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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — LinkedIn Corp. shares dropped in the extended session Thursday, continuing the theme of volatile Internet-based company earnings this season, as the company's outlook fell short of Wall Street estimates.
LinkedIn US:LNKD shares fell 8.1% to $205.44 in heavy trading after the social network for professionals posted a weak outlook, even as fourth-quarter results topped Wall Street estimates. LinkedIn sees revenue of $455 million to $460 million for the first quarter while analysts surveyed by FactSet expect $470 million. Follow MarketWatch's live blog of the call with analysts.
The company reported adjusted fourth-quarter earnings of 39 cents a share on revenue of $447.2 million, compared with the analyst consensus of 38 cents a share on revenue of $438.1 million. Shares closed up 4.2% Thursday.
BCG Financial analyst Colin Gillis, who has a buy rating on LinkedIn, said the stock is volatile by nature. Gillis, in a recent note, said over the last year LinkedIn shares have traded up 2% or more 47 times and down 2% or more 35 times. Stock-price volatility has certainly played a role in recent earnings reports from Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc.
Shares of Twitter TWTR, -1.07% tumbled 24% on Thursday after the microblogging site revealed weaker-than-expected user-base growth. Read more on Twitter's big drop.
On the other hand, Expedia Inc. EXPE, -1.12% shares jumped 13% to $73.85 on heavy volume in the extended session after reporting adjusted quarterly earnings of 92 cents a share on revenue of $1.15 billion. Wall Street expected adjusted fourth-quarter earnings of 85 cents a share on revenue of $1.14 billion. Shares were 1.9% higher at the close of Thursday's regular session.
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Following February's Tour d'Amour, ALO are back on the road this month. The California-based group is crossing the continent for a series of dates with the Ryan Montbleau Band (and a few solo gigs as well). In the following conversation, ALO guitarist Dan Lebowitz look back on the group's 2012 studio album Sounds Like This, projects into the a future a bit and shares insight into the Northern California music scene.
Let's start out with your last album Sounds Like This, which came out last year. It really appeals to my aesthetic and it I continue to play it quite a bit but it was something of a departure from your previous Brushfire releases, which presented much more concise versions of your songs. Looking back on it now, can you talk about the decisions that went into making it.
We're kind of chameleons in our interests. We love crafting short songs and getting into that world. But we also just love to play music too. Both those interests for us have been happening in parallel. I think part of the thing about putting out albums, at least for us, is the art side where you want to have something new that you're going for. I don't ever want to feel static. I think with each album there's been some theme in part, and with this album the theme was that while the songs weren't any different, the approach to the way we record them and the way we arrange them for the recording was different. We thought, "Let's just let them open up."
I imagine that most of your fans appreciated that. I wonder if there were some folks out there who know you only through your albums and may not have ever seen ALO perform live who might have been thrown off a bit. Was that any consideration?
It's funny to talk about that because I haven't even thought about it much. For us, we have our fans that know us as a band, and know our live show and know our records, and dig deep, and they know the whole gamut. Then we have the fans that see us at festivals and come out to a show now and again, and they pretty much get it too. Then there's this other group of fans that know us for the song, "Girl I Wanna Lay You Down," that heard the song through Jack Johnson and came to like the band through that, and I can imagine that this would be surprising for some of those people. But I feel like we try not to think about those people too much when we're making art, because they're sort of casual and those people are probably going to come and go anyhow. If they've got a song or two they like by us, well that's cool, they have that already. But for us—I guess it's kind of like with any band—you're serving yourself first. When we think about our audience we're more concerned with the people that get that exploratory side of us.
You mention Jack Johnson. Some of his initial success came through radio play. To my mind ALO is a band that writes songs with the potential for radio exposure. In making Sounds Like This was there any discussion about the fact that longer songs could hurt you there?
In the past I felt like when we were making these records we were definitely spending time getting the songs ready and thinking on those terms—let's trim every bit of fat that we can. Not make it too banal but let's get it down to its essence and then live we'll explore it. With this one, what we realized is that you can just do radio edits anyhow, so the song "Speed of Dreams," which was the first single for the record, we just made a radio edit where we cut the whole bridge out and it just cuts to the end and that's what they ended up playing. We started realizing that when we trimmed them down to what we thought was the essence, they were still doing radio edits for those anyhow. At a certain point we were like, "Let's do whatever we want and not devise the album for the radio." It's so easy to do radio edits these days, just throw the track up on Pro Tools and cut out what you need to.
What sort of relationship does the band have with radio these days? To what extent do you feel the medium has helped ALO?
For us the formats have been Triple A and college radio. It's always been good. We've never had big radio hits or anything but we've gotten played on radio, which is pretty cool, because especially with the scene we're in, people avoid the radio sometimes. I think it's been super helpful for us when we roll into towns where we haven't played a lot if the radio is on board with it. It takes the place of having been to a town ten or twenty times already. There's already a little bit of a crowd already. So we're definitely interested in keeping those relationships.
At the end of the day we're into having hooks in our tunes, we enjoy it. We're going to have that and explore it, like we did on the last album, and still have radio edits. For me it feels like the best of both worlds. We can kind of have our cake and eat it too. I feel like with some of the arrangements we did on those earlier albums, just as a band listening back later, we would just miss the openness of some of the tunes.
As a musician or even just a as a listener, do you view radio in the same way that you did a decade ago?
I think it's way different, because ten years ago, whatever town you were in there were like two radio stations. Now it's so broad. I feel like now what's so cool is the power has been handed to the people. Word of mouth counts for so much. For me, the main way I check out music now is just friends, people tell me about something and that's how I end up checking them out. In the past it was like, "Okay, there are a couple radio stations and between those you're going to hear what they give you." Now there's a million bands and everyday something's coming out. I also subscribe to Mog and I've really been enjoying the new release Tuesdays. Every Tuesday I just listen to the new stuff coming out, and I've found some music I probably wouldn't have otherwise.
I'm on the east coast and you're in the Bay Area. I'm always interested in learning about bands that are emerging in other local regions that I haven't discovered yet. For instance I hadn't heard of the California Honeydrops before they opened that run of shows for you earlier this year.
They're a great band out of the Bay Area, relatively new and they've definitely have this New Orleans influence, even though they're very much a Bay Area band. There's definitely a New Orleans thing going on but they have a Bay Area aesthetic with their thing. As someone who grew up in the Bay Area, I feel like as a band it's a part of who we are as musicians. But I also sort of feel like it used to be more regionally specific, especially when radio wasn't all corporatized and each region had its sound. Now there's so many people with access to so much music that there can be a New York band that sounds more Bay Area or a Bay area band that sounds more New York because of all this crazy cross pollination.
I still think there are regional pockets, though. In terms of that all that available music, sometimes I think that there's so much of it that it almost becomes white noise. In certain respects I feel that as we become as we become more global we've also become more regional in a lot of regards.
I feel like the word of mouth from a friend or someone I respect is the main thing that will get me to dig into a band. With the Bay Area bands I do feel like there is a Bay Area aesthetic. I'm not sure I can put it into words but it sort of evolves out of the 60s psychedelic Grateful Dead scene. There's a certain approach to music from all the bands that I interact with in the Bay Area, a certain kind of openness to the options. The aesthetic I find with bands out here with bands that are more focused on dance music and more people that are into folk music is just trying it out and letting it flow, and trying not to force it.
Sometimes it just comes out of relationships, like it did with the Wetlands scene in New York after that club opened.
