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Lindsey Smith and Chase Arbeiter, both of Amarillo, were married Oct. 22 in Westminster Presbyterian Church in Amarillo with the Rev. Gene Anderson officiating.
Parents of the bride are Maxine and Grant Smith. Her grandparents are Arlie and Thelma Lewis, Jack and Nadine Smith and the late Wilma Lewis, all of Amarillo.
Parents of the groom are Marvin and the late Sherri Arbeiter. His grandparents are June and the late Ed Arbeiter and the late Bob and Nita Noah, all of Amarillo.
Maid of honor was Erin Smith, sister of the bride. Bridesmaids were Ashley Gutierrez, Stephanie Webster, Lindsay Lucas, Lynnae Shubert, Beth Jones, Vanna Holton and McKenna Portwood, cousin of the bride. Flower girl was Kennedy Howard. Garland bearers were Kenzi Neely, Addison Schaef and Braylee Sawyer, cousins of the bride.
Best men were Matt Embry and Colby Sterling. Groomsmen were Jason Howard, Kyle Edwards, Josh Jones, Justin Dees, Matt Green and Landon Messer. Ring bearer was Jackson Rosales, nephew of the bride.
The wedding was traditional with champagne, coral, ivory and chartreuse colors.
The bride wore a duchess satin gown with diagonal ruching that sweeps to the side. The gown has an asymmetrical gathering to one side with a straight flow on the other. The bodice has a modified sweetheart that created a soft, feminine look. The corset tie-back created the perfect fit. Her bouquet contained white lilies, green hydrangeas, hypericum berries, macarena spray roses, circus roses, pincushion mums and trick and willow branches.
Soloists were Mike and Leah Fort. The wedding party entered to "Come Away with Me" by Norah Jones. The bride entered to "Canon in D Major" by Johann Pachelbel.
Following the ceremony, the wedding reception was held in Amarillo Country Club. Reception attendants were McKaye Bedwell, Maggie Bedwell, Molly McCown, Lauren McCown and Ella McCown, all cousins of the bride. The couple left in a 1941 Cadillac convertible.
The bride graduated from Randall High School in Amarillo. She attended Texas Tech University and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in marketing. She is a document security specialist at Document Shredding and Storage.
The groom graduated from Randall High School in Amarillo. He attended West Texas A&M University and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in finance. He is a loan processor at Herring Bank.
The couple enjoyed a honeymoon in Jamaica and will reside in Amarillo.
Amarillo-Globe-News, Feb. 5, 2012


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What is the EXACT model of the system? Did you install drivers for the
motherboard chipset? This has to be done first thing after installing a Windows
operating system, so that drivers for everything else can be installed and
operate properly. if the system has an Intel CPU, it undoubtedly has an Intel
chipset, for which drivers are readily available at the Intel web site, if
nowhere else... Ben Myers
On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:42:29 -0400, Jim Carter
>It is hard to tell if this problem is hardware or software.
>I have a program that will not operate under Windows Vista, which is
>the OS preinstalled on the HP 530. I downgraded the OS to Windows XP,
>Service Pack 2. Strange things began happening; for example, my
>camera was considered a disk drive and card readers are not
>Errors are confined to the USB ports. A search of Google reveals
>many people had problems with the USB ports after they downgraded
>to XP. No suggestions for correcting the problem could be found.
>Does anyone here have a magic bullet? I do not expect HP to solve
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High-resolution cross-sectional imaging provided by optical coherence
tomography (OCT) facilitates assessment of the postoperative as well as preoperative
vitreoretinal state of idiopathic macular holes. Although the hole is considered
to be closed in the first few postoperative days by studies using gas or silicone
oil tamponade,1,2 the detailed
postoperative change in the fovea in the early postoperative period is unknown
because of the poor quality of the image due to the use of gas or silicone
oil. Impending macular hole may resolve either from spontaneous vitreous detachment
or with vitrectomy with separation of the vitreous cortex from the retina.
Herein we describe 2 patients with impending macular hole who underwent vitrectomy
without gas tamponade and from whom we were able to obtain a series of good-quality
OCT images from before and after surgery, and discuss the repair process of
impending macular hole.
A 65-year-old woman had a 1-week history of blurred vision in the left
eye, with best-corrected visual acuity of 20/60. Contact lens biomicroscopy
disclosed foveal changes typical of idiopathic impending macular hole, with
a loss of foveal depression and a yellow ring in the fovea. No posterior vitreous
detachment was identified on biomicroscopy. Horizontal and vertical cross-sectional
images provided by OCT revealed loss of the foveal pit associated with a bridgelike
inner retina and hyporeflective cystic formation apparently due to disruption
of the outer retinal layer extending to the retinal pigment epithelium. The
posterior hyaloid was adherent to the foveal center with perifoveal posterior
hyaloid separation (Figure 1). The
fellow eye was normal on biomicroscopy and OCT.
Case 1. Preoperative and postoperative optical coherence tomographic
(OCT) images of a 65-year-old woman with impending macular hole. Preoperative
OCT shows intrafoveal cyst with disruption of the outer retinal layer and
a partially detached posterior hyaloid adherent to the roof of the cyst. On
the first postoperative day, both a horizontal and a vertical OCT section
showed the roof of the cyst slightly depressed, increasing its thickness.
During subsequent days, the foveal depression recovered with reapproximation
of the edge of the disrupted outer retinal layer. One week postoperatively,
a small residual clear space was identified in the fovea. One month after
surgery, the image shows normal foveal configuration.
A 75-year-old woman noted distorted vision in the left eye 2 weeks before
being examined. Her best-corrected visual acuity in this eye was 20/60 due
to impending macular hole, the biomicroscopic and OCT findings of which were
similar to those in case 1. The fellow eye had developed a full-thickness
macular hole (stage 3) and had undergone successful vitrectomy and gas tamponade
with hole closure 10 months previously.
The 2 patients were informed of the known natural course of idiopathic
impending macular hole and its surgical intervention. Each patient consented
to vitrectomy with careful peeling of the posterior hyaloid from the center
of the fovea. The postoperative course was uncomplicated, and the ocular media
remained clear enough to allow a series of sequential OCT evaluations as early
as the first postoperative day. Figure 1
shows preoperative and postoperative cross-sectional OCT images through the
fovea in case 1, demonstrating a restoration of foveal configuration. On the
first postoperative day, a pronounced decrease of cystic spaces was found
with early depression of the central fovea with disappearance of vitreous
adhesion to the fovea. Subsequent daily OCT evaluations revealed a further
recovery of foveal contour in such a manner that the inner retina appeared
slightly thickened and depressed while the underlying cysts regressed and
appeared to be replaced by outer retinal tissue. By 1 to 2 weeks after surgery,
the fovea had a distinct pit with minimal optical clear space under it. The
foveal configuration appeared normal 1 month after surgery and remained unchanged
when examined at 6-month follow-up. Case 2 also had a foveal restoration with
a similar time course. In concert with the anatomical recovery, best-corrected
visual acuity in both patients improved to 20/40 at 1 week after surgery and
to 20/25 at 6 months.
