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›› Architect of an empire: Gerald "Jerry" Rubin takes venture from wigs to riches
Helen of Troy founder Gerald Rubin this week left the large El Paso company, with sales of more than $1 billion, that he has run for 46 years.
His departure is part of a management-succession plan.
Julien Mininberg, 49, a Yale graduate who currently heads Helen of Troy's Healthcare/Home Environment division, has been appointed by the company board of directors to succeed Rubin, 70, as chief executive officer, the company reported Wednesday. A new board chairman, a position also held by Rubin, also was appointed.
Mininberg will become CEO on March 1. Tom Benson, Helen of Troy chief financial officer, will serve as interim CEO until then.
Rubin will receive a $15 million cash payment and stock awards as severance outlined in his employment contract, a company report shows.
Helen of Troy -- with sales of $1.29 billion and a profit of almost $116 million last year, and a stock market value of more than $1.7 billion -- develops and sells personal-care, health care, and housewares products under well-known national brands, including Revlon, Vidal Sassoon, Dr. Scholl's, Vicks and Oxo.
It has about 1,500 employees worldwide, including about 500 at its West El Paso headquarters.
"I've been running the business for 46 years, and everything is at its highest point -- stock price, sales, profit. This is a good time to leave," said Rubin, who will continue to be a major shareholder. "I'll let the new management continue the successes of Helen of Troy. I don't see any major changes. It will be business as usual."
Mininberg in a statement said: "I am delighted and honored for the opportunity to lead Helen of Troy. The company has a strong presence in its core markets and a talented organization. ... I am confident we have a bright future."
Rubin started the company in 1968 as a wig retailer. He later changed gears by going into the hair-appliance business. He got his big break in 1980 when he convinced internationally known hairdresser Vidal Sassoon and his company to give Helen of Troy a license to put its brand on Helen of Troy products. The company now has dozens of other well-known brands for a variety of hair-care and household products.
Rubin said leaving Helen of Troy will allow him to do things he's had to postpone. But he isn't retiring. He now becomes CEO of River Oaks Properties, the large El Paso developer of strip shopping centers that he's owned for years.
Adam Frank, Rubin's son-in-law, will continue to run River Oaks' day-to-day operations as the company's president, Rubin said. River Oaks owns more than 50 shopping centers in El Paso County.
Gary Abromovitz, deputy chairman of the Helen of Troy board, said the leadership change is part of the board's succession planning and is designed to ensure a smooth transition.
"For the past several years Julien has successfully led Helen of Troy's largest business segment and brings extensive marketing and management experience from his more than 15 years at Procter & Gamble," Abromovitz said in a written statement.
Mininberg for seven years has been president and CEO of Kaz Inc., a Massachusetts company Helen of Troy bought for almost $272 million in 2010. Kaz makes body thermometers, humidifiers, fans and other products under the Vicks, Braun and Honeywell brands.
Mininberg will commute between Massachusetts and El Paso until he moves his family to El Paso in the future, after one of his children finishes high school next year, Helen of Troy officials said.
Helen of Troy's stock soared to a record close Thursday of $57.27 per share, up $4.86 per share, on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
Part of the reason for the stock spike is likely tied to Rubin's large compensation package, which now goes away.
Helen of Troy will record a charge of $16.3 million, after tax deductions, in its fiscal 2014 fourth quarter ending Feb. 28 for its severance payment to Rubin, it reported in a release. But the company expects to save about $30 million in its 2015 fiscal year, which begins March 1, because of lower CEO compensation, it said.
Rubin received $14.05 million in salary, stock awards, and other compensation in fiscal year 2013, a company report shows. His base salary was $600,000 per year. He had the potential of earning almost $42 million in a three-year period, including future stock awards, if he remained with the company until the end of fiscal year 2015, a company report shows.
"The change in CEO will result in compensation savings and benefit" the company's earnings per share, Jason Gere, a New York-based market analyst who follows Helen of Troy for KeyBanc Capital Markets, said in a report to investors. "While we are sad to see Mr. Rubin depart after his long tenure at the company he founded, we are excited about what Mr. Mininberg can bring to the table."
The Helen of Troy board also decided to no longer have the CEO be board chairman. So, it appointed Timothy Meeker, who's been on the Helen of Troy board since 2004 as chairman. He has more than 35 years experience in the consumer products industry.


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Photinia, a shrub belonging to the rosaceous family, is widely grown in nurseries and landscapes in the eastern United States. Several species, including Photinia serrulata and Photinia glabra, and a hybrid, Photinia x fraseri, are grown for landscaping. Because of its bright red, immature foliage, Photinia x fraseri, also known as "red tip," is the most popular photinia grown. All of these ornamentals are susceptible to leaf spotting caused by the fungus Entomosporium mespili. Other ornamentals reported to be hosts of the fungus include juneberry (Amelanchier spp.), flowering quince (Chaenomeles spp.), loquat (Eriobotrya japonica), firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea var. formosana), Indian hawthorn (Rhaphiolepis indica), and mountain ash (Sorbus sitchensis).
Leaf spots on photinia first appear as minute, slightly raised dots on either surface of the leaf. Older spots have a slightly depressed center with raised margins (Fig. 1). On the juvenile, reddish colored foliage of P. x fraseri, the tiny, new, circular leaf spots are a darker red than the surrounding healthy tissue. Older necrotic spots (up to 3-4 mm in diameter) have ashen gray centers and dark purple margins surrounded by an indefinite lighter purplish halo. The centers of the necrotic spots are dotted with minute black specks, which are the spore-producing structures, or acervuli, of the fungus (Fig. 2). Leaf spots are discrete in light infections, but in heavy infections they often coalesce to form large, blighted areas. Infection is mostly limited to the leaf blade, but occasionally spots may occur on petioles and tender, young shoots. Heavy infections cause premature defoliation.
The fungus overwinters as mycelium in fallen infected leaves from the previous year. In the spring the fungus produces spores (Fig. 3) that are dispersed by splashing water to healthy tissue. Symptoms first appear on the new growth of the lowest branches and spread gradually upward. The fungus continues to sporulate throughout the growing season. Because the fungus preferentially infects tender, new growth, cultural practices that stimulate succulent growth, such as summer pruning or frequent pruning or fertilization, favor disease.
Fungicides, such as thiophanate methyl (e.g. Cleary 3336) or myclobutanil (e.g. Systhane), can be used preventatively, but they must be applied on a regular basis throughout the season for effective control. Follow label rates or consult the current Virginia Pest Management Guide for Home Grounds and Animals (VCE Publication 456-018) or the Virginia Pest Management Guide for Horticultural and Forest Crops (VCE Publication 456-017), http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/456/456-017/456-017.html, for details on rates and intervals of application. For information on the proper use of pesticides and fungicides, refer to any current VCE pest management guide.
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|Incretins and other peptides in the treatment of diabetes.
