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Get an overview of this hotel3.5-star Charleston hotel in Downtown Charleston, near College of Charleston
Popular property highlights
Located in Downtown Charleston, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Charleston City Market and College of Charleston. The Powder Magazine and Confederate Museum are also within 5 minutes.
Hotel Features
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a fitness center and a bar/lounge. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a 24-hour business center, a conference center, and valet parking.
Room Amenities
All 212 rooms offer free WiFi, room service, and flat-screen TVs with cable channels. Premium bedding, coffee makers, and hair dryers are among the other amenities available to guests.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Walkability
- Breakfast
- Convenient parking
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- Bathrooms could've been nicer
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Charleston
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This 3.5-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms.
Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This business-friendly hotel also offers a fitness center, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Charleston is a smoke-free property.
- Conference space
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Total number of rooms - 212
- Number of floors - 5
- ATM/banking
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Shopping on site
- 24-hour front desk
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Meeting rooms 3
- Multilingual staff
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Conference center
- 24-hour business center
- Smoke-free property
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Coffee/tea maker
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Premium bedding
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Shower/tub combination
- Cable TV service
- In-room safe
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Dial-up Internet access (surcharge)
- Room service (limited hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
Where to Eat
Breakfast is available for a surcharge and served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10 AM.
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Charleston has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Free rollaway/extra beds!
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 21 years old.
- Tourism fee: USD 2.00 per accommodation, per night
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 9 and USD 15 per person (approximately)
- Valet parking fee: USD 32.00 per night (in/out privileges)
Hotel Name
- Charleston DoubleTree
- Charleston DoubleTree Hotel
- DoubleTree Charleston
- DoubleTree Hilton Charleston
- DoubleTree Hilton Hotel Charleston
- DoubleTree Hotel Charleston
- Hilton DoubleTree Charleston
We should mention
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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Exit polls shows 1-in-3 voters who self-identified as gay voted Republican. Do we no longer see GOP as automatically anti-gay?
Matthew Tsien | Special Contributor
We learned a lot about gay voters in this last election — at least, you did if you have an open mind and a discerning intellect.
According to Fox News, which some gays do watch, 31 percent or more of self-identified gay voters in exit polls said they voted for the Republican Party. That is one in three gay voters, and more than the normal GOP base in the gay community of one in four.
That means a considerable number of gay Democrats and independents defected to the party opposing Obama/Pelosi.
Most gays will be shocked that gay people voted for what is supposed to be a party of rampant, uncontrollable, domineering, hyper-extreme homophobia. Well, at least that's what most gays who live in a gay bubble all their intellectual and social lives would think.
Actually the number of gay people who voted for the GOP might even be 5-to-10 percent higher, since not every gay is inclined to self-identify as gay in an exit poll.
These numbers do tell us something very profound and unshakable about the gay political psyche, and it is not about self-loathing and being in the closet.
Instead, gay voters going to the GOP is strong indication that many gays no longer believe that the world — or even the GOP — is nearly as homophobic as the gay press and political class make it out to be.
Simply put, many gays have walked away from the once-popular notion of homophobia dominating the world according to the gay journalism universe. And they're tired of being called "nut jobs" and in need of psychiatric help if they don't vote Democratic or for more government.
Furthermore, many — approximately 30-to-40 percent embrace the Republican position of less taxes, less government, less bailouts, less deficits, less massive foreign borrowing, less Obamamania — and more freedom to run your own life, even the freedom to fail.
Gays know that HIV funding does not disappear with a GOP Congress. They also know that job protection does not evaporate if Republicans take over the government. And many gays just are not interested in marriage since it is set up for heterosexuals with all the potential traumatic divorce laws and financial devastation that accompanies traditional marriage. The trap of marriage equality is simply not a first and foremost concern to many thoughtful gay people.
Gay people were very involved with the Tea Party, phone bank operations and a multitude of effective get-out-the-vote efforts to help the Republicans win a historical election and deliver a massive repudiation of the extreme elements that have defined the first two years of Obama.
And that's a fact worth noting.
Matthew Tsien is the former public affairs director for the Washington, D.C. chapter of Log Cabin Republicans and a graduate of the National Journalism Center.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition November 12, 2010.

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What is it?
The Xenarc 700TSU is a USB controlled and powered 7-inch touchscreen monitor with optional composite support.
The Verdict:
The 700TSU takes a pretty large leap forward into making USB only touchscreen devices available to use as primary monitors. It maintains the rather stellar build quality of other Xenarc devices, while reducing the number of cables needed to operate the display. It's rather bulky when compared to other USB monitors, but with that size comes some pretty nice configuration options the segment has not yet seen.
See the Xenarc 700TSU on the mp3Car Store here.
What�s in the box?
The Xenarc 700TSU comes packed with much more than most USB monitors include. There's the monitor, and a USB & composite (2 sets) cable for starters. Couple those with an optional 5v power brick, a cigarette lighter adapter, VESA mount, a full featured remote control, stylus pen, driver cd, and a host of operation manuals.
If you are a regular reader of the product review section, you may have noticed an abundance of reviews and videos regarding touchscreens recently. This is a great thing for the community, as newer touchscreens seem to come out regularly with better brightness, sunlight readability, cabling and power options. As a whole, we've seen a pretty dramatic evolution of these devices, and the Xenarc 700TSU attempts to keep true to that idea.
The initial concept we've seen before. The 700TSU is a 7-inch touchscreen monitor which can be powered and controlled solely by USB. This means instead of having to poke around for VGA, or HDMI plugs, one (or occasionally two) USB ports instantly power up and display your PC through this unit. This technology is available by use of a special driver suite called DisplayLink, and the 700TSU uses the latest version of this driver to display a clear and crisp image whether what's displayed is static or in motion.
This capability with DisplayLink in the 700TSU is the best I have personally seen. First generation devices left pictures dull and grainy, and made videos appear distorted and choppy. The 700TSU looks every bit as good as a VGA quality screen, and the controller for the 700TSU actually allows resolution options, again, a feat unseen in the USB segment before. Even at wide angles the 700TSU does an excellent job of providing a quality image.
Instead of settling for this enhancement in the device, Xenarc took a larger step forward by incorporating two sets of composite connectors. This allows for an even larger array of devices that can be used with this screen. Instead of requiring one USB, the 700TSU allows you to run one of it's two auxiliary power options to the screen and display the composite device, sound included. Xenarc was gracious enough to remember to include the auto-switch composite signalling, so that people who intend to install a backup camera still have that option available with the 700TSU.
The only drawback to all of this flexibility is the fact that the Xenarc, when compared to the other USB touchscreens, is quite large. That's not to say that it is ridiculously large. In fact, appearance-wise it looks pretty much identical to the Xenarc 700TSV VGA monitor. Only when compared to competing products from Mimo and Lilliput does the 700TSU's girth stand out. Remember though that with those competing devices all you get is USB.
The only other problem with the Xenarc 700TSU is an inherent problem with all USB touchscreens at this time. They all require the PC to be loaded with drivers to display. That means you get no BIOS, no windows loading notification, or anything until the DisplayLink drivers are up and running.
