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Today in Milan, the annual Salone del Mobile kicks off—the Milan furniture fair to me and you. And once again, fashion labels from both home and abroad and using the gathering to extend their reach from their clients' clothes to their living spaces, debuting new collections and pieces.
Donatella Versace is one of Milan's hometown heroes breaking out new wares for the occasion. "I think this is our ultimate home collection since it's the perfect blend of fashion and design," she told Style.com of the new offering. "It's pure fashion in 3D! I wanted to make my outfits live in the homes of people and I think I finally succeeded. I love it because it is so direct and powerful that people will have no doubts when they see it: they'll know it's Versace." It's hard to imagine who else would combine leopard print, gold, heraldic crests, and crowns—on a single chair (left). But there's subtler charm, too, in Versace Home's gold-detailed leather sofa and undulating coffee table, debuting exclusively here.
If there's no mistaking Versace, it'd be hard to mistake Maison Martin Margiela, either: the Maison has once again created a temporary apartment at the fair to showcase its furniture, produced by Cerruti Baleri. New for the season is the Lazy console table, scaled-down to off-kilter smallness, and a "shrinking" upholstered headboard, the Lolo (below).
For Marni's installation, spearheaded by designer Consuelo Castiglioni's daughter, Carolina, the label collaborated with a group of ex-prisoners in Colombia to create 100 woven chairs (like the two below) that will travel worldwide to Marni stores. (Marni collaborator Francesco Jodice will also photograph the artists seated on their chairs.) "The result is great," Castiglioni told Style.com. "They are really 100 special pieces. We also wished to support an Italian project, or more precisely a Milanese one. We found the institute ICAM, that allows mothers in prison to live with their children, [up] to 6 years old, in a family environment." The project, however, does not mark the brand's entrée into furniture. "At the moment we have no plans to create furniture collections," Castiglioni added. "This special project is linked to the Salone del Mobile 2012. [It] is part of the Marni approach to bring together different projects and realities."
Several other fashion labels will introduce new home pieces at Salone del Mobile as well. Roberto Cavalli and Antonio Marras will both show collections for the first time. Bottega Veneta will present its latest range on Thursday, including a new line of seating made in collaboration with Poltrona Frau. Salvatore Ferragamo and Molteni&C have joined forces to present the work of the Parisian designer Constance Guisset, winner of the Paris Grand Prix du Design, who created the wooden MO lamp and SOL rocking chair that will be installed at Ferragamo's Via Montenapoleone boutique. At Vionnet's Corso Monforte boutique, the Montana-based artisan Christopher Kautz will show new work in wood, called Cranewalk. Finally, Hermès will unveil Model H, its new line of modular architectural elements to serve as both wall decor and partitions, designed by the Japanese architect Shigeru Ban.
Nike, meanwhile, is using the fair to emphasize design, rather than furniture. The megabrand is debuting the new range of its Flyknit series, woven in custom-engineered yarn. This is only the first stop for the new Flyknit sneaks (above), which debut at Milan's 10 Corso Como and Excelsion as well as Salone del Mobile; they'll come to Nike's 21 Mercer boutique later in the month, followed by arrivals at 1948 and Dover Street Market in London, and Nike Harajuku and Dover Street Market in Tokyo.
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This addendum presents the findings and recommendations of a traffic study conducted by Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for the proposed Las Colinas Urban Center Transit Oriented Land Use Plan. In April of 1991, the consulting firm of DeShazo, Starek & Tang, Inc. performed a traffic study for the City of Irving analyzing the roadways into and out of the Las Colinas Urban Center. The 1991 City of Irving report concluded that to accommodate the proposed development the traffic generated from the Las Colinas Urban Center land use plan would have to be scaled down by 13%. Also, this study showed regional roadway impacts from development and how the Urban Center is impacted by those external trips. Upon completion of this study, a comparison was made between the RTKL Transit Oriented Land Use Plan trip generation and the 1991 development plan. The results of the analysis shows that the new land use plan produces an 18% reduction in daily trips, which eliminates the 13% shortfall identified in the 1991 City of Irving report. The following memorandum describes the methodology that was used, trip generation results, segment analysis and finally conclusions and recommendations. For additional information regarding transportation options and details refer to section 5.1.2.MethodologyThe findings and methodology of the 1991 City of Irving report were reviewed to identify traffic assignment patterns, trip generation rates, and previous build-out scenarios. These findings were used in conjunction with the proposed land uses from the RTKL Land Use report to document the traffic impacts within the Las Colinas Urban Center. As such, the development schedule has been updated since completion of the 1991 City report; accordingly, the most current development schedule is applied in this report. Figure 1 shows a development program consistent with the proposed RTKL Land Use plan.Using the trip generation rates, distribution, assignment patterns and background development proposed in the 1991 City report, KHA added the new land uses from the proposed RTKL Land Use report and evaluated the overall traffic impacts to the Las Colinas Urban Center.Trip GenerationTrip Generation rates were generated from population and employment data supplied by the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG). The rates are also consistent with the 1991 City of Irving Report. The trip rates are shown below.In addition to using established trip rates, a 5% internal capture was used to eliminate those vehicles that visit two or more different land uses during the same trip. The trip generation calculations resulting from the proposed land use scenarios are shown in Figure 1.With light rail stations located within the Las Colinas Urban Center, several mode-split options were generated for various modes of transportation, i.e., carpooling, vanpooling, bus or rail, and even walking. A range of reduction factors from 0% to 25% was applied to the roadway segments after the trips were distributed. Background traffic volumes, supplied by the City of Irving, were factored 1% annually for 20 years, to produce a year 2020 background traffic data set. Expected traffic generated by the urban center was then added to the 2020 background volumes to produce a total build-out of the Las Colinas Urban Center.Roadway Network & Level of Service AnalysisThe Texas Department of Transportation is currently conducting a Major Investment Study for SH 114 and Spur 482. The analysis in this report assumes that the locally preferred alternative for the schematic design will be implemented. The study links are listed below and shown graphically in Exhibit 1.
