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An Actor's Mind
Joe Mantegna is at the top of his game and aims to keep playing Hollywood's Major Leagues
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And still, here sits Mantegna, an episode-and-a-half away from wrapping his fourth season as the star of CBS's "Criminal Minds"—which means he's been scheduled rigorously for the past four years. And he definitely knows what comes next: more seasons, hopefully. He's learned to love the rigors of series TV, having discovered the advantages of staying home to work.
"Dennis did say that," Mantegna says. "He's the king of series TV and he said, 'Someday, you'll do one and I know you—you'll love it.' And I do."
Mantegna never had aspirations—specific roles he wanted to play, professional mountains he wanted to climb—beyond the chance to work steadily and do good work. He learned his trade on the fertile stages of the Chicago theater scene in the 1970s and broke out on Broadway with David Mamet in the 1980s. Then Mantegna used those seeds to cultivate a movie career that included award nominations, work with major directors and a reputation as an actor who could play anything from the smooth con man (David Mamet's House of Games and Redbelt) to the comic sidekick (Billy Crystal's Forget Paris) to the understanding Jewish father (Barry Levinson's Liberty Heights) and everything in between (including the recurring character of mobster Fat Tony on "The Simpsons").
But after a couple of decades running around the globe to make movies, Mantegna knew his daughters were too old to take out of school and take on location. In 2002, as they were both about to enter their teens, Mantegna decided a TV series seemed like a good idea.
"I remember I was in Vancouver in January making a movie, freezing my ass off, and my agent called with two offers," Mantegna says, relaxing in the living room of the bungalow in Burbank where he houses his production company, Acquaviva Productions. "One was for a movie that would have me flying back and forth to New York. The other was a new TV series with James Garner.
"Look at the two options. Here's Door No. 1 and here's Door No. 2. What's the downside? I was working with James Garner, had an incredible role in a show built around my character and a financially great offer."
That was 2002. The show, "First Monday," only lasted 13 episodes. But Mantegna learned how much work a series was, decided he could handle it and signed on for another new show, "Joan of Arcadia," which debuted in 2003 and lasted two seasons: "I adored that show. If that could have continued, I'd have been happy as a clam," Mantegna says.
Then Mandy Patinkin, who was the star of "Criminal Minds" when it debuted in 2005, left the show at the start of its third season. Mantegna's character David Rossi replaced Patinkin's Jason Gideon as head of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit a few episodes into the show's third season. The series, which hadn't caught on as quickly as such CBS stalwarts as the "CSI" series at first, found its legs with Mantegna. It's now one of the top-10-rated shows in network primetime.
Part of the change in the show since Mantegna's arrival is the kind of stories the series could tell. The dramatic tension in the series' original pilot—and the series itself—had to do with the fact that Patinkin's Jason Gideon had just returned to duty after medical leave, creating uncertainty about his psychological fitness in the high-stress world of criminal profilers chasing serial killers.
Ed Bernaro, executive producer of "Criminal Minds," says, "Gideon was a damaged sort of character. So the team around him functioned to support him. But David Rossi—Joe's character—is very self-assured. He's able to let the rest of the team step forward and shine. And that's solidified what the show is."
That also means the show is more about the team than the man who leads it, which is how he likes it, Mantegna says: "When I was first looking at it, I thought, 'This is a strong ensemble.' It was the kind of situation I was hoping for: They didn't want a show that was a one-man band, like 'Magnum, P.I.'
"I come from a background of ensemble theater. And all of the great TV shows have had great ensembles. 'The Honeymooners.' 'M*A*S*H.' 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show.' They've got great ensembles that an audience embraces."
Mantegna and Bernaro hit it off immediately, a pair of Chicago expatriates who speak the same language: "He makes me sound like I'm from London," Mantegna jokes about Bernaro's accent. "Oh yeah, and on the day I met him, he was wearing a White Sox shirt and I'm a Cubs fan. That's the only blemish on our relationship. But we talked and he had that Chicago thing."
Mantegna and Bernaro hit it off immediately, a pair of Chicago expatriates who speak the same language: "He makes me sound like I'm from London," Mantegna jokes about Bernaro's accent. "Oh yeah, and on the day I met him, he was wearing a White Sox shirt and I'm a Cubs fan. That's the only blemish on our relationship. But we talked and he had that Chicago thing."
"Chicago's a big city but our families are from the same area on the west side," Bernaro says. "It's a very Italian neighborhood. So Joe is like someone I grew up with. People from Chicago are very laid-back and easy-going, and Joe fits the mold."
Reared on Chicago's west side, Mantegna knew that being an actor was not a career path anyone followed in his neighborhood. But he blossomed in Chicago at a moment when a new theater scene was growing up around him.
"Nothing pointed me toward it," Mantegna says. "If I'd told my family I wanted to be an actor, it would have been like telling them that I was going to become a Martian. Like, why would you pick that? After I won the Tony Award, I called my mother and offered to fly her to New York to see the show. And she said, 'Won't you be doing it in Chicago?' 'Well, yeah, but—' 'I'll come see it then.' "
Mantegna's portal to the world of acting? The 1961 film of the Broadway musical hit, "West Side Story."
"I saw 'West Side Story' when I was 15 or 16 and it had this incredible impact on me," Mantegna recalls. "I felt like I was living that lifestyle of the characters. I lived in an apartment; I mean, we weren't a poor, starving family, but we always had to live within our means. My father was chronically ill and my mother had to work.
"Anyway, here was 'West Side Story' and it was this fantastic musical-comedy—and yet it was serious. The streets of Chicago and the streets of New York were not much different. I ended up seeing that movie, like, 11 times, because this was back in the days when you could buy a ticket and sit there and watch it over and over."
Shortly afterward, at the high school he attended in Cicero, Illinois, he saw an announcement for auditions for a school production of "West Side Story": "I didn't even know it was a play," Mantegna recalls. "I knew nothing about theater. On a dare, me and this other guy went in to the auditions.
"It was like this mystery world, on the third floor of the high school, in the Little Theater. There were people in leotards; I didn't know this even existed. And the teacher in charge ran it like a professional theater. Well, my friend took one look around and said, 'I'm outta here.' It was too foreign, too weird for him."
Mantegna, however, decided not to bail. He'd been rehearsing his song—the ballad "Maria"—all week. So he gathered his courage and took the stage.
"I was small for my age. My mother changed my birth certificate so I could start school earlier, so she could work," Mantegna recalls. "So I was young and had this high tenor voice. And I sang the song and, out of the blackness of the empty auditorium, there came this applause. Maybe nobody had ever applauded for me before, but this thing just washed over me. It was like a lightning bolt hit me in the chest. At that moment, I knew what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.
"I lay in bed thinking that I wanted this more than I'd ever wanted anything. And only a few days before, I didn't even know it existed."
Just one problem: He wasn't chosen for the cast. "I was devastated. It had this importance to me that I didn't understand."
A few weeks later, Mantegna heard that one of the cast members had hurt his foot during rehearsal and made a point of tracking down the director and offering his services.
A few weeks later, Mantegna heard that one of the cast members had hurt his foot during rehearsal and made a point of tracking down the director and offering his services.
"That director said, 'I do remember you. I liked your moxie. But you were too small. But I want you to join my advanced theater class.' And that had an incredible impact on my life," Mantegna says. "It was just this high school in Cicero but he ran it like it was Broadway. I did musicals and plays for three years."