For a little while there was this recording studio called Mission Bells, that was owned by Jackie Greene and Tim Bluhm, and that was sort of a neat fit. The studio is no longer there, but I found that was a great meeting place for the scene. A lot of the Bay Area bands were recording in that studio, our last album was recorded there, Sounds Like This. What's neat with a studio is that everybody is working on stuff all the time and just dropping by. So a lot of cross pollination happened through that studio and the scene that evolved out of that.
I used to live a block from Bo Carper from New Monsoon, and we both like country blues, Mississippi John Hurt type stuff and last night we went out to The Independent and played with Elephant Revival. We were in town and so we went and did a quick set of country blues music. In that way there's a total regional thing going on where we're sitting in with each other and having guests. Stuff like that is appreciated by all of us. It's cool that have that community, it feels like something.
What's so cool about it is that it's people that you respect but they're your friends too. You want to do a good job because you respect those people and you want to impress them and I think they all feel the same way. That's how that band, Brokedown in Bakersfield came about. That's with me and Steve and Dave from ALO, and Tim and Nicki [Bluhm] and Scott Law. That's a great one too because that's a scene of music where we all know each other and sit in with each other's bands, but then after hours we all enjoy picking on Merle Haggard tunes and Buck Owens tunes and talking about how we like Bakersfield country. I don't know how much you've dug into that but it was much less glossy. So suddenly we have a little band where we do that. It started as a one off but now it's a project we enjoy a couple times a year.
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Elmwood Gardens residents to resume weekly walks in ManchesterBY PAT GROSSMITH
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MANCHESTER - Elmwood Gardens residents tonight will resume their weekly walks around the 250-unit public housing project off Elm Street in an effort to build community among all residents and ensure their safety.
Only snow or rain will keep the small group of residents from gathering at 5 pm. in front of 85 Trahan St. for the hour-long walk.
"There is this perception, that because we are low income, that we don't care, or shouldn't care, about our community," said resident Andra Candow. "We are proud of our neighborhood. There are so many people from around the world here, and walking the neighborhood gives us the opportunity to reach out and get to know them. To be able to say that we are friends, neighbors. We are not just a bunch of people who happen to live on the same street or in the same building, we are a 'village.' Our community walks are just one of the many ways that our leadership group shows its dedication and commitment to the neighborhood that we all call home."
The purpose of the walks is to build relationships, increase safety and create community in a development home to diverse cultures, backgrounds and ethnicities.
The walks began two years ago as an offshoot of the Resident Leadership Training Program conducted by the Granite State Organizing Project.
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Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social ValueBy Michael Beer and Flemming NorrgrenHarvard Business Review PressAvailable September 13, 2011A Harvard Business School professor and his consulting partners use interviews with CEOs to explain how leaders can build sustainable value on every level.
"Leaders are born, they are not made." So said legendary football coach Vince Lombardi, who has been hailed as quite the leadership expert. We're sure the authors in this season's collection of leadership books would beg to differ, though. Before the calendar flips to 2012, current and aspiring leaders have a vast collection of new books to choose from. This fall, an impressive collection of business professors, executive coaches and strategy experts offer unique perspectives on everything from personal leadership growth to team building and organizational strategy. CIOs and up-and-coming IT leaders can find crucial leadership lessons in each one of these works. Read up to learn more about what your bosses, peers, customers and partners expect you to deliver. Click the link above each slide to get more information. Note: All publication dates are subject to change.
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Hamakua Macadamia Nut CompanyFrom plain to honey-jalapeno macadamia nuts, the free samples alone are worth a visit to this Kawaihae-based factory. A video and self-guided tour describe the growing, shelling and roasting processes involved in creating these popular island snacks.www.hawnnut.com
Kalopa State Recreation AreaHead here for family fun in the cool highlands 2,000 feet above sea level. An easy nature trail winds through a grove of native ohia trees. Additional lures: picnic areas and an arboretum with rare palms, hibiscus and other island plants.www.hawaiistateparks.org
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Panaewa Rainforest Zoo and GardensThis 12-acre oasis just south of Hilo features native Hawaiian critters like the io (hawk), plus lemurs, monkeys, turtles, monarch butterflies and more. The setting is awash with exotic trees, plants and flowers. The Saturday petting zoo is a hit with families.www.hilozoo.com
Traditional Portuguese Bread MakingEach Thursday, Kona Historical Society presents free demonstrations of traditional Portuguese bread making. Visitors help roll and pan the dough for baking in communal wood-fired stone ovens. The sweet, warm, finished product is sold for $7 per loaf. www.konahistorical.org
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Puukohola National Historic SiteThe centerpiece of this ocean-side attraction is Puukohola Heiau (temple), built on a hill for King Kamehameha I in the late 1700s. Today it is one of the largest of its kind in Hawaii. The park's visitor center runs free cultural demonstrations and programs.www.nps.gov/puhe
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TRACY, Calif., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- D.C. "Bud" Basolo, the creator of Beefalo, and a "character with a capital C," died at the age of 89 at his ranch in Tracy, Calif., his daughter said.
Basolo, who died on Dec. 7, made it into the Guinness Book of World Records in 1975 for selling a domesticated animal – one of his purebred beefalo bull – to a Canadian breeder for $2.5 million, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
"His adoration for friends, hospitality, the outdoors and so much more made him so fun. He was a real bon vivant," said Judi Basolo, his daughter.
The tender beefalo hybrid, which is less fatty than beef steak and continues to be sold in meat markets -- is three-eighths buffalo and five-eighths domestic cattle and created via artificial insemination.
His daughter said, "First, he bought a 100-square-mile ranch in Wyoming that had hundreds of wild buffalo on it, and then he decided he had to go out and find different bloodlines to increase and strengthen the herd," adding that he then continued to make improvements until he ultimately arrived at breeding the beefalo.
Basolo's main market was shipping breeding sperm from his beefalo bulls, his daughter said.
He kept up his Wyoming herd of buffalo, which had 5,000 head and was in the 1970s the largest privately owned herd of its type, she said.
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Mel Gibson directs and stars in this Academy Award-winning epic based on the life of legendary thirteenth century Scottish hero William Wallace. Returning to his homeland following the death of an heirless king, Wallace (Mel Gibson) finds the political landscape precarious. Edward the Longshanks, King of England (Patrick McGoohan), has captured Scotland's throne and threatens the freedom of all Scottish people, as tyrannical policies instituted by the English plague the Scots. Initially, Wallace is content to stand by the wayside, yearning for the simple life of building a home and raising a family. However, when the woman he loves (Catherine McCormack) suffers a cruel fate at the hands of English soldiers, Wallace takes a stand against the new rule. With his fierce patriotism and determination, he gathers an amateur but passionately rebellious army. Although this makeshift force may be outnumbered by the English troops, their desperation and love for their land surpass any military maneuvers, as evidenced in the film's breathtaking battle sequences.
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Catherine McCormack - Actress/"Loaded"
Sophie Marceau - French Actress
James Horner - Composer, COMMANDO (1985)
Patrick McGoohan - Actor, Director, THE PRISONER (1960s)
Paddy Fitz - Actor, Director, THE PRISONER (1960s)
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Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson - Australian-Raised Actor-Director
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This Academy Award-winning epic, directed by Mel Gibson, tells the saga of the legendary thirteenth century Scottish hero William Wallace, known to his countrymen as Braveheart. Gibson stars as Wallace, who rallies the Scots against the tyrannical English monarch Edward I after he suffers a personal tragedy at the hands of English soldiers. Willing to fight to the death for Scotland's freedom, Wallace assembles an amateur band of warriors whose faith in freedom is stronger than any English army.
