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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The oleochemicals market in North America, in terms of volume, has been static for the past 10 years, but increased consumer awareness for natural derivatives has significantly widened their usage. For instance, refined glycerin's stable and non-toxic nature has made it the best alternative carbohydrate source to sugar in sports and health drinks.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.chemicals.frost.com), Analysis of the North American Oleochemicals Market, finds that the market earned revenue of $3.53 billion in 2011 and estimates this to reach $3.91 billion in 2018.
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Sustainable biochemical alternatives are nudging out petrochemical products, as manufacturers are striving to reduce their carbon footprint. However, like any other commodity product, the price of substitutes determines the demand for oleochemicals. Petrochemical derivatives are currently the substitutes for oleochemicals, which are generally less expensive.
"Globally, feedstock prices hit a record high from 2009 to 2011, which rippled into the oleochemicals market," said Frost & Sullivan Senior Research Analyst Dr. Nandhini Rajagopal. "Further, the reinstated biodiesel policy in the U.S. has caused tallow's prices to fluctuate."
From 2009 to 2010, palm oil, palm kernel oil and coconut oil experienced wild price fluctuations. The price for palm kernel oil shot up from $702 per ton in 2009 to $1,184 per ton in 2010. Coconut oil also suffered similarly during this period, with its price increasing from $725 per ton to $1,124 per ton.
As of yet, producers of fatty acids have been gaining considerable margin by selling the by-product, glycerin. However, the reinstated biodiesel policy has augmented the global biodiesel production capacity. This has resulted in the oversupply of glycerin, which is expected to constrict the margins of the fatty acid market, affecting its overall profitability.
The market is also held back by competition from low-cost Chinese imports. They can stave off this competition by setting up local manufacturing facilities. Furthermore, developing and implementing relevant regulations will eliminate the threat from counterfeit and smuggled personal care products.
"Upward integration with plantation or agri-business groups and downward integration with end-user product manufacturing companies should help to synergize oleochemical manufacturers' strengths to overcome the price fluctuations and remain stable," said Frost & Sullivan Chemicals Vice President Shomik Majumdar. "Such alliances have been successful for the largest companies operating in this segment and could be replicated by other players."
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'My dream holiday would be to cross America on a Harley Davidson'
Saturday 28 August 2004
What is your first holiday memory?
What is your first holiday memory?
I was born during the Second World War, so I didn't have a holiday until I was about eight or nine. We went to the Vendée region of France, to a little fishing village called St Gilles. It was a real eye-opener for me because it was the first time I'd seen the sea and the sand. We had no toys but we did have the waves and the beach and we built sand castles. The house was a long walk from the sea because we couldn't afford one by the shore, but it was a fantastic - one of the best holidays of my life.
What has been your best holiday?
The first time I went to the Banyan Tree in Phuket, because it was so quiet and isolated. I stayed in a villa with a pool - for me, a holiday means silence and not seeing too many people, so in this respect it was perfect.
Where is your favourite place in the British Isles?
I haven't got a place, I've got an area, which is Scotland. I can never find enough time for it and I can't even say which bit, as there are so many places I like. I like the solitude and the wildness and I also like the climate, wet and cold or beautifully sunny, which you often get in one day. I also love Scottish people.
What have you learnt from your travels?
My biggest and best discovery is learning about people. I love travelling because when I get to a part of the world that I haven't been to before, I listen and look and see what people do and how they do it. You can learn so much.
Who would be your ideal travelling companion?
My dog, a cocker spaniel called Baron, because he doesn't talk. He can stay on a train for six, eight or even 10 hours without wanting to go for a pee. He's a happy dog - the ideal companion.
Are you a beach bum, culture vulture or adrenalin junkie?
I'm more culture vulture, as I like to see the vestiges of the past. There are some places that just have to be seen, like the Great Wall, the Taj Mahal and the Grand Canyon - they are so beautiful. I'm not a beach bum at all; after about five minutes I've got to move.
What luxury would you never travel without?
My greatest luxury was Concorde. For me the luxury was not getting jet lag when I arrived. It was a dream - a dream that has sadly gone.
What do you read on holiday?
I usually read magazines, just a few pages about one subject. I like Condé Nast Traveller or magazines about food and wine. I also do a lot of writing - more writing than reading.
