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Garza impresses teammates as trade talks intensify
DENVER -- The rumors are swirling, the potential destinations changing by the day, but Cubs starting pitcher Matt Garza is still following his usual routine.
Garza, one of the biggest names on the trading block, has impressed coaches and teammates with his ability to remove himself from a mentally challenging situation. A regular in Cubs manager Dale Sveum's office, the conversations between Garza and his skipper have followed their typical path, everything but trade rumors filling the air.
"He's been the ultimate pro about everything," Sveum said. "It's a strange thing for anybody to be a part of when you're the most elite starting pitcher on the [trade market]. When people are starting trade talks and everything, and you're that guy, it's not an everyday, normal atmosphere. It's not real fun coming to the park knowing today could be the day.
"So he's handled it extremely well, obviously, by his performance on the mound."
The A's are latest rumored suitors for the 29-year-old righty after a deal with the Rangers hit at least a temporary snag Friday. Garza has become a prized piece after going 5-0 with a 1.24 ERA over his last six stars.
And while it would be a major upset if Garza is still in a Cubs uniform after the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline, Sveum once again pointed out that a significant portion of trade talks never come to fruition.
Often overlooked in the business-first mold of professional baseball is the personal toll a mid-season move could take on a player. That Garza has kept his cool while balancing those issues stands out to Chicago starter Jeff Samardzija.
"You're dealing with a family too, so he knows if something happens, he's got to uproot his family and move on," Samardzija said Friday night. "So to come every day and still work hard and do his work for this team speaks volumes about the guy."
And Samardzija has not given up all hope that the Cubs, who have won seven of 10, might be able to hold onto Garza for the rest of the year.
"If he does get moved, the team that gets him is getting one heck of a pitcher, one heck of a guy too," he said. "Maybe things will fall through and he'll just get to stick around with us the rest of the year."

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RICHARDSON, Texas, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mavenir Systems [http://www.mavenir.com/ ], a leading innovator of infrastructure solutions for mobile operators, today confirmed that the RCS 5 version of the GSMA's Rich Communication Services has been fully integrated into its converged services product portfolio. The development makes the company the first to offer full RCS 5 solutions including voice, video and messaging solutions.
The latest RCS standard brings together RCS v1-4 and RCS-e v1.2 – adds Converged IP Messaging (CPM) for service interworking to SMS/MMS and will enable mobile carriers to have full interoperability of services across each other's networks.
The confirmation comes hard on the heels of the 31st October announcement [http://investor.metropcs.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=177745&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1752111&highlight= ] by MetroPCS of its Mavenir-enabled first commercial launch of RCS 5 services. As a result of the launch, MetroPCS is delivering new innovative features such as a mobile address book enhanced with social presence and one-click content sharing, IP voice and video calling, and threaded multimedia messaging. MetroPCS was able to quickly launch its RCS 5.0 services as a new service on the same Mavenir mOne® Platform that enables MetroPCS' first-to-market Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service.
"Operators are looking for innovative services and ideas to monetize their investment in LTE networks, create a competitive edge and compete against the so-called over-the-top (OTT) providers and other rivals," said Pardeep Kohli, president & chief executive officer of Mavenir Systems. "RCS can help provide those services quickly and with an improved return on investment for operators as they build out their core LTE networks."
The GSMA welcomed the early deployment of a Rich Communication Service that includes a joynâ"¢ accredited set of services based on the latest RCS standard by Mavenir and MetroPCS. joyn, represents ubiquity, security, service quality and interconnection and is available for operators to use in order to give one global 'face' to RCS services. Through the joyn brand users will know that the device is RCS enabled , which means it automatically 'knows and shows' ways to share with contacts via chat, video, call or files, at any moment in time.
"We believe that all mobile subscribers deserve to enjoy the ever-growing richness of services that RCS delivers and the speed to market of new IP based communications services," said Attilio Zani, senior director, GSMA. "The GSMA's joyn accreditation process allows operators to swiftly deploy a robust set of services for their end users, with the knowledge that they will interoperate seamlessly around the world."
Mavenir's suite of RCS application servers - including the Presence Server, MMTEL Telephony Application Server (TAS), Rich Messaging Server (RMS), - are all based on its mOne® Convergence Platform which is designed to simplify carriers' network transformations.
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Resisting arrest charges dropped against Vikings' Adrian Peterson
HOUSTON (AP) — A grand jury in Houston has dismissed a misdemeanor resisting arrest charge against Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson after hearing from the four-time Pro Bowl running back and other witnesses.
Derek Hollingsworth, one of Peterson's attorneys, said Tuesday the case stemming from Peterson's July 7 arrest outside a night club is expected to be formally dropped on Wednesday. Peterson was due in court for a pretrial hearing on Thursday before Judge Natalie Fleming.
Hollingsworth said Peterson testified before the grand jury on Tuesday, two days after he rushed for 171 yards on the Vikings' 34-24 win over Detroit. Peterson is the NFL's leading rusher this season, averaging 112.8 yards per game. The Vikings (6-4) have their open date this week.
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We decided in 2005 to convert our vineyard entirely to organic production. After the three years of conversion, we are now in a position to propose a range of wine coming from grapes in organic farming certified by ECOCERT.
This decision is in line with the approach we initiated in 2000, as we chose to move to integrated production (under the TYFLO certification) that was also using agricultural methods in respect of environmental and human health aspects. Our house has been certified as from the vintage 2003.
As for all other organic products, the organic viticulture is submitted to an European regulation (RCE 834/2007 et RCE 559/2208) which is common to all the Member States. These rules require to follow a specification and to be regularly controlled by agencies that are agreed by the State. In an agronomical point of view, the fundamental rule for the organic wine producer is feeding the soil to feed the plant. In an ethical point of view, one has to work in concern with respect of men and environment.
Working the soil before all : As the use of herbicides is forbidden in organic viticulture, the first step is to go back to a 100% mechanical work of the soil. In 1999, we already decided to plough again the rows and to put them under natural grass. The aim of ploughing is to aerate the roots system, to enhance the microbiological activity and the work of the earthworms in the soils. As our soils are very different each other, the choice of the good material adapted to each situation was an important step in our work.
Grass between the rows: Putting grass in the vineyards consists in maintaining a sewed or natural green carpet between the rows and around the vines. In order to limit the competition between the grass and the vine stocks, we grow grass only on one row over two and we regularly cut this grass. Generally speaking we prefer to let natural grass in our vineyards but in some cases we have sewed a mix of different flowers in order to create an ecosystem favorable to biodiversity.
A controlled fertilization : Under organic management, only organic and some mineral fertilizers (natural chalk, trace elements
) are allowed. With respect of the specification, and depending on the needs of each spot, we use today biodynamic composts and guano.
Against insects and deseases : Prevention is better than cure ! As curative products are very limited in organic viticulture, our first aim is to maintain the vineyards in a good health with prophylactic measures : first of all we try to control the vigour of the vine, then we work in the vineyards in order to enhance the air circulation between the leaves. Regarding products, we only use those which are allowed by the organic specification. Those products are only contact products in opposition to traditional products which go through the sap of the plant. We limit the more we can the quantities depending on the risks. The main products we need are based on copper (Bordeaux mixture against mildew) and on sulphur (against oidium disease) and we develop the use of powders of horsetail or nettle. Against the grape worm, since several years, we have adopted a method of sexual confusion shared by all the producers in Ribeauvillé. The principle of this method consist in saturating the atmosphere of the vineyards with pheromones (chemical substances that are naturally emitted by the female insects to attract the males) in order to prevent the mating and the eggs laying.
