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Police in Monongalia County are looking a man who is said to have robbed a woman and threatened to kill her Tuesday morning.
Investigators told 5 News that happened around 1:30 Tuesday morning at an apartment complex on Dorsey Lane in Morgantown.
Apparently that's when the man broke into the apartment, got out a gun, and demanded money.
Detectives described him as a mixed race man, about 6'0" tall, with a thin build.
If you know anything call the Mon County Sheriff's Department at (304) 291-7260.
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Pitched as a virtual field of dreams that would help make data-storage issues and server problems disappear, the federal government's cloud IT services platform, a year in the making, will be delayed for at least another three months.
It's no small irony that a cloud IT project predicted on making federal, state and local government agencies more efficient still hasn't gotten off the ground. But in the past year, as the cloud computing market expanded, the General Services Administration (GSA) in February canceled its cloud computing request for quotation (RFQ) and started over.
The GSA plans to issue a new RFQ later in 2010 with stricter security measures, more offerings from vendors and a better overall idea of what CIOs want with a cloud. Until then, at Apps.gov, under the cloud IT services category, you won't be able to click past a page with "Cloud storage," "Virtual machines" and "Web hosting" tabs. Coming Soon, they say.
"Eleven months ago, cloud was a term that was being thrown around lightly to mean different things," said Dave McClure, associate administrator for GSA's Office of Citizen Services and Communications. "There's a better understanding of the different options now."
The cancellation comes nearly a year after GSA invited vendors to propose cloud infrastructure services. But it only took a few months before the original RFQ became outdated. Moving forward, McClure said, the agency aims to engage industry groups and assemble a team to find out from CIOs in the field what works and what doesn't when it comes to cloud IT services - a good call considering several state and local governments have been busy pursuing their own cloud computing dreams.
In Utah, for instance, the Department of Technology Services (DTS) already offers cloud services to cities at prices that are competitive to commercial companies. On the other side of the country, Loudoun County, Va., uses cloud-based services to stream video and audio of board meetings over the Internet, manage the budget system and track job applicants, said Eugene D. Troxell, Loudoun County's IT director.
While the delay of such a promising cloud IT platform might be disappointing, it gives GSA extra time to develop a more comprehensive game plan, according to Olga Grkavac, executive vice president of the Public Sector Group at TechAmerica.
"No one wants a failed procurement," Grkavac said. "If GSA had concerns, it is better that they address them now, and we're hoping that with additional input, the next RFQ will be successful and go to award."
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No two governments look exactly alike. Throughout the public sector, budgets and demands vary, which affects how departments operate on federal, state and local levels. But one common thread comes from the fact that IT problems can hinder productivity. By consolidating services, the cloud cuts costs and streamlines the procurement process, allowing clients to purchase outsourced software, servers, network equipment and data center space.
In September 2009, U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra launched Apps.gov, an online procurement vehicle featuring federally certified software. In a blog posted to the White House Web site, Kundra called Apps.gov a "one-stop source for cloud services -- an innovation that not only can change how IT operates, but also save taxpayer dollars in the process." On the site, Cloud IT Services is one of four broad categories, but it's the only one yet to go live.
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Mike Babcock isn't about to kick those stats out of bed, but Detroit's head coach wouldn't mind seeing his team raise its play defensively.
"Obviously, we're scoring better, and when you're scoring, it takes some pressure off your defense," Babcock said on WBBL-FM 107.3. "But on the other side ... the bottom line is we've got to get better defensively or else, in the end, you're not going to win."
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Why he's interesting: Stahl gained attention during the past year for heading an ambitious new project called Cleveland SkyLift. Although still in the development stages, the $200-million, 6-mile lakefront cable-car transportation system would link spots, such as the Flats and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, to the rest of downtown.
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Business Afloat:When he started LeanDog, Stahl rented office space on the former Hornblower's Barge and Grill. He then purchased the vessel, which is 20 years older than the Titanic, in 2011. About 20 of his 50 employees work on the barge, which is docked in Burke Lakefront Airport. "The process was rough. We had to do a massive renovation that took over two years. It was totally worth it though."
Water Works: Not long after moving his business to the lakefront, he started to think of other ways to develop the area. "SkyLift really began with the idea of creating a small floating village along our waterfront." But after talking with the Port of Cleveland, the RTA and ski lift manufacturers in Switzerland, Stahl began shifting his attention toward transportation. "There is a lot of undeveloped land near the water, so why not utilize the very asset that made us build the city in the first place?"
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Hoppy Ending:Market Garden Brewery created a SkyLift beer for a promotional event Stahl held at the Ohio City hot spot in November. The hoppy, amber ale was so popular the brewpub is working on making more. Look for it to be bottled and distributed later this year. "As a beer lover, I couldn't have been happier with the results."


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Costa Atlantica made an abbreviated call in Guadeloupe this morning from 8 to 11 a.m. to allow passengers who were arriving on specific chartered flights to board the ship, and disembark those who were catching flights. (On certain Costa voyages, rather than having fixed embarkation/debarkation ports, passengers have some choice as to where they get on and off the ship.) Local passengers also disembarked. Costa made the decision after local authorities told the cruise line that Guadeloupe Point-a-Pitre Airport could guarantee flight arrivals and departures during the daytime only.
The ship will next head to nearby Antigua, where it will call today from 4:30 p.m. until 1 a.m. on Sunday, before heading to St. Maarten on Sunday afternoon from 1 to 6 p.m.
In the past week, several lines decided to avoid the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique following violent protests spurred by dipping wages and the soaring cost of living. The French government's offer of a $736 million aid package has reportedly brought some calm, but no agreement has yet been reached to end the general strike. Negotiations will resume on Monday.
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Hundreds of people gathered at the Gush Etzion intersection Monday night, in a show of prayer, mourning, and solidarity for murdered teens Gilad Sha'ar (16), Eyal Yifrah (19), and Naftali Frenkel (16), hy"d.
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I've been noticing Florida State as a trendy Elite Eight or Final Four pick and I'm hesitant to buy into it. I think too much is being made of their ACC tournament wins over Duke and North Carolina.
1.) In two of their final three regular season games Florida State lost on the road to Miami by 16 despite Miami not having Reggie Johnson. They also lost at home to Duke by 8.
