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Dorothy Nell Hughey, 83, of Eldorado passed away Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, at Sunny Acres Home in Petersburg.
Dorothy was born Oct. 12, 1929, in Marion, Ky., to the late Cecil H. and Jewel (Martin) Gill. Dorothy married Ambrose Phillip Hughey who preceded her in death Nov. 19, 1987. Prior to retirement Dorothy worked as an LPN at The Murray Center. She was a member of the Eldorado First Presbyterian Church where she was one of the first to start the quilters guild. She was a member of the Daughters of American Revolution.
Dorothy is survived by four daughters, Phyllis (Gary) Hargis of Texas, Deborah (David) Love of Petersburg, Natasha Lynn (David) Lies of Highlands Ranch, Co., Karen (Richard) Friesen of Wichita, Kan.; a brother, Donald (Marie) Gill of Fort Meyers, Fla.; two sisters, Martha Russell and Shirley Byford both of Evansville; 16 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and 10 great-stepgrandchildren.
In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by two sons, Ambrose Robert Hughey and Stephen Michael Hughey; and a brother, Kenneth Gill. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, at Colonial Terrace Funeral Home in Eldorado with the Rev. Walter Baker officiating. Burial will be in Wolf Creek Cemetery in Eldorado. Visitation is Friday 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church and will be accepted at the funeral home. Condolences and expressions of sympathy may be sent via the website www.colonialterracefuneralhome.com.
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Have been a CDT for 33 years. Graduated from the University of Maryland with a BS in Education. Interested in all aspects of dental technology. Have been with Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. since June, 1994.
I manage the Technical Services/Education Departments at Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. I have been with the company for 19 years teaching classes, troubleshooting product complaints, providing technical telephone support to our customers, evaluating new products and presenting at meetings. Since I began working in my father's laboratory I have been a laboratory owner, instructor in the Dental Technology program at Montgomery College in Tacoma Park, Md. and worked for 2 other major dental manufacturers.


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Important resources such as water, land, energy and minerals are becoming ever scarcer. This is due to population growth and rapid economic development, but also to the lack of suitable forums for conflict settlement and resource management. A report released by the Transatlantic Academy investigates this problem. It was brought to policymakers' attention at an event co‑hosted by the Federal Foreign Office, the Transatlantic Academy and the German Advisory Council on Global Change in Berlin on 6 June.
The Transatlantic Academy's report discusses a number of current and potential conflicts caused by the scarcity of resources. It thus focuses on water problems in the Middle East, the Nile basin and Asia, armed conflict between the Sudan and South Sudan over the use of oilfields, potential conflicts over the exploitation of Arctic oil and gas resources, and mineral extraction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to name but a few key issues. These problems can have a devastating impact on living conditions for the local population and on the peaceful coexistence of neighbouring peoples. It is not without reason that violent disputes over resources are considered one of the biggest security risks of the 21st century.
The "Resource Nexus"
Oil production has led to conflict between the Sudan and South Sudan – and has caused environmental harm
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The report identifies the "resource nexus" – i.e. interconnections between various resources – as a cause of conflict. For example, an increased demand for food can lead to greater water consumption by agriculture and ultimately to shortages of drinking water. Importantly, the authors do not believe that the scarcity of resources is in fact the main problem. Rather, it is the lack of international structures to better manage resources and settle conflicts that causes difficulties.
State Secretary Emily Haber opening the event
State Secretary Emily Haber, who gave the opening address at the event in the Federal Foreign Office, said, "It is indeed a good idea to think about multilateral forums for dialogue, confidence-building and the joint management of scarce resources." She also referred to regional initiatives such as the Central Asia Water Initiative launched by the Federal Foreign Office.
The Report's authors suggest that the transatlantic community take the lead on this issue and come up with proposals on how to strengthen the institutional framework. Partners on both sides of the Atlantic should ensure that other important stakeholders such as India and China are included in this process.
The Transatlantic Academy was founded in 2007 by the German Marshall Fund of the United States in cooperation with the ZEIT Foundation. These were soon joined by further partner organizations. The Academy received start‑up funding from the German Government's Transatlantic Programme. The interdisciplinary research institute aims to develop common approaches to long-term problems for the transatlantic partners.
- The Transatlantic Academy Report "The Global Resource Nexus" PDF | 11 MB
- Transatlantic Academy website
- Opening to the Presentation of the Report "The Global Resource Nexus: The Struggles for Land, Energy, Food, Water, and Minerals" by Secretary of State Emily Haber
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Next week we release our show with Bobby McFerrin for Father's Day. I guarantee you'll want to download it. It's a magical, somewhat unexpected conversation. One of the ideas he and Krista dig into is the importance of improvisation — and how he finds great meaning in the mystery of the moment, even embracing the fear of unexpectedness.
This duet with Esperanza (yeah, we're on a first-name basis) is out of this world. Take a few minutes to pay witness and enjoy.


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20 Games Like Shadow Hearts: From the New World()
You are a Fatebinder, the judge and executioner of Kyros' law, acting under the watchful eye of the Overlords Archon of Justice, Tunon the Adjudicator. Your words shape the lives of thousands. Will you use that power to bring justice and inspire loyalty? Or will you bring fear and cruelty to the beaten people of the Tiers?
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Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate takes you back to the Forgotten Realms® campaign setting on a visually dazzling roleplaying adventure, one that brings to life grand tradition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons® game through cutting edge are and technology. Immerse yourself in the balance of your actions, dark prophecies, test your resolve, and heroic dreams can be fulfilled at last.
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Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights (NWN) is a third-person role-playing video game and is set in the fantasy world of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, with the game mechanics based on the Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition rules. The game engine was designed around an internet-based model for running a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG), which would allow end users to host game servers. The intent was to create a potentially infinite massively multiplayer game framework. This game was named after the original Neverwinter Nights online game; the first ever graphical massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), which operated from 1991 to 1997 on AOL.
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Guild Wars 2
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Divinity: Original Sin 2
Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a single- and multiplayer top-down, party-based role-playing game with pen & paper RPG-like levels of freedom.It features turn-based combat, a strong focus on systematic gameplay and a well-grounded narrative.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed Divinity: Original Sin, winner of over 150 Game of the Year awards and nominations.