The preoperative OCT images of these cases are consistent with impending
macular hole characterized by an intrafoveal cyst that has raised the foveal
floor and disrupted the outer retina probably due to perifoveal posterior
vitreous detachment with residual adhesion to the fovea. The natural course
of impending macular hole is variable among patients, but surgical intervention
may be beneficial to prevent a possible progression to full-thickness macular
hole. The patients described herein underwent successful vitrectomy with peeling
of the posterior hyaloid without gas injection. With no gas in the eyes, it
was possible to obtain good-quality OCT images in the early postoperative
period. The findings indicate that impending macular hole begins to resolve
as early as the first postoperative day and that an anatomical restoration
of the fovea is achieved by about 1 month after surgery.
Recently the natural history of an impending macular hole has been clarified
using OCT.3 According to that report, foveal
pseudocysts are the first step in full-thickness macular hole formation, which
is the result of incomplete vitreous detachment in the perifoveal area. After
the occurrence of a split in the foveal tissue, the outer retinal layer is
disrupted in some eyes, and the unroofing of a foveal pseudocyst results in
the full-thickness macular hole. Disruption of the outer retinal layer is
thought to occur because of the particular anatomy of the central foveal Müller
The OCT images described herein provide additional information for understanding
the repair process of idiopathic macular holes. We found 2 anatomical changes
occurring in the fovea. First, the roof of the cyst gradually increased in
thickness and its separation from the underlying layer diminished (vertical
change). The second was reapproximation of the edge of the disrupted outer
retinal layers (horizontal change). We measured the thickness of the roof
and vertical and horizontal diameter of the cyst in case 1 to see how the
fovea changes. The thickness of the roof before the surgery and at postoperative
days 1 and 4 measured 60 µm, 88 µm, and 108 µm, respectively.
The horizontal diameter of the cyst measured 250 µm, 240 µm, and
180 µm, respectively. These facts indicate that disrupted outer retinal
layers begin to reapproach as well as the gradual depression of the roof of
the cyst, increasing its thickness following the release of vitreous traction.
In conclusion, detailed observations of impending macular hole after
pars plana vitrectomy using OCT have revealed 2 factors: depression of the
inner part of the cyst with an increase in thickness and reapproximation of
the disrupted outer retinal layer. These changes are associated with resolution
of the impending macular hole.
The authors have no proprietary interests in any of the materials used
in this study.
Corresponding author: Akinori Uemura, MD, Department of Ophthalmology,
Kagoshima City Hospital, 20-17 Kajiya-cho, Kagoshima-shi 892-8580, Japan (e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com).
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After helping Bristol-Myers Squibb acquire new drugs in a bid to offset the expected loss of revenue from its top-selling blood thinner Plavix, Teva Pharmaceutical's chief executive officer- designate Jeremy Levin faces the same task at the Israeli drugmaker.
Levin, 58, will replace retiring Teva CEO Shlomo Yanai, 59, in May, the Petach Tikva-based company said. Teva, the world's biggest maker of generic drugs, needs new sources of sales as its No. 1 drug, a branded multiple sclerosis medicine called Copaxone, faces competition from newer treatments.
Yanai is stepping down after Teva's shares last year plunged the most since 2006. A former Israeli army general with no previous pharmaceutical experience, he sought to broaden Teva's portfolio of innovative medicines with the $6.5 billion acquisition of U.S. biotechnology company Cephalon Inc. last year, then told investors in December that Teva may not meet its long-term target of $31 billion in sales by 2015.
"He's the perfect guy for this," Ori Hershkovitz, a Tel Aviv-based partner at Sphera Funds Management Ltd., said of Levin in a phone interview yesterday. "If Jeremy can do one or two good product selections as he has done in the past for Bristol-Myers, that will be very, very good for Teva." Sphera owns Teva shares.
Teva rose 3.3 percent to 160.60 shekels at the close in Tel Aviv yesterday, the stock's biggest increase in two months. The more actively traded American depositary receipts lost 21 percent in 2011 including reinvested dividends, compared with an 11 percent return for the Bloomberg EMEA Pharmaceuticals Index.
Levin, a Cambridge University-educated physician who worked at New York-based Bristol-Myers as senior vice president for strategy, said in a press conference in Tel Aviv yesterday that he will work closely with Yanai to achieve an "orderly transition."
"There are some parallels between Bristol-Myers from a few years ago and Teva," Les Funtleyder, a New York-based portfolio manager for Miller Tabak & Co., said in an e-mail yesterday. "BMY had to come up with a new strategy to deal with slow sales and looming patents."
At Bristol-Myers, Levin helped oversee the so-called "string of pearls" policy of partnerships and smaller acquisitions to replace revenue that will be lost when Plavix, a blood thinner, faces generic competition in the U.S. this year. Analysts predict the drug had $7.2 billion of sales in 2011, based on the average of three estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
Fruits of the policy include Yervoy, a skin cancer drug gained in the 2009 acquisition of Medarex, Hershkovitz said. The strategy has generated 17 acquisitions and agreements with smaller companies so far.
Levin also handed off drugs Bristol-Myers didn't plan to develop itself to partner companies in emerging markets, in what he described as an "oyster plan" to build its partners into potential acquisition targets.
"The oysters are being seeded to help create innovation," Levin said in an interview last month, comparing the Bristol- Myers strategy to the process used to create pearls. "What you're hoping is that they'll create an engine of innovation, and then we can do a transaction. Over the years to come, we'll position ourselves as partners of choice."
Bristol-Myers won't change its string-of-pearls strategy, Jennifer Mauer, a spokeswoman for the New York-based drugmaker, said in a phone interview. "We have a very strong and experienced team in that role," she said. "Business development remains a priority."
Levin left the company Jan. 1, she said. Bristol-Myers has a large research facility in Lawrenceville.
Teva started looking for Yanai's replacement during the course of last year, Chairman Phillip Frost said at a news conference in Tel Aviv today. He declined to be more specific.
Yanai wasn't asked to retire, said Denise Bradley, a Teva spokeswoman. "Shlomo came to the board with his decision, and the board accepted it, appreciating his considerable contributions to Teva but recognizing his desire to move on," Bradley said by e-mail.
"The time has come to start a new path," Yanai said at the news conference. "I intend to use all my knowledge, ability and experience for the good of Israel's industry, economy and society."
Yanai is considering both public and private possibilities, Frost said. The executive may be weighing an entry into politics, Gilad Alper, a Tel Aviv-based analyst for Excellence Nessuah Brokerage, said in an e-mail yesterday.


