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Out of 26 million Texans, you may have an idea to change the world. You may have had several ideas to change the world. But only a tiny minority of you pushed through the U.S. Patent office from application to successful patent. We've seen Texans change the world many times over. Jack Kilby did it with Texas Instruments in 1958 with the integrated circuit, causing the start of the digital revolution, which, in part, is why you can read these words over your electronic device.
Over the last few years, Texas Business has brought its feature: Texas Business Patent of the Day. This list is of the ones that were either extremely clever, odd or strange. One thing becomes apparent from these patents and the patent that runs daily in Texas Business—Texans have a unique mind set.
Though the history of the Corn Dog is disputed, the State Fair of Texas claims to have introduced the Corny Dog sometime between 1938 and 1942. As a paean to that invention that now sits in the freezer section of every grocery store in the southwest, here are the fried foods the State Fair of Texas has introduced, or tried to introduce, in the last seven years.
Dead Texas musicians live on every time you hear their songs. Their songs play everywhere, so the dead Texas musicians appear to be immortal. Here's the short list.
Don't get caught up with John Wayne religion. For one thing, he's not Texan. He's in some fine movies involving Texas, most notably The Searchers, but none of his movies can make the best cut of Texas movies. Here's the short list.
Tourist Traps. Some are absurdly large. All are monuments to the bizarre notions of the human spirit.
The short simple list.
Nothing to agonize over. Simply the best.
PALACIOS — At first glance, the large, framed photo hanging on a wall at the state's largest nuclear power plant seems to tell a simple story. About 200 smiling men and women stand in block formation behind a long-stretching banner — shades of a high school class portrait, though one posed in front of the domes of two nuclear reactors.
Texas Business reports: FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla—iTalk Inc., a provider of advanced communications and mobile broadband services, acquired ITG, Inc., an established 17-year-old Texas-based international telecommunications company.
Texas Business reports: EL PASO, Texas—U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin officials commissioned the first U.S. Department of Defense grid-tied microgrid integrating both renewable resources and energy storage at Fort Bliss, Texas. The project was funded by the DoD's Environmental Security Technology Certification Program.
Texas Business reports: HARLINGEN, Texas—Construction is expected to begin early next year on the new La Paloma Power Plant, to be located in the Harlingen Industrial Park in Harlingen, Texas located along the US-Mexico border near the Gulf of Mexico, in deep South Texas.
Texas may have built a reputation as the energy capital of America, but in some parts of the state, like Midland and South Texas, the oil and gas boom has actually driven electric prices up — substantially.
When Ralph Carrasco was considering adding a chimney to his new home in far east El Paso County's Montana Vista subdivision in November, he got some startling news from his builder, and it was not about the estimated price of the project. The area's giant utility monopoly was looking to set up shop less than a half-mile from his house.
Texas Business reports: DALLAS—Generational Capital Markets Inc., a mergers and acquisitions advisor for privately-held businesses, announced HD Supply Waterworks, acquired substantially all the assets of their client, Water Products of Oklahoma Inc., Arkansas Water Products LLC, and Municipal Water Works Supply LP (collectively doing business as "Water Products").
Texas Business reports: HOUSTON— Willbros Group Inc. announced that two units of its Utility T&D segment have been awarded transmission construction projects in Texas.
Texas Business reports: WACO—St. Louis-based ESCO Technologies Inc. acquired the assets of Metrum Technologies LLC, a smart grid solutions provider based in Waco, Texas.
Texas Business reports: A Fort Worth firm won a $25.9 million contract to design and construct a Navy water plant, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Texas Business reports: The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, (ERCOT), grid operator for most of the state, set a new wind record on Nov.10, 2012.
Texas Business reports: HOUSTON—Public Power Pool (P3) selected Constellation to supply its members with 2.7 million megawatt- hours of electricity following a competitive bidding process.
Texas Business reports: A Houston firm won an $8.7 million contract to provide electricity, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.
The City of Austin is stepping into the fierce battle over water rights and regulation in Texas.
Texas Business reports: AUSTIN—Westlake Securities, LLC, a middle-market investment bank, announces the completion of a debt and equity placement for Applied Natural Gas Fuels Inc.
Texas Business reports: The Texas Comptroller's office announced announced another round of grants for 11 community colleges and technical institutes totaling $3 million, which will be used to purchase equipment and train students to enter the workforce.
Texas Business reports: A Texas region containing four of the world's largest wind farms showed an increase in land surface temperature over nine years that researchers have connected to local meteorological effects of the turbines.
Texas Business reports: A Houston firm won a $7.5 million contract to supply electricity to a U.S. air force base near Wichita Falls, Texas, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Texas Business reports: AMARILLO—enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company, and Cielo Wind Power LP announced that enXco signed a purchase agreement to acquire from a Cielo affiliate the development assets for the Spinning Spur Wind Project.
Texas Business reports: DALLAS—Energy Transfer Partners LP closed its previously announced agreement with AmeriGas Partners LP to sell its propane operations, consisting of Heritage Operating LP and Titan Energy Partners LP in exchange for approximately $2.85 billion.
Texas Business reports: HOUSTON—Quanta Services Inc. announced that it has been selected by American Electric Power to provide transmission infrastructure services for two AEP Transmission Company subsidiaries.
Texas Business reports: DALLAS—Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the first Texas Greenhouse Gas (GHG) permit for the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant in Llano County, Texas.
Texas Business reports: HOUSTON—Direct Energy, one of North America's largest competitive energy and energy-related services providers, has finalized its acquisition of residential and commercial energy retailer First Choice Power for $270 million in cash, plus additional working capital.
Texas Business reports: EL PASO—SolFocus and its solar developer partner Solar Smart Living, completed a 53 kW concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) installation which will be owned by El Paso Electric.
Texas Business reports: GAINESVILLE—Wind Energy Services Company (WES), a provider of composite repair and maintenance services for wind farm operations, established partnering agreements with three turbine component manufacturing facilities, all entities of the Molded Fiber Glass Companies.