Earthlock: Festival of Magic
An original turn-based role-playing game set in a world of machines and magic, a world that stopped spinning thousands of years ago.
Rich, non-linear story
Turn-based combat (No Active Time Battle)
Combat pairs (Allows more variations to your battle team)
Grow your own ammunition (Organic crafting)
Build and improve your home base
Environmental Puzzles
Gorgeous overworld with a retro feel
No random encounters (Monsters visible at all times)
Play as Male or Female protagonist (You can switch at any time)
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited
The Elder Scrolls Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that was announced in May 2012. Developed by the team at ZeniMax Online Studios, The Elder Scrolls Online merges the unmatched exploration of rich worlds that the franchise is known for with the scale and social aspects of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
An entirely new chapter of Elder Scrolls history will be revealed in this ambitious world, set a millennium before the events of Skyrim as the Daedric prince, Molag Bal, tries to pull all of Tamriel into his demonic realm.
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Illusion of Gaia
Journey into the dark side of an ancient civilization.
Radiating an ominous light in its path, the Chaos Comet threatens the existence of the planet. Battles erupt and a tentative peace is returned to the lands. Danger lurks as the Chaos Comet orbits and dreadful beasts lie awaiting.
In the Age of Exploration a boy named Will is born. Tragedy strikes during an expedition to the Tower of Babel separating Will from his father. Telekinetic forces awaken as Will returns to South Cape. Armed with his transformation abilities of two great warriors, Will must save the planet.
Gaia, Will's guiding spirit bestows magical powers and advice along his journey. With the help of his friends Will must battle relentless enemies and solve the puzzles of the ancient ruins. Patience and knowledge are essential to reunite this father and son.
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Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization is an upcoming Japanese role-playing game and the fourth game based on the Sword Art Online light novel franchise.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Witcher: Wild Hunt is a story-driven, next-generation open world role-playing game set in a visually stunning fantasy universe full of meaningful choices and impactful consequences. In The Witcher you play as the professional monster hunter, Geralt of Rivia, tasked with finding a child of prophecy in a vast open world rich with merchant cities, viking pirate islands, dangerous mountain passes, and forgotten caverns to explore.
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The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North is a co-op Action RPG that immerses you and your friends in a brutal new chapter in the War of the Ring. Snowblind Studios is in the unique position of drawing inspiration from both the literary and film rights to world of Middle-earth, allowing players to bloody their axes on a wide range of deadly enemies and traverse both established and never-before-seen locations. The result is a journey that is both epic and intimate, familiar yet unexpected.
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Kingdom Hearts II
Kingdom Hearts II is an action role-playing game, and the primary entry to the series since the 2002 Disney Interactive and Square collaboration; Kingdom Hearts.
Sora, Donald, and Goofy wake from their slumber and prepare for the journey ahead. They must face Organization XIII, protect the Keyblade's power, and resume their search for the special people they have lost.
The game's setting is a collection of various levels (referred to in-game as "worlds") that the player progresses through. As in the first game, it II allows the player to travel to locales from various Disney works, along with original worlds specifically created for the series.
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Baldur's Gate II: Shadows Of Amn
Every World has conflict. Good and evil. Friend and foe. Safety and danger. In Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, you'll find yourself between these factions. This epic sequel to the Roleplaying Game of the Year will immerse you in a world of intrigue, adventure and fierce combat where your ability to discern the difference between these sides - with the assistance of steel and spell - determines your fate. Set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, Baldur's Gate II is the most stunning Advanced Dungeons and Dragons game to date.
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Neverwinter is a free-to-play, action MMORPG based on the acclaimed Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. Epic stories, action combat and classic roleplaying await those heroes courageous enough to enter the fantastic world of Neverwinter!
Explore and defend one of the most beloved cities from the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting as it rises from the ashes of destruction. This immersive MMORPG will take you from the besieged walls of the city to subterranean passageways in search of forgotten secrets and lost treasure.
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The Witcher
Being based on a novel series by Andrzej Sapkowski – a bestselling Polish author – gives the game's universe and characters credibility, authority and exceptional cohesiveness. In this harsh fantasy world abstract, absolute and unconditional ideas such as "Good" and "Evil" written in upper case letters do not exist. Instead, however, while moral good exists , the protagonist will often only have a choice between two evils, deciding on the path which he regards as the lesser evil of the two. The game also features an innovative, time delayed decision-consequence system, prodding players to make their decisions seriously and with thought.
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Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue is a compilation that brings the popular Kingdom Hearts [Dream Drop Distance] to the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system platform remastered in high definition.
Originally released in 2012, Kingdom Hearts [Dream Drop Distance] HD is a full-HD remastered version of Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance]. Series protagonists Sora and Riku take on the Mark of Mastery exam in preparation for coming threats. The signature action of the Kingdom Hearts series has evolved, allowing players to experience faster-paced battles and exploration at a blistering pace.
Granblue Fantasy
Granblue Fantasy is a Japanese role-playing video game. The game plays as a traditional Japanese role-playing video game with turn-based battles. The game also contains summons and a class system that alters the main character's move-set and growth. Characters gain levels and abilities by accruing experience; summons and weapons equipped also confer characters with bonuses on attack power and HP. The characters themselves are gained either via quests (the main story quests or special event quests) or by using in-game currency to receive random crystal fragments, which may contain special weapons that add specific characters to the party. Characters, summons, and weapons are ranked (from best to worst) as SSR, SR, R, or N; each is also of type wind, water, fire, earth, light, or darkness. Voice actors provide voices for all of the characters in battle, and for much of the main and event storylines.
Wild Terra
It is action-RPG and sandbox hybrid with building, crafting, gathering, farming and land claiming elements. There is no NPCs in game so the only way to get something is to create it by yourself or trade from other players... or take it with brutal force. However we understand that not every one have enough time to "live" in game doing everything by their selves that is why all game processes are boosted to make game a little bit casual.
We can say this about your character development as well. It is very boring to level up your character to XX-level just to take a good sword in hands and start to fight. There would be leveling anyway however it would grant you small additional benefits in combats but not major domination.


