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Business organizations said Wednesday Barack Obama's re-election gives him a mandate to quickly address the pending fiscal cliff and work for deficit reduction and tax reform.
The groups, however, stressed the two goals shouldn't both be tackled in the next few months.
"There isn't much time," said John Engler, president of the Business Roundtable, referring to the lame-duck session of Congress. "At minimum you have to get the fiscal cliff under control" by extending existing tax rules through 2013 and avoiding steep cuts to military spending and other government budgets.
Mr. Engler said any type of "grand bargain" should be put off until next year to avoid the risk that Congress ends up gridlocked in an attempt to enact wider reforms before mid-January.
"The history of these sessions is pretty dismal," he said on a conference call with reporters. "If you want big dramatic changes to tax policy, you do that as part of the grand bargain."
For example, if Democrats insist of raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans as part of a fiscal-cliff deal, a compromise could fall apart.
"A tax increase on that group is not going to solve fiscal-cliff or long-term deficit issues," said Greg Casey, president of the Business Industry Political Action Committee. "It'd be nice if there was a cease fire until we understand what the larger proposals will be."
The leaders of business trade groups who spoke Wednesday said they could support some additional taxes, but only if it came as part of a larger deal to address the national debt and promote growth. To do that, the president must lead on overhauling the tax code, reforming Social Security and Medicare and streamlining regulations, they said.
Done right, "the president's legacy can be a growing, thriving economy," said Jay Timmons, president of the National Association of Manufacturers.
The business groups, however, said President Obama needs to show more decisive leadership. Mr. Engler, a former Republican governor of Michigan, criticized the White House for allowing Congress to largely dictate the specifics of Wall-Street reform and health-care policy.
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Today: Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ) earnings win sends stock skyrocketing in worst-to-first story. Also: Greenlight hedge fund manager David Einhorn's lawsuit against Apple (AAPL) succeeds in blocking shareholder vote, Wall Street gains.
Worst to first: HP stock has best day since 2008 after earnings win
Hewlett-Packard stock zoomed to its highest price in months Friday after the struggling PC powerhouse announced earnings that exceeded expectations, making it the best-performing stock in the Dow Jones index for 2013.
After trading ended Thursday, the Palo Alto company announced profits and revenues above analyst forecasts, even as they dipped from the year before. Profits were especially larger than forecasts, with HP earning 63 cents a share with expectations at 38 cents.
Investors showed their enthusiasm for HP's performance by clamoring for the beleaguered stock in Friday trading, sending prices up as much as 16 percent before closing at $19.20, a gain of 12.3 percent. The one-day surge was HP's largest since 2008, Forbes writer Eric Savitz reported, and the closing price was HP's highest since August.
HP has struggled on Wall Street as personal computers and printers have fallen in popularity among the rise of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, the specialty of Cupertino tech giant Apple. The company also wrote down billions in failed acquisitions in 2012, including the recent purchase of British software giant Autonomy, leading to the company's stock falling the most among the 30 components in the Dow Jones industrial average for 2012.
With Friday's advance, the world's largest PC company is the best-performing stock in the Dow so far in 2013, however, as investors who want to be invested in a U.S. company in that sector are likely to soon lose the second-largest such firm, Dell, which is preparing to go private.
Analysts on Friday cheered HP's ability to succeed in a challenging environment that has forced its biggest rival to try to leave the public markets, but took pains to remind investors that the issues within the PC industry are not going anywhere.
At least eight major analysts raised their price targets -- the price at which an analyst believes it is best to sell a stock for maximum return -- by an average of $4.19 Friday, Reuters reported.
"Although the fundamentals remain mixed, the substantial improvement in free cash flow reduces the likelihood of significant downside to the stock," UBS analyst Steve Milunovich wrote in a note that included an upgrade from "Sell" to "Neutral" for the stock and an price target increase from $12 to $19. While noting the pressure of the declining industry, Milunovich wrote that "the likelihood of the bottom falling out appears diminished."
"While we think HP is being plagued by technology shifts and competitive pressure, we think CEO Meg Whitman is making good strides on stabilizing the business," S&P Capital IQ analyst Angelo Zino wrote; he maintained a "Hold" rating on the stock.
Other analysts were not as impressed with HP's performance. "The challenges across HP's portfolio and massive downsizing initiatives during this critical transition period in the IT market will leave HP less relevant over the next 12-18 months. As such, we remain sellers of HP," Topeka Capital's Brian White wrote in maintaining his "Sell" rating and $12 price target.
Apple blocked from shareholder vote in Einhorn lawsuit
Apple received some bad news Friday, as a court fight with investor David Einhorn went the hedge fund manager's way in the first big decision, which will block the Cupertino tech giant from taking a vote on a proposal at its annual shareholder meeting this month.
Einhorn won an injunction to keep Apple from asking shareholders to limit its ability to issue preferred stock, which Einhorn would like it to do. "Proposal No. 2" would force shareholders to vote on any issuance of preferred stocks, while Einhorn would like that to be a company decision, and he has asked Apple to make that move and give the preferred shares a richer dividend of 4 percent.
The legal issue is the way Apple has grouped together the proposals it will offer at its annual meeting, scheduled for Feb. 27. The proposal at issue is bundled with two other, unrelated issues, and shareholders would only be able to issue a "Yes" or "No" vote on the entire package instead of the separate proposals. Einhorn, whose Greenlight Capital fund owns 1.3 million shares of Apple after boosting its stake by about 20 percent at the end of 2012, would like to vote for the other two proposals, but not the preferred stock change.
