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WHEREAS,���pursuant to the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and Act 51 of the 1986 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, Executive Order No. MJF 96-25, as amended by Executive Order No. MJF 2000-15, was issued to establish: (1) a method for allocating bonds subject to private activity bond volume limits, including the method of allocating bonds subject to the private activity bond volume limits for the calendar year of 2003 (hereafter "the 2003 Ceiling"); (2) the procedure for obtaining an allocation of bonds under the 2003 Ceiling; and (3) a system of central record keeping for such allocations; and
WHEREAS,���the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority has requested an allocation from the 2003 Ceiling to finance student loans which, if the student meets certain timely payment requirements, will have interest rates below the interest rates established by the United States Department of Education and which (1) have been made (a) to residents of the state of Louisiana attending a post- secondary school located within or without the state of Louisiana, or (b) to an out-of-state resident attending a post-secondary school located within the state of Louisiana; (2) are guaranteed; (3) are "eligible student loans" within the meaning of the Higher Education Act of 1965; and (4) meet certain additional requirements under the financing documents, in accordance with the provisions of Section 146 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
NOW THEREFORE, I, M.J. "MIKE" FOSTER, JR., Governor of the state of Louisiana, by virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution and the laws of the state of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as follows:
SECTION 1:���The bond issue, as described in this Section, shall be and is hereby granted an allocation from the private activity bond volume limits for the calendar year of 2003 as follows:
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SECTION 2:���The granted allocation shall be used only for the bond issue described in Section 1 and for the general purpose set forth in the "Application for Allocation of a Portion of the State of Louisiana Private Activity Bond Ceiling" submitted in connection with the bond issue described in Section 1.
SECTION 3:���The granted allocation shall be valid and in full force and effect through the end of 2003, provided that such bonds are delivered to the initial purchasers thereof on or before September 2, 2003.
SECTION 4:���All references in this Order to the singular shall include the plural, and all plural references shall include the singular.
SECTION 5:���The undersigned certifies, under penalty of perjury, that the granted allocation was not made in consideration of any bribe, gift, or gratuity, or any direct or indirect contribution to any political campaign. The undersigned also certifies that the granted allocation meets the requirements of Section 146 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
SECTION 6:���This Order is effective upon signature and shall remain in effect until amended, modified, terminated, or rescinded by the governor, or terminated by operation of law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand officially and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the city of Baton Rouge, on this 4th day of June, 2003.
M.J. "Mike" Foster, Jr.
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Chevy Impala takes to the comeback trail
General Motors' Chevrolet Impala sedan, long relegated to the rental car lot, is making a surprising U-turn back to relevance thanks to a racy redesign that borrows from sports car stable-mates Camaro and Corvette.
The 2014 Impala debuting next month is everything its predecessor is not. The early buzz among car reviewers is that the reincarnated Impala is exciting to the eye, upscale to the touch and a good value starting at $27,535.
With a face lifted from the Camaro and a dual-seat cockpit copied from the Corvette, the Impala promises to bring the big sedan back to its halcyon days when it ruled the American road.
"The car looks expensive," said John Wolkonowicz, an independent auto analyst based in Boston. "There's a little Camaro in the V-shape of the front end that looks proud and a little menacing. And it has a nicely crafted interior."
GM is counting on the makeover to restore the Impala's status as Chevy's flagship, allowing it to exit the rental lot and enter more American garages. The big cruiser is emblematic of GM's effort to reinvent itself as a legitimate contender in cars, a category it had short-changed for years in favor of pickups and sport-utility vehicles. The revamped Impala is aimed at boosting profit margins on cars by selling more to regular retail customers and fewer to fleet buyers.
It also may have an unintended consequence: The restyled Impala could upstage its showroom sibling, the Chevy Malibu, GM's struggling entry in the huge and hotly contested mid-size sedan market dominated by Toyota's Camry.
Since coming out of a government-backed bankruptcy in 2009, GM has found success with Chevy small cars, the Cruze and Sonic, drawing a new generation of buyers to American sedans that had long been rejected by baby boomers. The Malibu has been an exception. The Camry has outsold the Malibu by more than 2-to-1 this year.
The contrast the new Impala creates between Chevy's cars is bound to cost the Malibu some customers, even though it starts at $4,730 less than the Impala, Wolkonowicz said.
"The difference in appeal is huge," Wolkonowicz said. "The Impala is the best sedan GM has introduced since the Cruze. The Malibu is just a lackluster effort. There was no love lavished on that car."
GM is rushing out a redesigned Malibu, which is scheduled to hit the streets in the third quarter, two people familiar with the effort said in January. The changes include giving the front-end a facelift to resemble the new Impala, said the people, who had asked not to be identified discussing internal plans.
GM cut the Malibu's price by as much as $770 and is looking for some positive rub-off from the well- received Impala.
"We think the Impala is going to help the sales of Malibu because it's going to bring in an audience looking for a passionate car," Chris Perry, vice president of Chevrolet U.S. marketing, saidMarch 12 in San Diego, where the company showed journalists the new Impala. "You always see cross-shopping in the dealership."
The Impala once inflamed the passions of millions of American car buyers. Introduced as a concept at GM's 1956 Motorama traveling car show, the Impala embodied the power and grace of the speedy African antelope for which it was named. With winged tailfins and teardrop taillights, the Impala became the top-selling car in America in the 1960s, peaking at more than 1 million in 1965, Wolkonowicz said. Last year, Camry was the top -selling car with 404,886 sales.
"The Impala of 1958 to 1970 was simply the hottest and best looking full-sized American car that you could afford," said Wolkonowicz, who noted a 1965 Impala coupe started at $2,667. "It was the best buy on the American road. It was something special for the common man."
The Impala remained a top seller through the 1970s. Large cars, though, began losing the American family in the 1980s as minivans and sport-utility vehicles replaced them. GM dropped the Impala from the Chevy lineup in the late 1980s, brought it back briefly in the mid-1990s and dropped it again in 1996. Resurrected in 2000, the Impala sold well to car rental fleets and police departments. Sales peaked last decade at 311,128 in 2007, according to researcher Ward's Auto.
By last year, Impala's U.S. sales had fallen to 169,351, down 46 percent from 2007 and about one-sixth of the car's mid- 1960s zenith. Only three in 10 sales last year went to individual retail buyers, who pay more and provide bigger profits. Rental car companies purchased most of the Impala models GM produced, Perry said.
"We're going to flip that," Perry said. "It's 70-30 now; it's going to be 30-70 with this new car. This is mainly going to be a retail car."
Perry declined to give sales goals for the Impala. Wolkonowicz said sales are bound to decline as Chevy focuses the new Impala on retail customers, who are harder to woo in large numbers. Researcher IHS Automotive estimates sales of the new Impala will fall to about 95,000 in the U.S. in 2014 as GM cuts low-profit fleet sales.
The big sedan market has become a tough sell as car buyers downsize to more fuel-efficient models. The U.S. full-size sedan market declined 42 percent from 2006 to 2012, according to IHS. In 2000, American car buyers had 15 different large car models from which to choose, IHS said. By last year, there were only seven entries, including the Ford Taurus and Toyota Avalon.
About 12 percent of Malibu shoppers in January considered buying an Impala, according to Edmunds. That's similar to the amount of Malibu shoppers who also looked at the Nissan Altima, Ford Fusion, Honda Accord or Chevy Cruze.
The new Impala is one of 13 new Chevrolets being introduced this year in the U.S. as GM turns over 89 percent of its lineup by 2016. It's critical to GM's effort to refresh offerings that grew stale following its bankruptcy and to claw back U.S. market share, which fell to an 88-year-low in 2012.
Toyota overtook GM last year to become the world's largest selling automaker. GM's net income fell 33 percent last year to $6.19 billion, from a record $9.19 billion in 2011. The company's operating profit in North America last year dropped 3.3 percent to $6.95 billion.
With the Impala redesign, the first since 2005, GM designers sought to restore its status as Chevy's flagship sedan, Perry said. It's appointed with upscale touches such as slim projector headlights and "ice blue" ambient lighting that glows beneath chrome strips in the interior.
