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We're inside of 48 hours of the most exciting day of the year for recruiting guys.
With National Signing Day — or Wednesday, as it's more commonly referred to roughly 51 other times a year — creeping closer, speculation about who is going where is running wilder than usual.
One thing is certain, though. For fans and prognosticators, after Wednesday we'll get our first glimpse as to what the future holds for teams around the country.
Trojan fans have suffered an unfamiliar fate this recruiting season, filled with indecision, decommitments and recommitments.
Whether at work or at a LOI party, here are some tunes to keep you in the mood throughout the day.
Track One: "The Letter" by Joe Cocker
Sample lyric: I'm a going home. My baby just wrote me a letter.
If Joe Cocker's good enough to open up an episode of "The Wonder Years," he's good enough to kick off National Signing Day.
For an uncommitted player, the days haven't been exactly lonely. Coaches have been in and out of the home, the phone's ringing off the hook and everywhere he turns, someone else asks where's he's going. All there's left to do is to write a letter, in fact, sign a letter. Then the process ends. The visits are done. The calls should stop.
As an added bonus, Joe Cocker has the face of a beat-up lineman, but at 5-foot-8, the frame of a kicker.
Track Two: "Tiny Bubbles" by Don Ho
Sample lyric: Make me happy. Make me feel fine.
Nothing like a simple Hawaiian song, a salute to sparkling wine, to pay tribute to two of the most important targets of the class.
Linebacker Manti Te'o (who's potential signing could be celebrated with "Te'o. Me say Te'o") is a priority for this class with a slew of linebackers graduating.
Then there's Simione Vehikite, a two-star fullback. Despite the low ranking, Vehikite fills a specialty position and isn't afraid to lower his helmet and block.
Track Three: "Don't You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds
Sample lyric: Hey, hey, hey, hey
No matter what happens on Wednesday, the Trojans already landed the country's best quarterback Matt Barkley.
Barkley's already on campus and should be added to the list of USC recruiting successes.
Logically, Emilio Estevez would've played Barkley in "The Breakfast Club." The only problem is there's no way the alpha-male quarterback would've ever messed with the bull, thus, he'd not be given the horns.
Track Four: "Should I Stay or Should I Go" by the Clash
Sample lyric: Always tease tease tease
This is the anthem for the 2009 recruiting class, which has seen more Trojans commit and jump ship than in recent history.
Randall Carroll and Vontaze Burfict are the softest of commitments. Then there's Byron Moore, who committed to USC, decommitted from USC, eliminated USC and added the Trojans to his final three.
Joe Strummer said, "The indecisions bugging me."
He was right.
Track Five: "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats
Sample lyric: S-s-s-s A-a-a-a F-f-f-f E-e-e-e T-t-t-t Y-y-y-y
T.J. McDonald might be the one player in the class I'm most excited to see play in person. In his highlight videos, McDonald looks like a Kevin Ellison clone, playing up near the line to come through in run support.
He also will not be announcing anything come Wednesday, ignoring the ritual of choosing a cap.
Literally, he'll be a man without a hat.
Snack break. No silly jokes here. Enjoy some salsa and blue chips. (I lied. Blue chips, get it? ZING!)
Track Six: "Cover Me" by Bruce Springsteen
Sample lyric: Shut the door and cover me
This is why Carroll's decision is important. The Trojans have only one other cornerback expected to sign — four-star cornerback Torin Harris.
USC inked two corners last year, and need to continue to add to the stockpile. Byron Moore could help in this department too.
Track Seven: "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-A-Lot
Sample lyric: So Cosmo says you're fat, well I ain't down with that
Not just a rockin' party tune, but an ode to the offensive linemen in this year' class. In 2008, recruiting the big fellas was a priority, as four inked with the Trojans. So far this year, two — John Martinez and Kevin Graf — have pledged to USC.
They can both do side bends and sit ups, but for Pat Ruel's sake, please don't lose those butts.
Track Eight: "The Waiting" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Sample lyric: You take it on faith, you take it to the heart. The waiting is the hardest part.
In a continuing trend, top targets like Bryce Brown and Orson Charles are expected to make their announcements after National Signing Day. Last year's top player, Terrelle Pryor signed with Ohio State a month after signing day.
Now, the Trojans are expected to host Brown and Charles after Wednesday, and who knows when they'll sign? My guess, it'll be sometime between Wednesday and September.
Track Nine: "Love is a Battlefield" by Pat Benatar
Sample lyric: Do I stand in your way, or am I the best thing you've had?
This is the fundamental question recruits have to ask of the universities offering them. The fact that they do this without wearing tight leather pants and a bandanna is for the best, we think.
Devon Kennard answered this when he picked USC over Cal and Arizona State. Randall Carroll is still trying to figure it out.
As the minutes to Wednesday count down, it's time to decide — searching their hearts for so long.
Track 10: "You're the Best Around" by Joe Esposito
Sample lyric: Try to believe though the going gets rough that you gotta hang tough to make it
Seriously, if space permitted it, I'd print every lyric to the song used in the karate tournament scene of "The Karate Kid." It's just full of life wisdom and gems.
This final tune of the day has to be dedicated to Pete Carroll. Carroll is a master recruiter and a master of turning some heads on Signing Day.
There will be some surprise announcements. Perhaps it will be Jarvis Jones and/or Frankie Telfort that leave state schools behind for Troy.
Just like Daniel LaRusso, Carroll isn't afraid to raise his arms over his head, balance on one foot and crane kick the college football world by landing another dominant class.
Simply, he's the best around.


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Tomorrow morning, we'll be off to Seattle to prepare for one of our favorite events of the year, PAX Prime! This year marks our fifth year at the event, and as always, we've got some great stuff in store.
Those with passes to the show (the event is already sold out) will want to visit our booth to play both Dishonored and DOOM 3 BFG Edition. While you're there, make sure to pick up some cool Bethesda swag. Our booth is open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 10 AM – 6 PM.
We're also hosting a Dishonored community event on both Friday and Saturday evening in conjunction with the guys from iam8bit that you won't want to miss. Both nights we'll be at the Stimson-Green Mansion — just minutes away from the convention center from 7.30pm-11.30pm. We'll be serving food and drinks, giving away prizes, and more. You'll also have your first chance to play Dishonored's Boyle Party mission, which PC Gamer's Tom Francis recently declared, "… one of the best missions I've played in any game."
Interested in attending? Look for folks handing out invitations – both at our booth and outside the convention center. You'll need one to get in. And on both nights, the event is first-come, first-serve.
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Ice Cream in History
Sub Zero Ice Cream and Yogurt's unique dessert is built upon ice cream's evolution across the centuries. While we might offer the most innovative technique for freezing ice cream, we are indebted to the minds and taste-buds that came before us. As a tribute to the history of this wonderful dessert, here's a quick survey…Read More


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Just wondering if anyone had a surgery with recurrence involve with lymph nodes?
I had resection a year ago but sadly it came back around resected liver with few lymph nodes involved. My onc said surgery is not an option but I'm wondering if other surgeons feels the same. I'm thinking about getting a second opinion. Any thoughts?


