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During three long weeks in the dock, the jury heard claims they had been "devoured like lambs" in the bitter emotional and legal battle raging between their former bosses, Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi.
Two daughters of a solid working-class family in southern Italy, Francesca, 36, and Elisabetta, 41, were even compared to Berlin at the end of the second world war, subject to "crushing forces on both sides".
Then on Thursday evening, as the deliberating jury requested extra time, Elisabetta, known as Lisa, cracked. "No, please no!" she wailed from the dock, pacing up and down gasping heavily before collapsing in a panic attack.
Medics were called. "She's stopped breathing," exclaimed her lawyer, Anthony Metzer QC, who said she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. Within minutes ambulances were at the court door, blue lights flashing.
As a result, the following day, the sisters were not in the dock to hear the verdicts – the judge had allowed them to hear the news in an anteroom. They embraced emotionally and Lisa wept with relief alongside a friend.
Lisa then went to hospital, Francesca by her side, as they have been for the past 12 years in the service of one of London's richest and most famous couples.
Lisa had been the first to leave her family of four daughters and parents who have been married for 40 years in a small village near Reggio in Calabria. She left school at 15 and tragedy struck early in her life. Her fiance died and at 22 she took her first au pair job in London.
"It was exciting," she said. "New things to see, new ways to live."
In 1999, she went to work for Lawson and her first husband John Diamond. Francesca had to do the phone interview with Lawson because Lisa's English was so poor. They had no idea who Lawson or Diamond, a well-known journalist, were.
After Diamond died in 2001, Francesca joined Lisa in the newly formed Saatchi-Lawson household after being interviewed by Saatchi in the silver room of his £25m Belgravia home; for 12 years they were the cornerstone of Lawson's "Team Cupcake" sisterhood of assistants.
Their demeanour in court has given clues to two rather different characters. Lisa: older and more anxious; Francesca: cockier and defiant.
Lisa was Lawson's "stalwart" and "rock", said the TV chef, who dedicated a pizza to her, writing: "This is the pizza as made in the Calabrian home of my own domestic goddess, Lisa Grillo."
Lawson said Francesca was "a fantasist", partly because she once boasted she had trained as a lawyer, a claim she denied.
Francesca loved shopping and arranged her favourite designer shoes on the windowsill of her domestic quarters for all to see. When asked in court if she was the best-dressed of Lawson's assistants, she replied: "It comes in my DNA – I'm Italian." Asked about spending on fat-burning pills, she gestured to her figure and said that, of course, they weren't for her.
It was Francesca who complained that the proposed payback arrangement – by which the Grillos would be allowed to live rent-free in a flat owned by Lawson and pay back the money in monthly increments – rendered them "like Filipino slaves". Since their sacking, Francesca has been sleeping on Lisa's sofa in Bayswater.


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Republicans in Congress should be working on strengthening the economy and creating jobs today, but instead they are once again devoting a Judiciary Committee hearing to a bill that limits women's access to health care and creates unnecessary burdens on rape victims. This Republican Congress's proposal is so divisive and extreme that it could force some rape victims to face IRS audits if they purchased health care that covers abortion services, instead of passing commonsense measures with broad bipartisan support – like extending unemployment insurance or raising the minimum wage.
"We all know Congressional Republicans will stop at nothing to limit women's access to health care, but forcing victims to prove they were raped for an IRS audit is a new low even for the radicals in Congress," said Emily Bittner of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. "Instead of continuing to push their misguided anti-woman priorities, John Boehner and his Congressional Republicans should be focusing on commonsense steps to strengthen the middle class."
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Following a history of increasing cost estimates to complete F/A-22 development, Congress asked GAO to assess the Air Force's F/A-22 development program annually and determine whether the Air Force is meeting key performance, schedule, and cost goals. On April 23, 2003, a congressional subcommittee requested that the Department of Defense (DOD) provide more detailed information on the business case that supports the estimated quantities and costs for an affordable F/A-22 program. Specifically, GAO (1) identified changes in the F/A-22 program since its inception, (2) reviewed the status of the development activities, and (3) examined the sufficiency of business case information provided for congressional oversight.
