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Stifling the Pain
September 28, 2016
Find out how to get athletic horses with injuries to the large, complex stifle joint on the road to recovery.... Read More
Horse Knees: The Crooked, Chipped, and Inflamed
September 21, 2016
Horses' knees are prone to both congenital and acquired lameness problems. Here's what you need to know.... Read More
New Bolton Center Lecture to Focus on Recognizing Lameness
September 20, 2016
Drs. Liz Arbittier and Jessica Morgan will provide tips to help owners improve their lameness identification skills.... Read More
2016 BEVA Congress: Friday's Top Tweets
September 09, 2016
Top take-homes from presentations on regenerative medicine, eye issues, racing performance and injuries, and more.... Read More
Study: Most X Ray Abnormalities Don't Delay Racing Careers
September 07, 2016
Only enlarged proximal sesamoid bones were identified as being a risk for delaying a 2-year-old's first start.... Read More
Equine NSAID Best Practices
September 03, 2016
Your veterinarian will decide which NSAID is best for your horse. Always adhere to his or her administration guidelines.... Read More
Does Skeletal Muscle Inflammation Lead to Hyperinsulinemia?
August 30, 2016
Researchers could not identify a positive relationship between inflammation and obesity or insulin resistance in horses.... Read More
University of Melbourne Vets Aim to Improve Racehorse Safety
August 26, 2016
Researchers hope to reduce the risk of racehorse fatalities on the track.... Read More
What We're Learning About Senior Horses
August 26, 2016
Hot topics include digestion, metabolism, soft tissue injuries, and inflamm-aging.... Read More
2016 UK Equine Research Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
August 24, 2016
Drs. Norm Ducharme, Sue Dyson, and Susan Stover will be inducted into the UK Equine Research Hall of Fame in October.... Read More
Madden, Cortes 'C' Withdrawn From Olympic Jumping
August 17, 2016
Cortes 'C' sustained an injury during the first round of the team competition on Aug. 16.... Read More
Researchers Study Method to Detect Equine Arthritis Early
August 17, 2016
Scientists say molecular changes to an in-joint protein layer called lubricin could indicate osteoarthritis development.... Read More
Could Bone Marrow Aspirate Help Heal Tendon Injuries?
August 10, 2016
Injecting bone marrow aspirate into core SDFT lesions yielded good results for returning racehorses to competition.... Read More
Detecting Upper Body Issues
August 01, 2016
Learn about less common but more difficult to diagnose upper body lamenesses. ... Read More
New Insight on How Surfaces Impact Horses' Limbs
July 26, 2016
Researchers found that hard surfaces, shallow footing depths, and compacted footing could increase horses' injury risk.... Read More
What's New in Equine Standing Surgery?
July 23, 2016
One equine surgeon reviews the growing trend toward surgery in the standing horse rather than in anesthetized patients.... Read More
Promoting Lifelong Equine Joint Health
July 23, 2016
By using sensible strategies, we can promote healthy equine joints capable of withstanding athletic demands.... Read More
15 is the New 10: Keeping the Middle-Aged Horse Healthy
July 21, 2016
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A Look at Serum-Based Proteins for Horses
July 20, 2016
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Registering and Terminating a Service
When your service starts up, you need to register with the
mDNSResponder daemon so that applications can discover your service. This section provides a general overview of the process, followed by a set of step-by-step instructions.
Registering a Service
To register your service, call
DNSServiceRegister. The parameters for making this call consist of the following:
An uninitialized service discovery reference.
The index for the interface on which you want to register your service; pass
0to register on all available interfaces, pass
–1to register on the local machine only (your service will not be available to remote hosts), or pass the number that represents the interface on which you want to register (use the
if_nametoindexfamily of calls to get the number).
Flags that indicate how you want to handle name conflicts. By default,
)is automatically appended to your service name, where n is a number, if a name conflict occurs. To override this behavior, set the
kDNSServiceFlagsNoAutoRenameflag, which will cause your registration callback function to be called so that you can handle name conflicts. The
kDNSServiceFlagsNoAutoRenameflag is only valid if you also explicitly specify a service name.
The service's name; you can specify
NULLto use the computer's name as the service's name.
The service's registration type.
The SRV target host name; usually, you'll pass
NULLto use the computer's default host name. Passing
NULLis the desired behavior in almost every case. However, proxy applications may pass an explicit SRV target other than the computer's host name.
The port number in network byte order on which the service accepts connections. Passing
0for the port registers a placeholder service. With a placeholder service, the service will not be discovered by browsing, but a name conflict will occur if another client tries to register the same name. Most applications do not need to use placeholder service.
The callback function that is to be called to provide information on the success or failure of the registration, or
A user-defined context value that will be passed to the callback function when it is called, or
Services that require TXT records also pass the raw data of the TXT record and the length of the raw data as parameters. Most services don't need TXT records and therefore pass
NULL and
0, respectively, for these parameters.
Instead of providing a callback function, you may pass
NULL, in which case, you will not be notified of default values that may be chosen on your behalf and you will not be notified of any asynchronous errors that may prevent the registration of your service. If you pass
NULL for this parameter, you cannot pass
kDNSServiceFlagsNoAutoRename as the flag parameter. You can de-register a service that is registered without a callback function in the normal way, by calling
If the registration can be started,
DNSServiceRegister initializes the service discovery reference and creates a socket that is used to communicate with the
mDNSResponder daemon. Use the service discovery reference to call
DNSServiceRefSockFD and get the socket descriptor for the service reference.
Set up a run or
select loop using the socket descriptor. When the loop indicates that the
mDNSResponder daemon's reply is available, call
DNSServiceProcessResult and pass to it the service discovery reference initialized by
DNSServiceProcessResult will call the callback function associated with the service discovery reference.
Instead of setting up a run loop or a
select loop, you can call
DNSServiceRegister and immediately call
DNSServiceProcessResult. The
DNSServiceProcessResult function will block until the
mDNSResponder daemon has a response, at which time the callback specified when
DNSServiceRegister was called (if any) will be invoked.
In addition to the service discovery reference and flags that are not currently used, your callback will be called with the following parameters:
An error code that indicates whether the registration was successful; if the registration was successful, the remaining parameters contain valid data
The service's name as passed to
DNSServiceRegisteror the name that was chosen if
NULLwas passed to
DNSServiceRegisteras the service's name
The registration type as passed to
The domain in which the service was registered
The user-defined context information that was passed to
If the combination of service name, registration type, and domain name resulted in a full domain name that is already in local use and you specified
kDNSServiceFlagsNoAutoRename, you'll need to deallocate the service discovery reference, choose another service name and try again, until a locally unique name can be registered.
Upon successful registration, your service is announced to the local network and its access information (IP address, port, and so on) can be found using multicast DNS, either by name or by browsing for services. Using the initialized service discovery reference, you can communicate with the
mDNSResponder daemon to add a record to the registration information for your service, update an added record, or remove an added record while your service is running. However, you will probably never need to make changes to your registration information because Bonjour handles the common cases, such as waking, sleeping, shutting down, and changing IP addresses.
A rare exception would be the need to update the text record associated with a service. If a text field contains a queue name, for example, and the queue name changes, you would need to update the text record for the service.
You must keep the socket descriptor on the run loop or the
select loop as long as you expect your callback function to be called.
Terminating a Service's Registration
To terminate your service's registration, remove the socket descriptor from the run loop or the
select loop and call
DNSServiceRefDeallocate, passing to it the service discovery reference that was initialized when your service was registered. In addition to invalidating the service discovery reference and deallocating the memory associated with it, any resource records that have been added are de-registered and their references are invalidated. The socket that underlies the connection with the
mDNSResponder daemon is closed, thereby terminating your application's connection with the daemon.
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Schools and the management of public health
Editors: Dr Helen Proctor and Dr Kellie Burns, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney
The journal History of Education Review will publish an international special issue focusing on the historical involvement of schools in the production, management and bureaucratization of public health.
In the first instance please submit a detailed paper proposal (1000 words maximum) to Dr Helen Proctor, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney: email@example.com, by 31 January, 2015.
