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He has been instrumental in leading Mphasis to the Billion dollar Revenue club. Mphasis was recognized by Outlook Money as the 'Best Value Creator' among Large Caps that year.
In June 2013, Ayyar was recognized for his work and conferred the 'THOUGHT LEADER' by Stars of the Industry.
Ayyar was awarded the Viewer's Choice Award at the 10th CNBC Asia Business Leader Awards 2011. He was selected for this prestigious award by CNBC's viewers in Asia Pacific region.
Ayyar is focused on transforming Mphasis to be a global company with industry vertical focus. As part of this transformation, Mphasis has effected four strategic acquisitions - AIGSS (AIG's IT captive in India), Fortify (a company focused on Infrastructure services and platforms), Wyde Corporation (An IP lead software vendor serving the Global Insurance Industry), and most recently Digital Risk (Largest independent provider of Risk, Compliance and Transaction Management solutions for US residential mortgages), fully based out of US. Market viewed this acquisition as innovative and with foresight.
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Mr. Ayyar won the NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards 2010 in the category of Diversity and Inclusion. He received the award from Hon'ble Finance Minister of India Sri Pranab Mukerjee.


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"My husband is the envy of his friends for essentially getting a "new" wife in mid-life!"
Roberta Saum, Gold Run, California
Vital Stats: Age 52, weight lost 60 lbs., inches lost: 8" on waist, 10" on hips.
I was so frustrated with not getting the body I wanted.
It wasn't until I found Venus Factor that I finally reshaped my body. I wasn't very skeptical, which probably helped me to get started with the workouts, but there wasn't really anything to worry about anyway. I just did three months as a test drive and the results blew me away, I completely changed my body and my whole life.
After doing the Venus program I realized that before I was doing almost everything wrong and way too complicated.
I'm 50 and I'm in the leanness and best shape of my life. I' so happy, I have never been happier.


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Requiem to Better Days
Never had a task seemed so daunting. Ethan had cut his hair, and tidied himself up. The fracture in his hand was well on the way to mending, and he was even wearing a suit. Admittedly, he'd nicked the suit, but it wasn't like people could tell that by looking at him. Besides, nine out of ten wasn't bad.
Now all he had to do was bring himself to actually use that brushed silver door knocker. All he had to do was pick it up, and strike it against the wood. The patterned glass window meant that he couldn't see anything inside the entrance, aside from the odd blurred shape. Wasn't like it was for lack of trying, either. He'd been standing out here for the last thirty minutes or so.
He had sent at least a dozen letters to this address for Ripper, over the four months and hadn't received a reply back to any of them. He knew that he was probably best to let it go, but he was worried that something was wrong.
So, at ten thirty on a Saturday morning, when he would usually have been sleeping off the night before, instead he was standing on the front doorstep of the Giles family home. He had been sure that someone would have become aware of his presence by now, but no-one had shown up to drag him off the doorstep, so he supposed that he must have some luck still on his side.
Finally, he took a deep breath, and did it. He could hear the sound echoing through the house, as he took half a step back. He was debating whether to try again, or turn around and leave when the door was opened. He braced himself for a meeting with Ripper's fist, and when the blow didn't land he finally looked up to see who it was.
Ripper's father looked a lot older than he had the last time that he had seen him. The lines in his face were a lot deeper, and the grey hair on his head was a lot more pronounced. He looked worn out, like there was nothing to give him energy.
"Rayne," he was surprised by the coolness in his tone, "I suppose you'd best come in. I was wondering how long you were going to stand there."
He couldn't order away the tension that rushed into his muscles, as he stepped over the threshold, eyes darting from side to side. His heart fell, as he spotted a bundle of letters bound together, and his own cursive scrawl on the one on top.
"You're keeping my letters?"
Adrian ignored him, "Can I offer you tea, or something a little stronger?"
"With all due respect, sir, I just came to check on Rip…Rupert."
He tried to clamp down on his imagination, which was offering him about a hundred possible scenarios, in the best of which Ripper had cooled his heels for a little while, and then simply walked out again.
"If you're offering, then I suspect I'll need something stronger."
He nodded," You remember where the study is?"
"Yes, sir."
"Wait in there. I'll be through shortly."
Ethan headed down the hallway, around a corner, down another hallway, and then into a room off that, and after a few minutes sat down in front of the old mahogany desk that was in there, looking around. A brown manila folder sat to one side, several books were stacked almost in the middle, and what looked like a journal was to the other side. Ethan leaned forward and looked at the book on the top of the pile. There was no title on the handsome leather cover, but he recognized the multi-pointed star that was on the spine of it.
Adrian cleared his throat behind him, and Ethan looked over his shoulder, keeping his face blank. "Would you be more comfortable on the couch?" He nodded towards the old, comfortable couch that had been there for as long as Ethan could remember.
He slowly shook his head, "I'm fine, thanks."
"Very well then," Adrian made his way around to the other side of the desk, and poured both of them out a generous measure of single malt.
Ethan stared at his glass, without making a move for it, as Adrian took a sip.
"Where is Rupert?" he had never been one to beat around the bush, and he didn't see why he should start now, no matter how much he knew that he might not actually want to hear the answer to his question.
Adrian looked at him, and Ethan could see just how upset he was. In reply, Adrian flipped open the manila folder and pushed it over to him. He refused to look at it.
"He's in a room at Lords, Ethan."
"No," Ethan said the word, as though denial could make it true, "No. I know he was pretty bad, but he wasn't that far gone. I…I…I never would have let it get that far." Lords was expensive, and flash and exclusive, and none of that changed the fact that it was an institution. A mental institution. "Why? H…how bad is he?"
The exhaustion in Adrian's expression made a lot of sense, with this fresh revelation.
"Not well at all, Ethan. He was quiet, but I thought he was doing well enough, until I came back home from a meeting and found that he'd taken an overdose."
"Fuck," Ethan froze, with his glass half-way to his lips, and slowly lowered it again, struggling to process what he'd been told.
"I found this in his room," Adrian pushed over the journal, beside the folder and waited for Ethan to open it.
It took even more effort to open that little book than it had, to knock on the door in the first place. Ripper's distinctive, tidy handwriting was crammed into the first twenty pages, and then it became more spaced out and ragged. A story of fear, and depression and desperation rose from the paged to greet him, and near the end he discovered what Adrian had obviously expected him to find.
"March 8th,
He opens door and closes them, and watches over everything from the future.
I can't do this any more, not like this. I'm sick, and afraid, and no-one gets it. No one knows why, because no one gets what I lost.
I need to be able to close the door to my past, if I ever want to be able to look towards a future that isn't black.
Or maybe he'll be given back to me. I know that I could have kept my word. Maybe that will be enough.
If I have something to offer to the most primal force in the world, then I should be able to get something back, for myself.
In Chaos, anything is possible."
Adrian gave him time to read to the bottom of the page. It didn't take much for him to understand the implications of it.
"I suspect that He found something He wanted in return."
Ethan stared at his untouched glass, "It's all my fault, then."
He was shocked to see that there was no accusation in Adrian's gaze. There was only pain. Adrian leaned forward, and grasped his upper arms with a grip that was painfully tight, as though he was holding on for his very life.
"It's. Not. Your. Fault. It's not your fault, Ethan, do, you hear me? You didn't hold a gun to his head and force him to make the choice that he did."
"But, if I'd never made the choice that I did…"
"If you hadn't made that call, then there's every chance that he would be dead now instead."
Ethan swallowed at a lump in his throat which felt impossibly large, "Is there any way that I can… see him?"
He could have cut the silence with a knife.
"He's a little better than he was, but I'm afraid the answer is no. There's every chance that seeing you would set him back. For now, you're best to put him out of your mind."
Ethan was shivering. It wasn't often that he was honest, but he had nothing to lose by telling the truth. He'd already lost one of the most important things in his life already. He waited until Adrian met his gaze again.
"I… I'm drowning. Without him in my life, I can feel myself going under."
If anything, Adrian looked even more upset.
"I'm sorry, son. But I have to keep Rupert's best interests in mind."
"I know I'm not much more than a waste of space, but I love him."
"You're not a waste of space, Ethan. I wish your mother had told you that more often, but you're not a waste of space. I know that you love him, too. I always knew. It…," Adrian took a deep breath, "it probably doesn't mean much to you, but I always thought that you were good for him. That's something that you've only proven to me, by putting his interests before your own."
"No," Ethan slowly shook his head, "you never liked me."
"That's where you're wrong, Ethan. If you hadn't stepped in, then I doubt that he'd have made it through that term, let alone the rest of that year."
Ethan knew what year that one was. Rupert had stopped working, stopped studying and started to avoid everyone. He hadn't snapped out of it until Ethan had pressed him to find out what was wrong, and been told that his mother only had a couple of weeks to live. He had distracted Rupert in the only way that he could think of, and things had taken their own course from there.
He hadn't even thought Adrian had known, but clearly he had been wrong.
"I know about the demon, too."
Ethan schooled his expression, so that it was blank, "I'm sorry, but I'm not quite sure what you're talking about."
That got him a flash of frustration.
"Stop trying to play me. I have no patience for it, and I'm no fool. I know about that thing that you and that group of idiots, my son included, summoned, and I heard what happened when it went wrong."
It was a struggle to keep his expression blank, "I try not to think about it, and I certainly have no desire to talk about it."
"I understand that, although if you ever do want to talk, then I'm here. I have no desire to shut you out, Ethan. When Rupert comes out, then you'll be the first person to know, too," Adrian frowned, "if you let me know your address, that is. You're not an easy person to track down, when you don't want to be found."
"If he comes out, you mean."
"I have to believe that he will," Adrian said, softly.
Ethan stood, "Gods don't often take back deals that they make, and unfortunately I'm here, aren't I?"
"Ethan, sit back down."
"Thanks, but no thanks," Ethan tossed back his drink, and put the empty glass back down, "I'm going to take my leave," he hesitated, thinking, "if you send anything to the old address, then I'll be sure to get it."
He left the study without looking back, thoughts churning in his mind.
Gods made deals for keeps. But he was more powerful than Ripper, always had been. If he offered a lifetime of service, then maybe he could get Ripper what he needed. After all, Rupert had always been the better man than him.
The world needed people like Rupert far more than it needed deviants like him.