2.) Forget the Duke and North Carolina wins. Miami didn't have their leading scorer and maybe their best player in Durand Scott when Florida State beat them in the first round of the ACC tournament. Then they go on and beat Duke by three and Duke did not have Ryan Kelly. I don't know where Kelly falls in the pecking order for Duke, but there's been games I've watched this year where he's been their best or second best player. It just depends on if he's hitting the three ball or not. And of course they only beat UNC (who obviously didn't have John Henson) by three despite shooting nearly 60% from the field. It's no secret the kind of impact John Henson has on a game, especially on defense. He's the only player in the country on the same level as Anthony Davis in terms of how much he effects a game defensively.
Don't get me wrong, Florida State is talented. And not only are they talented but their rotation is mostly upperclassmen with postseason experience. They already defend well enough to be a Final Four team. I just don't know if they can consistently score the ball well enough to make an Elite Eight or Final Four run.
Part of it is the easy road.
Bonnies and Cincy aren't that hard of a matchup. Then a toss up game with Ohio St where FSU has the bigs and perimeter D to match up with OSU. And then a Melo-less Cuse team.
Every team has some bad losses except Kentucky and Cuse really. And Cuse isn't the same team it was this time last week because their inside D just took a huge hit.
And while your point about FSU isn't wrong per say IMO, FSU's also won 15 of their last 18 and that includes 8 of those games being against teams in the Tourney. And they went 7-1 in those last 8 against Tourney teams. That's a pretty solid record right there. They started off the year bad and since them have played like a Top 10 team easily.
And I also say you're underrating Snaer as a go to guy. And that they had already beaten Duke and UNC when both can be said to be healthy.
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College Hockey:Pluck of the Irish: Notre Dame Blanks BU
Terriers Shut Out for 1st Time in 100 Games
BOSTON — Last year, Boston University scored two goals in under a minute on 12 different occasions.
Tuesday night, Notre Dame force-fed the Terriers a taste of their own medicine.
After looking lethargic through much of the first period, the Fighting Irish broke loose with two goals in 12 seconds late in the second period. When the night was over, No. 9 Notre Dame had won by a 3-0 margin over No. 3 BU in front of 5,648 at Agganis Arena, ending the Terriers 99-game streak of not being shut out — the longest such streak in the nation.
Irish goalie Brad Phillips led the way with 34 saves for the victors, who actually were outshot by a 34-16 margin. Ben Ryan and Calle Ridderwall added a goal and an assist for Notre Dame.
"I'm watching BU and seeing a little of ourselves out there," Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson said. "Our team's been a little out of sync offensively, and that's what I thought I saw with them. I thought both teams were good defensively, but managing anything offensively was a challenge out there for both teams. Maybe that's because both teams were good teams defensively."
For Terriers coach Jack Parker, his lament was a case of too little, too late in terms of effort. "My first observation was I thought that the first time I saw a BU hockey team show up was when we were down 2-0," Parker said. "Up until that point, we were jumpy with the puck and getting bumped off the puck. We didn't play real hard on top of the puck. We were inept on the power play as far as moving the puck. With the five-on-three, it was like we never practiced it.
"After we were down 2-0, we started to play hard. They were up 2-0, so they didn't have to play so hard, but we started playing very, very well — trying to get pucks to the net, trying to use the point, looking like they knew what we were talking about out there. We got a good effort out of a lot of guys, but that's less than half a game."
Given that the game featured the two teams that went into the postseason as the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in the nation, the first period showed surprisingly little firepower. BU almost put the puck in its own net during a delayed penalty at the two-minute mark, and that was the closest either team came to scoring in the first several minutes. Notre Dame had no shots on goal for the first six or seven minutes of the period.
At 8:27, Terrier junior Nick Bonino set up Vinny Saponari for a shot on Phillips' glove side, only to have the right wing hit the post. At 9:40, Notre Dame junior Ian Cole whiffed on a one-timer just outside of the crease with half the net open. Those were the best chances of the first period.
Notre Dame picked it up in the second period. BU sophomore goalie Kieran Millan made a blocker save on Sean Lorenz's backhander at 4:25, then Nick Larson had a great rebound bid in the slot at 7:30. Ridderwell got another good shot from 15 feet at 15:15, and Billy Maday scored 12 seconds later on a wrister from about 18 feet out, beating Millan stick side.
Before that goal could even be announced, Notre Dame pounced again, with first-line center Ben Ryan scoring 12 seconds later. Roughly 90 seconds later, the Irish almost got a third goal when Ryan Thang's shot hit a pipe.
BU showed signs of life early in the third period with two great chances in a row. On a breakaway two minutes in, Corey Trivino tried to beat Phillips with a high backhander, only to miss the net. Forty-five seconds later, with the Terriers shorthanded, Saponari made a long pass to spring Chris Connolly for a breakaway with no defender within 10 feet of him. Connolly hung on to the puck too long and never got off a shot.
The puck went the other way and was in the BU goal within 10 seconds. Ridderwall scored the power-play goal at 2:53, his second of the season. "We had some bad breaks," Parker said. "We come down on a breakaway and don't score, and then they come right back and score. It's funny how often that happens."
From there on, it was all BU. Freshman Ryan Santana hit a post at 4:00, and Connolly hit another post at 7:30 when trying to bury a rebound on a power play. Around the 11-minute mark, BU dominated territorially, keeping the puck in the Irish zone for the better part of two minutes.
After going on a power play with 3:24 left, the Terriers pulled Millan in the hopes of sparking of offense. Terrier fans hoping for a championship-game flashback were sorely disappointed, though, and BU was skunked for the first time since a 0-0 tie against Lowell on Feb. 2, 2007.
BU's sluggish start did not surprise the Terriers coach. "It didn't surprise because our last two practices after losing a game weren't very good either," Parker said. "The way you play is the way you practice, and we weren't all that jacked up yesterday or the day before. … We are not as determined as we have to be, and we went through a little of this last year, too."
He also expressed displeasure with how slow his team was with the puck on the power play. On the brighter side, Parker was pleased by the effort of many freshmen and others who played little last year but felt that his upperclassmen generally weren't what they needed to be.
