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Crime, Europe and West Africa
Senior police officers and law enforcement officials from across Europe and West Africa met in Brussels today to discuss a developing security problem for the European Union: organized crime in western Africa.
It's not just drugs coming from South America. Weapons, people, toxic waste, diamonds are all trafficked through the region and into Europe. And it's not just organized crime, Annemie Turtelboom, Belgian minister for home affairs, told the conference organized by the Belgian presidency of the European Union and Interpol. Terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb are increasing their influence in the region, she said.
The combination has the capacity to further undermine western Africa's fragile government institutions and, in some places, set back recovery from conflict, speakers said.
Cecilie Malmström, European Commissioner for Home Affairs estimated $1 billion a year of cocaine is trafficked through West Africa into Europe.
Ronald Noble, Secretary General of Interpol, cited the example of a package of 629 kilograms of cocaine that was left abandoned on an airport runway in Mauritania in 2007. The cargo had come over from South America in a propellor plane with auxiliary fuel tanks to give it extended range.
The source of much of Europe's cocaine has shifted from Colombia to Venezuela, which has suffered a spike in murders as a result, Mr. Noble said. He said there were four times as many civilian deaths in Venezuela than in Iraq, adding that as much as one quarter of the cocaine now entering Europe is shipped via western Africa to supply Europe's estimated 12 million cocaine users.
The aim of the conference was to improve cooperation among law enforcement on both continents.

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'BaneCat' is the simple name of the YouTube video that is the talk of the online world. The title bespeaks of a 'Bane Cat' that's dressed up in the Bane mask featured in "The Dark Knight" movie, and the YouTube video that was recently published so far has more than 1.88 million views as of March 30.
That Bane Cat becomes the bane of his owner's existence, speaking in the same quirky, frightening and interesting tone that Tom Hardy adopted in Christopher Nolan's movie. Perhaps the attraction of the 'BaneCat' YouTube video is not merely the spot-on impersonation, but also the manner in which the stout cat calmly allows himself to be dressed up in such a mask and placed in various locales around the home.
"Robs Rants" is the name of the YouTube channel on which this new video appears, and it's quite a funny and well-written viral video, which shows him tacking up posters in an attempt to get rid of the so-called friendly cat. But 'BaneCat' is having none of that, as he uncovers a stash of catnip toys and admits to urinating on a bagged delicacy his owner finds in a cabinet.
"We finally brought this idea to life! Hope you guys enjoyed it! It also might be a series," reads the description of the YouTube video.
"P.S. for those of you animal lovers, no cat was harmed in any way in the making of this video," he adds.


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text: After four NFL seasons, it remains unclear just how good, or bad, Josh Freeman is. Consider the ups and downs of his quarterback rating: 59.9 (2009), 95.9 (2010), 74.6 (2011) and 81.6 (2012). Some of that fluctuation has to do with the talent surrounding him over the years and the learning curve that any young QB will experience while learning the ropes as a pro. But it appears that while the Bucs organization as a whole has bought into Freeman, his coach is still not quite fully on board, according to the Tampa Bay Times' Eric Holder.


text: The bibliobloggers' gathering last night at Kitty O'Shea's was great, and it included several bloggers who had never attended before, and the "coming out" of one whose identity had previously been obscure (not in the photos below). There were quite a number of "lapsed bloggers" in attendance – i.e. people who had not been blogging [Read More…]


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Conference media days mark the unofficial start to the football season and fans can get a preview of the upcoming year with live coverage of Pac-12 Media Day, including Oregon coach Mark Helfrich and players Marcus Mariota and Derrick Malone, which begins Wednesday at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles.
Not only can fans watch the entire proceedings live on Pac-12 Networks, but even more content, including a live stream, will be offered online at Pac-12.com and GoDucks.com.
Helfrich, Mariota and Malone will appear live on Pac-12 Networks Wednesday at approximately 12:12 p.m.
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• Viewer guide for following Pac-12 Football Media Day on television and online is http://pac-12.com/article/2014/07/11/2014-pac-12-football-media-day-tv-info-and-how-watch-online. This link provides details for connecting fans to Pac-12 Networks' Football Media Day Special, which will broadcast live each morning from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. PT.
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Complete Pac-12 Football Media Day Schedule (all times Pacific):
Wednesday, July 23
Utah (Kyle Whittingham, Dres Anderson, Nate Orchard): 9:35 a.m.
Arizona (Rich Rodriguez, Austin Hill, Jared Tevis): 10:12 a.m.
California (Sonny Dykes, Jared Goff, Stefan McClure): 10:52 a.m.
Commissioner Larry Scott: 11:17 a.m.
USC (Steve Sarkisian, Cody Kessler, Leonard Williams): 11:31 a.m.
Oregon (Mark Helfrich, Marcus Mariota, Derrick Malone): 12:12 p.m.
