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NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -- A couple dozen officers march into North Augusta schools Thursday.
You could say they're there to learn -- the subject is school safety.
"Well, in the events of the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy, the North Augusta Department of Public Safety felt that it was pertinent for our officers to actually get out and actually do a tour of the schools and actually go over plans with the school administration in case of such an unlikely event here in the City of North Augusta," said Sgt. Maurice Ransom with the North Augusta Department of Public Safety SWAT team.
They're taking plenty of notes and asking tough questions. The only hand-outs they're getting are up-to-date floorplans of the schools. They'll have to be prepared if tragedy ever strikes here at home.
School by school, the men walked through gyms, lunchrooms and classrooms to learn the specifics of each.
"A lot of the schools are laid out quite differently, and this was a great opportunity for law enforcement officers to actually walk the halls and actually see the different classrooms and how the actual layout and setups are as compared to blueprints," Ransom said.
They even explored the roof of Paul Knox Middle School.
Principal John Murphy was their guide.
"Well, I think our plan is very solid. There are a couple things we could tweak to improve our safety procedures," Murphy said.
They didn't hesitate in pointing those things out. Specifically, they asked the school to use a card system in lockdown situations.
"Sometimes it helps to have a different set of eyes to look at what you're doing," Murphy said.
At the end of this school day, there was no pop quiz. There was simply a hope that the skills they continuously craft will never be needed.
The officers will be reporting their findings to Deputy Superintendent David Caver of the Aiken County Public School District as soon as possible. By the way, Aiken County Sheriff Michael Hunt also plans to meet with Caver and Superintendent Dr. Beth Everitt. They want to improve the policy for all of Aiken County any way they can.
As for Richmond County Schools, Capt. Ted Brown at BOE Public Safety says the increased level of security that was put into place after the shooting in Newtown remains in effect. Brown says that while the school does not have sufficient officers to station one at every school, the officers are rotating visits among the campuses.The captain would not discuss how long the increased security will remain in effect, but it will continue for the foreseeable future.


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2013 (FRESHMAN): Compiled a 16-3 singles record and a 5-0 record in Southland Conference play … spent most of the season playing at the No. 4 spot where he tallied an overall record of 10-1 … also competed in the No. 3 (1-0), No. 5 (2-2) and No. 6 (3-0) positions … primarily paired up with Matt Westmoreland in the No. 2 spot in doubles action … also paired up with Oden Barta in the No. 3 slot for one match … helped the team to their six straight SLC Championship and to the first round of the NCAA championships … named First Team All-Southland for singles and teamed up with Matt Westmoreland to earn a spot on the Second Team All-Southland in doubles.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Americano High School in Saltillo, Mexico.
PERSONAL: Born Ricardo Mayagoitia on June 19, 19994, in Monterey, Mexico.

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FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2012 file photo, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is pictured during an interview with the Associated Press at his office in the Capitol in Denver. Hickenlooper will sign legislation Wednesday, March 20, 2013 that sets limits on ammunition magazines and expands background checks for firearms, marking a Democratic victory in a state where gun ownership is a treasured right and Second Amendment debate has played out in the wake of two mass shootings. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski,
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A 12-year-old Swiftwater boy died Saturday of an accidental hanging, Monroe County Coroner Bob Allen said.
"This was not a suicide. This was an accident," Allen said.
Allen said Pocono Township Police investigated, but details were not available Tuesday.
Gabriel M. Crumb was a student at Pocono Mountain East Junior High School. Another Pocono Mountain student, Shelby Paige Mastrogiovanni, 9, of Blakeslee, also died unexpectedly that day of natural causes, according to Allen. She was a fourth-grade student at Tobyhanna Elementary School.
District Spokeswoman Wendy Frable said crisis response teams are in place at both schools.
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Muslim Brotherhood: A Different Breed of Islamists
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In theory, Americans and their government unreservedly support democratic movements. In practice, however, they worry about democratic alternatives to long-standing dictatorships. Sure, America is pro-democracy; but US interests come first. And while Arab dictators are certainly corrupt and oppressive, they do maintain regional stability. Along [...]


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Twitter Changes Math on Counting Users Who Don't See Ads
Twitter on Monday acknowledged it miscalculated an important metric involving its user count.
The company in a quarterly filing said that 11% of its 271 million monthly active users in the three months through June accessed the service through a third-party app. That is about 8.9 million fewer users than it had said during its second-quarter earnings call just a few weeks ago. At that time, Twitter estimated 14% of its users use Twitter through third party apps.
The numbers are important because these are the users who never log directly into Twitter.com or the mobile app, and hence never see ads, the company's main revenue source.
As The Wall Street Journal detailed this month, the percentage of these third-party app users had doubled from 7% one year ago – when stripped out of Twitter's user count, overall monthly active user growth actually slowed to 3.9% from 4.4% three months earlier. That's a different story than Twitter's narrative of accelerating user growth.
Now Twitter says the 14% of third-party app users is actually lower after it "reviewed and refined our processes." The company didn't provide a reason for the new calculation in its filing, but in an online presentation accompanying Twitter's second-quarter earnings report, the company has added a footnote (see page 3) that says it "later discovered that this number included certain users who accessed Twitter through owned and operated applications." That would presumably mean that users of Twitter's own desktop client, Tweetdeck, were among those included in the original calculation.
A Twitter spokesman declined to comment, including whether the error applies to previous quarters, except to say there is no material change to historical figures.
In that case, Twitter can now claim that user growth — absent the third-party app users — actually accelerated to 7.5% from 4.4% three months earlier.
Twitter did disclose a new metric within this pool of third-party app users – it said as much as 8.5% of its active members use third-party apps that are able to automatically ping its servers without any real action taken by the user. In other words, up to 23 million of its users may not be interacting with Twitter content at all.
Facebook has said that as of Dec. 31, 2011, fewer than 5% of its daily active users world-wide access the network through third-party apps that automatically contact its servers. This doesn't include instances when users share or "like" content from a third-party app or website on Facebook. The company hasn't disclosed a more recent figure.


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As training athletes, it's easy to train too hard, for too many days per week, or even months in a row. The result? Overtraining.
We sometimes fail to realize that with unnecessary or junk workouts, overtraining can compete with valuable stages of mental and physical recovery. It's important to remember that our body and central nervous system needs to "heal" before it can grow, otherwise we'll see little to no gains in speed or strength, leading to injury and despair.
Having realized the benefits of proper recovery, much of our success now comes from balancing months of intense workouts with guidance and support from our local holistic health specialists.
Some of the most common complaints of cyclists is back pain, neck strain and joint aches, which can be readily addressed by the practice of yoga. With yoga, one enhances overall performance by working under-used muscle groups, increasing inner and outer focus, and cultivating a sense of calmness and overall balance. You, too, can revive your yoga glow and increase flow to your mind, body and soul with Shaelah Morris at Studio Tahoe.
We successfully maintain cycling fitness throughout winter by skate-skiing. The combination of simultaneous upper and lower body activity places a greater workload on the heart-lung system than any other sport. Skiing also requires bursts of energy for climbing and accelerating, which produces even more oxygen transport capacity. Check out the expansive Nordic trails at Tahoe Donner, and sign up with JoJo Toeppner or Katerina Nash for pointers in technique and efficiency.
By exploring relaxation massage and exercises, one experiences quicker muscle recovery, lower heart rate and decreased tension, making immediate changes to the way you feel and perform. With relaxation and sports massage, Annemarie Sheridan at Namaste balances the athlete in all of us.
As cyclists, it's easy to find ourselves with imbalances such as tight hamstrings, knee and back pain, and an underdeveloped core, making us prone to strain and injury. Scott Williams at Synergy Healing Arts coaches us to rebuild and maintain our race-worthy strength with cycling-specific exercises and drills that improve our flexibility and core strength. Scott might also suggest changes to your bike fit to decrease knee stress and increase pedaling efficiencies.
So, you owe it to yourself, develop and find your balance. With a focused fitness plan that eliminates junk workouts and follows a balanced framework of cross training and relaxation exercises, there's opportunity for everyone to find improvements in their fitness and overall strength. If you want gain, don't overtrain.
— Team rider Forrest Huisman is the author of this week's Marc Pro-Strava Racing column. For more information, results and upcoming events from the Truckee-based cycling team, visit http://marcpro-strava.com.