The judge in the case on Friday said Einhorn and another investor who has joined the case "are likely to succeed on the merits and face irreparable harm if the vote on Proposal No. 2 is permitted to proceed." Judge Richard Sullivan also wrote, "Given the language and purpose of the rules, it is plain to the Court that Proposal No. 2 impermissibly bundles 'separate matters' for shareholder consideration."
He issued the preliminary injunction blocking the vote ahead of deciding the actual case, but the injunction and judge's statement seem to indicate Einhorn is likely to succeed permanently.
Apple, which has said it is not entirely opposed to pushing some of its large cash hoard back to shareholders, saw its stock price increase 1.1 percent to $450.81 Friday, its first positive move of the week.
Zynga, Wi-Fi companies help tech stocks recover at end of down week
The rest of Wall Street also gained Friday, giving a positive end to a negative week that saw two of the three major U.S. stock indexes have their first losing weeks of the year, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq losing the most, at about 1 percent for the week. Friday's gains should have come as a surprise, however: stocks have now increased every Friday in 2013.
Tech stocks recovered, with the Nasdaq advancing 1 percent and the SV150 index of Silicon Valley's largest tech companies gaining 1.3 percent. Sunnyvale Wi-Fi company Aruba had an even larger post-earnings bounce than Hewlett-Packard, as the company's stock gained 22.1 percent to close at $25.40 after trouncing analyst expectations. Aruba's rivals also profited, with newly public Ruckus advancing 7.4 percent and Meru gaining 5.2 percent; both of those companies are also based in Sunnyvale.
San Francisco social-gaming company Zynga increased 7.8 percent to $3.19 after Nevada officially legalized online poker in a plan that could allow residents of other states to play poker for real money online. Zynga has applied for a license to operate real-money online poker games in the state.
Google (GOOG) ended the week just shy of the $800 mark it surpassed for the first time Tuesday, closing with a 0.5 percent daily gain at $799.71 as a report suggested its European antitrust inquiry will last into the summer.
Silicon Valley tech stocks
Up: Aruba, HP, Zynga, Ruckus, Palo Alto Networks, Splunk, Symantec, Tesla, Applied Materials, Intuit (INTU), SunPower (SPWRA), Gilead, LinkedIn, Yahoo (YHOO), Nvidia, Jive, VMware, Oracle (ORCL), Apple, Electronic Arts
Down: Netflix (NFLX), SolarCity, Facebook, NetApp
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: Up 30.33, or 0.97 percent, to 3,161.82
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: Up 119.95, or 0.86 percent, to 14,000.57
And the widely watched Standard & Poor's 500 index: Up 13.18, or 0.88 percent, to 1,515.6
Check in weekday afternoons for the 60-Second Business Break, a summary of news from Mercury News staff writers, The Associated Press, Bloomberg News and other wire services. Contact Jeremy C. Owens at 408-920-5876; follow him at Twitter.com/mercbizbreak.

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EAGLE COUNTY - A trio of local residents recently gave International Ski Federation officials an update on the progress of the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championships at Vail and Beaver Creek.
The delegation - Ceil Folz and John Dakin of the Vail Valley Foundation and John Garnsey of Vail Resorts - talked about work that's been done so far to organize the championships to the federation's "congress," held May 26 - June 2 in Gangwon Province, South Korea.
"We're in good shape," Folz said. "We're where we should be, and we're ahead of schedule in some areas.
Some of the to-do items getting done early include starting work on a new women's downhill course at Beaver Creek - set to start work in the next few weeks. The layout of that course has generated quite a bit of excitement with international skiing officials, Folz said.
The 2015 event already has its race sites set, as well as the schedule, and Folz said she expects to have a deal for international broadcast rights in place in the next 60 days or so.
The Foundation already has a firm list of venues for off-mountain events from award ceremonies to press-credit headquarters.
All those items are being checked off the list somewhere between 12 and 18 months ahead of time, Folz said.
The broadcast-rights deal is especially important, Folz said, since that deal will provide a major source of funding for the event.
Another big item on the list is creating a transportation plan for the event. That's going to be crucial, with races at Beaver Creek and ski teams staying in Vail. Most of the off-mountain events are set for Vail, too.
"We need that to be a seamless experience," Folz said.
While the congress was a chance to update most of the world's skiing community on the progress of the 2015 event, Dakin said some of the top officials had received much of the same briefing before the congress event in Korea.
But even when there isn't a world championships to present to the congress, Dakin said Foundation officials go to nearly every FIS gathering.
"Dating back to 1983, when the World Cup races returned to Vail, we've always felt the need to be at the major (Federation) events," Dakin said.
Besides the championships, the Vail Valley hosts the Birds of Prey, a men's alpine World Cup event, annually. Along with women's races in Aspen, those are the only alpine skiing World Cup tour stops in the United States.
"Making sure we have a voice and vote in other matters is as important as the championships," Dakin said. "We need to be there to represent ski racing here."
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Through a journey that takes her back to her roots in Thailand, a second-generation Mien American woman strives to come to terms with her late father's death, his drug addiction, and the murder of her sister.
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A British neurosurgeon confronts the dilemmas of the doctor-patient relationship on his latest mission to Ukraine.
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Scrooge and Marley
A film by Richard Knight, Jr. and Peter Neville
Starring David Pevsner, Tim Kazurinsky, Rusty Schwimmer, Bruce Vilanch, Megan Cavanagh, Richard Ganoung, David Moretti, Ronnie Kroell, JoJo Baby, Becca Kaufman, and Narrated by Judith Light
Scrooge & Marley is a heartfelt, modern-day, gay variation on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol – a holiday movie for all of us.
