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Drink and drug driving
Driving under the influence of drugs and in particular alcohol is one of the biggest killers on Tasmanian roads. At least one in four fatalities and one in eight serious injuries can be linked to drink driving. Alcohol and other drugs were a contributing factor in 185 of the 433 fatalities in the 10 years to 31 December 2013.
Six percent of Tasmanians are aged between 17 and 25 but are 28 percent of serious casualties. This age group has a six times greater chance of being a serious road crash casualty – seriously injured or killed – than the rest of the population. Of those casualties, going too fast for the conditions and/or circumstances was a factor in 52 percent, alcohol 37 percent and going over the speed limit 21 percent.
Alcohol and other drugs, whether medicinal or illicit, can decrease your:
- mental alertness, vigilance and concentration
- physical coordination, and
- ability to react quickly and appropriately to what is happening on the road.
Alcohol, alone or in combination with other drugs, does not mix with driving. Many medicines carry labels warning that they may cause drowsiness and advising you not to drive. Although illegal drugs do not carry these warnings they are equally as dangerous.
Blood or breath alcohol concentration
Blood or Breath Alcohol Concentration (BAC) is a measurement of the amount of alcohol in the body. BAC measures milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.
The legal BAC limit for a full licence holder is 0.05, which is 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. For a learner or provisional driver who is unable to drive with any alcohol in their system, it is 0.00. There are other restrictions for various licence holders and for more information about licences see here.
How alcohol affects driving performance
Driving is not a simple task. It requires complex decision making and total concentration at all times. Alcohol affects your ability to be in control of your own actions.
The following table shows the effect of different levels of blood alcohol and your increased crash risk when compared with a driver with a BAC of 0.00.
|Effect on your driving
|Crash risk
|0.02 – 0.05
|0.05 – 0.08
|Five times greater
|0.08 – 0.12
|Ten times greater
If you are planning to drink, then plan not to drive. Plan ahead and arrange overnight accommodation or alternative transport home. You could:
- share a taxi with friends
- catch public transport
- ride with a driver who hasn't been drinking or taking drugs or
- arrange for a friend or relative to give you a lift.
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Standard drinks and blood alcohol content
Many different factors affect BAC, so you are unlikely to be able to judge your own BAC accurately. Factors that affect your BAC include:
- the amount of alcohol consumed
- the period of time over which alcohol is consumed
- your body weight
- whether or not you have eaten
- how much water you have consumed between drinks
- your fitness level and general health
- the health of your liver.
You need to be aware of standard drinks to estimate your blood alcohol level (BAC). The chart below shows what one stadard drink is for each type of alcohol.
A standard drink has about 10 grams of alcohol. Hotels and restaurants do not always serve alcohol in standard drink size glasses. Wine is normally sold in 140ml or 200ml glasses. One 200ml glass of wine is about two standard drinks. Glasses used at home are unlikely to be standard drink size.
The labels on alcoholic drink bottles and cans show the number of standard drinks they are.
The amount of standard drinks in average alcohol serves
A stubby of full strength beer is 1.4 standard drinks. An average restaurant serving of wine is 1.5 standard drinks. a 30ml nip of 40 percent alcohol volume is one standard drink. For more information click here.
One standard drink an hour will raise your BAC by between 0.01 percent and 0.03 g%. Your BAC is more likely to rise at a greater rate if you:
- Are female
- Have a low body weight
- Are a fast drinker
- Have not eaten recently
- Are drinking highly carbonated drinks such as champagne.
The liver takes about one hour to break down one standard alcoholic drink per hour (the average rate is 7.5 grams per hour but this can vary between four and 12 grams per hour for different people). A liver damaged, for example, by hepatitis, will break down alcohol more slowly.
To prevent your BAC rising further don't drink more than one standard drink per hour.
The only reliable method of reducing your BAC is to wait out the time for the alcohol to be metabolised.
Cold showers, black coffee, fresh air, exercise, vomiting and other home remedies may help you feel more alert but will not reduce your BAC.
Driving a motor vehicle safely requires good coordination and mental alertness. Many prescription and non-prescription medicines affect your ability to drive safely.
Combining different medications may have an even greater effect on your ability to drive safely.
Some negative effects of prescription and over the counter medications include drowsiness, blurred vision, poor concentration, slower reaction times and feeling aggressive.
Serious penalties and fines apply for drug related offences including driving while affected by prescription medications.
How illegal drugs affect driving
Research shows that a driver who has recently consumed cannabis or an amphetamine-based substance is at the same risk of having a crash as a driver with a BAC above 0.05.
THC (an active component of cannabis) impairs mental function and reduces attention and concentration on driving. THC significantly increases crash risk and affects driving even when there are no outward signs of impairment.
Methamphetamines (speed), MDMA (ecstasy), cocaine, heroin, ketamine and other drugs along with some prescription medicines, increase risk taking and aggression. Some drivers use drugs to temporarily allow them to continue to drive even though they are too tired to do so safely.


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"Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are."
"Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are."
"I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet."
"When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure"
"The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly."
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
"When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny."
"There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation."

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High blood pressure wouldn't help his explosive problems, but having high blood pressure is very dangerous for the heart and he should look into ways of lower his blood pressure. When you went to counseling her felt he was being picked on. So he is someone that can't admit when he is wrong or is very sensitive when people point out his flaws. This could be what is going on. He might be someone that gets his feelings hurt very easy. He doesn't know how to express himself, so he just lashes out. You asked is this a syptom of Anxiety. Yes, mood swings can be anxiety. Anxiety is built up and causes the body to react in many ways. The stress that he might have at work, of certain things in his life. It builds up and the body begins to almost protect itself from stress. You said he is opposed to taking medication. There are many other ways for him to relax to relieve some of his stress. He seems to refusing all help. You tried counseling, he refuses medication. He needs to learn what is going to solve the problem. I know you said it makes things worse to talk about it, but you both need to find the soluntion because you don't want this to continue. He would feel so much better if he was able to get rid of some of those things that really bother him.


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Two people and the gunman are dead after a man opened fire on holiday shoppers at the crowded Clackamas Town Center in Oregon.
What really happened in the theater when a gunman opened fire on a screening of 'The Dark Knight Rises'?
Fama subsequently admitted being at the scene but denied being the gunman.
On Jan. 8, 2011, a gunman killed six people and gravely injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords during a meeting with her constituents.
Paramedics now headed into the shop with a stretcher to aid the gunman.
In fact, as a matter of safety, an archer particularly should avoid those districts overrun by the gunman.
A gunman he was, from Texas, and—well, they carried the gambler out.
The explosion of Tommys own revolver astounded him as much as it did Jacaros gunman.
You are known from one end of the country to the other as a gunman.
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Ideas do exist: A look into conferences sponsored by the Department of Communication
RIT Students Attend 2nd Annual Advertising Industry Diversity Job Fair and Leadership Conference at NYU
by Sarah Exley
The Last Brick
by Katie Locus
Liberal Arts Takes the Virtual Plunge Into Second Life
Disability: A New Perspective For the Textile Industry
by Michaela Conrad
Kist Shares his Goals as Interim Dean of CLA
by Amy D'Amico
Speakers and Seminars Put the Spotlight on CLA
Liberal Smarts is a bi-annual newsletter written and produced by Liberal Arts students. The motto is "by the students for the students". The newsletter provides information about the College of Liberal Arts for students, faculty, alumni, and family of enrolled Liberal Arts students.
Additionally, Liberal Smarts is the most widely-distributed newsletter on campus! For anyone involved in the production of an issue, it is truly something to be proud of.