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By Steve Arel (U.S. Army Cadet Command)May 3, 2010
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Perhaps the greatest challenge facing JROTC programs competing Saturday in the challenge level of the National High School Drill Team Championships wasn't the meet itself.
It was the preparation.
After all, Cadets put in thousands of hours of work - practice becoming almost the equivalent of a full-time job for some - in going up against the nation's best.
For Smith-Cotton High School, the preparation paid off. The Army JROTC program from Missouri won the armed division national championship Saturday, the first Army team to win overall on the challenge level in two years.
Smith-Cotton beat out Hubbard High School, an Air Force program, by capturing two competition categories (regulation and color guard) and finishing second in another (exhibition).
The team failed to place in inspection.
Entries could score as many as 1,200 points in each category. Smith-Cotton earned 4,538 points to Hubbard's 4,322.
Amanda McAteer, a Smith-Cotton senior, attributed the victory to Cadets' motivation and their drive to excel.
The team was skeptical about its chances after starting the 2009 competition with inspection, she said. This year, starting again with inspection, they were upbeat.
"We were ready for anything that came at us," McAteer said. "We've worked hard and come a long way since last year."
Much of the last year was spent practicing routines for at least two hours a day. But even with all the time Cadets put in, their sole focus wasn't necessarily on gold.
"We're here to have fun, win or lose," McAteer said. "We still walk away with a smile on our face."
Of course, that smile, she said, is bigger today.
Teams that win overall on the challenge level must move up to the masters level, which includes the most experienced and strongest drill teams in the sport. That talent will pose an even greater challenge to Smith-Cotton next year, said McAteer, who is graduating.
Meanwhile, for a number of programs, Saturday marked their first time competing nationally.
Among them was Blythewood High School of Greenville, S.C. Its Cadets spent months - practicing as many as six hours a day several times a week - to ready.
But even with all the preparation, many Cadets in general find the national spotlight overwhelming. Nervousness runs rampant.
For Dominique Goyner, a senior with Blythewood and commander of the school's armed exhibition platoon, the key to fending off nerves was focus - focus on the routine and focus on winning.
"We came in here with the head game that we're going to win," he said. "This is what we live to do, so why should we be nervous' I love this."
Competing actually was a bit of a break to Sherice Gadsen. The Wilbur D. Mills High School junior graduates a year early this spring. And to do so, she has worked diligently to finish gobs of academic requirements - all while leading fellow Cadets four days a week in practice as the platoon commander for the school's unarmed regulation team.
She said she relished the opportunity to compete at the national level because many programs don't get the chance.
Gadsen also welcomed the stress that comes with performing in front of hundreds of people.
"I like it because that's how it's going to be in the real world," she said. "I like it, and I know how it will be."
Though the school left Daytona without any trophies, Cadets with the program from Little Rock, Ark., gained valuable experience.
"There's always next year," Gadsen said. "You just try harder."
On the unarmed side, Army programs were shut out from the overall awards. Hopkins County Central High School, an Air Force entry, took first, with Colts Neck, a Navy school, finishing second.
The challenge level also held an open color guard competition, which was won by Alamo Heights High School of San Antonio, Texas.
Complete results will be available at www.drillnation.net.


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(EDITOR'S NOTE: The Sun-Gazette reserves the right to edit items submitted for the "Shooting Sports" section. To submit an event, call 326-1551, ext. 3116.)
Broken Rock
Meets at the Consolidated Sportsmen of Lycoming County
6386 Route 87, Loyalsockville
Contact: Ed Kelley, 322-5582
Open 12:30-2:30 p.m. Sundays and 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays. New shooters welcome and lessons are available.
The Consolidated Sportsmen of Lycoming County has set its 2012 schedule for metallic silhouette rifle matches. Shooters do not need to be a member to compete. For more information, contact Al Foust at 435-0043 or email@example.com.
Smallbore Rifle: 9 a.m. Oct. 21
The Lycoming Trap Shooters at CSLC has open shooting from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sundays and 6-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Fee applies.
NRA Basic Handgun shooting courses will be held 6:30-9 p.m. Mondays. Each course will be a minimum of 10 hours. New classes begin every two weeks. For more information, call Raymond George 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday at 368-1107.
A 5-stand clays shoot that was scheduled for Oct. 20 has been canceled. It may be rescheduled at a later date and will be advertised here. For more information, call Terry Knittle at 326-2524.
Shoot for a cause in October - Get your old, dusty shotgun out of storage and come shoot trap or skeet for a good cause from noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Consolidated Sportsmen of Lycoming County's grounds. The club will hold a charity fundraising event for the American Cancer Society. Gun safety will be taught from noon to 12:30 p.m., with shooting following. A fee applies per 25 clay targets and half of the cost will benefit the American Cancer Society. The concession stand will be open and all proceeds will be given to the society. Shooters must have ear and eye protection along with their own gun and ammo. For more information, call Nathan Tempesco at 433-4474.
Keystone Sportsmen's Association
1090 Hughes Road, Muncy
For all ATA shoots, registration begins at 9 a.m., shooting at 10, unless otherwise noted.
Open trap shooting, 5 to 9 p.m. Thursdays.
Lambs Creek Sportsman's Club
339 Sportsman's Club Road, Mansfield
All events are open to general public; family participation encouraged.
Monthly membership meeting, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22
Running deer shoot, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.: Oct. 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18
Sight-in Days, 10 a.m.-sunset: Nov. 24-25
Liberty Township Sportsmen's Association
Marsh Creek
814-355-7784 (Gary)
814-355-0547 (Gib)
Registered CMP .22 Rimfire Sporter Match shoot, 9 a.m. Oct. 21. Shooters may use a bolt, pump, lever or semi-auto .22 rimfire rifle that holds five shoots and that are equipped with open ironsights or scopes. No match guns. Bring 100 .22 shells. An entry fee will be collected for this shoot, which is open to the public. Rules will be explained prior to the shoot. Awards will be given to shooters with qualifying scores in each class. Call the above contacts for more information. Directions available on website.
Lycoming Creek Sportsman's Club
75 Sportsman's Club Lane
Marsh Hill
The Sheshequin Buckskinners will hold monthly blackpowder shoots at noon on the second Sunday of each month. They are open to all shooters. Fee applies.
North Mountain Sportsmen's Club
Muncy Valley
Cowboy action shooting, no time provided, Oct. 28. For more information, contact Black Hills Barb at 538-9163 or visit www.northmt.com/cowboy.
The Sullivan County Shooting Sports Team will hold a shoot from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 21. Participants may shoot the individual disciplines of American trap, wobble trap, international bunker trap or sporting clays. If they choose, participants may shoot the "Shooter's Challenge," which includes one round of American trap, wobble trap, international bunker trap and sporting clays. Prizes will be awarded "Lewis Class" style if there are at least 20 participants in the Shooter's Challenge. Lunch and snacks will be available to purchase. For more information, call Nancy Craft at 482-4364.
