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Ryu Yokoi, Brand Manager, Unilever, Sarah Kostecki, Account and Marketing Director, Ogilvy & Mather, and Jeffrey Bowman, Director, OgilvyCulture, discussed how Hellmann's used a general market idea in 2009 to reach the Hispanic community and increase light mayonnaise penetration among this group. Hellmann's wanted to apply a cross-cultural approach when targeting Hispanic consumers, so they started the process by looking at their global light mayonnaise campaign to see if there were insights in it that had a cross-cultural resonance. As a result, Hellmann's saw significant increases in sales, volume, awareness, and brand attributes among Hispanic consumers of light mayonnaise.
Speaker: Ryu Yokoi, Brand Manager, Unilever
"Unilever's Sharpened Focus: Hellmann's Case Study." Ryu Yokoi, Brand Manager, Unilever; Sarah Kostecki, Account and Marketing Director, Ogilvy & Mather, Jeffrey Bowman, Director, OgilvyCulture. ANA Multicultural Marketing and Diversity Conference, 11/09/10.
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Ven. Thanissaro (emphasis added) wrote:[The Buddha] offered an alternative way of dividing up experience: the four Noble Truths of stress, its cause, its cessation, and the path to its cessation. Rather than viewing these truths as pertaining to self or other, he said, one should recognize them simply for what they are, in and of themselves, as they are directly experienced, and then perform the duty appropriate to each. Stress should be comprehended, its cause abandoned, its cessation realized, and the path to its cessation developed. These duties form the context in which the anatta doctrine is best understood. If you develop the path of virtue, concentration, and discernment to a state of calm well-being and use that calm state to look at experience in terms of the Noble Truths, the questions that occur to the mind are not "Is there a self? What is my self?" but rather "Am I suffering stress because I'm holding onto this particular phenomenon? Is it really me, myself, or mine? If it's stressful but not really me or mine, why hold on?" These last questions merit straightforward answers, as they then help you to comprehend stress and to chip away at the attachment and clinging — the residual sense of self-identification — that cause it, until ultimately all traces of self-identification are gone and all that's left is limitless freedom.
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LAKE COUNTY -- Birders participating in the Dec. 15 Clear Lake Christmas Bird Count (CBC) ended up with 126 species, less than the previous 10-year average of 141 species. The total number of birds seen was 24,112, less than the 10-year average of 49,335 birds.
There were 53 birders in the field and three feeder watchers, higher than the 10-year average of 41 in the field and 3.5 at feeders.
Birders reported seeing nine violet-green swallows. This was the third time this species appeared on the count. The ruddy duck won the prize for the most birds seen at 8,170, a slight increase over a five-year average of 8,068 but lower than last year's total of 14,838.
A record-high count of 44 was set for the snowy egret, beating out the previous high of 40 in 2005. There was an increase in sightings of the Eurasian collared dove. For the first time its numbers equaled those of the native mourning doves with a count of 94 each. The Eurasian collared dove first appeared on the CBC with six birds in 2008 and reached 26 last year.
Anna's humming-bird showed up with a total of 66, only to be outdone by 67 counted in 1998. Of these hummers, 21 of them turned up at a feeder in Clear Lake Riviera. Another 20 were found feeding on the flowers of the common or English ivy.
Birders reported 33 sightings of the red-breasted nuthatch, less than 71 counted in 1984.
The only species that was seen by all participating groups was the western scrub jay. Missed sightings included the barn owl, which was counted yearly except for a period from 1984 through 1988, and Cooper's hawk, which was absent only once before in 2001. The other continued miss was the yellow-billed magpie.
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Lakers' Kobe Bryant and wife, Vanessa, reconcile and end divorce proceedings
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Lakers All-Star Kobe Bryant and his wife, Vanessa, have announced a reconciliation that will put an end to divorce proceedings that began in Dec. 2011.
Vanessa Bryant made the development official on her Instagram account.
"We are pleased to announce that we have reconciled," she wrote. "Our divorce action will be dismissed. We are looking forward to our future together."
The note was signed "Kobe & Vanessa."
The couple has been married for more than 11 years and has two daughters. The Associated Press reported on Dec. 16, 2011, that Vanessa Bryant filed divorce papers in California, citing "irreconcilable differences." In June 2012, TMZ.com reported that the couple was working on a reconciliation.
Bryant, 34, is in his 17th season with the Lakers. He's earned more than $221 million in NBA salary over his career and is making $27.8 million this season. The highest-paid player in the NBA, Bryant will make $30.5 million next season, the final year of his current contract. Bryant also takes in an estimated $28 million in endorsements annually, making him the fourth highest earning athlete in 2012 -- behind Floyd Mayweather, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods -- and the top-earning NBA player, according to SI.com's Michael McKnight. Reports indicated last year that a divorce could have cost Bryant as much as $75 million.
Last week, Bryant finally joined Twitter. He used the social networking service to share photographs of his wife and daughters over the holiday season using the @NikeBasketball account.
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Catholics across the country are celebrating the start of their annual Advent season in an unfamiliar way. For the first time in four decades, the wording of the official Catholic liturgy has changed. Weekends on All Things Considered guest host Rachel Martin talks with Father Carmen D'Amico of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church in Meadow Lands, Penn., after he performs his first mass with the new translation.
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One person was displaced and an investigation is under way following a structure fire near downtown Woodland early Sunday.
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Firefighters from all three of Woodland's stations were dispatched but Woodland Fire Station No. 1, located two blocks east of West Street was just minutes away and was the first to arrive at the scene.
An incident command post was set up on Main Street with the street sealed off from traffic by police between West Street and California, so firefighters could tackle the blaze - now formally identified as being at 70 West Main St., in Apartment No. 8.
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Although he has a penchant for dark comedies, actor-director Danny DeVito is serious about his craft, his family and his cigars.
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Monday is gardener's day on Danny DeVito's narrow cul-de-sac high above Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills. On this particular Monday, the crowded street is, as usual, alive with the sounds of more power mowers, leaf blowers, pickup trucks and foreign accents than you can shake a rake at. Navigating the street to turn into DeVito's driveway is like trying to maneuver among the cheek-by-jowl stalls of some international open-air market.
But inside the DeVito compound—behind the large, electronically controlled gate and the security system—all is tranquil. The master of the house—52 years old, 5 feet tall, balding, a little overweight—is strolling about in a long-sleeve blue shirt, dark blue slacks and rubber shower sandals. His shirt is open at the collar. Both shirt cuffs are also unbuttoned (but not rolled up), and for some inexplicable reason, he's wearing the shower sandals over socks. As he shuffles down the driveway, greeting a visitor and various staff members with the same blend of warmth and wisecracks for which his on-screen persona is best known, he seems like the world's shortest—and most relaxed—pasha.
"Park here and give your car key to Penny," he says, pointing to one of his assistants. Then, grinning, sotto voce to Penny: "See how much you can get for the car." Penny laughs. We walk inside.
"How about some coffee," he says, then—sotto voce to Pam, another aide—"Try using the good stuff for a change, OK?"
