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iHeartMedia + Entertainment – Capital One's iHeartRadio Music Festival Ultimate Fan Little Mix – Win a trip for 2 to Las Vegas
Sweepstakes Name: Capital One's iHeartRadio Music Festival Ultimate Fan Little Mix Sweepstakes (the "Sweepstakes")
Station: iHeartRadio (the "Station") and Participating Stations. See Appendix A.
Station Address: 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013
Telephone: (212) 424-6000
Sponsor: iHeartMedia + Entertainment, Inc. ("Sponsor")
Administrator: APTIVADA, LLC ("Administrator")
This Sweepstakes is open only to individuals who are legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia, who are current Capital One cardholders as of July 30, 2017 and who are at least 18 years of age or older, and who reside within the participating Station's Total Market Area (TMA) (as determined by the Station or otherwise as defined by Nielsen Audio, a radio research firm), all at the time of entry. Commonly, the TMA represents the total overall radio station's comprehensive listening market audience within a geographic area encompassing all industry defined media market areas. If you are not a legal resident of the United States, not located in the participating TMA, or you are not the required age as of time of entry, you are not eligible to participate in this Sweepstakes or to win a prize. Company and Sweepstakes Entities (both as defined below), individuals from all other radio and television stations, and members of the immediate family of any such persons are not eligible to participate or win. The term "immediate family" includes spouses, siblings, parents, children, grandparents, and grandchildren, whether as "in-laws," or by current or past marriage(s), remarriage(s), adoption, co-habitation or other family extension, and any other persons residing at the same household whether or not related.
Void outside participating Station's Total Market Area (TMA) and where prohibited or restricted by law. Odds of becoming a potential winner depend on the number of eligible entries received.
iHeartMedia + Entertainment, Inc., its subsidiaries, affiliated companies, divisions, and individual stations, the Station, iHeartRadio and iHeartMedia (collectively, the "Company") will conduct the Sweepstakes substantially as described in these official Sweepstakes rules. "Sweepstakes Entities" shall be collectively be referred to herein to mean any party or entity associated in any way with the Sweepstakes, including but not limited to Company, Sponsor, Administrator, individual participating Stations, the Sweepstakes' sponsoring organizations, any third party prize provider(s) and/or prize fulfillment service, and each of the foregoing's respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, and each of their employees, talent, artists, volunteers, agents, shareholders, and contractors. Capital One is not a sponsor or offeror of this Sweepstakes.
By participating, each entrant (and if eligible minors, their parents/legal guardians) agrees as follows:
The Company may from time to time conduct promotions concurrently and simultaneously on several participating radio stations owned and not owned by the Company, and in various States, and the Company may add or remove participating stations or change call letters of any participating station at any time during a promotion as announced on the affected station. Participating stations are listed above. For a list of participating stations and/or a copy of the official Sweepstakes rules, please visit the office of the Station during normal business hours or send your request by mail as instructed herein.
The Sweepstakes is administered by Aptivada, LLC. Any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Sweepstakes must be directed to either the Company or the Administrator.
This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. You understand that you are providing your information to the Company and Administrator and not to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
Dates of Sweepstakes: Sweepstakes will begin on July 31, 2017 at 12:00:01 am ET and end on August 13, 2017 at 11:59:59pm ET ("Sweepstakes Period"). The Entry Period in which entrants can submit a Sweepstakes entry into the Drawing will be determined by the Entry Method as follows:
How to Enter: To receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes visit www.iheartradio.com/capitalone and complete the online entry form with your first name, last name, email, complete address, phone number, date of birth and the first six (6) digits of your Capital One card. Entries must be received by: Sunday, August 13, 2017 at 11:59:59 pm ET to be valid. Limit one (1) entry request per person, per email address, per day. Multiple requests received from any person or e-mail address in excess of the above stated limitation will be void. Entries received from any person or e-mail address in excess of the above stated limitation will be void. Entries generated by any means which subvert the entry process will be void. Entries must contain all information requested and comply with all Content submission requirements set forth herein to be valid.
Bonus Entries:
There is one (1) way to earn bonus Sweepstakes entries available with online entry, as described below.
Upon completion of entry into the Sweepstakes, Entrants may:
(i) Click on the Social Media buttons to share on Facebook or Twitter for the chance to receive fifty (50) bonus entries for each social media follower who enters the sweepstakes using your unique link. Followers must enter the Sweepstakes using your unique link for bonus entries to be valid. No social media accounts are required to enter the Sweepstakes, and you do not have to "Like" or "Follow us" in order to gain an entry.
Limit of one (1) bonus entry per Entrant throughout the Sweepstakes Period, regardless of the social media entity used. Entries and bonus entries together shall herein be referred to as "Entries". All eligible Entries must be received by August 13, 2017 at 11:59:59 pm ET to be eligible. Entries must contain all information requested to be valid.
Entries are subject to any applicable restrictions or requirements listed herein. The Company and Administrator is not responsible for entries not received due to difficulty accessing the internet, service outage or delays, computer difficulties and other technological problems. The Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for lost, late, undeliverable, illegible, damaged, stolen, garbled, delayed, misdirected, mutilated, or incomplete entries or communications, regardless of cause. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email address. Should multiple users of the same e-mail account or mobile phone number, as applicable, enter the Sweepstakes and a dispute thereafter arise regarding the identity of the entrant, the authorized account holder of said e-mail account or mobile phone account at the time of entry will be considered the entrant. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned an e-mail address or mobile phone number by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider, telephone service provider or other organization which is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses, phone numbers or the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Proof of submission of an entry shall not be deemed proof of submission or receipt by the Company for online entries. When applicable, the Administrator's computer will be deemed the official time keeping device for the Sweepstakes. Entries will be disqualified if found to be incomplete and/or if prohibited multiple entries are determined. Incomplete or entries in excess of the above stated limit will be declared ineligible. All entries become the property of Company and will not be receipt acknowledged or returned. Company's decisions as to the administration and operation of the Sweepstakes and the selection of potential winners are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes.
2. RANDOM DRAWING/WINNER SELECTION: On or about August 13, 2017, the Company will randomly select one (1) Sweepstakes winner from among all eligible entries collectively received during the Sweepstakes Period. Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible entries received.
By participating, you agree (a) to be bound by these Official Rules; (b) as between you and the Company, that the decisions of the Company is final on all matters relating to the Sweepstakes; (c) you are not participating on behalf of any employer or third party; (d) in the event that you do not comply with these rules, that you will be disqualified and your prize (if any) will be forfeited; and (e) (when applicable) the potential winner and/or finalist must be available to participate in any portion to the Sweepstakes that participation may be required to be considered eligible.
Potential winner(s) is subject to verification, including verification of eligibility. If an entrant is unable to verify his/her information, the entrant will automatically be disqualified and their prize, if any, will be forfeited. The Company reserves at its sole discretion the right to not award the prize or to determine an alternate winner or finalist (if applicable) in accordance with the official rules in the event that that any winner or finalist has been disqualified, cannot be contacted, or is deemed ineligible for any reason, or is not available to participate in any applicable Sweepstakes events.
