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Quarterly Report
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor"
for forward-looking statements. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and other
materials filed by us with the SEC (as well as information included in oral or
other written statements made by us) contain statements that are
forward-looking, including statements relating to business and real estate
development activities, acquisitions, dispositions, future capital expenditures,
financing sources, governmental regulation (including environmental regulation)
and competition. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the
safe-harbor provisions of the 1995 Act. The words "anticipate," "believe,"
"estimate," "expect," "intend," "will," "should" and similar expressions, as
they relate to us, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although
we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements
are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our
expectations will be achieved. As forward-looking statements, these statements
involve important risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from the expected results and, accordingly, such
results may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made
by us or on our behalf. Factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from our expectations include, but are not limited to:
• the continuing impact of modest global economic growth, which is having and may continue to have a negative effect on the following, among other things:
• the fundamentals of our business, including overall market occupancy, demand for office space and rental rates; • the financial condition of our tenants, many of which are financial, legal and other professional firms, our lenders, counterparties to our derivative financial instruments and institutions that hold our cash balances and short-term investments, which may expose us to increased risks of default by these parties; • the availability of financing on attractive terms or at all, which may adversely impact our future interest expense and our ability to pursue acquisition and development opportunities and refinance existing debt; and • a decline in real estate asset valuations, which may limit our ability to dispose of assets at attractive prices or obtain or maintain debt financing secured by our properties or on an unsecured basis. • changes in local real estate conditions (including changes in rental rates and the number of properties that compete with our properties); • changes in the economic conditions affecting industries in which our principal tenants compete;
• the unavailability of equity and debt financing;
• our failure to lease unoccupied space in accordance with our projections;
• our failure to re-lease occupied space upon expiration of leases;
• tenant defaults and the bankruptcy of major tenants;
• increases in interest rates;
• failure of interest rate hedging contracts to perform as expected and the effectiveness of such arrangements;
• failure of acquisitions to perform as expected;
• unanticipated costs associated with the acquisition, integration and operation of our acquisitions;
• unanticipated costs to complete, lease-up and operate our developments and redevelopments;
• unanticipated costs associated with land development, including building moratoriums and inability to obtain necessary zoning, land-use, building, occupancy and other required governmental approvals, construction cost increases or overruns and construction delays;
• impairment losses;
• increased costs for, or lack of availability of, adequate insurance, including for terrorist acts;
• actual or threatened terrorist attacks;
• demand for tenant services beyond those traditionally provided by landlords;
• liability under environmental or other laws;
• failure or bankruptcy of real estate venture partners;
• inability of real estate venture partners to fund venture obligations;
• failure of dispositions to close in a timely manner;
• failure of buyers of our properties to comply with the terms of their financing agreements to us;
• earthquakes and other natural disasters;
• the unforeseen impact of climate change and compliance costs relating to laws and regulations governing climate change;
• risks associated with federal, state and local tax audits;
• complex regulations relating to our status as a REIT and the adverse consequences of the Parent Company's failure to qualify as a REIT; and
• the impact of newly adopted accounting principles on our accounting policies and on period-to-period comparisons of financial results.
Given these uncertainties, and the other risks identified in the "Risk Factors"
section of our 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K, we caution readers not to place
undue reliance on forward-looking statements. We assume no obligation to update
or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of
subsequent events.
The discussion that follows is based primarily on our consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 and for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 and should be read along with the consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this report. The ability to compare one period to another may be significantly affected by acquisitions completed, development properties placed in service and dispositions made during those periods.
As of June 30, 2013, our 210 property portfolio consisted of 182 office properties, 19 industrial facilities, five mixed-use properties (206 core properties), one development property, two redevelopment properties and one re-entitlement property that contain an aggregate of approximately 24.2 million net rentable square feet. As of June 30, 2013, we also held economic interests in 17 unconsolidated real estate ventures that we formed with third parties to develop or own commercial properties. The properties owned by these Real Estate Ventures contain approximately 6.2 million net rentable square feet. As of June 30, 2013, we managed our portfolio within seven geographic segments:
(1) Pennsylvania, (2) Philadelphia CBD, (3) Metropolitan Washington, D.C.,
(4) New Jersey/Delaware, (5) Richmond, Virginia, (6) Austin, Texas and
(7) California. The Pennsylvania segment includes properties in Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties in the Philadelphia suburbs. The Philadelphia CBD segment includes properties located in the City of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. The Metropolitan Washington, D.C. segment includes properties in Northern Virginia and southern Maryland. The New Jersey/Delaware segment includes properties in Burlington, Camden, and Mercer counties in New Jersey and New Castle county in the state of Delaware. The Richmond, Virginia segment includes properties primarily in Albemarle, Chesterfield, Goochland and Henrico counties and one property in Durham, North Carolina. The Austin, Texas segment includes properties in Austin. The California segment includes properties in Oakland, Concord, and Carlsbad, California. We generate cash and revenue from leases of space at our properties and, to a lesser extent, from the management of properties owned by third parties and from investments in the Real Estate Ventures. Factors that we evaluate when leasing space include rental rates, costs of tenant improvements, tenant creditworthiness, current and expected operating costs, the length of the lease, vacancy levels and demand for office and industrial space. We also generate cash through sales of assets, including assets that we do not view as core to our portfolio, either because of location or expected growth potential, and assets that are commanding premium prices from third party investors. Our financial and operating performance is dependent upon the demand for office, industrial and other commercial space in our markets, our leasing results, our acquisition, disposition and development activity, our financing activity, our cash requirements and economic and market conditions, including prevailing interest rates. Challenging economic conditions could result in a reduction of the availability of financing and potentially in higher borrowing costs. These factors, coupled with ongoing economic recovery, have reduced the volume of real estate transactions and created credit stresses on most businesses. Vacancy rates may increase through 2013 and possibly beyond as the current economic climate continues to negatively impact tenants. We expect that the impact of the current state of the economy, including continued high unemployment and the continued volatility in the financial and credit markets, could continue to have a dampening effect on the fundamentals of our business, including
potential increases in past due accounts, tenant defaults, lower occupancy and
reduced effective rents. These conditions would negatively affect our future net
income and cash flows and could have a material adverse effect on our financial
condition. We believe that the quality of our assets and our strong balance
sheet will enable us to raise debt capital, if necessary, in various forms and
from different sources, including traditional term or secured loans from banks,
pension funds and life insurance companies. However, there can be no assurance
that we will be able to borrow funds on terms that are economically attractive
or at all.