Full papers (from accepted proposals) will be due 31 January, 2016.
Schools have a long history of intervention in the health of children and adolescents. Their implication in the administration and management of public health has impacted significantly on relationships between family, school and the state, and on ideas about the role of the school in the creation of healthy, productive citizens. Understandings of health and hygiene have had ongoing and changing moral and political dimensions, and concerns about health have varied across gender, sexuality, race, social class, age and place. Further, shifting meanings of health and illness in schools have continued to reflect and produce contested views of difference.
A wide variety of topics related to this history will be considered, including but not limited to:
The History of Education Review is an international journal committed to the publication of high-quality, peer-reviewed research and theoretical papers located in the history of education. It is the official journal of the Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society (http://www.anzhes.com). Full author guidelines for the journal can be found at http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?id=her.
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Dear colleagues,
We are happy to announce that we are ready to call for papers for the the 6th Israeli Conference for the Study of Contemporary Religion and Spirituality, which will be organized by the Program in Religious Studies at Tel Aviv University, 23 April 2014.
This conference will continue the tradition which was formed at the University of Haifa during 2009-2012, and last year at Tel Aviv University. This event can be a good opportunity for researchers working outside of Israel to learn more about the country's bustling New-Age 'scene' and about development in the research on contemporary spirituality in Israel.
The conference's guest of honor and keynote speaker will be Prof. Peter Berger (University of Boston, USA). The conference's CFP and paper/symposium proposal forms can be downloaded through this link: http://humanities.tau.ac.il/religious_studies_eng/index.php/conference/call
Please feel free to send this to any relevant address in your private e-mail lists. We will of course be very happy to receive your own proposals by November 15 2013, addressed to Mr. Shai feraro (Conference Coordinator), email@example.com
Kind Regards,
Conference Chairpersons
Prof. Ron Margolin (Tel Aviv University)
Dr. Tomer Persico (Tel Aviv University)
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Sandusky County, Ohio, Examinations for Disability Exemptions, 1862
During the late summer of 1862, Sandusky County, Ohio physician James W. Wilson was appointed examining surgeon of Sandusky County�s enrolled militia. Between August 15th and September 22nd, Wilson examined over 1100 Sandusky County residents for exemption from military duty. Excluded from examination were aliens, mail carriers, ministers, males over the age of forty-five and under the age of eighteen, and those already recruited by volunteer regiments. All others were examined by Wilson for physical disabilities that prevented active military duty. Early in the process, Wilson reported to the governor that he anticipated forty per cent would receive exemptions due to physical disabilities. All told, Wilson granted disability certificates to just over fifty per cent of those examined. The state of Ohio paid Dr. Wilson $84.00 for his services. During October, Wilson examined an additional forty-eight men who agreed to serve as substitutes for drafted Sandusky Countians.
Arranged alphabetically by surname, the table below gives the name of the individual appearing before the examining surgeon, township residence, disability claim, exemption status, and any remarks made by the surgeon. Please consider all spelling variations when reading names and disability claims. The original document, a part of the James W. Wilson Papers (Local History Collection #186), may be viewed at the Hayes Presidential Center.
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A real life David-and-Goliath battle is heating up in California's newly formed 50th Congressional District. Republican incumbent, Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, is facing off against first-time political candidate, Democrat David Secor. The race is defined by large disparities in campaign finances and widely differing policy positions.
Hunter and Secor hold vastly different views on Social Security, Medicare, Roe v. Wade, access to birth control and other social issues which typify the divide between the Republican and Democratic parties. Among the most important economic issues on which the two candidates hold different opinions are policy differences surrounding family planning options, birth control and Roe v. Wade.
The ability of women to plan families and careers is crucial to ensure the economic well-being of American families. Unexpected pregnancies can derail a woman's attainment of higher education and severely restrict her earning potential. This can have devastating effects on family finances.
A study by the family planning and maternal and child health (FPMCH) program shows access to family planning and health services through long-term public investment improves economic security for families, households and communities through larger incomes, greater accumulation of wealth and higher levels of education. Developing nations are increasingly investing in family planning as a method by which to alleviate poverty and hunger.
The gap in political policy positions between Hunter and Secor is mirrored by a large gulf in campaign finances. Hunter's donations in 2011-2012 amounted to $692,950, according to opensecrets. Many of his donors are large corporations. Secor says his campaign contributions amount to less than $10,000. According to Secor's campaign literature, he will accept no donation above $100.
Hunter is the son of former longtime California Rep. Duncan Lee Hunter who, according to an online biography, served more than 25 years in Congress. Hunter, a former Marine, ran for his father's congressional seat when his father decided not to run in 2008. David Secor is a Vietnam veteran and retired Superior Court clerk. This is Secor's first political race. In a telephone interview, Secor said he was compelled to run for office because he believes Hunter's far right politics are not representative of the district in which he serves.
Hunter's campaign website does not include his positions on Planned Parenthood, Roe v. Wade or access to reliable birth control, and his campaign office did not return phone calls in regards to this article. However, his views are clearly revealed by his voting record and legislation he has sponsored and co-sponsored. According to votesmart.org, Hunter voted for a "personhood" law, legislation to prohibit federal funding for Planned Parenthood, and voted to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act.
In a Feb 2012 telephone interview with Right Wing News, Hunter answered "yes" to the question of whether he would like to see Roe v. Wade overturned, "Yes. You know, I'm the author of the personhood-at-conception bill which right now has over 100 co-sponsors …that would define personhood as moment of conception, so, it would allow us to have a reversal of the effects of Roe v. Wade without a constitutional amendment."
HR 374, Life at Conception Act, sponsored by Hunter, is one of a number of state and federal laws referred to as "personhood" laws. HR 374 would give equal protection "to each born and preborn person. " The laws would execute an end run around Roe v. Wade. Roe v. Wade is the Supreme Court ruling which struck down the right of states to outlaw abortion. HR 374 would bestow all the rights of a person upon a fertilized human egg under the 14th Amendment. According to the nytimes.com, Oct 25, 2011, HR 374 and other "personhood" laws would deem abortion to be murder.
The less-discussed ramification of this legislation is that it would also make some of the most reliable methods of birth control illegal. An article in livescience.com points out the IUD, morning after pill and birth control pills all work to prevent pregnancy by making the uterus inhospitable to a fertilized egg. Under such law a woman who took birth control pills, "the morning after pill" or used an IUD could conceivably be prosecuted for murder.
The Life at Conception Act also states, "...nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the prosecution of any woman for the death of her unborn child." Chillingly, nothing in this bill prohibits prosecution of women for the death of unborn children. This raises the question of whether a spontaneous abortion brought on by an unintentional act by the mother could also be prosecuted as murder.
In a telephone interview Secor said he supports the Affordable Care Act, Roe v. Wade, access to affordable birth control and federal funding for Planned Parenthood. In a letter stating positions, Secor writes: "Re: abortion: It is not the function of government to legislate morality. A politician is obligated to represent ALL the people. Thus he or she may not attempt to make personal religious or moral beliefs, whether his or of the majority of his constituents, and regardless of how strongly held, into federal law."
Since conservative GOP legislators won control of many state legislatures and the House of Representatives in 2010, over 1,100 reproductive health and rights related provisions, including "personhood" laws, have been introduced. Most are designed to restrict women's access to legal abortion and birth control. This legislation strikes at the economic well-being of American families. The loss of access to birth control and legal abortion could define the economic future of American families making this one of the most important economic issues for women and their families in the 2012 election.
According to NARAL, anti-abortion leadership in the House of Representatives declared blocking women's access to legal abortion as a "top priority." In 2011 the House voted on 8 anti-choice measures.
A report by the American Civil Liberties Union states attacks on women's rights at the state and federal level include: restricting contraception, cutting off funding for Planned Parenthood, state-mandated medically unnecessary ultra sounds, abortion taxes, abortion waiting periods, forcing women who want birth control coverage to tell employers why and prohibiting insurance companies from including abortion coverage in health care policies.
