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The 26-year-old beauty from Atlanta will search for her soul mate on The Bachelorette that premieres in May.
Andi Dorfman is beautiful, smart and successful — and she will star in the newest season of The Bachelorette, a dating game show premiering soon on ABC.
"Am I dreaming?!? Insanely grateful, happy and most of all ready to find love!!! #cloudnine," Dorfman, 26, posted on her Twitter account on March 10 after learning that she had been chosen.
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Amy Veenhof is entering her sixth season as head volleyball coach at Dakota State University. She was named head coach in March 2009 after spending four seasons as the assistant volleyball coach at Northern State University in Aberdeen, S.D.
Veenhof guided her 2011 DSU Volleyball team to their most wins since 2005. In addition, the Trojans qualified for the Association of Independent Institutions (A.I.I.) Conference post-season tournament in Phoenix, Ariz. She coached two 2011 All-Conference selections, During her coaching tenure at Dakota State, she had coached three spikers that surpassed 1,000-kill club.
Veenhof's volleyball teams have also excelled in the classroom, where in her first five years, nine players earned Academic All-American. Her teams also consistently ranked at or above a 3.0 cumulative grade point average, earning NAIA Scholar-Team award four times.
Veenhof coached at Si Tanka-Huron University for one season before taking the job at Northern State. She also served as the head coach of the Northeast South Dakota (NESD) Junior Olympic volleyball club in Aberdeen for four years.
During Veenhof's coaching tenure at Dakota State, she is the director for the Madison Area Junior Olympic Volleyball Club.
Veenhof was a two-year starter, two-time All-Conference and All-Region selection in both volleyball and softball at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minn. She also received All-American in volleyball. Veenhof then transferred to Si Tanka University in Huron, S.D. where she was a two-year starter in both volleyball and softball. She received Academic All-American honors while at Si Tanka.
Veenhof is a native of Henderson, Minn. She earned her associate degree from Bethany Lutheran College, her bachelor's degree from Si Tanka University and her master's degree from Northern State University. Veenhof is also teaching for the College of Education at Dakota State University.
Amy and her husband, Casey, have three sons - Shane, Henry and Frank. Casey played football at Huron University and for the Sioux Falls Storm.
Megan Kusler is entering her third season as an assistant volleyball coach at Dakota State University. She was a volleyball and basketball standout for Aberdeen Central High School. In both volleyball and basketball, Kusler was a three-time All-Conference selection, two-time State All-Tournament pick and received All-State recognition her senior year. She was also named South Dakota Miss Volleyball.
After graduating from Aberdeen Central, Kusler went to Northern State University and played basketball for the Wolves from 2006-2010. She received her bachelor's degree in sports marketing and administration from Northern State University.
Kusler has several years of experience coaching and officiating volleyball. She was on the coaching staff of the Northeast South Dakota (NESD) Junior Olympic volleyball club in Aberdeen for five years. She has been a summer camp instructor and official for Aberdeen Central High School and Northern State University for numerous years.
Kusler coached for the Madison Junior Olympics volleyball program for the past two years.
Kusler currently resides in Madison, S.D.

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Remember, cut apart six-pack rings, throw away plastic bags, and definitely don't leave old milk cans laying around.
It would be hard to believe anywhere else, but in Wisconsin a disposed milk can found its way onto a black bear's head. Like a giant version of the arcade game using a claw to pick up a stuffed animal, a forester took hold in a corn field and freed the bear of his burden.


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Laurier grad earns accounting gold medal
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Dec 7/12| For Immediate Release
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WATERLOO Laurier graduate Joshua Huff (BBA 11) captured the Canadian and Ontario gold medals for achieving the highest standing in the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants 2012 Uniform Evaluation (UFE), considered one of the worlds most challenging professional entry examinations.
Since 1993, Laurier accounting graduates have won more Canadian and Ontario gold medals than any other university in Canada. Huff, an accountant at KPMG in Waterloo, Ontario, is the fifth Laurier graduate to earn both medals.
Laurier has a legacy of earning top national and provincial UFE honours, said Micheál Kelly, the dean of Lauriers School of Business & Economics. We look forward to adding Joshuas name to Lauriers SBE Gold Medal wall of fame in the New Year.
The UFE is a national three-day evaluation and is an important component of the Chartered Accountant (CA) qualification program. Held every September, students write three papers in three days to assess essential knowledge, professional judgment, ethics and ability to communicate. More than 3,000 students across Canada passed the 2012 UFE exam.
Huff says Laurier helps prepare students for success in the UFE. The business program integrates accounting courses with other subject areas, such as marketing and human resources. It also exposes students to case writing, which is a big component of the exam.
There is obviously a strong accounting component to the UFE, but they also want you to see the bigger business issues, he says. Now that the UFE is done, I look forward to continuing to work at KPMG and getting practical experience.
Two other Laurier graduates achieved standing on the 2012 national UFE honour roll: Michael Black (BBA 11) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Toronto, and Thomas Callaghan (BBA 11) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in London.
We are very proud of the more than 100 graduates of our programs that passed the 2012 UFE, said Bruce McConomy, Director: CA/Laurier Centre for the Advancement of Accounting Research & Education. Congratulations to Joshua, Michael and Thomas, and all of our successful Laurier UFE writers.
Laurier UFE history
- 2009 Ontario Gold Medalist Jacob Richard Bell
- 2008 Ontario Gold Medalist Anna Nowak
- 2006 Canadian/Ontario Gold Medalist Jennifer Hayton
- 2002 Canadian/Ontario Gold Medalist Sarah Hadley
- 1998 Ontario Gold Medalist Agnes Timmerman
- 1995 Ontario Gold Medalist Simon Parmar
- 1994 Canadian/Ontario Gold Medalist Dennis Kavelman
- 1993 Canadian/Ontario Gold Medalist Paul Van Bakel
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2010 Hugo Awards Winners
posted Sunday 5 September 2010 @ 5:42 am PDT
Winners of the Hugo Awards and for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer were announced at a ceremony during Aussiecon 4, the 68th World Science Fiction Convention, held in Melbourne, Australia, September 5, 2010.