Everyone laughs. Obviously and justifiably pleased with himself, DeVito escorts his guest to the patio—one of two at the house—and almost immediately, tranquility yields to what appears to be pent-up frustration and anger. Unprompted, DeVito begins complaining about studio and media treatment of his most recent movie, Matilda, which he directed and starred in and which he has a special feeling about because it was based on a Roald Dahl book that was first brought to his attention by his then-10-year-old daughter, Lucy.
Matilda, like many DeVito movies (and several Dahl books), is a dark comedy, the story of a little girl who is a budding genius but whose vulgar, dim-witted parents (played by DeVito and his real-life wife, Rhea Perlman) are too self-absorbed to notice or care. Matilda is sent to a school run by a principal whom one critic called "the most disgusting, sadistic, terrifying principal I've ever seen." But with the help of a sympathetic teacher and her own telekinetic powers, Matilda ultimately prevails on both the domestic and scholastic fronts.
Many critics praised DeVito's direction ("bravely subversive dramatization"—The Washington Post) and his acting ("DeVito can certainly be forgiven for stealing his own movie, since he does it in such jaunty high style"—The New York Times), and the trade paper Variety predicted upon its release that Matilda had "definite sleeper potential and could very well outgross many more highly publicized and star-studded summer releases." But other critics found the movie too harsh, cruel and scary for young children, and it wound up something of a domestic box office disappointment in certain quarters, given what it cost to make.
The film took in more than $8 million in gross receipts the weekend it opened, but audiences shriveled fairly quickly thereafter, and in the eighth week of its release, it took in only $108,000. Still, it grossed more than $30 million by summer's end, and as DeVito points out, it wound up "the number one non-Disney family film of the summer."
"With the foreign box office receipts and video, it'll go through the roof," DeVito says. "It's not Independence Day, but is that what the studios and the media are telling us—'You either do ID4 numbers or you're a flop'? That's sick." He pauses. "Besides, if the studio had really gotten behind Matilda...." His voice trails off.
Didn't he urge the studio to support it vigorously? Didn't he complain when it didn't?
"Sure. But if the studio is not behind your movie totally, you can call and fax and complain about ads and do anything else you want, and it's like pissing in the wind."
Complaining about "the studio"—in this case, Sony Pictures and its TriStar subsidiary—is as common in Hollywood as complaining about the White House in Washington, D.C., even for someone as successful, respected and well-liked as DeVito, who has acted in, directed and/or produced more than 50 films.
"Hollywood is a jungle," DeVito says. "It's full of quicksand, vermin and flesh-eating beasts. Making a movie is not a walk in the park. Every movie is like navigating treacherous terrain.... There are a lot of good people in Hollywood, but every once in a while, someone gets a top studio job who doesn't know anything about filmmaking...doesn't know what the fuck it is to make a movie."
DeVito is especially incensed, he says, that the studio leaked word to the media that Matilda cost almost $50 million to make, rather than the $35 million acknowledged by DeVito's production company, Jersey Films. DeVito insists the $35 million figure is correct, and he worries that given the box office returns so far, the $50 million figure "sends a message [to the investment community] that non-Disney kid movies don't make money.
"Why would a studio want to do that?" he asks. "Is that the way you want to go to sleep at night—thinking, 'Wow, I really fucked that movie up!'?"
This is not the first time that DeVito has clashed with Sony, which may account for the intensity of his anger today. But on Matilda, he had to suffer an added indignity: "The studio wouldn't let me smoke on the set." DeVito says he lit up a cigar once and was told it was against fire department regulations, so he promised not to do it again. "But they hired a full-time fireman to keep an eye on me anyway—and they made us pay for it."
Fortunately, DeVito has always been enormously popular with his crews, and the crew on Matilda quickly erected a special "smoking tent" for him outside the sound stage, outfitting it with chairs, a table, a telephone, plants and a large ashtray.
"I like to smoke when I'm working," DeVito says. "Usually, I smoke one cigar a day, after lunch, but when I'm working, I smoke more. It helps relax me."
DeVito says his father smoked DeNobilis, an inexpensive, Italian-style, machine-made cigar that young Danny found "a little rough" for his adolescent taste. In his early days as an Off-Off-Broadway actor in New York, he occasionally bought some DeNobilis himself, but he says cigars were "mostly on the back burner" for him for a long time, and he came to appreciate them only gradually.
In the late 1970s and early '80s, when he was starring in the hit television series "Taxi," in which he played the lovable louse Louie DePalma, he and the other key players in the show got into the habit of coming together for various special occasions—birthdays, weddings, the opening of a new season—to have a nice meal, open a box of Cuban cigars and join in a celebratory smoke.
It wasn't until meeting Arnold Schwarzenegger that DeVito began to smoke cigars regularly. While filming Twins in 1987, Schwarzenegger gave him a box of cigars. "I was on a major diet then," DeVito recalls, "so Arnold being Arnold, he also gave me a dozen pastries."
DeVito didn't eat all the pastries. But he did smoke all the cigars, and sometime after that, he began making them part of his routine—first just on weekends and now, every day. His favorites are all Cubans. He began with Cohibas, switched to Partagas Serie D No. 4 after a few years and recently switched again, to Diplomaticos. "Now I'm starting to have a big leaning toward Bolivars," DeVito says. "It depends on my mood and where I am and what I'm doing. When I'm not working on a movie, I like to get up in the morning and take the kids to school, come home and read and work out and have a good lunch and come outside and fire up. A Bolivar seems nice then."
As DeVito speaks, his two dogs—Ocean and Pepper—walk over, looking for a little attention. He pets them both and, in his sternest director's voice, tells them to go away. They ignore him and lie down. But all this cigar talk reminds him of his favorite cigar story:
"I was flying to Europe right after we finished The War of the Roses. It was an all-night flight. We had a great meal and they were going to pour some Port and I had a stogie with me and there were only a handful of people in first class. I had had a couple of drinks and I was with friends and I was feeling good. It was just the perfect time for a nice stogie. The flight attendants had been real friendly, so I said, 'Boy, I would really love to fire up now.' They said, 'You really can't.' I asked why not. They said the passengers would be really upset. I said, 'What if I asked every passenger on the plane—first class, coach, everyone—if they minded?' One of the flight attendants said, 'Well, OK, if you get everyone's permission.'
"I got up and walked the full length of the plane and said hello to everyone who was awake and asked if I could smoke. Everyone said OK. But there was one guy in the back of the first-class cabin who said, 'There is no way you are going to light up a cigar on this airplane' "—DeVito smiles his slyly malevolent movie smile—"'unless you give me one.'"
DeVito fairly cackles with joy at the recollection.
"It was the most enjoyable transatlantic flight I ever had."
Danny DeVito was born in 1944 in the shore town of Neptune, New Jersey—hence the name of his production company—and raised in neighboring Asbury Park, the youngest of five children (two of whom died before he was born). His father owned a pool hall, and Danny became adept with a cue at a young age; even now, he has a pool table in his home. He was a streetwise teenager whose love of movies and sense of the theatrical developed early. Once, while eating ice cream with some friends—one of whom happened to have a starter's pistol—he decided on a bit of impromptu street theater: he staged a fight that involved a phony shootout between two of his friends, after which he and his cohorts jumped into a car owned by the father of one of the friends and raced off into the dark night, while bystanders gaped in stunned silence. DeVito later restaged the event and filmed it as A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening.
