text: ASUS Super Memspeed Technology Enhances Memory Speed up to 75% - Support Intel® next generation 45nm Multi-core CPU- Intel LGA775 Platform - Intel® P35 chipset- Intel® Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo / Pentium® Extreme / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 Processors- Dual-channel DDR2 1066/800/667 MHz - Stack Cool 2 - 6*SATA/2*SATA on the Go/ 1394- Gigabit LAN - All High-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors Shop Modal header ASUS Super Memspeed Technology Enhances Memory Speed up to 75% The P5K3/P5K series of motherboards provide four outstanding features for the user. The Deluxe version of the motherboard has built-in native DDR2 1066 support and is able to overclock with an ultra high frequency to achieve DDR2 1400. These ASUS motherboards still provide you with quiet thermal solutions - which contain the 8 phase power design, Stack Cool 2 functions. They also come with the newest AI Gear 2 to save up to 50% of CPU power usage. Complementing all these features are ASUS's innovative tools - AI Slot Detector; allowing the user to conveniently install the computer. The P5K3/P5K series decreases temperature, provides stable overclocking, lowers noise levels and saves the most electricity. AI Lifestyle Series motherboards bring lifestyle and personal computing together. They provide you better system performance to enjoy graphic-intensive games and applications. The cutting-edge audio feature dramatically enhances the quality of voice signal. Thoughtful design allows you to set up your system easily. To create a peaceful environment, several new and improved innovations are included to reduce noise and temperature. Don't change your way of life for a computer. Instead let the ASUS Lifestyle Series improve the quality of your life. CPU, Chipset and Graphics features LGA775 IntelR 45nm Processor Ready This motherboard supports the latest Intel 45nm CPU which introduces new micro-architecture features for greater performance at a given frequency, up to 50% larger L2 caches, and expanded power management capabilities for new levels of energy efficiency. LGA775 IntelR Core?2 Processor ReadyThis motherboard supports the latest IntelR Core?2 processors in LGA775 package. It also can support IntelR next generation 45nm Multi-Core CPU. With new IntelR Core? microarchitecture technology and 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz FSB, IntelR Core?2 processor is one of the most powerful and energy efficient CPU in the world. IntelR P35 ChipsetThe IntelR P35 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support the next generation 45nm CPU; and DDR2 800/667 MHz memory architecture. It also supports 1600/1333/1066/800 FSB (Front Side Bus), PCI Express x16 graphics and multi-core CPUs.*ASUS unleashes the chipset capabilities to fully support FSB1600. ATI CrossFire TechnologyATI's CrossFire boosts image quality along with rendering speed, eliminating the need to scale down screen resolutions to get the high image quality you want. CrossFire ignites with the higher antialiasing, anisotropic filtering, shading, and texture settings you desire. Adjust your display configurations, experiment with your advanced 3D settings, and check the effect with a real-time 3D-rendered preview within ATI's Catalyst? Control Center to rule your CrossFire system. Memory Features Dual-Channel DDR2 800 DDR2 is the next generation memory technology to replace the current DDR. With the highest speed up to 800MHz, DDR2 memory provides great performance for 3D graphics and other memory demanding applications. Native DDR2 1066 SupportTo attain top performance, ASUS engineers have successfully unleashed the true potential of DDR2 memory. While in DDR2 1066 mode, ASUS's exclusive technology offers a choice of FSB 1333 - providing great performance for 3D graphics and other memory demanding applications. ASUS Super Memspeed TechnologySurpass the Limit with Easy Overclocking AutomaticallyTo attain top performance, ASUS has managed to break through current FSB and DRAM ratio proportions by utilizing Super Memspeed Technology - the latest technology that provides even more precise overclocking options to unleash the true potential of DDR3 memory. Native DDR3 1333 maximizes system performance by eliminating the bottleneck when overclocking both the CPU and memory - providing great performance for 3D graphics and other memory demanding applications. ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution New Generation 8-Phase Power DesignGenuine 8-Phase Power Design Excels at Power Efficiency The ASUS 8-Phase Power Design provides highly efficient operation to generate less heat (at least 15°C (27°F)) than other conventional power solutions. It reduces input ripple current and output ripple voltage, which keeps CPU and power module from suffering the risk of high power stress. It has the advantages of quick transient response and stability, especially beneficial when CPU requires more current immediately under heavy loading or overclocking mode. Up to 20°C(36°F) Cooler - Stack Cool 2 StackCool 2 is a fan-less and zero-noise cooling solution offered exclusively by ASUS. It effectively transfers heat generated by the critical components to the other side of the specially designed PCB (printed circuit board) for effective heat dissipation. Save CPU Power - AI Gear 2AI Gear2 allows users to choose profiles to adjust CPU frequency and vCore voltage to minimize system noise and power consumption. For example, users can change the mode in real-time in the operating system to max power saving mode and can save CPU power when using word processing applications. AI Nap Minimize noise and power consumption when temporarily away! With AI Nap, users can instantly snooze your PC without terminating the tasks. System will continue operating at minimum power and noise when user is temporarily away. It keeps downloading files or running applications in quietest state while you're sleeping. Simply click keyboard or mouse, you can swiftly wake up the system in few seconds. Q-Fan 2 Adjusts both CPU fan and chassis fan speeds according to system loading ASUS Q-Fan2 technology intelligently adjusts both CPU fan and chassis fan speeds according to system loading to ensure quiet, cool and efficient operation. Uses 100% All High-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors!This motherboard uses all high-quality conductive polymer capacitors onboard for durability, improved lifespan, and enhanced thermal capacity. ASUS EZ DIY AI Slot DetectorAssists in Proper Installation for PCIe/PCI DevicesWhen PCIe/PCI devices are installed, users can simply plug in the power cable and find out if these devices are successfully installed. Without even switching on the PC or entering the operating system, ASUS's innovative on-board LEDs provide an efficient way to identify the correct way to set up the PC. Q-Connector Make connection quick and accurate! The ASUS Q-Connector allows you to connect or disconnect chassis front panel cables in one easy step with one complete module. This unique adapter eliminates the trouble of plugging in one cable at a time, making connection quick and accurate. CrashFree BIOS 3 Simply restore corrupted BIOS data from USB flash disk The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 allows users to restore corrupted BIOS data from a USB flash disk containing the BIOS file. This utility saves users the cost and hassle of buying a replacement BIOS chip. EZ-Flash 2 Simply update BIOS from a USB flash disk before entering the OSEZ Flash 2 is a user-friendly BIOS update utility. Simply launch this tool and update BIOS from a USB flash disk before entering the OS. You can update your BIOS only in a few clicks without preparing an additional floppy diskette or using an OS-based flash utility. O.C. Profile Conveniently store or load multiple BIOS settingsFreely share and distribute favorite overclocking settings The motherboard features the ASUS O.C. Profile that allows users to conveniently store or load multiple BIOS settings. The BIOS settings can be stored in the CMOS or a separate file, giving users freedom to share and distribute their favorite overclocking settings. ASUS overclocking tools AI NOS? Boost performance when you need it the most! Applications such as 3D games and video editing demand a huge chunk of system resource. Inject "nitrous oxide" into your CPU! The patented AI NOS? (Non-delay Overclocking System) technology intelligently detects system load and automatically boosts performance for the most demanding tasks. Unlike other dynamic overclocking techniques, AI NOS? reacts much faster to satisfy your unending need for speeds . Precision TweakerAchieve system maximum performance! It offers ways to raise system performance inch-by-inch and step-by-step to achieve maximum performance! This is about getting the most out of your machine and taking pride in your customized computer.vDIMM- Take control of how much power is going into the memory modules. This motherboard gives you 13-step voltage control to the DIMM.vCore- Find out "exactly" how much power your CPU needs. Fine-tune it with 0.0125 volts at a time! SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection) allows- FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 800MHz at 1MHz increment- Memory tuning from 667MHz up to 1333MHz at 1MHz increment- PCI Express frequency tuning from 100MHz up to 150MHz at 1MHz increment C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall) When the system hangs due to overclocking failure, there is no need to open the case to clear CMOS data. Just simply restart the system, the BIOS would show the previous setting and then users can amend the CPU setting again. Audio AI Audio 2 Enhance the Audio Experience on Your PC!This motherboard comes with built-in AI Audio 2 featuring Sonic Focus Technology. Designed for the Windows Vista environment, it allows users to experience crisp, clear sounds by restoring and compensating for clarity and quality of compressed audio (up to 8 channels) in all movies, music and games. It also provides users with stereo to multi-channel sound field expansion for realistic front and rear environments and Virtualized surround sound for added vocal clarity when used in stereo speakers or headphones Noise Filter Eliminate background noise while recording This feature detects repetitive and stationary noises like computer fans, air conditioners, and other background noises then eliminates it in the incoming audio stream while recording. ASUS Unique Features Multi-language BIOSHelp you configure system easier and faster The multi-language BIOS allows you to select the language of your choice from the available options. The localized BIOS setup menu helps you configure your system easier and faster. MyLogo3Personalize your system with customizable boot logoYou can convert your favorite photo into a 256-color boot logo for a more colorful and vivid image on your screen. 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CFO Moves this week include:
|Netflix Inc.
|Activision Blizzard, Inc.
|Square, Inc.
|CIRCOR International, Inc.
|Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.
|Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.
|Unum Therapeutics Inc.
|Southern Company
|ImmusanT, Inc.
|Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
|PRGX Global, Inc.
|Marlin Business Services Corp.
|Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
|TELA Bio®, Inc.
|Fortis Energy Services, Inc.
|InnerWorkings, Inc.
|TILT Holdings Inc.
|Diebold Nixdorf
|Unitil Corporation
|REVA Medical, Inc.
|Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
|Calyxt, Inc.
|Livongo Health
|IGM Biosciences, Inc.
|Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc.
|Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.
|Arcturus Therapeutics Ltd.