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I got my GTHaus catback today. The ice is terrible here in TX so FedEx wouldn't deliver.... BUT that did not stop me after waiting 2 months for this exhaust. I had it installed at a buddies shop. All I can say is WOW, I was absolutely blown away by the quality of these parts. I honestly felt bad putting them under my car where no one can see them and they get beat up by the road. The quality is unmatched. The install went pretty smooth. I did not know I needed to use the clamps from the factory exhaust tips and since I had new tips put on I had to drive home with no tips and install them myself. I also could not test out the "open" mode because we ran out of time at the shop and they had to shut down and we did not align the valves in the pipes so when I tried to open valves they were hitting side wall so I have to lift it back up tomorrow loosen up 3 bolts and center up the valves and it'll be good to go. I have to say I was one happy guy when I started it up and heard it in closed mode. I plan on having it in closed mode 90% of the time and damn it sounds INCREDIBLE. I haven't heard any other system with this deep aggressive tone yet. Like I said its been terribly icey out so I won't be able to make some videos for a few days. But if you were on the fence then I would say to order it ASAP because its the real deal.
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That looks incredible. Can't wait for the vids.
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Deff can't wait to hear this!
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Subscribed for the videos.
If anyone has Instagram, he posted a couple videos of the exhaust with the flaps closed. It's better than nothing!
Definitely looks snazzy! Is there any notable weight differences in comparison to stock?
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I'm a huge fan of Meisterchaft, it's by far my favorite exhaust, I have it on my G37 it turns the V6 mean, I love it, I seriously follow GTHaus so much I will just sit there and watch youtube videos of the cars they produce and what it does to the engine and exhaust noise of their cars, its so nice. i'm really glad that they finally started taking on american cars like the challenger and now the GC, I've watched there GC video like six times since it came out yesterday. Good choice and good taste!
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Guys, I made a video process when I did this shirt, maybe will be help full for you!
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I had Dysport injections on August 11, 2009 and here I sit with a droopy left eye, frozen forehead, hollows under my eyes, and new wrinkles forming under my eyes from the drop in my cheeks. Yep, not exaggerating. It's been a rough ride, no doubt.
The one positive of Dysport is the fast onset. My forehead was smooth and no movement was visible 2 days after injections. On day 4, that evening, I began to notice that my left eyelid was drooping a little. Upon waking up on Sunday morning, I was a sad sight (no pun intended)! As we all read ptosis (eyelid droop) is a side effect and usually corrects within 2-4 weeks....well, I am nearing 5 weeks, and I still have ol' droopy with me.
For those of you who are going through this, I can say, it will get better. The lid began to raise a bit at week 4. However, lots happened prior....
My injector, who is a leading plastic surgeon in my area, advised me to use the Iopidine eye drops and to take a Z-pak to counter the toxin's effects. I took not only 1, not 2, but 3 Z-paks over the past weeks. Yes, 3. (The iopidine did seem to raise my lid, but very very little. Keep in mind though, it was almost completely shut though.) So, after seeing miniscule results from the Z-pak, I was then switched to Biaxin as it might be more effective...mistake for me. I then had an allergic reaction to Biaxin. Oh the joy. At that point in time, I had a red, raised, bumpy rash over my face and seeming to move down the trunk of my body, along with my nearly closed eye, frozen face, let's not forget. What a sight I was. I obviously stopped the Biaxin and Z-pak. I think my poor body was rejecting it all.
Let me also tell you that this was not my first Botox type exp. I have had Botox from another provider with zero probs. It was however my first Dysport experience. Also, for whatever reason, I tend to metabolize it quickly....or have done so in the past. I sure am hoping to burn through the Dysport!! Fingers crossed as I'm sick of this.
So, getting back to the drama, I was then nearing my 3rd final week at the time, and I noticed it was getting worse. My eyelid was swelling. The swelling began 2 days prior to a big trip.....needless to say, I didn't go. Off to my eye doctor I went, finally!! I looked so bad he said, "I didn't know it was Halloween already??!!".....haha. He immediately pulled me off all meds and drops. He couldn't figure it out. Was it a secondary infection?? Who knows. He even suggested it was possibly an insect bite. What luck!! I was then given Augmentin and it worked on the infection...didn't raise the lid of course. Dangit! I did follow up with him 1 week later and he then prescribed me Brimonidine. According to him, Iopidine has many negative side effects. Brimonidine seems to be working....thank goodness!
As you can imagine, it's been a loooooong 5 weeks....6 weeks from the actual injection, and 5 weeks with an eyelid droop. Currently, my lid is droopy, however, I can see finally! Also, when my eye is relaxed, it doesn't cover up my pupil, as it once did. I know progress is being made daily. Bring the sunglass and hat free days!!!!!!!!!!!
I sure am hoping to return to normal, SOON. How much longer will this last???!!!! Who knows.
For any of you experiencing this, it's difficult, both physically and mentally. My saving grace was exercise daily. It's sounds so cliche, but it completely helped me deal with this all. If anyone else has had negative effects from Dysport, I'd love to hear from you....and hang in there if so. I'll keep you posted on my poor eye, frozen face, and droopy cheeks. I have missed a lot the over past month....trips, photo shoots, and other social events.....but I know deep down I'll be back!! : ) I'm ready for wrinkles and a my big smile to appear!!!


