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Rudy Gay is on his way to Toronto in the latest and most dramatic move in Memphis' money-motivated makeover.
The Grizzlies agreed to trade their star swingman to the Raptors on Wednesday. Toronto gave up Jose Calderon and Ed Davis in the deal that also included the Grizzlies' Hamed Haddadi. Memphis then shipped Calderon to Detroit for Austin Daye and Tayshaun Prince.
"We're excited to add three players who bring with them a tremendous amount of value to our team," Memphis general manager Chris Wallace said in a statement.
Gay, averaging 17.2 points and 5.9 rebounds per game, signed a five-year, $82 million contract in July 2010 with Memphis.
Owner Robert Pera, who took over the franchise last November, has quickly started addressing the team's salary situation. Just over a week ago, the Grizzlies sent valuable reserve Marreese Speights and two other players to Cleveland in a move that cleared $6.4 million in salary and avoided a $4 million luxury tax hit this season. All told, the Grizzlies shaved nearly $40 million over the next three years after the two trades.
"Players like this don't come along that often," Raptors G.M. Bryan Colangelo said of Gay.
Clippers 96, Timberwolves 90: Blake Griffin had 26 points and 13 rebounds, as host Los Angeles beat Minnesota. Tempers flared in the first half when the Clippers' Matt Barnes was ejected and the Wolves' Greg Stiemsma floored Grant Hill.
Spurs 102, Bobcats 78: Tony Parker had 22 points and San Antonio never trailed in extending its win streak to nine games. San Antonio has also won 17 straight at home.
Nuggets 118, Rockets 110: Danilo Gallinari scored 27 points, Kenneth Faried had 19 points and nine rebounds, and host Denver won its five straight game. Jeremy Lin scored 22 points to lead the Rockets, who had won three straight.
Knicks 113, Magic 97: Carmelo Anthony scored 20 points to set a team-record with his 30th straight 20-point game, leading host New York over reeling Orlando. Also, Knicks big men Tyson Chandler and Amare Stoudemire combined for 35 points on 17 of 18 shooting.
Heat 105, Nets 85: LeBron James had 24 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, and visiting Miami beat Brooklyn for the 13th straight time. The Heat outscored the Nets 56-36 in the second half.
Bulls 104, Bucks 88: Nate Robinson scored 16 of his 24 points in the second quarter, leading visiting Chicago over Milwaukee. The Bulls went on a 20-4 run midway through the second quarter.
Celtics 99, Kings 81: Paul Pierce had 16 points, and Boston won its second game since losing Rajon Rondo for the season with a knee injury.
Nets: Commissioner David Stern chose Brook Lopez to replace Rondo on the Eastern Conference All-Star team. Rondo was voted to start the Feb. 17 game in Houston. Also, San Antonio's Gregg Popovich earned the right to coach the Western Conference All-Stars again.


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A community Thanksgiving Eve worship service will be held at Central Lutheran Church, 1103 School St., Elk River at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27. The public is invited. The service is planned and led by the Elk River Ministerial Association. The Rev. Sonja Dixon will speak.
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By Tracy Saelinger, TODAY contributor
If you've ever cancelled a restaurant reservation last minute, or worse yet, failed to show up for one at all, beware—a restaurant in Los Angeles recently "outed" no-shows on Twitter, as reported by Eater.
"All the nice guests who wonder why restaurants overbook and they sometimes have to wait for their res should thank people like those below," tweeted Noah Ellis, managing partner at the Vietnamese-fusion restaurant Red Medicine. He then named seven customers who blew off their Saturday night dinner plans.
Ellis told Eater. "Either restaurants are forced to overbook and make the guests (that actually showed up) wait, or they do what we do, turn away guests for some prime-time slots because they're booked, and then have empty tables."
Since the weekend, the restaurant has not seen any impact on its number of reservations due to the tweets, probably because most locals are familiar with the restaurant's edgy attitude.
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Rents in Abu Dhabi have fallen 40 percent since the market's peak
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Abu Dhabi's residential rents may drop by 10 percent in the next 12 months, extending a three-year decline, as rising home completions increases the amount of unoccupied properties, according to the emirate's second-largest real-estate developer.
"The supply is coming very fast because whatever was started three or four years ago is beginning to come into the market," Gurjit Singh, chief operating officer of Sorouh Real Estate PJSC, said in an interview in Abu Dhabi. That "will bring down rents quite rapidly."
Abu Dhabi's construction boom was hurt by the financial crisis at a much earlier stage than that of neighboring Dubai, which by mid-2008 had completed more projects and attracted more buyers. Since then, Abu Dhabi's decline has been slower than Dubai, the worst performing market in the Middle East.
Rents in Abu Dhabi have fallen 40 percent since the market's peak, Jones Lang LaSalle estimates. Those in Dubai have dropped 55 percent, according to Deutsche Bank AG.
"Two years ago, we were still seeing rents going up here because at that time there was a dearth of quality supply, while Dubai's rents were coming down," Singh said.
About 50,000 homes, 27 percent of Abu Dhabi's current supply, will be completed by 2014 and about 16,000 will be ready this year, said Craig Plumb, Jones Lang's head of Middle East research.
Developers may need to reduce rents by more than 10 percent to attract tenants, Plumb said. A surfeit of homes in Dubai caused rents to drop by more than half there and provided an alternative to commuters who live in Dubai and work in Abu Dhabi, he said.
Abu Dhabi opened its property market to foreign buyers in 2005, three years after Dubai. The recession's full affect on the emirate's property market lagged almost two years behind Dubai, where home prices and rents slumped after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers International Inc in September 2008.
Sorouh expects to hand over the keys to 7,000 homes over the next four years, Chief Financial Officer Richard Amos said on April 17. That excludes homes the developer is building for a UAE government housing programme.
Sorouh will probably collect Dh3.2 billion ($870 million) from property buyers and commercial and residential tenants this year and will spend Dh3 billion on project completions, he said. The company has Dh2.35 billion of debt due in 2014, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Apart from completing construction and collecting final payments that typically amounts to 50 percent of the property's value, Sorouh has been working to increase income from rents of offices, homes and shops. It's aiming to triple its rental income over the next three to five years from Dh171 million in the first-quarter, Singh said.
The completion of 1,537 homes in the company's Alrayyana development by the end of this year and the leasing of 150,000 square-feet of retail space in the Sun & Sky towers will help drive growth. UK supermarket chain Waitrose, a unit of John Lewis Partnership Plc, will open a store in the tower later this year, Singh said.
Long-term leases
Abu Dhabi's market will probably need three years to absorb the homes that are now being built, preventing rent and price increases, Singh said. In the meantime, developers should offer tenants long-term leases and try to manage their properties more effectively. That would help them attract investment funds and real estate investment trusts when rents eventually start to rise, he said.
Investment funds and REITs aren't interested in UAE properties at the moment because "we are still at the early stages of getting out of this market," Singh said. "The yields still need to improve and the transparency as well as the institutional investment frameworks."
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Mountain View's Keenan Zucker tries to beat a Menlo-Atherton player to the ball in the first round of the CCS playoffs.
The fifth-seeded Mountain View High boys soccer team ran into a wall in the Central Coast Section Division I quarterfinals: Alvarez goalie Eddie Martinez.
"We had many opportunities, but their goalie had a fantastic game," Spartans coach Jim McGuirk said. "He was clearly the difference in the game as we just couldn't get one past him and we lost 1-0."
Fourth-seeded Alvarez (19-2-0) scored off a corner kick in the final minute of the first half of Saturday's game at Gunn.
Although "pretty much the entire second half was played in (Alvarez's) defensive half of the field," McGuirk said, Mountain View (16-3-3) couldn't capitalize.
While the season ended sooner than the Spartans would have liked, their coach was proud of what they accomplished. Mountain View won the league title for the fifth consecutive year,
"I think we exceeded every goal I had set out for this team considering we only had three returning starters," McGuirk said.
The Spartans opened the playoffs with a 4-1 home win over Menlo-Atherton Feb. 20. They led 2-0 at halftime on headers by Gabe Quintela and Jake Caccamo, with assists from Cameron Lesslie and Josue Aguilar, respectively.
Quintela also scored in the second half, this time with his foot, as did Chris Barnes.
The Bears didn't breach the goal until the game's closing minutes – on a penalty kick.
"Our defense of Travis Pinkner, Keenan Zucker, Logan Allen and Justin Ruweler kept M-A at bay all day," McGuirk said.
Lancers lose on PKs
St. Francis, the third seed in Division I, fell to No. 6 Lincoln on penalty kicks Saturday in the quarterfinals.
Lincoln outshot the host Lancers 4-2 on PKs after the teams ended regulation and overtime tied at 1.
St. Francis finished the season with an 11-4-4 record.


