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Great reference for maintenance, upgrades and repair
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I would buy it again if i had to
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It what i needed to give myself a reference on some of the newer stuff out today. I was hoping it would have more rim building stuff in there as like how to lace a rim. but i guess that another book. This will help you a lot if you no nothing of bikes and can understand what you read. I got a maintinace schedule in there that helpd but i do that once a month there was some thing in this book i did not know about so it was helpfull there. I do ride everday 24 miles day. so this book would have been great if it came with more rim building tech. That is what i lose the most. I know a lot of people say look online but that not an option since im hearing imparied all it does is give me a picture basicly. If your new to riding get this book. if you need spec on torqure its got that was my seconds reason. and it give you the tool you need to do the specefic jo. so iu still it five star for that
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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A must have for serious bikers!
By Western CT Roadie
from Sherman, CT
A great guide to help you get the most out of your bike. I bought this after I became a bit frustrated that the my LBS just couldn't seem to get my derailleurs performing to my satisfaction. I began wondering if I was going to need to upgrade my derailleurs but decided to first give this guide a shot. After following the guide and using a bit of patience my bike performs MUCH better. I also have used the guide to swap out cassettes, replace chains, adjust bearings, etc. I am now fearless when it comes to tuning, repairing or upgrading my bike. Get this book, a good workstand (Park PCS-10 is worth the $) a starter tool kit (Park SK-1) and take matters into your own hands!
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Great book
By SJ
from Florida
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Wish I would have bought this book many years ago. Since it's written by park, I can trust their advice. Great overall general book for the home mechanic
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I ordered this book on a whim.Then, the bike shop I've been using for ten years closed its doors, right after installing a replacement cartridge bottom bracket in my road bike (Shimano, 5500), which immediately started showing signs of being defective.Rather than replacing with another 5500, I bit the bullet, and bought the tools an parts to upgrade to an external BB set.1) without tips in the book, I might not have been able to remove the 5500 BB.2) the book included torque specs, as well as detailed instructions to install the new BB and chainring (with crank arms).
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By HMM164
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i also bought the zinn book,great book.anybody that has a degree in physics has got to be smart thats why i bought his book.but i think the park book is a lotbetter.the pictures are much better more easy to understand what they are talking about.and lot more in depth on some things.it's just a lot easier to grasp for me.
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Sometimes it's the worst.
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Indiana plays at Michigan on Sunday, and a Big Ten championship is at stake. Forget Tuesday's net-cutting absurdity at Assembly Hall. If the Hoosiers want to prove their national title worthiness, if they want to earn the outright Big Ten championship within their grasp, then they have to do what no one has done this season:
Beat Michigan at Crisler Arena.
A national title contender does not end the regular season with three losses in four games no matter how tough the conference. It does not submit on Senior Night and then buckle in its follow-up opportunity. It does not share a championship it can own alone while being satisfied with its first No. 1 seed in the 16 years of the Big Ten tourney.
Both teams have 25-5 overall records and have spent the season in the top 10. Michigan has an unexplainable loss at Penn State, which rivals Kansas' unexplainable loss at TCU as the season's biggest upset of the season. IU has its are-you-kidding-me defeat at Illinois, which it turned into a positive motivator (see wins at Ohio State and Michigan State) before its recent stumble.
The Hoosiers are 13-4 in the Big Ten to Michigan's 12-5. Two other teams are 12-5 and can share the championship with an IU loss — Ohio State, which hosts Illinois on Sunday; and Michigan State, which hosts Northwestern on Sunday.
But beyond that comes an individual battle just as compelling — the Big Ten player of the year award. Heck, call it what it is considering the Big Ten is, by far, the nation's best conference — the national player of the year.
It's mano-a-mano. Indiana's Victor Oladipo against Michigan's Trey Burke.
Yeah, this is the way to end a thriller of a conference season.
Sure, you could make cases for Indiana's Cody Zeller and Ohio State's Deshaun Thomas in the Big Ten. Yes, you can mention Creighton's Doug McDermott, Georgetown's Otto Porter and Gonzaga's Kelly Olynyk for national consideration.
But when you add everything up, it's a two-man race — Oladipo and Burke. While both have had huge regular seasons, Burke summed it up best when he said, "I think it'll just come down to Sunday."
The bottom line — the player-of-the-year award should go to the one on the winning team. Statistics are important, but championships are what everyone remembers. It's why the Hoosiers have all those banners hanging in Assembly Hall.
If IU earns an outright championship, Oladipo should get the glory. If Michigan wins to get a share of the title, Burke should be the man.
If you want to go the Solomon route, you could divide the baby, so to speak, and make it a co-MVP.
But Solomon is so 5th century BC — give or take a century or so.
What do the statistics say?
Oladipo leads the Big Ten in steals (2.3) and shooting (63.1 percent, unheard of for a guard). He's the conference's best rebounding guard, at 6.0, and ranks 10th in the Big Ten in scoring (13.7 points). He averages 49.1 percent in three-point shooting, amazing considering he averaged 20.8 percent last season.
Oladipo has been IU's catalyst all season. He was at his best in the last minute at Michigan State, virtually willing the Hoosiers to victory with his scoring and defense.
The problem — he and the Hoosiers haven't been the same since.
Burke leads the Big Ten in assists, at 6.9 a game. His 208 assists against 57 turnovers represent the nation's best assist-to-turnover ratio. He ranks second in the conference in scoring, behind Thomas, at 19.1. He has a team-high 48 steals.
He willed his team to victory in the last two games. He had two crunch-time steals and a dunk against Michigan State. He scored 22 second-half points to spark a rally against Purdue.
In the last five games, Burke has averaged 24.0 points. He's scored at least 15 points in every Big Ten game. Nobody else has done that.
Here's what IU coach Tom Crean has said about Burke: "He is a tremendous player. I've had a lot of respect for him for a long time, but you get in the game with him and he just plays. He's outstanding."
Here's what Michigan coach John Beilein has said about Oladipo: "I've seen a lot of players, and I don't know if I have seen one quicker, faster or more athletic than Oladipo. It's tough to stay in front of him."
The 6-4 Oladipo will guard the 6-foot Burke for some of the game, although freshman Yogi Ferrell, junior Will Sheehey and, perhaps, senior Christian Watford also will get their shots.
In this most competitive of conferences, it's fitting that everything comes down to the last game of the season. And there's only one fitting end:
Winner take all.
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Nationally in 2011 1.9 million homes were in some stage of the foreclosure process representing 1.45% of the homes in the US — the lowest percentage in four years. The good news is that this is down by about a third from 2010. In 2010 2.23% of homes were in foreclosure compared to 2.21% in 2009 and 1.84% in 2008. The full report from RealtyTrac is on the web. State by state data show a large range of results. Ranked by the percentage of homes in foreclosure the top few states should be no surprise to followers of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices — numbers one, two and three are Nevada, Arizona and California; Michigan is sixth and Florida is seventh. The state with the smallest percentage of homes in foreclosure is North Dakota at 0.03% — a mere 92 homes. Among states that include cities covered by S&P/Case-Shiller, the smallest percentage of homes in foreclosure is found in New York at 0.33%. Read More
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Sunday, December 23, 2012
Restored 70mm print!
After the success of The Sound of Music, Julie Andrews and director Robert Wise reteamed for this even more lavish bio-pic of legendary actress Gertrude Lawrence, tracing Lawrence's life from her early days as a chorus girl in a West End revue through her Broadway triumph in 1941's Lady in the Dark. In between, there are ill-fated romances, an enduring friendship with childhood chum Noël Coward (Daniel Massey in a delicious, Oscar-nominated performance) and many spectacular, Michael Kidd-choreographed production numbers that rank among Andrews' greatest moments on film. Sadly, many of them were cut from the film during its initial, unsuccessful "roadhsow" engagements in 1968, where it had the misfortune of opening just one month after the similar-themed Funny Girl. Wise removed his "film by" credit from the studio's drastically trimmed two-hour version, retitled Those Were the Happy Days (which proved to be no more popular with audiences), but the untouched 70mm negative allowed for a full restoration of the original cut—which, if not quite a murdered masterpiece, is nevertheless a drastically underrated last hurrah for the glories of the old-fashioned Hollywood musical.
"Wise's biopic hardly deserved the rough treatment it received from most critics and audiences, who had been led by the studio's advertising to expect another Sound of Music. This was a far more ambitious project; it backfired, but it backfired with a certain amount of honour. Daniel Massey's mincing portrayal of his godfather Noël Coward wins hands down over all the other impersonations."
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Last December, I wrote an article about looking for the unlikely or unexpected. The saying to remember is "when you hear hoof beats, look for the horse, not the zebra." But we must also remember to not forget the zebras. I was reminded of this with a recent case which highlighted a number of important principles.
The herd case involved the acute death of a two-week-old calf. The herd had not been having any significant health issues with its calves. And, on necropsy evaluation, the calf did not have any significant lesions suggesting pneumonia or other diseases. We debated whether to send any samples in for further diagnostic testing, given there had not been any other history to suggest that we might be dealing with a significant issue or herd outbreak. After some debate, I decided that if we don't look, we won't find a potential cause, so the samples went off to the lab.
A few days later, various test results started to roll in. Nothing was very remarkable until I saw a BVD (bovine viral diarrhea) result, which was positive. My first thought was this was a false positive result, given the herd history, but the result was reconfirmed as positive.
How did BVD enter this herd?
In this case, I certainly found the "zebra," or the unexpected result.
This herd had no recent history of expansion and when purchased additions were brought in years ago, we had followed a strict BVD testing protocol. A solid vaccination program exists, which includes both young stock and adults. The herd has a high pregnancy rate and low incidence of abortions. Pre-weaning calf morbidity and mortality are also better than industry standards. Nothing in this herd suggested a disease that can cause unthrifty calves, abortions, lower conception and unexplained fevers.
As we conducted more herd testing and started to investigate the possible route of entry of BVD into the herd, a number of pieces of the puzzle started to come together. There was an obvious point exposure of the herd to the virus. Only one group of heifers was likely exposed and, unfortunately, they were the most susceptible to the creation of a PI (persistently infected) calf.
Finally, we realized that our "closed" herd was not really closed.
On two separate occasions, a group of rogue steers that had escaped from another farm paid a visit to the bred heifer free-stall. Given it was summertime and the feed alley doors were open, these visitors entered the barn and spent a considerable part of a day eating and defecating in the feed alley. Our herd was no longer closed. We can't prove that these steers were infected with BVD, but the timing of all of the events highly suggests that this was the point of exposure.
The other question that still remained was why didn't good immunity from vaccination protect these heifers from infection?
The investigation revealed another key point. During a very specific timeframe of employee changes on the dairy, this group of heifers likely did not receive its vaccinations. The puzzle now fit together nicely. A point exposure in a group of unvaccinated heifers during the critical time of gestation to create a PI calf. This was the perfect storm for such an occurrence.
So, what can we learn from this case?
1. Develop and follow SOP's (standard operating procedures) that include your vaccination protocol. But remember, even in very well-managed herds such as in this example, protocol drift can occur. We must therefore rely on records and monitoring to catch this potential drift.
2. Herd biosecurity is important. Develop and follow herd biosecurity protocols. Also, ask these questions: Is my herd really closed? What are potential entry points for serious diseases such as BVD?
3. Continue to look for the zebra. Don't get sidetracked from the important things. It is critical to maintain surveillance for the unlikely. If we do not look for it, we won't find it. Diseases like BVD are, unfortunately, still alive and well in the cattle population.
Mark J. Thomas is a veterinarian and partner in Countryside Veterinary Clinic, LLP and Dairy Health & Management LLC in Lowville, N.Y.


