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After his first crack at it last year, Rock Zombie 4×4 club member Travis Carpenter of the 4405 "land-use" team will again race the King of the Hammers off-road race and generate funds for the Blue Ribbon Coalition and off-road land use in the process. The race, which will take place on February 11th, is promoted by HammerKing Productions (www.kingofthehammers.com) and is considered one of the toughest off-road competitions in the United States, blending off-road desert racing and hard-core rock crawling. The 120-mile course is split into two laps, with many racers struggling to finish the race.
The 4405 "Land-use" team is asking people to make a "Pledge per mile made" by Travis Carpenter to the Blue Ribbon Coalition. Individuals and companies are invited to make a pledge (see the link below). The amount of the final donations will depend on how far Travis is able to travel in the event. A flat rate may also be pledged. In 2010, the 4405 "land-use" team raised nearly $20,000 during the race-a-thon, which included major donations from the Tin Benders 4×4 club and 4Wheel Parts. As noted in the press release about the pledge event, "With the Blue Ribbon Coalition working nation wide to preserve access to motorized use on public lands, this race-a-thon comes at a key time when funds are sorely needed."


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Richmond, Va., Circuit City Stores Inc. named George D. Clark Jr. president of Circuit City retail stores. Clark most recently served the retailer as general merchandise manager for technology.
The retailer also named Douglas T. Moore senior VP and chief merchandising officer, and Ronald G. Cuthbertson senior VP, supply chain and inventory management. Moore was most recently senior VP of merchandising for Circuit City. Cuthbertson joins the retailer from Southport Consulting Inc., where he served as president and CEO.

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"He arrived at GM Place wearing a Cookie Monster T-shirt"
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Check out Matt Sekeres' article that appeared today in The Globe and Mail about Ovechkin's appearence at The Bay yesterday. He went to sign autographs to help promote the Olympics at The Bay downtown for 2 hours.
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You get a recap! I don't always recap games, so please do enjoy them when they appear on this blog.
The Canucks came out to this game looking terrible.
Bobby Ryan's goal comes from a bad turnover made by Shane O'Brien. There was no shots on goal until they went on the powerplay 13 minutes into the first, which was Getzlaf's 1st tripping penalty of the night (he got more later). Luongo bailed them out multiple times during this game on shots from Perry and Bobby Ryan.
The Henrik scores on their 1st even strength shot at 17: 07, which was their second shot of the night.
The Canucks then go back to the 2nd period sucking. Getzlaf scores to make it 2-1 midway through the period. Bullsh-t chant errupts from GM Place.
Shane O'Brien decides to take matters in his own hands, literally. Fight! The helmet comes off, the girls in Vancouver swoon, it energizes the crowd and the team so it's all around pretty effective. Darcy Hordichuk attempts to fight Parros later in the period, but ultimately fails at fightning. Hordichuck proves he's useless. Would you like a ticket to the press box?
2 minutes in to the 3rd period Bernier wrists a goal in on Hiller. TSN announces that the goal is Bernier's 9th of the year. I ask myself: 9th? Seriously? Must have gotten most of them at the beginning of the year because those hands of stone haven't scored recently. The crowd is "Woo!"-ing. I don't think the fans at GM Place realize that the Woo is a Hurricane thing (Ric Flair). Then became a Penguin thing from The Pensblog. I don't mind we if adopt the Woo, but you have to give credit where credit is due.
The Canucks play the 3rd period with jump. Finally there is exciting hockey, can we sustain the 2-2 tie to go to overtime? My flatmate K sits besides me and says it's too bad that we don't have Wellwood for the shootout, then Bieksa picks a terrible time to take a penalty with 5 minutes left in the game.
A quick pass from Calder to Koivu and the Ducks are up 3-2. The Canucks try to tie it up but Hiller makes some ridiculous saves.
The Canucks have now just lost to the worst teams in both the East and the West. Next up is the Caps, who according to TSN are in Vancouver and had their rookie dinner tonight, should be an exciting one.
I apologize to female readers for not passing this along earlier.
The ladies over at the blog Ladies... has an Advent Caledar of Hotness and our boy Kesler took Day 6.
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The Province reported today that Wellwood would be back to a healthy scratch again tomorrow night against the Ducks. An exerpt: "At this rate, Wellwood will be joining ex-Canuck Byron Ritchie in Switzerland faster than you'd think." Apparently they can get away this type of journalism if they post it under their White Towel section. After coming back from being a healthy scratch, Wellwood did not inspire last night against the Kings.
Instead Hordichuck will draw in for Wellwood, which is a better move as the Ducks are a more physical team than the Kings are. Though when has Hordichuck really been physical?no comments
Surprised? I was a little too as they just kinda crept up into 1st place in the West there. Sure, that Calgary hasn't played as many games yet, but The Royal Half is pretty pleased with it.
So the Canucks are on an 8 game homestand and have now won two games in a row. The game against Atlanta, the Canucks just crushed the Thrashers.The game against Minny on Saturday, well they did have really good offense and luckily had the pleasure of a the Wild's backup goalie Harding, to play against.
And although we may all be happy about the win, there were two things wrong about the game. The first is the faceoff's, which the Canucks came out winning only 20 out of 68 draws equalling a 29% success rate. That sh-t needs to improve. The other was that Luongo, although he stopped a ton of shots, he looked shaky at times. Like when I was watching, I didn't have that feeling of full confidence that he was going to always make the save. The Wild also outshot the Canucks 41 to 29, but I think that stat is tied into the faceoff win rate, so hopefully we'll see them both improve tomorrow night.
On a positive note about our team, Henrik is now only 3 points back from Joe Thornton in points, tied with Marian Gaborik at 41 points. Henrik also notched his 500th career point on Saturday night, all of which for the Canucks
The Canucks have already beat the Kings twice this season, once in LA winning 2-1 in a shootout and the other at home winning 4-1. We won't see them again still April 1st where teams will be struggling to get those last points heading in to the playoffs. The Canucks are just sitting 4 games above .500, but are in 10th spot in the Western Conference. These days just to move up 3 points in the race it feels like it takes 10 games to do it.
The Canucks need to come out strong again tonight, and be as offensive as we've seem them in the past two games. This LA team is gonna look good compared to a couple of season ago, and what's scary is that they are gonna look good for the next few seasons.no comments
So after watching last night's win over Minnesota, I have come to some conclusions about what the Canucks use as 'their song'. You can see the whole playlist for every song being played at GM Place whether it be during the warmup, during the game or the intermissions here at DJ Dave's blog on Canucks.com.
Now the Canucks actually have been trying to make the music at GM Place better. Of course not everyone will love every song they play, but after many complaints the Canucks began to make the requests more fan interactive. So if you go the Canucks website, you can suggest the 'type of music' you prefer to be played at games or request specific songs that you want to hear. How many Canuck fans who attend games will actually use these channels to voice their opinion on music seems pretty low to me, but hey it's there.
The player intro song that the players skate out to currently is U2's 'Where The Streets Have No Name' which has been brought back after many many requests by fans. This I like. This song has such a history with fans who attend games. The feeling you get, especially if you have attended a playoff game and heard it, it sends shivers down your spine.
But what really chaps me these days is the goal song and song that they play at the end of the game if the team wins.
The current goal song is Green Day's 'Holiday' which is terrible. This needs to change. It's worse than last year's Crowd Chant by Joe Satriani. Now I watch a lot of hockey and I'm not saying that there aren't worse ones out there, example Chicago's choice: Chelsea Dagger by the Fratellis. But maybe this song may only elicit a feeling of anger out of opposing teams, ie any Canucks fan who watched last year playoffs, so perhaps it wouldn't be so bad if you were a Hawks fan? The problem with the Green Day song is that I don't feel like I have that connection with it. Like when the Canucks score a goal, it really just doesn't embody the same feeling that a goal elicits.