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The 2011 fantasy baseball season is just a couple of months away, which means it's time to start readily preparing for the upcoming drafts. Which players will have their stock affected by injury? Will there be intriguing fantasy baseball sleepers to keep in mind? Let's take a look at some fantasy baseball news as the season approaches.
Joey Votto signs three year extension with the Cincinnati Reds
The reigning NL MVP and one time All-Star has been rewarded by the Cincinnati Reds with a new three year deal worth $38 million. This three year deal is good news for Votto as well as fantasy owners. (more…)


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The CSQL Interpreter is an application installed with CUBRID that allows you to execute in an interactive or batch mode and viewing query results. The CSQL Interpreter has a command-line interface. With this, you can store SQL statements together with their results to a file for a later use.
The CSQL Interpreter provides the best and easiest way to use CUBRID. You can develop database applications with various APIs (e.g. JDBC, ODBC, PHP, CCI, etc.; you can use the CUBRID Manager, which is a management and query tool provided by CUBRID. With the CSQL Interpreter, users can create and retrieve data in a terminal-based environment.
The CSQL Interpreter directly connects to a CUBRID database and executes various tasks using SQL statements. Using the CSQL Interpreter, you can:
A database administrator (DBA) performs administrative tasks by using various administrative utilities provided by CUBRID; a terminal-based interface of CSQL Interpreter is an environment where DBA executes administrative tasks.
It is also possible to run the CSQL Interpreter in standalone mode. In this mode, the CSQL Interpreter directly accesses database files and executes commands including server process properties. That is, SQL statements can be executed to a database without running a separate database server process. The CSQL Interpreter is a powerful tool that allows you to use the database only with a csql utility, without any other applications such as the database server or the brokers.


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They have healthy reputations, but do you know why? We explain.
Sometime in the past two years, I�ve stopped buying vegetable oil. I didn�t realize this until my husband was searching for some to bake treats for Christmas and we noticed the expiration date from a very long time ago. What alternatives did I have to offer him? Extra virgin olive oil and coconut oil.
With this, I couldn�t explain to him exactly why I was only buying olive and coconut oils instead of the more conventional (and inexpensive) vegetable and canola oils. I bought them because they were supposed to be healthier, but didn�t know why. These trendy oils had stumped me.
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MAGWED this weekend
The MAGWED Foundation will hold its 38th annual Messenger Annual Great WalEye Derby fishing tournament this Saturday, May 4, at Triggs Resort in Okoboji.
The competition begins with the opening of Walleye season at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, and continues until the weigh-in between 4 and 6 p.m. on Saturday evening. No fish will be accepted after the 6 p.m. deadline.
Prizes are awarded for largest Walleye, largest Northern Pike and largest Bass (small or large-mouth) in both the youth and adult divisions. Fishermen age 15 and under are eligible for the youth class; youth participants cannot cross over and weigh in as adults.
Fish from the following lakes qualify for the contest: East and West Okoboji, Big and Little Spirit Lake, Minnewashta, Upper and Lower Gar. All walleye between 17 to 22 inches must be immediately released.
Food and beverages are available to all participants. Plaques and prizes are presented to all winners and many door prizes are given throughout the weigh-in.
Any subscriber to The Messenger is eligible to participate, along with residents from Webster, Wright, Hamilton, Humboldt, Calhoun, Pocahontas, Kossuth and Palo Alto counties.
School districts of Albert City, Buena Vista County, Sac City, and Sac County are also welcome to enter.
The MAGWED Foundation would like to thank all those who participate.


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The 1964 Jefferson Nickel is very common since the Mint produced over a billion of them. However, quality is an issue with this date as most coins were struck in MS64 condition or lower. In MS65 they are scarce but still easy to locate with minimal effort. In MS66 they are scarce with probably less than a thousand in this condition or higher. In MS67 it is really scarce with less than a handful known.


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Razor Dirt Rocket MX500 Electric Bike
Product Information:
The Razor Dirt Rocket MX500 Electric Bike boasts a scaled-down dirt bike design that carries riders up to 10 miles on a single battery charge. The variable speed- and chain-driven motor is geared for dirt-riding and propels the bike at speeds up to 15 mph. Featuring large knobby tires, a dual suspension and riser handlebars, the Dirt Rocket MX500 offers even rugged drivers a smooth and comfortable ride.
- Speeds up to 15 mph
- High-torque motor
- Twist-grip acceleration control
- Up to 40 minutes of continuous use
- Geared for dirt with large 16" and 14" pneumatic knobby tires for maximum power transfer
- Dual suspension and riser handlebars for a smooth and comfortable ride
- Hand-operated rear brake
- Retractable kickstand
- Authentic dirt bike frame geometry
- Supercross inspired design
- Battery charge time: 8 hrs
- Weight limit: 175 lbs
- Ages 14+
- Electric bike
Country of Origin: ChinaWeb ID: 10790591
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Rated 4 out of 5�by Peleaz111111 The brake Good bike I recommend this bike to kids 11-16 for bike January 5, 2015
Rated 3 out of 5�by Mom Razor MX500 Our son was so excited to get this dirtbike. My husband and son put it together. It was immediately a problem with a stripped bolt that came from the factory that way. Fortunately, my dad new how to re-thread it. The very next day, a wire came loose from the battery to the motor. The bike only ran if you juggled the wire and hoped for the best. It was immediately taken to nearest Razor authorized repair shop. We are on our way to pick it up now. We certainly hope this matter is resolved. Of course, it was under warranty, but is was a lousy way to start out!!! Not to mention it is difficult to get this dirt bike into a truck to bring it to the shop. We had a smaller one previously, and it did bring our son a lot of joy. It's a good toy if you live in a quiet neighborhood without a lot of traffic. The battery does not last long though. March 26, 2013
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Farnam® Bronco E Fly Spray, a water-based, ready-to-use pyrethrin and permethrin formula is economical, yet effective. This fly spray repels and kills house flies, horn flies, stable flies, deer flies, horse flies and also mosquitoes, lice and gnats. Also kills fleas and ticks on dogs. Citronella scent makes it pleasant to use. Contains a prallethrin-effective synthetic substitute for natural pyrethrin. Gal.
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Spray use: Remove excess dirt and dust. Apply light spray mist to coat while brushing lightly against lay of the hair. Avoid spray in the eyes and mucous membranes. Apply with sponge or cloth to those areas.