From there, he went to the theater school at the Goodman, Chicago's major institutional theater. After two years, he auditioned for and was cast in the Chicago company of "Hair": "And I never looked back. When I finished singing that song at the audition for 'West Side Story,' the die was cast. Nothing has altered for me from that night. It's been a long road— and that's where it started."
The 1970s established Chicago as an epicenter of theatrical innovation. David Mamet was writing new plays for the St. Nicholas Theater, while a group of recent Southern Illinois University graduates joined pal Gary Sinise in Chicago to create Steppenwolf Theater. And Mantegna and actor-friend Dennis Franz became stalwarts of the Organic Theater, working for director Stuart Gordon.
"It was this period in U.S. theater where there was just an explosion," says Jim Belushi, a Chicago native and longtime friend of Mantegna who was working at Second City at the time. "It wasn't cultivated. It was just out there. Joey was one of the leaders. We had a great reverence for what Joe and Dennis were doing, writing their own stuff. It was this beautiful creativity."
Adds Franz, "It was an extremely creative time when a lot of creative people were getting started. It was the chance to display our wares and get a start. A lot of creative juices were flowing; it was an exciting time for all of us."
There was a DIY ethic at work, part of which grew out of Chicago's own "second city" mentality of always being slightly behind New York (and Los Angeles).
There was a DIY ethic at work, part of which grew out of Chicago's own "second city" mentality of always being slightly behind New York (and Los Angeles).
"When you thought of actors then, you thought of New York and L.A.," Mantegna says. "Yet obviously we were there, in Chicago, this group of people like me who had this jones to do this thing. It was like the Jamaican bobsled team. You have the urge to do this thing, but you're not in a place conducive to it. But you do it anyway. There was no support. No one cared. So we had to create it ourselves. And since nobody cared, there was an open field, with no rules and no constraints."
There was, however, one catch: what Mantegna refers to as "the Second City Shuffle." Anytime Chicago actors came up with something that worked well in Chicago, the commercial impulse was to move it to New York and recast it with New York actors.
"But it gave us a certain freedom," Mantegna says. "In New York and L.A., everything is done for an ulterior motive: to take it to Broadway or to be a movie star. But in Chicago, there was no ulterior motive. I'm forever grateful for being part of it; it's like being part of the New York scene off-Broadway in the 1950s. It was an exciting time to do Chicago theater because we didn't care that there was no basic payoff in the end."
That lack of commercial success, in part, was the genesis for "Bleacher Bums," a comedy set in the bleachers of a Chicago Cubs home game. As a member of the Organic Theater and a lifelong Cubs fan, Mantegna was struck at the lack of overlap between the two audiences.
"It was based on the fact that I was sitting at Wrigley Field and there were thousands of people watching a losing team," Mantegna recalled. "And I thought, 'Geez, and we can't get 150 of them to see a play with good reviews? What if we combined the two?' "
Developed from Mantegna's concept, the play was a hit, playing at the Organic before expanding to theater companies around the country, including more than a year in Chicago, and being taped for public television.
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I just finished up a piece from Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose via the Grantland Channel on Youtube. They had VERY high praise for our beloved Indiana Pacers. Such declarations as "Indiana is the #1 seed in the East." "They bring that old school Bad Boy Pistons attitude" and a long discussion about Paul George's MVP credentials and place among the league's elite players, they have him at #3, right behind KD. They also mentioned that LBJ and PG are by far the two best two-way players in the game and that it's "not even close" (ie whoever three is, is light years behind Paul and Bron). There was another bit about the Pacers being the ultimate foil for Miami. If you wrote a movie script for LBJ and Miami's three-peat quest, the Pacers would be the antagonist you'd choose. A big strong rim protector upfront, a two way freak show to chase LeBron around and make him work on both ends and the supporting cast and attitude the Pacers bring. Bill Simmons ends by saying, "The Indiana Pacers WILL win 70 games. It's going to be a hell of season and I'm looking forward to it."
Link to part 1/4, if you time (close to two hours) I recommend all four. Sure, there's alot of goofy crap. That's to be expected from Grantland, but Bill S. is mostly entertaining and Jalen Rose is always great.


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NOVI, Mich. - A Detroit-area pastor is looking to help the hungry in a big way.
The Rev. Brad Powell wants 10,000 volunteers to assist him in packing 2 million meals over the next three days.
Powell heads up NorthRidge Church.
In 2011, he directed 5,000 volunteers as they packed 1 million meals in the same time period.
Now, Powell is looking to double that effort Feb. 14-16, at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi.
NorthRidge is partnering with Feed My Starving Children, a nonprofit Christian organization based in Coon Rapids, Minn., to make it happen.
The packing will take place in 11 two-hour shifts, with 900 people packing during each shift.
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The current study, which comes out of a larger study called the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition—Physical Activity, Nutrition, Alcohol Consumption, Cessation of Smoking, Eating Out of Home, and Obesity project (EPIC—PANACEA), included data from more than 373,000 people in ten European countries. The people in the study filled out detailed dietary surveys and their eating habits were scored for how closely they matched a Mediterranean dietary pattern (MDP).
The MDP score was based on nine characteristics of a Mediterranean diet:
A score of 0–2 was assigned to each of the nine characteristics, so that the total MDP score ranged from 0–18, with a high score reflecting close adherence to the MDP. Once calculated, participants' scores were compared with their weight changes over five years.
The results showed that eating a Mediterranean-style diet was associated with slightly less weight gain and a lower risk of becoming overweight or obese:
"This observational prospective study shows that eating a Mediterranean-like diet may help to prevent weight gain and the development of overweight and obesity," the study's authors said of their findings.
The researchers then looked at each component of the MDP separately to determine whether certain characteristics were especially important. "The low meat content of the Mediterranean diet seemed to account for most of its positive effect on weight gain," they reported.
This study suggests that we can add obesity prevention to the growing list of health benefits linked to the Mediterranean diet. One previous analysis involving 1.5 million healthy adults found that following a Mediterranean diet reduced the risks of overall and cardiovascular mortality, cancer and cancer mortality, and Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.
If you're making the switch to a Mediterranean diet, remember these important aspects:
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"For experimental research that conclusively demonstrated effective stabilization of the deleterious resistive wall mode in a linear plasma column by rotating conducting shells, and for perceiving how error fields affect kink mode stability asymmetrically for differentially rotating walls."Background:
Carlos Paz-Soldan received his B.Sc.E. in Engineering Physics in 2007 from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where he was awarded a Queen's University Chancellor's Scholarship and a Canada Millennium Foundation National Scholarship. During his undergraduate career he held summer research positions in neutrino physics, superconductivity, and plasma physics, the latter of which he chose to pursue in graduate school.
Carlos completed his Ph.D. in Physics in 2012 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with his dissertation detailing the effects of rotating conductors on MHD stability in a linear plasma column. At Wisconsin he was advised by Dr. Cary Forest with theory support from Dr. Chris Hegna. During his graduate work he also received a M.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, and was awarded graduate fellowships from the American Nuclear Society and the Canadian National Science and Engineering Research Council.
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Andrew108 wrote:Thanks Clarence and hi Geoff! Thanks for your viewpoint.
I would say that I haven't really read anything from Malcolm that couldn't be found in the Kunjed Gyalpo.
Can I ask if you are reading the Kunjed Gyalpo in translation or in Tibetan? I am not aware of any complete translation of it. Are you using the long Khenpo's commentary translated by Valby? Does it have the whole root tantra in it?


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Royals hand out awards to Minor Leaguers, staff
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Minor League players Alex McClure, Brett Eibner and Terrance Gore were among those honored on Tuesday at the Royals' organizational awards ceremony at the training complex.