If you're interested in contributing, click on the "Join Our Staff" link for additional information.
Liberal Smarts – Spring 2008
Katie Locus ('09)
Professional & Technical Communication
Julie Lisuzzo ('10)
New Media Design and Imaging
Contributing Writers
Sarah Exley ('08)
Nicolette Lewis ('08)
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Casa Verde: From Bottle to Building
I like my Sancerre, my Sauvignon Blanc, and my Beaujolais Nouveau, and I have been known to drink wine from a box. Heck, I'll try any kind of wine you pour. When all of these bottles are finished, and I toss them into my recycling bin, their corks don't land in the trash; I've been saving my corks for a few months now to make a wine cork mirror. But if cork décor isn't your style, you can still recycle natural cork, thanks to ReCork America.ReCork America takes already used and overstock corks from the wine business, and then recycles them into flooring tiles, insulation, and other products. There are several locations in California and the Pacific Northwest that are collecting used cork in their day-to-day business operations, and hopefully in the future there will be locations for public collection. Do you know of any cork collection programs in your neighborhood?


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A Guide to the Dorothy and James Wimberly Collection, 1947-2010
Biographical Note
Dorothy "Dot" Margaret Stepp Wimberly (1924-2008) and her husband James Weldon Wimberly (1922-1980) were married on September 5, 1942. The couple eventually settled in Austin, Texas, where they raised their only child, daughter Karen, and devoted much of their lives to promoting social welfare and civic justice. They were also active members of the University Presbyterian Church. Dot was passionate about politics, and supported Texas State Representative Sarah Weddington throughout the 1970s, both in Washington D.C. during the landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade and as a secretary in her Austin office. Later, Dot took on secretarial and administrative roles in the offices of Senator Lloyd Doggett, the University of Texas, and Texas Governor Ann Richards, in addition to her volunteer work with local organizations such as Planned Parenthood of Austin and the League of Women Voters.
WWII veteran James Wimberly began his career as a social worker working for the American Red Cross in 1950. He later worked for the Philadelphia branch of the United Way, the Community Council of Greater Dallas, and finally served as Director of Human Services for Texas United Community Services. James stayed involved with the issues of his profession on a countrywide scale, becoming a charter member of the National Association of Social Workers, and speaking at the National Conference on Social Welfare and the National Association for Statewide Health and Welfare Organizations. In 1979, Texas Governor Bill Clements appointed him to the Texas Advisory Committee for the White House Conference on Families. As a long-time lobbyist, James was particularly devoted to helping children and the elderly. In recognition of his years of service, the Texas Legislature authorized the United Way to plant a tree and accompanying commemorative plaque in his honor on the Capitol grounds.
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Scope and Contents
Photographs, correspondence, clippings, and assorted records and memorabilia compose the Dorothy and James Wimberly Collection, 1947-2010. The collection is arranged according to the people the material primarily concerns, namely the Wimberly family and the Texas politicians with whom they worked most closely. Highlights of the collection include Sarah Weddington's correspondence with Karen Powell née Wimberly, the senate resolution authorizing James Wimberly's memorial tree at the Texas State Capitol, souvenirs and written remembrances of the Wimberly's 1978 stay in Washington, D.C., and the book The Miracle of the Killer Bees: 12 Senators Who Changed Texas Politics by Robert Heard, 1981, signed by Lloyd Doggett to Dorothy Wimberly.
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Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
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Separated Material
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Dorothy and James Wimberly Collection, 1947-2010, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Keelee James, 2013.
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UPDATE, 1:12p: David Brody of CBNNews.com began his story on the Void the Abortion Mandate campaign today, along with poll findings by the Susan B. Anthony List, like this:
You have to hand it to pro-lifers. They don't give it. They are tenacious for sure and today they were back at it with new poll numbers showing that Americans are just not into government funding of abortions when it comes to health care. They also have started a new national campaign called, "Void the Abortion Mandate."
Yeah, pro-lifers!
Click on the voided check above or go to StopTheAbortionMandate.com to participate in a virtual rally TODAY.
What to do?…
1. Clicking on the voided check will get you to a prewritten letter (that you can edit if you'd like) that, along with the voided check, will be automatically emailed to your own U.S. senators and representative when you fill in your name and address.
2. Download the voided check and upload it to all your social networking profiles, like Facebook and Twitter. Use this sample status message to educate and empower your family and friends to take action:
President Obama Wrong! Abortion IS covered in current health care reform legislation: www.StopTheAbortionMandate.com
3. Send your family and friends the chart below (click to enlarge; available in pdf form here) to educate them on exactly how the government will fund abortion if any of the current healthcare bills pass.
4. Educate yourself on the myth President Obama continues to perpetuate, as he did again last night, that abortion isn't in the healthcare plans. IT IS. Get the facts at StopTheAbortionMandate.com. (Scroll to #4.)


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'"What I look for in an interview is the maturity level and how far along they are in that area," Sabres Assistant General Manager Kevin Devine told NHL.com. "That usually determines how far away they are from playing in the NHL. But I don't think the interviews are going to jump anyone five or six draft spots, either. They could jump a spot or two if guys are professionals in the interviews, but there won't be any big jump at the top, especially with the top five in this draft class."'
Archives for May 2014
NHL Combine wraps up with fitness tests today
Buffalo Sabres GM Tim Murray aiming to rebuild roster through upcoming NHL draft
'"I think in every draft you have the ability to rebuild and get good players, but not every draft has a Crosby or a Toews," Murray said this week at the NHL Draft Combine in Toronto. "You have to acquire NHL players. And it's not just with your first pick."'
Sabres sign prospect D Austin to 3-year contract
'The signing was announced Thursday. NHL teams have until Sunday to sign their 2012 draft picks to retain their rights.'
Brady Austin signs ELC with Sabres
'A native of Peterborough, Ontario, Austin spent the 2013-14 season playing with the Belleville Bulls and the London Knights of the OHL, setting career highs in points (33), goals (9) and assists (24) through 67 games played. His career-high plus-51 rating during the 2013-14 regular season ranked sixth among all OHL skaters.
Stewart, Mitchell hope to bounce back healthy next season
'"I don't think it's going to take that long to turn it around here. Obviously you're subject to all those trade rumors and all the stuff like that, but that's out of my control," Stewart said. "Like I've said before, as long as I'm a Buffalo Sabre, I'm just going to worry about helping this team win hockey games and that's all that's on my mind."'
Sabres sign goalie prospect Ullmark to 3-year deal
'Ullmark is expected to spend this season developing with the Sabres' American Hockey League affiliate in Rochester.'
Sabres sign Ullmark to 3-year, entry-level contract
'During the 2013-14 season, the Lugnvik, Sweden native played 35 games for MODO in the Swedish Hockey League, registering a 2.08 goals-against average and .931 save percentage and was awarded the Honken Trophy as the Swedish Goaltender of the Year.'
Sabres sign forward Deslauriers to 2-year deal
'Deslauriers, a restricted free agent, was acquired in a trade with the Los Angeles Kings on March 5. The 23-year-old played in 17 of the Sabres' last 20 games and impressed with his physical presence on the ice. He scored one goal for Buffalo.'
Sabres sign F Deslauriers
'Deslauriers led the Manchester Monarchs, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Kings, in goals with 18 prior to being acquired by the Sabres.'
Sabres re-sign F Deslauriers
'The 6-foot-2, 230-pound Deslauriers was acquired from the Los Angeles Kings along with Hudson Fasching on March 5, 2014. He made his NHL debut with the Sabres and finished the season by playing 17 of the club's last 20 games.'
