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I suggest the state TREASURER should have understanding of the budget and where savings can be made. The administration that has only the interest of the governor who bases their ideas on his staff that have little understanding of the budget from a practicle stand point. This governor has intentions on other office, so let's see where this budget will end up. I hope not too many people or necessary programs will be hurt.
The problem is not the teachers or their union. The problem is LACK of TRANSPARENCY and accountability. Too many Charter schools and too much lack of control. A proven curricula used at some schools like: AUdubon Charter Lakeforest or Lusher, should be mandated for use by ALL Charter or Public schools, the creatative teaching style should be up to the teachers.
The present system of Charters schools do their own thing (NO REQUIRED CURRICULUM, My fear is they will teach the state LEAP or ILEAP test and get by) is a receipe for disaster.
The state is not checking and parents don't know what to look for, the charters act like private business when I have asked for information they refusd to provide a listing of the curricula taught at a particular school, then I had to demand information as a tax payer and things got ugly. This Charter Schools and the State Dept. of Education is not a good situation for our young children.
I think it's time for judges and many elected officials to be required to "Purchase at their expense" either a SURITY or PERFORMANCE BOND. iT'S CLEAN THAT GETTING A LAW LICENSE IS no evidence of having MORAL charter and that becoming a judge is an excuse to make more money at the public's expense.
Judges that are suppose to uphold the law, and understand the law, suddenly don't understand, hire accountants that are licensed but also incompetent. The only way to control this corruption is to have each "elected judge / public official" purchase a BOND, thus protecting the public for their BAD decisions, if they have to repay an insurance company, they will think twice, but the public will be protected. At the present time, a elected official can do any theing with the "trusting" public paying the price. ENOUGH is enough. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ! ! ! ! enough.........
My concern is about Gordon. Great talent and he has the ability to be the true "star" of our
NEW HORNETS. He's young and it seems to me, he's in serious need of "CARE".
He appears on the side lines, uninvolved, He sound like when interviewed, disassociated, When seen in public, he seems disrespectful of fans and kids. Perhaps, Demps and his agent, can send him to charm school, to gain personality, and some humility, to DEMONSTRATE, involvement, not entitlement.
Gordon is very talented, and can score, he's make many fans happy to win, but beyond that, he will hurt the fan base with disassociated remarks and lack of attention to kids, who look up to winning players.
Because of his health concerns, I suggest work on conditioning during the summer, and get him self in better physical and mental condition, along with "social skills" training. As a obvious team heron to many fans and kids, he need to be prepared to represent the team and community.
Franchise players from any team in the NBA are community people, approachable, kids look up to them, fans want their pictures, and buy their merchandise. Personality is important with good health. I hope Gordon does not play on the Olympic Team but stays home and works on being a better healthier player. I also hope he can better adjust to our community and our needs of a "star player"............
The ego of the mayor and city leaders may hurt, but.
The taxpaying citizens deserve SAFETY. The above can help or support the NOPD, but facts are the city is under seigue and NO GOOD citizens are going to continue to stay. No new business will be coming here, and some of the BIG EVENTS will begin to go else where. People want to feel safe and secure, not duck and dodge bullets.
Friends in New York, Jersey, Georgia, Indiana have suggested I leave, and they have told me forget Jazz Fest this week end, they will not be coming.
The smartest thing the city leaders can do us admit the problem and seek military help. This shows a true effort, but you first must admit you have a problem, not blame people for the obvious, the killings are unnatural. Try full state and federal help.. A few lives may be saved..
Another past Hornet, goes on to greatness.
Glad for Mr. Benson, and ownership that trully wants to win. Win. WIN! ! ! !
I agree, but take a step further;
Require the Mayor, deputy mayor and Public Works department head to take a PAY CUT of ONE THIRD (1/3%) salary for failure to perform.
As a tax payer, we need some accountability and transparency, not just numbers with no facts to back them up.
The years of arrogance and disrespect of the "duties" Mr. Guzman asked to be elected to, demonstrate his inability to perform.
When problems / defishencies are shown to a worker, the worker is given a time limit to reform and make effort to change. The sheriff, has had many encounters with various people and agencies, but for what ever the reason, he has failed to make the necessary changes either in: policy, procedure and enforcement or structural changes to conform to the changes that would make the prison workable.
My fear is this is another "public servant" who will leave office, collect his pension, and leave the tax payers with the "Clean up" of his failed system. Legal claims, law suit, and unnecessary debt the result of arrogance or incompetance or maybe both.
This call out for the need for offices like this to be "Bonded" protecting the tax payers.
Safety is always the concern of the taxpayer. Why not allow me the voter to decide what I want, like the politican or crime / speed cameras.
Funny how crime cameras cost money and don't work, but speed cameras make money for government and they work very well....
Another way to fleece the taxpayers in the name of "safety". I will vote to disconnect the speed cameras
until or unless crime cameras work..
Much of what you are requesting I support. Ther is a LACK of TRANSPARENCY and ACCOUNTABILITY.
I am Catholic, but I have become increasingly aware of the LACK of TRUE understanding granted the members of the church. I feel some times as though I am considered too stupid to be able to read and ask questions for my self seeking answers from the ALMIGHTY ACHDIOCESE, that operates in a complete disconnect from the members. From our parish church, to schools.
We receive reports that have figures but no connection or no one to ask for clarity.
The schools need to have their books open to all parents and members of the parish.
How much is spent on administrators, teachers and maintance salaries, books and learning materials, insurance, utilities, accounting / legal, building repair and that should be localized so each parent and church member can understand the need and benefit, success of a particular curricula and cost verses another. Bid contracts for, insurance, construction and other services should be open to a local church / school committee.
If the parish is responsible for it self, then the local control is the only survival, and TOTAL Open, Transparent and Accountability is the ONLY way to bring TRUST.
Meetings, consultants and CONTROL left to a few in the church administration is and will continue to be the distruction of the Catholic Church and Schools.
The PEOPLE that send their children to the schools and members of the local church, by their donations and financial support / commitment, make the buildings, salaries, etc. possible. Those same people are worthy of TOTAL honesty regarding their financial support. Apb. Aymond and the administration need to turn loose the concept that they own, because yearly you see a smaller portfolio, cause by the TOP DOWN approach to running the church.
Religion of being Catholic, needs to be seperate from theology and business.
Mr. Ed., great job.
We can't aford another "Deputy Mayor". We have enough deputies that don't do their job.
The mayor doesn't do his job, because he has the deputy mayors to blame. This is the most expensive run administration, that always has a new problem. Wjth all the money, commissioners, deputy mayors and top, Top, TOP, paid administration officials and still have department heads, managers and supervisors, I am too dumb to understand how we continue to have problems. I am dumb, because if I was a "public figure" like MAYOR, I would get embarrased and ashamed at paying so much of the people's tax money, and always having a problem. The IG finds a management problem. THE TV Investigator reporter documents for ALL to see, the failure of government to perform.
You think, the mayor / politicans would get the idea, it's time to do their jobs, be ACCOUNTABLE ? ? ?
The present Convention Center Board, has not performed in securing a "binding" contract with performance bonds to protect the "Board" or administration from the delays or cost overages. Jimmie Fore, when he was general manager would have adised the board on a better approach. Now like most New Orleans projects, the city may suffer.
The Convention Center has a multi regional governance, with the state, city, chamber all involved.
Poor contract, I'm sure Citadel has contact with all political groups. Next time try Woodridge, or Gibbs..
Would the T.P. Editor or the U.S. Justice Department inform us of the steps that we the "Tax payer / people" of Orleans Parish need to take to be sure corrections that are necessary are taken.
Filth is unacceptable as is unsafe staffing. The inability to protect inmate from inmate or staff from inmate, is like wise unacceptable. With out seeking the finger pointing, either take immediate correction or resign and let someone able and concerned take the job and perform. Filth should be allowed one (1) week to be cleaned up. Even if the Sheriff him self must get his hands dirty, the "filth" must be cleaned.
