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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Kentucky's attorney general is staying out of a dispute on whether a law exempting spouses from testifying against each other applies to same-sex couples.
A judge in Louisville was told by a local prosecutor Friday that Attorney General Jack Conway's office doesn't intend to weigh in on the matter.
Conway's office says the state is adequately represented by the local prosecutor.
The dispute has arisen in the case of Bobbie Joe Clary, who is charged with a 2011 murder.
Prosecutors claim her partner, Geneva Case, heard Clary admit to the killing and argue she must testify because Kentucky doesn't recognize same-sex civil unions or marriages.
The couple joined into a civil union in Vermont. Defense attorneys say that denying them the same marital rights as others would violate the Constitution.
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American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) is far more expensive than Asian ginseng (P. ginseng) on the world market. Consequently, adulteration of American by Asian ginseng is common. FCMDL has developed an analytical method using a simple methanol-water extraction and direct analysis using flow injection mass spectrometry that can detect as little as 2% adulteration by Asian ginseng. In addition, a software model was developed that permitted adulterated spectra to be predicted based on the spectra of the pure American and Asian ginseng.
Anthocyanins are common flavonoids that have been linked to resistance to cancer, diabetes, infections, inflammation, and neurological diseases. Scientists at USDA in Beltsville, MD, analyzed purple radishes (Raphanus sativus L.), a plant bred to provide high anthocyanin content, by high performance liquid chromatography ( HPLC) with high resolution mass detection (HRMS). The method detected 57 acylated anthocyanins, 45 for the first time. This study showed the presence of a large variety of anthocyanins and the necessity of HPLC-HRMS to provide the sensitivity and specificity for their identification.
The popularity of botanical supplements to augment the US diet has provided a strong economic impetus for adulteration. Ginkgo biloba extract is a frequently used supplement that purportedly provides enhanced cognitive function. Scientists at USDA in Beltsville, MD, measured 22 flavonol glycosides in three NIST reference materials (SRM 3246, 3247, and 3248) and 20 commercially available supplements using HPLC-MS. Half of the commercial supplements were found to be adulterated with one of two inexpensive compounds (quercetin or quercetin rutinoside). Analysis was easily accomplished with a simple methanol-water extraction and direct analysis by UV spectrophotometry. This method provides the analyst with an inexpensive method for detecting adulterants.
Samples of ten plants (sorghum, black beans, red beans, purple grape skin powder, soybeans, black cohosh, eggplant, corn flour, and broccoli) were extracted with three solvents (hexane, ethyl acetate, and methanol-water. All samples will be analyzed by HPLC-MS. This project will elucidate the extraction steps necessary for metabolomic profiling of plant materials.

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GATINEAU, Quebec -- If you think the Ottawa Senators don't care if they don't wind up on Daniel Alfredsson's team during the 2012 Molson Canadian NHL All-Star Player Fantasy Draft, think again.
"I would be (ticked)," defenseman Erik Karlsson said.
Alfredsson, Karlsson, Jason Spezza and Milan Michalek spoke for a few minutes prior to Thursday night's draft at Hilton Lac Leamy. Spezza was far more diplomatic with the same question.
"I think we'd all prefer to play with him," Spezza said. "But it's his preference. He's the boss."
All four were voted to the 2012 Tim Hortons NHL All-Star Game by the fans. The break is usually an ideal time to get some rest and recharge the batteries, but the players are more than happy to take part in the festivities in front of the home crowd at Scotiabank Place.
"It's nice to be able to be at home and give back to the fans at home," Spezza said. "Tomorrow, I'll probably do a lot of running around. I've got a lot of family and friends coming in for Saturday and Sunday. I need to make sure to take the time to enjoy the game and make sure they enjoy it too. It's going to be a nice mix."
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What multisensory strategies can be incorporated into the spelling of advanced vocabulary? How do we use prefixes and suffixes to learn vocabulary and increase comprehension? How can we use text analyzation to increase reading comprehension?
Participants can get the answers to these questions and more at the Missing Links in Academics workshop set for April 22-23, 2010 at the DuBard School for Language Disorders on The University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg campus.
The new workshop, geared toward K-8 teachers, reading specialists and speech-language pathologists, explores multisensory techniques and advanced decoding skills for teaching the National Reading Panel five areas of Reading.
"Typically, we say that students learn to read in grades K-2 and read to learn beginning in third grade," said Missy Schrader, professional development coordinator at the DuBard School. "But what about students who still have difficulties? Missing Links in Academics goes beyond basic decoding skills to include multisensory instruction for spelling analyzation and syllable division, using morphology to increase comprehension, and using graphic organizers to increase skills in written expression." Regular registration is available for a fee of $250 until April 2. Late registration will be $275. On-site registration is available if seating is available. The registration fee includes lunch. Check-in time for April 22 is 7:30a.m.
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To release or not to release, that has been the question for Citigroup when it comes to reserves held against roughly $86 billion of North American mortgages that it is trying to sell or wind down.
On Monday, Citigroup finally pulled the trigger and released $375 million it had been holding against potential losses in the portfolio. The move is significant because despite a rebound in the housing market and the release of reserves by some peers, Citigroup had until now held tight to that cash.
Citigroup executives had said in the past that they were taking a more conservative view of the housing recovery and wanted to make sure it was sustainable before letting those reserves go.
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Chief Executive Michael Corbat is in the early stages of making good on his promise to turn Citigroup Inc. into a more efficient company.
Citigroup's efficiency ratio stood at 59.6% in the first quarter, down from the 68.6% of the fourth quarter and in line with competitors J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co.
The ratio measures how much money it takes to earn $1 of revenue. In the first quarter, it took Citigroup 59.6 cents to earn that dollar.
With revenue sluggish for most big banks, CEOs are turning their attention to becoming more efficient by doing more with less.
Citigroup Inc. has made some changes in its prime finance unit, appointing a new head in Asia.
Joseph Chang has been promoted to head of prime finance in Asia Pacific, according to a statement Monday, and will be based in Hong Kong.
Mr. Chang replaces David Murphy, who will move to the U.S. to take up the role of head of prime finance for the Americas, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
If last week's stress tests were viewed as a bit of a warm-up, today is game-day in the banking world.
Thursday the Federal Reserve is expected to release the results of the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review, or CCAR, the annual health checkup of the nation's largest banks and verdict on their capital regiments for the coming 12 months.
It's the third installment of the annualized version of the tests, and each year there's been at least one goat in the bunch.
The first year, Bank of America's CEO Brian Moynihan had promised a dividend payment in the months leading up to the test, but the Fed said no. Last year it was Citigroup's CEO Vikram Pandit all but pledging to boost his payout only to get a no.
But this year there was a preview, a stress test ordered by the Dodd-Frank Act that released the capital levels the banks would have in a severely horrible economy. Except for Ally Financial, which disputes the Fed's results, every bank passed. The preview was also expected to allow banks to alter their requests for this week if they needed, a sort of one-time mulligan.
Still, the stock market has reacted somewhat cautiously since last week's results. It's betting some of the big banks appear to have little to gain today.
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Securities regulators sided with four of the nation's largest banks in their efforts to fend off shareholder proposals to require J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Bank of America, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley to consider splitting into smaller companies.
