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HHS and AGA Continue Collaboration to Combat GI Public Health Conditions
HHS Assistant Secretary Howard Koh spoke with AGA leaders during DDW® about the importance of collaborating with the AGA and other GI societies to help improve screening, detection and treatment of colorectal cancer and hepatitis B and C. Secretary Koh is a tremendous advocate for the GI community through his dedication to improving screening and initiating demonstration projects to help improve access for underserved populations.
Improving Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening
One in three Americans between the ages of 50 and 75 is not being screened for colorectal cancer despite the fact that it is a mandated benefit in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and has been a preventive benefit for Medicare since the passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Although there are many screening tests covered under the ACA, Dr. Koh stressed that the best screening test is the one that gets done. HHS is very committed to improving screening rates and has partnered with the GI community and the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable to reach the goal of screening 80 percent of the population by 2018. In order to reach this goal, he said, we must continue to work together on ways to reach populations that may not otherwise get screened. The partnership that HHS has initiated with the community health centers, patient navigators, Walgreens and the GI community is critical. The community health centers play a key role given that they are often the entry point to the health-care system for many patients, including the underserved, uninsured and underinsured. The community health centers are committed to helping track screening rates, which will be essential to determining the impact of the demonstration project.
Continuing Collaboration
Dr. Koh also emphasized that in addition to collaborating with the GI community and other stakeholders, HHS is committed to promoting collaboration within the department among CMS, NIH, FDA and HRSA. Dr. Koh stated that he is aware that the AGA, ACG and ASGE are meeting with CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner to discuss the important role that colonoscopy has played in helping to reduce the incidence of colorectal cancer and the need to continue to partner with CMS on insuring access to CRC screening, improving quality and efficiency of care, and improving transparency around how the agency makes changes to physician values. Colonoscopy is currently under review, and we are asking that CMS give us the opportunity to participate in the regulatory process by publishing any changes to the rates in the proposed rule.
Dr. Koh discussed how the ACA created the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, which funds alternative payment models. AGA leaders noted that we have met with the agency to discuss our colonosocpy bundle initiative, which we believe will help improve quality and efficiency for the Medicare program and, potentially, other payors.
We appreciate that Dr. Koh was able to take time out of his busy schedule to meet with us and we look forward to our continued collaboration with HHS on improving access, detection and treatment of colorectal cancer screening and hepatitis B and C.
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The mug between his hands was hot, ceramic comfort, steam rising from the black coffee inside. He blew on it gently before sipping, savoring the warmth, a scarce commodity that not many had the credits to pay for. The old grandfather clock resting on the back tan and gray dappled wall ticked away, the brass hands reading two past ten. It was an old-world treasure, expensive beyond measure, and the tock-tock-tock seemed to help soothe the snow-weary when they wandered in from the cold, steel world of the complex, or from the even colder blizzard-ridden wasteland beyond.
There was a sigh. "I don't believe it."
Lance didn't bother to look up. Just from the sarcastic lilt in the voice, he knew exactly who it was. His lips twitching into a slight self-satisfied grin, he indulged himself in coaxing her on. "Believe what?"
"You're still here."
Another sip, followed by a low, contented noise from the back of his throat. Damn good coffee. "Yeah."
"Shouldn't you be home?"
He shrugged noncommittally. "Not really."
"Either way, you're going to have to leave soon." With an off-white towel hanging over her shoulder and a black-beige apron tied tightly around her bony frame, Brianne jerked her thumb to the ever-ticking clock. "Shop closes ten-thirty. Coffee fixes a lot of things, but I'm not a miracle worker. I can't stay up all night for you."
Lance said nothing. He released a disappointed sigh, kicked the bottom rung of the stool he sat upon with his heel, and stared blankly at the bar wall ahead from his seat, which shelved all sorts of cool- and warm-brewed drinks. Lengthy black hair framed his youthful, angular face, and he made a point to place his elbow on the counter and rest his jaw in a free palm, as if in complete boredom.
"Don't give me that," she said sharply, brushing a few roguish strands of short, mousy brown hair away from her brow. Sweat had pearled along her forehead and dampened her hairline, most likely from working all night. "This shop doesn't run on your money alone, you know."
"No, it doesn't, but my patronage has pulled it out of many a slump, if I do recall." He allowed himself a smirk as he looked up from his mug, gray eyes tracing her from her slender, worn work boots to her unruly mop of hair. Her mouth made a thin line beneath her freckled nose, and he was pleased to see that she was obviously flustered from the telltale hint of pink that dusted her cheeks. "I could always stop coming here," he suggested casually, turning back to his mug. "Your daddy doesn't like me, but he sure does love my credits."
Brianne folded her arms with a huff and gave him a deep, displeased scowl, complete with wrinkled nose and beetled brow. "Are all data miners as arrogant and annoying as you?"
He took a lazy sip of coffee and licked his lips with approval. "Probably not. Most of them are dead. Or lost. Or freezing to death, which I suppose also counts as dead." Lance sniffed the beverage between his hands before taking a steady inhale. "Mm," he murmured contentedly. "Good coffee."
Brianne threw up her hands in exasperation. "At least do me a favor and shut the door after you leave," she grumbled, turning away to continue her ritual cleanup, the towel now bunched in her hand as a trusty maintenance tool. "And maybe you'll be kind enough to leave some brew for the rest of the complex, huh?"
"I will, sweetheart," he chuckled, swiveling on his stool. He took another sip as he watched her stretch across the other tables in the shop, scrubbing them clean. Lance Wolfram's smirk couldn't have been more complacent. "You can be sure of that."
She paused to return his pointed leering with a challenging glare. "Keep your eyes to yourself, Wolf," she warned, standing upright. "There're plenty of other places to look."
He held up his hands in mock-surrender, his eyebrows arched as though he were genuinely surprised. "Hey, why are you making me out to be the bad guy here? I thought it was generally considered rude if you're not looking at the person you're talking to. Am I wrong?" He brought his fingers to his chin and absently stroked the dark, neatly trimmed goatee that grew there. "Hm, they must have changed that while I was out. They really need to stop doing that. Or perhaps I should stop being gone for so long."
Brianne glowered at him from a nearby table. "Trust me, you're not missed."
Lance brought a hand dramatically over his heart, the other bringing the mug to his mouth. "Such harsh words," he managed between appreciative sips. He made sure to exaggerate his false grief more than usual, which included trying to catch her green eyes with some of his better sulky faces. "What did I ever do to you?"
"You started coming to this place," she grumbled, now scrubbing what seemed to be a particularly stubborn stain. Brianne gritted her teeth. "I almost would have preferred the shop to go under."
Lance dropped his pouting façade and in an instant his face returned to a cool neutral. "Well, now you're just being unpleasant," he deadpanned. He set the coffee cup on the counter and rose from his seat, smoothing out the fabric of his long coat. "Do you treat all star patrons like this? If so, I'm definitely surprised you're still in business."
"No," she said offhandedly. Her lips were pursed in a sour frown as she continued to work with the stain, perspiration dotting her temples. "Just you."
He stepped toward Brianne, his thick black boots making heavy thunking noises against the faux parquet floor. "Why the special case?" he asked, loping up to the pine-wood table. He noted how her body seemed to stiffen as he stopped beside her and rested an idle hand on the cool, smooth surface that she was working on.
Brianne didn't look up. Instead, she paused for a moment mid-scrub, as if truly considering his question. "Because you're you," she answered with a clipped sigh and a roll of her eyes. She left the sud-covered towel on the table and placed her hands on her hips; thumbs hooked on her apron's ties, she swiveled on the balls of her feet to face him. "And you know, if you weren't so damn self-absorbed, you'd get better reception around here."
"Even from you?" Lance questioned, cocking his head to the side. His eyebrows were arched, dark hair falling into his sight, and his lips were tugged in a lopsided, hopeful grin. He watched her carefully, gauging her response through her eyes, and while her expression remained a definite scowl, he caught a small flicker of surprise. "I don't really care about them, you know," he continued, leaning a smidge closer. "They're not the reason I keep coming back."
"I thought it was the money," she said, appraising him warily.
"Oh, sure, I come back to the recorders for the money," he said, gesturing with a free hand, "but that's not why I come here."
"You're a coffee addict." Brianne blew a few strands of hair from her eyes, now seeming impatient. "Of course you come back here. Everybody that knows a good cup comes here. Will you be getting to the point anytime soon, or am I going to have to wait until tomorrow morning?"
Lance inhaled sharply through his teeth. "You really know how to put a guy down, don't you?"