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AGs Weeks From Filing Foreclosure Settlement Documents
Yesterday we expressed concern because we have yet to see the formal documents behind last week's landmark $25 billion settlement, and it seems few people actually have.
HousingWire reports, through an unnamed source, that federal prosecutors plan to file them in court by the end of the month.
But of course herein lies the problem: We've heard how much money each individual state is getting, Florida alone is set to receive about $8.4 billion alone, but until the documents are filed, but until all I's are dotted and all T's crossed, those numbers are always subject to change!
While Rich Andreano, a banking lawyer quoted in the article says he doesn't expect any drastic changes to the numbers, we still need to see them for ourselves!
And will we really see these documents filed this month? How many deadlines associated with the settlement have come and gone without a hint of activity?
Will we see any additional surprises, like additional immunity for the banks? Let's hope not.
Shaun Donovan, HUD Chief, Hopes Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Will Write Down Mortgages
The problem with this headline is glaring. Donovan HOPES Fannie and Freddie will write down mortgages. Not he demands, not he insists, he hopes. Well I hope for world peace, doesn't mean it will happen now does it?
Donovan told the Huffington Post that he thinks the people behind the two GSE's will finally come on board the principal reduction train once they see the effects from last week's settlement on the housing market. Donovan called their reluctance to engage in principal reduction, "quasi-religious", which is the problem in a nutshell.
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Abreu caps inaugural first half for the record books
CLEVELAND -- The first half of Jose Abreu's first Major League Baseball season couldn't have possibly gone much better, aside from the 14 games he lost to a left ankle injury.
• With his 29th homer coming Saturday, Abreu reached 50 career extra-base hits in the second fewest games ever. Abreu got there in 81 games, while Ted Williams hit that target in 80 games in 1939, per Elias.
• Abreu's 29 homers entering Sunday were the third most before the All-Star break in franchise history behind Frank Thomas (32, 1994) and Jim Thome (30, 2006).
• The eight home runs Abreu has hit in the first-inning leave him in a tie with Jose Bautista for long balls in that particular frame.
Simply put, the man on pace to equal Albert Belle's single-season franchise home run record of 49 and Mark McGwire's single-season rookie mark of the same total has changed the White Sox offense.
"Jose brings a lot as far as just an offense that's different then we were last year," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura of his All-Star first baseman. "You still feel like you are able to score at any point in the game. Last year, if we fell behind, there wasn't necessarily the means to catch back up and score some runs."
Since coming back from the disabled list, Abreu has hit .313 with 14 homers and 31 RBIs. That .313 stretch raised his average to .287 entering Sunday, while giving thought to Abreu possibly pushing toward .300 in his first year. But White Sox hitting coach Todd Steverson doesn't want to put such a tough label on the rookie.
"There's a lot that goes on with being a .300 hitter," Steverson said. "I really can't answer that to the degree of a number or a ceiling for him. If he does, good for him. It means he's taking quality at-bats and helping the team. To strap something like that on him, it's a little premature.
"He isn't an 18-year-old player. He's played in competition and he's got a routine and he's got some games underneath him and he has an idea of who he is at this age, and that's good for him. He has good self awareness of who he is."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Ex-cons help Sheriff's Deputy injured in hit-and-run
EUGENE, Ore. - Lane County Sheriff's Deputy Drew Wattier and his wife Michelle are on a long road to recovery after a hit and run crash in early December.
Juston Swan, owner of a Eugene food cart, said that met Wattier several times -- as an inmate at the Lane County Jail.
Swan said that he now hopes to help the sheriff in his recovery process.
"That's our cinnamon roll dough--it's gotta chill overnight before we can use it," said Juston Swan as he preps the Streets Food Cart for what he hopes will be a busy day of selling his specialty - cinnamon rolls.
The food is for Deputy Drew Wattier and his wife Michelle, both still recovering from critical hit and run injuries.
Swan and members of his cart crew met Drew years ago as Lane County Jail inmates.
"He was kind of like, you kind of looked forward to seeing him, in a weird way," chuckles Swan. "He handled his business in there, and everybody knew that."
Even as Deputy Wattier "handled his business," he did so with consideration for all, Swan said.
"He handled himself great in there. He respected everybody--gave them the respect, you know," explained Swan.
Juston said he got a second chance in life with the food business, so now he would like to help one of the people who influenced him.
Each sale made at the "Streets Food Cart" on Saturday (Jan. 12) will go to the Wattier's medical fund.
"We're really hoping to ... pass some blessings along to these guys, to Drew and his wife," said Swan.
The Streets Food Cart is on W 6th Ave. at Lincoln St., near the Pacific Pride gas station. The cart is open Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.