A month to correct the staffing levels, is sufficent and ongoing efforts with professional "mental" health people to meet the needs of the mentally ill inmates, should be started and be ongoing... We the tax payer citizens of Orleans are the victims of this mess, and we must insist on correction, becaues if not, our tax dollars will be spent to pay off claims by inmates for mistreatment, while the sheriff, continues to collect his pay and or pension, the rest of us will be paying the bills for his failures....
Smart management is not COMMITTED management. Mr. Benson, I believe wants and needs people that are committed and the present group with few exceptions have DEMONSTRATED that.
The sports reportes asking for Williams and Demps to be retained, saying they have done a "good" job, given the lack of transparency and lack of understanding regarding "low" morale, with no owner, league interferance and the cover by Demps, exposes flaws in the "commitment". This community and fans like myself, want to win, have bragging rights, see our "star" player in the community, working with young people, and I can only say, most of this years players were missing with exception of some "forced" or not friendly apperances by "key" players. That becomes a "TURN OFF" by us fans. Players when a child asks for a autograph and the player walks away, when bystanders try to get the players attention, he puts up his hands and walks. The kid and those who say it were supprised, that, "EG" would be so rude.
He wants to be the "face" of the franchise, but that face requires PR work, committment to the fans community, kids. My children make me buy tickets, jerseys and player stuff. Paul was involved, either because he was trained or because he was committed. Boy de we miss him on all levels...
Demps who is the one who must relate with players agents, needs to get that message over, fans support their children and children drive ticket and merchandise sales, I'm sure Mr. Benson well understands that, but the community learning curve for Demps has been short and yet incomplete, he ducks the press and dodges the community. Hard to understand if he understands we buy tickets because of our children, and because of winning. not just because there is a team..
I hope a much improved season and a reachout to the children of the community.. GO HORNETS ! ! !
Why not be transparent and show the cost of Gutting the existing building(s) and making them modern verses, demolishing the present buildings and building a new school facility.
I am always taken back by the lack of OPENESS, showing all the plans: repair, verses new......
It makes me feel other options might be offered but the whole story is missing, with my tax dollars....
Then the problem of hiring LOCAL Orleans residence minority contractors, and local citizens LIVING in Orleans, not imported or driving in each morning from Jefferson, Slidel, Mississippi, Alabama, or the North Shore. Too far to much of our Orleans money and jobs go to businesses and staff that do not live in the Orleans area and are not supporting the Orleans economy.
Our local leaders are focused on tourism and big dollars to support bid donors, leaving the average working resident of Orleans in the Forgotten minority. Looking for a decent job..........
MURDER is MURDER. Like here for Mr. Adams the unarmed man killed by a NOPD officer in a warrent / raid. When you shoot someone that is unarmed, it's MURDER.
If you are scared or worried about someone, you should leave that person alone. When you fire the gun, there needds to be GRAVE REASONS and proof that this was the ONLY thing that could be done, otherwise it's murder. MURDER. You took the life of a mothers child, or grandchild, sibling or mate. You are still alive and able to tlak for your self, whereas the deceased is dead, unble to share life with family, friends or defend their reputation. DEATH is the END.......... No trial, jury or second chance...
Goron, needs to change his attitude and do the work necessary to get healthy. That doen's seem to be in his understanding. For me, Demps and Williams, WANT Gordon to want to be great, but the guy, his attitude, not FAN friendly attitude, wants money, lots of money and his health seems to be like Peje.
Remember Peje? When he was healthy he could shoot the 3. When he was ill or had back pain, he was a "no show". The Hornets given this season, need winners, not "fragil" stars. Not players that fail to show interest in the team, city and in winning.
Great PR job of trying to sell Gordon, but, Gordon MUST WANT to be sold and show interest in the game beyond money. The contracts are guarantees, too bad incentives are not part of a deal........
Strange. Not a politican will offer a proposal to have the cameras voted on by the voters.
I hope the new owners will find a "GOOD" trainner and doctor, who understands sports medicine.
Last week Jack said he had NO Structural foot damage. Today he has a "stress fracture". Anybody know about X-Rays?
Same problems went on about, Gordon's knee, Kaman's Bronchitis, Okafar's leg issues, and the concussions... As a fan, I want a team that want's to win. That includes the ability to treat injuries that other teams seem to do a much better job of......................


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Informal Wedding Dresses
Not all weddings need to be ballroom-formal, fairy-tale affairs. If you intend to have a low-key outdoor or beach wedding, a more informal wedding dress would suit the occasion. Here are some tips you can use to find yourself the right informal bridal gown.
An informal wedding dress doesn't come with the usual adornments you'll find on an extravagant wedding gown. They're usually simple dresses with a slit on one side but they come in all sorts of styles, from strapless, to off-shoulder types.
When wearing an informal wedding dress, wear your hair down, use a simple veil, or adorn your hair with flowers and other simple accessories. Sparkling headbands or barrettes are perfect for this type of dress. A pair of strappy sandals finishes off the outfit, but make sure that the heels aren't too high so you don't have difficulty walking on uneven terrain.
Accessorize with a simple strand of pearls or glittering gems. Pearl drop earrings are low-key enough for the occasion, but you'll look like a bride nonetheless.
Just because you'll be wearing an informal wedding dress, doesn't mean you won't look any less gorgeous. Consult your wedding coordinator for recommendations on which designers or stores provide simple wedding dresses.

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Hollywood Tragedy or Healthy Parenting?
Booze. Parties. Sex.
When you string those powerful words together, it sounds like the dastardly headline of yet another Hollywood tragedy. I'm guessing you wouldn't conjure up any of those words while thinking of everyday moms and dads who work ceaselessly to be good moms and dads. I know I didn't used to.
But what if booze, parties, and sex actually help a lot of parents be better parents? Is that possible? I know many parents who would adamantly tell you, YES. It's not only possible, it's very much a reality.
But before you string me up by my ankles for defacing the sanctity of parenthood, read the following paragraphs and let's have an interesting discussion about it.
1) Tanya, a single mother of two, really enjoys any chance she can find for booze, parties, and sex.
2) Tanya, a single mother of two amazing girls, works two jobs to make ends meet. Finding time for herself can be challenging with how much she gives her little ones, and there is no doubt that the stresses of life can often be overwhelming. Her social life is usually the last thing she worries about, and her friends are lucky to break her away for a night of fun. Her boyfriend often feels neglected in their relationship, but is generally understanding that her schedule simply doesn't allow much time for him. Sometimes, after the kids are in bed, the two of them forget about everything else, finish off a bottle of wine, and savor some much needed intimacy. On other even more rare occasions, she is able to find a babysitter and go out for a night on the town with her girlfriends. They go dancing, karaoking, and usually get drinks together. This, of course, leads to all sorts of silliness and fun. When the night is over (whether it's with her boyfriend or her friends) and it's back to real life again, she always feels so rejuvenated and ready to take on the world. She's more patient and pleasant with her kids and somehow the strains of life give her a temporary reprieve. I really need to find time for that more often, she always thinks.
These are obviously two very different paragraphs, yet essentially they both say the same thing, don't they? Tanya (a fictional mother) drinks, has fun, and seeks out intimacy. The difference is, when the only thing we read is paragraph #1, we tend to think something very differently about Tanya than we would if the only thing we read is paragraph #2.
As outsiders, we tend to watch other parents, and we scrutinize their every action. We judge parents like Tanya based on the limited information that we get from externally observing her and her activities. We hold her against our own beliefs of what is right and wrong and we blatantly decide whether she is a fit parent or not. We see her out and about, being careless, having fun, going a little crazy with her friends, and we think what kind of mom is she?
But so often in life, moms and dads like Tanya are some of the best moms and dads of our time. When they're with their kids, they're with their kids. When they're parenting, they're parenting. And, just like other incredible moms and dads, barely a moment goes by when they aren't thinking of ways to better the lives of their children.
Yet at the same time they are fantastic parents, very unfairly, many in the world see them and only ever see paragraph #1. The everyday truths and day to day realities that bring balance to their parental spec sheets get overlooked completely. And, those parents end up being held to some standard that shouldn't be theirs at all. At least in some places.