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CHOOSE BEAUTY: A Profile of Nick Stenson
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Industry Icon: Vidal Sassoon. He exposed the beauty business and truly revolutionized the way we see hair.
Hidden talent: Not everyone knows that I'm a trained make-up artist.
Day-off pursuits: One of the most relaxing things to me is to be just about anywhere on a boat.
Career other than hairdressing: I'd be a plastic surgeon! It combines my love of transformation with the medical field, something that's always fascinated me.
Title of your autobiography: You've Got to Give it to Keep it.
Salon owner, editorial stylist, educator, and Matrix Artistic Director, Nick Stenson continues to acquire hairdressing credentials, adding Senior Director/Artistic Creative Director for JCP Salons to his list of achievements. In this role, Stenson directs, guides and develops education for 14,000 stylists nationwide. It was one special hairdresser, however, who has had the most influence on his decision to choose beauty.
"To this day, when I'm asked who's been a major influence on my work, my mother is still at the top of the list," says Stenson. "My mother worked as a stylist for almost 40 years. She began in Chicago's prestigious Drake Hotel and, later, owned her own salon. I learned basics under her hand, went on to beauty school in Chicago and have since traveled the globe for the opportunity to be educated by top stylists in all facets of hair design and color."
Citing fashion trends as a major influence on his work, Stenson's awareness of dress, manners and decorum began early.
"My first job was running a hotel coat check room for weddings, banquets and special events at 13 years old," says Stenson. "I was fascinated by the chance to meet different types of people, seeing how they dressed and interacted. If you hustled and smiled big, the tips weren't bad, either."
Stenson comes to JCP during a company-wide transition; the long-established brand has been in a time of flux but Stenson stays focused on what he believes to be the key to success for stylists: education.
"We're undergoing a massive effort to ensure that all 14,000 JCP Salon stylists are thoroughly educated in all the current trends and styles that our education team has created for each new season," says Stenson. "In the new year, I'm looking forward to working with my education team to ramp up even more quickly on trends and translate that for our salons and stylists more often."
His depth and breadth of experience was acquired through a willingness to show-up and do the work. Stenson's advice to young stylists is to do the same.
"Successful people do all the things that unsuccessful people refuse to do. Hard work always pays off," says Stenson. "Doing the things that initially don't seem glamorous is what ultimately paves your future."
Stenson says that as a young hairdresser, being involved behind the scenes for shows and events shaped his early years. "I spent an incredible amount of time doing all the hands on, sometimes tedious, non-glamorous jobs that our industry requires," he says. "I made it a point to pay attention to what the more experienced stylists were doing. I'm a huge supporter of education but that 'in-the-trenches' experience gave me an education that no amount of formal training ever could."
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A story from the sharing of Madam Tan, she was talking about her experiences of helping prisoners at Batu Gajah Prison. She told this story about Karma in relation to her own experience.
She first had a dream about three tortoises being boiled in soup. When she woke up she felt it was a sign something relate to karma.
So she asked her friend to prepare animals to be saved and released. She volunteered to help during the animals liberation. Her friend got a huge turtle for her in a gunny sack, and this lady wanted to handle the huge turtle and as she was trying to get the turtle out, she stuck her hand in to the gunny sack, and the turtle bit into one of her finger. She then thought of the Chinese folk tale that turtles do not release a bite until there is thunder. Probably panicking she jerked her finger and she lost flesh and her bones were protruding for one finger. It was very painful of course.
So she went to a hospital near Kuala Kangsar where the animal liberation was being held and the doctor there did not treat her and got her to get help from a male nurse. This male nurse gave her an antibiotic shots. That night her despite it being bandaged her whole hand was swollen and she was in terrible pain she was trying to chant mantras to help herself but it was to no avail.
The next morning she could not bear it any more and had to call her sons. Her 2nd son who was a doctor told her she should get this or that medicine. On that day it was a public holiday so she had to go around driving and looking for pharmacists using one hand to drive and in pain. She found the drugs she was recommended but that was no help.
The next day her elder son came down from KL to fetch her up to KL. She went to meet her 2nd son and when the son unravelled the bandage the wound was black and he told his mum no way but need to cut the flesh and bone of the sceptic part.
So begin the first operation to cut away the flesh under anasthetic, after the drugs wore off she felt tremendous pain, and two days after when they checked the wound they had to cut again and this time even before the drugs came into effect the doctor cut into flesh and bone. And two days after that there was third and final operation on her finger. So three operations for the three tortoises that was boiled for soup. She tells this story all the time to illustrate that we can never escape our karma.


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The midsize-to-large sedan segment may not be interesting at a first glance. It's filled with grocery-getters and people-movers; it's not very sexy. However, this segment is one of the most hotly contested battlegrounds in the automotive industry. You probably pass more sedans than supercars on any given day, each one of which is a bullet fired in the battle for market superiority.
Chevrolet's latest volley is the 2013 Malibu LTZ, a sedan that is both handsome in appearance and in appointments, slotting near the top of the trim level spectrum and offering a good selection of standard features and options.
Power train
For our 2013 Malibu LTZ, the magic of internal combustion happens within the confines of a 2.5-liter, inline four-cylinder engine. Fuel and air are mixed right there in the combustion chamber thanks to direct-injection technology and output is quoted by Chevrolet at 197 horsepower and 191 pound-feet of torque, which isn't too bad for what is the base engine for the Malibu lineup.
Drivers wanting a bit more "oomph" can opt for a sportier 2LTZ trim level, which makes use of the now-familiar formula of a downsized (2-liter) engine, a turbocharger, and direct injection to bump the Malibu's output to 259 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque. Yet a third engine option exists in the form of the Malibu Eco's 2.4-liter eAssist power plant. Check out our full review of the Eco for more details.
After leaving the engine, our Malibu LTZ 2.5's 191 pound-feet of torque is multiplied by the single-option six-speed automatic transmission before being passed through the front wheels where it meets the road. This gearbox doesn't feature a sport program, but it does have a manual shift mode. Those manual shifts are activated by a rocker switch located atop the shifter stalk, which you'll probably miss it until you accidentally trigger it one day. As is the case with most grocery-getters that offer some sort of "Shiftronic" or "Manumatic" nonsense on their automatic transmissions, the Malibu's ability to manually select gears is potentially good for getting unstuck from slush without spinning the front wheels, downshifting to prepare for a pass, or pretending the turbocharged model is a sports car during the curvy bits of your commute. However, in day-to-day driving, it's mostly a useless feature -- I suppose that it's better to have and not need a feature than vice versa.
Handling is about what you'd expect from a midsize-to-large sedan: dull, but competent. This is not a bad thing. Put bravado aside for a moment, and even we auto journalists have to admit that dull is exactly what you want from this class of vehicle; that's how you know that the suspension is doing its job, soaking up the bumps for a comfortable ride and keeping the vehicle safely tucked into its performance envelope. Sure, you may want a bit of excitement from the Camaro ZL1, but drivers who buy a Malibu LTZ with the 2.5-liter engine are after comfort, safety, and predictability, which the Chevy delivers.
Speaking of delivery, the Malibu also made good on its EPA estimated fuel economy of 22 city, 34 highway, and 26 combined mpg, delivering 25.5 mpg in our testing -- nearly right on the money.
MyLink dashboard
Usually, a base-level infotainment system is nothing to get excited about, but in the case of the 2013 Malibu LTZ, the entry level for dashboard tech is the Chevrolet MyLink system and it is rather good.
Based around a 7-inch color touch screen, the MyLink system gives the driver access to a number of digital and analog audio sources. You get Bluetooth for hands-free calling and audio streaming and USB connectivity for MP3 and iPod playback -- we tested it and found it to be iPhone 5-friendly when used with the Lightning-to-USB adapter. You also get an analog 3.5mm input, a CD player, terrestrial AM/FM radio, and SiriusXM Satellite Radio.
With your SiriusXM subscription, the MyLink system is also able to take advantage of SiriusXM Travel Link, a satellite-based data connection that beams weather forecasts, sports scores and schedules, stock prices, and searchable movie listings and theater showtimes into the dashboard.