Link 1: Las Colinas South of RoyalLink 2: Las Colinas South of O'ConnorLink 3: Las Colinas South of WingrenLink 4: O'Connor North of Spur 348Link 5: O'Connor South of Spur 348Link 6: Rochelle South of O'ConnorLink 7: Rochelle North of SH 114Link 8: O'Connor East of SH 114Link 9: Las Colinas North of California CrossingLink 10: O'Connor East of West Las Colinas
Link DescriptionsO'Connor Boulevard- is currently a 6-lane divided arterial that provides access to the site from the north and south. The City of Irving Thoroughfare Plan identifies O'Connor Blvd as a 6-lane divided facility. O'Connor Boulevard intersects Spur 348 and the SH 114 Frontage Roads.Rochelle Boulevard- is currently a north south 6-lane divided facility and runs adjacent to the East Side of sub-areas 3 and 4. The City of Irving thoroughfare plan identifies Rochelle Blvd as a 6-lane divided facility. Rochelle Blvd intersects the SH 114 frontage roads at grade. Las Colinas Boulevard- forms an inside loop bordered by SH 114 to the west, Rochelle Blvd to the south and east, and Spur 348 to the north. The City of Irving Thoroughfare plan identifies Las Colinas Blvd as a 6-lane divided facility. Walnut Hill Lane- is assumed extended to O'Connor Blvd as outlined in the City of Irving Thoroughfare Plan. This facility will provide local access to the urban center and an access alternative for traffic from the east. The City of Irving Thoroughfare plan identifies Walnut Hill Lane as a 6-lane divided facility.Northwest Highway direct connect ramps- are assumed in place for this analysis, as outlined in the City of Irving thoroughfare plan. The City of Irving Thoroughfare Plan shows these ramps lining up with O'Connor Blvd. This analysis assumes the direct connect ramps line up between O'Connor and California Crossing. The direct connect ramps will provide an access alternative for traffic coming from the east. California Crossing- is currently a two lane divided roadway extending to the east from O'Connor Blvd. This facility is expected to provide local access to the urban center and an access alternative for traffic from the east. The City of Irving Thoroughfare plan identifies California Crossing as a 6-lane divided facility. Level of Service AnalysisThe projected daily traffic volumes expected on the study links when the Las Colinas Urban Center is completely built-out are shown in Exhibit 2. These numbers divided by the capacity of each individual roadway produces the volume to capacity (v/c) ratio, which is used to determine the link's level of service (LOS).The critical links in this analysis are O'Connor Boulevard just east of SH 114 (Link 8) and just south of Spur 348 (Link 5). The v/c ratios are 1.17 and 1.15 for Links 8 and 5, respectively; a daily capacity of 49,000 vehicles per day is assumed for O'Connor Boulevard and a 15% trip reduction rate is assumed for the development.The internal sites in the Sub-area will be accessed through a supporting system of two and four-lane roads which are accessed by the service roads and the Texas Plaza-Century Center Connection. With Sub-area 1, north being bisected by the light rail line, it is necessary to connect for the internal streets to cross the light rail line to provide full access to both areas. At-grade crossings are possible but the vertical alignment of the light rail line may present opportunities for relatively inexpensive grade –separated crossings.Regional priorities for roadway access and circulationAs development continues in the Urban Center certain critical improvements must occur to provide relief to the existing roadway system. While none of improvements are funded at this time, the work to resolve environmental and intergovernmental issues should begin as soon as possible. The highest priority for implementation should be improvements to Walnut Hill Road. Creating a connection from O'Conner Boulevard to the existing terminus of Walnut Hill Road will provide relief to Spur 348, O'Conner Boulevard and also SH 114. Also, additional capacity for California Crossing will also create more opportunities for regional access and circulation. As identified above, improvements to Spur 348 will also provide additional regional capacity. Listed below are additional conclusions and recommendations that have been identified. Conclusions and RecommendationsIt can be concluded that with planned developments from the 1991 City of Irving report and planned development from the RTKL Land Use plan that there is enough roadway capacity within the Las Colinas Urban Center to handle the intensity of development. The problem links identified in this report can be rectified by improving Walnut Hill Road, Spur 348, California Crossing and providing adequate capacity to the O'Conner / Rochelle intersection. O'Connor Boulevard just north of the SH 114 interchange and just south of the Spur 348 have been identified as potential problem links in the Las Colinas Urban Center. Construction of additional thoroughfares such as Walnut Hill Road and California Crossing are recommended to divert traffic from O'Conner Boulevard.The Las Colinas transit mall should be built to accommodate four lanes of traffic, with the option of two of the four lanes providing on-street parking during off-peak periods. Coordination with TxDOT to provide increased access to the Texas Stadium site and Central Freight site. Investigate the feasibility of an interchange with the new road planned to connect both sites and a possible elevated intersection to have direct access to both Texas Stadium and Central Freight.Las Colinas Boulevard (east), which is not yet constructed, will be re-platted in a straightened alignment from a T-intersection with Las Colinas Boulevard to O'Connor Boulevard as a transit mall serving light rail and local vehicular traffic. The new name for this important street will address and help form the identity of the new Transit Urban Center.The intersection of Rochelle Boulevard and O'Connor Boulevard will be reconfigured to a T-intersection with north-south Rochelle-O'Connor forming the continuous route.O'Connor Boulevard between Las Colinas Boulevard and Rochelle Boulevard will be reduced to four lanes with parking with parking removed in peak hours if necessary.Cross streets between Rochelle and the transit mall will define development blocks.TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING ISSUESO'Connor Boulevard/ Rochelle BoulevardThe capacity and operations of this intersection are of concern due to the high volumes projected on both facilities and due to the proximity of the light rail grade crossing of O'Connor Boulevard. While more detailed planning and operational analysis is called for, several concepts have been considered. Preliminary analysis indicates that as a component of a total package of street and highway improvements, the O'Connor/Rochelle intersection will be able to function at an acceptable level of service.The current layout of this intersection has O'Connor Boulevard in a curve where it is intersected by two-lane Rochelle Boulevard. This layout is undesirable because the curve geometry reduces capacity and safety and because it makes it less viable to expand Rochelle Boulevard. Three alternative layouts were considered, all of which eliminate the O'Connor curve and make Rochelle-O'Connor-North the continuous route.The most basic approach, and the current recommendation, is to create a "T-intersection" with O'Connor South intersecting O'Connor North-Rochelle. O'Connor northbound will be served by dual left-turn lanes and the O'Connor to O'Connor right turn will also be dual. Three-phase signal operation with dual turn lanes will provide the capacity needed for the intersection. Vehicle detection and signal operations will ensure that vehicle queues will not be in conflict with light rail operations at the adjacent intersection.Another option considered is a modern roundabout. This is an intersection type that facilitates the continuous flow of turning and through-movement vehicles into common lanes (the roundabout). This approach has the advantage of continuous flow (vehicles yield and merge but are not stopped by sign or signal). More detailed analysis might demonstrate that this type of intersection could handle the projected demand at this location; however, the preliminary findings are that the number of lanes involved and the traffic volumes may exceed the capacity of a roundabout.A grade-separated intersection would provide for the continuous movement of O'Connor