"The design is what makes it look more premium," car critic Todd Lassa wrote in Motor Trend magazine in September. "As Chevy's flagship, it should command much higher average transaction prices."
The new Impala "has a more refined and satisfying driving experience, with a quiet and nicely finished interior," Consumer Reports wrote in its April 2013 edition. It criticized the Malibu for its "cramped" back seat and recommended the Camry and Accord.
The Impala will offer three engine choices, including a 2.4-liter four-cylinder with GM's fuel-saving eAssist system that uses an electric motor to help power the wheels under certain conditions. The Impala powered by a 303-horsepower V-6 will arrive in showrooms first, followed by more fuel-efficient four-cylinder engines later this year, GM said.
The eAssist version of the Impala will get 35 miles per gallon on the highway, GM said. That's close to the most fuel-efficient version of the Malibu, which gets 37 mpg in highway driving.

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If you're wanting some shiny new Apple hardware in your life but can't afford the latest releases, get down to Best Buy sharpish. It's currently slashing the price of Sandy Bridge MacBook Airs and Pros to make way for the new models.
The largest discount's to be had on a 13.3-inch MacBook Air with a dual-core 1.7GHz Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD. It used to cost $1600—now it's down to a more affordable $1,225. Of course, you'll be missing out on USB 3.0 and a processor bump, but maybe you don't care.
It is worth pointing out that a refurb Air is still a cheaper option—but then, not everyone wants a second-hand computer. [Best Buy via The Verge]


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Dec 21, 2012– Dallas, USA (Techreleased) – AT&T announced today its support of the new Interoperability Compliance Program (ICP) introduced this week by the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), the industry association focused on driving the next generation Wi-Fi experience.
The ICP is designed to streamline the way WBA members work together by creating a common set of technical and commercial frameworks for Wi-Fi roaming. AT&T, a WBA member, is one of the first operators to confirm their support of this new initiative.
"AT&T is proud to support the WBA in their effort to reduce the friction around Wi-Fi interoperability and continue to drive compatibility across the ecosystem," said JR Wilson, chairman of the WBA and vice president of Partnerships & Alliances, AT&T Mobility. "This initiative will ultimately help establish clear guidelines for operators create a roadmap of the evolution of hotspots and eventually develop a directory of various carriers' Wi-Fi capabilities, which will enable carriers to deliver a better mobile data experience to customers when they travel abroad."


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Mozilla has released a new beta of Firefox 4 for Mobile. The new version resolves several long-standing problems with the Android port, finally making it viable for day-to-day use. The new version also brings a minor theming refresh that improves the application's look and feel.
In previous versions of Firefox for Android, the installed application used over 40MB of storage space and couldn't be permanently moved to the SD card in its entirety due to the manner in which Android loads native libraries. Mozilla has done a lot of work to address this issue, including making a custom dynamic linker that can load the native libraries directly from the compressed APK file. In the new beta, Firefox for Android requires only 17MB of storage capacity and can optionally run entirely from an SD card.
The user interface on Android has been refined and slimmed down a little bit. It still doesn't adopt the platform's native look and feel, but it doesn't look out of place. The theming choices that Mozilla has made in the new design are good and will likely be a good fit with the broad spectrum of custom Android styles that are used by various handset makers. The whole user experience feels a bit less cluttered.
Firefox for Android has come a long way and has finally achieved a level of smoothness that makes it suitable for day-to-day use. Features like add-on support and compatibility with Firefox Sync are compelling enough to make it worth using. The only area where the browser is still weak is text handling. When you zoom in, the browser doesn't automatically reflow text to fit the screen. This negatively impacts readability and makes the browser uncomfortable for reading articles and other long-form text. For now, the best way to handle those things is to use the Readability add-on.
Mozilla is planning to continue its focus on performance improvements in future versions. The developers want to add hardware accelerated rendering and make scrolling even smoother. Another goal is to add support for the HTML5 video element.
Users can download Firefox Mobile from Mozilla's website (phone version). For additional details you can refer to the official release notes.


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Shares of Tesla Motors fell another 5 percent Thursday as investors in the high-flying company assessed the fallout from a fire in one of its $70,000 electric cars.
The fire began in the car's battery after the driver hit metal debris. Firefighters extinguished the flames and no one was hurt.
Tesla says it's the first fire in one of its cars. Experts say electric car fires are rare, and consumers should still consider buying them.
But the sight of flames engulfing the front end of a Model S on the side of a highway in the Seattle-area has been a jolt to investors. Tesla has been a Wall Street darling this year, selling more cars than expected and posting its first-ever profit.
Shares fell 6 percent Wednesday as video of the fire surfaced. The shares were down $8.75, or 4.8 percent, to $172.20 in afternoon trading Thursday. At that price, Tesla's market value has dropped about $2.5 billion in the past two days.
Still, if an investor purchased a share of Tesla at $35 on Jan. 2, they're sitting on a gain of more than 400 percent for the year.
Deutsche Bank analyst Rod Lache told investors Thursday that he views the fire as an isolated incident and still expects Tesla shares to reach $200.
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Women's Soccer Head Coach
Folks familiar with the North County soccer scene don't mince words when describing MiraCosta College's new women's soccer coach Miguel Barragan. The words `brilliant,' 'exceptional,' and `competitive' often come to mind.
"He's a phenomenal young coach who understands kids and is a skilled tactician," said MiraCosta College men's soccer coach Frank Zimmerman.
Bill Reitman, president of the Oceanside Breakers club soccer program agrees. "Tactically, he understands the game as well as anyone," Reitman said. "He understands the skills side. He understands the tactical side. He's an exceptional coach."
Barragan was tapped to take the helm of the MiraCosta College's women's team in January. His plan is to create a strong program for the school while preparing his players with the capability of playing at the university level. "I want to start establishing a good platform and good environment, so that when they transfer they can be ready to play at a competitive collegiate level," he told the Chariot, MiraCosta College' student newspaper.
There is room for improvement. Even with PCAC all-conference player Sage Morretti, last year's squad hit the skids late in the season, losing five of its final six games and finishing 6-12-2.
Barragan, 28, has been a fan of the sport since he can remember and began playing the game when he was 4 years old. He captained Oceanside High School's 2002 CIF championship team and later played at Palomar College before moving on to a semipro soccer team while earning a business administration degree from Cal State San Marcos.
He has been a coach with the Oceanside Breakers since 2004 and began working as an assistant coach of the boys' team at Oceanside High School the following year. He was an assistant coach of the MiraCosta College women's team in 2006 and 2008-2011 before being named head coach this year. Awards include being named Oceanside Breakers Boys Coach of the Year in 2008 and Oceanside Breakers Girls Coach of the Year in 2011.
Barragan said he has been looking forward to the 2013 season. "The program has been improving to the point where we are pretty OK now," he said. "We've definitely been on the upswing. We've been recruiting pretty heavily. Things are definitely promising."
Not that it's been easy. Recruiting at the community college level can be a thankless task.
"People are dealing with so many competing factors," Barragan said. "People aren't sure about their futures. People start working."
But the way Barragan sees it, community college is a perfect stage for women' soccer.
"There's a pretty big drop off in opportunities in girls' soccer after high school," he said. "MiraCosta is a great option for girls who aren't quite there to play at the university level."
"We hope he has a long future with us," said MiraCosta College Athletic Director Patrick Conahan. "We're fortunate to have him join the department and we're excited to see him build the program here at MiraCosta College."


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In a conscious effort to acknowledge the importance of advisor assistants—in this case, an executive assistant who saved her firm after the founder's tragic sudden death–Securities America has chosen Amanda Silkwood of Quintus Financial Services in Englewood, Colo., as the Assistant of the Year for 2011.
Silkwood (left), who assists advisors Dan O'Leary, Chet Wallace and Brian Peters, will be honored at the Securities America National Conference at the Hyatt Regency in Denver, taking place June 9-12. She has worked in the financial services industry for more than a decade and currently serves on Securities America's Sales Assistant Advisory Board.
When O'Leary joined Quintus in 2010, he said he was told that one of the best benefits of the firm would be having "the greatest assistant in the world"–namely, Amanda Silkwood. When the office in February 2011 suffered the sudden loss of its founder, Grier Laughlin, in a car accident, Silkwood's knowledge of Laughlin's client base and dedication to furthering his practice were essential in helping Quintus carry on, O'Leary said.
