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Topic: Phase I Clinical Trial Working for me
Great MRI report! Original tumor stable. Three new tumors on liver can't be seen. Spot by stomach shrinking. Enlarged lymph node on spine shrinking. Tumor markers went down 60 some points.
This is a phase I clinical trial. There have been 55 people nation wide (at all three Mayo sites) on it and they have extended it to 55-65 more people. I have been on this trial longer than anyone (since July 11) and it's working for me.
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Thanks be to God!
(Original diagnosis July 09 - inoperable Klatskin tumor, cholangiocarcinoma, stage IV, prognosis 3-14 months)


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This is a pretty interesting article to think about when assessing what the Colts should do in the draft and where a reach might not be the best idea, I know early predictions do not always turn out to be what people think at the end of the year, but typically the top-top guys don't fall too much if at all.
Big Picture: 2012 and 2013 Draft
By Mike Daneshgar
March 8th, 2012 at 10:30 pm
When looking at any draft, it is important to grasp the big picture. Not only should the positional depth of the current draft be looked at, but that of the next years draft as well. If there are 5 players of equal talent available at a position, why choose one when you can trade down, pick up additional draft choices, and end up with a player whom you would have taken at the earlier draft slot? Or, worst case scenario pull a Minnesota and dont turn in your card.
Every fan wants to fix their team in one offseason. As nice as that would be, its just not realistic. Two teams that have consistently won over the past decade are the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles and its no coincidence that they both are known to maneuver quite a bit on draft day to acquire future picks. That long term approach increases the odds that they win the crapshoot that is the NFL Draft. Most importantly, it takes into account positional strengths of current drafts and compares them to that of the following draft. Big picture, folks!
Which leads me to the point of this article how does the talent of the 2012 NFL Draft line up to that of which we COULD see in 2013? Im glad you asked.
Here are the combined top prospects at each position. Im not a big fan of numerically ranking players because so much depends on team scheme and whether you prefer taking a chance at upside or going with a safe choice. As a result, Ive broken it up into tiers. Tiers of joy.
(2012 NFL Draft prospects are identified with an asterisk)
Tier 1
*Andrew Luck, Stanford
Tier 2
*Robert Griffin III, Baylor
Matt Barkley, USC
Tier 3
Tyler Bray, Tennessee
*Ryan Tannehill, Texas A&M
Tyler Wilson, Arkansas
Logan Thomas, Virginia Tech
Geno Smith, West Virginia
*Brandon Weeden, Oklahoma State
Tier 4
Keith Price, Washington
*Brock Osweiler, Arizona State
E.J. Manuel, Florida State
Translation: 2012 was supposed to be the year of the quarterback, but with Matt Barkley returning its shaping up so that 2013 is that year. Granted, there will be no Andrew Luck next season, there are quite a few players who could shoot up boards with impressive final years. In other words, if you cant get Andrew Luck or RG3, theres no need to panic and reach for the next best quarterback.
Running Back
Tier 1
*Trent Richardson, Alabama
Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina
Michael Dyer, Auburn
Tier 2
Giovani Bernard, North Carolina
*David Wilson, Virginia Tech
*Lamar Miller, Miami
*Doug Martin, Boise State
Knile Davis, Arkansas
Tier 3
LeVeon Bell, Michigan State
Montee Ball, Wisconsin
Ray Graham, Pittsburgh
*Robert Turbin, Utah State
*Chris Polk, Washington
Zach Stacy, Vanderbilt
Translation: 2013 could end up as one of the best running back groups ever which makes Montee Ball returning all the more confusing. After Tier 2, you may just be better off waiting for next year or picking up a rental. If there were a Tier 4, it would be comprised of several more prospects not in the 2012 draft, with so many of them just seething with potential but not thick enough resumes to include in this list.
Wide Receiver
Tier 1
Robert Woods, USC
*Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State
Keenan Allen, California
Marquess Wilson, Washington State
Tier 2
*Michael Floyd, Notre Dame
*Alshon Jeffery, South Carolina
Justin Hunter, Tennessee
DaRick Rogers, Tennessee
*Kendall Wright, Baylor
Cobi Hamilton, Arkansas
Kenny Stills, Oklahoma
Translation: Are you sure that you want to take Justin Blackmon top 5? The college level is completely loaded at the WR position, dont feel the need to reach for one in 2012.
Tight End
Tier 1
*Dwayne Allen, Clemson
Tyler Eifert, Notre Dame
*Coby Fleener, Stanford
*Orson Charles, Georgia
Joseph Fauria, UCLA
Philip Lutzenkurchen, Auburn
Tier 2
*Michael Egnew, Missouri
Jordan Reed, Florida
Jake Stoneburner, Ohio State
Chris Gragg, Arkansas
*Ladarius Green, ULL
Translation: 2012 has an edge in the Joker TE/WR department, but severely lacks at the in-line blocking category. Rather than taking on a project of trying to mold a Joker into a blocker, you may just be better off waiting for one of the guys in 2013.
Offensive Tackle
Tier 1
*Matt Kalil, USC
Tier 2
*Riley Reiff, Iowa
*Jonathan Martin, Stanford
Barrett Jones, Alabama
Seantrel Henderson, Miami
Jake Matthews, Texas A&M
D.J. Fluker, Alabama
Luke Joeckel, Texas A&M
Chris Faulk, LSU
Chaz Green, Florida
Translation: After the big 3 (Kalil, Reiff, and Martin) there is no need to reach for a tackle if that is what your team needs. Im looking at you, NFL team considering drafting Mike Adams in the top 20.
Interior Offensive Linemen
Tier 1
*David DeCastro, Stanford
Chance Warmack, Alabama
Tier 2
*Peter Konz, Wisconsin
*Cordy Glenn, Georgia
Andrew Norwell, Ohio State
James Hurst, UNC
Omoregie Uzzi, Georgia Tech
*Brandon Washington, Miami
Translation: This year and the next are going to be two of the best guard classes ever. If you miss out on stud David DeCastro, there are plenty of consolation prizes to go around.
4-3 Defensive End
Tier X
Jackson Jeffcoat, Texas
Barkevious Mingo, LSU
*Melvin Ingram, South Carolina
Corey Lemonier, Auburn
*Whitney Mercilus, Illinois
Sam Montgomery, LSU
Kareem Martin, UNC
*Nick Perry, USC
Tier X.5
Alex Okafor, Texas
Dion Jordan, Oregon
Brandon Jenkins, FSU
*Chandler Jones, Syracuse
Translation: Yuck. The 2012 class is so full of question marks that they dont even get to be considered tier 1. On the other hand, the college pool is very talented but lacks the production to justify being called tier 1 either. Thus, tier X and X.5 it is. Still, pass rushers tend to break out in their final years in school, so keep an eye on these guys still in school. If I had to choose, Id take my chances on a DE from the 2013 class outshining those of the 2012 class once they are draft eligible.
3-4 Defensive End
Tier 1
*Quinton Coples, UNC
Dominique Easley, Florida
Bjoern Werner, FSU
William Gholston, Michigan State
Tier 2
*Devon Still, PSU
*Jared Crick, Nebraska
Bennie Logan, LSU
John Simon, OSU
*Kendall Reyes, Connecticut
Margus Hunt, SMU
Translation: Both classes are solid but the monster potential of having 3 players in tier 1 gives a slight edge to 2013.
Defensive/Nose Tackle
Tier 1
Sharrif Floyd, Florida
John Hankins, OSU
*Fletcher Cox, Mississippi State
Tier 2
*Michael Brockers, LSU
*Dontari Poe, Memphis
Star Lotulelei, Utah
Kawaan Short, Purdue
Tier 3
*Brandon Thompson, Clemson
Kwame Geathers, Georgia
*Jerel Worthy, Michigan State
Translation: This year and next are super loaded at DT. There may not be a Ndamukong Suh standing out just yet, but theres very good value here in both drafts.