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Span out of lineup to rest sore right ankle
PITTSBURGH -- Nationals outfielder Denard Span was given the day off against the Pirates on Saturday after hurting his right ankle Friday night.
Span hurt himself in the first inning, when he fouled a ball off the ankle. However, he stayed in the game until the eighth inning and even made two great defensive plays in center field.
"It's a little tender, a little sore today," Span said. "I got out here early this morning to get some treatment. There was a lot of swelling. I woke up this morning, it definitely didn't feel that great. I'm going to have the doctor look at it. I should be available later on in the game. But I think it's day to day."
Span was able to take some practice swings while watching the game Saturday and said it's 50/50 whether he will play Sunday.
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time. He also can be found on Twitter @WashingNats. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Phelps, quick start carry Yankees to win over A's
Righty tosses 6 2/3 shutout innings; three early runs against Gray key
OAKLAND -- The Yankees have acknowledged that, chances are, their current pitching rotation is the one that they will be leaning on for most of the summer. David Phelps doesn't seem to believe that should be considered a problem.
Phelps turned in his most dominant outing of the season on Friday night, holding the big-swinging Athletics to just two hits over 6 2/3 scoreless innings as the Yankees won their fourth straight, a 7-0 victory at O.co Coliseum.
"It's definitely one of the best starts of my career," Phelps said. "To come in here against a team that's first in its division with one of the best records in baseball -- my biggest thing is going out and trying to give us a chance to win every time out."
The Yankees had lost their previous seven games at the Coliseum, but they got to Oakland right-hander Sonny Gray for three runs in the first two innings before Gray settled in to give his club a quality outing.
"We have very good hitters one through nine, and it's fun when guys are swinging the bats well, putting good at-bats together," Jacoby Ellsbury said. "I think that was the key tonight, just getting some big hits with runners in scoring position."
Phelps was one of the pitchers pushed into regular starting duty after injuries deleted CC Sabathia (out until at least July), Ivan Nova (out for the season) and Michael Pineda (out until August) from the starting five. He said that the Yankees haven't wasted time thinking about who they are replacing.
"Our job right now is to go out and win ballgames. We don't view ourselves as fill-ins," Phelps said. "That's what it essentially was, but at the same time, we've made enough starts right now that it's what we're going to be throwing out there every fifth day."
Phelps had not looked particularly sharp of late, losing four straight starts and posting a 6.57 ERA over that span. The A's, despite owning the second-best record in the Majors, couldn't figure him out.
Oakland did not notch a hit until Derek Norris blooped a jam-shot single to left field with one out in the fifth inning. Phelps surrendered only one well-struck hit, Jed Lowrie's double on the righty's last pitch of the game, as he walked three and struck out four.
"He didn't really get himself into any trouble," the A's Brandon Moss said. "For as well as he pitched, he threw a lot of balls, usually we take advantage of that. Anytime when we would get the pitch count up, we always seemed to have two strikes. We'd get a guy on and just couldn't get anything going."
New York opened the first inning with three straight hits off Gray, with Ellsbury knocking a run-scoring single that extended his hitting streak to 17 games -- the longest active streak in the Majors. Mark Teixeira added a sacrifice fly.
In the second inning, Brian Roberts legged out an infield hit and scored on Brett Gardner's single to center field. Gray clamped the damage there and cruised until Ichiro Suzuki singled in the sixth, with Oakland's ace finishing with a walk and seven strikeouts over six innings.
"He started making some quality pitches," Ellsbury said. "I know his slider is very good. He made some quality pitches on our guys with two strikes to strike guys out. He got locked in there for a while."
Dellin Betances recorded the last out of the seventh and pitched the eighth. Jose Ramirez finished up the ninth as the Yankees protected the lead with hitless relief.
The Yankees added four two-out runs in the seventh off A's lefty Jeff Francis, turning the game into a rout as Ichiro, Roberts and Kelly Johnson knocked in run, giving New York six different players with RBIs.
"That's the recipe for scoring enough runs, and that's what you need to do at times," manager Joe Girardi said. "Through all this, I think guys have kept at it. They've had their struggles, but guys have kept at it, and maybe we're getting them all hot."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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AG: Record number of concealed carry licenses issued in 2012Posted: Updated:
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine issued a report indicating more than 78,000 concealed carry licenses were issued in Ohio in 2012, the largest number since licenses were first issued in 2004.
According to statistics reported to the Attorney General's office, county sheriffs in Ohio issued 64,650 new licenses and 12,160 renewal licenses in 2012, totaling 78,810. The number of new licenses is also the largest in a single year since licenses were first issued in 2004.
"As a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, I am pleased to see more Ohioans than ever before are exercising their rights under Ohio's concealed carry law," DeWine said. "I look forward to continuing to work with Ohio's county sheriffs to provide information to Ohioans on this law's usage."
The Attorney General's Office compiles an annual report, as required by law, about the number of licenses issued each year. Each sheriff must report concealed handgun license statistics quarterly to the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission within the Ohio Attorney General's Office.
Learn more about Ohio's concealed carry laws.
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Wednesday, August 22
By John Oehser - Colts.com
Fans Encouraged to be in Seats before 8 p.m. for Opener
INDIANAPOLIS - When is a football game more than a football game? A few answers . . .
1) When it involves one of the biggest names in music.
2) When it's not just a game, but a civic event, too.
3) When it involves last season's Super Bowl champions.
All of the above are true for the Colts' 2007 regular-season opener against the New Orleans Saints on Thursday, September 6, at the RCA Dome. Thats why ticket-holders are being encouraged to arrive not at 8:30 p.m., but shortly before 8 p.m.
Because thats when the show starts.
At 8 p.m., fans will see a live performance inside the RCA Dome by Indiana native John Mellencamp. There also will be a banner ceremony to celebrate the Colts Super Bowl XLI victory over the Chicago Bears this past February.
Interscope Records recording artist Keyshia Cole will sing the National Anthem with the Voices of Unity choir at Kickoff.
The game will be televised nationally on NBC.
RCA Dome gates open at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
A full day of festivities has been planned to help Colts fans celebrate the home opener.
It kicks off at the City Market from 11:30-1:00. Colts fans can tour the remodeled Colts in Motion traveling museum, meet Colts cheerleaders and team mascot Blue, enter to win tickets to the sold-out game against New Orleans and listen to The Joes entertain the lunch-hour crowd.
Later that day Colts fans are invited to a free concert at Monument Circle at 5 p.m. Five-time Grammy Award winner Faith Hill will headline the concert that will also feature the first American Idol, Kelly Clarkson; and rock band Hinder.
Portions of the Monument Circle concert will be broadcast in the RCA Dome.
Also on Thursday, the Colts and the Indiana Department of Child Services will be collecting new and gently used children's books for the Books for Youth program.
Fans can drop off their donation outside any of the RCA Dome gates from 6:30-8:30. Monetary donations will also be accepted.