"While many successful advisors owe a lot of their success to their assistants, I can honestly say that Quintus Financial Services would not be here today if not for the hard work and dedication of Amanda Silkwood," O'Leary said in a statement.
In a phone interview with AdvisorOne, Silkwood said her favorite part of working at Quintus is her interaction with the people, both clients and advisors. She credits her organizational abilities and time management skills as helping her keep up with the demands of her job.
Asked where she sees herself in five years, Silkwood answered modestly: "This firm that Grier started was really important to him. He brought in all of us, me and three advisors, for a reason. We're all honest and ethical, and we work together as a team. That's my focus now–trying to continue."
Any ambitions of becoming an advisor herself are not in the cards for now, though Silkwood wouldn't rule it out in the future.
"I don't know that it will happen right now, but it's definitely a possibility," she said.
To qualify as Assistant of the Year, candidates must be nominated by a Securities America advisor, have a minimum of two years of experience in the financial services industry and, if securities licensed, have a clean compliance record. The top assistant also is selected based on specific instances of service above and beyond expectations to clients, advisors and the firm, along with demonstrated leadership abilities and personal and professional development.
Quintus Financial Services was founded in 2008 and maintains approximately 200 client relationships nationwide. Financial advisors and registered representatives associated with Quintus offer services through Securities America Advisors Inc., a division of Securities America Inc.
Headquartered in La Vista, Neb., Securities America Inc. is the nation's seventh largest independent broker-dealer. Its belief in developing the potential of sales assistants extends to a number of events and training opportunities:
- New Assistant Orientation–a guide containing information every support staff member should know
- Assistant University–a two-day conference designed to increase knowledge of technology, compliance, operations and practice management for all levels of support staff
- e*Certification–a web-based training program that covers industry, product and firm-specific topics in a cost-effective and convenient format
- Sales Assistant Advisory Board – a group of nine assistants, nominated by advisors and selected by Securities America, who provide suggestions and feedback on company improvements
- National Conference–an annual educational event that features a training track specifically tailored to assistants
- AssistantXpert–a listserv created specifically for assistants to provide online peer support and knowledge sharing
- Fast Track–free daily training sessions on Securities America's technology and procedures that are ideal for assistants and office managers


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By: Tanya Dodd-Hise
So we all know and have heard the latest broohaha regarding fast food chain Chick-Fil-A. Our social network sites have blown up with constant updates, stories, blogs, feeds, protests, counter-protests and such about it. Most people, by now, are pretty sick of it – at times, myself included. About a week or so after the news broke that the CEO openly and proudly declared his stance of anti-marriage equality (and thus speaking for the entire company, franchises and all), I read an interesting blog written on The Huffington Post regarding the whole situation. Here was my comment about the blog, as well as a link to the blog itself:
"It is sometimes so hard to sit by while people who say they are my friend/family who care about MY family, will also say that they have no intentions of boycotting anything. That's fine. As long as they are fully aware that their money goes to organizations who are determined to keep my family from being equal to theirs. It's not about the chicken sandwich. And yes, everyone is entitled to free speech, freedom of religion, and an opinion. But please think about it, before you go and spend your money there, of all the times that you have said that you support my family – and then don't. Either don't spend your money at a business that supports inequality, or don't tell me that you love and adore my family. These are the kinds of organizations that keep MY marriage from being recognized, and require ME to adopt my own daughter. Just so you know."
I encourage anyone who reads my blog to read Conor Gaughan's piece. It is just another real person writing from his real perspective, trying to reach his readers so that they can see where he is REALLY coming from.
So the supporters of Chik-Fil-A have now planned a Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day on August 1st, and the opposers have planned all sorts of protests on the same day. There will be same-sex PDAs/kiss-ins at some chains, while others plan to wait in line and order water, or order food and then cancel. To me this seems like an open show of hostility that will only make us, the LGBT community, seem petty and ridiculous. Get mad at me if you want, but I think that the best way to show our opposition to the company's declared stance is to first NOT GO THERE. And if we choose to go there for an organized protest, then fine, exercise the right to peaceably gather with signs that show our thoughts and feelings (grammar and spelling correct, of course).
All of this has also got me to thinking about my children. What would I want my children to learn about all of this? Yes, we used to eat at Chick-Fil-A, but it has been a long time, as we stopped going there over a year ago when we first learned of the company's donations towards hate and anti-equality groups. When we stopped going there, Noah didn't really get it, and we didn't really try to explain it. But now that he is twelve years old, with all of it in the news and on the lips of virtually everyone, I did try to explain to him the reason why WE, our family, doesn't go there anymore. I'm not sure if he understands completely, but I wanted to take the time to explain to him this stand that we are taking. I also explained to him that yes, one small group (ie: our family) CAN make a difference in the bottom line when there are lots and lots of small groups doing the same thing. I also explained to him that it is no difference than in school, where I expect him to stand up for anyone who is getting treated differently, for any reason, because it is simply the right thing to do. Nicholas, on the other hand, is a grown man who lives on his own. He worked at our local Chick-Fil-A when he was a teenager, and has decidedly chosen to continue to frequent there. Sure, it is disappointing to hear him say that he loves his gay moms, but he also loves their chicken sandwich. Did I not teach him to take a stand against bigotry and inequality? I thought I had, but once they are grown and gone, it really isn't my decision to make for him. I love him regardless of where he eats. And I know that he is young, and one day he will be faced with something in HIS life that will force him to either make a stand for what is right, even if it means giving up something he likes or doing something that might be uncomfortable.
This is the conclusion that I have come to, since I have many conservative friends and family, who think that all of us should just "shut up and get over it": It doesn't affect them personally, so it isn't as important to most as it is to those of us fighting for marriage equality and equal treatment. Their marriage is always recognized, and they enjoy all of the rights and privileges that go along with that. But as for me and my house, I will always and continually teach them about taking a stand in the face of something that is wrong. And I will continue to teach them to take a stand against anybody doing wrong against another group, whether it directly affects them or not.
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock"
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It's just a post to say that recently I am into "a number of things" and/or if you prefer I am working quite often 7/7 on various stuff trying to do my best splitting time there and there.
"Nothing is forgotten, all keeps going", so the stuff you posted here I did not reply to all of it but quite possibly we'll try to address the issues "on the next update" when it will be.
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World Cup 2010: South Africa
World Cup 2010: SOUTH AFRICA
FIFA ranking: 88
Overall World Cup record: 1-2-3
Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira
Best performance: First round, 1998, 2002
Overview: South Africa finds itself in the same situation the U.S. was in back in 1994 -- playing host to a World Cup and expected to perform but without a legitimate star or even much of a team. The U.S. reached the second round, and Parreira's squad will be desperate to avoid the ignominy of being the first Cup host in history not to make it out the first round. Look for shaven-headed defender Matthew Booth to be busy, the Alexi Lalas of 2010 but without the hair.
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I don't typically wake up at half past seven at a weekend festival, unless responding to some more or less spectacular bodily emergency. But Wilderness is a little different. I had yoga to go to. And it was wonderful.
Events like Latitude make a lot of their commitment to diversifying beyond pop music, into theatre, dance, spoken word and the like. Wilderness Festival is one of the few events which really feels like it cracks that nut. I've never performed the downward facing dog ahead of breakfast before. Nor have I spent an hour learning how to become a connoisseur of sake. Nor have I swum in a wild lake to shake off a hangover. Nor found out why each bottle of Zubroka has two blades of bison grass in it. (It's yummy, basically).
It sounds middle class, and maybe it's gotten the reputation to go with it – with its elaborate banquet halls, and organic spray tans, and healing fields of tarot cards. But it never loses sight of a music festival's core mission objective: delivering fun, and brilliant acts.
Burt Bacharach is unsurprisingly the centrepiece of the weekend. Coming away from his set, it's hard to think of any songs – aside from the Beatles' discography – which he didn't fucking write. Owing to his age and health, it's light on his own voice, but a range of backers carry the songs beautifully; as well as providing the variety in voice that his artist-hopping writing credentials warrant. We got 'Say A Little Prayer' and 'Anyone Who Had A Heart' and 'Magic Moments' and 'Walk On By' and 'Always Something There To Remind Me' in one set, without it being a covers band. It's a stunning two hours, and a big gamble for what's ostensibly a young and trendy festival. And it worked wonderfully.