Orangeville Sportsmen Club
Sportsmen Club Road, Orangeville
Bud Bowman, 394-4788 or 784-3686, or Keith Laylon, firstname.lastname@example.com or 394-1336
Regular trap range open, 9 a.m. Wednesdays; 6 p.m. Thursdays; 1 p.m. Sundays
Southern Clinton County Sportsman's Club
55 S. Sportsmans Road, Loganton
Sporting clay shoot, noon-4 p.m. Oct. 14. The Youth Hunter Education Challenge team helps with the event.
Tripoli's Triggers Firearms Training & Educational Center
531 Washington Blvd.
Open 1-8 p.m. Mondays/Tuesdays/Thursdays; 1-5 p.m. Wednesdays/Fridays; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays
Fees may apply.
Beginners Firearms Safety Course: Participants will learn how to safely load a firearm, safely unload a firearm, safe clearing procedures, basic pistol shooting skills, the differences between a revolver and semi-automatic pistol and how to shoot each one, and more. One-day classes will be held 5-8 p.m. Oct. 18 and 6-9 p.m. Oct. 29.
Contact the center for information on monthly shooting competitions. Advance registration required. Competitions monitored and supervised by NRA certified range officers.
Troy Rod & Gun Club
Gate 3 Alparon Park, Troy
Contact: Barry Estep, 297-8957
5-stand, trap and skeet shoots, 6-9 p.m. Wednesdays. Fee applies.


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We are the world f***ing champions. It has a nice ring to it. But, 2009 is a whole new season. Here are 10 questions for the Phillies going into 2009 season.
It will be hard to capture all the story lines in 10 questions. It will be a no-holds-barred look at the most pressing issues for the 2009 Philadelphia Phillies.


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Refurbished Apple: iPad 2, $319; iPad 3, $379
Yes, the iPad mini is smaller and noticeably more svelte. However, when it comes to straight value, refurbished Apple iPad 2 and iPad 3 specs and prices just deliver, and the selection is very good right now.
As always, refurbished Apple iPads come with free shipping and a full + extendible AppleCare warranty.
• 16GB iPad 2 w/ wi-fi, $319 (399)
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• 16GB iPad 3 w/ Wi-Fi + Cellular, $529 (599)
— Wi-Fi only: 32GB, $469; 64GB, $549
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Product availability varies almost by the hour, so click through for the full details.
If you're looking for iPad, iPhone and iPod accessories, All4Cellular has a great selection of refurbished Apple accessories.
And, for what it's worth, I not only recommend, but also purchase, use and give refurbished Apple products — both my daughter and I got refurbished iPad 3s for Christmas.
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Maryland men's basketball coach Gary Williams stunned the college basketball world when he announced his decision to retire from his post coaching his alma mater on Thursday.
Williams had been running the show for Maryland for 22 years, and his decision to leave came as a complete shock to everyone around the college basketball world. He built the Maryland program into a perennial contender, one that ranks among the better teams in the sport year in and year out.
Anytime you lose a coach with Williams' fire and passion for the game, it represents a major blow to your program and your hopes for the future. But considering the reputation Maryland has in the college basketball world, there are plenty of potential hires on the horizon, ranging from Villanova's Jay Wright to Pittsburgh's Jamie Dixon to Butler's Brad Stevens.
While I don't see this announcement crippling Maryland basketball moving forward, it's certainly tough to see them achieving the same level of success next season as they try to find Williams' replacement.
If that's not enough sports news for you, one of baseball's all time greats, Willie Mays, turned 80 today. Mays remains one of the game's classiest and greatest ambassadors, and one of the legends of the sport.
On top of that, the Kentucky Derby is just over 24 hours away, and the Kentucky Oaks, the pre-derby stakes event, is taking place today and gives the locals in Louisville a chance to see the track.
In other words, it's shaping up to be a wild day in the sports world.


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Monday, June 10, 2013
A Navy Doctor Was Voted the Grand Prize Winner After Competing with 1,500 Entrants and Eight Category Winners Including Hottest Fireman/Policeman Dad and Hottest Newbie Dad.
Just in time for Father's Day, iVillage, the largest content-driven community for women online, has crowned Andrew Ungaro as the 2013 "Hottest Dad in America." Andrew, the 37-year-old father of two, was announced the winner of iVillage's third annual "Hot Dads" contest this morning on "TODAY" with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb. Andrew will celebrate his win in the Virgin Islands (British), as the recipient of a grand prize week-long vacation for two at Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina. Andrew was one of 1,500 entrants submitted for consideration, and the highly-engaged iVillage community cast more than 150,000 votes over a span of just six weeks in nine categories, including "Hottest Tattooed Dad", "Hottest Single Dad", and "Hottest Dad Over 40."
"Hot Dads is one of our favorite programs we do all year. Just before Father's Day, it is a fun way to pay tribute to these guys, who are not only great dads, but also, easy on the eyes!" said Liz Zack, iVillage's Editorial Director. "Andrew is an amazing example of a doting dad who happens to be pretty good looking, too."
The 1,500 submissions were pared down to a group of category winners, chosen by a panel of judges including Giuliana Rancic, host of E! News, Rebecca Dube, senior editor of TodayMoms, Liz Zack, Editorial Director of iVillage and Rachel Feddersen, Chief Content Officer at Patch. The contest kicked-off on April 15 and judges selected the overall "Hottest Dad in America" from the category winners.
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Bank of Korea Sees Growth Risks After Kim Handover in North
South Korea's central bank highlighted potential threats to growth from instability in the North as the neighboring nation held a ceremony in Pyongyang to mourn the death of its leader, Kim Jong Il.
"Geopolitical risks" relating to the North have the potential to escalate, unnerving financial markets and causing consumption and investment in the South to contract "severely," the Bank of Korea said in a statement released in Seoul today after a board meeting.
Officials pledged to monitor closely the North Korean situation and Europe's debt crisis, which they said contribute to "substantial" downside risks for Asia's fourth-biggest economy next year. Monetary policy will focus on ensuring stable prices and sound growth, the Bank of Korea said.
The government and central bank have pledged preemptive action if needed to support financial markets and the economy after the news of Kim's death sent the won and stocks lower on Dec. 19, before recouping the losses in following days. South Korea's Kospi index of equities was little changed as of 12:26 p.m. local time.
In Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un, North Korea's new leader, was among tens of thousands of people who gathered for memorial services today featuring silent prayers and artillery salutes. The stability of the nation, which has the world's fourth-largest army and 70 submarines, may depend on the ability of him and his supporters to establish a firm grip on power, according to analysts including Rod Lyon, a program director at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
'Risk Factors'
"Given the high degree of uncertainty surrounding the domestic and international economies, the bank will keep a close eye on the evolution and knock-on effects of risk factors such as the situation in North Korea and the sovereign debt crisis in Europe," the Bank of Korea said.
The central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.25 percent on Dec. 8 for a sixth month, the longest pause since tightening began in July 2010. It projected this month that the economy will expand 3.7 percent in 2012 from 3.8 percent this year.
"After showing signs of a mild slowdown for some time, domestic economic growth is forecast to recover from the second half of the year, but the downside risks will be substantial due mostly to the possibility of external conditions deteriorating and to uncertainties concerning North Korea," the central bank said today.


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Cruise vessel calls at Kochi Port take a beating
By Babu K Peter | ENS - KOCHI
Published: 07th November 2013 12:34 PM
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The number of cruise vessels sailing to the port this fiscal would be considerably less when compared to last year. Industry sources are blaming the dip, which has cast a shadow on the state's tourism sector, on the European recession.
Sources in a leading shipping agency, which handles cruise vessels, said they have received confirmation of only 30 vessels till April next year. Months from November to April were always promising for Kochi, which is considered a sought-after port. The Cochin Port Trust website shows three cruise vessels are expected to call at the port in November.
Since 2002, there has been a steady growth in the number of cruise vessels coming to Kochi. In 2002-03, Cochin Port played host to 11 cruise ships, followed by 18 during 2003-04. While it was 19 during 2004-05, the number went up to 22 during 2005-06. In 2006-07, 38 cruise ships arrived at the port. In 2009-10, as many as 39 vessels called at Kochi in 2009-10. In 2010-11, the number touched 40. The number went up to 50 in the last fiscal.
Cochin Port Trust officials, while confirming the fall in the number of cruise vessels, said the percentage of fall is not high as it is made out to be. "A primary look into the figures show that fall is just by five or more in numbers,'' said a senior official of the Cochin Port Trust.
CPT sources said that this is not an isolated phenomenon. "Most of the vessels that sail to Kochi were from Europe. Owing to the recession, many shipping lines, it is learnt, to have curtailed their circuits. This has affected Kochi also," he said.
Since 2011, there has been a drastic fall in the number of yachts sailing to Kochi due to piracy fears.
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A horse is dead and its rider was injured in an accident Monday night involving a vehicle on Route 430 in the Town of Chautauqua, according to state police.
Trooper Aaron Destro responded to a call around 9:30 p.m. after a woman was reportedly thrown from a horse in the Hamlet of Hartfield.
Investigators said the horse and rider were eastbound on Route 430 when an approaching truck struck the horse.
The rider was thrown, according to troopers, and an oncoming car avoided striking the horse, but a second vehicle struck the animal.
The unidentified horserider was flown to Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pa. The nature of her injuries could not be determined. Police said she did not appear to be wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.
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text: After months of anticipation and preparation the NBA All-Star game in Orlando is over with the West Coast taking home the win with a score of 152-149. The game is considered an exhibition game only pitting teams from each coast combined for bragging rights. Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant was MVP scoring 39 points and seven rebounds. "It ranks right up there at the top," Durant said. "I keep saying it, but I'm excited I got it, and I'm glad I get to celebrate this with my family and my teammates and everybody in Oklahoma City. We'll see if I get another one down the line."


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Winning, Weed, Macklemore: Carroll a Cool Cat
?Ben Haggerty doesn't think he deserves the Grammy for best rap album, texting an apology to the eminently worthier Kendrick Lamar. ``You got robbed,'' writes Haggerty, aka Macklemore. ``It's weird and sucks that I robbed you.''
Safe to say, Pete Carroll doesn't agree with the harsh assessment.
Sixty-two going on 30, with an additional markoff for his habitual use of the word ``cool,'' Carroll discovered the hip-hop phenomenon just as you and I did: by listening to the radio or iTunes, hearing the catchy horns in ``Thrift Shop'' and wondering if he really adopted his stage name from the former Seattle Mariners' second baseman, Mark McLemore. In fact, Carroll claims he became a Mack fan before any of his Seahawks players -- picture him in his office, blasting the rap so loud that his secretary repeatedly had to turn it down. When he asked his assistant to locate Macklemore -- and they realized, damn, that he was from Seattle -- the coach and musician forged what presumably would be an unlikely friendship.
``Let's forget about football and talk about rapping," Carroll said at his second Super Bowl press conference, the day after his guy won four Grammys. ``This is a really cool thing for our area. A guy growing up in Seattle, he had an extraordinary following locally that nobody knew about and didn't really understand why at the time. The story has been told that we found him on the first night of his `Heist' tour at our stadium and had no idea what was going to happen. The place was just going crazy because the fans knew him already, and then he kicks off this tour and is arguably the best performer in the world this past year."
Really cool.
Nothing about Carroll should be considered unconventional. He loves boogie boarding. He has his players do yoga and monitors their sleep patterns via wristbands, part of a holistic/high-tech training regimen that is one part hippie commune and one part new-age spa. Bowling, basketball? That, too. ``It?s not about going bowling, it?s not about shooting hoops, it?s about enriching times when the guys are together,? Carroll said. ``It?s not just about having fun. It?s about putting guys in different settings, a different mind-set to operate in.''
He has drawn as much inspiration from Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Deadhead, as John Wooden. If you recall his USC years, he's the guy who showed up in rugged South Central in the wee hours just so the community -- and the high-school football players who lived there -- knew he cared. Is he a little shady? He fled to Seattle just as the building he constructed in Los Angeles was burning down, torched by corruption. And the Seahawks do seem to mix free love with performance-enhancing and recreational drug use, still trying to explain why seven players have been busted -- and six ultimately suspended -- by the NFL since 2011.
No one should have been shocked when Carroll used his Super Bowl platform to establish an NFL precedent: He became the first coach to suggest that players with painful injuries might be best served with medicinal marijuana, rather than addictive prescription drugs such as Vicodin. If this is the inaugural Weed Bowl -- recreational use of marijuana is legal in Colorado and Washington, home states of Denver and Seattle -- then the high crowd just might start referring to him as Peyote Pete.
And the game as Bud Bowl XLVIII.
``I would say we have to explore and find ways to make our game a better game and take care of our players in whatever way possible," Carroll said. ``Regardless of what other stigmas might be involved, we have to do this because the world of medicine is doing this.''
It's what you'd expect from a coach who has lost two players this season to marijuana busts -- Brandon Browner was suspended by the league for a year, and Walter Thurmond missed four games. Carroll hasn't exactly responded to the drug busts with remorse, saying, ``It's kind of how it goes at times. I don't know that we can expect to be perfect. We'd like to be, but that isn't the case. You want guys to be on point, but sometimes you're going to be disappointed. It's not about what pops up, it's about how you deal with it and overcome it."