The Positive:
� High quality screen available with only a single USB connection
� Composite connectors allow for various installations
� Several different power options available
� Auto-switch with composite connection included
� Only USB touchscreen with a full configuration menu, brightness, contrast etc can all be set
� Resolution options are available, a first in the segment
The Negative:
� Size of display is large compared to competing USB screens
� That annoying wait for drivers to load before display works
The Verdict:
The 700TSU takes a pretty large leap forward into making USB only touchscreen devices available to use as primary monitors. It maintains the rather stellar build quality of other Xenarc devices, while reducing the number of cables needed to operate the display. It's rather bulky when compared to other USB monitors, but with that size comes some pretty nice configuration options the segment has not yet seen.
For more specifications on the Xenarc 700TSU click here
For a video comparing the Xenarc 700TSU with the other latest USB Touchscreens click here
For more pictures of the 700TSU click here


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Dr. Ann Landis became Vice President of Academic Affairs at Thomas University in 2006 after serving in several other academic capacities at TU. Beginning her career at TU as an adjunct instructor for English Composition Courses, Landis was hired as full-time Assistant Professor of English in 1998, and has since served as Division Chair, Associate Dean and Dean of Arts and Sciences. Prior to coming to TU, she taught English at the secondary level in Virginia, and taught English and Humanities at Bluffton University in Ohio and at Florida State University.
As Vice President for Academic Affairs, Landis is responsible for the administration of eight divisions and 32 academic programs at Thomas University and at the school's satellite campuses. Her primary responsibilities include the supervision of more than 100 faculty and academic staff, program growth and management, development of satellite, distance, and international programs, community academic partnerships, and operational matters relating to the academic mission.
Landis is a member of Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society; the National Council of Teachers of English; the Nature Conservancy; and the Southern Poverty Law Center. She also serves on the Thomas University Business Advisory Board; the TU Clinical Laboratory Science Advisory Board; the EXCEL Mentoring Program Board; the TU Nursing Advisory Board; and the TU Social Work Advisory Council.
She holds a Ph.D. in Humanities from Florida State University; an MA in English from James Madison University; and a BA in English and Education from Eastern Mennonite University.


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Connie Britton is Country Cool
There are two ways of creating a reward system, one that spotlights the individual, and the other that heeds the team. A man might offer his standout employees a trip or a cash bonus while a woman is more apt to give rewards based on group performance. That may mean you're not going to Vegas this weekend, but in the long run, prizing everyone's contribution leads to a culture of individual growth and greater dedication overall. "It's the idea that we all have the same goals, the same set of requirements, and will all benefit from this," explains Henderson.
When you're dealing with a situation that has you stumped, it's likely you'll check in with colleagues, friends, and mentors. That's because women tend to embrace an inclusive, colsultative style of leadership. Henderson recalls that during her time as a CEO, she met with the secretaries once a month because she believed they knew more about the company than anyone else, and their insight would help her catch problems in their early stages. "Women are good at figuring out how to get the information they need," she says. "They aren't hierarchical about it."
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FUNDRAISING for a maternity hospital has doubled in just 12 months.
Support for Airedale Hospital's maternity appeal was launched by Calendar Girl Tricia Stewart on Mother's Day 2013, aimed to raise £6,000 but thanks to the generosity of local people it has reached over £12,000.
Tricia said: "It's great to see such support for the maternity appeal, having had both my children at Airedale, over 30 years ago. I have thoroughly enjoyed supporting the appeal over the past 12 months and wish the best of luck to the maternity unit for the future."
The latest donation to the maternity unit comes from the newly-formed Bingley Women's Institute, whose members have knitted and crocheted dozens of woollen squares and sewn them together to create baby blankets for the appeal.
Claire Mathews, head of midwifery, at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, said: "The money raised has helped us to furnish our bereavement suite and family room to make them more comfortable and homely for families using them."


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More than 120 international bowlers will be competing in the UAE this week as defending champions Emirates bids to retain its title at the 6th World Airline Bowling Championship (WABC). They will be representing 18 international airlines or aviation-associated companies at the WABC, which will be held at bowling centres in Dubai and Abu Dhabi from 1st to 3rd November.
The bowlers will compete for trophies in the Singles, Doubles, Masters and Team events, as well as the sought after World Airline Bowling Cup Champion Team accolade. Defending champions Emirates [2] will be bidding to retain the title they won in 2008 and 2010 and will have a strong line-up, selected from its thriving bowling club of more than 200 members.
"This event gets better every year, with the number of teams and standard of play increasing all the time," said Mohammed Al Khaja, President and Chairman of the Emirates Airline Bowling Club, which is organising and hosting the event. "The quality of the players is always very high and with the usual friendly but competitive atmosphere expected, I have no doubt we will see an exciting three days of action.
"We are proud to be hosting teams from across the world and look forward to renewing rivalries with old friends at an event which is renowned for the camaraderie between the competing teams," added Mr Al Khaja, who is also Senior Vice President Safety and Standards with the Emirates Group [3].
Local interest will extend to teams from Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC), Dubai Duty Free and Etihad, while the Far East Australasia, the Americas and Europe are also represented through Singapore Airlines, Qantas, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, SAS, Aer Lingus, KLM, Lufthansa, British Airways, Royal Brunei Airlines, Austrian Air, Swiss International and Finnair.
The opening ceremony is scheduled for 09:30 hrs on Thursday November 1st at the Dubai International bowling centre in Al Mamzar, Deira, followed by team events which run until 15.00 hrs.
Doubles events, both male and female, take place on Friday November 2nd from 10:00 hrs to 15:30 hrs at the Sheikh Khalifa International Bowling Centre, Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi. Saturday November 3rd sees the event return to Dubai International Bowling Centre and there will be singles action from the male and female players between 09:00 hrs to 13:00 hrs, while the Masters event takes centre stage from 13:30 hrs to 14:30 hrs.
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[2] http://www.emirates.com/ae/english/
[3] http://www.theemiratesgroup.com/english/default.aspx
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DETROIT - Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh says he's shed 55 pounds and is sharing his weight loss secrets in a new video posted on YouTube.
In the video, Pugh reports from his kitchen what he's been working on with his personal trainer.
WATCH VIDEO: Charles Pugh weight loss secrets
"I have a six pack, but some people would tell you I have an eight pack," Pugh says in the video.
"A lot of people need the inspiration and motivation," he adds.
Pugh seemed agitated when Local 4's Hank Winchester asked him about the video on Thursday.
Pugh: "Obesity is a problem in this city. It is. So, then what's the problem?"
Winchester: "I think people just question the timing of the video."
Pugh: "What people?"
Winchester: "We were just down on the street, we talked with dozens of Detroiters. We showed them the video and they said, 'Why put this video out now?' They'd rather see you do a video on A, B, C. Why take your shirt off in the video, why play the jazz music? I'm just telling you what the people are telling me."
Pugh: "Guess what, there's always something to criticize."
Winchester: "You know there's going to be people who say the video is ridiculous."
Pugh: "I know what they say and I don't care about those people because obesity is a problem in Detroit."
