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Nick DAloisio stares out the window of a hired car at the glow of evening traffic. He has just waved good-bye to his entourage at Heathrow Airport and is en route home to London with the surreal events of the last week playing in his head: meeting Ashton Kutcher in L.A., walking into the minimalist studio of
Summly simplifies and boils down the content of Web pages--reference material, news items, Quora answers, you name it--to a few bullet points. In the audience was Arianna Huffington, who was so impressed she tweeted about him. Oh, and hes 16, she added.
This was a popular addendum to the buzz around DAloisio, along with labels like boy genius and wunderkind. Sure, Mozart had already written eight operas by age 16, and Pascal had produced his first theorem. But neither of them ever managed to raise a round of funding from Horizons Ventures, the private investment vehicle of Hong Kong real estate billionaire Li Ka-shing--a backer of Facebook, Siri and Spotify--as DAloisio did late last year. Horizons has been showing off its latest star, flying him to Silicon Valley and trotting him around to meet key tech figures--with his mom in tow.
Where did this kid come from? Born in Australia, DAloisio started reading college textbooks about astronomy at age 6 and staring into the broad, star-filled sky Down Under. There was no light pollution, he recalls. He also studied
By age 12, when DAloisio moved to London with his father, a vice president at
In between classes and the occasional rugby game, he created an app called SongStumblr, which used Bluetooth to show users what people nearby were listening to. He taught himself the basics of artificial intelligence software and built an app called Facemood, which tells you the emotional state of your friends by monitoring their Facebook status. He never revealed his age online and after three years netted roughly $30,000 from one-off sales of his apps, about $1.50 each, after Apples 30% cut. By 15 hed set up his own company; his mother signed all legal documents, since he was underage.
DAloisio never discussed his hobby with his classmates at Kings College, one of the U.K.s top private schools and part of the elite Eton Group attended by Prince William. But school played a role in his next venture. Last year, while studying for a history exam, he grew frustrated with the flood of text from
He used his knack for languages--he was studying Latin, Mandarin and French--to create a program that could extract the most relevant sentences out of long text.
DAloisio figured he could do better with a genetic algorithm that could be trained to choose important sentences as a human does, in any language. The program detects the topic of a text and on that basis applies particular metrics to determine, say, if numbers are more important than descriptive words, and extracts critical sentences accordingly.
Surely, this could be used for a lot more than just a personal study tool, DAloisio realized: a service for media companies, financial institutions, law firms or any organization having to extract key points from scads of data. We could train the algorithm to get good at summarizing certain authors, DAloisio says in between mouthfuls of cheeseburger at a trendy grill in Shoreditch, an up-and-coming neighborhood in London, full of artists and startups.
DAloisio spent last summer honing his knowledge of AI and writing code. He contacted a linguistics researcher at MITs Semantics Lab and paid him $250 to analyze the algorithm. Conclusion: Summly came out 40% closer to how people actually constructed summaries than competitors did--good enough for DAloisio to release a free app (then called Trimit), which ran on an iPhone and received regular updates as he refined it. A patent search revealed that, despite those for a half-dozen similar apps, none featured the trained, AI component or tie-in with the iPhone. He set up a website and a demo video on YouTube.
Exuberance--and inexperience--led him to his first big blunder. DAloisio started bombarding reporters, including this one, with hundreds of pushy
e-mails, begging for coverage. Mild interest from tech blog Gizmodo sparked more than 100 e-mails, oozing histrionics. Please reply?! We really need to know if we can get this article out today? went one. In others he lied in desperation about getting fired if his app didnt get press coverage. Deciding the app was half-baked anyway, Gizmodo featured Trimit as worst app of the week and published hit tunes from his worst e-mails. I thought it was a bit harsh, DAloisio says. But, he adds, I wouldnt have been found if I hadnt done that. Im not ashamed.
By then he had bigger concerns. Two investment funds contacted him via his website last July. One was Lis Horizons Ventures; Solina Chau, the funds founder and manager, had seen a story about Trimit on TechCrunch and was intrigued by the technology. (Horizons had already sunk $15.5 million into Siri, the AI-based virtual assistant application later bought by Apple and integrated into the iPhone.) When DAloisio mentioned his age (then 15) at the end of the first call with Horizons, they were shocked but very excited, he says.
There were more conference calls while DAloisio e-mailed documents about his proprietary tech to Hong Kong. Since the Siri launch with Apple, so many companies are trying to put a stamp of artificial intelligence on what they do, and the vast majority is not AI, says Frank Meehan, a Horizons board member who took part in the investment. But DAloisios AI was completely legit, he adds. After due diligence Chau gave her thumbs-up, and Horizons bought a 25% stake for $300,000 last September.
DAloisio was over the moon and spent half the money on contractors. No Xbox 360 or trip to
Within three months Summly, as the app was now called, had been downloaded 130,000 times (all gratis to build recognition). While Kings College gave him several months off, DAloisio haunted Shoreditch in search of office space. Meehan and others at Horizons counseled him on how to deal with other companies (and the press). Your brain may work at light speed, Meehan told him, but other people also have other things on their plates.
How will he make money? DAloisio plans to license Summly to Web browsers, search engines and media and financial companies, hoping to charge for either a regular subscription or every 1,000 summaries--fees to be determined. He is currently talking with Stanford University, Cambridge and MIT about research partnerships.
Those discussions keep an eye on continuous improvement of his app. DAloisio is trying to hire a handful of full-time programmers who will train the algorithm to mimic choices made by humans. This is a tedious and time-consuming process, and involves reading thousands and thousands of Web articles (such as Wikipedia, movie reviews, Quora answers), choosing the three to five most important sentences and feeding them into the system.
That, he explains, is where search is headed over the next five years. By then the Internet will have sorted out curating and indexing, he says. Search interfaces like Google havent changed in a dozen years, despite the dramatic rise in content. But thats changing. There will be a lot of AI-based curation services, DAloisio predicts.
Some experts believe humans will trump robots and algorithms in guiding our future selves around the Web. The real question for Summly is just how prevalent the behavior of search will be in the near future, says Steven Rosenbaum, author of Curation Nation. DAloisio puts it slightly differently: Humans will change the paradigm, robots carry out the action.

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10 Essential Nirvana Songs
Kurt Cobain was born on February 20, 1967, in Aberdeen, Washington.
The songwriter/guitarist emerged from the nascent grunge movement of the early 80s – an alternative sub genre that incorporated elements of indie, punk, hardcore and heavy metal – to become the reluctant "voice of a generation."
As the frontman for Nirvana, Cobain's esoteric lyrics and ability to craft indelible hooks with a uniquely metallic resonance fueled the band. Backed by the core of Krist Novoselic's steady bass and the thundering percussion of Dave Grohl, Cobain's songs almost single-handedly changed not only the musical landscape of the 1990s, but also the cultural landscape.
Nirvana led a charge that unseated the hedonistic values, flamboyant acts and slick production of hair metal at the top of the rock throne and replaced it with less scripted, more dynamic arrangements, introspective lyrics and more universally identifiable, laid-back style – including a flannel-clad fashion prerogative that was soon adopted from coast to coast, seen everywhere from dive bars to haute couture. Riding on the strength of the anthemic "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Nevermind ousted Michael Jackson's Dangerous at the top of the charts. One studio album, In Utero, followed before Cobain was found dead in his home on April 5, 1994, having committed suicide. He was 27. Here are picks for 10 Essential Nirvana songs.
Although technically recorded by Kurt Cobain with musician Dale Crover as Fecal Matter, this is Nirvana genesis. "Spank Thru" was among the first songs that Cobain ever put to tape, and is reportedly the song that convinced Krist Novoselic to start a band with Cobain. The song didn't see official release until 1996, when it appeared on the live recording From The Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, but it had been a regular on Nirvana set lists from the late 80s through the 90s.
