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For the first time since the 1993-94 season, the Devils will have someone in their opening-night net not named Martin Brodeur.
The living legend will watch from the bench Thursday night in Pittsburgh as new-addition Cory Schneider gets the start as the Devils open their season against the mighty Penguins. It will break Brodeur's all-time NHL record of 18 consecutive opening-night starts – a record even he admitted is unlikely to be broken.
Brodeur missed four days of practice after his father, Denis, died on Sept. 26 and he returned home to Montreal for the services. With the Islanders in
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - This year's Dealer Expo was different. First of all, about 40 percent of booths were in the brand-new Lucas Oil Stadium, a few blocks away from the rest the show in the Indiana Convention Center. Luckily, decent weather made the walk bearable for those of us who chose not to use the free shuttle service. I hear underground walkways will be available for the 2011 show.
My editorial duties didn't allow me to examine the stadium much, but several people told me they loved the building itself. I didn't hear any complaints about the splitting of the show.
Advanstar Communications, our owner, hasn't released attendance figures, but the traffic did not seem much different from previous years. Most vendors told me that the number of booth visits was down, but that more serious buyers were stopping by. General managers and owners seemed to be walking the aisles in a greater concentration.
This makes sense. Many dealership principals likely couldn't pay to send employees this year. And owners are keeping a tighter grip on the purse strings. Nobody needs an excited parts manager buying more than can be sold.
I haven't heard yet from dealers what kind of deals vendors were offering. I had predicted in my editor's note for February that terms and prices this year would probably favor buyers (not a bold prediction).
As I said, I didn't get a chance to walk the whole show, but it seemed as if there were fewer booths hawking funny-looking vehicles and knockoff leathers. So the quality of vendors as a group seemed higher also.
One thing about Dealer Expo was the same: There was a plethora of new products, new services and important updates to products and services already in existence. We tried to cover as much as we could in the Show Dailies we produced on site, as well as in this blog (I noticed Dirt Rider magazine also posted an interesting blog). We're in the process of publishing a roundup in our April issue.
Posted below are a few more products/services.
Rockhard Helmets returned this year with five new designs celebrating Elvis, Evel Knievel and the bands Motorhead, Slipknot and Pantera.
I saw the lids at the booth of O'Neal USA (the brand's manufacturer) and the distributor Romaha, which also had at least some of last year's designs: Kiss, Hustler, Slayer, Lyndyrd Skynyrd and AC/DC. Each design is available on a full-face helmet, a dirtbike helmet and a half-helmet. Retail prices are $349.99, $249.99 and $169.99, respectively. Production is reportedly limited to 10,000 each.
Motorcycle-Superstore.com, a major online retailer, had a booth at the show because it was offering a free Preferred Installer Program for dealers. If you sign up, the company will direct its customers to your store for installation of tires and parts. Customers can ship their products directly to your store.
You may be asking, "Why in the heck would I want to do this?" According to Motorcycle-Superstore.com, you'll get guaranteed service revenue plus the opportunity to sell the customer additional products and services. The company will build a customized Preferred Installer Web page for your shop containing your business information, Web site and e-mail links, online mapping, services offered, service prices and customer ratings.
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Oh, the Places You'll Go!
by Dr. Seuss
Oh, the Places You'll Go! Tone
Take a story's temperature by studying its tone. Is it hopeful? Cynical? Snarky? Playful?
Non-Lecturey Advice and Empathy
Dr. Seuss has a rare gift. He's able to talk to kids directly through the use of the second voice ("you") without ever sounding like a condescending adult. Parents, take note.
His tone is that of someone who has been there, done that and can talk about his experiences (which he assumes will be your child's experiences because they're pretty universal) in a straightforward, slightly silly manner.
Notice how gently he brings us down from our great heights:
Except when you don't.
Because, sometimes, you won't.
I'm sorry to say so
but, sadly, it's true
that Bang-ups
and Hang-ups
can happen to you.
You can get all hung up
in a prickle-ly perch.
And your gang will fly on.
You'll be left in a Lurch. (11−13)
Even when he's shaking up the rhyme, he gives us some consistency with "don't" and "won't," and he uses made up words like "prickle-ly" rather than harsher real worlds like, say, "knife-cutting." We'll have Hang-ups and Bang-ups, but they are as much a part of the rhythm of life as the rhythm of these verses.
And his empathy isn't limited to the bad times. When he gets excited about your child kicking that ball or about, "OH! THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!" (8), he seems just as excited as we are, if not more. Simmer down now, Dr. Seuss.


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Louisiana Cotton: Western Flower Thrips Pressure – Control Options Weighed
Heavy populations of western flower thrips (WFT) have been mixed into general thrips infestations in Louisiana cotton this season. Entomologists have been running a series of evaluations of both older, established products and Radiant.
We talked late Tuesday afternoon about thrips control options with David Kerns, Associate Professor of Entomology at the Macon Ridge REC, and Sebe Brown, the state's Northeast Region Extension Entomologist.
Based on plot evaluations, they said:
Radiant provided about 90% control 4 days after treatment (DAT). "In our tests we did not see any appreciable difference between the 1.5 ounce/acre rate and the 3-ounce rate," said Kerns.
"A 1.5-ounce rate of Radian runs $8 an acre, which is hard for many producers to swallow," said Brown. "A lot of them want to use Bidrin or Dimethoate, but with high numbers of WFT, we don't think it's giving as much control as might be needed, especially Dimethoate."
Kerns said that results with Dimethoate were "disappointing."
"A lot of these are WFT, half or more of the populations, and we're not picking up enough of them," Kerns added. "We looked at both the 4 ounce/acre standard shot and then doubled the rate to 8 ounces, and neither looked that good."
Control with Radiant was 90% 4 DAT, Kerns said. Additionally, Kerns noted, Radiant should be applied with "a good non-ionic surfactant or MSO."
Acephate at a half-pound/acre rate also is giving about 90% control 4 DAT, he said.
"Bidrin doesn't deliver quite as much control, but with the first shot it's usually sufficient where cotton is just coming out of the ground and plants don't have a lot of colony development," Kerns added.
In the Radiant plots there appeared to be more very small immatures present in the samples, Kerns said, "which may indicate that that product may be breaking a little sooner than a half-pound of acephate."
Radiant, though, is softer on beneficials, they both pointed out.
"We're already picking up spider mites, plus aphids are out there, too," Brown reported. "If we go with acephate, that could blow up spider mites."
None of the products will deliver better than 95% control, so that will leave some lingering numbers. And based on thrips populations being found on a wide basis, more will find their way into fields after treatments. WFT also feed on spider mite eggs, so the presence of a few WFT can help suppress mite populations, they pointed out
Cotton – Southwest – Cool, Wet Panhandle; Bollworms; Re-Growth – AgFax
Rainy and cool best describes the weather over much of the Panhandle and South Plains this week. Rain in Oklahoma brought relief to dryland fields and helped make the pull-back


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Elinor Otto braces her slight frame and grips the riveting gun with both hands, her bright red hair and flowered sweater a blossom of color in Long Beach's clanking Boeing C-17 plant.
Boom, boom, boom.
She leans back as the gun's hammer smacks the fasteners into place.
Then she puts the tool in a holster and zips around a wing spar to grab a handful of colorful screw-on backs, picking up another gun along the way to finish them off. Her movements are deft and precise.
"Don't get in her way, she'll run you over," a co-worker says with a smile.
Otto finishes a section of fasteners, looks up and shrugs. "That's it."
Just another day at the office for a 93-year-old "Rosie the Riveter" who stepped into a San Diego County factory in 1942 -- and is still working on the assembly line today.
Otto is something of a legend among her co-workers on the state's last large military aircraft production line. And her legend is growing: She was recently honored when Long Beach opened Rosie the Riveter Park next to the site of the former Douglas Aircraft plant, where women worked during World War II.
"She says, 'We can do it!' and I'm doing it!" Otto says, flexing her thin arm and laughing, mimicking the iconic poster.
If she were younger, she jokes, she would look at herself now and wonder, "What's that old bag still doing here?"
But Otto seems to have more energy than those half a century younger.
"I wish I was in as good shape as she's in at my age," says fellow structural mechanic Kim Kearns -- who is 56.
