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Divorces are often messy business. Feelings are hurt, bank accounts are depleted and lives are changed.
Say hello to the current divorce proceedings of the football and basketball branches of the Big East family.
The main parts of the story have been well documented.
The Big East, once a superb conference in basketball and a competitive conference in football, has been consumed with inner conflicts for the past 15 years, with schools leaving for more lucrative financial deals and more long term security, with family squabbles and feuds part of the daily routine.
The latest headline news was the decision by the Catholic 7 group of schools, who had announced in December their intention of leaving to form their own basketball-dominated conference. The original departure date was July of 2015. That was negotiated back to July of 2014.
That was still too long of a wait. For the past few weeks, the Catholic 7–urged by a lucrative television deal with Fox sports-worked hard on a departure date of this July. The Catholic 7 also wanted to keep the Big East name.
The football schools listened and said all of that was possible, if the price for leaving early was right.
Both sides agreed to the CONCEPT of leaving early and letting the "Big East" name also move to the Catholic 7 group.
Details could and would be worked out in an amicable fashion.
In the last 36 hours, that changed. The news leaked and then spread with the speed of a computer virus. Fox, anxious to promote its new cable sports venture, of which the Catholic 7 would be a cornerstone product, let it slip that a press conference promoting the new cable outlet would have the Catholic 7 as the main feature.
The Big East name would be part of it. So would be additional schools such as Butler and Xavier immediately and other schools such as Saint Louis, Dayton, Creighton, and Richmond.
Notre Dame, which is scheduled to head for the Atlantic Coast Conference in all sports but football in 2014, might consider playing with the Catholic 7 group for a year if the ACC couldn't take them in early.
All good juicy stories.
The only problem on Friday morning was that the remaining Big East Presidents meeting in Atlanta hadn't AGREED or signed off on ANYTHING yet. No final money offer had been agreed and we are talking millions of dollars that the Catholic 7 would leave on the table for the privilege of leaving early and taking on the Big East name.
People went into the meeting in Atlanta on Friday morning with an attitude of maybe we can do this, maybe we won't–at least right away. Let's look at the dollar figures, which are in the millions of dollars range. S
All of this will eventually be worked out. The Catholic 7 will leave in July. They will take the Big East name.
But….it might cost them more than they thought. And the word amicable is rapidly fading from the use of descriptions regarding the talks.
The devil is in the details as they say, and there are lots of details that must be worked out on both sides.
The trouble with the Catholic 7 Presidents is typical of the attitude that most of the CEO's of the major college athletic schools in this country carry with them.
They are CLUELESS on how to make this all work. Sure, it's easy for the Catholic 7 Prez to agree to a deal which allows the St. John's. Georgetown's and Providence's of the world to play in a different basketball conference next season.
They don't have to worry about setting the whole thing up. Hiring a commissioner, staffing offices, finding officials to work the games, not only in basketball, but in the other sports which seldom generate headlines.
They don't care about the uprooting of people's lives which will happen in the next several months as this arrangement is put together.
But then again these are the same Presidents in the Big East who turned down a $150 million television offer less than two years ago and were forced to sign off a few days ago on a deal which will pay slightly more than 20 million a year.
They should all sign with deals with Nike, simply because their motto seems to be "Just do it."
Someone else will clean up the poop that is on the floor. Just tell me how much money we can make from this deal and we will sign. Rivalries, traditions, other parts of the fabric which makes college athletics still a great deal for both participants and fans, mean very little these days.
And, yes, it will get done. Somehow, some way. The old Big East will die and the new Big East basketball league will be revived.
They will hold games and tournaments, presumably next March in New York City's Madison Square Garden, and people will come and people will watch on TV.
The football version of the Big East will also emerge as a conference that plays football next season, perhaps under a new generic name such as the Big American Conference or Conference America. Maybe a rebirth of the Metro Conference would be in order.
The words spoken in Atlanta on Friday by Big East commissioner Mike Aresco will be filled with optimism and a sense of familiarity with his new and former co-workers.
Life will go on, but it could and should have been done in a different more amicable manner.
The only one who should be happy with all of this are the lawyers.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron (right) with Prince Charles. Mr Cameron has pledged to give Scotland more tax-raising powers if Scots vote 'No' to independence. Photo: AFP
Edinburgh: Scotland will be allowed to set its own levels of income tax and benefits if the country rejects independence, the leader's of Britain's Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties have pledged in an unprecedented joint declaration.
In what will be seen as an attempt to undermine Scottish National Party leader and First Minister Alex Salmond ahead of the first televised debate on independence, the three party leaders have made a joint announcement promising more powers for Scotland if it votes "No".
The Prime Minister David Cameron, his deputy Nick Clegg and the Labour leader Ed Miliband joined their Scottish party leaders by adding their names to a document pledging further devolution if separation is rejected on September 18.
From left: Prince Charles, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband. Photo: AFP
All three pro-Union parties have produced individual proposals for extending devolution after a "No" vote and promised to include them in their manifestos for next year's general election.
However, this is the first time the three leaders have formally united to pledge the devolution of powers over income tax and housing benefit.
The announcement was timed to be made before a television debate between Mr Salmond and Alistair Darling, the leader of the pro-UK Better Together campaign, being broadcast live in Scotland on Tuesday night.
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Photo: AFP
In a further attempt to destabilise Mr Salmond, Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg will make statements voicing their opposition to independence just hours before the debate.
With opinion polls suggesting the largest group of voters want the Scottish Parliament to have more powers, Mr Salmond has claimed the only way to achieve this is a "Yes" vote.
But the joint declaration states: "We now pledge to strengthen further the powers of the Scottish Parliament, in particular in the areas of fiscal responsibility and social security."
Mr Salmond has claimed the Unionist parties are bluffing, but the agreement of Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband and Mr Clegg to sign a public written declaration indicates they are prepared to begin devolving further power to Scotland in the immediate aftermath of a "No" vote.
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How John Rood Competes With Giant Marketing Budgets Of 80 Year Old Competitors
by Tim Jahn on January 21, 2011
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It's not every day you come across somebody that decides to start a company and intentionally go up against a giant competitor with a seemingly endless marketing budget.
John Rood did just that with his test preparation company NextStep Test Prep. In this interview, John shares some of his marketing techniques that allow him to compete with the established giants of his industry.
Tim Jahn: My first question is what made you create a company that you knew would have to compete with 80 year old companies with 400 million dollar marketing budgets? That seems like something that you knowing that ahead of time you might not go down that road.
John Rood: Yeah. That's the big question. I think it's a really good one. I think that there is a couple of things that made me think it could be successful. Number one is despite the fact that Kaplan's is 80 years and Princeton Review is 30 years old, they really hadn't changed very much in the way that they did business.