Released in 1989, Bleach was Nirvana's debut LP for Sub Pop. The entire album was recorded for approximately $600 in less than a week, and "Blew" was the opening track. The band had yet to bring Grohl into the fold, so Chad Channing handles drums on most of Bleach, including "Blew." The song was one of the first indicators of Cobain's gift for songwriting, taking a churning, heavy, serpentine groove and injecting it with a catchy melody that separated Cobain from his more one-dimensional songwriting peers.
The third track on Bleach and the lead track on Nirvana's 1994 MTV Unplugged in New York album, "About A Girl" further illustrated Cobain's pop-writing sensibilities and embracing of 60s artists, such as the Beatles. Compared to other recordings – and the Sabbath-esque heaviness and riff-laden rock of many Sub Pop bands – the clean guitar, minor-key strum of "About A Girl" marked a noted departure from the distortion driven sounds of other Cobain originals, and showed a willingness to break from the Seattle scene and sound that had given birth to the band.
Originally recorded in 1991 and appearing on the b-side to "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Aneurysm" found a wider release with its inclusion on 1992's Incesticide compilation, which featured a version recorded for BBC radio's Mark Goodier's Evening Session. The song was a staple of Nirvana's live act and for good reason: its towering riffs, stops, starts and Cobain's inimitable howl showcased the band's bombastic motif at among its most raw.
"Sliver" was among the last singles released by Nirvana on Sub Pop prior to their major label move to Geffen (where the single was later released on Incesticide). Novoselic's bouncy bassline launches the song before Cobain's vocals kick in, relating a familiar first-person narrative of being taken to his grandparents while his parents go to "a show." Despite his grandparents' best efforts (allowing him to ride his bike, eat ice cream), the child – by extension, Cobain – wails "Grandma take me home!" repeatedly. The song effortlessly bridges a bubblegum pop storyline and sound with the driving rock and blistering vocals that became the band's hallmark.
Nevermind would become a cultural zeitgeist, and its opening track, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was the sonic soundscape that made it possible. The four-chord intro is among rock's most familiar progressions and in just over five minutes redefined any previous notion of what could be a bona fide rock hit. With Butch Vig's production, the songs moved away from the murky sounds of previous efforts and into a more polished wall-of-guitars sheen. With its video gaining extensive MTV airplay – the iconography of which came to be as memorable as the naked baby boy floating on Nevermind's cover – and Cobain's garbled verses and tortured screams, audiences around the globe discovered a new sound and a new voice to guide them.
"Lithium" highlights Cobain's mastery of mood. On the song's verses, Cobain sings in a fittingly reflective, subdued tone to great effect (Sunday morning is everyday / For all I care / And I'm not scared /Light my candles, in a daze / 'Cause I've found God) – a mood echoed in a minimalist guitar line that mimics the melody. The narrative tension explodes in the chorus, as a pummeling surge of distorted guitars back Cobain as he agonizingly screams "Yeah" before the chorus: I like it / I'm not gonna crack / I miss you / I'm not gonna crack / I love you / I'm not gonna crack / I killed you / I'm not gonna crack. It stands as among the most evocative moments in the band's oeuvre.
With the unexpected success of Nevermind, there was great pressure on Cobain to deliver a follow-up album. Released in September 1993, In Utero's first single was "Heart-Shaped Box." It followed Nirvana's quiet verse-loud chorus songwriting approach from previous efforts, but Steve Albini's production was dialed back, giving the Cobain composition the more restrained backdrop it needed. The stark verse arrangement is punctuated with Cobain's chilling lyrics, including the line "I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black" – a declaration of love as only Cobain could muster – while the chorus explodes in a wash of melodic noise. It is among the more pop-friendly songs on In Utero, which was conceived in a concerted effort to deliver a more dissonant album than Nevermind.
"All Apologies" was the bookend to In Utero, and closed the album – and ultimately the studio-album output of Nirvana – on a decidedly somber note. That recording featured Cobain tenderly, candidly ruminating: What else could I write? / I don't have the right / What else should I be? / All Apologies. The song had a vulnerability that was brilliantly captured in the stripped-down performance recorded during the MTV Unplugged session.
"You Know You're Right" was one of the last songs recorded by Nirvana in the studio prior to Cobain's death, after which it became the center of a legal battle between former Nirvana bandmates Novoselic and Grohl, and Cobain's widow Courtney Love. The song was officially released in 2002, appearing on the best-of compilation, Nirvana. Cobain's expressive, gravelly projecting, nuanced guitar playing and acerbic wit (Things have never been so swell / And I have never felt this well) became a poignant capstone for one of rock's most troubled and influential musicians.


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More than 13,000 historical markers line the roadsides of Texas, giving drivers a way to sample the stories of the past. But these markers only tell part of the story.
In a lively interview with Krys Boyd, host of KERA's Think radio program in Dallas, Utley discusses his career as a chief historian of the Texas Historical Commission, the back- and forth- compromise between state and county officials on historical marker inscriptions, and fascinating stories of the people behind the markers.
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LOS ANGELES - UCLA Anderson School of Management Dean Judy Olian today announced that William H. Gross, PIMCO Founder and Co-Chief Investment Officer, has donated an unrestricted gift of $1 million to the school. Dean Olian will use these funds to support several areas vital to the school's strategic plan, such as fostering global partnerships, recruiting and retaining top faculty and students, and enhancing the curriculum.
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text: Focus Turns toward Demand October 9, 2012 12:50 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Fran Howard AgWeb Contributing Writer Email Analysts, no doubt, will be watching the corn and soybean production and yield estimates closely when USDA releases its October World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Thursday, Oct. 11. Demand estimates, however, likely will overshadow supply projections. "There's starting to be a clear consensus on corn and soybean production and yield, now the question is demand," says Rich Nelson, chief strategist with Allendale, a forecasting and brokerage firm in McHenry, Ill. Allendale expects USDA to increase planted corn acreage by 400,000 acres while reducing harvested acreage by 1.3 million. The firm expects USDA to increase its average U.S. corn yield estimate from 122.8 to 123.2 bushels per acre. A higher yield coupled with a net reduction in harvested acreage will result in a production estimate of 10.603 billion bushels, down from USDA's September estimate of 10.727 billion bushels. Allendale expects USDA to reduce 2012-13 ending stocks for corn to 731 million bushels, down from 733 million bushels in September. The firm calculates that lower demand for new-crop corn from both the feed and export sectors will offset smaller beginning stocks and lower total production. Allendale expects USDA to drop feed use by 155 million bushels, but Nelson notes that it will take time for the livestock sector to actually cut back usage to that degree. Rationing should be complete by spring, he adds. Informa, a Swiss-based forecasting firm, anticipates both a higher corn yield and stronger overall production. The firm estimates USDA will increase corn production to 11.194 billion bushels on an average yield increase of 4.2 bushels per acre to 127 bushels. Both Informa and Allendale expect USDA to increase its estimate for new-crop soybean production. Informa is calling for overall soybean production of 2.86 billion bushels, up from USDA's September estimate of 2.634 billion bushels. Allendale's total soybean production estimate for the upcoming report is 2.773 billion bushels. Both firms anticipate USDA will increase the U.S. average soybean yield from its September estimate of 35.3 bushels per acre. Informa is the more optimistic of the two, estimating USDA will increase the average soybean yield to 37.8 bushels per acre. Allendale puts the yield estimate at 36.9 bushels. Allendale expects higher soybean demand to partially offset increases of 39 million bushels in beginning stocks and 139 million bushels in overall production. The firm expects USDA to increase ending stocks of soybeans to 137 million bushels from its September estimate of 115 million bushels. "Soybean exports are fantastic," says Nelson. "USDA's (2012-13) export goals will be met in the first 5 to 6 weeks of the crop year. The question is how dramatic of a fall in exports do you factor in when South America's crop comes on line." South America's new-crop soybeans will become available for export in March, but orders for the crop will be coming in over the next several months. Tune into AgWeb next week for pre-coverage of the USDA reports, as well as full report data and analysis on Oct. 11. For More Information See the latest market quotes with AgWeb's Market Center Back to news


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Jayawardene, a stylish right-hand batsman, captained the side that reached the final of the 2007 World Cup when they lost to Australia, shattering their hopes of emulating the 1996 title-winning team.