But the truth is, parents need to find time to fulfill their own social and personal needs. It may not be in the form of drinks, nights out on the town, clubs, or big social gatherings. Some parents will fulfill their social needs by playing cards or going to movies. Others will enjoy a night at a sporting event or browsing an art show. Some will enjoy meeting up with friends for board games and snacks.


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Emily Bucher
JUNIOR | 2013: Competed on the balance beam during every team competition...scored a career-best 9.800 in the home opener against UC Davis, Missouri and Texas Woman's University...finished fourth at that meet...that mark was the second-highest on the team in 2013...posted marks of 9.700 or higher against Seattle Pacific (9.750) and Denver (9.700)...placed second on the beam in the Falcons' win over Seattle Pacific.
SOPHOMORE | 2012: Competed on the balance beam in all but one team competition...posted a season-best 9.700 during the team finals at the USAG Championships...placed ninth at that meet...posted a mark of 9.525 to finish within the top half of the field at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships...scored above a 9.500 during seven meets.
FRESHMAN | 2011: Earned USAG All-America second-team honors on the balance beam...placed ninth in the individual event finals with a score of 9.200...recorded a career-high 9.725 during the team qualifying round to tie for fifth...scored a 9.700 to tie for seventh during the team finals...also competed on the beam during four regular season competitions.
HIGH SCHOOL | CLUB TEAM: Fond du Lac High School...member of the National Honor Society...graduated with a 3.9 GPA...member of SWAT (Students Working as Teachers)...volunteered in fourth-grade classrooms, teaching life lessons...competed at the club level for Oshkosh Gymnastics Center...coached by Phyllis and Dale Hardt...three-year participant at nationals...competed at Level 10 for five years...participated at the regional meet for seven years.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Jeff and Sherri Bucher...nickname is "Em"...father served in the Air Force for seven years...has one older sister, Tori, and two younger sisters, Megan and Katie...majoring in biology...future career plans working in Force Support and then within the physical therapy field...served as Executive Officer during the Fall of 2013...also worked with the Personnel Recovery Cadre during Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training (ESET) and served as the Leadership Reaction Course Commander during the second session of Basic Cadet Training in 2013...served as Element Leader, Academic NCO and Athletic NCO during junior year...named Outstanding Survival and Evasion Cadre for ESET and Superior Performance Leadership Reaction Course for BCT during the summer of 2013...earned Jump wings in the summer of 2011...hobbies include reading, hanging out with friends and watching movies...is extremely close to family and says "they are the most important thing in my life"...is very excited about this year's team...favorite event is the balance beam, because "it is challenging and very rewarding. I find it fun"...worked ESET ("lived out in the woods for two nights with my small group of students, teaching evasion on the Academy grounds") and BCT ("worked with basics to build their teamwork and leadership skills") over the summer...also traveled home to Wisconsin...member of Cadet Squadron 27.


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WIM Mentor Program
Every fall, students are invited to take part in the Women in Medicine Mentor Program that brings together women medical students, at an early point in their professional studies, with physician mentors. Through informal meetings with their mentors, the program offers students the chance to explore a particular medical specialty, as well as to gain perspective on the challenge of balancing life with a career in medicine. The primary objectives of the program are:
- promoting connections between women medical students and physician role models
- offering students opportunities to spend time with women physicians in different medical specialties and clinical settings
- assisting students to clarify their personal and professional goals
- promoting the concept of networking in career development
Students and mentors have addressed a variety of topics including: residency training, blending family and career, medical specialties, women in academic medicine, women in leadership positions, women's health care issues, specialized health care delivery (e.g. primary care, international health, public health), careers integrating research and clinical responsibilities, and MD/PhD programs.
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14th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop (NCPW14)
Thu 21 - Sat 23 August 2014
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The Fourteenth Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop (NCPW14) will be held at Lancaster University, UK from August 21-23, 2014.
This well-established and lively workshop brings together researchers from different disciplines such as artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computer science, neurobiology, philosophy and psychology to discuss their work on models of cognitive processes.
The theme for the workshop will be 'Development across the lifespan', although submissions that do not fall into this theme are welcome.
Papers must be about emergent models - frequently, but not necessarily - of the connectionist/neural network kind, applied to cognition.
The NCPW workshops have always been characterised by their limited size, high quality papers, the absence of parallel talk sessions, and a schedule that is explicitly designed to encourage interaction among the researchers present in an informal setting. NCPW14 is no exception.
The scientific program will consist of keynote lectures, oral sessions and poster sessions.
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Race, according to activist and writer Scot Nakagawa, was an idea created originally to justify the enslavement of a people, and has displayed pernicious staying power in the centuries since. That's why, as Nakagawa explains in this video with Laura Flanders, he believes that his liberation and the liberation of all people of color in the United States is tied to the liberation of African-Americans. For Nakagawa, anti-black racism is "the fulcrum of white supremacy.
Laura Flanders talks to creative thinkers and change-makers from the worlds of politics, arts and the new economy. The smartest conversations, with the smartest thinkers and doers of our time, distributed in multiple formats on a variety of platforms. Keep abreast of fresh content by following GRITtv, the site Flanders founded, on Twitter @GRITtv.


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Former TNA Superstar Sting will be appearing at the WrestleCon event during WrestleMania 30 weekend in New Orleans, LA. Let the rumors begin as he'll be in town! This will be his first appearance in the United States since departing TNA Wrestling. We posted a video over the weekend of Sting at an event overseas in the UK.
Sting will be signing autographs at the WrestleCon convention on Sunday, April 7th from 10:30AM until 2:30PM.


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Some weeks are filled with dumplings and cats, but this week was all about pizza, amazing baked goods, and goats. Because any week that you meet a goat is a week all about goats. Head over to the slideshow for a peek at a special sweet delivery, a soulful dog, and Max's journey to an Ithaca goat farm.


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It's probably close to impossible for a coach to rise to the pinnacle of the college ranks as Calipari has without that kind of hatred of falling short on the scoreboard, but the third-year Kentucky head coach is finding himself battling his instincts.
As the Wildcats enter play in the Southeastern Conference, Calipari is working hard to keep things in perspective and focus on the progression of his team. It's obviously difficult to measure something as intangible as improvement, but if UK comes out ahead in that department each time out, it will make up for a couple ticks on the wrong side of the win-loss column.
"We don't have to win every game," Calipari said. "We just have to get better. Let's just worry about getting better. If the wins come along with that or if some losses come along with that, let's just worry about getting better because you and I know if this team gets better, we'll be where we want to be when this all ends up. If we don't get better, we can win all the games we want and it won't matter."
In many ways, Calipari is an enviable position as Kentucky (14-1) opens conference play with a matchup against South Carolina (8-6) at 4 p.m. on Saturday in Rupp Arena. He knows the talent of his team will allow for a relatively successful conference season whether or not the Cats shake off some the inconsistency that has plagued them in the non-conference. The victories will almost assuredly come throughout UK's 16-game conference slate, but it's the postseason he's worried about.
"My issue with all the guys: let's just get better," Calipari said. "What do you have to do to improve? As long as you're getting better, I'm good. We've got to stay focused on improvement, not on wins."
Calipari needs not defend his approach because of the success he's had with it in two years at UK. The wins came more frequently in his first year, as UK went 14-2 in conference and won the SEC Tournament. Last season, the Wildcats lost six times on the road and finished third in the regular season standings, but Calipari never backed down from his familiar refrain.
"Last year it took a while and I kept telling you, 'I like my team and there's no team out there I like any better than my team,' " Calipari said. " 'There's no team out there that's dominating and we're OK.' "
By the end of the year, Calipari wasn't the only one who liked his team. UK upset the tournament's No. 1 overall seed Ohio State en route to the school's first Final Four in over a decade. The Wildcats stayed focused on getting better even as the losses piled up in the SEC and it paid dividends.
"Last year, we got on the road and we just didn't come out with the fire and when it was close I don't think we believed," Calipari said. "By the end of the year, we believed we could beat anybody."
Calipari views this team as a more confident bunch largely based on its No. 2 ranking, but that bravado will be tested in the always-rugged SEC. Between the familiarity amongst the teams and the level of athleticism throughout the conference, nights off for the Wildcats will be few and far between.
