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Tata Motors has taken a huge step towards securing the iconic UK car brands Jaguar and Land Rover, after their owner, Ford, said it was to hold detailed discussions with the Indian group over a deal that could be signed next month.
Lewis Booth, executive vice-president of Ford Europe, said yesterday that the group was "committed to focused negotiations at a more detailed level with Tata Motors concerning the potential sale of the combined Jaguar Land Rover business". He added that there was still "a considerable amount of work to do," but hoped to secure an agreement with the Indian group in talks over the next few weeks.
The carefully worded statement did not shut the door to rivals. It is understood Ford still needs assurances about certain elements of Tata's proposals.
Those still in the running are believed to comprise JP Morgan's private equity arm, One Equity Partners, whose bid is being run by the former Ford chief Jacques Nasser, and a consortium of Apollo Management and the Indian car group Mahindra & Mahindra.
One source close to the deal said: "There was no mention of exclusivity in the statement. All the bidders will remain in talks, although Tata is clearly out in front."
Tata confirmed the more detailed negotiations, and added: "We hope both parties can reach an agreement in the forthcoming weeks, though these are complex discussions and there is still much work that needs to be done before that position is reached."
While the exact amount of the combined bids is unknown, Ford is expected to make heavy losses on the deal. It bought Jaguar in 1989 for 1.6bn and Land Rover the next year for a further 1.7bn. The price of a combined bid was estimated at $1.5bn (760m) late last year.
The US group hired Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and HSBC to review the units and test the market last summer. There was much private equity interest at the time, including TPG Capital, Cerberus and Ripplewood Holdings, which hired the former chairman of Jaguar Sir Nick Scheele to head its bid.
Ford aimed to have agreed a deal by the beginning of this year, but the next announcement could be the signing of the deal early next month. Ford is not expected to make a further announcement at the Detroit Auto Show, the next industry gathering, in two weeks' time.
Last year Tata secured a 6.7bn deal for Corus, formerly British Steel. It also owns Tetley Tea. A quarter of Tata's annual $48bn revenue now comes from the UK, where it employs 30,000.
Separately, Ford announced yesterday that its full-year sales in the US were down 12 per cent on 2006. Jaguar sales were down 24 per cent, while Land Rover managed to lift sales by 3 per cent. The group said: "More than two-thirds of Ford's sales decline reflected discontinued products."Reuse content


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I can't honestly say that I ever watch Chris Matthews on his show or anywhere else, one because I disagree with the majority of things he says, and two because his voice is like fingers across a blackboard. Shallow reason I know, but what can I say. The clip above is his analysis of the Bush Presidency and Bush as a man in an interview with Keith Olbermann after the Bush farewell speech.
In this clip Matthews questions Bush's intellegence, leadership and integrity, as well as most every aspect of his foreign policy decision making. He paints Bush as an empty suit being led by the nose by the neo-cons he has chosen to surround himself with. There is no question, as Bush himself has admitted, that some mistakes were made in both foreign policy as well as domestically, but what leader does not make mistakes. Matthews, as the consumate Monday morning quarterback has the luxury to second guess. A leader does not have that same luxury.
The Status Quo Policy
The argument, however, that the original status quo in the Middle East Bush inherited when he entered office would be preferable to any kind of change is absurd. Yes, as Matthews states, change needs to start with the rank and file at street level and not with the leaders that we sit with at the table. But policy for peace or at least cease fire will not stick, until we can root out the radical leaders at the street level who have been manipulating the hearts and minds of the youth long beore Bush ever took office. And who will continue to do so.
George Bush did not create the hatred towards the west, as much as the left would like to say that he did. That hatred has existed for a long, long time. The problem now is that the tools of destruction they have at their disposal have gotten more sophisticated and more dangerous. A policy of leaving them to their own devices, a live and let live strategy is not feasible, if only for the fact that the radical side of the equation wants us dead. They wanted us dead during the Clinton years as well as during the Bush years, and unfortunately the same will hold true during the Obama years.
Chris Matthews ideas, although he does not actually offer any, would most likely be some type of policy of appeasement. A way of getting the lower level leaders who actually dictate the policy to agree to some kind of truce with both Israel and the west. If that were to happen, you know what you could do with the paper that it was signed on.
The world is a changed place, and this did not start on George Bush's watch if we remember the bombings of the emabassy's in Africa, the USS Cole and the first attack on the World Trade Center to name just a few.
The policy that had been chosen by a man who I am sure Matthews admires greatly, former President Clinton (whose wife will now be Secretary of State) was to basically do nothing in response to acts of terror. Lob in a few missiles and deal with his many personal domestic problems. As September 11, 2001 shows us, that policy was not a great one either.
Say what you will about Bush, he is a man of honor and a man of conviction who made mistakes as any leader will. But he led with his heart, not by the polls.


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The Hustler (1961)
In their third encounter, Sarah seeks out Eddie at the bus station cafe and wordlessly communicates her needfulness. Inevitably, they leave together as a couple and return to her apartment for sex. Afterwards, he promises he'll "be back later" with his things from his rented room, although Sarah has doubts about the viability of their living together: "When I'm drunk, I lie...Look, I've got troubles and I think maybe you've got troubles. Maybe it'd be better if we just leave each other alone." Her life changes for the better with him when she imagines that she has a steady boyfriend: "I've been living here almost three years. Now in three days, it seems as if I know everybody. I pass people on the street. I want to stop them and say, 'Listen, I got a fella.'"
Secretive, Eddie reveals little about himself and his daily routines, telling her that his pool case contains a deadly machine gun for self-defense: "This guy told me when I came to the big city, I'd have to have a machine gun, so I bought one." He suggests that she seek "treatments" at a clinic for her alcoholism, but she counters that housekeeping with him is more therapeutic: "I'm giving treatments right here." According to her, her funds for "liquor, groceries, and rent" come from "a rich old man who used to be my lover."
Penniless, Charlie locates Eddie at Sarah's apartment by asking around. He questions Eddie's desertion after a life-long partnership:
We were partners. We were more than partners.
Eddie refuses to go back on the road ("I've got no stomach for that anymore. I've had that kind of life"), still obsessed with having a fatalistic rematch against Minnesota Fats at Ames: "I'm gonna beat that Fat Man, with that curly hair and those diamond rings and that carnation." Charlie brags about Eddie's con abilities to Sarah, making her feel equally vulnerable, doubtful and victimized by him:
Charlie: This boy is the greatest pool hustler you ever saw, a real high-class con-man. He can charm anybody into anything. Did he ever tell you how well we've been doing on the road. We had everything. We ate good, we slept late, we had money to burn. Whiskey, dames, excuse me. I'll tell you what, take her along. I'll tell you what else, you don't want to start right away, we won't start it right away. We'll get in the car and drive to Miami, get all this crud out of your system. Have a few laughs, lie in the sun for a couple of weeks.
Eddie: With what?
Charlie: Don't worry about it. I'll raise the money.
Eddie: Oh yeah, where?
Charlie: What's the difference where? I'll raise it.
When Charlie admits that he held out on him ("my twenty-five percent, approximately fifteen hundred bucks"), Eddie calls him a "crumb" and "a small-time Charlie," cruelly dismissing him forever and ordering his old pal to "lay down and die":
With that fifteen hundred, I could have beat him. That's all I needed Charlie...You'd love to keep me hustlin' for ya, huh, wouldn't ya? I mean, a couple more years with me scufflin' around, in them little towns and those back alleys, you might make yourself enough to get a little pool room back in Oakland - six tables and a handbook on the side...Lay down and die by yourself.
After Charlie leaves, Eddie expresses his suffocation and claustrophobia when in committed partnerships: "Boy! Everybody, everybody wants a piece of me." Life takes a down-turn for them: dishes and garbage pile up in the kitchen, and Sarah has begun drinking heavily. As a would-be writer, she pecks at a typewriter on a make-believe story, similar to her own bitter life's story - "a story I'm making up." It characterizes their grim, uncommunicative relationship together: "We have a contract of depravity. All we have to do is pull the blinds down." Sarah describes their empty life of booze and sex:
Sarah: What else have we got? We never talk about anything. We stay in this room and we drink and make love. We're strangers. What happens when the liquor and the money run out, Eddie? You told Charlie to lay down and die. Will you say that to me too? What happens, Eddie?