We seek revenue growth throughout our portfolio by increasing occupancy and rental rates. Occupancy at our wholly owned properties at June 30, 2013 was 87.9%.
The table below summarizes the key operating and leasing statistics of our wholly owned operating properties for the three months ended June 30, 2013:
Three-month period Six-month period ended ended June 30, 2013 June 30, 2013 Leasing Activity: Core portfolio net rentable square feet owned (1) 23,373,550 23,373,550 Occupancy percentage (end of period) 87.9 % 87.9 % Average occupancy percentage 88.0 % 87.9 % New leases and expansions commenced (square feet) 460,960 780,204 Leases renewed (square feet) 434,240 807,113 Net absorption (square feet) (2) 20,216 (103,724 ) Percentage change in rental rates per square feet (3): New and expansion rental rates 13.2 % 10.8 % Renewal rental rates 9.1 % 9.9 % Combined rental rates 10.6 % 10.2 % Capital Costs Committed (4): Leasing commissions (per square feet) $ 2.68 $ 3.74 Tenant Improvements (per square feet) $ 7.00 $ 9.17
(1) Includes all properties in the core portfolio (i.e. not under development or redevelopment or a re-entitlement property), including properties that were sold during these periods.
(2) Includes leasing related to completed developments and redevelopments, as well as properties sold during the six month period ended June 30, 2013.
(3) Rental rates include base rent plus reimbursement for operating expenses and real estate taxes.
(4) Calculated on an average basis.
In seeking to increase revenue through our operating, financing and investment
activities, we also seek to minimize operating risks, including (i) tenant
rollover risk, (ii) tenant credit risk and (iii) development risk.
Tenant Rollover Risk:
We are subject to the risk that tenant leases, upon expiration, will not be renewed, that space may not be relet, or that the terms of renewal or reletting (including the cost of renovations) may be less favorable to us than the current lease terms. Leases accounting for approximately 2.7% of our aggregate final annualized base rents as of June 30, 2013 (representing approximately 2.8% of the net rentable square feet of the Properties) expire without penalty in 2013. As of June 30, 2013, the annualized rent per square foot of these expiring leases amounted to $22.10, and although we can provide no assurance, we currently expect that the annualized market rent per square foot will increase by 5% to 7% through a combination of new leases and renewals throughout the year. We maintain an active dialogue with our tenants in an effort to maximize lease renewals. During the six months ended June 30, 2013, we achieved a 66.2% retention rate in our core portfolio, which was primarily attributable to a former tenant in our Austin, Texas region vacating approximately 0.1 million net rentable square feet. We have leased the majority of this vacated space and new tenants will commence occupancy over the remainder of 2013. If we are unable to renew leases or relet space under expiring leases, at anticipated rental rates, or if tenants terminate their leases early, our cash flow would be adversely impacted.
Tenant Credit Risk:
In the event of a tenant default, we may experience delays in enforcing our rights as a landlord and may incur substantial costs in protecting our investment. Our management regularly evaluates our accounts receivable reserve policy in light of our tenant base and general and local economic conditions. Our accounts receivable allowance was $17.0 million or 11.1% of total receivables (including accrued rent receivables) as of June 30, 2013 compared to $16.6 million or 10.9% of total receivables (including accrued rent receivables) as of December 31, 2012.
If economic conditions persist or deteriorate further, we may experience increases in past due accounts, defaults, lower occupancy and reduced effective rents. This condition would negatively affect our future net income and cash flows and could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition. Development Risk:
As of June 30, 2013, we owned approximately 435 acres of undeveloped land, and held options to purchase approximately 51 additional acres of undeveloped land. As market conditions warrant, we will seek to opportunistically dispose of those parcels that we do not anticipate developing. For parcels of land that we ultimately develop, we will be subject to risks and costs associated with land development, including building moratoriums and inability to obtain necessary zoning, land-use, building, occupancy and other required governmental approvals, construction cost increases or overruns and construction delays, and insufficient occupancy rates and rental rates. As of June 30, 2013, the total potential development that these land parcels could support amounted to 6.2 million square feet.
We are a party to a development agreement and related ground leases covering two adjacent parcels of land. As described below under "Recent Property Transactions
- The Grove Venture" and in Note 4 above, on January 25, 2013, we contributed our development rights in one of the land parcels to the Grove Venture, and during the three months ended March 31, 2013 the Grove Venture commenced construction of a student housing tower. As to the other parcel, we have the right, on terms and conditions in the development agreement and applicable ground lease, to commence development of such other parcel by December 31, 2015. If we determine that we will not be able to commence development of the other parcel by December 31, 2015, or if we determine that development is not in our best interests and we are unable to obtain an additional extension of the development period, then we will be required to write-off all costs that we have incurred in preparing this parcel for development, amounting to $6.0 million as of June 30, 2013.
Real Estate Acquisitions/Dispositions
On April 25, 2013, we exercised our purchase option under the long term ground lease agreement we held through our acquisition of Three Logan Square on August 5, 2010 and acquired the 1.8 acre land parcel underlying Three Logan Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for $20.8 million. We have accounted for the transaction as an asset acquisition. A portion of the original purchase price of Three Logan Square was allocated to the below market ground lease intangible asset, and the sum of the purchase price of the land and the$4.3 million remaining balance for the intangible asset approximates the fair value of the land as an unencumbered ground lease. The remaining intangible asset balance was reclassified to land upon exercise of the purchase option. We funded the cost of the acquisition with available corporate funds and capitalized $0.1 million of acquisition related costs as part of the basis in the operating land. On June 28, 2013, we sold 16870 West Bernardo Drive, a 67,909 net rentable square feet office property located in San Diego, California, for a sales price of $18.0 million. The property was 98.8% occupied as of the date of sale. On June 28, 2013, we sold 100 Arrandale Boulevard, a 34,931 net rentable square feet office property located in Exton, Pennsylvania, for a sales price of $3.5 million. The property was vacant at the date of sale.
On June 19, 2013, the Company sold 1700 Paoli Pike, a 28,000 net rentable square feet office property located in Malvern, Pennsylvania, for a sales price of $2.7 million. The property was vacant at the date of sale.
On June 14, 2013, we sold Pacific View Plaza, a 51,695 net rentable square feet office property located in Carlsbad, California, for a sales price of $10.3 million. The property was 90.5% occupied as of the date of sale.
On February 25, 2013, we sold a portfolio of eight office properties containing 800,546 square feet in Lawrenceville, New Jersey for an aggregate sales price of $121.0 million. These properties, collectively known as "Princeton Pike Corporate Center," were 86.9% occupied as of the date of sale.
