," he added. "But at the same time it's been really good — home at the beginning of the season, minor leagues and then here with a different ballclub. It's just been a long ride, but it's been fun at the same time. So I'm looking forward to this challenge. Now I have it, and it's my job to step up."
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The Orioles have received trade interest in Chris Dickerson, who was designated for assignment Friday to make room for Urrutia. He's expected to be dealt within the next few days. … Right-hander Steve Johnson (St. Paul's), making a rehabilitation start for short-season Single-A Aberdeen, pitched 21/3 innings, allowing two earned runs — one on a solo homer — on three hits with four strikeouts and one walk. … Manny Machado entered Wednesday's game with 71 hits on the road, most in the majors. His 19 multi-hit games on the road are tied for second-most behind the Oakland Athletics' Josh Donaldson (20).


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A former police constable has been found guilty of offering to sell a story to the Sun about a "womanising and bullying" colleague.
Darren Jennings, who worked for Wiltshire Police, went on trial at the Old Bailey charged with committing misconduct in a public office.
Jennings, 41, of Saffron Walden, Essex, denied asking the Sun to pay £10,000 in exchange for scandalous information in September 2010, claiming he was "set up".
But the jury of six men and six women found him guilty following a trial.
The court heard that the twice-married father of two contacted the Sun about his colleague Sergeant Mark Andrews, who had recently been arrested for an assault in custody.
Jennings, posing under the pseudonym Robert Stone, sent an email to a journalist saying the married sergeant had affairs with colleagues, including a police community support officer (PCSO), special constable and an ex-PCSO, the court heard.
He alleged Sgt Andrews took part in a threesome with another male officer and a female police officer and regularly went to a strip bar in Salisbury, prosecutor Oliver Glasgow said.
He went on to claim the officer bullied a colleague who later had a mental breakdown, the court heard.
The defendant also alleged that the sergeant used excessive force towards members of the public at Salisbury police station and on one occasion slammed a woman's head against a concrete floor, jurors were told.
Sgt Andrews was convicted at Oxford Magistrates' Court of assault occasioning actual bodily harm but that was later quashed on appeal, the trial heard.
Asking for £10,000 for the information, Jennings told the Sun journalist: "I'm taking a massive risk in giving this information and have an enormous amount to lose by doing so if I am found out."
The story was never published and Jennings's contact emerged only after officers trawled through millions of emails in the Sun database as part of the phone-hacking investigation in 2012.
Police linked him to the Sun through an examination of his laptop and home phone records, jurors were told.
When he was first interviewed by police, Jennings claimed that he had problems with Sgt Andrews and other colleagues unhappy about his personal relationship with a female officer who became his second wife Rachel.
He said before they got together, Rachel confided in him that Sgt Andrew had made a pass at her and she told him "in no uncertain terms" that it was not going to happen, the court heard..
Problems at work escalated to the point where Jennings was posted away from Salisbury and he launched a grievance against another colleague, jurors were told.
But when he gave evidence in the witness box, Jennings could not identify any particular officer who had a sufficient grudge against him to set him up by using a Hotmail account under a fake name which was linked to his computer.
He insisted at the time an email was sent to the Sun, both his personal laptops had been left in his work tray while he was at home on days off.
He went on to explain away a phone call to the Sun from his home number. He said he received a text asking him to call urgently and thought it might be to do with his sister, who has cystic fibrosis and was living in London.
When he realised it was the Sun, he advised the journalist to go through the force press office, he told the jury.
But under cross-examination, Mr Glasgow said: "Don't you agree when you look at it and stand back, it does look like you are guilty, doesn't it?"
Jennings replied: "The evidence against me does seem compelling evidence. Even though it is compelling, I will still stand here today, tomorrow, and next year and deny the allegations put before me, because I'm innocent."
Earlier, Mr Glasgow told the court: "It is clear from the email sent by Darren Jennings to the (Sun journalist) that he was fully aware of the potential consequences of his actions.
"The leaking of information to the press in expectation of such financial gain in this way has a corrosive effect on public trust and confidence in the police as a whole. However, he did not care about this. All he cared about was his bank balance.
"Even Jennings himself recognises that the offer to sell scandal to a national newspaper is a gross breach of trust placed in police officers, which is why he has sought to blame others for what he has done.
"His attempt to suggest that he has been the victim of a conspiracy which has seen one or more people plot against him to incriminate him in this sordid affair is just as desperate as it sounds.
"The truth of the allegations is that Jennings has now been found out and has no answer for what he has done."
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University System of NH chancellor steps down after decades of workBy DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 03. 2013 9:59PM
LEE — After more than 35 years with the University System of New Hampshire, the last four as chancellor, Ed MacKay retired Friday, with the organization that embraces the University of New Hampshire, Keene State College, Plymouth State University and Granite State College approaching a crossroad.
The value of a college degree is in question, in-state tuition and student debt are among the highest in the country and the number of high school graduates in the state, which peaked at 17,240 in 2008, is on a steady downward trend toward 14,000 by 2019. Many state lawmakers have, over the years, questioned the need for a chancellor when each institution in the system has its own president.
"I think you could make the case that this is a critical point for the state's public policy decision-makers," he said. Controlling tuition, attracting more out-of-state students, increasing graduates in science and technology and enhancing ties to the business community will be key to the system's future, he said in a wide-ranging interview at the USNH offices just off the Lee traffic circle on Route 4.
Although he served only four years as chancellor, MacKay had been a vice chancellor since 2000 and spent his career since the early 1970s as an administrator for the university system in once capacity or another, ranging from a dean of student affairs at Keene State to system budget director. In his final year on the job, he helped the Chancellor's Office avoid extinction while implementing a 50-percent cut in state funding.
A bill to eliminate the office was approved in the House last spring, but died in the Senate, which apparently agreed that consolidating administrative functions at the office saves the university system money and helps its bond rating.
MacKay's successor, expected to be named in April, would inherit a more stable situation under Gov. Maggie Hassan's proposed budget, which would restore most of the funding cut by the Republican-led Legislature in 2011.