It was obviously a satisfying win for Notre Dame. "I just think we played with a lot more urgency," Jackson said. "We hadn't played with urgency in the first four games — maybe a little the second night of both series. Tonight we played with more urgency, and it was good to see. I was hoping that BU would get the best out of us in that regard. We were much more attentive, and we battled a lot harder."
Notre Dame (3-2-0) hosts Boston College on Friday, while BU (0-2-0) faces another ranked CCHA opponent when No. 5 Michigan comes to town Saturday.
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From the genuine leather seats to the intelligently laid out switches and controls, the interior of the 2009 Montero Sport 4x4 exudes luxurious comfort from an SUV. Seats can be configured variably to accommodate most hauling requirements. For hi-fi entertainment, the Montero Sport has Mitsubishi Motors Audio Design that can play MP3s, CDs, USB Ready plus a Bluetooth devise pairing for handsfree function complemented with 6 speakers.
The Montero Sport's heart is the 4M41 3200 cc turbocharged 3.2L Common Rail Intercooled Turbocharged DI-D diesel engine which has a maximum output of 163PS at 3,500 rpm and torque of 343N-m at 2,000 rpm. Aside from being durable and dependable, this engine has been noted to be quiet, responsive and economical. Its transmission boasts a powerful INVECS-II 4-Speed A/T with Sportronic Mode.
The smooth car-like ride of the Montero Sport can be credited to its front double wishbones sprung by torsion bars and the rear's 3-link suspension on coil springs. Both ends of the Montero Sport are fitted with stabilizer bars to reduce body roll during cornering. Anchoring this SUV to a quick stop are Vacuum Brake Booster at the front and 16" Ventilated Dis. Braking action are always checked by its Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) which works in tandem with the Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD) that regulates brake bias in the front and rear as load changes.
The Montero Sport's body was designed and built to assure a high level of safety in the event of a collision. Passive safety items include the leading and trailing areas of the ladder frame chassis that are designed to crush progressively to absorb collision impact. Front occupants reduce the risk of being injured in a collision thanks to its dual SRS (Supplemental Restraint System) Dual Stage airbags and 3-point ELR with Pretensioner, Force Limiter and Adjustable Anchor seatbelts. The second row is equipped with 3P ELR X2 Seatbelt and 2P Lapbelt while 3rd Row is armed with a 3P ELR x2 type.
The 2009 Montero Sport 4x4 comes in two variants: Montero Sport 3.2 DSL 4X4 GLS and Montero Sport 3.2 DSL 4X4 GLS SE.
For more information, visit Mitsubishi Carworld located along Jose Abad Santos Avenue, City of San Fernando with telephone number (045) 963 -1111. (www.mitsubishicarworld.com.ph)


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Kanye West and Kid Cudi seem to be up to something. The two are rumored to be shooting a video project in the Middle East, in Qatar.
Kanye and a film crew were spotted in the nation late last week, outside the capital of Doha in Education City. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the country's Doha Film Institute is helping back the project. And according to student sightings, Kanye, along with desert animals like camels, was spotted on set. Other sources say that locals were used as extras and that they were dressed in a "culturally sensitive" manner.
A source said that the project will be similar to Yeezy's 2010 short film, "Runaway," which was released in the lead-up to his album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
"It's going to be approximately 30 minutes long, in between a long-form music video and short film," the source said. "Kanye conceived the story, which is set in the Gulf. It's supposed to showcase the beauty of the region, a piece that's culturally sensitive and embraces the customs and traditions of the region."
Further information about Cudi's role in the flick wasn't given, which seems to be the way the rapper wants it. An eyewitness told the Doha News that "the whole thing was pretty top-secret."
The video shoot comes as fans are eagerly anticipating the release of Kanye's G.O.O.D. Music compilation , which may coincide with the release of this super-secret short film. And with Kid Cudi appearing on the album, it would make sense for the two to be doing something together.
While there is still no release date for the G.O.O.D. album , Mannie Fresh shared that it's all "pretty close" to finished. "The cool thing about G.O.O.D. Music is it's a bunch of great ideas and I'm one of those ideas," he explained. "[Kanye's] trying to find the most talented producers, most talented artists, put 'em all in a room and say, 'Go for it. Y'all energy, like whatever is creative to y'all.' "


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EA and Maxis has released a 2.0 patch for its popular city builder, SimCity. The patch is said to fix a number of issues, but users internet-wide are reporting that the patch causes more issues than it fixes.
The patch was said to fix things like issues with the transit system, high population building issues, and allowed users to now pump water from nearby rivers. While those things appear to be fixed, a thread on Reddit has popped up that tells a different story.
"This patch has created more bugs than it has fixed", said one Redditor. The list of new issues being reported is quite staggering actually. After the patch, sewage issues seem to run rampant, along with random phantom sounds from objects, buildings get stuck in construction, and even increased random game crashes.


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Mariah Carey Uses "$1,900 Diaper Cream" on Her Babies?!
"Mariah Carey's twins, Monroe and Moroccan, have a beauty regime that even A-list adults would balk at!" reports Star.
The mag, which in the past has wrongly claimed Carey was quitting "American Idol" and had asked Rihanna to move in with her, reports that she and husband Nick Cannon use "$1,900 diaper cream" on their one-year-old babies' bottoms.
Say what?!
According to the tabloid, the parents buy "pricey La Mer moisturizer" which costs "$150 per ounce" for the children.
A supposed "friend" of Carey's tells the rag, "Nothing is too good for Mariah's babies," adding, "She probably spends $6,000 a month on the lotion alone so the kids don't have diaper rash."
And that's not the end of Monroe and Moroccan's expensive "beauty regime," says Star.
Carey and Cannon also give the kids "bubble baths using only bottled water."
Do the one-year-olds also have their own stylists? Personal shoppers? Masseurs?
Like the mag's previous misfires about Carey and Cannon's family, this story is completely ridiculous.
A rep for Carey tells Gossip Cop the tab's tale is "idiocy."
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DENVER (AP) - Denver Broncos linebacker Bill Romanowski responded angrily Wednesday to a Sports Illustrated article, calling allegations that he made racist remarks "an absolute lie."
One of his attorneys described the article as "terrible, baseless journalism."