Copyright 2012 by ClickOnDetroit.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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5-6 lobs at the rim because hibbert had to show on the PG for 3-4 seconds while the primary defender took his sweet time getting back on calderon or harris. this causes constant rotations. when you show on defense, it is basicaly a double team since two men are dedicated to one player for a short period of time. its how harris got all his open looks.
but sure, ive never played or coached basketball lol. PGs shot damn near 60% but GHill's defense was fine, ok man.


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Last year at this time, downtown El Segundo was celebrating the opening of a new bakery and preparing for Fresh & Easy to replace Cooke's grocery - the only full-service market on the city's residential west side.
Both businesses were supposed to be a boon for the quaint downtown, where merchants were working with the Chamber of Commerce to attract more foot traffic.
But today the sites sit vacant, paper covering the windows of the recently closed Schat's Bakery Cafe and a real-estate sign posted outside the Cooke's site near Grand Avenue and Richmond Street.
The vacancies leave two holes in a complex around the corner from City Hall - along with a challenge for the city and the property owner in finding new tenants.
When David Schat opened his bakery and restaurant in late November 2011 after spending months renovating an old Blockbuster store, civic leaders predicted it would be a downtown anchor.
A master baker and city resident, Schat comes from the family behind the venerable Schat's bakery in Bishop, which is known for its sheepherder's bread and caters to travelers headed to and from Mammoth Lakes.
The El Segundo bakery offered sandwiches, salads, speciality cakes, pastries and breads, including the kind that a century ago was popular among Basque sheepherders driving their flocks through the Owens Valley. Schat said the business attracted a healthy lunch crowd, but it struggled on weekday mornings and in the afternoons, leading to the decision to close on Dec. 10.
"Really our main issue was, it was just too big of a space for the amount of business that we had ... and the lack of customers in the off hours," Schat said.
While he'd planned to serve dinners, he found the demand wasn't there.
"There's so many restaurants (in the downtown), there's just not enough customers to go around," he said. "It's very quiet at night."
For now, Schat said the family has not discussed plans to relocate. "We're going to take a little breather and enjoy the holidays and move on from there," he added.
Ted Shove, a city economic development analyst, said he believes the Schat's site could easily lend itself to a new restaurant use. But the Cooke's location could prove harder to fill.
Cooke's closed in April in anticipation of Fresh & Easy taking over a space that's seen various grocery stores over the years. The first hint of a transition came last December, when Fresh & Easy filed papers in City Hall requesting exceptions to city size regulations for storefront signs.
By the time Cooke's closed, a Fresh & Easy spokesman said the company had signed a lease for the site and considered it a "high priority."
But several weeks later the property owner - Mark Neumann of 612 Twin Holdings LLC - approached the City Council to say the deal had fallen apart after Cooke's had moved out all of its refrigeration equipment. Neumann said the store owners cleared the space at the company's request, but that Fresh & Easy had backed out.
Attempts to reach Neumann last week were unsuccessful.
The company's future is uncertain; British retail giant Tesco said earlier this month that it is conducting a strategic review of its El Segundo-based grocery chain that could result in the sale of the unit. The first Fresh & Easy store opened in Los Angeles.
"From a community perspective, our first goal would be to try to get a grocer in there," Shove said of the downtown space.
But he's learned through other chains that the site has some drawbacks - one being the size of the population surrounding the store. The second issue is the location itself, which is obscured from Grand Avenue by a parking structure the city agreed to subsidize before Cooke's 2003 opening.
"It's kind of a challenge to get something like a Trader Joe's or a Gelson's ... that's not to say we're not going to continue trying," Shove said.
Parking is one issue a Chamber of Commerce-backed committee sought to address last year as it unveiled revitalization plans for the downtown. Members had heard the parking structure wasn't easily recognized and displayed confusing signs. They'd suggested better street lighting, more outdoor dining and fresh banners advertising the area to Sepulveda Boulevard motorists.
From the front door of her Vintage Canvas art studio, where customers can spend a couple hours learning how to paint on canvas, Linda Pack can look across Grand Avenue to see the shuttered Schat's site.
She shares the former bakery owner's concerns about downtown foot traffic, and believes a more diverse mix of retailers might help. Pack said she's worried about the health of her own business, which has yet to make a profit after 2<MD+,%30,%55,%70>1/<MD-,%0,%55,%70>2 years.
"I'm afraid this town's going to end up becoming a ghost town," Pack said. "We still have other spaces on Main Street that are vacant."
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The National Library of Norway's collection contains everything from books, magazines, music, film, radio and TV programmes, pictures, photographs, theatre material, maps, posters and newspapers to unique handicraft collections and special book collections.
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Large parts of the National Library of Norway's collection are digitalised and can be viewed online. The collection can also be accessed through borrowing, exhibitions, conferences and events.
The collection comprises legally deposited documents, historic collections, deposited materials, gifts and purchased materials. The storage shall facilitate optimal lifetimes for all content. Consequently, the National Library of Norway's work involves preventive conservation and active preservation, and restoration and production of copies.
Middle Ages to the Present
The oldest documents in the National Library of Norway's collection are Magnus Lagabøters Landslov from the beginning of the 14th century, and Psalteriet (David's Psalms), a prayer book from the Kvikne church in Hedmark. The oldest part of the Psalm book is believed to date from the 13th century. Together with documents from the present era, these represent important elements of a shared Norwegian cultural heritage, where all content is preserved for the benefit of future generations.


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A 34-year-old Cirencester man who groomed a 14-year-old girl for sex after she admired his trainers and his 'bad boy image' in a sweet shop was jailed for three and a half years today.
Judge Jamie Tabor QC told Craig Francis that his history of harassing his increasingly young girlfriends shows he is a danger to under age girls and should be locked up to protect them.
Francis, of North Home Road, Cirencester, admitted two charges of grooming the 14 year old and one of having sexual activity with her between November last year and Feb this year.
As well as being jailed he was ordered to sign the sex offender register for the rest of his life and was also made the subject of an indefinite sexual offences prevention order.
Prosecutor Mark Worsley said the girl, who also lived in Cirencester, met Francis when she was in a sweet shop with two friends, one of whom knew him.
The girl liked his trainers and was attracted to his 'bad boy image,' said Mr Worsley.
Later, she located him on Facebook and contacted him and they exchanged messages over the next month.
"There was then no contact till November when a friend of hers committed suicide and he contacted her to offer his condolences," Mr Worsley said.
"Things then spiralled very quickly out of control. His messages to her became inappropriate and he said he wanted her to have his child.
"There were very, very frank sexual conversations and exchanges of photographs. A friend of hers had seen her hugging and kissing the defendant in a field and tried to intervene.
"Thereafter the girl met the defendant in an alleyway when her friend was present and he hugged her during that 10 minute episode.
"She met him again a few days later."
Judge Tabor intervened "What she didn't know was that he had a long history of harassment of ex partners."
Mr Worsley went on "At that meeting he wanted to buy some trainers and asked to use her credit card saying he would reimburse her later. He did meet her to reimburse her.
"Her friend told her parents who advised her to tell the girl's parents, which she did.