Working with Sununu
MacKay is no stranger to the struggle over funding. Early in his career, one of his first jobs was to brief incoming Gov. John H. Sununu.
"He was the dean of engineering at Tufts, so he really knew higher education and wanted to go through things in great detail," said MacKay. "I worked with him and his aides for six months to get them to understand the university system budget, and I got to learn a lot about the politics."
After making some cuts in his first budget, Sununu became a big supporter of the university system, MacKay said.
The state has never had the resources to be very generous with university funding, but until last year was at least consistent, MacKay said: "For 25 years, up until the current biennium, we did not have a year-over-year decline in state support. The state didn't fund us at a high level, but it was a stable relationship."
That changed in 2011, when lawmakers cut the state appropriation to the university system from $100 million to $51 million. Before the cut, the appropriation had amounted to between 11 and 12 percent of the system's total revenue; today, the appropriation accounts for less than 6 percent.
MacKay said the state appropriation was used almost entirely to control tuition and is viewed by university administrators as a subsidy for in-state students.
Tuition did go up as a result, with the overall price to attend schools increasing by 8 to 10 percent, depending on the institution. MacKay said the system also severed its relationship with New Hampshire Public Television, offered severance packages to encourage retirements and deferred some expenses.
Those cuts would remain in place under Hassan's budget, even though much of the funding lost in 2011 would be restored over the next two years, MacKay said. The restored funds would be used to maintain a promised freeze on tuition and to increase financial aid, he said.
A very different state
MacKay said New Hampshire is a very different state today from when he first came to work for the university system, during the presidency of Jimmy Carter. Years of population growth and prosperity in the 1980s, 1990s and earlier part of the new millennium have run their course.
The state is 46th in the nation when it comes to the number of native-born residents with a college degree, MacKay said. It is ninth-highest overall, however, including residents who moved here from elsewhere, he said, pointing to the effect the influx of new residents had on the state over the years — a growth that dropped sharply in 2008.
"The challenge for the state is a decline in the number of high school graduates and stagnation in the overall population," he said. "So where are we going to find our students over the next decade?"
The university system has maintained its enrollment rates over the last three years despite a decline in the number of students from New Hampshire. "We did a better job of attracting out-of-state students," he said. That trend may not be sustainable, as the system saw a 13 percent decline in applications for admission last fall.
"Part of the solution has to be to improve college-attendance rates of high school graduates in the state," he said, by convincing them and their parents that there is still great value in a college degree as reflected in employment rates and earnings over a lifetime.
Working with employers and the community college system to better match degree choices with employment opportunities has to be part of that equation, he said, particularly when it comes to degrees in science, technology, engineering and math — the so-called STEM disciplines.
Last year, the university system graduated 6,500 students, but fewer than 900 with STEM degrees. In the most critical areas of computer science or network engineering, the number was closer to 100.
Only 30 percent of the students who declare as STEM majors as undergraduates get to the finish line, he said. "We need to do a better job of encouraging those students and providing them the support and the instruction to help that 70 percent become convinced they can do it."
More attention to online
Online courses will invariably become more and more part of the system portfolio, he said, particularly at Granite State College, which now has 50 percent of its courses entirely online. UNH added 100 online courses in the past three years, he said.
"We have to move in that direction, and while we want to scale up as soon as possible, we need to support our students better," he said. "Of all the students who sign up nationally for massive open online courses, only 5 percent complete the course. We can't afford to have those kind of attrition rates. In the University System of New Hampshire, well over 90 percent of students who start an online course complete that course. We have worked hard to provide the support structure to enable students to be successful."
Todd Leach, president of Granite State College, is serving as chancellor until a successor is named.
Although his final year was one of political and financial tension, MacKay hopes his lasting legacy will be in the transformation of the university's information technology over the years, a capital improvement program he helped to implement and the greater independence the colleges and universities in the system now enjoy.
"People here provided an opportunity for me to take on more and more responsibilities over the years," he said, "and I embraced those opportunities."


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CODY, Wyoming (AP) — Prince Albert II of Monaco will be in the Wyoming town of Cody on Sept. 28 to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of his great-great grandfather's hunting trip with "Buffalo Bill" Cody.
He also plans to deliver a new scientific research grant supporting biodiversity studies in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
The prince is revisiting the area surrounding the hunting camp Prince Albert I of Monaco and Buffalo Bill established in 1913, near what is now Yellowstone National Park.
Albert I was concerned about deforestation and overfishing in ocean waters. In the 21st century, Prince Albert II wants to carry on the tradition with his scientific interest in the environment.
Six years ago, he created the Prince Albert II Foundation to protect the environment and encourage sustainable development.


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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Bear is in Paris!
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Absolutely lovely, my dears (you and Bear).ReplyDelete
~! Oh, and the Polonaise. Yum.ReplyDelete
Oh My this is SO CUTE!!! I want BEAR to visit me!!!ReplyDelete
Now about the "POLONAISE"! WOW that is mile high meringue. I would LOVE the recipe??? I followed your lead but I didn't see a translator?
Thank you for such a fun post...
Have a wonderful week,
Maybe its a good thing Bear went ahead of Carol so she can pack the right clothes. :D When in doubt pack layers. I know you will have fun anyways. I think tho, if you keep eating those desserts you will need some new clothes anyway. :)) Have fun.ReplyDeleteReplies
NOW U tell me!Delete
I only ate the meringue part(HALF since we were sharing...)
But I did REAL damage later on at Angelina..oh dear :(
Where is the fruit compote at Angelina?
Egad! Here's hoping Carol catches up with Bear before he runs amok.ReplyDelete
Soo good. Your blog is like dessert. I love living vicariously through Bear!ReplyDelete
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Hello Carole BonjourReplyDelete
I think it is avenue Motte Piquet…. But Motte Picot sounds very nice…
Bear is lucky…Replies
I knew it was wrong Marie but the Jetlag :)Delete
I am changing my name to:
Carole Bonjour!
