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Just over two months before his scheduled retirement, Charleston airport's second-in-command Bill New abruptly stepped down last week, the third top-tier manager to leave in less than nine months.
New's upbeat one-page letter of departure gave no indication of internal turbulence, but on Friday New said he left early for the same reasons that drove former director Sue Stevens away last July.
"Obviously, there is some micromanaging going on coming back from the board, not the whole board but some members," New said. "I don't know what the real agenda is, and I don't want to come off as being negative or bitter. ... It seems like a continuation of what was going on even when Sue Stevens was there."
Aviation Authority Chairman Andy Savage said New's April 18 departure stemmed from a late February letter from board member Larry Richter to an attorney hired late last year to issue an opinion about the way the agency procures its legal services. Savage said New believed Richter's actions questioned New's integrity.
Richter's letter to lawyer Amy Jenkins, obtained by The Post and Courier, requested copies of all email correspondence between Jenkins and any airport staff or board member.
"There is a concern about our internal methods of handling certain matters, and I am trying to get all of that sorted out," Richter says in the letter. "I'd prefer receiving this information from you rather than asking staff for it."
New, as second in command, was involved in overseeing the outside attorney's opinion on the agency's procurement policy, and he had access to all the documents Richter was requesting.
Richter, who recently had surgery, was not aware New had decided to step down early and said it was never his intention to cause distress.
"I'm very sorry Bill had his feelings hurt in any way," Richter said.
Richter said he was trying to determine the chain of events leading up to the legal opinion sought on the Aviation Authority's procurement manual.
He said the opinion came in before the board asked for an attorney general's opinion and it should have been shared with the board.
Airports Director Paul Campbell said the opinion arrived just before the board meeting in December, but staff did not have time to review it.
"I just don't think there was any trust in the staff that we were going to report back any information that we received," New said.
New said he was "tired" of what was going on and said, "It's time for me to go."
He was set to step down in the fall but agreed to stay on until June 30 to fill the void left after Stevens resigned in July, citing bullying by certain board members and launching dual investigations by the State Law Enforcement Division and the FBI into some board members' possible meddling in construction contracts.
New also agreed to stay on longer to help steer the agency while Campbell, its new director who also is a state senator, served the better part of three days a week in the General Assembly in Columbia from January to June.
The agency is interviewing applicants for the deputy director's job and should have an announcement by mid-May, Campbell said.
Stevens' resignation followed the retirement of chief airport engineer Jim Fann last June. Stevens had asked to keep Fann on to oversee airport construction, but some board members thwarted her request.
With New now gone, Savage hopes the exodus of upper-level staff members will stop.
"We can't continue to have this drain in the top of our senior management," Savage said. "Stability is important."
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As the University of Massachusetts board of trustees puts the vote over a hefty fee increase on the back burner, and college students everywhere find themselves having more difficulty finding work, Seware Kangalu, a UMass economics major, has found his own answer: a dormitory barbershop.
DailyCollegian.com has a story up today about Kangalu, who started working on-campus jobs before deciding to start his own business.
"I started out my freshman year working at the UMass Annual Fund, but they were only paying minimum wage so I wasn't making enough to pay for school and my other bills. I had to find another way to make better money," he told Collegian correspondent Kathryn Foley.
Now, I've heard of kids running businesses out of their dormitories - but usually the most successful ones get busted by UMPD and slapped with intention to distribute. It's good to see there's honest ways to make a living, as long as your roommate doesn't mind.
Kangalu uses word of mouth, Facebook and his Web site to attract customers to his Southwest dorm, also known as 'D' Cutz [the "D" is for dorm].
This guy's a real businessman. The best part of his site: "THIS YEAR IM AT 811 WASHINGTON.. TWO MINUTES FROM THE BERKSHIRE DC"
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The college football season is on the horizon and teams are gearing up for the 2011 campaign. The Arkansas Razorbacks are projected to be one of the top 25 teams in the country and compete with the best teams in the country.
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Vivid orange-pink. Intense aromas of dried red berries and blood orange, with subtle notes of flowers and anise. Sappy, penetrating and focused on entry, then fleshier in the mid-palate, offering powerful bitter cherry and citrus zest flavors and a sexy touch of honeysuckle. Rich but dry and mineral-drenched rose with excellent finishing cut and length.


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Does the Opel Ampera solve the E.Vs shortcomings?
Michael McAleer
This week in Motors we saw that Renault has chosen to lease batteries for its electric vehicle line-up and this is something we have also discussed in this week's Irish Times Motors Podcast and the truth is that until more of the major manufacturers have their electric vehicle solutions on the ground then there is going to be hesitancy on the part of the customer.
Following on from the announcement of the Renault range of electric cars, I jumped on a plane and went to The Hague, where Opel were showing off their Ampera, which Michael McAleer had driven in the previous weeks in Motors and this would prove to be an altogether different approach to the electric vehicle. The thing with this is, that there is literally none of the stress that you now find as a feature of the current batch of pure electric vehicle. The Nissan Leaf is a car we have already spent considerable time in and it does do a great job, but in the back of your head and flashing on the dashboard in front of you, there is always the reminder that you are restricted in where you can go and to when you can go (if you have to sit and wait for the car to charge) and that removes one of the facets of motoring that we love, which is total freedom.