Best Novel (tie)
- The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
- The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)
- Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor)
- Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America, Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)
- Palimpsest, Catherynne M. Valente (Bantam Spectra)
- Wake, Robert J. Sawyer (Analog 11/08-3/09; Ace; Gollancz)
Best Novella
- "Palimpsest", Charles Stross (Wireless)
- "Act One", Nancy Kress (Asimov's 3/09)
- The God Engines, John Scalzi (Subterranean)
- Shambling Towards Hiroshima, James Morrow (Tachyon)
- "Vishnu at the Cat Circus", Ian McDonald (Cyberabad Days)
- The Women of Nell Gwynne's, Kage Baker (Subterranean)
Best Novelette
- "The Island", Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2)
- "Eros, Philia, Agape", Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com 3/09)
- "It Takes Two", Nicola Griffith (Eclipse Three)
- "One of Our Bastards is Missing", Paul Cornell (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Three)
- "Overtime", Charles Stross (Tor.com 12/09)
- "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast", Eugie Foster (Interzone 2/09)
Best Short Story
- "Bridesicle", Will McIntosh (Asimov's 1/09)
- "The Bride of Frankenstein", Mike Resnick (Asimov's 12/09)
- "The Moment", Lawrence M. Schoen (Footprints)
- "Non-Zero Probabilities", N.K. Jemisin (Clarkesworld 9/09)
- "Spar", Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld 10/09)
Best Related Book
- This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is "I"), Jack Vance (Subterranean)
- Canary Fever: Reviews, John Clute (Beccon)
- Hope-In-The-Mist: The Extraordinary Career and Mysterious Life of Hope Mirrlees, Michael Swanwick (Temporary Culture)
- The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction, Farah Mendlesohn (McFarland)
- On Joanna Russ, Farah Mendlesohn (ed.) (Wesleyan)
- The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of SF Feminisms, Helen Merrick (Aqueduct)
Best Graphic Story
- Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm, written by Kaja and Phil Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colours by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
- Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?, written by Neil Gaiman; penciled by Andy Kubert; inked by Scott Williams (DC Comics)
- Captain Britain And MI13. Volume 3: Vampire State, written by Paul Cornell; penciled by Leonard Kirk with Mike Collins, Adrian Alphona and Ardian Syaf (Marvel Comics)
- Fables Vol 12: The Dark Ages, written by Bill Willingham; pencilled by Mark Buckingham; art by Peter Gross & Andrew Pepoy, Michael Allred, David Hahn; colour by Lee Loughridge & Laura Allred; letters by Todd Klein (Vertigo Comics)
- Schlock Mercenary: The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse, written and illustrated by Howard Tayler
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
- Moon, screenplay by Nathan Parker; story by Duncan Jones; directed by Duncan Jones (Liberty Films)
- Avatar, screenplay and directed by James Cameron (Twentieth Century Fox)
- District 9, screenplay by Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell; directed by Neill Blomkamp (TriStar Pictures)
- Star Trek, screenplay by Robert Orci & Alex Kurtzman; directed by J.J. Abrams (Paramount)
- Up, screenplay by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter; story by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, & Thomas McCarthy; directed by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter (Disney/Pixar)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
- Doctor Who: "The Waters of Mars", written by Russell T Davies & Phil Ford; directed by Graeme Harper (BBC Wales)
- Doctor Who: "The Next Doctor", written by Russell T Davies; directed by Andy Goddard (BBC Wales)
- Doctor Who: "Planet of the Dead", written by Russell T Davies & Gareth Roberts; directed by James Strong (BBC Wales)
- Dollhouse: "Epitaph 1", story by Joss Whedon; written by Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon; directed by David Solomon (Mutant Enemy)
- FlashForward: "No More Good Days", written by Brannon Braga & David S. Goyer; directed by David S. Goyer; based on the novel by Robert J. Sawyer (ABC)
Best Editor, Long Form
- Patrick Nielsen Hayden
- Lou Anders
- Ginjer Buchanan
- Liz Gorinsky
- Juliet Ulman
Best Editor, Short Form
- Ellen Datlow
- Stanley Schmidt
- Jonathan Strahan
- Gordon Van Gelder
- Sheila Williams
Best Professional Artist
- Shaun Tan
- Bob Eggleton
- Stephan Martiniere
- John Picacio
- Daniel Dos Santos
Best Semiprozine
- Clarkesworld, edited by Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, & Cheryl Morgan
- Ansible, edited by David Langford
- Interzone, edited by Andy Cox
- Locus, edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi
- Weird Tales, edited by Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal
Best Fan Writer
- Frederik Pohl
- Claire Brialey
- Christopher J Garcia
- James Nicoll
- Lloyd Penney
Best Fanzine
- StarShipSofa, edited by Tony C. Smith
- Argentus, edited by Steven H Silver
- Banana Wings, edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
- CHALLENGER, edited by Guy H. Lillian III
- Drink Tank, edited by Christopher J Garcia, with guest editor James Bacon
- File 770, edited by Mike Glyer
Best Fan Artist
- Brad W. Foster
- Dave Howell
- Sue Mason
- Steve Stiles
- Taral Wayne
The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer [Not a Hugo]
- Seanan McGuire
- Saladin Ahmed
- Gail Carriger
- Felix Gilman *
- Lezli Robyn *
*(Second year of eligibility)
The Big Heart Award went to Merv Binns.
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April 19, 2013
Pitcher Profile
Rookie Rotation Arms
Four pitchers that made their first MLB starts—or debuted—in 2013 have stayed in their teams' rotations to make at least one more. These pitchers have combined for 10 starts, covering 55 1/3 innings while yielding 52 strikeouts and just 11 walks—and providing 866 tracked pitches along the way. Impressive.
Jose Fernandez, RHP, Miami Marlins
Fastball, sinker, changeup, and a "good" slurve (more of a curveball, hence the name):
Brandon Maurer, RHP, Seattle Mariners
Fastball, sinker, slider, and curveball:
Hyun-jin Ryu, LHP, Los Angeles Dodgers
Fastball, changeup, slider, and curveball:
Nicholas Tepesch, RHP, Texas Rangers
Fastball, sinker, cutter (slider?), and curveball:
Tepesch's cutter could/should be labeled slider, so we'll group it with the sliders when discussed below.
The experienced and older Ryu has carried a heavier load than his more-youthful fellow rookies. Fernandez and Ryu are clearly the best strikeout pitchers in this group.
Tepesch has shown tremendous balance in his pitch selection, throwing more sinkers than anyone in the group, yet none of his pitches have cracked the 30 percent barrier. Tepesch has thrown 50 percent breaking balls, while Maurer has used spin on 41 percent of his offerings. Fernandez has mostly stuck with his hard stuff; his 63 percent rate is at least 12 percentage points ahead of the rest.
Fernandez throws the hardest, which should come as no surprise. Tepesch and Fernandez have the smallest gap between their fastballs and curveballs. Ryu's 10-mph gap to his changeup (average to average) is the largest of the group. As we saw above, Ryu also throws more changeups than the other pitchers.
Let's talk spin. To compare a lefty with three righties, I'm trying a new way of showing spin. This scale adjusts spin to be (a) relative to "pure backspin" and (b) in the same direction for pitchers of either handedness. The scale is 180, plus and minus to differentiate direction of pitch movement (arm- or glove-side).
Tepesch's four-seamer is the straightest of the group, while Maurer has the most tail. Tepesch closes the gap with his sinker but still lags behind Maurer. The difference between the fastball and sinker is most pronounced for Tepesch, and this was reflected in the gap between the two clusters in his first graph above.
The sliders and curves are both similar. Ryu has the deepest of the three conventional curveballs, with Fernandez showing a pitch that spins somewhere between the sliders and the curves. It's a little closer to the curves, and the 20-year-old Marlin calls it a curveball. Fernandez also throws the changeup with the most action on it. This is reflected in the movement chart above, where his change shows more drop (depth, sink, tail, you name it) than the others'.
Fernandez has the best stuff, but Ryu has an impressive kit as well. Tepesch looks less appealing, but has a nice differential between his sinker and fastball, which could be useful if he can command both simultaneously. Maurer looks very good, but his curveball appears to be inconsistent, and his reliance on breaking pitches may alarm some observers.
Harry Pavlidis is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @harrypav
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Andy Cochrane
Wow. Great stuff. I love the pitching stuff at BP but never quite know the best and most relevant things to focus on when I look at the cards.
Apr 19, 2013 05:55 AM
I only watched Maurer pitched against Texas in person, which happened to be the only decent game he pitched. With the #SSS, we can see his slider wasn't working until last Sunday against Rangers.
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I lived in Middlesbrough for a year or so when my (now ex) boyfriend was studying at the University there. It's not a bad town, contrary to popular opinion - it just has a bad reputation.
They've done a lot to try and turn it around in the last few years with the additon of the MIMA gallery and the free music festival they now host in the city centre every year, which is great fun.
There are plenty of restaurants and shops, with two main shopping centres and plenty of little local owned and run shops to give it a nice student vibe. The travel links could perhaps be better improved, but there is a train station, regular buses and coaches and is accessible from Durham Airport.
The quality of houses in middlesbrough is slowly being regenerated by the council, knocking down the old terraces and starting again, and I for one think it all deserves a round of applause for the efforts :)
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~~Middlesbrough: A beginners guide~~
Like many of those who have written an opinion on Middlesbrough, I have lived in Middlesbrough all my life - and boy, do I wish I hadn't had that misfortune! It's true that the town centre can be a good place to shop - all the shops are together, all the pubs are there, and there's plenty of variety; especially now, with Middlesbrough's new "updated" image - we now have trendy shops that we never had before - a virgin megastore, a schuh, designer shops, etc.
There is quite an extensive and interesting history to Middlesbrough, but I'm only going to give you some basics here, otherwise you would be reading for hours. If you really are interested in looking into it in further detail, a good place to start is www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk/Middlesbrough.htm.
Middlesbrough currently has a population of approximately 150,000.
Middlesbrough's two main 'landmarks' are the Transporter Bridge and Roseberry Topping (which I will upload pics of). The Transporter Bridge came into being in 1911, and is now one of only two left. You may have seen it in Auf Wiedersehan Pet, when a series centered around it. Roseberry Topping is a natural landmark, essentially a 'funny shaped hill' that can be seen from many parts of the town, and from outside it.
Captain Cook, who we have already mentioned a little was an explorer, who sailed his ship, The Endeavour, to explore Australia, among other places back in the 1700s.
Middlesbrough remains one of the cheapest areas in which to live. This is probably because no-one wants to live in it. They should pay us to live here. Sorry...got a little personal again there. :)
There is a lot more to the history of the area though, and it is quite interesting, so give it a look if you fancy it.