While much of the world is moving to increase the economic security of its citizens by investing in family planning, conservative American legislators have been working to dismantle established law which has made economic security possible for millions of American women. Laws to restrict access to family planning and eliminate access to birth control and legal abortion in the United States have been introduced in every state and the House of Representatives.
Law such as Hunter's HR 374, Life at Conception Act would throw women back into the 1950s. A woman's ability to plan her education, her career, her family and her life would be unalterably interrupted by such legislation. Each woman's family would be similarly impacted.
The David-and-Goliath race between Secor and Hunter is an interesting study in contrasts between big money and small donations; between right wing conservative policy and progressive policy. It is representative of ideological battles playing out across the nation. The 2012 election will determine policy which will govern the economic future of millions of American families. Continued access to reliable birth control and abortion often decide women's level of education and earning potential. These are critical factors in determining not only future financial well-being of women, but the financial security of American families.
If you like to write about U.S. politics and Campaign 2012, enter "The American Pundit" competition. Allvoices is awarding four $250 prizes each month between now and November. These monthly winners earn eligibility for the $5,000 grand prize, to be awarded after the November election.
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GOP war on women becomes war on families… http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/12939214-gop-war-on-women-becomes-war-on-families-personhood-law-and-morality
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Sacremento -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in California's severely overcrowded prisons, a move his aides said would allow the transfer of inmates to other states without their consent.Corrections Secretary James Tilton said Wednesday that prison crowding was so severe he could not wait. Tilton said it will allow him to skirt the state's cumbersome competitive bidding process, which will make the beds available more quickly. He said officials would begin by transferring volunteers and, if necessary, create more space later through mandatory transfers.ADVERTISEMENTWhile overcrowding has long been an issue in the state's lock-ups, it has reached crisis levels this year, with most of California's 33 prisons packed to twice their intended capacity.Of the 173,000 men and women behind bars, about 17,000 are bunking in areas not designed as living space. In addition to converted gyms, prisoners now sleep in hallways, lounges and in triple-decker bunks. For a time, the chapel at San Quentin housed convicts."Our prisons are now beyond maximum capacity and we must act immediately and aggressively to resolve this issue," Schwarzenegger said in a statement.Tilton said the state is poised to sign three-to-five-year contracts with private prisons in four states � Oklahoma, Indiana, Arizona and Tennessee -- that would provide 2,200 beds. He said he hoped to begin the transfers with 200 male inmates next month and continue transferring another 100 or more weekly after the screening process occurs.Tilton said a recent survey circulated by authorities in the prisons suggested that as many as 19,000 convicts were interested in a voluntary transfer, though he cautioned that the number may not be solid.Lawyers for inmates said that while they support voluntary transfers, they would challenge any involuntary moves, which they called a violation of state law that requires a convict's consent.At the Prison Law Office, a nonprofit firm that has successfully sued the state on inmate health care and other issues, director Donald Specter called the emergency declaration ''political theater" by a governor running for reelection.''This is an idiotic thing to be spending time on, because the number of beds they will be able to find in other states will amount to a grain of sand on a beach," Specter said. ''In terms of serious reform, there is nothing about this that makes sense."Democrats also criticized the Republican governor, saying he had sat on his hands despite repeated warnings about the crisis. Last fall, for instance, the chief of adult prisons said in a memo that a ''population crisis" was creating ''an imminent and substantial threat to the public safety."''If he had listened to his own people back then, we wouldn't be in this crisis," said Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), chairman of the Assembly Public Safety Committee.Leno said the Schwarzenegger Administration could have alleviated the crowding through parole reform, specifically, by allowing thousands of low-level parole violators face sanctions in the community rather than returning them to prison.Corrections officials said they have been working on short-term and long-term solutions to the crowding crisis, but noted that their plans were rejected by lawmakers during the recent special session Schwarzenegger called on prisons.That session ended in August with legislators rejecting a $6-billion package of proposals from the governor, including forcible transfers out of state of 5,000 illegal immigrant felons facing deportation, and the use of private facilities in California to house 4,000 low-security inmates.Schwarzenegger also proposed moving 4,500 non-violent female inmates � about 40% of the total of incarcerated women � to regional correctional centers.
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PHOTOGRAPHER Jabulani Dhlamini's compact career is one to keep your eye on. His current exhibition, uMama - a culmination of the Edward Ruiz mentorship he was awarded last year - is a photographic interpretation of single motherhood.
"For me, my projects are not far-fetched. They are my life experience, something that is personal. I use photography to tell my story," he says.
As a young child, Dhlamini first lived with his grandmother when his mother left home to find work. When he was about 11, he went to Soweto to live with his mother.
"I could see my grandmother in my mum. I could see her sacrificing to make us happy. I wanted to do a body of work celebrating their strength. What I've seen is that most of the children in the townships have grown up with single mothers and grandmothers."
As a young boy in Soweto, he came across his mother's camera, took it to school and shot the entire roll of film. In those days, as he points out, when you had a film processed, they would give you a free roll of film. Although his mother had gladly paid towards his first attempts, after teaching him how to load and unload the film, she encouraged him to find a way to pay for this newfound passion himself. There were enough children who were happy to pay R5 for a photo of themselves and so he managed to keep his career as an aspirant photographer afloat.
Over the years, there were several doors that opened for him. He used every opportunity to learn all that was being freely handed out to him. He used to get his prints made at a store at the Carlton Centre, and the other photographers would critique his exposures. He listened and learned, and slowly f-stops and apertures became part of his inner dialogue.
He became aware of how he was able to take some of the financial load off his mother, by helping to provide for the family with his photography. At that stage, it was just a way of earning money.
"Coming from the background that I do, it helped me a lot. I could even afford some of the things that my mother couldn't buy."
When a friend put his name forward to shoot a matric farewell, he earned a large sum of money, which enabled him to buy what for him was his first real camera: "It cost R600 from a pawn shop. I was very happy with the first roll of film I processed."
Together with his cousins, he started working the community, looking for opportunities to get work. His greatest joy was when people were happy with the pictures: "I didn't realise it was a career option."
Relying on the "mouth market", he continued taking photographs. "In 2006, I had to shoot a girl who was graduating at Vaal. When I was there, a friend introduced me to a photography lecturer. It was then that I found out that one could study photography, and I decided I wanted to come back the following year. I began my course in 2007."
During this time, Jakob Doman, one of his lecturers, who became aware of Dhlamini's love of documentary work, encouraged him to spend three to four hours a day on the streets taking photographs to become a better photographer.
"I took that advice seriously and I would go six days a week to Sharpeville. He also taught me to spend time with my subject." Sometimes he spent three to four days, chatting and getting to know his subjects. "When I do portraits, I like to see who they are, not how I perceive them."
It was during this time that he started a body of work called Ubuntu Bathong (Myself in Them).
This body of work got him a place in the Stephen Shore master workshop funded by the Roger Ballen Foundation.
"I learnt an important lesson there that has shaped my photography. When Stephen looked at my images, he asked me if I work with a tripod. I began to work with a tripod. It has taught me to take time to compose a shot. When I was shooting handheld, the shot could change at any time. The tripod added a formality that gave me greater control."
During the Edward Ruiz mentorship, Jodi Bieber was selected as his main mentor. Bieber says: "The first time I saw Jabulani's portraits I was drawn to them. I knew by mentoring him I didn't have to focus too strongly on the aesthetics of his work but more to encourage him on how to find his way to tell his story. I challenged him into finding different ways of conceptualising the project and the importance of the editing process."
Dhlamini points out he had to go beyond the portrait work he was au fait with and find further ways of relating his story. One way in which he has captured the "layers" is by photographing personal items belonging to some of the people in his work. While being mentored by Bieber, he learnt to stand by his images and gained strength in that.
He speaks about his portrait of a Mrs Mahanke, one of the subjects in his exhibition.
"When she was a mother, she had to look after her children alone and now she is looking after the grandchildren. Her life is dedicated to that. The financial dependency on her is high although she doesn't work. In our culture, every old person is your mother."