Theatrical release: May 24, 1995. BRAVEHEART was shot on location in Ireland and Scotland, and at Ardmore Film Studios. Mel Gibson's brother, Donal, played Stewart in the film. Cinematographer John Toll won the Oscar for Best Cinematography two years in a row: in 1995 for LEGENDS OF THE FALL and in 1996 for BRAVEHEART. "And dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, just one chance to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom?"--William Wallace (Mel Gibson), addressing his soldiers (often quoted as "They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom.")
"...This rousing, romantic adventure is laced with sorrow and savagery....With breathtaking skill, Gibson captures the exhilaration and horror of combat in some of the most vivid battle scenes ever filmed..." - 06/15/1995 Rolling Stone, p.85-6
"...Uncommonly passionate....A storm-the-castle spectacle..." -- 4 out of 4 stars - 05/24/1995 USA Today, p.1D
"...A bracing, visceral war adventure..." -- 3 out of 5 stars - A Satisfying Rental - 12/01/2000 Premiere, p.97
"...A muscular and brutal medieval war movie....Marceau and McCormack both cut striking figures....Gibson's central performance is also strong..." - 05/22/1995 Variety
"...BRAVEHEART is a full throated, red-blooded battle epic....Gibson plays his role with flamboyance, and cuts it with sly humor..." - 05/24/1995 Chicago Sun-Times, p.55
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Hungry for breakfast? Take a seat at the counter at Delish Diner & Bakery (2018 W. Division St. 773-276-5200), where a few bucks will buy you a breakfast sandwich ($3.50), pancakes ($5.50) or two eggs cooked to order with potatoes ($4.95).
For a cheap lunch, you can't do much better than the $3.75 falafel sandwich at vegetarian-friendly Sultan's Market (2057 W. North Ave. 773-235-3072).
Score a free dinner at Crocodile (1540 N. Milwaukee Ave. 773-252-0880), where you're entitled to a free 6-inch cheese pizza with every drink.
While your spendy friends shell out $8 for custom-made creations at fancy ice cream parlor iCream, head to Miko's Italian Ice (1846 N. Damen Ave. 773-645-9664), where small cup of flavored ice will set you back $2.
End the night at Rodan (1530 N. Milwaukee Ave. 773-276-7036), a reliable lounge where there's never a cover for DJ sets.


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Want to find out what your friends were doing on the weekend? Curious which parties you aren't getting invited to? Wish you could contact that interesting person you met at a 3,000 person event, but you only got their first name? Want to know what your potential new employee really does in their spare time? Or do you just like data, and lots of it?
In this talk we'll learn some simple tricks with open source tools that can help you access a wealth of information from the largest collection of social data ever created. We will also examine techniques and practices to help control what data you expose to the techniques presented.
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How to Build a Raspberry Pi Retro Game Console
Since its release, the $35 Raspberry Pi mini-computer has been hailed as the perfect all-in-one retro game console. Now, it's easier to do than ever, and it doesn't take any Linux knowledge whatsoever. Here's how to make your own retro game console in under 10 minutes.


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This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Feria Internacional del Libro, Guadalajara, and to celebrate the occasion, groups of 25 professionals in several different fields were awarded honors. In the librarian category, our SALALM colleagues Adan Griego and Micaela Chávez Villa were among the 25 librarians from Mexico and the United States honored for their contributions to FIL over the past 25 years. The ceremony was held at the opening of the Coloquio Internacional de Bibliotecarios on November 28th (http://sdpnoticias.com/nota/2
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Cutting-Edge Camcorders
Family gatherings are always a convenient excuse to pull out the camcorder and start shooting. If you thought your choice of weaponry was confined to the 10-year-old MiniDV tape format, guess again. You'd be ignoring two of the hottest trends of the last few years: hard-disk recording and high-definition TV. It's not your fault. After all, while TiVo and the iPod garnered all the attention, it was their embedded - and unseen - hard drives that did all the work. Similarly, HDTV quality is something you might watch, but probably not something you thought you could create.
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|Everio GZ-MG30
|Sony HDR-HC1
|This camcorder gets thumbs up for its compact size, high-quality video, and tapeless day-long capacity.
|A compact, full-feature camcorder that shoots gorgeous high-def footage and costs less than a new car.
Both technologies, hard drives and high-definition, are available now in camcorders, though there isn't yet a consumer model that records high-def to a hard drive. Maybe next year. Meanwhile, JVC and Sony are pushing the envelope. JVC's Everio GZ-MG30 ($900) contains a tiny (1.8 inch) but massive (30-gigabyte) hard drive that makes tape obsolete. Sony's HDR-HC1 ($2,000) is the least-expensive high-definition camcorder we've seen to date, yet the picture quality is so dazzling that professionals using much more expensive equipment are eying it up. Weight-wise, the two cams are about a pound apart, but compared with the current generation of camcorders, each is in a class by itself.


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Mob boss convicted but much still unresolved
BOSTON (AP) — Even after James "Whitey" Bulger's two-month trial in federal court ended with his conviction in 11 killings, the former Boston mob boss' fate is uncertain and his day in the spotlight is not over.
Bulger has promised to appeal his federal conviction, and his attorneys say he still has secrets to tell about corruption in law enforcement while he was running Boston's underworld.
He also faces murder charges in Florida and Oklahoma, both death-penalty states, and he is at the center of civil litigation.
"I don't think you've heard the last word from James Bulger," said defense attorney Hank Brennan.
The 83-year-old Bulger, convicted of a host of federal crimes ranging from extortion to money laundering, will effectively get a life term in prison when he is sentenced in November.
But he also faces an indictment in Oklahoma in the 1981 death of Roger Wheeler, who was shot after a round of golf at a Tulsa, Oklahoma, country club. Prosecutors say Bulger's gang members suspected Wheeler knew they had been skimming money from his business, World Jai Alai.
Bulger also was indicted in 2001 in Florida in the 1982 slaying of John Callahan, former president at World Jai Alai. Prosecutors say former hit man John Mortorano killed Callahan because Bulger feared he'd talk about the hit on Wheeler.
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said Tuesday she'll decide whether to proceed with the case against Bulger after considering many factors, including Bulger's federal sentence and whether Callahan's family wants to go forward. Prosecutors haven't decided yet whether to pursue the death penalty, she said.
"If we proceed with our indictment, then it's a question of what we'll be seeking in terms of a just result for what he did to Mr. Callahan, what he and his co-conspirators did," Fernandez Rundle said.
Tulsa County District Attorney Tim Harris said he'll also wait until after federal sentencing to decide whether to try Bulger.
"We will assess his punishment, review his appeal rights and determine what is practical and feasible under our analysis of the facts and circumstance, including our valuable resources," he said in a statement.
Retired Tulsa police detective Michael Huff was on the scene after the Wheeler killing and stayed on the case to the indictment. He hopes Harris tries Bulger in Oklahoma.
The shocking mob hit left a scar on Tulsa, and the loss of Wheeler, a major employer who was active in local charities, was felt around the city for years, he said. Bulger needs to answer for what he did in the places he did it, Huff said.
"I think Tulsa deserves the chance to prosecute this evil bastard," he said.
Regardless of whether Bulger is tried for murder in state courts, his name will be heard in civil cases, including a lawsuit against the FBI by the family of Bulger victim Michael Donahue. Donahue was killed in 1982 when he offered a ride home to a man allegedly targeted for death by Bulger because he was talking to the FBI.
The family's complaint says Bulger's corrupt FBI handlers told him about the informant, triggering the hit that also killed Donahue. After Bulger's conviction Monday, widow Patricia Donahue vowed to push ahead with the lawsuit against the FBI.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Western Kentucky is at it again.
The 12th-seeded Hilltoppers, who made an unexpected run in the NCAA tournament last year, pulled off a first-round upset of fifth-seeded Illinois, 76-72 on Thursday night in the South Regional.
