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A MAN who was caught with hard drugs in an alleyway in Gorse Hill has finally admitted being involved in dealing.
Sumon Gurung had been due to face trial at Swindon Crown Court charged with possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply.
The 23-year-old, of Farnborough, Hampshire, was caught with the drugs in an alleyway off Cricklade Road on Thursday, December 12 last year.
Although he always admitted possession he denied they were for supply until the day of trial when he changed his pleas before a jury could be sworn in Judge Tim Mousley QC adjourned the case to Tuesday August 12 so the probation service can compile a pre-sentence report, and released him on bail.


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Visitors to Bradford on Avon on Monday got more than they bargained for when the town played host to a major BBC drama.
A production crew was filming scenes for the adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall at the Tithe Barn and on the river.
Olivier Award-winning stage actor Mark Rylance, who plays Henry VIII's advisor Thomas Cromwell, was among the cast shooting scenes inside the Tithe Barn, which was closed off to the public.
He will star opposite Emmy and Golden Globe winner Damian Lewis, who plays Henry.
Bafta-winning director Peter Kosminsky is directing the flagship drama that charts the meteoric rise of Cromwell in the Tudor court, from his lowly start as a blacksmith's son to Henry VIII's closest advisor.
Sue Bourne, of Frome, was having lunch with her family at The Lock Inn when she stumbled across the numerous horses and extras in historical costumes.
"I will definitely watch it on television. I love period dramas," she said.
"It is very exciting because I am halfway through reading the book. It is the first historical novel I have read and Hilary Mantel is a brilliant writer.
"When you read a book you create the pictures in your head, so it will be nice to see it on TV afterwards."
Bradford on Avon resident Chris Blake was walking his border terrier Bertie around Barton Farm.
He said: "I didn't know it was being filmed. There were lots of lorries and people.
"Bradford on Avon is a lovely town and this makes use of its history. It is a lovely setting, with the back drop of the town, and it is nice to see the barn being used."
Mum-of-four, Stephanie Wing, from Trowbridge, was taking her children for a picnic as it was teachers' training day.
She said: "We put ourselves in the thick of it to see what was going on. We have seen lots of crew and cast going up and down in costumes."
The crew remained around the Tithe Barn for the day.
Bradford on Avon mayor John Potter said: "I think it is great and it will be fantastic to have Bradford on Avon on TV. Bradford on Avon will be seen by a huge number of people."

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Our tools for assessing bystander behavior and intervention are still pretty limited. Most evaluation studies look at attitude change. Yet recent research suggests that the factors that predict attitude change aren't always the same as the factors that predict behavior change. How do we use this information in our work?
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I have a couple of suggestions. We have a number of tools that we have developed to measure aspects of bystander intervention. Specifically we have measures of bystander confidence, willingness to help, behaviors, readiness to change, pros/cons. These were designed to work best in relation to sexual violence, relationship abuse in college campus environments.
Also - the special issue of Violence Against Women that is coming out in June will feature program evaluations of several programs around the country. They each use some different measures of skill acquisition so that will be a helpful resource.
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It is exciting that the June Violence Against Women will feature results from research in many bystander programs - what programs are being featured?
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Allen Ibbotson, 68, tried to change the expiry date on the blue parking badge, which belonged to his late mother-in-law, so City of York Council parking officers would not see that it was no longer valid when he used a disabled bay. His fraud was spotted by parking officials and investigators were called in.
York Magistrates' Court was told Ibbotson, of Heather Bank in Osbaldwick, made the alterations so he could use the badge himself. Ibbotson told the hearing he parked in the disabled bay at Castle Car Park, near Clifford's Tower, on April 17 because it was raining and the spot was nearer his destination than other free parking spaces.
During a routine patrol, a parking officer from the council, noticed an "inconsistency" in the information on the badge and carried out further checks, which showed it had expired.
Veritau, the company which investigates fraud on the authority's behalf, was called in and Ibbotson was challenged about his use of the badge.
He admitted misusing the badge and was fined £60 and ordered to pay £250 court costs and a £15 victim surcharge, as well as having to pay the £35 penalty charge notice issued for parking in a designated disabled person's parking place without displaying a valid disabled person's badge "in the prescribed manner".
The council said the prosecution was only the second of its type in York, with the previous case having been in 2009.
A Veritau spokesman said: "Disabled parking badges are issued to those with mobility problems so they can park close to where they need to go. Individuals who misuse or alter badges to avoid parking charges and park in restricted areas prevent those in need from accessing facilities."
Helen Dolphin, director of policy and campaigns at the Disabled Motoring UK charity, said: "This man certainly knew better and knew what he was doing was wrong by tampering with the badge.
"We are disappointed that he was only fined £60 because the maximum fine is £1,000, and we would like to see many more cases of people being taken to court, because that is the only way we will stop this."


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Chris Goblet is wearing a dark suit with a black-and-white striped button-down—unusually formal attire for a man whose business is beer. Goblet (pronounced go-BLAY), who often wears a smirk resembling that of slacker comedian Will Arnett, is the executive director of the New Mexico Brewers Guild, but he prefers to call himself a "beer ambassador."
Specifically, he advocates for New Mexico's 20 locally owned craft beer companies, which produce higher-quality beer designed to massage the taste buds and fill the belly rather than intoxicate the brain and douse the liver.
"Cheap beers are served as cold as you can possibly get them, and the colder it is, the less you can taste it," Goblet says. "Craft beer is higher-quality ingredients. It's served at a warmer temperature so you can taste those ingredients."
In addition, he says, craft beers offer the locavore appeal of a farmers market.
"With cheap beer, there's no personality, but you know who Rod Tweet is, and Rod cares about beer," he says, referring to the owner of Santa Fe's Second Street Brewery.
It helps that this type of beer has undergone a recent renaissance. Over the past three decades, the number of domestic breweries has grown by a whopping 5,000 percent. Currently, 2,360 microbreweries, brewpubs and large-scale craft breweries operate in the US, vastly outnumbering the country's 23 large-scale industrial breweries. Last year, craft beer sales grew nationally by 17 percent; locally, the industry grew 16 percent by volume, according to the state's Taxation and Revenue Department.
While New Mexico has comparatively fewer microbreweries than, say, Oregon, many are well-known regional brands. Over the years, New Mexico's beers have won 37 medals at the Great American Beer Festival, including La Cumbre Brewing Co.'s coveted gold medal in the American-style India Pale Ale category.
"We're blessed with a lot of quality craft brewers around here," Goblet says. "It's one thing to have 180 breweries, but if half of them suck, that's not much of a calling card."
On this particular March afternoon, Goblet is dressed up because he's been lobbying state politicians for a bill that would significantly cut the state excise tax for most local brewers. There's a sense of urgency: With less than 24 hours remaining in the 2013 legislative session, the microbrewery bill still hasn't passed the state House of Representatives.
Even so, its prospects look rosy. It is, after all, a tax break designed to help small, local businesses—a concept any politician can get behind—that produce a highly popular beverage.