Wipe-on Use: Thoroughly brush horse to remove excess dirst and dust. Extremely dirty horses should be shampooed, rinsed, and allowed to dry before applying wipe. Use a sponge or clean soft cloth or mitt. Apply liverally over areas to be protected. Pay special attention to the legs, belly, shoulders, neck, and facial areas. Avoid eyes and mucous membranes.
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I believe "heterogenous" in Big Little refers only to varying cores all using the same ISA.
There is an Intel patent which discusses the Big Little concept including extending it to the case where the ISA:s are heterogenous. The lesser ISA would emulate instructions that were lacking (claim 3, 22 and 23 of a patent called "Dynamic Core Swapping" http://patents.com/us-8156351.html).
So maybe that's something you remember from there? Or something you got from Intel – that would be interesting!


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5971 V (Trihexyphenidyl 2 mg)
Pill imprint 5971 V has been identified as Trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride 2 mg.
Trihexyphenidyl is used in the treatment of extrapyramidal reaction; cerebral spasticity; parkinson's disease and belongs to the drug class anticholinergic antiparkinson agents. FDA has not classified the drug for risk during pregnancy. Trihexyphenidyl 2 mg is not a controlled substance under the Controlled Substance Act (CSA).
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- 2 mg
- Color:
- White
- Size:
- 8.00 mm
- Shape:
- Round
- Availability:
- Prescription only
- Drug Class:
- Anticholinergic antiparkinson agents
- Pregnancy Category:
- N - Not classified
- CSA Schedule:
- Not a controlled drug
- Manufacturer:
- Qualitest Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- National Drug Code (NDC):
- 00603-6240
- Inactive Ingredients:
- magnesium stearate
microcrystalline cellulose
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SanDisk Corp. has announced the first product in a new category of embedded solid state drives (SSD) that are smaller than a postage stamp and offer higher capacities and performance than existing storage solutions.
Computing platforms are responding to consumer demand for highly portable, ultra-thin, anywhere-anytime access to the Internet and their favorite content. The SanDisk iSSD drive is the first flash SSD device to support the industry standard Serial-ATA interface in a small BGA (ball grid array) package that can be soldered onto any motherboard, and that is fast enough for use with advanced operating systems in next-generation mobile computing platforms.
"The new category of embedded SSDs should enable OEMs to produce tablets and notebooks with an unprecedented combination of thin, lightweight form factors and fast performance," said Doron Myersdorf, senior director of SSD marketing at SanDisk.
The SanDisk iSSD offers 160MB/sec sequential read and 100MB/sec sequential write speeds. With no moving parts, the tiny, robust drive is designed to deliver the durability needed by portable devices that are frequently dropped or jostled. SanDisk iSSD offers a substantial level of design flexibility for OEMs who seek to create the next generation of tablets and ultra thin mobile devices based on the standard SATA interface.
The SanDisk iSSD is available now for sampling to OEMs, and is being evaluated by top-tier manufacturers. Measuring 16mm x 20mm x 1.85mm and weighing less than one gram, the drive uses a BGA form factor and a SATA interface, and is compatible with all leading operating systems. SanDisk iSSD is available in capacities ranging from 4GB to 64GB.


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Approved Animal Drug Products (Green Book)
The Generic Animal Drug and Patent Restoration act requires that each sponsor of an approved animal drug must submit to the FDA certain information regarding patents held for the animal drug or its method of use. The Act requires that this information, as well as a list of all animal drug products approved for safety and effectiveness, be made available to the public. This list must be updated monthly under the provisions of the Act. The list, known as the "Green Book," was first published in January 1989. Updates have been added monthly since then. Each January, the list is published in its entirety.
Approved Animal Drug Products Online (Green Book)
Sections have been updated for January 2016
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If you are looking for a job or career within Devon County Council, you should find all the information you need within these pages. If you are unable to find what you are looking for please email email@example.com.
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Softspikes Black Widow Fast Twist Golf Spikes - 16 pack
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The Black Widow Golf Spikes feature Dynamic Cleat Technology (DCT) that offers exceptional grip, and allows the cleat to flex on putting surfaces for unmatched green friendliness. By providing best-in-class traction and comfort for golfers, they can replace their spikes with some of the most popular cleats on Tour. The Softspikes® Black Widow Fast Twist Golf Spikes are compatible with a variety of shoes and brands for versatility.
The Fast-Twist Insert System fits the following shoes:
- Dynamic Cleat Technology (DCT)
- DCT gives Black Widow exceptional grip, allows the cleat to flex on putting surfaces for unmatched green friendliness
- Provides best-in-class traction and comfort for golfers
- Black Widow remains the #1 selling cleat in the World
- One of the most popular cleats on the PGA TOUR
- Fast-Twist Insert System: lightweight, designed to make cleat changing quick and easy
- SoftSpikes
The Fast-Twist Insert System fits the following shoes:
- Acuity: all styles
- Adidas®: all styles after 2002
- Bite: all styles 2001 and after
- Callaway®: all styles
- DexterGolf: all styles 2000-2003
- Ecco®: all styles with 12-14 cleats
- Etonic: all styles after 2003
- FootJoy® all styles after 1999 (excluding Classic/Dry Premieres)
- Oakley®: all styles
- Walter Hagen®: all styles
- Puma® styles after 2010
- Geox: all styles
- Slazenger: all styles
- Nike®: all styles 2010 and after
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So, I decided that I'm going to try to cap off each week (or every other week if I forget ) with a new recipe. A little something from the vault. Most of these come from our cook book, with recipes passed down from both myself and my wife's families -- who have both been settled in Southeast LA between Baton Rouge and New Orleans for numerous generations.
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6 tablespoons butter
2 cups onion, chopped
2 medium cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup celery, chopped
2 tablespoons parsley, minced
1/2 cup green onion, chopped
2 1/2 cups crawfish tails (** see below)
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1/2 tablespoon cayenne pepper
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Skip to comments.A year later, Trayvon Martin case murkier than ever
Posted on 02/22/2013 6:37:22 AM PST by rellimpank
The simple story cops yawn when burly white vigilante stalks and kills unarmed African-American child for the "crime" of walking while black shocked the conscience of much of the nation a year ago and touched off an explosion of indignant demagoguery.