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Canada, the butt of many jokes, is also home to one of the world's most delicious and enduring deli traditions. New Yorkers have pastrami, Montrealers have smoked meat—luscious brisket that's been dry-rubbed, cured, smoked, steamed and hand cut, resulting in flavorful, delicious slices bound for mustard-slathered rye. This Montreal-style deli from Quebecer Noah Bernamoff and his wife, Rae Cohen, serves the sandwiches in old-school fashion, along with other regional specialties—like the excellent poutine (including a smoked-meat riff), and a killer hash—that make us reconsider the staid reputation of our northern neighbor. Mile End 97A Hoyt St between Atlantic Ave and Pacific St, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn (718-852-7510)


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 15-minute film of Marilyn Monroe engaging in oral sex with an unidentified man will be kept from public view by a New York businessman who has bought it for $1.5 million, the broker of the deal said on Monday.
Memorabilia collector Keya Morgan said he recently arranged the sale of the silent, black-and-white film from the son of a dead FBI informant who possessed it to a wealthy Manhattan businessman who wants to protect Monroe's privacy.
"The gentleman who bought it said out respect for Marilyn he's not going to make a joke of it and put it on the Internet and try to exploit her," said memorabilia collector Keya Morgan. "That's not his intention and I would never get my name involved if that were to happen."
Monroe is clothed and the man's head remains out of the frame for the entire 15 minutes of the film, said Morgan, who watched it.
Monroe was rumored to have had an affair with U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and Morgan said then FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, a Kennedy rival, went to great lengths to try to prove it was Kennedy in the film.
One of Monroe's ex-husbands, the late baseball great Joe DiMaggio, once tried to buy it from the collector for $25,000 but "he would not part with it," according to FBI files on Monroe that are available on the FBI Web site.
Morgan is a well-known collector who owns memorabilia from the estates of Monroe and DiMaggio and said he was friends with Monroe's other two husbands, Jim Dougherty and Arthur Miller.
He said he learned of the existence of the film while working on a documentary about Monroe, who died in August 1962 at age 36. A former FBI agent told him about it, and Morgan said he confirmed it by tracking down the son of the FBI informant, who had provided a copy to the FBI. Continued...


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My name is Randy Shanks, the Exxon in Rosenburg, TX. I had been having trouble with my eyes for about three or four days. I had only been able to see out of my left eye and depth perception was quite a problem. I had a pretty difficult time driving to service where Bro. Gary Ashcraft was to be the guest speaker. When I arrived I sat up front. While waiting for service to begin, I read Matt.6:22 (The light of the body is the eye; if therefore tine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.). You can see why that particular verse was significant to me at the time. The entire time Bro. Ashcraft was preaching me eyes were burning and I was having sharp pains in both eyes. I could still only see out of my left eye but both eyes were watering so badly that I was constantly wiping them throughout the service. I'm sure everyone in the congregation must have thought that I was getting teary-eyed over the sermon, but I was actually having a physical problem, although I didn't know what the cause of that problem was. As far as I could recall, I'd never had and problems with my eyes in the past. After service I asked Bro. Ashcraft if he would pray for my eyes and he did. At the same time he prayed for my heart. He was actually praying for both my physical and spiritual condition and the Lord touched both as well. When we finished praying the pain was instantly gone. I drove home that day in the sunshine without sunglasses or any further pain. Since that time to this moment I've had no more problems with my eyes. I know prayer works because God hears prayer and I sure thank Him for it!


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Greengrass told the quartet they had the parts at shutters Hotel in Santa Monica.
On the shutters of a cosmetics store someone has written, "Pepper spray is good for the skin."
But at the house to the right and the house to the left, there are broken windows and shutters.
Just taking the shutters down and re-entering the world of daylight was a relief in itself.
The windows were guarded with shutters of no great strength.
Now your ladyship can see a little of our goings on—now the shutters are down: but, dear heart!
Staggering to the windows, she smashed them both and knocked the shutters open, giving vent to the smoke.
The shutters were up in all the shops and the blinds were down in most of the windows.
The shutters were shut and there were twelve candles on the table, one for each of Roberta's years.
To call her, Rodolphe threw a sprinkle of sand at the shutters.
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) are diagnostic tests that allow researchers to look at different chemical properties of tissue. Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy studies can be used to gather or evaluate information about various aspects of patient s bodies or to monitor changes in the biochemistry and physiology of patient s bodies.
Unlike other diagnostic techniques (CT scan and PET scan) MRI and MRS do not use ionizing radiation. Some studies have shown that MRI is more effective at distinguishing normal parts of the anatomy from abnormal anatomy, especially in the brain. MRI has become the diagnostic test of choice for evaluating patient with multiple sclerosis.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate normal volunteers and patients with a variety of diseases with magnetic resonance imaging. Researchers will attempt different magnetic resonance imaging methods and techniques as well as different levels of magnetic strength.
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Patients must be able to provide informed consents.
No contraindications to MRI.
Inability to understand consent form or consent process and the absence of a suitable guardian.
Refusal to Participate.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00001219
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|Principal Investigator:
|John A Butman, M.D.
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
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|Responsible Party:
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00001219 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|November 3, 1999
|Last Updated:
|April 21, 2017
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pulse Sequences
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Danny Granger scored 16 of his 20 points in the game's final 12 minutes and New Mexico got its sixth straight win by beating Tennessee 77-58 Saturday night.
New Mexico (10-1) matched its best start in four years and tuned up with a meeting next week against No. 6 Wake Forest with a dominating effort against the Volunteers (4-4).
And it was Granger who delivered the knockout punch.
Double-teamed and held to three points in the first half, Granger sparked an 18-6 run by the Lobos in the second half after Tennessee had cut a 12-point halftime deficit to 38-34 with 12:46 left.
The Volunteers' comeback was led by freshman guard Chris Lofton, who finished with 19 points, including going 5-for-5 on 3-pointers.
A layup by JaJuan Smith got Tennessee within four and the Volunteers had a chance to make it a one point game, but Scooter McFagdon's 3-pointer rimmed out.
It was all Granger and New Mexico after that. He scored seven quick points, connecting on a 16-foot jumper; a 3-pointer after stealing the ball from Volunteer Andre Patterson and a shot in the lane that pushed New Mexico's lead up to 50-36 with 9:57 left.
Back-to-back baskets by Troy DeVries and David Chiotti finished the run and gave New Mexico a 56-38 lead.
New Mexico hit 13 of its last 18 shots in the second half and shot 64 percent in the final 20 minutes. The Lobos also had a season-low 8 turnovers - just 1 in the first half - and shut down the Volunteers' inside game.
McFagdon was the only effective scorer for the Volunteers inside. He finished with 16 points, 14 of them in the second half.
Five New Mexico players scored in double figures. DeVries scored 9 of the Lobos' first 17 points and finished with 16. Mark Walters scored 14, Chiotti 11 and Alfred Neale 10.
Tennessee center Brandon Crump, who had scored in double figures in the Vols' last four games, scored just two points.


