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More than 50,000 people have been running around north east England in the Great North Run.
Although there are some big-name athletes taking part too, most of the runners are doing it for charity.
They're pounding the streets for 13 miles to raise as much cash as they can.
So what have you done to raise money for others?
Have you been fun-running, or has your school school got involved in a charity?
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"I have done a sponsored bouncy castle jump at £1 per five minutes. All the money went to Dove House Hospice because my grandma died in there but she died happy so I want it to be famous."
Alastair, 10, England
"We ran two miles for charity and all wore fancy dress. It was so fun!"
Anna, 11, London, England
"I cycled 16 miles and raised £170 with my sister for the RSPB!!"
Hannah, 12, Scotland
"I swam five miles for charity without stopping. I had to sleep for two days after as my legs were so tired!"
Jessie, 12, London, England
"At school I am on a committee that organises charity events. We have done cake stalls and fun runs and dressing up. It is a lot of fun, especially when it is for a good cause!"
Emily, 13, Cambridge, England
"I can't do the races or stuff like that but any clothes that don't fit me or old Barbies that can still be played with we all give to our fave charity shops."
Sarah, 11
"I do the Race for Life every year. Last year I raised £500.00."
Abigail, 12, England
"I raised £50 for Scoliosis Research UK. I want to help other people like me who may have had/need the scoliosis corrective surgery or bracing. In the future I hope to walk the Tesco's run for Scoliosis charities."
Emma, 12, Gateshead, England
"I ran the Race for Life last year for Cancer Relief and this year my mum and I have organised a pink rose pudding party for Cancer Relief! It's really good and we always raise so much money for a really good cause!"
Marie, 12, Cambridge, England
"I once did a sponsored sleepover for the Macmillan Cancer Support at my local Brownie centre. It was great fun!! I also did the Junior Run around Manchester City Stadium!! Plus, I have raised money for Dogs for the Deaf!!!"
Rebecca, 11, Manchester, England
"Every year my family and I go on a charity run for people for cancer. At school, we also have a book week where people sponsor you to read the most books. We raised over $30,000!"
Alix, 9, Hong Kong, China
"I have done the Race For Life. I'm proud of myself, as I am not athletic."
Chrissie, 13, Dudley, England
"I give clothes away to Cancer Research UK because my nan died of cancer."
Katie, 11, Staffordshire, England
"At my primary school, we dressed up, had talent shows, a penny line race, the lot! I also did lots of the Blue Peter things and my brother did the Sport Relief mile."
Joanna, 12, Birmingham, England
"I had my birthday party as a fundraising party for Cafod. We had a big disco and I raised £144.20."
Alexandra, 10, Leeds, England
"At school, we had a charity day where our year group did outdoor games and raised money for a certain charity. When we did it, it was the Dogs' Trust. I did a refreshments stall and raised £200."
Adam, 12, Solihull, England
"I raised money for a charity when we had to do this thing at Brownies to get sponsors. I felt good when I did it because I knew that I had done something good for the world."
Maisie, 10, Scotland
"I have swam 2km for Marie Curie Cancer Care. It was great. I raised £120 in total. It took me 40 minutes to do."
Kieran, 9, Northumberland, England
"My school has done a water sports day in our pyjamas for a water aid charity."
Parris, 10, Southampton, England
"Me and my friend Ella raised £122 for Children in Need, by being tied together with a scarf for a whole day of school."
Francesca, Gloucester, England
"We dressed up in fancy dress for the tsunami a couple of years ago. We also had a coffee morning and lots of discos and we had a talent contest."
Cally, 13, Norfolk, England
"In 2007, me and about seven other people did a cot push across Douglas in our pyjamas! It took about an hour and a half to complete it all. The money went to the new children's hospice."
Katie, 10, UK
"At school we did a sponsored stay awake and stayed up all night in school. The money went to a small charity called Lights for Learning."
April, 12, Harrogate, England
"I did a sponsored walk for charity with my school. We did eight miles around Richmond Park. I love doing charity events."
Akalya, 12, London, England
"Our school is doing a sponsored walk around our local park. The entire school takes part and last year we raised over £12,000 pounds for charity!"
Bronte, 14, London, England
"My school does this talent show for teachers each year at lunchtime. It is £1 to get in and it is a real laugh!"
Paige, 12, Liverpool, England
"Our school all wore our jeans on a Friday, to raise money for 'Jeans for Genes Day.'"
Georgina, 11, London, England
"I've done a race for Comic Relief and on 31st of October I'm doing one for Cancer Research with my mum."
Charlotte, 10, Southampton, England
"I have just taken part in the Junior Great North Run for charity and have raised just over £100. I try to do a lot of things for charity even if I only raise a small amount because every little helps."
Rob, 12, Newcastle, England
"My cousin Megan and I did charity work for the NSPCC in our primary school."
Robin, 7, Belfast, Northern Ireland
"At the school I go to we have something called Charity Reps. Every so often they come up with ideas to raise money for lots of different charities. On Jeans for Genes day we all gave one pound to the charity for letting us wear jeans to school instead of uniform. And that's not all; at break some of the children made cakes and biscuits to sell and also guess the teddy and more stalls. We have made a LOT of money for charity over the years!!!!!!!!!!"
Eleanor, 12, Dorset, England
"A few weeks ago I did a sponsored run for leukaemia research at Willen Lake in Milton Keynes. Out of 400 kids I came seventh and I was the first girl. I also raised £100 for leukaemia research and most of all had great fun."
Anna, 10, Milton Keynes, England
"Every year our school does a sponsored silence for charity and this year we earned £170 but I can never manage to be quiet for more than one hour!"
Mica, 14, Liverpool, England
"Over the past four years I have done a 5 k run with my mum and my family. My dad did a 635 km bike ride from Berlin to Warsaw, raising over £3,500! I also take part in lots of charity fundraising at school. Having been born with a heart condition, I give lots of my old stuff to the British Heart Foundation and I might volunteer to help out."
Kate, 13, England
"My school had a dressing gown day and we raised £235!!!!"
John, 11, West Lothian, Scotland
"One day in school earlier in the year we did a sponsored silence. It was so hard to keep quiet - I don't know how I did it, lol."
Lyndsey, 12, Blackpool, England
"Me and my mates have been making bookmarks and selling them at our school. The money is going to three charities."
Holly, 9, Scotland
"I am running the 5k in Regent's Park next year with my mum, sister and my friend and her mum!"
Lottie, 13, England
"My PE teacher in school is running and we are all raising money for the NSPCC."
Emily, 13, Cardiff, Wales
"I've got severe asthma, which affects my life greatly. When I nearly died a few years ago, I became more determined than ever to help the fight against asthma. So I became a member of the charity, Asthma UK. I get a magazine four times a year and I am presently organising an event with my drama class to raise money for it."
Olivia, 12, Blackburn, England
"I have done lots of sponsored walks for charity."
Kim, 9, Edinburgh, England
"I try to do as much as I can for charity. I've done reading for charity, two sponsored silences, swims, walks, runs and also participated in a lot of school events to raise money. I really enjoy doing things for charity, and the fact that it helps other people makes it all the better."
Rosie, 13, Reading, England
"Me and my school ran four miles and raised £3,000."
Emma, 12, Belfast, Northern Ireland


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He throws every fiber of his being into each performance, altering his posture, elocution, temperament, and more.
"With every fiber in me I want to run this race," said Loeb at the press conference at the Sagamore Hotel.
Consistency is not something I normally crave, but fiber is.
By Day 5, though, the tremendous surge in my fiber intake was wreaking havoc on my insides.
Try getting at least 38 grams of fiber a day from fruits, vegetables and legumes, Sockolow recommends.
Hunting arrows require no horn, bone, aluminum, or fiber nock.
Never before had every fiber of her being been so penetrated with joy!
Chop one pound of lean raw meat very fine, remove all the fiber possible.