Staff member Victor Baez, executive Kevin Linton and scout Colin Gonzales also were recognized.
McClure received the Mike Sweeney Award as the player who best represents the organization on and off the field. A shortstop, he divided last season between Class A Wilmington and Double-A Northwest Arkansas. He was a regular at community events and a large part of the Naturals' Faith and Family Day celebration.
"It's not the back of your baseball card that defines you, it's the lives that you impact, whether it be your teammates or the people in your community," said Sweeney, who presented the award.
Eibner, the center fielder for Wilmington last season, was the Frank White Defensive Player of the Year. He received the award from the Royals' two-time Gold Glove left fielder Alex Gordon.
As Spring Training winds down, Eibner sounded the call for the assembled players.
"Thanks to the Royals and let's get going!" Eibner said.
Gore, an outfielder in Rookie ball, received the Willie Wilson Award as the organization's top baserunner. He led the Appalachian League last year with 36 stolen bases and 50 runs scored for Burlington.
"What's impressive is his basestealing. His percentage was 94.7," Wilson said when he presented the award. "He had really good instincts."
The winners of the George Brett Hitter of the Year Award (outfielder Wil Myers) and the Paul Splittorff Pitcher of the Year Award (Jake Odorizzi) will be sent their awards. They went to Tampa Bay in the Royals' major offseason trade for James Shields.
Baez, the coordinator of the Royals Dominican Academy, was the Dick Howser Player Development Person of the Year. In his sixth year with the organization, he led the move to a new complex last year in Mojarra, Guerra, east of Santo Domingo.
Brett and John Wathan, both players under Howser, who managed the 1985 World Series champions, were co-presenters. Brett gave the more than 200 Minor and Major League players in the audience a history of Howser's career. Wathan noted that Baez was "a father figure" to Dominican players.
Linton, director of community affairs for Wilmington's Blue Rocks, received the Matt Minker Award as an outstanding Minor League affiliate employee. It was presented by the late club owner's brother, Jack Minker.
Gonzales, area scout in Southern California, wasn't on hand, but will receive the Art Stewart Award as an outstanding scout prior to a Royals game.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: Hurricane boys return to states By Tommy R. Atkinson October 25, 2012 Story Share ONA - Tim Hayslett had never been a goal keeper until this season. But he sure played like one Thursday night.The Hurricane junior made two keys stops in the waning minutes to make senior Felipe Thompson's two goals stand up for a 2-1 victory over Huntington in the boys Class AAA Region 4 finals.A crowd of about 600 attended the matchup of state-ranked teams at Cabell Midland High School.The Redskins (21-0-1), who were No. 1 in the final state coaches association rankings, will square off with Hedgesville on Nov. 2 in the state tournament semifinals at Cline Field at the YMCA Youth Sports Complex In Beckley.Hayslett made a diving stop on a shot, then reached out to gather the ball as it trickled from his body. Then in the last few seconds, Huntington put a shot on goal with some pace and Hayslett reached up to make the save, then picked up the ball as it hit the ground. He finished with eight stops."He didn't start until about the 12th or 13th game, and that was because we needed to get a little more physical back there,'' said Hurricane coach Jim Dagostine of Hayslett."He started in the off-season becoming a goal keeper. That's what we talked about. I guess all the work paid off. What a game. I don't know how many times you thought the ball would go in, but I thought it was going to be a bunch.''Huntington took a 1-0 lead with 19:30 left in the opening half of Kyle Miller's tally on an assist from Jameson McCarthy. Thompson, a foreign exchange student from Santiago, Chile, who leads the Kanawha Valley in scoring with 46 goals, netted an unassisted goal with 9:02 to go before halftime to knot the game at 1-all.Thompson gave the Redskins the lead for good at 2-1 with 27:13 left in the second half off a setup from senior Trevor Cunningham. Thompson muscle his way past two defenders in the box and put a torpedo in the net."Felipe Thompson knows what to do with that ball when he gets it,'' Dagostine said. "The boys were resilient. We were on our heels a lot.''No. 3 Huntington (16-3-1) and Hurricane were scheduled to meet during the regular season but didn't because a snafu.Highlanders keeper Hunter Smith turned in two second-half saves."You get opportunities, it's just can you execute?'' said Huntington coach Sammy Boateng. "We executed some of them, and we didn't execute some of them.''Reach Tommy R. Atkinson at 304-348-5130 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 2 WVU pulls away from Kansas for 56-34 win 3 WVU notebook: Defense feeling a bit run down 4 'Heroin(e)' spotlights women helping combat Huntington's drug crisis 5 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County Elkins to vacate football wins Previous Story High school football standings, statistics Next Story


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Jay Cutler vs. the Jags or Eli Manning vs. the Redskins.
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I'd go with Eli, will Broncos run more or the Giants?
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Topic: We saw the Oncologist today....
GREAT news on Moms visit with the Oncologist today. The big tumor is 2cm smaller again and the other tumors have all shrunk as well! Chemo resumes next week!
He is going to lower the dosages of the gemzar and carbo but feels that since she is tolerating the chemo so well and the results have been so good, that continuing this regimen is in her best interest.
Her other tumors have all shrunk as well and there are no new lesions anywhere!
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Today: Yahoo, Electronic Arts and VMware face investor doubts after releasing earnings reports a day after Apple's report caused the Cupertino giant's stock to plunge.
The Lead: Fresh batch of Silicon Valley earnings reports frustrates Wall Street
Yahoo, Electronic Arts and VMware all suffered after-hours declines on Wall Street after releasing their fourth-quarter earnings reports Tuesday afternoon, with analysts' complaints focusing on the Silicon Valley companies' forecasts, a repeat of Monday's reaction to Apple's earnings report.
Yahoo reported net income of $351 million and earnings per share of 33 cents on revenues of $1.26 billion, a 6.7 percent revenue decline from the same quarter a year ago. For the full year, Yahoo's revenues declined 6 percent to $4.68 billion, reflecting the Sunnyvale company's continuing difficulties in battling Google and Facebook for display advertising dollars.
Yahoo expects that slide to continue in the current quarter, when the company predicts revenues of $1.06 billion to $1.1 billion after posting revenues of $1.14 billion in the year-ago quarter; Yahoo did not provide a forecast for the entire year's financial performance, though CEO Marissa Mayer promised Yahoo is "committed to growth in 2014" during Tuesday's conference call.
"Now that we've laid the necessary groundwork, global revenue growth is our No. 1 goal," Chief Financial Officer Ken Goldman added in the call.
Analysts and investors were unimpressed, and Yahoo stock fell lower than $37 after closing with a 4.3 percent gain at $38.22.
"It's a dismal outlook," BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis told Bloomberg News. "There's going to be more pressure to perform as the year progresses."
Electronic Arts was riding a wave of optimism after next-generation gaming consoles were released in the fourth quarter, sparking renewed interest in the big-ticket console games that have been overshadowed by cheaper mobile games that do not generate as much revenue. Tuesday's results did not live up to expectations, however, and the company cut its expectations for 2014, explaining that sales of software for previous console generations declined much faster than the company expected.
"We're very encouraged by the popularity of the new- generation hardware but wewe're surprised the current generation dropped off as quickly as it did," Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen told Bloomberg.
Redwood City-based EA announced a net loss of $308 million, or $1 a share, on revenues of $808 million in the fourth quarter; after EA's typical large round of accounting adjustments, the company said it actually brought in $398 million in profits, or $1.38 a share, on revenues of $1.57 billion. The company dropped its full-year revenue forecast from an even $4 billion to $3.91 billion after revenues declined 12 percent year over year during the fourth quarter.