She shrugged, and the rest of her body seemed to shrug with her; her toes lifted, her back arched, her head tilted to the side. "Part of the job," she said, a nonchalant air overtaking her. "Can't have men like you pawing at me all day. Not very good for appearances. Best to get 'em quick and again while they're already down."
He winced, acting as though he had been physically struck. "Absolutely brutal," he said in an accusatory tone. "I'm not even sure I want to tell you now." Lance didn't expect to garner any sympathy, but he hoped at least for some better humor.
Brianne didn't seem the least bit interested. "Right. Because I'm sure it was riveting information."
"It was," he assured. "Truly. And it's such a shame that you're not going to hear it."
"If you're going to keep talking about it, then talk to yourself," she said, turning back to the table with a scoff. "You're wasting my time. I have the rest of the Roost to clean before I can finally get out of here. I don't know about you, but I value my sleep."
Lance sighed. He looked back to the counter where his mug sat expectantly and was rather disappointed when he saw that steam no longer rose from the drink. He then glanced around the rest of the shop, skimming over the rest of the crumb-cluttered, drink-dappled tables that had yet to be scrubbed. Guilt started to gnaw on his conscience. So she had to do all of this herself, huh?
Slouching a bit, he prodded her shoulder. "Ah," he began awkwardly, "want some help?"
Brianne bristled in anger. "Damn it, I told you, I" and then she froze, mid-motion, mid-thought. "Wait
" She peered at him from over her shoulder, her eyes glinting in the dim light with wild bewilderment. "What did you say?"
"I, uh, asked if you wanted help. I guess you're all right then?"
"No, no, I would love some," she said hurriedly, "I just
didn't expect that. Not from you." Keeping her eyes on him, she strode away behind the counter, probably to procure another towel and some cleaning solution. When she returned to the table, another towel and a bucket in hand, surprise had given way to skepticism. "All right, so, what's the catch?"
He frowned and attempted to grab the towel. "There's no catch."
"There has to be," she insisted between clenched teeth, holding it just out of reach. The bucket dropped to the floor with a thud. "You're you."
"You said that earlier," he remarked, trying again. "I can't help but feel insulted when you say that."
Brianne rolled her eyes and sighed, as if tired of explaining something she had thoroughly covered many times before. "You're Lance Wolfram the data miner," she said crisply, "the wolf, the heartbreaker, the millionaire, the crash course loner with an agenda for cold hard cash and as much coffee as he can drink." She balled up the cloth in her fist and held it behind her back. "What else needs to be said? You have a reputation. You like things for you. Why should I believe you when you say that you want to help me for nothing in return?"
He opened his mouth to protest, but quickly realized that he didn't have much to protest with. Instead, he offered a wan smile. "I, ah
see your point."
She made a noise of disapproval. "At least that's one thing we can agree on."
"But in spite of all of that," he continued, reaching once again for the towel behind her back, "I am capable of caring about other people, even if they happen to run a shop that happens to carry my drink of choice." He managed to grasp onto the cloth that she was holding so tightly behind her. "I come here for you, you know. It's kind of nice to have something to look forward to when you're out there." He gestured beyond the Roost's doorway with a slight jerk of his head. "The stories can be true. Seeing nothing but snow, metal, and zen for weeks on end tend to drive you up a wall."
Brianne's grip on the towel loosened, but she stood her ground. "You must be on the ceiling by now."
"Probably," he conceded, "but being a data miner requires some kind of crazy. I'd be dead by now otherwise."
"On the ceiling for the fourth time," she said.
"I wouldn't doubt it. I mean, I'm sitting in a gourmet bar after hours fighting the stunning shopkeep for a cleaning towel. I don't think you could get much more 'on the ceiling' than that."
"Yeah, you could." Brianne let go. The towel hung limp in his hand.
Lance quirked an eyebrow, pulling away. "Oh?"
"You could be thinking that Lance Wolfram the data minerthe wolf, the heartbreaker, the crash course lonerjust might be telling the truth." Her lips had curved into a thin smile and her eyes flickered with something he couldn't quite pin.
"Wow," he murmured, watching her as the ends of her mouth widened a bit more. "Caught me a bit off-guard, there. I honestly thought you were going to carry through with one of your threats or
or something along those lines. Or tell me off. And I kind of prefer those, actually. I'm used to them."
"For some reason, you happen to be convincing tonight." Her hand reached out and tugged on the fabric of his coat, pulling him a step closer. "And that's the funny thing. There are a lot of things about you that are convincing. Nobody questions them. Your reputation's a good example." She peered up at him through curled brunet bangs. "Everyone knows it. The recorders, the holosphere, the media, the people in the complex
they all see that arrogant, self-absorbed prick that cares about money, coffee, and himself more than anything in the world."
"Thanks," he said flatly. "Lay it on thicker."
"But you know," she went on, ignoring his comment, "after years of you coming in here, staying all day, drinking late, leaving for a month and then somehow returning still intact only to come back and drink some more, I never really thought to question it. I never thought to really talk to you about your life or the things you did. I never thought to ask you why."
He swallowed. "Why?"
"Yeah. Why." Brianne tilted her head to the side curiously, brown hair tumbling into her green eyes, her gaze seeming to trace over every inch of his face. "You sounded so sincere just then," she remarked. "I don't think I've ever heard you sound that way before. It was
different. Outside anything I've ever come to expect from you. And that includes making stupid passes at me while I'm waiting on you."
"Well, believe it or not, I can tell the truth from time to time."
She smirked. "It's a rare occurrence, I'm sure."
"Ah," he said with an admonishing finger, "but not unheard of." He hung the towel over his shoulder and looked toward the old grandfather clock that was still tock-tock-tocking away against the back wall. "Well, it's almost ten-thirty, Bri. What do you say we get finished cleaning up so you can head out?"
Brianne tugged him toward her by the fistful of his coat, taking him by surprise. "You're not staying here. You're walking me home." She said it firmly; it was not up for debate.
"I'mwait, what?"
On tip-toes, it was quick and feathery; a light kiss to his cheek that made his blood stir and sparks jump through his bones. A contagious grin spread across his mouth as he watched her freckled face flush with embarrassment, something he very rarely saw.
"You heard me, Wolf," she muttered, averting her eyes.
"You're more of a wolf than I am," he said. He pried her fingers off of his coat and covered them with his own, marveling at how warm she was. "Close in for the kill so quickly, huh?"
Brianne sniffed. She did not seem pleased. "Back off before that towel gets stuffed in your mouth."
"Ah, well," he sighed, and let her hand go with a defeated shrug. "It was worth a try, wasn't it?"
She shook her head with a light chuckle and returned to scrubbing the table. The stain was almost gone. "You can start over there," she said, gesturing to the other side of the room with a casual raise of her heel. "We'll meet in the middle and then we can get out of here."
Lance glanced in the direction in which she had pointed and then let his gaze settle on her. Already cleaning determinedly with her apron tied tight around the small of her back, her mouth was worked into a thin, resolute frown, and he couldn't help but smile at her and the way she was. In spite of his own mannerisms, he was thankful that she had been inclined to believe him. The Hawkins girl was, needless to say, one of a kind.
He began to walk to where he had been directed, but as he passed her by, his hand skimmed down the curve of her back and tugged on the apron tie. "Sounds good, sweetheart," he said, catching her eyes as he drew away.
Brianne looked over her shoulder, cheeks flushed and a complacent smirk shaping her lips.
The Roost was quiet except for the tick-tock of the grandfather clock, fabric against old wood and tablecloth, and the occasional shuffle of boots. Rolling up his sleeves and grabbing the towel from his shoulder, Lance decided that this just might be a bit better than coffee.

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Feb. 19, 2004
Arizona head coach Joan Bonvicini quotes -
"Our defense really made our offense tonight. We pressured Oregon State a lot by getting into the passing lanes and creating a lot of easy baskets in transition. That was able to set the pace for us for the rest of the game."
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"I'm pleased with how we came out tonight. We came out strong, played hard, and really dominated the boards in the first half."
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OSU head coach Judy Spoelstra quotes -
"Arizona really attacked the basket tonight and did a good job getting the ball into the post."
"Arizona's defense was ready to go tonight. They were fired up after last week. They are a team that plays very well at home."
"I think Hollye (Chapman) having six turnovers in the first half really hurt us. We gave them more shots than we should have."
"Dee-Dee Wheeler is the quickest player (in the Pac-10) by far. She has the best anticipation, and the best reaction (defensively). She was really on it tonight."