Otto is out of bed at 4 a.m. and drives to work early to grab a coffee and a newspaper before the 6 a.m. meeting. In the Boeing lot, she parks as far from the plant as possible so she can get some exercise. Every Thursday, she brings in cookies and goes to the beauty parlor to have her hair and nails touched up after her shift ends.
"She's an inspiration," says Craig Ryba, another structural mechanic. "She just enjoys working and enjoys life."
Otto was beautiful, with bright blue eyes and dark hair piled high, when she joined a small group of women at Rohr Aircraft in Chula Vista during World War II. The bosses threatened to give demerits to the men who stood around trying to talk to her -- so Otto's suitors left notes for her in the phone booth, where she called her mother every day.
Back then, everyone worked for the war effort, Otto says, so they didn't think much of their jobs -- it was tough to find good ones. World War II was all-consuming, with product rationing and scrap metal collections, and men leaving for the war.
Otto joined the war effort with her two sisters, one who worked alongside her at Rohr, the other a welder in a Bay Area shipyard. She was newly single with a young son.
At the plant, she would make the others laugh at how fast she could rivet, she says, quickly moving her hands and stomping her feet to demonstrate.
The men resented the women at first -- shirts had to stay on, for one thing -- and doubted that they could get the job done, she says.
"It turned out we worked better than them, faster, because they were so sure of themselves."
Days after the war ended, Otto and other women were let go as men returned home.
"They needed us at one time, and when the war was over, they let us go," she says. "That's how it was."
Rampant harassment
Thousands of women flocked to California to work at aircraft factories during the war. It was tough work, with the challenge of finding child care and the pressures of a society shaken by war and changing norms, says Long Beach Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske, who wrote the book "Rosie the Riveter in Long Beach."
After a hard day's work, men and even other women would sometimes harass Rosies if they went home in their dirty pants or overalls instead of changing into a skirt and sweater, she says.
"It's an interesting struggle that women went through just simply because they were trying to do something to help end the war," Schipske says. "It was an incredible amount of work they had to do."
Interest in Rosies peaked in the 1970s and '80s, as the "We Can Do It" poster was rediscovered and became a symbol of the women's movement, Schipske says. Now, families are becoming more aware of relatives' contributions during the war, she says.
A year ago, Otto would have said that working during the war was no big deal, grandson John Perry, 43, says. But as more people talk to her about her history, he says, the more she realizes she really did something important.
"You've saved American lives and you've been saving American lives your whole life," Perry says he tells his grandmother. "It's a powerful story, a positive story, and one hell of a tribute to the female workforce."
Office? No way
After the war ended, Otto tried other jobs, but sitting in an office drove her nuts -- she hates being still. So she worked for Ryan Aeronautical in San Diego for 14 years, until she was laid off.
At a party nearly a year later, a girlfriend told her to get to Los Angeles as fast as she could. Douglas Aircraft was hiring women for the first time since the war. A car full of women left for Long Beach that night, she says, and were hired right away.
In its heyday, Otto says, the C-17 plant was fully staffed with a parking lot so big that workers put flags on their cars to find them in the sea of vehicles. Long Beach was a hub of production during the war and after, but in the decades since, the aerospace industry in the city has shrunk as demand for military aircraft has fallen. In mergers over those years, Douglas became McDonnell Douglas, which later joined with the Boeing.
Kearns worked at the plant for more than 20 years before meeting Otto.
But as the production at the C-17 plant dwindled and operations became more mechanized, "It was kinda like trimming back the bushes, you can see your neighbor again," Kearns says of meeting Otto a decade ago.
"She tells us not to treat her any different," Ryba says. "She works that job just like any of us and sometimes maybe better."
On Sept. 12, the Air Force ended its 32-year relationship with the Long Beach plant as it received its 223rd and final cargo jet. Foreign sales are few and small, but will keep the plant running until late 2014. Boeing will soon make a decision about the future of the production.
The great-grandmother says she would like to retire soon as well, but she refuses to become a couch potato.
"When I go to heaven," she says with a laugh, "I hope God keeps me busy!"


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We've been having a lot of internal discussions regarding what makes a trade show such a valuable tool for buyers. You might be asking yourself, Didn't these Bozos talk about this stuff before? The short answer is yes ... and no.
Tough times seem to trigger lots of reflection; we ask ourselves a lot of questions about why we do what we do, when we do it, and if we should be doing it at all. It's kind of like spring cleaning, only it doesn't involve dust rags and trips to the dump. (OK, people who know me will say that I generally tell it pretty bluntly. Pussyfooting around and sugar-coating things aren't really my style. This can be good ... and bad.)
Back to those internal discussions. I was usually the person in the group saying things like, "Seriously, who wouldn't use Dealer Expo as the opportunity to get a lot done in a short period of time?" Or, "Isn't it obvious to a buyer that they can spend four days at the show, talk to an almost unlimited supply of vendors who are showcasing tens of thousands of products, and negotiate some smoking deals?" There was always someone in the group pointing out that there is a cost associated with attending the show — and that many buyers can't justify the cost versus the benefit. "Get outta here – that's insane!" (That would be Blunt Me, responding.)
I'm not insensitive to the reality that there is a cost to travel to the show, either by car or airplane, plus the cost of a hotel room. And I realize people need to eat. But let's break this down. You run a business that's open pretty much year-round, and it's dependent on customer needs and desires to shop at your store. You only succeed if you can meet customers' needs repeatedly, if customers continue to shop at your store, and if they tell friends and family to shop there as well.
Most of you wear many hats in order to run your dealerships, and I'm guessing that on any given day you don't have a lot of time to research new products and evaluate new trends, styles and technology. You're probably managing a very tight cash-flow, which means your buying decisions are more important than ever. To a degree you've got to shoot from the hip, but you're probably doing more of it than you'd like to.
I think about my Mom. I grew up in a large family (seven children), and there wasn't any spare cash lying around. When I was I kid I would join my mother and my sister on my family's biweekly grocery journey around town to find the best possible prices for everything — and I mean everything. Tulsa, Okla., in the early '70s wasn't huge but it wasn't a small town, either. So shopping usually was a two-day process on the weekend (since Mom worked weekdays). Two days, twice a month, for the sole purpose of finding the least expensive bread, milk, meat and vegetables — that's a lot of days in the life of one person. Today, Mom could spend Saturday morning planning her meals and making her list, and off to Walmart or Costco she would go.
So do you spend days out of every month buying for your store? If you could cut that time in half, would it be worth the cost of a trip to Dealer Expo? That's a lot of days you could use to focus on your customers and improving their experience in your store to keep them coming and keep them coming back, again and again.
Call me a nut, but I don't think I am on this particular issue. Dealer Expo will save you countless hours and days during the course of your year. It will give you the platform to negotiate the very best deals for your business, and the arena to forge strong relationships with vendors and your peers that will pay off all year long in more ways than I can count. And it affords you the time and place to step back and look at your business in a more strategic fashion.
More than 10,600 of the powersports industry's smartest retail buyers have already made the commitment to be at Dealer Expo 2009. Will you be one of them?
Tracy Harris ( firstname.lastname@example.com ) is vice president of the Advanstar Powersports Group, parent of Dealer Expo and Dealernews.


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The results of Dallas Morning News investigations are all over the paper today:
1. A Dallas County court put child psychiatrist William Olmsted (right) on probation for child molestation. But he can still work as a doctor. That's because the Texas Medical Board recently decided not to take his license away, as Dallas Morning News reporter Diane Jennings shows today. The board decided it was enough to limit his practice to treatment of men, in a group setting. Olmsted must also get a psychiatric evaluation, attend "professional boundaries" courses and pay a fine. All of which recalls my colleague Doug Swanson's 2002 investigation showing that the board was reluctant to punish doctors who sexually assaulted or otherwise harmed patients. And it recalls Doug's 2007 follow-up on a Texas legislator who was in business with a doctor and called a special hearing to see whether the board was too aggressive in its discipline.
2. Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert says real police officers will begin checking out car-burglary complaints in person instead of letting civilian call takers handle the task by phone. And there will be a sweeping review of all 2009 reports that Dallas police labeled untrustworthy. The changes come in direct response to News reporters Steve Thompson and Tanya Eiserer's recent findings that cops weren't counting all crimes.
3. Today's update on the Dallas Episcopal Diocese's stockbroker-priest scandal: A second clergyman has left his pulpit — and he's talking about suing parishioners who accuse him of investment-related misconduct.