Scrooge & Marley is a modern-day variation on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Recounted from a gay sensibility, this reimagining of the classic story delves into the background of Ben Scrooge, the rich skinflint who hates the holidays, distrusts love and makes life miserable for everyone in the gay community over which he presides from his base, a music cabaret named Screws. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge (David Pevsner) is visited by the ghost of his late business partner, Jacob Marley (Tim Kazurinsky), who wants to free him from his same bitter fate that awaits in purgatory. Scrooge is next visited by three ghosts – past, present and future – who endeavor to lead him back to love.
Returning to the 1970s days of his teen years by the saucy Ghost of Christmas Past (Ronnie Kroell), Scrooge bitterly recalls being kicked out of his home at the holidays for being gay, meeting the young rogue Jacob Marley, the fabulous disco impresario Fezziwig (Bruce Vilanch), and the luckless love of his life, Bill, whose love Scrooge eventually destroys in his pursuit of wealth. The jolly Ghost of Christmas Present (Megan Cavanagh) next whisks Scrooge on a joyous, music filled tour of current holiday sights, including a visit to a lively party hosted by Scrooge's niece Freda (Rusty Schwimmer) and her expectant partner Mary. An eye-opening stop at the home of Scrooge's long suffering assistant Bob Cratchit (David Moretti), who with his partner Drew is parent to five children including Tiny Tim, leads to the dreaded appearance of the Ghost of Christmas Future (JoJo Baby) whose vision of Scrooge's terrible destiny leads to his belated redemption and a heartwarming and surprising concluding twist on Dickens' tale.
Like the traditional, story driven holiday classics that inspired it, Scrooge & Marley is enacted with heart, comedy and music, and the magic of Dickens' timeless tale comes alive from a fresh perspective that will appeal to audiences of every persuasion. Shot entirely in Chicago, the movie is based on an original script by Ellen Stoneking, Knight and Timothy Imse and is narrated by Tony award winner Judith Light (Ugly Betty, Saving Grace). It features original songs by Lisa McQueen and Knight, who directed along with Peter Neville. Tracy Baim (Hannah Free) and David Strzepek (Jamie & Jesse Are Not Together, Foodgasm) are the film's producers.
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Top stories in today's VentureWire:
TrustRadius Inc. has raised $5 million in Series A funding from Mayfield Fund as it aims to do for complex enterprise software what Angie's List did for small-business services and TripAdvisor did for travel services. The company publishes authenticated reviews from software users that will help potential buyers understand how well the products work and whether they're worth the money.
HyTrust Inc. has secured $12.5 million in Series C funding, capitalizing on a well-timed entry into the virtualization security market. New investors In-Q-Tel and VMware provided the funding along with additional commitments from Cisco Systems, Epic Ventures, Granite Ventures and Trident Capital. HyTrust sells software that enables businesses to manage access and security policies for virtualized infrastructure in their data center.
Also in today's VentureWire, Medical hydration company Drip Drop Inc. has raised a $2.3 million Series A-1 round. It's been quietly working since 2008 to create the first medical-grade hydration drink that has a decent enough taste to be swallowed, rather than delivered intravenously…Versant Ventures, which has invested heavily in treatments for eye conditions since forming in 1999, is deepening its involvement in the field. The firm has hired James Mazzo, former chief executive of Advanced Medical Optics Inc., as an operating partner…and BloomReach Corp. is launching its first mobile marketing products as mobile commerce becomes a larger part of the retail industry.
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Videogame maker Kabam says a recent deal that let employees sell $38.5 million of common stock pegged the company's worth at $700 million. Canaan Partners, Google Ventures, Intel Capital and Redpoint Ventures are among its backers.
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by Danyelle Little, The Cubicle Chick
My eight year old and I are always looking for ways to spend time together. She is very cognizant of activities and things that we can do in the home that are eco-friendly and gentle on the planet. As a matter of fact, both of my children make me aware of how "not green" I am from time to time. Of course, I grew up living in a world that was okay with paper plates, plastic cups and utensils, and throwing away everything in one trashcan was normal. Thanks to them, I think about the things I am doing before I do them—is this a green way to dispose of this item? Is there an alternative that is more eco-friendly and safer for the environment?
My daughter is really good at taking care of the planet in her own special way. For instance, when I am using paper and I am done with it, she conserves the paper and uses the back of it for her math homework. She uses this paper that I would have normally discarded as scratch paper, giving it yet another life. And when she's done, it goes in the recycling bin.
I also used to run the dishwasher when it was only half full. But after an Earth Day demonstration in her class, she noticed that I would run the dishwasher with only a few things in it. So now, if I don't have enough items in the dishwasher, I either wash the dishes by hand or wait until it becomes full to run. Better on the environment and our electricity bill.
My daughter also looks for things that have a "green" or "safe for the environment" label on it when we go grocery shopping. This is something I never used to look at, but she has trained me to be more aware of my shopping habits. I am so proud of her for holding me accountable because of course, she reflects my behavior.
I still have to remember to throw certain things in the recycle bin instead of the trash. My son is the one who usually points out when I've discarded the newspaper in the trash. Not only does it fill up the trashcan quickly (you know how big and bulky those Sunday papers can be), but it's also not friendly to our environment. So in the recycle bin it goes, after a little chastising from him of course.
It's the simple things we can do to live a greener, more sustainable life, that will make a difference. We can walk and ride bikes instead of using our cars, especially if we are going to nearby places. We can also turn off lights when we are not in the room to conserve energy. Using eco-friendly bulbs can also lead to using less electricity. These things are rather easy to do and go a long way in terms of living a greener lifestyle. Purchasing eco-friendly appliances such as washers and dryers that use less water can really do wonders, not only for your utility bills, but also for the world.