With the Ampera, you can play the EV 'game' if you want and you can be graceful with your right foot and glean as many kilometres as possible from the batteries. But having done all that, if heaven forbid, you get a call from your other half to say that you need to get home in a hurry for an emergency, you don't need to think. The small petrol engine that sits there like an old trusted dog will bark into action when required to bring you home. It is that added sense of security that might make the Ampera the perfect solution.
The main drawback of the Ampera seems to be the price. If you consider that it will cost around €45,000 in Ireland, then it is in some pretty serious company, with cars like the BMW 520D, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, Audi, A6 and Jaguar XF now well within the grasp of a buyer with this sort of money. That makes the Ampera a very serious lifestyle choice and you would need to have green blood coursing through your veins to be able to drive past any of these showrooms into an Opel one, regardless of how clever the technology might well be.


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89 Points | Stephen Tanzer's IWC - July/August 2011
Pale yellow. Pungent, high-pitched aromas of candied orange and pear, with a spicy nuance and a touch of anise. Picks up smokiness with air, which adds depth to the zesty citrus flavors. Shows good energy on the taut, focused finish. I like this wine's vivacity and imagine that it will be even better in a couple of years. It carries a low pH of 3.19 and saw no new oak.


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SYLVANIA, Ga. — Reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart got down and dirty Saturday night, winning the All Star Circuit of Champions sprint car portion of the Winter Freeze at Screven Motor Speedway.
Stewart held off Jason Sides to take the $5,000 victory at the three-eighths-mile dirt track, while Cody Darrah, Terry McCarl and Fred Rahmer rounded out the top five.
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The ground will welcome six of the top eight sides in the world for the hugely anticipated tournament, which will run from June 6th – 23rd next summer.
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Russia will "over the next few days" be sending an anti-submarine ship and a missile cruiser to the Mediterranean as the West prepares for possible strikes against Syria, the Interfax news agency said on Thursday.
Is it WW3? Russia will not stand for any attack upon Syria without a ww3. Does America have enuf military might to defeat Russia and China in s ww3? Thats what we are about to find out. It is now ww3. America always trumps up some reason to have its wars. As they are doing for ww3?


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BUCKNER -- When it really mattered, the Rockets were able to play smart basketball Friday night.
Consider the final minutes of Shelby's 61-58 victory at Oldham County a template for closing out games.
The Rockets went 6-for-7 from the line in the final two minutes. They didn't make any silly turnovers. And neither did they give up an open 3-point shot.
BUCKNER -- Losing starter Marissa Raisor midway through the second quarter Friday night against Oldham County could have devastated the Lady Rockets.
As a senior, Raisor rarely gets replaced, and she runs much of Shelby County's defense, her steals tending to spark the team.
But as her ankle swelled to the size of a softball, Raisor didn't have to watch her team struggle against the Lady Colonels. The Lady Rockets seemed to play harder.
BUCKNER -- Both Shelby girls and boys basketball teams came away with wins at Oldham County High School Friday.
The girls won 74-57 in the first game of the night. Shelby trailed early in the first but turned that around to a 21-11 lead in the first quarter.
Lady Rocket senior Marissa Raisor went out with an ankle injury in the second quarter. She's expected to be out for more than a week. Her teammates rallied on the floor without their defensive leader.
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Description: The Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley consists of approximately 24 million acres of alluvial floodplain south of the Mississippi Rivers confluence with the Ohio River. Prior to European settlement, this was the greatest bottomland hardwood forest on earth and was subject to massive annual flood events of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. These forested wetlands were the main wintering area for mid-continent Mallards, Wood Ducks, and other waterfowl species. Flood control and deforestation for agriculture began more than 100 years ago. Today, less than 25 percent of the region remains forested, and flooding has been reduced by about 90 percent. Despite these changes, the region still winters large numbers of waterfowl, estimated at about 9 percent of the continental duck population. With the large reduction in native habitat and natural flooding, the major waterfowl management issue today is providing enough foraging habitat on managed private and public lands to reliably meet the needs of wintering ducks and geese. Many shorebird species also use managed wetlands for migration stopover sites. Remnant forests harbor populations of Swainsons Warbler, prothonotary Warbler, and Swallow-tailed Kite. The region provides excellent colonial waterbird habitat, particularly to the south where large numbers of White Ibis, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, and other herons and egrets nest.
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U.S. Airways pilot Captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger became an overnight hero in 2009 when he safely landed an engine-failing Flight 1549 in New York City's Hudson River – saving all 155 people onboard.
First Look! Tom Hanks Becomes Hero Pilot Sully in Clint Eastwood Drama
Originally posted 06/29/2016 10:00AM
In Tom Hanks' latest film, he suits up as Captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger – the U.S. Airways pilot who made a heroic emergency landing on the Hudson River in 2009.
Gerard Butler & Aaron Eckhart Feast Together in Rome
Originally posted 04/09/2013 06:00AM
When in Rome ... Gerard Butler dines like he's in Brooklyn!
Over the weekend, the actor was spotted checking out the original Antica Pesa outpost with girlfriend Madalina Ghenea. The couple enjoyed lunch on Saturday afternoon with Butler's Olympus Has Fallen costar Aaron Eckhart.
The actors were in Italy to promote their new flick, and they were were greeted personally by the restaurant's chef-owner Simone Panella, who prepared a selection of farm-to-table dishes for the stars. The two actors even posed with Panella and will join other celebrity guests on the wall of fame.