Trayvon Martin, 17, was walking through a Sanford, Fla., subdivision early on the evening of Feb. 26, 2012, headed from a convenience store to the home where he was staying with his father. Off-duty neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, 28, was driving to the grocery store when he saw Martin and called police to report that an unfamiliar teen was behaving suspiciously.
Zimmerman got out of his car and, nearly six minutes later, roughly 200 feet away, shot and killed Martin at close range with one bullet to the chest.
On one side were those who believed the story illustrated the evils of racism and firearms as well as the deference law enforcement affords white people.
On the other side were those who believed that Zimmerman, whose mother is Hispanic, acted in self defense, and that his arrest a month and a half after the incident in the face of mounting public pressure illustrated the perils of mob rule.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.chicagotribune.com ...
This article is barely worthy of comment. What a piece of crap.
... and next time I won't fly off after reading the excerpted part only.
He wasn't walking home. He was casing the neighborhood for another robbery. Zimmerman was right to be suspicious.
You're absolutely right, Skeeter. This article is indeed a piece of crap as is the lying, stinking media that attempted to try Zimmerman for this non-crime. The criminal is dead! There should have been no case against him for defending himself against an out-of-control bullying African.
Barky was right about one thing, however. Tray-Von could have been his son.
photographs of Zimmerman show that "child" went all postal on the skull of that "burly white vigilante"
What does that even mean? The implication (I think) if that Zimmerman had no business watching out for trouble because he was "off-duty" from his neighborhood watch effort. What crap.
He still gives the Justice for Travon side too much credibility - my understanding is everything that Zimmerman claims has checked out.
A Chicago newsrag allowing both sides of the Crime of the Century to be considered? Wonders never cease!
No, he wasn't. Go back and read some of his earlier columns on the case.
Eric Zorn is a reliably left-leaning weenie of an editorialist with his head so far up his anal orifice that he probably can't remember when he last saw genuine sunlight.
Years back when I would occasionally pay real money to check out the Trib sports page I could pretty much be sure that if I scoped out Zorn's column it would leave me nauseous - and he never disappointed.
The article is basically, "crap,ok ok, we were wrong but...ummm, ugghhhh, Zimmerman might have lied about one small detail so lets try him anyway."
The case is not murky at all. The more we know, the more clear it is that it was criminal to arrest Zimmerman and press charges.
The public knows too much. This will not end as badly for the prosecution as the Duke case, but it will end in that spirit.
Anyone read this book?
Don't we
all many of us?
If he is that badly deformed, he is in need of a navelvisualoptomy....replacement of the navel with glass for those whose head is so far up there they need the procedure to see where they are going.
I think he really means "a strategy for convicting Zimmerman is murkier than ever."
So now Jewish-descended, Hispanic Zimmerman is "WHITE". I wonder if the CHICAGO newspaper ever focuses on the race of the murderers in its home city.
This is just more Black Racists swill
Its Ok for Black Racists and White Guilt Liberals to ignore all the black shooting black in Chicago..but when someone who isnt Black Racist defends themselves against a Black gangbanger wannabe ....its racist.
Free Zimmerman.
The story that Trayvon Martin was "only" walking home is fiction, and we know this because of the recording of Zimmerman's 911 telephone call. When you read the transcript of the 911 call, note the elapsed time in comparison to the transcript, and compare that timeline to the Google maps aerial view of the complex; you can see how Trayvon Martin evaded observation, bypassed his residence, and doubled back to confront and attack Zimmerman. There can be no truth to the claim Trayvon Martin was unable to walk home because Zimmerman attacked him, because Trayvon Martin was already at his residence when he returned up the sidewalk to confront Zimmerman.
AS the 911 recording indicates, Trayvon Martin walked directly by Zimmerman's vehicle, and he proceeded down the street and on to a sidewalk between the buildings that led to the city street on the other side. He then turned to the right and went down the sidewalk paralleling the city street as he passed around the corner of the building and out of Zimmerman's view. This observed and recorded fact is a problem, because Trayvon obviously did not turn to the right onto the street and sidewalk on the near side of the buildings that led directly to his residence. if Trayvon martin wanted to walk directly home, he would not have bypassed the street and sidewalk leading to it in order to take a more distant route on the outside of the building complex.
Now some people are trying to argue that Trayvon Martin didn't turn right and go down the street and sidewalk to the front door or rear door of his own residence becausee he was being followed by Zimmerman and did not want to lead Zimerman to his residence. Such an argument makes no sense whatsoever, because Trayvon Martin doubled back past his residence to the place where he attempted to kill or injure Zimmerman.
When Zimmerman left his vehicle to follow Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin passed out of view as he went arond the corner of the building complex. By the time Zimmerman reached that corner of the building complex to where he could look down that city street and sidewalk, Trayvon Martin was already out of view. based upon the time lapse recorded by the 911 call, the only explanation for Zimmerman being unable to see Trayvon Martin from his position on the sidewalk at the corner of the building is that Trayvon Martin had already started to doubleback by either run down the sidewalk to run around the far end of the building complex or had run part way down the sidewalk and ducked out of view as he ran between a gap int he buildings of the complex.
Unable to see Trayvon Martin and following the instructions of the 911 dispatcher, Zimmerman turned around an reeversed his steps to return to his vehicle. As he dis so, immerman was passing by the sidewalk that led down between the lines of buildings in the complex in their rear. This is the same sidewalk that led down to the residence where Trayvon Martin was staying. If Trayvon Martin had wanted to esacape Zimmerman, he had already done so as evidenced by the 911 call. Trayvon Martin was already in the vicinity of his residence, and he could have quite easily entered his residence in complete safety without Zimmerman having any opportunity to observe him doing it. Instead, Trayvon Martin for some reason chose to not enter his residence, and he chose to leave the vicinity of his resdence and come in the opposite direction up the sidewalk to intercept Zimmerman as Zimmerman was returning to his vehicle.
Trayvon Martin appoached Zimmerman from the direction of his residence, which was no behind Trayvon Martin, and he chalenged Zimmerman wanting to know why Zimmerman had been following him a few minutes earlier. This challenge diverted Zimmerman from returning to his vehicle and caused him to meet Trayvon Martin on the sidewalk running behind the lines of the residences n the building complex. It was here that the fatal confrontaion took place.
