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An Unlikely Match (Paperback)
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It isn't every day an impoverished young gentleman inherits a sizable fortune and an estate. Nickolas Pritchard, not only impoverished and young, but a gentleman as well, felt his luck acutely the day just such a remarkable inheritance fell upon him.
The future has never looked brighter for once penniless Nickolas Pritchard. Now in possession of an unforeseen legacy from a distant cousin, he can finally woo the exquisite Miss Castleton, belle of the London Season. What better setting for matchmaking than Ty Mynydd, his ancestral home nestled in the untamed hills of Wales? Ideal, indeed . . . except for the ghost.
For nearly four hundred years, Gwen has walked the halls of the home in which she lived — and died a mysterious death. But despite centuries as the reigning force within her ancient residence, nothing prepares her for the charm and unexpected appeal of Englishman Nickolas.
A deep and abiding affection grows between the two, tempered by the unbreakable barrier that separates them. They cannot possibly hope for a happily ever after. there can be no future between a man yet living and a woman long dead.
But how can Nickolas possibly give Gwen up? And how can Gwen face an eternity without Nickolas?
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- Size: 6 x 9
- Pages: 184
- Published: 10/2012
- Book on CD: Unabridged
- Number of Discs: 5
- Run Time: Approx. 6 hrs.
About the Author
Sarah M. Eden read her first Jane Austen novel in elementary school and has been an Austen addict ever since. Fascinated by the English Regency era, Eden became a regular in that section of the reference department at her local library, where she painstakingly researched this extraordinary chapter in history. Eden is an award-winning author of short stories and was a Whitney Award finalist for her novels Seeking Persephone and Courting Miss Lancaster. Visit her at www.sarahmeden.com.
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by Tonya W. - reviewed on October 11, 2012
This is a very interesting book. I thought it a little odd to begin with, but couldn't put it down and finished it breathless. I read it in one day! Don't miss this one!!
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by Frances - reviewed on January 08, 2013
The book is interesting but a little odd. You have a ghost and a human falling in love and you know that one has to either die or come back to life to make anything happen. The end was a bit rushed. Overall I enjoyed it but was glad I checked it out at the library.
by Dianna - reviewed on September 20, 2013
I started listening to this book on CD while I drive to work. I could not turn it off- Great book, so much love, and adventure and a side of darkness to it too. One of the best books I have read by Sarah Eden- I highly recommend it!'
by Shauna - reviewed on November 22, 2012
WOW! This book is AMAZING! Nickolas has gone from being impoverished to inheriting~ Y Castell. A castle where 400 years ago a battle was waged between the Welsh and the English Only there is a situation in the castle...it is haunted... Haunted by Gwen, the girl who died during that battle. As in ALL romance stories...Nickolas and Gwen fall in love... Can a ghost and a human who is 400 years younger make it work? Only Sarah Eden can pull a twist that is so tender and so suspenseful and so... If you like Regency Romances you really need to read this one :)
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by Lexie - reviewed on January 18, 2013
I just have to say it . . . Sarah M. Eden is probably my most favorite Covenant authors! With her quick-witted, sassy, and flirtatious characters set in the romantic Austen-esque time period, she could write about pretty much anything and I would still love it. And An Unlikely Match definitely lives up to the high standards Sarah has set. I love that this story combined so many genres: romance, paranormal elements, and historical fiction. It had a sweet (and quite interesting) love story as well as a rich background of Welsh history. Though I already knew what to expect from Sarah's romantic historical fiction, it was fun to see her branching out into the paranormal genre as well. And the ghost, Gwen, just happened to be my favorite character! It was probably quite a challenge to create a 400 year old character who isn't even human. But of course Sarah is so talented that Gwen turned out to be quite realistic no matter what you believe about ghosts and the afterlife. I especially liked that Gwen was still so strong-willed and feisty even after all the things that she had been through. An Unlikely Match is everything I have come to expect from Sarah Eden - well written, well researched, romantic, fun, and highly entertaining!
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Bell's Java Stout - Bell's Brewery, Inc.
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3.2/5 rDev -18.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
A - Very dark brown to black, with a long lasting tan head and ruby highlights.
S - An intense coffee aroma that borders on acrid with aromas similar to peppers.
T - A definite coffee presence with roasty, caramal, toffee, and chocolate flavors. A balanced bitterness and hop flavor.
M - Good body, with a moderate carbonation. Malt seems to help balance presence of coffee.
This beers flavors and mouth feel are great, but the aroma leaves a lot to be desired. The aroma is an overwhelming acrid coffee smell that brings the aroma out of balance. The flavor was much better, offering a good malt body to back up the coffee flavors.
Serving type: bottle
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3.71/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
After rating the first two components, I had high expectations for the rest of the beer. Unfortunately, the taste and feel didn't rise to the richness of the look and smell.