The Air Force is developing the F/A-22 aircraft to be less detectable to adversaries, capable of high speeds for long ranges, and able to provide a pilot with improved awareness of the surrounding situation through integrated avionics. In addition, the Air Force plans to expand the F/A-22's ability to engage targets on the ground to provide a robust capability not originally planned at the start of the program. The Air Force plans to begin initial operational test and evaluation in March 2004 and to seek full rate production approval in December 2004. The F/A-22 program has experienced several significant changes since it began development in 1986. First, the Air Force cannot afford to purchase the quantities of aircraft that were planned 18 years ago. The Air Force had originally planned to buy 750 aircraft, but it now estimates it can only afford 218 aircraft. Second, in order to develop the expanded air-to-ground attack capability, the Office of Secretary of Defense estimates that the Air Force will need $11.7 billion in modernization funding. Lastly, the Air Force has determined that new avionics computer processors and architecture are needed to support most planned enhancements, which will further increase program costs and risk. Further, the development test program continues to experience problems and risks further delays. The F/A-22's avionics continue to experience shutdowns and failures. Moreover, the F/A-22 has not met its reliability requirements and has experienced failures in its computerized maintenance support system. This has led to aircraft spending more time on the ground undergoing maintenance. Due to the risks of future cost increases and schedule delays, a congressional subcommittee requested that DOD provide business case information on the F/A-22. However, the information DOD provided did not address why this aircraft is needed given current and projected threats. The business case also did not address how many aircraft the Air Force needs to accomplish its missions, how many the Air Force can afford considering the full life-cycle costs, whether investments in new air-to-ground capabilities are needed, and what are the opportunity costs associated with purchasing any proposed quantities of this aircraft. While the response stated that the Air Force still plans to buy 277 F/A-22 aircraft, the Air Force estimates that only 218 aircraft are affordable within congressionally imposed funding limitations. In addition, significant investment decisions remain and could affect another $40 billion to support this program through full rate production and implementation of the spiraled improvement efforts. In light of the uncertainty concerning how many aircraft are needed in today's environment, the large investments that remain, and unknown outcomes of planned operational testing, GAO continues to have concerns regarding the DOD's readiness to make a full rate production decision.
Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: In its March 15, 2005 report, Tactical Aircraft: Air Force Still Needs Business Case to Support F/A-22 Quantities and Increased Capabilities, GAO-05-304, GAO restated the need for the Secretary of Defense to complete a new business case that justifies the need for expanded air-to-ground capabilities and justifies the quantity of F/A-22 needed to satisfy requirements for air-to-air and air-to-ground missions. In their official comments to this report, the Office of the Secretary of Defense concurred with GAO's recommendation. Specifically, they stated the 2005 Quadrennial Defense Report (QDR) will address quantity of aircraft needed for air-to-air and air-to-ground missions.
Recommendation: Given the sizable investment that remains in the F/A-22 program, the uncertainties, and the ever changing financial demands of DOD, Congress and the Secretary of Defense would benefit from a comprehensive assessment of the number of F/A-22 aircraft needed as well as assurance that problems identified in initial operational testing will be identified and resolved. Specifically, the Secretary of Defense should complete a new business case analysis that determines the continued need for the F/A-22 and that specifically (a) addresses the need for an expanded air-to-ground capability and an assessment of alternatives, to include the feasibility of using other assets like the F-35 and unmanned aerial vehicles planned for the future; (b) justifies the quantity of F/A-22 aircraft needed to satisfy requirements for air-to-air and air-to-ground missions; and (c) provides evidence that the planned quantity is affordable within current budgets and the congressional funding limitation. The Secretary should provide the results of the business case analysis to the defense committees before the decision to start full rate production.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
Status: Closed - Not Implemented
Comments: The F/A-22 program completed IOT&E in December 2004. On April 15, 2005, the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) approved the Full Rate Production capability of the F/A-22 program; therefore, this recommendation can be closed.
Recommendation: Given the sizable investment that remains in the F/A-22 program, the uncertainties, and the ever changing financial demands of DOD, Congress and the Secretary of Defense would benefit from a comprehensive assessment of the number of F/A-22 aircraft needed as well as assurance that problems identified in initial operational testing will be identified and resolved. Specifically, the Secretary of Defense should, before the full rate production decision is made and in conjunction with the Beyond Low-Rate Initial Production Report, provide the defense committees a plan that shows how the Air Force will correct and fund any major problems identified and still open after IOT&E is completed.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
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Read all 12 parts, it is worth your time....
Coimhéad fearg fhear na foighde; Beware the anger of a patient man.
Thank you, Bumper. It got a little "hard" to read there in parts, but was a fitting tribute on Easter Sunday.
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Oh my - that is so good, well written and so evocative.
Thx for that - not that it was easy to read thru some of it (a lot actually).
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http://www.rkba-2a.com/ - a portal for 2A links, articles and some videos.
Oh, man.
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When youre wounded and left on Afghanistans plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier.
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I'm sorry, but I couldn't read that one.
I tried, but on the second page, I could see where it was going. Or, at least I think I could.
While serving as a gun captain on the ship in my avatar, the USS Newport News, I was asked to serve as a "special escort" for a shipmate. I don't know about other branches, but when a sailor dies in the line of duty, the family can request that a friend escort the body home, rather than a stranger.
So, I've stood at the head of a casket and presented a folded flag to a mother who'd lost her son. And I've spoken those words.
Believe me, returning to that war was far easier than leaving it, to take that young man home.
Maybe I was wrong about thinking I knew where that article was going. But I think some memories should just be left at rest.
For those who've not had such an experience, I do hope you understand why I don't want to re-live any of it. But I also hope that the article is able to teach you something. I do believe you can learn from the experience of others, without having to go through the experience yourself.
It's often better that way.
Political Correctness has now "evolved" into Political Cowardice.
thanks bumper. a very good read.
too all service members,
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I couldn't finish it either...
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Rossi needs to step it up big time.
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Incredible race. They were really battling for 1/2 position.
Rossi called it before the race. Get ahead of Stoner and make him make a mistake.