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|Glucagon-like peptide-1 (7-36) amide (GLP-1) is a gut hormone, released postprandially,which stimulates insulin secretion and insulin gene expression as well as pancreatic B-cell growth. Together with glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), it is responsible for the incretin effect which is the augmentation of insulin secretion following oral administration of glucose. Patients with Type 2 diabetes have greatly impaired or absent incretin-mediated insulin secretion which is mainly as a result of decreased secretion of GLP-1. However,the insulinotropic action of GLP-1 is preserved in patients with Type 2 diabetes,and this has encouraged attempts to treat Type 2 diabetic patients with GLP-1.GLP-1 also possesses a number of potential advantages over existing agents for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. In addition to stimulating insulin secretion and promoting pancreatic B-cell mass, GLP-1 suppresses glucagon secretion,delays gastric emptying and inhibits food intake. Continuous intravenous and subcutaneous administration significantly improves glycaemic control and causes reductions in both HbA1c and body weight. However, GLP-1 is metabolized extremely rapidly in the circulation by the enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase IV(DPP-IV). This is the probable explanation for the short-lived effect of single doses of native GLP-1, making it an unlikely glucose-lowering agent. The DPP-IV resistant analogue, exenatide, has Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes and selective DPP-IV inhibitors are underdevelopment. Both approaches have demonstrated remarkable efficacy in animal models and human clinical studies. Both are well tolerated and appear to have advantages over current therapies for Type 2 diabetes, particularly in terms of the effects on pancreatic B-cell restoration and potential weight loss.
|J F Todd; S R Bloom
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|Title: Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association Volume: 24 ISSN: 0742-3071 ISO Abbreviation: Diabet. Med. Publication Date: 2007 Mar
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|Created Date: 2007-03-30 Completed Date: 2007-08-13 Revised Date: -
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|Department of Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
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Bristol Palin may have finished third in the "Dancing with the Stars" finale, but she can enjoy some sense of retribution in real estate after she bought a home for nearly half the cost of its original value, according to the LA Times.
Palin, the daughter of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, reportedly purchased a home in the hard-hit real estate region of Maricopa, AZ for $172,000 in cash. Compare that to the $329,560 price the home sold for in May 2006.
What brings Bristol to the sun-fueled state of Arizona? She is rumored to be enrolling at nearby Arizona State University, which is located in Tempe, AZ — about 30 miles north of her new home in Maricopa. Plus, this home's location would be ideal to escape the gray, dreary weather of her hometown of Wasilla, AK.
According to Zillow's Price History chart (above), Bristol's home was sold in 2006 for $329,560. Then, it allegedly went into foreclosure in January 2010 and was bought in May for $137,200 by a couple from North Dakota as an investment. They fixed it up and put it back on the market at a starting price of $185,000.
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Lisa Kafka, executive dire ctor of Exceptional Equestrians, left, Linda Jauquet, center, and Lisa Schabo, guide Henry Meshke, during a recent hippotherapy session. / H. Marc Larson/Press-Gazette Media
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About: Founded in 1999 as a non-profit organization with one horse, Exceptional Equestrians now uses 12 horses and a heated barn that allows for year-round therapy. Each hippotherapy session is led by a licsensed therapist and is often used in conjuction with other forms of therapy such as physical, occupational or speech. Exectuive director Lisa Kafka says Exceptional Equestrians does not turn away patients due to inability to pay and the organization has given away $30,000 in scholarships funds to families through fund-raising efforts.
Where: 1130 Orlando Drive, De Pere
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Online: exceptionalequestrians.org
Don�t tell Henry Meshke�s mom, Lynn, that he�s just riding a horse during his weekly hippotherapy session at Exceptional Equestrians.
�What Henry does is therapy ... it�s a legitimate workout,� says Lynn of her son who uses a walker due to the effects of cerebral palsy. �He is a child who doesn�t even walk independently. He struggles to keep himself upright and to kind of control everything, and yet he can ride on a horse with no saddle, no reins, no stirrups, nothing holding him on but his body and his legs. I find that absolutely amazing. I couldn�t even do it.�
The Meshkes are one of the more than 100 families who use hippotherapy � using a horse as a therapeutic tool � for treatment of a wide range of medical conditions including cerebral palsy, spina bifida and Down syndrome says Exceptional Equestrians executive director Lisa Kafka.
�Hippotherapy is one of the most effective tools because it impacts all of our senses simultaneously,� said Kafka.
She explains that the horse�s motions � front-to-back, side-to-side and rotational � are beneficial for riders who have trouble walking.
�Children are experiencing what they need to feel, the same muscles that they need to be using when they get off the horse and walk,� said Kafka. �Those are the muscles they are using while they are riding�
Because riders don�t use a saddle, reins or stirrups, they are forced to engage their core muscles to stay on the horse. Once the core muscles are activated they affect the visual and respiratory systems as well.
Once on the horse, Kafka and her assistants pay attention to even the smallest details, knowing they can make a big difference.
Having riders put their hands on their thighs instead of the back of the horse forces riders to engage more of their core muscles and use more muscles to adjust to changes in the horse�s direction and speed.
Some patients multitask as they ride. There are plastic basketball hoops and other object positioned around the barn that are incorporated into therapy sessions. Kids will shoot at the baskets as they ride or may be asked to spot a particular object, and some will solve math problems on an iPad. Others may even ride facing backwards on the horse.
After Henry�s session is complete, Kafka helps him off the horse and points out how he didn�t lean back the same way he did when mounting the horse. That�s an indication that his muscles have loosened up during his session. The effect of the session can also be seen in his longer strides as he walks out of the barn.
The effects aren�t limited to short periods of time after each session, though going months without a session can cause patients to lose the progress they made. Until this year, Exceptional Equestrians couldn�t operate during the cold Wisconsin winters, which often meant months would pass without hippotherapy sessions.
�You lose track of the progress he�s made until it stops,� said Lynn Meshke. �Then he goes from having a long stride and very smooth walk to a very short stride, very choppy, not as flexible. It�s difficult for him to do things like turn and sit and all these basic functions it takes to get through the day.�
A recent capital campaign allowed Exceptional Equestrians to add a heated barn so therapy sessions now run year-round.
Additionally, they added a Protokinetics Movement Analysis System that allows them to measure patients� gait �or stride � before and after each session and from session to session so they can objectively measure their progress.
�I have high hopes for the research aspect of it,� said Kafka. �We see it (progress) every day. The parents tell us about changes. But us seeing it and talking about it isn�t enough.�
Most insurance companies don�t cover hippotherapy, but the collection of objective data may help change that. Though that�s not Kafka�s only hope for the research.
�I think it may help more programs like this be able to be generated in different states, in different parts of our state because it is such an effective therapy tool. I would like to see it happen more often and be able to see more families be able to take advantage of it.�
More immediately, Kafka can look at the data and make adjustments to future therapy sessions. For instance if the child�s feet are pointing in one direction or they are walking on the ball of one foot instead of using the full motion of heel-to-toe, she can adjust exercises to strengthen appropriate muscles.
Regardless if hippotherapy is covered by insurance or becomes a widespread form of therapy, going to Exceptional Equestrians is likely to be a part of Henry�s continuing therapy.
�If I can find something like that, that does so much for him but is so enjoyable for him, and he doesn�t even think of it as work,� said Lynn. �I feel like I owe that to him, because the rest of everything else I ask of him is so difficult.�


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Students accompanied by parents are allowed to leave early after an apparent student suicide Monday at McCulloch Junior High School in Marion, Ind.
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And now, from the Park City at Midnight section, we bring you Simon Barrett - writer/director/executive producer of the feature film S-VHS. Sundance describes the Midnight section as such, "from horror flicks to comedies to works that defy any genre, these unruly films will keep you edge-seated and wide awake. Each is a world premiere."
Barrett is one of S-VHS's five directors, four executive producers, and six writers. Add to that, six DP's and only five cast members and this already sounds like an interesting set-up. According to imdb.com, the plot is described as, "Searching for a missing student, two private investigators break into his house and find collection of VHS tapes. Viewing the horrific contents of each cassette, they realize there may be dark motives behind the student's disappearance."
S-VHS is a sequel to V/H/S, which was at last year's Sundance festival. The fest staff elaborates on the film.
Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static--white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than... » just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.
