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Chalk this one up to the tippling. And that one. And that one too. When "Happy Holidays" turns into happy hour with the higher-ups, it's safe to say that imbibing best be done with care.
We asked: Any office party faux pas, age-old advice, or puke-induced pink slips in your past?
CARRIE SHALTZ student [Manhattan]
My advice: don't drink more than your boss, and never ask your boss to be your designated driver. Follow this and you'll still have your job the next day.
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Once I got in trouble for feeding lots of strawberries to everybody. I forgot that I was at an office party, and they were all into it, but then, you know, the trouble began. Luckily my girlfriend worked there too, and she pulled me out. In that case it was good to be sleeping with your co-workers. So, I try to avoid that now. VP: The co-worker sex or the strawberries? Look, it's better for everyone when the clients aren't at the Christmas party.
GABRIELLA CASPI, LATESSA CONTILLO, ZARAH KRAVITZ actors [Manhattan]
ZK: We're at our party now! LC: We have alcohol. GC: I'm underage. ZK: I'm not. GC: My advice: Wear something you're comfortable in, because if you're not confident, it shows. LC: The costumes were white leotards and goggles. GC: A couple girls had their time of the month. ZK: Not good at an office party, not good at a cast party. One girl that had her period LC: The naked girl running across the stage? ZK: hid it very well. GC: Wait, she did? ZK: Yeah, she had her period. GC: No way! ZK: Yeah, she cut the string. That's our advice: When you're going out naked VP: To a play or a party? ZK: and you have your period, be brave.
MAX WASTLER news director [Queens]
Turn off the photocopier before the party. Turn off the copier in general. VP: For energy-efficiency purposes? For general embarrassment purposes. We had a party on the first of the year. VP: On New Year's Day? No, Septemberish. VP: Oh, the Jewish new year? Ha, no. And we had people photocopying bad things. So, for the Christmas party we turned off the copier. We turned off the copier.
HANK SCIORTINO news director [Queens]
KAMALI MARSH architect [Brooklyn]
HS: I worked in a stereotypical office where one boss always hired hot receptionists. But he can't get with them because he's old. He makes eyes to the guys that he thinks can get with them. Like, "I can't do it, so let me know what you think." KM: He wants to live vicariously through you! HS: So, do you tell him after you get with this girl or not? KM: Does he want to know or is it uncomfortable? HS: Regardless. I got with her on the roof. I didn't sleep with her; we just kind of, you know, happy hands, and all that nonsense. And, at the Christmas party, I told him, 'cause we were bombed. But I shouldn't have. KM: He asked for it! You were just being honest. Also, stupid. HS: And he was like, that's fantastic, thanks for telling me, boy. KM: In retrospect, did the situation affect you in a negative way? HS: No, after the roof, I slept with her 12 or 15 times. KM: So it was a positive thing. HS: It was. Although, he still brings it up. When he gets new hires he's like, 'you're not allowed to do that.' And he still hires hot receptionists. KM: That's bullshit! You did exactly what he wanted, but you were physically capable of it because you're not a decrepit old man. HS: I guess the moral is: at the party, don't tell your boss what you did with the receptionist. Keep your shit to yourself, because it will come back to get you.
CHRIS P. pharmacist [Jersey City]
I don't work in an office environment so I don't have to deal with that social obligation.
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As we close in on the final week of the BCS rankings, a decision must be made by the voters. Will they vote for a rematch between LSU and Alabama or will they opt for a conference champion in Alabama's place?
This decision will either bring credibility and fairness to the system, or it will set college football back 20 years.
I love the SEC as much as any journalist you will ever read or media personality you will ever listen to. But I have the obligation of warning against a rematch that will taint the college football system.
If you have followed my articles or radio programs, you know of my hatred for the BCS system. We need a playoff system and anything else is unacceptable. However, the system is not going to change anytime soon, even if this game happens.
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Look who is making waves in the Indian Navy. Lieutenant Commander Shweta Kapur is India's first female Naval officer to be on board a ship in the high seas. It's plain sailing for the Delhi girl in her mid-twenties as part of a four-member crew, as she speeds towards South Africa. The ship is on its way from Karwar, Karnataka to Cape Town. Fortunately Shweta hasn't yet been asked to walk the plank—an ancient mutineers' practice of making officers walk on a plank or board jutting out into the sea and are pushed off—as is customary for a rookie officer on a warship. But she manages to get off her ship and enter the ocean at times, to go scuba diving and exploring the beauty of marine life.
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Idzik Calls Revis, Revis Appreciates It
?I reached out to Darrelle and I made sure he knew exactly where we were coming from and that this is my first day on the job,? Idzik said, ?and our message to everyone was, ?Give us a chance to get to know each other and introduce ourselves to each other.? A lot of the people in the building you know through football circles but you?ve never worked along side each other. So give us that chance and give us the chance to go through our current roster, ultimately that?s the basis of comparison to whatever you may contemplate doing. We haven?t taken that first step and that?s what I relayed to Darrelle.?
Idzik said Darrelle ?reacted well? and that ?my feeling was that he was appreciative to hear form me about what happened.?
Still, Idzik?s explanation strongly implies that the situation could go either way. That it?s too early to decide whether to trade Revis, and that it?s too early to decide whether to keep him.
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DC, stand up. Rockville, Maryland, stand up. Hell, even Austin, Texas, stand up. It takes a village. Thanks for grooming the angel of death. He rides in with the storm on a horse as black as night and his whisper is a banshee's scream. He walks the courts for all eternity, black cloak on, hood up, bloody scythe in hand. He is death coming for you. You cannot kill him, for Kevin Wayne Durant already dead. The Slim Reaper's done risen.
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Willie Nelson once told Letterman that he wrote "Crazy," "Funny How Time Slips Away," and "Night Life" all on the same road trip. It was 1961 and he was heading from Houston up to Nashville. Paid for the Buick, he'd told Letterman. That was a fairly prolific road trip for Willie. "Crazy" would go on to become the number one jukebox song of all time, which is a big thing if you remember that proper jukeboxes used to exist all over the place in establishments that weren't just your town's old bowling alley and that super hip bar that still only takes cash.
Durant's on a similar trip right now, his most recent points filled journey having been laced with prodigiousness, might, and general potency. He's turned Tuesday nights into events and Tuesday nights aren't supposed to be events. They're supposed to be nights where you catch up on your DVR'd episodes of Pawn Stars. Where you rifle through the Recently Added list on Netflix and run through the first season of An Idiot Abroad. Durant's got people glued to their televisions, their Twitter feeds getting filled with things that are slowly less hyperbolic and more just the state of the damn Durant union. He's a figment of some mad-basketball scientist's imagination. He's a 6'10" behemoth with sycamores for arms that can pop 32 footers in a man's face, put the ball on the floor and in-and-out somebody to the ground, or just yam on someone with all the recklessness of a pissed off blind bull in a china shop. He's got the all encompassing stride of Godzilla and he does just about as much damage to a defense.