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Fitzpatrick calls for delaying health care mandate
U.S. Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick is calling on President Obama to delay the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate.
That would reset the deadline for having insurance or facing a penalty.
Various aspects of the Affordable Care Act must be reformed or repealed, said Fitzpatrick, R-Bucks.
"Is this program ready to roll? If the answer is no, you have to delay it. That one-year delay will give the administration time to fix the serious problems, the serious flaws, in both the technology and the policy.
"Frankly, it will give others the opportunity to take a solid second look at the whole program and find out if we're heading in the right direction," he said.
In a letter to the president, Fitzpatrick cited some Democrats who support delaying the individual mandate.
Because the administration is releasing so little hard information on who has been able to get coverage through the health exchanges, Fitzpatrick said., Congress can't know how soon the program will be fully functional.
This week, Obama clarified that March 31 will be the deadline to register for a plan without penalty. Those who want coverage starting Jan. 1 will need to sign up by Dec. 15.
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Chicago Bears WR Brandon Marshall told reporters Wednesday that NFL players are using Viagra during games.
The league has focused lately on the use of Adderall among players as a PED. Tampa Bay's Eric Wright and Seattle CBs Brandon Browner and Richard Sherman each got 4 game suspensions for using Adderall. When asked about this Wednesday, the Bears' Marshall said
I dont know too much about Adderall, Marshall said. I know guys, it is such a competitive league, guys try anything just to get that edge. Im fortunate enough to be blessed with size and some smarts to give me my edge. But some guys, theyll do whatever they can to get an edge. Ive heard of some crazy stories. Ive heard (of) guys using like Viagra, seriously. Because the blood is supposedly thin, some crazy stuff. So, you know, its kind of scary with some of these chemicals that are in some of these things so you have to be careful.


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All options remain on the table, goes the mantra. This is code for saying that the West retains the choice of using military force to stop Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon.
We'll hear it this week as negotiations between Iran and the ''P5 +1'' (the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, and Germany) resume in Kazakhstan.
On occasions, I've used the phrase myself. But the more I've thought about it, the more I've become convinced that it is a hindrance to negotiations, rather than a help.
If Iran were to attack Israel, or, say, one of its Arab neighbours, international law is clear: the victim has the right to retaliate. But such an attack is highly improbable. Under Article 42 of the UN Charter, the Security Council can authorise military action where there's a ''threat to international peace and security''.
Such resolutions were the legal basis for the actions against Iraq in 1991 and 2003, and Libya in 2011. But there are no such Article 42 resolutions against Iran; and there won't be - China and Russia would veto them.
There are Security Council resolutions against Iran under Article 41, but this article explicitly excludes measures involving the use of force. These resolutions have progressively tightened international sanctions against Iran, because of its lack of full co-operation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). With even tougher measures imposed by the US and the EU, sanctions have severely restricted Iran's international trade, and led to the collapse of its currency, and high inflation.
The negotiations this week are the latest round of a 10-year effort by the international community to satisfy itself that Iran is not embarked on a nuclear weapons program. The initiative was begun in 2003 by myself and the then foreign ministers of France and Germany, Dominique de Villepin and Joschka Fischer, when it became clear that Iran had failed to disclose much of its activities to the IAEA, in breach of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to which it adheres.
I visited Tehran five times as British foreign secretary. The Iranians are tough negotiators, more difficult to deal with because of the opacity of their governmental system. (When I complained to Kamal Kharrazi, the Iranian foreign minister, about this, he replied: ''Don't complain to me about negotiating with the Iranian government, Jack. Imagine what it's like negotiating within the Iranian government.'')
They have not helped themselves by their obduracy.
Resolving the present impasse will require statesmanship of a high order from both sides. From the West, there has to be a better understanding of the Iranian psyche. Transcending their political divisions, Iranians have a strong and shared sense of national identity, and a yearning to be treated with respect, after decades in which they feel (with justification) that they have been systematically humiliated, not least by Britain.
''Kar inglise'' - that ''the hand of England'' is behind whatever befalls the Iranians - is a popular Persian saying. Few in Britain have the remotest idea of British interference in Iran's internal affairs from the 19th century on, but the Iranians can recite every detail. From an oppressive British tobacco monopoly in 1890, through extortionate terms for the extraction of oil by the D'Arcy petroleum company (later BP), to putting Reza Shah on the throne in the 1920s; from jointly occupying the country, with the Soviet Union, from 1941-46, organising (with the CIA) the coup to remove the elected prime minister Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953, then propping up the increasingly brutal regime of the Shah until its collapse in 1979, Britain's role has not been a pretty one.
In the immediate aftermath of September 11, Iranian president Mohammad Khatami reached out to the US, promising co-operation against al-Qaeda and the Taliban - and, in the initial months, delivering that. His ''reward'' was for Iran to be lumped in with Iraq and North Korea as part of the ''axis of evil'' by President Bush in January 2002. It was a serious error that severely weakened the moderates around Khatami and laid the ground for the hardliners who succeeded him.
What Iran seeks is twofold. First, it wants its ''full rights'' under the NPT for civil nuclear power. It can fairly point out that three nuclear weapons states - Israel, India and Pakistan - have always refused to join the NPT, while North Korea, now boasting about its atomic capability, withdrew from the treaty in 2003. Second, it seeks an end to its international isolation and a recognition (especially by the US) of its regional status.
Normalisation of relations with Iran is also an important prize for the international community. It has a considerable capacity to make conditions in its unstable neighbours - Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, the Occupied Territories, the Gulf States, and Afghanistan - more, or less, difficult.
I have never been complacent about a nuclear-armed Iran, which is why I devoted so much time to negotiations with the country. My own best judgment is that Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, who controls the nuclear dossier, probably wants to create the intellectual capacity for a nuclear weapons system, but will stop short of making that system a reality. If I am wrong, further isolation of Iran would follow; but would it trigger nuclear proliferation across the Middle East? Not in my view. Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia ''have little to gain and much to lose by embarking down such a route'' is the accurate conclusion of researchers from the War Studies Department of King's College in London.
In any event, a nuclear-armed Iran would certainly not be worth a war.
There has been no more belligerent cheerleader for the war party against Iran than Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister. Netanyahu was widely expected to strengthen his position in the January elections for the Israeli parliament, but lost close to a third of his seats. The electorate seemed to take more heed of real experts such as Meir Dagan, a former head of Mossad, Israel's external intelligence agency, and Yuval Diskin, a former chief of Shin Bet, its internal security agency.
In 2011, Dagan described an Israeli attack on Iran as a ''stupid idea''. More significantly, both Dagan and Diskin have questioned the utility of any strike on Iran. Diskin says there's no truth in Netanyahu's assertion that ''if Israel does act, the Iranians won't get the bomb''.
And Dagan is correct in challenging the view that if there were an Israeli attack, the Iranian regime might fall. ''In case of an attack [on Iran], political pressure on the regime will disappear. If Israel will attack, there is no doubt in my mind that this will also provide them with the opportunity to go ahead and move quickly to nuclear weapons.''
As with the reality of a nuclear-armed North Korea, the international community would have to embark on containment of the threat if, militarily, Iran did go nuclear. But these hard-boiled former heads of the Israeli intelligence agencies are right. War is not an option.
Jack Straw was Britain's foreign secretary, 2001-06.