Submitted by labor and religious organizations and others, including the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica, the proposals urged the banks' boards to create independent-director committees "to explore extraordinary transactions that could enhance stockholder value," including breaking up the banks.
The proposals come amid persistent unease over the size of the country's largest banks following the financial crisis. Some regulators and shareholders have expressed support for shrinking large banks, making them less complex and risky by separating trading and other capital-markets businesses from retail and business banking.
In letters to the four banks dated Tuesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission granted their requests to block the shareholder breakup proposals, effectively ending the breakup fight–for this year, at least.
The group attempting to take Dell Inc. private has hired Citigroup Inc. to provide M&A advice, people familiar with the matter said, a move that could signal a decreased likelihood that another buyer will step up to bid for the Round Rock, Texas computer maker.
The addition of Citigroup to the buyout team means that most of Wall Street's biggest banks are now working toward the $24.4 billion buyout proposed by Dell founder Michael Dell and private-equity form Silver Lake Partners. Already, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is advising the special board committee that negotiated the deal, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is advising Dell.
Bank of America Corp., Barclays PLC, Credit Suisse Group AG and Royal Bank of Canada are arranging financing. Given that lineup, Citigroup was a natural candidate to help finance a competing bid.
A Citigroup spokesman declined to comment.
Currently, the special Dell board committee is seeking counterbids during a period called the go-shop that ends March 22.
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Citigroup Inc. is once again not boosting its dividend, this time because it didn't ask.
The bank passed this year's stress test handily but said in a presentation on its website it was maintaining its current dividend of a penny per share per quarter. That request for even maintaining a dividend has not been officially blessed by the Fed, that decision will come next week in a second-round of stress tests.
When the stress-test results crossed that showed the bank had passed, as opposed to last year's hiccup with its capital plan, the stock had jumped in after hours trading, adding to recent strong gains. The stock even managed to eclipse the value it had traded at before its 1-for-10 reverse stock split in 2011.
But word that it wasn't boosting its dividend appeared to wipe out half of those gains. The stock was still up 1.2% in after-hours trading at $45.55.
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Compliance can be a tedious task, as every banker will admit—at least privately. But for Citigroup Inc., the exercise can be even more taxing, since it does businesses in more than 160 countries.
Its latest hassle: The Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012.
Evidently, the bank went through great length in its annual 2012 earnings filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission to disclose a laundry list of dealings with the allegedly malicious countries that it has because of government-run clearing and settlement exchange networks in other countries.
The act's intent is "to strengthen Iran sanctions laws for the purpose of compelling Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities, and for other purposes," as well as imposing "sanctions with respect to human rights abuses in Syria." The SEC requires disclosure from companies, and then passes those disclosures on to President Obama and Congress.
The President might not spend much time with Citi.
It takes 707 words, including headline, to describe about 14,000 automated teller machine and point-of-sale transactions, 184 check transactions and one wire transfer last year, and one other transfer payment in 2011—all made through Citi subsidiaries in other countries who work with foreign banks that have ties to Iran.
The grand total of revenue from all disclosed transactions flowing through Citi: $3,685. Citi's revenue for all of 2012 was $70 billion.
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Capital One Financial Corp. is selling about $7 billion of credit-card loans made for retailer Best Buy Co. to Citigroup Inc. at about book value.
With the sale, Capital One is exiting a business relationship with the struggling retailer less than a year after acquiring the portfolio as part of its acquisition of HSBC Holdings PLC's U.S. credit-card business. That deal, which included a number of private label and co-branded credit cards such as General Motors Co., is expected to be a key driver of Capital One's future growth.
But the relationship with Best Buy apparently wasn't a fit for Capital One.
"There are simply some key differences in our strategic goals for the partnership," a spokeswoman said Tuesday, "so we came to a decision that it was best to end the partnership."
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Citigroup's fourth quarter was slammed with various charges, including a somewhat surprising $1.3 billion legal mark. But the bank didn't move to pull down its reserve releases much to offset those charges.
The bank only released $86 million of loan-loss reserves, money it had set aside but now gets to count as income. That's a sharp drop from the $1.5 billion it released a year ago and the $900 million it released in the third quarter.
The big drop reflects CFO John Gerspach's caution on declaring the mortgage crisis over.
In October, he quipped, "I don't use phrases like 'turn-the-corner'–I have difficulty seeing corners some times" to the question whether he, like other bankers, felt the housing market was on a steady improvement march.
J.P. Morgan's Jamie Dimon, for instance, had said exactly that phrase about turning a corner for the housing market both last quarter, shortly before Gerspach's wit, and again yesterday. And Wells Fargo has banked much of its results on the mortgage market. Even Bank of America also has decided it is time to start making mortgages once again, however slightly.
Seems Citigroup is becoming the cautious voice among the nation's biggest banks.
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We just returned from a trip to Beaches in Negril, Jamaica. There was so much fun, family-friendly things that we did, that I'm going to try to condense it into one post. If you are looking for an all-inclusive resort that really knows how to keep families entertained, happy and wanting to come back time and time again, Beaches Resort is it. From food that is truly … [Read more...]
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You got that right, Matt is better than Romo!
Three Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks were in the running for Number 1 in our rankings. But all three came up short of the top spot. Read on to see who ranks first in our Top 10 Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings...
1. Aaron Rodgers, Packers
Rodgers was second in the NFL in total yards (4,434 passing yards, 316 rushing yards) and touchdown-to-interception ratio (30 TDs, 7 INTs). So why is he now Number 1? Because the Packers' play one of the NFL's softest schedules when it comes to opposing pass defenses. He's also one of the best running quartebacks in the NFL.
2. Drew Brees, Saints
Obviously, Brees isn't far behind Rodgers. No one has thrown for more yards (9,457) or touchdowns (68) over the past two seasons. Though the fact that Brees and the Saints will now wear a "bulls-eye" as Super Bowl champs is slightly worrisome.
3. Peyton Manning, Colts
Manning should be right up there with Rodgers and Brees. He's thrown for 4,000 yards or more in 10 of the past 11 seasons, and 30 or more touchdowns in three of the past four years.
4. Tom Brady, Patriots
Brady looked great, but not quite his old amazing self, in his first season back from a major knee injury. He should be healthier this season. If his favorite receiver Wes Welker proves he's all the way back from his knee injury (we're not so sure that will happen, though), Brady could end up Number 1 on this list.
5. Tony Romo, Cowboys
Romo has plenty of weapons, from breakout speedster Miles Austin and super rookie Dez Bryant at wide receiver, to Jason Witten, one of the best pass-catching tight ends in football. Romo is set up for a career year, but the Cowboys' shaky offensive line has to give him enough protection. First-year starter Doug Free is set to start at left tackle, the most important spot on the o-line.
6. Matt Schaub, Texans
Schaub finally stayed healthy for a full season in 2009 and delivered huge statitstics. He led the NFL in passing yards (4,770) and should be up there again as he throws to superstar receiver Andre Johnson. The only thing standing in Schaub's way is the risk of injury.