A: black with tan foamy head that clinched to the edge of the glass
S: the smell is the classic and lovely smell of chocolate and coffee, the former slightly more prevalent than the first. There is also a smokiness that adds cigarette notes to complete the old coffeehouse imagery; this smell becomes more prevalent as the beer warms
T/M: unfortunately, the taste misses the richness, being more a stringently bitter and less rich than expected. The tobacco notes are stronger in the taste, and not as smokey. However, I don't think the taste itself is far off, but I was hoping for more body in the feel. The beer feels a bit light on the tongue, although the tobacco and bitter coffee tastes do cling to the mouth in a mildly oily way.
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4/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Had on-tap at The Barleycorn Asheville. Served in a pint glass.
A- Pours a 99% opaque black color with a 1/2 inch tan head that doesn't retain long before becoming a thick ring around the edge of the glass and a full sheer sheet of surface foam. Non-resilient lacing slides quickly down the glass.
S- Mocha, caramel and burnt sugar is what most of the aroma is comprised of.
T- Iced black coffee with moderate sweetness. Also some chocolate and vanilla. Lingering bitter dark roast. Also some hop bitterness in there. Raisin aftertaste.
M- Nice and creamy with a thick viscosity. Medium-low carbonation and a full body.
O- I like this quite a bit better on-tap than out of the bottle. Not one of the best coffee stouts out there but it's worth going for if you've got a hankering for coffee and it's the only one on the list.
Serving type: on-tap
03-13-2014 16:57:35 | More by Immortale25
4.38/5 rDev +11.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Pitch black body allows absolutely no light to pierce its walls. Light brown head fades to a ring rather quickly and leaves minimal lacing behind.
Exactly what you'd expect from a beer called "Java Stout." Bold, dark roasted coffee. A hint of malt and nuttiness, but the aroma is dominated by fragrant coffee.
Not to sound like a broken record here, BUT... this is exactly what you should expect (and get) from a beer with the word "Java" in its name. Fresh brewed, BOLD coffee. It's bitter, but not out of place for the style. A ight sweetness can be found on the tail-end. Dates can also be found as it warms. It's a bit boozy, but does not spoil the fun. If you are sipping slowly (and you should be), you get a pleasant, coffee-laden aftertaste.
For a stout, I found the body to be a bit disappointing. The medium body is a bit on the watery side and it's far from the smoothest stout out there. Carbonation is next to impossible to detect. Finish is a bit chewy and walks a fine line between dry and semi-sweet.
Another fantastic beer from the gang at Bell's Brewery! Puts most other coffee-infused beers to shame. Easy to drink (and enjoy). The price-tag might be a bit of a turnoff for some, but I promise that if you like coffee and beer (and you do), this is definitely worth making it rain in the checkout line.
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Bell's Java Stout from Bell's Brewery, Inc.
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Esrrb Is a Pivotal Target of the Gsk3/Tcf3 Axis Regulating Embryonic Stem Cell Self-Renewal
Esrrb Is a Pivotal Target of the Gsk3/Tcf3 Axis Regulating Embryonic Stem Cell Self-RenewalPluripotency Network in Embryonic Stem Cells: Maybe Leibniz Was Right All AlongEsrrb Is a Pivotal Target of the Gsk3/Tcf3 Axis Regulating Embryonic Stem Cell Self-Renewal
Cell Stem Cell, Volume 11, Issue 4,
Pages 491-504,
Publication Date 5 October 2012
Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2012.06.008
Graziano Martello
Toshimi Sugimoto
Evangelia Diamanti
Anagha Joshi
Rebecca Hannah
Satoshi Ohtsuka
Berthold Göttgens
Hitoshi Niwa
Austin Smith
Wellcome Trust - Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge UK
Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge UK
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research and Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge UK
RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
Laboratory for Development and Regenerative Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunokicho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 6500017, Japan
Corresponding author
These authors contributed equally to this work
► Esrrb is the principal target of Tcf3 repression in the pluripotency network ► Esrrb is essential for self-renewal downstream of Gsk3 inhibition ► Esrrb potently suppresses differentiation and sustains ESC self-renewal ► Esrrb is a core pluripotency factor but can be compensated by LIF/Stat3
Inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase-3 (Gsk3) supports mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) by modulating Tcf3, but the critical targets downstream of Tcf3 are unclear. We analyzed the intersection between genome localization and transcriptome data sets to identify genes repressed by Tcf3. Among these, manipulations of Esrrb gave distinctive phenotypes in functional assays. Knockdown and knockout eliminated response to Gsk3 inhibition, causing extinction of pluripotency markers and loss of colony forming capability. Conversely, forced expression phenocopied Gsk3 inhibition or Tcf3 deletion by suppressing differentiation and sustaining self-renewal. Thus the nuclear receptor Esrrb is necessary and sufficient to mediate self-renewal downstream of Gsk3 inhibition. Leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) regulates ESCs through Stat3, independently of Gsk3 inhibition. Consistent with parallel operation, ESCs in LIF accommodated Esrrb deletion and remained pluripotent. These findings highlight a key role for Esrrb in regulating the naive pluripotent state and illustrate compensation among the core pluripotency factors.