But any tax break means a loss of revenue to the state, and the steady growth of the microbrew industry—during a recession, no less—suggests that brewers may be the last ones who need one. By 2015, New Mexico will lose half a million in tax revenue due to this change. At less than 1 percent of the state's projected budget, it's a tiny hit, but still a hit.
"Even though this incentive seems like a small amount, add up the hundreds of incentives that currently exist in New Mexico, and [they make up] a significant part of the New Mexico budget," says Elisa Walker-Moran, a chief economist at the Legislative Finance Committee.
At 5 pm, just before the House adjourns for a brief recess, Goblet walks next door to Rio Chama Steakhouse. It's owned by local art magnate Gerald Peters—who also happens to own three local breweries, Santa Fe's Blue Corn Brewery and Albuquerque's Marble Brewery and Chama River Brewing Company. Predictably, the bar has a selection of beers from Marble—along with Santa Fe Brewing Company, one of the state's two largest breweries. He orders a pilsner, a German-style pale lager with a golden color and a malty, citrusy taste, and settles in for a much-needed beer break.
American craft beer's modern rebirth began in the late '70s, when President Jimmy Carter legalized homebrewing.
At the time, Prohibition-era laws gave large-scale, industrial breweries the edge—as of 1979, just 44 breweries were operating in the country.
"Most people drank domestics like [Pabst Blue Ribbon] and Schlitz," Goblet says. "My uncle would drink nothing but Budweiser and Budweiser alone. And vodka."
But pockets of Americans were also being exposed to overseas beers, whether through traveling to historic, beer-rich countries like Belgium and Germany or buying imported beer at home, shipments of which grew tenfold between the early '70s and the late '80s. Still others began brewing their own. In 1978, then-Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Calif., sought to legally recognize the homebrewing movement emerging in basements and garages across the country.
"Homebrewers brew home beer because domestic beer lacks the rich, malty taste they like," Cranston told reporters after Carter signed his bill into law.
While it may have been aimed at homebrewers, the new law affected the entire industry. The 1980s saw the first wave of microbreweries, marking the debut of famous craft beers like Sierra Nevada and Samuel Adams (today, both are far too successful to be considered microbreweries). Locally, Santa Fe Brewing Company set up shop, becoming the state's first microbrewery. Momentum continued well into the next decade, and by the 2000s, several events brought the industry to a head.
First, after two decades of experience, small brewers were now better acquainted with the industry and could brew better-quality beer. Second, foreign companies began buying out longtime American large-scale breweries like Anheuser-Busch Companies and the Miller Brewing Company, marking a creeping globalization in American beers.
For those wanting to buy American, microbrews offered a fine alternative.
For some trendwatchers, the budding industry offered wider economic opportunities. Community beer events like the Oregon Brewers Festival, which in 2011 generated more than $23 million, are now held in every state. Locally, Albuquerque Beer Week, a 10-day festival culminating in a "Blues and Brews" event, kicks off April 25.
To Goblet, such developments confirm craft beer's value as an economic development tool. But even after homebrewing was legalized, he says, the tax system surrounding small-scale brewing remained antiquated.
"The industry has changed so dramatically since those days," Goblet writes in an email. "The taxes have not."
Both nationally and in New Mexico, breweries pay excise taxes—an indirect tax that the producer pays up front and tries to recover in the sale of a product. Excise taxes are tied to products like alcohol, tobacco and fuel.
The instant a New Mexico brewery sells more than 5,000 barrels of beer within state boundaries each year, its state excise tax quintuples from 8 cents to 41 cents per gallon. That's a stark contrast from neighboring Colorado, where brewers are taxed 8 cents per gallon no matter how much beer they sell.
Last December, Rio Grande & Sierra Blanca Brewing Company was on the verge of selling 5,000 barrels for the year. Owner Rich Weber had two options: continue selling beer for the month and pay extra in taxes, or stop working and store beer for the rest of the year to avoid the fine.
Weber, a lanky man with a laid-back demeanor, would have had to pay thousands of dollars in tax increases if he'd kept the brewery operating normally. He decided to put his surplus beer in storage until January.
"The reality is, for a company like us to have $5,000-$6,000 laying around to send in to the state extra—it's not really there," he says. "It would have been my largest bill, bottom line."
Weber's brewery is located in Moriarty, a small town situated just east of the Sandia Mountains on Route 66. The city, which has less than 2,000 inhabitants, is dotted with truck stops, motels and fuel stations and serves as an anchor for three major state highways.
After last year's redistricting, Moriarty fell under the jurisdiction of state Sen. Sue Wilson Beffort, R-Bernalillo, who, as a legislator, has been involved in efforts to redevelop tourism along Route 66. She sees Weber's brewery, which in 2012 experienced its biggest sales year to date, as a focal point in revitalizing communities along the famed highway.
"Microbreweries are really anchor tenants for small towns," Beffort says.
Weber's brewery produces nine different types of beer, the most famous of which is Alien Amber Ale, a malty, full-bodied beer with minimal hops that was originally brewed for the 50th anniversary of Roswell's infamous UFO crash landing. Its next biggest item is Pancho Verde Green Chile Cerveza, a local favorite that Weber says "has the fall aroma of New Mexico."
Just before the 2013 legislative session began, Weber met with Beffort and suggested she carry a bill lowering microbreweries' excise tax rate. Beffort, who in the past carried similar bills for the state's wine industry, was receptive.
Her microbrewery bill effectively extends the state's 8 cents-per-gallon excise tax rate for local breweries that sell up to 10,000 barrels a year within state boundaries. (Exports outside New Mexico are not taxed by the state.) Under the bill, breweries selling between 10,000 and 15,000 barrels are taxed at a rate of 28 cents per gallon. Every brewery selling more than 15,000 barrels pays 41 cents per gallon.
"This, to me, made major sense in terms of really allowing these microbreweries to grow," Beffort tells SFR.
Weber says Beffort's bill will help him increase his production rate up to 7,500 barrels this year, creating more business and potentially more jobs in his brewery. Locally, Santa Fe Brewing Company General Manager Alana Jones says her plan to add two full-time staffers would probably "not be feasible" without the change.
Still, there's an upper limit to how much beer sparsely populated New Mexico can drink. The state already ranks 13th in the nation for breweries per capita, and even Weber admits that while he plans to hire a ninth employee, he's doing so in order to increase his exports to other states.
In addition to what may eventually become a saturated market, would-be brewers face high startup costs, limiting the number of new businesses the tax break may stimulate. Weber, for instance, raised $700,000 and had to wait three years before his company was profitable. He puts in 11-hour days during the week to maintain his brewery, which he calls a "labor of love."
And not all existing local breweries will immediately benefit from the change. In a quiet community tucked in the red hills near Georgia O'Keeffe's famous Ghost Ranch, the monks of Monastery of Christ in the Desert consider brewing beer a religious exercise.
Their venture began in 2003, when New Mexico-based master brewer Brad Kraus got a call from a Benedictine monk named Brother William, who was looking for new ways to raise revenue for his monastery.
William's Polish roots had made him aware of an ancient tradition among Catholic monasteries: brewing beer.