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The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) has joined a broad cross-section of organizations representing agricultural employers in a collective effort to reform federal immigration policies.
NMPF said today it is one of the founding members of the Agriculture Workforce Coalition (AWC). AWC's goal is to seek legislation that ensures America's farms, ranches and other agricultural operations have access to a stable and skilled workforce – an effort in which NMPF has been engaged for much of the past decade.
"After seven years of hard but fruitless work on this issue, dairy farmers have a rare opportunity in 2013 to achieve a comprehensive solution to the immigration policy challenge. We see our participation in this coalition as the best chance to shape federal policies that will ensure farm employers' continued access to both existing and future dairy workers," said Jerry Kozak, President and CEO of NMPF.
The AWC has been formed to move beyond previous immigration reform efforts. In particular, the Coalition, recognizing that existing programs and previous proposals have proved unworkable, is putting forward a framework that includes both an earned adjustment in status for current experienced farm workers, and a program to ensure that producers continue to have access to a workforce as current agricultural employees move on to other jobs.
A key to the framework proposed by AWC will be ensuring that it meets the needs of all of agriculture—both those employers with seasonal labor needs and those who provide year-round employment opportunities, such as dairy farms.
"We have tried to retrofit the H2A visa program for dairy farmers, but that effort was a more limited approach. Now, we have the opportunity to do something bigger and comprehensive, with a unique coalition that together will be able to do more than each of our groups alone could do," said Jaime Castaneda, Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives & Trade Policy for NMPF.
American agriculture as we know it would not be possible without the contributions of more than 1.5 million hired workers each year. Beyond the farm gate, each of these workers supports two to three full-time jobs in the food processing, transportation, farm equipment, marketing, retail and other sectors. Ensuring that farmers, ranchers and growers have access to the workers they need to maintain their productivity and competitiveness will help support continued growth in employment across the economy and in areas far removed from farm country.
Additional information on the AWC can be found on its website: www.agworkforcecoalition.org.


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THE spring season of competition is under way, giving many Bourton Roadrunners the chance to test the success of their winter training.
The White Horse Half Marathon at Grove, Oxfordshire, saw Bourton represented by Shona Crombie-Hicks and Ewen Smith.
The race incorporated the Oxfordshire County Half Marathon Championships.
Crombie-Hicks bossed the women's event, winning in one hour, 24 minutes, 51 seconds, over a minute ahead of her closest rival. Smith also had a fine run of 1.25.39.
At the Manchester Marathon, Bourton's Tim Hemming finished in an outstanding 2.48.49.
Catherine Wheeler also reaped the rewards of her training with a personal best of 3.40.23.
The Brighton Marathon involved Roadrunner Steve Edwards after his successful Enigma seven marathons in as many days.
Edwards ran his 630th marathon in 3.11.22, while Susan Hunt clocked 4.02.09.


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Last winter, a programme of cycling activity took place through the colder months, including gym sessions, a mountain biking trip and advice sessions on fitness and nutrition. When the weather improved in spring, the programme switched to cycle training in the local area with a progressive set of rides in the Trough of Bowland, North Lancashire and South Cumbria.
The target for the group was a multi-day ride to Edinburgh in June 2013, made on a fleet of brand new road bikes purchased for the occasion. On the way, the young participants had the opportunity to stay in Carlisle YMCA and New Lannark Youth Hostel before arriving in the Scottish capital. They cycled up to 80 miles a day, not bad for a group who only nine months previously had had no fitness and hadn't used a bike for years!
The team helped produce documentary film from footage about the project and from the ride itself. The film highlights not only the physical challenge, but also the emotional and educational journey the youngsters experienced as they trained in the gym together, rode up the notorious Shap Fell and cemented friendships by fixing punctures and surviving sunburn - all part of the team effort.
In 2014, the adventure will take place again. This time, the team plans to cycle from Tower to Tower; Blackpool to Paris!


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TREES Day Care Nursery, which opened in Oxford Road, Stratton, last September, has been rated as good by Ofsted in its first-ever inspection.
The nursery, which is one of six owned by White Horse Childcare, was inspected on February 27, when it was praised for the bonds children develop with staff.
Hilary Tierney, the inspector, wrote: "There is a good key person system, as a result children develop close bonds with their key person and demonstrate they feel safe and secure.
"Children are progressing very well in all areas of learning and development, as a result of the staff's detailed knowledge about their key children.
"The safeguarding requirements are met effectively; consequently, children's well-being is supported well.
"Good partnerships with parents, carers and other early years settings that children attend are developing."
The nursery fell short of an outstanding rating because the pre-school children at the site do not have an inviting area to encourage them to look more at books.
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Ski area asks full-moon hikers to be responsible
ASPEN — Aspen Skiing Co. officials are asking hikers to be respectful after parties of more than 100 people were reported at the top of Buttermilk Mountain during nights with full moons last winter.
With the season's first full moon taking place Wednesday night, at least one party is already planned.
Buttermilk has a hut and a bonfire pit on its western peak where hikers can get warm before heading down the mountain. Officials are concerned because the area has been trashed and damaged in the past.
According to the Aspen Daily News, popularity has increased in the past couple of years on nights with a full moon.


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Tiger's tale: A successful outcome in a cat with Pandora syndrome
History and diagnostic findings
The owners had adopted Tiger as an orphaned kitten. She was their only pet and was housed exclusively indoors. The owners described Tiger as "kind of a scaredy-cat"—she was easily startled by sounds and hid whenever guests were present in the home. Tiger was at home alone much of the time because the owners, a husband and wife (no one else lived in the home), were professionals who worked long, irregular hours. They reported no recent changes in the home, although they mentioned that they had observed Tiger "fighting" with an outdoor cat through a window.The owners reported that Tiger sometimes ate quickly and then regurgitated her food and that she expelled a hairball once or twice a month. Tiger was fed one-half cup (200 kcal) of a diet formulated to help prevent hairballs, which the owner concluded must be working because of the regular expulsion of hairballs.
Physical examination findings included her being overweight (9.9 lb [4.5 kg]; a body condition score of 4/5), and barbering of the caudal abdomen and proximal inner thighs. Urinalysis of urine obtained by cystocentesis revealed too-numerous-to-count red blood cells, 3+ protein, and a pH of 7.6, but no white blood cells or crystals. The rather high pH in the absence of evidence of a common alternative cause (bacterial urinary tract infection, vomiting, alkalinizing diet), hematuria, and proteinuria in the absence of inflammatory infiltrate is consistent with stress-associated hyperventilation, as well as bladder vasodilatation and vascular leakage.1 Results of imaging of the urinary tract were unremarkable.
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Because of the reported chronicity of the lower urinary tract signs, the history of adverse early life experience, and the presence of anxious behavior and multiple organ system involvement (upper gastrointestinal, endocrine [excess body weight], and dermatologic), Pandora syndrome was provisionally diagnosed. The diagnosis was explained to the owners as a chronic medical condition that, somewhat like migraines in people, can be managed but not cured.
Initial treatment included in-hospital administration of buprenorphine at a dosage of 15 µg/kg given intramuscularly. The owners were then instructed to give buprenorphine at 15 µg/kg orally three times daily for five days. And a trained technician conducted an extended environmental interview with the owners, including a review of resources available to the cat. The review revealed that a scented clay litter was used in the litter box, which was in the basement, and that no climbing structures or toys were present in the home.
Based on these findings, the goals of environmental enrichment included provision of
After discussing the plan with the owners, we decided to implement the new litter box first, followed by the climbing structure, and then the food puzzle. We gave the owners explicit instructions about presentation of each of the three enrichments, and we told them that the technician would follow up to help guide them through the changes.


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South Jersey Native Produces Movie Starring Abigail Breslin [INTERVIEW/VIDEO]
Jason Pinardo isn't just a South Jersey native with ties to Hollywood. He happens to be a close friend of mine, someone I've know since I was 10. Jason's interest in film has lead to producing a new film called Wicked Blood starring Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine, The Call) and James Purefoy (The Following). I recently chatted with Jason about his role in the exciting movie project.