I remember watching Adrian Peterson run the ball as a freshman at OU. He was so big and so fast and so strong that every time he touched the ball you had an idea in your head that he had a chance to get into the end zone. There are few players that spark up that kind of possibility when the ball's in their hands and Durant has managed to duplicate that feeling of late. Every time you watch him you feel like you might be watching him do the greatest thing that he's ever done.
I'd say there's a reverence to the proceedings right now, but it hardly feels that way. This is bloody stuff. He's twisting the knife, sending defenders to their graves. I'm saying, the rest of the league is Don Ciccio right now.
I get wary saying we should enjoy this while it's happening to us because that would suggest that not only is this 30+ point streak going to end — sadly, it will — but also that we're never going to experience a scoring run from Durant like this again, and he's just too young for that talk. It's been beaten into the ground, but the guy's 25 years old. That's what's horrifying for everyone else: his youth. We're dealing with a young killer who's probably three years away from being fully realized. The rest of the league is going to have to deal with this problem, this alien, for a lot longer.
And make no mistake, it very much feels like this run is happening to us. We're all powerless to him right now. Durant may as well be controlling Earth's orbit. If he told me he was going to go Jimmy Stewart on us and lasso the moon to pull it a little closer to earth, I'd ready myself for brighter nights. The guy has the light right now, he's carrying the fire. Durant is asserting his will upon the basketball world and the rest of us are just along for the ride, jaws dragging on the ground, eyes unblinking for fear we might miss his next act of absurdity.
This is what Durant has done in the fifteen games since Russell Westbrook's stupid meniscus decided to be a jerk.
36.5 PPG. 7.2 RPG. 5.6 APG. 1.4 SPG. 52% FG. 40% 3P. 88% FT. He's done all that in a little over 38 minutes per game. He's gone over forty on four different occasions and he's topped 50 once.
He is a glitch in the system. He's a cheat code. He is the personification of playing with Oddjob in Goldeneye. He is not fair.


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Previously, Tave served as associate chief counsel for enforcement in the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Chief Counsel from 2007 to 2012. Prior to joining the FDA, Tave practiced with law firms McKee Nelson and Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman (both now part of Bingham McCutchen). He represented individuals and organizations in criminal and civil government investigations, internal investigations, and civil litigation.


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Fans of the Diablo series have finally gotten their wish; Diablo III is under development. Blizzard confirmed this at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational yesterday in Paris, France.
According to Mike Morhaime, CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard has wanted to expand the Diablo series for a long time. Mike said, "We know that players for many years [have been waiting for] a return of the series, so we are very excited to share this announcement with all of you here in Paris and the whole world today."
I logged onto the Blizzard website as soon as I heard the news, and Diablo III already has its own website and forum. Blizzard also has the Diablo III cinematic trailer. If that isn't enough to whet your appetite, you can watch 20 minutes of gameplay footage. Those familiar with the Diablo series will see Deckard Cain make a return in Diablo III. What his role will be in game is unknown.
There will be five different classes to play in Diablo III; however, the gameplay video focuses on the Barbarian class (which is the class I usually played in Diablo II). The Barbarian will be able to use Cleave, Ground Stomp, Seismic Slam, and Whirlwind. We'll also see the introduction of a new class: the Witch Doctor. This is a powerful class that really lays on pain with spells such as Confusion, Firebomb, Horrify, Locust Swarm, and Soul Harvest. He also has pets that he can call to lay on additional damage. You'll need all the power. Checking out the Beasitary on Blizzard's website, you will encounter at least five different enemies in Diablo III. Currently there are four beasts that will be in the game: Undead, Khazra, Gnarled Walkers, and the Dark Cultists.
There will be tons of new visual and special effects added to the game. Additionally, there will be a random level generator so each level will be unique. Diablo III will also be getting a brand-new 3D graphic environment. It's based on Havoc physics, so players will be able to interact with and destroy their environment…but watch out; the environment can work for you and against you!
Other features we'll be seeing are full-zoom, a customizable hotbar (which I'm loving) which will enable you to get to your items in your inventory a lot faster. I got into them when I was playing World of Warcraft. I'm hoping we can make our own macros.
What we won't see are more health potions or mana pots. Instead players will have to walk across floating orbs to get health benefits. I'm not sure how I'll feel about this at the moment, I'll just have to wait and see for myself.
I'm a huge fan of the Diablo series. I was introduced to the series in 2000 while in my local Best Buy. The Diablo II cover intrigued me, so I picked it up and read about the game. I liked what I read, so I was sold.
Diablo is an action role playing game involving a lot of hacking and slashing in dungeon environments…I loved it. I preferred playing the Barbarian in Diablo II, and had a blast hacking and slashing my way through dungeons and laying on the pain to any zombie that foolishly got in my way.
I'm also a big fan of solo gaming, and that is mainly how I played in World of Warcraft and many of my Xbox games which, at times, made the tasks challenging. Diablo III will focus on cooperative play. I might like having to group up with other players in order to complete some of the missions. P2P gameplay will be available online at Battle.net. Unlike World of Warcraft, which is subscription based, Battle.net is free. Battle.net launched with the original Diablo in 1997.
When will the game be released? Blizzard isn't saying. It most likely will be released after Starcraft III. To say I'm looking forward to this game is an understatement. Although I'm hoping we'll see it released next year, I don't want Blizzard to rush the game. Take the time, make it great and I'll be playing this Blizzard III on my MacBook Pro for a long time.
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Since this is Festivus, it would be tempting to take time for the airing of grievances, particularly in light of the news that broke today. However, I'm not going to do that. I've got frustrations, and you'll get a chance to read them, but I wanted to set out some foundational items first.
We rarely have a "state of the union" post here at tBBC, mostly because we're an anarcho-syndicalist commune with different viewpoints and perspectives, each bringing these things to the cornucopia of coverage that you enjoy on a daily basis. So, it's not normal for us to have a "this we believe" statement- heck, our posting guidelines took two weeks to come up with.
The news of today, though, is different. We're getting a lot of traffic and readers who are following the football suspensions either looking for new information, our unique perspectives, or a chance to raise themselves up and feel better about their situations.
As such, here are the important things that anyone reading this little slice of the internet should be aware of in regards to our position on the matter:
- The players in question chose to violate an NCAA regulation, and should be held accountable for their decisions.
- The Ohio State University Athletic Department has responded swiftly; we are impressed with the way that this has been addressed in a timely manner that has been as transparent as appropriate.
- Because this involves several, high profile, student athletes, it would be easy to conclude that this situation is indicative of a larger problem in the football program or the athletic department. We think that this conclusion is unfounded and unwise. Based on the University's response thus far, it is more logical to believe that they take these issues seriously and seek to respond as is required.
