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In the last 24 hours, T-Mobile has been teasing about the campaign, "Mo More Mr. Nice Girl". T-mobile has now launched a new viral commercial to build up the hype to faster 4g experience and to more upcoming commercials. This is in efforts to increase awareness by placing Carly in the "real world".
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Study of Dexamethasone Plus IXAZOMIB or Physicians Choice of Treatment in Relapsed or Refractory Systemic Light Chain (AL) Amyloidosis
Official Title
A Phase 3, Randomized, Controlled, Open-label, Multicenter, Safety and Efficacy Study of Dexamethasone Plus IXAZOMIB (MLN9708) or Physicians Choice of Treatment Administered to Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Systemic Light Chain (AL) Amyloidosis
Brief Overview
This is a phase 3, randomized, controlled, open-label, multicenter study of the oral
formulation of dexamethasone plus IXAZOMIB compared with treatment chosen by the
investigator from a prespecified list of regimens available in clinical practice. Treatment
options will include: dexamethasone alone, dexamethasone plus an alkylating agent (melphalan
or cyclophosphamide), or dexamethasone plus an immunomodulatory drug (IMiD, thalidomide or
lenalidomide) in patients with relapsed or refractory AL amyloidosis. Crossover to the
investigational treatment arm is not permitted during participation in this study.
Participant Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female patients 18 years or older
- Biopsy-proven AL amyloidosis with relapsed or refractory disease despite 1 or 2 prior
therapies. Patients may be proteasome inhibitor-exposed or naive, but cannot be
refractory to proteasome inhibitor therapy
- Disease requiring further treatment
- Measurable disease as defined by serum differential free light chain concentration
- Objective and measurable major organ involvement (ie, cardiac or renal) as defined by
the standard International Society of Amyloidosis (ISA) criteria.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of less than or equal to
- Meet the clinical laboratories criteria as specified in the protocol
- Female patients who are post menopausal, surgically sterile, or agree to practice 2
effective methods of contraception through 90 days after the last dose of study
treatment or agree to practice true abstinence; must also adhere to the guidelines of
any treatment specific pregnancy prevention program
- Male patients who agree to practice effective barrier contraception through 90 days
after the last dose of study treatment or agree to practice true abstinence AND must
adhere to the guidelines of any treatment specific pregnancy prevention program
- Voluntary written consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Amyloidosis due to mutations of the transthyretin gene or presence of other non-AL
- Female patients who are lactating, breastfeeding or pregnant
- Evidence of current uncontrolled cardiovascular conditions as specified in study
- Clinically overt multiple myeloma as specified in study protocol
- Inability to swallow medication, inability or unwillingness to comply with the drug
administration requirements, or gastrointestinal (GI) procedure that could interfere
with the oral absorption or tolerance of treatment
- Requirement for other concomitant chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, or any
ancillary therapy considered to be investigational or which would be considered as a
treatment of AL amyloidosis. However, patients may be on chronic steroids (maximum
dose 20 mg/day prednisone or equivalent if they are being given for disorders other
than amyloidosis
- Comorbid systemic illnesses or other severe concurrent disease which, in the judgment
of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study
or interfere significantly with the proper assessment of safety and toxicity of the
prescribed regimens
- Ongoing or active infection, known HIV positive, active hepatitis B or C infection
- Psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study
- Known allergy to any of the study medications, their analogues or excipients
- Systemic treatment with strong inhibitors of CYP1A2, strong inhibitors of CYP3A, or
strong CYP3A inducers, or use of Ginkgo biloba or St. John's wort within 14 days
before the first dose of study treatment
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previously diagnosed with another malignancy and have any evidence of residual
disease. Patients with nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of any type are
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By FRANK BROWN At a time when many states are looking for ways to reverse sagging casino revenues, there's a three-judge panel in New Jersey pondering a decision that could change the gambling playing field. In the next week or two, the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to rule on a New Jersey challenge of the Bradley Act, ...Read More »
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State's casinos record drop in revenue in May
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Revenue for Mississippi casinos dropped about $2 million in May from April. The Mississippi Department of Revenue released figures that show casinos took in $185.3 million may compared to $187 million in April. And the figures showed casino revenue was 26 percent higher in May than a year ago, when river casinos were forced to close by ...Read More »
Philadelphia now largest city in U.S. with casino
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia took the title yesterday of largest U.S. city with a casino when Pennsylvania's 10th gambling hall opened despite years of community protests and delays. SugarHouse Casino drew a raucous crowd of well over a thousand people to the Delaware River waterfront for a chance to play among its 1,600 slot machines and 40 table games. A string ...Read More »
Louisiana's casinos see fewer winning hands
BATON ROUGE, La. — Winnings from gamblers at Louisiana's state-licensed casinos dropped in August. State police report that the 13 riverboats, Harrah's downtown New Orleans casino and the four racetrack casinos won $193.4 million last month. That's down from 2.4 percent from $199.8 million in August 2009. The tally dropped 11.9 percent from $219.4 million won in July 2010. July ...Read More »


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Salva : me add ? please http://canalembraergta.blogspot.com.br/
Hey man, could you still do a tutorial for the MOH:W Camos? :D
thank you very much!
chetan, I only fixed this "belt" on the top of texture. I didn't extracted model.
chlwhddnr85, as I said only on PM.
Can ya give me the links of GRFS models?
I really want those ACR and player model.
