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After his well-publicised drug-fuelled meltdown, in which he famously declared himself in possession of ''tiger's blood'' and to be ''winning'' at well, life, most people had just about had enough of Charlie Sheen.
Not the FX network in the US, which lined the actor up for 100 episodes of its new television series, Anger Management. Sure enough, shortly after his dismissal from popular comedy Two and a Half Men, audiences were in for another large dose of the controversial star.
But the truth is, people love Charlie Sheen. He has an army of fans, including almost nine million followers on Twitter. Certainly when I turn up to meet the actor outside a bar in downtown New York, hordes of them appear out of nowhere. Phones start flashing and shouts of ''Charlie! Charlie!'' ring out across the street. One guy begs Sheen's publicist to let him have a picture taken with his ''idol''.
What sets Sheen apart from other celebrities is his willingness to co-operate. The actor rarely turns away a fan, for the simple reason that back when Sheen was a young baseball devotee, one of his idols refused him an autograph and left him feeling angry and rejected.
''I've kind of become a man of the people, as cliched as that sounds,'' the actor admits.
''I love the people. They're not intimidated by me. I hate creating fear in people - I feel like a bully. They're already so nervous and so vulnerable coming up I have to spend an extra minute making them feel comfortable.''
His eagerness to please is a side of Sheen not often played out in the media. Yes, he can be charming and charismatic, but there's that other part of him that doesn't hold back. He clearly still holds resentment towards Two and Half Men creator Chuck Lorre, who sacked him from the show, and refers to it mockingly throughout our interview as ''Two and a Half Losers''.
Despite this, Sheen still expects to make an appearance in the show's final episode.
''There's still people that I would want to avoid for the rest of my life, because they suck and they always will and it's not my fault and at this point it's none of my business what they do,'' he says.
''But I think with the foundation I was able to create and the success we had I've earned the right to be in that final episode.''
Until then, Sheen is riding the popularity of Anger Management, an easy-to-watch comic series churned out at the rate of 27 episodes in three months. But Sheen insists this series, about a therapist battling his own anger issues, is formulaic without being sappy.
''Television is like a toilet that won't flush right now, you know? It's full of so many turds,'' he says.
''We don't wrap up every show perfectly in the last scene at the end of the show in the mayor's office.''
The constant filming schedule also keeps Sheen out of trouble and means he'll be finished in two years. The star, whose daughter is expecting a baby, says by then he'll have had enough of acting.
''I'm looking forward to this grandfather thing, I'm looking forward to retirement. Hell yeah, after the show's done, I'm done. Two more years,'' he says.
It's hard to imagine Sheen will give it all up - he's only 47 now - but you'd be forgiven for believing Sheen had lived a number of lifetimes. His first casting was at age 19 in the film Red Dawn with Patrick Swayze, before he landed roles in cult favourite Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Oliver Stone's Platoon and Wall Street, which set him on a path to quick success. But his hard-partying lifestyle has always dominated headlines more than his acting abilities. His face has been frequently plastered across tabloids alongside the words drugs, alcohol, prostitutes and arrest - often simultaneously.
However, the way he sees it is that he's never done anything that bad.
''I've never busted in with a machine gun or murdered harp seals,'' he says.
''I'm just trying to contribute something while maybe learning something, you know? Or not. I'm just trying to enjoy the moment.''
Midway through our interview, one of Sheen's entourage turns up and tells the actor he's had a media offer from Australia: $700,000 to turn up to an event. Sheen asks if it's for charity.
''There has to be a charity component. I'm very philanthropic,'' he says.
Sheen has donated much of his money to various causes and individuals, including $US75,000 ($NZ88,300) to a young girl dying of cancer last year, and $US100,000 ($NZ117,800) to help troubled star Lindsay Lohan when she couldn't pay her tax bill.
Was that bout of generosity because he sees a bit of his own behaviour in the actress?
''No, I'm not that hapless,'' he says, before adding, ''I'm joking.
''In certain ways, but because she doesn't have the - and there's no disrespect for her - the type of filmography that stands on its own, she's a much easier target,'' he says of Lohan.
''But they forget how good she was as a child and that talent doesn't go away. She's that good - she's got to get out of her own way.''
With a new film coming out, Roman Coppola's A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, in which Sheen plays a tormented soul who gradually self-destructs after a break-up, a steady TV series and a grandchild ahead, is Sheen finally growing up?
It's not likely.
''I act like I'm 12,'' he says. Then rethinks this.
''No, no. Fifteen.''
- Herald on Sunday
- The second series of Anger Management screens on Sundays at 8pm on TV2


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"Water scarcity is the history and the future of the American West. Re-thinking water use, particularly in the face of climate change, will be central to our region's survival. Designers are poised to meet this challenge, particularly since the answers to this future crisis exceed the grasp of a single discipline, and touch all dimensions of the way people live and work."
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DRYLANDS DESIGN will feature work by architects, landscape architects, engineers, and urban designers responding to the challenges of water scarcity in the face of climate change. With a focus on the US West, the exhibition will presents a portfolio of adaptive strategies large and small, rural and urban, high tech and low-carbon. Since no single solution will meet the complex needs of the US West, the exhibition will explore a range of approaches for how buildings and parks, houses and streets, industry and agriculture, cities and neighborhoods might be adapted to face a drought-prone future. DRYLANDS DESIGN will recognize water scarcity as an issue of global concern, and challenges the industrialized world to take a leadership position with water-conserving, low-carbon design innovation for its own backyard.
At the heart of the exhibition are winning visions by Chau Nguyen, Rebecca Lederer, Geeti Silwal, Tom Kosbau, Meghan Storm, Gini Lee, Robert Lamb, AIA, Laurel McSherry and Ye Hua. The winning visions were chosen from hundreds of submissions to the William Turnbull International Drylands Design Competition (www.drylandscompetition.org), hosted by the California Architectural Foundation, AIA California Council, and Arid Lands Institute at Woodbury University. Jury members included Tom Anglewicz, FAIA, President, California
Architectural Foundation; Teddy Cruz, AIA, Estudio Cruz, San Diego; Mary Griffin, FAIA, Principal, Turnbull Griffin Haseloop Architects, San Francisco; Keith McPeters, Principal, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, Landscape Architects, Seattle; Enrique Norten, Hon. FAIA, TEN_Arquitectos, Mexico City and New York; Greg Otto, Principal, Buro Happold, Engineers, Los Angeles; and Michael Rotondi, FAIA, Roto Architecture, Los Angeles.
Through compelling and accessible drawings, models, graphics, film clips, the exhibition will frame the challenges facing 30 million people in the US West, and how those challenges are shared throughout the arid regions of the world. Furthermore, the exhibition and companion public programs will introduce a wide swatch of the public to the possibilities for envisioning a new, adaptive West through design possibilities both practical and poetic. The exhibition speculates on how solutions for the US West might be adapted to meet the urgent needs of drylands cultures worldwide.
DRYLANDS DESIGN is an initiative of the Arid Lands Institute (ALI), a design-based education and outreach center based at Woodbury University that recognizes water scarcity and hydrologic variability as the defining challenge facing the West. Woodbury School of Architecture is a proud supporter of the ALI's mission and activities. The exhibition advisory board includes Hadley and Peter Arnold, Arid Land Institute; Michael Lehrer, Lehrer Architects; Mia Lehrer, Mia Lehrer + Associates; Peggy Weil, HeadsUp! Times Square; Jonathan Katz, Cinnabar; Louis Molina, Woodbury School of Architecture; and Cliff Garten, Cliff Garten Studio. Exhibition design is provided by Chu + Gooding Architects.
Please join A+D Museum and the Aridlands Institute in celebrating the opening of Drylands Design the evening of Thursday, March 22 from 6:00-9:00PM.
Admission: $10 General, $5 Students w/valid ID, A+D Members FREE