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Educational Panel Addresses Issue at Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference
Washington, DC, September 23, 2005 - The Lupus Research Institute (LRI) National Coalition joined the Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc. (ABC) in educating attendees at the 35th Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference about a serious health risk to women of color: heart disease in those with the chronic autoimmune disease, lupus.
A multidisciplinary team of specialists presented at the forum, Heart Disease & Lupus: What Women of Color Need to Know, on September 23 at 4:00 pm at the Washington D.C. Convention Center.
"It's high time that the national spotlight turn on this twin threat that cripples the lives of so many African American women," said LRI President Margaret G. Dowd. "The statistics frame a sober story: nine out of 10 of the 1.5 million Americans with lupus are women. In addition, the disease is three times more common in black women than in white women."
The specialists discussed why heart disease and stroke threaten the lives of more than a third of women with lupus, as well as what the prospects are for greater understanding, awareness, and treatment options for these potentially fatal health complications.
Even without lupus, African American women suffer disproportionately high death rates from heart disease and stroke. A woman with lupus is as much as 50 times more likely than other women her age to have angina (chest pain) or a heart attack.
On the bright side, researchers are beginning to understand some of the factors that lead to lupus-related heart disease. And government and advocacy groups are finally making headway in developing education and prevention programs.
According to Rosalyn Scott, MD, consulting medical director of the ABC, "The support of congressional leaders and collaboration of organizations such as the ABC and LRI is imperative. This support enables us to better understand and articulate the correlation of these two diseases and how education, early detection and treatment are vital in improving the quality of life for women of color."
Sponsors of the special Heart Disease & Lupus forum at the CBC annual conference, which typically draws more than 30,000 attendees, were Congressman Edolphus "Ed" Towns (D-NY) and Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI). By co-sponsoring the forum, the nonprofit organization ABC fulfills part of its mission to eliminate disparities related to cardiovascular disease in people of color. Founded in 1974 and with an international membership of nearly 600 health care professionals, the ABC engages in numerous public and private partnerships that broaden its impact in communities across the nation.
The forum's other co-sponsor—the Lupus Research Institute—was established in 2000 by patients, their families, and top scientists out of a sense of urgency to attack and defeat lupus. An incubator of new ideas and a champion of innovative science, the LRI has made cardiovascular disease in lupus a major priority, funding more than $2 million in promising research studies.
The LRI's National Coalition, consisting of state and local lupus organizations from major urban centers (New York, Chicago, Los Angeles) as well as regional and statewide lupus organizations from such diverse parts of the country as California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia, collaborates on lupus awareness and advocacy initiatives. The Coalition has taken a leadership role in organizing educational forums on racial disparities in lupus, and in promoting awareness of the disease among Hispanics through a national Spanish PSA campaign.
Specialists in lupus and heart disease at the event were:
- Gregory Dennis, MD
Director, Clinical Care and Training
National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal Diseases/NIH
- Patricia Davidson, MD, FACP
Cardiologist, Washington, DC
Member, Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc.
- Rosalyn Scott, MD, MSHA
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science, Los Angeles
Consulting Medical Director, Epidemiology Center & Center for Women's Health,
Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc.
- Doris Jackson, RN
Lupus Patient/Active Member, Lupus Mid-Atlantic
- Lisa Begg, PhD, RN
Director of Research Programs Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health
- Frances Ashe-Goins, RN, MPH
Deputy Director and Director, Division of Policy and Program Development, Office on Women's Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Margaret G. Dowd, President, Lupus Research Institute
The Forum was supported by unrestricted educational grants from Aspreva Phamaceuticals, Human Genome Sciences and LaJolla Pharmaceutical Company.
For more information about ABC, visit www.abcardio.org, and for more information about the LRI, visit www.LupusResearchInstitute.org.


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Hand Wins AEESP Award for Outstanding Teaching
September 25, 2006—
The Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors recently awarded Michigan Tech professor David W. Hand its 2006 Outstanding Teaching In Environmental Engineering and Science Award. The award "honors a faculty member who has made substantive contributions directly through class-oriented teaching, as enhanced through the development of pedagogic techniques."
Hand's nomination for the award was led by Neil Hutzler, chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and received several letters of support from environmental engineering practitioners and professors from around the country. Specifically, he was recognized for his assistance in writing the textbooks "Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering" and "Water Treatment: Principles and Design" as well as for his work on the development of the Environmental Technologies Design Option Tool (ETDOT,) a suite of software for use in designing treatment strategies for by-product waste streams.
Hand will be presented with the award at a ceremony at the 2006 Water Environment Foundation's Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference, to be
held Oct. 21-25 in Dallas.
The Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors consists of over 700 members from around the world who provide education in the sciences and technologies of environmental protection.
Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.


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I wanted to know what some of your favorite courses are. Post links to pictures or something. Personally around the Cincinnati area, i really like Idlewild and Banclick woods parks. Idlewild is a super long course and is pretty open but has some tight holes that are pretty difficult. It has a hole the is a gigantic field and stretches out to be 1001' long. It a pretty difficult course. Banclick woods isn't too difficult. Its kinf of intermediate. It has holes varying from 150' - to close to 500'. Its just a fun course to go play. You can check out other local cincy courses on http://www.cincinnatidiscgolf.com/. Tell me about some of your favorites. I'm interested.
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Chinese rejections undercut corn Monday night. Corn futures seemed likely to test overhead resistance after yesterday's rally, but overnight news that China had rejected a fresh set of yellow grain shipments stifled those ideas. Traders worry about diminishing demand, but the market still seems well supported. May corn slid 2.75 cents to $4.8725/bushel in early Tuesday trading, while December sagged 2.75 to $4.85.
The soy complex is trading mixed to lower this morning. Little news concerning soybeans or meal emerged overnight, while Asian palm markets bounced from recent lows. Nevertheless, soyoil prices seemed to lead CBOT futures lower, with only a few product contracts managing gains. One has to wonder if we're already starting to see traders begin balancing positions ahead of next Monday's (3/31) big Prospective Plantings and Grain Stocks reports. May soybeans slipped 0.75 cent to $14.2475/bushel early Tuesday morning, while May soyoil inched up 0.01 cents to 40.85 cents/pound, and May soymeal rose $0.4 to $462.4/ton.
Talk of continued dryness didn't keep the wheat markets from sliding. The latest weather forecasts are pointing to persistent dryness over the southern Plains into early April. Wheat futures tried to build upon Monday's big surge as a consequence, but proved unable to make fresh highs. That apparently triggered considerable technical selling. May CBOT wheat futures fell 5.75 cents to $7.0875/bushel in predawn Tuesday action, while May KCBT wheat futures dropped 5.75 cents to $7.8875 and May MWE futures lost 4.75 to $7.5825.
Cattle traders proved decidedly mixed Monday night. As indicated by discounts built into nearby futures, cattle traders are clearly concerned about a seasonal downward turn in country prices in the near future. However, wholesale beef prices proved surprisingly strong yesterday, which likely encouraged bulls. Still, CME futures were narrowly mixed in overnight action. April cattle futures slipped 0.07 cents at 144.07 cents/pound as Tuesday dawned over Chicago, while August edged down 0.10 cents to 133.62. Meanwhile, April feeder cattle gained 0.37 cents to 176.67 cents/pound, and August rose 0.17 to 179.20.
Hog futures are being hit by profit-taking. Country hog prices proved mixed Monday, as did pork values. Those certainly don't mean the hog and pork complex won't resume its recent price spike in short order. However, the suggestion that the market is losing its upward momentum rather clearly sparked active profit-taking Monday night. April hogs plunged 1.85 cents to 122.80 in early Tuesday action, while June dove 1.75 to 126.45.
Cotton continued sliding on Chinese news last night. Cotton futures turned sharply lower Monday in reaction to Chinese news that officials are planning to lower the floor price for cotton to be sold out of their massive government reserve. The potential reduction in Chinese demand, as well as the reduced price is apparently weighing heavily upon ICE futures. May cotton sank 0.52 cents to 90.11 cents/pound just after sunrise (EDT) Tuesday, while December cotton skidded 0.24 to 79.05.


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Some time back I was reading a commentary passage that discussed the various afflictions and categorized them in two ways: a) in terms of their relative harmfulness, and b) in terms of the ease/difficulty with which they can be uprooted.
For example, anger was said to be very harmful but relatively easy to abandon. Sense-desire was said to be least harmful but hardest to eradicate.
The source providing the commentary also provided a discussion that included a chart.
Unfortunately, I forgot to bookmark the link and now I can't seem to locate it or reconstruct the search that I did earlier. Does anyone know what this commentary might be?
Thanks for any assistance.