North-Rochelle traffic. An at-grade diamond intersection would handle all turning traffic. The capacity of this configuration would easily accommodate the expected demand. This approach is not recommend because of the expense, visual impact of an overpass, and impacts on property access.A more innovative approach was also considered. High-capacity, two-phase signal operations can be utilized at the intersection if traffic turning from Rochelle Boulevard to O'Connor Boulevard (south) is not present. To accomplish this the Rochelle left-turning traffic turns in advance of the intersection into a left-turn lane that is west of Rochelle, southbound. This type of intersection has been used in a few locations, but not in Texas. Although it has promise in some specific instances it is not recommended because a more traditional intersection is expected to meet demand. The disadvantages of the advance turn approach are that it restricts access and may not meet driver expectations.Texas Plaza- Century Center Boulevard ConnectionThis proposed road in Sub-area 1 is proposed to improve access to the site from SH 114, to provide "address visibility" to developments in the Sub-area, and to improve circulation between Sub-area 2, and the two parts of Sub-area 1 that are separated by SH 114. This new facility is recommended as a full-diamond interchange with SH 114 because this is the optimal design to achieve the benefits needed. However, the planning recommendation needs to be subjected to schematic layout analysis to determine what is feasible. The full-diamond interchange will either require several acres of land to accomplish grade changes, or will require that the service roads are elevated to meet the elevation of the new connection. The elevation of the service roads will impact access potential. It may be possible to still have access to the service roads from multistory parking garages. A different type of interchange that also has a significant right of way impact is a full or partial cloverleaf interchange. These typically use more land than a diamond interchange but may provide a higher level of service due to uninterrupted flow characteristics. This type of interchange would be between the service roads and the connection.If neither approach is feasible the connection may exist without direct ramp access from SH 114. This approach would use the local street connections to provide access between the service roads and the connection. While this will provide connectivity, it is less direct and does not provide the address identity that is advantageous.Discussion of access and circulation at Spur 348Spur 348 is envisioned to be a limited access freeway with the frontage roads of the freeway serving local traffic with interchanges at O'Conner Boulevard and Las Colinas Boulevard. Overpasses with Spur 348 at O'Conner Boulevard and Las Colinas Boulevard will be necessary to circulate into and out of the Urban Center. To date, it is undetermined if Spur 348 will go over the side streets or the side streets will go over Spur 348. Ramps west of Las Colinas connecting Spur 348 and Las Colinas Boulevard will be needed to provide access to the proposed development north and south of Spur 348. Additionally, east of O'Conner boulevard a new ramp will be need to access the planned development and to provide a connection with O'Conner Boulevard. As described in the light rail alignment alternative, the rail crossing Spur 348 can either go under Spur 348 or cross the frontage roads at grade, assuming Spur 348 is elevated. The need for theses improvements is identified by the access and circulation problems that will exist.Discussion of Light Rail and Street Alignment Issues in Sub-area 4In Sub-area 4 a combination of Alignment A-3 and Alignment B is recommended over Alignment A. The discussion of alternative alignments in Section 3.1 is necessarily brief and does not discuss all of the issues related to Alignment A. This paragraph will address these issues in more detail. Alignment A has the light rail line remaining in a transit mall north from O'Connor Boulevard and turning northwest to run parallel to Spur 348. As it approaches the proposed convention center site and Las Colinas Boulevard West the light rail line would curve to the right to an alignment parallel and adjacent to new Las Colinas Boulevard. The dual tracks for light rail would leave the roadway which continues westward to intersect Las Colinas Boulevard. This diversion of tracks and road presents some operational concerns regarding rail and automobile conflicts.The area of this curve is just east of the convention center site and the preferred location for a station. There are three potential locations for the station relative to the curve. The first is on the tangent section before the curve. The second and less desirable location is created by "breaking" the curve with a tangent section between two shorter curves. This places the station farther west. The third location is on the tangent between the curve and Spur 348.The alignment just east of Las Colinas Boulevard must now cross Spur 348. This would occur just east of the diamond intersection with at-grade crossings of both the eastbound and westbound service roads of Spur 348. The crossing control and the traffic signals would be interconnected to let the signals advance to phases that do not conflict with the train. Additionally, "No-turn, Train" signs would be required for Las Colinas Boulevard.Proceeding north from Spur 348, the light rail line would cross northbound Las Colinas Boulevard to enter the median. As noted earlier, the "flat" angle or skew of the rail line and roadway presents an operational situation that is less than desirable. In summary, the western alignment of the light rail line presents numerous design and operational difficulties related to the convergence of the light rail line, Las Colinas Boulevard, and Spur 348. While the alternative cannot be deemed infeasible at this planning stage, the existence of a more favorable alignment presents a clear choice for the preferred alignment.

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Good AP Article on Amobi Okoye
Okoye's been one of the more talked about Texans this offseason. This is a pretty good read as Amobi's a bit honest about losing some of the passion and dedication for the game. He seems to have found that fire this offseason, but the real test begins when the pads come on.


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from the chameleons-sneak-up-on-you dept.
Just remove mono and zdm.exe, and use guru or the smart updater. Mono sucks, pegs the cpu, and IMNSHO (in my not so humble opinion) there is NO excuse for having a file that ends in
If you knew what you were talking about you would have known that opensuse 10.3 doesn't even have ZMD, not turned on, not included by default, not installed.
GGP was talking about opensuse 10.1, not 10.3. Please read more fully before reacting.
Besides that
Actually, I don't know what a PE executable is, but it's irrelevant to the discussion since zmd.exe runs via mono by default (on opensuse 10.1, 10.2, SLED 10). That extra interpretation eats up my CPU(s). Only thing worse would have been if they wrote their daemon in lisp or perl.
a new 1-click-install technology
I've no idea how it works legally, though.
I've just installed a new OpenSUSE. All these little bugs from previous releases are gone. Yast software installer finally works with a good speed. Desktop responsiveness is amazing - KDE 3.7 works faster than GUI of Windows 2000. The default green artwork is very nice and gives a distinct feeling to this distro. Hardware detection is very good. My graphic card - nvidia 7600 and audio card - Creative Audigy 2 were working out of the box. Even installation of ADSL modem was a breeze - it is a cheap Sagem modem, used by the all telcos controlled by France Telecom, and most linux distros has problems with it.
What is especially important to people in countries with stupid law (read USA) - OpenSUSE gives you mp3 playback out of box, due to legal fluendo gstreamer plugins. In addition, there are provided Flash 9, newest Java runtimes, RealPlayer and seamless Wi-Fi support.
In the last year I've tried quite a few linux distros - Fedora, Ubuntu, Sabayon, Mint, Mandriva... nothing even come close to the OpenSUSE. Quality of Deutsch engineering.
As far as I am concerned the problems I had with YaST plus the obvious quality of apt-get etc. have made me an Ubuntu convert.