3-4 Outside Linebacker
Tier 1
Jarvis Jones, Georgia
*Courtney Upshaw, Alabama
Tier 2
Sean Porter, Texas A&M
Ronald Powell, Florida
Damontre Moore, Texas A&M
Barkevious Mingo, LSU
Tier 3
Chase Thomas, Stanford
*Shea McClellin, Boise State
Trevardo Williams, Connecticut
*Ronnell Lewis, Oklahoma
Nico Johnson, Alabama
Roosevelt Nix, Kent State
*Andre Branch, Clemson
*Cam Johnson, Virginia
Translation: This draft seriously needed Jarvis Jones and his pass rushing ability.
4-3 Outside Linebacker
Tier 1
*Zach Brown, UNC
*Bobby Wagner, Utah State
Jelani Jenkins, Florida
Tier 2
*Lavonte David, Nebraska
Tier 3
Arthur Brown, Kansas State
Khaseem Green, Rutgers
Dion Bailey, USC
*Terrell Manning, North Carolina State
*Sean Spence, Miami
*Josh Kaddu, Oregon
Kenny Tate, Maryland
Translation: Teams that need a 4-3 weakside linebacker are in luck.
Inside Linebacker
Tier 1
*Luke Kuechly, Boston College
Manti Teo, Notre Dame
Shayne Skov, Stanford
Tier 2
*Donta Hightower, Alabama
Andrew Jackson, Western Kentucky
Tom Wort, Oklahoma
C.J. Mosley, Alabama
Kevin Reddick, UNC
Tier 3
Bruce Taylor, Virginia Tech
Dede Lattimore, USF
Translation: There is a pretty large drop-off at middle linebacker after Kuechly and Hightower. If you miss out on them, your best bet is to wait.
Tier 1
*Morris Claiborne, LSU
David Amerson, North Carolina State
Tier 2
*Janoris Jenkins, North Alabama
*Dre Kirkpatrick, Alabama
Xavier Rhodes, FSU
Tier 3
*Stephon Gilmore, South Carolina
*Jayron Hosley, Virginia Tech
Johnthan Banks, Mississippi State
Bud Noel, Wake Forest
Ahmad Dixon, Baylor
*Brandon Boykin, Georgia
Tier 4
*Chase Minnifield, Virginia
Greg Reid, FSU
*Leonard Johnson, Iowa State
Dee Milliner, Alabama
Tharold Simon, LSU
*Alfonzo Dennard, Nebraska
*Josh Robinson, UCF
Translation: He may be really good, but looking at the big picture taking Morris Claiborne in the top 5 may not be the most thrify move to make.
Tier 1
Tyrann Mathieu, LSU
Lamarcus Joyner, FSU
Eric Reid, LSU
Tier 2
*Mark Barron, Alabama
Matt Elam, Florida
T.J. McDonald, USC
Bacarri Rambo, Georgia
Robert Lester, Alabama
Ray-Ray Armstrong, Miami
Tier 3
*Harrison Smith, Notre Dame
Prentiss Wagner, Tennessee
Kenny Vaccaro, Texas
Translation: Dont even think about reaching for a Safety this year. Personally, Im not sure I would take one at all in 2012 as 2013 could be the first strong Safety class in years.
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Evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond of the University of California at Los Angeles once classified humans as the "third chimpanzee" (the second being the bonobo). Genetically, we are very similar, and when it comes to high levels of aggression between members of two different groups, as I noted in last month's column on "The Ignoble Savage," we also resemble chimpanzees. Although humans have a brutal history, there's hope that the pessimists who forecast our eventual demise are wrong: recent evidence indicates that, like bonobos, we may be evolving in a more peaceful direction.
One of the most striking features in artificially selecting for docility among wild animals is that, along with far less aggression, you also get a suite of other changes, including a reduction in skull, jaw and tooth size. In genetics, this is called pleiotropy. Selecting for one trait may generate additional, unintended changes. (continue reading…)


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During a June 2012 episode of the local public television program New Mexico in Focus, Jamie Estrada sat quietly among panelists as they discussed the controversy over emails leaked from the campaign accounts of Gov. Susana Martinez and her staffers. The emails—published by SFR and other media outlets—showed officials in Martinez' administration using private email accounts to conduct government business. The handful of panelists hotly debated whether the Martinez administration had intentionally used private email to circumvent the state's Inspection of Public Records Act.
Eventually, it was Estrada's turn. Introduced as a US Commerce Department official under George W Bush, he said that, as a federal employee, "one of the first things you learn is, don't ever do anything on personal email."
"[In] the federal world," he said calmly, "no one ever did this, you know, in my experience, except for the occasional State Department employee that was traveling overseas that said, 'You know, I can't get access to my government email.'"
In his many appearances on the public affairs show over the next year, Estrada offered a pragmatic, right-of-center counterpoint to more partisan panelists. Poised and deliberate, he seemed more likely to observe and analyze a political scandal than to wind up at the center of one.
Yet last week, all that changed. On Thursday, the US Attorney's office announced a 14-count federal indictment accusing Estrada of intercepting private emails sent to top Martinez staffers for a year, and then lying to federal agents about it. Each count carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison—a potential 70 years in total. NM in Focus responded quickly, announcing that Estrada would no longer appear on the show until his legal issues were resolved.
Estrada maintains he's innocent (indeed, an indictment is merely an accusation).
But as the back story slowly unfolds, it offers a unique window into internal tensions within the Martinez campaign apparatus—and how even a top political player can fall out of the governor's good graces.
Central to the case is Estrada's apparent falling-out with the Martinez administration. In July 2009, the indictment states, Estrada joined the Republican gubernatorial campaign of Martinez, an up-and-coming district attorney from his hometown, Las Cruces. She had a reputation as a tough-on-crime Hispanic woman who would stamp out corruption, and she made Estrada her interim campaign manager. But, as the indictment against him notes, "Estrada's tenure with the campaign did not last long, as he left the campaign in or about December 2009."
The exact details of Estrada's departure are in dispute.
Martinez, in a statement last week, said that she "knew [Estrada] to be a man of suspect character."
"That is why I fired him from my campaign in 2009 and why I rejected him for a position within my administration," she said.
Estrada—who, shortly after leaving the campaign, began an unsuccessful bid for a seat on the Public Regulation Commission—disputes that claim.
"I want to make it clear that I have not broken any laws or done anything improper," Estrada said in his own statement last week. "Nor was I dismissed from my job as interim campaign manager for Governor Martinez."
Estrada's lawyer, Zachary Ives, provided SFR with documents he says "are not consistent" with claims that Estrada was fired.
They include a text message sent to Estrada, apparently from the governor herself, on July 16, 2010—seven months after he allegedly left the campaign.
"I would like to give u a check for $5,000 now and I will try to do another $5,000 in a month or two to pay you for your help and support. Is that ok?" the message reads. According to the documents provided by Ives, Estrada then forwarded the message to Martinez political adviser Jay McCleskey, writing, "Thanks, bro, for anything you did to make this happen :)."
"No worries," McCleskey replied. "You deserve it."
In another message, dated July 17, McCleskey writes to Estrada, "You are in a good place w/her."
Ives also provided a flier that lists Estrada among the host committee for a September 2010, $1,000-ticket fundraiser in Washington, DC, and text message records showing that Martinez specifically requested Estrada's presence at her pre-inauguration gala in November 2010.
But according to McCleskey, "Jamie Estrada was fired for numerous reasons, including improperly accessing Susana Martinez's personal email account. Helping him resolve disputes over what he believed was owed him from 2009, even though he had agreed to accept his position as a volunteer campaign manager without compensation, does not change that fact."
Ives denies that Estrada "improperly accessed" the governor's email during the campaign.
He adds: "If Mr. Estrada was fired for 'numerous reasons' such as inappropriately accessing the Governor's email, why did the Governor and McCleskey arrange for $10,000 in back pay, put him on a host committee for a big Washington, DC fundraiser, give him a 'friends and family badge' for the Martinez's victory party on election night, and then invite him to the inaugural gala?"
But McCleskey also provided SFR with other documentation, including two emails from Estrada that suggest he was vying for an administration post.
In the first email—sent to McCleskey on Nov. 7, just days after Martinez' election, with the subject line "Transition advice"—Estrada writes that he'd "like to apply" for what appears to be a position in the Martinez administration.