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Fireman's Field has been the somewhat neglected child of the three ballfields at Wallace Memorial Park in Louisiana for years, but that is about to change.
Last fall, Louisiana R-II School District Athletic Director Curtis Hendrickson came up with an idea to improve Fireman's Field in order to meet high school regulations.
With the 2013 district tournament now in hand, Hendrickson has been quietly working with the school board, the Louisiana City Council, the Twin Pike Family YMCA and the Louisiana Khoury League to improve the field they all share.
In recent weeks, a committee with members from each entity has come up with a plan for improvements that are slated to start soon. The hope is to get the field ready in time for the district softball tourney in October.
"We hope to get started in the next couple of weeks," Hendrickson said Friday, July 5. "We don't want to build something that's not good for the school and the Khoury League."
The Louisiana High girls softball team will play on the new field, as will the Khoury League. The YMCA slow-pitch softball leagues will be shifted to the baseball field.
"When we move the fence in, it will be too short for slow-pitch softball," Hendrickson said.
"We'll use volunteer labor to demolish the current dugouts and fencing and lay cement blocks," for the new backstop and dugouts. Plans also call for a new scoreboard and storage shed.
"This really took off when Sal Pollice got on the city council and (councilman) Larry White has been a big help too."
"The city has $20,000 in the budget for the project, but it doesn't mean we'll spend that much," Pollice said. "We hope it comes in under $30,000."
The city has already covered half of the overall cost with new fencing that it recently purchased. The city recently bought 51 rolls of chain link fencing in 50-foot lengths that are six feet tall, according to City Administrator Bob Jenne.
The fencing was purchased for $50 a roll from the state government's surplus goods department. "It's normally $90 a roll," Jenne said.
He is now awaiting specifications from the committee for the changes that need to go out to bid.
The school district has not pledged any money toward the project, but the school board has expressed interest in helping defray the final cost.
The committee will stay intact to look at possible future upgrades of all three fields at the park, according to both Hendrickson and Pollice.


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Book Description:Akiko and her crew–Spuckler Boach, Mr. Beeba, Poog, and Gax–are competing in an intergalactic race from one side of the universe to the other. Along the way they have to make it through the narrow passages of the Labyrinth of Lulla-ma-Waygo, the notorious Almost Black Hole of Luzbert-7, and the deadly Jaws of McVluddapuck. All Akiko wants to do is make it back to Earth in one piece!But when Spuckler discovers that his old rival Bluggamin Streed is also in the race, winning becomes the most important thing. And Akiko quickly finds herself caught up in the competition. Who will go home with the celebrated Centauri Cup?From the Hardcover edition.
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The West Virginia chapter has eight employees who are crammed into the Lee Street offices. Rooms that once served as bedrooms in the old house are divided into multiple offices, two desks per room.
In the new building, employees will have their own offices, Kirksey said. Private offices are important because the Charleston headquarters receives more than 1,000 calls annually on its Education and Support Helpline at 800-272-3900, she said. Employees will now be able to provide people with more privacy and direct attention.
The new office space is being renovated. The Alzheimer's Association will pay 20 percent of the renovation costs while Hospice Care -- the group it is leasing the space from -- will pay the rest of the cost.
The empty office space will get new carpet, ceilings, paint and the addition of a kitchen and more offices.
In the Lee Street location's kitchen, a copier sits next to the refrigerator and, if an employee isn't careful, important papers could soak up coffee spilled on the counter.
The new office building will have a break room and a reception area.
To fund the $60,000 move, the group has launched a fundraising campaign, Move Our Mission Forward. The association is reaching out to its larger supporters and the community in general to prevent the state chapter from tapping into the reserve money used for its services, Kirksey said.
"Our goal is to raise enough money to fund the entire move," Kirksey said. "Moving is pretty costly, so things like our new telephone system ... can be funded through our mini campaign."
Donors have the option of naming a specific room in the state's headquarters, Marks said.
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Daryl Benson reports that progress on his major Canada book project -- representing a formidable volume of recent images and notes gathered during many months of traveling to and photographing every part of Canada -- is right on schedule. "The book will be at press this winter," says Daryl.
Daryl did not disclose any more at this time, but he did send this one image from the book. "It was taken on a windy, late-autumn afternoon in rural Quebec. I combined my Singh-Ray Vari-ND and Mor-Slo filters together to get a 4-minute exposure in the middle of a sunny day. My current favourite Singh-Ray filters are still the ND's."
