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Full detailed profile on Carmine Basco Played by Marco Dapper on The Young and the Restless Daytime Soap Opera.
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Carmine Basco
Actor: Marco Dapper
Who played Carmine Basco over the years
Marco Dapper (March 27, 2012 - October 4, 2013)
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* Came to town looking for ex-girlfriend, Angelina.
Current: Bartender at Genoa City Athletic Club and On The Boulevard
Past: Bartender at GCAC and Gala
Carmine came to town hot on the heels of ex-girlfriend Angelina. When Angelina fell for Kevin, and her father forced them to get married, Carmine sought revenge by kidnapping Chloe from the Gala. Abby caught on and put herself in the trunk instead, hoping for publicity. While on the run, Abby fell for Carmine. They returned to Genoa City briefly and then left town together.
Carmine returned to Genoa City after a time. He was without Abby, who had basically dumped him in New York. He began bartending again, and soon noticed Lauren Fenmore. When Lauren began having marital trouble, Carmine was there to lend an ear and one day he kissed her. They wound up having a passionate affair that lasted months until Lauren told Carmine she was fighting for her marriage and never wanted to see him again.
Carmine interacts regularly with his boss, Billy, at On The Boulevard, and since they played a high-stakes poker game (in which Billy won the restaurant), Carmine's been trying to tempt Billy back into gambling again.
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Chelsea arrives at the Club and questions the accessories the models are wearing. Chloe says she made some changes when she was busy with something more important. Chelsea blurts, "It was Adam. They found Adam's body." By the bar, Lauren and Michael discuss Fen's troubles. She blames herself and laments that she doesn't deserve this baby. Michael reassures her. Lauren talks about needing to bond with the baby before doing any tests. Upstairs, Hilary hears Neil talking to Devon about Leslie. She enters and asks Devon to intervene with Chelsea and Chloe. Hilary tells Neil to be grateful – he doesn't deserve to be treated like that. They discuss what love should be, and Neil gives a heartfelt speech before kissing Hilary. Chelsea and Chloe end up by Lauren and Michael downstairs with Chloe screaming she had a right to know Adam was dead. She is glad he died scared and alone. Upstairs, Lauren tells Devon and Kevin that Chloe and Chelsea are arguing in the dining room. Lily tells Cane she's going to look for Hilary and she'll be civil. Kevin arrives in the dining room as Chelsea tells Chloe she lost someone too. Chloe says Adam was evil. Chelsea screams that it was an accident, but Chloe won't accept that because she uses Delia as an excuse to be the spiteful little b**** she's always been. Chloe slaps her. "You're a b****!"
Carmine opens his door to Michael and asks how he found him. Michael says dead men don't tell tales, but he's guessing his story is good. Michael pushes his way in. Carmine asks how he put it together. Michael says the evidence didn't add up. He deduced that the FBI kept Carmine alive because he turned state's evidence against Womack, and his fingerprints were on the bath salts. Carmine admits he was supposed to go into witness protection, but went to see Lauren at her awards ceremony. He grins about Fen putting a bullet in him and says the feds patched him up. He got full immunity. Michael chuckles that he could kill him, since he's technically already dead. Carmine counters that Michael needs him. Michael wants him to exonerate Fen and in return, he won't tell Womack he's alive. Carmine says no deal. Michael says he'll help whether he likes it or not.
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Published at PO Box 96 124 W. St. Clair Romeo, MI 48065. Phone: (586)752-3524 Fax: (586)752-0548
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by CHRIS GRAYQuestionable questions on a homework assignment about DNA has caused Romeo Community Schools to better scrutinize its assignments.
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Larry Basaj said his Romeo High School freshman daughter was stumped on her biology homework, so she asked him for help. When he read it, he was angered and confused.
"I couldn't understand how a question like that could be put into a homework assignment," he said.
One question asks: "Based on the information in this table, which men could not be the father of the baby?"
The follow-up question read as follows: "The sister of the mom above also had issues with finding out who the father of the baby was. She had the state take a blood test of potential fathers. Based on the information in this table, why was the baby taken away by the state after the test?"
The tables for both questions included options like the mailman, cabdriver, guy at the club and the cable guy.
Basaj said he realizes students are exposed to scenarios like this through TV shows, movies and music, but didn't believe it was appropriate for schoolwork.
"I have a hard time with how the whole question was worded," he said. "I don't choose to let my kids grow up thinking stuff like that is okay."
Superintendent Nancy Campbell said upon examining the questions, administrators agreed they were inappropriate and would fix them.
Campbell said the three-page assignment about blood types and DNA was taken from a website resource for the curriculum. She said staff was instructed to better screen websites and assignments so they aren't offensive.
"The scientific content is sound, but going about it by painting these scenarios is not," she said.
Basaj said he has no problem with the teacher that assigned the work, but hopes the district will be more diligent with its curriculum. He said the incident should also be a call-to-arms for parents to be more involved with their kids.
"If she had never asked me for help I had never seen it, and God knows what else has slid under the radar," he said.

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If you had any doubts that a Sarah Palin presidential run would be a full-on, racially charged assault on the first family, dripping with references to Jeremiah Wright and accusations that the Obamas don't really love America, this should remove that doubt for good.
From the HuffPo:
In passages leaked from her forthcoming book America by Heart, Sarah Palin — the erstwhile quitter governor of Alaska, who now, by all indications, fancies herself as President of the United States — has taken another cheap shot at First Lady Michelle Obama.
In a passage on perceptions of racial inequality in the United States, Palin slams President Barack Obama, who, she asserts, "seems to believe" that "America — at least America as it currently exists — is a fundamentally unjust and unequal country."
And then she goes after Michelle Obama:
Certainly his wife expressed this view when she said during the 2008 campaign that she had never felt proud of her country until her husband started winning elections. In retrospect, I guess this shouldn't surprise us, since both of them spent almost two decades in the pews of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright's church listening to his rants against America and white people.