Senior guard Aimee Grzyb:
"We had two tough games away last week, so we knew that coming home had to be big. We had to play our hardest and boost our confidence, and that's exactly what we did."
"We have been emphasizing defense in practice all week, it really helped out a lot tonight."
"I shoot whenever I'm open. Oregon State played a lot of zone defense, so I had a lot of openings to choose from."
"We have to think of each game ahead of us from now on. If we don't keep winning, then we don't go to the NCAA tournament, and we know that."
Sophomore center Shawntinice Polk:
"We worked so hard on defense this past week. When you work on one thing so hard, it will be a big help in the end."
"Every defensive thing you can think of to do in a practice, we did, and believe me it really helped."
"Oregon State's post player [Brina Chaney] is really big. It's always a challenge to play someone who is that big."


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New details revealed for Tyre casino project
Wilmorite Chairman Thomas C. Wilmot, Sr. today briefed leaders from Seneca County and the Town of Tyre on exciting new developments concerning the proposed casino for Exit 41 off the Thruway, which gained the unanimous support of the Tyre Town Board last week.
New Name: Lago Resort & Casino
In renaming our project Lago Resort & Casino, we have adopted the Italian word for lake to highlight the magnificent Finger Lakes region and the outstanding vineyards and wineries encompassing the area, Wilmot said. As a destination resort, spa and casino, with a premium hotel, outstanding culinary options, and a special Savor New York section, we look forward to helping increase tourism in this most beautiful and historic part of New York.
Lago Resort & Casino will bring tourists from near and far, as we partner with local businesses and entertainment venues, create thousands of new jobs and help boost economic activity in Seneca County and throughout the region, Wilmot said. We see Lago as the centerpiece of an effort to maximize the assets of this spectacular area in a coordinated and regionalized way.
This region is home to some of the states finest vineyards and wineries, as well as breweries and distillers, and many other unique attractions. We are surrounded by some amazing American history, including the womens suffrage movement in Seneca Falls, the Memorial Day Museum in Waterloo, the Harriet Tubman site in Auburn and Frederick Douglass final resting place in Rochester, Wilmot said. Lago Resort & Casino will be an outstanding tourism partner and will highlight area attractions and more.
In fact, more than 20 local and regional businesses have already signed up to participate as Lago Rewards Business Partners, aimed at promoting local businesses through Lago marketing material, being featured throughout the resort, and allowing Lago Rewards Players Club members to use points to buy local goods and services from our business partners, Wilmot said.
Partner: Peninsula Pacific
I could not be more pleased that Wilmorite is partnering with Peninsula Pacific and its CEO, Brent Stevens, Wilmot said. Peninsula Pacifics experience, expertise and strategic vision are unparalleled. The firm has consistently followed a successful path of investing in gaming and other industries, forming strategic alliances that create long term shareholder value.
Peninsula Pacific is delighted to be joining with Tom and Wilmorite. Combining our gaming development and management experience with the Wilmot familys construction experience and lifelong commitment to Upstate New York creates the perfect marriage to create Lago Resort & Casino, Brent Stevens, CEO, Peninsula Partners, said. We only get involved in partnerships where we think we can make a real difference.
Our objective is to provide that difference by helping create projects that recognize and meet the needs of a community and region. Lago Resort & Casino is an ideal project for Peninsula Pacific. We listened to the community, maximized efforts to create meaningful relationships that benefit local businesses, and adapted a regional approach. Weve created the best casino team in New York, Stevens said.
Casino Operator: JNB Gaming
In selecting JNB Gaming LLC to be the casino operator of Lago Resort & Casino, I feel like we hit the jackpot, Wilmot said. JNB Gamings principals Jonathan Swain, Natalie Schramm and Brent Stevens have more than five decades of combined casino operations experience. Collectively, they have developed and managed five enormously successful casinos in Iowa, Louisiana and Kansas. JNB and its principals are widely recognized throughout the country as premier casino developers and operators.
JNB Gamings Jonathan Swain said, Lago Resort & Casino is one of the most exciting projects in which Ive been involved. We captured not just the meaning of the Italian Lago in what were creating, but really the essence of Lago as well. We bring together the Finger Lakes and the vineyards. We merge rural, agricultural and suburban into what will feel like a little city. Weve combined the small town feeling with big time attraction. And we highlight the majestic beauty that surrounds Lago with an outstanding design and abundant amenities many local inside Lago.
Final Design: Click here for updated concept photos (.pdf)
Weve spent the last six months working with Tyre officials and listening to the residents and businesspeople of Tyre. As a result of their suggestions and guidance, we have updated our design plans, Wilmot said. We have lowered the height of the hotel and parking garage. We have moved the hotel further away from residential and agricultural lands and increased green space on the property. We have brought a new motif to the design of the buildings, befitting the charm and character of the lake and wine region which is our home.
Updated Investment Figure: $425 million
As part of our responding to local suggestion and updating our design, we are increasing our investment in this project. What had been forecast as a $350 million investment in the resort, casino and hotel, has now been increased by more than 20 percent, resulting in an investment in Tyre of some $425 million, Stevens said.
Updated Job Estimates: 1,800 permanent jobs; 2,100 construction jobs to be created
Previous estimates showed that this project would create approximately 1,200 construction jobs and result in 1,800 permanent jobs once it was completed and opened, Swain said. We still estimate the creation of 1,800 permanent jobs in Tyre and the surrounding communities as a result of Lago Resort & Casino being built and operated here.
Our newly updated economic impact study shows that the number of construction jobs to build Lago will be significantly larger. We now anticipate approximately 2,100 jobs will be created as a result of the construction activities, 1,400 direct jobs because the investment is now 20 percent larger and up to 700 indirect jobs created as a result of the construction. The vast majority of those direct construction jobs being filled by local tradespeople, Swain said.
In addition, were very pleased that Wilmorite and the Finger Lakes Building Trades Council and its 19 affiliated labor unions have entered into a project labor agreement (PLA) to ensure efficient, safe, quality and timely completion of the construction of Lago Resort & Casino, Wilmot said. It will also guarantee the employment of a lot of local people, having an even greater impact on the local economy.
Local Support for Lago Resort & Casino:
Tyre Town Supervisor Ron McGreevy:
I love the new name. Lago Resort & Casino ties together the beauty of the Finger Lakes with the vitality of our growing vineyards and wineries. It will be a hub for this entire region and it will mean more tourists and jobs for our Town, our County and our region. We pushed very hard to ensure that the concerns of local residents and businesses were met on everything from traffic and environmental issues to the design of the facility and protection of the existing burial ground. I am very pleased at the responsiveness of Wilmorite and I know that Lago Resort & Casino will be a wonderful addition to Tyre, if it wins the casino license from New York State for the Finger Lakes region.
Seneca County Board of Supervisors Chairman Robert Hayssen:
Lago Resort & Casino will bring new visitors to Seneca County to see our spectacular lakes and countryside. It will bring new customers to our vineyards and wineries, our farm stands, restaurants, hotels and other businesses. It will provide opportunities for Seneca County residents to find new, good-paying, high-skill and entry level jobs that will lead to advancement and career opportunities. Lago will be the catalyst for an economic resurgence for the entire region, as these tourists will likely travel through other Finger Lakes counties as well, spreading the opportunities for growth.
Jeff Shipley, President & CEO of the Seneca County Chamber of Commerce:
We believe that the Lago Resort & Casino will provide Seneca County with great economic growth and opportunity. The merits of this proposal far exceed those of the alternative casino projects discussed for the region. This project will help keep money in our community that is currently being spent in Indian casinos or neighboring states. It will give our municipalities and school districts much needed additional revenue and provide new opportunities for existing businesses.
On Monday, we will submit an application for the Lago Resort & Casino in Tyre, Seneca County. With our fantastic new partners and gaming operator, with overwhelming support in the community, with the potential to provide a much-needed major boost to the regional economy, and with the biggest and best proposal in the Finger Lakes/Southern Tier region, we are excited. We look forward to Lago being measured against our competitors and we look forward to winning the casino license for this region and building New Yorks newest and best casino destination resort, Wilmot said.
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President Barack Obama met today with his national security team to discuss the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq.
Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were two members of the high profile meeting.
Plans to reduce the number of American troops in Iraq to 50,000 by the end of this month are on schedule, Mr. Obama said last week.
At that point, the U.S. military mission will shift to training and supporting Iraqi security forces.
Iraqi politicians have not been able to form a government more than five months after the country's inconclusive national elections.