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UPDATE: Wednesday, May 23, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- News 12 has just confirmed Laura Leeh Davis turned herself in. She is charged with disrupting public school, reckless conduct, simple battery, simple assault and criminal trespass.
UPDATE: Friday, April 27, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- As of a week after the incident, Chief Clayton says the woman has still not been located or arrested. He says she quit her job and is on the run. He encourages anyone with contact with Davis to pass along that information to law enforcement.
Initial report: Friday, April 20, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Officers are still searching for a Richmond County mother accused of helping her daughter beat up a high school girl. The fight happened last Tuesday April 17 at Richmond Academy.
Thanks to video evidence, officers believe they have proof a woman named Laura Leeh Davis was right in the middle of it all.
The Board of Education chief could not provide the mother's name, but multiple officials in the Clerk's Office and Solicitor's Office confirmed the four warrants issued by the BOE School Safety Office are for Laura Leeh Davis. Copies of the warrants are not available yet because she has not been located or served.
School Safety and Security Chief Patrick Clayton explains oftentimes with school fights, it's one kid's word against another. But in this particular case, a student's phone captured the whole thing.
At first, you see an older woman in a brown dress talking to a group of teenagers outside of Richmond Academy. She mentions an incident during spring break, and then encourages her daughter to walk away.
"So just let that go. Come on," she says before walking away.
But the situation escalates quickly when other students start egging on a fight.
Several shout, "Beat her, beat her, beat her."
A young man jumps up and down and yells, "She says she's gonna hit you. Ooh!"
The woman's daughter moves in when another young girl has her back turned. She beats the girl with her hands and fists. The second girl twists around and begins to fight back.
The two struggle and fall to the ground next to the steps outside the school. The mother comes back into the picture and grabs the smaller girl, ripping off her blue undershirt.
In the video, you hear the mother chanting, "Beat her ***. Beat her ***, beat her ***. Beat her ***. Don't nobody touch her. Beat her ***, K. Beat her f***** ***."
Other students are circling around the two girls, shouting and cussing.
The mother screams, "Nobody touch her. Nobody. Get her, K. Get her K. Beat her ***."
The fighting continues until a school coach runs in to break the two girls apart.
He shouts, "Hey! Get off her, get off of her. Let go."
Demika Givens is the mother of the girl who was beaten. As she watches the video on her home computer, Givens says she is disgusted any adult would act like this.
"I tell my kids all the time -- any thing that happens to you, I'm gonna protect you. And when I see that video, I just feel helpless," she said.
Shaking her head, Givens adds, "[The other girl's] mom is not being a mediator. She's being a cheerleader."
Clayton says they've been investigating the fight since Tuesday.
"As a parent and as a law enforcement officer, it's disturbing to see something like this. It's pretty egregious. This sort of behavior will not be tolerated in Richmond County schools," he said.
Warrants are filed against the mother involved for criminal trespass, disruption of schools, reckless conduct and simple assault.
"We're hoping we'll get her in custody very shortly and start the judicial process," Clayton said.
Givens says it's hard to be patient while they wait for an update on the case.
"They tell me, 'Don't worry about it. We'll catch her.' But when? My daughter doesn't feel protected. My daughter is afraid of that lady!"
Givens says at first, both teenage girls were suspended for 10 days, but after the video surfaced, her daughter was allowed back to school.
"For you to touch someone else's child? You have a problem. And you need to be locked up," Givens said.'
Her daughter had bumps and bruising on her head and a sore neck but is doing OK overall.
Clayton says there is always an officer and administrators after school at Richmond Academy. In this case, a teacher got there within a minute to break up the fight.


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Years of hard work earned Mary Hale an associate degree in 3-D animation and video game art, a 3.8 GPA and a magna cum laude distinction. But it didn't get her the one thing she was counting on for her future: a coveted spot in San Jose State's highly regarded animation program.
Once the ticket for aspiring animators of modest means to enter the region's thriving entertainment industry, San Jose State has tightened admission to its animation-illustration program under the pressure of high demand and reduced funding.
Only 12 percent of community college transfer applicants made the cut, as Hale and others learned at a spring orientation.
"They took us into a room and they told us the bad news," said Hale, a graduate of Canada College in Redwood City. "It was very discouraging."
This year, the Silicon Valley university and four other California State University campuses had more applicants than spaces in every major, from philosophy to computer science. The same was true in more than 200 majors across the Cal State system -- twice as many as four years ago.
But for a generation raised on games and animated films, San Jose State's animation-illustration program has become one of the hardest to break into. It admitted only 38 percent of the animation applicants this year, including transfers and incoming freshmen. The program has about 550 students, with a target of 60 new enrollees next fall.
Hale and other transfer students needed a near-perfect 3.85 grade-point average to get in -- the toughest requirement of any major at the university. Based on the number of students it decided to admit, the university raised the standard this spring, months after students applied.
"It's strange, and it's just disappointing because we designed this program to do something great for our California students and the entertainment industry, and it's in chaos, and students can't get in," said Alice Carter, an SJSU art professor who started the animation program nearly 20 years ago.
Attracting artists from throughout the state, the program focuses on training for jobs in film, television, gaming, and Internet-based entertainment in one of four disciplines: 2-D and 3-D animation, concept art, 3-D modeling, and storyboarding. Students specializing in animation learn what it takes to make the next big Pixar film or Nintendo video game, while others focus on "concept art," 3-D models or story development.