Palin also goes after the country's African-American attorney general, Eric Holder, in her book, also on racial terms:
It also makes sense, then, that the man President Obama made his attorney general, Eric Holder, would call us a "nation of cowards" for failing to come to grips with what he described as the persistence of racism.
The book passages were first leaked on Palingates, which also found the would be White Queen dragging 12-year-old Malia Obama into her arguments (or her ghost-writer's) and referring to young Americans as a bunch of spoiled little whiners who feel entitled to jobs and salaries they haven't earned (now who does that sound like …) and the president as the product of a "self esteem culture" that confers status without accomplishment. Again, self-reflect much, Ms. Palin?
Read more about the book on Palingates. And ask yourself this question: what do Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Erick Erickson and Andrew Breitbart and his clan have in common? What theme do you see constantly recurring in their attacks on the president? If you said constant, droning, insistent racial provocation, edging right up to, but carefully excluding the n-word, but always pricking at that divide between black and white, needling it and harping on it so that the listener gets it, even if the word isn't said? You get a gold star.


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Letter: Diaz column 'a breath of fresh air'
What a breath of fresh air to read Abby Diaz's column. I've gotten to the point where her's is the first column that I look for in my weekly Forecaster. Her articulate prose and self-deprecating humor draw the reader in. She has a way of looking at the world that makes me smile.
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Local attorney works to free pair
2 sentenced to prison after fatal accidents
CORPUS CHRISTI - To Corpus Christi attorney Bob Hilliard, the case against Toyota is about more than just winning judgments for the clients he represents in civil cases against the Japanese automaker. It's also about freeing those who he believes are the wrongfully imprisoned.
Hilliard has signed on to help two men serving prison time as the result of fatal crashes involving 1990s model Toyota Camrys.
One of those cases is that of Koua Fong Lee, a 32-year-old St. Paul, Minn., man serving an eight-year sentence. He was convicted in 2007 of criminal vehicular homicide in connection with a 2006 crash that killed three people.
Lee has said all along that he tried to use the brakes to stop the car.
Hilliard said he contacted Lee's attorney when he learned about the case and offered to help.
"I said, 'I'm happy to help pro bono. I have experts that can help prove that the problem is a defect that is in the car, not the man,' " Hilliard said.
Neither of the Camrys involved in the cases of the imprisoned men was on the recall list, something Hilliard doesn't think is a problem. He believes the accelerator issues go back farther than those on the recall list.
An inspection in April of Lee's vehicle found he had used the brakes but that there had been issues with the accelerator throttle and cruise control, he said.
Hilliard said he also has about a dozen affidavits from people who drove the same make and model as Lee's vehicle — a 1996 Toyota Camry — which confirm they, too, experienced incidents of sudden acceleration.
Hilliard has made at least half a dozen trips to Minnesota for the case. He's visited Lee in prison and met Lee's wife.
If Lee wins a new trial, Hilliard plans to be by his side in court. He also wants the people who signed the affidavits to testify about their experiences.
No hearing on the motion for new trial has been set, but many of the people already have said they'd be there.
Hilliard also is helping in the criminal case of Abdelfattah Marzouk, an Egyptian-American who is in prison because of a 2006 fatal crash in Tigard, Ore. He had been driving a 1994 Toyota Camry.
Hilliard hopes to exonerate Marzouk and show the crash was related to sudden acceleration. Officials there have agreed to reinspect Marzouk's vehicle.
His firm also was hired by the family of a Spring Arbor, Mich., man who was critically injured in a May 18 crash in Jackson County, Mich.
Christopher Ball, 37, was driving a 1996 Toyota Camry that struck the back of a tractor-trailer. Ball's car then spun and was struck by another tractor-trailer.
Authorities have said Ball was passing vehicles at a high rate of speed and traveling in a lane closed for construction, according to Jackson Citizen Patriot reports.
Hilliard said any possible ties to sudden, unexpected acceleration won't be known until Ball awakens from a coma.
Corpus Christi attorney Bob Hilliard is board certified in personal injury and civil trial law. In addition to his involvement in the recent Toyota suits, some of his other high-profile cases include:
Slough vs. Spohn
Hilliard represented the family of slain nurse Debra Slough, who was kidnapped from a Christus Spohn Hospital Shoreline parking lot on Sept. 11, 2005, and later found dead in Bee County. The lawsuit accused the health system of negligence in providing security. An undisclosed agreement was reached in 2007 during jury selection for the trial.
The 'State School Fight Club' lawsuit
Hilliard is representing several of the facility's former residents in a lawsuit filed last year against several Department of Aging and Disability Services officials related to videotaped fights between residents with mental disabilities.
Davis vs. Ocwen
Hilliard has successfully tried two cases against Ocwen Loan Services, LLC on allegations of predatory lending. One involved a Corpus Christi home valued at $75,000 that resulted in a $3.5 million verdict. The second involved a Galveston home valued at $15,000 that ended with a $10 million jury verdict. His law firm also was liaison counsel in the multidistrict litigation in Texas against the company.
Sanchez vs. Brownsville Sports Center Inc.
Hilliard won a $30 million verdict against Honda in a 1998 lawsuit on behalf of the parents of a 10-year-old boy who died in an all-terrain-vehicle accident. The case was appealed to the Texas Supreme Court and later settled for an undisclosed amount.
Havner vs. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals
Hilliard was one of the attorneys for Marilyn and Ernest Havner who sued the drug company on behalf of their daughter, Kelly, on allegations the morning sickness drug, Bendictin, was to blame for the girl's birth defect. The Nueces County case resulted in a $33 million verdict in 1991 for the Havners but was later reversed by the Texas Supreme Court. It was the sister case to Daubert v. Merrell Dow, which the U.S. Supreme Court used in 1993 to establish a standard for admitting expert testimony in federal cases.
