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Last year we sent more than 8,333 job requests to our locksmiths businesses.
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She has spent months by her F1 legend husband's hospital bed, but Corinna Schumacher has been hailed a heroine as she laughed and joked at the weekend.
Only weeks friends expressed their fears for 45-year-old Michael's wife as she spent 10 hours a day by his side as he battled for life.
The racer's has been in a coma following a skiing accident in December when he fell and hit his head on rocks.
The seven-times Formula One world champion is now being treated in a rehab clinic near his family home in Lausanne where he has been for the past three weeks.
And his carers hope Schui, left virtually paralysed and speechless, may make enough progress to sit in a wheelchair before the summer is out.
Corinna, married to Michael for 18 years, laughed, joked, smiled and handed out chocolates at a riding event in her native Switzerland in her first public appearance in months.
Only weeks ago she was warned by close friends, despite her devotion to be with her husband, she was on the cusp of making herself gravely ill.
She was warned to find downtime for herself otherwise she risked succumbing to depression.
The latest pictures of her, dressed in jeans and a casual summer blouse, at the weekend at her western-style ranch in Givrins, Switzerland, shows she has taken the advice to heart.
Schumacher's manager Sabine Kehm was with her as she held a western-style riding tournament called 'reining' at the ranch.
Corinna was "the epitome of grace and charm", said onlookers at the ranch as riders from more than a dozen nations turned up for the day's events at the ultra-modern arena that Corinna bought in 2004.
Another onlooker said:" She was not so mighty that she couldn't push away a wheelbarrow with manure from the stables. She had kind words for everyone there."
The Schumacher's son Michael, 15, who usually likes racing karts like his father before he graduated to F1, rode one of her horses to give a display of his equestrian skills before his mother and sister sister Gina-Maria, 17.


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Occasionally, someone comes by to drop off a bouquet, a note of condolence attached.
The inhabitants of the house, William and Betty Parente, and their 11-year-old daughter, Catherine, won't be coming home.
The three, along with Stephanie Parente, 19, the elder daughter, were found dead Monday at a hotel in Towson.
"I've been sick about it all day today," Jerrie Trapani said Tuesday after dropping off a bouquet at the family's door. "We will miss you Stef," the note accompanying it said. There were four little X's drawn at the bottom. Trapani's son Brian, 20, went to the Garden City High School prom two years ago with Stephanie Parente, a sophomore at Loyola College in Maryland. The kids grew up together, Trapani said.
On Monday, at the request of the Baltimore County police, officers from the Garden City Police Department came to the house, where the Parentes had lived for 12 years, to see whether it too was a crime scene, "to check that there were no other victims and to see if there were any next of kin," said Lt. Vincent Thorn.
Baltimore County police are investigating the deaths as a murder-suicide.
The house is immaculately kept, its lawn mowed, its flower beds neat, its hedges clipped. There is a free-standing basketball hoop in the driveway, next to a silver Volvo S40 with a Loyola College sticker in the rear window. An identical sticker decorated the family's other car, a Mercedes-Benz sport utility vehicle that they used to travel the 200 miles to Towson.
Next door, Cristina Salata sat in her car in the driveway after stopping by to see her parents, close friends of the Parentes. Salata, whose father, a real estate broker, sold the family their house, described them as "the loveliest people."
"It's not as though you could say there was anything weird with them," said Salata, whose husband, Pete, graduated from Loyola in 2000.
The Parentes had moved out to Garden City from Brooklyn, Salata said, and "had a lot of close friends in town." She described the two girls as "beautiful, beautiful."
Salata's father, Robert J. Krener, 64, came outside holding the Parentes' last Christmas card: a picture of the two girls smiling and wearing red Santa Claus caps.
"The whole thing is beyond a tragedy," Krener said. "Betty had such a wonderful sense of humor," he said, recalling she would always bake pies - apple or pumpkin - at Thanksgiving and give one to the Kreners.
"She just had a joy about her, a true inner spirituality," he said.
The Parentes were active members of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Garden City, where Betty Parente distributed Communion. The Rev. Joseph M. Schlafer said he will meet with parents Wednesday night to help guide them on explaining the tragedy to their children.
William Parente was an tax and estate attorney who had an office in midtown Manhattan, where no one answered the phone Tuesday.
Betty Parente was involved in the Girl Scouts and Garden City chapters of several charity organizations, including a United Cerebral Palsy auxiliary and the Children's Medical Fund. She was a member of the Garden City Welcome Club.
"She was a wonderful person and worked very hard for the charity," said Clare Barbadillo of Children's Medical Fund.
Krener, who graduated from Mount St. Mary's College in 1967, said Betty Parente was a cancer survivor and that her newfound vigor was a testament to her happiness at having overcome the disease.
William Parente, he said, would "leave early and come home late" on workdays, but could often be seen on weekends heading off to "get bagels for the girls."
"He'd always wave as he drove by," Krener said. "They used to come over for dinner. There was never a cross word between them. If there was something wrong, we'd have picked it up. Something's missing here."
Betty Parente's friend Marianne Quinn, 53, told Newsday that William Parente had been depressed about the death of his mother. The first anniversary of the death was about a week ago.
A local newspaper published a photograph of Betty Parente and her two daughters at a United Cerebral Palsy benefit luncheon about a year ago. Catherine Parente was among the children who read Mother's Day tribute poetry at the event, the newspaper noted.
Catherine was "was a wonderful, talented and sweet child who was treasured by teachers and staff members," according to a statement from the school district in Garden City.
The Parentes liked to travel. At Christmas, Krener recalled, the family went to Florida and stayed at the Fountainebleau hotel in Miami Beach. The family also had a condo on the beach in Westhampton, N.Y., according to property records.
A few months ago, William and Betty Parente saw South Pacific in Manhattan. "They were so excited to go to that," Krener said.
As the afternoon wore on, visitors came and went on the quiet block.
Another bouquet arrived. "Betty, thank you for always making me smile," said the note signed by Cathy and Scott. "You all will be missed. You will always be remembered in our hearts."
Nick Madigan reported from Garden City. Gus G. Sentementes and Baltimore Sun reporter Julie Bykowicz reported from Baltimore. The Associated Press contributed to this article.


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In the coming year Confie Seguros plans to up its buying spree and expand into standard personal and small commercial lines, while broadening its demographic from being primarily Hispanic focused, the president of the Buena Park, Calif.-based insurance agency said on Thursday.
Growth is all Confie Seguros has known since its inception in 2008, building up to today what can be considered a massive portfolio of more than 300 regional auto insurance brokerages. It has market positions in California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Washington, Oregon, New York, New Jersey, and Nevada. This year it has plans to expand in states including, Illinois, Georgia and the Carolinas.
Confie Seguros has reported annual revenues of more than $200 million, but according to President Mordy Rothberg the firm's plans put it on track for more than twice that over the next few years.
"The plan is to grow from $200 million to $500 million in the next three to five years," he said.
Perhaps a larger goal, and one Rothberg feels is complementary to Confie's plans for revenue growth, is to expand into personal lines, a segment that Rothberg referred to as "fragmented" and "ripe for expansion."
"We have an opportunity to expand – and I think it's a natural progression – into the standard personal lines and the small commercial markets," Rothberg said.
He added, "We want to be the first national personal lines broker in the U.S."
It's certainly a hefty market. Private passenger auto insurance constituted just over a $160 billion market in the U.S. in 2011, while homeowner's insurance was measured at $63.4 billion, according to the Insurance Information Institute.
While Confie has plans to grow internally, it's the external growth through acquisitions driving its expansion.
Confie has been on a buying spree that may be gaining steam. In 2012 Confie made 22 acquisitions. In December the firm acquired four regional insurance brokerages in Florida and Nevada.
Their spree may have been helped by the fact that 2012 was big year for acquisitions as capital gains were due to rise, generating a big rush for people to sell their businesses. Despite that boost, Rothberg is confident the number of purchases Confie makes in 2013 will exceed last year's total.