From the demented minds that brought you last year's V/H/S comes S-VHS, an all-new anthology of dread, madness, and gore. This follow-up ventures even further down the demented path blazed by its predecessor, discovering new and terrifying territory in the genre. This is modern horror at its most inventive, shrewdly subverting our expectations about viral videos in ways that are just as satisfying as they are sadistic. The result is the rarest of all tapes--a second generation with no loss of quality.
Watch the S-VHS trailer.
Interested? We are too and very excited to have a little background on Barrett and his filmmaking influences straight him the man himself. We asked if he'd guest blog for us and he didn't disappoint.
I was excited about this [guest blog invite] just because I've always wanted to write about a Miramax release that has likely gone under the radar for a lot of young film fans: Philip Ridley's The Reflecting Skin. I myself have never seen the film on the big screen - Miramax released it in theaters in 1990, but it played nowhere near my hometown of Columbia, Missouri, and at the age of 12 I probably couldn't have snuck in to see it anyway. The Reflecting Skin was released on DVD for the first time in December of 2011 by Echo Bridge, 21 years after its release; until then, I'd had to make do with my old Miramax VHS tape, which had traveled with me from apartment to apartment throughout my teenage and adult years.
The reason The Reflecting Skin so galvanized me as a teenage filmmaker is that its fusion of horror genre elements with a serious coming of age story was totally unique to me; I was an obsessive fan of the horror genre, but The Reflecting Skin was something different. The film takes place in a nightmarish version of rural Idaho in the 1950s, all cornfields and sunny, slightly askew tableaus, its Dick Pope cinematography reminiscent of an Andrew Wyeth painting, with decay and madness beneath the surface. Our young protagonist prays to a dead infant in a wasp nest that he believes is a fallen angel. He suspects that his veteran brother, Viggo Mortensen, is gradually being transformed into a vampire by a mysterious neighbor, when in fact the brother has been exposed to radiation during his WWII military service and is increasingly ill. And in one of the film's least disturbing elements, which is really saying something, a car filled with child rapists and murderers is going around town picking off our hero's friends. The plot is utter nihilism, but never pointlessly bleak and depressing, and not without hope; instead, the film beautifully encapsulates the confusion and frequently terrifying powerlessness of being a child.
At the time that I saw The Reflecting Skin, my only exposure to anything like the "art horror" sub-genre was movies like Tetsuo, Eraserhead, Santa Sangre or The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (the last, another excellent Miramax production), films that were amazing but in many ways inaccessible to a young viewer seeking entertainment over art. I also had not yet seen films like The 400 Blows, nor had I read The Tin Drum or The Painted Bird, obvious influences on The Reflecting Skin. The film was unlike anything I'd seen before; captivating, with compelling characters, but utterly suited to my cynical teenage tastes. As such, The Reflecting Skin became the first "art" movie that I studied, watching it enough times to begin to deconstruct its camerawork and editing and think about what it took to get the film's disaffected, heartbreaking performances onscreen; it was my early version of film school, and far more educational that most of the classes I eventually took.
The writer and director of The Reflecting Skin, Philip Ridley, has only made two films since, 1995's occasionally brilliant but confounding The Passion of Darkly Noon, starring Brendan Frasier, and the more genre-oriented Heartless in 2009. (He also wrote the cult gangster drama The Krays.) Ridley remains a relatively obscure director, beloved by connoisseurs but certainly not mentioned in the pantheon of great Miramax filmmakers of the '90s. To anyone who has not seen The Reflecting Skin, I urge you to do so immediately; even if its dark sensibilities might initially seem alienating, the film remains a hidden masterpiece, one that exposed my young brain to the possibilities of fusing various genre archetypes to create a unique forms of storytelling. In my personal opinion, it is one of the best movies of all time.
Watch the trailer to The Reflecting Skin.
The next S-VHS Sundance screening is on Sunday Jan.20, 9pm at the Tower Theatre in Salt Lake City. You can buy tickets for this or three of their other screenings on the Sundance website.
The Reflecting Skin is available on DVD.
The Sundance Film Festival runs January 17-27 in Park City, Utah.
Thanks to our Guest Blogger, Simon Barrett. Next up: Meet Darci Picoult, screenwriter of the feature film, Mother of George.


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Jennifer Hall Lee
Growing up on Staten Island, New York in the late 60s and early 70s with my father, a police officer and my mother, a social worker was anything but boring. My mother worked at Willowbrook State School, the institution that housed mentally retarded people on Staten Island and she was instrumental in its closure. She and I then moved to Athens, Georgia and then Atlanta in 1973. We were living in the Quaker Meeting House in Little Five Points, the artists area of Atlanta. This neighborhood had it all, filmmakers, actors, gay activists, political activists, feminists, and the general counter culture of the time. I was a part of a dance theater company with Celeste Miller and I volunteered at the feminist bookstore, "Charis Books and More."
Upon graduating from Hampshire College, I moved to the San Francisco Bay area intent on working at Lucasfilm's Industrial Light and Magic in their optical department (this was when visual effects were created on cameras and film - computer effects were just beginning). I started working in the optical department as a compositor in 1989.
I worked on many feature films at ILM, including FORREST GUMP, GHOST, BACK TO THE FUTURE 2, DEATH BECOMES HER, THE ROCKETEER, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, HOOK, IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS and FORREST GUMP.
My first independent film that I directed was about little-known southwestern architect named MARY JANE COLTER: THE DESERT VIEW. It was narrated by Ellen Burstyn. I was drawn to Colter's story because her work was significant and ground-breaking, and I had never heard of her.
Moving to Los Angeles to broaden my film experience I worked in several Hollywood studios including, Warner Bros. Studios, Sony Imageworks, and Technicolor. I worked as a visual effects producer, compositor, editor, digital intermediate conforming editor and I produced miniature effects. I worked technically and creatively. My credits include, RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN, THE HUMAN STAIN, KILL BILL Vol. 1+2, FINAL DESTINATION, HERBIE FULLY LOADED, BEOWULF, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, and ENCHANTED.
I began to move in a more independent direction with film and made I created and directed a film festival in Winslow's historic theater from 2002 through 2004. For three years the Winslow Film Festival screened independent films and hosted a visual effects lecture series that included visual effects professionals.
FEMINIST: STORIES FROM WOMEN'S LIBERATION won "Best of the Fest" for documentary at the Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival. It is a film exploring the significance of the second wave of the women's liberation movement on our lives. Interviewees include author and NOW founder Betty Friedan, authors and activists Frances M. Beal, Robin Morgan, Sonia Pressman Fuentes, Betita Martinez and many other feminists who are not well-known but should be.
As a speaker I work to connect the importance of history as women along with seeing women as leaders. Speaking engagements include the British Library, Feminism in London Conference, Berkshire Conference on Women's History, Hampshire College, The Women, Action and Media National Conference, UCLA, University of Colorado, Boulder, Girls Athletic Leadership School, Denver, CO, Loyola Marymount University, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, University of Texas Dallas, and the International Islamic University in Islamabad, Pakistan.
In 2014 I was named one of the Global Ambassadors for the Global Media Monitoring Project. The GMMP is the longest ongoing study of gender in media in the world.
Jennifer speaking at the Los Angeles Final Cut User's Group in 2013.


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October 26, 2006
Norwegian SF blog
Just found a cool SF blog, sf.kjempekjekt.com . My knowledge of Scandinavian languages isn't that hot but I think it's Norwegian, and it looks good.
Any other non-English SF blogs I should know about? (Probably!)
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Hi there. Thanks for telling people about my blog. I'm checking your RSS feed every day, and when I read your review of Children of Men I just had to tell everybody in Norway about it (yes, you where right about the language).