So that to me was kind of the first sign to say, hey we should think about reevaluating the business model. So the business model that like Stanley Kaplan started in the '30's was lets get a group of people together in my basement, and I'll teach them about the SAT. And that's pretty much the way that they do most of their business now.
So there's some online components, some other stuff that they've got going. But the huge bulk of their test prep business was still, "We're going to get a group of people together, we'll have one teacher and they'll kind of talk to the class about it." So that's kind of one thing.
Whenever you see a business model that's been unchanged for 80 years, you know, not to say it definitely doesn't work, but there might be some other things that we could do there. And then the second thing was I had worked at one of the big companies for a pretty short time five or six years ago and what I learned was that their business model was kind of strange in the terms that they're margins looked huge on the outside.
And I think that they're margins really are huge when we start to look at more of the numbers. And it's not — you know, number one, they're hyper profitable and then number two, they've got a ton of money to spend on marketing. So, the second thing that I really thought of was given that this was an old business model and it's got these crazy margins, is there a way for us to kind of rethink that business model from start to finish, provide more value for the customer, and just kind of think about it on a different kind of revenue model.
Tim Jahn: Yeah, you mentioned that you, in your pre-interview notes, you mentioned that you studied one of your competitor's business models and you realized there was a few holes in the system where you saw opportunity. What were some of those opportunities you saw?
John Rood: Well, I think that the biggest opportunity was that at my big competitors, most of what they do is teach these prep classes. So you want to take the GMAT to go to Kellogg or Booth or whoever else. You go in and you sit in a class.
You know, you get some really great materials; you get an instructor that's probably pretty good. But you're still sitting in this group of all these other people and you're paying a premium rate for it. So I think that the main hole that we thought we could fill in the market was we thought that if we just kind of changed our revue model a little bit, changed the cost model in the prep industry, what we could do would be provide one on one tutoring for about the same price.
And that's kind of what we've been able to do. And to give you an idea, I mean, some of the things that we've been able to think about does it really provide the student a lot of value to have meetings in a two floor office building that they have rent in the loop? What if we did tutoring sessions at a library or at your house or at your university student union. That's going to save us tens or hundreds thousands of dollars every month. And that's something that we can kind of pass on to get the one on one revenue model to work.
Tim Jahn: So you were looking at ways to save yourselves money that you could then pass on the savings to your customers?
John Rood: Yeah, that's exactly right. So just kind of approaching a business where kind of the margin seems so ridiculous. It just made sense that if we could think about what's really the best product that actually adds the most value for our students? One of the things that we can kind of eliminate in order to make that model work and that's the whole idea behind our business.
Tim Jahn: Yeah, it seems like the old model was just so bloated that I mean, in a sense you wouldn't have too much trouble poking some holes in that and streamlining it.
John Rood: Yeah, absolutely. And I mean, there's a ton of challenges there too. So it's not just that all of the money that they make goes to crazy profit. A ton if it goes back into marketing.
So you know what, I learned a couple of days ago that I was talking to some great folks over at Rise Interactive about paid search and they said a company like Kaplan for example might do around ten million dollars of paid search. So obviously that's something that we could never support —
Tim Jahn: Ten million dollars in paid search alone?
John Rood: Yeah, yeah absolutely.
Tim Jahn: Maybe that's not a very big number, but to me that sounds insane.
John Rood: That sounds big to me. Certainly given what our marketing budget is, that sounds pretty big.
Tim Jahn: Wow.
John Rood: But so that's the kind of thing that we really have to compete with. So it's not just that we can have savings and then we'll be instantly successful. It's that we need to think about given that I think that we have a really great and compelling value proposition, how do we kind of get the word out to students that you can do this a totally different way.
But how can we get that message out kind of on the cheap? So without a ten million dollar adwords budget, without people on the ground putting up 150 flyers at every campus, over 20,000 students every week. How can we kind of get the message out? So that's really our big challenge.
Tim Jahn: How do you tackle that challenge? I mean how do you get the world out when your competitors have an unlimited amount of money it seems to throw at marketing?
John Rood: That's a great question. And that's certainly the challenge for us. I see it in kind of two big ways. So number one marketing channel is that we want to make sure that our online marketing is as good as it can be given our budget. And the second parts going to be kind of in person marketing. So on the online route, there's a couple of things that we can do. One of them is just kind of getting our SEO efforts on, going, and just making sure that that's really targeted.
And that seems to be a place where our really big competitors haven't necessarily spent a whole lot of time and money. So, they score really well on super big terms. So if you search for example for GRE Prep, they'll be one of the top results. But if you search for something like GRE Prep Chicago, they may well not have invested kind of the time and energy into getting those kind of smaller longer tail terms. We also do, lets see we do I mean, we do online classifieds all the time. That's really cheap and relatively effective.
We do a little bit of paid search although not anywhere near that kind of budget. And again, looking at kind of longer tailed terms and kind of trying to find more value. And then also social media. So one of the big things that's really important to us as a company is we want to students to kind of think of us as like trusted advisors who they can rely on as they think about these exams.
So it's not just that we're a company, we're here to kind of take your money if you want to give it to us and then we'll give you our product. We want to kind of engage with students from the beginning. So a couple of ways that we do that, number one we blog about these tests. So we think that we can provide great free value and that's a great way to kind of get students in the top of our funnel. And then we also use tools like twitter for example.
So people are talking about these tests all the time, twitters biggest demographic is our biggest target demographic which is people that are 18 to 25 years old. So when we see people talking about these tests, people will say, "I'm just getting started studying for my LSAT." And we can send them a link to our blog and say, "Hey, you might like this. It's a post about kind of how to get started."
Tim Jahn: I see. So I mean, it's the idea that you know they read your blog, they understand that you're pretty well versed in this field and maybe you can help them?
John Rood: Right, exactly. Exactly. And whenever we kind of touch a potential customer we also want to make sure that they understand our value proposition. So we try not to get too selly but at the end of everything we do that's free, we want to kind of make sure to communicate, "Hey if you go with us, you get this one on one attention for the same price as a class at one of our big competitors."
Tim Jahn: But you were talking about the search terms just a few minutes ago. And I was just curious, what happens when these big competitors, these big companies, once they start to figure out that there's long tail terms out there and maybe they start buying up GMAT Chicago or GMAT Michigan terms, what do you do then?
John Rood: That's going to be a big challenge and I totally get that. Our hope first of all is that we can already be established in those terms and score pretty well. We hope that over time, we'll get a lot more traffic and a lot more attention to our brand which might insulate us a little bit.