All these practices lead to a good balance between soil and vine stocks in our vineyards. In the last years, the grapes we harvested were excellent and we feel that the berries become more resistant to the huge climatic variations we know those days.
Today, organic wines dont exist in a legal point of view. But a specification is in discussion among the European Union States which should come out in 2010. It seems that our practices in the wine making process are coherent with the rules that will be probably adopted in the next months. But in the future we dont exclude to go further in the way of more natural wines.
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Stocks. Bears took control from the bulls today, but unless you were up at 2 AM EST for the break of the bull channel or 5 AM for the retest you missed the sweet entry and trade of the week. I've adjusted the primary wave 2 yellow channel to more of a flat. Short term the bears remain in control as long as the top line of the new bear channel holds. Longer term, we need to break the bottom line of the yellow channel which is slowly rising from 800 for confirmation the bears are serious about this next campaign south. I'm also including an SPX chart which has both the triangle many technicians are now pointing to as well as a possible channel for a wave 5 move.I agree with Mark that we're most likely in wave 5 down on TLT. There's an open gap in the chart around the 100 mark and I'm pushing my luck hoping for a gap fill, but will withdraw my troops on any strength here. I note that /ZB landed pretty much right on the 50% retrace of the parabolic move up, and TLT landed right on the 61.8% tonight. A 78.6% retrace takes us to the bottom of that gap. Will that happen here in wave 5? Don't know, but with a parabolic collapse, it's likely. Remember, parabolic collapses do not stop at 50% marks (these fibs are just of the last parabola, not the entire bull run). They go on and on. I sincerely hope this one does not.
Bonds. Bonds got destroyed today and continued their march towards calling the Big Ben bluff. Short term the count looks fairly obvious with 3 of 5 for the current impulse ending today or about to end. Longer term the blue channel is in control and I expect the bond bears to continue to take territory until Bernanke is forced to bring Big Ben to the battle field and not just threaten the bears. We also had a classic overthrow out of the channel followed by a quick and violent reversal back into the channel where it has once again begun rattling it's way on down.
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Taking a Field Trip at Volgenau Really Rocks
At the Volgenau School of Engineering, the world is your laboratory, with studies in the classroom and in the field. Because Civil Engineering students study geological formations to learn how to build sustainable bridges, roads, and tunnels, professor Burak Tanyu's geotechnical engineering class toured the 1,500-acre Cedar Mountain Quarry in the Shenandoah foothills.LEARN MORE
Finding a Problem, Engineering a Solution
Mason junior Marqus Keith began developing his mobile desktop during spring of his sophomore year. He used a 3-D computer-assisted design (CAD) package and printed 3-D models to perform the initial engineering analysis. He continued developing and testing the portable desk for the next year and a half, working in Mason's Machine Shop every Wednesday night, on Fridays, and weekends.LEARN MORE
Microscopic Research, Enormous Impact
At the Laboratory of Nanotechnology, Volgenau researchers study particles thinner than a hair on an infant's arm, smaller than a droplet of sea mist, and attachable to a single molecule. Assistant Professor in Bioengineering Carolina Salvador Morales focuses on the design and applications of a wide range of carriers at the nano and micron-size scale to treat a disease. The research holds the promise for revolutionizing the way scientists target cancer.LEARN MORE
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The Smithsonian National Zoo called on students from the Volgenau School of Engineering to design new objects to enrich the lives of Asian elephants in their care. The Smithsonian's recently introduced LEED certified facility already includes a play sand pit, wading pool, and a shower the elephants can operate themselves. These features, along with newer ones designed by Mason students, will serve the health of the herd, and give zoo biologists better insights toward preserving this threatened species.LEARN MORE
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Sofia Vergara hosted SNL, which returned from a 2-week hiatus last night just in time to feature a Hunger Games skit that was a little heavy on the enthusiasm and a little light on the Bill Hader. One Direction performed to a lot of screaming, which might not have been so jarring in studio but definitely isn't a pleasant sound to hear late at night when you're alone in front of the television and your imagination gets carried away with images of a person being brutally murdered in the apartment next door, their cries for help complemented almost seamlessly by One Direction fans.
The highlight of the evening, though, was a commercial directed to antiquing bros everywhere — "Just Friends" booty shorts, the disconcertingly tight cotton-polyester blend shorts that announce to the entire eyebrow-raising world that two men buying lattes together, feeding each other hot dogs, and browsing antique shops for decorative rotary phones most definitely are not doing it, or, if they are doing it, they're still just friends. Watch Jason Sudeikis and Andy Samberg liberate their pasty winter thighs and skip gleefully around New York — it's the gayest not-gay thing you'll see all day, unless there's some sort of Easter egg hunt today at one of Stefon's favorite hotspots.


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Encounter With Mr.Shu Ming and Master Izi Anqaravi Insights
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Last night 29 November 2006, we are blessed by Allah Taala to welcome a visit by Mr Shu Ming from Beijing, China. He got a twin pair of sons, one now studying Brisbane and another at England. Who brougt him to Master Izi Tea Hut in western Lake of Zhuhai ? How old is this seeker who dared to Travel on the Express Path or Rail that eventually lead him to a Lake ?. 'Master Izi, are you free tonight, we got a friend interested to talk about Buddhism, Sufism and Tao ?".
Just to flash back. Around Asar time, my little Ronin son Athaillah age 7 was despatched to Az-Zahra to sharpen his Sword of Manhood. Where ? In Big Bang Galaxy or Garden of the First Step where many rich fuqara once tasted the White Rabea Jasmine Tea. It Was sold in Makkah and Madinah. Imagine if Mr Shu was caught by someone at the Putrajaya Mosque (Malaysia capital city) while following the Maghrib prayer just like Taiji movements. He did not even know surah Fatihah, neither he know about anything of Quran in arabic. Our architect friend Mr.Lua wanted to leave him at the mosque as-Souq walkway while we rushed to join the Maghrib prayer. The old 15 years Proton full of Sagacious Blue Cliff Records had to be parked at the Dataran Bourlevard facing majestically the Prime Minister Green domed office facing the northen direction. Do Mr Shu overhelmed by this unexpected sights ? He only twice to Malaysia many years ago, very short stopover at Kuala Lumpur and to Malacca visit the renowned Admiral ZhengHe muzium.
After doing the Purification by Water at the lower level, we quickly went up to join the prayer. We abandoned the idea of leaving Mr.Shu at the mosque entrance. He passed the Main Gate of Peace easily. Nobody checked him or us. Now he prayed between two friends in the gloriius company of the faithful believers. Even the residents of Putrajaya also not always willing took the long 3km detour around the lake to pray in this beautiful mosque, almost floating at the lakeside, shimmering in the early night. We just forgot to collect our Shoes which we left at the Right side of the mosque when wanted to Stream out after enjoying the cool lakeside view at the left wall of the mosque.