Texas Business reports: Duke Energy announced agreements with Siemens and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to provide wind turbines for the two phases of Duke Energy's Los Vientos Windpower Project in Willacy County, Texas.
Texas Business reports: IRVING— Fluor Corporation committed to making an investment exceeding $30 million in NuScale Power LLC., an Oregon-based small modular reactor technology company.
Texas Business reports: HOUSTON and NEW YORK—The Riverstone/Carlyle Global Energy and Power Funds, a group of energy-focused private equity funds managed by Riverstone Holdings LLC announced that one of its indirect special-purpose subsidiaries, Sapphire Power Holdings, has completed the acquisition of a 778-megawatt portfolio of gas-fired power generation facilities from the Morris Energy Group, a private power generation company headquartered in Eatontown, New Jersey.
Texas Business reports: Navarro County Electric Cooperative Inc. will receive a $15.8 million loan to make grid improvements.
Texas Business reports: AUSTIN—Wind Energy Transmission Texas LLC executed a loan of over a half-billion dollars with a consortium of financial institutions.
Texas Business reports: AUSTIN—The Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. (ERCOT), system operator for the state's bulk transmission grid, initiated Energy Emergency Alert Level 1 at 1:45 p.m. today due to responsive reserves below 2,300 megawatts (MW).
Texas Business reports: The Shaw Group Inc. renewed a contract with STP Nuclear Operating Company to provide maintenance and modification services, including craft labor management, to operating units 1 and 2 of its nuclear power facility.
Texas Business reports: Texas Tech, Sandia National Laboratories and Group NIRE will operate a facility that will primarily perform research and development (R&D) work in turbine-to-turbine interactions and will evaluate innovative rotor technologies.
Texas Business reports: A Houston firm wins a $43.9 million defense contract to provide natural gas.
Texas Business reports: New Jersey-based PSEG Power LLC, a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group today announced that it has agreed to the sale of its remaining Texas generating asset.
Texas Business reports: San Antonio—Summit Power Group's Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP) will enter into a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the country's largest municipally owned natural gas and electric utility, CPS Energy.
Texas Business reports: GRAPEVINE—Greenhunter Energy Inc., a diversified renewable energy company focused on water resource management, biomass power generation, wind and solar energy projects, closed a non-brokered private placement of 522,500 units of GreenHunter Energy Inc. at a price of $2.00 per unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,045,000.
Texas Business reports: Baltimore-based Constellation Energy, signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire 100 percent of StarTex Power, a Houston retail electric provider with approximately 170,000 customers.
Texas Business reports: San Antonio—Here Enterprises Inc., a developer of wind energy, is moving forward with its objective of generating profitable and clean wind energy at its Cycle Ranch project in Floresville, Texas.
Texas Business reports: Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) closed financing and began construction on the 30 megawatt (MW) Webberville Solar project just outside of Austin.
Texas Business reports: TXU Energy plans to install 70 electric vehicle charging locations in Dallas/Fort Worth and 50 in Houston by the end of 2012 with half in place in the eVgo Network by this summer, officials announced.
Texas Business reports: The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which initiated controversial rolling blackouts in early February, released the final list of forced outages during last month's severe weather event.
Texas Business reports: Nuclear Innovation North America LLC (NINA), the nuclear development company jointly owned by NRG Energy Inc. and Toshiba Corporation is reducing the scope of development units 3 and 4 at the South Texas Project expansion to allow time for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and other nuclear stakeholders to assess the lessons that can be learned from the events in Japan.
Texas Business reports: GE completed the acquisition of Plano's privately-held Lineage Power Holdings, Inc. from The Gores Group LLC.
Texas Business reports: Kentucky's Dynastar Ventures Inc., a direct selling company focused on the sale of electricity and natural gas services to commercial and residential customers, reached an agreement to buy My Affordable Energy LLC, a Texas-based direct selling company focused on selling energy services.
Texas Business reports: Oncor, the electric transmission and distribution company serving most of North Texas, is in the process of temporarily turning off power across its service territory to compensate for unexpected generation loss in the areas of the state served by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
Texas Business reports: The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has instructed utilities to begin rotating outages to compensate for a generation shortage due to numerous plant trips that occurred because of the extreme weather.
Texas Business reports: PSEG Power, a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group is selling its Texas generating plants.
Texas Business reports: A Florida firm acquired a division of a Houston utility.
Texas Business reports: STW Resources Holding Corporation, a Midland water reclamation services company, signed an agreement with Aquatech International of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
Texas Business reports: A Houston firm won a $34.2 million energy contract to supply NASA.
Texas Business reports: A Houston firm won a $44.5 million contract to provide electricity to the U.S. government, the U.S. Department of Defense announced.
Texas Business reports: A Houston utility won a $39 million contract to supply electricity to the army, the U.S. Department of Defense announced.
The Texas News Scrawl is a handy reference to stories Texas Business recommends from other news sources. Some of the stories that Texas Business currently suggests include: Texas regulators not aware of potential CFTC manipulation probe, Irving spends incentive dollars to lure two corporate headquarters and almost 2,000 jobs; Hotels, restaurant operators prep for record Final Four; Star-Telegram presses roll one last time; Robert Rodriguez breathes new life into an old vampire favorite; ClubCorp buys Prestonwood Country Club in Dallas and Plano; Office Depot overcharged Dallas by up to $3.6 million, city auditor finds; Texas power market monitor resigns amid unresolved reform debate; and more.


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How to Lock frame rate
At the title screen, push Up, Triangle, Left, Circle, Down, X, Right, Square to unlock the ability to set the processing mode (frame rate) to variable or uniform.
Unlock Copain
Finish game as Femme.
Unlock Hardi
Finish game as Copain and Ciel with the top money rank as those characters. Then, Finish game as Rival to unlock Hardi in survival and time attack mode.
Unlock Rival
Finish game as Ciel without losing to Rival.
Unlock Time attack option
Finish game as Ciel with the top money rank.
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Finish game with an "SS" rank.
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Finish game with all four characters.