The problems with YaST are allegedly fixed. Personally I'm in the exact opposite situation as you, whereby I tried switching from SUSE to Ubuntu on one of my laptops and I'm now bitterly regretting it and will almost certainly now switch it to SUSE 10.3. Ubuntu seemed to be vastly slower for "most things", whereas SUSE was only slow for YaST package-management (allegedly now fixed,
I've used Windows all my life and I'm wondering which desktop would be the one for me (Gnome or KDE). I realize there are differences, I'm just not sure what they are, and what can be easily overcome simply by installing the software into the other desktop.
There's license differences, which most people won't care about, there's graphical differences, but either one is so configurable it can be configured to look a lot like the other. Apps from one will run pretty seamlessly in the other if you have both s
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(WMC-TV) - The countdown is on to federal budget cuts with real consequences in the Mid-South. One thing that could be hit hard is the Mississippi National Guard.
In spite of that, there seems to be very little urgency from the White House or congress to avoid them.
As the clock ticks down to possibly billions of dollars slashed from the federal budget, Mississippi's front line of defense will be at the front line of the cuts.
General Augustus Collins with the Mississippi National Guard is paying close attention to the projected cuts known as sequestration. He hopes a deal is reached but plans are being made should the cuts happen.
If cuts are made, the state's national guard force may have to periodically do without some of its workforce.
"Military pay accounts are not going to be affected by sequestration but it's our department of army civilians that work for us. We're more concerned with them," said General Collins.
About 1,400 technicians would fall into that category.
At this point, any cuts and furloughs are just a possibility. Essential employees, based on missions, would be exempt. Nonetheless, the American Legion's national commander is concerned.
The cuts are expected to have an affect on the department of defense. Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant says the biggest issue with the sequester isn't looming cuts, but instead the political games being played inside the White House and the U.S. Capitol.
Bryant expects some deal will be reached eventually.
"I think the president will come to the realization that those type of draconian cuts do not need to be made," said Governor Bryant.
President Obama and congressional leaders are not meeting until Friday. That is the same day the sequester cuts are slated to take effect.
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There might be a rematch in the making, if I see everything correctly. Assuming the Big Red kicks some ass on Friday and wins the North, and if OU knocks off OSU AND Texas AM kicks Texas' ass, then Texas AM would win the South, having beat OU earlier.
Then we would meet Texas AM in Dallas on December 4th, correct?
Martinez has to get healthy though - keep him out against Colorado, put Zac Lee in, and run them to death with Helu & Burkhead.


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Since ADW is currently illegal in the great state of Illinois, I've found myself with some horse racing downtime. It's a bit tough to both follow horse racing news and not participate, so I've come up with a few alternatives. I'd be curious to see what others would do in this situation. These are the alternatives and pros/cons I've come up with:
Pro: I get to play.
Con: Less convenient, e.g., requires some travel, fewer resources at my fingertips (to the extent I actually use them advantageously), etc. Concerned that the scene-change could affect my already shoddy performance. Strong preference for keeping my vocal post-race regrets and self-loathing at home.
Fake it (i.e., review PPs and see how I would've done):
Pro: Get to practice.
Con: Gotta pay for PPs without hope of recouping the cost. And this would undoubtedly be my handicapping golden age and I would never again do as well as I did while I was just pretending (this is an absolute lock).
Read a book about horse racing:
Pro: Up the knowledge base.
Con: Too easy to not follow through on the pledge; will probably just increase the urge to go to an OTB to test new-found, possibly harebrained, angles.
Stay away until it's back online:
Pro: Will reinforce valuable life-long lessons of humility and restraint.
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Scouting for Girls are a pop-rock band from the United Kingdom. Their name is a play on the title of the 1908 Scouting handbook Scouting for Boys. The band consists of childhood friends from London, Roy Stride on piano and lead guitar/vocals, Greg Churchouse on bass guitar and Peter Ellard on percussion. Having formed in 2005, they signed to Epic Records in 2007. They released their self-titled debut album that September and it reached number one on the UK Album Chart and went triple Platinum in terms of total sales. A second album Everybody Wants to Be on TV was released in April 2010 and peaked at number two in the charts. This was preceded by the single "This Ain't a Love Song", which went to number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks. To date, Scouting for Girls have sold over 2 million records[citation needed] and have been nominated for four Brit Awards and one Ivor Novello Award. In September 2012, they released their third studio album, The Light Between Us, which debuted at number 10 on the UK charts. Their fourth album Greatest Hits was released in July 2013, and reached number eight on the UK charts.
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The Light Between Us 2012Reviewed by John Aizlewood
No edge, no side, just pop music in excelsis – and that's more than enough.
Everybody Wants to Be on TV 2010Reviewed by Chris Roberts
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Williams was tough, but did his job well
PHOENIX -- Often I kidded Dick Williams that he was the toughest manager I'd ever had to deal with in my long career as a sportswriter dating back to 1976. We had our battles royal during the three years I covered the Padres and he managed the team. But we'd long since become good friends.When Williams was freshly anointed to the National Baseball Hall of Fame nearly four years ago, he was asked at his inaugural press conference at the Winter Meetings in Nashville how he'd fare these days as a manager. "I wouldn't last a week," he said with a cackle. Williams mused that he used to try and rule the roost with an iron fist. "Sometimes I'd have to kick guys out of my clubhouse," he said, turning to look at me with a wry grin. Actually it was his office, but who's splitting hairs? Now he's gone. I spoke to his son, Mark, on Thursday and he said an aneurysm burst just above his heart. The 82-year-old Williams was at home in Las Vegas preparing to travel here this weekend to sign autographs at FanFest when they rushed him to the hospital. Forty-five minutes later he was pronounced dead. It felt like a chapter in my life went along with him. For a month during the 1984 season, Williams banished me from his office, telling the other two beat writers who traveled with the team that if any of his quotes wound up in my stories they'd be banished, too. Williams was the manager that season of what turned out to be the first Padres club to ever win the National League pennant. I was in my second season for the long-gone San Diego Tribune, an afternoon newspaper that went the way of attrition less than a decade later, merging with the morning paper. Williams definitely was by far the toughest manager I've ever covered.