7. Jay Cutler, Bears
Cutler had a nightmarish first season in Chicago, throwing an NFL-worst 26 interceptions. He'll have a chance to improve this season under new offensive coordinator Mike Martz. Martz was the brains behind the Rams' "Greatest Show on Turf" offense of the late 90's and early 2000's. His teams always rank among the league leaders in passing yards.
8. Kevin Kolb, Eagles
Kolb takes over for Donovan McNabb in Philly. While he doesn't have D-Nabb's arm strength, Kolb is one of the most accurate passers in the NFL. And with receivers like DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin, who can take a short pass and turn it into a huge gain, Kolb has a chance to pile up big-time yardage.
9. Philip Rivers, Chargers
If the Chargers were at full strength, Rivers would be higher on this list. But top wide receiver Vincent Jackson and left tackle Marcus McNeill, the most important pass protector on the offensive line, are both threatening to hold out this season. It would make Rivers much less of a sure thing going into the year.
10. Carson Palmer, Bengals
His elbow should be a little healthier this year than it was last season, and the Bengals loaded up with weapons in the offseason. In addition to Chad Ochocinco, Palmer will now have Terrell Owens as a possession receiver and Antonio Bryant as another deep threat. With an improving running game led by Cedric Benson, teams won't know how to stop this Cincy offense.
I think that the list should look like this:
1. Drew Brees
2. Tom Brady.
3. Peyton Manning
4. Aaron Rodgers
5. Carson Palmer
6. Tony Romo
7. Matt Schaub
8. Joe Flacco
9. Alex Smith
10. Brett Favre
Sorry Rivers, your my 11, but the other QBs have more dangerous targets.
This is the top ten quarterbacks, and who should be the go to wide reciever:
1. Peyton Manning, Austin Collie
2. Drew Brees, Marques Coltson
3. Brett Favre, Sidney Rice
4. Aaron Rodgers, Greg Jennings
5. Matt Schaub, Andre Johnson
6. Philip Rivers, Vincent Jackson
7. Tom Brady, Torry Holt or Randy Moss
8. Joe Flacco, Anquan Boldin
9. Carson Palmer, Chad Ochocinco
10. Kevin Kolb, DeSean Jackson
My number eleven is: Matt Cassel, Dwayne Bowe
Personally I think Brady is better than Manning. He has Moss and a healthy Welker back. I also think that Brady and Brees are both better than Rodgers. Rodgers is a great QB and has an equally great reciever in Jennings. But Brady has an all star cast and is an AllPro QB. Brees is coming off a Super Bowl and completed about 70% of his passes last year. I am predicting that the 49ers will win the NFC West, and I think that along with that, Alex Smith will break out with targets like Michael Crabtree and Vernon Davis. He also has two great running backs to balance the offense with, so that they can keep the defense on their toes. I think that Westbrook will also have the ability to catch some passes. I think that Palmer should be ahead of Cutler and Kolb because this year he's got some great targets in Ochocinco, TO, Bryant, and Gresham. Again, his offense is balanced with Benson in the backfield. I read some comments and it seems some of you would like Favre in the top ten. I think that he is a legendary Qubes with some awesome teammates catching passes. Once again, he has a very balanced attack with Peterson, but he's 40. Despite his age, he should be a top ten contender
me and my dad were so unlucky taking Percy Harvin for fantasy football only 1-1 12yds. Brady is better than Manning but Brady isnt better than Rodgers I agree with Farve being in the top 10 as much as I hate him.
me and my dad were so unlucky taking Percy Harvin for fantasy football only 1-1 12yds. Brady is better than Manning but Brady isnt better than Rodgers I agree with Farve being in the top 10 as much as I hate him.
I really think that Brett Favre should be a top ten contender too. I think that he is doing incredible for his age. With Peterson, Rice, and Harvin, they have a complete offense. On defense, they have Jared Allen, and some quality cornerbacks. They should be Super Bowl contenders for the first time with Brett Favre. Harvin will become more reliable coming out of his rookie season, and Brett will be more comfortable with the whole offense. The Saints on the other hand, had more of a luck season. Yes they have Brees (A very great quarterback), Bush, Coltson, Porter, and Vilma, but I don't think they are good enough for the Vikings. Manning and the Colts should make it all the way to the AFC Championship game, but no further. They have Collie, Addai, Manning, Wayne, Clark, Freeney, and Mathis but they won't mak the Super Bowl. Now, for the Super Bowl WINNER... The New York Jets! No, they are not my favorite team. but when you look at the roster, here is what you have: Sanchez, Greene, Tomlinson, Mangold, Edwards, Holmes, Keller, Cromartie, Revis, and some other great players. They could very possibly win the Super Bowl this year. As for all the other teams, including my very favorite, the Kansas City Chiefs, good luck, because you'll sure need it! -KC IS AWESOME!
Aaron Rodgers is the best QB in football for two reasons. 1. He watched and studied Favre for a number of years and learned from the sidelines. 2. After being a benchwarmer behind a legend Rodgers jumps out and is second in yardage last season. THATS WHY HE'S #1.
Aaron Rodgers?? OVERRATED! Come on yeah he can get yards but how many times did he get sacked against the Vikings??????
Here is a Fare list
1. Drew Brees
2. Peyton Manning
3. Aaron Rodgers
4. Tom Brady
5. Tony Romo
How is Aaron Rodgers that good????? Whoever has a decent fight fight back!
Hey! Only 2 quarterbacks have gotten 4,000+ passing yards in their 1st season as a starter... Kurt Warner and Aaron Rodgers! And only 2 quarterbacks have EVER gotten 4,000+ passing yards, 30+ passing touchdowns, 500+ rushing yards, and 5+ rushing touchdowns... Steve Young and Aaron Rodgers.
Notice how Rodgers is in these exclusive groups with formal Super Bowl MVPs, one a Hall of Famer, the other a lock.
One last fact, Rodgers is the only quarter back to throw for 4,000 yards each of his seasons as a starter so far.
You got to look at all the facts!
Hey! Only 2 quarterbacks have gotten 4,000+ passing yards in their 1st season as a starter... Kurt Warner and Aaron Rodgers! And only 2 quarterbacks have EVER gotten 4,000+ passing yards, 30+ passing touchdowns, 500+ rushing yards, and 5+ rushing touchdowns... Steve Young and Aaron Rodgers.
Notice how Rodgers is in these exclusive groups with formal Super Bowl MVPs, one a Hall of Famer, the other a lock.
One last fact, Rodgers is the only quarter back to throw for 4,000 yards each of his seasons as a starter so far.
You got to look at all the facts!
how many times Rodgers got sacked last year has nothing to do with how good he is. it was the o line who gave up all those sacks and they are improving they even got Bryan Bulaga in the draft. you watch Aaron Rodgers will live up to the #1 ranking this season.


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The excellence of Tailor Made
Ferrari's pioneering Tailor-made project allows clients to personalise their car, bringing together the best of Italian expertise in design, leather and textile, including fine wool, velvet and even cashmere for the interiors and the flooring. We discover the secrets of one of the oldest Italian companies, Vitale Barberis Canonico, which collaborates with Ferrari on the project
Estimated reading time: 10 minutes
Some 10 years have passed since Maranello decided to allow Ferrari customers the chance to personalise their cars. The resulting project took its name from that celebrated tailor of car bodies, Sergio Scaglietti (whose memory we salute with great affection elsewhere in this issue). That initial idea enjoyed such success that nearly all Ferrari models created today feature at least one detail that has been specifically created for its buyer. The scope and range of this service is being constantly updated and extended. Another dimension was added in 2008, one for customers looking or something truly unique, for a "one-off" design created under their own supervision, like the wonderful SP12 EC, which has just been collected by proud owner Eric Clapton.
