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Yesterday I spoke at the now infamous Shonky Awards in Sydney (Shonky defined as poor, of dubious quality, shoddy). After a 23-hour flight from the US, I stepped straight off a plane into the annual CHOICE ceremony and instantly my jetlag evaporated.
It is an awards event like no other, it recognises the worst companies, producing the worst products and services in Australia. Funnily enough no company relishes the prospect of winning and for many these awards turn on its head the maxim of 'all publicity is good publicity'. I like to say that I wish the winner's better luck next time, except it isn't luck that lands them in this sort of trouble; it's their lack of focus on the customer and at worst deliberate intent to deceive the consumer.
Eight companies and products received gongs and the ensuing media coverage ensured that, as befits our people's watchdog status, that we were able to 'warn' consumers off going anywhere near the winners.
And what winners they were! From a recreational rope that stretched and snapped with minimum force to a website which gives you not only the meaning behind babies' names but also a $144 a year bill for looking at it – a fact which is hidden in the terms and conditions.
Follow the link to read about the Shonkys in full.
I am delighted that CHOICE is brave enough to put its neck on the line and speak without fear or favor; it is because of our independence, working for and funded by members of the public as their watchdog. The Shonkys are a great way to help CHOICE live its vision that Australian's should be the most savvy and active consumers in the world.
In this, CHOICE's 50th anniversary year, the Shonkys have reminded me all over again why we are as relevant today as when we launched in 1960. Yes, product safety has much improved; yes, there are tighter laws to protect consumers; yes, consumers' opinions are taken into account much more than when we started. But, despite our best efforts, there are still companies out there trying to pull the wool over our eyes, and as the peoples watchdog, it is up to us to guard your interests and put them in the doghouse.
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Over 30 million newly insured patients under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will receive coverage through the mandated Health Insurance Exchanges or the now-optional Medicaid expansion. Sounds like government expansion, right? Well, not exactly.
Healthcare reform may not actually lead to the vast expansion of government that some have claimed. It turns out that privately-owned Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) will be the ones providing insurance plans on the exchanges. MCOs are also increasingly being relied on to manage benefits on behalf of state Medicaid. It is somewhat ironic that what many decry as government overreach will actually result in an expansion of patients managed by private insurers.
Now, is this good news or bad news for the life sciences industry? This column will explore these two key ACA provisions to explain how private MCOs are getting more closely involved, and what this could mean for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers.State Medicaid: the trend toward managed Medicaid
One of the provisions in the ACA that has drawn a lot of attention is the expansion of the Medicaid population. The law offers incentives for states to increase their Medicaid eligible population to all patients over 65 years old with incomes below 133 percent of the federal poverty level. States opting to expand coverage receive 100 percent federal funding for these new enrollees in the first three years, with funding then tapering down to 90 percent through 2020. There has been mixed reaction from individual states with some rejecting the expansion (e.g., Texas and Georgia) others embracing it (e.g., California and Illinois) and others still undecided. While the funding for these new patients certainly comes from the government, the administration of benefits for Medicaid has been increasingly shifting toward MCO managed Medicaid.
Already, it is estimated that ~65 percent of Medicaid patients across the United States have their benefits administered via managed Medicaid. This figure will only increase in the future as more states determine that they do not have: the budgets to carry the overhead needed for administering these benefits or the expertise and infrastructure needed to manage care and control cost. By expanding the Medicaid population, the ACA is indirectly increasing the number of patients being managed by private MCOs.
Innovative cost containment tools are being applied to managed Medicaid populations by MCOs just as they are for privately insured patients. MCOs have an incentive to deliver care in a cost effective manner because states typically pay them a fixed amount per patient. Benefit requirements vary from state to state, but in general, managed Medicaid is usually allowed to offer benefits that either match or exceed the state's minimum requirement (such as their preferred drug list). This flexibility opens opportunities for MCOs to implement new payment models with physicians such as capitated contracts with accountable care organizations (ACOs). A frequent criticism of government-run programs is that they tend to be too bureaucratic and inefficient. By allowing the private market to manage Medicaid patients, states are able to take advantage of the latest innovations and cost containment trends from more nimble MCOs and ACOs.

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This stunning villa sits on over 9,500 square metres of absolute beachfront land offering sweeping views of The Andaman Sea. Sunsets are very special times here with gorgeous burnt orange and purple colours protruding from the twilight skies.
The layout is designed to ensure guests comfort and fulfillment is optimized, with over 80 metres of total beachfront and manicured tropical gardens that provide a multitude of places to stretch out and relax, enjoy both the sun's rays or the gentle sea breezes whilst chilling-out in the shade of a coconut tree or whilst meditating under the beachside sala.
The centerpiece of this magnificent home is "The Great Room", the large open plan living/dining pavilion. Its glass doors slide into pocket walls, maximising the indoor / outdoor feeling of the room which in turn opens onto a large covered deck. The view to the lap pool, uncluttered garden and ocean is just enough to make anyone relax and savour the moment.
"The Great Room" sits in between two other pavilions, one of which hosts four double bedrooms, the other a master-suite and office, both with garden baths. From all the terraces, guests look onto the expansive lawn and coconut grove that remained untouched. Each bedroom has an en-suite bathroom with an outdoor garden. The bedrooms are fitted with the best facilities and amenities and the owners have privileged tranquility and relaxation as opposed to having TV. Wireless internet is also available in the main living areas and office within the villa.
Holiday rental minimum stay:
Low period 3 nights
Mid period 4 nights
High period 5 nights
Peak period 7 nights.
Rates are inclusive of 10% service charge and 7% VAT.
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FreeMotion EPIC PlateLoaded Leg Press
+ Starting Resistance
90 lbs. (41 kg)
+ Max. Load Weight
900 lbs. (408 kg)
+ Adjustable Seat
Seatback adjusts in two positions to comfortably fit a variety of users.