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ALBUQUERQUE -- Illegal marijuana growers are increasingly using solar power to operate large-scale operations in an attempt to remain off the grid and avoid detection by law enforcement agents, authorities said.
In isolated regions of the country, law enforcement agencies say they are finding more growers going green and trying to become self-sufficient by drawing power directly from the sun.
New Mexico State Police recently busted up a marijuana operation in the Four Corners that used solar panels to pump water. And authorities in California have stepped up enforcement against solar panel thefts from vineyards that they think were headed to illegal growers.
"We're definitely seeing more and more of it," said New Mexico State Police Lt. Robert McDonald. "I think since the cartels down in Mexico are now having such a hard time getting their product up here that some growers are trying to grow it themselves and to (stop) us from finding them by using solar. It definitely makes it harder."
During last month's bust in New Mexico, agents raided a solar-operated facility and seized around 250 marijuana plants, which were 6 to 8 feet tall, in an isolated area of Rio Arriba County.
In 2010, police in Socorro, N.M., pulled more than 1,500 plants from three locations in a marijuana operation that detectives called "very elaborate and sophisticated."
Police said the operation use solar panels, water pumps, batteries and hundreds of yards of hose that functioned on timers.
The use of expensive solar panels allows illegal marijuana operations to avoid the need for massive power consumption from nearby power companies, which can tip off local and federal authorities, investigators say.
The use has also sparked a demand for solar panels that has resulted in thefts of panels from homes and businesses.
In California's Napa Valley, wineries and vineyards two years ago reported a rash of solar panel thefts that authorities think were linked to a ring that sold the panels to illegal growers.
Michael Honig, president of Honig Vineyard and Winery in Rutherford, Calif., said that after he installed 819 solar panels, thieves took off with around 40 panels. "Around 10 to 11 wineries were hit," Honig said. "So was a school."
The thefts prompted stepped up enforcement from the Napa Valley Sheriff's Department, which increased night patrols, said Deputy Sheriff Jon Thompson.
"Here we had folks trying to do the right thing, and go green and they were getting hit," Thompson said. "It hurt, especially when it's $17,000 a panel."
Eventually, three men who Thompson said were part of a ring that resold the panels were arrested.
"It's hard to say for sure, but we think they were going directly to growers," Thompson said.
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THE wet weather may have stayed away for once but instead it rained injuries at the Abbey Stadium as the Robins beat Leicester 48-40.
The hosts took three vital points from an eventful evening of racing, but also saw three riders involved in nasty looking crashes as Peter Kildemand, Nathan Greaves and Dakota North all hit the fence with force.
North and Greaves were ruled out of the meeting early on after suffering suspected knee ligament and collarbone injuries respectively, while Kildemand was unable to ride in heat 15 after being heavily shaken by his heat 13 crash.
In their absence the remaining Robins all contributed, with Steve Worrall the busiest of the lot as he stepped in to score 14+2 from seven rides, while Simon Gustafsson continued his recent resurgence with 11+1 and skipper Troy Batchelor hammered in 10+3.
Team manager Alun Rossiter also earned his money as he was forced to juggle his riders to ensure his injured stars were sufficiently replaced in a number of heats, given former Robins Jason Doyle and Mads Korneliussen scored a combined 22 points for the Lions. Although changes to the rules meant there were two races started with only one Robin at the tapes.
Despite being frustrated at the prospect of perhaps having to make changes to his side for next Thursday's visit to Wolverhampton, with North's injury the most concerning, Robins' boss Rossiter was proud of his riders achieved.
"To do that with only five riders after injuries like that is brilliant, I'm really proud of the boys," he said.
"We'll have to see about Dak and Nathan Greaves because we're not quite sure what the damage is at this stage. They're struggling a little so we'll have to regroup and see what I can do.
"Maybe I am looking for a replacement and I've already got an idea, so we'll have to see if I can pull it out the bag.
"Full credit to Steve and Simon Gustafsson – who was outstanding again – he's really stood up and been mature about things and now we're starting to see the best of him.
"We pulled the boys in together and Troy played a captain's role tonight, and we turned a real negative into a positive because it was a really hard night."
Doyle and Kildemand were teammates when the Robins won the league in 2012, and both have burst from being a reserve during that season to hold number one spots, but it was the Leicester rider who showed his class in the opener as he stormed away from the tapes to take victory as Kildemand had to make inroads from the back.
After an aborted first attempt at heat two, all four riders drifted to the fence in turn two of the second attempt, with Joe Jacobs the loser as he was chopped off in turn one. Worrall did really well to pass Max Clegg on the inside for what looked like a Robins' heat advantage, before Greaves packed up while third.
Guest Nicolai Klindt, in for Nick Morris, was left behind at the start on his return to the Abbey Stadium, and was unable to pass Richard Lawson for third but, thankfully for the Robins, Batchelor found a way through opposing captain Korneliussen to maintain parity.
It looked as though heat four was going to be shared too, until North, sitting second, went into turn four too hot and clipped the back of Sam Masters' bike to send both riders hurtling into the fence. The Swindon man appeared to come off worst, having to be helped from the track by his teammates, while he was also excluded for his troubles. The second stab at heat two was equally unsuccessful, with Clegg wiping out Greaves in turn one and coming off worse, as he left the track in an ambulance. With both riders receiving treatment, Worrall came in for Greaves, but he couldn't beat Masters as the visitors took the lead for the first time.
With Greaves set to pull out of the meeting, the Robins opted not to use Worrall as a reserve replacement in heat six as he would be needed later on in the meeting, but it looked as if it didn't matter as Klindt made a great gate to lead Doyle. However, after he was passed by the Aussie the Swindon guest went wide in the final corner to allow Lawson through to give the Lions the lead once again.
Gustafsson gave the Robins the lead again with a good move on Lasse Bjerre after stalking the Dane for two laps, before Klindt and Worrall settled in behind winner Korneliussen to leave the Robins a point to the good going into the second reserves race.
Worrall got the better of Jacobs in their match race to stretch the lead by another point and that's how things stayed after heat 10 as Kildemand and Gustafsson could only follow fast gater Korneliussen home.
The lead became a little more comfortable thanks to two magnificent gating displays in heats 11 and 12, with the pairings of Klindt and Batchelor and then Gustafsson and Worrall leading from the tapes to the flag to as good as secure the points.
Kildemand was the next Robin to meet the fence as he was run very wide by Doyle before being thrown along the air bag at high speed, but the Dane was able to walk back to the pits and was soon at the tapes for the re-run in which he finished second behind Doyle while riding Klindt's bike.
Worrall was the lone Robin in the penultimate race of the night and was able to split the Lions' pairing of Bjerre and Jacobs, before Gustafsson and Batchelor secured the points in the final heat.


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MORGAN HILL — One man was injured after he was shot in the abdomen Friday after an argument on a residential street, Morgan Hill police reported.
According to Sgt. Carson Thomas, witnesses reported that just after 8 p.m. Friday two men were standing outside an apartment complex on the 15000 block of La Alameda Drive, just north of Watsonville Road, when they exchanged words.
Shortly after, police received reports of a "man down" in the street.
Officers found a man, whose identity they have not released, suffering from gunshot wounds to the abdomen. He was airlifted to a local hospital, Thomas said. He said the wounds are not life-threatening.
Police are seeking the gunman, who is described as a black man in his mid- to late-20s, 5-foot-9, thin and with dreadlocks. He was last seen driving a green Camry.
Those with information about the shooting may contact Morgan Hill police at 408-779-2101 or call the department's anonymous tip line, 408-947-STOP(7867).
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michaelb wrote:Thanks, I'll give it a go. I'm thinking I've just left it too late. I was undecided whether to join and the DC membership system seems to have decided for me, which may not be a bad thing.
I hope their antiquated membership system doesn't dissuade you. ChNNR is a great teacher.


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SAN JOSE — A closely watched trial that some say could shake up the world of venture capital got under way Thursday as two former employees of an investment firm launched by NFL royalty pressed their claim that they're due tens of millions.
HRJ Capital was formed by former San Francisco 49ers Harris Barton, Ronnie Lott and Joe Montana during the dot-com heyday. Initially raising money from fellow star athletes such as Barry Bonds and Wayne Gretzky, the firm at its height managed $2.4 billion in investment funds, then was taken over by Silicon Valley Bank in 2008 when the global credit crunch left HRJ unable to pay its debts.
Now the two men who managed the funds for HRJ say they were cheated out of millions of dollars in promised fees and a share of the firm's profits when the bank seized control and sold the funds to a Swiss private equity firm called Capital Dynamics.
In opening arguments in Santa Clara County Superior Court, Michael Baumann — the attorney for plaintiffs Duran Curis and Darren Wong — said his clients had been given "a lot of excuses as to why they weren't getting paid" while HRJ unraveled.
"They were never told they'd done anything wrong," Baumann said, adding that money owed his clients had "ended up in the pocket of Capital Dynamics."
Bill Molinski, the lead defense attorney representing the Swiss firm, scoffed at that, saying Curis and Wong had run the HRJ funds into the ground via risky investment strategies. He also told jurors Wong had been fired and Curis placed on leave after plotting to force the firm into involuntary bankruptcy in order to protect their own interests at the expense of HRJ's investors.
"They failed to live up to their obligations," Molinski said, likening the two men to Lehman Brothers bankers seeking a bailout for their own poor decisions.
A third plaintiff — Lane Auten, who helped HRJ market its funds to new investors — reached a confidential settlement with Capital Dynamics earlier this month.
Lott and Barton settled with all three men last year and are not parties to the lawsuit, although it's possible the plaintiffs could call them as witnesses. Silicon Valley Bank also settled last year; Montana left HRJ in 2005 and was not named in the lawsuit.
Thanks to their names and high-powered networks, HRJ's founders were able to put client money into some of Silicon Valley's top venture capital firms. The firm later branched out to invest on behalf of pension funds and college endowments; such investors represent the bulk of HRJ's holdings.
In an effort to prove to new clients that it had access to the best investment funds, HRJ used a strategy called "warehousing" — making commitments to those funds before actually having the money in hand. The firm borrowed millions from Silicon Valley Bank to make good on those commitments, then repaid the bank with money from new investors — at least, until the credit crunch left HRJ unable to raise enough to meet its debts.
Capital Dynamics had argued in court filings that it had only bought HRJ's assets from Silicon Valley Bank, not its liabilities to other creditors. But another judge ruled in November that HRJ's previous managers had been acting as agents for the investment funds when they signed compensation agreements with Curis and Wong — and that as the new agent for those funds, Capital Dynamics was obliged to ensure those agreements were honored.
Some investors in the funds, as well as several outside experts interviewed by this newspaper, said that's a novel application of what is known as "agency theory." And, they said, it could make limited partners in other venture funds fearful that their money might be tapped to pay legal penalties in employment disputes.
Contact Peter Delevett at 408-271-3638. Follow him at Twitter.com/mercwiretap.