Steffphon Pettigrew had 17 points to lead Western Kentucky (25-8) which led by as many as 17 points but had to hold off a late charge by the Illini (24-10). It was the 19th time in the last 21 years that a 12 seed has beaten a No. 5.
Illinois made a late run to close to make it a one-possession game in the final minute.
Meacham had a season-high 24 points for the Illini, who were without senior defensive specialist Chester Frazier, who had surgery on his right hand last week.
Western Kentucky will face Gonzaga (27-5) in the second round.
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Obama threatens boycott over Putin's Ukraine actionsFrom wire reports
March 01. 2014 9:53PM
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday that the U.S. may boycott an upcoming economic summit in Russia and threatened further penalties if Moscow did not recall its military forces from Ukrainian territory.
In a 90-minute telephone call, Obama warned Putin that Russia faces "greater political and economic isolation," according to a White House description of the call. The President suggested the United Nations would take action for what he called a "breach of international law."
Obama made the threats as the two leaders publicly clashed over the deepening crisis in the former Soviet state.
Obama warned Friday that "there will be costs" to the Russian military intervention in the Ukrainian region of Crimea, a hot bed of opposition to the newly established, pro-Western transitional government in Kiev. Putin nonetheless sought authorization for military action from the Russian Senate, saying Moscow had a right to protect its military bases in the region.
Obama told Putin on Saturday that the U.S. recognized "Russia's deep historic and cultural ties to Ukraine and the need to protect the rights of ethnic Russian and minority populations within Ukraine." But he urged Putin to engage directly with the interim leaders in Kiev to protect those rights.
Putin's moves have sent the White House scrambling to react. Obama's national security advisers met at the White House on Saturday to devise a response, while Obama dialed up foreign leaders.
The White House has said it is considering diplomatic steps that might underscore Obama's message to Putin. Chief among them is canceling Obama's plans to attend a Group of Eight summit in Sochi, Russia, this year.
A week after violent protests forced Russian-backed President Viktor Yanukovich to abandon power in Kiev, Ukraine's new leaders say Russia is trying to take control of the southern Crimea region, which has a majority ethnic Russian population.
France, Britain and Germany issued calls for de-escalation in Crimea just hours after Obama warned that military intervention in the region would be deeply destabilizing.
Meanwhile, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told his Russian counterpart on Saturday that Moscow's military intervention risked creating an escalation "that would threaten European and international security," the Pentagon said.
"Secretary Hagel stressed that, without a change on the ground, Russia risks further instability in the region, isolation in the international community and an escalation that would threaten European and international security," Pentagon spokesman Rear Adml. John Kirby said in a statement, describing the call with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said he had told Putin in a phone call on Friday that "there can be no excuse for outside military intervention in Ukraine."
"Everyone must think carefully about their actions and work to lower, not escalate, tension," he said. "The world is watching."
French President Francois Hollande spoke to Putin on Saturday to tell him of his "grave concern" and urge him to "avoid any use of force and to seek a solution to the crisis with the international community," a statement from Hollande's office said.
Hollande urged European countries to take swift and decisive action to find a way out of the crisis in Crimea when their foreign ministers meet in Brussels on Monday.
"Everything must be done to avoid outside intervention and the risk of a highly dangerous escalation," he said.
Hollande also spoke about the situation in Crimea with Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy.
No bloodshed followed Yanukovich's overthrow, but Ukraine's new leadership faces a challenge in Crimea, which was part of Russia until 1954.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk accused Russia on Saturday of sending thousands of troops to the area. Armed men wearing combat uniforms with no identification have taken control of two airports in the area and have taken over the regional parliament in what Kiev describes as an occupation by Moscow's forces.
Putin obtained authorization from the upper house of parliament to send armed forces to Ukraine's Crimea region, although a spokesman said no decision had yet been taken on whether to send them.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague, who travels to Ukraine today to hold talks with the new leadership, urged his Russian counterpart to act to ease tensions and said Russia was posing a potentially grave threat to Ukraine.
Putin told Obama by telephone that Moscow reserves the right to protect its interests and those of people in Ukraine who speak Russian, the Kremlin said.
In a statement posted online, the Kremlin said Obama had expressed concern about the possibility of Russian military intervention in Ukraine.
"In response to the concern shown by Obama about the plans for the possible use of Russia's armed forces on the territory of Ukraine, Putin drew attention to the provocative, criminal actions by ultra-nationalists, in essence encouraged by the current authorities in Kiev," the statement said.
"The Russian president underlined that there are real threats to the life and health of Russian citizens and compatriots on Ukrainian territory."


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NYC seaport fire doused with no injuries
NEW YORK – A fire on a tourist-friendly New York City pier that sent a huge cloud of smoke billowing above the Manhattan skyline was doused without any injuries on Saturday, fire officials said.
Flames enveloped a 100-foot stretch of Pier 17 at South Street Seaport, which was teeming with several hundred people when the fire broke out about 4 p.m. Officials for the Fire Department of New York said the blaze was burning beneath the pier on the East River.
"You could hear the wood crackling. It was very hot," said Sean James, who works as a deckhand on a tourist speed boat and saw the fire break out. "It was spreading fast."
James and his fellow crew members sped over to the pier and began drenching the flames with the fire hose on their boat until the fire department showed up.
Firefighters had to contend with heavy smoke and limited visibility, where a music festival was under way near the spot where the fire began.
"It could have been a disaster," said FDNY spokesman Jim Long.
The large plume of smoke that rose over the river could be seen from Brooklyn and farther uptown to Manhattan.
Thirty-three units responded with about 140 firefighters, who had the fire under control in less than an hour. The cause was not immediately known.
The FDNY's marine unit worked from the water while other firefighters used chain saws to cut through old planks of timber on the pier, then crawl through a 5-foot space between the deck and concrete to get to the flames.
Battalion Chief John Sarrocco said investigators are checking to ensure that the stability of the pier was not compromised. Sections are made of old, thick timber and burn easily, he said.
The Seaport's shops and restaurants are a popular spot on the river, especially during the summer months. None of the stores was damaged by the fire, and the pier was reopened to visitors Saturday evening, although the section affected by the fire remained cordoned off.
The music festival that was under way not far from where the fire broke out also resumed.


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So Jeff, do you perfrom an iodine test on every brew or just those that have a more complex malt bill?Dave
There isn't a way to measure efficiency before you start lautering, right? In my head, I'm imagining that pulling wort off the top of the grain bed is going to be different than the wort under the grain, but maybe I'm not thinking clearly in the morning. Would it be a good idea to dip enough wort out of the mash to take a gravity reading before I start lautering?
Using Kai's chart and this gravity (assuming I let it cool before reading it) would eliminate the need for an iodine test.Do people do this?


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I'm just curious as to who everyone would want to be if they could! I often watch anime and think, man it would be cool to be like that character, or have that character's power! I do get a little too into it sometimes, but meh.
I would want to be Rukia Kuchiki from Bleach. My reasons? Well, first of all she's a freaking Soul Reaper which is awesome in itself! She gets to live in Soul Society and practice sword skills and Kido! She has some incredibly attractive male friends, not to mention the hottest of them all, her brother Byakuya - but I guess that'd be weird to think of him as hot if he were your brother :/ haha - and she is beautiful herself.
Also, her ice Zanpakuto is awesome as well!
There are many more on my list, including Soifon from Bleach, Erza Scarlet and Juvia Lockser from Fairy Tail, Asuna from Sword Art Online, Yuki Cross from Vampire Knight...and many more!
But yes, probably Rukia the most.
So tell me! Who would you want to be and why?