But I mean, if they, if someone with $400.00 of test prep revenue wants to go after GMAT Prep Chicago, they'll definitely get it. And then we would just have to adjust. I mean, that's one of the benefits of being small and being a startup is that we can be more focused. So if they kind of ever hunkered down and say, "We are going to go after absolutely every search term out there, and just throw millions of dollars at it." We'd be in bad shape and we'd have to kind of rethink that strategy. But for now, that's seems to be working.
Tim Jahn: Gotcha. So you guys didn't go after any funding when you started this company? You said, you created a business model that would generate some revenue from the get go. Why? I mean, I'm a fan of that but so many people seem to go straight for the funding and forget about the business.
John Rood: Absolutely. There's a couple reasons behind that. I think that the biggest one frankly is personal. So I wanted to own this company. I see it as a lifestyle business that I want to scale and not as something that we're trying to get huge in three years and then sell. So I think it's a very different model. I think it's a longer term play and I don't know that it would attract huge amounts of funding.
So I feel really good that if we said that we wanted to go out and try to raise $100,000 or $500,000 or something like that, I think that we have the value proposition. Again, if we had the connections then we could get it done. But then when I kind of thought about it, I kind of thought what would we want to do with that money? And the risk that I see a lot of companies running is they get a bunch of money and then what can you do with it?
So if you're a tech company, and let's say you're a software company. If you get money, what you're doing with it mostly I think is number one feeding yourself while you work on your product and number two, just kind of getting your product built. So hiring your developer and so on, so forth. For us we had our product, right.
So we — I know how to teach some of these tests, I hired other people that know how to teach the rest of these tests really well. We were able to kind of put together our product and get that all set. So I think that if we had more money, when I think about what we could do it with it, I want to make sure that it's sustainable. So could we buy a bunch of paid search? Maybe. Could we do all these other things? Maybe.
But to me I mean, I just really value the idea that we were going to kind of start out with this great product, it was already generating a little bit of revenue and then kind of build that organically. And if we weren't able to do that, I think that that would expose problems in our business model that we would want to address rather than give us reasons to go look for more money.
Tim Jahn: Gotcha. You know, I'm wondering, when you first started and like I said, you knew you were going up against these big players and that there was going to be a tough road ahead and they were established, how did you even start seeking out customers? I mean, I imagine you know, it's just beyond me, you're in a space where everyone knows all these other companies, their probably using them. How do you even say, "Hey, I'm in the room"?
John Rood: Right. Great question. I think that one thing that helped us out a lot was that I never want to bad mouth my competitors but there was a certain amount of kind of fatigue with their products and their marketing in the minds of a lot of different people. So one thing that we're able to do really quickly is starting out in Chicago and then just starting out with one test which was the LSAT which is for people that are going to law school.
You know, I could go to universities and say, "Here's what we offer, here's our kind of clear and distinct value proposition and how it will benefit your students. Can I come give a presentation there? Can I send an email blast out to your students?" And that was — that usually worked because people saw that there was value there. So by kind of reaching out to advisors, we were able to start getting some traction there.
And then there was other things that we could do really cheaply to like we could do online classifieds for almost free and that was able to start kind of getting the ball rolling at a local level enough so that I could feed myself as we thought about how to scale the model nationally.
Tim Jahn: So you weren't just trying to take over the behemoth from the get go, you were starting small and kind of the Trojan horse method, slowly sneak your way in and grow from there?
John Rood: Yeah, exactly. Exactly. And I don't want to give off the impression that I kind of knew everything going into it that it was just like a plan that was all set the outset. A lot of it's been just kind of learning as we go along. So I mean, one of the big things that we learn is that we think that there is a huge space to do premium tutoring online for a really good price.
And we think that that's going to be super valuable to our students that don't necessarily have access to a ton of resources the way that we do in Chicago. So if you live in like Akron, or like Dayton or somewhere like that, you may not have access to someone that scored in the 99% on the GMAT for example. And so that was a space where we could definitely play, where we can scale it nationally. And where we're insulated at least for a time from the big companies. Because fundamentally they cant now step away from their class model very easily without totally blowing up their business model.
So, if they — they pay 120th maybe on a per student basis for instruction and then kind of the rest of it goes to marketing. If they did what we do which is pay out a fair salary for our tutors who are working one on one, they have to totally change their business model.
Tim Jahn: Gotcha. How did you — now I like how you guys take the one on one approach as apposed to — because I feel like we're in world now where we want that personal one on one. Like I don't think — and I've never disclosure gone for GMAT or LSAT or anything.
But I would imagine a one on one tutoring session is going to be worlds more valuable than a group of five, ten people with one teacher in a library basement, you know. And have you — do you guys do regular feedback with your customers to see how well your idea of the model works?
John Rood: Yeah, absolutely. We do feedback all the time and we get really, really good responses. The one response that we get all the time which is like how I know for sure that this is a scalable business is that we get students all the time that call in and say, "I took the course at so and so company.
I didn't do as well as I wanted, can you guys help?" and we help them out and at the end of it, they say, "Man, I really wish that I have would have invested in one on one services upfront as apposed to going to like a class first." So if we're able to kind of reach those students before they go into the class, I'm absolutely certain that we can be successful with this model.
Tim Jahn: Wow, that's amazing. So they come and say, "Hey the class didn't work nearly as well as the one on one did, I wish I would have just found you from the get go."
John Rood: Absolutely, absolutely. But that's our challenge. It's not like that's an easy barrier to overcome by any means. But I mean, hey we know that it works, we know that it works. I mean, we have a really high success rate with our students. There's a high rate of satisfaction. If we're able to kind of get the word out more, I think that we can be successful.
Tim Jahn: What's one piece of advice you'd give to a fellow creative entrepreneur who's looking to maybe go up against some really big competitors?
John Rood: My number one piece of advice I think would be to move quickly. So I think the number one challenge I see with myself and with other entrepreneurs is to kind of spend too much time in like the planning phase and kind of the scale up phase and not to just kind of get their product out there and start getting feedback.
So I mean, for us I probably spent the first six months of this company thinking about it on a really small scale. So thinking about it on the scale of it's just, is it going to be like me and two other people teaching and is it just going to be Chicago, is it just going to be a couple tests.
And then there just kind of came a couple moments where I said, this is a service that thousands of people across the country would value. We need to think about kind of a bigger strategy for getting the word out. So I guess move quickly and then think bigger I guess would be my two pieces of advice.
Tim Jahn: Think bigger in the sense that what do you mean by think bigger? Because I mean, in a sense you guys started small, you know, you said you started small instead of just trying to take over the world at the beginning. What do you mean by think bigger?