"The mother then contacted this defendant who denied anything had happened but said she was in love with him. He was then arrested."
Mr Worsley told the judge the details of some of the messages Francis had sent the girl including one of him naked with an erection.
In a message in January this year he wrote "Want you baby. You look really fit." He spoke about wanting sex with her in the seat of a car.
"He said he loved her and wanted her to have his baby. The messages became extremely lewd as he indicated what he wanted to do with her, sparing nothing in telling her."
After Francis' arrest his internet history showed he was searching for 'cute teens doing various things with each other and with objects and such," said Mr Worsley.
Judge Tabor expressed his surprise that a psychologist who had seen Francis concluded he did not pose an ongoing risk to girls.
"How on earth does he come to that conclusion?" said the judge. "It is not a conclusion I share.
"He has always, as far as I can tell, blamed her, which I find fairly remarkable.
"A report I have had about the young lady says she is fairly robust, will probably get over it but is finding it hard to hold her head up among her friends, which is hardly surprising."
To defence solicitor Sabhia Pathan, the judge said "The age of the girls he likes is going down. He had a girlfriend of 18, then 17, then 16 and now this."
Ms Pathan said that since being arrested and remanded to Bristol Prison he had been attacked twice by other inmates and suffered a broken jaw and a stabbing wound.
"I am sorry to hear that," said the judge. "He should be better protected. "
Ms Pathan asked the judge to consider the probation service recommendation of a three year community order sentence for Francis. His father would be willing to accomodate him, she said.
"He has told me he knows he has issues. He has a multitude of convictions for harassment."
But jailing Francis the judge said "I have come to the conclusion there is a very real risk of you committing further offences.
"This was a very bad case of its type in my judgement. You have a long and serious history of harassing those whom you have a relationship with.
"You set about seducing this girl, using the internet as your prime tool. When you found out she was only 14 that didn't deter you in the slightest.
"Indeed, you appear to have been encouraged to carry on and the result is that she has been damaged by your attentions, damaged considerably.
"You appear to have no understanding of the effect you have had on her at all.
"You acknowledge in a letter to me that you need help. I think you do. But I am absolutely certain you should not be out at the present time. You are a real risk."


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The 45th annual World Ag Expo kicked off today with ceremonial speeches, a rousing rendition of "God Bless America" and the traditional cannon blast.
The gates opened and the crowds began arriving at the largest annual farm equipment show in the world. Attendees are expected from across the nation and from 70 nations to see the latest in agricultural products, services and technology over three days.
World Ag Expo continues Wednesday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Opening ceremonies included a wide variety of dignitaries ranging from Miss Tulare County to the governor of a region in Nigeria. Patty Colson, chairman of the 2012 World Ag Expo, recognized the volunteers and past chairmen, and the exhibitors, noting that the event could not happen without them.
Tulare mayor Wayne Ross quipped that "if you can't find what you're looking for here, it probably doesn't exist."
Dan Miller, president and CEO of Manitou, an exhibiting company, noted that World Ag Expo is "an important platform for us to display due to the diversity of people we see here. It is important to showcase our equipment, but also to spend time with this diverse group, to learn and to listen and then make our products more adaptable to the different regions of the world."
In addition to 1,744 exhibitors showing their products for 350 different commodities, opening day featured a variety of educational seminars including the second-annual Beef and Livestock seminars and demonstrations. These seminars continue Wednesday and Thursday and are presented in response to attendee requests for programs devoted to beef and livestock.
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Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles Set Texas Nesting Record
AUSTIN, Texas-The world's most endangered sea turtle has returned to nest on Texas beaches in record numbers this year, a hopeful sign for biologists watching the species come back from the brink of extinction.
A total of 41 Kemp's ridley nests have been reported in Texas this year, breaking past the previous Texas record of 38 nests in 2002.
For the past several years TPWD has worked with a host of other agencies including the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, Gladys Porter Zoo, University of Texas and officials in Mexico to restore the Kemp's ridley turtles.
"One tactic was to bring some of the eggs from Mexico, hatch the turtles here in Texas, and imprint them on our beaches," said Mike Ray, of the Coastal Fisheries Division at TPWD. "The hope was that some would return to the Padre Island area and the good news is they are doing that."
In 1985, there were fewer than 350 nesting females reported, and this year that number is approaching 3,000. Hitting the 10,000 mark could down-list the turtles from endangered to threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act.
"We're getting there," Ray said. "Hopefully within 10 years we could achieve that level. The Kemp's population is expanding by about 14 percent a year."
There are several likely reasons for the increased number of turtle nestings on Texas beaches. The rapid increase in the nesting population in Mexico probably caused the Kemp's ridley to expand their nesting range. In 2001, TPWD put into action new commercial shrimping regulations that restricted the size and number of shrimping trawls per vessel in near-shore waters from the beach to nine nautical miles out into the Gulf of Mexico, an area where sea turtles feed, mate and come to the beach to nest. Another shrimping regulation includes a seven-month seasonal ban on shrimp trawling from lower coast Gulf beaches to five miles offshore. Both regulations were designed to reduce fishing pressure on shrimp near the beach; however, sea turtles were afforded more protection from the regulations as well. Importantly, the use of Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) by the commercial fleet is a major reason the Kemp's ridley and other sea turtle populations are rebounding since the device allows turtles to escape shrimp trawls.
In an effort to protect as many sea turtles as possible, the Padre Island National Seashore incubates most of the sea turtle eggs found along the Texas coast and releases the hatchlings into the Gulf of Mexico.
Donna Shaver, Ph.D. and Chief of the Division of Sea Turtle Science and Recovery at Padre Island National Seashore has been working with sea turtle conservation efforts for more than 20 years. She is also excited about the record number of nesting sightings this year.
"We've had more nests than ever this year," Shaver said. "We are very hopeful to set another record in 2006."
Shaver said that all of the work for sea turtle conservation is truly a cooperative effort by all of the participating partners and also the public.
"About half of the nests that we record are due to public sightings," Shaver said. "We always encourage the public to keep their eyes peeled for sea turtle nests."
The public can view sea turtle hatchling releases this summer on North Beach of the National Seashore. The releases usually take place around 6:45 a.m. and are free to attend.
For more information about the hatchling releases including specific release dates, check online at (http://www.nps.gov/pais/pphtml/events.html) or phone the national seashore Hatchling Hotline at (361) 949-7163.
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Changes in Deer Regulations Could Affect Hunting Plans
AUSTIN, Texas — Although the season is still months away, many Texas hunters are starting to make deer hunting plans. Changes to hunting regulations this year could affect those preparations, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
State wildlife biologists have been working to simplify and restructure regulations governing deer seasons to manage resources more effectively and to enhance hunter opportunity without adversely impacting deer populations. In the process, a number of counties will see changes in harvest restrictions and season dates this fall. Following is an overview of those changes and the counties affected. For additional information, hunters are urged to review regulations in TPWD's Outdoor Annual available in August.
Elimination of Aggregate Bag Limits — The department in 1989 implemented what is popularly referred to as the 'aggregate bag limit' rule, which designated a number of one-buck counties, primarily in the eastern third of the state, from which, in the aggregate a hunter could take no more than one buck. For example, if a hunter took a buck in Nacogdoches County (one-buck bag limit), that hunter could not take another buck in any other county affected by the aggregate bag limit rule.
