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To play morbidly obese Charlie in Speakeasy Stage Company's production of "The Whale," Cohasset native Kuntz must wear a suit to give him the appearance of weighing 600 pounds.
Cohasset native John Kuntz considers every role a chance to figuratively "put on a character's skin."
For the first time, in order to play 600-pound Charlie in Speakeasy Stage Company's upcoming production of "The Whale," he has had to do it literally.
"I'm a little claustrophobic and when I first put (the suit) on I had a little bit of a panic attack because I felt so trapped," said Kuntz, a 1986 graduate of Cohasset High School. "It was very scary to me. And then I realized that's how this poor guy feels all the time."
Winner of the 2013 Lucille Lortel Award for Best Play, "The Whale," written by Samuel D. Hunter, premiered off-Broadway last year. Speakeasy's production marks the play's New England premiere. "The Whale" is the story of a morbidly obese Northern Idaho man who turned to food to cope with the loss of a lover. Spurred on by an enabling caregiver, Charlie finds himself suffering from severe heart problems. On the brink of death, he attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.
"It's a very funny play for all its heartbreak and serious subject matter," Kuntz said. "It's a very human play."
Kuntz said he has been wearing the Charlie suit since the first rehearsal, and his biggest challenge has been convincingly adopting the physical presence of a man more than three times his size.
"I always feel my own body inside this thing. It took me awhile to figure out that I have to feel his body. It's strange," he said. "I have to sort of relearn everything, and learn how much space I take up in the world."
An established playwright himself, Kuntz said he has found value in the play's exploration of addiction, which he said is shown to be "much more complicated than just will power or a lack of control." He described his character as intelligent and caring, aware of the consequences of his actions but powerless to break the cycle that causes him to "feel guilty, and then want to eat more."
"If you count the amount of times he says he's sorry, he says it so many times," Kuntz said. "He also can't stop himself and he doesn't want to stop himself. It's a slow suicide in a way."
Though Kuntz said donning the suit every day is "a lot to go through," he spoke of Charlie like an old, adored friend, and a character he will miss playing when "The Whale" finishes its run in April.
"I've never played anyone as sweet and generous as this guy. What a sweet, sweet man he is. I can't even talk about him without getting a little choked up," he said.
Still, Charlie's choices have left heartbreak in his wake. His 17-year-old daughter, Ellie, has developed a sour attitude and sharp tongue to deal with her father's absence and her mother's drinking problem. Charlie's ex-wife Mary, played by Hull's Maureen Keiller, turns to alcohol to dull the pain when their marriage falls apart. Keiller, who had a supporting role in the film "Fever Pitch," said the character is a departure for her, as she has become known for more comedic roles.
"When I read the play, I fell in love with it. I really was attracted to playing someone who is broken and trying so hard to find some way to connect with people," she said.
Keiller described her one scene in the play as "beautifully written, heartbreaking and lovely."
"You can just see the pain that these people have been living with for years," she said. "It's interesting to me to see that they all are trying to fill a void they have in their lives and they are going about it the wrong way."
She said working on the show has made her more aware of the judgmental tendencies of people. Often, she said, even those who mean well can be too self-involved to realize it when they have written someone off based on their appearance or action.
"It makes me want to look at people with more compassion. Everybody has a story that is worth telling, a story they are hiding," she said.
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You don't have to explain something you never said.
President Calvin Coolidge
With money tight and prospects for the economy doing worse I'm always on the lookout to save a buck.
So when a vendor calling for Comcast said he could do something for my bill if I made a deal I was willing to listen.
We have two old non HD TV's in the house, this Christmas using Amazon points we picked up a cheap 32″ HD TV the first one in the house for $97 (contrary to the comments they Did exist) but when I went to Comcast to pay my bill and was told it would be $20 a month for an additional box HD box (down to $10 for a limited time as a promotion) the idea of adding $120-$240 annually to my bills was not an option. (Clearly I am not qualified to run for congress)
So when a few days ago a Comcast subcontractor called saying he could add that third box plus throw in the pay channels I don't have like HBO, Showtime Stars etc and all the channels below 400 for two years for only $2 more a month with a two-year commitment I told them I'd talk to the wife and if she was OK with it, we had a deal.
So after the wife said we could manage $24 a year I waited for the callback. It came as promised but with a different sales guy who confirmed the deal. We were ready to commit when I asked the $64,000 question:
I just want to confirm, that $2 a month includes all taxes & fees right?
It turned out not to be the case, including Taxes & fees my bill would be about $8 a month more. That comes out to $100 a year. For some people $75 isn't much but when you are pinching pennies that's one or two water bills.
I said, nope, can't do it, I told him if he could guarantee me a price no higher than $3 more a month, I'd go for it, but $8 a month was too much. If he could make the deal for $5 less, we were good.
He refused. I pressed I cajoled and dickered but nothing could pry that price down that extra $5, so when we hung up I figured, maybe it was because it was a subcontractor so I called Comcast proper and tried to make the deal, nope, that extra $5 a month was a bridge too far.
I've had Comcast for years and the service has been fine. I pay my bill in person so I can deal with the ladies at the booth who are friendly and know me by fedora , but I was pissed. They had changed my expectation level and then dropped the ball. FIOS had just come to the area and if Verizon wanted me I was as ripe for the picking as you could get.
So I called em.
I talked to the Verizon rep, he was very friendly. I told him exactly the features I needed, the channels I could not do without (MeTV & BBC America) I told him the internet speeds I needed and he quoted me a price better than Comcast WITH a #300 Visa gift card on top of it as a bonus.
There was only one problem, one of my oldest fiends had dropped Verizon like a rock a short time ago, I asked the Verizon rep to call me back the next evening after I talked to my friend to find out why. I named a time and was told I should expect the call. In between I spoke to my friend. He has a full range of features and his issue was of price not quality. That was it since the quality was there and the price was right it looked good to me!
I made it a point to be available, cancelling my regular Saturday night activities and other obligations. I started making preparations in anticipation of no longer using my comcast.net e-mail addresses. I understood there would be some inconveniences but I didn't care. Comcast had led me on and fumbled the ball, As soon as that confirmation call from Verizon came it was goodbye Comcast and Hello FIOS for at least two years, in writing! As soon as the phone rang we were in business…
…it never did.
As the rep was in a different time zone I waited, perhaps he thought 8 my time was 8 his time I waited two more hours and then a 3rd and fourth.
Mind you I'm not one to change capriciously if I like a service I tend to stick with it. If Comcast's surrogates hadn't called to make that offer and kept me $5 away from a deal I would have been satisfied to stay exactly where I was but Comcast annoyed me and Verzion had a shot to take advantage of it.
They didn't.
The end result I'm pissed off at Comcast for raising my expectation and dashing them, I'm pissed off at Verizon for doing the same and I'm upset that I spent a considerable amount of time on the phone with both for no effect, both of em might have done better to just be quiet…
…so tell me more about the Roku thing

