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It's November, there's a chill in the air and with the exceptions of a few live oaks and other evergreens the 6,000-plus trees on the University of South Carolina campus are finally beginning to shed their leaves.
Years past, the onset of leaf season would have signaled the familiar high-pitched drone of backpack leaf blowers powering up from the Coliseum to Capstone and everywhere in between as grounds crews combatted the fall foliage. This year, campus may sound—and look— just a little bit different.
"We've had concerns, even downright complaints about the noise from leaf blowers—and, at times, the dust they create," said Assistant Director of Landscaping and Environmental Services Tom Knowles during a recent interview on the Horseshoe.
Knowles had just returned from the Professional Grounds and Management Society tradeshow in Louisville, Ky., where his department received a Green Star Merit Award for landscape management. A leaf blower could be heard faintly humming in the distance, but the Horseshoe was otherwise quiet—by design.
"Our guys are trained to keep things clean and neat looking, and the power blower is a wonderful tool to move debris," Knowles said. "They're extremely efficient. Unfortunately, they're loud. They bother a lot of people, and they bother me, too."
They also present problems on a campus with more than 30,000 students, not to mention faculty and staff, who have to walk the same sidewalks and hardscapes the groundskeepers are trying to keep clean.
In an effort to strike a balance between efficiency and a more tranquil campus, Knowles' department began experimenting over the summer with a new protocol that greatly reduces overall leaf blower usage. While his team is not abandoning the devices, they are limiting their use to Fridays unless specific circumstances or safety concerns necessitate additional use.
"Fridays we have a little bit less of a student population. A lot of students go home for the weekends," said Knowles. "The tradeoff is things may not look the same. Things may look a little more rustic until we get to that Friday."
Knowles called the next few weeks "the real test" for the new policy and said that his department will monitor its effectiveness before deciding if it needs to be adjusted.
Getting greener all the time
It may be fall, but leaves and leaf blowers aren't the only things on the minds of university groundskeepers. Knowles' department is also busy working on new ways to green up various campus spaces, including through the cultivation of shade-loving ground cover in select plots along the Horseshoe's south side.
"If you go down in front of the president's house you'll see a sample of what we've done," said Knowles. "We put in a dwarf mondograss. It's going to really look nice."
At this point, Knowles hasn't decided where else dwarf mondograss will be planted but anticipates using it in at least a couple of other shady places as his department tries to enliven areas of the Horseshoe where growing more traditional grass is not possible.
"You've got green trees, green grass and then a whole a lot of brown mulch and a lot of brown brick," said Knowles. "We want to try to soften that whole look with more greens."
Grounds crews are also currently in the process of replacing summer annuals in color beds around campus and meanwhile preparing for tree-planting season, which begins next month.
"Trees are extremely important to us on this campus," said Knowles, whose department has led USC's efforts to be named a Tree Campus USA for three years running by the Arbor Day Foundation and the Toyota Motor Foundation.
"We'll go out probably right before Christmas, and when we get back from the break we'll continue," said Knowles. "In places where, unfortunately, we've had to remove trees we'll put one back in, or we'll add them in other areas where we think we need a little extra canopy. "
The department has so far identified approximately 15 sites for new trees, though Knowles said he expects they will ultimately identify a couple dozen more between the end of this year and the onset of spring.
From every day to GameDay
For all its efforts to make the campus greener than it already is, much of what USC's Facilities department does boils down to maintenance—whether that means responding to the wear and tear of constant foot traffic or simply taking out the trash, which can prove a monumental task in its own right.
"We've got 500-something garbage cans that have to be emptied every day, and then there's litter," said Knowles. "In some places, like the Russell House, we have to empty the trash five, six, seven times a day. It's pretty crazy."
Of course, there's also the toll that special events such as ESPN GameDay can take on places like the Horseshoe—not that Knowles and his crew have any misgivings about USC's most recent moment in the spotlight.
"I cannot say enough good things about ESPN," said Knowles. "They totally got that this is place is special. They understood our sensitivities."
Knowles admitted that he was a little protective of the Horseshoe the first time GameDay came to Carolina a few years ago—and when he refers to the heart of campus as "sacred ground" he's only half-kidding.
"Before the first time we hosted Game Day we were freaking out a little, especially us tree guys," Knowles recalled with a laugh. "We were like, 'Oh no, can you please do it down by the stadium?'"
But ultimately his concerns disappeared almost as soon as ESPN arrived on campus, leaving him and his staff happy to work with the network in the future.
"It turned out to be such a positive thing," Knowles said. "ESPN loved it, and kept making comments like, 'this is the prettiest setting we've ever had.' I had a feeling that when they came back for the Georgia game they'd ask for the Horseshoe again—and we were just thrilled they did."
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Assad´s cousin: West is right to back Syrian opposition, but it is backing the wrong one (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Anshel Pfeffer 03/30/12)
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LONDON - Ribal Assad jokes that "being called Assad is not the best way to gain friends today, especially being a relative of Bashar." Indeed, being the first cousin of the Syrian president who over the last year has overseen the murder of some 9000 Syrians in the bloody repression of the Syrian revolution is not a great distinction, but the 36 year-old son of the former vice-president and security chief is attempting, from exile, to clear the family´s name.
"Only two members of the Assad family are in the regime," he insists. "The rest of the 99 percent of them are sitting at home without jobs" and he tells how the stooges of his cousin the president have persecuted his father, siblings and assorted cousins. He never calls the government in Damascus the Assad regime. "It is a corrupt regime, a regime of killers, the worst dictatorship, but don´t call them the Assad regime, or the Baathist or Allawite regime. There are two million members in the Ba´ath party, most of them are members because that is the only way they can get a job, not because they are killers."