He explains how supportive this woman has been to him throughout the process, and how overjoyed he was when she received the booklet with her portrait in it. "That is what makes the work so worthwhile for me."
Throughout our time together, the names of photographers who influence his work that consistently come up include Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Goldblatt, Santu Mofekeng and Pieter Hugo. He is currently working on a project that involves children: "In a tennis court, if you hit hard, the ball comes back harder. In the same way, when you love children, they love you back."
Another long-standing project is "Penny, Penny".
"It's about the 5th of November. If you walk in Soweto on that day, people wear funny clothes. If you give them money they will dance for you."
But his main focus remains family, and most notably maternal figures: "This issue of single parenting, somebody had to say something about it. As a social documentary photographer, I need to take those issues and discuss them. By seeing these images, people will begin to think about it. When I meet people, I explain what I do. And I hope it can make people think. In life we have choices. To increase our choices, we have to be more aware. I was not informed at an early age about photography being a career option. I didn't know and it wasn't in my choices. When we are informed, it makes us think about it. I now ask myself after doing this work on single mothers what my role is. I have learnt so much from my mother about taking responsibility."


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Health-food purveyor and proud owner of sky-high valuation multiples Annie's (UNKNOWN: BNNY.DL ) showed Wall Street that a still-cautious spending environment couldn't slow down the growth of this market darling. The company reported strong fourth-quarter results, beating both top and bottom lines, yet the stock still sank a few points on the day. Annie's is a difficult company to say negative things about, since it is a well-run company with a great product lineup that is, indeed, set for substantial growth. But, ever the pessimist, I find this stock to still be priced for the heavens.
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For the fiscal fourth quarter of 2013, Annie's brought in $52.2 million in revenue -- a little bit more than the Street's estimated $50.73 million. On the bottom line, things looked much more impressive, with the company hauling in an adjusted EPS of $0.29 per share. The figure comes in more than 20% higher than the year-ago quarter and about one penny over analyst estimates.
The beat apparently came to management's surprise as well, with CEO John Foraker noting that the figures exceeded internal expectations and were mainly due to stronger-than-forecast consumer consumption trends.
Investors should note that the strong results come in the face of the company's difficult period near the end of January, when it voluntarily recalled a frozen pizza product from shelves. Annie's also introduced a few new products, from organic rising-crust pizzas to organic graham crackers, which management claims is tracking strongly with customers.
Looking forward, management expects "accelerated growth," intimating that we can expect continued double-digit year-over-year growth in the near term. This has largely been the story since Annie's debut on the markets 15 months ago. Since then, the stock has ticked up a little more than 16%.
Headed higher?
Logically, and by my own investing methodologies, I would say that Annie's does not have much vertical room. The company is still trading too rich for any value-conscious investor -- its EBITDA trades at 36 times its enterprise value, and it faces growing competition, often offering similar products, in a hot, hot industry.
But as we know all too well, that can often mean nothing in the world of Mr. Market. The colorful all-powerful being that determines short-term stock movements is impressed by big, impressive numbers. Annie's has those. Mr. Market likes a business that's in a wicked-cool industry -- Annie's is in the most exciting segment of the food business.
So, will the stock head higher? Maybe, but if you want to invest with a comfortable (or even existent) margin of safety and sleep well at night after all of those organic graham crackers, then I would look elsewhere for a food investment.
One company investors can take a look at is Dean Foods (NYSE: DF ) . After spinning off its own health-food segment, among others, this pure play on dairy is a neglected stock with free cash flow for days and an effective, cost-conscious management team. Dean Foods trades at just three times trailing earnings and less than 15 times forward earnings. As costs continue to come down, expect profitability to rise and the market to take notice.
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When Matthew Sweet plays World Cafe Live on Friday night on a tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of his breakthrough album, Girlfriend, he'll perform about 45 miles south of where many of the album's songs initially took shape.
Although he recorded Girlfriend - a brilliant exercise in classic pop songcraft given a diffuse edge by the guitar work of Richard Lloyd and Robert Quine - in New York City, Sweet wrote and demo-ed many of the album's 15 songs at a house he rented in Princeton from 1989 to 1992 near New Jersey's historic Princeton Battlefield. It was in this 1780s-era house that the swirling psychedelia of "Divine Intervention" and the bittersweet jangle of "I've Been Waiting" was born, with Sweet writing the tunes, then laying down demos, usually in isolation.


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Payday 2's game director David Goldfarb has left Overkill Software to form his own independent studio.
In an interview with Polygon, Goldfarb explained that it "felt like the right time" to leave the studio following the bank heist-shooter's success, and that he was "abandoning AAA" in favour of indie development.
"I knew that at some point the thing that I always wanted was to make my own thing," he said. "It doesn't matter who I work with: the desire was never to make other people's games, no matter how good they are."
While the new studio has yet to be named, Goldfarb says that it's his desire to make an RPG.
"No MOBAs, no comic book styled art, no pixel art," he said. "Like, those are things I will not do. And there's nothing wrong with those things, those things are all awesome, I just don't want to do any of them.
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Payday 2: Crimewave Edition, an enhanced version of last year's Payday 2, is due for release on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at some point in the future.
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Under sunny skies last Saturday, the official opening of Cascadia Community College/Universityof Washington Bothell Campus was held on school grounds in Bothell. The site, formerly the Truly farm, is located at the intersection of SR522 and I-405.School officials, government dignitiaries and local leaders spoke about the excitement of the first new state school (Cascadia) built in the last 20 years. They celebrated the co-location of the two schools and cut the ribbon that officially opens the schools. Classes began Sept. 25.


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In the last month of 2012, Five Star Alliance is counting down the Top 30 Luxury Hotels and Resorts worldwide, as decided by you, our luxury travelers! Be sure to check in with us daily to keep up with our countdown and explore a few of the absolute best and most luxurious hotels in the world for your future travels!
#3 on our list is Lake Como's legendary Villa d'Este. Here are a few fun facts about the hotel:
-Hailed as one of the best hotels in the world by Travel & Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler and Forbes Traveler, this famous resort destination has been widely praised for its beautiful gardens, exquisite cuisine, gala celebrations, impeccable décor and extraordinary hospitality.
-Set on the shores of Lake Como, the Hotel is located in one of the most important crossroads between Italy and Northern Europe and is only 60 minutes from Milan.
-Villa d'Este was built in 1568 as the summer residence of Cardinal Tolomeo Gallio. The property comprises 25 acres of gardens and was transformed into a luxury hotel in 1873.
-The design of the lower part of the gardens is from the Renaissance period. The two most outstanding landmarks are the 500 year old plane tree and the 16th century Mosaic with its Nympheum. Apart from the topiary hedges and the bushes of bamboo, azaleas, camellias, oleanders, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, there are roses and jasmine bushes. The trees range from chestnut, magnolia, oleafragrans, wisteria, palm, cypress, pine, ilex, privet, mediar and many others.
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The good news is the Detroit Red Wings didn't drop once again in MLive.com's weekly NHL Power Rankings.
The bad news?
They're still in the same spot they were a week ago.
The Red Wings remained 10th, which is probably correct since they aren't exactly playing like an elite team with three games remaining on their regular-season schedule.
Of course, the Red Wings can make everyone feel a whole lot better about the future with a victory tonight in St. Louis. That would go a long way toward securing home-ice advantage in the first-round of the playoffs as Detroit tries to get back on track after being hit with a rash of injuries.
There's no telling what the Red Wings might be capable of doing if they can win their opening-round series and get some more ice time for all the banged-up players who are trying to get back into the swing of things.
And who knows? A victory over St. Louis might give the Red Wings a boost in the final NHL Power Rankings of the season. Heck, that just might be the boost they need to win another Stanley Cup.
But let's save that discussion for next week.
This is about the current NHL Power Rankings, which see Vancouver atop the heap for the first time all season followed by the New York Rangers and the aforementioned Blues.