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Goals were in short supply, but there was still plenty of intrigue as the Round of 16 concluded with tense, dramatic victories for Paraguay and Spain. FIFA.com reflects on the day's statistical sub-plots.
appearances as Spain captain was the new record set by Iker Casillas this evening. By leading out the European champions in Cape Town, the Real Madrid No1 surpassed the benchmark set by another goalkeeping great, Andoni Zubizarreta.
nations were represented at the first-ever FIFA World Cup™ in 1930 and, of these inaugural participants, only Bolivia have still to reach the competition's quarter-finals. Paraguay left their South American neighbours in isolation by advancing to the last eight for the first time this afternoon.
of the eight Round of 16 matches have witnessed the group winners prevail, an all-time high. Group D runners-up Ghana were the exception to the rule with their extra-time win over USA.
successive penalty shoot-outs at the FIFA World Cup have now been won by the team taking the first kick. Paraguay's victory over Japan continued a run that stretches all the way back to Korea/Japan 2002, when Spain – by beating Republic of Ireland – became the last team to step up second and emerge triumphant. Paraguay's 5-3 victory was their first shoot-out win at a major tournament after they finished on the losing side to both Colombia and Uruguay at the Copa America in 1995 and 1999 respectively. Today's was also the first of 21 FIFA World Cup shoot-outs not to involve a European team.
hours and 27 minutes of FIFA World Cup football have now passed since Paraguay's goal was last breached after they kept Japan at bay throughout 120 forgettable minutes. In stretching this impressive defensive sequence, Los Guaraníes surpassed their previous record of 209 minutes without conceding. The Paraguayans, who have now failed to score in all four of their Round of 16 matches, also became the first team to play out two straight goalless draws at the FIFA World Cup since they themselves endured successive stalemates at France 1998. Yet perhaps we should have seen this scoreline coming, with Paraguay's last two encounters agains Japan – at the Kirin Cup in 2003 and 2008 – having not produced a single goal.
matches for Japan at South Africa 2010 witnessed the Blue Samurai start with exactly the same starting line-up. In the history of this competition, seven teams have fielded the same XI in four successive games, but only one – Italy at Argentina 1978 – did so in their opening four fixtures. Italy share the record for consistency of selection, having started with the same players in their last five matches in 1970 – just as the Netherlands would do four years later.
goals in three FIFA World Cup matches have enabled David Villa to equal a Spanish record set six decades ago. La Roja legend Zarra, who averaged a goal every international appearance, was the first Spaniard to score in three straight matches when he achieved the feat at Brazil 1950. Villa's goal was also the 200th scored at the FIFA World Cup by a player from La Liga, although the Spanish top flight still trails Serie A and the Bundesliga in this respect. Furthermore, with seven goals spread over Germany 2006 and South Africa 2010, the Barcelona new boy has overtaken Miroslav Klose as the leading scorer at the last two FIFA World Cups combined.


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STATEMENT OF SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS Mr. Chairman, it has been said that "he who ignores history is doomed to repeat it." And, sadly, we are both ignoring and repeating history here today. We are reaching back in time and re-doing a nomination that has already been resolved. More than a year and a half ago, Charles Pickering had a full and fair hearing before this Committee and, after careful consideration and full debate, we voted fair and square not to send this nomination to the floor. At any other time, that would have been the end of that. Judge Pickering has repeatedly demonstrated a disregard and even a hostility to the principles that protect the rights of so many of our citizens. I do not presume to know what is in Judge Pickering's heart. But I DO know what is in his record. That record proves him unfit to serve as a Court of Appeals judge. In one case, Judge Pickering took extraordinary steps to reduce the sentence required by law for a man convicted of cross burning. In addition, he exerted extraordinary efforts to reduce the five-year sentence mandated by federal sentencing guidelines in the cross-burning case and went so far as to make an ex parte phone call to Justice Department officials in an attempt to assist the defendant. And, since his hearing, Judge Pickering has actively solicited the support of this nomination from attorneys who appear in his courtroom. This behavior not only calls into question Judge Pickering's commitment to protecting the constitutional rights of all Americans, but legal experts agree that his actions violated the canons of judicial ethics. Mr. Chairman, I urge you and all of my colleagues to remember this history in order not to repeat it. I know that this is not the best that the Mississippi legal community has to offer. We can do better. And we should do better. |


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"I have always been very interested in oncology and the area of palliative care, which has enormous psychological and psychosocial components to it."
Kelly, the newly appointed Professor of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine and Public Health, has undertaken extensive research on the mental health needs of people with physical illnesses, especially cancer.
