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The ETSU men's basketball team only added to its rich history of success during the 2009-10 season, capturing its second straight Atlantic Sun Conference Championship and earning the program's ninth trip all-time to the NCAA Tournament ... Posting the program's fourth 20-win season in the past seven years, the Bucs overcame multiple challenges during the season before dropping Mercer in the A-Sun finals.
The series versus Lipscomb
The Bucs are 28-10 all-time against the Bisons, in a series that dates back to 1951 when both teams played at the NAIA level ... ETSU won the last meeting between the two teams back on Jan. 21 in Johnson City, holding on for a 68-67 victory.
Last time against Lipscomb
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 21, 2011) - Senior guard Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) grabbed a critical offensive rebound with 18.9 seconds left and scored a team-high 20 points to lead the ETSU men's basketball team to a hard fought 68-67 win over Atlantic Sun Conference rival Lipscomb Friday evening inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. ... After junior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) hit the front end of a two-shot foul with 18.9 second left and made it 65-62, Smith battled through the lane and pulled away the rebound on Brown's second-shot miss. That resulted in another make at the line by fellow senior guard Micah Williams (Manchester) to give the Bucs a four point edge with 13.7 seconds left. The advantage proved to be enough even though another basket and a last second 3-pointer by Lipscomb's Josh Slater ultimately made the score 68-67. ... Despite a 10-point edge at the break, ETSU could not hold Lipscomb down as the Bisons went on a 16-6 run to open the second half and tie the game at 44. Lipscomb later tied it at 48, but from there the Bucs pulled back ahead by six at 59-53 with just over five minutes left in the game. ... The Bisons would not get closer than two points until 1.1 second left in the game when Slater's fall-away 3-pointer found the mark to make it 68-67. ... Smith led the way with 20, while Brown and junior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) each scored 10.
Last time out
NASHVILLE (Feb. 17, 2011) - In a game that mirrored the matchup earlier this season, the ETSU men's basketball team found itself in a tie contest with just over six minutes left, but ultimately fell 68-58 to the Belmont Bruins in Atlantic Sun Conference basketball action Thursday evening inside the Curb Event Center. ... Back on Jan. 23, the Bucs were also tied with five minutes left but lost at home to the Bruins, 72-62. With the loss, ETSU dropped to 19-10 overall, 14-4 in A-Sun play. Meanwhile, Belmont improved to 24-4 overall, 16-1 in league play, and the Bruins wrapped up the A-Sun regular season title as well as the No. 1 seed in the league tournament. ... In a game that featured the conference's top two defensive teams, the Bucs shot just 37 percent from the floor while Belmont also struggled to a 35.7 percent clip. However, the key to the game was ultimately at the foul line and on the boards, where the Bruins were 26-of-30 (87 percent) and the Bucs were just 19-of-29. In the paint, Belmont held a 44-28 edge. ... Despite the loss, the game did not begin this way. ... ETSU enjoyed a strong start to the game, pulling ahead by as many as nine points at 23-14 with 8:22 left before the break. Belmont battled back to cut the lead to four at one point, but after holding it for an apparent last shot before the break, the Bruins turned the ball over and senior guard Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) was fouled on the other end with .9 seconds left. ... Smith was shooting a 3-pointer on the play and went on to hit two of three at the charity stripe, making it 31-24 at the break. It was only the third time this season that the Bruins have trailed at halftime, and it was nearly their lowest point total of a first half this season (23 against Tennessee on Dec. 23). ... After the break, Belmont used a methodical 13-2 run to take the lead 40-38. During that stretch, the Bucs went five minutes without a score. ETSU finally answered to tie the game at 40 on a pair of free throws from senior guard Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.). ... From there, it didn't get any better for the Bucs, as Belmont continued to ramp up the defensive pressure and ultimately built a lead of 61-51 with three minutes left in the game. ETSU cut back into the edge to make it 62-56 with 2:08 remaining, but from there the Bruins were a perfect 6-of-6 from the line to seal the win. In the second half, Belmont outscored the Bucs 44-27. ... For the game, ETSU got a 14 points apiece from Smith, Tubbs and junior forward Isiah Brown (Miami), while Belmont was led by Ian Clark's game-high 18 points and an additional 10 points from Scott Saunders.
Brown matches school block record
With his six-block performance against Belmont, ETSU junior forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) matched the program's single-game record ... Brown joins six other ETSU players who have had six-block games, including former standouts Brad Nuckles, Eryk Thomas, Jerald Fields, Zakee Wadood, Greg Dennis and Greg Hamlin.
Smith wins record fourth A-Sun POTW honor
ETSU senior guard Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) capped his career at the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center with a career-best scoring performance to earn his fourth Atlantic Sun Player of the Week honor, as announced Tuesday by the conference office. ... Smith is the only A-Sun player on record to have won four POTW awards in the same season. ... The 6-foot-6 guard scored 29 points in the win over North Florida on Feb. 13, and for the week he helped the Buccaneers to a 2-0 record. He averaged 25 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in those two games, while also collecting a double-double against the Ospreys thanks to his 11-rebound effort. ... Smith did much of his damage in the first half of those games, scoring 18 points against UNF and 17 points against Jacksonville prior to the intermission. For the week, he shot 49 percent from the floor, 38 percent from 3-point range, and 81 percent at the foul line.
Buccaneers place two plays on ESPN Sportscenter
The ETSU men's basketball team is making a habit of garnering airtime on ESPN Sportscenter's Top Plays. ... Just three weeks ago, ETSU senior Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) was selected as the No. 1 play of the day with his 360 degree slam dunk against Lipscomb on Jan. 21 in the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. Well, the Buccaneers took it a step further on Friday night inside the Dome against Jacksonville, placing two plays in the Top 10 and once again taking the top slot. ... Senior guard Micah Williams (Manchester) threw down a one-handed, alley-oop slam on a pass from his roommate and fellow senior Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.). That play was picked fourth in the countdown. ... Meanwhile, Tubbs again took the show after receiving a pass from junior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa). Going toward the opposite end of the floor from where he dunked against Lipscomb, Tubbs executed the same 360-degree slam with even more flair. The Sportscenter hosts described it as a Winter X Games style dunk.
Williams eclipses 1,000; Smith moving up list
While senior Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) was already a member of the 1,000-point club, fellow senior Micah Williams (Manchester) joined his roommate on the list against Kennesaw State (1/29) ... With a 3-pointer from the left wing at the 17:55 mark of the second half, Williams went over 1,000 for his career, becoming the 33rd ETSU player all-time to reach that number ... Meanwhile, Smith joined another select group by eclipsing 1,500 points for his career in the win over USC Upstate (1/25) ... Below is where both players stand in the all-time scoring list:
Name Place Points
Mike Smith No. 8 1,662
Micah Williams No. 33 1,105
Sollazzo rolling in last 19 games for ETSU
Junior guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) has really found his rhythm in the last 19 games, leading the team with 4.3 assists per game, and ranking third on the team with 11.5 points per game ... He has netted double figures in 11 of those 19 games ... In those contests, Sollazzo is shooting an impressive 74-of-138 from the field for a 54 percent clip ... he is also averaging 3.4 rpg in this stretch ... The Bucs are 15-4 in this span.