~~Housing and Regeneration~~
Recently in the local news, there has been a lot of emphasis on the regeneration of the town. Houses in both Middlesbrough itself and the surrounding areas are being pulled down left right and centre. The most run-down estates have been getting 'regeneration budgets', aimed at improving the quality of life in these areas. This includes ripping down old terraced house, building new ones and...well, that's pretty much it. They don't move the scummy people out of the area, they just give them nice new houses. Big improvement. Not.
Along this same thought pattern, the council has made Middlesbrough 'pretty' in the hope that people will stop beating each other up if they are in a nicer looking town. We now have town centre pavements covered in bonny blue and purple lights, some trees, some chrome benches and a modern sculpture or two. If Middlesbrough didn't have the worst people in the world living in it, it could be a lovely place to live.
~~The University of Teesside~~
The University of Teesside has been around for a good while (I can't seem to find a date anywhere unfortunately), and blends traditional buildings with modern ones. Unlike most mixtures of this kind, however, the university looks excellent. Offering a wide range of courses (on which you can get more info on their website at www.tees.ac.uk), the university brings a massive wealth to Middlesbrough, providing lots of business to local pubs, shops and restaurants.
~~Middlesbrough for the alternative scene~~
I'm sure many of the others who have written an opinion on Midlesbrough have said what a fantastic nightlife it has - but that would be the opinion of Middlesbrough's "trendy" people. From the point of view of someone like myself (myself being a person who likes rock music, not dance), there's now almost no nightlife at all. There is ONE rock-orientated club in M'bro now - The Arena - so if you don't like it there, you're scuppered.
To compare, I recently went out on a night out in Newcastle - one of Middlesbrough's closest big cities. I went with a group of friends (7 of us in all) - all of whom are slightly "alternative" in one way or another. We went out, walked to the city centre, had a fantastic night out, got taxis back and then went shopping the next day.
Now, the major difference is this - through that entire time, we felt safe! We didn't get even ONE comment on the way we looked for the entire weekend -which is extremely unusual when you're used to Middlesbrough.
The last time I remember going out in Middlesbrough town, we were walking home, and some lads coming in the opposite direction decided that we were "freaks" - and apparently this means that at least one of your friends has to be hospitalised -this is the mentality of the Middlesbrough "townies".
And this time was far from being the first occasion when something like it has happened to me and/or my friends - so you can see why I don't really go out anymore; or when I do, it's generally to a pretty quiet pub, and I (as unfortunate and unfair as it is) feel scared almost all of the time, even in daytime...I can't imagine how my friends feel, as I dress pretty "trendy" compared to them, I don't look alternative at all most of the time.
As a result of constant abuse by 'neighbours' of a friend, I will now no longer visit my friends at their house unless I'm with someone else.
~~Famous People~~
The thing many people in the town talk about, along with the 'fantastic' transporter bridge (which is the most famous landmark of the town, that and 'roseberry topping', a funny shaped hill), is Captain James Cook, who was born in Marton, a suburb of Middlesbrough, about 20 minutes walk from the town centre. People in Middlesbrough are immensely proud that the town is the birthplace of Captain Cook, to the extent that EVERYTHING is named after him, including the major hospital in the area, which is now called The James Cook University Hospital. Up until about three years ago, it was simply called South Cleveland. Other 'famous people' that Middlesbrough can lay a claim to are Roy 'Chubby' Brown and Bob Mortimer and Chris Rea. The only famous local that I am actually proud of is filmmaker Ridley Scott (Alien), who attended what is now Cleveland College of Art and Design (in Hartlepool) to study film (the same course that I do I think). Incidentally, it is said that Scott's inspiration for the industrial wasteland of Blade Runner was Middlesbrough, and I can well believe it.
~~Other Tidbits~~
As I have mentioned the art college there, I should really go into a little detail on that, as it is unique. CCAD has been established for over 100 years, and remains the only specialist arts college in the North East of England. It offers a wide range of courses in all things art related. You can find out more information on their website at www.ccad.ac.uk.
In the last couple of years, Middlesbrough has seen further improvements in the entertainment sector. A massive multiscreen UGC cinema was built a few minutes walk from the town centre, along with a new JJB Sports (including a large gym), McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Nandos (chicken) and Etsuko (Japanese food). Recently, the UGC was bought out by large chain Cineworld.
Middlesbrough's dockland, Middlehaven, is set for a £500m transformation. This will see an essential wasteland being turned into a new area of attraction for both business and leisure.
Overall, Middlesbrough would be an exciting and modern place to live, if it weren't for all the damn people. I hope this has been helpful to anyone who is thinking of visiting or moving to the area.
I have lived in Middlesbrough all my life and I quite like living here despite what most people think. Middlesbrough isnt massive but everything you need is in one place. Shops, parks, cinema, restaurants, car parking, train and bus station and pretty good night life. I have to admit there are better places to shop in the north east but Middlesbrough has many shops for all kind of tastes. What really gets me about M,bro is the fact that it has 4 different shopping centres in 1 minutes walking distance of each other. This means we have 2 WHSmiths, 2 Internationales, 2 Principles, 2 Barretts, 2 Bay Trading etc etc. If only they could think of something new to put in Middlesbrough I am sure there are some more shops, arent there? One tip dont go shopping in Middlesbrough when there is a home match on, the stadium is just outside the town. There is no chance of getting parked and the traffic is a nightmare. The restaurants in Middlesbrough are nice. They have a brilliant chinese called Peking Villa, its a family run business and it is a bit pricey but its well worth it. They have loads of pictures of all their customers including the funny Chubby Brown, and he likes his food so if he likes you will love it. Joe Rigatonnis (I think thats right) serve really nice Italian food and the restaurant is not right in the town centre so you dont get all the P**s heads coming in. They also employ alot of italian staff which can be a bit annoying because they do correct you if you pronounce the dish wrong. There are plenty more retaurants but I havent eaten in them put I've heard there all good. The nightlife in Middlesbrough is excellent. It does get a bit crammed on the weekend because you get people coming from all round the Teesside area. Middlesbrough is not the biggest town but its bigger than say Stockton and Redcar. The pubs in M'bro are all reasonably priced and there are always some kind of offers going on so i
t can be a cheap night out. Most of the people in Middlesbrough are friendly and you are bound to meet someone new, there are the occasional fights but what town do you find where there isnt. A new UGC cinema has just been built in the town centre. Its really smart and cheap compared to the other showcase cinema. Its even got a bar which most of you probably wont find surprising but I've never seen a cinema like it. Its got 3 floors and the seating is really roomy and comfortable. There is a McDonalds and Pizza Hut right outside the cinema and also a Video rental store which I havent been in and I really dont know why its there but it looks cool so I will leave it at that. Middlesbrough also has a bit of history. You can find out all about Captain James Cook at Stuarts park which is a really nice quiet park. Its got a bit of wild life like peacocks and rabbits which are nice if you have children. Stuarts Park has no childrens playground because the person who built it said that there were to be no playground built I cant remember why, sorry, but it is nice for a quiet stroll on a Sunday afternoon. Well thats it, I think Middlesbrough is well worth at least one visit, dont you?