Next time I'm in Paris, I want to go out to play with you! xxReplyDelete
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1st I MUST learn to conduir!!
I think it would definitely help.


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All the foods that are currently distributed would be in the public domain, so nobody could copyright them. If however, a company does the hard work researching a new food that turns sunlight directly into a very nutritious substance, then they would be rewarded for discovering that new food with a copyright so that they could recoop the research costs. If the company had not done the research, there would be no substance to distribute, so why not give them some special rights for distributing the substance? This is not evil. It is progress.Maarten wrote:Imagine scientists invented a device that could copy food. Would it not be highly immoral of someone to copyright the food and then charge money for the copied food?
This leads to some tough situations when it comes to drugs, where companies use patient's desperation to drive up demand and therefore prices skyrocket. One possible solution is to vote for things that would increase gov't funding of drug research so that the "patents" would be owned by the public and hopefully be distributed for a fair price. Otherwise, I can't think of an alternative to the current unfortunate price gouging that would not simply prevent the drugs from being developed in the first place (which is worse: an existent drug that is over-priced for ~7 yrs or a non-existent drug?)


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New Castle County Police is rolling out an updated version of its text alert system.
Citizens who sign up will be able to receive crime alerts and send anonymous tips to police by either email or text messaging.
"This is an expansion of our current product," said crime analyzer Mike Walsh. "Citizen Observer has evolved and now includes out bound subscription messaging."
With the outbound messages, police can seek the public's help in solving cases and residents can be alerted of crime trends in their communities.
The alerts are able to be targeted by zip codes so that Claymont residents won't receive information solely meant for Middletown, Walsh said.
This week three alerts were sent out to the 200 people who have so far signed up, he said.
Walsh and Police Chief Col. Scott McLaren asked County Council Tuesday to send the link out to their constituents to make more people aware of the community policing social network system.
"We're asking for dialogue with people who want to hear from us," Walsh said.
Anyone who sends tips will have their identity protected and will be given an ID code if they want to follow up with a submitted tip. Walsh said that subscribers will not receive spam mail.
County Police began a partnership with Citizen Observer four years ago to give residents more timely crime alerts.
To sign up to receive crime alerts, visit www.nccpd.com and follow the link for Tips and Alerts.


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MACON, Ga. (Feb. 8, 2011) - Last Tuesday, freshman standout Destiny Mitchell (Bluffton, Ga.) won her first Atlantic Sun Player of the Week honor, and today the Bluffton, Ga. native received her fourth Newcomer of the Week accolade after posting double-doubles this past weekend against Stetson and Florida Gulf Coast.
Mitchell, who currently has 11 double-doubles on the season, averaged 18.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and shot 70 percent from the field (16-23) in the two games for the Lady Bucs. The Bluffton, Ga. native began the week with 20 points and 11 rebounds in the 80-62 win over Stetson Saturday afternoon in DeLand, Fla. Mitchell then followed that up with another double-double - finishing with 17 points and 12 rebounds in the 81-65 setback at FGCU Monday night. Mitchell shot 8-of-10 from the field and also dished out three assists versus the Eagles.
The 11 double-doubles by Mitchell are the second highest this season by an A-Sun player, as USC Upstate's Chelsea McMillan has 13.
Mitchell and the Lady Bucs return to action Saturday afternoon when ETSU hosts North Florida inside the MSHA Athletic Center. Tip is set for 1:30 p.m.
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Florida's public universities are producing a little more than half as many engineers, mathematicians, scientists and technicians than they need to.
Florida's public universities are producing a little more than half as many engineers, mathematicians, scientists and technicians than they need to in order to meet the demand of job growth in the next decade, according to a study presented to the Florida Board of Governors.
The report shows the state university system is way off the benchmarks set in the board's strategic plan to increase the total number of degrees produced each year from 53,000 to 90,000.
Of greater concern is that the university system is 44 percent off its annual goal to produce 14,000 graduate degrees each year in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and 20 percent off its goal of creating 40,000 graduate degrees a year.
Now the board is wondering if those are realistic numbers. Board members are starting a dialogue they hope to resume when they meet again in January.
The board's options are to maintain those goals or lower them to more realistic projections based on historical evidence.
"We need to get our arms around the strategic plan goals and see what adjustments we need to make," interim Chancellor Jan Ignash said.
Based on historical growth trends, the state universities are projected to produce about 83,000 undergraduate degrees a year by 2025 — about 8 percent fewer than the 90,000 anticipated in the strategic plan. A combination of increased enrollment and the addition of Florida Polytechnic University and UF Online could help close that gap.
Enrollment increased 12 percent between 2006 and 2011, and if that trend continues, the system will produce more degrees. Also, Florida Polytechnic could start making a contribution by 2020, and UF Online is expected to have an impact by 2025.
The more problematic issue is getting the number of STEM degrees needed to meet the demand in job growth. Ignash asked the Board of Governors to consider what adjustments need to be made "to maintain credibility."
To gear up the university system to produce those numbers would cost a statewide investment of $153 million for STEM degrees and $39 million for non-STEM degrees, Ignash told the Board of Governors.
The board's staff recommends that the board keep both goals for STEM and for overall graduate degree production and ask for a yearly infusion of $12.75 million to "lift up" production.
Outgoing Board Chairman Dean Colson said he is concerned about whether STEM is a myth or reality after reading a recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
A person with a bachelor's degree in biology would find it hard to get a job, the article stated. And that biology degree would be a stepping stone not to a job but to a more advanced degree, the article continued.
Colson also noted that the state is losing engineers, who are graduating and going out of the state or into non-engineering fields.
"It is shocking that we're exporting 47 percent of our engineering grads," Colson said. "It's not that our universities aren't creating enough engineers. There are probably plenty of engineers."
In an attempt to figure out how to plot the best strategy for the university system to meet the job demands of the future, Colson formed the Commission on Florida Higher Education Access and Degree Attainment. The commission's final report was released in November.