"It intrigued me greatly," Kraus says in a soft, gruff voice.
With closely cropped gray hair and the figure of a military man recessing into middle age, Kraus is a legend among the state's brewers. As a master brewer, he develops recipes for up-and-coming breweries, guiding them through their early years.
Growing up in Las Cruces, Kraus recalls his dad drinking beer only during deep-sea fishing trips, when he would buy large quantities of the cheapest beer possible. Though he's developed a reputation as a craft beer wizard, Kraus praises cheap, domestic beers like Miller and Budweiser, pointing out the hard work that goes into making so much beer so identical.
"For what they are, they're phenomenal," Kraus says. "To make them that consistent is really, truly amazing."
Maybe he's just being polite.
Though his background is in chemistry, Kraus studied enough philosophy and history in college to know that beer's early history was tied to monasteries like Christ in the Desert and monks like Brother William.
The practice goes back to the sixth century, when Western civilization lived in the ashes of a fallen Roman Empire. Benedictine Catholic orders, the first of their kind, began popping up. Their daily routine emphasized the dignity of work and prayer, and how the two were interconnected.
"If there's time for prayer, there's time for work," Brother Christian, who's been a monk at Christ in the Desert for 36 years, tells SFR.
Another monastic tenet is hospitality. The monks guaranteed visitors three things: safety, a place to sleep, and food and drink. Back then, water was sometimes contaminated, so monks opted for the next best thing: beer, which goes through a sterilization process during brewing.
"People somehow knew that, if you made beer, you could safely consume it and the water that was in it," Berkeley Merchant, the general manager of Christ in the Desert's Abbey Beverage Company, tells SFR. "So beer became something safe to drink."
Throughout the centuries, many religious orders across Europe brewed rich, robust beers full of calories, serving them to the many guests who traveled through.
"It made it a lot easier to fast if you had a strong beer in front of you," Goblet quips.
In 2005, the monks at Christ in the Desert, with Kraus' guidance, formed Abbey Beverage. Today, their most popular product is Monks' Ale, a style of beer known as an enkel, or single, derived from a traditional Belgian brew recipe.
To date, Christ in the Desert is the only religious monastery in the US that brews and sells beer. As much as any other work they do, brewing plays a big role in helping the monks keep up with their daily routines.
"It keeps them in the community and is, in fact, a form of prayer," Merchant says. "Work is a form of prayer."
Last year, the monks started selling beer styles known as "reserves," which are brewed with native New Mexico hops grown on a field at their monastery. While the beer recipes are traditional, the local hops create what Goblet describes as "a flavor profile unlike anything else, because these hops are unique to New Mexico."
To Goblet, it's America's promise—drawing inspiration from traditional culture and infusing it with something bold and new—in beer form.
"You could totally create a whole new beer category that we can say is 100 percent American," Goblet says of brewing with local ingredients. "Apple pie, baseball, 'X' style of beer—that is who we are as a country."
On a typical weekday evening at Santa Fe's Second Street Brewery, the atmosphere inside the brewpub is lively, with middle-aged men sitting at the bar and young professionals and families with children gathered at the surrounding tables. The setting, with animated conversation drowning out the background music, suggests a flourishing local business.
While more brewpubs and microbreweries are operating in the US than ever before, they still barely crack 5 percent of the country's beer consumption. In New Mexico, microbrewery consumption lags behind even that paltry average at 3 percent, according to Goblet.
Nationally, the craft beer industry employs just 108,000 people—making up just a fraction of a percent of the country's job force. And brewpubs, many of which depend on staying small enough to maintain their community feel, can only expand so far.
Jordan Weissmann, an associate editor at The Atlantic magazine, who frequently writes about economic indicators, argues that craft beer is growing "fine as it is" and that any proposed tax break should have a "compelling reason."
"Are we suffering from a strategic lack of beer?" Weissmann asks. "No."
But while a casual observer might conclude that New Mexico's breweries are doing well—tax break or no tax break—LFC's Walker-Moran notes that such measures are sometimes meant to keep existing businesses from moving outside the state.
Indeed, central New Mexico's Socorro Springs Brewing Co. is already taking advantage of Colorado's uncapped excise tax rate of 8 cents per gallon.
"Socorro Springs makes all its beer in Colorado and ships it back to New Mexico," Goblet says, "so that's what we don't want."
But a developing mobilization of craft brewers, represented locally by people like Goblet and nationally by organizations like the Brewers' Association, is helping small brewers' voices be heard.
Last month, hundreds of small brewers marched in Washington, DC, in support of the Small BREW Act, which would reduce federal excise taxes on brewers from $7 to $3.50 per barrel for the first 60,000 barrels.
For every additional barrel produced and sold, the tax rate would drop from $18 to $16.
Nationwide, the Small BREW Act is expected to cost the federal government $67 million per year in lost revenue—chump change compared to a federal yearly budget in the trillions. Proponents often cite a familiar refrain: that the tax break will help stimulate growth, ultimately helping the economy, and generate even more tax revenue through increased sales and production. The Brewers Association, through Harvard economist John Friedman, estimates the tax cut would generate $10 for every $1 lost.
But that projected payoff may be optimistic at best.
Weissmann calls Friedman's estimate "drunk math," noting that the calculation assumes that the demand for beer will continue to grow just as rapidly as the supply does.
Ironically, the Small BREW Act would also directly help Boston Beer Company, the country's fifth-largest brewery. For perspective, Boston Beer, which brews Samuel Adams, dumps out 60,000 barrels a year for quality purposes—just 1 percent of its production, but more beer than all of New Mexico's breweries produce in a year.
Goblet concedes that Sam Adams doesn't need a federal tax break, but he adds that less than 100 large-scale breweries will benefit from the legislation at a lower level than the smaller, "mom and pop" microbreweries.
"It's the 2,400 small brewers, really, that I think are the compelling reason for excise tax breaks," he says.
As long as small brewers stay in business, beer drinkers will always have a wide variety to choose from, and plenty of places to enjoy them. At Second Street, nine beers are currently on tap, seven of them seasonal specials. The clientele is sophisticated yet unpretentious; it's easy to sit down and engage in a conversation with the bar patrons—not uncommon in a local brewpub.
"Even if you're out of town, you feel like home because you end up in a discussion with the brewer or the people," says Ken Carson, the owner of Albuquerque's Nexus Brewery.
After finishing his beer at Rio Chama, Goblet heads back to the Roundhouse to track the progress of his bill during the hectic final hours of the evening. The next day, after the midday adjournment of the legislative session, Goblet sends a text message updating SFR on the developments. It's good news for him and his industry: the House passed the bill almost unanimously. Two weeks later, Gov. Susana Martinez would sign it into law.
After the uncertainty of the night before, Goblet is understandably giddy.
"A great day for beer," his message reads.
The Final Four
In case you haven't heard, after March Madness, we at SFR found ourselves yearning for a little more friendly competition. So we decided to craft our own Sweet 16 bracket, in which we pitted beers from 16 of New Mexico's small breweries against each other in randomly selected matchups.