Smith's 20/20 vision leads Bucs over FGCU
With his 20-point and 20-rebound effort against Florida Gulf Coast on Jan. 8, 2011, senior guard Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) made history ... According to the statistics available to the ETSU media relations office, Smith was the first Buccaneer since Feb. 14, 1959 to post a 20/20 effort ... The last was Buc great Tom Chilton, who scored 35 points and grabbed 25 rebounds in a win over Wofford during the 1959 season.
Bucs help bolster A-Sun to strong RPI standings
With a pair of signature wins already this season, the ETSU men's basketball team - along with other members of the Atlantic Sun Conference - is doing its part to put the league in some impressive company on the national hoops stage. ... With wins over Atlantic 10 Conference stalwart Dayton and Southeastern Conference West Division favorite Mississippi State, the Buccaneers have helped the A-Sun generate plenty of waves across the board in the national RPI rankings. As a result, one month into the 2010-11 NCAA men's basketball season, the Atlantic Sun Conference is ranked ahead of other mid-major leagues including the Southern, Ohio Valley, Big South, West Coast, Mid-American, WAC and Sun Belt. ... The A-Sun remains among the top half of the conferences in the country. CollegeRPI.com ranks the A-Sun 14th, immediately behind the Horizon, Conference USA and Missouri Valley, and ahead of the conferences mentioned above. Against the Southern, Big South, Sun Belt and Ohio Valley conferences, the A-Sun owns a 15-8 mark. ... The conference has more than held its own against the BCS conferences. With ETSU's win at Mississippi State, the conference grabbed its fifth win against the "Power-6" leagues. No conference eligible for consideration for the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll owns as many BCS wins as the A-Sun. The five wins represent the most for the league since 2007-08.
Bartow gets wins No. 250 overall and 150 at ETSU; ranks among best coaches in last five years
With his team's win over Florida Gulf Coast on Jan. 8, ETSU head coach Murry Bartow picked up his 250th career victory ... He then collected his 150th win at ETSU when the Bucs downed Jacksonville on Jan. 15 ... When looking at coaches across the country, ETSU head coach Murry Bartow stands among a select group ... Of those coaches that have been at their current school for at least five years, only 24 have averaged better than 20 wins a season ... That list includes coaches such as Dayton's Brian Gregory, Syracuse's Jim Boeheim, UConn's Jim Calhoun, Florida's Billy Donovan, Michigan State's Tom Izzo, Duke's Mike Kryzewski, Louisville's Rick Pitino, Kansas' Bill Self, Maryland's Gary Williams and North Carolina's Roy Williams ... The list also includes Bartow, who is average 20.2 wins a year since 2005-06.


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theboywarrior wrote: The new Kingdoms Joust set comes with Falcon, as we all know, which means the Lions are revamped Crusaders. Are they revamping all the old factions in chronological order? Is the next faction in line the Black Knights? Am I totally insane?
SPACE MARINE wrote:I think that none of us want new Fright Knights or KK 2.
Bluesecrets wrote:Gentlemen, as I said in the other thread about this set, the fig does not have black falcon torso. You are looking at armor, shields and barding that are new. They have in more than one case released a shield that was unique to sets or without figs for it. (See bridge tower, durstrum ship, and now the joust set)
Doesn't the fact that he is refered to as a 'Falcon Knight' and carrying a Black falcon shield, imply that he is, in fact a Black Falcon Knight?
But agreed, just because they've printed a shield , it isn't an indication that TLG are gearing up for a full on Black Falcon invasion.
porschecm2 wrote:The fact that we have a new shield with a bird on it does not mean that Black Falcons are returning.............it would be amazing if it did, but don't expect that until you've seen a full set based on this new heraldry, not simply a one-off minifig for fans.
I just think, if you bring back a faction crest, there's a good chance the faction will follow eventually. Wasn't that Durmstrang Ship with the old Falcon shield released about the same time as the Legends?
Bluesecrets wrote: This is a direct to consumers set, not a licensed or a Kingdoms line set.
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On Friday at the International Workshop on HIV & Hepatitis Virus Drug Resistance and Curative Strategies in Sitges, Spain, Steve Yukl from UCSF presented new data on the case of Timothy Brown, the "Berlin Patient." Yukl described multiple experiments performed by several independent laboratories with the aim of searching intensively for any signs of residual HIV infection in plasma, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and biopsies from the gut and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The nature of these analyses is a testament to Brown's extremely laudable willingness to undergo an array of unappealing procedures in order to advance research into curing HIV.
No infectious HIV was detectable in any sample (including samples containing huge numbers of cells). In most cases, no HIV RNA or DNA could be found either, but there were some exceptions: a minority of samples, analyzed by some labs, intermittently tested positive for extremely low levels of HIV RNA. A very small proportion of the rectal samples also tested positive for very low levels of HIV DNA. Genetic sequencing results were not available but the abstract indicates that the RNA positive samples did not show any relationship with each other or the original infecting HIV (a finding perhaps suggestive of PCR contamination). Levels of antibodies against HIV have continued to decline over 18 months of follow up, while CD4 and CD8 T cell counts have reached near normal levels. The researchers make it very clear that because the assays being used are at the limits of their sensitivity and specificity, it cannot and should not be concluded from these data that Brown is still infected. Although it is possible that there is some residual virus present and that Brown is a case of a "functional cure" rather than complete HIV eradication (or "sterilizing cure"), further work will be needed to explore that possibility. But it is far more likely that -- as the study authors state -- these new results are just evidence of the technological challenges associated with looking for miniscule amounts of viral genetic material.
Unfortunately, it is all too easy to envision the mainstream media picking up news of this presentation and wildly misinterpreting it (e.g. "Man Said Cured of HIV Still Infected!"). Alain Lafeuillade, who runs the biannual HIV Persistence Workshop and the HIV Reservoir Portal website, has not helped matters by writing a bizarrely misleading post on the study which suggests that the authors interpretation of the data is wrong and that Brown is either not cured, or -- in an even stranger piece of speculation -- that he may have been reinfected. The evidence supports neither claim.