"We hope to do over 30 this year," he said, adding the goal is to acquire over $50 million in revenues. "We have a whole new universe to really expand."
Already underway with its merger and acquisition plans, at the start of January Confie again targeted Florida: Second City Insurance, in Holiday; Insurance of Lauderdale Lakes, in Lauderhill; and, Harmony Insurance, in Kissimmee.
Standard personal lines is not entirely new for Confie. Thanks to its continued M&A mindset, Confie has some non-Hispanic, standard preferred business in upstate New York, New Jersey as well as in Washington.
"I think you're going to see in 2013 a big push in that direction," Rothberg said. "A lot of the deals that we are going to be doing are in the standard preferred, small commercial segment."
And Confie isn't just looking to buy agencies. They are partnering with firms as well, giving them resources and capital to help them grow, Rothberg noted, adding, "We have a very flexible model based upon the needs of the different brokers."
Some of Confie's planned internal growth may come with the backing of its carrier partners, such as Safeco and Travelers, as well from conversations presently going on with new carriers, according to Rothberg.
"We have approached a number of carriers who are very excited about our plan," he said, though he declined to say which carriers Confie is talking with.
Among the host of news Confie's president delivered when speaking about expansion, perhaps one of the most notable is an expansion of Confie's demographics, considering Confie had little competition in the non-standard, Hispanic segment that is largely responsible for propelling the firm to success.
"We're not losing focus the Hispanic consumer, but we're expanding our focus," Rothberg said.
This all comes just two months after Confie announced its purchase by ABRY Partners. It was announced in November that the Boston-based private equity firm acquired a majority of the equity in Confie from San Francisco, Calif.-based Genstar Capital. ABRY focuses on business and information services, media, and communications investments. Since 1989, ABRY has completed more than $36 billion of leveraged transactions and other private equity and mezzanine investments, representing investments in approximately 450 properties.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and RBC Capital Markets advised Confie Seguros on the transaction, while Alexander W. Sica of Sica Consultants Inc. advised ABRY Partners.
Sica said the deal with ABRY brings more capital to help with Confie's goals.
"I think they'll continue to grow," said Sica, who worked on several acquisition deals last year involving firms like Arthur J. Gallagher, Marsh & McLennan and Brown & Brown. "Their goal is to be the first national broker focused primarily on personal lines. I think they'll be every bit of that and more."
An industry analyst not involved with the ABRY-Confie deal said he believes that it will provide Confie with the momentum to move forward with its ambitious plans.
"They've got good credibility, and a good backer with capital and an identity that will allow Confie to acquire and integrate agencies to work toward their goal," said the analyst, who asked to have his name withheld.
He added: "I think the idea of covering the waterfront in terms of personal lines makes sense. To some extent the purchase decision around insurance is one decision. By and large people seem to sort of get the car insurance first, and whatever agent they get it from that's their guy. And five years later they buy a house and they probably go to that guy."
Despite the numerous agency consolidations over the years, there is no threat of a shortage of agencies a firm like Confie can buy. After declining from 44,000 in 1996 to 37,500 in 2006 the number of independent agencies has grown to 38,500 in the past two years, according to a recent study issued by the Insurance Agents & Brokers of America.
Asked why he's so confident Confie will continue to expand, Rothberg quickly noted that Confie was formed at the height of one of the worst economies in U.S. history, and despite that it grew.
Confie's growth plans could be further aided by a brightened outlook in insurance. Two weeks ago I.I.I President and Economist Robert Hartwig in put out his report on the results for the first nine months of 2012 showing profitability in the property/casualty insurance industry rebounded sharply during that period "propelled chiefly by a sharp drop in catastrophe losses and a marked acceleration in premium growth."
However, the results for the period do not include the impacts of Hurricane Sandy, which hit the Northeast U.S. at the end of October. In fact the story overshadowed "what has otherwise been a broad based improvement in property/casualty insurance industry performance in 2012," according to Hartwig's report.


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The ID scheme is the most obvious of the Home Office's IT headaches, but it's by no means the only one. The Immigration and Nationality Directorate's recent discovery of up to 450,000 records associated with asylum seekers speaks volumes about the state (or indeed the very existence) of the asylum and immigration database, while serial failures in passing simple pieces of data between departments and agencies indicates systemic IT failure. Even if you conceded the ID scheme was dead now, you would not be able to fix the Home Office without fixing all the rest of the IT.
There are signs in the Home Office's Reform Action Plan, which was unveiled yesterday, that the Home Office grasps this, but there are also less positive signs that suggest that having understood it, it has decided to fake it anyway, for the sake of brevity. In terms of broad structure the Home Office centre is intended to shrink while its various arms gain greater autonomy and accountability, and savings from staff cuts at the centre are to be balanced by increased resources for and improvements in front line services, as per the standard Brown/Gershon pitch for 'efficiency savings' (which received a poor review from the Public Accounts committee today). IND itself will evolve into an executive agency of the Home Office, while the new National Policing Improvement Agency will open its doors in April 2007. The Identity and Passport Service already is an executive agency, which leaves one other major operational service, the National Offender Management Service (NOMS). Home Office structures and IT systems will also need to take numerous other areas, including police, prisons and criminal justice, into account.
According to the plan, the Home Office "will completely overhaul how we collect, analyse, share and use management information in developing policy, delivering front-line services and in communications." There will also be "a programme to improve our management information", while published statistics will be streamlined (which may or may not be a euphemism), and research and analytical resources will focus on "producing timely and accurate information for our policy teams and operations."
So there's clearly plenty of IT management meat there, along with what one might presume as a heavy budget requirement. That, however, may not be entirely straightforward, because in common with other departments the Home Office is under a tight financial leash, and Home Secretary Reid has already had to horse-trade with the Treasury to finance the new prisons he finds himself in need of. However, "We will build reliable and efficient processes in all our operating areas, through implementing a Department-wide programme, and will strengthen our systems through an IT strategy led by our new Chief Information Officer."
The CIO, intended to "lead the work to join up information and IT systems across the Home Office", is clearly key. A Home Office spokesman however told The Register that no appointment had yet been made, that the recruitment process had yet to begin, and that there was as yet no timescale for the appointment. The Plan however calls for the CIO to have developed a "Home Office-wide IT strategy" by December 2006 - which will be a good trick if they, whoever they turn out to be, can pull it off.
Also by the end of 2006 each of the operating businesses is intended to have "a high-quality IT director." The spokesman was unable to say how many of these, if any, were already in place, but it seems likely that there's a whole IT upper management superstructure to be put into place in order to drive the IT programme forward. The Home Office is however engaged in "a rapid stock take of our most important programmes, including those with significant IT components, which will be completed by the end of September 2006."
Some form of IT rescue programme also seems to be already engaged at the Identity and Passport Service (whose new chief executive is to be announced in September): "We will also build on the approach developed by criminal justice IT to assess and improve IT programmes - the Identity and Passport Service will complete a pilot by September 2006, and we will extend this across the Department by the end of the year."
The Register has asked the Home Office for some elaboration, and they may well get back to us with it at some point. It does however look like IT strategy is beginning to go into place before the IT management actually arrives, which risks the imposition of a top-down strategy implemented without adequate consideration of what's going on on the ground. The reference to criminal justice is however significant, because the current Government CIO, John Suffolk, moved there from criminal justice IT; we could therefore speculate that he's involved in digging the ID scheme out of the mire. With what success we may discover in September - the wise job applicant might choose to wait until then to sign. ®
Tough on language... In framing the challenge, the Home Office tells us that John Reid expects performance to improve in five areas, the first of these being "poor performance." It is tempting to pretend they're saying performance isn't poor enough yet, that "weak services" aren't weak enough, or that they haven't got anything like enough "inadequate systems and processes." But yes, it's not clever, it's not funny and we know what they mean really. Nevertheless, the notion of the Home Office striving to improve its performance performance does conjure pictures of hamsters and wheels...