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It is very difficult to score higher than the CPU. To do this, do as many chains as possible, and to do other players' work if you are done with your own. Missions are very important. For example, in level 4, when you face the old castle, try to get rid of the airplanes quickly if you are Ciel or Femme; quickly destroy the turrets that requires a chain to do so because they give you lots of money.

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West Ham United's tour of Germany provided a great level of excitement for one group of supporters in particular.
Watching the Hammers live normally entails a flight for members of the Hammer Hearts United German Supporters' Club, but not on Saturday, when Sam Allardyce's men take on FSV Mainz.
Supporters' Club president Pascal Becker spoke to West Ham TV and said he is expecting a large group of fans to attend the Bruchwegstadion clash.
He said: "It's great that West Ham are here. We were also at Erfurt last year, but we are all located here in the Mainz region, so that's good for us because we don't have to drive very far!
"We are the biggest West Ham United Supporters' Club in Germany. There are three clubs, but we are the biggest, and no other English team has such a big Supporters' Club here, not Tottenham, not Chelsea, only the Hammers.
"We have members of the club at nearly every home match. We also went away to Man City, Norwich, Man United last year. There's a minimum of one of us at every home match.
"There will be more than 100 of us at Saturday's game against Mainz, from our Supporters' Club and 40 Dutch Hammers too.
"I have been a West Ham supporter for twenty years. I was on holiday in the 1990s in London, West Ham had a home match and I was there. Since then, I've loved the Hammers.
"I've already booked the flights for the home match against Cardiff. I'll be at the Boleyn Ground for that and I think we'll have another good season."


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They keep telling us we should eat lots of veggies and fruit. Obviously, veggies are better — if you don't want to spike your blood sugar, that is (D'OH). Well, I don't eat nearly as many servings of greens per day as I ought to. And don't pretend you do, either.
So what are our options then? Disguise the stuff? No, I mean like the celebs do, hiding them inside other foods that seem more appealing? Maybe. Or maybe try liquidating the stuff into a smoothie with a little zing. Here's a recipe that some very health-conscious friends passed on:
Mainly spinach (3/4) then add the following:
One apple (cut it up before you put it in the blender or it's a disaster)
Tablespoon of raw chopped ginger
Parsley (usually lots)
Cucumber (half of a hot house or English cucumber)
Lemon Juice (use half a lemon and squeeze it in)
Celery (not much of this or it's difficult to blend)
Bell Peppers (totally optional, they say — personally I can't digest the suckers)
Blend until smooth on high – It's best if the veggies are cold…
"The apple, ginger and lemon really make it taste great," my friends claimed.
Here's me attempting to make the stuff:
Ingredients – check!
Stuff into blender – check! (Wow, that's full)
Produce extremely green drink – check!
Drink despite the disgusted looks on children's faces, and despite husband's remark that it looks like some Frog [Byproduct] – check!
Really, it wasn't half bad after all.
I wanted to note that I also tried Mollyjade's suggested vegetable dip, made by mixing peanut butter, soy sauce, chili sauce, and garlic powder. Chili-flavored peanut butter. Strange. A little like you'd imagine the "PB Special" at El Torito Mexican restaurant. In other words, the jury's still out on that one — especially since my BG level shot up after I presumably under-dosed for this concoction. But worth a try just the same. I think I'll spring it on my next Book Club meeting at our place, just to test whether it motivates people to eat their raw greens


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By Paul Barbagallo
Though the 2012 presidential election has not yet yielded "serious" conversation about technology or innovation policy, President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney still disagree on most issues, according to a new report by a nonpartisan research group.
The report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, released Sept. 12, found that the candidates differ most in "general philosophy": Obama believes in a more "activist role" for government in promoting innovation, while Romney believes the government should focus more on creating incentives for emerging companies and industries to grow.
In his first four years, Obama has released a Strategy for American Innovation, a National Broadband Plan, and a National Strategic Plan for Advanced Manufacturing. In addition, the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act allocated billions of dollars to spur investments in broadband, the smart grid, and health IT, at the administration's urging, the report noted. Further, the president has called for increased investments in R&D and education, while concentrating less on regulatory and tax policy changes to encourage innovation.
Romney, meanwhile, has proposed tax breaks, reduced regulations, and budget cuts. While his plan acknowledges that public investment in basic research and advanced technology has helped spur advances by the private sector, it addresses "only energy innovation and not the broader role of federal R&D investment in other areas," the report said. Romney's R&D policy would most likely be focused on investments in basic research and less on closer-to-market applied or translational research, it added.
"Rather than adopt an 'all-of-the-above' approach to innovation policy that includes corporate tax and regulatory reform as well as increased federal investment in research and development, digital infrastructure, and skills, the candidates stress policies from 'each column,' with Governor Romney focusing more on the former and President Obama more on the latter," said Stephen Ezell, an ITIF senior analyst and the report's chief author. "This is unfortunate."
The report, which the ITIF based on campaign websites, party platforms, administration documents, and media reports, also highlights Obama's and Romney's differences on "net neutrality" regulations and spectrum reform policy, which were first revealed in the Democratic and Republican party platforms.
For the report, visit http://www.itif.org/publications/comparing-2012-presidential-candidates%E2%80%99-technology-and-innovation-policies.
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ReNeuron's clinical trials
PISCES Clinical trial in stroke patients
The PISCES study (Pilot Investigation of Stem Cells in Stroke) is the world's first fully regulated clinical trial of a neural stem cell therapy for disabled stroke patients. Stroke is the third largest cause of death and the single largest cause of adult disability in the developed world.
The PISCES Phase I clinical trial is currently in long-term follow-up and has been conducted in Scotland at the Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Board. In this single administration dose escalation safety study, ReNeuron's ReN001 stem cell therapy was administered in ascending doses to a total of 11 stroke patients who have been left disabled by an ischaemic stroke, the most common form of the condition. The Principal Investigator for the trial is Professor Keith Muir, SINAPSE Professor of Clinical Imaging, Division of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Glasgow. The aim of the clinical trial is to evaluate the safety of the implantation technique and to establish the side effect profile associated with the implantation of ReN001 stem cells in patients who have suffered an ischaemic stroke.