By the way, "kjempekjekt" translate to something like "great fun". I'm writing in Norwegian just because it's easier for me, but really I think it would've been great if we all spoke the same language. Maybe I'll convert someday, or at least start to write in english on my blog..
If my spelling and grammar gets good enough :| Come to think of it, I really need the practise.
Maybe if Google supported a few more languages in it's Translate app?!
I'd keep writing in Norwegian if I was you. It annoys me how everyone in the UK and US assumes that everything in the web is in English.


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A more imposing figure than Francesco Rocca would be hard to conjure up, with his stern glare, bald pate and bow legs. The coach of the Italian U-17 side is a passionate man, a man who loves his football and his dedication to the game is plain for all to see. A little too plain sometimes perhaps, for his critics would say that this singular man makes unreasonable demands on his players. But therein lies the secret to his success.
"Sport is a school of life for youngsters, you must never forget that," he says. "And what are the most important things in life? Discipline, respect for others and good behaviour. That's what I teach my players. They know that if they don't fit the profile, they won't be part of my plans." The message could hardly be clearer.
A native of San Vito Romano near Rome, Rocca himself had a troubled career as a player. At the age of 18, he joined Roma, and his principal strengths were being able to run fast and for long periods of time - so fast and for so long, in fact, that his team-mates dubbed him 'Kawasaki'. Then, in 1974, he earned a call-up to the squadra azzurra as the national side was attempting to rebuild following their disastrous showing at the 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany™.
The youngster won 18 caps in a row and was emerging as a fixture in the new-look team when he picked up a slight knee injury. The doctors advised him to stop playing for a while, but his insatiable thirst for the game was too strong. Unfortunately, disaster struck soon afterwards as he caught his foot in a hole during training. Ruptured ligaments was the diagnosis this time around, and Rocca never really recovered. Eight operations and five years later, he was forced to call time on his playing days at the age of 27.
"Passing on my experiences as a player"
"What I love about being a coach is passing on my experiences as a player," he explains, having successfully made the transition. "I was a player so I know what they're going through. If I can stop them from making the same mistakes I did, that's all I can ask for." With that goal in mind, Rocca approaches his task by adopting the toughest of stances, refusing to indulge his players in any way. His is an uncompromising approach, and it has earned him a fair amount of censure in the past. "A lot of people in Italy think I'm too severe," he says. "But I am how I am and I'm not going to change. For me, discipline is the key. That's just the way it is."
His philosophy does not end there, however, and nor could it for a man with such experience in the dugout. A coach with the Italian Federation since 1983, he has overseen youth sides of all age groups in his time. Added to that, he was assistant to Azeglio Vicini and then Arrigo Sacchi at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups respectively, before shadowing Dino Zoff at UEFA Euro 2000. He has had time to watch football evolve, and he has a keen eye for the sport that so inspires him: "our youth teams now struggle in World Championships for one, simple reason: in physical terms, we're lagging behind other sides. So, I now centre my selection policy and preparation around physique."
He is not afraid to stand or fall with his theories either, combining his role as head coach of the Azzurrini with that of goalkeeping coach and fitness instructor. "That way, if we have bad results I take all the blame," he says, laughing.
Against Côte d'Ivoire, Rocca's starting eleven were highly impressive with an average height of 1.84m and an average weight of 74kg, and his forward line of 'shaven-headed giants' stood out in particular. Christian Tiboni and Salvatore Foti, two towering characters each measuring around 1.90m, combined perfectly to control the aerial game but also to wear the Ivorians' defenders down. "It's the first time I've tried that system and it worked very well," he declared after the 3-2 victory. "Physically, we lasted for the whole game and without doubt that made the difference in the end. The Ivorians were very strong technically and very athletic as well, but our hard work on the basics paid off."
Bulldozing strike duo
On the other side of the coin, diminutive creator and excellent technical player Andrea Russotto had to make way to accommodate Rocca's bulldozing strike duo. Starting on the bench, he came on at half-time… only to be hauled off again by his coach a quarter of an hour from the final whistle. The playmaker from Treviso was absolutely furious, and he made no effort to hide his anger. "Russotto is a very good player, but some days he is great and other days he is out of sorts. Today was one of those days. He failed to get to grips with the match," Rocca explained afterwards.
Always in search of perfection, however, the victorious coach was far from completely satisfied with his team's performance: "we suffered badly with just three in defence at the start, so we switched to four and that worked better. But we're in a very physical group and we're going to be put under pressure again by the USA." It is an attitude he seems to have instilled in his players, and even Foti, scorer of the winning goal, refused to get too carried away. "Of course this was an important victory, but we have to be tighter in defence," he stated. "It's not normal to concede three goals and we'll have to be a lot more concentrated at the back against the Americans."
Tough, ruthless and cautious though he may be, Rocca remains a man like any other and knows how to enjoy himself. "Naturally, I'm going to study how the Americans play but for now I'm going to savour this moment," he insisted, with a smile that bordered on the sarcastic - no doubt because he knew no one would believe him. And, true, few would be surprised if he was hiding a video of their set-pieces behind his back as he said it.


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Just days before Christmas, a Chicago-area Bank of America branch played host to its last picture show.
Most Saturday nights for the last 38 years, a movie house tucked inside a nondescript bank in the Windy City's northwest side has screened a handpicked mix of Hollywood classics and obscure flicks.
There was no marquee and no advertising. The 300-seat revival cinema, most recently called the Bank of America Cinema, was accessible to knowing movie goers only through an alley along the concrete wall behind the bank. First-time visitors tended to get lost.
"That was part of the appeal: It was such an unlikely place to go and see movies," said Michael W. Phillips Jr., the programming director of the Bank of America Cinema. "It was like being part of some top secret club."
The ersatz movie house started in 1971 as part of a promotion for a radio show sponsored by the Northwest Federal Savings & Loan, and first hosted in the employee lunchroom set up with 75 folding chairs.
The quirky cinema later built its own screening room and projection booth, and survived bank consolidation, as Northwest Federal became Talman, which became LaSalle Bank Corp.
Bank of America kept the movie house going after it acquired LaSalle's parent company for $21 billion in 2007. But on December 18, the screen went dark with one final hurrah, a showing of the 1934 Laurel and Hardy musical, "Babes in Toyland." The throwback movie house fell victim to a familiar problem: bank glut.
BofA says it had several bank branches in the area, and it sold the property as "part of our normal course of business in evaluating where we have locations to serve customers," a spokeswoman said in a statement.
Phillips, a freelance copy editor and movie buff, had worked at the Bank of America Cinema since 2004, after meeting the projectionist in a film class. He said the work fed his enthusiasm for movies, but hardly was lucrative. "I came to love doing it so much that it didn't feel like work," Phillips said.
Among his favorite Bank of America Cinema showings were Orson Welles' "the Magnificent Ambersons," which played to a packed house, and a six-month series called "Mustache Cinema." The movies in the series included the musical "Flirtation Walk," featuring the song "No Horse, No Wife, No Mustache," and "Mutiny on the Bounty," the last movie in which Clark Gable didn't have a 'stache. "We relieved all that testosterone with some Rita Hayworth movies," Phillips said.
It was a chore to convince the successive bank owners to keep open the movie house, which Phillips said operated at break even or at a small profit. "Every time a new bank would take over, there would be this scramble to justify" the cinema's existence, he said. Phillips said he knew the end was coming for more than a year. Bank of America asked him to plan only six months of movies at a time, while they pursued a sale of the branch. (The Bank of America Cinema is not to be confused with the Bank of America Theatre in downtown Chicago.)