The magazine reported that Romanowski, already under indictment on charges of fraudulently obtaining a diet drug, may have distributed drugs to teammates and suggested that a white teammate take the drug as the only way to compete with black players.
The unidentified teammate told SI that Romanowski used the "N-word."
Sports Illustrated spokesman Joe Assad said the magazine had no reason to question its account. "We stand by our story, we're confident in our reporting and our sources," Assad said Wednesday.
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Families Against Cancer & Toxics
Stop cancer before it starts
by Terry Nordbrock, MPH, MLS
September 12, 2009
Mother of a child diagnosed with leukemia
Investigating disease clusters represents some of the best work public health has ever done. One famous example of a successful disease cluster investigation was John Snow's analysis of the 1854 cholera outbreak in London. Snow used maps of cholera patients overlaid with drinking supply maps to prove that contaminated water caused the disease. Snow acheived a successful public health intervention by removing the pump handle to the water source that was contaminated with sewage, and brought the disease outbreak to an end. While considerable controversy followed his findings that drinking water must be kept separate from the sewage system, it ultimately created a public health revolution with sweeping changes to plumbing and sewage treatment. Of all the public health changes ever done, improvements to drinking water quality have saved the most lives.
But it is never easy to study disease clusters, and cancer poses added challenges because of the long latency period. Between 1961 and 1982, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) investigated 108 community cancer clusters in 29 states and five foreign countries. As they did not identify causation in any of these attempts, they decided to discontinue cancer cluster investigations. But cancer continued to cluster, people continued to call for investigations, and the burden fell to local and state health departments. By the late 1980's, the states, deeply frustrated with their experience investigating clusters, called for a national conference to discuss how to best respond to cancer clusters.
This policy was debated and settled on at the National Conference on Clustering of Health Events, February 16-17, 1989, Atlanta GA. Reports from this conference are gathered in a supplemental edition published by the American Journal of Epidemiology in 1990. Many carcinogens have been identified by workplace clusters or as a result of taking a particular drug (such as DES daughters with adenocarcinoma), but only one carcinogen was identified after studying a community-based cancer cluster (erionite, a type of asbestos naturally occurring in the village Karain, in Turkey). Was studying clusters worth all the trouble?
Public health leaders argued all sides of this controversy, but ultimately the people against studying clusters carried the day. Foremost among these was Alan Bender of the Minnesota Department of Public Health: "The reality is that [cluster investigations are] an absolute, total and complete waste of taxpayer dollars," The decisions from that conference led to publication of the CDC's 1990 "Guidelines for Investigating Clusters of Health Events," which is in widespread use by states today. It reads, "the unofficial consensus among workers in public health is that most reports of clusters do not lead to a meaningful outcome." Yet, "report of clusters cannot be ignored. The health agency must develop an approach that maintains community relations and that manages clusters without excessively depleting resources." [emphasis mine]. Some describe this going-through-the-motions approach as "waste, fraud and abuse."
When sixteen children in tiny Fallon, Nevada, were diagnosed with leukemia in five years, CDC undertook a cluster investigation for the first time in two decades. Many theories were raised about exposures that might be involved, including jet fuel, aboveground nuclear testing, EMF activity from Fallon Naval Air Station, heavy metals exposure to arsenic, uranium and tungsten. Nevertheless, after a few years CDC/ATSDR concluded their studies, having found no conclusive cause, but boldly clearing the Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS) of any blame: "After evaluating environmental data and toxicological and medical information, ATSDR concludes there are no past, current or future public health hazards from exposures to NAS-related substances in the environment." .Fallon families criticize the study, pointing to the Memorandum of Understanding that gives the Navy the right to review documents before ATSDR releases them. They are suing to obtain 2000 pages of correspondence between the Navy and the ATSDR, but despite a judge ordering the Navy to comply with their FOIA request, only one page of information has been released to date.
CDC is also involved in the Sierra Vista, AZ childhood leukemia cluster, offering bio-sampling to measure the levels of ~150 chemicals in the bodies of case familes and comparison families.
The childhood leukemia cluster investigations in Woburn, Massachusetts, and Toms River, New Jersey, have been tremendous successes, finding that exposure to TCE in the drinking water was associated with increased
incidence of leukemia. The Toms River study cost $25 million dollars but was worth every penny, because this advance in public health knowledge will directly save lives. Massachusetts has reduced use of TCE by 90%, and safe alternatives are becoming more readily available.
Cancer cluster investigations may be difficult to perform, but the work is essential. It may lead to another revolution improving the quality of our drinking water, food, and air. It may well create a public health intervention as sweeping as John Snow's cholera findings.
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Wyoming's Second Spring Scrimmage Sees Improvement in Passing Game
Defense Continues to Display Ability to Sack the Quarterback
Cowboys Practice in Full Pads for the First Time This Spring on Saturday
The Play of Defensive Ends Highlights Saturday's Practice
Spring Practice to Open on Tuesday, March 26
Practices Will be in the Mornings and Open to the Public and Media, Spring Game Saturday, April 27 at 2 p.m.
University of Wyoming Football Signs Three Mid-Year, Junior-College Players
Grayshirt signee set to join Cowboy Football program in January 2013
Pokes Can't Get Past Fresno State In 42-14 Defeat
Wyoming football loses sixth game of season
UW This Season: Lange hopes to contribute this fall, finishing the 2014 spring drills as the No. 2 left defensive end on the final depth chart.
2013: Lange moved to defensive end for his junior season but did not play in any games.
2012: With two starts at H-back over 12 games, Lange was a key component to the UW offensive attack. Serving as a lead blocker and protector, he helped the Pokes tally 1,502 yards on the ground in 2012. He was a very effective receiver as well, catching two passes for nine yards. Each grab was for a touchdown, as he scored versus Toledo and Fresno State.
2011: Lange had quite a journey in the offseason, as the coaching staff had planned to move him from defensive end to defensive tackle. That changed in the fall, when he moved to H-Back and began focusing on being a lead blocker. Lange played in all 13 games, starting three versus Texas State, Air Force and Temple in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl at H-back. Lange helped four Wyoming players reach more than 300 yards rushing in 2011, including Brett Smith (710), Alvester Alexander (695), Ghaali Muhammad (379) and Brandon Miller with 364.
