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Cowboys tight end Jason Witten said it saddened him to see his position coach (who happens to be his head coach's brother) go, but chalked it up to "a bottom line business"
Witten actually invited John Garrett to be with him at the Super Bowl, before he heads back to his new job as wide receivers coach in Tampa Bay.
John Garrett was one of many changes to head coach Jason Garrett's staff, which still isn't complete and included Garrett giving up play-calling.
"It was a tough stretch [of coaching changes]," Witten said, via Charean Williams of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "Obviously, I hate to see John Garrett go. What a run we had for the last six years. It'll be hard pressed to see a tight ends coach be able to accomplish what we did. I just respect him as a man.
"I know we've got to build something. The foundation is being laid. Ultimately, we know it's a bottom line business, and the results have to come. I know Jason [Garrett] is doing everything he can to put this in place to give us a chance to do that. I know Mr. [Jerry] Jones and their crew is doing everything he can. But we as players know the results have got to come. That is what we're working to do. It's got to happen. You can't just talk about it."
The Cowboys aren't just talking, they've sufficiently shaken things up. But if they continue to underperform, the changes are going to have to be more significant.


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The boil water scare which has blighted large parts of Lancashire for more than three weeks has been lifted for 80,000 homes in parts of Preston, Chorley and Blackpool.
United Utilities announced the news at 6pm today after checks revealed the water supply to just over a quarter of the affected households and businesses has been declared free of cryptosporidium.
The company urged residents to check whether their postcode has been given the all-clear by visiting the United Utilities website at http://www.unitedutilities.com/lancashire-boiled-water.aspx
Householders in those areas can resume using tap water "with immediate effect" said a company statement.
But consumers in the remaining 220,000 homes and business must continue to boil their water.
United Utilities is hoping to announce a total all-clear within the next week, with most consumers back on by the end of this week.
"We recognise the ongoing inconvenience and we are truly sorry," said Gary Dixon, customer services director. "We are doing everything in our power to get supplies back to normal as quickly as possible."
A UU spokesman added: "We always said that we would lift the boil water notice as soon as we were able to in those areas where there was no longer a risk to public health.
"We will continue our work to remove the bug from all parts of the Lancashire network and will lift the boil water notice in further areas as and when we are able to do so."
The company said it would write to customers once their water is safe to drink.
The firm added: "We all want things back to normal as quickly as possible and we're continuing to liaise closely with the Drinking Water Inspectorate and Public Health England, and meeting with them regularly to review the very latest test results.
"We're confident that the work we are doing is helping water quality to return to normal as quickly as possible.
"We will be compensating all homes and businesses who have been affected by the boil water advice notice."
Andy White, senior policy manager at watchdog The Consumer Council for Water, said: "We are pleased that drinking water supplies should begin to return to normal over the coming days. It has been a very frustrating three weeks for customers but safeguarding public health should always be the top priority.
"Once the boil water notice has been lifted we expect the company to honour its pledge to compensate all affected customers. This should be done swiftly and without hassle for customers. We are in discussions with United Utilities to ensure its approach to compensation is fair and reflects the significant disruption that has been caused to customers."
Chorley MP Lindsay Hoyle added: "I am glad that United Utilities are now in a position to safely begin lifting the boil notice.
"I appreciate that public safety is paramount and that the company took the action it felt necessary, I thank those front line employees who have been working to resolve fix this problem over the last four weeks. Sadly, some vulnerable people and institutions have found the last few weeks a very difficult time and I have had to intervene for specific constituents.
"In due course I expect United Utilities to give a full account of what went wrong and to hear how it will be prevented in the future. Constituents and business are out of pocket and I look forward to hearing from how United Utilities will be compensating customers."
Seema Kennedy, South Ribble MP, added: "I am relieved that for a small number of my constituents the notice will no longer be in place, however this will unfortunately not be the case for all.
"I will continue to pay close attention to the issue until it is fully resolved."
Restrictions lifted in these areas - CHECK your postcode online at unitedutilities.com or ring 0800 912 7241.
PR1 0 Penwortham
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PR1 2 city centre
PR1 3 Avenham
PR1 4 New Hall Lane
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PR1 7 Aqueduct Street area
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PR2 1 Fulwood
PR2 2 Ashton-on-Ribble
PR2 6 Ribbleton
PR7 2 Chorley
PR7 3 Chorley
PR7 4 Charnock Richard, Coppull and Adlington
• For all our previous coverage on the water contamination situation in Lancashire visit the links below:
Parasite found in water supply
WATER SCARE: What is Cryptosporidium?
Shelves cleared amid water scare
Map issued showing affected areas
Health warning continues after bug is found in water supply
BREAKING: Water warning to last into next week
WATER CHAOS: Compensation claims spark debate
WATER CHAOS: Compensation could be given to residents
Battle for safe water rages as investigations continue
WATER LATEST: Company pledges to pay compensation 'to all.'
WATER LATEST: Criminal investigation into contamination
UV ray equipment brought in to kill off water bug
WATER LATEST: Source of crypto contamination found
United Utilities faces £15m compensation bill over water scare
WATER CRISIS: Petition calls on Prime Minister to launch inquiry
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FIFA President Sepp Blatter gave a passionate description of 'The Power of Football' in a keynote speech to the CONCACAF Sports Summit 2013 on Tuesday.
Blatter, who reflected on the origins of the game in England and the later growth of FIFA, said it was important to understand the precise character of the game's impact.
"There are three powers in our game. The first one is the social power – football is education, entertainment, based in discipline, respect and fair play. But more than that, football gives emotions and hope," said Blatter.
"The second power, a big power, it is the economic power. Football has become and specifically in the past 25 years, a very significant economic power," added the FIFA President.
"Naturally football has a political dimension. It is important for the development of the game all around the world but especially in smaller countries.
"When football is working as education, as a school of life, political authorities must help football," he added, noting that national teams are "the best ambassadors" for a country.


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MoB Deadly wrote:I'll play
funny strategy, say you are going to assassinate someone, but your target is someone else, that could get confusing
ppgangster wrote:MoB Deadly wrote:I'll play
funny strategy, say you are going to assassinate someone, but your target is someone else, that could get confusing
I agree, because even if you predict someone else, then you won't win - and even if you do, you are out of the tourney anyway... so should we predict in all the games, or only yours... what happens if you are eliminated... do you keep guessing in your bracket???
If you answer these, I might join! Seems interesting...
easy to understanddanalan wrote:You become top killer by winning games in every round, eventually winning the final 'winners' game.
Loosing the most points, not very attracting title...danalan wrote:You become the most likely victim by being assassinated in every round, eventually being assassinated in the final 'victims' game.
Meaning you win them all or loose them all... you get more chance, which makes sense, but by having a lot of players eliminated every round, the odds aren't high...danalan wrote:You become the best detective by predicting the killer in the most games you play -- obviously, playing in more rounds means more games, thus increasing the number predictions you make, and thus your odds of winning.
danalan wrote:You become the canniest coroner by predicting the victim in the most games you play -- again, playing in more rounds means more games, etc.
ppgangster wrote:So to make some statistics... you'd better say your name as a winner, because if you win them all you win the title also...-because by voting for someone else would mean you want to become the victime to get it right, if you don't, you are out of the tourney anyways... hence the most killed victime should bet on himself... and as a victim the odds that you can predict your killer every game are small, also, who'd like to loose so many games and get the title anyway???
Somewhat of a good concept, but lacks in interest for me... Good luck for the tourney though. I'll be looking at who will win the titles and such!
Lexitonia5 wrote:OOOOH. An assassin tourney. Sign me up!
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Nov. 5, 2008
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The 2008 Yale women's soccer season comes to an end on Saturday when the Bulldogs travel to Providence to take on Brown. Kickoff at Stevenson Field is slated for 7 p.m. Pay-per-view video is available from brownbears.com.
The Bulldogs (8-6-2) have already clinched their seventh consecutive winning season but there is still much to play for. A victory would allow Yale to finish ahead of Brown in the Ivy League standings. Both teams enter the game with 2-3-1 Ivy marks. In addition, sophomore Becky Brown needs just one assist to tie Blanca Fromm's single-season school record of 11 set in 1997.
Senior Natalia Mann was named to the Ivy League Honor Roll on Monday. She scored the game-winning goal in overtime on a penalty kick in a victory over Central Connecticut and also assisted on Yale's goal against Columbia. Mann and fellow seniors Maggie Westfal, Emma Whitfield and Hayley Zevenbergen will be making their final appearance in a Yale uniform.