I'd like to see Spies get more competitive.
One of the announcers is a total douche. (Not Schwantz, the other guy) The whole race, I was like STFU so you don't ruin the race.
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Re: st: wealth score using principal component analysis (PCA)
Nick Cox <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: wealth score using principal component analysis (PCA)
Thu, 27 Sep 2012 01:49:20 +0100
You are confusing two different questions. Throughout I focus on the
case you are looking at where PCA is based on the correlation matrix.
If the aim is to use the most important PC, then that is labelled 1,
but even if it weren't we could identify it by its having the largest
eigenvalue attached and no extra considerations arise.
If the aim is to identify which PCs are "important" or "worthy of use"
(typically one or more) and should be used in later analyses, then
this is necessarily a looser, more open question and the best art is a
darker matter. There can't be an answer independent of what you are
trying to do. Some people do stress a rule of thumb such as
eigenvalues > 1 and some people look for a break in the eigenvalues
using a scree plot. In some projects PCs that are used later are good
if interpretable as having high correlations with particular
variables; in other projects the PCs are just composite variables with
the properties assigned to them and interpretability is less material.
Every book I know on PCA stresses this open aspect of the method. The
books by Jolliffe and Jackson referenced in the -pca- documentation
certainly do.
It's not clear exactly why you feel committed in advance to using PCA
like this. I sympathise with the advice given earlier by Stas
Kolenikov to consider something more like an SEM.
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Shikha Sinha <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> Ok, I got it now that if I want to use one score, then PC1 is the most
> relevant one, and then for further distinction between financial vs
> social, we need to look at factor loadings in each PC2, PC3 , to
> figure out if PC2 is better than PC1 if the focus is on social or
> financial autonomy.
> Then I am struggling to understand the use of selecting components
> based on eigenvalues. What is the use of selecting PC based either on
> eigenvalues or screeplot, if we are always (most of the time) going to
> use the 1st component. An example on the importance of eigenvalues in
> selecting components would be very helpful ( or any ref.)
> Thanks,
> Shikha
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:39 AM, Stas Kolenikov <email@example.com> wrote:
>> Often, the 1st PC works as a measure of "overall size", while the
>> subsequent components, as measures of "structure". So the 1st
>> component might be the degree of overall autonomy, while the 2nd
>> component might distinguish say between financial autonomy and social
>> interactions autonomy.
>> --
>> -- Stas Kolenikov, PhD, PStat (SSC) :: http://stas.kolenikov.name
>> -- Senior Survey Statistician, Abt SRBI :: work email kolenikovs at
>> srbi dot com
>> -- Opinions stated in this email are mine only, and do not reflect the
>> position of my employer
>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Nick Cox <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>>> If you want just one index, you can't improve on the first PC if you
>>> are using the criteria of PCA. That's a central idea of PCA.
>>> Nick
>>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:22 AM, Shikha Sinha
>>> <email@example.com> wrote:
>>>> Thanks for your response Nick and stat!
>>>> I think I am struggling with how to create one scores from two
>>>> components. Let me pose my question again.
>>>> Suppose I want to create one index out of six variables. For example,
>>>> I want to create a "women autonomy index". The index would be one
>>>> number for every households. The Demographic and health survey (DHS)
>>>> ask 10 different questions related to women autonomy and instead of
>>>> using the information in all the 10 questions, I just want to use an
>>>> index that contains the summary information of all the 10
>>>> questions/variables. I can use -pca to create the index. Once I use
>>>> -pca x1-x10, I can choose number of principal components (pc) to
>>>> retain based on eigenvalues or screeplot. Let assume that there are
>>>> three pc that have eigenvalues > 1 and I want to retain all these
>>>> components, though the first component has the highest variation.
>>>> Now, I want to create a "women autonomy index" based on these three
>>>> pc. How can I do that? If I use -predict p1 p2 p3, scores; it gives
>>>> three different scores, all unrelated. However, I want just one index,
>>>> kindly suggest how to do this.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Shikha
>>>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Stas Kolenikov <email@example.com> wrote:
>>>>> Regarding (c), you would be best off with a structural equations model
>>>>> (-sem- module), and forgo the PCA whatsoever.
>>>>> --
>>>>> -- Stas Kolenikov, PhD, PStat (SSC) :: http://stas.kolenikov.name
>>>>> -- Senior Survey Statistician, Abt SRBI :: work email kolenikovs at
>>>>> srbi dot com
>>>>> -- Opinions stated in this email are mine only, and do not reflect the
>>>>> position of my employer
>>>>> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Nick Cox <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>>>>>> You seem to be misunderstanding both PCA and the syntax of -predict-
>>>>>> after -pca-.
>>>>>> To take the second first, -predict- just gives you as many components
>>>>>> as you ask for. Ask for one by giving one variable name and you get
>>>>>> scores for the first PC, regardless of what name you give. Stata's
>>>>>> indifferent to what name you give (so long as it is new and legal) and
>>>>>> indeed
>>>>>> predict p3
>>>>>> predict p777
>>>>>> would give you further identical copies of the first PC.