+ Bolt-down Holes
For added safety, pieces can be bolted to the floor through predrilled holes.
+ Industrial Construction
Equipment is built with 7 and 11-guage steel and is electrostatically powder-coated.
+ Textured Platform
To help ensure secure foot placement, the platform is coated with Linex®.
+ Seat Height
Seat position is raised and platform is positioned for easy entry/exit of the machine.
+ Weight-locking Lever
To begin exercising, simply place feet on platform, extend to start position and pull the locking lever up. To exit the machine, return to start position, push the lever down and release the platform.
+ Weight Plate Bar
Each load bar holds up to 450 lbs. per side and is positioned to facilitate easy entry/exit of the machine.
- Length: 81" (206 cm)
- Width: 67" (170 cm)
- Height: 55" (140 cm)
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minipage environment.
Could someone give me an elaborate explanation of the differences between these lengths? I like to understand them in detail. I know that the first two are from LaTeX and the latter one from plainTeX.
There is also
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minipage or
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(Herbert gave me some explanation about the first two lengths a while ago in a comment thread of us, but I thought it's better as a question.)


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MANASSAS, Va. (WUSA) -- A man who struck an Arlington County Police officer in the face, and then stole his patrol car has been identified and charged on multiple offenses, Virginia State Police said in a news release.
Dexter Gibson, 37, of Herndon, has been charged Gibson has been charged with 1 count grand larceny, 1 count carjacking,1 felony count of eluding police, 2 counts of malicious wounding, 2 counts of destruction of property and6 counts of felony assault on a police officer.
It happened at around noon on Thursday, at mile marker 46 in the eastbound lanes of I-66 in Prince William County, police said.
"Virginia State Police Trooper C.T. Grzelak responded to a male pedestrian on Interstate 66 in the eastbound lanes at the 46 mile marker in Prince William County. As the trooper stopped out with the man, an Arlington County Police Officer pulled up to assist. Upon being approached by law enforcement, the male subject became combative and began banging on the trooper's patrol car," police said.
That's when the Virginia State Trooper approached Gibson and attempted to arrest him.
Gibson ran from the trooper, punched the Arlington County Police officer in the face and stole his patrol car, police said.
"The trooper then pursued the fleeing suspect. The pursuit continued off I-66 and onto Route 29 before returning to I-66 headed westbound. At the 47 mile marker in Fairfax County, State Police and Prince William County Police were able to encircle and contain the suspect vehicle and force it onto the shoulder where it finally came to a stop," police said.
Gibson ran from the stolen vehicle and jumped into the bed of a pickup truck that was stopped in the westbound lanes of I-66. Traffic had been stopped because of the chase, police said.
Gibson grabbed a shovel from the back of the truck and started swinging it at the trooper and officer, police said.
"He finally complied with the troopers' verbal commands to drop the shovel, but then jumped out of the back of the pickup truck and climbed over the cement Jersey wall," police said.
Gibson was finally tracked down and taken into custody by police.
The Arlington County Police Officer was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.


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This is arranged with the assistance of the Twardowski Career Development Center to acquaint students with pertinent career issues.
The annual management recruitment forum brings prospective employers in contact with students. Human resource personnel as well as hiring line managers use the forum to provide useful insights on potential career paths to Management majors.
Students are advised to contact the Recruitment Forum Coordinator, Dr. Ralph Rodriguez, via email at firstname.lastname@example.com, or by phone at (610) 436-1095.


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Getting rid of my barely used 95mm crank. The crank has about 120 miles on it until i took it apart because the motor was smoking due to builder error . I was going to get a new block and just put it back in but decided im not going to put no more money into this build. So for any of you guys looking to get a lot more torque and power out of your B seriesto make it a b22 this is your chance to be a K killer. My car made 231 on e85 with a 81mm bore with 12.5.1 CR, so you can only imagine what it does in a bigger motor ... Im looking to get $800 OBO for this big boy crank. ( you can research and see how much these cranks go for this is a steal ) 954 681-3121 ABSOLUTELY NO LOW BALLING ... also have the rods and custom pistons for anyone who has a gsr or ls block
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Women and Children of the 1913 Lockout
This week, we focussed on the women and children of the 1913 Dublin Lockout - the most serious industrial dispute in Irish history – and a defining point for our society.
The women were wives, mothers, strikers and leaders. We tend to think of it as an adult male event yet, apart from the wives and mothers who were affected by the strike, more than 1000 women were directly involved
And then there were the children. Helpless infants, impoverished youngsters and members of the workforce from the age of 12.
One of the major factors which contributed to the ignition of the dispute was the dire circumstances in which the city's poor lived.
A third of the people in the city were living in slum conditions, but as we heard on the programme, the working class women who were reduced to extreme poverty by the Lockout were not a one dimensional group of shawl wearing derelicts.
The Lockout began on the 27th of August, 1913 and almost immediately, many families were feeling the economic strain as wages disappeared overnight. When the primary schools re-opened after the summer holidays, many children were already hungry.
The lives of children at that time posed a very different set of challenges than we see a hundred years later. Surviving into adulthood was a feat in itself because infant mortality rates were very high. As our guest, Francy Devine explained "the biggest challenge for a working class child was to be able to grow big enough to be able to digest a chip". After that, they be able to feed themselves.
Children who went to school had left by the age of 12 and were experienced workers by the time they had reached 15.
The Lockout which lasted almost 5 months involved 300 employers and about 20,000 workers. When you take their families into account, we're basically talking about 80,000 people who were affected.