Currently living in London, Damascus-born Assad has been an exile from the age of nine, leaving Syria along with his father Rifat following a failed coup attempt. Since then he has returned only for a few visits, during one of which he claims to have been the target of an assassination attempt. But he feels that his family history obliges him to get involved and is using every possible platform to campaign for what he claims is a democratic future for Syria. On Wednesday night this week, he appeared at a small hall in north London, speaking to "The International Forum" of Hampstead Garden Suburb.
It is hard to reconcile the softly-spoken well-groomed, babyface with the stories of atrocities carried out by his father, uncle and first cousin. He carries a range of titles founder of the Organization for Democracy and Freedom in Syria, chairman of the Imam Foundation which promotes interfaith understanding and director of the London bureau of his father´s Arab News Network (ANN) satellite television channel. He says "I miss the country I love but being here makes me free to criticize the regime and champion for reform."
But does he have a formula for extricating Syria from its current bloodshed and can an Assad even deliver a credible solution? "My agenda is not as simple as overthrowing a corrupt regime or supporting the most vocal and violent elements of the oppositions. My agenda is real democracy." And while he is full of criticism for the actions of his cousin Bashar, (ten years his senior, whom he claims never to have spoken to) his real enemy is actually the most prominent of the Syrian opposition groups, the Syrian National Council (SNC).
"The west is in danger of supporting the wrong people" he warns. "Why was the SNC chosen to represent the Syrian people? How did it rise to prominence?" He blames them of human rights violations that could be worse than his cousin´s regime. "The SNC have transformed the actions of peaceful protestors who were chanting ´peaceful, peaceful´" he charges. "They have chosen a moderate leader to hide this but radical Islamists have entered the fold backed by insidious elements in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. This is the reason that Damascus and Aleppo have not yet risen, they are afraid they will be replacing the regime with something worse."
Saudi Arabia and Qatar backing Salafist Islamist elements are just two of the regimes Assad blames for advancing their ulterior motives in Syria. The main culprit is "Turkey with its imperial agenda. It was Turkey who chose the SNC which is really the Muslim Brotherhood. When they held in Ankara a meeting of the opposition, they called only the Islamists, and disregarded all other groups. It´s because Turkey is lead by an Islamist party. No-one in Syria believes them. If you want to have a real meeting, do it in London or Berlin. Not Ankara."
Ribal Assad and the Muslim Brotherhood have a long history. He claims that the Brotherhood in Syria, unlike in Egypt, is a murderous movement committed to establishing an Islamic state and that when he was a child, the Brotherhood tried to bomb his family´s house. Assad is ready with details of Muslim Brotherhood terror but he is insistent that despite all contemporary records, it wasn´t his father Rifat Assad who commanded the infamous Hama Massacre in 1982, when Syrian forces who were putting down a Brotherhood rebellion demolished entire parts of the northern city, killing an estimated twenty to thirty thousand civilians. He was eight at the time but he is certain of the details "it is a great invention, my father was never involved. A committee was appointed by President Assad to oversee Hama and he was not one of them. He commanded the republican guard unit and their job was to protect the capital, not to go north to Hama."
While every report from the period clearly puts Rifat at the center of the Hama operation, it is imperative for his son to deny this was the case, if he is to have any credibility today and a chance of participating in the future of Syria. He also insists that his father, who until 1984 was widely acknowledged as the next leader, was in favor of democracy and a peaceful solution to the Middle East´s conflicts already in 1967.
He also believes that the only solution to the current situation within Syria has to be peaceful. "International intervention means a tug of war between Iran on one side and Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar on the other side. Iran will do everything in its power to support the regime and will use the Quds Force and Hezbollah and their militias in Iraq, they will never let the regime fall? They know that if the regime goes they are finished. The superpowers, Russia and China are already preparing to make Syria their proxy- playground.
The Saudis are financing the Islamist elements because they don´t want to see a democracy emerge in Syria. Military intervention will be a disaster and hundreds of thousands will be killed."
He believes that the only solution is for the western countries to back the democratic opposition groups and insist on negotiations with the regime. He insists that if free elections are held in Syria, the Islamists will not take control as in Egypt and Tunisia. "Democracy is possible in Syria because 45 or fifty percent of the country are classified minorities. The Curds are twenty percent and the Alawis and Christians are each 17 or 18 percent. And the rest who are Sunni are not mainly Islamists either."
He explains that his own Alawi sect and the other minorities have yet to join the revolution because "they want change, democracy and freedom, but they don´t want to replace a dictator with theocracy. That´s why Syria hasn´t moved forward and the international community should ask itself why. Put yourself in the place of an army general in Syria. How can they trust that this is genuine change?"
He is much more careful when speaking about Syria´s future relations with its neighbor Israel. His father has been accused in the past with links with the Zionist enemy and Ribal is careful not to speak to the Israeli media but he insists that his uncle was never interested in getting the Golan Heights back in a peace agreement "the Golan was just an excuse for the state of emergency." He himself thinks that Israel should return the Golan to Syria. "It is important for our self-respect, but I´m sure that everyone just wants to live in peace." (© Copyright 2012 Ha´aretz 03/30/12)
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Franca's walk-off makes M's champs
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By Danny Wild / MiLB.com | September 5, 2013 7:52 PM ET
Gabrial Franca found himself smothered under a pile of bodies Thursday night after the biggest hit of his career.