Eddie: Just buy yourself another rich old lover.
Sarah: That's right, and I'm sure you'll help me. (He viciously slaps her across the face.) You waiting for me to cry? You bum. You pool-room bum.
Later, in the backroom of a barroom, Eddie joins a poker card-game in progress with Bert Gordon - after losing twenty bucks, they share a drink and conversation, with Gordon criticizing him as an excuse-finding, compulsive loser: "...you start drinking whiskey gambling - it gives you an excuse for losing. That's something you don't need, an excuse for losing." The sinister, parasitic entrepreneur criticizes Eddie while presenting his psychology of winning. Gordon accuses him of losing the match with Fats because he lacked "character," not because of his unquestioned pool-playing talent:
Gordon: I don't think there's a pool player alive who shoots better pool than I saw you shoot the other night at Ames. You got talent.
Eddie: So I got talent? So what beat me?
Gordon: Character.
Eddie: Sure, sure.
Gordon: You're damn right I'm sure. Everybody's got talent, I got talent. You think you can play big-money straight pool or poker for forty straight hours on nothing but talent? You think they call Minnesota Fats the best in the country just cause he got talent? Nah, Minnesota Fats's got more character in one finger than you got in your whole skinny body.
Eddie: I got drunk.
Gordon: He drank as much whiskey as you do.
Eddie: Maybe he knows how to drink.
Gordon: You bet he knows how. You think that's a talent too, huh, knowin' how to drink whiskey? You think Minnesota Fats was born knowin' how to drink?
Eddie: OK, OK, what do I do now? Lie down on the floor and, uh, bow from the ankles? What do I do, go home?
Gordon: That's your problem.
Eddie: So I stay. I stay until I hustle up enough to play Fats again. And maybe by that time, I'll develop myself some character.
Gordon: (chuckling) Maybe by that time you'll die of old age. (He saunters over to the bar where Eddie is seated) How much do you think you'll, uh, need?
Eddie: A thousand.
Gordon: Naw, three thousand at least. He'll start you off at five hundred a game, he'll beat the pants off ya. That's the way he plays when he comes up against a man who knows the way the game is. He'll beat you flat four or five times, maybe more, depending on how, uh, steady your nerves are. Then he might, just might be a little scared of ya, and that could change things, but I wouldn't count on it.
Eddie: How do you know, huh, when nobody knows that much?
Gordon: You see that big car parked out by the fireplug on your way in? Well, that's mine. I like that car. But I get a new one every year, because I make it my business to know what guys like you and Minnesota Fats are gonna do. I made enough off you the other night to pay for it twice over.
Astutely recognizing Eddie's determined will to beat Fats, the manipulative, Mephistophelesian, sports promoter gets "personal," pep-talks Eddie, and cynically repeats his earlier criticism of the player during the Ames match. The Satanic gambler calls him a self-pitying "born loser":
Gordon: Eddie, you're a born loser.
Eddie: What's that supposed to mean?
Gordon: First time in ten years I ever saw Minnesota Fats hooked, really hooked. But you let him off.
Eddie: I told you, I got drunk.
Gordon: Sure you got drunk, the best excuse in the world for losin'. No trouble losin' when you got a good excuse. And winning - that can be heavy on your back too, like a monkey. Drop that load too when you got an excuse. All you gotta do is learn to feel sorry for yourself. That's one of the best indoor sports, feelin' sorry for yourself. A sport enjoyed by all - especially the born loser.
As Eddie leaves, Gordon offers a corrupt bargain to acquire the front money to meet Fats again and become the winner he yearns to be: "to get the three thousand and play Minnesota Fats again." Gordon has "ten reasons, maybe fifteen" because by investing in Eddie as his contract pool player, "there's something in it for me" and he enjoys "action." The unbalanced, ungenerous split would be compromising for Eddie (25 percent of the take), with 75 percent going to Gordon. The pool hustler rejects the proposal, preferring to 'scuffle' around on his own:
Eddie: That's a pretty big slice. Who do you think you are, General Motors?
Gordon: How much you think you're worth these days? I'm puttin' up the money, I'm puttin' up the time. For that, I get seventy-five percent return on my money - if you win.
Eddie: Do you think I can lose?
Gordon: I never saw you do anything else.
Eddie: You saw me beat Minnesota Fats for eighteen thousand dollars.
Gordon: Look, you want to hustle pool, don't ya? This game isn't like football. Nobody pays you for yardage. When you hustle, you keep score real simple. At the end of the game, you count up your money. That's how you find out who's best. It's the only way.
Eddie: Why back me, then, huh? Why don't you go back yourself? Go find yourself a big fat poker game and get rich. You know all the angles.
Gordon: I'm already rich. But I like action. That's one thing I think you're good for - is action. Besides, like I say, you got talent.
Eddie: Yeah, you already told me that. You cut that slice down to bite size, maybe we could talk.
Gordon: No, we don't talk. I don't make bad bets. Seventy-five, twenty-five, that's it.
Eddie: Kiss off!
Gordon: Hey wait! What are you gonna do about the money?
Eddie: There are places. I'll scuffle around.
Gordon: The word's out on you, Eddie. You walk in the wrong kind of place, they'll eat ya alive.
Eddie: And when did you adopt me?
Gordon: I don't know when it was.
In the waterfront Arthur's Pool Hall, as Eddie picks up his winnings after obviously hustling ("I don't rattle kid, I'm gonna beat you flat," he defiantly brags) another would-be hustler (a "two-bit punk"), he is confronted ("Why you're a pool-shark, boy, a real pool-shark!") and dragged into the restroom where his two thumbs are painfully broken by four thugs, as his face is pressed against a glass window [they are later identified as Gordon's hired thugs].
At Sarah's apartment, she comforts him when he is crippled, nurses him to health and helps him to recover. Handicapped and dependent on her, Eddie's hands are manacled and encased in plaster casts - he is unable to hold a coffee cup, light his own cigarettes, or button his shirt. During their healing relationship, Sarah appears to strengthen, sobers up during the recovery period, and even returns to her writing.
During a picnic in the country, Eddie expresses his doubts and insecurities, his fear of winning, and his urge to fail and defeat himself [a foreshadowing of the Faustian bargain he ultimately makes]:
Eddie: Sarah, do you think I'm a loser?
Sarah: A loser?
Eddie: Yeah. I met this guy, Gordon, Bert Gordon. He said I was a born loser.
Sarah: Would he know?
Eddie: He knows a lot.
Sarah: Why did he tell you?
Eddie: I don't know, I'm not sure. He said there are people who, uh, who want to lose, who are always lookin' for an excuse to lose.
Sarah: What does he do, this Bert Gordon?
Eddie: He's a gambler.
Sarah: Is he a winner?
Eddie: He owns things.
Sarah: Is that what makes a winner?
Eddie: What else does?
Sarah: Does it bother you what he said?
Eddie: Yeah. Yeah, it bothers me a lot. Cause you see twice, Sarah, once at Ames with Minnesota Fats, and then again at Arthurs, you know, in that cheap, crummy pool room. Now why did I do it Sarah, why did I do it? I could've beat that guy, I could've beat him cold. He never would have known. But I just had to show him. Just had to show those creeps and those punks what the game is like when it's great, when it's really great. You know, like anything can be great, anything can be great. I don't care - brick-laying can be great if a guy knows. If he knows what he's doin' and why and if he can make it come off.
Fast Eddie elatedly describes the beautiful thrill of shooting pool to her, comparing it to a jockey riding a horse - for once glorifying the game devoid of the harsh, dehumanizing, 'win-or-lose' mentality of competition:
When I'm goin', when I'm really goin', I feel like a, like a jockey must feel when he's sittin' on his horse, he's got all that speed and that power underneath him, he's coming into the stretch, the pressure's on him - and he knows. He just feels, when to let it go and how much. 'Cause he's got everything workin' for him - timing, touch. It's a great feeling, boy - it's a real great feeling - when you're right and you know you're right. Like all of a sudden, I got oil in my arm. Pool cue's part of me. You know, it's a - pool cue, it's got nerves in it. It's a piece of wood; it's got nerves in it. You can feel the roll of those balls. You don't have to look. You just know. You make shots that nobody's ever made before. And you play that game the way nobody's ever played it before.