- We are disappointed that this has happened, and are hopeful that this will be a learning moment for everyone involved. Given what we know about the coaching staff, athletic department, and Ohio State community, we are confident that this is more than likely; but this requires full investment on behalf of the persons in question.
That may seem to be a bit rudimentary, but it gives us a starting point for the number of conversations that are sure to come over the next several months. We'll be referring back to it often, I'm sure, and may even adapt it as new things develop.
This doesn't mean, though, that there aren't a lot of things to discuss. The dialogue and insight we've had this year has done a lot to shape this site and opinions of many who read it.
For instance, I'm interested in some of the following:
- Do the sanctions fit the violation? Is the NCAA being consistent given what we've seen over the past 18 months (Reggie Bush, A.J. Green, Cam Newton)?
- Is the violation just? Should players have the ability to do whatever they want with the things that the University gives them, as long as it's not excessive ($250,000 for a pair of shoelaces, for instance)?
- Is this matter an issue of individual oversight, selfishness, or lack of education on the part of the university? Where does the responsibility fall?
- What role does the current system play into this? The NCAA seems to be very interested in protecting their product, and invested in trying to make sure that finances don't "corrupt" the game. Have they been successful?
- Should players get stipends that reflect the money they bring into an institution? Or, are the educational opportunities enough?
- Seriously? Your gold pants and championship rings? I know the market is somewhat flooded with these, but c'mon…
And I'm sure you'll come up with more in the comments and over the coming days.
Finally, taking off my "blog administrator" hat- One area that I disagree with Eric is that I'm a bit frustrated with the response of the student athletes. From what I've gathered, it wasn't until recently that those in question came forward, even though they were aware of their transgression much earlier in their careers.
I've long been someone who ascribes to Steven Carter's definition of integrity, which has three components–
- Discerning what is right and what is wrong;
- Acting on what you have discerned, even at personal cost; and
- Saying openly that you are acting on your understanding of right from wrong.
These players missed an opportunity to show integrity in this situation by not coming forward once they were aware that their earlier behavior was out of line with university and NCAA expectations. It's my understanding that they were given a chance to talk about things they may have done at the end of their compliance trainings this year, when the expectations were made more concrete (perhaps due to the A.J. Green situation). It's one thing to make a bad decision; it's something else altogether to not be honest about it.
In my career in higher education, I've had the chance to work with everything from Division 1 athletics to student life and development. In those roles, I've been involved in a lot of "difficult" conversations, including those that involved students on probation or those who were leaving the University. These always bring a bit of perspective for me- we're talking to and about persons who are still growing into adulthood. In the situation at hand, it's hard to remember that these famous student athletes are often not even of legal age to drink… not that it excuses lapses in judgment, but, like I said, it gives perspective.
In the conversations I've been a part of, it's always been important to communicate the following: Making a mistake is not the end of the world; not learning from it is much more of an issue.
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The Cisco Aironet ® 1100 Series Access Point can be ordered with an IEEE 802.11b radio module or an IEEE 802.11g radio module. To order the Cisco Aironet 1100 Series Access Point, identify the applicable radio module and regulatory domain for the country in which the product will be deployed, and select the corresponding stock keeping unit (SKU) (Table 1).
Table 1. Cisco Aironet 1100 Series Part Numbers
The Cisco Aironet 1100 Series Access Point ships with either an IEEE 802.11b radio or an 802.11g radio, integrated diversity dipole antennas, a 110-240V AC-DC power adapter, and several mounting and security accessories. Customers must select the appropriate power cords for the country in which the unit will be installed. The Cisco Aironet 1100 Series can be optionally configured with a Cisco Aironet Power Injector to provide inline power to the access point. The maximum transmit power and allowable radio frequency channels will be set according to the regulatory domain identified in each particular SKU.
Regulatory Domain Options
Cisco Aironet products are certified for use around the world. Customers must verify that the Cisco Aironet 1100 Series is certified for operation in their country, then identify the correct Regulatory Domain that corresponds to their particular country (Table 2). An up-to-date listing of the countries in which the Aironet 1100 Series is approved and the corresponding regulatory domain for each country is available at http://www.cisco.com/go/aironet/compliance.
Table 2. Regulatory Domains
2.4 GHz 802.11b and 802.11g Regulatory Domains
FCC Regulatory Domain
ETSI Regulatory Domain
Israel Regulatory Domain
TELEC Regulatory Domain (Japan)
Powering Options
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The AC-DC power adapter is included with the access point and can also be ordered as a spare part. The Cisco Aironet Power Injector can either be configured to the order or can be ordered separately (Table 3).
Table 3. Cisco Aironet 1100 Series Power Options
Product Number
Product Description
Cisco Aironet Power Supply-Input 110-240VAC, Output 48VDC, 380 mA-for 1100 and 1200 Series
Cisco Aironet Power Injector for the 1100 and 1200 Series Access Points
In-line power capable Catalyst switches or Catalyst in-line power patch panels are ordered separately from the Cisco Aironet 1100 Series.
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The Cisco Aironet 1100 Series Access Point will interoperate with all IEEE 802.11b/g (Wi-Fi) WLAN client adapters, including combination cards that support 802.11a/b/g. To take advantage of the end-to-end features and benefits and the award-winning Cisco Wireless Security Suite, Cisco recommends that customers use Cisco client adapters or Cisco compatible clients when possible (Table 4). For more information, including a complete listing of Cisco compatible products, click here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partners/pr46/pr147/partners_pgm_partners_0900aecd800a7907.html
Table 4. Compatible Client Adapters for the Cisco Aironet 1100 Series
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- Picking: Alternate-picking Sweep-picking Tremolo picking A gathering to pick fruit or various products Continental knitting, a style of knitting also known as picking Lock
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"Get Some" program deals with meridian-tapping
The theme of this month's "Get Some" segment is "Meridian tapping, a gentle approach to ease heartache in relationships." The episode will feature Karen Kihurani, MA Counseling, Coordinator of Multicultural Programs at Penn State Berks, and founder of Gentle Transformation, an organization that promotes alternative and holistic health. The show will be taped live at Penn State Berks on Monday, March 26, 2012, from 6:00–6:45 pm. in the Perkins Student Center Multipurpose Room.
During Meridian tapping, the participant focuses on a specific issue while tapping on so-called "end points of the body's energy meridians." The procedure consists of the participant rating the emotional intensity of their reaction on a Likert scale, then repeating an orienting affirmation while rubbing or tapping specific points on the body. The emotional intensity is then rescored and repeated until no changes are noted in the emotional intensity.