There was still a space to be filled, however, a demand to be met: to provide a bespoke Ferrari without having to alter the bodywork or mechanicals (a ruling which has always held good; changes never involve performance, which, of course, is at the highest level from the very beginning). Thus the Tailor-made concept came into being, offering customers the possibility to personalise fully their Ferrari to their individual (and sometimes rather unexpected) tastes. These cars are overseen by Ferrari Design and produced along the lines of models that previously appeared in competition, or are some of the most elegant GTs of the past, filtered through the desires and styles of the customers. Lapo Elkann, who along with Flavio Manzoni, the Director of Ferrari Design, brought an energy and creativity to the Tailor-made project, actually upholstered his personal California in blue denim cloth, with startling results. And then there was the FF with seats in a soft pinstripe, combined with a soft, supple leather and teak-lined luggage space, that was presented to the media at Maranello. Obviously, there's more to a Tailor-made Ferrari than the upholstery. Various processes are involved, according to the concept of the car in question. The one constant is the excellence of the raw materials. Or, to be more specific, the Italian raw materials. Ferrari insists on using the best of its native country's fabrics. The Tailor-made FF that was shown off to the world's press boasted the very same pinstripe material that is worn by both Prince Charles and the Duke of Kent. The fabric is created by Vitale Barberis Canonico, the traditional Piedmont firm that has dressed a discerning international clientele for 400 years. Ferrari's near-obsessive attention to detail when it comes to selecting suppliers for Tailor-made also holds good for the velvets of Ermenegildo Zegna and Apollo, the carpeting and interiors created with Loro Piana and Blot cashmere and the denim of Indigoscape. Maranello conducts scrupulous wear and resistance trials on all these various components, in addition to safety tests.
To give a clearer example of just what we mean by Italian excellence, I visited the Biella region, lying 80km northeast of Turin and renowned for its production of fine cloths and cashmere, all thanks to the waters that flow straight from the Alps. It's extremely hard, a fundamental requirement for dyeing and finishing materials. Francesco Barberis Canonico, who, along with his cousin Alessandro, is the latest link in the long chain made up of previous generations of weavers, leads the way up the hairpin bends from the Piedmont plains up to Pratrivero.
From behind the wheel of his silver 360 Modena, he explains: ' We have been here for 400 years. Or rather, for much longer, given that this valley has been famed for its fabrics since the Romans. The first document that proves our tradition as wool producers dates from 1663, when we sold pieces of twill to the Duke of Savoy, the predecessor of what was to become the Italian royal house.' Pratrivero sits on the slopes of the Sessera valley, with the Vitale Barberis Canonico mill built over several levels, heading down the mountainside until it almost touches that precious water that, together with the wool and cutting-edge technologies that have been installed over the years, make up the company's secret of success. 'Our family is particularly lucky because we complement each other: my father Luciano, like me, has a special vocation for commercial and communication [Francesco has now taken on responsibility for marketing and design], and my uncle Alberto and his son Alessandro [now CEO] are very keen on technology and manufacturing.' When you tour the factory, you are immediately struck by the blend of craftsmanship and high technology that is such a recognisable feature of Ferrari. Staff work by hand on fabrics here, in much the same way as their counterparts at Maranello handle Frau leathers.
And the same applies to technology, as Barberis Canonico points out: 'Many of the machines weuse are the result of designs we have produced ourselves to allow us to always be at the forefront. For example, dyeing operates around the clock without the need for any human intervention, and it's all programmed digitally.' The raw yarn goes in and then comes out, classified on the basis of a complex colour scale, to then be sent on to weaving in accordance with a strict plan that follows changing tastes in fashion. The looms are carefully housed to lessen their acoustic impact: 'They run at 800-850 picks a minute, compared with an average of 400-500 elsewhere in the industry.' The factory offers a fascinating insight, starting with the greasy wool freshly imported from Australia, then on to the washing and combing processes and finally the finished fabric, kept in a completely automated warehouse, where it is stored at controlled temperature and humidity. If the final result is perfect, so much so that it attracts a global customer base (including the British royal family, by appointment to the Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth and the Prince of Wales), the raw materials must be perfect too. 'Our wool comes from Australian sheep, as well as South African goats for mohair and Mongolian goats for cashmere,' says Alberto, who, although retired, remains an invaluable presence at the company. He's looking through a filing cabinet for a publication he wants to show me. It's entitled A Guide To The Classification And Preparation Of Wool Clips 18.5u And Finer, written for Australian breeders to help them set standards for the wool intended to be sold at auction. 'Various types of wool are put up for auction, and classification is fundamentally important to ensure we are only buying excellence. We receive information of the batches for sale in real time and only bid for the segment that corresponds to the quality we are seeking on the basis of our data.' He shows me a print-out of an auction that had taken place just a few hours previously, during which the company had bought just a small amount of wool, aiming for quality rather than quantity. 'We have experience on two levels,' says Francesco. 'We are not simply wool buyers, but also wool sellers, because we manufacture in two mills that we own in New England in Australia: Green Hill and Clavering. This puts us in a position to gain the necessary experience to gauge all market issues and quality trends.'
If it rains more or less in one particular season, grazing and yield will then be different, which entails a need to blend carefully, so that the yarn remains homogenous. Among other things, seasonal differences can bring about contradictory results: while a rainy year nourishes the sheep very well, they can also collect a greater amount of impurities from brambles and dry grass athering on their fleece, which then calls for a laborious process of cleaning and inspection.'
Nearing the end of the factory tour, you approach a complex system of tanks that collect the precious water used for manufacturing and purification. Downstream from the factory is a small lake, complete with a boat moored on one of its banks. Carp and goldfish splash around in the water. 'My uncle drinks the water, to show it's just as pure as it was before the manufacturing process,' Francesco says, smiling. We head back upstairs to the entrance floor where, among other offices, is the design department, always working on new fabrics for a market that seeks to balance a classic tradition with a more contemporary outlook. Alessandro, on his way out of the production department, with its manically whirling looms, is a man of few words (classic Piedmontese).
His one constant concern is the progress of the manufacturing process, the invention and introduction of new machinery and the preparation of fabrics suitable for all seasons and all corners of the globe. These fabrics are also ideal for the truly unique interiors of those owners who want to enjoy free rein to give their Ferraris a personal elegance, right down to the last detail. Speaking at the Tailor-made presentation, Lapo Elkann declared: 'The best thing about the idea is that, on request, if our customer asks for it, we can change the fabric from one season to the next.' Cars that follow fashion, in other words. Unthinkable, until now. On the other hand, at Pratrivero, they have the widest possible range of solutions: in a spectacular archive next to the company's design department, are hundreds of folders containing samples of woollen fabrics from the 1800s up until the present day. An inexhaustible source of inspiration that goes from the Belle Epoque to Art Nouveau and Art Deco and on to the post-war period and the works of contemporary stylists.