Patients in the Phase I trial are followed up over a two year period. Ongoing monitoring of the patients will also continue in the longer term following the two year end-point. Although the primary endpoints of the clinical trial relate to the safety and tolerability of the ReN001 treatment, a number of clinical assessments of the patients in the trial are being made to evaluate changes in both motor and cognitive function over time.
In May 2014, long term follow up data to 12 months in all 11 patients treated in the PISCES study were presented by the clinical team from Glasgow's Southern General Hospital at the 23rd European Stroke Conference in Nice, France.
There were no cell-related or immunological adverse events reported in any of the patients treated in the study. Adverse events were related only to the implantation procedure or underlying co-morbidities. Sustained reductions in neurological impairment and spasticity were observed in most patients compared to their stable pre-treatment baseline performance, reflected in the summary evaluation scores below (n=11 patients):
• National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (measure of neurological deficit):
Trial inclusion criteria require a score of 6 or more, representing stable moderate to severe disability (total of 2 or more for motor arm and leg scores):
o Median pre-treatment score = 7
o Post-treatment scores improved by median 2 points at 3 months and 3 points at 12 months
• Barthel Index (measure of independence in performing activities of daily living, rated 0- 20):
o Median pre-treatment score = 12
o Post-treatment scores improved by median 1 point at 3 months and 3 points at 12 months
• Summated Ashworth Score (aggregated measure of spasticity in affected limbs, rated 0-40 arm, 0-25 leg):
o Mean pre-treatment aggregate score = 29
o Post-treatment scores improved by mean 5 points at 3 months and 7 points at 12 months
• Modified Rankin Score (overall measure of disability and handicap, rated 0-6):
o Median pre-treatment score = 3
o Score improved by 1 grade in n=4/11 patients at 12 months, with n=7/11 patients unchanged
• EuroQOL score (quality of life outcome measure, rated 0-100):
o Median pre-treatment score = 45
o Post-treatment scores improved by median 18 points at 12 months.
Preliminary functional MRI data in 7 of the treated patients at resting state show, at a group level, evidence of increased short-term connectivity between the cell-implanted region of the brain (the putamen) and the other deep brain regions that are concerned with sensory motor control, although relevance to functional outcomes in the patients requires further evaluation.
A Phase II study has now commenced in up to 10 UK centres. The study will involve the treatment of up to 41 patients between 8 and 12 weeks after their stroke. Patients will be monitored on a number of validated stroke efficacy measures up to six months post-treatment. The treatment window in the Phase II clinical trial is regarded as optimal in terms of the potential efficacy of the ReN001 therapy and differs from the treatment window in the Phase I clinical trial where patients were treated at least 6 months after their stroke.
The Phase II study has been adopted by the NHS National Institute for Health Research Stroke Research Network (SRN), enabling the Company to work closely with the SRN to optimise performance against defined targets regarding site set-up, patient recruitment and monitoring activities across the various sites participating in the study. The study is expected to read out by the end of 2015.
Observational study in stroke
Alongside the Phase II stroke study with ReN001, we have commenced a non-interventional, observational study in stroke patients, initially at a selection of the clinical sites that will participate in the Phase II study. The observational study will allow for the pre-screening of potentially eligible patients for the Phase II clinical trial at the sites concerned, enabling such patients to be identified in good time while still in acute stroke care at the hospital. The observational study will also monitor eligible stroke patients who do not ultimately participate in the Phase II study with ReN001 on the same end-point measures, thus enabling a broad and valuable clinical data set to be built around the stroke patient sub-population targeted with the ReN001 therapy.
Phase I clinical trial in critical limb ischaemia
We have commenced a Phase I clinical trial with our ReN009 investigational therapy for critical limb ischaemia (CLI). This major disease is common in patients with diabetes and can lead to amputation of the affected limb. Our ReN009 therapy is a cell-based treatment for CLI patients, which, in pre-clinical studies, has shown the potential to restore sufficient blood flow in the affected lower limb to avoid amputation, and therefore the severe health consequences that typically result from such a procedure. The trial is being undertaken through NHS Tayside at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Scotland. In this dose escalation safety study, the ReN009 cells will be administered via straightforward intramuscular injection into the affected lower limb of nine patients with peripheral arterial disease (CLI is the end-stage of this disease). Patients will be monitored for up to 12 months to assess the safety and tolerability of the treatment.


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The TurkuGP 2012, a class A tournament, played from 14-07-2012 to 15-07-2012 in Turku, Finland, was won by Jesse Savo 4d (photo), second came Lauri Paatero 4d and third was Mikko Siukola 4d.
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Defending the defensive backs
I guess I could have used Yazz as the final line of this week's column about the Buccaneer secondary as "the only way is up". Ranked 32nd in the NFL in pass defense, the butt of numerous message board postings and police files, just how do you go about saying anything positive?
By sharing around the blame to be honest. I did some research this week into the numerous big-plays given up by the secondary this season and comments posted on message boards on both sides of the Atlantic after they happened.
Last Sunday in Oakland, EJ Biggers was beaten for a touchdown in the fourth quarter so he therefore should have been cut. Earlier in the game, Leonard Johnson gave up a couple of big plays so therefore he is not good enough.
Eric Wright got lit up by the Saints in the Throwback game and went arse over tit in the process so that free agency signing was a waste of money and he therefore needs to be released pronto. Myron Lewis has to be named in every thread about bad defensive back play under new internet guidelines and Aqib Talib was just too good a target to miss despite actually being the best man coverage player on the roster.
And then over in Tampa you had people questioning whether Mark Barron was a good enough safety to play in the NFL. In the very same week as one football sports publication named him to their mid-season All-Pro team.
All of which leaves the Buccaneers with Ronde Barber playing alone in the secondary if everyone had their way. Donnie Abraham only celebrated his 39th birthday last month and I talk with the likes of Mike Washington and Ricky Reynolds if we want to go down that path.