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In addition to her position as Health Services Supervisor at Penn State Berks, Holland also teaches courses in human sexuality, two of which have culminated with an experiential approach in Kenya. She holds master's degrees in both Nursing and Human Sexuality, and is presently a Human Sexuality Doctoral student, as well as a member of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), American College Health Association (ACHA), and American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
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The child with tall stature and/or abnormally rapid growth
- Authors
- Erick J Richmond, MD
Erick J Richmond, MD
- Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology, National Children's Hospital
- San Jose, Costa Rica
- Alan D Rogol, MD, PhD
Alan D Rogol, MD, PhD
- Professor Emeritus
- University of Virginia
- Section Editor
- Mitchell Geffner, MD
Mitchell Geffner, MD
- Section Editor — Pediatric Endocrinology
- Professor of Pediatrics
- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
- Deputy Editor
- Alison G Hoppin, MD
Alison G Hoppin, MD
- Deputy Editor — Pediatrics
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, part time
- Harvard Medical School
Statural growth, a fundamental characteristic of childhood, is a complex process that is determined by the interaction of genetics, nutrition, and socioeconomic factors [1]. Regular assessment of growth is an essential part of pediatric practice and includes comparison of a child's growth pattern to established norms. When determining the normality of a child's growth pattern, serial measurements of height and calculation of height velocity (HV) is more useful than a single height-for-age percentile [2]. In interpreting a child's HV, allowance must be made for age, pubertal development, and other factors.
The causes, diagnosis, and treatment of children with abnormally rapid growth and tall stature will be reviewed here. The evaluation of children with short stature is discussed elsewhere. (See "Causes of short stature" and "Diagnostic approach to children and adolescents with short stature".)
In both boys and girls, the maximum velocity for linear growth occurs during the fourth month of intrauterine life, reaching 2.5 cm/week [3], followed by a slowing until birth. Size at birth is determined more by maternal nutrition and intrauterine and placental factors than by genetics; the genetic factors that influence growth are not fully expressed during fetal growth. As a result, the correlation coefficient between birth length and adult height is only 0.25 [4].
During the first two years of life (infantile phase), linear growth initially is very rapid and gradually decelerates. Overall growth during this period is about 30 to 35 cm. During this period, an infant's height curve often crosses percentile lines as the growth moves away from the influences of the intrauterine environment and toward the child's genetic potential. (See "Normal growth patterns in infants and prepubertal children", section on 'Linear growth'.)
The childhood phase of growth (ages two years to puberty) is characterized by a relatively constant height velocity (HV). Most children grow at the following rates (representing the 10th to 90th percentiles):
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- Is the child's height abnormal for the population?
- Is the child's growth abnormally rapid?
- Is the child's growth within the range for the family?
- Is there evidence of delayed or accelerated growth?
- - Bone age
- History and physical examination
- Maternal diabetes mellitus
- Cerebral gigantism
- Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
- Other overgrowth syndromes
- Normal variant of growth
- - Familial tall stature
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Endocrine disorders
- - Precocious puberty
- - Growth hormone excess
- - Hyperthyroidism
- - Sex hormone deficiency or insensitivity
- - Familial glucocorticoid deficiency
- - Familial glucocorticoid resistance
- - Congenital total lipodystrophy
- Nonendocrine disorders
- - Exogenous obesity
- - Melanocortin 4 receptor mutation
- - Klinefelter syndrome
- - 47,XYY syndrome
- - Marfan syndrome
- - Homocystinuria
- - Neurofibromatosis type 1


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LOS ANGELES - Out so far in space that the sun is a tiny dot, the most sophisticated science spacecraft ever is nearing Saturn to begin a lengthy study of the ringed planet and its 31 known moons.
Nearly seven years after it left Earth, Cassini, an internationally built craft named for an early day astronomer, is on schedule to enter orbit June 30 after it dashes through a gap in Saturn's shimmering rings. Scientists hope its findings will reveal new secrets about the evolution of our solar system.
Cassini had its first encounter with the Saturn system Friday afternoon, hurtling within 1,240 miles of the outermost moon, Phoebe. The tiny moon is just 137 miles across. Saturn, in contrast, is nearly 75,000 miles in diameter.
Scientists believe Phoebe originated in the outer reaches of the solar system and that it was later flung toward Saturn, which captured it into orbit.
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Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun, between bigger Jupiter and smaller Uranus. It was previously visited in flybys by NASA's Pioneer 11 on Sept. 1, 1979, Voyager 1 on Nov. 12, 1980, and Voyager 2 on Aug. 25, 1981. But none of those visitors entered orbit around Saturn.
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Q. How big of a role did turnovers play tonight?
COACH McCAFFERY: Huge. You know, when you don't shoot a good percentage like we didn't in the second half, you got to give your team a chance every time you come down. Maybe you get a second. But at the very least, you have a chance to get your defense back.
COACH McCAFFERY: Yeah, we got a lot out of our three-quarter court press today. The zone was good. The change was good. You always worry about rebounding a little bit, especially with a running rebounding team like they are. Obviously the big fella is a handful. But it's those other guys that stand on the perimeter and then fly in and use their athletic ability.
Q. You were down 4, Woodbury hits a jumper, next time down Aaron hits a 3. Big picture, how big were those two plays?
COACH McCAFFERY: Well, they were big in a lot of ways. We weren't scoring, okay? We needed to score. We scored. The 3 gave us the lead. Both baskets clearly got the crowd involved, which I think was absolutely critical. We had a great crowd today. We hadn't given them much in the second half to cheer about. They scored six of their first seven possessions to start the second half.
We were coming down, hitting okay shots, nothing great. Like I said, we were getting shots.
I think the biggest shot of the game was Marble's step-back jumper in front of our bench. Seems like we went six or seven possessions without coming close, then Gabe had the one that lipped out, Whitey had the one that lipped out.
Q. It wasn't always pretty, but you got the victory. Talk about getting back on the winning track for this team.
COACH McCAFFERY: I think for us it was important to have to fight the way we did. We had to take care of the ball. We had to guard. We had to make free throws. We had to be intelligent.
We had a little bit of a tendency in the last two games to quick shoot the ball. If you're struggling on the road, you can't quick shoot the ball. We had longer possessions. By doing that, we were able to drive the ball, throw it inside and get fouled.
When we're going down the stretch with a small lead, I should say, you're getting two shots every time. That's critical.
Q. What was the level of frustration? You have them down 13 at half. What happened?
COACH McCAFFERY: I was very disappointed in a couple things. Obviously when they scored six out of seven. I said that already. It was how they scored a couple of them. They just ran a screen, rescreen for their best three-point shooter, Stephens, he shoots an uncontested three. That's what cuts it to 10. Then they came down, got him again.
He's a guy that we marked. We had been doing a pretty good job on the guys that we marked. It's been the X factor guys that have been getting us. Today Davis and Peck. Hammons, he got a workmanlike 16 points. His second-shot opportunities impacted the game. We did a pretty good job on the Johnsons, I thought. Those are critical guys. Just like we did a great job last game on Yogi and Vonleh. But Robinson and Sheehey kill you.
We're trying to cut down on that, but that was a little bit disappointing.
Q. How is Marble a better player than he was at the end of last season?
COACH McCAFFERY: I think at the end of last season he's as good as he's been this year. Maybe in the middle of the season he wasn't. He had a stretch where he was I think feeling that he really had to carry this team and he was trying to do too much.