In a related development, on June 7th the scientist Lawrence Petz held a press conference with Timothy Brown at a symposium in San Francisco on the use of cord blood to facilitate stem cell transplants. Petz revealed that around 100 cord blood donors homozygous for the CCR5 delta-32 deletion have been identified (out of 17,000 tested), and one HIV-positive individual in the Netherlands has recently received such a transplant as part of a course of treatment for another disease. Another similar transplant is to be performed soon for an HIV-positive individual in Madrid. These cases will be carefully followed to see if the beneficial outcome experienced by Timothy Brown can be duplicated.
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Richard Jefferys is the coordinator of the Michael Palm HIV Basic Science, Vaccines & Prevention Project Weblog at the Treatment Action Group (TAG). The original blog post may be viewed here.
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I've gone through all the suggestions for hilarious anime, but I'm itching for more..
Here are some of the "Hilarious" series that I'm following now:
- Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu Deluxe
- Dokkoida
- Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
- Sakigake!! Cromartie High
Can you suggest some other hilarious series similar to these?
P.S: I've seen/given up on the following:
- Ranma
- Masaru-san (Sexy commando?)
- Golden Boy
- Abenobashi Shoutengai
- Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu
- Ebichu
- Papuwa
Thanks for your time.
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|2003-11-04, 10:27
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I doubt if Azumanga Daioh would fit here. While it is quite hilarious, the comedy is not delivered in an explicit manner. Most of the comedy is deadpan and pretty subtle (sort of like the proverbial dry British humour).
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Azumanga fits
I challenge you to retract your statement.
Azumanga Daioh is 3rd on my list of favorite anime's right behind Evangelion and Escaflowne. and my number 1 comedy pick. My opinion, but it definately deserves to be on the list. besides, all they specify was hilarious. they didn't say comedy.
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Wow, a foaming-at-the-mouth otaku. Never met one for quite some time.
Also, please note that you've basically conceded my point, where you did admit that the series has, in your words, subtle indirect and dry comedy, which contradicts your assertion that the comedy is delivered in a very explicit manner. The dialogue comedy you hinted at is not as hilarious as the subtle ones by Osaka, Sakaki and perhaps the rest of the cast, with the exception of their loud-mouthed teacher, who may be funny to some, but not all.
And I would like to bring your attention to the OP, which says some of the "Hilarious" series that I'm following now (note the emphasis on hilarious), and on his choice of examples, like Cromatorie High, FMP Fumoffu, and Dokkaida. And his other list has Ranma 1/2 and Ebichu. I think it is fair to say that what he had in mind is hilarity of the Jim Carrey kind, slapstick and obvious sight gags. A subtle anime, like Azumanga Daioh, which I'd normally recommend, is out of place in such a list.
So, maybe next time you'd care to understand the discussion more, and perhaps try to understand that even the best shows may not be the best ones to recommend, especially if the OP hints that it might not be appropriate.
|2003-11-04, 21:10
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Uh...anyways, thanks for your suggestions, everyone (Though I didn't enjoy Azumanga Daioh anime at all [Manga was way better, and that's not saying much]).
Still, I really appreciate all your suggestions. I'm also looking forward to more from people.
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How about Kero Kero Chime? I think it's hilarious. The first few episodes are so-so, but when the adventure really starts, every episode made me laugh so much!
btw, I think Azumanga Daioh is funny. Kinda plotless, but sometimes simplicity has its beauty. I esp love the parts about the class teacher.
|2003-11-06, 03:28
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I've read GTO manga before, and I have to say it's a lot better than the anime. What makes the GTO manga great is all the amusing sub-texts that are in it.
Btw, Maburaho was terrible. It felt like a rip-off of Psychic Academy and Love Hina/Other various "boy gets 3+ girls for no reason" crap. Worse of all, it's not even funny. I could've picked a better series by randomly downloading something with my eyes closed.
Please, I'm asking for a good suggestion here. I'm happy with one great hilarious series, as opposed to a bunch of mediocre/boring series.
Thanks for your time.
|2003-11-06, 04:25
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Puni Puni Poemi - 2 episode OVA's. (Any more would have been TOO much.) This is hard to describe but it is extremely fast paced (chaotic even) parody. Extreme parody. It has the advantage of being a short enough series that you don't have time to get sick of the overused jokes.
Tenshi na Konamaiki - I almost always recomend this series when the topic is comedy. This series is a gender-bender with a twist that has some very funny situational and physical comedy. The animation style seems to turn off some people, but it only phased me for a couple of episodes, then I was hooked. Now I wait eagerly for each new release (up to episode 30 of 52).
Anyway, humor is really subjective, but based on what you had listed these seemed spot on.
|2003-11-07, 01:57
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If you like Excel Saga you will like Puni Puni Poemi. It's by the same Director Watanabe, who is the afro guy in both series. Yes the director DOES dress like that in normal life, I can't remember if Excel was mentioned yet, but Excel Saga is a 26 episode tv series. Although I believe ep 26 could'n't be shown on tv for it's just wrongness.
I just thought of this one, which is why I'm posting... heh... Just thought I mention Excel since someone mention poemi...
Nurse Witch Kamugichan
Episodes = ???? only 2.5 out so far
It's a magical girl show, sorta... It's somewhat along the lines of Puni Puni Poemi, but paced slower with what resembles more of an actual plot than a straight parody. If you took Sailor Moon season 4 and Puni Puni and mixed em together with a bit of card captor sakura on the side, thats about acurate feel I'd say.
If you are really sick and depraved you can watch
Ping Pong Club
but don't say I didn't warn you. and thats all I'll say about that.
Though, if you want a feel for the series Ping Pong CLub,
do a search for "Anime Nashville" search thier site, they have a anime music video called "young boys" which is without a doubt the undisputed world's sickest nastiest AMV ever made.
If anyone has seen this video and disagrees, please let me know the name of the video thats worse. for.. uh... avoidance yeah thats it...
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text: If I want to retrieve, for example, a mail user using the remoting API but I do not know its ID in the database is there a way I can get it? I know that when I call mail_user_add it returns the new ID and that I can pass this when I call mail_user_get but without storing a list of these IDs myself I can't then access/update the mail users in the future. Also, even if I did store these IDs myself I wouldn't be able to access mail users that had been added separately through the ISPConfig front end. What I need is a function similar to dns_zone_get_by_user which returns a list of zones and their IDs for a particular client. Does something similar exist for mail users? It would be useful to have such functions for all of the different configuration elements, not just mail users.


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Girl Scouts of Central & Western Massachusetts Council will host a Swimming Badge Program for Junior Scouts on Swimming Badge at the YWCA in Worcester on Saturday, April 24 from 3:30 to 6 p.m. for Junior Scouts. Juliette Scouts in grades 4 & 5 may also register.
BADGE PROGRAM: Looking for a fun way to earn the Junior Swimming Badge? Girls will work in small groups, choosing from 8 stations. After completing 6 stations, Scouts will have earned the badge! There will also be time for free swim and a chance to watch a performance of the Synchro-maids synchronized swim team!