As there are no venues listed in the Nightclubs category and as I wanted to consider other aspects besides clubs, I felt this opinion should go here. Firstly, Middlesbrough is not one of the major places you would think of when looking for somewhere to go on a night out. However, there are some good places if you know where to look. The Empire in the centre of Middlesbrough is the town's biggest and best nightclub. Once a theatre amongst its many incarnations, it is now one of the most popular nightclubs in the region if not the North. You will find it listed in the Guide (published with the Guardian) every Saturday for its Sugershack nights, which attract some of the county's best DJ's (Judge Jules recently played there and I believe Fatboy Slim has too). It is built on two levels, with the main, large dancefloor downstairs, along with a small bar. The main bar is upstairs in the quieter area of the club, and being a former theatre, it all looks very grand and impressive, with a balcony looking out over the dancefloor. As well as Sugershack, on Thursday night there is Planet Pop for fans of cheesy pop music. Apart from the Empire, there are several other clubs worth a visit. My favourite is the Tuxedo Royale, a 'floating nightclub' on board a ship which is docked next to the Riverside Stadium (home of Middlesbrough Football Club). At night it looks brilliant, and you can go out on deck and look over the dock towards the lights of Middlesbrough. There are several rooms, over three levels. You come into the reception area, and I believe there is a small bar on this level, although I have never visited it. Upstairs is a medium sized room, with sofas and comfy seats and a bar. This is the place to come to relax after you've been to the bottom level, which is the main dance area. The room is large with two bars, lots of seating and best of all, a REVOLVING dancefloor. Different kinds of music are played in each room, an
d there is something for everyone. The other major nightclub is Liquid. It is situated just off the centre and attracts a very young crowd (some might say TOO young) The dancefloor is quite big and the music is usually dance based. I must say I like Liquid the least out of the three mentioned. It's often quite empty, especially on a Friday and the atmosphere is much better at the other two. Away from the clubs, there is plenty more to do. There are several theatres in Middlesbrough, including Middlesbrough Little Theatre. There is also regular live music and comedy acts at Middlesbrough Town Hall. Recent visitors include Jack Dee and the Bootleg Beatles. A brand new UGC cinema has just opened in the centre of town, replacing the old Odeon cinema, which frankly was in need of closing. The cinema has 11 screens and a bar over 3 levels and has an usually large amount of legroom. However food and drink prices are EXTREMELY high-if you must eat, go to McDonalds next door, which opened at the same time as the cinema. The major eating place in Middlesbrough is the Purple Onion restaurant. The food is top-class, and the service is excellent. For Chinese food lovers, there is China Buffet King, which specialises in All You Can Eat deals-very good value. As well as the positives, there are few negatives about Middlesbrough at night. The crime rate in the town is always claimed to be high, although none of my friends or myself have never experienced any problems, apart from the tramps who often beg for money outside McDonalds. Also, the no-go area of Middlesbrough deserves its name. The area past the Albert Bridge is the town's red light zone, with all the trouble that comes with area's such as these. Apart from this minor problems, Middlesbrough is a good place to come for a night out, with a wide variety of things to do. Come and see for yourself.
Well - I was born in Eston - which I still believe is a part of Middlesbrough. I now live in a small town in Middlesbrough which I have lived ever since. middlesbrough - with it being the most industrialised place in the country with polutioneverywhere is still my home and I have learned to like living here. In the town centre - theres many shops but one inparticular (not really a shop - its a café) is called Café Pronto in which they serve the best coffee around, not to mention the best Hot mixed rolls. Bacon and cheese - YUM - my favorite but best of all the company you get in there is excellent. So if you live here - visit CAFÉ PRONTO on Borough Road or if you're visiting Middlesbrough go there anyway - Its a new experience and a one stop shop for your best Coffee and snacks.
It is spelled Middlesbrough yer know!! I was born in 'Boro and lived there until I was 23, I've spent the last year living in London which has been a bit of a culture shock. I left home because of the lack of quality jobs/careers in the area, I mean... there is nothing in 'Boro compared to London. I wanted to work on the internet in some capacity, but that just wasn't possible in my home town. Why do I miss middlesbrough, my family, friends, the socialising, the place itself. All of it really and sometimes the football team as well!! There are some great pubs/bars and places to eat and everything is so cheap. You can get a pint for as cheap as 80p in some pubs! The nightlife has gone down a bit in terms of nightclubs but there is always the Millenium in Stockton, and some good late bars in the town such as The Cornerhouse, and Chicargo Rock The town centre has seen some improvements in recent years which is good, and Middlesbrough almost got City Status, just getting beat narrowly by Wolverhampton. If you're going to Middlesbrough to study though, you're going to the right place, cheap beer, friendly people, and excellent university facilities. If you're heading up north for a job though, think again. Unemployment is one of middlesbrough's big let downs. Right thats it then, I'm off to find an 80p a pint night!
I was born in Middlesbrough and lived here ever since, to be honest i dont think I ever want to leave. The people here are the friendliest, nicest around, say if you walk into a shop, they will open the door for you and hold it open even if they were 1st and that doesnt only apply to the "gentlemen". I work in Middlesbrough town centre part time and its the busiest day of the week, sometimes people have to stand in a queue for a really long time but they always find time to have a nice chat about the weather or how busy town is and when you're working it makes you smile that people you dont even know talk to you. I did go to London last year fo the 1st time in my life and when i got to Victoria Station, i noticed that people were so busy in theyre own lives that i immediately missed Middlesbrough. i think people from London and busy cities should try to visit the place, ok it isnt the most wonderful place in the world(after all we do have the highest unemployment and teenage pregnancies figures) but some of the people are, thats what makes it special. Oh and for a nice meal try Joe Rigatoni's, my favourite restaurant of all time. Lovely italian dishes, plenty of choice for vegetarians like me aswell. The layout is beautiful too, candles, low lighting, just perfect!
OK, I've never actually lived in Middlesbrough, but I have visited friends at the University and stayed there for a couple of weeks in total and I think it's quite a nice place. Yes, Middlesbrough is polluted, it's got a reputation for being rough and it's obviously not the most affluent city in England, but it's really not that bad. The pollution in London is much worse. As for rough, in my experience the people in Middlesbrough are some of the nicest I've ever met, you can't go into a pub or nightclub without chatting to somebody you've never met before. The nightlife in Middlesbrough is great. Especially considering it's so close to Sunderland and Newcastle, which is so well known for it's nightlife. There are several decent sized nightclubs catering for all different sections of the community, and Middlesbrough people really know how to party! There are plenty of pubs and drinks are very reasonably priced. Also, the Student Union bar is one of the largest in the country! Another benefit of Middlesbrough is that everything is so close together and compact, it's a great city for students as you don't need to get a taxi anywhere, the halls of residence, pubs, nightclubs, town centre, train station and supermarkets are all within walking distance of the University. The range of shops is pretty good, although not the best I've ever seen most of the usual high street suspects are there. Yes, there are rough area's of Middlesbrough, I don't think I'd want to walk through Brambles Farm alone after dark, but the same could be said for any major town or city, this isn't something that's peculiar to Middlesbrough. I think that Middlesbrough is judged quite unfairly, it's not a very pretty town, but the people are the best.
Middlesbrough has in the press been portrayed as an ugly chemical works with the odd house in the middle of all the heavy industry. Whilst this is true to some degree, (heavy industry is what made Middlesbrough ever since iron ore was found in the Cleveland hills in the nineteenth century) it neglects to consider the beauty of the countryside in the surrounding area, the Cleveland hills are ten minutes away the Darlington Dales are within twenty minutes the coast is ten minutes away and cities like Durham and York are both within an hours travel. Having been born and raised in the Boro people may think that I have a biased opinion about the place but that is not so, it has to be said that there is more litter in Boro than any other place that I have been to especially in the parliament road area. It also has to be said that there are many areas of the town where you do not want to be by yourself after dark, Grove Hill, South Bank, Grangetown amongst others. It doesn't alter the fact that I love the town and will always have deep feelings for the place. Where else do you get so see Captain Cooks heritage, the finest soccer team in the country, the best night out you can have (you start in Boro for a night out and you will not forget it), have the best designers clothes shops in Britain (psyche UK designer retailer for last few years) and the best restaurants (the purple onion) in such a small town. Visit Middlesbrough you will be surprised by what is behind the grime


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Looking to create a webpage which will compare the prices from different online shopping sites..
example1) consider i have a list of 5 websites which sell items online...if there is information about a PRODUCT A in MY site...then it shud check if that PRODUCT A is being sold by any website in the list (1), if yes then it should display its price....
im comfortable with wordpress, and kno how to insert and run PHP code, mysql queries.. [but jst a beginer in PHP]
have no idea on how to achieve this, so any help will be appreciated..
I think you should look at product feeds. So sites may have an XML feed or an API, such as Amazon, that will allow you to pull out data to show on your website. I could be wrong but that's what I would consider first.
IF your database(s) are on the same server and use the same database table structure you can loop through a connection of a number of databases and build an array of information, which you can then pull specific product information from, product name, sales etc. Assuming I did this right you'll see the $sites array holds connection info for each site.
You'll loop through connection of each DB.Define tables to access.Loop through and execute queries and build result array $row containing info from all databases.