But he also was the best. Considering the formative stage of my career, Williams was a baseball encyclopedia. It wasn't as if he helped much explaining his approach to the game. He didn't suffer fools and foolish questions well and he treated the postgame ritual with the media as more of nuisance. He didn't like any of his moves questioned and he often cited players for making mistakes. Sometimes the sparks flew.Still, if you paid close attention to what Williams did on the field, you were offered a primer on how to manage a game in the traditional National League style, moving runners over, subbing pitchers, staying a few steps ahead of the opposing managers. In those days, Williams almost always easily out-managed his chief opposition in the NL West, Tommy Lasorda of the Dodgers and Joe Torre of the Braves. Tony Gwynn, Bruce Bochy and Tim Flannery all played for him on that team, and though they hated his irascible nature, all have said that Williams had a profound influence on their careers. Williams kicked me out of his office after I challenged him in print for his part in the infamous beanball brawl in Atlanta during that summer of 1984. Torre's Braves were losing ground to the first-place Padres and the Sunday afternoon game in hot, humid and rainy weather opened with Atlanta right-hander Pascual Perez plunking Padres second baseman Alan Wiggins in the back. For seven innings, every Padres pitcher threw around and close to Perez without hitting him, until the game erupted into a series of on-field, full-out brawls that ultimately even included fans behind the San Diego dugout at old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Williams was suspended by the league, I was banished from his office and the players voted 24-1 to keep me out of the clubhouse, with my old friend Steve Garvey casting the one dissenting vote, citing something about freedom of the press. The players couldn't keep me out, but Williams did. It was a month of stomach churning and reflexes always on high alert. But as these things often do, they have their way of coming around. The Padres were in Houston when Williams ultimately challenged left-fielder Carmelo Martinez in private because of lackluster play and it embroiled the rest of his teammates, who implored me to write the story. I did. The next day, I was standing behind the batting cage at Cincinnati's old Riverfront Stadium before the game, when I was told Williams wanted to see me in his office. I sat down in a chair across from Williams at his desk and he said: "Well, you got me, but I thought you were going to get me a lot worse. Now what I can I do for you?" With that, the ban was over and I never had problems with Williams again.
Much later on we laughed about it. When I informed him that he was the toughest manager I'd ever covered, his response was, "Aw, come on!"I didn't realize how tough he was until I spoke to his son. Williams had undergone surgery to remove a number of aneurysms over the years and the last time the doctors went in they couldn't get all of them. They monitored him constantly and he lived with it -- until Thursday. When he didn't show up at last summer's induction ceremonies at the Hall, I began to worry and gave him a call. He had missed the event because of one of those surgeries. I find it hard to believe I'll never have the privilege of talking to him again.
Barry M. Bloom is national reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Boomskie on Baseball. Follow @boomskie on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Healing Grief Through Yoga
"Life is eternal and love is immortal; And death is only a horizon, And a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight." - Rossiter W. Raymond
Death is the physical dropping of the body. It is a returning home for the soul. But for those of us left behind, the pain can be unbearable We miss the presence of that person in our lives. This causes a great deal of stress in our bodies. Our sleep, eating habits, immune system, balance, thinking and breathing are all affected.
Grief affects us on every level, physically, emotionally, spiritually and mentally. Thankfully, so does yoga. Yoga literally means "to yoke" or unifying, to join the breath and the body, or body, mind and spirit.
"Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because dawn has come." - Rabindranath Tagore
Healing grief can be a challenging path to wander. If we can find a way to stay balanced and connected to our breath and hearts we CAN wander the path with a bit more ease. We will always hold the person in our hearts, but finding a way to stand in our grace, find acceptance and stay healthy can help us navigate the terrain with more self compassion.
Patanjali defines Yoga as "Citta Vrtti Nirodha", translated as the suppression or calming of the mind's fluctuations. We can use the poses in yoga to bring balance, focus, concentration and stability to our lives. We can use the breath, pranayama, to calm us, reduce stress, tension, anxiety and depression and help us sleep. Breath moves us into stillness and helps to bring us into the moment. Studies have actually shown that yogic style breath work has a 73% higher recovery rate than medications.
"Your job is not to STOP mourning, but to stop ONLY mourning. It's OK to take a break and celebrate what is good." Scott Friedman
When you block your emotions, particularly the need to cry, you block the throat chakra, the chakra that governs the ability to speak your truth, speak up for yourself or just speak up. While going through grieving it's important to be able to give a voice to your feelings.
"Crying is one of the highest devotional songs. One who knows crying, knows spiritual practice. lf you can cry, with a pure heart, nothing else compares to such a prayer. Crying includes all the principles of Yoga." Swami Kripaulu
When grieving we also often shut down our heart chakra. The heart chakra is, as you would guess,is the love center. Shutting this chakra down can lead to feeling lonely, withdrawn, isolated and unable to be intimate. Closing this chakra can also lead to shallow breathing, which exacerbates sadness and depression.
In yoga, focus on a well rounded practice with a strong focus on throat and heart openers and breath work. Imagine movement and breath as a prayer, a surrender, a dedication.
As you flow into your healing yoga practice, let your inhale be a prayer and your exhale be a letting go of sorrow. Here's a beautiful prayer to use in your practice.
Peace, my heart, let the time for the parting be sweet.
Let it not be a death but completeness.
Let love melt into memory and pain into songs.
Let the flight through the sky end in the folding of the wings over the nest.
Let the last touch of your hands be gentle like the flower of the night.
Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a moment, and say your last words in silence.
I bow to you and hold up my lamp to light you on your way.
~Rabindranath Tagore
Breathe in love, peace and stillness, Breathe out pain, loneliness and all that doesn't serve your bliss...
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Studies within the framework of the European Migration Network (EMN)
The Network aims to provide objective, reliable and comparable information on migration and asylum at European and national level to support both policy-making and decision-making in the European Union (EU), as well as to provide the general public with such information. In view of this goal, the National Contact Point drafts amongst other things the national studies jointly agreed on in the EMN , as well as Annual Policy Reports for Germany. The research is carried out in the research group of the Federal Office. All activities carried out by the Contact Point are co-funded by the European Commission.
2013: EMN studies on recruitment of skilled labour, organisation of reception facilities, identification of victims of human trafficking and migrant access to social security and healthcare
In 2013, the EMN will produce three focussed studies. The first focussed study concisely presents the national strategy and the activities undertaken to attract highly-qualified and qualified third-country nationals. In addition, it provides a statistical overview of immigration of highly-qualified and qualified third-country nationals and identifies challenges and obstacles. The second focussed study illustrates the organisation of reception facilities, as well as the supply of material resources to asylum-seekers. One focus rests on the flexibility of the reception system and its ability to guarantee sufficient accommodation and material resources in the face of increasing numbers of asylum-seekers. The third focussed study investigates the degree to which victims of human trafficking can be identified within the asylum procedure and the procedure of forced return. It also considers the cooperation between the authorities involved, as well as training and evaluation concepts.
A more extensive topical study will be devoted to migrant access to social security and healthcare.
2012: EMN studies on immigration of students from third countries, family reunification, measures to establish the identity and European internal migration
In 2012, the German EMN Contact Point carried out a main study on the immigration of students from third countries. The study focusses on the political measures undertaken by Germany to enable third-country nationals to begin their studies in Germany, as well as on how to access the labour market during studies and after graduation.
In addition to this main study, so-called focussed studies were carried out for the first time in 2012. This new format is intended to meet policy-makers' requirements in terms of topical and compact information. The first of the three focus studies deals with the legal and political measures to prevent misuse of family reunification, whilst the others discuss the challenges faced in establishing the identity of migrants in the procedure of international protection as well as return measures, and the internal EU mobility of third-country nationals.