The problem with the 32nd ranked pass defense is all over the unit. Since Adrian Clayborn went out injured, offensive lines have changed their priorities as most tackles can handle Daniel Te'o-Nesheim alone enabling them to double Gerald McCoy all the time. Michael Bennett got a sack in Oakland when the right tackle decided to try and qualify for the World League, but from then on he was handled by chip blocks by the tight end and backs.
So with limited pass rush, the linebacking trio do not make the kind of drops as the original Cover-2 defense would have done as they are being emphasised to stop the run and the No.1 ranking there shows that side of things is being done better than anyone.
Which means when it came to choosing your poison, the coaching staff drank from the huge passing yardage number bottle. Not ideal and yes work needs to be done but you cannot just cut every corner just because he gives up a touchdown More times than not, the guy chasing the receiver into the endzone is not the person responsible.
Case in point was a touchdown from the Giants' game. Eli Manning threw a touchdown to Hakeem Nicks where it looks like Talib is just flat out beaten on the play. But I have checked with the coaching staff on this one and he was expecting help inside from Mark Barron thereby allowing the receiver to get inside on him. And yet on boards in the minutes after the play, Talib should have been run out of town on the spot for being the one in the vicinity of the touchdown.
Another touchdown later in the game had Victor Cruz being beaten by Ronde Barber on a double move with no additional safety help. For a free safety as Ronde now is, to be alone one-on-one with the opposing No.1 receiver has to be a scheme breakdown. But Ronde has the veteran exception from any criticism on any board anywhere in the world.
With the likes of Drew Brees, Horse Face Manning and Matt Bad Nickname Ryan on the horizon in the next few weeks, perhaps we should be grateful that the Bucs' pass coverage cannot fall any longer in the standings. But they have pulled off a bunch of turnovers and to simply blame the corners is both naive and unnecessary.
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The equivalent of bangers and mash in Italy is definitely a good roasted sausage with a pile of lenticchie di Castelluccio and a spicy salsa rossa tomato sauce a genius combo.
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- 8 medium-sized good-quality Italian sausages, or good fat Cumberlands
- Olive oil
- 1 pound, 2 ounces purple-sprouting broccoli or cima di rapa
- Juice of 1/2 a lemon
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- A small handful of fresh thyme tips
- Olive oil
- 1 small red onion, peeled and finely chopped
- 3 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely sliced
- 1 small stick of cinnamon
- 1-2 small dried red chilies, crumbled
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar, plus extra for dressing
- 2 (14 ounce) cans of good-quality plum tomatoes
- 14 ounces lenticchie di Castelluccio or Puy lentils
- 2 cloves of garlic, peeled
- 1 bay leaf
- A handful of fresh flatleaf parsley, leaves chopped, stems reserved
- Red wine vinegar or sherry vinegar
First things first; get your salsa on the go. Put a little olive oil into a pan, add the onion and sliced garlic, throw in the cinnamon stick and a good crumbling of chili, and fry on a gentle heat for 10 minutes, until the onions are soft and sweet. Now turn the heat up and add your red wine vinegar it will steam and might even make you cough but this is a normal reaction! Then turn the heat down to low and add your canned tomatoes, chopped up. Simmer slowly for half an hour while you get on with your lentils.
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Put the lentils into a pot, cover them with water, and add the 2 whole cloves of garlic, the bay leaf, and some tied-up stems from the parsley. Simmer for around 20 minutes, making sure that you've got enough liquid covering the lentils. Toss your sausages in a little olive oil and put them in a roasting pan in the preheated oven for 25 minutes or until golden and crisp. Drop your broccoli into a pot of boiling water for a few minutes when the sausages come out of the oven. When done, drain in a colander and toss in a bowl with a squeeze of lemon juice and some extra virgin olive oil.
Once the lentils are cooked, remove the parsley stems and bay leaf and pour away most of the water from the pot. Mash the garlic cloves up with a spoon, mix in with the lentils, and dress them using 4 tablespoons of good extra virgin olive oil and 1 or 2 tablespoons of good vinegar. Throw in all your finely chopped parsley leaves, mix, and season.
Remove the sausages from the roasting pan and pour away any fat. Tip the lentils into your serving bowls. Remove the cinnamon stick from the salsa rossa and discard it, then season well to taste and spoon it over your lentils. Place 2 sausages, either sliced or whole, on top. Sprinkle with the thyme and serve with a big bowl of steaming broccoli.
Reprinted with permission from Jamie's Italy , © 2006, Hyperion
my notes
Nutrition Informationper serving (4 servings) POWERED BY Edamam
- Calories1,411
- Carbohydrates82 g (27%)
- Fat93 g (143%)
- Protein64 g (127%)
- Saturated Fat29 g (143%)
- Sodium1,711 mg (71%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat12 g
- Fiber37 g (148%)
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As we approach the second decade of the 21st century, our society places an ever-growing demand on professionals to operate in a digital and information management environment and to possess advanced subject knowledge in different industries. This programme is offered in collaboration with Charles Sturt University, Australia (CSU) and is delivered in distance learning mode supplemented by local tutorials.
The qualification obtained in Hong Kong through CSU and HKU SPACE has full recognition by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and internationally by other library associations such as the American Library Association (ALA) as an appropriate professional degree for librarians.
Graduate Diploma of Information Studies is considered Intermediate Exit Award of Master of Information Studies. Upon successful completion of the programme, students will receive the CSU Graduate Diploma of Information Studies, and the Diploma in Librarianship within the HKU system through HKU SPACE jointly with the Hong Kong Library Association (HKLA). Graduate Diploma of Information Studies formally is known as Graduate Diploma of Applied Science (Library and Information Management).
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Elective subjects (8 credit points per subject)
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- For graduates of Bachelor of Information Studies/Bachelor of Applied Science OR graduates of Graduate Diploma of Information Studies/Graduate Diploma of Applied Science, you should apply Master of Information Studies IT 18-807-00(41).