NOTE: Badges can be purchased separately at the Council store.
Troops and individual Scouts may register. Troops must follow safety-wise rules. Individual Scouts must attend with an adult.
Event # 4760
Registration is ongoing until 60 Scouts are registered.
Registration is $12 per Scout.
To register: Contact YWCA, Patty Flanagan, at 508-767-2505 x3021 or email@example.com.


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BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Sophomore quarterback Jimmy Lahue opened the scoring with a one-yard touchdown run and then sealed the game with a 32-yard touchdown pass to lead the Moravian College football team to a 21-13 Centennial Conference win over visiting Dickinson College on Family Day at Rocco Calvo Field Saturday.
The game didn't start well for either offense. The Red Devils, now 2-2 overall and 2-1 in Centennial Conference action, received the opening kickoff but on their second play of the game, sophomore quarterback Cole Ahnell was intercepted by Moravian freshman Brendan Downey to set the Moravian offense up at the Dickinson 30-yard line. The Greyhounds, who are also 2-2 overall and 2-1 in Centennial Conference play, would get off just one play as Lahue was sacked and fumbled on a hit from Dickinson senior defensive lineman Schulyer Simpson. Red Devils sophomore defensive lineman Nate Detwiler recovered the ball at the Dickinson 31.
Each team would run three plays before punting on their next possessions in the opening quarter. Dickinson picked up the games' initial first down on a nine-yard pass from Ahnell to senior running back Shea Licata on the Red Devils third drive; however, Dickinson would end up punting on the possession.
Moravian's third drive of the game would see a pair of first downs on a 15-yard run from senior running back Joe Tegan and a fake punt run for seven yards by senior punter Tyler Thompson. The Greyhounds would settle for a punt at the end of the first quarter with Thompson's 43-yard punt downed at the Dickinson five-yard line.
On the second play of the second quarter, Ahnell dropped back to pass and fumbled when he was sacked by Moravian sophomore defensive lineman Nick Melillo. The Greyhounds would land on the ball at the Dickinson one-yard line when sophomore defensive lineman Andrew Richmond recovered his second fumble of the season for Moravian.
The Greyhounds needed two rushing attempts by Lahue from the one-yard line to get on the scoreboard first. Thompson would add the extra-point to give Moravian a 7-0 lead with 13:34 left in the second quarter.
After punts from each squad, Dickinson started from its own 48-yard line with 7:48 before the intermission. The Red Devils would need ten plays to tie the game. On third-and-five from the Moravian 23-yard line, Ahnell through a lateral to sophomore wide receiver Eric Ondo on the left sideline, and Ondo turned and tossed a 23-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Matt Wood. Sophomore kicker Adam Kaminski added the extra-point to knot the score at 7-7 with 3:07 to go in the first half.
Moravian punted on its final possession of the first half while Dickinson would have a shot to score before halftime. However, Ahnell's pass to the end zone on the final play of the half was intercepted by Greyhounds' senior defensive back Rees Judge at the one-yard line, and Judge returned the ball 33 yards as the clock ran out to keep the game 7-7 at the break.
The Greyhounds would receive the opening kickoff of the second half and need just five plays to retake the lead. On a third-and-one at the Moravian 46-yard line, Tegan would break through the left side and head to the far sideline before outrunning the Dickinson defense 54 yards for the touchdown, he second score of over 50 yards this season. Thompson's extra-point put the Greyhounds ahead 14-7 with 12:19 to go in the third quarter. Tegan finished the game with his second 100-yard contest of the year with 115 yards and a score on just 18 carries.
Dickinson would settle for a punt on its first possession in the second half while the Greyhounds next drive would end on downs at the Dickinson 25-yard line.
The Red Devils would take over from their and drive 57 yards on nine plays to get onto the scoreboard again when Kaminski connected on a 35-yard field goal with just 14 seconds left in the third quarter to cut Moravian's lead to 14-10.
The Greyhounds answered right back and took just four plays to cover 72 yards to the end zone. Lahue found freshman wide receiver Jimmy McCarthy with a 37-yard catch-and-run on a third-and seven. On the next play, Lahue did a play fake to Tegan before finding freshman wide receiver Jason Fuehring wide open down the middle of the field for a 32-yard touchdown pass. Thompson put the extra-point through the uprights to improve Moravian's lead to 21-10 with 13:32 remaining in the contest.
Dickinson would start at its own 18-yard line on the ensuing drive, and the Red Devils moved to the other end of the field in the red zone in seven plays including a 43-yard pass from Ahnell to Wood. However, the Moravian defense stiffened inside the five-yard line and forced the Red Devils to settle for a 21-yard field goal from Kaminski with 8:51 to play and making the score 21-13 Moravian.
On the next three possessions in the game, Moravian punted twice while Dickinson would punt once. The Red Devils also turned the ball over on downs at their own 42-yard line with 1:42 remaining when Ahnell's pass attempt to Wood for a first down was broken up by Moravian senior defensive back Rocco Del Priore.
The Greyhounds would get a first down by penalty before Lahue took a knee to end the game. Moravian picked up 261 yards on 52 plays with Lahue completing ten-of-16 passes for 129 yards with a touchdown, and he added a rushing touchdown while being sacked five times. McCarthy caught four passes for 65 yards while freshman wide receiver Will McLaughlin added two catches for 17 yards. Senior running back C.J. Billera added 17 yards on five rushing attempts.
Dickinson finished the game with 118 more yards of offense than Moravian, and the Red Devils also had the ball for 35:04 in the contest. Ahnell was 15-for-25 for 209 yards with two interceptions, and he was sacked three times while leading the Dickinson rushing attack with 54 yards on 17 carries. Licata added 53 yards on 15 attempts. Wood caught four passes for 87 yards and a score while Ondo had four receptions for 38 yards to go with his touchdown pass to Wood. Junior wide receiver Colin Rodgers also pulled in four catches for the Red Devils for 32 yards.
The Moravian defense, which forced three turnovers to raise its season total in takeaways to 11 in four games, was led by Downey, who made a game high 13 tackles with a half a tackle for loss to go with his interception. Junior defensive back Brandon Lesko added with tackles while senior linebacker Tyler Potterton added six stops with a sack and one and a half tackles for loss. Sophomore linebacker Ed Bouye had six tackles in his first career starter while Del Priore had five tackles with a tackle for loss and his pass breakup. Melillo also had five tackles with the sack and forced fumble while senior linebacker Luke Trexler, sophomore linebackers Kevin Bracken and Richard Kugel and freshman defensive lineman Adonis Cannon each had five tackles with Bracken adding a tackle for loss and Kugel contributing a half a tackle for loss.