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Netflix Inc. [LOS GATOS, Calif.] (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced that Spencer Neumann is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer. Neumann is an accomplished media and financial executive who was most recently CFO of Activision Blizzard and previously held several senior positions at the The Walt Disney Company. He succeeds David Wells who served as CFO since 2010. Neumann served as Activision Blizzard's CFO from May 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Neumann held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at The Walt Disney Company, most recently serving as the CFO and executive vice president of Global Guest Experience of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, from 2012 until May 2017. From 2005 to 2012, Mr. Neumann worked at the private equity firms of Providence Equity Partners and Summit Partners. Prior to that, Mr. Neumann held several other roles with Disney, which he initially joined in 1992, including executive vice president of the ABC Television Network from 2001 to 2004 and CFO of the Walt Disney Internet Group from 1999 to 2001.
Activision Blizzard, Inc. [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ATVI) announced that Dennis Durkin has been named Chief Financial Officer, reprising the role he held from March 2012 to May 2017. Most recently, Mr. Durkin had been serving as Chief Corporate Officer for the Company. Mr. Durkin replaces Spencer Neumann who was terminated for cause for violating his legal obligations to the Company. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Durkin held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at Microsoft Corporation during an over twelve-year period.
Square, Inc. [MALVERN, Pa.] (NYSE: SQ) announced that Amrita Ahuja will join the company as Chief Financial Officer. Amrita is currently the CFO of Blizzard Entertainment and a division of Activision Blizzard. Amrita has been with Activision Blizzard for over eight years in a number of finance and strategy roles across the company, including SVP of Investor Relations, VP of Finance and Operations, and VP of Strategy and Business Development. Prior to Activision Blizzard, she held various roles at Fox Networks Group, the Walt Disney Company, and Morgan Stanley.
CIRCOR International, Inc. [BURLINGTON, Mass.] (NYSE: CIR) announced the appointment of Chadi Chahine as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He joins CIRCOR from global medical technology company Smith & Nephew, where he was CFO of its U.S. business. Chahine joined Smith & Nephew as CFO, International Markets, in 2012. He was promoted to CFO of Smith & Nephew's U.S. operations in February 2017. Mr. Chahine began his career in public accounting and spent 13 years at Abbott Laboratories in positions of increasing responsibility within finance and general management. In August 2018, CIRCOR announced the planned departure of CFO Rajeev Bhalla, who agreed to remain in the role until a successor was named.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. [GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.] (NASDAQ: RRGB) announced the appointment of Lynn Schweinfurth as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective January 28, 2019. Guy Constant, Red Robin's current executive vice president and chief financial officer, will move to lead Company and Franchise operations, development and facilities as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Schweinfurth served as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. where she has been since 2012. Prior to her time at Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc., Ms. Schweinfurth held various senior finance leadership positions at global restaurant companies including Brinker International, Inc., Yum Brands, Inc. and PepsiCo, Inc.
Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: FRGI), parent company of the Pollo Tropical® and Taco Cabana® fast-casual restaurant brands, announced that Lynn Schweinfurth, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, and Treasurer, has resigned effective January 25, 2019 to pursue another career opportunity. Cheri Kinder, Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, will assume the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer upon the effective date of Ms. Schweinfurth's departure.
Infogroup [OMAHA, Neb.] announced that Andy Goldstein has been named chief financial officer. Most recently he served as chief financial officer at Purch. Goldstein has also held the position of CFO for the NJ Devils, the Prudential Center Arena and Philadelphia 76ers as well as at InterMedia Outdoors Holdings, Inc., and Primedia Inc. Prior experience includes strategic finance positions at sesamestreet.com and The Times Mirror Company.
Unum Therapeutics Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: UMRX) announced that Christiana Stamoulis, President and Chief Financial Officer, will be stepping down from the Company, effective January 31, 2019, to pursue another opportunity.
Incyte [WILMINGTON, Del.] (NASDAQ: INCY) announced the appointment of Christiana Stamoulis as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective February 11, 2019. Ms. Stamoulis will succeed David Gryska who, as planned, retired from Incyte at the end of 2018. Stamoulis joins Incyte from Unum Therapeutics, where she was President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Unum, she was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Vertex, she spent nearly 15 years in the investment banking and management consulting industries. She was a Managing Director at Citigroup's Investment Banking division and prior to that, she was a senior investment banker in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Goldman Sachs, where she spent the majority of her investment banking career. She started her career as a strategy consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. Ms. Stamoulis serves on the Board of Directors of Hologic Inc.
Southern Company [ATLANTA] (NYSE: SO) announced that Dan Tucker will succeed Beth Reese as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Southern Company Gas. Tucker most recently served as senior vice president of finance and treasurer for Southern Company. He has been with Southern Company for more than 20 years in various roles within the finance organization, including investor relations, financial planning and accounting. In 2012, he was named vice president of investor relations and financial planning.
ImmusanT, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Thomas A. Shea as the company's chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining ImmusanT, Mr. Shea served as CFO for a number of development stage companies, most notably Albireo Pharma, where he was integral in taking the company public via a reverse merger with Biodel in 2016; Tolerx, Inc. from 2005 to 2011; and Cubist Pharmaceuticals from 1993 to 2003.
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. [SUNNYVALE, Calif. & YOKNEAM, Israel] (NASDAQ: MLNX) announced the appointment of Doug Ahrens as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Ahrens joins Mellanox from GlobalLogic, where he served as chief financial officer. Prior to that Mr. Ahrens served as chief financial officer of Applied Micro Circuits. His career demonstrates a strong track record of increasing financial managerial responsibilities at semiconductor companies including Maxim and Intel. He started his career as an environmental engineer at Chevron Corporation. Eric Johnson, who acted as Mellanox's interim principal financial and accounting officer, will continue in his role as vice president and corporate controller.
Cortexyme [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced that Chris Lowe is now the company's Chief Financial Officer. Lowe's 15+ years of senior management experience include experience as CFO, CBO, and CEO for private and public life sciences companies such as Asthmatx, Peninsula Pharmaceuticals, and Anthera Pharmaceuticals. In January 2014, Lowe became a partner at FLG Partners.
PRGX Global, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: PRGX) announced that it appointed Kurt Abkemeier as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller. Peter Limeri, who has been serving as the interim Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller, will remain with the Company until the end of the month. Abkemeier joins PRGX from Fidelis Cybersecurity, Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Fidelis, Mr. Abkemeier served as Chief Financial Officer for Progress Software, Inc. Abkemeier previously held senior finance roles at a number of other publicly traded companies, including Inteliquent, Inc., where he was Chief Financial Officer, Cbeyond, Inc. and Airgate PCS, Inc. Mr. Abkemeier started his career at JP Morgan.
Marlin Business Services Corp. [MOUNT LAUREL, N.J.] (NASDAQ: MRLN) announced that it has named Michael R. Bogansky as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective on February 1, 2019. Bogansky joins Marlin from PHH Corporation where he was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. PHH was recently acquired by Ocwen Financial Corporation. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller & Principal Accounting Officer of PHH. Before joining PHH in 2003, Mr. Bogansky was a Senior Audit Associate with Deloitte & Touche, LLP.
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation [PORTLAND, Ore.] (NASDAQ: LSCC) announced the appointment of Sherri Luther as the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Lattice, Ms. Luther was Corporate Vice President of Finance at Coherent Inc. Prior to Coherent, Ms. Luther held a number of senior finance and accounting positions at companies including Quantum, Ultra Network Technologies and Arthur Andersen.