Sabres sign Deslauriers to 2-year deal
'"Nick was able to step in and compete in every situation we put him in," said Sabres general manager Tim Murray. "We're confident that he will be an important part of our organization going forward."'
Isles make Sabres wait a year for first-rounder
'Buffalo's draft haul has to wait because Islanders General Manager Garth Snow couldn't afford to skip this draft. His team has missed the playoffs six of the last seven seasons, including this one. He went for it this year, acquiring Vanek in October in an attempt to make a run.'
Sabres need to stay away from Miller
'At this point, though, Miller is not the answer. He would contribute to more problems than he would solve. He would interrupt the master plan and stunt the development of goalies behind him. They need to play Jhonas Enroth and Michal Neuvirth and groom Nathan Lieuwen, Linus Ullmark and Andrey Makarov.'
Ex-Sabre Satan ends hockey career at 39
'Satan didn't fit with Buffalo late in his career, with teammates like Chris Drury exasperated at the talented right winger's lapses in effort.'
No more Miller time in St. Louis
'However, there probably won't be much trade demand for Miller since the few teams in need of a goalie could freely pursue him during the summer. Plus, the former face of the Sabres' franchise had a rough time with the Blues, putting up a .903 save percentage in 19 regular-season games and just a .897 save percentage and 2.70 goals-against average in the playoffs as Chicago bounced St. Louis in the first round.'


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A land locked country in southern Africa, Zimbabwe is about three times the size of England.
Agriculture was by far the most important economic activity in the country, with responsible landowners doing everything they could to protect Zimbabwe¹s rich heritage of wildlife.
All this was to change as in 2000, a wave of land invasions washed over the country. Farmers were forced off their land, often overnight, losing everything they possessed. Thousands of farm workers and their families were subsequently displaced and lost their homes and livelihoods.
Thousands of animals were abandoned, maimed or killedthey were hacked, slashed, burnt, caught in snares, starved or beaten to death. No species avoided this horror - domestic pets, livestock and wildlife, all became the "innocent victims" of Zimbabwe¹s land invasions. Uninvolved, and uncomprehending, these innocents of a man made situation often bore the brunt of the viciousness of the politically inspired lawlessness. On one farm alone, the commercial farmer¹s staff picked up 1,452 snares, another farmer reported that some of his ostrich had had their legs chopped off and were left fluttering on the ground.
One evening, I sat & watched TV footage of a farmer's dog being repeatedly beaten and stoned by a gang of farm invadersI realized immediately that The Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ZNSPCA) of which I was the Chief Inspector, must have a role to play in rescuing and protecting the animals on the occupied farms. Little did I realize that we would be involved for the next five years.
On the whole, domestic animals were reasonably easy to rescue, usually the situation on the farms would be very hostile, but we were in uniform, in a marked vehicle, told the invaders that rescuing the animals was our only agendaand if we were lucky, were escorted by one or two members of the Police or Army. However, in many instances they were too nervous to accompany us & we had to go it alone!
The rescue of wildlife was much more complicated for uswe had neither the knowledge, equipment, or funding to undertake these rescues. To dart wild animals one has to have a licenseunderstandably, vets were reluctant to go onto farms where they would be seen to be siding with the commercial farmer and therefore could be in danger. So it was left to ZNSPCA to do the best we could!
On Vermont Farm in the Karoi area, we had a problem with two hand-reared lions - Ben & Storm - that the new "owner" wanted removedtheir real owner, a well-known farmer in the area, who had already been evicted, wanted to delay this for as long as possible as Storm was heavily pregnant (He had had Ben neutered, but not soon enough!). He also needed time to find another suitable home for his beloved lions - not easy with so many farmers loosing their farmswhole situation not helped by the fact that the Police kept arresting him "for having dangerous animals". To move them required a Movement Permit from the National Parks Deptthat took weeks, with me contacting their offices every day!
Two days before the move was planned, Storm gave birth to two tiny cubs, sadly with all the stress of being separated from her beloved owner, she rejected her cubs. One died a few hours later, the other was taken to experts in this field & he is now a handsome teenager! Assisted by a friend in the wildlife department who darted the two lions, we accompanied them to their new home where they have settled welltheir owners have never been allowed to return to their farm.
We became involved in the rescue of hippos, sable, duiker, kudu, snakes etc - in many cases we were unsuccessful as the invaders claimed that all the wildlife on the farms they had occupied were now owned by them, in some cases farmers went to court over it, but with most of the judges in Mugabe's pocket, they lost their claims.
It is estimated that 60% of Zimbabwe's wildlife on commercial farms has been killed, slaughtered or snared. We suggested to Government that there should be a total ban on hunting for a year, or until it is established just how much wildlife is leftour request was ignored. Instead, hunting of Zimbabwe¹s wildlife has increased and become a big money earner for Mugabe's cash-strapped governmentwith permits being issued to some very unsavory characters, in areas that have previously been protected. The official quota for hunting leopards is still 500 a yearthis, when no official survey has ever been carried out on just how many leopards Zimbabwe has.
I worked with a small team of dedicated black Inspectors who were brilliant, and I believe that the obvious success of the thousands of animal rescues that we carried out, was due to the fact that we were totally non-political - the welfare of the animals being our only agenda.
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The FTSE 100 smashed through the 6,000 barrier on Wednesday as investors celebrated the US deal averting tax hikes and spending cuts that risked pushing the world's largest economy into recession. By 1143 GMT London's blue chip index rose 127.32 points, or 2.1 per cent to 6,025.13, breaking above the 6,000 level for the first time since July 2011, driven by big gains in miners and banks. The gains echoed the New Year's Eve rally on Wall St, which was the biggest final-day gain in the S&P 500 since 1974.
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Louisville.com turf writers Jessie Oswald and Tony Singleton and Louisville Magazine editor Kane Webb took to the roof of Churchill Downs to share their thoughts on Kentucky Derby 138 with me.
Tag Archives | Turf writing
May 2012 posts for Louisville.com
Check out my Louisville.com articles from May 2012.
In which I make my society-page debut (with another woman)
Marriage tip: If your society-page debut is with another woman, inform your wife of the situation ahead of time.
At Churchill Downs for the 2011 Breeders' Cup Position Draw Luncheon, Louisville.com turf writer Jessie Oswald and I got photographed for The Voice-Tribune. Don't just admire the photo here though; select the link to encourage the Louisville weekly to run photos of me more often:
The Voice-Tribune—Breeders' Cup Position Draw Luncheon
That this photo leads off the Voice-Tribune's gallery is evidence that the pics are ranked in order of subject attractiveness.
Photo: Voice-Tribune/Bill Wine
Louisville.com is again a Breeders' Cup media partner
In 2011, Louisville.com (me = editor-in-chief) is again a media partner of the Breeders' Cup, horse racing's world championship.
We'll be at Churchill Downs all week, covering everything from the draw to the post-Breeders' Cup Classic press conferences.
Photo: Courtesy Breeders' Cup
May 2010 posts for Gridskipper, UpTake, and Louisville.com
Check out my Gridskipper, UpTake, and Louisville.com articles from May 2010.
My Kentucky Derby coverage roundup
And I'm spent.
The seven days leading up to the Kentucky Derby is the most exciting week of the year in Louisville. But it was also the most exhausting.
As editor-in-chief, I oversaw Louisville.com's coverage of the city's signature event. We had five writers (including me) at Churchill Downs for the Derby and also dispatched writers to 10 of the city's biggest Derby parties (I reported from the Playboy Celebrity Lounge–funny how that gig fell to the person making the assignments). Our treatment of the parties included a preview of each one the day before, live updates to our Twitter feed and Facebook fan page with photos from the event (yes, using ping.fm) and a review the following day.