Simpson led the Dickinson defense with ten tackles including two and a half tackles for loss, two sacks and a forced fumble while sophomore defensive back Connor Thompson had eight stops with a half a tackle for loss. Junior linebacker Michael Miller contributed seven tackles with one for loss for the Red Devils while junior defensive lineman Walker Moriarty had six tackles to go with two sacks and a forced fumble. Senior defensive back Marek Laco also had six stops for Dickinson.
Moravian is scheduled to return to action on Saturday, September 29th in a Centennial Conference game at Ursinus College kicking off at 12:00 p.m. in Collegeville.


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Free agency started overnight and for a lot of us fans the new season has just begun.
The bad taste that has been in my mouth since the Cowboys lost in Philadelphia is slowly disappearing. Even though the Cowboys are not projected to make any big signings, this is what being a Cowboys fan is all about. You know what I mean don't you?
Debating who should back up Tony, or looking for a veteran safety, corner, or inside linebacker… Cowboys talk is just great!
Then we have the draft.
The draft is probably my favorite weekend of the year. Mock drafts followed by mock drafts, and even more mock drafts, I just cant get enough!
Then OTA's, mini-camps, and talking about how players are looking, and what our chances are in 09.
I just cannot get enough Cowboy chatter. Then before you know it its July and we are talking training camp which I will be attending for the first time in my life! And just like that we are breaking down our first matchup in week one.
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47strings necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 114 diseños de 32 diseñadores freelance.
Accomplished classical harpist needs a new logo design for website, print, and collateral material use. Must be clean, elegant, and modern.
HarpJAS is the personal website of classical harpist at the top of her field. We need a fresh new logo to go with an existing web design. The following should be kept in mind during the creative process:
- Aesthetic: bold, clean, elegant, and modern.
- We are going against the stereotype of harpists being frilly, traditional, or old fashioned.
- HARPJAS(dot)COM is the url, and JAS are initials. The tagline, if included, would be Julie Ann Smith. We are open to designs with and without the name tagline.
- The logo can either be graphical, text, or a combination of the two. The existing logo is all text, but we do not need to stick to that. I uploaded a screenshot of the current design so you can see where the logo will be placed
- If the logo is really good, it is possible that the web design could be changed to fit the logo (in other words, it doesn't have to be in the EXACT colors you see in the screenshot).
- The current web design plays off the natural "curve" of the harp.
- Graphic ideas include a harp, strings, curves, etc.
- JUST ADDED: header.gif so you can see the size
- White background
- Warm colors
- Script fonts are fine as long as they're legible
- Vector graphic or something that can be adequately resized for use in press kits (PDF, Word) and stationery
- Can be placed in existing website header (so it has to horizontally oriented, i.e., longer than it is tall)
- NO angels, cherubs, or hard-to-read script fonts
- No Italics
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The Treaty
The Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand (referred to in this Agreement as "the Parties"):
CONSCIOUS of their geographic proximity, long-standing friendship, and close historic, political, and economic relationship;
RECOGNISING the development of that relationship through the Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement done at Canberra on 28 March 1983, and subsequent arrangements and agreements developed within that framework;
NOTING in particular the Arrangement relating to Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition signed by the Australian Prime Minister, Premiers and Chief Ministers on 14 June 1996 and by the New Zealand Prime Minister on 9 July 1996, and the cooperation programme in relation to regulatory requirements for therapeutic products pursued under the auspices of that Arrangement;
AWARE that this relationship will be significantly strengthened and that both countries will benefit through the development of a joint Trans-Tasman scheme for the regulation of therapeutic products;
ACKNOWLEDGING their commitment to securing trade liberalisation and an outward-looking approach to trade;
CONSCIOUS of their obligations under the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization done at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994;
AFFIRMING their shared commitment to safeguarding public health and safety through a regulatory regime consistent with international best practice for the regulation of the quality, safety, and efficacy or performance of therapeutic products; and
DESIRING therefore to establish a joint scheme for the regulation of therapeutic products in both Australia and New Zealand, to be administered by a single world-class agency responsible to both Parties;
HAVE agreed as follows:
Statement of Intent
On 20 June 2011, the Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand reaffirmed their commitment to the establishment of the Australia New Zealand Therapeutic Products Agency (ANZTPA) to administer a joint regulatory scheme for therapeutic products. This reaffirmation acknowledged that the New Zealand Government will introduce a separate scheme to regulate certain natural health products in the New Zealand market.
Prime Ministers have agreed that a three stage approach over a period of up to 5 years will be adopted to progressively achieve this goal by mid-2016. The threestages involve the two countries' regulators, Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and New Zealand's Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority (Medsafe):
Commencing a program of Business to Business (B2B) projects and work-sharing. This will enable the separate regulatory systems of each country to be supported with single sets of data, expertise and internal administrative advisory processes. Improved regulatory practices will lead to immediate benefits including improved public health outcomes and better value for money for industry and governments with greater efficiency in regulatory processes.
Establishing a Single Entry Point for industry and agreeing a common trans-Tasman regulatory framework. While each country will retain its own regulator and continue to make its own regulatory decisions in this stage, business will benefit from a significant reduction in red tape with only one set of requirements to operate in two countries. The creation of the new world class regulatory framework will further increase the public health benefit for consumers, reduce the regulatory burden for industry and enhance the reputation of New Zealand and Australian therapeutic products on the world market.
Increasingly Integrate Business Operations, including single operational and decision making mechanisms. Following passage of implementing legislation, ratification of the Treaty and final confirmation of arrangements, the separate national regulators will be absorbed into the ANZTPA. At this time New Zealand will be able to decide whether to maintain its separate scheme to regulate certain health products, or bring those products under ANZTPA.
This statement of intent reflects a significant step in the lengthy process since the Treaty between Australia and New Zealand was signed in 2003 envisaging all therapeutic products being regulated under a joint regulatory scheme by a single regulatory agency.
The agreement to establish a single Australia New Zealand Therapeutic Products Agency is also another important step forward in the development of closer economic relations between Australia and New Zealand. In addition, deliverables from this project such as regulatory harmonisation will strengthen the broader relationship between the two countries and benefit industry in both countries.
Arrangements of Governance
The project to establish ANZTPA is a complex multi-year project requiring effective governance arrangements. When committing to the project in June 2011, the Australian and New Zealand Prime Ministers agreed to establish two key joint governance bodies:
a Ministerial Council, including Australian and New Zealand Health Ministers and other relevant ministers, to oversight implementation; and
a Transition Agency, resourced by both Australia and New Zealand, to advise the Ministerial Council and drive implementation of the scheme.
A number of other entities have been set up to support the roles of the Ministerial Council and Transition Agency. These are:
The Secretaries' Group (comprising the CEOs of the New Zealand Ministry of Health and the Australian Department of Health) which is a joint entity driving outcomes to give effect to the Treaty and the Statement of Intent, as well as providing support, advice and recommendations to the Ministerial Council.
