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Primary Objective:
- To demonstrate that lixisenatide can reduce cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality (composite endpoint of CV death, non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI), non-fatal stroke, hospitalization for unstable angina) compared to placebo in type 2 diabetic participants who recently experienced an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event.
Secondary Objectives:
To demonstrate that when compared to placebo, lixisenatide can reduce:
To assess the safety and tolerability of lixisenatide.
|Acute Coronary Syndrome
|Drug: Lixisenatide (AVE0010) Drug: Placebo
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group, Multicenter Study to Evaluate Cardiovascular Outcomes During Treatment With Lixisenatide in Type 2 Diabetic Patients After an Acute Coronary Syndrome
|Study Start Date:
|June 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo matched to lixisenatide once daily (QD) up to end of treatment.
Drug: Placebo
Pharmaceutical form: Sterile aqueous solution; Route of administration: Subcutaneous within 1-hour before breakfast.
Experimental: Lixisenatide
Lixisenatide 10 mcg QD for 2 weeks post-randomization, then at a maintenance dose of 20 mcg QD up to end of treatment.
Drug: Lixisenatide (AVE0010)
Pharmaceutical form: Sterile aqueous solution; Route of administration: Subcutaneous within 1-hour before breakfast using self-injector pen device (Opticlik®). If the maintenance dose of 20 mcg was not tolerated, dose could be reduced to 15 or 10 mcg.
Other Name: Lyxumia
The estimated maximum study duration for the first randomized participant was approximately 204 weeks (± 14 days), with a median follow-up over all participants of approximately 91 weeks, broken down as follows:
All participants were followed from randomization until the end of study, which should occur when the last randomized participant had been followed for approximately 10 months. The actual end date of the study was "event driven" and the study end when there were approximately 844 positively-adjudicated primary cardiovascular outcome events.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|30 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion criteria:
Exclusion criteria:
The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a participant's potential participation in a clinical trial.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01147250
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01147250
|Study Director:
|Clinical Sciences & Operations
|Responsible Party:
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01147250 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
2009-012852-26 ( EudraCT Number )
U1111-1116-5558 ( Other Identifier: UTN )
|First Submitted:
|June 17, 2010
|First Posted:
|June 22, 2010
|Results First Submitted:
|August 22, 2016
|Results First Posted:
|October 14, 2016
|Last Update Posted:
|December 20, 2016
|Last Verified:
|October 2016
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Pathologic Processes
Myocardial Ischemia
Heart Diseases
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Jon, as a Customs and Border Protection Officer (CBPO), was the responsible officer for the initiation of the Non-Intrusive Cargo X-ray Inspection Program (MTXR) at the Port of San Luis. Additionally, Officer Underwood has served as a TDY Instructor at the US Customs and Border Protection Academy, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), Brunswick, Georgia. Officer Underwood also completed a 2 year assignment as a Container Security Initiative (CSI) Officer, Port Klang, Kingdom of Malaysia. CBPO Underwood qualified for the Distinguished Expert Marksmanship award for over 15 Years with US Customs and US Customs and Border Protection. CBPO Underwood also served was selected as a member and Duty Officer of a Sanction Assistance Monitor (SAM) team in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) OBSERVING and DOCUMENTING VIOLATIONS of UN Related Sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro.
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If ignoring bad news is an indication of bullishness, then Tuesday's stock market action is certainly heartening. Brokers said, however, that the market rallied on hopes that the election results would lead to an NDA (the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance) government at the Centre.
Most analysts declined to read anything dire in the March IIP numbers, preferring instead to put a positive spin on them. The most common one was that the March data indicated a bottom.
That's probably because the ABN Amro Purchasing Managers' Index for manufacturing saw its first expansion since September in April. They're hoping that the IIP numbers too will reflect this trend. Economists also held the base effect responsible for the drop in the March IIP, particularly for the fall in the capital goods index.
Several of them also pointed to bizarre trends thrown up in the data, such as the 36% contraction in the output of food products. A. Prasanna, economist with ICICI Securities Ltd, pointed out that keeping food products out of the picture, manufacturing had actually gone up by 0.2%.
He also said that while the sales numbers had started improving, that was due to some extent to destocking or the running down of inventories. In time, though, sales growth would lead to higher production. The strength in electricity production (up 6.3% in March) was also taken as an indication of rising demand in the economy. And finally, analysts also pointed to the upward revision in the February IIP numbers and said that the same would happen to the March data as well. ABN Amro economist Gaurav Kapur said the IIP data contained little new information and was more or less factored into the market.
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But the continuing negative IIP numbers in March underline the weakness of the recovery currently in progress. As a note by Goldman Sachs economists Tushar Poddar and Pranjul Bhandari points out, the seasonally adjusted monthly momentum fell 1.4% in March, after two months of positive momentum in January and February. HSBC economist Robert Prior-Wandesforde writes, "The best survey-based measure of GDP (gross domestic product) growth we can find is the Dun and Bradstreet 'all sectors' composite index, which suggests that activity will weaken in calendar Q1 and remain soft in Q2." Capital goods, in particular, should continue to be weak, given the excess capacity built up in many industries.
Also, the March data showed that of the 17 broad industry groups that make up IIP, only five posted growth year-on-year. That's down from eight industry groups that showed growth in February. Citigroupeconomist Rohini Malkani points out that "with cumulative data for FY09 at 2.4%; we are likely to see a downward revision to the CSO's (Central Statistical Organisation) FY09 estimate…, which factored in industry growth at 4.8%".
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Kenny Rogers likes his Christmas & Hits tour because it draws a completely different crowd than his concerts do the rest of the year. "Everybody's looking to remember what Christmas was like when they were kids," says the singer of country crossover hits like Lucille and The Gambler.
The 20-city music tour, which also features Billy Dean, kicks off tonight in Columbus, Ohio, and runs through Dec. 23 in Westbury, N.Y. "We try to do a lot of it up North, so we usually run into some snow."
Once upon a Christmas: The Christmas & Hits tour celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. It all started with some guy in the back of Atlanta's Fox Theatre during a mid-December show. "I was singing along, and he yells, 'Are you going to do any Christmas music?' " Rogers says. "I said, 'Well, wait a minute, I think I can.' So without even rehearsing, we did some Christmas piece. And the next year, we did four or five songs. It got bigger and bigger."
A Showman's life — and near death: During the late '60s, Rogers joined the New Christy Minstrels, a popular folk group whose skills didn't extend to an understanding of physics. Which is why it made perfect sense for Rogers and drummer Mickey Jones to put the big Fender Dual Showman amplifier on top of the station-wagon rack. "We thought, that's heavy enough," Rogers says. And it was, at 30 miles an hour. It was even OK at 40 miles an hour. "Once you hit 50, it's not OK anymore," he says. "That thing lifted up — thank God there was nobody behind us — and we looked in the rearview mirror and there were sparks flying for half a mile behind us. We hooked it up that night and it played, but it was a little bit scarred up."