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"siteA" => array('databaseA', 'localhost', 'userA', 'passA'),
"siteB" => array('databaseB', 'localhost', 'userB', 'passB'),
"siteC" => array('databaseC', 'localhost', 'userC', 'passC')
try {
foreach($sites as $conn => $s){
$db = "db$x";
$$db = new PDO("mysql:dbname={$s[0]};host={$s[1]}", "{$s[2]}", "{$s[3]}");
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$sqlb = "SELECT * FROM `sales`";
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foreach($sites as $conn => $s){
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$resultb = "resultb$x";
$db = "db$x";
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$$resultb = $$db->query($sqlb);
$row[$conn][] = $$resulta->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
$row[$conn][] = $$resultb->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
@ freakystreak thanks dats a start, could go by ur way..thanks @Drummin for the code, but i dont have access to the db of the other website..
Well first off let me just stay that this is a huge task to take on for a beginner. There are in theory multiple ways to do this. The way which it will/can be done will be different based on each vendor that you would like to integrate. However, the top three ways to achieve this would be an integration with the vendor API, feed processing, or website scraping. The ideal way to this would be to use the vendors API to fetch the product data. Though not all vendors will have an API. If an API is not an option than the next best way to do it would via parsing some type of feed. Though not all vendors will even offer a feed. Failing that you are left with scraping the website which is a very tricky process with many points of potential failure and edge cases. The most unideal way to it would be scraping considering one change in the mark-up and the program would need to *likely be rewritten. Perhaps you could provide the community with a list of sites that you would like to aggregate/compare pricing data from. That way someone *might be able to suggest a means of fetching the data. In the case of a site like amazon an API is offered that I *believe would allow for the type of functionality desired. Though most sites out there will probably not have any type of API if even a feed. So you will only be left with the worst, most painful option of writing a scrapper(s) specific to the site that needs to be parsed. This of course is only meant to be a high level overview of the complete process. The details are dependent on the vendors/site and integration options offered if any that don't require creating scrappers.


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Mr. Gergen's Interview with Mr. AmbroseHistorians/History
Dear NewsHour:
I feel very sad that NewsHour, a program of heretofore unimpeachable standards, has deemed it necessary to air the David Gergen interview with Stephen Ambrose on Tuesday July 30. To me, this interview was appalling and disgraceful. For a news program that prides itself on telling both sides of a story, the Gergen - Ambrose interview clearly was intended to throw Ambrose"a softball" to ease the pain and embarassment of his recent plagiarism scandal. This was not"news." Rather, the contrast with the standard investigative reporting and balanced debates normally featured on the show was astonishing. It appears that politicians are routinely asked hard questions about debatable behavior; celebrities are not. Ambrose broke laws: if you doubt this, examine US Copyright infringement laws and read any reputable media story on the plagiarism scandal to determine exactly what, in the end, Ambrose did. Indeed, please examine the URL link for your own sister-organization, National Public Radio, when it examined the Ambrose story in detail in January. The facts were straightforward, and Ambrose did not emerge as the heroic figure he did on NewsHour. Here is the URL:
The facts are clear that Dr. Ambrose plagiarized others' work. Most sadly of all, plagiarism hurts people, as it has hurt me. I am the author of one of the books from which Dr. Ambrose"inappropriately copied" (in the gentle phraseology of the New York Times). As Casey Stengel used to say:"You can look it up." My book was"Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy." His book was"Citizen-Soldiers." For specific references to the copied passages, please check the Forbes.com website archives employing a search for:"Ambrose, Plagiarism."
I find it shocking that Doris Kearns Goodwin was unceremoniously removed from NewsHour as a commentator, but Dr. Ambrose, whose unethical behavior far exceeded that of Ms. Goodwin, was offered the opportunity of defending his indefensible behavior with no dissenting point of view allowed. I ask you to examine the tape again of the Gergen - Ambrose interview and ask yourself the hard question: Is this the quality of news we expect to offer the public on NewsHour? For me, the answer is clear: it is not. There is little that I can do beyond writing this letter of protest, but rest assured that for the foreseeable future, I, my family, my outraged neighbors here in Baltimore, my WWII veteran friends, and my fellow authors who have been victims of plagiarism will no longer be viewing NewsHour.
I repeat the first sentence of this e-mail: I find this sad.
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Elizabeth Robinson - 11/13/2002
I am appalled that you allow Margaret Warner to constantly talk with her hands. It is extremely rude and very annoying. I leave the room when she is on. If this continues, I will no longer watch this program.
To think I thought this program was one of the few on TV that had classy news interviewers, this is a major disappointment.
mark safranski - 8/17/2002
The " Truman A-Bomb " question has been periodically aired for several decades. At every point the revisionists fail to offer a single shred of evidence that in the absence of using an atomic bomb that the US a) would not have invaded Japan's home islands in great force and b) that the Japanese Imperial Army had not intended to fight to the bitter end as they had on Okinawa. Nor do they comment on the fact that the Imperial Cabinet was deadlocked on surrender even AFTER Hiroshima ( so much for the " demonstration bomb " counterfactual - what would be a more convincing test than watching one of your cities vanish ?)Without the bomb the slaughter would have been unimaginable.
The irony is, in their eagerness to defame their own country, the revisionists who are primarily leftists of one stripe or another are whitewashing the crimes of a highly racist, ultranationalist, fascist regime. Perhaps in several decades they'll be shilling for the Nuremburg war criminals too.
Paul N. Hehn - 8/14/2002
What was appalling was not the plagiarism problem--that was an obvious whitewash--but his simplification of
the facts and interpretation of recent history, particularly the comments made about the dropping of the atomic
bomb which were erroneous and frankly nationalistic flagwaving. According to him Truman did not
make a mistake in dropping the bomb, that many hundreds of thousands if not millions of lives were saved and
Japan was not really beaten to its knees.
Well, I was in the occupation force that went into Yokosuka, the big Japanese naval base, the first week of September and I saw the awful devastation that Japan had undergone. While Yokasuka did not seem to have been hit much and thegiant
harbor cranes that unloaded our ship, why exactly I don't know. But the area from there up to Tokyo was badly
damaged--obliterated is more accurate. Moveover, Gergen's awed look and deferential manner to Ambrose
and his recanting on all his former views in favor of the conventional views exhonerating Truman were hard to
take. Paul N. Hehn, emeritus history professor
Arthur Goldschmidt - 8/14/2002
To announce that you will no longer watch a program because one interviewer, one who almost never appears on the News Hour any more. threw softball questions at a popularizer who has been unmasked as a plagiarist may publicize your sense of injury at having been plagiarized, but will do nothing to ensure that you will get better American news coverage most of the time. Where will you get your news now: CNN? Fox? Brian Williams? Probably your best bet is to change over to the BBC. Be sad, all right, but not uninformed.
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Wording on the 1.2-ounce retail and 2.6-ounce foodservice packaging highlights the fruit as a washed and ready-to-eat "super antioxidant snack." The packaging shows an outline of a face on a blueberry that signifies brain power.
The Watsonville, Calif.-based company introduced the bags to foodservice buyers attending the July 20-22 Produce Marketing Association Foodservice Conference in Monterey, Calif.
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Mixon said Dole is determining logistics but said the product received favorable reaction from show buyers.
Strong consumer interest in berries combined with blueberries leading the category's growth should stoke demand for such convenience products, Mixon said.
"The industry has to find new ways to create demand for blueberries, as production will continue to increase for years and years to come," Mixon said. "The Brainberry is just one aspect of that and a good example of ways we can help increase fresh blueberry consumption."
The bags guarantee an 18-day minimum shelf life and are packaged at Dole's Marina, Calif., processing plant, Mixon said.
Dole's Brainberry introduction follows Naples, Fla.-based Naturipe Farms LLC last year releasing its blueberry Berry Quick Snacks.
Mixon cited the apple industry's success with apple slices and said blueberries should experience similar convenience category opportunities. He said value-added products remain a Dole priority.
"We see this product as our starting point (in value-added)," Mixon said.


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Video 13:16. The last in a 6-part special series filmed in New Orleans, host Jeremy Chapman is joined by Senior Technical Analyst and writer, Paul Thurrott, to discuss his favorite things about Office 365. Paul brings his rich background and insight to discuss how he uses Office 365 Home Premium and Office 365 Small Business Premium across the desktop and mobile apps, as well as the back end services to tie everything together. If you are still trying to figure out whether to choose Office 365 versus Office 2013 or older versions, you'll want to check out this show.
Jeremy: This week's show is pretty special, not only is it the last of our filmed show specials from New Orleans, but I had the privilege of having one of my favorite guests, tech journalist and author, Paul Thurrott, back on the show. And so with the new Office 365 a year in market from the initial preview released back in July of 2012 through the commercial release earlier on this year, I thought I'd take the opportunity to ask Paul to share his personal favorite things about the new Office
Paul: Thanks for having me on the show again and sorry that I left the skydiver suit at home after Garage Series Live, then again it probably wouldn't have been a great idea to parachute in anyway!