Hi Salva ,
I am Chetan new to face punch i am following GTA SA BF3 BF4 so i have seen textures of mh-60 silent hawk from cod ghosts i have one small request i want t-90MS from ghosts its my deam to play t-90ms in gta sa can it be done please do reply
Hey salva, I read somewhere that you have Trevor from GTA V's Model, and I was wondering if you would please give them to me. I'm working on a model replacement
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Scion's edgy new crossover for the kids
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GMC is extending its pricey Denali subbrand to its newest nameplate, the Canyon midsize pickup, and will introduce an even higher-end version of its Sierra Denali full-size pickup.... Read More »
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What's old is new again at Lamborghini. After years of building supercars that were almost exclusively all-wheel drive, the Italian brand is going back to rear-wheel-drive basics with the debut of the Huracan LP 580-2.... Read More »
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VW has dangled Beetle Dune concepts before but promises the latest version will be built starting next year in coupe and convertible models.... Read More »
Kia greenlights Niro in green-car rush
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Kia, shedding light on its longstanding plans for a dedicated hybrid family, plans to take on the Toyota Prius and Chevrolet Volt with a "hybrid utility vehicle" called the Niro.... Read More »
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Mazda's RX-Vision concept was a hit at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show. While it hinted at the triumphant return of Mazda's iconic rotary engine, the RX-Vision also drew plaudits for its sleek styling. A look at what some critics and others are saying about the concept.... Read More »
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It's common to see senior auto executives strolling through an auto show, checking out the competition. The various ways they do it offer insight into their styles.... Read More »
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For the last eight years, a team of 50 engineers has slaved away on Mazda's signature rotary engine, seeking a breakthrough for the unique design Mazda had championed for decades, almost alone in its enthusiasm.... Read More »
Lexus LF-FC concept previews next LS
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Lexus pulled back the curtain on its next-generation LS sedan with the introduction of the LF-FC concept, a full-size sedan design study which offers a close preview of what the fifth-generation LS will look like when it debuts sometime in 2016 or 2017.... Read More »
Subaru shows design direction with 2 concepts
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Subaru is ushering in a new styling era with the Impreza 5-door Concept unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show Wednesday. Subaru also rolled out another concept, the Viziv crossover, which is equipped with semi-autonomous features due in 2020.... Read More »
Mitsubishi's electric eX concept hints at a third CUV
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Rotary engine returns in Mazda concept coupe
7:45 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 27, 2015
Three years after pulling the plug on the rotary-powered RX-8 sports car, Mazda hints it hasn't given up on the peculiar engine design that gave the brand some of its grandest successes. The company's latest concept is a low-slung sports car called the RX-Vision powered by a next-generation rotary engine called the Skyactiv-R.... Read More »
Mercedes-Benz's Vision Tokyo imagines car as a 'chill-out zone'
11:30 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 27, 2015
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Mitsubishi's EV crossover concept shows off new design language
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Subaru hints at future vehicles with 2 Tokyo show concepts
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Nissan's concept aims to engage 'share native' generation
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Does Mazda concept for Tokyo point to RX sports car's return?
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Mazda plans to unveil a sports car concept at the Tokyo Motor Show that is sure to stoke speculation about a possible successor to the RX-8. A teaser photo shows a black vehicle with a long hood, rear-slung cockpit, rounded fastback and muscular rear fenders -- all taking cues from the brand's Kodo design language.... Read More »
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11:16 pm U.S. ET | Sept. 29, 2015
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Soybean prices were battered lower on Friday morning as the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a report showing a better-than-expected crop this year.
Although the soybean crop was badly damaged by this summer's drought, the beans recovered this fall amidst good rains. At the peak of the drought, it had been feared that the crop would yield only 35.3 bushels per acre, but Friday's update from the USDA showed a much more optimistic 39.3 bushels per acre.
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If you're in the throes of college research and decision-making, it's likely that how to pay for college is a huge consideration. And because things have changed so much economically over the last 25 years, some say that today's young adults, those classified as Millennials, have a lot more to think about than their Generation X parents did.
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5 college finance problems your parents didn't have (USA Today)
How to Land More Money to Pay for College (Time)
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The Truth About Rejection by Elite Colleges (DIY College Rankings)
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By Anthony Marshall - Newcastle United Managing Editor
At Selhurst Park
Jack Colback and Papiss Cisse return to the Newcastle United starting line-up for Saturday's Barclays Premier League fixture at Crystal Palace (3pm kick-off).
Midfielder Colback has missed the last three games with a knee injury sustained in last month's Tyne-Wear derby, while striker Cisse hasn't started a top flight fixture since the middle of September - ten weeks ago.
The pair replace Cheick Tiote, who is nursing a groin injury, and Aleksandar Mitrovic, who drops down to the substitutes' bench, and those are the only two changes from last weekend's disappointing 3-0 home defeat to Leicester City.
United are expected to line up in a 4-4-2 formation, with Republic of Ireland international goalkeeper Rob Elliot behind a back four of Daryl Janmaat, Chancel Mbemba, captain Fabricio Coloccini and Paul Dummett.
Colback will partner Vurnon Anita in the middle of the park, while Moussa Sissoko and six-goal leading scorer Georginio Wijnaldum take up roles on either flank.
And in the final third, Ayoze Perez will play just off Cisse, who netted in this fixture last season.
Joining Mitrovic on the substitutes' bench, there are places for Florian Thauvin, Yoan Gouffran, Siem de Jong, Jamaal Lascelles, Jamie Sterry and fit-again goalkeeper Karl Darlow.
