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President's Cup Final Qualifying Notes
By Bill Pratt and Larry Sullivan
The IHRA ExpressAutoParts.com President's Cup Nationals
has returned to Budds Creek, Maryland, and qualifying has wrapped up. Larry Sullivan
of Summit Racing's FastNews Network provides the cold, hard facts, and I'll
provide the notes.
Screamin' Eagle Nitro Harley -- 1. Jay Turner, 6.517,
206.99 vs. 8. Tony Mattioli, 6.899, 201.10; 2. Doug Vancil, 6.540,
208.17 vs. 7. Bill Furr, 6.759, 194.74; 3. Steve Stordeur, 6.552,
203.25 vs. 6. Ray Price, 6.671, 201.67; 4. Jim McClure, 6.581, 212.09
vs. 5. Johnny Mancuso, 6.658, 202.64.
Don't have too much to say about the Nitro Harleys, except
they were neat to see at night with the nitro flames roaring. Got to talk to
Steve Stordeur, who didn't qualify until the final session. Neat guy.
Mopar Pro Modified -- 1. Chip King, Dodge Avenger, 6.264,
227.54 vs. 16. Tommy Gray, Corvette, 6.413, 217.49; 2. Troy Critchley,
Mercury, 6.264, 224.58 vs. 15. Billy Harper, Dodge Viper, 6.413,
219.36; 3. Tommy Mauney, Willys, 6.282, 223.28 vs. 14. Carl Moyer,
Chevy Bel Air, 6.403, 218.30; 4. Fred Hahn, Chevy Corvette, 6.301, 225.94
vs. 13. Shannon Jenkins, Viper, 6.402, 221.34; 5. Alan Pittman, Willys,
6.326, 222.07 vs. 12. Kevin O'Dell, Chevelle, 6.381, 223.80; 6. Mitch
Stott, Corvette, 6.329, 223.91 vs. 11. Harold Martin, Pontiac
Firebird, 6.378, 220.30; 7. Ed Hoover, Corvette, 6.333, 222.51 vs. 10.
Steve Vick, Chevy Camaro, 6.370, 222.44; 8. Ronnie Hood, Corvette, 6.341,
221.13 vs. 9. Al Billes, Studebaker, 6.365, 225.26.
Chip King shocked everybody by going 6.264 for the number
one qualifying position in his blown, HEMI-powered Dodge Avenger. Then I
found out that Bill Barrett was advising the Chip King team for the
President's Cup -- mystery solved! The guru of the blown Hemi engine made
Chip King the first Hemi powered car to qualify for an IHRA field, and he
qualified at the head of the pack! Bill says there is a lot more in this
Johnny Rocca and Troy Critchley were in a bind before the
final qualifying session. They had run a best of only 6.96 with the
Ironhorse Mercury and had only one more shot to make the field. I talked
with Johnny about four hours before the final Pro Mod session. He was in his
trailer, pondering computer readouts. Despite problems on three previous
runs, Rocca predicted about a 6.26 in the session. And that's exactly what
Troy Critchley ran, equal to the thousandth to Chip King's 6.264. King
kept the number one qualifying position on the basis of his faster speed.
Mitch Stott amazingly DIDN'T QUALIFY. The IHRA points
leader left the door wide open for Fred Hahn and the Summit Racing '53
Corvette to make a move for championship points. Hahn qualified fourth with
a 6.30, 188 run that clearly had the potential to be much quicker.
Kevin O'Dell provided another big qualifying surprise, as
he took his Chevelle to a career-best 6.38, 224 to make the field.
The Pro Mod field was the quickest in history, from Chip
King's 6.264 to Tommy Gray's 6.413.
ihra.com Funny Car -- 1. Jim Lape, Chevy Camaro, 5.827,
241.41 vs. 16. Bunny Burkett, Dodge Avenger, 6.073, 232.75; 2. Jimmy
Rector, Avenger, 5.847, 241.54 vs. 15. Fred Tigges, Camaro, 6.062,
237.71; 3. Mark Thomas, Avenger, 5.889, 241.11 vs. 14. Dave Ray,
Oldsmobile Cutlass, 6.039, 232.03; 4. Bruce Mullins, Ford Mustang, 5.906,
215.17 vs. 13. Adam Szeler, Dodge Achieva, 6.035, 231.12; 5. Dale
Brand, Pontiac Firebird, 5.910, 236.88 vs. 12. Larry Dobbs, Chevy
Corvette, 6.006, 232.15; 6. Billy Gibson, Camaro, 5.911, 239.70 vs.
11. Terry McMillen, Avenger, 5.997, 232.67; 7. Rob Atchison, Firebird,
5.917, 233.84 vs. 10. Mike Preslar, Corvette, 5.955, 222.51; 8. Von
Smith, Firebird, 5.941, 239.44 vs. 9. Scott Weney, Corvette, 5.949,
ihra.com Funny Car provided new world records, impressive
indeed for the Roots blower cars. Jim Lape and Bruce Mullins arrived at
Budds Creek with the intention of resetting the now-attainable 5.85 second
IHRA ET record. Lape had recently run 5.76 and Mullins had recently run
5.80. Lape got the record on Friday with a 5.827 backed up by a 5.84.
Bruce Mullins, on the other hand, was running extremely
quick times despite tossing the blower belt at 1,000 feet on two separate
runs. An early 6.03, 193 was followed by an incredibly stout 5.90 at only
215 mph. The problem was diagnosed as misaligned blower pulleys and was
fixed, but the Warhorse team elected not to run the final qualifying session
Friday. With weather conditions expected to be the same on Saturday, Mullins
again will attempt to recapture the IHRA ET World Record.
An unfortunate incident Friday night was the apparent
AutoStart-induced redlight of popular funny car driver Bunny Burkett. Bunny
was not going to make a final run unless she got bumped out, but in the end
elected to make a run in the final session for her many MIR fans. Lined up
against Paul Athey in Ed Parker's Mohegan Sun car, Bunny did a patented,
eighth mile burnout. This seemed to cause the IHRA starter some
consternation, and he began motioning wildly for Bunny's team to back her up
After Bunny backed up, Athey inadvertently went into the
starting beams too quickly, lighting both the prestage and stage lights.
Bunny moved in to stage and got the prestage light, but then the redlight in
her lane lit immediately. Athey was sent on a solo and Bunny's crew was told
to shut her off. According to Drag Review, the AutoStart is supposed to
redlight a racer if they do not stage within seven seconds after their
opponent lights both the prestage and stage lights. To most observers, Bunny
did not take anywhere near seven seconds.
To the fans, it appeared that IHRA was penalizing Bunny
for doing the long, smoky burnout they had enjoyed. As Bunny's crew towed
her down the spectator side return road, loud chants of "F---
IHRA!" were heard repeatedly from the crowd. Bunny's previous 6.07 kept
"Bunny and the Boys" on the bubble. By the way, Bunny was sporting
the rebuilt 525 inch Bob Newberry/Ken Veney motor damaged at the NHRA
Virginia Nationals earlier this year. The venerable, decade-old, 540 inch
Walt Austin motor again has been put into retirement.