>>>>>> predict P1 P2
>>>>>> would give you scores for the first two PCs.
>>>>>> As for PCA there are potentially as many PCs as variables: although
>>>>>> the -components()- option puts a self-defined limit on how many you
>>>>>> can calculate the main purpose of this option appears to be to let
>>>>>> -pca- behave more like -factor-.
>>>>>> Even if your purpose is to use just one PC, it usually makes sense to
>>>>>> look at several and the relationships of those PCs to your original
>>>>>> variables. Sometimes the second, third, ... PC pick up important parts
>>>>>> of the variation and it is a good idea to look at those too to see
>>>>>> what the first PC is missing. In the case of wealth variables it might
>>>>>> be a good idea to think about using PCA on logarithmic transformations
>>>>>> of the variables too (assuming all values are strictly positive).
>>>>>> Note that the audience of Statalist is very international and
>>>>>> interdisciplinary, so that assuming that "DHS" is self-evident is
>>>>>> likely to be wrong in many cases.
>>>>>> Your last question (c) is unanswerable. Many people do it, but how far
>>>>>> it is "OK" in your project depends on your goals and your data, which
>>>>>> we can't see.
>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Shikha Sinha <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> I am trying to create a wealth score using the ownership of different
>>>>>>> assets in the DHS survey. I am suing -pca but I am not sure how to
>>>>>>> estimate the score as I want to use the wealth score as one of the
>>>>>>> independent variables.
>>>>>>> pca x1-x4
>>>>>>> predict p1,score
>>>>>>> but -predict only generates score from first component.
>>>>>>> I also tried the following,
>>>>>>> -pca x1-x4, components (2)
>>>>>>> predict p2, score
>>>>>>> However, p1 and p2 are same.
>>>>>>> My questions are, (a) why there is no difference between p1 and p2?
>>>>>>> (b) How can I generate score by using first 2 components only?
>>>>>>> (c) Is it ok to use continuous pca score as an independent variable?
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
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He Performs Another Exploit, That Conveys A True Idea Of His Gratitude And
It was not long after this celebrated victory, that he was invited to spend part of
the summer at the house of a country gentleman, who lived about one hundred
miles from London, possessed of a very opulent fortune, the greatest part of
which was expended in acts of old English hospitality. He had met with our hero
by accident at the table of a certain great man, and was so struck with his
manner and conversation, as to desire his acquaintance, and cultivate his
friendship; and he thought himself extremely happy in having prevailed upon him
to pass a few weeks in his family.
Fathom, among his other observations, perceived that there was a domestic
uneasiness, occasioned by a very beautiful young creature about the age of
fifteen, who resided in the house under the title of the gentleman's niece, though
she was in reality his natural daughter, born before his marriage. This
circumstance was not unknown to his lady, by whose express approbation he
had bestowed particular attention upon the education of the child, whom we shall
distinguish by the name of Celinda. Their liberality in this particular had not been
misapplied; for she not only gave marks of uncommon capacity, but, as she grew
up, became more and more amiable in her person, and was now returned from
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mortifications as would in all appearance drive her from her father's house. This
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man of a peaceable and yielding disposition, he could not long maintain the
resolution he had taken in her favour, and therefore he ceased opposing the
malevolence of his wife.
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Saying no is not the same as selfishness. To Thomas Jefferson, the pursuit of happiness was a vital human necessity worthy of inclusion in the Bill of Rights. Jefferson made enjoying one's life sound downright patriotic.
Working on Everyday Happiness, a six-part public television documentary, has kept a smile on the face of Providence filmmaker Lisa Delmonico in recent months. The series consists of half-hour discussions with ordinary people and scholars on the state of happiness in Rhode Island.
The latest chapter, set for broadcast Friday, January 6 at 7:30 pm on WSBE-TV (Channel 36), looks into finding happiness through religious and spiritual faith. In October and November, the series looked into the pursuit by seniors and immigrants, respectively.
As for Delmonico: "My happiest moments are when I'm right in the present with what I'm doing. Like if I'm editing and that flow thing that happens with artists happens — I've been editing for 12 hours and I don't even know it's been 12 hours, I haven't even gotten up to brush my teeth — that's the happiest. When you're right in the moment."
A Zen master she interviewed for the January 6 program — her favorite so far — reminded her of that, she says. The program includes conversations with 15 people, with nine religions represented. Contributions are sometimes unexpected. Wiccan High Priestess Lorna Buffam tells of feeling the presence of God in nature. Western Rite Abbot James Deschene says it's sometimes natural to be angry with God. Rabbi Alan Flan says not knowing is more understandable than religious certainty.
Delmonico, 43, grew up in the Mount Pleasant section of Providence. In New York City, she worked in publishing and made her own small films for 10 years before returning for a graduate degree at Rhode Island College. The Everyday Happiness project was sponsored by Hera Gallery and funded by the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.
In March, the series continues as Rhode Island consumers discuss to what extent shopping at the mall brings them happiness. The April broadcast will get seventh graders talking about the subject. The series concludes in May, for contrast talking about people Rhode Islanders dread, such as dentists, morticians, meter maids, and so on.