Crystal Palace (4-2-3-1): Wayne Hennessey; Joel Ward, Scott Dann, Damien Delaney (c), Pape Souare; Yohan Cabaye, James McArthur; Wilfried Zaha, Jason Puncheon, Yannick Bolasie; Connor Wickham
Substitutes: Julian Speroni, Martin Kelly, Mile Jedinak, Joe Ledley, Chung-yong Lee, Patrick Bamford, Marouane Chamakh
Newcastle United (4-4-2): Rob Elliot; Daryl Janmaat, Chancel Mbemba, Fabricio Coloccini (c), Paul Dummett; Moussa Sissoko, Vurnon Anita, Jack Colback, Georginio Wijnaldum; Ayoze Perez, Papiss Cisse
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China's Cyber Offensive
And how the U.S. can respond.
United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates welcomed a vice chairman of the People's Liberation Army to the Pentagon last week in what many analysts saw as a sign of warming ties. Yet the smiles masked China's aggressive development of cyberwarfare, and concern in Washington that in this area, America is on the defensive.
Consider the report released late last month by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Commission, which I head. Prepared by the Northrop Grumman Corporation for the Commission, the authors state China is conducting a "long-term, sophisticated, computer network exploitation campaign." The report documents the most sophisticated cyberspying yet attributed to Beijing: a months-long cyber reconnaissance effort directed against a single U.S.-based company, followed by a "multiday" intrusion where large amounts of data were compiled and extracted to an Internet protocol address in China.
The attack is only one example of a string of recent incidents. In April this newspaper reported on intrusions into a U.S. defense contractor's network that resulted in the collection of "several terabytes of data" about the design of the F-35 "Lightning II" fighter system and its electronics systems. In 2005 Time magazine documented a series of intrusions into the U.S. Sandia Nuclear Weapons Laboratory the year before by Chinese hackers. According to the SANS Institute, a computer security firm, keystroke logs of intrusions on government computers leave "little doubt that the Chinese government" is behind the attacks. In some cases the intruders went to the same intrusion sites a hundred times a day. In 2008, from all sources, officials in the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Strategic Command say there were 5,488 known breaches of U.S. government computers, and 54,640 "incidents of malicious cyber activity" against the Department of Defense alone.
The PLA has been developing these capabilities since at least 2003, when the then-director of the PLA's electronic warfare department, Dai Qingmin, proposed a comprehensive information warfare effort, including cyber attack, electronic attack and coordinated kinetic attacks in military operations. The PLA has specialized units and trained personnel to conduct these kinds of attacks, which require reconnaissance, mapping and targeting.
To some extent China's cyberwarfare efforts are an extension of its more traditional espionage efforts to gather defense-related and economic information. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice have had some success in prosecuting this kind of espionage. In California, the 2007 conviction of Chi Mak, an engineer for a defense contractor, revealed that information on naval propulsion and weapons systems was obtained by an official of the Chinese government. In two cases in Alexandria, Virginia in 2008, Department of Defense employees provided information on weapons systems and Taiwan's military to an individual working for the Chinese government.
In the cyber realm, however, the U.S. government and private industry seem to be in a reactive role, detecting intrusions and information losses only after the fact, with no cross-government or industry coordinated response. To complicate the problem, the very nature of the Internet makes it difficult to attribute the intrusions to a specific actor, while neither criminal nor international law adequately deals with cyberspying. So what should be done?
China's growing cyberwarfare capabilities aren't solely directed at the U.S. Leaders in Britain and Germany have voiced concerns, too. These nations cooperate to fight cybercrime, like hacking into banks. A parallel initiative to detect and counter cyberspies would be useful—but the initiative has to start with the U.S.
President Barack Obama made a good start by initiating a 60-day cyber-security review in February and appointing former intelligence official Melissa Hathaway as acting director for cyber security. In April, the review commission established by Mr. Obama released a report that recommended, among other things, a White House-based "cyber-security coordinator" to coordinate the U.S. government's cyber policies with private industry, and handle responses to threats. This "cyber czar" was to report to the National Security Council with some budgetary and resource influence through the Office of Management and Budget. That was a good start.
But from then on, results have been mixed. Ms. Hathaway resigned in August, reportedly unhappy with the lack of cooperation between the government and the private sector. Efforts to coordinate standards and policies across the private sector and in government, therefore, appear stalled. The Department of Homeland Security and the National Security Agency, which is part of the Department of Defense, are still arguing about which one should have primacy over these efforts.
The Pentagon has made more progress. Secretary Gates ordered in June the creation of a unified "United States Cyber Command" that began initial operations in October and will be fully operational by October 2010. Under this plan the National Security Agency was to function as the headquarters of the U.S. Cyber Command, with each of the military services putting together their own subordinate cyber commands.
There is debate in Congress, however, about the efficacy of letting the NSA have the keys to the cyber kingdom. There is also much debate about which agency will set the standards for, and oversee, nonintelligence- and nondefense-related government cyber networks. There is no clear decision on which agency will set standards and try to coordinate policies for civilian cyber infrastructure and critical infrastructure. And there is, to date, no "cyber czar" in the White House.
The Obama administration would do well to heed Ms. Hathaway's calls for international alliances on cyber security, better sharing of threat information with the private sector by government, and more open private-sector cooperation. This makes sense. American allies in Europe and Asia have experienced similar intrusions, as have private companies. More cooperation would provide a common picture of the threat and support a coordinated response.