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16 May 2011 Last updated at 12:38 ET
US Senator John Kerry, on a visit to Pakistan, has publicly defended the raid by US special forces that led to the killing of Osama Bin Laden.
Mr Kerry said secrecy surrounding the raid had been crucial and did not reflect mistrust of Pakistan's leaders.
Pakistan is angry that it was not told in advance about the 2 May raid and that its sovereignty was violated.
Mr Kerry said it was now important to put relations between the two countries back on track.
In a televised address, Mr Kerry said that even Gen David Petraeus, the US and Nato commander in Afghanistan, had only learned about the operation shortly before it took place.
'Obama's discipline'
"I was informed by [US Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton through a call a few hours after the operation," Mr Kerry said.
"It was not a matter of trust but imperative of operational security. I respect the discipline that President [Barack] Obama showed in choosing this course and I ask all Pakistanis to understand that and to respect that.
"My goal in coming here is to talk [about] how we manage this important relationship. I am not here to apologise for what I consider a triumph against terrorism."
Mr Kerry said he had held "constructive conversations" with Pakistani leaders but reiterated "grave concerns" over the presence of Bin Laden in the town of Abbottabad.
He warned that US-Pakistani relations were at a critical point and said some members of US Congress were not confident that they could be fixed.
"The make or break is real. There are, as we know, many members of Congress who aren't confident that it can be patched back together again. And that is why actions but not words are going to be critical to earning their votes."
He added: "We have agreed on a specific series of steps that will be implemented immediately in order to get the relationship on track. That's actions, not words."
Mr Kerry said the two sides had agreed a number of steps to rebuild trust, but did not specify what those steps would be other than Pakistan had agreed to return the fuselage of a US helicopter that was damaged in the raid.
A joint statement issued after the talks said it had been agreed that the two countries would work together in any future actions against "high-value targets" in Pakistan.
Senator Kerry, who is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, also said that Mrs Clinton planned to visit Pakistan soon.
The raid by US Navy Seals strained already tense ties between the US and Pakistan. Washington has expressed concern that the al-Qaeda chief was able to live for years only a short distance from a prestigious military training academy.
Islamabad, stung by the criticism, insists that it is bearing the brunt of the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
Pakistan is a key ally of the US in the battle against Islamist extremism, and Washington has sent billions of dollars in aid to Islamabad. Critics in Washington have said that recent events mean this aid should be reviewed.
Analysts say that although many in the US Congress would like to cut aid to Pakistan, the US still needs supply routes through the country to its forces in Afghanistan, as well as the use of Pakistani airspace.
Mr Kerry is the first high-level US envoy to visit Pakistan since the killing of Bin Laden.
On Saturday, Pakistan's parliament condemned the Bin Laden raid and called for an end to unilateral action within its borders, including attacks on suspected militants by US drones.
It said logistical support for Nato troops in Afghanistan could be withdrawn if the strikes continued.
One senior Pakistani official said there remained a "difference of opinion" between the countries, "but we'll continue our co-operation with the world as well as the United States".
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John Kerry is an inspiration to us all. Marry some rich cunt then get a do nothing, pretend job.
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Nothing like coming home from war and selling out your comrades to further your political career. What a fucking piece of shit! He should have been tried for treason.
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@gregory_peckory Beyond funny, to me it's a sign of how Democrats can spin fantasy into the average Joe believing it as fact! Republicans haven't yet managed that trick...LOL Reality is a hard sell!
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@flashj2 Have you never heard the names Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter, Trump, Palin? I think if they were ever caught telling the truth they would dissolve into a puddle mule piss. I can't stand Kerry either, never could, and I can't speak for things he has said/done in the past, but in the above article it looks like what he said to the Pakis was pretty straight forward. We are not apologizing for what we did.
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@alopias Straight foward? Do you honestly believe the reasons not telling the ISI or the Pakistani government was anything other than mistrust?
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Well considering the fact my youngest daughter at 14 got 400 points higher on her SAT's then Kerry, I think JK is the personification of ignorant politicians that follow talking points and have no substance! For me Kerry is a half peg above Gore and that's being charitable.
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WTF is up with LL, comments gone, notifications absent and other hiccups. It can't be my puter cause I've tried to comment on this post and others from my phone, work puter and now 10 minutes later here home puter.. Let's see if this one shows up... It's a conspiracy I tell ya..LOL
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@flashj2 Must be me, now they show up.. Anyone has problems with comment notifications? When I get one and click on it, says no comments found!. I see people responding but have no clue what thread they're coming from.
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@john1054 I've been here for years, have thousands of comments and it sucks not being able to go back and show asshats that they were completely wrong with shit they spew. I'm especially pissed because of my anti AGW stance since 2007 and now have the proof and can't provide comment threads to some idiots saying "I didn't say that". I'm one of those that doesn't forget a thing, it's a curse.. I've fortunately handed a few people their hats with google searches and found the threads... More..
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You must really be in trouble when you need the "Big Gun" to go to Pakistan and bail your sorry butt out. LOL!
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horse face war monger triumph against terrorism?? you are joking kerry
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Definition of sporran in English:
- After opening the centre, it will launch what it claims is the first Highland clothing label encompassing kilts, sporrans, jackets, and shoes.
- But it now seems that the news of a new director has calmed the ruffled kilts and sporrans, and there is peace in the glens once more.
- Passing each one, he fingered their kilts and sporrans until he reached Sergeant Thomas Campbell and grew more inquisitive.
Mid 18th century: from Scottish Gaelic sporan.
purse from Old English:
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We've already noted that NY Mag's Vulture entertainment site placed fans of A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones at the pinnacle of their mosted devoted fans list.
But a pleasant surprise was when Linda and I were contacted to be included in part of a series of posts on devoted fans. This past Friday, a short profile of us went up, touching on several subjects connected to our involvement in the fandom, from its earliest days to the present.
For those who might want to know a little more about the people behind the website, this is not a bad place to start.
(And for those who wonder, the statues in the background of our photo, those are from Valyrian Resin. They're officially licensed, and I'm told a limited quantity remains. I should also add that though they can ship internationally, the web shop does not necessarily give an accurate estimate for shipping overseas, so consider contacting them for a quote.)
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The Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellows have the opportunity to care for patients with high-risk pregnancy needs in a series of clinics.
The High Risk Obstetric Clinic meets two days a week for patients primarily followed at UIHC as well as those referred for consultation or antepartum care. Typically, three to four new and 25-30 return patients are evaluated per session. Approximately 20 insulin dependent and 50 gestationally diabetic women receive care through the High Risk Service annually. In addition, there is a representative sample of nearly all other complications of pregnancy. The OB/GYN residents directly manage the patients in this clinic. The MFM Fellows are responsible for supervising the residents and in turn, the MFM fellows are directly supervised by the staffing MFM physician.
The Fellows High Risk Continuity of Care Clinic is scheduled one day per week, on Tuesday mornings. In this clinic, the fellows have direct management of select high-risk patients with MFM staff supervision. The high-risk obstetrical patients seen in this clinic are chosen to maximize fellow education. The fellows are expected to attain training to allow them to become an independent MFM consultant to general OB/GYNS, other specialists, and subspecialties.
Fetal Diagnosis and Ultrasound: All fellows have concentrated time in our busy ultrasound unit. The University of Iowa has a well-established multidisciplinary Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Unit. This clinic meets six half-day sessions per week and 40 to 50 patients are seen per day. The majority of level II scans, anomaly consultations, and interventional fetal procedures in the state are performed by this unit. Approximately 300 amniocentesis or CVS procedures are performed. Many cordocenteses and intravascular transfusions are performed each year. The fellows will become proficient in scanning. This includes the ability for the finishing fellow to diagnose a wide variety of malformations and provide extensive counseling including a working knowledge of the most common genetic disorders and malformations. The Obstetrics and Gynecology Ultrasound Program is certified by American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM).
The Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine enjoys a close working relationship with the Division of Medical Genetics in the Department of Pediatrics. A combined Maternal-Fetal Medicine / Medical Genetics Fellowship has been approved by both ABOG and ABMG.


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Fermenting your own cheese is easier
than you think. By Wendy Tremayne
Libby Reinish and Tristan Chambers, urban homesteaders and defenders of culture (bacterial and
social), know that ingenuity can stave off a mundane
world of mass production in which machine-made
standbys replace all that once contained the mark of
creativity. They also love cheese.