The other problem I have with the music is that after a Canucks win at GM Place, DJ Dave playe the Star Wars Theme when the players spill off of the bench onto the ice. As with the goal song, this song just doesn't have the right feel. It is not peppy enough, not enough emotion, and doesn't really make the crowd at GM Place want to cheer for the win that the team just had.
I'm not good with suggestions on what to replace the songs with, but I do think that whoever is in charge of choosing the appropriate goal song or exit song should rethink the songs that we are currently using. Perhaps look to what other teams use and then poll Canucks fans to choose one? Or maybe like in Chicago before Chelsea Dagger was chosen as their goal song, they tried a few different ones out as a player goal song until they decided on Chelsea Dagger.no comments
So last night I was out with a few friends catching the Vancouver/Nashville game and the Canucks video for the BC Children's Hospital came up in discussion. If you haven't seen the video of it, it's on Canucks.com here. Each player has a card that has a word or a part of a message that they hold up. It's cute, there's no denying that.
But someone I was with had an interesting opinion on the video. The video was made for the BC Children's hospital, whose majority of patients are made up of kids. KIDS. Kids who may or may not be able to read (the really young ones), so a lot of the intention of the video will be lost on them. Would a quick trip to visit the patients in hospital not have been more effective? The visits from the players is what the kids look forward to, a video is not quite the same. Perhaps this was done just because they didn't want to go because of H1N1 at this time (complete speculation) and maybe they will also make a visit to the hospital in addition to the video later in the season.
What do you think? If you were at BC Children's would the video be good enough or would you have preferred a visit from the players?
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Almost $4 Million in Indoor, Outdoor Grants to Benefit Texas Communities
AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved more than $3.8 million in competitive grants for city and county parks, sport complexes, nature trails and recreation centers across the state. Seven out of 35 eligible grant requests for indoor and outdoor recreational facilities were chosen by the commission for funding.
Indoor and outdoor recreation grants are made to local governments from the Texas Recreation and Parks Account program funded with a portion of the state sales tax collected on sporting goods.
The commission approved only one out of four indoor recreation projects submitted by political subdivisions with less than 500,000 population that were eligible for matching funds. La Grange will receive $750,000 to renovate and further develop the 12,190-square-foot Randolph Recreation Center in the northeastern part of the city. Project plans include constructing a kitchen, media center, meeting facilities and rooms to host a variety of activities, including exercise, arts and crafts and reading.
Two political subdivisions with populations of more than 500,000 were funded under TPWD's Urban Indoor Recreation Grant program. Fort Worth's and San Antonio's grant applications, totaling $1.21 million, received approval.
The City of Fort Worth will use $1 million in matching grant monies to construct a 23,000-square-foot community center at 4680 McPherson Blvd. in the southwest part of the city. The proposal includes installation of an indoor climbing wall, rainwater collection system, demonstration gardens and signs.
The City of San Antonio's request for $212,500 in matching state funds was approved for the renovation and expansion of the Jingu House at 3853 N. St. Mary's. The money will be used to install a fire hydrant and make renovations to interior finishes, the restroom, observation deck and parking patio extension.
TPWD received 29 eligible applications for outdoor recreation funds totaling $12.9 million. The commission voted to provide state matching funds totaling $1.84 million to four governmental entities.
Corsicana will receive $500,000 in state matching funds to support the acquisition of 30.9 acres of city-owned parkland to develop an athletic complex in the western part of the city. Funds will be used to develop baseball and softball diamonds, a sand volleyball court, a multipurpose court, a playground, a pavilion, trails and a picnic area with tables.
The commission also approved a $500,000 outdoor grant to Gun Barrel City to help secure an 11.6-acre donation of land to expand and further develop 40-acre Community Park #3 in the central city. Development plans include new tennis and basketball courts, a soccer field, fishing pier, a covered amphitheater stage, gardens and trails with interpretive signage.
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New Orleans — The annual music marathon that occupies New Orleans every spring opened Friday for the first of two music-filled weekends at the Fair Grounds Race Course.
Day 1 of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival featured one performance delayed by a year, John Mayer's headlining set at the Acura Stage. Booked for the 2012 festival, Mayer had to cancel because of a throat ailment that sidelined him into silence for months.
"Sorry I missed you last year," the singer-guitarist acknowledged early in his set. "Thank you for coming back."
Mayer and his band's show included songs from his rootsy 2012 album, "Born and Raised," songs they no doubt planned to play last year. Even though Mayer is a pop star, the album's country-funky "Something Like Olivia," for instance, suits a deep-rooted music festival such as Jazz Fest just fine.
Mayer made more roots connections with a lively update of Muddy Waters' "Got My Mojo Working." The song became the guitar-rich duet that Bo Diddley and Joe Walsh never quite got around to playing.
Of course, it was Mayer's more pop-oriented songs, including the quietly intense "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room," that sparked the bigger reactions from his fans. There was still plenty of guitar jamming to come, though, including the jumping Mayer's extended ride through the Grateful Dead's "Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad."
Mayer's Stevie Ray Vaughan-influenced guitar chops and a schedule heavy with exceptional guitarists made Friday's Jazz Fest a guitar festival within a festival.
Much of the six-string action happened at the Blues Tent, beginning with the son of the late New Orleans blues star Guitar Slim. Rodney Armstrong, aka Guitar Slim Jr.
Dressed in a gleaming white suit and pink vest and tie, Slim Jr.'s show must be among the best, most focused Jazz Fest sets he's ever played. And his vocal performance for "Pride and Joy," a song identified with Steve Ray Vaughan, sounded close enough to Vaughan to be the late Texas singer-guitarist.
Slim Jr.'s special guest Allen Toussaint, the brilliant New Orleans songwriter, pianist and producer, joined him at the piano for a performance of Guitar Slim Sr.'s greatest hit, "The Things That I Used to Do." Toussaint smiled as he uncharacteristically pounded out primitive piano blues and then, once the song ended, kissed Slim Jr.'s hand before making his exit.
Slim Jr., accustomed to playing much smaller venues than the Blues Tent and not having New Orleans music royalty sit in, told the crowd, "I feel like B.B. King up here."
Bryan Lee, wearing his trademark billy goat beard and shades, followed Slim Jr. in the Blues Tent for what, he told the crowd, was his 28th Jazz Fest appearance.
"My favorite time of the year, right here in New Orleans," the blind singer-guitarist said.
A veteran of the Bourbon Street music scene, Lee entertained with scorching blues and second-nature between-song banter. Of his inability to do fancy dance steps a la James Brown, he explained, "I'm too old, I'm too fat, and that's that."
That said, Lee, who recently hit a milestone birthday, wasn't ready for a rocking chair. "I just turned 70, but I don't feel like 70," he said before launching the bawdy "Brail Blues Daddy."
More mighty guitar players, John Mooney and Lafayette slide guitar virtuoso Sonny Landreth, followed Lee in the Blues Tent.
Meanwhile, the guitars played on at the Gentilly Stage when Swedish-born, longtime New Orleans resident Anders Osborne channeled the Grateful Dead during his epic opening song and jam. Moving to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Almost Cut My Hair," Osborne demonstrated his playing's warm tone and fluid lines of rubbery, connected notes.
Two 2013 Grammy Awards winner, Cajun musician Wayne Toups and New Orleans' Dr. John, played back to back Friday at the Acura Stage. It was also the Jazz Fest debut of Dr. John's new band, the Nite Trippers.
Even if the new band, led by trombone player Sarah Morrow, may still be a work in progress, old pro Dr. John delivered his unmistakable musical uniqueness.
Performing several songs from "Locked Down," the 2012 album that won him his fifth Grammy Award this year, Dr. John, of course, played piano, as well as an electronic keyboard that replicated the sounds that fill "Locked Down."
