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Best Celebrity Chef Restaurants in Vegas
Gambling is what put Las Vegas on the map.
But many of the big casinos and hotels have diversified into providing world-class dining, entertainment and shopping options to lure visitors from around the globe.
Celebrity chef restaurants are especially popular, using the delicious combo of famous chefs and fine dining to deliver, for many tourists, the highlight of their stay in Vegas.
Below you'll find some of our picks for the best celebrity chef restaurants in Vegas with an eye towards providing a range of cuisine and dining experiences. All are located in major Strip casinos for the ultimate in convenience.
Mesa Grill
Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill is located in Caesars Palace and provides his signature style cooking with plenty of Southwestern style dishes served up
Signature Dishes: Garlic Corn Tamale With Corn-Cilantro Sauce; Chipotle Glazed Ribeye; New Mexico Spice-Rubbed Pork Tenderloin With Bourbon-Ancho Chile Sauce & Sweet Potato; Tamale With Crushed Pecan Butter
Chef Tom Colicchio is the head judge on Bravo's Top Chef. Carnivores will find plenty of juicy steaks to enjoy in his restaurant at MGM Grand
Signature Dishes: Kobe Beef; Diver Scallops
Lagasse's Stadium
This casual restaurant is part sports bar/part restaurant. It serves up Emeril Lagasse's signature dishes at the Palazzo with outdoor seating on an enclosed patio available as well.
Signature Dish: Emeril's Steak Bam'Wich
Carnevino Italian Steakhouse
Also in the Palazzo, Carnevino is celebrity chef Mario Batali's take on classic Italian dishes and steaks.
Signature Dishes: Dry Aged Steaks; Ribeye For Two; Lobster Crudo
Michael Mina's Seablue puts a Mediterranean spin on seafood and is yet another great celebrity restaurant found at the MGM Grand.
Signature Dishes: Bacon Wrapped Chilean Sea Bass Tagine; Lobster Corn Dog; 8 Oz. American Kobe Beef Flatiron
Joël Robuchon might just be the king of the celebrity chefs in Vegas and his namesake Robuchon restaurant at MGM Grand takes fine French dining to new heights.
Signature Dishes: La Langoustine; Le Caviar
Chef Nobu Matsuhisa and his signature restaurant can be found at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, adding some sushi flair to your dining options when checking out celebrity restaurants in Vegas
Signature Dish: Black Cod with Miso
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Judy Foote says decisions being made by Marine Atlantic are letting the federal government off the hook when it comes to living up to its responsibility to provide the people of Newfoundland and Labrador with a vital link to the rest of our country.
"Marine Atlantic has increased fares and reduced ferry crossings, actions that not only limit access, but can only have a negative impact on the province's economy as well," said Foote, the MP for Random-Burin-St. George's in a prepared statement.
"I am concerned the situation will only get worse unless immediate action is taken to reverse these harmful fare hikes and service reductions."
Foote believes there is a correlation between an increase in fares and fewer reservations.
"An 11 per cent rate increase over three years has to have a negative impact when people consider travelling to and from our province, and it certainly must have an impact on those businesses which use the service to export and import goods," she said.
"Not only is the tourism industry being negatively impacted, but the entire provincial economy will suffer."
Foote said Marine Atlantic attributes recent service cuts and staff layoffs to a 10 per cent decrease in commercial traffic from last year, but thinks it would be interesting to see where else Marine Atlantic looked to make up the shortfall in revenue other than increasing fares and cutting ferry crossings.
Foote recognizes that Marine Atlantic has been the target of funding cuts by the Harper government, but wonders why the Crown corporation has not been more vocal in its objection to the Conservatives' slash and burn approach.
"After the Harper government cut a combined $16.3 million from Marine Atlantic's annual operating budget in 2011 and 2012, it would appear Marine Atlantic chose to raise its fares to comply with the governments' expectation for the corporation to achieve a cost recovery target of between 60 and 65 per cent," said Foote.

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Pathways to Franz Liszt
By Franz Liszt
A selection of easy to intermediate piano pieces by Liszt. Composed by Franz Liszt (1811-1886). Edited by Christian Ubber, Sabine Ziegler, Jochen Reutter. Wiener Urtext/Vienna Urtext #UT050282. Published by Wiener Urtext/Vienna Urtext (PR.UT050282).
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The fact that piano works by Franz Liszt not always require the highest technical standards or are reputed to be reserved for just a few professionals is proven by the present anthology of the Wiener Urtext Edition. It comprises works by Liszt which, starting from an easy to intermediate technical level, encourage to play, rather by expressiveness than by virtuoso demands, and still allow to make progress in the playing technique which eventually is of benefit not only to playing Liszt. The selection, ranging from easy pieces such as La cloche sonne or the Consolations Nos. 1 and 2 to more advanced works such as Au lac de Wallenstadt from Annees de Pèlerinage, also takes the aspect of popularity within the framework of Liszt's piano literature into account.


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Although they're both seeing other people, there's an undeniable spark between work pals Kate (Wilde) and Luke (Johnson). When they're left to spend the weekend together, unanswered questions fill the air.
It's an enticing prospect: two of Hollywood's most charming actresses, Olivia Wilde and Anna Kendrick, in a rough, raw and improv-heavy indie that aims to act as antidote to formula rom-coms. In reality, though, Joe Swanberg's Drinking Buddies is a dud, playing out the romantic quandaries of four tedious, thinly sketched characters (one wears sunglasses indoors! Another keeps banging on about books!) with a dearth of wit. As it pootles along, at one point playing out a house-moving sequence in what feels like excruciating real-time, the beers that Wilde's heroine relentlessly chugs start to look more and more tempting.
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Providing rapid, or timely, substantive feedback to students is extremely important for student success in an online course. When developing your course, think about how you will want to give both personal and general feedback to your students on a regular basis. Read more about feedback attributes and tools for giving feedback in this week's Teaching Tip.
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House passes 2 bills limiting abortions
BISMARCK -- Legislation passed by the North Dakota House of Representatives Friday would prohibit abortions if a heartbeat can be detected in the fetus or because of the gender or genetic abnormalities.
Rep. Kathy Hawken, R-Fargo, warned House members about the bills, both sponsored by Rep. Betty Grande, R-Fargo.
"With these bills we know we're going to court, they are all going to court," said Hawken, who voted against the bills. "If they are found to be unconstitutional, we are not only going to pay our share, but the other share as well."
Both bills will need to be passed by the Senate.
House Bill 1456, passing by a 63-28 vote, would prohibit abortions if a heartbeat is detected while a baby is in the womb.
House Bill 1305, which passed by a 64-27 vote, would prohibit abortions because of gender or genetic abnormalities. The "prenatal nondiscrimination bill," as its known nationally, received the only discussion from other legislators.
"Everybody knows where they are going to go on those bills," Grande said. "No reason to have drawn out discussions."
HB1305 specifically refers to genetic abnormality as, "any defect, disease, or disorder that is inherited genetically," including, "any physical disfigurement, scoliosis, dwarfism, Down syndrome, albinism, amelia, or any other type of physical or mental disability, abnormality, or disease."
Rep. Kylie Oversen, D-Grand Forks, agreed babies should not be aborted because of the gender or if it has a genetic abnormality. "I wouldn't be here if that were the case," said Oversen, who was born with spina bifida.
But Oversen said she voted against the measure because the statistics offered were outdated, it is an intrusion of the confidential relationships between the physician and patient and does not provide language to allow a woman to abort her child even after it has died in the womb.