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- Oct 19:
- TCAL roundup: Volpatti leads Valley Christian past St. Patrick-St. Vincent
- TCAL roundup: Volpatti leads Valley Christian past St. Patrick-St. Vincent
- WACC-Shoreline roundup: Piedmont edges Alameda in wild game
- WACC-Shoreline roundup: Piedmont edges Alameda in wild game
- OAL roundup: Lavance Warren helps McClymonds top Fremont
- OAL roundup: Lavance Warren helps McClymonds top Fremont
- American 41, Mission San Jose 0
- DFAL roundup: Campolindo stays unbeaten with 35-20 win over Las Lomas
- DVAL roundup: Concord hands Northgate its first loss, winning 30-28
- EBAL roundup: San Ramon Valley edges Granada
- Oct 18:
- BVAL roundup: Pittsburg uses running game, defense to turn back Liberty football
- East Bay high school/community college scoreboard for Friday, Oct. 18 events
- De La Salle football team dominates James Logan
- Friday's East Bay high school/community college football scores
The host Encinal High football team pitched its second consecutive shutout Friday, beating Berkeley 10-0 in what was the Jets' first-ever victory over the Yellowjackets.
"I don't think we've ever beaten them," said Joe Tenorio, a 1995 Encinal graduate and the longtime Jets coach.
The teams played in different leagues when the Jets (6-1, 2-0 West Alameda County Conference-Foothill) began their run of power in 2008, and Berkeley (3-4, 1-1) won in overtime last year when the schools became league foes again.
This was the Yellowjackets' first loss as a member of the WACC after an undefeated run to the league title last year.
Berkeley had twice the time of possession as Encinal in the first half, but that didn't produce any points.
The Yellowjackets opened the game with an 18-play drive that reached the Jets' 8-yard line before an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty helped stall the possession.
Encinal had the ball only twice in first half and ran just 14 plays, but that was enough for the Jets to take a 7-0 lead on a 2-yard touchdown run by Isaiah Hunter.
Encinal went on a 16-play drive to open the third quarter that ended with a 24-yard field goal by Emily Rentschler.
Three of Berkeley's four second-half drives ended with Encinal interceptions, including two by Kevin Shaa.
Carlos McClure also had an interception, and Kealii Pedro had one in the first half.
The Yellowjackets outgained Encinal 213-198 and were led by Michael Lazarus' 97 yards on 21 carries.
Castro Valley 43, Bishop O'Dowd 14: Demareyeh Lane rushed for 73 yards and a touchdown, and he also scored on a 27-yard fumble return as the host Trojans (2-5, 1-1 WACC-Foothill) rolled over the Dragons (1-6, 0-2).
The Trojans rushed for 279 yards in the dominating win, as they scored 22 unanswered points in the second quarter to take a 29-7 lead at halftime.
-- Allen Gordon, correspondent
San Leandro 39, Hayward 0: Junior quarterback Stephen Johnson accounted for five touchdowns as the Pirates (3-4, 2-0) remained unbeaten in the WACC-Foothill division with a shutout of the Farmers (0-7, 0-2) at Sunset Field.
Johnson had four touchdown passes and finished with 139 yards on 7-for-9 passing. He also ran for a game-high 75 yards and a score.
Defensively, the Pirates held the Farmers to minus-1 yard on the ground and 29 total yards. Hayward recorded just one first down.
Johnson hit Reuben Baker for a 26-yard strike in the end zone and Keone Foumai for a 13-yard touchdown as San Leandro jumped out to a 14-0 lead midway through the first quarter.
-- Tony Gonsalez, correspondent
Concord 30, Northgate 28: Quarterback Mitch Daniels completed two touchdown passes to Mason Knight in the fourth quarter, and the host Minutemen took a win over previously unbeaten Northgate in Diablo Valley Athletic League play.
The wild game saw the Broncos rally from a 12-6 halftime deficit to lead 13-12 on a 14-yard pass from Kyle Austin to Jake Smith. But Concord (6-1, 2-0 DVAL) responded with a 42-yard scoring run on a delayed handoff to Malik Blackburn.
The Broncos (6-1, 1-1), led by Eric Haynes' 158 yards rushing, retook the lead on Haynes' bulling 12-yard run.
But the Minutemen wouldn't be denied. Daniels completed a 34-yard scoring strike to Knight on a post pattern after Jose Rivera recovered a fumble.
Sam Dale just missed a 41-yard field goal attempt on Northgate's next possession, and the Minutemen made the Broncos pay.
Daniels connected on a pass to Knight, who had 192 yards receiving, and he eluded a tackle 20 yards downfield and raced into the end zone on the 50-yard completion. It was his third TD catch of the game.
Northgate rallied with a 1-yard touchdown run by Matt Huang to cut the deficit to two points, but fell short.
The Broncos were hurt by turnovers, fumbling the ball away three times.
The Minutemen took a 12-6 lead into the intermission after holding the high-scoring Broncos without a touchdown.
-- Matt Schwab
College Park 47, Mt. Diablo 7: The Falcons (4-2-1, 1-1 DVAL) scored four touchdowns on the ground in the first half and went to beat the host Red Devils (2-5, 0-2.)
In the first half, Ray Jackson had 140 yards on eight carries and one touchdown, and teammate Trevor Sprung had 120 yards in six carries, including 93-yard touchdown run early in the first quarter.
-- Nick Norvell, correspondent
Clayton Valley Charter 35, Ygnacio Valley 0: The host Eagles (6-1, 2-0 DVAL) ran out to a 28-0 lead at halftime and topped the Warriors (1-6, 0-2) for their sixth straight win.
Miles Harrison, Dylan Jue and Kristian Mamea all scored touchdowns in the first half, and Shane Morris capped the scoring with an 80-yard TD in the third quarter. There was a running clock for the entire second half.
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1st Artificial Cervical Disc Approved
July 19, 2007 -- The FDA has approved the Prestige Cervical Disc, the first artificial cervical (neck) disc for the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease, one of the most common causes of neck and arm pain.
"The approval of this artificial disc means that people with cervical degenerative disc disease now will have another surgical option for treating this condition," says the FDA's Daniel Schultz, MD, in an FDA news release.
"This device will help relieve pain and restore function," says Schultz, who directs the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
The cervical spine (neck region) consists of seven bones called vertebrae, which are separated from one another by intervertebral discs. These discs allow the neck to bend and rotate.
The current surgical treatment for cervical degenerative disc disease involves removing a diseased or bulging disc in a patient's neck and fusing two or more bony vertebrae.
The Prestige Cervical Disc would instead replace the impaired natural disc.
The disc consists of two main pieces of stainless steel that act as a joint with a ball and trough (groove). A surgeon removes the impaired natural disc and uses bone screws to attach the artificial disc to the adjacent vertebrae.
Prestige Cervical Disc's Approval
The FDA approved the Prestige Cervical Disc earlier this week based in part on a clinical study of 541 patients.
The clinical study showed that the device improved neck and/or arm pain and was as safe and effective as cervical fusion, a common surgical treatment for degenerative disc disease, according to the FDA.
The FDA also considered the recommendations of the Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the FDA's Medical Devices Advisory Committee, which reviewed the artificial cervical disc in September.
As a condition of the disc's approval, Medtronic will study the device's safety and effectiveness over the next seven years. The FDA will continue to monitor the device as part of its overall effort to ensure that products remain safe and effective once they reach the marketplace.