Their appetizers included artichoke and ricotta cheese pie; prosciutto and mozzarella cheese; octopus salad with Roman broccoli; grilled vegetables and a fresh vegetable followed by a small tasting of cacio e pepe pasta.
And for dessert they also indulged in tiramisu, white chocolate semifreddo and creme brulée – all while smoking Cohiba cigars.
– Kristin Boehm
Nicole Kidman Wants to Marry Off Aaron Eckhart
Originally posted 12/03/2010 08:30AM
Keith Urban, watch out: Nicole Kidman has her eyes on another man – her on-screen husband.
In Rabbit Hole – a drama based on a stage play and starring Kidman and Aaron Eckhart as a couple whose son had died in an accident – Eckhart, 42, sheds his shirt ... and proves himself an exceedingly buff heartthrob.
At Thursday's New York premiere, Kidman told PEOPLE that she "begged Eckhart to play opposite her," saying he'd make a terrific husband on and off-camera.
Jessica Alba, Brooke Shields to Judge Tribeca Film Festival
Originally posted 04/20/2010 11:15AM
Jessica Alba, Brooke Shields, Alicia Keys and America Ferrera have been summoned to jury duty – for New York's Tribeca Film Festival.
Joining them on the judging panel will be Zach Braff, Aaron Eckhart, Justin Bartha, Selma Blair, Peter Facinelli, Cheryl Hines and Whoopi Goldberg.
Their civic duty to the independent film community involves being holed up in screening rooms and together choosing their favorite entries – with 12 narrative films and 12 documentaries competing for $100,000 in cash prizes.
Sources: Aaron Eckhart and Molly Sims a Couple
Originally posted 11/17/2009 07:10PM
Things are heating up for the hottest couple of the moment: actor Aaron Eckhart and model-turned-actress (and now jewelry designer) Molly Sims.
Reports first circulated last week that they shared an intimate dinner at Sullivan's Steakhouse in Baton Rouge, followed by a report Tuesday that Sims gushed to friends, "Aaron's a great guy!"
Sources have now confirmed to PEOPLE that the two are in fact a couple and have been quietly dating for a few weeks.
Jennifer Aniston Leads 'An Interesting Life,' Says Costar
Originally posted 09/16/2009 02:00PM
Expecting diva-like antics from Jennifer Aniston? No way, says her costar in the upcoming Love Happens.
"She was very easygoing, very effortless," Aaron Eckhart, 41, told PEOPLE at the movie's premiere in Westwood, Calif., Tuesday. "I think that's the word I want to use: effortless."
He explains, "She keeps good people around her. She's interested. She asks questions. She gets outside of herself and lives, I would say at the very least, an interesting life. It's not really always her own. She deals with it very well."
In between photo ops with Eckhart, Aniston, 40, attended Tuesday's premiere solo, smiling, taking pictures with fans, signing autographs and talking to press – though she kept her chatter brief.
Watch Jennifer Aniston Fall in Love with Aaron Eckhart
Originally posted 06/17/2009 06:00PM
In the upcoming romantic drama Love Happens, the only person more confused than Jennifer Aniston is the self-help-author-with-a-secret Aaron Eckhart. "Can I say something with the acknowledgment my life is an experiment in really bad decisions: You're really messed up," the actress's character tells Eckhart in this sneak-peek trailer. The Universal Pictures movie opens Sept. 18. – Mike Fleeman
Aaron Eckhart Would Relocate for the Right Partner
Originally posted 07/22/2008 03:05PM
Ladies, form an orderly line: Aaron Eckhart is single – and he isn't limited by geography in his search for a partner.
Asked at Monday's Leicester Square premiere of The Dark Knight if he'd ever settle down in London, Eckhart joked to reporters: "What's her name?"
"It's all about the girl," he added.
Daughter Matilda Was Heath's Focus on Dark Knight Set
Originally posted 06/30/2008 08:25AM
Heath Ledger's maniacal twist on the Joker in The Dark Knight in no way resembled his true character off set – that of a proud father to his 2-year-old daughter, Matilda, his costars say.
"Because he died people want a dark story [that] he was so obsessed with the character, he was so contaminated by the Joker and he couldn't sleep and all of that stuff," said costar Gary Oldman, who plays Lt. Jim Gordon in the film, adding that wasn't the case.
"In between takes he would sit on the curbside and smoke a cigarette and laugh and talk about his daughter Matilda," added Oldman Sunday at the press day for the film. "I thought he was just a beautiful kid. I thought he was just wonderful. I had a real affection for him.
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Redmond O'Neal, son of actress Farrah Fawcett, will be arraigned by a judge in Santa Clarita Superior Court on Tuesday.
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies arrested O'Neal in the parking lot of Pitchess Detention Center at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, said Steve Whitmore, sheriff's spokesman.
O'Neal was driving a friend to jail to visit an inmate housed at the facility, Whitmore said.
During a routine security check of O'Neal's car, he told deputies he was in possession of narcotics, Whitmore said.
O'Neal was on probation for a drug conviction at the time of his arrest, Whitmore said.
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DEKALB COUNTY, Alabama - A man seen driving a car fitting the description of one being driven by an escaped Etowah County inmate was arrested Saturday by Collinsville Police, DeKalb Sheriff Jimmy Harris said.