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Before they begin dispensing financial advice to clients, most advisors receive extensive training through college courses, professional certification programs and on-the-job experience. But few independent advisors are equally well-prepared to assume the roles of CEO and rainmaker—both of which are essential to a thriving practice. To help advisors gain a competitive edge by confidently embracing their leadership roles, Commonwealth Financial Network launched Power in Practice, a year-long business coaching program. In this four-article series, we'll follow a group of advisors as they embark on the 2012 Power in Practice program, sharing key lessons and insights they pick up along the way.
Now in its second year, Power in Practice guides advisors in creating practice management infrastructure while renewing their focus on growth and business development. Unlike the typical training session, which introduces a lot of great ideas that may not get implemented, the program provides business owners with tactical steps and structure intended to serve them throughout their careers. Specifically, Power in Practice is designed to help advisors tap their potential by:
- Identifying opportunities and developing a game plan for growing revenue in the coming year
- Clarifying near- and long-term goals and implementing best practices to achieve them
- Enhancing leadership skills and developing practices for more effectively managing staff and time
- Creating a streamlined infrastructure to boost operational efficiency
Presented in three two-day workshops, the curriculum covers small business leadership, production enhancement, human resources, operational efficiency, marketing and risk management. In between the workshops, peer group conference calls help reinforce best practices and promote accountability and follow-through. Pre- and post-workshop assignments encourage participants to make the most of each session, while a series of one-on-one coaching calls gives advisors the opportunity to discuss their unique challenges with a certified coach.
At the program's end, advisors walk away with a personalized practice management manual to support them in the CEO role indefinitely, plus a clear plan for enhancing their production and taking their firms to the next level—from practices to businesses.
Sounds great, but does it work?
Talk is cheap, so here are some hard facts about Power in Practice. Advisors who participated in the program's inaugural year saw a significant increase in revenue compared with Commonwealth advisors who didn't take advantage of the program. Participants who generated between $200,000 and $475,000 in 2010 GDC increased their 2011 revenue by a weighted average of 24% over nonparticipating advisors with the same 2010 GDC. Participants who generated more than $475,000 in 2010 GDC (including several million-dollar producers) increased their 2011 revenue by 44% over those in a similar revenue range who didn't participate in the program.
Take Kris Maksimovich of Global Wealth Advisors in Dallas, who grew his revenue substantially in 2011. In his own words, here's what Maksimovich took away from the program:
"It all started with clearly outlining our business and marketing plan for the next year. While we've done this every year, it's a bit different when you're challenged by your peers to address any gaps in planning and focus more intently on the strengths of your practice. In addition, over the past 12 months, we have:
- Identified and fine-tuned our core processes, those most often used in day-to-day operations.
- Analyzed our client base to determine which relationships were not profitable for the firm, and gained a clearer understanding of how much the time we spent on them truly cost us.
- Benchmarked how our practice compared with firms of equal and larger size in several areas, including budget, client demographics and profitability.
- Updated our employee manual and more clearly defined team member roles. As a result, employees have taken greater ownership of their positions."
In short, Maksimovich says, "We now feel we have a laser-sharp focus on the drivers of profitability for our practice."
Workshop #1
Ready to apply some of the program's teachings in your own firm? Let's recap the first Power in Practice workshop of 2012, which was attended by a diverse group of advisors from across the revenue spectrum.
Business planning. To kick off the workshop, participants were presented with a question: What is the value of a written business plan? Few had made a habit of updating their business plans annually, and some had never written one at all. Many thought of a business plan as a hefty 50-page document—an image that discouraged them from even trying to create one. Power in Practice takes a simplified approach to business planning, "right-sizing" it for small businesses. In the first workshop, advisors begin creating a streamlined business plan that consists of three key components: the firm's business vision, strategic directives for the next three years and SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-bound) goals for the next year. By the end of the program, participants will have made significant progress toward completing a solid business plan.
Building on the approach to time management presented in Stephen Covey's "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People," we discussed the "nesting" principle of business planning. Consider a child's stacking toy, where one piece nests within a larger piece nested inside an even larger piece and so on. Likewise, from a time management perspective, it makes sense to nest the tasks required to accomplish your goals within a longer-term strategy, which aligns with the business vision tucked inside your personal vision. When these components fit together, you've got a concise and precise business plan.
Several participants mentioned how difficult it can be to make a goal SMART—specifically, the challenge of writing a goal specific enough to measure. But the advisors agreed that it was worth the effort, as the added clarity on the front end would help them and their staff members actually achieve the goal.
Human resources. The human resources segment of Power in Practice focuses on creating fundamental HR documents—job descriptions, performance reviews and employee handbooks—all of which will end up in the participant's practice management manual. Using the Gallup Organization's 12 dimensions of "best places to work," the advisors discovered how execution of the fundamentals is critical to creating an exceptional work environment. Participants were asked to anticipate how employees would rate their firms on dimensions such as:
- I know what is expected of me at work.
- There is someone at work who encourages my development.
- The mission/purpose of my company makes me feel my job is important.
- My fellow employees are committed to doing quality work.
- In the last six months, someone at work has talked to me about my progress.
- This last year, I have had opportunities at work to learn and grow.
It can be even more enlightening to ask employees to rate your firm on these elements confidentially.
Marketing. Marketing is the nemesis of many an advisor. Although it may seem exciting initially, many advisors can't sustain their marketing efforts over time. Not surprisingly, an occasional marketing blast has little value it it's not part of an ongoing strategy. Additionally, advisors often fail to identify a niche to market to. Marketing collateral that's not directed toward a specific audience tends to be bland and watered down rather than speaking to an ideal client's most critical issues. Disappointed by their results, many advisors abandon their marketing efforts altogether.
Power in Practice addresses these common marketing pitfalls by helping advisors build a foundation for long-term success. First, the participants isolate a particular niche they wish to target, identify its hot issues and define what makes them uniquely qualified to serve the chosen niche. Next, they create a monthly marketing calendar of tactics they will deploy to market to existing clients, prospects and strategic alliances. They also select a staff person to whom they will delegate responsibility for implementing the calendar. The participants felt that these two steps—defining a niche and creating a marketing calendar—would provide the kind of structure they need in order to stick with their marketing efforts.
Production enhancement. Finally, we covered production enhancement, a topic that's addressed in each of the three workshops. In the first session, we introduced the three A's of production success: aptitude, attitude and activity. Of course, advisors naturally have different aptitudes for rainmaking. Some individuals will introduce themselves to others in an elevator instinctually, while others need to learn how to deliver an "elevator speech." Some advisors constantly network, gaining the names and addresses of people they meet without even thinking about the fact that they're prospecting; others must make a point of reaching out to new contacts.
No matter their natural tendencies, most successful advisors start their careers with a focus on activity. The 20-point system we introduce in Power in Practice reminds participants that focusing their time and energy on revenue-generating activities works. First, the advisors pinpoint the activities that will become part of their personalized system for allocating time and energy to achieve the greatest profit. Whether it's asking for introductions, networking with strategic alliances or hosting informal events for clients and their guests, each action item is defined and assigned a certain number of points. Depending on the advisor's existing business and desire to grow, he or she sets a goal to tally 20 points of revenue-generating activity per day (for early-career advisors) or per week (for established advisors).
Many advisors will admit, "I used to focus on revenue-generating activity. In fact, it worked so well I quit doing it." It's interesting to note that even highly successful seven-figure advisors eagerly adopt the 20-point system, and many share the idea with other advisors in their firms. The self-imposed tracking starts in the first workshop and becomes one of the items the peer groups monitor as the program continues. Of course, any advisor in an ensemble practice can easily apply the concept with another colleague; solo advisors can seek out a personal coach to support accountability.