"It's going to be really competitive teams and it's going to be a lot tougher than preseason games just because every team knows how we run our offense and their coach has coached against us before," sophomore forward Terrence Jones said. "We're just going to have to play hard every game."
At least on Saturday, that level of familiarity might not be as high. UK's eight-man rotation features four freshmen, while the Gamecocks are playing a vastly different style compared with head coach Darrin Horn's first three seasons. After ranking among the nation's fastest-paced teams from 2008-2011, the Gamecocks are playing a much more deliberate style to better position themselves to compete in the SEC. The result is that South Carolina is playing five fewer possessions per game than in 2010-11 and nearly 10 fewer than 2008-09.
On defense, Horn relies on a combination of a matchup zone defense and full-court pressure to limit and slow down opponents. When watching tape, Calipari was reminded of one of UK's recent opponents.
"They play a very aggressive zone, they press," Calipari said. "As a matter of fact, they play a little bit like Louisville plays. They scramble in the zone, they scramble in the press, they come at you in different ways."
The similarities with the Cardinals are no accident. In implementing the new style, Horn studied tape of Rick Pitino's team. He came to learn that playing with intensity doesn't necessarily mean playing at a fast pace. South Carolina has always relied on turnovers as a key component of its defense and the Gamecocks have improved in that department.
"Our mentality still hasn't changed," Horn said. "We're still about deflections and active hands. It's just the way we're getting them is different."
It took some time for the Gamecocks to get their feet under them in the new system as they stumbled to a 3-5 record. However, South Carolina has won six of seven games with the only loss coming against then-No. 1 Ohio State by a score of 74-66.
The stretch has also corresponded with the return of sophomore guard Bruce Ellington to the lineup, which is no coincidence. Ellington led the team in scoring in his first season but opted to play football in the fall semester. With an 11-win season under his belt there, he's back with the basketball team full time and has scored a combined 26 points in his last two games in spite of limited time on a basketball practice floor.
"There's not many guys that I know that could go out there and do what he does and in between days play a game," Calipari said. "It says a lot about their team to say, 'We know we need him so we're fine with it. You don't even need to practice.' "
There isn't a player on the roster Calipari would say doesn't need to practice. Some of his Wildcats are playing at a high level and some are slumping slightly, yet UK still is hovering near the top of the polls. If Kentucky can repeat what it did a season ago and improve throughout conference play, watch out.
"This team here, wow," Calipari said. "If we could be our best, if we could be playing our best as a team and individually, it's scary. We're just not there yet. We still have two months of league play to figure it out."
Kidd-Gilchrist 'fine' for Saturday
After sitting out the final minutes of Tuesday's victory over Arkansas-Little Rock with a chest injury, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist practiced on Thursday. Calipari called him 'fine' and he is expected to play Saturday.


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The differences between countries and even portions of countries is mostly determined by the economic state. How many people are working, how much are they making when they work, how much are they paying in taxes – all of these things help determine the differences and success of a country.
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Ryan & Ryan is a dynamic father-son piano duo that blends classic and contemporary music into an enthralling concert experience. From Rachmaninoff to Gershwin to Billy Joel, Donald and Barron Ryan combine their talents to create a dazzling blend of old and new schools. Donald is well known as a master of diverse styles—evidenced by a diploma from the 9th International Chopin Competition as well as his induction into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. Donald has also earned the distinction of being among the most accomplished pianists in the world as a Steinway Artist. On stage since the age of four, Barron has distinguished himself in piano studies and has been a featured soloist at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame and the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, and won the Oklahoma Israel Exchange Young Artists Competition in 2011.
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Sit back and relax – listen to the water running off the paddlewheels as you gently glide down the Kalamazoo River. See Saugatuck from the water, a totally different view from what you see on land, and take in the majesty of Lake Michigan.
Take one of our many daytime cruises, or go for a sunset cruise taking in the beauty of a sunset on Lake Michigan. Snack bars onboard serve cold pop, water, or if you prefer a beer, glass of wine or mixed drink and chips or candy to snack on.
It's fun for all ages – children see boats of every shape size, and you never know when we'll see a fox, deer, or possibly a bald eagle! Our narrations are fun and informative, but never boring ! It's an opportunity to "escape" all the pressures of daily life, and take in the natural beauty of the area. It's a time to enjoy the pleasure of friends and family who have come with you on the trip; you may even make some "new friends" along the way!
The Star II is U.S. Coast Guard certified and annually inspected, and has all its safety equipment onboard – 100% adult and child life jackets, ship-to-shore radios, cell phone, and radar equipped.
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Gentle Reader: Yes, I come here too. It's a place where I find balance in my life and a creative outlet–ultimately crafting words. As a published poet, one of my favorite themes according to a writer friend "sings of both the poignant subtleties and the harsh realities of life on the high plains and Badlands of North Dakota in the American West."
I'm not one to post regularly–more like in waves. If my posts are less frequent, it means my busy professional life is even busier. During those times, the end of a work day or week finds me with no brain cells left much less any creative energy to write. When I do post, my internal editor is either silent when needed most or hyperactive and hypercritical–perhaps the curse of any writer. There is a constant balancing act between my perfectionist tendencies and the literary freedom offered by a blog. Whether the right or left brain prevails, one thing is clear: there is little more powerful than the written word and I have an inordinate respect for the power of the pen.
Currently I'm taking a 6-week online poetry class through the University of Iowa. The course work is agressive with 2 exercises a week. The mentors/moderators and other class participants are an active group which keeps the pen (in this case tablet) busy. A "poem . . . never finished, only abandoned." ~Paul Valery.
Here you will also find posts about food. I love to cook and entertain friends–another creative outlet and a way to find work/life balance. I'm always experimenting with new ideas and challenging my skills. Lately, curling up in my favorite chair frequently means being surrounded by anthologies, cookbooks and . . . well, home decorating magazines.
My cooking skills are mostly self-taught having no real mentor cooks during my growing up years. I've worked my way through most of the America's Test Kitchen Cooking School curriculum and found I had a lot to learn and unlearn. Cooking for friends and family is one of my greatest joys.
Most of all, I love living on the edge of the Badlands. Here, life is sweet and the sweet crude of oil production is both sweet and crude. More on that in another post . . . I think.
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Columbia Hotel Bad GriesbachBad Griesbach, Passau , Passauer strasse 39 a - Map
The family-friendly spa complex is located in the suburbs of Bad Griesbach, just 5 minutes from the city centre and approximately 2.5 km from the health resort. Passau and its many shops is around 4 km from the conference hotel and Karpfham train station is roughly 7 km away.The luxury resort offers the ideal backdrop for relaxation, pampering and guaranteed well-being, but is also the ideal venue for successful conferences and events. Renovated in 2009, the air-conditioned, 107-room golf hotel offers a lobby with lift access, a bar and restaurant, Internet access and room service.All rooms and suites are generously proportioned and equipped with a balcony or terrace. For guests to feel right at home, they can choose from 4 styles of ambience; regal and tasteful Castello-style rooms, warm and cosy country-house style, romantic, Mediterranean Tuscan-style rooms, or adventurous and extravagant colonial-style rooms. Each room features an en suite bathroom with shower, bathtub and hairdryer as well as a direct dial telephone, satellite TV, a radio, Internet access and a minibar.The hotel has an indoor and outdoor swimming pool, an on-site gym, and a sauna and steam room. Spa treatments are also available. Golfers will find the Bad Griesbach golf resort approximately 8 km from the hotel.This hotel's culinary flagship is the Il Giardino gourmet restaurant. With his modern, natural cooking, chef de cuisine Denis Feix once again received a Michelin star and 17 Gault Millau points.See more
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Arcadia Hotel Sonnenhof Grafenau
This hotel enjoys a wonderful setting in the town of Grafenau, close to the Bavarian Forest. The hotel is situated just a short distance away from a number of attractions. Guests can enjoy a host of activities nearby. This wonderful hotel is nestled amidst the rich, natural beauty of the area. The guest rooms are beautifully designed, offering functional space, a peaceful ambience and excellent amenities. Guests can completely relax and unwind in the spa, or sit back in the hot tub and marvel at the spectacular rural views that it enjoys. Guests can enjoy regional and international cuisine in the restaurant, followed by a refreshing drink from the bar.See more
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The town of Passau is located in the Lower Bavaria region of Bavaria, in Germany, close to the border with Austria. Three major rivers converge here: the Danube, the Inn and the Ilz, and so it is known as "The City of the Three Rivers". It has a number of attractions, including the fortress of Niederhaus (which dates from the 13th century) on the banks of the River Inn and St Stephen's Cathedral (the seat of the Bishop of Passau). The cathedral is one of Germany's most important religious buildings and it houses one of the world's largest pipe organs. One of the most beautiful sights here is the convergence of the three rivers, with their different shades. In the town, the green waters of the Inn mix with the Danube's deep blue, and together these flow into the dark waters of the Ilz, providing a view that is unique in the world. Passau also offers a wide range of cultural and recreational activities: museums, art galleries, parks, sports facilities, restaurants and shops; these are only some of the things on offer in this beautiful city. Come and discover it!