Two and Six Tower Bridge Exchange Transaction
On June 19, 2013, we acquired the outside ownership interest in Six Tower Bridge real estate venture, through a nonmonetary exchange with an unaffiliated party for our ownership interest in the Two Tower Bridge real estate venture. We previously accounted for our noncontrolling interest in Six Tower Bridge using the equity method. As a result of this transaction we obtained control of the Six Tower Bridge property and our existing equity interest was remeasured at fair value based on the fair value of the underlying property and the distribution provisions of the real estate venture agreement. Accordingly, during 2013, we recorded a gain approximately $7.8 million which is reflected in "Gain on remeasurement of investment in real estate venture" on the accompanying statements of operations. Following the acquisition, the Class A office property in Conshohocken, PA is wholly owned by us with an unencumbered fair value of $24.5 million. We accounted for this acquisition as a business combination and allocated the fair value as follows: $14.8 million to building, $6.9 million to land, $3.3 million to intangible assets and $0.5 million to below market lease liabilities assumed.
As mentioned above, we exchanged our investment in Two Tower Bridge real estate
venture in an nonmonetary transaction with an unaffiliated party to acquire the
outside investor interest Six Tower Bridge real estate venture. The investment
in Two Tower Bridge had a fair value of $3.6 million on the date of the exchange
transaction based on the fair value of the venture's equity and distribution
provisions of the real estate venture agreement. Based on the fair value and the
carrying value for our investment of $(0.1) million, during 2013 we recognized a
gain on exchange of interests in real estate ventures of $3.7 million.
The Grove Venture
On January 25, 2013, we formed the Grove Venture, a joint venture among the Company and two unaffiliated parties: Campus Crest Properties, LLC ("Campus Crest") and HSRE-Campus Crest IXA, LLC ("HSRE"). The Grove Venture has commenced construction of a 33-story, 850-bed student housing tower located in the University City submarket of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to be called The Grove at Cira Centre South (the "Grove"). We and Campus Crest each own a 30% interest in the Grove Venture and HSRE owns a 40% interest. The Grove Venture is developing the project on a one-acre land parcel held under a long-term ground lease with a third party lessor. We contributed to the Grove Venture our tenancy rights under a long-term ground lease, together with associated development rights, at an agreed-upon value of $8.5 million. The total estimated project costs are $158.5 million, which will be financed through partner capital contributions totaling $60.7 million, with the remaining $97.8 million being financed through a construction facility by PNC Bank, Capital One, and First Niagara Bank. Construction has already commenced, with a targeted project completion in 2014.
In connection with our development of the Grove project through the Grove Venture (as described in Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements), we and Campus Crest have provided, in addition to customary non-recourse carve-out guarantees, a completion and cost overrun guaranty, as well as a payment guaranty, on the construction financing (with our share of the payment guaranty being approximately $23.0 million).
BDN Beacon Venture
On March 26, 2013, we sold our entire 20% ownership interest in an unconsolidated real estate venture known as BDN Beacon Venture LLC (the "Beacon Venture"). The carrying amount of our investment in the Beacon Venture amounted to $17.0 million at the sale date, with our proceeds effectively matching the carrying amount.
We continually assess our portfolio in light of our strategic and economic considerations to determine whether to sell properties in the portfolio. Sales of properties, and determinations to hold properties for sale, may result in an impairment or other loss, and such loss could be material to our statement of operations.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations discuss our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Certain accounting policies are considered to be critical accounting policies, as they require management to make assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the estimate is made and changes in accounting policies are reasonably likely to occur from period to period. Management bases its estimates and assumptions on historical experience and current economic conditions. On an on-going basis, management evaluates its estimates and assumptions including those related to revenue, impairment of long-lived assets and the allowance for doubtful accounts. Actual results may differ from those estimates and assumptions.
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 contains a
discussion of our critical accounting policies. There have been no significant
changes in our critical accounting policies since December 31, 2012. See also
Note 2 in our unaudited consolidated financial statements for the three and
six-month periods ended June 30, 2013 set forth herein. Management discusses our
critical accounting policies and management's judgments and estimates with our
Audit Committee.
The following discussion is based on our Consolidated Financial Statements for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012. We believe that presentation of our consolidated financial information, without a breakdown by segment, will effectively present important information useful to our investors. Net operating income ("NOI"), as presented in the comparative analysis below is defined as total revenue less property operating expenses, real estate taxes and third party management expenses. Property operating expenses that are included in determining NOI consist of costs that are necessary and allocable to our operating properties such as utilities, property-level salaries, repairs and maintenance, property insurance, management fees and bad debt expense. General and administrative expenses that are not reflected in NOI primarily consist of corporate-level salaries, amortization of share based awards to our executives and employees and professional fees that we incur as part of corporate office management. NOI is a non-GAAP financial measure that we use internally to evaluate the operating performance of our real estate assets by segment, as presented in Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements, and of our business as a whole. We believe NOI provides useful information to investors regarding our financial condition and results of operations because it reflects only those income and expense items that are incurred at the property level. While NOI is a relevant and widely used measure of operating performance of real estate investment trusts, it does not represent cash flow from operations or net income as defined by GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to those measures in evaluating our liquidity or operating performance. NOI also does not reflect general and administrative expenses, interest expenses, real estate impairment losses, depreciation and amortization costs, capital expenditures and leasing costs. Trends in development and construction activities that could materially impact our results from operations are also not included in NOI. We believe that net income, as defined by GAAP, is the most appropriate earnings measure. See Note 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a reconciliation of NOI to our consolidated net income. Comparison of the Three-Month Periods Ended June 30, 2013 and June 30, 2012 The table below shows selected operating information for the "Same Store Property Portfolio" and the "Total Portfolio." The Same Store Property Portfolio consists of 204 properties containing an aggregate of approximately 23.1 million net rentable square feet, and represents properties that we owned for the entire three-month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012. The Same Store Property Portfolio includes properties acquired or placed in service on or prior to January 1, 2012 and owned through June 30, 2013. The Total Portfolio includes the effects of other properties that were either placed into service, acquired or redeveloped after January 1, 2012 or disposed prior to June 30, 2013. A property is excluded from our Same Store Property Portfolio and moved into the redevelopment column in the period that we determine that a redevelopment would . . .


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For engines lovers, say Mugello is the same as saying Grand Prix: every year, in fact, at the Mugello International Circuit, runs the Grand Prix of Italy.