Sunoco Pro Stock -- 1. Jon Yoak, Ford Probe, 6.608, 211.69
vs. 16. Jerry Yeoman, Pontiac Firebird, 6.709, 208.01; 2. Tom Lee, Ford
Mustang, 6.612, 211.30 vs. 15. David Jenkins, Chevy Monte Carlo, 6.708,
206.67; 3. Gene Wilson, Probe, 6.622, 210.57 vs. 14. Steve Spiess,
Oldsmobile Cutlass, 6.708, 209.33; 4. Dwayne Rice, Firebird, 6.623, 208.75
vs. 13. Angelo Alesci, Monte Carlo, 6.696, 208.17; 5. Chris Holbrook,
Mustang, 6.629, 210.44 vs. 12. John Montecalvo, Monte Carlo, 6.683,
208.49; 6. Ron Miller, Monte Carlo, 6.651, 210.47 vs. 11. John
Konigshofer, Probe, 6.681, 208.10; 7. Tim Nabors, Monte Carlo, 6.665, 208.20
vs. 10. Wally Stroupe, Monte Carlo, 6.678, 207.98; 8. Floyd Cheek, Mercury
Cougar, 6.668, 207.98 vs. 9. Ed Machacek, Firebird, 6.669, 209.33.
Fans were hoping for the first non-test session 6.50 Pro
Stock pass during the final qualifying session, but it was not too be.
Several racers came close, however, and the field turned out to be the
quickest in Pro Stock history, 6.608 to 6.709. The all-time Pro Stock speed
record was eclipsed several times, however, on MIR's new glass-smooth
surface. Jon Yoak eventually took the record with a 6.608, 211.69 mph blast
that also took the number one qualifying spot. Prior to Yoak's run, Tom Lee
briefly held the record at 211.30 mph. All in all, five cars went faster
than 210 mph.
Pro Outlaw -- 1. Laurie Cannister, Dragster, 6.060, 222.18
vs. 8. Scott Ray, Dragster, 6.448, 210.37; 2. Mike Decker, Dragster, 6.102,
218.94 vs. 7. Dave Christensen, Dragster, 6.267, 213.43; 3. Michael
Barclay, 23-T Ford, 6.124, 223.58 vs. 6. Karen Haddock, Dragster, 6.257,
214.45; 4. Mick Snyder, Dragster, 6.142, 223.25 vs. 5. Neal Parker,
Fiat, 6.175, 225.26.
Not much to report here, except to say farewell to a
popular class. IHRA will not bring Pro Outlaw back for 2001. It is unclear
where these cars will end up, as most of them use combinations no longer
suited to Top Dragster competition.
That's my quick take for Friday evening. I would have had
more, but I couldn't escape the day job this week and I didn't arrive at the
President's Cup until 5:30 p.m. I'll have more news after the eliminations
Bill Pratt
Qualifying results provided by Larry Sullivan of the
FastNews Network, courtesy of Summit Racing Equipment
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The first ever lottery for admission in state-run high schools began in the capital yesterday.
The lottery was held for class-I of Group-A, comprised of Govt Laboratory High School, Tejgaon Govt High School and Khilgaon Govt High School.
"I am very happy as the worry about my son's schooling is over for a good long time," said a smiling parent whose child secured a seat.
On the contrary, there were far more parents whose days of worry is not yet over.
"We missed the opportunity this year. Now we have to look for a comparatively expensive private school," said a parent while leaving the school premises with his son. The kid looked as if he was feeling guilty inside.
The government has introduced the lottery system this year in all 317 public schools (that have classes between I-X) across the country. Dhaka has 24 schools, of which 13 have classes beginning from class-I. This year the capital has to offer 1,500 seats against 36,301 selected aspirants. The number of primary applicants was much larger.
The authorities concerned believe that the admission system will relieve the parents and children of the psychological pressure for a seat in a school.
Meanwhile, for the very first time Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, one of the reputed and most sought-after schools in the country, held lottery for admission yesterday.
The school authorities arranged the lottery at its main branch in Bailey Road in presence of a huge number of female guardians; school managing committee, its teachers, lawmakers, education ministry and secondary and higher education directorate officials and the media.
The lottery in public schools was held in two phases--for morning shift and day shift.
Prof Noman-ur-Rashid, director general of Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE), inaugurated the lottery at Govt Laboratory High School.
The lottery of 218 candidates was held against 240 seats in Govt Laboratory High School while 109 candidates each in Tejgaon Govt High School and Khilgaon Govt High School.
Notes containing each of the candidates name and roll number were kept in a transparent box for the draw. Three children pulled the lucky names from the box. All the three schools followed the same process.
The same number of candidates as the vacant seats was kept in the waiting list also through lotteries.
The admission for Group-B, which is comprised of six schools, will be held today.
The scene was almost the same in this school except for some guardians alleging of not holding the lottery in a transparent manner.
The school authorities arranged the lottery with the assistance of the Electrical and Engineering department of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet).
The entire process and draw of the lottery was projected on a big screen for the guardians' convenience.
The school has 1,568 seats in class-I this year and the lottery was held for 1,440 seats. A total of 128 seats were kept reserved for the children of the institution's faculty and staff.
The first ever lottery for admission in state-run high schools began in the capital yesterday.


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Hellenic Petroleum Q2 profit beats forecasts
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Net profit, adjusted for the value of the company΄s oil inventory, stood at 86 million euros ($108.1 million), down 7.5 percent from the previous year, the company said. That was much higher than a 28.2 million euro average profit forecast made by analysts in a Reuters poll.
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Ok first Childress goes....no big deal
Carlos Arroyo....still no big deal
Earl Boykins...who could actually tell you off the top of their head what type of stats he put up last year
But now Kobe and Lebron are considering leaving the nest and David Stern has to be a bit scared. I personally think Lebron is bluffing he still has much too prove in the NBA. But Kobe has done it all, Championships,MVP,Scoring Champ,All Star, All NBA first teamer, etc. So why would he turn down 40 million?
The NBA has a major problem and to me the only solution is to get rid of the salary cap. Currently the most a player can earn is 20+ million per season, Europe can double that. I read a report about The NBA expanding to Europe as an answer, but with there being a NBA cap that really just makes playing for a Euro Leauge team more intriguing, why would a player play for a NBA European team making an NBA salary when they can play for the Euro League for more? To me the only answer is to kill the cap and to allow us to offer top dollar to keep our players.
This is where Dolan becomes an asset to us. What does Dolan do best....spend money! If there was no cap Dolan would just buyout players like Jefferies and James and simply purchase players to fill in there spot. Without a cap the Knicks will become a contender instantly thanks to the power of the dollar! We will essentially become the NBA's version of the Yanks. I predict we drop 100 million on our starting five alone!