Calvin Tyrone Mostiller, 40, of Guntersville was charged with first-degree receiving stolen property and unlawful possession of a controlled substance. He was taken to DeKalb County Detention Center.
Officers thought he might be Vincente Castaneda, 46, an escapee from the Etowah County Jail who is still at large.
Officers spotted Mostiller driving a silver Honda car which fit the description of one Castenada was said to be driving.
"Mostiller failed to stop for the deputies until he was forced into a dead end road a short time later," Harris said. Mostiller was jailed on outstanding warrants and transported to the DeKalb County Detention Center. Harris said additional charges are pending.
"These officers were very observant in catching this individual while they were looking for the escapee who was from Collinsville," the sheriff said. "There may be some more charges once we get all the information about the actual theft of the car from Marshall County."
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Though it is not nearly as reliant on the Internet for its growth as many a business is today, Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN ) continues to build outs its Web presence and set up for a future in online gaming. As Nevada's just-legalized online gaming community begins its life, European online gambling giant 888 Holdings (LSE: 888 ) has inked a deal with the iconic Wynn to launch and manage Wynn-branded sites. The deal comes at the same time that Wynn has announced it will be utilizing computers in a competitor's casino in New Jersey to launch an online gambling business in that state as well. As federal and state regulators figure out how to manage the relatively new industry, the big casino players are lining up to tap into what could be a near $8 billion business.
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The gaming industry appears to be at the beginning of a major growth phase, both physically and on the Web. With Macau growth figures still well into the teens, the massive development on the Cotai peninsula, and the United States' foray into legal online gambling, there are more than enough ways for the companies to reach more customers and risk-takers than ever before.
Wynn Resorts is one of the best in the business, run by the man who essentially conceived the modern Las Vegas strip. The company has a substantial presence in Macau, and is building a $4 billion resort in Cotai, due to open in 2016.
One of the company's latest maneuvers takes place in the state of New Jersey, where Wynn owns no casino. However, under direction of state regulators to allow gaming companies to partner up and spur the limp-wristed industry, Wynn is putting servers inside of Caesars Entertainment's casino in Atlantic City in order to capitalize on the state's entrance into online gambling -- a business recently made legal in Nevada and likely to find its way into more and more states hungry for additional tax revenues.
As mentioned, Wynn is working with 888 Holdings -- a company emerging as one of the biggest players in the U.S. online gambling business. Wynn will use the company's software and support in Nevada, and in New Jersey as well.
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The biggest threat to online gambling has been regulation. The business itself is wonderful -- many of the upsides of physical casinos without the multibillion-dollar expense to build and manage one.
Now, as some states in the U.S. have clarified the murky business, it is all in for the gaming companies. With Wynn aggressively positioning itself to bank on all of these emerging (yet domestic) markets, investors can expect to see the results padding overall bottom lines.
Besides the well-known casino owners, investors could also look at the London Stock Exchange-listed 888 Holdings. The company is not only working with Wynn, but with Casesars' new WSOP.com website. On its own, 888 is the third largest online poker company in the world. Over the past year, the stock is up more than 80%.
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Jim Stack doesn't have a problem with world trade as a means to provide the world's inhabitants with an adequate supply of agricultural products. It's what comes with it that troubles him.
"When we move products around, we cannot help but move pests and pathogens, too," the director of the National Biosecurity Research Institute at Kansas State University said at the National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants annual meeting in Orlando, Fla.
"In 2007, the United States imported 48 million tons of agricultural products and only inspected 1 percent to 2 percent of them. The volumes are just too big. We know things are getting through. We are intercepting thousands of pests and pathogens with just 1 percent to 2 percent inspection."
Stack says the problem will likely worsen as world population increases, and world trade rises to compensate.
"Today, over 1 million people live on lands that exceed the carrying capacity. One-third of the world's population lives in poverty, and 100 million people live in imminent danger of starvation."
With projections that world population will reach 9 billion people in several decades, or 32 percent more people than exist at present, "this places a lot of pressure on the world to produce."
Stack noted that the United Nations' Millennium Goals, established 10 years ago to eradicate extreme poverty, alleviate extreme hunger and improve public health, suggests that increasing world trade is the key to providing food security in the world.
But what critters will be hitching rides on crates and containers? Quite a few, Stack says, unless plant biosecurity efforts are stepped up.
Stack defines plant biosecurity as "containment, or keeping certain organisms in certain spaces, and exclusion, or keeping certain organisms out of certain spaces. That's whether we're talking about a field, a state or an entire nation.
"During the course of this meeting, there are 6 million cargo containers in transit on the ocean. Interestingly, while we've been sitting here, 82 containers are going to fall off the ship. Some of them wash up on shores, break open and spew their contents. If it's a shipment of Lays potato chips, it's not bad. But it's not just the product. It's the containers they're being shipped in. Invasive species will cause $1.2 billion in damage in the three days of this meeting."
Stack says the magnitude and expanse of modern trade makes it virtually impossible to check every container or crate. "The geographic barriers that used to keep organisms contained are irrelevant. We're putting them on ships and airplanes. Natural barriers are now irrelevant."
Stack said an example surfaced recently, with central Italy's importation of used automobile tires from the United States, which carried mosquitoes which subsequently vectored a virus. "Thousands of people became ill. They lost productivity in the workplace. A lot of donated blood was also affected and they had massive disruptions of scheduled surgeries."