At Churchill Downs, two of Louisville.com's writers focused on the races, one covered the infield and other lifestyle stories and one contributed live sketches. Our cartoonist was walking around Churchill Downs, drawing in her notepad and snapping pictures of her finished work on her cell phone, which she then e-mailed to me to post for her on the website. Unfortunately a technical problem caused many of the sketches not to arrive in my e-mail inbox until 11 p.m. Regardless, it was a different way of reporting on an event that draws so much media attention and was well received.
As for my writing, 2010 is the 40th anniversary of Hunter S. Thompson's "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved," in which the Louisville native birthed gonzo journalism at the track in his hometown. My plan was to take passages from his article and see how they stand up 40 years later, posting live throughout Derby day. Alas, Louisville.com had two technical glitches (the influx of traffic led the site to briefly crash twice and the RSS feed from the site to our Facebook fan page done broke). Those issues, along with my responsibility for posting the cartoons, promoting the other articles online, answering questions from the writers and following up with PR reps on party credentials kept me mostly tethered to my computer in the media center. I did manage to post a bunch of articles though, mostly of photos, and take notes for the Thompson piece, which I'll either run as a feature on Louisville.com or a series of smaller posts (granted it was pre-Internet, but Thompson's Derby article wasn't published until a month after the race either).
The results? Traffic for Louisville.com blew up. The site had its seven best days ever in terms of visits, getting triple it's non-Derby week best on race day itself. We also increased our fans on Facebook by more than 10 percent that week, which should lead to sustained growth in that all-important local audience. While we attracted more non-local traffic than usual because of Derby, Louisvillians flocked to the site–the average visitor from the city spent 4:44 on the site, reading 3.93 pages a visit. Between the festivities at Churchill, the parties and other Derby-related events, Louisville.com posted more than 150 articles about the Kentucky Derby in the past three weeks, as well as several hundred Tweets and updates to our Facebook fan page.
And as if that wasn't enough work Derby week, I wrote a couple of posts for both BlackBook magazine's website and Gridskipper. For BlackBook, I interviewed two Derby insiders. And for Gridskipper, I wrote about where to score two essentials: good food and easy sex.
Check below the jump for the complete list of articles I've written on the 2010 Kentucky Derby (so far).
My articles from Louisville.com and Examiner.com for the week ending May 2
Here are my articles for Louisville.com and Examiner.com from last week (I warned you there'd be a lot of Kentucky Derby-related articles):
- Mine that Bird wins 135th Kentucky Derby
- Where not to go in Louisville if you want to avoid Kentucky Derby crowds
- A Kentucky Derby-free guide to Louisville this weekend
- 10 online resources to guarantee a great Derby


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A NEW 'artisan market' has been launched at Golden Square.
Held in the Old Market Place, the first of the monthly markets will take place on April 13 including crafts as well as hot and cold world foods, including breads, cheeses, patisserie and preserves.
The market will return to the shopping centre on every second Sunday of each month until the end of the year.


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Specifications include stainless steel, precision-ground and hardened clamping pin; stainless steel hardware, reusability—the 2" thick fixture can be remachined for different jobs, 0.001" repeatability and the necessary rigidity for heavy machining of medium to large parts.
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"Amazing Race" contestants have Wisconsin connection
When the contestants were announced for the latest season of "The Amazing Race" on CBS, I was surprised to see a pair that I've seen before.
Josh Kilmer-Purcell and his partner Brent Ridge had a show on the short-lived Green Planet channel, where the pair showcased their purchase of a farm and a move to sell goat cheese and other food and wine products. "The Fabulous Beekman Boys" presented the trials and tribulations these former New Yorkers endured in their move to the country.
Kilmer-Purcell, who originally hails from Oconomowoc, often spoke of this rural upbringings on the show. On Sunday, the pair came from behind, making it through a number of eliminations to win "The Amazing Race" and $1 million prize.
"We met a lot of people traveling over 25,000 miles through nine countries before winning 'The Amazing Race.' And every single person who cheered us along, helped with directions, hugged us, gave us water, shared their food, sold us a plane ticket, drove us to the middle of nowhere, yelled at their TV set on Sunday nights, traded their plane seat so we could de-plane quicker, pointed in the right direction, or just plain got out of our way to let us pass has earned our deepest gratitude," the two wrote on their blog.
Besides being big fans on the show, their experience in the TV world probably helped, too. Kilmer-Purcell is an author and works in marketing, while Ridge was a former show producer, working with Martha Stewart and others in the past.
"The Fabulous Beekman Boys" now airs on The Cooking Channel, and knowing the marketing minds of these two, I'm sure we haven't seen the last from Kilmer-Purcell and Ridge.
In the ratings game, the Wisconsin connection wasn't enough to have the show win the night, especially against the Packers-Lions game. However, when a live sporting event is head-to-head against a regularly scheduled show, the ratings usually go up for the show in the +7 numbers as ratings households with DVRs get recorded for the time-shifted viewing.
ASPiRE ON THE AIR: Time Warner Cable has added the ASPiRE network to the digital tier on channel 228. The new offering features programming aimed at African-Americans and was launched by NBA great Magic Johnson.
The small "i" in the network's name is correct. Probably a clever marketing suggestion made by clever marketing people.
"We are excited to offer customers ASPiRE, which celebrates the heritage and groundbreaking cultural achievements of African-Americans, while creating new opportunities for the next generation of ground-breakers and game-changers," said Marci Pelzer, the senior director of communications at Time Warner Cable Wisconsin.
The network will air music and other performance specials, documentaries, comedies and films, which will be presented by actor Laurence Fishburne. The statement mentions the actor's work in "The Matrix" and "Boyz 'n The Hood" as his notable standouts. As far as film goes, he has had varied roles and box office triumphs. However, I like to remember him for his TV work, including Cowboy Curtis on "Pee Wee's Playhouse"
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Mr. COBURN. Mr. President, I would note to my colleague from the State of Delaware, if I heard him correctly, we just now have had a hearing on a nominee for the DC Circuit Court. He is not even on the Executive Calendar because he has not even been voted out of the Judiciary Committee. So the Senator makes a lot of great points. But I think the fact we are talking about a potential judge who has not even cleared the Judiciary Committee yet may be a bit premature.
He will get a fair hearing. I think we have noted that more judicial nominees were approved in the last two Congresses than the two Congresses before under the last 4 years of the Bush administration.
I rise to say this evening there has been a lot in the news. One thing that has not been in the news very much is the third and final report of the Government Accountability Office in terms of looking at duplication within the Federal Government.
I hope as the American people listen to this, they will take a couple things away. No. 1, we have a great organization called the Government Accountability Office. They have done a wonderful job. We mandated this 4 years ago. They have been on time with their reports. What they have shown us has been tremendously revealing. The first thing I want Americans to note is Congress has failed to act on the first two reports--no substantive action whatsoever.
One significant thing in the Senate was the elimination of the ethanol mandate. With this report today comes an estimated $98 billion a year in savings. What we take by looking at this report could potentially yield us $98 billion in savings by eliminating duplication in what they just found in this one report.
Let me go through it for 1 minute. They found 679 different renewable energy programs across 23 agencies--not across the Energy Department. If we are going to have renewable programs, that is where we should have it. Across 23 different agencies of which we spend $15 billion a year, they found instances where we are giving grants from different agencies to the same projects for the same thing, spending three times as much money as we should be spending on the one project even if we did not have that.