Here's how the Red Wings stack up:
• NHL.com: 12th, up from 14th last week. The skinny: "They're slowly finding their game, but they (hadn't) beaten a team that's above .500 since Feb. 19 (until Sunday's win over Florida). The Wings are (1-6-3) in their last (10) games against teams with winning records."
• The Hockey News: 13th, down from 11th. The skinny: "Losses to Columbus and Nashville last week open the door for Hawks to overtake Wings for second in the Central; however, that might not be a bad thing, as a sixth-place finish for Detroit could lead to a series against the Kings or Coyotes. That sounds better than a fourth-place finish and a date with the Predators."
• FoxSports.com: Eighth, same as last week. The skinny: "The West's 4/5 matchup may pit two teams that limped into the postseason: Detroit (six wins last 19 games) and Nashville (eight wins last 16 games). Jimmy Howard has stopped 50 of 54 shots since returning from a strained groin."
• National Post: 10th, down from eighth. The skinny: "Jiri Hudler lives up to pre-KHL hopes, earns top line spot."
• ESPN.com: 12th, down from ninth. The skinny: "Speaking of not being in sync, the Red Wings beat Florida in a shootout Sunday but that marked just their fourth win in their past 14 games. Still, as of Monday, the Wings own home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs, albeit by the slimmest of margins."
• CBS Boston: 11th, up from 13th. The skinny: "Jimmy Howard returned to the Red Wings' crease last week, and Detroit is starting to look whole again after a major rash of injuries. A 2-2-0 week helped keep Detroit in contention for first-round home-ice advantage in the playoffs."
• CBSSports.com: 11th,same as last week. The skinny: "Since the start of March, the Red Wings have won only five games, and only two of them were against playoff teams. And one of those playoff teams was arguably the worst playoff team, Florida, and that came in a shootout Sunday."
• SI.com: Ninth, down from sixth. The skinny: "Their road record (16-21-3) continues to be the great big zit on what has otherwise been another likely 100-point season. A shootout win over Florida on Sunday got them back into the fourth spot in the West, which would provide home-ice advantage for one round at least. But the team they were one point ahead of (Nashville) has been the better team head-to-head."
• TSN.ca: Seventh, up from eighth. The skinny: "5-8-2 since the beginning of March, the Red Wings are finally healthy (aside from checking C Darren Helm) and could use a big final week if they are going to cling to fourth place in the Western Conference. Saturday's finale, at home against the Blackhawks, may be the deciding factor for home ice in Round One."
• Washington Post: Eighth,same as last week. The skinny: "The injury-plagued Wings continued their erratic ways Wednesday, when they lost to the Blue Jackets 4-2 two days after thumping the league's worst team 7-2. Overall, (they were 5-7-2) in March and have only (three) regular season games to pull themselves together."


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KENTWOOD – Police say that a man being sought for questioning in the Jan. 15 killing of Michael Bockheim has voluntarily met with detectives.
Police said that Charles Allen Brown Jr., 19, of Grand Rapids, is cooperating with investigators. Police last week called him a "person of interest," and said they wanted to speak to him.
Kentwood police said the investigation into Bockheim's shooting death remains under investigation, and asked those with information to call police at 698-6580 or Silent Observer at 774-2345.
Bockheim, 28, was a passenger in a minivan when he was shot. The driver told police that Bockheim was shot during a street robbery, but police later learned that he had been shot in a Countryside Townhouses parking lot near 48th Street and Eastern Avenue during a drug deal turned robbery, police said.
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Fans of Phoenix Theatre's annual New Works Festival always get a kick out of the 24 Hour Theatre Project, where teams of writers, directors and actors create a short play from scratch. The actors show up with costumes and props, which must be incorporated into the script. The results are a hoot, almost always funny (if at times unintentionally so), and it's amazing to see what can get accomplished in 24 hours.
How to make the feat doubly amazing? Add a composer and a choreographer into the mix. That's New York's "24 Hour Musicals," the subject of a documentary titled "One Night Stand." It screens at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, at the Cinemark 16 in Mesa.
The film is a great look inside the creative process under deadline pressure (there are a few juicy freakouts). It also features a lot of bona-fide stars from Broadway and Hollywood. Comedic character actor Richard Kind ("Spin City") ends up starring in a 15-minute musical about a disgraced Ponzi scheme, while "Saturday Night Live's" Rachel Dratch, thinking she's there for comic relief, is challenged to sing from the heart. Also participating: Cheyenne Jackson ("30 Rock," "Glee"), Jesse Tyler Ferguson ("Modern Family").
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Investment Banking Quarterly: Debt rules the roost15 Jul 2013
There are always winners and losers among banks and bankers in any quarter, and one of the industry's winners in recent times has been Citigroup, which continues to build market share under the stewardship of James Bardrick and Manolo Falco. There were also important changes at HSBC, where Robin Phillips emerged as Samir Assaf's anointed successor in the recent reorganisation of the investment bank.
Market turbulence boosts Samurai bonds
Japan's Samurai bond market was deathly quiet during the first quarter, but the effects of economic stimulation policies known as Abenomics and recent volatility in bond markets elsewhere brought this niche market back to life.
BAML takes the 'Plus One' approach
Bank of America Merrill Lynch decided at the beginning of last year that the cross-sell opportunities offered between debt capital markets and corporate banking were too numerous to ignore. The result was that the two functions – the flagship offerings of the two merged banks – were combined.
DCM deal of the quarter: Apple
Apple has been at the forefront of technological innovation for decades but it announced in its first quarter earnings in April that it was considering a new frontier – tapping the bond markets. A week later, it set a world record for a corporate bond, raising $17bn.
Investment bank of the quarter: Citigroup
Citigroup has entered a new phase of growth, with the bank jumping from 11th place for Emea investment banking revenues in the first half of 2012 to fourth in the same period this year, increasing its share of the regional wallet from 3.2% to 5%.
Debt bankers braced for job cuts amid turmoil
Debt market bankers across the globe are bracing themselves for job cuts as market volatility has shrunk revenues and issuance, placing further strain on plans by investment banks to improve returns on equity.
A quarter of two halves
The second quarter of 2013 will be remembered – ruefully by some bruised investors – for the moment when markets had to accept that the global liquidity bonanza had to end. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke did not actually have to do anything to cause a rout across sectors. All it took was a hint, on May 22, that the Fed "might" consider scaling back its $85bn monthly bond purchases to send investors heading for the exit from bond funds.
The senior unsecured market gets more insecure
The two funding markets typically used by banks alongside deposits to finance their lending – senior unsecured and covered bonds – have taken a tumble this year.
ECM deal of the quarter: Partnership Assurance's IPO
As the early boom in equity capital markets began to falter towards the end of the second quarter, several initial public offerings – which require robust market conditions – still managed to make it through the door.
Sell in May and go away, come back in July
Bond fund flows data for June made bleak reading but investors are returning to the sector.
Market stages 'amazing turnaround'
Second-quarter volumes in the supranational, sovereign and agency market across Europe, the Middle East and Africa this year jumped more than 30% from the same period a year ago as issuers were able to exploit the firmer foundations laid in the sector in the first quarter.
Banker of the quarter: Robin Phillips
HSBC has a history of promoting from within: when group chief executive Michael Geoghegan left in 2010, he was replaced by Stuart Gulliver, who had headed global banking and markets. Samir Assaf, who led global markets, took on Gulliver's old role. And now, the UK bank has set out who will step into the shoes of Assaf should the need arise: Robin Phillips.
M&A deal of the quarter: Vodafone-Kabel Deutschland
An offer by UK telecoms giant Vodafone for Kabel Deutschland, the second-largest European M&A deal this year, pitted a tangled network of bankers against each other.
High-yield issuance suffers reversal of fortunes
Despite predictions to the contrary, corporate issuance has generally held up well this year. Second-quarter issuance was up by 50% on the same period last year. Investment grade issuance was up by a fifth but the honours go to high yield, where Emea deal volumes were more than two-and-a-half times higher than those in the second quarter of 2012.