Elsewhere, the acts are young, alternative, and sometimes slightly under ripe. But the highlights soar. Connan Mockasin delivers a smoky, smouldering set of guitar runs and gyrating rhythms, while Gregory Porter's near-perfect voice glides over the top of jazz arrangements which dissect notes into the smallest per-second fragments imaginable.
But then it's Wilderness. It's not all about the music. You get caught up in the massive trapeze. And the cricket game with 1950s-style received pronunciation commentary. On Sunday, the magic breaks, sure, with the crashing thunder drenching the godless Sunday Assembly with irony; going fucking biblical on the tent roof, leaving all of us – religious, atheist, or otherwise – wondering which of our sins could be so black as to deserve such merciless vengeance.
This is only a small break in what is otherwise an idyllic weekend. On the Saturday night, the music ends with a procession across the bridge of the lake, up the hill to the helter-skelter. It is set on fire by a fire breathing JCB with a dragon's mask attached to its crane. Some sort of massive girl puppet takes damage.
While the sheer spectacle of the fireworks hammering across the sky is immersive enough– the attention to detail among the crowds is what sets it truly apart. There are amateur-dramatic groups calling along interactive drunken sailor sing-alongs. There's tribal drummers leading genuinely impressive impromptu one-on-one dance offs between complete novices who probably never imagined they could. There's a genuine sense of time, place, and shared moment. That's what a festival should really be about. On that front – whether it's 'really' about music, food, authors, or yoga – Wilderness offers up more than a small selection of these moments.
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One of the most intriguing and appealing things about Tumble is its simple concept contrasted with intricate gameplay. The game allows you to focus on the task in hand, whilst offering alternative ways to gain more points and credit for your actions. This makes it appropriate for a wide range of audiences, as each level can be as difficult or as challenging as you want it to be.
Expert builders will be able to don their hard hat and take into account the different materials which shapes are made of, and how this will affect their structures when they are being built or blown up. 3D shapes made of lighter material such as polystyrene will go much further when a bomb is detonated, as opposed to heavy glass which works much better as the solid foundation for a soaring tower.
Use PlayStation Move to scan your tower up and down, and move around it to get a 360 degree view of your creation. This way you can check out your structure's strengths and weaknesses from all angles as you pave the way to becoming a top Tumble builder.
Balance, accuracy and fast thinking will be put to the test as you are put through your tower building paces in Tumble. The game challenges you to construct various sculptures and shapes from a selection of 3D shapes using the PlayStation Move motion controller to win medals and unlock exciting new levels.
You are introduced to the game through an interactive tutorial, allowing you to get to grips with it before you are unleashed into the addictive world of building towers. Each level requires different, intuitive and skilful gameplay to complete the challenges. Some require you to build the tallest tower possible, whilst others will challenge you to compile all sorts of awkward 3D shapes into one sculpture or even demolish an entire structure with bombs.
Completing levels will earn you Bronze, Silver and Gold Medals depending on how good your building skills are, and unlock harder challenges for you to tackle. There are a few Bonus Medals to pick up too, such as a Jigsaw Medal for lining up shapes to form a pattern, or a Target Medal for hitting a bullseye with a stray shape after blowing up a tower.
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The PlayStation Move motion controller lets you create towers and sculptures with intricate ease - just select and place the geometric shapes precisely where you want them to be. Press the T button to choose one then carefully lift it above your tower until you are happy with its position, then let go and watch as your tower grows from a few shapes into an impressive home-made skyscraper. The guaranteed accuracy of PlayStation Move will turn you into a master architect in no time.
Shapes come in all sorts of forms and sizes, and PlayStation Move is the perfect tool to rotate them and make them work to your advantage. Carefully twist or bend your wrist to position it how you want, or throw it into the air to grab hold of the other end.
You'll find yourself pulling your concentrating face as you creep closer to the screen or lean to one side to carefully position shapes without your tower toppling into a pile of rubble, and you'll feel a great sense of satisfaction when you manage to pile loads of seemingly incompatible shapes onto your platform.
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You and your opponent can play in a tournament and complete several challenges, or play one level at a time. Some levels will see you competing to build your tower faster than your opponent while others will require you to cram as many unconventional shapes as possible onto your platform at once.
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Domino is thrilled to announce that three of our releases have been nominated for the 2013 Mercury Music Prize. Amongst the twelve albums shortlisted for this year's prize are Arctic Monkeys 'AM', Jon Hopkins 'Immunity' and Villagers '{Awayland}'. The Mercury Music Prize will take place on Wednesday 30th October at the Roundhouse in London.
Arctic Monkeys' fifth album, AM, was released this week to exceptional reviews and is on course to be the band's fifth number one album. AM, the band's third album to be nominated for the prize, features guest appearances from Josh Homme, Pete Thomas and Bill Ryder-Jones. The band headlined Glastonbury for the second time this summer, played the Roundhouse in London on the day of album release and will be performing an arena tour this autumn with two shows at London's Earl's Court on October 25th and 26th.
"We are delighted and hugely flattered to be nominated for such a prestigious award in the same week we celebrate the release of our new album" – Arctic Monkeys
Watch the video for 'Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?', HERE.
'AM is absolutely and unarguably the most incredible album of their career' – NME 10/10
Despite only having been released in June, Jon Hopkins' Immunity is already widely regarded as a landmark moment in modern British electronic music. Immunity is a powerful, multi-faceted beast which peaks with Collider, a huge, apocalyptic, techno monster and dissolves with the quiet, heartbreakingly beautiful closer, Immunity - a track featuring vocals from King Creosote, whose collaboration with Hopkins earned them a nomination for the Mercury Music Prize two years ago. Following a summer of festival appearances and tour dates with Pet Shop Boys and Purity Ring, Jon Hopkins will play further UK dates this autumn with a sold out show at KOKO in London on Sep 21st and a newly added date at the Oval Space in London on February 22nd.
"I am a bit stunned to have been nominated this year. For an album of not exactly hummable electronic music to get such an accolade is amazing and a total surprise." – Jon Hopkins
Watch the video for Open Eye Signal, HERE.
'with new album Immunity, he may just have made the dance record of the decade' – DJ Mag – 9/10
A sense of curiosity and wonder shoots through the layers of Villagers second album {Awayland} like radiant lightning. It provides illumination and starkness, a clash palpable on a song like Earthly Pleasure, with its furious percussion and splintered-sounding guitars, or Grateful Song which begins delicately, tentatively, before building up to a release of howls. {Awayland} was produced by Conor J. O'Brien and Villagers' guitarist Tommy McLaughlin at Attica Audio, Co Donegal and is the follow up to the acclaimed debut Becoming a Jackal which was also Mercury nominated and awarded a prestigious Ivor Novello. The album received great praise on its release including the two page lead review in MOJO. Following a summer of festivals including appearances at Glastonbury, Latitude, Reading, Leeds and Green Man, Villagers will be touring the UK this November with a show at Heaven in London on November 7th.
'We are surprised and honoured to be nominated for the Mercury Prize with {Awayland}; it warms the cockles no end.' – Conor O' Brien
Watch the video for Nothing Arrived, HERE.
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Checking in on… the America EastPosted by Brian Goodman on December 4th, 2010
Matt McKillip is the RTC correspondent for the America East Conference.
A Look Back
- Half Dose of Kryptonite: UConn has been the surprise team of the year, but they are no match for America East opponents… at least for one half. After being down three at half to Vermont earlier in the year, Kemba Walker and company had to stave off the New Hampshire Wildcats after trailing again at half, 24-23.
- Vermont, Mid-Major Top 25: The Catamounts entered this week at #21 as they moved to 5-1, quite a feather in Coach Lonergan's hat for being able to reload.
- Finding their Grove in Motown: The Great Danes got back their point guard Mike Black from injury and he played 30 minutes in all three games. The Danes won two of three, but a double-overtime loss to a very good Detroit team that featured two Albany buzzer-beaters could be remembered as the turning point of the season.