That is, if you wanted to see the best of it—that which is strongest of fiber.
This cannot be done with imperial cloth, as ink sinks into its fiber.
1530s, from French fibre (14c.), from Latin fibra "a fiber, filament," of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Latin filum "thread," or from root of findere "to split." Fiberboard is from 1897; Fiberglas is 1937, U.S. registered trademark name; and fiber optics is from 1956.
fiber fi·ber (fī'bər)
A slender thread or filament.
Extracellular filamentous structures such as collagenic or elastic connective tissue fibers.
The nerve cell axon with its glial envelope.
An elongated threadlike cell, such as a muscle cell or one of the epithelial cells of the lens of the eye.
Coarse, indigestible plant matter, consisting primarily of polysaccharides such as cellulose, that when eaten stimulates intestinal peristalsis. Also called roughage.
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As we wound down the switchbacks of a sweltering southern British Columbia highway this summer, it was the dog that caught our eye, scurrying back and forth in his seat and clearly having the ultimate face-out-the-window experience. While I'm sure there are many reasons why this is technically Not A Good Idea, I am equally confident that almost any dog on earth would gladly trade old age for the chance to ride in a sidecar on the open road.
Speaking of boldly going places, I've gotten it into my head to embark on the educational process towards a new career. Actually, it's more of a parallel career stream to the one I left five years ago, but since their respective channels are carved very deep, there was no way to truly get from one to the other (and I am very very sure that I want to be in one and not the other) without going right back to the beginning. Thus, I'm presently working my way through a selection of senior undergrad psychology courses, preparatory to applying to a Masters program and hoping like heck that 15+ years of hard core experience in a related field will stand me in good stead. (Also that my brain works as well as it did 20 years ago, though based on my first final exam, I think that's reasonably likely.)
The plan (if all goes well) is to do undergrad and the first phase of grad school entirely by distance learning, to allow me to be present for my kids and (nearly) equally importantly, to continue the yarn business. Summer was challenging, but with the return to school day routines, I think the yarn/university duo is doable. Apart from the financial imperative, one of my prime goals in this endeavour is balance - to hold on tightly to the creative identity that was crushed insensible by the Other Profession. Remember the ridiculously cryptic Athena post? This decision was essentially the point, and I'm holding on tight to Athena's model of womanhood: textile artist, intellectual, warrior, and protector of heroes. It works.


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Botox-maker Allergan says it is cutting about 13 per cent of its workforce, or roughly 1500 employees, as part of a push to become more efficient and productive.
The Irvine, California, company also says it will eliminate about 250 vacant positions.
The company says its restructuring plan will yield annual pre-tax savings of about $US475 million ($A513.93 million) in 2015, but costs tied to it will total between $US375 million and $US425 million.
Allergan also says its second-quarter earnings grew 16 per cent to $US417.2 million, or $US1.37 per share. Its revenue also climbed more than 16 per cent to $US1.86 billion.
Allergan is fending off acquisition bids from Canadian drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals International in an aggressive takeover battle that has drawn complaints from Valeant over statements Allergan has made about its business.


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The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 84 new members and 21 foreign associates from 14 countries in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Those elected today bring the total number of active members to 2,291 and the total number of foreign associates to 465. Foreign associates are nonvoting members of the Academy, with citizenship outside the United States.
Newly elected members and their affiliations at the time of election are:
Agol, Ian; professor of mathematics, department of mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
Ashtekar, Abhay V.; Eberly Professor of Physics and director, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Bailey-Serres, Julia; director, Center for Plant Cell Biology, and professor of genetics, department of botany and plant sciences, University of California, Riverside
Bartel, Bonnie; Ralph and Dorothy Looney Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, department of biosciences, Rice University, Houston
Blau, Helen M.; Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation Professor, Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif.
Boothroyd, John C.; Burt and Marion Avery Professor of Immunology, department of microbiology and immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif.
Brown, Myles A.; professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, and director, Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
Bull, James J.; Johann Friedrich Miescher Regents Professor, department of integrative biology, The University of Texas, Austin
Car, Roberto; Ralph W. Dornte '31 Professor in Chemistry and professor in physics, department of chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
Cashman, Katharine V.; professor of volcanology, University of Bristol, Clifton, United Kingdom
Chakraborty, Arup K.; Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering and director, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Cherlin, Andrew J.; Griswold Professor of Public Policy and Sociology, department of sociology, John Hopkins University, Baltimore
Crimmins, Eileen M.; AARP Professor of Gerontology, Davis School of Gerontology, Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Dafermos, Constantine M.; Alumni-Alumnae University Professor, division of applied mathematics, Brown University, Providence, R.I.
Dai, Hongjie; J.G. Jackson and C.J. Wood Professor of Chemistry, department of chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
DeRisi, Joseph; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and professor and chair, department of biochemistry and biophysics, University of California, San Francisco
Deshaies, Raymond J.; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and professor, division of biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Drinfeld, Vladimir; Harry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor, department of mathematics, The University of Chicago, Chicago
Eberhardt, Jennifer; associate professor, department of psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Ehleringer, James R.; distinguished professor of biology, department of biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Eiler, John M.; director, Caltech Microanalysis Center, and Robert P. Sharp Professor of Geology and Geochemistry, division of geological and planetary sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Evans, Steven N.; professor of statistics and mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
Fejer, Martin M.; co-director, Stanford Photonics Research Center, and professor of applied physics, Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Forrest, Stephen R.; Peter A. Franken Distinguished University Professor of Engineering and Paul G. Goebel Professor of Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Friesner, Richard A.; professor of chemistry, department of chemistry, Columbia University, New York City
Germain, Ronald N.; chief, Laboratory of Systems Biology; and distinguished investigator, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
Giovannoni, James J.; research molecular biologist, Agricultural Research Service, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
Glaeser, Robert M.; emeritus professor, University of California-Berkeley, and senior scientist, Donner Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif.
Guerinot, Mary Lou; professor, department of biological sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.
Hart, Oliver; Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics, department of economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Hartmann, Dennis L.; professor, department of atmospheric sciences, University of Washington, Seattle
Heal, Geoffrey M.; Donald C. Waite Professor of Social Enterprise and professor of economics and finance, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York City
Heckman, Timothy M.; A. Herman Pfund Professor of Astronomy and director, Center for Astrophysical Sciences, department of physics and astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Heintz, Nathaniel; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and James and Marilyn Simons Professor, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York City
Hieter, Philip; professor of medical genetics, Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Hoekstra, Hopi E.; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, departments of organismic and evolutionary biology and of molecular and cellular biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Hu, Wayne; Horace B. Horton Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics and member, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, The University of Chicago, Chicago
Irvine, Judith T.; Edward Sapir Collegiate Professor of Linguistic Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Jones, Peter A.; research director and chief scientific officer, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Kastan, Michael B.; executive director, Duke Cancer Institute, and professor of pharmacology and cancer biology, Duke University, Durham, N.C.
Kingston, Robert E.; molecular biologist and chief, department of molecular biology, Massachussetts General Hospital; and professor and vice chair, department of genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston
Kinzler, Kenneth W.; professor of oncology and co-director,The Ludwig Center at Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Klebanov, Igor R.; associate director, Princeton Center for Theoretical Sciences, and Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
Koonin, Eugene V.; senior investigator, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
Krumlauf, Robb; scientific director, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Mo.