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What: The American Film Institute's annual celebration of international cinema from modern masters and emerging filmmakers.
When: Nov. 7-14.
Where: TCL Chinese Theatre, 6925 Hollywood Blvd.; Chinese 6 Theatres, 6801 Hollywood Blvd.; Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd.; The Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Blvd.
Information: www.afifest.afi.com
Screening of "Congratulations!" are scheduled for 9:30 p.m Nov. 8 and 2 p.m. Nov. 10.
Imagine the recently released movie "Prisoners" turned down a few decibels and done as an absurd domestic comedy.
That's "Congratulations!," a mostly deadpan, surreal satire of the hysteria that seems to always come with the search for a missing child.
When a kid suddenly vanishes from his family's living room, the cops move in and quickly become members of the household — none more than the lead detective, played by character actor John Curran, as a kind of tersely poignant Joe Friday.
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The 2012 presidential campaign will, above all else, be a referendum on the Obama administration's handling of the financial crisis, recalling the period when Obama's "audacity of hope" met the austerity of reality. Central to this is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - the largest economic recovery plan in American history. Senator Mitch McConnell gave a taste of the enormity of the money committed: if you had spent $1 million a day since Jesus was born, it still would not add up to the price tag of the stimulus package.
The story of how this almost entirely partisan piece of legislation - Democrats voted for it, Republicans against it - was passed and, more importantly, how the money was spent and to what effect, is known barely at all. Stepping outside the political fray, ProPublica's Michael Grabell offers a perceptive, balanced, and dramatic story of what happened to the taxpayers' money, pursuing the big question through behind-the-scenes interviews and on-the-ground reporting in more than a dozen states across the country.
MIchael Grabell has been a reporter at ProPublica since 2008, producing stories for USA Today, Salon, NPR, MSNBC, and the CBS Evening News. Before joining ProPublica, he was a reporter at the Dallas Morning News. He has twice been a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists. He lives in New Jersey.
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"A deeply reported, well-written account of a difficult topic to capture, partly because of the complexity and partly because the stimulus package remains a work in progress." (Kirkus Reviews)
"Dumbest Cheerleading Ever Heard!"
I am so sick and tired of the Audible summary presenting a book that is not the least bit relevant to the actual topic at hand. This is my LAST attempt to stay with audible.com despite a long time loyal relationship.
This shouldn't even be categorized as non-fiction as it is nothing but a long, tedious, boring and slanted perspective on what idiots might call 'facts'.
I would never let this book see the light of day. What a waste of time, money and effort. Tell this author to learn about something called research, facts, objective dialogue and truth.
"book well researched"
Michael Grabell has written a well researched book on the stimulus. The writing is good, refreshingly entertaining in portions, as opposed to some other topical economic oriented books.
The book seems well balanced as to whether it was money well spent, some wasted/ most well intentioned/ some well spent.
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The Center for Constitutional Government announces the 2017 Peterson Prize National Writing Competition on the 10th Amendment of the United States Constitution for Professors and Scholars.
The paper shall address one or more issues, historic or contemporary, involving the principles underlying the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Examples include principles and/or application of federalism, the allocation of powers and responsibilities between the states, the federal government and the people, or other aspects of state and federal relations in the American democratic experiment. The competition seeks papers with diverse and unique perspectives on federalism, broadly conceived.
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Insurance and banking group Suncorp's growing profits have resulted in boss Patrick Snowball being rewarded with one of Australia's largest executive pay cheques.
The 64-year-old Englishman took home remuneration worth $9.12 million in the 2013/14 financial year, on par with the heads the country's largest banks and miners.
That was up from about $8 million in the previous year, due to larger long term incentives, paid in the form of Suncorp shares.
Mr Snowball's pay has soared in the past three years, as the company's profits and returns to shareholders also grew.
Growth in Suncorp's insurance and banking operations boosted its 2013/14 annual profit by 49 per cent to $730 million, as the company lifted insurance premiums, incurred lower claims, and increased loans and deposits.
Shareholders are also being rewarded with an $895 million dividend payout, with the final dividend up 10 cents to 40 cents per share, plus a special dividend of 30 cents up from 20 cents a year ago.
The company's shares rose to their highest level since 2008, adding 37 cents, or 2.6 per cent, to $14.49.
Mr Snowball said his burgeoning pay packet reflected his achievements since taking control at Suncorp in 2010.
"In the time that I have run Suncorp the share price has doubled. You will also find that we have outperformed by 50 per cent the ASX in that time, and this year our retail shareholders in Queensland received the highest dividend they've ever got from Suncorp," he said.
He has forecast further growth for Suncorp in the current financial year, as it moves on from years of troubles in its banking business due to failed loans.
Suncorp bank made a profit of $228 million in 2013/14, up from a loss of $343 million a year earlier.
The group's main earner is its insurance business, which owns the AAMI and GIO brands.
That business made a profit of $1.01 billion in 2013/14, up 14 per cent on the prior year due to lower natural hazard claims and a three per cent rise in written premiums.
Suncorp paid out $538 million in natural hazard claims in the year, $27 million lower than its allowances.
Its life insurance division made a loss of $84 million, due to $176 million in writedowns to recognise losses on some of its products.
Suncorp also took $320 million off the value of goodwill associated with its life insurance business, which was recognised in Suncorp's overall profit.
* Full year net profit of $730m, up 47 pct from $491m in 2012/13
* Cash earnings of $1.3 billion, up from $576m
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Two things happened to me today –
Firstly, I dropped my Nokia 9300 into the sea. Expletive, Expletive, Expletive! I'm going to borrow hubbie's wellies in a minute and go for a wade as the tide has gone out again, my own wellies are still soaked from an earlier rescue effort. I'm pretty good about backing up info so that's not a worry, but I've had that phone since mid 2005, and suddenly I don't…there was nothing wrong with it, it wasn't even on it's way out and about to be replaced. In fact, I have an LG Chocolate still in the box, rejected in favour of my 'old' phone when I took out a new contract. I really ought to ebay it.
I lost my phone today because I was juggling three dogs, leads, poo bags, a dog toy, and a camera, and I lost track of coat zippers. Oh well, as they say, 'worse things happen at sea', and they do.
Talk about a quick update to a story. David came to tell me that there were lots of people on the beach, didn't I want to hurry up and get down there? I downed the last slug of my coffee, raced onto the beach, asked if anyone had seen a phone and they shook their heads blankly, far more focused on rock pools and shells. I looked about five yards to my left, and there it was, the familiar brick shape, silvery against the sand. Has there ever been anyone before who was glad to see their phone even though it was utterly kaput? I just wanted to say 'goodbye' to it and move on.
Secondly, I sold my first bead via my website, and not to someone I know. Now that was a great antidote to the phone issue, I am delighted. Note that I am resisting over use of exclamation marks…
Ooh, and I got a delivery from Tuffnell Glass, yummy CiM glass, mmmm…..and some excellent silver bead caps from bumpybeads.co.uk.
So, all's well, that ends well.