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Cigna's part-time internship program on the University of Connecticut campus, less than a year old, is already successful from the insurance company's perspective — of eight interns who are graduating in the spring, four have accepted offers of full-time work.
Last spring, Cigna decided to create part-time internships on the University of Connecticut campus, selecting 10 students from the state's flagship university and eight from Eastern Connecticut State.
The program continued in the fall with 11 UConn students and nine from Eastern.
Hiring interns when they graduate was the objective from the start, said spokesman Joe Mondy.
The company didn't aim for students to learn great things from making a mobile app, or any other computing task, "and then go work for a competitor."
The fact that the students can put in their hours — generally 10 to 15 hours weekly — without leaving campus broadens the pool of students available for the work. There were 50 applicants for the jobs.
Brittany DePoi, a dual major in biomedical engineering and computer science and engineering at UConn, didn't have a car when she started the Cigna internship, so getting to Bloomfield would have been impossible.
DePoi, who grew up in Brookfield, knew she wanted to stay in state when she graduated, but had never considered working for an insurance company.
"I actually didn't know a lot about software development at insurance companies," she said. The preconceptions she had were fairly negative. After a month or so, she realized Cigna's computer programmers have interesting projects, and are using new technologies.
"I did not expect that at all," she said.
DePoi will go to work for Cigna when she graduates. "I'm very happy, my whole family lives in Connecticut, I wanted to stay very close," she said.
Cigna's decision to build a talent pipeline at UConn and Eastern Connecticut also is retaining technical talent that might have gone elsewhere.
Ben Luddy, a dual major computer science and engineering and music at UConn, lives in West Hartford, but was open to relocating to Boston, New York or California.
"Wherever the opportunity was, I would be willing to go for it," he said.
Cigna is recruiting University of Connecticut graduate students in business, psychology and mathematics now, for projects on consumer insights research and analytics, pharmacy forecasting, and consumer health engagement.
Getting customers to take better care of their bodies, so they avoid the chronic diseases that can come from too much weight, smoking or simmering stress, is the holy grail, Mondy said.
The company has chosen five interns so far, and is looking for about 30. It will interview more graduate students on Tuesday.
Neither Mondy nor the interns said what they were paid, but the students said it was substantially more than the $9 an hour they made at earlier jobs.
"I think we pay them pretty well," Mondy said. "They're very specialized jobs that they're doing, and also we want to attract them to company. And they're earning raises. It's real work and you get paid for performance."
DePoi said she and two other students are on a project with two full-time Cigna employees in Bloomfield, and the work is about 50/50.
Mondy said statistical analysis that influences wellness and disease management messages "is a big part of what we do these days, a growing part. We're pretty good at it, but we want to build our bench strength."


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Petr Cech believes Chelsea's 2-2 draw against Manchester United in the FA Cup could help to 'kick-start' their stuttering season.
The Blues went 2-0 down after only 11 minutes to goals from Chicharito and Wayne Rooney, but fought back to earn themselves a replay at Stamford Bridge thanks to second-half goals from Eden Hazard and Ramires.
And given the nature of the comeback, Cech believes the result could be a pivotal turning point in Chelsea's campaign as they aim to secure a top-four finish and at least one of the two trophies they are still chasing.
"Given how the match went, this almost feels like a win," he posted on his personal website.
"I think we marked the club's [founding] anniversary in style. It was a really huge match to mark this important day and we are glad that we are still in the competition and in with a chance to win the trophy.
"After the half-time break we played very well and deserved to make it 2-2. Our substitutes had a great impact on the game, particularly Eden Hazard, who played fantastically.
"Eventually we even had a chance to win the game, but even though we couldn't take it we can still be satisfied. To be 2-0 down at United and make it 2-2 in the end is a success.
"We are still in the game and I believe that the second half performance will kick-start us."


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Chicago — The company line from Bally Total Fitness is that the closures of 19 of its clubs in the weeks after Bally filed for bankruptcy are not related to the filing.
Larry Larsen, spokesperson for Bally, says the closures are part of the Chicago-based company's ongoing evaluation of its real estate portfolio.
However, Bally announced the closures just a few days after the Dec. 3 Chapter 11 filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan. It was the second time Bally had filed for bankruptcy in 17 months.
The cities in which Bally clubs have closed include: Chandler, AZ; Gilbert, AZ; Scottsdale, AZ; Boca Raton, FL; Orlando, FL; Tampa, FL; Dartmouth, MA; Columbus, OH; Pittsburgh, PA; and Salt Lake City, UT. Larsen declined to comment about the closings in these and other cities, citing competitive reasons.
Industry analyst Michael Scott Scudder says that the closures won't have a national effect but will affect the markets where Bally clubs are closing.
"Smart club operators in locales where they are closing clubs would be wise to see if they can buy up membership lists or even 'buy up' memberships," says Scudder, who operates the Web site www.cmeto.com. "It may actually prove to be a boon to some club operators in some areas."
Indeed, it appears that this already is taking place. One media outlet in Salt Lake City reported that representatives from local 24 Hour Fitness and Planet Fitness clubs greeted members outside one of the two Salt Lake City Bally clubs that closed.
Tammi Reiss, a personal trainer at one of the two closed Salt Lake City clubs, told the Deseret News of Salt Lake City that her club's membership had dwindled over the last few years as more competition entered the market.
"With the opening of so many Gold's Gyms and so many 24 Hour Fitnesses, the competition definitely increased in the last five years," Reiss told the newspaper. "They had brand new clubs, new equipment and cheaper pricing at times, and they attracted that younger crowd."
Bally, which reported $1.4 billion in assets and $1.5 billion in debt, plans to sell itself or reorganize under Chapter 11. In its July 2007 bankruptcy filing, Bally listed assets of $397 million and debt of $761 million. Although there is no prepackaged plan in place with the recent filing for bankruptcy, Bally says it hopes to emerge from bankruptcy as quickly as possible.
"Over the past five months, Bally has significantly improved its operating processes and expense management and streamlined its organizational structure, leading to a marked improvement in Bally's current and projected operating performance," Bally CEO Michael Sheehan said in a company statement. "Unfortunately, the burden of Bally's long-term indebtedness, coupled with the lack of refinancing options in today's constrained credit markets, have limited our ability to restructure using out-of-court vehicles, leaving Bally with no alternative other than the actions announced."
Sheehan went on to say in the statement that the Chapter 11 process provides the best means for Bally to emerge a stronger, healthier company.
"With the opportunity to restructure our balance sheet and significantly reduce our indebtedness, Bally will have the ability to invest in our clubs and fund future expansion, which will ultimately benefit members and all stakeholders," Sheehan said.
Bally, which had been a public company prior to its July 2007 Chapter 11 filing, emerged two months later as a private company. Bally's emergence was buoyed by $233.6 million from investors led by Harbinger Capital Funds.
According to a report by Bloomberg, Bally reported in its recent filing that it has more than 100,000 creditors. The company owes $247 million in unsecured debt to U.S. Bancorp and $231 million to HSBC Holdings. Bally's debt includes $291 million to first-lien lenders, $247 million to second-lien lenders, and $221 million on subordinated notes.
In court papers, Bally listed its net revenue for the nine months ending Sept. 30, 2008, as $479.5 million, Bloomberg reports. Bally also said in court papers it has 6,820 full-time and 7,750 part-time employees.
Bally said that it will use existing cash reserves to fund its operations. If Bally is able to negotiate a sale with the lenders, it would provide additional cash through debtor-in-possession financing, according to the statement.
Bally has 347 clubs in 26 states. Bally's 39 clubs in the Caribbean, Mexico and Asia are not affected by the filing, Larsen says.
"The company will continue to look at opportunities to manage its portfolio while meeting its customers' needs," Larsen says. "Bally fully anticipates that it will continue operating as a national brand with a national footprint."
Bally has retained Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP as bankruptcy counsel and Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin as its financial advisers.