A compelling part of his research has been an investigation into the clinical aspects of terminal cancer patients' wish to hasten death. Acclaimed by leading journal Psychosomatics as being among the best research published in recent years, his work explored doctor-patient interaction and relationships, and their association with terminal illness.
"One of the interesting findings from my study was that the doctors who indicated they had less training in the psychological aspects of medicine and counselling reported a significantly higher number of terminally ill patients wishing to hasten death," Kelly said. The study raised a number of questions about why this would be the case, including whether a doctor's support for a patient's wish to hasten death was a personal or medical response. The study also questioned the effect of a patient's emotional distress on doctors, especially if the doctor felt unable to respond effectively.
"The study indicates models of supervision and support for clinical staff, improving recognition and treatment of psychiatric and psychological illness in cancer patients, and building communication skills in caring for distressed terminally ill patients and their families as critical areas for the direction of clinical research and care. Of equal importance is the need for equity of services for people with mental health problems.
"There is no doubt that the biggest barrier is trying to have mental health problems viewed as an illness that needs very effective treatments. It's a matter of getting treatment to people, having the right care providers involved and the right models of care and service."
In his previous role as Director of the University's Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, Kelly played an integral part in developing and implementing new models of mental health services for farmers and people in isolated rural areas. Major initiatives included the development of a state-wide policy for rural emergency mental health care.
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For example, the Centre coordinated the NSW State-Wide Drought Mental Health Assistance Package, working with more than 20 farming and community organisations and thousands of individuals across 60 towns. In its first year it delivered 50 'Mental Health First Aid' workshops and organised a significant number of meetings aimed to improve community understanding of mental health issues and encouraging distressed people to seek professional help.
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Recently appointed co-director of the mental health group of the Australian Government's National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Kelly will use his broad experience to shape a national response to the psychological impact of climate change. He will also work closely with staff at the Hunter New England Area Health Service in a psychiatry consultation and liaison role at John Hunter Hospital – NSW's largest hospital outside of Sydney.
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For Broncos rookies, Friday marked the first day of their NFL career.
The club's rookie minicamp kicked off this morning, and the players hit the field donning their Broncos gear for the very first time.
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"In walkthrough, we had to tone it down a little bit," Fox said. "I prefer to use the reins rather than the spurs, so I kind of like that in football players."
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It was the first rookie camp in Fox's head coaching career, as well, as he said he typically combined rookies and veterans for the first camp. But due to new rules in the CBA, the first camp is designated for only rookies — though NFL rules stipulate that certain non-rookies are also eligible to participate.
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NRG Energy
Type | Public |
Traded as | NYSE: NRG S&P 500 Component |
Industry | Wholesale and retail electricity generation and distribution |
Headquarters | Princeton, New Jersey (financial), Houston, Texas (operations)[1] |
Area served | USA, 11 states |
Key people | David Crane (President and CEO) |
Employees | ~9000[2] |
Website | www.nrgenergy.com |
NRG Energy, Inc. is a large American energy company, dual-headquartered in West Windsor Township, New Jersey, near Princeton and Houston, Texas.[1][3][4]
In late 2005, NRG Energy bought Texas-based Texas Genco from a group of private equity firms for roughly $5.9 billion.[5]
In May 2009, NRG entered this market by acquiring the retail operations of Reliant Energy. NRG's retail service serves 1.6 million customers in Texas. The retail operations continue to operate under the Reliant Energy name while the remainder of the former Reliant Energy became RRI Energy.
Following the acquisition of Reliant, NRG extended its retail footprint with the acquisition of Green Mountain Energy in November 2010.[6] In doing so, NRG also became the largest retailer of green power in the nation, providing all of its Green Mountain and many of its Reliant customers with energy derived from 100% renewable resources.[7][verification needed]
NRG Energy completed its acquisition of GenOn Energy in December 2012[1] for $1.7 billion in stock and cash.[8] The GenOn name was retired in the merger, but the combined company retained GenOn's Houston headquarters to coordinate operations.[1]
In August 2013, NRG acquired Energy Curtailment Specialists, a Buffalo, New York based Demand response company.[9] The terms of the deal were not disclosed [10]
Reliant Energy naming rights[edit]
Reliant Energy holds the naming rights to the Reliant Park campus in Houston, Texas, home to the Reliant Astrodome, Reliant Stadium, Reliant Arena and Reliant Center. On March 12, 2014, NRG Energy announced that they would be re-branding Reliant Park to replace "Reliant" on all signage to "NRG"
Wholesale generation[edit]
After the GenOn merger, NRG has 47,000 MW of total generation capacity, enough to power approximately 40 million homes.[2] Its nearly 100 power plants are located in 18 states in the Northeast, Chicago area, Gulf Coast, Southwest, Nevada, and California.[2] Generation facilities include mostly fossil fuel power plants powered by natural gas, oil, and coal; plus four wind farms (in Texas) and six solar farms (in California, Arizona, and New Mexico).[11] NRG also has a 44% ownership stake in the South Texas Nuclear Generating Station and a 37.5% stake in a coal power plant in Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.[11] Some facilities use cogeneration and the company also owns 28MW of solar distributed generation.[11] Despite the name, neither NRG nor Green Mountain Energy own the Green Mountain Wind Energy Center.