With Florida's 2.75 percent growth rate, the state will have 3.6 million new people by 2025, for a total population of 23 million.
The report, funded by the Florida Legislature, provides a gap analysis of the number of degrees needed to meet the expected job growth in different categories — computer occupations, teaching, health and diagnostics, business operation specialists, lawyers, doctors, executives and media and communications workers.
The most critical areas are in computer occupations, middle school teacher retention and accounting/auditing/financial services. The study showed a projected undersupply of 2,361 degrees in computer occupations, a shortage of 1,024 middle school teachers, and 971 fewer accounting and finance degrees than will be needed.
Board member Ned C. Lautenbach said that the university system is creating doctors, but not enough residency programs in state for them to practice what they've learned. "They leave for residencies out of state and never come back," he said.
Ignash said another variable is that people can choose which major they want to study. "The best thing we can do is get information out to parents that this is where the gap is," she said.
The 2013 Legislature has earmarked $15 million in competitive funding as an incentive for universities and colleges to come up with programs that address the targeted program areas identified by the gap analysis.
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Playing in warm conditions and against quality opposition, Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency made the most of an important two-week trip to Mexico this month.
In its fourth year of existence, the club's full-time player development program has seen many changes in 2010. Prior to the Mexico trip, Richard Grootscholten was formally announced as the Residency's new technical director and head coach. The Dutchman's squad also includes as many as 14 new faces since the start of the program's 2010-11 season back in September.
In what was the first chance for those new faces to get to know each other, the Residency squad trained and played friendly matches at some first-class facilities in Guadalajara, Mexico. Included in the squad's schedule were six matches against youth sides from some of Mexico's top professional clubs like Estudiantes Tecos and Atlas de Guadalajara. The young 'Caps acquitted themselves well, winning half of the friendly games they played during the trip.
Grootscholten felt the change of scenery was highly beneficial for both himself and the players. "This trip to Mexico helped me learn about the players and know them much better," said the former Sparta Rotterdam technical director. "That was good for me and for the group as well, as they got to learn about my approach to things. Being in Mexico, it was good for the players to get away from the cold weather in Vancouver and train in a warmer climate."
The Residency program's main aim is the development of young players for the highest levels of soccer. Grootscholten was pleased his young squad took a step forward in their development while in Mexico. "We improved the performances of the players and played them in different positions to what they are used to," he said. "There is definitely a lot of potential in the squad, but they all need to develop some important aspects of their game. We will be working on those aspects with them over the next couple of years."
The remainder of 2010 will see the Residency team train until mid-December before breaking for the holiday season. Once the New Year begins, there are hopes that the squad will be able to participate in the U-19 Super Group of Dallas Cup XXXII, with the 'Caps having played in the tournament the past three years. Next summer, many of the players will earn their first taste of action in the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League.
All of those experiences will play an important role in the production of future Whitecaps FC players for Major League Soccer. "Every day, the players must work to try and develop themselves individually," stated Grootscholten. "This needs to happen in every training session and in every game that we play. That's the most important thing."
More than 15,000 Whitecaps FC season ticket deposits have been sold for the club's inaugural season in MLS. Season ticket deposit holders will be able to choose from seven different seating categories starting at a base price of $319, plus applicable tax and a $10 processing fee per order. Pricing starts at less than $17 per game and more than 60 per cent of seats are available for less than $31 per game. To secure a seat and for additional information about Whitecaps FC MLS season tickets, suites, and loge boxes, call 604.669.9283 or visit whitecapsfc.com/tickets.


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|Confronting the New Anxiety
Confronting the New Anxiety
How Therapists can Help Today's Fearful Kids
By Ron Taffel
Johnny says I'm a faggot. I'll rip his arms out--then we'll see who's gay! "Bitch!" How did Jenny get that tattoo? I'm going to throw up. "Just do it!" A lot of kids are going to crash that party. "Parents, the antidrug." Mom will kill me--wait I'm at Dad's this week. "Get the stuff!" I want Game Boy, Play Station 2 . . . . "You've got mail!" "Wazzup! Hey, everybody does not think I'm bipolar!" "New standardized tests . . . ." Shit, I don't get this math. The test's tomorrow, but first, I have to check my e-mails and then listen to the CD I just burned and . . . . "Twelve more killed in . . . . " I'm so tired, but what's that noise outside? "Order in the next 30 minutes and . . . ." "Mom, I am not too young for a thong!" "New unemployment figures . . . ." Valerie's father died and Betsy's parents just split up and Bobby's family is moving away. "You're a teenager now, deal!" I just can't take it anymore!
Listen to enough kids and it often sounds like they're coming apart at the seams. Teens and preteens today pulsate with anxiety in a pressure-cooker youth culture and an explosive world, ever at the edge. Not that you'd know it when you first meet them. For the most part, they don't act particularly scared. They don't come in with raging guilt, repression, or conflict--the traditional, "gold-standard" symptoms of neurotic anxiety. They rarely present with PTSD as their main complaint and, in fact, seem quite removed from the world-worries that the media, parents, and trauma experts seem so focused on.
Indeed, today's children and adolescents often present such a convincing front of sophistication, such a steady stream of activity, such articulate, pop-culture babble that they virtually shimmer with techno-energy. No, this 21st-century teen anxiety is different. It's at once chaotic, chronic, and cool--more invisible than the air we breathe. And make no mistake about it, all of this began well before September 11th. We attribute great psychological significance to that horrific day, but September 11th didn't create the new anxiety among so many kids today. It just finally got adults to notice what had been building in our children for years.
Spend time with teens and preteens and you gradually become aware that beneath the seemingly jaded precocity is a fretful undercurrent of worry and fear, unimaginable for 11- or 13- or 15-year-olds just a decade ago. Get into the nitty-gritty of their daily lives and you'll find their thoughts racing, like overheated jet engines, from one source of stress to another--the next make-or-break standardized test, the next totally unsupervised after-school bash, the next late-night, midweek concert they have to be at. Explore a little farther and you'll pick up palpable dread about going on-line with kids who regularly torment them. You'll feel their agitation about whether they should have oral sex after school. You'll catch the gnawing fear that their parents may break up, like so many others, or suddenly move the family halfway across the country.