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making because of the modern preoccupation with
bacterial contamination," they relayed. "We've really
sanitized our relationship to fermented foods."
In contrast, the French palate recognizes cheese
as a part of the living world. Advertising guru
G. Clotaire Rapaille revealed, in an interview with
Doug Rushkoff, that he advised the industry to
package cheese in plastic zip-lock "body bags"
made for refrigerators (which he likens to a
morgue). In his view, this kind of packaging gives
Americans what they expect: dead food.
But the cheese maker knows that flavor requires
oxygen exchange and humidity; cheese breathes.
While the cheese dome offers a decent storage
solution, one might have to make a trip outside the
supermarket to actually find a living cheese. Or do it
oneself. Here's a recipe from Reinish and Chambers
for an herbed goat cheese.
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I attended two interesting events this week centering on what works (and what doesn't) in marketing.
A seminar on Monday evening (presented by Buffalo Niagara 360, UB School of Management, Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Block Club Creative, Buffalo Niagara Partnership, KeyBank and Lancaster Area Chamber of Commerce) addressed how to promote your business through new media platforms and generate results. Patrick Finan from Block Club Creative lead the discussion, stressing that a business's presence on facebook/twitter/tumblr/youtube/etc. needs to be for a reason. Why should a customer "like" your page or follow your blog? What are they going to get out of the experience? Two main goals should help answer this question. One, nurturing current relationships though new media can strengthen your reputation and customer loyalty. Two, posts from a business can educate and enlighten the followers. Becoming a thought leader spreads the message of what your company is good at and what interests you. Chances are your customers are interested in the same subjects. Patrick referenced a TED talk by Simon Sinek, explaining The Power of Why. It is an excellent explanation of how important it is to answer the question "why?"
|The latest additions to my awesomely-designed-business-card collection.
On Wednesday, the Advertising Club of Buffalo hosted Aaron Keller from the Minneapolis-based firm Capsule. Aaron dissected the elements of what makes good design a.k.a. "swank" (and bad, or "jank"), providing a lot of excellent examples. He talked about the impact of color and how a construction company (whose equipment is painted the same hue as Tiffany's signature blue) broke out of the traditional palette and made it work. The name of a company is also infinitely important, where the more distinctive is usually more memorable (such as branding consultancy Wearable Goods changing it's name to Mosquito). Sometimes everything surrounding a brand, (logo, packaging, advertisements, etc.) becomes powerful enough to change the public's preconceived notions about a product (such as SmartWool's success at convincing people that wool doesn't have to be itchy). The question of "What is Good Design" isn't answered easily. Why was it designed and whether or not it accomplishes it's purpose is a good place to start.
For more tips on how to use new media effectively and examples of good design, visit:
Block Club Creative's blog: http://clubhaus.tumblr.com/
Capsule's blog: www.capsulescape.com/
Buffalo News article about the Advertising Club of Buffalo's event:
Alyssa Crick, Graphic Designer
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Global Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Outlook 2013: Global Pharma
- January 2013
- Region: Global
- 131 Pages
- MP Advisors
- AstraZeneca
- Bristol Myers-Squibb
- Eli-Lilly
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Merck
- Novartis
Global Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Outlook 2013: Global Pharma
Over the next five years, we will witness surge in approval of new drugs that would deliver a major improvement in the standard of care. Therapy areas - Oncology, Diabetes, Ophthalmology HCV, Atrial Fibrillation, Multiple Sclerosis, Dyslipidemia, Alzheimer's and Melanoma are few select areas where newer therapies that are safer and more efficacious will reach the market. Many of these innovations promise a paradigm shift in the standard of care. The year 2012 has marked the beginning of this trend as many new blockbuster drugs were approved and we also witnessed promising proof of concept data on many of the potential path breaking innovation. There are also major outcome clinical trials that will deliver data over the next few years and if positive, we will see the change in fortunes of many existing drugs that are on the market.
In the near term as well the sector continues to remain attractive, as cost containment initiatives, restructuring/deconsolidation, share repurchase program, M&A, emerging market growth potential and dividend policy continue to be encouraging. Over the next few years, the growth of the industry would be shaped up by a battle between fundamental growth drivers (Value added innovation) versus regulatory pressures to contain costs.
Global Biopharmaceutical Outlook 2013-Global Pharma, released by MP Advisors provides analyses of individual large cap companies, promising drug candidates in their late stage pipelines, competitive landscape, and important therapy areas where new innovation will create leadership, forecast for major marketed drugs where competition/ regulatory scenario will change the dynamics, and the potential impact of several important upcoming milestones on the industry.
Key Topics Covered
1. Value Based Pricing- Strength of Innovation Vs Fiscal Pressures
2. Major therapy areas to shape up pharma business going forward
3. Europe – Regulatory Pressures and Increasing Pro Generic Stance
4. Will US fall to Pricing Pressures?
5. Emerging Markets and their importance in Growth of Large Cap Pharma
6. Global Pharma -Drugs Losing Patent Protection By 2017
7. Impact of patent expiry in w.r.t. 2012 total revenue thru 2017
8. Global Pharma Research Pipeline (PhII And PhIII)- 2013
9. Global Pharma Milestones in 2013
10. Roche: Breast Cancer Franchise And Actemra To Drive Near Term Growth, And Multiple Blockbusters In Pipeline To Take Care Of Long Term Growth
11. GlaxoSmithKline: Next Generation Bronchodilators, Melanoma, Hiv And Emerging Market To Lead The Way While Regulatory Overhang In Respiratory And EU Pricing Pressure Persist
12. Bristol-Myers Squibb: Pressures To Dominate In The Near Term, Pipeline Will Take Longer To Deliver
13. AstraZeneca: 2013 Will Be A Transition Year And AZN May Have To Take Some Bold Initiatives
14. Eli Lilly: Late Stage Pipeline Fickle And Risky
15. Merck: News-flow from Mega-trial on MRK's cardiology Franchise would reshape Merck's Growth Prospects
16. Novartis: Back on a Growth Trajectory
17. Novo Nordisk: Hemophilia Franchise and Thrice Weekly Degludec – The Future Drivers
18. Pfizer: M&A Only Can Drive Further Upside In The Near Term
19. Sanofi: Solid Base Business, But Upside From Pipeline Will Take Longer To Come About
20. Global Pharma Sector Industry Tables SHOW LESS READ MORE >
- AstraZeneca
- Bristol Myers-Squibb
- Eli-Lilly
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Merck
- Novartis