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Defamation Suits and Federal Employees
Trying to sue a federal official or employee for something he or she did that is related in any way to his or her job is not likely to be successful. You can see that play out in this week's Case Law Update, which reported on a defamation suit brought by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) of the Social Security Administration against a Senate Aide. The facts underlying the defamation suit are outlined in our Update. In sum, it appears from the court of appeals case that when the ALJ made a personal visit to the senator's office, the ALJ engaged in certain behavior towards the senator's staff that was viewed by the senate aide as inappropriate and unprofessional. When the senate aide wrote to the SSA to complain about the ALJ's conduct exhibited in this meeting, the ALJ sued the staffer for defamation. Two instructive points are worth noting about this lawsuit and the events on which it was based.
First, the lawsuit was destined to fail from its inception under the well-established law of absolute immunity granted to federal officials by federal statute. It's that law that allows federal employees to go to work each day and not worry about being sued for "doing their job." Under federal law, if you are sued for an act you performed that was related to the performance of your job duties, you need not worry about being sued, because under federal law you will be granted absolute immunity from suit and the lawsuit against you will be dismissed. That was the issue decided by the court of appeals reported in our Case Law Update.
Second, this case offers an opportunity to remind all federal employees about the proper and limited use of your position, title and authorities associated with your position. What precipitated the lawsuit was a personal visit by an ALJ to a senator's office, which apparently occurred on the ALJ's own time and was not related to the ALJ's performance of job duties. The senator's aide, however, perceived the conduct of the ALJ to be unprofessional and reported that conduct to the SSA. Certainly, any federal employee has a right to visit his or her senator's office on personal time and seek the assistance of the staff. Take care, though, not to give any appearance that you are attempting to use your position for the gain of yourself, a family member or close friend-and not just when you visit your senator's office. In whatever personal matters you attend to, be aware of your own conduct so as not to be perceived as attempting to obtain a personal result by reference to your federal position. The safest bet may often be to not mention your job title or your employing agency, so as to avoid any suggestion that you are trying to "throw your weight around." If you're conducting personal business, then carefully consider whether the person needs to know where you work and what you do. Is that information necessary? You will be surprised how often it is perceived that a federal employee is attempting to influence the results of a personal matter by happening to mention the federal agency at which he or she works -and then gets reported.
The Office of Government Ethics publishes government-wide regulations that outline the proper and limited use of your federal position and authorities. Specifically, the OGE regulations on "Impartiality in Performing Official Duties" and Misuse of Position" are instructive here. To read these OGE regulations click here .


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This listing has a very pretty silver pendant and pierced earrings! Each has garnets accented with marcasites. The pendant measures 1 1/8" x ¾" and is marked DEJ, 925. It is on a 24" silver-tone chain – appears to be silver but I could find no marking. The earrings measure 1 ½" long, are post style, and are marked FAS, 925.
All Items : Women's Vanity : Pre 1970 item #1171392 (stock #HAT253)
Another gorgeous hat! This one is black with feather accents and has "Designed by Sylvia, New York, St. Louis" label. Super!
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This is an unusual and eye-catching hat – it's black and white! It has black netting veil and back of hat is accented with a black grosgrain ribbon bow. It has "Fredricko, Boutique Collection" label. Very pretty spring and summer hat!
All Items : Women's Vanity : Pre 1970 item #1171390 (stock #HAT251)
Neat hat in super condition – looks new! Hat is lovely navy blue color with navy blue netting veil and is accented with 2 grosgrain ribbon bows on top of hat. Pretty!
All Items : Women's Vanity : Pre 1970 item #1171389 (stock #HAT250)
Lovely turban style hat in navy blue! Per label, it is 100% nylon and was made in Italy.
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This is a beautiful hat! Made by Bellini, New York, hat is black with black netting veil. The veil is accented with "beauty dots" and back of hat has a black ribbon bow and a small "spray" of black feathers over a pointed widow's peak at back of hat! You'll love it!!
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Gorgeous white hat – suitable for a wedding!
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These ornaments are so pretty! They were made by Danbury Mint in 1985 and were apparently shipped one per month starting December 1984 with final two being shipped in October 1985. Each ornament cost $19 and there are 11 original owner receipts in the ornament storage box. These are beautiful ornaments with excellent detail on each one!
Very pretty Danbury Mint ornament! This one is the "1984 Annual Gold Christmas Ornament" and is "Jack-in-the-Box". Per paperwork, ornament is "richly electroplated with precious 20kt gold". Neat!
This is an adorable Hallmark ornament – a little girl sitting on a swing "holding" her cat! This ornament is from Hallmark's Tree-Trimmer Collection. The Christmas is for Children ornament was originally issued in 1979 and was reissued in 1980. This one is not dated but prior owner wrote 1980 on back of the box.
This Hallmark listing has the complete set of 4 Claus & Co. R.R. ornaments and the train trestle display stand! These are dated 1991 and are in excellent condition. The trestle box has some storage evidence – that's it!!
This Hallmark ornament is from the Keepsake Collector's Club! It's a miniature ornament titled "Rudolph's Helper" and is dated 1996. The box shows some storage evidence but ornament is mint condition. Cute!
This Gurley listing has 3 chamber stick style candles! They measure 4 ½" tall and two have the original Gurley cardboard bases/labels (the third one has lost its label). Neat candles!
Very pretty Gurley candle! This one is a green Christmas tree accented with silver glitter "snow". Candle measures 5 ¼" tall and has the original Gurley cardboard base/label. It is in very good condition with minor storage evidence and some color rubs/wear to the green color at the lower tree branches/points – nothing detrimental or serious!
Neat Gurley candle – the large choir boy in burgundy color "robe"! Candle measures 7 ½" tall and is in very good vintage condition. It has minor storage evidence – nothing serious – still has the original Gurley cardboard base/label.