To where have you lost your heart?
Without doubt it was Thailand, but more recently, Vietnam. I think Thailand has become a bit too touristy and I imagine that Vietnam is a bit like Thailand was 30 years ago. If I was 30 years old, I would go and work there.
Is it better to travel or arrive?
I love travelling because that's when I can think about where I am, where I've been and where I'm going - it's a good moment for reflection. But I also find a lot of excitement in arriving somewhere too.
What has been your worst travel experience?
Flying on Olympic Airways from Athens 15 years ago. We had some heavy turbulence and dropped 1,000ft - all the oxygen masks came out and one of the stewardesses passed out. There was no announcement from the pilot for three or four minutes. Everything was OK and we landed almost immediately at Heathrow, but it's not an airline I will fly with again.
Where is the worst hotel you've stayed in?
I've never stayed somewhere bad, but I have walked into a couple of hotels, realised it was the wrong hotel for me, and walked out.
And the best?
The Mandarin Oriental - I've stayed at the one in Miami a few times and I've known the Oriental in Bangkok since the early 1970s - it's magical.
Where is your favourite walk?
It's boring and it's also linked to one of the next questions, but it would be a food market. I also love walking in the mountains - the Alps are my favourites.
Where have you had your best meal abroad?
At Michel Guérard's Les Prés d'Eugénie in Eugénies les Bains, France. It must have been around 20 years ago, but it was the meal of my life - a total revelation. So much so, if I knew it was my last meal, I'd go again.
What's the first thing you do when you arrive somewhere new? If I'm staying in a luxury hotel, I'll ask to meet the executive chef. Or if I haven't been there before and am staying a couple of days, I'll enquire where the wholesale food market is. If there isn't one, I'll visit a small market.
To where would be your dream trip?
Crossing America on those long and boring roads through the desert riding a Harley Davidson. I'd probably do it on my own and I'd just take one credit card and a few clothes.
What is your favourite city?
I have two. In Europe, it's Paris for its beauty, its food and wine, its romance and all the attachment I have to it. But I also love New York; each time I've visited, I've been happy there and also sad to leave.
Where are you going next?
I consult for Celebrity Cruises and I'll be joining one in Venice developing new dishes, training staff and monitoring the quality.
Michel Roux is the chef/patron of The Waterside Inn, Bray, Berkshire (01628 620691)
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Ridiculous goal from Japan! Tatsuya Takana (Albirex Niigata) scores with his bum v Oita Trinita
When you are bottom of the table, this is pretty much the last thing you want to see happen.
Rock bottom of the J-League, Oita Trinita went a goal down to Albirex Niigata on Sunday when they conceded a bizarre goal after just 13 minutes played.
Their keeper Keisuke Shimizu
(does anyone know his name? Please!) plucked the ball out the air from a corner and looked to launch quickly.
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The 7-year-old pug-nosed dog, Lennox, was at the center of a two-year legal battle between his owners and the Belfast City Council. The city's dog wardens seized Lennox in 2010, claiming he was a dangerous "pit bull-type dog," according to The Associated Press. Pit bulls are illegal in the United Kingdom.
Lennox's owners argued he was not only not dangerous—he was not even a pit bull. In court, Lennox's owner Caroline Barnes said the dog had never bitten anyone, but that she would muzzle him around strangers.
The case sparked outrage among animal rights groups, inspiring a "Save Lennox" campaign and an online petition that collected more than 200,000 signatures. Some people—including celebrity dog trainer Victoria Stilwell—offered to adopt the dog in the United States, where pit bulls are legal.
But last month, a senior appeals court in Northern Ireland upheld a lower court ruling that called for Lennox to be put down.
In a statement, the City Council said an expert "described the dog as one of the most unpredictable and dangerous dogs he had come across," and that it had no choice but to euthanize him.
City Council members said they have received death threats, part of what they called "a sustained campaign of abuse."
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Smart move.
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From Tom Brady's Facebook page.
Evil bastard.
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This week's results...
Matt goes 3-4, hitting on Minnesota, Wisconsin, and UCLA for 15 points. ...
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It's interesting that even without a point spread, the Council would barely be making money in Vegas.