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Arrests, another tree sit, pile driving and wick drains
Trucks carrying 120 foot long steel pipes about 24 inches in diameter arrived in the Little Lake Valley on Monday. These trucks carried the first six of nearly 1,500 similar pipes expected to be used for piles to support the bridges and viaduct in the Highway 101 bypass around Willits.
The trucks parked in the Willits Skate Park parking lot for hours waiting for CalTrans to offload them. Hearst-Willits Road had to be closed for some time to allow CalTrans to maneuver these pipes from city and county property onto CalTrans property. The pipes/piles are about as long as the distance between home plate and second base in a major league baseball field.
Several protesters held a large banner on the side of the highway during the transfer operations. One protester, Sara Grusky, one of the founders of Save Little Lake Valley was arrested for failing to leave the county roadway when ordered by California Highway Patrol and CalTrans.
CHP costs to guard the CalTrans workers and equipment as of April 26 had reached $320,000 according to CalTrans spokesman Phil Frisbie. This calculates to about $9,000 per day since the CHP arrived in force March 21.
The cost does not include the April 2 massive CHP enforcement action to remove five tree sitters. CalTrans doesn't have the bill for this operation, yet, according to Frisbie. With significant police presence still obvious on the work site, the CHP costs have likely grown to more than $500,000 since the protests began.
The large crane needed to drive the six test piles failed to arrive as scheduled this past weekend due to transportation issues, according to Frisbie. The crane was slated to cross a state highway bridge in another county to get to Willits but now cannot use it due to a recent reduction in the bridge's maximum load limit, says Frisbie.
Several of the crane sections are now being stored on CalTrans property near Hearst-Willits Road. CalTrans had expected to assemble the crane and begin pounding in the first pile by as early as today.
The large pieces of equipment used to install wick drains, called stitchers, are facing similar transportation problems.
These transportation issues have already delayed the start of pile driving and wick drain installation.
Earlier on Monday, Bob Chevalier, 68, a retired salmon fisherman and current Willits resident, was arrested on the south end of the bypass construction. He chained himself to a railing on a piece of earthmoving equipment. Although Chevalier used a special "lock box" designed to make it difficult to separate man from machine, the contractor just unbolted the rail from the equipment and Chevalier was promptly arrested for trespassing.
Ellen Faulkner, 75, of Redwood Valley, was arrested again Monday for trespassing. This is Faulkner's fourth bypass-related arrest.
The current tree sitter protesting the Willits bypass project is Travis "Eagle/Condor" Jochimsen, 30, of Lancaster. Jochimsen was one of the original five Willits bypass tree sitters arrested April 2. His new oak tree perch is visible from Highway 101 near Upp Creek along the northern sector of the bypass route. Jochimsen has prior experience as a tree sitter, pleading no contest in August 2011 to a single count of trespassing. Jochimsen and three others climbed into a grove of oak trees in January 2011 in Los Angeles County to stop the trees from being removed to make way for a debris dump.
In 2002, Jochimsen climbed the 400-year-old-oak tree nicknamed "Old Glory" in support of a tree sitter who's protest forced a developer to spend $1 million to move the tree to a park rather than cut it down to widen a road.