After his monologue, Sarah confidently states her belief in him as a "winner" - and her love:
You're not a loser, Eddie. You're a winner. Some men never get to feel that way about anything. I love you, Eddie.
She falls in love with him and could redeem him from his losing battles, but being self-absorbed and emotionally crippled, he is unable to respond and commit:
Eddie: You know, someday Sarah, you're gonna settle down. You're gonna marry a college professor. You're gonna write a great book - maybe about me, huh? Fast Eddie Felson, Hustler.
Sarah: I love you.
Eddie: Do you need the words?
Sarah: Yes, I need them very much. If you ever say them, I'll never let you take them back.
With his thumbs healed, Eddie practices his pool game - he rates it as "twenty percent off, maybe more." Gordon naively asks Eddie about his "open-hand bridge" style, as if he was unaware of the thumb-breakers:
Eddie: A big creep broke my thumbs.
Gordon: A man named Turk Baker?
Eddie: You know everybody, don't ya?
Gordon: Everybody who can hurt me. Everybody who can help me pays.
Eddie: Maybe you ought to give me lessons.
Gordon: Sign up.
Eddie: Where do I sign?
Eddie admits his need for help, and literally sells his soul - he accepts Gordon's offer as his manager, on his terms, for a match in Louisville, Kentucky. He muses: "Maybe I'm not such a high-class piece of property right now. But that twenty-five percent slice of somethin' big is better than a hundred percent slice of nothin'." To celebrate, Eddie (dressed up in tie and jacket) wines and dines Sarah in a new, patterned dress - with pearls - in the exclusive Parisien Restaurant - "there's a first time for everything." Now that she "feel(s) pretty," she orders sherry - "very old, very dry."
After dinner when the bill is presented, he off-handedly mentions his departure to resume his hustling: "I'll be leavin' town for a little while." [The camera angle in the restaurant has changed, revealing an unattractive cupboard of crockery.] Insecure that her unstable, non-committal lover will never return, although he asserts "I'll be back," she marches out of the restaurant into a drenching downpour. She refuses a taxi ride and walks home in the driving rain, arriving a sodden, rain-soaked mess. When he explains his next day's trip to Louisville with a friend "to make some money," she realizes that her full-time 'hustler' may desert her because he doesn't need her anymore, like all the other men in her life, including her father. Hustling will only result in further deadening of his emotional side with her. She begins to believe he isn't even 'real' in her manufactured, made-up world:
Sarah: Leave now.
Eddie: Grow up.
Sarah: Why should I?
Eddie: Sarah, I'm going to Kentucky to play pool with a guy by the name of Findlay. Now I need the action and I need the money. I told ya I'd be back.
Sarah: If you were going to come back, you wouldn't have taken me out tonight, you wouldn't have bought this dress. You're hustling me, Eddie. You've never stopped hustling me.
Eddie: No, I never hustled you, even when I thought I was, and you know it.
Sarah: What do you want me to do, just sit here and wait, your faithful looking Sarah. Pull all the shades down and sit. When you feel like coming back, you'll come back and you'll love me, and then you'll go away again. Is that your idea of love?
Eddie: I got no idea of love. Neither of you, I mean, neither one of us would know what it was if we saw it comin' down the street.
Sarah: I'd know it, Eddie. I'd know it. For God's sakes, what are you trying to do to me? I love you.
Eddie: Well, what's your idea of love - chains?
Sarah: I made you up, didn't I, Eddie? You weren't real. I made you up, like everything else. There was no car crash, Eddie. When I was five, I had polio. I was never an actress. The 'rich old man' is my father. He walked out on us when I was seven. He sends me a check every month. That's how he buys his way out of my life. The men I've known - after they've left, I'd say they weren't real. I made them up. But you, Eddie, I wanted you to be real. I'm so scared. I'm scared.


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About that coin. The reason tourists from all across the world are flinging their coins in the fountain is to make their wishes come true. I'm not a wish-kind-of-guy, I believe that everything that happens is connected to me and my actions. But, I do love surprises, so I might fling a coin into the fountain just in case.
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I have talked about what happened when my five year old son and I didn't have any money. A woman gave us the money, and litterary saved the day. My reaction to her kindness was that I would have taken a bullet for her. She became my President, and I became her Secret Service, just in a matter of minutes and for $7.
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A few weeks ago, I wrote a guest post at Wonder of Tech, about the 10 real reasons why I love Spotify. I actually did my first video screencast, using Screenflow, for this guest post. I didn't think much about it, other than I really enjoy the relationship I have with Carolyn (the brilliant author of Wonder of Tech), I've learned so much from her, and she has been supporting me all the way.
Then, a few days after the guest post, out of the blue, I received something I haven never received before. It was an email from Amazon, telling me that I've received a gift card. I had to look twice to see if it was authentic, and then I saw her name. It was sent from Carolyn Nicander Mohr. Right then, I knew that I could trust its authenticity. I received a gift card for $30, but it was the note that really stuck to my mind.
Jens, I can't thank you enough for all of your awesome support of me and my blog. Your kind invitation to your tribe, your frequent visits and comments, your brilliant guest post and your votes all have meant the world to me.
I hope you can use this small token of my appreciation to buy an awesome book or two for your Kindle!
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For the second straight week, a West Coast opponent will glide across the Georgia Dome turf with the goal of standing between the Atlanta Falcons and Super Bowl XLVII.
Before the Falcons can match their franchise's promotional creed and 'Rise Up', they must turn their attention to the ground. It's how 49ers pistolback Colin Kaepernick and running back Frank Gore were able to shred the Green Bay Packers defense like mozzarella cheese during the NFC's Divisional Round. While Kaepernick's NFL-quarterback single game rushing record has gotten more pub than Kimye, Gore's humble 119-yard performance went unnoticed.
Mike Smith and his defensive coordinator/former Niners head coach Mike Nolan certainly should have paid attention while breaking down the Niners All-22 tape. The Niners fourth-ranked run defense averages 155.7 rushing yards per game.The Falcons 21st ranked run defense has given up 123.2 rushing yards per game, is 29th in yards allowed per rush and have struggled against athletic quarterbacks. In two regular season NFC South meetings, Kaepernick clone, Cam Newton averaged 251 yards by air and tacked on an extra 101 yards per game against Atlanta.
Last weekend, Russell Wilson became just the latest running quarterback to slice and dice Nolan's 4-3 defensive unit to the tune of 385 yards, two touchdowns passing, 60 yards and another touchdown on the ground. Kaepernick is seven inches taller and besides his long stride, is a much different runner.
"I think he [Kaepernick] is more of a 'one read and go' guy, where Russell was more contemplative in the pocket." Falcons safety Thomas Decoud said.
The NFL may have become a passing league but the Falcons disadvantage on the ground is a large component behind why Vegas and most experts view them as significant underdogs. According to ESPN betting expert RJ Bell, the Falcons are the biggest home underdog of the past 30 conference championships.
Offensively, the Falcons trot out a lethal offensive quartet of their own in Matt Ryan, Roddy White, Julio Jones and Tony Gonzalez. To counter, the Niners will likely employ plenty of five defensive back, nickel sets. Cornerback Carlos Rodgers, Tarell Brown and Chris Culliver, in addition to Pro-Bowl safeties Dashon Goldson and Dante Whitner will be tasked with clipping the wings from the Falcons sixth-ranked passing offense.
The success of the Niners nickel set will depend on Michael Turner's production against injured defensive end Justin Smith and San Fran's two inside linebackers Navorro Bowman and Patrick Willis. The Niners deployed a similar strategy in five wins against pass happy offenses New Orleans, New England, Detroit and Green Bay. Not only did the Niners stop those passing games in their tracks but they also didn't allow a single 100 or even 90 yard rusher in each of those wins.