Rep. Eliot Glassheim, D-Grand Forks, opposed the bill as well. He said the idea is a matter of religious conscience and no church has the same definition of when life begins.
"I believe the discussion of abortion depends on what religion you come from," he said. "If we enact this kind of bill what you'll have is one religion imposing its definition of life upon another woman."
The bill would make it a class A misdemeanor for a physician to perform such an abortion and receive up to one year in prison, $2,000 fine or both.
Under HB1456, performing the abortion after six weeks would be a Class C felony, which carries a max penalty of five years in prison, $5,000 fine or both.
If passed by the Senate, the bill would require a physician to inform a pregnant mother that a heartbeat has been detected and prohibit an abortion thereafter, unless the mother's life is threatened by the pregnancy.
Grande said some research shows a heartbeat can be detected as early as five weeks into a pregnancy, but is very clear at six weeks old.
"On one hand you have the right of privacy and on the other hand you have the state obligation to look at life and health of the woman and life and potential life of the child," Grande said. "You start weighing that and tell us and decide what you are going to do about the issue."


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Selecting Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer
Selecting Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer
This year alone, more than 215,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with, and over 40,000 will die from, invasive breast cancer. Recently, mortality from female breast cancer has declined despite an increase in its incidence. This decline corresponds with improved screening for prompt tumor detection, and advances in the treatment of early disease. Of these, endocrine therapy has played a prominent role. For women with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive and/or progesterone receptor (PR)-positive breast cancers, endocrine therapy has proven to be a major component of adjuvant therapy, but it is not effective in women whose breast cancers lack ERs and PRs. The selective estrogen-receptor modulator (SERM) tamoxifen has been well established as safe and effective in the adjuvant care of both pre- and postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor–positive early breast cancer. For premenopausal women, ovarian suppression is an important option to be considered. Additionally, the aromatase inhibitors have recently demonstrated utility in postmenopausal women. The ideal sequencing of treatment with tamoxifen and/or an aromatase inhibitor is the subject of several ongoing studies. Factors involved in selecting an appropriate endocrine regimen have grown considerably over the past decade. It is becoming more important for those caring for women with breast cancer to fully understand the available endocrine treatment options and the prognostic and predictive factors available to help select the most appropriate treatment. The goal of this article is to assist clinicians in making decisions regarding adjuvant hormonal therapy and to provide information regarding available clinical trials. To achieve this, the therapeutic options for hormonal therapy will be reviewed, as will prognostic and predictive factors used in making decisions. Finally, four cases illustrating these difficult decisions will be discussed, with recommendations for treatment.
The incidence of female breast cancer in the United States has been rising, with an estimated 215,990 new cases in 2004.[1] Despite this, there has been a decline in breast cancer mortality.[2] This decline in mortality is paralleled by an increasing use of adjuvant hormonal therapy, which is associated with an increase in survival.[3] Selecting an appropriate endocrine regimen has become more complex as choices of endocrine therapy expand. Until that time when we can identify with certainty the specific patients who benefit from adjuvant care, meaningful counseling will require not only an understanding of the risks and benefits of the various treatments, but also an appreciation of the patient's perspective. Issues regarding reproduction, body image, sexuality, and timing of side effects are part of the quality-of-life decisions facing women with breast cancer and those who would advise them.[4] Since Beatson first reported the benefit of surgical oophorectomy in the management of breast cancer over a century ago,[5] the role of endocrine therapy has evolved. Synthetic estrogen use was first reported by Haddow et al in 1944.[6] Shortly thereafter, adrenalectomy and hypophysectomy in women with metastatic breast cancer were shown to have a benefit in postmenopausal women.[7,8] Advances in our understanding of the endocrine pathways have since revealed the mechanisms by which these early surgical methods function. There are now multiple options for blocking the hormonal stimulation of tumors by estrogens, the basis of adjuvant hormonal therapy. These options include selective estrogen-receptor modulators (SERMs), aromatase inhibitors, and medical oophorectomy with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists. In this article, we will review the various options available and discuss their efficacy, side effects, and relevant ongoing clinical trial options. We will also review the prognostic and predictive factors that can be used to make informed decisions regarding adjuvant therapy. We will present four cases that illustrate difficulties in choosing adjuvant therapy and finally summarize our recommendations and the major consensus for adjuvant hormonal therapy (Table 1). Treatment Options Optimum use of adjuvant hormonal therapy is dependent on menopausal status. Ovarian ablation-either permanent (using surgical or radiotherapeutic ablation) or temporary (using pharmacologic agents such as LHRH agonists)-is a potential strategy for premenopausal women. The aromatase inhibitors are appropriate only for postmenopausal women and can be used in conjunction with LHRH agonists. SERMs such as tamoxifen are a viable option regardless of hormonal status. Table 2 reviews all endocrine therapies used in the treatment of breast cancer. This article will focus only on those treatments indicated for use in adjuvant therapy. Selective Estrogen-Receptor Modulators
The SERMs have varying estrogenic or antiestrogenic effects, depending on type and target tissue. The most widely studied SERM, tamoxifen, has become a treatment standard backed by several well-constructed clinical trials as well as the overview analysis.[ 3] Tamoxifen is the only SERM currently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the adjuvant setting. Women with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast tumors who have completed 5 years of tamoxifen will derive a 47% reduction in annual rate of relapse and a 26% reduction in annual rates of breast cancer-related death, regardless of menopausal status.[3] Women with node-positive disease achieve greater absolute benefit from tamoxifen at 10 years (15.2% decrease in recurrence and 10.9% reduction in mortality) compared to nodenegative women (14.9% decrease in recurrence and 5.6% reduction in mortality).[3] The optimal duration of adjuvant tamoxifen therapy is probably 5 years. Adjuvant tamoxifen use for 1, 2, and 5 years has been associated with relative recurrence reductions of 21%, 29%, and 47%, respectively, and relative mortality reductions of 12%, 17%, and 26%.[3] Current data suggest no additional benefit from treatment with more than 5 years of tamoxifen,[9] and in lymph node- negative breast cancer patients, there may be a disadvantage to longer treatment periods.[10,11] Importantly, no significant decrease in cancer recurrence or improvement in survival is seen when tamoxifen is given to women with ER-negative tumors.[3] Adjuvant tamoxifen for 5 years has also been shown to reduce the risk of contralateral breast cancer by 47%.[3] While patients treated with tamoxifen have a higher proportion of ER-negative second primary breast cancers as compared with those who did not receive tamoxifen, the absolute numbers of ER-negative second primary tumors are the same and patient survival does not appear to be significantly impaired.[12] Whether tamoxifen is effective in reducing the incidence of contralateral breast cancers in women with ERnegative primary tumors remains a matter of debate. The Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative group overviews from 1998 and 2001 demonstrated a decreased rate of contralateral breast cancer when all patients, irrespective of tumor ER status, took tamoxifen for 5 years.[3,13] Other studies performed by the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) and the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) showed no decrease in contralateral breast cancers with the addition of tamoxifen for women with high-risk, ER-negative, node-negative tumors.[14-16]
- Side Effects-The side-effect profile of SERMs is in great measure a function of their relative agonist and antagonist properties. Agonist effects on bone allow tamoxifen to attenuate osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Paradoxically, it can increase calcium loss in premenopausal women.[17] In the liver, the use of tamoxifen can improve the lipid profile. Tamoxifen is associated with a two- to threefold increased risk of thrombosis, which is more pronounced for older women.[18] Although the mechanism is not well understood, reduced levels of antithrombin III and protein S have been seen in women on tamoxifen.[19] Effects on the hypothalamicgonadal axis contribute to the problematic vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes). Additionally, there is a 10% increased absolute risk of menopause over the first year of use for women over 45 years old.[20] Women younger than age 45, however, have no significant increased risk of premature menopause during this period.[20] Tamoxifen's stimulatory effect on the endometrium of postmenopausal women is associated with an increased risk of endometrial cancer and, rarely, endometrial sarcoma. For postmenopausal women, the relative risk of developing endometrial cancer after 5 years of tamoxifen is approximately 1%.[21,22] Endometrial hyperplasia, polyps, and ovarian cysts are also seen. Tamoxifen has also been associated with retinopathy, macular edema, and subcapsular cataracts.[23] Annual eye exams, screening pelvic exams, and Pap smears are recommended for women while receiving tamoxifen therapy and for 1 year upon completion of treatment.