There are concerns that insurgents will take advantage of the political vacuum to try and re-ignite sectarian bloodshed.


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If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try.
Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972)
Contributed by: Zaady
A philosopher, being asked what was the first thing necessary to win the love of a woman, answered, 'Opportunity'.
Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.
Dürer would have seen a reason for living in a town like this.
Source: The Steeple-Jack, 1935, st. 1
And the ocean, under the pulsation of light- houses and noise of bell buoys, advances as usual, looking as if it were not that ocean in which dropped things are bound to sink- in which if they turn and twist, it is neither with volition nor consciousness.
Source: A Grave, 1935
What sap went through that little thread to make the cherry red!
Source: Nevertheless, 1944, st. 11
The wrinkles progress among themselves in a phalanx-beautiful under networks of foam, and fade breathlessly while the sea rustles in and out of the seaweed.
I wonder what Adam and Eve think of it by this time.
Source: Marriage, 1935
The mind is an enchanting thing is an enchanted thing, like the glaze on a katydid-wing subdivided by sun till the nettings are legion.
Source: The Mind Is an Enchanting Thing, 1944, st 1
Nor was he insincere in saying, "Make my house your inn." Inns are not residences.
Source: Silence, 1935
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James Waldron 14 December 2011 - 12:53pm
Five of the most unlikely people in the public eye to have put pen to paper
The news that ballet dancer Carlos Acosta is swapping his tights for a typewriter to write a novel has got us thinking about who are the most unlikely people to have penned a work of fiction. From soldiers to celebrities, our top five list shows that you don't need a degree in English Literature to get a novel published (although being famous probably helps).
Hugh Laurie
Before he became the highest paid actor to grace the small screen, the House star released spy-spoof The Gun Seller way back in 1996. While Laurie is rumoured to be sitting on a sequel, he still has some way to go to beat his Blackadder co-star Stephen Fry, who already has four novels under his belt.
Naomi Campbell
The supermodel presumably did not have to look far for inspiration when writing her 1994 novel Swan, about a model who is blackmailed by a competitor. Campbell admitted that due to "time constraints" the book was ghost written, Katie Price-style.
Stewart Lee
In 2001 the Cambridge-educated comic published the ambitiously surreal The Perfect Fool. Perhaps the gulf between stand-up comedian and novelist may not be as great as you think; stand-up Mark Watson once based an entire show around attempting to write a novel with his audience, while Russel Kane also has a novel in the works.
Andy McNab
The pseudonym of a former SAS operative, McNab used the success of the autobiographical Bravo Two Zero to launch his career as a novelist. He has now published a series of books, including 13 which follow the fictional exploits of ex-SAS soldier Nick Stone.
Sharon Osbourne
The reality TV star and wife of heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne released her first novel, Revenge, in February 2010. Mrs Osbourne claimed to model herself on Barbara Cartland when writing this steamy tale of two sisters competing for the media spotlight.


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Running Time: 83
Director: Roy Alexandre
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Cast: Eric Price, Lola Lane, Stevie, Olivia (I), Riccardo Martini, Zuzie Boobies, Ted Hunter
Critical Rating: AAA
Genre: Specialty
Stock with other volumes in this series.
Alexandre's trademark is stamped on the first three segments. Glowing complexions (courtesy of make-up artist Faye Belle) and cool, even lighting (supplied by Chris E. Ready) give the director's camera plenty of ground to explore the performers' fleshy proportions. This video is also stuck with glacial pacing and lack of spontaneity - which isn't a fatal flaw, since no one will be checking for artistic lapses any smaller than the average chest span. Stevie and Olivia have perfect Playboy pairs, but a breast isn't a boob unless it bounces. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Lola's tits shake uncontrollably with any trivial movement. Unfortunately, things don't shape up too well once she enters the sudsy hot tub. With her natural lubrication washed away, sexual abandonment chills. This leaves Zuzie holding the flaming melon torch. Her segment with Riccardo is obviously shot in Europe. The dark background throws Zuzie's vibrant white Venus DeMilo skin in dramatic relief. Her tits glow like two fiery locomotives racing into the night. And they will put a few miles on the viewer's eyes before Riccardo spends into their fray.


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Paedophilia: How Some People Are Defending the Actions of Paedophiles
PAEDOPHILIA: HOW SOME PEOPLE ARE DEFENDING THE ACTIONS OF PAEDOPHILES – On the tails of the Craig Sweeney hearings and the Jimmy Savile scandal, controversy and public outcry can be heard around the globe. Here in the US, an article from the UK Guardian, "Paedophilia: bringing dark desires to light ", was brought to my attention.
The article attempts to rationally present the argument that says paedophilia is not an illness or a lifestyle choice, but rather a sexual orientation. It continues this thought with the argument that sex with children is fine, it doesn't hurt them and they like it. When they are talking about children, they are saying babies, toddlers, pre-school, elementary children, pre-teens, and teenagers up to the age of consent, which in the UK is 16 in England,Wales and Scotland and 17 in Northern Ireland.
They argue that as long as it is consensual it is not rape and that paedophilia needs in fact to be separated from rape and the violent images it represents. The article goes one step further and suggests that sex with children is "natural." Natural? What sick, perverted person could begin to line themselves with this type of thinking? Forgive me for being blunt, but truly no rational person can think this is normal and does no harm.
Now, I don't go around asking people about their sex lives and try to not wrinkle my nose when I hear something I disagree with, but this crosses a line that should never be crossed. If nothing else, sex complicates our lives. Even as adults, many men and women are confused about their sexual relationships. Why would we even consider the thought that children could handle this? This idea devalues any child and makes them a target for degenerates who will not control their lusts.
What will this do to your criminal justice system? Imagine heinous crimes like incest, molestation, and sexual impropriety no longer punishable. According to the BBC, sex offenders currently sentenced to 30 months or more are required to register with the police for life. I suppose if this influences the law, there will be fewer prisoners, and more police with time on their hands.
But what of the consequences? There will be no place your child will be safe. If it is a lifestyle choice, there will be no jobs off limits. Jobs in daycares, schools, coaching, and many others that would give paedophiles free access to untold numbers of children. There would be no restrictions on where they live, and most important, you won't know who they are. Information is currently available through an online site, Kidshield, and they indicate that there are 27 missing registered offenders from Scotland's program. Where are they and what is being done to find them?
Here is my solution:
When it comes to criminal justice, there are two distinct approaches: Punitive and Rehabilitation. Punitive takes the position, "an eye for an eye" while rehabilitation works with the idea that "people can and will change if given the proper help." How could this be applied to paedophiles? First, I would hold to the 1997 Sex Offenders Act which clearly defines paedophilia as any sexual relationship between and a person over 18 and a minor under 16.
Using that as my guideline, why not try a two-fold conviction system that on the first offense, unless it results in death, the offender serves a two year sentence with mandatory counseling, community labor and sex education classes. Allow the offender to have input and make an informed choice about the type of counseling.
After all, if they truly want to change they should be part of the decision. This would alleviate any criticism of the legal system for justifying a certain treatment and any backlash should the offender fall back into the system. Upon fulfilling the sentence, the offender is then registered for an additional period of two years with mandatory monthly check-ins, after which they are released from the system.
Any subsequent offense would then take the punitive approach. I propose a life sentence that would include being exiled to a prison built only for paedophiles. There would be the minimum conveniences. Single cells to minimize fights and violations against one another, assigned jobs within the prison, such as laundry, gardening, kitchen duty and so, no higher education classes or expensive gyms available for use, and rigid visitation guidelines. Lock them up, keep them controlled and treat them like the animals they have proven themselves to be.
A sexual offense of any kind is a violation of the mind, body and spirit. Ask any psychologist, counselor or sexual deviant and they will tell you themselves that there is no cure for the repeat offender. There will always be those bleeding hearts who spout ludicrous statements consisting of the possible effect from environmental influences, behaviour issues and mental incapacity's.
These do not hold water as has been seen by the number of repeat offenders. Oh sure, some offenders may appear to be living without acting on their desires but it is only thru sheer will and knowing that someone is keeping them accountable. It doesn't last..check the court records for yourself. From the moment they first acted on their lust there was a break in the psyche that can never be repaired. Never!
The saddest part of this whole article is that if this does become mainstream opinion, what is being declared is that paedophilia is a victimless crime, and nothing could be further from the truth. I have known many men and women who were abused as children by family, trusted adults and by strangers.