Before Turner's 14 carry, 98-yard outbreak against the Seahawks, the aging vet averaged 50 yards per game on a paltry on 3.6 yards per rush. He'll split carries with scatback Jacquizz Rodgers, who will also make an impact via bubble screens as an extension of the running game.
Falcons right tackle Tyson Clabo will be assigned with blocking Aldon Smith while left tackle and left guard will share Justin Smith. Fortunately for Ryan, Justin is essentially playing with one healthy arm after partially tearing his triceps against New England in Week 15. Since Justin's injury, Aldon has gone sackless after recording 19.5 in his first 13 games.
While the Falcons are fighting for Tony Gonzalez' football future, a tight end on the other sideline may play a more significant role in Saturday's matchup.
Forgotten about Kaepernick's 181 yards rushing effort against Green Bay, the Niners quarterback also displayed a natural ability to thread the needle with his howitzer for an arm while succinctly throwing for 263 yards. According to Football Outsider's advanced statistical tracker, Atlanta cornerbacks Dunta Robinson and Asante Samuel have had been a top-ten unit defending the top-two receivers on opposing offenses this season. On Sunday, they will be matched up against Michael Crabtree and Randy Moss. Since Kaepernick became the starter in Week 11, Crabtree is fifth in catches (50), fourth in receiving yards (714) and tied for second with seven touchdowns.
However, the Falcons are 21st against tight ends. Vernon Davis has seen his production dip significantly since Kaepernick supplanted Smith as the Niners starter but should be a significant part of Sunday's game plan. Last Sunday, Seahawks tight end Zach Miller caught eight passes for 142 yards and a touchdown. Perennial Pro-Bowler Patrick Willis will be tasked with the impossible task of attempting to bottle up the Falcons future Hall of Famer, Gonzalez.
Rushing the passer against one of the best offensive lines in the NFL will be critical for Atlanta's 23rd-ranked pass defense against Kaepernick when he drops back into the pocket. Kaepernick's 81.5 Total QBR is the second-best in the league. Returning defensive end John Abraham recorded 10 of the Falcons 29 sacks(28th in the league) this season and is the NFL's active leader in the stat but has been nursing an ankle injury all week. He also has been lost in the pass rushing Sahara behind the line of scrimmage since Nov. 29 when he last reeled in a quarterback for a sack.
If the Falcons don't find a solution to neutralizing Kaepernick on their home turf, the 49ers will run away with a huge lead and the NFC title.
Kickoff: 3:00 ET on FOX at the Georgia Dome
Prediction: 49ers win 31-20.
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THROOP - James 'J.R.' Ryan, 65 of N. Division Street Rd., passed away peacefully early Tuesday morning (October 15, 2013) surrounded by his loving family and in the comfort of his home. Calling hours will be held this Monday from 4 to 7 pm with a service to immediately follow in the Pettigrass Funeral Home, 196 Genesee St., Auburn. Due to J.R.'s love of Motocross, in lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to be made in his memory to "USMX Motocross", 6948 N. Division Street Rd., Auburn, N.Y. 13021. He was born on November 15, 1947 in Seneca Falls, N.Y. the son of the late Louis and Harriet Deming Ryan and had been an area resident his whole life. 'J.R.' as he was affectionately known by his family and friends was an employee for Nucor and retired from McQuay International after many years of service. He owned and operated J.R.'s Country Club in Seneca Falls for several years. Jim's passion was his band, which he started several years ago and was the lead vocalist. The 'J.R.' Band played many different local bars and restaurants and put on many benefits in the county. Jim was later named in the Cortland Country Music Park Hall of Fame in 1993 for his exceptional singing talents. J.R. also loved watching his two grandsons race in Motocross and cherished all the time spent with each of his five grandchildren. He also loved nature and especially the deer in his back yard. He would feed them every day and enjoyed watching them while sipping on an occasional Pabst Blue Ribbon. He is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Nancy Dyson Ryan of Throop; two daughters, Tammy (David) Dix of Elbridge, Crista (Pat) Baliva of Montezuma; five grandchildren, Travis LaCroix, Brandon Ryan, Joshua Baliva, Brooke Baliva, Cody Dix, also two special men Bob Bell, Buzzy Dyson along with several other nieces and nephews.


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To celebrate its silver jubilee, Po Leung Kuk 1983 Board of Directors' College held a Musical and Variety Show on January 25. About 800 guests, parents, teachers and students gathered in Tsuen Wan Town Hall to enjoy the entertainment.
The show began with a short, unaccompanied performance of Happy Birthday. Guest-of-honour Tai Keen-man, RTHK's assistant director of broadcasting (radio), accompanied by college principal Hui Wing-ho and other guests, officiated at the opening.
Students were given an opportunity to showcase their talents in dancing, and choral, orchestral and other musical performances. The school choir, handchimes choir, Chinese orchestra and winds orchestra all showed the audience their skills.
The school dance teams, teachers and parents also put on a lively performance which was well-received. The fun and excitement of all these acts really made the evening a big success.
After the interval, it was time for the school musical, which drew the biggest applause of the night. The musical was created with a theme of 'Dancing Dreams', reflecting the scope of the students' learning abilities and their moral, intellectual, physical, social and aesthetic development. The cast sang and danced their way through the show, bringing a delightful atmosphere to the evening.
The evening ended with all the performers, stage crew, choir and teachers singing The Greatest Love of All. Guests then toasted the success of the show, marking the end of an unforgettable night.
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On January 19, our school held a 'Hunger Banquet' to experience what it is like to live in the developing world.
The aim of the activity was to illustrate the inequality of world resources and show the difference in the lives of the rich and the poor.
First, we listened to talks about the distribution of world resources, and causes of hunger. Then we had a quiz and 'earned' money if we got the questions right.
The second round was about 'working for money'. My class was chosen to pick beansprouts. We picked almost 100 beansprouts, but we only got HK$10. We all felt very angry because we worked hard for an unreasonable wage. It was easier to earn money in some of the other jobs and we felt this was unfair.
Finally, we were divided into poor and rich. I was one of the students in the 'poor' group. We only had two pieces of bread and a 'green banana' to eat. We didn't complain even though the food did not fill us up, because we only had to be hungry for half a day. This is in contrast to 85 per cent of people in the world who are worried about what they are going to eat.
I gained a lot from this activity. I learned that we have to be thankful for having enough. We live in Hong Kong not because of our wealth or knowledge, but because we are lucky. I also learned that we can solve unfairness through sharing. If everyone understands 'it is more blessed to give than to receive', we can create a new and fairer world.
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CMA Secondary School's annual Music Day was held on January 4 at the auditorium of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Jockey Club. Many of the school's budding musicians took part in individual and inter-class singing competitions.
C AllStar and Jonathan Wong, prizewinners of the Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation, were invited to be guests-of-honour and judges. Parents and teachers, including supervisor Vitus Szeto-kin, were also present to enjoy the students' performances.
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The Tigers posted a 9-4 (5-3 SEC) record in '09, but were outgained by an average of 23.1 yards per game (327.6 to 304.5), good for eighth in the SEC. Not helping LSU was a knack for mental mistakes at inopportune times, as evidenced by the 86 penalty flags drawn last fall (78th nationally).
If you're looking for the primary reason behind Miles' struggles, look no further than the offensive side of the ball, where the Tigers' production has plummeted in recent years. After boasting the nation's 11th-ranked unit in total offense (417.46 ypg) back in '06, LSU slipped to 26th overall during the '07 national championship season. Offensive coordinator Gary Crowton's squad dropped to 55th nationally during the '08 campaign before sinking to 112th last fall (12th SEC) with an average yardage output of 304.5 per contest. Not bad for a fourth-year OC that earns roughly $470,000 per year.