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For students transferring from another technical college district, credit awarded for high school coursework covered by an articulation agreement at the originating technical college shall be accepted as credit toward completion of a comparable course or courses.
Apprentices who have completed a minimum of 400 hours of registered apprenticeship related instruction and obtained journey-level status are eligible for 32 credits of advanced standing to meet the occupational-specific course requirements of an Associate Degree in Technical Studies-Journey worker. Students must present appropriate documentation, including a Wisconsin Journey level certificate. Students may be awarded a maximum of eight additional credits toward the associate degree for registered apprenticeship related instruction beyond the 400-hour minimum at the rate of one credit per 36 hours of instruction.
Advanced standing credit can be awarded for technical diploma level course work toward an associate degree. Any request for advanced standing of technical diploma credits toward an associate degree must be reviewed and authorized by the respective Division Dean. For the Division Dean to review and authorize this advanced standing, at no time should more than one credit of coursework at the associate degree level be granted for three technical diploma credits. Some form of competency assessment is strongly recommended to inform this advanced standing decision to help ensure student success.
Youth Apprenticeship instruction is granted advanced standing in associate degree or technical diploma programs. Consistent with the timeframe for articulated agreements, students must enroll at FVTC within 27 months after high school graduation to be eligible for advanced standing credit and present appropriate documentation of successful completion of the Youth Apprenticeship program.
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Yes, if your previous courses are relevant for your FVTC program, we will need a transcript from each school you attended. If, however, those courses don't apply to your FVTC program, then you don't need to send that transcript.
Fox Valley Technical College accepts transfer credits from regionally and nationally accredited institutions. Also, FVTC transfers in only the classes that are applicable to your program of study. Per FVTC policy, you must complete a minimum of 25% of the required coursework at Fox Valley Technical College in order to earn an associate's degree or technical diploma from our college (for certificates, you must complete 50% of the coursework at FVTC). Your transfer credits will need to be approved by the program division to ensure the coursework meets the same academic rigor at our college.
Prior to submitting an application for admission, you can email an unofficial transcript from your current or previous college to firstname.lastname@example.com and indicate the FVTC program you intend to pursue. We will evaluate the transcripts and email a listing of the classes that are expected to transfer to your FVTC program. You can also use the Transfer Information Wizard to find out which courses will transfer. Note: this review is unofficial; you will need to send official transcripts to FVTC once you have applied to your program.
Once you have applied to a program and have submitted your official transcripts for review, we will evaluate your transcripts and post the approved credits to your MyFVTC Account. Then we will email you a Student Transfer Evaluation. You can also view your transfer credit in your MyFVTC Account and on your unofficial transcript.
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No. Transfer credit is designated with a grade of TC on your transcript and is not calculated in your GPA.
Fox Valley Tech recognizes courses taken under formal agreements between high schools and technical colleges. To have these courses reviewed, you must submit a high school transcript after you have applied for a program at FVTC. Per the agreements between high schools and the technical colleges, you must have earned a grade of B or better for the course to be considered by FVTC. If accepted, we will process the credits as Advanced Standing (AS) on your transcript. These courses do not apply toward your academic GPA.
High School Advanced Placement courses: FVTC will accept the passing AP TEST only; you will not receive credit for completion of the course alone. Please submit the AP test results to the transfer credit office for evaluation. If accepted, we will process the credits as Advanced Standing (AS) on your transcript. These courses do not apply toward your academic GPA.
You may receive up to 32 credits for your prior learning towards an associate degree. For more information, contact our counseling center at 920-735-5696.
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Contact the college you want the credits to transfer to and provide them with the required documentation. An official transcript is what most colleges require. If more information is requested (such as class description, course numbers, and/or course syllabus), please contact the transfer credit office for assistance.
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Nestled in the heart of London, walking distance to iconic British Museum and Europe's most popular shopping area, Oxford Street, Smart Russel Square hostel is the destination of choice for budget-conscious travellers who want to experience amazing London adventure. Every room is key card locked as is entry to the main part of the building, security lockers in every room. The hostel has 24 hour reception, free Wi-Fi throughout the hostel, TV common room, self -service laundry and dryer facilities, guest kitchen facilities, currency exchange, travel shop, no curfew or lockout, and much more.
Our transport links are fantastic, we are located only a few minutes walking distance from Russell Square Tube or Metro Station which is directly linked to both Heathrow Airport and Kings Cross St Pancras for the Eurostar Train. We are directly linked either by bus or the tube to every major train and bus station in London. There are 24 hour buses running next to the hostel, making us accessible at day or night. Local sights within walking distance include Oxford Street, British Museum, Covent Garden, Camden Town Market, National Portrait Gallery, Soho, National Theatre, National Gallery, West End Theatres, Regent Street, Leicester Square, Kings Cross and much more.
** Important Information ** - The Continental Breakfast costs £2. 00 per person per day. The breakfast will be served from 07:30 AM until 10:00AM - Photo ID required at the check-in, - £10 refundable deposit (cash) required at the check-in - Locker fee £1. 50, - Customers under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an Adult. Customers under 13 years old must be booked into private accommodation. The recommended age to stay at our hostels unaccompanied is from 16 years old onwards.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- For Brian Dalessandro, it's all about telling a true story -- which is remarkable, considering Dalessandro is not a writer, movie maker or painter. He's a so-called data scientist, one of the young turks ruling information-obsessed Wall Street, Madison Avenue and the Web. "I did data science well before it was sexy," Dalessandro told me during what has to be the most fascinating email conversation I have had this year. "I'll be doing it long after it becomes passe." Dalessandro is vice president of data science at Media6Degrees, a next-gen scientific marketing firm with offices on 18th Street in Manhattan. He is one of the go-to data players for A-list clientele such as Sears ( SHLD), Tropicana ( PEP) and AT&T ( T). And investors know it. The firm's backers include similarly top-shelf venture shops including Menlo Ventures and Venrock, the folks with skin in the game at Apple ( AAPL), DoubleClick and Intel ( INTC). Thing is, after last week's election, it seems Dalessandro's passion for truth in numbers is also the stuff of mainstream politics. No less than The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, BusinessWeek, Politico and USA Today, to name a few, featured serious coverage on who got it right -- and who got it wrong -- among election pollsters and data nerds. "The result was a big victory for many number analysts," wrote Harry J. Enten, who covered pollsters for The Guardian. Polling geeks even have a rock star: one Nate Silver, whose FiveThirtyEight blog did the data deep-dive for election forecasts over at The New York Times. Silver polls the polls for what's really real in election poll results. To get a deeper feel for finding the daylight in numbers, Dalessandro has been showing me around underneath the data scientist's hood when polling polls for the past several weeks. Data is no savior
First off, the pure utter worthlessness of the vast amount of information out there is absolutely confirmed by Dalessandro. "Very few companies survive on selling data," he said. "Data is so cheap that these companies end up pivoting and selling service."
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Don't miss out on a lower price on this hotel
Get an overview of this hotelStylish boutique hotel in historic NoMad
Popular property highlights
Near Madison Square Park
Located in NoMad, between midtown Manhattan and downtown, Hotel Giraffe by Library Hotel Collection is a block from Madison Square Park and the Flatiron district. Guests can access Central Park and other uptown attractions from the nearby subway station, a 2-minute walk away.
Open-air rooftop garden
Hotel Giraffe by Library Hotel Collection welcomes guests with free continental breakfast served in its spacious Art Deco-style lobby lounge and a free wine-and-cheese reception each evening. On the 12th floor, guests enjoy the open-air rooftop garden - the perfect spot for a summer drink.
Chic decor and free WiFi
Striking rooms are furnished with plush armchairs and ottomans, plus black and white photos from the 1920s and '30s. The airy rooms feature 10-foot-high ceilings and include free WiFi and wired internet, flat-panel TVs with premium cable, iHome docking stations, and compact refrigerators.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Breakfast
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- Overall room comfort
Hotel Giraffe by Library Hotel Collection
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
This Art Deco hotel provides 24-hour complimentary refreshments in its Grand Lobby where it serves a complimentary continental breakfast each morning and a free wine-and-cheese reception as well. Guests are invited to relax in the charming Rooftop Garden. In the hotel, visitors enjoy rustic Italian cuisine at Bread & Tulips restaurant.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 72
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Concierge services
- Elevator/lift
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free wired Internet
- Computer station
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- One meeting room
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Garden
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Multilingual staff
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 1300
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Conference space size (meters) - 121
- Smoke-free property
- Wedding services
- Free WiFi
- Free reception
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Valet parking (surcharge), Offsite parking discounted rates available
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- DVD player
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- iPod docking station
- Free newspaper
- In-room massage available
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Room service (limited hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
Where to Eat
Guests enjoy a complimentary continental breakfast featuring fresh fruit, pastries, bagels, yogurt, boiled eggs, and hot and cold cereal. A complimentary evening wine-and-cheese reception is also served.
Bread & Tulips - This restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available. Happy hour is offered.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time ends at 1 PM
Check-out time is 1 PM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 21 years old.
Optional extras
- Valet parking fee: USD 45.00 per day
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- Giraffe Hotel
- Giraffe New York
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- Hotel Giraffe New York
- Giraffe Hotel New York City
- Hotel Giraffe Library Hotel Collection New York
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- Giraffe Library Collection New York
- Giraffe Library Collection
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This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties. Up to 2 children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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MINNEAPOLIS — More unsettling news from Best Buy this week, as the company announced the departure of EVP and CFO Jim Muehlbauer.
Muehlbauer, who joined the company in 2002, will support the company through 2013 as it searches for a new finance chief.
"Jim is leaving Best Buy after more than a decade with the company," said Hubert Joly, Best Buy's president and CEO. "We thank him for his many contributions and, of course, wish him well in the future. I have no doubt that whoever we chose to succeed Jim will have his high degree of integrity and passion for our business."
Though the company did not give a reason for Muehlbauer's departure, one can speculate that Best Buy's recent financial troubles might have played a role.
The company reported earnings of $12 million, or 4 cents per share, for its second quarter, compared with earnings of $150 million, 39 cents a share, the prior year. Excluding previously announced restructuring charges, net earnings from continuing operates were $68 million, or 20 cents a share, well below the 31 cents a share analysts forecast.
Total company revenues for the quarter declined 2.8% to slightly more than $10.5 billion, with same-store sales at domestic stores falling 1.6% and comps at international stores declining 8.2%.
On top of its financial struggles, Best Buy is dealing with founder and former chairman Richard Schulze's attempts to buy out the company, as well as breaking in a relatively new CEO, Hubert Joly, who has no retail experience.
With the holidays fast approaching, Best Buy has to get a move on if it wants to come out on top this season.