Washington State (Mike Leach, Connor Halliday, Darryl Malone): 12:50 p.m.
Thursday, July 24
Colorado (Mike MacIntyre, Nelson Spruce, Judah Parker): 9:38 a.m.
Arizona State (Todd Graham, Taylor Kelly, Jamil Douglas): 10:16 a.m.
Oregon State (Mike Riley, Sean Mannion, Michael Doctor): 10:54 a.m.
UCLA (Jim Mora, Brett Hundley, Eric Kendricks): 11:32 a.m.
Washington (Chris Petersen, Ben Riva, Hau'oli Kikaha): 12:11 p.m.
Stanford (David Shaw, Kevin Hogan, Jordan Richards): 1:04 p.m.


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Arenas are my favorite part of wow (gee did you figure that out yet lol?) and recently my team took a nasty hit from 2555 down to 2402 after a foolish 49 games this week because we felt invincible. We tried to force wins when we shouldn't of and as a result we lost 143 points with a 60% winning record for the week. At first we were pissed as hell, blaming our losses on the lack of balance regarding frost dk's and the ease that shamans have defeating our setup. Then I started thinking, does this really matter? We maintained an 80% win rate against the best teams in the battlegroup to reach 2555 and we did it as possibly the most under represented team makeup in the world. I had a talk with Thunderion (my partner) and we realized that neither of us were really upset that we lost, after all we only had two bad days during a season of mostly excellent play.
Our story is truly incredible when you think about it:
A paladin alt that never played competetive arena and that only had a few hours at level 80 joins up with a prot warrior who was sick of getting destroyed as arms in patch 3.0. The duo then discovers that through careful execution and creative gearing/specing that they can be an impressive comp even against the best on the battlegroup.
Our playstyle is unique even to the few people running the same comp (they do prot/holy paladin whereas thunderion is ret/holy) as the fights become a crazy dance around ret's need to judge and our cooldowns required to kill someone in a cc chain.
I've learned a lot about myself this season as I've been required to run incredible amounts of pve in order to build my "Furious Block Set" and be competetive in arenas. If all we had to do was play 10-20 games per week and if arenas were my sole source of gear then I would be happy playing this game competetively. However, running 14-16 hours a week doing raids has put an unnecessary stress on my life. I haven't decided my next step, but I am certain that if next season I can't build my set out of pvp gear then we will both be quiting arenas. Thunderion will most likely quit the game and I'll be left to play the auction house in order to keep this blog alive. Even if we get gladiator this season I would not want to put the hundreds of hours into pve just to... how did South Park put it... "finally play the game."
Currently I think the state of pvp in this game is pathetic. Our comp is the only one I've seen that truly bounces back and forth between being on offense and being on defense half the game (this is due to cooldowns being up every other minute), whereas other comps tend to pressure the other team for 99% of the match. Healing and Damage is such that simply pressuring your opponent for thirty seconds without being peeled means that they are going to die. Plate means nothing except to other warriors with all the magic and armor ignoring talents on other classes.
Sorry for the QQ, but these are my current thoughts on the game and since many of you read this blog to see what I'm thinking, I figured I should let you know. I also didn't want anyone to think that if my pvp career ended that I would stop blogging about the economics of wow as I've informed many players that this arena season will likely be our last.
So what's the life lesson? If you are spending hours just trying to make this game fun then it's time to move on or try a different aspect of it. Do any of you perform some task in the game in order to fuel another? Such as farming to get an epic mount or doing pve to pvp?
Arenas are my favorite part of wow (gee did you figure that out yet lol?) and recently my team took a nasty hit from 2555 down to 2402 after a foolish 49 games this week because we felt invincible. We tried to force wins when we shouldn't of and as a result we lost 143 points with a 60% winning record for the week. At first we were pissed as hell, blaming our losses on the lack of balance regarding frost dk's and the ease that shamans have defeating our setup. Then I started thinking, does this really matter? We maintained an 80% win rate against the best teams in the battlegroup to reach 2555 and we did it as possibly the most under represented team makeup in the world. I had a talk with Thunderion (my partner) and we realized that neither of us were really upset that we lost, after all we only had two bad days during a season of mostly excellent play.
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Xanariae - Earthen Ring H said... June 17, 2009 at 8:07 AM
Dude, who cares about arena? I'm really surprised you didn't post to buy up all the titanium ore you can today before people catch wind and it's all gone.
Titanium ore will be prospectable to epic gems in patch 3.2, for those of you who don't know. I bought out the entire AH last night and will continue to do so while it's 'cheap'.
werfert said... June 17, 2009 at 8:37 AM
The thing is Xanariae, some people like PvP, and as Markco clearly said in the post, he has seen many times how most bloggers like to know what he is thinking, as he is slightly "depressed" at losing so many games through pride alone, he has decided to post about his fun instead of money making. THe titanium trick is useful and will probably be a gold mine, but you still have to think about the poster as well. He doesn't only live in goldmaking, that would make the game boring, he does other things, and he talks about them.