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"Extracurricular activities" takes on new meaning in the College of Law, or at the very least, seems to pack a wallop not always associated with the term.
Law student Kirstin Eidenbach, who graduates May 16, serves as one illustration: in addition to meeting the rigorous academic demands of the University of Idaho juris doctor program, she has drafted a model law addressing the protection of primates and launched a critical studies journal.
Her work researching and writing a model law to regulate private ownership of primates was accomplished with the support of the Jane Goodall Institute's ChimpanZoo. The work also fulfilled a College of Law academic requirement for a minimum 40 hours of pro bono service.
Eidenbach studied primatology as an undergraduate, ultimately working with lemurs in Madagascar in her senior year. Her model law grafts essential elements of Tennessee and Louisiana law – the best in the nation for animal protection – and seeks to provide a template for use by both governmental bodies and concerned citizens.
"One of the things I learned is that the law is inextricably linked to society and to social perspectives," said Eidenbach. "I discovered the passage of this type of statute usually follows a violent attack. One of the recommendations my proposal makes is that advocates take advantage of social concern, and these unfortunate events, because that's when the public is most informed and can make a decision."
Exploring societal expectations, presumptions and perspectives is another Eidenbach passion. She is the engine behind the new University of Idaho Journal of Critical Studies, the crit. The cutting-edge, multimedia publication provides a forum for analysis, scholarly discussion and critical assessment of legal, social, economic and political issues and institutions. Eidenbach conceptualized the publication, secured a grant to get it started and has served as editor-in-chief and contributing author.
"Education is what you make of it," said Eidenbach. "Especially here, the resources available to students are incredible. The faculty are supportive, motivated, willing to help, well connected and willing to share those connections with you."
Michael Satz, faculty adviser on the crit, provided "academic guidance, critical legal studies expertise, and unwavering support," said Eidenbach. "Getting something of this size off the ground is a huge undertaking. He has helped us tremendously."
"The best part of my job is that I am given the opportunity to work with students like Kirstin," said Satz. "Kirstin is committed to the study of law and improving the legal academy and the practice of law. Her works during her time at the College of Law have been nothing short of phenomenal."
Eidenbach recently was accepted into the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy LLM program with a concentration in Critical Race Theory and Practice.


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ProMedica, UT form biorepository to store samplesWritten by Brigitta Burks | News Editor | email@example.com
ProMedica and the University of Toledo announced May 9 the opening of a biorepository that could help researchers find treatments for cancer, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and more.
The Academic Health Center BioRepository (AHCBR) is the product of the Academic Health Center, the partnership between ProMedica and UT that began in 2010. The biorepository's startup was funded through donations to the Toledo Hospital Foundation.
A biorepository serves as a bank for blood and tissue that can be used for research purposes. With patient approval, specimens can be collected from leftover tissue that resulted from medical procedures like biopsies. The biorepository is equipped with freezers to store the specimens, which would normally be discarded. The blood and tissue will be collected at the Toledo Hospital to start, but expansion to the University of Toledo Medical Center and other facilities is anticipated.
Dr. Debra Gmerek, associate dean for research at UT, said she heard about the need for a tissue-collection center when she began her job three years ago. "I kept hearing we need a biorepository and here we are," she said at the opening reception.
"Once you start talking, you get ideas. You may not agree, but ideas lead to action," said Randy Oostra, president and CEO of ProMedica. The Academic Health Center has mostly focused on education until now.
Oostra added that the biorepository could have a positive economic impact on the area, something Dr. Jeffrey Gold echoed.
Gold, the UT chancellor and executive vice president of biosciences and health affairs and dean of the College of Medicine, said the economic impact of academic health centers totals in at billions and that the centers are responsible for many jobs. Still, he added that changes do need to be made in health care overall.
"Solutions are going to be found locally, not nationally," Gold said. These solutions could mean more individualized treatment of patients, something the biorepository could help facilitate.
The AHCBR gives researchers a chance to learn more about biomarkers, which are substances or molecules found in the tissue that can be used as clues to develop individualized treatments for cancer, said Dr. James Willey, professor and director ofUT's Cancer Research Center.
Dr. Michael McPhee, a ProMedica surgical oncologist, added that patients are also seeking out newer, progressive treatments.
"We're in a new era now. It's called participatory medicine," McPhee said. He gave an example of two patients he had with melanoma. The one who pursued standard treatment died while the other who researched the disease and participated in a clinical trial beat the cancer. Clinical trials could result from research done because of the AHCBR, McPhee said.
Dr. Yasmin Isler will serve as the AHCBR'S research specialist. Isler heard about the upcoming center while finishing up her doctorate in chemistry at Kent State University and moved to Toledo in January.
"My day-to-day job is to find out everything there is to know about biorepositories. What they need, how they function," she said.
Isler said she expects the first blood/tissue sample to be taken sometime during the summer. The AHCBR, located in the department of pathology at ProMedica Toledo Hospital, is almost ready to open.
"We are ready to go. The only thing we have to do now is to resolve the standard procedures so that we know exactly what it is we're going to do when it comes time to collect the tissue," Isler said.
She does have plans in place. When Isler learns a researcher needs a certain type of tissue and is able to connect with a patient meeting the criteria, she plans to meet with that patient to go through the informed consent process. Once a signature and authorization is obtained, a blood sample will be taken and a tissue sample can be collected after a medical procedure. Although some biorepositories use cadavers, Toledo's will not, Isler said.
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- Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
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- Dimensions: 160mm x 229mm x 20mm | 431g
- Publication date: 23 October 2001
- Publication City/Country: Baltimore, MD
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In Malaria: Poverty, Race, and Public Health in the United States, Margaret Humphreys presents the first book-length account of the parasitic, insect-borne disease that has infected millions and influenced settlement patterns, economic development, and the quality of life at every level of American society, especially in the south. Humphreys approaches malaria from three perspectives: the parasite's biological history, the medical response to it, and the patient's experience of the disease. It addresses numerous questions including how the parasite thrives and eventually becomes vulnerable, how professionals came to know about the parasite and learned how to fight them, and how people view the disease and came to the point where they could understand and support the struggle against it. In addition Malaria: Poverty, Race, and Public Health in the United States argues that malaria control was central to the evolution of local and federal intervention in public health, and demonstrates the complex interaction between poverty, race, and geography in determining the fate of malaria.
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Margaret Humphreys received her Ph.D. degree from Harvard University in the history of science, followed by the M.D. degree in 1987 from Harvard Medical School. After residency in internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, she practiced medicine for another three years in Quincy and Braintree, MA. In 1993 she moved to Duke University in Durham, NC, where she practices medicine and teaches in the Department of History. She also edits the Journal of the History of Medicine and is the author of the book Yellow Fever and the South .