Furthermore, there was an update of the EMN study "The Organisation of Asylum and Migration Policies in Germany" from 2009. The study provides an overview of the organisation of asylum and migration policy in Germany. In addition to describing and analysing the institutional structures, the most important legal foundations and procedures are discussed.
2011: EMN studies on visa policy and irregular migration
In 2011, the EMN produced two thematic studies. The first study, entitled Visa Policy as Migration Channel, investigates the link between migration and visa policy and explores the question of the degree to which visa policy makes a contribution towards managing and controlling migration. The second study tackles measures to prevent and reduce irregular migration in the EU. The study provides an overview of the approaches, mechanisms and measures that are available to deal with irregular migration in the Member States.
German EMN studies in previous years
The two studies of 2010 discuss questions related to labour migration: Firstly, national practices and strategies to meet the demand for labour through immigration are investigated, whilst gaining knowledge of circular and temporary migration.
Earlier studies deal amongst other things with topics of asylum and immigration law, such as non-EU-harmonised forms of refugee protection (2009), assisted voluntary returns (2009) and unaccompanied minors (2008). Moreover, an overview study was drawn up on the organisation of asylum and immigration policy in Germany (2008).
Both more extensive research studies and "small studies" were drawn up back in the pilot phase of the EMN between 2004 and 2007, and these cover various areas within the fields of migration, asylum and integration. A small study on family reunification to Germany was carried out in 2007. The small studies are dominated by questions related to labour migration, such as labour market participation of foreigners in the healthcare sector in Germany or migration by highly-qualified workers and senior employees from third countries to Germany (both in 2006).
The research studies focus on migration and tackle voluntary and coercive returns from Germany (2006) and illegal third-country nationals in Germany (2005). This was supplemented by the analysis of the influence of immigration on German society, which has so far remained an overview (2004).


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Latest Transgender/Sensitive CRB check process
Posted by Zoe O'Connell in Equality on 25 April 2012
Prior to the election in May 2010, the Home Office had the sensitive applications Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) process on their website. All content was removed after May 5th, and this information was not replaced. I have just had to undergo a CRB check however, so for others the following information may be useful. This is direct from an email exchange with the CRB.
If a Trans person is required to complete a CRB check, CRB offers a confidential checking process in accordance with the Gender Recognition Act 2004. This gives the Trans person the choice as to whether they are content or not for their previous gender to be disclosed on their CRB Certificate.
If an applicant decides they do not wish for their previous identity to be disclosed to their employer and/or on their CRB Certificate, they should call the dedicated team in Customer Services who are experienced in dealing with these types of sensitive cases. A member of this team will advise the applicant about the process and what they will need to do.
If the applicant does not feel comfortable dealing directly with a member of this dedicated Customer Service team, the applicant should contact the team and give details of a nominated person that the CRB can deal with on their behalf. Alternatively, the applicant can contact the team direct by email, post or telephone.
How the process works:
When the applicant calls the team, they are advised that "we do have a confidential checking process in place for applicants who do not wish for their previous name/gender to be disclosed on their CRB Certificate". They are advised not to enter their previous name(s).in Section 4 where asked have you used any other names tick no part of the CRB application form and then complete the rest of the form as they normally would. Just before or at the same time the application is submitted, the applicant must send, direct to the team, a document that confirms the previous name(s) which they used e.g. Change of Name Deed, Original Birth Certificate. A Gender Recognition Certificate is not required for this process. The applicant should include a short, covering letter that confirms their current name, full address with postcode and a contact telephone number. We have found that some applicants may not have sufficient documentary evidence to support a CRB application. If this is the case, the applicant should contact the team as soon as possible to discuss.
Once this information is received, the application will be monitored everyday until the CRB Certificate is issued. If any queries are raised at any stage of the process, it will be dealt with sensitively by the team. If any further information is required, the applicant (or nominated person) will be contacted by a member of this team.
There's one final paragraph which I'll quote separately as it's quite important: there is no guarantee this process will not out you. Emphasis is mine. I would also add that the CRB have made errors in the past and associated people with the wrong criminal records, so not having a criminal background is no guarantee.
The applicant is always advised when they first call that "if you have a conviction in your previous name/gender, this may show on their CRB Certificate". If an applicant does have a conviction which may reveal their previous name/gender, it would be useful for the applicant to advise us as soon as possible. An applicant may be able to avoid previous details being disclosed, so advising us sooner rather than later will help speed up the process.
Contact details (Notably also missing from the web site!) are: Sensitive Applications Team, Customer Services, Criminal Records Bureau, PO BOX 165, Liverpool, L69 3JD, phone 0151 676 1452 (Direct line) or email email@example.com.
The CRB were happy to accept a scanned copy of my Deed Poll via EMail rather than needing an original or certified copy via post, but also asked me to confirm my full name, date of birth and current address.
I haven't had the CRB check back yet (I'm not even sure the form has been sent in by those requesting it) but if they mess this one up, I'll be sure to let you all know…
LibDem conference accreditation – meeting the FCC
Posted by Zoe O'Connell in Equality, Liberty on 23 April 2012
For those not aware, or who are not Liberal Democrat party members, the thorny topic of accreditation (vetting) of LibDem conference attendees has cropped up again. This time round, Federal Conference Committee (FCC) is well aware of the sensitivities and has been asking for views from the wider party on the topic.
I won't go into the civil liberties issues, as that's been covered elsewhere. I have however been involved in another aspect of the process, that of accrediting transgender party members and by extension, to some extent also anyone else with an inconsistent or secret previous identity such as victims of domestic violence.
The chair of FCC, Andrew Wiseman, was kind enough to come and visit myself and Sarah Brown in Cambridge in Friday for a chat and to catch up on the current situation as a precursor to us both, along with Adrian Trett (LGBT+LibDems Chair) meeting with full FCC earlier tonight.
Sarah spoke first, and has blogged her take on it after which I filled in a few gaps myself. I mentioned that CRB check rates using the Trans process are half what we would expect, suggesting that Trans folk are put off by CRB-like processes and mentioned that special application processes with organisations like the CRB tend to go wrong. Even for those of us who are out, old names are like knowing the real names of daemons from mythology of old, as they give people emotional power over us we would rather they did not have.