"It would be helpful to know my chances for econ dev," Estrada wrote—likely a reference to the state Economic Development Department. Eight days later, Estrada emailed McCleskey again, wondering "how I went from 'good place' to the enemies list in a span of 4 months." In December, the nomination went to former congressional candidate Jon Barela.
The following July, according to the indictment, Estrada began intercepting the governor's email.
Around that time, Martinez' campaign staffers allegedly learned that emails sent to Susana2010.com addresses "were bouncing back to the sender." Realizing that they needed to re-register the campaign's web domain, they attempted to do so—but, according to the indictment, failed "because no one on the staff could locate or recall the username and password associated with the Domain or the name of the original registrant."
The original registrant, according to a domain report obtained by SFR, was David Hiss, who earned more than $27/hour in Martinez' Las Cruces district attorney office when he registered the domain in 2009. (The indictment states that "D.H." registered the domain in 2009 and donated it to the Martinez campaign.) The indictment states that someone affiliated with Martinez' campaign asked Estrada for the necessary domain information, but he "refused" to provide it.
About 11 days later, according to the indictment, Estrada allegedly used an alias to create a profile at GoDaddy.com, the domain service through which Susana2010.com was registered. When the campaign's domain expired, Estrada bought it under the name "Sylvia Tacori," using a Denver street address that's currently listed as a Chipotle. Then, the indictment alleges, Estrada "directed all incoming email messages to a Google email account controlled by Estrada."
But it wasn't until last June—when Independent Source PAC (a liberal group run by private investigator and former Gov. Bill Richardson opposition researcher Michael Corwin) began leaking dozens of those emails to reporters—that the Martinez administration publicly asserted that the emails were stolen.
After receiving the full cache of emails from the attorney general, SFR published them online last year [news, Dec. 18, 2012: "The Year in Closed Government"]. Several show state officials using their private email accounts to conduct public business. The 12 emails included in the indictment, however, are personal: receipts for online purchases made by Martinez; a staffer's banking information; a concerned citizen's message to the governor about her troubles with an "incompetent public defender."
But for some legal experts, the case raises some crucial, unsettled questions about electronic communications.
Marcia Hoffman is a former senior staff attorney at the San Francisco, Calif.-based Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit that advocates for Internet freedom; she now works in private practice. She notes that cases brought under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act—"the computer hacking law"—have raised a "hotly disputed" question of whether disgruntled former employees have a right to use valid credentials given to them by an employer to access their work computers—even after their employment ends. Federal courts, she says, have gone both ways on the issue.
Yet in its case against Estrada, the federal government chose not to bring charges under that law, instead charging him for violating a wiretapping law that predates electronic communications. Still, Hoffman says what makes the case against Estrada interesting—"and a little bit challenging"—is "the fact that the ownership of the domain is still unclear."
"Basically, he had the username and password as part of his work with the campaign," she says. "But then at some point, obviously the campaign didn't want him working with them anymore and, you know, that's when it starts to get very complicated."
Barbara Mandel, president-elect of the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, is a Las Cruces-based assistant federal public defender. In her 20 years of public defense work, Mandel hasn't "seen any cases that are really like this."
"It's an interesting, interesting issue," she says. "I don't think it's been litigated in this state before."
She adds that the US Attorney's case may hinge on "[Estrada's] intent and whether he actually looked at these emails that were not meant for him."
To Hoffman, the indictment itself also raises questions. She points out that generally, in wiretapping cases, "the feds can prosecute it, but the person who feels like their rights have been violated, they can just sue, right?" she says. "And it's an interesting question, why the feds think this is something that's worth a full-press prosecution, as opposed to the people actually affected taking action themselves."
She offers a possible rationale: deterring others from taking similar action.
"This involves a high-profile victim, if you will—a politician," she adds. "And that might be one reason they chose to pursue it."
Aside from formal statements through his attorney, Estrada has remained largely silent since his indictment. His arraignment, a formal reading of charges and plea entry, is set for June 13. But Ives offers a hint of things to come.
"We will provide a vigorous defense, including on the question of Governor Martinez's credibility," he writes in an email to SFR. "We intend to continue to expose the problems with her story and to reveal her true motives for attacking Mr. Estrada."
Joey Peters contributed reporting.
June 5, 2013, update: According to newly unsealed search warrants, on Dec. 23, 2009, Estrada emailed McCleskey: "...I can't understand how she wouldn't think there are political consequences for treating me unfairly." Days later, on Dec. 27, Gov. Martinez emailed Estrada: "Please submit immediately all information you have that pertains to this campaign, to include, but not limited to...[a]ny and all usernames and passwords to any account or any service, to incude, Vonage, Verizon, Wells Fargo, or any account that belongs to this campaign...any and all data that is part of the campaign...please provide all of the above data on Mo[n]day, December 28, 2009, no later than 5:00pm. I will expect that you will not keep any electronic copies or hard copies of any of the campaign data."
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It's released under GPLv2 so anyone can help!
There are lots left to be done but the general layout and abit of the usage is available but enough chatter as pictures tells more than a thousand words.
Tried on HTC Dream, HTC Magic and HTC Hero.
For latest version see here.
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I recently lost my primary driver, a Nuke SS (172g), and have been struggling to decide what my next move should be. Right now I would consider myself on the low end of the intermediate spectrum, driving an average of 250-300ft. I picked up the Nuke SS after spending a long time using the Xpress as my primary driver. I am really attempting to work up to better drivers appropriately with a focus on technique improvement, hence my decision to go with the Nuke SS over the standard Nuke.
A recent surge of disc golf addiction led me to purchase a Blizzard Champ Katana (158g) & Blizzard Champ Boss (140g)as well, throwing common sense to the wind in an attempt to gain some distance & experiment with higher speed, lower weight drivers. The Katana has worked out relatively well, although neither of these two acquisitions has been as reliable as my Nuke SS. As sad as it was too lose my Nuke SS, I am now thinking it might be an opportunity to grow. I can definitely bomb the Katana most of the time, although I know it may not be technically the right fit for my skill.
I have been mulling over the idea of picking up a few new discs to see if any resonate with me. I would really appreciate your thoughts on my following options:
[Option 1] Forget about a new disc, focus on technique and use the Blizz Champ Katana/Boss (or maybe go back to the Xpress?)
[Option 2] Replace the Nuke SS (maybe a lighter one) & defer replacement until my technique improves
[Option 3] Move up to the Nuke
[Option 4] Pick up a slower driver to more closely match my skill, perhaps a Wraith or Teebird?
As much as I want to go out and buy all of the aforementioned discs, I'm really trying to keep it simple and focus on form.


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Miami Heat forward and reigning league MVP LeBron James is the leading overall vote getter (641,348) in NBA All-Star balloting released Thursday by the league.
The Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant (639,419), who earlier this season scored his 30,000th career point, is 1,929 votes back of James. Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder is the only other player with more than 600,000 votes.
The game is scheduled for Feb. 17 in Houston.
Three frontcourt and two backcourt players for each conference will start.
Voting continues online and at games through Jan. 14.
LeBron James (Heat) 641,348; Carmelo Anthony (Knicks) 573,112; Kevin Garnett (Celtics) 218,246; Chris Bosh (Heat) 210,724; Tyson Chandler (Knicks) 151,744; Paul Pierce (Celtics) 114,735; Joakim Noah (Bulls) 73,366; Josh Smith (Hawks) 69,344; Andrew Bynum (76ers) 68,596; Amar'e Stoudemire (Knicks) 64,266; Shane Battier (Heat) 59,419; Anderson Varejao (Cavaliers) 57,336; Luol Deng (Bulls) 48,450; Brook Lopez (Nets) 47,940; Jeff Green (Celtics) 36,080.
Dwyane Wade (Heat) 430,925; Rajon Rondo (Celtics) 382,613; Deron Williams (Nets) 211,426; Kyrie Irving (Cavalieers) 155,989; Ray Allen (Heat) 130,016; Monta Ellis (Bucks) 47,650; Raymond Felton (Knicks) 37,974; Jason Terry (Celtics) 36,147; Brandon Jennings (Bucks) 35,610; Jrue Holiday (76ers) 35,193.