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SYCODE - NC Import for SolidWorks :
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NC Import for SolidWorks is a Numeric Control NC program (.nc) file import add-in for SolidWorks®. This add-in gives SolidWorks the ability to import toolpath data from NC program files.
CNC Machines worldwide use Numeric Control (.nc, .ncc or .cnc) files to convert programmed instructions to tool movement. NC programs consist of a sequence of codes with parameter data to arrive at a precise description of the toolpath. NC Import for SolidWorks reads NC program files and recreates the toolpath. The tool movements programmed in NC files are converted in into corresponding line, arc or circle objects and added to the active document as a 3D Sketch in a part or assembly document or as 2D Curves in a drawing document.
NC Import for SolidWorks is very easy to use as it adds new commands to SolidWorks. It also adds a submenu to the SolidWorks menu called "NCImport".
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NC Import for SolidWorks is designed to work with the following versions of SolidWorks:
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Below is the hardware, software and operating system requirements for SolidWorks add-ins running on the Microsoft Windows platform. SolidWorks (32 Bit and 64 Bit): 2000, 2001, 2001 Plus, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
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Please download a fully functional trial of this product by clicking "Download". To start using the software, you need a license key. A license key can be of two types: Trial or Permanent. A trial key is issued to you instantly and completely free of cost so that you may try the software before you purchase a license. A permanent key is issued after you have purchased a license. If during the trial period (10 days or runs, whichever is earlier) you find this product useful, you may return to this page and click the "Buy Now" button to place your order. In the order process you will be asked to enter your Host ID that appears in the "SYCODE License Server" dialog box (which appears when you run any of the product commands). SYCODE will create and send you your key by email within 2 business days. To avoid disruption in your workflow, place your order before the trial period ends.
Subscription is highly recommended since it will keep your software up to date and grants a second free perpetual license for your laptop, among many other benefits. For details please read the SYCODE License and Subscription Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
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Since NC Import for SolidWorks is an add-in for SolidWorks, it must be loaded into the SolidWorks environment before it can be used. Please follow the simple instructions in the NC Import for SolidWorks ReadMe document which is copied into the installation folder. After you have loaded the add-in file into SolidWorks, Simply click on the menu items in the "NCImport" submenu to run these new commands. Truly, software made simple!
The 'NCImport' submenu consists of the following commands:
The NCImport submenu
NC Import for SolidWorks comes with detailed documentation for each command as well as a tutorial to get you started in the shortest possible time. There is also an online version of the help file which you can view by clicking the link below.
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Energy Efficient Data Processing in Visual Sensor Network
Identifying moving objects from a video sequence is a fundamental and critical task in many computer vision applications. After the images are captured they must be processed and then sent to the server. In this paper the authors characterize the energy consumption of a visual sensor network test bed. Each node in the test bed consists of a "Single-board computer", equipped with a network card and a webcam. They assess the energy consumption of activities representative of the target application (e.g., perimeter surveillance) using a benchmark that runs (individual and combinations of) "Basic" tasks such as processing, image acquisition, and communication over the network.
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First stop: Abita Springs Middle School. The capcity at this shelter hovered at 100. By 6p.m. it was nearing capacity while a few families from Lacombe made grilled cheese sandwiches on makeshift barbeque pit.
As her kids played alongside other children from her Lacombe neighborhood, Miss D said, "Ma'am, you're not gonna run my picture, are you . . . on account of this insurance thing?"
I assured her I wouldn't.
Two Red Cross workers -- one from Pennsylvania and a two time cancer survivor from Garden Grove, California took me on a tour of the junior high school gym that doubled as a Red Cross strategic command center (and separate sleeping quarters) behind a heavy blue curtain on the stage.
Evacuees grouped geographically around the room. A dozen kids and four mothers from St. Bernard parish played board games with exceptionally well-behaved children in one corner with a smattering of New Orleanians, although the bulk of occupants of this shelter were from St. Tammany parish communities along the lake.
The air conditioning in this shelter was great. Smelled a bit like old socks, but after all it was a gym.
Second stop: Creekside Jr. High School in Pearl River -- just outside of Hickory, La. on La. 41, only a couple miles from the sheriff's training academy.
This is the mac daddy of shelters. It has been run by Mr. Seeley, a retired Navy man and Red Cross volunteer for over a dozen years with his nurse wife, Peggy and their 14-year old daughter who has been volunteering since she was in grade school.
Extremely colorful environment, here. Old hippies mixed with trailer-dwellers from the surrounding area, with a smattering of evacuees from as far as Thibodaux (yes, I was told to leave the "e" out of the spelling of that city -- no matter what my high school French teacher taught me).
Seely offered me a fine Hurricane Gustav meal-in-a-box. The colorful packaging make it pretty appealing until he opened one up for me and out spilled the tidy little packets of self-heating food from last storm. Yes, my friends -- an MRE. I politely declined and continued socializing.
Stop Three: St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's training facility.
After parking my Jeep in the impound lot with dozens of sequestered cars, boats and other goodies, I trekked through a field of mud praying I wouldn't lose my footing and land derriere first infront of well . . . let's say hundreds of people.
So here I sit. My roommate (and only other woman journalist) in this testosterone-enhanced enclave is fast asleep in the cot across the room from mine. A tall, blonde 20-something from Arizona, she is Fox8's official Northshore reporter covering Hurricane Gustav. This is her first hurricane.


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MUSKEGON, MI – Joseph Lavern Varela, a 57-year-old Holland parolee with a history of breaking into homes, has been charged with felonies that could send him to prison for many years for a Fruitport Township home invasion foiled by the family dog.
Varela was arraigned Tuesday, May 27, in Muskegon County 60th District Court. He's charged with first-degree home invasion, resisting and obstructing police and being a fourth-time habitual offender. The home-invasion charge is normally a maximum 20-year felony, but the habitual offender count boosts the potential maximum to life in prison. Resisting and obstructing is normally a two-year felony, but the maximum jumps to 15 years because of the habitual count.
Muskegon County 60th District Judge Andrew Wierengo III set bond at $50,000 cash or surety and scheduled a probable-cause hearing for June 9.
The home invasion was reported around 10:48 a.m. Monday, May 26, in the 2300 block of East Broadway Avenue. After a search, police picked up Varela.
A resident reported that the dog woke the resident when a strange man appeared at the home's back slider door, according to a Fruitport Township Police Department press release.
"The resident watched the male subject as he walked to the side door of the residence and started to enter the residence through an unlocked door," the press release stated. "The resident confronted the male subject who then left the residence and fled on foot."
Police searched nearby residential areas and found a man police said matched the victim's description. Upon seeing the police, the man continued running, police said.
Norton Shores Police Department and Muskegon Heights Police Department officers assisted in setting up a perimeter of the area. A Norton Shores police officer saw the man run into a wooded area on the west side of U.S. 31. Police apprehended the man, later identified as Varela.
According to the Michigan Department of Corrections website, Varela was paroled from prison Jan. 14 after serving his minimum on a 10-to-40-year sentence for first-degree home invasion, committed Dec. 23, 2003, in Muskegon County. He also was in prison for two convictions of second-degree home invasion committed Oct. 22 and Nov. 24, 2003 in Muskegon County.
Varela also has a 1995 conviction of first-degree retail fraud.
John S. Hausman covers courts, prisons, the environment and local government for MLive/Muskegon Chronicle. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com and follow him on Twitter.


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UPSET: Speaking to Barbara Walters in an ABC "20/20" interview set to air Wednesday night, jailed actor Robert Blake, 69, awaiting trial on charges that he murdered his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, is "angry with comedians who make fun of him," Walters, 71, tells the New York Post. She says that he specifically names "Tonight" show host Jay Leno. "He (also) says he doesn't even know what it would be like if he did get out" of jail, Walters added, "because everyone assumes he's guilty."
SOUGHT: Police are searching for whoever sprayed bullets into Busta Rhymes's SUV on Friday, a few minutes after the rapper left it parked on a Manhattan street outside Violator Records and Violator Management (which represents Busta, 50 Cent, Missy Elliott and others), reports the Associated Press. No one was injured, said Sgt. Michael Wysokowski, a police spokesman. "It's not known if (Busta Rhymes) was the intended target," he said. It was the second time in a month that Violator's offices were the scene of gunfire. A rep for the rapper, 30, had no comment.