In August, Bank of America told Phillips that the building, including the cinema, would close to make way for a new owner. Phillips said he asked for the identity of the buyer so he could lobby to keep the cinema open, but he said his contacts at the bank didn't know who the new owner was.
"I feel like if it had been LaSalle, we could have found somebody in an office somewhere to tell us what was going on," Phillips said. "But Bank of America is too big to worry about this tiny little theatre."
Bank of America said it has a strong commitment to community and arts organizations, including as a sponsor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. "We take pride in being active and involved members of the community through both our charitable giving and volunteer activities," the bank said.
Now, the Bank of America Cinema is getting something of a Hollywood ending. The screen and projection equipment are being donated to a local neighborhood arts organization. Cinema workers Becca Hall and Julian Antos are decamping for the Portage Theater, a historic movie house nearby the old bank branch. In February the Portage will dust off the weekly film series on a new night (Wednesdays) and with a new name, the Northwest Chicago Film Society.
Phillips is stepping away, but said he'll have fond memories from the bank cinema, including a base of devoted, mostly older, film goers who knew each other's first names and movie predilections.
On the last night for the Bank of America Cinema, movie goers feasted on donated cupcakes, and heard speeches from the branch manager and the founder of the original Northwest Federal Savings & Loan movie series. No one wanted to leave, Phillips recalled, and they lingered until midnight in the movie lobby to swap memories and hugs. Still others were glued to the screen through the very last reel –- a 1960s training video for train engineers.
"I miss the community aspect of it," Phillips said. "Seeing these people week in and week out; I think that's what I'm going to miss the most."


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In this video from Peace, Love, and Pitbulls, the resident dogs are in quarantine until the new puppy Bandit has all his shots. That's why they are exercising indoors. Meanwhile, little Bandit does his best to figure out how this treadmill thing is supposed to work! -via Metafilter


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How can I learn Struts?
Start by checking out what is available at the Struts Home Page . This site has links to a lot of good information about Struts. Then check out the Struts Wiki. This page has a wealth of good information about struts
When you're first starting out, though, it's much better to learn by trying it out than poring over a bunch of reference materials.
If you want to start out just using your favorite text editor, the Struts Wiki Tutorials Page has the best listing of free tutorials.
If you're going to be using an IDE, such as Eclipse or NetBeans, you're in luck. Struts is popular enough and has been around long enough that most IDEs now have some sort of Struts support. When you're learning, it's a good idea to search for a Struts tutorial that is geared toward your particular IDE. Try Googling "Struts Tutorial xxx" where xxx is the name of your favorite IDE.
Here are some simple flash tutorials on creating a Struts application with WebSphere Studio WSAD and Struts
While it's true that there's a lot of good reference material on the Struts Home Page, a book written by a professional author can provide a much more organized, concise, and clear picture of the framework.
Here are some good books on Struts:
For a more complete list, see the Struts Wiki Books Page.
Also check out the JavaRanch Bunkhouse J2EE book list for some reviews of Struts books.
Where can I find an example of a Struts Application?
The first place to start is with the material you received when you downloaded Struts. When you unzip the file, there is a webapps directory. In this directory, you will find the struts-examples.war file. Deploy this war file to your app server and run it. Then look at the source code for it. That should give you a good idea of some of the things you can do in Struts, and how it all works.
You may say, "Yes, I've looked at that, but it's really just a toy application that doesn't do anything important. I want an example of a real application that was built using Struts." If you want real applications, you can download several from this page on SourceForge. The Beer4All application on that page is a good example of a shopping cart application using Struts.


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I see that one of my favorite Camera sites is looking for Freelance Writers. This sounds like my dream job, work from home, on your own schedule, reviewing the latest and greatest in Camera technology.
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Many people are enthusiastic about the prospects of the alternative-energy industry, but two pieces of news today underscore the fact that the industry is young and complicated—and faces intense government regulation, from the federal level on down the line. First, The New York Times reports that the federal government has decided to halt the development on federal lands of new solar power plants for perhaps the next two years, while an environmental-impact study is conducted.
"[T]he decision to freeze new solar proposals temporarily, reached late last month, has caused widespread concern in the alternative-energy industry, as fledgling solar companies must wait to see if they can realize their hopes of harnessing power from swaths of sun-baked public land, just as the demand for viable alternative energy is accelerating," the Times reports.
The paper goes on to quote an executive at a Caliifornia solar company saying, "It doesn't make any sense. The Bureau of Land Management land has some of the best solar resources in the world. This could completely stunt the growth of the industry."
Meanwhile, plans to develop a $1.6 billion wind farm off the coast of Delaware have been approved. "Officials from Delmarva Power and Bluewater Wind announced details of their agreement in Newark, Delaware," CNN reports. "Bluewater spokesman Jim Lanard said the power company will get about 16 percent of its electricity from a field of 150 wind turbines, anchored in the seafloor about a dozen miles off Rehoboth Beach, Delaware."
A similar project off Nantucket was scrapped over not-in-my-backyard concerns that the turbines would mar the horizon, diminishing the natural beauty and perhaps the property values of an affluent and influential community. The company behind the project, Bluewater Wind, asserts that the turbines off Delaware's Rehoboth Beach will not be visible on summer days, and will only be faintly visible on clear winter days.
Will people make a bundle in alternative energy? Perhaps. But as these news items suggest, there's still a lot to be sorted out.
Meet 50 Young Entrepreneurs Aiming to Change the World
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The National Rifle Association invested more than $2 million in the presidential race within 48 hours of endorsing Republican Mitt Romney last week, according to Federal Election Commission records.
The money was used for online and e-mail advertising, direct mail, bumper stickers and other printed material, the records show.
And, today, the group began a television advertising campaign on Romney's behalf, debuting a 30-second commercial this morning in Cincinnati, according to Kantar Media's CMAG, a New York-based ad tracker. Ohio is a hotly contested presidential battleground state, where polls show the race is a toss-up.
TV ad spending by the NRA hasn't yet been documented with the FEC. As of the end of August, the NRA's political action committee had about $10 million cash on hand.
The committee also is active in several Senate races. One online ad urges voters to "boot" Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown from office because he received a "F" from the NRA when it comes to gun rights.
The pro-Romney spot is simple and seemingly low-cost. It shows chunks of the words "2nd Amendment" crumbling as a narrator says:
"Mountains of debt. Trillions of new spending. Multinational threats to our sovereignty. Chipping away at your rights. Chipping away at your freedom. And now they're attacking our Second Amendment rights. Chipping away at your future."
Soaring music begins as a photograph of Romney and vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan is shown.
"But you can stop them, right now. Vote Romney-Ryan Nov. 6. Romney and Ryan will defend our Second Amendment rights."
The NRA said in a press release Oct. 4 that it is backing Romney in part because he will appoint Supreme Court justices who strongly back gun rights.
Obama and Romney each made memorable gun comments during the 2008 presidential race.
Obama described some small-town voters as "bitter" and needing to "cling to guns or religion." He was speaking at a fundraiser in San Francisco, where his remarks were secretly recorded.
And Romney in 2007 gave a rambling "varmint"-infested quote about his interest in hunting:
"I'm not a big-game hunter," he said. "I've made it very clear, I've always been a, if you will, a rodent and rabbit hunter, all right? Small, small varmints, if you will. And I began when I was, oh, 15 or so, and have hunted those kinds of varmints since then — more than two times. I also hunted quail in Georgia, so I've — it's not really big-game hunting, if you will, however. It's not deer and large animals. But I've hunted a number of times of various types of small rodents."
At an NRA conference in April, one attendee described voting for Romney as "hold-your-nose situation."