Larsen, Clark S.; distinguished professor of social and behavioral sciences and chair, department of anthropology, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Leibler, Stanislas; professor, Institute for Advanced Study, and professor, School of Natural Sciences, The Rockefeller University, New York City
Lester, Marsha I.; Edmund J. Kahn Distinguished Professor, department of chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Liu, Andrea J.; Hepburn Professor, department of physics and astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Lynch, Nancy A.; NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering, department of electrical engineering and computer science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Markus, Hazel R.; Davis-Brack Professor in the Behavioral Sciences, department of psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Marqusee, Susan; director, QB3–Berkeley (California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences), and Eveland Warren Endowed Chair Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology, department of molecular and cell biology, University of California, Berkeley
Meng, Xiang-Jin; professor of molecular virology, College of Veterinary Medicine; professor of internal medicine, Carilion School of Medicine; and professor, department of biomedical sciences and pathobiology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg
Mirzakhani, Maryam; professor of mathematics, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Monroe, Christopher; fellow, Joint Quantum Institute, NIST; and Bice Zorn Professor of Physics, department of physics, University of Maryland, College Park
Murphy, Kenneth M.; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and Eugene Opie Centennial Professor of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Murphy, Susan A.; Herbert E. Robbins Distinguished University Professor of Statistics, department of statistics, and research professor, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Niyogi, Krishna K.; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; faculty scientist, physical biosciences division, DOE-Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; and professor, department of plant and microbial biology, University of California, Berkeley
O'Keefe, John; inaugural director, Sainsbury Wellcome Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior, and professor of cognitive neuroscience, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Palumbi, Stephen R.; Jane and Marshall Steele Chair of Biology and director, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, Calif.
Parkinson, Claire L.; climate change senior scientist, Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
Pinker, Steven; Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, department of psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Ploegh, Hidde L.; professor of biology and member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Raymo, Maureen E.; Lamont Research Professor and director, Lamont-Doherty Core Repository, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, N.Y.
Rosakis, Ares J.; Theodore von Karman Professor of Aeronautics and chair, division of engineering and applied science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Sabatini, David M.; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and professor of biology and member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Sanford, Melanie S.; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry, department of chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Schapire, Robert E.; principal researcher, Microsoft Research, New York City
Segall, Paul; professor of geophysics, department of geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Sehgal, Amita; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and John Herr Musser Professor of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Seydoux, Geraldine; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and professor, department of molecular biology and genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
Sigworth, Frederick J.; professor of cellular and molecular physiology and of biomedical engineering, department of cellular and molecular physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
Slovic, Paul; professor, department of psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene
Soltis, Pamela; distinguished professor and curator, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville
Stone, Anne C.; professor and director, Center for Bioarchaeological Research, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe
Stover, Patrick J.; professor and director, division of nutritional sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
Summers, Michael F.; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and distinguished university professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore
Urry, C. Megan; director, Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy and chair, department of physics, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
Virgin, Herbert W., IV; Edward Mallinckrodt Professor and chair, department of pathology and immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Wasserman, Larry A.; professor, department of statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
Yang, Peidong; S.K. and Angela Chan Distinguished Professor of Energy and professor of chemistry, department of chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
Young, Stephen G.; professor of medicine and human genetics, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Zamolodchikov, Alexander B.; leading researcher, Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences; and Board of Governors Professor of Physics, department of physics and astronomy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway
Zank, Gary P.; director, Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, and Eminent Scholar and distinguished professor of the Department of Space Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Newly elected foreign associates, their affiliations at the time of election, and their country of citizenship are:
An, Zhisheng; professor, Institute of Earth Environment, and member, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, People's Republic of China (People's Republic of China)
Berns, Anton J.M.; principal investigator, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Netherlands)
Bird, Adrian; professor and Buchanan Chair of Genetics, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (United Kingdom)
Fabian, Andrew C.; Royal Society Research Professor in Astronomy, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom (United Kingdom)
Fernández, Julio A.; professor, department of astronomy, and dean of the school of science, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay (Uruguay)
Frenkel, Daan; 1968 Professor of Chemistry, department of chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom (United Kingdom)
Hell, Stefan W.; director, department of nanobiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany (Germany)
Jouzel, Jean; research scientist, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Orme des Merisiers, France (France)
Kornai, János; honorary professor emeritus, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary (Hungary)
Lanzavecchia, Antonio; director, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland (Switzerland)
Lutz, Wolfgang; program director, World Population, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria (Austria)
McDonald, Arthur B.; professor emeritus, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada (Canada)
Peres, Yuval; principal researcher in theory group, Microsoft Research, Redmond, Wash. (Israel)
Petit, Christine; professor, Collège de France, and director, Unité de Génétique et Physiologie de l'Audition, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France (France)
Possingham, Hugh; professor of mathematics and ecology, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia (Australia)
Rabinovich, Gabriel A.; professor of immunology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Argentina)
Reid, Nancy M.; Canada Research Chair and University Professor, department of statistics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (Canada)
Suwa, Gen; professor, The University Museum, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (Japan)
Voisin, Claire; director of research, CNRS, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu, France (France)
West, Stephen C.; senior group leader and deputy director, Clare Hall Laboratories, Francis Crick Institute, Herts, United Kingdom (United Kingdom)
Wilson, Ian A.; Hansen Professor of Structural Biology and chair, department of integrative structural and computational biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif. (United Kingdom)
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The rapper/producer has announced that he will also be appearing on the stage for his artists' upcoming tour.
Although not releasing or working in a new solo album since "Press Play" in 2006, P.Diddy still set himself up for tour. The rapper won't be staging his own tour, but will only make an appearance for his artists' concerts.
Diddy confirms that he will join both of the musicians he has produced, DAY26 and Danity Kane on their upcoming tour. All of the events from the tour including the performances and back stage footages will be shot and featured on Diddy's music program "Making The Band"'s new season.
Telling about his plans to appear on the tour Diddy said, "In some cities and states, I'm gonna make a guest appearance. Do a light 15 hits. I'm not gonna bore you with, like, 40. I'mma just hit you with 15 real quick verses to really get the place rocking."
In other news, Diddy recently has received an acknowledgment for his career by getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in L.A. Commenting on the award Diddy said, "I was stuck for a second, then I felt a sense of appreciation. That's a great honor."


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On Thursday, MacDowell's publicist, Karen Samfilippo, confirmed the divorce, which had been reported earlier by People magazine, but declined to comment further.
MacDowell, 46, and Hartzog, 45, married in November 2001 in Asheville, N.C. They had been classmates at Gaffney High School in South Carolina.
The actress has three children from her first marriage to Paul Qualley. Hartzog's marriage to MacDowell was his first.
MacDowell will appear in the upcoming Beauty Shop, starring Queen Latifah. Her films also include Michael, Groundhog Day and Green Card.


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Jonathan ROBIN
Seven Stages Of Singularity Man After William Shakespeare - Poem by Jonathan ROBIN
All our worlds wars wage,
rewarding winners, sinners are rejected
as flotsam under notice, straws neglected
lost in a hurly-burly turbulence, at sea
where few may float to coat card destiny
I.D. with Saville Row, where herring bone none flee.
All wordlywise to yoke are paid or payers:
folks' taxes sure, with little trust in pensions
thus each man lives by stars or concrete facts,
his acts spanning seven stages.
First the infant, genome boosted, hormone instilled,
his sex well willed from cryo chilled to artificial womb,
no tomb need know, as all impressions shall fall in escrow,
held against accident and the passing years.
The sighs, the why's the very tears embedded
in external disk hard against the day
when use thereof is made by maid or may
be transferred or transcripted for re-use
by hook, by crook, by chip which steers the future's flow.
Though planned career, here scholar's way is seen
I.Q. high, by rote no time to waste
unwillingly at school, when distance learning,
ubiquity and spelling correctors, counter haste
to set the scene for greater meaning held
by generations passed so fast, trod down
in all senses of the term, their term soon past.
Here screening, streaming finds at last its place
to weed from need and greed each shining face
as progress turns to better bland replace
with plastic minds and spirits wi-max linking
and chips sub-cutaneous to help with thinking
while inklings bi-directional may bait
the watchers' curiosity, translate
into advancement through the stream of thought
whose gist no longer may for gold be bought,
irrespective of parental yearning.