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On January 19, 2017 at the Florida Supreme Court, Tallahassee, FL , The JBA received the Statewide Pro Bono Award, Laura Boeckman was one of 21 Florida attorneys awarded the Pro Bono Award, while the Honorable Virginia Norton received the Distinguished Judicial Service Award. Congratulations to all!
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Through panel discussion, traditional lecture, and Q&A, this CLE focused on effective mediations, better understanding of business valuations and tax returns, and increasing familiarity with the military and railroad retirement issues specific to the greater Jacksonville community. Attendees also learned about the new Collaborative Law Act and current research as it relates to children involved in family law litigation.
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The Presentation of the Pins lunch event took place on June 10th 2016. The event was put on to provide a simple, but nice, recognition event at which some of our judges could say a personal word of thanks to attorneys who provided at least 20 hours of pro bono service in 2015. Thanks again to all the honorees!
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May 2, 2016 ~ Hyatt Downtown We were excited to host ABA President-Elect nominee Hilarie Bass as our special guest speaker. Congratulations go out to Courtney Grimm, winner of the Professionalism Lifetime Award and Stephen Pajcic, winner of the Lawyer of the Year award presented by James Bailey, Jr.
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Held by The Jacksonville Bar Association Diversity Committee, a local panel of distinguished leaders and elected officials including Florida Bar President Ramón Abadin, Mayor Lenny Curry, State Attorney Angela Corey, Refik Eler, Sheriff Mike Williams, Nat Glover, President of Edward Waters College and FDLE Regional Legal Advisor Laura Coln discussed the foundational principle underlying the nature of relations among law enforcement agencies, local government, and the communities they serve.
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K9s For Warriors is the nation's preeminent organization providing service canines to warriors suffering from post-traumatic stress disability, traumatic brain injury and/or military sexual trauma as a result of post 9/11 military service. The goal of K9s For Warriors is to empower this heroes back into civilian life with dignity and independence. 95% of the dogs used in the program are rescue/shelter dogs.
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On January 8, 2015 the JBA Human Rights Committee in conjunction with the JWLA presented a CLE Program "Justice for Survivors of Human Trafficking" Civil Litigation in US Courts Training Presenter: Martina Vandenberg Founder & President of The Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center A Rhodes and Truman Scholar, Ms. Vandenberg has over twenty years of experience fighting human trafficking, forced labor, rape as a war crime, and violence against women.
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January 8, 2015, Regency Hyatt Downtown. Speaker: Martina Vandenberg Founder & President of The Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center; A Rhodes and Truman Scholar, she has over twenty years of experience fighting human trafficking, forced labor, rape as a war crime, and violence against women.
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Re: MathematicaTeX
you mean the inverse of TeXForm[] ?
For what ? A TeXpert && Mathematica guru && MathLink expert
has a TeX frontend, that translate a TeXNotebook
(that is a TeX file with some Mathematica Input/Output
environments) and send the input cells to a kernel
and insert the output into the final TeX file ...
The most of the remaining work like creating hyperlinks
to references and figures is done my LaTeX and pdfLaTeX,
with help of CTAN and some macros one generate almost every
layout *and* I have more than 20 books about TeX/LaTeX
(including Don Knuths excelent manuals) but I have not
a single book about the Mathematica Frontend.
The way is not to teach TeX to the frontend, the way is
to teach TeX a bit Mathematica.
And a TeXpert will never switch from his beloved TeX
to the Frontend and it's typesetting -- that's why
he is a TeXpert.
Selwyn Hollis wrote:
> Recent threads about word processing and typesetting have got me
> dreaming again...
> Wouldn't it be nice if someone developed a package that provided a
> function like this:
> DisplayTeX[ " some TeX code " ]
> which would cause the kernel to generate PostScript for the typeset
> text, to be displayed by the front end?
> I doubt that WRI will ever consider this, but surely there's someone out
> there who's both a TeXpert and a Mathematica guru who can do it. No
> doubt there's money to be made.
> Probably just a pipe dream...
> ---
> Selwyn Hollis


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Kids Speak; 4th Graders From Pine Meadow in Sartell talk [AUDIO]
WJON's Kids Speak series talked with 4th graders at Pine Meadow Elementary in Sartell. Kids were asked current events, local questions and things that 4th graders care about. Listen to each conversation with WJON's Jay Caldwell below. Thanks to Pine Meadow Principal Greg Johnson for allowing access to students.
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LeBron James Jumps Over A Guy On The Court
Even if you're not a fan of Basketball...this is still pretty amazing...
The Miami Heat beat the Chicago Bulls 97 to 93 last night. And the play of the game was definitely when LEBRON JAMES jumped OVER another player during the game.
Bulls guard John Lucas . . . who's only 5'11" . . . but still...wow!


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Tag Team Ladder Match for $20,000: Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian) vs. Generation Me (Jeremy Buck and Max Buck)
The two teams shake hands before the match, but then Daniels and Kazarian kick the Bucks and go to work. Generation Me comes back and gets some offense in, but Bad Influence take control back rather quickly. Bad Influence grab a ladder and smash it into Jeremy's face. Max dropkicks the ladder into Daniels and Kazarian's face. Maz gets the ladder and climbs, but Kazarian stops him. Kazarian drops Max in the ring, but Jeremy shoves the ladder into him. Daniels puts the ladder over his head and takes out Max with the ladder. Jeremy takes Daniels out and Generation Me double teams Daniels. Kazarian pulls Jeremy off the ladder and Daniels takes him to the corner. Kazarian and Max climb the ladder and Kazarian takes Max all the way down to the mat. Daniels climbs the ladder, but Max stops him and drops him to the mat. Generation Me beats down Bad Influence on the outside. Max takes Kazarian down with a Spear underneath a ladder, and Daniels and Max get back into the ring. Generation Me double teams Daniels and Jeremy takes him out with a dropkick. Daniels falls onto a ladder set up between the apron and barricade. Kazarian comes back and drapes Max over the top rope. Max suplexes Kazarian over the top rope and Kazarian's knee hits the ladder.
Max grabs a ladder, but Daniels climbs it. Jeremy meets him at the top. Daniels pushes the ladder over, but Jeremy springboards off the ropes and takes Kazarian down on the outside. Daniels is alone in the ring and climbs the ladder, but Jeremy stops him. Max kicks Daniels in the back of the head and Max climbs the ladder. Kazarian takes Jeremy down with a clothesline on the outside and delivers a springboard dropkick to the ladder, which sends Max down to the mat. Max and Daniels take each other down with a double clothesline and Kazarian delivers a sliding dropkick to Jeremy. Kazarian delivers the Fade to Black to Jeremy and Daniels connects with the Best Moonsault Ever. Maz comes back and delivers a superkick to Kazarian and pulls Daniels off the ladder. Max sends Daniels to the outside and begins to climb the ladder. Kazarian climbs as well and they brawl on the ladder. Daniels smacks Max in the face with an apple-tini and Kazarian grabs the piece of paper and the referee calls for the bell.
Winners: Bad Influence
We take a look at next month's One Night Only pay-per-view, TNA 10 Reunion.
SoCal Val is backstage with Joseph Park. He says he doesn't have a match, but he hopes he can get one. He says all of the great hardcore matches in the Impact Zone involved his brother. James Mitchell and Judas Mesias walk up and says Park has to repay his brother's debt tonight if Abyss doesn't show up.
We take a look back at the few matches that we have seen so far tonight.
Bad Influence are backstage and they say they just proved again that they are the best tag team in the world. Daniels says they best two of the best in the world, and it proves that they are the best.