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The Massachusetts Bar Association has named its longtime general
counsel and acting executive director Martin W. Healy as its first
chief operating officer.
Healy, who will also serve as the association's chief legal
counsel, became general counsel in 1997 and has worked at the MBA
since 1989.
"We are honored to pair Marty Healy's proven leadership in the bar
and on Beacon Hill with this top position with the Massachusetts
Bar Association," MBA President Denise Squillante said. "MBA
leadership looks forward to working with Marty to further advance
the association's strategic goals concentrating on membership
retention and recruitment and technological advancement, among
other areas of focus."
Healy is also a member of the Board of Bar Examiners, a group
appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court that prepares, administers
and grades examinations for admission to the Massachusetts bar;
evaluates applicants' requirements; and issues reports. From 2000
to 2006, he was a Hearing Committee member on the Board of Bar
"Marty Healy possesses both an extraordinary knowledge of the
legislative process and a wealth of experience in dealing with
legislators," Massachusetts House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo said. "I
congratulate Marty and the Massachusetts Bar Association and wish
him well in his new role."
The bylaw changes that led to Healy's new position were created by
a governance committee led by Past President Warren Fitzgerald and
convened by Past President Edward W. McIntyre. The work of the
committee was carried out during the term of immediate Past
President Valerie A. Yarashus.
"Marty Healy is a phenomenally effective and respected leader who
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last 20 years. In everything from passing legislation to managing
the staff to improving member benefits, he knows how to turn ideas
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editorial board of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and the SJC
Judiciary-Media Committee.
Prior to his arrival at the MBA, Healy was a law clerk in the
Suffolk County District Attorney's Office and in the Law Office of
William F. Coyne in Boston. He also served as a senior legislative
aide in the Massachusetts Senate.
Healy received his law degree, cum laude, from Suffolk
University Law School and his bachelor's degree from Suffolk
University. A South Boston native, he resides in Wilmington with
his wife, Celeste, and three sons.
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Actress Salma Hayek and Beyonce have teamed up with fashion house Gucci to launch a new campaign for women's rights.
The "Frida" star is fronting Gucci's new global Chime For Change drive along with the R&B superstar and designer Frida Giannini.
The initiative aims to support projects for women and girls across the globe, and share inspiring stories through a series of 10 short films.
Beyonce has provided the music for one of the films, while Hayek narrates.
Hayek says in a statement, "I am proud to be joining the growing international movement on behalf of girls and women around the world. I believe that by working together we can change the course of history to ensure that girls and women are empowered to realize their potential and thrive."
Beyonce adds, "I have always felt strongly about equal opportunity for women. Girls have to be taught from early on that they are strong and capable of being anything they want to be. It's up to us to change the statistics for women around the world. I'm honored to be in the company of women who live fearlessly and set an example for the next generation of young ladies."
Other stars who are backing Chime For Change include actresses Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep.


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That makes no sense, printers do not usually advertise prominently on product stickers of the customers! Certainly not without the name of the printer. It would seem like they had a sister company, perhaps a sales office, in the UK.
Exactly my thought but the Alta~ name seems to have some connection with the Medicine Hat area........ :roll:
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In Jack's defense... Here is the story of his second round David vs. Goliath trial...........Jack made it very competitive, until some stranger with a lead pipe ran up and hit in the shins while he was on pad 11.
Big congrats to Eastwood, who came back strong against a TOUGH Shanan to go all squared on that match! I had written you off as a loss, so glad I was wrong!


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by Chris "Atom" DeAngelus on April 16, 2007 @ 12:57 a.m. PDT
What at first glance appears to be a 2-D sidescroller turns into a 3-D action-adventure that defies video game logic. Fusing 2-D and 3-D perspectives, not to mention RPG and platformer elements, the game slips back and forth between dimensions. The action sprawls across eight worlds filled with traps, puzzles, bizarre mysteries and items that often draw themselves out of thin air.


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Andy Beerman, City Councilor, 'seriously considering' mayoral campaign
Andy Beerman, a first-term member of the Park City Council, said on Tuesday he is "seriously considering" mounting a campaign for the mayor's office later this year.
He declined to discuss the prospects of a mayoral campaign in any depth but indicated he hopes to finalize a decision within a few weeks. Nobody else has publicly declared an interest in a campaign. The three-term incumbent, Mayor Dana Williams, has not announced his intentions.
Beerman said he had been "pondering" the idea of a mayoral campaign for six months and given the topic serious thought for the past month. He said he spoke to Williams about the upcoming campaign recently, but he did not provide details about the discussion.
Beerman is 43 years old and lives in Old Town. He has lived in Park City since 1995. He is an owner and operator of the Treasure Mountain Inn with his wife, Thea Leonard. He had been the president of the Historic Park City Alliance, a group that represents the interests of businesses on or just off of Main Street.
"I've received a lot of encouragement from leaders in the community, people I respect," Beerman said.
Beerman won his City Council seat in 2011. If he were to mount a successful mayoral campaign, he would leave the City Council seat midterm. He won the City Council seat on a platform that included smart growth, economic expansion and environmentalism. Beerman said a platform during a mayoral campaign would be similar to the one in 2011. Other platform planks two years ago included trails, recreation and preserving the character of Park City.
Candidates for the mayor's office and the two City Council seats on the ballot in November — those held by Alex Butwinski and Cindy Matsumoto — cannot formalize their campaigns until the summer. The window when candidates are required to file paperwork at City Hall runs from June 3 until June 7, earlier than in the past.
The mayoral campaign is expected to be the most closely watched this fall. If Williams seeks a fourth term, he could face in Beerman a candidate with similar platform planks as well as others who mount campaigns. If Williams does not seek re-election, the field could widen as potential candidates see an opening without the incumbent on the ballot.
There has not been widespread talk about other mayoral candidates. Candidates typically do not make their intentions public until later in the spring or early in the summer. If more than two people seek the mayor's office, a primary election will be held to reduce the field to two candidates for Election Day in November. The winner will be sworn into office in early January.
Williams has proven to be perhaps the most successful politician in Park City in the skiing era. He won his first and third campaigns by wide margins against top-tier opponents, and he was unopposed when he won his second term.
Beerman said his decision will not depend on whether Williams seeks re-election or whether others seek the office.
The prospects of a Beerman candidacy have drawn attention and a private cocktail party is scheduled next week with him as the featured guest. Sally Elliott, a retired politician who served in elected office in Park City and Summit County, is hosting the event for Beerman, saying that it was organized "to encourage him to run." She said the event will not be a campaign fundraiser, though.
Elliott said she will support Beerman if he becomes a candidate, calling him a "brilliant young man." She touted Beerman's business ties, his connections to Main Street and his recreation-loving lifestyle. Elliott anticipates between 30 and 40 people will attend the cocktail party.
"He represents a whole new generation of people," she said.
Elliott said the 12 years Williams will have spent in office by the end of his third term is "a long time" in public office. She said the upcoming hiring of a new city manager presents an opportune time for a new mayor as well.
"I'm getting a ton of discussion back and forth. There are a lot of people who are supporting Andy," Elliott said.