2010: Redshirted.
High School: Lange came to Wyoming as the No. 13 ranked recruit in the state of Colorado by Rivals.com. He also earned Honorable Mention All-State Class 5A honors from The Denver Post in 2009. As a senior at Ponderosa High School in Parker, Colo., Lange recorded 135 tackles, including 15 sacks and 20 tackles for losses. On offense, he was the starting fullback, scoring six touchdowns. A team captain in 2009, he helped lead Ponderosa to a 6-4 record and the first round of the Class 5A state playoffs. As a junior, he was credited with 137 tackles, nine sacks and 10 tackles for losses, while earning all-conference honors as a linebacker. Lange played for the South Squad in the 2010 Colorado High School Coaches' Association All-State Game at the University of Northern Colorado campus in Greeley. He played for head coach Randy Huff at Ponderosa High.
Personal: Born Nov. 15, 1991, he is one of three children of Diane and Steve Lange. He was also recruited by Colorado, Colorado State, Kansas State, Oregon State and TCU. He is pursuing a degree in sociology at UW.
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Melbourne's first ever public bike hire scheme is underway with the roll-out of the first 100 bicycles - although the government will not say how many people are expected to use the scheme.
The distinctive electric-blue bicycles will be available at 10 docking stations across the CBD. Subscribers will be able to join the scheme for $50 a year, $8 a week or $2.50 a day. Users will then be able to take the bicycles for 30 minutes without charge.
MAP: Melbourne Bike Share stations
Melbourne's new bikes: Will you use them?
A hundred new bikes are ready for public hire in the city under a Copenhagen-like bicycle sharing scheme but riders will have to fork out $300 for the deposit.PT0M0S 620 349
But Roads Minister Tim Pallas, who launched the scheme at Melbourne University this morning, would not say how many people the government expects to use the scheme.
"The first ten stations and 100 bikes are now in place and available for public use. People can sign-up for yearly subscriptions on-line or simply purchase a daily or weekly subscription from kiosks located at the bike stations."
"We now have ten stations operating along the Swanston Street/St Kilda Road corridor and over the coming weeks we will progressively add the additional 40 stations – with the full system to be in place by the middle of the year," he said.
Riders take part in the first day of the Melbourne Bike Share scheme at Melbourne University. Photo: Wayne Taylor
Melbourne is the only city in the world with compulsory helmet laws to have launched a bike share scheme.
Helmets are available as part of corporate memberships and individual annual subscriptions as well as at selected local CBD retail outlets located near the bike stations.
"We expect regular users of the system will prefer to provide their own helmet, however these other options do allow people to use the system spontaneously," Mr Pallas said.
A rider at the Melbourne Bike Share scheme station at Melbourne University. Photo: Wayne Taylor
Louise Sheedy, a PhD student who cycles to Melbourne University every day, was parking her bicycle at a nearby stand as the media launch got underway.
Ms Sheedy said the bike share scheme was a great idea and that she might use the scheme herself.
"I am pretty full-on with my bike riding, and anything that gets more people cycling in Melbourne is fantastic," she said.
The bicycles are a heavy-duty design, have three speeds, weigh 18 kilograms and have a small basket on the front.


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Deal lets Holly Hill Y stay open through 2013
Published: Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 12:50 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 10:25 p.m.
The Holly Hill YMCA facility will remain open through 2013 after coming to an agreement with the city, the organization's president said.
Teresa Rogers, CEO and president of the Volusia-Flagler Family Y, confirmed the nonprofit organization will continue to operate out of the city-owned building at 1046 Daytona Ave.
In return, the city will subsidize the operation by paying $45,000 and allowing the organization to use the building for free.
The Volusia-Flagler Family Y had informed members it would be shuttering the Holly Hill facility on Feb. 22 and transfer members to the location in Ormond Beach. The City Commission, however, offered the money to keep the Holly Hill location open.
It remains to be seen whether the Y will remain open beyond 2013; a feasibility study will be done to see if the city should reform its parks and recreation department, which was dissolved in 2010.
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Cleveland Lee Jackson
Position: TE
Height: 6-4 Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: October 1, 1956 in Crossett, AR
High School: Northwestern
College: Michigan St., UNLV (school history) (Jackson college stats)
Drafted by the New York Giants in the 5th round (117th overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (15060th overall since 1950)
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Why is caffeine so important? Because of its mild stimulating properties on the body and mind. Caffeine is the stuff that perks you up when you drink a cup of coffee. The body absorbs it rapidly, usually within 30 minutes, and its effects may last for 2-5 hours.
300 mg of caffeine per day is considered moderate caffeine consumption for most people. This translates to about 5 cups of soluble coffee or 3-4 cups of brewed coffee. However, some individuals may choose to consume decaffeinated coffee, tea, or soft drinks, especially later in the day.
Caffeine was discovered by two different scientists almost at the same time. It was first isolated in coffee by a German chemist in 1820. In 1821 a French chemist, working independently, discovered the same element and gave it its name.
The effects of caffeine have been the subject of considerable discussion and research, due in no small part to the popularity of coffee, which is acknowledged as being one of the world's favorite drinks.
Thousands of scientific studies have been published on the effects of coffee and caffeine on health, the overall conclusion of which confirms that coffee drinking in moderation (4–5 cups per day) is perfectly safe for the general population.
Caffeine has a stimulating effect on both physical and mental performance so it is ideal to take it in the morning, during the afternoon work break or in the evening for a long study night.
NESCAFÉ soluble coffee contains about 65 mg of caffeine per 175 ml (6 fl. oz.) cup. The amount of caffeine per cup of coffee depends on the amount of coffee you put in your cup and there are differences in the strength of the coffee blends in each country.
How does this amount compare to other products that contain caffeine?
Tea – Brewed (6 fl oz/175 ml): 20 - 90 mg Tea – Instant (6 fl oz/175 ml): 24 - 31 mg Soft Drink (8 fl oz/235 ml cola type): 30 - 71 mg Chocolate Milk (8 fl oz/235 ml): 2 - 7 mg
Caffeine content based on information from the U.S. FDA and National Coffee Association.