John Rood: To me, that means that we — I think that — I'm glad we started where we were. I think — I wish that I would have kind of had a plan for making it kind of making it scale faster or to just kind of scale at all. So I mean, an example of this is — I mean we put together a system where we would be able to kind of track student and tutor interaction to make sure that the engagements were going on time, to make sure that we got feedback from the student in a timely fashion, etc.
At a certain point, we said, "This is not going to scale. There's just kind of be too much manual labor on our end; we need to get something that's more automated." And I just wish that I would have thought about that automation up front and said, "Well, we can start small in terms of the number of customers that we have. It would be great if we could put together a system so that when we have 100, and 500 and 1,000 students, that we'll be able to kind of manage that really effectively without having to reinvest and having someone else build something totally different for us.
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College Hockey:Big Green Cruise Past Engineers, Stay In Position For Bye
Ouellette Hatter, First Line Lead Dartmouth
TROY, N.Y. — Dartmouth got five goals and seven assists from its top line, including a hat trick from freshman center Mike Ouellette, and the Big Green went on to defeat Rensselaer, 7-1.
Along with Ouellette's hat trick, sophomore right wing Lee Stempniak had a goal and four assists and left wing Hugh Jessiman, a freshman who had a hat trick and two assists in the first meeting between the two teams, added a goal and three assists.
"All three of them, they're a good line for us," said Big Green head coach Bob Gaudet. "We broke them up for awhile to see how their chemistry would go, but they gel together."
With the victory, Dartmouth improves to 16-11-1 overall and 12-9-0 in the ECAC, in fourth place in the league standings with 24 points. The Engineers, who are in 11th place with nine points, lost their school-record 23rd game of the year. They fall to 9-23-3 overall and 3-15-3 in the league.
The homestanding Engineers opened the scoring on an unassisted power-play goal from senior Carson Butterwick midway through the first period. Butterwick picked up his sixth of the season after intercepting a clear ing attempt and scoring on a wrist shot that went off of Nick Boucher's glove.
The Big Green needed just 1:29 to tie the game as Ouellette scored on a wraparound, and Stempniak put the visitors ahead, 2-1, at 15:33 of the first with a rebound goal while on the power play. Defenseman Trevor Byrne intercepted a clearing attempt and put a shot on goal. Stempniak picked up the puck before Kevin Kurk could locate it and tallied his 16th of the season.
The Engineers had a chance to tie the game with two odd-man rushes late in the first. Eric Cavosie came down the far wing and put his initial shot on Boucher and got his own rebound. The rebound kicked out right before it could go through the five-hole. Then Kevin Croxton came in alone on Boucher and put the shot wide.
"When the power play ended, he walked in clean and it could have been a totally different game had they tied it 2-2," said Gaudet. "That was definitely a key play and Boucher was good all night."
Ouellette scored his second of the night to increase Dartmouth's lead to two goals when he tipped in a Jessiman pass at 6:27 of the middle stanza. The Big Green's Kent Gillings made the score 4-1 with an outstanding individual effort for his tenth of the season. A senior co-captain, Gillings came down the left side and roofed the puck under the crossbar from close range.
Third period goals by Jessiman, Eric Przepiorka and Ouellette closed out the scoring for the Big Green. Senior netminder Boucher, making his 100th career start, finished with 34 saves in the victory. Kurk stopped 30 shots for the Engineers. Dartmouth outshot RPI, 37-35.
"We had it matched up the way we wanted it to, just a couple of times down low, we had them contained along the wall and their guy beats us to the puck," said Engineer head coach Dan Fridgen. "When you get behind you have to open it up and they're the kind of the team that will hurt you when you open it up on them. We did create a lot of good scoring opportunities, we just didn't finish.
"The shots on goal wound up being 37-35 and it winds up a 7-1 game; it's tough to figure."
"It was a deceptive game, I don't think that was a 7-1 game," said Gaudet. "It could have been a lot closer than that. We made good saves and played some good plays and it wasn't a 7-1 game. We drew some penalties and worked hard. It was a good win for us."
Rensselaer returns to action on Saturday night, hosting Vermont in the regular-season finale. Dartmouth will play its finale at Union Saturday. With a win the Big Green clinch a first-round bye for the ECAC playoffs.
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Portal is a first person shooter/puzzle hybrid developed and published by Valve. The game was released on October 9, 2007. The story is Chell is a test subject at Aperture Laboratories, and goes through a series of tests with the aid of GLaDOS. As the story progresses, Chell starts learning the truth about Aperture Laboratories and attempts to escape Aperture Laboratories.
Graphics-With the aid of the Source engine, the graphics bring forth the high tech and very depressing look of a laboratory. Aperture isn't meant to be a happy place, and each chamber proves it.
Sound-GLaDOS' voice is the real highlight of the game. With an excellent voice actress and very well written dialogue, Ellen McLain brings GLaDOS to life. The soundtrack also fits into the science like environment and brings each test chamber to life.
Gameplay-The main emphasis of Portal is to solve a series of test chambers with the portal gun. As you progress, each chamber gets trickier and requires a little more problem solving. Adding to the gameplay is the inclusion of challenge mode, where players attempt to solve the chamber under specific stipulations. This adds replay value, and further puts their problem solving skills to the test. One flaw with the gameplay is that the game's pace is slow. While this helps out with puzzle solving, this can also make the game feel boring, but not boring enough to make the player quit. The second flaw is that the game can be seen as a tech demo instead of an actual game. The game's main flaw is that the game is short even with the added challenges.
Concept-The concept behind Portal came from Narbacular Drop, a freeware title. The team behind that game ended up working at Valve. It goes to show that if a game ends up successful, there is a future for creating more games.
Other uses-Portal's success inspired schools to use this game in their classrooms. The use behind Portal is to let students learn about physics, problem solving, critical thinking, math, and many more topics.
Overall-Portal's financial and critical success is what makes this game enjoyable. This is an example of a first person shooter where the concept isn't about killing monsters or extreme violence, but rather a game where you shoot portals to progress rather than bullets.
Score: 5/5
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By Phyllis Pollack
Slated for release on January 21, 2014, Eagle Rock Entertainment's retrospective on the Doors, entitled The Doors R-Evolution is a visual and musical up-close look at the band through television appearances and creative videos synched to their music.
The film is available both on Blu-Ray and on Digital Formats.
Eagle Rock Entertainment won a Grammy Award for its Doors documentary film "When You're Strange" with narration by Johnny Depp in 2011.
With sound remixed and remastered by Bruce Botnick, The Doors R-Evolution has music through its entirety. With many of the band's biggest hits, including "Light My Fire," "People are Strange," and more, the band breaks on through to the other side during the age of psychedelia, and other culled footage is synched to video during the '80's and '90's.