It was especially cool for fans, though, to see Dr. John, in tune with the day's many other guitar performances, pick up a cherry red Fender Telecaster for a performance of Earl King's pre-funk New Orleans classics "Come On."
Guitar, as all New Orleans music aficionados know, is the instrument Dr. John played before the piano.


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No matter how many times Americans go to the polls and express an opinion about social issues such as abortion, homosexuality, traditional marriage and using Judeo-Christian values in our schools, their voices are effectively silenced by the threat of either lawsuits or political activist judges. Nine judges of the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision decided that Obamacare was to be the law of this land in spite of millions of people saying no. Let's not have that issue voted on by the Supreme Court. Let's have the majority make that decision.
Recently in Fort Wayne, one couple decided that a man (who happened to be a youth pastor) talking with youth in a lunch room, was a violation of the Constitution. So what was the outcome? The couple went to the ACLU, threatened a lawsuit against the schools, and the schools capitulated and told the man he wasn't welcome to come back. Now, I must ask how can one couple decide what is in the best interest of the entire SACS?
I am concerned that in a country of 310 million people, the bias and prejudice of less than 10 percent of the total population is dictating the rules and regulations to the rest of us, and they are using the judicial system as the primary weapon.
Just as medical tort reform must be addressed in this country as a means of controlling health care costs, there must be some way to discourage, without suppressing free speech, these frivolous lawsuits resulting in changing America to a country I no longer recognize, want or like.
Judy RossAmerica is a plutocracy again — a government controlled by the wealthy.
In 2005, Agay Kapur, global strategist at Citigroup coined the term "plutonomy" (plutocratic economy) in an internal report to describe any country with massive inequality of income and wealth. If you don't make at least $200,000 a year, you don't count to Wall Street.
The wealthiest 1 percent now controls more wealth than the bottom 90 percent. Income for the super-wealthy has boomed while income for most others is stagnant. For more than 30 years, tax and trade laws have favored large global corporations and the super-wealthy at the expense of other businesses and citizens.
World War I left the U.S. with high taxes and a huge debt. Treasury Secretary Mellon argued that tax rates on the wealthy were class warfare, socialist, oppressive and punished success. He argued that tax cuts for the rich would create many good-paying jobs and that tax cuts for all would increase revenue. Problem solved!
President Coolidge signed the Revenue Act of 1926 that sharply reduced taxes. Most money gushed to the top among a few. Bankers and brokers formed pools, sold securities among themselves to drive up prices and sold their stock at inflated values. The number of new millionaires multiplied rapidly, but the promised new jobs never appeared. Wall Street crashed, and then the country sank into the Great Depression. Mellon assured the country the depression would quickly run its course. It did not.
Here the Republicans go again, preaching the Gospel according to Andrew Mellon! Groucho Marx described them when he said, "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies."
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Workers are razing a downtown San Anselmo building to make way for a park featuring statues of two characters created by filmmaker George Lucas, and a 21st-century fundraising campaign is in the works to help pay for the project.
Lucas is donating the land for what will be an 8,700-square-foot park, along with bronze statues of Indiana Jones and Yoda. The filmmaker, who sold most of his entertainment holdings to the Walt Disney Co. for $4 billion last year, is also paying to remove the 6,500-square-foot building adjacent to Town Hall. Lucas also has contributed an undisclosed amount of cash to the project.
San Anselmo Town Manager Debra Stutsman said demolition of the building began more than a week ago, preceded by removal of asbestos from the building. She said the asbestos was in some of the building's floor tiles, plaster and ductwork.
Stutsman said construction workers have had to proceed with caution because the building contains more brick than expected. She said it may take another two weeks to finish demolition. San Anselmo has an ordinance that requires that 70 percent of building materials be recycled.
The San Anselmo Community Foundation, a nonprofit organization that San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce President Connie Rodgers established in 2000 to promote the interests of the local business community, will raise the money to pay for and maintain the park.
Robert Hunter, a San Anselmo investment adviser who is serving on the chamber's fundraising committee for the park, estimates it will cost about $100,000 to $150,000 to create the park, and additional money will be needed for maintenance.
The park will contain three "meandering" paths that will lead to a circular fountain at the west end of the parcel, and benches will be placed adjacent to the paths. The fountain, which will contain the two bronze statues, will be about 15 feet in diameter.
Hunter said the chamber will use "crowdfunding" to raise the needed money in $50,000 increments. Crowdfunding is a fundraising technique that makes use of the Internet to garner contributions.
Hunter said there are two basic approaches to crowdfunding: donation-based, in which people contribute without expecting to get anything in return; and rewards-based, in which people receive a token gift, such as a T-shirt, for their contribution.
"The two principal websites for reward-based crowdfunding have been Indiegogo and Kickstarter," Hunter said. "We chose Indiegogo because they were really enthusiastic about doing what amounts to a civic project."
Indiegogo posts information about projects seeking contributions on its website. This may include pictures, videos or biographies of the principals. The website is still in the works.
"We intend to have some interviews with kids and others in San Anselmo talking about why they're excited about the park," Hunter said.
He said the chamber also will use social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram and Foursquare to link people to the Indiegogo site.
Rodgers said, "We knew we wanted to open it to crowdfunding because it allows a large participation. Indiegogo has international reach."
She said the project is still on schedule for completion prior to the San Anselmo Art & Wine Festival at the end of June. But the chamber has not yet come up with a name for the park. One thing is certain, however. The park won't be named after the man who made it possible: George Lucas.
Hunter said, "He's pretty insistent that we don't call it Lucas Park."
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|Source: Thunderbird School of Global Management
|Publication Date: Nov 11, 2010
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|Discipline: Business Ethics
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Chiquita Brands International and its leaders learned a very hard lesson about paying off terrorist groups to protect their employees. Over the past 25 years, no place has been more perilous for companies than Colombia, a country that is finally beginning to emerge from the effects of civil war and narco-terrorism. In 2004, Chiquita voluntarily revealed to the U.S. Justice Department that one of its Colombian banana subsidiaries had made protection payments to terrorist groups from 1997 through 2004. The Justice Department began an investigation, focusing on the role and conduct of Chiquita and some of its officers in this criminal activity. Subsequently, Chiquita entered into a plea agreement that gave them the dubious distinction of being the first major U.S. company ever convicted of dealing with terrorists, and resulted in a fine of US$25 million and other penalties. To make matters worse, the industry was facing pressure from increasing retailer purchasing power, major changes in consumer tastes and preferences, and Europe's imposition of an "onerous tariff" on companies that sourced bananas from Latin America. With this in mind, Fernando Aguirre, Chiquita's CEO since 2004, reflected on how the company had arrived at this point, and what had been done to correct the course so far. He faced major challenges to the company's competitive position in this dynamic industry. What would it take to position the company on a more positive competitive trajectory? Would this even be possible in this industry and in the business climate Chiquita faced?
The case provides a vehicle for analyzing strategic, contextual, and ethical challenges underlying Chiquita's presence in Colombia, a primary global source for bananas. The case highlights the trade-offs that Chiquita made while paying protection money to ensure business continuity and employee protection. Historic information tracks the evolution of the company from its early focus on owning plantations; growing, importing, and distributing bananas; sourcing, marketing, and distribution, to "downstream" value-chain activities that were more profitable, less nature-dependent, and less risky. The case emphasizes Chiquita's focus on risk avoidance, cost control, and globalization; the factors that contributed to the payment of protection money; and Chiquita's failure to respond quickly and appropriately. The case discusses decisions made as Chiquita grew from a small firm to become an industry giant; innovation, and continuous improvement as drivers of industry consolidation; and how Chiquita responded to terrorist threats and the consequences of the response. Detailed information in the case helps the reader understand potential globalization challenges and those inherent in managing external threats and high visibility crises. The case fits well into MBA courses in industry and competitive strategy, general management, operations management, business ethics, or crisis management. Concepts from the case include emerging market risk that globalizing companies may encounter; implications of administrative heritage for organizational structure and communication flows; fundamental challenges of global coordination and control; and strategic communication role of the leader in a crisis. These concepts are applicable in multiple other industries.