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I seldom refer to McCoy items as rare but this style Canyon platter is so difficult to find that I believe it falls into the rare classification! This is the oval shaped platter (13 ½" x 10") and is unmarked. It has absolutely no evidence of "use" but the glaze has some typical McCoy imperfections – nothing that I would rate as detrimental (see photos). This is a super addition to a McCoy Canyon dinnerware collection!
All Items : Pottery and Stoneware : McCoy : Vases : Pre 1970 item #1171376 (stock #3859)
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Excellent condition McCoy vase from the Antique Curio line! This line was produced 1960 through 1963 and this listing has the tall 14" size vase – one of the taller vases that McCoy produced. The vase is the more difficult to find warm amber/honey color with clear over-glaze and bottom is marked McCoy, USA. Beautiful!
All Items : Pottery and Stoneware : McCoy : Planters and Flower Pots : Pre 1960 item #1171375 (stock #3858)
This is a lovely McCoy flowerpot with a design that I call wall with roses! Made in 1954, flowerpot is a beautiful pink color, measures 3 ¾" tall, and bottom is marked McCoy, USA. Flowerpot is in wonderful condition – it has a ¼" slice type chip (or it could be a pop) at bottom edge and it has some crazing. It has been used as intended and crazing has darkened very slightly on upper interior – not detracting. This is a very nice flowerpot with crisp mold lines.


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According to press reports, another Iranian nuclear scientist was killed in a bomb attack:
The bomb assassination of an Iranian atomic scientist on Wednesday will not stop "progress" in Iran's nuclear programme, Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi told state television. "Today (Wednesday) those who claim to be combatting terrorism have targeted Iranian scientists. They should know that Iranian scientists are more determined than ever in striding towards Iran's progress," he said. He called Wednesday's killing of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, a deputy director of Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment facility, "evidence of (foreign) government-sponsored terrorism."
Sometimes, assassination can forestall far bloodier conflict. As for Roshan, good riddance.


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Dome to offer free parking for Talons' debut, Luminaria
By Sara M. De La Haya : March 7, 2012
The Alamodome will offer free parking Saturday for the San Antonio Talons' first arena football game and for Luminaria events at HemisFair Park.
The Talons host the Utah Blaze at 3 p.m. Saturday. Luminaria is a free showcase for the arts and artists starting at 7 p.m.Free parking will be available from 9:30 a.m. Saturday to 1 a.m. Sunday in Alamodome Lots B & C.
For details, call 210-207-3663. For a map of dome parking lots, visit www.alamodome.com.


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Renton, WA (SportsNetwork.com) - Marshawn Lynch has ended his holdout after a week.
The Seattle Seahawks running back reported to training camp Thursday afternoon despite not receiving any extra money on the four-year extension he signed in 2012, according to reports.
ESPN.com reported Lynch, who had been holding out since the Seahawks started camp last Friday, was expected to receive some financial concessions on the deal. He is in the third year of the four-year, $30 million pact.
Lynch, 28, has played for the Seahawks for the past four seasons, culminating in the franchise's first Super Bowl title in February.
In 2011, he became the first Seahawks player to rush for 1,000 yards since Shaun Alexander in 2005. He has cracked at least the 1,200-yard mark in each of the last three years, rushing for 1,257 yards and 12 touchdowns this past season.
Lynch was videotaped after arriving to camp wearing a hooded sweat shirt with "BEAST MODE" -- his nickname -- written across the front in neon letters.
According to ESPN.com, he was seeking more guaranteed money or more money up front on the deal that will pay him $5 million this season and $5.5 million in the final year of his extension in 2015.
The site said Lynch had racked up $500,000 in fines over his holdout, money that can be waived by the Seahawks.


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Remember a trip to the Big Top with this 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" Great Circus Company Paper Pack. Featuring vintage-inspired shades of blue, red, and cream and patterns such as clowns, giraffes, stripes, and circus tents, this paper pack is just irresistible! Create circus-themed party scrapbook layouts or invitations using this exciting pack of paper!
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Securities Litigation Hits Low Point
The Securities Class-Action Clearinghouse is mentioned in this article on decline in the number of filings in securities class-action litigation. Gabe Friedman of the Daily Journal filed this story:
Securities class-action litigation is in the doldrums, according to several studies released in recent weeks that uniformly paint a bleak picture of the field and suggest the number of filings has reached the lowest point in years.
A study conducted jointly by Cornerstone Research and Stanford Law School's Securities Class-action Clearinghouse that was released Wednesday suggests a drop in credit-crisis related litigation is driving the decrease in securities filings.
While the Stanford study only examines federal filings, other studies looking into state court filings also reported an overall downward trend this year. At least one other report, however, discovered a recent strong uptick in securities filings in state court primarily in the form of breach of fiduciary duty suits against companies involved in mergers or acquisitions. It reported that filings would soon return to high levels.
That conclusion dovetailed with the findings contained in the joint report by Cornerstone and Stanford.
That report noted that securities filings dropped to their lowest levels in decades: If the current rate of filings persists, there will be only 143 cases in 2010 - the lowest level since 1997.
John Gould, senior vice president of Cornerstone Research, said perhaps the greatest factor in driving filings is stock market volatility. When there is a great deal of volatility and companies' stock prices drop, there tends to be a high number of filings.
He noted the credit-crisis caused extreme market volatility and a high number of cases. But when volatility stabilized and normal market conditions returned, plaintiffs began filing so-called "lagging cases."
In these lagging cases, plaintiff lawyers file securities fraud suits months after a company's stock price dropped, as was seen during the market crash of 2008.