Brown (6-6-4) may have the two most impressive results of any Ivy team this season. The Bears beat then No. 11 Penn State 1-0 and played a scoreless tie with then No. 1 ranked UCLA. Lindsay Cunningham leads the team in goals (6) and points (14). Brenna Hogue, who made 30 saves combined in the games with Penn State and UCLA, has a 1.26 goals against average.
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I guess I couldn't describe it good in words, that's one of the reasons I create images. I think people have their own answer to this question.
I have many influences from friends and artist that I like. I like the way of creating comunity of Cinders Gallery. I really enjoy the work of Taylor Mcimens, works from friends like Sto and Eric Shaw... Also, the works of my hometown buddies Basco, Jose Benmayor, Martín Kaulen, Quillo, Lavina Yelb and Bimer.
Cheese Burgers!!! When it comes the veggie I prefer something like a real salad.
I like to wake up, eat some fruits. Maybe some tea, and then straight to the studio, finishing at 8 pm. Now I'am listening music from Oye Mario, Bruce Haack, Lavina Yelb, Voks, James Pants, Oorutaichi, Ooioo, Madlib and Black Dice... I remember seeing Black Dice last year in my Cinders Tour and it was amazing.
I prefer cash- never credit, you know?
Sometimes I just start from nothing, that's the way I most like it. Sometimes I make some sketches and then run it. Anyways, it's always changing.
Acrylics, colored pencils, pens and markers. In the streets I use house paint, brushes and some paint rollers.
I'm really happy cause now I'm going with some friends to a Jungle expedition in Iquitos, Perú, where Herzog filmed Fitzcarraldo!!!
I'll be running with all that money to NYC or Berlín! And start making art there.
Making some art in a nice place. Being with the girl I love or being with my brothers and my family.
I love low prices and my friends.
Balara windows up. You're are all welcome. R.I.P. Carl Jung.
I'm planing bringing here my friends of Cinders Gallery and make a big show.
Also, I'm planing my first solo show here in Santiago and I just started making a book about the new culture scene here in South America.
We get a lot of great emails from a lot of talented people introducing us to their work. From time to time we'll be sharing their work here in our mini interviews segment... To be considered for a mini interview send a few jpegs to: mini(at)fecalface.com
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|February 2010
|OKLAHOMA'S eGOV NEWS REPORT
Welcome to Oklahoma's eGovernment News Report. We hope you enjoy the monthly report providing you with up-to-date information on Oklahoma's eGovernment achievements.
Renew Your Vehicle Registration Tag Online at CARS.OK.GOV
Renewing your vehicle registration tag just got quicker and easier because Oklahomans can now renew online through the state's official Convenient Auto Renewal System (CARS). The secure online service is available at http://CARS.OK.gov, providing access for Oklahomans' commercial, non-commercial and farm vehicle registration renewals.
CARS also allows Oklahomans to sign up to receive an email when it is time to renew their tag with the Tax Commission's REMIND ME utility. Reminders will be sent the first day of the expiration month entered into the REMIND ME utility.
"CARS is intended to make renewing car tags a convenient, simple and easy process for all individuals," said Paula Ross, Oklahoma Tax Commission spokesperson. "CARS is open around the clock every day, including weekends, nights and holidays." Oklahomans can renew online if they:
• Wish to renew a tag for a noncommercial (automobiles; noncommercial/non-farm trucks; motorcycles; travel trailers; motor homes) or commercial (15,000 pounds or less laden weight) vehicle, that is not more than ten (10) months delinquent.
To begin the renewal process, users simply enter the last four digits of their vehicle identification number (VIN), tag number, and if renewing for a farm truck, then the user must enter the Agriculture Exemption Permit (SMX) number.
Motorists have the option to pay for their registration with EFT payments, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express. The payments are processed through a secure payment engine, which abides by rigorous policies and procedures to ensure that Oklahomans can be confident that their payments are safe, private, and secure.
In the future, the system will be built to accommodate for other registration types such as military and mobile home.
The Convenient Auto Renewal System is a product of a partnership between the Oklahoma Tax Commission and OK.gov, Oklahoma's Official Web site that allows for no tax dollars to be used to build, operate, or maintain the service online.
Renew Your Vehicle Registration Tag Online Today
Oklahoma Government Goes Mobile With OK.gov for iPhone
OK.gov, the official Web site of the state of Oklahoma, announced today the release of a free iPhone application, available now at http://iPhone.OK.gov. OK.gov for iPhone gives Oklahomans convenient access to Oklahoma government directly from an iPhone or iPod touch. The new application provides real-time access to state agency news, office location mapping, and professional licensee lookups.
Features of the OK.gov for iPhone application include:
• Agency Lookup – Quickly find agencies by keyword or category search. The app displays contact information including main phone number, address, and Web site address and provides built-in agency location mapping to get directions or call directly from the application.
"Oklahoma's new iPhone application joins only a handful of states enabling citizens to take their state government on the go," said Mark Mitchell, General Manager of OK.gov. "We are looking forward to providing even more convenient access to Oklahoma government through mobile technology."
OK.gov for iPhone is a free government application and can be found at http://iPhone.OK.gov. The new technology is compatible with iPhone and iPod touch and requires iPhone OS 3.1.2 or later.
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Oklahoma Signs New Long-Term eGovernment Contract with Oklahoma Interactive
The state of Oklahoma has signed a new contract with eGovernment firm Oklahoma Interactive (OI), part of the eGovernment firm NIC's (NASDAQ: EGOV) family of companies, to manage its official government portal, http://www.ok.gov, for up to 5 years. The contract has an initial term of one year with four, single-year renewal options.
Oklahoma Interactive signed its original multi-year contract with Oklahoma in 2001, to manage the state's portal under the name YourOklahoma.com. In November 2004, YourOklahoma.com was rebranded to OK.gov, Oklahoma's Official Web site, and the portal was designed with a focus on self-service so users can easily find what they are looking for, with little or no knowledge of government agency functions. In 2009, Oklahoma issued a competitive bid for eGovernment portal services and the contract was awarded again to Oklahoma Interactive.
"In the past 9 years, we have seen much evolution in Oklahoma eGovernment and eGovernment in general," said Joseph Fleckinger, Deputy Director of Information Technology and Director of Information Services Division of the Oklahoma Office of State Finance. "This new contract ensures that we have the leaders in eGovernment services improving our portal and the online services that will be needed to service our community in the most efficient manner."
"Oklahoma has achieved tremendous success with its eGovernment initiatives," said Harry Herington, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of NIC. "The state's ability to drive and launch more than 280 services in just nine years is extremely impressive. We are honored that we will continue to serve the state and help add to these accomplishments."
Oklahoma uses the self-funded solution to provide eGovernment services at no upfront cost to citizens and businesses. In the past 9 years, OI has worked with more than 85 Oklahoma state agencies to develop more than 285 interactive government services. During this time, Oklahoma has led the nation by introducing innovative technologies that improve efficiencies in government. OK.gov has had the opportunity to partner with state agencies to provide eGovernment services such as:
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January 15, 2003Los Angeles — The Corporate Director Training and Certification Program at The Anderson School at UCLA has recently become accredited by the Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), the leading provider of proxy voting and corporate governance services. As a result, program participants can now increase their company's governance profile.
The Corporate Directors Training and Certification program, part of The Anderson School's Harold Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, recently completed its fifth annual conference. The program includes a two-day intensive director-level education event that rapidly educates directors and officers on SEC regulations, FASB considerations, Exchange rules and the current best practices in governance. Training session topics include: Building and Leveraging an Effective Board of Directors, SEC Considerations for Directors; What is it Like to be Sued as a Director, Sarbanes-Oxley: Does it Matter and Audit Committees: Implementing New Rules.
"Given the recent Sarbones-Oxley Act, being a corporate director has become even more challenging," said Duke Bristow, financial economist in the Harold Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and director of the training program. "Our certification program helps prepare directors to face the new regulatory, legal and economic issues facing today's boards."
To best evaluate a company's governance structure, ISS has developed an innovative measure called a Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ™) to assist institutional investors in evaluating the quality of corporate boards and the impact their governance practices may have on performance. Participating in directors education programs, like The Anderson School's program, can positively affect on a company's CGQ.
The Directors Program at the Anderson School was developed for directors and executive officers of established and newly public companies who are dealing with the current corporate governance environment. The program is also targeted for venture partners and corporate officers who work closely with their boards.