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Tech Hosts "Hometown Heroes" Training for Emergency Responders
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August 5, 2009—
That wasn't an accidental propane fire in the Forestry Building parking lot at Michigan Technological University; it was a training exercise to help firefighters learn how to handle propane fires safely. Michigan Tech is hosting the "Hometown Heroes" training this week for emergency responders from Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon Counties.
More than 100 firefighters, paramedics, hospital and emergency management personnel from the western UP counties gathered at Tech for training in hazardous materials and fire dynamics. It is the first of planned annual training for emergency responders.
"We want to develop a strong collaborative relationship with the agencies and people who protect our campus," explained Jon Stone, emergency response specialist at Tech. Emergency responders from metropolitan areas receive regular training, but there are fewer training opportunities for volunteer responders and others in rural areas like this, he explained.
A featured trainer is C.B. "Buzz" Melton, a former battalion chief of the Baltimore Fire Department. He will talk about handling situations involving hazardous materials and lead hands-on practice of chemical decontaminations.
Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.


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Choosing the name that your child will go by for the rest of their life is a pretty big decision. You want to find a name that you love and that you think they will love. There are a lot of things to consider, which may make the process of choosing a name for your little one seem more than a little daunting. But, no need to worry – I've come up with a list of tips to help make your baby-name-hunting journey go much more smoothly!
15 Tips To Help You Choose Your Baby's Name
Choosing a name for your little one is a pretty important decision and for some can be a little overwhelming. Here are some tips to help you out in the process!
1. Start talking about names
At the very beginning of your baby name hunting journey, just start talking about names. Talk about them with your partner, talk about them with family, talk about them with strangers. It's a fun conversation starter and will help you generate ideas about what you like and don't like.
2. Make a list
Keep a running list of the names you like – I kept my list on my phone so I could add names on-the-go. Even if there is a name you're pretty sure you would never end up choosing – add it to the list. Sometimes names can grow on you over time.
3. Consider family names
Maybe family names aren't your style, but it's worth a look into your family tree to see if there are any cool names worthy of your consideration. Fern's name actually came from a great grandmother who I never really knew, and I thought it was kind of fun to have a family connection, but mostly I just loved the name.
4. Look for inspiration in unusual places
Leave no stone unturned when it comes to baby name inspiration. One of my favorite places to look for name inspiration during my pregnancy was the credits at the end of movies – there are some incredibly unique names to be found there!
5. Forget about trends
Ignore the trends. If you've always loved a name, but now feel like you have to nix it because it's making its way up the popular list, realize that you don't have to! Go with what you love! Vice versa – never choose a name simply because it's popular.
6. Look at initials
I knew someone with the initials I.B.S. – yes, just like the intestinal issue – and it definitely garnered some teasing for them. I'm not saying you should veto a name you truly love based on initials alone, but awkward initials just might prove to be a "deal-breaker" for you so it's worth a look.
7. Consider teasing
Most kids these days have unique names, so it's unlikely that your child will be teased for their name alone, but think about words the name rhymes with or sounds like, because these may be potential points for teasing. I never would've thought about this, but my husband thought it was important and there were definitely a few names on my list that got nixed for their teasing potential.
8. Think about meaning
A strong meaning can push a name from "like" territory into "love" territory, so make sure to do your research if you need some help tipping the scales.
9. Don't forget about the middle name
Iff you're looking at an unusual name perhaps you can use a more classic middle name to balance and give your child an option as they get older or vice versa. It can also be a way to incorporate family names if you aren't keen on using them as first names but still like the sentiment.
10. Avoid the temptation to get fancy
It can be fun to come up with unique spellings for your child's name, but think about the long-term. Do you really want your child to have to explain how to spell their name every-single-time for the rest of their life? If it's worth it to you, then more power to you, but it may make things more difficult for your child in the long run.
11. Get a feel for it
Write it, say it, think about it… You'll be using this name for a very long time, so make sure it's one you're not going to get sick of.
12. Be prepared for the opinions
Everyone has an opinion. Ignore them. This is your child and you get to choose their name. You may want to consider withholding sensitive name information (particularly if it's a very unique name) until your baby is born or only telling those closest to you or whose opinions you truly want.
13. Hold it with a light hand
Although it's unlikely, it's possible that when your child finally makes his or her arrival, he or she won't look like the name you've chosen ahead of time. Try to hold the name with a light hand and not get too emotionally attached if you can manage. In the end the best name is the one that most suits your baby so consider a few back-ups.
14. Go with your gut
If you keep feeling unsure about a name it may be a good sign that it isn't the right one. I have a friend who kept feeling unsure about a particular name, but in the end for lack of a better option that could be agreed upon, went with it anyway. Now a year later, she regrets her choice. Alternatively, if there is a name you keep coming back too, that may be a sign it's the right choice, so listen to your instincts!
15. Throw it all out the window
In the end, just throw all the advice out the window and go with a name that makes you smile!