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About the Book
"Gabriel García Márquez meets Umberto Eco meets Jorge Luis Borges for a sprawling magic show." —New York Times Book Review on Shadow of the Wind
Barcelona, 1957. It is Christmas, and Daniel Sempere and his wife, Bea, have much to celebrate. They have a beautiful new baby son named Julián, and their close friend Fermín Romero de Torres is about to be wed. But their joy is eclipsed when a mysterious stranger visits the Sempere bookshop and threatens to divulge a terrible secret that has been buried for two decades in the city's dark past.
His appearance plunges Fermín and Daniel into a dangerous adventure that will take them back to the 1940s and the early days of Franco's dictatorship. The terrifying events of that time launch them on a search for the truth that will put into peril everything they love, and will ultimately transform their lives.
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Critical Praise
"[A novel] with the blissful narrative drive of a high-class mystery… Ruiz Zafón is a splendidly solicitous craftsman, careful to give the reader at least as much pleasure as he is evidently having." — The Guardian
"The story has heart, menace torture, kindness, cruelty, sacrifice, and a deep devotion to what makes humans tick." — New York Journal of Books
"Perhaps his wittiest [novel] and the darkest to date, a stylistic feat that Ruiz Zafon handles deftly…Savor this book." — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Gripping…suspenseful…The magic of the novel is in the wonderfully constructed creepy and otherworldly setting, the likable characters, and the near-perfect dialogue." — Booklist
"Invoking the atmosphere of Dumas, Dickens, Poe and Garcia Marquez, Carlos Ruiz Zafon retains his originality and will hold his rightful place among the storytelling masters of literature." — Book Reporter
"Zafon's storytelling is deft and well-paced, and his vivid prose brings the cultural riches and political strife of Franco-era Spain to life." — Publishers Weekly
"There is an air of magical realism to Zafón's tales. The prose is robust and the dialogue rich with smart irony. But mostly, reading Zafón is great fun." — Miami Herald
"A deep and mysterious novel full of people that feel real…This is an enthralling read and a must-have for your library. Zafón focusses on the emotion of the reader and doesn't let go." — Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- Imprint: Harper Perennial
- On Sale: 03/12/2013
- Trimsize: 5.313 in (w) x 8 in (h) x 0.685 in (d)
- Pages: 304
- List Price: 14.99 USD
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Car crashes upside down on University Parkway in Winston-Salem
UPDATED 12:03 PM EST Dec 04, 2012
Only minor injuries were reported after a car crashed upside down onto bushes on University Parkway Tuesday morning.
The crash happened around 11:05 a.m. on the northbound side just north of Northwest Boulevard.
Photos from the scene showed the car resting on bushes off the right side of the roadway.
Police are still investigating how the crash happened.


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A local business contacted Eagle Police this week when an employee received rude and obscene voice messages at work.
The calls were made during the early morning hours, before the business was open. The caller referred to the victim by name and made the inappropriate comments. The police report also noted that the caller sounded intoxicated.
"Strangely, the caller left his phone number on the voicemail as well," the report added.
The employee noted she was concerned about the situation because the caller used her name. However, the police officer noted that the caller may have gotten that information from the business voicemail system. The employee asked police to make sure the caller was not an actual threat.
When the officer contacted the number the caller left on voicemail, a man answered the phone. The officer noted the man sounded like he was intoxicated. The officer noted it was difficult to hear the man, who said he lived in Chicago and denied knowledge of the earlier calls. However, the officer noted the voice sounded the same.
The caller was advised in stern terms that he was not to call the business again, or any of the employees who work there.
Eagle Police were called to the Eagle Post Office Feb. 12 when a peeved patron reportedly damaged property.
Postal employees told police that they were talking with a customer about his failure to renew his post office box in a timely manner. Employees noted it was the fourth time the patron had failed to comply with a renewal notice.
When an employee told the man his box number had been reassigned to another patron, she said the man became angry and stormed out of the office. He reportedly pushed a glass door with such force that he broke the door arm. The estimated cost to repair the door is $216.
When the Eagle officer contacted the patron, he admitted he pushed the door hard when he left the office. The officer told the man the post office employees want to ban him from the building and charged him with the damage. According to the report, the man said he thought the whole situation was ridiculous and he did not plan to return to the Eagle Post Office. The man added he was not mad at anyone there, just at himself "for being so stupid."
On Feb. 11, Eagle Police discovered what appeared to be an illegal, makeshift shooting range along Avalanche Parkway inside the town limits.
The officer spotted four containers placed upside down in a snow bank and upon closer inspection, he found small entry and exit holes in three of the four containers. The holes appeared to be caused by a pellet/BB gun or a .22 caliber gun. Additionally, the officer noted there was no back stop set up behind the targets to contain any rounds fired.
Noting that the makeshift target practice area was located within town limits, where discharging any weapon including BB or pellet guns is prohibited, the officer collected the containers. The investigation continues.


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A year ago, the eyes of the tech world were fixed on Facebook's initial public offering, fueled with hopes that it would rocket skyward and lift the rest of Silicon Valley with it.
Yeah, didn't happen.
But with a new year upon us, venture capitalists and other startup experts are focused on other tech trends they think could become the Next Big Thing.
And while social networking startups may have lost their luster, other buzz-heavy phrases from last year -- like mobile, cloud and big data -- are still getting plenty of love.
"I do think 2013 should be a time for people to try to figure out how to make money on mobile," said Ted Schlein of venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield &Byers.
While he and others note that mobile startups have been sprouting fast and furious, Schlein said they've been mostly "little app of the day" companies, subject to the fickle whims of consumers.
His partner at Kleiner Perkins, Chi-Hua Chien, paints the market opportunity in grander terms. "Somebody," he said, "will be the Facebook and the Google (GOOG) of mobile."
While both those Internet heavyweights have struggled to reap fortunes from their mobile offerings, Dan Greenberg, CEO of video-advertising startup Sharethrough, thinks Facebook could be on the right track. "Native is the answer to the mobile ad problem," he said, referring to the way social networks like Facebook and Twitter are letting marketers insert messages into users' activity streams.
Greenberg thinks Yahoo (YHOO) and major media companies will integrate content akin to Facebook's "Sponsored Stories" into their mobile offerings. Targeted posts from marketers, he said, are more effective than old-school banner ads.
Digital advertising firm Solve Media agrees, noting that a recent poll of more than 200 media buyers predicted double-digit growth in such spending this year compared to 2012.
Satish Dharmaraj of Redpoint Ventures even goes so far as to predict Google will buy Twitter in 2013 in an effort to master the world of sponsored posts.
Ross Fubini, a tech entrepreneur and investor who recently joined Menlo Park venture firm Canaan Partners, pointed to another way mobile phones will increasingly become marketing machines: Through what he called "cookie-ing people" in the real world, much as Internet browsers use bits of code called cookies to keep track of people in cyberspace.
"I'm right now walking on the streets of San Francisco, and my phone is constantly dropping in and out of various cellular towers," Fubini said. Mobile carriers and advertisers can follow those shifting signals to know where a person is, then target him or her with services such as restaurant suggestions, traffic warnings or e-coupons for nearby stores.
With so many new uses for cellphones, John Cioffi -- the Stanford engineering professor known as the father of DSL -- thinks the number of mobile and connected devices like smart TVs will double in 2013. Meanwhile, he said, demand will slow for cable and fiber home-broadband links.
Michael Harries, chief technologist at the Citrix Startup Accelerator in Santa Clara, predicted new competitors will arise to challenge iPhone and Android devices. Microsoft's Windows 8, for instance, was expressly designed for smartphones and tablets, "and Mozilla's about to bring out a low-end phone," Harries said.
The explosion of devices, he and others agreed, will make life more challenging for corporate information technology departments. The "BYOD," or bring-your-own-device, trend is giving individual users more control over what hardware they use in the workplace.
And increasingly, the same is true of software. Schlein and Fubini both note that software-as-a-service companies like Box and Splunk offer "freemium" pricing to entice individuals users, hoping enough will sign up that their IT directors will spring for additional bells and whistles.
With more options for customers to choose from, software companies will have to make their products more user-friendly, Schlein said -- and even develop multiple versions of their products for different programming interfaces.
Fubini added that the trend may undercut the dominance of one-size-fits-all software giants such as Microsoft and Salesforce. Startups that can devise the next gotta-have-it business app will be in demand as acquisition candidates. But Fubini said some -- following the example set by Pleasanton's Workday -- will resist and try to go public.
Schlein predicts the stock markets will continue to be very choosy about tech IPOs in 2013. He called that "a good thing" because it ensures only top-quality companies can go public.
Mark Heesen, head of the National Venture Capital Association, was more optimistic, pointing out that of the 51 companies that went public between late 2011 and late 2012, the lion's share have recently been trading above their opening prices. "Usually," he said, "it's about 50-50."
Venture capital analysis firm CB Insights notes that there are nearly 500 venture-backed tech companies in the U.S. with projected valuations of more than $100 million. Companies selling wireless infrastructure and enterprise software could be well positioned for IPOs in 2013, said CB Insights founder Anand Sanwal.
Contact Peter Delevett at 408-271-3638. Follow him at Twitter.com/mercwiretap.
MOBILE MONEY: Investors will be looking for new ways to monetize mobile, whether via new forms of advertising, or an increase in "cookie-ing" people in the real world (i.e. keeping tabs on them via cellphones and targeting location-specific offers to them). Also, the number of mobile devices is predicted to keep burgeoning.
SOCIAL REACH: Social networking tools becoming more ubiquitously sewn into all kinds of software, and more sophisticated "big data" being developed to help companies mine all the information being generated by the social explosion.
SOFTWARE REVOLUTION: The ongoing penetration of SaaS (software as a service) with "freemium" pricing plans, together with the increasing trend toward BYOD (bring-your-own-devices to work), means people are going to have more and more choice in what software they use at work.