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Bake those ghoulish cookies and eyeball treats wearing your cute sewn Halloween apron. Using ribbon and fabric you can have this great pattern for your kitchen apron.
- Hand sewing needle
- Measuring tape/yard stick
- 2 yards fabric
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- Coordinating ribbon (optional)
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I find having an iron and ironing board on hand very helpful throughout the whole project. It makes hemming much easier. A sewing machine is not required for this project, but is recommended. With a sewing machine, the whole project takes only a few hours to complete.
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- Preparing the Skirt
To hem the skirt, fold, iron, and pin the bottom, left, and right edges of the skirt, leaving the top edge undone. Fold each edge twice at the 1/4" mark, snipping the corner fabric from the two bottom corners after the first fold to reduce the amount of fabric that runs through the sewing machine. Sew the hems down using your machine. You can use a basic straight stitch, or get creative with a decorative stitch if your machine has that option. Use your hand sewing needle to securely tie off the excess thread at the beginning and end of your stitches.
- Preparing the Waistband
Fold, iron, and pin the top, left, and right edges of the waistband, leaving the botton edge undone. FOl each edge twice at the 1/4" mark, snipping the corner fabric from the two top corners after the first fold. Sew only the top edge down, tying off the excess thread with your hand sewing needle.
- Preparing the Ties
Place two of the tie pieces together, print-sides facing each other. At this point you may want to consider cutting the end of the fabric at a diagonal. If so, I suggest cutting all four tie pieces at the same time, to ensure the diagonal is consistent for both ties. Sew the two tie pieces together, wrong side out. Do the same for the remaining tie pieces. Tie off the excess thread with your hand needle. Turn the ties right side out. Carefully iron the ties flat. Sew along the entire edge of the piece, 1/4" from the edge of the tie, to create a border and to maintain the shape of the tie. Tie off the excess thread with your hand sewing needle.
- Attaching the Waistband to the Skirt
Find the middle of the skirt and mark with a straight-pin. Do the same for the waistband. Pin the center of the top of the skirt to the center of the bottom of the waistband, the two unfinished edges, so that their print sides are facing each other. Pleat and pin the skirt to the left and right of the center until the left and right edges of the skirt align with the left and right edges of the waistband. Iron the pleats flat. Sew the two pieces together. Tie off the excess thread with your hand sewing needle.
- Attaching the Ties to the Waistband
Fold, iron, and pin the rough end of the tie twice at the 1/4" mark. Line up the folded end of the tie to the side of the waistband and pin, adding a pleat tuck to ensure they match. Sew the two pieces together. Tie off the excess thread with your hand needle.
- Preparing and Attaching the Pockets
Fold, iron, and pin all edges of each pocket, folding at the 1/4" mark and snipping the fabric from each corner after the first fold. I like to use decorative coordinating ribbon on the top edge of the pocket. If sew, add this piece now. Sew the top edge of the pocket. Tie off the excess thread with your hand needle. Place the pocket on the skirt, approx 1" from the top and right or left edge. Pin the left, bottom, and right edge of the pocket to the skirt. How you pin your pocket's interior edge will determine how jauntily your pocket sticks out at the top. Personally, I prefer jaunty pockets. Sew the pinned edges. Tie off the excess thread with your needle.
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The newest addition to the Lux family – Lux Spectra. It's like a lite version of Lux BWEI – a lights-only spectrastrobe synth for Mindplace Kasina. If you want audio in your brainwave sessions, then use it in conjunction with Lux BWEI (just make sure to turn off BWEI's light LFOs).
Spectrastrobe is like audiostrobe, but more advanced. Instead of controlling just 2 colors, it gives you control of the red, green, and blue LEDs in Kasina's light goggles. Theoretically, any color can be made from various combinations of these 3 colors. Lux Spectra simplifies the selection of color through its intuitive color knobs, which let you dial in the color you want for your brainwave sessions.
It's got independent control of left & right light channels, plus 2 modulation LFOs which you can send to almost any parameter through its mod matrix.
To install, just unzip the file to your VST Plugins directory. There is no manual for it, but most of the interface is the same as Lux BWEI, so please read that manual if you're not sure how to use it. Or, of course, post in the forum.
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- Fixed phase problems when synchronizing the right and left light rates.
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|The back edge of my property contains a huge Norwegian Spruce, that still has its lowest branches, which span 20 feet in all directions (40 foot diameter), taking up a huge amount of space in my backyard. It does however serve to add a lot of privacy, as the front yard of a neighbors house is on the other side of the tree. Here's a pic looking from the back of the house:
The pic doesn't really show how huge the tree base is. Didn't have anything handy to give it scale.
Here's a second photo looking from an angle. You can see part of the neighbor's house behind the tree:
To the left of the tree is what looks like a blue spruce, which sits more forward.
The Norwegian Spruce sits entirely on my side of the line, but it and the Blue Spruce take up a lot of space. My choices are:
1. Cut it down and start over. This gives up a lot of privacy for a while.
2. Limb it up to reclaim some space, though not much is going to grow there due to the shade made by the two trees, though they do face south. I wouldn't give up as much privacy if I just limbed them up on my side, and left the far side down the ground where it is now, though I've never done that before, and wonder if it might look funny.
3. Leave it, and plant some other junipers etc in front of them, and forget about reclaiming the space.
Appreciate any comments.
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- Posted by duluthinbloomz4 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 28, 10 at 12:54
|Hard to say. From the pictures, it's a bit difficult to see just how much of your real estate is actually eaten up. I have more than enough spruce that size, most of which have never needed limbing. Consequently, I do understand ground sweep.
I just look at it as ground I don't need to do anything with. What would you do with any reclaimed space other than revel at having reclaimed space? What's privacy from the neighboring property worth to you?