As for me, Marko, I feel bad for you and wish you luck this week, it shows how everyone can be beaten, wether we want it or not.
P.S. Many of the life lessons he talks about in this can be converted into god-making, you just got to look for them...
Markco said... June 17, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Posts are not written on a daily basis, they are instead posted automatically and often written days or even weeks prior. Current events do get posted when I get to them and I will have a post about the epic gems very soon.
Anonymous said... June 17, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Well you seem massively successful. If you're on a huge winning streak, then suddenly it turns around without any game changes having happened, I'd always assume (without knowing better) that the players got casual, not the the classes are imbalanced. Just as I'd assume your wining streak was a result of your skill, not an OP class combo or whatever. I see the same thing in pve, as our runs fluctuate between success and failure. Wounded pride always stings and its pretty standard to blame someone else. That's wounded pride "it wasnt my fault, it was his fault. I'm so awesome, how could anything *ever* be my fault" Nice post & good luck!
BigDaddy said... June 17, 2009 at 11:03 AM
As long as you stay true to the content, Marko, we will be here to read you.
Please learn from Gevlon. I don't go to his site anymore because after he hit the gold cap, his blog turned into a pulpit for his socio-political outlook instead of the economics of WoW.
Anonymous said... June 17, 2009 at 11:09 AM
If you are looking for a Furious Block set, you might as well quit now.
Anonymous said... June 17, 2009 at 11:15 AM
This is wiser, more insightful advice than 95% of you gold making tips. I don't make light of your gold making tips, but rather point out the difference between utility and significance. Thanks!
Anonymous said... June 17, 2009 at 11:21 AM
I found farming/playing the AH to be somewhat boring to make money for an epic flyer. So i combined my love for questing and strange love of achievements to make the cash for my epic flyer,and as i was questing i would work on getting the Northrend loremaster achievemeny. Now i have some extra gold, my epic flyer,and a well earned (IMO) achievement :D. Talk about killing 2 birds with 1 stone :P
P.S. Ive only recently started reading your guide, and i am loving it! Keep up the good work and keep those posts coming :D
Anonymous said... June 17, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Have you actually tried using PvP gear and gemming it out in strength? I know that block sets may be king, but is the PvP gear that bad?
Anonymous said... June 17, 2009 at 1:16 PM
You do need to find the point where you enjoy this game, and get satisfaction from it.
My GM is push for harder and harder core raiding, and at some point I'm going to need to apply the brakes. The effort isn't worth the reward (or the RL cost).
Same goes for arena, it might not be worth the effort to you anymore.
Regarding the epic-gems/titanium, this is going to be one of the biggest gold-rushes ever in wow.
There are SO many JCs already, but, the demand for gems will be huge.
The ore was already gone from the AH last night, and a checked this morning, and what was there was already double priced.
I did buy out all the titansteel, and will continue to do so until the prices rise. Once the prices are way up, I'll slowly sell it off.
And I'll be saving any ore I mine for prospecting when the patch hits.
The other thing is to start selling off blue gems now. The price crash is a-coming...
Anonymous said... June 17, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Titanium ore vanished from the AH before I could get to it >.<. Good news is I should be at the gold cap before this comes.
Anonymous said... June 17, 2009 at 2:23 PM
Titanium ore is siting at 20 gold per ore right now on my server, this is ridiculous.
Markco said... June 17, 2009 at 2:29 PM
Expect titanium ore to hit 40-60 gold per ore soon.
Anonymous said... June 17, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Just wondering as there is no Titanium ore left on my server that isn't at 500g already i thought id take this oportunity to resupply the market, what route do you find best to get as much titanium as possible?
Markco said... June 17, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Post will be up tomorrow that will hopefully answer all your questions, guess this arena post was poorly timed lol.
Ravensarrow said... June 17, 2009 at 6:20 PM
I dont have a Jewelcrafter so im stocking up on honor and Emblems of hHeroism if no one else noticed oyu can buy the epic gems with the imo people are streeing to much aobut titanium and not looking at the other ways to get the gems.
chronic said... June 17, 2009 at 8:22 PM
You're right dude, your prot warrior/holy paladin 2s team is the only team in any bracket that requires finesse and every other composition is a mindless zergfest. What?
I usually like your posts, and I'm very interested in your arena experiences, but this was a total whinefest and would have been better off on the cutting room floor.
Markco said... June 17, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Chronic get to 2555 and then see what you think of WOTLK pvp; As you have read I think it is horribly wack-a-mole with very little skill or setup. Name one team that doesn't play offense 99% of the time. Most teams have a defensive strategy of pop your cds and keep hitting them!
chronic said... June 17, 2009 at 9:54 PM
While I certainly haven't achieved your level of success, I do play rogue/shaman around 2450 on Reckoning and there are a lot of compositions that have no trouble switching gears and changing strategies mid-fight. One stand-out example is disc/feral, a feral druid has a lot of options for peeling and playing defensively and the amount of skill involved in setting up burst windows has always impressed me there.