The one Seattle player who beat the rap was the quiet and low-key cornerback, Richard Sherman, successful appealing an Adderall suspension. ``About half the league takes it and the league has to allow it,'' Sherman said. ``The league made a mistake in my case. There are still naysayers out there who don?t believe me. But I accept it. If everybody loves you, it probably means you?re not much of a player.?
If the Seahawks were a major-league baseball team dealing with numerous drug busts, we'd be crying foul, given the sport's sacred connection with numbers and eras. But the public generally gives football players a pass on drugs, assuming most men in a brute-force sport are on some sort of juice. A recent HBO report suggested as many as 60 percent of NFL players use marijuana as it is. Considering weed remains illegal in 30 states, Carroll's stance is more progressive than what some players actually feel. ``I think with something like that, it may be helpful, but it is also something that can be abused. So I think that's why it's banned and that's why it's on the list, because it can be abused and it can backfire," said Terrance Knighton, the Denver defensive tackle knows as Pot Roast. ``It's a touchy subject, but whatever is best, they'll figure it out. Until then, I'm going to follow the rules."
Rules were made to be broken at USC, where the NCAA invaded a loose, carefree program and found house payments being issued for Reggie Bush's parents, among other violations. Carroll claims not to have known, but he couldn't deny his previous failures in NFL head-coaching stints with New England and the New York Jets, making it curious that he's returning to the Meadowlands for a Super Bowl. Remember when Dan Marino faked a spike in the final seconds and threw an easy scoring pass? That was against the Jets, who dropped to 6-6 in 1994 and lost their next four games to cost Carroll his job after one season as head coach.
``There was a time in that game when we were ahead and doing great and it just kind of went south on us,? Carroll said. ``That play has been a pretty famous play and I?m glad for Dan. That?s the only guy I?m glad for, that he pulled it off. It was a moment when things turned. We just couldn?t get it right. It?s one of the seasons that we didn?t finish very well. If I look back, I could have done some things differently. I'd do what I'm doing now. We?ve gotten a little better at that in years since then.''
Has he come full circle, then? ``I hadn?t thought that. But I will for you right now,'' he said. ``No, I don?t feel like that. I think my first time in New York as the head coach was kind of in the middle of the circle somewhere, or maybe it wasn?t even a circle. Might have been some other shape. It was kind of a hairy time.
One year? Unfair? ``Not one bit of me feels that way,? Carroll told the New York Daily News. ``I?m not bitter or pissed off or frustrated. I don?t feel like I have to prove anything. I don?t have that in me at all. Everybody feels I should. That was just one messy year, a one-shot deal. I thought it was a blast being in New York. I thought it was awesome. It was a great time to be in a setting of that magnitude.''
He was given another shot shortly afterward, only to fail in three New England seasons and give way to a certain Bill Belichick. Never has a coach lost two NFL coaching gigs and returned to win a Super Bowl. Usually, a coach loses two NFL coaching gigs and is selling computer software. Instead, Carroll went back to college, built a dynasty and looks to become the third coach to win a Super Bowl and national college title, joining Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer.
Some of us shake our heads and ask how this happened. Don't count his players among the doubters. ``Coach Carroll has done a tremendous job making sure we're prepared for that moment. We're not going to shy away from it," said Russell Wilson, the quarterback who morphed from a third-round draft pick to a Super Bowl starter in two years. I've always been told, `Don't be afraid to excel,' so that's something we're looking forward to."
They can't bring most of the raucous Seattle fans with them. But they have brought ``Can't Hold Us'' for the MetLife Stadium sound system when they score touchdowns. An old football coach and a young rapper. Really cool.
``Knowing that he loves sports and he loves Seattle and and all that, it's been a blast," Carroll said. ``He's been a big factor. Every time we score a touchdown we play his music. It's a big deal to us."
The ceiling can't hold him.


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Federalism as a Way Station: Windsor as Exemplar of Doctrine in Motion
Neil Siegel
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July 10, 2014
6 Journal of Legal Analysis (2014)
This Article asks what the Supreme Court's opinion in United States v. Windsor stands for. It first shows that the opinion leans in the direction of marriage equality but ultimately resists any dispositive "equality" or "federalism" interpretation. The Article next examines why the opinion seems intended to preserve for itself a Delphic obscurity. The Article reads Windsor as an exemplar of what judicial opinions may look like in transition periods, when a Bickelian Court seeks to invite, not end, a national conversation, and to nudge it in a certain direction. In such times, federalism reasoning and rhetoric — like declining to announce the level of scrutiny and appearing to misapply the justiciability doctrines — may be used as a way station toward a particular later resolution.
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The American Red Cross is offering lifesaving classes in April at its Erie office, 4961 Pittsburgh Ave.
Classes are available for professional rescuers, health-care providers, lifeguards and baby sitters. They are available to all Erie County residents.
The following classes will be offered in April:
- Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., CPR/AED for professional rescuers and health-care providers. $110.
- April 20, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., adult and pediatric CPR/AED. $90.
- April 20, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., adult and pediatric first aid/CPR/AED. $110.
- April 23, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., adult first aid/CPR/AED. $90.
- April 23, 9 a.m. to noon, adult CPR/AED. $70.
To register or for more information, call 1-800-RED-CROSS or visit www.redcross.org.
Cancer Center creates speakers bureau
The Regional Cancer Center has created a speakers bureau to educate the public on a range of cancer-related subjects.
Organizations and businesses can schedule a free speaker through the center. Topics include:
- Understanding cancer -- awareness and prevention.
- Eating well for cancer prevention.
- Breast cancer awareness.
- 25 tips to help those facing serious illness.
For more information or to schedule a speaker, call 836-2643.
New world strategy aims to eradicate polio by 2018
A new global plan aims to end most cases of polio by late 2014, and essentially eradicate the paralyzing disease by 2018 -- if authorities can raise the $5.5 billion needed to do the work, health officials said last week.
Part of the challenge will be increasing security for vaccine workers who have come under attack in two of the hardest-hit countries. And the plan calls for changing how much of the world protects against polio, phasing out the long-used oral vaccine in favor of a pricier but safer shot version.
Vaccinations have dropped cases to a historic low, a good opportunity for the "endgame" strategy for this disease, said Dr. Rebecca Martin of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"We have a chance now, with the fewest cases in the fewest places," she said, joining officials from the World Health Organization, the Gates Foundation and Rotary International to discuss the strategy that will be finalized later this month.
Officials acknowledged that financing the six-year plan upfront will be difficult given tight government budgets. The money would cover vaccinations as well as the monitoring required to be sure polio really is gone.
In 2012, authorities counted 223 cases of polio worldwide, down from 650 the year before.