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Funeral services for Fannie Lee Blalack, 82 of Longview will be held at Twelve Oclock Noon Saturday September 30, 2006 at the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home with Dr. Ray Tenpenny officiaitng. Burial will follow in Glenwood Cemetery under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview.
She was born August 12, 1924 in Orange, Texas to W. B. and Mary Jane Phillips. She went to her heavenly home on September 27, 2006 in Longview.
She was preceded in death by her parents, W. B. and Mary Jane Phillips, husband Elgie Leon Blalack, one grandson, Brian Blalack, two brothers, Elmer & Eddie Phillips.
One son, Jerry Blalack and wife Margaret of Kilgore and daughters Glenda Hearnsberger and husband Joe Hearnsberger, and Kathy Stuckey both of Longview, eight grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, one sister Mary Lou Wiess and one brother, Billy Phillips survived Mrs. Blalack.
She was a member of Oakland Heights Baptist Church.
She will be greatly missed by many. Her caring and giving to others will always be remembered. Her love of playing the piano brought enjoyment to the many residents of the Nursing Home.
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New self-assembly technology for drug delivery nanoparticles
|(Nanowerk News) University of Queensland researcher Dr Shizhang Qiao is working on developing a new self-assembly technology to synthesise new nanoparticles for selective separation of biomolecules.
|Working at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Dr Qiao has been awarded an $80,000 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award to study the unique properties of mesoporous core-shell structured silica nanoparticles and their magnetic properties.
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|The key to the success of the project is understanding the structure of the nanoparticles and how they self-assemble.
|Dr Qiao has an impressive track record of research achievement since the award of his PhD in late 2000. He joined UQ in 2001 and is currently a UQ Mid-Career Research Fellow.
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|Source: University of Queensland


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Al Lowe and Josh Mandel are directly responsible for helping shape my formative years in gaming, and any time I get an "official" excuse to play one of their games is time well wasted.
For those unfamiliar, Al and Josh were designers for Sierra On-Line. While Josh worked on pretty much every major property at Sierra behind the scenes, Al was the creator of the Leisure Suit Larry franchise and Freddy Pharkus Frontier Pharmacist (my personal favorite game from Sierra). As Al's creative genius was absent from the last 2 Larry games that came out (some would say fell dead from the sky), it is refreshing to see him involved with the restoration of his first major work.
On my first playthrough, it didn't take me very long to see some of the differences in the game and the old solutions have been fleshed out more. For example, in the original, you gave the drunk the whiskey to get the remote control; now on this version, the drunk gives you a coaster with the combination to the "adult toys" safe. This leads awfully into getting batteries that you'll need to power the dead remote. It only added an extra step to the process – but bloody hell if it didn't take me an extra 30-45 minutes to figure out what it was the combination to.
After it was all said and done, it took me approximately 4 hours to complete the game – which sounds like an impressive time for an adventure gamer, but instead stands out as a sore thumb to me considering how intimately I knew the original and could probably parrot out 90-95% of the dialogue in the game. Were those 4 hours well spent? Absolutely. Even intentionally recreating all of Larry's possible "death scenes" made me chuckle just as hard as the first time I did it.
Two things come to mind. Whenever I get a beta of a game, I typically expect that there's going to be a few things that require polishing. When I see the main game and those exact problems are still there, that means poor QA or follow up from QA. First issue – winning the cash limit of $10K through gambling used to be rather obvious because it told you so; now you get an in-game error on the vending machine and have to leave it.
Second issue, clicking on the far right side of the screen when in full screen mode minimizes the game to tray; which doesn't seem that bad until you consider that this is a point-and-click adventure and it happens all the damn time!
All in all, Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded was an exceptional game to play and is definitely worth the $20 for those who played the originals, the remake, or just want to see why this franchise was so revered back in the day.
- Tazman
The Good:
- A beautiful re-skinning of the classic game, with some new puzzles and an additional woman to woo
- Jan Rabson returns to voice Larry!
The Bad:
- Some minor game bugs
Score: 7.0 / 10
Have you played this game? What did you think of it? Loved it? Hated it? Why? Let us know in the comments!


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DEERFIELD, Ill. One of the nation's largest drug store chains garnered $5.7 billion in sales for the month of May, a 5.9% increase from the year-ago period.
Walgreens said that its spike in sales for the month were attributed to its acquisition of Duane Reade earlier this year, which contributed 2.9 percentage points to the total sales increase for the month. Sales in comparable stores (those open at least a year) decreased 0.2%, although Duane Reade stores are not included in comparable-store sales.
For May, pharmacy sales saw a 4.2% gain, while comparable-pharmacy sales were negatively impacted by the calendar day shifts, decreasing 0.4%. Prescription sales also rose 1.1% for the month.
Total front-end sales increased 9% in May, including 4.8 percentage points from Duane Reade front-end sales. Comparable store front-end sales increased 0.3%.
As of May 31, calendar year-to-date sales were $27.86 billion, an increase of 4.9% from $26.57 billion in 2009, while fiscal 2010 year-to-date sales for the first nine months were $50.56 billion, up 6.1% from $47.63 billion.
Walgreens opened 17 stores during May, including three relocations, and acquired one. At May 31, Walgreens operated 8,019 locations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. That includes 7,522 drug stores, 665 more than a year ago, including 286 stores acquired over the last 12 months.


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It's no secret that horses in modern management situations can benefit from slowed forage intake, which mimics feral horses' natural foraging tendencies. But do these slow feeders really work? A group of University of Minnesota researchers recently put two slow-feed haynets—one with medium-sized and one with small-sized openings—to the test to find out.
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- A standard net with 6-inch openings;
- A "medium" net with 1.75-inch openings;
- A "small" net with 1.25-inch openings; and
- No net with hay fed on the stall floor.
The researchers offered the horses hay at 1% body weight twice daily in individual stalls and allowed the animals four hours to eat their mixed-grass hay from one of the treatment protocols. At the end of each four-hour period, the researchers removed the haynets and weighed the remaining hay from the net and the floor. Each horse received each treatment twice during the eight-week study.
Ultimately, the team found no difference in the amount of hay consumed between the standard haynet and control treatment. Horses in both treatment groups finished eating their hay in about three hours.
On the other hand, the medium and small nets increased horses' consumption time considerably. Since none of the horses in the small net treatment and only five of eight horses in the medium net treatment were able to consume all their hay in the four-hour time period, the researchers devised a second experiment to determine how long it would take horses to finish hay from the small- and medium-holed haynets.
In this experiment the researchers split the same eight horses into two groups and assigned them to either the small or medium net treatment for seven days. Then, the horses switched treatment groups and repeated the same process for another week. This time horses were allowed continuous access to hay until they either finished it or showed no interest in eating for 10 minutes or longer.
The researchers found that horses with the medium net finished their hay in an average of 5.1 hours, while horses with the small net took an average of 6.5 hours to finish their hay.
"The use of haynets with small and medium openings offers horse owners … a practical and affordable option to reduce dry matter intake rates and extend foraging time in adult horses," the team concluded.