He knew it would happen too.
"Once we tied it up and we were going to the ninth, we knew going in to the ninth we were going to win it," Franca said. "We knew we'd come out on top."
Franca made sure of that when he ripped a bases-loaded walk-off single off Astros reliever Joe Musgrove as Rookie-level Pulaski stunned Greeneville, 6-5, to win the 2013 Appalachian League championship at Calfee Park.
"It was just crazy," Franca said. "The dogpile, the champagne was spraying everywhere, we had music going ... it was crazy."
Franca, a second baseman in his first full season with the Mariners, knocked home Luke Guarnaccia with a line drive to right field after Pulaski loaded the bases in the ninth on a disputed leadoff ground-rule double to left by Guarnaccia, Isaiah Yates' bunt single and an intentional walk to Toby DeMello. The win marked the Mariners' first Appy League crown since 1991 and the fifth in franchise history.
"I'm still speechless, I don't know," the 19-year-old Franca said. "I was just went up there looking for a good pitch to hit. I got it -- and I had to battle with two strikes -- I just wanted to put it in play. That's what happens, like our manager (Chris Prieto) says, you win every pitch and good things will happen."
Drafted by Seattle in the 22nd round last year out of John North High School (Riverside, Calif.) , Franca was an unlikely hero for the Mariners after batting .213 without a homer and nine RBIs in 54 games this season. He went 2-for-3 on Thursday, singling in the sixth when Pulaski scored twice and tied the game after falling into a 4-0 hole.
Pulaski rode the arm of reliever Gabe Saquilon, who came on in the third and held the Astros to a pair of hits over 5 1/3 innings. Mariners starter Edwin Diaz was charged with five runs -- one earned -- on two hits and four walks before Saquilon entered and walked home a run in the third.
"He shut them down through five and that was a huge help for us," Franca said. "He kept us in the game, got some ground balls and we just had to give ourselves a chance in those at-bats."
The win marked the second straight Appalachian League championship won in walk-off fashion after Elizabethton captured the title with a walk-off grand slam last year.
"I got crushed at the bottom of the dogpile," Franca laughed. "It's not my first, I had [a championship] in high school in 2011 when we won States, and I have a big ring from that. This reminded me of that, this team reminded me of that. We're a big family. we come out to win, we're with each other all the time, and when we one of us does good, we're all happy."
Pulaski general manager Ryan Kiel was uniquely happy as well -- Kiel pitched for Pulaski in 2010 and was hired this past offseason as the team's GM. He watched his team capture the Appy League East Division title with a 41-27 record this season, the best in the league. The Mariners won Game 1 of the series Wednesday when DeMello singled home the decisive run in the seventh in a game that featured a triple play by Greeneville.
Franca said the reality of his hit didn't sink in at first.
"It felt like we just won another game," he said. "We've had a playoff atmosphere all season. Our team plays to win every game. It was no different than any other win, besides that we had a huge dogpile and we'll have a ring on our fingers come Spring Training."
Greeneville starter Luis Ordosgoitti allowed three runs over five innings while Musgrove (0-1) was charged with three runs on seven hits over 3 1/3 frames. Rafael Pineda (2-0) recorded just one out in the ninth to pick up his second postseason win for Pulaski.
For Franca, a mediocre statistical season had a dream ending, and he'll take it.
"This was my first time in pro ball. It was really special for all of us, our coaches too, we did what they preached all season, no matter what the score is," he said. "I felt like I could have done a little better on the offensive side, but this is my first full season, so I'm not worried about that at all. I know what to prepare for next season, and when we win, that's all I care about."
Danny Wild is an editor for MiLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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T-Pain will bring the heat this summer on his latest tour.
According to XXLMag.com, his "Drankin Patna" tour will kick off on August 11th in Orlando. The August outing will continue on to Miami, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Nashville and New Orleans before T-Pain wraps up on August 27th in Chicago.
Each show will live up to the tour's party-themed title with decorations that will make the venues seem like the "ultimate house party."
Joining T-Pain on the road will be up-and-coming artists Snootie Wild, Bando Jones, Rich Kidz and Mykell Vaughn.
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August 11 Orlando, FL The Beacham
August 12 Miami, FL Revolution
August 13 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
August 14 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
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August 17 Nashville, TN Cannery
August 18 Oxford, MS The Lyric
August 19 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
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August 21 Little Rock, AR Juanita's
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August 25 Detroit, MI St. Andrews
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After two straight blowouts in the Las Vegas Bowl, the Broncos had to work hard for a win sealed by a 27-yard field goal by 5-foot-5 Michael Frisina with 1:16 left. It left them feeling good about a game and a season when, unlike the last two years, there was hardly any talk about Boise State being in a BCS game.
"The most satisfying thing about this season was each week you'd see us get just a little bit better," Boise State coach Chris Petersen said. "These guys, they don't go through the motions. They have a chip on their shoulder."
The win capped another strong year for the No. 20 Broncos (11-2), who had to overcome a 205-yard rushing game by Bishop Sankey against their normally stingy defense. Sankey also had 74 yards receiving, giving him 279 of Washington's 447 yards from scrimmage.
But it was Frisina who came up with the biggest game of his career in his final game. He kicked three field goals, including the first game-winner he could ever recall booting.
"It's every kicker's dream to win a big game with a field goal," Frisina said. "For this one to come on the last game of my career, you couldn't ask for anything more.'
Washington (7-6) had taken the lead for the first time on a 38-yard field goal by Travis Coons with 4:09 left when No. 20 Boise State got a big kickoff return by freshman Shane Williams-Rhodes to the Washington 42. Joe Southwick guided the team to the 12 before Frisina hit the winning kick.