The potential winner will be notified by phone at the phone number provided during registration. ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 14, 2017, THE COMPANY WILL CALL THE POTENTIAL WINNER THREE (3) TIMES WITHIN ONE (1) HOUR, STARTING AT (OR ABOUT) 12:00 PM ET. THE POTENTIAL WINNER MUST ANSWER ONE OF THE CALLS. IF THE POTENTIAL WINNER DOES NOT PICK UP ONE OF THE CALLS WITHIN THAT HOUR, THE POTENTIAL WINNER WILL BE DISQUALIFIED AND COMPANY WILL RANDOMLY SELECT THE NEXT POTENTIAL WINNER, WHO WILL ALSO BE NOTIFIED IN THE SAME METHOD ON THE SAME DAY. Company will not leave a voicemail or other message when contacting the potential winner. Notification is deemed to have occurred immediately upon placing of a phone call. The Company is not responsible for any change of email address, mailing address, and/or telephone number of entrants. The Company is not obligated to, and will not, leave a voice mail, answering machine or other message. The Sweepstakes Entities are not responsible for and shall not be liable for late, misdirected or unsuccessful efforts to notify a finalist and/or potential winners, or (if the finalist or potential winner is a minor) for late, misdirected, or unsuccessful efforts of the entrant to provide signed parental or guardian consent. If the potential winner does not claim the prize within the appropriate time given upon, the entrant will automatically be disqualified and their prize will be forfeited.
As a condition of participating in the Sweepstakes, entrants agree and acknowledge that in order to receive a prize and be deemed a winner, entrants must sign an official waiver form provided by the Company and agree to the terms herein, including but not limited to the prize conditions. If eligible entrants include minors, a parent or guardian of such eligible minor must sign a release on behalf of the minor to be eligible to receive a prize, but the Company reserves the right to refuse to award a prize to or on behalf of any minor. The potential prize winner and, if a potential prize winner who is an eligible minor in his/her state of residence, the potential prize winner's parent or guardian, may (in Company's sole discretion) be required to sign and return a declaration of eligibility and any other form necessary to verify eligibility, along with the required releases within twenty four (24) hours after the first (1st) delivery attempt to entrants e-mail address in order for the potential prize winner to be qualified for the prize, unless otherwise stated herein or at the time of notification. The potential prize winner's failure to return all required forms within this time period may result in the potential winner being disqualified and an alternate winner may be randomly selected from among all remaining eligible entries, as determined by Sponsor in its sole and discretion. If entrant has not reached the age of majority in his/her primary state of residence at the time of entry into the Sweepstakes (19 years old if a resident of Alabama or Nebraska, 21 years old if a resident of Mississippi, and 18 years old in all other states), then entrant must obtain parental consent in order to be eligible to enter the Sweepstakes. Parental Consent occurs when the parent or legal guardian of a minor entrant who has not reached the age of legal majority in their residing state, grants permission for the minor entrant to participate and agrees on behalf of himself/herself and the minor entrant to these Official Rules. It is strictly prohibited for anyone who does not meet the age requirement at the time of entry to be allowed to participate in the Sweepstakes and no situation shall anyone under the age of thirteen (13) be permitted to enter the Sweepstakes at any time, under any circumstances.
3. PRIZE(S). No more than the advertised number of prizes shall be awarded. The prize is subject to certain terms and conditions as specified herein. A prize may not be sold, traded, or commissioned, and is not exchangeable, transferable, substitutable, or redeemable for cash except in Company's sole discretion. Prize details and availability are subject to change. Company is not the supplier or guarantor of any prize, unless otherwise specified. Prizing may be fulfilled by a third party fulfillment company. The prize will only be awarded if properly claimed according to the Rules. All costs and expenses related to the prize acceptance, the prize, and/or prize use not specified herein as being provided are the sole responsibility of winner(s). The prize(s) that may be awarded to the eligible winner(s) are:
One Grand Prize Winner will receive:
Round trip, coach, air travel for one (1) winner and one (1) guest from the major airport nearest the winner's residence (as determined by the Company) to the major airport nearest Las Vegas, NV;
Airport ground transfers in Las Vegas, NV to the winner's hotel determined at the sole discretion of the Company;
Two (2) nights hotel stay September 22 – 24, 2017 for the grand prize winner and one (1) guest in Las Vegas, NV determined at the sole discretion of the Company;
Two (2) tickets to each night of the iHeartRadio Music Festival (the "Concert") on September 22 and 23, 2017;
Two (2) tickets to the Daytime Village Presented by Capital One (the "Pre-Show") on September 23, 2017;
Two (2) tickets to the Capital One's iHeartRadio Music Festival Kickoff Party featuring Little Mix on September 22, 2017;
A meet & greet for two (2) people with an iHeartRadio Music Festival artist;
A style preparation session determined at the sole discretion of the Company for the one (1) winner and one (1) guest before the Pre-Show;
The opportunity for the one (1) winner and one (1) guest to have a photo shoot with Little Mix at a location determined at the sole discretion of the Company.
All prizes provided by: iHeartMedia + Entertainment, Inc.
Approximate Retail Value ("ARV"): $4,000.00
Conditions and restrictions may apply. Limit: One (1) prize per person/household for this Sweepstakes. Winner(s) and winner's household members cannot have won a prize through any Company promotion in the thirty (30) days prior to this Sweepstakes start date. ALL PRIZES ARE AWARDED "AS IS" AND THE COMPANY DOES NOT MAKE (AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR) ANY REPRESENTATIONS, GUARANTEES, OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, RELATING TO ANY PRIZE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE), AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.
4. TAMPERING AND DELIVERY DISCLAIMER.(a) The Company, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify and prohibit from participating (and void such person's entries) any person, who the Company determines (in its sole discretion) is or is attempting to: (i) tamper with the Company's website and/or any part of the Sweepstakes; (ii) undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, deception, or other unfair playing practices, (iii) or intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrants, the Company, or the Released Parties or exhibits other unsportsmanlike behavior; and/or (iv) otherwise violate these Official Rules or the Terms of Use of the Company's Website. (b) ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE, CIRCUMVENT, OR DISRUPT THE COMPANY'S WEBSITE (OR ANY PART THEREOF) OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD ANY SUCH ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE COMPANY AND ITS LICENSEES (IF ANY) RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND ANY OTHER AVAILABLE REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SUCH ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. EACH ENTRANT (OR, IF THE ENTRANT IS NOT OF AGE OF MAJORITY IN HIS/HER STATE OF RESIDENCE, THE LEGAL GUARDIANS THEREOF) AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE COMPANY AND ITS AGENTS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, LOSSES, DAMAGES AND/OR LIABILITIES (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES AND EXPENSES) THAT MAY BE ASSERTED AGAINST OR INCURRED BY ANY OF THEM AT ANY TIME, IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE THEREOF, AND/OR BY ENTRANT'S BREACHES OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR COVENANTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SWEEPSTAKES.The use of any automated device, automated launching or entry software or any other mechanical or electronic means that permits the entrant to automatically enter or evaluate repeatedly is prohibited. The Company disclaims all liability for any delays, misdelivery, loss, or failure in the delivery of any item sent by mail, courier, express, electronic transmission, or other delivery method.