'Our point of reference has always been the tailor. From the Caraceni to the Panico in Italy, to the tailors of London's Savile Row and then all over the world; these are the people we are always thinking about when we create our cloth. If the tailors like them, the top-end, ready-to-wear labels will like them too,' explains Francesco, as he walks with us along the narrow mountain road that passes by the entrance. Those top-end labels he mentioned, though he refrained from referring to them by name, include the likes of Hermès, Armani, Brioni, Kiton and Zegna. There's a chill in the air, though the sun is shining up in the mountains. The snow has already made an appearance and in the little trattoria nearby you can tuck into a hearty meal of polenta and mushrooms from the local woods in exactly the same way as you could 50 years ago. Good enough to warrant a longer stay…
I happen to meet the village tailor. His name is Giovanni Barberis Organista. Is he related? 'No. Or perhaps yes. Here in Pratrivero we're all called Barberis. And so, to tell us apart, we added a family characteristic to our surnames. One of my ancestors was an organist, some of them joined the clergy… How different the world was.' Really? Surely not in Pratrivero where, even if the machinery is now ultra-modern, everything reminds you of a modest, hard-working world that maybe no longer exists. And one which we are increasingly nostalgic for.
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A protective amulet, June's light amethyst is used as a guard against fear and uncertainty. Signifying courage and empowerment, wear light amethyst as a symbol of confidence.
This concept replaces traditional clasps with a sliding mechanism making each piece adjustable. This feature is available in expandable wire bracelets and rings, expandable chain necklaces and endless hoop earrings, allowing everyone to have a piece of jewelry customized for a perfect fit.


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By Christopher Mapp
With balls reaching speeds of 100 mph, table tennis is one of the
fastest sports in the world. It's also one of the fastest growing.
And like the sport's popularity, the reputation of The University
of Southern Mississippi table tennis team is shooting upward.
In its first
year playing competitively, the Southern Miss team has already established
itself as one of the nation's best table tennis teams. This weekend
the Golden Eagles, ranked sixth nationally, dominated No. 16 Mississippi
State and others to win the Dixie Region Conference championship
on the Hattiesburg campus. Southern Miss, which boasts the top three
players in the state, will now test its mettle against the nation's
16 best teams at the NCTTA championship on April 9-11 in Fremont,
Nara "Tiger"
Ramakrishnan, Southern Miss' team captain and the second-best player
in the state, is eager to dispel a few myths about table tennis.
Far from a recreational sport found only in game rooms, table tennis
is a worldwide phenomenon with more than 10 million registered competitors
and is also an Olympic sport.
is a physically demanding sport," said Ramakrishnan, an international
student who played table tennis semiprofessionally in India. "I
train with weights and run six to eight miles a week in addition
to practice. You can't reach the upper levels of this sport by just
playing a few times a week."
The mental
aspect of table tennis compounds the physical aspect, Ramakrishnan
said. With the ball spinning 10,000 times a minute and reaching
tennis-like speeds - only over a much shorter distance - players
must react in the blink of an eye. "Scientists have clocked
the time a player has to react, and it's about half a second,"
Ramakrishnan said. "When you must consider the spin and the
angle of the ball, and the best way to play it, that's not a lot
of time."
Southern Miss
should enter the national championship as the third seed. Only five
teams, all with established programs, are currently ranked higher
than Southern Miss: Princeton, Illinois, Virginia Tech, Florida
and No. 1 ranked Indiana. No. 7 MIT, Georgia Tech, Cornell and Penn
round out the top 10.
One reason
for Southern Miss' initial success is its strong international presence.
Although the sport is barely on the radar screen in the United States
in terms of competitive exposure, in other countries - like Sweden,
Korea, Germany and Japan - it is second only to soccer in popularity.
Ranked No.
1 in the state, the team's top player, Kim Bong Geun, played for
the South Korean junior national table tennis team. "My sister
is ranked No. 75 in the world. She is sponsored by a Korean company
and plays professionally," Geun said.
Southern Miss
also boasts the third-best player in the state, Kenny Thai Viet,
from Vietnam. Maria Montano, a music student from Venezuela, is
the only female player on the eight-person team. Montano's father
played competitive table tennis on an international level.
In the Dixie
Region Conference championships, Southern Miss had little trouble
dispatching its competition, winning 6-0. Played like the Davis
Cup in tennis, the tournament requires each team to play its top
five players, and the team winning the best-of-five series is awarded
points. Teams also play doubles matches. The Dixie Region Conference,
in its first year, consists of Southern Miss, Mississippi State,
South Alabama and West Florida. Southern Miss finished 5-0 overall
in conference play.
Southern Miss
faculty adviser Dr. Adel Ali said he was proud of his team's performance
Saturday. "This team has the potential to be very, very good.
We have a lot of strong players with a good background in the sport,"
Ali said.
Although it's
too early to talk about a table tennis dynasty at Southern Miss,
Ramakrishnan said his team has laid a solid foundation for the future.
With Geun, Viet and him returning next year, the team has its essential
competitive core intact. "We are just one top-notch player
away from taking our team to the next level," he said.
State team captain Wassim Chao said after the competition that he
was impressed with the level of talent on Southern Miss' team. "We
expected them to be very good," Chao said. "It helps your
club when you've got a lot of international players. And, of course,
one of them happens to have played for the Korean national team."
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In this photo released by Michigan Technological University, a gray wolf is shown on Isle Royale National Park in northern Michigan, Feb. 24, 2006.
LANSING A group opposed to killing wolves says it will circulate petitions to force a referendum on a new Michigan law allowing hunting of the once-protected predators.
Organizers of the group Keep Michigan Wolves Protected said Monday that it will seek to gather 225,000 signatures by late march to qualify for the November 2014 ballot.
The coalition includes animal welfare, conservation and Native American groups.
The Legislature last month voted to classify gray wolves as a game species, and state officials are preparing hunting rules. Michigan has about 700 wolves.
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A small Christmas show, traditional children Christmas games and a visit from Santa Claus are on tap for the second Christmas at the Commons set for 2:30 to 4:45 p.m. Saturday Dec. 7 at the Tecumseh Theater in the Shawnee.
Event organizer is Dayton Willison, an actor who is spending a second year as a Ohio History Service Corps associate with the nonprofit community development organization Sunday Creek Associates.
SCA owns the Tecumseh Theater and sponsors the Little Cities of Black Diamonds Council, which shares the historical, cultural and natural assets of the Hocking Valley coalfields. His work continues to emphasize development of heritage and cultural arts programing for the Tecumseh Commons and for the Little Cities of Black Diamonds Council.
The event begins at 2:30 p.m. with games and crafts. A scavenger hunt will take place from 3 to 3:30 p.m.. The Christmas show will be from 3:40 to 4 p.m., with Santa arriving at 4 p.m. The Tecumseh Commons is at 116 West Main St in Shawnee.
Content will be appropriate for all ages. Children younger than 12 must be accompanied by an adult. A suggested donation of $3 is asked, although no one will be turned away for lack of admission fee.