A bridge too far: Rogers played upright bass during his year and a half with the New Christy Minstrels. On one tour, the constant shipping and jostling caused the wooden bridge that holds the strings away from the instrument's body to work loose. One night, "that sucker popped off and went flying out into the audience," Rogers recalls. "Then I couldn't play bass. Aside from the fact that we had no bass in the sound, I stood there like an idiot and held this bass that couldn't be played, with four loose strings on it."
Rogers has a theory: "The audience expects 100% entertainment," he says. "If the opening act only gives them 10, I've got to give them 90. But if the opening act gives them 90, I've only got to give them 10!" The audience got a few bonus percentage points during one early-'80s show in Chicago, when Rogers headlined a show that also featured comedian George Burns and R&B great Ray Charles. "It was one of the coolest things, that cross-section of humor and music, and it really worked somehow."
Traveling in style: The days of station wagons and Greyhounds are far behind Rogers, who now travels in a customized Prevost tour bus. "I have a flat-screen, I have a chaise lounge, I have a refrigerator," he says. "What else does a man need?"
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Ingredients: -1 bag fresh cranberries -1 chopped apple -1 chopped orange with rind -¼ c chopped walnuts -1 Tbsp stevia (or to taste) -1 Tbsp chopped dark chocolate chips (optional) Directions: Chop/pulse all fruit and walnuts in food processor then add stevia to sweeten. Guilt-Free Black Forest Dessert
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AMANDA HARRIS WABDL WORLD CHAMPION WOMEN'S JUNIOR DIVISON BY MARK HARRIS November 4, 2011 in Reno NV Amanda Harris competed in the WABDL World Championships in the Women's Junior Division 60KG weight class and in the Women's Open Class 60KG division. There were a total of 6 ladies in her weight class including the former world champion of the 60KG class. This looked to be one of the toughest meets ever for Amanda. Amanda weighed in the evening of the November 3 the same day she arrived into Reno. As she stepped on the scales several of the women in her weight class were there to see if in fact Barbie Barbell was in their class. The top of the weight class is 132lbs and Amanda came in at 131.6lbs, this is exactly where she wanted to be. She has been eating like a horse in an attempt to gain some weight and to our surprise this was the heaviest she has ever weighed. Not fat at all, her body fat is still under 15% which is very lean for a female. Amanda was scheduled to lift around 12:30PM the next day so after the weigh-in we were off to the resort buffet and Amanda loaded up with carbs. We went back to the room and got to bed early that night, around 8:30PM. The next morning we were up around 5:30AM and got ready quickly and headed down for breakfast. After we finished with our morning meal we headed over to the meet. As she walked into the Grand Ballroom at Pepper Mill Resort she saw allot of old friends in the business. Of course the first question out of every ones mouth was, "How much ya gonna bench today Barbie?" Amanda smiled and said, "enough to win I hope." She sat around for about an hour and watched the lifters in the morning perform. It's always good to see how the lifters are doing with the judges. What I mean is, watching the lifters before you is always a good indication of how strict they will be judging later in the day. Amanda liked what she saw and felt comfortable with the way the lifters were being scored. Around 11:00 AM Amanda went to the dressing room and put on her lifting singlet on so she could start her warm-ups backstage. There were four benches set up backstage for the athletes to warm-up and get ready for their opportunity on the competition platform. She went all the way to the back of the room and started warming up. A few of the other women also started showing up shortly after Amanda began her warm-up. She always take much longer than the others and here's why. Most athletes just get back there and get warmed up as quickly as possible and most wait until 30 minutes before they lift onstage. She has a different approach. "I like to warm-up the same way I train for a meet, SLOWLY. I do a few light sets to get blood flow going but as I go up in weight I take more time between sets. I like to mimic what I will be doing on stage". Here's why, in this meet there were 18 other women in my flight of lifters. Each lifter gets 1 minute to begin their lifts once the judge calls the bar loaded (meaning the weight is correct on the bar) for the lifter. Once the lift is complete the loaders have to change the weight for the next lifter and that can take 10-30 seconds depending on how long it takes the announcer to call out the weight and introduce the next lifter. So I have no less than 20 minutes between lifts while I am competing. So while I am back stage warming-up I will wait 10-20 minutes between sets and I typically only do 1 reps sets. When I started warming up several of the women in my class came over to where I was and started their warm-ups too. As I got heavier and heavier they all slowly starting moving to other benches to finish their warm-ups. By the time I got to my opening lift I had the bench all to myself. Many of the lifters never go up to their opening lifts backstage. I think its because they are in fear of doing too much back stage and not being able too do it again on the competition platform. I do things differently there too as I sometimes will go up to my second attempt on the platform. Here's why, number one, getting my opening number back stage takes all the pressure off me as I know I will blow it up when I am in front of the judges, number two it also shows the women backstage what they are up against. Many women can be beaten backstage before we even step out on the platform by intimidation. They see me lifting what they think is warm-up weight for me and in fact it may be the amount I am planning to lift on my second attempt in competition. When they see what I am doing often times their coaches will be forced to change their athletes opening attempt in order to stay close to me. Many times that will cause a lifter to bomb-out of a meet. They lose focus on what they came there for and that is to compete and do THEIR best. They get caught-up in trying to beat someone else and takes them out of their game plan. There's much more to my sport than just picking the weight up (LOL). We were about 20 minutes away from my first lift so I ran to the restroom quickly and got back and sat down in the staging area(where the lifters sit before they compete) and waited my turn on the platform. My opening lift was the second heaviest in my class with the former world champion lifting 2 kilos (about 5lbs heavier) above me. Not sure if she had changed her opener or not. My opening lift was 214.6lbs and I blew that up easy. Backstage while I was warming up I had already gone up to 225lbs so my opener was easy. As I was walking off stage the next lifter the former world champion walked by me and smiled at me, I smiled and wished her good luck. She opened with 220lbs and took the lead from me. I stayed focused on my task and my dad was figuring out our game plan now that we saw what I was up against.