Then freshman turns towards the graduate,
"knowledge enormous makes a God" of each,
as who is taught, and who advanced to teach,
on what wire taut some walk, while others reach
a plateau which no chateau guarantees.
Some play the teasers, others stay the tease,
sighing in earnest, with a hopeful ear
bent to employer's ballad, which one year
will offer - contract limited to goal win/win,
as margin thin for error is advanced.
Strategic choices, chance,
here strive both to unite and to prepare
further growth. Uniqueness everywhere,
though some be more unique than others
thanks to foresight, fathers, mothers,
may compensate for past delay
investing time where counterparts at play
fail to distinguish their priorities.
Hard lessons learned here.
Tearful pleas attend the second rate on bended knees
who seek to leapfrog into jobs which may
provide security and ample pay
to compensate long term uncertainties.
Here starts cognizance of the challenges
a century before were unimagined, even by
free-thinkers – though their thoughts reached bye and bye
to sky, to space, to stars and still beyond.
Here starts the game of singularity
where online multitask may supercede
the student, or the businessman whose greed
fails to factor possibilities
outside his ken when inputs such as these
are absent from the past's pen and when need
is noticed not, or but perceived
through a glass darkly as each fate is weaved
through contradictions to a semblant light,
refracted, and distracted terabyte
of information processed.
From freshman through the system will proceed
each cyphered soul whose whole and sum are called
towards the common weal – or else blackballed
be those who chose to stand and wait, sans speed.
Then the careerist, full of strange ideas and innovative strategies,
jealous of advancement, avoiding open quarrel, seeking swift promotions,
out-thinking colleagues' schemes.
By Nature well or whether poor endowed
bellwether reputations well sustained
must keep their end up, rumour's buzz maintained
by Cialis, Viagra, compensation which from Vagina dildo dispensation
anticipates complaint as faint heart's compensation.
Careers upon the home front lean for force
to counter opposition in due course
from bootblack's Waterloo, Penn Central station,
to recognition from a grateful nation.
Careers aren't what they were with Pension Schemes
more schemes than pensions, meat for mirage dreams,
for who meets mete rewards well merited
when corporation hopping drives ahead
the game of fame pr fortune well intended,
with one mistake THE one which can't be mended!
So rules are bent none else see their bended,
with savvy sense and luck fortuitous blended.
Careers aren't what they were with competition
from "yellow peril" compromising mission,
when global village information flows
short circuit secrets - half-lives decompose
at rate no Fate before could presuppose.
When "Ball no Question makes of Ayes and Noes,
But Right or Left, as strikes the Player goes."
Yet "He that toss'd Man down into the Field,
He knows about it all, HE knows HE knows! "
But "Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all careerist's wisdom, Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all his Tears wash out a Word of it.'
Then the Director, in fair round belly best scotch salmon lined,
full of turncoat schemes, intrigues and net investments,
and so he plays his part. A part responsibility
would have no part of if its choice were free,
but 'Times they are a-changing" and the tune
squares, spares shareholders susceptibility
reporting rising profits quaterly.
Stock options open source manipulation
to closed shop club with rubber stamp equation.
The sixth age shifts into the lean and slippered pensioner,
with spectacles on nose, few pounds beside.
his will, once strong, tottering towards the inertia
of oblivion, and his once manly voice
turning again towards childish trebles,
pipes and whistles in his sound.
Illness and loneliness take toll
till toll takes what is left, while jokes once droll
pinpoint isolation from the whole in corporate,
which loses sight of goal.
Last scene of all, that ends this strange eventful history,
is second cycling, no amnesia, no Alzheimer to fear,
no loss of trace,
no care, no wear, no old age and no seizure.
Emotions stored or slotted into place
within the space of nanny nano interface perpetuates the human race
for access on demand, or re-emergence,
depending on technology's convergence
and aptitudes stochastic which may be
exploited by society as input options offered for the game
warm life may play with life inanimate,
the same these both may seem entwined,
as fate prepares recycled change appropriate,
shifts paradigm too few appreciate.
Yet fate is blind behind dual Janus jaw,
and singularity demands much more
than just blind chance unjust, uncharted trip
whereon although some sinners meditate
none can with truth predestinate
rhyme Time with Time which time itself needs track
back to black drawing board with cards unstacked.
Thus singularity, by most so prized,
sees efforts all too often compromised
by time and tide are quickly circumsized
as risk/reward equation is denied
solution's resolution. Humbled pride
remains our lot, forgotten is our ride.
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On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com> wrote: > On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 22:37 -0500, Robert Haas wrote: >> - Range Types. This is a large patch which was submitted for the >> first time to the last CommitFest of the cycle, and the first version >> that had no open TODO items was posted yesterday, three-quarters of >> the way through that last CommitFest. Some good review has been done. >> While more is probably needed, I think we should feel good about >> what's been accomplished and mark this one Returned with Feedback. > > I submitted this clearly marked WIP, so I expected that it would likely > be pushed to 9.2. > > However, I don't feel like I have the kind of feedback that will help me > get it committed next commitfest. I did get some review, and that was > helpful, but it was mostly on isolated details. > > The patch is a million little decisions: names, catalog structure, > interface, representation, general usability, grammar, functionality, > etc. Without some checkpoint, the chances that everyone agrees with all > of these decisions at the beginning of the next commitfest is zero. > > Is the commitfest not the right place to do this? If not, then when? That's a fair question, and I do understand the difficulty. I think a CommitFest is the right place to do that. On the other hand, as I'm sure you realize, I'm not keen to hold up 9.1beta for a feature that isn't going to be committed until 9.2. In the 9.0 and 9.1 cycles, it was my observation that patches which were submitted to the first or second CommitFest got a lot of this kind of review and went onto be committed without a problem, usually in the next CommitFest. Absorbing patches at the end of the cycle is a lot harder, because everyone who has been thinking about doing something for the release wakes up and submits it, often half-finished, often at the very last minute. Furthermore, it takes more time to review them even if they ARE code-complete, because it takes more time to do a real review-to-commit than it does to tell someone "call it a whisker instead of a potato and delete all the comments about sweet potatoes". I really don't think that getting this into 9.2 is going to be a problem. Given the level of interest in this patch, there will be no problem at all finding someone to do a detailed review when we're not quite so pressed for time, and I'm willing to put some time into it myself when I'm not quite so pressed for time. Although it doesn't feel like it at the moment, we have actually made great strides in absorbing large patches. We've already absorbed true seriailizability and SE-Linux integration (cut down basic version) this release cycle, and it looks like we're going to absorb extensions and hopefully SQL/MED also. Those are all big, big pieces of work *by non-committers*, and the fact that they've sailed in with hardly a cross word is, to me, a very good sign for the future of our development community. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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Curtin University associate professor Mike Dockery also found that sneaking into a job for which you are underqualified can bring big benefits, results he says may call into question education spending aimed at keeping children in school no matter what.
The study found the earnings upside of getting into a job before you have the average schooling of employees in that industry outweighs the downsides.
"It has implications for how much we are spending socially on education, and particularly the trend to keep kids in school for longer," Professor Dockery said.
His findings are drawn from the patterns in over and undereducation in data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey.
He found that, while more schooling increased wages, the effect fell once passing the average level of qualification for people in the profession, and the penalty for being underqualified was small, very likely less than the cost of the extra years of education.
Professor Dockery argued against assuming that schooling increased earnings just because people who finished school tended to earn more.
"It's the classic evaluation fallacy. They do better because they are different, not necessarily because of the level of school," he said.
Productivity gains could flow from getting people into work as soon as they were able, he said. "A lot of this is dismissal of the value of what you learn on the job.
"Businesses might be better off having a worker there, perhaps at a lower training wage, and getting relevant and specific training, rather than being in the extra year of a course."
Mr Palmer dropped out of law and journalism studies at the University of Queensland in the 1970s. He now owns companies and assets worth $4 billion.
"I thought it was a waste of time," he said of his undergraduate studies.