There are countless other examples of teams that swap targets, burn cooldowns, set up long CC chains, switch to peel when they get behind on healing, and create opportunities for drinking. Maybe you just fought a lot of DK/Healer this week?
Markco said... June 17, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Chronic none of them have to juggle judges or risk going oom. No other healer in the game currently can truly go oom without ms like Thunderion can. He dies to any dps in less than 30 seconds, as do I :). Sorry but there's so much more finesse and timing to what we do, most of which would make your head spin.
chronic said... June 17, 2009 at 10:28 PM
It's true that resto shaman don't have to juggle judges or go OOM - they just go OOM no matter what. Prot warriors do not die in 30 seconds to, for example, a single rogue. Those are just two counter-examples to your grossly exaggerated and biased argument.
Prot warriors have a lot of interesting options for control, and don't get me wrong, I *definitely* think you guys are skilled and there's a lot of work involved in setting up CC chains and getting kills.
But it's very naive to think that what you're doing somehow requires more finesse than a high-level rogue/priest or shaman/warlock.
Possibly part of the problem is that the nature of your comp forces people into a zerg strategy. For me, as a rogue, there's no way I could ever afford to sit on a prot warrior for any length of time under any circumstances. So if I played against you, I would be more or less forced to chase your paladin round the entire match and perhaps that would make me look skill-less in your eyes.
Anyway, it's your blog, and you can vent if you want. Personally I'd prefer if you talked about some of the finesse you guys actually employ; not a full guide to the comp necessarily, but some strategies or advice. But what you have here is not productive and it's not compelling and you haven't even backed up your finesse claim with anything resembling evidence.
Markco said... June 18, 2009 at 1:33 AM
I die in about 15 seconds to a rogue without any heals :(
I will avoid making these posts in the future, and tomorrow's will be interesting I hope :D
Gevlon said... June 18, 2009 at 4:47 AM
@Markco: don't bother about whiners who tell you what to post. It's your blog. You reached pretty high with a unique comp.
However unique comps depend on secrecy through obscurity. A good team have various tricks, but none of them against your comp. They have to improvise and fail. But after enough defeats they will check sources about the possible abilities of your comp and next time come prepared. It seems "next time" has came.
Still you got higher than 99%. That's great.
@Bigdaddy you are a liar: you just came to my blog yesterday to whine for posts. When I deleted your trolling, you came back once more to whine.
Anonymous said... June 18, 2009 at 12:33 PM
Imma laugh when everyone thinks there getting in on this "Gold rush" and because so many people have titanium now when the patch hits the market will be flooded. Good luck with all that.
Ravensarrow said... June 18, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Im with Hevlon ignore the whinners and only respond to the people who are here to help others/share their thoughts/opinions
Anonymous said... June 18, 2009 at 3:50 PM
From 3.2 patch notes - Block Value: The amount of bonus block value on all items has been doubled.
I can't imagine there will be prot warrior optimized pvp gear any time soon, but it looks like the silly shield slam damage is going to get even sillier.
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I did get A LOT of bass. Holy crap batman. Scary stuff in there, seriously. I re-EQed my player without any Clearbass and keeping the bass EQ sliders at neutral and it's better but... wow. Bass is clear enough in itself
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I've only got about two or three hours in them and they feel a little 'veiled' in the lower mids especially. So with the huge bass, some songs feel a little muddy.
Busy metal like Blind Guardian feel a little drowned, though clarity in general is better than I would have expected (I paid less than 50 euros for them brand new so I guess I didn't have such high expectations either )
So they're good, and I'm guessing would be just fine if used... as a DJ phone. But it's definitely not for critical listening or so.
However I like them. They're cheap, well built, and sound 'fun' (though I do want less bass). I'm hoping they'll open up a bit with burn in but we'll see. Soundstage is good but I was expecting better. Then again these are portables...
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Sitel Corp. will consolidate its Amarillo operations and move them this fall into the former Borden's Dairy building on the Canyon Expressway.
Originally, the Amarillo operation was a telemarketing service bureau, said Steve Pritchett of the Amarillo Economic Development Corp. The company is consolidating the two operations into the new location and will convert to handling inbound calls, primarily for insurance company clients.
J. Gaut of Gaut McCartt and Associates, LLC, who represented Sitel and the landlord Monkey River Inc., said the Omaha, Neb.,-based corporation handles warranty and service calls for such companies as General Motors and Penney's.
Sitel, based in Omaha, began operations in 1985 as an inbound 800-number answering service with 12 phones, according to company officials. It grew into one of the United States' largest inbound and outbound telemarketing companies supporting mass marketing and direct response campaigns.