The Company, Sponsor, Administrator, its employees and agents, the Sweepstakes Entities, prize provider(s), sponsor(s), Capital One and each of their respective employees and agents, any applicable third party fulfillment service and each of their respective employees and agents (collectively, the "Released Parties") are not responsible for: (1) mechanical, technical, electronic, communications, telephone, computer, hardware or software errors, malfunctions or failures of any kind, including: failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed transmission of online entries, traffic congestion on telephone lines, the Internet or at any website or lost or unavailable network connections which may limit an online entrant's ability to participate in the Sweepstakes; (2) any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in or downloading any information necessary to participate in the Sweepstakes; (3) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes; (4) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (5) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or operation of the Sweepstakes; or (5) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries.
The Company further reserves the right to: (i) cancel, terminate, suspend, declare null or void, amend, alter, or modify the Sweepstakes, void any suspicious entries, rescind any prize, and/or determine absolute resolution, and/or an alternate method of conducting the Sweepstakes and/or awarding the prize(s) at any time, for any reason, or if, in the sole discretion of the Company, it is impossible or impractical to complete or conduct the Sweepstakes as planned for any reason, including, but not limited to, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures of any sort, programming associated with or used in the Sweepstakes, by any human error which may occur in the execution of this Sweepstakes, or any other causes which effect the operation of the Sweepstakes or the rules of the integrity of the Sweepstakes have been violated or compromised in any way, intentionally or unintentionally by any person whether or not a entrant in the Sweepstakes and/or (ii) stop or conclude the Sweepstakes at any time without prior notice. Material changes to the Sweepstakes rules will be broadcast on-air, when practical. In the event of termination of the Sweepstakes by Company, Company reserves the right to award any prize(s) in a manner deemed fair and equitable by Company.
5. PUBLICITY; USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. The Company will retain the entrant's personal data for a reasonable period of time to enable it to send that entrant any prize that they have won and to verify that these rules have been complied with, and for accounting purposes. This data may be passed to a third party to enable such third party to fulfill any necessary requirements relating to the award of a prize. Any other use of personal data will be in accordance with, and subject to, the Company's Privacy Policy located here. By participating, where allowed by law, all winner(s) grant the Company permission to use their names, characters, photographs, voices, Content, and likenesses world-wide, in perpetuity, in any and all media now known or hereinafter invented in any and all marketing and promotional materials and waive any claims to royalty, right, or remuneration for such use. Winner(s) further agrees that his/her name may be included in a publicly available winners' list. On occasion entrant may have the opportunity to opt-in with carefully selected third parties such as the promotional partners, who may offer you products and services of interest with your expressed consent. In the event that entrant has agreed to any available opt in opportunities provided from a third party, that may or may not be associated with this Sweepstakes, entrant understands and acknowledges that information (including entrant's personally identifiable information) provided will be collected independently by iHeartMedia, Inc. (the Company) and the third party providing the opt in opportunity and individually be used by both companies subject to the terms of their respective privacy policies. For iHeart's privacy policy, go to iHeartRadio Privacy Policy. For the Administrator's Privacy Policy go to Aptivada Privacy Policy. Any available opt-in opportunities are not required to enter the Sweepstakes, and consent to opt-in will not improve your chances of winning.
6. RELEASES, CONDITIONS, AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY. By participating in the Sweepstakes, each entrant agrees (and agrees to confirm in writing) to release and waive any and all claims of liability against the Released Parties from and against from any and all liability, loss or damage (including personal injury) incurred with respect to the conduct of or participation in the Sweepstakes, or the awarding, shipping/handling, receipt, possession, and/or use or misuse of any prize, including any travel related thereto. By accepting the prize, winner(s) hereby agrees that: (i) to release the Company, any participating Station, the Sweepstakes Entities, and, when applicable, the Sweepstakes' sponsor(s), prize provider(s), third party fulfillment service, and each of their respective parent companies and affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, and licensees from any and all claims in connection with the Sweepstakes and the award or use of the prizes; and (ii) where allowed by law, sign a publicity release confirming consent to use the winner's name/likeness as set forth in Section 5 prior to acceptance of the prize. The Released Parties are not responsible or liable to any entrant or winner or any person claiming through such entrant or winner for failure to supply the prize or any part thereof, by reason of any acts of God, any action, regulation, order or request by any governmental or quasi-governmental entity (whether or not the action, regulations, order or request proves to be invalid), equipment failure, threatened terrorist acts, terrorist acts, air raid, blackout, act of public enemy, earthquake, volcanic eruption, war (declared or undeclared), fire, flood, epidemic, explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, embargo, labor dispute or strike (whether legal or illegal) labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slow-down, civil disturbance, insurrection, riot, or any other cause beyond the Sweepstakes Entities' sole control. Upon awarding the prize, the Company will have no further obligation to winner.
7. TAXES. Any valuation of the prize(s) stated above is based on available information provided to the Company, and the value of any prize awarded to a winner may be reported for tax purposes as required by law. Each winner is solely responsible for reporting and paying any and all applicable federal, state, and local taxes, related fees, other costs or expenses related to prize acceptance and use not specified herein, regardless of whether such prize is used in whole or in part. Each winner must provide the Company with valid identification and a valid taxpayer identification number or social security number before any prize will be awarded. Any person winning over $600 in prizes from the Company will receive an IRS form 1099 at the end of the calendar year and a copy of such form will be filed with the IRS.
8. CONDUCT AND DECISIONS. All decisions of the Company will be final and binding on all matters relating to this Sweepstakes. Persons who violate any rule, gain unfair advantage in participating in the Sweepstakes, or obtain winner status using fraudulent means will be disqualified. The Company will interpret these rules and resolve any disputes, conflicting claims or ambiguities concerning the rules or the Sweepstakes and the Company's decisions concerning such disputes shall be final. If, for any reason, more bona fide winners come forward seeking to claim the Prize, an alternate potential winner may be selected in a random drawing from among all persons making purportedly valid claims for the Prize. Inclusion in such drawing shall be each entrant's sole and exclusive remedy under such circumstances. Any reference in these Official Rules or as part of the Sweepstakes to the Company's and/or Station's "discretion" and/or any exercise of discretion by the Company or Station shall mean in Company's and/or Station's "sole and unfettered discretion." The Company further reserves the right to: (i) terminate or declare any Sweepstakes null and void and rescind any prize, if in its sole judgment, the rules or the integrity of the Sweepstakes have been violated or compromised in any way, intentionally or unintentionally by any person whether or not a entrant in the Sweepstakes; (ii) alter or amend these Sweepstakes rules at any time; and/or (iii) stop or conclude the Sweepstakes at any time without prior notice. Material changes to the Sweepstakes rules will be broadcast on-air, when practical. The Company's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of this provision. If due to circumstances beyond the control of the Company, any segment of the Sweepstakes is delayed, rescheduled, postponed or cancelled, the Company reserves the right, but not the obligation, to modify, suspend or cancel the Sweepstakes and shall not be required to award a substitute prize.