After nearly a week's worth of voting, we tallied the results. Votes were totaled for the winners of each head-to-head contest in order to select which winner would advance to the Final Four. In some cases, there were heartbreakers: La Cumbre's Elevated IPA lost by a hair to Marble's popular IPA, as did Chama River's Jackalope IPA to Rio Grande & Sierra Blanca Brewing Company's Alien Amber. Voting continues through next week; the winner will be published in SFR's April 24 Bar Guide. If you've already voted, yes, you can (and should!) vote again. Ten lucky voters will be selected to receive tickets for two to Tedeschi Trucks Band at Sandia Casino on June 14. Go here to cast your vote.
IPA Nation
First established in the 1700s when British troops stationed in India craved beer from their home, India Pale Ales have anchored the US microbrew industry's recent expansion. IPAs are characterized by their unusually large amounts of hops, which British brewmasters had to pack into their beers to ensure that they wouldn't spoil on the long journey to India.
While hops and yeast give IPA its characteristic bitterness, barley is added to sweeten the ale. The result is a beer with a heavy aroma and a pronounced taste, with a bitter ring at the end. The density of ingredients required to brew an IPA, as well as American beers' freedom from ancient recipes still used in Europe, has made room for experimentation.
"You've seen this real explosion in the creativity and in the variety of ingredients that are being incorporated," Goblet says. "American beers are by far the hoppiest and most bitter beers."
Now, even European brewers are producing and serving American-style IPAs.
A Job, or Fun?
Goblet says many aspiring craft-beer entrepreneurs get into the business for job satisfaction.
"They're disenchanted with traditional jobs," he says. "They're looking for a real job that they'll know and enjoy."
Weber, for instance, used to make his living by designing power systems for military aircraft. Eventually, he put his knowledge of electro-mechanical technologies to a different use and founded Sierra Blanca Brewing Company.
"I wanted to manufacture something," he says. "I wanted to make something, and I figured, why not beer?"
Similarly, Nexus Brewery owner Ken Carson founded his brewpub after a long career in banking. The name, Nexus, is after a heavenly interdimensional realm from the Star Trek universe "where everything's right," Carson says.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story identified Elisa Walker-Moran as an economist at the University of New Mexico's Bureau of Business and Economic Research. Walker-Moran is in fact an economist at the Legislative Finance Committee. We regret the error.


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NWHOF Release | List of NWHOF Oustanding American Inductees
STILLWATER, Okla. - This weekend, Wharton graduate Joshua Harris '86 will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame's Hall of Outstanding Americans wing.
According to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, "The Hall of Outstanding Americans demonstrates wrestling's pride in those who have used the disciplines of the sport to launch notable careers in other walks of life, such as science and technology, business and industry, government and the military, and the arts and humanities. New classes are inducted annually."
Previous inductees into the Hall of Outstanding Americans include: Penn Athletics Hall of Famer David Pottruck C'70, WG '72, United States Presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln,Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft and actors Kirk Douglas and Billy Baldwin. Joshua Harris will be the 48th inductee into the Hall of Outstanding Americans.
A third member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame with Penn connections is Richard DiBattista, a two-time NCAA champion who was inducted in 1995 into the Distinguished Member wing.
From the NWHOF Release.
Joshua Harris may spend a significant amount of time with basketball, but his roots are firmly planted in wrestling.
He began wrestling in the seventh grade for Bethesda Boys Club in Maryland and placed third in the high school state championships. He graduated summa cum laude and Beta Gamma Sigma from Wharton with a concentration in Economics and competed for the Quakers on the wrestling mats during his time in University City. After graduating from Penn, Harris went on to receive his MBA from the Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a Baker and Loeb Scholar.
Harris is co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Apollo Global Management (AGM), which he co-founded in 1990. As of June 30, 2012, AGM had total assets under management of $105 billion, with a team of 616 employees located in 10 offices around the world. Prior to founding AGM in 1990, Harris was a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group of Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc.
He serves on the boards of directors of Apollo Global Management, LLC; Berry Plastics Group Inc.; LyondellBasell Industries; CEVA Group Plc; Momentive Performance Materials; EP Energy; and Constellium.
In October 2011, Harris and his partners purchased the Philadelphia 76ers from Comcast-Spectacor. Today, he serves as Managing Owner and as the team's Governor on the NBA Board of Governors. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the United States Olympic Committee.
Harris is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Investors Advisory Committee on Financial Markets, and he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He serves as Chairman of the Department of Medicine Advisory Board for the Mount Sinai Medical Center and is on the Board of Trustees of the Mount Sinai Medical Center. He is also a member of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Undergraduate Executive Board, and is on the Board of Trustees for the Allen-Stevenson School and Harvard Business School.


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SPIN-UP: Report
Downloading the Report
You can download the entire SPIN-UP report, just the summary, or only the sections that interest you. All downloads are in PDF () format.
Strategic Programs for Innovations in Undergraduate Physics (SPIN-UP): Project Report
SPIN-UP Report Chapters
Introduction & History - Chapters 1 & 2
Procedures for Site Visits - Chapter 3
Analysis of Site Visits - Chapter 4
Connections, Lessons, and Other Issues - Chapter 6
Appendices I-III (includes physics education resources, undergraduate physics reading list, presentations and articles on SPIN-UP)
Appendices IV-VII (includes site visit volunteers, site visit documentation, formative evaluator's report, survey form)
Appendix VIII (includes case study documents)
Report from SPIN-UP Workshop
Since the original SPIN-UP report, a number of departments have implemented changes that have been successful in growing their programs. The large research-oriented departments have been particularly successful, as demonstrated by AIP statistics. A report from a SPIN-UP workshop held at Rutgers in the summer of 2010 summarizes the steps these departments have taken and presents case studies from each of them.
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Sheldon Swivel Bar Height Bar Stool (30"H seat) is rated out of 5 by 6.
Rated 5 out of 5 by ZCher from Very Classy and Comfortable Very elegant bar stool. I ordered 3 for our counter height kitchen. The packaging was good and no damage to stools. The Mahogany color is very dark, somewhat almost black. I recommend Scotch Guarding the fabric seating area to avoid color transfer from jeans. There is one stool that has slight wobble but nothing to worry or that can be fixed with adding some cushion pads to protect the wood floor. I would recommend to friends. No comment on durability yet but will see how these stools hold up.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Hopefully from Beyond a Barstool This piece is so classy, so mature of an addition to my kitchen area that I had to buy a new dining set , one that deserves to keep company with my 3 Sheldons. Placed around my the counter of my high-end and open kitchen, sitting atop my espresso hardwood floors, these stools flavor my most trafficked area with a hearty, defined presence but do not overwhelm my overall aim at a comforting and engaging ambiance. I absolutely love these stools. The sale price was an added pleasure.
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CSO to Showcase Works from Composers Who Immersed Themselves in Vienna's Love of Dance
Led by CSO Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni, a frothy operetta overture and a regal waltz by Johann Strauss, Jr. share the bill with the lilting suite from Richard Strauss' (no family relation) oh-so-Viennese opera, Der Rosenkavalier. Piano soloist Marc-André Hamelin, hailed as "one of the most complete musicians of his generation" for his debut concert with the Berlin Philharmonic, adds to your enjoyment with playful works by Mozart and Richard Strauss.