My dad has been in this sport a LONG time so he knows exactly what to look for. As soon as I stepped off stage he walked around to watch what my competition was doing with her first lift. More importantly he timed her lift. Meaning he put a stop watch up and timed how long it took her to push the weight off her chest into a lockout position. That is good info to know after the next lift, I will tell you why in a minute. Once she completed her lift dad went to the score table and gave them my next attempt of 221,9lbs just one kilogram above the lift my competition had just done and here's why. I was not actually competing with her at this point in the meet. I was focused on my gaol of setting the new Junior World Record I was not concerned about out lifting the competition until I had successfully reached my goal of the Junior World Record. What she forgot was I was a Junior lifter not just a women's open class lifter. Once she saw my second lift she figured she had me beat. My second lift went up easy but I purposely pressed the weight slowly so if her coach was timing my lift it would throw them off. You see, when you time the lifts and each time you see how fast the weight comes up, a good coach can tell you what they think they can lift on a third attempt based on the timing of the first two lifts. So by me only focusing on my goal of a world record in the junior division and not worrying about what my competition was doing and by pushing the weight up slowly on my second attempt my competition had no idea what I was going to do on my third lift. Her second attempt was 225.4lbs and she pushed it up but it was much slower than her first attempt. Now I had already used the small plates to break the World Record on my second attempt so the option of using the small plates again was gone. She actually was 2 lbs lighter than me at weigh-ins so I could not lift the same weight as her and beat her because I was heavier than her, so my third attempt was 231.48lbs. an almost 10 jump over my last lift and 20lbs over the former world record in the junior division. I knew it was all or nothing on this lift. I had never gone this high in weight in competition before but I had done it in the gym and more many times. I felt like I was moving in slow motion as my name was called for my final lift in the competition. All the other women in my flight were standing off to the side of the stage to see if I would be successful in my third and final lift. I head butted my dad and he told me to go get it, I set-up under the bar and I nodded to my dad and he picked the bar up and put it out over me and he stepped off the bench. I paused for just a second to feel the weight in my hands, I know the adrenaline was pumping because 231lbs never felt so light before. I began the lift and took the bar down slow to my chest, as soon as I touched the judge yelled "PRESS"!!! I began to push the weight up and I felt my right arm begin to push a little better than my left so I slowed down and balanced the weight and very slowly fought up the weight to an even lockout. You see if the bar is not level as you lock it out and one arm locks out before the other then lift in then NO GOOD. So I took my time a pressed it out evenly and as I sat up on the bench I looked over to watch the lights come on wondering if I got it or not and then the judges hit the lights all three white lights meaning the lift was good. As I walked off stage with a big smile the champ was walking on. Now all she had to do was lift what I had just done for the win. I'm not sure if she knew that or not but she went for 236lbs, dad said based on her first two lifts that he did not think she was capable of lifting the weight and as usual he was right she got the bar about half way up and then it dipped back down meaning a no lift. I was the 2011-2012 Women's Open Class WABDL World Champion and a new World Record in the Junior Division. The next day the Junior lifters competed but my numbers from the day before carried over so I was not required to lift again and I won the Junior division and was awarded best junior lifter of the competition. This makes my 17th World Championship and my 95th win in as many meets. Can't wait til next year!!!! The three lifts are on youtube here are the links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lStF9gr3NGE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYLok9W9jGs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHCJ9ruBeck
A true native Texan, meaning his family has roots in the area since the days of Mexico and now living in Dallas, TX, Miguel states "I love my life and do my best to live it to the fullest everyday! I've been blessed to have some great people come into my life but especially for having the parents I do…they have stuck it out for more than 40 years after getting married at the age of 18 and enduring all the hardships they've had…they love each other more everyday! I have two other heroes in my life…my two younger brothers…one is a fireman and served in the special task force with search and rescue during the World Trade Center bombings and the other is in the 82nd Airborne and has been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan more than a half a dozen times each! And my last hero is my dog Brody…it's amazing what you can learn about yourself when you love unconditionally…he slowed me down and taught me how to enjoy the things that matter in life…he truly is my best friend!" Miguel has been involved in fitness in some sort of form since the age of five…through his school years in football and baseball, through college and through two careers that kept him busy but his commitment to fitness during all this time was his passion. "I've experimented with all types of phases and trends in exercise and nutrition starting as a teenager through present day." Miguel states "All through my life I have been competitive and I have always excelled...I've been fortunate to experience a couple of different careers starting fresh out of college with my first career in Marketing. I started as a Marketing Specialist and successfully advanced to the top of my field as Director of Marketing and Development for a statewide organization. Since my degree was in Psychology I used a lot of that knowledge in my marketing and I feel that gave me an edge to a lot of my successes in that field. In fact, what I thought was a dead end degree actually opened a lot of doors for me including my second career in the mortgage industry where I owned a successful franchise. Fortunately I saw that success coming to an end and sold that business in early 2006 before the mortgage industry bottomed out!" Today, Miguel is still competitive and has started his third career in what he describes as his dream job "Where I'm able to use my psychology, marketing and fitness backgrounds to help other men with their bodies, nutrition and self-image." Miguel began his body and image coaching business by launching builtbymiguel.com. He has been in the business for two years now and credits some of his success to his past experiences with other trainers "When I was in the corporate world I always had a personal trainer, some good and some bad, but I learned a lot of what to do and what not to do." Miguel states he was his first client in his new business by getting his body in shape from what he calls the soft "corporate world" look to his current solid physique. "One of the most important things I learned was that training was only 25% of it…diet, supplements, cardio and rest was the other 75% and when I start a new client we develop a program that manages all those areas. Miguel trains at Energy Fitness in uptown Dallas. He has recently started fitness modeling for well-known fitness photographers and recently placed first place in men's physique at the Central Texas Showdown. He plans to continue competing in men's physique through 2012 beginning with the Arnold Classic in March then he plans to begin competing in light heavyweight beginning in 2013. Miguel can be reached at email@example.com.
Lauren McIntire
I have always been health conscious and had a desire to stay fit, however I am new to the competitive side of fitness. I was first introduced to weight training in 2010 by my boyfriend who was competing professionally in mixed martial arts. We spent a lot of time doing cross-fit inspired workouts, circuit training, and some heavy lifting. I started to see my body composition change and I was hooked! A friend of mine urged me to check out Metroflex in Ft. Worth and introduced me to my current trainer, Christine Delacruz. During my first session there, Christine put me through the most intense workout I had ever been through - I knew that I had to go back for more! I didn't know much about the NPC at the time but the supportive Metroflex Ft. Worth crew encouraged me to push forward and enter a competition in the bikini division. The Central Texas Showdown was my first and only show to date, and it was a pleasure to share the stage with so many dedicated athletes! The rigorous training and dieting paid off, and I had an amazing time learning the ropes and getting to know my fellow competitors. My future plans are to continue to train and make improvements, and hit the ground running next year beginning with the Arnold Amateur in March. Keeping a disciplined training schedule and diet has become a lifestyle that I love, and I will continue to train dirty and eat clean to reach my goals! DOB: 11/20/1987 Height: 5'4'' Off-season weight: 123 lbs Competition Weight: 112 lbs