The median number of days between when a company's stock price dropped to when a suit was filed jumped to 112 days in 2009, Gould said, whereas in previous years it had been around 30 to 40 days. In 2010, the median lag period is around 25 days, he said. These so-called long-lag suits from 2009 fueled speculation that plaintiff lawyers were scrounging for new cases at that time.
Gould noted that there are probably a variety of reasons for the current decline in filings. He highlighted the fact that after the 2008 market crash and the resulting credit crisis, the stock market returned to relatively stable conditions.
"Plaintiff's counsel might say there's a decline because it's more difficult to file cases these days whereas defendant's counsel might just say there's less fraud out there," Gould said. "There's probably a number of reasons for the decline."


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I picked up a 160 gig Hard Drive, put it in my fire wire case. Why will Panther only see it as 128gig. I know from window that the size is always listed as the unformated size, but to loose 32 gig seems to me to be a little much. Am I doing something wrong? :confused:
Where does Panther say 128 gig? It might be that there are some files in the Trash on your hard drive.
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Evans Onyx or Remo Black Suede Emperor?
As far as I can tell, the Black Suede Emperors and Evans Onyx seem fairly identical--i.e., two plies of 7.5 film, black coated. I've heard a lot of folks vouch for Evans' consistency in manufacturing, but Remo still seem to be favored by a lot of players (including two of my rock favorites, Stewart Copeland and Will Calhoun).
Any feedback or recommendations? Thanks.
Re: Evans Onyx or Remo Black Suede Emperor?
Personally I'm a Remo fan. With what you would be playing I would say go for the Emperors.
Or I do suggest the Vintage Emperors. Clear has good tone and an amazing attack, without sounding dead or boxy. Coated has a nice deep and well rounded tone on the Vintage, slight bit mellow on the regular coated ones.
The black suedes I haven't used, but I think they would be either between the coated and clear. Maybe a little darker. Perhaps darker like a coated, but with more attack than the coated.
I find Evans heads to be a pain to tune, thin sounding and not open enough. Even G2s sounded that way to me.
At least after their "Level 360" baloney.
But hey to each their own right?
Clear Remo Emperor/Vintage Emperor = Yes
Hope that helps!
Keep it in the pocket.
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Regarding Level 360 Technology, while I understand that many people saw it as 100%, that couldn't be further from the truth. A major technological advancement was made after over a decade of R&D. Yes, we had to market it- we'd taken the time and money to make an improvement and would be remiss not to tell the world about it. I've only had a few people (literally less than 5) that have not had a better tuning experience with the new collar design. In those instances of exception, choice of the specific head had more to do with the experience than the collar design.
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Re: Evans Onyx or Remo Black Suede Emperor?
To me, the sound difference behind the kit is that Evans sound more 'studio ready'- a little more refined than the Remos I've tried. (Could just be my kit.)
I'd recommend G2s or perhaps even G12s for your purpose if you are looking at Emperors: they may take a little more work to get right than the black coated heads, which are generally quite dry in sustain & pretty easy to tune, but will provide you a generally more full & open sound than the slightly muffled black heads. (That goes for the clear Emperor too.) Plus, if you need a more muffled sound or don't like the openness of the unmuffled head, you can just throw on some Moongel or a Drumclip and control how much muffling you want.
I used G14s as batter heads on my former Tama Superstar (the 12" & 14"), which has the same shells as the Silverstar but with heavier hardware & die-cast hoops, and loved it to pieces. The G12s are 2mil thinner but still one ply and gorgeously full. G14s respond a little slower but have a thicker tone to my ear.
Oh, and my Level 360 experience is that they are indeed easier to tune than Remo. So are my Aquarians which have similar technology in the collar.
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EMads were another story. Sounded like a tennis ball more than a kick no matter the tuning.
This happened on every kit I tried them on. My last kit was a cheaper set, and I found the rims where rather thin. Everything was harder to tune on it. So I decided to give you guys a try with a better set. same problems. My bearing edges are good, hoops were heavy and perfectly in round.
It has nothing to do with experience. I will spend hours at a time perfecting and changing the sound of my drums. The sound I prefer most I can get with Remo emporers or aquarian's equivalent in a matter of a couple minutes. I also get a lot of people begging me to help them get my sound.
Before the level 360, I enjoyed the ec reverse dot and HD dry on my Tama metal works. After the level 360, the dry is anything but, three ec just have awful tone. And the hazy 300, at least the newer one, chokes before I reach the tension that gives me my snare sound. A cranked hydraulic on the snare still sounds good.
Its nothing against you guys as a company. I think what you guys do is great, just not for me. You have great innovations, I just can't get the sound I desire.
I also love the fact that we have you on here for support.I have given plenty of time and money to try you guys thoroughly.
Sorry for thread jacking.
Keep it in the pocket.
Re: Evans Onyx or Remo Black Suede Emperor?
Update to last post.
After much experimentation, I have got the toms to sound good. It could just be the resonant heads, But I found a sound a like with the G2s by tuning top and bottom to JAW.
That isn't normal for me. But its enough to play the heads till they are dead. The 10 is still thin sounding when tuned to fit with the 12 and 14
The HD dry, though, The plies are separating, which explains why it was never dry like it should have been.
EMAD still sounds like a tennis ball/over inflated basket ball slamming against the ground.
Keep it in the pocket.
Re: Evans Onyx or Remo Black Suede Emperor?
Well, I ran out of time and am going to stay with my current head choice for the punk/rock gig I have this week: Evans EC2 frosted. Not super keen on these heads, but for a two-ply, lighted coated head with stenciled sound-control ring, the tom tom sustain is still pretty good (kit is a Tama Silverstar birch). They tune nice and mid-lowish to get that meatier rock sound.
What do folks think of Aquarian Response 2 black coated?
Re: Evans Onyx or Remo Black Suede Emperor?
I've never heard a drum sound good with the onyx heads.
Re: Evans Onyx or Remo Black Suede Emperor?