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The Red Wings play in Frontier Field, located in downtown Rochester.
Built for a cost of $35.3 million, Frontier Field became home of the Red Wings in 1997. Frontier Field officially opened on July 11, 1996 with Opening Ceremonies and a concert by The Beach Boys.
First Baseball Game: April 11, 1997...Scranton/WB 8, Red Wings 5
First Red Wings Hit: B.J Waszgis, single in 3rd inning
First Red Wings Run Score: Waszgis, 5th inning
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SC WIND FARM SERVICE SRL is a privately held company with 100% Romanian capital set up in the year 2011. Our company main scope is to provide high quality services in windmill maintenance, such as cleaning and maintenance operational tasks.
The advantages of the cooperation with our company consist in working with: a young, dynamic team, with professional expertise in the field, responding promptly to any request.
Our services have a detachment point in Romania and most of our clients such as General Electric, Vestas and Gamesa are great companies on a local and international level. Our employees have followed specialized trainings and courses in the activity domain of the company.
This is why SC WIND FARM SERVICE SRL, an independent service provider (ISP), is now able to offer you specialized services in washing the components on site-prior to the erection sequence, corrosion removing and paint repairs for the windmill sections (being HEMPEL trained), the repair services for damaged nacelles and hubs (made from epoxy and/or fiber glass), service lift (Power Climber and Hailo) including legal authorization for elevators in Romania and also the mold prevention solutions that are to be applied on the WTG sections prior the construction and also during its existence.
For a quick rigging and easily portable, we use 2M Platform that is designed to provide quick temporary access for inspections of the wind blades and wind towers. These platform is easy to assemble and can be configured into a work cage, which makes the temporary access inspection platform essential.
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Platforms are engineered systems that are customized to individual blade geometries. The Blade Maintenance Platforms reduce the use of expensive cranes and save time on required maintenance by offering optimum working positions, which give 360-degree access to blade surfaces. With state of the art operating controls, the blade maintenance platform is able to adjust mid-air to various blade sizes as it moves along the length of the blade.
All the members of our team are trained and qualified to work on heights.
From 2013 we have started our branch activity for changing the oil of the gearboxes of the wind turbines with our new equipment Sage Oil Vac.
This equipment is a trailer-mounted mobile oil change system that can be operated from the ground. This systems use a patented vacuum system to evacuate oil. A fluid pump is used to deliver fresh oil to the gear box. The enclosed system eliminates heavy lifting of buckets and reduces mess and spills.
We are committed to bringing efficiency and responsibility to wind industries through our service maintenance.
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CERTIND este acreditat de catre RENAR si recunoscut de catre Ministerului Agriculturii si Dezvoltarii Rurale ca si organism de inspectie si certificare a conformitatii indicatiilor geografice si denumirilor de origine ale produselor fiind astfel in masura sa emita certificari D.O.P. (Denumire de Origine Protejata) si I.G.P. (Indicatia Geografica Protejata).


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Dundee boss John Brown immediately tried to sign the former Inverness and Ross County striker on a short-term deal after he became one of seven experienced players to lose their jobs with the administration-hit club.
A statement on the Dundee website read: "The signing which took place at Dens Park this afternoon is subject to SFA clearance and special dispensation due to Dunfermline's circumstances."
Partick Thistle signed two of the released Pars players, Jordan McMillan and Andy Dowie, while Dunfermline reported that goalkeeper Paul Gallacher had joined Ross County.
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Possible signals from lost jet's black boxes heard
PERTH, Australia (AP) — U.S. Navy equipment has picked up signals consistent with the pings from aircraft black boxes, an Australian search …
Royals arrive in New Zealand to rain, cheers
SYDNEY (AP) — Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate, have arrived in New Zealand's capital to cheers from locals who braved windy, rai…
Police: Legendary star Mickey Rooney dies at 93
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mickey Rooney, the pint-size, precocious actor and all-around talent whose more than 80-year career spanned silent comedi…
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Duck Commander 500 Restart
Due to Sunday's rain-out of the Duck Commander 500, the race will be run beginning at 6:00 A.M. Monday Hawaii time on KHON2.
Despite criticism, Hawaii Health Connector works for small business owner
There's been a lot of controversy over the pros and cons of the Hawaii Health Connector, but one Waipahu businessman says it's vital to smal…
Apparent drowning highlights safety concerns at 'Spitting Caves'
A 19-year-old man apparently drowned in waters off "Spitting Caves." In the wake of his death, we wanted to know what can be done to prevent…
Tourist dies after being rescued from Hanauma Bay
Police say the 63-year-old man had been snorkeling about 15 to 20 yards off shore before lifeguards rescued him.
Honolulu police investigating human bones found in Kahuku
Police have the area on Marconi road blocked off, and are treating it as a crime scene.
Fundraiser concert held for Iolani Palace
Hawaiian music took center stage Sunday at Iolani Palace.
Hilo man killed in early morning crash on Big Island
A 26-year-old Hilo man is dead after an early morning car crash in Keaau.
Portion of Ka Uka Boulevard closed after car crash
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The Clery Act
The law is named for Jeanne Clery, a 19-year-old Lehigh University freshman who was raped and murdered in her campus residence hall in 1986. Jeanne's parents, Connie and Howard, discovered that students hadn't been told about 38 violent crimes on the Lehigh campus in the three years before her murder. They joined with other campus crime victims and persuaded Congress to enact a series of laws in 1990, which were originally known as the "Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act" and "Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act".
In 1998 "The Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act" was renamed the "The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act" in memory of Jeanne Clery (see the video "What Jeanne Didn't Know" Parts 1 & 2).
The Clery Act requires all colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid programs to keep and disclose information about crime on and near their respective campuses. Compliance is monitored by the United States Department of Education, which can impose civil penalties, up to $35,000 per violation, against institutions for each infraction and can suspend institutions from participating in federal student financial aid programs.
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LUPD's Involvement with Clery Compliance
LUPD's Involvement with Clery Compliance
The Lincoln University Police Department (LUPD) is the office on campus responsible for the publication and distribution of this report in accordance with the Jean Clery Disclosure Act.
Here are the main requirements that Lincoln University must fulfill to maintain compliance with this act:
Lincoln University Police Department works closely with Residential Life, Student Health, University Relations, and other various University groups, as well as other law enforcement agencies to compile the data necessary to meet compliance with Clery.


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After finishing sixth in the Big Sky, Eagles conclude season with a match close to home
The Eastern Washington University women's soccer team will play its final game of the 2012 season against cross-town rival Gonzaga on Sunday, Nov. 4, at 2:30 p.m. at Gonzaga Soccer Field in Spokane, Wash.
The Eagles wrapped up the Big Sky Conference season on Sunday (Oct. 21), with a 1-0 win against Big Sky newcomer Southern Utah. Junior Torri Sitzman scored an unassisted goal at the 14-minute mark to give Eastern the edge it needed to hold off the Thunderbirds in Cedar City, Utah.
Two days prior, Eastern held Northern Arizona to a 0-0 tie in Flagstaff. The draw broke EWU's seven-year losing streak against NAU.
As a result, Eastern finished the Big Sky season in sixth place, tied with Northern Arizona with a 3-3-3 conference record and 12 total points, which triples Eastern's point total from the previous two seasons.
But with only the top four teams earning a bid to the Big Sky tournament, Eastern just missed the cut. Idaho State, Montana, and Portland State were all named co-regular season champions after ending the season with a 6-2-1 conference tally. Weber State secured the fourth spot after finishing 5-3-1 in the league, totaling 16 points.