Venessa Barnard is 38 years old, born 04/28/1973 in Perth, Australia. She is 5'11" and weighed in at Temple and TSNC, in Pflugerville, at 152lbs. She has two beautiful children, Bridgette, age 11, and Richard IV, age 8. Her trainer is Bill Carle, and she received her posing training from (and choreography) Marilyn Mathis and Dave Goodin(for the Pflugerville event). She began training for bodybuilding last December & became very serious about competing when she began training with Bill this July. She played volleyball in college & won several high honors including East Coast player of the Year, & graduated with a degree in biology. She is also an accomplished opera singer and concert pianist. This girl can do anything!!!!! My training partner and total support in every way is my husband Richard. I would not have made it without him, he has been my solid, constant support in the gym & at home. I started this journey hoping I could help my family move past the double-mastectomy I had (which was botched) six years ago...and the years of complications, surgeries and pain that followed. I had tried triathlons and long running races to show my kiddos that I was going to be OK & they didn't have to worry any longer, but it didn't work. I work on athletes as a manual therapist here in Georgetown (I have my own practice), & I work on lots of bodybuilders and powerlifters. Last year I went to a show to support some of them & a friend pointed out how "indestructible" they look on stage, and that I should do one too. I thought "no way" initially, but the idea chewed at me, & I would do anything for my family. So I took it on, & now I have a picture of the four of us happy and carefree backstage at the TSNC with the First Place Medal. This process has brought our family closer than ever & has been wonderful in ways which were unexpected. We all look forward to continuing to compete here & at higher level events. I coach the Varsity volleyball team at Grace Academy & I coach Club Juniors for Club Alii in the Lone Star Region
I am a stay-at-home mom of two beautiful girls, 8 and 11. I have a Computer Engineering degree from LSU. I worked as a Software Engineer for 10 years before deciding to stay home with my girls. Now that they are in school, I am going back to school to become a high school math teacher, something I've always had on the back burner to do. I started going to the gym regularly about 3 years ago. I started out in just the aerobics classes. I enjoyed them very much, but after 6 months I knew I was not getting the resulting body I wanted. I almost got to the point that I thought I would never have a bikini figure again after having babies. At that time, my husband started a nutritional plan and weight lifting routine that helped him lose 45 pounds in 3 months. I was so inspired by him, that I decided to follow in his footsteps. On January first of 2010, I started following a similar diet that entailed 1200 calories, and I started lifting weights instead of doing the cardio classes. I was able to lose 15 pounds in 3 months. I kept it off for a year, and continued my weight training. The following January, my husband decided to try to get ripped before the summer boating season. He really watched his nutritional intake and started cutting up very quickly. This inspired me a second time to do the same. I didn't count the macro nutrients at the time, but I took in as much protein as possible with every meal. I lost 12 pounds in 3 months and the muscularity really began to show. I had abs for the first time ever in my life! It was at this time that a friend of mine suggested I join her in doing a body building contest. I had never thought of doing one before then. So, we entered the NPC Lone Star Classic together. It was such an experience! I was so excited to be a part of it. She placed 2nd and I placed 6th in the Masters Bikini division. I knew at that point that I was too cut up for Bikini and needed to move on to Figure. I took the summer to try to put on more muscle by eating more, especially more protein. Then I signed up for the Central Texas Showdown Figure Masters competition. I was so amazed by all the beautifully muscular women in this competition. I was so thrown aback by winning first place that I cried on stage. I could not believe it. And now I feel such a privilege to be invited to the Arnold Classic Amateur in March! I can't wait! After being asked by my friend to do the Bikini Masters contest, I figured, "Why wouldn't I, when I am 40 years old and in the best shape of my life!"
JAMES D. MCKOWN 1ST PLACE MENS BODYBUILDING AND OVERALL WINNER James is a successful entrepreneur, having started a mechanical company named Zoom Metal LLC at the age of 23 and NPC amateur bodybuilder. His is 32 years old and currently weighs 280 lbs. You can check out him out on Facebook, www.optimumfitness.com" www.optimumfitness.com and on his website www.jdmckown.com" www.jdmckown.com. His parents raised him to be very competitive in sports such as baseball, basketball and wrestling and because his body was always smaller than other boys he started lifting weights and doing push-ups in his basement. After 10 years of lifting he felt he was ready to compete. Even though he always looked up to bodybuilders such as Dorian Yates and Arnold he never thought he could achieve that type of physique. His first show was the 2010 Europa Super Show as a novice heavyweight in August. In September of 2010 he began working with Prince Harrison and the Optimum Fitness team. He entered the 2011 Optimum Classic Pro Am in May as an open heavyweight competitor, won his class and the overall. His next show was the 2011 NPC Texas Showdown in Temple, TX on October 29th where he competed as an open heavyweight competitor and won his class and the overall again. This also qualified him to go to the 2012 Arnold in March. He will be competing at that show in March. JD has an intense passion for bodybuilding and is married to the perfect mate IFBB Fitness Pro Linda McKown. He plans to continue competing and become an IFBB Pro. Outside of bodybuilding he is a father of two children, a husband, and a business owner. His son Brandon is 6 years old and loves to play sports with baseball and football being his favorites. His daughter Brooke is 3 years old and is entering preschool this year. She also does gymnastics every week. His wife Linda the IFBB Pro Fitness Model takes care of all of them. They are a very close family and do everything together.
PRISCILLA SMITH Hello, I am Priscilla Smith of McAllen, Texas. I have been teaching and coaching cross-country and track in the Fort Worth area for the last 6 years. Since November of 2010, I have been training with Josh Bryant, MS, MFS, CSCS, PES. Prior to training with Josh, I was a long distance runner; running crosscountry in college and then continuing my training as a runner for local road races over the years. I decided to put my love for working out to good use and train for fitness competitions. I was accustomed to running and weight training, but it wasn't until I was introduced to the Josh Strength Method that I really found out what true weight training was about. I have competed in the bikini division in the Ronnie Coleman Classic 2011 and most recently the Central Texas Showdown 2011. My next competition will be the Texas State Natural in Austin on November 19, 2011. My goal is to place in the top 3 at the Texas State Natural and break into the fitness industry bybecoming a top seasonal competitor in shows and posing in fitness magazines. Thank you to Posedown Magazine and Bob Johnson for featuring me in this publication.


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Would you like to ride the Bone Train? Experience the adrenaline rush of Spleen Mountain or Bladder Falls? Or experience the authentic Pirates of the Pancreas? We don't even whitewash it; they're really rapey! Take a microscopic journey to Anatomy Park, located in a scenic homeless man named Ruben! Also coming soon to a high school kid named Ethan!
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Sometimes the love of a woman is all a man wants. Sometimes it's the love of a digital princess. Even through traveling several worlds or conquering numerous foes, it always ends as simply a story of unattainable love. A Mario Bros. Film.
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Parody of Barack Obama's 2012 Presidential Campaign logo. Back Ron Swanson of Pawnee, Indiana as your next President of the United States, and give him all of the bacon and eggs you have. "My idea of a perfect government is one guy who sits in a small room at a desk, and the only thing he's allowed to decide is who to nuke. The man is chosen based on some kind of IQ test, and maybe also a physical tournament, like a decathlon. And women are brought to him, maybe...when he desires them." Ron Swanson
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Meeseeks do not come into this world fumbling for meaning! They are created to serve a singular purpose, and they will go to any lengths to achieve that purpose. Despite their happy demeanor, existence is pain to a Meeseeks. So do them a favor and keep your requests simple, they're not gods.
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When you touch a Death Note, you can see the Shinigami (Death Gods) who are otherwise invisible. Light Yagami's life and overall fate changed the day Ryuk got bored and decided to drop his Death Note on Earth just to see what would happen.