But he didn't go straight from the streets of Jersey to the sound stages of Hollywood. There were several detours along the way.
"I wasn't sure what I wanted to do when I got out of high school," he says. College didn't seem a likely or desirable option, "and I didn't want to go too far away [from home]. I was sort of hanging out at the house, and one day, my sister Angela said, 'Why don't you become a hairdresser and work for me at my salon?' I figured, well, I'm not doing anything else, and I could meet a lot of girls there."
Girls had not played an especially large role in DeVito's adolescent life, in part because of his height. "When I was young, I always wished I were taller," he says. "I was plagued; I couldn't slow-dance with the girls I wanted to because my face would be in a spot where I might be thought of as"—shy grin—"moving too fast."
DeVito says his diminutive stature made him a bit bashful as a youngster. It also made him a target for neighborhood toughs. "I took a lot of lumps," he says, "but I had a lot of friends who helped me and looked out for me."
DeVito didn't have any major romances in his sister's beauty salon, and after 18 months, he realized he could probably make more money as a cosmetician than as a hairdresser. He saw an ad and tried to enroll in a makeup class at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. To get into the school, DeVito had to do a monologue. A longtime film buff— "ever since I saw Battle of Algiers" (the 1965 masterpiece by Gillo Pontecorvo)—he figured that he might as well take some acting classes, too.
It didn't take long for him to see that acting was his true calling. After two years at the American Academy, he got a job in summer theater and went to the Eugene O'Neill Foundation in Waterford, Connecticut, where he met Michael Douglas, later to become a major figure in his life, both personally and professionally. About that time, DeVito read the serialization of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood in The New Yorker, and when he heard that the book was being turned into a movie, he decided he just had to play one of the killers, Perry Smith. He headed for Hollywood. Robert Blake had already been cast for the part, but DeVito stuck around for a while anyway.
"I worked as a car parker and I hung around the Sunset Strip with all the flower children," he says. "I had long hair and I wore a raincoat and sneakers and I fit right in. But I wanted to act."
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"Five years ago we passed the point where automation was there to back up pilots," said Flight Safety Foundation CEO Bill Voss at last week's Flight Safety Foundation Corporate Aviation Safety Seminar in San Antonio. "Clearly today, the pilot is there to be the backup to the automation." Voss told AIN "This is simply a realistic assessment of the world today, except we are not training pilots to be backups to automation. We have to own up to the fact that we need develop new kinds of pilot training," he said.
Voss added that human pilots too often lose the mental picture of the aircraft's automation. "If pilots have no idea of what the automation should be doing, they also have no idea of whether everything they observe on the panel represents a normal operation. That's what happened to Air France 447," he said.
"This is not just about better stick and rudder skills though," he explained. "What you die from is not understanding what configuration will keep the aircraft in the air safely. If pilots don't understand that level flight means two-and-a-half degrees of pitch and 93-percent N1, they have no way of manually controlling that aircraft if something breaks. But the training department can't fix everything. This is also an operational problem out on the line."
Hank Kobulnicky (not verified)
April 24, 2012 - 10:13am
Hello, I was drawn to the feature because as a 757/767 Capt with UAL ( now retired) I complained to our training center they were not sending me pilots but simply computer operators who were satisfied with just monitoring the magic stuff.While they could program the FMS faster than me, I could out think and out plan them because they were "programed" by the training center to do it the technicians way rather than a pilots way. In other words, they fell under the spell of automation: they became like the guys who designed the magic rather than continue to be pilots who used the magic as an aid to basic airmanship. What is increasingly lacking is basic airmanship: both stick and rudder type and pre-magic pilot planning techniques. Nuf said. Have a good day.
Gary Martoni (not verified)
April 24, 2012 - 2:29pm
Well said Captain Kobulnicky. As a 30-year corporate and former airline pilot now instructing in simulators for the most advanced glass cockpit/flight management system in corporate aviation I see this phenomenon all the time. The young pilots can't wait to get the autopilot on but then, as Cpt. Kobulnicky states, they lack the basic airmanship skills to have a sense of when things aren't going right and take over in a timely manner. This is not a comfortable situation. "Nuf said."
Barry Carlson (not verified)
April 24, 2012 - 4:18pm
You all know about "breaking in" a horse!
Well, the pilot of today is that horse. He needs to not only understand the basic skills of flight and how to "save the day", but also a much deeper understanding of the dynamics of flight and how all the components have been incorporated into the sophisticated package that he commands and which provides most of the "get up and go to" automatically.
The AF447 accident has revealed in stark realism how a lack of understanding of how the Total Energy component essential to the safe progression the flight was bled off and with inevitable consequences. When the wrong response stops a Stall Warning and the pilot has no idea of the logic behind that result, then a glaring deficiency in both understanding and training has been exposed. That of course doesn't cover the reason for ignoring the original Stall Warning in the first place.
The automation works silently in the background and is ultimately credited with major advances in flight safety. However, when it throws its hand in because of dud Airspeed info, the pilot must understand that he/she is not only in control but must be able to provide actual control.
B787 pilots live in a more sophisticated world where the automatics provide Vsyn and GPS ALT when the Pitot/Baro system has an "ice attack".
Mark Morgan (not verified)
April 30, 2012 - 6:56am
I agree on backing up automation. As both and Instructor for 22 years and a Captain flying the Global Express it is critical to back up FMS data. The Honeywell FMS recently had a problem with it dropping data on Departures when doing 180 degree turns. This was the problem with London Luton departures.
Our company policy is to back up at least a needle on VOR data and have the initial turn memorized for RNAV departures. This saved us in Luton. Also for missed approaches it is good to back up the basics. In the old days we were able to fly without the automation. Now a Departure or Missed Approach seems like a struggle without the automation.
It is good sometimes to go back to the basics and practice.
Mark Morgan (not verified)
April 30, 2012 - 6:54am
I agree on backing up automation. As both and Instructor for 22 years and a Captain flying the Global Express it is critical to back up FMS data. The Honeywell FMS recently had a problem with it dropping data on Departures when doing 180 degree turns. This was the problem with London Luton departures.
Our company policy is to back up at least a needle on VOR data and have the initial turn memorized for RNAV departures. This saved us in Luton. Also for missed approaches it is good to back up the basics. In the old days we were able to fly without the automation. Now a Departure or Missed Approach seems like a struggle without the automation.
It is good sometimes to go back to the basics and practice.
tony (not verified)
April 30, 2012 - 3:45pm
Mr. Voss's comments betray the reality of our times....In 30 years flying I have witnessed the downfall of American Airmanship from the perspective of both the guy at the local airstrip and the Command seat of a big jet flying passengers overseas for an airline you have heard of......the flying colleges stalwartly defend their practices as we teach multi-generational ineptitude. The pilots we train locally at the little grass airports one at a time we still do night all weather training adding onto acrobatics and formation and low altitude tactical navigation and train to a level not seen in decades....these kids are nothing like the flight school contemporaries and the job offers they get show that. The Piper Cub is still made in USA in Texas and is the plane that taught America to fly into WWII and still stands ready to serve again.