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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The No. 1 Florida volleyball team turned in its most balanced performance of the season, led by a team-high nine kills from senior outside hitter Callie Rivers, to cap a perfect SEC season with a 3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-12) win against South Carolina on Friday.
The Gators (27-1, 20-0 SEC) became the first team in league history to record a perfect 20-0 record in SEC play, as the 20-match double round-robin format was instituted before the 2006 season. It marks the 12th perfect conference season in program history and the team's first since 2003.
"This was a perfect ending to a perfect SEC season," Florida coach Mary Wise said. "To go through a double round-robin schedule undefeated is special, but to end the regular season with one of our most complete performances of the season is also a great way to enter the NCAA Tournament."
Florida had 15 total team blocks in the match, marking its second-most of the season next to its 17 blocks at Auburn on Nov. 7. It marked the Gators' most blocks in a three-set match since recording 16.5 vs. St. John's on Nov. 25, 2006. Florida out-blocked South Carolina 15-3.
The Gators had a .416 hitting percentage, marking the team's highest efficiency since hitting .418 at Georgia on Nov. 5.
The NCAA Division I women's volleyball selection show is 3 p.m. Sunday and will be aired live on ESPNews. As a result of winning the 2010 SEC regular-season title, the Gators earn the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, marking the team's 20th consecutive appearance and 21st appearance overall.
FSU soccer eliminated
In women's soccer, Florida State lost 5-0 to host Stanford in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament. Five players scored for the Cardinal, which outshot the Seminoles 22-6 and next meets the winner of today's Washington-Boston College match. FSU ends its season 16-6-1.


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Savvy consumers seek bargains to cut holiday costs
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Consumers are still planning to travel this summer but they are savvier in their choices and taking advantage of bargains to stretch their money further, according to a new poll.
It showed that the most popular strategy to cut costs is to use frequent flyer miles and credit card reward points to pay for flights, cruises and tours.
Travelers are also booking flights closer to their departure dates to make the most of last-minute deals, selecting vacations in countries where the dollar stretches further and staying closer to home.
"Consumers are looking for ways to stretch their travel dollars," said Tracey Beberman, of American Express, which conducted the poll.
"It's a smart strategy to help get more out of a summer vacation while spending less," she added in a statement.
The survey of more than 600 travel agents also revealed that most consumers, despite the economic recession, think a summer holiday just too important to give up, even if it puts a dent in their wallet.
Nearly 90 percent of travel agents said they are getting more questions about deals this years than they did in the past. Forty-five percent said travelers are not cutting short vacations this year and are booking the same amount of holiday time as in previous years.
Instead of shortening vacations, people are making concessions in other areas to save money. They will consider altering destinations and the type of accommodation to stretch their money further.
But although taking connecting flights can be cheaper, many travelers will not even consider the idea, insisting on flying direct to their destination, according to the poll. Continued...


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Philip Connors on 'Fire Season'
Every day between April and August, Philip Connors climbs a 55-foot tower and settles into a 7-by-7 foot enclosed platform for the next eight hours. The tower is in the Gila National Forest of New Mexico, and his duty while there, is to look out for fires. But while Gila receives more than thirty thousand lightening strikes per year, Connors's job is actually closer to Walden Pond than reality TV. Alone with nature, and his thoughts, he enjoys solitude, freedom and independence — independence which surely helped him complete a new book called "Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout."


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Mission and Values
Enriching the lives of our students and community by helping learners identify and achieve their educational goals.
Create a No Excuses philosophy through actions which display the following values:
- Caring through WOW
Every student and colleague will say "WOW, you were so helpful, supportive, and open" after an interaction with us.
- Caring through FUN
We will find ways to have fun with each other and celebrate each other.
We will find ways to make our work fun and effective.
- Caring through INNOVATION
We will see ourselves a "roadblock remover" - for students and for each other.
We will always look for ways to help others and improve our processes.
- Caring through FAMILY
We will find ways to show we care about our student and each other.
We will readily and effectively share information with each other.
We will approach our interactions with each other with trust and openness.
We will put the needs of others before our own.
- Caring through YES
We will think "yes" first and find solutions rather than finding "no."
We will be passionate about our jobs and helping each other.
We will ensure a 70% Completion Rate by 2020
Core Purpose
At Amarillo College, we help each student to succeed.
Goal #1: Completion:
- Improve persistence
- Increase completers (certificates, degrees, transfer)
- Decrease time-to-completion
Goal #2: Align with Labor Market Demands:
- Graduates obtain well-paid jobs
- Graduates perform well as employees
Goal #3: Increased Learning:
- Increase student engagement
- Increase performance on student learning outcomes
- Adjust programs and courses based on competencies
Goal #4: Equity Gains:
- Increase enrollment of sub-populations
- Increase completion of any sub-populations
Goal #5: Fiscal Effectiveness:
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Google Earth Overlay Shows The Widespread Nature Of Climate Change
Researchers at University of East Anglia added a climate layer to allow viewers to access the world's temperature records.
University of East Anglia climate researchers have added a new layer to Google Earth to allow viewers access to the world's temperature records.
The new layer lets users scroll around the map and zoom in on 6,ooo weather stations around the world to view monthly, seasonal and annual temperature data that goes as far back as 1850. Users will be able to access around 20,000 graphs and data from the Climatic Research Unit Temperature Version 4 (CRUTEM4) land-surface air temperature dataset, one of the most used records of the climate system.
According to Dr. Tim Osborn from the Climatic Research Unit at the university,
The beauty of using Google Earth is that you can instantly see where the weather stations are, zoom in on specific countries, and see station datasets much more clearly. The data itself comes from the latest CRUTEM4 figures, which have been freely available on our website and via the Met Office. But we wanted to make this key temperature dataset as interactive and user-friendly as possible.
To add the climate layer to Google Earth, the globe was split into 5° latitude and longitude grid boxes that are about 550km wide along the Equater and gradually narrowing as it gets closer to the poles. The grid indicates the areas where data from weather stations are available. Users only need to click on a grid box to view temperature data and links to more detailed information.
Understandably, the grid has gaps where there are no weather stations located, like the Sahara. Also, some of the locations of the weather stations are not exact and station markers could be a few kilometers away from the actual site of the station. However, this does not affect the climate layer and the information because temperature records do not depend on precise locations of the weather stations. According to Osborn, these gaps and inaccuracies may be reduced in the future as more detailed information becomes available.
The project is part of ongoing initiatives to make data about climate change as accessible and available as possible.
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March 25, 2009
The Benson family has given $25,000 to endow a scholarship reserved for continuing students studying in the fields of business, accounting, or political science. The award requires a minimum grade point average of 2.5 and can cover any of the recipient's university related expenses. The scholarship committee will make the selection for the scholarship.
When Don passed away in 2004, Don's wife, their two children, and their families decided to start a scholarship and make it available for students at Alva High School (AHS) to attend college. Since that time, the family decided to move the scholarship from AHS to Northwestern. They feel the scholarship can make a bigger impact on the surrounding communities and better serve the students of Northwestern.
Sherrie Benson, Don's daughter-in-law, said that not many people knew how generous he was because he always did so quietly. He wanted to help people because they needed it, not for the recognition. She also said that he would have done the same for them.
"It's what he would have wanted," Sherrie said. "He would want to make Northwestern better and give someone an opportunity to be successful."
Don graduated from Cherokee High School in 1951 and married his high school sweetheart, Donna Garrett, in 1954. After serving four years in the U.S. Army he was honorably discharged and attended Northwestern for a short period before finishing out his education at the University of Oklahoma. He graduated in 1959 with a bachelor of business administration in accounting and graduated from the University of Oklahoma School of Law in 1961.
Don's daughter Brenda Rose, his brother Ben, and several cousins also attended Northwestern. His son Bryce and his wife, Sherrie, met at Northwestern and graduated in 1985 and 1986 respectively. Currently, all of his granddaughters, Sherryce and Chrystal Benson and Shannon Rose, are attending Northwestern which prompted Donna to call Northwestern the "family university".
Don was a huge fan and supporter of Northwestern athletics and could be seen at every Ranger basketball game. Hunting, traveling, skiing and spending time with his family were things he really enjoyed. In fact, his alter-ego, Billy Parkenfarker, is a product of those many ski trips to Colorado.
Brenda said that he expected the very best from his children and grandchildren.
"He always knew when report cards came out," Chrystal said. "We never wanted him to be disappointed so we always tried for A's".
"He taught us values," Sherryce said. "He taught us to work hard and was a big believer of getting back on the horse if we got bucked off."
Don Benson was a hard working man with strong moral character who knew the importance of having fun and embracing those he loved. His family embodies his integrity and though he is gone, still tries to uphold the things he taught them. Their hope is that this scholarship can help as many people as needed, just like Don would have done.
"Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to meet Don. After hearing the stories from his family, it was clearly my loss," Skeeter Bird, Northwestern Foundation C.E.O. said. "We are honored that his family has chosen to perpetuate his legacy of generosity with this wonderful scholarship at Northwestern."
MISSION STATEMENT: Northwestern Oklahoma State University provides quality educational and cultural opportunities to learners with diverse needs by cultivating ethical leadership and service, critical thinking and fiscal responsibility.