Studios think of the San Jose State program as "that really amazing vinyl record shop that nobody knows about, but suddenly everyone knows about," said Jeff Sangalli, who graduated from the program in 2000 and is now the art director for Sony Computer Entertainment America in San Mateo.
Impressed by the program's work, Isabel Allende commissioned the students to produce trailers for her new book, Maya's Notebook, about a teenager who falls into a violent underworld after her parents abandon her.
At $7,300 a year, the San Jose State program is a steal compared with other top schools in the field. San Francisco's Academy of Art University costs nearly $19,000 per year. Tuition and fees at the Rhode Island School of Design total $41,000.
San Jose State is one of the few public university programs anywhere in the nation to consistently produce top talent; it frequently lands on the top-20 lists of feature film recruiters, said Debra Blanchard, a recruiting director for Blue Sky Studios.
"Their kids are competing against other kids who go to very specialized, expensive art schools, and they're doing just as good, if not better," Blanchard said.
Students have picked up on the program's connections. "The word has gotten out that this is the program you want to go to if you want to get a job," said Paul Naas, one of Hale's professors at Canada College.
Carter, who says the program has room for many more students than the university is letting in, said she is heartbroken for the students who were turned away -- especially those who fell short of the newly raised GPA level, which she considers an irrelevant standard for evaluating artists. She said faculty considered a T-shirt protest: "Not smart enough to be an animator? Try physics! Try engineering! Try chemistry!"
One observer saw schools needing to be more responsive to students' career goals as the state begins to restore higher education funding. "If the campuses can't fill that unmet need and can't fill the pipeline for the jobs of the future and the jobs of today, the economy is going to sink," said Audrey Dow of the Campaign for College Opportunity.
Hale dreams of someday working in a major studio. She applied to San Jose State knowing that a degree from its program would advance her career. With that option closed, she is left with an inferior alternative: an expensive, unaccredited online animation program.
"I keep telling myself," she said, "it's not that I'm a bad student or a bad animator -- that it's bad politics."
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IMS' latest report, Declining Medicine Use and Costs: For Better or Worse, reasserts the value that medicines provide in improving patients' health and saving money on future health care costs. It's also a great example of how and why the life cycle of medicines works so well.
The report found that in 2012, spending on pharmaceuticals was $325.8 billion, which is a one percent decline from 2011. This is also the first time that absolute spending on medicines declined.
The underlying drivers for a decrease in health care services were fewer patient visits to office-based physicians, fewer non-emergency admissions to hospitals and outpatient facilities, and a less severe flu season in the early part of 2012. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) very recently confirmed that the use of medicines helps to reduce other Medicare costs like the ones mentioned above. In fact, the CBO announced a major change to its cost-estimating methodology that credits policies that increase the use of prescription medicines in Medicare with savings on other medical costs in Parts A and B.
Another highlight from this report is the decrease in spending on medicines. This can be attributed to the fact that 84 percent of the medications dispensed last year were generics and it's expected to continue to increase to 87 percent by 2017. Patent expirations of name brand drugs contributed to a $28.9 billion reduction in medical spending.
Generic medications represent the final stage of the life cycle. Before they're introduced into the market, an innovator biopharmaceutical research company has taken a brand-name medicine and led it through a long journey from idea to discovery, early-stage research and development to clinical trials, and regulatory review to patients. Savings from generic drugs are made possible due to innovator biopharmaceutical research companies and their pioneering scientific work.
For further information on how medicines are improving patients' lives and producing savings, check out PhRMA's page on value.


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While most people in Germany spend their Easter Sunday (March 31) thinking about chocolate, eating with the family or at church, the villagers of Horhausen can be found outdoors testing their strength and prowess in the annual egg-throwing competition.
And this year was more taxing than ever as Germans woke up to another day of unseasonably bad weather with snow scurries and freezing temperatures.
"It's a bit cold for Easter egg throwing, it could do with being a bit warmer. I'm here with my children, but one makes the best out of it, said participant, Ingo Beer.
"Well as long as you get into it it's not too cold and we have been coming here for decades to do this on Easter Sunday. It's as much a part of the day as an Easter walk, Daniela Schmidt added.
But despite the intemperate conditions plenty of people turned out for the egg-throwing.
And this is not just idle fun.
There are rules: Each player registers, picks a painted hard-boiled egg form the egg-carton and heads to the starting line.
It is strictly one throw per contestant and the egg is not allowed to break on impact; then it is down to may the furthest egg win.
The egg throwing tradition in Horhausen goes back more than 80 years and has been drawing local families ever since.
"I think this is a family event and as you can see we get all generations. Starting from the youngest participant of three years to the oldest at 87 years-old. The weather is cold, we didn't think this many people would turn up but despite the conditions people always enjoy coming to Horhausen," village mayor, Thomas Schmidt said.
"We come here whatever the weather, we're here every year, we come with the whole family . It's always a nice event and it's fun for the the little ones as well as the big ones. My father is here and he is 87 years-old and it's always an event here!" said one of the participants, Andreas Kirchgaessner.
And for those who lose out on a record, because their egg broke they can rest easy that they are at least doing the birds an Easter favor.
"The broken eggs we leave where they are, they are eventually eaten by the birds and they will be particularly pleased with this cold weather that they also get a bit of Easter leftovers," Schmidt said.
Horhausen is a municipality in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in western Germany.