The conference has featured keynote speakers including: S. Brian Wilson, vice president, Strategic Analysis Group, The Nasdaq Stock Market; James Peters, CPA, partner, Ernst & Young, LLP; Robert Bretagna, managing director, Lehman Brothers, Inc; Brian Cartwright, Esq., partner, Latham & Watkins; and Howard M. Privette, Esq., partner, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP
For more information on the Corporate Directors Training & Certification Program, please visit www.directors.org.
About the Institutional Shareholder Services
Institutional Shareholder Services is the world's leading provider of proxy voting and corporate governance services. Located in Rockville, Maryland, ISS provides proxy research, voting recommendations and corporate governance advisory services to financial institutions worldwide. Founded in 1985, ISS has satellite offices in New York, Chicago, London, Toronto, Manila, and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.issproxy.com.
About The Anderson School at UCLA
The Anderson School at UCLA is perennially ranked among the top-tier business schools in the world. Award winning faculty renowned for their research and teaching, highly selective students, successful alumni and world-class facilities combine to provide an extraordinary learning opportunity. Established in 1935, The Anderson School provides management education to more than 1,300 students enrolled in full-time, part-time and executive MBA programs and academic master's and Ph.D. programs. In addition, there are approximately 500 undergraduate students enrolled in Anderson's Undergraduate Accounting Minor Program.
The Anderson School's faculty includes outstanding educators and researchers who share their scholarship and expertise in such fundamental areas as finance, marketing, accounting, business economics, decisions, operations and technology management, human resources and organizational behavior, information systems, strategy and policy.
Offering unparalleled expertise in management education, the world's business community turns to The Anderson School at UCLA as a center of influence for the ideas, innovations, strategies, and talent that will shape the future.


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Saturday Night Live
Andrew Garfield & Coldplay
May 3, 2014
Andrew Garfield! He seems like a nice kid! The star of The Amazing Spider-Man hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time last night, and with a little help from his co-star and real-life girlfriend, Emma Stone, he did a decent job. Will Andrew Garfield go down in history as one of the best Saturday Night Live hosts? Probably not. But he will be remembered as the man (not named Bill O'Reilly) who dared to not like Beyoncé, Queen B herself, in the most talked about sketch of the night.
The night began with a strong cold open mocking Donald Sterling, the Clippers owner who was recorded going on a racist rant, instantly becoming a gift to comedians everywhere. The best part of this bit, however, is the sheer cynicism of (former) NAACP President Leon Jenkins, who continued to celebrate Sterling long after he had been exposed to be not such a nice guy.
Andrew Garfield + Emma Stone 4eva. These two are super cute together, have great chemistry and terrific comic timing.
But just to be a spoilsport for a moment, can we talk about the recent overdependence on guest appearances in the opening monologue? It's gotten to the point where the guest star walk-on during the opening monologue isn't a pleasant surprise, but an expected given. I get that taking the stage to do the opening monologue by oneself is probably pretty terrifying, especially if the host is not a stand-up comedian who is used to working solo, but maybe the answer is to write good material for them instead of shoving a bunch of other stars out on the stage to act as distraction.
Stanx are a real thing, you guys. They already exist. But for real, though.
I wanted to like the "Family Feud" sketch more than I did, but I was left questioning some of the celebrity impersonation choices. Andrew Garfield's Justin Timberlake was fine — although I have to admit, I was confused at first and thought for the better part of the sketch that he was supposed to be Justin Bieber, which just left me with so many questions: why is Justin Bieber in a suit? why isn't Kate McKinnon doing Justin Bieber? no, really, why is Bieber in a suit, is that part of the punchline? But that's on me for not listening to the beginning of the sketch.
However, with the exception of Kyle Mooney's Skrillex which mostly required him to wear a Skrillex wig and stand there, and Kenan Thompson's Steve Harvey, of course, everyone else's impersonations were not great. And in conclusion, Nasim Pedrad should never do Bruno Mars ever again.
Deidre for President.
The sketch that everyone is talking about this morning is "The Beygency," in which a man dares to admit he doesn't care for a Beyoncé song, and is hunted down like an animal. This sketch has everything: guest stars, the "Single Ladies" dance, fedoras, references to the 2011 Matt Damon film, The Adjustment Bureau.
Here is your Weekend Update:
Olya Povlatsky has some thoughts on the whole Ukraine crisis:
Meet Leslie Jones, one of the new African-American writers SNL added at the beginning of the year:
And everyone's favorite, Jebediah Atkinson, is back to review the Emmy nominations:
Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield might be beautiful movie stars with fabulous lives, but they don't know how to kiss. (And not to harp on the whole guest star thing, but had they not trotted Emma Stone out during the opening monologue, having her show up in this sketch would have been a delightful little surprise. ENOUGH MONOLOGUE GUEST STARS, YOU GUYS.)
For my money, Andrew Garfield's funniest moment came late into the evening as a best man at a wedding who makes an inopportune admission:
We finish the night with an old commercial spoof, "Bird Bible," which is surreal and was funny enough the first time around, but I'm not sure was good enough to warrant being aired again.
Saturday Night Live airs Saturday nights at 10:30 p.m. on NBC.
Therese is also watching Mad Men, Real Housewives of New York City and Arrested Development. Sorta.


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Michael Freedman, Niagara University's associate director of public relations and manager of online content, has been chosen as a "Spotlight Professional" by Buffalo Niagara 360, a program for young professionals that's coordinated by the Buffalo Niagara Partnership.
Freedman was recognized during the Buffalo Niagara 360 Kickoff Celebration, which was held Thursday at Shea's Performing Arts Center.
"This is a well-deserved honor for Mike and his family," said Tom Burns, Niagara's associate vice president for PR, communications and marketing. "As a public relations professional, Mike is usually the person responsible for promoting the many great successes of others at NU. He has been an incredible asset to the university, and he has earned his place in the spotlight."
Individuals selected for the award must be engaged in the community (with impact/results), demonstrate leadership skills, and their work must be aligned with the Buffalo Niagara Partnership's pro-Buffalo/Niagara mission of furthering regional development and growth.
A Town of Niagara resident, Freedman has worked at Niagara University since August 2010, acting as the university's liaison for print and broadcast media, coordinating internal communication initiatives, and establishing and implementing plans for all online content, including the university website and social media sites operated by the university.
Freedman serves on the boards of the Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce and the Center of Renewal at Stella Niagara. He is a member of the marketing committees for the Taste of Buffalo and the Buffalo-Niagara Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.
The SUNY Geneseo and Lewiston-Porter High School graduate previously served as the director of communications at St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute in Buffalo. From 2004-09, he held the same position at Artpark in Lewiston. He is currently pursuing an MBA with a concentration in strategic marketing at Niagara.
Since 2008, Buffalo Niagara 360 has served as the region's premier young professionals program. Its mission is centered in the tenets of leadership development, business networking and community engagement. Together with its sponsors and vast network of strategic partners, the organization represents thousands of the region's best and brightest young professionals. BN 360 works to provide employers with opportunities designed to attract and retain highly skilled talent, while identifying and grooming the next generation of top executives.


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What You've All Been Waiting For: AL West Preview
1. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Notable Additions: OF Josh Hamilton, SP Tommy Hanson, SP Joe Blanton, RP Sean Burnett, SP Jason Vargas
Notable Losses: SP Zack Grienke, SP Dan Haren, SP Ervin Santana, INF Maicer Izturis, RP Jordan Walden, OF Torii Hunter, 1B Kendrys Morales
The Angels currently have one of the most complete lineups in Major League Baseball. Their outfield is absolutely stacked with Mike Trout and Josh Hamilton manning the corners and Peter Bourjos patrolling center field. Their infield is built on speed as they have Erick Aybar and Howie Kendrick as the double play combo up the middle, and Alberto Callaspo who can get on base at will at the hot corner. Bring it all together with former Cardinals great Albert Pujols having a resurgent year and you have a clear World Series favorite. But that is just the Angels lineup that we have seen. They can produce runs alright, but how can does their pitching staff compare? Well they still have ace, Jered Weaver and CJ Wilson, but they needed to scrounge for some help this offseason as they lost Zack Grienke, who was acquired at the deadline, and Dan Haren. In their stead they built around Weaver and Wilson with Tommy Hanson, Joe Blanton, and Jason Vargas, who was acquired in the Kendrys Morales trade with Seattle. These pitchers, with the exception of Hanson, are not better than Haren or Grienke, not by a long shot, however they should be good enough to keep the Angels in games and in the long run I feel like the Angels will be fine in the starting rotation. Should the starters break down though, the bullpen looks absolutely fantastic with names like Ryan Madson, Ernesto Frieri, Scott Downs, and Kevin Jepsen who will be working to hold Angels leads this year. Ultimately the Angels will win this division based on the fact that they have the best ability to produce lots and lots of runs, and opposing pitchers might just cry when they have to face this monstrosity of a team.