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If you are looking to be the first on your block to have an AT&T curved screen smartphone, you are in luck.
By reading this piece you will now know that the LG G Flex is now available for pre-order online or at any AT&T Store.
This LYE Advance enabled smartphone is yes, curved and flexible. It is said to feel good in the palm of your hand and against your cheek while carrying on a conversation. It has an ergonomic design never before seen in smartphones.
"We're proud to offer the LG G Flex, our first smartphone with a curved screen, in the U.S. and add the device to the nation's most reliable 4G LTE network," said Jeff Bradley, senior vice president – Devices, AT&T. "We offer smartphones and devices to fit every lifestyle. There's nothing quite like the LG G Flex to enhance viewing video and images. The unique design is great when using your thumbs to type a message and at the same time, delivers a great experience for video enthusiasts. Combined with AT&T's premium network, the nation's most reliable wireless service, you have an unbeatable combination of features and value."
The LG G Flex has a beautiful 6-inch HD OLED curved display for a fantastic viewing experience that also aids in eliminating glare. The QuickTheater feature lets you quickly access photos, videos and YouTube from the lock screen with a simple gestures.
Taking an idea from last year's Motorola Moto X, the Flex's Knock feature that allows you quickly wake or switch off the display with two simple "knocks" or taps on the screen.
A bonus, the Dual Window feature splits the 6-inch screen into two separate applications for multi-tasking.
The might be the future of smartphones.
"LG G Flex represents the shape of innovation and LG's technical design leadership in the mobile market," explains Morris Lee, senior vice president and head of North American sales and marketing, LG Mobile Communications Company. "Its unique curved display and curved battery, plus LG's innovative rear key and Knock feature, make the LG G Flex an exciting device for AT&T customers."
Additional key features as listed by AT&T include:
· Processor: 2.26 GHz Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 800 processor with quad-core Krait CPU
· Display: 6-inch, (1280x720), HD OLED screen (Real RGB)
· Memory: 2GB RAM and up to 32 GB onboard memory
· Camera: 13MP rear-facing, 2.1 MP front-facing
· Curved Battery: 3,500 mAh (Embedded)
· Operating System: Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2
· Size: 160.5 x 81.6 x 8.3mm
· Weight: 177g
For more information, please visit: www.att.com/gflex. With a standard contract, the Flex costs $299.99.


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Las Vegas & Henderson Real Estate Property Management
Since the early 2000s, Crown Point Realty has been providing the Las Vegas valley with exceptional management services. Offering service for single-family, multi-family and commercial properties, we provide that service with integrity and exceptional value. All of our managers are licensed with the State of Nevada and have been further trained with appropriate property manager certificates. But licensing and education are just the beginning of what our experienced and dedicated team brings to the table.
Crown Point Realty is aware of the critical aspects for our Owner/Investor's financial success on each property. We manage our properties in full knowledge that the time value of money is of extreme importance to our clients. The key to success, maximizing the return on investment, is having well-qualified and satisfied tenants. Our office has a proven marketing plan and shows properties 7 days a week to prospective tenants. This enables a property to be leased within shorter time frames and with lasting results.
We view our success when our Owner/Investors see Crown Point Realty as a trustworthy business ally. We help our clients achieve their financial goals through the highest level of quality customer service and though our uncompromising integrity. In addition, our success is measured by referrals from our current and past tenants, referring their friends and loved ones to us, based upon their positive experience as a renter with Crown Point Realty.


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Two stories of note. From China,
China's top listed gas producer PetroChina Co. (PTR) and energy major Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) have started drilling the first evaluation well at the Fushun shale gas block in Sichuan province, PetroChina's parent China National Petroleum Corp. said in an in-house newsletter Monday.
The move marks a milestone of the two companies' shale gas cooperation, 13 months after signing an agreement to jointly develop shale gas resources in the area.
Assessment work in the Fushun block that covers an area of approximately 4,000 square kilometers began in January this year.
If China can do this in 13 months, why should we believe the doomsayers who say that Europe won't have any game changing shale even within 10 years?
Any European shale won't be helped if we see stories like this from Cuadrilla's operation area of Blackpool that follow the accentuate the negative model:
A GAS company has been granted permission to expand its controversial energy revolution on the Fylde coast – despite concerns about hazards to planes from Blackpool Airport.
But both Blackpool and Fylde Green Party and Blackpool Airport have expressed concerns about the plans, with the airport filing an official objection to Lancashire County Council claiming the Westby development could prove "hazardous" to flights.
Paul Rankin, the airport director, said: "We find it potentially conflicts with national and international aerodrome safeguarding requirements, and it presents a hazard to the safe operation of aircraft in the vicinity of Blackpool Airport."
This guy is mis-informed. Firstly, the derrick is about 30 meters high. Blackpool Tower, only marginally further away doesn't interfere with the operation of the airport and is 158 meters high.
Secondly, why isn't he interested in increasing investment in the area? Perhaps it would bring in more passengers and save his business, which is declining?
Thirdly, if he's worried about international standards, one need only look at Dallas Fort Worth airport, number eight in the top ten busiest list. Cheaspeake have not only been drilling at the airport since 2006, they have given them over $180 million in royalties.


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Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a new approach for treating and healing skin abscesses caused by bacteria resistant to most antibiotics. The study appears in the journal PLoS One.
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Mold and mildew may be doomed. Researchers are closer to understanding how these and other fungi grow. "Fungi have a big impact on our dinner plate," said Dr. Brian Shaw, Texas AgriLife Research plant pathologist. "We tend to think that getting food on the table is easy. But fungi are major dise... Read More
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The war pitting researchers and clinicians against a growing array of tuberculosis bacteria strains that are resistant to one of more antibiotics has taken a disturbing turn.
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New Filling, Cooling and Storage System May Prevent Bacterial Growth and Prolong Shelf Life of Orange Juice
Researchers in Brazil have estimated the growth timeline of a bacterium that causes orange juice spoilage during shelf life (approximately 6 months) and developed a safe and inexpensive filling, cooling, and storage protocol that inhibits bacterial growth and offers an alternative to other propo... Read More
Pomegranates have already been hailed as a super-food but a team of scientists from Kingston University in South West London has found a new use for the deep red fruit. The team, led by Professor Declan Naughton, has discovered that the rind can be turned into an ointment for treating MRSA and o... Read More
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"And, of course," added Kathleen Sebelius, after summing up the accomplishments of eight months of battling swine flu, "we've taught everyone how to sneeze."