It seems to make no difference who the perpetrator was, the effect on the child is the same. They are changed forever, their outlook on life, themselves and any relationship is tainted by the experience. Counseling seeks to heal the wounds of the mind, but there is nothing available to science that can heal the heart.
Although the idea of paedophilia as a sexual orientation is not new, this resurgence of the notion from Canada is sending shock waves thru other countries. Let's not be swayed or silent and allow this to become an accepted thought. Our children will pay the consequence if we do not make a stand.
"Protecting children from any sort of abuse is a duty of every citizen."
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I didn,t read the Guardians report, but there really are so many different types of offenders, that classing all as paedophiles is a bit extreme. Some sex offenders commit the crime only once, whereas a paedophile makes it their life long ambition to score points. Abusers are most definately abusers, but catagorisation is there.


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Representative John Kline, Minnesota, has introduced a bill that would amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to allow states to kill large populations of double-crested cormorant- "The Cormorant Management and Natural Resources Act" (H.R. 3074). The bill is based on invalid science and the misguided belief that they are "eating all the fish."
There is ample research that shows double-crested cormorants rarely have much effect on any fish stocks at all. In fact, double-crested cormorants actually benefit fish stocks by weeding out the unfit, and preying on predators or alien species. Double-crested cormorants also often are instrumental in helping to make soil suitable for vegetation.
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Solander's Trivia Shell, Trivia solandri: Solander's Trivia Shell is a small brown ovate shell that has large well-spaced ribs that continue over the edges to the lips beneath.
They are similar to the Radians Trivia Shell (Trivia radians), more ribs and pink in color.
They are found in and around the low-tide line under rocks.
They reach a maximum size of 1.0 cm (0.4 inches) and 0.7 cm (0.3 inches) in width.
In Mexican waters the Solander'sTrivia Shell is found around the tip of Baja California and along the coast of the Mexican mainland south to Guatemala. This shell is sold on a limited basis via the internet by shell collectors.
The Solander's Trivia is a member of the Triviidae Family, which are the Trivia Shells, a very large global family with several hundred members. They are generally small and globose to ovate in shape and the aperture runs the length of the shell.
They have teeth along the margins of the aperture and the shells are strongly sculptured with well-developed spiral ribbing. They have strong shells that can resist crushing by crabs, their predator. Most are nighttime carnivorous scavenging carnivores that feed on ascidians, crustaceans, mollusks and worms.
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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz today chaired the regular weekly meeting of the Council of Ministers. Briefing the cabinet on talks held yesterday with visiting Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, he reiterated the Kingdom's support for the people of Palestine in obtaining their fair rights. The cabinet, having closely followed the progress of the recent Camp David Summit between the Palestinians and the Israelis under the auspices of the United States, declared that its outcome had proved the Kingdom's repeated assertion that the issue of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) remains the core of the Middle East problem. Saudi Arabia still maintains that East Jerusalem should be dealt with in accordance with United Nations Security Council resolutions 242 and 338, which consider it an integral part of the Occupied Territories, and that Israel should refrain from taking unilateral measures aimed at altering the demography of the Holy City.
The Kingdom therefore continues to urge the Arab and Islamic worlds to keep highlighting this important aspect of the Middle East peace process, and hopes that the current efforts being exerted in this regard will lead to the restoration of all legitimate national rights to the Palestinian people, including that of establishing an independent state with Al-Quds [Jerusalem] as its capital.
Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz then briefed the cabinet on his recent domestic trip to Taif where he opened a number of development projects.
Turning to domestic matters, the cabinet passed a number of resolutions, including approval of a draft agreement on air transportation between Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran, initially signed by the two parties in Tehran on May 2, 1999; and endorsement of a recommendation submitted by the Minister of Interior, who is also Chairman of the Manpower Council, concerning the decision taken by the Supreme Economic Council to establish a fund for the training and recruitment of Saudi nationals for private sector activities. The cabinet also authorized the Minister of Health to run the fund that has been set up to enable the authorities to spend monies raised from the revenues of medical services provided by governmental health authorities for beneficiaries of the cooperative health insurance to meet additional expenditure and improve the performance of its facilities; the Health Minister is to report back to the cabinet after three years, at which time the experiment will be assessed.


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Friday, January 11, 2013
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Organizer: Yelena Ronas
Hunt Date: January 22nd - February 12th
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# of Items: 5
Hunt Object: Green and white oxygen tank
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Hunt Focus/Theme: Russian sci-fi flare.
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Sunday April 6th brings a new film series at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA). Titled Diamonds of the Night, this series features the film of Czech New Wave filmmaker Jan Nemec, whose movies were so controversial in his native land of Czechoslovakia, he had to flee to other parts of the world (including West Germany and the United States) to make them. Nemec's films have been known to go inside the cinema aesthetic, grounded by fantasy and nightmare, as well as the Czech Surrealist movement and the political paranoia that was all around him.
Diamonds of the Night begins with Nemec's 1964 debut, which bears the same name, and does not contains much of a dialogue, but tells the story of two boys escaping a Nazi concentration camp train. That is followed by the experimentally personal Late Night Talks with Mother (2001) on April 9th, and then two 1966 films on April 11th; A Report on the Party and Guests (banned "forever" by the Czech Republic) and Pearls of the Deep.
On April 13th, the film series continues with 1988's The Unbearable Lightness of Being (which stars Daniel Day-Lewis). That is followed on April 16th by the film Toyen (2005), which is a tribute to the Czech Surrealist painter, then the romantic Martyrs of Love (1967) on April 18th, and finally concluding with Ferrari Dino Girl (2009).
Diamonds of the Night will also feature a few free screenings following the scheduled films, including the recent Czech TV documentary on Nemec and the Czechoslovak New Wave, to come after the screening of Ferrari Dino Girl. Log on to bampfa.berkeley.edu for more information.


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Shorty Rogers: Martians' Lullaby
Martians' Lullaby
Shorty Rogers & His Giants
Portrait of Shorty (RCA Victor 09026 63537-2)
18-piece band featuring Shorty Rogers (trumpet), Frank Rosolino (trombone), Richie Kamuca (tenor sax), Pepper Adams Adams (baritone sax), Lou Levy (piano), Monty Budwig (bass), Stan Levey (drums).
Composed and arranged by Shorty Rogers.
Recorded: Los Angeles, August 11, 1957
Rating: 91/100 (learn more)
On the cusp of the Space Age, many otherwise well-informed people believed in Martians. Orson Welles's Halloween 1938 radio enactment The War of the Worlds panicked the unsuspecting with breaking news of Martians invading New Jersey. Fourteen-year-old Milton Rajonsky may have been listening that night. Years later, as the Orson Welles of West Coast jazz, Shorty Rogers fixated on the Red Planet for "March of the Martians," "Martians Go Home," "Martians Stay Home" and "Martians Come Back." Only with "Martians' Lullaby" did he discover that Martians were lulled by trumpets and trombones blasting a 12-bar blues. If only New Jersey had known!
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
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Ginsey inks deal with designer Claire Murray
March 26, 2001-- Home Textiles Today,
BELLMAWR, NJ -Ginsey Industries, based here, recently signed a licensing agreement with designer Claire Murray, based in Ascutney, VT, to produce coordinated bath seats and printed tub mats.
The two new initial styles are Garden and Coral reef. They will debut at April market, said Jeffrey Cohen, vp, sales for Ginsey.
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Earlier this month, Future described what the video for "I Won," his Kanye West-assisted single, would look like.
"We on the water, on the beach, and it's beautiful women," the the Atlanta rapper told Hot 97's Angie Martinez in March.
Yup. That sounds about right.
Filmed primarily in black and white, the visuals for the Honest cut flip back and forth between shots of the rappers standing alone on the beach and close-ups of women rolling around in the sand.
"We made [them] look like the old Hype Williams' video girls," Future said. "You know when video girls were stars back then. Video vixens, you really got them from the Hype Williams videos."
Williams, one of the most famed hip-hop video directors of all-time, has a resume that boasts everything from 2Pac and Dr. Dre's 1995 "California Love," to Beyonce and Jay Z's recent "Drunk in Love."
Future and Yeezy never interact in the video. Instead, they each get their own sections. The majority of screen time, of course, belongs to the ATLien, who both sings the chorus and raps the first verse. 'Ye then appears in the video's second half, to spit his verse swooning over Kim Kardashian.
It's been a buzz-building day for Future, whose sophomore disc drops in less than a week. In addition to the "I Won" video, the audio for another of his big-name collabs, "Benz Friendz (Whatchutola)," featuring Andre 3000, hit the Web.