The study, "The Effect of Haynet Design on Rate of Forage Consumption when Feeding Adult Horses," was published in Journal of Equine Veterinary Science.
Disclaimer: Seek the advice of a qualified veterinarian before proceeding with any diagnosis, treatment, or therapy.


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Washington A day before parts of the USA Patriot Act were to expire, President Bush signed into law a renewal that will allow the government to keep using terror-fighting tools passed after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Bush's signature came two days after the House gave final approval to the legislation over objections that it infringes on privacy. The president said the law has been vital to protecting Americans from terrorists.
"The Patriot Act has accomplished exactly what it was designed to do," Bush said during a signing ceremony in the White House East Room. "It has helped us detect terrorist cells, disrupt terrorist plots and save American lives."
Sixteen provisions of the old law were set to expire today. Political battles over the legislation forced Congress to extend the expiration date twice.
To get the legislation renewed, Bush was forced to accept new curbs on the Patriot Act's powers.
These new civil liberties protections for the first time say explicitly that people who receive subpoenas granted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for library, medical, computer and other records can challenge a gag order in court.
Some say the protections did not go far enough.
"Today marks, sadly, a missed opportunity to protect both the national security needs of this country and the rights and freedoms of its citizens," said Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis.
But Republicans want to take the law into the upcoming midterm elections to show they are acting to protect security.
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Enterprise architecture involves the development and integration of models of current and planned business strategies, principles, processes, information and enabling technologies into an architectural framework at the enterprise level (Government of Canada, department, branch or agency).
Using disciplined approaches to assess business and Information & Communication Technology (ICT) architectures, the enterprise architect consultant may be called upon, for a specific project, to perform one or more of the following:
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Conduct a quick risk assessment in a troubled project to quickly assess the risks and recommend a course of action to turn the project around.
Assist in the prioritization and assignment of risks.
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Manage the implementation of a Risk Management Plan to identify, analyze, plan, track and control project risks on a continuous basis throughout the life of the project.
Coach, mentor and train project teams to perform any of the above.
Reviewing organizational IT policy, standards and procedures and providing advice on their adequacy.
Conducting systems under development reviews by reviewing project documentation, conducting interviews, assessing work completed, and, based on findings, reporting on compliance with policy, standards and procedures; and, progress against plan.
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Reviewing systems that have been in production status for some time and reporting on issues and deficiencies.
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The evaluation assist Client's to identify accessibility issues within their current web site design and to appropriately allocate human and financial resources required to address any systemic barriers within the web development. Code evaluations are available to identify the coding techniques of each page of a site, or each page requested for evaluation from the client.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not backed down on recently announced plans to further expand Israeli settlements, after drawing strong criticism from European countries and the US.
Israel's announcement of plans to begin developing 3,000 housing units in disputed territories the day after the UN General Assembly recognized the Palestinian Authority as a "non-member observer state" prompted the UK, France, Sweden, Denmark and Spain to formally summon Israeli diplomats.
The plan defies long-standing international opposition and involves building homes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
What hasn't been clear in every report, however, is that the proposed 3,000 units are nowhere close to actually getting built. Housing Minister Ariel Attias stressed that the project is still in the planning stages. "No one will build until it is clear what will be done there," Attias told Reuters on Sunday.
While Netanyahu's plans have created a diplomatic crisis for Israel, his announcement may help him domestically as he faces an election on January 22, Reuters reported.
"In Israel, it is widely assumed that Netanyahu's announcement, one day after Palestine won an upgraded status at the United Nations, was probably directed at right wing voters who will be voting for him, or for one of his competitors, on Jan. 22," GlobalPost's correspondent in Israel, Noga Tarnopolsky, wrote.
More from GlobalPost: Is Israel's West Bank expansion political suicide?
Tarnopolsky added on Tuesday, "Even if Israel will react to the international condemnation, it's not going to happen within minutes. It'll happen after the election."
She continued, "And it's important to underscore that the decision was to allow the initial planning stages of a possible new area of housing. We are talking about guys with drawing borards. We are years from any actual building permits."
There are currently other new settlements, such as 1,600 units in Ramat Shlomo, much closer to being realized.
Netanyahu told his cabinet on Sunday that his government "will carry on building in Jerusalem and in all the places on the map of Israel's strategic interests," Reuters reported.
European Nations and even the United States hope that the plan will not happen. Building in the area "would be especially damaging to efforts to achieve a two-state solution," US State Department spokesman Mark Toner told Bloomberg News.


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'Dinner with a Sinner'
The public is invited to a special "Dinner with a Sinner" at Northwoods Church on Wednesday, October 29, beginning at 6 p.m.
There is a dinner that will be served with dessert. With the dinner a special "sinner" guest will be there being interviewed. The event will be much like watching a Leno or Letterman show, complete with commercial video breaks.
This dinner event will feature a local woman who grew up in a church. She went to Sunday School, and even led Bible Studies, when all of a sudden her teenage years were shaken up as she found herself pregnant and facing some serious decisions.
Come and find out how this happened and why, to this very day, one simple decision as a teen has affected her life every day. You will discover the faith, the fears, the failures and the hope that she has found.
Please e-mail or call the church at www.northwoodslife.com or 218-346-5433 to let them know that you are coming.
The dinner with a sinner concept is taken from the scriptures when Jesus was invited to a home for a dinner that was quickly interrupted by a sinful person who came in. That uncomfortable dinner evening revealed that there was more than one sinner at the meal that night.


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Study With Subjects 18-65 Years Old With Partial Onset Seizures Who Are Currently Taking Levetiracetam
This study has been completed.
UCB Pharma
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First Posted: September 9, 2005
Last Update Posted: October 1, 2008
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UCB Pharma
|Tracking Information
|First Submitted Date ICMJE
|September 7, 2005
|First Posted Date ICMJE
|September 9, 2005
|Last Update Posted Date
|October 1, 2008
|Start Date ICMJE
|August 2005
|Primary Completion Date
|January 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Reduction in seizure frequency over 11-week treatment period
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00152503 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Safety and Tolerability
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title ICMJE
|Study With Subjects 18-65 Years Old With Partial Onset Seizures Who Are Currently Taking Levetiracetam
|Official Title ICMJE
|An Open Label, Exploratory, Dose-Escalation, Multicenter Study Examining the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Ucb 44212 (Seletracetam) Used at Doses of 10, 20, 40, and 80 mg b.i.d. (Total Daily Doses of 20 - 160 mg) Administration (Oral Capsules) in Adult Subjects (18 - 65 Years) With Refractory Epilepsy Suffering From Partial Onset Seizures Who Are Currently Receiving Levetiracetam (LEV) But Still Experiencing Seizures
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|This trial will evaluate the efficacy and safety of ucb 44212 as add-on therapy in subjects with focal epilepsy.