The speed at which produce moves is another concern for Stack. "Right now, we can produce plants in Kenya and Guatemala, harvest them, transport them to the United States, get them through the inspection process and to wholesale in the United States in 36 hours.
"Right outside the inspection stations is a line of trucks waiting to transport the products once they're cleared."
The 2008 farm bill "calls for enhanced surveillance and interception for imported goods," Stack said. "This is another step in the right direction. Is it going to be enough? Absolutely not, but not because of inadequate effort. It's because the volumes are too large.
"Just in the Port of Miami in 2009, we imported over a million live plants and 2.6 million pounds of seed for planting. Forty-four thousand potential invasives were intercepted and 2,700 exotic pests were identified."
Stack says one key to enhancing plant biosecurity is early detection. "The idea is to find it fast. It's the people in the fields, the packing houses and the distribution systems that need to be the eyes. Enhanced surveillance is all about being aware of what the potential introductions are or being aware of unusual circumstances."
Stack noted that the National Plant Diagnostic Network is one of several organizations providing training for the effort. "There are also online modules and workshops. I encourage you to stay current on this."
Stack says that some leaders in developed nations have advocated that their countries "stop trading plants altogether. We can't do that. But we have to understand the consequences of trade, then commit the preparation necessary to deal with some of the negative impacts.
Another aspect of plant biosecurity is bioterrorism, according to Stack. "It is not as big a deal as natural introduction, but to ignore it would be foolish."
There has been at least one instance of bioterrorism, Stack said. "In Brazil there is a pathogen that was introduced from one region to another by land reformers who wanted to damage the local cocoa industry and its hold on local politics. They wanted to muck up the economy there so they could come into power. The pathogen did become established, and cocoa production fell 62 percent in 10 years."
The irony of plant biosecurity versus food security isn't lost on Stack either. "Increased trade undermines plant biosecurity. How does this make sense? The solution is the problem."
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• Our experience with angioscopy suggests that direct visualization of the arterial lumen during thromboembolectomy procedures would provide a more reliable method of assessing luminal morphologic characteristics than angiography alone. We inspected 32 grafts (seven aortobifemoral, 18 infrainguinal bypass, and seven dialysis access fistula grafts) in 32 patients. Thirty-one patients had thrombotic events and one patient had an acute embolus. Angioscopy following standard catheter thrombectomy revealed significant amounts of retained thrombus or neointima in all thrombectomies. Angioscopic information from 18 patients with an infrainguinal bypass graft led to graft revision in six cases and placement of a new graft in 10 cases. One graft limb was replaced in seven aortobifemoral grafts, and multiple repeated thrombectomies were employed to extract debris in the remaining six cases. Repeated graft thrombectomy was also beneficial in dialysis access fistulas. Angioscopy allowed us to omit the completion angiogram and led to an improved technical result. We conclude that angioscopy is useful during thromboembolectomy procedures.
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Fashion watch and accessories maker Fossil Group Inc. reported weaker fourth-quarter sales and said the stronger U.S. dollar and aggressive discounting hurt its profit. Fossil also said Tuesday that it signed a licensing agreement to design, develop and distribute Kate Spade New York watches through 2025.
Richardson-based Fossil reported a profit of $154.1 million, or $3 a share, in the period ended Jan. 3, versus a profit of $148.5 million, or $2.68 a share, a year ago.
Total fourth-quarter sales were flat to a year ago at $1.065 billion. Sales of watches and leather goods partly declined slightly due to the impact of a stronger dollar. Jewelry sales increased 13 percent.
Results were reported after the market closed.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters forecast a fourth-quarter profit of $3.07 a share. Total sales were forecast to rise 5.3 percent to $1.12 billion.
Fossil is one of the companies that some believed may be hit by a Jan. 15 decision from Switzerland's central bank to abandon the Swiss franc's cap against the euro. The franc shot up by 30 percent and created worries that exporters of Swiss made watches face a big challenge ahead.
Cowen and Co. analysts said in a report last month that the impact would be greater on some of Fossil's competitors, such as Movado, which have a higher exposure to Swiss made materials and labor.
Swiss-made is a small piece of Fossil's business so far. It's well below 5 percent of total sales and represents about 500,000 watches a year. But the potential to expand its Swiss watch business has potential with brand licensing, such as the Tory Burch watches launched late last year. Kate Spade watches will be added in 2016.
Fossil's stock price has declined 17 percent in the past year as U.S. mall traffic slowed and the dollar's strength against other currencies, particularly the euro, lowered profits. Some of its largest U.S. customers are department stores and half of Fossil's sales are from outside of the U.S.
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AARP offers an online driver safety course (it's a defensive driving course) for $19.95 and it qualifies as a defensive driving course with respect to auto insurance premium discounts. By law in 34 states, auto insurance company is required to give you a discount if you complete a "classroom-based, state-approved driver-improvement course." Those states are, according to AARP, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.
Now, the AARP course is online and only 21 states require a discount if you take an online course: Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.
The AARP Driver Safety course is normally $19.95, $15.95 for AARP members, but there is a promotion going on now according to members of Fatwallet – for Black History Month they're offering the course for just $5 if you use the promo code BHM2013.