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I'm starting with an existing .doc MS. Kindle warns to not use hard para breaks, i.e., don't hit return, but I can't get rid of any of them. Driving me nuts.
For ebooks, the general rule is, don't use two consecutive returns (as @Fortier mentioned in the comments). This is because the ebook readers sometimes do weird things with it.
However, this is just a suggestion, and almost every Ebook vendor will allow it. Kindle only moans if you enter KDP.
My advice is, write the book, and worry about formatting later. You can easily remove double returns using regexes, which works in Word and every other processor. Google can tell you how.
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Gnannt, R; Fischer, M; Goetti, R; Karlo, C; Leschka, S; Alkadhi, H (2012). Dual-energy CT for characterization of the incidental adrenal mass: Preliminary observations. American Journal of Roentgenology, 198(1):138-144.
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The purpose of our study was to evaluate the accuracy of virtual unenhanced images reconstructed from contrast-enhanced dual-energy CT for the differentiation of incidental adrenal masses in comparison with standard unenhanced CT.
One hundred-forty patients (mean age, 74 ± 9 years) underwent unenhanced and contrast-enhanced CT of the abdomen, the latter acquired with dual-energy for reconstruction of virtual unenhanced images. Two blinded and independent readers (R1 and R2) measured attenuation of each incidental adrenal mass on standard unenhanced and virtual unenhanced images using an optimized dual-energy three-material decomposition algorithm.
Fifty-one incidental adrenal masses were found in 42 of 135 patients (31%); 39 incidental adrenal masses were ≥ 1 cm. On the basis of unenhanced CT, 29 of 51 incidental adrenal masses and 22 of 39 incidental adrenal masses ≥ 1 cm were classified as benign (HU < 10). Virtual unenhanced image quality was rated as good or with mild impairment (2.45 ± 0.83 for R1, 2.45 ± 0.99 for R2). Image noise was 12.7 ± 3.6 HU in unenhanced images and 8.8 ± 2.0 HU in virtual unenhanced images (p < 0.001). There was no significant difference in incidental adrenal mass attenuation between unenhanced and virtual unenhanced images for all incidental adrenal masses (5.9 ± 21.0 HU vs 7.0 ± 20.6 HU, p = 0.48) and for those ≥ 1 cm (6.6 ± 18.5 HU vs 7.9 ± 18.3 HU, p = 0.87). Sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of virtual unenhanced images for the characterization of incidental adrenal masses as probably benign were 76%, 82%, and 78% for R1 and 79%, 95%, and 86% for R2, respectively. For incidental adrenal masses ≥ 1 cm, sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy increased to 95%, 100%, and 97% for R1 and 91%, 100%, and 95% for R2
Reconstruction of virtual unenhanced images from contrast-enhanced dual-energy CT of the abdomen allows the characterization of the incidental adrenal masses with a good accuracy compared with standard unenhanced CT, with the most favorable results in incidental adrenal masses measuring ≥ 1 cm.
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|Despite playing just five games last season, Brook Lopez may get a max deal from the Nets. (Getty Images)
The anniversary of NBA owners imposing a lockout came and went with little fanfare -- or with lots of it, depending on your perspective. At 12:01 a.m. ET on July 1, the floodgates opened and it was back to business.
But was it business as usual, or the beginning of a tectonic shift in the financial and competitive models that will drive the sport for years to come?
Lucrative contract offers were handed out. Superstar trade scenarios were explored. Players who'd been lavished with millions in free agency only a couple of years ago were shopped for pennies on the dollar. Stars were congregating in big markets again, prompting small-market executives to privately grumble that the lockout was for naught. To the naked eye, nothing had changed.
But beneath the surface, so much really has changed about the NBA's business model, and so many unknowns remain about the path forward. The 149-day lockout consumed 20 percent of the 2011-12 season -- and with it, nearly a half-billion in revenues -- while costing the players an estimated $3 billion in projected salaries over the next decade. With Year 1 of the NBA's harsh financial reset in the books, it's time to take the temperature and discern whether it was all worth it.
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In the first 72 hours of the league's first, full-fledged free-agent negotiating period of the new collective bargaining agreement, owners handed out approximately $400 million in contracts -- roughly the amount of revenues lost as a result of the lockout. And the conga line of big-name stars trying to land in major markets continued with the Nets' acquisition of Joe Johnson and re-signing of Deron Williams, the Lakers' acquisition of Steve Nash and Dwight Howard's ongoing quest to land in Brooklyn with Williams, which has failed for now.
Max offers were verbally extended to restricted free agents Roy Hibbert and Eric Gordon, who have only one All-Star appearance on their collective resumes. Brook Lopez got a four-year max deal from the Nets; he and Gordon played a combined 14 games last season due to injury. George Hill, a nice player, got a five-year, $40 million deal to stay in Indiana. Restricted free agent Nicolas Batum got a verbal offer from Minnesota purportedly averaging $11 million a year.
"Crazy," one rival executive said of the Batum offer, which as of Friday had yet to be extended in writing as the Trail Blazers stood ready to match. "Players are getting overpaid worse than they ever have."
But there's more to the equation than sheer dollars. With shorter contract lengths, increased revenue sharing and a steady flow of cap room across the league, officials from the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association are collectively hoping the free-agent market will be annually vibrant and open to all teams regardless of market size. It's only Year One of the lockout-induced reset, so it's too early to conclude the rich are getting richer. The best that can be said is that the new rules haven't made them any poorer -- yet.
According to league salary figures, the Lakers' sign-and-trade acquisition of Nash, 38, with a three-year, $27 million deal pushed their total payroll and tax obligations for next season to $105 million for nine players. If the Lakers kept Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum, they'd have $90 million in committed payroll for the 2013-14 season -- resulting in a $44 million tax payment under the new rates. So their tax payment alone would be $5 million shy of the projected league minimum payroll for that season.
Portland's offer for Hibbert was particularly troubling to small-market executives, who viewed it as a strong-arm tactic by one of the league's richest owners, Paul Allen, to poach talent from a low-revenue team. The Trail Blazers' bid for Hibbert forced the Pacers to max him out with a comparable offer of $58 million for four years, thus pushing Indiana dangerously close to tax territory if it wants to keep David West or replace him with a comparable player to remain competitive.
But one isolated signing or temporary thrust into tax territory isn't proof the new CBA is flawed. Whether Gordon winds up in New Orleans or Phoenix, it will be an example of a small-market team spending money -- one of the goals of the new deal. The same goes for Batum and Minnesota vs. Portland, Allen's deep pockets notwithstanding.
Eleven teams had at least $10 million in cap space this summer, a collective pool of spending room perhaps rivaled only by the LeBron James free-agent summer of 2010. And with shorter contracts being an important pivot point in the new CBA, teams with ample cap space and the tools to use it if they choose will be the rule, not the exception. Under the previous CBA, there were 16 five-year contracts signed per year on average, not counting rookie-scale extensions. Last year there were six, and thus far this summer there have been four -- Deron Williams (Nets), Ersan Ilyasova (Bucks), Jason Thompson (Kings) and Hill (Pacers).
|Nash's $27M deal puts L.A.'s payroll and tax bill for '12-13 to $105M for nine players. (AP)
In fact, the inability to change owner behavior is one of the reasons the NBA had a lockout in the first place. With marching orders from owners complaining about mounting losses and a broken business model, commissioner David Stern and his lead negotiator, deputy commissioner Adam Silver, sought the imposition of a hard salary cap in the labor negotiations. Why? Simply because the luxury-tax system implemented as a supposed cure after the previous lockout in 1998-99 did not have the intended effect of suppressing spending by the elite teams. In the last season of the old agreement, seven teams were taxpayers. The top two, the Lakers and Magic, had $90 million payrolls -- twice the league minimum.
But even without a hard cap, behavior started to change last season, when the NBA had its fewest tax-paying teams (six) in six years. Effectively, that number was five, since the Hawks sold a draft pick to Golden State at the trade deadline for enough cash to cover their tax bill. According to league salary data, the NBA collected the lowest amount of tax revenue last season since the dollar-for-dollar tax was implemented in 2002-03, and the top-spending team had the lowest payroll in 10 years (the Lakers at $85.7 million).
And while big-name players like Jason Kidd (Knicks) and Ray Allen (Heat) are still managing to find their way to major markets, they're going with big pay cuts and, in some cases, by means that won't be available starting next summer. The sign-and-trade arrangements that sent Nash to the Lakers and Marcus Camby to the Knicks will be off-limits to tax-paying teams starting in July 2013 -- Phase Two of the reset.