"I could make more money in the meantime." Mr Palmer said the only person he disappointed by not finishing his degree was his mother. But he still applied the lessons he has learnt in his day-to-day life.
"Education doesn't start or stop with universities," Mr Palmer said. "It's a way set up for the masses to learn as much as they can in a general sort of way.
"But life is an education itself. It's an education talking to the Financial Review. It's an experience."
Scott Farquhar founded what turned into a major web company after dropping out of university. The Atlassian co-founder agrees that some of the best things he got from his degree were what he learned out of hours.
"They teach you something about data bases at university but really it was what you did at nights and on weekends that made the difference."
He went back to finish his degree, got great marks and now his company mainly hires people who have graduated, even if it is from an arts degree.
"Of course there is a huge correlation between those who have degrees and those who have the skills to do the job," he said. "But we often find diamonds in the rough."
But for every Clive Palmer or
The chief executive of BHP Billiton has a bachelor of engineering, an MBA and a PhD in materials science.
Potential university dropouts should consider that the difference between what graduates and non-graduates earn is still huge – about $1.5 million in a lifetime.
The federal government aims to get 40 per cent of adults holding a bachelor's degree or above by 2025. The Productivity Commission says lifting the quality of education and training could increase workforce participation by 0.7 of a percentage point, and labour productivity by 1.2 per cent.
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Nevada representative Shelley Berkley has made no secret of her wish for the UIGEA's repeal, and has put the research proposal to the House arguing that only an objective assessment of the online casino and poker and sportsbetting industries can give clarity on the issue.
Senator and Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Rep. Barney Frank has also been pressing for change, and his proposed bill, the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act 2007, would create a regulated and legal online gambling industry. Frank's bill would also satisfy the World Trade Organisation, which has ruled against the US's recent appeal, on a ruling which backed Antigua's claim that US legislation goes against the WTO's freedom of trade principals. Lobbyists and consumer pressure groups are also becoming increasingly vocal – particularly over the handling of NETeller's frozen accounts.
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Taken from the Mayo Clinic Williams-Sonoma Cookbook. Wheat germ adds a nutlike texture to the crust, but without the fat.
Top Review by Cooking with Sean
Although the chicken came out super moist, even leaving off the wheat germ crust, the flavor was lacking. I had to add honey mustard salad dressing as a dipping sauce at the end. May try again and play with the ingredients to see if I can tweak it enough to keep.
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- 3 tablespoons wheat germ
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon canned apricot nectar or 1 tablespoon apricot jam
- 3⁄4 teaspoon reduced sodium soy sauce
- 6 bone-in skinless chicken breast halves (trimmed of fat)
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- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a small bowl, mix together the wheat germ, honey, mustard, apricot nector or jam, and soy sauce until well blended.
- Arrange the chicken pieces, bone side down, on a baking sheet.
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- Bake until the chicken is opaque throughout and the wheat germ mixture has formed a crust, 35-40 minutes.


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'Epic dryness' feeding Western wildfires
In the Rocky Mountain West, firefighters say they've never seen the trees and grasses this dry so early in the summer.
"It's epic dryness," says Beth Lund, leader of the incident management team assigned to the High Park Fire, which has burned 135 square miles near Fort Collins, Colo., and destroyed at least 257 homes. It is now the most destructive in recorded Colorado history.
But hardly the only one. Ten separate fires are burning in Colorado, prompting a planned visit Friday by President Obama. They threaten the U.S. Air Force Academy, the town of Boulder and the city of Colorado Springs.
Colorado isn't the only state affected by an exceptionally severe fire season, with crews battling blazes in Alaska, Arizona, California, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
"The whole Central Rocky Mountain range is a tinderbox," says Ron Roth, of the Rocky Mountain Area Coordinating Center in Lakewood, Colo.
A light winter snow pack, dry spring, more people living in what was once wilderness and the long-term effects of climate change have all conspired to make this an especially bad fire season, Roth says. "We've got trees torching, tornadoes of fire — this is extreme fire behavior," he says.
The exceptional danger is a combination of very dry vegetation and waves of lightning storms, says Lee Bently, a public information officer for the incident management team responsible for the High Park Fire. "It's just instant ignition."
The front range of the Rockies has been suffering a long siege of dry weather, says Ed Delgado, national predictive services meteorologist with the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise.
Climate change is undoubtedly playing a role, if only in the distribution of invasive insects, Delgado says. The pine bark beetle has been migrating north for years as warmer winters allow it to survive outside its previous range. The insects have killed millions of acres of forest, leaving behind tinder-dry wood.
"When that timber goes dead, it doesn't make for a real good situation when the fire comes," Bently says.
Those fires are all the more dangerous to humans because of the increasing numbers of Americans who choose to live in what once would have been called wilderness. "As people move into those urban interface areas, it creates more of a challenge for us to suppress those fires," Roth says.
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When the State Department released its final Environmental Impact Statement, nearly all the headlines read the same: "Report Opens Way to Approval for Keystone Pipeline" and "State Dept. Keystone XL Would Have Little Impact On Climate Change." Yet after Reuters broke the news last week that the State Department was wrong in its predictions of greatly expanded rail capacity, undermining its claim of no climate impact, no major media outlet amplified the report.
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After a long time Janox Development Team is pleased to announce the availability of Janox 1.8.01.
This release is a major improvement in the Janox architecture, providing portability and stability enhancements, lots of bug fixes and many new features.
Some of the highlights:
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- Added Status-bar and Notification-area and related functions
- Enabled vertical scrolling for db-grid
- Added footer for db-grid
- HTML page produced in Strict mode
- Enabled multiple sessions from the same browser
- New functions added in context-menu for Administrator and Developer (Application configuration, Execute program by name, Generate login page, ...)
- Manage splitted tables repository to lighten session... read more
Janox is a PHP-based full cross-tech development suite: > DBMS and platform independent > HTML-Javascript or GTK+ rich GUIs > Table driven development, no code > Application project full life-cycle management, team-development > Much more..!
Many improvements have been done and many bugs have been fixed and these are only few samples:
- SQLite3 and MSSql2005 gateways added
- GTK calendar / date-picker added
- GTK development tool: "reload changes" added
- Deferred processes fixed for local machine
- GTK time format fixed
- Function o2view_total() fixed with "linked range"
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Janox is a PHP-based full cross-tech development suite: > DBMS and platform independent > HTML-Javascript or GTK+ rich GUIs > Table driven development, no code > Application project full life-cycle management, team-development > Much more..!
Janox 1.4.02 has been released: one step forward on the 1.4 way.
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The Janox Development Team is pleased to announce the availability of Janox 1.4.00.
This release is a major improvement in the Janox architecture, providing portability and stability enhancements, many bug fixes and new features.
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Janox Day details and agenda have been released.
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Janox, the full cross-tech development suite, is getting closer to its community: Support Channel is active and operating.
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For informations look at the released document "How to use Janox Support Channel" <http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=72065&group_id=207186> (italian: "Come usare Janox Support Channel" <http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=72066&group_id=207186>) in Janox documentation section.
Janox full cross-tech development suite now has a home at www.janox.org.
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Jennifer Garner was dressed up as she left an office building in Beverly Hills yesterday. She had a smile on her face during the solo outing, which comes amidst a busy Summer of hanging with her daughters. Jennifer has been out and about with Violet and Seraphina enjoying the warm season with shopping trips and museum visits. Her husband, Ben Affleck, has also joined time with his girls in LA when he hasn't been hard at work on his latest project, Argo. Jennifer has her own two new releases coming up including Butter, which will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, and The Odd Life of Timothy Green. The fantastical movie won't be released until 2012, though we did get to see the first The Odd Life of Timothy Green trailer earlier this week.


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This review is on the cellphone Sony Ericsson Z610i. It is intended to be a buyer's guide to make a choice of whether to buy this item or not. And also a process of making this yet to be popular phone come to some limelight.