"I was just focused on what I had to do," Frisina said. "I'm there as the insurance guy, I guess you'd say."
Boise State sealed the win when Jeremy Ioane intercepted Keith Price's pass as the Huskies neared midfield.
"To their credit, they found a way to win the game in the end," said Washington coach Steve Sarkisian. "Our inability to finish is pretty blaring."
Sankey, who was third on the depth list when fall practice began, rushed 30 times and caught six passes in the biggest game of his career. He scored one touchdown and was the MVP of the game, despite being on the losing side.
"There's a lot of mixed emotions going on," Sankey said. "The MVP doesn't mean so much when you come out a loser."
Frisina was only 12 for 17 on field goals coming into the game, but kicked three of them, including a 34-yarder to open the scoring that was his first field goal of more than 30 yards for the year.
Southwick, meanwhile, had another efficient game,completing 26 of 38 passes for 264 yards and two touchdowns for a Boise State team that struggled offensively through much of the season before improving over its last three games.
Southwick also ran for 39 yards and had a punt that pinned Washington by its goal line in the fourth quarter.
Leave it to the kicker
O Boise State's Michael Frisina kicks the game-winner to lift the Broncos.
• Washington's Bishop Sankey won the MVP award for his 279 yards of offense.


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By Reid Kanaley The Philadelphia Inquirer
Long-term unemployment — being jobless for more than six months — in this bad economy has become a serious national problem. So far, though, nobody seems to know what to do about it.
- The "scariest thing in the world" is long-term unemployment, says Matthew O'Brien, an associate editor at the Atlantic magazine. In this article, O'Brien says there are two labor markets now: one for people who have been out of work less than six months, and one for the long-termers. And woe be to the latter group. The pattern is clear — employers discriminate against the long-term unemployed. tinyurl.com/scariest1
- Lawmakers were no-shows, mostly, at a congressional hearing last week on the long-term-unemployment phenomenon, says this blog post at the National Journal site. Four of the 20 members of the Joint Economic Committee straggled in for the hearing. Writer Niraj Chokshi noted: "It stands to reason that lawmakers who often decry the high jobless rate would want to be seen publicly trying to tackle the problem, right? Well, apparently not." tinyurl.com/scariest2
- Solutions offered at the hearing get an airing from Chokshi in this additional post — perhaps for the benefit of missing lawmakers. Economic growth is probably the only effective answer. tinyurl.com/scariest3
- How can you break out of long-term unemployment? This post on the Monster job site has suggestions. Some focus on your mental state. There's advice to get exercising to improve your health and mood, and to structure your daily schedule. Others note the need for some face-to-face networking. tinyurl.com/scariest4
- For a first-person account of long-term unemployment — with a happy ending — read this post by Fran Hopkins at AOL Jobs. Hopkins, "50-plus" and unemployed for 34 months, says it's important to "remember you have value," to sift through all the advice you get, and consider hiring a "career coach." tinyurl.com/scariest5


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Even thoze yer a kickboxer, yer still postin like yers superior to a boxedr or summit.
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I'm trying to install BT4 in dual-boot configuration with Windows 7 x64. Unfortunately installer is not able to find existing NTFS partitions, and appears to think that hdd is empty.
So I got this: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/images/bt4inst-02.png
Instead this: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/images/bt4inst-05.png
By default partitions are not visible in "storage media", but i can mount them and access their content with no problem.
Could anybody give me suggestion what I need to do?


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Zoosk is committed to giving back to our communities both personally and financially. We regularly donate our time at Glide Memorial, at local arts groups and animal shelters, and are always looking for new ways to contribute.
At Zoosk, we're a team of passionate individuals that value collaboration, respect, innovation, and achievement. Our employees love a challenge, are always looking for the next big thing, and enjoy having fun together.
Mike Hodges brings many decades of experience as an engineer, manager, CEO, and board member across a multi-discipline experience set including computer hardware, software, optics, and instrumentation. A long time Silicon Valley resident, he was raised in Palo Alto and attended UC Berkeley. Mike has participated in all phases of Silicon Valley start-up life including stints in design engineering, project management, general management, marketing, manufacturing, and finance. Mike migrated into general management roles initially in a public company, Spectra-Physics, followed by a dozen start-ups over 25 years where he served as CEO or CEO Coach.
Eric Barnett is the Senior Vice President of Business Development and General Counsel at Zoosk and is responsible for managing all legal affairs. Prior to joining Zoosk in 2010, Eric was Assistant General Counsel for M&A and Corporate Securities at Sun Microsystems. Eric also practiced law as a corporate and securities attorney for nearly seven years at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Baker & Hostetler, focusing on advising technology companies with respect to venture capital funding, public securities offerings, corporate governance, intellectual property strategy, and mergers and acquisitions. Eric holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University and an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University, and worked as an engineer at Motorola before pursuing a legal career. He received a J.D. from Stanford Law School. Eric is an avid sports fan, golfer and reader.
Mike Riccio is the Senior Vice President of Engineering at Zoosk. Prior to joining Zoosk, Mike served as the Vice President of Engineering and Architecture at the global interactive entertainment company Electronic Arts (EA). During his time at EA, Mike helped spearhead a radical shift in how EA's customers accessed video games—the evolution from packaged goods to an always-on, cross-platform, social system. Before his time at EA, Mike provided architecture vision and leadership to various enterprises and co-founded Pogo.com, the top-ranked online casual game destination worldwide that was later acquired by EA. He has a MS in Information Networking and a BS in Applied Math and Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. Outside the office, Mike likes to tinker with home automation, play poker, and do all things Disney with his family.