It would also behoove Mr. Obama to clarify which government agency will take the lead in protecting the country from cyber attack. The National Security Agency should be at the top of his list: it has decades of experience conducting operations in the electronic and cyber realms. The agency has skilled personnel, wide contacts in the private sector and abroad, and highly skilled linguists able to work in languages associated with the origin of some of the intrusions.
In China there appears to be a centralized, coordinated and successful effort to penetrate American and other cyber networks. The U.S. and its allies, by contrast, so far seem to lack a concentrated, well-led cyber defense. And there will be none if the White House does not make this a priority. The National Security Agency has the experience, the international contacts and the expertise to defend the country from these threats. It should be the lead agency.
Mr. Wortzel, a former U.S. Army colonel and intelligence officer, is vice chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.


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Sep 26, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 02 • By JONATHAN V. LAST
Under One-Child, couples wanting a baby were required to obtain permission from local officials first. (In 2002, the government relaxed this provision; you can now have one child without government clearance.) After having a child, urban residents and government employees were forbidden from having another, with some exceptions. In rural areas, for instance, couples were often allowed to have a second baby five years after the first. There are a total of 22 exceptions which allow Chinese to have a second child, but they tend to be narrow: 63 percent of couples are bound to a single child. Any more than two—even for the lucky exceptions—and the government institutes penalties. Sanctions range from heavy fines to confiscation of belongings to dismissal from work. There are reports of violators having the roofs of their houses removed, or their doors and windows walled shut.
And then there were the forced abortions and sterilizations. On this score, the Chinese government had help from the West. In 1979, as China prepared to roll out One-Child, the government signed an agreement with the United Nations Population Fund, which pledged $50 million to help control births—a euphemism that in practice meant groups of government workers rounding up pregnant women and forcing them to have abortions. The U.N.'s presence opened the door for other Western organizations, including the Ford Foundation and the International Planned Parenthood Federation, which poured resources into China in an effort to kill babies. These groups were not unaware of what was happening. The IPPF's Benjamin Viel wrote admiringly, "Persuasion and motivation [are] very effective in a society in which social sanctions can be applied against those who fail to cooperate in the construction of the socialist state."
Others were less enamored by what they saw. In January 1980, an official from the IPPF sent a memo of caution to the group's director. "[V]ery strong measures [are] being taken to reduce population growth—including abortion up to 8 months," the memo said, before continuing:
Planned Parenthood's leadership ignored the warning. But although the story did ultimately blow up, it turned out that it wasn't so hard to defend after all. Just ask Tom Friedman. Just ask Vice President Biden.
The overall result of this concerted effort is a Chinese fertility rate that now sits somewhere around 1.54, depending on who's doing the tabulating. Demographer Nicholas Eberstadt notes, "In some major population centers—Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin among them—it appears that the average number of births per woman is amazingly low: below one baby per lifetime."
All of which brings us to the practical problems of One-Child. For starters, even when you consider the contemporaneous fears of overpopulation, One-Child was not particularly helpful. The Chinese government claims that One-Child has prevented 400 million births over the last 30 years. And it's possible they're right. But that number assumes that the Chinese fertility rate would have remained at its 1970 level without the policy. Which seems unlikely.
Chinese fertility was already falling when One-Child was instituted, and the policy certainly steepened the curve. Other projections suggest that it has prevented 100 million births, which isn't nothing. But either way, One-Child has been a gigantic failure by demographic standards. Whether One-Child was the driving force, or simply responsible for the fertility decline at the margin, the country is now on the brink of radical population shrinkage. By 2050, China will be losing, on net, 20 million people every five years.
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Seating: 780 originally as a single screen.
Status: The theatre continues to do well as a triplex offering first run releases. It's operated by Vintage Cinemas, who also operate the Vista Theatre.
History: The venue was a second run family oriented single screen theatre for decades. Later it was an art house for years under Laemmle management and at that time one of the premiere foreign film venues in Los Angeles. It was triplexed after the Laemmle's lost their lease.
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Apps and devices shouldn't stop working when there's limited or no network connectivity. Learn how to bring data stored in a cloud database to the edge of the network (and back again) whenever an Internet connection is available. In his session at 17th Cloud Expo, Ben Perlmutter, a Sales Engineer with IBM Cloudant, demonstrated techniques for replicating cloud databases with devices in order to build offline-first mobile or Internet of Things (IoT) apps that can provide a better, faster user experience, both offline and online. The focus of this talk was on IBM Cloudant, Apache CouchDB, and ...