I know that Houston will be fired up Sunday. But still, they've been so rotten lately that I thought Indianapolis would get more votes. BTW, do people in Indianapolis hate their city being called Indy, the way San Franciscans hate the name 'Frisco?
I think Atlanta will play its healthy starters, at least for a while. Presumably bully-boy Schiano will have his berateds playing hard, but who knows? This game is the biggest unknown of the weekend, for me.
The What Did We Do To Deserve This Bowl is, once again, in Nashville. As if Jets-Titans wasn't bad enough -- and trust me, it was -- now we have equally awful Jax in town. This is God at work. He's trying to level the balance after giving us the hotness that is Taylor Swift.
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Many have spent a ton of time criticizing Goodell and his decisions on this site, but let me take the opportunity to commend him for something. Filling week 17 with divisional games has been a great move. Even with 10 of the 12 playoff teams already determined, this week still has 9 games being played that will ultimately sort out the entire playoff picture. And due to the divisional nature of these games, even teams like Philly and Detroit, who have nothing else to play for, get the extra motivation of trying to put the final nail in the coffin of their divisional rivals.


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On this Veterans Day, it's a good time to take a moment to consider how far we have come and how far we still have to go in our efforts to end veteran homelessness. Since 2011, we have reduced veteran homelessness by 33 percent. Since January 2013, we have reduced it by 11 percent.
Make no mistake about it, we are proud of those numbers going down, but the goal is still to reach zero. How will we do it? This month we honored two cities, New York and New Orleans, who have achieved reductions in veteran homelessness by more than 60 percent. They're doing something (actually, a lot of things) right. We took a look at their homeless systems, and here's what we found.
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With the mid-term elections now behind us, members of the 113th Congress are set to return to Washington, DC next Wednesday, Nov.12 to begin their lame-duck session. During this legislative session, this class of Congress, which is on track to be the least productive in modern history, will have many unresolved issues left to address.
One looming item on their agenda will be finalizing a fiscal year (FY) 2015 funding bill to fund the government past Dec. 11, the date our current continuing resolution, or stopgap funding measure, will run out. If you are an advocate for ending homelessness, here's why you should care about this bill: our ability to end chronic homelessness by the end of 2016, and make significant reductions among other homeless populations, depends on Congress including a $301 million increase (to $2.406 billion) to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants program.
The increase, which President Obama requested in his budget proposal, would fund $37,000 units of permanent supportive housing for people experiencing chronic homelessness and put us on track to end chronic homelessness by the end of 2016. If you care about reaching that goal and changing the lives of thousands of vulnerable and disabled people (and if you're reading this, we're hoping you do), Congress needs to hear from you that this increase must be included in the final FY 2015 funding bill.
In the last three years, communities across the country, among them New York City and New Orleans, have cut their numbers of veterans experiencing homelessness by more than 50 percent. Now, as part of our Never Another Homeless Veteran campaign, we're spotlighting these communities that are leading the fight to end veteran homelessness in America.
According to numbers released last week by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the number of veterans experiencing homelessness on a given night in America has declined by 11 percent since 2013, and 33 percent since 2009. During the January 2014 Point-in-Time Count, volunteers counted 49,933 veterans out of a total of 578,424 people experiencing homelessness (or 9 percent).
We at the Alliance want to highlight this progress because it shows what communities can do. (Imagine how many changesd lives those numbers represent!) That's why this week at our 2014 Awards Ceremony we're honoring 14 of the 67 communities that have achieved a more than 50 percent reduction in veteran homelessness, with especial recognition for two of them: New Orleans and New York City.
Required by Congress, HUD's PIT Count is the only national survey that counts everyone who is staying in a shelter or other homeless programs, as well as people who are unsheltered. Its methodology is fairly consistent over time, allowing an assessment of whether the number of homeless people is growing or shrinking each year. Though it does not count every single homeless person, nor does it assess the number of people who are at high risk of homelessness because they have unstable or unacceptable housing, it is the only way that we can determine approximately how many people are homeless, the characteristics of our homeless population, and how homeless Americans are using shelters.
The 2014 PIT Count data shows that numbers of homeless people is moving in the right direction.