I've heard them make a kit that I thought was absolute garbage finally sound good, and they're great for metal and/or hard rock. Like a slightly thicker/darker coated G2, but with a comparable amount of resonance.
However, I've seen some drummers re-head their kits with Onyx batters and think they can not spend time on tuning them, because you can kind of get away with that with something like a Hydraulic. The Onyx heads are still far more resonant than people think.
Now, the Black Chrome heads on the other hand... that's a different story.
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When i was watching this movie i started having a hatred towards the wife as the movie progressed. Did anyone else have this happen?
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When i was watching this movie i started having a hatred towards the wife as the movie progressed. Did anyone else have this happen?
Did you read the book? It explains her character in more depth, of course. A movie can never capture the words .
And yes, I did not care for the actress. Hard to watch her play that role.
I can't say I ever felt this way!
...NN is right...the nuance of character from book to screen was lost...
...whiny and bit*hy....nowhere near as sympathetic as the novel-which made her "loss" in the book, that much more horrible...
The one I felt the worst for was Church!! I am an over-the-top animal lover. I was still living at my mom's when I first saw this movie & was so scared sh*tless I had to crawl in bed with my mommy!!! I own it on DVD but have never been able to watch it again!!!
...it is a very grim book-I have always felt it was his darkest...
-not even a ray of sunshine in this one!! Even lacks the dark humor I so enjoy! I need to re-read the book-but I think watching the movie again may be out of the question!! There is not enough boxed wine or valium!
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I only read it two times. A grim book as Gnt said. But the power of the words in that book - stays with you.
SK has that way - you have to read on. What ever he writes. I learn something. Tis true.


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Jeers: To ridiculous costs for college textbooks. As if the tuition and mandatory fees aren't high enough -- $11,386 per year for a full-time student at Washington State University -- book costs have gone up 812 percent since 1978. At Clark College this week, students were picking up a $146 psychology text and paying $165 for a physics book. Used textbooks, rented textbooks or even new technologies such as downloadable e-books cut a little off the price. But you don't have to be an accounting major to realize that books are a major part of college costs, and that prices are far out of line with inflation.
Cheers: To Skamania County's Community Development Department for substituting a human being for one of those infernal "phone trees." The department has a lot of different functions and so pressing 1 for this and 2 for that was likely to be confusing -- if I'm thinking about putting a deck on my house, is that building or planning? -- so reaching a person right away is an extremely welcome proposition to callers. And there are a couple of more welcome rules. If the caller has to leave a message, staff members are asked to return the call within no longer than one business day. And when staff members don't know the answer to a caller's question, they ask the caller to leave a detailed message, so that the answer can be researched before the call is returned.
Jeers: To the hundreds of intoxicated drivers who took to Clark County roads this holiday season. Despite all of the warnings, and defying common sense, these are the selfish fools who didn't have the sense to rely on a designated, sober driver. Law enforcement officers took 194 of these scofflaws off the road between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day in Clark County, and 3,446 statewide. That's fewer than the 2011 totals of 246 impaired driving arrests in Clark County and 3,812 statewide. But in the words of Marion Swendsen, coordinator of the Clark County Target Zero Traffic Safety Program, "it's a significant number of people that are driving impaired."
Cheers: To CID Bio-Science, a Camas company that recently undertook the ultimate recycling project. The company, which designs and sells scientific equipment, bought the forlorn, empty American Legion Hall Post 37 on Third Street. The 10,630-square-foot building looked every day of its 77 years, but as architects would say, it had great bones. A fine example of an Arts and Crafts structure, it was designed by notable local architect Day Walter Hilborn and saw use as a community gathering place during and after World War II before falling into disuse.
CID purchased the building last year, and after a loving restoration, it has been transformed into modern office space. The best features, such as the original posts and beams, have been retained, and long-covered windows are once again revealed. The company even used some old molds from Camas' historical paper mill, turning them into furniture. The building is once again a credit to the city and the busy street that fronts it.


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I already have my Pandora but I'm also happy about the RAM Update. Should make usage of RAM intense Programms like Browsers much better. The only thing that never should happen is that Coders do programs that NEED these 512Mb RAM, which would lead to sadness for Users with the old Pandoras.
I can't think of a lot of games or programs that would NEED 512MB RAM... at least not many that would run properly on our SoC as well.
However, if a game port REQUIRES 512MB RAM, then why shouldn't anyone port it?
Sure, it would not work on the older units, but it wouldn't also work there if there was no Pandora with more RAM
Only one i can really think of that ive used is Wesnoth, i couldnt finish the main campaign cause of crashes.
But now the DSP could be loaded without worry.
Maybe more memory can be used by the SGX?
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Nonkilling societyOctober 14,2013Dr. Glenn Paige, virtually an unknown in most of the world, is sorely needed in Chicago (to name just one American city with a sorry history of violent deaths), in Syria, in Egypt, in Iraq and other trouble spots.
Who is Glenn Paige? An article in Sundays New York Times described him as a cherub-faced retired political science professor who lives in Honolulu. And hes having a big impact on young people who have grown up in an environment of almost perpetual violence.
In 2002, his textbook, called Nonkilling Global Political Science, was published, and because it has been translated into Swahili, its message is being taught to more than 200 pupils in the Glenn Paige Nonkilling School in a village in Congo, an African nation that like so many others has long been plagued by war, genocides, and perpetual political violence.
In the past two decades, it has been estimated that as many as 6 million people were killed in Congo and neighboring Rwanda.
The main ideas of Paiges book are also being explained to unschooled adults in the Congo village. Bishop Mabwe Lucien of the Pentecostal Assemblies of God churches in Congo described Paiges concept as new and revolutionary and added that nobody in the region had heard these ideas.
In fact, the bishop continued, upon being exposed to the training program the hands of assassins were raised to denounce killing.