So the potential for us to work our way out of the consequences of the sequester is at our fingertips. Here, drug abuse prevention and treatment, 76 separate programs, not run through the Department of Health and Human Services, run through 10 different departments with overlap that shows no metrics but multiple agencies having programs doing exactly the same thing: $4.5 billion a year. That is half the size of my Oklahoma State budget a year.
Catfish inspection. I saw in the President's budget today three different agencies where one has to meet the requirements before they can have their catfish inspected. The only thing they did not recommend in the budget today is getting rid of the Agriculture Department. They approve your cheese pizza. But the FDA approves your pepperoni pizza. So if you are a pizza maker, you have to comply with one agency on one type of pizza and another agency on a different type of pizza.
Defense foreign language support. Those are people who come in and help us learn other languages, interpret for us other languages so we can have an effective response and not have a communication error. We have 159 different programs in the Pentagon alone. What they are estimating is that we could save tons of money. We do not know exactly how much it costs because the Pentagon does not know how much they are spending on it, which is another one of the problems.
The GAO report said this week one of the reasons they cannot estimate the savings more accurately is because the majority of the agencies have no idea what they are spending on these programs. The question I have had is, why not? If they do not know what they are spending, why are we not doing something about it?
Higher education assistance: 21 different programs, four different agencies--not all in the Education Department, which is from where I think we would do education assistance, $174.7 billion a year. That includes Pell grants. That includes student loans, the cost associated with student loans.
Veterans employment training. We have six programs, not all of them run by the Veterans Affairs Department but run by the Veterans Affairs Department and other agencies. We are spending $1.2 billion. Here is what we know. We are running these programs, and veterans unemployment, even though they have a skill when they come out of the military, is higher than what the average is in the country. So it is obviously not working.
Also, in the report is something that is very important to me. Let me find it, if I might for a moment. GAO's report exposes a government office that does some good things. It is called the National Technical Information Service. It was established in 1950 and tasked with collecting and distributing certain reports. Despite the fact--here is what GAO found: 75 percent of the information that NTIS supplies, all you have to do is Google it. You do not have to go to NTIS. All you have to do is Google it. So 75 percent of their budget is spent providing reports to other government agencies and other people that you can get with the touch of your iPhone. Why would we continue to do that?
This is just one example that I bring up. We are continuing to fund an agency where three-quarters of what they do has no bearing on it. If it went away, it would not affect us at all. The other thing is they charge other Federal agencies a fee for this information that the other Federal agencies, at a touch of their computer, can get for free.
It is another case of inefficiency. What else did the GAO report show? What the GAO report showed is that we have done nothing of significance in the last 2 years based on what they have recommended we do given their first two reports. Our office calculates, based on the three reports that GAO has given us, that we could save in excess of $250 billion a year if we would follow the recommendations of the Government Accountability Office.
If you are sitting out there wondering why we are having tax proposals increased in the President's budget and that we are having such a hard time with the sequester, you only have to look at one place; that is, Congress. Congress refuses to follow and do the oversight. We have had GAO do a lot of it. We refuse to pass amendments that eliminate duplication. We refuse to make the tough choices. So, consequently, we are spending $250 billion a year--that is $2.5 trillion over 10 years--that we should not be spending.
Where does the money come from to pay for that? It comes from our kids. It doesn't just come in dollars, it comes from a reduced standard of living and limited opportunities in the future because we don't have the courage or the work ethic to address the very real issues which are in front us, on the tips of our fingers, where the money is, where we could actually save money.
We have had almost 1,000 days since the first report came out. We have done one significant thing in the Senate; we have eliminated the ethanol tax credit and saved $6 billion the first year and about $4 to $5 billion afterward. This is the one thing we did. We fought tooth and nail while we did it, but we did it.
This is one bill to save $6 billion in 3 years out of $250 billion. No wonder the confidence level in the Congress is at 13 percent. What we are actually doing is throwing away our kids' future as we fail to address these issues.
When we are spending money we don't have on things we don't absolutely need, and we are borrowing money against our children's future, I can't think of a greater immoral act of the Congress. It is not red hot lit up as some of the more controversial issues such as the gun bill we are doing or immigration; however, I will state it will have a profound effect if we were to address it in terms of the future of our country, the health of our country, and the job-creating capacity for our country.
Yet what is it about your Senator or your Congressman which keeps them from having the courage to challenge the status quo? I know what it is. It is the desire to get reelected by not offending anybody.
We don't have tough oversight hearings. We will not allow bills through committees which actually eliminate waste. There is a bill that has passed the House sitting on the docket right now called the SKILLS Act. It takes 47 job-training programs and puts them into 6. It saves billions of dollars a year and puts metrics on the outcome. We will not even bring it to the floor even though it saves $5 to $6 billion a year in addition to markedly improving the outcome of our job-training programs. It is not here.
It passed the House. The House is doing oversight in every committee right now. The Senate is not.
The House is reading the GAO reports and acting on them. They are not right 100 percent of the time, they are right about 95 percent of the time. Nothing is going to be done about it unless we have an oversight hearing to actually discover information. Nothing actually happens unless we write a bill to change things.
Yet this is not the emphasis in the Senate. There can be no greater emphasis than for us to get out of the financial troubles we are in. There can be no greater emphasis than for us to create an environment which produces jobs in the country when we stop wasting money at the Federal Government level.
Our answer is more government--not less, more. Our answer, according to the President's budget, is more taxes, not less.
I commend the President. He has $25 billion worth of programs he wishes to eliminate in his budget, $25.8 billion. He could send over what the GAO said and eliminate $250 billion a year.
The problems are not really with the President, it is with us: our intransigence to do our job and keep in our focal point what is most important. What is most important is our future and the capability for us to create opportunity in the future for our children and our grandchildren.
I have been fighting this for 8 years. There is a lot of oversight which has been done, tons of reports. The American people are going to eventually learn everything that is in this report because there is an app coming out which will be on people's cell phones very soon, and they may find out anything about everything where the government is wasting money. They will be able to look at an address in their own city and see how much money a company, business, or that farmer received from their Federal tax dollars. They will be able to see that in about 3 months.
When the American people discover our incompetence, it will not matter that we didn't offend somebody. They are going to see we didn't do our job. We are not doing our job because we are not addressing the things we actually have some control over.
What do we do now? Here is what GAO explains: Although Congress had made some limited progress in addressing the issues we have previously identified, additional steps are needed to address the remaining areas to achieve associated benefits. A number of the issues are difficult but not impossible. Implementing many of the actions will take time and sustained leadership.
The key word there is "leadership.'' Who is going to lead in the Senate to solve our problems? It is not party identified. Real leadership about solving the real problem is in front of us.
It is time for each congressional committee in the Senate to undertake the waste and overlap identified by GAO within their jurisdiction, begin writing bills to consolidate and eliminate these programs, and put metrics as far as performance on every one of them. It is also time for the White House to put real muscle into their proposal coming in through OMB.
I am thankful we will have a new OMB Director. She will be terrific. She has the skills, dedication, and qualifications. I praise the President for nominating her. She will fly through the Senate because she is superqualified for the job. Also, she knows what she is doing. But it will not matter what she does if we don't respond, if we don't do our work.
Mr. President, I would like to take the time now just to spend a moment or two on the guns issue.
I spent a lot of time over the last few months thinking about Sandy Hook. I actually met with a large number of those people today. I am an A-plus-rated member, a lifetime member of the NRA. I firmly believe in the second amendment, and I firmly believe in the tenth amendment.