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This is a fresh (and plausible) explanation for the disappearance of another southern germ of laziness, and it is presented in a study that does a fine job of packaging its findings within a richly documented historical context. -- Kenneth F. Kiple Journal of Southern History Margaret Humphrey's monograph on malaria in America has a strong storyline and a well-articulated thesis. It combines modern knowledge of malaria transmission and the genetic basis of resistance with a sound appreciation of the social, geographical and cultural nuances of the disease in American history. -- W.F. Bynum Times Literary Supplement A fascinating story of the spread of malaria through the USA following its introduction in the 17th century, through its greatest geographical coverage in the 19th century. -- Allan Saul Nature Medicine The main purpose of this book is to carry out an in-depth dialogue on the mystery of malaria and its existence in some parts of the world and disappearance in another based on the historical facts... The insight that [this] history provides has enormous value for global health. Doody's Health Sciences Review [ Malaria] is a masterpiece and is recommended reading for anyone involved in or interested in health care. -- Ronald C.HamdyMDFRCPFACP Southern Medical Journal A complex and fascinating story of the social history of malaria. -- Elizabeth Fee American Historical Review Gracefully written, perceptive, and well-documented, it will make historians of medicine, public health, and the social history of the American South grateful for her efforts. Medical History The lack of jargon makes the book accessible to a wide audience. -- Leo B. Slater, PhD Journal of the History of Medicine 2005 Accessible to a wide audience. A great breadth and depth of research underpins each chapter. -- Leo B. Slater Journal of the History of Medicine 2006


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Lockheed Martin has added all variants of the Boeing F-15 to an internal analysis of US Air Force platforms the company believes will be replaced by the F-35A Lightning II.
Lockheed now predicts the F-35A will replace the F-15C/D air superiority fighter and the F-15E Strike Eagle.
The USAF officially lists the F-35's conventional takeoff and landing variant as a ground-attack fighter complementing the air superiority mission, replacing only the Lockheed F-16 and the A-10.
The speculative and unofficial addition of the F-15C/D and F-15E fleets allows Lockheed to claim the USAF's requirement to buy 1,763 F-35As over the next 20 years remains intact despite recent policy changes.
Lockheed provided the analysis to Flight International in response to questions about the potential impact of the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), which proposes to slash the USAF's theatre strike wing-equivalents to 10 to 11 wings.
The reduction potentially devastates the USAF's demand for 1,763 F-35As. If the USAF maintains a 72-aircraft wing structure, only 720 to 792 combat-coded fighters are needed to perform the F-35's primary mission.
That role is currently performed by a mix of F-16s, A-10s and F-15Es. Lockheed's analysis assumes the mission would be performed exclusively by F-35s within 25 years.
"All the A-10s and F-15Es would reach their life during the USAF buy of F-35s (~2035) with no other tactical strike platform to replace their full capability other than F-35s", Lockheed's analysis says.
Lockheed also makes a second major assumption. The analysis assumes the QDR plan to operate six air superiority wing-equivalents will include two wings of F-22s and four wings of F-35As. Lockheed acknowledges the F-22 fleet is actually limited to 1-2/3 wings. The four wings of F-35As would replace the F-15C/Ds, according to Lockheed.
If the F-35A gains the new mission, the USAF requirement would rise to between 14 and 15 wings, totalling between 1,008 and 1,080 combat coded jets. Lockheed also estimates a need for another 593 to 636 jets required for training, test, depot and attrition reserve. The final number for the F-35A requirement ranges between 1,601 and 1,715 fighters, a total that Lockheed concludes is "in the noise" compared to the programme estimate of 1,763.
Steve O'Bryan, Lockheed vice president for business development, supported Lockheed's analysis, saying a single F-35 provides the capability of six F-15s in air-to-air simulations. Although the F-35's projected top speed of M1.6 falls short of the F-15's M2.5 maximum, O'Bryan says, the F-35's higher level of stealth offsets the F-15's speed advantage in calculations of overall survivability.
The F-35's prowess in the air superiority role has been debated, with one controversial Rand analysis in 2008 concluding the jet "can't turn, can't climb and can't run" fast enough to survive dogfights. According to industry sources, an unnamed senior USAF officer said last year, "JSF is not an air dominance platform and we understand that."
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Parallels Cap Lock problem
Hello all,
I am helping a friend make the switch to Mac and we are having an issue with Parallels. When in Parallels Caps Lock is on when the light on the keyboard is not illuminated. When the light is illuminated Caps Lock is off. Still works normally on the Mac side of things.
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My keyboard!
I don't have the same problem, but I run Bootcamp and when I'm on Windows and I use my wireless keyboard's cap locks button, it disconnects the keyboard and the light just stays on and I have to turn it off and back on again, turn the cap locks key off quickly and turn it off and back on again. Like you, it works fine on the mac side of things!
So there could be a bug with bootcamp or parallels or that the Apple keyboard's don't work properly with Windows.
You don't have the issue in BootCamp because it's not a virtual machine. It's Apples and Oranges (no pun intended). I run the current version of Parallels and have the same issue. Restarting Windows in the VM clears it up (but it happens all the time). The next time you launched the saved VM you'll likely have to restart Windows. There plenty of postings on this at the Parallels site, but no real answer. The bug was apparently reported in several of the betas and never addressed.:Grimmace:
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Fair Trade, high-quality handmade cotton from Peru just makes this look all the more inviting.
It's worth the drive to The Country Club Plaza this fall to pick out a few new sweaters from the fresh, yet tasteful collection at the new EILEEN FISHER store.
This Fair Trade Scoop Neck Dolman Sleeve top draws eyes up and keeps heat in, without being too bulky and clustered. Locally grown organic cotton skips the chemicals that make conventional cotton one of the most toxic crops. Your skin will thank you at the end of the day.
The EILEEN FISHER sweater fashioned in a Bateau Neck Top in Cotton Wonder Ladder mixes a very casual, worn-in look with handcrafted elegance perfect for sunny day outdoor adventures by itself, or with textural layers. Cotton yarn from Italy looks hand painted that varies from piece to piece. Loosely knit and lightweight yet substantial it's the perfect top to comb the beach at the end of the season.


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A versatile collection with organic lines and fluid shapes.
The White Oak tableware collection is made from fine porcelain that can go from the freezer, microwave, oven, and dishwasher to the dinner table. As a child, Conran used to spend time with a friend of her family's who had a woodworking studio next to her home. The chiseled lines in the tableware mimic the lines in the wood pieces he used to make for her as she watched over his craft.
See more photos of food writer and tableware designer Sophie Conran's favourite things in our gallery.
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By Ritika Puri
It's an unfortunate reality that many small businesses and start-ups fail. But there's more to the story than statistics. Behind each failed venture is an entrepreneur facing a frustrating—even devastating—career setback. How they cope with that setback, however, is often what differentiates successful entrepreneurs from those whose dreams never materialize.
Take the story of Patrick Speijers, CEO and co-founder of ROBIN, a SaaS company based in the Netherlands. Fourteen years ago, Speijers started his first company, a customer service training and consultancy group, with three co-founders. Just over two years later, his team was still struggling to reach a consensus on critical business issues. As a result, they split up and the company failed.
"I felt sad—I lost money, friends and faith," Speijers said. What followed was a long six months of soul searching and doubt. But it was during this low point that Speijers found the key to building his next venture.
"In this failure period, I met the investor of ROBIN, who I probably never would have met if my previous company kept running," Speijers said.
Soon Speijers was moving forward with a new team and new venture—a company that has grown to a team of 11 with $2.5 million in venture funding.
Stories like Speijers' are far from uncommon. In fact, having a failed business on your resume is often considered a badge of honor in Silicon Valley—and a stepping stone to success.
Adjust your definition of failure
Ellie Cachette, vice president of product marketing at web design and development firm Koombea, emphasized that failure is a normal part of the entrepreneurial journey.
"Before Koombea, I was the founder of one major failure called ConsumerBell and several smaller failures," Cachette said. "I spent three and a half years building more than 16 products and honing in on a product market fit."
For Cachette, each setback was an invaluable learning opportunity, and her experiences have made her a highly strategic advisor and founder.
"In my couple years of 'failing,' I learned more about building a business and product than many of my friends who had the luxury of financing and scaling teams," she said. "I've also learned more about actual value and company packaging from failing a start-up."
These lessons have been crucial to Cachette's success with Koombea. "Many of my previous failures save me time and money on a daily basis," Cachette said. "I would never say that failure fuels my success. But thanks to failure, I find myself on more successful paths faster and more of the time."