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Dec 08 2016: A new Californian law going into effect in January mandates that anyone selling a signed book for more than $5 must vouch for the autograph's authenticity. That includes, among other things, identifying the previous owner.
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Dec 07 2016: Authors United, the group of more than 1,000 writers that author Douglas Preston set up two years ago to battle Amazon's treatment of writers during the period the online retailer was restricting the sale of Hachette titles, is merging with the Authors Guild, the ...
Dec 06 2016: In the New York Times Ann Patchett offers a guide for "bookstore pilgrims" who want to discover some of the best indie bookstores across the USA.
Nov 21 2016: Irish author William Trevor, 88, best known for his short stories, died Sunday evening. He won the O. Henry Prize four times and the Whitbread Award three times; he was also nominated for the Booker Prize five times. His US publisher Kathryn Court at Penguin commented ...
Nov 19 2016: James Patterson has delivered on his pledge earlier this year of $1.75 million to help save school libraries with the second installment of the School Library Campaign.
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Construction was going full tilt this week at the Redwood Health Club, despite cold weather, with hopes for a late February reopening of Fort Bragg's oldest workout businesses.
It's a final realization of a dream of Larry Hinson that started before he even built his Mendocino Sports Club on Highway 1 a decade ago.
Hinson has always wanted the Redwood Health Club and now is manager of the property for Travis and Nancy Swithenbank. The Swithenbanks are owners of a well-known local contracting business, which has all hands on deck remodeling and repairing Redwood.
Hinson announced the agreement between the new owners of the Redwood Health Club property and the Mendocino Sports Club to lease the property with the intention of mostly moving the Sports Club to the newly restored and renovated property on Cypress Street.
Dream come true
"I've been doing physical therapy and fitness for 30 years. It's been my dream and mission to reopen the Redwood Health Club property since it closed six months ago," Hinson said.
"Travis and Nancy Swithenbank's purchase of the old Redwood Health Club property and their willingness to do the necessary repairs and upgrades has made it possible for me to make the move of the Mendocino Sports Club possible."
The exact details of what will happen to each of the two clubs in the combo have not been worked out.
Former members who miss the pool, saunas, hot tub, racquetball, tennis and their many friendships of the former club have bombarded Hinson. Moving the Sports Club to the new site provides many new opportunities for making fitness fun, he said.
He also intends to keep the current site of the Sports Club open for personal training and some classes. The Sports Club is located on Highway 1, south of Fort Bragg.
Welcome back
"We have begun pre-opening sales at the current Mendocino Sports Club. We intend to honor any pre-payments to the old Redwood Health Club and to honor any prepayments to other fitness or recreation facilities former members have made. We welcome all the former members back," Hinson said.
Swithenbank Construction is working hard to make all the improvements so the new club can open sometime in February. A grand opening will follow.
The two men were positive and upbeat inside the club, where all the carpet and interior furnishings were being removed. A new store will be part of the remodel.
The new combo club, which hasn't been named yet, will have to pay sales taxes to the City of Fort Bragg, which owns the competing pool, the C.V. Starr Center.
The previous two owners lost the health club, despite solid memberships. Former owner Don Pollard lost the club to foreclosure last year and Savings Bank of Mendocino County has been working to sell it at a loss.
Pollard blamed the C.V. Star Center for making it too difficult to compete. The Redwood Club also suffered from age, which was clearly visible in the extensive remodel now under way.
Redwood Health Club was started in the late 1970s by dentist Michael Golden. Golden sold it shortly thereafter to Don Pollard, whose ownership came to an end June 30, 2012, when the tax and mortgage deficient property was foreclosed upon by Savings Bank of Mendocino County. Local resident Richard Miller led one effort to buy the club.
One possible moneymaker for the new club that is being talked about is the need for water therapy. C.V. Starr was supposed to be the site for water therapy patients from the hospital and other physical therapists but that never happened.
There is currently no place for water therapy on the coast. Redwood Health Club not only has hot water to help with therapy, but the pool was always kept at 84 degrees, warmer than usual to suit its mostly adult audience.
Redwood Health Club has much to offer, including top quality racquetball courts which are the only courts for the sport in the area and attract tournament players from around Northern California. It has a hot tub and dry and wet and steam rooms in both men and women's locker rooms.


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I wasn't sure I was going to post this at first - my issues seem so trivial compared to most of the postings here but...here goes.
About three years ago, I began having symptoms - severe chills, high fevers, dark urine - indicating something going on with my liver. They would eventually clear up on their own. Of course a bunch of tests were done with the fear being "recurrence". In Sept., it came to a head when I was hospitalized with a severe infection. Turned out to be blockage of what was left of the duct leading from the left lobe of the liver to the jejunum probably caused by radiation treatment. Unable to place a stent via ERCP because of my altered anatomy a stent was placed at IR with a capped off external drain if needed. The initial plan was for this to be in place "4-6 weeks" at which time it would be removed and that "should solve the infection issues". After some research on the part of one of the IR docs, it was decided that the solution was to gradually stretch the duct opening over time with a balloon procedure and incrimentally enlarge the diameter of the stent and then allow 6 months to a year for the duct to form over the stent. The initial step of the "clinical trial" ,where they remove the stent up from the intestine just inside the liver, was going to be in early July, then late July, then early Aug. Finally, Monday I went in for the start of the "clinical trial". They removed the enlarged tube and replaced it with a very small tube such as is used in heart catheters. This tube was placed just into the liver to maintain the track in the event the larger tube would need to be replaced and also for dye tests to see how the duct was doing on it's own. Tues. morning I went in for a dye test and I watched the screen as the tech shot in the dye. It ran directly into the intestine!! It was a beautiful thing!! Even the IR doc was shouting. This is what we were all about the last eleven months. Over the last several days, my urine is now yellow for the first time in many months (I love this site - I can come here and talk about my urine, the nature of my most recent stool...). Now...I go in next Tues. for a follow up dye test and if there are no surprises, they will remove the tube, let the hole heal up and see if this works long term.
BTW, had I not had this infection cycle episode, I would not have found this website and you wonderful folks. God uses everything that comes into our lives...
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The investigators' hypothesis is that oral L-carnosine treatment (as compared with placebo) will enhance cognitive abilities (specifically: measures of attention, executive function, working memory, visuospatial ability and language) in persons with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Secondarily, they hypothesize that there will be secondary improvements in positive, negative and mood symptoms with L-carnosine treatment.
The investigators aim to test these hypotheses by conducting a randomized, placebo controlled, add-on treatment trial of L-carnosine (added to existing antipsychotic treatment) up to 84 recruited subjects with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder for a period of 16 weeks. Measures of cognition and psychopathology will be utilized for evaluating primary and secondary outcomes, along with safety assessments.
|Schizophrenia Schizoaffective Disorder
|Drug: L-carnosine (dietary supplement)
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|L-Carnosine, an Antioxidant and AGE Inhibitor (Advanced Glycation End Products) for Cognitive Enhancement Among Persons With Schizophrenia: A Randomized, Add-on Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled, Clinical Trial
- To see if oral L-carnosine treatment (as compared with placebo) will enhance cognitive abilities (as noted below) [ Time Frame: 12 weeks treatment ]
- executive function, working memory, attention, visuospatial ability [ Time Frame: 12 weeks treatment ]
- To examine if secondary improvements in positive, negative and mood symptoms occur with L-carnosine treatment [ Time Frame: 12 weeks treatment ]
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|March 2004
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|December 2007
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|November 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- DSM-IV-TR diagnosis of schizophrenia (any subtype, except currently catatonic) or schizoaffective disorder
- Ages 18 to 65 years
- Men or women
- Ability to read and communicate in English
- 8th grade education or greater
- Ability to provide informed, competent and written consent
- Current antipsychotic medication is stable for greater than or equal to 4 weeks.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Medically unstable conditions
- Known allergy to L-carnosine
- Current cognitive decline is attributable to a diagnosis of dementia or other neurological disorder
- Pregnant or lactating women
- Mini-mental state examination score (MMSE) less than or equal to 23
- HIV positive status resulting in AIDS-related dementia.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00177177
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|Mayview State Hospital
|Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, United States, 15107-1599
|Dubois Regional Medical Center
|Dubois, Pennsylvania, United States, 15801
|Mon-Yough Community Services, Inc.
|McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States, 15132
|Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
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|K.N. Roy Chengappa, MD
|Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
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|January 15, 2013
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Schizoaffective disorder
Cognitive enhancement
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Psychotic Disorders
Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
Mental Disorders
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Protective Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Moss is making opposing baserunners pay
A's veteran records third outfield assist in five games vs. Angels
ANAHEIM -- A's right fielder Brandon Moss had his third outfield assist in five games on Tuesday night at Angel Stadium, when he threw out Albert Pujols at the plate in the sixth inning.
On Monday, Moss got the Angels' Erick Aybar at third base as he tried to advance from first on a base hit.
On Friday in Baltimore, Moss threw out Nick Markakis at the plate in the 10th inning to deny the Orioles a victory.
Moss finished Tuesday's game at first base, where he's listed on the American League All-Star ballot. He's started 29 games at first, 20 in the outfield, and six as a DH.
"We've been getting that from Brandon," manager Bob Melvin said after the A's 2-1 loss in 14 innings on Tuesday night. "[Yoenis] Cespedes' throw, you don't expect something like that. There aren't that many guys able to throw it that far on the fly."
Cespedes had followed Moss' lead with an amazing throw from the left-field corner to cut down Howie Kendrick at home in the eighth inning on Tuesday.
Earl Bloom 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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Saw on TV that NBA League Pass will be free from January 17th-23rd!
January 17th is the Pacers vs. Clippers game that FSIND isn't airing. Hopefully the Clippers have a television feed as that will be a game I wasn't expecting to be able to watch on TV, that will now be available!


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It is a beautiful, sunny day near the the Mississippi River in St. Paul. In the shade along a riverfront parkway, it's easy to forget the danger that insect expert Jeffrey Hahn says could be lurking here.
Hahn, an entomologist with the University of Minnesota, is here with a small team, searching every ash tree for signs of the emerald ash borer. He points to a tree with suspicious symptoms.
"When you look at the top of the tree, you can see that the foliage is really thin, there are some dead branches. So it's been declining or something has been attacking it," Hahn said.
The symptoms are tough to spot and are easily mistaken for other problems. The bugs can live inside a tree undetected for years. That's why, Hahn says, his survey team is trying to get as close as they can.
"The other thing we have been looking for, too, are the D-shaped exit holes," he said. "They are hard to find and a lot of times they are up higher. There are plenty of instances where we have trees we know are infested and we can't find those exit holes, so that can be a challenge. But it's still worth looking because if you do find it, it is very diagnostic and definitive."
The holes are created as larvae tunnel through the bark, cutting off the trees' food supply. Starving a tree this way typically kills it within a few years.
Telltale signs include damaged bark, thinning leaves spreading out from the crown and woodpecker holes. Woodpeckers like to eat the bugs.
Since evidence of the emerald ash borer was found, teams like this one have been working their way across a two-mile radius around the infestation site. The goal is to get a sense of how serious and widespread it is. After that, experts will start mapping out a strategy for containing its spread.
But the emerald ash borer isn't easy to stop. From looking at the St. Paul infestation, experts estimate that the insect has already been here for about four years.
It is thought to have entered the U.S. in wooden shipping containers from Asia. Soon after it was discovered in Michigan, millions of ash trees died. Many were chopped down in an attempt to prevent the spread, but it was unsuccessful. The bug had already moved to other states, getting as far as Wisconsin.
That is, until now. And with more than 900 million ash trees in Minnesota, Department of Agriculture officials say it's critical to stop the infestation now. Ash trees are native to state forests and are very popular street trees.
"Crisis is not too strong of a word," said Hahn. He visited Michigan after the ash borer infestation there and says it was devastating to witness.
"A landscape just devoid of trees. I mean, entire neighborhoods lost essentially all their trees," he recalled. "It was nothing but a big field with a bunch of stumps."
Not far from the river, Jeff Chermak is shoveling sand to build a patio in the shade of a giant ash tree in his backyard. He says he is willing to do whatever it takes to save that tree, and another large ash, in his yard.
"If I thought I could prevent anything, then certainly I would cut them down tomorrow. But I don't think there is any prevention," Chermak said. "I think it is already here, so am I going to cut my trees down for no reason? I kind of enjoy them."
There's not much you can do to ward off the emerald ash borer. Native ash trees have no natural defense against them.
Some insecticides have been shown to work, and some experts recommend using them to protect large, established trees. They say it might not be worth the effort to try and save smaller ash trees.
For now, officials are asking people to avoid moving firewood between counties. The Department of Agriculture is also asking people not to move ash and other kinds of trees as a precaution.


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Pinning the term "sleeper" to a Corvette feels rather non sequitur, butwhen a once demur '61 roadster roars by you with all the rumble and roarof a tuned, fuel-injection modern powerplant, you'll think twice. A"sleeper," as defined by any car guy, is a stock-appearing, unpresumingvehicle brandishing significant power and punch without revealing itssecret until it's too late for the competition. Chevrolet was at theforefront of the "factory sleeper" trend as far back as the late '50swith the advent of the Fuelie 283 Corvettes and the "Black Widow" '57Chevy--a stripped-down '57 with the aforementioned injected 283, customram-air induction, and tall-geared posi-traction.
While Al Kapnick's red-and-white drop-top may not be as inconspicuous asa zero-frills, 409-powered Impala, this Corvette totes a couple oftricks beneath its curvaceous fiberglass skin. Al's fascination with the'61's styling came after a series of C3s: his first, a '75 he picked upin 1979; his second, a '77; and, ultimately, an '80. All weresingle-owner vehicles before Al took over the titles, and all "gateway"Corvettes into his final obsession--this '61. Lured in by the classicside coves of the late '50s and the addition of the quad taillampstyling that would survive even until today (the first year for the fourbacklights), it was love at first sight.
This '61 began life with a dual-carbureted 283 mounted to a nondescriptfour-speed transmission. While the combination in 1961 was impressive,especially given the roadster's power-to-weight ratio, by later thatdecade, the 283 would seem anemic compared to the rocketing horsepowernumbers the Corvette and its GM brethren would boast. By the time Al'ssearch for this Vette came to a close in 1997, the 283 was long gone,replaced by a worn and weary 350.
The fourth owner explained to Al the car had a repaint andquasi-restoration 10 years earlier and only required a light buffing anda reinstallation of the original emblems to bring the decade-longcosmetic restoration to a close.
The 33-year-old Chevrolet had received a new white top in 1996,complementing the re-upholstered and newly carpeted interior. anaftermarket in-dash AM/FM cassette player had been installed, and thefactory hardtop lid in the back of the owner's garage was included inthe purchase price. The taillamp bezels showed some slight pitting asdid the paint in select areas, but as Al put it, "cars are meant to bedriven, and Corvettes were built to be enjoyed." The remaining brightwork and chrome, along with the removable roof, were loaded up on thetrailer.