On November 5, the Alliance will celebrate the progress we have made in the fight to end homelessness with our 2014 Annual Awards Ceremony, "Communities to Watch: Ending Veteran Homelessness." This year marks the second year in our Never Another Homeless Veteran Campaign. As such, we will be honoring 20 communities that have decreased veteran homelessness by 50 percent or more in the past three years.
In 2009, President Obama announced the federal government's goal of ending veteran homelessness by the end of 2015. Since then, stakeholders on the national and local levels have been pushing hard to reach this ambitious goal. With the bipartisan support of Congress, communities across the country have implemented and expanded programs that provide homeless veterans and their families with crucial interventions like rental assistance and intensive case management.
As a nation, we have made incredible progress. Since 2011, we have reduced the number of veterans who experience homelessness on a given night by 26 percent. During the same period, the largest metropolitan area in the U.S., New York City, reduced veteran homelessness by almost 65 percent. (That's more than 3,000 fewer homeless veterans.) And New Orleans achieved an astonishing 76.5 percent decrease in veteran homeless.
Last week, the Alliance hosted a National Call In Week and encouraged homeless advocates and anyone else who cares about ending homelessness to call their members of Congress. If you didn't get a chance to call, you still have time! We are extending our call in period through this Wednesday, September 17. This is a fantastic opportunity to do something that will take only a few minutes of your time and has the potential to affect the lives of thousands of people.
We need your help convincing Congress to grant the Obama administration's requested $2.406 billion funding level for the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants program in the final fiscal year (FY) 2015 funding legislation. While Congress is likely to pass the final FY 2015 funding legislation later this year, key appropriators are currently doing preliminary work on it before many of them return home to campaign for the November elections. With further negotiation ahead of them before funding levels are finalized, now is a great time to influence the funding process!
Today, on the anniversary of 9/11 and the day after the President announced continued military action in the Middle East, it is appropriate that we reflect upon those who serve in our military and the sacrifices they make to keep us safe. During the conflicts that followed that national tragedy and those that came before, they have paid the price for our safety and, for what they have done to protect America, we owe them.
That debt has come due. Veteran homelessness is down by 33 percent since 2010, but this September 11 nearly 50,000 of our nation's veterans will be homeless. Not long ago many more veterans than that were homeless, and we have made progress. Nevertheless, we still have a lot of work ahead of us. The Obama Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs have committed to ending veteran homelessness by the end of 2015. It will take all of us working together to reach that ambitious goal. But we can do it, and when we do, we will show that it is possible to end homelessness in America for everyone.
If you believe, as we do, in a future where there is Never Another Homeless Veteran, here are a few small steps you can take to support the mission.
The midterm elections are almost here, and that means you and every other U.S. citizen will soon have a chance to vote not only for your interests, but for the interests of the less fortunate. If you care about homelessness, if you care about availability of affordable housing, if you care about income equality, then you should care about who fills the 435 seats in the House, 36 seats in the Senate, and the countless state and local positions that are up for grabs this Election Day, Tuesday, November 4.
For advocates of people experiencing homelessness and other low-income advocates like you, a great deal is at stake. Programs that serve homeless and low-income people cannot succeed without the support of lawmakers. So it is crucial that we back lawmakers who we know are likely to build bipartisan political will for programs that serve the most vulnerable people in America. That will mean the difference between thousands of people being housed, or thousands living on the streets.
After a bit of a lull while Congress was out of town on August recess, the Alliance and our partners are now gearing up for a big advocacy push with a National Call In Week for McKinney funding. Next week, we want to make sure that members of Congress hear loud and clear that homeless assistance programs must be a priority in fiscal year (FY) 2015!
Prior to the recess, Congress did some work on federal funding, but they did not finalize any spending bills. The House passed seven out of the 12 funding bills, including the HUD funding bill that funds many affordable housing and homeless assistance programs, but no funding bills made it through the full Senate. This means that both chambers still have a great deal of negotiation ahead of them in the upcoming months to wrap up this appropriations cycle.
Right now, we anticipate that congressional offices will complete much of their behind-the-scenes work on determining final FY 2015 funding levels for programs this month, before their focus inevitably shifts to the election. That's why, when members of Congress return to session next week, one of the first things they must hear about is the importance of increasing funding for homeless assistance programs.