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Apollo 11 anniversary: Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin once landed at Deer Valley
Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin once landed in Deer Valley Resort for the Merrill Lynch Celebrity Ski Classic races. He spoke to The Park Record during the visit in 2004 about topics like America eventually embarking on a mission much more ambitious than the moon landings – a trip to Mars.


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March 2000
Aucremanne, Luc. (2000) The use of robust estimators as measures of core inflation. NBB Working Paper Nr. 2. [Working Paper]
Jeanfils, Philippe (2000) A model with explicit expectations for Belgium. NBB Working Paper Nr. 4. [Working Paper]
Wouters, Raf and Dombrecht, Michel (2000) Model-based inflation forecasts and monetary policy rules. NBB Working Paper Nr. 1. [Working Paper]
November 2000
Vanhaelen, Jean-Jacque and Dresse, Luc and de Mulder, Jan. (2000) The Belgian industrial confidence indicator: leading indicator of economic activity in the euro area? NBB Working Paper Nr. 12. [Working Paper]
February 2001
Rigo, Catherine. (2001) Le financement des enterprises par capital-risque = Financing venture capital enterprises. NBB Working Paper Nr. 13. [Working Paper]
November 2001
Aucremanne, Luc and Cornille, David. (2001) Attractive prices and euro-rounding effects on inflation. NBB Working Paper Nr. 17. [Working Paper]
March 2002
Smets, Frank and Wouters, Raf (2002) Openness, imperfect exchange rate pass-through and monetary policy. NBB Working Paper Nr. 19. [Working Paper]
October 2002
Maes, Ivo (2002) On the origins of the Franco-German EMU controversies. NBB Working Paper Nr. 34. [Working Paper]
Smets, Frank and Wouters, Raf (2002) An estimated dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model of the euro area. NBB Working Paper Nr. 35. [Working Paper]
March 2003
Burggraeve, Koen and Du Caju, Philip. (2003) The labour market and fiscal impact of labour reductions: The case of reduction of employers' social security contributions under a wage norm regime with automatic price indexing of wages. NBB Working Paper Nr. 36. [Working Paper]
Ide, S. and Moës, Ph. (2003) Scope of asymmetries in the Euro area. NBB Working Paper No. 37, March 2003. [Working Paper]
August 2003
Maes, I. and Quaglia, L. (2003) The process of European monetary integration: a comparison of the Belgian and Italian approaches. NBB Working Paper Nr. 40. [Working Paper]
Smets, Frank and Wouters, Raf. (2004) Comparing Shocks and Frictions in US and Euro Area Business Cycles: A Bayesian DSGE Approach. NBB Working Paper Nr. 61, October 2004. [Working Paper]
July 2004
Van Landschoot, Astrid. (2004) Determinants of Euro Term Structure of Credit Spreads. NBB Working Paper Nr. 57, July 2004. [Working Paper]
August 2004
Maes, Ivo. (2004) Macroeconomic and Monetary Policy-making at the European Commission, from the Rome Treaties to the Hague Summit. NBB Working Paper Nr. 58, August 2004. [Working Paper]
September 2004
Smets, Frank and Wouters, Raf. (2004) Forecasting with a Bayesian DSGE Model: An Application to the Euro Area. NBB Working Paper Nr. 60, September 2004. [Working Paper]
November 2004
Ide, Stefaan and Moes, Philippe. (2004) Asymmetric Growth and Inflation Developments in the Acceding Countries: A New Assessment. NBB Working Paper Nr. 63, November 2004. [Working Paper]
June 2005
Dossche, Maarten and Everaert, Gerdie. (2005) Measuring inflation persistence: a structural time series approach. NBB Working Paper Nr.70, June 2005. [Working Paper]
July 2005
Mitchell, Janet. (2005) Financial Intermediation Theory and Implications for the Sources of Value in Structured Finance Markets. NBB Working Paper Nr.71, July 2005. [Working Paper]
September 2005
Dhyne, Emmanuel and Álvarez, Luis J. and Le Bihan, Hervé and Veronese, Giovanni and Dias, Daniel and Hoffmann, Johannes and Jonker, Nicole and Lünnemann, Patrick and Rumler, Fabio and Vilmunen, Jouko. (2005) Price setting in the euro area: Some stylized facts from Individual Consumer Price Data. NBB Working Paper Nr.74, September 2005. [Working Paper]
October 2005
Lagneaux, Frederic. (2005) Importance economique du Port Autonome de Liege: rapport 2003. = The economic importance of the port of Liege: report. NBB Working Paper Nr. 75, October 2005. [Working Paper]
November 2005
Fabiani, S. and Druant, M. and Hernando, I. and Kwapil, C. and Landau, B. and Loupias, C. and Martins, F. and Mathä, T. and Sabbatini, R. and Stahl, H. and Stokman, A. (2005) The pricing behaviour of firms in the euro area: new survey evidence. NBB Working Paper Nr.76, November 2005. [Working Paper]
May 2006
Coppens, Francois and Vivet, David. (2006) The single European electricity market: A long road to convergence. NBB Working Paper Nr. 84, May 2006. [Working Paper]
October 2006
Abraham, Filip, and Konings, Jozef, and Vanormelingen, Stijn. (2006) "Price and wage setting in an integrating Europe: firm level evidence." NBB Working Paper No. 93, October 2006. [Working Paper]
Altissimo, Filippo, and Ehrmann, Michael, and Smets, Frank. (2006) "Inflation persistence and price-setting behaviour in the euro area: a summary of the Inflation Persistence Network evidence." NBB Working Paper No. 95, October 2006. [Working Paper]
Plasmans, Joseph, and Michalak, Tomasz, and Fornero, Jorge. (2006) "Simulation, estimation and welfare implications of monetary policies in a 3-country NOEM model." NBB Working Paper No. 94, October 2006. [Working Paper]
March 2007
Vermeulen, Philip, and Dias, Daniel, and Dossche, Maarten, and Gautier, Erwan, and Hernando, Ignacio, and Sabbatini, Roberto, and Stahl, Harald. (2007) "Price setting in the euro area: Some stylized facts from individual producer price data." NBB Working Paper No. 111, March 2007. [Working Paper]
April 2007
Aucremanne, Luc, and Collin, Marianne, and Stragier, Thomas. (2007) "Assessing the Gap between Observed and Perceived Inflation in the Euro Area: Is the Credibility of the HICP at Stake?" NBB Working Paper No. 112, April 2007. [Working Paper]
September 2007
Coppens, François, and González, Fernando, and Winkler, Gerhard. (2007) "The performance of credit rating systems in the assessment of collateral used in Eurosystem monetary policy operations." NBB Working Paper No. 118, September 2007. [Working Paper]
October 2007
Masschelein, Nancy. (2007) Monitoring pro-cyclicality under the capital requirements directive: preliminary concepts for developing a framework. NBB Working Papers. No. 120, 31 October 2007. [Working Paper]
November 2007
Swartenbroekx, Carine. (2007) The gas chain: influence of its specificities on the liberalisation process. NBB Working Papers. No. 122, 16 November 2007. [Working Paper]
December 2007
Mitchell, Janet and Roy, Patrick Van. (2007) Failure prediction models: performance, disagreements, and internal rating systems. NBB Working Papers. No. 123, 13 December 2007. [Working Paper]
January 2008
Lagneaux, Frédéric. (2008) Economic Importance of Belgian Transport Logistics. NBB Working Papers No. 125, 9 January 2008. [Working Paper]
February 2008
International Study Group on Exports and Productivity, The. (2008) Exports and productivity – comparable evidence for 14 countries. NBB Working Papers No. 128, 13 February 2008. [Working Paper]
March 2008
Dresse, Luc and Nieuwenhuyze, Christophe Van. (2008) Do survey indicators let us see the business cycle? A frequency decomposition. NBB Working Papers. No. 131, 27 March 2008. [Working Paper]
Ilbas, Pelin. (2008) Estimation of monetary policy preferences in a forward-looking model: a Bayesian approach. NBB Working Papers No. 129, 13 March 2008. [Working Paper]