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My face when I have no face.
Yuki from vampire night lol. Except i wouldnt want to have insest with my brother. Which was very weird in the anime because you dont know the whole time.
Alucard from hellsing
just...look at him.
plus he is the most powerful anime character. EVER. So yeah, cute/hot/scary-as-hell vampire who is extremely powerful.
Itachi from Naruto. He looks awesome, is powerful as hell, is calm and collected, is brilliant, and has awesome eyes. How could you go wrong with that? Lol... You know, besides the whole dying thing...
I am the wanderer...
Kazuto Kirigaya "Kirito" from SAO
Reason: Dual-wieldinging, swordsman, black long coat, and is in an mmo, why wouldn't I want to be in his place. Though I'd go for Leafa myself (though I fully go with Kirito x Asuna just not me x Asuna xD)
Hugh Anthony Disward from The Mystic Archives of Dantalian
Reason: Being able to create magic from reading passages from old books and having a cute tsundere assistant/sidekick/whatever you want to call her like Dalian would be awesome xD
Emiya Shiro from Fate Stay Night
Reason: Being able to create any kind of sword I'd want and as many as I'd want would be nice. Not to mention I'm a fan of Saber and would want to be by her side in fights. (though I do like Rider (FSN) too).
"...Love is love & it's beautiful no matter where & who you find it with."
Hmm, one of the Emiya's from Fate. Kiritsugu is a total badass, but his life is prettty damn harsh. Shirou is an annoying brat but then theres Saber...
That or one maybe a character from Shin Sekai Yori (not one of the main ones, just inhabiting that world), it seems like such an interesting place to live.
Maths is hard
Shizuku from My little Monster <3
1. She gets the grades
2. Haru loves her
Accelerator from A Certain Magical Index/ Scientific Railgun.
I love his power, plus he is just a pretty cool guy, if a little psychotic.
Yamato from Say I love you because he experiences new love.
I love a lot of characters but I would rather be my own character in the animes! XD in the sense that it doesn't feel right stealing someone else's body for your own benefit, lol XP
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LONG BEACH >> Collective bargaining, campus planning, sustainability initiatives and a presentation on a new nursing program's first graduating class are on tap for today's meeting of Cal State University trustees.
Two Doctor of Nursing Practice programs, which are partnerships between CSU Fresno and San Jose State University, and CSU Fullerton-Long Beach-Los Angeles, are graduating 59 students this year, and trustees will learn more about the success of the programs, part of which will alleviate the lack of nursing faculty.
"We had legislation that was passed in 2010 that allowed us to offer a doctor of nursing practice," CSU Spokesman Mike Uhlenkamp said. "It creates faculty members who can then teach nursing students."
Some of the students will feature their research from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Wallace Room of the Office of the Chancellor at 401 Golden Shore, where the trustees hold their regular meetings.
Trustees also will consider employee contract proposals, including with the State Employees Trades Council-United union, and the CSU Employees Union English Language Program Instructors at Cal State Los Angeles.
Uhlenkamp said several employee agreements expire June 30.
Other agenda items include approving capital programs for building construction and renovations, and the adoption of a revised sustainability plan that aims to include more sustainability and climate-science teaching in CSU education.
Part of the plan includes increasing sustainable food purchases to 20 percent of the total food budget by 2020 across CSU's 23 campuses and cutting the solid waste disposal rate by 50 percent by 2016, by 80 percent by 2020, and then to zero waste.
The trustees are scheduled to meet in open session today, starting at 11 a.m., and Wednesday, starting at 8 a.m. The meetings take place in the Dumke Auditorium in the Office of the Chancellor.
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Our community is at its best when we all work together. That means lending a hand and helping you, your family and local businesses get the tools you need to reach your goals. We're here, sleeves rolled up, ready to work for you because when you succeed, we all succeed. It's bigger than banking. It's about helping you, our neighbor, thrive.
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My friend, Kate and her husband brought home their newborn son, Charlie two weeks ago. They live directly below us, so I've gotten to spend some time with him. You forget how sweet a baby smells—like warm fragrant powder, milk and oatmeal. You forget how tiny and perfect their fingernails are and how their bottom lip curls when they sleep.
Kate's husband is a firefighter and he has to sleep at the firehouse several nights a week. Last week my Mom spent a couple of nights at my condo to help out with JD. I told Kate I had a spare hand with JD, so if she needed any help to call me and I could come right down, especially at night when JD is sleeping. She called me last Thursday at 9:45 PM. I was reading (and eating frozen peanut M&Ms) and my Mom was watching Grey's Anatomy in the living room. She asked me to come down and watch the baby so she could take her two dogs out for their final night walk. JD was fast asleep and my Mom was over so I walked down the stairs in my purple striped PJ pants, white V-neck t-shirt and socks. It felt like I was back in my college dorm visiting from room-to-room, ha.
The baby was sleeping in this rotating seat thing. I had a classic swing for JD, so I was impressed by this tiny carnival ride. Kate left with the dogs and I sat on the carpet and stared at Charlie. His hands were tucked in the attached gloves of his onesie. His pants were newborn size but looked big and he had no socks on. I looked at his little feet and studied his tiny toes, counting 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 in a whisper like I used to do with JD. His skin was still translucent and reddish. His toenails were tiny, thin, sheets of perfection. I cradled his left foot in my hand. It was warm and silky-soft. I kissed his foot.
When Kate walked in, the dogs ran to me and started yapping. Charlie woke up. I calmed the dogs down and Kate picked up her son. The dogs settled and I looked at my friend who I've known since I was a Freshman in high school. I must have had a face of both amazement and bewilderment on, because Kate said, "I have a baby!" with the same expression. "I kissed his foot!" I said. "Wanna hold my baby?" she said. (It was a comedic exchange.) I stood up and took Charlie in my arms, pressing him against my chest, one hand supporting his neck, the other cupping his little butt. I did a gentle two-step and hummed like I did, so many nights, alone in my one-bedroom apartment with JD.
I want another baby.
Single moms, would you ever do the Choice Mom thing for a second child?
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You might start hearing a lot about sparse data in the near future and its impact on network infrastructure. If well-managed and planned for, sparse data can make an entire organization more efficient. But if left to grow and populate on its own, it could easily overwhelm government servers with a flood of information, resulting in a kind of death by a thousand small cuts.
Sparse data is a term used to describe information coming from sensors or other non-IT devices. It's also sometimes called thin data, though sparse is probably the better term.
This isn't someone doing a database query or getting real information from a server, like a report or budget numbers. It's a sensor recording the temperature and humidity levels, or how often something is used. When the sensor reports that data, it's really just a blip of information within the overall structure, hence the name. Sparse data almost always goes one way, from the sensor to the network. Although it's just a bit of data now, in the future, there may be many more of these devices, and in unique areas.
Jerry Gentry, vice president, IT program management at Nemertes Research, sees a future where everything from the coffee maker to your office chair is implanted with sensors.
In his vision, devices such as doors report how often they are used, chairs report when they are moved and the coffee machine reports how many cups it produces each day. That may seem like a bunch of junk data, or perhaps a world of Big Brother gone mad, but if you compile all that data in a reasonable way, it can tell you things about your office, such as which routes will be taken in an emergency, or how much harder your HVAC has to work if more desks are placed in a certain area.
Government agencies, like other operations, could use this kind of data to more efficiently manage buildings, but compiling sparse data is already being used in other ways, such as monitoring traffic on bridges and roadways, or in a variety of weather monitors or tsunami prediction systems. Sensors are increasingly being deployed by agencies, which means sparse data likely will become a term you'll hear more often.