A Trans-Tasman Senior Officials' Group (TTSOG), which is a formal body with membership drawn from the relevant policy agencies in both countries. Membership of this group includes officials from the Australian Department of Health, the New Zealand Ministry of Health, the New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development, the Australian and New Zealand Departments of Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Australian and New Zealand Treasuries, the Australian Department of Finance and Deregulation, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Australian Attorney-General's Department and the New Zealand Ministry of Justice. The Head of the Transition Agency and Heads from both Regulators are also members of the TTSOG. Other relevant officers are co-opted where consideration of issues falls within their area of responsibility.
On 10 December 2003, the Australian and New Zealand Governments signed an agreement to establish a joint regulatory scheme for therapeutic products.
The joint scheme will regulate medicines (including complementary medicines) and medical devices and is expected to come into force on the passage of legislation and ratification of the treaty.
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- What is the project about?
- Why are we establishing a trans Tasman therapeutic products agency?
- What will form the basis of the new agency?
- What will the agency do?
- What are the advantages of having a trans Tasman therapeutic products agency?
- How will the agency be set up?
- Stakeholder consultation
What is the project about?
The trans Tasman therapeutic products agency project has involved New Zealand and Australia giving consideration to establishing a joint agency to regulate therapeutic products (medicines, medical devices and complementary medicines/dietary supplements that have therapeutic uses) in both countries.
The decisions of the Australian and New Zealand Governments to establish a trans Tasman agency to regulate therapeutic products have moved the project into a new phase. This phase of the project sees the development of the final details of the regulatory framework and the legislation underpinning the joint agency, the treaty between Australia and New Zealand, and the transitional arrangements to create a new agency.
Text of the treaty: Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand for the establishment of a joint scheme for the regulation of therapeutic products
Other documents relating to the treaty
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Why are we establishing a trans Tasman therapeutic products agency?
The key objectives in establishing the Agency are to:
Establish a trans Tasman regulatory scheme for therapeutic products that will safeguard public health and safety in Australia and New Zealand by regulating therapeutic products and maintain an effective and sustainable regulatory capacity in both countries; and Resolve the special exemption for therapeutic products under the Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement (TTMRA) in a manner that facilitates trans Tasman trade and enhances Closer Economic Relations between Australia and New Zealand.
The establishment of a trans Tasman agency is also likely to lead to closer cooperation between countries and regulators in the Asia-Pacific region.
Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement
The TTMRA is an arrangement between the Australian Commonwealth, State and Territory governments and the government of New Zealand. The TTMRA seeks to remove regulatory barriers and facilitate trade between Australia and New Zealand.
The differences between the New Zealand and Australian systems for regulating therapeutic products were sufficient to necessitate a special exemption to the TTMRA that allowed officials time to assess options to resolve the need for a special exemption.
The options identified for resolving the special exemption were mutual recognition, permanent exemption and harmonisation of regulatory systems.
Australian and New Zealand Health Ministers agreed that harmonisation of regulatory systems was likely to be the best option. The establishment of a trans Tasman therapeutic products agency will deliver a harmonised approach with the flow on benefits of lowering trade barriers between Australia and New Zealand and enhancing CER.
Regulatory capacity
Regulatory Impact Assessments undertaken by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) in 2000 and 2002 confirmed that New Zealand's current system for regulating therapeutic products is not sustainable. New Zealand does not have sufficient capacity in terms of technical expertise to continue to evaluate the risks and benefits of increasingly complex high risk products (such as medicines of biological origin). Such expertise is in demand internationally and is scarce in some disciplines. Australia may face a similar challenge to its regulatory capacity in the longer term.
What will form the basis of the new agency?
The new Agency will replace the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority (Medsafe), and be accountable to the Australian and New Zealand Governments. It will be recognised in law in both Australia and New Zealand and assume responsibility for the regulatory functions currently undertaken in both countries.
What will the agency do?
The role of the Agency will be to safeguard public health and safety through regulation of the quality, safety and efficacy or performance of therapeutic products in both Australia and New Zealand.
The regulatory activities of the agency will include:
pre-market evaluation and assessment; product licensing; controls on manufacture; post-market monitoring and surveillance; and setting standards.
A risk-based approach will be taken so that the level of regulation is commensurate with the level of risk associated with the products.
What are the advantages of having a trans Tasman therapeutic products agency?
The Agency has a number of benefits for both countries. The Agency will: assist in creation of a single market for therapeutic products; facilitate trade and reduce compliance costs by replacing dual regulatory processes with harmonised regulatory requirements; strengthen each country's regulatory capacity to meet a new wave of innovative therapeutic products which are being driven by emerging technologies and globalisation; and ensure consumers have early access to new products entering the market, while maintaining confidence in public health and safety.
How will the agency be set up?
The Agency will: have a distinct legal identity and be recognized in the legislation of both countries; be established, and operate, in accordance with key principles set out in Treaty between the two countries; be directly accountable to both Ministers and to both Parliaments; deliver common regulatory outcomes and have the authority to implement and enforce laws in both countries; operate subject to the ability of either country to depart from the joint regulatory scheme. This will apply in extraordinary circumstances, under agreed criteria and within agreed time frames and will include a process for the future resolution of issues that have led to a separate decision; and be subject to common regulatory review and appeal mechanisms that are suitable for therapeutic products and provide access for industry in both countries.
The Agency will be overseen by a two-member Ministerial Council comprising the New Zealand Minister of Health and the Australian Health Minister. The Agency will also have a five member Board. A Treaty will establish the Ministerial Council and the Board of the agency. The Board will be responsible for the strategic direction and financial management of the Agency. One of the Board members, the Managing Director, will be responsible for regulatory decisions about therapeutic products and for the day to day management of the Agency. The Board and the Managing Director will be appointed by the Ministerial Council.
The framework for the regulatory scheme administered by the Agency will be set up under the Treaty and implemented through Acts of Parliament in both countries, a single set of Rules made by the Ministerial Council, and technical Orders made by the Managing Director.
Accountability arrangements
It has been agreed that a fundamental requirement for the joint agency must be that the Agency has no lesser accountability to Ministers, Parliaments, industry and the public than is currently the case for Medsafe and the TGA. Work continues on further defining accountability requirements for the Agency, such as: procedures for appropriate stakeholder input into, and parliamentary scrutiny of, initial and subsequent legislation, including Rules and Orders; review of regulatory decisions; annual, corporate and financial planning; access to official information; privacy requirements; and human rights/anti-discrimination regimes.
Stakeholder consultation
Since 1998 there has been extensive consultation with industry, health professionals and consumer groups on the proposal to establish a joint therapeutic products agency. Consultation will continue with key stakeholders, especially on the final proposals for the establishment and implementation of a joint regulatory scheme.