Sitel came to Amarillo in 1995. In 1996 and 1997, Sitel entered the international arena through a series of acquisitions and mergers.
"They have operated two call-center operations here," said Pritchett. "One at the Atrium and the other at Park West." Both centers are along Interstate 40 between Bell and Coulter.
At the former Borden location, Gaut said Sitel will occupy the entire 32,000-square-foot building that sits on more than six acres in a long-term lease arrangement. More than $1 million will be spent on renovations to the building. Page and Associates will handle the renovations.
The original facade will be kept, Gaut said.
Joe Bob McCartt with Gaut McCartt and Associates said Sitel expects to be operating in the Borden's building in November.
"We've really enjoyed working with Sitel when they first moved to Amarillo as well as this move," said McCartt.
The Borden building at 4945 Canyon Drive was constructed in 1959 at a cost of about $1 million. During the mid-1960s, Borden employed more than 100 people there and at an ice cream plant at 609 S. Grant, which closed in 1988. Borden used the Canyon Expressway plant as a marketing office in its later stages of operation and made it available on the real estate market in 1998, Gaut said.
The 350 Sitel employees at the new Amarillo operation facility will handle incoming calls, Gaut said.
Sitel operates 75 customer-management centers handling about a million telephone calls a day in more than 25 languages. Increasingly, e-mail and Internet messaging augment these figures. The company has a presence in 18 countries around the globe.
"They have been a great corporate citizen in Amarillo," McCartt said. "Amarillo's on the go."
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Today, May 13, 2014, three independent tax-return preparers' victory over the IRS became final, after the agency declined to file a petition seeking review from the U.S. Supreme Court. The lapse of the deadline marks the conclusion of a two-year battle over whether the IRS had the authority under the "Horse Act" of 1884—a statute passed to govern compensation claims for dead horses brought on behalf of Civil War veterans—to impose a nationwide licensing scheme on tax preparers.
"This brings finality to a major victory for independent tax preparers—and taxpayers—nationwide," said Dan Alban of the libertarian-leaning Institute for Justice (IJ), lead attorney for the three preparers who filed the suit. "Four federal judges sitting on two different courts have all agreed that Congress never gave the IRS the power to license tax preparers, and an agency cannot just give itself such licensing authority. By not filing a petition for certiorari, the IRS has wisely chosen not to ride this horse law any further."
If the licensing scheme had not been struck down, some 350,000 tax-return preparers would have been burdened by the new regulations, much to the benefit of entrenched special interests.
"These regulations were classic economic protectionism," said IJ Senior Attorney Scott Bullock. "The burden would have fallen on small entrepreneurs and consumers, while powerful industry insiders stood to reap the benefits of decreased competition. Instead, taxpayers will enjoy lower prices for tax-preparation services as more preparers compete for their business."
This case arose when the IRS, following several failures to secure congressional authorization, unilaterally imposed sweeping new regulations requiring all tax-return preparers to obtain a license and submit to ongoing, mandatory IRS-approved education. Three independent tax preparers—Sabina Loving of Chicago, Ill., Elmer Kilian of Eagle, Wis., and John Gambino of Hoboken, N.J.—filed suit in March 2012 in the U.S. District Court for D.C., arguing that the IRS exceeded the scope of its authority by attempting to enact the regulations without Congress' approval. U.S. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg agreed, and struck down the regulations as unlawful in January 2013.
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2013 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball
Tulane at Alabama
Mar 03, 2013 at Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Sewell-Thomas Stad.)
Score by Innings R H E
Tulane.............. 100 040 010 - 6 8 2
Alabama............. 000 406 02X - 12 10 1
Umpires - HP: Terrence Mobley 1B: Mike McCrae 2B: Rickey Powell 3B: Tracy
Start: 1:05 PM Time: 2:41 Attendance: 2864
Gibbs faced 4 batters in the 6th.
Oakley faced 4 batters in the 8th.
2013 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball
Tulane at Alabama
Mar 03, 2013 at Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Sewell-Thomas Stad.)
Tulane starters: 9/ss Middleton; 7/lf Yandel; 4/cf B. Boudreaux; 21/1b Potkay;
41/rf Garner; 2/3b G. Cannizaro; 11/2b Woodson; 8/dh Carthon; 35/c Burns; 13/p
Alabama starters: 22/cf Salem; 1/ss White; 7/rf Moore; 5/c Booth; 3/3b Roberts;
18/1b Smith; 6/2b Overstreet; 2/dh Miller; 25/lf Blanchard; 32/p Turnbull;
Tulane 1st - Middleton singled to center field
(0-0). Yandel singled to center field (2-2); Middleton advanced to second. B.