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The Marietta Tigers hung with Zanesville for as long as they could Friday night, but eventually, Zanesville's speed and athleticism took over as the Blue Devils pulled away for a 75-43 victory at Sutton Gym.
"They're just quicker than us, one through five," said Marietta head coach J.D. Secrest. "That's the bottom line. They exploited that. We hung with them for a quarter or so, and they just smelled a little blood and went after the ball."
Zanesville, now 18-3, held the advantage in just about every statistical category in the game. The Blue Devils shot 27-for-54 (50 percent) from the floor, grabbed 29 rebounds and committed 12 turnovers. Marietta, on the other hand, shot 16-for-48 (33 percent), had 18 boards and turned it over 19 times.
"Recently, we've worked a lot on offensive execution," said Zanesville head coach Scott Aronhalt. "We knew Marietta was gonna play a lot of zone. I thought we were pretty well-prepared. The guys just did a great job."
The turning point in the contest came midway through the second quarter. After a 3-pointer from Corey Hill on an assist from Cameron Benson cut Zanesville's lead to 21-15, Marietta would not score another point in the half as the Blue Devils went on a 13-0 run to go up 34-15 at the break.
"We're still pretty weak with the basketball," Secrest said. "They took advantage of that. They got a lot of easy steals and a lot of easy baskets there in the second quarter and gave themselves a cushion."
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Zanesville 15 19 17 24 - 75
Marietta 10 7 10 16 - 43
Jake Phillips 2 0-0 6, Tyrail Thomas 1 4-5 6, Dar Stanford 3 1-1 7, Ramon Wilson 4 0-0 9, Kade Johnson 0 0-0 0, J.T. McFarland 1 0-0 2, Thomas Wibbeler 2 0-0 5, Marcus Johnson 2 3-4 7, Malik Bocook 4 3-4 11, Granger Long 4 5-5 13, James Clark 2 0-0 4, Spencer Hardwick 2 0-0 5, Eric Walker 0 0-0 0, Austin Blatt 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 16-19 75.
Jonathan Wood 0 0-0 0, Zach LaBarre 1 0-2 2, Cameron Benson 1 4-4 6, Derek Amrine 0 0-0 0, Adam Gearhart 0 0-0 0, Billy Weekly 0 0-0 0, Adam McKnight 6 0-0 15, Ethan Strauss 0 0-0 0, Braden Riley 3 0-1 6, John Henry 2 0-0 4, Corey Hill 3 2-2 10. Totals 16 6-9 43.
Team stats
Zanesville: Shooting: 27-54 (50 percent); 3-point goals: 5 (Phillips 2, Wilson 1, Wibbeler 1, Hardwick 1); Rebounds: 29 (Stanford 5); Assists: 10; Steals: 8; Turnovers: 12.
Marietta: Shooting: 16-48 (33 percent); 3-point goals: 5 (McKnight 3, Hill 2); Rebounds: 18 (McKnight 6); Assists: 5; Steals: 3; Turnovers: 19.
JV: Zanesville 47, Marietta 33
Next game: Marietta at New Philadelphia Saturday at 6 p.m.
In the third quarter, a 3-pointer from Adam McKnight made it 41-24, but Zanesville used an 8-0 run to make it a 25-point game.
McKnight led the Tigers with 15 points and six rebounds. Hill joined McKnight in double figures with 10. Zanesville was led by Granger Long's 13 points. Six other Blue Devils had at least six points in the contest as Zanesville did a nice job of spreading the ball around.
"In the tournament, you're not going to win with five guys," Aronhalt said. "You've got to be able to go six, seven, eight deep."
Zanesville's Malik Bocook opened the game with a basket, but a jumper from Marietta's Braden Riley tied it up at 2-2. Jake Phillips hit from downtown for the Blue Devils followed by another bucket from Bocook to put Zanesville up 7-2. McKnight then came through with back-to-back buckets for the Tigers to make it a one-point game. After Bocook hit a pair from the foul line, Riley assisted Hill on layup to make the score 9-8 in favor of Zanesville.
Zanesville got consecutive layups from Long and Marcus Johnson before a basket by Riley cut the deficit to 13-10. Zanesville would score the next eight points leading into the second quarter before a reverse-layup by Riley made it 21-12. After Hill's 3-pointer made it 21-15, it was all Zanesville.
"I was proud of the way the kids competed tonight for 32 minutes," Secrest said. "We took positives out of this."
With the loss, Marietta dropped to 7-14 overall on the season and will look to rebound tonight on the road against New Philadelphia. It will be the Tigers' final regular season game.