2. Oakland Athletics
Notable Additions: C John Jaso, OF Chris Young, SS Hiroyuki Nakajima, 3B Jed Lowrie
Notable Losses: SP Brandon McCarthy, OF Jonny Gomes, SS Cliff Pennington, 1B Chris Carter
In a division that has gotten significantly better, except the Astros, the Oakland A's will continue to compete despite not being able to deal out cash with the big guns in Los Angeles and Texas. As in the movie, the Oakland A's are built on players who can get on base, and get on base often, players like John Jaso, Coco Crisp, Jemile Weeks will be providing most of Oakland's runs this year. In addition the A's have a couple of power hitters who could bring these guys in en masse such as Josh Reddick, Yoenis Cespedes, and Brandon Moss. The A's will also be banking their starting rotation to stay as strong as last years with Brett Anderson, Jarrod Parker, and Tommy Milone being the veterans that the A's will count on to go deep into games and give the team the best chances to win. The A's bullpen, as usual, is an island of misfit toys with guys like Grant Balfour, Ryan Cook, Jeremy Blevins, and Pat Neshek coming out to relieve the A's starters. The A's certainly don't look as strong as some of the other teams in this division, however, they are relatively the same team as last year, and shouldn't be pushovers in this division. I can see a wild card berth from this team and I expect them to compete heavily in the AL West for first place.
3. Seattle Mariners
Notable Additions: OF Michael Morse, OF/DH Raul Ibanez, 1B/DH Kendrys Morales, SP Joe Saunders, OF Jason Bay
Notable Losses: SP Jason Vargas, SP Kevin Millwood,
The Mariners have vastly improved over the last six months, and I expect them to give the Oakland A's a ton of trouble in the AL Western division this summer. The Mariners find themselves with a team that seems to have a perfect balance of hitting, pitching, and defense. Unfortunately for them, it's all highly mediocre. Michael Morse, Kendrys Morales, Michael Saunders, and Kyle Seager should all provide excellent power for the M's especially with the fences being moved in to help alleviate the lack of long balls in Safeco Field. Defensively, the M's have center fielder Franklin Gutierrez, who can cover ground with the best of them, and should alleviate some of the pressure defensively from Morse and Saunders in the outfield. Dustin Ackley and Brenden Ryan up the middle are a solid defensive middle infield combination and the M's should expect almost nothing to fall in the middle of their field, both infield and outfield. The M's also have relatively decent pitching, headlined by ace Felix Hernandez. After Hernandez though the rotation is relatively weak with the likes of Hisashi Iwakuma, Blake Beaven, Joe Saunders, and Erasmo Ramirez. Iwakuma, Beaven, and Saunders are all fourth starters at best, but will be able to pitch their six innings and then turn it over to the bullpen. No fear though M's fans! Danny Hultzen, Taijuan Walker, and James Paxton are on the way! In the interim though, as stated earlier, the M's will rely on their bullpen. The bullpen is where some of the M's top prospects have already arrived, with Stephen Pryor (#4 on the M's Prospect List according to mlb.com) and Carter Capps (#7) in the major league bullpen. In addition to those promising youngsters the Mariners will also have Tom Wilhelmsen returning as the team's closer and Charlie Furbush as the team's go-to left-handed reliever. All in all this team is incredibly mediocre but should be able to put up enough of a fight to stay ahead of this next team.
4. Texas Rangers
Notable Additions: C AJ Pierzynski, DH/1B Lance Berkman, RP Joakim Soria, RP Jason Frasor, UTIL Jeff Baker
Notable Losses: OF Josh Hamilton, 3B Michael Young, RP Mike Adams, SP Ryan Dempster, 1B/C Mike Napoli, SP Roy Oswalt, SP Scott Feldman
The Rangers were really depleted this offseason. They lost Josh Hamilton, the heart and soul of their team to the division rival Angels. Michael Young, a man who personified Ranger baseball was traded to Philadelphia. Mike Napoli was let go, and pitchers Ryan Dempster, Scott Feldman, and Mike Adams walked for sunnier horizons. Amid all these reshuffling and essentially rebranding of the organization, GM Jon Daniels did a poor job of replacing the talent he lost. On paper, Daniels did a solid job of replacing the statistics he lost from last year, however the intangible of age might nip the Rangers in the behind if AJ Pierzynski and Lance Berkman aren't able to escape father time this year. In addition, Joakim Soria is just returning from injury and no one will know for certain how he will perform. Thus, the Rangers are only left with Nelson Cruz, Ian Kinsler, Elvis Andrus, and Adrian Beltre as the only true run producers on the team. Everyone else is a question mark. Their rotation could also be stronger as Matt Harrison is not and should not be the ace of a staff. Yu Darvish was figured out by the end of the year as well, and the rest of the staff is just…meh. The bullpen doesn't exactly wow either, as Joe Nathan, Joakim Soria, and Neftali Feliz are the only recognizable names, and two of the three are past their prime. Many are picking the Rangers to do well this year, however I see them seriously regressing this year, and not even having a winning record.
5. Houston Astros
Notable Additions: 1B/DH Carlos Pena, RP Jose Veras, SP Philip Humber, 1B Chris Carter, OF Rick Ankiel, C Jason Jaramillo, RP Alex White, SP Erik Bedard
Notable Losses: C Chris Snyder, 3B Scott Moore, SS Jed Lowrie
It's sad when you look at a team's transaction wire and you can't tell whether a guy will make an impact on the 2013 team or not. The Astros are essentially a minor-league team at this point and I can't see them competing at any point in the next two to three years.


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The Free Press sports extras, game schedules, standings, announcements and tidbits.
Conference wrestling dual cancelled
The NCHSAA wouldn�t grant an extension for Saturday�s Eastern Carolina 2A conference wrestling tournament, forcing the league to cancel the event and ending the area grapplers� regular season.
Inclement weather threatened the safety of teams that had to travel to host South Lenoir in Deep Run.
�Some of the back roads haven�t been done, and we didn�t want anyone to go out and get hurt,� said SL Athletic Director Lisa Smith. �The superintendent felt that it was best for the safety of the kids that we not do it.�
Because the wrestling season was brought to an abrupt end, NCHSAA state playoffs will begin Tuesday with Ayden-Grifton and North Lenoir having guaranteed berths. Smith said South Lenoir will wait for playoff seeding to be released to determine if the Blue Devils have a wild card spot.
Conference dual meet at South Lenoir 9 a.m. *CANCELLED*
Men�s basketball
Catawba Valley CC at LCC 3 p.m.
Prep basketball
Wilson at Bethel 4 p.m.
Prep basketball
Bethel at Friendship 4 p.m.
S. Lenoir at Ayden-Grifton 4:30 p.m.
Parrott at St. David�s 7:30 p.m.
Kinston at Goldsboro 4 p.m.
Greene Central at N. Lenoir 4:30 p.m.
Men�s basketball
Tidewater CC at LCC 6 p.m.
Women�s basketball
Tidewater CC at LCC 4 p.m.
Prep basketball
*N. Lenoir at Ayden-Grifton 4 p.m.
*Goldsboro at Greene Central 4 p.m.
Men�s basketball
UTEP at ECU 9 p.m.
Prep basketball
Greenville at Bethel 4p.m.
EPIC Championship 1 p.m.
Prep basketball
Bethel at Coastal 4:30 p.m.
Parrott at Halifax 7:30 p.m.
S. Lenoir at N. Lenoir 4:30 p.m.
Kinston at Greene Central 4:30 p.m.
Men�s basketball
LCC at Louisburg College 3 p.m.
UTSA at ECU 5 p.m
Prep basketball
*Kinston at N. Lenoir 2 p.m.
No games scheduled


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By Robert Barlow
There's always a film or two playing during the Toronto International Film Festival that creates such a buzz that no matter what other film you are waiting in line for, people just can't stop talking about it. In 2011, one such film was director Gareth Evans' The Raid, which ended up winning the People's Choice Award for best Midnight Madness film at that year's festival.