Global Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology 2013: Global Pharma
I. Global Pharma: Value based pricing to gain strength - A Perspective
Strength of Innovation Vs Fiscal Pressure
a. With Austerity Measures already in place, the next wave of Investment opportunities will only be driven by Innovations and M&A
b. Can Innovation Transform the Growth Trajectory for Pharma Companies Going Forward? – The Trend seems to be encouraging
c. Pricing Pressure in the US is likely to be driven by challenge to insure more people, and yet manage the healthcare costs
d. Transformation of Large cap Pharma after patent cliff
e. Reimbursement hurdles
f. Key measures of the ObamaCare in the US that should impact Drug Expenditure going forward
II. New Innovations in Select Therapy Area's if Successful, could Drive Growth beyond Patent Expiries
Prevalence, market size opportunities and competitive landscape analysis of following therapy class
- New generation oral anticoagulants
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Breast cancer
- Respiratory-COPD and Asthma
- Melanoma
- Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)
- Diabetes – GLP-1 agonists and DPP-4 inhibitor
- Antiobesity
- Acute Coronary Syndrome – PCSK9 antibody –Mechanism and Opportunities
- Alzheimer's – BACE Inhibitors – Mechanism and opportunities
III. Support from Emerging market for Global large cap pharma
IV. Dividend yield and Net cash position of Global Pharma
1. Merck: News flows from mega trials on MRK's cardiology franchise would reshape growth prospects
1.1. Fate of cholesterol lowering therapy going forward: HPS2 Thrive failed but It is not indicative for IMPROVE-IT and REVEAL
1.2. Important News-Flow analysis for MRK in 2013
1.3. Peak Sales forecast for MRK's DPP-IV franchise
1.4. Growing evidence base on CV benefit of DPP-IV's
1.5. Once weekly DPP-IV
1.6. Januvia would continue to dominate the DPP-IV space
1.7. Odanacatib peak sales analysis
1.8. Key milestones in 2013
2. Novartis: Back on a growth trajectory
2.1. PhIII Clinical News- flow on Biosimilars and NCE candidates will continue to be robust in 2013
2.2. The other important clinical news flow and events to watch out in 2013
2.3. Gilenya ramp up in Multiple Sclerosis and market position going forward
2.4. Tasigna penetration in 1st Line Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
2.5. Serelaxin in Acute Heart failure – An analysis
2.6. Ilaris Opportunities in sJIA
2.7. Market positioning of Pasireotide (SOM 230) in acromegaly
2.8. AIN457 (Secukinumab) in Plaque Psoriasis – Competitive scenario analysis
2.9. Patent expiry impact and potential drivers
2.10. Sandoz growth to be driven by biosimilars and respiratory generics
2.11. Key milestones in 2013
3. Roche: Breast cancer franchise and Actemra to drive near term growth, and multiple blockbusters in pipeline to take care of long term growth
3.1. Perjeta ramp up in first line breast cancer
3.2. Penetration of Actemra in first line Methotrexate failure RA
3.3. Avastin use in ovarian cancer and as treatment through multiple lines in colorectal cancer
3.4. Approval and ramp up of T-DM1 in Herceptin failure breast cancer patients
3.5. T-DM1: MARIANNE, EMILIA and APHINITY trial will lend Sustainable growth to Roche's breast cancer franchise
3.6. T-DM1 as third line treatment option
3.7. T-DM1 PhII trial – Adjuvant and Neo-adjuvant setting
3.8. Herceptin sales beyond Patent Expiry in US and EU and Roche strategy in protecting Rituxan and Herceptin Franchise
3.9. Lucentis and Avastin Outlook beyond 2013
3.10. Bitopertin (RG1678, PhIII, Schizophrenia-negative symptoms)
3.11. Obinutuzumab (GA101) in frontline CLL
3.12. Onartuzumab (MetMab) in NSCLC
3.13. Strong late stage pipeline will offer potential sustainability and growth
3.14. Future of Zelboraf in competition
3.15. Key milestones in 2013
4. AstraZeneca: 2013 Will Be a Transition Year and AZN May Have To Take Some Bold Initiatives
4.1. Launch of Forxiga in Europe
4.2. Crestor outlook beyond 2013
4.3. PhIII data on Lesirunad (PhIII, URAT1 inhibitor/Hyperuricemia in Gout)
4.4. Head to head study (IDEAL-PCI Registry) comparing Brilinta or Effient against Plavix
4.5. Impact of competition on Faslodex
4.6. Bydureon prefilled pen
4.7. SGLT-2 emerging competition
4.8. PhIII data on Fostamatinib in DMARD refractory (OSKIRA-1 and OSKIRA-2) and TNF refractory RA patients
4.9. Naloxegol/NKTR-118 (PhIII) in Opioid induced Constipation
4.10. Impact of therapeutic substitution on Crestor
4.11. Impact of Outcome data from IMPROVE-IT Study on Crestor
4.12. Key milestones in 2013
5. Bristol-Myers Squibb: Pressures to Dominate In the Near Term, Pipeline Will Take Longer To Deliver
5.1. Eliquis ramp up amidst competition
5.2. Daiichi's Edoxaban is an underestimated Threat
5.3. Three reasons on why Edoxaban could show solid data early next year
5.4. Upcoming News flow on Competition in Anticoagulant Space
5.5. Yervoy's Potential and status in other indications
5.6. Anti-PD1 antibody (BMS-936558)
5.7. Forxiga (dapagliflozin) –likely to loose its first mover advantage in the US
5.8. SGLT-2 competition is intensive from a clinical perspective
5.9. Analysis on Daclatasvir, Elotuzumab and antiviral franchise
5.10. Key milestones in 2013
6. Eli Lilly: Late Stage Pipeline Fickle and Risky
6.1. Solanezumab – Risky, and Years to go before it reaches the market
6.2. Edivoxetine (NERI, PhIII, MDD)-Clinical data analysis
6.3. Dulaglutide
6.4. Empagliflozin –Competitive analysis
6.5. LY2963016- like Insulin Glargine and LY2605541 (Basal Insulin) - Novo's Insulin degludec is much ahead in the clinical development
6.6. Ramucirumab (IMC-1121B)
6.7. Analysis on Baritinib, Tabalumab (BAFF antibody) and Ixekizumab (anti-IL17)
6.8. Key milestones in 2013
7. GlaxoSmithKline: Next Generation Bronchodilators, Melanoma, HIV And Emerging Market To Lead The Way While Regulatory Overhang In Respiratory and EU Pricing Pressure Persist
7.1. Analysis of expected NME approvals in 2013
7.2. Major Clinical News flow in 2013
7.3. PhIII data on Melanoma pipeline (BRAF and MEK inhibitor, MAGE-A3)
7.4. Umeclidinium/Vilanterol (LABA/LAMA FDC-Ellipta device) market positioning
7.5. Market positioning of Albiglutide
7.6. Relvar (Vilanterol/Fluticasone FDC) - Crosses the safety hurdle, while needs more data on the efficacy front
7.7. PhIII study exploring Tykerb in Adjuvant High risk Head and Neck cancer
7.8. Darapladib (PhIII, atherosclerosis)-high risk and potential
7.9. Key milestones in 2013
8. Novo Nordisk: Hemophilia Franchise and Thrice Weekly Degludec – The Future Drivers
8.1. Competitive pressures would weigh on Insulin Degludec
8.2. Victoza Sales may succumb to Competition, while approval in Obesity is likely to be more difficult and time consuming
8.3. Haemostasis Franchise (Turictocog, Novo Thirteen, N8-GP)
8.4. Hemophilia market size and competition
8.5. Key milestones in 2013
9. Pfizer: M&A Only Can Drive Further Upside in The Near Term
9.1. Xeljanz (Tofacitinib) – RA broader label but limited potential
9.2. Prevnar 13 US growth will be driven by outcome of the CAPITA study
9.3. Eliquis Superiority claim in Stroke will give an edge over competitor
9.4. Affordability and Penetration of Patient Self Testing Device might restrict switching to Eliquis
9.5. Daiichi's Edoxaban is an underestimated Threat - Three reasons on why Edoxaban could show solid data early next year