We are hearing a lot of politics about the gun situation. What we are not hearing is how do we really keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them. This is what we need to be addressing.
Whether this would prevent a Sandy Hook, nobody knows. There are some things we do know. What we do know is the vast majority of people who are convicted the first time of a gun crime didn't steal their gun, and they didn't buy it from a federally licensed firearm dealer. They bought it from one of us.
The very fact we are going to have a piece of legislation go through here which will not solve the real problem of keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally impaired and felons is a shame. There are ways we can do that.
I haven't spoken to one owner I know who hasn't agreed with the fact that they would like to know if they sold their gun--they don't want it to go into the hands of a felon or somebody mentally impaired. Yet we are hung up on records. The proposal which comes from Senator Toomey, Senator Manchin, and Senator Kirk is a step forward. I will not deny it. However, tell me how a record which will only be looked at after a crime is committed is going to help anybody who is a victim of a crime. It is not.
If we really wish to solve this problem, what we need to do is put into the hands of Americans who are law abiding the ability to know they didn't sell their gun to somebody who is on the NTIS list. Give me the ability to know when I sell my gun to a stranger that they are not on that NTIS list.
This has been rejected out of hand because there is no record with it. The reason there doesn't need to be a record is because we are putting an onus on responsible citizens doing the right thing. Also, the government has no right to have a record of when I transfer a gun. They do have a right to expect me to be a responsible citizen when I sell my gun.
The question is, Are we as a body going to take something which is far less than appropriate to actually keep guns out of the hands of felons and mentally impaired and call it a day? This is what is getting ready to happen. Are we going to make a difference and not impair second amendment rights at all and not impair tenth amendment rights because we give States supremacy on that? If they want to give us something more or different, they may.
We are going to go through a great deal of debate and have all these amendments. I thank Senator Reid for making it an open amendment process. I called and spoke to him last night. I said I was happy to support going to this bill provided we use the regular Senate procedures and we actually are able to offer amendments which are germane to this bill in any number of ways. He is going to allow this process. I take him at his word he will allow this.
When it is all said and done, will we have made a difference to those families who are wanting us to make a difference? Would we have made a difference?
If we don't allow responsible citizens the ability to know whether they are selling their gun to a felon or a mentally impaired person, we haven't made any difference. We have made a lot of noise, but we haven't made a difference.
Let me tell you why the Toomey-Manchin proposal will not work. The largest gun show in America is in Tulsa, OK. It is called the Wanenmacher Gun Show. Tens of thousands of people come to it twice, maybe three times a year. The sale will be impeded by requiring an FFL license, which is to say a gun dealer at the show will be required to do a background search against the NTIS list for somebody who purchases a gun at the show whether they are buying from that dealer or not.
The first thing which will happen is the Federal firearms licensed dealer will say: I want a fee for transferring this gun, for doing the work--and rightly so. I don't blame him. What is the option?
The option which will happen is the people who are going to make the deal buy the gun. Subsequently, 2 or 3 days after the gun show, they will buy the gun because they will not be at the gun show anymore.
Look at the opposite side of that. If we had a portal or we could get a certificate which says someone is not on the NTIS list and are able to buy a gun anytime, anywhere, somebody selling a gun would have a pin code to make sure their identity is correct and see their ID. Whether a person is in a gun show or outside a gun show, the responsible gun seller will know they didn't sell a gun to somebody mentally impaired or a felon.
We will have all sorts of statements, but what we are going to do isn't going to decrease guns in the hands of felons and the mentally impaired. We can say we need to win. If we want a bill to get through the Senate and get through the House which will actually make a difference in people's lives, that felons and the mentally impaired aren't empowered to buy guns, we need to do something different.
My friends in the second amendment community don't even like my proposal. I understand this. But there is no impairment when all you need to do is go to your cell phone to receive a clearance to know somebody is not on the NTIS list.
We get to decide. Are we going to do it in a way which smells good, looks good, but doesn't do anything? Are we going to fight to do something which actually makes a difference? I hope we choose the latter. I am not convinced we will.
The reason Senator Manchin couldn't get me to agree to what he had agreed to with Senator Toomey is because I don't think it is going to work. I think the vast majority of gun purchasers at gun shows are going to wait to buy them later from the very same people who were going to sell them at a gun show so they do not have to pay a fee and wait 3 or 4 days on a background check. If that happens, what good have we done? How have we made a difference? We haven't.
It is a sad fact, as a practicing physician, and having done training and surgery, I have had to operate on a lot of people who ended up with the consequences of a weapon being used on them.
Oklahoma has a gun culture, and I own multiple guns. I cherish my second amendment right. But with that right comes some responsibility to do the right thing. Liberty without responsibility isn't liberty, and it will not last unless we attach responsibility to it. So if we really believe in the second amendment, and if we really believe in the tenth amendment, we will relook at what we are going to do in terms of gun transfers. There is a way to do it that will actually make a big difference in people's lives in this country, and it may actually get through the House.
What we are proposing, what we are seeing proposed right now, is never going to pass the House. Consequently, we will have done something in the Senate with no long-term consequences and actually making a difference for the American people.
Mr. President, I thank the Presiding Officer for the time. I yield the floor, and I suggest the absence of a quorum.
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By Scott Bowles, Claudia Puig and Susan Wloszczyna, USA TODAY
BEVERLY HILLS There's only one sure bet this Oscar season: Heath Ledger.
The Australian actor who broke out in 2005's Brokeback Mountain received his second Oscar nomination Thursday — a year to the day after he was found dead at age 28, the result of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.
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Ever since The Dark Knight opened in July, Ledger's vivid turn as the villainous Joker was pegged as a near certainty, and now he's seen as destined to win when trophies are handed out Feb. 22.
"Heath has always been the runaway favorite, from the moment the movie came out, and maybe before," says Kris Tapley of the awards website InContention.com.
And because The Dark Knight, the year's most popular film, was overlooked in the categories of best picture and best director, its sole chance in a major category looms even larger.
"It would be a real shock if Ledger doesn't win," Tapley says. "Right now, there appears to be one choice."
That's not the case in the other races, though. USA TODAY examines the races in the top categories:
Best picture: 'Slumdog' takes on 'Benjamin Button'
Nominees:The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader, Slumdog Millionaire
Two-way match: It's not quite David vs. Goliath, but the main event is likely to boil down to nomination hogs: the sprawling CG-dazzler Benjamin Button, which leads in total nominations with 13, against the scrappy crowd-pleaser Slumdog, second in nominations with 10.
"It's the same situation as with Saving Private Ryan and Shakespeare in Love," says Sasha Stone of online site Awards Daily, referring to the 1998 race in which an upstart period romance managed to conquer a major-studio war epic. "Benjamin is seen by some as a Forrest Gump retread, while Slumdog has been declared as the first film of the Obama era. It just has that kind of hopeful thing about it."
Possible spoiler: Don't discount Holocaust drama The Reader, the only World War II-themed drama among the many that flooded the theaters at year's end to earn major Oscar consideration with five nominations.
Stone also points to a sentimental factor that might lead to an upset: The late directing greats Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella were producers on the film. "It was their last movie."
•Susan Wloszczyna
Best actor: Can Rourke out-wrestle Penn in 'Milk'?
Nominees: Richard Jenkins in The Visitor, Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon, Sean Penn in Milk, Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
Two-way match: Penn took a break from a string of often unpleasant characters as the upbeat, people-loving gay politician Harvey Milk, and it might pay off with his second Oscar after his vengeful father in 2003's Mystic River.