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Tech at Night: Net Neutrality Reactions
Tech at Night is starting a little later tonight than I planned. I ended up showing my brother The Greatest American Hero on Netflix. Oddly enough I had no trouble with that despite the Net Neutrality framework not having taken effect. But yes, the big story is that the FCC voted to regulate the Internet. This has been coming for a long time, but now | Read More »


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PCC Hires New Softball Head Coach
Monica Platts-Tantlinger has been hired as Pasadena City College's new softball head coach. The part-time position will allow Platts-Tantlinger to make her Lancers' debut to begin the 2014 season in January.
She replaces Brittany Williams, who has moved on to the NCAA Division III level in taking the head coaching position at Finlandia University in Hancock, Michigan. Williams directed the Lancers in the 2011 and 2012 seasons after serving as an assistant coach here in 2010.
It will be the first head coaching job for Platts-Tantlinger after being an assistant coach this past season at East Los Angeles College. Her coaching resume includes extensive Division I experience as an assistant at Purdue University (2009-2012) and UC Riverside (2006-2009).
Platts-Tantlinger was a California Community College student-athlete herself when she played as an All-Foothill Conference player at Antelope Valley College in 2002-2003. She went on to earn a scholarship to play at Cal State Fullerton and later was an undergraduate assistant coach for the Titans in 2005-2006.
Platts-Tantlinger, who earned a B.A. degree in communications at CS Fullerton and a master's in kinesiology at Texas College, becomes just the sixth head coach in the history of PCC softball.
"I'm very excited about the opportunity to be a head coach, and look forward to building the Lancers into a top South Coast Conference program," Platts-Tantlinger said. "I understand the nature of being a player and coach at this level. There's a great history here that was created by a legendary coach in Sandi Iverson. One of my goals is to bring PCC back into postseason play."
Editor's note: The new head coach will be referred to as "Monica Tantlinger" in all future references on the PCC website and external releases.
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Ass Backwards SynopsisKate (June Diane Raphael) and Chloe (Casey Wilson) are two childhood best friends who met when they placed dead last in their hometown beauty pageant. Now they are all grown up and living in New York City, where Chloe works as a girl in a box at a nightclub and Kate is a CEO .of her own one-woman egg donor corporation. Lost in delusion, they believe they are living large until an invitation to their hometown pageant arrives and their past comes back to haunt them. Join these two loveable losers as they take an ass backwards journey home to reclaim their crown, stopping off at a womens separatist commune, an amateur strip club competition, and meeting their favorite reality TV star along the way.
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In Theaters November 7, 2013
Ass Backwards Credits
Starring: June Diane Raphael, Casey Wilson, Bob Odenkirk, Alicia Silverstone, and Vincent D'Onofrio
Written by: June Diane Raphael and Casey Wilson
Directed by: Chris Nelson
Produced by: Molly Conners and Heather Rae
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(AP) -- Just when it looked as if there would be peace, that the conferences were done realigning, the Big Ten struck another blow that will send shock waves across the country.
On Tuesday, Rutgers will gleefully jump aboard, too, and complete the Big Ten's new Mid-Atlantic bookends.
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said the move was about demographics and claiming new territory, to keep the conference vibrant and competitive for decades to come.
Simply put: The Midwest is not growing fast enough to sustain the Big Ten long term, so it needs to go where the people are.


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ATLANTA, Ga. -- The next time you feel the flu coming on, you may want to think twice before taking some Tamiflu.
Although the medication is touted as a way to prevent influenza complications and hospitalizations, University of Georgia researchers say they didn't really find evidence to support that when they studied clinical trials from several countries.
In fact, the team says people who were given Tamiflu were just as likely to develop pneumonia as those who didn't take it.
The researchers also found people who waited more than 24 hours to seek treatment after experiencing flu symptoms didn't really benefit from the medication.


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While making maps for my D&D campaigns I found that I commonly wanted/needed a way to tell myself information that the players did not have access to that would not require me to make too many other clicks. So I eventually decided to make some map-markers that would represent all the information I could care to know about.
I should also mention that I am a patron of the program Maptools and that these tokens are intended to be placed on the hidden layer where only the DM can see them.
Furthermore, in Maptools (in case you weren't aware >.< ) if you double-click on an image that was dragged and dropped instead of drawn as a tiling texture, then you can enter in text in the 'GM Notes' section. If the image is not on the token layer, and there is some text either in the ordinary text field or in the DM notes field, then when you click on the image a text box will appear that shows the information you previously input. I use this function to detail traps, hazards, puzzles, or whatever else as need be.
Just in case you don't want all of them at once, I have taken the liberty of uploading zip files for each category as well as for all of them together:
Map Markers (All):
Map Markers.zip
Difficult Terrain:
DC of Terrain = Movement Speed/ Level on Marker, if Level = 1 then movement is not inhibited but terrain warrants a balance check if run upon
Difficult Terrain.zip
DM Objects:
DC of Trap = Level on Marker * 5
Relative DC of Monster Encounter: 1-3 = lower than the party's level, 4-6 = higher than the party's level
DM Objects.zip
Environmental Hazards:
Enviromental Hazards.zip
Locked Doors:
DC of door = Level on Marker * 5
Locked Doors.zip
Normal Doors:
Normal Doors.zip
One-Way Doors:
One-Way Doors.zip
DC of Puzzle = Level on Marker * 5
Quality of Shop = Level on Marker *5
The higher the level of the shop, the more goods AND/OR the better quality of goods sold there AND/OR the better prices found there.
Source Markers:
Source Markers.zip
Stuck Doors:
Break DC = unspecified
Stuck Doors.zip
Trapped Doors:
Trap DC = unspecified
Trapped Doors.zip
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So I have the opportunity to get a mid November rifle mule deer tag for unit 36 in NM. Is this a decent unit for deer? I'm not looking for honey hole coordinates, ( though if u want to help locate them that'd be awesome) I'm really just hoping to hear really quick if it's a unit that will give good odds of success. I have to let my friend know by tomorrow if I want the tag so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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St. Petersburg, Russia (Sports Network) - Fourth-seeded Russian Dmitry
Tursunov was a quarterfinal upset victim Friday, while sixth-seeded Latvian
Ernests Gulbis landed in the semifinals at the St. Petersburg Open tennis
Portugal's Joao Sousa upended the 31-year-old Tursunov in 6-4, 6-3 fashion,
while Gulbis eased into the final four with a 6-1, 6-2 pasting of Spaniard
Roberto Bautista Agut on the indoor hardcourts at the St. Petersburg Sports
and Concert Complex.