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The top picture shows the monitor and how it was installed into the factory radio's cage. I disassembled the broken factory radio and embedded the monitor into it. Came out OK for a first time. Others show it installed in my car.
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The top picture shows the monitor and how it was installed into the factory radio's cage. I disassembled the broken factory radio and embedded the monitor into it. Came out OK for a first time. Others show it installed in my car.
nice stock looking setup. did you put the computer in yet ? didn't see where.
I did put the computer in. It isn't totally mounted yet (i'm going to construct a mount from plywood. I'm using the spot the cd changer was mounted to. Here's a pic so far. I have a carnetix power supply from mp3car.com and it powers the computer and lcd. It's mounted behind the trim panel on the driver's side whereas the computer is on the passenger side. No wires dangling. The usb soundblaster is mounted over the wheel well behind the trim as well.
Sweet, another SC400 owner! I should post up pix of my setup, haven't done that ever since I finished installing it years ago...
Do that. I'd like to see. The SC400 has the perfect opening for a monitor.
Here's some more pix of my project. Still need to add gps, but it is pretty much done. Cleaned up the trunk and mounted computer behind the partition in the trunk.
Here's a picture of the screen complements of JohnWPB. Very nice graphics (I removed the clock and replaced it with a lexus logo I created in adobe photoshop 7. . .didn't need the clock, already have one in my car). Nice, fast skin. Its called BlueDevil and is used with roadrunner.
BTW, notice the line on the screen above the Lexus symbol. My radar detector fell off my window and scratched the screen. Actually it gashed it. Seems to work well still, but made me sick after all the work I put into it. The radar detector is now mounted below the mirror with a strap that goes through its bracket in case it somehow falls off the window again. That way it will hang from the mirror.
nice clean set-up.....question, what is that to the right of the LCD? cup holder that pops out?
On another note: I strongly agree with your avatar pic!
1st try had it mounted where you have it now, back seat passengers had the "dildomatic" shifter blocking their view.
2nd try, relocated A/C unit down below and molded the screen up top, I like it a lot, my 3rd version might move the screen up even further to allow a slot load dvd below the screen.


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London - An investigation into alleged manipulation of foreign exchange markets could pose a bigger problem for banks than the Libor interest rate rigging scandal, the boss of Royal Bank of Scotland said on Friday.
RBS paid $612 million last year to settle allegations that it manipulated Libor rates, one of several banks hit with big fines for rigging financial benchmarks.
Regulators are now investigating allegations that traders manipulated key reference rates in the $5 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market.
Asked if the FX investigation could be a bigger problem for the industry than Libor, RBS chief executive Ross McEwan said: "Unfortunately, it has the hallmarks".
McEwan, speaking on LBC radio, added: "We're still doing a lot of investigation. We're going through just millions and millions of emails, chatrooms, conversations to see what actually went wrong, if anything, in this area.
"Unfortunately, I have the feeling that this is a sort of Libor case again.
"The difference this time is that we haven't sat back and denied it. We've gone into it and are doing the investigation hand-in-hand with the authorities."
McEwan said it was another problem from the past that banks need to clean up to be able to move on. - Reuters
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BRACKENRIDGE, Pa.—Police have arrested a western Pennsylvania man who allegedly beat a mother and her adult son to death.
Authorities say 39-year-old Robert E. Briestensky of Brackenridge was arrested Wednesday. He's charged with two counts of criminal homicide in the September 2012 deaths of 46-year-old Bonnie Lee Broadwater and her son, 24-year-old Lance A. Holt.
The decomposing bodies of Broadwater and Holt were found at their Arnold home on Oct. 4. That's about 20 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
Police say Briestensky's DNA matched partial DNA found on a jacket, hat and baseball bat found at the scene.
Briestensky is being held without bail at the Westmoreland County Prison.
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Dear all
I was wondering if anyone has stayed at Railay Bay Resort? It is next door to the Sand & Sea resort.
I'm trying to find a place in Railay Beach for my honeymoon in November that is still reasonably priced but great!
Any suggestions would be very helpful - thanks!
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In all honesty I would recommend that you stay at Ton Sai Beach which is very close to Rai Ley Beach. The accommodation is more varied (basic bamboo huts up to fancy resorts) and there are many more bars, restaurants and food shops to choose from. I have been to both beaches and I have to say that I preferred the atmosphere at Ton Sai; nice people, other tourists (but not too many), beautiful snorkelling, sea kayaks for rent and also mountain climbing.
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Angelo Collins, KSTF's executive director, said the fellowship is an investment into the future.
"We see teachers as change agents. By investing in early-career teachers, KSTF is nurturing dedicated, lifelong educators," Collins said. "The quality of high school mathematics and science education is essential to ensuring American competitiveness through innovation."
KSTF also offers fellowships in physical science and biology.
Of the 20 fastest-growing occupations projected this decade, 15 of them require substantial science or math preparation, according to Nicole Gillespie from the senior program office of KSTF.
"Unfortunately, about half of all secondary teachers leave the industry within five years," she said. "Our challenge is going to be able to ensure we continue to have outstanding, well-qualified teachers to make this happen."
The whole concept of the program is designed to meet the financial and professional needs of new science and mathematics teachers, and hopefully, in the end, help to ensure that the country's best teachers stay where they are and go on to become leaders of the industry.
Full-time student fellows receive up to $10,000 in annual tuition assistance and also get a monthly stipend while they were working toward teaching credentials. Those who are already full-time teachers are eligible for small materials grants and support for a mentor-teacher relationship.
In addition, all of the fellows receive funding for summer professional development and summer living stipends as well as membership in a professional organization and travel to professional meetings.
"The fellowship supports us even after we go out and find our first jobs," Levine said. "Which is a really great benefit."
More information about the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation or about the 2010 application, go to: www.kstf.org.