Once the cadet has a solid core we can teach them to really fly and do anything....that is not done at the flying colleges.....Nor is that done at the USAF...anyone doubt that can talk to the folks who are there and live this life.
Arthur Dijkstra (not verified)
May 5, 2012 - 4:40am
I don't think pilot training is the remedy agaist automation design flaws. Automation that is not adquately designed for visibility and coordination is taking away the posibility for the pilots to intervene and correct the flightpath.
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WASHINGTON -- The Nationals and Ian Desmond are not close in talks to extend the shortstop's contract, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
Desmond was arbitration-eligible last offseason but signed a one-year deal worth $3.8 million before Spring Training. Talks between the two sides have never been close.
"I'm trying to do everything I can to win a World Series, and talking about that or revisiting that isn't really helping," Desmond said Monday. "So we'll see where it goes."
During batting practice before Monday's game, Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo also declined to talk about any contract discussions.
"We don't discuss negotiations with players and that kind of thing," Rizzo said. "But we feel Ian is one of our leaders, he's one of the guys that are our core players and he's a guy that we'd like to be with the Nationals for a long time."
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A while back, the people over at Shark Diver started a self-sufficent program that benefits sharks and helps marinas become greener - the concept is simple and has been implemented by various marinas in The Bahamas.
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Only way to take Okafor is if NOH is sending over one of those lottery picks.
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Only way to take Okafor is if NOH is sending over one of those lottery picks.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
While watching the Bulls/Knicks game, the ESPN ticker stated that Orlando will try to add to their team in order to keep Howard. If they are unable to by Wednesday, then they will start talking trades for him. So everything's pretty much on hold until Wednesday I guess.
OK so how about this one?
Horrible trade for GS.
Ellis Center of Three-Team Discussion
By HOOPSWORLD
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The Magic, Warriors and Hornets are in discussions on a three-team trade, two league sources confirmed.
Monta Ellis, Andris Biedrins and Dorell Wright would be sent by the Warriors to the Magic.
Ryan Anderson, J.J. Redick, Hedo Turkoglu and Quentin Richardson would be the main outgoing pieces from Orlando.
The Hornets exact involvement is unclear, but believed to be centered around Chris Kaman.
via Jarrod Rudolph of RealGM
Posted: 12:03 am March 13, 2012
Bogut trade scenarios could hinge on Dwight
By Ken Berger | NBA Insider
The Rockets and Warriors are discussing ways to acquire center Andrew Bogut from Milwaukee, with the Golden State scenario part of a complicated, three-team proposal that would send Monta Ellis to Orlando, multiple league sources told CBSSports.com.
The Warriors would get Bogut from the Bucks and send Ellis to Orlando as part of the Magic's efforts to persuade Dwight Howard that they are prepared to continue surrounding him with top-flight talent. The Magic are exploring multiple scenarios to upgrade their roster in the hopes that Howard would then relent on his strategy to opt out of his contract and become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.
Howard remained noncommittal about his future plans Monday, despite the Magic's latest efforts to appease him, sources said. While it's unclear whether Orlando executives have set a hard deadline to get an answer from their star center, league sources believe the Magic need to get some direction from Howard by Wednesday or will move forward with the next phase of their strategy -- deciding whether to trade him or keep him beyond Thursday's trade deadline and hope he has a change of heart in the summer.
Houston's efforts to acquire Bogut would be a less complicated, two-deal deal with Milwaukee in which many scenarios have been discussed. Among them, Milwaukee would get Samuel Dalembert, Courtney Lee and draft picks, sources said. The Rockets also presumably would have to take back Stephen Jackson, who has clashed with Bucks coach Scott Skiles and is owed $10 million next season, or the Bucks would need to find another home for him.
Milwaukee also has discussed various trade scenarios with Washington for Bogut, but while that would be another acceptable destination to the 7-foot Australian, the Wizards' overtures thus far have been shot down. Washington, however, could re-enter the fray depending on how the complicated possibilities with Golden State, Orlando and Houston play out over the next 48 hours.
Efforts to engage the Warriors with the Bulls and Lakers in trade talks for Ellis have been unsuccessful, multiple sources said Monday. What pieces the Bucks would receive in a three-team scenario with Golden State and Orlando are still under discussion.
Bogut, 27, has been out since Jan. 25 with a fractured ankle but indications from doctors are that he could return for the postseason if he were on a playoff team. The Bucks (18-24) are tied with the Knicks for the eighth playoff spot in the East, a half-game ahead of Cleveland. It has been reported that Bogut has requested a trade, but neither Bogut nor his representatives have commented publicly on the matter.
The most difficult aspect of Bogut going to Golden State in the three-team scenario that would send Ellis to Orlando is Howard's apparent reluctance to commit one way or the other by Thursday's 3 p.m. ET deadline. Even if Howard decided he wanted to stay in Orlando, it's likely that he would opt out of his $19.5 million contract for next season anyway and test free agency, when he could get a five-year deal from Orlando as opposed to a four-year deal with one of his top two choices, the Nets or Mavericks.
@KBergCBS: Person involved in the talks says Rockets have now backed away from Bogut discussions to pursue another deal. Stay tuned.
This is the new info.
The Rockets also had been pursuing Bogut in what would've been a less complicated, two-deal deal with Milwaukee with many scenarios discussed. But a person involved in the discussions told CBSSports.com early Tuesday that Houston has backed away from the Bogut talks to pursue another deal. A second source said that deal did not involve Pau Gasol of the Lakers, whom the Rockets have been eyeing since their three-team trade sending Gasol to Houston and Chris Paul to the Lakers was rejected by commissioner David Stern, acting as owner of the New Orleans Hornets, in December.
Yeah that's going to be crazy.
@IamaGM: Let's say the Magic acquire Monta Ellis in the next 36 hours. Do the Nets go into panic mode and deal Deron Williams?
Anyway, it's good value for all 3 sides. I am a big fan of trading Roy and Collison for a good point guard, and Monta is a good scoring guard.
The problem is we will have even less passing. Collison was at least trying to pass, Monta is going to shoot first... That's why I'd rather attempt to get Rondo for that Collison+Hibbert package. If we can't, that's a package to consider
A Vecsey article:
Dwight drama set to end ... or not
by Peter Vecsey
Last Updated: 3:59 AM, March 13, 2012
In case the Knicks are unaware, someone might want to alert them Thursday (3 p.m. Eastern) is the NBA trading deadline.
Yes, once again it's time for the annual prisoner exchange, though as part of the new collective bargaining agreement, any swap may be blocked by either commissioner David Stern or Iranian censors.
Naturally, the Plight, err, Flight of Dwight, takes precedence over where anyone else in the assemblage may be redistricted. Does Howard stay in Orlando? Get traded to the Nets? Rented? Sublet? Or turned into condominiums?