Behzad is the Senior Vice President of Product at Zoosk where he is responsible for product development across all platforms. Between 2011 and 2014, he led product development for Zoosk's web property and later all client app properties. Before joining Zoosk, Behzad founded Crowdmug, a real time location awareness service that allowed on demand crowdsourcing of images and videos. Prior to that Behzad led product management for various technology startups. Behzad graduated a McNair Scholar from San Diego State University earning a degree in Aerospace Engineering.
Carol Mahoney is Senior Vice President of People for Zoosk. Responsible for talent management and culture, Carol is passionate about helping Zoosk fulfill its mission of empowering everyone to lead a more fulfilling love life. Carol brings extensive HR leadership experience from a variety of companies including LivingSocial, where she most recently was SVP of Global Human Resources. In addition, Carol has held HR leadership roles for industry leaders like Logitech, Intuit and, notably, at Yahoo! where she was VP of Talent Acquisition during the hyper-growth years of 2003–2009. Carol is a native of the SF Bay Area and graduated from Santa Clara University with a bachelor's degree in English. She's an audible book enthusiast and offsets her ice cream addiction by taking long walks with her husband and labradoodle.
Daniel Mori is the Vice President of Marketing at Zoosk. Before joining Zoosk in 2013, Daniel directed Customer Acquisition for the North American arm of Buongiorno, an NTT Docomo company that develops mobile applications and games: he also built and directed the company's affiliate program. Prior to that, he worked for Dada, an Italian corporation and global leader in the mobile entertainment space: while there, he managed the company's ad network and led the mobile media buying team. Daniel holds a PhD in History from the University of Florence (Italy): when he was a graduate student, he chose tech over history after working remote gigs at Google and Tripadvisor. Daniel is an avid traveler, an aviation enthusiast, and a baseball fan who can be spotted in minor league baseball parks around the country.
Jason Donadio is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Zoosk and is responsible for overseeing Accounting, FP&A, and IT. Prior to joining Zoosk as the Corporate Controller, Jason held various accounting and reporting roles at Netflix where he most recently led Accounting Operations. He also held reporting and technical accounting roles at Symantec and started his career at KPMG in the audit department. He holds an MBA in accounting from California State University Hayward. Jason is an avid sports fan and enjoys wakeboarding, snowboarding, and spending time with his family.
Sejal is the Vice President of User Operations at Zoosk where she is responsible for driving customer success and satisfaction, as well as optimizing vendor operations. Since joining Zoosk in 2012, Sejal has helped grow and develop our world class customer success team and has led several initiatives to improve the overall customer experience and achieve operational effectiveness. Before joining Zoosk, Sejal led customer success organizations at GE, Discover, Sears, and Xerox. She holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sejal is originally from Chicago, and her favorite thing to do now that she is lucky enough to live in the Bay Area is spend time outdoors with her two sons.
Deepak Kamra has been with Canaan Partners for over 20 years and focuses on investments in digital media and software. He led Canaan's investments in DoubleClick, Match.com, Acme Packet (acquired by Oracle), SuccessFactors (acquired by SAP), and Bharat Matrimony. Before joining Canaan, Deepak was on the startup team at Aspect Communications, which he helped lead to a successful IPO in 1990. Prior to Aspect, Deepak held strategic roles at ROLM Corp. and TRW Datacomm International. Deepak received a B.A. from Carleton University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He served on the board of the National Venture Capital Association from 2008 to 2012 and was included on the Forbes Midas List in 2008 and 2009. In his spare time, he is involved in several microfinance initiatives to spur economic growth in developing nations.
Jeff Epstein, an Operating Partner in Bessemer's Menlo Park office and the former CFO of Oracle and DoubleClick, works with Bessemer portfolio company CFOs and CEOs to share and implement best practices. He leads the Bessemer Venture Partners CFO Advisory Board, where over 50 BVP portfolio company CFOs meet in person and online to help each other learn and improve their effectiveness and performance. He specializes in marketplaces, B2B cloud software and advertising technology companies. He teaches the Lean Launchpad class at Stanford University's Graduate School of Engineering with Steve Blank. He serves on the Boards of Directors and Audit Committees of Kaiser Permanente, The Priceline Group, Shutterstock, Global Eagle Entertainment, and several private companies. He is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle, one of the world's largest and most profitable technology companies, with a market value of over $150 billion. Prior to joining Oracle, Jeff served as Chief Financial Officer of several public and private companies, including DoubleClick (sold to Google), King World Productions (sold to CBS), and Nielsen's Media Measurement and Information Group. Earlier in his career, he was an investment banker at The First Boston Corporation. He holds an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar, and a BA from Yale College, where he graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.
Sunil Nargaraj, a vice president for Bessemer Venture Partners, focuses on investments in space, developer tools, and security companies. Sunil serves as a Board Director for Auth0, Nitrous.IO, and Zoosk. He is a board observer at GetInsured, Rocket Lab, Spire, and Virtru. Sunil is also closely involved with Bessemer's investments in Box, DocuSign, Simply Measured, Tile, and Zapier. His past investments include Twitch (acquired by Amazon), Defense.net (acquired by F5 Networks), and Grow Mobile (acquired by Perion). Prior to joining Bessemer, Sunil was the founder and CEO of Triangulate, a venture-backed online dating startup that used social media behaviors to drive algorithmic matching. Previously, Sunil worked in consulting at Bain & Company, in Cisco's Corporate Development group, and in product management at Microsoft. He has also worked at several early-stage startups. Sunil holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he graduated with honors.