Focus on value, not loss
Even a failed business has very real worth. Software, equipment, intellectual property, and even a network of contacts all have distinct value—and not just to you.
"If you see yourself falling behind… take inventory of all the things you built," Cachette said. "Then try to offload them, sell them, give them to someone else, or join forces."
"At the end of the day, being a founder is about building value," said Cachette. If you've accomplished that—even on a small scale—then you've already laid the groundwork for a future venture. The value you've created can be reinvested in your next launch, and what you've learned will help you make smarter decisions down the line.
Re-evaluate, then get back in the game
The definition of failure is subjective. To some, failure means losing a multi-million dollar contract or six figures in revenue. To others, failure might be the decision to give up. That's why it's important to take a step back, remember why you became an entrepreneur, and start fresh.
According to Speijers, this process is all about asking yourself what you want. Are you looking to get rich? To build a specific product? To solve a problem?
"It's important to be incredibly clear on who you want to serve with what kinds of products," he said. "Know what kinds of needs you want to fill. This process brings focus."
Once you've identified where you want to go next, you'll likely discover that you're wiser and more confident this time around. Plus, your network is bound to be filled with valuable contacts who can help you launch faster and reach a wider audience than you could in your first venture.
Ultimately, a failed business doesn't mean you've failed as an entrepreneur. It just means you need to try again. After all, as legendary sales guru Zig Ziglar once said, "It's not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts."
Ritika Puri specializes in business, marketing, entrepreneurship and tech. She writes for American Express OPEN Forum, Forbes, Investopedia, Business Insider, CMO, the SAP Innovation Blog, and others.


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It was the match that defined a generation, and that younger fans must be made aware of it. It cost the most successful England manager his job, Bobby Moore his England career and set off a chain of events that went down in folklore – and even spawned a recent movie. All because of one chilly, dark night in October 1973. England v Poland.
Of the masses of literature produced on this iconic footballing spectacle, I have yet to find one which properly contextualizes the build-up. Jan Tomaszewski's legendary goalkeeping display is still treated as manna from heaven, heralded merely as the ultimate riposte to Brian Clough's depiction of him as a "clown."
And yet Tomaszewski was far from the only keeper to wow the crowds with both ability and good fortune at Wembley that year. On that very Wembley turf not five months before, Sunderland's Jim Montgomery had pulled off the most astonishing double-save in FA Cup Final history, as his underdog Black Cats clung on to beat mighty Leeds. Ominously, three of the unlucky Leeds side who watched him do it would be lining up against Tomaszewski – Madeley, Hunter and Clarke. As far as Wembley was concerned, 1973 was not only the Year of the Underdog, but the Goalkeeping Underdog aswell.
Furthermore, Clough was unfairly pilloried for apparent gross underestimation of Tomaszewski. Were he in his Derby job, he might not even have found time to do the interview. As it happened, he was sacked two days before the tie, meaning not only that he was inundated with interview requests, but poured all his bitterness into them. Suddenly unemployed on the eve of the England match, his insult towards Tomaszewski was one borne of grouchiness and publicity seeking, doubtless to let other chairman know he was still out there waiting to be employed.
What was certain was that England, as a team and as a nation, underestimated Poland in a way that only that era could have made possible. Alf Ramsey's men had not needed to play a World Cup Qualifier for eleven years prior to 1972, having hosted and won the tournament in '66, thus given a bye to the finals on both occasions. Their 1970 defeat, the depression of which some have attributed to Labour's election loss the next day, was put down to Gordon Banks' food poisoning and Peter Bonetti's nerves. In the minds of the vast majority at Wembley that night, and huddled round the TV sets at home, England were still World Champion material with a world-beating manager at the helm. As far as opponents were concerned, anyone east of Germany was expected to be beaten with embarrassing ease.
Poland certainly felt looked down upon in that way as they took to the Cauldron of Noise, filled with 100,000 frenetic fans fresh in the knowledge their side had never lost a World Cup Qualifier at home. Goalkeeper Tomaszewski, having digested the shouts of "animals!" from a raucous bunch near the touchline, soon noticed some England stalwarts were chewing gum. "It was like they expected to go 3-0 up in no time and then toy with us," he told Polish TV many years later.
That England should not have felt that way was evident from their display in Chorzow four months earlier, when Poland had given them the rudest of awakenings in front of a beer-fuelled socialist crowd. Bobby Moore, in particular, had endured a nightmare, possibly turning the first into his own net from a free-kick, before getting hopelessly caught in possession for the second on 47 minutes. Alf Ramsey promptly dropped him on the assurance that Moore would be made captain for the 1974 World Cup Finals. It was a decision that the iconic manager would be left to question the moment Norman Hunter missed THAT tackle with Greg Lato.
By that stage, of course, the white shirts of England were expecting to be home and dry, and Tomaszewski might have been thinking the same. The Three Lions, quite simply, played brilliantly, and looked far the superior side from the outset. The onslaught began when Martin Peters, the only surviving member of the 1966 Final, chipped a free-kick towards Roy McFarland, who slid the ball across goal for long-haired Micky Channon to rattle the post. Moments later a lofted ball from blond bombshell Colin Bell found Martin Peters on the right, whose hanging cross was miskicked by a clumsy combination of Clarke and Channon. Clarke was presented with an even better chance shortly after, but couldn't quite get the turn on his dogged red-shirted marker just yards from goal. From the resultant corner, McFarland again found himself hacking away at the ball just yards from goal, the clearance finding its way to Tony Currie whose blaster thudded off Channon and landed inches over Tomaszewski's bar.
A chorus of expectation rang out from beneath the Twin Towers. England were just one shot away from World Cup '74. But as long as Poland kept the scores level, it was they who would qualify at England's expense. Such a humiliation on one's home turf was unthinkable to the average Brit. The tension was ratcheted up ten-fold accordingly.
Another England move on the right saw another deep cross perfectly headed back by the leaping Peters, only for Martin Chivers to blast his shot against a center-back from eight yards. A melee ensued which finally saw the ball break to Colin Bell, whose howling drive almost broke Tomaszewski's right hand. The red shirts were scurrying in all directions again shortly afterwards as nice English build-up play on the edge of the box resulted in a floating ball which Clarke powered downwards magnificently with his head. Alas, he watched in agony as the goalkeeper who had earlier broken a finger in a challenge with him somehow leapfrogged the pain barrier to claw the effort away.
The mop-haired goalkeeper produced an even better stop during the next attack when Clarke twisted and turned at the right-corner of the box and flipped over a left-footer onto Channon's flapping dark locks. The ball dipped awkwardly from the header and Tomaszewski's right hand literally sprang from nowhere to tip it over. Amazingly, he had kept the score at 0-0 for 45 minutes, and set the tone for the second half where an increasingly confident England would pin the visitors against the 18-yard line for almost the entire duration.
Poland were also feeling the tension now and defensive errors, akin to Moore's howler in Chorzow, were beginning to occur. A reckless game of ping-pong among the red-shirted back-line saw Jerzy Gorgon completely lose the ball just 12 yards out, and doubtless thank the heavens as Tony Currie blasted the gifted chance far wide on his left foot. It was the same player who also took charge of England's next chance, seeing his vicious right-foot effort from fully 25 yards uncomfortably repelled by Tomaszewski, onto the right-boot of Channon who volleyed ever-so-narrowly wide.
England had created so much in the first 55 minutes that there was never any suggestion it was not going to be their night. Tomaszewski and his shaky back-line, a nation reasoned, would simply have to crack. And yet, just as England set about planning their next foray, Channon suddenly mistimed his dribble in front of Gorgon, allowing the center back time to hack it clear. Still, there seemed no danger as Norman "Bites Yer Legs" Hunter raced towards the stray ball at the right touch-line, the half-way line a couple of paces away. Of the 20 players in front of him, he was most unsettled by the sight of menacing marksman Greg Lato bearing down on him. Fatally, despite easily reaching the ball first, Hunter took his eye off his feet and stumbled.
A roar.