Phase One was a 12 percent across-the-board reduction in player salaries, which was accomplished last season with the players' guaranteed share of basketball-related income (BRI) declining from 57 percent under the old agreement to 51.2 percent. Most of the reduction was achieved through a change in owner behavior and agent expectations, as negotiated salaries came in slightly above the players' guarantee -- about 53 percent of BRI, according to CBSSports.com estimates. The difference was taken care of through the escrow system, with the owners keeping a portion of salaries withheld to bring the players down to the guaranteed amount.
In truth, salaries had been headed in that direction for more than a year, as negotiated salaries in the final year of the old agreement came in slightly below the 57 percent guarantee, resulting in the players getting the entire escrow amount back plus a check to cover the shortfall. The players are guaranteed 50 percent of BRI starting next season, when the league and union project revenues will be $4.3 billion. Revenues came in at about $3.4 billion last season, according to CBSSports.com estimates -- a 10 percent decline that was a remarkable success, considering the league lost 20 percent of the season to the lockout.
Phase Three will be by far the most interesting and potentially transformative one next summer, when tax-paying teams will no longer be allowed to acquire players in sign-and-trade transactions and the steeper tax rates kick in. In conjunction with that will be a repeater tax that will levy an additional $1 to the already increased rates at each $5 million increment above the tax line. A team that exceeds the tax line for a third time in four years will be hit with the repeater rates -- $2.50-per-dollar for the first $5 million above the line, $2.75-per-dollar for the next $5 million, etc., all the way up to $4.75-per-dollar for a team that exceeds the tax threshold by $20-$25 million. For example, a repeat offender that exceeds the tax by $20 million will owe $65 million in tax -- an outrageous amount equal to the projected average payroll for next season.
Not even the Lakers or Knicks will pay that. Will they? Big-market teams may choose to go for it with a big tax bill in any given year, but the odds of the same 5-6 teams exceeding the tax line year after year seem slim. Once again, owner behavior in response to a new system will be the ultimate test of whether the lockout was worth it and whether the changes will achieve their desired goals.
How the new rules ultimately will influence the so-called Big Three model of team-building will perhaps be the most fascinating aspect of this transition. The Heat's championship was built that way, and Miami isn't showing any signs yet of backing down with James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the books for a combined $56.8 million in the first super-tax year of 2013-14. Ditto for the Knicks, who are on the hook for a combined $58.2 million the same season. But the boldest and most aggressive owner in the league, the Mavericks' Mark Cuban, is reacting differently -- pulling back from a top-heavy payroll approach he has said will be flawed under the new rules.
"Because of the new set of rules, there's going to be a different market for pricing players," Cuban said at this year's Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston. "And when there's a different market for pricing players, you've got to introduce a different methodology for building a team."
Having been directly involved in the owners' strategy for the new deal, Cuban dumped Chandler in a trade with the Knicks before last season rather than pay him $12-$15 million annually on a new contract. His attempt to use the room to attract Williams from the Nets failed in part because players like Williams can no longer achieve the max contract length of five years by changing teams. (Oops.) Undaunted, Cuban replenished the roster temporarily by adding center Chris Kaman with a one-year, $8 million deal, claiming forward Elton Brand for one year at $2.1 million (with the 76ers, who amnestied Brand, paying the rest of his $18.2 million contract), and trading for Darren Collison and Dahntay Jones -- both of whom have contracts that expire next summer, when Cuban will again have ample cap room to reboot.
What the final product will look like after the reboot -- not only in Dallas, but also in New York, Los Angeles and Miami, not to mention Minnesota, Sacramento and New Orleans -- will tell us whether the lockout gave us a new business model or just business as usual.


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PSS196 Flowers and Foliage
Dr. Leonard P. Perry, Extension Professor
Dept. Plant and Soil Science, 212 Jeffords, UVM, Burlington VT 05405
656-2630 (main office, real people during the day)
firstname.lastname@example.com (best, quickest response)
One (1) credit
Due Dates (by midnight each date)
Wed. May 4-- ID final
Mon. May 9-- all other assignments/testsTests and assignments may be turned in any time prior to the due dates. Any submissions after these dates will have points deducted for lateness, or not be accepted, at the discretion of the instructor. Plan for the unexpected (illness, computer crash, sick dog, etc).
meetings: none, completely online with email contact with the professor as needed
2. learn some descriptions and cultural
specifics for these plants, and where to find this information for future
1. learn to recognize some of the more common (about 200) garden flowers and foliage plants you may see or use in your own landscapes
Whether you are looking to become a green industry professional, or just grow plants at home, this course provides a foundation palette of plants you'll get familiar with, along with information on their use (design) and culture..
How it Works:
This completely online (no text needed, ones can be recommended) course covers specific details and photos on about 200 herbaceous garden plants popular for their flowers, foliage, or both. Extensive descriptions, cultural information, and lists of species and cultivars are given for annuals, perennials, and other groups such as aquatic plants, alpines, ferns, ornamental grasses, roses, even tender tropical "perennials". Quizzes and plant identification quizzes are taken on-line also and at the student's own pace. They are open book, designed to test and reinforce your familiarity with the extensive content, and to reinforce key plants, plant features and topics. This course focuses on just the plants from the more extensive (2 credit) Garden Flowers PSS123 online course. Email contact between professor and students is used as needed and to share information, and to provide course website login details to registered students at the beginning of the semester. The syllabus on Blackboard, AND the initial email from the professor with course details, will serve as your contract for the course and should be read thoroughly. Students are expected to follow the UVM Code of Academic Integrity (www.uvm.edu/policies/student/acadintegrity.pdf).Access: Blackboard (your UVM passwords) for syllabus, tests, exercises, links to notes. Access to the plant notes NOT on blackboard are by passwords provided on the blackboard site (these are NOT your usual UVM ones but unique for this course)..
(1200 maximum for course, grades
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Ty Nurse
Red Raider Basketball In The Pros
24 Former Texas Tech Men's Basketball Players Are Currently Playing Professionally
Jaye Crockett Inks Deal With Italian Club
Former Red Raider To Play Professionally for Tortona Orsi Derthona
Texas Tech Set To Face No. 8 Kansas On Tuesday
United Spirit Arena Is Closing In On Its Second Sellout Of The Season
Texas Tech Looks For Four Straight In Ames
Red Raiders Looking For Fourth Ranked Win Of The Season
Red Raiders Travel To Norman In Search of Third Straight
Texas Tech To Face Sooners
Texas Tech TV Exclusive: Tubby Smith Interview
New Head Men's Basketball Coach Tubby Smith sits down with Texas Tech TV for an exclusive interview
Red Raiders Fall to Kansas in Big 12 Quarterfinal
Tech ends Big 12 Tournament run and season following 91-63 loss to Kansas
Kravic Put-Back Lifts Red Raiders to 71-69 Win
Red Raiders beat West Virginia in Big 12 Tournament Opener
Red Raider Road Trip: Big 12 Basketball Tournament
Travel with the Men's Basketball Team as they make their way to Kansas City
Postgame Press Conference: Texas Tech vs. Texas
Texas Tech vs. Kansas State
Texas Tech vs. Kansas State
First United Methodist Church Thanksgiving Dinner
Texas Tech's Men's Basketball helped serve meals at the 2012 First United Methodist Church Thanksgiving Dinner
Texas Tech 89, Prairie View A&M 79
Texas Tech won its season opener for the 13th consecutive year with an 89-79 win over Prairie View A&M.
2012 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
Texas Tech baseball, men's basketball and women's basketball teams participated in the Race for the Cure.
Chris Walker Named Men's Basketball Head Coach
Chris Walker was elevated to Interim Head Coach on Oct. 4, 2012 at a press conference at the United Spirit Arena.
Ty Nurse is the lone senior on the squad. He led the Red Raiders in five statistical categories last season. Prior to Texas Tech, he led Midland College to the NJCAA national title game and Canada to a seventh place finish at the 2009 FIBA U19 World Championships.


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event featuring David
Beatson, chairman of Ascent Advisors and a member of the
Dean's Advisory Council, was cancelled.
Sunday, Nov.