Kevin Durant (Thunder) 605,965; Dwight Howard (Lakers) 434,168; Blake Griffin (Clippers) 307,855; Tim Duncan (Spurs) 189,577; Pau Gasol (Lakers) 139,868; Kevin Love (Timberwolves) 112,922; Omer Asik (Rockets) 88,178; Rudy Gay (Grizzlies) 85,279; Serge Ibaka (Thunder) 68,285; LaMarcus Aldridge (Trail Blazers) 66,290; Dirk Nowitzki (Mavericks) 63,056; Marc Gasol (Grizzlies) 61,716; Zach Randolph (Grizzlies) 59,916; Metta World Peace (Lakers) 59,167; Anthony Davis (Hornets) 53,779.
Kobe Bryant (Lakers) 639,419; Chris Paul (Clippers) 353,603; Jeremy Lin (Rockets) 298,319; James Harden (Rockets) 196,108; Russell Westbrook (Thunder) 143,437; Steve Nash (Lakers) 118,073; Tony Parker (Spurs) 69,983; Ricky Rubio (Timberwolves) 54,744; Manu Ginobili (Spurs) 47,800; O.J. Mayo (Mavericks) 36,495.


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The Star of Tourism Award given to AiG is a phenomenal witness to all the tourism-related businesses and organizations in our community, state, and nation.
What much of the media has been doing in its coverage about politics is similar to the way they report on Christian organizations like Answers in Genesis.
On the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, we seek to honor God and challenge today's Christian leaders with our 2017 theme: Igniting a New Reformation.
Regardless of the outcome of the election, even if we are dismayed or discouraged like Habakkuk, we have to recognize that God is in control.
Ultimately, AiG, the Creation Museum, and the Ark Encounter boldly and uncompromisingly stand on the truth of God's Word, beginning in Genesis.
One of the first things we did when we arrived in Florida was to make a trip to Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky!
I was introduced to one of our volunteers who was an atheist but became a Christian after attending one of my creation seminars at Cedarville University in 1993.
Ken Ham shares more revealing statistics—this time focusing on the state of the 20s generation inside the Church.
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'"When I stood before you in September, I said NHL teams would not play again until our economic problems had been solved," Bettman said. "As I stand before you today, it is my sad duty to announce that because that solution has not yet been attained, it no longer is practical to conduct even an abbreviated season. Accordingly, I have no choice but to announce the formal cancellation of play for 2004-05."'
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Many CIOs struggle to communicate the high cost of IT products and services to a company's senior-level executives. The Technology Business Management Council (TBMC) has come up with an innovative framework to guide the conversation.
The TBMC is a new, non-profit group that grew from a twice-yearly summit by Apptio into a 400-member consortium that includes Cisco CIO Rebecca Jacoby as its co-chair, as well as Facebook's Tim Campos and Xerox's Carol Zierhoffer. The group's mandate is to create and promote best practices for running IT as a business by encouraging collaboration and sharing among distinguished IT leaders.
One of the first projects completed by TBMC is a "Bill of IT"--a process that instructs IT professionals on how to communicate the costs of IT products and services to various business lines.
"It's the whole notion of taking the raw supply of labor, servers, storage, and networks, and composing a bill of materials that offers the business a service or capability that they understand," said Chris Pick, president of the Council and chief marketing officer at Apptio.
[ When the business wants change so much that it's willing to go rogue on IT, is it misinformed, or justified? See The Rise Of Shadow IT. ]
For example, Pick said rather than simply providing a company's employees with access to a top-grade server, a Bill of IT can help IT professionals communicate to business line users that they're receiving a gold email service at a reasonable price.
According to the TBMC, Bill of IT projects can be based on one of four variables: cost, price, budget, or hybrid.
"You can create a bill based on costs. You can create a bill based on price. You can create a bill based on plans and how you forecast demand for the business. And you can also create a bill based on a hybrid composition," said Pick.
Whereas the Bill of IT defines costs as the actual expenses by each service, price entails setting a predefined unit rate for services (price x quantity) that allows business line leaders to better understand the company's consumption of IT services.
Communicating the costs of IT services and products in budgetary terms, however, helps business units know ahead of time what costs will be for a whole year. And finally, the hybrid model, which includes a combination of costs, price, and budgetary measures, is the most flexible and the easiest for business units to understand.
It's a multifaceted framework for communicating the costs of IT products and services that extends far beyond IT's standard chargeback model. "What Gartner has done somewhat incorrectly in the market is defined the process for financial transparency solely based upon chargeback," said Pick.
However, the TBMC's Bill of IT goes a step further to recognize that the process of billing can be based on the consumption of IT products and services (showback), consumption at a particular unit rate or price (chargeback), or linking consumption back to the overall expenses by service and product (automated reconciliation).
By creating best practices around how to communicate the cost of IT products and services, TBMC hopes to help IT departments everywhere accomplish a number of feats. For one, by relying on "a decision-making framework that allows them to have visibility into the cost structure," Pick said IT professionals will be better able to cut costs and recognize how these measures will impact service delivery and quality.
A Bill of IT framework also "allows IT professionals to optimize toward funding the products and services that really make a difference strategically for the business," adds Pick.
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Four hours have passed14-year-old Kayden Troff's mouth is dry.
He mentally regroups, though, and focuses his attention on the checkered wooden board and pieces in front of him as he plans his next move.
He has to be flawless.
Four hours have passed14-year-old Kayden Troff's mouth is dry.
He mentally regroups, though, and focuses his attention on the checkered wooden board and pieces in front of him as he plans his next move.
He has to be flawless.
Two years prior, the West Jordan teen was in Greece at the world youth gold medal round and lost in a tie to a Chinese boy who scored more overall points. This time in Slovenia, Kayden stares across the chess board, determined not to take home silver again. But like a boxing match without a knockout after 11 rounds, he doesn't know the result of his match against a boy from India until he sees his mother.
Kayden said he figured he had at least won silver again, but as he walked back from the playing hall toward his mom, she exclaimed, "You just won gold!"
Kayden just achieved the recognition of best in the world at chess in his age category of 13- to 14-year-old teens.
In the final round, Kayden had eight points and was paired against the leader from India who had nine points. All the boy from India needed was a tie to win, but Kayden needed a victory to beat him overall.
"You can imagine the pressure for the 14-year-old," said his mother, Kim Troff, last week. "The guy leading had gone seven wins in a row."
Kayden was the most nervous right before the game.
"You know how much is on the line and you are nervous," he said. However, on the fifth move of the game, his opponent motioned for him to draw.
"At that point my confidence went up a lot more," he said. Kayden refused the offer, and the game continued.
The World Youth Chess Championship is the Olympics of the chess world, held this year Nov. 7 through the 19 in Maribor, Slovenia.
"It was one of the most incredible moments of my life, I was crying," Kim Troff said. "And of course he was like 'Mom, don't cry.'"
Kayden's feelings on winning were simply put: "It felt good to say, I got silver last time…and of course getting gold…it is just great."
The self-proclaimed "chess nerd" says there is no doubt chess is a sport, and he loves the complexity and unpredictable nature of the game.
"The overall energy and focus it takes, it is always incredibly hard," Kayden said, adding it takes all his mind's endurance and focus. "It is really hard to sit at a board for four hours and just give it your all."
He has been playing chess for more than a decade now. He started at 3 years old after watching his dad play with his older brothers; just by observation he knew how each piece could move. His dad, Dan Troff, trained his sons how to play chess so he would have someone to play chess with. He never realized it would turn into more. Three years later, Kayden was competing around the state.
"When he first started, we had to put a phone book on the chair so he could see over table," Kim Troff said, of competition against high-school students. "I had to write the name for his opponents because he couldn't spell them, and he won that match."
She also recalls athletic sports weren't for him when his team won the state championship in 1st grade and he couldn't care less.
"I remember when we tried baseball, and he was out in the field playing with the rocks," she said.