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|Phase 2
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|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
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|Epilepsy, Partial
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|Drug: Seletracetam (ucb 44212)
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Background Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Information
I. SCD Background Information
a. SCD is an inherited lifelong disease of the red blood cells
b. Originated in African culture (Mediterranean basin) as a response to malaria
c. SCD affects people of different ethnic backgrounds, 97% of sickle cell patients in the United States are of African descent
d. There are over 91,000 Americans of different ethnic backgrounds suffering from SCD
e. 85% of Illinois residents with SCD live in Cook County
f. Approximately 1800 infants are born with SCD annually
g. 1 in 500 African Americans and 1 in 1000 Hispanic Americans have SCD
h. 1in 10 African Americans and 1 in 172 Hispanic Americans is a carrier of the trait
i. A chronic multi-organ disease, complications are many but the Hallmark of SCD is PAIN
II. University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Sickle Cell Center Background Information
a. Provide comprehensive care to over 500 adult patients and 250 pediatrics patients
b. Is the only comprehensive adult center of its kind in Illinois with over 25 years of experience
c. Provide out-patient care, psycho-social services, genetic counseling, patient and family education, professional and community education and outreach,
d. A leader in research
III. Four Major Issues
a. The need for ongoing multidiscipline health care for those who have the disease
b. Knowing your Sickle Cell status: Importance of SCREENING - especially those who are 18 - 24 yrs, could be carriers of the gene for SCD and because the carrier state is asymptomatic and therefore the only way to know if you are a carrier is to be tested, affected individuals with the trait unknowingly keep the disease going by passing it on to their children. With screening, genetic counseling and education about SCD an informed decision can be made regards to having children
c. Need for African Americans and other minorities to donate blood
i. This population require frequent blood transfusions for complications, surgery preparation etc.
ii. A major complication of blood transfusions is the development of antibodies
iii. These antibodies make it very difficult to find compatible blood in the future
iv. Using donors from the same family or of the same ethnic background can reduce this mismatching.
d. Funding, there are huge disparities between the amounts of federal dollars allocated to sickle cell when compared to other disorders. For example, there are three times as many babies born with SCD than with cystic fibrosis, 8,000 versus 2,500. For every baby born with cystic fibrosis there are $2,733 research dollars spent to find a cure in contrast to $345.58 spent for every baby born with SCD (National Institutes of Health)
Published at 11:26 AM CST on Feb 27, 2009 | Updated at 4:04 PM CDT on Mar 16, 2009


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The clubhouse is closed to the media again this morning because the players have a meeting - on media training.
Cue the scene from Bull Durham.
"I'm just happy to be here."
"I want to help the team anyway I can."
"I give 100 percent every time I'm out there."
"I'll just take it one game at a time."
(Bonus Quote): "I'll just take it one game at a time, and whatever happens happens."
The games haven't started yet, but Brandon Erbe has been one of the most impressive pitchers in camp. Manager Dave Trembley has brought up his name twice to reporters - and without using any clichés.
Trembley has noticed that Erbe refined his delivery, which used to cause the young right-hander to practically jump off the mound. He had more hang time than Kobe.
"I've kind of been working on it for the past couple years, really, but this offseason was the first time I was really able to convert it to being on the mound and not have to think about it constantly," said Erbe, the 22-year-old McDonogh School grad who posted a 2.34 ERA and struck out 62 in 73 innings at Double-A Bowie.
"When I've done it in the past, I've been able to control it in the bullpen, but games is when the adrenaline starts taking over and I'd have trouble again. This past winter I spent a lot of time working on it getting to be muscle memory. It's been kind of a long road from where I started mechanically, but I'm excited about the way I feel about it right now."
Erbe, who's had some health issues since the Orioles took him in the third round of the 2005 draft, described his old delivery as "pretty violent." It wouldn't steal your wallet, but it would rob you of innings once your shoulder started aching.
"I literally would jump both feet off the mound in some situations," he said. "I've been trying to limit that and stay smoother toward the plate, especially with the way my delivery was. It would cause a lot of injuries and everything. I'm trying to smooth it out. So far it's been going pretty well, but I think the true test will be once the games start and the adrenaline picks up a little bit. I have to keep it calm."
Erbe probably will be assigned to Bowie again, though he's hoping for a promotion to Triple-A Norfolk. He might have to wait on that one, but he certainly can force the issue - without using violence.


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The Community Development Department (CDD) produces a wide variety of maps for its own use and as a source of information for the public. Topics range over wide area, covering everything from the locations of farmers markets to parks to zoning. You will find a number of web maps built directly into the CDD web pages, where you can go to locations of interest throughout the City, or you can use the map gallery links to PDFs and other documents.
Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) and their compliance status for the 2015 reporting cycle
City and MBTA owned Bike Rack Locations and Capacity
Location and other information about Cambridge Parks and Playgrounds
Waterplay Park Info and Locations
LEED Building Locations in Cambridge
Cambridge Commercial and Development Districts
Current and Recent Projects including Housing, Parks, Planning, and Traffic
Location of Special Permit Applications, Current, and Recent Projects
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On October 1st, Dene Cleaver published a post on the Office News blog: Office Store investments bring new opportunities to developers.
In his post, Dene shared great news. Starting spring, the Office Store will support Chinese, Russian, Dutch, Brazilian (Portuguese), and Italian languages. Office is also opening 8 additional store fronts (Russia, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and Brazil). For you, the developer, this means that your work has wider distribution and there are more opportunities to sell your app. To take advantage of these investments, you have to get your app ready for a global market by using the following resources:
Not only that, the Office Store will add subscription pricing for apps. You'll have more choices to earn your well-deserved money when publishing your apps on the Office Store. In November, users will be able to purchase subscription apps. Read Decide on a pricing model for your app for Office or SharePoint for more information.
For more details, see the Office Store investments post on the Office News blog.
Dene Cleaver is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft.


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Breaking from post three in her third lifetime start, Onlyforyou led
all the way to run her record to 3-0 with a professional 2 ¾-length
victory over Aurelia's Belle in the 37th renewal of the 3-year-old filly
It was also the third consecutive victory in the Forward Gal for
trainer Todd Pletcher, who won in 2013 with Kauai Katie and 2012 with
Broadway's Alibi.
"It kind of speaks for itself," said Pletcher, who only minutes
earlier watched Teen Pauline win the Ladies Handicap at Aqueduct
Racetrack. "Anytime you have one win three in a row to start their
career, it's not very many of them that do that.
"She's a filly that has always impressed us in her training. She's a
beautiful filly, a big, scopey, good-looking filly that has tactical
speed. It's been a pretty straightforward introduction so
Owned by Glencrest Farm, Onlyforyou went straight for the lead under
jockey Javier Castellano after breaking sharply from the gate. She led
through a quarter-mile in 22.65 seconds, a half in 45.33 and six
furlongs in 1:09.77, with Aurelia's Belle her closest
Turning for home, Onlyforyou drew away from the field under little
urging from Castellano as Aurelia's Belle continued to give chase.
Resistivity, who broke a step slow from the rail, came on for third,
another three lengths back.