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Job openings in the U.S. dropped in December from a four-year high, a sign employers put expansion plans on hold as lawmakers wrangled over tax and spending programs.
The number of positions waiting to be filled fell by 173,000 to 3.62 million, the fewest since September, from a revised 3.79 million the prior month that was the most since May 2008, the Labor Department said today in a statement. The pace of hiring cooled, and firings were the lowest on record.
The threat of tax increases and government spending cuts that constituted the so-called fiscal cliff raised concern the economy would stumble at the end of 2012. Further progress may continue to be delayed early this year as Congress debates how much to reduce federal outlays.
"The labor market is improving, but certainly not at a robust rate," said Russell Price, a senior economist at Ameriprise Financial Inc. in Detroit. Price is the best forecaster of payroll growth in the past two years, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. "We're still going to see that relatively modest pace of advancement in the first part of 2013 as businesses wait to see how the adjustments with payroll taxes and spending cuts affect the economy."
Stocks were little changed as investors watched earnings before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 0.1% to 1,518.8 at 12:05 p.m. in New York.
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Obama speaks tonight amid fresh concerns about the economy, which shrank at a 0.1% annual rate in the last three months of 2012 after expanding at a 3.1% pace in the previous three months, according to Commerce Department figures issued last month. The jobless rate was 7.9% in January, little changed from the 7.8% when he took office in January 2009.
Parts of the global economy are also struggling. India's industrial output unexpectedly dropped in December for a second month as demand faltered in an economy expanding at the weakest pace in a decade, other figures showed today.
Today's U.S. job openings report helps illuminate the dynamics underlying the government's monthly employment figures. Payrolls increased by a revised 196,000 workers in December and 247,000 the month before, the Labor Department said Feb. 1. Revisions added a total of 127,000 jobs to the count in the last two months of 2012.
Employment then slowed at the start of this year, with payrolls rising by 157,000 last month.
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Bloomberg reports that the Federal Trade Commission is prepared to approve Hertz's $2.6 billion acquisition of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. after the company agreed to shed more airport locations than it initially offered, including in Cleveland. Four people familiar with the deal tell Bloomberg that to win antitrust clearance, Hertz "said it would divest about 15 additional airport outlets, including at Cleveland and Detroit." Bloomberg said the sources asked not to be identified because the talks aren't public. It isn't known whether the agency's commissioners have taken a final vote in the deal, two of the sources. A draft statement announcing the approval is being circulated among the agency's commissioners. An FTC spokeswoman declined to comment to Bloomberg about the planned divestiture. Once completed, "the transaction would bolster Hertz's position as the No. 2 player in the U.S. rental-car market, enabling it to better compete with the industry leader, Enterprise Holdings Inc.," Bloomberg reports. At present, Hertz, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Avis Budget Group Inc. control about 75% of U.S. car rentals, with Dollar Thrifty holding 5%, according to a February report from IBISWorld, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based industry researcher.
Hertz may ditch Cleveland airport location to complete Dollar Thrifty deal
Cleveland is setting the pace among cities trying to transform urban agriculture from a niche interest to a full-blown food system, according to this post on the Fast Company blog Co.Exist. The post notes that a new report from PolicyLink.org "highlights the projects and policies around the country that are bringing urban agriculture to lower-income communities of color — and some of the big challenges that they're dealing with." When done well, Co.Exist says, "urban agriculture initiatives can offer access to healthy food in areas that formerly had little, provide jobs and skills development, and provide a sense of community." Getting to the point where that's possible isn't easy, but Cleveland is doing a better job than most cities at clearing urban agriculture hurdles. For instance, water access typically is not easy to come by, but in Cleveland, "the city is dealing with the issue by letting people use fire hydrants for agricultural purposes, at least until land rights issues can be resolved to the point where farmers are willing to invest in tapping the city's water main." The post says Cleveland is home "to what will likely become a thriving example of urban agriculture" in the employee-owned Green City Growers Cooperative. The co-op is planting the first seeds in its 3.25-acre hydroponic greenhouse by the end of this month. CEO Mary Donnell tells Co.Exist that Green City hires from the community and provides leafy greens (about three million heads of lettuce and 300,000 pounds of fresh herbs each year) to local institutions, including hospitals and educational facilities.
The headline will make you scoff — it's "What journalism can teach the business world" — but there's some good insight from the Cleveland Clinic in this post from Forbes.com. For all their flaws as revenue-generators these days, journalists and their employers at least do one thing well — communicate clearly. "It's not the same with businesses," writes Eric Rosenberg. "Many organizations default to opacity and obfuscation in their communications. Clarity of purpose is crucial in business. But many within organizations have difficulty expressing that purpose — whether it's in a mission statement, a news release, or an internal marketing presentation." The piece cites Virgin chief Richard Branson — who shuns PowerPoint, prefers simple "conversation and eye contact" and hates "jargon, lengthy presentation and memos" — as a business person who excels in part due to a commitment to clear communication. And it notes that Joseph Kimble, in his new book, "Writing for Dollars, Writing to Please: The Case for Plain Language in Business, Government, and Law," finds something to admire at the Clinic. "In one example from his book, the Cleveland Clinic recovered an extra $1 million by simplifying billing statements, which led to less confusion among patients and better compliance," Mr. Rosenberg writes.
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McDonald's owner seeks permission to renovate in NashuaBy BENJAMIN C. KLEIN
Union Leader Correspondent
March 04. 2013 10:38PM
NASHUA - As part of its nationwide billion-dollar campaign to upgrade locations across the country, McDonald's on Thursday will ask the Planning Board for permission to upgrade its 45 East Hollis Street location.
Planning Department Director Roger Houston said the plan is for McDonald's to renovate the interior, update the exterior, and add a second drive-thru lane so two cars can order at the same time.
"We're changing with the times, and we never stop looking for ways to improve. This new McDonald's speaks to the needs of our customers and our community. We want our customers to enjoy every part of the McDonald's experience," said Emile Haddad, owner and operator.
Julie Staadecker, a McDonald's contracted spokesman, said the hope is that construction can start as soon as possible pending board approval, and that the project "will likely use a contractor from Northern Massachusetts and local subcontractors."
Houston said that in his experience national corporations have a tendency to upgrade their corporate look from time-to-time, and said he still remembers when McDonald's was a small restaurant designed primarily for take-out with golden arches.
"They are proposing a complete building shift with materials and siding," Houston said.
Houston added that he has no opinion of how the building looks, and that the site's possible approval will be based upon "regulations and ordinances."
Staadecker said that when completed, the East Hollis McDonald's will have a "new, more modern look, which is what customers are looking for. In the New England region there have been about 30 restaurants upgraded over the last year, with more planned for next year."
Houston said proposed changes to the exterior include a new roof accent and more of a fieldstone look, something he said you see in a lot of residential homes.
However, Houston added, "It's very difficult to make an opinion based on a photograph; sometimes you have to see it in person."
Also going before the Planning Board will be representatives for the Bradley R. Kreick Revocable Trust, which is asking for permission to create two building lots in neighboring Hollis and to dedicate a 1,422-square-foot parcel of land as public right-of-way in Nashua in order to access it.
Despite being a Hollis project, Houston said Nashua must be involved "because there is a piece of land that is Nashua's that has to be part of the project so they can access it, and there needs to be a subdivision to clarify the boundaries so the building lots in Hollis can be constructed."