Most of the film is in color, with some exceptions that include a performance of "The Crystal Ship" and an interview on the late Dick Clark's American Bandstand, filmed in 1967. A second performance on the show of "Light My Fire" also graces the DVD.
Other television appearances are also included. Among those broadcasts are a rendition of "Moonlight Drive" on the late Jonathan Winters Show, "People are Strange" with Murray the K,"Break On Through To The Other Side" on Shebang, and 'Touch Me" from the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
A promotional film for "The Unknown Soldier" by Mark Abramson and Edward Dephoure add another twist to the retrospective footage.
A short interview segment with the Doors is featured, during which quotes include, "We're inside the music...because we are our music."
Morrison's charismatic presence seeps through every performance.
Some of the performances include the obligatory blonde go-go dancer, while Morrison seems to be in a trance.
A recording studio passage is also part of the DVD as the band goes through a rendition of the aptly titled "Wild Child."
A 1970 performance of "Roadhouse Blues' becomes a stark reminder of the frenzy that Morrison invoked on the road.
A black and white performance of "Crawling King Snake" shows Morrison's stark appearance change, as the now bearded singer seems bloated and overweight, while still able to deliver a captivated performance with his voice far rougher than during the band's earlier period.
One of the highlights of the DVD is the segment for the song "L.A. Woman." Neon shots of famous L.A.'s night spots and restaurants, against a backdrop of Palm Trees, the beach, and the multi-ethnic backdrop of L.A. are the perfect setting for this love song to Los Angeles.
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Motherhood in the whale world is more demanding than just delivering a 12 foot, 2000 pound baby
As New England Aquarium researcher Monica Zani flew low over the right whale, she saw big, bubbling pools of blood coming up alongside the thrashing fifty-foot endangered whale. She thought the worst fearing a massive injury from a vessel strike. Rolando Salmon, the pilot of the small spotting plane, quickly started circling the distressed whale so that the crew of four could make closer observations and take more photographs.
At second look, Monica questioned her initial assumption. The whale was rolled up on its side, yet there was no visible wound. The red-tinged water around the whale's belly and tail flukes was breaking up quickly due to the turbulence of the white water created by the thrashing. Somehow, the whale's movement seemed more rhythmic and purposeful than just a spasmodic reaction to great pain. Then the whale dropped below the water's surface. Three and a half minutes had passed since Monica had first spotted the lone whale. Suddenly, the whale resurfaced without any thrashing. An object about one quarter the length of the adult appeared alongside it. There was no longer just one whale but two – a mother and her newly born calf!
The drama associated with invigorating new life was not yet over. The approximately twelve-foot, one ton calf was listless, and its tail flukes appeared to be curled under. The mother again dipped from the surface and when she reappeared the calf was draped limply over her back. The calf then rolled off its mother's back and began to swim. Over the next fifteen minutes, the calf stayed within a half body's length of its mother making frequent body contact and rolling. A few times, the pair surfaced with the calf positioned near its mother's flippers, which is where nursing would take place. The water was too murky to observe any actual suckling, but the crew was encouraged. After twenty minutes, the plane needed to move on.
Despite thousands of hours of flights to monitor right whales in their calving grounds off the coasts of Georgia and northern Florida, no human had ever seen the birth of a North Atlantic right whale, the most endangered large whale in the Atlantic. In a population of less than 400, every new right whale calf is a cause for celebration in the effort to battle their extinction. Beyond the trauma of giving birth, motherhood in the world of right whales is highly demanding and requires a maternal dedication that is awe-inspiring.
Here are a few of the facts:
1. Late each autumn, pregnant females swim over 1000 miles from New England waters to their calving grounds near the Florida/Georgia border. The maternal strategy to have newborn calves with little blubber enter the world in the much warmer waters to the south.
2. Right whale mothers essentially fast for four months while they are at the calving grounds and on the migration each way. Once out of New England waters, their preferred food of animal plankton is too low in density to make feeding worthwhile.
3. Calves are still hungry and must nurse on their near cottage cheese-like milk of their mothers to gain the hundreds of pounds that they gain weekly. Scientists postulate that over the course of the late pregnancy and a year of nursing, right whale mothers can lose 10 - 30% of their average 50 ton weight or anywhere from
10,000 to 30,000 pounds.
Later photo analysis by New England Aquarium researcher Heather Pettis revealed that the mother was called "Cat's Paw", a namesake for a small white scar that the whale has on its shoulder.
The photos were taken in the winter of 2005 and have just been published in the scientific journal Aquatic Mammals. The delay in the release to the mass media is an unfortunate necessity for scientists who must first publish in academic venues.
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Does Good Corporate Governance Reduce Information Asymmetry Around Quarterly Earnings Announcements?
Kiridaran (Giri) Kanagaretnam
York University - Schulich School of Business
Gerald J. Lobo
University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business
Dennis J. Whalen
Otterbein College - Department of Business, Accounting & Economics
April 3, 2010
Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 497-522, July/August 2007
We examine the relationship between the quality of corporate governance and information asymmetry in the equity market around quarterly earnings announcements. We use the change in market liquidity (i.e., bid-ask spreads and depths) around the announcements as a proxy for information asymmetry. We use principal components analysis to identify three factors, board independence, board structure and board activity, that capture the information in the eight individual corporate governance variables we examine. We then use ordinary least squares and two-stage least squares to estimate the relations between market liquidity changes and the following four explanatory variables: directors' and officers' percentage stock holdings, board independence, board structure, and board activity. Our results indicate that changes in bid-ask spreads at the time of earnings announcements are significantly negatively related to board independence, board activity, and the percentage stock holdings of directors and officers. We also find that depth changes are significantly positively related to board structure, board activity, and directors' and officers' percentage stock holdings. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that firms with higher levels of corporate governance have lower information asymmetry around quarterly earnings announcements.
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Diddy & WWE Anti-Bullying PSA
Sean "Diddy" Combs and WWE put out a new PSA for the Be-A-Star anti-bullying program. You can watch it at this link or embedded in the video below:
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John Cena Update
John Cena Tweeted that he's feeling great but isn't 100%. The following is from the WWE Champion's verified Twitter account:
It's Monday! @wwe @twitter @twitter_es @youtube ill see you guys 2nite on #Raw not 100% but feeling GR8! #RTimeIsNow #nevergiveup
— John Cena (@JohnCena) May 6, 2013
Tim Tebow to WWE?
Jim Ross posted a new blog on Monday on his official website. In it, he examines his idea of NFL free agent Tim Tebow going to WWE. Below is an excerpt:
My idea that Tim Tebow might find success in WWE apparently struck a chord with some media types. It's not the worst idea I've ever spewed. Tebow is young, 25, big and athletic, enjoys working with charitable organizations ala Make a Wish Foundation, etc and is coachable. Tim could be a positive role model in the ring and touch lives around the world via the WWE's global footprint. (Of course, being a positive role model in the ring in today's world often times means getting booed out of the building.)