"I am really happy about this tournament," Sousa said. "I have been playing
really good. Today, Dmitry didn't play his best, but I am happy with my
performance and I look forward to the next match."
Also on Day 5, Poland's Michal Przysiezny upended seventh-seeded Czech Lukas
Rosol 7-6 (9-7), 1-6, 6-3 and Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez knocked out
eighth-seeded Uzbekistanian Denis Istomin 6-2, 6-4.
The semifinals will pit Gulbis against Przysiezny and Sousa versus Garcia-
The 2013 St. Petersburg titlist will earn $78,000.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS -- With echoes of Stoppard, Kafka and the Brothers Grimm, "The Pillowman" is an unlikely dark comedy about a hapless writer living in a police state who is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and their similarities to a number of bizarre child murders occurring in his town.
Written by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh, best known for the Colin Ferrell films "Seven Psychopaths" and "In Bruges," the play uses varying styles of narrative to infuse fact with falsehood as each character weaves his own version of the truth they are trying to uncover. What it is about, above all, is storytelling and the thrilling, frightening narrative potential of art itself.
The original 2003 London production of "The Pillowman" featured "Dr. Who" star David Tennant; the Broadway cast included Jeff Goldblum, Billy Crudup and Michael Stuhborg. The play won the 2004 Drama Critics Circle award for best new foreign play, the Ollivier Award for Best New Play and two Tony Awards for production.
The soon to be seen Channel Z production, opening Jan. 28 in Caffe Lena's Black Box Theatre, features Austin Zehr-Scibilia as the writer, Matthew Crowley and Knathan MacKenzie-Roy as the interrogators and Steve Murphy as the writer's brother. The cast is rounded out by Rebecca Litts, Grace Sgambettera and Austin Halpern-Grazer as the family who enact the writer's stories.
The Pillowman can be seen at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28, 29 and Feb. 4 and 5, and at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 3. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $12 for students and seniors. They can be purchased by calling 1-800-838-3006 or online at www.caffelena.org. Tickets may also be purchased at the door.
For more information, go to www.channelzproductions.org or visit Facebook at www.facebook. com/channelzprodutions.
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Vancouver, BC (Sports Network) - Teemu Selanne started the lockout-shortened
season at 42 years, 6 months and 16 days old, but despite his age the 10-time
All-Star keeps making his mark.
Selanne scored twice and had two assists as the Anaheim Ducks dominated the
Vancouver Canucks, 7-3, in the season opener for both teams.
Daniel Winnik, who was signed as a free agent in the offseason, scored twice.
Corey Perry, Sheldon Souray and Kyle Palmieri also lit the lamp, while Jonas
Hiller turned aside 26 shots.
Cory Schneider started in net for the Canucks, but was removed in favor of
Roberto Luongo after giving up five goals on only 14 shots. Luongo made 10
saves the rest of the way.
The Ducks, who missed out on the playoffs last season, scored four goals on
only seven shots in the middle period to break a 2-2 tie. Winnik, Perry,
Palmieri and Selanne tallied in the period to send Anaheim to victory.
The Canucks, who finished first in the Northwest Division for a fourth
straight year, got a goal and an assist apiece from Daniel Sedin and Alexander
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Well, for some reason, I ended up being able to install it to \farcry (instead of \farcry\bin32). Now, I'm not sure if this worked or not because while it was installing, I saw your post and went ahead and did that as well. But one way or another, it's at 1.4.
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Our new poll question at our regional all-sports Web site (www.placersports.com) asks for your opinion on Division III boys basketball.
The most recent version of the D-III power ratings came out this week, with Sacramento and Vista del Lago as the runaway top two seeds. The final ratings and brackets are still a week and a half away, but why wait to get the water cooler banter going.
We want to know which of three foothill teams has the best chance at taking a serious run at those two front-runners. Is it Lincoln of the PVL, No. 7 in the current ratings? Or possibly Placer (No. 8)? Maybe you think Del Oro of the SFL (currently No. 9) is a team you do not want to see come into your gym?
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Cyclones Tabbed For Three National TV Matches In 2013
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State Cyclones will play at least three of their 2013 matches on TV, one home match and two away matches, it was announced Monday. One of the three matches, an Oct. 30 home contest against Texas Tech, has been picked up by ESPNU for national broadcast.
All three of Iowa State's televised matches come at the end of October, starting with a match at defending national champion Texas on Oct. 19 on the Fox Sports Network. The time of the match has been pushed back from 4 p.m. CST to 6:30 p.m. to accommodate TV scheduling. FSN also carried last season's match at Texas, a five-set contest eventually won by the Longhorns.
The loss at Texas was the final loss of the regular season for the Cyclones, who rattled off 12-straight wins en route to the NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinals, including a 3-2 win over the then-No. 3 Longhorns in Ames on senior night.
Metro Sports in Kansas City will air the Cyclones' match at Kansas for the second consecutive season, the sixth Iowa State match the regional channel has carried in the last three seasons. As they did at Texas in 2012, the Cyclones battled the Jayhawks for five sets in Lawrence a year ago before dropping the match. First serve against Kansas on Oct. 23 is set for 6:30 p.m. CST
Of Iowa State's five previous appearances on ESPNU, four of them have been played in Ames, and the network is back for more Hilton Magic this season when it broadcasts Iowa State's Oct. 30 contest against the Red Raiders. Due to the national broadcast, the match, which was originally slated for 6:30 p.m. CST, has been rescheduled for 8 p.m.