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Kristen Stewart: Kindle Cute
Kristen Stewart holds onto her Kindle e-Book reader as she arrives at New York City's JFK airport on Monday (March 15).
The 19-year-old actress is gearing up for her new movie The Runaways, a biopic about a '70s teenage band.
In the film, Kristen plays Joan Jett, the founding member of The Runaways, while her New Moon costar, Dakota Fanning plays bandmate Cherie Currie.
"We both were really concerned about getting the music right," Kristen told MTV. "They have a very distinctive sound, it's not just about singing and trying to sound good, it's trying to sound like them – especially Joan, for me. That growl that she does is something that I love so much; it was cool to have Joan and Cherie there on set everyday, because there are so many things you couldn't know about their lives and we didn't want to fill in the blanks with stuff we just made up." 10+ pictures inside…


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Nate Robinson scored a game-high 24 points and Jimmy Butler added 18 as the Chicago Bulls cruised past the Milwaukee Bucks, 104-88, at Bradley Center.
Luol Deng had 12 points, 13 rebounds and five assists and Joakim Noah chipped in with 12 points and 12 boards for the Bulls, winners in five of their last six.
"We slowed them down, stopped them in transition and contested many of their shots," Butler said. "They started missing and we went down and capitalized."
Ersan Ilyasova scored 18 points and Brandon Jennings scored 15 points and dished out five assists for the Bucks, who had won five of six entering the contest.
"They played their typical game, they're a big and physical team," said Bucks coach Jim Boylan. "They pound you, they play a physical brand of basketball and it took its toll on us tonight."
Chicago led 23-19 after the first 12 minutes before exploding for 32 points in the second to take a 55-37 lead into the break. Robinson poured in 16 of his 24 points in the period on 7-of-9 shooting.
The Bulls shot 56 percent (14-for-25) from the floor and turned it over just one time while scoring 11 points off of seven Bucks' giveaways.
Milwaukee, though, outscored the Chicago, 31-24, in the third, to shave the lead to 79-68 entering the final frame.
The Bucks couldn't get closer than 10 the rest of the way.
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Chicago scored 24 points off of 19 Milwaukee turnovers ... The Bulls outscored the Bucks, 66-40, in the paint ... Taj Gibson had 14 points and nine rebounds ... Samuel Dalembert had 14 points and 13 rebounds in the setback.


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In many parts of the country, springtime means the return of high tree and grass pollen counts. The National Allergy Bureau gathers data to provide a timely pollen count for locations around the country.
If the pollen count in your area has you sneezing and sniffling, your physician can recommend effective medications for treatment of seasonal allergies. However, you can also play a role in reducing pollen levels in your environment:
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Drug czar promotes treatment, tells personal story
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — As the nation's drug czar continues to warn people about the potential death and destruction from substance abuse, he's also encouraging them to tell their stories about treatment and recovery. Usually he starts with himself.
Michael Botticelli, acting director of the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy, also embraces another title: "I'm one of 23 million Americans in recovery who have gone on to live productive lives."
He has been sober for a quarter of a century. He has been drug czar for a quarter of a year.
FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2014 file photo, Michael Botticelli, then the deputy director in the Office of National Drug Control Policy, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The acting drug czar was in North Dakota this week to talk about the administration's northern border strategy and focus on combating drug crimes in the oil patch. During an interview with the Associated Press Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, Botticelli said he promoting a shift to treatment-driven strategy by telling his own story about addiction. He has been sober for a quarter of a century. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
"We've been encouraging, not just with me, but with other people, to tell their stories," Botticelli said Tuesday in an interview with The Associated Press. "Tell me a family that hasn't been affected by substance abuse. I haven't met one."
Botticelli, who was in North Dakota to announce updates to the administration's northern border control policy and focus on combating drug crimes in the oil patch, said his office has seen a dramatic shift from a justice-driven strategy to a treatment-driven one. Federal funding for prevention, treatment and recovery is at its highest level in 12 years, he said.
"We are actually spending more now on domestic public health strategies than we are on incarceration strategies," Botticelli said. "There's a large acknowledgement that we can't arrest and incarcerate our way out of the problem."
U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, of North Dakota, said police officers in oil country are arresting people with substance abuse problems who don't belong in jail because there's no other option. She cited three people with behavioral health issues in Fargo, in eastern North Dakota, who are going to cost taxpayers $2 million over a couple of years, mostly on trips to the emergency room.
"We can do all of the supply side work, which is what we're really talking about," Heitkamp said, referring to crime-fighting initiatives. "But we've really got to do the demand side work that is really going to take this problem down."
Botticelli acknowledged the difficulty of getting public health services to people in rural areas such as North Dakota.
"It's an issue I think we need to spend more time on in D.C.," he said. "How do we make sure we cover those communities that don't have treatment programs?"
Several prominent drug cases in North Dakota in the last two years have involved overdose deaths, including a popular Fargo blues musician who died from heroin and two teenagers who died after ingesting synthetic drugs. Officials say abuse of prescription drugs continues to rise as well. A survey cited earlier this year by North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem showed that prescription drugs are the third-most abused drug in the state, behind alcohol and marijuana.
Botticelli, who began recovery after he was arrested for drunken driving in 1988, considers himself fortunate. He looks at U.S. statistics showing 110 people a day dying from drug overdoses and thinks of doctors who never asked him if he had a history of substance abuse.
"I think about my own experience, relative to that," he said. "I wonder, as a lot of people do, if there were prescriptions drugs like that, and I had been prescribed prescription drugs during the height of my own addiction, what would have happened."
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I know D-Soft related topics can provoke some strong feelings in here, but heck, it's still a piece of Neo Geo hardware. Anyhow, today I found this in my YouTube subscriptions stream:
I have to say, it's hard not to be impressed by the loading times, but there's are some interface and software design decisions here which absolutely blow my mind, and not in a good way.
Since the cartridge uses volatile memory, any games flashed into the three available slots get wiped on power down. That's OK. Flashing them back takes no time at all. It took 20-something seconds to flash KoF 2003.
The cartridge remembers which games were assigned to which slot and re-flashes them back on power up! Which means getting to the first screen after boot up takes whatever amount of time is needed to populate three slots with games.
Once that is done, you get to the game selection screen. Here you can choose from one of three games that were just flashed and play them directly. This screen is timed. It can go to the main menu after 1 to 9 seconds. In reality, though, you have to wait at least ~12 seconds because you have to wait for the background transition, for the logo to scroll down, and for the Metal Slug hostage to skip on and off the screen.
I really hope all of this can be disabled and the cartridge will be able to boot to the menu directly. Like I said, with loading this fast, who needs the pre-flash on boot up? The biggest game will load in ~21 seconds!
I'm really happy with my NeoSD, but one thing I can appreciate in this cartridge is the MicroSD slot placement. It just makes sense.
Anyway, according to people behind the product, the menu is far from final, and I'm sure I wasn't the only one reacting to these weird procedures on boot up.
I'm curious about the case they'll be using and the AES version of the cartridge.