Dismayed with the paltry power output of the 350, Al began looking forother motivation for his roadster. Staying with the modified theme, hepulled the mouse motor and lowered in a LT1 pilfered from a '94 coupe.Surprisingly, the installation was nearly seamless--only the thread sizefor the temperature sending unit needed changed. Due to the drasticpower gain, he felt obliged to build up the remaining powertrain, andhave the four-speed rebuilt and rowed by a stout Hurst shifter, whichprovided a more positive actuation of the gears. The rear axle receiveda slightly steeper 3.70 gear ratio for the posi, and the rolling gearalternates between Cragars with modern Michelins while cruising and thefactory rims with throw-back bias-plies for the more sedate car shows.
But have no fear you numbers-crunching Vette-o-philes, Al's got adate-coded 283 fully assembled and ready to be dropped in if he everchooses to return the roadster back to its once factory-originalcondition, but until that time, this little red Corvette will happilypass you by with its modern plant thumping underneath the factory skin.Consider yourself warned.


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At Symantec, corporate responsibility and positive societal impact are core to our business strategy. Integrity is a cornerstone of our mission and values, and helps define our winning culture. Through our global efforts to build and sustain a diverse and inclusive workplace, invest in STEM and cyber security education, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we remain committed to making the world a better and safer place.
We invite you to explore our 2016 Corporate Responsibility Report to learn about our priority issues and how we manage them.


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Today is Sunday, December 2, 2012 and here is what's available in terms of Daily Blogging Prompts and other related events in the genealogy blogosphere:
Items of Note
- Happy blogiversary to Family Folklore (started December 2, 2009) and Rootseekers (started December 2, 2011).
- Today is International Abolition of Slavery Day.
- Each Sunday, Olive Tree Genealogy offers a new blogging prompt under the heading Sharing Memories – Genealogy Journal Writing. This week's prompt: Toddler's Playtime!
- Each Sunday, The Turning of Generations offers a new blogging prompt under the heading 21st Century Organized Family Historian.
Daily Blogging Prompts
Black Sheep Sunday – create a post with the main focus being an ancestor with a "shaded past." Bring out your ne'er-do-wells, your cads, your black widows, your horse thieves and tell their stories. And don't forget to check out the International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists (IBSSG). This is an ongoing series at GeneaBloggers.
Church Record Sunday – describe a specific church record or a set of records held by a church or denomination and how they can assist genealogists. This is an ongoing series developed by Gena Philibert Ortega at Gena's Genealogy.
Sentimental Sunday – discuss a sentimental story or memory about an ancestor, or maybe even a family tradition that touches you. This is an ongoing series at GeneaBloggers and was suggested by Renate Sanders at Into the Light.
Sunday's Obituary – if you have obituaries of family members and ancestors, consider posting them along with other information about that person as part of Sunday's Obituary. This is an ongoing series developed by Leslie Ann at Ancestors Live Here.
To ensure that your blog post is included in the "roll-up" widgets above, include the name of the blogging theme in your post title. Examples: Black Sheep Sunday – Crystal DeCanter; Tombstone Tuesday – Emma Grate.
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If you would like your event or Daily Blogging Prompt included, please contact Geneabloggers at geneabloggers [at] gmail [dot] com.
©2012, copyright Thomas MacEntee


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The most recent short interest data was recently released by the NASDAQ for the 12/13/2013 settlement date, and PulteGroup, Inc. ( PHM) is the #187 most shorted of the S&P 500 components, based on 3.88 "days to cover." There are a number of ways to look at short data, but one metric that we find particularly useful is the "days to cover" because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares typically traded. The number of shares short is then divided by the average daily volume, to express the total number of trading days it would take to close out all of the open short positions if every share traded represented a short position being closed.
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8 Decidedly Clever Gadget Hacks From Instructables
New York's Waldorf Astoria has as much intrigue below ground as above. During construction in 1930, the hotel created its own private rail platform and track, called a siding, for use by the crazy wealthy. FDR used the track while president, in part to arrive and depart in secret to prevent the public from seeing him in a wheelchair.
The Waldorf Astoria was built over the then-recently vacated Grand Central lots, leaving plenty of track already tied to the New York subway system. Track 61 running beneath the hotel isn't a regular stop on the subway, but the line was accessible as far back as the 1930s. Today, it is still kept secure for potential presidential-size retreats when the leader of the country stays or works at the Waldorf.
A New York Times article from 1929 spells out the entire plan, saying, "Guests with private rail cars may have them routed directly to the hotel instead of to the Pennsylvania Station or the Grand Central Terminal." Now that's riding in hidden style.
There's another 23 miles of London Underground most folks have never traversed. Dubbed the Mail Rail, this line took mail by train in riderless cars from the East End's Whitechapel to west London's Paddington under Oxford Street in central London, mere feet from the Bakerloo Line. Completed in 1927, the Mail Rail line was in use until 2003, employing over 200 people at its prime. The 20-minute ride included eight Mail Rail stations. Eventually above-ground transportation caught up to the 40-mph speeds of the trains, and stations started closing—it proved more costly to run the Mail Rail than to simply move the mail by truck. If some Londoners get their wish, the Mail Rail will reopen as a tourist attraction.
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The University of Colorado Boulder announced today it will be open to students, faculty and staff on Saturday, April 20, but for the second straight year will be closed to unauthorized non-affiliates.
"We are committed to ending the unwelcome 4/20 gathering on the CU-Boulder campus, and this year's approach represents the continuance of a multi-year plan to achieve that end," said CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano. "What's important here is the protection of CU's missions of research, teaching and service. This isn't about marijuana or drug laws. It's about not disrupting the important work of a world-class university."
DiStefano noted that the passage of Amendment 64 by Colorado voters last year does not make marijuana legal on the CU-Boulder campus. Amendment 64 doesn't legalize pot smoking in public or possession of marijuana by those under 21. Marijuana is still prohibited by campus policy.
Last year, the university's closure to non-affiliates on April 20 resulted in the reduction of a 4/20 crowd of about 10,000 to 12,000 people in 2011 to a crowd of several hundred. A Boulder judge upheld the university's right to take reasonable steps to avoid disruption of the university's missions of teaching, research and service.
This year on Saturday, April 20, CU-Boulder's normal academic and cultural activities will continue as scheduled, but the following measures will be in place:
· Students, faculty and staff are all welcome on campus and invited to attend all official university functions and make use of university facilities as they always do.
· Students, faculty and staff will be asked to present their Buff OneCard IDs at campus entrances and other areas.
· Consistent with last year's protocol, law enforcement officers will politely and professionally engage those wishing to enter the campus to ascertain if they are affiliates or approved visitors. This will involve checking Buff OneCards for students, faculty and staff and credentials for registered visitors.
· Those unaffiliated with CU-Boulder, or who are not approved visitors, will not be permitted on campus. Those who trespass risk citations, which can mean punishment of up to six months in jail and a $750 fine.
· Law enforcement, including the Colorado State Patrol, will conduct additional enforcement on highways surrounding Boulder, looking for drivers under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.
· Visitors who have official business, meetings or other officially sanctioned activities on the CU-Boulder campus will need to obtain a visitors' pass by visiting the following link and filling out the form at www.colorado.edu/april20/campusaccess. Forms for visitors must be completed and submitted to CU-Boulder by 10 p.m. on Sunday, April 14.
· Affiliates are encouraged to use alternative methods of transportation to get to and from campus. Bus routes that normally travel through core campus on 18th Street and Colorado Avenue – including the HOP and Buff Bus – will be detoured down Regent Drive. Please see www.colorado.edu/pts/content/420-traffic-parking-transit-impacts for additional information.
· All campus performances and events are on as scheduled for the evening of April 20 and the campus is expected to be fully open again at 6 p.m.
CU-Boulder officials this year agreed with CU student leaders on several new measures and adaptations in closing the campus:
· Officers will carry and distribute information cards explaining the university's security actions and protocols for the day and providing a contact point for reporting concerns about the day's procedures or police conduct.
· The university will not place any fish fertilizer on the Norlin Quad.