Boudreaux singled to left field (1-0); Yandel advanced to second; Middleton
advanced to third. Potkay struck out swinging (2-2). Garner reached on a
fielder's choice, RBI (0-1); B. Boudreaux out at second 2b to ss; Yandel
advanced to third; Middleton scored. Garner advanced to second on a wild pitch.
G. Cannizaro struck out swinging (1-2). 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2
Alabama 1st - Salem struck out looking (0-2). White
grounded out to 3b (2-2). Moore walked (3-1). Moore stole second. Booth flied
out to rf (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Tulane 2nd - Woodson flied out to cf (1-2). Carthon
singled to center field (0-0). Burns struck out swinging (0-2). Carthon stole
second. Middleton grounded out to 2b (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
Alabama 2nd - Roberts walked (3-2). Smith struck out
looking, hit into double play c to 2b (2-2); Roberts out on the play, caught
stealing. Overstreet singled to right center (3-2). Miller struck out swinging
(2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Tulane 3rd - Yandel struck out swinging (1-2). B.
Boudreaux struck out looking (1-2). Potkay doubled down the rf line (0-0).
Garner struck out looking (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Alabama 3rd - Blanchard grounded out to ss (2-1).
Salem singled to second base (2-1). White struck out swinging (2-2). Salem out
at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0
Tulane 4th - G. Cannizaro flied out to lf (2-2).
Woodson flied out to rf to right center (0-0). Carthon walked (3-1). Carthon
out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
Alabama 4th - Moore singled to right field (1-2).
Moore advanced to second on a wild pitch. Booth walked (3-2). Moore advanced to
third on a passed ball. Roberts reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to
second, RBI (1-0); Booth advanced to second on a throwing error by 2b, advanced
to third; Moore scored. Smith singled up the middle, RBI (0-0); Roberts
advanced to third; Booth scored, unearned. Overstreet flied out to rf, SF, RBI
(0-0); Roberts scored. Miller singled through the left side (0-0); Smith
advanced to second. Blanchard walked (3-0); Miller advanced to second; Smith
advanced to third. B. Wilson to p for McKenzie. Salem struck out swinging
(1-2). White walked, RBI (3-2); Blanchard advanced to second; Miller advanced
to third; Smith scored, unearned. Moore flied out to rf (1-1). 4 runs, 3
hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Tulane 5th - Burns grounded out to 3b (2-2).
Middleton walked (3-1). Yandel doubled to left field (2-1); Middleton advanced
to third. B. Boudreaux grounded out to ss, RBI (1-0); Yandel advanced to third;
Middleton scored. Potkay walked (3-1). Garner reached on an error by rf (1-1);
Potkay advanced to third; Yandel scored, unearned. G. Cannizaro doubled down
the lf line, 2 RBI (1-2); Garner scored, unearned; Potkay scored, unearned.
Castillo to p for Turnbull. Woodson grounded out to 3b (1-0). 4 runs, 2
hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Alabama 5th - Booth walked (3-2). Roberts singled
through the left side (3-2); Booth advanced to second. Roberts out at first p
to 1b, picked off. Smith struck out looking (1-2). Overstreet flied out to cf
(0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Tulane 6th - Carthon flied out to lf (0-0). Burns
struck out looking (3-2). Middleton grounded out to ss (0-0). 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Alabama 6th - Miller grounded out to 2b, bunt (1-0).
Blanchard struck out looking (0-2). Salem walked (3-1). White doubled to left
field (1-0); Salem advanced to third. Gibbs to p for B. Wilson. Moore doubled
to left field, ground-rule, 2 RBI (1-0); White scored; Salem scored. Booth
walked (3-0). Roberts walked (3-2); Booth advanced to second; Moore advanced to
third. Smith singled to center field, advanced to second on the throw, 2 RBI
(0-0); Roberts advanced to third; Booth scored; Moore scored. R. LeBlanc to p
for Gibbs. Overstreet singled, advanced to second on an error by cf, 2 RBI
(0-0); Smith scored; Roberts scored. Miller struck out swinging (0-2). 6
runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Tulane 7th - Yandel grounded out to ss (0-1). B.
Boudreaux struck out swinging (2-2). Potkay flied out to cf (1-0). 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Alabama 7th - Blanchard flied out to lf (3-1). Salem
walked (3-1). White grounded out to 2b (3-2); Salem advanced to second. Moore
grounded out to 2b (1-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Tulane 8th - Garner struck out looking (1-2). G.
Cannizaro struck out looking (0-2). Woodson homered to right field, RBI (0-0).
Carthon struck out looking (1-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Alabama 8th - Braud to c for Burns. Oakley to p for
R. LeBlanc. Booth hit by pitch (3-0). Roberts hit by pitch (2-0); Booth
advanced to second. Smith hit by pitch (0-1); Roberts advanced to second; Booth
advanced to third. Smith advanced to second; Roberts advanced to third; Booth
scored on a balk. Overstreet walked (3-1). G. Miller to p for Oakley. Miller
flied out to cf to left center, SF, RBI (0-1); Roberts scored. Blanchard
grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (0-0); Overstreet out on the play.