BlueCrest [DANBURY, Conn.] announced the appointment of Paul Kosturos as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Kosturos will replace former BlueCrest CFO Ray Altieri, who retired at the end of 2018, as Interim CFO. Kosturos is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal's Private Equity Performance Improvement Group, LLC and brings more than 30 years of experience to the role.
TELA Bio®, Inc. [MALVERN, Pa.] announced that Nora Brennan has joined the company as chief financial officer. Prior to joining TELA Bio, Ms. Brennan served as the chief financial officer at Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Xeris, she was employed at Integra Lifesciences Corporation, where she held various senior leadership roles, including Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Treasurer.
Fortis Energy Services, Inc. [TROY, MICH.] announced the promotion of Susan Censoni to Chief Financial Officer. Mrs. Censoni has over twenty years of experience in both the private sector and in public accounting and has served as the VP Finance since joining Fortis in March 2013. Prior to joining Fortis, she was a Senior Manager at KPMG LLP.
InnerWorkings, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: INWK) announced that Donald W. Pearson has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Pearson served as Chief Financial Officer of BWAY Corporation, before its sale to Stone Canyon Industries. Prior to BWAY, Mr. Pearson was Chief Financial Officer of AMCOL International Corporation and later Chief Financial Officer of Sparton Corporation. Mr. Pearson will replace interim Chief Financial Officer, Chip Hodgkins.
TILT Holdings Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (CSE: TILT, OTC: SVVTF) announced the appointment of David Caloia as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Caloia joins TILT having spent the first 16 years of his career at GE in finance and operations. While there, he maintained leadership positions in finance across the globe, the last as the CFO of GE Industrial Solutions. Prior to joining TILT, David was the Senior Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis of Beacon Health Options.
Diebold Nixdorf [NORTH CANTON, Ohio] (NYSE: DBD) announced that Jeffrey Rutherford, who recently joined the company as interim chief financial officer, will now fill that position on a permanent basis. Rutherford joined the company from Edgewater Technology. Prior to Edgewater, he held the chief financial officer position at a number of companies, including Ferro Corporation, Park-Ohio Holdings Corp, UAP Holding, LESCO and Office Max.
Unitil Corporation [HAMPTON, N.H.] (NYSE: UTL) announced the planned retirement of Mark H. Collin, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective May 1, 2019. Mr. Collin has served as Unitil's corporate Treasurer since 1998 and has been the Chief Financial Officer since 2003. Unitil announced the hiring of Christine L. Vaughan as Senior Vice President, Financial and Regulatory Services, effective January 2, 2019, as Mr. Collin's planned successor. As part of Unitil's long term succession plan, Mr. Collin will formally step down as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on March 1, 2019, and will work with Ms. Vaughan in order to assure a smooth transition period prior to his retirement. Ms. Vaughan will assume the title of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company on March 1, 2019. Ms. Vaughan most recently served as Vice President, Rates and Regulatory and Treasurer for Eversource Energy in Massachusetts, where she had been employed since 2004. Ms. Vaughan previously worked as a management consultant at Arthur D. Little and an engineer at DuPont and BASF.
REVA Medical, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (ASX: RVA) announced the promotion of Leigh Elkolli to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. She will replace Brandi Roberts, who served as REVA's Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary since August 2017 until her resignation effective January 4, 2019. Ms. Elkolli joined REVA in August 2017 as Senior Director of Finance and Corporate Controller. Elkolli joined REVA from Avidity Biosciences, where she was Director of Finance. Ms. Elkolli started her career with Ernst & Young where she spent seven years in their assurance services practice serving public and private clients in the life science and technologies industries.
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. [HERCULES, Calif.] (NYSE: BIO) announced that Christine A. Tsingos has informed the company of her intention to retire as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective April 30, 2019. Ms. Tsingos will remain in her current role through April 30 and will assist in the orderly transition to a successor.
Calyxt, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS & ST. PAUL, Minn.] (NASDAQ: CLXT) announced the hiring of William F. (Bill) Koschak, as Chief Financial Officer of Calyxt, effective January 7, 2019. Mr. Koschak will be assuming the responsibilities of current interim CFO, Eric Dutang, who remains CFO of Cellectis, Calyxt's parent company. Most recently, Koschak was Vice President, Finance for the Brain Therapies business unit of Medtronic and also served as Interim Vice President, General Manager, for one of the units of Brain Therapies for several months. Prior to Medtronic, Mr. Koschak also held executive positions at Young America Holdings, where he was CFO, General Mills, and KPMG LLP.
Livongo Health [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced that it named Lee Shapiro Chief Financial Officer. Shapiro, who has been on the Board of Livongo since its founding and served as Chair of its Audit Committee, will take his new role in February 2019. Shapiro currently serves on the Board and as member of the audit committee of Medidata Solutions and is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Tivity Health. He previously served as President of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions from 2001-2012. Subsequently, he co-founded 7wireVentures. Shapiro is Managing Partner of the 7wireVentures Connected Consumer Fund and has served on the boards of many of its portfolio companies.
IGM Biosciences, Inc. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced the appointment of Misbah Tahir to the newly created position of Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Tahir was Vice President, Head of Finance at Dermira, Inc. Prior to his role at Dermira, Mr. Tahir was Director, Head of Commercial Financial Planning and Analysis at Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Before that, he was Associate Director of Revenue at Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (HGS) and was Chair of the HGS-GlaxoSmithKline Joint Finance Committee. Prior to HGS, Mr. Tahir spent six years at Amgen, Inc. in finance and accounting management roles. He began his professional career at the global management consulting firm Oliver Wyman.
AAR [WOOD DALE, Ill.] (NYSE: AIR) announced that it has appointed Sean Gillen as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gillen will succeed Michael Milligan. Gillen joins AAR from USG Corporation where he served as Vice President and Treasurer. Prior to USG, Mr. Gillen spent nine years in investment banking with Goldman Sachs in their Global Industrials Group.
Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. [BEDMINSTER, N.J.] (NYSE AMER: MTNB) announced that it has appointed Keith A. Kucinski as Chief Financial Officer. Kucinski joins Matinas BioPharma having most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at RemedyOne. Prior to that, he served as Vice President & Treasurer at Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc., an operating company of Endo International plc. Additionally, Mr. Kucinski held various roles at Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., including Senior Director, Finance & Corporate Development and Assistant Treasurer & Senior Director, Finance.
Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Keith Cummings joined the company as chief financial officer. Dr. Cummings joins Pliant from Citigroup Global Markets where he served as a director in the Investment Banking Healthcare Group. Prior to Citigroup, he worked as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers and Barclays in New York.
Arcturus Therapeutics Ltd. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: ARCT) announced that the Company has appointed Andrew Sassine as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Sassine has been serving as Arcturus' Interim Chief Financial Officer since August 2018 and has served on the Company's Board of Directors since May 2018. In addition to serving on the Arcturus board, Mr. Sassine serves on the boards of iCAD, Inc. and Gemphire Therapeutics . Previously, Mr. Sassine served in various positions at Fidelity Investments from 1999 to 2012, most recently as portfolio manager.


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84-year-old sets Madison bowling records
Bowler proves age bears no boundaries, needs no bumpers
MADISON, Wis. — Gail Serig, 84, still puts in his 40 hours a week running his own hearing aid shop.
"I've been lucky in life to be in good health," Serig said.
Serig works hard, but finds time to play. He still bowls at Dream Lanes in Madison twice a week.
"When it comes to bowling, the only thing that my age does is slow me down on ball speed," Serig said. "As far as my age, I've never thought of my age."
A couple of weeks ago, Serig fulfilled an achievement few bowlers can boast.
"This time, I didn't expect to get a 300 game," Serig said. "In the 10th frame, first ball, second ball went and they both went. And when the 11th frame ball went, I thought, 'I've got it.' And I don't know what happened. I was not nervous. I just got up and threw the ball."
It was Serig's second perfect game. He was a spry 68 years old when he bowled his last one.
"This game, every ball was just flush, pocket, hit. Every ball was a good ball," Serig said. "I never expected to do it again."
Serig's 300 makes him one of the oldest bowlers to score a perfect game in the Madison area.
According to the Madison Bowling Association, Paul Hughes was less than 25 days older than Serig was when he bowled his perfect game, making Hughes the oldest on record in the Madison area.
Even though he said his throw is slowing down, Serig has plenty of frames left in him, and you never know when he might strike again and again — and again.
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A Shared Goal to Bring Broadband to All Americans
By: Kyle McSlarrow, Cable Tech Talk
At a Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies meeting earlier this week, FCC Chairman Genachowski noted that America must measure our broadband progress not only by the ability to extend access to every home, but also by our success in encouraging minority communities, low-income families and under-privileged communities to make broadband part of their lives.