His brothers, age 17 and 20, still play chess, but have shifted to other interests. They are always there for their little brother, though. Kim Troff said that earlier this month the family was up at 2 a.m. in Utahwatching the last round on the Internet.
The family is close-knit and she said she relies on family to keep the house running smoothly while she is gone.
"I'm texting my daughter from Slovenia saying, 'You have got to help my son with his math!' " she said.
Kim Troff travels every six weeks to tournaments around the world with Kayden, so a lot of time is spent away from home as she supports her son. She says the two have become best friends.
She said as a parent, she used to get very emotionally invested in his wins and losses, but over time has learned she has to be the one constant for him. She learned over time how to be encouraging and also support him.
"He gets a lot of pressure from the world to perform well, and he needs one place he can be supported no matter what," she said.
Kayden's next goal is grand master, then possibly world champion. He wants to make chess his profession. Why not? After all, he has been trained by former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov since June as part of the Kasparov Chess Foundation, which has helped him build his confidence and focus in training.
Kayden trains for eight hours a day and has been home schooled since he was four. He is a typical boy who loves Nintendo and to tease his sisters and has a great sense of humor, his mom says. "He really, truly is not one that enjoys the limelight."
He says the joy he gets from playing is what keeps him self-motivated to train.
"You just have that moment of I just did that," Kayden said. "To have that joy… just the overall feel is just great."
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FIREFIGHTERS made a generous donation to Kennet Community Transport to help keep their minibus on the road.
Marlborough firefighters raised £250 with a car wash last September and the Jazz Festival in June and split the money between Kennet Community Transport and the Fire Fighters Charity.
Earlier this month a cheque was presented to the Marlborough charity, which brings elderly and disabled residents who would otherwise be housebound to the Jubilee and New Road centres in the town.
Wiltshire Council used to contract-hire the minibus but this ended last March.
Kennet Community Transport chairman Alexander Kirk-Wilson said: "This money is invaluable because the Jubilee Centre and the New Road Centre who use the bus can't afford to keep it running.
"The money will go towards the upkeep of the bus and things that used to be funded by Wiltshire Council."
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First-round pick Schwarber may be nearing deal
PITTSBURGH -- Catcher Kyle Schwarber, selected fourth overall in the First-Year Player Draft, may be close to signing with the Cubs.
Schwarber tweeted on Sunday that he was "Chicago bound" and asked for recommendations on places to eat in the city. The Indiana catcher is most likely in Chicago for more than just a steak dinner.
The Cubs had an allotment of $4.6 million to spend on their first-round pick, but most likely came to an agreement with Schwarber on less. Some have estimated the catcher would sign for just over $3 million.
An announcement could come as early as this week.
This is the third straight year the Cubs have picked a position player in the first round of the Draft. Schwarber is one of three finalists for the Johnny Bench Award, presented to the top Division I catcher in the country. He batted .358 with 14 home runs, 48 RBIs and a .659 slugging percentage in his junior year. In his final eight games for the Hoosiers, he batted .469 with four home runs, 12 RBIs and a .938 slugging percentage.
Schwarber talked to Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein last Thursday after the team picked him.
"I'm really embracing the moment, and that's what Theo told me to do was just embrace this moment, take your time and when the time's right, we'll call and take a day to sit down and talk about things," Schwarber said last Thursday.
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Updated with comments from North Jersey Community Bank CEO Frank Sorrentino. NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Smart lenders can turn the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy into an opportunity to cement stronger customer relationships. For starters, many banks in the affected areas have been giving their customers a break by waiving fees. For example, Hudson City Savings Bank -- the main subsidiary of Hudson City Bancorp ( HCBK) of Paramus, N.J. -- waived all overdraft fees, ATM fees and late payment fees for November payments, until Nov. 6. Valley National Bank of Wayne, N.J. (held by Valley National Bancorp ( VLY)), on Monday offered a new Valley Family Assistance Loan product to its "current loan customers who have an immediate need for cash to cover emergency needs." Of course, banks are facing a difficult time ahead, as the commercial real estate and residential mortgage loan borrowers that had property damaged by the hurricane go through the process of making insurance claims, waiting for adjusters to settle claims, and then line up contractors to make repairs. The hurricane "is a big deal for the banks," according to Kevin Petrasic -- a partner in the Global Banking and Payments Systems practice of Paul Hastings, based in the firm's Washington office -- who says that "this is when long-lasting customer relationships can be solidified or destroyed. The challenge for lenders is figuring out how to handle the volume of issues expected as customers try to get their lives together." According to Petrasic, in addition to handling the volume of hurricane-related problems, lenders also need to figure out how to respond thoughtfully and "identify tailored solutions to particular problems of particular borrowers in unique circumstances. For example, a borrower who has a first-lien mortgage with one bank may have and a home equity loan with a different lender. These are the issues for which institution may have to coordinate with each other to address problems." North Jersey Community Bank CEO Frank Sorrentino says that his bank quickly "reached out to loan clients in especially hard-hit areas to see if they were damaged or needed anything from us," including assistance with cash flow difficulties resulting from the hurricane. "A lot of people depend on the electronic systems for their banking and a lot of those systems were down. Having a bank like ours which was up and running, where you could communicate with a relationship officer to respond to that and make funds available enabled us to provide a high level of service for our clients," he said. North Jersey Community Bank also actively monitored customers' accounts during the days following the hurricane. "This storm occurred very close to the first of the months," he said, "so if clients didn't receive the funds they expected but had money going out, we would help them with funds to cover overdrafts." In its third-quarter 10-Q filing on Thursday, Capital One Financial ( COF) said that "we have significant consumer and commercial loan exposure in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, the states with the most severe FEMA disaster declarations," including $19.8 billion in consumer loans and $16.6 billion in commercial loans, representing nearly 18% of the company's total portfolio loans as of Sept. 30. The company also said that "some of these exposures are not in the counties that received the most damage."
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Man convicted of eluding police tries to elude court hearing
TACOMA, Wash. -- Leroy Scott had just been convicted of eluding police when he took off again, this time from a Washington courtroom.
The Tacoma man fought with a Pierce County sheriff's deputy before fleeing through an emergency exit on Wednesday. It happened just moments after Scott was found guilty of felony eluding.
"At first, I thought the officer had him under control. But then I could see that things were getting out of hand," said court reporter Karla Johnson.
Johnson said the incident was the culmination of a three-day trial during which Scott had been free on bail. But with the guilty verdict, the judge ordered Scott back into custody with a low bail amount of $10,000.
That's when Scott apparently panicked.
"I'm so nervous. Now I'm scared," he said.
Officials tried to calm Scott, as did his family who told him they'd bail him out within a couple hours. But Scott, who could not be assuaged, smashed through the exit, breaking the glass.
The jurors were in the jury room instead of the courtroom when the incident occurred.
"All of a sudden, we just heard a lot of crashing sounds, yelling, a lot of profanity," said juror Lisa Saavedra.
Saavedra said the jurors huddled in fear Scott might get the deputy's gun and come looking for them.
"We all huddled back in the corner and so we were all quite frightened. We didn't know what was going on," she said.
Deputies used a Taser on Scott to no avail.
"I mean, it was just a matter of a few seconds and then he was gone," said Johnson.
Scott was last seen running up South 11th Street, missing one shoe.
The county says the emergency door in the courtroom can't be blocked in case of emergency. But officials said they plan to tighten security around Scott in the future.


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MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. military is preparing for another war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay.
Pentagon officials say charges have been approved against an alleged senior member of al-Qaida for offenses that include planning roadside bombing attacks against U.S. and allied troops and civilians in Afghanistan.
Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi has been held at the U.S. base in Cuba since April 2007 and has been classified by the Defense Department as a "high-value" detainee.
A Pentagon statement Tuesday lists war crimes charges that include terrorism, murder of protected persons and attacking civilians. He faces up to life in prison on all but one of the charges.