You can argue now that's exactly what he's doing: he's carrying this team. His consistency has been amazing at both ends of the floor. He doesn't rattle. I think what you're seeing is a guy that's playing with a great level of confidence due to the fact that he's taking full advantage of the experience.
He's played a ton of minutes. He's been through the wars. Nothing rattled him. Whether we're home, on the road, the circumstances in the game, he's not rattled.
Q. Up until the last minute or so of the game, you struggled a little bit from the free-throw line. Mike had struggled a little bit. Pretty much an intentional foul on Mike. (Indiscernible) hits seven of eight. What does that mean for your team to be able to punch it through?
COACH McCAFFERY: I think it's huge for us, huge for him. He was playing great. He got a little tentative. I took him out, put Clemmons in. I walked down the bench and said, Hey, I'm going to put you back in here. You got to play the way you're capable of playing. You're getting tentative. You can't play the game that way. Be who you are, be aggressive, go make plays.
He said, Okay, got it.
Put him in, I thought he was great.
He's going to miss some free throws. But you keep fouling him, he's going to put you away. He missed some this year, yes, but they're isolated situations typically. It's not like he missed seven out of eight. You can expect him to make seven out of eight.
Q. Where is your team in terms of being a team that can make a run in the Big Dance?
COACH McCAFFERY: I think that question is asked way too many times. We get that question in December now. We get it in November.
I don't care right now. I want to figure, How can we beat Michigan State? How can we keep getting our team better? When that time comes, we'll deal with that.
It drives me crazy. You watch ESPN. That's all they talk about. Who is going to make a run? Who is the No. 1 seed? Why are we talking about the No. 1 seed in February? Somebody is going to be the No. 1 seed. You're the No. 2 seed, who cares. Get in. Go try to win.
Q. There's talk of Iowa and the Final Four. Do you think those words got into the heads of your players?
COACH McCAFFERY: I don't think so. I think it's a legitimate question. I don't think so.
I think I would be able to say if I saw a change in their professionalism or their work ethic, we get a little fat-headed, I would say maybe that's true. Their approach has been very professional.
There's no question this last week we were a little bit tired. I don't say that as an excuse. I hope it doesn't come across that way because it's not my intention, because we travel in a first-class way. But it seemed like we were a little bit tired.
I really backed them off in practice these last two days, trying to get them as much rest as I can for the two games coming up.
Q. Your rotation, you went more eight, a little less nine and ten. Was that intentional today?
COACH McCAFFERY: It's never intentional, okay? It's a function of how the game goes.
In the first half we had a different lineup on the floor that was really in there when we extended the lead. In the second half, it was a different lineup. The only change I made was I took Gabe out, put Woody in, then put Gabe back in for Woody. Those two guys were tremendous I thought.
But I left Josh in. I left Whitey in. I left Dev and Mike in. I think the first half, Uthoff and Zach were in there at one point. They were both great. So that's the team we have.
Fortunately the guys that weren't in there at the end aren't pouting. They're thrilled for us to win, know that it might be them the next time we play.
Q. Talk about the week ahead.
COACH McCAFFERY: Michigan State on the road. Don't have to say much more than that. Plus they just lost their last game, so they're going to be ready for us.
We'll be ready. It will be a great atmosphere, a huge game.
Q. If you had a nominating speech for Marble for Player of the Year, how would it go?
COACH McCAFFERY: I would argue this. I would say that nobody has been asked to do more. There's a lot of guys that are close, okay? We all know who they are. I could start naming names.
But I play him at the 2, I play him at the 1, I play him at the 3. He guards bigger guys, smaller guys. I isolate him. I post him up. I set him up on ball screen action, I set him up on staggers. He plays a ton of minutes. He's going to have the ball late.
I think he's the guy right now. Obviously you could argue a number of other people. I think that's the thing about our league, you start going through it, how do you pick five? How do you pick ten? I'm going to have to do it this week. I had to do an all-district team, which is essentially the all-Big Ten team.
You look at a guy like Kaminsky. Who is playing better than him? Petteway. Who is playing better than him? D.J. Newbill. His team isn't winning as much, although they've had great wins and won more. There's so many guys.
Coming into the season, you're thinking Craft, Appling. Appling was a guy you had to look at until he hurt his wrist. Same with Payne. Those were two guys that you thought would have had a shot at.
You go team by team. Stauskas and Caris LeVert maybe playing better than anybody at Michigan. Who is playing better than LeVert right now? Very few people.
That's what this league is. The fact that you ask the question, 'cause it's a legitimate question, I think that speaks to what Dev has accomplished.
Q. Everything that happened on social media last weekend, how was it to hear the ovation the crowd gave Zach?
COACH McCAFFERY: I was thrilled. The thing what I've tried to stress with him is just how awesome Hawkeye fans are.
The troubling aspect I have with regard to social media, whoever did come after him and pretended to be a Hawk fan, maybe they were, but maybe they weren't, okay? Maybe they were the fan of an opposing team that was trying to get in his head. You don't know that.
We have to be careful to rush to judgment, especially when people don't put their name to it. If you don't put your name to it, then I don't really care what you say. It's irrelevant on this planet Earth what your opinion is.
I'm proud of him. He lashed out. He regretted it. He apologized. We shut it down. We're trying to lock in on being a really good team.
Q. Did you hit the panic button following three losses?
COACH McCAFFERY: No.
Q. Speaking of the panic button...
COACH McCAFFERY: I'm not speaking of the panic button clearly (laughter).
Q. You were down four.
COACH McCAFFERY: I wasn't panicking. I got it. But we weren't panicking.
Q. Your team did a gut check.
COACH McCAFFERY: It was a gut check, there's no question about that. I think, you know, we showed a lot of character, there's no question.
Q. Not that anybody takes winning for granted, but after going through the week you just had, does this feel better than a normal win or just kind of a release, relaxing kind of feeling?
COACH McCAFFERY: I think when you lost three in a row, that's a safe statement. It feels a little better to know that you went back to work, you put a game plan together, executed the game plan. They made mistakes. Every time you put a game plan together, there's going to be mistakes. But do we have enough toughness and talent and togetherness and character to go get the W? That's what we had.
Q. (No microphone.)
COACH McCAFFERY: Yeah, it's great. You're right. I agree.


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Author Affiliations: Departments of Neurology (Drs Guo, Zhang, Wu, and Yang) and Radiology (Drs Zhou and Lan), First Norman Bethune Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Objective To report a case of progressive facial hemiatrophy with unusual features of contralateral brain atrophy and transcranial Doppler ultrasound evidence of autonomic dysfunction.
Design Case report.
Setting A teaching hospital.
Patient A 63-year-old man who presented with a 10-year history of progressive right-sided facial atrophy and recent facial pain.