About the phone
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In short, the phone is of a clamshell design with smooth glassy mirror-like surface. It has Bluetooth with A2DP stereo, GPRS, 3G, POP3 Email, MMS, Video call, etc. It also has dual camera with the main camera being 2 mega-pixel. There is an outer OLED display that is surprisingly visible only when it is active.


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Heather Carson – Art with Light
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Police hunt classic car thieves
Police are investigating the theft of a classic car from a farm near Charlton.
The 1940s Ford Single Spinner utility was taken sometime between December 15 and January 18.
Police believe the car was stolen with the use of a trailer because it needed restoration and had not been driven since the late '80s.
Leading Senior Constable Matt Hunt says the car is of significant sentimental value to the owner.
"Look, he's pretty upset with it, having the fact that his father had owned it since new," he said.
"It was actually used by his mother and father on their honeymoon on a driving holiday.
"He was planning on restoring it to its original condition in honour of his memory."
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SPORTS >> Bus makes bid to grab the fanfare from Travs
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I backed my car out of the driveway and turned directly into the clouds of green pollen blowing down my street.
Feeling a little like Lawrence of Arabia squinting into a sandstorm, I motored off not to fight the Turkish but to check up on some Travelers.
It was a Tuesday night. My destination was Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock. My mission was to learn what I could about this years Arkansas Travelers, who were holding their first workout under the lights in their home ballpark before motoring off to Midland, Texas, for Thursdays Texas League season opener.
It was my first chance to get a look at the 2010 team, generously assembled during spring training by the Los Angeles Angels and shipped from Arizona to North Little Rock for the latest, Class AA Texas League season.
In the hour set aside for media availability at Dickey-Stephens, I spoke to exactly zero players. Apparently media availability means team meeting because thats what the players and manager Bobby Magallanes spent most of the time doing.
I stood with the other media wallflowers on the warning track near the home dugout, waiting for someone, anyone, to talk to. I told a few colleagues that workout, when translated from the ancient Sanskrit, actually means no players.
Yes, I like that joke so much I used it in two paragraphs. So sue me.
The fans, who had taken advantage of the free admission to watch the practice, sat scattered through the stands, checking their watches and wearing a collective expression that said, What did we come here for?
Hopefully, that look wont be seen much once the home schedule begins.
Eventually, Magallanes and the players arrived a fashionable half-hour late for the 7 p.m. workout, like a prom date sashaying down the stairs. The players promptly began stretching and warming up before moving on to the batting cage, the bullpen and the basepaths.
Magallanes warmed up a little himself, jumping up and down in the third base coaches box, where he hopes to spend a lot of time directing Travelers rallies this summer, and waving runners toward home. Then he grabbed a glove and played a little catch at second base.
Magallanes practices a form of the running game favored by the parent Angels and their manager Mike Scioscia. That has led to a lot of putouts at third and a lot of stolen bases in fact Arkansas led the league in both categories in 2007.
I used the warmup time to bore in on Magallanes and grill him with some hard questions.
Tell me about the makeup of this years team, I demanded.
Looks like your hitting roster might be suited to this ballpark, I said intuitively.
Your opening-night pitcher, Tim Kiely, looks like a fun-loving guy, I shrewdly observed.
Under such hard questioning Magallanes buckled and told me he was really optimistic about the season, his hitters would find the gaps in the outfield and his staff would keep opposing batters off balance.
Also, ominously, he promised the team would continue to run the bases aggressively.
Okay, it was the usual preseason hoo-hah, which took something of a hit when Midland pounded Arkansas 11-1 in the season opener at Midland on Thursday.
But its a long year, 140 games, so it remains to be seen if the one-sided loss will be an anomaly or the norm. Like everyone else, Ill just have to wait and see if streaks, slumps, injuries or promotions help or hurt the Travelers and their opponents in an eight-team league where you can win a championship with a losing record, as Arkansas did in 2008.
I did learn a few neat things Tuesday night.
For example, the Travelers have a really cool team bus. While Ryan Mount was pounding a few batting practice home runs to right field, Arkansas sportscaster of the year Phil Elson took a few of us media members to the parking lot for a tour.
The cab looks more like that of a semi truck while the passenger area is a comfortable barracks of double-decker beds, foldaway tables and flatscreen TVs. A bearded guy I didnt know lay on one of the bunks reading a paper and watching a CSI spinoff as we toured.
He comes with the bus, Elson said.
Elson, and Magallanes, are proud parents of beautiful children who are under a year old. Which means both men were looking forward to the long bus rides as a chance to catch up on their sleep.
The rest of us are just looking forward to seeing the bus pull into the home parking lot so we can watch some baseball.


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Angelina Jolie Suits Up for Golden Globe Foreign Language Event
Immersing herself in the awards show weekend happenings, Angelina Jolie suited up for The American Cinematheque's 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards Foreign-Language Nominee Event in Los Angeles on Saturday (January 14).
The "Wanted" actress joined directors Pedro Almodovar, Asghar Farhadi, Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne at the Egyptian while making the appearance on behalf of her directorial debut "In The Land of Blood and Honey".
Miss Jolie recently revealed that she didn't at first plan to spearhead the recently released war-based picture, as she said, "I didn't plan to become a director, and I still have trouble saying 'I'm a director'. I just wanted to tell this story and I ended up by default being the director."
She added, "It was a pleasure but I wonder if it would be a pleasure with another cast and crew, and a subject matter that wasn't so special."
Enjoy the pictures of Angelina Jolie at The American Cinematheque's 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards Foreign-Language Nominee Event (January 14).
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Earl Sweatshirt Returns "Home," Releases New Song
After months of questions, speculation, and anticipation, it seems that Odd Future's Earl Sweatshirt may be back "home"—what exactly that means, though, is still up in the air.
Earl, whose real name is Thebe Kgositsile, is the buzzed about OF rapper who has been living in YouTube lore thanks to his video "Earl," which now has 10 million views. The man himself, though, was nowhere to be found during his crew's meteoric ascent to rap and mainstream stardom over the last year. Rumors about his absence —which the group's leader, Tyler, The Creator, as well as other members, often blamed on his alleged stay at a boarding school in Samoa— were never substantiated.
Earlier today (February 8), Tyler tweeted, "Oh. Thebe Has….I Mean Earl Has A Twitter. @earlxsweat." The tweet came nearly a day after the rapper had last posted about his close friend, when he wrote, "Thats The Cover. And Sweatshirt Will Not Be On The Tape. Not Trolling Either," in relation to the upcoming Odd Future Tape Vol. 2 project, due out February 20.
Earl has posted a number of tweets on his alleged @earlxsweat account. First, late this afternoon, he wrote, "home." He followed that up three hours later with, "nigga need followers. give me 50,000 and i'll release this shit for everybody." Shortly after that, he posted a link to the video [Watch below].
Once he hit the 50k mark, he posted the song, which you can listen to here.
On February 3, the website for youth group Alternative Intervention Models stirred up some talk about the young rhymeslinger when it reported that Earl would soon be returning home. "Yes indeed, the allegedly lost and arguably most gifted young lyrical prodigy (known for over 10 million YouTube views before age 18), is on his way back home to Los Angeles where he will finish high school before launching the next phase of his widely anticipated rap career—under the wizened guidance of Leila Steinberg, artistic mentor who famously first guided music and screen icon, Tupac Shakur," the post read. "Contrary to rumor, Earl hasn't been 'missing'.
"Remotely for the past year, Earl has been busy sharpening and collaborating in virtually the same way as other AIM rappers, singers, poets, actors, athletes and dancers who have benefited from Leila's over 25 year legacy of weekly writing workshops held at California spots like PFYC in Santa Monica, LBCC in Long Beach and House of Armour in South Central LA." the post continued. "It was only natural that Earl invited Leila to bring other heART Education artists to have a series of free live AIM workshops in Samoa too."