Opening up to new possibilities
In talking with their peers during the first workshop, many of the participants found that they're in similar situations when it comes to carrying out their duties as CEO and rainmaker. As one participant noted, "It's important for me to be honest and admit my business shortcomings. I don't need to be afraid to admit that I need to work on them because they are fundamental to my future success." Indeed, that openness is essential to making the most of the program and realizing one's fullest potential as a business leader.
In the second article of this series, we'll share how the participants implemented the concepts after the first Power in Practice workshop—and we'll look at the new concepts introduced in the second workshop.


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Marijuana is a green or gray mixture of dried shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. Hashish consists of resinous secretions of the cannabis plant. Dronabinol (synthetic THC) is a light yellow resinous oil.
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Synonyms: Cannabis, marijuana, pot, reefer, buds, grass, weed, dope, ganja, herb, boom, gangster, Mary Jane, sinsemilla, shit, joint, hash, hash oil, blow, blunt, green, kilobricks, Thai sticks; Marinol®
Source: Cannabis contains chemicals called cannabinoids, including cannabinol, cannabidiol, cannabinolidic acids, cannabigerol, cannabichromene, and several isomers of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). One of these isomers, Δ9-THC, is believed to be responsible for most of the characteristic psychoactive effects of cannabis. Marijuana refers to the leaves and flowering tops of the cannabis plant; the buds are often preferred because of their higher THC content. Hashish consists of the THC-rich resinous secretions of the plant, which are collected, dried, compressed and smoked. Hashish oil is produced by extracting the cannabinoids from plant material with a solvent. In the U. S., marijuana, hashish and hashish oil are Schedule I controlled substances. Dronabinol (Marinol®) is a Schedule III controlled substance and is available in strengths of 2.5, 5 or 10 mg in round, soft gelatin capsules.
Drug Class: Cannabis/ Marijuana: spectrum of behavioral effects is unique, preventing classification of the drug as a stimulant, sedative, tranquilizer, or hallucinogen. Dronabinol: appetite stimulant, antiemetic.
Medical and Recreational Uses: Medicinal: Indicated for the treatment of anorexia associated with weight loss in patients with AIDS, and to treat mild to moderate nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy.Recreational: Marijuana is used for its mood altering effects, euphoria, and relaxation. Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug throughout the world.
Potency, Purity and Dose: THC is the major psychoactive constituent of cannabis. Potency is dependent on THC concentration and is usually expressed as %THC per dry weight of material. Average THC concentration in marijuana is 1-5%, hashish 5-15%, and hashish oil ³ 20%. The form of marijuana known as sinsemilla is derived from the unpollinated female cannabis plant and is preferred for its high THC content (up to 17% THC). Recreational doses are highly variable and users often titer their own dose. A single intake of smoke from a pipe or joint is called a hit (approximately 1/20th of a gram). The lower the potency or THC content the more hits are needed to achieve the desired effects; 1-3 hits of high potency sinsemilla is typically enough to produce the desired effects. In terms of its psychoactive effect, a drop or two of hash oil on a cigarette is equal to a single "joint" of marijuana. Medicinally, the initial starting dose of Marinol® is 2.5 mg, twice daily.
Route of Administration: Marijuana is usually smoked as a cigarette ('joint') or in a pipe or bong. Hollowed out cigars packed with marijuana are also common and are called `. Joints and blunts are often laced with adulterants including PCP or crack cocaine. Joints can also be dipped in liquid PCP or in codeine cough syrup. Marijuana is also orally ingested.
Pharmacodynamics: THC binds to cannabinoid receptors and interferes with important endogenous cannabinoid neurotransmitter systems. Receptor distribution correlates with brain areas involved in physiological, psychomotor and cognitive effects. Correspondingly, THC produces alterations in motor behavior, perception, cognition, memory, learning, endocrine function, food intake, and regulation of body temperature.
Pharmacokinetics: Absorption is slower following the oral route of administration with lower, more delayed peak THC levels. Bioavailability is reduced following oral ingestion due to extensive first pass metabolism. Smoking marijuana results in rapid absorption with peak THC plasma concentrations occurring prior to the end of smoking. Concentrations vary depending on the potency of marijuana and the manner in which the drug is smoked, however, peak plasma concentrations of 100-200 ng/mL are routinely encountered. Plasma THC concentrations generally fall below 5 ng/mL less than 3 hours after smoking. THC is highly lipid soluble, and plasma and urinary elimination half-lives are best estimated at 3-4 days, where the rate-limiting step is the slow redistribution to plasma of THC sequestered in the tissues. Shorter half-lives are generally reported due to limited collection intervals and less sensitive analytical methods. Plasma THC concentrations in occasional users rapidly fall below limits of quantitation within 8 to 12 h. THC is rapidly and extensively metabolized with very little THC being excreted unchanged from the body. THC is primarily metabolized to 11-hydroxy-THC which has equipotent psychoactivity. The 11-hydroxy-THC is then rapidly metabolized to the 11-nor-9-carboxy-THC (THC-COOH) which is not psychoactive. A majority of THC is excreted via the feces (~65%) with approximately 30% of the THC being eliminated in the urine as conjugated glucuronic acids and free THC hydroxylated metabolites.
Molecular Interactions / Receptor Chemistry: THC is metabolized via cytochrome P450 2C9, 2C11, and 3A isoenzymes. Potential inhibitors of these isoenzymes could decrease the rate of THC elimination if administered concurrently, while potential inducers could increase the rate of elimination.
Blood to Plasma Concentration Ratio: 0.55
Interpretation of Blood Concentrations: It is difficult to establish a relationship between a person's THC blood or plasma concentration and performance impairing effects. Concentrations of parent drug and metabolite are very dependent on pattern of use as well as dose. THC concentrations typically peak during the act of smoking, while peak 11-OH THC concentrations occur approximately 9-23 minutes after the start of smoking. Concentrations of both analytes decline rapidly and are often < 5 ng/mL at 3 hours. Significant THC concentrations (7 to 18 ng/mL) are noted following even a single puff or hit of a marijuana cigarette. Peak plasma THC concentrations ranged from 46-188 ng/mL in 6 subjects after they smoked 8.8 mg THC over 10 minutes. Chronic users can have mean plasma levels of THC-COOH of 45 ng/mL, 12 hours after use; corresponding THC levels are, however, less than 1 ng/mL. Following oral administration, THC concentrations peak at 1-3 hours and are lower than after smoking. Dronabinol and THC-COOH are present in equal concentrations in plasma and concentrations peak at approximately 2-4 hours after dosing.
It is inadvisable to try and predict effects based on blood THC concentrations alone, and currently impossible to predict specific effects based on THC-COOH concentrations. It is possible for a person to be affected by marijuana use with concentrations of THC in their blood below the limit of detection of the method. Mathematical models have been developed to estimate the time of marijuana exposure within a 95% confidence interval. Knowing the elapsed time from marijuana exposure can then be used to predict impairment in concurrent cognitive and psychomotor effects based on data in the published literature.
Interpretation of Urine Test Results: Detection of total THC metabolites in urine, primarily THC-COOH-glucuronide, only indicates prior THC exposure. Detection time is well past the window of intoxication and impairment. Published excretion data from controlled clinical studies may provide a reference for evaluating urine cannabinoid concentrations; however, these data are generally reflective of occasional marijuana use rather than heavy, chronic marijuana exposure. It can take as long as 4 hours for THC-COOH to appear in the urine at concentrations sufficient to trigger an immunoassay (at 50ng/mL) following smoking. Positive test results generally indicate use within 1-3 days; however, the detection window could be significantly longer following heavy, chronic, use. Following single doses of Marinol®, low levels of dronabinol metabolites have been detected for more than 5 weeks in urine. Low concentrations of THC have also been measured in over-the-counter hemp oil products – consumption of these products may produce positive urine cannabinoid test results.
Effects: Pharmacological effects of marijuana vary with dose, route of administration, experience of user, vulnerability to psychoactive effects, and setting of use.