Retail electricity[edit]
NRG's Retail Power services provide electricity services to more than 2 million homes and businesses, mostly in Arizona and the Northeast.
Green energy initiatives[edit]
Beginning in 2009, NRG began a major initiative to become the leading green energy producer in the United States and started investing very large amounts of money in clean energy projects.[12] They include onshore and offshore wind power, solar thermal energy, photovoltaic, and distributed solar power facilities, and repowering of some of their traditional coal plants with biomass.[12]
In late 2010, NRG made news by launching the "eVgo" network, the first completely private public car charging station network for electric power vehicles.[citation needed]
NRG continued the trend of leading in the green power market in 2011 by becoming the largest green power retailer in New York City.[citation needed] The company also signed a two-year agreement beginning in January 2011 to provide 100% renewable energy for the Empire State Building.[13][14]
Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas has been chair of a coalition to support the utility in their plan to replace its "decades-old, dirty" power plant in Astoria with a newer generator.[15] The company wants to replace 31 generators with new ones that will increase the megawatts of power while reducing emissions.[15][16] Emissions would be reduced because the new plants will use natural gas, while the current generators run primarily on oil.[16]
See also[edit]
- GreenStreet (NRG Tower)
- New York energy law
- ^ a b c d "NRG and GenOn Complete Merger, Creating Nation's Largest Competitive Power Generator". Business Wire (Press Release). Retrieved 2012-02-23.
- ^ a b c "A New, 21st Century Energy Company". Retrieved 2013-02-23.
- ^ "Contact Us." NRG Energy. Retrieved on July 25, 2010. "211 Carnegie Center Princeton, NJ 08540-6213."
- ^ "Township of West Windsor, New Jersey Zoning Map." Township of West Windsor. Retrieved on July 25, 2010.
- ^ SEC Form 8-K, Accession No. 0000950123-05-011735
- ^ Green Mountain Energy to be acquired for $350 million, 2010-09-16
- ^ NRG Completes Acquisition of Green Mountain Energy
- ^ NRG Energy to Buy GenOn for $1.7 Billion
- ^ NRG Acquires Energy Curtailment Specialists
- ^ NRG Acquires Energy Curtailment Specialists, Works with ThinkEco
- ^ a b c "Generation Assets". Retrieved 2013-02-23.
- ^ a b http://nrgenergy.com
- ^ Empire State Building To Purchase 100% Renewable Power, 01/07/2011
- ^ Green Mountain Signs Up New York's Empire State Building
- ^ a b Trapasso, Clare (May 8, 2012). "NRG hopes to replace 31 generators in Astoria". New York Daily News. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
- ^ a b Henely, Rebecca (April 30, 2012). "Officials support Astoria repowering to grow jobs". Times Ledger. Retrieved October 11, 2012.


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Consistent with federal and state laws and guidelines established for equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, OETA would like to affirm its continuing policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunity in all job classifications of this agency without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, political affiliation or opinion, or disability so long as the disability does not render the person unable to do the work for which employed.
The principles of equal employment opportunity apply to all employment practices and personnel actions throughout the agency, including recruiting, hiring, promotions, demotions, separations, training, transfers, layoffs (RIF), recall, compensation, benefits and all other terms and conditions of employment. All personnel actions, as well as all decisions relating to employment practices, are to be made in accordance with the spirit of equal employment opportunity for all.
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On the same day JetBlue was supposed to open its brand new terminal in John F. Kennedy International Airport, its old hub was evacuated after grenades were found in one passenger's bag.
But it turns out the terminal for the Forest Hills-based aircraft was never in any danger. The explosives were harmless replicas of World War II grenades. In fact, they weren't even replicas; they were paperweights.
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Travelers were told to cross the street away from the building while authorities investigated.
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One of the city's premier public hospitals is completely back in business after being completely shut down in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. NY1's Roger Clark filed the following report.
Thursday looked like a routine day outside Bellevue Hospital. It was a stark contrast from October 31, when the hundreds of patients being treated there had to be evacuated, some of them carried down the stairs.
Hurricane Sandy had flooded the basement with millions of gallons of water, cutting off power and damaging other equipment critical to running the facility.
"Within just a couple of days after that, the hospital was completely empty," said Dr. Nate Link, medical director at Bellevue Hospital. "It was a depressing feeling to have all the wards closed, the lights out."