These are the keynote remarks delivered by Alliance President and CEO Nan Roman on the first day of our 2014 National Conference on Ending Homelessness, July 29, 2014.
Thank you all so much for being here today. We have a full conference ahead of us, thanks to our unbelievable roster of keynote speakers, including First Lady Michelle Obama, Senator Cory Booker, and HUD Secretary Julián Castro. We have three transformative ideas from three innovative plenary speakers who are changing business as usual in their respective fields. We have nearly 300 workshop speakers ranging from federal officials and people who are or have been homeless, to local policy makers and the most talented housing and services providers and national organization leaders in the country. We have a little time to celebrate those of you who got over 100,000 of the nation's most vulnerable people off the streets and out of shelters, and into housing with the services they need. I mean of course the fantastic work of all the communities that participated in the 100,000 Homes Campaign!
But most importantly, we have all of you: over 1,600 activists, advocates, learners and teachers with thousands of years of cumulative experience; thousands of questions about what you can do better, extra, different, and smarter; and thousands of answers. You have taken your extraordinarily valuable time and resources to come here to learn, share, and get to know each other. Thank you for being here. Thank you from the bottoms of our hearts, for everything you do.
In taking stock of where we stand on homelessness – what is going on in communities and in Washington and how we might be able to move forward – there are a few things that I want to reflect upon with you today.
During our last conference, we had a phenomenal lineup of speakers: the new Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, and of course First Lady Michelle Obama herself.
We were so honored to host such respected and influential national figures, and so heartened that they would stand with us in our commitment to end homelessness.
Even before conference was over, attendees and other people following the conference over social media were already clamoring for us to make video of the speakers' remarks available online. So that's what exactly what we're doing this month.
Yep. That just happened. The First Lady spoke at our 2014 National Conference on Ending Homelessness. Wow.
Here at the Alliance, we're all still recovering from the Conference. Every year we mount two conferences, and each one is a mammoth undertaking for our staff and requires the involvement of a small army of volunteers, speakers, and interns and temporary staff, without whose contributions we simply would be unable to manage it. And we're always extremely grateful for the help. This time around was no different.
Last week's conference was by far the largest and most complicated event we've ever pulled off. We'd like to extend a big thank you to everyone who was involved, including, of course, our eminent keynote speakers: Senator Cory Booker, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, and of course the First Lady herself.
It's finally here! Today marks the official start of the 2014 National Conference on Ending Homelessness. We're all set for an exciting day here in D.C. As we continue to register participants and prepare for the first set of workshops, here are a few examples of all that we have planned for today:
Everyone here at the Alliance is #soexcited for the 2014 National Conference on Ending Homelessness. As usual, we'll be posting regular updates online throughout the conference so that both attendees and our friends who are farther away can stay informed on everything that's going on.
In preparation for writing about the Alliance's recently released Research Agenda for Ending Homelessness today, I thought about the data and research we have on homelessness available to us today in comparison to the data and research that was available only a decade ago, much of which is still some of the most influential research to date.
I was reminded of the well-worn cliché, "In my day, we wore newspapers on our feet and walked up hill both directions to school." And it occurred to me that that cliché could easily serve as an accurate metaphor for what research in homelessness field looked like not even 15 years ago.
In 1999, Homelessness: Programs and the People They Serve was released. This groundbreaking report was based on the 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients, the first national study conducted on homelessness since a study by Urban Institute in 1987.
Contrast that with the state of homeless research today, when each year the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) releases the Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress in two volumes, with one volume covering national trends and Point-in-Time Counts for every Continuum of Care (CoC), and the other volume providing detailed demographic data on the sheltered population.
Our increasingly popular National Conference on Ending Homelessness is coming up in a few weeks, and this year we're including some fantastic content on addressing veteran homelessness. The veterans workshop track (see the conference agenda here) will cover a variety of topics, from working with your local VA Medical Centers, utilizing HUD-VASH, making the most of your SSVF grants, and of course, how we are going to end veteran homelessness by the end of 2015.
There are numerous initiatives taking place around veteran homelessness, including the 25 Cities initiative, the Mayors Challenge, and others. At the Conference, our workshops and discussions will focus on how you can make the most of these initiatives in your communities, but we'll also be discussing how to move the needle on veteran homelessness even if your community isn't involved in these initiatives.