DIED: Rock Hall of Fame musician Howie Epstein, 47 bassist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers for 20 years until he was ousted from the band last May, died in a New Mexico hospital on Sunday, Billboard magazine's Web site reported Tuesday. He had battled legal and drug problems in recent years, though the precise cause of death has not yet been announced. "We are deeply saddened at the news of Howie's passing," Petty & the Heartbreakers said in a statement. "It's difficult to put into words how much we loved him and will miss him ... Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and his many friends."
DECLINED: A Los Angeles judge refused to dismiss a misdemeanor charge accusing Pee-wee Herman alter ego Paul Reubens, 50, of possessing child pornography, reports AP. Defense attorney Blair Berk had argued that a state law enacted in 1989 does not apply to material produced before that year and that the one-year statute of limitations for a misdemeanor crime expired before Reubens was charged in November. A trial date will be scheduled in Superior Court on Friday.
BUSTED: Alton Williams, 23, who appeared on MTV's "Real World Las Vegas," was arrested after a barroom brawl at a Make-A-Wish Foundation fundraiser Saturday in Charlotte, N.C. According to a police report posted on the Smoking Gun Web site, Williams was "scratching, biting and using abusive language" toward employees who were trying to calm an argument. Williams, who was serving as a celebrity bartender at the benefit, was arrested and charged with assault and resisting arrest before being released on $3,000 bail. MTV had no comment.
COUNTED: Sunday's 2003 Grammy telecast averaged 24.9 million viewers from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., a 31 percent jump from last year's average, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. CBS estimated that 55 million viewers watched some portion of the Grammy telecast. Viewership peaked between 9-9:30 p.m. with 27.7 million viewers.
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Diamond Foods Is Out of the Rough
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Since reaching a near-term low of $20.85 last September, Diamond Foods
Diamond, whose products include PopSecret popcorn, Kettle chips and Emerald snack nuts, had a tough 2013. In August the company had to pay $96 million in cash and stock to settle a securities lawsuit related to an accounting scandal. The company was alleged to have improperly accounted payments to walnut farmers. Later, the company reported a $36 million write-down from the Kettle-brand assets (and other items).
Complicating matters, this decision was made amid a period of weak walnut supply. It didn't make sense. At least that was the popular opinion. The argument was rivals including Mondelez
Today, Diamond -- although not flawless -- looks like a new company. Its shares are up over 18% for the year to date as of Friday's close of $30.60. Management has remained positive and has focused on implementing changes aimed at cleaning up Diamond's. This includes installing a new chief financial officer. These moves have begun to pay off.
Although not much was expected in the December quarter, Diamond showed it was cut above. Following Diamond's brutal September quarter, which missed earnings estimates, the company posted 1% revenue increase in its snack business. It was not a dominant performance. But it still beat the consensus estimate.
Management had offered a gloomier-than-expected outlook for the December quarter. This sent the shares tumbling 17%. So on a relative basis, the 1% growth in snacks should be considered a victory.
It seems management has taken control and is doing a much better job in shifting the company's product mix. It was encouraging the modest gain arrived even amid weak sales in Kettle U.S. The good news is management doesn't expect this weakness to continue. Plus, both Pop Secret and Kettle U.K. continue to drive higher sales.


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We've overhauled our live updates with certain fans in mind: those who cheer for Alabama and Auburn.
Stuck at a tailgate with your husband? Maybe Home Depot with the wife? No problem.
We'll watch the games for you updating key information as it impacts Alabama and Auburn - stuff you can't get on your phone or tablet from various robotic scoring updates. We'll also keep you updated on any potential upsets.
No matter what you're doing Saturday, this is the place to find key information so you feel smarter at the office Monday morning.Week 2 of college football features a small group of high-profile matchups between Top 25 teams, including an early SEC showdown that could determine the fate of the Eastern Division.
BYU 40, No. 15 Texas 21 (Final)
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Auburn 38, Arkansas State 9 (Final)
(Live updates: Auburn vs. Arkansas State (Chat with AL.com staff)
(Live updates: UAB beat reporter Drew Champlin is live at Tiger Stadium)
No. 17 Michigan 41, No. 14 Notre Dame 30 (Final)
Latest score: Michigan WR Drew Dileo caught a 4-yard score with 4:18 to play.You Just Missed It! The Wolverines clinched the win by picking off Notre Dame in the end zone.
Baller alert: Michigan QB Devin Gardner finished 21-for-33 for 294 yards passing and an additional 82 yards rushing with five total touchdowns.
No. 7 Texas A&M 65, Sam Houston State 28 (Final)
(Live analysis: Sam Houston State at Texas A&M leading into Alabama showdown)
Johnny Football alert: Manziel eclipsed 300 passing yards in the first half. He has three touchdown passes, one interception and a rushing score. He was substituted toward the end of the third quarter.
Quick Hits: Arkansas struggles to get past Samford (SEC)
No. 6 Georgia 41, No. 11 South Carolina 30, (Final)
Quick Hits: No. 11 Georgia outlasts No. 6 South Carolina in offensive shoot-out
Latest score: Aaron Murray hits Justin Scott-Wesley along the sideline who takes it for an 85-yard score.
You Just Missed It!: After South Carolina drove downfield to the Georgia goal line ready to close the gap with the Bulldogs, an impressive goal line stand held the Gamecocks scoreless on the drive. Connor Shaw optioned to Mike Davis on 4th-and-1 at the goal line and the play was stuffed at the line of scrimmage, sealing the victory for Georgia.
Baller Alert: Georgia running back Todd Gurley had 115 yards rushing on 26 carries with one rushing touchdown and one receiving touchdown.
Missouri 38, Toldeo 23 (Final)
YOU JUST MISSED IT! Toldeo pulled within one point in the second half, but Missouri held off the upset bid pulling away late to go to 2-0.
Baller Alert: Toldeo quarterback Terrance Owens is 27-of-42 passing for 264 yards with a touchdown and three interceptions. He also has a touchdown run.
Miami 21, No. 12 Florida 16 (Final)
Quick Hits: No. 12 Florida commits 5 turnovers in loss to Miami
YOU JUST MISSED IT! Following Duke Johnson's touchdown, the Gators quickly finish a 4-play, 55-yard drive with a touchdown to cut the lead to five points, but it may be too little too late as Florida fails to recover its onside kick.
BALLER ALERT: Florida WR Solomon Patton had six catches for 118 yards and a touchdown.
IMPACT TO ALABAMA/AUBURN: Florida is not a regular-season opponent for the Tide or Tigers, but there's always concern about an SEC title clash with the Gators. There's a lot of season left, but Florida didn't appear to be championship caliber losing to the Hurricanes.
Tennessee 52, Western Kentucky 20 (Final)
Quick Hits: Turnovers doom Western Kentucky against Tennessee
YOU JUST MISSED IT! After picking off a WKU pass in the end zone, Tennessee drove 80 yards in just under four minutes to score their seventh touchdown of the day. Butch Jones' offense appears to be in full working order heading into next week's showdown with Oregon.
BALLER ALERT: UT running back Marlin Lane led all rushers with 16 carries for 97 yards and a touchdown.
IMPACT TO ALABAMA/AUBURN: The Tide and Tigers each face the Volunteers this fall, and now that Tennessee is 2-0 the confidence in Knoxville rises with each win. Alabama will host the Vols on Oct. 26, and Auburn with travel to Neyland Stadium on Nov. 9.


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Dec 10, 2012 at 12:54 am #1296920
Evan McCarthyParticipant
@evanrussiaLocale: Mid-Atlantic
My wife's cat decided to set up camp on my cuben gear after a recent trip. I very delicately coaxed him off, which prevented his evil little paws from finding purchase in my purchases.Dec 10, 2012 at 2:54 am #1934440
jason quickMember
@jaseLocale: A tent in my backyard - Melbourne
Whenever I pitch and sleep in my tent in the backyard, my bl**dy cat comes in and tries to scratch/claw on both the inner or outer. I usually keep him inline.