2 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Tulane 9th - Lapeyre pinch hit for Braud. Lapeyre
grounded out to ss (1-2). Middleton flied out to cf (0-0). Goodman pinch hit
for Yandel. Goodman struck out looking (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0


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I'm an addict; I have been my whole life. It started with cigarettes at 14 moved to drugs and alcohol, then food, and it seems to have settled, at least for today, on miles and points.
I've written several times this year about my disappointment (or withdrawal if you please) with the way things have been going in the travel niche. Absolutely nothing took away that feeling of restlessness and discontent. The Carlson promos did nothing for me. We have only one property near us, and I scored a million points with them in the old Gold points days with 1,500 points per $1.89 photo purchase. I did not play the Carlson promo. Just not enough jazz for me. But a week ago, the addict in me was offered couple "fixes" and and I'm so enjoying it.
The Singapore award space availability was the first gem top spark my interest in quite some time. I snapped one up, and have been following the Flyertalk thread everyday with hopes it will all pan out for my trip to Singapore in February. $96 and 140K easily replaceable United miles, I get to see a new city, meet up with Geoffco and my son Andrew, and check out that Marina Bay Hotel Casino and infinity pool.
And the INK Bold with 5 points per dollar on office supplies is one of the best finds in years around this space. It is so good that my Thank You point balance will stop increasing for the time being as I'll be using my prepaid cards for my dining purchases now that they earn 5 points per dollar 🙂 thanks to reload cards and our favorite office supply store. The Citi Forward card heads to the drawer.
My word of caution and warning. As an addict, I am extremely tempted to put absolutely every single purchase on those two prepaid cards earning the big points. I am a greedy addict; like most are. There are never enough miles and points in my accounts. I want them all. Maximize every transaction is my addict brain talking, but that is an ill conceived plan of attack. I must now fight my addiction and put more regular spend on my category bonus card and my prepaid cards. I can't just cash out the prepaid cards. That will kill the game for me and you as well.
Moderation must be the buzz word while this game is in play. We must put regular spend on our current most profitable cards.
If any of this touched close to home, good. Step 1. We admitted we were powerless over miles and points and our lives have become unmanageable.
My Prediction on the Hong Kong 4 Mile Tickets
For those of you unfamiliar United mistakenly offered award tickets to Hong Kong for 4 miles and the taxes for several hours this past Sunday. As I write this Wednesday at noon the only notification we have received regarding the outcome has been a notice in FlyerTalk from United that they were not going to honor the tickets and an article in USA Today online indicating that the Department of Transportation and United were cooperating in resolving the issue. Recent DOT regulations suggest that United may have to honor the tickets. The outcome is still unknown at this point but my suggestion when these things happen is: If you don't buy a ticket you can't play.
As this drags on I think the likelyhood that this deal in some manner will be honored increases. Some bought multiple tickets and for those of you that were here back in the LaQuinta Resort and Spa days you'll remember people booked numerous weekends for $25 per night … The hotel and Priceline, the booking agent in that mistake, agreed to honor the first reservation only. My guess is that is what will happen here.
The DOT must put their foot down. They just made the regulations and can't back down entirely. It is hard for me to believe that multi-billion dollar companies can't protect themselves with all the software geniuses they have on staff.
Back in my mortgage banking days I forgot to check a box that would have given a borrower a 20% tax credit on the interest he paid on his home loan for as long as the home mortgage existed and the home was used as his primary residence. The potential cost was close to $30,000 and every year Ben came in and got a check from me for the amount I owed him. I know first hand what it feels like to make a mistake. I have made many. Back in the olden days "the customer was always right" regardless of the circumstances. United expressed that sentiment in a 2007 Wall Street Journal article where they committed to "honor any mistake no matter the cost".
My guess is the DOT will hold them to that standard at least partially in this case and they will then fix their programming to protect themselves in the future.
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Pepe Serna is an American film and television actor and artist. Serna's first break in movies came in 1970 on the Roger Corman directed film Student Nurses. Over the years Serna has appeared in over 100 films, most notably Car Wash and Scarface directed by Brian De Palma, where he played Montana's friend Angel Fernandez. He has also appeared on stage, including his solo show El Ruco, Chuco, Cholo, Pachuco which is Serna's version of the panorama of Latino cultural history. Serna has been honored by the Screen Actors Guild Heritage Achievement Award; the League of United Latin American Citizens, and the Estrella Award for Arts & Culture from the Orange Country Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
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Templin, C; Lüscher, T F; Landmesser, U (2011). Cell-based cardiovascular repair and regeneration in acute myocardial infarction and chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy-current status and future developments. International Journal of Developmental Biology, 55(4-5):407-417.