Results Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed left frontoparietal atrophy. Transcranial Doppler ultrasound demonstrated evidence of autonomic dysfunction ipsilateral to brain atrophy.
Conclusion This case expands the spectrum of findings in progressive facial hemiatrophy to include contralateral brain atrophy and suggests that sympathetic dysfunction might play a pathogenic role in progressive facial hemiatrophy.
Progressive facial hemiatrophy (PFH), also known as Parry-Romberg syndrome, is a rare condition characterized by slow and progressive hemifacial atrophy of skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle, and bone.1,2 The underlying pathogenesis is not well understood. Congenital mechanisms, disturbance of fat metabolism,3,4 and trophic malformation of the cervical sympathetic trunk5,6 have been implicated. We describe a case of PFH in which we detected the supine-standing cerebral blood flow velocity curve using transcranial Doppler ultrasound to assess the autonomic function and found evidence of sympathetic dysregulation.7
A 63-year-old right-handed man presented with right-sided facial pain and atrophy of the right side of his face. His facial atrophy had been noted at least 10 years earlier. He reportedly did not seek medical attention because he had no discomfort except for the appearance. Two years before presentation, he developed a persistent mild right-sided facial pain with stabbing and burning features, aggravated by eating and by washing his face. The pain gradually progressed and increased in severity, prompting him to refer to our hospital. He was otherwise healthy. On physical examination, blood pressure was 165/80 mm Hg in the supine position and 160/70 mm Hg in the standing position. The patient had facial asymmetry with marked atrophy of the right side of the face, right-sided deviation of the nose and lip, and enophthalmos of the right eye (Figure, A). Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed diffuse left frontoparietal atrophy (Figure, B). Dynamic transcranial Doppler ultrasound findings showed that the mean blood flow velocity of the middle cerebral artery of the apparently morphologically normal hemisphere (blue curve) decreased following standing up but quickly rebounded and reached the supine baseline level in 30 seconds, whereas the curve trend of the abnormal hemisphere (red curve) decreased following standing up and failed to return to the baseline level (Figure, C). Results of the nerve conduction studies of the facial and trigeminal nerves were normal. The patient was treated with carbamazepine with subsequent improvement of his trigeminal neuralgia.
Figure. Morphologic, radiologic, and sonographic features of progressive facial hemiatrophy. A, Facial asymmetry with marked atrophy of the right side of the face, right-sided deviation of the nose and lip, and enophthalmos of the right eye. B, T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (1.5 T) shows left frontoparietal hemiatrophy. C, Transcranial Doppler ultrasound shows that the mean blood flow velocity of the left middle cerebral artery (red curve) drops following standing up and does not return to the baseline level in 2 minutes. The curve trend of the right middle cerebral artery (blue curve) is normal.
Progressive facial hemiatrophy is a craniofacial disorder characterized by progressive shrinking and deformation of one side of the face with atrophy of the subcutaneous connective and fatty tissues.8 The atrophy often progresses slowly for many years and then stabilizes. The main morphologic features are unilateral facial atrophy and ipsilateral enophthalmos and deviation of the mouth and nose toward the affected side.9,10 Neurologic abnormalities occur in 15% of patients and include focal seizures, visual loss due to involvement of the retina and optic nerve, facial pain due to trigeminal neuralgia, and migraine.11 Neuroradiologic features include ipsilateral cerebral hemiatrophy and white matter hyperintensity on magnetic resonance imaging and intracortical calcifications.11 Our patient exhibited several of these morphologic and neurologic features. The stabbing and burning pain on the right-sided face of the patient presented almost all the time and was aggravated by eating and by washing his face. We attributed his facial pain to trigeminal neuralgia, but a possible neuropathic pain cannot be fully excluded. The pathologic etiology of PFH is poorly understood; trauma, infection with virus, immunologic abnormality, cranial vascular malformation, connective tissue disorder, and disturbance of fat metabolism have been proposed.12 In addition, PFH may be congenital in nature.8 Because the cells participating in the formation of the frontonasal bud and the cells that give rise to the cerebral hemisphere have common progenitors when one side of the rostral neural tube is affected, it can cause ipsilateral cerebral and facial lesions later in life.3,12 Interestingly, our patient had cerebral hemiatrophy, contralateral to the side of facial atrophy. To our knowledge, this is the first case presenting with a contralateral brain hemiatrophy. This finding expands the current spectrum of PFH, indicating that it may also be a bilateral disorder.
Trophic malformation of the cervical sympathetic trunk leading to sympathetic dysfunction has been implicated in the pathogenesis of PFH.5,6 We included a new transcranial Doppler ultrasound–based technique, developed by Xu et al,7 in our diagnostic evaluation to assess the autonomic function. In healthy individuals, the cerebral blood flow velocity decreases following standing up but quickly rebounds and returns to the supine baseline level or higher in 30 seconds and then is maintained at the baseline level. In our patient, the blood flow velocity curve of the left middle cerebral artery dropped following standing up and did not return to the baseline level in 2 minutes, but the curve trend of the right middle cerebral artery was normal (Figure, C). Many mechanisms are involved in maintaining the tone of the cerebral vessels with posture changes. In our patient, we consider that the separation of the 2 curves is indicative of dysfunction of the sympathetic nervous system. Moreover, myogenic mechanisms are substantially responsible for cerebral autoregulation at normal perfusion pressures.13,14 The contralaterality of the observed brain hemiatrophy and transcranial Doppler ultrasound evidence of sympathetic dysfunction to the facial atrophy are intriguing in that a possible causal link between sympathetic dysfunction and brain atrophy was implied. Progressive facial hemiatrophy might be attributed to a diffuse rather than a unilateral process. In conclusion, we report a case of PFH with an unusual feature of contralateral brain hemiatrophy and transcranial Doppler ultrasound findings supporting a role of sympathetic dysfunction in the pathogenesis of this disorder.
Correspondence: Yi Yang, MD, PhD, Department of Neurology, First Norman Bethune Hospital of Jilin University, Xinmin St 71, 130021 Changchun, China (email@example.com).
Accepted for Publication: December 9, 2010.
Author Contributions:Study concept and design: Yang. Acquisition of data: Guo and Yang. Analysis and interpretation of data: Guo, Zhang, Zhou, Lan, Wu, and Yang. Drafting of the manuscript: Guo and Yang. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Guo, Zhang, Zhou, Lan, Wu, and Yang. Administrative, technical, and material support: Guo, Zhang, Zhou, Lan, Wu, and Yang. Study supervision: Zhang and Yang.
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TIM: That wasn't a joke, babe. Just an observation. We look like two formal salutes to the black and white cookie.
FAITH: Jerry Seinfeld once said that he loved the black and white cookie because it was two races of flavor living side by side in harmony, and a wonderful thing. LOOK TO THE COOKIE, TIM. LOOK TO THE COOKIE.