Psychological: At recreational doses, effects include relaxation, euphoria, relaxed inhibitions, sense of well-being, disorientation, altered time and space perception, lack of concentration, impaired learning and memory, alterations in thought formation and expression, drowsiness, sedation, mood changes such as panic reactions and paranoia, and a more vivid sense of taste, sight, smell, and hearing. Stronger doses intensify reactions and may cause fluctuating emotions, flights of fragmentary thoughts with disturbed associations, a dulling of attention despite an illusion of heightened insight, image distortion, and psychosis.
Physiological: The most frequent effects include increased heart rate, reddening of the eyes, dry mouth and throat, increased appetite, and vasodilatation.
Side Effect Profile: Fatigue, paranoia, possible psychosis, memory problems, depersonalization, mood alterations, urinary retention, constipation, decreased motor coordination, lethargy, slurred speech, and dizziness. Impaired health including lung damage, behavioral changes, and reproductive, cardiovascular and immunological effects have been associated with regular marijuana use. Regular and chronic marijuana smokers may have many of the same respiratory problems that tobacco smokers have (daily cough and phlegm, symptoms of chronic bronchitis), as the amount of tar inhaled and the level of carbon monoxide absorbed by marijuana smokers is 3 to 5 times greater than among tobacco smokers. Smoking marijuana while shooting up cocaine has the potential to cause severe increases in heart rate and blood pressure.
Duration of Effects: Effects from smoking cannabis products are felt within minutes and reach their peak in 10-30 minutes. Typical marijuana smokers experience a high that lasts approximately 2 hours. Most behavioral and physiological effects return to baseline levels within 3-5 hours after drug use, although some investigators have demonstrated residual effects in specific behaviors up to 24 hours, such as complex divided attention tasks. Psychomotor impairment can persist after the perceived high has dissipated. In long term users, even after periods of abstinence, selective attention (ability to filter out irrelevant information) has been shown to be adversely affected with increasing duration of use, and speed of information processing has been shown to be impaired with increasing frequency of use. Dronabinol has an onset of 30-60 minutes, peak effects occur at 2-4 hours, and it can stimulate the appetite for up to 24 hours.
Tolerance, Dependence and Withdrawal Effect: Tolerance may develop to some pharmacological effects of dronabinol. Tolerance to many of the effects of marijuana may develop rapidly after only a few doses, but also disappears rapidly. Marijuana is addicting as it causes compulsive drug craving, seeking, and use, even in the face of negative health and social consequences. Additionally, animal studies suggests marijuana causes physical dependence. A withdrawal syndrome is commonly seen in chronic marijuana users following abrupt discontinuation. Symptoms include restlessness, irritability, mild agitation, hyperactivity, insomnia, nausea, cramping, decreased appetite, sweating, and increased dreaming.
Drug Interactions: Cocaine and amphetamines may lead to increased hypertension, tachycardia and possible cardiotoxicity. Benzodiazepines, barbiturates, ethanol, opioids, antihistamines, muscle relaxants and other CNS depressants increase drowsiness and CNS depression. When taken concurrently with alcohol, marijuana is more likely to be a traffic safety risk factor than when consumed alone.
Performance Effects: The short term effects of marijuana use include problems with memory and learning, distorted perception, difficultly in thinking and problem-solving, and loss of coordination. Heavy users may have increased difficulty sustaining attention, shifting attention to meet the demands of changes in the environment, and in registering, processing and using information. In general, laboratory performance studies indicate that sensory functions are not highly impaired, but perceptual functions are significantly affected. The ability to concentrate and maintain attention are decreased during marijuana use, and impairment of hand-eye coordination is dose-related over a wide range of dosages.Impairment in retention time and tracking, subjective sleepiness, distortion of time and distance, vigilance, and loss of coordination in divided attention tasks have been reported. Note however, that subjects can often "pull themselves together" to concentrate on simple tasks for brief periods of time. Significant performance impairments are usually observed for at least 1-2 hours following marijuana use, and residual effects have been reported up to 24 hours.
Effects on Driving: The drug manufacturer suggests that patients receiving treatment with Marinol® should be specifically warned not to drive until it is established that they are able to tolerate the drug and perform such tasks safely. Epidemiology data from road traffic arrests and fatalities indicate that after alcohol, marijuana is the most frequently detected psychoactive substance among driving populations. Marijuana has been shown to impair performance on driving simulator tasks and on open and closed driving courses for up to approximately 3 hours. Decreased car handling performance, increased reaction times, impaired time and distance estimation, inability to maintain headway, lateral travel, subjective sleepiness, motor incoordination, and impaired sustained vigilance have all been reported. Some drivers may actually be able to improve performance for brief periods by overcompensating for self-perceived impairment. The greater the demands placed on the driver, however, the more critical the likely impairment. Marijuana may particularly impair monotonous and prolonged driving. Decision times to evaluate situations and determine appropriate responses increase. Mixing alcohol and marijuana may dramatically produce effects greater than either drug on its own.
DEC Category: Cannabis
DEC Profile: Horizontal gaze nystagmus not present; vertical gaze nystagmus not present; lack of convergence present; pupil size normal to dilated; reaction to light normal to slow; pulse rate elevated; blood pressure elevated; body temperature normal to elevated. Other characteristic indicators may include odor of marijuana in car or on subject's breath, marijuana debris in mouth, green coating of tongue, bloodshot eyes, body and eyelid tremors, relaxed inhibitions, incomplete thought process, and poor performance on field sobriety tests.
Panel's Assessment of Driving Risks: Low doses of THC moderately impair cognitive and psychomotor tasks associated with driving, while severe driving impairment is observed with high doses, chronic use and in combination with low doses of alcohol The more difficult and unpredictable the task, the more likely marijuana will impair performance.
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Table of Contents
Install structure
In the program directory for YAM the following files and directories will be found:
- YAM The program itself
- YAM.info The program icon
- Resources/
- Themes/ Themes used by YAM along its Graphical User Interface
- Gallery/ Pictures of people mentioned in the address book
- Certificates/
- Spamfilters/
- Folders
- incoming/ the incoming mailbox directory
- outgoing/ the outgoing mailbox directory
- sent/ the directory for sent mail
- trash/ the directory for mail marked for deletion
- drafts/
- spam/
- Rexx/ ARexx programs for YAM
- .config the configuration file
- .folders a list of the folders
- .addressbook the address book
- .glossary the glossary
- .users a list of the YAM users
- .spamdata YAM's spam training data
- .updatestate information for the auto update mechanism
- .signature your personal signature
- .altsignature1 first alternative signature
- .altsignature2 second alternative signature
- .taglines your collection of taglines
- .autosave?.txt backup copies of the editor contents
- .uidl used to avoid duplicates
- .emailcache cache file used by the email cache feature
- YAM.log log file (if the log feature has been set)
Message storage
Each message is saved as a separate file of which the filename is constructed by encoding certain information about the mail (date, status, etc) using the Base64 standard encoding. The resulting name is compatible to any filesystem.
Example: QvZgMAAFe4M=.001,RA
QvZgMAAFe4M=Base64 encoded 5 bytes hash.
This hash is based on the DATE info from the message.
.(dot) - Separator.
001Sequential value. Incremented by 1 if the base filename, including this part, already exists.
,(comma) - Separator.
RAStatus of the message. Possible letters after the comma:
R - Read
A - Answered
M - Marked
Every folder contains an .index file with the headers of every message in the directory. There is also a configuration file called .fconfig which holds the settings for that particular folder.
Theme handling
YAM will use the icons and pictures in /Themes/default along its Graphical User Interface. There are several kinds of icons:
config/config_#?, config_#?_big
These images are what you see when you open Settings to configure YAM.
folder/folder_#?, folder_#?_new
These are the images used in front of the basic Incoming, Deleted, Outgoing and Sent folders. Those with the "_new" suffix are used automatically whenever there is new or unread mail in the folder.
The "folder_fold" and "folder_unfold" images are special: they are used as the icon for folder groups.