"I didn't expect her to be on the lead, but she was so sharp today,"
Castellano said. "She did it so easy and broke on top. The way she did
it was impressive. When the other horse [Aurelia's Belle] came to her,
she took off again. I liked the way she did it today."
Onlyforyou paid $2.60 as the 1-5 favorite in a field of six, running seven furlongs in 1:22.50.
"Javier and I talked about letting her run her race and just play it
by ear," Pletcher said. "We thought we'd probably be stalking the one
[Resistivity], but when the one didn't get away as cleanly as we did, I
wasn't afraid for her to be where she was. The fractions were solid, but
she looked like she was in control. I was hoping they wouldn't go any
faster than they were going, but it looked like she was doing it within
Pletcher mentioned the 1 1/16-mile Davona Dale (G2) on Feb. 22 at Gulfstream as a next possible start for Onlyforyou.
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Charles McEnerney snapped a photo of the rough-hewn tiny library on South Street, across from the BPL branch, today.
Free tagging:
I think I was right behind him...
Dropping off some books! I admit--I didn't even notice the new digs but I'd like to see more of these around.
The "royal we"
Charles McEnerney didn't have jack to do with this...I have no idea why he said "we"
More than one
I saw another one on the south side of Pond St close to where it hits the pond. Small but very well built.
Hooray! It's back!
I was afraid it was gone forever...
That is the dumbest thing I have ever seen.
Hello, we have these things called libraries? And they are free. That is just trash on the sidewalk.


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WILMINGTON, N.C. - A North Carolina congressman said yesterday that he wants an investigation into reports that levels of a cancer-causing chemical in tap water at a Marine Corps base were downplayed and then omitted from official documents.
Democratic Representative Brad Miller called for the investigation by his House science subcommittee yesterday - a day after the Associated Press reported on new documents that indicate massive fuel leaks at Camp Lejeune and high concentrations of benzene found in a water well there in 1984.
"I am just disbelieving of their failure to act. It may have been worse than a failure to act. They may have acted to minimize or prevent the risk from being disclosed,'' Miller said yesterday.
Benzene, a carcinogen, is a natural part of crude oil and gasoline.


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Rain From Heaven, Manna for Take-outs
The stormy weather may have dismayed Tel Aviv's revelers but it brought a bonanza for restaurants with delivery service. 2eat, a website on and about restaurants, reported a 35% increase in orders for food deliveries all over the country during the rain-soaked weekend, compared with the same days the previous week.
The biggest spike was in the greater Tel Aviv area, Gush Dan, where phoned-in orders for take-away increased by 45%, 2eat reported.
Noam Shaked, CEO of 2eat, estimated that Israel's abandoned eateries racked up NIS 5.2 million in take-out orders.
Yossi Elbaz, head of Domino's Pizza in Israel, said the jump versus the previous weekend was 25%. "When people don't go out to the malls, or for hikes in nature, they try to have fun at home," he said. "And the most common category of take-away is pizza."
Daniel Rahamim runs the website Mishlocha, through which consumers can order take-out from restaurants. Saturday night was a double bonanza, he said: Not only was the storm whipping the land, but "Big Brother" was on television. That night, he estimated, orders were 25% above average, while orders from chains like Giraffe and Pizza Hut spiked by 50%.
But keep things in perspective, he warned: Orders for take-away are always higher during the first storm of winter.
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On THE GREEN: BUSINESS
Business makes the human world go around in the 21st century. With the exception of a few native cultures hidden away in jungles, who shoot arrows at helicopters they see as "flying black monsters," there is no part of the world that is not affected by the way in which the world's companies conduct business. Investing money and hiring people in depressed countries like Africa is a very sustainable way of making environmental change, especially when the businesses are making environmentally friendly products.
BIG IDEAS FOR A SMALL PLANET: BUSINESS [www.sundance.tv]
This week's episode of big ideas features three businesses that are building environmental measures into their corporate culture. Lexus [www.lexus.com] has been making luxury cars from the very conception of the business. Mark Templin, Vice President and General Manager of Lexus, thinks that sustainability and luxury should go hand in hand. That is exactly what Lexus is working hard to achieve. They have one of the largest office buildings in the world that has obtained the Gold LEED certification. Since buildings make a lot of pollution, more office buildings like this could make a positive impact on the environment.
Ali Hewson, co-founder of Edun [www.edunonline.com] Clothing, is very interested in helping Africans to reclaim their industriousness. Edun, co-founded by Bono, tries to employ Africans to create materials for clothing and also to create the clothing itself. Rogan Gregory, Creative Director of Edun, discusses how aid is important for helping countries like Africa but comments on the idea that doing business in Africa is a more sustainable model for helping Africa.
Robyn Beavers, the Director of Environmental Programs at Google, works with the companies many youthful employees to solve problems around the google offices. Whether it comes to recycling or having organic food in the company cafeteria, Google is working with consideration for nature. Check out the Google Store [www.googlestore.com], because it is going green.
To learn more about the whole BIG IDEAS FOR A SMALL PLANET series, check out THE GREEN [www.sundance.tv].
If you are interested in finding the physical locations for some of the BIG IDEAS businesses, check out the marker group [www.sundance.tv].
ECOISTS: Jason Lewis [www.sundance.tv]
Jason Lewis, popularly known from his sexy role on Sex & the City, is a big fan of altering the way supply and demand works so that sustainable products become more competitive. Making products more affordable and better for the earth will allow consumers to nudge the direction of the economy towards a sustainable path. Jason works with Global Green [www.globalgreen.org] to influence companies towards making earth-friendly products.
ECO BIZ: SOLTAGE [www.sundance.tv]
This company makes going green easy for businesses. If you own your business and want to protect the environment while lowering your energy costs, then you have found the holy grail in Soltage [www.soltage.com]. Soltage pays for the capitol investment costs of setting up solar panels on the roof of a business. They install the system, maintain it and sell that electricity to the company in question at a reduced rate. This means you only have to sign a service contract with Soltage and you make money off of the energy savings. Soltage makes plenty of money in this situation as well because the capitol costs are gradually paid back to them with the interest rate only the sun can guarantee. Solar energy is so plentiful, so why not?
CRUDE IMPACT [www.sundance.tv]
Learn about the oil industry and you might be able to get a handle on some of the energy challenges that oppose the modern world's shift towards a sustainable economy.
Thanks again for joining us on THE GREEN Blog. As usual, please make a comment about this post or if any ideas spring to mind, consider adding your thoughts by creating or commenting on an Eco-mmunity Map Marker.


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The Santa Monica Farmers Market Cookbook: Seasonal Foods, Simple Recipes, and Stories From the Market and Farm, By Amelia Saltsman, Blenheim Press, 224 pp., $22.95
One response to a first look at "The Santa Monica Farmers' Market Cookbook" would be to go online and start checking real estate listings. Who wouldn't want to live in a place where you can apparently get everything from local blood oranges and borlotti beans to romanesco broccoflower and sapotes? I'd happily choose a four-fruit season and vegetable bonanza over a region that opens late in May with asparagus and thuds to a close in November with winter squashes.