Pisu, Mauro. (2008) Job creation, job destruction and firms' international trade involvement. NBB Working Papers No. 130, 17 March 2008. [Working Paper]
June 2008
Barhoumi, K. and Benk, S. and Cristadoro, R. and Den Reijer, A. and Jakaitiene, A. and Jelonek, P. and Rua, A. and Rünstler, G. and Ruth, K. and Van Nieuwenhuyze, C. (2008) Short-term forecasting of GDP using large monthly datasets - A pseudo real-time forecast evaluation exercise. NBB Working Papers. No. 133, 17 June 2008. [Working Paper]
Vennix, Saskia. (2008) Economic importance of the Belgian ports: Flemish maritime ports, Liège port complex and the port of Brussels – Report 2006. NBB Working Papers. No. 134, 26 June 2009. [Working Paper]
August 2008
Jeanfils, Philippe. (2008) Imperfect exchange rate pass-through: the role of distribution services and variable demand elasticity. NBB Working Papers No. 135, 18 August 2008. [Working Paper]
Keller, Joachim. (2008) Agency problems in structured finance – a case study of European CLOs. NBB Working Papers No. 137, 26 August 2008. [Working Paper]
September 2008
Eugène, Bruno. (2008) The efficiency frontier as a method for gauging the performance of public expenditure: a Belgian case study. NBB Working Papers. No. 138, 12 September 2008. [Working Paper]
Muûls, Mirabelle. (2008) Exporters and credit constraints. A firm-level approach. NBB Working Papers No. 139, 22 September 2008. [Working Paper]
Pisu, Mauro. (2008) Export destinations and learning-by-exporting: Evidence from Belgium. NBB Working Papers No. 140, 22 September 2008. [Working Paper]
October 2008
Assenmacher-Wesche, Katrin and Gerlach, Stefan. (2008) Monetary policy, asset prices and macroeconomic conditions: a panel-VAR study. NBB Working Papers. No. 149, 16 October 2008. [Working Paper]
Baumeister, Christiane and Durinck, Eveline and Peersman, Gert. (2008) Liquidity, inflation and asset prices in a timevarying framework for the euro area. NBB Working Papers. No. 142, 16 October 2008. [Working Paper]
Beck, Guenter and Wieland, Volker. (2008) Central bank misperceptions and the role of money in interest rate rules. NBB Working Papers. No. 147, 16 October 2008. [Working Paper]
December 2008
Caju, Philip Du and Gautier, Erwan and Momferatou, Daphné and Ward-Warmedinger, Mélanie. (2008) Institutional features of wage bargaining in 23 European countries, the US and Japan. NBB Working Papers. No. 154, 9 December 2008. [Working Paper]
January 2009
Balassone, Fabrizio and Cunha, Jorge and Langenus, Geert and Manzke, Bernhard and Pavot, Jeanne and Prammer, Doris and Tommasino, Pietro. (2009) Fiscal sustainability and policy implications for the euro area. NBB Working Papers. No. 155, 21 January 2009. [Working Paper]
February 2009
Caju, Philip Du and Fuss, Catherine and Wintr, Ladislav. (2009) Understanding sectoral differences in downward real wage rigidity: workforce composition, institutions, technology and competition. NBB Working Papers. No. 156, 19 February 2009. [Working Paper]
March 2009
Fuss, Catherine and Wintr, Ladislav. (2009) Rigid labour compensation and flexible employment? Firm-level evidence with regard to productivity for Belgium. NBB Working Papers. No. 159, 11 March 2009. [Working Paper]
Kupfer, Franziska and Lagneaux, Frédéric. (2009) Economic Importance of Air Transport and Airport Activities in Belgium. NBB Working Papers. No. 158, 10 March 2009. [Working Paper]
Lagneaux, Frédéric and Vivet, David. (2009) The Belgian iron and steel industry in the international context. NBB Working Papers. No. 160, 11 March 2009. [Working Paper]
April 2009
Maes, Ivo. (2009) The young Lamfalussy: an empirical and policy-oriented growth theorist. NBB Working Papers. No. 163, 30 April 2009. [Working Paper]
May 2009
Christoffel, Kai and Costain, James and Walque, Gregory de and Kuester, Keith and Linzert, Tobias and Millard, Stephen and Pierrard, Olivier. (2009) Inflation dynamics with labour market matching: assessing alternative specifications. NBB Working Papers. No. 164, May 19, 2009. [Working Paper]
June 2009
De Jonghe, Olivier (2009) Back to the basics in banking? A micro-analysis of banking system stability. NBB Working Paper 167, June 2009. [Working Paper]
Dossche, Maarten. (2009) Understanding inflation dynamics: Where do we stand? NBB Working Paper 165, June 2009. [Working Paper]
Kara, Engin. (2009) Input-output connections between sectors and optimal monetary policy. NBB Working Paper 166, June 2009. [Working Paper]
July 2009
Dhyne, Emmanuel and Mahy, Benoit. (2009) The use of fixed-term contracts and the labour adjustment in Belgium. NBB Working Paper 169, July 2009. [Working Paper]
Dhyne, Emmanuel. (2009) A global assessment of the degree of price stickiness – results from the NBB business survey. NBB Working Paper 171, July 2009. [Working Paper]
Groshenny, Nicolas. (2009) Evaluating a monetary business cycle model with unemployment for the euro area. NBB Working Paper 173, July 2009. [Working Paper]
Mathys, Claude (2009) Importance economique des ports belges: Ports maritimes flamands, complexe portuaire liégeois et port de Bruxelles. Rapport 2007. = Economic importance of the Belgian ports: Flemish maritime ports, Liège port complex and the port of Brussels. Report 2007. NBB Working Paper 172, July 2009. [Working Paper]
August 2009
Druant, Martine and Fabiani, Silvia and Kezdi, Gabor and Lamo, Ana and Martins, Fernando and Sabbatini, Roberto (2009) How are firms' wages and prices linked: survey evidence in Europe. NBB Working Paper 174, August 2009. [Working Paper]
September 2009
Kara, Engin. (2009) Micro data on nominal rigidity, inflation persistence and optimal monetary policy. NBB Working Paper 175, September 2009. [Working Paper]
October 2009
Degryse, Hans and Masschelein, Nancy and Mitchell, Janet. (2009) Staying, dropping, or switching: the impacts of bank mergers on small firms. NBB Working Paper 179, October 2009. [Working Paper]
Du Caju, Philip and Rycx, François and Tojerow, Ilan. (2009) Inter-industry wage differentials: How much does rent sharing matter? NBB Working Paper 180, October 2009. [Working Paper]
Fender, Ingo and Mitchell, Janet. (2009) Incentives and tranche retention in securitisation: a screening model. NBB Working Paper 177, October 2009. [Working Paper]
Lewis, Vivien. (2009) Optimal monetary policy and firm entry. NBB Working Paper 178, October 2009. [Working Paper]
Maes, Ivo. (2009) On the origins of the BIS macro-prudential approach to financial stability: Alexandre Lamfalussy and financial fragility. NBB Working Paper 176, October 2009. [Working Paper]
November 2009
Babecky, Jan and Du Caju, Philip and Kosma, Theodora and Lawless, Martina and Messina, Julian and Room, Tairi (2009) Downward nominal and real wage rigidity: Survey evidence from European firms. National Bank of Belgium Working Paper No. 182, November 2009. [Working Paper]
Babecky, Jan and Du Caju, Philip and Kosma, Theodora and Lawless, Martina and Messina, Julian and Room, Tairi. (2009) The margins of labour costs adjustment: Survey evidence from European firms. National Bank of Belgium Working Paper No. 183, November 2009. [Working Paper]
du Caju, Philip and Katay, Gabor and Lamo, Ana and Nicolitsas, Daphne and Poelhekke, Steven. (2010) Inter-industry wage differentials in EU countries: What do cross-country time-varying data add to the picture? National Bank of Belgium Working Paper, No. 189, April 2010. [Working Paper]
January 2010
Ferrari, Stijn. (2010) Discriminatory fees, coordination and investment in shared ATM networks. National Bank of Belgium Working Paper, No. 184, January 2010. [Working Paper]
April 2010