It is clear from the 911 recording that the only reason Trayvon martin did not enter his residence in safety was because he chose to not do so, and he instead sought to meet with and confront George Zimmerman. The storyline that Zimmerman kept Trayvon Martin from walking home is a complete fairy tale.
Dawn breaks in Chicago. (After a fashion)
It's been interesting following the defense's efforts to depose Crump. He's been working hard to dodge them.
Will be fun to watch what happens when Zimmerman gets off.
"Holders people"
Zimmerman left his vehicle to follow Zimmerman? (I know, I know. Just couldn't resist it)
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What WhiskeyX says,
plus the kid had been caught in school with B.& E. tools and some jewlery with no logical story of how he came by it.
My comment and at least a couple of others to the on-line article were deleted. That dinosaur media apparently believes First Amendment rights exist for the media, but not for the lowly citizenry.
In the midst of Zorn's claims to present both sides, the truth is quite the opposite!
A pox on Zorn and the Chicago Tribune!
Here's a response the defense made to a similar Washington Post "opinion" piece.
One video you hardly ever see is how big Trayvon Martin actually was.
Here is the 7-11 video from across the store rather than from above.
He may well have been casing the joint, but there is no evidence of that. There is evidence however that he was drinking his cough syurp/alcohol candy brew and smoking a cigar with the middle taken out and replaced with marijuana.
Martin was in a fight club, was caught with stolen jewelery and burglary tools on him. He cold cocked a bus driver. He was mixed up with the crudest of the crude.
Martin deserves to be right where he is, 6 feet under.
Zimmerman was a productive member of society. He did not want to be involved with the neighborhood watch group but got pressed into service from the community residents.
He is a good person who has been maligned from day one. I hope he walks away from all of this after the first hearing on self defense. I also hope he makes millions from CBS and ABC.
Good Luck Zimmernam!
How many black kids killed in Chicago in the past year?
If Zimmerman gets off, Eric Holder is sure to come after him on civil charges for depriving Trayvon of his civil rights.
The irony is that Zimmerman himself is partly of African descent--but the media labeled him as "white" because of what they took to be a Jewish surname.
Yeah, but this is a part-white guy defending himself.
The preditor class doesn't like they prey being armed.
He was probably only looking for an unlocked bathroom window so he could steal some Robitussin and brew up a batch of "lean". He already had the other ingredients, the Arizona Watermelon Tea and the Skittles.
The defense just lost its motion to depose Crump.
Well... it's good you first acknowledge that.
Welcome to F.R.
Now.... One of the most important requirements for good debate is to become familiar with the facts of concern. FR is a great place to do it.
Most of us have had the experience of the shared information since the beginning of this case.
I suggest you GOOGLE the following: LEAN, SKITTLES, TRAYVON, ZIMMERMAN, and also watch the videos from the 7-11 Store. See the 'crew' that Trayvon met up with at 7-11. See how Trayvon seems to be a bit 'hazy' as he can't find his way out of the store.
Here is a picture of Trayvon purchasing SKITTLES and ARIZONA WATERMELON FLAVORED DRINK, which are two of the three ingredients for LEAN.
Good reading and good luck.
I knew your "born-on date" before I even looked at it.
Mr. Zimmerman is blacker than the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Google it.
Shucks...well, don't be surprised to hear the MSM claim Zimmerman followed Trayvon martin and then self-inflicted the beating and wounds to his head.
Yep, wouldn't surprise me the tiniest little bit.
Sometimes I post without even reading the excerpt. Proudly, I might add.
A title should be enough for anyone and it's a great time saver.
The lead sentence demonstrates the bias of the author. What could be more blatant?
The lead sentence demonstrates the bias of the author. What could be more blatant?
Thanks for providing the link to the book. I read the free on-line excerpt. That is worth reading in itself. The book should be excellent.
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A Natural Landscape For The Butterflies
Many of our yards in the Chautauqua Watershed are becoming bad places for animals to live. Things that I took for granted growing up are disappearing from our cities and towns. The bright colors of butterflies are a much rarer sight. There is only a faded twinkle of a firefly on a warm summer night. Even worms are harder for some folks to find.
Part of the reason for this, at least for the butterflies, is the plants we landscape with. Many people know that butterflies love flowers and will plant butterfly bush and sedum to attract butterflies. What many people don't know is that most caterpillars are fussy eaters and will only eat certain foods.
Monarch Butterflies only eat milkweed as caterpillars. Baltimore Checkerspots prefer a plant called turtlehead. The American Snout caterpillar only eats a tree called hackberry. Red Admiral caterpillars, which were out in abundance earlier this spring, only eat nettles and false nettles. The Great Spangled Fritillary caterpillar only eats violets.
You get the point. There are more than 70 kinds of butterflies in the region, most of which I am just learning. Not all of them are quite as fussy as the ones I just mentioned, but most still only eat a very few plants as caterpillars.
Put yourself in a butterfly's six little shoes for a moment and think about the challenge they have. Imagine flying over a city or town looking for food. Ooooh … there are lots of pretty flowers in many people's yards. The butterfly can flit about and find nectar for its food almost anywhere. But that is not all they need.
Imagine a female butterfly flying over that same town heavy with eggs. She's looking for a stand of milkweed, or perhaps nettle or maybe a nice hackberry tree. Have you got any of those in your yard?
To a butterfly looking for a plant to lay eggs on, most yards might as well be a desert. The plants in many yards have traveled around the world to get there. They come from Asia and Europe and from points farther south. In many yards, there is no place for a poor butterfly to lay her eggs. The patches of wild plants are getting harder to find, replaced by a landscape that is hostile to caterpillars.
To balance that, add some native plants to your yard. Let some violets grow. Plant a patch of milkweed for the Monarch to lay eggs on. Find some turtlehead for the Baltimore Checkerspot. If you have to plant a tree, plant a native tree that the caterpillars can feed on. The leaves of our native oaks may be eaten by the caterpillars more than 100 different butterflies and moths, whereas a Norway maple from Europe is eaten by almost nothing, even though they have been here for hundreds of years.