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text: Bioethicist's solution to climate change: hacking humanity Science 13 March 12 by Duncan Geere Shutterstock Forget geoengineering, the latest proposal in the fight against climate change is bioengineering: genetically modifying humans to require less energy.New York University bioethics professor S Matthew Liao has published a paper (PDF) in Ethics, Policy and the Environment arguing that one way to tackle the challenges of a rise in energy use is to modify humanity to simply use less energy. He suggests a range of ways to achieve this, from creating an aversion to meat by giving diners a mild intolerance to it, to using gene therapy to create smaller children."Human ecological footprints are partly correlated with our size," says Liao. "This means that, other things being equal, the larger one is, the more food and energy one requires."Although height is determined by a combination of both genetic and dietary factors, the growth process is regulated by the hormone somatotropin, allowing us some measure of control over our stature. Humanity's knowledge hasn't yet advanced to the point where we can just pick a target height and meet it, but it does seem to be possible -- Liao says -- to select shorter children using pre-implantation genetic diagnosis techniques, picking an embryo based on its genetic markers in terms of height. Intriguingly, a third way that Liao suggests to get humans to use less energy is by artificially making us more altruistic and empathetic. "Many environmental problems are the result of collective action problems, according to which individuals do not cooperate for the common good," he says, adding: "in a number of cases, the impact of any particular individual's attempt to address a particular environmental problem has a negligible impact, but the impact of a large group of individuals working together can be huge."Liao quotes from studies suggesting that these factors have biological underpinnings. The hormone oxytocin seems to make test subjects more willing to share money with strangers, as well as reading other people's emotional states. Testosterone, on the other hand, appears to decrease aspects of empathy. By tweaking these hormones carefully, we could make humans more likely to act together for a common good.The real question is over ethics in all of this. Before you start getting your hackles up on that one, Liao says that any policy built around bioengineering should be optional: "As we envisage it, human engineering would be a voluntary activity -- possibly supported by incentives such as tax breaks or sponsored health care -- rather than a coerced, mandatory activity."Liao argues that bioengineering is less risky, in the grand scheme of things, than geoengineering is, and that human engineering can also make other approaches -- behaviour changes and market solutions like carbon trading -- more likely to succeed.That doesn't mean it doesn't involve risks at all, though. Hormone tweaking can have unintended side-effects, and a community that's more empathetic and altrustic could be taken advantage of by others who have less scruples.Liao's response to these criticisms? "These risks should be balanced against the risks associated with taking inadequate action to combat climate change. If behavioural and market solutions alone are not sufficient to mitigate the effects of climate change, then even if human engineering were riskier than these other solutions, we might still need to consider it." Edited by Nate Lanxon Comments Another interesting, but overcomplicated solution. Why are people afraid to live as their species name implies: Homo Sapiens - walking upright. Get out of the lab and take in some fresh air. EVsRoll Mar 14th 2012 Why not look for a simpler solution, 1 Child per family... why halve our size when we could just halve our population... Al Mar 14th 2012 Some valid stuff in there, but "Modifying our children"...and "Making humans smaller"...Completely ABSURD - SERIOUSLY Mr Liao, Mr Sandberg and Ms Roache - I concur with @EVsRoll...GET OUT of you labs and get some fresh air - YOU NEED IT!!! Renier Mar 14th 2012 "Gene therapy to create smaller children?!" Quick, before Obongo appoints his new science czar, somebody needs to modify this psycho's head with a 12 gauge. Mike in Hawaii Mar 14th 2012 Sounds good to me. When these stunted, weak and meek children are around, my fit and (hopefully) intelligent future children will have no problem becoming successful whether they want to be athletes, politicians or anything in between. Jimmy Bike Mar 15th 2012 Brilliantly stupid, even in its own terms. Only a small (and gettting smaller) minority of our civilisations energy use is agro-industrial. Also stolen from a 90's Sci-Fi short story.... Alistair Morley Mar 16th 2012 Reply to a comment Name Email Comment Submit » Latest on wired.co.uk


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How To Maintain Dreadlocks
Dreadlocks may be an intricate hairstyle, but it can be maintained very easily. This video is about how to maintain those locks.
Hi, and welcome to the Braiding Lounge Academy. My name's Lauralyn and we're going to be demonstrating some techniques on different hairstyles today on Afro hair and European hair. Okay, now I'm going to show you how to maintain a lock.
I've got a lock here that I've just done that I'm just going to show you how to maintain. Usually, what we do to form the locks is use some kind of locking gel and I'll say locking gel, I want to show you exactly what this is. So, that's what I'm going to use.
Palm rolling technique, we're just going to take a lock, put it in the palm of your hands and start to roll the hair. Down the palm of your hands, put quite a bit of pressure on there. You don't need to be pulling from the root but it's important you put pressure between your hands.
I'm not pulling it from the root but I am pushing it in between my hands. And what you'll find is eventually, the locks will form lovely silky rolls. I don't know if you can get a close-up on that.
You can see that rubbing made it look neat and tidy, it's got more roll in it. This is now the perfect hair for a lock. So, this is how we form the lock using a locking gel, a slight bit of locking gel in your hand, nothing to overload the lock, and to palm roll it with pressure in between your hands.
You don't want to pull the hair away from the root because that will cause discomfort for the client but you do want to put pressure in between you hands as you're rolling it. Okay, that's how you maintain the actual lock itself.


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Green Bay Packers running back Ryan Grant is simply happy to have a job. He's been out of football all season except for a short stint with Washington. File/Press-Gazette Media
Packers career rushing leaders
1. Ahman Green (2000-06, 2009), 8,322.
2. Jim Taylor (1958-66), 8,207.
3. John Brockington (1971-77), 5,024.
4. Tony Canadeo (1941-44, 1946-52), 4,197.
5. Ryan Grant (2007-12), 4,016.
Ryan Grant received a standing ovation upon his return to the Green Bay Packers on Wednesday.
It's been 11 months since Grant, the team's No. 5 all-time leading rusher, suited up for the Packers. But his teammates haven't forgotten him and offered a hero's welcome as Grant descended the stairs to the gymnasium where the Packers were conducting a walk-through session.
"I think that tells you what the locker room thinks of him," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said.
Grant, who doesn't like to draw attention to himself, wondered whether the cheers were made in jest, but quarterback Aaron Rodgers insisted they were genuine.
"I'm excited to have him back," Rodgers said. "So for me, and I don't know if I'm the one that started the clap or not, but mine was all about respect and just excited to see him walk down the steps."
Grant rushed for 4,016 yards in five years with the Packers (2007-11) and was a positive influence in the locker room.
But the Packers decided not to bring him back after last season, when he split halfback duties with James Starks.
That's what often happens to NFL running backs in Grant's age bracket. They are treated like they have a contagious disease and are usually put out to pasture.
The Packers finally called Grant this week and signed him to a contract because they were desperate for a healthy body after injuries toppled Cedric Benson, Starks and Johnny White.
Grant, who will turn 30 on Sunday, understands how the NFL works and why the Packers didn't reach out to him sooner.
"I don't take things personal in this business," he said.
"They didn't do anything wrong. From a business stance, I understood. You just move forward."
Grant landed a short stint with the Washington Redskins earlier this season but played in only one game before getting cut. Other than that, he's been working out, playing a lot of chess, catching up on his reading, and waiting patiently for his phone to ring.
Grant acknowledged there's a stigma in the NFL when it comes to running backs pushing 30.
"I guess it comes, some of it, for good reason," said Grant. "Now fortunately for me, I'm not the average going-to-be 30-year-old back because I didn't do anything the first couple years. So I haven't taken that wear and tear. ... So I don't feel, I guess, how people think I should feel as a 30-year-old back."
The Packers apparently didn't agree, or else they might have re-signed Grant during the offseason.
When asked whether age was the primary reason the Packers didn't bring Grant to training camp, McCarthy replied: "There are elements of our business that determine whether you make changes, when you do and when you don't."
My loose translation of McCarthy's words: The train left the station without Grant because the NFL is a young man's game, especially at the running back position. And frankly, there was room for only one 29-year-old halfback on the team, and that was Benson.
General Manager Ted Thompson normally chooses younger players over older ones, although receiver Donald Driver is a notable exception this season.
Thompson also rarely brings back retreads unless injuries compel him to take action, as was the case in recent seasons with running back Ahman Green and tackle Mark Tauscher.
Grant has been added to that short list and presumably gives the Packers an insurance policy in case anyone else gets hurt.
Rodgers, who was mildly surprised the Packers didn't invite Grant to training camp, is happy to see his old teammate back in the fold.