Shares dropped more than 2 percent in late trading after a gain of 1.6 percent to $24.87 in the regular session.
Palo Alto's VMware made waves recently with its largest-ever acquisition, the $1.5 billion purchase of mobile management company AirWatch, and pre-announced earnings results in that announcement. Tuesday's earnings report mostly stuck to the script laid out in the previous announcement: VMware posted a 62 percent gain in earnings and 14 percent gain in revenues, racking up net income of $335 million, or 77 cents a share, on revenues of $1.48 billion.
Holding true to Silicon Valley's current trend, however, VMware predicted some changes in the current quarter that made investors frown. The company predicted that its margins would decrease 1.5 percent to 2 percent in the current quarter, and shares declined more than 5 percent after closing with a 2 percent gain at $94.94.
SV150 market report: Wall Street rebounds, but Apple takes a big hit
Wall Street broke a streak of three straight losing sessions Tuesday, with all three major U.S. indexes advancing. The tech-heavy Nasdaq lagged its more broad-based brethren, however, and Silicon Valley tech stocks sank on the day as the world's most valuable company suffered at the hands of investors.
Apple declined 8 percent to $506.50 Tuesday, the Cupertino company's worst day on Wall Street in just more than a year — since it reported record-breaking holiday revenues in 2013. The concern then and now is the same: Apple's growth rate is slowing, and revenues could actually decline year-over-year for the first time since 2003 this year if the trend continues. At least 14 analysts dropped their price targets on Apple stock after earnings were released, Reuters reported, and mostly continued to predict that only a new product category — which CEO Tim Cook confirmed is on its way — will buoy the tech giant in investors' eyes. Apple may be looking to TV for more revenues, as it began playing up its Apple TV dongle on its website Tuesday, a possible prelude to new developments in that arena. One prominent investor isn't waiting for a new product, however: Carl Icahn announced Tuesday on Twitter that he had purchased another $500 million in Apple shares, his third such purchase in less than a week, to drive his holdings higher than $4 billion as he fights for greater investor return.
Two big names remain on the earnings docket for this week. Facebook will report earnings on Wednesday, and analysts expect another big advance in the company's mobile revenues; the Menlo Park social network gained 3 percent to $55.14 Tuesday. On Thursday, Google will close out the week with an earnings report that arrives after a series of big acquisitions, including the $3.2 billion purchase of Nest Labs and this week's acquisition of artificial-intelligence startup DeepMind Technologies, which the New York Times reported is a search-related gamble. The Mountain View search giant moved 2 percent higher to $1,123.01 in Tuesday's session.
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The governments of member states should:
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a. to ensure that effective anti-doping regulations are implemented: for example, by applying the provisions of appropriate legislation in member states where it exists or by obliging sports organisations which have not yet done so to adopt and apply effective anti-doping regulations, for example by making it a condition for receiving public subsidies;
b. to co-operate at international level:
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2. Set up and run, either individually or collectively, doping control laboratories of a high technical standard.
The creation and operation of high-class doping control laboratories should include provision for the training and retraining of qualified staff and for an appropriate research programme.
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3. Encourage and promote research in doping control laboratories into analytical chemistry and biochemistry, and subsequently help with the publication of the results of research in order to disseminate such knowledge; and make suitable arrangements for the adoption of techniques, standards and policies as research shows to be necessary.
4. Devise and implement educational programmes and campaigns from school-age onwards drawing attention to the dangers and unfairness of doping and promoting the proper ethical and physical values of sport; and support the design of properly constructed physiological and psychological training programmes which would encourage the continual search for improved performances without using artificial aids or harming the participant's organism.
5. Assist with the financing of doping controls.
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Cyberdyne's exoskeleton was fully operation at a press event at CES 2011 on Friday morning.
The skeleton's balance is controlled by complex algorithms, which identify and adjust for the "driver's" center of mass.
HAL suit could see action on and off the battlefield
At the
2011 Consumer Electronics Show
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(hybrid assistive limb) robotic exoskeleton.
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. Most are deployed in hospitals, helping the elderly and partially paralyzed to walk again.
Kenichi Ichihara, mayor of Tsukaba City, Japan, states, "The technology you see with HAL has a lot of meaning for us, as Japan is rapidly aging. We are the most rapidly aging country in the world."
Tsukaba City, located northeast of Tokyo, is heralded as the robotics capital of Japan. The HAL suit is one of its star products.
According to Takatoshi Kuno, Cyberdyne's sales division manager, the legs part of the suit only weighs 10 kg (~22 kg) and is essentially self-supporting. It is capable of walking at speeds of up to 6 km/hr (~3.7 mph) and has a battery life of 1.5 hours. The suit taps into nerve impulses to create a natural brain-commanded walking motion. The suit uses high-strength stepper servomotors and uses computer hardware to maintain balance when standing, walking, or climbing with the suit.
Perhaps the most intriguing detail shared with us was Mr. Kuno's statement that the U.S. government had contacted the company and expressed interest in purchasing HAL suits. He said the military primarily was hoping to use the suits in a medical capacity (e.g. for rehabilitating or providing increased mobility to injured soldiers).
Mr. Kuno wouldn't comment on the possibility of weaponization of the suit, which thus far has been used primarily for peaceful medical purchases. A couple of U.S. firms, including
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While the possibility of carrying heavy weaponry or shielding of some type (e.g. shatter-proof glass, metal, etc.) in-battle has not been mentioned by these contractors, it surely is under consideration. These contractors have explicitly mentioned battlefield deployment, though, for purposes such as carrying munitions.
Since their products are attached to humans, Cyberdyne and its affiliates are very cognizant of risks and safety. States Mayor Ichihara, "Safety is very important. We can't have accidents or mistakes."
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A NEW chairman has been voted in at Worcestershire County Council - leading to a row about "political bias".
Councillor Pam Davey, a veteran Conservative, has become only the second woman in history to take on the popular ceremonial role at County Hall.
Her appointment was voted through amid farcical scenes in a full council meeting, with the Labour Party saying so many politicians are badly behaved they wanted an ex-prison worker to do it instead.
The chairman, who gets use of a personal driver and £20,000 Jaguar, spends the year representing the council to the wider public and holding the court at meetings.
The opposition Labour group said Councillor Joe Baker, who used to work in a high-security prison for dangerous inmates in Scotland, would be ideal to take on the role for the next 12 months instead.
The controlling Conservative group insisted it should be Cllr Davey and voted Labour down, leading to ugly scenes in the chamber.
Labour also tried to make Cllr Baker the vice-chair, but that was then refused, and said it was time to dump the use of the Jaguar XF, but it failed.
Councillor Peter McDonald, Labour group leader, said: "Joe is not wet behind the ears, he's been in politics 30 years and is a former lecturer in psychology and sociology in Scotland, as well as being a former prison officer.
"Those skills in understanding people and being able to communicate with them are extremely valuable, he would listen to us and certainly make meetings more enjoyable than they are now.
"He knows how to control rowdy inmates, he'd be ideal. He'd also take away the Jaguar straightaway."
Conservative councillors refused to get into a debate and called for a vote, which they won by 34 to 16.
Cllr Davey, a Droitwich councillor, takes over from Councillor Gordon Yarrington, a fellow Conservative.
Cllr Yarrington told the chamber it had been "a great honour" to do the role.
She becomes only the second women to do the job after Mary Drinkwater, a statistic Liberal Democrat Councillor Tom Wells called "outrageous".