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This shirt is an amalgamation of the term "TL;DR" and the logo of the beloved film 'Back to the Future.' "TL;DR" is a shortened version of "Too Long Didn't Read." The term is frequently used on the website Reddit.com to denote the presence of a summary in the case of the author's post being of some length. TL;DR - mashup of a favorite Reddit term and Back to the Future.


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Challenge Course Trainer/Tester
Adventure Experiences, Inc.
Trinity, Texas, United States
Job Description
Adventure Experiences, Inc
Trinity, TX
Position: Trainer
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Benefits: Room and Board is provided while traveling. A Workman's Compensation insurance plan is provided. A group health insurance plan is provided; the premium is payable 30% by employee and 70% by employer. Paid vacation per longevity
Position Summary:
The trainer will have a thorough knowledge of a challenge course. Excellent teaching techniques and positive client rapport are essential qualities for the Trainer. Travel is a requirement because of the geographical location of our clientele. The safety of our clients during training is of utmost concern. The Trainer is responsible to the Director/Owner of Adventure Experiences, Inc.
Illustrated Duties:
Conduct Certification Training;
Facilitate other training (i.e. Challenge Course In-service, Corporate, Therapeutic, and Soft Skills Trainings);
Conduct safety inspections of challenge courses;
Assist in developing training curriculums;
Clerical work within the office setting (i.e. clientele interactions, testing, paperwork);
Stay current with the practice of challenge course trainings and their applications;
Provide a safe and healthy experience for clients;
Maintain a good working relationship with other staff;
Make good, sound, safe decisions;
Maintain good physical condition;
Follow all guidelines set forth in the AEI Handbook;
Actually market the training programs;
Other duties as assigned
Position Requirements:
Teaching experiences;
College Degree in a related field;
First aide training;
Experience with training and development
Luke Winkler
517 Mallard Lane
Trinity, Tx 75862
Office: 936-594-2945
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About Adventure Experiences, Inc.
Adventure Experiences, Inc., one of the original full-service challenge course construction companies, is recognized nationally as well as internationally for its expertise in designing and building state-of-the-art challenge courses and zip canopy tours. AEI offers services which include: consultation, design, construction, inspection, facilitator training and certification, and challenge course and zip canopy tour equipment and material sales.More...


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The Ambassador of France to Malaysia, HE Christophe Penot opened the doors of the Residence of France to 100 guests in honour of Tengku Datin Paduka Setia Zatashah's conferment of the Legion d'Honneur medal.
Currently the president of Alliance Française, de KL Tengku Zatashah formerly resided in Paris and worked with French companies before returning to Malaysia after settling down with her French husband Dato' Setia Aubry Rahim Mennesson.
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Even after her return to Malaysia, she continued to work on fostering relations between Malaysia and France through her work with Alliance Française since 2009.
In this intimate ceremony, her dearest friends like Tunku Dato' Seri Utama Naquiyuddin, Dato' Simon Foong and Nick Boden were in attendance together with VIPs like Tengku Zatashah's father HRH Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah and his consort Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin Abdul Rahman.


text: 30 Jun 2009 T.I. - White Party Kingz support Kingz, and when the South's own, T.I., throws a going away party in Miami, we had to show face! Share Download Video Subscribe to IGN Prime to access HD video downloads Get IGN Prime Already a Prime member? Please sign in.


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Ever since I read The Phantom of the Opera as a teenager, I've wanted to visit the Opera Ghost's underground lair and see where he kept Christine in captivity. I've heard rumours that it's possible to see the lake from some of the underground vaults of BNP Paribas, the bank which owns most of the property around the theatre, but I don't think you can just march up to the customer service desk and ask for a tour.
There are other parts of the world under the city's surface, however, that are apparently more accessible (if not legally so), as these guys proved by running the tunnels of the Paris metro. Their blog explains in fascinating detail the layers of history and contemporary life that lie beneath the streets - unused metro trains in pristine conditions, stations that were never open, and even people who hold parties in the sub-surface caverns.
I read their blog from start to finish and found it really interesting. I'd even go so far as to say I wouldn't be averse to a little visit to an abandoned metro station or a little stroll down one of the tunnels.
Except that I'd be terrified of what I might find down there. I've seen more rats in Paris's stations than anywhere else in my entire life, so imagine what it must be like when you get far away from the crowds. And perhaps even more scary is the thought of the people you might meet - apart from the train workers, what kind of folk spend their lives hanging out in tunnels ?
Maybe I'll just have to invest in some gold ingots and put them for safekeeping in a BNP Paribas vault instead.


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Best of the World Policy Conference 2008 in Evian. Speech by Thierry de Montbrial : "My conviction is that we have now fully entered the 21st century and we are witnessing the end of unipolarity. This means that we will have to discover, not without a bit of pain, how diverse our world is. Many actors of what we call the South (…) are concerned by the concept of universal values such as human rights and democracy. (...) What they do not accept, what they reject is Western powers trying to impose their specific modes of government in the name of universal values, without taking into consideration the histories and backgrounds of the majority of the peoples of the world. (…) we have a lot to learn from certain aspects of governance in some traditional societies. (…) current world trends are, unfortunately, not all necessarily moving towards the expansion of democracy. (…) global governance cannot be efficient unless it is built on mutual respect among peoples of the world who, for whatever reasons, the cold war or previously colonialism, did not really listen to each other. (…) we have to make sure that the future global governance is a win-win solution for all. (…) indeed smaller countries have a key role to play as well. This will only be possible if all the players of the world show the will to promote cooperation and dialogue. (…) the future rules of this new form of governance must be as inclusive as possible. (…) In designing the architecture of future global governance, we must pay much more attention than in the past to regional structures and to the links between the regional and the global levels. (…) we will pursue this endeavour. This is the first of the WPC, but let me assure you that there will be a second one, a third one and fourth one, etc." -------------- Musics : By force of arms Richard Wells/Phil Sawyer KPM - Mother Gary Scargill/Peter Oldroyd DedGoog - The main news James Copperthwaite KPM


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Section 1. Purpose
The purpose of the Hologic, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") is to attract and retain employees and directors, to provide an incentive for them to assist Hologic, Inc. (the "Corporation") to achieve long-range performance goals, and to enable them to participate in the long-term growth of the Corporation.
Section 2. Definitions
(a) "Affiliate" means any business entity in which the Corporation owns directly or indirectly 50% or more of the total combined voting power or has a significant financial interest as determined by the Committee.
(b) "Annual Meeting" means the annual meeting of shareholders or special meeting in lieu of annual meeting of shareholders at which one or more directors are elected.
(c) "Award" means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Performance Share, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit or Stock Award awarded under the Plan.
(d) "Award Share" means a share of Common Stock awarded to an employee or director, without payment therefore.
(e) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
(f) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
(g) "Committee" means the Compensation Committee of the Board, or such other committee of not less than two members of the Board appointed by the Board to administer the Plan, provided that the members of such Committee must be Non-Employee Directors as defined in Rule 16b-3(b) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(h) "Common Stock" or "Stock" means the Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Corporation.