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[Verse 1]
I could crush y'all cold, ice, diamonds. profane prolific
I'm Cobain but living
I'm "Don't Explain" Billie Holiday's, spirit, you feel it...
In your veins, heroin addict conceal it like the pain I revisit every time I do a line, more rhymes for nothing
So what's my time for? Writing off?
I endorse nothing, but me, shit
No product but free speech, prophetical Sleestak, nobody can reach me, go tweet THAT, Greasy
I'm the preacher of freedom rap, just freedom from being wack, no Perry, Madea crap, go head head if you feeling that
I know, you'll gon' give me flack for it, "She's wack, we black, we as a people should stand for it"
Surprise nigga
Go open your eyes bigger, no not for them thighs, I uh, I'm destined to rise higher
We all is
[Hook: Talib Kweli]
We came too far to give up
So now we just got to live up
[Jean Grae]
I live high
Forget lows
And I fly
And I grow
[Talib Kweli]
See we so high when we get down
And once you fly can't forget how
[Jean Grae]
I live high
Forget lows
And I fly
And I grow
Keep it moving man
[Verse 2]
Outcast, misfit, the chick don't fit
Outlast your quick shit, cliques, hits
Boasts, beefs, wrists froze, the gold teeth
Trend brought back, the shitloads, of switched dress codes
Damn jeans
"Damn Jean, you still rap? You still a fucking thorn?
Sticking yourself into more, war? For what?"
Well aww
I'm so happy that you asked! Applause:
To crack jaws
To black eyes
To change minds
To crack jokes
To chastise
To toast drinks
To expose
To promote THINK
To post links
To face foes
To erase foes
To face those who ain't know
To chase free caseloads with other free caseloads
But never to catch a case though, old skool, queso
Not to get poked on Facebook or fame, no
Just kidding
This is fo the same dough
Same lane playing yo, same ball same park, same glow
[Verse 3]
You gon' have to let me in at some point
Eh, you probably don't
'Cept at gunpoint
And if I said I had a gun it'd be a cliché
Plus, it'd be a gun
Plus, be in your face
Welcome to my purgatory
The urgent story in a perpetual state, ignoring
If you can imagine the things it burdens on me
You can imagine the hurt I've learned ignoring
My person is the person in the verses' stories
VS the person in the 1st person stories
VS the person to disperse the stories
No diversity thats worth exploring, not commerically
Personal boredom, can lead to shit that makes it worser for them
I welcome it, cause hell's a
Flaming bitch Im working for him
It's queer, are you gonna shaft her pack her in the rafters this year?
Or tag her backpacker stack and slap her rear, whatever
I'm irrational, passionate, clear, I'm living in a moment you never will come near
Jean takes an in-depth look at her place in the rap world and provides a poetic, sobering look at the price of writing about one's life


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This page is about the slang term whack
Meaning: to murder, esp. within the context of organised crime
For example:
- There's a contract out to whack Tony B. because he'd whacked Jimmy S., and he'd whacked Jimmy because Jimmy had whacked Paulie T., and so on.
- If those Mafia informers don't get protection, they'll be whacked for sure.
Variety: This is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
Quick Quiz:
If someone has been whacked by a hitman, they'll be
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Contributor: Matt Errey


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A BADLY-injured man accused of murdering his wife in a motoway car crash appeared in court to hear he will stand trial over her death.
Ian Walters, 50, was brought before a judge yesterday (MON) wearing a 'halo' head-and-neck brace with padding around his neck.
His wife Tracy Maria, 48, was a passenger in a black Mitsubishi L200 Animal 4x4 which was travelling on the southbound carriageway of the M1 near Leicester on March 21.
Mr Walters, of Tregantle Walk, Nythe, crashed into a tree at the side of the motorway and she died as a result of her injuries two days later.
He spoke only to confirm to his name as he appeared in the glass dock at Nottingham Crown Court yesterday afternoon.
Wearing the cumbersome brace, a blue T-shirt open at the shoulders, jeans, glasses and short, cropped hair, he stared ahead and listened intently during the brief hearing.
After Walters was brought in, Judge Michael Stokes QC, Recorder of Nottingham, said: "I gather he was badly injured in the collision or accident, whatever it was?"
Prosecutor Tina Dempster replied: "Yes, he was."
Jonas Hankin, defending, told the court the case would go to trial, which would be a
complex hearing involving several expert witnesses and reports.
He said: "If the case is listed for the start of term January 2015 I would expect the
prosecution to have adequate time to prepare its case and so would the defence."
Judge Stokes ordered that the case be heard in Leicester, where an adapted bed had
been made available for Walters while he was on remand until yesterday's hearing was
moved to Nottingham.
Judge Stokes said: "He must be transferred back to Leicester as soon as possible."
Laying down the time scale for prosecution and defence to prepare their papers, Judge
Stokes said: "Given the unusual nature of this case and the issues that have already
been identified it must come within the exceptional category."
Walters was remanded in custody until a plea and case management hearing on October
16, with the trial scheduled to take place in the new year.