Issing, Otmar. (2010) The development of monetary policy in the 20th century - some reflections. National Bank of Belgium Working Paper, No. 186, April 2010. [Working Paper]
Maes, Ivo. (2010) A century of macroeconomic and monetary thought at the National Bank of Belgium. Nation Bank of Belgium Working Paper, No. 188, April 2010. [Working Paper]
May 2010
Annaert, Jan and De Ceuster, Marc and Van Roy, Patrick and Vespro, Cristina. (2010) What determines euro area bank CDS spreads? National Bank of Belgium Working Paper, No. 190, May 2010. [Working Paper]
June 2010
Messina, Julian and du Caju, Philip and Duarte, Claudia Filipa and Hansen, Niels Lynggard and Izquierdo, Mario. (2010) The incidence of nominal and real wage rigidity: An individual-based sectoral approach. National Bank of Belgium Working Paper, No. 191, June 2010. [Working Paper]
July 2010
Dhyne, Emmanuel and Druant, Martine. (2010) Wages, labor or prices: How do firms react to shocks? National Bank of Belgium Working Paper, No. 193, July 2010. [Working Paper]
November 2010
Rannenberg., Ansgar (2010) The Taylor principle and (in-) determinancy in a New Keynesian model with hiring frictions and skill loss. NBB Working Paper No. 208, November 2010. [Working Paper]
February 2011
Boeckx., Jef (2011) Estimating monetary policy reaction functions: a discrete choice approach. NBB Working Paper No. 210, February 2011. [Working Paper]
de Crombrugghe, Alain and de Walque., Gregory (2011) Wage and employment effects of a wage norm: the Polish transition experience. NBB Working Paper No. 209, February 2011. [Working Paper]
March 2012
Deville, Xavier and Verduyn, Fabienne (2012) Implementation of EU legislation on rail liberalisation in Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands. NBB Working Paper No. 221, March 2012. [Working Paper]
Maes, Ivo. (2012) Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa and the origins of the euro. NBB Working Paper No. 222, March 2012. [Working Paper]
October 2012
Kollmann, R. and Ratto, M. and Roeger, W. and in't Veld, J. (2012) Fiscal policy, banks and the financial crisis. National Bank of Belgium Working Paper No. 234, October 2012. [Working Paper]
December 2012
Beveren, I. Van and Bernard, A. B. and Vandenbussche, H. (2012) Concording EU trade and production data over time. National Bank of Belgium Working Paper No. 239, December 2012. [Working Paper]
October 2013
De Grauwe, Paul and Ji, Yuemei (2013) The fragility of two monetary regimes: The European Monetary System and the Eurozone. National Bank of Belgium Working Paper No. 243, October 2013. [Working Paper]
December 2013
Bover, Olympia and Casado, Jose Maria and Costa, Sonia and Du Caju, Philip and McCarthy, Yvonne and Sierminska, Eva and Tzamourani, Panagiota and Villanueva, Ernesto and Zavaldi, Tibor (2013) The distribution of debt across euro area countries : The role of individual characteristics, institutions and credit conditions. National Bank of Belgium Working Paper No. 252, December 2013. [Working Paper]
Du Caju, Philip and Kosma, Theodora and Lawless, Martina and Messina, Julián and Rõõm, Tairi (2013) Why firms avoid cutting wages: Survey evidence from European firms. National Bank of Belgium Working Paper No. 251, December 2013. [Working Paper]
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Abikanile "Bika" Mack-Williams, an attorney in the state public defender's office in Baltimore, died Sept. 14 of heart failure at a friend's Hanover home.
She was 26 and lived in Owings Mills.
"Her death was accidental. She had a pre-existing heart condition and had taken her medication. Last Friday evening, she was out with friends socializing and drank some alcohol, and on Saturday morning she was found dead," said her mother, Dr. Kibibi Mack-Shelton of Owings Mills.
"We are waiting for the coroner's report who initially said that her death was probably caused by a combination of medication and alcohol."
Abikanile Nayo Mack-Williams was born in Norfolk, Va., and spent her early years in Boston before moving to Columbia in 1996.
Ms. Mack-Williams was a 2004 graduate of Wilde Lake High School, where she was a member of the National Honor Society and a cheerleader and co-captain of the squad. She was active in student government.
Ms. Mack-Williams attended Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., for a year before enrolling at the University of Maryland, College Park, from which she earned a bachelor's degree in 2008 with honors. She earned a law degree from Howard University in 2011.
During her law school years, Ms. Mack-Williams participated in the Criminal Justice Clinic in Washington as a student attorney and was treasurer for the Howard Business Law Society.
She clerked for Chief Judge Robert M. Bell of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 2011 to 2012 and then joined the public defender's office in Baltimore's Eastside District Court in March.
"She was a valued member of this office," said a news release from the Eastside District Court announcing her death. "She was well-liked and respected by her co-workers, clients and judges alike."
Ms. Mack-Williams was active in My Sister's Circle and enjoyed traveling to Ghana, West Africa, to visit her father. She was also an animal lover and a Dallas Cowboys fan.
"Though her life was shortened, Bika's legacy of achieving excellence in her pursuits can only be matched with her hilariously flippant sense of humor, her fun-loving personality, her refreshing candor, and her well-roundedness as a person," said a sister, Dr. Yakini Etheridge of New York City.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Walker Memorial Baptist Church, 2020 13th St. N.W., Washington.
In addition to her mother and sister, Ms. Mack-Williams is survived by her father, Dr. Michael W. Williams of Ghana; two other sisters, Nabulungi Anderson of Glendale, Calif., and Sibongile Mack-Williams of Washington; her stepfather, Ronald Shelton of Owings Mills; two stepsisters, Abena Williams and Akua Williams, both of Ghana; and many nieces and nephews.


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Love, Trade, Wars and Aliens
One day Arches starts to appear, first there are only a few but then more and more. Ed was having a fight with his brother when the brother was swallowed by one of the first. It was first later Ed learned that the Arches went places, places light years away. This story has wormholes but no faster than light travel. Time stops for people while they travel between two arches but they only move at light speed.
The interesting part starts when Ed and his brother's wife Alice themselves enter an arch to search for the lost brother. Their complex motivation and feelings add spice as they travel through the arches and meets people and aliens there. They discover the nature of the arch network piece by piece.
At the same time there is a parallel story some four hundred years into the future about a female starship captain down on her luck betrayed by the man she believed loved her. They have kind of a Romeo and Juliet past. Their trading families are enemies.
The stories keep switching back and forth and it is quite obvious that they will meet up at some time.
Gareth paints the world as we move along in what the characters see but also in news lists at the beginning of some of the chapters in a way that feels natural and inspire further thoughts.
This quest to find the lost brother and the trade war between former lovers Katherine Abdulov and Victor Luciano would be enough to make a good story but there is more, much more.
The Recollection has mysterious ancient aliens with a gigantic diamond starship on the run from an equally ancient weapon, and a mind-boggling destiny beside a deeply satisfying human story.