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Albany hits two unbelievable buzzer beaters against Detroit but couldn't get the game winning triple at the end of double OT to drop.
Darryl Partin explodes from anonymity with a 32-point game that leads BU over Cornell. Also, take note of scary quick freshman DJ Irving.
Power Rankings
- Vermont (5-1): Vermont continues to roll, getting quality wins at Quinnipiac and against Loyola-Maryland, and disposing of lesser opponents like Dartmouth with ease. Evan Fjeld leads all AE players with 21.3 points per game and has been the most consistent player in the league. Freshman Brian Voelkel continues to stuff the stat sheets: 5 PPG, 5 APG, 9.7 RPG and 1.5 SPG.
- Boston University (4-4): The Cornell Big Red found out that Terriers are not just the John Holland show; in a 66-61 victory, LaSalle transfer Darryl Partin led BU with 32 points. The Terriers also picked up a nice win against Nevada in an NIT consolation game. Freshman Dom Morris provides muscle inside, but pre-season coaches all-conference pick Jake O'Brien has yet to find his rhythm (11 points in the last two games).
- Maine (2-3): The Black Bears have yet to notch a notable victory, but I'm not ready to drop them just yet. Gerald McLemore missed the past game against Quinnipiac with an illness, but in his absence a promising core of players stepped up. Shooting guard Terrance Mitchell scored 16 in his first game of action, but the freshman Alasdair Fraser is the player that impressed most. The Scotsman bullied Quinnipiac's hyped forward Justin Rutty while picking up four blocks and 12 points.
- New Hampshire (3-2): It's official, Alvin Abreu is lost for the season, but the Wildcats are starting to show promise of a more balanced attack without him. UNH is looking inside more often to senior Dane DiLiegro while athletic sophomore wing Ferg Myrick is getting more shots as well, both good developments.
- Albany (3-5): Sliding them up from the cellar to number five might be too much, too soon, but with the return of point guard Mike Black, this team is among the hottest in the league right now. Black has opened the offense, driven down the turnovers and led the team to victories over Niagara and Bowling Green. Grabbing the headlines, though, has been Logan Aronhalt. He was the America East player of the week as he averaged 22 points over the three games in three days, highlighted by a 30 point, 6-9 three-pointer outburst against Niagara. Freshman forward Luke Devlin garnered Rookie of the Week awards with strong rebound performances and an electric 12-point first half against Detroit.
- Stony Brook (3-3): Stony Brook has dropped two straight to underwhelming opponents, Lehigh and Wagner. Bryan Dougher has been carrying the offensive load for this team, but a second option hasn't emerged. Central to their struggles has been the poor shooting of Chris Martin who was 1-11 and 1-9 in the two losses. Forward Al Rapier has continued to provide steady performances, while freshman guard Dave Coley has been seeing more action and shots.
- Hartford (1-5): After a fast start, Morgan Sabia has been drifting back towards his 11-point average of the past three seasons. The Hawks picked up their first victory of the year against Saint Francis (PA), but then blew a halftime lead in what would have been a quality win against Fordham on the road. Joe Zeglinski's has stepped back into the leading role, posting 21 points in two straight games before an off night against Brown. It would help for him to be more efficient (49 points on 44 shots in his last three games).
- UMBC (0-6): It's just not coming together. Chris De La Rosa has been carrying this team with 14 PPG and 7.3 APG, and it's a struggle to fathom how he is even getting that many assists. Travis King has scored well, 16 PPG, but overall, this team continues to put out disjointed performances. The upset potential is high in the team, but coach Randy Monroe has a big task in front of him if he hopes to get this team playing cohesively.
- Binghamton (1-5): Yes, the Bearcats do manage to check in below a winless team and it's not even a question. In the past two games, they have scored 12 and 13 points in the opening half. Kyle Whelliston of The Mid-Majority was posting Twitter updates entitled "Binghamton Basket Alerts" because scores were so few and far between. This team has only seven scholarship players, but the problems are not due to talent — this team just has no leader and no will to win.
A Look Ahead
- UAlbany hopes to reclaim the Albany Cup with a victory weakened cross-town rival Siena (12/4)
- Stony Brook looks to rebound against a Columbia team that recently knocked off Patriot League favorite American University. (12/11)
- Vermont has balanced match-up with Yale over the weekend (12/4) before they have a heat check against BYU in Glens Falls, New York, Jimmer Fredette's old stomping grounds (12/4). This game is supposed to be a romp, but Vermont could keep it competitive.
- Boston University continues with challenging games away from home at Bucknell (12/4) and Harvard (12/11).


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LEXINGTON, Massachusetts (March 28, 2013) – WinterGreen Research announces that it has a new study on Tele-care equipment Monitoring Market Shares and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2013-2019. The 2013 study has 387 pages, 106 tables and figures. Tele-care improves treatment of chronic disease, reduces cost of care delivery, lets baby boomers age gracefully in their homes, and supports expert delivery of health care to every person in the world. Tele care is evolving more sophisticated ways of monitoring vital signs in the home, thus protecting people in a familiar, comfortable environment. The improvements in care delivery relate to leveraging large information sources that permit understanding what care works for what conditions.
Tele-care systems server markets are anticipated to grow because they represent a way to steer patients with a particular clinician to those most expert in treating that particular condition. Tele-care is not yet to the point where it is able to be used effectively to implement changes that represent significant improvements in overall healthcare delivery, they are largely confined to being used in the treatment of chronic conditions.
The aim of tele-care systems that will grow markets significantly is if the tele-care is used to prevent the onset of chronic conditions of CHF and diabetes through interventional medicine, wellness programs, and simply intelligent nutrition and exercise programs implementation. Is this the task of the hospitals? Or, are well ness programs meant to be implemented elsewhere? In any case, tele-care represents the delivery mechanism for the programs.
Statins have a warning label that indicates that patients who take these drugs risk mental deterioration and diabetes. Is this what we want for our people? Or are there wellness programs that provide alternatives. These are issues confronting hospitals, physicians, clinicians, big pharma, and patients everywhere. We are all patients; the task is to figure out good tele-care systems that work to implement wellness programs before the onset of chronic conditions.
Under this scenario, the local physician and specialist becomes the expert in ordering the correct diagnostic tests, not just any test they can think of, but a proper test that is recommended by the expert systems and by the expert clinician. In this manner the out of control testing costs in the US can be controlled. There will need to be some law changes, there will need to be some adoption of protections for the expert doctors, but when decisions are backed by standards of care instantiated as tele health servers we begin to have a rational, very effective health care delivery system.
Use of tele-care systems in the treatment of chronic conditions is important. 90% of the cost of care delivery is tied up in the treatment of chronic conditions. A large percentage of the tele-care servers was sold in the U.S., where the VA system did home monitoring of 92,000 patients in 2012. Tele-care equipment shipments are anticipated to grow rapidly worldwide as efficiencies of scale are realized for monitoring and treating people with chronic conditions in a more standardized manner that addresses the particular combinations and clusters of conditions any one patient presents.
Tele-care systems rely on monitors with integrated connectivity. Systems use monitoring hubs with integrated cellular capability and carts that permit remote diagnosis for places where there is a shortage of good doctors and where people want second opinions from a trusted expert. A physician that sees hundreds of patients a week with a certain condition is more apt to render an accurate diagnosis and to provide effective treatment than a physician that only sees that condition once a year.
The only way to connect patients with a particular condition with a clinician expert in treating that condition is through telemedicine. Everyone knows that a surgeon who operates within a particular specialty every day is more expert than one who operates only once a year. The same is true across the board for all specialties.
Systems like the Bosch health management programs with evidence-based guidelines are great in this context. These evidence based systems can be used to keep physicians and clinicians focused on the most significant part of the condition being treated.
IBM Watson is similarly great in the context of connecting expert clinicians with patients presenting a certain combination of symptoms. This type of care delivery represents significant change, but it is change for the better, it is lower cost care delivery with higher quality of care. Watson or competing computing systems have the potential to be incredibly useful in this context. Because Watson and other cognitive computing systems can recognize clusters of symptoms in a particular patient, these types of systems are potentially useful in guiding patients to the care delivery clinician that is most likely to be able to recognize the best treatment and to provide the recommendation ot other clinicians as to what will be the highest level of effective care for the least cost.