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" Brand: Bic / Type: Pen "
~*~*~ Bic Two Colours Pen~*~*~
~ What is it? ~
This is a pen made by bic. It is the sort that has different coloured ink in one pen. I always remember my teachers in primary school have the blue pen with the four different coloured inks. However, this one has a pink body with a white top in this top section you will find a turquoise clicker and a pink clicker, sliding either one down will allow you to change which colour you are using.
By looking on the Bic website I can see that this pen is a limited edition pen.
~ Why did I buy it? ~
My eldest son is in secondary school, when he started back in September he had a buldging pencil case filled with lots and lots of new pens. Within two weeks his pen supply was somewhat dwindling. I decided that it would be a good idea to have a load of pens ready rather than have to rush out to replace everything all of the time so whilst in Poundland I came across a Bic Value Pack which consisted of around eight different stationary items including this pen. My son said he didn't want the pink pen so I kept it for myself.
I now have three of these pens as I felt the Bic Value Packs were such great value I bought more.
~ Using it ~
It's a pen, it's not that difficult! You simply click down the colour coded button to choose the colour you wish to use - With this particular pen you get a choice of pink or turquoise.
It is a ball point pen which has a medium thickness point. It's very comfortable to hold and to write with but of course I must say that the colours are not particularly suitable for use on important documents or forms.
I generally use this pen for writing lists, writing appointments on the calender and just things like that. I do think that the colours are very nice, they are not too pale nor too bright.
~ Overall ~
I really like using this pen, it is really comfortable to use and the colours are really lovely. The look of the pen itself is quite girly and pretty with its pastel pink colouring. Having paid just 12.5p for this pen I have to say I am very impressed.
I don't have any bad points to mention about this pen, it's nice to use and the colours are fab!
Thanks for reading :o) x
As everyone knows, Bic is a great company that manufactures loads of useful things from razors to pens. I am a very very big fan of the original Bic.
Why I wanted it....
I wanted this pen because when working in freelance writing, I go through tons of pens. I found the same typical black pen bored the life out of me. Another reason was, me and my sister in law enjoy writing notes to each other so I thought the colours would make it more exciting.
How it looks.....
The pen is made of plastic about 2/3 of the pen is a beautiful pastel pink colour, the 1/3 of the pen is white with a little clip so you can attach it to your clothing. I don't use this as I put my pen in my hair, but it's useful! There is a little bauble thing on the top end of the pen, underneath that there are 2 slidy buttons one blue one pink.
How it writes.....
I cannot fault this pen at all, as always Bic delivers so well. You can write and write and write and the pen won't fault. The ink never breaks so you get beautifully connected writing. No matter what colour your using. Fits in your hand perfectly, my fiancé is left handed and he can use it just as well as I can.
How you buy it......
I have never seen this pen sold on its own. I have always seen it with other pens in packs.
You can get these most commonly in pound land.
In pound land you get the pen in a pack with others, Bic pens and pencils. For a pack of 5 they are £1.
Writes like a dream,
Widely available.
Cheap so if you lose it, you can easily buy another one.
Me and the kids love the colours.
Does not feel cheap,
I don't think the pen has any at all.
Great pen, I would say everyone should have one of these, Bic provides the best pens out there I believe. Especially for disposable pens.
Would I recommend?
Without a doubt.
As you all know, I am a fan of all things stationery and recently saw on sale a new version of the two-in-one pen- this featuring both pink and blue ink choices- as it was 1: A NEW Stationery product; 2: Cute and 3: On offer for £1 at the time for two of these pens- how could I resist?
*The Product*
BIC make biros and other types of pen (and razors!). However, I am used to seeing their products in either see through or neutral (ie yellowy orange) barrels- so I was nicely surprised that this pen is in pink and white plastic and seems to appeal directly to the female pen buying population. The ink colours are very bubblegum girly type colours-- the pink is candy pink and the blue is baby blue blue. I like how BIC have gone for something a bit different to the normal biro colours of red/ black/ blue and (if you are lucky and the store you are in sells them) green.
Each pen is the same length as you would expect a disposable ball point pen to be and actually only around 1mm wider. There is a clip built in to the pen on the side so you can secure it onto your pocket, inside a bag if there is a slot or pouch or over a few sheets of a note book which is handy. To activate either the pink or the blue, all you do is slide down a button. To 'switch off' the pen entirely you partially press one of the buttons and the nibs both retract so you don't always have to have a nib poking out of the end of the pen- this is good as it means you are less likely to end up inadvertently drawing over the inside of your handbag.
*Is it any Good?*
Yes it is. Both of the pens have a medium to large ball point nib - so they are lovely and smooth to write with. They are not super fine nibbled. So, if you dislike very fine nibbed biros or just like writing with a broader line, then these will suit you.
The ink flows without any breaks in the line (as you can get with budget pens), and the quality is as you would expect from BIC (really good ink flow, pens that you don't have to throw out until all the ink is used up...). I get through ball point pens at a rate of knots and this pen has lasted me really well. I find having the option to use a different colour without having to hunt for a different pen really useful. The ink colours are really cheery and ideal to use when making or writing cards or doing craft things. They make a nice cheery change from the boring blue and black biros we are all used to.
I really hope BIC keep this product on sale and if anything, broaden the range (product suggestion to BIC-- maybe a green and purple duo-pen? pretty please?).
I would recommend this as a well priced multipurpose pen that writes well, is comfortable to use and convenient to carry around with you and also cheerful.
I bought this as part of a set of pens a while ago. I am training to be a teacher so where most people only really require pens that are black or blue I actually often find I need various coloured pens to complete my studies or mark homework in school. Pink and turquoise didn't immediately strike me as very useful colours but I have actually ended up using them the most out of all the ones I got in this pack.
This pen has a pink coloured barrel and it feels like quite a nice lightweight and slim model. I find this good for writing/drawing etc because it is very easy to use and hold. The top part of the pen is white and there are two coloured sliders which indicate which colour of pen you want to use. There is also a clip on the side of the pen but no lid as this would cause too much of a faff with the different sliders too.
I bought the set I got from poundland, so it was a pound for two pens (the other being blue/green/red/black slider pen). This meant each pen was around 50p which worked out pretty good value as far as I was concerned.
I find the pen very easy to write with, it is great or making little notes or for writing message or marking work. I like to use them when revising as I can colour code different piece of information. I do find, however, that for drawing they can be a little too thick. I do quite a lot of crafts and often find these colours are really great but I don't get a fine enough line or enough precision with this thicker style biro pen.
The colours are both very vibrant and pretty - one turquoise and one pink. I do think that because they've chosen pink for the body of the pen you might find that it is more suitable for women. I actually think it would be the perfect gift for someone who is expecting a baby along with a book of baby names, because preferred names could be written in either pink or turquoise to indicate gender!
Overall, this is a nice pen though it is worth thinking about just how useful you would find these two colours.
Bic Two Colours Pen -
Available in Poundland either in a separate pack of one or in a mixed pack of 5 pens. (The pack I bought had in a thick yellow highlighter, a red Biro, and black Biro in a 'burlesque' themed purple outer cover as well as two of these). According to the Bic website these are limited editions. I'm becoming a bit of a stationary fiend, and have been busily picking up some bargains - such as these recently.
The pen casing itself is a little wider than a 'standard' Bic pen, and is a nice rounded shape. The top half of the pen is white and has a clip, and two 'slides' which will push out / retract the required coloured pen. The writing end of the pen is a baby pink colour.
The inks in this pen are vibrant pink, and bright turquoise. Like the standard Bic biros they have a 'medium' tip and as such don't suffer from the scratchyness that can accompany the thin orange barreled pens that Bic make. The pens do suffer from a slight 'blobbing' issue when used. Although I find this to be the case with all biros, and it is easily remedied if you just scribble the excess ink off on a piece of scrap paper. As a student I have to admit that I love the funky colours, and while I am not office based I am relishing the fact that I can use them all the time. The writing action of the pen is smooth, and it is very comfortable to hold. I don't feel that I can get my 'best' handwriting from them however for nice writing I tend to use a fountain pen. Being in a class with doodlers they tend to be very popular.
I highly recommend these - (a woman in Poundland looked at me funny when I pointed them out as she went to purchase the single pack)... At 20 pence each these are a real bargain. 5*s from me...
This is a review of the Bic two colours limited edition pen which is described on the Bic website as "Pink and turquoise inks: you'll go wild over it" I bought my pen in a mixed pack and have been using it in the home for all manner of tasks such as list writing, competition entries and other flamboyant writing based jobs which can stand the frivolous colour of pink and turquoise. I have always been impressed with the performance of Bic's four colour more office-suitable pens (black, blue, red, green) so was open to this pink pen joining my collection.
The barrel of the pen is pink and quite slimline with the top third of the pen white with two coloured sliders to click the colour of the pen you wish to use. The trademark Bic little ball sits on the end of the pen (good for chewing!) and a clip on the side enables the pen to attach itself to your bag or papers etc.
I got my pen in a great little pack of four Bic pens from Poundland. All the pens were different and usable in their own way.
As far as functioning as a pen, both colours are really nice writers with a consistent ink flow as you'd expect from a brand like Bic. I can't fault either colour for performance, but whether you can get by in life without a more 'normal' colour must be considered!
My thoughts
This pen is fun to use but then I suppose there are times in life when you need just a black or blue pen and the pink / turquoise one you have will not be suitable. I like this for writing birthday cards and letters and anything where I want my writing to stand out. The pink is quite bold and stands out so it is a nice colour to write in and the turquoise is bright and will pass as a blue in a pinch but probably one you don't want to be seen with if you want to be taken seriously at work.
Final word
This is a nice pen to add to my vast collection. It is unusual and offers an alternative colour if you want to underline or if the other side runs out first. I note that it is a limited edition pen so it may become hard to get hold of eventually but I have spotted this for sale in the local supermarket so they are widely available at the moment.