The program includes Johann Strauss' Overture to Die Fledermaus, Richard Strauss' Burleske in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor, Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor,
Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D Major, Johann Strauss' Kaiserwalzer (Emperor Waltz), Mozart's Concert-Rondo in D Major for Piano and Orchestra, and Richard Strauss' Suite from Der Rosenkavalier.
The Columbus Symphony presents Vienna Dances at the Ohio Theatre (39 E. State St.) on Friday and Saturday, January 4 and 5, at 8pm daily. Tickets are $25-$65 and can be purchased at the CAPA Ticket Center (39 E. State St.), all Ticketmaster outlets, and www.ticketmaster.com. To purchase tickets by phone, please call (614) 228-8600 or (800) 745-3000. The Ohio Theatre Ticket Office will also be open two hours prior to each performance. Young people between the ages of 13-25 may purchase $5 PNC Arts Alive All Access tickets while available. For more information, visit www.GoFor5.com.
WOSU's Christopher Purdy will hold a free, pre-concert lecture about the program for ticket holders one hour prior to each performance.
The 2012-13 Masterworks Series performance is made possible through the generous support of series sponsors Anne and Noel Melvin.


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Lymphadenopathy virus: Another name for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of AIDS. HIV has also been called the human lymphotropic virus type III and the lymphadenopathy-associated virus and the lymphadenopathy virus. No matter what name is applied, it is a retrovirus. (A retrovirus has an RNA genome and a reverse transcriptase enzyme. Using the reverse transcriptase, the virus uses its RNA as a template for making complementary DNA which can integrate into the DNA of the host organism). Although the American research Robert Gallo at the National Institutes of Health believed he was the first to find HIV, it is now generally accepted that the French physician Luc Montagnier (1932-) and his team at the Pasteur Institute discovered HIV in 1983-84.
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Iwakuma in fine form as Mariners top Athletics
Righty retires 16 straight after leadoff single; Ibanez homers
SEATTLE -- As well as Hisashi Iwakuma has pitched this season, all he's needed is a little offensive help. And the Mariners' right-hander got plenty of that from Raul Ibanez and others on Friday as Seattle rolled to a 6-3 win over the A's to open a three-game series at Safeco Field.
Ibanez, making just his third start over the past two weeks, blasted a three-run home run in the third inning to pace a Mariners offense that scored more runs than it had in its three previous games combined.
Iwakuma extended his early season mastery with seven innings of two-run ball, improving to 4-1 with a 1.74 ERA and continuing to give the Mariners a tremendous one-two punch alongside ace Felix Hernandez. That duo has gone 9-3 on the season for a Mariners club that now stands 17-19 overall.
"It's special," third baseman Kyle Seager said of the top of the Mariners' rotation. "Our starters are going real well, and those two have been on a different level. Everybody knows Felix, obviously. Kuma is kind of flying under the radar a little bit, but he's been just as impressive. It's been pretty fun to play behind those two."
Iwakuma allowed just four hits with no walks and nine strikeouts before being replaced after throwing 95 pitches.
The Mariners have won eight of their last 11 games to crawl back from a slow start and are now just a half-game behind second-place Oakland in the American League West.
"We're doing it together," Ibanez said of the recent surge. "It's a collective effort, it always is. Guys are contributing, guys are having good at-bats. There's definitely a good feeling in here, but we're doing it as a group, as a team, and it's a great environment."
The A's are headed in the other direction, having lost five straight and 16 of their last 22 to fall to 18-19 after a promising start.
The Mariners jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first with an RBI single by Michael Morse followed by a run-scoring double by Justin Smoak. Ibanez then gave Iwakuma some welcome cushion with a three-run shot, his third homer of the season, in the third.
"I thought the whole outing was based off of one changeup I left up that Ibanez took out," said A's starter Dan Straily. "That changed the whole game. I make that pitch, and he rolls over it, and it changes everything. You can't make that one mistake."
"That was big," said Mariners manager Eric Wedge. "Good for Raul, good for us. That was a big shot in the arm for us. The guy has been working so hard and you know he'll continue to get better, but that was a big boost for us today."
Ibanez has hit 69 home runs at Safeco Field, the most of any player, but he'd gotten off to a slow start this season and is now batting .188 after his 1-for-3 night.
"You just keep working and fighting," Ibanez said. "It's more a mindset than anything else, staying positive and expecting good things to happen, and fortunately it worked out tonight."
Kendrys Morales added an RBI double in the fifth to make it 6-0. Morales went 2-for-3, while Seager was 2-for-2 with two walks, three runs scored and his first stolen base.
Seager didn't exactly sting the ball, but wound up raising his team-leading average to .293 with his two base hits.
"They all count, that's the beautiful thing," he said. "I hit kind of a cue ball to short and it had so much spin on it, it was kind of a lucky break on that one. Then I blooped one down the line. It's beautiful. I'll take as many as I can get."
Iwakuma, 32, has been outstanding since moving into the Mariners' rotation at midseason last year. Since the All-Star break in 2012, he has the lowest ERA among AL starters at 2.22 in 23 starts.
The former Japanese standout is 2-0 with a 1.05 ERA in four starts at Safeco Field this year.
After a leadoff single by catcher John Jaso, Iwakuma retired 16 straight before Eric Sogard reached on an infield hit with one out in the sixth. Jaso then followed with his second hit of the game, and Jed Lowrie delivered a two-run double to make it 6-2.
That was the only trouble Iwakuma had all night. He said a season-long problem with a blister on his middle finger has finally gone away, and he enjoyed a healthy hand as well as a healthy lead in this one.
"I pitched with composure," Iwakuma said through translator Antony Suzuki. "I just stayed patient because we had the lead, so I was able to go with the flow and pitch my own game."
Oliver Perez replaced Iwakuma in the eighth and immediately surrendered a leadoff home run to Derek Norris before striking out the side.
Tom Wilhelmsen recorded a 1-2-3 ninth for his 10th consecutive save.
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Hands On with ASUS' Transformer All-in-One (P1801)by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/7/2013 2:47 PM EST
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Death666Angel - Monday, January 07, 2013 - linkOf all the companies in the tech space, Asus has impressed me the most these last few years. Although I have none of their products, they deserve my respect for trying new things and pushing the boundaries sometimes. Nicely done. :) Reply
ludikraut - Monday, January 07, 2013 - linkIMO this is one of those products that falls squarely into the "just because you can, doesn't mean you should" category. Other than the form factor, what was the point of making this device? A Windows 8 base with an Android tablet, what? I guess the other thing it does accomplish is to add yet another layer of unwanted complexity on top of the already jarring Metro/Win32 experience. Guess what kids, now you can have a Metro/Win32/Android mashup ... Oh wait, I can already do that from my phone and RDP.