9. BINDING ARBITRATION. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Company Sweepstakes shall be settled by binding arbitration in a location determined by the arbitrator as set forth herein (provided that such location is reasonably convenient for claimant), or at such other location as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties, in accordance with the procedural rules for commercial disputes set forth in the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures of JAMS ("JAMS Rules and Procedures") then prevailing, and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The arbitrator shall be selected pursuant to the JAMS Rules and Procedures. The arbitrator shall apply Texas law consistent with the Federal Arbitration Act and applicable statutes of limitations, and shall honor claims of privilege recognized at law. In the event that the claimant is able to demonstrate that the costs of arbitration will be prohibitive as compared to the costs of litigation, Company will pay as much of the claimant's filing and hearing fees in connection with the arbitration as the arbitrator deems necessary to prevent the arbitration from being cost-prohibitive. If any part of this arbitration provision is deemed to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal (other than that claims will not be arbitrated on a class or representative basis), or otherwise conflicts with the rules and procedures established by JAMS, then the balance of this arbitration provision shall remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with its terms as if the invalid, unenforceable, illegal or conflicting provision were not contained herein. If, however, the portion that is deemed invalid, unenforceable or illegal is that claims will not be arbitrated on a class or representative basis, then the entirety of this arbitration provision shall be null and void, and neither claimant nor Company shall be entitled to arbitrate their dispute. Upon filing a demand for arbitration, all parties to such arbitration shall have the right of discovery, which discovery shall be completed within sixty days after the demand for arbitration is made, unless further extended by mutual agreement of the parties. THE ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE IN THE ENTRANT'S INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE OR JOIN THE CLAIMS OF OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES WHO MAY BE SIMILARLY SITUATED. DO NOT ENTER THIS SWEEPSTAKES IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO HAVE ANY CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARBITRATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE OFFICIAL RULES.
10. MISCELLANEOUS. Company reserves the right to determine eligibility should special circumstances arise, all decisions are considered final and binding. These rules are designed to be fair and equal to all entrants. The Company disclaims any responsibility to notify entrants of any aspect related to the conduct of the Sweepstakes. For a copy of the rules, or where required by law, a list of winners, visit the business office of the participating Station during normal business hours or visit the Company's website. As a condition of participating in the Sweepstakes, entrants agree (and agree to confirm in writing) that: (a) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain costs, judgments, or awards for, and entrant hereby knowingly and expressly waives all rights to claim or seek punitive, incidental, consequential, special, or any other damages, other than for actual, third-party out-of-pocket expenses, and in such limitation, entrant further waives any rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased; (b) any and all disputes, claims, or causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, through binding arbitration as set forth above, without resort to any form of class action; and (c) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred (if any), excluding attorneys' fees and court costs. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitations or exclusion of liability, so the above may not apply to every entrant. Participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes entrant's full and unconditional agreement to, and acceptance of these Official Rules. Winning a prize is contingent upon entrant's fulfillment of all requirements set forth herein.
11. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW AND GOVERNING LAW. The conduct of the Sweepstakes, and its Terms and Official Rules, are governed by the applicable laws of the United States of America, which take precedence over any rule to the contrary herein. The Company and participating Station(s) shall follow the applicable laws for conducting Sweepstakes, including notice to the state attorney general or consumer affairs office, posting of a prize bond, furnishing lists of winners, running specific on-air disclaimers, providing specific written information about the Sweepstakes, etc. as required by applicable local and state law. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Sweepstakes Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant and Company in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Texas, U.S.A., without giving effect to the conflict of laws rules thereof, and any matters or proceedings which are not subject to arbitration as set forth in Section 9 of these Official Rules and/or for entering any judgment on an arbitration award, shall take place in the State of Texas, in the City of San Antonio.
Appendix A – Participating Stations
Market State Station
New York NY WHTZ-FM
New York NY WKTU-FM
New York NY WLTW-FM
New York NY WWPR-FM
Los Angeles CA KBIG-FM
Los Angeles CA KIIS-FM
Los Angeles CA KOST-FM
Los Angeles CA KRRL-FM
Chicago IL WGCI-FM
Chicago IL WKSC-FM
Chicago IL WLIT-FM
Chicago IL WVAZ-FM
San Francisco CA KIOI-FM
San Francisco CA KMEL-FM
San Francisco CA KYLD-FM
Dallas-Ft. Worth TX KDMX-FM
Dallas-Ft. Worth TX KHKS-FM
Houston-Galveston TX KODA-FM
Houston-Galveston TX KQBT-FM
Washington, DC DC WASH-FM
Washington, DC DC WIHT-FM
Atlanta GA WWPW-FM
Philadelphia PA WDAS-FM
Philadelphia PA WIOQ-FM
Philadelphia PA WISX-FM
Philadelphia PA WUSL-FM
Boston MA WJMN-FM
Boston MA WXKS-FM
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood FL WHYI-FM
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood FL WMIA-FM
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood FL WMIB-FM
Detroit MI WJLB-FM
Detroit MI WKQI-FM
Detroit MI WMXD-FM
Detroit MI WNIC-FM
Seattle-Tacoma WA KBKS-FM
Seattle-Tacoma WA KUBE-FM
Phoenix AZ KESZ-FM
Phoenix AZ KMXP-FM
Phoenix AZ KZZP-FM
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN KDWB-FM
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN KTCZ-FM
San Diego CA KHTS-FM
San Diego CA KMYI-FM
San Diego CA KSSX-FM
Denver-Boulder CO KPTT-FM
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater FL WBTP-FM
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater FL WFLZ-FM
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater FL WMTX-FM
Baltimore MD WZFT-FM
St. Louis MO KBWX-FM
St. Louis MO KMJM-FM
St. Louis MO KSLZ-FM
Portland, OR OR KKCW-FM
Portland, OR OR KKRZ-FM
Portland, OR OR KXJM-FM
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC WHQC-FM
Riverside-San Bernardino CA KGGI-FM
Pittsburgh, PA PA WKST-FM
San Antonio TX KQXT-FM
San Antonio TX KXXM-FM
San Antonio TX KZEP-FM
Sacramento CA KHYL-FM
Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo UT KJMY-FM
Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo UT KZHT-FM
Cincinnati OH WKFS-FM
Cleveland OH WAKS-FM
Orlando FL WMGF-FM
Orlando FL WXXL-FM
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Week 2 of jury selection begins in George Zimmerman trial
SANFORD, Fla. – Potential jurors' views on race were the focus of questioning Monday in second week of their selection for the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of black teenager Trayvon Martin.
A defense attorney questioned a potential juror extensively about her views on the case and whether she was bothered by protests led by civil rights leaders after Zimmerman's shooting last year of the unarmed 17-year-old Martin. Zimmerman identifies himself as Hispanic.
A 44-day delay in Zimmerman's arrest led to protests around the nation. Protesters questioned whether the Sanford Police Department was investigating the case seriously because Martin was a black teen from the Miami area.
The third juror questioned Monday morning was a middle-aged white woman who described the protests as unsettling and speculated that there could be further marches in Sanford if Zimmerman isn't convicted of second-degree murder. The jury candidate, who said she has a biracial grandson, also said she was unsure whether Zimmerman racially profiled Martin because it was dark and the Miami teen was wearing a hoodie, possibly making it difficult to see his race.
Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, was walking through the community of townhouses where he lived when he spotted Martin walking back from a convenience store to a home belonging to his father's fiancee. Zimmerman called a nonemergency police number, followed Martin and at some point there was a fight between them that left Martin dead.