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The Edelbrock Road Tour combines two events that are on most street rodder's must do list. The Woodward Dream Cruise is celebrating it's 14th year and has grown to become a spectacle that encompasses about 40,000 special interest vehicles and probably one million people lining the 20 plus mile stretch of Woodward Ave. Speed Week on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover, Utah is celebrating it's 60th season and is legendary in hot rod history as men and women push machines to speeds of 400MPH. It is appropriate that Edelbrock is the sponsor of this tour as the company that was founded by Vic Edelbrock Sr. 70 years ago has been a part of the Bonneville tradition for all of the Speed Week's 60 years of existence. The Yellow Brick Road from Detroit to Wendover will take us to stops at Yogi's, Speedway Motors and the incredible museum built by Joyce and Bill Smith, Vintage Auto Parts and Streamline in Denver, car customizer Bo Huff's shop in Utah, and then on to two days at the salt. Wrapping up our week we will visit the Miller Motorsport Park in Tooele, Utah and get together with the Salt Lake City area rodders at Totem's Club on Saturday night. Hang on folks, the Edelbrock Road Tour is headed to OZ.
Street Rodder Magazine's Senior editor Ron Ceridono is again traveling with the Tour in the 34 Phaeton that features the beautiful Australia built body. With almost 10,000 miles on our Speed 33 convertible I have become right at home behind the wheel and sport a pretty good tan. We are getting about 20 MPG on the freeways and still enjoy all the power provided by the new Ford Racing Boss 302 engine. The Classic Motorsport built Tremec with it's tall 5th gear helps in this department.
Ron and I arrived in Dearborn on Thursday evening as planned and set up camp at the Hampton Inn right next to the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village which is all now known as The Henry Ford. With nothing specific planned for Friday Ron and I spent the day at the Henry Ford. I have been to the museum quit a few times in the recent past but had not visited the Village in many years. The museum and village are truly amazing. The incredible vision that Henry Ford had when he began to assemble these two tributes to American history and ingenuity is mind boggling . Original historic building including Thomas Edison's workshop, the Wright Brothers bicycle shop, and the rich history of the Ford Motor Company line the street of the turn of the century village. The Henry Ford is a place that you must visit at some point. Theme parks are fine but take your children and grand-children to the Henry Ford and show them some of the people, events and places that made America the great country that it is today.
Saturday was the big day for the Woodward Dream Cruise. The Road Tourians gathered in the parking lot of the Hampton at 8AM and we made the short drive to our parking area on Woodward Avenue. Sandy and Mike Eaton of Eaton Detroit Spring were again our hosts at the lot that they rent for the day next to U-Coat-It's store between 13 Mile and 14 Mile roads. We were at ground zero for the Cruise and everyone enjoyed the sights and sounds of the day. We especially enjoyed the great food provided by Sandy and Mike's daughter Kim and her husband Jeff. Thanks to the whole Eaton crew for again rolling out the red carpet for the Edelbrock Road Tour. New this year at the Dream Cruise was a special concours show of sorts put on by a hard working committee of volunteers that assembled almost 50 special interest vehicles that were on display all day Saturday at a spot on the corner of 13 Mile and Woodward Avenue. It was a car show within a car show and everyone enjoyed it.
Sunday morning it was up and at 'em as we headed west toward our evening stop in Clinton, Iowa. Our journey took us across Michigan and around Chicago which is best seen on a Sunday morning. The traffic was light and we were able to negotiate the many construction zones with little problems. Much to our surprise when we arrived in the small Mississippi town of Clinton, Iowa we found a car show in progress. It was the 21st annual Clinton Area Rod Club's Fun-Sun car show and we were welcomed by everyone and enjoyed the 150 special interest vehicles on display. Sunday evening was spent in the hotel parking lot as the Road Tour participants got to know each other a little better. There are 38 registered vehicles on the Edelbrock Tour and we are all in store for a great week. Check back here this week and I will keep you up to date on our travels as we follow The Yellow Brick Road to Bonneville.
Jerry Dixey


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Hurry Up and Wait
The market has gone comatose this afternoon as we wait for news. It looks like there will be an attempt at some sort of Band-Aid deal for 60-90 days, which means we can look forward to going through this process again very soon. The market will probably be relieved to set aside this issue at least momentarily, but it isn't going to do much to restore investor or business confidence in the longer term.
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From a strictly legal standpoint Walmart may have prevailed this week in a case involving a customer who was murdered in its parking lot after a jury found the company wasn't liable for inadequate security. Then again, the mere fact that Walmart had to appear in court to defend itself against charges stemming from a murder in its parking lot meant the company was a loser before the trial began simply because of the negative publicity.
Let's be clear, the biggest loser was the guy who got murdered, Michael Born, an unfortunate fellow who was attempting to replace a headlight in the parking lot. Attorneys for the plaintiffs claimed that Walmart knew the store was located in a high-crime area, and that police were repeatedly called to the site. However, neither Walmart nor its hired security service, Wackenhut, took adequate measures to protect Walmart customers. Wackenhut, but not Walmart, was found liable and the jury awarded $1 million in damages.
"This is what's extremely frightening about this case," explained Walmart lawyer Rob Phillips with Phillips, Spallas and Angstadt, "We are imposing on the Walmart store a super-human, an incredible burden. I implore you to understand that a retailer does not provide a dome of protection for individuals. There is no law that says when someone walks on the property they are guaranteed to be safe from erratic behavior, or criminals that have an intent to commit crimes. Nonetheless, Wal-Mart provided better security than anyone else in the retail industry at the time of the crime."
All of that is true, but it doesn't send a very comforting message to Walmart shoppers.
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of Business Communications Feature
Executive Compensation Focus of Delves' Presentation
Donald Delves, the president and founder of The Delves Group, was a guest speaker in the MS in Finance Speaker Series, providing his perspective on stock options as part of compensation packages. The author of "Stock Options & The New Rules of Corporate Accountability," Delves presented a synopsis of his book while also assessing the current challenges in CEO compensation facing companies.
The opening of Delves' February 28th lecture could have been a proposal or pitch to a potential client if not for the audience of students and professors gathered to hear the company president's evaluation of the state of stock options. His talk demonstrated just how much of his job involves reforming the very idea of stock options, the most prevalent form of compensation for executives. One slide entitled "Why Don Cares" headed a list of discrepancies within the options market that fueled the case for another Delves catch-phrase, "Your bad accounting makes my job hard."
Nearing the top of the list was the notion, according to Delves, that "CEO pay is out of control." He cited the significant spike in the amount of stock dedicated to options -- the allotment jumped 10% from 3-5% in 1993 to 13-15% in 2003. Delves noted that boards of directors play tremendous roles in expensing stock options and that the positive change in CEO overcompensation will start and end with directors. "Typically executives are not going to do anything to hold themselves more accountable," he said. "Things are going to be done by the board of directors."
Delves disclosed some of his testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Management during the lecture to strengthen his claim against the "unprecedented and unnecessary growth in executive pay." Perhaps he would be less adamant about the importance of effective and rational CEO compensation if not for the principle tenet of his mission -- the notion that the compensation given an executive must equate to financial performance and to the value created by the executive.
Delves wants compensation committees to think more about financial performance and less about stock price. But with his appeal comes a dramatic restructuring of the way in which all the human resources of a company are compensated. Delves' discussion on ownership rights was much more inclusive of lower-level personnel. "We must now start thinking about how we'll share ownership with employees."
During his visit, Don Delves met with several members of the finance faculty, including Michael Weisbach, Golder Chair in Corporate Finance.
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Richard R. Buery, Jr. Salutes First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move Initiative to Fight Childhood Obesity
President and CEO of The Children's Aid Society Says Agency's Programs in Line with First Lady's Objectives
Many of us have watched with deep concern as the children in our communities have become overweight or obese seemingly overnight. The problem is national, affecting one in three children in the U.S. And according to First Lady Michelle Obama the problem is worse in African-American and Latino communities, affecting one in two children.
The First Lady's Let's Move initiative to tackle childhood obesity, announced on February 9, could not come at a more opportune time. Childhood obesity is known to contribute to high blood pressure in children and type 2 diabetes; these are illnesses that we used to see only in adults and that can affect children for their entire lives.
As Ms. Obama stated, it's about how children feel, not how they look. When children eat healthfully and move more they will feel better and have more energy. Vulnerable children are constantly barraged with messages encouraging them to eat heavily processed foods. Let's Move seeks to give parents the tools they need to help children get and stay healthy.
At The Children's Aid Society, we are working to combat childhood obesity. Our Go!Healthy initiative educates children about wellness and the joys of healthful cooking and eating from birth through adolescence and beyond. Our health providers have even been able to measure BMI in almost 90% of their young patients – well over the national norm. (For more information about Children's Aid's Go!Healthy initiatives, please visit our nutrition pages.
Children's Aid emphasizes healthful eating, relaxation techniques and movement (including yoga) for children and their parents. We introduce youth to the pleasures of preparing and enjoying "real food" that is both nutritious and delicious: an essential step toward health and well-being. We have an innovative foodservice program in which meals for children in our community centers are cooked from scratch and based on whole and fresh foods, especially fruits, vegetables and whole grains. And we advocate for policy changes that enable parents to make healthy choices in their neighborhoods.
I envision a world where affordable and healthy fruit and vegetables are as easily available to children as potato chips and soda. In our programs, we have shown parents that achieving better health for their children and themselves can be fun! As the First Lady said when she described her initiative, small changes add up, and incremental changes can start making us all feel better right now. Let's Move!
Richard R. Buery, Jr.
President & Chief Executive Officer
The Children's Aid Society
Follow Richard Buery on Twitter: @RichardBueryCAS