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University, Evanston, have discovered that common bacteria can turn microgears when suspended in a solution, providing insights for design of bio-inspired dynamically adaptive materials for energy.
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Molecular Microbiology Holiday Skit 2009. It looks like some students from the Tufts Molecular Biology and Microbiology department were inspired by the holidays to bring us this great video skit called "The Sound of Science."
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QUIGLEY: Is this purely a problem for the elite?
HEWLETT: My data is based on folks earning more than $75,000 a year.
BENNETTS: Not entirely; I interviewed people who were cashiers at McDonald's and who worked at Wal-Mart, among others. I think it happens everywhere but is more pronounced among more affluent women.
QUIGLEY: What would you tell stay-at-home mothers now?
BENNETTS: I'd like to encourage them to think about going back to work sooner rather than later. And I'd like to put in a plug for work: Not only does it give you money, but it also gives you something meaningful to do with your life. Women often don't fully understand the extent to which working is a transformational experience: It transforms your marriage if you have power because you have money. It transforms your role in the household. It elevates your family's standard of living. You're able to provide your children with totally different educational and cultural opportunities than you might if you were relying only on your husband's income. If women can find meaningful work, that's what's going to carry them over the next 50 years. You can't count on other people to give meaning to your life. You have to provide something for yourself — and that's work.
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Since Las Vegas was founded in 1835, fiestas have been celebrated at the Old Town Plaza, but a Fourth of July celebration did not begin until 1882.
Before then, grand celebrations were held on the Plaza for traditional Hispanic religious funciones on July 25 and 26, los días de Santiago y Santa Ana (St. James the Greater, patron saint of Spain, and St. Anne, patron saint of mothers and family). These religious feast days have been celebrated by the Hispanic community for centuries, and are still commemorated throughout New Mexico.
Since I began writing Orgullo del Norte, I have received numerous remarks from readers. The vast majority of comments received have been positive.
However, there are some readers who believe that, politically, I am on the far right and others that think I am on the far left. Some have even come to the assumption that I believe that historically, all whites are racist and have even been asked if I were anti-Spanish.
Allow me to set the record straight.
The Mora School grounds are not vacant for the summer. Although school is out there is a lot going on.
There is a basketball camp under way for the young people who are aspiring to be on the Rangers and Rangerettes team in the future.
Another basketball camp just finished which included children from ages 6 to 13 under the direction of James Branch, the new Mora Rangers basketball coach.
Community Calendar
1 p.m. — Fiesta Volunteers meeting, Mora Court House
3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. — Mora County Farmers Market begins
2:30 p.m. — VFW Ladies Auxiliary regular meeting, VFW Hall
5 p.m. — VFW regular meeting, VFW Hall
1 p.m. — Crochet Ole Class begins, Senior Citizens Center
There is a change in our New Mexico landscape. I have said for a long time our state flower should really be the broken down car that decorates so many yards in this state. The high price of steel suddenly brings a welcome change as all sorts of old junk steel is now hauled off and sold.
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TAOS — Another New Mexico forest will soon be off limits to the public due to high fire danger.
The Carson National Forest announced Wednesday that it will impose Stage III restrictions starting Thursday morning. That means the northern New Mexico forest will be closed to all activities, including hiking, biking and horseback riding.
Few athletic events can bring so many diverse age groups, backgrounds and personalities together like the annual Las Vegas Fiesta Memorial Run.
The event, which begins at 7 a.m. Sunday, is the most health- and fitness-oriented of activities on the full lineup of fiesta happenings, and it's become one of the most popular in terms of participants and spectators.
While many of the several hundred runners and walkers are from the Las Vegas area, the event also manages to lure entrants from remote locations, New York to California.
Playing alongside many of the top college-bound baseball players from across the country, Las Vegas' own Nicholas Aragon has made himself right at home in Puerto Rico.
Aragon is playing as a member of the USA Coast to Coast team to which he was selected this past year. It's been a busy schedule — two games per night throughout the week — loaded with playing experiences.
On Sunday, for example, the USA Coast to Coast team played two games against the Caguas, Puerto Rico, Reds, falling 4-3 and 10-3.
Editor's note: This is the eighth of a series of articles written on old-school athletics by Luna Community College sports performance instructor Henry Sanchez.
By Henry Sanchez
Luna Community College
Gene Torres is the greatest golfer Las Vegas has ever known. Torres was born in Trinidad, Colo., in 1937.
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Definitions of ANGEL in dictionaries:
- noun - spiritual being attendant upon God
- noun - person of exceptional holiness
- noun - invests in a theatrical production
- noun - the highest waterfall
- An immortal, spiritual being attendant upon God.
- The conventional representation of such a being in the image of a human figure with a halo and wings.
- A guardian spirit or guiding influence.
- A kind and lovable person.
- One who manifests goodness, purity, and selflessness.
- God's thoughts passing to man.
- A financial backer of an enterprise, especially a dramatic production or a political campaign.
- verb - to support financially
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The Pitt-Titusville nursing program recently purchased three different types of simulation mannequins, which allows the students to practice nursing care and procedures on a mannequin that is designed to portray a real-life patient.
According to Louise Schwabenbauer, Interim Director of the Pitt Titusville Nursing Program, "The addition of the mannequins to supplement the excellent theoretical and clinical instruction will only serve to advance Pitt-Titusville students even further."
One mannequin, the Gaumard Susie S 2000 is a specially designed unisex mannequin for nursing programs. It is operated with a tablet computer, similar to an iPad, so the mannequin is tetherless and does not require computer cables to be attached to it for use.
The mannequin is able to spontaneously breath, blink, cough, sneeze, hiccup, and speak just like a real patient. The mannequin has measurable blood pressures, pulses, and oxygen levels that can be adjusted or modified to change with the scenario being demonstrated. The mannequin has many pre-set medical scenarios such as a patient with chronic liver failure, ischemic stroke, bradycardia, CHF, closed head injury, COPD, pancreatitis, cardiac arrest, or spinal cord injury with paralysis. In addition, the instructor can design customized patient-care scenarios, which can be changed to create different learning paths or decisions that the students need to make.