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Army and demonstrators clash in northern Mali
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Malian soldiers opened fire on demonstrators in the troubled northern city of Kidal on Thursday, residents said, injuring five people in an altercation that highlighted tensions over the country's new government.
The demonstrators had gathered at Kidal airfield to protest the arrival of Prime Minister Oumar Tatam Ly on an official visit one day after the government announced provisional results from the first round of legislative elections Sunday.
After refusing requests from United Nations peacekeepers and the Malian military to leave, demonstrators began throwing rocks at Malian soldiers, who responded with live ammunition, witnesses said.
"It was when they began throwing stones at the military that the military retaliated and shot at the crowd. Four women and a man were wounded," said Kidal resident Moussa Maiga.
However, Mamary Camara, zone commander for the Malian army in Kidal, disputed the witnesses' account, saying stone-throwing protesters had used the women as shields to block them from the Malian soldiers, and that Malian soldiers only fired into the air.
"We began to shoot in the air to clear the protesters and then we returned to camp," Camara said. "The women who were injured were certainly injured by the protesters, not by us."
At Kidal hospital, two women were in critical condition, and a team from the French-led mission known as Serval came to evacuate the seriously injured by air, said Mohamed Ag Abdoulhamid, a local journalist who went to the hospital.
Hubert de Quievrecourt, a communications adviser with the French-led mission in Mali, confirmed that injuries were reported after shots were fired but could not provide details.
"We will assist in helping the wounded, but I cannot comment on what happened," he said.
Kidal has been one of the most insecure parts of Mali's northern region, which was taken over by rebels including Islamic extremists aligned with al-Qaida following a March 2012 military coup. France launched a military intervention in January to drive out the rebels.
The city was the birthplace of last year's uprising by Tuareg separatists, who maintained a strong presence even after France intervened, preventing members of the Bamako-based government from returning until weeks before the first round of a presidential vote earlier this year that was ultimately won by Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
On Nov. 2, two journalists from Radio France Internationale were killed while reporting in Kidal.
Sunday's legislative vote was seen as the last step to restoring constitutional rule in Mali. But the turnout nationwide was just 38 percent, lower than the presidential contest, according to provisional results announced Wednesday night by the Ministry for Territorial Administration.
The vast majority of the country's 147 parliamentary seats will be decided in a runoff next month.
The race in Kidal was one of the few to have produced an outright winner: Ahmoudane Ag Ikmass, a supporter of Mali's government based in the southern capital of Bamako.
Another first-round winner was Soumaila Cisse, who finished second to Keita in the presidential contest.
The provisional results need to be validated by the Constitutional Court on Friday.


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Our Bloom design has an overall traditional feel with a letterpress printed script font in our warm cocoa brown ink. The oversized, offset flourish in bold persimmon gives this design the perfect pop of color and interest – one that will certainly have guests take notice and look forward to an event filled with beauty and personal touches. The presentation of our original Bloom design is where those personal touches start. The cocoa pocket folder and layers of magnolia and poppy colored ribbons allow guests to unwrap this gorgeous package as their anticipation builds.
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The 6-foot-9, 275-pound center was a D-League All-Star last year and started the season with the New Orleans Pelicans.
Arinze Onuaku is back to fill the lane and a void on the Charge roster.
Canton reacquired the big, burly Syracuse product today as a returning player. The Charge waived Zane Johnson to make room on the roster.
The 6-foot-9, 275-pound Onuaku was a D-League All-Star last year when he ranked fifth in the league in rebounding and field goal percentage. Onuaku averaged 12.6 points and 9.5 rebounds in 38 games with the Charge. He shot 56.4 percent from the floor.
"He's big and powerful. He rebounds," Charge Director of D-League Operations Mike Gansey said. "When he gets position in the lane, it's almost impossible to stop him. As he proved last year, when he's healthy he's arguably the best center in the league."
Canton's frontcourt is skilled and versatile, but it lacked a physical presence before Onuaku's arrival. That presence should come in handy when the Charge (2-0) host Springfield this weekend. The Armor have two NBA-caliber big men in 7-footer Jeff Foote and 6-10 Willie Reed.
Canton likely will play 6-9 Michael Lee on the wing more now that Onuaku is in town. Kevin Jones, Shane Edwards and Tyrell Biggs are Canton's other frontcourt players.
Onuaku, 26, went to training camp with the New Orleans Pelicans and made the opening-day roster. He played in three games with New Orleans before being waived earlier this month.
"We're hoping his stay with us isn't too long and he's back in the NBA soon," Gansey said.
The 24-year-old Johnson, who played collegiately at Arizona and Hawaii, played in two games for the Charge and averaged 5.0 points and 1.5 rebounds. Johnson is a big-time shooter with good size. But with veterans Robert Hite and Gilbert Brown due back from hamstring injuries at some point, the Charge were going to get crowded on the wing.
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Once it�s passed by Congress and signed by a president, even the most controversial legislation acquires a shield � an appearance of inevitability. Americans may not like the new tax regs, or the plum for federal workers, or the costly farm bill, but hey, it�s now the law.
Adding that protective shield to the health care overhaul known as Obamacare was a core goal of its Democratic godfathers and godmothers in Congress and the White House: Its details, and the political hustle that rammed it into law, were less important than the sense of inevitability and public acceptance that they thought were sure to follow.
More than three years after its passage, though, whatever sense of inevitability Obamacare initially possessed is on life support. And the public acceptance? Public opinion pollsters continue to find majorities of Americans opposed to what they understand of the massive law�s consequences for their health care.
Last week�s stunning disclosure that the Obama administration will delay enforcing a key provision of the law is the latest evidence that Obamacare risks collapsing less because of its foes� sabotage than because of its own enormous ambitions.