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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Vogelgesang has experience for utility board
November 2, 2011
I am writing to encourage voters to support Randy Vogelgesang for South Tahoe Public Utility District Director Seat 3. I originally moved to South Lake Tahoe in 1978 and have lived here continuously since 1992. As a builder since the mid '90s, I have come to know Randy on both a personal and professional level through his engineering services. In my business, we are always going to the engineer with problems that arise during the course of construction. Randy has always impressed me with his ability to solve these problems in a "common sense" manner with an emphasis on cost effectiveness. I am sure Randy will attribute these traits to his duties as a Director of South Tahoe Public Utility. As everyone in the community is well aware, we live in a period where we must balance the cost of providing services with a rate structure that is affordable to the community. I believe that Randy is the best suited candidate to institute this with an independent judgment and a view that takes into consideration all sides of the issue. I ask all voters to get out and cast their ballot on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Cameron Falls
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Throughout the course of a calving season, some heifers and a few cows may need assistance at calving time. If the heifer is not making real progress within one hour of the first appearance of the water bag or baby calf feet, she probably will need assistance. The adult cow should deliver her calf within a half hour after the appearance of the water bag or baby calf feet. Pulling should not be done until the cow has been examined and cervical dilation is complete. Also the producer should check to see if twins or a fetal "monster" (deformed calf) is the reason for the difficult birth. Pulling on a calf should be done only when the presentation and posture of the calf are normal. This applies both to a normal anterior (forward) position and a posterior (backward) position. KNOW YOUR LIMITATIONS. If the delivery is more than you can handle with relative ease, CALL YOUR VETERINARIAN IMMEDIATELY!
A large calf, with shoulders too wide for the pelvis, is sometimes held up at this stage. If so, pull one limb only so that the elbow and shoulder of one limb only enter the pelvis. Then, while the pull on the limb is continued, the other limb is treated in the same way until both feet project equally from the genital passage. Now apply traction on both limbs and on the head until the head protrudes from the vulva, and from this stage the principle traction is exerted on the limbs again. It can be seen that traction on both limbs at the same time will result in both shoulders entering the pelvis at once.
(Figure 1. Pulling both shoulders (or both hips if the calf is backwards) through at the same time may result in shoulder lock or hip lock.)
The pelvis has an oval shaped opening with the largest dimension being the vertical axis, and the smaller dimension is the horizontal width. If the shoulders of a large birth weight calf can be made to enter on a slant and can be pulled through in that position, delivery will be made easier. Apply traction that will allow the calf to be turned about 90 degrees so that the widest part of the shoulders will match the largest dimension of the pelvic opening.
(Figure 2. The chest or torso has a greater vertical dimension than horizontal).
After the shoulders have passed the pelvic opening, the calf can be returned to the normal upright position because the torso is larger in the vertical dimension.
Hiplock is the next likely obstruction that is met when pulling a calf. If the passage of the hind end of the calf presents any difficulty, the body of the calf should be grasped and twisted to an angle of about 45 degrees. Delivery is then made with the calf half-turned on its side. This allows for easier passage of a calf with well developed stifle joints.
(Figure 3. Rotating the calf to match the thick part of the hips or stifle joint with the greatest dimension of the pelvic opening.)
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CHOOSE BEAUTY: A Profile of Mary Wilson
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, IA
Industry Icon: Ann Mincey
An Early Job: When I first moved to California I sold pre-planned funeral arrangements over the phone. This job lasted only two days.
Now reading: "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
Your Favorite Day: Any day down at the beach in Laguna with no plans for the day and my hubby by my side.
Hidden talent: Comedy? I think I am funny but not everyone agrees.
Day-off pursuits: Sleep and exercise
Title of your autobiography: "From the Cornfields to the Stage"
Anyone having the good fortune to run into Mary Wilson this summer can wish her "Happy Anniversary" as she celebrates thirty years in the beauty industry in June.
Wilson, Vice President of Marketing at Farouk Systems, says that she always wanted to be a hairdresser and she found early inspiration close to home. "My Mom was a hairdresser and she worked in a two chair, back-of-the-house salon doing shampoos and sets all day long," says Wilson. "The coolest thing I ever saw was the day my grandmother, who wore her very long hair in a braid and twisted into a knot, released this braid and decided to get a short, pretty style. Watching large amounts of hair drop to the floor and seeing the transformation of my grandmother, who looked so beautiful, was amazing to me."
Today, Wilson gets the same thrill at seeing beauty school students transform their lives with their license, or in teaching about the many paths available in the beauty industry, and in bringing products to market that will make a difference for a hairdresser. This enthusiasm has been a through line in a career that offers a lesson in risk-taking and staying open to opportunity.
After cosmetology school, Wilson moved to Los Angeles to work in field sales for L'Anza. By the time she was 27, Wilson was Vice President. "I learned so much because I remained willing to push for new experiences and to try new things, even if I didn't feel fully comfortable. I think you really have to be brave enough to acknowledge what you don't know."
Her stint with L'Anza introduced her to regional and national education, to marketing, to international travel and, most importantly, to her husband, Philip Wilson. Soon, they would start their own company, Wilson Educational Productions, working with distributors, spearheading their shows and events and creating training programs. "But as soon as the ink was dry on our brochure, we were approached by Redken to be Artistic and Training Consultants."
Several years with Redken were followed by work with Robert Miller on launching the Antoine Du Chez Hairdressing Academy and then two "too good to pass up" proposals from L'Oreal.
"L'Oreal offered Philip the Creative Director position. My son was still young and we didn't necessarily want to return to New York." Until another offer was made to Mary—to be Vice President of MATRIX. "I was part of the team that transitioned the company from Cleveland to New York. It was an exciting, fun, dynamic time to be involved in rebranding a brand."
And then came September 11. "I was in the city that day," she says "and it reshaped what was important to me in life. I decided Matrix was too big a job to have while I was raising my son. I felt like I was missing out on his childhood."
A return to consulting included the development of her own company, Rejuvenation Mind-Body-Spirit. Together with good friend, Ann Mincey, former Vice President of Global Communications at Redken, they created personal development retreats, Destination Rejuvenation, inspired by Mincey's book, 'Get Glowing'. Their next retreat will be in 2014.
Now with Farouk Systems, Wilson feels their values line up with hers. "Farouk takes a wellness approach and is so committed to helping the hairdresser by offering them clean products," says Wilson. "When I came in there were some wonderful, dynamic people but there were a lot of holes in the team so I got on that right away. I promoted, hired and reorganized."
Her team is expanding the BioSilk lines, working on the new CHI magazine and planning the Farouk Conference in Cancun. Through it all, she practices what she preaches in her retreats. "I must really understand, learn and accept that the only person I can change is myself and we are all responsible for our own decisions."


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The factors are described here for example in MN43, the Mahavedalla Sutta.
Ya, I know about this one. In Anupada Sutta (MN111), we can see many more "factors". These seems to be the beginnings of the abhidhammika way of thought.


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February 10, 2011—
The iconic image of Winter Carnival is the snow statues. They are a long, arduous labor or a frenetic overnight scramble. They define the pageantry of this annual ritual, which is getting on towards a hundred years old now. As usual, this year scores of statues were built. Some are modest; some are immense. Some are plain; some are magnificent. All of them reach beyond campus, for they are the foundation of a community event that is fashioned by the stalwart students of Michigan Tech.
Here are the statue results as voted by 25 judges. The overall theme was "Thousands of Pages Unfold in the Bitter Cold."
Monthlong--Women's Groups
1--Alpha Sigma Tau: "Alive Library" (on College Ave.)
2--Alpha Gamma Delta: "Alice in Wonderland" (near Walker)
3--Delta Zeta: "Rainbow Fish" (next to the Memorial Union)
4--Delta Phi Epsilon: "Winnie the Pooh" (between EERC and ChemSci)
5--Theta Chi Epsilon: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (front of the library)
6--Alpha Xi Zeta: "Text Book" (front of Ed Opp)
Monthlong--Residence Halls
1--West McNair Superhall: "Clifford the Big Red Dog" (next to Wads)
2--Da Nort Side: "3 Little Pigs" (next to Walker)
3--Summit Learning Community: "Moby Dick" (near Walker)
4--Mama's Boys: "The Grinch" (between Dillman and the M&M)
5--Raptor: "Jurassic Park" (near Walker)
6--FYE: "Show House" (near the M&M)
Monthlong--Student Organizations
1--Campus Crusade for Christ: "Bible" (next to the library)
2--Air Force ROTC: "3 Little Pigs" (in front of ROTC building)
3--Army ROTC: "Hobbit" (in front of ROTC building)
4--MTU 4x4: "Everybody Poops" (between M&M and Dillman)
5--PFRC: "Odyssey 2" (between Dillman and EERC)
1--Phi Kappa Tau: "Chronicles of Narnia" (Hancock)
2--Delta Sigma Phi: "Harry Potter" (next to Wads)
3--Tau Kappa Epsilon: "Jurassic Park" (next to Admin)
4--Sigma Phi Epsilon: "Little Engine That Could" (between EERC and ChemSci)
5--Triangle: "Calvin and Hobbs" (near Wads)
6--Lambda Chi Alpha: "Swiss Family Robinson" (on College Ave)
7--Beta Sigma Theta: "Clifford" (on College Ave)
8--Delta Upsilon: "The Hobbit" (near AOB)
One-Nighter--University Housing
2--Sleepy Hollow
3--Tollhouse: "Light the Universe (Don't Panic)"
6--MTU Apartments: "Aesop's Fables"
7--TISC: "Everybody Poops"
8--Knight House: "Phone Book"
13--Fair Warning: "Answer to Life"
16--Penthouse: "Calvin and Hobbs"
One-Nighter--On Campus
2--School of Business and Economics
3--Night Club-VPA
4--Geology Club
5--American Chemical Society
6--Green Campus Enterprise
7--Gamers Anonymous
8--Materials United
9--Keweenaw Pride
10--Alpha Phi Omega
11--Women's Hockey Club
12--Society of Physics Students
One-Nighter--Off Campus
1--Concordia Student Movement
2--St. Albert the Great
Participant: Lutheran Student Movement
Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.