Last we checked Twitter, Howard had advised his followers he's leaving; staying; wants to play with Tony Orlando; is looking forward to becoming Mikhail Prokhorov's running partner, and he doesn't mean in the next Russian election; and has eyes on Brooklyn, L.A., Dallas, Corpus Christi ... or maybe it was Chris Christie.
I'm guessing Magic general manager Otis Smith, who's "50-50" to have the job come summer, has been on the phone more than Rick Perry denying 11th-hour appeals.
Scholarly speculation leads me to believe Howard will jump center when the Nets, of all teams, visit Orlando Friday night. Which uniform will he be wearing? Your guess is as good as mine.
But don't be the least surprised should owner Rich DeVos put the onus on Howard to make the command decision at season's end. To opt out or not to opt out, that is the question.
The financial consequences aren't as prohibitive as widely presented. Should Howard sign for the four-year max ($81,114,448) elsewhere, the risk in forfeiting his Larry Bird free- agent rights is suffering a career-ending injury during that span, because a five-year max contract with Orlando is worth $109,229,059.
Otherwise, Howard's loss would be relatively minimal ($3.5 million) because he'd make up the majority of the above difference ($24.6 million) on the first year (fifth, overall) of his second Nets contract.
OK, so why would DeVos chance losing Howard for possibly nothing? Should he do the turkey trot, the Magic are entitled to zero compensation.
Of course, management could work out sign-and-trade arrangements after the fact, as the Cavaliers and Raptors did apropos to LeBron James and Chris Bosh ... should DeVos find puny first-round positions and a trade exception appealing.
(Interesting that Cavs owner Dan Gilbert allowed such worthless wampum to override his puffed-up principles.)
"The Magic must like any trade they make at this point," an Eastern Conference GM underlined. "If they can get 90-95 cents on the dollar for Dwight, my guess is they'll deal. If it's 70 cents, I think they'll play it out like the Cavs did with LeBron.
"Cleveland went for a championship and that's likely what the Magic also are thinking. Why not go for it? They're in a new building that's sold out and so are the sponsorships. More important, they've beaten some good teams last week (Bulls in Chicago and Heat at home). They're in the third hole with a shot to move up a spot.
"Hey, if they reach The Finals, Dwight may have a change of heart. If not, look how it turned out for the Cavaliers. A year later, they got Kyrie Irving and Tristan Thompson in the draft and are exciting on their way back up. Plus, they're making money. When LeBron played for them they lost a ton of money.
"So, what I'm saying is, in the end, if the Magic don't get anything significant for Dwight, the Cavaliers are proving it's not the end of the world."
* Moving right along, the team most likely to trade a quality center — Andrew Bogut — is Milwaukee. Golden State, say sources, is making every effort to be first on the receiving line.
The Bucks are frustrated with Bogut's inveterate injuries that take many months (a fractured left ankle Jan. 25 won't permit him to play until mid-April) to rehabilitate.
The Warriors are drooling to get him (despite his two-year, $27 million obligation) because it's obvious they can't become a playoff team unless the cavity in their middle is manned by someone with size, scoring ability and shot blocking skills.
The big IF is Stephen Curry. That's who is being offered. Last week, it looked like the two-for-one deal (Robin Lopez would have been obtained from Phoenix and rerouted to Milwaukee) was almost 100 percent approved by both sides. Subsequently, Curry's surgically repaired (last summer) ankle sometimes forces him to pull up in pain when he makes a sharp cut. It doesn't seem to be a grave problem, but it's serious enough to make him take a seat and serious enough for the Bucks to take pause.
So... Curry and Robin Lopez for Bogut? There has to be more pieces involved to make the numbers work - Biedrins or Kwame? And who do the Warriors send to Phoenix to get Lopez - if Lopez is obtainable then we can probably come up with a better offer.
Also, isn't it rumored that SJax has to go out with Bogut? Can't see the Warriors taking back Cap'n Jack.
That's maybe the reason why GS is forcing Curry to play.
Marc J. Spears @SpearsNBAYahoo
Bucks guard Brandon Jennings won't be traded, source close to the situation said.
Steve Kyler @stevekylerNBA
Bucks not sure whats going to drop... they are asking the world for their chips, most teams not interested in the price
1h Steve Kyler @stevekylerNBA
Brandon Jennings situation tied directly to what the Bucks do with Andrew Bogut... one offer has them getting a solid PG in return.
Alex Kennedy @AlexKennedyNBA
Source close to the situation denied the rumored talks between the Warriors, Magic and Bucks: "No discussion whatsoever. Not one call."
Alex Kennedy @AlexKennedyNBA
@HPbasketball I said yesterday that a deal between ORL, MIL, GSW makes sense, but I've been told emphatically that it hasn't been discussed.
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I have a feeling that this rumor got twisted along the way with Monta Ellis. I think the Warriors are offering Ellis and Biedrins for Bogut and SJax. This would preclude them from making any deal with the Magic around Monta. I think this deal makes a ton of sense for both sides. I would prefer Bogut, but this deal would then force the Bucks into looking to deal Jennings. Or have the least efficient back court in the league, but dynamic no doubt. There would be plenty of suitors for Jennings, I'm sure. They could move him for a center upgrade or a wing.
"Your course, your path, is not going to be like mine," West says. "Everybody is not called to be a multimillionaire. Everybody's not called to be the president. Whatever your best work is, you do it. Do it well. You cease your own greatness when you aspire to be someone else."
It looks to me like the deal was going to send Monta+Jackson+Bierdrins to Orlando, Bogut+Gooden to GS and Redick+Anderson+Hedo+ other pieces+ picks to Milkwaukee.
Would something just happen already...
Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL
Remember the Bucks being offered a "young, All Star caliber PG" for Bogut and everyone was asking who? Yeah, pretty sure that was Ellis.
Really? My first thought was Curry.
Who really describes Monta as a PG? Even if you think he can play the position, that's not usually how he's thought of.
I think the person who got the info was projecting what 3/4 of the pieces in that deal would be based off of two or three names he was given.
"Your course, your path, is not going to be like mine," West says. "Everybody is not called to be a multimillionaire. Everybody's not called to be the president. Whatever your best work is, you do it. Do it well. You cease your own greatness when you aspire to be someone else."
From the other thread, Nets looking to salary dump Farmar ($4.2m) and Petro ($3.5m) in order to maximize their cap space for next season. They're offering the Houston 2012 pick (obtained from the TWill trade, currently #17) as incentive. Charlotte's large expiring deal (Diaw) is the supposed target. Pacers could probably do the same deal, but we probably don't want to mess our own 2012 cap space.
Also from the other thread, there are persistent rumors that Tyreke Evans is on the block. Supposedly the Kings are looking for a veteran leader in return, with Danny Granger previously being mentioned as a possibility (not in the current article though - I'll dig for the old article if anyone's interested).
This might get the ball rolling!!