The circuit is located between Scarperia and Borgo San Lorenzo, lovely medieval towns about twenty kilometers from Villa Campestri Olive Oil Resort. In addition to the races, to recall thousands of engines lovers is the Italian Grand Prix, which last year celebrated the 25th edition. Unfortunately the last edition was characterized by the injury to Valentino Rossi, who forced him to stay away from engines for a few months.
The circuit is 5245 meters long with 15 turns, it extends harmoniously among the hills of Mugello in a place where there was an old circuit for motor racing from 1914 to 1967. The current route was designed in the '70s and then renewed by Ferrari, the current owner.
If you are interested in following the Grand Prix in 2011, which will be held from July 1st to 3rd, be advised that pre-sales tickets are already available, with offers and discounts. For more information visit Mugello Circuit's website.
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SALISBURY, Md. - A Salisbury man's fate hangs in the balance as he faces attempted murder charges in Wicomico County.
53-year-old Marcus Smiley's trial began Tuesday. Police say last December he shot 31-year-old Travis Green until there were no bullets left in the gun. Green ran into his home on Dennis Street. Then, cops say Smiley kept shooting at the house.
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Although some television stations around the country has opted to move forward with the transition from an analog to a digital signal, however KLAS-TV will not make the change until June 12, 2009 when the majority of stations will make the switch.
A study showed that nearly 35,000 Southern Nevadans are still not ready for the DTV switch.
Learn more about the DTV switch
Congress postponed the mandatory transition for four months. There were concerns that households around the country were not prepared. In addition, the government fund that subsidizes digital converter boxes is out of money and thousands are still waiting for coupons.
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"high health awareness and expectations, information seeking, self-reflection, distrust of doctors and scientists, healthy and often alternative lifestyle choices, and a tendency to explain illness in terms of folk models of invisible germ-like agents and malevolent science."And here you have it, folks. When you look at Weetman's list of patient flaws [not surprisingly, many of us would consider them to be compliments!], and you can see that by looking at their exact opposite qualities, you have the "ideal" patient for a doctor like Weetman.
--Tony Weetman, describing "healthism" in the editorial
- Low health awareness, low expectations: That way, you will take whatever you can get, you won't take up too much time, you'll be satisfied with anything a doctor like Weetman says or does, or prescribes, and Weetman and friends don't have any expectation to live up to.
- Non-information seeking: If you don't seek information or come in with information, then you will be docile, relying on Weetman and his cronies to provide the information. You won't have anything else to compare it to, so you're forced to believe the doctor, accept what he says, and not question it. What a pleasure you are as a patient!!
- Lack of self-reflection: If you are not self-reflective, then you're probably not spending too much time thinking about whether or not you deserve to feel or live well, you don't think about what you can do to help take charge of your own life and health. Go to the doctor, and accept what is said without question. Weetman loves patients like you!
- Total trust of doctors and scientists: If you trust doctors and scientists, then you won't have any questions about whether they have conflicts of interest, or whether they being influenced or biased by drug companies, or perhaps, uninformed, uneducated, lazy, or sexist, or whether they are just plain wrong.
- Unhealthy lifestyle choices: This one is simple. If you make unhealthy lifestyle choices, then you create more business for the doctors and the drug companies. Who's going to write checks to Weetman if they're too busy out there eating well, exercising, not smoking, and taking care of themselves?
- Alternative lifestyle choices -- Another easy one. If you are doing "alternative" things -- everything from vitamins and dietary changes, to holistic approaches -- and you are feeling better and maintaining your health, then you don't need traditional doctors and drugs as much. Smaller piece of the pie for Weetman and company.
- Reluctance to explain illness in terms of folk models of invisible germ-like agents and malevolent science: It's funny. There was this doctor back in the 1800s, named Ignaz Semmelweis. Poor Doctor S. found that the patients of midwives -- who washed their hands between delivering babies -- had far less infection and death than patients of doctors -- who didn't wash their hands between deliveries. Semmelweis was run out of town by the medical establishment and even institutionalized for daring to require that doctors disinfect their hands between deliveries. They were "reluctant" to accept Semmelweis' advice. Fast forward to the 20th century, when the medical world was sure that eating spicy food was the cause of ulcers, and patients should drink lots of milk for treatment. Barry Marshall and Robin Warren of Australia totally turned the dogma upside down with the first reports in 1983 that ulcers were caused by a bacteria, helicobacter pylori. Doctors screamed foul-- they were "reluctant" to change the way the thought about the issue. So what about all those ulcer patients who listened to their doctors and stopped eating spicy food and drank milk, and still had symptoms? Must have had somatoform disorders too, right Weetman?
In his editorial, Weetman proclaims that doctors "are practising in the age of postmodern medicine. A cardinal feature of postmodernism is the derogation of objective facts which are the defining characteristic of science and the replacement of scientific certainty with the view that reality can have multiple meanings."
Weetman is just posturing here, because he doesn't HAVE scientific certainty when it comes to thyroid diagnosis and treatment. We already know that when it comes to thyroid disease, Weetman isn't even acknowledging the reality of his own specialty.
Because in thyroid disease, reality does have multiple meanings. A TSH of 4.0 HAS multiple meanings. Exactly what is scientific about THAT? And if a doctor is accepting funding, research money, free samples, patient literature, and cocktail parties from a drug company, exactly what is objective about that?


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It's been another deadly year in Kansas City. With three full months remaining in 2013 the city already has 86 homicides, compared to 81 at this time last year.
That's why local clergy are trying to get the word out about the weekend of prayer to try and stop the violence.
Those who attended Tuesday morning's press conference are calling for violence in Kansas City to stop.
"This problem of violence, this plague over our city can no longer be a 'their problem.' It's only going to get solved if it's an 'our problem,'" said Rabbi Doug Albert.
It's a message the clergy are trying to drive home with a weekend of prayer running from Oct. 4-6. They are urging everyone in the Kansas City area to pray this weekend.
The group KC NoVA signed a commitment of the clergy Tuesday to do all they can to try and help.
"We all are standing in the gap believing that we can do something," said Rev. Donna McDaniel of the Northmoor United Methodist Church.
The clergy said the violence in Kansas City has got to stop, which is why they are urging everyone to come together. They said the power of prayer is an amazing thing.
"I think it makes a difference, I think it mobilizes people, I think it energizes the spiritual power that we each have," said Dr. Stephen Jones of the First Baptist Church of Kansas City, MO.
"It quickens your solidarity with everyone around you, especially for those who are most vulnerable," said Bob Hill with Community Christian Church.
The group is also hoping the awareness this week will help find new information about the August killings of 28-year-old Myeisha Turner and her young daughter.