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To be sure, it's no magic solution to the gargantuan task of moving the entire Android ecosystem forward. And the update situation for non-flagship devices remains something of a crapshoot. But it's a start, and a big step in the right direction. And as we move from Jelly Bean into the KitKat era, it's enough to give us some hope for the future of Android updates.
Read on to find out why.
Still Android's biggest weakness. Baby steps are made, but a solution there is not.


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Reverend Samuel Delevoe Memorial Park2520 N.W. Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311Phone: 954-357-8801Fax: 954-357-8804
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Ever since the LFR was announced I have been salivating at the opportunity to run a raid with some of my real life friends that I have never had a chance to raid with. Now that dream is close to a reality because Blizzard will soon implement cross-realm raiding. See, I was late to the WoW party. Most of my FPS friends played WoW from the beginning and some had way more hardcore raiding experience than I did. They are spread over many servers and I have always wondered what it would be like to run a raid with all of them together.
Furthermore, what about running a raid with all of the WoW bloggers I read?
While there is the little caviat of me not having a horde character… which might have to be fixed by me rolling a DK and gearing them up. All of my alliance brothers and I could get together and do an awesome Firelands 25 or an LFR together in the not too distant future!
So my dream is to be raiding with people all over the world of warcraft! I cannot wait for this feature to come out.


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Take the check out of the box in front of [b]"Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power".
Some of the USB stuff in Device manager have the Power management tab and have the same darn box checked in front of that statement.
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Cortney Hupper Lenk ('99) is the recipient of the 2013 Alumni Merit Award for Service to Lindenwood, which will be bestowed at the Undergraduate Commencement ceremonies on May 18. The Alumni Association's Merit Award Committee, chaired by Judy Forstmann Brown ('67), presented the nomination to the Alumni Board at its February meeting, where it was unanimously endorsed.
"Cortney Lenk is a valued past president of the Lindenwood Alumni Association and works tirelessly to support her alma mater in the community," said Alumni Association President Jan Lewien ('85, '04, '07).
As the Alumni Association President from October of 2005 to October of 2009 Lenk represented the tens of thousands of Lindenwood alumni around the world.
"I am honored and humbled to receive the Alumni Merit Award for Service to Lindenwood," said Lenk. "I am devoted to my alma mater and want to continue my involvement in alumni affairs in the years to come."
A real "Lindenwood for Life" story, Lenk joined the Lindenwood Alumni Association Board of Directors in October of 2002–not long after her graduation in 1999. She received a Bachelor of Arts in human resource management with a minor in business administration. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.0 grade point average.
"It was important to me to become involved in alumni activities soon after I graduated, because I wanted to start giving back to the school that had given me so much," she said. "I have met many incredible people through my alumni participation, and I am happy that I started developing those relationships so soon after graduation."
During the two terms Lenk served as President of the Alumni Association, she led the group through several historic changes at Lindenwood. Her presidency began during the Dennis Spellmann administration, when she represented the alumni voice with the president as well as at Alumni Association meetings and functions and in her role as the alumni representative on the University's Board of Directors.
"I cherish my years at Lindenwood—not only because of the excellent education I received, but for the friendships, opportunities, and experiences that were afforded me," Lenk said. "The greatest lesson I learned at Lindenwood was always remember your roots but dream big as you look ahead. I learned that from then President Dennis Spellmann, who always stressed the importance of Lindenwood's history as he worked tirelessly to expand and improve the University for its future.
Every time I return to campus I am reminded of this as the University continues to thrive under current President Jim Evans' administration."
As Alumni Board President during the change in University leadership in 2006, she provided an active and valuable alumni communications conduit with the new administration. She also played a key role in the investiture ceremony for new President James D. Evans. Prior to becoming an active member of the Lindenwood Alumni Association, Lenk was active in campus activities and was President of the Lindenwood Student Government Association (LSGA) in 1998 and 1999. During her term as LSGA President she represented Lindenwood students at Lindenwood Board of Directors meetings and was in regular contact with Spellmann about student issues. Recognizing the need for increased communications with alumni constituencies, Lenk supported increased outreach to alums. This is becoming more and more of a reality with the addition of social media outlets for alumni audiences. Lenk is a licensed broker with Crouse Real Estate in Troy, Mo. – the third generation in a family-owned business. She is a member of the Missouri Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors. A member of the Sibley Heritage Society, she continues to serve on the Alumni Association Board of Directors.
The daughter of Cecil and Barbara Hupper of Eolia, Mo., she resides in Troy, Mo., with her husband, Adam, and their two children.


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I've been trying to figure out how to update a text box from a thread that is created by an app. I really don't know if I'm even trying to use the right syntax, but I know that the thread is created and does work, because I've used a message box to display the count. I need to write that to the window, but I'm not sure how to do so and I've tried a couple of things, but I keep getting compile errors like "'.SetWindowTextA' must have class/struct/union type" or "illegal call of non-static member function." Any help would be much appreciated.
I'm not really sure how much of the code I have to post to fully flesh out the problem, I hope this is enough. The code to manipulate the thread all works, the problem is just getting the out string in the textbox from the thread.Code:void CWinThreadsDlg::OnWriteWindow( CString str ) { m_edit_output.SetWindowText( str ); //does put str in the text box } long WINAPI tFunc1( long lParam ); //prototype the thread code //My global variables HANDLE myThread; //handle for my thread typedef struct tParams{ //thread data struct bool quit; HANDLE myMutex; HANDLE mySemaphore; }*pTParams; pTParams myTParams; //thread struct pointer void CWinThreadsDlg::OnButtonStart() { EnableDisable(true); //hides the start button, so only 1 thread can be made ThreadPriority priority = GetPriority(); //returns the radio button priority OnWriteWindow( "Started!" ); .....create and init data struct..... // create the looping thread that will be dealt with myThread = CreateThread(NULL,0,(LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)tFunc1,myTParams,0,0); //set the thread's priority ........ } // There is more button code here kill, stop, change priority. ................... // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ // The Thead code! Not necessarily in the same cpp file, so pass the quit variable/mutex/semaphore // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ long WINAPI tFunc1( long lParam ) { pTParams thisTParams = (pTParams) lParam; //point to my data struct int count = 0; bool stop = 0; while( !stop ) { Sleep( 1000 ); //wait 1 seconds //output count to window here, however that is done... ? CString out; out.Format("progress: %d", count); //I want to put the out string in the text box, I've tried these... //CWinThreadsDlg::OnWriteWindow(); //CWinThreadsDlg::m_edit_output.SetWindowText( out ); count = (count + 1) % 101; //0-100 ...mutex stuff.... } ....semaphore stuff.... return 0; }