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Worley named Twins' Opening Day starter
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Right-hander Vance Worley turned in his best outing of the spring on Wednesday against the Pirates, and was rewarded after the game by being named Minnesota's Opening Day starter.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire made the announcement that Worley, who gave up two runs on five hits over five innings against the Pirates, will take the mound for the Twins on Monday against the Tigers at Target Field.
But it wasn't exactly a surprise considering Worley has been lined up for that start for the last few weeks, and was the top candidate to make that start with left-hander Scott Diamond on the disabled list to start the season after having a bone chip removed from his elbow in December.
"Worley threw the ball well and he's going to be the Opening Day starter," Gardenhire said. "I thought today he had his best stuff with his breaking ball and all that. So a good day for him."
Worley, who was acquired in the trade that sent Ben Revere to Philadelphia, finished spring with a 5.73 ERA in Grapefruit League play. But Worley said he's satisfied with where he's at heading into the regular season, especially coming off his best start of the spring.
"I'm excited," Worley said. "Especially after the spring I had, I finally got some kinks out and threw the ball well today."
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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It's the jewelry on your car. Certainly, replacing the old emblems onyour Corvette can make a big difference in how it looks. Moreimportantly, old and worn emblems and badges make your Corvette look alot older and mistreated.
With '84-'96 Corvettes, the emblems on thehood and gas door lid don't age gracefully. In fact, if they haven'talready cracked and fallen apart, they often have little color left,which is a disgraceful condition any Corvette owner dreads. But the goodnews is they can be replaced with basic handtools such as a few assortednut drivers and small "ignition-style" wrenches.
The key to removingthese emblems isn't always reaching the nuts that hold them on, butprying them up without cutting into the surface of the fiberglass. Mostemblems have old adhesive tape on the back that holds them snuggly tothe car's surface. Carefully pry them up after you're sure you removedall of the holding nuts. Clean the surface underneath, reinstall theemblems, and tighten the nuts once again.
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View Photo Gallery: In light of the Vatican's action on Wednesday, here is a list of nuns who have become known in the broader world. Two of the Americans listed have been canonized.
A Vatican investigation of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), an umbrella group representing 80 percent of Catholic sisters and nuns in the United States, found serious theological errors in statements by members, widespread dissent on the church's teaching on sexuality and "radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith" a church report released Wednesday stated.
The church appointed Archbishop Peter Sartain of Seattle to oversee "reform" of the women's organization.
NETWORK, a Washington, DC lobbying group founded by Catholic sisters in 1971 was singled out as "silent on the right to life"; the organization's head said the group was not consulted during the inquiry. She said that its focus on poverty, immigration and health care stems from its founding mission.
"I think we scare them," Sr. Simone Campbell, a lawyer who serves as the executive director of the lobby said of the church's male hierarchy.
The leadership conference represents the vast majority of the country's 57,113 Catholic nuns and sisters, who work in education, health care, social services, parish ministries, religious education and chanceries. The spokeswoman for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Sr. Mary Ann Walsh, is a member of an LCWR order, the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas.
Although the assessment focused on the leadership of the LCWR, the findings cited "serious doctrinal problems which affect many in consecrated life."
View Photo Gallery: With nearly one in four Americans in its fold, a powerful lobby and extensive charity work, the Catholic Church is one of the most influential institutions in America.
Conflicts between Catholic sisters and nuns and the male episcopate have become a familiar theme in Catholic life as of late. In October, the U.S. Bishops' doctrinal conference offered a formal critique of theologian Sister Elizabeth A. Johnson, who they said inappropriately over-emphasized feminine descriptions of God in a new book. After the head of the Catholic Health Association, Sr. Carol Keehan, voiced approval for the Obama administration's attempt at a compromise on the HHS birth control regulations, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said he was "disappointed that she had acted unilaterally, not in concert with the bishops."
Campbell sees the current tension between male and female Catholic clergy as a part of a post-Vatican II democratic evolution within the church, but worries that the male leaders fail to recognize the "witness of women religious."
"I made my vows over 40 years ago to serve the people of God and that service is unseen in this document," she said in an interview.
"It's painfully obvious that the leadership of the church is not used to having educated women form thoughtful opinions and engage in dialogue," Campbell said.


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In an effort to help shoppers stay on budget while eating healthfully, Rochester, N.Y.-based Wegmans renewed its price freeze program, including about a dozen fresh produce items.
The price freeze is valid on more than 50 products, according to a news release, and is effective through April 6. Even if Wegmans' cost for the product goes up, the company plans to keep the retail price the same.
"We believe that our customers should not be forced to buy what's on 'sale' this week," said president Colleen Wegman, in a news release. "Instead, they should be able to buy what they want, when they want it."
A list of products in is available on the company's website, Wegmans.com. It features a variety of branded and private-label items, including:
Bananas for 49 cents a pound;
Red seedless grapes for $1.99 a pound;
5-pound bags of Wegmans-brand white potatoes for $1.99 a pound;
Club packs of Wegmans-brand grape tomatoes for $3.99;
2-pound bags of clementine oranges for $2.99 a pound;
Wegmans-brand club packs of navel oranges for $4.99;
Sunset brand 3-packs of seedless cucumbers for $3.99.


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Apparently some worker snuck his tiny digital camera into the unpacking facility for "Thunder" gear, and it confirms our fears.
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Apparently some worker snuck his tiny digital camera into the unpacking facility for "Thunder" gear, and it confirms our fears.
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I hope this was a fake or something. Looks legit though. Pretty disappointed. They wanted a team and I was expecting them to be more creative.
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Not digging the name, nor the logo. Im happy our Pacers have a decent name and our color scheme rules
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agree with Hicks it looks more like a secondary logo but it's still not a good omen...
anyway the ground for name chosing sucked and none of them was clearly translatable into a logo so I guess it's kind of logic to see this now
I could've lived with the name if a cool logo went with it, not this microsoft clipart crap.
Turn out the lights, this party's over!
Why didn't they just use a picture of thunder? Oh wait, it's an auditory weather phenomenon that can't be visually depicted. Right. Great move...going with a sound. I can't wait for the Las Vegas Bamfs.
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Looking at it again this morning, do I see traces of blue and yellow in that logo? Is yet another team, wait for it, stealing our thunder in the team colors department?
If that really is their logo, it looks like they stole our typeset for the name.
I hope they use this song during their intros:
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. - Winston Churchill
If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to serve as a horrible warning. - Catherine Aird
Well that's not quite true Duke. The name came from a combination of Pacer horses and the Indy 500 Pace car. If I remember the story it was also to represent "setting the pace" in the ABA.
The best exercise of the human heart is reaching down and picking someone else up.
Actually, Pacers refers to Pace racing horses, also known as "pacers". Check out the legend of a horse named Dan Patch.
which really makes me wonder why Boomer is... a tiger, can somebody enlight me about that? how come a tiger is our mascot although our name refers to hosrses ? because of the "stripes" on the logo?
I won't even open the debate on Bowser
EDIT: the next expansion team's name will be The Boom Shocka-lockas, mark my words...
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He's a panther, not a tiger. And they are streaks, not stripes.
that's why I used the quotation marks
thanks for the input but that doesn't really answer my question
oops, wrong thread...