But…this one time, he got in my tent, and slept on my Exped down mat. For some reason, I came in and accidentally startled him, and as he darted off the mat, he kindly punctured the mat via 6 minute claw holes.
Oh…the repair process was painstaking.
The closest he comes now to my gear are his lame attempts to claim territory on my CF tent….but he cops it by the hose before he even gears up to fire off a squirt!Dec 10, 2012 at 1:40 pm #1934570
Ben 2 WorldParticipant
@ben2worldLocale: So Cal
Is it really just a coincidence that our microwaves are sized just right for cats??Dec 10, 2012 at 1:45 pm #1934571
Bob GrossMember
@b-g-2-2Locale: Silicon Valley
The cats must like the microwave oven, because they seem to quit meowing after just a little while.
–B.G.–Dec 10, 2012 at 1:46 pm #1934572
John VanceParticipant
@servingkoLocale: Intermountain West
As long as you remove the turntable…we wouldn't want to make the little buggers dizzy.Dec 10, 2012 at 2:34 pm #1934587
a bMember
I don't have a cat, but my landlord has one next door to me.. so I have a cat too.
Claus (the cat) makes himself quite at home on my 20 year old WM zero bag everytime i leave the door open.
Since the shell is singed, stained, and has a dozen repairs to it, i really don't mind when he does his claw thing and circles before his nap.
Almost made the mistake of leaving my brand new EE revelation on the bed.
Luckily i got to the quilt before Claus did!
You bet he was bee-lining it for the "new" kitty bed.
I love cats. Sisters always had them when i grew up so they always remind me of home.Dec 10, 2012 at 2:52 pm #1934590
Steven ParisParticipant
@saparisorLocale: Pacific Northwest
I love the not-so-subtle message in Evan's post: not "our" cat or "the" cat, but "my wife's" cat.Dec 10, 2012 at 3:39 pm #1934598
Mary DParticipant
@hikinggrannyLocale: Gateway to Columbia River Gorge
I noticed that, too, LOL!
While I like cats, I'm glad I don't have one, so I can store my insulated air pad under the bed!
The cat that occasionally shows up in Franco's videos seems much better behaved!Dec 10, 2012 at 3:59 pm #1934605
Jeffs ElevenParticipant
@woodenwizardLocale: NePo
I stored mine under the bed. No claw holes- just puke.
Ahhhh, cats.Dec 10, 2012 at 4:08 pm #1934606
I don't like it when they pee and poop on my stuff.Dec 10, 2012 at 4:26 pm #1934612
Nathan VParticipant
@junkLocale: The Great Lake State
My dog loves to lay on my gear too, any time he can.Dec 10, 2012 at 4:29 pm #1934614
Bob GrossMember
@b-g-2-2Locale: Silicon Valley
Cats especially like a catenary curve.
–B.G.–Dec 10, 2012 at 6:32 pm #1934647
Jeffs ElevenParticipant
@woodenwizardLocale: NePo
Bob… you are on fire, sir.Dec 11, 2012 at 2:40 pm #1934809
In my neighborhood, there is a posse of three kittens (about 1.5 years old now) that are cute as all get-out, but also…trouble.
Set up a tent in my backyard and patched up all the holes and tears it had acquired over the years. My buyer comes no more than a half-hour later. In that short time, the tent had acquired three or four new tears. The tears have cat-claw arcs to them. Stealth kitties have slunk away and are nowhere to be seen.
Amazingly, my buyer just laughed and bought the tent anyway.
– ElizabethDec 11, 2012 at 2:46 pm #1934812
Inevitably, the neighbor kitties will offer to "help" with my backpacking sewing projects:Dec 11, 2012 at 6:29 pm #1934869
Ben 2 WorldParticipant
@ben2worldLocale: So Cal
These things in broad daylight are scarier than teenage trick or treaters in the dead of night!! :)Dec 11, 2012 at 6:40 pm #1934870
Ahhh – you must be feeding themDec 11, 2012 at 7:33 pm #1934896
We are not, in fact, feeding them ANYTHING.
Their mom (next door) is gone all day, and they are really into play. They know that if they stare in the window long enough, eventually I'll go "Oh, you're too cute," and open the door. At which point they'll run back into the yard, where I keep the sticks and pieces of grass that they like me to pull around for them to leap on.
Or, put up a tent for them to play on.
But yeah, I'm told this photo is a bit intimidating…Kitties look like "A posse on a mission," and quite a serious one, at that.
– ElizabethDec 11, 2012 at 7:39 pm #1934899
zombies trying to get into the house?Dec 15, 2012 at 7:32 am #1935576
Jennifer MitolParticipant
@jenmitolLocale: In my dreams....
Oh my goodness the cat puke!! I have no trouble with either the dog or the cat defecating on my stuff…but I have SO much trouble storing all my sleeping bags/quilts because of the cat puke! It's her hobby, and she specifically looks for anything down or cuben to hurl on. Frankly I believe she aims for it.
And those damned strings that hang off the bottom of Tim's EE quilts…I'm lucky they are all still attached. I think I may have to get some cotton bags for these quilts/bags to save them from a rather playful kitty…..Dec 15, 2012 at 3:21 pm #1935678
Tom KirchnerParticipant
@ouzelLocale: Pacific Northwest/Sierra
"Set up a tent in my backyard and patched up all the holes and tears it had acquired over the years. My buyer comes no more than a half-hour later. In that short time, the tent had acquired three or four new tears. The tears have cat-claw arcs to them. Stealth kitties have slunk away and are nowhere to be seen."
Sounds like a job for Wiley. ;0)Dec 18, 2012 at 9:00 pm #1936521
Everytime I set up a tarp or to work on or air out our tent my cats finf it open season to try to destroy them. Don't get me started on laying my WM sleeping bag out, they love to burrow into it……errrrr. Pics to follow…..sighDec 18, 2012 at 9:02 pm #1936525
And Evan, it's not your wifes cat, but both if yours……50/50 ……;)Dec 19, 2012 at 9:47 am #1936619
Daryl and DarylParticipant
@lyrad1Locale: Pacific Northwest, USA, Earth
When I sleep in the yard to test a tent our cat Squiggles will visit me. She somehow figures out where my head is and pounces on it from outside.
Also, after breakfast each morning she will crawl under our bed's down comforter in a mole like fashon and nap under there for several hours. Makes me laugh when I see the lump under the comforter.Dec 19, 2012 at 10:01 am #1936627
My cat burrows under our comforter too
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that former Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson would grace the cover the behemoth video game franchise, NCAA Football 14.
It seemed like a smart choice due to the potent mix of Michigan football's marketability and Robinson's recognizable persona. Well, at least, recognizable to most people.
"The other day I went by GameStop," Robinson said in a recent interview following Jacksonville Jaguars minicamp. "And I looked, and I'm like, 'It's really me.'"
Taken aback by seeing himself on the promotions for one of his favorite video games, he had to say something.
"I told the lady at the desk, 'Yeah, that's me on the cover'," Robinson recalled. "She was like, 'That's not you!'
"I was like, 'Hey, that's alright. You don't have to believe me, but I know that's me.'"
Perhaps she gets that a lot.
Robinson set the single-season Division I FBS record for rushing yards by a quarterback in 2010, becoming the only player in NCAA history to both pass and rush for 1,500 yards. Robinson has top eight single-game performances in total yards in Michigan football history and nine of the top ten.
"It was like the craziest feeling ever," Robinson said. "I mean, it's a blessing. A lot of people that supported me and the Michigan fan base and everybody that just watched college football got behind me."
Robinson is the third former Michigan player to be on the cover of EA Sports' NCAA Football, joining Heisman Trophy winners Charles Woodson (1999) and Desmond Howard (2006).
The game will launch Tuesday, July 9, for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Although, Robinson already has his team selected.
"I only play Michigan. I can't play anyone else."
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