"We know that it is our children, these are our families," Hill said.
It's a message the groups hope will echo loud in the community.
If you'd like more information, you can join the group's Facebook page - www.facebook.com/KCNoVA2013
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Joplin city council votes to hire an investigator to look into FBI investigation that may have connections to a city council member.
The measure a late addition to last night's budget meeting agenda passed on a vote of nine to zero.
The city council will request FBI-- records linked to Joplin's Mayor Pro Tem Bill Scearce, records Scearce says City Manager Mark Rohr leaked a local newspaper.
Joplin Mayor Melodee Colbert-Keene says "right now we're almost at a head block and I think this is what's going to move us forward and continue the progress we have seen so far with our rebuilding of the city."
Last night's resolution and future action on the case will be discussed at the next city council meeting.
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It's the same as it ever was..going on 11 plus years now.. We are just not progressing in the manner in which we should be. Time to unlearn what we have learned.
Overall, it appears our Defense has gotten a little better since the beginning of the year, but you really couldn't tell last Sunday. It's not like the Jets were Peyton Manning & the Broncos either..they were the JETS!!! Rookie Geno Smith had grabbed 219 yards with 1 Touchdown before the day was done. What's grinding my gears is I know we are better than what we appear to be. I've seen all of these players defend passing and rushing well at one time (San Diego will always stick out). There isn't many I would want to replace besides a few guys on the Defensive line. Nick Roach did the best he could with 8 tackles, 1 assist and one forced fumble. Kevin Burnett also had a a good day with 4 tackles, 1 assist and 1 Interception. Too bad we couldn't get points out of this. Damn, do we need a pass Rush in the worst way. It seems like this is the only thing that's stopping us from becoming a top 10 Defense. Hmm, maybe they need a Sith Lord to slice through the Line..
Offense- There just wasn't enough production the 1st half. McGloin tried his best, but it just wasn't enough. That pick he threw to Ed Reed was right to him. That interception was very costly because it gave the opposition 7 points. I knew he deserved the job to start over Pryor, but I'm not so sure about the future. The fact that we'll start off next year with uncertainty at our QB position makes me more frustrated than anything. So many QB's after Gannon..and none that proved their worth. Heh, maybe Rich should just put on pads again...get down from the booth and show us!!! At least my good buddy, Marcel Reece went nuts with 123 yards and 1 Touchdown. I believe the Lord of the Sith, Master of all evil always knew he had good in him. My plan of attack from the very beginning was to utilize a double barrel attack with Darren McFadden and Marcel. Now??? Eh...bye #20. We'll see what we can still do with Reece in the future. The Tight End position doesn't sound too bad to me (Thanks for the suggestion, Romo). The draft order for yours truly starts in the following order: Quarterback, Offensive Tackle, Running Back and Wide Receiver. I guess Free Agents can fill some of those spots, but it's really hard to imagine great players coming to us just for the Hell of it. Thank the Heavens we'll have a decent amount of cash to spend after this horrible 2013 season. Let's hope players are still about the paper...ha! Of course they are...why else would Adrian Peterson play for the Vikings?
Special Teams: Jano, this really isn't your year. If you combine that miss with that 7 from the INT in the first half we're tied with the Jets. On top of it all, the confidence of the Kicker decreases with every miss. I never want to hear an excuse or RUMORS of excuses again, ya big bodied Polack ya..
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Dennis Allen was irked by several failures in his Oakland Raiders' latest defeat: a slow start, turnovers and shaky special teams.
"Unfortunately, every time that we got ourselves back in the ballgame by going down and scoring," Allen said, "defensively, we couldn't make it hold up."The biggest culprit was the defense, especially in the second half when the Raiders tried to mount a comeback in the New York Jets' 37-27 victory Sunday.
A week after being benched, rookie Geno Smith threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score as the Jets (6-7) set a season high for points and stopped a three-game skid against the leaky Raidersdefense.
Matt McGloin threw two touchdown passes for the Raiders (4-9) and fullback Marcel Reece, starting because Oakland was down three injured running backs, had a 63-yard touchdown run.
Oakland has lost three straight overall, and 13 in a row in games played in the Eastern time zone.
"Today is as bad as we played this whole season," safety Charles Woodson said. "It was really embarrassing to be part of it. We looked like the Bad NewsBears out there. I do want to give a lot of credit to our offense. They never stopped fighting and really gave us a chance to still be in the game."
After falling behind 20-3, Oakland got on the scoreboard right away in the second half as Reece zipped up the middle for a 63-yard touchdown. The Jetscame right back as Smith ran for an 8-yard score.
McGloin connected with Rod Streater on a 48-yard touchdown pass on a ball threaded between Ed Reed and Antonio Cromartie, who smacked into each other that made it 27-17 in the third quarter.
"As an offense we settled in, made some adjustments at halftime, which was good to see," McGloin said. "We played well in the second half and competed."
Nick Folk kicked three field goals for New York and Antonio Allen blocked a punt and returned it for a score to help the Jets avoid their first four-game losing streak under Rex Ryan.But Chris Ivory blasted into the end zone from 15 yards, slipping out of three tackle attempts and dragging a fourth Raiders defender over the goal line for a 37-20 lead. The play was set up by Smith's 32-yard scramble.
"Man, we needed that in the worst way," Ryan said, "to say the least."
Smith ended a miserable stretch that included getting benched last week by throwing his first touchdown pass since Week 7. He finished 16 of 25 for 219 yards with an interception, and ran five times for 50 yards.
While not eliminated, the Raiders will need to sweep the final three games, and get a lot of help, to make the playoffs.
"We've got some tough guys on this team and I don't think guys will quit playing regardless of where we're at as a team," Woodson said.
With Oakland trailing 10-0, Terrelle Pryor came in at quarterback on the Raiders' third offensive series, a planned entrance to help offset the Raiders' lack of running backs with Darren McFadden, Rashad Jennings and Jeremy Stewart all inactive with injuries.
Pryor led a drive capped by a 41-yard field goal by Janikowski. Then McGloin returned and, on third-and-9 from the 3, Reed got his 62nd career interception and first as a Jet to lead to a field goal."We wanted to get him in early in the game and then evaluate it and see how it went after that," Allen said.
Allen blocked Marquette King's punt, recovered it and returned it for a touchdown to put New York ahead 20-3.
McGloin, 18 of 31 for 245 yards, connected with Mychal Rivera on a 1-yard touchdown with 2:24 remaining.