Ovarian Ablation/Suppression
Oophorectomy has been shown to be of benefit in the adjuvant setting for premenopausal women with hormone- receptor-positive breast cancer.[ 24,25] There are now several options for ovarian suppression or ablation. Permanent ablation can be achieved surgically or with irradiation, and temporary suppression can be achieved using one of several LHRH agonists. Surgical oophorectomy is irrevers ible and, when performed laproscopically, carries minimal risk. It also provides a 90% decrease in the risk of ovarian cancer for all women, and for premenopausal women with germ-line abnormalities in BRCA1/2, oophorectomy may confer a 50% reduction in the risk of breast cancer.[26,27] It is important to note that oophorectomy, in this setting, should be discussed with a gynecologist who is familiar with the issues of ovarian cancer risk reduction to consider complete hysterectomy or just the removal of fallopian tubes and ovaries. Ovarian irradiation, on the other hand, may appeal to many by avoiding surgery. Such therapy can be accomplished with the use of either single or multiple fractions; however, on rare occasions, menses may return. The LHRH agonists triptorelin (Trelstar), goserelin (Zoladex), or leuprolide may also be utilized to achieve ovarian suppression. These agents downregulate LHRH receptors, causing a decline in leuteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) release from the pituitary, with a subsequent drop in systemic estrogen levels. Adverse side effects are those of menopause and include headache, vasomotor symptoms, depression, emotional lability, sexual dysfunction, and vaginitis. This abrupt menopause may be poorly tolerated. Monitoring of bone mineral density for the treatment of osteoporosis is required with ovarian ablation. Bone loss occurring with ovarian suppression is likely to be reversible[28] or attenuated with bisphosphonate therapy.
- Ovarian Suppression vs Chemotherapy- Adjuvant ovarian ablation in women with hormone-receptor- positive breast cancer has been associated with a significant reduction in the annual risk of relapse (25%) and of dying of breast cancer (24%).[24] However, no significant difference has been observed when ovarian ablation is added to chemotherapy.[24,25] It may be that much of the observed benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy is derived from its ability to induce menopause in these trials, dampening the likelihood of observing a further reduction in relapse. The incidence of chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea is a function of both patient age and chemotherapy regimen, with reported rates of 40% to 70%.[29,30] Increases in both relapse-free and overall survival have been demonstrated for women who become amenorrheic after chemotherapy over those with continued menses.[31,32] Other studies have failed to demonstrate similar benefits of chemotherapyinduced amenorrhea.[33,34] Several trials have compared ovarian inhibition vs polychemotherapy and demonstrated similar efficacy in disease-free and overall survival in premenopausal woman with hormone-receptor-positive tumors.[35-37] However, these investigations did not use anthracycline- or taxane-based therapy, and thus, ovarian suppression has not been compared to current optimal chemotherapy. Quality of life may be better with ovarian suppression as compared to chemotherapy.[4] Therefore, it is important to compare ovarian suppression to current, more effective chemotherapy regimens. Given the risk of amenorrhea with chemotherapy, women hoping to maintain fertility may opt for ovarian suppression with LHRH agonists. To reduce the risk of permanent amenorrhea and provide adjuvant ovarian suppression therapy, an LHRH agonist could be started 1 month prior to initiation of chemotherapy.[ 38] Currently, this strategy should be used with caution and considered experimental. Return of menses after an LHRH agonist may not be equivalent to fertility, and the estrogen withdrawal associated with LHRH agonists may theoretically slow tumor cell growth, resulting in loss of chemosensitivity.
Aromatase Inhibitors
In postmenopausal women and in women for whom an early menopause has been induced with ovarian ablation, aromatase inhibitors may represent the most effective endocrine option. Aromatase converts testosterone to estrogen and androstenedione to estrone in adipose, muscle, breast, and breast cancer cells. By blocking this conversion, estrogen levels are decreased by more than 90%. The aromatase inhibitors have been grouped into three generations. The first generation includes aminoglutethimide (Cytadren), originally used in breast cancer management as a means of medical adrenalectomy. It has significant toxicity, causing it to be mostly of historical significance. The second-generation agents include the nonsteroidal rogletimide and fadrozole (approved for use in Japan) and the steroidal formestane (administered intramuscularly). Selective antiaromatase drugs comprise the third generation of aromatase inhibitors and are currently the aromatase inhibitors of choice. These include the steroidal, irreversible "suicide" inhibitor exemestane (Aromasin) and the nonsteroidal reversibly binding anastrozole (Arimidex), letrozole (Femara), and vorozole (R83842). Despite an increased risk of bone demineralization and frequent myalgias/ arthralgias, the aromatase inhibitors are generally well tolerated.[ 39,40] Anastrozole is associated with lower rates of thromboembolic events than tamoxifen. However, higher rates of ischemic cardiovascular events were reported with anastrozole than with tamoxifen, although this difference was not statistically different.[ 41] Lower rates of endometrial cancer and vaginal bleeding are seen with aromatase inhibitors.