A ".fimage" picture file in a folder overrides the default image. This is also the only method supported to have images displayed in front of custom folders.
icon/check.info, empty.info, new.info, old.info
Icons which show the status of the "Incoming" mailbox:
check.info YAM is checking for new mail
empty.info the mailbox is empty
new.info the mailbox has at least one new message
old.info the mailbox only holds "old" mail
These are the status icons displayed by YAM to show the status of the messages.
The "status_mark" icon used when messages are set to "marked" is special: if it is not present, YAM will mark the messages by displaying the sender/recipient data in bold letters.
toolbar/tb_#?, tb_#?_G, tb_#?_S
These are the images used to build the toolbars in the Main, Read, Write and Address book windows. Those named "tb_#?_G" are the "ghosted" variety, i.e. they provide the images to be used when the icons must look ghosted. "tb_#?_S" are the "selected" variety, i.e. when you press a button.
.theme, logo, preview
.theme contains various important text variables that are needed for the theme engine to work.
The "logo" is what you see when you start and quit YAM and also in the "about" window in YAM. (Note: only the default logo is displayed, no matter what theme you have selected.)
The "preview" is a small preview that shows what that icon theme looks like in Settings/Look & Feel.
Misc file formats
The .addressbook file
This plain text file uses a hierarchical scheme following this general format:
YAB4 - YAM Addressbook - Identifier @GROUP alias ································· description · @USER alias -------------. · e-mail address | · real name | · description | · phone # | · street address | · ZIP/City > Person · country | · PGP ID | · birth date | · portrait | · GROUP homepage | · default security | · @ENDUSER -------------' · @LIST alias >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> · return address v · list name v · description v · member #1 >> LIST · member #2 ^ · ... ^ · member #n ^ · ^ · @ENDLIST >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> · @ENDGROUP ·································
Groups, lists and people are started with @GROUP <alias>, @LIST <alias> and @USER <alias> and closed with @ENDGROUP, @ENDLIST and @ENDUSER, respectively. Groups may include lists, and lists may include members. Both lists and people may appear outside groups. List members may be either aliases, addresses or fully qualified "Real name <address>" pairs.
GUI-wise, a group may be dragged&dropped onto a distribution list and viceversa to get all its recipients added to the list. Recursive loops are watched and promptly avoided when appropriate - for instance, if a group contanining a list is dragged&dropped on that list, only the items available in the group other than the contents of the list itself are added to it.
The .emailcache file
This plain text file contains a list of the last n used recipients who were not in the address book, in the format "Name <address>" (or just "<address>" if the name is not available) with one entry per line.
New entries get added at the top. If the limit of entries set in the configuration is exceeded, the oldest entry (i.e. the one at the bottom) is dropped.
If it is already in the cache when writing the mail, the entry is moved to the top — this way, the next time, the most recently used recipient will be suggested first. Entries in the address book will still have priority over the cache, though.
The .fconfig file
This plain text file exists in every folder and stores the settings used therein, using this format:
YFC1 - YAM Folder Configuration
Name = folder_name
MaxAge = age
Password = password
Type = folder_type
XPKType = type_number
Sort1 = primary_sort
Sort2 = secondary_sort
Stats = Y|N
MLSupport = Y|N
MLFromAddr = MLFrom_address
MLRepToAddr = MLRepTo_address
MLPattern = ML_pattern
MLAddress = ML_address
MLSignature = signature_number
- Name is the name of the folder, as it appears in the folder list
- MaxAge is the number of days the messages in the folder will be kept before removing them automatically, where 0 disables this feature (see Configuration/Start/Quit )
- Password is the encoded counterpart of the password used to protect this folder, if any
- Type is a number indicating which type this folder is (should be usually 0 for user folders - see the documentation for the FOLDERINFO command)
- XPKType refers to the XPK mode used in the folder:
0 = none
1 = simple protection (password)
2 = compressed
3 = compressed with password
- Sort1 refers to the primary sort criterion used in the folder, in negative form if the sort is reversed:
1 = Message date
2 = Date received
3 = Sender
4 = Recipient
5 = Subject
6 = Size
7 = Status
- Sort2 is just the same as Sort1, but referred to the secondary sort criterion
- Stats may be either Y or N depending on the status of the "AppIcon stats" flag
- MLSupport may be either Y or N depending on the status of the "Mailing list support" flag
- MLFromAddr shows the contents of the "From: address" field
- MLRepToAddr shows the contents of the "Reply-To: address" field
- MLPattern shows the contents of the "To: pattern" field
- MLAddress shows the contents of the "To: address" field
- MLSignature refers to the default signature to be used when posting messages to this mailing list:
0 = none
1 = default signature, i.e. PROGDIR:.signature
2 = alt. signature !#1
3 = alt. signature !#2
The .folders file
This plain text file uses a hierarchical scheme following this general format:
YFO1 - YAM Folders - Identifier @FOLDER name ------------------. directory > Folder @ENDFOLDER ------------------' @GROUP name ································ status · @FOLDER name ------------------. · directory > Folder · @ENDFOLDER ------------------' · @GROUP name ······················ · status · · @FOLDER name ------------------. · · GROUP directory > Folder · · @ENDFOLDER ------------------' · GROUP · @FOLDER name ------------------. · · directory > Folder · · @ENDFOLDER ------------------' · · @ENDGROUP ······················ · @ENDGROUP ································
where <status> may be either 0 or 1, the latter meaning that the group is unfolded, e.g. its contents are being displayed. Folders may live both inside and outside groups, and groups may be nested.
The order of the folder tree is saved on disk whenever the Folder/Order/Save menu item is called.
The .glossary file
This file contains a list of the definitions made in the glossary using this format:
YDI1 - YAM Dictionary
@ENTRY abbreviation
@ENTRY abbreviation
The .uidl file
If "Avoid duplicates" is enabled in Configuration/New mail , YAM will use the UIDL POP3 command when connecting to your POP3 server to request an Unique ID Listing of the messages in your mail account. The POP3 server is responsible for assigning an unique ID to every message and put it into a "X-UIDL:" header.
If the server doesn't support the UIDL POP3 command, YAM will fall back to the TOP command and try using the "Message-ID:" header instead; if this also fails, an error will be generated.
The Unique ID Listing received from the server is compared against the contents of the "PROGDIR:.uidl" file; if this file doesn't exist yet, it will be created. This is a plain text file with one ID per line using the format <ID>@<POP3 server>, e.g.
Whenever an ID is already found in the "PROGDIR:.uidl" file, the relevant message will be considered a duplicate, and thus it won't be downloaded. New IDs not yet in the "PROGDIR:.uidl" file will be added to it as the corresponding messages are successfully downloaded.
The .users file
This file contains a list of the users that can log in and use YAM. YAM maintains this file by itself, so you shouldn't ever touch it, unless maybe you are moving YAM to another place in your hard disk.
The file uses the following format:
1st line: YUS2 - YAM Users
2nd line: @USER <username>
3rd line: mail directory of this user, e.g. Comm:YAM
4th line: number
5th line: encrypted password, if any
6th line: @ENDUSER
further lines: next user definition, upto 16 maximum.
where "number" is a value defining the status of this user combining the following set of elements:
No Supervisor privileges = 4
Share global address book = 2
Share global glossary = 1
Thus, "3" would mean the user has Supervisor privileges and is sharing the global address book and glossary. This is the default value in a single user setup.
The log file
The log file used by YAM is an ASCII file storing one event per line. Each line is saved in this format:
DD-MMM-YY HH:MM [code] Event description
where code is a two digit number and "Event description" is obviously the event description, possibly localized. Therefore, any computer-assisted software meant to analyze the log file data should refer to the code of the event.
Events out of the 30↔49 range will only be printed if "Log all events" is enabled in the Security options .