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A 23-year-old parolee suspected of assaulting a family member barricaded himself in a Long Beach home and was taken into custody after a SWAT standoff Tuesday night.
Deandre Palmer allegedly struck a family member over the head with a blunt object around noon Tuesday in the 3000 block of Gale Avenue, said Long Beach police Lt. Paul LeBaron.
"The investigation led to the 1200 block of Maddox Street where we identified a residence where we believed the suspect was hiding inside," LeBaron said.
Police called out Palmer, a parolee they believed to be armed and knew from prior arrests on assault with a deadly weapon and weapons violations. He did not comply, and a SWAT unit was called in,
LeBaron said, adding that police believed he was armed.
About 10 families were evacuated from the immediate area, and police used "some chemical equipment" to get Palmer to surrender around 11:45 p.m., LeBaron said.
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The Minimum Wage: An Overview
Minimum wage laws establish a base level of pay that employers are required to pay certain covered employees. The current federal minimum wage is $6.55 per hour. The laws consist primarily of federal and state statutes. When an employee is subject to both the state and federal minimum wage laws, the employee is entitled to the higher of the two minimum wages. Many states, including California, have a higher minimum wage which must be followed by local governmental agencies.
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CAPTAIN Chay Ankers recorded personal best bowling figures for Malvern seconds but admitted he didn't realise he had taken a hat-trick until reminded by a team-mate.
The 41-year-old, in his second stint at the helm of the Regency Road second string, returned 6-8 from 10 overs in a 57-run victory at Wormelow in Worcestershire League Division Three.
But because his hat-trick bridged two overs, the significance of the feat, which came after the bowling all-rounder top-scored with 41 in setting the hosts 127 to win, initially went unnoticed.
Ankers said: "I didn't even know I'd had the hat-trick until we were around celebrating it afterwards and one of the other guys said, 'Have you just taken a hat-trick?'
"It was two wickets at the end of one over and then one at the beginning of the next so there'd been an over in between and, when I took the third, I didn't even realise I'd taken a hat-trick. It's the best bowling figures I've ever had and I've never taken a hat-trick before so it's pretty good.
"I just wish I'd known it was happening but maybe I would have tensed up a little bit more because I just ran in and did what I was doing every other ball."
Ankers led the way with 41 off 46 balls featuring eight fours. But, having fallen short of an ideal total to defend, it took a blistering start to the Wormelow innings, when the hosts were reduced to 9-4, to set up victory.
"As a captain, I would have preferred 150 but we didn't start well," Ankers said. "We were on 26-3 when I went into bat and 92-6 when I was out. We used a lot of overs up but didn't get many runs and I said to the guys as they were going in that we needed to try to get to 150.
"The pitch was a bit wet, it wasn't really doing what it normally should do and we were all out for 126.
"We attacked from the start and Mike McCollum (3-12), who opened the bowling with me, took a wicket in his second over and followed up with another fairly quickly.
"I took two wickets in the next over so they were on 9-4 and at that point it was just a procession of wickets."
The first XI opened their win account in Division Two, beating Wormelow at home by six wickets.
Stephen Lake (3-34) helped restrict Wormelow to 153-9 before Lewis Hill (27 not out) and Ashley Jones (37no) fired them to victory.
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Eric VandenBerg '09
Spring 2012 TRINITY Magazine, Real World Success
Eric VandenBerg '09
Major: Business
Minor: Accounting, Finance, Mathematics
Title: Tax Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
At PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Eric VandenBerg performs various tax compliance, research, and planning projects for financial services clients.
Great opportunities: "Being involved in various activities, from class work to varsity men's soccer, Student Association to Outcry helped me grow intellectually, occupationally, and spiritually. I became solidified as the person I am in Jesus Christ and gained a better understanding of how I am to use the gifts he has blessed me with to advance his kingdom work."
Learn from experience: "I had an internship the second semester of my senior year at Wolf & Company LLP in Oak Brook as a staff auditor. This was my first experience in a corporate work environment, so I learned a lot about the culture of a CPA firm and everything that makes a firm like that run smoothly."
Professors as mentors: "The best mentor relationship I had at Trinity was with English Professor Bruce Leep. In addition to his love for literature, Professor Leep is very knowledgeable and experienced in the banking industry. One of my favorite things about Professor Leep is that his great teaching is not confined to the classroom. He continues to take every opportunity he can to answer questions I have about anything and is always eager to help me grow in every aspect of my life. I look forward to maintaining this relationship as I continue to gain experience in the business world."


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"He told me, 'It's no joke up there,'" Okonoboh said. "It's nothing compared to high school. It's working out every day — three times a day, sometimes two."
Okonoboh and Vonleh were travel ball teammates last year for Mass Rivals. That was when Vonleh was a top-10 prospect and Okonoboh was building his way to elite recruit status.
Vonleh is now fully immersed in IU's summer training program, and doing well enough to earn praise from IU coaches on his work ethic and attitude. Vonleh has passed on his experience to Okonoboh, a 6-9, 220 pound Massachusetts standout who has emerged as a shot-blocking force of nature. He has a scholarship offer from Indiana and at least a dozen other powerhouse programs.
"You think you can go to college and have a fun time," Okonoboh said, "and you will have a fun time, and you might think it will be just walk through things. No. You have to work for it. You have to be ready."
Okonoboh is building toward ready, and it starts with his name. His family is from Nigeria. Shortly after his parents arrived in Boston, his father, Sylvester, found a job as a cab driver. He was shot in the chest during an argument over the fare. The bullet nicked his heart. Somehow he survived. When his son was born the next week, Sylvester had a fitting name.
"He wasn't supposed to live," Okonoboh said. "He named me Goodluck because he felt lucky to become a father."
It's not luck that has Okonoboh ranked No. 32 nationally by Rivals.com in the Class of 2014, No. 19 by ESPN.com. He can dominate, as the 16-point, 12-rebound, 10-block effort he unleashed in one adidas Invitational game showed.
"Hearing from Noah shows me in a year I'll be in college, so I have to prepare now," he said. "Time goes by fast, especially for me because I'm always doing things, always playing basketball. You've got to live for the moment and work hard every day. If you do, hopefully when you get (to college), you'll be ready."
Okonoboh works to show he has offense with his defensive game. He has a mid-range jumper, something he lacked last summer. He can face the basket and score.
"He didn't have any of that last year," Mass Rivals coach Vin Pastore said. "That was the knock on him, that he didn't have any offense."
He has it now, and high-profile coaches have noticed. IU's Tom Crean, Louisville's Rick Pitino, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, Ohio State's Thad Matta, West Virginia's Bob Huggins, plus Kentucky assistant coach Orlando Antigua, were among the coaches who watched him during this week's event in Indianapolis.
Okonoboh said he isn't close to cutting down his list of schools, and has no desire to rush a decision.
"Everybody is my favorite," he said.
"I could decide in the fall, or maybe the spring. I'll talk with my family toward the end of the summer and see what I want to do."
What is he looking for in a school and a program?
"When I go on my visits, I'll see how the players play every day and how the coaches work with the players from a development standpoint because that's the key," he said. "If you want to play at the next level, you've got to develop."
Okonoboh's grueling schedule — he participated at the Amare Stoudemire and LeBron James academies (Chicago and Las Vegas) before arriving in Indianapolis — is part of that development.
"It's draining, but you've got to play through it. It's basketball."
So he continues to work, push and dream.
"This is a chance to play against good players, showcase my hard work and show I'm one of the top players in the country."