Master Izi commented-" Many seekers in haste to get enrolled at the Dailin Nur College forgot to wear the proper Shoes.Some still wear their expensive useless Bally or Culdini or Nike shoes..where the muddy Path to the college will teach them the first lesson in Humility. Walk in the Mud and Wet fields. Second lesson, dont carry a Big Bagge of your worldly belongings. Each student individual huts only measured 4 feet x 8 feet ! Four in one of the chinese tonal meanings (SHI) is Death ! And another meaning of Eight (FATT) can also means- Blessed/Prosperous !.
In all above mix of stories, characters and events, what STAND OUT as the most RADIANT PATH and PURE SOURCE OF OUR DRINK ? Master Izi insights into the 28th Letter of Shaykh Darqawi which the fortunate fuqara managed to jolt down two weeks ago are as follow :
a. How you will ever LEARN if you as students dont bring along your PEN and NOTES !
b. If you manage to remember all the bits of wisdom, how long you can HOLD IT ?
c. We dont talk about those fuqara who are LOST, ABSENCE or FEAR TO COME.
d. Shaykh Darqawi ask us to KNOCK on ONE DOOR, my questions are which TEA HOUSES and which DOORS to knock ? In Masjidil Haram in Makkah, there are about 30 DOORS or more, not even the seasoned Hajjis and Hajjah can remember HALF of its NAMES. What more to enter or passing through.
e. Many seekers speak about Shuyukh and Awliya in the East and West, when a few passing by through our GARDENS and BACKYARDS, we cannot RECOGNIZE ! Those who RETREATED to the MOUNTAINS, dont ask me. Go, make your CLIMBS.
f. Many fuqara dig big HOLES, make NOISES and abandon it a FEW DAYS LATER.
g.Some of the students who sit with me many years are STILL UNRIPE. They afraid to EXPOSE to the sulights of TAO, I CHING, ZEN and CHUNG YUNG. They ask questions to expect easy and quick answers. How mistaken. My durian TREE still not yet flowering.
h. If people FIGHT you because of or over a NAME, POSITION, POWER or KNOWLEDGE, then throw all those THINGS into the LAKE. If they STILL want it, go take a PLUNGE.
i. At the end of this 28th Letter, it speak about DRINK and GIVING OUT DRINKS. If my students dont like TEA, why in the first place, they come to get ENROLLED ?
j. What happens to the ENCOUNTER of Mr. SHU MING and Mr.LUA that night.? We heard that he is GIVEN THREE BOOKS...for LIFE STUDY. Allahu akbar. We sang a VERSE of LAKAL HAMD and make DOA for him before Mr. Lua take him to the STATION to JOURNEY ONWARD and RETURN TO CHINA SOON.
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Dear Mr Shuyumin, please ponder over a note of reflection on the Tao Te Ching as seen thru th islamic light. May the vibrations and restlessness in the seeker heart find no stillness except after complete submission to the Lord of Two East and West. Light of Heaven and Earth. He guide whom He wills to His Light.
Two prominent Chinese muslim scholars namely Imam Wang Daiyue and Shaykh Liu Chi completed this da�wah mission to the future Chinese generation by writing several Islamic books and comparative religion/sufic texts drawing heavily from Confucian, Buddhism and Tao principles. Here, a Chinese seeker take a relook at two chapter of Tao Te Ching with some sufic insights after several hundred years.
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27 Mac 2007. to fill my precious time while traveling from Putrajaya on the
ERL-KLIA Transit to KL Sentral, I opened an old book titled Lectures on The Tao
The Ching by Professor Cheng Man Jan. Published in 1981 North Atlantic Books,
Page 157, Chapter 47 of Lao Tzu Sayings
�Without leaving his door, one can understand the world.
Without glancing out the window
One can see the Tao of Heaven.
The further one travels the less one knows.
That is why the Sage (a Sufi or Wali in Islamic tradition)
Does not travel and yet understands,
Does not look and yet (can) names (things)
Does not act and yet completes (the affairs).
Page 159 ,Chapter 48
In pursuing knowledge, one accumulates daily.
In practicing Tao, one loses daily.
Lose, lose and lose, until one reaches Wu-wei(Non-action)
Non-action, yet there is nothing left undone.
To win the world one must not act for gain.
If one acts for gain, one will able to win the world.
( a little commentary : in constrast, practitioners of Tao
Desire to reduce desire,� lose and lose and lose�, until
They reach the state of Non-action..those who act
Rebel against the Tao. Those rebels against Tao
Lack the means to win over the world.
Wu wei can also means complete surrender or submission
of the self before the Overpowering Reality.
Total annihilation or fana and
After this event, came illumination of the spirit and
Divine unveilings to the blessed seeker. The nafs, lower desire,
The rebel force, nafs ammara and nafs lawwama had crushed.
What emerge is the light and wisdom of the serene self.
The seeker in another sense was being honored and elevated
To the alam malakut where he sees wonders of Unseen. He leaves
His body, intellect, will, power, opinions etc and fly without wings ! )
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It was an amazing adventure for us and our little son! The Bush House as well as the people who took care of us in a way we never expected- lovely, very detailed and soooo friendly. It was wonderful staying with you. Thank you so much – we will come back.
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Hope to have a second time before too long- not even put off by the sleeting driving icy rain this morning! Heinrich still managed to find us lion feeding. Very lovely house and grounds and the hide at the waterhole just wonderful. Great meals and service – home to diet. Thanks. See you soon I hope.
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To all of you here at The Bush House
For a magnificent experience. So relaxing, beautiful and cool. The safaris were amazing and even how you all treated us and our kids. This is one of the best vacations ever and I am so happy to have decided to celebrate my 40th birthday with you and here in South Africa.
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What a fantastic experience . We feel privileged to have the opportunity to sharer wonderful lodge and more importantly the unbelievable wildlife. Henrich, Samantha and Ashleigh- mucho gusto! Gordon and Sue – amazing to meet you and we appreciate all the effort you put into making this a magic experience.
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What a great stay. Straight off the plane and then into Jo'burg and then onto your wonderful establishment. Apart from the obvious game etc this place was a great introduction into the wonders of Southern Africa.
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Founded in 1842, the Indiana University Maurer School of Law is the ninth oldest law school in the U.S. and the first state school in the Midwest. Located in a beautifully wooded setting in Bloomington, a classic college town, the IU campus is consistently ranked among the most beautiful in the nation. Our heritage is local, but our presence is global: More than half of our graduates find jobs outside Indiana.
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175 years of growth and change have shaped the character and reputation of Indiana Law.
The school opened in 1842 as the first state university law school in the Midwest. Upon founding the Law school, university trustees stated their intention to create a school that would be "inferior to none west of the mountains" that would prepare students to combine superior scholarship with ethics.
The early years
On Dec. 5, 1842, Professor David McDonald gave his first lecture to the class of the new Law Department of Indiana University, the ninth law school in the nation and first state law school in the Midwest. There is no record of how many students were in that first class, but there were five in the first graduating class in 1844.
Through the early years, the Law Department flourished under the direction of McDonald and other distinguished jurists, and following the Civil War enrollment soared, graduating 32 in 1871, more than half of the total graduates of the university.
In 1889, the trustees reestablished the law department as a law school, naming David D. Banta as its first dean. The Association of American Law schools was formed in 1900, and Indiana Law was one of the 25 charter members of this group. The law school enrollment stood at 125 students in 1900, and there were three faculty and a law library of 4,000 volumes. In 1908, Indiana Law moved to Maxwell Hall, where it would remain until the mid-1950s.