We couldn't agree more. We have consistently argued that the combination of creative ways to spur investment in deployment, coupled with a strong programmatic focus on adoption, was priority #1. See my video blog from January here making these points. And it is why we are pleased to partner with nearly 100 other organizations this week to launch a new coalition – called Broadband for America – with a simple yet challenging goal: ensuring that broadband is available to, and used by, every household and business in America.
We have a very clear view about all this: Extraordinary private investment is what created, built, and sustains the future of broadband. Government policy should recognize this overarching reality and continue to support this framework. On the other hand, broadband adoption, while an amazing success with 63 percent of America connected, probably starts to get harder now and it will take a collaborative effort by all stakeholders, industry, civic groups, and government alike, to get to where we want to go.
Ten years ago, the cable industry made a commitment to bring broadband to consumers in the markets we serve, and our industry has already invested more than $145 billion so that 92 percent of all U.S. households can choose a cable broadband offering. Other telecom providers have spent hundreds of billions to deliver competitive broadband as well and the number of wired and wireless choices is steadily growing.
But in addition to our investment in fiber optics, routers and facilities, we are helping to close the adoption gap by partnering with civic, community and consumer organizations with a variety of projects that aim to jumpstart broadband use among diverse communities.
Through Cable in the Classroom, we've been a longtime leader in enabling consumers to use technology to enhance and expand learning. Our industry in the late 1980's began wiring schools and libraries nationwide – originally providing free video service to more than 80,000 sites – but as our industry began deploying broadband in the late 90's, operators installed broadband connections in thousands of schools and libraries across the country… typically for free.
Cable companies have also initiated unique community-based partnerships with a wide variety of organizations, developing programs that provide computers to low-income families; train senior citizens about how to use computers, email and the Internet; power inner-city computer labs that connect at-risk students and adults to essential online resources; and improve health care by enabling rural hospitals to quickly transmit high-resolution images to specialists worldwide. Various cable companies have formed great and sustained relationships with organizations like the Boys and Girls Clubs, City Year and One Economy to pursue these goals. Hundreds of these effective partnerships exist in communities large and small across the U.S. But we'll need hundreds more.
Over the coming weeks and months, Broadband for America will be telling a story that doesn't get the attention it deserves because it doesn't lend itself to provocative headlines. And, that is that the deployment of broadband has been an amazing American success story of investment, innovation, and creativity, and that all of us – industry, government and civic groups – are committed to making it better. Look for us to get the word out. But this is an interactive program – bring your best ideas on how to promote broadband adoption to www.broadbandforamerica.com and help us take on this challenge.
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This inclusive post will talk about everyyyyy aspect of my experience aboard Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas. It really is hard to write an entire post about such a massive vessel, but hey – I'm an overachiever and will attempt this. To make things easier, I'll break everything up in categories? Sound good?
The reason for the trip…
Each year, a group of bloggers take a fun trip. It really is that simple. The idea was brought about by the ridiculously talented blogger behind MomDot.com (hey Trish hey!) and she wanted to have a "different" kind of blogger conference. Something fun, lighthearted and just…simple. And so Brandcation was born. Each Brandcation is held in a different city and with a different theme. The hashtag for this trip was #SeasTheDay and I don't think that could have been more fitting.
Wait, so you got on a ship with 39 other bloggers? Did you know any of them?
Well, I knew 2 but I didn't really know anyone else. Pretty adventurous, huh? But hey…after you go to college and live in the dorms with strangers, you can pretty much do anything. And after I left the trip, I had a ton of new friends and bloggers to follow. It turned out better than expected.
What's so great about Royal Caribbean? And this boat…how big is it?
First of all, it's a ship. Or a vessel, if you want to be fancy. Having been on several cruises and with this being my first Royal Caribbean cruise, I will say that this is the BEST cruise line everrrrrr. Liberty of the Seas is the 2nd largest vessel in the world. Here are her specs…
Ship Information
- 154,407 gross register tonnage
- 1,112 feet long
- 185 feet wide
- 28 feet draft
- 21.6 knots cruising speed
- 15 passenger decks
- 14 passenger elevators
- 4 bow thrusters
- 3,634 guests (double occupancy)
- 4,375 guests (total)
- 1,360 crew (International)
- Total: 1,817
- Ocean View: 1,084 (842 with balconies)
- Interior: 733 (172 Promenade View)
- Staterooms with third/fourth berths: 855
- Wheelchair accessible staterooms: 32
What was the food like?
This is probably #1 question I get when those who have never taken a cruise before find out that I love cruises. And I get it. People are particular about their food. As they should be. Do know that your food is prepared in bulk when you're aboard a cruise. Cruise lines aren't just preparing a few salads at ones. They are preparing dozens and dozens of salads for lunch at around 6 in the morning.
It is a smooth operation and having toured a cruise kitchen, I can assure you that the chefs and food handlers take all safety precautions. Food selections are diverse and my vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free conscious eaters will be happy to know that Royal Caribbean caters to you, too.
Every meal I had came with veggies. I also liked the many different dining options. You could get free room service, munch on pizza at the pizzeria, dine at Johnny Rockets, have a fancy meal in the main dining room or eat buffet style.
Whatever you're feeling, Royal Caribbean makes sure that you have good eats. And around the clock!
Sooo, how small are the rooms?
Good question. Compared to the rooms that I've stayed in before, my room was massive! My roommate and I had plenty of space to move around. Royal Caribbean provided ample amount of storage space, which is appreciated when you're away from home for 5 days.
The beds? Ridiculously comfortable and while small, the 3-piece bathroom was still easy to manuver around in. But here's some advice, if you plan on cruising any time soon, pleeeease do yourself a favor and get a room with a balcony. The extra money is worth it because you won't feel as claustrophic and you get views like this every evening…
What is there to do?
You're kidding, right? There is SO much to do and I didn't find any "bored" moments while aboard Liberty of the Seas. I'll let the pictures speak…
…the rock climbing wall, nine-hole mini golf course and FlowRider surf simulator doesn't even touch the surface of what there is to do aboard the Liberty of the Seas. There's…
- DreamWorks Experience (including parades and meeting characters!)
- VitalitySpa & FitnessCenter
- Three Pools
- Six Whirlpools
- Sports Court
- Nine-hole Miniature Golf Course
- Ice Skating Rink
- Jogging Path
- Outdoor Movie Screen
- Video Arcade
- Boutiques
- Art & Photo Gallery
- Medical Center
- Royal Caribbean Online Internet Center
And the shows…
OMG, the shows rocked my socks. I saw 3 shoes and when I tell you that the performances were amazing, I'm not joking. The singing, the dancing, the little wow factors…they still resonate with me. There are also 22 bars and clubs and while I didn't hit any of the clubs (I was too busy enjoying the shows), I heard the music was thumpin' and the drinks were good.
A pretty fly by post of should a big ship, I know, but I wanted to give you folks an idea of what it was like to cruise on Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas. For more information about the ship and to find out even more details about what you can expect, visit their site here.
Disclosure: Through Brandcation, I received a press trip to travel on and explore Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas. I was not paid to write this post and all opinions are my own.


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The Central Connecticut baseball team dropped the opening game of a Northeast Conference home series to LIU Brooklyn 4-2 on Friday afternoon in New Britain. With the loss Central is now 20-18 overall and 9-8 in NEC play. The Blackbirds are 24-20-1 overall and 11-10 in league action.
The Blackbirds took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning when Central starting pitcher Dominic Severino walked in a run.
The lead stretched to 2-0 in the top of the sixth inning with a two out RBI triple off the bat of Kevin Needham. With two outs Bobby Webb walked and then scored on the triple. The walk was the fourth of the game for Severino.
The Blue Devils cut the lead in half on an RBI double from freshman Pat Sirois in the bottom of the seventh inning. Severino singled and went to second on a wild pitch with two outs. He scored on the double.
LIU took a 4-1 lead in the top of the eighth inning. The first run scored on a wild pitch and the second on an RBI single from Mark Hernandez.
Severino drove in a run in the bottom of the ninth inning to make it 4-2. Senior Josh Ingham singled with two outs and then scored on the play.
Severino falls to 3-4 on the season with the loss. He went eight innings allowing four runs on seven hits while striking out six Blackbird batters.
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Law enforcement agencies from across the U.S. have reached out to Jalopnik for help with car identifications since your input was "critical" to solving a hit-and-run last month.
Today, we've got a gas thief in a truck from the Evansville, Indiana area. Local police realize this is a GMC truck but need as much help narrowing down the year, name of the color, and any other details that might help them find this one (there are a lot of GMC trucks in Indiana).