(i) "Corporation" means Hologic, Inc.
(j) "Designated Beneficiary" means the beneficiary designated by a Participant, in a manner determined by the Board, to receive amounts due or exercise rights of the Participant in the event of the Participant's death. In the absence of an effective designation by a Participant, Designated Beneficiary shall mean the Participant's estate.
(k) "Eligible Director" means each director of the Corporation who is not then an employee of the Corporation or affiliated with any holder of more than 5% of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation.
(l) "Fair Market Value" means, with respect to Common Stock, the last sale price of the Common Stock as reported on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ") or on a national securities exchange on which the Common Stock may be traded on the date of the granting of the Award, or if such date is not a business day, the first business day preceding such grant. If the Common Stock is not publicly traded, the fair market value shall mean the fair market value of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors.
(m) "Incentive Stock Option" means an option to purchase shares of Common Stock, awarded to a Participant under Section 6, which is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision.
(n) "Nonqualified Stock Option" means an option to purchase shares of Common Stock, awarded to a Participant under Section 6 or Section 12, which is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.
(o) "Option" means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option.
(p) "Participant" means a person selected by the Board to receive an Award under the Plan.
(q) "Performance Cycle" or "Cycle" means the period of time selected by the Board during which performance is measured for the purpose of determining the extent to which an award of Performance Shares has been earned.
(r) "Performance Shares" mean shares of Common Stock which may be earned by the achievement of performance goals, awarded to a Participant under Section 8.
(s) "Restricted Period" means the period of time selected by the Board during which an award of Restricted Stock may be forfeited to the Corporation.
(t) "Restricted Stock" means shares of Common Stock subject to forfeiture, awarded to a Participant under Section 9.
(u) "Restricted Stock Unit" means a right granted under and subject to restrictions pursuant to Section 10.
(v) "Stock Appreciation Right" or "SAR" means a right to receive any excess in value of shares of Common Stock over the reference price, awarded to a Participant under Section 7.
(w) "Stock Award" means an award of Common Stock, including an Award Share, or an award of Common Stock and other rights granted as units that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, the value of Common Stock, awarded to a Participant under Section 11.
Section 3. Administration
The Plan shall be administered by the Board, or if the Board so determines, by the Committee. The Committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board, which may from time to time, and in its sole discretion, discharge any member, appoint additional new members in substitution for those previously appointed and/or fill vacancies however caused. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum and the acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be deemed the action of the Committee. The Board, including the Committee, shall have authority to adopt, alter and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices governing the operation of the Plan as it shall from time to time consider advisable, and to interpret the provisions of the Plan. The Board's decisions shall be final and binding. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board may delegate to the Committee the power to make Awards to Participants and all determinations under the Plan with respect thereto. Administration of the automatic option grant provisions of the Plan shall be self-executing in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 hereof, and neither the Board nor the Committee shall exercise any discretionary functions with respect to the Option grants made pursuant to those provisions of the Plan, except in the event that the Board approves the grant of Awards in addition to, or in substitution for, those provided for in Section 12.
Section 4. Eligibility
All employees and, in the case of Awards other than Incentive Stock Options, directors of the Corporation or any Affiliate capable of contributing significantly to the successful performance of the Corporation, other than a person who has irrevocably elected not to be eligible, are eligible to be Participants in the Plan.
Section 5. Stock Available for Awards
(a) Subject to adjustment under subsection (b), the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan is 600,000 shares, plus an annual increase to be made on the first day of each fiscal year equal to the lesser of (a) 2 1/2 % of the Issued Shares (as defined below) on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, (b) 1,000,000 shares, or (c) an amount determined by the Board. "Issued Shares" shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company outstanding on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, plus any shares reacquired by the Company during the fiscal year that ends on such date. If any Award in respect of shares of Common Stock expires or is terminated unexercised or is forfeited for any reason or settled in a manner that results in fewer shares outstanding than were initially awarded, including without limitation the surrender of shares in payment for the Award or any tax obligation thereon, the shares subject to such Award or so surrendered, as the case may be, to the extent of such expiration, termination, forfeiture or decrease, shall again be available for award under the Plan, subject, however, in the case of Incentive Stock Options, to any limitation required under the Code. Common Stock issued through the assumption or substitution of outstanding grants from an acquired corporation shall not reduce the shares available for Awards under the Plan. Shares issued under the Plan may consist in whole or in part of authorized but unissued shares or treasury shares. Subject to adjustment under subsection (b), the maximum aggregate number of shares of the Company's Common Stock for which grants may be made to any employee during any fiscal year shall be 1,000,000 shares.
(b) In the event that the Board determines that any stock dividend, extraordinary cash dividend, creation of a class of equity securities, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, exchange of shares, warrants or rights offering to purchase Common Stock at a price substantially below fair market value, or other similar transaction affects the Common Stock such that an adjustment is required in order to preserve the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, then the Board, subject, in the case of Incentive Stock Options, to any limitation required under the Code, shall equitably adjust any or all of (i) the number and kind of shares in respect of which Awards may be made under the Plan, (ii) the number and kind of shares subject to outstanding Awards, (iii) the number and kind of shares for which automatic option grants are to be made pursuant to Section 12 hereof, and (iv) the award, exercise or conversion price with respect to any of the foregoing, and if considered appropriate, the Board may make provision for a cash payment with respect to an outstanding Award, provided that the number of shares subject to any Award shall always be a whole number.
Section 6. Stock Options
(a) Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board may award Incentive Stock Options and Nonqualified Stock Options and determine the number of shares to be covered by each Option, the option price therefor and the conditions and limitations applicable to the exercise of the Option. The terms and conditions of Incentive Stock Options shall be subject to and comply with Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision, and any regulations thereunder.
(b) The Board shall establish the option price at the time each Option is awarded, which shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of award.
(c) Each Option shall be exercisable at such times and subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may specify in the applicable Award or thereafter. The Board may impose such conditions with respect to the exercise of Options, including conditions relating to applicable federal or state securities laws, as it considers necessary or advisable.
(d) No shares shall be delivered pursuant to any exercise of an Option until payment in full of the option price therefor is received by the Corporation. Such payment may be made in whole or in part in cash or, to the extent permitted by the Board at or after the award of the Option, by delivery of a note or shares of Common Stock owned by the optionholder, including Restricted Stock, provided, however, that the optionholder, must
have owned at least such number of shares for at least six months, valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of delivery, by the reduction of the shares of Common Stock that the optionholder would be entitled to receive upon exercise of the Option provided, however, that the optionholder must have owned at least the number of shares by which the Common Stock is being reduced for at least six months, such shares to be valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise, less their option price (a so-called "cashless exercise"), or such other lawful consideration as the Board may determine. In addition, to the extent permitted by the Board, an optionholder may engage in a successive exchange (or series of exchanges) in which the shares of Common Stock that such optionholder is entitled to receive upon the exercise of an Option may be simultaneously utilized as payment for the exercise of an additional Option or Options, provided, however, that the optionholder must have owned at least the number of shares to be used as payment for at least six months.