A second mannequin, the VitalSim, is a 6 month old simulated baby that can be operated with a SimPad tablet. This baby has a programmable heart rate and EKG rhythms as well as audible cries, screams, and hiccups. This provides the students with a challenge when they are listening to heart rates and makes the scenario more reality based. Nursing students can practice many procedures on the baby such as inserting intravenous needles, nasogastric tubes, and suctioning the baby's airway. This gives the student a more stress-free opportunity to work with a smaller (simulated) baby patient without the fear that can occur the first time nursing students interact with a real baby or child client.
A third mannequin, an adult unisex VitalSim mannequin, will provide students with many different opportunities to re-enact real-life patient medical case scenarios. This mannequin has many different types of wound inserts for students to practice sterile dressing changes and can also be programmed to depict unfolding medical scenarios.
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With $45 billion in gaming revenue in 2013, Macau has proven itself over and over as the gambling profit-driver of the decade. Goldman Sachs research estimates that by 2017, those figures will climb above $70 billion. Most of this revenue comes from the hottest section of Macau, the Cotai Strip. One company has prepared itself to reap huge rewards from this area.
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) reported that 86% of its global revenue in 2013 came from its operations in Asia. Macau casinos and hotels alone contribute close to 60% of the company's revenue, with most of the rest coming from Singapore. In its year-end results, the company reported that strong gaming volumes led to a 56% increase in Macau EBITDA as it brought in a record $888 million in the fourth quarter of 2013.
Company revenue increased by 16% to $3.66 billion, with earnings per share jumping 32% for the same period. Investors in the company have been heavily rewarded, as the share price has increased over 3,000% in the last five years.
Now that the company has seen such huge share price increases in recent years, does any room remain for growth? With increasing profits from Cotai, a new casino on the strip under development, increased profits from mass-market consumers, and what should be a pick up year in Singapore, Sands looks like a win in the coming years.
Sands continues to win in Cotai
The main area in Macau spurring new growth and profits is the Cotai strip, an area that is already becoming dominated by Sands holdings. Other companies, including Melco Crown (NASDAQ:MPEL) and Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN) also plan development in the area. The area has seen near-constant development as casino companies build bigger and better resorts, most of which will open in the next year or two. The two casinos on the strip owned by Sands, The Venetian Macao and the Sands Cotai Central, have already posted solid growth and revenue. Sands Cotai Central for example reported a 61% jump in revenue and a more than 250% surge in operating income for 2013.
Sands is now developing its third attraction in the area. The Parisian, which will open in late 2015, promises to be even more spectacular than its two predecessors. This $2.7 billion Integrated Resort will include over 3,000 hotel rooms and suites, around 450 table games, 2,500 slots, a retail mall, and a replica of the Eiffel Tower at 50% scale. More property on the strip will mean more revenue. This is especially true as the number of mass-market gamers strolling the Cotai strip increases in the coming years.
Mass-market gamers mean mass profits in Macau, now more than ever
Casinos in Macau have traditionally focused on VIPs, the high rollers of the gaming industry. VIPs require perks like helicopters from Hong Kong to Macau as well as luxury suites. These perks can be expensive and they can drain per-player margins.
However, new industry trends show that casinos can make more profit by focusing on mass-market gamers. This gaming segment provides higher margins for the casinos, and more players means more profits. More gamers will come to the island thanks, in part, to better transportation to Macau.
A new bridge between Hong Kong and Macau scheduled for completion this year will allow a gamer to drive across the bay to the casinos instead of taking a ferry or flying. Morgan Stanley estimates that in 2014 growth from mass-market gamblers will top 28% in Macau, while VIP gamers will see 13% growth.
Peers of Las Vegas Sands will also benefit from mass-market increases. Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN)2013 fourth quarter profits increased an astounding 92% year-over-year, led mainly by mass-market gaming growth in Macau. The company reported 35% growth in this segment of gamers in Macau, while VIP gaming grew by 24%.
However, Las Vegas Sands competes the most effectively for this segment. Over the last four quarters, Sands has risen above competitors in the market in terms of revenue driven by mass-market gamers.
Sands is a winning bet on future profits from Cotai, but it isn't cheap
With massive gains in the past five years and an over 3000% increase in share price since spring 2009, Las Vegas Sands is not the cheapest buy in the market. However, with dominance of the Cotai strip, the new Parisian resort coming next year, and increased revenue from mass-market gamers in the coming few years, investors should feel bullish that Las Vegas Sands will continue to dominate in Macau.
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Let $q = p^m$. Suppose that $E/\mathbb F_q$ is an extension field and $\alpha \in E$ is algebraic over $\mathbb F_q$. Show that $[\mathbb F_q(\alpha) : \mathbb F_q] = $ the smallest positive integer $n$ such that $\alpha^{q^n} = \alpha$.
Scratch Work: So far I see that $\mathbb F_q$ is a splitting field of $x^{p^m} - x \in \mathbb F_p$. It follows that $[E : \mathbb F_p] = [E : \mathbb F_q][\mathbb F_q : \mathbb F_p]$. Since $\alpha \in E$ is algebraic over $\mathbb F_q$ and $\mathbb F_q/\mathbb F_p$ is a finite extension and moreover algebraic, it follows that $\alpha$ is algebraic over $\mathbb F_p$. Also it can be shown that $\mathbb F_q = \mathbb F_p(\alpha)$ so $$[E: \mathbb F_p] = [E : \mathbb F_p(\alpha)][\mathbb F_p(\alpha) : \mathbb F_p] = n[E : \mathbb F_p(\alpha)].$$ Moreover $[\mathbb F_q(\alpha) : \mathbb F_q] = [\mathbb F_q(\alpha) : \mathbb F_p(\alpha)]$.
But I'm not seeing any of this information implying what I want to prove. Any hints, proofs, would be appreciated.


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Bird-of-paradise flower
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When a bird lands on this flower, pollen is transferred onto the bird's breast to fertilise the next flower. More about this plant on www.kew.org
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The stunning bird-of-paradise flower, or crane flower, is one of the most well known in the world.
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