Delmonico wonders whether the yet to-to-be-shot interviews with consumers will find anyone honest enough to admit that buying things brings only superficial happiness. So far, says, "No one will say that they're unhappy. Every single person that I've interviewed will discuss happiness. I'd like to interview someone who opens up enough to say 'I'm not happy.' No one's given me that."
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Speaking on the replies about whether prayers are directed towards swaying the outcome of a game:
I know that the prayers are not directly saying, "Dear Lord, make us win today!"
The prayers are well intended usually stating how "we pray you keep both teams safe" and "allow us to play up to our abilities that you have instilled in us."
I acknowledge that I was off base there.
I greatly appreciated Coach Harbaugh's remarks about respecting his players rights to believe what they wished and to share their opinions freely. It seems backwards to me that he would then go and turn around to make a blanket statement like this.
The majority of Ravens players and coaches are probably some form of Christian. But his statement is unfair to those that aren't. It's not a huge deal but it can hurt to feel like you are an outsider because of your beliefs.
I think there are numerous types of hobbies or activities that are great to be team wide morale builders. I don't think something like religion should be one of those things.
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You are herecontent / New Hampshire State Representative Betty Hall Sends You an Update
New Hampshire State Representative Betty Hall Sends You an Update
New Hampshire State Representative Betty Hall Sends You an Update
You may remember my efforts to compel the US Congress to consider impeachment. I introduced this past spring a petition HR 24 in the New Hampshire House to Commence Impeachment Proceedings in the United States Congress. I was grateful for your support in that effort. I received thousands of e-mails from all over the country.
The Petition was "tabled" - the speaker of the New Hampshire house followed our national leaders by sweeping accountability under the rug. But in NH, it's a little harder to avoid the citizenry: any member of the House may move to bring it back to consideration at any time before the end of the legislative session.
HR 24 is still alive, and may (will) be brought up again any session day, if there is one, before the last day of the session. It will have added importance because we are now in the middle of an election.
I have become so disturbed by the failure of both parties to hold the Bush/Cheney administration accountable to the Constitution and to the American people, thatI have decided to run as an Independent this fall for the NH Senate. I havecollected the necessary signatures and will appear on the ballotas "Independent Moderate." I hope you agree with me that the parties need a wake-up call. The abolition of straight-ticket voting in New Hampshire makes this doable.
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EveryWare Global's board of directors has named Sam Solomon as interim CEO. Solomon is succeeding John Sheppard, who left the company this week.
Solomon has more than 20 years of leadership experience in branded consumer, multichannel businesses, including Sears, the Coleman Company and Procter & Gamble. Most recently, he served as president of the Sears/Kmart tools, hardware and paint business where he was responsible for the Craftsman brand. Prior to Sears, Solomon served as president and CEO of the Coleman Company, a division of Jarden Corp., a global consumer products company, for seven years. At Coleman, Solomon led the company to double-digit sales and profit growth through innovative marketing, effective sales strategies, operational excellence and aggressive international expansion.
"Sam is an accomplished executive with a clear understanding of strategy, finance and operations in the branded consumer product industry," said Daniel Collin, chairman of the board of directors at EveryWare. "We are confident that he brings the right management skills and leadership to ensure the company continues to execute its business strategy, including securing new customer wins in underserved channels, expanding the international and specialty segments, and identifying cross-selling opportunities in the foodservice segment. We look forward to working with Sam as EveryWare continues to grow and innovate. In addition, on behalf of the board, I would like to thank John for his contributions and wish him the best in his future endeavors."
The board of directors has formed a search committee to evaluate candidates to serve as the company's permanent CEO and has engaged executive search firm Korn Ferry to assist in the process. Solomon is a candidate in the search for a permanent EveryWare CEO.
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Clear Channel Plans Anti-Cindy Protest
By Mike Hersh
ClearChannel loves to pick on people, especially women. Remember they attacked the Dixie Chicks? They even tried to get me to remove an article from my website about their efforts to backlist the Dixie Chicks by sending me an email threatening a lawsuit. Anyway, this is the latest I have on it:
On 8/10/2005 3:52:38 PM, firstname.lastname@example.com wrote:
Clear Channel will be hosting a "Pro Bush/Anti-Sheehan barbecue this
weekend, they have invited the soldiers from Ft. Hood show up and tell
Cindy how she should be ashamed:
There is a diary on this whole thing on DailyKos:
Update [2005-8-10 15:56:44 by patrioticliberal]: READ VERY CAREFULLY
BELOW: The protest will be held *NEXT* to the Security Bank of
Crawford, *NOT* AT THE SECURITY BANK OF CRAWFORD! THEY ARE NOT
AIR. He also said that the Ft. Hood military ARE being allowed to show
at this thing.
Update [2005-8-10 15:10:17 by patrioticliberal]:JUST CONFIRMED: KLFX
("KLFX 107.3 The Fox Rocks") and their group stations, KWTX 1230 AM
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one more that is forgotten at this time, will be at the
PRO-BUSH/ANTI-SHEEHAN rally. They are owned by Clear Channel. A host
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HAMMER" will be there.