The Cyclones are just over a month away from their first match of 2013, an 11 a.m. CDT match against South Dakota State at the UND Classic hosted by North Dakota.


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HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) - Roger Maris spent part of his early baseball career in Missouri, and the last part. That may be enough to get him into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.
Hannibal Courier-Post reporter Dominic Genetti has been advocating on Maris's behalf. The Courier-Post reports that Marty Willadsen of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame says Maris is being considered, and could be selected next year.
Maris began his career in Cleveland in 1957, then played two seasons for the Kansas City A's before being traded to the New York Yankees. His 61 homers in 1961 were a record that stood for 37 seasons.
Maris finished his career helping the St. Louis Cardinals to the 1967 World Series championship and the 1968 National League pennant. He died in 1985.
Information from: Hannibal Courier-Post, http://www.hannibal.net
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City tales | The growing crisis of child prostitution in the United States has hit major cities like Phoenix, where Christians and local officials are joining together to break free young girls
"Caged" Continued...
PHOENIX- In a sun-bleached Phoenix suburb, a diverse group gathers in the living room of Chad DeMiguel, a professional videographer. Charles Booker, a lanky college student who longs to break into acting, is sprawled in a red, overstuffed chair. Lexie Rich, 16, sits on the sofa, a selection of skimpy halter tops in her lap. Pat McCalla, 36, a nonprofit manager, stands to DeMiguel's left.
Several men in their 20s and 30s have posted themselves around the dimly lit room, which also features an odd accessory: an empty black cage, 3 feet by 3 feet by 4 feet.
All eyes are trained on DeMiguel, who begins reading solemnly from a police report: "Jade said Sept. 26, 2005, was the last day she had gone to school."
Jade is not the real name in the police report about a 15-year-old Phoenix girl who, after getting in trouble with her parents, decided she would take off with a friend to teach them a lesson. But the rest of the details are real.
Jade's friend Bianca and Bianca's friend Matthew picked up Jade that day in a gray Cadillac. "Jade wasn't sure where she was going," DeMiguel reads. "She said all of a sudden Matthew told Bianca to duct-tape her up. They taped up her hands and put tape over her mouth and eyes. They told her if she screamed they would shoot her."
Matthew and Bianca took Jade to a house somewhere in Phoenix. Once inside, someone ripped the duct tape off Jade's eyes. Terrified, she saw she was in a bedroom. Then Matthew pointed a 9mm pistol at her forehead and pulled the trigger.
Certain she was going to die, Jade heard only a click. Matthew laughed hilariously at his empty-gun joke, and someone duct-taped Jade's eyes again. Then a girl named Jennell announced that a man in his 30s in the living room wanted to sleep with "a young female."
Altogether that night, four to five different men repeatedly raped Jade. Each day for the next 42, Matthew brought in multiple men who paid him to have sex with the young girl. Matthew told Jade that if she did not cooperate or tried to escape, he would pour battery acid on her younger sister's face. To prove he meant it, he showed her a photograph of someone he had already done that to.
At night, Jade slept on the floor, or in a secret compartment inside a bed frame where no unwelcome visitor, such as a police officer, might find her. To humiliate her, Matthew sometimes forced Jade to curl up inside a dog kennel-a cage like the one in Chad DeMiguel's living room.
The image of a young girl locked in a cage has become something of a symbol in Phoenix-a symbol of child sex-trafficking, an evil that once seemed confined to underdeveloped, crime-infested and corruption-ridden countries-but now is invading America.
In March, Matthew Gray, Jade's captor in what has become known as "the dog-crate case," was sentenced to 35 years in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping, sexual assault, and child prostitution. His conviction and others in the case are the first fruits of an unusually diverse coalition: churches, Christian nonprofits, and government officials working together to fight a common injustice.
Chad DeMiguel and those gathered in his home are part of that coalition. DeMiguel is producing a documentary on child sex-trafficking called Branded. Booker, Rich, McCalla, and the others will pose for still shots that, while discreetly staged, will reenact the horror of Jade's torment. The film is part of the Phoenix coalition's three-front war on child sex-trafficking: public education, legislative action, and the development of a safe house for child victims.
The FBI estimates that more than 100,000 children and young women ages 9 to 19 are trafficked for sexual profit in the United States. The average age of entry into the sex trade is 11 to 13 years old, according to the Justice Department. In Phoenix, the average child prostitute is 13.
Until recently, said Phoenix vice detective Christi Hein, the city's vice squad routinely tossed child prostitutes in jail, and that was that. As a newer officer in the early 2000s, Hein had worked in a high-prostitution area that was also rife with drugs.
"My view was that they were all just druggies financing their habits," Hein said. But in August 2005, Hein became involved in a case that changed her mind. The vice squad arrested "Melanie," a 15-year-old who had been with her pimp for just a few weeks.
"She and some friends had met this guy at a mall. He paid her lots of compliments and was really showy with his money, like a guy just trying to impress a girl," Hein said.
They exchanged phone numbers. Later Melanie and a girlfriend hooked up with the guy and some of his friends.
"What got me was that when I was 15, that could have been me," Hein said. "If a nice-looking older guy was going to show interest, I might've followed him blindly. [Melanie] was from a good home with two loving parents who were active in her life."
By the time Melanie's situation turned uncomfortable, she didn't know how to get out of it. The men took the girls to an apartment where events progressed from playful flirting to "playful" sex acts to photographs-blackmail material. The men then told the girls they were all going to a party at another house, but instead drove them to California then back to Arizona.
"Now the girls are completely disoriented and have no idea where they are," Hein said.