I wouldn't routinely do any limbing unless the branches were dead and bare. I do garden beneath the spruce I've had to have limbed though and find the soil underneath easy to work with after decades of needle drop. Perennials and assorted shrubs do quite well.
|Yes, the key question is whether you need the space and if so for what. If you need to park an RV or want to put in a patio, and it won't fit unless you remove the tree well OK, you need the space (not that I'm promoting RV parking rather than trees or anything). If all you're going to do is fill it up with junipers, well, the tree looks better than junipers would (and I love junipers, really) and is a heck of a lot less work. Plus, there are probably some birds calling that Norway home, so in other ways besides privacy I think the tree (with skirt) adds more to your yard than junipers would.
So unless there are other problems you haven't shared, and if you have more space than you're showing here, I'd be inclined to keep.
|Based upon the area of a circle, that tree is taking up at least 900 square feet of my yard. The rest of the backyard is about 9,000SF, but I want to add on a deck, and a gazebo out away from the house, and some beds, so much of that 9000 SF is going to go away.
Even so, I could leave the Norway Spruce, but it is a huge lone tree back there, and looks out of place, at least to me. It is hard to come up with a cohesive landscape plan with one giant tree dominating the view. The Norway looks okay, but it's certainly no show piece.
I never meant that I would replace it with junipers. I said if I leave the Norway, I might plant more Junipers at its base, to try to soften its appearance. But if I removed the tree, and the blue spruce beside it, I would move the line back 35 feet or so, closer to the property line, and fill it in with evergreens more in the 15-20 foot height range. Canadian Hemlock, maybe. That would look a lot better.
- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 29, 10 at 11:03
|I'm a little confused.......unless you have already removed a lot of other vegetation, the spruce is certainly not a "lone" tree in that location. In fact, it looks quite natural in that grouping of other trees, both conifers and deciduous species, and does seem to provide a nice amount of privacy screening.
I admit it is a bit tricky to judge proper scale with just a photo, but it seems you may be over-estimating the ground eating impact of this single specimen. 9000sf is a LOT of backyard (typical urban lot sizes here are only around 6000sf, total) and should allow plenty of room for you to include a patio and other features and still enjoy the spruce and the privacy screening it provides.
As to limbing up -- sure it can be done but keep in mind the picture of how that tree would look limbed up. Some conifers just look better with this treatment than others. Here in the land of enormously tall naturally occurring conifers, like Doug firs, limbing up is a pretty common practice. But for trees with growth habits that include gracefully cascading branches, like the spruce or our western red cedars, this results in a look a lot like a little girl in a new party dress -- a too obvious expanse of bare legs with a flouncy skirt above. Not a great look. At least for trees :-)
FWIW, Canadian or eastern hemlocks will get a lot taller than 15-20 feet and will eventually develop a habit not unlike that of the spruce. Essentially all you will be accomplishing is the same situation, possibly just a bit closer to the prop line. Plus, they are plagued by adelgids across much of the eastern half of the country. And removing the spruce and replacing with new trees will obviously create some privacy issues, however temporary.
My suggestion would be to leave it be and work around it.
|OK, so you do want the space. The loss of privacy is going to be the trade-off, and only you can decide it it's worth it.
One of the most important things in managing a treescape is the ability to think ahead. That always makes it clear that someday, the tree will be taken down, and then the question is, if not now, then when? And if not for this reason, then why? And finally, what will I lose, and what will I do to compensate?
What will the other trees in the vicinity be doing in the foreseeable future, with or without the Norway? Perhaps they can be depended on to fill the gap it leaves, once it's no longer blocking them.
If you think far enough ahead, in fact, you know that eventually each of those trees will be taken down by you or a future owner. If you don't want them all to have to go at once, or within 5 years of each other, the process does have to be staggered. And of course, new trees planted, perhaps better ones or in better spots, to ensure that there will already be replacement stock in the ground and a reasonable size when you take down the biggest ones, so you never have a moonscape.
If you want the space, and you're considering removal, then the half-limbing up you've suggested is not so bad; it's just like doing some of the tree removal in advance. It will look odd - the inside of a tree is not beaurtiful! - but might work for a few years - you can plant or build something to block the view of the bare branches if it bothers you.
Or, take it all down now and move on with replanting. If the replacement stock has to be in the same place as the original, there's only one sequence of events that works.
|Can you give us an idea of what height something would need to be to block the view of your neighbors house and provide privacy?
That point really effects my opinion on the subject.
If something needs to be 15 feet, you could certainly create a berm and gain 4-5 feet of height which would increase your options. Arborvite or wichita juniper could cover that view in a couple of years if you start with a large specimen.
|To answer drtygrl's question, the height of a replacement screen would only need to be 15 feet. The area behind the Norway is wooded, though part of my neighbor's front yard cuts right across it, so some sort of screen is required.
Thanks for the opinions so far. I'm thinking them over.
|If it was my yard I would take down the tree. Just my opinion. Its only going to get bigger, take up more room I would get rid of the blue spruce too and plant a nice screen that takes less space. We had a "screen" of 15 spruces in our yard (we have 15 acres, 10 acres of meadow - so 15 spruces were a supposed wind break) I had them all taken down and no one misses them. Our yard seems so much more expansive, they were no really serving to improve the wind situation so I am really happy with the decision. We have another area of 6 spruces that does serve as a wind break protecting the driveway and I have left those. Just saying that I dont hate spruce.lol :)
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Watford defender Fitz Hall has signed a new short-term contract with the Championship club.
Hall agreed a one-month deal towards the end of November and has now put pen to paper on a new month-long agreement at Vicarage Road.
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CISO Rising: New Roles and Responsibilities
By Al Lakhani and William Beer
As the number and severity of cyber-attacks continue to rise, the presence and power of chief information security officers (CISOs) have increased significantly, and this job is now among the fastest growing positions in the corporate C-suite. Emerging out of the shadows of IT, today's CISOs are finally being granted long overdue oversight and authority, as corporate leaders begin to recognize that cyber-security is an enterprisewide issue posing enormous reputational risk.
As the ranks of CISOs expand, however, their success at protecting against an unrelenting moving target will be defined by their approach to the role and how that role is ultimately embraced by the organizations they've been hired to serve.