Progressive from the outset, Indiana Law graduated its first woman, Tamar Althouse, in 1892, its first Asian-American, Masuji Miyakawa, in 1905. Sam Dargan, its first African American, graduated in 1909. Indiana Law's international program began with numerous students from the Philippines graduating in 1907, and its LLM degree was established in 1919.
In late 1925 the law school launched the Indiana Law Journal, and the first student editorial board included Pearl Lee Vernon, Indiana Law's only woman at that time, who graduated first in her class.
Growth and national acclaim
During the 1930s and 40s, under the deanship of Bernard Gavit, Indiana Law rose to be among the finest law schools in the nation, with legendary faculty including Jerome Hall, Fowler Harper, Ralph Fuchs, Frank Horack, and Austin Clifford. When World War II broke out, enrollment dipped to the lowest since the 1870s, with only 23 students enrolled in 1943-44. Following the war, the Law School's enrollment exploded, reaching 416 in 1948-49, and in response, the law school added 13 distinguished teachers and scholars.
By the 1950s, Maxwell Hall was not large enough to hold the growing school. Dean Gavit began planning a new building, but poor health forced him to resign the deanship. Leon Wallace, a professor since 1939, was named dean in 1952 and took up the plans. "The Mad Monks of Maxwell" as the law students had become known, would begin their classes in the new law school building in the fall of 1956.
During the 1960s and 70s Indiana Law was led by Deans W. Burnett Harvey and Douglass Boshkoff. Admissions criteria became more selective, and the law school increased its emphasis on excellence, appointing a large number of young faculty with top credentials. In 1972, the enrollment stood at 617.
In 1977, the university administration renewed its commitment to the law school, promising Dean Sheldon J. Plager a broad package of improvements, including additional faculty positions, higher faculty salaries, improved funding for the law library, and a $12.6 million building addition and renovation project.
A global perspective
In the 1990s, Dean Alfred C. Aman broadened Indiana Law's perspective, bringing a more global approach to its teaching and scholarship. The Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies was started, and the law school added several distinguished faculty members.
An impressive roster of faculty and students continues to place Indiana Law as one of America's leading public law schools. In 2006, Indiana Law set out on a strategic plan set to advance the school and its students through a commitment to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and public service, and a mutually supportive relationship with an outstanding research university.
The law library still claims to the bill as one of the nation's premier legal research facilities. The clinical program and interdisciplinary research centers such as the Center on the Global Legal Profession, the Center for Intellectual Property Research, the Center for Constitutional Democracy and the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research are charting new ground for the Indiana Law tradition.
Lauren Robel was named dean of the Law School in 2003, the first woman to serve in that role. An alumna of the school, she had been a faculty member since 1985 and associate dean since 1991. Under the direction of Dean Robel, a $25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. in 2007 enabled Indiana Law to attract and retain exceptional teachers and scholars and to establish the school as one of the very best public universities in the country.
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In December 2008, IU President Michael A. McRobbie announced a $35 million gift to the law school from alumnus Michael S. Maurer, JD'67, and his wife, Janie. The school was renamed the Michael Maurer School of Law in recognition of the Maurers' support.
Maurer related the significance of his donation to his relationship with Indiana Law. "This gift is special for me because it is an opportunity to say thank you to an institution that made possible the success I have enjoyed in my legal and business career, the IU School of Law in Bloomington," he said. "Janie and I make this contribution to the law school with confidence in Lauren Robel, who has served our school so well. We fully expect under Dean Robel's guidance that this school will be recognized as an elite institution and assuredly one of the finest public law schools in the nation."
The 2010s: Strategizing for the future
In 2012, Dean Robel was appointed provost of Indiana University Bloomington and executive vice president of the university. Executive Associate Dean Hannah Buxbaum served as interim dean until January 2014, when Austen L. Parrish was named dean of the law school. A former vice dean and interim dean of Southwestern Law school in Los Angeles, Parrish and the faculty have developed new strategies for the school's long-term prosperity.
Baier Hall and the Jerome Hall Library
In May 2014, the law school received its third eight-figure gift: a $20 million estate gift from Lowell E. Baier, JD'64, for purposes of long-term facilities development. The law school building was named Baier Hall, and, at his request, the law library was named the Jerome Hall Library in honor of Baier's favorite professor and longtime mentor.
"I am deeply honored by the opportunity to make this gift to the law school," said Baier. "In particular, I am pleased that the library will be renamed in honor of Professor Hall, whose teaching and mentoring were so crucial to my success as a student, and whose wisdom has continued to guide me throughout my career. This gift will ensure the continuing integrity of the law school building and the law library, its very soul, inspiring the best in academic and scholastic achievement -- remember, a sense of place creates a sense of purpose."
With the tremendous generosity of its alumni and friends, the dedication and commitment of its faculty, and the talent and tenacity of its students, the future of Indiana Law looks brighter than ever.
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UConn holds off Maryland rally to win season opener
NEW YORK >> Shabazz Napier turned a sweet steal into an assist for the basket that had UConn rolling with a 17-point lead.
His braggadocio got him a technical foul. His foul trouble took him out of the game.
Maryland took advantage of those breaks to fuel a fantastic comeback just not a win.
Napier scored 18 points, Niels Giffey had 13 and No. 18 Connecticut survived Maryland's second-half surge in a 78-77 victory Friday night.
"We learned we can dig down deep and pull it out no matter what," Napier said.
The Terrapins dug as well and made it a game in the final minutes at Barclays Center in the season opener for both teams.
Nick Faust scored five straight points on a layup and 3-pointer to bring the Terps within two with 2:28 left.
Tyler Olander drilled a 3 for UConn with 2 minutes left for the shot of the game to make it 78-73. Napier was whistled for his fifth foul and Dez Wells made two free throws to cut it to 78-75. Wells hit a jumper out of a Maryland timeout and it was a one-point game.
UConn twice missed the front end of 1-and-1s.
Wells, who scored 10 points in the second half, missed twice on potential go-ahead shots.
Faust led the Terps with 17 points. Wells, Evan Smotrycz and Jake Layman all scored 13.
"We still have a lot to look forward to this season," Wells said.
With former coach Jim Calhoun in attendance, UConn is set for a new beginning under second-year coach Kevin Ollie. The Huskies went 20-10 last season, but failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament because of poor academic progress rates that predated anyone on the current roster.
"I don't care if we don't play for the NCAA tournament, I don't care if we do," Ollie said. "I don't have no pressure. The guys don't have no pressure. Hopefully, we get back into the NCAA tournament, but it's going to be one game at time, one practice at a time."
They surely felt some as they let a blowout slip into a close one.
"This would have been a great win for us because I think Connecticut is going to win a lot of games," Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said.
The Huskies have more wins in one game than the football team (0-7) had entering Friday night. In an effort to get more fans to come and watch the winless football team, UConn opened the gates at Rentschler Field early and showed the basketball game on the video board before the Huskies played No. 20 Louisville.
UConn center Amida Brimah, out of Ghana, turned Maryland's ninth turnover midway through the second half into a true rim-rattling dunk. The 7-footer left the backboard swaying even as Maryland scored on the other end. By the time it settled, Omar Calhoun came down and swished a 3-pointer for a 59-47 lead.