Zimmerman, 29, is pleading not guilty, claiming self-defense.
When asked if she thought it was wrong when Zimmerman ignored a police dispatcher's advice not to follow Martin, she answered "yes."
Separately, Circuit Judge Debra Nelson must still decide whether to allow voice identification experts to testify at trial about screams captured on 911 calls. Voice recognition experts were hired by lawyers and news organizations to analyze the calls which were made by neighbors during the confrontation between Martin and Zimmerman. Thus far, the experts have reached mixed conclusions about whether they belong to the teen or the neighborhood watch volunteer. Defense attorneys don't want the experts to testify.
After potential jurors went home on Monday, Nelson listened to testimony from defense voice-recognition expert James Wayman who discounted methods used by two prosecution experts. One expert said in a report that the screams came from Martin and the other expert ruled out Zimmerman during testimony at pretrial hearing. Wayman also doubted the screams came from just one person and said the 911 call was just too small a sample from which to draw conclusions.
"That is not enough data ... to do any reliable estimation of who the speaker is," Wayman said.
Testimony from audio experts is expected to continue through jury selection this week.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys are seeking a pool of 40 potential jurors who have been screened for any influence of pretrial publicity before moving to a second round of questioning. By Monday, they had interviewed 49 potential jurors over the past week. They must narrow down the pool to six jurors and four alternates.
The judge presiding over the trial Monday asked four more potential jurors back for further questioning, raising to 32 the number of candidates asked to return. Of those asked to return, more than two-thirds are white. The pool also is overwhelmingly female and skews middle-aged.
Those who are picked for the jury will have their names kept private for at least some time after the trial, Nelson ruled Monday. The judge granted a defense motion to keep information on the jurors confidential after the trial, but she said she would wait to decide for how long.
Also interviewed Monday were an older white man who said he didn't have an opinion the case and a middle-aged black man who was dismissed after he said he would have trouble passing judgment on someone because of his religion. Attorneys also questioned a Hispanic mechanic in his 30s who said serving on a jury would be a hardship and a middle-aged white man who said he had donated $20 to Zimmerman's online legal defense fund.
It was the first encounter for attorneys with a potential juror who had donated to the fund. "It just seemed like he was underdog," the potential juror said of Zimmerman. "He couldn't go to work. He had to go into hiding. I just felt sorry for him."
The candidate wasn't asked back.

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I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed reading Phillip Rock's Passing Bells trilogy - not only on my own, but with all of you. It was with some regret that I turned the final page in A Future Arrived, the final book in the series. But then I remembered that I could share my thoughts, and read all of yours, so it wasn't really over, at least not yet!
A Future Arrived
The final installment of the saga of the Grevilles of Abingdon Pryory
begins in the early 1930s, as the dizzy gaiety of the Jazz Age comes to a
shattering end. What follows is a decade of change and uncertainty, as
the younger generation, born during or just after the "war to end all
wars," comes of age.
American writer Martin Rilke has made his journalistic mark, earning
worldwide fame with his radio broadcasts, and young Albert Thaxton seeks
to follow in his footsteps as a foreign correspondent. Derek Ramsey,
born only weeks after his father fell in France, and Colin Ross, a
dashing Yankee, leave their schoolboy days behind and enter fighter
pilot training as young men. The beautiful Wood-Lacy twins, Jennifer and
Victoria, and their passionate younger sister, Kate, strive to forge
independent paths, while learning to love—and to let go.
In their heady youth and bittersweet growth to adulthood, they are the
future—but the shadows that touched the lives of the generation before
are destined to reach out to their own.
Questions for Discussion
1. In this third book, the action is focused much more on the new generation - and while I understand why (they're younger and more exciting), it was hard sometimes to read more about Albert and Jennifer, and Colin and Kate, rather than Alexandra and Charles and Fenton. How did you feel about this new generation?
2. Martin remains a constant, and I found the introduction of Albert Thaxton so interesting. What did you make of his decision to pursuse journalism rather than an Oxford degree?
3. As he did in The Passing Bells, where he inserted Rupert Brooke and his poetry into the story, Rock includes the book and film adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front and uses the public's reaction to it in the novel to show us what is happening in Europe. Rock often includes the literature of the time, including Martin's own books. Why do you think he chooses to do this?
4. What do you think compels Colin and Derek to enlist, and Jennifer Wood-Lacy and Dulcie to work for peace or social progress?
5. Broadcast technology is changing the way the war is portrayed and fought. What did you think of Martin's radio broadcasts? Do you think that radio changed the course of the war?
6. In what ways do you think the entire trilogy supports, or discredits, romantic notions of war, honor and patriotism?
I look forward to hearing all of your answers - and if you answer them on your own blog, please leave a link to them in the comments! And thank you all for joining the read along - I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have!


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McLean, VA — Titan Fitness' recent purchase of two clubs in Nevada is just one more step in the club company's plan to grow from 16 Gold's Gym locations to 60 in the next five years. To hit that number, the company will have to purchase or build eight to 10 clubs each year, something that today's economy may make more difficult in the short term, says Aaron Lieberman, chief development officer at Titan Fitness, McLean, VA.
"We're going to have to be diligent about what deals we look at and what deals we follow through with," he says, noting that the economy makes it difficult to get a sense of what the true financials are for clubs under acquisition consideration.
Last month, the company, which is one of the largest Gold's Gym franchisees, purchased a club in Reno, NV, and another in Sparks, NV, both owned by Brad Kloss and Kevin Gustafson. Lieberman would not disclose the purchase price of the clubs.
Titan plans to enter new markets through acquisition and then grow those markets through more acquisitions and greenfield projects, Lieberman says.
"Our investors want us to keep doing deals where deals make sense," he says. The company's equity partners are WestView Capital Partners, Boston, and National City Equity Partners, Cleveland, OH, which began backing Titan Fitness in January 2008.
Last year, the company's management team, headed by CEO Jeff Skeen, reviewed 30 possible acquisitions, which included 225 total clubs. Many of those possible acquisitions were other Gold's Gym facilities, Lieberman says. The company has a strict set of criteria for choosing acquisitions. The clubs have to be of a certain size, be profitable, offer a good product, be a strong competitor in the market, be able to grow in the market and have a great local management team, he says.
"The local management team is what allows us to have disparate locations," Lieberman says. The company owns clubs in North Carolina, Minnesota and now Nevada.
Lieberman says that the company plans to add another new region every year.