In fact, in addition to our workshop content, we'll be holding a BYOB (Bring Your Own Breakfast, of course) discussion around what your community should be doing to address veteran homelessness and bring the number down to zero. The discussion with Alliance and VA staff will be a casual "rap session" on some concrete steps you can take when you get home and what opportunities are coming up to take advantage of federal funds.
Chances are when you hear the words "Skid Row," you immediately associate them with poverty and homelessness. And for good reason: over the last few decades, the 50 blocks in downtown Los Angeles that make up Skid Row have become infamous for their huge concentration of impoverished and transient populations.
In a very real sense, Skid Row is a home for chronically homeless individuals, many of whom live lives under desperate circumstances, marked by drug addiction, mental illness, and poverty. If you're attending our 2014 National Conference on Ending Homelessness this month, you will have a chance to hear their stories during our screening of the documentary, "Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home."
Every July the Alliance holds Capitol Hill Day in conjunction with our National Conference on Ending Homelessness here in Washington, DC. The event allows conference participants to take advantage of their time in the nation's capital to meet with their Senators, Representatives, and their staffers.
Last year, Hill Day participants attended nearly 300 meetings with congressional offices from 45 states! Face-to-face time with Members of Congress and their staff is one of the most important ways to take part in federal advocacy by educating members of Congress and to inform them about what's happening on the ground back in their districts. These meetings are a critical component to ensuring we have the resources (i.e. federal funding) necessary to address homelessness!
By participating in these meetings, you can work to build or establish relationships with your congressional offices, educate your members of Congress on your progress in preventing and ending homelessness at home, and encourage them to support your work.
With today's guest blog post, we'd like to take a moment to introduce you to the great interns who are working in our DC office this summer. If you're going to the 2014 National Conference on Ending Family Homelessness this July, you'll probably get a chance to meet them in person. For now, though, here they are in blog form (and in their own words).
After 12 wonderful years at the Alliance, I will be moving to HUD's Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS).
I have been involved in many fantastic projects during my time at the Alliance, and I wanted to share one of the more recent ones. We are in the third year of a three-year effort to change Virginia's approach to family homelessness from one that focuses on emergency shelter to one that focuses on rapid re-housing. Along with several staff at the Alliance, we have some incredible partners in Virginia state government and the Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness.*
How is it going? Well, the results are impressive. Family homelessness declined by 10 percent between 2012 and 2013 and a further 11 percent between 2013 and 2014. If you are looking for reasons to believe that ending family homelessness is possible, this is strong evidence.
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If you see a long line of head-turning vehicles along Wyndham St today, they are all headed to Shepparton Motor Museum.DARREN LINTON March 20, 2014 4:08am
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Car lover Jarrod Thompson said other enthusiasts were welcome to join the Twilight Cruze that had been organised as a way for people to get together and support the motor museum.
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"Second half we did a great job of coming out with some defensive intensity," Harden said.
Houston, which opened the season with a win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, opened 2-0 for the third straight season.
Alec Burks led the Jazz with 18 points, while Derrick Favors deposited 16 points with seven rebounds and Trey Burke added 15 points in the setback.
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Hey, i am going to university soon to study digital media, which involves web design, animation and photography. I don't know weather to get an apple laptop (Macbook pro) Or a Mac for my desktop at home. Will the desktop have more power? Speed? Or is the laptop a better portable option? Need some help guys :)
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I wasn't waiting on anyone else ... to try to pull him out. I just felt because I have kids of my own I would want someone to do that for my kids, also." -- Leonard Pope
The Chiefs' backup tight end on Saturday saved the son of a longtime friend from drowning in his hometown of Americus, Ga.
"My heart dropped. It could have been any child ... I just knew I had to do something," Pope said in an interview with "ESPN First Take" on Tuesday. "I wasn't waiting on anyone else ... to try to pull him out. I just felt because I have kids of my own I would want someone to do that for my kids, also."
According to his bio on the Chiefs' website, Pope has two young daughters.
The boy's mother, Anne Moore, told the Americus Times Recorder that Pope was the only person at the party who knew how to swim. Pope said he learned how to swim when he was 9 or 10 years old.
"He saved my son's life, and I am so thankful that he was there for me and my child," she told the newspaper.