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1.1 (also military tribune) A Roman legionary officer.
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- John 18 implies that a Roman tribune (or maybe even Pilate, but there is no evidence for this) ordered part of his cohort to accompany the chief priests and the Pharisees in arresting Jesus on Thursday.
- The body has disappeared and the Roman tribune in Jerusalem wants to know what is going on.
1.2A popular leader; a champion of people's rights.
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- One should keep in mind that Tantan is anything but a tribune of popular democracy.
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Late Middle English: from Latin tribunus, literally 'head of a tribe', from tribus 'tribe'.
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2A dais or rostrum, especially in a church.
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When you think about the risk of introducing animal pests and diseases into the United States, you probably think that the risk comes from live animals. However, animal-derived products, such as fresh meat, pose just as great a threat to American livestock and poultry. For this reason, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) created Veterinary Regulatory Support (VRS).
USDA, APHIS established the Veterinary Medical Office (VMO), in the early 1970s under its Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) unit. The VMO's main goal was to provide guidance to PPQ port inspectors regarding animal disease exclusion activities. In 2001, the staff name was changed to Veterinary Regulatory Support (VRS). VRS is now charged with assisting U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with the same activities at U.S. ports of entry. The staff became part of PPQ's Quarantine Policy, Analysis and Support (QPAS) in 2012.
VRS has veterinarians and plant health specialists who are committed to USDA's mission of keeping foreign animal diseases, such as foot-and-mouth disease, and detrimental plant pests out of the country by providing guidance regarding the importation of animal products and byproducts, regulated garbage and related materials. VRS assists USDA in achieving this mission in many ways, including collaborating with officials in CBP, APHIS PPQ, and USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to ensure appropriate and consistent handling of animal materials and regulated garbage at U.S. ports of entry; providing veterinary expertise that bridges the technical gap between the foreign animal disease exclusion regulations established by APHIS' Veterinary Services (VS) National Center for Import and Export (NCIE) and the enforcement requirements for the implementation of these regulations, carried out by CBP officers at U.S. ports of entry; and developing effective communication links with VS NCIE, CBP, FSIS, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the military, State veterinary authorities, industry groups, and others concerned with the animal disease exclusion activities at U.S. ports of entry.
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VRS is headquartered in Riverdale, MD; however PPQ also has a field staff of Agriculture Quarantine Inspection Veterinary Medical Officers (AQI VMO) strategically assigned throughout the United States and its territories. The AQI VMOs are located where the concentration of foreign cargo activity and international travelers are highest. These veterinarians provide regional oversight for operational procedures designed to prevent the introduction of infectious, contagious, or communicable diseases of livestock and poultry into the United States. VRS and the AQI VMOs collaborate with officials in CBP and other APHIS PPQ personnel to ensure appropriate and consistent handling of regulated garbage at U.S. ports of entry and elsewhere. View the below link for information pertaining to safeguarding regulated garbage.
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SAN JOSE -- The chief executive of Polycom, Andrew Miller, resigned Tuesday as the top boss of the videoconferencing company after irregularities were allegedly discovered in his expense reports.
Details weren't disclosed about the nature of the irregularities, which were uncovered by the audit committee of Polycom's board.
San Jose-based Polycom named Kevin Parker as interim CEO. Miller had been at the helm of Polycom for four years.
"Andy Miller's resignation under these circumstances is disappointing and should not be viewed as a reflection of the financial integrity of the company, the strength of our team or our plans for the future," Parker said in a prepared release.
Polycom's shares fell 5.6 percent in after-hours trading. In the regular trading session, Polycom fell 4 percent, or 47 cents a share, to finish at $11.18.
"This will be a huge loss for Polycom," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst with San Jose-based Enderle Group, which tracks the tech sector. "People at Polycom really liked Andrew Miller. He created a nice working environment. Polycom has been doing pretty well."
Even with the departure of Miller, according to Enderle and technology analyst Michael Tchong, Polycom should be able to preserve much of its momentum in videoconferencing equipment and services, and collaboration from a distance.
"Polycom has a dominant brand," said Tchong, founder and principal analyst with San Francisco-based Social Revolution, which tracks innovation and digital trends. "Their brand is so strong that Polycom is a fixture in just about every conference room. They should be able to overcome this."
Among Polycom's chief rivals: San Jose-based networking giant Cisco Systems (CSCO).
Miller's departure, as well as the company's quarterly financial results, were announced after the stock markets had finished trading Tuesday.
The company's financial results topped Wall Street's expectations.
In the second quarter that ended in June, Polycom earned $5.3 million on $345.2 million in revenue. Excluding one-time items, Polycom's per-share earnings were 15 cents. Wall Street had predicted revenue of $341 million and 14 cents a share.
During a conference call with analysts to discuss the results Tuesday, Parker acknowledged the challenges involved with Miller's exit.
"This is a tough set of circumstances," Parker said. "But the focus is to keep the company moving forward. Our team is very committed. We have a terrific team."
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Poll: Texans overwhelmingly want access to family planning
Despite its reputation as a socially conservative state, registered voters in Texas indicated that they overwhelmingly want state-funding for birth control, a new poll conducted for Texas Freedom Network shows.
The poll was conducted earlier this month in a joint effort by Democratic pollster Anna Greenberg and Republican pollster Robert Carpenter.
While 73 percent of Texans said they supported the state providing contraceptive care for low-income women, another
84 percent said they favored teaching contraception, including use of condoms, along with abstinence in high school sex education.
Texas Freedom Network president Kathy Miller said the polls tells her, "The pill is not fair game in the culture wars."
Carpenter said that the numbers cuts across all demographic groups – including Catholics, Republican women, Hispanics and those who attend religious services at least once a week.
"It's an extremely high number that I don't think any elected official can ignore," he said.
While the issue has not perculated into Texas elective races yet, the strong support for contraception could prove to be a strong issue in the long-term, Greenberg said.
"It's kind of a canary in the coal mine," she said.
Other poll numbers showed 56 percent oppose allowing employers, based on religious or moral beliefs, to be able to deny contraceptive services through employee health plans.
Also, 57 percent said they opposed the funding cuts made last legislative session to women's health programs.
Greenberg said she was surprised at "the depth an intensity of support," on contraceptive issues.
The statewide telephone poll of 604 registered voters was conducted Feb. 6-11 and has a sampling error of 3.9 percent in either direction.


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Snow and wind combined Tuesday to boost snowpack on the slopes but also elevated avalanche danger in the backcountry.
Colorado Avalanche Information Center forecaster Brian Lazar anticipated avalanche danger rising to considerable on below-treeline, wind-loaded slopes by Tuesday afternoon.
"With the high wind speeds and swirling gusts, you will find snow drifting lower than usual on slopes, cross-loading around terrain features, and in open areas below treeline," Lazar said.
As wind slabs stack on strengthening midlayers in the snowpack, it can give a false sense of stability when they're still perched on a weak, faceted snow foundation. A slide triggered in a wind slab layer could step down to deeper layers, Lazar said. Loading shallow spots could also trigger a slide in a persistent slab.
"You need to be careful in your route and terrain selection today," Lazar said.
Strong winds in recent days have scoured some slopes and loaded others in "unusual ways," Lazar said. "You can expect loading well down off ridgelines and lower in the start zones. Wind loaded pockets exist on northwest though east to south aspects at all elevations and in gullies, below sub-ridges, and in open areas well below treeline. The primary avalanche concern today is triggering a freshly-formed wind slab."
Resorts didn't report significant snowfall in their Tuesday morning readings, but Copper Mountain's snow stake camera showed that nearly 9 inches of snow had fallen between 4:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
The storm is expected to drop up to 15 inches of snow through Tuesday night, depending on the location. Areas west of Vail Pass are expected to get the majority of the snow. Snowfall intensity was expected to drop off Tuesday afternoon, with moderate accumulation through the night.
Another system is expected on Thursday through Friday morning with a brief break in the clouds with Wednesday's weak high pressure ridge.