The Recollection is an impressive debut by new-to-me novelist Gareth L. Powell. It was an immersive read I can really recommend to every fan of good space opera. This is obviously a part of a bigger tale even if a series is never mentioned. Even so it is pretty standalone. I wonder when the next book in this universe will be out because there are obviously more story to tell here. Hope it is soon.
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When his brother disappears into a bizarre gateway on a London Underground escalator, failed artist Ed Rico and his brother's wife Alice have to put aside their feelings for each other to go and find him. Their quest through the 'arches' will send them hurtling through time, to new and terrifying alien worlds.
Four hundred years in the future, Katherine Abdulov must travel to a remote planet in order to regain the trust of her influential family. The only person standing in her way is her former lover, Victor Luciano, the ruthless employee of a rival trading firm.
Hard choices lie ahead as lives and centuries clash and, in the unforgiving depths of space, an ancient evil stirs…
Gareth L. Powell's epic new science-fiction novel delivers a story of galaxy-spanning scope by a writer of astounding vision.


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Notre Dame, Rutgers ready to clash in Pinstripe Bowl
NEW YORK -- Call it a cold-and-dry run for the Super Bowl. New York and New Jersey, hosts of the ultimate game in pro football this season, will also stage the fourth annual Pinstripe Bowl, which pits Jersey-based Rutgers against national behemoth Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium on Saturday.
Notre Dame, one season removed from a berth in the BCS National Championship Game, can appreciate its surroundings. The Fighting Irish had a rich tradition in old Yankee Stadium, and they're looking forward to capping off their season with a victory over Rutgers in front of their local alumni.
NEW YORK -- Call it a cold-and-dry run for the Super Bowl. New York and New Jersey, hosts of the ultimate game in pro football this season, will also stage the fourth annual Pinstripe Bowl, which pits Jersey-based Rutgers against national behemoth Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium on Saturday.
Notre Dame, one season removed from a berth in the BCS National Championship Game, can appreciate its surroundings. The Fighting Irish had a rich tradition in old Yankee Stadium, and they're looking forward to capping off their season with a victory over Rutgers in front of their local alumni.
"You hear, 'Well, it's not a BCS game,'" said Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly. "[Rutgers coach Kyle Flood] and I, we're competitors. That's first of all. Any game that you put in front of us, we want to win. It doesn't matter the venue. We love the venue. We love the bowl. We love what's happened for our kids this week, but we're competitive. The old phrase is, 'A game worth playing is a game worth winning.'"
Notre Dame, ranked No. 25 in The Associated Press poll, will be capping off a season that saw the Fighting Irish compete against five ranked opponents. Notre Dame (8-4) lost to Michigan, Oklahoma and Stanford, but it also earned impressive victories over Michigan State and Arizona State.
There's also the matter of Notre Dame's history against Rutgers. The Irish have played the Scarlet Knights four times -- including once at the Polo Grounds in 1921 -- and have never lost. Notre Dame has outscored the Rutgers 197-17 in those four games, a streak that includes three shutouts.
But the most recent victory came in 2002, which is almost three graduation cycles ago. None of the current Rutgers players remember any of those losses, and they just want to end their season on a positive note. The Scarlet Knights, 6-6 this year, will begin play in the Big Ten conference next season.
"This is a young football team," said Flood when asked about the future. "It will be a much different football team next year, when our senior class leaves and our freshman class comes in. That's kind of the nature of college football. These teams are very different year to year, so I don't know what it will mean going forward. But it's a great showcase for our program right now to play against a great program like Notre Dame. Ultimately, when that game is over, we'll look to our future in the Big Ten."
Notre Dame can boast of 11 national titles, six Hall of Fame coaches and seven Heisman Trophy winners, but that hasn't always translated to success in bowl games. Notre Dame is 15-17 all time in bowl games and has lost 11 of its last 13 bowls dating back to the 1995 campaign.
Rutgers, by contrast, has only appeared in eight bowl games, but the Scarlet Knights have been busy recently. Rutgers lost the Russell Athletic Bowl last season, but it won the Pinstripe Bowl the year before. The Scarlet Knights, in fact, have gone to a bowl game in six of the last seven years.
Rutgers ranks fourth nationally against the run with just 94.6 yards allowed per game, but its secondary ranks 120th in pass defense (311.4 yards per game). Neither team has been particularly explosive on offense this season, and Rutgers goes into the bowl with losses in five of its last seven games.
"Ultimately, you look at the season in its entirety, and I think there's a big difference between 7-6 and 6-7. It's a winning record and a losing record," said Flood of the stakes at the Pinstripe Bowl. "To our senior class, winning this game is very important. We remember what it was like just a year ago to lose a bowl game against a good program in overtime. It's not a good feeling in that locker room, for the team. It's not a good feeling for those seniors who have to walk out the door for the last time."
Both teams will be watching a senior quarterback play his final game. Tommy Rees, second in career touchdown passes at Notre Dame, will hope to go out with a victory, as will Chas Dodd of Rutgers, who started as a freshman and sophomore before coming off the bench the last two years.
Notre Dame also features senior wide receiver TJ Jones, who needs four catches in the Pinstripe Bowl to move into second place in the school's record books. Four seniors -- Kona Schwenke, Prince Shembo, Bennett Jackson and Austin Collinsworth -- will start for Notre Dame on defense.
"It's a little bittersweet and exciting," Jones said of playing his final college game. "It's exciting because you don't know what's next. I'm opening myself to the real world and there are countless opportunities, whether it's the NFL or any other job path I might take. But at the same time, I'm leaving a group of guys that I've built bonds with for four years and who I can honestly say are my brothers. It's going to be different next semester when they're going through spring ball and I'm sitting there watching."
Rutgers got to practice at home the last week, and Notre Dame borrowed the facilities of the New York Jets and the New York Giants for one day each. Both teams sent representatives to the New York Stock Exchange to ring the opening bell on Thursday, a traditional perk of the Pinstripe Bowl.
Notre Dame's players also got to take in the sights of Manhattan from Rockefeller Center, and they embarked on a group trip down to the World Trade Center memorial on Friday morning. Now, with the holidays and sightseeing behind them, it's time to focus on the bowl game business at hand.
"I've been to a number of bowl games and BCS games. I can tell you that in terms of the organization, in terms of the detail -- where you're going, what you're seeing -- you're really leaving here with an understanding of this great city," said Kelly of the events leading up to the Pinstripe Bowl. "I can tell you, after experiencing BCS bowls, it's as well-run as any. The kids have been part of that process. ... They're going to walk away feeling they were a part of the bowl season as much as any other program, and that's a tribute to the Pinstripe Bowl and the Yankee organization. They do it right."
Spencer Fordin is a reporter for MLB.com.


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Nov. 17, 2010
REHOBOTH, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's equestrian team finished sixth of ten teams at the November 6th show, hosted by Johnson & Wales.
For UMass Dartmouth, senior captain Kerin Devine (Hanover, MA/Hanover HS) placed second in her Novice Flat class, giving her enough points to move up into the Intermediate Division. Freshman Chelsea O'Brien (North Attleboro, MA/Bishop Feehan HS) was the Reserve High Point Rider, with a first place finish in her novice flat class and a second in her novice fences class. Junior captain Katie Donohue (Beverly, MA/Beverly HS) also finished second in her novice flat class. The Corsairs will return to action when they host a home event Saturday at the Two Rivers Equestrian Center in Westport, MA.
Novice Fences Chelsea O'Brien-2nd Novice Flat Chelsea O'Brien-1st Kerin Devine-2nd Katherine Donahue-2nd


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Brussels, 19 October 2010
European Commission adopts strategy to ensure respect for EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
The European Commission today adopted a strategy to ensure that the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights – legally binding since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty – is effectively implemented. The Commission will verify that all EU laws are in compliance with the Charter at each stage of the legislative process – from the early preparatory work in the Commission to the adoption of draft laws by the European Parliament and the Council, and then in their application by EU Member States. The Commission will provide information to citizens on when it can intervene in fundamental rights issues and will publish an Annual Report on the Charter's application to monitor the progress achieved. The Commission is thereby responding to calls from the European Parliament.