Mike Hodges brings many decades of experience as an engineer, manager, CEO, and board member across a multi-discipline experience set including computer hardware, software, optics, and instrumentation. A long time Silicon Valley resident, he was raised in Palo Alto and attended UC Berkeley. Mike has participated in all phases of Silicon Valley start-up life including stints in design engineering, project management, general management, marketing, manufacturing, and finance. Mike migrated into general management roles initially in a public company, Spectra-Physics, followed by a dozen start-ups over 25 years where he served as CEO or CEO Coach.
The Honorable Aida Álvarez has been an award-winning journalist, a successful investment banker, and a member of President Clinton's Cabinet. She currently serves on the boards of Zoosk, Wal-Mart, Union Bank, and Progress Financial Corporation. She chairs the Latino Community Foundation, serves on the Board of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington, DC., and is a Trustee Emeritus of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Appointed by President Clinton to head the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Administrator Alvarez was the first Hispanic woman to serve in a President's Cabinet. Prior to her federal service, Alvarez was a Vice President in Public Finance at The First Boston Corporation and Bear Stearns. She was also Vice President for Public Affairs at the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation. Alvarez started out with a career in journalism. She won a Front Page award for journalistic excellence while at the New York Post. She also earned an Emmy nomination and an Associated Press award for journalistic excellence while at Channel Five, the Ten O'Clock News, for her series on the war in El Salvador entitled, "The Morazan Diaries." A Harvard graduate, Alvarez also holds honorary doctorates from Bethany College, Iona College, Mercy College and the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico. Alvarez was elected to serve on the Harvard Board of Overseers.
Diane is President and Chief Executive Officer of Rodan + Fields (R+F), a prestige skin care company. She has more than 25 years of experience managing complex global retail and consumer product businesses. Prior to joining R+F, she was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Safeway, responsible for the retail chain's marketing, merchandising, supply chain, digital strategy, online delivery service and award-winning private label business. Previously, she spent more than 18 years with Procter & Gamble (P&G), where she is widely credited for the rejuvenation of P&G's Crest brand. Diane also played a lead role in the Gillette acquisition, responsible for integrating the Oral B business unit across North America and globally. A recipient of numerous industry awards, Diane sits on the board of directors for the Whirlpool Corporation, Zoosk, and Rodan + Fields. She holds a B.S. in marketing and economics from Northern Illinois University.
Shayan Zadeh is Co-founder of Zoosk, one of the world's largest online dating platforms. He founded Zoosk with Alex Mehr in 2007. Prior to founding Zoosk, Shayan was a program manager and software engineer for Microsoft. Shayan received a Master of Science in Computer Science from University of Maryland, and a Master in Business Administration from University of Washington. While completing his undergraduate degree in computer science at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Shayan met co-founder Alex Mehr. Shayan and Alex initially intended to pursue careers in academia, but ultimately decided to become entrepreneurs while they were roommates at the University of Maryland. In addition to running Zoosk, Shayan is an angel investor and advisor to startup companies including PaperKarma (acquired by reputation.com), Identified (acquired by Workday) and AppComputing. In his free time, Shayan enjoys bicycling, tennis, and playing with his dog, Ivy.
Alex Mehr is Co-founder of Zoosk, one of the world's largest online dating platforms. While attending the MBA program at the University of California, Berkeley, Alex founded Zoosk in 2007 alongside Shayan Zadeh. Alex received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran. Alex previously worked as a research scientist for NASA through a consulting firm and collaborated on manned and unmanned space exploration projects. In his spare time, Alex is a motorcycle enthusiast and enjoys hiking with his dog Lexi, a Rottweiler mix.


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For an explanation of the pancreas, please see the description under "What is the pancreas?" in Pancreatic Diseases.
What is pancreatic cancer?
Cancer is an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells that form tumors, damage normal tissue, and that may eventually spread (metastasize). Most pancreatic cancers (about 95%) develop in the pancreatic ducts and sometimes develop in the enzyme-producing cells of the exocrine pancreas.
Endocrine pancreatic tumors, also known as islet cell tumors, are usually less aggressive than exocrine tumors and are more rare. The majority of them are benign tumors that do not metastasize, although some are malignant. Islet cell tumors include gastrinomas, glucagonomas, and insulinomas and occur in the pancreatic cells that make the hormones gastrin, glucagon, and insulin, respectively. They often are detected earlier than exocrine cancers because they cause the signs and symptoms of excessive amounts of insulin and glucagon. Simple blood tests for these hormones are used to measure hormone levels in the blood and confirm if the levels are in fact elevated.
Because they are more common and aggressive, the remainder of this discussion focuses on exocrine cancers. Unfortunately, these cancers are hard to detect at an early stage. Since the pancreas is deep in the body, developing tumors cannot usually be seen or felt during a physical examination. By the time symptoms develop, the cancer has often spread throughout the pancreas and beyond.
According to the American Cancer Society, rates of pancreatic cancer have been slowly increasing over the past 10 years. In 2014, a projected 46,420 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and an estimated 39,590 will die from it. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States, primarily because only about 10% of the cancers are still contained within the pancreas at the time of diagnosis.