At the time, the department's intent was to prevent the overharvest of buck deer in regions of the state where populations were low or hunting pressure was high with respect to abundance. In 1999, to increase hunter opportunity the department separated the aggregate one-buck counties into two zones divided by Interstate Highway 35, allowing a hunter to harvest a buck from each zone. Harvest and population data from counties on either side of the I-35 dividing line, counties that by their proximity to each other were the likeliest to incur greater buck harvest, indicates no significant deviation from historical trends over the period from 1999 to the present.
The department is therefore eliminating the aggregate bag limit, meaning that a hunter could take the statewide personal bag limit of three bucks by taking one buck in each of three one-buck counties. A similar provision applied to counties with a two-buck bag limit (i.e., a hunter could take one buck in two, two-buck counties, or two bucks in a single two-buck county, but could not take a third buck in another two-buck county). The department's concern in this case was that hunters would focus on taking a third buck, which could lead to an unwanted decline in doe harvest. Analysis of harvest data indicates that this concern may not be as pressing as originally thought; therefore, the aggregate two-buck bag limit is being eliminated as well. Therefore, this portion of the new section is necessary to reduce regulatory complexity.
Alteration of Doe Days — Prior to this rulemaking, there were five 'doe day' packages: 4, 9, 16, 23, or 23-plus days (the 23-plus package allows the take of does until the Sunday following Thanksgiving, which means the package length varies from year to year). The new section would eliminate the 9- and 23-day 'doe day' packages and increase the number of 'doe days' in many counties, and introduce 'doe days' in some counties where the take of antlerless deer has been by permit only.
Counties now having four 'doe days' to take place from Thanksgiving Day to the Sunday immediately following Thanksgiving Day are: Bowie, Camp, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Hopkins, Lamar, Morris, Red River, Titus, Upshur, and Wood counties.
Counties where 'doe days' will increase from four to 16 are: Cass, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches, Panola, Sabine, San Augustine, and Shelby counties.
Counties where 'doe days' will be replaced with full-season, either-sex hunting in the Panhandle and northern Rolling Plains are: Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Haskell, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Lipscomb, Motley, Ochiltree, Randall, Roberts, Scurry, Stonewall, Swisher and Wheeler counties.
Counties where 'doe days' will increase from 16 to 23-plus days are: Hardeman, Wichita, and Wilbarger counties.
Counties where 'doe days' will increase from nine to 16 days are: Denton and Tarrant counties.
Counties where 'doe days' will increase from nine to 23 days are: Cooke, Hill, and Johnson counties.
Counties where 'doe days' will be revised from a fixed 23-day season to 23-plus days are: Brazoria, Fort Bend, Goliad (south of U.S. Highway 59), Jackson (south of U.S. Highway 59), Matagorda, Victoria (south of U.S. Highway 59), and Wharton (south of U.S. Highway 59) counties. The alteration will make rules governing antlerless harvest consistent with those in a number of adjoining counties to the east.
Buck Harvest Restrictions — The new regulations also alter the take of buck deer in Austin, Bastrop, Brazoria, Caldwell, Colorado, De Witt, Fayette, Fort Bend, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Jackson, Karnes, Lavaca, Lee, Matagorda, Victoria, Waller, Washington, Wilson, and Wharton counties. Hunting pressure in the Post Oak Savannah ecological region has been excessive for more than 30 years. Hunter-harvest survey data collected by the department indicates that this area has some of the highest hunter densities in the state.
In 1971, the department instituted a one-buck bag limit in an effort to reduce pressure on the buck segment of the population. Although the one-buck bag limit successfully redistributed hunting pressure, it did little to reduce overall buck harvest. Department data indicate that prior to 2002, 80 percent of the buck harvest in these counties was comprised of bucks younger than 3.5 years of age.
In response to requests from concerned landowners and hunters in the area, the department in 2002 implemented what at the time were called 'experimental' antler restrictions, which defined a legal buck as a buck with at least one unbranched antler (typically a spike buck), a buck with at least six antler points on one side, or a buck with an inside spread of 13 inches or greater. The rules were designed to protect the majority of bucks in the younger cohorts until those deer could reach a level of physical maturity.
After three years under the experimental rules, the department's intensive survey effort indicates that the percentage of harvested bucks younger than 3.5 years of age had dropped from 80 percent to 29 percent and the percentage of harvested bucks 3.5 years of age and older increased from 20 percent to 71 percent.
These data also show a decline in the harvest of spike bucks and an increase in the harvest of bucks with an inside spread of 13 inches or greater, which means that one effect of maintaining a one-buck limit under the antler restrictions is that hunting pressure is deflected from the spike-buck segment of the population, which is undesirable. The new regulation implements a two-buck bag limit, one of which must have at least one unbranched antler, and redefines a legal buck as a buck having an inside spread of 13 inches or greater or at least one unbranched antler. The six-points-or-better criterion in effect prior to this rulemaking is eliminated, as department data clearly indicate that the 13-inch-or-better standard is sufficient by itself to protect younger bucks.
Eliminating the 6-points-or-better criterion simplifies the regulation, while resulting in a negligible decline in mature-buck harvest. By adding a second buck to the bag while requiring at least one buck to have an unbranched antler, the department intends to encourage the harvest of spike bucks which department research has indicated are less likely to develop into lawful bucks.
The department has conducted public scoping sessions in other areas of the state to gauge constituent attitudes about these kinds of buck harvest restrictions, but no official action has been taken for the upcoming 2005-06 hunting seasons.
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Prospective Evaluation of Etravirine for HIV-infected Patients in Need of Lipid-lowering Drugs (ETRALL)
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Dyslipidaemia, characterized by raised triglyceride and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and reduced high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels, is common in HIV-infected individuals, and has been associated with HIV infection itself and antiretroviral therapy (ART). These abnormalities are well-established markers of cardiovascular (CVD) risk in the general population. Studies have suggested an increased risk of CVD associated with ART exposure over and above that conveyed by traditional cardiovascular risk factors. In HIV population to reduce lipid parameters, the most usual clinical strategy remains to add a statin treatment.
Recent studies suggested ART switch can represent an interesting alternative to statins to reduce lipid plasma levels.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the frequency with which the replacement of LPV/r (lopinavir/ritonavir), ATZ/r (atazanavir/ritonavir), DRV/r (darunavir/ritonavir) or EFV (efavirenz) by ETR (Etravirin) in dyslipidemic patients with suppressed viremia would obviate the necessity to administer statins.
A prospective, phase III study in which the statin treatment of dyslipidemic HIV patients on antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) will be interrupted during 4 weeks is proposed.