(e) The Board may provide for the automatic award of an Option upon the delivery of shares to the Corporation in payment of an Option for up to the number of shares so delivered.
(f) In the case of Incentive Stock Options the following additional conditions shall apply to the extent required under Section 422 of the Code for the options to qualify as Incentive Stock Options:
(i) Such options shall be granted only to employees of the Corporation, and shall not be granted to any person who owns stock that possesses more than ten percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Corporation or of its parent or subsidiary corporation (as those terms are defined in Section 422(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder), unless, at the time of such grant, the exercise price of such option is at least 110% of the fair market value of the stock that is subject to such option and the option shall not be exercisable more than five years after the date of grant;
(ii) The option price with respect to Incentive Stock Options shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of award.
(iii) Such options shall, by their terms, be transferable by the optionholder only by the laws of descent and distribution, and shall be exercisable only by such optionholder during his lifetime.
(iv) Such options shall not be granted more than ten years from the effective date of the Plan and shall not be exercisable more than ten years from the date of grant.
(v) To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options (determined without regard to this section) are exercisable for the first time by any employee Participant during any calendar year exceeds $100,000 (or such other amount as may be proscribed by the Code), such Incentive Stock Options shall be treated as options which are not Incentive Stock Options.
Section 7. Stock Appreciation Rights
Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board may award SARs in tandem with an Option (at or after the award of the Option), or alone and unrelated to an Option. SARs in tandem with an Option shall terminate to the extent that the related Option is exercised, and the related Option shall terminate to the extent that the tandem SARs are exercised.
Section 8. Performance Shares
(a) Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board may award Performance Shares and determine the number of such shares for each Performance Cycle and the duration of each Performance Cycle. There may be more than one Performance Cycle in existence at any one time, and the duration of Performance Cycles may differ from each other. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the payment value of Performance Shares shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date the Performance Shares are earned or, in the discretion of the Board, on the date the Board determines that the Performance Shares have been earned.
(b) The Board shall establish performance goals for each Cycle, for the purpose of determining the extent to which Performance Shares awarded for such Cycle are earned, on the basis of such criteria and to accomplish such objectives as the Board may from time to time select. During any Cycle, the Board may adjust the performance goals for such Cycle as it deems equitable in recognition of unusual or non-recurring events affecting the Corporation, changes in applicable tax laws or accounting principles, or such other factors as the Board may determine.
(c) As soon as practicable after the end of a Performance Cycle, the Board shall determine the number of Performance Shares which have been earned on the basis of performance in relation to the established performance goals. The payment values of earned Performance Shares shall be distributed to the Participant or, if the Participant has died, to the Participant's Designated Beneficiary, as soon as practicable thereafter. The Board shall determine, at or after the time of award, whether payment values will be settled in whole or in part in cash or other property, including Common Stock or Awards.
Section 9. Restricted Stock
(a) Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board may award shares of Restricted Stock and determine the duration of the Restricted Period during which, and the conditions under which, the shares may be forfeited to the Corporation and the other terms and conditions of such Awards. Shares of Restricted Stock may be issued for no cash consideration or such minimum consideration as may be required by applicable law.
(b) Shares of Restricted Stock may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered, except as permitted by the Board, during the Restricted Period. Shares of Restricted Stock shall be evidenced in such manner as the Board may determine. Any certificates issued in respect of shares of Restricted Stock shall be registered in the name of the Participant and unless otherwise determined by the Board, deposited by the Participant, together with a stock power endorsed in blank, with the Corporation. At the expiration of the Restricted Period, if the Corporation holds such certificates, the Corporation shall deliver such certificates to the Participant or if the Participant has died, to the Participant's Designated Beneficiary.
Section 10. Restricted Stock Units
Subject to the other terms and provisions of the Plan, the Board may grant Restricted Stock Units to eligible individuals and may impose conditions on such units as it may deem appropriate. Each Restricted Stock Unit shall be evidenced by an award agreement in the form that is approved by the Board and that is not inconsistent with the terms and conditions of the Plan. Each Restricted Stock Unit will represent a right to receive from the Company, upon fulfillment of any applicable conditions, an amount equal to the Fair Market Value (at the time of the distribution) of one share of Common Stock. Distributions may be made in cash and/or shares of Common Stock. All other terms governing Restricted Stock Units, such as vesting, time and form of payment and termination of units shall be set forth in the applicable award agreement.
Section 11. Stock Awards
(a) Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board may award Stock Awards subject to such terms, restrictions, conditions, performance criteria, vesting requirements and payment rules, if any, as the Board shall determine.
(b) Shares of Common Stock awarded in connection with a Stock Award shall be issued for no cash consideration or such minimum consideration as may be required by applicable law. Such shares of Common Stock may be designated as Award Shares by the Board.
Section 12. Option Granted to Non-Employee
(a) Each Eligible Director shall automatically be granted a Nonqualified Option to acquire 50,000 shares of Common Stock effective as of the date he or she is first elected to the Board or, with respect to Eligible Directors
serving on the Board as of the Effective Date of the Plan, as of the date of the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Corporation, in each case, the option price for which shall be the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on such date and the expiration of which shall be the tenth anniversary thereof. Each Nonqualified Option issued pursuant to this Section 12(a) shall become exercisable in 20% installments beginning on January 1 of the first year after the grant date, and on January 1 of each year thereafter, until such option is fully exercisable on January 1 of the fifth year following the grant date.
(b) Each Eligible Director who has served as a Director for six months shall automatically be granted a Nonqualified Option to acquire 8,000 shares of Common Stock on January 1 of each year thereafter, beginning with January 1, 2005, the option price for which shall be the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on such date and the expiration of which shall be the tenth anniversary thereof.
(c) In addition, the Board may provide for such other terms and conditions of the Options granted pursuant to this Section 12 as it may determine in its sole discretion and as shall be set forth in the applicable Option agreements, including, without limitation, acceleration of exercise upon a change of control, termination of the Options, and the effect on such Options of the death, retirement or other termination of service as a director of the option holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing anything to the contrary in this Plan, nothing herein shall preclude the Board from granting Awards to such non-employee directors in addition to, or in substitution for, those provided for in this Section 12.
Section 13. General Provisions Applicable to Awards
(a) Documentation. Each Award under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written document delivered to the Participant specifying the terms and conditions thereof and containing such other terms and conditions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as the Board considers necessary or advisable to achieve the purposes of the Plan or comply with applicable tax and regulatory laws and accounting principles.
(b) Securities Laws. The Participant shall make such representations and furnish such information as may, in the opinion of counsel for the Corporation, be appropriate to permit the Corporation to issue or transfer the Stock in compliance with the provisions of applicable federal or state securities laws. The Corporation, in its discretion, may postpone the issuance and delivery of any Stock until completion of such registration or other qualification of such shares under any federal or state laws, or stock exchange listing as the Corporation may consider appropriate. The Corporation may require that prior to the issuance or transfer of Stock, the Participant enter into a written agreement to comply with any restrictions on subsequent disposition that the Corporation deems necessary or advisable under any applicable federal and state securities laws. Certificates of Stock issued hereunder may be legended to reflect such restrictions.