Discussion documents and other reports and documents designed to keep stakeholders informed on developments towards the establishment of a joint agency can be found on this website. Stakeholders should regularly check the website for new information and updates on progress towards establishing the trans Tasman agency.


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Visitor Guidelines for Surgical Patients
Your family and friends will be allowed to stay with you until it is time for you to be prepared for surgery. We do request that no more than two visitors be allowed in the room with you at one time.
As a visitor, we understand that waiting during surgery can cause a lot of anxiety. Please be aware that surgery does not immediately begin when the patient is taken in for preparation. Preparation times vary depending on the type of surgery or anesthesia.
When the surgery does begin, a staff member will keep you updated on the progress of the surgery. To receive timely updates, you are encouraged to wait in the designated waiting area for surgery and recovery.
If you need to leave the waiting room, please notify the desk in the waiting area and be sure to check back when you return. They should provide you with an in-house pager to carry, should you need to be contacted.
Once the surgery is completed, the surgeon will usually come to the waiting area or phone you to discuss the surgery and give post-operative instructions.


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Court nixes appeal over added ethanol in gasoline
June 24, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected challenges to Environmental Protection Agency decisions allowing an increase in ethanol content in gasoline.
The justices on Monday left in place a federal appeals court ruling that dismissed challenges by trade associations representing the oil industry, food producers, restaurants and others to EPA decisions allowing a gasoline blend of up to 15 percent ethanol. The national gasoline supply is largely a blend with 10 percent ethanol.


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Regulators Charge SAC Chief Cohen
The SEC has filed a civil-enforcement action against SAC chief Steven A. Cohen, alleging he ignored "red flags" that should have alerted him to insider trading "under his watch." Banking editor Colin Barr and Jacob Frenkel, former SEC senior counselor discuss on The News Hub. Photo: AP.
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What if three million protesters poured into the streets of American cities, and with a general strike shut down all transportation, closing government offices, and setting banks and office buildings ablaze?
If one takes into account the size of Greece, a proportionate amount of the Greek population did just that on May 5. Over 100,000 protesters took took to the streets. But this was not your ordinary European mass rally. World markets, including Wall Street, felt the tremor from these demonstrations. The protests are against onerous economic cutbacks in the wake of a € 110 billion Euro ($145 billion) bailout for a near-bankrupt economy. But a large percentage of the Greek population doesn't see itself paying for a generation for the corruption of their own officials, and the economic shock therapy dictated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and German bankers.
From the UK Guardian:
"All of us are angry, very, very angry," bellowed Stella Stamou, a civil servant standing on a street corner, screaming herself hoarse, a block away from where the bank had been set alight.
"You write that - angry, angry, angry, angry," she said, after participating in one of the biggest ever rallies to rock the capital since the return of democracy in 1974. "Angry with our own politicians, angry with the IMF, angry with the EU, angry that we have lost income, angry that we have never been told the truth."
From the Wall Street Journal:
"For 30 years the Greek people have been held hostage," said Periandros Athanassakis, 48, a garbage collector in Piraeus, the port near Athens. "Those who stole the money should pay."
Some officials saw in Wednesday's protests the seeds of broader discontent. "We may have an uprising in the making," one senior Greek official said.
The New York Times focused on the violence, predicting (in their hopeful way) that the violence would bring about a government reaction, and a backlash of Greeks "against a growing number of extremists". The Grey Lady intoned, "Some said they were willing to endure what some economists predict could be 10 years before the economy bounces back," even while others were responding differently:
... clustered among the protesters were subgroups numbering in the hundreds - mostly young and many clad in black, wearing hoods or masks and carrying helmets, wooden bats or hammers - that the police and other demonstrators identified broadly as anarchists. They led efforts to storm the Parliament building, chanting "thieves, thieves," and hurling rocks and gasoline bombs.
Everyone agrees that the situation in Greece is dire. And Greece is the proverbial canary in the coalmine, as world financiers look doubtfully upon Spain's 20% unemployment rate and indebtedness, and precarious economic conditions from the UK to Italy. The Germans are the real power behind the EU, and their economy is the one that others are looking to for a bail out the weaker states - but only at a price. The Germans are holding firm to the terms of their bailout, even as German chancellor Angela Merkel said, "Quite simply, Europe's future is at stake."
What's the Bailout Deal?
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has a difficult, maybe impossible austerity package to sell to the Greek people. The Greek state has been living on borrowed funds for some time. The bailout deal proposed by the Germans and IMF demands Greece reduce its national borrowing rate from 13.4% of national income to 3% within four years. But where's the money going to come from?
According to another New York Times story:
The new measures include an increase of two percentage points in the value-added sales tax, which is now 19 percent; a further increase in the fuel tax; increases of 20 percent for alcohol taxes and 6 percent for cigarette taxes; a new tax on luxury goods; and a 12 percent cut in supplements to wages for civil servants, Mr. Petalotis said.
They also include a 30 percent reduction in the bonuses given to civil servants as holiday pay, which amount to two additional monthly wages, he said.
The Gerson Lehrman Company describes how the Greek economy is going to be chopped up and sold to the highest bidder, many of those foreign. Of course, they are quite sober about it all:
The government will accelerate privatizations (€ 2.5 bill. budgeted for 2010) and may change its mind regarding majority ownership by strategic (foreign/EU) investors of types of assets / industries that have been protected under the existing social /political model, including utility/infrastructure, transport or special state (monopoly) assets. Examples might include the railway company, water distribution companies, the electricity grid or the power company (PPC), as well as the soccer betting company (OPAP), gambling Casinos and the remaining stake in Hellenic Telecom (OTE), which will probably be sold to Deutsche Telekom. Other interesting candidates for privatization might include airports and seaports and enhanced PPP/PFI models will be considered for infrastructure investments.
So goodbye living wages, goodbye state-run utilities, transport, and telecom. As the quote above makes clear, German companies are primed to sweep up the goodies off the bargain basement floor. This is a bitter pill for the Greeks, who endured Nazi occupation during World War II, which they answered with a large bloody resistance. The old hatreds and resentments still simmer under the surface.
Back in February, Greek Deputy prime minister Theodoros Pangalos lashed out:
Nazi theft of Greek gold during the Second World War is to blame for the country's faltering finances, Athens claimed yesterday....
Greece said the real culprit for its problems were the Nazis, whose occupation lasted from 1941 to 1945....
Germany swiftly rejected the accusation, saying it paid £50 million in compensation by 1960 and more to forced labourers of the Nazi regime.
Where is this all headed?