Crowton returns six starters in '10, led by junior quarterback Jordan Jefferson (182-of-296 passing, 2,166 yards, 17 TD, 7 INT) and wide receiver Terrence Tolliver (53 receptions, 735 yards, 3 TD). The Tigers lost their two rushers in Charles Scott and Keiland Williams, but red-shirt freshman Michael Ford – the nation's third-ranked running back prospect in '09 – turned heads in the spring game with a 19-carry, 139-yard performance. Former top quarterback recruit Russell Shepherd has moved full time to wide receiver after leading the team with a 6.2 yards-per-carry mark last year working out of the offensive backfield.
If the offense has been an unsettling variable in Baton Rouge, then defense has been the mighty constant. Second-year defensive coordinator John Chavis returns just four players off a squad that ranked 26th nationally in total defense (327.6 ypg) and 11th nationally in scoring defense (16.2 ppg), but middle linebacker Kelvin Sheppard (110 tackles, 7.5 TFL) returns as the Tigers' leading tackler and second-team All-SEC cornerback Patrick Peterson (52 tkl, 2 INT) anchors a solid defensive backfield along with strong safety Brandon Taylor (41 tkl, 2 INT).
Quotable: "I can tell you this -- it will only be a championship season, and that's the only point and direction of this program. That's where we're headed... I love guarantees. I think there's a uniqueness with every year. The uniqueness comes with the situations that the teams are confronted with, the personalities of the men that play, the competitiveness with which they play. I think that this team has as good a chance as any. I like my team. I like my team's attitude. I like us in every game. So, can't wait. The fall is here." -- Miles after his squad was picked fourth in the SEC West in the preseason media poll
Matchup to Watch: While North Carolina fans will anxiously be watching their own quarterback battle unfold between fifth-year senior T.J. Yates and red-shirt freshman Bryn Renner, the LSU crowd will likely be more concerned about Jefferson's well being under center against the Tar Heels' vaunted defensive line. The Tigers return three starters on the offensive line for the second straight season, but that positive failed to pay dividends last fall as Crowton's front five allowed 2.85 sacks per game (T-105th nationally) and managed just 122.8 rushing yards per outing (90th) despite a pair of standout tailbacks.
Gone from that group is second-team All-America Ciron Black at left tackle, who offensive line coach Greg Studrawa assuredly wishes he had back for one more season to battle UNC's All-America candidate in junior defensive end Robert Quinn. Add future first-round pick Marvin Austin into the mix at defensive tackle for the Tar Heels and the situation quickly becomes dangerous for LSU's signal callers.
Remember Me? Sam Montgomery, the nation's seventh-ranked defensive end prospect in the class of '09, surprised most analysts on Signing Day when he selected LSU over North Carolina. The 6-foot-4, 240-pounder earned national recognition by The Sporting News during spring ball for posting 23 tackles, five sacks and two tackles for loss in four scrimmages. That performance also delivered the Greenwood, S.C. product the top defensive player award in spring practice by the LSU coaching staff. With defensive tackle Lazarius Levingston serving as the Tigers' lone returning starter on the line, Montgomery will be counted on to make an impact against the Tar Heels.
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World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko will defend his titles against Tony Thompson (USA) at STADE DE SUISSE in Bern, Switzerland, on July 7. Tony "The Tiger" Thompson (40) is from Washington D.C. and the official IBF mandatory challenger. The 6ŌĆÖ 5ŌĆÖŌĆÖ is a southpaw and has a fight record of 36 wins (24 KOs) and two defeats. In 2008, at the sold out o2 World Hamburg Thompson fought against Wladimir Klitschko as the official WBO contender and lost a very close and equal fight in round 11 by KO. Since then he has won all his five bouts. For 36-year-old Wladimir Klitschko it is his second appearance in the boxing ring after his impressive domination and title unification against David Haye in July 2011. In March, he scored a fourth round KO against former Cruiserweight World Champion Jean-Marc Mormeck at the sold out Esprit arena in D├╝sseldorf, Germany. The professional record of the 1996 Olympic Gold medalist Klitschko is 57 wins (50 KOs) with only 3 losses. It will ...
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Thursday, January 21, 1999
"If you bet a horse, that's gambling. If you bet you can make three spades, that's entertainment. If you bet cotton will go up three points, that's business. See the difference?" -- William Sherrod
Is Lycos Next?
In the aftermath of @Home Corp.'s (Nasdaq: ATHM) proposed acquisition of Excite Inc. (Nasdaq: XCIT), Internet portal and search company Lycos Inc. (Nasdaq: LCOS) reportedly is looking for a partner in the media or telecommunications industry to take a 20% stake in the company. The Financial Times cited Eric Gerritsen, Lycos' vice president for international business development, as saying that the company has started informal talks with a number of unspecified companies regarding making a $1 billion investment.
The Times named German media giant Bertelsmann AG, which last October acquired a 50% interest in barnesandnoble.com, as a possible investor. Lycos and Bertelsmann already have a three-year, $10 million agreement, under which Lycos sends users to Bertelsmann's European online bookstores. The two are also involved in a joint venture that helps Europeans search the Internet for data. Other rumored potential investors include software giant Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and TV network CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS).
With Excite agreeing to merge with @Home in the latest round of industry consolidation, Lycos and Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) are among the few portals that have yet to partner with a bigger technology or media company. Last year, Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) bought a 43% stake in Infoseek (Nasdaq: SEEK), and in December, America Online (NYSE: AOL) said it would acquire Netscape Communications (Nasdaq: NSCP).
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Following reports that it is in preliminary talks to acquire America West Holdings (NYSE: AWA), UAL Corp.'s United Airlines (NYSE: UAL) issued a statement confirming "that it has expressed to America West Airlines an interest in a possible acquisition of America West," the nation's ninth largest airline, with a strong presence out West. No. 1 United reportedly needs planes for its expansion at Washington's Dulles Airport and "is alarmed by American Airlines' recent purchase of Reno Air, primarily a Western operation," The Wall Street Journal reported.
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ATLANTA — Georgia State University College of Education Professor Joyce E. King has been voted president-elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
Her term as president begins at the conclusion of AERA's 2014 Annual Meeting, after one year of service as president-elect.
Before arriving at Georgia State, King was professor of education and provost at Spelman College, associate provost at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York and associate vice-chancellor for academic affairs and diversity programs at the University of New Orleans. She has received fellowship awards from the American Council on Education, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and the National Institutes of Mental Health.Since 2004, King has been on the faculty at Georgia State, where she holds the Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair of Urban Teaching, Learning and Leadership. Her research interests include the role of cultural knowledge, curriculum change and global education.
A native of California, King has a doctor's degree in the social foundations of education from Stanford University and has a history of active involvement with AERA.
"Her extensive participation with AERA and her knowledge of the association position her well to lead," said AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine. "We look forward to her continued contributions to AERA and to the field of education research."
King chaired the AERA Commission on Research in Black Education and became editor of the resulting volume, "Black Education: A Transformative Research and Action Agenda for the New Century," published in 2005. King edited "Preparing Teachers for Cultural Diversity and Teaching Diverse Populations: Formulating a Knowledge Base" and co-authored "Black Mothers to Sons: Juxtaposing African American Literature with Social Practice." She has written numerous book chapters and journal articles.
King will succeed Barbara Schneider, the John A. Hannah Chair and Distinguished Professor in the College of Education and Department of Sociology at a Michigan State University. Schneider will assume the AERA presidency and King will become president-elect on May 1, at the close of the association's 2013 Annual Meeting in San Francisco.


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Edwin W. Wise, 87, WW II vet, Haldeman plumber
Edwin W. Wise, 87, formerly of Reinholds, passed away Monday, May 13, at Fairmount Homes, Ephrata.
He was born in Ephrata Township to the late Frank A. and Bertha S. (Weinhold) Wise and was the husband of Betty J. (Bennetch) Wise, with whom he shared 62 years of marriage.
Edwin was a member of Swamp Christian Fellowship Church, Reinholds. He enjoyed collecting postcards, doing scrapbooks and puzzles. He had been an active member of the Reinholds Lion Club and a member of the Cocalico Post #3376 V.F.W. 141. In earlier years, he enjoyed hiking and was a Phillies fan. A plumber for 32 years, he worked for Frank L. Haldeman and Sons of Manheim, following retirement he worked for Direct Wire and Cable, Denver.