When the title of chief information security officer first began appearing on business cards more than a decade ago, the roles and responsibilities of the position bore little resemblance to their current reality. Most CISOs reported to the CIO, were entirely focused on technology applications, operated in silos and had little understanding of how to tie security to the needs of the business.
Since then, the role has evolved considerably. Rather than managing technology, today's CISOs are responsible for a much deeper and broader set of interrelated tasks involving risk and governance. Increasingly, they are reporting to the CFO or chief risk officer, rather than to the CIO. CISOs are engaged directly with the board of directors and are also public facing. They're being given their own budgets and are charged with not only defending against breaches—but also protecting and enhancing the value of the company and its brand.
A Bridge Beyond IT
As threats mount, it has become abundantly clear that effective cyber-security demands a focus on much more than technology. IT can no longer simply "fix" cyber-threats. The demands of the position require in-depth knowledge of the company and its challenges and strong relationships with key stakeholders, as well as technical acumen.
The entire executive team, including the board of directors, must assume a new management and governance role at the intersection of technology, business and risk— and they must be equipped to own such risks. The CISO must provide the support to fulfill this new mandate, bridging the gap between operations and IT to keep critical business systems, data and other assets secure.
To succeed in this role, CISOs must have deep knowledge not only of IT, but of the entire enterprise, forging strong relationships with the company's customers, top management and external suppliers. They also must be granted greater authority, direct reporting lines to the C-suite, and regular interaction with the board as it steps up its oversight and involvement in defending and responding to cyber-attacks.
While a CISO's specific responsibilities may vary from organization to organization, having the position report to the IT department is no longer appropriate.
With CISOs advancing beyond the limits of IT, they are also commanding separate budget lines—another recognition that the issue now extends well beyond technology. This will continue to be important as long as the economics of investing in cyber-security remain unclear. While the threats are apparent and growing, persuading corporate leaders to devote sufficient resources to safeguard their organizations continues to be an uphill battle, since the value of averting an attack is difficult to quantify.
Unfortunately, many companies are still unlikely to approve large increases in cyber-security investments until they have actually experienced an attack. Instead, executives and boards typically spend the amount they feel is proportionate to protect against the downside risk they anticipate. In many organizations, that comes down to guesswork.
Today's CISOs are playing an important role in making the dynamics of investing in cyber-security much more transparent by casting the discussion in terms of overall enterprise and reputational risk—not just IT spend. They are ensuring that investments in cyber-security defenses target the right resources and address the right risk at the right time, making their roles much more strategic in nature.
The goal is to spend wisely, not just to spend more. Only when an organization has a bedrock of thoughtful and cost-effective cyber-security in place across its operations and supply chain is it in a position to assess the incremental benefits that could flow from additional investment.
Just as the new-style executive leaders and CISOs do, an effective cyber-strategy bridges technology and business in a holistic way. It enables and ensures the integration, analysis and monitoring of business insights and data from across the organization to support activities that include controls monitoring, threat detection and reporting.
In addition to reducing cyber-risk, the best strategies will have a broader scope and impact, providing a platform for value creation and growth by underpinning confidence in the security of online activities. These approaches also will enable businesses to take calculated risks, invest in new ideas and realize the true potential of e-commerce.
A Foundation for Best Practices
As today's CISOs seek to create holistic and nimble cyber-security plans, they focus on these core elements, which form a foundation for best practices:
· Proactive planning based on a comprehensive vulnerability assessment. As converged security executives, CISOs are now charged with fully assessing where a company may have shortfalls in its cyber-security program. This includes a thorough assessment of all external-facing areas of vulnerability, value and supply chain risks, and the level of employees' awareness of their role in cyber-attacks.
Assessments may also include benchmarking against competitors, which can enable companies to craft robust crisis management and response plans and build robust business cases for investments.
· Cross-business, cross-functional cyber-security committees. By generating proper support from each area of the business (legal, marketing, finance, human resources, customer service, etc.), CISOs are working to ensure that responses to attacks are never in a silo. For the legal department, this may mean gaining an understanding of how an attack could affect operations in various geographies and the required response plan to notify stakeholders in that specific region.
For human resources, this may include digital, social and online employee training that focuses on how to be more aware of the sources of risks, how to identify them and how to combat them. Overall, this approach ensures that each functional sector of a company has a vested interest in the effectiveness of the cyber-security strategy.
· Cyber-security strategy as a business advantage. The CISO's role also extends to educating external stakeholders on the positive attributes a cyber-security strategy can bring to operations. In fact, much like the Good Housekeeping seal in the United States or the Kitemark in the United Kingdom, a proven cyber-security strategy can often serve as a powerful business differentiator and also can support stakeholder confidence before, during and after an event.
As attacks mount and the distinction between internal and external threats becomes less relevant in today's cyber-world, CISOs are playing an increasingly important role at the intersection of technology, business and risk—and they are wielding much more influence than ever before. Indeed, CISOs, working in partnership with the C-suite and board of directors, are at the forefront of helping to make radical shifts in conventional thinking when it comes to cyber-security.
Therefore, the more authority CISOs are granted, the more they are embraced throughout the organization. And the more success they have moving from firefighting to a more proactive stance, the better prepared companies will be to protect their critical assets from an escalating global threat.
Al Lakhani and William Beer are managing directors at global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal.


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The Steel Guitar is an instrument first made popular by Hawaiian music, and is also a familiar sound in country and western music. The steel guitar also has roots in a small number of African American churches throughout the US. […]
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Thousands turned out today for the annual homecoming parade on University Avenue. Florida's 89.1, WUFT FM's Patrick Colden talked to the crowd and even some people walking in the parade itself.
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The Florida House District 22 seat held by House Speaker Larry Cretul from Ocala is up for grabs. Cretul is leaving because of term limits. 89.1 WUFT FM's Patrick Colden reports on the two men vying for the seat, Democrat […]
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As part of a ten year plan to end homelessness in Gainesville many local organizations provided services at the 12th annual "breakfast on the plaza." 89.1 reporter Patrick Colden says the breakfast this morning was a complete success.
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