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I cannot believe we are in the home stretch of the holiday season!!! Unfortunately in California it is hard to see the changing of the seasons except when I go from short sleeves to ¾ sleeves brrrrrr hee hee :o) I know we are ALL busy trying to work and prepare for one of my favorite holidays, Thanksgiving!!! I have a lot to be thankful for and feel truly blessed with the family I have, my dear DT aka Sisters to me for sure, the BEST customers any store owner could ask for, and health :o) It does not take much to be happy really family and friends are what it is all about, though crafty products never hurt :o) My holiday wish for everyone is that the economy gets stronger so family providers are able to continue to work or find work so their families can feel safe and comfortable once again :o) When it does turn around remember those that are still struggling and reach out as every little bit helps!!!
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- Apr 24:
- Officials: Dead bomber name in terrorism database
- Apr 23:
- Boston bombing suspect's wife is 'nice,' 'sweet' American convert to Islam
- Boston bombing victim Martin Richard, 8, laid to rest privately
- Older Boston bombing suspect frequently visited jihadist websites, U.S. officials say
- Boston Bombing Suspects: Who Do We Think They Are?
- Crowd funding for Boston's Dave Henneberry and his shot-up boat goes through the roof
- Apr 22:
- Boston bombing suspect Tsarnaev charged with using WMD, could face death penalty
- Boston bombings edge into immigration debate
- Feds ask to interview wife of suspected Boston Marathon bomber
- Apr 21:
- Top cop says Boston bomb suspects likely planning more attacks
- Governor: Video shows Boston bomb suspect placing backpack
- Police: Boston bomber may have been killed by his own brother
- Apr 20:
- Doctor: Boston suspect had so many wounds he couldn't tell which was fatal
- Authorities arrest two in town where Boston bombing suspect may have lived
- Boston bombing suspect hospitalized following arrest
- Apr 19:
- Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's mother-in-law sickened by attack
- Mercury News editorial: Marathon bombers raise important questions for American society
- Boston Red Sox, Bruins postpone games during manhunt
- Boston bombings: Television can only 'hurry up and wait'
- Boston bombing suspect's U-Mass Dartmouth classmates: He was 'calm,' 'cool,' 'laid back'
- Boston bombing suspects' sister says she doesn't know what got into them
- Boston bombings: TV networks plan prime-time coverage
- Media chasing Boston images, information in massive manhunt
- Chechnya: What its militants are fighting for
- Boston bombing suspects' uncle, 'ashamed,' asks nephew to turn himself in
- Boston bombing suspects spent night in Honda before carjacking a Mercedes
- Boston manhunt: Chronology of chaotic search for suspects in marathon bombing
- Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev captured alive, police say
- Boston bombing suspects: Who are the two brothers?
- Police: Suspect who killed MIT cop is dead; second suspect tied to Boston bombing
- Apr 18:
- Boston bombing suspects shown in photos, video released by FBI
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Sean Collier had worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for only about a year. But he was already popular with his colleagues in the campus police department, as well as with students, often joining them on hiking and skiing trips.
Authorities say the 26-year-old Collier was shot and killed by the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.
MIT says Collier was a Wilmington native and Somerville resident who had worked at MIT since January 2012. Before that, he was a civilian employee of the Somerville Police Department.
MIT Chief John DiFava says Collier was a dedicated officer, liked by his colleagues and the MIT community.
MIT President L. Rafael Reif says Collier's loss is "deeply painful."
Collier was found shot several times in his vehicle at about 10:30 p.m. Thursday.


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Mike Gordon,
Saturday, 09/19/2009
WorkPlay SoundStage Theater, Birmingham, AL
Set 1: Andelmans' Yard, Sugar Shack, The Walls of Time, Cruel World, Pretend, River Niger > Soulfood Man, Traveled Too Far
Set 2: Revelator[1], Dig Further Down, Spiral, Nobody's Home > 15 Step, Voices, She Said She Said
Encore: The Time For Loving Is Now
[1] Mike Gordon debut.
Notes: The cover of Gillian Welch's "Time (The Revelator)" was a Mike Gordon debut.
Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler


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Independent modules
From ArachneWiki
Independent modules are modules that you, the user, may write as additions to the Arachne code package. Arachne is designed so that it is easy to add these modules. See Compilation for information on how to design these modules for easy compilation.
Things to include
An executable module, by definition, must have a
main() function. Arachne recognizes which modules are executable by searching for a line of code that begins:
int main(
This exact syntax is necessary; there must be no space before
int, exactly one space between
int and
main, and no space between
main and the opening parenthesis. (After this parenthesis may follow a space, or anything else.) If a module is executable, it should
#include MainTools.h. It is also a good idea to call
If your module accepts any command-line arguments, use the ParsedArgs module to handle them. In this case, running the module with no arguments will always produce an informative, automatically generated documentation of the command-line arguments needed. The arguments GDB and NO_HEADER are always accepted.
Useful features from the Arachne code package
We have static asserts available, which are checked at compile time. See StaticAssert.h. We also have many flavors of dynamic asserts; see Assert.h. In summary:
AssertXX()will test unless NDEBUG is set
ForceAssertXX()will always test, and moreover prevents inlining: use with caution in often called methods!
#define FAST_ASSERTallows inlining of ForceAsserts.
Include the following macros at the very top of your files. This turns off Asserts (Assert, AssertLt, AssertEq, etc), allowing methods that contain them, such as vec::operator[], to be inlined. ForceAsserts are not affected by this.
#ifndef FORCE_DEBUG #define NDEBUG #endif
If your code does a lot of work with strings, particularly comparisons and operator[], this will allow many of these operations to be inlined.
#define STRING_FAST_EXECUTE
Data structures
Arachne contains many useful data structures, including souped-up versions of the C++ Standard Template Library modules. These modules include vec, String, Bool, and Equiv.