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Parenteral Nutrition Associated Liver Disease: Early Markers and Therapy Wih Enteral Omega-3 Supplementation
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified June 2011 by University of Tennessee.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
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Last updated: June 16, 2011
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Cholestatic liver disease is a common complication associated with long term parenteral nutrition (PN). PN associated liver disease (PNALD) is much more common in premature infants and the incidence increases with duration of PN. The use of intravenous omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω3PUFA) or fish oil has recently shown promise in the treatment of PNALD. We hypothesize that there are early markers for PNALD that precede the increase in total and direct bilirubin. We further hypothesize that patients with PNALD who receive enteral ω3PUFA supplementation will have an improvement in PNALD or reversal of PNALD. These hypotheses will be tested by a two part study that includes an initial observation period when markers for PNALD are evaluated, followed by a randomized, controlled trial of enteral ω3PUFA supplementation for treatment of PNALD. Infants expected to be on PN for 4 weeks or longer will be eligible for enrollment in this study. The observational part of the study will entail periodic assessment of potential markers for PNALD. Markers will be evaluated for inflammatory cytokines (IL-1, IL-6, TNF-alpha), oxidative stress (8-isoprostane, 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine, glutathione peroxidase), liver fibrosis (TIMP-1), endogenous steroid production (glucagon and ACTH), total serum bile acids, essential fatty acid profiles, and calprotectin, a novel marker of gut inflammation. Patients will be observed for 6 months duration. Patients enrolled in the study who develop PNALD will be randomized to either the current standard of care (control group) or enteral ω3PUFA supplementation (treatment group). Once able to take oral medications, treatment group patients will receive enteral ω3PUFA 1 g/kg/day for 12 weeks. At the end of the 12 weeks, the protocol will be open label in which any patients who continue to have PNALD in either group will receive enteral ω3PUFA. All patients enrolled in the study (whether or not they develop PNALD or receive ω3PUFA supplementation) will be followed for a total of 6 months. The results of this study will increase our knowledge of the pathogenesis of PNALD, as well as potentially confirm the effectiveness of a novel therapy for this costly and debilitating disease.
|Parenteral Nutrition Associated Liver Disease
|Drug: Lovaza (fish oil)
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Parenteral Nutrition Associated Liver Disease: Early Markers and Therapy Wih Enteral Omega-3 Supplementation
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Liver Diseases
Drug Information available for: Fish oil Omega-3-acid ethyl esters LovazaU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by University of Tennessee:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Determine if enteral ω3PUFA supplementation is effective for the treatment and/or reversal of PNALD. [ Time Frame: 3 years for study completion, 12 weeks per patients ]In order to answer our this objective, we will conduct a randomized controlled trial of enteral ω3PUFA supplementation in patients that develop PNALD. We will evaluate direct bilirubin, AST, ALT, and clinical presentation as outcomes as success of enteral ω3PUFA supplementation. We will evaluate baseline and serial fatty acid analysis to show that enteral fish oil is absorbed and effecting ω3PUFA concentrations. We will evaluate resolution of PNALD in patients receiving ω3PUFA compared to patients not supplimented with ω3PUFA. Time to resolution of disease will also be evaluated.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Evaluate serum markers that may be early indicators of PNALD in infants receiving long term PN. [ Time Frame: 3 years for total study, 6 months per patient ]In order to answer this objective, we will conduct assessment for IL-1, IL-6, TNF-alpha, 8-isoprostane, 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine, glutathione peroxidase, TIMP-1, glucagon, ACTH, total serum bile acids, and calprotectin in all patients at baseline and sequentially for the six month study period until the patient develops PNALD or PN is discontinued. We aim to evaluate early abnormalities in these markers as predictors of PNALD.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|October 2008
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2014
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: fish oil
When a subject develops PNALD (three consecutive direct bilirubin concentrations > 2 mg/dL), and is able to tolerate at least trophic feeds (1 mL Q12h), the subject will be randomized to either the control group (our current hospital practice including advancement of enteral feeding, ursodiol, and cyclic PN, but not ω3PUFA) or the active treatment group (current hospital practice plus the addition of enteral ω3PUFA supplementation of 1 g/kg/day with a maximum dose of 4 g/day for a 12 week period). All patients will be started at 1 g/kg/day with a maximum dose of 4 g/day.
Drug: Lovaza (fish oil)
Patients will receive fish supplementation of 1 g/kg/day with a maximum dose of 4 g/day for a 12 week period.
Other Name: Lovaza
No Intervention: standard of care
When a subject develops PNALD (three consecutive direct bilirubin concentrations > 2 mg/dL), and is able to tolerate at least trophic feeds (1 mL Q12h), the subject will be randomized to either the control group (our current hospital practice including advancement of enteral feeding, ursodiol, and cyclic PN, but not ω3PUFA) or the active treatment group (current hospital practice plus the addition of enteral ω3PUFA supplementation of 1 g/kg/day with a maximum dose of 4 g/day for a 12 week period). All patients will be started at 1 g/kg/day with a maximum dose of 4 g/day.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 1 Year (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Neonates / infants < 1 year of age (there is no minimum age for enrollment and subjects may be male or female)
- Enrolled prior to the development of PNALD
Anticipated duration of PN of 4 weeks or greater including patients with:
- Short bowel syndrome resulting from surgical management of NEC, congenital bowel defects (omphalocele and gastroschisis), intestinal atresias, midgut volvulus, and other intestinal processes
- Functional short bowel syndrome
- Subjects must be deemed clinically stable with a life expectancy of at least 6 months before enrollment
Exclusion Criteria:
- Bleeding risk (platelets count < 50 thousand units/μL)
- Receiving aspirin or other anticoagulation agent
Patient's who are deemed clinically unstable:
- Severe multi-system disease
- Genetic disorders
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01157780
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01157780
|Contact: Emma M Tillman, PharmD
|United States, Tennessee
|Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center
|Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38103
|Contact: Emma M Tillman, PharmD 901-287-5349 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Emma M Tillman, PharmD
|Sub-Investigator: Catherine M Crill, PharmD
|Sub-Investigator: Dennis D Black, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Richard A Helms, PharmD
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|Emma Tillman, Pharm.D., University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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|Study First Received:
|March 30, 2010
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|June 16, 2011
Keywords provided by University of Tennessee:
Fish oil
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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09.05.2012 •
Post NEWS
The SUBLIME post-producers turned a winter motif into a summer motif, perfectly prepared by photographer Markus Mueller.
The new HORNBACH campaign, which resonates in perfect tune with the motto 'no one feels it like you', was realised by Heimat. Here is the campaign website which includes the new TV spot.
We already covered ANKE LUCKMANN's (as reported by GoSee) series for GQ Germany featuring Formula 1 star Sebastian Vettel.
Once again, SUBLIME was in charge of the post-production. Just in case you dared to miss the motifs, we are happy to show them once again.
After several months of hard work, the new website is finally up and running.
Go & See: sublime-postproduction.com


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Hi All,
It's taken me a few weeks before I could post this. John Boulley passed away on September 4th. We were in the middle of hurrican Ike. Even though we live in Arkansas it still hit us hard. We had no electricity. The hospice nurses made sure he was as comfortable as possible.
Sometimes it feels like he's still here, just gone out for awhile. Then it hits that he's not comming home.
Before he slipped into a coma he made me promise I would be alright without him. So I must go on and keep that promise.
We knew from the beginning this would be the outcome. The doctors and their staff gave us two and a half good years. John was able to take care of himself until the week before he died. He was a very strong proud man, and stayed that way till the end.
He will be missed terribly.
Thanks to all on this site for your kindness, support, and sympathy.