(c) Board Discretion. Each type of Award may be made alone, in addition to or in relation to any other type of Award. The terms of each type of Award need not be identical, and the Board need not treat Participants uniformly. Except as otherwise provided by the Plan or a particular Award, any determination with respect to an Award may be made by the Board at the time of award or at any time thereafter. Without limiting the foregoing, an Award may be made by the Board, in its discretion, to any 401(k), savings, pension, profit sharing or other similar plan of the Corporation in lieu of or in addition to any cash or other property contributed or to be contributed to such plan.
(d) Settlement. The Board shall determine whether Awards are settled in whole or in part in cash, Common Stock, other securities of the Corporation, Awards, other property or such other methods as the Board may deem appropriate. The Board may permit a Participant to defer all or any portion of a payment under the Plan, including the crediting of interest on deferred amounts denominated in cash and dividend equivalents on amounts denominated in Common Stock. If shares of Common Stock are to be used in payment pursuant to an Award and such shares were acquired upon the exercise of a stock option (whether or not granted under this Plan), such shares must have been held by the Participant for at least six months.
(e) Dividends and Cash Awards. In the discretion of the Board, any Award under the Plan may provide the Participant with (i) dividends or dividend equivalents payable currently or deferred with or without interest, and (ii) cash payments in lieu of or in addition to an Award.
(f) Termination of Employment. The Board shall determine the effect on an Award of the disability, death, retirement or other termination of employment of a Participant and the extent to which, and the period during which, the Participant's legal representative, guardian or Designated Beneficiary may receive payment of an Award or exercise rights thereunder. The Board shall have complete discretion, exercisable either at the time the Award is made or at any time while the Award remains outstanding, to accelerate the vesting of any Award or any part of any Award remaining unvested upon the termination of employment of a Participant or to extend the period of time for which an Option is to remain exercisable following the termination of employment of a Participant, provided, however, that in no event shall such Option be exercisable after the specified expiration date of such Option.
(g) Change in Control. In order to preserve a Participant's rights under an Award in the event of a Change in Control of the Corporation, the Board in its discretion may, at the time an Award is made or at any time thereafter, take one or more of the following actions: (i) provide for the acceleration of any time period relating to the exercise or realization of the Award, (ii) provide for the purchase of the Award for an amount of cash or other property that could have been received upon the exercise or realization of the Award had the Award been currently exercisable or payable, (iii) adjust the terms of the Award in a manner determined by the Board to reflect the Change in Control, (iv) cause the Award to be assumed, or new rights substituted therefor, by another entity, or (v) make such other provision as the Board may consider equitable and in the best interests of the Corporation, provided that, in the case of an action taken with respect to an outstanding Award, the Participant's consent to such action shall be required unless the Board determines that the action, taking into account any related action, would not materially and adversely affect the Participant. Unless otherwise provided in any Award, for purposes hereof a "Change in Control" of the Corporation shall mean: (i) the acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation (the "Outstanding Corporation Common Stock"); provided, however, that any acquisition by the Corporation or its subsidiaries, or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Corporation or its subsidiaries of 20% or more of Outstanding Corporation Common Stock shall not constitute a Change in Control; and provided, further, that any acquisition by a corporation with respect to which, following such acquisition, more than 50% of the then outstanding shares of common stock of such corporation, is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Corporation Common Stock immediately prior to such acquisition in substantially the same proportion as their ownership, immediately prior to such acquisition, of the Outstanding Corporation Common Stock, shall not constitute a Change in Control; or (ii) any transaction which results in the Continuing Directors (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation) constituting less than a majority of the Board; or (iii) consummation by the Corporation of (i) a reorganization, merger or consolidation, in each case, with respect to which all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Corporation Common Stock immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation do not, following such reorganization, merger or consolidation, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such a reorganization, merger or consolidation or (ii) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, excluding a sale or other disposition of assets to a subsidiary of the Corporation.
(h) Withholding. The Corporation shall have the power and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Corporation an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state and local taxes (including the Participant's FICA obligation) required to be withheld with respect to an Award or any dividends or other distributions payable with respect thereto. In the Board's discretion, such tax obligations may be paid in whole or in part in shares of Common Stock, including shares retained from the Award creating the tax obligation, valued
at their Fair Market Value on the date of delivery, provided, however, that the optionholder must have owned at least such number of shares for at least six months. The Corporation and its Affiliates may, to the extent permitted by law, deduct any such tax obligations from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the Participant.
(i) Amendment of Award. The Board may amend, modify or terminate any outstanding Award, including substituting therefor another Award of the same or a different type, changing the date of exercise or realization and converting an Incentive Stock Option to a Nonqualified Stock Option, provided that the Participant's consent to such action shall be required unless the Board determines that the action, taking into account any related action, would not materially and adversely affect the Participant.
(j) Awards Not Transferable. Except as otherwise provided by the Board, Awards under the Plan are not transferable other than as designated by the participant by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.
Section 13. Miscellaneous
(a) No Right To Employment. No person shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award, and the grant of an Award shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to continued employment. The Corporation expressly reserves the right at any time to dismiss a Participant free from any liability or claim under the Plan, except as expressly provided in the applicable Award.
(b) No Rights As Shareholder. Subject to the provisions of the applicable Award, no Participant or Designated Beneficiary shall have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any shares of Common Stock to be distributed under the Plan until he or she becomes the holder thereof. A Participant to whom Common Stock is awarded shall be considered the holder of the Stock at the time of the Award except as otherwise provided in the applicable Award.
(c) Effective Date. Subject to the approval of the shareholders of the Corporation, the Plan shall be effective on March 3, 1999 (the "Effective Date"). Prior to such approval, Awards may be made under the Plan expressly subject to such approval. Awards under the Plan may be made for a period of ten years commencing on the Effective Date. The period during which an Award may be exercise may extend beyond that time as provided herein.
(d) Amendment of Plan. The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time, provided that no amendment shall be made without shareholder approval if such approval is necessary to comply with any applicable requirement of the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Corporation, any applicable tax requirement, any applicable rules or regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Rule 16(b)-3 (or any successor rule thereunder), or the rules and regulations of The Nasdaq Stock Market or any other exchange or stock market over which the Corporation's securities are listed.
(e) Governing
(f) Indemnity. Neither the Board nor the Committee, nor any members of either, nor any employees of the Corporation or any parent, subsidiary, or other affiliate, shall be liable for any act, omission, interpretation, construction or determination made in good faith in connection with their responsibilities with respect to this Plan, and the Corporation hereby agrees to indemnify the members of the Board, the members of the Committee, and the employees of the Corporation and its parent or subsidiaries in respect of any claim, loss, damage, or expense (including reasonable counsel fees) arising from any such act, omission, interpretation, construction or determination to the full extent permitted by law.