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"Walking through the hallways of the hospital and being in the atrium, seeing my staff in the Emergency Department, everyone has a huge smile on their face," said Dr. Chris McStay, chief of emergency services at Bellevue Hospital. "They're here, we're ready, and we want the patients to come so we can care for them and get back to normal."
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Restoration of hospital services has been gradual, with other city and private hospitals pitching in.
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The "Open Government Platform" website will make available code, tools and processes to government agencies and to developers, analysts, media, academia and the public to make government data more transparent and useful, officials said in the news releases.
The source material for the platform is code from Data.gov. Officials from India and the U.S. began collaborating on the new platform in August 2011.
"You'll find here a growing set of open source, open government platform code that allows any city, organization, or government to create an open data site," reads a statement on the new website.
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As Ms. Ann Coulter has observed:"The most painful thing in the world for a liberal is to be forced to let a conservative speak."Newt is an oratorical MONSTER when he is on his game. Smiley is a typical narrow-minded "Liberal" racist. This could be fun.
No need to dance around it-Smiley is an intellectual lightweight with a one-track mind. That track leads and has always lead to, reparations.
OK, Tavis. Great idea. Instead of having your panel discussion at GW how about having it in Detroit? Newt has suggested that location in the past for conversations like this. How about now?
Tavis Smiley has gotten further on zero talent than anyone since Ed Sullivan.
I know. Let´s declare a "War on Poverty" and spend a lot of money. That should work. The problem is that we just never spend enough money. If we only had larger government and spent more money - everything would be OK.
"Tavis Smiley has gotten further on zero talent than anyone since Ed Sullivan."At least Ed brought you entertainment and didn´t ask for your tax dollars...
We´ve tried it the modern way over the past 40+ years. Pouring money down the black hole so they can watch daytime TV, get their nails done and go shopping. I suggest we go back to giving them 40 acres and a mule and make them do a little work. They wouldn´t have time to make so many little babies. How many more trillion$ does Mr. Travis think they need? I spit in his general direction.
Travis (I know it´s Tavis but I like to call him Travis) - Black children who are raised by a married couple have a very similar rate of poverty as white children who are raised by a married couple - a few percent.So the solution is simple - don´t have a child if you are young, single, and are unable to support yourself. And sadly, we have THE guy in the White House who could address this issue; haven´t heard a peep.I guess the problem is if no children out of wedlock ever became the mantra, the poverty pimps would be out of business.
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Following on from my post about why segments are so beneficial and how to look at AdWords demographic data segments this post covers segments for analysing your strategy. This includes:
Improving Mobile Pay-per-Click Results
It seems nearly every day I read something new about the growing importance mobile search is beginning to play within our industry. With significantly higher click-through rates and reduced cost-per-clicks, targeting users on mobile devices via AdWords can be highly profitable if done correctly and is set to become an ever more important aspect of pay-per-click advertising.
If you're running PPC activity via AdWords directed at desktop, mobiles and tablets all from the same campaigns I would recommend a quick review of how your account is performing by viewing the account over its entirety and segmenting the data by device.
Why Link Your Google Plus Page to AdWords?
2012 seems to be the year to push Google Plus. The internet giants are investing huge amounts in promoting their own social network and even stars like David Beckham are on board to back the campaign.
AdWords Segmentation to Improve Results - Part 1, Users
There are many ways to optimise an AdWords account, from improving the structure to implementing ad extensions, but one of the most important things is to improve your results from analysing the data. This is the first in a series of posts about data segmentation.
Some people don't like to get in to the nitty gritty numbers and get scared by spreadsheets, but the methods I'm going to cover make understanding the numbers easy and simplify your optimisation, and for once, my post won't require you to open a spreadsheet! Unless of course you want to…
Why You Shouldn't Always Trust Google
They're at it again. Google have been found advertising illegal Olympic ticket resellers within their search results. However, that is really only the tip of the iceberg.
The latest exposé comes courtesy of the BBC, who found a number of people who had unwittingly coughed up for tickets that didn't exist from companies that are equally elusive. The reason why they had fallen foul of this old ruse was simply that it appeared at the top of Google.
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It's that time of year again when people start to panic about Christmas shopping. If like me you leave everything to last minute you may need to make a purchase from your Smartphone. Recent research has shown that 44% of searches for last minute holiday gifts will be from a mobile device. So how do you take advantage of the Smartphone Christmas traffic? Read more
How Does Google AdWords Work? - Infographic
If you're new to Google AdWords or are considering a PPC campaign for your website, there is a lot to get your head around. What is a Quality Score? How much should you bid for keywords? How do you know if you're targeting the right terms. It's not easy.
So to explain the process a little better, here's a useful infographic from WordStream; outlining how it all works and providing a straightforward definition for a few of the acronyms and other jargon used in Paid Search.