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Some states the DMV Law is indeed min. age of 55 years to get the discount on this course (you can take it at 50, but you get no benefit from it for ins. savings purposes). SO BE SURE TO CHECK WITH YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY PRIOR TO SIGNING UP!!
also, in most states, this course will get you the discount ONLY IF ALL DRIVERS on the policy take the course, if husband and wife on policy, be sure YOU BOTH sign up for $5ea. AGAIN, CHECK WITH INSURANCE CO. FIRST!! (also, if one is over 55 and the other under 55 (or 50 as the case may be), it may still not work, so be sure to flush out all these issues with your ins. co first before enrolling)
Finally, in most states, this course completion will earn you the discount for a THREE YEAR PERIOD starting with YOUR NEXT PREMIUM RENEWAL DATE. So if you take it now, and you insurance renews on 6/1/13, it may earn you the discount for 36 months from June 1, 2013.
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If you aren't sure, call your insurance and ask if this will save you money. Sadly, Maryland is in neither list so I can't take advantage of this deal.
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i've cleared my system cashe and deleted my profile. all my proofs are updated, i have 3 listed. i've filled out the reste password form
and reset my password. i updated my proofs again. once all that was done i redownloaded my profile and im still getting signed out of xbox
live. what do i need to do to fix this?
iv only heard of this problem once, and it was in the xbox live beta, if you are in the beta (if there is one going at the moment) post in the beta forums. also this error code is not listed on the xbox website.
if you are not part of a beta, your best off phoning support
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I'm having same issue and not a beta member happend today. I live in florida and I brought my xbox. To florida with me on vacation waiting to hear back from. Support still
I spent over an hour on the phone with an Xbox tech going over all the things I listed and no luck with any of it.
Whoops. Ii live in connecticut and brought it to florida. Can't get threw to microsoft
Hi Crackyttc - are you having issues with getting a call back? Have you tried here? support.xbox.com/contact-us
Gauffnir - What was the next step that the Tech gave you? Are they having a specialist call you back?
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My problem has been turned over to a Microsoft specialist. I was told its a problem with my Microsoft account.
Same here told me they will contact me within 3 days. Only thing we didn't do is wipe hard drive. I can make another account but ill loose everything if I do
I was told it could be up to 12 days...I really hope it doesn't come down to making a new profile.
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We live in Hawaii and suddenly started having the same issue today. My husband is able to log in fine but then I get this error and it kicks him from live too. Let us know what you hear!
Hey fallenangel9921! I'd suggest giving phone support a call of your own so they can start investigating your account as well. You can schedule a call on our contact us page: support.xbox.com/contact-us :)
I'm on the phone with people from support now. They have no clue what this is. They've never seen it before and aren't able to help. Not their fault of course, but still. This forum seemed to find an answer though. Not sure if it works or not though, and you'll need a second Xbox. Hope it helps!
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Electro-Muscular Disruption Technology: A Step-by-Step Guide for Law Enforcement
Chief Joseph Estey, Hartford Police Department
hroughout the history of our profession, law enforcement agencies have benefited from technological advances in a number of areas: communications, transportation, officer safety equipment, and restraint and compliance technology. Often, the deployment of these new technologies confronts us as law enforcement executives with questions over how best to manage deployment in a way that minimizes disruptions in the department and in the communities we serve.
In recent years, one of the most important areas of research and development has been in less-lethal technologies. These less-lethal technologies have reduced injuries to suspects and officers while permitting officers to carry out their required law enforcement duties. But deployment of these technologies has led to concerns among community members and confusion among officers as to what is the appropriate circumstance in which to use them.
For example, in the early 1990s, oleoresin capsicum (OC), commonly known as pepper spray, was introduced as a law enforcement use-of-force option. When it was first deployed in the field, citizens and advocacy groups in communities throughout the country expressed concerns over the potential harm posed to those exposed to pepper spray. In response, the IACP, with funding from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), conducted a study on the use of pepper spray. That study demonstrated that the use of pepper spray reduced reliance on chemical sprays (such as mace) and batons, reduced the number of suspect and officer injuries, and led to fewer use-of-force complaints.
Today, we are witnessing a similar controversy over the use of electro-muscular disruption technology (EMDT), popularly known as stun guns. EMDT devices use a high-voltage, low-power charge of electricity to induce involuntary muscle contractions that cause temporary incapacitation. Many police departments are using EMDT on resisting subjects, with a minimum of serious injuries or lethality. The increased use of these weapons, however, has raised concerns about the safety of EMDT, as well as the liability and risks associated with deployment of stun guns.
To address these deployment concerns, the IACP has developed an executive brief called "Electro-Muscular Disruption Technology: A Nine-Step Strategy for Effective Deployment" to inform law enforcement leadership on deployment challenges surrounding this technology. The executive brief offers a step-by-step guide to aid law enforcement agencies in selecting, acquiring, and using EMDT. The brief is designed to offer police agencies a framework for developing safe and sensible deployment and management plans for stun guns. With these guidelines, it is the IACP's hope that departments can balance the risks associated with stun guns with their benefits.
The report is an initial analysis of EMDT, focusing not on the technology itself but rather on the management of the technology. It is intended to help law enforcement leadership develop policies, procedures, and training curricula that are responsive and relevant to the needs of the communities they serve. Although research findings and best practice information will continue to evolve, it was the association's desire to make interim technology management information available to federal, state, local, tribal, and other law enforcement agencies as soon as possible.