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"Stories worth remembering and savoring … again and again," said Robin Roberts, co-host of Good Morning America. Indeed. Stories remembered and savored in the telling by Rick Cleveland in his book "Mississippi's Greatest Athletes." Do you know the story of Roy and Commodore Cochran? "Cousins of Sen. Thad Cochran, both were track and field gold medalists, Commodore in ...Read More »
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First-ever fan voting for top basketball players underway
JACKSON — For the first time in the history of the awards, Mississippians have the opportunity to take part in the voting for the C Spire Howell and Gillom Trophies, which annually honor the Magnolia state's top male and female college basketball players. C Spire, along with the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum (MSHOF), announced fan voting will ...Read More »
New kiosks make for a better visit at sports hall
The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum (http://msfame.com) in Jackson is full of stories — and now it has a new way to tell them. The first of four new kiosks is operational, and three more are scheduled to be online by the end of this week, said Rick Cleveland, the museum's executive director. >>CLICK HERE to read more.Read More »
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>> FEAR THE OKRA Mad Genius ad campaign helps Delta State reintroduce the toughest vegetable in higher education— by Stephen McDill Also in this week's paper: >> LEGISLATURE Move state offices to Capitol Complex — by Ted Carter >> SPORTS New kiosks make for a better visit at sports hall— by Frank Brown >> ENERGY Supreme Court mulls whether or ...Read More »
Sports Hall of Fame long on needs
Those close to Rick Cleveland have started calling him "Rotary Rick." It's appropriate. A visitor hadn't been in Cleveland's office at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, where he's been the executive director for six months, before he pulled out a calendar that was marked up with black and blue ink. "The ones in black are speaking engagements," ...Read More »
Award to remember Rubenstein
The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in Jackson will honor its late director, Michael Rubenstein, with a new award. Hall executive director Rick Cleveland announced the creation of the Rube Award during a memorial service in Booneville, Rubenstein's hometown. "Rube" was his nickname. Rubenstein, a former sportscaster, died last December. Cleveland says the first award will be presented July to ...Read More »
Cleveland goes to Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame
Longtime Jackson Clarion-Ledger sports columnist Rick Cleveland has been named the executive director of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. Cleveland, 59, takes over for the late Michael Rubenstein, who had been the Hall of Fame's only executive director since it opened in 1996. Cleveland began his full-time journalism career at The Hattiesburg American in 1970 and has worked at ...Read More »
Rick Cleveland heads to Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame
Rick Cleveland has recently bought three new suits. That's a big deal. The last time he did that, it was 1999, and it was for Mississippi author Willie Morris' funeral. The occasion is a bit more pleasant this time around. On May 1, Cleveland will become the second ever director of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Cleveland ...Read More »
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>> RICK CLEVELAND SHIFTS GEARS Longtime sports columnist to head Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum — By Clay Chandler Also in this week's paper: >> SEARCH CONTINUES FOR DOR HQ No likelihood this session of securing the move of Department of Revenue into Jackson — by Ted Carter >> LEADERSHIP CHANGE AT HORNE Ridgeland CPA firm taps Joe Havens as ...Read More »
Rick Cleveland takes reins at Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame
Long-time, award winning sports journalist Rick Cleveland was named today as the new executive director of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Cleveland, 59, succeeds the late Michael Rubenstein, the museum's only previous director. "We think Rick is the perfect fit," said Oscar Miskelly, chairman of the museum's board of directors. "Nobody has a deeper knowledge of the ...Read More »


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AMD beats Q3 forecast with $128m net loss
updated 05:25 pm EDT, Thu October 15, 2009
Demand for components beginning to increase
AMD on Thursday reported its third-quarter financial results, indicating an 18 percent revenue increase from the previous quarter. Although the performance exceeded expectations, the company still reported a net loss of $128 million and a 22 percent revenue drop compared to the same quarter last year.
AMD CEO Dirk Meyer claims the company performed better than expected due to growth in microprocessor and graphics product shipments. Gross margin increased from 37 percent to 42 percent, as ASPs and sales of 45nm products were both up from last quarter.
A recent IDC report suggests the overall market grew by approximately 2 percent over last year, while Gartner also saw a slight increase. Mikako Kitagawa, Gartner's principal analyst, claims that consumers were "relentlessly looking for bargains." Despite the growth in sales, the falling ASPs have resulted in lower revenues for computer makers.
Intel reported a strong surge in sales, establishing one of the best fiscal quarters for the company in the past 30 years. Shipments of netbook components, specifically the Atom chips, lead to a 19 percent growth in the company's mobility group.
AMD remains optimistic for the next quarter, with expectations for revenue to be "up modestly."


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Part Time Room Attendant
Whistler, British Columbia
Posted On: February 05, 2015
Last Day to Apply: February 12, 2015
Employment Type: Part Time - Hourly
POSITION: Room Attendant
DEPARTMENT: Housekeeping
REPORTS TO: Executive Housekeeper
START DATE: November 15 & December 1, 2014
The Room Attendant is responsible for ensuring that the cleanliness and the quality of the hotel's guest rooms meet the highest of industry standards, therefore providing our customers with an outstanding product. Reporting to the Executive Housekeeper and the Housekeeping Supervisors, the Room Attendant is responsible for ensuring Hotel guestrooms are cleaned and arranged to the superior presentation standards of Delta Hotels & Resorts. The position is accountable for modeling and acting in accordance with the Delta's Core Values and Code of Ethics.