"The Charter is a reflection of our common values and constitutional heritage," said Vice-President Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship. "The Charter must be the compass for all EU policies. The European Commission, and notably its Justice Department, will be very vigilant in ensuring that the Charter is upheld in all proposals for EU legislation, in all amendments introduced by the Council and by the European Parliament, as well as by Member States when they implement EU laws. The strategy adopted by the Commission today is an important step in creating a European fundamental rights culture."
With the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (1 December 2009), the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights became legally binding on the EU's institutions and on Member States when they are implementing EU law. The Charter entrenches all the rights found in the European Convention on Human Rights as well as other rights and principles resulting from the common constitutional traditions of the EU Member States, the case law of the European Court of Justice and other international instruments. The Charter is a very modern codification and includes "third generation" fundamental rights, such as data protection, guarantees on bioethics and transparent administration.
Under the strategy, the Commission explains the steps it can take to ensure that the EU has an exemplary fundamental rights record and to improve the public's understanding of fundamental rights protection in Europe by:
1. Guaranteeing that the EU is beyond reproach in upholding fundamental rights
2. Improving information for citizens
3. Monitoring progress
The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union was initially solemnly proclaimed by the Presidents of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission at the Nice European Council on 7 December 2000. At that time, it did not have binding legal effect. Article 6(1) of the Treaty on European Union, as modified by the Lisbon Treaty, provides that the Charter is legally binding and has the same legal value as the Treaties; this means in particular that EU legislation that is in violation of fundamental rights guaranteed by the Charter could be annulled by the Court of Justice of the European Union. The Treaty also states that the Charter's provisions shall not extend the EU's competences as defined in the Treaties. Article 51 of the Charter states that "The provisions of this Charter are addressed to the institutions, bodies and organs of the Union with due regard for the principle of subsidiarity and to the Member States only when they are implementing Union law."
For the first time, members of the College of Commissioners swore a solemn declaration to uphold the Charter as well as the Treaties in May this year (IP/10/487).
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Powerlifting team finishes fourth
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- Published on 27 February 2012
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
The Mount Vernon Tiger Powerlifting team finished in fourth place at the Wills Point Powerlifting Meet on Saturday, Feb. 18 in Wills Point.
Fifteen athletes from Mount Vernon participated in the event in squat, bench press, and deadlift. Nine of the 15 student participating at the event placed in their respective weight classes. For a complete list of participants and their finishing results, see the February 23 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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RICHMOND, Calif. (MCT) — In a few short months, New York City has pushed to new heights the national debate over sugary drinks and their impact on public health. But an equally important battle over the same turf is playing out here, in this gritty Bay Area suburb long defined by its battles against crime and poverty.
The Big Apple's assault is being led by its slick, savvy, billionaire mayor, who has inspired admiration and ridicule with his push to ban the sale of supersized sugary drinks. In Richmond, the role of field marshal has fallen to a Brooklyn-born, ponytailed cardiologist-turned-councilman who pulls a little red wagon full of sugar around town in his quest to persuade Richmond voters to become the nation's first to tax businesses that sell sugar-sweetened beverages.
"Big Soda is where Big Tobacco was decades ago," said Councilman Jeff Ritterman, the main proponent of the Richmond measure that will appear on the November ballot. "They're a formidable enemy with a ton of money at stake. They know that Richmond might knock over the first domino."
Like New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Ritterman is determined to curb consumption of these drinks by making them less available and affordable, following the blueprint that has driven down smoking among Americans. And the bigger question their tactics raise is identical: Just what is government's appropriate role in changing personal behavior?
Richmond's proposed 1-cent-per-ounce tax has already drawn national media attention and the interest of academics and policy experts. Similar efforts have died amid fierce resistance in other cities, and opponents are lining up to make sure the same thing happens here. The critics? They range from the deep-pocketed American Beverage Association to one of Ritterman's council colleagues who rails against the tax at the Caspers hot dog stand he calls his "office."
If Richmond succeeds where others have failed, it could tilt the playing field against soda advocates and accentuate the drink's alleged role in obesity and related diseases.
"The passage of a soda tax in Richmond would be a game-changer in obesity prevention both in California and across the country," said Harold Goldstein, executive director of the California Center for Public Health Advocacy. "All eyes are on Richmond."
If a majority of voters pass the measure, Goldstein said, "there will be a deluge of cities that will replicate it, (and) the soda industry knows that."
A recent analysis by the University of California, San Francisco, concluded that a nationwide penny-per-ounce soda tax would prevent nearly 100,000 cases of heart disease, 8,000 strokes and 26,000 deaths over the next decade. Economists have estimated that such a tax would reduce consumption by 10 to 15 percent over a decade, according to the study.
Richmond's tax would be imposed on all businesses in the city that sell any drink containing added sugars, including fruit smoothies, fountain drinks, soft drinks, sweetened teas and energy drinks. Markets, food stands, food trucks and restaurants would be expected to use inventory figures to calculate sales and pay the tax, according to city staff reports.
If merchants pass the tax onto consumers, which tax supporters expect, a 16-ounce bottle of soda that currently costs 99 cents would jump to $1.15.
The tax is expected to generate $2 million to $8 million annually, according to city estimates. A companion advisory measure on the ballot urges the city to spend the money on recreation, nutrition education and other anti-obesity programs.
Like many low-income areas, childhood obesity is a major concern in Richmond, where 52 percent of children are overweight or obese, according to Contra Costa County public health statistics.
Ritterman's quest will not be easy. Using his personal credit card to pay for campaign mailers, he is going up against the likes of PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and the American Beverage Association, which have spent about $70 million in recent years fighting soda tax efforts nationwide, mostly at the state level, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
The American Beverage Association has already touched down in Richmond. The lobbying group hired a San Francisco-based consulting firm to help organize the anti-tax campaign.
"We are confident that as voters become aware of who is going to pay this tax and where the money is going to go, they are going to vote no," said Chuck Finnie, a spokesman for the firm.
Finnie said the campaign will focus on three main points: that it will raise the cost of doing business in the city, that the tax will hit poorest residents the hardest, and that the advisory measure on how to spend the money has no teeth.
"Not a single penny will go to anti-obesity programs, but the proponents are misrepresenting it to say it will," Finnie said. "It goes to the general fund, and will help close the deficit."
Then there's Ritterman's nemesis on the City Council, Corky Booze, a blunt and colorful former race car driver who has hounded Ritterman on the issue for months, both on the council dais and when they cross paths at public events.
Booze, who enjoys strong support among the city's black voters, often frames the issue in distinctly racial tones, complaining in May that Ritterman and his allies were using the black community as a "stepping stool."
"It's a tax on poor people, no doubt about it," said Booze, chatting last month at Caspers, his daily hangout.
Retailers and restaurants also are solidly against the tax, said Chamber of Commerce CEO Judy Morgan.
"We have a lot of small businesses, family-owned businesses who are going to be hit hard," Morgan said.
But some consumers say that Richmond's sugar tax would not change what they buy and drink. At one of the corner markets that dot the city's Iron Triangle neighborhood, residents filed in and out on a recent sunny afternoon buying cigarettes, sodas, snacks and beer.
Marco Navaro, 12, sat on his bicycle sipping a can of "strawberry fizz" soda. Navaro said he had no idea about the potential tax but that it would not change his beverage choice.
"This is 50 cents," Navaro said between sips. "Would I buy it if it was a dollar? Yeah. I drink water at home."


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