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Type 2 diabetes have become a major global health problem. Currently, metformin is used as first-line therapy in combination with lifestyle changes, and sitagliptin can be added to metformin in case of insufficient glycemic control by metformin alone, and fixed-dose combination of sitagliptin and metformin is available.
In clinical practice, inter-individual variations in response to sitagliptin and metformin treatment are commonly found, which may reflect inter-patient differences in disposition of these medications.
Sitagliptin and metformin are known as substrates of some transporters (P-gp, OAT3, OCT1 and OCT2) and some functional variations of these transporters were reported. This study is designed to clarify the effect of these transporter variants on response to sitagliptin and metformin in type 2 DM patients.
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|Effect of Genetic Variation in the Transporters on Glycemic Response and Pharmacokinetics of Sitagliptin and Metformin
- differences of sitagliptin and metformin trough concentration according to genetic variations of transporters [ Time Frame: After 3 months of sitagliptin and metformin treatment ]
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Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Diabetes Mellitus
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Hypoglycemic Agents
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OAKLAND — The city racked up more than $900,000 in legal bills during its recent fight to keep control of its police department, documents show.
Most of the legal costs are owed to the attorneys who asked a federal judge last October to take over the department, which has failed to fully satisfy court-ordered reforms that were supposed to be completed five years ago.
The city ended up striking a deal to retain control over most department functions while ceding power over the stalled reform effort to a court-appointed compliance director.
U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson, who is expected to name the compliance director as early as next week, had ordered the city to pay the attorneys' costs.
The City Council next month essentially will have no choice other than to pay $681,628 to attorneys Jim Chanin, John Burris and Julie Houk.
"It is what it is," Councilman Larry Reid said. "If I could get out of paying I would, but we have no other choice."
The city also has been billed $229,559 by the attorneys it hired to help it keep control of the police department. Several in-house city attorneys also worked on the case.
"While it's unfortunate the city is having to pay attorneys fees when we have many other fish to fry, it wasn't that the city had any other option given the court's order," City Attorney Barbara Parker said.
Oakland has spent millions in recent years both to comply with the court-ordered reforms and in awards to plaintiffs and their attorneys who have filed lawsuits against the Police Department.
The city's finances have been strained for more than a decade, forcing staffing shortages citywide, especially in the Police Department. At Tuesday's City Council meeting, Mayor Jean Quan cautioned that preliminary budget projections showed the city likely won't have enough money to beef up police staffing as quickly as anticipated.
Oakland's police reform effort stems from the Riders brutality scandal, in which four officers were accused of framing and beating up drug suspects in West Oakland.
In settling a lawsuit brought by the accusers a decade ago, Oakland agreed to pay out $10.5 million, accept federal monitoring of the police force and implement 51 reforms aimed at helping the department better police itself and avoid further scandal.
Chanin and Burris represented the plaintiffs and continued collecting fees for work overseeing the settlement agreement. City documents show that since 2004, Oakland has paid Chanin $154,030 and Burris $85,000 for work connected to the case.
Burris said the two attorneys had been charging the city a reduced rate but that when it came to the motion for a federal takeover of the Police Department, they charged their standard rate, which for Burris is $750 an hour.
"That was known beforehand, and we don't view it as particularly high or outrageous," Burris said.
In filing the motion for a federal takeover last October, the attorneys argued that Oakland's failure to implement reforms risked the civil rights of residents and had made the city prone to costly lawsuits.
Most of the legal work, including depositions and research, took place in the second half of last year.
Chanin, who took a leading role, is owed $285,140; Houk, $252,603; and Burris $143,855.
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Westermann is a very interesting PG but I don't think that he would be a good fit for the Pacers. He is very tall for his position (6'7 as you mentioned) but he has a short wingspan (6'4). He is an amazing passer with great court vision and good basketball IQ but he is a streaky scorer.
He is too much of a pure pass-first PG to be a good fit in our team.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
A guy named Andrew Wiggin is going to be in next year's draft? That's awesome. At least he'll have a nickname when he hits the league.
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Is the league ready to go the route of MLB and let teams own the rights to prospects and expand the draft to tie them up? Of course the age limit rule would have to go by the way side and the college game would hate the idea. I believe it would be more like what they have in Europe, would it not? Isn't that how guys like Tony Parker can come into the league at 19 after already being a pro?
The bench warmer big guy from the Spurs who never plays went to the D-League and averaged 20 and 10 in three games. The Spurs use their team like this a great deal, but again it is their team.
I was thinking about this today, and I could only think of one way it could work. First of all, each team would have to have it's own D-League team.
Here's an example of how I think it could work. Let's say the Pacers D-League team is in Fort Wayne. And let's say the Pistons want to sign one of the Fort Wayne players to a 10 day contract. The Pacers would have the right of first refusal on that player, where they could either decide to sign that player to a 10 day contract, or let the Pistons sign that player.
That's the only way I could see it working to be fair to the players. Remember, the players make significantly less than what they could make in Europe. Most choose to play in the D-League in spite of this because they can be available to be called up by all NBA teams. If they want players to have exclusive rights to the team, they have to pay them more, like $100,000 a season.
i think he's a poor man's version of DJA
Basically they make him out to be the next LBJ. Watch his new highlight tape on youtube. Flat Out Amazing.
I Bleed Blue
He's the most anticipated draft pick since LeBron. I don't know how any NBA fan cannot know his name by now.
Of course everyone will know who he is by the end of next season.
He would have been the #1 pick as a highschool junior last season. While he may not be LeBron, he's the closest thing to him in the last decade.
We still have Lebron in the league, so the media can't be super-hyped about the Third Coming of their NBA Messiah. Lebron was hyped because Mike Jordan was on his way out of the league. If Lebron was just a washed up multi-time champion, then there would be more Wiggins pre-draft hype than anyone would be able to handle.
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No, Lebron was hyped because Lebron was Lebron.
LeBron was a prodigy. Plain as day. It had absolutely, positively nothing to do with Michael Jordan. Absurd comment.
It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.
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My guess for the reason he's kinda flown under the radar (no better choice of words) is bc of the whole reclassifying thing. He was the #1 in the 2014 before deciding to go a year early and taking the #1spot from Jabari Parker. That and the fact the "big thing" in recruiting this year was UK landing the best recruiting class ever. Those reasons and bc he is still undecided why I think the hype hasn't gotten huge yet. It will though, trust me on that.
If you haven't seen him do yourself a favor and watch the video below ↓↓
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I Bleed Blue
I just think the NBA doesn't hype high school guys as much anymore so if you don't really follow college you wouldn't know about him yet. And while he is great, he isn't Lebron. Lebron was comparied to a Magic/Bird/Dr. J hybrid man child.
the NBA never hyped HS players to begin with. The hype just follows this kid around, same as it did LeBron.
And yes, he is a man-child. The kid exudes greatness. It's just more the Michael Jordan air dominance mold than LeBron's Magic 2.0 mold.
I'm not saying he will be as great as lebron, but the overall talent level is off the charts like lebron, and basically nobody else from 2003-2013.
Jabari Parker is a phenom himself. He's a special talent in his own right, and Wiggins made him look ordinary.
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Wiggins has never even been on a SI cover. Jabari Parker was though. Lebron was on the SI cover as a high school junior.
EDIT: Wiggins is great, but just last year before Wiggins re-classified Parker was supposed to be the best guy since Lebron and had his SI cover to go along with it.
Lebron's media hype was something else.
Next year's class is special IMO because your arguable top 3 picks, Wiggins, Parker, Vonleh have some very lofty comparisons but again most of this is limited to if you follow college ball, I'm not surprised an NBA focused person would not know about Wiggins, that's my main point.
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Andrew Wiggins got the same hype as LeBron did as the best amateur player in the world as a HS junior.
He gets compared to Lebron bc Lebron was the last "big" thing we've had like that. On the Parker SI cover he was being called the next Lebron too
I Bleed Blue
Lebron's high school games on ESPN were must see basketball TV. Sportscenter talked them up leading up to them, I remember my english teacher talking about Lebron's high school game on ESPN for about 30 minutes the next day in class. Wiggins doesn't have that. Part of that is because we all already went through it with Lebron.
Nobody reads scifi, I guess.
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The Highlanders' fairytale start to the Super Rugby season has continued as they closed out yet another tight contest to down the Hurricanes 19-17 in Wellington.
The result on Saturday night maintained the southerners' 100 per cent record after four matches, all of which have been closely fought, with four points being the biggest margin.
Against the Hurricanes, they probably should have sewn up the match much earlier, given the amount of possession and territory they had.
It took a penalty from replacement five-eighth Chris Noakes seven minutes from time to take them into a lead they held to the end.
The defeat was the second for the Hurricanes, who were backing up from impressive victories away to the Lions and the Force.
The Highlanders, helped by an early 7-1 penalty count, raced out to a 13-0 lead, with five-eighth Colin Slade getting all the points.
The tally included a try that came on the back on a period of sustained pressure.
But just as the Highlanders seemed to be coasting, the Hurricanes struck back over the last 11 minutes of the half as the penalty count began to even up.
Two Beauden Barrett penalties got them going before All Black Cory Jane scored in the corner thanks to a big break from fellow winger Julian Savea.
While Barrett missed the difficult conversion, he landed another penalty to send the Hurricanes into the interval 14-13 ahead.
Another Slade penalty nudge the Highlander back in front and the visitors twice almost pulled further ahead with a try.
Winger Kade Poki finished off a sweeping move begun on the other flank by former Hurricane Hosea Gear, only to be called back after centre Tamati Ellison's final pass was ruled forward.
Minutes later, lock Josh Bekhuis couldn't hold a difficult pass just out from the line.
The Hurricanes went back in front with a long-range Barrett penalty before Noakes landed the decisive goal.
The Highlanders travel to Canberra to face the Brumbies next week, while the Hurricanes are away to the Blues.
HIGHLANDERS 19 (Colin Slade try con Slade 3, Chris Noakes pens) bt HURRICANES 17 (Cory Jane try Beauden Barrett 4 pens) at Westpac Stadium. Referee: Bryce Lawrence.