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Ben Carmi, VP of Product Management and Business Development of RiT Technologies commented: "Already working in many organizations across the world, RiT has incorporated years of experience in control, security and management into the RiT CenterMind Solution. We are the market leaders in the intelligent infrastructure management sector and with RiT CenterMind Solution, we are bringing a new level of control, efficiency, agility and security to the mission-critical data center."RiT CenterMind Solution is designed to deliver a clear and measurable ROI, with benefits including:
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like Brian Kelly has no interest in platooning two of the top quarterbacks in the
Big East when UC faces
"I would say honestly that Zach looks to be more situational more so than saying, 'He's coming in this quarter,'" Kelly said. "He's more situational, because he can do a little more in the running game. If we don't need to call on him, beautiful."
Pike will wear a brace on his non-throwing arm that Kelly compared to Kevlar. Which means it's heavy, and Pike's left arm slips low when he's trying to throw, meaning he can't get the same torque on his passes as usual. During practices Sunday and Monday, the coaching staff has tried to make sure he keeps that arm elevated when he's throwing.
Pike also is struggling with direct snaps - not a major part of the Bearcats offense, but a part nonetheless - so look for even more shotgun formations Friday.
"The biggest thing was getting Tony Pike back under center and getting him some contuinity," Kelly said. You're transitioning out from Zach who's been leading our first team and all of the things that go with communications, cadence, the way he checks. I know you guys don't think about these things every day, but I spend most of my days thinking about this stuff. That's been a good transition. Yesterday was the first day where there was a smooth contunity with Tony back out here. You could see the little things coming back out to where he was before he was injured."
With so much talk about how Collaros makes defensive coordinators have to work that much harder, I asked Mardy Gilyard why Pike should even be starting.*
*For the record, I think Pike should get back his job, though I can understand why some think Collaros is more dangerous.
"He's the general," Gilyard said. "He laid the ground work for us. Everybody knows that. Zach respects that."
--And this wouldn't be a late November news conference at UC without some Brian-Kelly-to-insert-job-opening-here talk.
gag today was that he couldn't take a job unless Skyline Chili and Graeter's
were prevalent in that city. Which means he could take over the South Florida
But seriously ...
"I can
only be honest with (the team)," Kelly said. "This is the silly season. This is
not new ground for our players. The truth is this happens every year. Nobody
C. Trent, of course, brought up the fact he's interviewed for other jobs since he's been here, as reported in Bearcats Rising.**
process is: after the season, after you're done," Kelly said. "It's always about
looking at what's the best opportunity for you, your family and your program.
It comes back to the same thing.
book signing at the Barnes & Noble in
Mardy Gilyard believes his coach.
"Bossman ain't going nowhere," he said. "He loves the city, and the city loves him. He's put a foundation down. Coach is the kind of guy who's going to straight-talk it to you. He shot it straight to me when he didn't even know me."
Yeah, but
Mark Dantonio also told his team he wasn't leaving before he, you know, left
"This is the second or third time this has come up (for Kelly)," Gilyard said. "When it came up with Coach Dantonio the first time, he dipped. He looked us in the face and lied to us and was out of here. Coach Kelly, when it came up, I went to him, just like I did coach Dantonio, and I said, 'What's the deal?' He said not to worry about anything, that he wasn't going anywhere. It's just one of those gut feelings."
--Ran into Haruki Nakamura today after the presser, shaved head and with a cast covering his right leg. The latter was due to the broken ankle he suffered two Sundays ago with the Baltimore Ravens. The former was because he was tired of his hair.
He'll be at UC for the time being, rehabbing his leg. In doing so, he's living in the basement of trainer Bob Mangine's house.