Nancy Lahmers, Honors Cohort coordinator and
executive director of CEMM, will be inducted as an honorary member
of the Golden Key International Honor Society at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
6 in Hitchcock Hall. Friday, Nov. 11Jay Mortensen, director of target
costing and cost engineering, at Maytag will be a guest speaker
10:30 a.m., Friday, Nov. 11, 2005, in Pfahl Hall 140. He will be
speaking about tactical execution of 'Design for Manufacturability'
in a manufacturing environment. Friday, Nov. 11Chris Jaromin, executive director
of manufacturing, and Colleen
Heacock, director of organizational change for communication
and development at the Longaberger Co. will be guest speakers on
Friday, Nov. 11, 2005 from 1-3 pm in Pfahl Hall 140. They will be
speaking about the redesign of individual craft work into a lean
cell manufacturing process. The company's new ergonomically
designed basket making equipment will be on display and demonstrated
in the lobby of Pfahl Hall during lunch. The public is invited to
watch baskets being made and even add a row or two of wood to the
basket.Tuesdays, Nov. 8, 15,
29The Transportation and Logistics Association meets
every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in SB 330. Free food is served downstairs
in SB 209 at 7 p.m. For the rest of the quarter, the presenters will
be: Energizer on Nov. 8; CAT logistics on Nov. 15; Owens Corning on
Nov. 29. Non-members welcomed.
Undergrad case team gets honorable
mentionThe undergraduate case team of Cindy
Chang, Lisa Gottfried, Bob Horstman, Mike Jones, Eny Shih,
and Robert Trask received regional honorable
mention in the Deloitte Tax Case Study Competition. Fisher teams place in top 100 at
Thunderbird Innovation ChallengeTwo Fisher teams finished
in the top 100 out of 320 teams of top MBAs at the Thunderbird
Innovation Challenge. The Fisher team finishing in 30th place was
Dimitar A. Karaivanov, Todd M.
Muller, Erika Wenzke, Shinichiro Kido and Michael L. Saucedo. The team of
Derek A. Guenther, Ko-Chen Jane
Shan, Ashish Chaturvedi, Sam W. Pagan and Ryan Frey finished 97th.
Oded Shenkar, Ford Motor Co. Chair
in Global Business Management, was quoted in the Oct. 15 issue of
CIO magazine discussing the practice of bribery when conducting
business in China. Martha
Cooper, professor of marketing and logistics, quoted in a
World Trade article, "Summing up the current state of logistics,"
regarding the importance of a logistics background in today's
business. Michael
Camp, academic director for Center for Entrepreneurship,
quoted in a Columbus Dispatch article, "The start of something big:
black business owners in central Ohio," in reference to minority
students and their improving access to and success in new business
ventures in central Ohio. Paul Evans, professor of finance,
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in 9/11 money," which ran in The Columbus Dispatch on banks
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Spring Football Opens for Wyoming Cowboys on Tuesday, March 22
Cowboys Return 18 Starters, Including 9 on Offense, 8 on Defense and 1 on Special Teams
Wyoming Brown and Gold Game Set for Saturday
Brown Team, Featuring the No. 1 Defense, Will Challenge Gold Team With No. 1 Offense
Brent Vigen took over as Wyoming's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2014 and will enter his second season in that role in 2015. He will be entering his 18th year as a college coach and his seventh as an offensive coordinator. Vigen's 2014 Cowboy offense ranked fifth in the Mountain West in passing offense, averaging 227.8 yards per game, and featured Biletnikoff Award Watch List receiver Dominic Rufran, who was invited to a free-agent camp by the Atlanta Falcons following his senior season. Another Cowboy senior, offensive tackle Connor Rains, signed as a free agent with the Denver Broncos. Vigen's Wyoming offense was very effective at protecting the ball in 2014, committing only 18 turnovers to rank No. 4 in the MW and No. 33 in the nation.
Vigen served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at North Dakota State under new Wyoming head coach Craig Bohl from 2009-13. He began his college coaching career at his alma mater, NDSU, in 1998.
Vigen was the offensive coordinator for each of North Dakota State's three consecutive FCS National Championships in 2011, '12 and '13. In 2013, Vigen's offense at North Dakota State ranked No. 10 in the nation in scoring offense (38.7 points per game), No. 7 in rushing offense (257.3 yards per game), No. 14 in total offense (457.5 yards per game), No. 1 in third-down efficiency (55.4%), No. 3 in passing efficiency (164.9) and No. 6 in red-zone offense (89.2%). The 2013 NDSU offense also was one of only 12 FCS teams to average 200+ yards rushing and 200+ yards passing per game. The 2012 Bison offense ranked No. 7 in the nation in third-down efficiency (50.7%) and No. 16 in red-zone offense (89.2%). Vigen's 2011 offense ranked No. 5 in the country in red-zone offense (91.1%).
From 2011 through 2013, Vigen helped NDSU to a 43-2 (.956) overall record and a 22-2 (.917) Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) mark on way to its three consecutive FCS national titles. The 2013 NDSU squad became the first undefeated (15-0) FCS National Champion since Marshall went 15-0 to win the 1996 title. That 15-0 record by the Bison also set a North Dakota State school record. NDSU extended its winning streak to 24 consecutive games with the 2013 FCS Championship. That tied both the FCS and NDSU records for consecutive victories. The University of Pennsylvania set the FCS record of 24 consecutive wins from 1992-95. Montana later tied the record from 2001-02. The NDSU record was originally set from 1964-66.
Vigen coached quarterback Brock Jensen, who earned Third Team All-America honors from the Associated Press in 2013 and went on to sign a free-agent contract with the Miami Dolphins in the Spring of 2014. Jensen was named the Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2013. He also was named the: 2012 and 2013 NCAA Division I Championship Game MVP; the 2012 and 2013 College Sporting News FCS Playoff MVP; and the 2013 College Sports Journal FCS Playoff MVP. Jensen ranked: No. 4 in the country in points responsible for in 2013 (264 points); No. 5 in the nation in passing efficiency (167.4 rating); No. 5 in passing TDs (34); No. 9 in the nation in completion percentage (66.3 percent); and No. 23 in passing yards (2,793). Jensen set North Dakota State single-season passing records in 2011, throwing for 2,524 yards and broke that record with 2,793 passing yards in 2013. He concluded his career as North Dakota State's career passing leader, with 8,598 passing yards.
The 2013 Bison offense featured three All-Americans. In addition to Jensen earning Third Team AP All-America honors, offensive tackle Billy Turner was named a Consensus All-American and fullback Andrew Grothmann earned First Team All-America recognition from The Sports Network.
In 2011, '12 and '13, the NDSU offense featured a pair of 1,000-yard rushers. The 2011 season was the first time in NDSU school history that the Bison offense featured two 1,000-yard rushers and a 1,000-yard receiver in the same season. Sam Ojuri rushed for 1,105 yards, and DJ McNorton tallied 1,020, while receiver Warren Holloway had 1,003 receiving yards. In 2012, Ojuri (1,047 yards) and John Crockett (1,038) each rushed for 1,000 yards. The 2013 season saw Ojuri (1,398) and Crockett (1,277) duplicate their 1,000-yard seasons of the previous year, while Vigen's 2013 offense also featured 1,000-yard receiver Zach Vraa (1,191 receiving yards).
Vigen began his college coaching career as a graduate assistant for the Bison from 1998-2000. He became a full-time coach in 2001, coaching the NDSU tight ends in 2001 and the quarterbacks in 2002. He remained at his alma mater as the running backs coach in 2003 when Craig Bohl became head coach of the Bison. From 2004-08, Vigen was elevated to passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach, and in 2009 he was named offensive coordinator and continued to coach the Bison QBs.
He coached two-time All-America tight end Jared Peck in 2000 and 2001. Peck went on to sign a free-agent contract with the Denver Broncos.
Vigen helped to develop two-time Great West Football Conference Player of the Year, quarterback Steve Walker, who earned the honor in 2006 and 2007. North Dakota State was 8th in rushing offense (219.82 ypg) and 19th in total offense (400.09 ypg) in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS statistics. Running back Pat Paschall led the FCS in rushingyards per game (139.7) in 2009.
As a player, Vigen was a tight end for the Bison from 1993-97. He was part of three NCAA Division II Playoff squads in 1994, '95 and '97. In 1994, he helped lead NDSU to the North Central Conference (NCC) Championship. The Bison advanced to the NCAA Division II Quarterfinals in 1994 and '95 and the First Round of the 1997 Playoffs.
A native of Buxton, N.D., Vigen earned his bachelor's degree from NDSU in 1998 and completed his master's degree, also from North Dakota State in 2000. He and his wife, Molly, have three boys, Jake, Grant and Luke. Molly played basketball at NDSU and was a member of the 1996 NCAA Division II National Championship team and three NCC title squads.