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Ischemic heart disease is the main cause of death and morbidity in most industrialized countries. Stem- and progenitor cell-based treatment approaches for ischemic heart disease are therefore an important frontier in cardiovascular and regenerative medicine. Experimental studies have shown that bone-marrow-derived stem cells and endothelial progenitor cells can improve cardiac function after myocardial infarction, clinical phase I and II studies were rapidly initiated to translate this concept into the clinical setting. However, as of now the effects of stem/progenitor cell administration on cardiac function in the clinical setting have not met expectations. Thus, a better understanding of causes of the current limitations of cell-based therapies is urgently required. Importantly, the number and function of endothelial progenitor cells is reduced in patients with cardiovascular risk factors and/or coronary artery disease. These observations may provide opportunities for an optimization of cell-based treatment approaches. This review provides a summary of current evidence for the role and potential of stem and progenitor cells in the pathophysiology and treatment of ischemic heart disease, including the properties, and repair and regenerative capacities of various stem and progenitor cell populations. In addition, we describe modes of stem/progenitor cell delivery, modulation of their homing as well as potential approaches to "prime" stem/progenitor cells for cardiovascular cell-based therapies.
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Jose D Jesus Chavez
Missing since January 21, 1996 from Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
Classification: Endangered Missing
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Chavez was last seen in the company of Gilberto Gonzales, at their residence in the vicinity of the 1800 block of East Irvington Road, in Tucson, Arizona on January 21, 1996.
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Cervicogenic headache, in a way, is one of the most unusual headache disorders because the pain truly isn't in the head. Cervicogenic headache is
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pain perceived as occurring in a part of the body other than its true source) perceived in the head from a source in the neck. Cervicogenic headache is a secondary headache, which means that it is caused by another illness or physical issue. In the case of cervicogenic headache, the cause is a neck disorder or lesion.
Information and diagnostic criteria for cervicogenic headache from the International Headache Society's International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd Edition (ICHD-II) offers us a clear look at the symptoms of cervicogenic, how it's diagnosed, and how it's treated:
11.2 Headache attributed to disorder of the neck
11.2.1 Cervicogenic headache
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Cervical headache
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Headache causally associated with cervical myofascial tender spots is coded as 2.1.1 Infrequent episodic tension-type headache associated with pericranial tenderness, 2.2.1 Frequent episodic tension-type headache associated with pericranial tenderness or 2.3.1 Chronic tension-type headache associated with pericranial tenderness.
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abolition of headache following diagnostic blockade of a cervical structure or its nerve supply using placebo- or other adequate controls
Pain resolves within 3 months after successful treatment of the causative disorder or lesion
Tumours, fractures, infections and rheumatoid arthritis of the upper cervical spine have not been validated formally as causes of headache, but are nevertheless accepted as valid causes when demonstrated to be so in individual cases. Cervical spondylosis and osteochondritis are NOT accepted as valid causes fulfilling criterion B. When myofascial tender spots are the cause, the headache should be coded under 2.
Tension-type headache
Clinical signs acceptable for criterion C1 must have demonstrated reliability and validity. The future task is the identification of such reliable and valid operational tests. Clinical features such as neck pain, focal neck tenderness, history of neck trauma, mechanical exacerbation of pain, unilaterality, coexisting shoulder pain, reduced range of motion in the neck, nuchal onset, nausea, vomiting, photophobia etc are not unique to cervicogenic headache. These may be features of cervicogenic headache, but they do not define the relationship between the disorder and the source of the headache.
Abolition of headache means complete relief of headache, indicated by a score of zero on a visual analogue scale (VAS). Nevertheless, acceptable as fulfilling criterion C2 is equal to or more than 90% reduction in pain to a level of less than 5 on a 100-point VAS.
Diagnosing cervicogenic headache:
In diagnosing cervicogenic headache, doctors look for the actual source of the pain. Nerve blocks are often used for this purpose. By administering nerve blocks, the doctor can determine which nerve is causing the pain. To confirm the diagnosis of cervicogenic headache, the headache must be relieved by nerve blocks.
Treating cervicogenic headache:
Treatment for cervicogenic headache should target the cause of the pain (in the neck) and varies depending upon what works best for the individual patient. Treatments include nerve blocks, physical therapy and exercise, Botox injections, and medications. Physical therapy and an ongoing exercise regimen often produce the best outcomes.
International Headache Society. "International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd Edition" (ICHD-II), First Revision. May, 2005.
Silberstein, Stephen D.; Lipton, Richard B.; Dodick, David W. Wolff's Headache and Other Head Pain. New York. Oxford Press. 2008.
© Teri Robert, 2010 - Present.
Last updated February 20, 2012.
Cervicogenic Headache – The Basics
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. Last updated February 20, 2012. Medical review by John Claude Krusz, PhD, MD.
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