Napier and Calhoun connected on consecutive 3s, stretching the lead to 65-50. Ryan Boatright turned the Barclays Center into Gampel Pavilion with one more fastbreak dunk that brought the crowd to its feet.
With the Huskies up 67-50, Napier was whistled for the technical foul, he said for boasting about his play.
"I apologized for talking," he said.
Layman hit two 3s during an 11-0 run following the "T" to make it a game, using the long-distance sharp-shooting the Terps needed in the first half.
"I'm disappointed in our guys in the first half, no toughness," Turgeon said. "Second half, we really competed."
Brimah had three blocks in only 8 minutes in the first half, including consecutive rejections that pushed the lead to double digits. The freshman center blocked one shot, but the Huskies missed on the other end. Brimah had a block the next time down, and Giffey capitalized for the Huskies with a 3-pointer for a 41-31 lead.
Brimah had three blocks, five points and three rebounds in 15 minutes.
"He's going to be a force," Ollie said. "The kid is going to be great if he keeps that passion about the game. He loves the game. You don't see a lot of people with that love for the game."
Giffey's stock rose over the summer with his play for the German national team at EuroBasket 2013 in Slovenia. After averaging 4.9 points last season at UConn, Giffey averaged more than 9.0 points for the German team playing against mostly professional competition.
Brimah's dunk for his only field goal of the half gave UConn a 13-point lead. The Huskies hit 6 of 13 3-pointers to lead 48-36 at halftime.
"We didn't do the necessary things to be a championship team," Ollie said. "We'll get there. I do like the ending, though."


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BrokersXpress, the specialty broker-dealer owned by Schwab under OptionsXpress Holdings, reportedly told advisors and clients Wednesday that it will shut its doors. Schwab purchased the options-based businesses in March 2011 for a reported $1 billion.
"We acquired OptionsXpress to gain access to a retail derivatives product offering," Schwab spokesman Susan Forman told AdvisorOne. "As part of that deal, we also gained BrokersXpress. What we've found is that it was difficult to integrate because BrokersXpress does not meet our core business needs."
As such, Forman said it is winding down BrokersXpress with the requisite 90-day notification process for affiliated advisors and clients. CEO Barry Metzger will remain with OptionsXpress, as will most of the staff of BrokersXpress, she added.
OptionsXpress has been the subject of two separate investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission recently, in which charges were filed. Forman emphatically stated that the decision to close BrokersXpress has nothing to do with either case.
In the first case, the SEC charged the firm, as well as four officials at the firm and a customer, in an alleged abusive naked short-selling scheme.
The SEC's Division of Enforcement claims the Chicago-based firm "failed to satisfy its close-out obligations under Regulation SHO by repeatedly engaging in a series of sham 'reset' transactions designed to give the illusion that the firm had purchased securities of like kind and quantity."
The firm and a customer, Jonathan Feldman, engaged in these "sham reset transactions in a number of securities, resulting in continuous failures to deliver," according to the SEC's complaint.
In the second case, the SEC accused the firm's trading arm, OX Trading LLC, with continuing its trading operations after delisting from the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and deregistering with the SEC, apparently to avoid an audit.
The SEC's Division of Enforcement alleges OX Trading, under the direction of former OptionsXpress CFO Thomas Stern, operated as an unregistered dealer from October 2009 to November 2010 and illegally transacted in securities while not a member of a national securities association or national exchange.
Schwab's outside counsel, Stephen Senderowitz of the law frim Winston & Strawn LLP, said of the second matter that OX Trading "was closed in anticipation of the implementation of the Volcker rule."
In a statement to AdvisorOne, he also pointed out that OptionsXpress fired Stern after an investigation. "The allegations against Mr. Stern relating to his post-registration conduct that are contained in the order were self-reported by the company," Senderowitz said in the statement.


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Farewell service at OC's Crystal Cathedral
More than 2,000 people gathered at Orange County's famed Crystal Cathedral for a farewell service to the Protestant congregation that helped build it into a megachurch with a worldwide following.
The Orange County Register ( https://bit.ly/11XdRFZ ) says Sunday's Protestant service came a day after the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange celebrated its first Mass at the storied glass cathedral. The Catholic Church purchased the church and its campus last year during bankruptcy-court proceedings.
Pastor Bobby Schuller, grandson of founder Robert H. Schuller, told his flock that Crystal Cathedral Ministries will make new memories at its new home at nearby St. Callistus Church.
The Catholic diocese has renamed the cathedral Christ Cathedral.
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While Dell CEO Michael Dell and many at the top of the Dell executive ladder stand to make out well in a move to take the company private, some rank-and-file employees and mid-level executives are grumbling about how the deal affects them. That's because Dell, which has used stock options and restricted stock heavily as an incentive for employees in the past, is simply cancelling many of the stock options it has awarded to employees if the go-private deal is completed.
In an internal e-mail to employees obtained by Ars Technica, the company announced pending changes to its Long Term Incentive (LTI) program. Dell plans to pay out the difference between the exercise price of options and the $13.65-per-share go-private price to employees whose options were "in the money"—with exercise prices below $13.65 per share. But options that are "underwater"—issued when Dell's stock price was above $13.65—will simply be cancelled.
"Upon closing of this proposed transaction, which is subject to shareholder approval and other customary closing conditions, Dell will be owned by Michael and Silver Lake, and shares of Dell will no longer be traded publicly," the e-mail to employees said. While the company will "continue to offer market-competitive compensation," the change means that Dell's previously stock-heavy incentives for employees will have to be converted to something else. And that means employees who hold a stake in the company right now—or the promise of one—will be left with significantly less than they may have hoped for.
That's part of a continuing theme for Dell employees who had bought into the promise of working for a publicly traded company. In October, Dell forced some employees who had heavily invested in Dell stock as part of their 401k plans to sell off that stock at $9 a share—a move based on a policy change.
Playing the option
The use of stock options by corporations to reward employees—and executives in particular—has long been controversial. Michael Dell and other corporate executives made millions off of stock options in the 1990s and the first half of the last decade—in part because of long-running accounting fraud that covered up kickbacks from Intel for exclusively using its processors.
But as the company has used stock and cash to acquire other companies to create its software and enterprise services businesses over the past six years, many of those employees who came onboard in the process have ended up with stock options they couldn't use—because they were issued when Dell's stock was high but vested after the stock had descended. And as Dell moves to go private, those who held on to "underwater" options in the hopes of a better future are cut out of the deal.
And those options aren't insignificant. In 2009, Dell took an expense of $106 million to accelerate the vesting of stock options it had given to employees that were underwater—options for 20.9 million shares that had been issued to employees with an average exercise price of $22.03 a share. If they had been exercised, they would have amounted to more than 1 percent of Dell's outstanding shares—shares Dell would have had to buy back from investors to award to employees.
Dell employees who were awarded Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) as part of their compensation will get some cash out of the buyout—but probably not what they had expected. RSUs will be converted to cash if the deal goes through, but they will still be locked into Dell's vesting plan. That means that in five years, if Dell goes public again at a higher stock value, those who had RSUs will still just get paid out at $13.65 per share.