What's most astounding about this is that the plot of The Raid is actually so simple that it can be explained in just two sentences. A bad guy – in this case a brutal crime lord – is hiding out on the 15th floor of an abandoned apartment building in Indonesia. The good guys – in this case the police – have to fight their way through an army of killers and thugs as they move up the different floors of the building.
But here's the kicker, and I mean the real kicker. The action scenes that feature martial arts star Iko Uwais and which make up 90 percent of the film, are so inventive and awe-inspiring that they continue to elevate the film to greatness with each and every floor of the building that the police ascend. The kinetic pacing of The Raid leaves very little time for you to catch your breath as one action scene runs into another and another and another. I guarantee that you've never seen anything like it before. You can feel every punch, kick and impact on the screen in your seat – no 3D needed.
At the time of its release, The Raid – retitled The Raid: Redemption – was hailed by both critics and audiences as one of the best action films of all time and I certainly agreed. So, when a sequel was announced I was quite skeptical as to how Evans and Uwais were going to top their first effort. I mean, there is no possible way that a sequel could be deliver what The Raid did, right?
Well, The Raid 2: Berandal premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this January – the same day the U.S. trailer for the film hit the Internet – and reaction to both was unquestionable. The Raid 2: Berandal, which takes place two hours after the first film, appears to be one of those rare sequels which are as good – if not better than – the film that came before it. Sundance reviewers simply called it, "The best action film ever" and left it at that, not being able to put into words the mayhem and carnage that they had just witnessed.
When I first saw the trailer for The Raid 2: Berandal, which introduced the new character of Hammer Girl, played by Julie Estelle, I was hooked and immediately placed the film at the top of my must-see list for 2014. Now, as the film opens tonight at The Little Theatre, I get my chance to see all the bone-crushing action for myself. I can't wait!
Robert Barlow is currently finishing his degree at St. John Fisher College. He left college early to write for Messenger Post newspapers, covering everything from murder trials and town government to film festivals and concerts. He is a self-professed movie geek and has attended the Toronto International Film Festival for 10 years.


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Earlier today while working on a client's server, which happens to be Microsoft Server 2003, I was unable to extract a .exe file from a zip file I had downloaded. After a moment of thinking I remembered that on Windows 2003 Server there is a default security setting that will simply not extract the .exe file. Below there are brief instructions on how to enable extracting a executable or .EXE file from a compressed zip file.


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The Houston mother of three whose door was removed, she said, for two months of unpaid rent has sued her Sharpstown-area landlord.
Jacqueline Greene, 27, came home from work on Dec. 2 to discover that she could see right into her second-floor apartment at Villa de Cancun apartments on the southwest side. The Houston Advocate shed light on the case last month in this story, this follow up and this Advocate column.
After trying to craft a resolution with property managers as well as contacting police, her area constable's office, and the city of Houston, Greene received assistance from the Houston Apartment Association and local legal agency for low-income residents.
Helen Malveaux, a Lone Star Legal Aid lawyer, called Villa de Cancun's leasing office on Greene's behalf and faxed a letter just before closing time on Dec. 5. The door was returned that night.
It is illegal for landlords to remove doors, windows, fixtures, locks or latches except for "bonafide repair or replacement" that "must be promptly performed," according to the Texas Property Code.
If there is a violation, the law allows a tenant to terminate the lease and recover damages including one month's rent plus $1,000 and other penalties.
With the help of Lone Star Legal Aid lawyer Ryan Marquez, Greene sued Woodfair Properties – which has owned Villa de Cancun since 2006 – on Dec. 12. The lawsuit claims that Greene suffered damages of $4,779 under the statute as well as mental anguish. She also seeks attorney's fees and court costs.


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The Green Fuzzy Mushroom is a delightfully unique mushroom within The Rhodactis Mushroom family that sports an intriguing fuzzy look. Given its unique texture, this treasure would make an ideal addition to any reef compilation.
The Rhodactis Mushrooms are a fairly common variety of Corallimorpharia, and found throughout Indo-Pacific Ocean. They have beautiful oral disc covered with pseudo-tentacles that are generally branched out. Some species even have thick tissues, but most have a rather thin tissue that is moist and slippery to the human touch. Frequently referred to as The Tonga Blue Mushroom, The Giant Green Metallic Mushroom, The Hairy Mushrooms and The Small Elephant Ear Mushroom, this magnificent organism is easy to care for and would provide an amazing tropical feel to any home aquarium.
This genus of mushroom is enormously diverse. Some Rhodactis remain small while others such as the Elephant Ear can grow up to 12 inches in diameter. And vary in a rich array of colors such as; violet, green, brown, pink, purple and blue. Usually the color of the tentacles contrasts the color of the mushroom. The Rhodactis Mushrooms may also vary in mass based on location of the tank, the water flow conditions and the surrounding aquatic life forms.
One has to be aware that the Rhodactis Mushroom reproduces by the use of fission or laceration; so there is a major threat of excessive growth, which could eventually become an issue. A small polyp detaches from the base or mouth of the parent polyp and grows to full size in as little as 2 months.
In its natural environment, the Rhodactis Mushroom lives in shallow, warm water environment. Therefore, before placing this mushroom into your tank it's vital that you check that your saltwater aquarium's water temperature is between 72 and 78 degrees Fahrenheit, the water flow is medium and that you provide it with plenty of lighting. Rhodactis feed on free-floating microorganisms, so the water flow should be intermittent or alternating.
This Mushroom feeds via photosynthesis. There is photosynthetic algae zooxanthellae that lives within the Rhodactis and the 2 have a mutually beneficial feeding relationship. Externally, Rhodactis Mushrooms prefers feeding on plankton and larger organisms that can be found in the tank water, such as the miniscule marine phytoplankton and zooplankton. Supplemental foods include trace elements, iodine, plankton, brine and minced meaty substances.
An interesting fact about The Rhodactis Mushroom is that it's a cross species between coral and sea anemone, which makes it a great hardy add-on to any aquatic tank and the perfect host for the clownfish.


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Feb. 6: Shane Goff, state VOP; Ronnie Taylor, state VOP, non-support; Clayton Earl Harris, violation of community control, contempt; John Derek Sangster, disturbing the peace, resisting an officer, aggravated battery, assault
Feb. 7: Crystal Landrum, state VOP; Kevin Hansford, violation of community control; Charles Barbee, failure to appear
Feb. 8: Zachary Willis, possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana; James Travis Lane, driving while license suspended or revoked, sale of crack cocaine within 1000 ft. of a school
Feb. 9: Otis Pennywell, failure to appear
Feb. 10: Lavon Holland, state VOP; Shane Coburn, manufacture of meth, possession of listed chemicals
Feb. 11: Christia Clinney, manufacture of meth, possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana, possession of listed chemicals; Joseph McDonald, possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana; Christopher Butler, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of listed chemicals, manufacture of meth, possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana; Frederick McCormick, possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana
Feb. 4: Stephen Hanf, possession of less than 20 grams, poss. of controlled substance, poss. prescription drug without prescription
Feb. 6: Charlie Drew, sentenced to DOC; Shawn Goff, housing for CCSO
Feb. 7: Vicki Bailey, DWLSR, DUI refusal
Feb. 8: Crystal Landrum, housing for CCSO; Ronnie Taylor, state VOP
Feb. 9: Tina Marie Andrews, holding for Gulf Co.; Travis Allen, Liberty Co. warrant, Franklin Co. warrant, Travis Johnson, state VOP, out of county warrant
Feb. 10: Gary Miley, grand theft, trespassing
Feb. 11: Christia Clinney, hold for Calhoun
The above individuals were booked into the Calhoun or Liberty County Jail over the past week. Although they have been charged with a crime, they are considered innocent until proven guilty.
Calhoun & Liberty Sheriff's Log - Feb. 7 to Feb. 13
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After more than a year of heartbreak, questions and tears, one family said their goodbyes Saturday afternoon to a daughter, sister, niece and friend.
ORMOND BEACH — After more than a year of heartbreak, questions and tears, one family said their goodbyes Saturday afternoon to a daughter, sister, niece and friend.
"It has been a long hard road," Ed Jandreau said at the memorial service for his niece, Chasity Danette Starr. "There's been so many people involved in this with Chasity that I just can't thank everybody. She would love you all for this. We're finally bringing her home."
Jandreau has served as his family's rock since Starr, of Holly Hill, was reported missing on March 29, 2011. On June 28, 2012, Starr's remains were found in the backyard of child-rape suspect James Maxwell's Port Orange residence. She was 29.