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I'm tryin to find out a good way to do this, if it's possible:
I've got some dlls that all consists of the same class. Like:
now, since there is gonna be many many of these DLL's with justCode:class ObjDll { void Draw(HDC hdc); ....//more functions }
some changes in them, I would like them to link to another "base"-dll so that the code and behaviour of these dll's would be easy to maintain. The thing is that I want this "base"-dll to act like the "default" functions. For exampel, the Draw(..) function draws the object calling a function Draw(..) that I want to be the same for several objects, but occasionally I want a dll to have it's own drawing routine. Err..this is kinda hard to explain..this might be something like what I want in semi-pseudo code:
so that if IMPORTDRAW is defined the class imports that function from the base-dll and otherwise just use void Draw() which would be defined in this specific dll's code.Code:class ObjDll { #ifdef IMPORTDRAW import function from base-dll #else void Draw(); }
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Sherlock Holmes is going to be very busy in the Elementary finale.
Arnold Vosloo has been tapped to guest-star as an adversary for Holmes in the May 16 season-ender, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.
Elementary Exclusive: Game of Thrones' Natalie Dormer to play Irene Adler
Vosloo, best-known for playing villain Imhotep in The Mummy, will portray Christos Theophilus, a Greek shipping magnate with a criminal past whom Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) believes is in league with the mysterious Moriarty. As we teased in our must-watch finales gallery, Moriarty will play a major role in the two-hour season finale when it's revealed that he may be operating in New York.
Elementary executive producer Rob Doherty also told TVGuide.com that another lieutenant in Moriarty's employ would unlock some shocking revelations. In this case, Holmes will uncover a frightening personal motivation that ensures Christos will stop at nothing to carry out Moriarty's plan. Translation: Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Must-watch finales: Scoop on 39 season-enders
Vosloo, whose television credits include Bones, 24 and NCIS, will make his debut in the two-hour finale, which will also feature Game of Thrones' Natalie Dormer. As TVGuide.com first reported, Dormer will play Sherlock's true love Irene Adler.
Elementary returns this Thursday at 10/9c on CBS and will air original episodes through sweeps.


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Ticket #10736 (closed defect: duplicate)
Intermittent Host BSOD when Guest is shutting down
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I experience host system crashes when I shutdown a guest on a frequent but not consistent basis. This has been happening across a number of Virtualbox versions. It doesn't matter what kind of guest os I happen to be running at the time when this happens. The problem according to bluescreenview is almost always labelled as a memory management error. Attached is the memory dump and logs. Please look into this as soon as you can.
Change History
Changed 8 years ago by DNS
- attachment bluescreenview_log.txt added
Changed 8 years ago by DNS
- attachment Mini070812-01.dmp added
Changed 8 years ago by DNS
- attachment VBox_7.log added
Changed 8 years ago by DNS
- attachment VBox_bsd.log added
comment:1 Changed 8 years ago by DNS
Sorry for double posting, couldn't see the ticket
comment:2 Changed 8 years ago by DNS
The symptoms mentioned in #10276 sound similar to those for this ticket, although the cause of the problem could be different.
comment:3 Changed 8 years ago by DNS
Can a dev please tell me where to upload the larger memory dump? If you can find anything helpful then great, if not then I would like to know so I can close this ticket. I am currently stress testing the new beta and will let you know if this still happens.
comment:4 follow-up: ↓ 5 Changed 8 years ago by frank
Please upload it to ftp.oracle.com:/appsdev/incoming and ping me at frank _dot_ mehnert _at_ oracle _dot_ com. This directory is write-only for the public for (obvious) security reasons.
comment:5 in reply to: ↑ 4 Changed 8 years ago by DNS
Hi Frank, please check you inbox regarding the crash dump. The ticket no. is in subject.
comment:6 Changed 8 years ago by frank
Yes, saw it. Sorry for not answering earlier. Misha will have a look, he didn't have time during the last two weeks.
comment:7 Changed 8 years ago by virtualguy
Thanks OP for replying on my beta / release canditate forum post https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=51365
I have the same issue, however in my case the BSOD only occurs while at least one other machine is running. See my bug report https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10867
Here is also a related? bug report https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10276


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Welcome to my pity party: I did NOT win the $640 million Mega Millions Lotto.
If you hold the lucky ticket, you can now consider me your new bestest pal in the whole wide world, so, yeah for sure, give me a call!
And hey, don't worry: I won't ask for a loan.
I won't turn down a weekly stipend, either. I mean, what are friends for?
Another kind of lottery took place this week, and no, I didn't win that one, either. E.L. James, author of the best-selling originally self-published erotica book, 50 Shades of Grey, just signed a multi-million-dollar film deal for the book franchise (the series will be a trilogy) after being wooed by ten movie studios.
I tip my hat to the author on her successes, which also include a seven-figure book deal with Vintage.
I'm glad to hear (from Karin Tabke, one of the severest critics I know) that the book merits its raves, so I'll take her word for it. (If not, I'd be afraid that she'd take a cat-o-nine-tails to me. I swear, 'cause that gal knows what hurts–on the page, anyway.)
In the profession of writing, where authors encounter many valleys and a just a few peaks, I'd say Ms. James has reached quite a pinnacle. Like J.K. Rowling, Jackie Collins, Stephen King, Danielle Steel, John Le Carre, Ken Follett, Nora Roberts, Lisa Gardner, and Kristin Hannah (to name few), she will soon be among the 1% of novelists who not only have made the New York Times Bestsellers list, but have also seen their works translated into film.
Indubitably you'll find great sex in Ms. Collins' steamy glam lit, as well as Ms. Steel's socialites-behaving-badly tomes and Ms. Roberts' unforgettable romances. But none of these can be classified as "erotica," let alone "erotic romance." So kudos to Ms. James for moving the genre of erotica out of bedroom and into the boardroom.
I use the term "boardroom" because I've no doubt that erotica be the new publishing gold rush–and that's okay by me. Hey, anything that takes any and all women's fiction out of publishing's pink ghetto of small advances/throw-it-on-the-shelf/get it no bookseller co-op or promotion is fine by me.
In a survey of 1,371 romance readers released this year by the Romance Writers of America–the trade organization which nurtures the profession of romance writing–erotic romance was a popular choice of 20% of all romance readers. If RWA does the same survey in two years, my guess is that this subgenre's popularity among respondents will have doubled.
Today, if you put in the term "erotic romance" in Amazon.com's search bar, you'll see that the site is selling 4,963 paperback books under that genre, another 337 in hard cover, and a whopping 10,964 as- digital eBooks.
As for the search term "erotica," 19,081 paperbacks pop up (pardon my pun), along with 2,216 hard cover books, and almost 50,000 hot and spicy digital eBooks.
Sounds like a helluva lot of hanky-panky, doesn't it?
I'm guessing these numbers will grow by double digits as well.
I have many friends who write erotica. This isn't just a high-five for E.L. James, but a thumbs-up for them as well. Why? Because in the eyes of readers and booksellers, the publicity surrounding the book will reignite this subgenre of romance.
The published books they've written may now get a second look from readers who were turned on (literally) by Ms. James' book. And no doubt they and their agents will be fielding calls from editors who never before acquired erotica (let alone erotic romance) but have fallen in love with their backlist, and want to publish their next hot-and-bothered books.
And yes, I'd be the first to applaud them, if that happens. As a professional writer, I can't afford to be jealous of others' successes. It's a waste of my time and energy–which is better spent writing my own stories.
Besides, it's just bad karma —
Which, in this case, is doe-eyed heroine: naked, submissive, and wearing four-inch stilettos.
Color me blush pink,
Do you read erotica? If so, what is your favorite erotica book? Do you think it would translate into film? I wanna know, so comment below!
Hey, and since it turns out that K-Tab didn't win the Mega Millions either, if you do comment I'll enter you for a chance to win a copy of my dollface gal pal Karin Tabke's soon-to-be-released novel, BLOODRIGHT, Book #2 of the BLOOD MOON Trilogy! (I've linked to her red hot excerpt, so enjoy!)
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Review: 'Oz the Great and Powerful' follows the blockbuster road
"Oz the Great and Powerful" is entirely serviceable family entertainment.
Problem is, serviceable doesn't quite cut it when you're talking about the magical land of Oz, one of our most cherished childhood destinations. And because of our affection for the L. Frank Baum books and the 1939 screen musical, we demand a lot from a return visit. Not only do we expect to have our childlike sense of wonderment restored, but we want to see the proper reverence paid to what has come before.
That's what the colorful "Oz the Great and Powerful" attempts to do. It's an earnest and obvious prequel that focuses on an unsuspecting huckster "wizard" (James Franco) and the three witches (played by Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis and Rachel Weisz) intrigued by him. Which of the women ultimately goes green? That's part of the fun here.