A veteran of WW II, he served in the U.S. Army, 42nd Rainbow Division of the 232nd Regimental Battalion Anti-Tank Division.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by three children: Linda Sue, wife of Robert Mull, Jr. of Lancaster; David Lee Wise of Lebanon; Teresa K. Brookover of Jessup, Md.; three grandchildren; one step grandchild; four great-grandchildren and eight siblings: Ruth Redcay of Ephrata; Paul Wise of Ephrata; Luke Wise of Ephrata; Martin Wise of Akron; June, wife of Abe Shrom of Ephrata; Rose, wife of Carmen Peters of Ephrata; Shirley, wife of Sylvan Gehman of Ephrata; and Betty, wife of David Martin of Stevens.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers: Vernon W. Wise and Leroy Wise; and a sister: Lavern Wise.
A viewing will be held on Thursday, May 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Roseboro Stradling Funeral Home, 533 Walnut St., Denver. An additional viewing will be held on Friday, from 9 to 10 a.m. at the funeral home, followed by funeral services held at 10 a.m., with Pastor Craig Snow officiating. Interment will take place in Swamp Cemetery, Reinholds. Military honors will be accorded by the Red Rose Veterans Honor Guard.
If desired, memorial contributions in Edwin's memory may be made to Fairmount Homes Sharing Fund 333 Wheat Ridge Drive Ephrata, PA 17522 or Hospice & Community Care P. O. Box 4125 Lancaster, PA 17604.
Arrangements by Roseboro Stradling Funeral & Cremation Services, Inc., Denver. Online condolences can be given at stradlingfuneralhome.com.


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JWT Taipei's Evan Teng is "Ad Man of the Year"
Congratulations to Evan Teng, Managing Director of JWT Taipei, who has been named "Ad Man of the Year" at the eighth annual Taiwan Ad Festival. The festival celebrates excellence in the field of advertising and runs in collaboration with the Commerce Department of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. This honor is a testament to Teng's true commitment to creativity and his large role in JWT Taipei's success.
"I am truly honored to receive the award. The team at JWT Taipei has been fantastic, so this award is for them as much as for me," said Teng. Under his leadership, the agency has significantly grown in revenue and has garnered recognition from The One Show, Spikes and Adfest.
Adding on to his role as Managing Director, Teng has been appointed the Secretary General of AdAsia 2015 in Taipei, where he will assist in improving and promoting the advertising industry in Taiwan.
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New matchday parking restrictions in neighbouring streets near Craven Cottage.
New matchday parking restrictions around Craven Cottage, giving priority to permit holders and residents' visitors, will come into effect from Monday 17 December and will be in operation in time for the Fulham v Wigan fixture on Saturday 22 December.
The Club advises fans and other people travelling to Craven Cottage by car to be aware of the new parking controls on matchdays which will enforce a one-hour maximum stay for non-residential pay and display visitors between the following hours:
9am to 9.30pm on Monday to Friday matchdays
9am to 5pm on matchday Saturdays
(There are no match day restrictions on Sunday or bank holiday games)
Restrictions will apply to zones X & Y and will be introduced on a trial basis and monitored for the first six months.
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The Madden 17 video game cover will feature New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski in all his spiking glory.
The rough-and-tumble Gronkowski, known as much for his partying ways off the field as his touchdown-making ways on it, received word Thursday evening when it was announced on ESPN's "SportsCenter" show.
Gronkowski, 27, becomes the first Patriots player as well as first tight end to make the cover.
The popular video game, which debuted in 1988, featured legendary Raiders Coach John Madden on the cover until 2001, when Tennessee Titans running back Eddie George appeared on it.
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An up-to-date, comprehensive consumer guide to the most commonly prescribed drugs for mind and mood disorders
For the one in two Americans who will develop a mind or mood disorder, here is an indispensable reference focused specifically on the drugs most often prescribed for their condition.
Official FDA-approved information plus guidelines from nationally esteemed psychiatrists and pharmacists provide trustworthy information about these medications. Special concerns for women, children, and seniors make this reference an essential addition to your home medical library.
Complete drug profiles include:
• Brand and generic names for each drug
• What the drug is for and how it works in the body
• Information on dosage, including the best times to take each drug
• Common side effects, risk factors, and when to call your doctor
• Interactions with other drugs
• Interactions with foods and beverages
• Medical conditions that may affect the choice of a particular drug
• Popular herbal remedies
• A comprehensive listing of resources for additional information about specific mind/mood disorders
• Color photographs of the twenty-five most commonly prescribed mind/mood drugs
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Praise for The MindMood Pill Book:
"An excellent handbook to psychiatric drugs and a much-needed resource for the public at large. It offers the kind of straightforward information that empowers patients to be partners — and watchdogs — in their own health care."
— H. Keith H. Brodie, M.D., President Emeritus and James B. Duke Professor of Psychiatry at Duke University, past president of the American Psychiatric Association
"Easily readable, helpfully organized, and spanning everything from the latest mood stabilizer to herbal remedies, this book is vital reading for anyone who plans to talk to a doctor about anxiety, depression, or any other emotional problem."
— Robert Michels, M.D., Walsh McDermott Professor of Psychiatry and University Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Medical College, Cornell University
"A practical, authoritative, and comprehensive reference guide to the medications used to treat mental disorders. It includes the information that people need and answers the questions most frequently asked."
— Carol C. Nadelson, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director, Partners Office for Women's Careers at Brigham and Women's Hospital
How to Use This Book
Nearly 1 in every 2 Americans will develop a mental disorder in the course of their lifetimes. Approximately 25 percent of these men, women, and children will take medication as part of their treatment. This book provides concise and easily accessible information about the major mind/mood medications used in the United States.
To get the most benefit from this book, begin with Chapter 1, which provides essential information about the drugs described in Chapters 2 through 9. Chapter 1 also discusses the concepts and terms used both in the book and by physicians who prescribe mind/mood medications.
Chapters 2 through 9 cover the major categories of psychiatric medications in use today: antidepressants (Chapter 2); medications to treat anxiety (Chapter 3); mood stabilizers, called anti-manic agents (Chapter 4); medications to treat sleep disorders (Chapter 5); antipsychotic medications (Chapter 6); medications for attention deficit disorders (Chapter 7); cognitive-enhancing agents (Chapter 8); and herbal medications with mind/mood effects (Chapter 9). Each chapter begins with a brief introduction about the mental disorders that the medications are designed to treat and provides a general overview of the drugs discussed in the chapter.
After reading Chapter 1, turn to the chapter that focuses on the particular category of medication of interest to you. We encourage you to read the chapter introduction first, since this will give you an overview of all medications in the same category. About half of all patients have difficulty tolerating the initial medication prescribed for their problem; about a third find that the medication does not work for them. An overview of the range of medications available may be helpful in evaluating alternatives if they should be needed. Each medication is presented in a uniform format, with an icon that identifies each category of information:
Generic name: The chemical or pharmaceutical name of the medication. (The generic names of the drugs profiled in this book are accurate for both the United States and Canada. However, some of these drugs may be marketed under different brand names in Canada, so readers there should check with their physicians for the names of Canadian equivalents.)
Available in generic form: Whether or not the medication is available in a generic form.
Brand name: The trade name the manufacturer has given the medication for marketing to the consumer. (Source: In Chapter 9, the origin of an herbal medication or "natural" mind/mood pill. These substances are usually sold in health-food stores and are not regulated by the FDA.
Drug class: The classification of the drug (for example, tricyclic antidepressant), applicable to a group of drugs similar in chemical formulation, mode of action, and uses.
Prescribed for: Indications — reasons to take the medication — approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as well as other accepted "off-label" uses by physicians.
General information: An overview of the medication, including how it works, why it was developed, and its general advantages and disadvantages.
Dosing information: Concise information concerning how the medication is prescribed, including dosage forms and strengths, when it should be taken, and how the dose should be increased. Many mind/mood drugs are initially given in low doses and then gradually increased.
Common side effects: The most common side effects noted during clinical trials and in clinical practice. These listings do not include every side effect listed in the Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR), a comprehensive summary of the manufacturers' package inserts of most prescription medications approved by the FDA. It is also possible that you may experience additional side effects; if so, you should report these to your physician.