In an even more futuristic outlook, Gentry envisions implanting sensors into seeds, which would then grow with a plant, and signal farmers when the crop is in distress or ready to be harvested. I guess we would eventually eat them.
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This definition of sparse seems unusual to me in the statistics field, or at least not specific enough. Typically sparse data means there are many gaps or empty cells/slots in the data being recorded. In the case of sensors, sending a signal only when the state changes (e.g. a door is opened) is sparse because you get new data intermittently. If you record wind speed, the values change constantly and you get a dense dataset (i.e. new values every second). So not all sensor data is sparse. Or has "sparse" jumped out of its mathematical definition and taken on a new meaning in the IT world?
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"What makes programming languages are suitable or unsuitable as introductory languages? Which languages are better learnt first and at which order? And why what the masses think is the most suitable introductory programming language is not in fact that. This paper examines several approaches to which programming language is the best, and afterwards gives several useful relations for which languages should come first. Finally it gives a final verdict, defends it and then gives some other good food for thought."
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BERLIN (AP) — Swedish furniture giant Ikea will release a report this week addressing claims it benefited from forced labor in communist East Germany, the company and victims groups said Monday.
The report by independent auditors Ernst & Young looks into allegations that Ikea used East German suppliers who employed prisoners — some of whom were political dissidents — to manufacture goods for its stores from the 1960s to 1980s.
"We hope this will be a first step toward a broader investigation into the use of forced labor in East Germany," Rainer Wagner, chairman of the victims' group UOKG, told The Associated Press.
"Ikea is only the tip of the iceberg," he said, noting that similar allegations have been leveled against West Germany mail order companies and former state-owned East German companies that were privatized after unification in 1990.
Wagner, who was himself imprisoned by East German authorities in the 1960s, praised Ikea for acting quickly on the allegations.
The company declined to discuss the findings ahead of Friday's release of the report, which was commissioned after a Swedish television documentary in June repeated claims first aired in Germany last year. But spokeswoman Sabine Nold said Ikea took the allegations very seriously and strongly condemned any use of forced labor.
Wagner said his group has asked the German government, as the legal successor to the communist regime in East Germany, to consider compensation payments for the victims.
Many former prisoners carry psychological and physical scars from the oftentimes dangerous work they had to perform, he said.
In the town of Dessau, where Wagner was imprisoned from 1967 to 1969, inmates were forced to make goods out of sheet metal using hazardous machinery. One in ten lost fingers at work, he said.
"If someone refused they were locked in solitary confinement and given only bread and water for up to 42 days," he said.


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Hi, I am wondering just how to do the following: locate and delete folders and then unzip and replace them manually using terminal. Any help is greatly appreciated as I need to do this on 12 XO's. Thanks!
To save download time and space in the XO file system, the XO version of Scratch includes only a subset of the sample projects and media library (images and sounds) that come with the full version of Scratch. If you would like the full versions of the sample project and media library folders, you can download and install the following ZIP files:
* Media.zip (13.6 MB)
* Projects.zip (9 MB)
You will need to install these folders manually using the Terminal tool. First locate the Scratch activity folder. In that folder, delete the Media and Projects folders that came with XO version of Scratch. Then, unzip the above ZIP files to replace them. (These versions include everything that came with the XO version of Scratch plus much more.)


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Western New York Heroes Flight, a group trip started by State Sen. George D. Maziarz, is hopeful to visit Washington, D.C., again this fall. This free trip for veterans takes local heroes to visit the World War II, Vietnam, Korean and Lincoln memorials, and Arlington National Cemetery.
At this time, there are a few spots left for veterans to go on this fall trip. Priority is given to World War II veterans, however, should space become available, there will be a waiting list for Korean War veterans. Both will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
To fill out an application or for more information, call Maziarz's office at 716-434-0680.


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Are Drugs on the Net Safe?
The internet provides convenient shopping with anonymity and sometimes with significant discounts. These traits have led many people to choose the internet for their medicine needs. Some sites, though, are more interested in profits than the safety and efficacy of their products. For some products it may simply cause buyer's remorse, but for others it can have serious health consequences.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for the safety of drugs in the US. The FDA oversees medicine through research and production, and provides prescription guidelines and continuous monitoring for unknown side effects. If a drug does not perform as it should or is made in a poor manner, the FDA can ban medicine sales in the US. Companies face serious consequences if the guidelines are not met. Medicines produced in other countries also need to meet the FDA standards to be legally available in the US.
These strict policies ensure that the medicine:
- Does what it says on the label
- Is consistently produced so you know exactly what you get in each dose
- Is prescribed properly
While there are some online medicine companies that follow FDA standards, not all do. People may also choose to work around these safety standards to save money or get medicines without a prescription. With millions of transactions occuring, it is impossible for the FDA to monitor every online sale. Consumers need to be aware of the potential dangers of online medicines so they can make the best decisions for them.
Drug Quality and Dosage
Medicines are carefully regulated in production. This means that each time you receive a dose you can expect the same amounts of each medicine. Medicines that are not regulated can have too much or too little of the promised ingredient and the amounts may vary from dose to dose. The variation in doses can not only affect its benefits, but can also cause serious side effects. For example, even if you take the recommended number of pills, you can overdose because the medicine was poorly made . On the other hand, you may be taking the recommended number of pills but the medicine is too weak and not able to produce the results you need.
Online sales may also include medicines that have been banned from the US because of risks or poor performance. The drug may not have been banned in other countries and, therefore, is still available. It is important to understand why the drug may have been banned from the US. Most often, the harmful aspects of the drug were greater than the benefits. Keep in mind that there are most likely safer and legal alternatives.
Counterfeit Medicine
The number of counterfeit products increases online drug dangers, as well. Counterfeit products are packaged to look like a legitimate product but may have the wrong dose, altered active ingredients, or may be a completely different product. The unregulated producers sell the drug under its legitimate name, and it is difficult for the average consumer to know the difference.
In one FDA case, people ordered common sleep and anxiety medicines on the Internet. Instead of the expected medicine, they were given haloperidol, a powerful antipsychotic drug. Some had to get immediate medical care due to severe side effects. When you cannot be certain of what drug is in the package, you cannot be certain of what the effects will be. And you put your health at risk taking unknown medicines.
Prescription Bypass
Some people choose to use the Internet to bypass a doctor's prescription. Some may not have a doctor and others may be embarrassed to discuss a topic with their doctor. But all drugs have side effects. Some of these can be deadly. There are several factors which could make a drug the wrong one for you, such as:
- Your current health
- Other medicines, herbs, or supplements that you may be taking since they could interact with the new medicine
- Amount of active ingredients in each dose
- Whether you need medical tracking, like regular blood screening, while taking the medicine
Regulated websites will require and confirm a doctor's prescription before dispensing medicines. There is no guarantee that unregulated websites will do the same. Some websites may even go so far as to have an online doctor that can give you a prescription. But, this is illegal and ineffective. A doctor has to see you before prescribing the first dose of a new medicine.
Online Safety
Purchasing medicine may require you to enter private information including a social security number, medical history, or a credit card number. Read the website's privacy policy before filling in any information. Check for their security policies, as well as a guarantee that your information will not be sold to a third party.
When Considering Medications Online
Talk to Your Doctor
Talk to your doctor about the medicine you are choosing. Avoid buying from websites that do not require a prescription for prescription drugs or websites that offer to prescribe a new medicine to you without a physical exam. These offers should be red flag warnings to stay away.
Whether the drug is prescription or alternative, your doctor should know about them. If cost is a concern, your doctor may be able to prescribe a generic version. Reviews have found that generic drugs are often less expensive than illegal online counterparts. Of course, you will also have a better guarantee that the medicine is appropriate.