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Industrial machinery maker Gardner Denver Inc has ended talks with SPX Corp and has invited the private equity firms that had made offers for the company to re-engage in a sale process, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Gardner Denver shunned private equity firms abruptly earlier this month when it entered into exclusive talks to be bought by SPX, which offered to pay more based on the synergies it thought it could extract from the Wayne, Pennsylvania-based company, people familiar with the matter had told Reuters.
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Gardner Denver shares tumbled on the news, ending trading on Friday down 10.8 percent at $67.40 and giving the company a market value of about $3.3 billion. SPX shares were up 1.1 percent at $65.79.
Talks between SPX and Gardner Denver ended after doubts emerged on both sides about the deal's success, the source said. Private equity firms have now been asked to meet with Gardner Denver management in early January, the source added, speaking on condition of anonymity because the discussions are confidential.
SPX's management came under increasing pressure this week from some of its shareholders, who questioned the rationale of a deal and the price offered to Gardner Denver, another source familiar with the matter said.
Gardner Denver's board met earlier this week and also expressed reservations about the wisdom of carrying out a deal following a detailed assessment of SPX's offer, which would have included a significant stock element, the first source said.
Gardner Denver passed on all-cash offers in the mid-to-high $70s per share from private equity firms Advent International Corp, KKR & Co LP and a consortium of TPG Capital LP and Onex Corp , people familiar with the matter told Reuters last week.
"The Gardner Denver board of directors and management team continue to work with the company's financial advisor, Goldman, Sachs & Co , to explore strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value," Gardner Denver said in a statement.
"These alternatives could include, among others, enhancing the company's existing strategic plan or a possible sale or merger of the company. The company does not intend to discuss or disclose developments with respect to this process until the board has approved a definitive course of action," the company added.
Charlotte, North Carolina-based SPX did not respond to a request for comment. Advent, KKR and TPG declined to comment, while Onex did not respond to a request for comment.
The talks between Gardner Denver and SPX focused on an SPX offer of around $85 per share, a source familiar with the matter said earlier this week.
Gardner Denver said on October 25 that it was pursuing strategic alternatives, including a sale of the company, confirming a Reuters report earlier in the day.
Gardner Denver makes compressors, pumps and vacuum products for industrial uses. Its decision to explore a sale followed months of pressure from activist investor ValueAct Capital LLC, which acquired a roughly 5 percent stake.
The shareholder campaign followed the sudden resignation of Chief Executive Barry Pennypacker in July and his interim replacement by Chief Financial Officer Michael Larsen, who last month was appointed CEO permanently.
Gardner Denver has grappled with lower demand for petroleum and industrial pumps, which pressured its engineered products group. That group reported a 20 percent drop in revenue in the third quarter.
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Homemade spaghettiOs with meatballs, black olives and a spicy sauce.
I never really did enjoy eating spaghettiOs. Not even as a kid. My palate was more sophisticated, likely from all the homemade sauce my Mom fed us. That weak imitation stuff in a can just didn't taste good even back then.
When I saw these cute little pasta rings in the store the first thing I was reminded of was spaghettiOs.
Uh-oh Ut-oh spaghettiOs. If you grew up in America that catchy advertising jingle is ingrained in your brain even if they weren't a part of your diet. Uh-oh spaghettiOs.
My version of spaghettiOs includes mouth-watering meatballs and arrabbiata sauce. Spicy red chile pepper sauce. For a pop of heat. To keep things on the convenient side I used a jarred sauce.
Then because that wasn't enough I sliced up giant black olives to resemble the pasta rings and grated a smattering of mozzarella on top to finish.
There's no ut-oh's here. Just grown-up spaghettiOs.
For the sophisticated kid in you.
Homemade spaghettiOs with meatballs, black olives and a spicy arrabbiata sauce.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly grease a large baking sheet with sides or a roasting pan.
- In a large bowl combine all the meatball ingredients with a fork. Roll tablespoon full meatballs and place in pan 1 inch apart. Bake 15 - 16 minutes until cooked through in the middle.
- Meanwhile cook the pasta to al dente according to package directions.
- Heat the sauce in a large saucepan and add the olives.
- Once the meatballs are cooked scoop them into the sauce along with the drained, cooked pasta.
- Serve with grated mozzarella or Parmesan cheese.
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Due to a complete lack of publicity on my part, along with the Mt Hamilton low-key hill climb event taking place, let's say this was an "intimate" version of the annual TurkeyTrot ride. Just myself, Kevin, Mark and, for part of the ride, Michael from our Redwood City store. It was a gorgeous morning for a bike ride! That's really an understatement; clear skies and virtually zero cars on the road.
The ride went as planned; up 84 (instead of Old LaHonda; I figured the gentler grade offered by 84 would give me less trouble), down to LaHonda, over Haskins to Pescadero, stop for food, then north on Stage and up Tunitas. Mark's in very good shape these days and did a pretty good job of staying close to Kevin, especially on 84 and Haskins. Me? 84 I was maybe 45 seconds back, Haskins about the same. On the three Stage Road climbs at least I could keep them in sight, but Tunitas? Total fail! I managed 51 minutes from ocean to top, while Kevin got there in 44. No legs or lungs for me today!
Last night Kevin was making noises like he didn't want to ride today, and even this morning wasn't looking forward to it. That's not unusual for him; he typically takes an hour or so to work into a ride and start enjoying it. But today? He continued to withhold "approval" until after the ride was finished, after loading it into Strava. 15 "accomplishments" for him. Yes, seeing that, he was glad he rode.