9.6. Prescription trend: Warfarin remains sticky, while it seems once daily Dosing has a meaningful advantage
9.7. Eliquis - Additional opportunity from DVT treatment –AMPLIFY-EXT
9.8. PD0332991 (CDK inhibitor)
9.9. Dacomitinib (secondline NSCLC)
9.10. Key milestones in 2013
10. Sanofi: Solid Base Business, But Upside From Pipeline Will Take Longer To Come About
10.1. Anti-PCSK9 antibody
10.2. Dengue vaccine –Launch timelines and peak sales potential
10.3. Long term guidance??
10.4. Market positioning of Lemtrada and Aubagio
10.5. Emerging competition in RRMS market
10.6. Key milestones in multiple sclerosis
10.7. Lixisenatide –Superior Post Prandial Glucose reduction will allow differentiation
10.8. Kynamro (Mipomersen in familial hypercholesterolemia)
10.9. New Lantus formulation (PhIII) and Lantus/Lixisenatide combination
10.10. Growth from recently launched products and generic impact
10.11. Patent Expiry Impact to continue in 2013
10.12. Orphan diseases (Eliglustat and Mipomersen)
10.13. Key milestones in 2013
List of Charts
1. Januvia-Market share of DPP-IV inhibitors across major Geographies- first mover advantage is the key
2. Januvia dominates on efficacy
3. NRx market share of DPP-IV in the US (as on Nov 12)
4. TRx market share of DPP-IV in the US (as on Nov 12)
List of Tables
1. Drugs approved by FDA in 2012 with Indications
2. Ongoing Cardiovascular Outcome studies in Diabetes therapy area
3. Ongoing clinical trials in adjuvant breast cancer
4. Consolidated Patent expiry pressure (% loss of revenue) on large cap Innovator through 2017
5. List of Drug products patent to be expired through 2017
6. Emerging market sales growth by Global Pharma
7. Expected drug approvals in 2013
8. Global Pharma: Dividend yield (2012-2017) and Net cash position in 2017
9. Competitive landscape in acromegaly wrt SOM 230
10. PASSPORT-efficacy and safety comparison: Signifor vs.Sandostatin LAR
11. Select late- & Mid-Stage pipeline: Plaque Psoriasis
12. PHIII clinical data on plaque psoriasis of marketed products
13. Novartis-Patent expiry impact through 2017 and growth drivers
14. Roche- major pipeline molecules with expected filing
15. Roche- Efficacy and safety comparison of TDM1 vs. Trastuzumab+docetaxel in first-line BC
16. Roche- Ongoing important clinical studies of T-DM1 in late stage her 2 positive breast cancer
17. Ongoing clinical trials on Biosimilar Rituxan
18. Efficacy target profile of GA101 in clinical studies
19. Clinical data of BRAF inhibitor in metastatic melanoma
20. AZN-PhIIb combo data of lesinurad in gout pts -allopurinol-inadequate responders
21. AZN-Generic exposure through 2017
22. Pipeline of anti-PD1 mAB
23. SGLT2 inhibitors- clinical data comparison
24. BMY-Key growth drivers
25. BMY-Commercial Potential of future blockbuster
26. BMY-Generic exposures thru 2017
27. Ongoing pivotal clinical studies: Ipilimumab
28. LLY-Patent expiry pressure thru 2017
29. LLY-On going clinical studies – Edivoxetine
30. Ongoing PhIII clinical studies of Ramucirumab
31. LLY-Key growth drivers and pressures
32. On-going LABA/LAMA late stage clinical trials
33. DURATION 6 vs. HARMONY 6, 7 clinical data comparison
34. Select oral RA drugs in development
35. Sanofi- 2012 Sales from recently patent expired products
36. Dengue vaccine pipeline development
1. Global Pharma -Drugs Losing Patent Protection By 2017
2. Impact of patent expiry in w.r.t. 2012 total revenue thru 2017
3. Global Pharma Research Pipeline (PhII And PhIII)- 2013
4. Global Pharma Milestones 2013
- AstraZeneca
- Bristol Myers-Squibb
- Pfizer
- Merck
- Novartis
- Novo Nordisk
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Roche
- Sanofi
- Eli-Lilly


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After a slow pursuit, and more inane tortoise jokes than anyone should ever be forced to stomach, a missing 150-pound pet has been reunited with its family.
California's Alhambra Police Department put out an APB on Facebook after two officers found the tortoise roaming a residential street in Los Angeles yesterday. It didn't take long for the tortoise's family to come forward and claim him:
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2016 Salary Survey Results: Haves and Have-Nots
Food Processing's 2016 Salary Survey unveils a growing group of professionals being left behind.07/13/2016
Product Focus: Ice Cream
Both food processors and consumers can enjoy celebrating National Ice Cream Month in July.07/13/2016
Power Lunch: Overcoming Food and Beverage Labeling Lawsuits
Look for these errors by overzealous plaintiff's attorneys.07/07/2016
2016 R&D Team of the Year: Tasty Bite
This Indian and American R&D team draws inspiration from around the world, especially Asia.07/06/2016
2016 R&D Team of the Year: Nature's Path
Our medium-sized winner is a Canadian family-run cereal and cookie company that has quietly and surely become the largest organic cereal brand in North America.07/06/2016
2016 R&D Team of the Year: Kraft Heinz Co. Meals and Desserts
Mac & Cheese Re-Do Results in 'World's Largest Blind Taste Test'07/06/2016
Editor's Plate: PepsiCo's About-face on Aspartame Shows the Risk of Trying to Figure out Consumers
Still, the year-old sucralose-ace-K experiment was worth a try.07/06/2016
2016 R&D Teams of the Year: Lessons in Overcoming Challenges
Formulation challenges were overcome by the product development teams at Kraft Heinz, Nature's Path, and Tasty Bite.07/06/2016
Conveyor Options Expand To Meet The Needs Of Food Processors
Varying volume requirements, different production environments and the raw materials used are seldom the same from plant to plant, requiring a degree of customization in a food plant's conveying solution.07/06/2016
FDA Needs to Define 'Natural' Food
Despite the close of the public comment period, the FDA has not committed itself to a definition of 'natural.'07/06/2016
Options Abound for Food and Beverage Plant Audits
Third-party plant audits are more rigorous, but attracting qualified auditors remains a challenge.07/05/2016
July 2016 Food Funny Caption Contest
Make America funny again! Take a moment to vote for your favorite caption for our July Food Funny Caption Contest.06/30/2016
Technical Advances Can Turn Utility Costs Into Savings
From steam generation to compressors to motor drives, inefficiencies in plant utilities can drive up costs and sap profitability. Technology that flips the equation can introduce needed change.06/29/2016
Market View: Learn From Your Mistakes...and Those of Others
Like scientists, marketers should document what went wrong and why.06/29/2016
Restaurant Show 2016 Wrap-Up: Food Finds From Restaurateurs
Cleaner, better-for-you and more exotic are impacting the foodservice channel, as well.06/29/2016
Flavor Trends Favor Spicy and Sweet at the Same Time
As consumers broaden their culinary horizons, the demand for sweet, spicy and savory food combinations is growing.06/28/2016
Product Focus: Iced Tea
Driven by the growing demand of health-conscious consumers, global consumption of iced/ready-to-drink tea continues to increase.06/28/2016
2016 R&D Survey: 'Really New' Product Development Still No. 1
Food Processing's 45th Annual R&D Survey also finds a plurality in favor of GMO labeling.06/27/2016
Sweets and Snacks Show Never Disappoints
The Sweets & Snacks Expo annually reveals new products, trends and strategies in this happy category.06/22/2016
Editor's Plate: Two 1980s Rebels Pass On
Charles "Mike" Harper and Roger Enrico were revolutionary leaders of a bygone era.06/17/2016


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Media Buyer Critique: CW
The Journal's Brian Steinberg gets media buyer Shari Anne Brill's take on the CW, which is set to present its lineup Thursday morning.
|"Veronica Mars" fans await word on the show's fate.
Media buyer: Shari Anne Brill, vice president and director of programming at Carat USA, a media-buying firm owned by Aegis Group PLC.
Clients: Include Reebok, Revlon, RadioShack, Alberto-Culver and Papa John's International
Pros: "I think they really have an understanding of the 18-to-34 group," says Ms. Brill. That's obviously a key selling point: Madison Avenue loves to get its products in front of younger people because they often have yet to form loyalties to any one company or brand.
Cons: "You have to think of them as a start-up," says Ms. Brill. CW was formed by combining the UPN and WB networks. "There were great synergies in bringing together the best programs of the two networs, but many of those shows were aging," she says. CW will have to show that it has put more programming into the development pipeline this year.
Shows that have some buzz going into the upfront?
"Reaper": This show is a drama (with comedic touches) about a guy in his 20s who becomes the devil's bounty hunter. "This year, it seems so many shows deal with heaven, hell and purgatory," says Ms. Brill. "Our society is getting a lot more skittish about what's happening around them and realizing this is a great form of escapism."
"Gossip Girl": Based on a popular series of books, this program focuses on a group of wealthy New York City kids and families, from the perspective of a secret gossip columnist/blogger. "Dishing dirt about people has always been something that's timeless," says Ms. Brill.
"Aliens in America": This comedy features a gawky Midwestern teen whose mother brings a devout Muslim from Pakistan to live with them as an exchange student. "It's actually about racial tolerance and diversity," says Ms. Brill.


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Ole Miss has accepted two high-profile football recruits despite the players' academic issues.
The school announced Thursday night defensive lineman Jerrell Powe and linebacker Chris Strong have been admitted.
Strong, a Parade All-American from South Panola, was admitted but needs to get his grades up.
Powe, a former Wayne County standout, signed with Ole Miss two years ago but failed to meet academic requirements. He has signed his scholarship papers and was admitted to school, but can't play football unless he is certified by the NCAA.
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The GAA's new clock/hooter system will be used for the first time this weekend, on a trial basis, in the Irish Daily Mail Sigerson Cup semi-finals and final being hosted by Queen's University in Belfast.
The system is due to be used in all senior football and hurling (Liam MacCarthy level) Championship matches this summer but it will get an introduction in both the Sigerson and Fitzgibbon Cups over the course of the next two weekends.