-- from staff and wire reports


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I think Kevin might end up leading this thing. If Adam's skate can't beat his, does Patrick have hope without quads?
Alban Preaubert did well, but wasn't that vocals I heard on a bit of his music? Did they change the rules?
Blue, I may be wrong (and disappointed), but I think Patrick is planning a quad?
Alban Preaubert (FRA)
Music: Turtle Shoes by Bobby McFerrin
3F+3T - good
3A - a bit scratchy landing
3Lo - ok
Score: 69.71, 3rd
Patrick is bombing.
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- Police responded to the 400 block of Woodland Ave. at 12 a.m. Saturday for a report of an underage drinking party and heard people inside but no one answered the door.
- Police responded to the 700 block of Arch St. at 12:57 a.m. Saturday for a female to be removed. The male complainant advised that she left and he didn't want her back. Police spoke to her at her residence and she said she wasn't on the complainant's property but on the road in her vehicle. She said her child resides with the complainant and spoke to him inside the vehicle. Police spoke to the complainant again advising him that if the man that resides with him invites the woman to the residents, police can do nothing about it. He was advised of what she said about not being on the property and that she wasn't on it.
- Police charged Christopher Miller, 536 Walnut St., with driving under suspension after stopping him for failure to yield at 5:26 p.m. Friday at Washington Ave. and E. State St.
- Police responded to a reckless operation complaint in a lot in the 1700 block of E. State St. at 9:26 p.m. Friday and located the vehicle in the lot. The driver was advised of the complaint and denied it. He was advised that the business manager asked that he leave and not return and he left without incident.
- Police responded to the 200 block of W. 9th St. at 7:26 p.m. Friday where the complainant advised the residence was broken in to and several items were taken. The complainant was advised of the options.
- At 11:12 p.m. Friday, police were flagged down on S. Broadway Ave. by a bartender in reference to a patron damaging the front door and light on the establishment. The person was located and the case will be forwarded to the county prosecutor's office when the complainant provides a statement.
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- Constable Dan Valentine received a report from a complainant in the 38000 block of old state Route 344, Leetonia, at 3:49 p.m. Friday advising that someone entered her car and took the vehicle registration, title, owner's manual and tire gauge.
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- Police were called to the apartments just east of the Save A Lot store on East Lincoln Way at 8:22 a.m. Saturday in regard to unresponsive 30-year-old male. The person's father was already performing CPR while waiting for an ambulance crew to arrive. The man reportedly died, and his death is believed to be due to a drug overdose.
- Paul Gresh, Pritchard Avenue, reported Friday his wife received an email purported to be from the FBI and threatening to arrest her unless she sends money. Gresh realized this was a scam but wants others to be aware.
-Joey Cruz called at 4:29 p.m. Friday because he was having problems with his ex-girlfriend while he was removing his belongings from a residence on Pritchard Avenue. He said she was threatening to throw the rest of his belongings outside.
- Crystal Donohue reported Friday having problems with Ashley and Homer Carnes. The dispute was over a cracked windshield, and the officer advised them this was a civil matter.
- A resident of Applegrove Apartments reported Friday she feels she is being held against her will because she wants to return to her home in Salem and her mental health caseworker will not let her.
- Zachary Crothers, North Market Street, reported Friday his wallet was stolen from his vehicle, and he learned several transactions had already been made on his card. One of the purchases was made from the Lisbon Circle K, and police watched the security video and saw a male use the card to purchase $233 worth of cigarettes. Police also learned the card was used to purchase $117 in cigarettes from another convenience store in town.
- James Seidler, West Pine Street, reported Friday his unlocked vehicle was entered and ransacked, but nothing appeared to be missing.
- A clerk at the Smith Oil station reported at 2:12 a.m. Friday there was a man in the store bothering customers for money. The suspect was gone by the time police arrived.
- Samanta Alicia heard a loud noise at 1 a.m. Friday and saw someone in white work truck leave the scene of an accident on East Lincoln Way.


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We are seeking papers for a symposium to be held at Haliń University in Istanbul, Turkey, 17-18 April 2008. Papers that analyze gender related issues in literature and the arts from the beginning of the 20th century to the present are welcome, as are those that take largely theoretical and interdisciplinary approaches. Proposals should not exceed 300 words for papers lasting 20 minutes.
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Gene Kerrigan: Paddy recognises a lickspittle Taoiseach
Scoop! Gene Kerrigan exclusively reveals the full transcript of Good Boy Enda's chat with his boss in Berlin
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AS you're aware, "Paddy likes to know the story". It was Enda Kenny who told us that. When he was first elected, he used that slightly odd phrase to say that Irish people like to know what's going on. As, indeed, we do. It's a human trait, not just a Paddy thing. And it's supposed to be part of democracy.
Enda, in his patronising way, was promising to keep us Paddies informed. He would preside over an open, transparent Government. Because, you see, Paddy likes to know the story.
Well, done, Enda. Here's something this Paddy would like to know: what were you smoking just before you said that?
It's not that the Kenny/Gilmore regime is any more secretive than the Cowen shower. Or the Ahern crowd. But only someone operating under the influence of mind-bending drugs could even begin to imagine that this is a Government with any intention of keeping the citizens informed about anything.
There's no shortage of examples. We're paying billions to bondholders whose identity is kept secret. Government advisers receive immense salaries, without explanation as to why the advice of these unremarkable people is worth a not-so-small fortune.
Cuts are made that destroy lives, while the rich are hardly aware there's a recession. Even though this policy hasn't a fragment of moral justification, it would help to know the practical reasons why Enda holds it dear.
When we ask why failed gamblers, bondholders, are paid winnings, we're told we must pay "our debts". When we say these are not our debts, we get no answer.
When we ask questions about the ruinous and failed policy of austerity, the only rationale we're given is that it will "restore confidence" to the markets.
When we point out that the evidence shows this is blatantly not so, there's nothing, no answer.
Election promises are not only broken but denied
-- until a recording is released of the promise being made. An unpopular minister, Phil Hogan, was simply warehoused for the duration of the referendum campaign. The Taoiseach gives blatantly silly reasons for refusing to engage in debate or real interviews.
And his party? Well, they take another drag on whatever they're smoking and drawl: "Hey, man, we're cool with that -- dude's a nice guy, right?"
Listening to Eamon Gilmore explain to the Dail his understanding of the Spanish crisis and its consequences for us, I put away my pen. There's nothing there. Gilmore has become used to mouthing whatever assemblage of words will get him through whatever occasion he must endure.
Read what he says, then measure it against reality. There's nothing there. Just a man with enough wind in his lungs to activate his vocal tract, to make whatever sound he thinks appropriate to the occasion.