When asked about the changes, a Dell spokesman referred to the company's SEC filings, in which it said details on new long-term incentive programs and other compensation would be finalized after the deal is complete. "Our intent is for all of our team members to feel that the new program is equal to or better than the prior programs," Dell said in its public message to "team members."


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SpiderTech Team Director, Kevin Field talks about today's race, the Classic Loire-Atlantique in France:
We expected a hard race, and that Équipe Europcar would be the most active team trying to setup the win for Thomas Voeckler. We started two riders short due to illness in the team - and expected a few guys may still be a bit weak from recent illness (Lucas, David, Bruno). We wanted to make sure we had representation in the early break and hoped to keep Will, Pat and David fresh for the final.
The race was very aggressive in the first 60 km. An early move was established and we missed it. This was bad - but not devastating because Saxo Bank, Vacansoleil, Europcar and Francaise des Jeux also missed it.
Europcar took tight control after the midway point. But we lost Flavio and Lucas to the fast, early pace.
The second part of the race was really well controlled by Europcar. They feathered the gaps to breaks and brought things back to a super aggressive final 40 km. On the last 17 km lap, on the first hill, Voeckler attacked to start the final action. About 16 riders were of the front and our guys were not strong enough to match the attacks.
Bruno, Will and Pat were our guys to make it to the final group today. It was great to see both Bruno and Will getting their strength back. Pat was very good today, as we expected.
Next race is Cholet. We have a similar plan for each 1-day race: make the early break and conserve others for the final. But we have consistently missed early breaks in 1-day races, and this is an important skill for the guys to develop. They are doing fine in stage races - but it's just harder to get in that move in 1-day races. We don't want to miss it in Cholet.
We'll divide up the roles similar to Loire-Atlantique - but may swap Bruno and David after we see how they feel. The Cholet course will have more punchy hills - it will suit all the guys we have here. Lucas is struggling with health troubles, so we hope he comes around tomorrow.
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- Tonight's WWE RAW kicks off with CM Punk coming to the ring. Michael Cole welcomes us. he's joined by JBL and Jerry Lawler. The ring ropes are pink and white for WWE's partnership with Susan G. Komen.
We see footage from Punk being beat down by Ryback and Curtis Axel on last week's RAW. Punk hits the ring and the fans chant his name. Punk talks about getting his hands on Curtis Axel and making him go to sleep, about getting his hands on Ryback and showing him what really happens to bullies. Punk says this story ends when he finally gets his hands on Heyman. Punk encourages a "Ryback sucks" chant. Punk says this story could end right here tonight and the fans chant for him. RAW General Brad Maddox comes out to the ring.
Maddox says Punk ending the story tonight isn't what's best for business, he has a shot at Ryback at Battleground. Punk wants an outlet for his aggression. Big E Langston comes out. He says if Punk wants aggression, he's his man. Langston decks Punk with a microphone and beats him down. Big E with big shoulder thrusts in the corner. Punk dodges a thrust. Maddox calls for a referee down and we've got a match.
CM Punk vs. Big E Langston
We come back from commercial and Punk is working Big E over on the floor. Punk brings it back in and hits a crossbody from up top for a 2 count. Punk tries to scoop Big E but can't. Langston levels Punk and covers for a 2 count.
Big E works Punk over some more and focuses on the leg. Punk fights back with chops and kicks but Big E runs over him again for another 2 count. Punk counters a hold and rolls Big E up. Big overpowers and slams Punk for another pin attempt. Punk fights back from his feet. Langston goes for a move but gets kicked in the head and goes down. 2 count by Punk. More back and forth. Big E with another huge clothesline and a 2 count. Big E misses a splash. More back and forth until Punk gets the win with a GTS.
Winner: CM Punk
- Still to come, the Rhodes Family will be here for a "family summit" with Triple H and Stephanie McMahon.
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Back from the break and out comes Summer Rae and Fandango, wearing his new pink t-shirt for breast cancer awareness. Kofi Kingston is out next, also wearing a new pink t-shirt. Back and forth to start the match.
Kofi ends up getting the win with a Trouble In Paradise.
Winner: Kofi Kingston
- After the match, Kofi begins to celebrate but the lights go out, Bray Wyatt lights the lantern and heads to the ring with Erick Rowan and Luke Harper. Kofi has grabbed a steel chair and waits. Wyatt stops and talks about wondering why horrible things happen to him. He says his nightmare hasn't ended and finally, he understands what he must do - one by one, they will all fall down. Follow the buzzards, he says. Bray laughs and the lights go out. We go to commercial.
- The Bella Twins are backstage talking about Battleground when Randy Orton walks up. Orton congratulates her on getting engaged to Daniel Bryan. He asks when the wedding is. He says she should schedule it sooner than later because there's a good chance Bryan won't make it down the isle after Sunday.
- Renee Young is backstage with Paul Heyman. She asks about CM Punk. Heyman says Punk is a nobody who became a Paul Heyman Guy. Renee says Ryback is around the corner and Axel is hiding behind equipment, wondering if Heyman has another trap set for Punk. Heyman dares Punk to make a move tonight.
- We get another vignette for Los Matadores.
Los Matadores vs. Heath Slater and Jinder Mahal
3MB wait int he ring as Los Matadores and their bull mascot El Torito come out for their debut. After a back and forth match that got a "boring" chant at one point, Matadores get the win after a double team move.
Winners: Los Matadores
- After the match, El Torito bounces on the ropes as Matadores celebrate.
- We get a look back at two weeks ago when Big Show knocked out Dusty Rhodes. Still to come, the big family summit. Back to commercial.
- Back from the break and Triple H and Stephanie McMahon are introduced. They come out to Triple H's theme song. Triple H invites the Rhodes family out and guarantees their safety. Dusty Rhodes' music hits and out he comes with Goldust and Cody Rhodes, all in suits.
Stephanie congratulates Cody on getting married and asks if he got the Bed, Bath & Beyond gift card. Triple H asks why they all have looks of hostility on their faces. Triple H says they have given chances to the Rhodes family and they keep failing. Triple H asks Dusty if he's upset he couldn't make it out of Florida and the NWA and failed when he tried working on a national level with a McMahon. Stephanie says they want to give Cody his job back and want to give Goldust a job, if they can beat Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns at Battleground. If they lose, they're done for WWE forever and Dusty loses his developmental job. Dusty says he will be in their corner at Battleground. Stephanie says Dusty is itching for a fight. She warns him to be careful what he wishes for because he just might get it. Stephanie and Triple H exit the ring as the Rhodes family looks on. As they're leaving, The Shield attacks. Roman Reigns spears Goldust. Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose beat down Cody. They go after Dusty before triple teaming Cody and hitting the big powerbomb. Rollins stomps on Dusty some more and they taunt him. A "you suck" chant breaks out. The Shield stand over Dusty and pose as we go to replays.
- Still to come, Orton and Bryan will go face to face. Back to commercial.
R-Truth vs. Curtis Axel
Back from the break and out comes R-Truth in his new pink t-shirt. WWE Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel is out next with Paul Heyman for a non-title match.
They start off and Axel tosses Truth to the mat and talks some trash. Truth dances around and the crowd pops. Axel gets in his face and mushes him back. Truth with a big smack to the face that sends Axel down. Truth makes a comeback and Axel goes to the ropes. Lots of back and forth in the match. Fans start chanting for CM Punk. Axel turns it around and Punk's music hits, interrupting things. Heyman gets scared at ringside. Truth takes advantage of Axel being distracted and drops him for the win.