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Torrey Pines Golf Course
This California resort faces the ocean next to Torrey Pines Golf Course's 18th green, just 5 miles (8 km) from the chic boutiques of La Jolla and 12 miles (19.3 km) from SeaWorld San Diego.
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Décor in the 170 guestrooms features leaded-glass table lamps, Egyptian-cotton linens, marble baths, leather armchairs; amenities include mp3 docking stations and high-speed Internet access.
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This California resort is next to Torrey Pines Golf Course's 18th green, in La Jolla, and 12 miles (19.3 km) from SeaWorld San Diego.
The Lodge At Torrey Pines in La Jolla provides a signature restaurant, upscale bar, and casual grill and bar.
The property also features spacious outdoor terraces. Other amenities include a gift shop, golf services department, and business center with complimentary high-speed Internet access as well as 6 meeting rooms. Childcare is available for a surcharge.
The Spa at Torrey Pines, measuring approximately 9,500 square feet, offers a retreat-like ambience with its 14 treatment rooms. An extensive menu of massages, facials, rituals, wraps, hydrotherapies, and hand and foot treatments is available. Spa facilities include saunas and herbal-infused steam baths. The spa also offers aromatherapy inhalation, shower stalls, a cardio/strength-training room, and fitness classes including yoga on the terrace overlooking the golf course and ocean. A swimming pool and spa tub are open year-round, and daily private and group hikes are available through the state reserve.
Guests also receive access to the tennis courts (surcharge) at the adjacent Hilton hotel.
- Spa services on site
- Fitness facilities
- Outdoor pool
- Conference space
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Garden
- 24-hour front desk
- Business center
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Gift shops or newsstand
- ATM/banking
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Number of floors - 5
- Number of bars/lounges - 2
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Elevator/lift
- Fireplace in lobby
- Hair salon
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Total number of rooms - 170
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Terrace
- Poolside bar
- Luggage storage
- Conference space size (meters) - 102
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Outdoor tennis courts - 2
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Sauna
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Wedding services
- Full-service spa
- Pool umbrellas
- Billiards or pool table
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Library
- Meeting rooms 6
- Multilingual staff
- Conference space size (feet) - 1100
- Year Built 2002
- Number of meeting rooms - 6
- Golf course on site
- Tennis on site
- Shopping on site
- Smoke-free property
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Air conditioning
- Desk
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Room service (24 hours)
- Turndown service
- Daily housekeeping
- Bathrobes
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Free toiletries
- Cable TV service
- MP3 docking station
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
Where to Eat
A.R. Valentien - Popular with local residents, the hotel's signature restaurant is open for all meals and takes its name from the early-1900s California artist whose paintings are displayed in the elegant room overlooking the 18th hole of Torrey Pines Golf Course. The menu includes contemporary California cuisine. A vast selection of California-only wines is offered. Reservations are required for lunch and dinner, and appropriate dress is suggested.
The Grill & Bar - This casual restaurant is located adjacent to the Torrey Pines Golf Course putting green, serves American and California fare for all meals, and has an adjacent cocktail lounge with multiple TVs.
Room Service - Available 24 hours.
Nearby Things to Do
Provided on site are a fitness room, outdoor pool and spa tub, and spacious outdoor terraces. The deluxe spa provides facial and body treatments in private rooms, and houses a sauna and steam room. Guests may use the tennis courts (surcharge) at the adjacent Hilton.
San Diego beaches and Mission Bay provide a wealth of water sports. Other activities include running and cycling, mountain biking, horse riding, hang-gliding, and hot-air balooning.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Windsurfing nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Golf driving range on site
- Golf lessons on site
- Golfing on site
- Hiking/biking trails on site
Spa Services
- Deep tissue massage
- Swedish massage
- Prenatal massage
- Steam room in spa
- Reflexology
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Ayurvedic treatments
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Minimum age to access spa is 18
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
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
Check-in time starts at 4:00 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 17 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets not allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
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I want to believe that I'm not wrong. I want to believe that life isn't full of darkness. Even if storms come to pass, the sun will shine again. No matter how painful and hard the rain may beat down on me.
Dreams are like angelsThey keep bad at bay-bad at bay. Love is the light, scaring darkness away. I'm so in love with you. Purge the soul, make love your goal. The power of love, a force from above, cleaning my soul. © SIGNATURE BY ANAËLLE.
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BOSTON (AP) - Durand Scott hit four free throws in the closing 30 seconds and drew an offensive foul to help Miami extend its best conference start ever by beating pesky Boston College 60-59 on Wednesday night.
Scott finished with 15 points, Kenny Kadji had 14 and Trey McKinney Jones 11 for the Hurricanes (13-3, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). It's Miami's best conference start since it went 5-0 to open its Big East season 5-0 in 1997-98.
Olivier Hanlan, who led Boston College (9-8, 1-3) with 17 points, was fouled shooting a 3-pointer with a half-second left. The first two free throws rolled in but Hanlan front-rimmed the last one. The ball was tipped in the lane and the horn sounded.
Lonnie Jackson added 16 points for the Eagles and Ryan Anderson had 11.
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Disney was selling a Micky Mouse T-Shirt based on Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures album. Could it be some hip/depressed designer working there snuck this into the supply chain? It's been pulled and therefore I must say these are instant collectibles. They may even fetch some big money on eBay.
"And in even odder news, the Disney Store… was, until today, selling a new t-shirt design based on the iconic Joy Division "Unknown Pleasures" album cover, with Mickey Mouse's face inserted in those wavy lines. From Manchester to Mousechester!" – Boing Boing
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Beckham takes light swings, close to rehab stint
MINNEAPOLIS -- One month since he was placed on the disabled list, White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham appears to be reaching the final stages of rehab for his injured left hand.
Beckham, who said Friday he was aiming to make his return in a "couple of weeks," has not been cleared for batting practice yet, but has continued to take light swings in the batting cage.
While the discomfort in his hand hasn't completely faded, Beckham has been notably upbeat with how he has progressed in the last few days.
"There's a lot to be excited about the way I'm swinging," Beckham said Monday, before the series opener against the Twins. "The second day I woke up after I hit, it was definitely sore.
"I woke up today and there was a lot less soreness from yesterday. I felt pretty good swinging the bat. When it's the right pitch, the right swing it's doing the right thing, but there are some pitches that tie me up that I don't feel comfortable with yet."
Beckham underwent surgery on April 16 to remove the fractured hamate bone in his hand -- an injury he suffered against the Nationals in the second week of the season. Originally projected to miss six to eight weeks, Beckham's return may fall on the early side of that timetable.
The 26-year-old infielder anticipates being able to participate in batting practice later in the week, either Wednesday or Thursday. If that goes well, he could be headed off on a rehab assignment soon.
"It's kind of like going back to Spring Training again," said Beckham, who opened the year with a .316 batting average in seven games before getting injured. "You've got to see some pitches … I have to feel that with time, I'm going to start feeling comfortable back in the box again."
Nate Sandell is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Weekly Style Round-Up: Nigel Cabourn x Eddie Bauer, 10.Deep, Nowhere Fast + More
The first few weeks of December always seem to be the coldest. Not because of the weather but also people's frosty dispositions during the holiday shopping season. In the process of fighting over bargains at big box stores or turning from parent to toy store cutthroat to ensure a kid's Christmas smile sometimes we lose sight of what really matters: family, friends and of course beauty.


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Unfortunately a lot of my time has become required for self-improvement on my path. I won't be able to comb through threads/posts here or on Dharma Wheel (I was on both) any longer. If anyone e-mails me I'll do my best to help. I'm not an expert, but I am honest and not biased toward any particular school of Buddhist thought.
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The ditching of Suffolk's New Strategic Direction last week by the new county council leader, Mark Bee, raises the question of whether BT has gained too much influence in local government.
One BT director, Max Wide, has played a central role in developing the Suffolk plan and another controversial and derided scheme to change the face of a local authority, Barnet's easyCouncil scheme.
In both cases Wide, Director of Strategic Development at BT Government, was seconded to the councils as Director of Organisational Change.
In the words of Suffolk's chief executive Andrea Hill when he was appointed last year, his job was to "develop a hard-nosed programme to implement the New Strategic Direction". According to some sources he played a important part in developing the policy.
Two years earlier he had joined Barnet where the then Chief Executive, Leo Boland, welcomed Wide, saying he would help the council respond to changes. The change policy there gained the easyCouncil name because it was said to be similar to the easyJet business model.
Wide's role at both Suffolk and Barnet is said to have been "pivotal". He has also helped up to 60 authorities "deliver change programmes".
Earlier this year Wide was a member of the panel which chose the Local Government Chronicle's (LGC) 50 most influential people in local government, including himself at number 28.
The citation said: "Max Wide is best known for his pivotal involvement in two of the country's most high profile council transformation programmes: so-called easyBarnet and Suffolk's divestment strategy."
Andrea Hill was at number five and Nick Walkley, now Barnet's chief executive, at 18.
Wide's selection was welcomed by Chris Ainslie, vice president BT Local, Regional and Devolved Government, who wrote on the LGC blog that "Max has spent 20 years at London Boroughs and has worked with 60 authorities to deliver change programmes."
The similarity of the Barnet and Suffolk schemes was alluded to by Mark Bee last week when he told the East Anglian Daily Times: "The days of the council being a 'light' council, being an 'easy' council approach which I think underpins the New Strategic Direction, are over."
BT embarked on a systematic marketing programme in 2002 to win the hearts and minds of the top people not only in local government, but in central government, the police, the NHS, the military and other public sector bodies.
Vital Vision takes such people to events at top American universities. A BT public sector brochure describes the programme as bringing together "a unique mix of senior Government decision-makers, BT research partners and leading academic institutions, including Harvard, Berkeley, Stanford and MIT. The objective is to explore current business thinking and look at how it can best be applied to Government. This process is enhanced by the quality of the participants and the genuinely stimulating, interactive environment they create together."
A rather different story emerges from a document put together to support the Vital Vision team's application for a BT internal marketing award (it got a commendation).
This document has the title: "Vital Vision. Creative thinking in the marketing approach and customer proposition."
It says: "The programme supports BT Government's long-term activities in building 'relationships that count' within the inner circle of senior civil servants – a circle many competitors find difficult to penetrate. The programme provides a platform for BTG's sales activities with the largest contract opportunities across the UK."
One of those large contracts was the Suffolk Consumer Services Direct 10-year deal worth £300m (since risen to more than £400m) which was awarded to BT by the County Council in 2004.
The following year Mike More, then the Suffolk Chief Executive (now with Westminster council and joint 19th in the LGC list), took part in the Vital Vision programme when he was targeted for a "mobile office" contract worth £50,000 to BT.
The 44 people taking part that year represented "organisations with a total opportunity value of £1.7bn".
Andrew Foster, Director of Human Resources at the Department of Health, was being offered a £3m contract by a part of BT that helps organisations "change the way they work through the effective exploitation of technology".
Norfolk council's chief executive was being targeted for a £50,000 "mobile workforce" product while the county's chief constable, Andy Hayman, who moved to the Met police that year, was being pursued for an outsourcing contract.
Business opportunities for BT, taken from a customer relations management database, are listed against each of the the participants.
When the kind of people "who will shape the views of others" are invited on to the Vital Vision programme, they are inducted by a personal in-depth interview where BT "determine the key issues with which they are grappling….
"We also explore the individual's personality profile, learning profile and emotional intelligence to help us to determine the best method of delivery."
The programme provides "a platform for BTG's sales activities with the largest contract opportunities across the UK".
The Vital Visionaries are invited to two week-long visits to top US universities where they attend sessions on such topics as "Leadership in the public sector", "Competing on the edge: strategy and cultural chaos", and "Engaging the citizen".
The first visit is to Boston for MIT and Harvard and starts with a cruise and dinner. The second is to San Francisco where the events are at Stanford and Berkley. Again the programme looks tough but there is light relief with a trip on the Napa Valley Wine Train.
After a year on the programme, BT organises reunions to maintain contact.
The BT marketing document says: "Given the Public Sector rules on acceptance of hospitality and the reputation and benefits of the programme, clients pay their own flights and accommodation costs." Suffolk's chief constable, Simon Ash, claimed £2,750 expenses for attending the sessions in 2008.
But Andrea Hill was able to say in the staff newsletter in April this year: "So what about the two trips to America with BT, have they compromised my judgement? In 2008 I did go to both Boston and San Francisco, as part of a training programme sponsored by BT. So did 30 other public sector Chief Executives. So too did my predecessor a few years before me ,and so too have 4 other council Chief Executives or Chief Constables from Suffolk. Not a penny of my trip was funded by taxpayers – not the course, or flights, or hotels, or mileage, or meals, or even a cup of coffee." (Source 4)
She does not actually say who paid her travel expenses but the implication is that BT made an exception from its rule in her case.
Vital Vision has also, according to the marketing document, "spawned 'Envision', aimed at one specific client to help them to implement their far reaching change management initiatives".
That was written in 2005. But the placing of BT executives in change management jobs has continued with the secondment of Max Wide to Barnet and Suffolk councils.