You pose an interesting question because there's a lot that I like about the new Office. I'm both a Home Premium and Small Business Premium user and for me personally Office 365 is a no-brainer. For starters, the fact that you get so many of the previously very expensive enterprise-level capabilities that were previously out of reach, now available to businesses of all sizes is amazing. In the past only enterprises with dedicated IT staff could affordably implement the necessary infrastructure – things like Exchange Active Sync Security Policies to impose policy on mobile device access – that's a level of control I can now have for my small business organization that I didn't have before.
Jeremy: So how do you personally use Office 365 today?
Paul: Well in my household my wife and two kids all use Office and so we benefit from the five user licenses and being able to use Office on multiple devices, it makes so much sense financially. From a business perspective, I started off with the basic small business subscription and recently upgraded to Small Business Premium.
As a professional writer I'm using everything from the familiar Office applications, the ability to roam my content via the cloud and work from both Windows and non-Windows devices and work both online and offline. This is really great especially when I work while travelling on the plane, I can sync changes back later and always have my work saved in the cloud, which I can then share with others inside and outside my organization. There's also the fantastic Lync capabilities such as audio and video chat, simple text instant messaging, presence information to allow people to contact you while online which goes across Office 365 too and integration with phone systems that I'm using a lot. Lync's one of those things that when people see it the light will go off for them right then
Jeremy: Right and we recently announced Skype integration with Lync. And to your point about support for mobile and non-Windows devices, since we recorded this show we've released Office Mobile for Android phones and Office Mobile for iPhone, both representing a huge value exclusive to Office 365 users.
Paul: Those are great examples, as it's a huge benefit to have an Office that's continually up-to-date, not just with bug fixes but actual new capabilities that you just get as part of the subscription. Being always up-to-date is great especially for smaller businesses. There's no need to worry about keeping up with the latest version of Office or put off an upgrade as the subscription service is version-less and you get new features as they are rolled out.
Jeremy: So what exactly are your top 5 favorite things about Office 365?
Paul: Well from my perspective, there's a lot to choose from, but you'll have to watch today's show to find out
Jeremy: On that note, we hope that you like the show. Don't forget to stay up to date with Paul's commentary on www.winsupersite.com.
Bye for now!
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By day, Jeremy Chapman works at Microsoft, responsible for optimizing the future of Office client and service delivery as the senior deployment lead. Jeremy's background in application compatibility, building deployment automation tools and infrastructure reference architectures has been fundamental to the prioritization of new Office enterprise features such as the latest Click-to-Run install. By night, he is a car modding fanatic and serial linguist. Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows (winsupersite.com), and has written several books including Windows 7 Secrets, Windows 8 Secrets and Windows Phone Book.


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Piano Chicks to Link Up with Piano Boys for 2013 Adelaide Fringe, March 2-13
The frontwoman for Adelaide cover band Chunky Custard and former Formula One Grid Girl Becky Blake is back for the 2013 Fringe with two shows; her acclaimed Piano Chicks (a sellout in 2012) will return to The Promethean, 116 Grote Street Adelaide for three performances only on 2, 10 and 12 March. Her new show Piano Boys will premiere at The Highway, 290 Anzac Highway Plympton on 22 February and then transfer to The Promethean for three performances on 2, 10 and 13 March.
Piano Chicks is a 90 minute cabaret with Becky on piano and lead vocals. The show weaves the tales and tunes of a dozen piano chicks together along with anecdotes from Becky's own international career.
Piano Chicks is supported by a dynamic band comprising Gary Isaacs - MD and bass (Taylor Made, Catherine Lambert); Andrew Bignell - drums (Goose, Zkye); Sandy Hosking - cello (Acoustic Juice); Paul White - Hammond organ (Lucifer's Lounge) along with members from the Brighton Secondary School Choir, Becky's former high school.
Becky says 'Piano Chicks give the audience the opportunity to reflect upon life over a drink or six; love found, lost or unrequited. Youth, growing up, celebration, friendship, conquests. It's a show about the girls who sit behind the piano for a living; from Carole King and Carly Simon, Tori Amos and Sarah McLaughlin, Norah Jones and Diana Krall, Alicia Keys and more.'
Piano Chicks' song list includes; I Feel the Earth Move; Superwoman; It's Too Late; Scar; You're So Vain; Don't Know Why; Nobody Does it Better; Angel; Cornflake Girl and Foolish Games.
Whilst Piano Chicks covers the women, the glamour, the gossip and the music Becky's new show Piano Boys features the music of Elton John, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Peter Allen, Ray Charles, John Lennon and more.
Piano Boys is supported by the same band as Piano Chicks plus special guest artist, Ian Blake (Becky's husband who is also a member of Chunky Custard). 'It's a riotous celebration of talent, flamboyance and fruitiness plus all the gossip, drama, costumes, tiaras and tantrums. And that's just the boys!' says Becky.
Becky Blake has enjoyed a colourful solo career. She has worked internationally in various duos and floorshows and has had the opportunity to perform at some of Australia's best venues with popular show band Chunky Custard.
Starting her musical training at four, Becky won scholarships to Brighton High School and Adelaide University, studying under internationally renowned concert pianist Clemens Leske.
She launched her solo career, working at international hotels around her hometown of Adelaide and the eastern seaboard. Becky also performed at events such as the Adelaide Grand Prix Ball, Lord Mayor's New Year's Eve Concert and Carols by Candlelight, sharing the stage with the likes of Kate Cebrano. Becky also hosted HQ nightclub's retro night for 5 years.
In 1994 Becky toured South East Asia with duo Nothing But Red, receiving continual media attention. She also performed at corporate functions and wine bars with duos Diamonds and Pearls and True Colours.
In 2001, Becky joined Chunky Custard as blonde bombshell Miss Candy Bar and various other characters, (www.chunkycustard.com.au) performing at many prestigious venues including Twin Towns RSL, the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Jupiter's Casino, Hayman Island Resort and the Sydney Showgrounds. She married co-singer in Chunky Custard, Ian Blake, in 1997.
Becky also performed with glamorous floorshow Motown Dream, which saw her sing at the Variety Ball, Ted Whitton Foundation luncheon in Melbourne and The Advertiser/Sunday Mail Foundation Clipsal Ladies Luncheon, at which she performed 3 days after giving birth to her first baby.
Becky continues to perform as a soloist, with Chunky Custard, and with her cabaret shows as well as providing voiceovers and working as host and MC at events. She is Mum to two daughters, Chelsea aged 5 and Ashley aged 2.
For more information, visit www.adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix or purchase at the door 30 minutes before a performance.


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As we roll into the new year, we take a look at the pharmaceutical companies under our coverage following an eventful year marked by major patent expiries. However 2012 has been a great year for drug makers as they witnessed sharp run up in their stock prices as these patent expiries were well discounted by the market in 2011 and hopes of approval for new drugs drove the rally. Abbott Labs (NYSE:ABT), with no major patent expiry and a relatively weak pipeline, managed to be a part of this rally as its share price soared 15% during 2012.
See our complete analysis for Abbott Labs
A Glance At 2012
- Abbott's Investors Eying The Value From Acquisitions
- What To Watch For In Abbott's Q2 Earnings
- What If St. Jude Medical Acquisition Doesn't Pan Out For Abbott?
- No Surprises In Abbott's Earnings, But Investors Need To Be Convinced Of Value Of Acquisitions
- Abbott Labs: What To Look For In Q1 Earnings
- Nutritional Segment Subdues Abbott's Q4'16 Growth, But Future Growth Prospects Remain Strong
Abbott started the year with a big bang deal that formed a collaboration with Galapagos to take on emerging competition from oral JAK1 inhibitors to treat autoimmune diseases, including Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). In the second quarter, the company struck a multi-million dollar deal to purchase an early stage kidney drug AP214, to strengthen its drying pipeline.
During the second half, Abbott lost patent protection for its cholesterol drug Tricor in July 2012. Further, several other drug manufacturers, including Roche Holdings and Abylin, reported that their drugs work better for RA than Abbott's largest selling drug Humira. However, these concerns were doused by various additional indications that Humira was able to add during the period. Humira was approved in Europe for treating patients with severe axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA, a condition that causes chronic back pain and stiffness) and moderately active Crohn's disease (a form of inflammatory bowel disease that affects intestine).