A military lawyer appointed to represent him did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Two other war crimes cases are in pretrial stage.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Even after a massive foreclosure settlement following the "robo-signing" scandal and the implementation of new servicing standards designed to protect borrowers, bank and non-bank mortgage servicers continue to do an abysmal job handling borrower payments and paperwork. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday issued a report that found that mortgage servicing problems continue at bank and non-bank servicers. Mortgage servicers are responsible for collecting payments from mortgage borrowers on behalf of loan owners. They also typically handle customer service, escrow accounts, collections, loan modifications and foreclosures. Big banks such as Bank of America ( BAC), Wells Fargo ( WFC) and JPMorgan Chase ( JPM) have been pulling out of this business, transferring mortgage-servicing rights to non-bank servicers, such as Ocwen Financial ( OCN), Nationstar ( NSM) and Walter Investment Management ( WAC). But the transfers have added to the headaches for borrowers. The CFPB report found that the transfers in some cases caused consumers to miss payments and affected the good standing of the loan. Paperwork, including important loss mitigation documents, was disorganized. Servicers often failed to tell borrowers about the transfer. Servicers provided inadequate notice to borrowers about a change in address to send payments, resulting in late payments. In some cases, they paid property taxes too late, resulting in the borrowers' ability to claim a tax deduction for the year they planned. The more egregious errors could go so far as to send consumers into foreclosure. Examiners for the CFPB found among other things "Inconsistent communications with borrowers, giving them conflicting instructions for loss mitigation processes; Inconsistent loss mitigation underwriting, waiving certain fees and interest charges for some borrowers but not others; Long application review periods, making the loss mitigation process especially hard on consumers whose accounts are also dual-tracked for foreclosure; Incomplete loan files, making it challenging for consumers to find out about their loan modification applications when they call the servicer for help; Deceptive communications to borrowers about the status of loan modification applications, leading some consumers to faster foreclosure." Sounds all too familiar. The CFPB also found non-banks in particular to lack good compliance systems that would help ensure that they adhere to federal regulations. They also did not have formal written documents that instructed employees on the appropriate method for executing their responsibilities.
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The lush and sundry landscape leaves no question as to why Washington is called the Evergreen State. From the unique outlying communities, to energetic downtown cities, to spacious suburbs; there is a place in Washington for just about everyone.
Pass through the breathtaking Columbia River Gorge on your way to Spokane (known as the "Lilac City") in Eastern Washington.
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Oregon possesses a diverse panorama of natural sights. Bordered on the north and east sides by large rivers and to the west by the Pacific ocean, with the commanding mountains of the Cascade Range reaching skywards and towering evergreen forests strewn throughout, the state inspires visitors and residents alike with its beauty and variety.
The landscape of the state shifts dramatically from rainforest on the Pacific side to desert in the southeast. Even enjoy skiing or snowboarding year round on Oregon's famous 11,239 foot Mt. Hood.
Oregon's many neighborhoods reflect the diversity of the state. Portland, the "City of Roses" has been known for its rose gardens for over a century and is also popular for its 28 beer microbreweries. Visit Bend at nearly the center of the state to experience a totally different climate and ambience.
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Known often for potatoes, there is so much more to Idaho! This exceptional state consists of forested mountains, sapphire lakes, and vast farmlands alongside vibrant cities and friendly neighborhoods.
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For skiers and snowboarders, the Sun Valley Resort is an absolute classic, pampering Hollywood's finest alongside the everyday visitor.
In the summer, visit Silverwood Theme park, one of the largest amusement parks in the US, fun for everyone!
The communities within Idaho vary from sleepy Sandpoint with only 6,000 residents to the sparkling state capital in Boise. Enjoy Idaho Falls on the way to Yellowstone National Park or stop in Coeur d'Alene to view the Namesake Lake and 130 year-old community surrounding it.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The first thing every securities lawyer learns is that emerging technology is a double-edged sword. On the leading edge, inexpensive innovations that ramp rapidly over a few years lead to thriving businesses that deliver market-beating returns. On the bleeding edge, costly innovations that can't be implemented at relevant scale for years or decades morph into financial black holes that suck the lifeblood out of portfolios and teach a whole new generation of investors about a predictable and unavoidable market phenomenon that the Gartner Group has dubbed "The Hype Cycle." For better or worse, private and public financing of technology and resource-development projects can't happen without hype cycles that repeat themselves over and over again. Hype cycles are a force of nature, and as inexorable and predictable as the tides. The first hype cycle in the life of every technology or resource project begins with a "Eureka moment," when an idea takes form or a resource is identified. At that stage the possibilities are limitless because the inventors and prospectors only have enough data to support a conclusion that additional work is justified. It's the riskiest possible class of investing because the odds are very high that the perceived potential will prove illusory as R&D or exploration follow their natural course. The most common result is a mini-hype cycle where expectations are highest at the outset, but rapidly fade as technical challenges arise, compromises are made, delays are encountered, costs exceed budgets and the true market potential gets clearer. At the end of the process, the R&D and exploration investors either lick the wounds of a failed project or profit handsomely as a new trigger point arrives and the commercialization hype cycle begins.
In their book Mastering the Hype Cycle, the Gartner Group's Jackie Fenn and Mark Raskino explain that the hype cycle "arises from the interplay of two factors: human nature and the nature of innovation. Human nature drives people's heightened expectations, while the nature of innovation drives how quickly something new develops genuine value. The problem is, these two factors move at such different tempos that they're nearly always out of synch. An innovation rarely delivers on its promise when people are most excited about it. Expectations rise quickly and are easily frustrated, while innovations develop slowly, step by step." In Gartner's model, the cycle starts with an "Innovation Trigger," where a public demonstration, product launch or other event generates press and industry interest. The innovation may have been in development for years, "but at this point it reaches a stage where word of its existence and excitement about its possibilities extend beyond its inventors or developers. More and more people hear of its potential, and a wave of buzz builds quickly as everyone passes on the news."
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2004 Engines Preview
|A complete guide to what's new in marine engines and gensets for the coming year.
When it comes to our boats, let's face it: Power matters. If it didn't, we'd all be sailors. Powerboaters like to get from point A to point B fast, and we like to up the horsepower to see what engines are really made of.
This year there is a slew of developments in the marine engine and genset fields, and our editors have compiled nearly a dozen pages of the latest information you'll want to know about. Some of the top manufacturers like Volvo Penta, MTU, Yanmar, and Cummins MerCruiser have released quieter, more powerful, and cleaner engines, many of which are compliant with 2006 EPA and 2008 California Air Resources Board (CARB) emission requirements.
Onan, Kohler, and Westerbeke are offering gensets that tout such features as fault monitoring, digital readouts, improved hushboxes, and more compact designs.
So kick back, relax, and take a look at the following pages. But consider yourself warned: You might be tempted to repower afterwards. —E.G.B.
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Sen. Chris McDaniel to Speak at WCU Graduation
Hattiesburg, Miss., May 10, 2013 - Sen. Chris McDaniel will speak at one of William Carey University's commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 18, at 1 p.m. in Smith Auditorium on the Hattiesburg campus. Nearly 800 students will graduate from WCU in four ceremonies. This ceremony will honor graduates receiving degrees from the school of business, school of education, school of missions and Biblical studies, and the school of music.
Sen. McDaniel, a partner in the law firm of Hortman, Harlow, Bassi, Robinson & McDaniel, PLLC in Laurel, is a two-term state senator who has authored numerous pieces of legislation, including Nathan's Law and the Mississippi Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act. He is licensed to practice law in Texas and Mississippi and has represented some of the largest corporations in the country. In 2010, he was named one of the Top-50 leading lawyers in Mississippi.
Sen. McDaniel was also named one of the top young attorneys in the Southeastern United States and named a Mid-Southeastern United States and a Mid-South Rising Star by Super Lawyers. He has received numerous honors and awards in the community including 2010 Laurel Leader Call Citizen of the Year, Who's Who in American Politics, and Pine Belt Counselors Association Meritorious Service Award. Sen. McDaniel is a member of West Ellisville Baptist Church, the Rotary Club, and many other organizations. From 2004-2007, he was the radio host for Right Side Radio, a pro-Christian organization dedicated to the advocacy of conservative philosophy and ideals, and currently guest hosts radio talk shows in the SuperTalk network.