· The Student Government will not host a concert this year on 4/20 in an effort to save student funds and in response to student feedback.
Funding for the campus security measures comes from insurance rebates to the campus, not from tuition or student fees. As a reminder, per campus policies and the federal Drug Free Schools and Communities Act with which the university must comply, marijuana is not permitted on the campus.
For media inquiries:
Bronson Hilliard, CU-Boulder spokesperson, 303-735-6183
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SWINDON'S David Howell hit two eagles during his opening round to sit three-under at the Scottish Open this morning.
After a double bogey at the fourth in Aberdeen, Howell responded with a birdie at five before the first of his eagles at the sixth. The second came at the 12th with the Broome Manor man recording par at all the remaining holes.
At the time of writing Howell sits tied for seventh, four shots back from leader Rory McIlroy, with a host of players still out on the course.


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My daughter and I love Chicken Curry, so I decided to take those flavors and combine them to make this wonderful burger that's spicy, but not too spicy.
Anything made with chicken whether whole or ground is one of my favorite things to make and eat. A wild mushroom topping tops these burgers to give an appealing layer of texture and taste.
this burger was inspired by my late wife's love for French food, not in the name but in the ingredients themselves. Very classic for the French yet in the all American burger form.
A great fresh tasting burger was what I was looking for our summer cook out.
I recently had Indian food for the first time and fell in love with it. The butter chicken sauce was amazing. I thought the flavors would translate well into a burger.
These sliders celebrates the collaboration of the American chicken sandwich and the famous Muffaletta Sandwich.


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Ok,So im at work today and I am in a meeting room.Well this random girl walks through and she has on a pacers sweatshirt.
The guy who I was in this meeting with says to her "awww no...not the pacers".
"She says what you dont like the pacers?".
He then says "well my exgirlfriends daughter used to date jamaal tinsley,and that guy was a jerk".
I told him about the strip club thing,and them finding weed in tinsleys car and he said "haha,so he finally got caught,huh?".
Just thought that was kinda crazy.
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In a case of first impression (In re Enterprise Rent-A-Car Wage & Hour Employment Practice Litigation), the 3rd Circuit provided employers, particularly parent entities, some much-needed guidance regarding joint employment relationships under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The court adopted a revised version of a test created by the 9th Circuit (which the 1st and 2nd Circuits adopted) to address the joint employment issue. According to the Enterprise test, the focal point of the joint employment analysis under the FLSA is the alleged ability of the employer to control, either directly or indirectly, the employees of another entity.
Enterprise Holdings, Inc. wholly owns 38 car rental subsidiaries throughout the U.S. Several assistant branch managers employed by the subsidiaries filed collective action lawsuits across the country claiming that their respective employers failed to pay them overtime wages in violation of the FLSA by misclassifying them as exempt. The plaintiffs sought national class certification and included Enterprise as a defendant.
In the district court, Enterprise moved for summary judgment on the consolidated cases, arguing that it did not employ the plaintiffs. The district court granted summary judgment in Enterprise's favor, despite finding that Enterprise supplied the subsidiaries significant administrative services and support.
For example, Enterprise provided the subsidiaries "business guidelines, employee benefit plans, rental reservation tools, a central customer contact service, insurance, technology and legal services." In exchange for using these services, the subsidiaries would pay dividends and management fees to Enterprise.
Further, each of the subsidiaries had an identical board of directors, with the same three individuals serving on each board. These three individuals also served on the Enterprise board of directors.
More importantly, Enterprise's human resources department provided services to the subsidiaries. In addition to negotiating health plans offered to the subsidiaries' employees, assisting with employee relocations and maintaining a list of open positions at any of the subsidiaries, Enterprise provided the subsidiaries "job descriptions, best practices and compensation guides."
The latter two services made recommendations regarding which employees of the subsidiaries should be salaried and which should be hourly. Enterprise also recommended salary ranges for the subsidiaries' employees, and, in 2005, Enterprise "'recommended' that the subsidiaries not pay overtime wages to ... 'Assistant Branch Managers.' "
The district court held that Enterprise did not jointly employ the plaintiffs because "each individual subsidiary can choose to use any or all of these guidelines or services in its own discretion; none of these guidelines or services are mandatory."
On appeal, the 3rd Circuit agreed. This court concluded that "where two or more employers exert significant control over the same employees—whether from the evidence it can be shown that they share or co-determine those matters governing essential terms and conditions of employment—they constitute 'joint employers' under the FLSA." Ultimately, to determine whether a potential joint employment relationship exists, courts must consider:
- The alleged employer's authority to hire and fire the relevant employees
- The alleged employer's authority to promulgate work rules and assignments and to set the employees' conditions of employment: compensation, benefits and work schedules, including the rate and method of payment
- The alleged employer's involvement in day-to-day employee supervision, including employee discipline
- The alleged employer's actual control of employee records, such as payroll, insurance or taxes
These factors are not exhaustive, and courts must consider, in addition to these factors, the effect of "other indicia" of significant control.
The court of appeals affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in Enterprise's favor because Enterprise did not exercise any control, directly or indirectly, over the subsidiaries, despite its heavy involvement in making "recommendations" and the board of directors overlap. Because the subsidiaries' adoption of Enterprise's suggested policies "was entirely discretionary," the court compared Enterprise's involvement to that of a "third-party consultant who made suggestions for improvements to the subsidiaries' business practices."
Although this case serves as a relatively extreme example of involvement by a parent entity with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, it provides parent entities—at least those in the 3rd Circuit (Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware) —significant leeway to meddle in the affairs of their subsidiaries without incurring liability under the FLSA. To the extent that a parent entity currently requires its subsidiaries to adopt certain employment policies or practices, it is worth revisiting such requirements if the parent wishes to avoid FLSA liability.


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Yakima boy dragged 80 feet by car: 'When I woke up, I felt the pain'
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Action News has an exclusive look at the recovery of the two boys run over by a car while waiting for their school bus last month. We brought you Israel Sanchez a few days after the accident. Now his younger brother Christopher is home recovering from several broken bones.
"In my mind I was just saying to myself, for the pain to be gone," Christopher said. "Because when I woke up, I felt the pain."
Christopher doesn't remember anything about the accident that put him in a Seattle hospital.
"My legs hurt a lot," he said.
Christopher suffered head trauma, broke one of his arms, both legs and some of his ribs. His clothes cover the deep scrapes and bruises across his body.
Police said Christopher and his brother Israel were run over by a man who admitted being high on meth. Christopher was dragged 80 feet by the car.
"It's been harder on Chris because he's a really active kid," their sister Cathy said. "So, he's always wanting to run around."
Christopher can't walk at all right now. He needs a wheelchair. At first, his family didn't know if he would make it.
"There's always competition between them so when he woke up we had told him, 'Israel... wants you to get strong, so you can get as strong as him.' And he woke up and like, 'I'm the strongest little kid.' We knew he was still in there. He was going to pull through," she said.
Still in bed, Christopher plays his own version of Angry Birds. He throws stuffed animals at his older brother.
Israel is up and walking, but you can still see the painful reminders of a day he says still scares him.
"I opened my eyes and the wheels were right here, and it was on my back too," Israel said.
His injuries aren't as bad as his brother's, but he still can't go back to school.
"I just wish that my arm would heal faster, but it's going to take time," he said.
Both boys are anxious for things to get back to normal. They couldn't trick or treat this year. Now, they look forward to the upcoming holidays.
Flowers still mark the exact spot where Israel and Christopher were hit.
Benjamin McKenzie is the man accused of running the two boys over and dragging them with his car. McKenizie appeared in court this week and pleaded not guilty to vehicular assault.
The family said the support from the community has been tremendous. Christopher is expected to be walking again by Christmas.