At week 4, patients qualifying for a lipid lowering drug (calculated LDL-C≥ 3mmol/L) will replace EFV, LPV/r, DRV/r or ATZ/r by ETR. The proportion of patients not qualifying anymore for a statin treatment at 12 weeks (i.e. after 8 weeks of ETR treatment) will be determined. Additionally, the lipid level changes will be assessed at 12 weeks. Inflammatory markers will be measured at baseline, at drug switch and at the end of the study
Study drug will be provided by the drug manufacturer (Janssen-Cilag, AG). Compliance for study drug will be done at week-4 and week-12, Returned study medication will be counted and the amount notified on the Case Report Form (CRF).
|HIV Infection
|Drug: stop statin and switch to an antiretroviral drug with less impact on lipid metabolism
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Phase III Prospective Multicentric Trial Evaluating Etravirine for HIV Infected Patients in Need of Lipid Lowering Drugs: the ETRALL Trial
- Proportion of patients not qualifying anymore for statin treatment [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- fasting lipids changes [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|December 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Etravirine switch
Patients in need of lipid-lowering drug switched from boosted PI or EFV to Etravirine
Drug: stop statin and switch to an antiretroviral drug with less impact on lipid metabolism
Switch from a boosted PI or efavirenz based ART regimen to etravirine 400 mg/day once daily for patients in need of lipid lowering drugs (statin) after one month wash out of statin
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- On statin treatment for at least 3 months (fluvastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin, rosuvastatin, or atorvastatin) for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
- HIV Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) below 50 copies/mL, minimum duration 3 months
- On a stable (> 3 months) ARV treatment including at least one of the following drugs: LPV/r, ATZ/r, DRV/r, or EFV
- No previous virological escape or virological escape documented with a genotype at the time of failure only showing a K103M mutation.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Probability of cardiovascular complications of > 20% according to the Swiss GSLA ("Groupe de travail Lipide et Athérosclérose"/Swiss Atherosclerosis Association) guidelines
- Previous cardiovascular disease (including stroke)
- Known diabetes
- Known intolerance of ETR
- Presence of a documented drug mutation (excluding the K103M)
- Regimen including non-boosted ATZ
- Known hyperlipidemia before ARV initiation
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01543035
|Universitätsspital Basel Klinik für Infektiologie & Spitalhygiene
|Bale, Switzerland, 4031
|Inselspital PKT2B / Poliklinik für Infektiologie
|Berne, Switzerland, 3010
|HUG /Division des Maladies infectieuses Unité VIH/SIDA
|Geneva, Switzerland, 1211
|Hôpital Neuchâtelois - La Chaux-de-Fonds Service des Maladies infectieuses
|La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, 2300
|CHUV / Service des maladies infectieuses Médecine 2
|Lausanne, Switzerland, 1011
|Kantonsspital / Infektiologie und Spitalhygiene Departement Innere Medizin
|St Gallen, Switzerland, 9007
|Universitätsspital Zürich Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology Department of Internal Medicine
|Zurich, Switzerland, 8091
|Principal Investigator:
|Calmy Alexandra, Md, PhD
|Geneva University Hospital
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Calmy Alexandra, MD, PhD, HIV department Director, University Hospital, Geneva
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01543035 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|February 27, 2012
|Last Updated:
|December 11, 2013
Keywords provided by Calmy Alexandra, University Hospital, Geneva:
HIV infection
lipid lowering drugs
statin treatment
EFV or boosted PI antiretroviral treatment
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Hypolipidemic Agents
Anticholesteremic Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Enzyme Inhibitors
Lipid Regulating Agents
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
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Fermentation Microbiology Workshop
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The University of Maryland, College Park, in cooperation with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, is offering a two-day fermentation microbiology workshop on state-of-the-art fermentation processes and practices.
The workshop provides hands-on experience and instruction with various fermentation systems and acquaints attendees with the techniques, methodologies, principles and applications of aerobic bacterial and fungal fermentation.
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Not So Great Inventions #4Science brain teasers require understanding of the physical or biological world and the laws that govern it.
A young computer programmer who had run out of post-it notes (those small square yellow sticky pieces of paper) came up with this almost great invention. He placed self-adhesive magnetic tape around his computer monitor so that he could stick notes and whatever he liked to his computer monitor using fridge magnets. Hey, it worked great on the fridge; why not? It worked great, just as he planned, but there was one problem that ultimately led to him remove his invention and run out to get more sticky notes.
But what was the problem if it worked so well?
AnswerComputer monitors (at least CRT ones) can be affected by magnetic fields, causing the colors and images on the screen to become distorted. At first this was not very noticeable but as he added magnets this became more evident and ultimately caused him to remove the magnets. It's never a good idea to place magnets near any computer or electronic components.
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CHARLESTON, SC, USA - Jelena Jankovic continued her spring revival on a very rainy Thursday at the Family Circle Cup, sweeping past Jessica Pegula to make the quarterfinals of the Premier event.
Click here to watch highlights and more video from Charleston, all week!
Play didn't begin until almost 6:30pm after rain throughout the day, but once it cleared the No.9-seeded Jankovic was the first to move through, dispatching the American qualifier comfortably, 60 64.
"It was very difficult for all of us to wait around and just keep standing by," Jankovic said. "You didn't know when you were going to go on the court and you just had to be ready all the time and wait.
"But when I came out on court I played quite well. The court was slow because it was quite humid out there and there was a lot of rain. The balls were quite heavy and the overall play was quite heavy. But I got used to it, adjusted to it quite well, and I think I did a great job during the match today."
It was a stark contrast to Jankovic's previous two rounds - she needed almost three hours to beat Melanie Oudin in the first round, then had to save two match points to beat Caroline Garcia second round. But no matter the score the former World No.1 ended up with the win every time and has now won 12 of her last 14 matches, the losses coming to Svetlana Kuznetsova and Maria Sharapova.
"This is a new year and so far I think I'm doing pretty well and I think I have the confidence," Jankovic commented. "Like I've said before, I'm working very hard every day just trying to get to another level and become a better player overall. My goal is to get back to the top rank where I was before.
"But first of all, I want to play good tennis. That's what I'm striving for every day, and then the results will come. I have to fight every time I step on the court. Sometimes I have ups and downs but I have to cut down on those and when I get myself going out there, I have to stay there as long as I can."
Next up for Jankovic will be another teen-aged qualifier, Eugenie Bouchard. The Canadian was leading No.3 seed Samantha Stosur, 61 20, when Stosur had to retire from the match with a calf strain.
"I was really excited to get out there and I felt like I played really well - it's unfortunate that she had to retire," Bouchard said after the match. "I thought she was serving pretty well, but we had some points where she wasn't running for the balls. I thought the court was pretty slippery out there so I kind of didn't run for some of the balls either, but she had like big tape on her leg, and I saw that.
"It's much better to win with a full match, but I'm excited to be here for tomorrow."
And how did Bouchard deal with the rain delay? "I slept - took a nap in the middle of the day," she said. "It was peaceful with the rain. It makes you fall asleep. But I got here at 5, so a few hours before going on, and everyone's very accomodating here. They had games for us and stuff, so it was fun."
Two other quarterfinal spots were snapped up on Thursday, with Stefanie Voegele upsetting No.10 seed Julia Goerges, 36 61 63, and No.2 seed Caroline Wozniacki advancing past Andrea Petkovic earlier on via walkover, after the German had to withdraw from the tournament due to a calf injury.