In order for us to EXCEED our Guests expectations, we need to ensure that we have the right colleagues who will understand the importance of offering even more! The perfect candidate for this position will be:
- Self-assured – showing confidence in you and your teams ability to deliver even more
- Enthusiastic - obsessed with delivering more than what the Guests expected or needed
- Engaging – is curious about our guest and ways to go above and beyond
- Genuine – will personalize your approach to connect with all type of guests
- Thoughtful – will listen and anticipate your guests needs and discover ways to impress
- Prepare all assigned rooms within the allotted time
- Ensure all aspects of a room are in working order and that the room is cleaned to the highest quality standards
- Ensure that the Hotel is maintained to the highest standards, and that work is always performed in a professional manner
- Follow established Brand Operating and Service Standards (Community Codes)
- Exceed the expectations of all guests through empowerment and by responding attentively, efficiently and politely to all requests, questions, concerns, and/or complaints
- Consistently take ownership of guest issues and follow up to ensure satisfaction through the empowerment process
- Other duties as assigned by Executive Housekeeper
- Role model and ambassador, always representing the Brand, Hotel and your team with the utmost professionalism, modeling the core values
- Will work in compliance with the hotel's Health & Safety policies and procedures
- Work towards continuous improvement and quality in all areas
- Follows company policies and procedures at all time
- Other duties as assigned by Executive Housekeeper
- Strong knowledge and understanding of the Housekeeping process and previous housekeeping experience in a hotel or resort environment considered an asset
- Must have excellent interpersonal, communication and guest service skills
- Team player and a self-starter, able to work independently and effectively as required
- High quality cleaning standards with superior grooming standards
- Must be willing to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends, and as necessary to guests' and team members' needs
- Awareness and use of environmentally sound practices
- Ability to work effectively in an innovative and multi-task environment
- Able to meet physical demands of job
- Since cleaning is the major responsibility of this position, Room Attendants spend a significant portion of their workday involved in the following: unlocking, opening, pushing, pulling, lifting, bending and stretching.
- The vast majority of the time is spent moving about the property in order to clean guestrooms, and this is usually accomplished by walking.
- In addition to operating a vacuum cleaner, Room Attendants typically lift and pull items weighing as much as 25 pounds and pull/ push up to 200 pounds. Proper lifting techniques are required


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Chicago has long held a reputation for being rife with corruption, a legacy that starts with the "Windy City" nickname and trails all the way to former Governor Rod Blagojevich's prison cell in Littleton, Co.
But according to the University of Illinois-Chicago Political Science Department's sixth Anti-Corruption Report released Monday, political misbehavior in the halo of towns surrounding Chicago's boundaries is equally prevalent, but faces far less scrutiny.
Which is why the head of the department and co-author of the study, former alderman Dick Simpson, called for the creation of an independent Suburban Inspector General to police suburban politics at a press conference Monday.
At that conference, Simpson released the study's findings, which included detailed outlines of corruption incidents involving more than 130 individuals across 60 suburbs since the 1970s.
The report exhaustively maps arrests stemming from corruption charges including instances of nepotism, police officers aiding or extorting criminals, kickbacks and bribes to administrators and public officials with ties to organized crime; a total of 6 categories of impropriety that are well-represented in many of the examined suburbs.
"Cumulatively the many examples in this report contradict the common perception that while Chicago is corrupt, the suburbs have clean, open, and effective governments," the report concludes. "In fact, corruption impacts a large number of local governments throughout the Chicago metropolitan area and it has persisted for decades. Understanding these facts is an essential first step to implementing new policies and ethical practices to curb corruption in the suburbs."
And the report offers sound reasoning for investigating suburban corruption: the UIC report calculated that corruption costs Illinois taxpayers at least $500 million a year at a time when the state is facing devastating cuts to cope with massive deficits.
The report further recommends oversight at the county level, public access to government documents including expenditures and contracts, ethics training for all incoming city employees and, if necessary, legislation that limits campaign contributions, backdoor contract agreements, nepotism and other offenses.
"Corruption is not just a Chicago problem. The culture of corruption is an Illinois problem," the report concludes. "While some individual suburbs may be exempt from this epidemic, many are not ... If more than 60 suburbs have corruption and blatant conflicts of interest, then it is necessary to take steps to eliminate this corruption."
Click here to see the full study, including detailed accounts of corruption-related charges filed in more than 60 suburbs since the 1970s.
Check out some of Illinois's most notorious cases of political corruption:
Former Cook County Commissioner William Beavers speaks at a news conference after being sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in a Chicago federal courtroom. Beavers, 78, was sentenced to six months in prison for tax evasion. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2003 file photo, former Chicago alderman Ambrosio Medrano is seen in Chicago. A jury convicted Medrano on Monday, June 17, 2013 of a single count of conspiracy to commit bribery. He faced federal charges accusing him of paying bribes he was told would be given to a Los Angeles official in order to secure a lucrative contract. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
Former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife and former Chicago alderman Sandi leave the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, after Jackson entered a guilty plea to criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items. Sandi pleaded guilty to a related tax fraud charge. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Chicago Alderman Isaac Carothers, chairman of the Chicago City Council's police and fire committee, leaves federal court after his arraignment in Chicago, Monday, June 8, 2009. Carothers pleaded not guilty to charges that he took home repairs worth $40,000 plus campaign contributions and sports tickets in exchange for fixing a zoning case. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Ed Vrdolyak pled guilty in 2008 to federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud. Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro sits between Chicago Mayor Harold Washington, right, and Cook County Democratic Party Chairman Vrdolyak during a rally in Chicago's Daley Plaza on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 1984. Washington and Vrdolyak are the leaders of opposing groups that have been fighting for power in Chicago City Council since Washington took office in 1983. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm)