By virtue of tiebreakers, Idaho State will host the tournament as the No. 1 seed. Interestingly, ISU is one of the three teams EWU beat during the regular season.
With their chance at the tournament gone, the Eagles will face Gonzaga to round out the 2012 schedule.
"We try to play Gonzaga every year," said head coach George Hageage. "They contacted us before the start of the season to schedule a game, but the only weekend that worked for them was Nov. 2-4. Obviously we hoped to be in the Big Sky tournament during that time, so we told them if something happened and we did not make the tournament, we would play them."
"I think this is a great opportunity for our young team," added Hageage. "It is also a great opportunity to end the season closer to home. It will help gauge how far we have come this season with all the injuries that occurred. It will be interesting to see how we handle playing an opponent that is obviously a good team."
Even without the extra game, the Eagles currently hold a 6-7-4 overall record – the best results the team has seen in two years. If they win against the Bulldogs, the red and white will finish with a .500 percentage, besting its winning percentage from the previous four years.


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The Red Wings host the Dallas Stars on a Tuesday night. Sound familiar? These two teams played at Joe Louis Arena exactly one week ago for the Wings' home opener. And since Detroit lost that game, 2-1, it's looking for payback this time. Can the Wings finally get that power play going? 7:30 p.m., FSD-plus.


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Mile: 4:14.47, 2006 SEC Indoor Championships, Gainesville, Fla.
3,000m: 8:37.50, 2006 Tyson Invitational, Fayetteville, Ark.
1,500m: 3:52.80, 2007 Pepsi Florida Relays, Gainesville, Fla.
3,000m Steeplechase: 8:50.07, 2007 NCAA East Regional Championships, Gainesville, Fla.
5,000m: 14:42.52, 2007 SEC Championships, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
HONORS: 2007 USTFCCCA All-East Region - 3,000m steeplechase.
2007 AS A JUNIOR: Bests of 3:52.80 (1,500m), 8:50.07 (steeplechase) and 14:42.52 (5,000m) … Competed in nine meets (three indoor, six outdoor) … USTFCCCA All-East Region in steeplechase … Took 24th in 3,000m steeplechase at NCAA Outdoor Championships in 9:11.98 … Knocked another 10 seconds off personal record in running sixth-fastest time in school history to take sixth in steeplechase at NCAA East Regional Championships in 8:50.07 … Was less than one second from taking fifth and earning automatic bid to NCAA Outdoor Championships … Shaved more than 10 seconds off previous PR to score at Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships for the first time of career with mark of 9:01.23 earning a seventh-place finish … Time was also first NCAA regional mark of career … Also finished 16th in 5,000m (14:42.52) at SECs … Captured second in steeplechase with then-career-best time of 9:11.33 at Pepsi Florida Relays … Took third in steeplechase at Florida State Relays with mark of 9:27.12 … Ran opening leg of distance medley relay that took fourth (9:55.03) and finished 14th in mile at SEC Indoor Championships with time of 4:16.07.
2006 AS A SOPHOMORE: Wins (1): (i) Gator Invitational DMR (10:15.10) … Bests of 4:14.47 (mile), 9:16.69 (steeplechase) and 14:48.24 (5,000m) … Competed in eight meets (four indoor, four outdoor) … Finished 18th in steeplechase at SEC Outdoor Championships in 9:41.59 and was 21st in 5,000m with mark of 14:50.22 … Ran on 4x1,600m relay that finished less than two seconds away from school record by taking seventh at Drake Relays in 16:40.08 … Took second at Seminole Invitational in steeplechase with time of 9:16.69 … Clocked career-best time of 4:14.47 to finish 16th in mile at SEC Indoor Championships … Picked up first win of career as anchor leg of DMR (10:15.10) at Gator Invitational.
2005 AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN: Competed in one meet and took fourth in 5,000m at Florida Relays with time of 14:48.24.
2004 AS A FRESHMAN: Did not compete for Florida.
HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: Bests of 1:55 in 800m, 4:21 in 1,600m, 9:19 in 3,200m and 15:18 in 5,000m … 2002 Florida Class 2A cross country champion in 15:29 while competing for Bishop Kenny High School in Jacksonville ... Best 5K cross country time of 15:18.80 was the third-best time in 2003 season and the sixth best all-time ... Named the Florida Times Union and Marine Corps Runner of the Year ... Set school records in the 5K and three-mile ... Team was state champions in 1999 and 2002 … 2003 graduate of Bishop Kenny High School.
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Slayer Guitarist and Co-Founder Jeff Hanneman Dead at 49
Slayer Guitarist and Co-Founder Jeff Hanneman Dead at 49
The guitarist and co-founder of Slayer died Thursday of liver failure in Southern California.
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Only two years after contracting an extremely rare skin disease, Slayer guitarist and co-founder Jeff Hanneman died Thursday, May 2, of liver failure at a Southern California hospital.
Slayer announced the news Thursday afternoon by posting this statement on the band's website, Facebook page and Twitter feed:
"Slayer is devastated to inform [you] that their bandmate and brother, Jeff Hanneman, passed away at about 11 a.m. this morning near his Southern California home. He was 49.
"Hanneman was in an area hospital when he suffered liver failure. He is survived by his wife Kathy, his sister Kathy and his brothers Michael and Larry, and will be sorely missed."
Hanneman, an extremely gifted thrash guitarist, has appeared on the cover of Guitar World magazine and was voted one of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time by Guitar World readers in 2012. In our Greatest Guitarists readers poll, he earned the No. 85 spot, just ahead of Peter Frampton.
Hanneman hasn't toured with Slayer since early 2011, when he contracted necrotizing fasciitis from a spider bite. Exodus' Gary Holt stood in for Hanneman starting that February. Pat O'Brien joined the band when Holt returned to Exodus in 2011.
After not appearing live with the band since October 2010, Hanneman joined Slayer at a Big 4 concert in Indio, California, in April 2011. He surprised the crowd of 50,000 when he walked onto the stage unannounced and played "South of Heaven" and "Angel of Death." Backstage in Slayer's dressing room, Hanneman relaxed on a couch and said, "I'm the happiest man in the world."
In 2011, Slayer updated fans about Hanneman's health:
"As you know, Jeff was bitten by a spider more than a year ago, but what you may not have known was that for a couple of days after he went to the ER, things were touch-and-go. There was talk that he might have to have his arm amputated, and we didn't know if he was going to pull through at all. He was in a medically-induced coma for a few days and had several operations to remove the dead and dying tissue from his arm. So, understand, he was in really, really bad shape. It's been about a year since he got out of the hospital, and since then, he had to learn to walk again, he's had several painful skin grafts, he's been in rehab doing exercises to regain the strength in his arm; but best of all, he's been playing guitar."
Hanneman was born January 31, 1964, in Oakland, California, and acquired a Gibson Les Paul as a teenager after saving $500.
"Two months after that [in 1981], I met Kerry [King], and that's how Slayer got started," Hanneman told Guitar World. "I worked in an office building at the time, and this other band practiced in one of the rooms. After work, I'd go hang out with those guys and play, just to learn the instrument. Kerry was actually trying out for that band, but we were more in tune with one another, musically speaking, so we decided to start a group. He also played with Tom [Araya] in another band, and he knew a drummer that lived on his block. So it all just fell together."
In 1984, Hanneman, Dave Lombardo and Suicidal Tendencies' guitarist, Rocky George, had a brief punk side project called Pap Smear. The band was due to start recording when Hanneman was advised to avoid the side project by Slayer's producer, Rick Rubin. Hanneman took Rubin's advice, eventually using two songs from the project on Slayer's 1996 album, Undisputed Attitude.