The bishop founded the Center for Global Nonkilling-Great Lakes Africa. He hired trainers who belong to nonprofit groups who have spread the centers message to people in 1,100 villages and towns, distributed 4,500 books and persuaded 30,000 others to work for a nonkilling society. This, he said, has caused the level of violence to drop.
The concept of a nonkilling world is bold and at least comes close to being unbelievable. But in Congo and other parts of Africa, it seems to be working. And if it is working there, might it not be worth considering elsewhere, including here in the United States?
There were 500 murders in Chicago in 2012, but Chicago is by no means the only American city where homicides are a plague on what is supposed to be a civil society. The FBI listed 14 others that reported more than 100 murders last year.
But while murder may be the problem here in the United States, there are other kinds of killings occurring every day elsewhere in this troubled world. Usually the targets are the other members of rival tribes or ethnic groups, different religions or competing political factions.
Iraq is a good example. Just this year, estimates of civilian deaths from violence there range from 114,000 to 125,000. Mostly, these killings are driven by the bitter religious and political rivalries between the two main branches of Islam, Sunni and Shia. Paige describes a nonkilling world as one without killing, threats to kill, or conditions conducive to killing and one in which there is no dependence on killing or the threat of killing to produce change.
When university presses rejected his book, Paige was undeterred. He posted it on the Internet and gave it away, free. Within five years it was translated into 15 languages. Today it is available in 30 languages.
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Devonian Channon is enjoying his first season in Cornwall, having arrived last summer from Bristol. A strong running forward, he is 23 and has featured in 19 games.
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I'm noticing elements of Art Deco with today's outfit but only really saw it afterwards! Perhaps it's the geometric necklace paired with the bat wing silhouette of the scarf. I enjoy happy accidents with clothing. Overthinking it isn't always as fun!
I am 20 weeks pregnant in these photos. I honestly have not bought anything made for maternity wear! I've just been a bit clever with the cuts and styles I choose to put on, which makes that belly magically disappear. *Trying to refrain from saying "baby bump" as much as I can*


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Arlington High School's Trenten Beram placed second in the high school boys 55-meter dash to lead the locals at the Millrose Games, held at the Armory Track and Field Center in New York on Saturday.
Beram, the 2013 Poughkeepsie Journal High School Boys Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year, clocked a time of 6.51 seconds.
The Arlington boys 3,200 relay team of Tom Wimmers, Steve Morrison, Vaughn Feighan and James Asselmeyer was sixth in the Eastern High School Boys race (7:53.79). ...


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* Big words *
Big words, big words
From I born I can't spell
Mi get pencil, coal, and even chalk as well
Mi try to pronounce the words even though me couldn't spell
Mi try to write them but mi did better off drawing dem instead
Big words, big words
From I born I can't spell
Mi try me best with the words them; down to me head start swell
Mi couldn't understand why it so hard to spell
Mi can paint and draw but I just couldn't spell
Big words, big words
Mi get lick till me skin start swell
Mi think it was wise, so me run way instead
Mi go stay wid mi cousins and friends them
Mi up and down all bout pan di street dem,
No wanda we couldn't spell
(Crying sound)
And then mi friends dem start dead
Who no go a jail; end up in a prison instead
Mi couldn't help dem
And mi still couldn't spell
So mi go back home instead
Mi get pencil, paper
Mi write, mi draw, , mi concentrate, mi focus, mi say it piece by piece, and mi do it
continuously and mi pray, and mi pray and mi pray
Big words, big words
Cat, rat, mat, fat, Sat
Mi couldn't believe a dem ya words mi couldn't spell - (softly) even though you still
have some, wa me still can't spell
But mi na go give up - you mad - me a go back to the books dem
So mi can learn to read, write and spell
Big words
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Unless otherwise stated all data on this page refer to the human proteins. Gene information is provided for human (Hs), mouse (Mm) and rat (Rn).
Members of the SLC16 family may be divided into subfamilies on the basis of substrate selectivities, particularly lactate (e.g. L-lactic acid), pyruvic acid and ketone bodies, as well as aromatic amino acids. Topology modelling suggests 12 TM domains, with intracellular termini and an extended loop at TM 6/7.
The proton-coupled monocarboxylate transporters (monocarboxylate transporters 1, 4, 2 and 3) allow transport of the products of cellular metabolism, principally lactate (e.g. L-lactic acid) and pyruvic acid.