Precautions: Cautionary advice concerning the medication you are taking and other drugs you should avoid while taking this medication. The information in this section does not necessarily imply that you should not take the medication; its purpose is to make you aware of these risks when taking a particular drug or class of drug.
Warnings: Medical conditions for which the drug is contraindicated — should not be taken — or other medications that should not be taken with this drug.
Alcohol: Whether or not you can drink alcohol while taking the medication, and interactions with the medication if you do drink.
Food and beverages: Whether or not you should take this medication with food and beverages and whether doing so may either lessen some of the side effects or decrease or increase the amount of medication absorbed into your blood. This section also lists any foods or beverages that should not be taken with a specific medication.
Possible drug interactions: Mind/mood medications can interact with other drugs you are taking, increasing or decreasing their effectiveness or possibly causing dangerous reactions. This section alerts you to other drugs that may be of concern or that should be avoided altogether when taking a medication.
Use in pregnancy and breast-feeding: Whether or not the medication should be taken if you are contemplating pregnancy or are pregnant, and whether you should take it while breast-feeding. As an indication of pregnancy-related risks, the FDA has categorized medications on a scale from A to D, and X. Mind/mood medications are almost never systematically studied in pregnant women. Potential effects on humans are usually drawn from research conducted in mice or other animals. Category A means that controlled studies show no risk to humans. Most mind/mood pills have been classified by the FDA as Category B — "No evidence of risk in humans but adequate human studies have not been performed" — or Category C — "Risk cannot be ruled out." Category D is used when there has been proven risk to humans but the risk of potential harm to the fetus may be outweighed by the potential benefit to the mother. Category X signifies that the medication should not be used during pregnancy. See Chapter 10, page 406 and Table 10-1, for more information.
Use in children: Whether or not the medication should be used in children and, if so, the conditions for which it is prescribed and the customary doses, if known.
Use in seniors: Whether the medication needs to be taken in lower doses by adults over the age of sixty-five. This entry also notes whether some side effects of certain medications may be more bothersome or potentially harmful to seniors, or whether the drug should be avoided altogether. Because the capacity to metabolize and excrete medications declines with age, certain medications may need to be taken in lower doses. See Chapter 10, page 428, for more information.
Overdosage: General information concerning the signs and symptoms of overdose, and what to do if someone you know takes too much of a prescribed medication.
Special considerations: A concise review of the medication discussed and a summary of some of its unique advantages and disadvantages.
Because of widespread interest in alternative preparations to treat mood/mind symptoms, Chapter 9 reviews the more common herbal agents used in the United States today. Chapter 10 discusses special considerations for women, children, and seniors.
The book also includes color photographs of the twenty-five most commonly prescribed mind/mood medications. The majority are antidepressants, anti-anxiety agents, or medications for sleep. At the back of the book are an index of all the medications discussed in the book, a concise glossary of terms and phrases used in the text, and a resource directory with addresses and phone numbers of organizations you may turn to for more information concerning a particular mental disorder or to obtain more information about mental illness and mental-health professionals.
Mind, Mood, and Medications
Why do I feel this way? Why am I so moody? Is there anything I can do to feel better? Can anyone help?
At some point in life, almost everyone asks these questions. We all experience sadness, worry, rage, self-doubt, even despair. Often these feelings are short-lived, but sometimes they continue for days or weeks, coloring the way we view ourselves and the world. A life crisis — an accident or illness, a huge financial setback, the loss of someone dear — may be responsible. In other cases, gloom or anxiety may descend for no apparent reason.
Like physical problems, persistent emotional aches and pains can affect every aspect of life. More than 1 in every 4 Americans suffer from a mind/mood problem so severe that it interferes with their ability to keep up with their daily routines, do their jobs, care for their families, or relate to others as they once did. No one, regardless of age, gender, education, or income, is immune.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health's (NIMH) landmark Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) Survey, about 27 million adults and 7.5 million children in the United States have a diagnosable mental disorder; this is more than the combined total of individuals with cancer, heart disease, and lung disorders. In another major study, the National Comorbidity Survey (see Table 1-1), almost half of those queried reported having at least one mental disorder over the course of their lifetimes; almost 30 percent had been troubled by a disorder in the previous twelve months. Adults are not the only ones affected. According to some reports, the number of troubled children has increased to as many as 11 to 14 million youngsters.
Table 1-1: How Common Are Mind/Mood Disorders?
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Suspected car thief arrested after chase through eastern Bergen County
An Elmwood Park police officer on Wednesday spotted an SUV that had been stolen in Haverstraw, N.Y., and began a chase that ended back across the New York State border, authorities said.
The New York State Police arrested the driver of the SUV, a Honda Pilot, shortly after it crossed into New York on the Palisades Interstate Parkway, said Sgt. Ralph Sigona of the Elmwood Park police.
A sergeant with New York State Police said the pursuit, which included Palisades Interstate Parkway patrol officers, may have ended in a crash at the northbound exit in Orangeburg, N.Y. He had no further information about the chase. New York authorities on Wednesday night did not release information about the arrest.
An Elmwood Park police officer was using a license plate reader to scan cars on Route 46 at 4 p.m. when the SUV came up as being reported stolen, Sigiona said. He said the officer, who was driving a patrol car, chased the SUV from eastbound lanes of Route 46 east to the Garden State Parkway heading north and then to Route 80 eastbound, but stopped the pursuit because of traffic in the Fort Lee area.
Other law enforcement agencies took up the chase from there, he said. The Elmwood Park police said they didn't have any more information about the arrest, and did not know when the SUV was stolen.
Sigona said the Elmwood Park police cruiser went as fast as 75 mph during the chase, but he said he did not know the SUV's top speed during the pursuit.
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Machida's title shot long overdue
Feature story by Anthony Springer
To the die-hard UFC fan, Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida's (14-0, 6-0 UFC) forthcoming light heavyweight title shot is long overdue.
Panned as a boring fighter by critics who thrive on knockouts, brawls, and blood, the Karate fighter quietly worked his way up the 205 rankings. Machida holds victories over Sokoudjou, David Hoger, and Tito Ortiz. However, the amount of decision victories had many questioning whether the highly talented "Dragon" was ready to be an entertaining fighter on the world's most prominent MMA stage . . . Click here for more
With a combined record of 32-0-1, light heavyweight stars "Sugar" Rashad Evans and Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida have left a trail of destruction behind them that includes some of the greatest fighters in UFC® history. Now in the main event of UFC® 98, the two will meet in an epic showdown pitting champion Evans against challenger Machida to not only determine the best 205-pound fighter on the planet, but to see who leaves with a loss on their record for the first time. Also, former UFC® welterweight champions Matt Hughes and Matt Serra finally meet to settle their long-standing grudge. UFC® 98: Evans vs. Machida – Saturday, May 23, live on Pay-Per-View from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Click here for more info


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Ants Marching Relentlessly in Search of Water During Drought
Kitchens, bathrooms, pet dishes are all targets
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The ants are marching this summer, in search of water with the drought parched dirt they normally live in coming up dry after three years of barely any rain.
Several local pest control companies say their phones are ringing constantly with calls from customers who are not just bugged by the problem, but want to know why the ants have seemingly exploded out of the walls, windows and door jams in the last two months.
"90 percent of our calls right now, are ant calls," said Hydrex Pest Control General Manager David Watkins.
It's clearly linked to the climate.
"With the lack of rain, lack of vegetation on the outside, homeowners cutting back on their watering, the ants are forced indoors. They are looking for food and water," said Watkins.
He says the ones most common here are Argentine ants, and they are thriving in coastal communities.
UC Riverside is studying the ant expansion, and maps show the population strongly spreading from the bay area to the Mexican border.
Some store bought sprays may stop the ants you see on the counter top, but rarely reach the colony that launches the parade of crawling intruders. Other products in a gel form sometimes get carried by the "scout" ants back to the main mass of ants in the nearby dirt or in the walls.
They could also be coming from next door.