In 1992, Sen. McDaniel graduated from Jones County Junior College after playing basketball for two years. He then completed his bachelor's degree at William Carey College before earning his Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi. He and his wife Jill have two children: Cambridge and Chamberlain.


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NEW DELHI, INDIA – U.S. Ambassador to India Nancy J. Powell announced today the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Girl Rising Country Partnership, which will use the power of the film Girl Rising to increase public dialogue on gender and education issues in order to encourage community-level interventions to help improve girls education.
Speaking at the International Day of the Girl Child event at the American Center in New Delhi, Ambassador Powell said, The United States recognizes the importance of girls rights around the world to be educated, to live a healthy life, and to be treated as equals in society. Girl Rising is a film that uses the power of storytelling to deliver a simple, critical truth: educating girls is one of the smartest investments we can make to reduce extreme poverty.
At the event, the U.S. Mission in India hosted a screening of Girl Rising for 100 girls affiliated with the USAID-funded NGOs Pratham and Katha. The girls visually shared their dreams by writing aspirations on paper birds to be displayed at the American Center, symbolizing their dreams taking flight. A group of children from Katha also sang a song about empowerment.
The partnership is collaboration among USAID, 10x10, Intel Corporation, the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE), Vulcan Productions, and Pearson Foundation. Additionally, Cable News Network (CNN) is Girl Rising international television distribution partner. All partners are working to raise awareness and change attitudes and behaviors relating to girls education.
Girl Rising is a powerful and innovative feature film by Academy Award-nominated director Richard E. Robbins, which highlights the stories of nine girls born into difficult circumstances. Girls featured include Ruksana, an Indian pavement-dweller whose father sacrifices his own basic needs for his daughters dreams; Sokha, an orphan who rises from a life in a Cambodian garbage dump to become a star student and accomplished dancer; and Suma, who writes songs that help her endure forced servitude in Nepal and today crusades to liberate others.
By creating local-language releases of Girl Rising and follow-on teaching materials, this important public-private partnership will seek to make a difference in the lives of girls in some of the very places featured in the film.
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|No-Cook Pumpkin Butter
There's nothing that says fall like pumpkins. Our family loves all-things pumpkin (pumpkin bread, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin pie). This No-Cook Pumpkin Butter is so easy to make, and it turns all sorts of foods into pumpkin delights. Spread it on gluten-free toast or "welcoming kitchen friendly" muffins, heat it up and pour it on sorbet or coconut-based ice cream, or drop a dollop onto our waffles or pancakes.
We shared this recipe as part of Slightly Indulgent Tuesdays and Allergy Friendly Fridays; please check out the other great recipes.
No-Cook Pumpkin Butter
1 15-ounce can pumpkin
3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Stir to combine all ingredients.
Store pumpkin butter in a covered jar or container in the refrigerator for up to one week.
Happy Cooking!
My new book, Super Seeds, is available now! You can also find tasty recipes in Welcoming Kitchen: 200 Delicious Allergen- & Gluten-Free Vegan Recipes.


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Camel's Hump Climber's Log
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|Early Days
Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2001
|Great summit and a great view.
|Posted Oct 1, 2009 12:57 pm
|hiked with my mom...
Date Climbed: Sep 23, 2008
|...and a lot of other people.
|Posted Jun 1, 2009 9:41 pm
|my view growing up . . .
Date Climbed: Jul 4, 1985
|Hiked this one many times . . . I think the last time was when we did lichen research below the summit in high school about a dozen years ago
|Posted May 16, 2009 1:20 am
|Camels Hump
|Sweet half day hike a few years ago. cant remember the exact trails now I took.. a lot of ppl on the summit
|Posted Mar 26, 2009 10:41 am
|burrows trail
Date Climbed: Feb 2, 2009
|great little hike on the burrows trail. probably would have taken a longer route if we had known the trail conditions were going to be so good. going to try the approach on the long trail going north next time.
|Posted Feb 3, 2009 11:47 am
Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2008
|first experience on an east coast "mountain". Fun hike...looks like the southern face could hold possibility for some rock routes...perhaps some already exist.
|Posted Aug 28, 2008 10:13 am
|Camel's Hump
Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2007
|Climbed via the Burrows Trail from Huntington. My favorite mountain in Vermont. Climbed up early enough to see a thick layer of clouds in the valley. Beautiful alpine summit provided magnificent views of the crest of the Green Mountains and of the Lake Champlain Vally and the Adirondacks.
|Posted Aug 12, 2008 12:29 pm
|Great Fall hike, would have like some more views
Date Climbed: Oct 16, 2007
|I took the Monroe Trail. The day started out cloudy and foggy, but eventually it cleared up... As I was making my way down the mountain. A really good time nonetheless
|Posted May 16, 2008 1:38 pm
|Monroe Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 7, 1988
|Wonderful hike, wonderful views all around.
|Posted May 5, 2008 4:14 pm
|Sam Page
Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2007
|I forget the exact date. Fun scrambling near the top, though minimal visibility on the day I was up there.
|Posted Apr 20, 2008 11:01 am
Date Climbed: Dec 30, 2007
|Snowshoeing on decently packed Burrows Trail. Not particularly bad but icy near the summit. Saw at least 30 people over the course of the day. Nice winter climb.
|Posted Jan 2, 2008 8:05 am
|Beautiful Mountain
Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2000
|One of the few mountains above treeline that I ascended in 2000 where I actually had clear weather.
|Posted Nov 18, 2007 9:44 pm
|Monroe Trail
Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2004
|Got a tad windy as we approached the summit. Great day for a hike!
|Posted Oct 15, 2007 12:53 am
|2 kids in tow
|My husband carried up our son. Our daughter hoofed it up on her own. Ate yummy blueberries at the top. We were happy that our 5 year old made it on her own. Clear & a beautiful 360 degree view.
|Posted Sep 23, 2007 6:23 pm
|Burrow's Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2007
|Although it was much drier than on Mansfield yesterday, we still had very limited visibility on the summit. I'll have to go back and try on a clear day.
|Posted Sep 5, 2007 8:07 am
|Monroe Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 10, 1992
|We climbed into clouds. Summit was nice and rocky, but saw absolutely no view except "Lake Champlain up close" as the locals say. By the time we were a mile down from the summit, the clouds parted.
|Posted Jul 22, 2007 4:16 pm
|Dean and Monroe Loop
Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007
|Climbed up the Dean Trail and went back down the Monroe. When my group got to the summit we could see dark clouds closing in fast. Luckily, we beat the rain to the bottom of the mountain and it did not start raining until we were at the Fork of Dean & Monroe. But boy did it pour. I feel bad for anyone further up the mountain.
|Posted Jul 18, 2007 11:51 am
|Beautiful Day
Date Climbed: May 28, 2005
|This is the mountain I've climbed many times and admired its prominent camel hump shape from my childhood camp on the beach across the lake. Climbed this with friends as part of the VT City Marathon weekend. In 2006, I ran the marathon instead.
|Posted Nov 7, 2006 2:33 pm
|Mixed Weather
Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2006
|Took the loop with friends. Muggy, cloudy weather in the AM, Sunny , beautiful weather in the PM.
|Posted Nov 7, 2006 2:27 pm
|quite windy
|Had a lot of fun climbing this peak, even in bad weather. It was extremely windy on top, to the point that it was difficult to stand up. The view was limited due to clouds too, but it was still great!