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Gaming Resources
Back to Main Gaming Page
Beck, John C and Mitchell Wade. Got Game: How the Gamer Generation is Reshaping Business Forever. Harvard Business School Press, 2004.
Cassell, Justine and Henry Jenkins. From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games. MIT Press, 1998.
Gee, James Paul. What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. Palgrave McMillan, 2003.
Johnson, Steven. Everything Bad is Good For You: How Today's Pop Culture is Making Us Smarter. Riverhead, 2005.
Prensky, Marc. Don't Bother Me Mom--I'm Learning. Paragon House, 2006.
Journal Articles
Levine, Jenny. "Gaming and Libraries: Intersection of Services Library Technology Reports (ALA TechSource) Sep/Oct 2006, vol. 42, n. 5.
4Librarians A companion website developed for a Michigan Library Association presentation
Education Arcade Partnership between MIT and University of Madison WI investigating educational games
Entertainment Software Association (ESA) Organization responsible for video game ratings, regulation and more.
Escapist Magazine Weekly online magazine covers industry issues and news with a personalized spin
Game Professor Good collection of resources related to video games research, conferences, academic papers, etc.
Gaming Learning and Society Annual symposium associated with the University of Wisconsin Madison
Game Research A collection of professional research related to gaming]
Innovate Journal of Online Learning Regularly features articles about games in education
MLS Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Conference Conference Website - go here to register!
OpenContent Wiki This wiki was started by game researchers to help educators find information about using games in the classroom.
Pew Internet and American Life Project Many studies relate to teens, technology and gaming
The Video Game Librarian Excellent articles on game collections and libraries.
Core Collection
Schwartzwalder, Jami. Mario Brothers Memorial Public Library: Game List
Schultz, Jack. Westmont Public Library: Game List
Tips N Tricks
- DDR Settings: How do you avoid having to reset the game.. going through the steps of selecting "game mode", 2 players, and choosing characters. Eli says: You're looking for event mode. Go into options, then game options, and turn event mode on. That ought to do it. We also usually set game over to 'end of music' to keep really bad players from the shame of failing in the middle of the song.
- If possible, using a projector screen for console play really gives that 'wow' feeling that most players don't get at home, and is useful for multi-player FPS matches that can look really small on TVs.
- If using a projector for fighting games such as Smash Bros. Melee or Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, make sure to test your projector for lag. Certain projectors may leave a bit of a trail when characters start to move fast, which can really hurt frame watchers and other highly skilled gamers. If possible, split the video feed between both the projector and a TV, so that the gamers participating can use the TV, and spectators can view the match on the projection screen.
- To find tips and walkthroughs for your patrons try Gamespot.com
Blogs/Websites to Watch
- Game On: Games in Libraries by Beth Gallaway and Jami Schwarzwalder, Kelly Czarnecki, John Scalzo, Chad Haefele and Matt Gullett.
- LibGaming Group
- Ann Arbor District Library (AADL). AXIS AADL Blog. July 6, 2005.
Blog for AADL, which publicizes and tracks their video game tournaments for adults, teens and children.
Site/blog for BPL (in Illinois) which promotes their quarterly Game Fests for teens.
- Gaming in Libraries Photos. Flickr group of photos tagged gaminginlibraries
- Animeted.org. Website featuring reviews by and for teens, and forums for teens with news and reviews by teens on Video Games, Anime and Graphic Novels.
- MBMPL. Website featuring Wii reviews and a collection policy for video gaming.
Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check Out
- Levine, Jenny. "Gaming and Libraries: Intersection of Services" Library Technology Reports (ALA TechSource) Sep/Oct 2006, vol. 42, n. 5.
- Scalzo, John. "The Video Game Librarian: Year 2006 in Review". Gaming Target, January 29, 2007.
- Book review of gaming-related titles for library purchase
- Scalzo, John. The Video Game Librarian: Book 'Em". Gaming Target, July 20, 2005.
- Book review of gaming-related titles for library purchase
- Sutton, Lynn and Giz Womack. Got game?: Hosting game night in an academic library. College and Research Libraries News, March 2006.
- A success story about hosting game nights at Wake Forest University.
- Giz Womack also gave a presentation about Wake Forest's game nights at the Computers in Libraries 2006 conference. His PowerPoint presentation is available here.
- Van Eck, Richard. Digital Game-based Learing: It's Not Just the Digitial Natives that Are Restless. EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 41, no. 2 (March/April 2006): 16–30.
- Author outlines "why DGBL is effective and engaging, how we can leverage those principles to implement DGBL, how faculty can integrate commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) DGBL in the classroom, what DGBL means for institutional IT support, and the lessons we can learn from past attempts at technological innovations in learning."
- Available as html or PDF.
Libraries Circulating Games
Library: Wilbraham & Monson Academy Library
Donated by parent of student
Contact: Sarah Ludwig
The WMA Library is currently working with the parent of a student to collect and house at least 25 board games. We will house the games in the library and lend them to students for library use. Boarding students may take the games back to their rooms for a 1-night loan. We're trying to figure out how to make sure that students return games with all of their pieces---without asking staff to count pieces every time a game comes back. We've hosted several very popular game nights here at the library as well.
Library: Baltimore County Public Library
Purchased from: Baker & Taylor
Ratings: EC, E, E10+, T
Contact: Todd Krueger
Baltimore County Public Library (Md.) currently offers over 2000 videogames at 17 branches for 7-day circulation, with a limit of 2 games per checkout. It was decided to catalog the E and E10+ games in the kids collection, and the T games are in the adult collection. The platforms supported are Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, and Nintendo Wii and Nintendo GameCube. Portables have been determined to be too unwieldy for circulation at this time. Limited programming at some branches has included Runescape and GameCube tournaments.
Library: Bloomington Public Library
Purchased from: EB Games (Game Stop) and Game Exchange
Ratings: E & T
Contact: Amy Richards
Bloomington Public Library now offers video games for check out. We have current and classic titles for X-Box, Playstation 2, or GameCube systems. You can take up to two games at a time and keep them for one week. If the game you want is checked out, be sure to place a hold on the title and we will set it aside for you when it comes back. If you want to play the games you have for another whole week, just renew them if no one else has requested them. Consider this your warm-up for Game Fest in July...Don't be shy! Game on, gamers!
Library: Guilderland Public Library
Purchased from EB Games, Wal Mart, Best Buy. Donations accepted.
Ratings: E - T
Contact: Trevor Oakley
As of February 2, 2007, the Guilderland Public Library in Guilderland, NY, circulates console games. The library is launching a circulating collection of 102 games for the following platforms: Playstation 2 (PS2), XboX, Xbox 360, Nintendo Gamecube (GCN), and the Nintendo Wii. In the future, I would also like to support handheld platforms and the Playstation 3 (PS3). All games are loaned for free on a first-come, first-served basis for seven days. The library's Teen Advisory Committee will be organizing and planning gaming events after its February 2007 meetings!
Library: Rochester Hills Public Library
Purchased from: Gamestop, GameRush (Blockbuster) Best Buy and Baker & Taylor
Ratings: E - T
Contact: Megan Johnson
News about Games at RHPL: Animeted.org
Rochester Hills Public Library offers games for Xbox 360, Xbox, PS2, PS3, Gamecube, Wii, PSP, Gameboy Advance and Nintendo DS for checkout. The games circulate for 1 week, and can be renewed if no one is waiting for them. You can place holds on the games and the library has more than 800 titles in this growing collection. For reviews from teen gamers in the community check out Animeted.org!
Library: Park Forest Public Library
Purchased from: Baker & Taylor and eBay
Ratings: Everyone & Teen
Contact: Brian Vagt
The Park Forest Public Library offers games for Xbox, XBox 360, PS2, and Gamecube for checkout. The games circulate for 1 week and cannot be renewed. Holds cannot be placed unless you are a Park Forest or Olympia Fields patron for the new titles. Older titles are available for ciruclation to other MLS libraries. The library has about 90 titles in this growing collection.
Library: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
Purchased from: EB Games
Ratings: All
Contact: David Ward
The University of Illinois Undergraduate Library started collecting video games in Spring 2006. We are looking to support student interests, curricular and teaching needs, as well as the research of many scholars on campus. We are starting with new and best selling games for platforms like Playstation 2, GameCube, XBox, and XBox 360. We also plan to collect portable games (Nintendo DS, PSP, etc.) and vintage games as well.
Library: Mobile Public Library
Purchased from: Ingram
Ratings: E - T
Contact: Lauryn Poynor
I am doing video game selection for the Mobile Public Library system in Mobile Alabama. We are currently putting together a start-up collection of console games (X Box and Playstation 2) for our Main and West Regional libraries. I am hoping librarians who are readers of this wiki might be able to give some guidance in the area of reviews and purchasing.
We are currently using these sources for evaluative reviews: PC Gamer Magazine, Game Informer, Official X Box Magazine, Playstation Magazine, Sound and Vision, Electronic Gaming Monthly. Given their target audience these are all heavily weighted towards titles rated for Teen or Mature with less coverage of E titles for Everyone and very little coverage of materials geared for children. Are there websites that are authoritative for reviews that we might use to supplement these print magazines? Also, do you know of print or web-based sources that review games for children (console, not PC)? Are there any review sources (for either children or adult games) which review in advance of release?
As regards purchasing, which vendor(s)are you using? In your experience, which provide the best discount and fill rate?
All suggestions / recommendations are greatly appreciated.
Library: McCracken County Public Library
Purchased from: GameStop, WalMart, Sam's Club, and Best Buy
Ratings: E - T
Contact: Iris S. Garrott
We are circulating Nintendo Gamecube, Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation2. Playstation2 is by far our most popular platform. These games are setup to circulate just as DVDs. They check out for one week and are not renewable. We also have been circulating PC games for a long time now. They are setup to circulate just as CDs which checkout for three weeks and are renewable.
We select titles from Xbox Platinum Hits, PS2 Greatest Hits, and Gamecube Player's Choice. We also buy games based on user ratings that are within our price guideline of basically under $25.00 per title. New releases are available for in-house play at our Young Adult Media Bar.
Since console game circulation is new for us, we consider it a demonstration project and thus have a limited budget until it is a proven success. We are evaluating customer response and request, overdue and billed items, as well as how often items are damaged or needing repair. Since the beginning this project in December, 2005, our customer response has been fantastic. We have doubled our collection twice during that time.
We currently hold about 300 games for circulation.
Library: Oakland Public Library
Purchased From: Baker & Taylor, Best Buy, and EB Games
Ratings: E-T
Contact: Susy Moorhead
We are currently circulating Sony PlayStation 2 games. We decided on PS2 as it is the most popular platform with our teen patrons. Xbox is a close second and some branches of Oakland Public Library (OPL) plan to purchase Xbox games for their collections soon. The games check out for one week only without renewals or holds. Fines are $1 a day. We have been circulating games since Summer 2006. We choose which games to buy through patron requests and reviews online and in print review sources. We do plan to purchase consoles for gaming programs in the future. We currently circulate a little over 100 games at 14 branches.
Library: Ada Community Library
Purchased From: Hastings, Wal-Mart, and Amazon.com
Ratings: EC, E, E10+, T
Contact: Dylan Baker
We are circulating Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Gameboy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Sony Playstation 2 and Sony PSP games. Games rated "E" are shelved with our juvenile collection, while games rated "T" are shelved with our young adult collection. The games checkout for one week (limit of five per card).
Digital Projector Compatibility
works with Xbox
- In Focus LP725
- Mitsubishi Electric EX100U AC100 - 240V
- Sharp XG- NV25B Notevision 2
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A campaign against the removal of personal items at graves in a cemetery has been given the support of councillors this evening.
Members of Harrow Borough Council were presented with a petition of more than 2,200 signatures stated by mourners with loved ones buried in the Harrow plots at Carpenders Park Cemetery.
The petition is against the site becoming a lawn cemetery, which has resulted in crosses and personal items being removed from graves by staff.
The site is run by Brent Borough Council and in 2007 Harrow Borough Council opened a section of the graveyard for Harrow residents.
At the meeting this evening Councillor Varsha Parmar said the council is looking to resolve the situation and will be in discussions with Brent council about the cemetery.