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It looks like Lindsay Lohan really wants to make a good impression on the judge because she is skipping her court appearance set for Wednesday in Los Angeles to party with The Wanted in London and Dubai. She must be really close to getting that check and I wonder what she has had to do to earn it. Hey, at least the guy is young and good looking. Have you seen some of the guys Lindsay has had to date before. Yikes. And that does not even include Charlie Sheen. He is in a whole different world. I wonder if Charlie and Lindsay partied if there would be some kind of emergency system that would have to kick in to resupply the world with coke. You know like the nuclear power having to be turned on when Clark turned on the lights in Christmas Vacation.
I guess everyone is entitled to their one time of following the band. When you see the photos of Lindsay she does look happy. I don't know if it is because she knows the band or is in love or is going to get a big check. I do know that if some other women makes a move on her guy though, she will punch and hit and steal their stuff.


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For users of netbooks and USB compatible mobile devices, the NH13's color options include: glossy black and silver. The aluminum case provides scratch resistance, the vendor said.
The drives are available in 500GB and 750GB capacities.
The new NH13 external drives will be distributed through designated agents and resellers.
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William Keating (American, b. 1932)
Sky Lark, 1978
Welded and Polished Aluminum
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley L. Harris and the Illinois Arts Council
William (Bill) Keating is a self-taught artist from Northbrook, Illinois who specializes in hand-formed welded aluminum. Keating originally worked in advertising, but changed his direction mid-career and became a sculptor in 1973. Keating's work is part of the collections of the Palatine, Illinois Public Library, Standard Oil of Indiana and the Oakton Sculpture Park in Des Plaines, Illinois. In a 1976 documentary about Keating, the artist described his works as "an abstract view of his sense of balance with nature." He said, "I see metal as part of nature, coming raw from the earth, then refined by man. I strive to bring it back to nature by treating it as part of earth to be formed and managed." The title of this kinetic sculpture was chosen as a metaphor for the human search for knowledge.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo men's and women's swim teams opened up the 2009-10 season with a narrow loss to Blue Grass Mountain Conference opponents Florida Southern College, Friday evening from University Pool. The men fell 112-89, while the women dropped a close 14-point decision, 109.50-95.50.
Overall the men claimed four, first-place finishes while the women swam their way to five, first-place touches.
Junior Matt Attal got things going in the right direction for the Lions' men, scoring a first-place victory in the 1000 Yard Freestyle with a time of 10:29.36. Fellow junior teammate, Tim Olson also had an outstanding afternoon for the Green & Gold, solidifying a pair of first-place finishes. He registered his victory during the 200 Yard Freestyle with a time of 1:47.71, more than a second a half ahead of his nearest competitor. Six events later, Olson notched his second individual win in the 200 Yard Butterfly, closing as the only swimmer in the group to stay under two minutes with a time of 1:59.28
Derek Maddigan added the Lions fourth and final first-place finish of the meet in the 200 Yard Breaststroke; as he edged out Mocs' swimmer Charlie Dolan by less than a second at 2:23.46.
Kyle Gramm also had a solid day in the pool, earning a pair of second-place finishes in the 50 Yard Freestyle and 100 Yard Freestyle, respectively. Alexander Parada finished second in the 200 Yard Backstroke, four seconds off the first-place pace.
On the women's side, Mindy Pierce immediately gave the Lions a boost with a first-place time of 11:37.74 in the 1000 Yard Freestyle. She also answered later in the race with silver showing in the 200 Yard Breaststroke. After Alicia Thompson and Erin Lucas combined to give SLU seven points in the 50 Yard Freestyle, Jessica Pall took home the prize in the 200 Yard IM with a finishing time of 2:21.41. She rounded out her day with a runner-up showing in the 1000 Yard Freestyle. One event later, Erin Hotchkiss added to the Lions' point total with an individual heat victory in the 200 Yard Butterfly, closing with a time of 2:15.10.
After Lucas finished runner-up for the second consecutive time in event 13, Alisha Adams locked up the teams fourth win of the meet in the 200 Yard Backstroke. The junior soared past her opponents and concluded the race more than five seconds better than the nearest Mocs' swimmer at 2:15.02. Freshman Sarah Earls made a splash in her first collegiate event, locking up the top spot in the 500 Yard Freestyle with a time of 5:50.90.
Unfortunately for the 200+ Lions' fans in attendance, the efforts in the pool came up just shy.
About their first meet, Head Swim Coach Paul Mangen said, "Both the men's and women's teams showed a lot of heart and for a small team; they swam big." He went on to state, "I look forward to our next opportunity to get in the pool so we can continue improving as a squad."
Both Lions' teams return to the pool October 31, for a Halloween morning dual meet against Blue Grass Mountain Conference foe Rollins. Both teams will hit the pool at 11:00 a.m. from Winter Park, Fla.


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Washington : Government Printing Office
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|Chief Joseph Dam project, Wash. Foster Creek division construction, etc. 66 Stat. 753.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, as an initial step in supplementing the Act of July 17, 1952 (Public Law 577, Eighty-second Congress), and in order to provide water for the irrigation of approximately six thousand acres of land along the Columbia and Okanogan Rivers in the vicinity of Chief Joseph Dam, Washington, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain the Foster Creek division of the Chief Joseph Dam project substantially in accordance with the report of the Secretary of the Interior dated January 7, 1954, and printed as House Document Numbered 374, Eighty-third Congress.