- First-Line/Neoadjuvant Setting- As first-line agents in postmenopausal women with metastatic hormonereceptor- positive breast cancer, the aromatase inhibitors have demonstrated equal to superior time to progression and response rates when compared with tamoxifen,[42-44] and in the neoadjuvant setting, a decreased time to response.[45] In fact, some investigators maintain that aromatase inhibitors may be superior to chemotherapy for the neoadjuvant management of hormone-receptor-positive tumors by causing uniform, concentric tumor shrinkage with less multifocal residua and a greater likelihood of complete tumor excision at surgery.[46] Furthermore, neoadjuvant chemotherapy may be less effective in ER-positive tumors than ER-negative tumors (the inverse of which is true for neoadjuvant hormonal therapy).[47]
- Adjuvant Setting-The benefit of the aromatase inhibitors in the firstline and neoadjuvant settings has led to the question of possible superiority to tamoxifen in the adjuvant setting. Results reported by the Arimidex, Tamoxifen Alone or in Combination (ATAC) trialists' group after a median follow-up of only 47 months demonstrate that anastrozole provides a 14% reduction in relative risk of recurrence and 46% reduction in relative risk of a second primary compared to tamoxifen.[39,40] Further followup of this and other studies of adjuvant therapy should help us compare the relative risks and benefits of tamoxifen vs anastrozole, letrozole, and exemestane. Additional studies have focused on the role of adjuvant aromatase inhibitor therapy subsequent to tamoxifen; results from four of these trials have been released.[48-51] Early closure of the letrozole trial led by the National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC)[49] was recommended after a median follow- up of 2 years. Interim analysis demonstrated a significant increase in event-free survival for women randomized to letrozole after tamoxifen (compared to placebo). Two additional trials have recently been reported-one using anastrozole[ 50] and another, exemestane[51] begun after 2 to 3 years of tamoxifen, to complete a 5-year adjuvant treatment course, compared to tamoxifen alone for 5 years. Both of these studies confirmed an increase in diseasefree survival with transition to an aromatase inhibitor. Of note, a trial of sequential aminoglutethimide following 2 years of tamoxifen vs tamoxifen for 5 years (the predecessor to the above anastrozole study) demonstrated a mortality benefit with sequential therapy.[48] However, owing to the poor sideeffect profile of aminoglutethimide and the advent of the third-generation aromatase inhibitors, this trial failed to recruit its planned number of patients, and its results should be considered preliminary. More recently, in a presentation updating the above NCIC MA.17 letrozole trial, a significant increase in overall survival was observed for the node-positive subset of patients (personal communication, H.B. Muss, 2004).[52] The current role of aromatase inhibitors in the adjuvant setting is controversial. The four trials discussed above include over 16,000 women and although the follow-up is short, all show decreased relapse rates of breast cancer for women on aromatase inhibitors compared to tamoxifen. Not only are these data compelling, but they confirm what we already know regarding the superiority of aromatase inhibitors in the metastatic setting. It is, therefore, reasonable to consider using aromatase inhibitors for the majority of postmenopausal women except for those at lowest risk of recurrence, in whom survival data associated with tamoxifen are an important part of the risk/benefit ratio. For women currently on tamoxifen, it is reasonable to consider changing to an aromatase inhibitor, again for those at higher risk of recurrence or intolerant of tamoxifen. We suggest specific aromastase inhibitor selection be determined by the currently available trial information. That is, anastrozole as first-line adjuvant therapy, exemestane after 2 to 3 years of tamoxifen, and letrozole after 5 years of tamoxifen.


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Brookfield buys Unitech Corporate Park assets for Rs 2,050 cr
Unitech Corporate Parks (UCP), the London Stock Exchange-listed firm that owns six IT special economic zones (SEZs) in India, has agreed to sell its stake in the projects to Canada's Brookfield Asset Management for about 205.9 million pounds (Rs 2,050 crore).
New Delhi: Unitech Corporate Parks (UCP), the London Stock Exchange-listed firm that owns six IT special economic zones (SEZs) in India, has agreed to sell its stake in the projects to Canada's Brookfield Asset Management for about 205.9 million pounds (Rs 2,050 crore).
In a filing to the London Stock Exchange (LSE), UCP said it has signed a deal to sell a majority stake in the projects to Brookfield.
Isle of Man-incorporated UCP had formed a 60:40 joint venture with Unitech Ltd, India's second-largest realty company by market capitalisation, to develop six SEZs and information technology (IT) parks in Gurgaon, Noida and Kolkata.
Unitech separately said it is selling its stake in four of the six projects for an undisclosed amount. It owns 40 percent in five of the six projects and 36 percent in the sixth property in Kolkata.
Brookfield has bought UCP's 60 percent share in all the six assets and Unitech's 40 percent in four assets.
Three of the IT parks/SEZs are located in Noida, two in Gurgaon and one in Kolkata.
The four assets that Unitech has exited are the G1 and G2 IT Parks in Gurgaon, N2 in Noida and K1 IT SEZ in Kolkata.
Industry sources put Unitech's realisation at over Rs 1,300 crore.
"The offer for UCP's property interests from Brookfield at above the latest book valuation reflects the hard work put in over recent years to let the office space and grow income, in order to achieve the best possible price on behalf of investors in the company," UCP Chairman Donald Lake said.
"The independent directors believe that the proposed sale represents a very attractive opportunity for investors to realise strong value from the properties and facilitate a distribution of the proceeds, and I urge all shareholders to vote in favour of the resolutions proposed at the extraordinary general meeting," he said.
Unitech informed the BSE that it has divested its entire holding in four of the properties.
"These four SEZs are the most mature in terms of their development status. As part of this transaction, certain affiliates of Unitech will continue to manage and develop these assets to ensure that there is no impact on tenants and other stakeholders," it added.
Unitech, which had a net debt of Rs 6,316 crore as of March 31, is likely to use the proceeds to repay loans.
The company's shares fell 7.11 percent to Rs 33.95 at the close on the BSE.


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Even some of Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's celeb friends are shocked by the power couple's recent breakup. In an interview with ex Terri Seymour for Extra, Cowell says like most fans, he thought they were a happy couple.
"I didn't see it coming," he says. "They always seemed to get on. They would bicker, but everyone bickers."
But, he insists, you won't see much bickering on the set of his new reality competition The X Factor. "No rivalry whatsoever," he says about the dynamic between female judges Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger. "You know we've got names for them now – Sylvester the cat, and Tom from Tom and Jerry. Sylvester's Nicole and Tom is Paula."
And, after all the X Factor hype, does Cowell feel the pressure to find the next Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood like he did on American Idol?
"I mean, after all this effort, if you can't find a star then we're all mugs. There are certain contestants, mostly girls, when they come out we call them D.O.A.s – too young, too cute, too talented, literally dead on arrival!"
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on 4/8/2012
We use these boxes for mounting toggle switches and wiring. They work perfect for two switches and some small circuitry. They are strong and have a glossy finish. The screws hold the lid tightly. Has some imperfections in the finish is why not rated excellent.
Stuff came fast and was good quality. Will do business with them again.


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Guitar Legends - Iron Maiden
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This is the story of Iron Maiden's rise to power--from their early days as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal to their mid-Eighties breakthrough in the United States. Guitar Legends: Iron Maiden explores the group's nearly 30-year history, including the origins of mascot Eddie, and presents new photos from the Iron Maiden vault as well as an exclusive interview with guitarists Dave Murray and Adrian Smith, who reflect on three decades of metal glory and discuss the band's future plans.
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- Beastie Boys The explosive story behind Iron Maiden: how they became a heavy metal powerhouse and reshaped the genre with their jarring riffs, hysterical vocals and harmonized guitars.
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Levin on MMFA : "We're going to monitor these boys and girls over there"
On the August 17 broadcast of his nightly WABC [1] radio show, host and Landmark Legal Foundation [2] president Mark R. Levin [3] announced that he plans to monitor Media Matters for America. Levin also remarked that that MMFA President and CEO David Brock is "a nice guy" who "obviously flipped out."
From the August 17 edition of Levin's WABC radio show:
LEVIN: By the way, folks, we're gonna keep an eye on all these lib organizations and who's funding them, and if they won't tell us, we will ask them. Media Matters for America[www.mediamatters].org [4], I'd like to know who funds them. We know George Soros is one of them. It's basically a front group for John Kerry. If you go to their website -- only attacks conservatives, only attacks Republicans. I urge you to go there and look. And they distort what people say. We're going to start our own monitoring system and we're going to monitor them. I know David Brock, who used to, who runs that group. He used to come into my office and ask me for information, which I happily gave him. Was a nice guy, and he obviously flipped out. Everybody's a liar and he's gonna monitor everybody, even though he said he was a liar. Exactly. We're going to monitor these boys and girls over there.