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Mark Salling, 27, who plays resident bad boy and high school jock Puck on Glee, isn't so fond of his character's signature hair. "I'm so over the mohawk, I'm not gonna lie," Salling reveals. "I hate the mohawk." The hairstyle which made him unofficially known as "the guy with the mohawk" first came about four months before his Glee audition when he had knee surgery, then he shaved it again when he auditioned for the musical comedy, and now he's stuck with the cut. "It was cool for a while, but I've had it for like a year, you know I'm kind of over it," Salling says. "I feel better when I don't have it." Over the past few months, he didn't have the 'do while the show was on hiatus, but he was spotted with it again last Thursday at Bryant Park in NY at the Marshalls and T.J. Maxx's "Carol-Oke" Contest. The actor, who was recently featured in PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive issue jokes that the mohawk's powers have helped him achieve his spot in the issue, "It's the secret." But don't just chalk up his sex appeal just to his hair do. The actor is a self-described hopeless romantic and has a few tricks up his sleeve to win over a girl's heart. "In high school I had a girlfriend, " Salling says. "There was this field near where I lived. I took little plate-sized rocks and arranged them in a heart under a tree and didn't tell her. I just took her out there and was like, 'look where we are.'" Ladies, as you swoon over his romantic side, see if you fit his type: "I like a girl who doesn't play any games." Salling says. "I like a very sweet girl." — Aileen Wong


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August 22, 2013
A study by Professor Mabel L. Rise of the University of Kansas and researchers from other universities and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) indicated that children exposed to HIV in the womb and whose mothers received treatment for HIV during pregnancy did not exhibit language delays by age 2 years compared with other HIV-exposed children whose mothers did not receive treatment during pregnancy.
The researchers studied the language skills of approximately 800 children who were part of the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS), a national collaboration between different NIH institutes and universities. PHACS began in 2005 to examine pediatric HIV issues concerning long-term safety of fetal and infant exposure to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and the effects of HIV infection in the womb on adolescents.
Pregnant women with HIV received treatment to reduce the opportunity of passing HIV infection to the fetus. Previous studies indicated that ART used to treat the pregnant mother might cause language delays in infants and toddlers even if the child was not infected with HIV. Findings of this study indicated that a specific drug, atazanavir, sometimes used in combination ART treatment should be monitored. Children whose mothers received combination therapy, including the drug atazanavir, were more likely to have language delay at 1 year than other children whose mothers did not receive that drug, but they were on par with their peers by age 2.
The full report, "Evaluation of Risk for Late Language Emergence After In Utero Antiretroviral Drug Exposure in HIV-Exposed Uninfected Infants," was published online in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal (2013; doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31829b80ee).
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text: Reverse confusion actions: how conflicting court standards may affect outcomes Intellectual Property and Technology News Share this 29 SEP 2017 By: Tamar Y. Duvdevani Matthew Ganas Online and social media marketing make it possible for small startups to broaden their brand exposure, expanding their consumer base without bearing enormous advertising expenditures. For a small company – the first to use a particular trademark or service mark in connection with its goods or services (ie, a "senior user") – there is a risk in today's commercial environment that a large company (the "junior user"), even unwittingly, may subsequently flood the market with a confusingly similar mark, thereby destroying any value or momentum the senior user's mark has acquired. In the world of trademark infringement, this is known as "reverse confusion" and it is actionable under the Lanham Act. In classic "forward confusion" cases, US district courts apply similar "likelihood of confusion" tests to evaluate whether the defendant's allegedly infringing use of a mark is likely to cause confusion among relevant consumers. But a recent appellate decision confirms that when it comes to reverse confusion claims, US courts apply conflicting standards. Courts generally recognize that claims of forward and reverse confusion are factually distinct and present distinct potential harms. In reverse confusion cases, the junior user typically does not seek to profit from the senior user's reputation. Rather, the senior user's mark is often unknown to consumers; the more dominant junior user saturates the market with a similar trademark, arguably overwhelming the senior user. If consumers mistakenly believe that the junior user is the source of the senior user's goods, the senior user can be harmed. As courts have recognized, this can harm the senior user's commercial identity, cause it to lose control over its goodwill and reputation, and impair its ability to grow. Despite these clear differences, US courts are divided on whether a traditional, unadulterated likelihood-of-confusion analysis should apply. The debate can center around one particular factor that courts treat as critical to the likelihood of confusion analysis: "strength of the mark." In forward confusion cases, courts assess the conceptual and commercial strength of the senior user's mark, without considering the junior user's market strength or presence. In a traditional forward confusion analysis, the stronger a senior user's mark, the broader the protection it will be afforded. Thus, a finding that the senior user's mark is "strong" can significantly favor a likelihood-of-confusion finding. Some courts apply the same "strength of the mark" standard to reverse confusion cases. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Progressive Distribution Services, Inc. v. United Parcel Services, Inc., recently confirmed this approach, stating: "while certain circuits have adopted a different test for claims of forward and reverse confusion, the Sixth Circuit is not one of them."1 Other courts, however, such as the Third Circuit and district courts within the Second, Fourth, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits, advocate a different approach to analyzing the "strength of the mark" factor in reverse confusion cases, which focuses on commercial strength of the junior user's mark in comparison to the senior user. The justification for altering the "commercial strength" assessment is that, unlike forward confusion claims, a conclusion that the senior user's mark is commercially weak actually supports a reverse confusion finding. Indeed, judges have characterized the relative commercial weakness of the senior user's mark as "the very foundation of reverse confusion." For a trademark infringement claim based on reverse confusion, the outcome of the "strength of the mark" factor may depend heavily upon the circuit where the case is pending. Because the conceptual or commercial strength of a mark may dictate the scope of its protection, this factor may significantly influence the outcome of a likelihood-of-confusion analysis. This may particularly be the case when the junior user's trademarked products are different from those of the senior user. Accordingly, when litigating reverse confusion trademark infringement claims in the US, parties and practitioners should understand whether governing authority requires a traditional likelihood-of-confusion test that focuses on commercial strength of the senior user's mark, or a modified likelihood-of-confusion test that focuses on commercial strength of the junior user's mark relative to the senior user. Learn more about the variables around reverse confusion cases by contacting either of the authors. 1Progressive Distribution Servs., Inc. v. United Parcel Serv., Inc., 856 F.3d 416, 431 (6th Cir. 2017).


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Oct. 14, 2006
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Sophomore Jordan Capitanio rushed for four touchdowns and freshman Justin Walz threw for two more scores and 284 yards in his first collegiate start as the Golden Bears of Western New England College avenged last season's loss at Steinbrenner Stadium with a 42-25 victory over MIT.
MIT (1-5, 0-4 NEFC Boyd) enjoyed one of its best drives of the season to open Saturday's tilt as the Engineers marched 77 yards on 11 plays en route to a 6-0 lead. Sophomore Rick Mancuso delivered a perfect 12-yard strike to classmate tight end Thomas Franklin to cap the drive, although the Cardinal and Gray missed the extra point.
Western New England (3-3, 1-3) answered right back with an impressive drive of its own. Going 63 yards in 12 plays, Matt O'Brien hauled in a 16-yard pass from Walz to even the score before the PAT gave the Golden Bears the lead. The first two drives of the game were impressive for both offenses, and by the time the Engineers received the kickoff for their second possession, less than four minutes remained in the opening quarter.
After forcing a quick three-and-out, WNEC needed only two minutes to add its second touchdown. Kevin Miculcy had the biggest play of the six-play drive with a 20-yard reception, although Capitanio finished the scoring effort with a six-yard scamper up the middle to give the Golden Bears a 14-6 lead at the end of one.
MIT climbed back into the game on its first possession of the second quarter. Chris Ruggiero's three-yard catch from Mancuso put the six on the board, although Franklin powered the drive with back-to-back catches that covered 27 yards.