The men wound up putting Melanie on the streets to sell herself. Melanie's story is in many ways typical. To lure their prey, predators go where girls go, which in Phoenix often means to shopping malls. Usually, these men do not fit the stereotypical definition of a pimp, but instead are clean-cut and well-dressed, posing as modeling agents or photographers.
Once a pimp succeeds in getting a girl to leave the safety of friends and familiar places, he may either force her to submit (as with Jade) or "groom" her (as with Melanie), sometimes promising luxury and independence. Eventually, though, the girl becomes his captive. In one 2005 Phoenix case, a pimp "worked" five girls, ages 11 to 17, from an apartment outfitted with padlocks and bars.
But even those who don't physically imprison their victims keep them mentally shackled through violence, either threatened or real. Meanwhile, victims are completely cut off from friends, family, and finances. Many develop "Stockholm Syndrome"-or "traumatic bonding"-identifying and even sympathizing with the trafficker.
That's where the road got tough for Christi Hein. For two years, she worked case after case, rescuing young girls from abusive pimps, but with end results that drove her to distraction: Pimps got off with little or no jail time. And, brainwashed or terrified of retribution, the girls almost always ran back to their abusers.
The only safe place to put them was in jail. "We tried so many different times to come up with some other kind of facility where girls could get help and counseling, but everything kept falling through," Hein said. "I had pretty much given up."
As Hein and her fellow vice squad officers struggled with how best to serve justice, Mark Connelly, pastor of Superstition Springs Community Church, struggled with how his church could advance biblical justice. As church leaders explored areas of need, they became involved with Homes of Hope, a program in Fiji that provides housing, food, medical care, vocational training, and Christian discipleship for girls rescued from sex traffickers. Superstition Springs invited other Phoenix-area churches to form Vision Abolition, a 501(c)3 that battles child sex-trafficking.
In late 2005, former Phoenix vice mayor Peggy Bilsten got a telephone call from the city's vice squad. "Peggy," the officer said, "there's a crime scene you're going to want to see."
Bilsten, who is a Christian, now serves as Humanitarian Ambassador for the city of Phoenix and the state of Arizona. But for 14 years, she served on the Phoenix City Council. The police came to know her as someone who cared passionately about crime victims.
The crime scene was the aftermath of Jade's captivity. Bilsten was shocked to see the dog crate, the rape room, and various instruments used to torture the girl. After vice officers briefed Bilsten on Phoenix's child prostitution problem, she researched the topic further on her own. Then she held a press conference. Local talk shows and print media ran with the story, the image of the dog crate case exploding the myth of the rebellious teen streetwalker and showing that most child prostitutes aren't entrepreneurs, but slaves.
In 2006, Bilsten asked the mayor to form a task force of prosecutors, law enforcement officers, counselors, and other professionals who could address various aspects of the problem. A review of existing vice laws showed a "complete defense" for pimps and johns with regard to child prostitution: All either had to do was say he didn't know a minor girl's true age.
Bilsten asked task force prosecutors to write a new law that closed the loophole. The Arizona Senate adopted and passed the bill, SB 1268, unanimously. But three House lawmakers-a liberal Democrat and two Republicans-argued that the bill stripped away the constitutional right to a defense. Bilsten was stunned: She could not imagine anyone opposing a law that punished people engaged in the sexual abuse of children.
Bilsten reached out to several churches, urging citizens to stand up in support of the new legislation. "But they didn't want to hear about it," Bilsten told WORLD. "Child sex-trafficking was not an uplifting story."
Discouraged but determined, Bilsten spoke at a luncheon at Food for the Hungry (FH), the Christian international relief and development organization headquartered in Phoenix and working in more than 26 countries. It was the spring of 2007. Sitting in the audience was FH Senior Manager of City Initiatives Pat McCalla.
In her talk, Bilsten described the dark world of child sex-trafficking. "My heart was so heavy," Bilsten remembers. "I was thinking, Where are God's people?"
When she finished her talk and looked up, she saw tears in Pat McCalla's eyes.
When McCalla heard Bilsten speak, he knew that not only was child sex-trafficking a major issue for Phoenix, but that few in the city were aware of it. McCalla saw that Food for the Hungry could contribute most by acting as a "convener," linking people already working separately on the problem. McCalla connected Bilsten with Vision Abolition, and Bilsten connected Vision Abolition with the government task force.
Soon a meeting was set in which, for the first time, representatives from nonprofits, churches, and government would sit down to discuss a problem that challenged the entire community.
That meeting was the first of many that included law enforcement, child protective services, state and local prosecutors, counselors, even the mayor and representatives of Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano. To date the coalition has succeeded in toughening penalties for adults engaged in sex acts with minors and in launching a public education initiative that includes Branded, the DeMiguel-produced documentary set to debut on April 12.
Vision Abolition has identified 133 trafficked kids and is now reaching out to 20 to 30 new victims each month. In four years, the coalition's goal is that Vision Abolition will have opened a safe house that will shelter and restore child sex-trafficking victims.
There will be challenges: Funding. Zoning. Legal questions such as whether a facility designed to rescue and restore can also be locked-to protect girls both from pimps and from their own bad judgment. But McCalla, Bilsten, and Superstition Springs' Mark Connelly all said government officials haven't balked at the idea that the planned home will be Christ-centered.
Detective Christi Hein, for one, believes it is biblical values that have made the people of Vision Abolition and Food for the Hungry willing to come alongside her and others fighting child sex-trafficking from within the confines of bureaucracy.
"I think it's only because they're faith-based that they're willing to take this on and to deal with the hurdles," Hein said. "Until this group came along, I had given up. They've given me new hope."


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I'm using Windows Server 2003, SP2; Exchange ; ZCB GA ( 5.0.18_GA_2977_5.0.2711.18.msi )
When I try to create the BlackBerryManager profile I get the message "Either there is no default mail client or the current mail client cannot fulfill the messaging request. Please run Microsoft Office Outlook and set it as the default mail client", and the mail app hangs.