EDIT: Given that all franchises now try a little harder to tie in what the region is known for with the team's name, if we ever end up with an expansion team in any major sport, would they derive our name from corn or soybeans? Maybe we could be the Ethanol?
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Seriously. Stellar.
I am fully aware of the origin of the team's name. I'll need you all to ask Peck on my undying devotion to the team.
And yes, our name is original more or less to the fact that we aren't named after an animal such as a bulldog, eagle, or a tiger of the sorts.
This goes true especially for collegiate teams.
In a sense our team name was really a creative choice.
hmmm I think I'm starting to understand, this therapy is working!!
Planes that can surpass the speed of sound are colloquially known as "supersonics".


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The Study of: Duck Confit Quesadilla Recipe
Destination Hotels & Resorts' new culinary series "The Study Of" explores popular ingredients with an in-depth look at their history, common recipes, perfect beverage pairings and more. Duck, the selected ingredient for this quarter is well known for its rich flavor and cooking versatility.
Visit "The Study Of" website to learn more about this often overlooked poultry and get delicious duck recipes from the entire Destination Culinary team, then take a stab at my Duck Confit Quesadilla recipe below. If you'd rather spend some time on the bay instead of in the kitchen, come to Paradise Point's legendary waterfront Barefoot Bar & Grill through September, where we'll be pairing this dish with a swell local summer ale: Windansea Wheat Hefeweizen by Karl Strauss.
Duck Confit Quesadilla Recipe
Yield: 12 duck leg and thighs
Servings: 6-12
Duck Confit Ingredients
- ½ cup coarse kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon dried thyme
- 2 teaspoons white peppercorns
- 2 bay leaves
- 12 whole duck legs (leg and thigh)
- 15 garlic cloves, peeled
- 67 ounces rendered duck fat
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Quesadilla Ingredients
- 3 cups fontina cheese, shredded
- 2 cups white cheddar, shredded
- ½ cup roasted green chilies
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- ¼ cup dried apricots, julienned
- 6 – 12 inch tortilla
- 4 cups of confit duck, shredded with fat discarded
Assembly: Duck Confit
1. Finely grind the first 4 ingredients in a spice mill. Trim excess fat from duck legs; place trimmings in a bowl, then cover and chill. Rub salt mixture all over duck legs. Layer the duck legs and garlic cloves in large resealable plastic bag. Seal and chill for 24 hours.
2. Preheat oven to 325°F. Simmer duck fat, duck trimmings, and 1 cup water in a large saucepan over medium-low heat until water evaporates and simmering slows, about 30 minutes. Thoroughly rinse salt mixture from duck and discard garlic; pat dry. Place duck in large deep roasting pan. Pour hot fat over the duck, cover with foil and place in the oven. Cook until meat is tender and falling off the bone, about 3 1/2 hours. Uncover and cool slightly, then transfer to refrigerator. Chill until cold. Cover and chill at least 4 hours. (Can be made one month ahead. Keep chilled and completely covered in duck fat.)
3. Before using duck confit in a recipe, preheat oven to 400°F. Heat oil in heavy large skillet over high heat. Remove duck from fat; scrape fat back into pan. Working in batches, cook duck with skin side down in skillet for 1 minute. Transfer, skin side down, to rimmed baking sheet. Roast until skin is crisp and duck is heated, about 15 minutes. Remove from sheet, keeping skin intact.
Assembly: Duck Quesadilla
1. In a large bowl combine the first five ingredients and set aside.
2. Place a large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat, lightly spray pan and place one tortilla in skillet. Cover the surface of the tortilla with a good amount of the cheese mixture. Sprinkle shredded duck over cheese and continue to cook until cheese start to melt. Once cheese has started to melt, gently lift on end of the tortilla and fold it over the other have making a half moon shape. Flip quesadilla over and continue cooking until done or cheese is melted though. Remove from skillet and cut and serve.


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PARIS — Sanofi on Monday announced that its U.S. Consumer Healthcare Division Chattem, completed the acquisition of the worldwide rights to the Rolaids brand from McNeil Consumer Healthcare for an undisclosed amount.
"The addition of Rolaids represents a rare opportunity to obtain an iconic brand that we believe will respond positively to our proven approach of growing brands through innovation and advertising," stated Zan Guerry, CEO, Chattem. "We are primed to leverage the Rolaids market opportunity to drive incremental growth and take the brand to a new level."
Rolaids was first introduced in 1954. Chattem will re-launch Rolaids and expects the product to be available at retailers within a year.
"This acquisition is consistent with our long-term strategy, which includes growing our consumer healthcare offering as part of a broader diversification strategy," stated Anne Whitaker, president, North America Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi. "Chattem has a proven track record of successful acquisitions and integrations and the addition of Rolaids, an enduring brand with a deep heritage, further diversifies the company's portfolio."


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THREE people have been charged after police discovered a 'substantial quantity' of drugs at a house in Burnley.
Neighbourhood officers in Daneshouse executed a warrant obtained under the the Misuse of Drugs Act to enter the property in Howsin Street on Thursday.
PC Dave Cottam said heroin, cash and 'other paraphernalia indicative of supplying drugs' were found and seized for evidence.
He added: "Whilst the officers were in attendance at the scene local residents approached them and thanked them for their actions. We are very appreciative of your kind words and thank you for your support."
Fahzeer Hussain, 20, of Whalley Street, Burnley, and Darren Catlow, 30, of Howsin Street have been charged with possession of heroin with intent to suppply.
Deborah Lawrence, 32, also of Howsin Street has been charged with possession of heroin with intent to supply and a separate count of possession of heroin.


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We All Live In A Yellow Submarine...
To insure your action figure collection, get in touch with Collectibles Insurance, the official insurance company of the Figures.com network. Say "Figures.com" to get 5% off your first term premiums.
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Factory Entertainment presents 1:6th scale action figures of The Beatles as they appeared in the iconic 1968 film, The Yellow Submarine. The 12-inch figure set - consisting of band members John, Paul, George and Ringo - features accurately styled fabric clothing and over 32 points of articulation per figure.
Each limited edition figure is individually presented in a full-color five panel window box and also includes;
An interchangeable hand with movie souvenir accessory (John = Telescope, Paul = Flowers, George = Motor, Ringo = Hole)
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Personalized display stand.
The Beatles Yellow Submarine 12 Inch Figures are scheduled to begin shipping December 20th. Pre-orders are currently being accepted directly through Factory Entertainment (factoryent.com) and select retailers, such as BigBadToyStore.com where the set of four is priced at $499.99.


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Word from Washington - March 2013
Sophie Kerr Announcement Moves to Baltimore
WC has moved this year's Sophie Kerr Prize announcement to Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library. The May 14 celebration in the library's Central Hall at 7:30 p.m. will be free. The public is invited to enjoy remarks by Michael Dirda, the Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic at the Washington Post, readings by up to five prize finalists, and the unveiling of the winner's name. Alumni are encouraged to attend the celebration and the after-party hosted nearby (location to be announced soon.) Read more…
Fresh New Look for Washington College Website
Washington College recently unveiled its new, eye-catching website created by White Whale Web Services. Explore the colorful home page, check out alumni profiles and update your own, submit a Class Note and learn all the ways to connect to WC as a volunteer. Photos from recent Toasts as well as details about future events can be found on the mainAlumni Page, and all you need to know about Alumni Weekend 2013 is at your fingertips right here.