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Bay Area Girl Geek Dinner #12: Sponsored by EA
Girl Geeks and EA just go together!
Kick off your heels and get your GAME on! EA is proud to host the next Bay Area Girl Geek Dinner on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm at our Redwood Shores Headquarters.
We're opening our doors for you to take a peek inside the highly dynamic world of Electronic Arts. Come meet the producers of popular titles such as Madden NFL Football, The Sims, Bejeweled Blitz, FIFA Soccer, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and many MANY more!
Event is FREE for all girl geeks. Girl geeks can register a guy geek as her "plus one" above when she RSVPs.
Network with other women in the technology industry, enjoy refreshments, product demos and fun activities.
We invite you to mix and mingle with other gamer girls in the area while enjoying food, drinks and general merriment! We have many surprises planned throughout the evening.
Schedule of events:
5:30pm – 6:00pm: Registration – EA Atrium
6:00pm – 6:45pm: EA Girl Geek Dinner Panel
6:45pm – 8:00pm: Drinks, Hors D'Oeuvres, Games and Networking!
About our featured girl geek speakers:
Jamie Valle (Assistant Development Manager, Playfish)
Jamie Valle is the Assistant Development Manager at Playfish, San Francisco. Since joining Playfish in April of this year, Jamie has focused on bringing Agile software development methods to the studio. Jamie leads daily Scrum meetings for each of the game teams, looks for ways to improve and streamline the processes in the studio, and helps her teammates do their jobs, be it art, code, or design. Prior to joining Playfish, Jamie was Assistant Producer at Planet Moon Studios. Jamie holds a BA in Theater Arts from University of California Santa Cruz. In her free time, Jamie likes to dance at 80s clubs, sing karaoke, read books, cook good food with her husband, see live music and theater, and play games (video, board, card, etc.)
Autumn Brown (Senior Account Manager, EA)
As part of EAi's publishing division, Autumn Brown leads the Google relationship by setting platform strategies, establishing product slate and working across EA teams to drive key initiatives and grow the sales and profitability of the account. Google platforms currently include Android, Google+, and Chrome. Most recently MADDEN NFL 12 launched on Android and reached #1 on the Top Paid Games chart and Dragon Age Legends and Bejeweled Blitz were both available at the launch of gaming on Google+. Autumn has been at EA for 3 ½ years. Prior to leading the Google account, she was a Sr. Product Manager overseeing franchises such as Need for Speed, Rock Band, Sims and Simpsons across multiple platforms including iOS, Android, RIM, and JAVA/BREW. She was responsible for defining product requirements, collaborating with the team during the development process, and building strategic marketing plans. Autumn has a B.A. in Mass Communications from Point Park University, Pittsburg PA. Autumn enjoys playing beach volleyball, running, snowboarding and playing chess. She is married and lives in beautiful South Redondo Beach, CA.
Christine Fradenburg (Director of Product Marketing, Pogo)
Christine Fradenburg is currently Director of Product Marketing for Pogo, an online casual gaming site which is part of EA Interactive (EAi). In this role, she is responsible for direct to consumer revenue for Pogo's premium products and services which includes Club Pogo, Pogo's subscription service with 1.4MM members, Download Games, and a fun variety of Microtransactions (MTX) such as Badges, Minis, Episodic content and Expressions. Prior to joining Pogo/EA in 2008, Christine held several product and marketing positions with top e-commerce companies such as Shutterfly and eBay and still remembers her first job out of college over 12 years ago where she learned about the brand strength and equity of a certain little Kitty while working in Sanrio's corporate office in South San Francisco. Christine earned her B.S. in Marketing Management from California State University, Hayward and is a Bay Area native – growing up in Cupertino and playing Montezuma's Revenge on her family's Apple IIc or trying to beat her brother in Pong on the Atari. She currently resides in Santa Clara with her husband and two children who have already discovered at the tender age of 5 and 1 the joy of playing Poppit on Mommy's iPhone.
Driving Directions to EA Headquarters in Redwood City
- Take Highway 101 South towards San Jose
- Exit at Holly Street
- Take the 2nd exit route EAST towards Redwood Shores
- Turn left at the 2nd stoplight onto Twin Dolphin Drive and follow the road
- Turn right at the stoplight onto Shoreline Drive and follow the road
- You will see the large grey sign for the 250 Building for Electronic Arts on the right with a small area for visitor parking
- Continue to the Second parking lot – this is the 250 Surface Lot
- Take 101 North towards San Francisco
- Exit at Holly Street/Redwood Shores Parkway
- Take the 1st exit route EAST towards Redwood Shores Parkway
- Turn left at the 2nd stoplight onto Twin Dolphin Drive and follow the road
- Turn right at the stoplight onto Shoreline Drive and follow the road
- You will see the large grey sign for the 250 Building for Electronic Arts on the right with a small area for visitor parking
- Continue to the Second parking lot – this is the 250 Surface Lot


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The study rooms provide a space for SCC students to
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Personal belongings may not be left unattended in the study room.
Study rooms are not soundproof; users need to maintain a study/work environment that does not disturb others in the Library.
We strongly prefer that our users police themselves and abide by this policy which has been designed to balance the needs of the Library with the convenience of our patrons. However, if a Library staff members does observe an infraction, that staff member will inform the offending party of this policy and ask that they desist, re-locate or leave the building. Users who
fail to adhere to this policy after being notified by a Library staff member will be reported to Campus Safety & Security.
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Academic Support
The Academic Support Program of the College of Law is a multi-faceted system established to help students succeed academically during law school and to successfully pass the bar exam.
Full-time Academic Support Director
Professor Nancy Sabol serves as full-time Director of Academic Support and Associate Professor of Law. In addition to directing the various academic support programs, she is available for individual counseling of the students to assist them with their studying and test-taking skills.
The Academic Support Director conducts a series of workshops throughout the school year to help students with legal analysis, exam preparation, and exam taking.
Succeed Program
The Succeed Program consists of a series of structured workshops or study groups for each first year course and for upper level courses that cover subjects typically tested on most bar exams. These workshops are open to all students. Each week a review session is held for each section of one of the first year courses. First year students meet with a teaching assistant assigned to the professor who teaches their section of the course. The teaching assistants, students who excelled in that course, work closely with the faculty member in developing problems and exercises for the meetings. The teaching assistants not only help the new students to understand the material, but also help them to adapt to law-school learning. The teaching assistants are selected by Professor Sabol in conjunction with the faculty member.
Advising System
Each student is assigned a faculty advisor at the beginning of the first year. The faculty advisor meets with the student at least once per semester throughout the student's law school career for advice and counseling. In addition, the faculty advisor assists the student in plotting a course of study advantageous to that student's professional goals and to the particular bar exam the student will take.
ONU Bar Review
ONU Law was the first law school in the country to offer a bar-prep course for academic credit in the third year curriculum. The Director of Academic Support teaches Transition to Legal Practice for both Ohio test-takers and those wishing to take the bar outside of Ohio. This class has been key to the success of our recent bar takers.
Additionally, In the spring semester, the faculty present weekly workshops to assist third-year students in bar preparation. Difficult material in bar subjects is reviewed and practice essay and multiple-choice questions are presented.


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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – President Obama's Friday visit to Westchester will continue into Saturday, as he plans to attend his personal chef's wedding at Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, according to Politico.
The president's trip to Westchester Friday will include two stops at fundraisers in Purchase and New Rochelle, which could slow traffic and flights in and out of Westchester County airport. He will then leave for Rhode Island Friday night for a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee event.
It is now being reported he will return to Westchester Friday night to attend the Saturday wedding of Sam Kass and Alex Wagner, who hosts an MSNBC program, "Now with Alex Wagner." The venue is in Mount Pleasant.
Wagner is also the senior policy adviser on nutrition for the president, as well as his family's personal chef, according to Politico.
The president and first lady, Michelle Obama, are scheduled to return to Washington Saturday.
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — California's top prosecutor is investigating an agreement between an Orange County hospital and Catholic operators that banned elective abortions.
The attorney general's office announced Thursday that it was looking at the agreement involving Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian of Newport Beach.
Hoag started banning elective abortions this year after reaching an agreement to affiliate with St. Joseph Health.
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris approved the agreement and permitted the hospital to discontinue elective abortions — but only if alternative providers were available.
Dr. Lisa Abaid, a specialist at Hoag, tells the Orange County Register (http://bit.ly/151fXsD ) the attorney general's office recently asked her about the ban's impact on patients.
Hoag says it's cooperating in the probe.
Information from: The Orange County Register, http://www.ocregister.com