This issue seems to have come up for users of earlier versions of ZCB, and the problem looks to have been caused by multiple versions of mapi32 dlls being installed, and ZCB using an inappropriate one. From what I've read though, I think I have the right DLL in place in the system32 dir - the ~113Kb one from Windows, rather than from Exchange.
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"Refugio is the number one team in the state for a reason. They are very talented at the skill positions and are also very impressive in their offensive and defensive fronts," said S-T head coach Russell Joy.
The Refugio juggernaut scored three first period TDs, two through the air and one rushing TD, to jump out to a 21-0 lead after the first 12 minutes. The scoreboard kept changing throughout the second period as the home team was firing on all cylinders. The Refugio boys added five more TDs before the halftime buzzer called a halt to the proceedings. It was all but over at 56-0 at the break.
Refugio, getting ready for another shot at a state title, kept its offense in gear with two touchdowns in each of the second half quarters. The final was a 84-0 win for the undefeated squad.
Refugio amassed a total of 639 yards on offense with 410 yards through the air. QB Travis Quintanilla hit 10 of 12 attempts for 293 yards and five touchdowns. Brett Davis came off the bench to throw an impressive 10 for 10 for 117 yards and four scoring strikes.
The Refugio boys rushed for 229 yards on 21 carries. The speedy running backs were led by Draigon Silvas's 80 yards on six totes. No Refugio runner got more yards than Silvas, but the 'Cats averaged better than 11 yards a carry for the game.
Refugio is more than just an offensive powerhouse, however, as their defense is also a force to be reckoned with for opposing teams. Refugio allowed the S-T running game just 35 yards on the night on 42 attempts. QB R.J. Estrada was two of seven in the passing department with one interception. The S-T passing game added 64 yards to the offensive stat sheet.
Donovan Encinia ran for 47 yards on 29 rushes. Estrada was trapped behind the line of scrimmage for a negative 23 yards. Nathan Magana went two yards in two totes, and Ryan Lakso had four carries for nine yards to complete the S-T rushing stats.
Brandon East had one reception for the S-T offense for 26 yards, and Jonathan Hernandez hauled in the other completion for an additional 38 yards.
Under new head coach Joy, the Bobcats struggled at times this year under a new system and new coaches, but a foundation for the upcoming years has been set.
"I am very proud of our team for the way they handled the season. It's very difficult to come in during the summer and implement a new offense and new defense, and it's extremely hard on seniors who have been doing something different for five years," Joy said.
"Several guys were asked to move positions in order to try to fit people into our scheme, but the guys worked hard and pressed forward all season."
The underclassmen will get right back at it and begin preparation for next year.
"Next year's season began last Friday night for the underclassmen. We now have to go to work at getting our strength and conditioning program to the level that we need it to be at," Joy said.
The Skidmore-Tynan Bobcats ended with a 3-7 record and were 3-4 in district play.


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my friend speak me about zimbra an use of coversation threads and so i want buy and install zimbra as server form mail.
i need to use as server but i want to use outlook (or zimbra desktop) as client.
Reading i understand this is not a problem, but i need to use ms word as editor because i use glossary. Is it possible ? and if yes whitch versione of zimbra server a need to buy. i want also read email with iphone.
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* Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
* Butler Athletic Director's Honor Roll
2012: Starter in all 18 matches...finished fourth on the team in scoring with four goals...had 17 shots, including six shots on goal, for the season...scored the game-winning goal in Butler's victory over George Washington...tallied a goal in Butler's win over Evansville...had goals at Xavier and at Temple...named to the All-Tournament Team at the Akron Tournament.
2011: Started all 18 matches for Butler...recorded an assist against Houston Baptist and Evansville...had a season high of three shots on goal at Evansville...named to the 2011 Fall Academic All-League Team.
2010: Played in all 20 matches for the Bulldogs, including 19 starts...recorded one goal and one assist...took 16 shots, including two shots on goal...part of the Horizon League All-Newcomer squad.
2009: Did not see varsity action in initial season with the Bulldogs.
High School: Northern Indiana Player of the Year in 2008...All-State, All-District and All-Conference performer in final season...led the area in goals (20) and assists (16) as a senior...four-year starter...named midfield MVP twice and forward MVP twice...four-time All-Conference pick...helped high school squad to three conference titles, two sectional and one regional title...scored 48 career goals and had 50 career assists.


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2012 Rail/Intermodal Roundtable: Rail's new golden era
May 01, 2012
Unlike other modes of freight transportation, which saw peaks and valleys brought on by the Great Recession, railroad and intermodal service providers came out mostly unscathed—especially when compared to their trucking, ocean, and air brethren.
And it certainly appears to be a good time to be a rail or intermodal shipper. For one thing, fuel prices are still heading up, which in turn makes transporting freight on the rails a smart economic proposition. At the same time, rail and intermodal service levels remain strong because volumes for both modes remain below pre-recession levels.
While rail and intermodal have a lot working in favor for shippers, the modes are not without their issues. Some rail shippers still feel that they're powerless when it comes to rates and maintain that higher prices are not always commensurate with better service. In the meantime, the issue of re-regulation is one that's never far from the mind of anyone shipping or working in the market.
Over the next few pages, our panelists, leading rail and intermodal experts, will put the current rail and intermodal market conditions into perspective and offer their stance on volumes, service, pricing, and the regulatory environment. Our panelists include: Brooks Bentz, partner in Accenture's Supply Chain Practice; Tony Hatch, principal of ABH Consulting; and Larry Gross, senior consultant at FTR Associates.
Logistics Management (LM): What is your take on the current state of the railroad and intermodal markets?