Winner: R-Truth
- After the match, Heyman realizes Punk is playing games with him. Truth celebrates and taunts Heyman. We go to replays.
- The Bella Twins are backstage walking as we go back to commercial.
- Back from the break and the announcers congratulate Trish Stratus on her new baby boy Maximus.
- We get a video looking at Brie Bella and Daniel Bryan's relationship.
Alicia Fox vs. Brie Bella
Alicia Fox waits in the ring as The Bella Twins make their way to the ring.
Back and forth to start the match. We see AJ Lee watching backstage with Tamina Snuka. Brie ends up getting the win after hitting her finisher.
Winner: Brie Bella
- Still to come, Dolph Ziggler and The Usos vs. The Shield in a six-man match. Back to commercial.
- Curtis Axel and Paul Heyman are backstage. Axel is clutching his title and pacing around. Heyman tells him to relax and says Axel is looking at this the wrong way. He says Punk is out of his league messing with them. Ryback appears and says after last week, if Punk wants them then he can have them. Heyman tells Ryback to go get some food and he will see him in a few minutes. Heyman calls Ryback beautiful as he walks off. Heyman talks to Axel about how he has a new outlook on things since Ryback saved his life. Heyman says he's going to the ring to propose to Ryback.
- We get a look at Stephanie McMahon making Big Show take out The Miz last week.
- Renee Young is backstage with Big Show. He says he's holding up as well as he can right now. She says it looked like he was about to explode on SmackDown and we see footage of his segment with Triple H. Show says his financial situation is being held over his head. Show goes on and says he's a good person trying to do right by his family. Show says he's done everything he's been told to, including knocking out a man he idolized growing up. Show says he can't take it anymore. He's going to find Triple H and show him exactly how he feels. Show says he's going to knock Triple H the hell out. Show walks off and we go to commercial.
- Back from the break and R-Truth is asking Brad Maddox for an Intercontinental Title shot. Big Show walks in and wants Triple H. He jacks Maddox up against the wall.
Zack Ryder vs. Alberto Del Rio
We go to the ring and Zack Ryder waits as World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio makes his way out for a non-title match.
They lock up and go to the corner. Del Rio knocks Ryder down first. They run the ropes and Ryder tosses Del Rio and takes him to the corner. Ryder with more offense and a clothesline, sending Del Rio to the floor. Ryder leaps out but Del Rio moves and he hits the floor. Del Rio tosses Ryder into the barrier and stomps away. Del Rio brings it back in the ring and keeps Ryder on the mat. Ryder tries for a comeback and gets a 2 count. Del Rio catches him with the tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and stomps on the arm.
Ryder comes back and hits a missile dropkick. Ryder with a forearm into the corner and the Broski Boot for a 2 count. Del Rio blocks the Ruff Ryder with a German suplex and a kick to the face. Del Rio with a stomp before applying the cross armbreaker for the win.
Winner: Alberto Del Rio
- After the match, Del Rio poses and kicks Ryder again.
- Up next, Paul Heyman will propose to Ryback? We go to commercial.
- We give a round of applause to a group of breast cancer survivors and their families sitting at ringside.
- We go to the ring and out comes Ryback with Paul Heyman.
Heyman talks about CM Punk and shows us footage from last week where they beat CM Punk down in Chicago. Heyman goes on and starts putting over Ryback, calling him a big beautiful man. Ryback says he hates a bully and to see Punk take all the knowledge and friendship he got from Heyman, to see him take all of that and throw it back in Heyman's face, he couldn't let that stand. Ryback has his hand on Heyman's cheek now. He calls Heyman a genius. He says there's nothing, and he means nothing, that he wouldn't do for Heyman. Heyman says 2013 is such a progressive year with so many movements. It's time that people come out in the open and are honest with the way they feel about each other. Heyman says he doesn't want them to be stigmatized. He feels free, liberated and more like a man now. Heyman says this is because of Ryback and he wants to feel that way every day for the rest of his life. Heyman says this needs to become an official commitment. Call it a relationship, a marriage, a partnership or whatever. Heyman says he even ran this by his children. Heyman wants to make this commitment in sickness and health, until death do us part. Heyman says he wants to make an honest man out of Ryback. Heyman grabs Ryback's hand and drops to one knee. Heyman teases it and looks to be proposing marriage but stops and asks Ryback if he will be a Paul Heyman Guy. CM Punk's music hits and out he comes to a big pop.
Punk doesn't come down the ramp. He tries to surprise them and runs through the crowd as the fans pop. Punk slips on the barrier and falls hard on his knee. This looks real and not part of the angle but nobody comes to check on him. Ryback and Heyman look on but look like they don't know what's going on. Punk tries to walk it off and tries to get on the apron but falls back to the floor and clutches his knee. A trainer comes down. Heyman walks over concerned and Punk gets up swinging a kendo stick from under the ring. Punk unloads with the kendo stick and also takes out Curtis Axel who runs down. Ryback and Heyman retreat to the stage as Punk unloads on Axel. Punk lays Axel out and taunts Ryback from the ring as his music plays.
- We see Big Show backstage waiting in Triple H's office. Back to commercial.
Dolph Ziggler and The Usos vs. The Shield
Back from the break and The Shield waits in the ring as Dolph Ziggler comes out. The Usos are out next.
Dean Ambrose starts off with Ziggler and they go to the corner. Back and forth to start. Ziggler tackles Ambrose and unloads with right hands. Seth Rollins tags in but Ziggler takes him down. Jimmy Uso tags in and unloads on Rollins for a 2 count. Jey Uso comes in with a splash for a 2 count. Ambrose comes in and turns it around, taking back control for The Shield. Rollins tags back in and keeps up the attack on Uso. Another tag to Ambrose.
Ziggler and Reigns come in and a brawl breaks out. The Shield get dumped to the floor and The Usos leap out onto them. We go to commercial.
Back from the break and Rollins is in control of Jimmy Uso. Ambrose comes in and prevents a tag. Reigns comes in but gets sent out to the floor again. Reigns comes back in and shoves Uso to the corner. Uso comes right back with a big superkick. Rollins comes in and stops a tag. Ambrose and Ziggler tag in at the same time and go at it with Ziggler in control. Ziggler nails a bunch of elbow drops. More back and forth. Ziggler with the Fameasser. Everyone gets involved again. Ziggler nails a Zig Zag on Rollins but Reigns spears Ziggler for the win.
Winners: The Shield
- We see Big Show getting ready to fight while waiting on Triple H in his office. Back to commercial.
- Back from the break and Big Show is in Triple H's office. Police officers walk in with a detective. Show has to come with them. Stephanie McMahon walks in and says Show has just been under a lot of pressure. She says they have everything under control and vouches for him. Stephanie says she talked to Show's wife earlier today and she said he doesn't measure up to her expectations at home either. Everyone leaves and Show sits down to cry. Show gets up and sees Triple H's DVD cover poster on the wall. He punches it, putting a hole in the wall, and walks off.