Capitanio capped a lengthy 17-play, 86-yard drive for the Golden Bears with a five-yard run that pushed the advantage back to eight. Walz used his legs to gain an advantage during the drive by rushing effectively four times. His longest run moved the ball 21 yards for the WNEC attack. Capitanio added his third score of the day just before halftime. Completing a 37-yard drive that began after an MIT fumble with less than a minute to play in the half, Capitanio punched it in from two yards out and Western New England took a 28-13 lead into the locker room.
Starting with possession to open the second half, it didn't take long for Western New England to stretch the lead. Walz threw for his second touchdown with a beautiful, 54-yard pass to Miculcy who sprinted ahead of the Tech defense and silenced a standing-room only crowd during MIT's Parent's Weekend. With only 2:30 off the clock in the third frame, the Golden Bears looked poised for a big second-half run and build on their 35-13 advantage.
Despite giving up the early score, the MIT attack didn't waiver and answered back with two straight touchdowns. T.C. Scotton electrified the crowd with a 25-yard touchdown run for the first score, while Mancuso connected with Ruggiero on a 52-yard pass to bring the Engineers within 10 (35-25). The big pass play was set up after Tyler Leichty recovered a fumble at the MIT 48 that was forced by defensive back David Kalk.
Although the Engineers closed the third quarter with lots of momentum, an efficient attack by the Golden Bears thwarted any thoughts of an MIT comeback. The Golden Bears answered MIT's final score with an 11-play, 70-yard drive that Capitanio capped with his fourth touchdown of the game.
Capitanio finished with just 64 yards on 23 carries despite the four scores, while Mike Bishop led the ground corps with 84 yards on 19 carries. Walz was incredible in his first collegiate start, going 28-for-39 with only one pick. Miculcy was Walz's top target with seven grabs and 112 yards.
Mancuso enjoyed his best game yet this season, throwing for 194 yards and three touchdowns. He did throw three interceptions, although two of the picks happened late in the game as the Engineers looked to rally. MIT's tight ends combined for nine catches and all three touchdown receptions. Ruggiero had five catches for 90 yards, while Franklin closed with four catches and 48 yards. MIT's thin defensive unit posted some solid numbers led by David Kalk and Phil Zakielarz, who each finished with a game-best 13 tackles. Samuel Jasinski added 12 tackles, while Corey Garvey made 10 solo stops in his first extended action on the defensive side of the ball. MIT set a single-game program record with 69 solo tackles.


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LeAnn Rimes & Eddie Cibrian: Trevor Project Live 2011!
LeAnn Rimes and her husband Eddie Cibrian attend the Trevor Project's 2011 Trevor Live event held at The Hollywood Palladium on Sunday (December 4) in Los Angeles.
The 29-year-old entertainer, who wore a Nini dress and Alexander McQueen heels, hit the stage as one of the performers for the night.
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CAMBRIEGE, Mass. – MIT Department Head and Director of Athletics Julie Soriero has announced that Dawn Dill, the Mary Francis Wagley, '47 Head Coach of the MIT men's and women's swimming and diving teams, will be stepping aside from her coaching duties for the 2012-13 academic year to take maternity leave. Soriero named Samantha Pitter, MIT's assistant head swimming and diving coach, as the acting head coach of the program during Dill's leave. Dill will resume her coaching duties in the summer of 2013.
Dill just completed her ninth season as the head coach of MIT's men's and women's swimming and diving programs. She guided the men's team to a fourth-place finish at the recently completed NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships, matching the best-ever finish for the Engineers that was set last year. It also marked the team's fourth straight top-10 finish at the national championships. She also guided the women's team to its best-ever national finish this year as well, with the Engineer's placing eighth overall.
Pitter completed her fourth season with MIT this year. During her time at MIT her work with the MIT swimmers has helped bring the Engineers to unprecedented levels of success. Pitter was recognized for her contribution to MIT athletics in 2010 when she received the SAAC Superior Service Award, presented to the member of the MIT community that goes above and beyond to provide support for the student athlete experience.


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White Rabbit candies are popular in the Philippines. There are two kinds --- a local version and the ones imported from China. Many prefer the latter because they say it tastes better and that its thin paper-like wrapping is also edible. So, it was understantable that many were disappointed when the formalin issue broke out. Alarmed Filipino bloggers expressed their dismay online.
Weng Mao, the Chinese White Rabbit candy manager, denied the BFAD allegations, and was even photographed eating the candies before the media in a press conference.
Neighboring countries like Singapore and Brunei were also alarmed because they were also importing White Rabbit candies and had conducted their own tests to see how valid were the allegations made by the Philippines' BFAD.
Their verdict?
White Rabbit does contain formalin, but in minute amounts only. It is therefore safe to eat, and does not pose any danger to consumers.
One cannot help then to ask why the impeccable timing of the accusation that imported White Rabbit candies contain formalin. I mean, this candy has been here for years and years! If there is formalin there now, was there no formalin there before? Or was no one conducting tests? Why only now?
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A report from Agence France-Presse carried by major newspapers over the weekend said the Chinese government suspended the importation of frozen chicken feet, pig ears and other animal parts from the Philippine export company Iexco, claiming the products were found to be tainted with arsenic, a kind of poison, and salmonella, a dangerous bacteria, after inspection. [AHN, July 18 2007]
Of course, if the authorities can't substantiate their claims, the Philippines could suffer from a Chinese trade backlash —to say nothing of a terrible loss of face. And people who love their White Rabbits may never forgive them, either. [Manila Standard, July 20 2007]
The insinuation is that the whole thing is merely a tit-for-tat reaction of Philippine authorities. I sure hope it is not. For the sake of all White Rabbit lovers out there.
Formalin is everywhere. Even in shampoos. I think what matters is if people are consuming them beyond the allowed tolerable limit (0.15 mg per kg body weight, WHO standards). Only then should we be alarmed and ban these products. Otherwise, I do not think we can escape from traces of formalin. As I said, it is always present in most food items and personal hygiene products.


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The 2006 Southern Peanut Growers Conference in Panama City, Fla., provided several sessions meant to help peanut growers increase profitability in their fields. However, one session was meant to help growers increase profitability in their bank accounts and leave their families with a strong estate.
Tracy Knowles, an accountant specializing in mergers and acquisitions from The Parsons Group, says it is important for farmers to be proactive when it comes to planning for their financial futures.
"How many times have you ever crammed for a test?" Knowles says. "I did it all the time. But, have you ever crammed for a harvest?"
Knowles says, just like a harvest, farmers cannot cram for their financial success. He says a good first step is putting together a financial team including an attorney, banker, investment professional and a certified public accountant (CPA). While Knowles joked that these people should not know each other, he stressed later that he believes it is important that they do, in fact, know one another.
"That's kind of an old school thought — that they shouldn't know each other," Knowles says. "I kind of disagree with that."
Knowles advised the growers to plan early if they want to have a successful tax season. He says it is very difficult for an accountant to do a fair job if their client does not plan with them before January or February.
The new Domestic Production Activities Deduction, Knowles says, provides a tax savings against income attributable to domestic production activities. Manufacturing, producing, growing and extracting qualify as production activities under the new statute. For more information on the new deduction, see the IRS Website at www.irs.gov.
Another problem that is arising more and more often is identity theft. Knowles warned against using debit or credit cards too often — even at gas stations and restaurants — and said there are ways to avoid this growing threat.