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Pope jumped into the pool -- wearing all of his clothes, "cell phone, wallet and everything" -- and pulled her son, Bryson, from the water.
"I was coming out of the house, I heard Anne cry. She was like 'get, get him, he's drowning!' I couldn't see Bryson. All I could see was his fingertips at the top of the water and I couldn't see his head," Pope said.
The NFL's lockout turned out to be good fortune for Moore and her son.
"The fact that he is normally at camp and could have been in Kansas City just proved to me that he was placed here to save my son from drowning, and I thank God that he was here," she told the newspaper. "He truly lived up to his nickname 'Champ' because he was truly a champion for me and my son this past weekend."
The Chiefs are an organization that has dealt with a similar tragedy. It was 28 years ago this month that star running back Joe Delaney drowned while trying to save three children from drowning in a Louisiana pond. Two of the children died.
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Bullet fragment found under homicide victim was fired from recovered gun, expert testifies
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VERNAL — An expert in firearms examination testified Wednesday that the copper jacket from a .44 magnum cartridge found under a Roosevelt man's body was fired from the same gun police recovered when they arrested the Fort Duchesne man who is on trial for the killing.
Uintah County sheriff's detectives found a partially deformed copper jacket in the bloodstained grass under Elvis Zachary Olsen's body on April 21, 2013. The following day, authorities arrested Jesse Anthony Saenz in Arizona. He was driving Olsen's car and there was a .44 magnum inside the vehicle, according to testimony offered so far in a jury trial that began Monday.
Saenz, 24, is charged in 8th District Court with murder, a first-degree felony; theft, a second-degree felony; and possession of a firearm by a restricted person, a second-degree felony.
He is accused of shooting Olsen three times with a .44 magnum, though a motive for the killing has never been disclosed. The 22-year-old man's body was found face down in tall yellow grass about 100 feet from the Fort Duchesne house where Saenz's grandfather lived.
Utah State Crime Lab firearms examiner Justin Bechaver testified Wednesday that his analysis of the marks left on the copper jacket detectives found underneath Olsen matched the marks left on the copper jackets of three bullets he test-fired through the .44 magnum recovered when Saenz was arrested.
"In my opinion, this bullet was fired from this gun," Bechaver said.
On cross-examination, Bechaver said his analysis of the copper jacket took six days to complete. That included time for test firing, microscopic examination, confirmation of his findings by a second examiner and an administrative review of his final report.
Defense attorney Ryan Holtan asked whether the copper jacket was tested for blood evidence, since it was found in a patch of bloody grass. No such tests were performed because there was no blood on the item, Bechaver testified.
After court, Holtan said the prosecution's case against his client is based solely on circumstantial evidence.
"They have a gun, but it's not a smoking gun," he said. "They can't prove that it was our guy who did this."
Prosecutors have shown the jury a string of text messages between Saenz and Olsen on the day of the shooting that show Saenz asked Olsen for a ride to his grandfather's house in exchange for $20. Olsen, who met Saenz while they were both in the Uintah County Jail, agreed to give him a ride, the messages showed.
Data from a GPS-enabled ankle monitor that Saenz was ordered to wear as a condition of bail in a pending rape case, put him at his grandfather's house on the day Olsen died. Witnesses have testified that a .44-caliber handgun was missing from the house when it was searched shortly after Olsen's body was discovered.
A jury of six men and four women has been chosen to hear the murder case. Eight of the jurors will ultimately decide the case, with two serving as alternates. The trial is scheduled to run through Friday.
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Last night Joe Girardi revealed his plans for the Yankees' playoff rotation, announcing that CC Sabathia will start Game 1 of the ALDS against the Tigers followed by rookie Ivan Nova in Game 2 and veteran Freddy Garcia in Game 3.
Not exactly how the Yankees' brass saw their October pitching shaking out back in spring training.
Because of the scheduling Sabathia and Nova will likely both be able to make a second start in the opening round, meaning the Yankees can rely on a three-man rotation while demoting A.J. Burnett, Bartolo Colon, and Phil Hughes to the bullpen.
Last season the Yankees had Sabathia atop the rotation, followed by Andy Pettitte and Phil Hughes, and Burnett in the fourth starter role started just one of their nine playoff games.
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