We have some typedefs that are used throughout the code (defined in Types.h):
- Bool
An unsigned char with two archetypal constants: True (1) and False (0). The motivation for Bool is that the size of the built-in type bool varies from platform to platform, and can be as large as 64 bits, while Bool is always an unsigned char, i.e. one byte.
- longlong
The built-in type long can vary in size from platform to platform; longlong is always 64 bits.


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The Atomic City of Oak Ridge will "light up the night" this fall when a brand new event comes to town. The Oak Ridge Convention & Visitors Bureau announced this week that the Neon Vibe 5K will take place Saturday, Sept. 21, at A.K. Bissell Park.
According to the event website at www.TheNeonVibe.com, the Neon Vibe 5K is an after-dark, fluorescent glow light fun run that will have participants glowing crazy with color and dancing all night long. Starting with the 5K, participants will run a traditional, non-competitive 3.1 mile course with four UV black light "glow zone" color stations and upbeat dance music set up throughout the route. Volunteers will be on hand to cover the crowd with neon powder that fluoresces under UV black lights. The evening ends with a fun "Aftervibe party," complete with a disc jockey.
"People ask us all the time if we glow in the dark, now's our chance to have a little fun with that," Katy Brown, the Bureau's executive director, stated in a news release. "We are hopeful that runners of all ages will come out and participate in this family friendly activity and that it will introduce the region to a different side of the Secret City."
With locations across the country, this is the first Neon Vibe 5K for the state of Tennessee. Organizers expect more than 3,000 people to be in attendance. The Neon Vibe welcomes all participants regardless of age or ability.
For more information about the event and to register, visit https://theneonvibe.webconnex.com/oakridge or contact the Oak Ridge Convention & Visitors Bureau at (865) 482-7821.
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POSITION: Goaltender
CATCHES: Right
BIRTHPLACE: Felben Wellhausen, CHE
DRAFTED: undrafted
|2012-13: Appeared in his sixth NHL season...went 15-6-4 with a 2.36 GAA and .913 SV% with one shutout in 26 games...in his last seven starts of 2012-13, posted a 1.79 GAA (12 GA/403 MIN) and .931 SV% (163-of-175) with a 4-2-1 record...allowed two-or-fewer goals in 17 of his 25 decisions this season (one ND), including 13 of the last 14...from Mar. 1-Apr. 27 (conclusion of 2012-13 regular season), his 1.94 GAA (34 GA/1049 MIN) ranked seventh in the NHL...at Honda Center, won seven consecutive games (7-0-0) from Feb. 2-Mar. 20, for a .921 SV% (175-of-190) and 2.12 GAA (15 GA/424 MIN)…won eight of his last 10 decisions at Honda Center overall (8-2-0, one ND), posting a 2.32 GAA (24 GA/620 MIN) and a .910 SV% (243-of-267)…helped Anaheim to a 2-0-0 start on the road, Jan. 19 @ VAN (26 saves) and Jan. 21 @ CGY (21 saves)...secured his first shutout of the season and 16th of his career in an 18-save effort, Mar. 6 vs. PHX (2-0)...won four consecutive games from Mar. 6-14, stopping 110-of-114 shots for a 0.98 GAA (4 GA/245 MIN) and .965 SV% in that span...also had a 10-game point streak (8-0-2) from Feb. 18-Mar. 20, stopping 263-of-282 for a .933 SV% and 1.86 GAA (19 GA/614 MIN)...missed three games with a lower-body injury (Feb. 8-15)…stopped Alexandre Burrows' second period penalty shot attempt, Jan. 25 vs. VAN...is now 4-of-5 career in penalty shot situations…posted a 1-2 record in shootouts (Jan. 29, 3-2 SOL @ SJ; Mar. 4, 5-4 SOL @ PHX; Mar. 14, 2-1 SOL @ DAL), stopping 7-of-10 shootout attempts (.700%).
CAREER: Signed a four-year contract extension through 2013-14, Jan. 30, 2010…2011-12: Appeared in his fifth NHL season with Anaheim, going 29-30-12 with four shutouts, a 2.57 GAA and .910 SV%...set franchise records for games played (73) and starts (73) in a season…started a club-record 32 consecutive games from Jan. 12-Mar. 18, going 17-10-5 with a 1.92 GAA (62 GA/1939 MIN) and .927 SV% (789-of-851), including three shutouts (Jan. 13 @ EDM, Feb. 19 @ FLA, Mar. 14 vs. DET)...the streak was the NHL's longest since San Jose's Antti Niemi's had a 34-game streak from Jan.15-Apr. 4, 2011…overall, led the NHL in starts (73) and co-led in appearances (73, also NSH's Rinne)…named the NHL's First Star for Feb. 13-19 after going 3-0-1 with one shutout, a 0.98 GAA, and .961 SV% in four games…made his 70th appearance of 2011-12, setting a franchise record (previously Guy Hebert, 1998-99) in a 3-1 win, Mar. 28 vs. SJ…made his club-record 69th start of 2011-12, Mar. 25 vs. BOS…earned his 15th career shutout (fourth of season) in a 4-0 win, Mar. 14 vs. DET…set a club record with his 24th consecutive start, surpassing the previous record shared by J.S. Giguere (2001) and Guy Hebert (1997), Mar. 2 vs. CGY…stopped all 31 shots for his 14th career shutout (third of the season) in a 2-0 win, Feb. 19 @ FLA…went nine consecutive games (6-0-3) without a loss in regulation, Feb. 3-21…compiled a season-high five-game win streak, Jan. 13-22, posting a 1.40 GAA (7 GA/300 MIN) and .956 SV% (153-of-160)…secured his 100th career win and 13th career shutout on Jan. 