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If antihypertensive or cholesterol lowering therapy is associated with a definite risk of major adverse effects, unrelated to BP or cholesterol, then it is possible to balance this risk against the decrease in CHD events which treatment will achieve, and thus establish the threshold of risk above which the overall therapeutic outcome is favourable. In the case of thiazide diuretic and β blocker treatment for hypertension, and statin therapy for cholesterol reduction, during the five year course of most trials major adverse events have been few. There is thus little to offset the benefits of such therapies. In the case of fibrate treatment the same has not yet been demonstrated with confidence and some of the newer antihypertensive drugs remain to be evaluated.
The threshold for drug treatment of blood pressure and blood lipids in terms of absolute CHD risk is a matter of judgment, and for blood pressure it is necessary to consider cardiovascular risk because of the additional benefit seen for stroke. Considerations include the absolute CHD (or cardiovascular) risk of patients in the trials that demonstrated benefit and the number of at risk patients at these levels of risk who must be treated for a defined period of time for one individual to benefit. It is also necessary to consider the cost of preventing that CHD event at these different levels of absolute CHD or cardiovascular risk. One difficulty with basing recommendations entirely on cost benefit analysis is that the costs of drugs change. Cost benefit analysis of antihypertensive therapy with thiazide diuretics is, for example, favourable because these drugs are cheap and highly effective in decreasing stroke risk even though they are less effective in preventing CHD than cholesterol lowering medication. Statin therapy for lowering cholesterol is currently expensive, but is likely to become cheaper with increasing competition and as patents expire. Importantly, the cost of drug therapy is only one part of the cost as there are resource implications for screening, investigation, and follow up of individuals at different levels of CHD risk, principally in general practice but also in specialised hospital clinics. The evidence from clinical trials has unequivocally shown that individuals with an absolute CHD risk as low as 15% (equivalent to a cardiovascular risk of 20%) over 10 years do benefit from blood pressure and lipid lowering therapies that reduce coronary and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. So the scientific evidence justifies lifestyle and therapeutic interventions in the population, at least down to a 15% absolute CHD risk, but the magnitude of this task and its cost for the medical services would be considerable. The costs would include those of opportunistic screening, follow up, laboratory and other investigations, referral of some patients for a specialist opinion, etc, as well as the cost of drugs. In advocating an order of priorities for coronary prevention, and having started with patients with established atherosclerotic disease, it is appropriate to stage risk factor intervention in the general population, and audit the results achieved at each stage. As a minimum all individuals with an absolute CHD risk of 30% or more over 10 years should be targeted now for comprehensive risk factor management, which will include, as appropriate, blood pressure and lipid lowering therapy. There is already compelling evidence from national audits such as ASPIRE and other local studies that the potential for comprehensive risk factor intervention has not even been achieved in these coronary patients and other high risk individuals. When it has been shown that those at highest risk have been effectively targeted the scientific evidence justifies a progressive expansion of coronary prevention from 30% down to 15% absolute CHD risk, linked to NHS resources needed to deliver effective preventive care. For individuals with an absolute CHD risk less than 15% over the next 10 years, drug therapy is not normally recommended.
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Over 70% of the sun's UV rays can penetrate through the clouds even on a day that seems as grey as concrete. So you will sunburn and damage your skin if you stay in the sun too long unprotected by an SPF sunscreen.
How Long Does it Take to Get Sunburn?
What do you think 5, 10, 15 or 20 minutes? It depends entirely on the time of day. If you're out in the sun at the peak hours between 11am and 5pm then sunburn can literally happen in 5 minutes. If you ensure your daily moisturizer contains an SPF 15 or higher and you use SPF 40 mineral sunscreen then you'll be a good way to protecting yourself against skin damage sensibly.
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Portion of 540 to expand to three lanes
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. —
It is just a one-mile stretch, but drivers say the area between Porter Road and Highway 16 is one of the most congested stretches of Interstate 540.
Wednesday, the Arkansas Highway Commission will select the winning bidder to widen that area of I-540 to three lanes.
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One of the odder consequences of the tangle of distortions, deceptions and fabrications that prepared the way for the US declaration of war on Iraq in 2003 has been a renewed scrutiny of the many flavors and uses of mendacity in political life. Some of these investigations have been narrowly focused on enumerating the many damaging fibs perpetrated by President George W. Bush and his foreign policy team to manufacture public consent for a war they knew to be a hard sell on evidence alone. But others have taken the form of reflections on lying itself—as much to parse its varied modern guises as to reconsider its effects. A few years ago, television comedian Stephen Colbert began offering late-night cable audiences amusing, bitter lessons in "truthiness," his term for a gut feeling about what constitutes truth in the absence of any real logic or proof. As Martin Jay points out in his erudite The Virtues of Mendacity, Colbert's neologism was intended to capture the particular spirit of our times. In his brief Why Leaders Lie, John Mearsheimer has similarly extrapolated outward from specific cases, taking to heart Hannah Arendt's famous maxim that "truthfulness has never been counted among the political virtues" and creating a veritable catalog of recent justifications for lying in office. According to Mearsheimer, a foreign policy expert, lying in interstate relations is actually considerably less prevalent, or dangerous, or even frowned upon, than might otherwise be assumed. More worrisome is when elected leaders spread falsehoods about international affairs and engage in fear-mongering on the home front, as happened during the Bush years. Such lies produce not only political debacles, Mearsheimer asserts, but also a culture of dishonesty in which trust in policy-makers and, potentially, democratic governance is undermined.
In a presidential election year such as the present one, however, we tend to fixate on deceptions of a different sort: the lies told by candidates rather than by those already securely in power, misrepresentations of self rather than of the world at large. And this year's presidential aspirants have already provided a bumper crop for our consideration. In Newt Gingrich we had, for a few months, a prime example of the kind of political dishonesty that is easiest to expose: "serial hypocrisy" (as Ron Paul labeled it), or preaching one thing on the campaign trail and practicing another in private life. Exhibit A could be Gingrich on the stump earlier this year excoriating the profligacy of Freddie Mac, the very mortgage giant that had recently paid him handsomely for his work as a consulting "historian." Exhibit B, in a shift from financial to libidinous hypocrisy, might well be Gingrich's attempt as speaker of the House to impeach then-President Bill Clinton over sexual indiscretions committed in the White House—even as Gingrich was quietly cheating on wife No. 2 by sleeping with his own very junior staffer, soon to become wife No. 3.
Personal hypocrisy, though, is just one type of dishonesty common among politicians, and perhaps not the most worrisome. As David Runciman argues in Political Hypocrisy, there is a special kind of dishonesty associated with misrepresenting oneself entirely in one's political capacity. Is there a better model of this type than the flip-flopping, shape-shifting Mitt Romney, who eagerly denies responsibility both for his past accomplishments and his past positions, thus leaving the public mystified as to who—if anyone—the politician might be, or which of his many contradictory statements count as true? Earlier this year, while moving hard to the right, Romney eagerly shed the positions he'd held as a former healthcare-reforming governor of Massachusetts. Lately he's been busy reversing course, insisting that he's always been in favor of government subsidies for student loans despite his earlier statements to the contrary, and arguing that he deserves a large share of the intellectual credit for bailing out the auto industry, despite having written a New York Times op-ed called "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt."
Yet Runciman is careful not to suggest that hypocrisy is the particular vice of any one segment of the political spectrum. He describes a very similar set of lies that figured in the run-up to the 2008 presidential election, paying special attention to Hillary Clinton as an über-hypocrite—before praising her particular form of hypocrisy (having a totally phony public persona, but knowing it) over that of her husband (as a sincere and thus self-deceiving liar). Moreover, Runciman's scorn for politicians passing off foregone political decisions as the result of personal agonizing—not to mention complex ethical problems as morally obvious—would seem made to fit President Obama's recent calculated declarations on gay marriage.


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