Thousands Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Ball
They danced until their ruby slippers fell off! The night of February 23, 2013, thousands of alumni, students, faculty, staff and 1782 members celebrated at this year's Birthday Ball: The City of Oz. Some guests attended in costume, including President Reiss who dressed as Professor Marvel and First Lady, Elisabeth, who came as an evil witch. See what happened at the event and who attended in the Birthday Ball video andphoto gallery.
H. Louise Amick '69 to Teach Last Class at WC
Professor Amick will retire from WC at the end of this academic year after 23 years of teaching in the Department of Mathematics. She received the Lindback Award fort Distinguished Teaching at Lincoln University in 1982 and the Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Teaching at WC in 1995. Professor Amick will be lauded with the Alumni Citation at Commencement 2013. Congratulate her during Alumni Weekend 2013and take her last class–"A Simple Introduction to Complex Numbers"–onJune 1, at 10:00 a.m. in Smith Hall.


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Steak Fact SheetCuts: Tagliata (New York Strip) and Fiorentina (Porterhouse)
Grade: USDA Prime
Breed: Black Angus
Dry Aged? Yes, 40 Days (minimum)
Pre-Cooked Weight: Tagliata 36 oz., Fiorentina 40 oz.
Price: Tagliata $110, Fiorentina $116
Price per Ounce: Tagliata $3.05, Fiorentina $2.90
Last week we looked at signature steak at Michael White's Costata—the 44 oz. dry aged rib steak for two. It is, in my opinion, one of the best, and certainly most unique, steaks sold in the city, and if you visit Costata you should order it. It is deserving of its signature status. That said, the other steaks for two on the menu—the Tagliata (New York strip) and Fiorentina (Porterhouse)—are equally worthy of praise and rank almost as highly as the rib steak. The beef is the same Black Angus 40-day dry aged USDA prime from Creekstone Farms and aged by Pat LaFrieda. And so is the technique in preparing them, which make sense since they are all large, on-the-bone cuts designed for two (or more) people.
As with the rib steak, the chops are seasoned with fresh black pepper and rosemary salt before being seared on the flat top and finished in the broiler. After resting for around 15 minutes—these are large pieces of beef that need time to relax—the steaks are sliced and served in large dishes lubricated with rendered dry aged fat and a velvety veal stock reduction. Take a look through the slideshow to see how the steaks are prepared and tune in next week to check out the single-serving steaks and an interview with the chefs.
About the author: Nick Solares is a NYC-based food writer and photographer. He has published Beef Aficionado since 2007, with the stated purpose of exploring American exceptionalism through the consumption of hamburgers and steak. He has written over 350 restaurant reviews for Serious Eats since 2008 and served as the creative director for the award-winning iPad app Pat LaFrieda's Big App for Meat. You can follow him on Instagram (@nicksolares) and Twitter (@beefaficionado).


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Process News from Across the Pond
Here are excerpts from the September 2007 issue of Andrew Bonds Industrial Automation Insider, a monthly newsletter covering the important industrial automation news and issues as seen from the U.K.08/30/2007
Caro's SP100 Report
The ISA SP-100 standards committee plans to hold a demonstration of ISA100 at the Conference and Expo to be held in Houston on October 2-4. This, to stress the readiness of the networking technology and the cooperation among the potential suppliers.08/30/2007
Upgrading a Wastewater SCADA System
The City of Yuma installed a SCADA system to control and monitor its water and wastewater distribution system remotely. But as the city expanded, the existing SCADA system lacked the needed support, performance and diagnostic capabilities.08/30/2007
On Strange Loops and Plant Intelligence
Douglas Hofstadter asks in his recently published book, "I Am a Strange Loop," how anything as amorphous and mysterious as the I within each of our brains can exhibit any real power over the physical world.08/30/2007
One Mans Story Part 2
Greg McMillan and Stan Weiner, PE bring their wits and more than 66 years of process control experience to bear on your questions, comments, and problems. Write to them at email@example.com/30/2007
MiMiCs 3rd Generation Saves Time, Money
Mynah Technologies releases MiMiC v3 Simulation Software, offering a non-intrusive method for conducting software acceptance testing (SAT) and more.08/30/2007
Symbol Library Utility from MTL
The cost of designing a single control loop can be in excess of one man-day, so using tools like SmartPlant can dramatically reduce these costs.08/30/2007
Documenting Process Calibrator Aids Validation
The Beamex MC4 is a compact, portable documenting process calibrator capable of calibrating many process parameters, such as temperature, pressure and electrical and analog control signals.08/30/2007
Taking Temperatures
The talk is all about wireless, but not everyone is prepared to leap on the bandwagon.08/30/2007
D/P Cell Settings, Plus Good Books
Ask the Experts, on ControlGlobal.com, is moderated by noted process control authority Béla Lipták. Béla and his cadre of leading experts in process automation, recruited from among the co-authors of the Instrument Engineers Handbook 4th Edition, are in the box all month answering process control questions from all comers. The best will be published here. In order to eliminate misunderstandings, please include P&ID sketches using ISA symbols with your questions.08/30/2007
Ask the Experts: Instrumentation Books
Béla Lipták lists his most recommended books on Instrumentation08/30/2007
Sparky, Sparky, Zap!
Neither spark-gap devices nor silicon avalanche diodes are a good fit for protecting process-plant electronics.08/30/2007
Future Imperfect
Will automation engineers go the way of buggy-whip makers? Will they become the English majors of technology? Or are they way too important to be dispensed with? Whats the future of the profession?08/30/2007
Outstanding in Their Field
One of Fonterra Dairiess major corporate objectives is to reduce its environmental footprint in New Zealand and worldwide. Using Pavilion 8, they monitor wastewater treatment and discharge, making sure they are complying with local government regulations.08/30/2007
ISA Manufacturing Standards08/28/2007
System migration plan features on-the-fly control network split
Expansion plans at Petro-Canadas Edmonton refinery entailed a somewhat risky on-line split of its LCN to create additional network capacity in a way that ongoing operations were minimally affected.08/21/2007
Solving the Security vs. Access Dilemma08/21/2007
Expanding our coverage on print and online
Katherine Bonfante, digital editor of Control Magazine, talks about how Control's online resources have expanded the depth coverage of the print magazine.08/21/2007
Expandiendo nuestra cobertura
Katherine Bonfante, editora digital de Control, explica como los recursos que ofrece el internet expanded la cobertura de la revista.08/21/2007
Talk to the Corner Office
Editor in chief Walt Boyes gives a ringing call to "Talk to the Corner Office" in a video speech about cybersecurity.08/16/2007


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If your university is not currently a member of the IHSEA, you will need to apply and register with NIU or WIU.
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