Brooks Bentz: Railroading continues to flourish as the recession torques back into recovery, and this will likely continue for quite some time. Domestic intermodal is doing well, and international is sluggish, although an increase in the range of 4.0 percent to 4.5 percent is predicted. Carload is doing OK, basically tracking close to GDP, with the major exception of coal, which is seeing year-over-year declines. Industry leaders fairly uniformly see it as a one-way slide, with recovery of any magnitude not likely to happen any time soon. This, though, has not materially dampened the overall rail recovery. Of course, the acid test will be how the respective networks respond when volume ratchets up past pre-recession levels. Virtually all the big guys have continued investing in infrastructure, so it will be interesting to see.
Tony Hatch: From where I sit, the railroad market is mixed, and this reflects not so much on the economy as much as the strange story in the bulks, with coal down due to weather-related factors, as Brooks mentions, along with cheap natural gas and grain down due to various near-term factors. Everything else—including intermodal—is doing fine in 2012.
Larry Gross: Overall, the rail carload and intermodal sectors are making good progress. Although GDP growth is modest, volume growth is being supported by the high freight content of the recovery. Service levels are looking excellent, as the rail network appears to be operating very smoothly.
LM: While carload volumes are still below pre-recession levels we do see them beginning to rise. Do you feel things going in the right direction on the carload side?
Hatch: Yes. Even housing-related stuff is beginning to show signs of life. A big factor, of course, is the double-edged sword that is shale. There are also growth components that come along with it in the form of sand, infrastructure materials, and in some cases (particularly the Bakken) oil-by-unit trains or rolling pipelines—and it has completely changed the game for the domestic chemical industry, perhaps even steel. Beyond shale, the automotive recovery has been impressive.
Gross: Tony is spot on. The modest level of overall carload growth is masking some excellent progress across many commodities. Total volume has been held down by lackluster performance in the important commodities of coal and grain. Carload activity is showing broad-based strength indicating an improving economic outlook.
Coal is suffering from a combination of immediate and long-term issues. In the near-term, coal carloads are being hurt by the warm winter weather and weaker export coal demand as competing international sources come back on stream. Long term, utility coal will be constrained by growth in natural gas generating capacity fueled by low-priced natural gas. Grain shipments have also been affected by weaker export demand. On the plus side, strong growth is being recorded in motor vehicles and metal products, while oil-shale related development is fueling strong growth in shipments of petroleum, and hydraulic fracturing sand.
Bentz: In general, I think carload is headed in the right direction. Again, it seems to be tracking roughly at pace with GDP growth. However, there are some things looming on the horizon that may blunt the recovery a bit. For instance, with the price of oil advancing each year and the giant reservoir of natural gas, a shift is occurring and that will eventually impact oil movements by rail as well as coal, probably for the long-term.
Coal is already losing ground and many think it will continue to do so, although a relatively small increase in the price of natural gas will make coal competitive again. With a slow-down in exploration and drilling of natural gas, sand and clay carload volumes have also fallen off. When housing starts and industrial construction begins to bounce back steadily, the traditional carload business—dimensional lumber, plywood, asphalt shingles, sand, and gravel—will do better.
LM: Intermodal volumes, particularly domestic containers, continue to outperform carload volumes and have been for a while. That said, how much staying power does intermodal have?
Gross: Although intermodal has always offered shippers the opportunity to reduce cost versus over-the-road, it formerly came with an associated price tag of unreliable service that made the cost/service package unpalatable to many shippers. What has changed in recent years is that although intermodal service is still slower than truck, the all-important reliability of the service has achieved an acceptable level.
Intermodal is less sensitive to many of the factors that are working to increase trucking costs, including lower reliance on the driver pool and greater fuel efficiency. As truck capacity continues to tighten over the next few years, intermodal will provide an important alternative. Meanwhile, substantial investments are being made in new terminals, particularly in the eastern region. These will serve to open up new territories and shorter lanes to intermodal service. Therefore, we expect intermodal growth to continue, provided that adequate service levels are maintained.
Hatch: Intermodal will be a secular growth story for years to come. Why? It's really a combination of the usual suspects: poor highway infrastructure, driver issues, fuel, and carbon.
Bentz: Larry and Tony are both correct. I don't think that there are any short-term obstacles to intermodal growth. Railroads and ports are continually investing in improving and expanding infrastructure, so it will take a major trade spike to overwhelm the network.
And that does not seem to be in the immediate offing. George Patton said, 'Don't fire rifles at enemy tanks.' For one, it has no effect. For another, it tells the enemy you don't have an anti-tank weapon. Intermodal is not in that situation. The weaponry to handle fairly significant increases in volume seems to be mainly in place and being augmented.
LM: Where do railroad and intermodal service levels currently stand in light of current market conditions, and what can shippers expect in terms of service over the next year?
Bentz: The overall network fluidity is better now than at almost any time in memory. In part that was due to the lower volumes of the recession, in part due to continuing investment by the big guys in capacity expansion and augmentation, and it part due to operating more effectively as a result of the "diet" everyone went on through the recession.
Gross: There was actually a significant improvement in rail service metrics as 2011 came to a close. While mild winter weather surely helped, it cannot account for all of the improvement. Train speeds have reached levels not seen since 2003. This is impressive, given that in 2011 volumes were quite a bit higher than they were back in 2003. Yard dwell time also improved in late 2011.
Cars online are down versus prior year even though volume is up. Car productivity in terms of loads per week per car appears to have been on a general upswing throughout most of 2011. Given the significant level of investment that the rails have made in their networks and that carload volume is still below pre-recession levels, we expect good performance to continue. Our only caveat would be that, historically, the industry does not handle big spikes in volume very well, and in the event the economy were to recover more quickly than we expect, we could see shortages in crews or power that would impair performance.
Hatch: Railroad and intermodal service levels are at all-time highs, particularly with Canadian Pacific out of its funk. But these service levels must continuously improve for domestic intermodal to grow in the short-haul lanes.
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