The admission at such a late date that the so-called employer mandate isn�t workable yet further shakes public confidence in health care reform�s fundamental assumption: that something as intimate and central to life as individual Americans� health care can be consigned to a vast exercise in central planning. At no point in the unfolding history of this enterprise have citizens had so much cause to doubt the central planners � bureaucrats at the Department of Health and Human Services and the Internal Revenue Service, and administration operatives in the West Wing of the White House.
Will Obamacare survive, fall apart, or succumb to repeal under a new president in 2017? Five implications of last week�s retreat on the employer mandate:
▪Delaying from 2014 until 2015 the rule that mid-sized and large employers provide coverage to their workers or pay a penalty risks driving up the cost of Obamacare: Remember, one goal of this mandate was to have employers shoulder, from the get-go, a big share of insurance costs so that taxpayers wouldnt go broke subsidizing the employees insurance. A delay that lets employers off a payment hook stands to put taxpayers on it.
▪Rising expenses would mean more than the usual discomfort for sponsors of any new law that has cost overruns. Republicans already are crowing about President Barack Obamas many reiterations of a double-down promise he made to a joint session of Congress on health care in September 2009: I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits, either now or in the future. I will not sign it if it adds one dime to the deficit, now or in the future, period. The likelihood that rolling back this mandate raises the laws costs will embolden opponents wholl try harder than ever to strip funding from Obamacare as budget negotiations intensify this summer: He said not one dime, remember?
▪Tuesdays embarrassment follows the administrations earlier and equally reluctant delay of a provision that would have given a choice of insurance plans to workers at small businesses. Those employers instead will do the choosing for employees: A federal pledge of comprehensive coverage may, in the end, yield something much less.
▪Enforcing the employer mandate ought to be a cakewalk compared to the far more complex job of enforcing Obamacares individual mandate. The process of guiding millions of Americans through a selection of insurance policies in state-by-state marketplaces, or exchanges, accompanies a requirement that citizens have insurance or pay a penalty to the government. That the feds cant make the comparatively simple employer mandate work on schedule doesnt improve the prognosis for the enrollment process scheduled to begin in ... less than 13 weeks.
▪Perhaps most important, the collapse in July 2013 of another pillar of a law signed in March 2010 belies assurances from the president and his party that the federal government and his administration in particular is fully competent to manage a health sector that constitutes one-sixth of the nations economy.
As longtime critics of this law � too ambitious, too regimented, too trusting in government�s skill � we�re surprised less that part of the law isn�t ready for prime time than we are by the administration�s late date in acknowledging as much. News coverage of Obamacare�s problems is escalating just as Team Obama ramps up efforts to publicize the scheduled Oct. 1 rollout of state exchanges and individual enrollment. A tough sell just got tougher.
Republicans want to kill it, not rescue it. With this fresh blood in the water, they�re even better armed to criticize the Affordable Healthcare Act in future budget fights and election cycles.
More telling is the silence elsewhere.
After last Tuesday�s demure news from the administration � via blog posts, not press conferences or speeches � did anyone see all those national Democrats racing to microphones with ideas to make the law they championed a rousing success?
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Santa Monica just seems to purr along, high on its own helium. Not urban, not suburban, but one of those mutations that seems to work, all centered on a vibrant main drag that isn't a drag at all. It's a 100-year-old pier.
Other than Dodger Stadium, I know of no place in town that gets such a mix of rich, poor, locals, tourists, sharks and surfer chicks. A melting pot with lifeguards and 4-foot waves.
This isn't the op-ed page, so I won't try to sell you on the unqualified glories of diversity, because I don't think it's completely glorious by any means; you lose a certain sense of community when you're not one thing.
Besides, most of the time, when we brag about our rich diversity what we're really saying is we can get killer Thai food one night and world-class Cantonese the next. Far as hanging out together, maybe another time.
But at Santa Monica Pier, we all really just hang out. In summer, Thursday nights are best, for that's where they stage these 7 p.m. concerts on the pier, drawing crowds in the thousands. Did I mention they're free?
Everybody's always talking about "branding," and I'm in love with the notion — my own, of course — that L.A. might be the world's greatest brand, right up there with Disney and Apple.
We don't necessarily think of places as brands, yet L.A. has all the qualities you'd want in a product: sass and eye appeal and a breathless sense of aspiration. So maybe, after all, we are one thing.
I never lusted for this place, and I'd caution anyone who does, because L.A. is a house of mirrors, playing on your vanities and your greed.
As if that weren't enough, they let the motorcycles rip right down the middle of traffic, threatening to take your elbow and outside mirror with them. And the riders all do it, this lane-splitting, every single one of them. Not once have I seen a motorcycle wait with the rest of us.
So there are things I'd like them to improve about Los Angeles, sure. The skyline is a travesty and the politicians worse. There are, like, three public schools that are any good, and you can't get to the Hollywood Freeway from the 134 except by driving across people's lawns. Insane.
But on a summer night late in the week, Thursdays to be exact, you have this splendid and edgy pier fest — roller coasters and rock bands and little old ladies flitting about like butterflies.
"I've been coming here 20, 30, 40 years," says Liz Vevington, 89.
"Well, which is it?" I ask.
"Since '65," she says. "I love to dance."
Paul Small and Sharon Silbert have been coming to the Thursday concerts for 10 years, as much for the people watching as the music. Even veterans like them admit that the music can be a little screamy now and then and the crowds a little raucous.
"They absolutely crushed us last week," Silbert says.
Yep, I see the potential for that. You should see this crowd, a smattering of older folks but mostly a younger clientele, many with an Amish grunge look about them, though it's hard to generalize.
I slurp down a shrimp aguachile, $10 at the Malo tent behind us, and contemplate an escape plan for me and the little guy, who's hunkered down in his chair, pondering just where it is his old man has dragged him. To the very edge of a civilized society, apparently.
So we retreat down to the sand, where a separate, more refined crowd gathers before a big screen that shows the concert. This is more like Ravinia (Chicago) or the Hollywood Bowl (Hollywood). A tad more civilized, but by no means tame. Still, this is summer. And nobody ever looked bad in the cedar rays of a setting California sun.