TIM: And then he and Elaine fought a woman over a babka. I don't know if Seinfeld is a good sartorial inspiration. Although I do agree with George that we really should all drape ourselves in velvet.
TIM: You are acting so weird tonight.
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The problem comes from "open meshes", I mean by that meshes that aren't closed, effectively not defining a solid volume, so the exporter doesn't know how to extend the texture map to avoid seams. We're currently developping a potential solution that should be included in a future 7.4 update (that will be available for free for our customers, of course).
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Kreier hopes to leave Decatur on top after accepting coaching job at PLU
Its an opportunity Heather Kreier couldnt pass up.
The Decatur High School head boys and girls cross country, boys swimming and girls track coach will be leaving the Gators sports programs after nearly a decade of coaching.
Next weekends Class 4A State Swimming and Diving Championships at the King County Aquatic Center will be her final event at Decatur. Kreier will be taking over as an assistant track and field coach at Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland and will be in charge of middle and long distance runners.
I was headhunted during cross country season, said Kreier, who led the Gator boys to the Class 4A state swimming championship last year. I had a lot of athletes follow me from cross country into swimming and some of them were upset when I told them. But I thought it would be kind of crappy not to tell them.
Kreier has been commuting to Decatur from her home in Graham over the past seven years. During that time she and her husband, Bret, have welcomed a pair of little kids into their lives, Porter and Amber.
I just have no break ever, Kreier said. It was just a good change up for me right now.
Kreier has actually been on PLUs payroll since January, but she was allowed to finish out the winter sports season at Decatur for the defending state-champion Gators.
I had to make a tough decision, she said. I would have loved to finish the track season, but they wanted me to start.
Pacific Lutheran University head track and field coach, Brad Moore, wanted Kreier to join his staff so bad that he had his wife do some recruiting for him. Moore sent his wife to a Decatur cross country meet to offer Kreier the job.
I really didnt believe it was happening, Kreier said. After the meet I followed up and found out it was real. But I will be starting out on the bottom again and will have to work my way up.
Kreier will not be giving up a teaching position at Decatur. She is the owner of a health and wellness program called Fit 4 Life and has an academic background in exercise physiology, biomechanics and sports nutrition from Cal State Northridge. She says she plans on attending graduate school at PLU.
She is going to be a tough one to replace, Decatur Athletic Director Greg Flynn said. She does a wonderful job. She certainly left her mark on Decatur.
Longtime Federal Way school district coach Sam Beasley will be taking over the Decatur track and field program when spring sports practice starts up March 1.
I have been (at Decatur) for a long time, Kreier said. I have quite a relationship with the kids, but I knew at some point that I would be looking at going to the college level.
This was just an opportunity I couldnt pass up.
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Bressler, the defending Class 4A 189-pound state champion, will have a bracket which features three of the top-six wrestlers in the state, as ranked by Washington Preps.com Bressler, Bothells Scott LaBrash and Emerald Ridges Brynsen Brown. But Bressler, who is No. 1-ranked and 32-0, has beaten all of them at one point in his career.
Mea, who finished sixth last year, has a tougher road to a regional title. Bothells Justin Davidson stands in his way. Davidson is undefeated on the season and ranked No. 1 by WashingtonPreps.com. Mea is ranked sixth despite beating the second-ranked Grant Nakashima of Kentwood earlier this year at a tournament.
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One of
the vehicles that has made one of the biggest splashes in the hybrid and EV
market is the Chevrolet Volt. The Volt is an extended range electric vehicle which uses the gasoline motor to charge the battery inside the
car for longer range once it can't go on electric power alone.
One of the things that Chevrolet has been a bit quiet on is exactly how far the
vehicle can drive on a tank full of fuel when the batteries go dead on their
own. To show just how far the Volt can drive on a tank of fuel, GM has called
on some owners of the Chevy Volt to tell just how long they have been
driving on a tank and it's a long way.
"Volt owners drove an average of 800 miles between fill-ups since the Volt
launched in December, and in March they averaged 1,000 miles," said Cristi
Landy, Volt marketing director. "When the majority of miles driven are
electrically, gas usage decreases significantly."
When you consider that the Volt holds roughly nine gallons of fuel, the fact
that GM claims the average Volt driver gets 800 miles between fill ups is even
more impressive. That would work out to fuel economy in the area of 122 miles
per gallon. Volt owners also note they only hit the gas station about once per
month.While Volt owners may not be sucking down as much dyno-juice as other vehicles, they are in turn tapping into the electrical grid to recharge the battery pack on a regular basis. For consumers with a daily commute of less than 40 miles (the Volt's maximum battery-only range), a nightly recharge is all it takes to keep the gasoline engine from firing up.
"I am surprised how infrequently I go to the gas station. It's become a game to
achieve as many miles as I can in EV mode," said Steve Wojtanek, a Volt buyer
in Boca Raton, Florida. "I have made it my goal to drive as efficiently as
possible and I am seeing the results, with more than 3,417 miles under my belt
– of which 2,225 are EV miles." A Volt owner since December, Wojtanek is
averaging 122 miles per gallon and visiting the gas station about once a month.
Another Volt owner, Gary Davis said, "On April 11, I had to buy gas for
the first time since filling up on January 9. In my Volt I've driven 4,600
miles on 8.4 gallons of gas. That's an impressive 547 mpg that I am achieving
with my Volt."
GM cites the total driving range of the Volt as 379 miles on a tank. The
typical all electric driving range on the vehicle is 25-50 miles. Davis would
have to be driving less than the 25-50 miles most days to rack up the kind of
fuel economy he is reporting. Some Volt dealers were asking as much as $25,000
over MSRP for the Volt when it launched.
quote: It will be interesting to see how the operators deal with the issue if people are using a 120V circuit to charge their vehicles, especially if they start routinely tripping breakers.
quote: It's obvious traveling long distances will result in less than 122 mpg.
quote: If electricity prices go up from plug-in vehicles, it'll be because of increased demand, not some grand conspiracy.
quote: In other words, buyers raise prices, sellers lower prices, and where they meet in the middle is the market price.
quote: dont think the power company is gong to sideline this
quote: If my choice is to be price gouged by the oil companies or my local power company, I would rather it be the local power company. At least the money should stay within the US and since it is within the US, we might be able to come up with regulations to prevent excessive price gouging.
quote: If the electric companies start charging to much, I can put up solar panels or a wind turbine if the local government will let me.
quote: So in a year you'll be complaining about how much solar panel companies are charging for solar panels.
quote: So what savings is there really if you spend less at the pump but your electric bill triples or quadruples?
quote: So right now anyone owning an electric vehicle and laughing at us suckers with ICE powered vehicles as we pay at the pump...savior it
quote: Actually, capitalism at its best dictates that as demand drops, prices drop, all things being equal.
quote: All I know is if the people get on the band wagon with these vehicles the rest of us will be paying 10 to 15 dollars a gallon or more because the oil companies will jack up the price to make up for lost income at the pumps, capitalism at its best.