Lato was away and England 'keeper Peter Shilton was still not even warmed up, having barely had to touch the ball all match. McFarland desperately tried to close him down, as did Hughes scurrying back from the left, but Lato saw through their defensive façade and neatly picked out Jan Domarski, ghosting in from behind them 18 yards out. As the ball stopped dead against Domarski's right boot, it looked as though Hughes had somehow made the ground, the high-voiced Liverpool-star preparing for the dramatic slide to safety. But the slide seemed underpowered, off-balance – the exact opposite of a composed Domarski. Still the drive seemed too close to Shilton, who surely had it covered with both hands diving to the left but…
A net gently bulged. Then a roar. A muffled roar but enormous in its significance. Fifty-seven minutes gone. England 0, Domarski 1. Poland were half an hour from inflicting England's first World Cup qualifying defeat at home. The Lions needed a goal to prevent that, and two to qualify for World Cup '74. It was madness. And out of such madness, true men would be found – or so Alf Ramsey hoped. Ominously, the goal which had led a charmed life on behalf of Jim Montgomery was the very one which Tomaszewski was now defending. Surely it couldn't happen again.
As the roars of the home fans became deafening, England found the strength to continue, and almost lifted the roof off Wembley within 30 seconds. A long throw was knocked down to Channon who made no mistake from 12 yards! And yet euphoria was crushed by the disappointment of a referee's whistle; Allan Clarke was dubiously penalized for pushing. Play continued amid a cacophony of boos.
Poland were desperately trying to keep the ball, but just as Shilton had come to lament the bobbly surface, so too would the visiting defenders. Another pass went astray, resulting in a last ditch challenge to prevent the breakaway. A free-kick was then rolled into the path of Peters, who went down under the challenge causing an entire stadium to erupt. The Belgian referee Vital Loraux had no choice but to award the spot-kick, triggering a tension so enormous as to cause Peter Shilton to turn away from the play and crouch down like a quivering wreck, staring mournfully at the ground. Thankfully Clarke kept his cool when everyone around was losing theirs. His effort was finely placed in the right corner. England were on level terms. Sixty-three minutes gone. Twenty-seven minutes to beat "the Clown" one last time.
Tomaszewski really did look like a circus act the next time a ball came his way, Currie twisting his marker inside out before delivering a swerving right-footer which the Polish 'keeper only just palmed off his crossbar while facing towards his goal. He looked even more eccentric shortly afterwards, clearing Chivers' cross with his boot and then shakily punching the looping ball over an attacker, somehow steadying himself to deflect Allan Clarke's shot on the follow-up. The next move saw Hunter almost make amends for his earlier mistake, hammering a shot into Tomaszewski's chest following a neat one-two with Peters. Still the Poles would not crack.
Now things were getting desperate. Channon's dazzling skill on the right allowed for another cross to find Clarke and be headed over. Emlyn Hughes' composure on the left saw him find Currie inside the D, only for Tomaszewski to save and actually hold the sliced effort. Hughes and Peters were now running rings around the right-back, the former's inch-perfect cross narrowly missed by the frantic dive of Currie but knocked inadvertently to the predatory Clarke.
Six yards out. Only Tomaszewski to beat with defenders' mouths gaping in alarm. A hundred thousand fans rose as the "Sniffer" sought to justify his name with the most powerful close-range strike of the season, in exactly the same position as Peter Lorimer had been against Montgomery. Thwack! Clarke's right delivered the same brutality as Lorimer's left… and Tomaszewski's left performed the same heroics as Montgomery's right! The hand he had seemingly broken earlier in the match somehow withstood the phenomenal impact of Clarke's piledriver and tipped it to safety. Insane!
Then came two incidents which appear to have been lost in English – and Polish – folklore. Lato actually broke completely free with only Shilton to beat, only to be wrestled back by McFarland. What would now be classed as a clear red card offence only merited a yellow in those tough-tackling days of yore. Then came the heart-stopping moment as Lato actually sprung the off-side trap again, timing his run brilliantly as a static McFarland raised his hand like an imploring fifth-grader. The striker latched onto the through ball long before a mentally exhausted Shilton, who performed a Bruce Grobbelaar style jig in his yellow jersey as Lato rounded him. Thankfully, the Pole took it too wide allowing the custodian to regain his ground, and the danger subsided with a harmless shot over the bar from a team-mate. Amazingly, England had another let-off on the break shortly after as Poland sought to seal their World Cup berth in style.
There was time for one final England rally, first substitute Kevin Hector seeing his header cleared off the line (Channon smashing the rebound wide) before from the resultant goal-kick, England worked the ball to Tony Currie. The tireless midfielder fired in a last-ditch cross from all of 40 yards which Tomaszewski and two defenders all went for, the ball dropping to Colin Bell who fired with the goalkeeper yards off his line. Had the ball not bobbled it might have been the most sensational World Cup goal in British history, topping even Beckham's effort against Greece. But the lacerated pitch took vital pace off the shot, allowing for a grateful Bulzacki to hack the effort away.
Within a couple of minutes, England would fail to qualify for the Finals for the first time, and Ramsey would be effectively out of a job. Don Revie would get to fill a lifelong dream of managing his country and the unemployed Brian Clough would – via a bizarre stint at Brighton – take his job in one of football's most disastrous managerial moves. Bobby Moore, who had held the Jules Rimet trophy on the shoulders of his team-mates on that same ground, would see his international career finished. Poland, meanwhile, could shake off the specter of communist political rule to express themselves freely in the sporting arena, winning third place at the following year's World Cup. England's football fans, though, would be left with a horrible unprecedented feeling of self-doubt. Their footballing nation was about to receive its first, and subsequently unshakable, "Can't Do" tag. That was the significance of England v Poland.
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Effects of EPA supplementation on plasma fatty acids composition in hypertriglyceridemic subjects with FABP2 and PPARα genotypes
1 Department of cellular, Molecular Nutrition, School of Nutrition Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, and Drug Design & Development Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4 Endocrinology Metabolism Research Center (EMRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5 Nutrition Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders 2012, 11:25 doi:10.1186/2251-6581-11-25Published: 10 December 2012
Fatty acid binding protein 2 (FABP2) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) are involved in cellular uptake and metabolism of fatty acids. Polymorphism of FABP2 and PPARα may influence plasma levels of fatty acids in those who take supplemental eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). The purpose of this study was to study the potential associations between the Ala54/Thr polymorphism in FABP2 protein and the Leu162/Val in exon 5 and G/C in intron 7 of PPARα with plasma fatty acids composition after EPA supplementation.
Twenty three FABP2 Ala54 and twenty three Thr54 carriers with hypertriglyceridemia were enrolled in this study. Participants took 2 g of pure EPA daily for 8 wks. Plasma fatty acids composition was determined and changes from the baseline were measured.
Although EPA supplementation increased the level of plasma EPA and ω-3 fatty acids in both carriers of FABP2 and PPARα genes, these effects were more pronounced in Thr54 and Val162 carriers. EPA supplementation decreased the level of some n-6 fatty acids such as arachidonic acid.
EPA consumption has more favorable effects on blood n-3 fatty acids and can change the level of plasma n-3 fatty acids, particularly EPA. Because the FABP2 Thr54 polymorphism appears to be prevalent in hypertriglyceridemic subjects, increasing EPA intake in these subjects could be an effective strategy for preventing cardiovascular diseases. Finally, diets and micronutrient recommendations should be individualized for high risk people.


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We've used this space, from time to time, to remind you that, though some people may argue that what Chris Brown did to Rihanna in 2009 was between them, the effects of it are felt by millions of young men and women. Rihanna may feel like she can personally forgive her ex for beating her, but the fact that he's consistently shown very little remorse over what he did sends a terrible message to victims and perpetrators of abuse. That's why we want to hug the ladies at Crushable for their response to Rihanna's statements about it on this week's Oprah's Next Chapter.
"I felt protective," Rihanna said of her feelings for Chris Brown in the aftermath of the assault. "I felt like, the only person they hate right now is him. It was a weird, confusing space to be in, because as angry as I was, as angry and hurt and betrayed, I just felt like he made that mistake because he needed help. And who's going to help him? Nobody's going to say he needs help, everybody's going to say he's a monster, without looking at the source. And I was more concerned about him."
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