"It's a loss," McGloin said. "It's frustrating, disappointing. You can say it's the experience thing, a learning process. It's just a bunch of excuses. It's another loss, at the end of the day."
NOTES: Allen said TE Nick Kasa and DT Vance Walker suffered concussions, and LB Sio Moore had a neck injury, but he returned for the Raiders. ... Streater finished with seven catches for 130 yards.
Do or die time, Nation!!! Let's scalp the Chiefs and give our crew some good spirits for the rest of the month, shall we?
Go Raiders!
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Home is Now Behind You
First off, congratulations to all of you Early Action acceptees! I'm very excited to welcome you into the Clark family. As more acceptances come in, you're going to be asking the tougher questions now. Why do you want to go to school A? What does school B have to offer me? Can I afford school C?
I wrote in my first blog why I chose Clark (twice). I talked about that it's okay to make a mistake – These questions you'll face in the next few months are going to be some of the hardest you've had to deal with, and no one expects you to make the perfect decision right away.
"Home is now behind you, the world is ahead."
Gandalf says this to Bilbo in The Hobbit, and I wanted to jump out of my seat when I heard this. It's perfect. Because the world is ahead. You're about to move away from home. I'm preparing to move away from Clark and start looking into Grad schools.
So, this time, I want to speak directly at you and why I think that Clark prepared me for my future better than any other school could have.
- I've met friends from across the world who have changed how I see beyond my small town in Rhode Island.
Clark has given me academic connections throughout the world – I now have contacts in Brazil, Columbia, Argentina, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Japan, and Estonia. And beyond the academics, I have friends from Bangladash, Taiwan, Nigeria, Mongolia, Bulgaria, California, and New York (shudder, as a Bostonian, maybe they aren't all so bad). Every day is a new country to meet, a new culture to enjoy.
I've been able to experience Europe through the May Term at Luxembourg, and was recently told that I would be able to spend another two months there this summer working directly with the University of Luxembourg in their research laboratory. I plan to apply there for my Ph.D., so fingers crossed!
- Clark has allowed me to go beyond merely being a drone and has given me my own name.
At the end of this year, I will have a chapter in a book to be published later in 2013. I will have presented two of my own papers at an international conference as well as at least one other local conference in Maine or New York. I will have been a lead in organizing Clark's own academic conference. I will have presented at Clark's Academic Day twice (and once more next year for my Honors Thesis, defended in front of the department). I will have a paper I wrote in my sophomore year published in an academic journal. And I am applying to be a LEEP scholar (as well as a few other scholar applications to go through) and I have my name inside of an Academic Journal on the front cover as an Editorial Assistant.
- I've learned how to lead and how to be led.
Clubs have helped me grow both as a leader and a follower (literally!). As Captain of Ballroom, I've both had to lead girls dancing and be led by men. You learn in college what battles to fight for and which battles to work out. I've learned that sometimes it's best to shut up and let my partner and best friend, Michelle, take control and drag me around the floor. Being on UPC and Psi Chi E-Boards, it applies well there as well. Life has a give and take, and I wouldn't have learned that at any other place.
So, potential Clarkies. The future is ahead of you. College is here. Home is behind you. But like Bilbo, you'll find yourself on an adventure the whole way through. You'll face your own kind of giants to conquer, trolls to run from, orcs to fight, and eagles to fly you back to safety. College is what you make of it. You can be great wherever you want to be great at. It isn't the school's name that decides your future. It's you. You decide your future. You decide whether you want to travel and experience the world, or if you'd rather just live in the Shire. Both have their benefits.
What will you choose?
Hobbit picture found here
Ballroom photos taken by teammate David Scheff
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Les Miserables producer Cameron Mackintosh has admitted he would love to see Anne Hathaway reprise her role of Fantine on Broadway.
The 28-year-old show will return to New York following the huge success of the movie of the musical and Anne has said she would jump at the chance to take part in a short run.
Speaking at the British Consul's reception for British Oscar nominees in Los Angeles, musical guru Cameron said: "I would love her to do it but I'm not sure she means it.
"That performance she's done is so incredible but it's an entirely cinematic performance. You couldn't do that in the same way on stage.
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It's a move more college's across the country are starting to make...going smoke free.
Out of the 11 institutions in North Dakota, 10 of them are smoke free, and now Williston State College is going to make it 11.
Last but not least. On November 1st of this year, Williston State College is going to be not only smoke free, but tobacco free.
"It includes e-cigarettes, it includes chewing tobacco, any other kind of tobacco form, it is all forbidden to be on campus and being used on campus," said Williston State College Faculty Senate Chair Kim Weismann.
WSC administrators have been busy over the last several years, adding new buildings, and getting new projects ready to go. This year, school officials were able to do some things they've been waiting to do. Like creating a tobacco free campus.
"All the governing bodies in campus needed to approve the policy, but we also need to make sure there's enforcement, and signage and all of those other things we really don't ever think about when it goes through with policy changes," added Weismann.
One Teton says she is excited the campus is going to be tobacco free.
"We're getting all of these new things, so we want it to keep looking new, we want to show we're appreciative of all the things that we have," said Student Senate President Samantha Chamberlain.
Chamberlain says a large portion of the student body are athletes, and they shouldn't be smoking anyways.
"They need to be able to run up and down the court to win us games," Chamberlain added.
If you're caught smoking on campus when the policy goes into effect, you will be issued one warning, and after that you will be fined. This policy is for all buildings owned by the college.
"The apartment complex is also tobacco free, so even in your own personal apartment there's no smoking or tobacco use," Weismann added.
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So where and how would the Yankees match up. We are hearing that the Rockies like Jesus Montero, but would use him at first base. They have no interest in him being nothing else except for a back up catcher possible. So this reduces the value of Montero. That brings us to center field an area that a Greg Golson, Justin Maxwell or Chris Dickerson, might be a good option for the Rockies. Then we look at second base we have Corban Joseph by far better than any current option in the Rockies system. Potential starting pitching is our strong suit and would require a least one and maybe two major league talent or two and / or a future ace. We obviously have Ivan Nova, Hector Noesi, Adam Warren, Dellin Betances and Andrew Brackman. We have Eduawardo Nunez who has been a pleasant surprise at the plate this year but a disappointment in the field. But he can play 3B, 2B, SS and a corner outfield position. From watching him play, he is seems better suited for second base, because he has a tendency to wait on the ball rather than charge it. So what would it take?
Most report confirm that they would require at least three prospect and maybe up to five. Personally I believe a package of Nunez, Nova, Laird / Dickerson and Noesi / Bellantice would get the job done.