The Rev. Artie Rose led the service at Lohman Funeral Home in Ormond Beach.
"It was a tragedy that happened, very tragic," Rose said. "Words cannot explain what I think in my heart about some people."
Rose led family and friends in a prayer and asked God that the tragedy pull the family together. Members of Starr's family also asked that they let this bring them together.
"We all need to pull together," Brenda Butler, one of Starr's aunts, said through tears. "I don't want to go through this again, and I know nobody in this family wants to go through this again."
Starr's mother, Candy, said her daughter, whose favorite color was purple, was a lover of life.
"We used to go tubin' every weekend," Candy said. "She loved to camp. Juniper Springs was one of our favorite places to go."
Candy also remembered how clumsy her daughter could be.
Starr's friend and mentor, Daniel Fisher, didn't see her clumsiness as an issue when she helped him take his neighbor to the hospital.
"I get the emergency room at Halifax, and I didn't even get the car parked good yet, and she'd jumped out and ran for the emergency room," Fisher said. "She ran in there and she grabbed a wheelchair for him so he wouldn't have to walk. She was very caring and nurturing like that."
Maxwell, who is charged with killing Starr and Pamela Sue Will, both of whom had arrest records for prostitution, will go to trial in December on two charges of first-degree murder. He also faces charges that he kidnapped and raped a 9-year-old neighbor in December 2011 after a holiday party.


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Sea eagles menace Scottish children
Clergyman attacked, kiddies next on the menu
The Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) has had a bit of a Daily Mail moment by claiming reintroduced sea eagles pose a serious threat to children, and that there should be an "exit strategy"* to deal with the menace from birds of prey should they decide to dine on Caledonian kiddies.
The warning comes after a white-tailed sea eagle attack on the Very Rev Hunter Farquharson, when the man of the cloth arrived home at Abernethy, near Perth, to find one of his geese dead on the ground. While attempting to protect a second goose from clawed death, Farquharson suffered a head injury when the "flying barn door" jumped onto his back.
Sea eagles are, the BBC notes, the UK's largest bird of prey, although their 8ft wingspan didn't grace our skies for many years after they were wiped out in the early 20th century. In 1975, they were reintroduced on the island of Rum off Scotland's west coast, and the species has since spread to Mull and Skye, and Wester Ross on the mainland.
These animals haven't caused any problems, and indeed the SGA has no objection to them, but the association is none too happy about the release of examples on the east coast. The Farquharson flying fury furore has prompted the SGA to demand a public enquiry into the programme.
In a letter to Scottish government, it wrote: "These creatures are being released into what is a comparatively densely populated area so they will come into contact with humans on a daily basis. That will instil habituated behaviour and remove what should be a healthy fear of humans.
"There are reports of buzzards which have obviously undergone this desensitization and this has resulted in them attacking people. This could pose a serious threat in the future. Will these very large creatures differentiate between a small child and more natural quarry?"
RSPB Scotland is none too impressed. It responded on Twitter: "Alarmist nonsense from the SGA. Sea eagle could soon be eating small children. Surely ScotGov won't take this seriously."
Regarding the Farquharson attack, an RSPB spokesman recently said: "In our experience sea eagles will only defend themselves and attack humans if they feel cornered and threatened. It is of course unfortunate that the bird scratched Mr Farquharson, but we believe it was simply trying to escape and resist capture." ®
* = Take large amounts of cash from Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons so he can shoot them. A win-win for the SGA.


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Royalty Collection Agency SABAM Sues Belgian ISPs In Pursuit Of Its Fantasy 'Piracy License'
from the clutching-at-straws dept
Back in November 2011, we wrote about the Belgian music royalty collection agency SABAM's demand for 3.4% of Internet subscriber fees as "compensation" for online piracy in Belgium. As Tim Cushing explained back then, this was ridiculous on just about every level. But SABAM doesn't let little things like that get in the way of its desperate attempt to avoid moving with the times and coming up with new business models. So after failing dismally to convince Europe's highest court that it could force ISPs to spy on their customers, SABAM has now moved on to suing ISPs instead, as TorrentFreak reports:
This week SABAM sued the Belgian ISPs Belgacom, Telenet and Voo, claiming a 3.4 percent cut of Internet subscriber fees as compensation for the rampant piracy they enable through their networks.
One of the ISPs being sued, Belgacom, has a better analogy for what's going on here:
SABAM argues that authors should be paid for any "public broadcast" of a song. Pirated downloads and streams on the Internet are such public broadcasts according to the group, and they are therefore entitled to proper compensation.
"A postman doesn't open letters he delivers. We are also just transporting data, and we are not responsible for the contents," Belgacom says.
That's the "mere conduit" principle, and as TorrentFreak points out, if that defense is overturned here, and the "piracy license" is imposed, the cost will inevitably be passed on to users, which means that people who buy music legally will be paying twice for the privilege. And of course, it wouldn't just be SABAM: the other copyright industries -- films, books, photos, software, games -- will doubtless all line up for their free handout, making online access prohibitively expensive in Belgium.
But along with all the other problems mentioned by Tim back in his 2011 post, there's another major flaw in SABAM's logic. According to recent work carried out by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, it's not even clear that the recorded music industry is being hurt by unauthorized downloads:
Perhaps surprisingly, our results present no evidence of digital music sales displacement. While we find important cross country differences in the effects of downloading on music purchases, our findings suggest a rather small complementarity between these two music consumption channels. It seems that the majority of the music that is consumed illegally by the individuals in our sample would not have been purchased if illegal downloading websites were not available to them. The complementarity effect of online streaming is found to be somewhat larger, suggesting a stimulating effect of this activity on the sales of digital music.
That is, streaming sites might even promote digital music sales; so maybe SABAM should be giving money to the ISPs, not asking for it....
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Hello friends and neighbors. It is good to see you here.
I won a second place award in the chili cookoff at The Daily News this week. My black beans and corn chili was beaten out by Francine Wood�s garbanzo beans. Bummer.
I was proud of Francine for winning and I was tickled to win second place and a metal but the important thing is that we were all winners because we had good fun for a good cause in that we raised money for the Relay for Life of Onslow County weekend to begin at 4 p.m., April 12 at Northside High School in Jacksonville. Go to http://relay.acsevents.org to sign up or to donate.
A cancer diagnosis is no fun. I know first hand; I had one at the end of the year. I had just lost my sister-in-law Brenda Boyt to multiple myeloma, bone marrow cancer, and then I was diagnosed with lymphoma. By God�s grace, a trip to Duke found that it was the kind contained to the skin, that it could be removed, and should not shorten my life. That�s why trips to a dermatologist are so important.
Prior to the trip to Duke, I was facing six rounds of chemotherapy with the ensuing sickness and hair loss. I had watched Brenda go through it and she was the bravest person I have ever known.
I faced my oncologist squarely and asked him if I was on my way out. He said no but was honest that the chemo would make me sick.
I asked for prayer and I got it. My Sunday School class, my prayer group, the Gideons, and people all over the county who I did not know very well prayed for me. My mother�s best friend who is in her eighties and having chemo called. She was more worried about me than herself. We vowed to hold each other�s hand and go through the chemo together.
It was one test after another to determine if there was other cancer. Those tests are dangerous because they find unrelated things you didn�t even know you had. That entailed more surgery but each step along the way I got a good report thanks be to God.
I began to complete all those things that I had been putting off like a roof on the house and getting it painted and cleaned out because I didn�t want my children to have to deal with it. Since my husband died, I had my will and power of attorney in order but I also got my finances in order.
Although I have long-term care insurance, my family and I faced who was going to care for me. I did not want to be a burden to my children but I didn�t want to shut them out either. This is when you all realize that even though children might want to care for a parent, it requires sacrifice and is not always possible or practical. This is when you realize the value of a spouse.
Most of all, the cancer is always with you. You have to put it out of your mind and go on with your life so you can�t talk about it all the time but still, it is always there stealing your joy.
A cancer diagnosis makes you realize how wonderful it is to be able to get up in the morning and go to work. How great it is to have family, to be able to share your children�s lives and to watch your grandchildren grow. You hope and pray that you will be there to see them grow up and you cherish every minute with them. There is no complaining because you are thankful to be well enough to deal with the problems of life. You no longer sweat the small stuff.
A cancer diagnosis renews your faith. I don�t know why God put me through this storm but I believe that it was to teach me that God is there through the storm and that this was teaching on how to help others in the storm.