Keywords, Match Types and Triangulation for AdWords
One of the most common mistakes I see in an AdWords campaign setup by your average guy is the misuse of keyword match types. Google seem to make the process of building a campaign very easy for an average small business owner looking to buy some digital advertising space on the Google high street. It is pretty obvious why it is made this easy in my opinion; it makes Google a lot of money.


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We heard yesterday in the Plenary Session about the Prophylaxis of Thromboembolic Events in Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy (PROTECHT) trial, which is the first randomized controlled trial to show that a low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) is effective at reducing the risk of symptomatic thrombotic events in patients receiving chemotherapy for selected groups of solid tumors. It is fitting to have Dr. Giancarlo Agnelli, of the University of Perugia in Umbria, Italy, present his work that has spanned more than three decades. The work presented in the Plenary abstract (#6) was successful, unlike several other studies that have asked the same question but have reported negative results. Moreover, it is important to note that these previous studies only looked at reduction of venous thromboembolic events, whereas PROTECHT used a combination endpoint of arterial and venous events.
PROTECHT was designed to evaluate the efficacy of the LMWH nadroparin for prophylaxis of thromboembolic events in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Patients with metastatic or locally advanced lung, breast, gastrointestinal, ovarian, or head and neck cancer with an ECOG performance status ≤ 2 were included in the study. Patients on adjuvant or neo-adjuvant therapy were excluded from the study. Eligible patients were randomized in a 2:1 ratio to receive subcutaneous injections of nadroparin (3,800 anti-Xa IU) once daily, or they received a placebo. Treatment was started on the day of initiation of the first cycle or a new course of chemotherapy and planned for the overall duration of chemotherapy or up to a maximum of four months. The primary study endpoint was the composite of clinically overt venous or arterial thromboembolic events. The average study treatment duration was about three months in both groups. One thousand one hundred and fifty (1,150) patients received at least one dose of the study treatment. Sixteen of the 769 patients treated with nadroparin (2.0%) and 15 of the 381 patients treated with placebo (3.9%) had a thromboembolic event with a relative risk reduction of 47.2 percent. Venous thromboembolism accounted for 11 events in both the nadroparin and placebo patients. Fifteen of the thromboembolic events occurred in patients with lung cancer (3.5% and 8.8% in nadroparin and placebo patients, respectively). Pancreatic cancer was associated with an overall rate of thromboembolic events of 7.5 percent. Five patients in the nadroparin group (0.7%) and none in the placebo group suffered major bleeding. The incidence of minor bleeding was similar in the two treatment groups.
Dr. Agnes Y. Y. Lee, of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, who introduced the abstract, noted that the PROTECHT trial comes 14 years after the first and only randomized trial that showed adjusted dose warfarin provided protection against symptomatic venous thromboembolic events in women receiving chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer (Levine, et al. Lancet. 1994;343:886-9). Despite the positive results from the Levine trial, primary prevention with warfarin has never been incorporated into standard practice. This is partly due to the difficulty with warfarin usage, including the need for laboratory monitoring and frequent dose adjustment, difficulty with rapid reversal of the anticoagulant effect in patients receiving chemotherapy, and questionable benefit in patients with other tumors, since the study was limited to patients with breast cancer.
Because PROTECHT studied a LMWH, which requires daily subcutaneous injections (not attractive to patients) and is costly in North America, it also has a number of obstacles in achieving practice-changing status. Dr. Lee added that the lack of consistent benefit across all tumor types studied and a slightly higher incidence of bleeding in the LMWH group may also dampen enthusiasm to adopt this as standard practice.
Regardless, the PROTECT study is an important step in the right direction. The study may raise more questions than it answers. But, one of the best things about scientific advancement is that there is always more to learn!
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This unit is designed to develop an understanding of the theoretical underpinnings and practical implementation aspects to do with the use of a range of media and new technologies in online teaching and learning. Students will investigate these technologies and critically evaluate their potential for use within an education and/or training context. Topics include the history and theoretical underpinnings of online teaching and learning and the characteristics and impact of various new online technologies.
Assignment 1, 50%, 3000 words, Preparation of a report that includes the following a history of online teaching and learning and a discussion of issues related to online teaching and learning in a selected context, including a description of a real or hypothetical context for this learning.
Assignment 2, 50%, 3000 words or equivalent, Individual or group presentation. Presentation of a plan developed for the delivery of an online course including the online teaching and learning pedagogies to be used. This presentation will include recommendations and the rationale for the choice of technologies and media required to effectively deliver the course online and justification for these selections by reference to current literature.
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Simonson, M, Smaldino, S, Albright. M & Zvacek, S 2006, Teaching and learning at a distance: Foundations of distance education, Merrill, NJ.
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