As the music begins, we settle into our beach chair, wrap a Dodger blanket around ourselves and listen. August will soon be here, one of those bookend months. Like December, it marks the close of things.
Speaking of December, might I note that on many nights, Santa Monica feels much like Fairbanks, Alaska, and a parka wouldn't be out of place, or even a dog blasting through the sand with a cask of brandy?
Fortunately, the little guy and I have extra blankets.
And each other. And on a late summer night, that is all we really need.
Santa Monica Pier Twilight Concerts info
Where: Santa Monica Pier
When: 7-10 p.m. Thursdays. Ends Sept. 12.
Admission: Free
Info: Lineup and parking information is at santamonicapier.org/twilightconcerts


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If you're looking to spice up your "thankful" list, we have a few suggestions.
By: Linnea Crowther
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Many of us will sit down at family tables today and offer a list of things we're thankful for (before we dig into a feast that's truly thanks-worthy). Lots of the items on our lists are obvious – family and friends, roofs over our heads, all the blessings we are lucky enough to have in our lives.
But if you're looking to spice up your "thankful" list, we have a few suggestions for you. Some folks have endured things on Thanksgiving that we are grateful to be able to skip. Your family might appreciate hearing that you're thankful for health, happiness and one of these more unusual items…
1. I'm thankful I don't have to endure a dropkick for that last helping of pumpkin pie. Professional wrestler Robert Bradley James did – well, maybe. We don't have confirmation that he actually received a piece of pumpkin pie for it, but he did celebrate Thanksgiving 1981 by winning his very first professional match on a tag team with his father, "Bullet" Bob. James went on to WCW and WWE success, making appearances on Sci Fi and RAW.
2. I'm thankful the doctor didn't skip my birth in favor of a Thanksgiving dance. That's what happened to Viola Huber, and it was a notable enough occurrence that it made it into her obituary, 99 years later. We're glad to see that the doctor's absence didn't seem to have any effect on Huber's longevity or health – the nurse, teacher and mother of three was gardening right up until the last summer of her life.
3. I'm thankful I don't have to march a band of teenagers around a football field today. Plenty of high school band directors do, and Louis Scarci was one of them. As director of The Mount Lebanon High School Band Rockettes, he was at the University of Pittsburgh Stadium for the WPIAL football championship game on Thanksgiving Day – a day when most of us are content to watch the game on television. Scarci's band also performed at half time for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
4. I'm thankful I don't have to dance in tights out in the cold on national TV. Suzie Bernard Hawkins was a Rockette, an integral part of the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The weather report in New York City isn't too bad today… but there have been plenty of years when it's much more pleasant to be at home with a bellyful of turkey watching the parade, rather than high-kicking in it. After dancing in hundreds of Rockettes productions, Hawkins moved – maybe not too surprisingly – to Arizona.
5. I'm thankful I'm not spending Thanksgiving escaping from oppression. All joking aside, this one is for real – Ilsa Cole spent Thanksgiving 1938 on a ship bound for the United States, fleeing the Nazi regime in her birthplace of Germany along with her new husband. They made a life here, and he served in the U.S. Army while she worked to promote tolerance and fight anti-Semitism. Though Cole lost much of her family in the Holocaust, she was proud to have started a new family in her new home, calling it "her own personal victory over the Nazis." Her remarkable story reminds us how truly thankful we should be today.


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Emiliano Insua has revealed he had "no doubts" about moving to Atletico Madrid, following his switch from Sporting Lisbon.
The 24-year-old has joined the Madrid-based club for a fee believed to be in the region of €3.5m, with the former Liverpool defender unveiled to media on Tuesday following the successful completion of a medical.
"I did not think twice about it, nor have any doubts like it was suggested, I decided straight away to negotiate with Atletico Madrid," he told reporters.
"It is a dream I have had since I was a child, it is a dream of every player to be in this team.
"[Sporting director Jose Luis] Caminero called me directly. When I got the call I could not believe it."
The former Galatasaray player also spoke of his excitement of working with Argentina legend - and Atleti boss - Diego Simeone ahead of his proposed debut at the weekend.
"Will I play this weekend? I'm fit, I'm looking forward and I have much ambition to start work as soon as possible.
"I am unable to say if the coach will pick me. It is up to him.
"Simeone is a great coach. He was a great player and now he is proving how great he is at coaching too and I am thrilled that I can work under him, to continue to learn."


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LONDON (AP) - A doctor in Britain who used a wristwatch camera to film himself sexually abusing patients has confessed to dozens of offenses.
Prosecutors say Davinderjit Bains used a Tieex 4GB Waterproof HD Spy Watch DVR, which has a camera on its face, to record assaults on patients at his practice in Royal Wootton Bassett in western England.
He was arrested last year after assault complaints. Police said they recovered 361 high-quality video clips from Bains' watch and home computer.
At Swindon Crown Court on Friday, Bains admitted 39 charges against 30 victims, including sexual assault, voyeurism and sexual activity with a child.
A Detective Inspector Mark Garrett, who led the investigation, said patients "put their trust in their doctor and Dr. Bains breached that trust massively."
He will be sentenced later.
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It is no secret that plaintiffs and their attorneys often have more to gain by resolving a case sooner rather than later. Resolution of a claim early in litigation (or even pre-suit) benefits a plaintiff by putting money in his or her pocket earlier and cuts down on the amount of fees a plaintiff must reimburse his or her attorneys. Likewise, for the attorney, who is most often working on a contingency fee, an early settlement provides a certainty of recovery and frees up time to work on other matters. Certainly, there are situations in which an early resolution is not possible (i.e., a lack of a meaningful pre-suit settlement offer). Assuming there is a legitimate offer on the table, however, the net benefit of protracted litigation only to obtain a slightly better settlement or judgment may not be worth the risk.