Want us to vote for the Lisbon Treaty? Say it's about jobs. The Fiscal Treaty? Say it's about jobs. If they wanted a mandate for the forced sterilisation of everyone over 15 years of age they'd tell us it was for Jobs, Stability, Investment.
Sell the bank guarantee as being "the cheapest banking bailout in history" -- even though it is by far the most expensive. Sell Nama as a way to "get credit moving", although it's no such thing.
Kenny replaces Cowen, seamlessly implementing the policies that he and his party once condemned.
There's no connection whatever between what's happening and what the political establishment says.
None whatever.
Now, this would be a pity at any time. But right now, we're going through one of the most significant periods in this nation's history. It's not just that it would be courteous of Enda to keep us informed. The thing about democracy is that it doesn't work if the citizens are kept in the dark. Openness brings the people in behind the policies of the Government -- or it gives them the information they need to intelligently reject those policies.
Without transparent debate, everyone wonders if there's a fast one being pulled and they act accordingly. This applies to the citizens, to outside agencies, such as the IMF, and to the sainted markets.
It's amazing that so many alleged democrats don't understand this. It's harmful that so many professed democrats act like, at best, benign dictators. Whether the EU or Enda, they slip their policies past the people under false flags.
In what this newspaper called a "fearful act of acquiescence", we voted the Fiscal Treaty into our Constitution.
Immediately, Enda Kenny announced that he'd talked to Angela Merkel, told her he now wanted a deal on bank debt. His elves went to work, spinning a yarn. Yo, folks! Enda's kicking German ass!
It was juvenile stuff.
Didn't Enda know that Michael Martin would immediately ask: "Will he indicate exactly what he requested of the chancellor during that particular conversation and her response to him on the bank debt issue?"
Enda yapped, making noises without answering the question.
Martin: "I asked the Taoiseach a very simple question: what did Chancellor Merkel say to him?"
More waffle.
Mattie McGrath asked: "Cad a duirt si?"
Enda said he'd also spoken to "the Spanish prime minister, the president of France, the Italian prime minister, the president of the European Council and the president of the European Commission". He told them "the outcome of the referendum".
Gerry Adams: "I wish the Taoiseach well with all of his telephone calls, but he did not tell us what those he telephoned stated to him."
Enda puffed some wind through his vocal tract and some more waffle emerged.
You want to know what Merkel said? I'll tell you.
For all the hushing up, we've no problem reading these people. And everyone knows that if we had a verbatim transcript we'd find it pretty much matches the following.
"Hello, it's me, Frau Merkel, I..."
"Ach, mein Gott, es ist der Dummkopf."
"Great news, your highness, we..."
"I know. You passed the Fiscal Treaty. We have radio here, Paddy."
"Well, I was wondering..."
Enda then went to a press conference and told us: "Without going into technicalities, yes, I did raise directly the issue with the chancellor."
Which, in an odd kind of a way, was true.
The policy of national servility may well pay off. At some stage, our EU overlords may decide that Irish bankruptcy would hurt their project and they'll arrange a partial dig-out. That will keep us solvent enough to keep paying other people's debts for a generation.
Meanwhile, the false-flag policies alienate citizens across Europe. No one knows where this is going, but it smells bad.
Paddy likes to know the story. So do Fritz, Helga, Bryn, Pierre and Deborah. The false-flag policies marginalise the citizenry, create fears and suspicions, and open the door to all sorts of Benitos and Adolfs.
Having forgotten the economic lessons of the Thirties, our leaders are now ignoring the political lessons.
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"These things are signs that the land and the water are hurting and need our help," stated Hawk in a news release. "The people working at the Natural Resources Conservation Service are like land doctors. We call ourselves conservationists. We know the signs of land that's hurting and help people working with the land to heal it. We are looking for new patients."
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For decades the U.S. has used the 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act to manipulate Cuban emigration for counterrevolutionary purposes. Its provision that Cubans arriving on U.S. soil gain permanent residency after a year has lured thousands to death by drowning as they sought to cross the shark-infested Florida Straits. They end up receiving work permits and Social Security numbers and need not provide affidavits of support.
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Analytical Formulas for Pricing CMS Products in the LIBOR Market Model with the Stochastic Volatility
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March 3, 2009
In this paper, we develop a series of approximations for a fast analytical pricing of European constant maturity swap (CMS) products, such as CMS swaps, CMS caps/floors, and CMS spread options, for the LIBOR Market Model (LMM) with stochastic volatility. The derived formulas can also be used for model calibration to the market, including European swaptions and CMS products.
The first technical achievement of this work is related to the optimal calculation of the measure change. For single-rate CMS products, we have used the standard linear regression of the measure change, with optimally calculated coefficients. For the CMS spread options, where the linear procedure does not work, we propose a new effective 'non-linear' measure change technique. The fit quality of the new results is confirmed numerically using Monte Carlo simulations.
The second technical advance of the article is a theoretical derivation of the generalized spread option price via two-dimensional Laplace transform presented in a closed form in terms of the complex Gamma-functions.
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Burning Off Your Facial Moles is Fun!
I've avoided anything resembling plastic surgery for ages, mainly because I'm cheap, I hate pain, journalism isn't a beauty contest, and I feel there's only so much that can be done anyway. My only foray into the cosmetic enhancement arena came in the '90s, when I had a doctor inject collagen in my lips so I could write about it, though I was only able to do so after I was revived with smelling salts. (The anesthetic was mixed in with the collagen, so you were numbed as you were being terrorized. It hurt like the devil!)
But recently, my facial moles were getting so prominent that on TV I was beginning to look like an aging Italian fishwife (which I am), and this seemed to require immediate action. Concerned, I descended on a Tribeca dermatologist for help, and he promptly told me there were two options: Either remove the moles entirely and then stitch up the holes, which would leave scarring (which he said sometimes looks even worse than the moles ever did) or simply flatten them with a small device that's the facial equivalent of a floor sander. The moles would probably grow back eventually, but at least for some time I'd just have flat brown spots, not bulbous orbs (which I somehow never wore with the elan of, let's say, Cindy Crawford).
I went for the latter procedure, which took all of five minutes and cost a sizable but not life-threatening $200 per mole. The process? First he pricked me with the anesthetic (painlessmy skin is thicker than my lips), then sanded the things down with something that looked like a scaled-down WaterPik as if my face were a SoHo loft being renovated for resale. I felt nothing, but I did smell the stench of burning flesh, which was lovely; it meant the moles were literally being razed into thin air. The only problem was that for about 10 days afterwards, I had two reddish crevices where there used to be orbs, and they looked so borderline-icky I wanted my money back. What's more, I wanted my moles back!
Fortunately, the spots ended up sort of healing to the point where I may look BETTER than Cindy Crawford (if not as lovely as Enrique Iglesias, whoever the trendsetterde-moled himself before I did). This could become addicting. Next stop: Butt stapling!
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