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HERKIMER, N.Y. — A man killed by police after a shooting rampage that left four people dead had worked at a factory in Rochester, N.H., and had lived in Dover.
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Portion of Oklawaha Greenway to close for construction
Published: Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 5:03 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 5:03 p.m.
The city of Hendersonville recently commenced construction of the Jackson Park Sewer Interceptor Project. The project extends from North Main Street to Jackson Park and parallels the Oklawaha Greenway in several locations.
The sewer construction involves clearing of trees, brush and other vegetation. In order to preserve public safety, the greenway will be closed to the public north of Seventh Avenue beginning Monday, April 14 through the end of April.
The closure will be clearly marked and will be intermittent as construction proceeds. The greenway will remain open on Saturdays and Sundays.
For more information, contact Brent Detwiler, city engineer, at 828-697-3000.
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Colleen Graue, new Visitor Services Manager at Sullys Hill National Game Preserve, wants to get the word out that the Visitor Center at Sullys Hill National Game Preserve will be open Dec. 15 and the second Saturday each month January through April of 2013 with special programing available. The visitor center will otherwise be closed to the public until regular hours resume in the spring.
Christmas for the Birds
Saturday, Dec. 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. will be the Sullys Hill Christmas for the Birds. Everyone is invited to help trim a tree for the birds, create their own "bird edible" ornaments, hang them on a tree in the bird garden near the Visitors Center or take them home for their own backyard.
Also a part of the day will be the Winter Film Festival Part I: "Everybody Loves Birds" with show times at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. You can do some Christmas Shopping at the Friends of Sullys Hill bookstore, 2013 Annual Passes will be available for $12.00 (they make great stocking stuffers) and binoculars and bird identification books will be available for checkout.
Jr. Duck Stamp Camp
On Saturday, Jan. 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. there will be a Jr. Duck Stamp Camp at Sullys Hill. Sign up for the "Draw a Duck Stamp" event (open to K-12), limited to 20 students. Also part of that day will be the Winter Film Festival Part II: "An Original DUCKumentary" showing at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Snowshoes and "Let's Go Outside" backpacks will be available for checkout.
Details for other programs will be released in the January, mark your calendars:
•Saturday, Feb. 9: Sullys Hill 9th Annual Winter Festival
•Saturday, March 9: Snowshoes and Snowy Owls
•Saturday, April 13: Archery 101
The Friends of Sullys Hill will be sponsoring an Adult and Youth Photo Contest. All photos must be taken at Sullys Hill. Prize categories include Scenic Views of Sullys Hill, Wildlife or Plants of Sullys Hill and Connecting People with Nature at Sullys Hill. Winter is an excellent time to capture some great scenic and wildlife photos. Entry deadline is April 26, 2013. Entry forms are available at sullyshill.org or by request at email@example.com.
The auto tour is open seven days a week from the entrance gate to the visitor center from 8 a.m. to sunset. The roadway to the prairie dog town and the winter feeding grounds will also be open and maintained.
Winter feeding is used to supplement natural forage by the big game during inclement times of the winter. The winter feeding grounds can provide visitors with an opportunity to view the entire bison and elk herd.
Page 2 of 2 - Due to winter ice and snow conditions, the single lane portion of the auto tour and the Sullys Hill Overlook loop will remain closed until spring. These portions of the auto tour traverse steeper terrain and are difficult to maintain in a way that provides for a safe visitor experience.
Visitors may contact Graue, Visitor Services Manager, at (701) 766-4272 ext 428 with any questions or to sign up for the "Draw a Duck Stamp" event coming up in January.
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The National Jewish Health IRB is pleased to introduce a newsletter to serve as an additional communication tool. The newsletter is published nearly every month.
April 2014 (Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories, double-sided copies)
February 2014 (pager transition, research manager meetings, clinical care vs research).
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Born into a powerful mob family, Salvatore "Bill" Bonanno was privy to a private world that existed just outside the law for decades in America—a world ruled by the tenets of loyalty, secrecy, brotherhood, and survival at any cost: the Mafia.
The son of Joe Bonanno—the Godfather-like head of one of the original five New york Crime Families—Bill Bonanno came of age in the Golden Age of the Mafia. In this fascinating final testament he ushers readers into that cloistered world, from its origins in medieval Sicilian and Italian history to its rise, tumultuous peak, and precipitous fall in America. Told from the inside—and complete with rare unpublished photographs of candid moments, major players, rituals, and ceremonies—The Last Testament of Bill Bonanno is the ultimate insider's final word on one of the most secretive and misunderstood phenomena of our time.
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It's probably not the most surprising way to end our year-in-review countdown, but whether you follow the local sports news or not, it was tough to miss the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge rolling through town in August.
The race attracted close to a million spectators (tens of thousands in Breck) and some of the world's best cyclists, riding in a seven-day stage race from Colorado Springs to Denver through some of Colorado's most grueling mountain terrain. Breck was luck to be center stage, hosting the Saturday finish on the second-to-last day of racing before American Levi Leipheimer's victory lap in Denver.
Prognosticators were having trouble predicting whether Stage 5 from Steamboat to Breckenridge would lend itself to the sprinters or the climbers. The Summit County crowd learned the answer in dramatic fashion, as 2011 Tour de France runner-up Andy Schleck, a climber, was caught by the peloton in the final moments of the race on Park Avenue.
Italian Elia Viviani sprinted downhill through Main Street for his second win in as many days. Jaime Castaneda and Daniel Oss rounded out the podium for the day.
Leipheimer muscled through an attack on Swan Mountain Road by Boulder-based Team Garmin-Cervelo, which was supporting general classification contenders Christian Vande Velde and Tom Danielson.
"You could never win a race without a team, and you could never win this race without a team as strong as RadioShack," Leipheimer said after the race. "We were able to keep it together and let a breakaway go that had no one really close on the (general) classification."
Although the breakaway group was filled with non-threats to the general classification (GC), it was nonetheless comprised of some of the sport's top names.
Led by Dutch rider Laurens Ten Dam, the breakaway came out of the gate in ballistic fashion during the last substantial stage of the challenge. It was an elite group rounded out by Tour de France runner-up Andy Schleck, Tour of Italy winner Ivan Basso, American Thomas Peterson and Javier Acevedo, who posed the only threat to Levi Leipheimer's yellow jersey in the GC.
Schleck showed everyone he wasn't simply on leisurely Colorado vacation. With the ascent up Swan Mountain Road on everybody's mind, the breakaway group of climbers charged through Silverthorne and Dillon with a sizeable lead on the peloton and intentions of showing the American crowd they can get a stage win at nearly 10,000 feet.
"Final climbs suit me pretty good, but I couldn't get more than 15 seconds (away from the break group). ... I guess we gambled too long and suddenly the peloton was there. ... I wish the race was 500 meters shorter," Schleck joked.
But there's no joke about it. If the race were 500 meters shorter, the climber Schleck would have won, which is a testament to Rabbit Ears Pass, the gradual uphill from Kremling and Swan Mountain Road, which many experts had dismissed as not very challenging.
Garmin-Cervelo did exactly what they needed to do on the Swan Mountain climb, which was get Levi Leipheimer alone without his teammates. But it proved to be too little, too late as the 37-year-old American proved he was the strongest rider in the challenge.
"Of course we knew there would be some attacks especially on Swan Mountain," Leipheimer said. "When we crested over the (king of the mountain), I looked over my shoulder and there was less than 10 riders. That's a sign that it was not only a hard climb, but a hard day."
Fifty seconds or so in front of the main group (no more than 50 meters in front of the three chasers), Andy Schleck was grimacing as he dropped the rest of the field en route to Breckenridge up Highway 9.
Schleck was subsequently caught by the chasers, and along with Basso, Ten Dam and pack underdog Peterson, he charged forward. They never got an opportunity to utilize the large chain rings affixed to their bikes for a downhill finish, as the peloton swept up the leaders on Park Avenue less than 1K from the finish line.
"Today, I was really, really close to winning the stage," Schleck said. "Even if I go to the sprint with Ivan (Basso) and Laurens (Ten Dam), I think I win. I'm not a sprinter, but I'm not that slow either."
The sprinters were able to take over, and Viviani charged to the front for his second win of the challenge.
Viviani was supported by his Liguigas-Cannondale team, which included part-time Summit County local Timmy Duggan, who grew up ski racing for Team Summit. Vivani is hoping to parlay his strong performance in Colorado onto the Italian national team.
The Pro Cycling Challenge is set to return to Breck this summer with the Stage 5 start to Colorado Springs.