OK, I'm over it. A more reasonable response is to make this inspired and inspiring cookbook work for you. One way is to consider all the substitutions, as in regular mint for Persian mint, regular lemons for Meyer lemons, flat-leaf parsley and oregano for nepitella, scallions for green garlic. Or start with the simplest, least ingredient-specific recipes. These I found to be good ideas, worth tweaking in the future.
Cold zucchini soup is an obsession of mine, and it's tricky to get right. This one, summery zucchini-lemon soup, was almost perfect -- cool, jade-green, tangy from lemon. To my taste, it could have been a bit sweeter, easy enough to fix with more caramelized onion. Melon, cucumber, and mint salad turned into a pleasant surprise. The briny feta countered the sweet cantaloupe, and the cucumber offered extra crunch. (Don't keep it more than a day, though, since the salt will leach out all the water.)
Also on the easy end of the spectrum were tangy white beans, in which garlic and parsley brought out the nutty sweetness of the cannellini, and cider vinegar relieved their monotony. Nothing (except for maybe the beans) could have been easier than farfalle with five herbs and cherry tomatoes, a lush cascade of basil, parsley, mint, dill, and chives jolting the pasta awake and flattering the sweet tomatoes.
Oddly, the book offers a scant choice of summer entrees; a handful of grilled fish and some roasts. Roasts in the midsummer heat? In California? I made salmon with creamy watercress using regular watercress in place of pepper or curly cress. The cream had a striking variety of ingredients -- capers, dill pickle, hard-cooked eggs -- whose acidity and pungency stood up well to the robust taste of the pink fish.
I had to try bumbleberry crisp just because of the name; apparently, it's an old term for mixed berries. The recipe differed from conventional crisps in its use of tapioca as a thickener, which proved an inspired choice for thick but not goopy juices. I was taken aback, though, by the final step: "Increase the heat [from 375] to 400 and bake until the topping is a rich golden brown, about 5 minutes longer." Does your oven heat that fast? Mine doesn't. The topping remained pale until I had more than doubled the time.
Everything I tried ranged from serviceable to very nice, yet I couldn't help but guess that the book's real inspiration lies in the very recipes that were beyond my reach: grill-roasted lipstick peppers, roasted okra with fresh peanuts, chicken with kumquats, prunes, and green olives.
In the face of such unattainable temptation, there is one more possible response. Talk to your local farmers. Promise them you'll buy the treviso radicchio, the cardoons, the wild fennel, the Bloomsdale spinach, if only they will plant it. If they won't, then perhaps start looking at California real estate.


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Prevent pawn and rent contracts, DAR warns
Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II, Lucrecia Taberna, is reminding barangay captains to uphold the law and avoid signing "prenda-arendo" contracts involving awarded lots under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.
"We should uphold the law, we should not tolerate illegal acts involving awarded lots under CARP," Taberna said during the Department of Agrarian Reform project turnover in San Enrique town Wednesday.
She said signing pawn contracts to approve a deal between an Agrarian Reform Beneficiary and a buyer by barangay officials is ground for administrative liability since these are illegal contracts.
Such contracts may even be used as evidence; all they have to do is submit the contract to DAR for processing. It is very clearly stated in the Agrarian Law that after June 15, 1988, there must be no leases in agricultural land holdings, especially those covered under CARP, Taberna said.
DAR Negros Occidental has only received speculations and verbal complaints, but no formal reports have been filed, she said.
The legal aspect of DAR needs substantial evidence for "prenda-arendo cases." She added that DAR conducts assemblies, giving emphasis on illegal acts under RA 6657 or CARP, as amended, in the preliminary stages of land acquisition and distribution.
"Once we receive we prove a complaint with substantial evidence, we will recommend disqualification of the ARBs," she said.
Taberna added that the buyer has no legal right to the lot sold. DAR will then re-identify ARBs after the disqualification and it is possible that they will increase in terms of the land to be awarded.
Meanwhile DAR is still waiting for the approval of Congress to grant their office authority to issue notices of coverage and accept voluntary offer to sell, she said.
Taberna said that according to the DAR Neg. Occ. database, the province is first in land acquisition and distribution scope even beyond 2016. Southern Neg. Occ. has a total balance of more or less 57,000 hectares, she said.
She also said that support services for the province are in the pipeline, and include seven trucks ready for release.
DAR targets to distribute a bundle of support services, involving 43 ARBOs who complied with the criteria and met the qualifications.
DAR, together with the Department of Agriculture and the Land Bank of the Philippines, is aiming to increase the Agrarian Production Credit Program allocation higher than the P163 million released last year.
"We are trying to increase that figure, and continue capacitating the ARBOs," she said.*KBC
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Along with Top Chef winner Fabio Viviani and everybody's favorite Real Housewife, Bethenny Frankel, Siriano has been tapped to become our latest television obsession on his own show, and we cannot wait.
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LOS ANGELES, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Platinum Guild International USA (PGI) and JCK Las Vegas partnered to host the 4th annual JCK 2013 Platinum Innovation Awards. PGI challenged all 2013 JCK Las Vegas Show exhibitors to enter their most innovative platinum bridal and fashion designs into this show-wide competition. Tacori took home the Editor's Choice Platinum Men's Jewelry Award for the Tacori Sculpted Crescent band, style no. 106-6B. $3220.
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Whitney Holding Corp. (WTNY) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-03-31.
WHITNEY HOLDING CORP. is a Louisiana bank holding company registered pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956. The Company through its banking subsidiaries engages in commercial and retail banking and in trust business including the taking of deposits the making of secured and unsecured loans the financing of commercial transactions the issuance of credit cards the delivery of corporate pension and personaltrust services investment services and safe deposit rentals. The LouisianaBank is active as a correspondent for other banks. Whitney Holding Corp. has a market cap of $904.9 million; its shares were traded at around $13.43 with a P/E ratio of 64 and P/S ratio of 1.3. The dividend yield of Whitney Holding Corp. stocks is 0.3%. Whitney Holding Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 5.7% over the past 10 years.
Highlight of Business Operations:Whitney recorded a net loss of $11.1 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2009. Including dividends on preferred stock, the loss to common shareholders was $15.2 million or $.22 per diluted common share. The Company earned $8.2 million, or $.12 per diluted common share, for the fourth quarter of 2008 and $29.9 million, or $.45 per diluted common share, for 2008 s first quarter.
Whitney provided $65.0 million for credit losses in the first quarter of 2009, compared to $45.0 million in 2008 s fourth quarter. Net loan charge-offs in 2009 s first quarter were $31.9 million or 1.41% of average loans on an annualized basis, compared to $19.7 million, or .91%, in the fourth quarter of 2008. The allowance for loan losses increased $33.1 million during the current quarter and represented 2.17% of total loans at March 31, 2009, up from 1.77% at year end 2008.