quote: Georgia also has its own EV credit, but it remains to be seen whether or not Volt owners will get that $5k. That's $12,500 in total credits.
quote: 4. It takes roughly 10kWHr to charge a Volt fully, 12 when you consider loss of efficiency. At 15 cents/kWHr that's $1.80 and that will take the average owner 35 miles (give or take). Miles per kWHr is generally between 3 and 4 for electric vehicles depending on temperature outside (use of heat) and driving style. Still gas would have to be about $1.80/gallon for a 35mpg car to achieve the same cost efficiency.
quote: All I know is if the people get on the band wagon with these vehicles the rest of us will be paying 10 to 15 dollars a gallon or more because the oil companies will jack up the price to make up for lost income at the pumps, capitalism at its best.
quote: But the only time they make sense is to get new technology over the "hump" - the startup phase where R&D expense and low volumes make it expensive.
quote: If Capitalism were being used, GM and the Volt would have to sink or swim based on what the CONSUMERS wanted, not the Government telling everyone what they want and paying people to buy cars that they want them to.
quote: It's either that or the whip.
quote: GM cites the total driving range of the Volt as 379 miles on a tank.
quote: Less efficent than a simple grid connected system.
quote: It's become a game to achieve as many miles as I can in EV mode," said Steve Wojtanek, a Volt buyer in Boca Raton, Florida. "I have made it my goal to drive as efficiently as possible and I am seeing the results
quote: You do realize a 2 door Tahoe only weighs ~700lbs more than a Volt right?
quote: Our oil money feeds terrorist or repressed govt and creates dependence with these countries.


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The deal, if approved by regulators and Copano shareholders, would result in Copano shareholders receiving 0.4563 shares of Kinder Morgan for each share of Copano stock. At the time of the announcement, the transaction is valued at $5 billion, a 23.5% premium to Copano Energy's closing price on Jan. 29.
Copano owns or operates approximately 6,900 miles of pipelines and nine processing plants, primarily located in Wyoming, Texas, and Oklahoma. Copano's assets will be combined with Kinder Morgan's interest or ownership in approximately 46,000 miles of pipelines and 180 terminals.
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Why Venky's Need to Exit Blackburn Rovers FC
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hen the Pune-based Venkateshwara Hatcheries Group (VH Group), a seller of poultry products, bought Blackburn Rovers Football Club in November 2010 for £23 million, the club was a strong outfit in the English Premier League (EPL). Fans were optimistic that new investment would propel the club to European football championships and enable them to run for the domestic league title once again, much like Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's investment did to Chelsea in 2003.
But it won't be an exaggeration to say that VH Group's (popularly known as Venky's) ownership of Blackburn Rovers has been disastrous for both parties. While Venky's has received bad press (voted by fans as the worst owners in the English league), the club was relegated to the second tier of English football (the Championship which lags the more glamorous EPL in terms of television viewership, sponsorship and revenues) in 2012. It has already seen five managerial changes, declining stadium attendance, and increasing financial losses. And its value has fallen more than 25 percent. In April, local fans acquired a minority stake in the club. And now, they plan to raise capital to turn that into a controlling stake.
Even though Blackburn Rovers, one of the five teams to win the Premier League since its inception in 1992, was a strong side, it was hard to spot the connection between a poultry business from India and a football club in northwest England.
Dan Grabko, finance officer at the Blackburn Rovers Supporters Trust (BRST), says, "The club is the lifeblood of the local and regional community and what has happened to it over the past 30 months is devastating to the area on socio-economic levels." The club is the heartbeat of the former cotton mill town of Blackburn in Lancashire county. As a result of its relegation to the Championship, the club has lost an estimated £5 million as advertiser spending has fallen. The BRCT, which is a charitable organisation representing local fans, had its funding cut by more than half.
The club's squad has been chopped. Many experienced Premier League players, some of them talented imports, have been replaced. And now, the team has only two marquee players, Jordan Rhodes and Danny Murphy, in the midst of cut-price youths, non-permanent loanees (players roped in for one season only) and those untried in the English game. Even the marquee players haven't been a good buy for the club with Murphy well past his prime. "The signing of Danny Murphy for more than £30,000 a week, at the age of 34, is something no Championship club would do. If Venky's had put experienced English football administrators in place or kept the highly respected ones they inherited, these mistakes would not have been made," says Grabko.
It's not that the club doesn't have money—during FY2012, it made a trading profit of £17 million—it's just that it has spent it poorly. Former manager Steve Kean revealed that many players had been signed on without consulting him. It was unclear who had roped them in. The club's board has had three different
directors in the last 30 months. The instability is crippling. Grabko says, "What the club needs is an experienced and proven manager. This is the most important and cost-effective investment that could be made at this point in time."
One of the most inexplicable appointments was that of Shebby Singh, former Malaysian footballer and TV pundit who was signed on as the club's global advisor in June 2012. "Blackburn Rovers is the only professional football club in the UK that has a global advisor. Not Manchester United, not Chelsea or Liverpool. I think that speaks for itself," says Grabko. Fans believe that no candidates were shortlisted and Singh landed the job through his connections with the Rao family (promoters of Venky's).
Shebby Singh did not respond to Forbes India's questions.
Since Grabko says the club needs an experienced and proven manager, who better than me? :P
It would seem to be in everybody's interest if the present ownership could be transferred. As one of the original members, way back in the late 1800s, and one if the five English Premier League champions, the Rovers deserve more - and the Venkys could probably be better involved financially elsewhere.
Incidentally, Blackburn is not a Lancashire "small mining town". I'm not sure how it would describe itself today, but in my youth it was probably the largest cotton-weaving town in the world. I can remember when Mahatma Gandhi visited Darwen, a small town adjacent to Blackburn. In all probability, his garment (dhoti?) was probably woven in Blackburn.
It is really a honour to have a veteran fan like yourself share your thoughts. I've been to Ewood Park as an away fan and all the Rovers fans I spoke to shared your passion. This was before the Venkys came in, when Sam Allardyce was causing my team (Arsenal) all sorts of problems. I remember Benni McCarthy scoring a last minute screamer to send Rovers through in a cup game. It's really a pity how far the club have fallen since then.
Do you think if the fans bought a controlling stake (say 51%) and brought in new management, that the Venkys could retain a minority stake in the club?
I'm glad you enjoyed the article and I apologise for the mistake - I'm having it rectified.
funding by who? BRST is self funded - journo error 3!
You're right, the Blackburn Rovers Community Trust (BRCT) is the organisation I was referring to. The point still stands though - relegation had a lot of external costs too.
As for Murphy being a 'marquee' player, whilst you could lay that down as opinion, it is my opinion that that is error number two.
You're right, it should read "former mill town". As for Danny Murphy, well I think any player on his wages in the Championship automatically counts as a 'marquee' player. And let's be honest, he's still a fairly big name.
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