In the construction, operation and maintenance of the Foster Creek division, the Secretary shall be governed by the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts
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amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) except that (a) the period provided in subsection (d), section 9, of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187), for repayment of construction costs properly chargeable to any block of lands and assigned to be repaid by the irrigators may be extended to fifty years, exclusive of a development period, from the time water is first delivered to that block or to as near that number of years as is consistent with the adoption and operation of a variable payment formula as hereinafter provided; (b) any repayment contract entered into may provide that the amounts to be paid annually thereunder shall be determined in accordance with a formula, mutually agreeable to the parties, which reflects economic conditions pertinent to the irrigators' payment capacity; and (c) all construction costs which are beyond the ability of the irrigators to repay as hereinbefore provided shall be charged to, and returnable to the reclamation fund from, net revenues derived from the sale of power from the Chief Joseph Dam project which are over and beyond those required to amortize the power investment in said project and to return interest on the unamortized balance thereof. Power and energy required for irrigation pumping for the Foster Creek division authorized shall be made available by the Secretary from the Chief Joseph Dam powerplant and other Federal plants interconnected therewith at rates not to exceed the cost of such power and energy from the Chief Joseph Dam taking into account all costs of the dam, reservoir, and powerplant which are determined by the Secretary under the provisions of the Federal reclamation laws to be properly allocable to such irrigation pumping power and energy.
Reports on additional reclamation units in the vicinity of the Chief Joseph Dam project proposed to be constructed as units of the project shall be submitted by the Secretary from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Act of July 17, 1952, supra.
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $4,798,000 plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in the cost of said type of construction without endangering the economic feasibility of the Foster Creek division of the Chief Joseph Dam project, Washington.
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By <I>Juergen Kneifel </I>
When Dean Curry decided to purchase a foundering Meineke/Econo Lube franchise in south Everett 18 months ago, he had great hopes for a successful small business.
Curry realized that the combination of a great location and excellent customer service could propel this company forward. And hiring the right front-counter manager was at the top of his to-do list.
That's where store manager Bryan Waldo stepped in. Waldo came on board a year ago and things are certainly moving in the right direction.
"Our sales year-over-year for January increased threefold," Waldo said.
He's quick to credit his staff, as they've stepped up to provide service that sets this business apart.
Retaining customers is critical in this type of an enterprise. You can't build a successful enterprise on one-time transactions.
While approximately 75 percent of their business is performing oil changes, the customer retention for the shop is very high. More than 60 percent of the customers return and many new customers are the result of referrals. That's the greatest compliment for any small-business owner.
I talked with Waldo to find out what's working for this company. Waldo, much like Curry, is a lifelong car enthusiast. He started working on cars when he was in high school and held jobs with a range of automotive businesses, from tire stores to specialty shops working on hot rods. He knows cars. More importantly, he knows people.
When asked what makes for a successful front-counter manager, he noted that it's crucial to be a good listener and remain cool under pressure.
"Customers have made a special trip to your shop, and even without an appointment, you need to be very sensitive to their needs and be ready to offer what things you are able to do for them," he said.
Located on Highway 99 where roughly 60,000 cars pass by on a daily basis, it's easy to see how a $19.95 basic oil change will entice drivers to pull in and take care of this simple maintenance. At that price point, why would anyone choose to do their own oil change?
You've probably seen auto technicians dancing around as human billboards to attract attention and bring in customers at some of the competing oil-service locations.
Waldo chuckled and said, "We have those signs in the back, but we've never had to use them. It seems like our guys stay busy with the oil changes. And we're a full-service shop with plenty of work beyond."
Waldo handles customers with great care. Never making unrealistic promises or setting too high a bar, he shared, "It's better to under-promise and over-deliver."
On a recent Saturday, it was clear several customers would need to wait an hour or longer. Waldo offered options to schedule a time or perhaps leave the car for service.
The price for an oil change is quite competitive. Beyond this, Waldo offers a promotional punch card that rewards regulars with a free oil change after every four purchased. "I get about five of these punch cards redeemed every week by our customers," said Waldo.
"The bottom line for me is that we need to deliver on quality and service. If you don't have good service, then it doesn't matter what type of punch-card program you have. They (the customers) aren't coming back," Waldo said.
There are six technicians at the shop and the business is expanding. They'll be hiring at least one additional technician soon. The relationship between Curry and Waldo has been a tremendous fit — so much so that Waldo will be taking on a role as minority partner in the business.
Another sign that this enterprise is doing things well: The owners plan to seek another location in the area, with the intent of replicating what has to this point become a very successful business model.
Juergen Kneifel is a senior associate faculty member in the Everett Community College business program. Please send your comments to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Lindsay Lohan Fires Back at Her Critics
Firing back at reports claiming that she's been kicked out of her court-ordered community service program, Lindsay Lohan posted a message on her WhoSay account regarding the matter.
The troubled actress, who was spotted out shopping with sister Ali at Phillip Lim in Beverly Hills on Saturday (October 15), emphatically stated, "I am not to be made an example of anymore. I am working hard and fulfilling my obligations every single day, to the court as well as myself."
A clearly upset Lohan continued, "If I travel, its for work and its been approved. As is anything I do when I leave the state. I'd appreciate it if people will just let me do what is asked of me, so that I can get my life back. Please ignore the reports which have no truth to them. Thank you."
Meanwhile, LiLo's mom, Dina Lohan, spoke with TMZ on Friday night (October 14) about her daughter, saying that Lindsay has been "great," "wonderful" and "really on it" in regards to fulfilling her community service obligations.
Meanwhile, the 25-year-old is slated to appear in court for a progress hearing on Wednesday (October 19) - which surely will bring forth the truth on the matter.
Enjoy the pictures of Lindsay Lohan shopping at Phillip Lim with Ali (October 15).
Photo Credit: GinsburgSpaly