People in the U.S. are used to hearing about European general strikes. In the popular mind, fostered by a somnolent and ignorant press, such protests are quaint European customs, artifacts of a past that is not relevant anymore, especially since the fall of the Soviet Union. But this is a crisis that is not going to go away. And within living memory, European states have turned to violent coups and dictatorships to quell popular dissent, as in Greece and Portugal in the 1960s and 1970s.
In Italy, U.S./NATO-backed right-wing terrorists, part of the left-behind armies of Operation Gladio, facilitated the Italian government's "strategy of tension" during the 1980s in order to keep the then-popular Italian Communist Party from entering the Italian government. Philip Willan covered the revelations of this story in the UK Guardian a decade ago:
The 300-page [Italian parliamentary] report says that the United States was responsible for inspiring a "strategy of tension" in which indiscriminate bombing of the public and the threat of a rightwing coup were used to stabilise centre-right political control of the country.
Those who carried out the attacks were rarely caught, it said, because "those massacres, those bombs, those military actions had been organised or promoted or supported by men inside Italian state institutions and, as has been discovered, by men linked to the structures of United States intelligence".
The crisis in Greece and the European Union in general is exposing the deep flaws within the post-Soviet economic and political structure in Europe. The fires in Athens are a harbinger of a bigger crisis to come, one that Americans will have to pay attention to. But do not count on the U.S. press to honestly report what will happen, or the U.S. government to stand aside in neutrality. The Obama administration is pushing the Europeans and the IMF to get the bailout deal in place quickly, even as right-wing Republicans are screaming they will not support the U.S. paying its portion of the IMF bailout funds.
The people of Greece seem determined they will not pay for the orgy of corruption and double-dealing that has left their economy in tatters. Whether it was Goldman Sachs playing funny with derivatives to help the Greek government to hide its debt, or German companies rushing to buy up newly privatized industries, or the wide-spread corruption of Greek politicians, they are saying something that American workers and middle class might be thinking, and that has some people afraid: "'let the plutocracy pay'...'Why should we, the little man, pay for this crisis?'"


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* Updated @ 1:09 a.m., Wednesday, March 6
Former Public Works Commissioner John Choi and former city council deputy Mitch O'Farrell appear to be headed to a run-off election to replace termed-out Eric Garcetti as councilman of the 13th District based on the most recent but not yet final results from Tuesday's voting. Meanwhile, in the 1st Council District, former state legislator Gil Cedillo maintained a small lead over prime rival Jose Gardea, according to unofficial results posted by the City Clerk at 12:42 p.m. The votes from more than 85% of the precincts in Tuesday's election have been reported. If no candidate wins more than 50% of the vote, a run off election will be held May 21 between the two top vote getters.
In the mayoral race, Garcetti, a Silver Lake resident, emerged ahead of Wendy Greuel but both are expected to face each other in the run-off election.
Meanwhile, back in Council District 1 and 13, the large amount of money that poured into some of the candidates' campaigns did not bring overwhelming victory.
The candidates who received large amounts of financial support from independent groups funded by unions and business failed to emerge with substantially larger number of votes than their chief rivals, based on the figures in the City Clerk's most recent update. For example, Cedillo's campaign expenses and the money spent by independent groups who supported him totaled nearly $738,000, which is $300,000 more than the Gardea campaign and his supporters poured into the election. While Cedillo was close to winning 50% of the vote needed to avoid a runoff, he was still only a few percentage points ahead of Gardea, based on unofficial results with nearly 90% of precincts reporting.
In Council District 13, the $141,000 in campaign expenses and independent expenditures on behalf of O'Farrell does not even come close to the $552,159 spent on the Choi campaign or the $319,810 spent on behalf of Alexander Cruz De Ocampo. Yet, O'Farrell maintained a slim lead over Choi in late election results, with both men each garnering about 16% of the vote. With nearly 87% of precincts counted, Ocampo had garnered less than 11% of the vote, trailing behind such candidates as Josh Post and Sam Kbushyan, whose combined campaign expenditures fell below what had been spent on Ocampo.
Results reported on Wednesday, March 6 at 12:42 a.m. with 89% of Council District 1 precincts reporting.
The campaign to replace termed-out Councilman Ed Reyes was dominated by two players: Jose Gardea, who has served as Reyes' Chief of Staff, and former state senator Gil Cedillo. While Gardea is familiar to many neighborhood activists and had an early lead in fundraising, unions and their independent political committees poured money into the campaign in support of Cedillo.
Results reported on Wednesday, March 6 at 12:42 a.m. with 87% of Council District 13 precincts reporting.
The race for Council District 13, which includes Atwater, Echo Park, Silver Lake and portions of Hollywood, features a field of a dozen candidates, split between a long-time activist and newcomers who had recently moved into the district.Former public works commissioner John Choi emerged as a top contender with the financial backing of unions and other supporters. Nearly $2 million was spent by the dozen candidates and independent political groups.
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Is It Really Fair To Say That Red Hat Is The First Billion Dollar Open Source Company?
from the others-might-beg-to-differ dept
He said that he did think that Red Hat could get to $5 billion in due course, but that this entailed "replacing $50 billion of revenue" currently enjoyed by other computer companies. What he meant was that to attain that $5 billion of revenue Red Hat would have to displace software that currently costs $50 billion. Selling $50 billion-worth of software -- even if it only costs $5 billion -- is somewhat hard, which is why it will take a while to achieve.And that's a key point. The markets are very different. But I think there was an even more important point later on in that discussion, which is that it's wrong to think of just "pure play" open source companies as the open source market. It's really the equivalent of defining "the music industry" as solely "the number of CDs sold." That doesn't paint the entire picture at all. Because, as we've seen, as music has become more available (both in authorized and unauthorized means), it's built up the much wider "music industry" in massive ways -- jump-starting huge shifts in the industry.
Similarly, the importance and impact of the "open source market" is not in the companies offering up open source software, but in the companies using open source software to offer amazing things to the world. In other words, I'd argue that companies like IBM, Google and Facebook are clearly "billion dollar open source companies" (actually, much, much more than just a billion) -- because they all use open source software as the key component and key resource in building their business. Just as other parts of the music business used free music to boost their revenue, companies that used open source software built massive new markets and grew their own revenue streams.
Given that, I know there's a lot of folks talking about Red Hat finally actually hitting that $1 billion revenue milestone -- and it is a milestone worth noting. However, I think it's wrong to suggest that Red Hat is therefore the first "billion dollar" open source company. In fact, just as IBM, Facebook and Google really make their money by leveraging open source software to do (and sell) something else, much of Red Hat's revenue really comes in an ancillary manner to the software as well: from selling the service that goes with it. It's great that Red Hat is doing well, and certainly it presents yet another useful data point to argue against those who argue there's no money to be made if your key "product" is free, but I think it's unfair and misleading to claim that it's the first billion dollar open source company.


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