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Here is the chart for tomorrow's amazingly watery New Moon. An astonishing line-up of planets in Pisces. From left to right at the top of the chart below it goes Mars, Sun, Moon, Venus, Chiron, Mercury and Neptune, all in Pisces. With Mars about to leave and heading for the conjunction with Uranus (but that's [Read More…]
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Every week in this space, we'll take a look at the news and offer our own incisive blend of commentary, analysis, and poop jokes. The news you need, from a voice you can trust, in the 90 seconds you have to spare: that's Woot Weads the Wire.
DULUTH, Minn (UPI) -- Paintings made by two artistic otters have been selling for about $35 each in a Minnesota aquarium's gift shop, said Cathie Dickey, who works there.
Additionally, every person who calls them "artters" has to pay $5 or be punched in the stomach by a security guard.
MOSCOW (UPI) -- A state-run Russian TV network said the country has 17 more billionaires than were counted last year.
Billionaires have now been moved off the "endangered" list, though the IMF is still considering them "threatened" and works to protect them from poachers.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (UPI) -- Dutch customs officials said a suitcase containing 200 live tarantulas was seized from a German couple at an Amsterdam airport.
Sources say "seized" is a slightly misleading description, since the suitcase was quickly dropped, kicked across the floor, shot at twenty five times, then sealed in plastic before being thrown into an active volcano and screamed at.
PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -- The University of Pennsylvania says it was among dozens of universities worldwide that were hacked with student and employee records then posted online.
Insiders say when this happens voluntarily, it's called Facebook.
EDMONTON, Alberta (UPI) -- Edmonton (Alberta) Police Superintendent Ed Keller said police are testing the use of chest-mounted cameras to record interactions with suspects and the public.
Officers will now wear hats that read "Your arrest is down there."
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"You think you've had a busy day, don't you?" your correspondent ventured.
"I've had a pretty busy one, yes," the 16-year-old Martina Hingis replied.
"Well," I said, handing the Swiss prodigy a slip of paper relating to 1887, "look what Lottie Dod had to do to win Wimbledon when she was only 15."
"I don't understand," Hingis said, giggling at the six lines of print as if they represented some hastily arranged exhibition tournament. "That was the whole draw?"
"That doesn't count!" The mock indignation was betrayed by laughter.
Lottie Dod, the daughter of a wealthy Cheshire cotton broker, had to negotiate only three matches in becoming the youngest Wimbledon women's singles champion at the age of 15 years and 285 days.
Only five players entered the All-Comers' Championship on that occasion. Dod, given a bye in the fist round, won two matches and was elevated to the Challenge Round, in which she defeated the title-holder, Blanche Bingley, 6-2, 6-0.
"You can keep the draw sheet if you like," I said.
"I will," Hingis replied, "so I don't get mad about her, that she was 15."
Hingis is credited with being the youngest Wimbledon champion, aged 15 years, 282 days. Try reminding her, and she interrupts, saying: "But I only won the doubles". That was last July, when Hingis was partnered by the tall, vastly experienced Helena Sukova, of the Czech Republic.
"I was thinking about it, actually, when we won the the doubles," Hingis said, "that she [Dod] was only 15 when she won the singles. How was that possible, you know, because usually the women players were much older at that time."
By all accounts, Dod was a natural athlete. After winning the Wimbledon singles title five times (a total of nine matches, only once conceding a set), she became a champion golfer, a hockey international, an Olympic silver medallist at archery, a rower, a rider, a mountaineer, a skater and a tobogganist on the Cresta Run.
Being a schoolgirl, the one important concession she was given at Wimbledon in 1887 concerned her clothing. She was allowed to play in a calf-length dress, not dissimilar to a school uniform, and did not wear a corset.
Lottie Dod, or no Lottie Dod, Hingis's triumph at the Australian Open in Melbourne in January, aged 16 years, three months and 26 days, made her the youngest winner of a major singles championship this century. In short, since tennis became an international sport.
While she does not publicly object to being described as a Slovakian- born Swiss, which is perfectly accurate, Hingis emphasises that as far as she is concerned she is Swiss.
In February she returned to her birthplace, Kosice, for the first time since she was three years old in order to play for Switzerland against Slovakia in the Fed Cup.
The visit presented a rare opportunity for her father to see her. Karol Hingis, 45, is the caretaker at a local tennis club. He and Martina's Czech mother, Melanie, 40, divorced when the child was five. By then Martina was living with her mother in Melanie's home town, Roznov.
Melanie, who has coached Martina virtually from the cradle (she named her after Martina Navratilova), married Andreas Zogg, a Swiss computer salesman. Martina has lived in Trubbach, Switzerland, since the age of seven, although her mother and Mr Zogg divorced in September last year. Melanie reverted to her maiden name, Molitor.
In common with many other teenaged champions, Hingis's formal education has tended to be more hit and miss than her tennis. Early last year, when she complained that tennis practice was boring, her mother reminded her that she could always go back to school. The complaining ceased.
She is not averse to speaking her mind, a habit which has gained her a reputation for being cocky, if not a prima donna in the making. During the French Open, for example, Hingis declared that it was her right to play on the Centre Court, because she was No 1.
Hingis has grown accustomed to global travel. She endeavours to compete to the best of her ability while not neglecting to enjoy the ambience of the contrasting locations. Paris ranks high on her list of favourites. "I also like the tournament, because my first big win at a Grand Slam was at the French Open when I was a junior. I was only 12 at that time, and that was also one of my records. I felt very confident, and I felt very happy with the city and everything."
The date was 6 June, 1993. In the course of her media interview, Hingis said she already felt "capable of playing with the big girls". Her immediate objective, however, was the junior event at Wimbledon. "Personally, I don't have any problems with the grass," she said, "even though I've never played on grass."
Her mind dictated that she would not be intimidated by the prospect. "I never had a problem changing surfaces, and I just tried to play a couple of times on grass," she recounted. "I went there on Thursday, a week before the juniors started, and made the semi-finals from the first point on, and it didn't really affect me that I hadn't played on grass.
"Everybody was saying, `Yes, it's grass, it's Wimbledon, it's a big deal'. I was thinking that it's a big tennis tournament for every player, and everybody wants to win it once, at least, and for me it was a big thing just to be there already."
Did the experience live up to expectations? "I had watched a couple of times on television, when Martina Navratilova won there, or Steffi Graf, and the atmosphere is just so different from all the other tournaments. Every Grand Slam tournament is very specific, but Wimbledon is something special."
So, too, is Hingis. As a 13-year-old, having made a successful defence of her French title, she became the youngest winner of the Wimbledon junior singles championship.
She had yet to visit the Centre Court. "Well, the juniors weren't allowed to go there, so I didn't even try it. I just watched the matches on TV. I played the finals on Court One. That was already a big deal for me, just to play there.
"The first time I actually saw the Centre Court was when I played the first time against Steffi Graf." Hingis laughed at the recollection from 1995. "That was my first match, my first loss, on Centre Court. There was a big crowd there - first round, Hingis-Graf - but it wasn't a great experience.
"It was kind of disappointing for me. I was already in the top 20, and I had to play Graf in the first round. I wasn't very happy about it. Graf is a big player on grass. You have to play her first round, and you already know about it a week before. You go like, `Oh, no way, why did it happen to me? Why do I have to play Graf?'.
"The court was like a carpet. It was as if nobody had played on that court before. I just couldn't move on it, it was so different."
Hingis played Graf on the Centre Court again last year, having advanced to the fourth round. The result was another victory for the champion in straight sets. "It was the same thing again," Hingis shrugged. "The first time I was on the Centre Court was for the match with Steffi. Well, she was the No 1 there. I'm sure I'm going to have more chances to play there.
"I think any surface is welcome for me right now, because I have a good return and the serve improves. If you are a big serve and volley player, that helps you even more. But you've got to have something to play on grass."
What Hingis brings is a precocious mastery of the ball, an innate sense of movement and strategy, and the mental capacity to maximise her potential - a formidable combination calculated to confound the sport's bigger hitters.
In common with at least two others of her generation, Venus Williams and Anna Kournikova, Hingis has the confidence to articulate in media interview rooms in a manner far in advance of the shy mutterings of Graf, Gabriela Sabatini and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario at a similar age. She speaks three languages, including English.
"You have to learn everything," Hingis said. "If your game is improving, everything [else] has to improve. What I have to learn is not just about playing tennis, but how to handle all the stuff around me. It doesn't make you No 1 just because you can rally and play tennis. Everything has to be perfect. Of course, you can't do everything perfect, but you've got to try."