Media Matters for America is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization [5], unaffiliated with the Kerry-Edwards '04 campaign. While Levin took issue with MMFA, a self-identified progressive organization [5], for "only attack[ing] conservatives, only attack[ing] Republicans," Levin just the day before "admitted upfront" during his program: "I'm unfair and unbalanced." MMFA appreciates Levin's recommendation to his listeners to visit www.mediamatters.org [6], and we welcome his interest in monitoring our website.


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My 15 month old boy almost never looks me or his daddy into the eye, never did from the birth on, he also does not smile at me in the rare case when he does look. He babbles lots to himself but never a babble conversation with me, also he has no words what so ever and seem not interested in imitating the sounds except lip and tongue trills. He does not understand when we ask "where is mama/daddy?" (not going to point or look at one required), he also does not display great joy in seeing one of us come back home. On the other hand side he loves to play "run away from parent", he is interested in many things around him, seem to be very interested in other people and will often smile at them (tho smiling has reduced recently) he loves plying hide and seek, loves going outside for a walk and look at all the leafs and stones lying around, but never shares his joy with me. We saw 3 doctors consearning this, all said he is fine wait and see, I however feel there is something not right.
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The Center's Cases
Arce v. Huppenthal | Equal Protection Challenge to Discriminatory Attack on Ethnic Studies
Arizona Federal District Court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
The Korematsu Center, along with co-counsel, represents high school students in the Tuscon Unified School District (TUSD) in their challenge of the enforcement of A.R.S. § 15-112, which prohibits courses or classes that promote the overthrow of the United States government, promote resentment toward a race or class of people, are designed for pupils of a particular ethnic group, or advocate ethnic solidarity instead of treatment of pupils as individuals. Enforcement of this statute led to the elimination of the highly successful Mexican American Studies (MAS) program in the TUSD as well as the removal of books illuminating Mexican American history and perspectives from TUSD classrooms. A group of teachers and students challenged the constitutionality of the law based on the first and fourteenth amendments, and, after a successful appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, are going to trial on the equal protection claim in Fall of 2016.
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State v. Houston-Sconiers et al. | Juvenile Justice
Washington Supreme Court
The Korematsu Center, along with co-counsel at Perkins Coie, submitted a brief in support of petitioners Zyion Houston-Sconiers and Treson Roberts arguing that Washington's auto-decline statute, which mandates that certain juveniles be tried and sentenced in adult court, violates the state and federal constitutional prohibitions against cruel punishment. The Center argued that recent case law from both the U.S. Supreme Court and the Washington Supreme Court recognizes a procedural corollary to the substantive right against cruel punishment, such that statutory schemes that prevent consideration of the youthfulness of juvenile offenders are unconstitutional, as they create a significant risk of disproportionate punishment.
Read the Center's amicus brief in State v. Houston Sconiers et al.
In re Dependency of S.K-P. | Civil Right to Counsel under Washington's Due Process Provision
Washington Court of Appeals
The Korematsu Center submitted a brief supporting S.K-P.'s argument that article I, section 3 of the Washington constitution should guarantee counsel to children in dependency proceedings. The Center argued that because no federal precedent exists on the question of whether children in dependency proceedings are entitled to counsel under the Fourteenth Amendment, a Gunwall analysis is not required to apply article I, section 3 in the case. The Center alternatively argued that if a Gunwall analysis is necessary, notwithstanding the absence of federal law on point, the court's interpretation of article I, section 3 should be properly contexualized in a long-standing body of state constitutional law, state common law, and state statutory law designed to protect the interests of children in the deprivation context.
Read the Center's amicus brief in In re Dependency of S.K-P.
State v. Gregory | Jury Bias & Racial Disproportionality in Death Penalty
Washington Supreme Court
The Korematsu Center filed an amicus brief arguing that Washington's death penalty statute is unconstitutional under both the Washington and federal constitutions, which prohibit cruel and unusual punishment. The Center argued that Mr. Gregory's statistical evidence of racial disproportionality in the imposition of the death penalty in Washington provided the Court a basis on which to revisit the constitutionality of the statute. The Center also discussed the extra-legal factors such as racial bias that continue to influence the administration of the death penalty. The brief explained that while aversive racism may negatively affects Black defendants, making them less likely to receive mercy (or discretionary leniency) from a jury, an equally important explanation for racial disproportionality is that in-group favoritism may positively affect White defendants, making them more likely to receive mercy.
Read the Center's amicus brief in State v. Gregory
Merrick v. Inmate Legal Services | Access to Courts
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Supervised by clinic staff, students in the Civil Rights & Amicus Clinic represented Mr. Merrick in his appeal of his § 1983 claim alleging that Inmate Legal Services violated his First Amendment right of access to the courts when it failed to file his pro se motion for reconsideration of his criminal appeal in the Arizona Court of Appeals, as well as his claim under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.
Read the Opening Brief of Appellant
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Native Village of Hooper Bay and Native Village of Kongiganak v. Lawton et al. | Procedural Due Process
Anchorage Superior Court
The Center filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Center for Indian Law & Policy in support of the Tribes, arguing that a native foster child involuntarily admitted for emergency care to a private psychiatric hospital is entitled to a post-admission judicial hearing within 72 hours of admission to justify continued detention. The court awarded preliminary injunctive relief to the tribes, and the Center continues to monitor the case.
Read the Center's amicus brief in the Hooper Bay case
Pro-Football, Inc. v. Blackhorse | Racially Disparaging Trademarks
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
The Korematsu Center, along with co-counsel at Perkins Coie, filed this amicus brief highlighting the continued marginalization of Native Americans, and, against this backdrop, argued that Congress's decision to require the Patent & Trademark Office to refuse to register racially disparaging trademarks does not infringe upon Pro-Football's free speech. The Center represented the National Native American Bar Association, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Native Hawaiian Bar Association, and California Indian Law as amici curiae in support of the Blackhorse defendants.
Read the amicus brief in Pro-Football v. Blackhorse
Vergara v. California | Procedural Due Process
California Court of Appeals
The Korematsu Center and co-counsel Mary Kelly Persyn filed this brief supporting Intervenors-Appellants California Teachers Association, arguing that teacher tenure laws protect teachers in the exercise of their professional discretion to the benefit of students and schools. The Center represented Award-Winning California Teachers, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law & Equality, and American Association of University Professors as amici curiae.
Read the Center's amicus brief in Vergara v. California
In re Simon Shiao Tam | Racially Disparaging Trademarks
Federal Circuit
While the Washington Redskins trademark dispute has garnered national attention, a lesser-known case that is before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit may determine whether the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had the authority to rescind the Washington Redskins trademark. The amicus brief urges the court to recognize that federal registration of a disparaging mark implicates the government, and to not make the federal trademark registry a place where racism is recorded and authorized, and to not require our government to perpetuate racism.
Read the amicus brief co-authored by the Korematsu Center, the South Asian Bar Association of Washington, D.C., and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association as amici curiae.
Read the news article
Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association | Public Sector Labor Law
United States Supreme Court
This amicus brief addressed the importance of public sector agency fee requirements, under which union-represented workers must pay their share of the costs of contract negotiation and administration. The brief explained how the collective bargaining process, which is supported by agency fees, improves many states' abilities to deliver public services. Charlotte Garden, litigation director of the Center, along with co-counsel Matthew Bodie, filed the brief on behalf of 48 labor law and labor relations professors.