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twotwotwo - Monday, January 07, 2013 - linkI don't exactly *want* an 18" tab, but in some ways just a giant Android touchscreen is the fun part: you could imagine building a snazzy touchscreen kiosk with one (as folks do with iPads now), or younguns that get all their TV online could use 'em for media (throw in a half decent wireless remote) or as a lean-back Web machine (w/wireless keyboard/touchpad or Wii-style motion remote).
I don't know if the price would be right for any of that, but cutting the Core i5 out ought to make the thing a good deal cheaper. I guess the bigger problem might be that those niches, while cool, don't obviously add up to enough sales to justify developing a funky new device. On the other hand, my gut is that Windows devices aren't the long-term future for Asus, so maybe some insane experiments are just what they need. :) Reply
blueeyesm - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkThis would have been a great candidate for it! Using WiDi to stream data from the base to the screen would have made this a killer option. Reply


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DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: You know that song I Kissed a Girl and I Liked It? Well, I'm female and I kissed a girl, and I didn't like it much. I was curious so I did it at a party. In fact, I necked with her for a bit, but it was just an experiment. People are saying I'm a lesbian now. Am I? I never want to kiss a girl again. I did it on a dare and I was drunk. Am I even bisexual? -- Worried Sick, Age 14
Dear Worried Sick: Sounds like you're neither lesbian, nor bisexual. People can conduct experiments in life that don't necessarily define their sexuality. Of course, if you're back doing the same experiment every weekend, or every time you get drunk, it probably does mean something. To shut somebody up, just say candidly. "Haven't you ever conducted an experiment? It helps you to know." And then walk off, with your head up. You don't owe anybody the results of the experiment.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: Falling down the stairs at a party with my husband and others behind me, I had half a sensation somebody pushed me. It was only a few steps but I broke my ankle and it hobbled me and I couldn't go out without crutches for months. He found it somehow amusing. "Look at you on crutches -- hahahaha!" He stayed out a lot and was mean to me, like I was a burden. Finally, my best friend came over, pressed some $100 bills in my hand and said, 'I saw him with a woman. Use this to find out who it is." I got him followed, and within 48 hours I knew it was an affair with someone from his work. I left him and moved back with my folks. It still haunts me that he may have pushed me with an intent to hurt me. I have no proof, just a sensation. Thank God, there are no children. -- Divorcing Him, Winnipeg
Dear Divorcing: Don't stay silent. Tell your lawyer this and ask him to relay this to your ex's lawyer. Your ex-husband needs to know it is on record that you suspect he may have pushed you down the stairs. If you keep quiet about such things, dangerous people have room to try something else. But, if your ex gets word through his lawyer, he will step back and want to stay away from you. Do everything through your lawyer now -- no verbal contact, no notes, no emails. Block your ex from your phone and computer. Make a wide chasm between you and your ex, that exists forever more. We are always wise to obey "spidey senses" and stay far away.


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The last straw was the government's arbitrary decision to cancel a grand banquet in Paris to celebrate liberal reform. On the night of Feb. 21, 1848, Republicans and radicals opposed to the increasingly authoritarian 18-year monarchy of Louis Philippe, erected barricades throughout the city. Violent clashes with the National Guard followed.
Yet in this early display of people power, the protesters appeared to gain the upper hand: Within three days, King Louis Philippe abdicated and fled with his wife to England, where he remained for the rest of his life.
The February Revolution in Paris marked the beginning of more than a year of similar people-power revolutions throughout Europe.
Hope for real change was dashed, however, when liberals, radicals and socialists, each with varying views of a democratic future, wound up fighting with each other as well as reactionary forces intent on halting the movement for liberal constitutions, universal suffrage and economic freedom.
From Paris to Prague, the military ultimately stepped in and order and authoritarianism were re-established.
In France, for example, all the people power of 1848 had produced in the short term was the repressive rule of Emperor Napoleon III (he was the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte).
In the longer term, the democratic ideals of 1848 did not disappear. But in most European countries, it required decades of further political protest and the upheaval caused by the First World War to effect real liberal change, and even that was only partially successful.
The current outbreak of people power in Egypt and Tunisia are thus nothing new. And a dozen different factors will determine whether or not true democracies with equality before the law and respect for human rights will materialize in the Middle East. Despite the sensational television images of resolute demonstrators in Cairo and across Egypt, the odds, as they were in 1848, are, frankly, not good.
The fact is people power has probably failed at least as many times as it has succeeded. Yet as westerners with our utmost faith in the sublime supremacy of liberal democracy -- advocating the original and inspiring ideals of the French Revolution proclaiming liberty, equality and fraternity -- we continue to believe democracy must in the end vanquish dictatorship.
Perhaps this is so, but it might take a while.
In the past 50 years, two of the greatest apparent successes of people power were the people-power revolution in the Philippines in 1986, which ended the long, corrupt dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, and the tearing down of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent downfall of the Soviet Union.
Following election irregularities, it took four days of non-violent protest in February 1986 to force Marcos to leave the country. His departure confirmed the rightful victor of the democratic election, Corazon Aquino, the wife of opposition leader Benigno Aquino, who was assassinated in 1983, almost certainly on the orders of Marcos. Under Cory Aquino and her successors, democracy and economic stability, albeit with increased poverty among large segments of the population, has been achieved.
Even decades later, the disappearance of the brutal Soviet regime and the speed at which it happened still seems rather unbelievable.
Some westerners like to think people power, given voice by U.S. President Ronald Reagan with his cry to the Soviet leader, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall," did the trick. That's too simplistic an explanation. It was more a confluence of several factors, including severe economic problems, a sympathetic military and police, and astute political leaders, none more so than Mikhail Gorbachev, who, rather than being pressured by Reagan, understood the Communist Soviet regime could not sustain itself. All of these permitted people power at first to win the day.
Since then, the democratic movement in Eastern Europe has had mixed results. Poland is probably best off, despite complaints about unemployment and other capitalism-related problems.
In Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has passed legislation censoring and restricting the media. And in Russia, Vladimir Putin, the country's former president and current prime minister, continues to clamp down on economic, legal and political rights, frequently no differently than the autocratic czars of the 19th century.
The history of the outright failure of people power is even more dismal. In numerous examples, early optimism and idealism have been trumped by repression, tyranny of the majority, or more often, the rise of authoritarian regimes worse than the ones the popular movements or revolutions demanded be replaced.
Crowds in Cuba embraced Fidel Castro in the late 1950s and watched helplessly as he instituted a brutal dictatorship, which continues to the present day.
In Iran in 1979, it has been estimated 98 per cent of the people supported the ousting of the shah, only to see his monarchy replaced by harsh Islamic rule. Iranians wanted freedom and human rights; instead they got Ayatollah Khomeini and eventually Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Two years ago, after Ahmadinejad retained the presidency, despite losing the vote, hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy protestors were met by police violence and repression.
The most infamous case of people power being ruthlessly suppressed was in China in 1989. Inspired by the pro-democracy events in Eastern Europe, students, academics and workers took to the streets, congregating in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Their demonstrations went on for nearly two months, before Chinese officials ordered the army to stop them. Thousands of unarmed protesters may have been killed; others were summarily tried and executed. Today, the Tiananmen Square Massacre, as it is known in the West, is not spoken of in China.