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Glee celebrates its 100th episode with all the music fans want to hear — and some surprise guests.
Apparently, there are explicit, drugged out photos of the late Amy Winehouse in several compromising positions, without clothing.
Despite her alleged overdose at the age of 27, Amy Winehouse's brother reveals that she was bulimia since the age of seventeen.
Amy Winehouse watched Youtube videos of herself the night she died, according to the most recent inquest. What else was she doing, and how did she die?
Not even the grave can hold troubled songbird Amy Winehouse as she returns from the dead for a collaboration with Nas in 'Cherry Wine.'
Amy Winehouse's ex-husband — in the "duh" heard around the music world, has admitted what just about everyone knew all along — he got her hooked on hard drugs.
This Week: The Back Keys finally cross over; all that Amy Winehouse left behind; The Roots tell the story of a child who grows into a drug-dealer; Poland's Jacaszek combines classical and electronic; Auto-crooner T-Pain is back with club jams and guests.
British Press is reporting that Amy Winehouse was found dead inside her London apartment this afternoon. Remember her life and music by watching the beautiful and telling song "Rehab".
Celebrities flame out for lots of different reasons – bad money management, drugs, racist rants, the pressure of fame, some combination of all of the above – but some flame out just a bit more spectacularly than others.
The Wino has been God's gift to celebrity stalkers in the last few years – never before have we had such a devastating combination of God-given talent and Satanic self-destruction.
An interesting week for music releases, as there's no mass-market dross dropping, leaving nothing but interesting records for me to talk about. Thus, a bad week for jokes but a good week for ears. Let's pop on the headphones and listen…
So Amy Winehouse saved up some cigarette money and splurged on a new pair of tits. I'm a little torn, here – on the one hand, I'll never begrudge a woman a fine set of hooters.
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NFL Draft 2013: Tennessee Vols WR Cordarrelle Patterson likely to declare for draft
Source: The PigskinReport.com - Dec 20, 2012 at 6:38 AM
Tennessee Volunteer junior wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson is likely heading to the 2013 NFL Draft. While no official declaration has been made as of yet, head coach Butch Jones told the media on Wednesday that Patterson is "definitely going to the NFL." Jones told reporters, "He's a special player with a great skill set, I wish him well." Patterson hauled in 46 receptions in 2012 for 778 yards and five touchdowns. His skill set was highlighted by the fact that he also scored three rushing touchdowns, a punt and a kickoff return for touchdowns as well. Patterson became the first player in Volunteer history to score a touchdown four different ways in 2012. The 6′ 3″ 205 pound receiver also landed first-team All-SEC honors


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Sendek: Depth, free throws concerns for ASU
ASU is off to a 9-2 start, and as promised, has played a more entertaining, up-tempo brand of basketball. Herb Sendek's Sun Devils are averaging 75.5 points per game, up from the 61 points per contest they posted a year ago.
With only two games remaining until the beginning of conference play, Sendek does have concerns about his team, with depth being one of them. Only seven players are currently averaging ten or more minutes of playing time. Four of ASU's five starters are averaging more than 30 minutes per game and the Sun Devils are getting only 6.3 points from their bench over the last three contests.
"Moving forward, it would be great to get at least one more guy involved in that rotation," Sendek told Burns and Gambo on Arizona Sports 620 Tuesday. "That's something we'd love to be able to do."
But who will it be? Senior point guard Chris Colvin was the early-season spark plug, averaging 10.8 points off the bench in Arizona State's first four contests. But Colvin's production has tailed off since then; he's averaging just 3.4 points while shooting .307 from the field in the last seven games.
listen Listen: Herb Sendek, ASU Basketball head coach
Herb Sendek joins Burns and Gambo to chat about some concerns he has about his team as Pac-12 play nears, how ASU benefited from UA's win over Florida and reminisces about the glory days of the Big East Conference.
Free throw shooting has been another issue for the Sun Devils, who are connecting on just 56.8% of their attempts in the last three games.
"What makes it even worse is we're getting to the free throw line -- in attempts, we're sixth in the nation," Sendek said. "We've actually made more free throws than our opponents have attempted but the problem is we're actually 62.9% from the line (for the year) and that's a lot of extra possessions right now that we're not cashing in on."
Arizona State plays its first true road game of the year Saturday at Texas Tech.
- Former Sun Devil Jahii Carson signs with Australian team
- ASU basketball to face Maryland in CBE Hall of Fame Classic
- Former Sun Devil Kevin Kruger joins NAU men's basketball staff
- Former ASU Sun Devil Carrick Felix �excited' by opportunity to play with LeBron James
- Former ASU Sun Devil Jordan Bachynski enjoying 'chance to learn' with Charlotte Hornets
- Jake Plummer- Former Cardinals and Sun Devils quarterback - Wednesday August 20Jake Plummer says Johnny Manziel is just passionate about the game of football.
- Craig Grialou- Arizona Sports reporter - Friday August 15Craig Grialou says the Chip Sarafin story isn't even talked about within the ASU Football team.
- Craig Grialou, AZ Sports Intrepid Sports Reporter - Friday August 15Craig gives us an update on ASU football training camp in Camp T.
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Rage. Probably political rage. Maybe just personal rage. Lots of sarcasm and cynicism. Also pretty pictures.
I feel pretty queasy and gross here. NPR interviewed me for their bath salts piece. They used my sources and direct quotes. No mention of my reporting or Spin in their 11 minute piece and write up. There's too much overlap, too many similar quotes, and too many of the same sources to not credit me/Spin.
Magazines, newspapers, and news shows are usually shy to site other publications because it makes their outlet seem as though they are late to breaking something. To avoid that issue, the outlet will usually cover a whole different angle of a subject and do enough original reporting that making mention of another paper or program that covered the topic is unnecessary — even though THERE WOULD BE ZERO HARM IN DOING SO. In this case, NPR went back to all my sources, got super similar, or slightly altered quotes, used an interview with me where I filled in gaps, and wrote about the same exact subject I covered in my piece (the DEA Lab in Virginia; analog law). They didn't even expand on anything! It's the same structure, scope, and length as my Virginia section.
This isn't a conceptual issue, as bath salts are a national story, it's a sourcing and plagiarism issue. It makes me angry and sad because this was not some think piece about the nature of handjobs and gender identity on Girls, or some other piece of criticism that draws from the same intellectual well but actual hard reporting that took months.
This is BULLSHIT
Not cool, NPR, not cool. Very disappointing.
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The beautiful and talented Leona Lewis debuted her music video "Trouble" which features "Teen Wolf" star, Colton Haynes.