Only Use Websites That Have a Licensed Pharmacist
A licensed pharmacist can answer any questions you may have and help you avoid bad drug interactions. The pharmacist's credentials should be easily accessible on the website.
Look for Safe Sites
Ideal online providers are state-licensed pharmacy websites in the US, preferably VIPPS- certified states. VIPPS stands for "verified internet pharmacy practice sites." This is a certification given by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. Read the privacy and security rules of the website. If their policy is unclear or does not provide enough safety or privacy, do not use it.
Do Your Homework
The FDA maintains a list of drugs that you should not buy online because they are easily misused. They also have lists of companies that they have encountered problems with. You can also report any websites you may have had problems with.
The internet can be helpful, particularly for people that may have difficulty getting to pharmacies. However, it is important to keep your doctor up to date and make informed decisions to protect your health and finances. The wrong medicine can be very costly.
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
US Food And Drug Administration (FDA)
Health Canada
Manitoba Institute for Patient Safety
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OTC drugs: reducing risk of adverse effects. Academy of family physicians website. http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/otc-center/basics/852.html . Accessed December 9, 2008.
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Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Fiona Shaw's small Broadway dressing room had the look of a makeshift bar. There were more than a dozen bottles of wine stashed on a high shelf.
"It looks like a sort of speakeasy, doesn't it?" the actress said, looking up at the gifts left by well-wishers that were now on duty for post-show cheers. "Over many months, we hope. Not in a night."
Visitors might be handed a glass of pinot but the hostess would rather stay as sober as possible as she tackles another astonishing part in a career populated by plenty of them. This new one may even top the rest: the Virgin Mary, whose son turned water into wine.
Shaw, perhaps best known for playing Harry Potter's aunt, is re-imagining the life of the mother of Christ in Irish writer Colm Toibin's New York premiere stage adaptation of his novella "The Testament of Mary," a haunting, provocative work, at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
Shaw, 54, is alone onstage — except for the early presence of a real-life vulture — as she tells her version of "The Greatest Story Ever Told," one that often sharply veers from traditional Christianity.
The role is bold, mixing the human and divine as well as 2,000 years of history and art: "It's like surfing on something really big. On a whale or something," she says. "It's a really big story and I'm just staying on top of it."
Toibin's Mary is a woman living out her last days in exile with the excruciating memory of watching the crucifixion of her only son. She rejects the idea that her son was the son of God and that he died to save the world.
"I hope it's a bit dangerous, but I hope it's not too dangerous. I have no wish for anyone to be in any danger," she says. "It creates excitement. Theater must be exciting."
The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property — an organization of lay Roman Catholics based in Spring Grove, Pa. — has denounced the play as "blasphemous," saying it "deserves the most vehement and indignant repudiation from the faithful." In late March, members protested outside the theater.
Shaw, who grew up Catholic in Ireland, rejects the criticism. The play is not lampooning Mary or the religion, she says, but is a playwright's lyrical imagining. "There's no agenda," Shaw says. "This is a very dignified play about a very dignified woman."
She says her Mary can be watched without any prior knowledge of religion and stands for any woman who has suffered. "I'm in a novel. I'm not in the Bible," she says. "It's not theology we're playing with. It's the cultural story."
Shaw has found some inspiration in the book "Wave" by Sonali Deraniyagala, which sits in her dressing room. The author, who lost her parents, her husband and her two young sons in the 2004 Asian tsunami, explores how she handled such profound grief.
Toibin, long a fan of the actress, says Shaw, who manages to "embody the iconic while not losing sight of the human," turns in an astonishing performance for both its physical and emotional demands.
"She may for a second brighten. She may for a second darken. She may for a second wonder. She may for a second look even more frightened," he says. "You're talking about levels of feeling that are very serious and must take lumps out of her."
Playing Mary makes perfect sense for Shaw, who specializes in powerful, heart-pounding works, from a modern-dress "Medea" to Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days" to performing Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." She even played the title role in Shakespeare's "Richard II."
"It's a no-brainer for me to do things that are interesting rather than not interesting. I'm dazzled by the pleasure of the variation I get offered," she says.
Her roles — she's done the somber film "Anna Karenina" and the silly "Super Mario Bros." — also include a part in the movie "Three Men and a Little Lady" and one onstage this winter in Howard Barker's "Scenes From an Execution." She's able to appear in the cable vampire series "True Blood" in the same year she does "John Gabriel Borkman" on a London stage.
"Nobody chooses the middle of the road, do they?" she asks. "I think people are all trying to make their mark. That's all we're doing. It's just the imagination meeting life. That's all it is. It's the fun of taking big ideas in your head and putting them up against words."
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DALLAS (AP) - Balance paid off in different ways for the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night in a 111-99 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.
First, there was the balance of having six players score in double figures, led by Dirk Nowitzki's 24 points.
There was also the balance of scoring 40 points, in 46 attempts, from the free throw line on a night when Dallas shot just 40 percent from the field.
And there was the balance of playing at both ends of the court.
Shawn Marion did all that as well as anyone Saturday. His double-double of 21 points and 14 rebounds - six offensive - included making 9 of 10 free throws. His two blocked shots were a game high.
"We can score the ball like we should, but we've got to play defense too," Marion said. "We did that early and took them out of their rhythm."
The 6-foot-7 Marion drew the assignment of covering 6-1 point guard Mike Conley in the first half.
Conley made just 2 of 6 field goal attempts and scored eight points in the first half.
"(Marion) loves taking on a challenge," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said. "Any time you take Conley out of a game, that's important.
"I can think of less than five, maybe six guys that can guard a guy like Conley for big minutes and then guard a guy like Zach Randolph and then any other kind of guy in between."
Carlisle then invoked the names of LeBron James and Hall of Famers Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen.
"I've heard that before," Marion said with a shrug. "Especially Pippen. I've been compared to him since I came in. I want to be the best I can."
Dallas missed its first seven shots before Nowitzki banked in a 3-pointer 2:20 into the game. The Mavericks went on a 13-0 run over 2 ½ minutes to take a 16-6 lead they never lost.
Memphis came no closer than four points, in the third quarter.
Conley said, "We dug ourselves into a hole early, and we can't start games that way. You can't play from behind against good teams."
One night after trailing by 16 points at the end of the first quarter in a loss at Houston, Dallas bounced back with its own 16-point lead over the Grizzlies, 32-16 after the first 12 minutes.
Nowitzki said, "We heard about it from Coach all day, how we gave up 40 points in the first quarter (Friday), so that was a big emphasis coming in. We knew they had a tough game yesterday; they won in overtime."
Dallas' lead reached 47-26 before Memphis outscored the Mavericks 17-2 to get within 49-43 at halftime.
Conley finished with 24 points, while Marc Gasol scored 23 and Randolph had 21 points and 14 rebounds.
For Dallas, Monta Ellis had 18 points. Jose Calderon broke out of a shooting slump with 15 points, Samuel Dalembert didn't miss a shot in scoring 14 and Vince Carter added 11 in a reserve role.
Calderon had made just 1 of 15 shots from the field in the first two games. Last season's NBA leader in 3-point percentage had been 1 for 8 from beyond the arc before going 3 for 7 on Saturday.
Calderon, who finished 4 for 11 overall from the field, received a pre-game vote of confidence from owner Mark Cuban.
"That's not something that's going to stay," he said. "The shots that were going in his entire career aren't going in. If he's 0 for 73 after 12 games, then we'll talk about it."
Calderon clearly agreed.
"It's not something you just lose one day," he said. "You've been doing it for so long, you're going to have games like the ball don't want to go in, but you've got to keep shooting so it's nothing else you've got to worry about."