Given the expectations, it's a challenging assignment to please generations old and new, and director Sam Raimi (2002's "Spider-Man") does his almighty best. The screenplay by Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abiare hits highs and lows, while Raimi struggles to rise above the blockbuster magnitude of this overblown Disney production with its grandiose, over-the-top CGI, 3-D effects and its straining attempts to rekindle nostalgic magic. Since the original Judy Garland film was produced by another studio, the filmmakers took deliberate care to emulate what was on the page, not the screen, perhaps hindering what Raimi might have achieved.
Watching "Oz" unfold, you can almost sense the presence of a studio guy lingering on the sidelines, clipboard in hand as he ticks off all the calculated boxes that will guarantee this $200 million baby will be a hit. No need to worry, Disney. This is no "John Carter" flop, just a film that could have been better.
Oh, it has its moments of movie magic, in moving scenes where the orphaned miniature porcelain China Girl -- the film's best character -- appears. But too often, "Oz" caves to blockbuster conventions, preoccupied with creating a visual template to make Oz magnificent when Oz's magnificence has more to do with the heart and the soul rather than the spectacle of large blooming flowers and cascading waterfalls.
"Oz" starts off putting its worst foot forward. An overly long black-and-white sequence set at the Kansas traveling carnival relies too heavily on juvenile humor and is ill-paced and choppy. It leans on Franco's charm as Oscar Diggs (aka Oz), a flirty carny magician with commitment issues and magic tricks up his sleeve. Franco is miscast in the lead, lacking a needed edge, and because of that, he lapses too often on his Cheshire catlike grin and twinkly eyes.
You expect things will pick up once the magician bolts in a hot-air balloon and, after twirling around through a tornado, plunks down in Oz. But too much CGI is thrown at us. We need more breathing room as we ease back into the surreally magical world's comforting folds.
It's here that the up-and-coming wizard encounters the various witches, and the performance from each actress is quite good. As the clingy, fashion-forward Theodora, Kunis is seductive and volatile. Williams is luminous and conveys a doe-eyed innocence that captures Glinda. But it's Weisz as the control-freaky and ambitious Evanora who has the most fun. The exceptional costumes by Gary Jones and Michael Kutsch and the makeup artistry certainly help set the tone, and when one witch goes green, the actress playing the role gets into the right spirit.
While on the road to save this world from the clutches of the Wicked Witch, Oz meets up with some new faces. One of the best new acquaintances is the winged monkey Finley (voiced by Zach Braff), who becomes indebted to the new wizard. Braff provides the comic relief and has nice timing.
But besides China Girl, no one else sent me over the rainbow. I, like many, will always prefer the company that Dorothy kept in the 1939 musical: The Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow and Toto, too. And while I enjoyed traveling down the Yellow Brick Road once again with the wizard and Raimi, I left this "Oz" feeling one thing: that I wanted to watch the Judy Garland movie to see some real cinematic magic.
'OZ the Great and Powerful'
2 ½ stars
Rating: PG (for sequences of action and scary images, and brief mild language)
Cast: James Franco, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams and Mila Kunis
Director: Sam Raimi
Running time: 2 hours, 7 minutes


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(HealthDay News) -- It's common for college students to pack on a few pounds while they're away at school.
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics offers these suggestions to help prevent weight gain while you're at college:
- Never skip meals. Be especially sure to start the day with a healthy breakfast to kick start your metabolism.
- Make healthy food choices, and pay attention to portion sizes.
- Choose high-fiber foods (such as fruits and veggies, beans and whole grains) to help you feel more full for longer periods.
- Include a lean protein in each meal. Good choices include lean turkey, chicken, pork, fish or beef; beans, nut butters and reduced-fat cheese.
- Eat healthier fats from nuts, seeds, avocados and canola or olive oils. Avoid desserts and fried foods.
- Drink water, fat-free or low-fat milk, unsweetened coffee or tea. Avoid sugary drinks, and limit alcohol to one drink per day.
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Mohamed Bamba could be the next Rudy Gobert, and that's why he's expected to go very high in the NBA draft.
The towering 7-footer from Harlem, who played his one collegiate season at Texas, worked out individually with Phoenix on Saturday, the third player to do so this week as the Suns weigh their options with the No. 1 overall pick this month in the NBA draft.
Deandre Ayton worked out Wednesday and Marvin Bagley III on Friday.
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"Mo had a really good workout," Suns general manager Ryan McDonough said. "His wingspan, his standing reach, is off the charts. His ability to protect the rim I think will be elite at the NBA level, in addition to his ability to rebound the ball. Another thing that stood out to us in his workout today is we can tell he's been working on his shooting."
Bamba has been working with noted shooting coach Drew Hanlen and has made significant changes to his form.
McDonough described Bamba's old form as "a slingshot" approach with the ball released far behind the shooter's head.
Bamba said the changes have "made like a night-and-day difference in just my mechanics, getting the ball off smoother and having softer landing on the rim."
"My makes are all net and my misses are landing very soft and long instead of short," he said.
Bamba has a 7-foot-10 wingspan, the largest ever recorded at the NBA combine. McDonough said Bamba's highest vertical jump was 12 1-2 feet, "which is crazy."
As for the comparison with Gobert, the shot-blocking center of the Utah Jazz, McDonough said "honestly I think at 20 years old he's ahead of where Rudy was."
"Now Rudy's made tremendous strides over the last three or four years," McDonough said. "The question for Mo is can he fill out his body the way Rudy has. But in terms of measurements, they're similar. In terms of the willingness and desire to anchor a defense and protect the rim, they're similar. I think Mo probably is a little more mobile at the same age and Rudy is probably stronger, more physically developed at the same age."
Bamba loves the comparison.
"He just changed the geometry of the game," Bamba said. "When he's not blocking the shot, he's in the back of your mind."
McDonough calls Bamba "a super-bright guy, one of the smarter guys I've seen in the last 10 or 15 years come through the pre-draft process."
Bamba believes that intelligence will serve him well in the NBA.
"I have the natural ability to pick things up a lot faster than I think most people would," he said, "and I think I've shown that in the workout that we did today. ... IQ is really big. It's something that you really want to have on and off the court and it takes your game to the next level for sure."
Bamba weighs 234 pounds.
"He's super-long but he's thin so he needs to add some length to his body, especially the lower body," McDonough said. "But I think from day one he'll be able to step on the court and impact games defensively, block shots, rebound and then be an over-the-top lob threat and then build the rest of his game out from there."
Bamba said he is working out for other teams but didn't want to identify them. He's been rumored to be a top target for many teams, including the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks.
Ayton said the Suns were the only team he's working out with. Bagley planned to work out with Sacramento and Atlanta, teams with the No. 2 and No. 3 picks, respectively, in the June 21 draft.
Ayton said he knows he will be the No.1 pick. Bagley said he, not Ayton, deserves to be - the two were high school teammates for a brief period.
Bamba was more diplomatic.
"Everyone feels entitled to it, but I have no entitlement to it," he said. "It's something that obviously I worked my butt off for and my whole thing is to put it in very short sentences -- I do more and I require less. The Suns are more than a perfect fit for me."
Many question if any of the three will be available when the Mavs select at 5.
The NBA Draft is less than two weeks away; it will take place on June 21 in Brooklyn.
The Mavericks have the 5th, 33rd and 54th overall picks heading into the draft. The team is expected to build around last year's draft pick, Dennis Smith, Jr., and Harrison Barnes.


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The major media will talk about holes in the Administration case on Iraq, weaknesses in the accusations about Halabja, and even occasionally an article about sufferings of Iraqi civilians. What they won't talk about is the huge number of U.S. casualties from our first Gulf War.
In two articles in the Washington Post in mid-January David Brown said that 1600,000 Gulf War veterans may be in "less than optimal health since the war". He talked about "muscle aches" and "stress". He could not bring himself to mention the "D" word, as in "Disabled". The VA officially reports that 159,238 soldiers who were in the Gulf in 90′-91′ are disabled. Of that number over 111,000 are 10% or more disabled. According to the report 8,000 Gulf War vets have died. The report that mentions all this came out in September, but I don't know of one U.S. newspaper that has mentioned it.
At a Veterans Day event at Yale I met a vet suffering from uranium poisoning. He was in charge of a unit dealing with the Gulf War soldiers who were contaminated from "friendly fire" shelling. Of the 100 men and women in his decontamination unit, 30 have died and all but one is sick. As the U.S. gets ready to send soldiers into Iraq we should remember what happened to our troops in Desert Storm.