"Especially with financial information, don't use a mail box," Knowles says. "It's always better to use a P.O. Box."
Paul Turner, an attorney from the Dothan, Ala.-based law firm Johnston, Hinesley, Flowers, Clenney and Turner, P.C., spoke about the tax problems many farmers are facing.
While Turner dug deep into the tax system and explored several what-if situations, one thing that was applicable to farmers is the Gross Estate tax. Turner explained that there are several not-so-obvious inclusions in this tax, including life insurance, life estates, revocable transfers, joint interest of married persons and joint interest of unmarried persons.
The taxable portion of the estate is the gross estate minus the allowable deductions, many of which go unnoticed by farmers and other people alike. Some of these deductions are marital gifts, charitable gifts, liabilities of the descendent and funeral and administrative expenses. Turner explained that gift tax laws allow for an annual $12,000 non-taxable gift to family members in most circumstances.
One problem that most farmers face is being taxed for their land, which is a non-liquidated asset. This problem, if met unprepared, forces farmers to sell land following especially poor yield years.
"If you plan — if you get with someone like me — we can work on those things," Turner says. "We can get insurance in place to protect that land."
Turner emphasized that the only way to avoid bad situations where large tax bills arise is to be proactive and handle the situation early. He explained how it is easy to lose a lot of money at death just by leaving substantial amounts to one person, which in many cases makes more of the money taxable.
"I'm not trying to scare you, but I am," Turner explained. "I'm telling you there's an issue out there. Every year or every couple of years you should sit down with people you trust and have a look at your situation."
Leigh Winslett, a Trust Officer at Regions Morgan Keegan Trust in Montgomery, Ala., talked about the importance of having the financial team Knowles talked about on the same page.
"In my job, these are the two main people I work with — your attorney and your CPA," Winslett says. "I don't see enough interaction between your trust officer, your estate planners and your CPA. I think that interaction is vital. It's imperative to have more than one person you can trust. When you have that group of people you do trust, they will work together for you."
She also emphasized the importance of financial planning in terms of assets. Many times, Winslett says, up to 80 percent of the assets may be in one person's name. This can cause problems if the designation is not clear in the will of a deceased person.
"It's really important to think about this stuff when you care about the people you live in a house with," Winslett says. "This is the kind of stuff you need to take care of."


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The 3rd annual Turkey Trot will be taking off Saturday morning at the Boys and Girls Club of Livingston County, located at 1303 E. Indiana Ave., and Gary Beckman, executive director of the organization, says the event has added a few new points of interest to its schedule.
"We're changing the starting point. We used to start in the parking lot and now we're starting to the east of the club on Indiana Avenue. The route is still the same after that. We've added a quarter mile child mad dash. We'll call them Little Gobblers. We haven't done that in the past. We still have the 3K walk on top of everything. We also have booths this year, including a massage therapy booth," Beckman said. "We tried to make it more of a health fair at the same time. It's our first year trying that and we have a few coming out for it and hopefully next year we can get on their schedule a little earlier and they can plan to come out and make this a little more overall fun event for everyone."
As of Thursday morning, between 70 and 75 runners and walkers had registered, though Beckman does expect more come Saturday.
"We typically have several that come in and sign up because they wanted to wait until the last minute to see what the weather's going to be like," he said.
The money raised from this event gets put back into the Boys and Girls Club of Livingston County, which serves, on average, 150 children a day in its after school program.
Beckman says that he really hopes the event takes off and continues to grow, as it has in the past few years.
"We want to make it fun, we want to make it safe and enjoyable for the participants so hopefully it continues to grow and becomes a big event that people want to participate in," he said.
Sponsors for the event include Maurices, First Financial Bank, BDI Plumbing, Joan Bullard Realty, Tibbs Construction, Bank of Pontiac, Country Financial-Marlon Eilts, Kristy's Tranquility Massage, Lyons-Sullivan Realty, American Legion, Streator Onized Credit Union, Netsource Solutions, The General Store, State Bank of Graymont, Durham Electric, Pontiac Family Kitchen and Livingston County Chiropractic.
"We couldn't do it without the participants and it wouldn't be nearly as fun without our sponsors and without the community donating prizes for our raffle and our registration bags. Collectively, the whole town has stepped up and made this event what it is and we certainly appreciate it," Beckman said.
Turkey Trot, Mad Gobbler Dash planned Saturday
The 3rd annual Turkey Trot will be taking off Saturday morning at the Boys and Girls Club of Livingston County, located at 1303 E. Indiana Ave., and Gary Beckman, executive director of the organization, says the event has added a few new points of interest to its schedule.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Freshman Doria Holbrook swept both diving events in leading MIT to a second-place finish at the NEWMAC Swimming and Diving Championships. Behind the efforts of three-event-winner, Megan Skinner, Springfield College captured the team championship for the fifth consecutive year.
MIT was in third place following Friday's final session, but a strong performance on Saturday lifted the Engineers to the second spot in the team standings. Although Holbrook anchored the meet for MIT with wins on the first and third day, the second finals session belonged to two of Tech's other dynamite rookies. Julianna Edwards was the only swimmer to dip under 60 seconds in the 100 fly with a winning mark of 59.99, while Sasha Brophy also scored a big win, holding off Coast Guard's Joan Hunter in the 200 free in 1:57.20.
After trailing Smith's Shanti Freitas on the one-meter heading into Friday's finals, Holbrook responded with a huge performance and won the event with a score of 418.05. It would be a similar pattern for Tech's rookie diver, who erased an even bigger deficit in the three-meter on Sunday to win with a total of 445.55.
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Wheaton - 417.5
Babson - 303
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One of the classic combinations in certain regions of France is Picon Biere, that is a Pilsener or Wheat beer with a splash of Amer Picon poured in.
Unfortunately, we don't get Amer Picon here in these United States.
However, even if Diageo refuses to send us Amer Picon, we do get a lot of other Amaros…
With this series of posts we shall explore the possibilities we do have available.
Hangar 24 Chocolate Porter and Fernet Branca
A while ago the folks from Hangar 24 were nice enough to send me a few of their beers in the mail. Not quite sure what I did to start receiving beer in the mail, but OK. One of the beers they sent was their chocolate porter. Fairly light, on the scale of extreme American Stouts and Porters, it's pretty nice drinking.
Rich and decadent. This strong porter is perfect for sipping at the end of the day or to accompany full-flavored foods. The intense, roasty flavor comes from two types of chocolate malt and raw cocoa nibs. Whole vanilla beans introduced post fermentation add complexity and enhance the dessert-like qualities of this full bodied beer. Indulge yourself!
Ahem, I knew I wanted to use Fernet in one of these beer and amaro beverages, but how would the extreme menthol notes of that amaro work with a beer?
Mint Chocolate Cookies, that's how!
METHOD: Pour a beer into the mason jar or glass of your choosing. Pour in a half shot (2cl) of Fernet Branca.
All Fernet menthol up front, the middle flavors are the chocolate and dark malt from the beer, and then lingering bitter notes.
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Coralville Police Chief Barry Bedford says a doe and two fawns walked through the doors into the store vestibule on Monday morning. The fawns went no further, but their mother made it into the store and headed toward the back.
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