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UNLV forward Mike Moser is breathing easier even if he's still in pain. The MRI on Moser's injured hip came back negative, meaning the Rebels' star is day-to-day as he works through the pain.
"The good part is he'll be back sooner than later," UNLV coach Dave Rice told the Las Vegas Sun. "He'll do a little bit more every day. I'll know a lot more tomorrow than I did today."
Moser, a 6-8 junior from Portland, Ore., is officially diagnosed with a left hip flexor sprain.
He missed UNLV's lackluster 68-60 win over his hometown school, Portland, on Tuesday and is doubtful for Sunday's game at Cal.
A preseason All-Mountain West player, Moser is averaging 12.3 points and 9.2 rebounds per game. The Rebels are 6-1 and ranked No. 21 in the country heading into Sunday's game.


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i just wanted to know your thoughts on a terminial cancer a blood clot in the lungs and also ammiona all in one person
It is difficult to give an opinion with the little information provided.
Someone with cancer is at a higher risk for blood clot formation. Usually the clot forms in the legs. These clots can travel also travel to the lungs. When it goes to the lungs it may compromise oxygen exchange and the patient may experience shortness of breath. If the clot is big, it can be fatal. These patients need to be on anticoagulation (blood is made thinner with a medicine, so it does not clot). However, as the blood becomes thinner these patients are at a higher risk for bleeding. Another treatment is to place a filter in the big veins so that the clots from the legs don't get to lungs. Before starting treatment, we need to evaluate all these factors.
You also mentioned that the patient has high ammonia which may be seen in patients with liver cirrhosis or liver failure. Not clear whether he has liver cancer. Does the patient also have any bleeding?
If it is terminal cancer, I am assuming you were told that there are no other treatment options available. Treatment of the blood clot will depend on the current condition of the patient. Your physician may also ask to make the patient comfortable and not to pursue any aggressive therapy.
Not sure if I was able to answer the question. Please let us know if you have a specific question with more information.
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Along the Waterfront
A big part of Blog Cabin's appeal is that phenomenal view of Core Sound. How is the remodeling team making the most of the home's waterfront location? First, by making sure the newly renovated home offers views from every possible vantage point and then by providing a front-row seat to all the action. Rebuilding the dock took some creative thinking but now offers a spot to bask in the sun, nature watch (yes, dolphins play in these waters) and fish for flounder, red drum, croaker, mullet and skates.
To learn more, please visit the Remodeling of Blog Cabin 2013 package on HGTVRemodels.com where we've just launched features on waterfront views and dock reconstruction. I truly appreciate project manager Dylan Eastman's sensitive, environmentally friendly approach to home remodeling and land development.


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Hi all,
It seems to me that several ears ago I've seen a book on the internet in which Asian lay disciples of Pa Auk Sayadaw tell their stories of past-life recollection. I mean, they discovered their past lives through practice, and they share their discoveries in that book.
I tried to find this book now, but to no avail.
I wonder if anyone knows about this book? Or maybe I have just misinterpreted contents of another book - it's strange that I cannot find it now...


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SOUTHAMPTON legend Matt Le Tissier has helped law firm, Eric Robinson Solicitors open a new office in Winchester.
Eric Robinson is sharing the base on Milland Road, Bar End, with Asset Management Financial Advisers.
Catherine Maxfield, managing partner of Eric Robinson Solicitors, said: "We are delighted to be embarking on this new venture in such a beautiful and historic location. The opening of our sixth office in Hampshire is part of an exciting year for us as we celebrate our Golden Anniversary.
"Fifty years may seem like a mere moment in time when arriving in a town such as Winchester, but it is something we are very proud of."
Peter Davis, operations director of Asset Management Financial Advisers, which also has offices in Southampton and Bishop's Waltham, said: "We were quite overwhelmed by the turnout of both clients and members of the local business community who came to congratulate us.
"We started talking with Eric Robinson Solicitors about a shared office in the middle of last year, and the fact things have moved forward so efficiently and gone so well is proof that we have made the right decision for both parties."