"So if your neighbor has ants they could be interacting with ants in your yard. They are not territorial so they work in conjunction with each other. What we say is the ants are a super colony. It's throughout the state and the coastal area they love they love the climate," said Watkins.
The outrage is on Facebook postings daily.
"They are living in the water reserve in my iron. very weird," posted George.
"Can't leave out food for my dog while I'm not home, and found one on my toothbrush," wrote Janet.
"What we are going to is find out where the colony is nesting and we are going to get a product to that colony, to the queen, and to destroy the colony," Watkins said.
As for home solutions?
"Carry around a bottle of Windex. Don't leave out dirty dishes," wrote Mary on Facebook.
David said, "we put a healthy line of ground cinnamon along the baseboard."
Others use chalk and liquid soap.
Besides ants, there's also been an outbreak of black widow spiders that's also creeping people out.


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Hi RW
My first post in this forum, so please forgive me if there's a dedicated thread for such a partners request (I did look)....
I've signed up to my first ever race. It's actually a lot of firsts, my first timed run, my first marathon distance, my first trail run and first multi day event! The Votwo Jurassic Coast challenge on 22-24 March. I plan to go in the run/walk class.
And now I have two months to train....
I'm in ok shape, running to/from work every other day (15mile roundrip) and interspersed with cycling the route on the days in between. I also climb and do BMF for strength training. But my experience of long runs, anything over 9 miles, is non existent. And thus far only on tarmac with the odd jaunt through a park.
I have however done many long days trekking in mountains and last year walked the London to Brighton.
Anyone in London area looking to do some longer runs and ideally off road? Like I'm thinking of getting train out to top of Epping Forest and running back to Liverpool Street through as many parks as possible.
Or running sections of the Green Chain which so far I've only walked.
If anyone's keen on joining up, do let me know.
I'm doing day three only of this (didnt think i could manage three marathons! - maybe next year!) but lucky enough to be living in Dorset so i have a lot of chance to train on the actual terrain.
Hi there,
I'm running my first marathon (Paris) on 7th April, and am following the Garmin 4 hours plan. I'm currently starting week 7 of 16.
I'm looking for someone to train with in London for the sunday long runs, I am based in the east end, so tend to do a lot of the regents canal, victoria park, the east end of london, and some central london, but am already quite bored of my routes, so looking for some company, and always keen for somewhere different to run.
Look forward to hearing if you, or anyone else is interested!
we're doing the JCC too - went down there and recce'd the part of the course from lulworth cove to weymouth and round portland too last weekend. i'd highly recommend it - dead cheap (£14 train from waterloo) and a B&B only about £35 too - but good to check out the terrain, its pretty hilly and very, very muddy. we're reasonable runners (sub 40min 10k's ers) but simply couldnt get under 12m/mile with the conditions, and it was sunny! should be an epic race though, albeit we've now revised our plans and concluded time is a completely irrelevant, its all about getting round!
part of the coast path is closed at the moment, so look out for news of route changes.
Hi. I did the JCC a couple of years back - the first day to Lulworth Cove is pretty brutal. Do lots and lots of hills!
If you can get through day one, then the first hour of day two is pretty tough also, but the rest is fine.
Good luck.
Thanks 3D, being a Londoner hills are somewhat sparse, but heading down to run a section of the SDW to Eastbourne this weekend to get some mileage on the Seven Sisters!
So if I hear you right, Day 1 is hell, so is Day 2, but if you get to Day 3, you'll be ok...oh god what have I done
I would say day 3 will be worse, sorry Colin!
3D you probably did it when it was run in the opposite direction.
Day three is Lulworth to Studland. biggest elevation day.
Why i picked the worst day to do i dont know, figured it was home turf i guess. . . Colin if you cant get to hills, pick a tall building (must be a few of those nearby!) and run up and down the stairwell?
Oh right, yes it was run the opposite way round the year when I did it. At least that means that the first day and a half will be straightforward (ish)
Week today guys! Excited and intimidated. Been training ok, 40-50 miles a week, and at least one long trail run in there...and as much hills as possible! Being doing the Seaford to Eastbourne run a few times as that's got some mean hills and my friend said it was similar to JCC?
Feet quite blistered from some Salomon Crossmax Guidance that I just didn't get on with, now running Mizuno Wave Ascend 7s with a pair of Speedcross 3 in reserve in case it's a mud fest on the day.
I'll be running in the Jogger class but if anyone want's to say hi look out for the guy in grey Salomon hydration vest and bright orange Mizunos!
well done Colin, I wish i could say I have been doing as much mileage as you but my best week seems to have been about 33 miles only!
still I am only attempting the one day so hopefully i've done enough - too late to worry now tho!
that nasty detour is still in there, adds about 3km to the distance as far as I can tell.
Oh and its raining again down here, so mudfest alert!
mmmm BBC weather isn't promising....
South West England Forecast Summary
A rather unsettled spell, with wet and very windy conditions on Thursday and Friday. Lighter winds on Saturday, but still the risk of rain or showers.
hmm, today the forecast looks like: wet friday, damp saturday, dry but overcast sunday.


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Analyzing a project's interface requirements often starts late and focuses--sometimes exclusively—on creating a snazzy user interface. But failing to conduct interface analysis in a early increases the risk of project delays, overruns, and even failure. In this column, Mary Gorman makes the case for investing in interface analysis by explaining what it is and how it reduces the risk in software projects.
In my work I see software teams take unneeded risks when it comes to building interfaces. Do you recognize any of these?
- Spending tons of time on the look and feel of a user interface at the expense of other requirements
- Ignoring or deferring system-to-system interface requirements until the design phase or later
- Confusing which system "owns" the interfaces, creating delays in critical, cross-project planning
- Segregating interface requirements from analysis models
You can imagine the results. You end up with redundant, conflicting, or missing requirements, and therefore heightened risks, delays, overruns, and even project failure.
Many of these problems stem from a single cause: failing to analyze your product's interfaces before you design them. So, what's the difference between analysis and design?
Interface analysis explores, identifies, models, and specifies the user and software requirements needed to support connections between your product and external components. It is the "what" of interfaces. In contrast, interface design focuses on the "how." For most of us, figuring out the "how" is what we like to do. It's like a technical puzzle, and solving technical puzzles is what we're good at. But it's a mistake to dive into problem solving before you conduct a rigorous analysis of which problem you need to solve. More formally, before you worry about design, you need to validate that the interfaces you have in mind satisfy the business goals.
Which Is Which?
The key is to differentiate analysis results from design results. These may vary by project, methodology, and availability of resources. Here are a few examples:
Good interface analysis boils down to a few best practices. Let's take a look at those practices.
Plan Ahead
The first step in interface analysis is to understand the system's boundaries, and a best practice is to build a model. For example, a context diagram shows interfaces as arrows between the system and the external components (people, other systems, hardware). With this knowledge, a project manager and an analyst can begin discussions with the representatives or owners of the components. The goal is to reach an agreement on which interface elements should get priority and how to budget and schedule the work.
Integrate, Integrate, Integrate
Analyzing before designing helps you avoid putting all your eggs in one basket. You can do this by building models, which you should start within the first weeks of a project.
Building models with multiple views, such as dynamic, behavioral, structural (data), and control (business rule) views, gives you different perspectives that help you discover and cross-verify requirements. All these views may be integrated with interface requirements in some fashion. For example, data appearing on a customer's UI window may also be summarized in an executive report, and even sent to another application via a system-to-system interface.
When you elicit and define the system's business and temporal events, you uncover triggering interfaces as well as interfaces that are part of the system responses. (See my related column, " Events to the Rescue .") You can create stories or use cases to understand the behavioral requirements of various interfaces.
Of course, everybody loves prototypes. They give you a picture that's worth a thousand words. But most prototypes don't uncover the user requirements that lie behind the scenes, such as requirements about data and business rules. For that you need the other views.
Budgeting Benefits From Interface Analysis
Estimating project costs is often more art than science. Yet understanding the costs may help the business side more effectively prioritize the requirements. You can improve your estimates by knowing the number and types of interfaces early on. Keep in mind