Read the amicus brief in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association
EEOC v. Evans Fruit Co., Inc. | Bias in Closing Argument
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Students in the Civil Rights Amicus Clinic case assisted the Center in filing an amicus brief supporting plaintiff-intervenor Latina farmworkers' request for a new trial based on improper racialization of the case, and specifically educating the court about the dangers of implicit in-group favoritism that could have manifested between the all-white jury and the white owners of the defendant corporation. The Center represented Asian Bar Association of Washington, Latina/o Bar Association of Washington, Loren Miller Bar Association, South Asian Bar Association of Washington, and Vietnamese American Bar Association of Washington as amici curiae.
Read the Center's amicus brief in EEOC v. Evans Fruit
In re Collier; State of Missouri ex rel Griffin; In re McElroy; State of Missouri ex rel Lockhart | Juvenile Justice
Supreme Court of Missouri
In four consolidated cases, the Korematsu Center filed amicus briefs supporting juvenile defendants, setting forth medical research that youth offenders under age 18 are categorically different from adult offenders with regard to culpability, susceptibility to deterrence, vulnerability to peer pressure, and capacity to change, and arguing that all four juveniles be resentenced according to the considerations set forth in Miller v. Alabama.
Read the Center's amicus brief in Collier, et al
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Naiel Nassar, M.D. | Diversity in Professional Schools
United States Supreme Court
This was a Civil Rights Amicus Clinic brief asking the Court to safeguard the anti-retaliation protections of Title VII for employees who report discrimination. The Center represented the Committee of Interns and Residents SEIU, Doctors Council SEIU, and Korean American Medical Association as amici curiae.
Read the Center's amicus brief in UTSWMC v. Nassar
Read the news article
Hoisington v. Williams | Unlawful Conditions of Confinement
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Supervised by clinic staff, students in the Civil Rights & Amicus Clinic represented Mr. Hoisington, a civilly committed sex offender, challenging conditions of confinement, such as strip searches and shackling, at the McNeil Island Civil Commitment Center.
Read the Opening Brief of Appellant
Read the Appellant's Reply Brief
Read the news article
State v. Allen | Cross-Racial Identification
Washington Supreme Court
The Korematsu Center filed an amicus brief supporting the petitioner's argument that he was entitled to a jury instruction addressing the unreliability of cross-racial identifications, and explaining how the unreliability contributes to racial disproportionality in Washington's criminal justice system. The Center represented the Loren Miller Bar Association of Washington and the Latina/o Bar Association of Washington as amici curiae.
Read the Center's amicus brief in State v. Allen
State v. Garcia-Bueno | Effective Advising on Immigration Consequences
Washington Supreme Court
The Korematsu Center filed an amicus brief educating the court about the importance of effective legal advice concerning the immigration consequences of crimes, after the United States Supreme Court's decision in Padilla v. Kentucky, and urging the court to give firm guidance that plea colloquies and forms cannot substitute for effective assistance of counsel.
Read the Center's amicus brief in State v. Garcia-Bueno
State v. Sisouvanh | Cultural Competence in Competency Evaluations
Washington Supreme Court
The amicus brief, prepared by counsel from Fenwick & West, representing The Korematsu Center, and joined by OneAmerica, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Asian Counseling & Referral Service, Korean American Bar Association of WA, Middle Eastern Legal Association of Washington, and Dr. Daryl Fujii as amici curiae, drew from medicine and mental health fields to offer an evidence-based approach to understanding that cultural competence must be ensured when court-appointed mental health professionals assess an individual's competency to stand trial.
Read the amicus brief in State v. Sisouvanh
Hedges v. Obama | Procedural Due Process
Second Circuit
This amicus brief, prepared by the Center with co-counsel, challenged provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act that permit military officials to indefinitely detain, without due process, individuals believed to be involved in or supporting terrorist activity. The brief asked the court to remember the lessons of the Japanese American incarceration and carefully scrutinize government actions that curtail civil liberties. The brief was filed on behalf of the children of Fred Korematsu, Minoru Yasui, and Gordon Hirabayashi as amici curiae.
Read the amicus brief in Hedges v. Obama
Katare v. Katare | National Origin Profiles
Washington Court of Appeals & Washington Supreme Court
In this child custody case, an expert witness used profiles based on national origin to testify regarding the risk that a parent would abduct his child. The Center filed two amicus briefs in the case, requesting the courts to declare the use of such profile evidence improper and prejudicial. The Center represented the Asian Bar Association of Washington, the Pacific Northwest District of the Japanese American Citizens League, and the Vietnamese Bar Association of Washington as amici curiae.
Read the Center's October 2011 amicus brief to the Washington Supreme Court in Katare v. Katare
Read the Center's April 2011 amicus brief in support of the petition for review by the Washington Supreme Court
Read the Center's April 2010 amicus brief in Katare v. Katare
State v. Solis-Diaz | Juvenile Justice
Washington Court of Appeals
The Center's amicus brief argued that it is unconstitutional to sentence a 16-year-old to jail for 92-1/2 years for a non-homicide offense, discussing scientific support for the conclusion that juveniles, by virtue of brain development, are less culpable and more capable of redemption than adult offenders. The Center represented the Latina/o Bar Association of Washington and the Loren Miller Bar Association as amici curiae.
Read the Center's amicus brief in State v. Solis-Diaz
State v. Meneese | Juvenile Justice
Washington Supreme Court
In December 2011, the Center filed an amicus brief arguing that a police officer's search of a student on school grounds must be measured by the same standards as police officer searches elsewhere, not a lower standard that applies to searches by school principals and teachers. The brief assert that juveniles of color are particularly impacted by violations of rights within the criminal justice system.
Read the Center's amicus brief in State v. Meneese
Katare v. Katare | National Origin Profiles
For description, see entry for case in 2011
Read the Center's April 2010 amicus brief in Katare v. Katare
Turner v. Stime | Jury Bias
Washington Court of Appeals
On September 11, 2009, the Korematsu Center filed its first amicus brief in the case of Turner v. Stime, a medical malpractice case in which jurors, during deliberations, made comments about plaintiff's counsel's race, referring to him, a Japanese American, as "Mr. Miyagi" and "Mr. Kamikaze." The Center represented the Asian Bar Association of Washington, South Asian Bar Association of Washington, and Washington Women Lawyers as amici curiae.
Read the Turner v. Stime brief
Amicus Briefs the Korematsu Center has submitted via the Civil Right to Counsel Initiative
Semenenko v. Dep't of Social and Health Services (Washington Supreme Court, 2014) (arguing in support of Supreme Court accepting review of the Court of Appeals decision because it was of "substantial public interest" and the lower court opinion denying the hearing right for late filing of the request could negatively impact hundreds of public assistance applicants and recipients who seek a hearing challenging agency denials of "brutal needs" benefits when they have good cause for the late appeal).
Read the Center's amicus brief in Semenenko v. Dep't of Social and Health Services
Weems v. State Board of Industrial Appeals (Washington Court of Appeals, 2014) (arguing that the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Washington Law Against Discrimination require provision of representational accommodation when an individualized assessment demonstrates a party with a disability cannot otherwise access the court system).
Read the Center's amicus brief in Weems v. State Board of Industrial Appeals
Amicus Briefs the Korematsu Center has joined
In re Marriage of Black (Washington Court of Appeals, 2015) (advancing the argument that courts may not base custody decisions on a parent's sexual orientation or involvement in a same-sex relationship, because sexual orientation of the parent(s) is unrelated to the best interests of the children).
Read the amicus brief in Black v. Black
State v. O'Dell (Washington Supreme Court, 2015) (discussing recent neuroscience and precedent from the United States Supreme Court to support the argument that Washington's Sentencing Reform Act, allows courts to consider a defendant's youth as a basis for a downward departure even after a defendant has reached his 18th birthday, because young people have different characteristics relevant to mitigation).