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If you fret over baseball's issues now, be glad it's not 1943. Players were given a handbook reassuring them that the sport would not interfere with their ability to bear children.
Then they saw their new uniforms and were none too pleased.
"The choices were either play in skirts," Lavonne Paire-Davis said, "or go home."
They learned to slide in skirts and had the scabs to prove it. Nobody was tougher than Paire-Davis, better known as "Pepper."
In a weird bit of timing, she died Saturday. Stan Musial passed away two weekends earlier. If he was revered as "The Man" of baseball, the 88-year-old Pepper should be remembered as "The Woman."
She inspired the most important character in "A League of Their Own." Geena Davis played Dottie Hinson, the catcher who held the Rockford Peaches together.
— Notable sports deaths of 2013
Pepper was a consultant for the movie about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Cubs owner Philip K. Wrigley started the league because he feared World War II might stop men's baseball.
The movie was a smash, with the most immortal line being Tom Hanks' "There's no crying in baseball." Pepper wouldn't want anyone crying for her today, but she deserves a tip of the nearest cap.
"I've spent most of my time these past years talking to girls baseball teams and trying to inspire them to reach the stars, that anything it possible," she once said. "Just look at me."
She was a tomboy, which is what athletic girls were called not that long ago. A Wrigley scout spotted her playing for a softball team in Los Angeles and invited her to try out for the new league.
Pepper said the movie was about 80 percent fact and 20 percent Hollywood. Hanks' character, Jimmy Dugan, was a churlish alcoholic who passed out during games. Her most famous manager, Jimmie Foxx, enjoyed his booze but was unfailingly a gentleman.
"He did sit on the bench and go to sleep while I ran the ballclub," Pepper said.
A woman manager?
This wasn't just before Title IX, it was when the only socially acceptable status was barefoot or pregnant. Women's softball was relatively popular, but Wrigley didn't like its image.
"Short-haired, mannishly dressed toughies," he once said.
Wrigley felt the public would only accept his league if the women looked like they walked out of a Helena Rubenstein Salon. He actually hired Rubenstein's company to give players beauty tips.
In the movie, fan apathy almost kills the league. Then Hinson catches a foul pop and does a split right in front of a photographer for Life magazine. The shot makes the cover, players start hot-dogging it, fans are won over, Madonna plays a mean center field and everybody lives happily ever after.
In real life, the girls played a serious game. They just did it wearing Rubenstein-approved skirts.
"We made believers out of them by playing great, hard-nosed baseball," Pepper said. "Then they fell in love with us and we became part of their towns."
The AAGPBL drew about 200,000 in its first season. That jumped to 900,000 in 1948 but dropped as the fighting men returned. The league folded in 1954 after the Korean War.
Pepper had gone back to Los Angeles, with only a scrapbook and memories. She worked as a waitress, so a few customers may have heard her stories and marveled at how far tomboys had come.
Millions more discovered Pepper when the movie came out in 1992. At 67, a star was born. She started making personal appearances and promoting women's baseball.
"Beat the heck out of slinging hash," she said.
She had three children, proving baseball doesn't interfere with child bearing. Not even baseball that consisted of eight games a week, bus rides, sliding in skirts and running the game when the manager passes out in the dugout.
"The physical grind was pretty tough," Pepper said a few years ago. "I am suffering now and really paying the bodily price."
She lived alone with her cats and needed a wheelchair to get around. About 500 women played in the AAGBL. Like World War II vets, their numbers are quickly dwindling. The women feel they helped the war effort in their unique way.
"Doing the job for your country and getting paid for it on top of that!" Pepper said. "The satisfaction of making your fans happy and giving your all for your teammates."
Sounds so corny Hollywood should make a movie. It's just kind of sad that you could go on eBay Monday and get an autographed baseball card of Pepper for $15.99.
Kim Kardashian had one going for $499.99. An autographed Roger Clemens card could set you back $1,000. An autographed photo of Madonna straddling a chair was listed at $2,799.99.
Nothing against them, but Pepper was truly in a league of her own.


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County Response to Isabel Crosses Agency Lines
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Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Oct. 3, 2003
County Response to Isabel Crosses Agency
Agencies partner with civic associations and Volunteer Fairfax
Even though Hurricane Isabel came through Fairfax County two weeks ago and many of the visible affects of the storm, such as downed tree limbs and loss of power are gone, much of the damage caused by Isabel is still being felt by area residents. Some of that damage is not visible to the casual observer.
That is why several county agencies teamed up last week and went door-to-door through the Belle View and New Alexandria neighborhoods to identify needs within those communities. County staff also worked with adjacent neighborhoods to find ways to meet those needs.
The county's departments of Systems Management for Human Services, Family Services and Housing and Community Development, along with mental health and Community Services Board staff, teamed with the Community Resilience Project to canvass the hardest hit areas in Fairfax County, visiting residents each day beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 23.
"We sent teams into the community to check on how people were doing and see if there was any way the county could be of assistance," said Ken Disselkoen, manager for human services in region one. "It was actually easy to coordinate these teams. Everyone came together because they truly wanted to help in any way they could."
These county teams kept lists of individual needs and coordinated those with Volunteer Fairfax, which provided volunteers both during and after the storm. During the storm, Volunteer Fairfax volunteers helped staff the county's 24/7 emergency information hotline (703-817-7771) beginning on Thursday, Sept. 18. They also staffed the information center at the Mount Vernon RECenter, which the county opened on Saturday, Sept. 20, to provide localized information to residents of the New Alexandria and Belle View neighborhoods. In the days following Isabel, these volunteers have shifted their focus to moving furniture, cleaning out basements, moving trash and assisting residents in many other ways.
"The effort has been amazing," said Jane Kornblut, executive director of Volunteer Fairfax. "The diversity of the kinds of groups that have come together and worked together to make it happen has been amazing to see," added Kornblut. "I know we couldn't have done it alone; nobody could have done it alone."
Volunteers also worked at a neighborhood clean-up day on Saturday, Sept. 27. The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department supplied plastic boots, masks and work gloves to approximately 70 volunteers on hand. Volunteer Fairfax equipped each volunteer with an ID bracelet and hat so residents would know they were legitimate sources of help and the volunteer teams fulfilled the community needs county staff had ascertained during the week. An additional 24 county staff members from Systems Management, Family Services and Mental Health also divided into teams to canvass the Belle View and New Alexandria neighborhoods looking for additional ways to help.
"County staff literally walked the streets to learn of needs," said Kornblut adding, "and the area Homeowners Associations really came together and helped spearhead the need for volunteers."
Geri Storm, team leader with the Community Resilience Project, a service of the Fairfax Falls-Church Community Service Board, said they also still have staff involved in providing services.
"Some people are still numb about their losses while others are just mad about the situation," said Storm. "We try to talk to people and remind them that they have resilience within themselves to get through this situation and many times they just need someone that they can talk to."
The Community Resilience Project, which provides crisis counseling, stress management tips and community presentations, will also hold a support group meeting this Wednesday, Oct. 8, from 7 - 8:30 p.m. at the Messiah Lutheran Church, 6510 Fort Hunt Road, Alexandria. The first meeting of the group was held this past Wednesday and meetings will continue as long as residents feel they need the service.
"I think people have just needed information and someone to talk to," added Storm, "and they are appreciative of the county staff being onsite, listening to their needs and learning more about their situation following the hurricane."
Disselkoen added that Fairfax County is still involved in the aftermath of Isabel, continuing to work with residents in need and find ways to help, especially with elderly residents or those with health issues. "It's wonderful to see how county staff has responded to this situation," Disselkoen said. "They have laid their agency affiliations aside, worked together as a team and have been tireless in going out and helping the community."
Residents wishing to volunteer may contact
Volunteer Fairfax at 703-246-3460, TTY 711, or visit their Web site at www.volunteerfairfax.org.
Volunteer Fairfax also continues to accept donations of clothes and
furniture through their Web site for persons affected by Hurricane


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For those calling for Vogel to lay into his team (there were a lot of those posts in the last few game threads) - he is.
"The normally mild-mannered coach lost his cool in the locker room at halftime of Tuesday's loss to Toronto. Then he came unglued after the first quarter Wednesday with his team down 16 points. Vogel ripped into his team so loudly, he could be heard on press row along the baseline."
Also from the article:
"Vogel is in a tough situation because he has to toe the line when it comes to criticizing his players. Players like West and George Hill can handle being scrutinized, but the Pacers as a whole are a weak-minded team. You can see it in their body language on the court. Their team morale is the lowest it has been since Jim O'Brien was coach."


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