A Lib Dem bid to get their group leader, Councillor Liz Tucker, elected as chairman also failed.
The chairman attends around 200 public events a year as the council's ceremonial figurehead, and during meetings at County Hall do a role similar to that of the speaker in the House of Commons.


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3 Consecutive Rose Bowl appearances for Wisconsin, one behind the Big Ten record held by Ohio State.
5 Losses by Wisconsin this season, most ever for a Rose Bowl participant.
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9 Points scored by Stanford in its last Rose Bowl appearance, in January 2000. (Its opponent, Wisconsin, scored 17.)
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REDDITCH, Bromsgrove and Droitwich residents will have their last chance today to put forward opinions on the future of adult social care services in the county, as part of the Future Lives Programme.
In a meeting being held at Redditch Connect on Herbert Street in Redditch from 1-3pm, residents will be able to take part in a road show where representatives from Worcestershire County Council seek views on proposed changes to , early help and other support services for vulnerable adults and housing support for some young people that are currently funded by the Council, all of which are in addition to the council's legal duties for social care.
The council is attempting to make budget cuts of £30million in 2014/15 followed by a further £25million per year until at least 2016/17, and cuts are being proposed to Adult Services and Health of £13million next year with an estimated £32million by 2016/17.
Cllr Sheila Blagg, Worcestershire County Council's Cabinet Member with Responsibility for Adult Social Care, said: "We have already received many comments from the public but feel it is important to also hold events so people can come and talk to use directly and raise their concerns.
"I would urge everyone to take part in this important consultation before 21 January and I assure you that all views will be listened to."
The consultation closes tomorrow and an announcement on the full extent of the cuts is expected next month.
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Lautenberg promises to continue work on gun-control laws
New Jersey's senior U.S. senator has formally decided not to run for a sixth term.
And now, Frank Lautenberg is laying out his agenda for the next two years, focusing on many of the same fights that built his political career.
Lautenberg got a warm welcome from friends and supporters in his hometown of Paterson where he made the official announced he won't be seeking re-election next year.
"But I'm praying that something goes wrong, and I have to be here, " he joked Friday.
The 89-year-old senator has spent 28 years in Washington where he's made a career of taking on the alcohol, tobacco and gun industries. He says one of his biggest goals is to see through the passage of new gun laws, including an assault weapons ban.
"The president said he's going to do it, and I believe him," he said. "We're going to work on that and get it done this time."
Lautenberg also pledged his support for raising the minimum wage, improving public transportation, and helping the state recover from Hurricane Sandy.
Lautenberg did not take question on who he would like to see take the seat he's held for 28 years. Speculation has centered on Newark Mayor Cory Booker.
"There are other people interested, you know that," said Lautenberg.
One of them is Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver who was on hand in Paterson for the senator's announcement. She wouldn't comment on her own ambitions, but acknowledged that any candidate would benefit from the Lautenberg's endorsement.
"From South Jersey up to the Pennsylvania border, Frank Lautenberg is held in high esteem," she said.
Also in the room was state Sen. Barbara Buono, the only Democratic challenger so far to Gov. Chris Christie this year. She hasn't gotten Lautenberg's stamp of approval yet, but she says she wants to take a page out of his book.
"I admire him for his grit, his toughness," she said.
After nearly three decades of public service, Lautenberg says his message remains the same.
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*Phoenix Certified Hospice/Adventist Health Hospice Services Mendocino County will hold its 10th annual "Light Up a Life" community celebration to honor and remember those we care about and love at 6 p.m. An evening of music, inspiration and remembering at Adventist Health Home Care & Hospice Services, 100 San Hedrin Circle. The event is open to everyone. Dress warmly, the celebration is held outdoors. Hot cider and cookies will be served. A December 6 celebration is planned in Ukiah. Information: 459-1818.
*Over Easy, Sheridan Malone and John Morris, play and sing bluegrass, early country and rock and roll, 6 p.m. at Shanachie Pub, 50B South Main Street. Tips appreciated.
November 30
*Birthday celebration luncheon, William F. Harrah Senior Center, 1501 Baechtel Road . Menu includes turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, cranberry sauce, mixed vegetables, cranberry sauce, walnut bread and birthday cake. Seniors: $5; non-seniors, $6.
*Tree-lighting celebration at Barra of Mendocino, 7051 North State Street in Redwood Valley, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tasty holiday treats, arts and crafts and spiced cider for the kids, complimentary wine tasting and holiday shopping for adults, and a giving tree benefitting Redwood Children's Services, the Grace Hudson Museum, and CASA. Live holiday music provided by Sheriff Tom Allman and the Willits Brass.
*Electric and acoustic old school blues and rock with the San Francisco-based Blue Reptiles, 9 p.m. at Shanachie Pub, 50B South Main Street. No cover.
December 1
*Round Valley Lioness' bazaar, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Round Valley Recreation Center at the Covelo airport.
*Home Grown Books, a group of authors from inland Mendocino County, will sell and sign their books at the Little Lake Grange's monthly garage sale, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 291 School Street. Authors include Helen Falandes and the other contributors to Mendocino County Poems-Paluma, Melinda Clarke, Virginia DeVries and Nancy Horrocks-as well as Jed and Carlin Diamond, Sally Gearhart, Earlene Gleisner, Christa Nunes, Daniel Stewart, Jane Futcher and more. It's an opportunity to find a holiday gift for those certain someones in your life. Information: Falandes at email@example.com.
*Brookside Elementary School's PTO will hold its annual Holiday Bazaar, featuring items by area craftmakers, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tables are available: $30 for a full table; $15 for a half table. Food and drinks will be offered by the Parent-Teacher Organization. The Holiday Book Fair will offer more last-minute gifts. Santa will be stopping by to greet attending children from noon to 3 p.m. A raffle will be held for prizes that include a Mazahar gift bag, $25 1st Nails gift certificate, Old Mission Pizza gift certificate, and Partylite by Pamela Parrish. Information: 459-5385 or 354-1670.
*The annual Christmas Craft Faire at the William F. Harrah Senior Center, 1501 Baechtel Road, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A large assortment of See's candies will be available, along with local arts and crafts. A snack bar will offer treats and the center's Christmas Store will be open.
*The annual Roots of Motive Power Holiday Express, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Roots complex on East Commercial Street next to the Mendocino County Museum. Santa will arrive on a steam locomotive to take kids' gift requests. Trees, model trains, singing, photography exhibit and refreshments make this an event for kids of all ages. Free. The museum also will be open with free admission all day.
*Grace Hudson Museum & Sun House hosts its annual Holiday Open House and Gift Market, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Music, puppets, local arts-and-crafts works, refreshments. Several noted local authors will be on hand to sign their books, available at a 10 percent discount from the Museum Store. Admission to the museum's exhibits and all the day's activities will be free. Proceeds benefit the Grace Hudson Museum and Sun House. The Grace Hudson Museum and Sun House at 431 South Main Street, Ukiah.
*The Waldorf School of Mendocino County's 40th Annual Holiday Faire, Artisan and Crafters Sale will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Ukiah Valley Conference Center on School Street. More than two dozen local artisan and crafters, children's crafting area, live holiday music, gourmet café and raffle.
December 1-December 23
*The Skunk's Willits diesel Christmas Train. Two trips per day. Trains leave at 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. for the 90-minute round trip, returning at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Songs, Santa, elves and yuletide refreshments. Tickets: $34, adults; $24 children. Trains runs December 1 and 2, then daily beginning December 10. Information: 964-6371.