Read the amicus brief in State v. O'Dell
State v. Cervantes (Washington Court of Appeals, 2012) (arguing that the United States Supreme Court's decision in Padilla v. Kentucky, requiring counsel to advise clients about the immigration consequences of plea deals, constituted a substantial change in the law, entitling Mr. Cervantes to an exception to the 1 year filing requirement for post-conviction relief, and arguing for Padilla's retroactive application)
Read the amicus brief in State v. Cervantes
Perry v. Hollingsworth (Ninth Circuit, 2010) (providing legal argument and empirical data to educate court about extent to which prejudice against gay men and lesbians impedes their ability to rely on traditional political processes used to protect minorities from discriminatory state action, so as to warrant heightened scrutiny of Proposition 8).
Read the amicus brief in Perry v. Hollingsworth
Strauss et al. v. Horton et al. (Proposition 8 litigation) (California Supreme Court, 2009) (supporting petitioners arguments based on equal protection and on how Prop 8 improperly revised California's constitution through the initiative process).


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VAN BLARICOM, J. LUKE, Coordinator, Office of Admissions (2001); B.S., University of West Florida, 2000; M.S.T., University of West Florida, 2003.
VAN GALEN, DEAN A., Vice President for Development; Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies (2003); B.S., University of Wisconsin (Whitewater), 1982; Ph.D., Kansas State University, 1986.
VAN VALKENBURG, GRETCHEN, Director of Alumni Relations (1999), B.A., Auburn University, 1986.
VANDERHEYDEN, SANDRA L., Director, Sponsored Research (2002); B.S. University of Wisconsin, 1971; M.B.A., University of Wisconsin, 1980.
VARGAS, HERMINIO, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Staff, Department of Military Science-Army ROTC (2004).
VERLAAN, THOMAS D., Assistant Director, Business and Financial/Auxillary Services, Telecommunications (2000); B.A., University of West Florida, 1987.
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The Phoenix Suns are seeking energetic and athletic hip-hop performers to audition for the 2011-2012 Solar Squad.
Auditions will be Aug. 27, with registration beginning at 3 p.m. at US Airways Center.
Successful candidates will be asked to attend the finals at US Airways Center beginning at 9 a.m. Aug. 28.
Prior to auditions, performers are invited to attend a free prep class from 1 to 3 p.m. Aug. 13.
Performers must be at least 18 years of age, have a high school diploma or GED and bring a non-returnable photo and resume.
The Solar Squad is the Suns elite hip-hop dance and interactive team which performs at each Suns home game.
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This is incorrect. Extensive research done on m5board.com by member wilsodh showed no correlation between model year and seconday air system carbon issue. Also, the 2001 is identical to the 2002 M5 with one exception for NA delivered cars -- in 2002 BMWNA made rear air bags/rear head protection system optional at no cost where it was standard in 2001 and 2003 M5s. Other than that issue which makes the 2001 more desirable to some (since very few 2002 M5s ended up with rear head protection/side airbags), there is essentially no difference between 01 and 02 models.
There is no Vanos issue with 2001 cars that is any different from 2002 or 2003 models. There was a change in 2000 M5s where a mod was made to the Vanos to better hold pressure when the engine is off, and I think cars were retrofitted with this change.
There was a piston ring design change as of 3/00 production for the 2000 model year M5 to reduce oil consumption issues some earlier 2000 model cars experienced. All M5 engines after this date are identical.
Hence 2001-2003 M5s are essentially identical cars excepting the rear airbag issue with 2002 cars and for 2003 you get DVD Navigation.
All 2002's have rear air bags, but they were shipped deactivated. Also, I've read all the vanos data...and I'd still be leery of an 00. Except Martin's S3.
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Mango the Orangutan/Mango, der Orang-Utan
Orangs are reddish-brown apes that live in the rainforests of Indonesia. Use an interestingly-textured yarn so your orang looks extra furry (and cuddly, don't forget cuddly)!
Height: Approx 8.5" tall
Yarns: Mango Moon Dharma (100% recycled silk; 150 yds/137m) /I-4/
- MC: 2 skeins in color Coffee Bean
- CC: 1 skein in color Apricot
Hooks and Notions:
- Size H/8 (5.0mm) crochet hook
- Tapestry needle
- Two 12mm copper plastic craft eyes
- A few handfuls of stuffing
6 rnds of sc = 3" diameter circle
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Furniture and accessories don't have to go solo. Combine items to maximize their advantages. Jessica created the shaded chandelier over the dining room table by pairing a modern light fixture from IKEA with a more traditional shade from Ballard's Backroom.
Extra savings: The shade was discounted for a small tear in its lining, but when placed above eye level, no one can tell.
Reupholster and reuse: Embrace all of your inherited furniture. Older pieces can give your home character and timeless charm. Paint, fabric, and even wallpaper can go a long way to taking a dated piece and making it new again. Just be sure you're not ruining the value of a nice antique by altering it.
Two heads are better than one: More people equals more ideas. While shopping, you might stumble across a great find but have no idea how to use it. A girlfriend might be able to offer a terrific suggestion.
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Renovated sunny and spacious apartments to rent at the Montgomery House Apartments. Modern kitchens with gas appliances, and new flooring. Bathroom also has new vanity. Energy efficient HVAC units and gleaming hardwood floors complete this apartment. Property overall is recently renovated with new laundry rooms and New Windows. Its nearby to Shady Grove Metro, ride-on at our front door. Please call Landmark Realty for an appointment. Tenant only pays for electric, landlord pays for water and gas (stove).
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This popular oyster bar and restaurant features luxurious cottages in Marshall, California. Showcasing Hog Island views from a furnished terrace, each cottage also offers free WiFi and a free breakfast. At Nick's Cove a gourmet continental breakfast is prepared and delivered to each cottage daily. Each spacious cottage features heated tile floors and terry robes in the en suite bathroom. Luxurious white down linens, rustic wood furnishings and rustic red and green accents are featured throughout. Nick's Cove Restaurant is lined with floor-to-ceiling bay front windows, a rich wood fireplace and a bustling bar area. Guests can enjoy the locally sourced oysters in a fine dining, yet casual atmosphere. Raw and BBQ oysters and Baked Oysters Mornay are some of their locally sourced dishes. In room spa services can be arranged at reception. Guests can enjoy a walk on the beach below the restaurant and enjoy toasted marshmallows down the pier at Nick's Cove Boat House. Hog Island Oyster restaurant and farm is just 5 minutes' drive along the coast. Bodega Bay Dunes, taffy and kite shops are just 20 minutes' drive away from Nick's Cove. Więcej
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Mollusk Manor offers accommodation in Marshall. Bodega Bay is 20 km away. All units have a TV and DVD player. There is also a kitchen, fitted with a dishwasher and oven. A microwave, a toaster and fridge are also provided, as well as a coffee machine. Every unit is equipped with a private bathroom with a hairdryer. Santa Rosa is 33 km from Mollusk Manor . The nearest airport is San Francisco International Airport, 79 km from Mollusk Manor . Więcej
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Straus Home Ranch is a vacation home located in Marshall, on the shores of Tomales Bay, in West Marin. This renovated, 150-year-old farmhouse is on a historic organic farm. Bodega Bay is 17.5 km away. Offering a fully equipped kitchen, this 4-bedroom home features a seating area, a dining room, a den and 2 bathrooms. Other amenities include 1910 Steinway piano, a flat-screen TV, a Blu-ray/DVD player, an iPad and a BlueTooth music player. Straus Home Ranch includes spacious gardens, a patio with BBQ facilities and beach access. This home includes a library and indoor and outdoor games. The property is located 18 km from Point Reyes Station and 25 km from Petaluma. The nearest airport is San Francisco Airport, 55 km from the property. Więcej


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Silo Park Summer Launch, Blues Brothers at the Cinema, more!