Stay tuned to XXLMag.com as the story develops. —Adam Fleischer


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Down as much as 13 in the second half and 10 with 2:13 to play, the Wright State men's basketball ended the game with a 15-4 run to pull out a 72-71 win at Oakland Sunday afternoon.
The game was tied at 20 at the 7:37 mark of the first half on an AJ Pacher jumper before the Golden Grizzlies went on an 11-2 run over the next five minutes. The lead was still nine until a Matt Vest three in the final seconds made it 34-28 at the break.
Wright State shot 44 percent in the first half, including four of 11 from three-point range, compared to 40 percent shooting for Oakland, who was just two of seven from behind the arc, but the Golden Grizzlies hit eight of nine foul shots while the Raiders were only two of three.
Oakland came out strong to start the second half as a pair of threes from Kahlil Felder and one by Ralph Hill helped the Golden Grizzlies take their biggest lead of the game at 50-37 with 12:36 remaining. The Raiders cut the deficit to three on two occasions, but OU appeared to be in control with a 67-57 advantage with just 2:13 to play.
Threes from Cole Darling and Reggie Arceneaux along with a Pacher layup, though, made it a two-point contest with 50 seconds left and after Oakland's Duke Mondy ended the WSU 8-0 run with two foul shots at the 35.1-second mark, JT Yoho connected on a three from the right wing with 27.2 seconds left to trim the Golden Grizzlies lead to 69-68.
Following an Oakland turnover, Darling hit two foul shots with 21 seconds remaining to put the Raiders up one. Mondy answered with two free throws of his own with 13 seconds left to put the Golden Grizzlies back in front, setting the stage for Pacher, whose jumper at the 1.6-second mark hit the rim four times and went in for the game-winner.
WSU hit 12 of 21 shots in the second half, including five of 10 threes, to finish at 50 percent overall while Oakland shot 37 percent after halftime to end up at 39 percent for the game.
Darling led all scorers with 21 points while Pacher posted a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds. Jerran Young added 11 points and seven boards.
Mondy paced Oakland (10-18, 5-8 Horizon) with 20 points while Hall had 15 and Felder 14.
Wright State (15-13, 7-6 Horizon) hosts Detroit on Friday, February 21, in a 10:00 contest that will be televised on ESPNU.


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A cocaine "courier" who got caught with $19,000 worth of the drug — then got caught with more cocaine at his home while out on bail — has received a five-year prison sentence.
Court heard that the man turned to the illegal drug trade when it got tough to financially support his family, but Justice Robert Cummings said others have paid a price.
"He may otherwise be loving and generous. The simple fact of the matter is he was a drug dealer of the highest order in this city," Cummings said. "The drugs that he distributed cause nothing but pain and suffering to other people."
Stacey Garrett Genaille pleaded guilty on Thursday to two counts of possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and to breach of a recognizance.
Crown prosecutor Jason Clouston said that on Jan. 27, 2012, Brandon police got a tip that Genaille had travelled to Portage la Prairie to pick up several ounces of cocaine.
Police were told that Genaille would return to Brandon in a specific pickup truck.
Two city police officers parked along the Trans-Canada Highway at the Highway 340 turnoff at Douglas.
They spotted the pickup truck, with Genaille in the front passenger seat, and followed as it turned off the Trans-Canada and headed south on Highway 340.
As the truck neared Brandon along Veterans Way, another officer in another vehicle followed, too.
The truck was then stopped on the outskirts of the city.
The driver of the pickup had been hired by Genaille to drive to Portage and back for $500 and some cocaine.
The driver later told police that Genaille had handed over a large amount of money to a pair of men he'd met at a Portage sub sandwich shop.
The driver said that, as police pulled over the pickup truck, Genaille exclaimed, "We're f----d."
When the driver asked why, Genaille said: "Because I'm packing a lot."
As Genaille got out of the truck, a 28-gram (one ounce) chunk of cocaine wrapped in plastic fell out of the pickup and landed at his feet.
Inside Genaille's pant leg was a bag that contained six more chunks of cocaine of the same weight. He had $300 cash in his pocket, too.
In total, there was 198 grams of cocaine worth a street value of $19,800, presuming it wouldn't have been further diluted to increase volume and bring in more cash.
As it was, the cocaine represented 200 to 400 sales.
Genaille was released on bail on Feb. 1, 2012, but city police later got tips, including one through Crime Stoppers, that he was still involved in the illegal drug trade.
They placed Genaille under surveillance throughout June and raided his east-end home on June 21. He lived there with his common-law partner and three children, including a toddler.
Genaille and his family were in the yard when police entered his home.
Among the items they found inside was a coffee mug on top of a kitchen cupboard that contained a bag holding 30.5 grams (more than one ounce) of cocaine with a street value of $3,000.
A scale contaminated with cocaine was seized from the pantry, and police also seized packaging and "score sheets" used to track drug deals.
A line of cocaine, apparently ready to snort, was also found on a CD case on top of a kitchen cupboard.
Clouston described Genaille as a "courier" of mid-level quantities of illegal drugs.
Genaille's lawyer, Crystal Antila, said her client turned to the drug trade when he fell on hard financial times.
His partner had returned to school and he was the primary provider for a family with five children.
Antila said Genaille, who struggles with addiction, turned to the drug trade a second time because he found it hard to find a job due to the stigma of being on bail.
Cummings sentenced Genaille to a total of five years in prison, minus seven months time served.
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Federal Court Issues Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Blocking DOL's Final Overtime Rule
A federal district court in Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the U.S. Department of Labor DOL from enforcing its Final Rule implementing higher salary requirements to qualify for an overtime exemption.
City of San Diego Enacts Paid Sick Leave and Minimum Wage Ordinance
Another city has added to the burdens of doing business in California by passing its own paid sick leave and minimum wage requirements not always consistent with state law. On June 7, 2016, voters approved an ordinance mandating paid sick leave and raising the minimum wage for employees working within the City of San Diego. San Diego employers will have to act quickly to comply with the new Ordinance as it is expected to take effect in late July. The following are the key takeaways:
City of Los Angeles Enacts New Paid Sick Time and Minimum Wage Ordinance
Exceeding even the newly expanded requirements of state law, on June 2, 2016, the Los Angeles City Council increased the city-wide minimum wage to $10.50 per hour and doubled employee paid sick time to 48 hours per year. Los Angeles employers will have to act quickly to comply with the new Ordinance. Despite being enacted only recently, many of the provisions go into effect on July 1, 2016. Failure to comply can lead to potentially confiscatory sanctions. The Ordinance is to be enforced by a new agency, the Office of Wage Standards, created specifically for this purpose.
President Obama Signs Federal Trade Secrets Bill Into Law
Almost all companies have information that they consider trade secrets. On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act creating a new federal civil cause of action which companies may use to defend their trade secrets from misappropriation. The law also adds the potentially-attractive new provisional remedy of a civil seizure of the offender's property where the victim's trade secrets are stored. All persons facing or potentially facing trade secret misappropriation should be aware of this development. Companies should also consider updating their employment and confidentiality agreements in light of this development.
San Francisco Requires Employers to Pay for Parental Leave
With the Mayor's signature, San Francisco has formally adopted the country's most generous paid parental leave policy with its new law requiring employers to provide fully-paid family leave for parents after the birth, adoption or foster placement of a child. Under the ordinance, employers will be obligated to make up the difference between an employee's salary and the state-sponsored Paid Family Leave benefits for a total of six weeks of paid time off.
California Court of Appeal Continues to Narrow "Other Insurance" Clauses
In a ruling that should help policyholders secure defense funding, the California Court of Appeal issued another opinion limiting the application of "other insurance" clauses in commercial general liability policies. In Underwriters of Interest Subscribing to Policy No. A15274001 v. ProBuilders Specialty Insurance Co., 241 Cal. App. 4th 721 (2015) review denied (Feb. 3. 2016), the court refused to enforce an insurer's "other insurance" clause and permitted a co-insurer to seek equitable contribution of defense costs that it paid to defend a mutual insured.