|Posted Sep 23, 2006 1:07 am


text: Kanawha library, school board discuss future funding By Mackenzie Mays March 4, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Kanawha school board members agree that they need to help the public library stay above water while it transitions with the loss of a major funding stream, but it remains unclear how much money school officials would contribute -- if any -- once the fiscal year ends in June.On Monday, the Kanawha County Board of Education met publicly for the first time to discuss its plans for the library after its members won a lawsuit last month that struck down a 1957 special act mandating it give a chunk of its budget to libraries each year.Without the annual $3 million from the school board -- about 40 percent of the library's entire budget -- major cutbacks are on the horizon for Kanawha library services. On Monday afternoon, the library announced it is ending Sunday hours in Charleston and St. Albans effective immediately."Well, we got what we asked for, but what does that mean?" said school board member Robin Rector. "I value the library's services. They not only provide for our schools, but for our community."We're in a current fiscal year where we plan to meet your needs, and I personally think we should honor that. But we need to discuss where we go from there. We're like every other community agency in this valley -- we're strapped and hurting for dollars as well."The school board first took the library to court in 2003 in an attempt to break free of the funding agreement. Library officials asked Monday for the school board to voluntarily fund the library even though they're no longer required by law to do so.But the school board is facing financial struggles of its own, and is projecting a more than $4 million deficit for the 2014 budget."Even though it took 10 years to get here, it sort of shocked everyone when it happened," said school board member Bill Raglin. "We need to ensure that what the public wants, the public gets, and that the funding mechanism is something they can count on -- not just a way of getting over this hump through some voluntary contribution that could change with the next board."Karen Ireland, a mother of two Kanawha County students, presented school board members with a petition of nearly 500 signatures asking that they voluntarily fund the library at the $3 million mark. She said the petition was circulated only 48 hours before the meeting. "I'm here to ask any of you who view the library as anything less than a fundamental piece of our children's education to have a change of heart," she said. "An under-funded library will hurt students."Library board President Mike Albert said he was relieved to hear the school board would not be making any decisions Monday, and encouraged dialogue between the two entities. He plans to meet with Superintendent Ron Duerring today to discuss the issue further.Albert said the library has always been "intimately and extensively involved in the education of Kanawha County students." While the school board is no longer required to fund the library, it still has a say in who is appointed to the library board and oversees its accounting.More than 40 schools have libraries that use the Kanawha library's computer catalog, and the library loans 50,000 books to school libraries in addition to servicing seven schools with a mobile library, Albert said. "By and large, it's worked very well. The partnership has been a terrific benefit to the children, students and adult populations," he said. "We understand the concerns that brought the board of education to litigate the funding, but we continue to believe and hope that the interests of all of us are best served by leaving that close arrangement intact."I get concerned when it comes across sounding like this has been a one-way street," he said. "The fact of the matter is, we've been an arm -- an ancillary if you will -- for the Board of Education in our efforts." Board member Becky Jordon voiced her concerns with the current cap on the school excess levy and how it will hinder future income. Library officials have voiced interest in the school board promoting a separate levy to support library services as an attempt to recover the money through tax dollars."Yes, we need that $3 million, but we need you, too," Jordon told library representatives Monday. "I don't want our library doors to shut. I can't say we support education, and then not support libraries. I don't know how we're going to do it."Board member Jim Crawford said he "doesn't have a problem with" collaborating with library officials to find a way for everyone to have some funding.Board President Pete Thaw said he was willing to "take some steps to alleviate the library's situation," but stood behind the Supreme Court decision and recommended the library look to the Legislature for help instead."I am not unsympathetic to the library's situation. However, it is not the responsibility of this board to alleviate your financial problems," he said. "We now have spent $270,911 in legal fees on two court cases against you, and we won both of them."Each time, people want us to walk away after we win, and I am adamantly opposed to walking away from this one," he said. "I am willing to work with you, but I'm not willing to stick it to the taxpayers." More than 60 percent of the library's budget is made up of personnel costs. Thaw compiled a list of library administrators' salaries for the board, with director Alan Engelbert at the top of the list, making $100,000.Thaw also showed that the amount the school board has paid the library during the past 15 years has increased by more than $1.2 million.Duerring urged board members to remember that the looming budget deficit is mostly because of cutbacks they can't control, and that there will be a deficit regardless of whether they stop funding the library."That will lessen the blow, but we're still heading that way," he said. "Even if you kept that money, you're still going to have a deficit because there's still not enough revenue coming in. We've been accustomed to think it's business as usual, but we've hit a wall. We're there. We have two paths to take: look for additional revenues or make cuts."Albert said he's optimistic about the two boards' relationship going forward to find a solution."The most positive thing that came out of this is a willingness of the library and the board of education to sit down and see what we can do with the problem," he said. "We hope we can work with the board to establish a continuing and long-range arrangement going forward so we can continue serving the educational needs of students in Kanawha County."Reach Mackenzie Mays at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-4814. 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It's back to the beginning for six Millard County, Utah, dairies after more than a month of testimony to convince a jury that stray voltage from a local power plant is harming their herds.
According to The Salt Lake Tribune, a 4th District judge declared the mistrial this week after the dairy farmers raised doubt about a juror's impartiality. The trial had already been moved once in hopes to seating an unbiased jury.
The ruling was based on the assertion that the jury had been exposed to outside information. The dairy owners' lawyer, Jeff Gross, said the information was related to an Intermountain Power Plant meeting between the plant manager and most of his employees before the trial started.
Gross alleged plant manager, Jon Christensen, "advised the employees that the Intermountain Power Plant will be shut down, and jobs would be lost, if plaintiffs prevailed at trial."
The plant is one of the largest employers in west-central Utah and contributes substantially to the state's rural economy.
"We were concerned about it [Christensen's employee meeting] as an attempt to affect the jury pool," Gross said in an interview.
Gross suspects Christensen's message found its way to a juror through a family member.
Testimony opened in early October in hopes of resolving whether stray voltage from the plant sickens herds at local dairies.
The producers are claiming nearly $485 million in economic losses that, according to the report, "pits two important pillars of Utah's rural economy — agriculture and energy — against each other."
Read, "Utah stray voltage trial begins."
Stray voltage is not a new problem for livestock producers. Dairy Herd Management has been writing about it since the mid-1990s. But lawsuits continue to be filed against electric cooperatives. In July, a Minnesota Appeals Court upheld a stray voltage ruling, which awarded a Waverly, Minn., dairy farmer damages after stray electrical currents from a local power cooperative impacted his herd.


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Rep. Donald M. Payne
New Slate of Officers and Rep. Andre Carson as Board Member Also Announced
WASHINGTON – The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBCF) Board of Directors has elected Rep. Donald M. Payne of New Jersey as board chairman. Rep. Payne succeeds former chair Rep. Kendrick B. Meek who resigned from the Board to focus attention on his campaign for U.S. Senator.
Rep. Payne has served in Congress since 1989 and serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health. He also is a member of two additional Subcommittees – International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight; and the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. Rep. Payne is also a senior member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, where he serves on the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education; and the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
He served as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus from 1995-1996, and is serving his second term on the CBCF Board. "It is a privilege to serve as a chairman of the CBCF," said Rep. Payne. "I look forward to working closely with the CBCF Board, the Corporate Advisory Council, and other friends and stakeholders to build upon and expand the incredible work being done through this organization."
Rep. Payne is taking the helm as CBCF is expanding its brand and stands on solid financial ground. Known for its premier Leadership Institute for Public Service, which has provided more than 1,000 stipend African-American internships and fellowships to students interested in civic and community engagement, the Foundation recently retired its mortgage, making it one of the few African American nonprofits in Washington to own its property. The Foundation also serves as a research body studying and evaluating problems found in inner cities which affect education, housing, health and other areas important to underserved communities.
"The tremendous contributions of CBCF in changing the political, economic and educational landscape of American politics is worthy of continuing and preserving for generations to come," said Rep. Payne.
"I am delighted to have Rep. Payne as our new chairman, since he brings a wealth of knowledge of CBCF and of the issues in which we are engaged," said Elsie L. Scott, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer for CBCF. "As a former educator and corporate official, Rep. Payne will bring a unique perspective to the position. The staff and I are looking forward to working with him and the rest of the Board to advance the Foundation's mission while implementing the organization's strategic plan."
Rep. Payne will join a new slate of officers including A. Shuanise Washington of Washington Solutions LLC as vice chair; Elliot Hall of Dykema as treasurer; Kevin Brown of Dell as secretary; and Virgil Griffin of Boeing as assistant treasurer. Rep. Andre Carson of Indiana was appointed to the board as well.
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc., established in 1976, is a non-partisan, non-profit, public policy, research and educational institute intended to broaden and elevate the influence of African Americans in the political, legislative and public policy arenas.