Hanneman and King perfected a twin-lead guitar style that pushed the band to the head of the thrash metal movement of the early '80s. They have been crowned as one of thrash metal's "Big Four," along with Metallica, Anthrax and Megadeth.
Hanneman had performed on every Slayer release and wrote many of the band's best-known songs, including "Angel of Death" and "South of Heaven." His compositions have been recorded by Hatebreed, Children of Bodom, Hellsongs and Cradle of Filth and sampled by Styles-P.
Funeral arrangements are still pending.
Reaction from the rock and metal world
Heavy metal Artists and fans, many of whom were gathered at Club Nokia in Los Angeles for the 5th annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards, expressed their grief over Hanneman's death via Twitter. The Golden Gods show was dedicated to Hanneman.
Here are some tweets; for more reactions from artists and gear manufacturers, head here.
SLASH: Tragic & shocking news about Jeff Hanneman. He is going to missed by so many. What a sad day for Metal. RIP man.
ALEX SKOLNICK: Sad news. RIP JH. He'll be remembered at #GoldenGods
TESTAMENT: R.I.P. Jeff Hanneman, brother in thrash.
HATEBREED: Rest In Peace Jeff Hanneman! A True Heavy Metal LEGEND!
DINO CAZARES: I'm extremely shocked and sad to hear about Jeff Hanneman. He was a huge influence on my playing when I was growing up.
CHIMAIRA: RIP Jeff Hanneman. Icon
GUS G.: Gutted to read the news. RIP Jeff Hanneman :( the music world has lost yet another one of the greats
ROBERT CAGGIANO: Wow... I just heard some really sad news . R.I.P. Jeff Hanneman
MIKE PORTNOY: WOW....I'm in shock...RIP Jeff Hanneman....wow....
JOSE MANGIN: Crushed out here in Cali about untimely passing of Jeff Hanneman @Slayer, the #goldengods will be dedicated to Jeff & his legendary riffs!
IN FLAMES: We are so devasted to hear about the passing of Jeff Hanneman. One of the greatest have passed on and please,...
EDDIE TRUNK: Tragic news of @Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman passing away
DUFF McKAGAN: Jeff Hanneman of @Slayer RIP. Wow. I'm so very sorry for your loss Hanneman family.
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Southern Thrasher
May 04, 2013 at 6:51pm
The music world lost another truly revolutionary and ground breaking talent and artist. Talents like Jeff are rare!! Jeff made playing the guitar lightning fast seem so easy and effortless!!! I just hope his family can recover from Jeff's loss equally as fast.
As a fan, I want to thank Jeff, and the rest of the guys in SLAYER, for being so unapologetically SLAYER!!! Heavy metal music, and thrash metal in particular, just would not be the same without you guys!!! \m/
May 03, 2013 at 11:45am
Totally bummed out to the maximum...
R.I.P. and thanks for all the great shows I saw you perform with SLAYER.
May 03, 2013 at 10:25am
in memoriam JEFF HANNEMAN.
Mário Rui C. Eustáquio
May 02, 2013 at 8:57pm
Stupid F%^&*ing spiders.
May 02, 2013 at 7:10pm
This indeed brought tears to my eyes. RIP Jeff. My condolences to his family and his brothers in the band.
May 02, 2013 at 6:50pm
Whether you like Slayer or not, the man was a groundbreaker. And a great talent. Thrash, indeed all metal lost a great.
May 02, 2013 at 6:32pm
NOOOOOO!!!!! Hard to see my laptop screen through my tears of sadness; I'm going for a long walk with my iPod and going to listen to the album "Reign in Blood a few times, greatest thrash album EVER! Very sad day for headbangers everywhere.
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Last summer, as northeastern Louisiana farmers were preparing to ship bumper crops of corn and soybeans to market, they found two of their main arteries for exporting were clogged.
The Lake Providence Port and the Madison Port on the Mississippi River were high and dry.
Though the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers eventually dredged the Lake Providence Port to a depth where the crops could be loaded and shipped, much of the harvest had to be shipped by less efficient and more expensive trucks. The Madison Port never became fully operable.
Last week, Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana and other lawmakers vowed to make sure more money from a federal trust fund is used to maintain ports and waterways.
"This is a problem we absolutely have to fix," Vitter, the top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said at a hearing before the panel. Committee members are drafting legislation to renew the Water Resources Development Act, which authorizes water projects, flood protection, navigation programs and other projects.
The federal trust fund is administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees projects critical to commerce and economic development in many communities, including coastal states such as Louisiana and Mississippi.
Jo-Ellen Darcy, assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, defended the administration, saying it has requested more funding for port projects than previous administrations.
But more must be done, and it should not have to be in an emergency setting like we faced last year with low river stages.
In fiscal 2012, the fund collected more than $1.8 billion in fees and ended the fiscal year with a balance of $7 billion. Vitter and others complained that not enough of that $7 billion is being spent on dredging and maintenance.
Vitter said ports and waterways are "grossly underfunded" for maintenance and operations, in part because of "misallocation" of those funds.
"It's spent for unrelated purposes," he said. "That's wrong."
Maintaining navigable waterways in Louisiana is vital to our economy, and it's vital to our ability to get our raw materials to the rest of the nation. We have long relied on river transportation as an efficient and effective method to ship our agricultural products, and to receive products we need in return.
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Pop-up concept earns top praise
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- June 10, 2014
A DARWIN business idea focusing on moving indigenous Australians in remote communities from welfare to self-employment was named one of Australia's top 100 innovations.
Ambrose Business Solutions is ranked third in Anthill's SMART 100 awards for its Walkabout Your Business pop-up business village concept.
Anthill is one of Australia's largest online communities for entrepreneurs, business builders and innovators.
Readers were invited to submit detailed applications, which were short-listed to assemble the top 100.
Accountant Clinton Hoffman, who grew up in Gove and is now based in Darwin, created Walkabout Your Business six years ago as a way to empower small business owners in designing and setting up business.
The pop-up business village concept incorporates the training and mentoring from Walkabout Your Business into reality by using shipping containers so potential business owners can setup a shop in their communities out of the container. The project is a $2 million co-investment with the Commonwealth Bank.
For a long time, Mr Hoffman was stumped as how to empower indigenous communities to be self-reliant.
He said the lack of self-employment in indigenous Australia was like a pseudo Fourth World concept.
"It's almost a Third World trapped in a First World environment – there are all these barriers – red tape, cost of infrastructure, severe lack of unemployment in communities," he said.
"I saw a massive problem in economic development."
He came up with the pop-up business village concept two years ago while walking past a small market centre, on Donald Trump's land, in Brooklyn, New York.
"I said 'wow: this is a solution to get over these challenges'."
Through the use of animation and storytelling, Mr Hoffman works with indigenous communities throughout the Northern Territory to empower and guide locals on how to bring their business ideas and skills to fruition.
Roll out mats are common, as well as animated movies and storytelling.
He said word-of-mouth has so far been working for the project and he hopes to see the pop-up business villages remain in communities.
"It's going to depend on each community. Everyone thinks it is about shipping containers but it's also about having training and mentoring with the national project," Mr Hoffman said.
"I'm working at the self-employment level. If you go to Bali, self-employment is everywhere. I want to create the environment of self-employment in Aboriginal communities."
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Braedon of Darwin Posted at 5:25 PM June 15, 2014
A proactive approach and a can do attitude, with the interest of community people at heart and based on a succesful economic model, well done Hoffy.
John McCormack of Jingili Posted at 9:48 PM June 12, 2014
A CBA tax write-off, paved with good intentions.