Also, anyone with an inconsistent past faces requests for more information, which is off-putting and creates extra work as well as possibly causing people to run out of time before conference. (I know this happened to at least two non-Trans people)
We had a few questions from FCC members. Two stick in my mind – first discussion on the CRB process. This is not guaranteed to keep anonymity even if they get it right, as unaltered records of any previous offence can be sent to a potential employer, complete with old names on. Secondly, "How to Labour handle this". The answer is simple – pretty much every Labour supporter I know, even if still a supporter of the party, quit their actual membership after the passage of the Gender Recognition Act 2004. It appears there are very few active and out Trans folk in the Labour party these days. They are also of course the party of ID Cards, so unsympathetic to privacy concerns even among their own members (FCC thought it unlikely the Tories had many Trans members – my experience suggests this may be incorrect, presumably because they haven't had the chance to annoy the Trans community for most of the the last decade and a half)
Members of the FCC seemed surprised by the strength of what we'd said, based on tweets I've seen since. I guess one gets used to pointing out that many of us risk a violent death if we're outed to the point that is loses its impact to us and just becomes a fact of life. To your average white, straight, cis (i.e. Non-trans) person of a non-military background, a breach of confidentiality means messing around sorting out unauthorised bank transactions, not dodging bricks through the window whilst sorting out new accommodation in another city. In that respect, I'm glad we live in Cambridge and not elsewhere, where life would not be so easy.
Things are heading in the right direction, but FCC do not have the final say given the involvement of the police. After tonight's meeting they have put conference registration on hold to give them more time to sort things out with the police, so for now we wait…
Trans CRB check news
Posted by Zoe O'Connell in Equality on 26 September 2011
Following the recent controversy with Liberal Democrat conference accreditation, I have been doing some research into the Criminal Record Bureau's (CRB) own procedures into dealing with Trans folk. The procedure has been recognised as problematic by the CRB themselves as a recently published equalities impact assessment, dated October 2010, hilighted the issues with the current system. (PDF Link)
From the CRB's own research in 2010, (PDF Link) there is evidence people are being put off – 91% of people overall would be "willing to to be CRB checked" for either voluntary or paid work, versus 65% for trans folk. It's noted that the findings are from a "small sample size", but Intersex folk had a similar response and it is also broadly in line with the general rate of applications revealed in previous FoI requests. Other marginalised groups have similar findings – the Lesbian/Gay (But not Bisexual, oddly) community, Hindus and to a lesser extent those identifying as Asian also reported they were less likely to be willing to be CRB checked.
On the topic of the overall procedures the civil service Trans group, a:gender, responded to the internal EqIA consultation with the two primary concerns with the process:
- That previous name details should be removed from completed Disclosures, as currently the name of the applicant at the time of each conviction is recorded.
- That a form of words is added to the front of the new CRB Disclosure Application Form to highlight to customers that there is no requirement for them to enter names from a previous gender on the application
The plan by the Home Office as a result was…
- To explore options for not revealing previous identities on CRB Disclosures
- To explore options for amending the CRB application form to include reference to inform applicants of the alternative process
On the first issue, not revealing previous identities, there has been some progress but it is questionable in it's utility and probably not much use at all given it's unadvertised. I contacted the CRB for the detail and was told that you can contact the data protection office at your local police force (Once you have a Gender Recognition Certificate) and ask them to update the Police National Computer with your new details, so any CRB printout would show the new details.
If you do not yet have a GRC, I'm told you can contact the CRB who can "look into" producing a manual certificate.
It's something at least, and they deserve credit for recognising the problem.
They seem not to have made an progress in the year since the EqIA was produced on the second point. The latest CRB application form guidance (PDF Link) is dated February 2011 and makes no mention of the Transgender application process. It seems you need to know it exists to use it, or happen to visit the right part of the CRB web site – not good, given that less than half of Trans people said they knew something about the CRB when asked.
Overall, it's progress. But this new system, particularly given it appears to be completely unpublicised, does not (yet) fill me with confidence.
CRB Checks and Trans Folk
Posted by Zoe O'Connell in Equality on 15 July 2011
This post originally appeared on Huffington Post.
According to information released under the Freedom of Information Act by the Criminal Records Bureau, there were 298 applications for CRB checks that used the little-known "transgender applications process" last financial year. (April 2010 – March 2011) That sounds like quite a lot, but is it as many as we'd expect?
In the same period, there were just over four million total CRB checks, so the transgender application process accounted for around one in every fifteen thousand applications. We don't really know how many post-transition trans people there are in the UK, but it's more than one in fifteen thousand: Estimates vary from one in ten thousand to one in five thousand.
So there's around half as many CRB applications as we'd expect. Why not? Firstly, some background: If you're applying for a CRB check for a job, perhaps working in a school, you need to reveal any previous names you've had. This isn't something that Trans folk like doing as even if you're "out", your old name is something that you'd rather never saw the light of day.
Via a slightly tortuous process, once you've filled in a CRB form you're supposed to phone them on a special number so they can intercept the request. They can then match up records without outing you to your prospective employer.
True, some people may not use the transgender application process but this seems unlikely: I didn't bother with it when applying for one as I was "out" to the organisation I was applying via, the Scouts. Someone, somewhere in an office, screwed up badly: The form wasn't sent by the Scouts to the CRB but was sent to some central office to be copied out via email. Seeing my previous details, they put down the wrong gender, consequently generating incorrect titles on paper mail.
As you can imagine, I was not best pleased when I received the completed check.
I suspect one reason is the fear of being outed, as the process doesn't work reliably. According to the CRB, they have had three complaints in the last year about their transgender application process: 1%. That's pretty high, but still seems suspicious as either we have been spectacularly unlucky in our household, or they are only keeping count of actual complaints and not known errors. My partner also applied for a CRB check, this time using their transgender process and also ran foul of the system. They managed to intercept her request when it came into the CRB, but failed to remove her old details before sending the results back both to her and the organisation concarned.
Another dissatisfied CRB user resulted, along with a panicked phone call from the CRB to the organisation that had requested the check asking them to send back any received post unopened.
Even if the system works, if the police find anything under an old name (Doesn't have to have been the applicant, just someone with a similar name and date of birth) it will be listed by the CRB… under the old name.
When this sort of problem can occur, it's not surprising that Trans folk might find themselves a little wary of applying for jobs that require a CRB check. The risk of being outed for many is too great. As is often the case, the incessant need by the civil service to document and track everything and every one creates yet another invisible form of oppression against a minority.
Scouting equality fail – why it's best to be stealth even when you're out
Posted by Zoe O'Connell in Equality on 19 July 2010
A while ago, I submitted a CRB form for the Scouts as I occasionally (Well, once so far) go to parent and child camp with my daughter, who is a Scout, and in this day and age that sort of thing is required if you're going to hang around kids at all. I didn't follow the "transgender application process" as they certainly already knew my relationship to the kids, so I wasn't exactly "stealth" and to be honest, it's a bit of a hassle. Because of this, I needed to put my old name on the form as well as my current one but all my other details had my correct name, title (Miss) and so on.
Today, the CRB form turned up. It says "Gender: Male".