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Safety and Effectiveness of Adding PMPA Prodrug to an Anti-HIV Drug Combination to Treat HIV-Infected Patients
This study has been completed.
Gilead Sciences
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First received: November 2, 1999
Last updated: June 23, 2005
Last verified: November 1999
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The purpose of this study is to see if it is safe and effective to add PMPA Prodrug (a new anti-HIV drug) to an anti-HIV drug combination taken by patients who have taken anti-HIV drugs in the past. Genetic response will be studied.
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate
|Phase 2
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|Study Design:
|Masking: Double
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|A Phase II, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Safety and Antiviral Activity of the Addition of PMPA Prodrug to Combination Antiretroviral Regimens in Treatment-Experienced HIV-Infected Patients
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Prior to study entry patients are stratified according to HIV-1 RNA level, CD4 cell count, and number of antiretroviral drugs. PMPA Prodrug or placebo is added to current antiretroviral regimens, and is administered in one of three dosing regimens. Patients randomized to receive placebo are eligible to receive open-label PMPA Prodrug for the remainder of the 48-week study period after at least 24 weeks post randomization.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
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Inclusion Criteria
You may be eligible for this study if you:
- Are HIV-positive.
- Have an HIV count of 400 - 50,000 copies/ml.
- Are expected to live for at least 1 year.
- Have been taking the same anti-HIV drug combination (made up of no more than 3 anti-HIV drugs) for at least 8 weeks prior to study entry.
- Are at least 18 years old.
- Agree to use effective methods of birth control during the study.
Exclusion Criteria
You will not be eligible for this study if you:
- Have taken medications for certain infections within 15 days prior to study entry.
- Have a history of cancer, except Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) or skin cancer.
- Develop a new AIDS-related condition within 30 days of study entry.
- Have certain serious medical conditions, including severe nausea, vomiting, or other stomach problems that make you unable to take medications by mouth.
- Have received a vaccine within 30 days prior to study entry.
- Have taken certain medications, including those that may affect your kidneys.
- Abuse alcohol or drugs.
- Are pregnant.
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
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Miller MD, Margot NA, Schooley R, McGowan I. Baseline and week 48 final phenotypic analysis of HIV-1 from patients adding tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) therapy to background ART. 8th Conf Retro and Opportun Infect. 2001 Feb 4-8 (abstract no 441)
Schooley R, Myers R, Ruane R, Beall G, Lampiris H, McGowan I. A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) for the treatment of HIV infection. 39th Intersci Conf Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1999 Sep (abstract no I302I)
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|NCT00002415 History of Changes
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|November 2, 1999
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Drug Therapy, Combination
Anti-HIV Agents
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HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Anti-HIV Agents
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PLAY Campaign stops at Turner Field
ATLANTA -- Kris Medlen had a Q&A session with the children who participated in the PLAY Campaign event on Tuesday morning at Turner Field. They participated in numerous on-field activities, led in part by Braves trainers Jeff Porter and Jim Lovell.
There was also an educational station in the home dugout, where participants learned about the importance of a healthy living from what they eat to how often they exercise. Porter has been a part of the program for more than 10 years and remains passionate about it.
"All I have to do is look in the mirror," Porter said. "I'm serious. I'm 59 now and trying to keep weight off and get weight off. I've got a sore knee and I can't run like I used to and now all I can do is walk. I just tell them the truth. Just get out and be active."
The Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society (PBATS) created PLAY (Promoting a Lifetime of Activity for Youth) in 2004 to raise awareness for child health issues in the United States, including obesity. PLAY has traveled to all 30 Major League ballparks and held more than 150 events to reach thousands of kids nationwide since it began.
A representative from the Taylor Hooton Foundation, a non-profit organization that teaches and promotes awareness of the negative effects of steroid use, was also on hand to educate the kids about the dangers of using steroids. The foundation is named after Taylor Hooton, who committed suicide at age 17 after suffering depression related to steroids.
Porter asked Medlen, 28, to come speak with the kids, something that struck a chord with the starting pitcher. Already the father of a son nearing 18 months in age, Medlen has had to adjust to the idea that he is advancing into adulthood.
"It's weird," Medlen said. "I said something like, 'I don't think I'm that old, but I think to you guys, I am.' I was 20, and me and Tommy Hanson were living in Danville, Va., with our roommate, who was graduated from college and was 22, we were just like, 'Gosh, he's old.' But the older you get, a couple of years is not that big of a deal."
Medlen had several years on the kids, who asked him questions ranging from the toughest hitters he has ever faced (Baltimore's Adam Jones and San Francisco's Pablo Sandoval) to when he began playing baseball (as a 5-year-old). Afterward, Medlen autographed caps and T-shirts and took photos with the children.
"When it comes to giving kids advice, I have a hard time being serious with them. I'm great with kids, because I'm a kid. I'm going to joke sometimes," Medlen said. "I have a hard time having a serious conversation. I struggle with that when it comes to talking to kids. I'm a kid, and I'm good with them."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. Joe Morgan is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Lynsey Gaudioso received her B.A. in Mathematics, Environmental Science and Policy, from Vanderbilt University in 2010. Lynsey attempted to save a neighborhood forest at the age of nine and has been interested in environmental issues since. A recipient of the Chancellor's Scholarship at Vanderbilt University, she designed her own interdisciplinary major in Environmental Science and Policy, in addition to a second major in Mathematics, allowing her to study a broad range of subjects. Although her early Montessori education and Native American heritage provided the spark for her passion, it was her semester abroad in Australia that inspired her to envision her future in environmental research, policy, and education. The global differences in environmental management and policies she observed prompted her to accept an internship with South Africa's Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, where she drafted policy proposals and conducted research related to the environmental impact of marine invasive species, and later at The Climate Project, a non-profit organization that works to educate the public about the harmful effects of climate change.
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Any Management 101 textbook will cite this as a bedrock question that must be answered before undertaking a major project. But it is clear that the state of California failed to do so before implementing its historic switch of confinement responsibilities 17 months ago.
The Legislature should resolve -- and the governor should agree -- to correct that oversight before taking any further steps to amend the law that went into effect in October 2011.
The realignment, as it is called, was offered as the collaborative answer by Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature to fix a horribly overcrowded state prison system that the federal courts said violated laws for confinement of prisoners.
Realignment transferred responsibility of many supposedly lower-threat prisoners from state prisons to local jails or local probation.
The state sent money to the local jurisdictions to handle the costs. The move has successfully lowered the state's numbers, but it ballooned populations in local jails as well as increased the burden on local probation operations.
Brown and his administration have told us that realignment has been a major success. The problem is that the public just has to take their word for it, because there is little empirical data to back the claim.
Most of the information about the realignment is anecdotal and many of those anecdotes are not very pretty. There have been some tragic cases of attacks by recently freed prisoners, an apparent dramatic increase in the number of sex offenders disabling their GPS monitoring devices, spikes in property crimes in some areas as well, as what seem like spikes in the number of homeless encampments, just to name a few. But specific numbers on all of these range from sketchy to nonexistent.
So much so, in fact, that many victim-rights groups are pressuring lawmakers to radically reform the realignment plan. Legislators from both sides of the aisle have already begun offering changes to the realignment law.
On top of that, the Sacramento Bee has reported that Brown told a private meeting with Stanford law professors and their students last month that he was concerned with how counties were managing their jail population. He later confirmed that he is considering legislative modification to address some of the clear problems.
And, Jeffrey Beard, California's corrections secretary, also agreed that the state had not explicitly defined "what is the criteria for success."
While there is certainly enough smoke in the anecdotes to warrant modification of the law, it seems to us that there is an even greater need for everyone involved to step back, take a deep breath and then set about crafting legislation that will spell out what measures California, the federal government and the public should use to measure success of realignment. It must set some specific and concrete goals, around which any corrective legislation can be fashioned.
Only then should the Legislature begin examining and voting on the changes proposed by its members.