December 2
*Harwood Memorial Park Annual Christmas Bazaar and Craft Fair, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Harwood Hall in Laytonville. Handmade arts and crafts by 45 area artisans. Information: 984-8089.
*Native American and non-Native residents will join together at the first-ever "Real Thanks Real Giving" festival from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Saturday Afternoon Clubhouse, 107 South Oak Street in Ukiah. A harvest feast, featuring venison stew, fry bread, acorn dishes as well as other foods, music, ceremony and an honoring of elders, are planned. Performers include Tchiya Amet, Pale Robin, and the Motherland Family Band. The event includes an educational panel on Pomo history, featuring Clayton Duncan, the much-loved and respected grandson of the only survivor of the 1850 Bloody Island Massacre, Lucy Moore. All proceeds from the fundraiser will go to the Lucy Moore Foundation to fund a lawsuit to end the practice of arbitrary tribal disenrollment. "In recent years over 3,000 Native people in California have been disenrolled and banished from their tribes. They are forced to leave their land and homes, and are stripped of their benefits," Duncan says.
December 3-December 6
*Annual KZYX Holiday Gift Auction returns to the airwaves for four evenings from 7 to 10 p.m. Regular evening programming will be preempted in favor of this fast-paced, entertaining fundraiser for Mendocino County's local public radio station. A wide array of gift items---from arts and crafts, to goods and services-will be auctioned live on the air to the highest bidders All items are donated by local businesses, artists, and craftspeople, and will be presented during timed bidding sessions. Bids are taken by phone, with the proceeds benefitting Mendocino County Public Broadcasting. Auction coordinator, Diane Hering invites area residents to tune in and catch the action, at 90.7 fm (91.5 fm in Ukiah and areas inland, 88.1fm in Fort Bragg). KZYX is a 501©3 nonprofit corporation and depends on support from its listeners.
December 3
*William F. Harrah Senior Center's annual Christmas Store at 1501 Baechtel Road. Trees, ornaments, wrapping paper, holiday decorations, toys, clothes and other items offered from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers will be available to assist shoppers. It will close about December 8.
*Awanas, a Bible-based club for children ages 4 to sixth-grade, 6:20 p.m. at Agape Bible Church. 290 South Lenore Avenue. Non-denominational international kids club with games, Bible stories, awards and fun continues through the school year. Cost: $30 per child. Information: 459-1905.
December 6
*The Mendocino County Bee Club will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Ukiah Garden Club, 1203 West Clay. Bring your favorite treat made out of honey and the recipe to share. For a small donation, supplies will be available to make beeswax candles. These make nice Christmas gifts.
December 7
*Mendocino County Family and Youth Services 4th Art Show Sale/Award benefit the Transitional Living Program for homeless youth. Art show sales and first Cookie Throw-Down, 5:30 to 8 p.m., 203 South State Street, adjacent to Art Center Ukiah.
December 8
*Deep Valley Christian School, 8555 Uva Drive in Redwood Valley, will host a Christmas Craft Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Persons interested in being a vendor may call the school at 485-8778.
*The Waldorf School of Mendocino County and the Willits library will present "Winter Wonder" with WSMC Yellow Rose Kindergarten Teacher Jane Ghotlos from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the library. There will be story telling, crafts and treats for children preschool through first grade accompanied by an adult.
Information: 485-8719, ext. 6.
*Willits Kiwanis and 4-H Club Holiday Pasta Dinner at the William F. Harrah Senior Center, 1501 Baechtel Road at 5 p.m. Tickets are $15, adults; $5, children; or $30 for a family of four. Information and tickets: 841-7052 or 841-8106.
December 9
*Community Christmas Chorale and Singalong at 6 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 265 Margie Drive. Music by regional choral groups, including the Willits Elementary Charter School Chorus, and Willits Brass. Canned food will be collected for Willits Community Food Bank Christmas drive.
December 13
*Terpsichore, a group of some 20 enthusiastic singers, directed by Allen Garcia, will perform 7 p.m., Thursday, December 13, in the sanctuary of Willits Methodist Church. Some pieces will be a cappella, some accompanied by pianist Jenny Watts. Donations for Willits Daily Bread will be accepted at the door.
December 14
*Hot Winter's Night performing and visual arts collaborative event, 6 to 9 p.m. in the auditorium and main halls at Willits High School. Free. Student art show, music by the WHS Jazz band, WHS Concert band and WHS Bell Choir. A Leadership Club soup supper will kick off the evening at 5:30 p.m. Soup supper: $5.
December 14-15
*Fine arts and crafts will be offered for sale during the 26th Annual Willits Holiday Crafts Fair at the Willits Community Center. The fair will be open from noon to 8 p.m. on Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday. There will be libe music both days and a Kids' Craft fair on Saturday. Food and beverages will be available for sale by Willits Charter School students. The fair is sponsored by the Willits Cultural Arts Commission.
December 19
*Brookside Elementary School Winter Concert, 10 a.m., Spruce and Lincoln Way. Second-grade students and bell-ringers will perform plays, skits and songs in the cafeteria. Free.
December 21
*One of the holiday season's favorite family traditions, The Nutcracker, will come to life under the direction of Mendocino Ballet Artistic Director Trudy McCreanor on Friday, December 21, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, December 22, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, December 23, at 2 p.m. in the Mendocino College Center Theatre in Ukiah. Tickets are $18, adults; $16, seniors 65 and older; $10, children/students under 18. Tickets are $1 higher in Fort Bragg. Tickets may be purchased at The Goods' Shoppe in Willits, Mendocino Book Company in Ukiah, and Harvest Market in Fort Bragg. Tickets also may be purchased online at www.mendocinoballet.org.


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The North Platte High softball team went 0-4 on the road last week against two strong Class A teams, No. 5 Grand Island and No. 3 Lincoln Southeast, but got back on track with two wins Saturday at Cozad.
On Saturday North Platte competed in the Cozad Double Dual and won both games by the mercy rule.
North Platte (11-6) shut the door early on Minden Saturday, capturing a 12-2 victory in game one.
The 12 runs in the first three innings allowed North Platte to put the game away early. A two-run single by Mikenzi Wiseman, a two-run triple by Christina Yoshida, and a RBI single by Jenny Keck during the second inning helped North Platte put runs on the board.
North Platte built its lead with six more runs in the third. Rylie Cotton started the inning with a double, bringing home Sally Hengen. That was followed up by Kylie Engleman's single, scoring Cotton and Willow Chitty.
In the second game, Cozad had a tough outing and North Platte dominated, 9-1, in five innings.
Wiseman drove in two runs on one hit for North Platte with a homer in the third inning.
Keck had an impressive outing against Cozad's lineup. Cozad managed just three hits off Keck, who allowed one earned run, walked none, and struck out one during her five innings of work.
North Platte never trailed after scoring two runs in the second on a two-run single by Hengen. The Lady Dawgs added three more in the bottom of the third. A double by Chitty ignited the offense, scoring Hannah Hays. That was followed up by Wiseman's two-run home run, bringing home Chitty.
North Platte tacked on another four runs in the fifth. Keck's single got things going, scoring Hays and Chitty. Hengen followed with a double, scoring Shayla Kummer and Abby Jones.
North Platte is in action at home Tuesday in a doubleheader against Kearney (7-9 in Class A.)
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One to NineMath brain teasers require computations to solve.