The Anti-Sheehan BBQ will be in the lot NEXT TO THE Crawford Bank,
free burgers, soft drinks ("Coca Cola"), and everything Saturday at
noon. They are
inviting soldiers from the Fort Hood area to come down and say that
they would be ashamed of their mother
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I find it appalling that Clear Channel is recruiting soldiers, from Ft. Hood of all places, to come to Crawford and tell the world they would be ashamed of their mothers for speaking their opinions and exercising their first amendment right to freedom of speech. I find it equally appalling that this Media outlet, which enjoys the same freedoms Cindy Sheehan enjoys, would promote such a disgusting display of Anti-American garbage. My son, the U.S. Sgt., loves me and would defend my right to speak my mind, to question our EMPLOYEE the President, to protest against something I feel so strongly about and would beat the daylights out of anyone who dared to say he should be ashamed of me. Shame on any young man or woman who shows up and has the gall to say that about their mothers in this land of the supposed Free and Brave. It is disturbing that a Media outlet which should be bi-partisan is exploiting this situation for their own REPUBLICAN agenda!
This is blatantly pathetic.
Wonder if they will be ordered to attend?
Where is freedom of speech?
Pathetic, pathetic, pathetic.
bush tactic, bush tactic, bush tactic.
We should all sent thank-you notes to Clear Channel for helping to spread the word. This kind of "adverse publicity" is priceless.
Now if Dubya will just proceed with his overnight arrest plans, Cindy can be the first "national security risk" to be elected by acclaimation to replace a deposed U.S. president.
I do not understand why people are so irate with President Bush.
He clearly is not a president of the people. He is a president of
big business. Those of you who voted for him and gladly sent your sons and daughters to war should not complain. Yes, your kids might be killed. Shot by folks who have never taken the time to understand or implement democracy in their own country. Do not tell me they are a stupid people with a backward culture. These folks in the Middleeast get things done when they want to. They are able to come to the U.S and fill many I.T. jobs without a big problem. So why is it that the U.S. needs to play policeman to the world and sacrifice our kids? If you voted for President Bush and thought he would make life better you are living with a paper bag on your head and probably do not read anything more than the Sunday paper. If you have not noticed, the media is scarred shitless of this presidency. Why?
Competition for news is at a dead heat with readership down for every major newspaper in the country. No one wants to loose their guy in the press corp...bad for business. So don't expect Mr. Bush to come out and talk to Cindy. He does not care. Nor does he care about social security. Remember the days of the surplus? Those damned democrats always trying to do good things, even for Republicans.
Those damned Republicans always doing good things for corporations.
I just do not understand America anymore. Nor does America understand itself. We kick out a President after years of investigation because of a indescretion with an intern. Sure it was hard to explain to a kid that human beings like sex and might do just about anything for it to happen. But isn't it just as hard to tell them why people are dying especially when you really do not have an answer that makes sense? We got rid of Clinton. The President that created a great economy after Reagan & Bush #1 glutted the economy and forced massive layoffs. Oh yeah for those of you who are 50+ the surplus is gone.
You got yours, a $600 check that did not help spur the economy. After five years it is a natural event. People got over the shock & awe of Bush now we remain just shocked.
America remember your motto, "Don't tread on me" goes for every branch of government as well as foreign nations. I don't see Halliburton buiding schools or sponsoring community driven events in the U.S.
I don't see Cheney telling us what happend in the energy meeting.
Of course in a free an open government the ticket the Team Bush ran on is not very open.
Good luck to us America and please please don't complain about the guy you voted for or sent your kids to fight for.
Clear Channel should be investigated by the FCC. Does anyone remember the days of the FCC regs which required the airing of opposing points of view.
The Clear Channel stations behind this tasteless display of partisanship clearly are taking a position and not just one of their employees exercising an individual's right to take a position. After all, the stations are licensed by the FCC and still, last I checked, had certain responsibilities to operate in the public interest. So the stations sponsoring this BBQ may very well be in violation of their licenses.
However, I choose to view this development as a positive for the following reasons:
1. Look how long it has taken for the right wingnut media to come up with a response to the growing support for Cindy;
2. Look at the weakness of the response and the absurdity of it;
3. Look at how foolish these neo cons are acting in denigrating the mother of a fallen American soldier. On top of that, inviting his commrades-in-arms to come out and spew venom at his mother. Wow, that sure is something to be proud of, isn't it?
The right wingnuts are certainly showing their stripes for the entire world to see. Hopefully, soon all the neo con administration members will be wearing very fashionable prison stripes.
I would like to donate to a Pro-Cindy BBQ, and let's invite soldiers from Fort Brag. I'm sure they're not all thrilled to be serving in a war based on lies.
Can someone from DSM.org please work to set something up?
Hey, my son is stationed at Ft. Bragg. I'm sure he would come to an Anti-war BBQ.
We need you to come to Cindy's aid -you and Willie Nelson, Shawn Penn, Susan Sarandon, all the progressives who talk the talk. Lets see you walk the walk!
I'd suggest adding Steve Earle to this list, but he's probably busy making another commercial for Chevrolet.