List of possible events:
0 - YAM started
1 - Logged in as user 'user_name'
2 - Logged in as 'user_name', using configuration 'config_file' and mail directory 'folder_path'
10 - Wrote new message for 'recipient' about 'subject', including n attachment(s)
11 - Replied message from 'sender' about 'subject'
12 - Forwarded message from 'sender' about 'subject' to 'recipient'
13 - Bounced message from 'sender' about 'subject' to 'recipient'
14 - Edited message from 'sender' to 'recipient' about 'subject'
20 - Deleted n message(s) in folder 'folder'
21 - Deleted message from 'sender' about 'subject' in folder 'folder'
22 - Moved n message(s) from folder 'folder' to 'folder'
23 - Moved message from 'sender' about 'subject' from folder 'folder' to 'folder'
24 - Copied n message(s) from folder 'folder' to 'folder'
25 - Copied message from 'sender' about 'subject' from folder 'folder' to 'folder'
26 - Filtered n message(s) in folder 'folder': n match(es)
30 - Retrieved n message(s) from POP3 account 'user_id@host'
31 - Logged in on POP3 account 'user_id@host': n messages waiting
32 - Retrieved message from 'sender' about 'subject' (n bytes)
40 - Sent n message(s) using SMTP server 'host'
41 - Connected to SMTP server 'host'
42 - Sent message to 'recipient' about 'subject' (n bytes)
50 - Imported n message(s) from file 'filename' into folder 'folder'
51 - Exported n message(s) from folder 'folder' to file 'filename'
60 - Saved configuration file 'config_file'
62 - Saved user configuration
70 - Saved address book 'filename'
71 - Added address book entry 'alias'
80 - Saved attachment 'filename' of message 'mailfile' in folder 'folder'
81 - Cropped attachment(s) of message 'mailfile' in folder 'folder'
82 - Changed subject 'subject' of message 'mailfile' in folder 'folder' to 'subject'
99 - YAM terminated


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TODAY'S GAME: Tonight, the Buffalo Bisons take on Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees in the first game of a two-game series from PNC Field (7:05 p.m.). The Herd is 0-3 so far on their current roadtrip that is now just five games long, thanks to last night's rainout in Syracuse. Buffalo will return home to Buffalo on Friday for a four-game series against the Chiefs.
VS THE YANKEES: The Bisons will have revenge on their mind at PNC Field. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre swept the Herd in a four-game series at Coca-Cola Field last week, April 13-16. The series was much closer than it looks, however, as three of the four games were decided by one run while the other was a 5-3 defeat in 11 innings on April 14.
GO GREEN: The Bisons have activated INF Andy Green today. Green had missed the first 11 games of the season with a left oblique strain. He is a career .299 hitter in 762 minor league games. Signed by New York on July 2, 2008, Green hit .331 (59-178) with 8HR and 28RBI in 52 games with the New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA) last season.
F-MART: OF Fernando Martinez had two more hits on Sunday against Syracuse. The 20-year old prospect now has five multi-hit performances in the team's first 11 games. One of those two hits was his International League-leading 7th double on the year. Martinez also leads the IL with a total of nine extra-base hits (7 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run). Martinez's .277 batting average leads the Bisons team.
NO FREE PASSES, PLENTY OF K'S: The Bisons pitching staff did not issue a walk in Sunday's defeat in Syracuse. The combination of LHP Jonathon Niese, RHP Kyle Snyder and RHP Ken Takahashi also struck out seven Chiefs. The Bisons pitching staff leads the IL with 99 strikeouts so far this year.
METS SIGN PENA: The Mets signed OF Wily Mo Pena to a minor league contract yesterday. He is scheduled to report to extended spring training in Port St. Lucie before eventually joining the Herd. Pena batted .205 (40-195) with two homeruns and 10RBI in 64 games with the Nationals in 2008.
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Willy Mo Pena? Really?? Ouch. I do like Niese and Green though. Thanks for the links at the top of your page too. Enjoy the game. GO METS Ashhttp://ashleymarshall.mlblogs.com


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EU antitrust regulators blocked a €5.2-billion ($7-billion) bid by United Parcel Service Inc. for TNT Express, denting the world No. 1 package delivery company's hopes of expanding its presence in Asia and Latin America.
The EU regulatory veto means the world's No. 1 package delivery company may now have to grow via smaller acquisitions or organically, while TNT could come under pressure to change management or revise its business strategy to deflect activist shareholders.
The European Commission said UPS had not offered adequate concessions to ensure the deal would not hurt consumers. UPS had flagged the negative decision on Jan. 14, saying it would withdraw its bid because of opposition from the EU regulator.
The deal, its biggest ever, would have given it access to Dutch peer TNT's stronger networks in fast-growing Asian markets and Latin America and increased its non-U.S. revenues to 36 per cent of total sales from the current 26 per cent.
The European Commission, the EU competition watchdog, said the proposed merger would have reduced competition in 15 EU countries.
"(The deal) would have drastically reduced choice between providers and probably led to price increases," EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said in a statement.
"We worked hard with UPS on possible remedies until very late in the procedure, but what they offered was simply not enough to address the serious competition problems we identified."
UPS had offered to sell TNT's operations in 15 countries, mainly in eastern Europe, with the principal potential buyer France's DPD, but failed to convince the Commission of the merits of its proposal.
TNT is the leading postal delivery company in Europe, with an 18 per cent market share against the 10 per cent of UPS. Deutsche Post's DHL unit has 15 per cent while FedEx is a distant fourth player.
TNT shares extended losses after the Commission's decision and were down 2.5 per cent to 5.56 euros by 1039 GMT.
The decision is Mr. Almunia's third veto of a takeover deal in as many years. He blocked the $7.4-billion merger of NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse about a year ago and a plan to combine Greek airlines Aegean and Olympic Air two years ago.


text: BSG had quite the week at the All-Star Game thanks to the good folks at Lexus and Yardbarker. We'd like to thank all the fans who played along at FanFest and to everyone who's followed the action here on bsg.com this week. So as the 2nd half of the 2010 season gets underway, we bid adieu to Anaheim with a little game of Angels trivia with some Halos' faithful. Who knows their team better?


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Diane T. Salas 1951-2014
Funeral service for Diane T. Salas of Curlew was held Friday, Jan. 24, at the Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Emmetsburg. The Rev. Clem Currans officiated.
Diane Theresa Salas, daughter of William and Lorraine Mary (Jandrian) Kinnard, was born June 5, 1951 in Wisconsin. She received her education in Wisconsin.
Diane was employed at Dean Foods in Green Bay, WI. While working there she met her future husband, Abelardo Salas. They moved to Emmetsburg to be closer for family. Diane and Abel were married on Feb. 14, 2008 in Emmetsburg.
Diane loved to go fishing and enjoyed camping. She was an avid gardener. She liked "knick knacks" and was especially fond of her little houses she had.
Diane passed away Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, at her home in Curlew, at the age of 62. She was preceded in death by her parents.
She is survived by her husband, Abelardo Salas, Sr.; sons, Wayne Ploor of Algoma, WI, David Ploor, and Verl Ploor, Jr.; a daughter, Mary Ann; stepsons, A.J. Salas (Amy) of Emmetsburg, Ray Salas (Ashley) of Emmetsburg, and Tony Salas (Bev) of Emmetsburg; step daughter, Sonia Origer (Kennedy) of Mallard; 15 grandchildren; her brothers and sisters; as well as many other relatives and friends.
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Along with the Samsung Focus S, AT&T and Samsung also announced the Focus Flash. The Focus Flash is a smaller and cheaper sibling of the Focus S. The Focus Flash comes with a 3.7-inch Super-AMOLED screen with WVGA (480×800) resolution.
Like the Focus S, the Focus Flash is also powered by a 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon (MSM8255T) processor, along with an Adreno 205 GPU and 512MB of RAM. The back of the phone sports a 5MP camera, with a VGA camera in the front accompanying it.
The Focus Flash will run on the latest version of Windows Phone a.k.a WP7.5, which is also known as Mango. The press release from AT&T does not mention anything whether the Focus Flash will support its upcoming 4G network or not. AT&T did not mention anything about the internal memory capacity of the Flash as well.