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Ukiah Daily Journal
A portable bathroom for park-goers who have disabilities was installed recently at the Mill Creek Dam park, and was just as quickly destroyed, according to Mendocino County Safety Officer Mark Hilliker of the county General Services Agency.
Hilliker said the Ukiah Rod and Gun Club, which stocks the water so people can fish there, helped install a deck so people with disabilities could also fish, and also worked in concert with the county to get the portable toilet installed.
The handicapped-accessible portable toilet, commonly called a "blue room," went in when workers noticed a nearby canyon across from the lake was being used as a restroom. It was installed over the weekend of Jan. 12 and 13, and on Monday, Jan. 14, Hilliker said the bathroom was found destroyed beyond salvaging.
"It appears that someone took the opportunity to smash into it with a truck that was raised," he said, "because the damage was pretty high up."
The portable restroom stall had been anchored to the ground, and it was knocked from its anchorage, according to Hilliker. One side of the restroom was crushed, the locking mechanism on the door was broken off and it appeared someone had shot the stall six times.
The Silva Septic & Rooter Service employee who removed the unit, shortly after having delivered it, said there was what appeared to be a 9 mm round inside.
The custom-built, handicapped-accessible bathroom cost the county $2,500 out of its general fund, according to Hilliker, who said also that the county currently doesn't intend to replace it, "due to the cost."
"And we're wary of any further damage," he added.
The remote park has a history of vandalism, according to Hilliker, as shown by the frequently recurring graffiti on nearby picnic tables and benches.
The Ukiah Rod and Gun Club offered to put up some sort of barricade to prevent further damage to a replacement restroom, according to Hilliker.
While he said the county may eventually change its mind, right now, "The county is not really interested in doing that."
Tiffany Revelle can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com, on Twitter @TiffanyRevelle or at 468-3523.


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Naqsh-i Rustam (also Naqsh-e Rustam; in English, the Throne of Rustam) was considered a sacred mountain range in the Elamite periods (early first millennium BCE). The façades of Naqsh-i Rustam became the burial site for four Achaemenid rulers and their families in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE, as well as a major center of sacrifice and celebration during the Sasanian period between the third and seventh century CE. These squeezes are from the Tomb of Darius I.
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AnagramsLanguage brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
An anagram is a word or phrase made by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. Each phrase below is an anagram of the thing it describes. Can you figure them out?
Dirty Room
A Rope Ends It
Here Come Dots
Cash Lost in 'em
Alas! No More Z's
I'm a Dot in Place
Twelve plus one
HintHere's the first one:
Dirty Room = Dormitory
Now get the others.
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Snooze Alarms
A Decimal Point
Eleven plus two
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KEXP Reviews
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Me'Shell opens up her heart on this beautiful new album of smooth, mellow love songs. Funky, soulful basslines; silky, passionate vocals; guitars that go from funky to reggae rhythms to wailing solos; warm synth sounds spicing it up...all performed by the hugely talented Ndegeocello. Not every last song on here is great, but there are certainly enough goods to make this album very worthwhile of your listening. 11/12/2003 - Don Yates
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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Hy-Vee is showing its commitment to health by joining the efforts to make its home state of Iowa the healthiest in the nation.
More than 100 Hy-Vee stores will take part in the second Healthiest State Walk on Oct. 3.
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds are calling on Iowans throughout the state to complete a one-kilometer walk on Wednesday, October 3 to show their support for the Healthiest State Initiative, the public-private partnership designed to lift Iowa to the top of the nation's health rankings by 2016. Hy-Vee stores and Hy-Vee Drugstores in Iowa are assisting in the effort by organizing walks in their communities and offering prizes to encourage individuals, businesses and schools to participate.
In 2011, more than 291,000 Iowans took part in 5,645 Start Somewhere Walks to kick off the five-year Healthiest State Initiative. Helen Eddy, Hy-Vee's AVP health and wellness and executive director of the Healthiest State Initiative, said the Start Somewhere walks were instrumental in raising awareness of the campaign and the need for Iowans to improve their health.
"We know a one-kilometer walk, in and of itself, isn't going to have a big impact on an individual's health," Eddy said. "But when hundreds of thousands of Iowans join their neighbors and co-workers and classmates to walk together, it sends a powerful message about our commitment to making Iowa the healthiest state."