When my mother turned 21 (which was the legal age to vote at the time,) she hadn't paid much attention to politics and registered as a Republican because her father was one. The depression was raging at the time and my mother heard a radio report about how Republican President Hoover had ordered troops to fire on the homeless people in NYC who had built shacks from whatever they could find and had dubbed their community "Hooverville." My mother was so appalled that she went to the courthouse the next day and changed her party registration to Democrat and never looked back! She went on to raise five committed Democrats, was a strong progressive force in our community and her three daughters all married Rs who became Ds! What Clear Channel is doing will turn stomachs and will especially offend mothers. Lynn has it absolutely right about first amendment rights.


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Una casa familiar: cómoda, práctica, para toda la familia
2 minutes walk to the High St, with local independent shops, cinema and Art Galleries. 5 minutes walk down to the harbour, Verity and the sea. 7 minutes to the swimming pool. There is Co-op, Lidl and Tesco all nearby. There are plenty of tourist attractions in town and in the surrounding areas. Award winning Woolacombe Bay and Croyde surfing destinations are a 15 minute drive.
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The weekend, perhaps, is the best place to start. On Saturday, CIEE took us to El Teniente, the largest copper mine in the world. Unlike it's rivals in the US, El Teniente is not an open pit. Rather, it's a vast series of shafts that have turned a massive mountain into an anthill.
Many of the tunnels are large enough for large vehicles to drive through. The main elevator can handle almost 300 people. 4,500 men work in the mine. To make working conditions safer, many of the hammers that tear through the mountain in search of ore are run from a small room by remote control. Miners sit in lazy-boys with a joystick, staring a computer monitors and breathing clean air
Mines, of course, are fascinating: The massive amount of human labor used to move so much earth, the ingenious machinery used, the confusing chemistry poured on the heaps of mined ore to extract the minerals. It's mind-boggling. The motley group of gringo students who descended into the mine, headlamps, gas masks and helmets in tow, was something of a travesty.
Fun as it was, I felt like a joke when we had to confront real miners, the ones who makes their daily living in the darkness, doing oftentimes monotonous work in 8-hour shifts. They gave us a look that spoke a thousand words. But El Teniente offers tours, we were nothing new. The mine is one of Chile's great accomplishments. Codelco, many say, is the most important ministry in the government, because so the country's economy survives on copper prices and copper production. It's what's helped to make Santiago a (sometimes) first-world city.
Beside, on top of ... I'm not sure where they city sits relative the mine, but it's name is Sewell-for the president of the American copper company that opened the mine. It's passed through the hands of Anaconda, Kennecot and others (in a way, i guess, tying me to its history), before being nationalized in the latter half of this century, before Pinochet. The houses are built in an american style (stuccoed), on the high, dry side of a mountain. The city is often referred to as a "city of stairs" because of the steeps it clings to, and because it's so difficult to get around
But the city, gorgeous and interesting as it clearly is, nearly died when the government moved the miners to Rancagua. It's slowly being restored, and it's inhabitants are petitioning to have it named a World Heritage Site. A tall task for a city that's just another dead mining town. I'd hate to see it turn into a tourist trap, though. After all, my home town often feels like one come summer time-forever yearning for it's lost past as a Wild West mining town.
On Sunday, I went to the General Cemetery in Recoleta, a northern barrio of the town. It's so huge, it makes up a large part of the neighborhood. Most families have interred their families here in tombs (often ornate) or mausoleums. Most of the country's ex-presidents are buried here. The most famous tomb is that of Salvador Allende, only built after the fall of Pinochet in the early 90s. The design confuses me. Allende was a socialist after all, and his tomb doesn't carry a cross. Rather, it consists of four vertical white marble pillars placed in a pattern like a set of crosshairs pointing at the sky. Sadly, I cannot find a more tactful way to describe the tomb of a man who, in some ways, is an unattractive Chilean version of John F
Maybe the recently elected Michelle Bachelet, the first woman elected to the presidency in the western hemisphere-and a socialist-holds some of the answers. Of course, she's not as militant as Allende was. After all, he was willing to risk making the country's elite see their living standards lowered to drastically increase social services. That's also what got him overthrown. What good, some might say, did that do?
Anyway, the cemetery is a confusing labyrinth of tombs in which I got lost more than a few times. The important burials often sit in crossroads or in the middle of the cemetery's main pathways. Allende's sits roughly in the middle, though not in a terribly prominent part. Within meters of the front gates, however, is that of Diego Portales, a 19th-century conservative government minister and entrepreneur. He helped to frame one of the country's early constitutions, and was assassinated. During the Pinochet dictatorship, he was looked back on almost as a saint. Chile's got some things to work through, just like the US. I wonder where they'll bury Pinochet.
Next weekend, it's off to Puerto Montt and the South. If I haven't responded to your questions before, I'll try and do it here:
How's the food? It's a lot like Ecuador's. Lots of rice. Not alot of seasoning
The water does go the other way when it spirals down the toilet, but I don't remember in which direction that is.
I have made a few Chilean friends, though it's difficult-they're quite shy. A girl bought me a cup of coffee after class last week. I went to a friend of hers' birthday party and failed miserably at dancing salsa (it's not in my blood). I'll tell you more when I have more.