And it helps if you can smile a little. "You have to enjoy the game, especially for me. It makes me very proud that I have made it to No 1. It's just the greatest feeling. That's what you work for. It makes me happy to have reached something in my life already at my young age, and to have so much more to do. I've never enjoyed playing tennis as much as I do right now. And everything else, you know."
Although liable to pout occasionally if unhappy with her performance, and given to throwing her racket when frustrated by errors, she is none the less a delight to watch and a marketing boon for her agent, Damir Keretic, who operates from the Hamburg office of Mark McCormack's International Management Group.
Her burgeoning financial fortune $3m (pounds 1.8m) in official prize-money alone, plus a tennis clothing contract worth up to $12m over five years, appears to have been taken in her stride, like the next backhand down the line. "What I'm saying all the time is, `The more money you get, the less you have to pay'. You've got so many chances to go somewhere, do something."
The question of boyfriends was raised with Hingis during a mixed tournament in Florida in March. It was put to her that although tennis is a full- time job, she was now a young woman at an age when young women tend to think about dating. Was she dating?
"Me? Well, I go to players' parties, as everybody else does. If you're travelling so much as I do, it's hard to find somebody at the tournament. You would have to go every week with someone else. That just doesn't work all the time. I think I still have time for those things. Just right now tennis is the most important thing for me."
One of the local male reporters asked, "Are there any players you particular like, male players?"
She responded, "Do you like any women players on the tour that you want to date?"
Hingis, noted for taking the ball early, is not inclined to meet problems half-way. "We'll see once it happens," she says. "The most important thing is to learn from every match. If you don't play well, you just try to get over it and play better next time."
But what about problems which may manifest outside the tennis courts? "Well, it doesn't happen to me right now, because I'm just going up, still going higher and better. OK, I can imagine a lot of things, but I can't really talk about it right at the moment because it's not happening to me."
And if something does happen? "Well, I hope I can handle it. Being with my mum is a big help to me. She's always with me on the Tour, and she's the biggest help in my tennis. I think we are a great team. She's always been a great mother to me, and a great coach."
Melanie Molitor was rated a moderate Czech player with a propensity for scurrying along the baseline, hardly a prototype for such a gifted daughter.
"You have a totally different game."
"Yes," Hingis said, smiling. "That's the way my mum taught me, because she didn't want me to be the same as she was. She tried to do everything with me, so that I can play almost every shot.
"Up to now, she has done everything right with me. She never really pushed me, but I needed a little push behind me all the time, somebody who was there for me all the time, even in bad times. In good times you don't need so many people around you, because you feel happy with yourself."
Long may the smiles continue.
Born: 30 September 1980, Kosice, Slovakia.
Home: Moved to Trubbach, Switzerland, aged 7.
Coach: Her mother, Melanie Molitor, who had named her Martina after Martina Navratilova, the former Czechoslovak player who later took up American citizenship.
Career record: Turned professional 14 October 1994, aged 14. Won French Open junior singles aged 12. Successfully defended French junior title and won Wimbledon junior singles aged 13.
Earnings: Has won $3m (pounds 1.8m) in official prize-money and has a tennis clothing contract worth $12m over five years.
Youngest... Wimbledon champion (15 years and 282 days), after winning the 1996 women's doubles title with Helena Sukova. (Charlotte "Lottie" Dod won the women's singles in 1887, aged 15 years and 285 days); ... Grand Slam singles champion of the century, 16 years, three months and 26, after defeating the Canadian-born Mary Pierce, of France, 6-2, 6-2, in the final of the 1997 Australian Open; ... ever world No 1, aged 16 years, six months and one day, on 31 March 1997.
Injuries: Underwent arthroscopic surgery to her left knee after falling from a horse in April 1997. Returned to competition after six weeks, losing in the final of the French Open against Iva Majoli, of Croatia, 6-4, 6- 2. This was Hingis's first defeat of the year after 40 consecutive victories.
Wimbledon singles record: Defeated by Steffi Graf, of Germany, in consecutive championships, 6-3, 6-1 in the first round in 1995 and 6-1, 6-4 in the fourth round in 1996.
Ladies' singles
First round
L Dod bye
B James bt M Shackle 8-6, 6-2
Mrs C J Cole bye
J Shackle bye
Dod bt James 6-1, 6-1
Cole bt Shackle 6-4, 6-1
Dod bt Cole 6-2, 6-3
Challenge round
Dod (challenger) bt B Bingley (holder)
6-2, 6-0
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INTERVIEW-Sudan says oil deal with south depends on security pact
By Ulf Laessing and Alexander Dziadosz
KHARTOUM Jan 18 (Reuters) - Sudan will continue to take a share of oil from South Sudan to compensate for what it calls unpaid transit fees and said an oil deal was unlikely without an agreement on border and security issues, its foreign minister said on Wednesday.
South Sudan became Africa's newest nation in July under a 2005 peace deal that ended decades of civil war between north and south, but many issues remain unresolved, including oil, debt and violence on both sides of the poorly-defined border.
Tensions escalated last week when Khartoum said it had started confiscating oil from landlocked South Sudan, which exports its crude through Sudan's pipelines to a port on the Red Sea.
Sudan's economy has been badly hit by the loss of two-thirds of oil production to the South, and the country is under pressure to ease the hardships of people already exhausted by years of conflict, inflation and a U.S. trade embargo.
The two sides were meant to conclude an oil agreement that would see them sharing revenues, with the south paying fees to export its oil through the north.
The African Union is sponsoring talks between the two countries this week, but Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti dampened hopes of a quick deal, rejecting the south's criticism of its move as "childish."
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The European premiere of Now Is Good took place last night and the cast was out in force to support the movie critics are already calling The Film Most Likely To Leave You Sobbing Like A Baby - or something even more pithy.
The star of the show, Dakota Fanning, was there alongside director Ol Parker and co-star Olivia Williams to perform red carpet duties and discuss a role that sees her showing off a pretty handy English accent.
Fanning doesn't do easy, what with being chased about by alien tripods (War Of The Worlds) and sucked into parallel dimensions (Coraline), but Now Is Good could be the toughest gig of them: a heart-rending drama in which she plays a 17 year-old with leukemia fighting to squeeze the most out of her remaining years.
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New York, October 11, 2013 -- As big-time college athletics bring universities ever greater opportunities
for improving their brand recognition and increasing revenue, they
also are heightening risks, says Moody's Investors Service
in a new report. These risks go beyond the financial and include
reputational risks should a program become embroiled in scandal.
Moody's also views the ultimate costs of these programs as uncertain,
given exposure to potential litigation over head injuries as well as possible
movement away from the amateur athlete model.
"Universities pursue high-profile sports programs for the
opportunity to increase brand recognition, student demand,
and donor support," says Moody's Vice President --
Senior Analyst Dennis M. Gephardt, in the report "Eye
on the Ball: Big-Time Sports Pose Growing Risks for Universities,"
which looks at the credit implications of NCAA Division I athletic programs.
"However, as the commercial success of big-time college
sports has grown, so too have the potential risks to universities."
On the one hand, the size of television contracts with the five
major athletic conferences have ballooned, with yearly TV revenues
for each university in them ranging from $17 million to $23
million. On the other hand, the next largest conference payout
is less than $5 million a year and the vast majority of athletic
departments operate at a loss, requiring university subsidies.
These subsidies have increased by a median of 25% from 2008 through
2012, says Moody's.
Specifically, approximately 90% of athletic programs are
not self-sustaining and require the growing subsidies, which
divert funding away from other university operations. Moody's
also notes athletic budgets have been increasing rapidly relative to other
university expenses, a trend likely to continue given the growing
commercial success of Division I sports.
Many universities have also undertaken costly improvements to their athletic
facilities as they join new conferences. Universities that are
unable to generate exceptional fundraising have financed athletic programs
through issuing bonds.
Moody's also views future costs as uncertain. Changing standards
around the treatment of football head injuries could increase the costs
of college football programs. Meanwhile, costs could also
increase if an expansion of the ongoing O'Bannon V. NCAA
case were to incorporate current players as well as broaden claims on
revenues from the media and licensing.
The numerous scandals involving recruitment, players, and
coaching staffs that have rattled the reputations of some universities
underscore the potential reputational risks the spotlight of big-time
college sports can bring. Management of these risks requires strong
oversight and governance, says Moody's.
At the same time, Moody's acknowledges the payoffs from successful
college sports programs can be unmatched, especially in an environment
where college enrollment nationwide is declining. For example,
undergraduate applications increased at Texas Christian University by
60% from fall 2009 to fall 2011 after its remarkable 2009 and 2010
football seasons. The University of Alabama, in turn,
has raised its percentage of first-year students from out of state
to 52% from 35% in just three years during its recent run
of football national championships.
For more information, Moody's research subscribers can access
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