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I found these rankings interesting. Recently ESPN evaluated the current uniforms of all professional sports. How would you rank the uniforms of the NBA? The results are as follows:
Uni-Watch uniform rankings:
UNI WATCH POWER RANKINGS -- Click team names to view uniform sets
Rank Team Logo Comment 1 Boston Celtics The Rolling Stones, "Goodfellas," a Hershey's with almonds -- the classics are classic for a reason. That definitely applies to the Celtics' set. No goofy side panels, no extraneous bells or whistles -- just a perfect, vertically arched wordmark and a simple green-and-white color scheme. They rank atop this list despite sometimes wearing that black-trimmed alternate. 2 San Antonio Spurs The Raiders aren't the only team that knows how to wear silver and black. In addition to the killer colors, the Spurs are also among the few NBA teams that have successfully incorporated a graphic image into their chest typography -- a small element that goes a long way. Kinda wish they'd go back to the scoop-neck collar instead of the V-neck, but that's a minor complaint. 3 Los Angeles Lakers Even for a confirmed purple-hater, the Lakers' uniforms have achieved the kind of rarefied status reserved for upper-echelon designs. The big fly in the ointment is the completely unnecessary white alternate. Come on, guys, you used to be special because you were the only team in the league without a white uni.
4 Golden State Warriors It was downright depressing to see a franchise with such a proud tradition of uni design innovation devolve into a pit of utterly generic tedium. But the Warriors' current set shows that this team -- and this league -- can still think outside the box. Too bad about the typeface (Copperplate Gothic is sooooo 1990s), but everything else here gets an enthusiastic thumbs-up. Easily the NBA's most interesting uniform set, and also one of its best.
5 Utah Jazz Right, we all know it's silly to have a team in Utah called the Jazz, but so what? There are no lakes or trolleys to dodge in L.A., but nobody complains about the names of the Dodgers and Lakers. Team names aside, the Jazz's current set is a beauty, and it's so much better than all the purple and teal nonsense they'd been using previously. 6 Washington Wizards The Bullets live again! OK, not quite, but this is a close enough facsimile. Kudos to owner Ted Leonsis for bringing back an updated version of the old striped design, and to the league and adidas for executing it so nicely. One of the better uni-related success stories of recent years. 7 Oklahoma City Thunder Very underrated. The home design is particularly strong -- one of the best in the league -- in large part because of the orange-and-gold trim, which really pops. The road design would probably be stronger if they put "City" below the uni number instead of stacking the two words, but it still works. Sort of amazing that they haven't come out with an "OKC" alternate yet, but that's presumably right around the corner. 8 Miami Heat Amidst all the ho-hum typography found on today's NBA jerseys, the Heat's flaming "T" is a brilliantly simple detail that totally works. Why can't other teams come up with something like this? No extraneous nonsense under the armholes or on the shorts, either. A uniform worthy of the league champs. 9 New York Knicks Not many NBA clubs can get away with not wearing their team name anywhere on their jerseys, but it works for the Knickerbockers. Although it hasn't been formally announced yet, all indications are that they'll be dropping the black trim from their uni program this season (they've already excised the black from their logo), which means they'll probably be moving up in the rankings next time around. 10 Portland Trail Blazers A handful of NBA teams have worn diagonal stripes over the years, but the Blazers are the only team currently employing that concept. It works -- here's hoping they never move away from it. Fun fact: The Blazers' pinwheel logo is a graphic representation of a five-on-five basketball game. It's also one of the few logos in the league that doesn't include a depiction of a basketball. 11 Detroit Pistons So many NBA teams these days are using these round-ish lettering fonts, and they all lack punch. The chest mark feels soft, inconsequential. Not an unattractive uniform, but not a memorable one either. 12 Indiana Pacers Like so many middle-of-the-pack NBA design packages, Indiana's uni set is blandly adequate -- no more, no less. The gold accenting on the home whites packs a nice little punch, though. 13 Chicago Bulls The Bulls' uniform set is more or less equivalent to the Celtics'. Both teams have rich championship heritages, and both teams have pretty much stayed true to their aesthetic roots. So why does Boston rank higher than Chicago? For starters, green is a more unique color -- the Celtics own it, while a few jillion other teams wear red. Second, the Celtics' black-lettered alternate is bad, but the Bulls' solid-black alternate is worse. And third, the Celtics have arguably the best logo in the sport, while the Bulls' logo -- which appears on their shorts -- looks like a cartoon steer for a middlebrow steakhouse. 14 Philadelphia 76ers Well, you certainly can't accuse them of overdesigning it. In a perfect world, the Sixers would wear a classy stars-and-stripes treatment, but another team already beat them to that concepta few decades ago, and the Sixers' own attempts at stars and stripes haven't worked out so well, so their current minimalist approach is probably for the best. Not much juice, though. 15 New Orleans Hornets New Orleans is a party town, so a bit of gaudiness is OK. But the Hornets are treading a fine line between gaudy and garish. Meanwhile, here's something weird: Team owner Tom Bensonwants to change the team's name, but the current team name doesn't appear on any of the team's four (!) uniforms, so they could actually get a new moniker and keep their current uni set if they wanted (although that seems highly unlikely). 16 Phoenix Suns The basic template is refreshingly straightforward, and the uni number going through the hoop is a simple concept that totally works. So why don't they rank higher? Simple: Purple and gray is a brutal color combo, and orange and gray isn't far behind. Why have any gray at all? You're called the Suns, not the Clouds. Jeez.
17 Memphis Grizzlies See if this sounds familiar: You're looking for a place to live, and you look at lots of apartments and houses. You keep thinking, "Yeah, this is place is OK ... and so is this place ... and this place," but nothing really grabs you until you walk into that special place and think, "Wow -- this is it. This is totally where I'm going to live. Where do I sign?" The Grizzlies' uniform set is more like all those other places you looked at first. It's OK, and you could live there if you had to, but it doesn't exactly make you feel like throwing a big housewarming party. 18 Denver Nuggets Not a terrible design, but there's something about those super-rounded numbers that feels a bit juvenile, like they're saying, "Don't take us seriously." Aside from that, this is your basic so-so NBA design -- nothing special, nothing awful. 19 Houston Rockets With today's billowy NBA uniforms, those stripes just look too swoopy -- the effect is almost clownish. Also, the chest lettering feels scratchy and primitive, which doesn't match the team's space-age name. Also-also, the big "R" in the center of the team's logo is supposed to look like a rocket blasting off, but it really just looks like dripping paint. 20 Atlanta Hawks The Hawks have featured a lot of audacious looks over the years, so it's a shame to see them wearing something so uninspired. It's safe, it's inoffensive, it's nothing to complain about -- and it's completely unmemorable. 21 Toronto Raptors Another team with an identity crisis. First they're all about the purple. Then they're all about the black. Now they're all about the red. Would anyone be surprised if they switched to blue in two seasons? More importantly, would anyone care? That's what happens when your visual program doesn't stand for anything -- people lose interest. 22 Milwaukee Bucks Attention uniform designers: Despite what so many of you apparently think, enlarging the first and last letters of a chest insignia does not provide symmetry; it just makes it look like you don't know anything about capitalization. While we're at it, excessive beveling does not make uniform lettering look like it's been carved from granite; it makes it look like you just discovered Photoshop last week. Oh, and using green and red together is too Christmas-y, but that's the team's fault, not yours. 23 Cleveland Cavaliers When LeBron James played in Cleveland, the Cavs had one of the best uniforms in the league. As soon as he left, they suddenly started dressing like the local semipro team that plays at the high school gym and uses the janitor's closet as a locker room. Started playing like a semipro team, too. Coincidence? 24 Dallas Mavericks Dear Mark Cuban: We all know you're very eager to put advertisements on your team's uniforms. So while you're at it, how about making a few other changes? For example, navy lettering on a royal background doesn't look so good, and there's no good reason for your front uni numbers to be off-center. Someone probably told you that the weird panel on the back of the shorts looked cool, but that someone was lying. And now that you've worn the P-Diddy alternate design in three colors, don't you think maybe it's time to retire it already? Sincerely, Uni Watch. 25 Los Angeles Clippers If ever a team needed a uniform overhaul, this is it. From the logo (which looks too much like the logo of that other NBA team in Los Angeles) to the characterless home and road scripts (look up "generic" in the dictionary and this is what you'll see), everything here feels like it was picked up on the cheap at the discount store. Also, the odd collar design has the effect of making the little chest logo look like it's sitting too low. 26 Charlotte Bobcats The Bobcats haven't even existed for a decade yet, but they're already on their third uniform template, and it's been a steady downward trajectory. Their inaugural set featured snappy graphics and a bold color scheme, but then they scrapped that in favor of a much more boring design, and now it feels like they've stopped trying. True, their 2012-13 set was unveiled in June, so maybe it isn't fair to judge it so harshly since we haven't yet seen it on the court -- or have we? 27 Orlando Magic Man, remember when this team had a unique logo and a distinct look? All that's left now are the pinstripes (always the weakest part of the package, since NBA players don't really need to accentuate the vertical). Seriously, has anything ever looked more unmagical than that chest insignia? No wonder Dwight Howard wanted out.
28 Minnesota Timberwolves The Wolves' numbering and lettering have evolved over the years from illegible to semi-legible to childish, which only counts as progress if you think getting a D on your term paper is better than flunking out. Meanwhile, the uniform design has featured one useless gimmick after another (the "tree line" on the shorts, the odd collars, etc.). Instead of tweaking the same concept over and over, they need to go back to the drawing board and start from scratch, pronto. 29 Brooklyn Nets The Nets will unveil their new Brooklyn uniforms in September, and not a moment too soon. This ranking is based on last season's set, which has to rank among the most uninspired designs ever to (dis)grace a basketball court. The new design is bound to be better. 30 Sacramento Kings Every class has a slow kid pulling up the rear, and in this case it's the Kings. Where shall we start -- the brutal color scheme? The illegible chest lettering on the home jersey? The oddly off-center front uni numbers? The clownish number font? The completely incongruous old-school script on the black alternate? A disaster from start to finish. On the bright side, there's nowhere to go but up!
Sports Nation uniform rankings:
SportsNation Rankings
1.Boston Celtics
2.Chicago Bulls
3.Los Angeles Lakers
4.New York Knicks
5.Miami Heat
6.Golden State Warriors
7.San Antonio Spurs
8.Oklahoma City Thunder
9.Philadelphia Sixers
10.Denver Nuggets
11.Portland Trail Blazers
12.Indiana Pacers
13.Detroit Pistons
14.Los Angeles Clippers
15.Dallas Mavericks
16.Brooklyn Nets
17.Washington Wizards
18.Memphis Grizzlies
19.Utah Jazz
20.Atlanta Hawks
21.Orlando Magic
22.New Orleans Hornets
23.Minnesota Timberwolves
24.Cleveland Cavaliers
25.Phoenix Suns
26.Houston Rockets
27.Milwaukee Bucks
28.Charlotte Bobcats
29.Sacramento Kings
30.Toronto Raptors