Both Jankovic against Bouchard and Wozniacki against Voegele will be first-time encounters.
The four third round matches from the top half of the draw were cancelled due to the rain. All four of those matches plus the four quarterfinals will take place on a very packed Friday schedule.


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The numbered time display is easy to calculate and the units of time are reinforced by a clear color code; hours in blue, five minute intervals in yellow and single minutes 1-4 in green. The position of these correspond to a similar position to numbers on a clock face.
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A fabulous Celebrity Dinner Party for Cystic Fibrosis hosted by Hall of Fame Coach Denny Crum and Susan Sweeney Crum, took place Feb. 28, at the Louisville Marriott Downtown. Guests enjoyed dinner, live and silent auctions, music and dancing. Each table was assigned a local celebrity who serviced guests with food, drinks, and entertainment. Waiters competed to see who could collect the most tips with all proceeds benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
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The DayGlo-like effects in 'Mundo Neon,' a highly stylized commercial for Colombian yogurt company Bon Yurt, go way beyond the average glowstick.
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'Buffalo fan favorite Rob Ray skated a two-minute shift at the end of the game and received a standing ovation. The franchise leader in penalty minutes, he becomes an unrestricted free agent after the season and may have played his last home game as a Sabre. "They accepted me very early here and I think if they didn't, I probably wouldn't have stayed as long as I have," Ray said. "They are a very, very big part of what I was able to do here."'
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By Michael Haydock
The retail industry might just be the last bastion of the gut instinct.
In my 20 years working with apparel merchants, department stores and big box companies, I've seen bosses make bet-the-company decisions on little more than a "feeling." Retailing is that kind of a business - it's filled with wonderful visionaries who have an uncanny sixth sense for the nascent trend - or, the moment when a powerful trend is about to falter.
Managing with your gut isn't going away anytime soon -- nor should it. Nevertheless, recent years have seen an important shift in consumer behavior, suggesting that sellers need a few more tools in their bag.
For one, the retail environment is becoming much more seasonal. It used to be that the major retail seasons - or selling opportunities -- were Valentines Day, Black Friday and Christmas. Today, however, the previously minor seasons of Easter, Dads and Grads (in June) and Back- to-School are becoming much bigger - shoppers are spending a lot more during these periods. And new seasons - or mini seasons -- are popping up regularly. Cyber Monday is quite recent. And Teacher Appreciation Day is even newer.
Adding to the complexity, shoppers are creating their own "buy times" or "wait times" among product categories. I produce a forecast of retail sales in the electronics and appliance sector, and I noticed this new phenomenon after the 2008 economic downturn began.
Prior to the recession, consumers had plenty of disposable income - or at least plenty of credit - and thought nothing of buying clothing, electronics, home goods, you name it, all in a concentrated time period. Today, they're still buying, but they seem to be staggering their purchases. Their motivation may be to better manage their disposable income and balance credit outlays. A typical shopper in 2010 might buy a smartphone and then wait a few weeks or a month before taking home that new 50-inch television.
The result of this category rotation, combined with increased seasonality, is that trends are more important now, and they also form and dissipate more quickly. They're harder to anticipate. A retailer that fails to catch one of these buying waves is missing an opportunity.
In this new environment, the gut instinct can be substantially enhanced with a discipline known as predictive analytics, which blends algorithms and information - customer buying patterns, government statistics on disposable income, package shipment data, etc. - to peer into the future.
The good news is, most retailers have already made the investment in capturing the customer data, which is the necessary first step in developing an analytics capability. Many already use this data for traditional analytical applications, such as sales forecasts.
But the most sophisticated merchants have started to move beyond simple forecasting to predicting how particular products will resonate with specific customers. Armed with this information, they can target these customers with highly-individualized marketing initiatives - ranging from traditional advertising to cell phone ads. A few retailers are even using analytics to predict what "next action" they should take with each customer, based on all previous interactions with the customer.
It works like this: the retailer builds data models that incorporate what is known about a customer - items he or she has purchased (or returned), any complaints the customer has voiced, relevant buying patterns (e.g. likes to shop sales). Then, the next time the customer visits, either in person, on the phone or online, the retailer is ready with a customized approach. It might be recommending a certain product. Or, if the analytics indicate that the customer isn't ready to buy just yet, the retailer might helpfully suggest that he or she read a product review that just appeared in a magazine.
Analytics is helping these retailers - some with tens of millions of customers - evoke a time when personalized service was common among the Mom and Pop stores that ruled the retailing landscape. This personalization - the feeling that a retailer understands you -- is what drives customers to remain loyal.
It's not an either/or choice - instinct versus analytics. The best retailers are almost uncanny in their ability to marry their gut with really sophisticated data models and algorithms. They use sheer instinct to inform the analytics - and vice versa.
Retailing is one of the most competitive industries on earth. Merchants who excel in both the art and science of selling are likely to gain a big, sustainable advantage.
Michael Haydock is retail analytics leader of IBM Global Business Services.


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The horror from the deep surfaces...
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SOTA Toys introduces the latest addition to their "SOTA Nightmares" product line, H. P. Lovecraft's Dagon. A larger and more detailed version of their previously released (and hard to find) Dagon action figure, the new Dagon statue measures 12-inch tall and is made of high quality resin with special "flex-resin" in key parts.
Pre-orders for this horror of the deep are currently being accepted at sotatoysonline.com, the statue priced at $224.99. Dagon will ship to retail customers in late May, 2010. Check out the new photos below... if you dare.


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As a former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons and the Houston Oilers, it's safe to say Jerry Glanville knows a thing or two about evaluating football players. After all of his years in the NFL, it was surprising to hear him say, "The group of defensive backs I coached in the 89th East–West Shrine Game was the best I've ever coached. All eight defensive backs on my team were taken in the 2014 NFL Draft. The talent in this year's game was amazing! In all my years of coaching, I never had a secondary like that."
All told, more than 100 players from the 89th East-West Shrine Game were either drafted by or signed as free agents with NFL teams. Of the 43 players who were drafted, there were 15 defensive backs, five linebackers, seven defensive linemen, two quarterbacks, six offensive lineman, five wide receivers, two tight ends and a kicker.
"People need to understand just how good the talent in this game is," said Glanville. "When you go to an East-West Shrine Game you're seeing the future stars of the NFL. Where else can you go and see 100 college players who are headed to the NFL in one game? Why wouldn't you go? I'd go just to see 15 defensive backs that were headed to the pros. Add to that the game is dedicated to supporting such a great cause – Shriners Hospitals for Children – and you can't lose.
"The NFL scouts love this game because there is such a concentration of high caliber players coached by NFL coaches who are putting them through drills that showcase their skill level," said Glanville. "Scouts can learn more about a player during game week than they can following them around the country for a whole season."
In January, Coach Glanville returned to the game's home in St. Petersburg, Fla., to coach for a second consecutive year. "I'll tell you what, I can't imagine coaching a better group of players than the squad we had this year," said Glanville. "They were a very intelligent group, who were focused and tuned in to what ever we asked them to do.