There are some good local nurseries that can help you plant some of your yard with plants for the butterflies to eat and some wonderful books on butterfly gardening that give information on caterpillar food.
It only takes a few plants to give the butterflies what they need. Perhaps then we will see more butterflies winging around the area. Oh, and don't forget, if you plant caterpillar food you have to expect them to eat it. Don't get all excited and spray poisons on the caterpillars to protect your plants. You have to let the caterpillars live if you want to see a butterfly.
Jeff Tome is a Senior Naturalist for Programs and Exhibits at the Jamestown Audubon Society and a longtime CWC volunteer and former board director. The Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy is a local nonprofit organization that is dedicated to preserving and enhancing the water quality, scenic beauty and ecological health of the lakes, streams, wetlands and watersheds of the Chautauqua region. For more information, call 664-2166 or visit www.chautauquawatershed.org or www.facebook.com/chautauquawatershed.


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God created us to worship Him. Sometimes we feel inhibited to worship because we don't like who we are. God looks past our faults and abilities--He wants our hearts. read more
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Great baby sleep tips from The Baby Sleep Site and Happy Mothering.
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It's funny: We can easily pinpoint everything about our blogs that we would like to improve, but it takes a little effort to discover that one thing about our mom blog that we absolutely love.
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That it represents me trying to fulfill what I want to be when I grow up!
...the wonderful people I've met through it. I love writing the posts, but I love my readers even more.
Gives me the opportunity to write freely. No one judges me wrongly for what I say because most people are watching there like me. At least so far.
One thing that I love most about my blog is that is I am so free with my thoughts and feelings, I go back and read some post and I'm like wow I said! I can see my growth.
I love getting to know others via my blog, and really like to see what others are doing with this form of social media. I think the connections we can make with people across state or across the world are incredible!
I also really enjoy when people can relate to one of my posts -- but one of the greatest gifts my blog has afforded me is the ability to make others laugh. What can be better than that?
I have been blogging since November and just now have opened up and "allowed" others to read my thoughts. I have always loved to write, I have an endless supply of chatter so the two coupled togther give this SAHM much to write about!! ;)
that i can still find things on it... frustrating when i can't =/
... the stories about my son! It's a great way to document each new hilarious thing he does!
Getting everything out in writing to share with others; meeting other moms and learning from their experiences.
I enjoy sharing my knowledge with other moms like me.


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This park and nearby Gun Hill Houses are named for Gun Hill Road. The story of Gun Hill Road begins with the Mohegan Indians, who used a Bronx River crossing here that they called "Cowangongh," meaning the "boundary beyond." When the British arrived in the Bronx in the mid-17th century, they widened the trail, and built a crossing over the Spuyten Duyvil Creek, which they named Kingsbridge. Thereafter, the road and the settlement on the west side of the river took the name of the new bridge that linked Manhattan to the Bronx.
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Dan Hardy vs. Anthony Johnson
Round 1
Josh Rosenthal is the referee for this welterweight co-main event. A tentative touch of gloves begins bout. Johnson fires off an inside leg kick and then tries to go outside. Hardy looks a bit stiff in the early going, shaking out his hands. One minute in, Johnson drops Hardy with a left high kick and pounces as the Brit falls along the fence. Johnson gets a headlock and controls Hardy as they stand, then drives him back down to the ground. Hardy has full guard this time and ties Johnson up, but Johnson busts free and lets loose with a few big shots. Johnson lays a forearm across Hardy's throat and throws a couple short hammer fists. Nice head and neck control from Johnson is stifling Hardy's offense from his back. Hardy goes for a triangle-armbar as Johnson postures up, but "Rumble" breaks it. Johnson dives back in, looks to pass to the side, and Hardy turns to his right to frame up a kimura. Johnson muscles out of it and works from Hardy's half-guard with a minute left. Hardy's corner calls for him to slip out the back door, but he can't hit the switch and Johnson finishes on top.
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Johnson
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Johnson
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Johnson
Round 2
Johnson ducks inside and puts Hardy down against the fence with a single-leg about 30 seconds into the round. The KeyArena crowd disapproves of the decision and begins booing immediately. Johnson works from full guard, volume punches to the ribs, and Hardy again looks for a kimura. Midway through the round and there's a stalemate, as Johnson really has cause for concern with his left arm. Hardy relents momentarily, but goes right back to it. Johnson gets the arm loose and pummels with elbows from half-guard. More elbows and punches come from the top until Rosenthal stands them up with 30 seconds left. Johnson scores another takedown before the horn.
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Johnson
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Johnson
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Johnson
Round 3
Another takedown from Johnson opens the final frame, and it's another kimura attempt from Hardy. Some short punches to the side of Johnson's head from Hardy, who goes for and abandons the kimura once more. Johnson turns the corner and takes the back of Hardy, who stands and absorbs knees to the thighs. Close-quarters head kick from Johnson, who glances at the clock and takes Hardy down again. Now he's on Hardy's back with both hooks in, punching away. The crowd doesn't like it at all and responds with a chorus of boos with 1:40 remaining. Johnson is riding high with a body triangle. He puts Hardy on his back and switches to an arm-triangle choke, but Hardy defends ably. Johnson switches to a neck crank and can't get the tap there either. Johnson finishes the fight with Hardy in the headlock and should be on his way to a unanimous decision win.
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Johnson (30-27 Johnson)
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Johnson (30-27 Johnson)
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Johnson (30-27 Johnson)
Official scores: The judges' cards read 30-27 across the board for the winner by unanimous decision, Anthony Johnson.
Phil Davis vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Round 1
Herb Dean draws officiating duties for tonight's light heavyweight main event. Davis going to the body and head with kicks in the tense opening minute. He rips a front kick to the chest of Nogueira, then steps in with a knee, but eats Nogueira's counter right hand. The 205'ers clinch against the fence with Davis on the outside, driving a dozen or more knees into Nogueira's legs. They disengage and Davis circles the outside. Nogueira throws a murderous right that misses. Davis ducks in and has a takedown stuffed, but gets Nog against the cage. Nogueira shucks him off. Davis goes low for another double-leg and gets stifled. Davis gets clipped with a right hand as he fires off a high kick. Nogueira stuffs a shot, falls backward onto his rear anyway, but gets up before Davis can pounce. Another hard right gets through for Nogueira, who sprawls on another shot from Davis with 20 seconds to go. Outside leg kick from Nogueira before the round ends.