While not as obvious on the surface, there is often little for defendants to gain by way of lengthy litigation. Any seasoned defense attorney can tell tales of cases that were ultimately resolved after lengthy litigation for a sum far greater than what they could have pre-suit. Those cases are usually ones in which the defendant was operating with its optimal leverage pre-suit (due to a preliminary understanding of liability and/or damages) only to see the price of playing poker rise as discovery called into question the facts or theories upon which the defendant relied. Similarly, there are those cases that ultimately resolve at the pre-suit evaluation, but only after thousands of dollars in fees were incurred. In either situation, the net benefit of litigation, at least from a financial perspective, may be negligible.
Certainly, there are cases for both plaintiffs and defendants that should be tried for a variety of reasons. Unlike Sun Tzu, we would not venture so far as saying that there are "no" instances of a party benefiting from "prolonged warfare." In those cases, however, it is imperative that counsel and their clients be on the same page regarding the costs of "war" and the risks of battle. Inherent in every case is risk. There is not a good case that cannot be lost (or, conversely, a bad case that cannot be won). Litigators should never be fearful of prolonged litigation, including trial. However, they should always be cognizant of the risks and costs of protracted litigation when searching for that necessary "victory."
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Once again, we turn to the world of music for news of curious litigation. For those unfamiliar with the Fyre Festival, the following is a synopsis :
The Fyre Festival website explains its origins as follows:
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, festival tickets cost $450 for a day pass and up to a $250,000.00 for a full VIP experience. Unfortunately, its organizers canceled the festival at the last minute, and hundreds of attendees allege that they were stranded on the remote island with sparse food and dangerously rustic accommodations. That sounds a bit more perilous than Woodstock, no?
Litigation, of course, ensued.
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filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The named Plaintiff, Daniel Jung, alleges as follows:
Additionally, the suit alleges that the problems were known before the information was disclosed to prospective attendees, but that the information was not disclosed in a timely manner:
It is anticipated that there will be at least 150 members of the class. The lawsuit seeks at least $100 million in damages. Presumably, the lawsuit will be hotly contested, but Fyre Festival organizers are promising that"[a]ll festival goers this year will be refunded in full" and that they "will be working on refunds over the next few days and will be in touch directly with guests with more details." Aggrieved guests may be pleased to find out that "all guests from this year will have free VIP passes to next year's festival." Who knows how that turned out?
On May 7, the Plaintiff amended the Complaint, and no defendant has answered. In fact, it appears that there may be some issues with serving them.
The case is , 2:17-cv-03245-ODW-JC, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Western Division – Los Angeles).
We atare skeptical that a jury would be excited about awarding money to a 20-30 year old who has $250,000.00 lying around for VIP tickets to an island music festival, but maybe we are wrong. This could be the case of the century arising out of what could have been the music festival of the century.
The music event (from April 28–30 and May 5–7) is touting itself as "the cultural experience of the decade." Though these islands are part of the Bahamas, this scattered string of pearls is way more barefoot and bronzed than cruise ships and coconut cocktails.
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MUMBAI, India (AP) — Wipro reported September quarter profit of 16.1 billion rupees ($300.6 million) Friday, an increase of 24 percent in rupee terms, as customers in Europe turned to outsourcing to cut costs and growth begins to return to the U.S.
Profit was better than expected, though revenue came in slightly below expectations, at 106.6 billion rupees ($2.0 billion).
Analysts polled by FactSet forecast profit of 15.5 billion rupees ($289.2 million) on sales of 108.5 billion rupees ($2.0 billion).
The company said revenue in its core outsourcing business was $1.54 billion, up 4.6 percent in dollar terms from a year ago.
India's third largest outsourcer said revenue in its core information technology business would tick up slightly, to between $1.56 billion and $1.59 billion in the December quarter.
T.K. Kurien, chief executive of Wipro's IT business, said he was "cautiously optimistic" about future growth, as clients in Europe turn to outsourcers to save money and growth begins to return to the U.S.
He said deal closures, which had been frozen by global economic uncertainties, improved toward the end of the second quarter, a trend he hopes will improve after the U.S. presidential election.
"I wouldn't say I see a blow-out future ahead of us but I see more optimism than I did a quarter ago," Kurien said, speaking on CNBC-TV18. "Pipeline in both these geographies is looking pretty strong. What we are waiting for is closure."
Revenues from the Americas rose 4.0 percent from a year ago, while in Europe they grew 2.7 percent, against a 9.3 percent decrease in Wipro's Japanese business and a 3.1 percent slide in India and the Middle East. Wipro's small offerings elsewhere in the Asia Pacific and other emerging markets grew by 25.1 percent from a year ago.
Kurien said pricing increases made up for weak volume growth. Wipro raised prices by 1.9 percent in work done at client sites and 1.5 percent for offshore work from the prior quarter, a trend Kurien said he does not expect to reverse.
The company said it added 53 clients and just over 2,000 staff, net.
Rival Infosys said it had to trim prices by about 0.2 percent during the September quarter from the prior quarter as clients cut back on discretionary spending and froze decision-making.
Wipro's growth pales beside that of market leader Tata Consultancy Services, which reported 34 percent revenue growth in rupee terms and 44 percent profit growth in rupee terms for the September quarter from a year earlier. TCS said it added 10,531 employees, net, during the quarter, or roughly five times as many as Wipro.
"Wipro has given a slightly optimistic outlook as far as decision making by client is concerned. We expect growth rates to trend higher over the next few quarters as the developed economies stabilize or at least there are no major catastrophic events like defaults," said Dipen Shah, head of Kotak Securities' private client group.
Wipro on Thursday said it will hive off its non-outsourcing operations into a separate, privately traded company and focus solely on its core software services business within publicly traded Wipro. The news sent the stock up 2.7 percent Thursday. Wipro also has consumer care and lighting, infrastructure engineering and medical diagnostics businesses.
IT services accounted for 79 percent of consolidated revenue and 93 percent of operating income during the September quarter. Just over half of revenues come from North America and nearly a third from Europe.