We help the people that are living with cancer when we donate or participate in the Relay for Life. That�s probably most of us. This event helps to fund research that brings more good reports from the doctor; it is a time of fun and fellowship that reminds us that it takes a nation to stand up to cancer. It reminds survivors that the entire community is covering their back.
I heard on television that two of three people are now surviving cancer. Those are good odds but could be better. It�s up to us. So get to cooking chili, throwing pies in faces, walking, running, competing, whatever your business, your family, your church or you can do to have fun while raising money to fight the big C. More birthdays depend on it.
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We did the Festival of Trees in December to raise money to help home health and hospice patients, many of them cancer patients. At this month�s meeting we found that our bank has charged $9.63 to count the money deposited from the festival. What�s up with that, bank�s charging you to deposit money? If they don�t want to count it, they should just take your word for it instead of taking money that was raised to help the sick and dying.
These devious fees like charging to count money deposited in the bank, shop charges for rags at the automotive dealership, too many fees on phone and cable bills to count, these are all costs of doing business and should be absorbed as such instead of charging customers who have already paid for your service. Sadly, too many customers are absorbing these charges in this economy. My recommendation was to look for another bank, one with more walking around sense.
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The Texans sit atop the AFC at 3-0 as the only unbeaten team. The Titans hope to knock the Texans off their high horse at Reliant stadium. The Texans have other plans.
While perusing the top news on the NFL's website this morning, I noticed that the Texans were not headlined in any of the top 25 articles. I know that's par for the course, as the Texans still seemingly get little respect around the league, but for a team that made it to the second round of the playoffs last season with a 3rd string rookie QB and has started off strong this season with a 3-0 AFC best record, you have to wonder what the heck is going on.
I understand that the Texans have to "earn" their national attention. They made great strides towards that end last season, as evidenced by the number of prime time games they get to play this season. But with the play of guys like JJ Watt, Matt Schaub, Andre Johnson, et al, it just seems to me that the Texans should be one of the hottest tickets in the NFL until somebody comes along and proves otherwise.
Anyways, enough about that.
The flaming thumbtacks head into Houston this weekend for the Texans second divisional game of the season, and last divisional game until after the week 8 bye. That means that the Texans will play 4 divisional games in the last half of the season, with all four of those games coming in the final seven weeks. While the Texans are strong favorites to win the division, they won't be able to prove that until late in the season. In the meantime, they just have to continue winning the games they should and take care of business early and often. So far, so good.
The Titans come to town with a 1-2 record and are coming off an impressive high-scoring 44-41 win over Detroit featuring a 4th quarter shootout in which a total of 46 points were scored. Detroit's defense isn't too shabby, so to put up 44 points against them is no small feat. Prior to that game, the Titans had only managed to score 23 points in the first two games, just over half their total against Detroit.
Now the Titans will have to face a tough Texans defense on the road in a stadium full of fans that always gets ramped up when we play the city's former team. With the Titans' Kenny Britt most likely sidelined Sunday and their ailing running game, (the Titans Chris Johnson managed a whole 24 yards rushing last week and has 45 through 3 games) it's going to take more than a music city miracle to put up 44 points against these Texans.
Chris Johnson is averaging 1.4 yards per carry and as a team the Titans are averaging 39 yards per game on the ground. Their only offensive stat they fall within the top 10 of is passing, averaging 272 yards per game. Titans QB Jake Locker has a passer rating of 91.9 and has thrown half as many INT's (2) as he has TD's and has only been sacked twice. So the Texans' pass rushers will have to do their best to get through the stout Titans' offensive line and put serious pressure on Locker early and often if they want to add to those total and create some opportunities for J-Jo and the secondary.
Our secondary should pay special attention to the Titans' #3 and #4 wide receivers, Kendall Wright, who leads the team with 14 receptions, and Damian Williams, who is tied at #2 on the team with 11 catches. Wright should be starting in place of the injured Britt. Tied with Williams is TE Jared Cook who is averaging an impressive 14.9 yards per catch, so the Texans need to cover the flats and screens well to keep him from having a career day. Nate Washington leads the team in TD's with 2 and has racked up 185 yards on seven catches, so the Texans need to cover down the field long enough and well enough to give the pass rush enough time to plant Locker on his rear.
The big problem for the Titans is going to be against the Texans diverse offense. The Titans defense ranks dead last in the league in points allowed (37.7), 31st in average yards allowed (463) and 30th and 29th in passing (312.7) and rushing (150.3) average yards allowed per game.
"They do a lot of runs and a lot of misdirections and boots. You definitely can't focus on just Andre Johnson because their offense as a whole is a very tought one." ~ Titans CB Jason McCourty
The Titans will be playing without their starting middle linebacker, Colin McCarthy, who is sidelined with an ankle injury. Starting in his place will most likely be former Texan Zac Diles. Titans outside linebacker Akeem Ayers leads the team with 36 tackles and a sack. The Titans have managed a single INT this season, coming last week on a pick six by cornerback Alterraun Verner. Without Courtland Innegan (that's right, I still spell it "Innegan") corners Verner and Jason McCourty said they look forward to facing Andre Johnson this week.
"These are the type of games that DBs look forward to," Verner said. "We thrive under these conditions because you know you're going to get tested and you're going to see balls thrown your way. You can't make a play unless you see a football thrown at you. That's why I'm excited."
McCourty also chimed in. "You get to this week, and you talk about a team with Arian Foster in the backfield and along with Ben Tate," McCourty said. "They do a lot of runs and a lot of misdirections and boots. You definitely can't focus on just Andre Johnson because their offense as a whole is a very tough one."
Last week the Titans tried to double team Detroit receiver Calvin Johnson, who still managed to burn them for 10 catches, 164 yards and a touchdown. And that was without the one-two punch of Foster/Tate to worry about.
The Titans come into town as 12 point underdogs, and if the Texans continue to do what they've been doing thus far, they should send the tacks back to bug tussle with a 1-3 record.
Oh, and big props to the real refs for manning-up and compromising with what the owners would give them to get back on the field and save the game further embarrassment!
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Going back to the HPC education issue I mentioned in my previous post, that actually touches on the other theme that was clear today at the sessions at the 23rd HPCC conference.
Seems like almost no one argues against that the future for continued increased performance in HPC is moving towards a future with more multithreading, multicore, many-core, GPUs and other accelerators, often in a heterogenous mix of thousands (or millions eventually) of each.
This is not a panacea however, there certainly are problems to be solved in those areas as well, the infamous memory wall and energy consumption would be two of them.
The biggest challenge in my mind though is on the software side. Our middleware, tools and applications are just not keeping up. We don't have the software technology today that makes it easier to automatically take advantage of the inherent parallelism in the hardware infrastructure. We're today edging into the Petascale era and providing essentially assembly level programming tools. That won't work for the next level, closer to Exascale.
We need to invest in software that on one hand hides the underlying complexity and makes it easy to scale and on the other hand makes it possible to state the problem to be solved that is close to the natural representation of it. Much like Fortress allows mathematical notations to be used to easier represent equations. We need to bridge the gap between the domain knowledge that can describe the problem and the low level "magic touch" that is needed to get code to scale.
It's not that this is new news. Many people have pointed this oput, but we don;t seem to make progress towards a solution. It's not that we as a "collective ostrich" is hiding our head in the sand and hoping it will go away. It won't.
The problem is that there's no business case for a single software vendor to take on this huge challenge. This is an area that definitely requires government funding and industry wide attention.
One speaker suggested that HPC needs to be elevated to the same importance as a nationwide energy strategy. It's that important. I tend to agree with him. We need to do whatever it takes to start to make progress in this area.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Steve Fisher and the San Diego State Aztecs don't want to take anything for granted.
Yes, they expect an invitation to the NCAA tournament regardless of how they do in the Mountain West Conference tournament championship game on Saturday night.
It's just that they'd like to have another trophy.
MWC Player of the Year Jamaal Franklin, playing most of the second half with three fouls, scored 19 points and Chase Tapley had 10 of his 17 in the first five minutes of the second half to lead No. 18 and top-seeded San Diego State to a 79-69 victory against fourth-seeded Colorado State in the semifinals on Friday night.
The Aztecs (26-6) will play for their third straight MWC tournament title and automatic NCAA tournament bid on Saturday when they face New Mexico. The Lobos stunned No. 20 UNLV 72-67 in the other semifinal.