"One day we had a heavy rain and couldn't get out on the field to practice so we held our practice in the dining room at the hotel. Can you imagine running a full speed passing drill in a dining room? But that's what we did, and we came away a better team. It was awesome. The way the quarterbacks were slinging the ball around, it was surprising we didn't put one through a window.
A month after the game I still had NFL teams calling me asking me what I thought about this or that player," said Glanville. "The people who put on this game are doing a great job of finding quality players. I'm proud the game gives players the chance to impress the scouts and excite the crowd; but the most incredible aspect of the game is the meaning behind its slogan – More than just a game. It's all about the hospitals and the children's true demonstration of courage. I can guarantee you the players never forget their interactions with the kids."
About Coach Glanville
Coach Jerry Glanville, a native of Perrysburg, Ohio, spent much of his life on the football gridiron. He played middle linebacker at Northern Michigan University, graduating in 1964 with a bachelor's degree. He then went on to earn his master's degree from Western Kentucky University, where he served as an assistant football coach. Glanville then became the defensive coordinator for the University of Hawaii, followed by a stint as defensive ends and outside linebackers coach at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
Glanville began his NFL career as the special teams and linebacker coach for the Detroit Lions. Following his time in Detroit, Glanville became the defensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons – arguably his most noteworthy position. During this time, Glanville held every defensive record. His defensive strategy became known as the "Gritz Blitz", where the defense would blitz every down.
From 1986 to 1989, Glanville served as head coach of the Houston Oilers, where he led the team to four playoff appearances, twice playing in the AFC divisional round. As an NFL head coach, Glanville led the Houston Oilers (1986–1989) during the era known as the "House of Pain." He was famous for leaving tickets at will call for Elvis Presley, wearing all black to be easily recognized by his players, and driving replicas of vehicles driven by actor James Dean. Glanville returned to the Atlanta Falcons in 1990 as head coach, remaining there until 1993. During the 1991 season, the NFL declared Glanville's roster the "most exciting team in NFL history."


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Topic: New to Group
My wife was diagnosed about 1 month ago and I have been trying to research and learn as much as I can concerning her condition. It seems that chemotherapy ( cisplatin and gemcitabine which seems to be the chemicals of choice) are not very successful in shrinking tumors or arresting the disease.
They have told us surgery is not an option .
I've begun to look into clinical trials to see if she is eligible for any of those.
I have to say the first discussion thread I read from Oceangirl was extremely depressing as it seemed her brother passed in no time.
I guess I 'm looking for treatment options, success sorties, messages of hope.
As I imagine most people have stated this came out of the blue and is quite devasting news.
I need to spend some more time reading thru the discussion boards but I wanted to post something.


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We love seeing pictures of our favorite celebrities and their adorable families!
And we've seen some great pics this week! On Sunday, doting parents Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts were photographed with their beautiful boys at the farmer's market. On Tuesday, new mom Hilary Duff introduced her newborn son Luca Cruz via Twitter, and soon-to-be mom-of-four Tori Spelling debuted her barely-there baby bump.
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60 Seconds with... Jay Gatsby
Jay Gatsby (aka Tobias Batley) tells us a little more about himself...
Describe yourself in three words
Romantic, introspective and loyal
What's your favourite cocktail?
My man, at my lunchtime haunt in town would tell you I prefer a Highball. But in the evening I unwind with a French 75.
What's your favourite food?
Steak. Delmonico's on Beaver Street is the best place. I always go for the "Delmonico Steak", I believe people are beginning to refer to it as the "New York Strip" but to me it will always be a Delmonico's.
If you could dance to one song what would it be?
Livery Stable Blues/Dixie Jass One Step by the Original Dixieland Jass Band
What is your ideal car?
I recently imported a Lagonda 11.9 from England. Beautiful car. It runs very well... Extremely rare too!
Describe your perfect night in
My parties are well renowned. I tend not to join in myself but I enjoy hosting these evenings and spare no expense for the benefit of my guests.
Describe your perfect night out
According to 'Lipstick' of the New Yorker (whose real name I happen to know is Lois Bancroft Long) the New York vaudeville scene is doing very well at the moment. But I don't get out much myself.


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Gypsum should be applied before crop planting using a dry applicator that can spread a large volume of fertilizer, lime or litter. Fall application is common timing for gypsum. Both synthetic or natural gypsum products contain calcium and sulfur in the form of calcium sulfate dihydrate (CaSO4 2H2O).
The common recommendation is for the applicator to have a stainless steel box with steep sides (45°angles) and a wide belt. In absence of a stainless steel box, graphite film coating or plastic liners are suggested to assure the gypsum slides easily onto the belt.
The Gypsoil company, which distributes a high-grade synthetic gypsum, provides some important tips. Because particle size is so small, gypsum products can easily bridge and not slide down to the belt and spinners in an applicator. Setting equipment properly is important. It is recommended that non-essential interior gates, partitions and braces be removed. Twin spinners are important to ensure a wide, uniform spread pattern, too.
The Gypsoil website notes the importance of the rear gate opening and calibration. "Raise the rear gate no more than three to five inches. Adjust spinners for best pattern. Calibrate spreader by loading spreader one-third full before first spreading. Check rate, flow and pattern and adjust belts and spinners as needed. Increase load size as you are comfortable with the pattern."
The company also suggests when loading the applicator to feather or bed the gypsum rather than dumping it all in the center, and try to avoid piling it against the rear gate.
For long-term storage, gypsum should be stored under cover to avoid it from becoming saturated with moisture if rainfall. It can also be stored in the open on a turn-row or open lot for shorter storage or when delivered to a field.
"If storing in the open, place it on bare, scraped ground at least 200 feet from a stream or drainage ditch. It is a good idea to form a pile into a peak so rain runs off easily. As with all farming materials, keep away from livestock, pets and children," warns Gypsoil.
Application timing as noted in general is before a new crop is harvested, but more precisely, Gypsoil provides the following rules of thumb about application if soil conditions are such that equipment can roll across the field:
- After alfalfa cutting once hay is baled
- After wheat harvest
- After soybean or corn harvest
- Before planting
Gypsum application rates depend on individual field situations and goals for the farmer. Typical rates are 300 to 500 pounds per acre for sulfur supplementation and one to two tons per acre every one to two years for soil amendment, according to Gypsoil.
If Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) levels are being used to evaluate gypsum application, the suggested application rates are as follows:
CEC levels Rate
Less than 10 0.5 tons/acre
10-15 1.0 tons/acre
Greater than 15 2.0 tons/acre
"Cation Exchange Capacity is the amount of cations a soil can retain. Higher CEC soils have greater capacity to store plant nutrients. Soil CEC increases with more clay, more organic matter and is also influenced by pH," the company explains.
Gypsoil gypsum is a co-product of the process that cleans the air from coal-fired plants and is sometimes called FGD gypsum or synthetic gypsum. This gypsum is also made as a co-product of certain other processing.
Clean Air Act amendments of 1990, reportedly required new scrubbing systems used by many coal-fired utilities to remove sulfur dioxide (SO2) from their emissions. These scrubbers produce high-quality and very pure FGD gypsum. Supply of this synthetic gypsum is still expanding.