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After analyzing the survey responses of over 340,000 Americans, researchers at New York's Stony Brook University have concluded that people hate Mondays just as much as they hate Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
Fridays, however, are the exception: That's the one weekday people don't seem to mind.
"Despite our global beliefs about lousy Mondays, we conclude that this belief should be abandoned," said Prof. Arthur Stone, author of the study which was recently published in the Journal of Positive Psychology. "Cultural myths may vastly over-emphasize actual day of the week mood patterns."
As explained in the study, the reason Monday became universally known as the most depressing day is due to the significant mood swing experienced between Sunday and the first work day of the week.
[H/T: BBC, photo via Shutterstock]


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Fed's Fisher: Tapering Delay Threatens Credibility
The Federal Reserve's failure to make the expected cut in its bond- buying programs calls the body's credibility into question, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said in prepared remarks Monday.
The S&P 500 hit an all-time-high and 10-year Treasury note yields fell Wednesday after the Fed decided to postpone a widely expected reduction of its $85 billion-a-month bond buying. The tapering, as it is known in the market, was supposed to signal that the economy had improved enough that the Fed felt confident start cut its bond buying by up to $10 billion a month.
By backing off the expected tapering, the Fed contradicted the message it had been sending to markets for months and has made future policy direction murkier, Mr. Fisher said during a speech to banking- industry representatives.
"Today, I will simply say that I disagreed with the decision of the committee and argued against it," said Mr. Fisher in his speech. "Here is a direct quote from the summation of my intervention at the table during the policy 'go round' when Chairman [Ben] Bernanke called on me to speak on whether or not to taper: 'Doing nothing at this meeting would increase uncertainty about the future conduct of policy and call the credibility of our communications into question.' I believe that is exactly what has occurred, though I take no pleasure in saying so."
The market's reaction showed that the Fed's need to reform its communications policy, possibly by holding post-meeting press conferences more frequently, Mr. Fisher said.
"You should never wink at a girl in the dark," Mr. Fisher said. "Our communications policy is a little off–we should work harder to refine it."
The Fed would continue discussing tapering its bond buying and possibly reduce purchases of both Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities, Mr. Fisher said. The decision against starting it sooner came partly because of a perceived "tenderness" in an otherwise strong housing recovery, Mr. Fisher said.
Mr. Fisher, a non-voting member of the board, is opposed to continued bond buying by the Fed. He is also against the Fed's continued policy of rock-bottom interest rates, something favored by Janet Yellen, the favorite to replace outgoing Fed Chief Ben Bernanke.
"She's wrong on policy, but she's a darn good, decent wonderful person," Mr. Fisher said.
Mr. Fisher also took issue about how the White House floated the name of Lawrence Summers as someone to replace Mr. Bernanke because it threatened to draw the independent Federal Reserve Board into the realm of politics. Mr. Summers withdrew his name as a candidate after a backlash from senators.
"The White House has mishandled this terribly," Mr. Fisher said. "This should not be a public debate."
The Fed remains wary that the U.S. economy, while showing steady improvement, is still not strong enough for the central bank to start scaling down its efforts to spur stronger growth, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said earlier in the day.
Meanwhile, bank lending increased overall in the second quarter but at a slower rate compared to earlier in the year, Mr. Fisher said. Lending to small businesses fell 36 basis points as larger banks focused on using their trading arms to make money, Mr. Fisher added.
Larger banks were also watering down their lending standards in a bid to win loan business from their smaller competitors, Mr. Fisher said. Five years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. threatened the wider economy, the regulatory framework has not been built to ensure that the largest banks do not pose as great a threat to the overall economy, Mr. Fisher said.
"The largest financial institutions are a dagger pointed at the heart of our economy," Mr. Fisher said.


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NEW DELHI: Mumbai-based Wishtel today said it will launch computing devices, tablet PC and net books, starting at $50 later this month.
The company has developed a Linux--based platform PrithV, which will be used for the tablet and net book PCs, it said in a statement.
"Our objective as a technology and manufacturing company is to create affordable range of products that can contribute to society by extending education for free and without boundaries," Wishtel CEO Milind Shah said in a statement.


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Chrysler Ram Truck Super Bowl Ad Aims at Consumers' Inner 'Farmer' (Video)
Chrysler Group LLC said its Ram truck unit's Super Bowl ad called "Farmer" was inspired by the late radio host Paul Harvey's "So God Made a Farmer" speech that for decades has been a soundtrack for farmers and their families.
To make the spot, the truck maker said it commissioned 10 photographers including William Albert Allard of National Geographic and documentary photographer Kurt Markus to create the images that form the commercial's backdrop.
The ad is latest piece of the Chrysler's "Guts, Glory, Ram" campaign, and while it pays tribute to the hard work and perseverance of farmers, it is really aimed at everyday drivers who like the rugged, self-sufficient and powerful image that large pickup truck's project.
And frankly, only well-to-do farmers need apply in today's new-truck market. While the Ram 1500 starts at $22,640, the price jumps to more than $30,000 when one adds four-wheel drive and a four-door cab that can haul a family of four or five. Outfit it with a decent interior and the convenience features many buyers expect and you can spend $45,000. At that price a pickup becomes more of a toy than a tool. Competing models like the Ford F-150 and Chevrolet Silverado are similarly pricey and seem designed to appeal to suburbanites.
During the past decade or so the truck market has swung toward so-called personal-use customers. These are drivers who use trucks to haul their kids to school and perhaps pick up occasional loads of topsoil and mulch for the garden. They may tow a small motorcycle or snowmobile trailer a few times a year, but probably nothing that strenuous. In most cases a car would get their jobs done with ease, but it wouldn't look as cool as a truck parked in front of the home-improvement store.
Chrysler said it worked with the Richards Group of Dallas, Texas to create the Super Bowl spot, which is a departure from the gritty, urban, industrial themes of Chrysler's long-form "Imported from Detroit" game-day ads of the past two years.


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Shine On With Yoga
The other night, as I was driving home from teaching one of my weekly yoga classes, "Instant Karma" by the Beatles started to play on the radio. I've never really paid attention to the lyrics, as I've always enjoyed listening to the melody, but that night I was drawn to the chorus.
"Well, we all shine on, Like the moon and the stars and the sun, Yeah, we all shine on…
On and on and on, on and on…"
It got me thinking that we all need to shine. We all have unique traits and talents that set us apart from the rest of the world, yet most of us are too afraid to embrace these qualities because we are unaware of our own brilliance.