Arrange the digits from 1 to 9 to make a 9-digit number ABCDEFGHI which satisfies the following conditions:
1) AB is divisible by 2;
2) ABC is divisible by 3;
3) ABCD is divisible by 4;
4) ABCDE is divisible by 5;
5) ABCDEF is divisible by 6;
6) ABCDEFG is divisible by 7;
7) ABCDEFGH is divisible by 8;
8) ABCDEFGHI is divisible by 9.
There is only one solution.
HintCondition 8 is the easiest to satisfy just because it is automatically satisfied. But condition 6 is the hardest to satisfy, and should be left last.
AnswerFrom condition 4, we know that E equals 5.
From conditions 1, 3, 5 and 7, we know that B, D, F, H are even numbers, therefore A, C, G, I are 1, 3, 7, 9 in some order.
Furthermore, from conditions 3 and 7 we know that CD is divisible by 4 and GH is divisible by 8 (because FGH is divisible by 8 and F is even). Because C and G are odd, D and H must be 2 and 6 in some order.
From conditions 2 and 5, we know that A+B+C, D+E+F, G+H+I are all divisible by 3.
If D=2, then F=8, H=6, B=4. A+4+C is divisible by 3, therefore A and C must be 1 and 7 in some order, G and I must be 3 and 9 in some order. G6 is divisible by 8, therefore G=9. But neither 1472589 nor 7412589 is divisible by 7.
Therefore D=6, and F=4, H=2, B=8. G2 is divisible by 8, therefore G=3 or 7. A+8+C is divisible by 3, therefore one of A and C is chosen from 1 and 7, the other is chosen from 3 and 9.
If G=3, then one of A and C is 9, the other is chosen from 1 and 7. But none of 1896543, 7896543, 9816543 and 9876543 is divisible by 7.
Therefore G=7, one of A and C is 1, the other is chosen from 3 and 9. From 1836547, 1896547, 3816547 and 9816547, only 3816547 is divisible by 7 (the quotient is 545221).
Therefore, the number we are looking for is 381654729.
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St. Mary Parish Detectives Search For Two Persons Of Interest
The St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office is hoping that the public can help them track down two "persons of interest" who may be able to help them solve an early morning shooting today.
Detectives say a man outside of lounge on Highway 182 in Amelia was approached by three black males who attempted to rob him. During the robbery attempt, the victim was shot. He remains in fair condition.
Investigators say they believe the two men of interest may have information regarding the crime.
One is described as a black male with a medium build, 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall between the ages of 23 and 25. He is described as having a dark complexion and black hair styled with short twists. He goes by the nickname of "Diddy".
The second person of interest is described as a black male with a medium build, 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall and suspect to be either 19 or 20. He goes by the nickname of "Jay".
Anyone with information about these persons of interest can contact the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office at 337-828-1960.


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An Orion Township man is pursuing legal action against the township and county for damage to his property caused by what he contends is a faulty drainage system.
Richard Mielcarek, Lake Orion, said that over-saturation of ground water from a faulty -- and at some points sand-filled -- drainage pipe near his property caused extensive structural damage to the interior and exterior of his home.
The mortar in the house's brick foundation has cracked, floor joists have split and support columns are rusting in the basement where groundwater had flooded in, he said.
"There are cracks in some of the walls and the moisture was as high as two feet," he said, pointing out water lines and mold in the basement. "This was completely refinished and everything's pretty much gone."
Besides extensive damage to the home from sinking land, Richard Mielcarek said his driveway and a section of Waldon Road bordering his property were falling apart as well.
"The road is beginning to collapse," he said. "You can see where it's separating in pieces and knowing what's going on underneath that, there's going to be a sinkhole here is what's going to end up happening."
Installation of a drainage pipe across Waldon Road and elevation of the road's surface sometime in 2011 might have contributed to the area's over-saturation, he said. This is only a recent occurrence since moving into the home in 1999, he said.
Mielcarek fears the volume of heavy vehicles traveling along Waldon Road could inevitably lead to a collapse -- one that might prove fatal on a road with a maximum vehicle capacity of 26,000 pounds.
"We've done calculations and those trucks fully weighed-down are well over 100,000 pounds," he said.
"Every time someone goes by here, pictures have fallen off of walls, everything's continued to shake. It's not fixed.
"How are you going to say that couldn't open up and sink?" he added. "It's the main thoroughfare for the school buses for Orion Township. They go right down here and right over to the high school. It continues to go down."
Mielcarek said that while the county and township have been gracious in their attempts to alleviate the damage, the problem has yet to be fixed and he still holds the township and the Oakland County Road and Water Resources commissions responsible. The Water Resources Commission recently was released from litigation.
"The county's been more than cooperative and the township's been more than cooperative," he said. "However, one or two of them is probably to blame for what has happened."
Mielcarek said the county and township are pushing for a settlement and aiming for a trial by early July.
"I've got to look out for my neighbors," he said. "I can't just take a check. We had to prove negligence beyond a doubt and had to prove that they continued to not fix it, which they didn't.
Brad Cline, a neighbor of Mielcarek, said while the area of his property affected by the sinking land is just the end of his driveway, the extent of damage is unacceptable.
"They've never kept these ditches up along here," he said. "Now they've made them worse, I can't even mow in them because they dug them out more."
"My driveway was actually level with the road," he added, pointing out the driveway's new depression at the road's edge.
Oakland County and Orion Township officials were unable to comment due to pending litigation.


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[[Image:Tampa (GTASA) (front).jpg|thumb|right|300px|A Tampa in GTA San Andreas ([[:Image:Tampa (GTASA) (front).jpg|Rear quarter view]]).]] The '''Tampa''' is a two-door compact featured in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] and seen only in one cutscene in [[The Lost and Damned]]. It returns as a fully-drivable car in [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]]. ==GTA San Andreas== The Tampa in GTA San Andreas resembles a 1965-1969 [[wp:Chevrolet Corvair|Chevrolet Corvair]], except it isn't rear-engined and it has a grille. It has no rims, and multiple paint colors on different panels of the car, indicating it was put together with spare parts from a junkyard. It also appears to be over-scaled and in comparison to some under-scaled cars, as it looks much larger than an old compact. The Tampa is one of the gang cars used by the [[Da Nang Boys]], a gang based in [[San Fierro]]. The Tampa's performance is, at best, below average, with sluggish acceleration and mediocre top speed, as well as heavy steering and unstable cornering. === Modifications === In [[TransFender]]: *Color (allows the car to feature a single tone body color) *Hood Scoop (two varieties) *Hood Vents (two varieties) *Exhaust (three varieties) *Spoiler (three varieties) *Side Skirt *Nitro (three varieties) *Wheels (ten varieties) *Bass Boost *Hydraulics == The Lost and Damned — The Ballad of Gay Tony == In [[The Lost and Damned]], the [[Declasse]] Tampa appears in the opening cutscene in front of the Pay N' Spray. It is also featured in the BradyGames Strategy Guide for the episode. There was speculation by fans that the vehicle was available to drive outside of the cutscene, and the claims were backed up by lines in the game code which specify the handling and animations of the car. An email sent by Rockstar indicated that the car was not actually drivable in the game. It does, however, return in The Ballad of Gay Tony and is a common sight early in the game. The front of the Tampa resembles a [[wp:Dodge Dart#1970–1976|1970/1971 Dodge Dart]]; the roof and sides of the car are reminiscent of the [[wp:Chevrolet Nova#Third generation|'68-72 Chevrolet Nova]] (but with less of a fastback profile); the rear is reminiscent of a [[wp:Dodge Charger (B-body)#1968-1970|1968 Dodge Charger]]. The stripe across the back is similar to the bumblebee stripes on [[wp:Dodge|Dodge]] vehicles. Being a muscle car, its engine sound is similar to that of a [[Sabre GT]] or [[Dukes]]. It can be seen sporting one all-over color, or with a double-stripe scheme.