In this Dec. 7, 2011 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks to reporters as his wife Patti looks on at the federal building in Chicago after being sentenced for 14 years on 18 corruption counts. On Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, U.S. District Judge James Zagel agreed to allow Blagojevich to report to prison March 15. He previously was ordered to begin on Feb. 16. Zagel also agreed to recommend that Blagojevich be sent to the Englewood prison in Colorado. Federal prison officials have the final say. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
In this April 17, 2006 file photo, former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, accompanied by his son George H. Ryan Jr., right, leaves Chicago's federal courthouse after being convicted of racketeering and fraud charges. As Illinois taxpayers look down the barrel of a major income tax increase, another tax is already draining their wallets. It's the "corruption tax" _ the extra money that Illinois residents end up paying because of dishonest public officials. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Former Chicago city clerk James Laski, right, stands by as his attorney, Jeffrey Steinback, holds a news conference at federal court after a sentencing hearing in Chicago, Tuesday, June 13, 2006. A federal judge sentenced Laski to two years in prison for taking bribes to get companies's work in the city's scandal-plagued Hired Truck Program. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)
Illinois Gov. Otto Kerner was convicted on 17 counts of bribery, conspiracy, perjury and related charges in 1973. Kerner, foreground, and New York Mayor John Lindsay report on current and future activities of the President's Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. The chairman and vice chairman respectively met with reporters in Washington DC on October 6, 1967. (AP Photo/Bob Daughtery)
Former Illinois Gov. Dan Walker walks through the federal courthouse in Chicago on Aug. 5, 1987, after his indictment on charges of bank fraud, misapplication of bank funds and perjury were announced. Walker, who served as governor from 1973 to 1977, was in court to enter a plea of guilty on the charges, and had agreed to cooperate fully with the investigation according to U.S. Attorney Anton Valukas. (AP Photo/Mark Elias)
In this June 4, 2008 file photo, former top fundraiser for ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Antoin "Tony" Rezko returns to the federal courthouse for the reading of the jury's verdict in his corruption trial in Chicago. A federal judge today sentenced Rezko to serve seven more years in prison on top of the 31/2 years he has already served while awaiting sentencing Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
In this April 16, 2009 file photo, Springfield, Ill., power broker William Cellini leaves federal court in Chicago. Cellini was indicted on charges of fraud and extortion conspiracy and attempted extortion in connection with a plan with Antoin "Tony" Rezko and others to block a Hollywood producer's real estate investment company from getting $220 million in teachers pension money to invest unless the producer contributed to Blagojevich. His indictment was one of many that happened before the investigation into wrongdoing by the former governor. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
In this Oct. 27, 2006 file photo, millionaire political campaign contributor Stuart Levine is seen leaving federal court in Chicago. Levine pleaded guilty in October 2006 to fraud and money laundering in the Antoin "Tony" Rezko schemes and was the government's top witness against Rezko. His conviction was one of many that happened before the investigation into wrongdoing by former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
In this Dec. 9, 2008 file photo, John Harris, a former top aide to ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich, leaves the federal building in Chicago after his arrest on corruption charges. Harris, who pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and is awaiting sentencing, is one of the many convictions before the investigation of wrongdoing by former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, D-Chicago, talks to reporters during an appearance Thursday, Nov. 3, 1994 in Chicago. Rostenkowski, the once-mighty symbol of Washington power whose fraud case has made him a target of the term-limits campaign, admits "there's cloud hanging over me now" and asks voters for another chance in the election on November 8. He later pleaded guilty to charges of mail fraud. He was fined and sentenced to 17 months in prison and was pardoned by President Bill Clinton in 2000. (AP Photo/John Zich)
Chicago alderman Arenda Troutman speaks during a City Council meeting in this Sept. 27, 2006, file photo. Troutman, voted out of her 20th Ward seat in February 2007, was indicted Wednesday, July 11, 2007, on 13 additional counts including extortion, bribery, mail fraud and income tax evasion. Troutman was originally charged in January 2007, and pleaded not guilty, to one count of bribery for allegedly taking $10,000 in payoffs from a developer who also was working as an FBI mole. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Betty Loren-Maltese leaves the Federal Courthouse in Chicago Thursday, Jan. 9, 2003, after she was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for fraud that swindled the town of Cicero, Ill. out of $12 million. Loren-Maltese was also fined $100,000, ordered to pay more than $8 million in restitution, and must forfeit $3.25 million in assets. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Arthur "Ron" Swanson, a former Illinois state senator and lobbyist, arrives at federal court in Chicago, Tuesday, July 11, 2006, for his sentencing after pleading guilty to perjury charges. Swanson was placed on probation for two years and fined $20,000 for lying to a grand jury investigating corruption in former Gov. George Ryan's administration. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Chicago businessman James Duff gets into a car outside federal court in Chicago, Wednesday, May 18, 2005, after being sentenced to almost 10 years in federal prison for defrauding the city and a group of insurance companies. Duff was also ordered to pay more than $22 million in forfeitures and restitution for a racketeering scheme that included lying to get lucrative city contracts set aside for minorities and women. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Chicago Alderman Virgil Jones is searched by security as he enters the federal building in Chicago Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1999, for his extortion conspiracy trial. Jones, 49, was found guilty Thursday, Jan. 28, of accepting $7,000 to allow admittedly corrupt contractor to operate a rock crusher in his 15th Ward on Chicago's South Side. He is the fifth City Council member to be convicted in the federal government's Operation Silver Shovel payoff investigation. (AP Photo/Charles Bennett)