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Department of Art Alumni
The art faculty continue to showcase their own work.
Here are the highlights for 2011/12
Robert Alberetti
Washington Arts Association, Washington, CT Members Show Mar 2012
Higgins Hall, WCSU, Danbury, CT "Alberetti Retrospective" Feb 2012 Click here to see the exhibition and pictures from the opening
Paintings and works on paper, Atlas Fine Arts Services, Tuscan, AZ "Force Field" Nov 2011
Art & Frame, Danbury, CT "Small Works" Nov 2011
Alberetti's Collage Workshop, New Fairfield, CT May 2011
Vincent Baldassano
Selected as a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome's Visiting Artist/Scholar program. The Academy was founded in 1894 and is the oldest American Overseas Center for independent study and advanced research in the Arts and Humanities
Painting "Winter Rose" was selected for a faculty exhibition at the National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, NYC which continues thru June 2012.
Faculty show at Gateway Community College, New Haven
National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, NYC.
Queensboro Community College, NYC; Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT; and Wagner College ,Staten Island: have acquired some large scale paintings of mine for their permanent collection.
New Small Paintings" The Marina Gallery, 153 Main Street, Cold Spring , NY June 2011
David Boyajian
Finalist for the Albany Ave public library commission in Hartford CT
Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI for 9th Biennial sculpture invitational sculpture exhibition May 2012
Visiting artist at SUNY New Paltz May 2, 2012
Sculpture being showcased in an exhibition at Chelsea Pier NYC for a one night event opening May 6
Silo at Hunt Hill Farm, New Milford CT Feb25 to Apr 1 "In our Corner" Opening reception Feb 25 2012
Installation for Norwalk train station commission, 17 cast aluminum sculptures installed on the railing posts in the old station section as 3D narratives of Norwalk history Sept 2011


text: These photos show a 2004 Yamaha YZF-R1 that, according to a Pinal County, Arizona Sheriff's Deputy, "virtually disintegrated" when its 19-year-old rider lost control at 157mph during a pursuit. Failing to handle "a gradual curve" the bike and rider travelled 348 feet off-road before impacting the concrete base of a traffic signal pole. At that point, Noe Marcos Colazo of Tempe, Arizona separated from the R1, flying a further 104 feet. Noe was transported to hospital in critical condition and will face Aggravated DUI, Reckless Driving and Criminal Speed charges. The Yamaha is not expected to make a full recovery.


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RICHMOND — Rebekah Ireland-Clark is at ease gripping the wheel of a 23-foot boat, knifing its aluminum hull through the cold chop of San Pablo Bay.
"There's nothing quite like it," Ireland-Clark yells over the din of wind whips, water sprays and piston whines of an aging outboard motor. "Out here, it's so beautiful, so open, but danger kind of hangs out beneath the surface, you have to be ready to help at any time."
Ireland-Clark is the longest-serving, and only woman, member of the city's five-person marine unit, a small but proud group of officers who spend part of their days trolling Richmond's 32 miles of shoreline in two department boats. The unit was created in 2006 as a replacement for a full-time patrol that was dry docked in 2004 due to a local fiscal crisis.
The reprised group is a mix of sea dogs and reformed landlubbers who spend a few shifts per week on the water, watching the city's coast, working with other Bay Area marine units, plucking people from disabled vessels and, occasionally, fishing dead bodies from the water. Sgt. Felix Tan, the unit supervisor, said his team works on a shoestring maintenance budget of about $16,000 per year, just enough to keep their two boats afloat.
Ireland-Clark has the most nautical chops, with a background working in commercial shipping and a stint on the marine unit before its 2004 shutdown. Officers Joe DeOrian, Jason Silva and Matt Stonebraker, all veterans of Richmond's streets, are relative newcomers to seafaring.
"We all learn a lot from Rebekah," said Stonebraker, a strapping cop who spends his traditional shifts patrolling the city's rugged Iron Triangle. "You have to respect the water and be willing to learn from people who know it better than you do."
Richmond's shoreline is usually patrolled two or three days per week. Officers have a list of priority sites they check, Tan said. The agenda includes the Chevron long wharf where hulking tankers from around the world offload crude, the San Rafael Bridge and Richmond's inner harbor and port.
On a recent cool gray morning, Ireland-Clark, DeOrian and Stonebraker idled both boats' engines in their Marina Bay slips. More than a dozen Richmond SWAT officers in full gear rumbled down the ramp and loaded onto the larger vessel — a 28-footer — squatting to brace for the sway as the boat piloted by DeOrian and Stonebraker peeled off.
Minutes later, they carefully steered the boat within a few feet of the barnacled pilings of the abandoned Point Molate docks, the craft tossed by rough water as the SWAT officers hopped from bow to dock. .
Ireland-Clark watched the training exercise from her 23-footer about 200 yards away. The practice run should help the marine unit and the SWAT team be ready in the event of a terrorist attack or other situation where an amphibious landing is needed.
"It's not easy," she said. "If you misjudge, you can slam against those pilings."
Later that morning, Ireland-Clark cut north along the shore at just under 20 knots. Massive tankers to the west, docked at Chevron, loomed more than 100 feet above the water surface. Wearing police blues and bright orange fingernails, she scanned the choppy turquoise waters, deftly angling the hull into softer swells.
There have been no "Miami Vice"-style drug busts on the water, she said, but plenty of action unfolds off Richmond's shores.
In 2003, she was part of the multiagency search for Laci Peterson.
"We spent endless hours looking for Laci," Ireland-Clark said. "I can't really explain why, but I was on a mission."
Peterson's body was eventually discovered on Richmond's Point Isabel Regional Shoreline park, an area Ireland-Clark had combed repeatedly. "I replayed the search in my head a lot," she said.
In recent years, Ireland-Clark has plucked bodies from the water ("Jumpers from the Carquinez Bridge," she said) and spotted whales more than twice as large as her boat. Most satisfying, she said, was the time she saved a father and two daughters whose sailboat had capsized near the San Rafael Bridge.
Every member of the marine team lights up with talk of a new boat. After years of coaxing sea hours from its aging seahorses, the unit has a custom 37-foot catamaran-style jet boat on order. Three-quarters of the $800,000 cost is being paid by a Department of Homeland Security grant, with the city kicking in the other $200,000, Tan said. Construction of the new vessel is set to begin in February.
"With the new jet boat, we'll be able to access some of the shallower waters of the bay," Tan said. "More coverage is a good thing."
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Hanrahan strains right forearm, to undergo MRI
Red Sox reliever felt 'pull' before giving up game-tying homer in ninth
BOSTON -- Already short-handed in the bullpen, the Red Sox are now facing the possibility that Joel Hanrahan will have to be shut down.
Hanrahan, who was filling in as the closer on the same night Andrew Bailey was officially placed on the disabled list, had to leave Monday's game with a right forearm strain.
Red Sox manager John Farrell revealed that Hanrahan will undergo a full workup of tests on Tuesday, including an MRI.
The right-hander admitted after the game that he felt something in his forearm three pitches before giving up a game-tying home run to Brian Dozier.
Hanrahan faced two more batters after the game-tying homer, but couldn't go any longer after that.
Clayton Mortensen replaced him and wound up being a catalyst in Boston's 6-5, 11-inning win.
"I can kind of pinpoint it to the pitch that was after the one that went to the backstop," said Hanrahan. "I felt like I threw the pitch and felt a little pull, like my forearm went a little bit with the ball. I felt like I could still throw the ball all right. I was like, 'All right, maybe that stretched it out a little bit, see what happens,' but eventually I got to the point where I tried to make a pickoff [throw] to first, and the ball barely got there. I threw one more, and I just couldn't take it anymore."
It has already been a frustrating first season in Boston for Hanrahan, who started the year as the closer and struggled while dealing with a right hamstring injury that placed him on the disabled list.
By the time Hanrahan returned from the DL on April 30, Bailey had replaced him as the closer.
This was Hanrahan's third appearance since returning from the disabled list. He has a 9.82 ERA in nine outings this season.
"This isn't how I planned my time with the Red Sox going -- dealing with the hamstring thing right out of the gate, and been back for two games, three games, and now this happens," Hanrahan said. "Hopefully everything will check out all right [Tuesday], it won't be too serious, and I'll get some time back later on."
Bailey is sidelined with a right biceps injury and will miss at least another week. Junichi Tazawa or Koji Uehara would seem to be Boston's top closing options while Bailey and Hanrahan are both out.
"Well that's what we're going to go down and figure out right now," said Farrell. "We've got a couple of guys out there that we feel confident they'll be able to close out games."
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. Jason Mastrodonato is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @jmastrodonato. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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MENLO PARK — A month after stunning Silicon Valley by stepping down from payments startup Square amid allegations of sexual harassment, Keith Rabois has resurfaced at one of the valley's top venture capital firms.
Rabois — a member of the so-called "PayPal mafia" and one of the tech industry's most powerful angel investors — on Tuesday said he is joining Khosla Ventures as a partner. The Sand Hill Road firm is an investor in Square, which lets merchants accept credit card payments via smartphones and tablet computers.
Vinod Khosla, founder of the venture firm, sits on the startup's board. In a blog post, he said Rabois "has earned the right to advise entrepreneurs" by virtue of his track record and tough questions. Khosla did not address the circumstances of Rabois' departure from Square.
Rabois, an early employee of PayPal and LinkedIn, has invested in a who's who of Web 2.0 startups, including Airbnb, Path, Palantir and Quora. He also sits on the boards of Yelp and Xoom, both of which have gone public in the past year.
Rabois was chief operating officer of San Francisco-based Square from August 2010 until Jan. 25, when he acknowledged that a man who works there had accused him of sexual harassment. Rabois described the relationship as consensual but said he was quitting his job to spare the company the distraction of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit.
In a statement Tuesday issued by Khosla Ventures, Square CEO (and Twitter co-founder) Jack Dorsey said he "couldn't be more excited" to see Rabois join forces with Khosla, who co-founded Sun Microsystems. Khosla later became a hugely influential venture capitalist at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers before launching his own firm in 2004.
In late 2011, the venture firm closed a $1 billion fund, half of which Khosla said would be invested in clean technology.
Rabois, in a posting on Quora, praised Khosla's "passion, work ethic and obsessive focus" on funding "only entrepreneurs who dream vividly bold dreams."
He said he himself has dreamed of becoming a venture capitalist since moving to the valley in 2000. He said he'd previously turned down opportunities to do so in order to help build Square and Slide, another Khosla-backed startup that was acquired by Google (GOOG) for more than $180 million.
The PayPal mafia, who helped launch and build the online payments site before cleaning up via its sale to eBay (EBAY), have a notable history in venture capital: Former PayPal CEO Peter Thiel runs San Francisco-based Founder's Fund along with longtime partners Ken Howery and Luke Nosek.
PayPal board member Reid Hoffman, who along with Thiel put the first outside money into Facebook, joined Greylock Partners in 2009. PayPal finance chief Roelof Botha is a partner at Sequoia Capital, and former marketing honcho Dave McClure runs Mountain View seed fund 500 Startups.
Still, a keen eye for spotting the next big thing doesn't necessarily translate into success in the button-down world of venture capital. Another prominent angel, Shervin Pishevar, recently stepped aside from his managing director's role at Menlo Ventures; people close to him said the drudgery of startup board work was less enticing to him than scouting new deals.
In a tweet Tuesday, Pishevar called the Rabois-Khosla announcement "an epic merger of talent." Rabois will begin his new role in March.
Staff writer Jeremy C. Owens contributed to this report. Contact Peter Delevett at 408-271-3638; follow him at Twitter.com/mercwiretap.