Major Doug Rokke (Ret.) has top notch credentials. He served as health physicist for the U.S. Army Depleted Uranium Assessment team in Iraq. He directed development of radiation and safety education and field procedures at the Bradley Radiological Laboratories. He's got a doctorate. He's also has a 40% army disability because his uranium in his urine is 5000 times the permissible level. The former skier now has trouble breathing.
In 1991 his team was brought in to cleanup contamination caused when U.S. troops fired DU weapons accidentally against U.S. troops ("friendly fire" casualties). DU is basically reprocessed nuclear waste. No one told him how dangerous this would be. His team went into smashed up tanks without radiological protective suits. Within 72 hours they were getting sick, respiratory problems, rashes that bled. Over the years team members died. Rokke says they were abandoned by the Defense Department. Rokke himself was fired from his job at Bradley Labs in 1996 after he wrote a report saying the Army had huge liability for contamination from a base in Alabama.
We're led to believe that Gulf War casualties were minimal. At the close of the fighting in 1991 less than 800 were killed and wounded. But first a trickle and then a river of American soldiers have gotten sick. The enormous numbers of casualties is not confined to soldiers who fought in the Gulf War. The V.A. has awarded disability to another 60,000 soldiers who went into the Gulf countries after the war was over. These are considered "theater" veterans. 2,000 of Gulf War "theater" veterans have died. This is very alarming. It means that the Gulf area (Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia) is still highly contaminated. The chief suspect is DU, "depleted uranium".
Rokke says the name is a mistake. "There's nothing depleted about it". He says the dangerous "alpha proportion" actually goes up in the processing. Over 900,000 DU projectiles were fired during the Gulf War. When the weapons hit, about half of the uranium was released as tiny particles. The radioactivity in them lasts practically forever.
Rokke is scathingly critical of authorities. For years Gulf War illnesses were dismissed as mental problems due to stress. Only 400 Gulf War veterans have ever been tested for uranium poisoning. Rokke had his own radiological-biological assay done in 1994, but doctors didn't tell him of the dangerous uranium levels in his body for 2 é years and he was director of the project! [Read about Rokke's work at www.traprockpeace.org]
There's plenty of questions the VA report doesn't cover. Like how many of the disabled are 30%, disabled, 50% disabled or 100% disabled. The report doesn't' even say what the disabilities are. We're not talking about many people with lost limbs, after all. I tried unsuccessfully to find more information. The VA division that printed the report has a jawbreaker name of "Office of Performance Analysis and Integrity Data and Information Services". When I called the VA in Washington no one had heard of the division and no one could tell me how to find it.
According to the British press DU will certainly be used in the next invasion of Iraq. The Herald (Scotland) January 22 reported that two British armored regiments will be using DU anti-tank shell. The British has brought tungsten-tipped shells in response to criticism by veterans groups but it won't abandon DU. The article mentions that one reason that DU is so popular is because it's virtually free. It's made of the unwanted waste of the atomic energy agency. [It's a two-for-one. War and garbage disposal at the same time.] The Herald also reports "The Royal Navy has also stopped using DU shells for the Phalanx rapid-fire anti-missile gatling guns fitted to most surface warships as a last-ditch defence, because the American manufacturer ceased production to avoid potential lawsuits."
DU isn't the only culprit suspected in Gulf War illnesses. There's also the PB pills that were supposed to ward off some effects of sarin gas. There's the anti-anthrax shots that soldiers were forced to take. These "medicines" that got many GI's sick immediately and are thought to be part of the toxic mix that disabled so many soldiers.
Obsessed with a quick triumph and low body counts the U.S. military fought the Gulf War without calculating the long term effects on its soldiers of its hi-tech weapons and "miracle" pharmaceuticals. Now the politicians are again sending the troops in harms way. U.S. parents will be gambling that the military brass that failed so wretchedly in Desert Storm will this time protect the health of their sons and daughters. The odds are poor. if the war starts Iraqi soldiers and civilians will be the main casualties, but U.S. soldiers will likely also pay a steep price for "victory".
(The writer is a Jewish-American who has chaired the Middle East Crisis Committee of New Haven since 1982.)


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Rocker Pete Wentz out and about in Bel Air, CA with his 1-year-old son Bronx Mowgli on Thursday (May 27). Bronx mom is Pete wife fellow singer Ashlee Simpson-Wentz.
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz expecting baby number 1!
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz record producer are engaged and the couple are expecting their first child together!the pairs reps confirm to People. The couple have been together since fall 2008. Rapper Swizz Beatz 31, has produced music for Keys, 29, and worked with recording artists such as Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez and Gwen Stefani. Swizz Beatz is already has to two sons Kasseem Jr., 3, and Prince, both from previous relationships. Swizz real name is Kasseem Dean, however his stage name is Swizz Beatz.
Hugh Jackman spotted with his kids Oscar, 10, and Ava, 4 1/2 were spotted taking the subway in New York City today (May 27).


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Presented to accompany the exhibition of works by Anish Kapoor this selection of documentaries extend on the works in the exhibition, giving a behind-the-scenes look and a greater understanding of the depth of the artist's practice.
The Eye: Anish Kapoor (29 min.)
In 2002 Anish Kapoor completed his extraordinary sculpture Marsyas for The Unilever Series of commissions in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern, London. This film follows the making of Marsyas, from the earliest maquettes to the complex installation at Tate. Anish Kapoor comments on each stage of the process, and on the ideas and concerns of his art. Also illustrated are a range of his other sculptures and two recent large-scale works: Sky Mirror and Taratantara.
Imagine: The Year of Anish Kapoor (55 min.)
The BBC documentary follows Anish Kapoor as he becomes the first living British artist to have a solo show occupying the entire Royal Academy gallery. His response is a series of audacious installations. With exclusive access to his studio, Alan Yentob follows him through a period of intense productivity. Kapoor talks candidly about his childhood in India, his early years as an artist and his creative process.
Anish Kapoor: Infinity on Trial (50 min. Dir. Bridget Sutherland)
Soundtrack: Original Soundtrack by David Kilgour and additional music composed by Martin Lodge
Anish Kapoor has recently completed one of his most compelling and thematically resonating works for a private collection based in New Zealand. Titled Dismemberment Site 1, the work has a powerful connection to the land, representing a dynamic continuum in Kapoor's exploration of space and arcane mythologies. The sculpture is located on the Gibbs' sculpture park in the Kaipara Harbour, on the north west coast of New Zealand.
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Hal Hargrave Jr., who is paralyzed from the neck down after a car crash when he was 17, chats with his trainer Chris Fitzgerald as he gets ready for his physical therapy session at a gym in Claremont, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. After years of grueling physical therapy, Hargrave started the nonprofit Be Perfect Foundation and raised $2 million to help other young people who couldn't afford the same kind of rehabilitation program made available to him. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
CLAREMONT, Calif. (AP) — As he rolls through the front door of the sprawling Claremont Club fitness center and shouts a friendly hello here and there, for just a moment it's as if nothing has changed since Hal Hargrave Jr. was the big, friendly teenage gym rat who haunted this place.
The burly Hargrave's head was filled with dreams of playing college baseball as he strode into the gym, stretched out on a bench and pressed 300 pounds above his body. Again and again.
He's still big and burly, his arms still muscular and he still works out nearly every day. Only these days Hargrave uses that strength to move his wheelchair in and out of the gym, where he still works out 20 hours a week and knows just about everybody in the place.
These days, though, Hargrave's goal is to get walking again, something he lost the ability to do on July 26, 2007, when he swerved his truck to avoid debris in the road. It flipped four times, the cab collapsing on him and snapping his spine. It left him paralyzed from the neck down.
The irony is never lost on Hargrave that he was delivering handicapped-accessible bathroom doors as part of a summer job. If it was a sign to a strapping 17-year-old athlete that his life was headed in the wrong direction, it would seem to have been a particularly harsh one, but Hargrave doesn't see it that way.
"Some people call me crazy for putting it this way, but I have been given a gift," the talkative, friendly 23-year-old says with a smile over lunch at the gym's small cafe. "They see this as an ailment. I don't."
He sees it instead as something that gave him a chance to help others, to have his life truly make a difference.
It inspired him to create the Be Perfect Foundation, a nonprofit charity that has raised $1.2 million to provide wheelchairs, make homes more accessible and, most importantly, keep more than 100 people in rehabilitation programs they otherwise couldn't afford.
All of which would have been pretty impressive if Hargrave had just stopped there. But he didn't.
He persuaded the Claremont Club president to turn a racquetball court and a basketball court into a wing for people with paralyzing injuries. Then he got Project Walk, a spinal rehabilitation center where he'd been treated, to open its first franchise in this bucolic college town 35 miles east of Los Angeles for those who couldn't make the commute to its San Diego area headquarters.