Is Tebow to WWE a long shot? Absolutely. I doubt, but don't know, that it's ever been seriously discussed within the WWE. But it's certainly an intriguing idea if for nothing else for a well constructed, long term storyline that could culminate at WrestleMania 30 in New Orleans.
The headlines an offer would garner, if formally made to the former Heisman Trophy winner, would be widespread. ESPN's Skip Bayless would likely be appalled. Oh, the humanity….
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Sandy Friede NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS Here's a savory entree that's easy to make but elegant enough for company. I like to double the recipe and then freeze individual size portions for those busy days when I work late and don't have time to cook.
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 4-1/2 teaspoons plus 1/4 cup butter, divided
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 package (10 ounces) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- 6 ounces cream cheese, cubed
- 1/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs
- 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (6 ounces each)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons stone-ground mustard
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- In a large skillet, saute onion in 4-1/2 teaspoons butter until tender. Add garlic; saute 1 minute longer. Add spinach and cream cheese; cook and stir over low heat until blended. Remove from the heat; stir in bread crumbs.
- Flatten chicken to 1/4-in. thickness; sprinkle both sides with salt and pepper. Place about 1/4 cup spinach mixture down the center of each chicken breast half. Fold chicken over filling and secure with toothpicks.
- Place seam side down in a greased 11-in. x 7-in. baking dish. Melt remaining butter; stir in the honey, mustard and lemon juice. Pour over chicken.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40-50 minutes or until meat is no longer pink, basting every 15 minutes with pan juices. Discard toothpicks. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Spinach-Stuffed Chicken Breasts in Country August/September 2008, p49
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Reviewed Aug. 25, 2012
"I couldn't find my stone ground mustard so used spicy brown mustard"
Reviewed Sep. 10, 2011
"I added some fresh grated parmesan and romano to the stuffing. Instead of bread crumbs I added wheat germ since I had no bread crumbs in my pantry. It turned out GREAT and that sauce is pretty tasty too."
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2011
"Love this recipe and loved the fact that it freezes well. Liked the fact that the sauce for on top was plenty to cover all the chicken breasts."
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"This recipe was a hit with the whole family."
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"This was really really easy to make. Didn't have stone-ground mustard, the only thing I had on hand was Dijon mustard which turned out great. Very tasty."


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Total Includes 40 Who Graduated Saturday
Five NIU Seniors Set for Final Regular Season Home Competition
Northern Illinois took on MAC heavyweight Central Michigan on Senior Day (Feb. 26) in Victor E. Court.
Career Bests: Uneven Bars - 9.525 (Exh. at Bowling Green, 1-24-10); Beam - 9.300 (Exh. vs. UW-LaCrosse, 1-10-10).
2011: Did not compete for the Huskies in 2011.
2010: Saw action on uneven parallel bars in seven meets, including six times as exhibition, and competed as exhibition gymnast on balance beam in first three meets of the year. Scored a 9.350 on bars in season opener versus Wisconsin-LaCrosse (1-10). Earned a top score on bars of 9.525 (exhibition) at Bowling Green (1-24) and scored a 9.500 at Kent State (2-19). Posted a 9.450 on bars in exhibition performance at UIC (3-6). Recorded a season-best 9.300 on balance beam versus UW-Lacrosse as an exhibition score.
2009: Did not see action in any meets for the Huskies in 2009.
Prep: Competed and trained at the United Gymnastics Academy in Frankfort, Ill. Participated in Level 10 competition for one year, and missed part of a season due to a torn meniscus. Aside from gymnastics, was involved with PLAST Ukrainian Scouting Organization.
Personal: Born March 17, 1990 to Mark and JoAnn Murskyj of Orland Park, Ill. Her hobbies include reading and photography. A pre-physical therapy major. Has earned Huskie Scholar status with a GPA above 3.0.


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Miami Gardens, Fla. -- The Saints' offense found some rhythm it lacked for most of the game as the unit put together two scoring drives, but a blown coverage by cornerback Corey White propelled the Miami Dolphins back out front as the Saints fell to Miami, 24-21, at Sun Life Stadium.
One stop could have given the Saints the win late in the fourth quarter. But Miami's Marvin McNutt flew past White on a deep route on fourth-and-4 to make a 56-yard touchdown reception to push the Dolphins back ahead 24-21.
Undrafted rookie free agent center Tim Lelito picked up the rare touchdown for an offensive lineman to cut the Dolphins' lead to 16-13 early in the fourth quarter. Lelito fell on the loose ball in the end zone after Khiry Robinson fumbled near the goal line.
On the next drive, Ryan Griffin hit Saalim Hakim for a 53-yard pass connection. The big play led to the Saints taking the lead on a 2-yard TD pass from Griffin to Austin Johnson.
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ABC's action drama "Agents of SHIELD" is taking a two week break and returning first thing next month. In the meantime, on Thursday, January 16, Spoiler TV revealed the synopsis for the upcoming episode 13 'TRACKS."
According to the source, when Agent Coulson returns in "Agents of SHIELD" this coming February, Coulson and his team will be hot on the trail of the Clairvoyant. The team will be boarding a mystery train that, "seems to be headed for certain death."
Guest starring in this episode are: David Conrad as Ian Quinn, Carlo Rota as Lucas Russo, T.J. Ramini as Mancini, Ludwig Manukian as the Conductor, Emily Baldoni as Sofia, and a special cameo appearance by Stan Lee.
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There is a problem that bother me for some time. I have an asp.net mvc that uses NHibernate for modeling the database. The infrastructure is the following: Windows 2008 R2 for all virtual machines. IIS 7.5 is working on one virtual machine. Sql Server 2008 is working on another virtual machine. We have couple of databases, two that stores application data and one that registers all unhandled exceptions.
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Highland Park Scotch has just released the third of its enormously successful Valhalla Collection, a yearly release of single malt scotch to honor the pantheon of Norse gods from the Orkneys and recognize the Nordic traditions that are such an integral part of the history of the Orkney Islands.
Previous releases were Thor and Loki, that contrasting and uber-masculine pair of avatars. This third release goes in a different direction, honoring Freya, Odin's female counterpart, the goddess of hearth and home, the symbol of fertility and motherhood, wrapped in her iridescent feathered cloak inspired by the Northern Lights---but remembering that these are the Norse, she's also the goddess who claims half the dead from the field of battle for her own Viking version of the afterlife.