Along with the Focus S and Focus Flash, AT&T also announced that it will be among the first operators to roll out the WP7.5 a.k.a Mango update for its current-gen WP7 based phones like HTC Surround, HD7S and the Samsung Focus. The Mango update will be hit these devices sometime in fall.
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September 06, 2012
Associated Press
Southern California athletic director Pat Haden says USC will investigate a Los Angeles Times report claiming two Trojans athletes received gifts from an employee of the Los Angeles County assessor's office.
The Times reported on September 1 that former tailback Joe McKnight and former men's basketball player Davon Jefferson apparently received a car, an airline ticket and cash from Scott Schenter.
The former appraiser is under investigation in an apparently unrelated scandal at the assessor's office. His interest in the two athletes wasn't immediately apparent.
Haden says USC investigated reports of McKnight using a Land Rover registered to Schenter in 2009. The school worked with the NCAA, which didn't process a violation.
Haden says the school wasn't aware of additional gifts to the two athletes. USC already has discussed the report with the NCAA and Pac-12.
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The busy co host of live with Regis and Kelly is a busy mom of three to, Michael Joseph 12 next month, Lola Grace, 8 next month, and Joaquin Antonio, 6, are dreaming when it comes to their future life and jobs! In the May 11th issue of OK!, Live with Regis and Kelly co-host Kelly Ripa talks about her three children's aspirations, saying, "Lola wants to be a pony doctor, which I believe is called a veterinarian." While Michael is interested in pursuing a career as a cartoonist, it is little Joaquin who seems to have taken a more unusual route — as Darth Vader!
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Gwen Stephanie and her beautiful little boy Kingston 3, hung out in Los Angeles International Airport the pair wore both of there names on to there shirts Gwen where a no doubt tee why Kingston wore a custom cool top
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Jennifer Garner and the always beautiful Violet Affleck, as the mother-daughter duo ran some errands In L.A May, 14
A Beautiful Mind co-stars, gorgeous Jennifer Connelly and hubby Paul Bettany, picked up their children the beautiful Kai Dugan, 12,(which was from a previous marriage) and Stellan Bettany, 5 1/2, from school on Tuesday the adorable couple which usally lay low where spotted earlier this week
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|2012-03-29, 00:37
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Nothing really surprising about Inori beating Iwasawa. Iwasawa is still quite strong despite screentime limitations but Inori was just stronger and also was coming off the Guilty Crown finale. Haqua made a good try but once again, Erio was just too strong. I expected Irisviel vs Kanon to be quite close but sided with Kanon winning and turned out to be wrong but not by much. Shiori, Subaru and Fear were in a three way fight for advancement and all three are roughly on the borderline of being strong enough to advance. I expected Subaru to take it but was wrong. Fear and Subaru might be in a bit of trouble in Phase III. Hirasawa Yui was never in doubt of advancing. Yami ends up getting closer than expected but Last Order still takes it. Ikaros loses a close one to Illyasviel but shouldn't have problems in Phase III unless she draws a terrible group for the second year in a row. Holo's victory came as a surprise. I guess Clannad really is starting to decline in Kyou can't even beat Holo anymore. The only character performance that was really surprising to me was Miki Sayaka letting Naruko get so close to her. Sometimes the Puella Magi look okay and other times they look awful. I'm getting a bit worried about what Homura's true strength is.
|2012-03-29, 00:49
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|2012-03-29, 00:57
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Wow that was a tight win over Kyou. Of course I was cheering for that result so no complaints here.
Suppose the most disappointing was seeing Rika fall in last behind Sakura and Kurimu. Suppose the passage of time will do that to you.
|2012-03-29, 18:11
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I mean...
Homura - got by Iri by 400 votes (and Shoko by 600). But you have to consider that Iri barely got by Kanon, who finished 3rd in Round 1 (Okay, it's against Niku and Inori, so it's within expectation) and then 3rd in Seeding (behind Erio and Shoko). Not exactly a strong performance by Homura if you want to go there. True, she's 3rd seed overall in Nova, but there's also clear split vote during Seeding...
Madoka - Hard to tell in Round 1 since there's a split b/t her and Kyoko. But finished 3rd in Seeding (behind Inori is one thing, behind Honma, who finished 4th in Round 2, is another thing...). In Round 2 got beaten by (Shiomiya) Ayase of all girl...
Kyoko - Won against Madoka, top her seeding group only b/c her opponents are weak (Fear finish 3rd in Round 2 behind Subaru and Shiori, neither of which are that strong. Misaki is 5th in her group in Round 2). Close match in Round 2 but her opponents are Himeji (Lose to Subaru in Round 1, got 2nd in Seeding in a weak group) and Haruna (4th in Round 1...okay it's a strong group but come on..., then 3rd in Seeding...), and she can't beat either.
Mami - Don't get me started...4th in a weak group in Round 1, 4th in a weak group in Seeding, then 4th again in yet another weak group...
Sayaka - 5th in Round 1, next to last in Seeding (Okay, there's a split, but still), and why would one be surprised at how she barely got by some zakos to win her first match, to finish 7th in Round 2, that is...
The future for the mahou shoujos are grimmer than their future in the anime...
I mean, remaining HanaKana girls...
Mayuri - 5th in her group
Mikan - 4th in her group...so she may get by.
(Shiomiya) Ayase - 3rd in her group. I don't see her as strong, though
(Hanato) Kobato - 8th in her group
(EDIT: Minato Tomoka - 5th in her group <- How in the world do I miss her when she's actually someone that I vote for over and over again...)
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|2012-03-29, 18:50
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You're definitely missing one. There were 12 HanaKana characters in prelims.
EDIT: You're missing Mokan. fifth in her group.
In any case, Ayase might be able to get in by riding the ending of GC (a whole bunch of people I know only watch series after they ended), depending on who her opponent in phase III is.
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|2012-03-29, 20:48
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|2012-03-29, 21:04
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On the Madoka Magica girls in general - It's pretty clear that the only ones that will be factors in ISML 2012 are Homura and (maybe) Kyouko. I sadly wrote off Sayaka a long time ago, and so I merely wanted to see her win something at least, even if it was just a lone match.
As much as I wish it wasn't the case, the PMMM girls (as a group) clearly aren't that strong in ISML 2012.
|2012-04-01, 00:21
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Love the new 2012 PV. The upbeat song makes me very excited for the upcoming matches, and it's awesome how integrated the lyrics are with the scenes. Alot of characters are represented in some of their best moments, giving off an epic ensemble vibe. Finally, the theme of this year's ISML is conveyed very well also.
Overall, this PV is even better than last year's. The 2011 PV had some beautiful music, but the captions read like a long Hidenori soliloquy. It's hard to get into the mood when I keep hearing Sugita's voice in the back of my mind.
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In any case, very fab work there.
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Here we go again - this time it's Banacheq Live at LA2 in London from 1996. Enjoy! http://www.808state.com/sounds/
love Banacheq to bits...remember standin in the outback in Oz (north of Perth) at 6am in the mornin sun listenin to that on my walkman on wasted. I was standing in crystal clear water which went on for miles surrounded by sand dunes on 3 sides...the water was only up to my ankles no matter how far I walked...I was dancin like a freak. we went campin and lost each other at various points...a massive pelican flew right by me, just inches above the water when I was dancin...it was truly amazing, a david attenborough moment...i remember feelin so happy and freaked out by banacheq...then (as you know) the track keeps bangin and screamin on and on and i was trying to make my way back to the camper and i couldn't walk coz the music (and all the other substances) were making me fall over the sand dunes...i was climbing up andd up to fk knows where and all i hear is the whistling screaming an bangin drums fae mr banacheq and i'm like fk me this is fkn hardcore mate...chunky indeed! managed to get to the camper sometime later and i tell you all this this coz that for me was a magical 808 moment that still makes me grin from ear to ear today...god bless yer
New track added from 2000, Star Chamber
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