The latest proliferation of people power in the streets of Cairo and across Egypt seems to have its collective heart in the right place: Getting rid of President Hosni Mubarak, who has tightly gripped power in Egypt for 30 years and prevented true democracy from developing.
This is a noble goal, but a dangerous one, especially in the Middle East where there is no history of democracy. As has been evident in Iran, Lebanon, Gaza and elsewhere, elections do not make for a democracy (remember, too, that Adolf Hitler was elected in Germany in the early 1930s). Rather, they can permit Islamic fundamentalists like Hezbollah and Hamas to legally gain power and then quickly subvert the will of the people, or certainly prevent the rule of law and respect for minority rights.
There is presently an argument in the media and among political pundits and academics about the strength and popularity of the Muslim Brotherhood, severely restricted by Mubarak, yet represented in the Egyptian parliament. So far its members have been unusually quiet during the protests.
Have they really changed, as their leader Mohammed Badie says, or are they merely biding their time to take advantage of a potential power vacuum, should Mubarak be pushed from office before September when he says he will step down as president?
Author and Middle East expert Barry Rubin believes the Egyptian branch of the Brotherhood is not to be trusted. He has studied their recent public speeches and concluded they "want an Islamist radical state, ruled by Sharia and a war with Israel and the United States." They look to al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden for inspiration, not U.S. President Barack Obama.
It is hard to believe the hundreds of thousands of largely secular Egyptian protesters currently calling for Mubarak's resignation are fighting for such a fundamentalist Islamic regime. They should proceed cautiously, for it is the aftermath of people power that truly makes history, not the idealistic and emotional demonstrations in the streets we see on the news each night.
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At the moment my daughter has severe nappy rash I've tried using bepanthen but nothing seems to be working, she also has very sensitive skin, What can I do to help with the nappy rash?"
At the moment my daughter has severe nappy rash I've tried using bepanthen but nothing seems to be working, she also has very sensitive skin, What can I do to help with the nappy rash?"
Hi Bridge85,
I just responded to one of your other questions about what could be causing your daughter to wake up in the middle of the night screaming. Well... her bad nappy rash could very possibly be contributing to that.
As she sleeps, her nappy will become wetter and wetter with urine. As urine sits, it attracts bacteria. If your daughter's urine is concentrated, it will have more ammonia in it which will cause irritation to the skin (nappy rash). If she already has a rash, the ammonia will give a burning sensation which could wake her up.
So... let's address the rash and hope that this helps to resolve the sleeping issue too.
One of the best things you can do is allow her to have time during the day when she does not have a diaper on. This will allow air to help dry the skin and heal the skin AND it will also keep baby's urine from being in contact with the skin.
One way to do this is to put your 13 month old in a play pen. My play pens had a vinyl covered pad in the bottom that I usually covered with a piece of cloth. However, when I had a baby that needed to have "diaper off time", I just put her directly on the vinyl so that I could easily wipe up any urine.
Urine is sterile when it first leaves the body. So you can just put your baby in the play pen with some toys (not stuffed animals, but toys you can easily clean) and see if she will play in there without a nappy on. If she sits the whole time that will defeat the purpose because we want her bum open to the air. But if she stands, squats, walks around, lays on her tummy, then her bum will get some fresh air.
If that doesn't work, you can try leaving her bum open to the air while you breastfeed her. This way she is in one place (your arms) and you can put a thick towel on your lap while she breastfeeds.
Another idea is to take a cloth nappy and very lightly pin it on her. You want to be sure it will stay up, but also make it very loose so that air can get to her bottom (much better than using a disposable nappy). This will help to catch liquid when she wets. As soon as you notice the cloth nappy is damp, change it. We want the urine away from her skin so changing that nappy very often throughout the day will help.
You may want to use a nappy rash ointment that has zinc oxide in it at every nappy change. This would be when you're putting a nappy on for the night or when you need to go somewhere (not when you're letting air get to her bum because the ointment will keep air from getting to the skin).
Calendula Nappy Care Cream is also very good for healing the skin and can be used at every diaper change to also prevent nappy rash.
Use warm water on a cloth to clean her bottom instead of wipes. Wipes, again, can irritate already red/sore skin. You can put a little oil on the bottom if you want to be able to wipe feces (dirty nappy) off the skin more easily, but usually, just a warm wash cloth works without having any need for soap.
Here's a good video that discusses nappy rash treatment.
Last edited by 5Homebirths4Kate; 10th September 2012 at 10:23 AM.
Thank you Kate. I will try get the cream and will try the play pen without a nappy.
Please post back in a couple of days to let us know if the rash is clearing at all. Having some time for the baby's bottom to be in open air should really help.


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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Tulsa made the most of its second chance.
The Golden Hurricane (11-3) posted the second 11-win season in school history. Tulsa, which has the smallest enrollment of any Football Bowl Subdivision program, also finished 11-3 in 2008.
Iowa State (6-7) rallied to beat Tulsa 38-23 on Sept. 1, but the Golden Hurricane put together the comeback in the rematch. Tulsa trailed 17-7 at the end of the first quarter.
Both teams had changed quite a bit since that regular-season opener.
Iowa State's Steele Jantz, who threw two touchdown passes and ran for a third score in the season opener, lost his starting job to redshirt freshman Sam Richardson. The Cyclones' leading rusher (Shontrelle Johnson) and top tackler (Jake Knott) from the Sept. 1 game missed the Liberty Bowl with injuries.
Tulsa linebacker Shawn Jackson, a three-year starter, was serving a three-game suspension during the last meeting with Iowa State. Jackson sacked Richardson on consecutive plays late in the first quarter Monday and forced a fumble in the game's closing minutes.
After going 6 for 7 for 114 yards and a touchdown in the first quarter, Richardson was 4 of 14 for 15 yards with an interception the rest of the game. Iowa State didn't pick up its initial first down of the second half until after Jantz replaced Richardson with under 13 minutes left in the game.
The teams combined for 38 points in the first 19 minutes of the game before settling into more of a defensive struggle.
Iowa State capitalized on big plays to take an early 17-7 lead in front of a partisan crowd. About 80 percent of the fans were dressed in Iowa State cardinal-and-gold.
After Edwin Arceo capped Iowa State's opening series with a 33-yard field goal, Jeremy Reeves put the Cyclones in front 10-0 with a 31-yard interception return midway through the first quarter.
Tulsa answered with Alex Singleton's 2-yard touchdown dive, but Richardson connected with tight end Ernst Brun for a 69-yard score on Iowa State's ensuing possession.
The Golden Hurricane got back in the game by relying on its ground attack and pass rush, two strengths that helped Tulsa win the Conference USA championship.
Richardson, making his second career start, didn't have nearly as much time to throw after the first quarter. After moving the ball at will in the opening period, Iowa State's offense did virtually nothing right the rest of the day. Iowa State missed a field goal and committed three turnovers in the final three quarters.
The Golden Hurricane took the lead for good with a pair of touchdown runs - an 8-yarder from quarterback Cody Green and a 2-yarder from Singleton - in the first four minutes of the second quarter. Tulsa extended the lead to 28-17 in the third quarter on Singleton's 1-yard dive on fourth-and-goal.