Briefly, the report offers suggestions on developing policies and procedures associated with stun gun use:
•Establishment of medical protocol options after an incident with a stun gun•Determining the placement of EMDT on the local use-of-force continuum based on an assessment of the technology•Development of comprehensive training programs for officers equipped with stun guns•Implementation of departmental reporting systems to track EMDT-related incidents
The report is available, free of charge, to all interested parties. To obtain a copy of this report, please visit the IACP Web site at www.theiacp.org
In addition to the executive brief, the IACP is in the final stage of development for a two-day training course on electronic incapacitation devices. Once this program is finalized, agencies that are interested in cohosting this training are urged to contact the IACP training department at 800-THE-IACP.
For more than 100 years, the IACP has strived to fulfill its mission to advance the art and science of policing and to serve as a vital resource to law enforcement agencies throughout the world. It is my belief that reports of this nature, which provide police chiefs with carefully researched, thoughtful, and practical advice on how to address a critical law enforcement management issue, are the hallmark of the IACP and continue to demonstrate our association's continuing role as a leader in the law enforcement community.
From The Police Chief, vol. 72, no. 5, May 2005. Copyright held by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA.


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FDA approved ThromboGenics' Jetrea® (ocriplasmin) for the treatment of symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion (VMA). Clearance in the U.S. marks the first for a pharmacological agent for the condition. Regulatory review is ongoing in Europe. Jetrea is separately undergoing Phase II clinical evaluation in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy, and age-related macular degeneration.
The Phase III trial VMA program for ocriplasmin included two studies in the U.S. and Europe, involving 652 patients. Both studies met their primary endpoints of resolution of VMA at day 28. Jetrea is ThromboGenics' lead drug candidate, and in March the firm inked a deal with Novartis' Alcon business, for the commercialization of Jetrea outside the U.S. Under terms of the agreement Belgium-based Thrombogenics received €75 million (about $98 million) up front, and could be due to earn another €90 million (roughly $117 million) in potential near-term payments, plus additional milestones that could take total pre-royalties to €375 million ($490 million). The partners will also share the costs of developing Jetrea for a number of new vitreoretinal indications.
ThromboGenics' early-stage pipeline also includes an anti-placental growth factor candidate (formerly TB-403), which is in development initially for the potential treatment of diabetic macular edema, and age-related macular degeneration. Back in June the firm and its partner BioInvent regained all global rights to the early clinical-stage anti-angiogenic antibody candidate from Roche, which had originally negotiated an exclusive global license the drug in 2008, and since carried out early clinical testing in patients with a range of solid tumors. The BioInvent-ThromboGenics partnership was established in 2004 to develop antibody-based drugs for the treatment of vascular indications and cancer.
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Setup the playing board and equipment to allow between two to ten players.
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Allow players to roll the dice and move their characters around the board, clockwise. Roll the dice to see who goes first. This highest roll begins the game.
User story #4:
Create a bank and identify one player to be the banker. The bank must be able to manage all the money transactions in the game, and manage property transactions. The bank must never run out of money.
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Players can purchase a piece of property when they land on an un-owned parcel. The price depends upon the neighborhood.
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Players must pay rent to the owner when they land on a piece of property that is already owned. The cost depends on the property and the number/type of improvements.
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When a player rounds the board, they receive two hundred dollars from the bank.
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If a player owes more than he can pay, he is bankrupt. He must make a settlement - with the player he owes, or the bank or both - by following the bankruptcy rules.
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The game ends with the second bankruptcy. After the second bankrupt player settles, the remaining players tally their assets and the richest player wins.
User story #10:
Unimproved properties can be mortgaged through the Bank at any time. This is the only method to obtain loans. Players cannot loan money to one another.
User story #11:
Players land in jail when they land on the "Go To Jail" space, they draw a "Go to Jail" card, or they roll three doubles in a row.
User story #12:
Players get can get out of jail by throwing doubles on any of the next three turns, using the "Get out of Jail Free" card if they have it, purchasing the "Get out of Jail Free" card from another player, or paying the $50 fine on either of the next 2 turns. If, on the third turn, the player doesn't roll doubles, she pays the $50 fine and moves forward the number of spaces rolled.
User story #13:
House rule: Tax money, jail money, etc., goes into the center of the board. When a player lands on the "Free Parking" space, he collects that money.
User story #14:
House rule: When a player lands on "Go" by direct count, she receives $400 rather than $200.
User story #15:
House rule: The free-parking kitty is seeded with $500. This rule can only be in effect when user story #13 is in effect.
User story #16:
Allow the players to choose which house rules they want before starting the game.
User story #17:
Provide "theme" boards so players can play in their own neighborhoods. Change the board graphics, the playing pieces, the real-estate prices, and the cards.
User story #18:
Players go to jail when they land on the "go to jail" space.
User story #19:
Players draw a card from the "community chest" or "chance" pile when they land on the corresponding square.
I have a question for the customer: User Story #11 says something about drawing a "Go to Jail" card ... What do you want us to do if Story #11 is scheduled before Story #19? Should we Split out some of Story 11 into its own Story #20?
I don't know if these stories were arranged with dependencies in mind. It seems that the "Go to Jail" story #11 cannot function without the concept of a card pile in story #20. The developer player would most likely have to move #20 into pile 1 and #11 into pile 2 -or- ask for a split, as you propose, if both are planned for the same iteration --
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Tuesday's debate was expected to be lively as Obama tries to change the momentum. It was. The president was far more aggressive this time, and it led to some terse exchanges between him and Romney, who also was aggressive.