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Why do multi-million dollar companies need government waivers for employee health care? Pepsi, McDonalds and 24 Hour Fitness are among the 733 companies now receiving these controversial health care waivers.
The new health care law prohibits plans from providing less than $750,000 worth of coverage.
These waivers offer an exemption to this requirement, impacting more than 2.2 million U.S. workers. Democrats say that the waivers are an example of the Obama administration and the business community working together. But Republicans say the very fact that so many waivers are needed underscores the need to repeal the law.
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Have you ever seen a bus driver texting, or talking on the phone?
As photos surface of bus drivers texting while driving, the Toronto Transit Commission is asking its customers to stop taking the pictures.
"We ask that people not do that. We don't require photographic evidence to discipline drivers," TTC spokesman Brad Ross said Friday, explaining that "cameras in the face of operators can escalate a situation that doesn't need to be escalated."
"I'm not saying we wouldn't use photographs sent to us (for an internal investigation), just that we don't require it," Ross said.
He said that instead of snapping photos, "we ask that they call us, report the bus and route number and date and time of the occurrence." That kind of information would allow the TTC to conduct a thorough inquiry, he said.
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Carwashes from Washington D.C. to San Diego are changing their names on Friday to commemorate the final season of AMC's Breaking Bad.
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Gee, Woz: Android Does Stuff Better Than iPhone, Says Apple Man
Apple's iPhone is all style and no substance, while Android does stuff better, but is less cool – that's a widely held opinion, which some people will argue to the death about.
But one guy you might not expect to be part of the 'Android works better than iPhone' club is the man who co-founded Apple.
Steve Wozniak says Android phones just do some stuff better than his old company's handsets – but he's not planning on abandoning his iPhone just yet.
Wozza says: "My primary phone is the iPhone, I love the beauty of it. But I wish it did all the things my Android does, I really do.
"If you're willing to do the work to understand it a little bit, well I hate to say it, but there's more available in some ways."
As for Siri, Woz isn't really a fan: "I have a lower success rate with Siri than I do with the voice built into the Android.
And he wasn't done there. He added that Android is "way ahead on navigation" and then laid into the iPhone's battery life.
Buy despite all those gripes, Wozzler's still an Apple man at heart: "The people I recommend the iPhone 4S for are the ones who are already in the Mac world, because it's so compatible, and people who are just scared of computers altogether and don't want to use them.
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I have seen SmartBoardTMs (brand of interactive/touchable white screen) in only a couple of schools in which I have taught but I just had an interview for a teaching position and I refreshed my knowledge by visiting the site of the maker. They do support GNU/Linux for the basic operation but not for a ton of add-on features. Sigh. Locked-in to proprietary/non-standard technology and GNU/Linux is given second-rate support still. I guess if I get the position I could use whatever OS (MacOS or that other OS) for the SmartBoard and put lots of GNU/Linux goodness on web applications. Of course the download requires authentication using a serial number…
I prefer just using a projector with Gromit (permits writing in several colours and erasing using mouse) so this technology would be a change for me. Perhaps I don't need the "extras". We shall see. Oh, I know one can do more with a SmartBoard, but simplicity has advantages, too. SmartBoards cost $thousands and a good project costs less than $1K. Benefit/$ seems higher with just a projector.
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I have been using a projector for years and, really, the SmartBoard doesn't add anything but distraction.
The version we have has to be wheeled in, is so delicate that it can breakdown if dry erase markers are ever used on it, and kids see it as merely a toy or gimmick.
It's wheeled in for a teacher appraisal day, or open house, then wheeled out for long term storage…
There's simply too much curriculum to teach to have to worry about getting it on a SmartBoard.
I would gladly trade it in, and instead, restock the equipment in the school science lab.
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SmartBoards are over doing it. At work we have on in the meeting room, no one uses it besides displaying their screens. I personally enjoy playing with them though.
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I am a little puzzled by the two comments above ("W&C has lost reputation in several markets" and "W&C losing out in terms of top-tier work to the higher ranked firms"). Sounds like typical law firm-bashing to me, which is all too common on websites like this one.
I am an emerging markets' lawyer myself, and I see W&C all over in the Middle-East, Africa and Eastern Europe, doing the largest deals. I can't speak about Brazil, Russia, China and Latin America - where I don't practice - but my colleagues tell me that W&C is very much on top of the market in these jurisdictions as well.
W&C is not huge on London/NY M&A work and, it seems to me, not even trying to compete with Cravath, Davis Polk and the likes. But the future is not all about NY and London, far from it...
PS: this is also why I disagree with the George Clooney analogy above (although it's funny): yes, moving up the ranks in M&A in the US and Europe is exceedingly difficult, and saying that one could have a top M&A practice if only one had a top M&A practice is preposterous. However, moving up the M&A ranks wordlwide possible if one targets the key markets of tomorrow, and I think that's what W&C is doing. Seems like the right approach to me.
Remember also that a few years back it was trendy to bash Shearman & Sterling, who was so stuck-up and who seemed to be missing out completely on the new markets. Now S&S is very much back in the game and has even managed to increase profitability to record highs. No one is bashing S&S anymore.
I am an emerging markets lawyer by trade and hence I am probably biased, but if I had to bet on which firms will be dominant in 10-15 years, as far as US firms go I'd bet on Skadden, L&W, W&C and S&S. Would also probably bet on Cleay as well, but they don't have the same breadth of practice and coverage.
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Naturopathic & Biogerontology isn't something you would associate with skin care, yet such a science is the very platform which researches the ageing process with a view to reducing the effects, using natural alternatives.
Did you know 'Free Radicals' are the main source of ageing and damage to your skin and collagen levels, ? Did you also know that UVA light is the worse free radicals you come in contact which causes the worst damage. Most people think that an SPF product protects them from these but sadly that's not the case at all.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - Mike Napoli played consecutive games for the first time this spring training and had a run-scoring single and a double, helping the Boston Red Sox over the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 Tuesday.
Napoli, diagnosed with avascular necrosis in both hips during his offseason contract negotiations with the Red Sox, is batting .429 (6 for 14) with two homers and six RBIs.
Winner Clay Buchholz allowed three hits in four scoreless innings, while loser Justin Germano, making his first exhibition start of the year, gave up two runs and five hits in three innings.
Boston built a 3-0 lead when Dustin Pedroia and Napoli hit consecutive RBI singles in the third, and Ryan Sweeney singled in a run in the fourth against Claudio Vargas.
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Police say the boy was resuscitated and taken to Comer Children's Hospital in stable condition.
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