Later, FDA approved Humira for moderate to severe Ulcerative Colitis (UC, an inflammatory bowel disease that causes inflammation and ulcers in the inner lining of the large intestine), opening the growth opportunity for the drug in the U.S. Abbott's R&D collaboration with ChemDiv Research Institute (CDRI), a part of Russian R&D group ChemRar High Tech Center, to create improved forms of Abbott's existing drugs initially, came as the drug maker's bid to strengthen its foothold in emerging markets.
But, these developments were accompanied by several setbacks. The company's partner Reata Pharmaceuticals announced plans to discontinue a late-stage trial of their potential blockbuster drug for chronic kidney disease and diabetes due to safety concerns raised by an independent safety committee. [1] Another issue was Pfizer's Tofacitinib, touted as major competitor for Humira, got FDA approval in November.
However, the major boost, came later from results of a phase II trial, called Aviator, for its oral pill ABT-450 to treat Hepatitis C. The experimental drug exhibited never seen cure rates in patients, who had earlier failed to benefit from standard treatment. Further, very high cure rates were witnessed for newly treated patients as well. Abbott is now beginning the phase III studies to determine the efficacy for the drug. [2]
Abbott's nutritional business did exhibit strong growth during the year on the back of its pediatric powder Similac and several new product launches. However, a research conducted by CER Research, a Hong Kong-based research firm, raised questions that its Similac infant powder did not meet China national safety standards, even as the drug maker refuted the same. The news came along with Abbott's decision to open a nutritional R&D center in rapidly growing Indian market.
In its medical devices business, the company launched its next generation Drug Eluting Stent (DES) XIENCE Xpedition in Europe, while XIENCE PRIME received approval in Japan earlier this year. However, a strong U.S. dollar throughout the year, did hurt the growth.
Abbott Labs made progress with much talked about spin off of the company into two separate publicly traded companies: One, Abbott Labs, with diversified medical products, and the other, AbbVie, with research-based proprietary pharmaceuticals. To necessitate the separation, the company accessed the bond market and closed one of the largest dollar-denominated bond deals in the last three years, raising close to $15 billion in debt through AbbVie.
What To Expect In 2013?
This year will saw Abbott split into two separately traded companies Abbott Labs and AbbVie. Our current model doesn't yet reflect the split. Overall, we expect growth in pharmaceutical division to remain mostly flat on account of lost sales due to introduction of generics for its Tricor in 2012. Further, the generic version of Niaspan is set to arrive by late 2013, as part of a settlement agreement between Kos (acquired by Abbott) and Barr (now part of Teva). We expect decline in these drugs' sales to be offset by growth in Humira and other pharmaceutical sales which include generics.
While 2012 did not see any big bang acquisition, it will be interesting to see if Abbott, which completed various acquisition including Solvay Pharmaceuticals and Piramal Healthcare in the last two-three years, once again goes on acquisition deal spree to get new drugs on board, to fill its mostly empty pipeline. Further, we will also be looking for cues from a phase III clinical study of Hep C pill ABT-450, currently the most promising experimental drug.
We expect Abbott's nutritional division to maintain the momentum on new product launches coupled with its strong position in the rapidly growing emerging markets. The company should be launching its next generation Drug Eluting Stent (DES) XIENCE Xpedition, along with other vascular products in the U.S. next year, driving the growth in its vascular division.
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- Abbott, Reata kidney disease drug trial stopped, Abbott, Oct 18 2012 [↩]
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A Coach's Decision
Xs and Os come easy. It's whether to ply their trade in the college or professional ranks that wrangles the country's top coaches
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A Man Who Knows Who He Is
The man is Pete Carroll, college football coach. He used to be Pete Carroll, pro football coach, during modestly successful stints with two National Football League franchises. With the New York Jets in 1994, he won six games and lost 10. With the New England Patriots from 1997 through 1999, he compiled records of 10-6, 9-7 and 8-8. Yet since bringing his enthusiastic style to USC for the 2001 season, he has won 54 games entering 2006 and two national championships, assuring himself a place in the pantheon of modern college coaches.
The man is Pete Carroll, college football coach. He used to be Pete Carroll, pro football coach, during modestly successful stints with two National Football League franchises. With the New York Jets in 1994, he won six games and lost 10. With the New England Patriots from 1997 through 1999, he compiled records of 10-6, 9-7 and 8-8. Yet since bringing his enthusiastic style to USC for the 2001 season, he has won 54 games entering 2006 and two national championships, assuring himself a place in the pantheon of modern college coaches.
Carroll was at the top of the list when NFL teams went looking for new coaches last year. Never mind that his professional record was 33-31. The San Francisco 49ers offered a $20 million package. The Houston Texans dangled something similar. Either would have given Carroll the chance to prove he can succeed as an NFL coach.
Instead, he signed a contract extension—reportedly for five years—at the end of last year and pronounced his curiosity about the NFL sated. "People think I'm the likely guy to go," he says. "Check with the guys who haven't been there before."
Carroll has an ebullient personality. He's candid, energetic and upbeat, not safe and guarded like many football coaches. In college, where players are young and impressionable, such a temperament serves as a strength. In the NFL, he was perceived as quirky, too much of a cheerleader. "I have a way of doing things that owners don't understand," he says. "So they question it. They have to be taught that there's some magic going on. That's not a problem here."
By committing to USC, Carroll has chosen to define himself as a college coach. In the tug-of-war involving fame, fortune, ambition and quality of life, the forces pushing him toward the NFL are outmuscled by those keeping him where he is. "The makeup of this job is different than an NFL job," he says. "I love being here—the energy, the environment. I have so much control. Nothing wrong with the NFL, but it's just different. And I like this a little bit more."
One Sport, Two Professions
Fortunate is the man who knows who he is—and who he isn't. But the compelling question of how Carroll, who won one playoff game in four NFL seasons, managed to succeed so grandly at USC remains to be answered.
Fortunate is the man who knows who he is—and who he isn't. But the compelling question of how Carroll, who won one playoff game in four NFL seasons, managed to succeed so grandly at USC remains to be answered.
Sure, he's a better coach now than he was then, but he didn't become that much smarter that quickly. While he maintains he was misunderstood, underappreciated and meddled with in the pros, it also seems evident that coaching student-athletes in football—and basketball, the other big-time college sport—requires a different skill set than coaching in the NFL or the National Basketball Association. "There are similarities," Carroll acknowledges, "but there are differences."
The similarities are mostly on the field. "Coaching is coaching," says Tom Coughlin of the New York Giants, who previously led the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars and Boston College. Coughlin has put a motto on the wall of the Giants' locker room that says, "Coaching is making players do what they don't want so they can accomplish what they want to accomplish." When he coached in college, he says, "It was just as true there."
In basketball, too, "the similarities exist within the boundaries of the court," says Jeff Bzdelik. Fired by the NBA's Denver Nuggets in late 2004, he signed on with the Air Force Academy. His first season last year was the best in the school's history—the Falcons went 24-7 and earned an NCAA berth. "I really found no difference in my practice preparation, my personality at practice or coaching the game," he says.
In other ways, though, the professions have about as much in common as horse racing and drag racing. "The reason coaching in the pros is not good for me is because I enjoy other things in life besides football," says Steve Spurrier of the University of South Carolina, who left his status as a living legend at the University of Florida for two years of discontent with the Washington Redskins before returning to college football last season. "I like to travel, spend time with my children and grandchildren. The lifestyle of an NFL coach is not a lot of fun."
In the pros, player procurement works differently than it does in college. "We have the chance to recruit six or seven number-one draft picks every year," Carroll says. "You get a shot at one in the NFL." Even if you have the opportunity to get a player you want, it might not be whom the owner wants. "The biggest difference I found, I was not in charge of the team," Spurrier says. "Before the second season, the owner had picked all the players. He even changed the quarterback."
And pro players are different from college players. They've gone from being students to millionaires, from playing for fun to supporting a family—or at least a lifestyle. They don't want a mentor, and a coach can't afford to be one. "In college athletics, you have a tremendous impact on their lives," says Dennis Erickson. Erickson has won at every stop in a college career that has spanned a quarter-century, including two national championships at the University of Miami, but he couldn't manage a winning season in six years with the Seahawks and 49ers. Now he's back to teaching fundamentals at the University of Idaho, where he started. "In the National Football League, you develop relationships, sure, but it's a business," Erickson says. "If they can't get the job done, you cut them. And if they get into trouble, it's their problem."