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Davis
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-10
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-10
Round 2
Davis goes back to his body kicks and both feint and twitch. He slips on one, but gets right back up and plants another on Nogueira's chest. Nogueira gets off a one-two, then a right hand as Davis wades in to shoot. Davis goes high with a kick and shoots in lightning-fast behind it, but still can't drag the Brazilian down. With exactly two minutes left, Davis finally spins Nogueira down in the center of the cage. He postures up and lands a single right hand to the jaw of Nogueira as he dives back in. Davis backs up and Nogueira scrambles to stand, but Davis pounces and takes his back. He drags Nogueira down against the fence and tees off with punches both over the top and under the arm. Nogueira turtles and eats another dozen punches, along with some knees to the body, before the end of the round.
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Davis
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Davis
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Davis
Round 3
A touch of gloves begins the final frame. Davis circles the outside until he leaps into the center with a flying knee, then a blocked right high kick. The wrestler grabs a single-leg and brings Nogueira down on the logo in the center of the cage. Nogueira tries to scramble up and Davis drives him right back down, same as the end of the previous round, driving punches from side control. Davis works from half-guard until Nogueira shoves him off with half the round left. Nogueira catches a kick and sends a left down the pipe. Another punch sends Davis shooting, but Nogueira resists. The next single-leg is successful and Davis takes top position with two minutes to go. Nogueira is shrimping, keeping Davis at bay with his legs, but the Brazilian vet needs a finish here. Davis stacks Nogueira up and finishes the fight there.
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Davis (30-27 Davis)
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Davis (30-28 Davis)
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Davis (30-28 Davis)
Official scores: All three judges cageside have it 30-27 in favor of Phil Davis, the winner by unanimous decision.
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how lame was this main event? nog looked like he wasnt even trying. that was wack. nog could've been Davis wherever the fight went. he chose not to. and i dont know why.
Phil Davis is so wonderful that weed smokes him.
I've never heard of or seen a twister before.
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Way back in September 2007, the Financial Times's Gillian Tett started raising questions about the benchmark London Interbank Offered Rate—Libor—a critical
benchmark gauge that measures how much banks charge to lend to each other.
Tett noted that:
In particular, the recent turmoil is prompting suggestions that Libor is no longer offering such an accurate benchmark of borrowing costs as before…
"The Libor rates are a bit of a fiction. The number on the screen doesn't always match what we see now," complains the treasurer of one of the largest City banks.
…some have been refusing to conduct trades at all at the official, "posted" rates, even when these rates have been displayed on Reuters.
In April 2008, after Bear Stearns collapsed, but before Lehman Brothers went broke, The Wall Street Journal's Carrick Mollenkamp reported that the "growing suspicions about Libor's veracity suggest that banks' troubles could be worse than they're willing to admit" and raised questions about whether they were deliberately manipulating the rate.
The next month, Mollenkamp and Mark Whitehouse (now at Reuters and Bloomberg, respectively) put out an excellent enterprise piece that used its own analysis to show that "Major banks are contributing to the erratic behavior of a crucial global lending benchmark" and were "reporting significantly lower borrowing costs for the London interbank offered rate, or Libor, than what another market measure suggests they should be."
The Journal compared Libor to the cost of credit-default swaps and found that Libor suddenly diverged in January 2008 when before it had tracked it closely, and it scooped that UBS had underreported its borrowing costs by 12 basis points (0.12 percent).
Some half a decade on from Tett's initial queries and four years after the Journal's near-smoking gun, the British investment bank Barclays has admitted it misled investors and lender about its financial health by lowballing its borrowing costs. Worse, it manipulated Libor—the benchmark for three-quarters of a quadrillion dollars in financial instruments—for at least four years "on an almost daily basis" to help its own traders.
Barclays will pay nearly half a billion dollars to settle the charges and that will be a pittance compared to the shareholder lawsuits, which are now a shoo-in and surely a big reason why Barclays shares plunged 16 percent today. The settlement includes $160 million to the Department of Justice "as part of an agreement in which the bank escaped possible criminal prosecution," in the WSJ's words. I reckon you and I'll have a much harder time paying off the DOJ if they ever come a-knockin'.
And it wasn't just low-level traders inside Barclays who knew what it was up to:
Libor is calculated under the auspices of the British Bankers' Association. In its filing, the CFTC alleged that a senior manager at Barclays warned the bankers' association in a phone call in 2008 that the bank hadn't been submitting accurate Libor rates, while claiming it was not the worst offender on the panel.
"We're clean, but we're dirty-clean, rather than clean-clean," the CFTC said that the Barclays employee stated. It added that the bankers' association representative responded: "No one's clean-clean."
Here's The New York Times (emphasis mine):
Amid speculation that the bank was struggling to raise money, Barclays' senior management asked employees to lower the rates submitted to the Libor committee, according to the regulatory filings. Management wanted the bank's rates in line with rivals. Senior Barclays executives instructed employees not to put your "head above the parapet."
Some employees resisted, but eventually followed orders from top executives, according to regulatory documents. One concerned employee called the rates "patently false."
"I will reluctantly, gradually and artificially get my libors in line," another person said.
That sounds like an open-and-shut criminal case against top executives, no? Does Intrade have odds on that? Don't bet on it if they do.
And Barclays is just the beginning. We know there are major consequences coming to UBS, which admitted in February that it conspired to Libor to profit on derivatives. It also blew the whistle on several other banks it says were in on the scheme, including press favorite Jamie Dimon's JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, RBS, and others.
It's easy to see the problems with Libor. It was calculated based on what bankers told a bank lobby their borrowing costs were, rather than on what actual trades showed they were. How could anything go wrong?
If there's a silver lining here it's that for once, this is a Wall Street scam that actually benefited lots of little guys. By lowballing Libor, the banks shaved tens of billions of dollars off the borrowing costs of adjustable-rate mortgages and the like. That shows as clearly as anything, just how dire their straits were in 2007 and 2008.
This is a big win for the business press, particularly the WSJ, as well as the FT, which were on it early and with enterprise.