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The Buddh International Circuit, New Delhi was the scene of a colourful yet chaotic Grand Prix race today, as 11 F1® teams went to battle in the Indian capital. Lotus F1® driver Kimi Räikkönen started the race from P6 on the soft tyre compound before delivering a consistent and rewarding drive, snaking his way through the Formula One® field. He advanced well until during the latter stages of the race, when, having made just one tyre change, Kimi sat tight in P2. Holding this position began to prove difficult however, as with some 15 laps to go, Kimi was thwarted by a host of issues that cut short his aim for a podium finish. Tyre degradation was evident and as the former F1® World Champion began to lose grip, he lost places, evidently slipping down the pack. The Lotus ace was then forced to change tyres during the penultimate lap of the race, to ensure he earned valuable points for the team. He finally took the flag in P7, in what was a disappointing end given the Finn's solid effort.
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Kimi Räikkönen. P7, E21-05 "We ran maybe the first twenty laps with no brakes as they had overheated massively, so every time I got close to somebody I lost braking. At the end of the race I ran out of tyre performance too so it's been a pretty disappointing day. I knew the tyres would drop off quite quickly, but there wasn't much to lose between trying to get to the end and making an extra pit stop in terms of time lost. In the end it didn't work "
Romain Grosjean P3, E21-04 "If you had told me yesterday that I'd be on the podium here I would have said you were crazy! Straight from the beginning of the race I felt very comfortable on the option tyres and we looked in pretty good shape, then we fitted the mediums and the car was really quick. I lost quite a lot of time behind [Esteban] Gutierrez which maybe cost us the fight for second, but we managed to come back from that well. When I saw that I was fourth in front of [Felipe] Massa with 27 laps to go I knew it was going to be close with him as we had to take care of the tyres, plus we had an engine issue at the end of the race which made things quite tricky. In the final laps Kimi was really struggling with his tyres so I managed to pass him and luckily had enough pace to keep Felipe behind. Before the race our best prediction was fourth if we had a strong start and a perfect race, so it was an amazing result and a great performance from the team. "
Eric Boullier, Team Principal "It's been an eventful weekend. In the end it was a brilliant job from the team and a great performance from Romain, who had a very strong drive and managed to conserve his tyre performance right to the end. He was fast today despite having to nurse his engine, and being on the podium is a good reward for the whole team. Obviously it's disappointing that the tyres couldn't last long enough for Kimi as being third and fourth would have been an amazing result for the team and very useful in the Constructors' Championship, but we'll keep fighting hard until the end of the season and we'll give some headaches to the other teams. We give our congratulations to Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull for their Championship victory today, and also our promise that we're working hard to give them a tougher battle in 2014."
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Nigeria union chiefs urge general strike amid fuel protests
Laura Smith-Spark and Stephanie Busari, CNN
Nigeria's main trade union groups called Wednesday for a general strike and mass rallies beginning next week if a controversial government decision to take away fuel subsidies is not reversed.
Angry protests took place Tuesday after gas prices more than doubled following the subsidies' removal Sunday.
… Union leaders say Nigerian workers are already experiencing unnecessary hardship as a result of the move, which they say is also affecting the cost of transport, food, medicine, rent and school fees.
The government says it believes the removal of fuel subsidies will have a positive impact on the country's economy. It argues the money saved will be used to invest elsewhere, such as in refineries.
Despite being one of Africa's largest oil producers, Nigeria — a country of 167 million people — has no functioning refineries and has to import fuel.
(4 January 2012)
Global unrest: how the revolution went viral
Paul Mason, Guardian
The past 18 months have seen extraordinary outpourings of discontent. But what links them? In this extract from his new book, Paul Mason examines how technology has been at the heart of the global unrest, and finds parallels less with 1968, and more with 1914
… there is something in the air that defies historical parallels: something new to do with technology, behaviour and popular culture. As well as a flowering of collective action in defence of democracy, and a resurgence of the struggles of the poor and oppressed, what's going on is also about the expanded power of the individual.
For the first time in decades, people are using methods of protest that do not seem archaic or at odds with the contemporary world; the protesters seem more in tune with modernity than the methods of their rulers. Sociologist Keith Kahn-Harris calls what we're seeing the "movement without a name": a trend, a direction, an idea-virus, a meme, a source of energy that can be traced through a large number of spaces and projects. It is also a way of thinking and acting: an agility, an adaptability, a refusal to accept the world as it is, a refusal to get stuck into fixed patterns of thought. Why is it happening now? Ultimately, the explanation lies in three big social changes: in the demographics of revolt, in technology and in human behaviour itself.
At the centre of all the protest movements is a new sociological type: the graduate with no future. In North Africa there is a demographic bulge of young people, including graduates and students, who are unable to get a decent job – or indeed any job.
(3 January 2012)
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Hungary set for protests over constitution
Helen Pidd, Guardian
Thousands of people were expected to protest in Budapest on Monday night after the government made sweeping changes to the Hungarian constitution that opposition figures say are an attack on democracy.
The demonstration near the city's opera house comes amid rising anger with the ruling Fidesz party, which critics – including the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton – fear is eroding individual liberties and media freedom while undermining the independence of the judiciary and other state institutions.
Across town, outside the headquarters of the state broadcaster MTV, journalists have been on hunger strike since 9 December, protesting at what they say is gross interference in their work by pro-government editors. They were outraged after a former chief justice was airbrushed out of a state television broadcast, evoking the dark days of media manipulation during the Soviet era
(2 January 2012)
Stephen Cohen: Russian Protests and the Soviet Union's Afterlife
The Nation
On the heels of the twenty year anniversary of the breakup of the Soviet Union, allegations of widespread fraud in the recent elections that gave Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's United Russia party a parliamentary majority have galvanized massive street protests in opposition to the Russian political establishment. Stephen F. Cohen, professor of Russian studies at New York University and Nation contributing editor joined Democracy Now! on Friday to discuss the significance of the Russian protests and popular reaction to the parliamentary elections.
"The significance of the protests is obscured and skewed by the American media narrative," says Cohen. "The reason that the people that control the financial oligarchy of Russia don't want free elections, is they know that … the people would vote for candidates pledging to confiscate their property," which was privatized in the 1990s, he adds. He notes "these elections were not free and fair, but they were the freest and fairest and 15 years," and that members of the country's middle class make up the bulk of the protesters. Cohen also argues the American media has failed to report on the resurgence of the Communist Party, supported mainly by working class voters in Russia's vast provinces, which could challenge Putin in the 2012 presidential race and force a run-off election.
His latest article, "The Soviet Union's Afterlife," appears in the January 9/16 issue of The Nation.
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Like your Jericho suggestion, but would like a bit more storyline than 'oi let's brawl'..
Chris Jericho: 'Without a storyline, wrestling is just two guys in their underwear rolling around half naked.'
Jim Cornette: 'They think they have to make up for it by doing all this devastating stuff, but the stuff isn't devastating if you don't beat people with it. Then you're just going out there exposing the business.'
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