Silo Park Summer Launch, Blues Brothers at the Cinema, and more!
Silo Park is proud to announce the launch of its 2012/13 season, offering free entertainment at Waterfront Auckland's Wynyard Quarter throughout summer. From Friday 23 November, Silo Park will present a range of special cinematic, music and community events every Friday and Saturday – and we guarantee there's something for anyone and everyone!
The Silo Markets kick off each weekend at 5pm on Friday's, where you can grab dinner from an eclectic array of street food style stalls, browse stalls, and toast the end of the week at the Silo Park Bar. Silo Markets also features weekly entertainment from local and international DJ's.
Friday's are also home to Auckland's only regular open-air cinema, Silo Cinema – a fantastic outdoor film experience, where movies of all genres are projected onto the iconic Silo 7 at 9pm. Silo Park offers the ultimate weekend outing for all ages, inviting families and friends to grab a bite, pull up a beanbag and enjoy the show. Organisers are stoked to announce that 80's comedy classic, 'The Blues Brothers', will kick off the Silo Cinema season on Friday 23 November.
The Silo Markets take place from 12pm–6pm every Saturday, offering a veritable mix of food stalls, vintage clothing, contemporary artists, street performers and more. Once a month, Silo Park plays host to some of New Zealand's best musical talent at Silo Sessions – a series of free concerts and performances, curated by special guests, community groups and collectives.
So come down and see what all the fuss is about! We're open for business from Friday 23 November, and would love to see you.
Check out the Silo Cinema and Market schedule here, and for more info visit the website.
With an air of nostalgia, Silo Cinema launches its 2012 season with this 1980 comedy musical that will have you in stitches as Hollywood legends John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd tell a tale of redemption. They are "Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues, a couple of deadpan guys who dress in dark suits and sunglasses, trying to reform their band and earn enough money to save the Chicago orphanage where they were raised. Featuring musical numbers by R&B and soul singers James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and John Lee Hooker; this toe-tapping comedy is the perfect way to kickstart your Friday night. So bring a blanket, grab a beer and settle in!
As always the film will be complimented by the Silo Night Market where you'll be able to grab dinner from an eclectic array of street food style stalls, browse a variety of pop-up clothing stores and craftmakers, get your haircut, and of course toast the end of the week at the Silo Park Bar. This week, all profits from the sale of popcorn will be given to Youthline.
We're super excited for the launch of the Silo Park 2012/13 season, and we want to take you behind-the-scenes! Each week we'll be talking to one of the many talented personalities behind Silo Park - from street food vendors to musicians to artists and more. So check back here each week to learn about some of the people that make us tick.
This week we're profiling Silo Park's fairy god mother, Frith Walker (aka the Wynyard Placemaker). Find out who she would sit in the back row of Silo Cinema with, as well as what she likes to do when she's not making Silo Park great. Read more...


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We want people to have a chance to beat the odds by combining our data with their own likely choices
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San Diego, CA (PRWEB) September 8, 2009
GameDayStats.com (GDS), a new website that provides remarkably accurate predictions of the outcomes of NFL football games launches today, just in time for the beginning of the new season. Founded by two long-time fans, Shannon McKenna and Steve Borron of San Diego, the site features a predictive model that is unmatched for reliability. Based on an algorithm developed especially for the site by Yang Gu, a Carnegie Mellon University-trained computer scientist, GDS offers picks that average 67% accuracy over the course of a season. Stats, injuries, weather--any number of variables can affect a team's performance and the GDS model includes these factors in determining its picks. As the season progresses and more data is analyzed, the accuracy rate will continuously improve.
Both McKenna and Borron work for an engineering firm where talk of statistics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and Bayesian networks opened their eyes to the predictive possibilities these methods presented. As entrepreneurs, they saw an opportunity. The two realized that many fans prefer to bet against the Las Vegas point spread rather than participate in football pools.
As a result, GDS has developed a model that not only provides a level of confidence for predicting straight-up wins but also provides a higher level of confidence for betting against the point spread. GDS uses a Bayesian statistical method, which allows for the input of new information and can even account for uncertainty factors prior to each week's games. This is different from a typical linear regression model used by most systems. Although no model will ever be 100 percent accurate, GDS always strives for the objective consistency that the Bayesian model provides.
According to McKenna, GDS was launched as a way of giving subscribers access to predictions based on objective criteria, not the speculations of handicappers or fan sentiment. "We want people to have a chance to beat the odds by combining our data with their own likely choices," says McKenna. "Winning bets will happen more often for the savvy bettor who learns how to use computer-generated probabilities in making their picks."
Borron adds, "This is a step up from the office football pool and can be more satisfying than fantasy football. It is more exciting, we think, to look at real world data as it relates to real teams. Fantasy football can be fun, but betting on a real game armed with facts, stats, probabilities based on computer analysis is something more."
Some may think that placing winning bets on NFL football games is like trying to pick a winning number in the lottery, shooting craps, or flipping a coin. But GameDayStat.com's founders believe that with the right data and the right system for analyzing it, experienced bettors, fans, and even casual players can win more bets than they lose.
"Our model will predict the level of confidence for betting against the Las Vegas point spread and straight up wins for every game during the NFL season," says Borron. "Using Bayesian statistics and machine learning methods developed especially for us, we have developed a predictive model that is objective, consistent and flexible."
"We know most of you are looking for an edge--a way to make more money--and our goal is to help you accomplish that," says McKenna. "To get an advantage you've never had before, review the results of our predictions and we think you'll be ready to subscribe to our new service."
About GameDayStats
GameDayStats provides highly accurate statistical predictions on the outcomes of NFL football games using computer modeling based on the Bayesian statistics and machine-learning theory. Subscribers gain access to the predictive results for upcoming games, and current and historical statistics for teams and individual players. The GDS system provides a much higher chance of making profitable bets on a consistent basis. Founded by Shannon McKenna and Steven Borron, two long-time fans and students of the game, the site relies on the expertise of one of the nation's leading computer theorists to provide predictive outcomes based on a specific level of confidence. As a result, GameDayStats.com produces consistent, unbiased, and accurate predictions of the outcomes of NFL games.
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UBS upgraded the stock to "buy" from "neutral" because of GUD's positive earnings momentum and low relative risk compared with its smaller retail and consumer peers.
The broker noted the household and automotive products distributor has lagged the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index by 6 per cent over the past three months and UBS doesn't think this is justified as it expects
While orders for GUD's consumer brands have been softer than expected since January 1 because of inventory clearance by retail outlets, UBS expects demand to pick up and margins to improve over the first half because of the firmer Australian dollar.
The broker also expects GUD to put its strong cash flow to good use with a possible large acquisition in the next six to nine months after its failed bid for Breville Group.
The stock may not appear to be cheap on a 12 times price-earnings multiple for financial year 2011 but good earnings momentum and likely accretion from a sizeable takeover is enough to convince UBS that the stock is undervalued.
UBS has lifted its 12-month price target to $9.90 from $9.80 a share.
The Australian Financial Review