"I've got to trust Ted and the philosophy he's done, it's worked for us," Rodgers said. "But when you've got a guy (Grant) that's such a good locker room guy, you love having those guys around. I think that was the only maybe little surprise. I don't know how much that was taken into account, his presence, but we're glad he's back."
On his first day back, Grant hadn't been assigned a spot in the Packers' main locker room, but he wasn't complaining. At his age, in this young man's game, he's just happy to have a job.
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The Franklin Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed Animal House Veterinary Clinic to the Franklin business community with a ribbon cutting celebration.
Animal House Veterinary Clinic is owned and operated by Ann Shower, DVM, a long time resident of Macon County. Shower is experienced in treating all types of pets and animals. Her clinic specializes in cats, dogs and small mammals.
Your pet's health and well being is very important to her and her staff and they take every step to give your pet the best possible care including providing emergency care for their established clients.
Animal House Veterinary Clinic is a full service animal clinic founded with the goal of providing courteous, professional and affordable veterinary care to the people and pets of Macon County.
They are able to provide examinations, vaccinations, in house dental, in house laboratory, x-ray and surgical services.
Beyond first rate pet care, their clinic is comfortable, with a very calm environment. Animal House Veterinary Clinic is located at 991 E. Main Street.
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CEMEX Inc. is responsible for part of the arsenic contamination of the Rio Grande in the vicinity of the International Boundary and Water Commission in West El Paso, according to a federal court judgment in a lawsuit that Asarco, LLC filed against CEMEX.
U.S. District Judge Phil Martinez issued his final judgment on March 31, and ordered CEMEX Inc. to pay Asarco $1.1 million as its part of the cleanup costs.
The former cement plant on property owned by CEMEX, at West Paisano Drive and Executive Center Boulevard, contributed to a release of arsenic that led to partial contamination of a section of the river, according to the judge's 71-page opinion.
There is "overwhelming evidence that materials containing arsenic ... were present on the (CEMEX) plant property," the court opinion stated. "Further, Asarco provided evidence that CEMEX failed to manage and properly dispose of the (arsenic-containing cement kiln waste) generated at the plant ... and that CEMEX never installed any controls to contain runoff from the plant property."
A spokesperson for CEMEX was unavailable for comment on Monday. Previously, CEMEX lawyers denied all the allegations in the complaint that Asarco initially filed in April 2012.
Asarco, which formerly operated a copper and lead smelter in West El Paso, had agreed to pay $22 million for the contamination cleanup at the IBWC site. Investigators for the IBWC blamed Asarco's smelting operations for lead and arsenic contamination in soil and groundwater, court documents stated.
The court found that Asarco was not the only source of the arsenic that seeped into the Rio Grande.
"This is a very important judgment for Asarco and the El Paso community," said Gregory Evans, a Los Angeles lawyer who represented Asarco. "It's important to Asarco because the judgment lays the groundwork for cost-recovery in similar cases brought by Asarco around the United States. Asarco stepped up, paid for all environmental damages and, in the case of El Paso, paid for damages caused by CEMEX. The judgment shows that if a company decides to pay the government to address environmental impacts, those that also caused environmental harm but chose not to contribute can be made to pay later."
Among other things, the hearings in the case featured testimony by El Paso businessman Stanley Jobe, who had commissioned an environmental study of the CEMEX site that was not made public until the lawsuit.
"The judgment is equally important for the El Paso community because it holds CEMEX accountable for irresponsible and environmentally harmful waste disposal practices that it denied," Evans said. "CEMEX and Stanley Jobe denied harmful industrial practices. They denied that their arsenic kiln waste washed into the Rio Grande while leaving Asarco to pay the entire cleanup bill. We had to take CEMEX to trial and prove that it polluted and we did, by overwhelming evidence."
IBWC spokeswoman Sally Spener said Monday that the cleanup of contaminated soil at the IBWC site "is underway and is due to be finished over this summer." She said the IBWC contracted with Prudent Technologies to remediate the contaminated soil.
The IBWC Site at 2616 W. Paisano Drive stretches over 5.8 acres and includes the area surrounding the American Dam and American Canal as well as the American Dam Field Office property.
The CEMEX site, which contained a cement plant and limestone quarry, is about a quarter-mile from the northern boundary of the IBWC Site, to the east of the Rio Grande and immediately north of Asarco's property.
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• Court documents stated that in 2002, the U.S. section of the IBWC discovered unhealthful levels of heavy metals in the groundwater and soil around the canal. Arsenic in the soil around the canal was detected at concentrations up to 597 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg), above the Environmental Protection Agency's industrial screening level of 2 mg/kg, according to the court's findings.
Although high levels of lead were also detected at the IBWC site, the court judgment narrowed its finding of liability to arsenic.
• In 2005, Asarco filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11, and the government filed a claim against Asarco on behalf of the IBWC. Asarco paid the government more than $22 million for the IBWC cleanup costs.
• The lawsuit against CEMEX Inc. also helped to unravel the convoluted record of the CEMEX site's historical owners and operators in West El Paso.
According to court documents, CEMEX, Inc., succeeded the Southwestern Portland Cement Company (SWPCC), which built and operated a cement plant at the site from 1910 to 1985, and which owned the property until 1991, when it merged into Southdown, Inc..
Southdown later sold the plant to Industrial Trading, Inc. in 1998. Three years later, in 2001, Southdown changed its name to CEMEX, Inc.
SWPCC also owned and operated the Toro limestone quarry until 1986, which was later purchased by Jobe Concrete Products, Inc.. Jobe mined sand and gravel and operated ready-mix concrete batch operations on the property. Jobe also leased a portion of the plant property from 1994 to 1996.
CEMEX Construction, which is not the same entity as CEMEX Inc., is a successor to Jobe Concrete Products, court records stated.


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Westminster City Council, on behalf of many other local London authorities, has revealed details of a framework agreement for councils to outsource back-office functions, in a bid to improve efficiency and cut costs.
An online tender details that the contract will be divided into four lots, with some potentially worth more than £1bn.
The framework is set to be one of the programmes under the wider London Athena Programme, which is a pan-London initiative aimed at creating a single ICT platform for public sector organisations in the region.
Westminster City Council, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (the 'Tri-Borough Authorities') have already aligned themselves in a strategic partnership, where they operate numerous shared service schemes, and are leading this outsourcing agreement.
Over 15 other London councils are set to benefit from this agreement, where they will have the choice to outsource some of their back-office functions.
The four lots that form the framework include:
• Finance, procurement, human resources and payroll – worth up to £1.05bn
• E-sourcing – worth up to £35m
• Property asset data management – worth up to £35m
• Business intelligence – worth up to £70m
Only one service provider will be selected for each lot and it is up to the councils, depending on individual circumstances, whether they use the services.
The tender reads: "Currently the Council [Westminster] and the other participating authorities each use a variety of service providers to supply different parts of their respective back-office services. This means that the requirements of each of the Council and the other participating authorities under the framework may vary."
It is hoped that this agreement will allow councils to benefit from streamlined back-office services, improve process efficiency and cost effectiveness.
The framework will last for four years once service providers have been selected, and interested parties have until 27th February to express an interest in participating.