"Milk needs to win something," reasons Anne Thompson, Variety's online deputy editor, "and this might be the one. Penn channels this guy who was so well-liked and beloved, and it's well known in Hollywood that he isn't that way. He's an actor's actor."
But former bad-boy Rourke, whose career comeback in The Wrestler was one of the cinematic high points of last year, has been duly putting in public appearances. He also won charm points when he thanked his dogs for their support at the Golden Globes. Still, there are hurdles in his path to a win.
"He might come off like he wants it too bad," Stone says. "Desperation puts off people." Rourke might still be too much of a renegade to win over the more conservative voters. Or, as Thompson puts it, "he's too weird. The nomination will be his win."
Possible spoiler: Pitt as the man who ages backward just might ride in on the tide of love for Benjamin Button. "He is the heart and soul," Stone says. "There will be a lot of sentiment for him as someone who has grown and evolved over the years."
Best actress: Battle of the abusers — Hathaway and Winslet
The nominees: Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married, Angelina Jolie in Changeling, Melissa Leo in Frozen River, Meryl Streep in Doubt, Kate Winslet in The Reader
Two-way match: Hathaway's wayward recovering addict was an eye-opening change of pace from her Disney princess days and turned her into the early darling of the season.
But Winslet came on strong late in the year, amassing acclaim for both her tormented concentration-camp guard in The Reader and her distraught suburban housewife in Revolutionary Road.
At 33, the British actress has a habit of amassing nominations for her work yet ending up empty-handed. She made up for some lost time at the Golden Globes, winning as supporting for The Reader and lead for Road. Though the academy chose to recognize only her efforts in The Reader, having two strong performances in one year could lead to her first Oscar win in six tries and give her an edge over newbie Hathaway.
"An Oscar for Kate Winslet would be the ultimate apology for her not winning the Academy Award for Little Children and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," says InContention.com's Tapley.
Possible spoiler: Streep, a 15-time Oscar nominee and two-time winner, for her steely nun. "It's hard to ignore the love the academy has for Meryl Streep," Tapley says. "You can never not consider her a threat." And maybe the voters will wake up to the fact it has been 26 years since she last took the gold, for 1982's Sophie's Choice.
•Scott Bowles
Supporting actress: Smokin' Cruz vs. nurturing Henson
The nominees: Amy Adams in Doubt, Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Viola Davis in Doubt, Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler
Two-way match: "If you're betting money, go with Penelope Cruz," says Damien Bona, co-author of Inside Oscar. "She's well-liked, she has the pedigree of being an international star who makes popular art films. It's sort of like for Sophia Loren when she won for Two Women" in the 1961 contest.
Plus, supporting actresses have done well in Woody Allen films. Mira Sorvino won for 1995's Mighty Aphrodite and Diane Wiest was rewarded for both 1994's Bullets over Broadway and 1986's Hannah and Her Sisters.
With Button leading the pack with 13 nominations, however, the Oscar could go to Henson. "It's just such a likable role," Bona says of her performance as the big-hearted woman who doesn't think twice about adopting the oddly wrinkled Benjamin when the prematurely old baby is dropped on her doorstep. "A lot of people find that movie kind of cold and icy, but she brings some warmth to it."
Possible spoiler: Davis has been widely praised as the mother of a possible victim of abuse at the hands of a priest in Doubt. "Viola Davis could be like Marcia Gay Harden who won for 2000's Pollock and seemed to come from out of nowhere," Bona says. Her scene might be only 10 minutes or so long, but "in her case, it's the small role that has huge impact."
•Claudia Puig
Best director: Boyle unleashed 'Slumdog'; Fincher sewed up 'Button'
The nominees: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire, Stephen Daldry for The Reader, David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon, Gus Van Sant for Milk
Two-way match: Boyle has been bestowed with 21 awards from critics groups, as well as a Golden Globe, and is the odds-on favorite. The high-energy fairy tale set in the teeming streets of Mumbai has resonated with audiences for its innovative storytelling and dazzling visuals. And his history of innovative art-house hits such as Trainspotting and 28 Days Later should endear him to voters.
"The academy loves art-house mavericks who've been slugging it out for years while being loyal to their dreams and suddenly having breakout success," says Tom O'Neil, Gold Derby Oscar prognosticator for the Los Angeles Times. "It's the Cinderella story for directors."
But the academy is also fond of those visionaries who direct complex, effects-laden films with life-affirming messages a la Forrest Gump. And since Benjamin Button leads in nominations, has echoes of Gump (screenwriter Eric Roth wrote both) and employed complicated digital wizardry, they could go for Fincher.
Possible spoiler: Van Sant could sneak in with his portrait of gay-rights crusader Harvey Milk. "Perhaps they'll want to make a statement about Proposition 8 by supporting it," says Bona.
Adds O'Neil: "It falls squarely into the tradition of academy humanism."
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Can Big Philanthropy Hinder Innovation?
Pablo Eisenberg writes a rather critical editorial condemning D.C. United Way's decision to limit its funding to organizations with at least $50,000 in revenue, overhead costs of 35 percent or less and have operated for at least three years. This decision will undoubtedly prove devastating to D.C.'s small nonprofits.
Eisenberg's critique is powerful and scathing. He points out that the decision means "many small groups with deep ties to low-income minority residents would no longer be able to provide services that no one else could" and denies small groups with innovative practices and potential the chance to grow. D.C. United Way and its supporters say the shift in direction allows United Way to focus on high-performing organizations with the capacity to provide large-scale services and collective impact.
The biggest problem with United Way's decision is it starves small, emerging organizations of the opportunity to evolve into large, high-performing organizations. It's interesting to note that William Hanbury, chief executive of the D.C. United Way, and United Way donors conflate "high-performing" with large organizations. But this isn't a problem unique to D.C. United Way; it's a problem endemic to philanthropy.
It would be less of a problem if philanthropy possessed a greater, more diverse ecosystem. The greatest feature of philanthropy is its ability to take risk and encourage innovation. DC Central Kitchen grew from a nascent, $40,000 nonprofit to a lauded stalwart of food recovery partially because United Way took a gamble on it and its dynamic leader, Robert Egger. Had it not, perhaps the concept of food recovery and economic empowerment would remain buried in the background.
Too few donors and funders are interested in discovering the next Robert Egger, or DC Central Kitchen or Year Up, because their budgets are too small, they're too nascent and their impact has yet to be fully realized–and might never be, because they've been denied the financial and intellectual resources to do so. Admittedly, I'm being overly cynical. But each time big philanthropy makes a decision that inadvertently (or intentionally…) crowds out small, burgeoning organizations–well, that just means we've decreased the likelihood that another Robert Egger will prosper.
D.C. United Way only emphasizes the need for a diverse philanthropic ecosystem that rewards risk and innovation, an ecosystem that also supports organizations with less than $100,000 in revenue and have been around for fewer than five years. United Way and big philanthropy already exist to support the rest.
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A wave of profit downgrades have washed through the small end of the market, leaving investors with little to cheer about this holiday season.
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Analysts have so far cut their earnings per share (EPS) growth for companies in the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries by 7.5 per cent this month alone compared with a 1.7 per cent reduction for stocks in the top 200 index.
Downgrades of junior stocks are likely to escalate following Kathmandu's warning that Christmas sales have fallen short of expectations with same store sales in the 20 weeks to December 18, decelerating to 2.8 per cent from 9.2 per cent for the 15 weeks to November 13.
Meanwhile, Gunns slashed its underlying earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) for the current financial year to around $30 million from its September forecast range of $40 million to $50 million.