13 @ EDM, stopping all 33 shots faced…appeared in his 200th career NHL game, Dec. 4 vs. MIN…recorded his 12th career shutout on Oct. 14 vs. SJ, stopping all 31 shots...2010-11: Appeared in his fourth NHL season with Anaheim, going 26-16-5 with five shutouts, a 2.56 GAA and .924 SV%...finished tied for fifth among NHL goaltenders in SV% (.924)…was named to the NHL 2010-11 All-Star team, the lone goaltender to represent the Western Conference…was the second Swiss-born player to appear in an NHL All-Star Game (also Mark Streit in 2009)…made only three appearances following the All-Star break due to vertigo-related symptoms…was named the NHL's Second Star of the Week for Jan. 3-9 after going 2-1-0 with a 0.67 GAA and .977 SV% in three starts…had a career-high 179:48-minute scoreless streak spanning four games, Jan. 5-12...his consecutive shutouts on Jan. 7 vs. CBJ (6-0) and Jan. 9 vs. SJ (1-0) marked a career first and the first time the feat had been accomplished in team history since Dec. 8-15, 2002 (J.S. Giguere)…went 5-0-0 with a 2.35 GAA and .925 SV% from Nov. 3-12, finishing the month tied for fourth in the NHL in wins (7-4-1)…denied Jamie Benn on his second career penalty shot, Nov. 12 vs. DAL…2009-10: Appeared in his third NHL season with Anaheim, posting a 30-23-6 record with two shutouts, a 2.73 GAA and .918 SV% in 59 games…set career highs in wins, appearances, minutes (3,338), saves (1,708) and shots against (1,860)…went 9-4-0 in January, marking the most wins in a month by a Ducks goaltender since Mar. 2006 (Giguere, 9-4-0)…was named the NHL's Second Star of the Week for Jan. 4-10, going 4-0-0 with a 1.50 GAA and .954 SV%…earned the win in his 100th career appearance, Jan. 10 @ CHI…2008-09: Made his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut in his second NHL season, leading the league in SV% (.946), ranking third in GAA (2.23) and tied for first in shutouts (2)…stopped 45-of-46 shots for his sixth career postseason win in Game 3 of the CSF, May 5 vs. DET…stopped a career-high 59-of-62 shots in the Ducks' triple-OT victory in Game 2 of the CSF, May 3 @ DET…his 59 saves were the most by a Ducks netminder since Apr. 10, 2003 in Game 1 of the CQF @ DET (Giguere, 63 SV)…in the CQF vs. SJ, stopped 220-of-230 shots in six games (.957 SV%), earning a 1.64 GAA and his first two postseason shutouts…stopped all 31 shots faced for his second career postseason shutout in Game 4 of the CQF, Apr. 23 vs. SJ…made his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut in Game 1 of the CQF, Apr. 16 @ SJ…earned a 2-0 shutout victory, stopping all 35 shots…became the first goaltender to record a shutout in his playoff debut since BOS's Andrew Raycroft in 2004…during the regular season, ranked tied for seventh among league goaltenders in GAA (2.39) and tied for sixth in SV% (.919)…won seven consecutive decisions from Mar. 19-Apr. 4 to tie Guy Hebert (Feb. 25-Mar. 22, 1995) for the longest winning streak in franchise history…the win streak spanned an eight-game stretch, in which he posted a 2.19 GAA and .923 SV%…tied the club record with his seventh consecutive win by stopping 28-of-30 shots in a 5-2 victory, Apr. 4 @ SJ…stopped a career-high 51-of-53 shots, Dec. 19 @ EDM...his 51 saves tied a franchise high…was named the NHL's Second Star of the Week for Nov. 24-30 after going 2-0-0 with a 0.50 GAA and .984 SV%…earned his first career NHL shutout with a 2-0 win (29 SA), Nov. 16 vs. LA…2007-08: Made his NHL debut with Anaheim, going 10-7-1 with a 2.06 GAA and .927 SV%…stopped 11-of-12 shots for his first career OT win, Dec. 19 vs. COL…earned a 4-1 win in his NHL debut, Sept. 30 vs. LA in London, England...became just the fourth Swiss goalie to play in an NHL game, joining David Aebischer (COL), Martin Gerber (ANA) and Pauli Jaks (LA)…2006-07: Played for Davos of the Swiss National League A…was voted Best Goalie in the Swiss National League…helped Davos capture the Swiss championship and a Spengler Cup championship…2005-06: Helped Davos advance to the final in the Swiss Championship…was selected to the All-Star team for the Spengler Cup…2004-05: Was voted the Best Goalie in the Swiss League, en route to the Swiss League championship…won the Spengler Cup with Davos and selected to the tournament All-Star team…Miscellaneous: Made his Olympic debut with Team Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver…appeared in five contests, going 2-2-1 with a 2.47 GAA and a .918 SV%...his 146 saves for the tournament ranked third among all goaltenders…has made two other appearances for Team Switzerland on the international level: posted a 2.51 GAA and .910 SV% in six games at the 2007 IIHF World Championship in Moscow, Russia…following the 2008 NHL Playoffs, joined Switzerland for the 2008 IIHF World Championship in Halifax and Quebec City…appeared in three games, going 1-2-0 with a 2.79 GAA and .915 SV%.
PERSONAL: Spends the offseason in the town of Davos in his native Switzerland…resides in Newport Beach during the hockey season…enjoys playing tennis, beach volleyball and sailing on his family's boat in Switzerland…is an automobile enthusiast and spends his summers fixing cars with his friends at a local body shop in his hometown…admires fellow Swiss athlete Roger Federer…is fluent in German, English and French.