The college ranks are littered with coaches who left successful programs for a run at the NBA or NFL and failed. Other coaches, such as Jack Ramsay, who won an NBA title with the Portland Trail Blazers, and George Seifert, who won a Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers, managed greater success coaching professionals than they did with amateurs.
A few, notably football's Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer (who won national championships in college and Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys) and basketball's Larry Brown (who won the NCAA Tournament at the University of Kansas and the NBA championship with the Detroit Pistons), have succeeded at the highest level at both disciplines. "Larry Brown could have been the greatest college coach ever," says John Calipari of the University of Memphis, who followed his own success at the University of Massachusetts with an unfulfilling tenure coaching the New Jersey Nets. "He's a college coach who happens to be coaching in the NBA. He succeeds only because he's so good. But he's the exception."
Most coaches, by dint of personality, predilection and skill, are better at one than the other. Yet every year, a handful of NBA and NFL teams turn to coaches who have won in college to resuscitate struggling franchises. And every year, a handful of college coaches accept the challenge. They like the idea of coaching at the highest level, or the freedom from operating within an academic environment in which their sport is only a fraction of the full experience.
And many are enticed by the paycheck. "If anybody tells you money's not a factor, they're lying to you," Calipari says. "If someone's going to pay $5 million a year, or for Larry Brown, $10 million, and you say it has nothing to do with money, you're bullshitting."
"The financial aspect of it is huge," admits Erickson. "The difference isn't as much as it was 10 years ago, but it's still a difference. But for me, the biggest reason was to try and win the biggest prize in American sports. If you look back, you say that I probably shouldn't have done it. But I'm glad I did."
It's no secret the odds were against him, as they're against every college coach who tries to make the jump. "Tom Izzo asked me about the Atlanta [Hawks] job," says Calipari, referencing the coach who has led Michigan State University to four Final Fours and a national title and won four National Coach of the Year awards. "I said, 'Tom, you're going to lose, and I've got a question: can you get a better job than you've got right now?' He said, 'I'm in my dream job already.' And I said, 'You'd better consider that.'"
Nevertheless, a chosen few enter willingly each year and hope that their experience will be different. Occasionally, it is.
When Bad Franchises Happen to Good Coaches
You're a successful college coach when the call comes from a pro team seeking a new head man. You're happy where you are; the campus is pretty, and between the shoe contract and your television show, you match your salary. Still, you've always wondered how you'd fare coaching the best players in the world. And the prospect of a four-year contract in the millions is enticing.
You're a successful college coach when the call comes from a pro team seeking a new head man. You're happy where you are; the campus is pretty, and between the shoe contract and your television show, you match your salary. Still, you've always wondered how you'd fare coaching the best players in the world. And the prospect of a four-year contract in the millions is enticing.
So you do some due diligence. You call colleagues who've made the jump and ask what life is like on the other side. The first thing you learn is that jobs in the pros aren't created equally. Most open positions are with losing teams—and most losing teams lose because they're poorly run. "College guys take jobs that Phil Jackson or Larry Brown or Nate McMillan would never consider," says Rick Pitino of the University of Louisville, who previously coached the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics, won a national championship at the University of Kentucky and brought Providence College to the Final Four, among other stops. "They do it because they think they can turn it around, like college basketball. They have no clue as to what the NBA is about."
No athletic director, no matter how powerful, is foolish enough to believe he owns the university he works for. There are chancellors, regents and alumni to answer to. But pro owners act as though teams are theirs—which, in fact, they are. They may hedge their bets by second-guessing, or hire a general manager who may be at odds with the coach. They call it creative tension.
What can work in a business model usually falls flat in the warfare-like environment of professional sports. "Many programs have history that's very clear," says Carroll. "They don't trust their coach."
Carroll coached the Patriots under Robert Kraft, who has since won three Super Bowls with Bill Belichick. Kraft was new to the NFL, excited, and impatient. "Bob was involved in trying to figure it out, how to get a competitive edge," Carroll says. "He was in the middle of all the muck. And then he shifted. He backed off and let Bill do his thing and call his shots—and look what Bill did. To his credit, he figured out that he had to step back and let the football guy do it—and if he didn't do it, fire him and go on to the next guy."
"Most organizations are not set up for success," says basketball's Lon Kruger, who won at the University of Illinois and Florida, went 69-122 with the NBA's Atlanta Hawks from 2000 to 2003, and last year returned to college basketball at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. "I was naive to all that [in Atlanta]. It was humbling. We'd always come in, gotten good players and won. And we didn't."
Pitino could have predicted it. "I would have told Lon Kruger, 'You could shoot a cannon off inside that building every night,'" he says. "'You're not going to have any kind of emotional edge with those fans. They haven't won since Hubie Brown, years ago, and you have to understand why that is. Do you have the players who are going to turn that around? Odds are, you don't.'"
To a far greater extent than college, professional sports are about players. If you don't have them, your tenure will be short. "If you go to San Antonio and Tim Duncan's there, you're going to have a nice, long run," Pitino says. "If you go there and Tim Duncan isn't there, you're going to have a two-year run. That's the average life span of an NBA coach. If Mike Krzyzewski is going to the Lakers for $10 million or $12 million and Shaq's not going to be there, Mike Krzyzewski's going to lose, regardless of how good a coach he is."
Pitino understands, from bitter experience. He was enticed to leave Kentucky for the storied Celtics, who were coming off the worst season in their history. He believed they had commitment from ownership to turn the team around. Equally important, they had two picks in the NBA's draft lottery. That meant two chances to get Duncan, who had completed his senior season at Wake Forest University.
"I banked my return on getting Tim Duncan because we had two picks in the top six," he says. "Instead of one-two, I got three-six. And that was the end of my career."
Who's in Charge Here?
John Calipari is sitting in room 966 of The Peabody hotel in Memphis, watching tape of his team's loss to Texas the previous afternoon. He watches a lot of tape. But when he coached the Nets, his team was playing three and four times a week from November through April. Plane flights were more common than practices. Calipari couldn't watch tape of his own team, let alone the opposition. He just didn't have time.
John Calipari is sitting in room 966 of The Peabody hotel in Memphis, watching tape of his team's loss to Texas the previous afternoon. He watches a lot of tape. But when he coached the Nets, his team was playing three and four times a week from November through April. Plane flights were more common than practices. Calipari couldn't watch tape of his own team, let alone the opposition. He just didn't have time.
Under those circumstances, it's hard to get someone to perform any better than he's already performing. "In the NBA, your practice time is so limited, you're not going to be able to take a kid like you did a college kid and develop him," says Mike Montgomery, until recently the coach of the Golden State Warriors, who previously coached Stanford University into the Final Four in 1998. "And it isn't just time. In many cases their attention span is not going to allow you to get to them. They've made their money, and they don't care. There's a fair portion of the league that's like that. It's 'I'm OK, I'm doing my thing.'"
Coaching in college is a dictatorship. In the pros, it's a fragile balance of maintaining both your authority and an atmosphere players can exist in for eight months. As Pitino puts it, "When you're a pro coach, you're a CEO, and your vice presidents are going to be a lot of your players. You're not somebody who, it's his way or the highway. You don't sacrifice your principles, but you do have to be flexible."
"In college," adds Spurrier, "the head coach can run a player off. I had a lineman in my office 30 or 40 minutes ago, and I told him, 'I have four players who won't get with the program, and you're one of them, and you're going to get run off.' A pro head coach can't do that."
At both levels, coaches struggle to maintain their credibility. A college coach can accrue credibility by winning in college, like the University of Arizona's Lute Olson and Duke University's Mike Krzyzewski in basketball, or Florida State's Bobby Bowden and the University of Oklahoma's Bob Stoops in football. Or he can go to the pros and return to tell the tale. When Calipari gathers his team together, he's able to use his professional experience as a motivational tool. "He compared us with guys he's coached in the NBA," says Darius Washington, who played for him at Memphis. "He told us things they did that would help us. He's been there. He knows what it takes."
Professional experience also helps with recruiting. Nearly every high school football or basketball player and his mother harbor secret (or not-so-secret) hopes of playing in the NFL or NBA. "It's probably my biggest recruiting pitch," says Pitino.
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