"Here's a 17-year-old boy who had a debilitating, life-changing accident," said Mike Alpert, who runs the Claremont Club and whose daughter has known Hargrave since the two were in kindergarten. "So many people that go through that would give up. Would be depressed. Would blame everybody else. Here's a young man who just said, 'I have a calling to change the world and to help people through what's happening to me. And then he goes out and does it! How special is that?"
"He's an amazing young man," echoes Devorah Lieberman, president of University of La Verne, where Hargrave is a full-time student.
Although he hasn't regained full use of his fingers (he fist bumps rather than shakes hands), he's gotten back enough to take notes on his iPad. He maintains a near-perfect 3.8 grade point average.
Lieberman will never forget the first time they met two years ago at a basketball rally. Hargrave, never known to be shy, rolled up and introduced himself. He told her how he'd been hurt and she expressed her condolences.
"And he said to me, 'DO NOT be sorry! It was a blessing.'"
Then he gave her a Be Perfect bracelet that she wears to this day.
Not that the road back from the accident was easy.
"It was very touch and go the first two weeks," recalled his father, Hal Hargrave Sr., who still chokes up when he talks about what his son has overcome and accomplished. "They had him on breathing machines. He got pneumonia. ... We didn't know if he was going to stay with us or not."
Hargrave himself thought he would die as he lay trapped in the truck. Those stories about your life passing before you, he says, are true.
Although he's big and strong again, nerve damage keeps his body in a near perpetual state of motion, giving the impression he's fidgeting uncomfortably in his chair although he really feels little.
Given only a 1 to 3 percent chance of walking again, he threw himself into rehabilitation with the same fervor that once made him a high school sports star. Gradually movement returned to his shoulders, then his arms and hands. Lately he's started to get some in his legs as well.
"It's nothing that's too controlled movement yet, but it's coming back and I'm doing things that doctors are in disbelief about," he says happily.
It was after one of his arduous rehabilitation sessions, where limbs are yanked and twisted and bodies are placed in expensive machinery to simulate walking, that an epiphany led to his foundation.
Brian O'Neil, an electrician who had suffered a similar injury in a dirt-bike crash, told him he wouldn't see him again. He'd lost his job, was about to lose his house, didn't have insurance and couldn't afford any more rehabilitation.
Before he left the center, Hargrave persuaded his father to pick up the cost of O'Neil's rehabilitation. Then, on the ride home, he decided why not help others as well?
He was told that running a foundation wouldn't be easy, especially for a guy going through his own grueling rehabilitation. But he was adamant.
"He didn't like the word no. And he didn't like the word can't," Hargrave Sr. says, chuckling at the memory of raising the oldest of his four children.
O'Neil was blown away — and still is.
"For such a young man he's very — I can't even find the words to mention the kind of guy Little Hal is," O'Neil, using the nickname close friends call Hargrave by, says emotionally. "He's just a great kid."
Hargrave scheduled the first of what would become annual fundraisers at the height of the Great Recession and he hoped he might get lucky and raise maybe $30,000. After $250,000 poured in, he thought: "Maybe we can do this forever."
So he soldiers on, getting up each day, working out, running the foundation, hanging out with friends, going to school. Still a sports fanatic, he's earning a degree in communications with the hope of someday becoming a sports broadcaster.
But the foundation will always come first.
"I had dreams of going off and going to school and becoming a baseball player and doing this and that," he says as he finishes lunch. "But when I think back on it, it was so selfish. And now my dreams are much different. My dreams are to keep people in therapy and my dreams are to help other people. That's what my life is about at this point."


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Though Apple hasn't publicly disclosed any major upcoming improvements for iOS's Maps app, new legal notices contained within iOS 5 suggest Apple is still hard at work developing improvements to its mapping and geolocation features.
After acquiring two map data processing companies, PlaceBase and Poly9, it seemed Apple was in a position to drop its reliance on Google for its Maps application. Google has increasingly become a competitor for Apple in the smartphone market and mobile advertising, so at least exploring alternatives to Google's mapping data was seen as a wise move on Apple's part.
We believed that Apple would roll those improvements into iOS 5 based on repeated rumors that Apple would add location check-in and other new features to MobileMe. However, Apple announced in June that iCloud would replace MobileMe without any mention of new geolocation capabilities. Furthermore, Google's Eric Schmidt recently revealed his company had signed a new map agreement with Apple, indicating that the companies still plan to stick together for a while.
"We just renewed our Map and Search agreements with Apple, and we hope those continue for a long time," Schmidt said during the D9 conference in late May.
Despite all this, a string of new mapping-related legal notices contained in iOS 5 reveal that Apple still plans to use map and location data from a variety of new sources. Among those mentioned are TomTom, Urban Mapping, Localeze, and CoreLogic. These sources offer mapping data, property boundaries, local business information, and neighborhood data, among other things.
How Apple plans to use all this data is still a mystery, but the company admitted that anonymous geolocation data collected from iPhones will power a future real-time traffic data feature. PlaceBase and Poly9 both excelled at combining mapping data with other sources of geolocation-tagged information, so it's clear Apple intends to offer improved location-based data visualizations of some kind. We may find out just what Apple will do with all the extra data once iOS 5 is released this fall.


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Assuming we actually get it, the money-fund overhaul making news again this week would give the mutual-fund industry an incentive to push Treasury-only funds at the expense of prime money funds.
Just what investors need -- more pressure to buy Treasury bonds!
RBC Capital Markets' interest-rate strategists make the Treasury-fund observation this morning in light of the Financial Stability Oversight Council's Tuesday vote for a money-market overhaul.
Treasury-only money funds are "effectively exempt from the new rules," write RBC's Michael Cloherty, Dan Grubert and Yiran Wang. Read here for more details on the plan, which, after the council's recommendation, still has to be enacted by regulators.
There will be "a host of new costs" for prime money funds, the RBC strategists predict in a client note. But there will be "no change in the cost of running a Treasury-only fund":
This means that fund complexes will have a large incentive to push investors from Prime money market funds into their Treasury-only money funds. This incentive will fade somewhat once rates rise enough to improve the economics of the money fund industry, but over the next few years we think these changes would trigger a substantial flow from the $1.7T Prime money funds to the $400bn of Treasury-only money funds.
It could easily take more than a year for the Securities and Exchange Commission to get from the FSOC's vote this week to enacting its own rule. RBC predicts it may not be a done deal until late 2013. But as the plan starts to look likelier, fund companies will probably spring into action.
Money funds will be cautious about triggering an inflow into Treasury-only funds prior to January 2013, as there is widespread concern about extremely low Treasury rates after the expiration of the unlimited FDIC insurance on non-interest bearing transactions deposits and the fiscal cliff potentially reducing bill supply. However, as long as rates are not excessively low in early 2013, we would expect to see flows from Prime to Treasury-only funds start to pick up in Q2, with the transition becoming large enough to impact market pricing by mid-year.
Depending on what happens to the already artificially inflated market for Treasury bonds between now and late next year, it has the potential to be very ugly for investors.


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Last night, we showed you what needed to happen for the USMNT to advance to the next round of the World Cup. Now we have a similar chart showing how things shake out depending on the results of this afternoon's Group A matches.
The only certainty in this group is that Cameroon are out. The other three teams all have a shot to reach the Round of 16. We'll look at each team individually.
In the vast majority of possible permutations, Brazil advance. As long as they win or tie against Cameroon, they are in. If Mexico win, Brazil are in. Their biggest threat to missing the next round is if they lose to Cameroon, and Mexico and Croatia tie. If that happens, Brazil are out. Basically, if they don't lose, they're fine.
Mexico's path is also pretty straightforward. As long as they avoid defeat, they will make it through. Lose to Croatia, though, and they're probably getting bounced. They survive with a loss today only if Cameroon beat Brazil and goal differential or another tiebreaker favors them over Brazil.
Croatia pretty much have to win, can't lose, but could possibly survive with a draw. If they win they are in. They can survive with a draw if Brazil lose.
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Meet the Designers in America's International Woolmark Prize Finals
Meet the Designers in America's International Woolmark Prize Finals
Congratulations are in order for a group of young designers including Joseph Altuzarra, Bibhu Mohapatra, and Wes Gordon, all of whom are in the American finals for the 2014 International Woolmark Prize.
The group of finalists, which includes seven other design houses, will compete for the opportunity to go up against designers from Australia, China, India, and Europe in Milan next year. One American designer will be selected to represent the United States this July, when the 10 finalists present competition collections made with merino wool.
The prize for breaking through the other finalists and into the last round of competition is $100,000 toward that designer's next collection; the international prize is another $100,000, plus the opportunity to sell the winning collection in stores all over the world.
A look at who else is in the running, here in the gallery.


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