Ahem, excuse me? I know full well my supporting documentation doesn't say that, because I've not had anything I could use to identify myself as male even if I'd wanted to for years. Offensive, yes, but also perhaps problematic in terms of being able to supervise kids of the appropriate gender in certain environments, should it come to that.
So I ring the CRB, who are extremely helpful and tell me the scouting association (Most likely someone in head office in London, I suspect) copied the paper form I'd filled out into an email and put me down as "Mr". CRB are going to correct it, send out a new certificate and also let the scouting association know, all of which they offered to do without any prompting on my part whatsoever.
I'll see if the CRB will be helpful enough to send me a copy of the email they received so I can figure out exactly how wrong they went and whose heads needed banging together, but if I have to do one again I'm certainly using the special process!


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The Mansfield Tyger football team is off to a 3-0 start for the first time since 2010 after a 45-16 win over Marion Harding last Friday. This week the Tygers open OCC play at home as they face the 2-1 Clear Fork Colts at Arlin Field. Even though the Colts have opened up their offense as opposed to years past, according to coach Chioke Bradley they are still the rough and tumble Clear Fork Colts. Through three games, the Tygers have scored 132 points while giving up 65, the bulk of those late in the game against Lima Senior a 59-42 win at Lima. Senior High quarterback Jalen Reese has had a good three weeks going 60-90 for 873 yards and ten touchdowns with only two interceptions. Rushing wise, Mansfield's two leaders have been Tyquan Vickers with 259 yards with three touchdowns and Malon Samuel with 174 yards on 32 carries scoring one TD. Senior High's defense will look to put a stop to Colt quarterback Kadin Chrastina who went seven of 13 for 134 yards and a touchdown through the air while rushing for 64 yards in a 40-8 win over Shelby last Friday. Silas Finley also had a good night receiving the ball with six catches for 134 yards and a score. Back in 2010, it was Clear Fork who stopped the Tygers three game winning streak to start that season with a 28-20 win in Bellville. The Colts would then go on to win the OCC football title that season.
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GCI Telecom Group (GCI Com) has received its first equity injection from an investor and appointed industry guru John Cronin as Non Executive Chairman. Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested £10m in the midlands-based telco in a move that underscores the growth potential of the telecoms and IT services markets.
The new equity enables Lincoln headquartered GCI Com to pursue its organic growth and acquisition strategy in return for a minority stake in the company.
Cronin has particular expertise in growing and developing businesses in the technology and communications sectors, having held senior roles at Arqiva Broadcast, Azure Solutions, NetSource Europe, Teleglobe, Kast Telecom, Mercury Communications and BT.
GCI Com has a turnover approaching £65m and employs 220 staff across nine UK locations and the BGF investment comes on the back of a £22m funding boost from Barclays in October 2011, giving GCI a significant war chest to fund future acquisitions. The Group expects to make five or six strategic-fit acquisitions during the coming months and has already identified target buys.
Tim Whittard, Investment Director at BGF, said the investment met the company's strategy of working with highly motivated and focused entrepreneurs such as Wayne Martin, founder and CEO of GCI Com, who aims to create a £100m business within two years.
Whittard said: "GCI Com has scale, critical mass and significant potential to grow both organically and through further acquisition, which is in line with the developments in the market and customers' own requirements.
"The sector in which GCI Com operates is enjoying rapid growth due to the convergence of IT and telecoms, the move to cloud computing and corporate desire to outsource."
GCI Com was formed in 2000 and has grown rapidly through a mix of organic growth and 19 strategic acquisitions. Under Martin's leadership the company has become one of the fastest growing managed communication providers in the UK with a 68% CAGR over the last two years.
Private equity had not been on Martin's radar screen but the prospect of unlocking GCI Com's growth potential sent a clear signal to BGF. "They chose us," added Martin. "In the past we have relied on bank debt or company cash reserves to finance our growth. The thought of private equity backing had not particularly appealed. But BGF made us think differently."
BGF does more than inject growth capital. It offers guidance and access to a wide network of contacts and supports businesses to their next stages of development. Furthermore, BGF is a major new £2.5bn equity investment fund backed by five of the largest banks in the UK. All things considered, Martin found BGF's proposition too appealing to ignore.
Martin, who has been involved in the communications industry for 25 years, commented: "BGF's offer made good business sense. We have worked very hard over the last 12 years to build up a range of specialist services and wide network footprint to best service our customer base.
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GCI Com is the first investment that BGF has made in the midlands. "We believe that there are many high quality businesses across the midlands, like GCI Com, which have real potential but which have not obtained the funding that they need," noted Richard Bishop, BGF Head of Investments. "We therefore expect this to be the first of many BGF investments in the region."
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Detroit, MI (SportsNetwork.com) - Juwan Howard, Jr. poured in a team-high 24 points and knocked down the game-winning bucket in the final minute of overtime, as the Detroit Titans outlasted the Youngstown State Penguins, 83-81, in Horizon League action at Calihan Hall.
Howard shot 9-of-18 from the field and connected on all four of his free-throw attempts for Detroit (12-14, 5-6 Horizon), winners of back-to-back games. Evan Bruinsma put up 19 points, eight rebounds and four assists for the hosts, Jarod Williams scored 14 points and Ugochukwu Njoku grabbed 11 rebounds.
For YSU (13-12, 4-6), which has lost three straight, Shawn Amiker led all scorers with 25 points, while Kendrick Perry stuffed the stat sheet with 22 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. DJ Cole and Kamren Belin netted 13 points apiece, with Cole pitching in seven assists as well, while Bobby Hain logged eight points and 13 rebounds.
The first half ended with Detroit leading comfortably, 40-30, after it outshot YSU from the field, 46.4 percent to 32 percent, which included an 18-6 scoring advantage from 3-point range.
The Titans continued to lead throughout the second half but could never pull away. They held a three-point lead in the final minute before the Penguins tied the game up at 71 with 10 seconds left on an Amiker 3-pointer. Detroit missed two field goals in the waning seconds of regulation and the game went to overtime.
YSU opened up an early lead in the extra session before Howard connected on the game-winning bucket with 18 seconds left. Perry had a chance to tie the game with eight seconds to play but went just 1-of-2 at the free-throw line. After a 1-of-2 trip to the stripe for Detroit, the Penguins had one last opportunity in the waning seconds, but after Belin grabbed an offensive rebound off a Perry miss, he failed to connect on the put back as the Titans held on.
Detroit won the rebounding battle, 42-35, and outscored YSU in the paint, 28-24.
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Im a huge bleach fan anime japanese version, but shattered blade is horrible the gameplay, the english voice acting terrible.
i dont know about the game, but the english voice acting seems fine to me. the jap on the other hand... not so much. and i watch my fair share of subbed animes. if its anything like blades of faith for the ds i will hate it.
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