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Unfortunately for Bob Gainey, the Senators refuse to die.
In what should have been a soft touch for the struggling Habs, the Senators came from behind (again) to get their first win of the season against Montreal in 5 tries.
And now the Habs are in deep, deep shit.
Carey Price looked horrible (again) and this loss might have finally put him in Gainey's shithouse after getting the benefit of the doubt for so long from his protective GM. They are going to have to turn to the relatively unknown Jaroslav Halak to help them get their heads straight before the season from hell truly comes to fruition for the centennial Habs.
If Price's stock is plummeting, rookie Brian Elliott's is surging. He now has the Senators team record for most wins in a row (7) by a rookie goaltender and not many would have predicted that just a month ago when some commentators were wondering if Elliott even had a future with the Senators due to his penchant for giving up bad goals and deadly rebounds.
Those issues aren't totally cleared up but they are certainly in the distant fog right now.
More and more, we are starting to see the Senators offense wake up from a year long hangover. Jason Spezza led the way with two goals and an assist while Daniel Alfredsson pitched in with a couple of points. Filip Kuba has continued his tear since signing that new contract and even Jarkko Ruutu put on a gong show with that ridiculous one-man circus goal he scored in the second period. If things don't turn around for Montreal, that might have been the stake in the heart for them right there.
With all that in mind, I should point out that Pierre Lebrun penned an article for ESPN showing what teams have the best records in just the second half of the season.
Ottawa is right up there in 7th place in points percentage through March 18.
For those of you who thought the players were the problem and not Craig Hartsburg, I think that statistic nullifies your argument.
Cory Clouston was handed essentially the same group of players that Hartsburg had and he has done a much better job - no argument there. Clouston has also had to deal with more injuries (and flu related illnesses) than Hartsburg did.
Everyone always goes on about how much power the players have nowadays with their big contracts but hockey is clearly a coaches game now and has been ever since Jacques Lemaire took an anonymous New Jersey team to a Stanley Cup championship in 1995.
Coaches are a bigger factor in how a team plays than the star players. If the system instituted by the coach is not up to par, you have no chance no matter who you have on your team.
Ottawa had a lot of weaknesses going into this system, particularly in goal and on defense, but that doesn't account for why Hartsburg watched while his team fell to the bottom of the league in goals for.
The one strength Ottawa had was speed and skill on the forward lines yet they played a system that had them sit back and wait for the other team to attack.
If the likes of Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza and Mike Fisher break the wishes of their coach by playing more aggressive, they're not team players.
Yet when their coach gets fired, they're called "coach-killers".
It was a no-win situation under Hartsburg but at least Murray had the conviction to admit another mistake and do what had to be done, no matter how unpleasant it was to everybody.
Murray could have went into a siege mentality and kept Hartsburg to try and prove he didn't screw up this past summer but instead he did what was best for the team, even if it made him look like a fool to the hockey world.
I think Murray should get some credit here, along with the accolades Clouston is getting.
But I'm not holding my breath waiting for that to happen...
If the Phoenix Coyotes do the expected and miss the playoffs this season, that will make it four seasons in a row that Wayne Gretzky was unable to clinch a berth as head coach.
With the team seemingly on the verge of another rebuild after dumping Olli Jokinen and Derek Morris, the odds of them making the playoffs next year don't look too bright either.
Gretzky is a smart guy and surely must know that GM Don Maloney doesn't want to be the "guy who fired Wayne Gretzky". So does Gretz take the honourable route and resign at the end of this season? Or does he stick around for more punishment?
This will be the 6th year in a row the franchise has missed the playoffs and 7 of the last 8 have ended the same way.
Probably the most incredulous statistic is that the Yotes haven't won a playoff series since 1987 (while still in Winnipeg) when they beat the Flames in the first round.
In the organization's history, they have only won 2 playoff series, both against the Flames. They lost 6 times to the Edmonton Oilers along the way. And you thought the Leafs had the Sens number.
In the big scope of things, has there ever been a worse NHL franchise than the Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes?
It must be tough for Bob Gainey to watch the Vancouver Canucks cruising towards the playoffs with Mats Sundin in their lineup. Gainey struck out trying to woo Mats and instead opted to sign Robert Lang who incidentally might be headed towards retirement after getting his Achilles tendon sliced in half over a month ago.
Even if Lang was healthy, it's hard to believe he'd be able to stop this team from sliding further into chaos. As Gary Galley pointed out, these guys look rattled. There's so much extra pressure on this Habs team than there normally is and it doesn't look like the young guys are handling it. Alex Kovalev has been an easy scapegoat (Spezza can relate) but I think losing guys like Mark Streit and Sheldon Souray in consecutive years has hurt them more than anything. Ottawa can relate to that as well after they dumped every offensive defensman they had in the course of two seasons.
Both teams tried to correct the problem with the likes of Mathieu Schneider and Chris Campoli but it may be too late, even for the Canadiens. The only thing saving the Habs right now is that both Buffalo and Florida have been brutal of late.........
Speaking of Florida, they are now facing the worst possible scenario - getting nothing for Jay Bouwmeester AND missing the playoffs. Way to go Jacques.......Tonight was Chris Neil's 499th career game, all with the Senators of course. He has 1,286 PIM's to go with that......Don Brennan broke down what the Senators defense will look like next season and he has slots already filled by Phillips, Volchenkov, Kuba, Campoli and Smith. He also has some interesting thoughts on unrestricted free agent to be Brendan Bell.
"Bell will figure into the mix if his salary demands are in line with what the Senators might be prepared to do. For instance, accept a marginal raise but on a one-way deal, which is what he really wants. It'd especially make sense for the Senators if Karlsson, a similar type player, isn't quite ready for prime time.
At the rate Bell is going, the Senators might even be prepared to deal Picard to open up a spot for him."
Bell has now had two excellent games in a row and it will be interesting to see what Murray does here. From Murray's comments after the trade deadline, I got the impression that he wasn't done adding to his defense core. I still think he might be looking for a big piece back there but that will be difficult with the money already tied up in the position and Volchenkov needing a new contract soon.
I'll go one step further than Brennan and say that Picard's already played his last game with the Senators. ......... Just as I was thinking to myself that I hadn't really noticed Ryan Shannon in the game for the first time in a long time, he goes out and has a great third period - defensively. He showed some great hustle and guts by blocking a shot in the last minute near the blueline to clear the zone after the Habs were pressing hard. I'm running out of accolades for the little guy.


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Each OSU department must sign an annual, fiscal year contract with Information Services for Community Network access and support. New contracts signed after July 1 will extend to the end of the fiscal year. After a contract has been completed and signed for a given fiscal year, Information Services will submit a journal voucher via the FIS system. New services or customers may be added during the contract year at no additional cost.
Approval must be obtained by a designated department representative and the assigned IT Manager before any additional services are started. Special project fees will be submitted via FIS, on a separate JV, after the special project is completed.
Either party in a contract can terminate the contract after giving one term's (90 days) written notice. The contracting department will be responsible for paying for the 90 days service from the point they submit the written termination request to the director of Technology Support Services. There will also be a special project fee charged to the department if the department terminates the contract, to pay for Information Service's time to remove Community Network software from departmental workstations. This service will be performed at Information Service's expense if Information Services terminates the contract. Departments should also realize that they will need to purchase licenses for CN-provided software (i.e. Microsoft campus agreement).
(Contracts are billed on an annual basis for the entire fiscal year)
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Small-Business Butterflies Can Create Wave of Trouble
Small things matter. The flapping of a butterfly's wings can trigger a tidal wave halfway around the world.
The actions of one small business may have only a local impact. But when the actions are repeated by thousands of firms across the economy, the consequences can be very large.
That is why the recent cautious tone among small-business owners merits attention. Of course, in this case, the correct metaphor is that thousands of small-business butterflies aren't flapping their wings at all. The lack of an entrepreneurial breeze will hold back growth and hiring.
The latest bad news from the small-business sector was the weak reading of the September National Federation of Independent Business confidence index. The index slipped 0.1 point to 92.8, and the readings on current and future job creation both deteriorated.
Recent surveys done by PNC Financial Services Group and by Dun & Bradstreet Credibility and Pepperdine University also report a worsening attitude among small firms.
The becalmed impact is most evident in the wait-and-see attitude on jobs. The D&B survey showed 40% of small businesses have no plans to hire additional employees. The PNC autumn report showed only 23% expect to add staff, down from 28% saying that in the spring.
What is deterring confidence and hiring? The surveys say future health-care costs and uncertainty surrounding the fiscal cliff, the combination of future tax increases and government spending cuts that may or may not take effect in early 2013.
Pessimism isn't the normal demeanor for small-business owners, said Jeffrey Stibel, CEO of D&B Credibility.
"For these historically optimistic people to now be pessimistic in their general economic outlook really says a lot," he said. "They're feeling defeated."
This pessimism isn't uniquely American. Japan's third-quarter Tankan survey showed a negative outlook among small enterprises. The U.K. Federation of Small Businesses registered a big drop in British confidence last quarter.
Wariness builds on itself. Weak output and hiring data create more reasons to worry, leading to future output and payroll cuts.
No wonder the International Monetary Fund cut its growth forecasts. The IMF now thinks global economic growth will be only 3.6% in 2013, down from 3.9% expected in the fund's July forecast.
Most ominously, the IMF said the odds of a serious global slowdown (i.e., recession) are "alarmingly high." The risks will become larger if the fiscal cliff isn't averted.
Another downturn would kill off a lot of butterflies.