The aim of tele-care is to improve patient compliance with standards of care known to support improved outcomes for patients with chronic conditions. Tele-care is one way to improve patient compliance, but there are other ways to achieve that as well.
Tele-care increases patient compliance. The aim is to improve the delivery of healthcare to clients by monitoring vital signs to detect changes in patient condition that may indicate the onset of a more serious event, much as nurses in the hospital monitor patient vital signs.
According to Susan Eustis, the principal author of the study, "The advantage of tele-care is that it increases patient compliance. It brings expert medicine into the home and attempts to present it in manner patients can hear. The aim is to improve the delivery of healthcare to clients by performing medical exams remotely and monitoring vital signs to detect changes in patient condition that may indicate the onset of a more serious event, much as nurses in the hospital monitor patient vital signs for the purpose of permitting sophisticated care delivery."
Tele-care equipment units decrease the cost of care delivery while improving the quality of care and the quality of lifestyle available to patients. They have been widely adopted and extremely successful in use by the veterans administration in the US and by CMS Medicare and Medicaid. Use is anticipated to be extended to a wide variety of care delivery organizations based on this base of installed systems. Healthcare delivery is an increasing concern worldwide. Markets for the carts and associated servers segment of the market at $237.6 million in 2012 are anticipated to reach$3.3 billion by 2019.
Check out the WinterGreen Research Tele-Care Medical Equipment Study here.


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A line of severe storms packing strong winds and possible tornadoes swept across the Southeast overnight, injuring four people in Mississippi, downing power lines and trees and damaging homes around the region, authorities said early Thursday.
Nearly 900 customers lost electricity in Arkansas, where some buildings were damaged but no injuries were reported. Storms also raked western Tennessee, toppling trees in a mobile home park north of Memphis and forcing some residents out of their homes. No injuries were reported.
Mobile homes were also damaged in northern Mississippi's Union County.
In Louisiana, authorities reported trees down in at least two parishes and one home with a damaged roof when part of the front swept through that state.
"These were severe storms that produced damaging winds," said Jeff Rent, a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
At least six northern counties in Mississippi reported damage, Rent said. He said experts would check for further reports of damage Thursday and would inspect damage locations to determine if any tornadoes had touched down.
A worker at Mississippi's Sharkey Issaquena Community Hospital in Rolling Fork said four people had been taken there in stable condition with injuries and two were sent on to the University Medical Center in the state capital of Jackson. A University Medical Center spokeswoman later said the two injured sent there were in good condition.
Radar weather maps overnight showed a huge, arcing front that swept across Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and parts of states such as Louisiana and Alabama on its march eastward on a jagged slant.
Meteorologist Greg Dial at the national Storm Prediction Center in Oklahoma said there had been reports of possible tornadoes in some parts of the country.
"Most of the tornadoes have been from extreme eastern Arkansas into northwestern and west-central Mississippi," Dial said.
He said the storms extended from southwest Louisiana northeastward over several states, advancing on portions of Alabama and Georgia, among other areas.
Meteorologist Brian Koeneke at the National Weather Service in Jackson said the severe weather warnings in his state were widespread during the night. The National Weather Service had begun issuing tornado watches and warnings for many areas of Mississippi beginning late Wednesday afternoon and expanding those as the hours wore on.
In Mississippi, dispatcher Erica Severson with the dispatch office for Yazoo City and county said winds roughed up some areas.
"We had a bunch of trees down and a bunch of power lines down," she told AP, adding there had been a report of a possible tornado in a nearby county.
Severe storms in Southeast injure 4 people
A line of severe storms packing strong winds and possible tornadoes swept across the Southeast overnight, injuring four people in Mississippi, downing power lines and trees and damaging homes around the region, authorities said early Thursday.


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The Darling Dahlias and the Silver Dollar BushBook - 2014
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Susan Wittig Albert makes history come alive with this story of the Great Depression and the failure of the town's bank. Really, I'm reading this series because of the variety of engaging characters and their lives, the delightful setting of Darling and the hugely interesting historical events and context. The cosy mystery is the icing on the top.
It's 1932 and the local bank, despite all reassurances, closes! Hard times may become even harder for folks in Darling, Alabama, but not if the local garden club members have anything to do with it. Friendship, crucial connections, and "making do" really can solve local dilemmas.
I really enjoyed all of the books in this series. The time period of the depression is interesting and the characters are engaging.
With the depression hitting folks hard, suddenly Darling is face with the closure of it's beloved Bank challenges the town wondering what to do. Mrs. Verna Tidwell, County Treasure, wonders what is going on with the bank. You will be wondering who is going to be leaving or dying and surprised the out come.
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It's the spring of 1933 and times are tough all over. The only businessman not struggling is moonshiner Mickey LeDoux, though he still has to steer clear of federal agents. But banks are closing all over the country, and the small town of Darling is no exception. Folks are suddenly caught short on cash and everyone is in a panic.
Desperate to avoid disaster, several town leaders—including Alvin Duffy, the bank's new vice president—hatch a plan to print Darling Dollars on Charlie Dickens' printing press. The "funny money" can serve as temporary currency so the town can function. But when the first printing of the scrip disappears, the Darling Dahlias set out to discover who made an unauthorized withdrawal.
Meanwhile county treasurer Verna Tidwell questions whether she can trust Alvin Duffy—and the feelings he stirs up inside her. And Liz Lacy learns that her long-time beau may be forced into a shotgun wedding. Seems other troubles don't just go away when there's a crisis. There'll be no pennies from heaven, but if anyone can balance things out, folks can bank on the Darling Dahlias.
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http://mmajunkie.com Fighting in arguably the UFC's strongest division, lightweight Nik Lentz (21-3-2 MMA, 5-0-1 UFC) has yet to experience defeat since entering the organization 18 months ago.
Over that span, Lentz has taken on all challengers and beaten the likes of Tyson Griffin, Andre Winner, Rob Emerson and, most recently, Waylon Lowe to continue his rise to the upper echelon at 155 pounds.
In fact, he now has gone 15 consecutive fights since his most recent loss and is willing to fight the toughest and best the UFC has to offer.
Lentz recently was a guest on MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio), where he spoke about his recent victory and what the future has in store for him.
"He was a super-tough opponent," Lentz said of Lowe. "I think a lot of people before the fight didn't give him enough credit because I fought Tyson Griffin before, and he's a much more well-known guy.
"[But Lowe is] definitely one of the tougher guys I've fought."
With that victory, which came in stunning come-from-behind fashion, Lentz continues his ascent – one in which he has compiled an impressive four-fight win streak – into legitimate title contention.
Whom would the Minnesota based lightweight like to challenge next in hopes of making it five in a row?
"Anybody," Lentz said. "Anyone that is doing well in the UFC, I want to fight them. I want to fight all the best guys out there. So, as far as who? Just pick the best, random 155-pounder and I want to fight him."
While once labeled a boring lay-and-pray fighter, Lentz has kicked up the entertainment value in his recent fights. But the 26-year-old Minnesota Martial Arts Academy fighter knows winning is more important than anything, and remaining unbeaten will assure the high-level fights he desires.
"I just have to keep on going – keep on racking up the wins," he said.
MMAjunkie.com Radio broadcasts Monday-Friday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) live from the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino's Race & Sports Book. The show is hosted by Gorgeous George, MMAjunkie.com lead staff reporter John Morgan and producer Goze. For more information or to download past episodes, go to www.mmajunkie.com/radio.


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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) Brandon Knight scored 17 points, Kyle Singler and Tayshaun Prince had 15 apiece and the Detroit Pistons beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 89-79 on Monday night for their fifth straight home win.
Detroit is 1-10 on the road but 5-3 at home, and the Pistons have recovered a bit after losing their first eight games of the season. They beat Phoenix by 40 last week in their previous home game, and the victory over Cleveland wasn't really as close as the score indicated.
Detroit led 56-39 at halftime after holding the Cavaliers to 29 percent shooting.