Scott Fawell, left, leaves the federal courthouse in Chicago with his attorney, Edward Genson, right, after Fawell, a top aide to former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, was found guilty on all counts by a federal court jury Wednesday, March 19, 2003, of corruption charges stemming from the eight years Ryan was Illinois secretary of state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Julie Starsiak leaves federal court, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004, in Chicago after pleading guilty to lying to federal agents about bid-rigging. Authorities say Starsiak also promised to cooperate in the ongoing investigation of corruption under former Illinois Governor George Ryan. Starsiak was a vice president at a firm run by powerful lobbyist Al Ronan. (AP Photo/Stephen J. Carrera)
Nicholas B. Blase, left, longtime mayor of Niles, Ill., listens as his attorney, Harvey M. Silets, speaks to reporters after Blase was charged in federal court with taking payoffs to steer customers to a friend's insurance agency, Thursday, June 8, 2006, in Chicago. Agents from the FBI took Blase, the mayor of the 30,000-resident community in north suburban Chicago for the past 45 years, into custody Thursday on his 78th birthday. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Robert Sorich, former patronage chief to Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, leaves federal court with his attorney Thomas Anthony Durkin, left, in Chicago after he was convicted of two counts of mail fraud in a scheme to load the city payroll with campaign workers in defiance of a federal court order. Daley has not been charged with any wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Former Chicago Streets and Sanitation commissioner Al Sanchez enters federal court Wednesday, March 4, 2009, in Chicago where he has been charged with taking part in a scheme to falsify city hiring documents to make it appear that jobs and promotions were being awarded on the basis of merit when they were actually granted based on politics. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
In this photo taken Thursday, March 4, 2010, developer Calvin Boender leaves federal court after a hearing in Chicago. Trial is scheduled to begin Monday, March 8 for Boender who is charged with bribing an alderman to get a zoning change. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and as many as 10 City Council members may be called to the witness stand at the corruption trial (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Former Chicago city worker John Briatta arrives at federal court in Chicago Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006, where he pleaded guilty to taking at least $5,400 in bribes to get trucks into Chicago's corruption-plagued Hired Truck Program. Briatta is the brother-in-law of Cook County Commissioner John Daley, the mayor's brother. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
Daniel Katalinic, former deputy commissioner of streets and sanitation, leaves Chicago's federal building Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2005, after he pleaded guilty in a patronage hiring fraud case. In pleading guilty, Katalinic said he knew court orders in requiring merit hiring of city employees were being violated and agreed to help prosecutors in their investigation of hiring fraud in Mayor Richard M. Daley's get-out-the-vote operation. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Patrick Slattery, left, a former Chicago city official, leaves federal court in Chicago Tuesday, July 26, 2005, with his attorney, Patrick Blegen, after a judge refused to throw out a corruption charge against Slattery, a former city official accused of lying about the qualifications of job applicants with political clout to help them get positions in Chicago's department of streets and sanitation. Slattery and another offical, Robert Sorich, were charged Monday, July 20, with rigging the city's hiringprocess to get around a ban on political patronage abuses. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)


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|Pool boiling is of interest in heat transfer applications because of its potential for removing large amount of heat resulting from the latent heat of evaporation and little pressure drop penalty for circulating coolant through the system. However, the heat transfer performance of pool boiling systems is still not comparable to the cooling ability provided by enhanced microchannels operating under single-phase conditions. This investigation focuses on the bubble dynamics and heat transfer on plain and structured microchanneled surfaces under various heat fluxes in an effort to understand the underlying heat transfer mechanism through the use of a high speed camera. In a preliminary study, silicon chips have been tested in the nucleate boiling regime, and beneficial microchannel geometries have been identified. It is determined that heat transfer enhancement occurs because of (i) an increase in surface area and (ii) an improvement in the heat transfer mechanism through the channels functioning as liquid conduits for three side heating. The range for channel size in which the greatest enhancement occurs has been identified as being 200 - 400 µm width and 300 - 500 µm depth. The second study has been investigated with copper chips, with improvements to the test setup for accurate measurement of surface temperature. Ten chips, in addition to a plain chip have been evaluated for heat transfer performance. It has been determined that surfaces with many, small hydraulic diameter channels enhance the heat transfer as well as surfaces with wide and deep channels. The best performing chip had a record heat transfer coefficient of 269 kW/m2K. The large heat fluxes of over 240 W/cm2 were attained without reaching the critical heat flux condition, because of the open channels on the surface acting as conduits for liquid supply to the nucleation sites. The microchannels prevent surface dryout and critical heat flux (CHF), while the channel width controls the size of the departing bubbles.
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Miller Endorsed for District 17-A
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Junkermeier Murder Trial Hearing
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Parkers Farm Food Recal
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Man Charged for Assaulting Hutchinson Doctor
A Savage, Minnesota man has been charged for allegedly assaulting a Hutchinson doctor Monday morning. 31-year-old Anthony Robert Erkel has been charged with 5th-degree assault. The Doctor told police that he had been talking with …21 Mar 14
Governor Dayton Appoints Locals to Board
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|Edmonton, AB, CAN
|Cloutier, Real (RW)
|St. Emile, QC, CAN
|Cunneyworth, Randy (LW)
|Etobicoke, ON, CAN
|Davis, Malcolm (LW)
|Lockeport, NS, CAN
|Dudley, Richard (LW)
|Toronto, ON, CAN
|Dunn, Richard (D)
|Boston, MA, USA
|Edwards, Donald (G)
|Hamilton, ON, CAN
|Engblom, Brian (D)
|Winnipeg, MB, CAN
|Fogolin, Lee (D)
|Chicago, IL, USA
|Foligno, Michael (RW)
|Sudbury, ON, CAN
|Gage, Joseph (RW)
|Toronto, ON, CAN
|Gardner, Paul (C)
|Fort Erie, ON, CAN
|Gare, Daniel (RW)
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|Hajt, William (D)
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