MCT1 (Monocarboxylate transporter 1 / SLC16A1) Show summary »
MCT2 (Monocarboxylate transporter 2 / SLC16A7) Show summary »
MCT3 (Monocarboxylate transporter 3 / SLC16A8) Show summary »
MCT4 (Monocarboxylate transporter 4 / SLC16A3) Show summary »
MCT5 (Monocarboxylate transporter 5 / SLC16A4) Show summary »
MCT6 (Monocarboxylate transporter 6 / SLC16A5) Show summary »
MCT7 (Monocarboxylate transporter 7 / SLC16A6) Show summary »
MCT8 (Monocarboxylate transporter 8 / SLC16A2) Show summary »
MCT9 (Monocarboxylate transporter 9 / SLC16A9) Show summary »
TAT1 (Monocarboxylate transporter 10 / SLC16A10) Show summary »
MCT11 (Monocarboxylate transporter 11 / SLC16A11) Show summary »
MCT12 (Monocarboxylate transporter 12 / SLC16A12) Show summary »
MCT13 (Monocarboxylate transporter 13 / SLC16A13) Show summary »
MCT14 (Monocarboxylate transporter 14 / SLC16A14) Show summary »
* Key recommended reading is highlighted with an asterisk
Anderson CM, Thwaites DT. (2010) Hijacking solute carriers for proton-coupled drug transport. Physiology (Bethesda), 25 (6): 364-77. [PMID:21186281]
Braun D, Wirth EK, Schweizer U. (2010) Thyroid hormone transporters in the brain. Rev Neurosci, 21 (3): 173-86. [PMID:20879691]
Friesema EC, Visser WE, Visser TJ. (2010) Genetics and phenomics of thyroid hormone transport by MCT8. Mol. Cell. Endocrinol., 322 (1-2): 107-13. [PMID:20083155]
Halestrap AP, Meredith D. (2004) The SLC16 gene family-from monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) to aromatic amino acid transporters and beyond. Pflugers Arch., 447 (5): 619-28. [PMID:12739169]
Heuer H, Visser TJ. (2009) Minireview: Pathophysiological importance of thyroid hormone transporters. Endocrinology, 150 (3): 1078-83. [PMID:19179441]
Jansen J, Friesema EC, Milici C, Visser TJ. (2005) Thyroid hormone transporters in health and disease. Thyroid, 15 (8): 757-68. [PMID:16131319]
Meredith D, Christian HC. (2008) The SLC16 monocaboxylate transporter family. Xenobiotica, 38 (7-8): 1072-106. [PMID:18668440]
Morris ME, Felmlee MA. (2008) Overview of the proton-coupled MCT (SLC16A) family of transporters: characterization, function and role in the transport of the drug of abuse gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. AAPS J, 10 (2): 311-21. [PMID:18523892]
van der Deure WM, Peeters RP, Visser TJ. (2010) Molecular aspects of thyroid hormone transporters, including MCT8, MCT10, and OATPs, and the effects of genetic variation in these transporters. J. Mol. Endocrinol., 44 (1): 1-11. [PMID:19541799]
Visser TJ. (2007) Thyroid hormone transporters. Horm. Res., 68 Suppl 5: 28-30. [PMID:18174701]
Visser WE, Friesema EC, Jansen J, Visser TJ. (2008) Thyroid hormone transport in and out of cells. Trends Endocrinol. Metab., 19 (2): 50-6. [PMID:18291666]
1. Friesema EC, Kuiper GG, Jansen J, Visser TJ, Kester MH. (2006) Thyroid hormone transport by the human monocarboxylate transporter 8 and its rate-limiting role in intracellular metabolism. Mol. Endocrinol., 20 (11): 2761-72. [PMID:16887882]
2. Murakami Y, Kohyama N, Kobayashi Y, Ohbayashi M, Ohtani H, Sawada Y, Yamamoto T. (2005) Functional characterization of human monocarboxylate transporter 6 (SLC16A5). Drug Metab. Dispos., 33 (12): 1845-51. [PMID:16174808]
3. Wang Q, Darling IM, Morris ME. (2006) Transport of gamma-hydroxybutyrate in rat kidney membrane vesicles: Role of monocarboxylate transporters. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther., 318 (2): 751-61. [PMID:16707723]
Database page citation:
SLC16 family of monocarboxylate transporters. Accessed on 29/07/2015. IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY, http://www.guidetopharmacology.org/GRAC/FamilyDisplayForward?familyId=188.
Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY citation:
Alexander SPH, Benson HE, Faccenda E, Pawson AJ, Sharman JL, Spedding M, Peters JA and Harmar AJ, CGTP Collaborators. (2013) The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2013/14: Transporters. Br J Pharmacol. 170: 1706–1796.


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ISIS terrorist have captured the third largest city in Iraq. Baghdad builds defense against possible ISIS attacks. Large area in Syria now under control of ISIS. East Ukraine seeks independence. Crimea holds referendum in a bid to join Russia.
These are only some of the headlines that we have seen in the past months. The latest news is that ISIS terrorists are close to the Turkish border and Turkey is part of NATO and a strong American ally. Everyone is wondering what the is going on and are we close to the Third World War. In my opinion the responsibility goes mostly on Barack Obama naïve and dilettante foreign policy.
I can't say that American foreign policy was perfect in the past two decades (the moment when USA became the only super power in the world) but what is happening in the past few years has never happened before. Ever since Barack Obama was elected as a president we are witnessing series of mistakes in American foreign policy.
The attitude toward terrorists and terrorist organizations is changed and is much softer than ever. For example, USA is releasing Guantanamo detainees really easily and the president seeks civil trials for the rest of them. Even his biggest success (as his supporters claim) the capturing of Osama Bin Laden was not carried professionally. His remains were scattered in the sea and many people have doubts about the whole operation. He is focusing on Afghanistan instead of Iraq where USA has strong economical interests since Iraq is in the middle of a region that is geo-strategically important. He pulled American troops out of Iraq too soon. Now ISIS is doing anything they want in Iraq and Syria. Obama's weak reactions have encouraged terrorist from around the globe to join ISIS in Iraq and Syria and it seems that the terrorists have more support around the globe. We can read about terrorist plots ion American and European soil on daily basis.
Everyone must admit that some of the moves of Obama when it comes to foreign policy are really amateurish. His inappropriate reaction in the Syrian crisis made ISIS strong and significant force. He first strongly opposed president al Assad in Syria and even gave orders to send weapons to the opposition. This wouldn't have been such a bad move if we haven't found out that his administration gave most of the weapons to radical Muslim fanatics who are definitely not fighting for any kind of freedom. Now that Obama is aware of his mistake he is trying to make a coalition with al Assad which is absurd. On the other hand, America's strongest ally in the region – Turkey is sending messages of disapproval with American foreign policy. This is something that has never happened before. This is only making the situation more complicated and Americans are not sure if the military bases in Turkey are now fully operational or not. In a really short period Obama made few capital mistakes that have ruined decades-long strategy that made USA the only super power. Now with Obama's help it looks like USA is not alone and it even looks like it is not the strongest nation in the world. Barack Obama's foreign policy definitely made some people (Vladimir Putin) and organizations (ISIS) really happy.