Cleveland was without guard Dion Waiters, who sat out with a sprained left ankle. Anderson Varejao had 17 points and 18 rebounds for the Cavs.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - LaMarcus Aldridge had 25 points and 13 rebounds, Luke Babbitt hit a pair of clutch 3-pointers and Portland overcame an 18-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat Charlotte in overtime Monday night.
The Blazers trailed 97-79 with 5:17 left in regulation, but stormed back to tie the score and sent it into overtime on Babbitt's 3 with 22 seconds left.
Charlotte had a chance to win at the end of regulation but Kemba Walker's drive and fallaway jumper from the baseline didn't fall.
Damian Lillard scored 24 points and Nicolas Batum added 17 points for the Blazers, who finished a road trip with two straight wins.
Ben Gordon set a franchise record with eight 3-pointers - all after halftime - for the Bobcats, who dropped their fourth straight game. Gordon finished with 29 points to surpass 10,000 for his NBA career.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Glen Davis and Arron Afflalo scored 24 points apiece, and Orlando outlasted Golden State for its second straight victory.
A night after an emotional win against former franchise center Dwight Howard and the Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando outscored Golden State 33-25 to pull away in the fourth quarter. J.J. Redick had 10 of his 22 points in the fourth and Nikola Vucevic finished with 14 points and 15 rebounds to help the Magic begin their five-game West Coast trip 2-0.
Stephen Curry had 25 points and 11 assists and David Lee added 22 points and nine rebounds for the Warriors, who were going for their first four-game winning streak under coach Mark Jackson. Instead, they had their five-game home winning streak snapped as they head on the road for a season-long seven-game trip.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Ryan Anderson scored 22 points, Robin Lopez added 21 and New Orleans won for only the second time in 11 games.
Lopez shot 8 of 10 from the field and made all five free throws he attempted. He also scored 11 straight points during a pivotal 13-0 run in the third quarter that gave New Orleans the lead for good.
Jason Smith added 12 points and Greivis Vasquez had 11 for the Hornets, who shot 52.4 percent (43 of 82).
Brandon Jennings hit five 3-pointers and finished with 25 points. Monta Ellis added 17 for Milwaukee, which shot 38.2 percent (29 of 76) from the field.
DENVER (AP) - Corey Brewer scored 19 points, JaVale McGee had 17 points and five blocks, and Denver withstood a late rally to beat Toronto.
Andrea Bargnani scored 23 points for Toronto and Kyle Lowry had 24, including 12 in the fourth quarter when the Raptors cut a 17-point lead to one with 2:18 left.
Ty Lawson, who finished with 16 points, hit a 3-pointer and Toronto missed its next three shots as Denver built a 110-104 cushion. Lowry hit another 3 with 14 seconds left, and after two free throws from Andre Iguodala, Amir Johnson hit a 3 with 7.9 seconds remaining to make it 112-110.
Kenneth Faried hit one of two free throws with 5.8 seconds left and DeMar DeRozan missed a long 3 at the buzzer.
Faried had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Six players scored in double figures for Denver.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Blake Griffin scored 30 points, Jamal Crawford added 20 off the bench and Los Angeles handed Utah its first loss at home this season.
Crawford made a pair of free throws late and ex-Clipper Randy Foye countered with a 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds remaining. But Foye's desperation 3 after stealing the ensuing inbounds pass missed its mark.
Mo Williams led the Jazz against his former team with 20 points and 12 assists. Foye added 19 points and Al Jefferson had 16 points and 10 rebounds but had a layup blocked by DeAndre Jordan with 26 seconds left that would have tied the score at 101.
It was the third straight victory for the Clippers. Chris Paul added 14 points for Los Angeles, with six in the fourth after the Clippers entered the quarter trailing by 10.


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Negative Human Related Injuries & Interactions are a Federal Offense
Why are so many California sea lions intentionally hurt - more than other marine mammals?
"The answer is found in the numbers, individual species' behaviors, and in what marine scientists directly observe," said Dr. Bill Van Bonn, director of veterinary science at The Marine Mammal Center. "There are approximately 250,000 California sea lions found along the west coast of California. This far outnumbers all other pinnipeds and marine mammals, combined, including elephant seals, harbor seals, Northern fur seals, and sea otters.""Another reason sea lions appear to be the more common target of 'intentional, negative human interaction,' is that sea lions will more often try to come ashore when gravely injured, while other marine mammal species will die or suffer at sea," added Dr. Van Bonn.
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, amended 1994
The U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) protects all marine mammals, including cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), pinnipeds (seals and sea lions), sirenians (manatees and dugongs), sea otters, and polar bears within the waters of the United States. The Act makes it illegal to "take" marine mammals without a permit. This means people may not harass, feed, hunt, capture, collect, or kill any marine mammal or part of a marine mammal. The Act also formalized the marine mammal health and stranding response program to improve the response of stranding and unusual mortality events. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website gives the complete text of the Act.
NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries Service, or NMFS), is under the U.S. Department of Commerce, and charged with the responsibility of protecting marine mammals and endangered marine life. NOAA's Office of Protected Resources works to conserve, protect, and recover species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) in conjunction with Regional Offices, Science Centers, and various partners. (http://www.noaa.gov/)
Silent Knight makes the ninth marine mammal the Center rescued in 2010 with gunshot wounds.
In 2009, 19 sea lions were rescued suffering from gunshots. Sadly, those are only the seals and sea lions the Center knows about and it is most likely that countless others that don't strand on a beach just die at sea.
"Unfortunately, our latest gunshot wounded patient, Silent Knight, is only the latest in a long line of marine mammal gunshot patients rescued by The Marine Mammal Center," said Dr. Jeff Boehm, executive director at The Marine Mammal Center. "In 1992 we began keeping records on human interactions with marine mammals and since then, volunteers and staff have rescued nearly 500 marine mammals (primarily sea lions) that had been shot. We even came to the rescue of a poor sea lion that had been shot in the neck with an arrow from a crossbow."
Another gunshot victim that was treated at the Center was Sgt. Nevis was shot in the Sacramento River.
How Does The Marine Mammal Center Fit Into Research on Gunshot Violence?
Marine Science Research plays a key role at The Marine Mammal Center. The Center regularly conducts and contributes to a long list of cutting-edge research projects that are published peer-reviewed journals. You can read just a few of the many groundbreaking studies the Center has helped publish regarding Negative Human Interaction (gunshots, entanglements, harassment and boat strikes) as well as papers about toxic algae poisoning, cancer and pathogens. Many scientific publications can be found in the Science section of our website: http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/science/publications
Human Interaction Papers:
1999 - Goldstein, T., Johnson, S.P., Phillips, A.V., Hanni, K., Fauquier, D.A., and Gulland, F.M.D. 1999. Human-related injuries observed in live stranded pinnipeds along the central California coast 1986-1998. Aquatic Mammals 25(1): 43-51.
2009 - Dau, B.K., Gilardi, K.V.K., Gulland, F.M., Higgins, A., Holcomb, J.B., St.Leger, J. and Ziccardi, M.H. 2009. Fishing gear-related injury in California marine wildlife. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 45(2): 355-362.
2010 - Jacobsen, J.K., Massey, L., and Gulland, F. 2010. Fatal ingestion of floating marine debris by two sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Marine Pollution Bulletin 60:765-767.


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A 2,500-year-old statue of a woman from the late Hellenistic period has been unearthed during the excavations at the Metropolis ancient city in İzmir's Torbalı district.
According to a written statement made by the Sabancı Foundation, new artifacts are being unearthed during the excavation of the ancient city, which has been ongoing for 22 years as part of a collaboration between the Culture and Tourism Ministry, Trakya University, the Metropolis Association, the Torbalı Municipality and sponsored by the Sabancı Foundation.
The head of the excavations, Trakya University Archaeology Department Associate Professor Serdar Aynek, said the headless, dressed, female statue was found buried in the city wall and that the statue reflected the richness and magnificence of the late Hellenistic period in its 2-meter length.
Aybek said that many statues found around the city walls during the excavations had been sent to the İzmir Museum.
Sabancı Foundation General Director Zerrin Koyunsağan said the statue might be a woman who managed the ancient city. "I think that thousands of years ago women had significant roles in society and city management. At the Sabancı Foundation, we are carrying out projects on the issue of social gender in Turkey. This is why this female managerial statue that connects with the work of our society is meaningful for us," she said.