If you're considering a scotch named after Freya, you might expect less overall force and power and more complex and subtle expressions of strength. And you'd be right.
There's strength and power enough, to be sure, in this pale gold whisky. A fifteen year old single malt scotch that carries 51.2% alcohol by volume (that's 102.4 Proof) is not a puling weakling; yet it doesn't overtly show the power of proof. The fires are banked on Freya's hearth, and fruit and flower and earthiness are the hallmarks of this spirit.
The fruit is abundant, lavish with fresh apricots, green apple and an almost-sweet pear, lively on the nose and tongue; there's a soft, honeyed note as well, and the peat is subtle, underplayed, a lovely background note that is more about flowers and earth than smoke. In mid-palate the spice starts to register, and in keeping with the theme, it's warm spice, dusty cinnamon and pungent clove, spice of the winter hearth. And only at the finish is there any impression of heat, a final burst of Freya's fire that reminds you of the power she carries.
Highland Park Freya has a superb balance of all its elements, a unique aromatic and flavor profile that distinguishes itself immediately (a characteristic of Highland Park, this balance, but expressed singularly here). With all the collector bottles and special releases and such that are flooding the whisky market, this is a whisky worthy of acquisition. It's a remarkable addition to the prestigious Valhalla Collection.


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Vongerichten Stocks ABC Kitchen
Amid widespread industry job loss, JGV, at least, is hiring for his new project.
A report from Eastern Consolidated indicates that the New York City restaurant industry lost 1,300 jobs last month. The good news via Craigslist is that Jean-Georges Vongerichten's upcoming farm-to-table project, ABC Kitchen, is hiring servers. [Real Deal]


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- Single Family Home
- 3,893 sq ft
Heartland Cottage style home with a spacious front porch and stone on a lookout home site Functional owners entry with a walk-in closet and command center with cabinets Gourmet kitchen features stainless appliances, large center island, butlers pantry and walk-in pantry Formal dining room and main level study Gas fireplace with marble surround in the family room Upper level game room, laundry with cabinets and two hall baths Luxury owners suite includes a sitting area, vaulted ceilings, walk-in closet and private bath with double vanities, separate soaking tub and shower Get more info about this property.
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- Diamond Path Elementary
- 14455 Diamond Path
- Dakota Ridge School
- 4629 144th St W
- Highland Elementary
- 14001 Pilot Knob Rd
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- Early Childhood Learning Center
- 5800 149th St W
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- 4629 144th St W
- Scott Highlands Middle
- 14011 Pilot Knob Rd
- Rosemount Middle
- 3135 143rd St W
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- 5840 149th St W
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If you haven't experienced some level of excitement upon hearing a Grouplove song or haven't gone a day with one of their songs stuck in your head, well, I just don't believe you. The Los Angeles based indie band is one of music's most exhilarating young acts. The quirky and spirited group make it look far too easy to throw together a catchy song. The bands single, "Tongue Tied", reached No. 1 with sales exceeding one million and by the end of 2012 it was Alternative radio's second most played song.
Just as the chart topper, "Tongue Tied", was beginning to fade into memory, the band released the lead single, "Ways to Go", off their second full-length album, Spreading Rumors, and the sing-a-long lingered on.
Grouplove performed their new original track written for the film, "The Fault In Our Stars", Monday night on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien". Another sure-fire toe-tapper for the colorful group. Check out the their energetic performance here.


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These lovely ladies dress warm and fashionably for a day of shopping at City Creek Center in downtown Salt Lake City.
"My bag is Coach, shoes are Sam Edelmen, dress is BCBG and the coat is vintage. My necklace is vintage and my ring is a spoon!"
"My boots are Seychelles, trousers are J.Crew, watch is Marc Jacobs. I carry my scarf and an extra sweater, just in case."
"I get most of my stuff online. The jacket is Zara. I'm a student and this is my typical style."
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With the growing selection of amazing craft beers here in San Diego and all over the country, tasty brews have become somewhat of a commodity; some highly sought after and even collectible.
With such demand, novices and seasoned beer geeks alike can have trouble tracking down their favorite suds if they aren't careful. In a city filled with creative brewers and growing amounts of craft beer fans it can be easy to miss out on the newest brewery releases if you don't follow a few simple pointers when shopping for beer.
Be Adventurous
Being a fan of craft beer allows you to try many different styles and flavors. If you claim to be an IPA lover, venture outside your comfort zone a bit and try an E.S.B from Alesmith, or Mission's El Conquistador pale, both which have enough hop character to keep any hophead happy, but are balanced enough to not destroy your taste buds.
If your brother only drinks whichever-Lite beer, dont be afraid to buy him something with a little more flavor to help break him out of his mass-produced drinking shell.
And try a canned beer. Today's canned brews are not the metallic tasting fizzy yellow stuff your father used to drink. Technology has helped improve the taste of modern canned beer, and more local breweries are turning to cans for the packaging of their beers (Stone in 2014?). Try the Black House coffee stout from Modern Times and Swamis IPA from Pizza Port.
Get To Know "The Beer Guy"
Even your local grocery store is likely to have someone in charge of the flow of beer on the shelves, someone who has likely sampled many of the beers sold in the store. Get to know the types of beers he drinks, what he likes and does not like and you might find a wealth of knowledge that will help you down the road when trying to choose a new beer.
Most "beer guys" are more than happy to lend a few suggestions because the more they share their likes or dislikes, the more likely you are to be a repeat shopper and feel good about spending your hard earned money. (Replace the word guy with girl in any of these instances, if you like)
Seek The "Special" Stuff
Just like the urban legend of asking the local butcher what he's "got in the back," there is no harm in asking the clerk if they have anything good in the cellar. A special release like The Abyss from Deschutes often gets to the retailer in limited quantities, and shops often limit customers to one or two bottles, if it's even on shelves at all.
Chances are your favorite beer store has cases of specialties in the back room, available upon request only. For the retailer, this helps ensure that a wide variety of people can enjoy the beer. If you don't ask, you'll never know if your coveted brew is ready to be taken home.
Be Prompt
Because of limited quantities, you need to be quick on the draw when it comes to tracking down the beer you want. Chances are if you are reading about the release of Firestone Walker's Parabola in March, so are hundreds of other people.
The customer that asks for that beer in April is likely left with an empty glass due to the high demand and limited quantity. Act fast and you won't miss out on amazing craft beers like Goose Island's Bourbon County Stout, which causes Disneyland-like lines when released locally.
Be Social
You use social media for everything else in your life, why not craft beer? Breweries across the globe use Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as advertising/marketing tools, updating drinkers on what beer they are brewing and what events or festivals they are participating in.
Most brewery websites include yearly beer release schedules, so you can know just when that special IPA you covet is being released.