The Aztecs were expected to be an afterthought this year after losing four starters, including Kawhi Leonard to the NBA, off the team that reached the Sweet Sixteen last year and won a school-record 34 games. But Franklin had a breakout year and SDSU weathered a three-game losing streak midway through conference play to share the regular-season league title with New Mexico.
"Our heart and soul was to win this game. We want to play tomorrow," said Fisher, the MWC Coach of the Year. "We're not worried about tired legs. We're going to make the tournament. I hope (the Rams) are in the tournament."
James Rahon had 15 points and Garrett Green 10 for SDSU.
The Rams (20-11) are hoping their RPI of 21 and regular-season wins against SDSU, UNLV and New Mexico will earn them their first NCAA tournament berth since 2003. The Rams beat SDSU by 17 at Fort Collins on Jan. 28.
"We've made our case," coach Tim Miles said. "We don't pass the eye test, the smell test, the airport test. We don't pass any test. Put me on the floor and let these guys compete and we'll see. You know, yeah, we made our case."
Dorian Green had 20 points for CSU, while Jesse Carr had 17 and Dwight Smith 12.
Trailing 39-38 at halftime, SDSU turned it on in the second half and didn't let the Rams back in, as it did in the first half. Colorado State shot just 35.5 percent after the break.
Franklin was whistled for two fouls in the game's first four minutes. He picked up his third just a minute into the second half. Not long after, big man Tim Shelton committed his third foul.
It didn't affect the Aztecs, though.
Rahon hit a 3-pointer on the opening possession and Tapley made a runner in the lane and converted a three-point play for a quick 44-40 lead.
After CSU's Green converted a three-point play, Tapley and Shelton made layups to push the lead to 48-43.
Tapley made a layup and a three pointer during the next few minutes, and Franklin's 3-pointer made it 59-48 with 14:41 to play.
"I was feeding off my players," Franklin said. "Driving me was the bench. They gave me more spring. You feel more confident."
DeShawn Stephens, who had a big game against CSU's Will Bell, had a slam dunk for a 61-50 lead with 13:36 to go. Stephens had nine rebounds and blocked three shots by Bell.
"This was a really good, well-played, hard-fought game," Fisher said. "This was real high-level basketball."
CSU made 6 of 11 3-pointers in the first half but only 2 of 11 in the second.
"Every mistake we made in the first half they took advantage of," Fisher said. "I thought in the second half, we were so good at being able to find and do a better job of contesting 3 pointers. That's a credit to our kids, how they listened at halftime, how they compete together."
San Diego State led by six midway through the half and had five-point leads twice after that. Each time, Colorado State came back.
Shelton had a putback for a 26-21 lead with 6:09 left before Green made a layup and Bell made a shot off a rebound, was fouled and converted the three-point play to tie it.
SDSU's Xavier Thames and Franklin made 3-pointers sandwiched around Bell's free throw to make it 32-27.
CSU came back and took the lead this time, getting two free throws from Bell and 3-pointers on consecutive possessions by Wes Eikmeier and Carr to go up 35-32. The Aztecs' last lead of the half was 36-35 after Thames made two free throws and Rahon a jumper. Eikmeier and Carr again made consecutive baskets for a three-point lead, and Rahon's jumper in the final seconds pulled SDSU to 39-38 at the half.
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When Toyota's FJ Cruiser debuted almost a decade ago, reaction was overwhelmingly positive to the concept created by Toyota's design studio in Southern California. By the time the Japan-built production FJ finally arrived in 2005, demand for the truck was so strong that almost 10,000 were sold in Canada in the first two years.
With lineage and off-road capabilities inspired by the Land Cruiser FJ40 from the 1960s, the modern FJ still had its work cut out for it. The new FJ had to be as tough and off-road capable as its predecessor, yet still come with modern conveniences, a comfortable ride and the dependability expected from a Toyota.
So confident were Toyota executives in the new FJ, the Canadian launch was held in a muddy quarry outside Ottawa in late fall. Here, a handful of FJs driven by auto writers, including yours truly, ambled up steep boulder-laden paths, down serious and slippery slopes and through deep mud holes the size of backyard swimming pools. The brilliant blue, yellow, silver and burgundy FJs were all the same colour by afternoon's end — dirt brown, having been pummelled, beaten and thrashed over conditions simulating the real-world challenges FJ owners would undoubtedly seek out. Only one FJ suffered a scratch that day, but all seemed ready for more, like hunting beagles on the scent of deer.
Now in its sixth year of production, the 2012 FJ hasn't changed much. It still rides on a modified 4Runner platform employing a solid rear axle, and rides a lot like a 4Runner SR5. The round headlights, awkward rear-hinged half-doors, nearly vertical windshield, whitecap roof, wraparound rear glass and three front wipers remain. Water-repellent cloth seats, rubber washable floors and oversized climate-control knobs are nearly the same as when the truck first hit the market.
Yet here lies part of the difficulty with the modern FJ, which no longer looks fresh, much the same way Volkswagen's Beetle looked dated before its redesign last year. But it's not just the FJ's exterior that's due for change. Various ergonomics suffer from form over function, notably the wide pillars in the side and rear that create a blind spot nearly equal to a panel van. The rear-mounted spare tire also blocks part of the rear window (though the rear head restraints now fold.) With that kind of limited rear vision, Toyota should make the optional backup camera and parking sensors standard equipment.
Inside, the optional three-gauge information box that sits on top of the dash partially blocks the view through the narrow, upright front window. The orange radio display becomes too dark to see in the daytime when the headlights are on, and the type in the radio is too small. A storage box on top of the instrument panel in front of the driver is handy, but more cubby space would be welcome.
While access to the 60-40 split rear-seats has been improved on the passenger side with a seatback that has more travel, the old-style tailgate — barn-door, hinged on the driver's side — is less convenient than a conventional hatch. Such a hatch could, if adopted, also benefit from the 4Runner's power folding rear window. As it is, the rear-window opening on the FJ is small and less than ideal. Cargo space is limited to 27.9 cubic feet behind the rear seats.
If all that sounds like I'm unfairly picking on the FJ, I'm not alone. On the fan site FJCruiserforum.com, there are 21 pages worth of suggestions to improve this much-adored vehicle.
What remains ideal, however, is the FJ's superior ride. Soft over even the nastiest of rutted roads, the FJ's double wishbone front suspension soaks up all surface imperfections to make one very comfortable ride. The nose will dive under braking and the body may lean in the corners, but the FJ is remarkably compliant over harsh conditions and is luxury-car smooth over good roads. Bilstein shock absorbers, which firm up the ride considerably, are available on FJs with a six-speed manual transmission.
Manual-transmission models also get a full-time four-wheel-drive system, while five-speed automatic FJs come with a part-time 4WD system with a two-speed transfer case requiring a pull of a lever to activate. It's simple and effective. The FJ also comes with a locking rear differential for more serious off-roading, as well as protector plates under the engine, fuel tank and transfer case.
Even though a hitch is not standard equipment (it should be), the FJ can tow up to 5,000 pounds, thanks to its 4.0-litre V6 engine that can produce 271 lb.-ft. of torque and 260 horsepower. Low-end acceleration is adequate, but highway passing requires consideration. Fuel economy is below average, with official ratings of 12.4 city, 9.5 L/100 km highway, and the FJ lacks an onboard computer to measure instant and average consumption.
As tested, our FJ with the automatic transmission came to $38,745, a total that started with an MSRP of $32,725 but included a $5,020 Urban Package plus $1,000 for the automatic. With fees and freight, the price came to $40,515 before taxes.
That might seem considerable, but it won't seem like much when the road gets ugly and the FJ breezes through as though nothing could stand in its way — just as all FJs have done for the past 50 years.


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The number of teens living with type 2 diabetes has increased in recent years.
Managing diabetes as a teen or adolescent can come with different challenges than an adult may face.
The materials below were developed specifically for teens with diabetes.
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Information for Youth and Their Families Living With Type 2 Diabetes
You can read, download or print the entire PDF document (32 pages) or access it by section:
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By Section
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- What Is Diabetes?
- Manage Your Diabetes with STAR
- Checking Blood Sugar
- Staying Healthy
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- Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemia) and High Blood Sugar (Hyperglycemia)
- Healthy Food Choices
- Choosing Lower-Fat Foods
- How to Read Food Labels
- Physical Activity
- Setting Goals, Problem Solving, and Managing Stress
- Being a Teen with Diabetes
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The Be Healthy Today; Be Healthy For Life materials were adapted from the TODAY (Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth) Study. This study was funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease of the National Institutes of Health.
See also: Preventing Type 2 in Children