The clock, which will count up from 0.00, will be operated by a timekeeper, who will only stop it when directed to do so by the referee.
It will only be stopped for relevant on-field injuries or other incidental delays not otherwise provided for in the playing rules.
The making of substitutions, the issuing of yellow/black/red cards and other disciplinary matters, including consultation between match officials, will not normally result in the clock being stopped (the only exception being where a referee adjudges there is a deliberate or abnormally significant time delay in such circumstances which merits it).
A hooter will be sounded by the timekeeper to bring each half to an end. However, a score may be awarded by the referee where a player has played the ball prior to the sounding of the hooter (as long as no other player from the attacking team has touched the ball in flight).
In addition, referees will allow free kicks awarded prior to the hooter being sounded (including sideline kicks/pucks, 45s and 65s) to be taken, and scores accruing will also be allowed providing no other player from the attacking team touches the ball.
The meeting of NUI Maynooth and University College Cork at 3.30pm this Friday in the Dub will be the first official GAA game to be played using the clock/hooter system.
The second semi-final between University of Ulster Jordanstown and University College Dublin at 5.30pm and the Irish Daily Mail Sigerson Cup Final on Saturday at 6.45pm will also be played using the clock hooter with the Irish Daily Mail Fitzgibbon Cup semi-finals and final on Friday and Saturday week will also be part of the trial assessment.


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Freak the Mighty
by Rodman Philbrick
Freak the Mighty Memory and the Past Quotes
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Except later it was Freak who taught me that remembering is a great invention of the mind, and if you try hard enough you can remember anything, whether it happened or not. (1.5)
Have you ever invented a memory so convincing that even you began to think it was real? Well, Freak seems to see this as a good thing. It's kind of like having a good imagination. Is Max convinced?
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But like Freak says later in the book, you can remember anything, whether it happened or not. All I'm really sure of is he never hit me with that crutch. (3.23)
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Festive Furlong details - Tues 11th Dec 7pm sharp (drills beforehand as usual)
Once again we're doing a special training event just before Christmas. It's a good training session and a chance to get to know a few other people in the club a bit better because the teams are mixed ability. This is the fourth time we've done it and it's really good fun way of running very fast without realising it. There's lots of shouting and cheering and is not to be missed.
If you've not done it before, do come along and give it a go. It's designed to suit everyone and involve everyone. No one need feel they're not up to it or too slow or any rubbish like that.
What is it?
A team relay, mixed ability teams of three, on the track:
8 x 400m, with 400 jog recoveries.
Team selection
As in previous years, we'll ask everyone to line up according to their speed (use approx 10k race time as a rough guide) then put into each team someone from each end of the line plus someone from the middle. We'll do everything we can to make the teams as balanced as possible. We need your help here to make the teams work. There is no point in being modest and bashful about how fast you are - because it just makes the teams unbalanced. The coaches might shuffle you about a bit .
How it'll work:
It'll be the same as last year:
• Within your team decide who is person 1, 2 and 3. Make sure Alan has your team members' names recorded on his clip board.
• Person 1 starts with their first 400. When person 1 finishes their first 400, person 2 takes the baton and starts theirs. Meanwhile person 1 does another lap at a slower (eg threshold) pace.
• When person 2 finishes their first 400, person 3 takes the baton and starts theirs while person 2 continues with their recovery lap.
• Meanwhile person 1 finishes their recovery lap and has a rest until person 3 finishes their first 400, at which point person 1 starts their second fast 400.
• And so on until each team member has run 8 x fast 400s and 7 recovery laps.
• The winning team is the first to complete the lot – ie person 3 finishing their 8th fast 400.
A few things to consider:
• For each of the 8 sets, your first 400 needs to be good quality ie 10k pace or faster (realistically everyone goes pretty much flat out). Your recovery lap should be at whatever pace suits your current training needs – at the minimum a slow jog.
• If your team structure or your current strength/speed means that you won't be able to complete a fast 400 and a recovery 400 without collapsing go for a short jog on the grass next to the track. The top gate (by the finish line/shot putt) will be open
• Recovery times between your recovery lap and next fast lap will be erratic – sorry...
• Teams are responsible for counting their own laps
- You might want to wear something a bit festive
- There will be a lot of people on the track, especially around the start/finish area so our track etiquette will need to be spot on. Please keep your head when you finish your efforts and do everything you can not to endanger or trip up any other track users.
This will be a tough session for those that want a tough session. There is always the option of doing some threshold afterwards if anyone wants more (eg you could run up to the tennis club for the Christmas meal...?).
We'll aim to start the session at the same time as usual, although clearly there'll be a bit of organising to do first. So, please try and get there early as poss. We want to be slick because afterwards it's the Christmas party!
Don't forget we can shower and change at the tennis club where the party is being held. Showers are also available in the changing rooms at the track.
We look forward to seeing you!
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Angels Flight
Angels Flight
An activist attorney is killed in a cute little L.A. trolley called Angels Flight, far from Harry Bosch's Hollywood turf. But the case is so explosive—and the dead man's enemies inside the L.A.P.D. are so numerous—that it falls to Harry to solve it. Now the streets are superheating. Harry's year-old Vegas marriage is unraveling. And the hunt for a killer is leading Harry to another high-profile L.A. murder case, one where every cop had a motive. The question is, did any have the guts?
An activist attorney is killed in a cute little L.A. trolley called Angels Flight, far from Harry Bosch's Hollywood turf. But the case is so explosive—and the dead man's enemies inside the L.A.P.D. are so numerous—that it falls to Harry to solve it. Now the streets are superheating. Harry's year-old Vegas marriage is unraveling. And the hunt for a killer is leading Harry to another high-profile L.A. murder case, one where every cop had a motive. The question is, did any have the guts?
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The word sounded alien in his mouth, as if spoken by someone else. There was an urgency in his own voice that Bosch didn't recognize. The simple hello he had whispered into the telephone was full of hope, almost desperation. But the voice that came back to him was not the one he needed to hear.
"Detective Bosch?"
For a moment Bosch felt foolish. He wondered if the caller had recognized the faltering of his voice.
"This is Lieutenant Michael Tulin. Is this Bosch?"
The name meant nothing to Bosch and his momentary concern about how he sounded was ripped away as an awful dread entered his mind.
"This is Bosch. What is it? What's wrong?"
"Hold please for Deputy Chief Irving."
"What is-- "
The caller clicked off and there was only silence. Bosch now remembered who Tulin was -- Irving's adjutant.
Bosch stood still and waited. He looked around the kitchen; only the dim oven light was on. With one hand he held the phone hard against his ear, the other he instinctively brought up to his stomach, where fear and dread were twisting together. He looked at the glowing numbers on the stove clock. It was almost two, five minutes past the last time he had looked at it. This isn't right, he thought as he waited. They don't do this by phone. They come to your door. They tell you this face-to-face.
Finally, Irving picked up on the other end of the line.
"Detective Bosch?"
"Where is she? What happened?"
Another moment of excruciating silence went by as Bosch waited. His eyes were closed now.
"Excuse me?"
"Just tell me, what happened to her? I mean... is she alive?"
"Detective, I'm not sure what it is you are talking about. I'm calling because I need to muster your team as soon as possible. I need you for a special assignment."
Bosch opened his eyes. He looked through the kitchen window into the dark canyon below his house. His eyes followed the slope of the hill down toward the freeway and then up again to the slash of Hollywood lights he could see through the cut of the Cahuenga Pass. He wondered if each light meant someone awake and waiting for someone who wasn't going to come. Bosch saw his own reflection in the window. He looked weary. He could make out the deep circles etched beneath his eyes, even in the dark glass.
"I have an assignment, Detective," Irving repeated impatiently. "Are you able to work or are you-- "
"I can work. I just was mixed up there for a moment."
"Well, I'm sorry if I woke you. But you should be used to it."
"Yes. It's no problem."
Bosch didn't tell him that he hadn't been awakened by the call. That he had been roaming around in his dark house waiting.
"Then get it going, Detective. We'll have coffee down here at the scene."
"What scene?"
"We'll talk about it when you get here. I don't want to delay this any further. Call your team. Have them come to Grand Street between Third and Fourth. The top of Angels Flight. Do you know where I'm talking about?"
"Bunker Hill? I don't-- "
"It will be explained when you get here. Seek me out when you are here. If I am at the bottom come down to me before you speak with anyone."