Attend a bottle share or beer festival and be social with other beer drinkers face-to-face. Only the true beer snob is not going to want to share his love of the craft with a newcomer, and its a great way to expand your knowledge of what is bottled (or kegged) with someone who has already been through the ringer.
Also, "friend" fellow beer drinkers, even ones you've never met face-to-face, to see what they're drinking. You may discover someone is drinking something you have been wanting to try and you can decide if you want to buy it yourself based on the feedback of others.
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Dollar General has low everyday prices, especially for family's trying to make the most of their food and clothing budget. You can find quite a few deals in this at Dollar General this week and if you use coupons to save even more money.
The Spend Less, Shop More website posted the best Dollar General deals and coupon match-ups on Sunday, March 30. Also included in the coupon matchups are some deals you can get without coupons. If you hurry you can still get a $5 off $25 mobile coupon. Visit Spend Less, Shop More to get the text code.
Start your holiday shopping it is never too early, and pick up Matchbox Cars for only 79¢ each this week. You can also find some every day grocery items like bread and frozen pizza on sale this week and you will not need a coupon. Town Talk wheat bread is $1.25 per loaf and Tombstone pizza is on sale for $3 each. Selection and quantities may vary from location to location.
You can stock up on laundry detergent, paper towels and get Barilla pasta free with purchase of Prego Alfredo sauce. To find the coupons you will need to save on the following sale items, visit Spend Less, Shop More.
Dollar General weekly ad savings and coupon matchups for March 30 through April 5:
- Prego Alfredo sauce: Buy a jar and get free Barilla pasta. Pay only 63¢ per item
- Bugles snacks: Get the 4.1 ounce bag for only 75¢ each
- Pop Tarts: Get the 8-count box for $1 each
- All laundry detergent: Get the 50-ounce bottle for under $3 each
- Scott paper towels: Get the 6-count mega roll pack for $4.25
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Paypal has made it mandatory for all users in India to enter their PAN card number to get the withdrawal service started again. So you would need to have a valid pan card to withdraw money from paypal to your bank. Here are some of the question and answers (FAQ) regarding the PAN card and PayPal account in India:
1. What is a PAN number?
PAN or permanent account number refers to a 10-digit alphanumeric number issued in the form of a laminated card, by the Income Tax Department in India.
2. Where do you find your PAN number?
You can find the 10-digit number printed at the front of your card.
3. Why do you need a PAN number?
PAN number is compulsory for all financial transactions as per Indian laws and regulations. PAN number provides you with a unique identification and makes it easier for PayPal to track your financial transactions. You need to have a PAN number (made mandatory by the Income Tax Department) in order to file for return of income as well as on all correspondence with any income tax authority in the country.
4. How do you get a PAN number?
To apply for a PAN card all you need to do is submit the requisite application form number 49 A to the Indian Revenue authorities.
5. I entered my PAN number wrong by mistake, where can i update in now?
Still there is no option in PayPal account where you can update your PAN card number. So contact PayPal they will update it.
6. Will PayPal verify my account name and PAN card name?
No, till now the PayPal is just taking the PAN card number of 10 digits. They are not verifying the names.


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Dr. Waksal is founder and CEO of Kadmon Corporation.
In an exclusive and in-depth video interview with Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN), Sam Waksal, Ph.D., opined that the biotechnology industry is not truly science focused, and that is a major shortfall. Go to www.genengnews.com/video-channel for the full conversation.
"Science is critical for driving both innovation and further development of the biotech industry," emphasized Dr. Waksal, founder and former CEO of ImClone Systems in 1984, and now chairman and CEO of Kadmon Corporation, which he founded in 2009. ImClone is located in lower Manhattan and Kadmon is based on 29th Street.
Dr. Waksal went on to say that 30 years ago, the biotech field was so new that there were very few people with any previous experience in the industry. As a research scientist, he said he entered the arena with no fear and thought it would be easy to get a company up and running. ImClone subsequently became a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly in 2008.
"In the early years, everyone focused their companies on recombinant DNA and monoclonal antibodies. Back then, if you had two scientists with a pulse and some test tubes, you could start a biotech company in a garage," explained Dr. Waksal.
Again bitten by the biotech bug, Dr. Waksal felt confident about launching his second company, Kadmon. "I know the pitfalls by now, and am more circumspect with what works and what doesn't." In the interview with GEN, Dr. Waksal also put forth his thoughts about Obamacare and the impact it may have on providing new therapeutics to patients. Also, how likely is it that insurance companies will provide reimbursement for new therapies, such as Kadmon's.
In the video interview with John Sterling, editor-in chief of GEN, Dr. Waksal explained why Kadmon is different from other biopharmaceutical companies, and described in detail the company's lead product, KD019, which is in Phase III. He also discussed the other promising therapeutics in the company's pipeline.
Dr. Waksal also answered the question: Do you think there is a Steve Jobs of Biotechnology?
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Illinois a Pen Stroke Away From Axing Death Penalty
Thirty-five states and the federal government currently have the death penalty.
But that number could soon drop to 34.
The Illinois state senate on Tuesday approved legislation to end the death penalty in the state. The state House had approved the measure a week earlier, so now the ultimate decision will fall to Democratic governor Pat Quinn.
So far, according to this story in the Chicago Tribune, Quinn hasn't said which way he's leaning. His staff on Tuesday said only that he would review the bill. During the fall campaign, the Democratic governor said he supports "capital punishment when applied carefully and fairly."
The Trib noted that the Senate bill was lauded by state senator Kwame Raoul, who pointed to Gordon "Randy" Steidl, who was present in the chamber. Steidl spent 17 years in prison, including 12 on death row, after he was wrongfully convicted of a 1986 double-murder. Raoul urged fellow lawmakers to seize the chance to "join the civilized world" and end the death penalty in Illinois.
But Quinn's vote, if it's cast in favor of abolishing the death penalty, might not be motivated solely by the plights of those innocently accused. Andrea Lyon, a professor at DePaul University College of Law and director of the Center for Justice in Capital Cases, told the Trib she expected Quinn to sign the legislation as a cost-saving measure, if for no other reason.
She said Illinois spends about $100 million a year on death penalty cases, and that prosecutors seek it nearly 60 times for every one defendant who receives it. Illinois's finances are a mess; the state's House voted on Tuesday to hike taxes significantly to help the state dig out of its hole. Click here for the WSJ story on that vote.
Still, not everyone's in favor of abolition. According to the Trib, Sen. Kirk Dillard, R- Hinsdale, said the people of his district believe in executions for mass murderers and killers of police, prison guards and children.
"I think there's still a place for the death penalty for the worst of the worst of our society," Dillard said.