It's over, and now begins the spin on who was the winner. Polls are giving Obama the victory, but by a narrow margin ... so it's certainly not a knockout blow.
Gerald Seib of the Wall Street Journal says Obama was better in this debate and it will change the campaign "arc," but it remains to be seen by how much:
Mr. Obama's friends will be pleased with his performance, and his enemies angry at what they will consider unfair shots. Mr. Romney's friends will be happy he stood toe-to-toe. But there will be little doubt that the debate changed, again, the arc of the campaign by eliminating the perception from the first debate that the president had been outenergized and even outclassed by his Republican foe. The politically significant question is whether the two men moved voters within the thin slices of the electorate not yet decided. And by the end there was no doubt that, beneath the smoke and fire, both were playing to voters in the center, Mr. Romney by softening his messages on women's issues, immigration and education, and Mr. Obama by proclaiming his love for the free-enterprise system. Whether those claims are believed by the swing voters is the verdict that will matter
Pundits with the Los Angeles Times give Obama the victory, but Jon Healy notes that Romney was no pushover:
Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post says the president began the debate a little "too hot," but did well after moderating his tone:
President Obama's performance in Tuesday's second presidential debate was dramatically better than his outing in the first one earlier this month. Unfortunately for Democrats, Obama's Republican rival, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, didn't crumble in the face of the newly energized and forceful president. Instead, the debate at Hofstra University in New York played more like a brutal exchange of punches between heavyweights, ending with both men battered but standing. Intense throughout, even riveting at times, it was fantastic theater -- but not decisive politics.
Debates are about moments — the moments that get replayed again and again in the after-action analysis — and President Obama had three: 1) his line about how his pension wasn't as big as Romney's 2) winning, against all odds, the scrap about the Benghazi attack (with an assist from moderator Candy Crowley) and 3) his strong close in which he used Romney's "47 percent" comments as a cudgel to beat up his rival. Obama's performance wasn't flawless and he didn't score a clean win as Romney did in the first debate. But he was the better performer this time around.
ABC News reports a group of undecided "Walmart moms" in Milwaukee gives Obama a narrow victory, but most still haven't made up their minds:
The women agreed on a series of points. First, the debate made them want to do more research on the candidates. "I need to research some of these facts," one skeptical sounding woman said. "Anybody can spout out numbers," said another woman. Second, these women would like to hear more about education: what each candidate plans to do to improve our schools. This was a complaint that was echoed in the first presidential debate, among a similar focus group of Walmart moms in Las Vegas. The participants said they felt as though no one was really talking about education, and that's a problem. "Did they talk about it at all?" one woman asked. "Except college, which is great, but kids can't get into college if they don't have education before." And finally, not a single woman in the focus group tonight said that she felt as though the candidates were speaking to her personally. Both of these men failed again tonight to make that human connection — at least with this group of voters.
Some exchanges in the debate drew much attention. Romney's "binders full of women" comment while talking about gender pay inequality became an immediate trend in social media. And moderator Candy Crowley's interruption of Romney during an exchange about the consulate bombing in Libya drew praise from liberals and heavy criticism from conservatives.
Josh Greenman of the New York Daily News says Obama didn't win back all of the independent voters he lost after the first debate, but he might have prevented more from going to Romney. But he also wonders why so much importance is placed on the debates:
Remember: Our debate obsession verges on insane. It's a product of the ESPNization of political coverage, in which we need to choose winners and losers and offer exhaustive, instantaneous, definitive (often obvious) analysis. Why is that necessary? We've watched Obama perform for four years and made up our minds about the quality of our leadership. We've also watched Romney campaign for well over a year. We have cold facts before us - starkly different tax plans, foreign policy visions, dueling prescriptions for Medicare, different ideas on gay marriage and gun control. There's a health care law and Wall Street reform law on the books. Like them? Vote Obama. Think they're strangling the economy and want to repeal them? Vote Romney. So perhaps debates shouldn't matter as much as they do. But in the real world, millions of people with busy lives consider them their best chance to size up the two alternative leaders of the free world. And in this debate, in stormy seas, Obama straightened his sails.Here are fact checks on the debate from Politico, Associated Press, NBC News, and PolitiFact.


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Meneguzzi, Felipe Rech (2008) Extending Agent Languages for Autonomy. In: Sixth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems.
BDI agent languages provide a useful abstraction for complex systems comprised of interactive autonomous entities, but they have been used mostly in the context of single agents with a static plan library of behaviours invoked reactively. These languages provide a theoretically sound basis for agent design but are very limited in providing direct support for autonomy and societal cooperation needed for large scale systems. Some techniques for autonomy and cooperation have been explored in the past in ad hoc implementations, but not incorporated in any agent language. In order to address these shortcomings we extend the well known AgentSpeak(L) BDI agent language to include behaviour generation through planning, declarative goals and motivated goal adoption. We also develop a language-specific multiagent cooperation scheme and, to address potential problems arising from autonomy in a multiagent system, we extend our agents with a mechanism for norm processing leveraging existing theoretical work. These extensions allow for greater autonomy in the resulting systems, enabling them to synthesise new behaviours at runtime and to cooperate in non-scripted patterns.
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