Kathmandu's share price took its worst one-day beating on Thursday afternoon as it shed a quarter of its value to its lowest level in a year of $1.25, while Gunns fell 8 per cent to retest its record low of 11.5¢.
The news comes hot on the heels of other recent shocking profit warnings – from surfware company
In the past four weeks analysts have downgraded their EPS forecast for more than a third of companies in the small ordinaries index, with miners Platinum Australia and Energy Resources taking the biggest cut of 325 per cent and 72.7 per cent, respectively.
However, the downgrades are largely due to company-specific factors, such as Platinum's proposed capital raising that had to be terminated when its underwriter, Patersons, exercised its rights to withdraw from the underwriting agreement.
Energy Australia had been affected by a capital raising and poor production due to the wet weather.
While the big downgrades could leave investors with the impression that resource stocks are more prone to disappoint on earnings, it is industrials that are more likely to miss expectations. The earnings changes in the resources sector tend to be primarily driven by temporary company-specific issues; while the lowering of earnings expectations for industrials stem more often from structural factors.
For instance, experts believe that Billabong's brand has lost its appeal to its key customers, while Royal Bank of Scotland said that Talent2's profit warning was a "game changer" as it showed the weakness in its managed services division – a business that was suppose to be more stable and defensive compared with the more volatile recruitment division.
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Rubicon Project Launches Revv for Mobile
The Rubicon Project launched REVV for mobile today, which provides a direct and programmatic mobile ad platform and real time trading marketplace for comScore 500 inventory.
LOS ANGELES, July 16, 2012 — Rubicon Project, the leading independent digital advertising technology company for the comScore 500, today launches REVV for Mobile, enabling publishers to sell mobile ad inventory through both direct and indirect sales channels. Building upon REVV, Rubicon Project's real-time trading platform, comScore 500 publishers and ad buyers now have a single platform and marketplace for the buying and selling of both display and mobile ad inventory. The debut of REVV for Mobile follows the acquisition of Mobsmith in May 2012.
REVV gives publishers controlled access to more than 70,000 advertisers purchasing through hundreds of buyer channels (DSP's, Trading Desks, Ad Networks, and Exchanges), and gives ad buyers safe access to premium inventory and an audience of 650 million global unique users and 200 million U.S. unique users (making it the #2 network in terms of reach as measured by comScore). With the integration of REVV for Mobile, buyers now have access to the same Real Time Trading marketplace for quality comScore 500 mobile inventory.
REVV for Mobile includes the integration of Rubicon Project's proprietary mobile ad-server, automatically delivering impressions across iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows devices. REVV for Mobile, as a single ad server for all mobile inventory, enables publishers to more effectively directly sell their mobile web and in-app ad inventory on leading mobile devices.
"As consumers shift from accessing content on PCs and laptops towards smartphones and tablets, the revenue potential from mobile advertising continues to grow," said Frank Addante, CEO & Founder of the Rubicon Project. "Publishers that aren't working with an ad technology partner to automate and optimize their mobile inventory are leaving money on the table. Our engineering team, now including the impressive engineers who joined us from Mobsmith, have worked around the clock to deliver what we feel is the most robust product on the market for offering a direct and programmatic mobile ad platform — in addition to providing ad buyers a single point of access to the largest independent marketplace of quality comScore 500 display and mobile inventory."
REVV for Mobile is available immediately to U.S. publishers, and will be available to the international market in September 2012.
About Rubicon Project
Rubicon Project is the leading independent advertising technology company for the comScore 500 and reaches a global audience of 200 million U.S. and 646 million global unique visitors monthly, second only to Google (as measured by comScore). Rubicon Project's real time trading platform, REVV®, helps publishers including 1/3 of the comScore 100 make more money by automating and optimizing monetization of their digital media advertising inventory through a real time auction to digital ad buyers, while ensuring brand safety, pricing control and reduced operational costs. Hundreds of buyer channels (DSPs, Trading Desks, Ad Networks and Exchanges) representing more than 70,000 end advertisers access and bid on Rubicon Project publisher inventory, forming one of the largest transaction marketplaces in any industry. REVV's powerful and highly scalable trading and protection algorithms, running on Rubicon Project's global real-time cloud infrastructure, process more than twice the transaction volume of NASDAQ everyday.


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Western Provost Kyle Carter presented a preliminary report Friday, Feb. 10, from the college structure review task force, saying that the group's recommendations are still open to discussion but represent progress toward an organizational structure that will truly serve our students and our university.
Noting that its recommendations represent a potentially momentous point in the history of the university, the task force recommended formation of a new College of Humanities and Sciences to replace the current College of Arts and Sciences, a new College of Fine and Performing Arts and a new College of Health Professions, and the continuation of the current colleges of Applied Sciences, Education and Allied Professions, and Business.
A healthy organization needs continually to look at how it is evolving and can be improved, said Carter, who encouraged the campus community to review and comment on the draft document. The document and organization chart are available online at http://www.wcu.edu/provost/CollegeStructureReview.htm
During his recent meeting with faculty, staff and students, Carter responded to questions concerning the size of the proposed College of Humanities and Sciences, the number and cost of administrative positions that would be required to support the suggested changes, the priorities for renovation and construction on campus, the schedule and budget for implementing suggested changes, the level of student involvement in the college redesign process, and more.
The organizational chart shows that the proposed College of Humanities and Sciences would include a new department of communications studies, as well as departments of anthropology, sociology, English, history, modern foreign languages, philosophy and religion, political science, biology, chemistry and physics, geosciences and natural resources management, and mathematics and computer science.
The proposed College of Fine and Performing Arts would include a new School of Music as well as departments of art and interior design, broadcasting and motion picture studies, and theatre and dance.
The proposed College of Health Professions would include a new School of Nursing, new School of Social Services with departments of applied criminology and social work, and new School of Health Sciences with recreational therapy. The department of physical therapy would remain in this college and department of communication sciences and disorders would move in.
The restructured College of Applied Sciences would include the new Kimmel School of Construction Management, a new department of engineering technology, and a new department of engineering, which would include electrical and computer engineering technology, electrical engineering and computer engineering.
The College of Business would continue to include departments of accounting, finance, and entrepreneurship; computer information systems and economics; and marketing and business law. Sport management would be added to management, international business, and hospitality and tourism.
The College of Education and Allied Professions would continue to include departments of birth-through-kindergarten education; elementary and middle grades education; health and human performance with physical education and parks and recreation management; human services; educational leadership and foundations; and psychology.
At the conclusion of the Feb. 10 meeting, Carter praised members of the college redesign task force for their work. They are: Chair Brad Sims; deans' representatives James Costa, Bill Ogletree, Terry Kinnear and Judy Mallory; at-large representatives from the Faculty Senate executive committee, Becky Kornegay, Laura Cruz and Alan Mattingly; and associate deans Dale Carpenter and Debasish Banerjee .
The task force acknowledged that acceptance of its restructuring ideas will require cultural shifts in the way the university conducts its affairs. Noting that Western has been restructured only six times since 1952 while experiencing significant growth in programs and enrollment, the task force indicated that there might be lower resistance to change because 43 percent of the full-time faculty have been at Western for fewer than five years and are not immersed in the university's institutional memory.
After four months of extensive discussions, meetings and online surveys, the task force says it selected a reorganization model that represents the needs and desires of the faculty while also improving the overall academic and administrative functions of the university.
Prior to submitting his recommendations to Chancellor John Bardo, Carter will present the plan to the Faculty Senate for advice and comment, and to the Student Government Association. The final restructuring plan is subject to approval by the chancellor, the university's Board of Trustees and the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.
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