- Renee Young is backstage with Rob Van Dam, also wearing a new pink t-shirt. She asks him about the Battleground match. RVD says he excels when it's hardcore rules and shows us footage of some of his matches over the years. RVD says Del Rio shows no mercy in the ring but he has no clue what hardcore rules means.
- Hornswoggle, Santino Marella and The Great Khali are walking backstage as we go to commercial.
Antonio Cesaro vs. Santino Marella
Back from the break and Zeb Colter is cutting a heel promo in the ring. Typical back and forth tag match. Cesaro hits a massive giant swing on Santino. Santino ends up getting the win with a quick pin on Cesaro.
Winner: Santino Marella
- After the match, everyone is shocked as Santino celebrates with Hornswoggle and Khali.
- Up next, Bryan and Orton come face to face. Back to commercial.
- Back from the break and Jerry Lawler is in the ring. He talks about Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella getting engaged. Lawler brings out Bryan first followed by Randy Orton.
Lawler says this is meant to be a verbal confrontation only. Lawler talks about Bryan being stripped of the title. Orton was upset at first that he wasn't given the title back but says it's motivated him to return to being the Viper. Orton says he will beat Bryan on Sunday because he's genetically superior to a small, pathetic, weak, B+ goat-faced troll like Bryan. Bryan says Orton talks a good game but mocks him. Bryan says Orton needed Triple H's motivation to reach his full potential. Bryan says he has never needed motivation from anyone. Bryan says he will beat Orton for the WWE Title on Sunday. Fans chant "yes!" and Orton tells them to shut up. Orton brings up the engagement. He asks what's so wrong with Brie that she settles for Bryan. Orton says Bella will wake up one day and realizing she's with a barnyard animal and not someone like him. Bryan attacks Orton and takes the fight to ringside. Bryan unloads but Orton turns it around and beats Bryan up. Orton goes for a draping DDT from the apron to the floor but Brie runs down. Orton looks at her and then drops Bryan face first on the floor. Brie rushes over to check on Bryan. Orton walks away but comes back and scares her into the barrier. Orton starts taking apart the announcers table. Brie yells at Orton to stop. Orton drops Bryan through the announcers table with a RKO as Brie looks on. Referees check on Bryan as Orton walks away. Brie rushes back to Bryan now. RAW goes off the air with Orton looking on.


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Flights to and from London have been cancelled by Indian airline Jet Airways as it grounds its flights due to the company's impending collapse.
All international flights have been halted until at least Monday (15 April) amid fears for the company's survival. Jet is currently saddled with more than £765 million in debt.
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On Monday the company will meet with lenders in the hopes that it can arrange a financial lifeline.
At the moment less than a dozen of its fleet of more than 100 are believed to be in operation, according to local reports.
Laws in India stipulate that an airline must be running more than 20 planes in order to operate international flights.
Jet Airways is telling passengers, "Due to operational reasons, our flight schedule has been impacted.
"We realise that this has affected our guests' travel plans and truly regret the inconvenience."
What to do if your flight is cancelled
The UK's Civil Aviation Authority has said that anybody with a cancelled flight should contact the airline.
Jet Airways has said that its customer support teams are working around the clock to ensure passengers are moved onto alternate flights or provided with a full refund.
It is promising refunds within 10 days.
In recent weeks, the airline has grounded planes due to unpaid fees to leasing firms, and in March flights between Manchester and Mumbai were stopped.
Local reports have also stated that the company owes money to employees.
The pilots union in India is planning a protest on Saturday and has written to the airline demanding that employees are paid.
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Stout, Wuthnow examine intersection of politics and religion
With debates raging on the U.S. war on terrorism, gay marriage, abortion, federal funding for faith-based charities and other issues that mix religion and politics, two Princeton scholars have written new books examining the relationship between Americans' religious beliefs and political actions.
Sociologist Robert Wuthnow investigates religious organizations' contributions to American society and the controversy over whether the government should support them in "Saving America? Faith-Based Services and the Future of Society." Professor of Religion Jeffrey Stout, in "Democracy and Tradition," offers his vision for a public political discourse that embraces rather than suppresses a variety of religious viewpoints. Both books recently were published by Princeton University Press.
Both scholars recently spoke with Princeton Weekly Bulletin about their books and the influence of religion on public policy and politics. An excerpt from the interview with Stout follows:
What role does religion play in America's political dialogue? Is it different from your own vision of the proper relationship between religion and politics?
Stout: The First Amendment helped create a political culture in which American citizens feel free to express the reasons for their conclusions as they see fit. When those reasons are religious, citizens are protected twice over -- on the one hand by freedom of expression, on the other by freedom of religion. It violates the spirit of the First Amendment when intellectuals urge citizens to keep religious premises out of their political reasoning. Believers are going to rely on religious premises regardless of what the liberal professors say. It seems to me that we all have a stake in knowing what those premises are. Premises unexpressed are often premises unexamined and unchallenged.
But this is only half of the story. The First Amendment also prohibits Congress from establishing a religion as the basis for politics. In keeping with this notion, I say that political officials should refrain from presuming to speak for the whole nation on religious questions. Kings and queens used to make a mockery of religion by presuming to be its caretakers. What most of them really wanted was a kind of religion that would justify their rule while pacifying the populace. Our elected representatives are prone to the same temptations. The religion that our politicians practice in public often smells of sanctimony, manipulation and self-idolatry. Its symbolic gestures make for bad religion and bad politics.
Read the full story in the Weekly Bulletin.
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LONG BEACH — The UCSB swim teams got off to a solid start on the first day of the Big West Championships at Bellmont Plaza in Long Beach.
The Gauchos opened Thursday's action strong fashion as the men and women successfully defended their titles in the 200 medley relay. The women's 'A' relay of Naomi Javanifard, Emily Adamczyk, Katie Ure and Anne Marie May came in at a fast time of 1:40.41.
For the Gaucho men, Kevin Ferguson, Tim Freeman, Danny McClary and Chris Peterson touched first with a time of 1:28.47.
The women's 1000 freestyle, the first individual race of the meet, went to Cal Poly's Lacey Buck, who came in with a time of 10:01.55. The top finisher for the Gaucho women was Meagan Brown who came in fourth with a time of 10:09.21, a personal best. Astrid Amsallem took sixth in 10:16.88, while teammate Emma Hunt finished one place behind, touching the wall in 10:19.24.
For the men, the top finisher for UCSB was Shane Hurter, who finished seventh with a personal best time of 9:30.15 by over 20 seconds. Travis Jepson also scored points for the Gauchos after taking 14th with a time of 10:00.20.
UCSB's women finished the day off with a second place finish in the 800 freestyle relay with Katie Stover, Courtney Bauer, Olivia Plume and Kelsey Lewis coming in at 7:24.02. UC Davis' 'A' team won the event with a time of 7:17.96, breaking a three-year old Big West record previously held by the Gauchos.
The men also took second to UC Davis in the 800 free relay. The team of Scott Vogelgesang, Dan Morris, Brandon Shilling and Joe Plume finished in 6:37.16, which is a NCAA 'B' consideration time.
Through the first three events, the Gaucho women are currently in first place with 114 points, 14 ahead of second-place Cal Poly. The men are in fourth place with 89 points, trailing first-place UC Davis by 35 points.
All the action continues tomorrow in Long Beach with the 500 free, 200 individual medley, 50 freestyle and 400 medley relay.


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