"What about Lieutenant Billets? She should-- "
"She will be informed about what is happening. We're wasting time. This is not a request. It is a command.
- Bestselling author Michael Connelly brings back detective Harry Bosch in his most high-stakes, high-wire case ever: the murder of a celebrity lawyer, possibly by one of his fellow police officers.
About the Author-
- Michael Connelly is the author of the bestselling series of Harry Bosch novels and the bestsellers Void Moon, Angels Flight, Blood Work, and The Poet. He lives in Los Angeles.
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Police are investigating a car crash that closed Harrison Avenue for a time Wednesday.
Officers said the car ran off the road and hit a building near the intersection of Harrison and Queen City around 11:30 a.m.
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1A slight obscuration of the lower atmosphere, typically caused by fine suspended particles: the cold air has no pollution and very little haze [in singular]: there was a thick haze on this October morning
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- Through the slight early morning haze, I could make out taller buildings to the left.
- Polarizers are most commonly used to darken blue skies in outdoor and scenic photographs by cutting through atmospheric haze.
- Atmospheric haze makes each layer of progressively distant peaks appear lighter in tone and color.
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- Around 50 pool players competed in the weekly pool league, but the traditional haze of cigarette smoke hovering above the tables was missing.
- I can see nothing but people through the ribbony haze of rising cigarette smoke.
- The haze of smoke from cars hangs heavily around the suburbs.
2 [in singular] A state of mental confusion: an alcoholic haze
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- The rest of the evening passed away in a haze of confusion.
- Tired commuters pass you in a haze, or daze.
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blur, daze, confusion, vagueness, muddle, befuddlement;
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The Collector's Guide Vintage Bakeware
Midcentury paper trick-or-treat bags sold for pennies at the local five-and-dime. "These days, expect to pay about $30 for a 1950s sack with a simple image, such as a jack-o'- lantern," said Bruce Elsass, one of the nation's preeminent collectors of Halloween accessories. His tip: Search for bags with elaborate illustrations, like this paper version.
What It's Worth: $55
After World War II, an optimistic and increasingly suburban America embraced the at-home cocktail hour—leading to a glut of novelty barware that included toxin-themed glasses like these. Two companies, Georges Briard and Ceraglass, began making "Name Your Poison" sets in the 1950s, issuing them in different shapes with varying graphics. Ceraglass likely manufactured this particular version in the late '60s. Though the tumblers came in sets of four, six, and eight, this one is a mixed batch: Only the "curare" glass sports a gold mortar-and-pestle icon, while the others feature a skull and crossbones. This type of novelty ware rarely fetches big money, but apothecary-related collectibles are on the rise. The fact that these tumblers have the original stirrers boosts aesthetic and financial value.
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April 22, 2009
Dear Friend of Idaho State University,
There are many rites of spring, and none in academic life carries as much significance as commencement. While the ceremonies and celebrations are still a few weeks away, it is not too early to turn our attention to the Idaho State University Alumni Association's tradition of honoring our Outstanding Student and Professional Achievement award winners. These awards and their honorees renew and strengthen our devotion to providing a quality education that nourishes individuals and society.
The 11 Outstanding Students represent the top achievers in their respective colleges. They come from as far away as Connecticut and as close as right here in Pocatello. They come from large urban areas such as Columbus, Ohio (metro area 1.7 million population) and small towns like Declo (population about 350). One was an All Big Sky Conference outside linebacker and an Academic All-American; another helped found the Pocatello Co-op. Our Outstanding Students come from diverse backgrounds and are devoted to a wide range of praiseworthy activities outside the classroom. I am proud of each of them.
I feel the same way about our Professional Achievement Award winners. It only makes sense that outstanding students go on to greater achievements, and each of our nine Professional Achievement Award winners is proof of this.
The diversity and depth of their accomplishments are impressive. A speech graduate has gone on to produce award-winning documentaries for a Chicago film company she co-founded. A graduate with a biological sciences degree has flourished as a co-owner and vice president of a multi-million dollar marketing company specializing in promoting high-tech companies. Who would have thought a dental hygiene graduate would also become an inventor, creating a Dental Remote Access Terminal, a simple foot-operated computer mouse, and be named one of 50 Idaho Women of the Year? Education opens doors to endless possibilities, as these Professional Achievement Award winners attest.
It will be with great interest that we track our Outstanding Students and see how their lives, careers and successes unfold. Will our Outstanding Student in clinical sciences advance as a medical caregiver or research scientist creating new drugs to better treat disease? Will the Outstanding Student earning an engineering degree have a remarkable career as a project manager for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Spitzer Space Telescope, the most sensitive infrared telescope ever launched into space, as one of Professional Achievement Award winners has?
Spring's spirit is that of potential. Graduation is an end, but even more of a beginning. Our students and alumni are living testaments of that.
Go Bengals!
Arthur C. Vailas, Ph.D.
President, Idaho State University


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About Our Office
The Office of Student Leadership and Engagement strives to transform individuals and communities through authentic and intentional engagement, leadership, and service.
The Office of Student Leadership and Engagement creates learning opportunities where UNCW students and fraternities and sororities can enhance their desire to engage in their communities, build their capacity to lead, increase their aspiration to serve others, strive for excellence in scholarship, and act congruently with their values.
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The Office of Student Leadership & Engagement will:
- Plan, implement, and assess effective, experiential learning opportunities for UNCW students to engage, lead, and serve in the fraternity and sorority, campus, and local communities
- Teach and learn with UNCW students to further develop individuals' knowledge, skills, and capacities
- Intentionally explore and reflect upon engagement, leadership, service and the fraternity and sorority experience through a socially just perspective
- Create and maintain innovative, collaborative partnerships with campus community, and national constituents in order to best serve the needs of students, fraternities and sororities, the region, and the State of North Carolina
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Saint Joan
by George Bernard Shaw
Analysis: Tone
Take a story's temperature by studying its tone. Is it hopeful? Cynical? Snarky? Playful?
Shaw gives all of his characters a fair shake. In his preface he declares that, "There are no villains in the piece." All of the people at Joan's trial end up convicting her for understandable reasons (at least from their point of view). Her former friends who abandon her to death don't lie about it or anything. They tell her straight up that they won't help her if she tries to free Paris on her own. She knows what she's getting into. Then there's Joan, herself. Rather than making her the perfect one dimensional heroine, Shaw draws a rich and complex character. She's brave, proud, funny, sentimental, and faithful. Shaw's refusal to reduce his characters to melodramatic stereotypes elevates the play to the level of high tragedy.


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Disney Reveals New 'Star Wars' Details, 'Incredibles 2'
Disney has a third "Cars" and a second "The Incredibles" movie in the works, but won't be releasing a fifth "Pirates of the Caribbean" anytime soon.
At Walt Disney Co.'s annual shareholders meeting held in Portland, Ore. Tuesday, chief executive Robert Iger confirmed the two sequels from his company's Pixar Animation Studios are in the works and will be released sometime after 2015.
Asked about another sequel to the hit "Pirates" franchise starring Johnny Depp, Mr. Iger said that another is "in development," but "not officially greenlit." "Pirates of the Caribbean 5" had been scheduled for release in the summer of 2015, but Disney delayed the movie indefinitely last September.
Mr. Iger also revealed only scant details about the company's highly anticipated seventh "Star Wars" movie, scheduled to come out in December of 2015. He said it will take place 30 years after "Return of the Jedi" and will feature "some very familiar faces along with a trio of new young leads." Although no cast members have been confirmed yet, the movie is scheduled to start shooting in May.
Fans of traditional hand-drawn animation received some disappointing news, however. In response to a shareholder question, Mr. Iger said there are no hand-drawn animated films in development at the company. Its last was 2009's "The Princess and the Frog," a box-office disappointment.
With a recent successful opening in Japan, meanwhile, "Frozen" will soon surpass "Toy Story 3" as the highest-grossing animated movie of all time, not accounting for ticket price inflation, Mr. Iger said.


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Apple CEO Tim Cook faced scrutiny of his firm's tax avoidance
practices in a Senate hearing Tuesday, but found a champion in
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contributions to the U.S. economy," Cook said. "We pay all the
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While earning her master's degree from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism in 2010, she devoted herself to reporting on Chicago's broken health care system and tackling complex issues surrounding women's health.
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