The total of loans criticized through the Company s credit risk-rating process was $883 million at March 31, 2009, which represented 10% of total loans and a net increase of $113 million from December 31, 2008. Of the total increase, $62 million came from C&I credits from a variety of industries mainly in Louisiana and Texas. Criticized commercial real estate (CRE) loans increased $43 million from the end of 2008, with the majority from Florida markets and concentrated in loans secured by either income-producing properties or owner-user properties. Loans for residential development, investment or other residential purposes comprised approximately 36% of the criticized loan total at March 31, 2009, over half of which were from Whitney s Florida markets.
Continuing weaknesses in residential-related real estate markets, primarily in Whitney s Florida markets, accounted for approximately $26 million of the provision for credit losses for the first quarter of 2009. These loans, which are mainly for residential development or for rental operations, also accounted for $20 million of the gross charge-offs in 2009 s first quarter. Loans for CRE development or investment accounted for approximately $12 million of the provision, mainly related to further deterioration of previously criticized loans in the Tampa, Florida area. Problem C&I credits, mainly in Louisiana and Texas, added approximately $10 million to the provision for the first quarter of 2009. Management added another $10 million to the allowance and provision based on its assessment of current economic conditions and the regular qualitative and quantitative periodic reassessment of loss factors.
Noninterest income for the first quarter of 2009 increased 8%, or $2.2 million, compared to the fourth quarter of 2008. Deposit service charge income was up 7%, or $.7 million, on higher commercial account fees and the full quarter impact of Parish. Fee income from Whitney s secondary mortgage market operations grew 37%, or $.5 million, driven by refinancing activity and Parish s operations. A seasonal decline in bank card fees compared to the fourth quarter of 2008 was offset by moderate growth from several other recurring revenue sources included in other noninterest income. Other noninterest income for the first quarter of 2009 also included the $1.0 million distribution from one of the Company s grandfathered assets.
Total noninterest expense for the first quarter of 2009 increased $4.8 million from 2008 s fourth quarter. An $8.9 million increase in total personnel expense was partly offset by a $1.2 million reduction in legal and professional fees and a $3.3 million reduction in other noninterest expense items.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Super Bowl advertisers are finally seeing their efforts play out on the industry's biggest stage. But as they've learned in the past, anything can happen.
Companies including Coca-Cola, Mars and Nestle have spent the past week trying to generate excitement for their ads. Anheuser-Busch InBev even hosted a viewing party aboard a cruise ship docked at a New York City pier, complete with escargot, duck and cheesecake.
Still, Super Bowl advertisers know the unexpected can happen. And when it does, they have to be ready.
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It got more than 10,000 retweets on Twitter within an hour.
The power of a traditional Super Bowl ad is nothing to sneeze at, of course, with companies shelling out an estimated $4 million for a 30-second spot. The price buys the eyeballs of the more than 100 million people who are expected to tune in.
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The game hasn't started yet, but the Super Bowl ad contest is already underway.
Ads and teasers released in the days leading up to the big game generated more than 130 million views online, according to iSpot.TV, which tracks digital metrics around TV ads, such as Facebook "likes" or Twitter retweets.
Budweiser emerged as the clear winner so far, with its "Puppy Love" ad featuring a Clydesdale and a Labrador capturing 33 million views on YouTube before the game even began. And that figure will likely climb after it airs in the fourth quarter.
If the faces in the Cheerios ad look familiar, there's a reason.
The biracial family was also featured in an ad that made headlines last year after it sparked ugly comments online. The remarks were subsequently eclipsed by an outpouring of support.
General Mills, which owns Cheerios, says it was looking to reflect the changing U.S. population when it cast the roles for the fictional family, made up of a black dad, a white mom and their daughter. In the new spot, the dad tells the little girl that she has baby brother on the way.
If the ad is popular enough, perhaps General Mills will keep following the family's story line for years to come. Just picture it: the little girl as a sullen teenager sitting at the breakfast table, refusing to talk to her exasperated parents. Fade to black as they eat their Cheerios in silence.
How important is the Super Bowl to Bud Light? The beer has three ads airing during the game.
In case that wasn't enough, it also has a massive party ship docked at a New York pier with the words "THE BUD LIGHT HOTEL" emblazoned on the side. The ship is on loan from Norwegian Cruise Lines and is serving as a base for more than 3,000 guests. After taking control of it earlier this week, Anheuser Busch slapped its Bud Light logo on just about everything in less than 24 hours, down to the tiny shampoo bottles in the cabins.
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Tucked away in a room aboard the ship on Sunday will be Bud Light's "social command center," complete with giant flat screen TVs and computers to monitor whatever may be happening.
In case the 18-member team is second-guessing a tweet it dreams up, Anheuser Busch says its legal team will be on call for consultation.
Goodbye Psy, hello "freeberty."
Wonderful Pistachios is back for its second straight Super Bowl ad. This time, the 15-second spots will star funnyman Stephen Colbert, who's known for making up words such as "truthiness" and "freeberty" (presumably a mash-up of freedom and liberty, two of his favorite things). The ads launch a yearlong sponsorship deal featuring the tagline "Get Crackin', America."
Roll Global, which also owns Fiji Water and POM Wonderful juice, says its Super Bowl ad last year starring Korean pop singer Psy was a huge hit, with sales up 18 percent year over year.
Good for them, but some viewers are getting a little tired of that horsey dance.
New York City dwellers may have already noticed teasers for the ads starring Colbert playing on TV screens in the back of taxis over the past week.
Chobani may feature a Bob Dylan song in its ad, but rival Oikos has Full House star John Stamos — better known as Uncle Jesse to fans of the sitcom.
In Chobani's big game debut, the tune of "I Want You" plays as an angry bear ransacks a country store for something good to eat.
Meanwhile, Dannon's Oikos ad shows Stamos sitting with a woman who seductively licks some stray yogurt from his finger, then his upper lip. The scene heats up when some yogurt falls on his lap — but the moment is ruined when fellow Full House stars Bob Saget and Dave Coulier interrupt with offer to clean it up.
For those who didn't watch Full House: the joke is that Saget's character was a clean freak. As daughter Michelle would say…How rude.
Who knew seltzer could be so controversial?
SodaStream's ad starring the actress Scarlett Johansson has already gotten plenty of attention for the soda machine maker. The ad prompted the "Her" star cut ties with Oxfam International, which took issue with SodaStream's large factory in an Israeli West Bank settlement.
Meanwhile, Oxfam is planning to bring attention to another issue during the game: Pepsi's "land grabs" in countries such as Brazil and Cambodia, where it says the company's sugar suppliers have robbed farmers of their rights and kicked them off their land.
Oxfam says it has about 1,000 people signed up to tweet and post on Facebook during the game.
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It certainly is an Activision day. The company announced Spider-Man sales and that Spider-Man 2 is coming to PS2, and now it's announced that it has secured North American publishing rights to SCE's Sky Odyssey, a flying adventure game that IGNPS2 delivered first to gamers in its exhaustive ECTS coverage late last month.
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