Memphis outrebounded Dallas 18-9 in the third quarter but gave away most of that advantage by committing eight turnovers to the Mavericks' three.
"We fought back into the game," Gasol said. "We just didn't convert enough baskets to get to a tie game or ahead.
Carter's three-point play with 5 seconds to play in the quarter boosted Dallas' lead to 73-63. Consecutive steals leading to dunks by Ellis and Marion helped the Mavericks rebuild the lead.
"The turnovers - 18 - that's like 4 too many," Grizzlies head coach David Joerger said. "Because you're down 10 (points), OK, you got to 7 and then you make a mistake and it bounces back to 11 or 12."
Memphis finished just 3 for 16 (19 percent) from 3-point range.
NOTES: Dallas entered the game 52-18 all-time against Memphis, but the Grizzlies had won the previous three meetings and 11 of the last 17. . Dallas will play back-to-back games on all five Fridays and Saturdays in November. . Nowitzki had fouled out Friday for the first time since Nov. 4, 2009, at New Orleans. His seven successful free throws against Memphis gave him 6,186 for his career, moving him past Hall of Famer Bob Pettit for 14th place all-time ... Ellis' third steal, in the third quarter, gave him 900 for his career .. Grizzlies G Tony Allen had his first scoreless game since April 20, 2012, at Charlotte.
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Jim Fennell's High School Hoopla: Regular-season losses sting, but ...By JIM FENNELL
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 07. 2013 10:48PM
Matt Alosa remembers being stunned and feeling empty after his previously undefeated Pembroke Academy team lost to Merrimack Valley of Penacook in the semifinals of the Class I boys' basketball tournament.
That was 23 years ago and Alosa still hasn't forgot.
Alosa was a star guard for the Spartans then; now he's their coach and he has the team rolling toward the Division II playoffs as the only undefeated team left in the division.
Alosa is not sure there is a particular lesson to be learned from that long-ago loss, and he's placing much stock in the fact that his team is one of only five undefeated teams - boys or girls - left in the state.
"It's really hard to run the table," Alosa said. "You have to go 25-0 (including the Christmas tournament) and that's hard to do. You could have a couple of guys get sick, couple get hurt, couple of guys don't shoot the ball well one night.
"I can't say it wouldn't be a nice thing, but as long as we finish in the top four and get two home games, that's the goal."
One of the teams that fell from the ranks of the unbeaten this week was the Trinity of Manchester boys' team. The Pioneers lost Tuesday to defending champion Merrimack after winning their first 10 games.
"As a coach, we prepare ourselves and our teams to win each and every game," Trinity coach Dave Keefe said. "But a loss or two doesn't hurt your team at all. A bad day at work or a bad day on the court, you can take so much from that. That was evident at our practice (Wednesday)."
The last team still without a loss among the boys in Division I is Central of Manchester. Little Green coach Doc Wheeler has been in this situation before, when his team went 25-0 behind Boston College-bound Tyler Roche in 2006.
"The only one that was nervous in that tournament was me," Wheeler said. "My stomach was in knots and I'm watching them and they knew they were going to win. Kids are smart enough to know where they stand."
He said he has learned to not worry too much about records as long as the team is prepared, but he does understand how a loss in the tournament changes everything.
"One loss and it screws up your season," Wheeler said.
John Barry knows that feeling. His Pinkerton Academy of Derry team was undefeated when it lost to Dover in the semifinals of the 2005 Class L girls' tournament. Lessons to be learned? "Nope," Barry said. "You lose in the semifinals and all it is is depressing."
Maybe Trinity's loss to Merrimack will help the Pioneers in the long run in the same way Keefe said it did when he was a player at Central and the team lost a couple of late-season games before going on to win the title in 1979.
Terry Bonnette, coach of the undefeated Hinsdale girls, said he hopes his team doesn't have to learn that lesson.
"I think it would be a bad thing (to lose)," Bonnette said. "I want the girls to stay positive and feeling good about themselves. They've been in some battles already. They'll know what it takes to win in the tournament."
By the way, the year after that stunning loss to rival Merrimack Valley, Alosa led his team to the Class I title by beating rival MV in the championship game.
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SOME TEAMS were having a hard time trying to find makeup dates on short notice as schools started canceling most events scheduled for today and Saturday because of the heavy snowfall expected throughout the state.
Most teams don't normally play on Wednesday and Thursday, but you will be hard-pressed to find a team to agree to play on either day because it would mean playing three games in four nights. Maybe that's not a big deal at the beginning of the season, but each game is critical for some teams fighting for a high seed in the upcoming playoffs or just a spot in the tournament as it gets deep into the season.
The Hinsdale girls, for instance, were looking at rescheduling their game scheduled for tonight against Nute. Nute plays Monday and Thursday of next week, while Hinsdale plays Tuesday and Friday, leaving Wednesday as the only open slot.
It may have to do, but it is certainly not ideal for the 15-0 Pacers, who play next Friday against once-beaten Sunapee in a game that could ultimately decide the top seed in the Division IV tournament.
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RACHEL HILL will make her mark in college athletics on the soccer field when she heads off to play for the University of Connecticut, but the senior from Somersworth proved she knows her way around a basketball court.
Hill cracked 1,000 career points Tuesday with her first basket in a 48-29 win over Raymond. She finished the game with 18 points.
She really made a splash this fall when she became the state's all-time leading goal scorer in girls' soccer with 151.
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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS-BASKETBALL VERSION: Snowed out. See the related story at right.
Jim Fennell covers high school basketball for the New Hampshire Union Leader. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A midnight court hearing in Kalispell helped a Montana prosecutor accused of assaulting a family member avoid spending last weekend in jail, but his attorney said there was no special treatment for the prosecutor and it was held out of concern for his safety.
Flathead County Deputy Attorney Kenneth "Rusty" Park's attorney was arrested Friday night after a woman at his home in Kila called authorities. Park was charged with creating reasonable apprehension of bodily injury, which is a crime under the partner or family member assault criminal code.
Park was taken into custody, the Daily Inter Lake reported Wednesday (http://bit.ly/18n4T7N ). His attorney, Thane Johnson, called Justice of the Peace Mark Sullivan, who held an initial appearance hearing for Park after midnight. Sullivan released Park on his own recognizance.
Normally, a person arrested on Friday night would spend the weekend in jail before receiving a court hearing.
Johnson told The Associated Press Wednesday that Park risked attack by an inmate if he remained in jail, and there should be a policy to keep arrested prosecutors and law-enforcement officers in a separate facility from inmates they arrest or prosecute.
"It is not uncommon for a county attorney or a prosecutor to have their life threatened," Johnson said. "It happens all the time. It's real. These risks are real."
Johnson said he is convinced the case against Park will either be dismissed or he will be acquitted of the charges.
The attorney also said that while rare, such middle-of-the-night proceedings occasionally happen when a police officer or a prosecutor is in jail.
Flathead County Attorney Ed Corrigan, Park's boss, and Sheriff Chuck Curry both said it was the first such hearing they had heard of.
Curry told the Kalispell newspaper that any type of special treatment for anyone in the justice system is unacceptable.
"In my 27 years of law enforcement, I have not seen a judge have someone appear before them after midnight," Curry said.
Corrigan told the AP he was in Deer Lodge at the time of the arrest and only learned about the hearing later.
Special hearings have been held in cases of medical emergencies, but not for prosecutors, he said.
"I haven't heard of anything like this," Corrigan said.
A message left at Sullivan's office was not returned Tuesday.
Park is on paid administrative leave until the case is resolved.
Information from: Daily Inter Lake, http://www.dailyinterlake.com


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