Singleton's three scores gave him a school-record 24 touchdown runs this season.
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Raise your hand if you're a Lucky Brand fan! Me! Me! Back in my non-plus size days, I adored this retailer! Today, I can't really wear it. Well…that is until NOW! As of today, 'Ginger', the company's first venture into plus size denim will be available at major retailers nationwide!
"We are proud to introduce the best of Lucky Brand to the plus size denim market with the launch of
Ginger. This collection is very much in keeping with Lucky Brand's pursuit of encouraging our customers to celebrate their shape," said Nico Peyrache, VP of Denim Design at Lucky Brand.
According to the brand's press release: "Ginger is a mid-rise top-block jean that is offered in three leg openings – skinny, straight and boot cut. The jean features a contoured waist to fit one's curves and is created with super stretch fabric with great recovery to maintain shape. To compliment the Ginger, Lucky has also created a complete head-to-toe plus size fashion collection comprised of product taken from the brand's favorite and most iconic styles from the core brand offering with fit adjustments for a more flattering silhouette."
The Lucky Brand fall collection is priced at $99-$129 for denim, $49.50-$79.50 for knits/tees, $79.50-$99 for wovens, and $99-$119 for sweaters. And the collection will initially launch across 118 doors, comprised of major retailers including Nordstrom and Nordstrom.com, Macy's and Macys.com, Von Maur, Lord & Taylor and Belk. For Holiday 2012, the collection will expand to specialty stores and LuckyBrand.com.
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This article was published 12/12/2012 (1708 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Manitoba will take longer to balance its books than any other province save for Ontario, if current projections hold true.
A survey of the fiscal intentions of Canada's 10 provincial governments reveals most plan to stop running deficits at least two years earlier than Manitoba.
Premier Greg Selinger announced a revised schedule for balancing the books this week. The government is now shooting for 2016-17, instead of 2014-15, as previously promised. The old target placed Manitoba with the rest of the pack. The new one puts it near the rear -- although there is skepticism whether some of the other provinces will meet their own balanced-budget targets.
Manitoba Progressive Conservative deputy finance critic Reg Helwer said the province's ranking and its delayed return to a balanced budget sends the wrong signal to business. "It shows that this government can't manage," he said.
In delaying the return to surplus budgets, Selinger said Manitoba's finances, such as those in Ottawa and in other Canadian provinces, are being affected by a "fitful and uncertain" global economic recovery. Manitoba is also facing greater spending pressures in areas such as family services and justice, he said, and it is committed to avoiding cuts to key services such as health and education.
Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty warned in mid-November the feds might not be able to balance their books until 2016-17, a year later than promised. Later the same month, he backtracked, saying Ottawa might be able to meet its original target after all.
Some provinces have not updated their deficit-slaying projections for some time.
At least one, Nova Scotia, recently gave itself some wiggle room. Two months ago, NDP Premier Darrell Dexter speculated that an unexpected change in the size of federal transfer payments could push his province off its 2013-14 target date.
Meanwhile, New Brunswick's reigning Conservatives, who promised during the 2010 election to balance the province's books by the end of their mandate, have witnessed a $183-million deficit projected in March has now swollen to $356 million for the current year.
And there is also some skepticism about whether Christy Clark's Liberals can get British Columbia's books in the black by next year, as promised.
Ontario, which projects a $14.4-billion deficit in the current fiscal year, plans to balance its books in 2017-18.
John McCallum, a University of Manitoba economist, said Manitoba's ranking wouldn't matter much if it were mid-pack among provinces. "But when there are 10 provinces and you are last or second-last, that's what gets headlines."
The average Manitoban isn't likely to spend "more than a micro-second" contemplating the implications of a two-year delay in balancing the province's books, McCallum said. But job-creating entrepreneurs may worry that a province that is so far away from balancing its books may raise taxes.
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AN ACCRINGTON charity shop worker said he felt 'sick to the stomach' after burglars targeted the premises for the fifth time in three years.
Volunteers at Hyndburn Stray Dogs In Need came across a smashed door and discovered items were missing after being burgled in the early hours of Monday.
The Whalley Road shop, which was established in 2000, was also targeted in 2011 and police are currently tracking down CCTV footage of the incident.
Officers said no arrests had been made.
The shop is now appealing for a new till after the last one, containing £25, was taken during the break-in.
Stephen Wood, animal welfare officer at the charity, said: "You just feel sick to your stomach whenever this happens.
"I feel sorry for the volunteers who had to come across it.
"Because they work so hard to make the shop so clean and tidy.
"We normally leave the till open because it happens so often that we would rather them take the small amount in there and leave the till.
"They are hard to come by at a reasonable price and we would appeal to anyone who has one to donate it to us.
"We have 20 volunteers here and it will affect them all.
"We are also going to consider installing our own CCTV footage and a new alarm.
"It's very distressing and upsetting when this sort of this happens." A police spokeswoman said: "We received a call around midnight on Monday after a passerby spotted the bottom panel of the door was smashed.
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I hate being in shoe love. I really do. First it starts off with seeing the shoe online, then moves on to drooling over it, and then thinking about them on your feet. The next thing you know I'm planning an outfit around them and I'm broke. Today, I can only blame ASOS for making me fall in shoe love. I just had to click over to their site today and see their promo for their new collection of Barely There Sandals.
As you'll see below, they all have that ankle strap and simple strap across the toes. It's a great understated shoe. It can practically be worn with anything, but in my head I see this style of shoe with something in an elaborate design or print. These heels come in so many different colors, heights, and heel thickness. I think the HighGate, Hackney, and Hometown are my favorites, but I really could go for any of these.
The only issue I have would be the ankle strap. All I can think about is if it's going to fit around my ankle. I just recently bought a pair of shoes with this and it barely fit me. Oh the things us big girls go through with shoes. Find the ASOS Barely There Sandal collection here.


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A NEW centre has opened at a Chandler's Ford hospital to offer more services to patients under one roof.
The new Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Centre of Excellence, known as Excel, is claimed to be the first place in the South of England where treatment and rehabilitation are offered in one place, at the Nuffield Health Wessex Hospital.
Hand, wrist and elbow specialist, Professor David Warwick, officially opened the site which was developed as part of the hospital's £8 million refurbishment programme.
He said: "When patients are suffering with an injury, no matter how minor, it can be a stressful time. Excel will be the only centre south of London with these facilities which can look after its patients from the time they walk through the door until they're completely recovered. The centre is welcoming and friendly, putting patients at ease and making their experience a pleasant one."
Over 30 consultants have been employed at the centre and state-of-the-art technology, such as MRI and CT scanners and a hydrotherapy pool, has been installed.
Wessex Hospital director, Peter Howgrave-Graham, said: "We are delighted with the new centre and the wide ranging facilities that we have here. There are many people who carry on with an injury, working on through the pain when a simple solution can remedy it. "By offering these complimentary one-to-one discussions patients will receive the best possible advice which will help them identify the next steps towards the road to recovery."


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