EEOC Proposes New Pay Reporting Requirement to Combat Pay Discrimination
On Friday, January 29, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") proposed revisions to the Employer Information Report ("EEO-1") that are intended to identify pay discrimination and promote equal pay in the workplace. The EEO-1 already requires federal contractors with more than 50 employees, and all employers with 100 or more employees, to report the number of employees they employ by job category, race, ethnicity, and sex. The proposal would revise the EEO-1 to require employers with 100 or more employees to disclose aggregate data on pay ranges and hours worked in their reports.
Business Litigation Spotlight: Real Estate
The Payne & Fears business litigation group this month puts the spotlight on real estate litigation. Last week, the California Supreme Court reaffirmed broad protections for borrowers using purchase money loans. In Coker v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., the Court explained that the state limits "a lender's recovery on a standard purchase money loan to the value of the security, no matter how the security has been exhausted...."
California Broadens Employee Rights to Sue for Gender Wage Differences
Today Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Fair Pay Act, SB 358, which gives California the most expansive equal pay protections in the nation. While the federal Equal Pay Act of 1963 and California Labor Code already prohibit gender-based wage discrimination, SB 358 amends Labor Code Section 1197.5 to place additional burdens on employers to show that gender-based wage discrimination has not occurred.
Nevada Supreme Court Recognizes Right to Independent Counsel
The Nevada Supreme Court recognized for the first time an insured's right to independent counsel. In State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co. v. Hansen, the Court ruled that Nevada law requires an insurer to pay for independent counsel, chosen by the insured, when an ethical conflict of interest exists between the insurer and the insured. The Court recognized that Nevada, like California, is a dual-representation state where insurer-appointed counsel represents both the insurer and the insured.


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Renovation to Avoid: Laying Down Carpet
Don't bother carpeting any room in the house. "Natural hardwood flooring is what everyone wants these days," says Moshkovich. Plus, wood floors tend to be easier to clean, they don't show as much dirt and they're better for family members who suffer from allergies. "If you're looking to save, engineered wood is cheaper than 100% natural wood—and it still looks good," suggests Moshkovich.


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STAFF REPORTS >> The Redlands High School baseball program has kicked into the holiday season in a great way.
The Terriers have begun their annual collection of food and donations in the hopes of sponsoring a needy family for the holidays. The collections will continue through November 22.
RHS is working with Redlands Family Services.
"I want my guys to learn about service and giving back to the community that gives back to them," RHS baseball coach Estevan Valencia said. "Most of our guys are very blessed and it is a great time to give back."
Canned goods, foods or other items that can help the Terriers with their cause can be brought to the campus or contact Valencia at firstname.lastname@example.com or 909-307-5500 x30709.
The Redlands East Valley High School is hosting a "Believe" volleyball match as a fundraiser for Stater Bros. Charities, which supports families dealing with various forms of cancer.
The match is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 4, when REV hosts Redlands in a key Citrus Belt League match.
Game times are 3:15 for the frosh/soph and junior varsity matches and 4:30 p.m. for the varsity match.
Ticket prices will be $5 for General Admission, $2 for children (6-13) and students without a paid ASB card. And it's free for children 6 and under and students with a paid ASB card. CBL passes will also be honored.
"I hope the community will come out and support this worthy cause and watch exciting volleyball between our two fine high school teams," REV athletic director Rhonda Fouch said. "Between both of our schools we BELIEVE we will make a significant monetary contribution to help others through Stater Bros Charities."
Citrus Valley 14, Arlington 7
The Blackhawks won a spot in the Inland Valley League Tournament title game with Wednesday's victory, they will face Riverside Poly on Wednesday with the league title on the line.
Kyle Acevedo, Ryan Erickson and Nathan Petrilla each scored three goals in the win for Citrus Valley. Garrett Tanner scored twice and goalkeeper Sean Todd anchored the Blackhawks with 18 saves.


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KIEV – Ukraine's prime minister said Wednesday that Kiev still wants to reach a historic agreement with the European Union on closer relations despite breaking off talks on the pact last week.
"I affirm with full authority that the negotiating process over the Association Agreement is continuing, and the work on moving our country closer to European standards is not stopping for a single day," Prime Minister Mykola Azarov told a government meeting.
EU officials had hoped to sign the so-called Association Agreement with Kiev at a two-day summit that was set to kick off Thursday in Vilnius.
But the Ukrainian government broke off negotiations, citing concerns that signing the deal would harm trade and economic relations with neighbor Russia.
Azarov's comments at the Cabinet meeting came as hundreds of protesters rallied outside the government building for the fourth day in a row to demand that the deal be signed.
The agreement would serve as Kiev's first step toward eventual membership in the 28-nation bloc, pulling the former Soviet country out of Russia's orbit for the first time.
On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin called for European leaders to end their criticism over Ukraine's decision to delay the pact.
Putin said the deal would be a "major threat" to the Russian economy.
Kiev admitted Tuesday that Moscow had asked it to delay signing the pact, while President Viktor Yanukovych said he would consider signing under new terms.
The surprising decision sparked the largest protests to hit the former Soviet country since the pro-democracy Orange Revolution in 2004, with thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets in the capital Kiev and western Ukraine.
EU President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso have said they "strongly disapprove" of Russia's actions, prompting Putin to urge European leaders to tone down their criticism.
"I ask our friends in Brussels, my personal good friends in the European Commission, to hold back on the sharp words," Putin said during a visit to Italy. "Do we have to choke entire sectors of our economy for them to like us?"
Yanukovych has called for calm after sometimes violent mass demonstrations that have seen riot police fire tear gas at protesters who hurled traffic cones and rocks at security forces.
On Tuesday he said the government wants better terms for the EU deal.
"As soon as we reach a level that is comfortable for us, when it meets our interests, when we agree on normal terms, then we will be talking about signing," Yanukovych said in a televised interview. "When that will be — soon or not so soon — time will tell."
In a video address to the nation Monday, he said Ukraine's battered economy can't afford the free trade deal with the EU and urged calm.
But that did not appear to convince his opponents, with more than 20,000 protesting in the western city of Lviv and around 7,000 taking to the streets of Kiev on Tuesday.
"We just have one demand for Yanukovych: a one-hour flight, Vilnius, a pen and the signing of the agreement," opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk said at the rally.
Tens of thousands massed in Kiev on Sunday and up to 20,000 on Monday, when jailed opposition leader and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko went on a hunger strike and urged Ukrainians to pressure the leadership into signing the pact.
Ukraine's decision to abandon the EU agreement came after parliament failed to adopt legislation that would have freed Tymoshenko, an EU condition for the deal.
Washington weighed into the dispute, firmly backing those calling for closer Ukrainian ties with the European Union.
"We support, of course, the aspirations of the Ukrainian people to achieve a prosperous European democracy. European integration is the surest course to economic growth and strengthening Ukraine's democracy," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
While not explicitly backing the street protests, she added that "we continue to encourage all Ukrainians to express their views on Ukraine's future in a constructive manner."
Azarov had earlier confirmed to reporters that Russia had suggested putting off the deal and said it was ready for three-way trade talks with Ukraine and the EU.
"Delay the signing of the agreement, we will sit at the table, come to an agreement on something and then sign away," he quoted the Russians as saying.
Azarov added that talks with Moscow on restoring closer trade cooperation will begin next month.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday the Association Agreement would bring about "a years-long period of economic hardship" for Ukraine.
Russia wants Ukraine to join its Customs Union, which already includes Belarus and Kazakhstan.
Ahead of the European Union's two-day Eastern Partnership summit, Russia tightened customs controls with Ukraine and threatened retaliation if Ukraine signs the deal.
On Tuesday, Russia — which had banned imports of popular Ukrainian chocolate — held talks with Ukrainian officials to lift the ban.