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My trip to Mali didn't start too well. What should have been a 4/5 hour flight turned into a 9 hour extravaganza.
I noticed that there was a couple of people walking around the plance with orange arm bands that say police on them. One of them address the airplane, but spoke too quickly and I lost him early, so I had no idea about what was to come.
The flight was about 15 minutes late when a police van pulled up beside the plane and 2 people carried a man in a straight jacket kicking and screaming into the plane.
I quickly put 2+1 together and reasoned that it must be a deportee, and indeed I wasn't wrong. They had cleared 3 rows at the back of the plane and they needed every inch of space to try and contain this guy.
The moment he came on board he wouldn't stop screaming "France chez moi, France chez moi"("France is my home, France is my home"). You can't imagine how disturbing this was, and it only took a few minutes before people started to protest.
6/7 people...
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Black Friday 2012 Poll
Did You Buy Any Gadgets on Black Friday?
And by Black Friday, we really mean Black Thursday through Sunday, because big-box retailers weren't kidding around this year. As usual, tech deals were rampant, but positive sentiments about one of the busiest shopping days of the year were hard to come by.
When we asked if systems were go for Black Friday on our Facebook page, some readers responded that it's too stressful and crowded, and another exclaimed, "Heck no!!"
Huge sales and heavily discounted merchandise is a shopping dream come true — but maybe all that ad sifting, waiting in line at the crack of dawn, and elbowing your way through crowds just isn't worth it. Or, perhaps that's the wrong attitude. For some, sleep deprived bargain hunting is the way to go.
So tell us, how did you spend post-Thanksgiving? Lined up at 5 a.m.? Loaded up a cart with tech toys and gizmos? Or did you sleep in and watch reruns of Law & Order: SVU?


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Computer Use
Library Computer Workstations
The Library Computers are located on the upper level of the library and provides 10 computer stations with printing availability. Nine computer stations are located on the lower level in the Group Study Room. There are individual stations and also computers in the group study area. Groups will have preference to the group study rooms. MLC students, faculty, and staff have computer network accounts, providing access to e-mail, word-processing, spreadsheet & database functions, library catalog, database resources, other utilities, and Internet access. If there is any problem with logging in, contact Network Services at 354-8221 ext.100 or firstname.lastname@example.com. These computers are capable of burning files to CDs and saving to a USB flash drive or the network.
Public Computer Use
Computers with internet access are available to the general public. Ask at the circulation desk for username and password information. Printing from the computers is not provided for guests.
All computers are connected to a network black/white and colored printer. Printing to the network printers is metered at a cost of $0.05 per black/white page. The cost of printing is deducted from the student patron's network account.
Color Printing
Color printing of material is available by selecting the HP M551 printer. The color printer is located at the computer stations on the upper level.
MLC Library Acceptable Use Policy
Acceptable use of the MLC network is based on common sense, common decency, and civility applied to the network computing environment. Use the college's computing resources and facilities for legitimate college-related purposes. Show courtesy in sharing computer time. Give priority to classroom and school-related projects.
Misuse of Computers*
Unacceptable uses include, but are not limited to, the following:
Using the network for any purpose which violates federal/state laws.
Using the network for commercial purposes.
Misrepresenting your identity in the use of the network.
Using an IP address not assigned to you.
Sending or storing patently harassing, intimidating, abusive or sexually explicit material.
Intercepting or altering network packets or data transmissions.
Causing congestion on the network by activities such as propagating 'chain letters', 'broadcasting' messages to groups or individuals, and playing of interactive network multi-user games.
Copying, storing, and/or distributing copyrighted materials without appropriate authorization. Unauthorized copying may constitute plagiarism or theft.
Unacceptable uses of the network may result in reprimand, loss of Internet access, loss of your network account or other disciplinary actions.
*Taken from The Knight's Daybook pages 30-31.


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Archer reflects on brief stint with Indians
ST. PETERSBURG -- Right-hander Chris Archer was originally drafted by the Indians in the fifth round of the 2006 Draft.
"Reflecting on it at this moment, [being traded] was the best thing that could have happened to me in my career," Archer said.
Archer was traded by the Indians to the Cubs in 2008 and acquired by the Rays in '11.
"Everything that happens in life, happens for a reason," said Archer, who will make his eighth start of the season Sunday against the Tribe. "If I had stayed in the Indians' organization, I don't know if I'd be here today.
"I learned a lot in the Indians' organization. I also learned this is a business, and we're all pawns, subject to being traded."
Jim Hawkins 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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Mets and Pix11 host 7th annual Weather Education Day Wednesday, May 22
The New York Mets and PIX11 will host the seventh annual "Weather Education Day" on Wednesday, May 22 at Citi Field for 8,000 students from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut prior to the Mets playing the Cincinnati Reds at 1:10 p.m.
Students will be treated to a pre-game meteorology lesson by PIX11 weather experts Mr. G and Linda Church, who will engage them in an interactive program about weather patterns and phenomenon. They will discuss some of the extreme weather we have experienced in recent months and take students behind the scenes at the PIX11 weather center.
Mr. Met and the Pepsi Party Patrol will also be on hand to entertain students and fire t-shirts into the crowd. At the conclusion of program, the students will stay at the ballpark to watch the game.
As part of "Weather Education Day," Linda Church will also be delivering the forecast for "PIX11 Morning News" from Citi Field beginning at 6:00 a.m.
For tickets and additional information: http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/ticketing/edu.jsp?day=weather


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By Jeff Bogle
The first half of 2018 has been an exciting and adventurous one for new baby names, as parents everywhere are looking to their pantries, driveways and TV screens for help deciding what to call their precious newborns.
Thanks to a shady back room deal (not really), I have procured a list of widely-used 2018 baby names from the Social Security Administration.
Here are a dozen of the most popular so far, right now, in 2018!


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