Here's the final course selection:
1) Jesus: Distinct perspectives (Taught by a Priest at La Catolica. Only required reading: The Da Vinci Code or The Word by Irving Wallace)
2)The Image of the City in Latin American Literature (taught by an interesting professor at La Chile who sweats profusely-that's to say, he's very, very nervous)
3)Quechua Language and Culture (Probably a blow off class, but fun anyhow)
4)Latin American Winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature (The teacher is a well-known poet in literary circles, who is often interesting to listen to
5)Social and Historical Perspectives of Chile (Taught by a director of my interchange program. All gringos and program members, but probably the most fun and interesting of my classes.)
That was a little long, I know, but I'll make it up to you next time.


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A 17-year-old girl was left injured on the side of the road after she was pulled into a car by three woman early today.
Police were called to the outskirts of Opotiki in the bay of Plenty about 5am where the teenager had been left.
Three woman pulled the teenager into their car, assaulted her and then drove her to a location outside Opotiki, police said.
The girl suffered injuries to her face and body and required medical treatment.
Opotiki and Whakatane police were speaking to three women today over the incident.
Meanwhile, shortly after 5am today, Kawerau police were called to a home invasion.
A 32-year-old woman was asleep when a man entered her bedroom and sexually assaulted her.
He left after a struggle and had not been found, police said.


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FW: SAS Programs/Outputs - Provenge, December 15, 2006
(System Info - 126764 Kim Helen 04/22/2010 19:00:05 TULL)
From: Kim, Helen [firstname.lastname@example.com]
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 4:23 PM
To: Zhen, Boguang (CBER)
Cc: Smith, Liz; Yuh, Lianng; Harmon, Matt; Tull Lori; Liu, Ke; Bross, Peter F
Subject: FW: SAS programs/outputs
Attachments: D9901TimeToObjectDxProg.pdf; g_KM_TmToObjDxProg.sas
Dr. Zhen -
Please find below our response to your December 14, 2006 Questions regarding SAS
Programs/Outputs for Studies D9901 and D9902A.
Please contact Ms. Elizabeth Smith at (206) 829-1556 should you have any
Helen Kim
Sr. Regulatory Affairs Manager
Dendreon Corporation
1. Cox model -- for Study 9901
I conducted several additional sensitivity analyses with different set of
covariates in Cox model. In one of the analyses, I used localization of disease
(bone and soft tissue vs. bone only or soft tissue only), PSA (<20, 20-<100,
>=100), and Gleason score (<=6, 7, >=8) as covariates. Could you check the
program (9901Cox.sas) to make sure that I used the right variables/datasets?
[Note: would like to let you know that this is just one of the many sensitivity
analyses -- although p-value for treatment effect from this particular
sensitivity analysis is 0.0788, p-values from many of my other sensitivity
analyses are below the 0.05 level]
Dendreon Response:
You have used the correct datasets and variables for this specific adjusted
2. Time to objective disease progression as measured by imaging -- for Study
I tried to repeat your analysis in 11.4.2 Time to objective disease progression
confirmed by imaging studies (p74 of the study report) and tried to generate
Kaplan-Meier curves for this endpoint as suggested by our medical reviewers.
However, I was unable to do so due to failure in identifying the right
variables/datasets. Could you generate Kaplan-Meier curves for us and tell me
which variables you used for this analysis?
Dendreon Response:
We have attached a .pdf file that contains the Kaplan-Meier curve for the
analysis of Time to Objective Disease Progression Confirmed by Imaging Studies.
We have also attached the SAS program that generated this figure. This program
is derived from a macro included in the original D9901 materials named
?kmtable2.sas.? The kmtable2 macro was used to generate Table 14.2.6, the table
supporting section 11.4.2 of the CSR. Both this program and the original macro
require the use of the ?EFFICACY.xpt? dataset previously provided with the D9901
analysis transport files in the August 21, 2006 BLA submission. The variables
used to assign the censoring values are TTIMAGE (label = ?Time to Progression
(Radpharm)?), and IMAGONLY (label = ?Progression Date-Radpharm(Text)?).
3. Survival analysis in Study 9902a
When I run my program for Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank test for the overall
survival endpoint, I found that the median survivals, CIs, number of events from
my analysis matched with those in the study report (22.214.171.124, page 69 of the
study report) except p-value. P-value = 0.3482 from my analysis while p=0.331
in the study report.
Again, when I tried to duplicate the results in Table 13: Proportional Hazards
Regression Models of Survival (page 72), I could not match my results with those
in the table. However, I could duplicate the results for Cox model using the
same variables/datasets as you recommended for Study 9901.
Could you please check my program (9902a_SURV.sas) to see if the program is
correct? If not, please show me how to duplicate the results.
Dendreon Response:
The program "9902a_SURV.sas" can be used if you incorporate the stratification
variable "---b(4)---" into the model. According the statistical methods for
Study D9902A, the Cox regression models were stratified by --b(4)----. We
believe this should explain the p-value discrepancy.
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