== Trivia ==
* In the mission [[Nines and AKs]], the player goes to do some target practice, and has to eventually shoot at a Tampa's gas tank using a [[Pistol|pistol]], making it explode, and passing the mission. It has a unique numberplate reading "FELTCH".
* Even though the car can be upgraded to an excellent state at a mod shop, it will always have crooked license plates.
* During the mission [[Yay Ka-Boom-Boom]], the player has to destroy the [[Loco Syndicate|Loco Syndicate's]] cocaine factory in [[Doherty]] with a rigged Tampa. The rigged Tampa has a unique numberplate reading "TIMEBOMB". Another modded Tampa is used in the mission [[Puncture Wounds]]. The Tampa is modded with stinger traps to burst the tires of the [[Stratum|vehicle]] needed in the mission. Although, if the Tampa is saved in a garage, it will not have the ability to drop stingers.
* The default radio station in GTA San Andreas is [[K-JAH#K-JAH Radio West|K-JAH Radio West]].
== Locations ==
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* Can be found parked at the used car lot in [[Jefferson, Los Santos|Jefferson]], [[Los Santos]].
* Can also can be found driving in the [[Easter Basin]] and [[Garver Bridge]] region in San Fierro along with the [[Buccaneer]] and the [[Manana]], both used as the Da Nang Boys' gang cars.
;The Ballad of Gay Tony
* Can be seen in traffic in southern [[Algonquin]].
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A Trowbridge firm of funeral directors is looking to adopt Stepping Stones special needs nursery as its charity of the year after reading of its financial plight in the Wiltshire Times.
Barker and Courtiers in Bond Street gathered books, games and toys as part of an Easter collection, but now staff want to continue their efforts to help.
Funeral service arranger Sarah Bull said: "I used to volunteer at Stepping Stones when I was at college and the funeral director Steve Coke's nephew used the service years ago."
Stepping Stones, at Longfield Children's Centre, Trowbridge, lost £10,000 of funding from Wiltshire Council in February after the Government withdrew its Aiming High For Disabled Children grants.
The Wiltshire Times launched the Give Us a Chance campaign in March to help the charity make up the shortfall and the current tally stands at £12,072.
Mrs Bull said: "We want to thank everyone for their support. Sainsbury's donated Easter eggs and stationery, while West Wiltshire Crematorium and James Long Memorial Masonry contributed lots of Easter eggs."
Mrs Bull and Mr Coke delivered the donations on Friday and got a tour of the centre.
Mrs Bull said: "Stepping Stones has a lovely atmosphere. We hope to make it our charity of the year."
Stepping Stones administrator Barbara Jansen said: "They managed to raise enough for every child to have an Easter egg, which is fantastic. There were also donations of suitable toys and books for children who perhaps are too young to have chocolate or children who can't have chocolate because of dietary needs.
"All these donations, people choosing us as charity of the year, and the ongoing support is all directly as a result of the Wiltshire Times campaign."


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Growers are warning buyers to expect gaps in New York sweet corn and green bean production in August and September.
The state's cabbage deal is also expected to produce smaller volume, growers say.
Heavy rains saturated the ground in spring and left young plants in standing water, causing growers to miss multiple weeks of plantings.
Jason Turek, partner in Turek Farms, King Ferry, N.Y., said buyers should plan for possible gaps in early September.
Turek missed two weeks of plantings in late May and early June and then saw another 10-day skip in late June and early July.
Mid-July rain limited Turek to finishing just 75% of its plantings.
"The taller corn looks better," Turek said in mid-July.
"A lot of the younger stuff planted in June has really been beat up by the standing water. I think we should have some nice corn for the end of July and August, but then it gets iffy."
In early and mid-July, Turek Farms was harvesting in Delaware and expected to start New York production July 20-25.
Eden Valley Growers, Eden, N.Y., began harvesting in light volume in early July but planned to begin heavier volumes in mid-July, later than its normal July 4 start, said Dave Walczak, sales and operations manager.
"The corn is looking very good," he said in mid-July. "The fields are all pretty even."
In late June, Walczak said Georgia harvested an abundance of corn, keeping prices low at $5-7 a crate.
On July 15, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported wirebound crates of 4 dozen yellow, white and bicolor corn eastern Virginia selling for $9.20 while Georgia corn sold for $7.45 for the same varieties.
Other growers that didn't sustain as much damage say buyers can expect a strong season on corn.
Gill Corn Farms Inc., Hurley, N.Y., planned to begin harvesting July 18, as usual, said Tim Richards, salesman.
Richards said the grower-shipper should produce an excellent crop.
"I think we will have pretty reliable supplies," Richards said in mid-July.
"We will have a few gaps due to the rain in planting but the weather pattern seems to be leaning toward a warmer and moister summer. It should make any gaps smooth out to where we won't have as much of a gap."
He said Gill lost one small planting of early white corn to the rain, but it wasn't a significant loss.
He said the rest of the corn looks good and Gill was able to plant all of its Labor Day corn on time and should be able to supply retailers during the holiday.
New York's corn deal runs through September and sometimes into October.
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Turek said the rain cut his company's normal green bean volume by a third, and supply gaps could begin in early August.
In mid-July, Turek said the first plantings look strong but said later season beans don't look as healthy.
"They (growers) struggled to get them in. I think there will be weeks of decent production followed by weeks of nothing, at least for us. We may be in the bean market for a few days and then out for a week."
Turek planned to begin harvesting July 15 as usual.
In mid-July, Turek said Georgia was still harvesting, longer than its normal July 4 finish and said New Jersey and Delaware started their harvests in late June.
New York, New Jersey and Delaware typically harvest through October.
On July 15, the USDA reported bushel cartons/crates of machine-picked round green beans from the Eastern Shore of Virginia at $21.
It's a different situation for Torrey Farms Inc., Elba, N.Y., which began shipping July 8.
Maureen Torrey, vice president, said she doesn't expect losses to be as large.
"The quality looks good and the fields look average," she said in mid-July.
"We are pleased with how quality is especially considering how the weather has been. We will have skips in them as they had water set. But Mother Nature can bring the skips together. We will have good supplies"
In mid-July, Hansen Farms LLC, Stanley, N.Y., was two weeks behind in its cabbage plantings.
Eric Hansen, vice president, said harvesting began July 10, a week later than normal, but said planting delays and yield losses could cause gaps in August and September.
Promotable volume should commence in mid-July, Hansen said.
"There are areas where there is nothing and lots of areas where we definitely will have yield losses," he said
Because of the two planting gaps, Hansen was able to plant 600 of its 670 acres and Hansen said the deal likely suffered a 10% to 20% loss.
Though Georgia, Michigan and Ohio were going in production in late June, Hansen said North Carolina could be the season's wildcard.
He said the Tar Heel state is late in harvesting and could cover the supply gap that is marking the start of New York's production.
According to the USDA, 50-pound cartons of medium green cabbage from Michigan on July 15 sold for $9-10.
Torrey Farms planned to begin its cabbage harvesting July 15.
Torrey said the season looks to be a strong one.
"The cabbage looks good," she said in mid-July. "Movement is good now. There's not an overabundance of it. Some other areas have finished while others haven't quite got going."
Torrey said New York growers planted fewer acres.She attributed the smaller plantings to people converting to other grain crops for a variety of reasons, including uncertainty over labor supply and Obamacare.