- via: Ancient woman statue revealed in Metropolis (Hurriyet)
As often, the photo accompanying the original article isn't very helpful. It seems to be part of a series which is seen in this Turkish language newspaper:
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Pope 'could be sued over child abuse'
Australian human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson says Pope Benedict's resignation could expose him to lawsuits from victims of pedophile priests.
Robertson, writing in UK newspaper the Independent, argues the Pope's resignation is "merely expedient" as he'd become too old to cope in the job.
"It would have been both astonishing and courageous, a few years ago, had it been offered in atonement for the atrocity to which he had for 30 years turned a blind eye - the rape, buggery and molestation of tens of thousands of small boys in priestly care," writes the author of The Case of The Pope: Vatican Accountability for Human Rights Abuse.
Robertson, based in London, argues the Pope's "command responsibility" goes back to 1981 when he was appointed head of the Vatican body that disciplines errant priests.
Letters from then Cardinal Ratzinger have emerged in US court cases "always protective of rapist priests", he writes.
Robertson notes as a head of state Pope Benedict has absolute immunity from legal action, but that won't remain when he retires.
"There are many victims of priests permitted by Cardinal Ratzinger to stay in holy orders after their propensity to molest was known and they would like to sue the ex-Pope for damages for negligence," the lawyer states.
"If he steps outside the Vatican a court may rule that they have a case."


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Opinion: U.S. health care is more broken than we thought
The cover story of last week's Time magazine wasn't the usual fare, such as "Marco Rubio: Savior of the Republican Party."
"Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us" is a serious, exhaustively reported piece about the scam the U.S. health-care system has become. The article, by Steven Brill, has created unusual buzz in Washington; it spares no vested interest.
Nonprofit hospitals, the cornerstone of many communities, capriciously overcharge patients, sticking the powerless with exorbitant bills while paying lavish salaries to their executives. Drug companies, which charge humongous markups to American customers, rake in huge profits. Trial lawyers, with the threat of legal action, add to the cost of defensive medicine. President Obama's Affordable Care Act does little to bend the cost curve, and while conservatives rail against Medicare, the government-run program is more efficient and customer-friendly than the private system.
None of this is new. Yet it resonates for several reasons: Brill documents the particulars more forcefully, and, as health- care spending approaches 20 percent of the U.S. economy, almost every American is affected and the debate is politically polarizing. When asked to respond to these charges, most of the system's stakeholders react in similar ways: Many of these criticisms are valid -- except when it applies to us.
The American Hospital Association says, yes, the current billing system is broken, but hospitals aren't to blame. When patients look at hospital bills, says Richard Umbdenstock, the group's president, the prices reflect not just the cost of a particular item but "all the resources required to provide the care." Moreover, he says, the "vast majority" of patients don't pay the initial bill; that's just the starting point.
Linda Lipsen, chief executive officer of the American Association for Justice, which represents trial lawyers, said in an interview that Brill's article correctly focuses on health- care costs. Brill opposes the limits on malpractice suits advocated by some conservatives. Yet Lipsen takes issue with his more moderate call for a "safe harbor" standard that would require a defendant -- a hospital or a doctor -- to demonstrate that care was within the bounds of accepted medical practice.
The pharmaceutical industry insists that drugs account for less than 10 percent of health-care costs, are rising at a slow clip and that bargaining by big-bulk purchasers creates a genuine market system.
The administration argues that the Affordable Care Act will significantly reduce costs; Republicans on Capitol Hill dismiss the arguments in Medicare's favor.
If all this were true, the system would be fine. It isn't. Three-fifths of U.S. bankruptcies are caused by medical bills.
Pharmaceutical and medical-device companies, according to Brill, "regularly put clauses in sales contracts prohibiting hospitals from sharing information about what they pay and discounts they get."
More highlights:
-- A woman enters a Connecticut hospital with chest pains. She is examined and is released after four hours once it has been determined there is nothing wrong. The bill: $21,000.
-- A monthlong stay in a Dallas hospital for treatment of pneumonia cost more than $474,000, less than 20 percent of which was covered by insurance.
-- The CEOs of hospitals affiliated with universities make three times more than the president of their university systems.
-- Medical device makers, who are angry about the small tax imposed by Obamacare, are producing returns of 15 percent or more. So are drug companies that charge about a 50 percent premium to patients in the U.S.
-- Medicare is prohibited by Congress from using its leverage to bargain for better prescription-drug prices or to use "comparative effectiveness" tests in approving drugs or procedures.
The trial lawyers are right that the impact of malpractice suits is exaggerated; Texas has enacted one of the toughest limits on them and it hasn't really driven down overall costs. In fact, the threat of litigation is often used as an excuse to perform profitable procedures. Still, something like the safe harbor standard could make some difference and eliminate a distracting argument. Medicare gets whacked a lot these days by politicians. Brill demonstrates that the program is more cost-effective. Rather than raising the eligibility age for benefits, he says, lowering the age limit and allowing more people to qualify would decrease health-care costs.
Obama's health-care law guarantees that a lot more Americans will have health insurance -- a good thing -- but the administration is on shakier ground when it contends that the measure will curb costs.
Overall, the system is predicated on a nebulous assumption that there is a real marketplace affected by supply and demand. That's largely a myth. Consuming health care isn't the same as purchasing shoes or a car: If you go to the emergency room or are diagnosed with cancer, you're not likely to bargain-shop.
The system's big stakeholders have well-connected lobbyists, are important campaign contributors or forces in their communities.
They react to articles such as Brill's, but really aren't much worried. They are rich, powerful and protected.
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Castle Review: Behind the MurderCourtney Morrison at .
"Swan Song" was an episode centered around the murder of a guitar player in a rock band.
A band that had been the center of a documentary, that is, placing Beckett and company in front of the cameras. Did this formula work? That's debatable. So let's do so, TV Fanatics...
The weekly case featured the twists and turns that we are used to as Castle fans, but the documentary style approach made things quite a bit different. It was fun and made for some hilarious moments from the characters, but it didn't make the hour one of the series' best.
Esposito really took center stage, showing off his personality in a great way. This by far was a highlight. His singing, his muscles and his making sure his best angle was in view were awesome.
Seriously, have you been to the man's gun show?
Even Gates was a lot softer... for a while. And Stana Katic was perfect in her awkwardness.And Lanie was adorable in her few moments of screen time. And Castle? Well, he was typical Castle.
It's always interesting to see a series take a different approach, even if for just one week. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. We all remember the Grey's Anatomy singing episode, right? This seemed to work for Castle... as long as it is a one time thing. This is definitely not something I would want to see a handful of times. Am I alone in thinking that?
What makes this show great is the clever writing, the light heartedness and the fun. All of these traits were visible in "Swan Song," but were hidden under the layer of the documentary style approach.
After Thoughts
- Have Ryan's eyes always been that blue? Seriously, those things are piercing.
- Espo should wear his shirts that tight ALL of the time.
- The quick embrace between Castle and Beckett was so sweet.
- Looks like we got through another week without Gates finding out about Caskett.
Overall, a fun episode but not my favorite. What did you think? Did you enjoy the different approach the series took in this installment? Sound off below to let us know what you thought of "Swan Song" and check back later this week for the Castle Round Table as take a look at the Castle quotes for some funny one liners from Espo and the gang.
Until next week, Castle fans.


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I'm sorry that I can't post more photos.
I'm sorry that the goddamn photo agencies didn't bother taking more photos. I'm sorry that Idris Elba, a nominee, wasn't important enough for them to want to take photos. I'm sorry that the demand for Idris Elba photos is so low that the photographers would rather spend their energies elsewhere. After all, how many blogs hit up Idris Elba on the regular? How often are those blogs asked to hit up Idris on the regular?
This may because you haven't watched Luther. (Or The Wire.) And you should. Luther is my jam right now. But Idris Elba? He's been my quiver for a long time now.
Look at him.
Getting loose at the HBO after-party. Please. More of this. PLEASE.
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I tried very, very hard to like Luther's singing. Wasn't successful. Am now trying very, very hard to un-see and un-hear it. You?
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