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J.C. Penney
Amid creditor concerns about the retail chain's future, investors bought just a fraction of its 84-million- share secondary offering, despite a 7.4% discount.
Lumber Liquidators Holdings
Federal agents searched the hardwood flooring specialist's Virginia headquarters. The company said the inquiry involved "the importation of certain products."
Nektar Therapeutics
The biopharmaceutical company said its treatment for chronic pain in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee didn't meet its primary objective in a study. ...


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In a recent Letter to the Editor in the Carbon County News, a statement was made that individuals who filed a Living Will with the former Beartooth Hospital and Health Center (now Beartooth Billings Clinic) have not had their Living Wills transferred over to Beartooth Billings Clinic.
Due to miscommunication, this is incorrect and we apologize for any confusion we may have caused. In 2010, Beartooth Hospital and Health Center and Billings Clinic Red Lodge moved to the new Beartooth Billings Clinic integrated medical campus. As part of that transition, all patient medical records were transferred to the new facility, with the exception of former Billings Clinic Red Lodge inactive patients--those not seen within three years. These records remain on file with Billings Clinic (located in Billings), which patients have access to from the Billings Clinic Medical Records Department. Beartooth Billings Clinic functions in a hybrid medical record environment. This means that patient medical records are maintained in both an electronic and paper format.
Beartooth Billings Clinic patients who have a Living Will on file can rest assured that it is either residing in their paper chart or within the electronic medical record. All paper records are currently being scanned into the electronic medical records as time and staffing allows. For inquiries regarding medical records from the former Beartooth Hospital and Health Center, the former Red Lodge Clinic, or Beartooth Billings Clinic, please contact the medical records staff at Beartooth Billings Clinic at 446-2345. We strive to do everything we can to help patient's find what they are looking for. Sincerely, Kelley Evans,
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Benvenuto a CycleItalia
This is a match made in Paradiso!
We've married our unabashed passion for Italy with our extensive experience leading high-performance bicycle tours to produce hand crafted, small-group Italy bike tours that we personally guide through cycling heaven – Italy. In no other country will you feel such respect for the sport of cycling. Come share the Italian passion for all good things in life: friends, food, wine, beauty… and the sport that comes from the heart.
CycleItalia ciclismo come una volta
(cycling like it used to be)
CycleItalia began, as many things do, as a "better mousetrap" idea. We enjoyed the better part of a decade working with one of the first operations to offer challenging cycling tours in Europe for cycling enthusiasts. When they took their first group to Italy in 1989, Heather and Larry were there – in fact that's how we met.
On the free evenings for dinner back then, we were often joined by small groups of clients who appreciated our skill at finding the best places for authentic food and our passion for the full Italian meal experience; antipasto, primo, secondo, contorno and dolci, all complemented with wines from the local vineyards.
It was during these relaxing dinner experiences that the seeds for CycleItalia were sown. Clients would ask, "Why don't you start your own company so we can dine like this every night?" In 1998 we took a deep breath and made that leap of faith. CycleItalia was born with the slogan "pedala forte, mangia bene" (ride hard, eat well): at that time a new concept in cycle touring.
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CycleItalia is proud and honored to have been included in "Outside 2015 Best of Travel"
CycleItalia is very fortunate to have our Best of Piedmont tour featured in BICYCLING Magazine's July 2013 issue.
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Water Heaters and Expansion Tanks
The need for an expansion tank with new or existing water heaters has been a point of confusion for many. The information below will hopefully provide clarity on this issue for plumbers and homeowners alike.
Where Required
Expansion tanks are required when a plumbing system contains a check valve, backflow preventer, pressure reducing valve or a pressure increasing pump. Most homes in Fairfax County, the town of Vienna and the city of Falls Church do not require any of these devices, and therefore, an expansion tank is not required.
Some neighboring jurisdications uniformly require a backflow preventer, and as a result, all homes there will require the expansion tank. However, this is NOT the case in Fairfax County.
How to Eliminate
If you own one of the few homes in Faifax County with an expansion tank, you may be able to eliminate it with the inclusion of one of the valves listed below.
- Pressure reducing valves with an integrated, multi-direction bypass (identified with a "B" in the model number) when the street pressure is over 80 PSI.
Fill valve and thermal expansion relief valve.
- Combination ball valve and relief valve.
- Ball valve with integral thermal expansion relief valve.
- Shutoff/thermal expansion control valve.


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Mysore decks up for Grand Dasara finale
By IANS | Published: 14th October 2013 07:50 AM |
Last Updated: 14th October 2013 07:50 AM | A+A A- |
As Karnataka's cultural capital, Mysore decks up for the grand finale of the 10-day Dasara festival Monday when the victory procession of caparisoned elephants will mark the triumph of good over evil.
Ahead of the Vijayadashmi day fest, the city of palaces, about 140 km from Bangalore, was gripped by religious fervour and gaiety.
The scion Srikanta Datta Narasimaharaja of the Wodeyar dynasty performed rituals and worshipped the royal armoury in the majestic durbar hall of the century-old Ambi Vilas Palace in the city centre.
Dressed in royal robes and sporting the king's headgear, the 60-year-old prince performed the ritual Ayudha pooja in the majestic durbar of the century-old palace amid chanting of Vedic hymns.
Present were his family members and hundreds of people who thronged the hallowed precincts for a glimpse of the grandeur that marked the auspicious ninth day (Mahanavami) of the fest.
The armoury, a treasure trove of about 1,000 weapons, some dating back to 14th century, is a priceless collection of the Wodeyar rulers.
Thousands of people from across the state and country and about 1,000 foreign tourists have descended here to witness the elephant carnival, which will be flagged off by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at the palace for a five-km march across the city's thoroughfares.
As Dasara is celebrated as the state festival with royal endorsement, elaborate arrangements have been made to recreate the grandeur of the past when the mega event used to be held by the rulers of the Vijayanagara Empire and Wodeyar dynasty since the 16th century.
Before the caparisoned jumbo Arjuna steps out of the palace, carrying atop the deity (Nandi Dhwaja) of Hindu goddess Chamundeshwari in the 750 kg golden chariot, a dozen priests will perform rituals at the auspicious time between 1.12 p.m. and 1.40 p.m..
This will be followed by floral tributes to the idol by the scion and the dignitaries between 1.55 p.m. and 2.23 p.m.
The victory procession will also have a dozen decorated jumbos, camels and cavalry on horseback, dance groups and music bands followed by 42 colourful tableau depicting various facets of the state, districts and state-run enterprises.
The royal family and its well-lit palaces are the star attraction for the pomp and pageantry during the grand occasion, which will culminate in a torch-light parade late Monday followed by a cultural fiesta, motorbike stunts by soldiers and a riot of fireworks and a laser show.